HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1934-11-22, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1873 SIXTIETH YEAR, NO. 2832EXETER, QNT„ THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22nd, 1934
r Ladies’,Misses’ & Girls’ I
Winter Coats
at Greatly Reduced Prices
Bargains !Bargains !I Bargains 1
► We wish to clear out our entire stock of Ladies’, Misses’ and
k Girls’ Winter Coats in a hurry. Every coat must go regard-
J less of cost. Many fine coats are here to choose from. Act
► quickly as these are at real bargain prices.
► We have a few Ladies’ and Misses’ Coats from other season’s at $2.95 and $5.95
. Girls’ Coats 2 to 14 years at the lowest prices we have ever offered.
k Ladies’ and Girls’ Raincoats at less than half price.
Men’s Winter Overcoats
Oxford Greys,
$13, $15,
Browns,
$17,
Silvertones
$19, $21
You' get the assortment here. ' Smart models for young men in tube style, with close
fitting belt at back and plain back, loose fitting coats for older men.
Horsehide Coats and Windbreakers
We carry a full line of Horsehide Coats, Sheep lined Coats, Lined Smocks and Wind
breakers, Whipcord breeches for men and boys . Men’s fur coats from $19 to $45.
Superior Chain Store Specials for Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sweet Mixed Pickles large 27 oz. jar 27c.
Aylmer Canned Tomatoes.........3 for 25c.
> Clarke’s Pork and Beans large 26 oz. tin 9c.
Raspberry or Strawberry Jam 32 oz. 29c.
Tomato Juice.................................5 tins 25c.
Corned Beef .................................2 tins 25c.
Fancy Bleached Svdtana Raisins per lb. 19c,
Sugar Crisp Corn Flakes .... per pkg. 7c.
Hillcrest Shortening...........1 lb. pkg. 11c.
Orange Marmalade large 40 oz. jar . .26c.
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MY-T-NICE WHEAT BERRIES—NOW IN STOCK PER BAG 25c.
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ALWAYS INSIST ON BUYING
Royal Purple Protein Concentrate
And bewAre of imitations
You may pay a little more per pound for Royal Purple
Protein Concentrate but there is no comparison in the results
youi will get a product that cannot be excelled
We strongly advise the use of Royal Purple Poultry Specific in
all poultry mashes. It keeps your poultry free from worms. It
also increases egg production there is five lbs. 'in every 100 lbs', of
concentrate making 105 lbs. to the bag,
Remember that if you add only i3i00 pounds of ch»p to 10(V lbs.
of 32 per cent protein concentrate you have not got as high a, pro
tein laying meal as if you add 500 l‘bs. of chop to 100 lbs. of our
40 per cent. Protein Royal Purple Concentrate.
BINGO
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22
Canadian Legion Rooms
Good Prizes
at 8.30. Admission 25c.
DANCE
EXETER OPERA HOUSE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22
also
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29
Shorty Grant and his Band
25c. Admission 25c.
EXETER COUNCIL
Thursday, November 15, 1934
A meeting of the Municipal Coun
cil as provided by the statutes' of
Ontario was held on above date. Ab
sent Councillor Ross.
IThe minutes of the Court of Re
vision as held Monday November 5,
were read and confirmed and sign
ed by the chairman. The Court ad
journed.
The Reeve took the chair, The
Municipal Council opened in session.
The minutes of the meeting held on
Monday November Sth 1934, were
read and approved.
A deputation of the Exeter Branch
of the Canadian Legion as follows:
Dr. Atkinson, Messrs. Pryde, Hanni
gan, Cann, Pfaff, Stone and McAr
thur with MV. Pryde ac'ting as spokes
man, addressed the council regarding
the wish of the Legion to secure
some permanent quarters as a Club
House, stating among other points
they had been informed, that a sum
of money had been deposited by an
organization so that the interest of
the same would be used for soldier
comforts and expressed a wish that
this money be transferred into the
Legion Home Fund.
The Reeve and Councillors voiced
their sympathies and would make in
quiry and see what could be done.
The Reeve .and Clerk to interview
some of the members of the ladies’
organizations and .get if possible,
their desire in this regard.
Mr. James Morley addresed the.
Council and introduced Mr. J. J. Cox.
Mr. Cox having leased the Central
Hotel property expressed a desire to
secure a beverage room license. The
Reeve promised consideration and
would report the Council’s decision.
The Reeve asked for the opinion and
wishes of the members of the Coun
cil and the members replied: “No
action,”
The statement of obtaining repairs
and securing new instruments, .and
o’ther supplies for the band were
presented and the same were approv
ed by the .Council and on motion of
Grieve and Bier ling that a gr-ant of
one hundred and fifty dollars 'be
made on behalf of the band. Carried.
The following accounts were read
and ordered paid:
W. J. Beer, cells and bulbs for
night watch’s lamp $1.30; Grigg
Stationery Co., books for Library
$51.S0; G. A. Hawkins, supplies for
Library $1.50; Huron Garage, C. J.
StewaUt, supplies' for truck $1.3-5';
Jones and May, groceries and
■bread, charity Samuel King $7.00;
Southcott Bros., groceries and sup
plies, R. Moore, charity $3.15; Ed.
J. Coombes, labor R&B $4.40; R.
McInnis, dit'to $4.4'0; John Morley,
error in R&B 6»0ic.; Mrs. M. E. Gid-
ley, librarian $75.00; Dr. Fletcher,
Medical* Health Officer $50/0,0; Ed.
Treble, chairman of Board of Health
$10.00; R. N. Creech, Division Court
Clerk and Bailiff $76.00; Milton
Pfaff, sercetary of ’the local Canad
ian Legion, wreath $10.00; Thomas
Collingwood, truant officer $10.00;
Emerson Cornish, bell ringing Nov.
and December $17.00.
Cemetery Accounts
Jones & May, wall paper $2.7’0.
By-Law No. 11, 1934
A By-Law for the regula'ting the
interment of the dead in the Exeter
Public Cemetery and for other pur
poses in connection therewith pur
suant to the Cemetery Act R.S.O. of
1927, Chapter 317 and amending
Acts was given tlie necessary reading
and was finally .approved and -pass
ed on motion of Councillors Bierling-
and Rowcliffe, Carried.
Adjourned by Grieve.
Jos. Senior, Clerk
CENTRAL HOTEL RE-OPENS FRITZ—EILBER
The Central Hotel, after being*
clbsed down for several weeks, is
being renovated and refurnished and
will be open (to the public the end1
of the week. The new proprietor is
Mr. J. J. Cox, of Brantford, wh’o with
Mrs, Cox and their two children,
William and Betty, m’oved in on
•Monday, The building ha® been re- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert K.
painted a. grey and white and) the1 Eilber, of Crediton, and grand daugh-
:bedrooms throughout have been re-(ter of Henry Eilber, ex-M,L.A., of
papered. Mr. COx has had ' -
years experience in catering to the
public having been in the hotel> business at Brantford and Fergus.,
a urc-joai icaoc UJL ,
the building with an option to pur
chase. I”-
ling public every comfont i
home-like surroundings and with'
that end in view he is spending in
the neighborhood of $3,000 flor newi
equipment. He is equipping the
bedrooms with new furniture and A rs lxc rr 4 « v« zxTx I
A wedding of wide interest took
place in the drawing room of Alma
Ladies’ College, St. Thomas, on Sat
urday, November 17th at ill a.m.
with Rev. Dr. P. S. Dobson, princi
pal of the college officiating, when
Miss Bernice Elizabeth Eilber, only
south Huron, became the bride of
Ward McKinley Fritz, .only -son of
_______ ______ ______Mr, and Mrs. Charles Fritz of Zu-
He has taken a five-year lease ofJ’teh.
I The bride, who was a former stu-
His aim is to give the travel-; dent of Alma Ladies’ College was
amid, given away by her father and wore
a beautiful Maurice Dubois gown of
smoke grey lace fashioned on mould
ed lines with a short train and a sil-
! ver hat with a brown circular veil,
the beds with air cushion mattres-; Her slippers and gloves were brown
ses. New blinds have been placed, suede. She carried a bridal bouquet
upon the windows and- the curtains Of Johanna Hill roses.
and overdrapes are all being made • nr. ,anj Mrs. jj. ,q# cowan, of Zu-
W ‘V y ,i?nSlng. rlch the ]atter a sls.terx)f the grMjnNew electric fixtures are being an- ° '
stalled with -a bridge lamp -for each
bedroom. A new neon electric sign
is to be placed (outside. New dining
room furniture of a most attractive
de-sign is being installed at a Cost
of $500 and r ' _
good wholesome meals should prove' Chrysanthemums,
an attraction to -the travelling public
Exeter, up until recently, has had
splendid hotel acComodatio'n and h-a-s
received the generous patnonage of
the public and Mr. Cox state® he
hopes t'o conduct a hostelery that
the people of Exeter might well be
proud of. He states that he has
been impressed with the friendliness
of the citizens .and the cordial wel
come he has already received. As
’the people now know what it means
to be without an hotel for even a
short time it is expected 'that the
merchants and citizens generally will
co-operate with Mr. Cox to give this
community a first-class, up-to-date
hotel.
attended the young couple. Mrs. Co
wan was smartly attired in tropical
blue velvet and carried Talisman
roses and little Marion Cowan, as
flower girl, was frocked in pink
these together with - organdy and carried a basket of bebe
NOMINATIONS FRIDAY
The municipal pot is beginning
The .groom’s gift to the bride was
a chest of silver; to the matron of
honor, pearl ear-rings; to the
groomsman, a tie pin and to the
flower -girl, a silver bracelet. Mrs.
Eilber wore a black x velvet gown
-with shoulder bouquet of pink roses
while the bridegroom’s mother, Mrs.
Fritz wore a black velvet with a
bouquet of violets.
Immediately after the ceremony
the guests motored to London where
a wedding luncheon was served at
the Hotel London. Covers were laid
tor 12 and the bride’s table was
centred with the wedding cake sur
rounded by bud vases containing
pink and white carnations.
The happy couple left by motor
for Florida and Cuba where they will
warm up. The members of the pres- spend the winter. The bride traveled
ent council .have made no declara- in a dress of brown crepe tunic style
tons_ as to their stand in the forth- witn touches of burnt orange, browncoming election but are quietly
awaiting develpments. It is confi
dently expected by Mr. Sanders’
friends that he will again ibe -in the
field for reeve. There is, however,
a .strong agiattion for a new
slate of offeiers particularly in view
of the Old Boys to ibe held in Exe
ter next year. With this in’ view
strong pressure is being brought to
bear on Thomas Pryde to stand fo.r
the*Reeveship. The name of W. G.
Medd is also being prominently men
tioned along with that of Mr. David
Rowcliffe. Several new names are
being mentioned for the council in
cluding James Morley, J. W. Bat
son, Wellington Hern, Jas. Bowey
and Chas. Triebner, There may be
also some new blo-od for the Board
of Education. Mr. Pryde’s name is
also being mentioned for this posi
tion along with Dr. Weekeis, Sandy
Elliot and C. V. Pickard.
accessories and muskrat coat.
The many friends of the bride and
groom will join with the Times-Ad-
vocate in extending best wishes to the
happy couple.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
(Mr. and Mrs Melville Hern cele
brated the 20th anniversary of their
marriage on Monday evening when
thirty guests were present. A fowl
dinner was served to the immediate
family at 6.30. The room was taste
fully decorated in pink and. white
and the table was centred with the
bride’s cake. The evening w-as spent
in music and games.
WALLPAPER I
Royal Purple Concentrate with 5 pound Specific .......... $4.25 cwt.
Royal Purple Hog Tonic and’ Worm Specific .... 30 $1.25 $1.75
Royal Purple Stock Tonic ..................................... 30 60 $1.75
Royal Purple Poultry Specific ...... 30 60 $1.75-
Royal Purple Worm Specific ...... 30 60
When Buying Your Poultry Requiremets Insist on Royal purple
We also carry Bone Meal, Linseed Meal, Beef Scrap, Oyster Shell
and Grit.
TRAQUAIR & LINDENFIELD
NOVEMBER GOSLINGS
Mr, A.rt. Weber, the popular auc
tioneer of Stephen Tp., has a goose
that evidently believes we have a
mild winter ahead ’of us and on
Thursday of last week brought out
eight little goslings. The .goose had
stolen away and made her nest in
a strawstack and last week proudly
strutted forth with a brand new
family prepared to take their chance
with the elements, Seven of (the
brood are lively little chaps and
now it will be lip to Art as the
family -physician of this latest ad*
dition to his farm to see that fhey
get the propel’ care -ahd attention to
make the necessary daily gains in
weight at this off season of the yeat*
HUNTERS RETURN
The hunters who were north for
the deer season, returned home the
forepart of the week bringing with
them two deer. The men report a
wonderful outing but as the weather
was not golod for hunting and the
deer none too plentiful, they Were
not as successful as they had hoped
tio be. However, a number of for
tunate ones will again enjoy a roast
of venison. The hunters were
Messrs. Gordon, Rtoy .and. Simon Rats
of Creditor.; H. Dayman, „of Hen-
sall and F. J. Delbrisgo and S. Reed
of town. One of the deer went to
Crediton and the other camo to
town, 'the men mot/orod as far as
North Bay but did their hunting at
Golden Valley. Mr. Reed brought
a pup back with him.
LAY SERVICES
Special services in connection witty
the Men’s Union and Lay Associa
tion were held on Sunday last in
Main St. United church. There
were splendid congregations. . The
speakers for the day were: in the
morning Mr. W. C. McArthur and
in the evening Mr. John Elliott,
(both of London. The messages were
instructive, inspiring .and impressive
.urging the hearers to high ta-sks and'
noble service. Mr. Frank Webster,
of London, rendered solos morning
and evening in a very acceptable
manner. Associated with the speak
ers at both services were Mr, B. W.
F. Beaver's, president of the Lay As
sociation and Mr. Clias. I’earce act
ing president of the Men’s Union and'
Rev. A. E. Elliott. A male choir
gave selections and led the service
of praise during the day, the minist
er presiding at the piano. In the
afternoon Mr. W. II. Johnston re
ferred very feelingly to Ills early
association with iMr. John Elliott,
Ho then called upon Mr, Elliott who
gave a very instructive address to a
well-attended -Sunday -School. Mr.
Jack Walker, of London, contributed
a solo,
REMOVING POLES
The Bell Telephone Co. now
a gang of men at work scrapping the
overhead system of wires and poles
through the business section of the
town. The new system of under
ground wires has been installed,
through three blocks of the Main
street and the business places are
now being supplied from the rear
of their premises instead of from
the front. The cut-over from the
old system to the now was going on
for several weeks with little or no
interruption in the service. The
main wires have been placed under
ground fiiom Huron street to North
street and from there to Caven
Presbyterian <( church a cable has
been strung along the hydro poles.■
This will permit the removal of the
telephone poles from the Main -St.,
the work of which is now going on.
When completed it will mean a big
improvement to the business sec
tion (of the town.
have
CHOIR BANQUET
On Friday evening of last week
the Main Street ..choir enjoyed and
heartily partook of -a sumptuous
banquet under the supervision and
generosity of the ’Women’s Associa
tion. Several toasts were given
during which time a short program
was interspersed by a vocal solo by
Mr. A. H. Gambrill, a vocal duet by
Hilda Sims and Gerald Skinner and
a piano trio by Mr. and Mrs. Gam
brill and Miss Violet Gambrill. Rev.
Mr. Elliott acted as toastmaster. A
toast to the King; toast to Canada
pro-posed by R. H. Sayers and re
sponded to by singing “The Maple
Leaf Forever”; Mr. E. A. Follick
moved a vote of thanks to the ladies
of the W. A. which was seconded by
Mr. S. Ross; toast to the ladies toy
James Francis responded to by Miss
Mabel Follick-; toast to the Church
by Chas. Pearce responded to by
Frank Wildfong. Tne guests of the
evening were husbands and wives.
Mrs. Case R. Howard, who rendered
two beautiful solos in the church on
Armistice Sunday and Mrs. Edna
Hearts.
The many friends o*f Mr. W. H.
Dearing will regret to learn that he
suffered a slight stroke on Sunday
while visiting at the homo of hi®
son in Stephen. He is at present
confined to his bed.
More than a million people have
seen Rhapsody in Steel. It’s a free
moving picture at the Ford Garage
next Monday night, November 26 th.
CHICKEN STEALING
Some 35 pullets and 7 or 8 roost
ers were stolen -from a colony house
ion the farm of Mr, Clayton Frayne,
Thames Road, Monday night. The
colony house was situated in an or
chard clo-so to the barn and the fowl
had been locked in the previous
night, but in the morning the build
ing was empty and the door open,
Constable J. Norry was notified and
made an investigation. Footmarks
were seen leading to the -gate but it
could not bo ascertained what kind I of a vehicle was used to transport
| the fowl,
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Special Price for
Paperhanging
From now till the end of De
cember, I will hang rooms 10 by
12 feet at the special low rate of
$2.00 a room. Papers furnished
if desired, all Sunworthy at W/a
cents a roll up. Take advantage
of this low price during the quiet
season. Other size rooms at cor
respondingly low prices.
H. C. Clark
Phone 1
SALE OF MILLINERY
Every hat must be sold and for
quick sale will give you real bargains
These are the season’s latest models
in felt and velvet.
G. M. Armstrong
HEAR THE FAR-FAMED
■ass
LONDON MALE CHOIR
Director-*—Mr. George C. Lethbridge
Under of auspices of the Women’s Association
at James Street United Church on
Wednesday, November 28th
at 8 o'clock p.m.
The Outstanding CdftCert of the Year By Canada’s
Finest Male Choir
TICKETS—35c.; Family Ticket $L00; School Children 25c.