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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1934-09-13, Page 7Going Forward with Exeter and District HURON GARAGE SERVICE ON ALL MAKES OF CARS A FEW GOOD USED CARS ON HAND AT VERY ATTRACTIVE PRICES B. A. GASOLINE, AUTQLENE OIL AND PENNZOIL MONARCH BATTERIES SUPER-LASTIC TIRES COMPLETE LINE OF ACCESSORIES AND PARTS Official Motor League Service Main Street STEWART BROS. Phone 155w THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Prosperity in this commun­ ity depends, upon the activity of our home enterprises. The more money spent with our lo­ cal merchants, manufacturers etc., .the more will prosperity abound for the residents) of our town. So make your purchases herg. Let every dollar earn­ ed here serve home interests and community welfare. Our local merchants have been in business for many years and could not do so if they did not give value and. service. Have faith in Exeter and patronize home enterprises. TUCKEY’S TRANSPORT LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE MOVING GENERAL TRUCKING "Service that Satisfies” Bonded and Insured Vans Service to London, Toronto, and intermediate points Prompt Careful Economical Imperial Gasoline and Oils Goodrich and Atlas Tires & Tubes AGENTS FOR FOREST CITY LAUNDRY & DRY-CLEANING Phones: 25w and 25j DON’T BE UNFAIR TO EXETER The life blood of any community is the money that circulates therein. Money spent at home works for the interest of every man, woman and child in that Community, it makes and keeps job3 for one’s neighbors and friends. It helps, through taxa­ tion ^and generosity, 'to support all public improvements, enterprises and institutions and it has the happy faculty, in a part at least, of coming home to ropst. So let’s be loyal to Exeter. Let’s spend our money here as much as possible and with Exetei’ owned in­ stitutions. R, G. SELDON GRAIN ELEVATOR Hard COKE Soft Thrifty ^householders realize that NOW is the time to fill their bins while lower warm weather prices are in effect. We (believe that our reputation, for handling only quality fuel is unquestioned, and we guarantee that you cannot buy1 better fuel anywhere. PROMPT SERVICE Station, Exeter Phone 90 Centralia Co-Operative Co. GRAIN FEEDS SEED FLOUR and all farm supplies CENTRALIA, ONT. An organization formed and com­ posed of farmers to be of real ser­ vice to the (farmers of this district. We are vitally interested jn the growth and welfare of our commun­ ity and are constantly on the alert to serve our patrons in a practical and mutually satisfactory manner. Crediton phone 40r22 Winer Bros. TRUCKING WE SPECIALIZE IN MOVING FARM PRODUCTS PROMPT AND ECONOMICAL SERVICE Office—James Street ' Phone 91 w OREN WINER SERVERNE WINER Exeter Lumber Company Ltd. — Prepare Now for the Winter — SAVE FUEL BY PUTTING ON STORM SASH and DOORS LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES ON CLOSING IN YOUR VERANDAH ■' ■ .... ............*....... GOOD BUTTER —A necessity for your family and for your guests. —“Winchelsea Star Brand” and “Exeter Brand” Always good. MADE BY EXETER CREAMERY CO., LIMITED CREAMERIES AT EXETER AND WINCHELSEA Sold in Exeter by,— Jones & May, Southcbtt Bros., H. C. Rivers, S. J. V. Cann, H. Bierling, Cook’s Cash Store and at the Creamery. ■— 1 - ' ............ ” ' .."" ............ O Switzerland ! Land of Scenic Wonders, Most . Beautiful and Homiest of Europ­ ean Countries—A few impressions Brouht Back by Miss Elizabeth Eedy of St. Mprys. (.St. Marys Journal-Argus) What is your idea of Switzerland? A Tourists’ Paradise, A Lady of the Snows, The Hub of Europe, The Land of the .Free and Independent, A Yodellers’ Stamping-ground. Which of these? But don’t bother to choose.—they are all true. The most beautiful and again, the homiest country in the world is Swizterland. It is, personally, our adopted coun­ try. There you find all the scenic won­ ders of the Rockies—-in the Alps. The extreme eastern and western portions look very much like the richer farming districts of Ontario, though you are never more chan a few miles from a mountain or a lovely blue lake. In four days, we crossed Switzerland from east to west, taking in the south along the Italian border as well, and never did we see such a variety of lands­ cape, such a wide range of tempera­ ment and racial characteristics in a people. Crossing from Constance in Ger­ many, we passed through a flat stretch of country wlhe're the or-* chards and wheat fields grow right up to the tarvia of the road. Fences are ugly things—why have them? The farmhouses are scrupulously clean and every single wisp of hay is taken from the ground when it is cut. Among the strange things we saw in this Gelman-speaking dis­ trict were three oxen and one horse hitched together to a wagon, the horse looking very startled; and a man drove his cow around a field and then took her in the front door of his house and milked her. Lucerne, The Beaiutiful When you are coming into Lu­ cerne from the north and are only eight miles from it, you see little more than the gentle wooded hills about .you, till suddenly at a bend in the road a snow-covered mountain leaps to your eye, another, and an­ other! The Alps! you cry. Six more miles and the beautiful mountain- encircled Lake of Lucerne lies before you. The town stretches along its shores — ultra-modern hotels and ancient churches seeming to be happy side by side. This Lucerne is at once 'the cradle of Swiss idepen- dence and the centre of the present- day tourist, traffic. Too Many Tourists Saturday morning in Lucerne! The wood-carvers’ shops (at least three to every block) are buzzing with trade, the grand promenade along the water-front is choked with mia.rketing housewives, Italian stu­ dents and Ahierican tourists with a swaggering “I own the world” air. But the watch-shops are the limit. Lucerne is ‘.the place to buy watches’ to stand three-deep at a counter and wait for your chance to grab something beautiful but cheap. The assistants all speak fluent English and 99% of the customers have an American accent. That .afternoon, we took' the funi­ cular railway up the Sonnenberg mountain. The ascent was almost perpendicular and especially terrify­ ing since you looked straight down a thousand feet, ox’ so and realized that nothing but a cable prevented you from crashing to the bottom. Nevertheless the view, Lucerne, the lake, .the surrounding mountains, mountains in panorama, was doubly worth it. The way down (we walk­ ed) led now through thick forest, now ovei* green mountain meadows, met literally builders of "walkers,” in fact, "the woods were full of them” and their stout bools, their » walking istioks, their knapsacks, their shorts, their feathered hats. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1031 ...(;.J(2:7T7r:“"==^=(i(r=== Outstanding Quality A M ini 707 Fresh from the Gardens Everybody walks in Germany and Switzerland .and as a consequence the roads are so full of hikers never never hitch-hikens, that it is at times difficult for a car or a bus to proceed. Italy Abroad1 At our 'hotel, more than forty Italian students were staying—uni­ versity students studying conditions abroad, learning how other coun­ tries are advancing scientificially. One man was particularly commun­ icative. Although he couldn’t talk English and we couldn’t talk Ital­ ian, we managed famously with French and found out many inter­ esting ithinge. Italy and Germany are in very much the same boat at the present time; both are ruled by dictators who are bent on making the people happy and comfortable, he said. But Hitler’s attitude is killing science in Germany. Young Italians are .allowed to leave the country and engage in research elsewhere, provided they come back to Italy and enrich education and scientific progress there with that new knowledge. William Tell Country To the east .and south of the Lftke of Lucerne, or “Lake of the Four Cantons” (it’s real name) the story of t’he Swiss fight for independence unrolled itself. In legend, one William Tell is represented as the hero in the drama. When the Aus­ trian 'tyrant forced him to shoot the apple off his little boy's head, it so engaged Tell and ’his stout-hearted friends that they rose in open rebel­ lion and threw off the Austrian joke. The Swiss really did gam their independence in the thir­ teenth century, Tell or no Tell. What a brave little country, asserting it­ self' in such a manner when the powerful Holy Roman Empire hem­ med it in from all sides. Every August the first since 'then, flares have been lit on every hll and moun­ tain of Switzerland, forming a string of lights, from one end of the land to the other, and the people sing and' dance for joy in t'heir indepen­ dence. It happened this year when we were there. Wilhelm Tell lived then, as a simple peasant in a little town at the foot of Lake Lucerne, about fifty miles from Austria and about thirty from Italy. Here in the market­ place of the town, a statute was erected to him by the SWiss people. He is shown walking down a moun­ tain side, his hand on his son’s shoul­ der—you are all familiar with it. Dizzy Alpine Heights Leaving .the lake, we began to climb and climb through valleys with tree-covered hieghts and depths through fearsome gorges where landslides had been and where tre­ mendous rocks overhung the rbad. At times, we would see the same view over and over again, a few hundred, feet farther below us every ten minutes. We called the bends in the road ‘‘Bobby-pin turns” since the old hairpin simile wouldn’t covei’ the case. We climbed till we could see the cars six or seven roads below only with field-glasses. People live up there, too. How they evei' come down to market their products when there is no road (as- it often happens) makes (everyone wonder and wonder again. We ate lunch in a hotel with a .glaciei' ih the front yard and a peak in the back yard the yodellng of real yodellers in ■our ears. Eight thousand feet up it was. We were sure that if we threw a stone one way it would land in Italy, the other way, it would land in .France, Continued next week 50 YEARS AGO Sept. 11, 1884 During the storm yesterday after­ noon the residence of Mr. J. Dew, 2nd con. of Usborne, was struck by lightning and badly shattered. Miss J. A. Spicei’, of Exeer, left on Thursday last for a ten days’ trip in Chicago. Mrs.[ Silas Whitlock, who has been employed in Mr. Jas. Pickard’s store for the past three years has left for Cleveland where he has se­ cured a position as salesman. Mr. L. Hooper left on his bicycle early Tuesday morning for College at Toronto. Mr. G. A. K. McLeod, who has been visiting hi Nova Scotia ahd Prince Edward island, has returned ‘ home very much improved in health. Mr. W, Fenwick, Jr., left Tues­ day for California, Mr. Geo. Ranton is away on a two week’s visit. Mrs. C. Knight and her .son Charles returned home on Monday from an extended visit in Wiltshire and other parts of England. Pitching the shoulder stone has become quite a popular amusement among young and old men. Mr. P. Wagner, of Zurich,, who stands about 5 feet 5i inches is the cham­ pion, The distance he can put the stone is about 3 6 inches. 25 YEARS AGO Sept. 9, 1909 Mr, A. E. Pym sold his blacksmith property and business last week to Mr. David Russell. Mr. Will Murray had the misfor­ tune last Thursday to have his right eye burned by a piece of molten ir­ on. Both lids were burned and the globe scorched. Mr. Donald McInnis left Tuesday for McLeod, Alta., where lie will re­ main for several weeks. Mr. David Russell, Sr., of Exeter North, left Monday night for Wil­ kie, Sask., to visit his son W. H. Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kerslake left Monday on ’a pleasure trip wftth friends in Weyburn, Sask., and dif-1 ferent part of the West. Mr. Geo. Cudmore left Monday for Crystal City and other points in the West, where he has two sons re­ siding and where he intends remain­ ing for a time. Mr. Herman Heainan, of Regina, visited here during the week. While working at Fred Corbett’s place last week Arthur Clark had the misfortune to get knocked over by a team which he was holding and had his arm crushed and his ear cut by the wagon passing over him. Mr. Johns, store-keeper at Far­ quhar, has sold his store to Mr. Campbell, of near Hensail. On Sunday evening the fourteen year old daughter of Mr. John Smith, Crediton was kicked in the jaw by -a horse, seriously injuring her. 15 YEARS AGO Mr. Robert Sillery, of Usborne, Twp., has purchased another farm, being Mr. Sandy Grey’s lGO-acre farm in Tuckersmith. Mr. Sillery now owns 350 acres. Mr. Richard Davis met with an unfortunate accident while drawing gravel for the town on Saturday last. He had mounted the load to drive out of the pit when he lost his balance and fell to the ground with the result he. sustained a brok­ en collar bone. Mr. Peter Bawden was a Toronto Fair visitor last week and had the privilege of seeing the Prince of Wales during his visit to the city. Mr, John H. Markham, who has been employed at the Jackson Fac­ tory left Monday evening for Lon­ don where he will visit until Sep­ tember. Mr. George Glenn last week pur­ chased the fine farm on the London Road, formerly known as the Gra­ ham farm and recently owned by Mr. Holland. John Gaiser and Wm. Morlock, of Crediton, left for New Ontario on Monday to look into some of their investments. The dwelling of Mr. John Black- well, of the 2nd concession of Bid- dulph was totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday night last. Messrs. Vincent Guinan, Bert Ryan and John Hall, of Mt. Carmel left on Monday for Sandwich Col­ lege. Mr. Theo. Deterich, of the 15th of Stephen moved to Mt. Carmel with his family and houeshold ef­ fects on Monday. Many a man thinks his character has been defamed when it has only been defined. Hemorrhoids (Piles) Caused By Constipation There are few complaints mora common than hemorrhoids, commonly called piles, and scarcely any which, cause moro trouble, annoyance and misery. The chief causes of piles are con* ■ stipation, straining at stool, and the use of drastic purgatives. A mild laxative will do as much, to correct this trouble as anything, else, and this you will find in Milburn’s Laxa-Liver Fills. They) are small and easy to take, and di ndt gripe, weaken or sicken. Put; up only by The T, Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. ",MILBURN'S ixa-Live 2 rlLLS^r i i i ARMITAGE RE-UNION The Armitage families of Biddulph and London Townships held their liSith annual reunion on Labor Day at which the descendants of John and Anne (Robinson) Armitage and William and Sarah (Hodgins) Arm­ itage, of Cloghjordan County Tip­ perary, gathered again on the old Biddulph homestead on Concession 4. About 150 were present, and an enjoyable time was spent. The officers for1 <193'3 were elect­ ed as follows: President, Herman Powe; vice-president, Raymond Greenlee; treasurer, Percy Armitage secretary, Mrs. H. Powe; sports committee, Saintsbury Young P. with Mrs. Herber Davis as conven­ or; grounds committee as last year tables and kitchen committee, Mrs. F. Armitage, Mrs. H. Hodgins, Mrs. T. Hodgins, Mrs. W. Isaac, Mrs. J. Turner, and Mrs. W. Davis. 'The results of the sports were: Baby show, Donald Tharr, Edith Abbott, (tie); children’s race un­ der S, Donna Hodgins; girls 5 to 8, Donna Armitage, Nadene Armi­ tage; boys 5 to 8, -Charles Weir; girls 8 to 12, Audrey Fletcher, Ruby Armitage, Audrey Powe; boys 8 to 12, -Charles Weir, Neil Hjodgins; girls 12 and up, Clara Armitage, Evelyn Armitage; married women, Mrs. Herbei- Davis, Mrs. Harold Armitage; married men, Labannah Hodgins, Heniry Hodgins; neatest walking, Mrs. Agnes Powe, Mrs. Henry Hodgins; slipper race, Eve­ lyn Armitage and Bruce Isaac, Eu­ gene Armitage and Mrs. E. Armi­ tage. Men under 20, Verne .Smith, Mau­ rice MacDonald; stick race, Verne Smith's side won; blind pig race, R.. Isaac and Maurice Mac'Donald; C. Armitage aiid Verne Smith; jelly bean race, Clara Armitage and V. Smith; peanut scramble, Marguer­ ite Davis; walking the rope, Bruce Isaac; slicing the ham, Herber Davis. GOOIF/VeaR! ALL- WEATHER TREAD • First choice of Cana- ' dian motorists. • Traction in the centre of the tread. • Supertwist Cord-—ex­ clusively Goodyear. • Ask us for mileage records. W. J. BEER Phone 109,Exeter