The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1934-05-03, Page 1I
ESTABLISHED 1873 EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 3rd, 1934 SIXTIETH YEAR, NO. 2804
• •••Congoleum Rug Guessing Contest ....
MAY 5th — MAY 12th
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On Saturday, May 5th we will have on display in our window a Gold-Seal Congoleum
rug, 6’ x 9’ to be given away absolutely Free to the nearest guess to the lucky nuimber. If <
a customer has purchased a larger rug during contest and is the winner, the larger rug
will be given. Everybody come and have a free guess, *
NEW RUGS—New Linoleums, Congoleums, Window Blinds, Table and Floor
Oilcloths, Curtain Rods, etc., at very low prices.
CURTAIN NETS—Odd lines, hundreds of yards to clear at 19c. and 29c. a yard.
Frilled Bed-room Curtains, on sale at 59c.a pair.
TO ASCERTAIN
TEMPERANCE SENTIMENT
At a meeting of the Executive of
the Temperance Federation of
Huron County held in the Town Hall
Clinton, Tuesday evening, it was*
decided to hold mass meetings at
Goderich, Clinton, Seaforth, Hensail
and Exeter to ascertain the feeling
of the, temperance people as to the
advisability of placing a temperance
candidate in the field in the coming
provincial election. As a means to
this end an effort will be made to
secure at least 2,0'00 signatures of
the electors pledged to support at
the polls a temperance candidate.
These meetings will be addressed by
I speakers sent out by the Provincial
Temperance Federation and will be
held in the near future.
WINS PRIZE
Miss Florence Norry, of London,
is to be congratulated on winning
a beautiful silver flower basket for
ladies high at the annual euchre
and dance of the East Middlesex
Conservative Association held Fri
day evening last at the Masonic
Temple. There were about 500. per
sons!, playing. Miss Norry Visited
with her parents over the week-end.
Men’s Farm Boots, Specials, $1.95, $2.00 & $2.50
Men’s Panco Sole Boots . .$1.95 and $2.00
Men’s Leather Sole Boots .... $2.19 a pr.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Mr. Wm. Hodgert celebrated his
60th birthday on Friday evening of
last week and a party was held tn
his honour about twenty couples
being present to enjoy a social even
ing at cards. Mr. Hodgert was
presented with a card table by his
grandchildren also a smoking .set.
MOVED TO EXETER
Mr. V. W. Broughton, who is be
ing transferred from the (Market
Branch of the Bank of Montreal,
London, to Exeter, has moved his
household effects to town and will
occupy Mr. Balkwill’s residence on
William Street. Mr. E. C. Morse,
who has been occupying the resi
dence has moved into the Pickard
residence on John Street.
Williams’ Genuine Retan Boots $2.50 a pr.
Williams’, with leather soles, . .$2.50 a pr. <
Men’s Heavy Work Boots, Valentine’s gen uine Urss calf at $3.50 a pair. <
Ladies’ and Misses’ Spring Coats, Suits and Dresses at very attractive prices. See these!
ODD SPRING COATS—To clear at $3.00 each in sizes for Girls and Ladies.
WOMEN’S SPECIAL TIE OXFORDS
Regular Cuban or high Cuban heel
Tie Slippers. Special $2.25 a pair.
NEW SHOES, GREY, BLUE, BROWN &c
See our new Putnps, .Ties etc in all
the new colors, lowest prices.
BOYS’ SUITS $5. to $7.50
Let us sell you a boy’s suit. We carry
a good selection. Our prices are very low.
MEN’S SUITS AND HATS
All shades, Men’s Hats . . $1.95, to $2,95
Our two-pant suits are big sellers. They
are priced at $19.00 to $23.00.
Ladies’ Cotton Hose
Hosiery Specials
. 19c. a pair 25c. a pairLadies’ Lisle Hose...........
Pure thread Silk Hose, sub-standards, good shades 69c. pair.
Pure thread Silk Crepe Hose, new slimmer shades $1.00 pair.
Superior Chain Store Specials for Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sunlight Soap
5c. a bar
10 bars for 48c.
Hillcrest Shortening
1 lb. pkgs.
9c.
Canned* Tomatoes
large tins
3 for 25c.
Bluebell Brooms
Last chance at this
Price 29c.
Loose Soap Chips ........... 3 lbs. 19c.
Rinso, large package ................................21c.
Roman Meal.............................per pkg. 29c.
Handy Ammonia .................... per pkg. 5c.
Aylmer Infant’s Strained Vegetables tin 10
Blue Boy Coffee ......................lb. pkg. 25c.
Soda Biscuits...........1 lb. bags 2 for 25c.
Loose Ready-Cut Macaroni 5c. lb. 5 lbs 23c
PRESENTATION
On Thursday, April 26 th, a very
enjoyable evening was sponsored by
the Young Peoples’ Guild of Caven
Church when the members of the
congregation were present at a re
ception in honour of .Mr. and Mrs. A.
Willard. Rev. S. M. Gordon acted
as chairman for a short program
which consisted of a song by Bruce
and Douglas Gordon, recitations- by
Coquoline Simmons and Murray
Gordon, solo by Miss Kathleen
Strang. A humorous skit entitled
“Courtship Under Difficulties1” was
given by (Miss Jean Stanbury, Graf
ton Cochrane and Ray Pryde. Mr.
Thomas Pryde was called upon and,
in a neat speech, he expressed the
gratitude of the congregation for
Mrs. Willard’s* splendid work in tile
organizations of Caven Church in
past years, and, in their behalf, pre
sented her with a mirror and a wal
nut end table. Mrs. Willard then
expressed her appreciation of the
gifts. Following this a contest was
enjoyed and refreshments were
served. The tea table, which was
centred with a bride’s cake, was pre
sided over by Mrs. Stanbury and
Mrs. Pryde.
LUCKY WINNER
Mrs. Dr. Roulston was the winner
of a Gypsy Queen Coleman camp
stove at the demonstration held at
Beavers' Hardware on Friday last.
A draw was made from the coupons
I deposited by the lady visitors during
) the day and Mrs. Roulston he’d the
lucky ticket. The demonstration
attracted numerous persons and
considerable interest was manifest
ed. IMr. J. W. McIntyre, demon
strator of the Sherwin Williams
paints; Mr. Forbes demonstrated the
De Forest cushioned electric wash
ing machine and radio and Mr, Fred
Holmes of the Coleman Lamp 'Com
pany was busy all day giving their
instant gas stove demonstrations. In
the afternoon he broiled a steak
and treated the ladies with sand
wiches.
Phone 32
MASONIC “AT HOME”
Lebanon Forest Lodge No. 133 A.
F & A.M. will hold an “At Home” in
the Exeter Opera House on Friday,
May 4th, to which the members and
their wives or lady friends together
with visiting brethren are invited.
Tickets 5‘0c. Tickets may be secured
fr-om any of the following commit
tee: H. K. Eilber, ,M. W. Telfer, Geo.
Thompson, H. 0. Southcott, S. Reid,
C. W. Salter.
FOR THE GARDENER-—
C. I. L. Plant Food
Per package ........... 45c.
Nitrate of Soda
Garden trowels ......... 15c.
Garden Cultivators 15c. up
Genuine Wizard Brand
Sheep Manure unequalled
for gardens and flowers
50 lbs. ............... $1.50
100 lbs.......... .. $2.75
Maxwell Lawn Mowers.............................from $6.50 to $15.00
Goodyear Garden Hose..................50 ft. complete for $4.25
Barbed Wire.................................................... 80 rod roll $3.75
McCloskey Wire Grips..............................................».............75c.
Townsend Stretchers ........................................................... $1.95
Plumbing of all description is our specialty. Let us demonstrate
a water softener in your home.
Nep-to-lac Heavy Duty Enamel for cars, tracks, store-fronts
and all jobs that are hard on a painted finish. 17 colors.
TRAQUAIR & LINDENFIELD
DANCE
in OPERA HOUSE, EXETER, on
Thursday, May 3
To the rythm of GEORGE DEVINE
AND HIS ROYAL ACES
Radio Artists (6 pieces)
Peppy Fox Trots, Waltzes and Two
Steps also the odd square if you
want it.
Dancing starts at 8:30 sharp, con
tinuing until 1; Prizes will also be
given
Admission—Ladies admitted free,
until <) o’clock after 9 p.m. 15c.
Gents 25c.
Mrs. Ephtiam Hewitt passed away
Wednesday in her 81st year. Her
family was called th her bedside,on
Tuesday. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m.
The farmers are on the land this
week and sowing is in full swing'.
The fall wheat is very patchy and
marly fields will have to be resown.
There has been little growth of
grass to date. .Some of the farmers
With a scarcity of feed have turned
their cattle out to pasture.
Mrs, Harry Carey entertained a
number of friends on Wednesday
evening of last week including1 the
following who motored up from
London: Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Grant,
<MrS. Perry David, Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Wells and Miss Florence
Notry*
OFFICERS ELECTED
The Exeter Branch of the Cana
dian Legion, including in its mem
bership ex-service men from Hensail
Centralia, Crediton and the sur
rounding 'district, held their annual
meeting Friday evening last and,
elected the following officers: Hon.
President, Dr. G. S. Atkinson; pres.,
TItos; Pryde; 1st vice president, S.
McArthur; 2nd vice president, W.
C. Stone; secretary-treasurer, E. C.
Harvey; sergeant-at-arms, S. J. V.
Cann; executive committee, Dr. G.
S. Atkinson, |M. W. Pfaff and N. Hannigan; sick and visiting com
mittee, Rev. II. Stainton, W< J. ‘Seymour and W. C. Stohe; entertain
ment committee, J. Willis, F. Seer,
N. Norry, H. Heywood', W. Middle
ton; Adjustment Officer, Dr. G. S.
Atkinson.
NEW LEAGUE FORMED
The newly formed Huron-Perth
League held a meeting in Clinton
on Monday evening. Delegates were
present from Goderich, Clinton,
Mitchell, Staffa, Zurich and Exeter.
The election of officers took place
and various rules discussed The
officers wore elected as follows:
president, H. C. Carey, Exeter; vice
president, H. Ilomuth, Mitchell;
secretary, T. Morgan, Clinton; treas.
C. Lodder, Goderich. An executive
was also named consisting of one
representative from each team. A
meeting to draw up a schedule will
be held next Mondav evening.
Let us demonstrate the new Ford
V-8 truck or light delivery now in
stock. Sandy Elliott, Phone 64.
SILVER WEDDING AT
CENTRALIA
The home of Mr. and Mrs-. W. J.
Smith was the scene of a very
happy event on Friday evening ot
last week, the occasion being the
25th anniversary of their marriage.
At 8 p.m. over forty neighbors and
friends gathered to participate in
the celebration and a most enjoy
able evening was spent in crokinole
impromptu speeches music and
singing. Messrs. W. R. Goulding
and Chas. Godbolt, Exeter, arrang
ed a splendid program with Rev.
R. N. Stewart, pastor of the Centra
lia United church, as chairman, who
in a very pleasing manner portray-;
ed, Will and Kate some twenty-’
seven years ago at the beginning of
the courtship which finally culmin
ated in their marriage on April 28,
1909, the ceremony being perform
ed by the Rev. Reuben Crosby, of
Detroit. Mr. Stewart’s unique plan
of course was to draw from the
bridegroom a correct interpretation
of events, which were readily given
by Mr. Smith.
Mr. Chas. Godbolt delighted all
with several of his Scotch songs and
was heartily applauded, Mrs. A. O.
Elliott sang in beautiful voice “I
Love you Truly” and “Because’
which delighted the listeners and
(Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Goulding favor
ed with a vocal duett “Down by the
Old Mill Stream” in t'lieir usual
plea&ing manner. Needless to say
the music and singing were of a
very high order, and Mr. C. Skin
ner’s numbers on the violin were
splendidly rendered.
Messrs. Sandy Elliot, Milu Snell,
Cecil Skinner, G. O. Thompson,
Thos. Willis, W. R. Goulding and
Chas. Godbolt along with many
others testified regarding the happy
associations they had enjoyed with
Mr. and Mrs. Smt-h and wished them
God-speed for the next twenty-five
years of married life.
.Mr. Smith expressed to his> guests
on behalf of Mrs. Smith and himself
the great joy and pleasure it afford
ed them to have a gathering of
school day associates and friends to
commemorate with them the happy
event, and he outlined briefly the
ttventy-five years that had just come
to a close, giving a great deal of
credit to,his wife for their success
ful journey thus far.
A beautiful array of silver-ware
■Was on display and also a magnifi
cent hydrangea, the gift of friendsi
and while the happy couple had not
contemplated anything other than
d,n informal gathering to celebrate
the 'twenty-'fifbh mjlo stone, they
Were gratefully received with the
same kindly spirit in which they
had been given.
At the close of the program the
guests sang “For they are jolly
good fellows'” after which lunch
was served by the host and hostess.
Tills being over the friends) con
gratulated the bride and groom and
all sang “Auld Lang Syne” bringing
to a close a splendid evening.
Guests were present from Ux
bridge, Cannington, Rarkhill, Lucan
And (Exeter,
ST. MARYS CHILD DIES
Jackie Jose, Son of Dr. and, Mrs. J.
G. Jose, I’assc& in Victoria Hos
pital, Rondon.
Much sympathy is being extended
to Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Jose, of St.
(Marys, in the death of their only
son, Jackie, who passed away in the
Children’s Memorial Hospital, Lon
don, early Sunday night, Jackie,
who was four years old, was the
victim of the dread disease, Menin
gitis, which made its first appear
ance on Wednesday night, when ho
was rushed to the hospital, but de
spite all that the best of medical
skill could do it could not save the
life of the child. A deep gloom has
spread over the district over the
untimely death of the bright and
popular young lad. Dr. Jose was
a former resident of Kirkton.
SUDDEN DEATH
Mr. Albert Brown, who resides on
the highway east of Centralia, died
suddenly at the home of his son'
Clinton in Stephen Township on
Monday afternoon. The decased was
in his 7'5 th year. He had known
very little sickness all his life, his
death from heart failure coming as
a .shock to his family and friends.
The deceased was a highly esteem
ed resident of the community in
which he had lived all his life. He
was a steward and a member of the
session of the Centralia United
Church. He is survived by his be
reaved widow whose maiden name
was Alice Harvey, also one daugh
ter and two sons, Mrs. G. Hill, of
Crediton; Otto, of Centralia, and
Clinton, of Crediton. He is also
survived by one brother and five
sisters, Seth, of Staffa; Mrs. F.
Brokenshire, and Mrs. R. Grey, of
St. Thomas; Mrs. Mur die, of Wash
ington, D. £<; Miss Ida Brown, of
Kansas City and Mrs. Cade, of Ca
pac, Mich. The funeral took place
from his late residence on Wednes
day afternoon conducted 'by Rev.
R. N. Stewart, of Centralia, inter
ment in the Exeter cemetery.
OXFORD GROUP RALLY
Exeter and vicinity had its first
opportunity to share in a mass rally
of the Oxford Group when a team of
Groupers' visited here over the week
end to speak in the interests of the
Group and to witness to what Christ
had meant in their lives since find
ing this- “new quality of life.” Over
35 speakers were with the team re
presenting London, Stratford, Mit
chell, Seaforth and Blyth,
The week-end rally opened in the
Town Hall, Saturday evening and
was followed up on Sunday when
James Street, Main Street and Triv-
itt Memorial Churches opened their
pulpits to the speakers. Brinsley
United Church was visited by mem
bers of the team on Sunday after
noon and on Sunday evening the
service at the Centralia United
church was also in charge of the
Group.
Canon Warner of Cionyn Memor
ial Anglican Church, London, drove
the first stake in the rally when he
opened the meeting in the town hall
on Saturday night. Quentin Warn-’
er outlined the program of the
Group and also- personally witnessed
to the new experience he had had
with the Living Christ since coming
in touch with this Christ movement.
He spoke of the rapid spread of the
Group throughout the world since
it first started when a few Oxford
students visited -South Africa a few
years ago, stating that members
were now to be found in over forty
-countries and that in Switzerland,
95 per cent, of the clergy had re-< newed their faith through this med-*
ium, “It is the wind of God blow
ing over the hearts of men through
out the world. The Holy Spirit is
using this movement. It may have
imperfections but there isn’t one of
us who claims to be the perfect in
strument of God” declared Canon
Warner. He emphasized that tne
Group was not interested in estab
lishing a new organization but was
rather a movement searening the
souls of people and bringing them
to Christ. “A thing may be 190'0
years old but it is new if you haven’t
got it yourself’ the leader stated.
The speakers represented the An
glican, United, Baptist, and Pres
byterian denominations. Archie Gil
lis, a Baptist, spoke of how he had
drifted away from his church com
menting that even if he did it was
through respectability.” He had
grown calloused to the love of Christ
and in trying to run his own life he
wrecked it.”
Harry Franks, of London, stated
that he had 3'5* years of church work
behind him but realized now what
more he could have done with God
working with him. “If only he had
had the same consciousness of God’s
presence all through the years, he is-
sure -God could have used him more
efficiently.” The movement to Mr.
Franks is a gradual building up of a
closei* contact with God’s spirit.
Mrs. Fred Hudson, also of Lon
don, told of her early life in a par
sonage with praying parents'. “The
old Methodist revivals to me were
good but they did not stress daily
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THE LATE MRS. JOHNS
The death took place in Exeter
on Thursday last of Mrs. William
Johns, who has been a lifelong
resident of this community. The de
ceased had been ailing for several
months and passed away in her 7 4 th
year, She was born in Usborne Twp.
her maiden name being Honor Jane
Horn, daughter of the late Samuel
Horn. In 1893 she was united in
marriage with her bereaved husband
and they resided in Usborne Twp.
until moving to Exeter about
seven years ago, She is survived by
one daughter and one son, Mrs. Roy
Webber of town and Clarence Johns
of Usborne: One son, Norman wa^
killed in the battle at Pasehendale
in 1917 while another son Freem,an
died in infancy. She is also surviv-,
od by seven grandchildren, one sis
ter, Miss Elizabeth Horn and three
brothers: Jess, James and her twin
brother, William, all of Usborne.
The funeral.was held on Saturday
afternoon conducted by her mini
ster, Rev. Mr. Elliott. Interment
took place at the Zion Cemetery.
Among those from a distance who
attended the funeral wore Mr. and
Mrs. Rufus’ Horn and son Earl, of
Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. John Easter
brook, of Marys. The pallbear
ers were; IL C. Rivers, Will Weber
Jno. Elliott, Alf. Hicks, Jas. Brooks
! And Luther Rowcliffe,
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— Plants For Sale —
Geraniums and other Flowering
Plants
Hanging Pots and Window Boxes
filled to order
Spanish Onions are now ready,
L. DAY & SON
Florists
Flowers’ Machine Shop
(20 years’ experience)
Have your work done by expert
mechanics'
In the old stand across from the
Exeter Creamery, Station St.
(Lawnmowers sharpened ?5e.