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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1932-01-21, Page 1q H M F* a Sn&TABLISHED. 1878 ' ■ ......................................................... . A. TEXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MOANING, JANUARY 21st, 1933 I .A FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR, » mfr I, 1, NEW WALLPAPERS , ‘ ___________________* jb 1 * < •t '( Brighten ujp your home with a few rolls of Staunton’s ready-trimmed Wallpapers. We have a nice selection of papers starting at 8c. and 10c, a roll for bedrooms and kitchens right up to 35c. and 50c. for high grade Sunworthy Living Room and better bedroom papers. We invite you to look through our new samples for Spring. Also we have a few good bundle lots of papers from last year’s line. r rl 7 BARGAINS FOR JANUARY IN SHOES Ji , i : Fc Fi r< Fl I I t I 4 One table Women’s Fine Slippers in cluding most sizes. Some x'eal bargains at $1.95 a pair. Another table of Women’s Slippers, all sizes, in Pdmps, Ties, Straps, Oxfords &c., all at same price $2.95 a pair. TABLES OF CHILDREN’S BOOTS Child’s Classic. Slippers sizes 2 to 4 at 50c.; Hurlbut High Shoes, sizes 8 to 10 1-2 sold everywhere at $3.50 on sale at $2.50; Big Boys’ Cote School Boots, sizes 1 to 5 1-2 at $1.98. MEN’S FINE BOOTS Men’s fine lace boots, mostly narrow widths at $2.00 a pair or in wide E widths at $2.95 a pair; Men’s Slater Boots regq- lar $7.00 at $4.50 a pair. n OVERCOATS—DON’T FORGET OUR JANUARY SALE OF MEN’S OVERCOATS ft r< ?4 * F< Ft L Ft Ft Ft h h *> Clearing Sale of Men’s & Boys’ Winter Underwear Owing to the mild weather we are overstocked with some lines of Men’s and Boys’ Winter Underwear. In order to reduce our stock we are offering real bargains on these lines: Men’s natural wool shirts & drawers' _ . . . . .... ... . ' on on, Turnbull’s make, shirts, double front and back, our regular $2.00 quality •sale at $1.49 per garment. Men’s heavy wool ribbed shirts and drawers sale at $1.19 per garment. STANFIELD’S—Heavy rib red label brand all wool Shirts and Drawers sale at $1;69 a garment. STANFIELD’S—Extra heavy rib blue label all wool shirts and drawers sale at $2.00 a garment. Men’s fleece-lined shirts and dx*awers on sale at 79c. a garment. Boys’ fleece-lined shirts and drawers on sale at 49c. a garment. Men’s fleece-lined combinations at $1.29 a suit and Boys’ at 89c. a suit. Boys’ natural wool combinations regular $2.00 quality on sale at $1.39 a sulit. on on See our new 36 inch Printed Broadcloths at 25c. a yard guaranteed fast colors, for dresses, etc. SPRING PRINTS—Many new patterns and colorings at lower prices. I 'I Infant’s Delight Clark’s Roman Meal Choice Soap Pork & Beans per package Golden Wax Beans 5c. a cake med. size, 3 for 21c.29c. 1 2 tins for 29c. u i, ij t3 |3 l3 >3 rd ,3 i3 Chateau Cheese, 1-2 lb. package, plain or pimento i Corn Meal, per {found...........*,...*,, 5c. Vi-Tone .......... 8 oz. 33c.;■16 oz. 53c. Maple Leal1 Flakes, extra quality, 5 lb. 49c. < 7 Brillo for cleaning; aluminum 2 pkgs. 25c. jSsni-flush,. per tin . .... ..7. Brunswick Sardines, pei- tin ...... ^. 6c.«|u OLD TIME DANCERoyal Purple Concentrate I This Concenti-ate contains 40 per ceiit. protein Mix your own Laying Mash at $1.80 a cwt. and get results. Royal Purple Poultry Specific 60c., $1.75 and $6.00 Rbyal Purple. Stock Specific 60c., $1.75 and $6.00 Royal Pdrple Cough Remedy 60c. Royal Purple Roup Specific 30c. and 60c. <, Royal Purple Louse Killer 30c. and 60c. Zinoleum Disinfectant in pints, quarts & halfgallons Oyster Shell and Grit Sulphur, Salts and Salt Petre 20 per cent. DISCOUNT ON ALL MITTS 12 gauge Imperial Long Range Shells at $1.29 a box 12 gauge Canuck Shot Gun Shells $1.05 a box 12 gauge Crown Shot Gun Shells 70c. a box i ¥ •H- to be held in Exeter Opera House — on — Thurs., Jan. 21 MUSIC BY 4-PIECE ORCHESTRA Dancing from 9 p.m. until 1.30 a.m. Admission: Gents 25c. TRAQUAIR & LINDENFIELD Phone your hardware necessities to 27 ■rarrai 'UNUSUAL weather There have been many evidences of the unusual weather fox* this sea son of the year during the past ■week. Thera Aver© several heavy downpours of rain; the grass is be ginning to grow; some of the soft maple troes are heavy in bud a® are also some of the lilacs. Mr. Carman Cann, of Usborne, was out plowing cm January 14th On the same day the Misses Andrew, Mrs. Bbyle and Frank Coates enjoyed several games of crouquot on the'lawn. Mj’ss isohel Snell, daughter of Mr» ^tid. Mrs. Wm. Snell, picked some violets at the rear of their home, Oh Tues day Thelma Hockey brought a part- sy into the office. Some of the lo cal nimrods tried their hand at fish ing last week having dug up a num ber of dew worms. Suckers were reported running at Grand Bend, of which goes to show that we enjoying exceptional weather. all are ■■■p J..,' 4.!1A'..4"! I>IED AT ADVANCED AGE , ■' One of the pioneer residents of this community passed away Tues day, January 19th in the person of Mrs.''’Samuel stanlake in her 87 th year. The deceased had been’a re markably smart woman for her years' and was taken ill only about two weeks previous to her death, the breaking up of a rugged consti tution being the cause, Mrs. Stan- Jake’s maiden name was Elizabeth K. Ford. She was born in Devon shire, England, and at the age of -seven years with her parents cross ed the ocean in a sailiny vessel, tak ing six weeks to make the journey. After a short residence jn London they settled on a farm, in Stephen Township now owned by Mr, Noble Scott, In 1867 she was married to the late Samuel stanlake who pre deceased her in 1914. They moved to a farm near Crediton where they lived for a number of years and then moved to Exeter residing here for two years, In 1877 Mr. Stan lake purchased the saw mill at So dom and in 1910 retired and mov ed to Exeter. The deceased was converted as a young girl and ex emplified a Christian character all her life, family of brothers, don Silas Elizabeth Ann. lost fire on June 1st, 1923'. The funer- dl will be held from her late resi dence Thursday at 2 p.m. and will tye conducted by Rev. C. J. Moon house, interment in Exeter ceme- W’ ’ • TRIVITT VESTRY MEETING The annual vestry meeting of Trivitt Memorial Church was held in the Parish Hall, Tuesday even ing with a fair tux’n out. The rector, Rev, E. L. Vivian presided and pre sented his report, The treasurer’s report was presented together with the reports from the various organ izations, all of them being in a very floui’ishing condition, year the church had and repairs made at a Officers elected were She is the last of her one sister and three She is survived by one and one daughter Miss Another cjon Albert his life during the disastrous The funer- During the been painted, cost of $600, us follows: Rector’s Warden, W. E, Middleton; People’s Warden, Percy Dunsford; Select Vestry, F. EUerington, M, XV, Pfaff, T. S. Woods, E, J, Wethey, W. J. Stanlake, W. E, Winer, John Triebner, Wesley Dearing; Sidesmen L. E. Day, Walter Matthew, William Walker, Wm. Ellerington, Sydney West, Oran Winer; Lay Delegates, to’ Synod, Dan Dew, L. E. Day; sub stitutes, T. S. Woods, W- B, Winer; Auditors, N. J. Dore and J. W, Mor ley; Treasurer, M, W. Pfaff'; Vestry Clerk, L, Day Sr, Air. Wethey mov ed a hearty vote of thanks to the various? organizations and individ uals for the services rendered, dur ing the year. Following the busi ness of the evening refreshments were served and a social hour en joyed. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MAIN ST. UNITED CHURCH Main Street Unitecr church held their congregational meeting Tues day evening with a good attendance. afternoon. Reeve B* chair, The that the a decide^ EXETER AGRICULTURAL " SOCIETY ANNUAL .MEETING Thb annual jneeting of fixe Exeter Agricultural Society was keid In th©* Town Hall on Tuesday with, a good attendance. M» Frauciif occupied the auditors’ report showed fair this year bad beeix success financially, the debt of the Society having been reduced by $400 The newly elected officers are as follows: pres. Wm. Coates; 1st Vice Pres. J. H. Grieve; 2nd Vice Pres* Wm. Oestreicher; Directors, F. E1-. lerington, Dr, E. H. Steiner, B* M. Francis, G. Penhale, L. Robinson,. D* Dew, W. D. -Smith, H; O. Rivers, Mrs* R. D- Hunter, Miss JeckelL Mrs. J. W. Batson, At a meeting of the Directors Mr, -R, G. Seldon was re-appointed secretary and T. S* Woods, Treasurer, The Fair this year will be held Tuesday and Wed nesday, September 20th and 21st. ANNUAL MEETING OF CAVEN CHURCH The annual meeting of- the Caven Presbyterian Congregation, preceded, by the congregational tea, was held on Wednesday evening and proved a great success both jn numbers and in fhe spirit of all the reports sub mitted. Mr. Joseph Senior was eh-,- ected Chairman of the meeting and in his usual happy and efficient . manner guided the program through; out the evening. Miss Kathleen Strang gave an elaborate report of the activities of the 'Sunday iSjcho.pl i’HE LATE MRS. DOWNIE • Th© death took place in Exetei* on Moiiday of Mrs; Rd. Downie who passed- away at an advanced age following a short illness. Mrs. Dow- n-ie’s maiden name was Florence J. McTaggart. On Friday morning last she had the misfortune to fall while dressing and was unable to rise. Her neighbor, Mr. Blaney Who frequently asisted her with out side duties not. noticing her around investigated ail.d found hei* lying on the floor. A physician was called and Mrs. Donnie who had become considerably chilled was put to bed She gradually weakened and passed away on Monday. Mrs. Downie was .born in Prince Edward and as a 1: father, 'flief late Jas. McYaggart to a farm oh. the London Road north, now owned by Mr. W. Welsh, Following the : death of her parents, the de ceased moved to Exeter where she has been a highly esteemed- resident for a great many years. iShe was united in marriage with the late Richard Downie who predeceased her several years ago, since which time she has been living alone. She was the last of the family, her broth ers, Leonard, Peter and Nelson, and sister, Mrs. Merrill! having prede ceased her. The deceased was a member of Caven Presbyterian church and possessed a very bright and jovial disposition and right up to the last joked' with her physician and those around her. The funeral private, was held from her late resi dence Main Street on Wednesday af ternoon at 2 o’clock conducted by Rev. J. B. Rhodes, interment in eter.. cemetery. l^fttxng girl came with her GOLDEN WEDDING “AT HOME” •Mr. and Mrs* Wm. Brock will cel ebrate, the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage at the home-of their son, Warren Brock, of Usborne, on Tuesday evening, January 26th, and will be’ “At Home” to their friends from 7 to 10. p.m. $500 AS SPECIAL GIFT Sunday was "Special Gift” day in the James. Street church when special contributions were received for the M. & M. Fund.. The congregation a few weeks ago voted as a special offering to raise $400 to assist Shamrock charge in Saskatchewan of which .Rev. J. W. Brown, a former resident of Exeter is the pastor* The amount contri buted on Sunday was over $500. ’ Sun- United Ex- Reports were received and showed featuring particularly the new nxetix.* all oiganizations of the church, ods introduced during the year. XeT As the requests for invitations to the annual At-Home of the Huron Old Boy’s Association of Toronto, on the 29th inst» have far exceeded the supply, on behalf of the Association, we arc extending a general invitation to all residents of Huron County, and to all Hurdnites in the City of Toron to, to attend our big annual entertain ment and we assure thent of a real Huron welcome, Floody, Scc’y. Miss Ruby Creech, .weio recently underwent an operation in Victqra Hospital was to able to leave the hospital Friday night and is at pres ent recuperating at the home of her aunt Mrs. XV* D. Bearing. Or. Geo. 0. Hind, of Walkerton, and son of Mr. John R. Hind, of Ex eter, has 'been appointed assistant superintendant of St. Paul’s United Sunday School as well as song lead er, Dr, Hind is also president of the Young Feo,pie’s Association. Dr. Hind has splendid ability along this line and we are glad to know that his leadership is being appreciated. PARKHILL MEN INJURED IN CROSSING ACCIDENT Two Parkhill men, Arthur Harris, and his employer, Adolphus Allen, a drover, narrowly escaped instant death at the Main Street railway crossing- at Parkhill at 5:40 Monday night, when their light roadster was struck by a westbound 0. N. R. train. The auto was totally wreck ed. Allen was found. 20 yards up the track, while his companion was thrown 15 yards from the crossing.; A signpost at the side of the inter- j section was smashed by the car. In a serious condition at the home of Gordon Turnbull, Allen was re ported by his physician to be suf fering from two gashes on the head, from back injuries and shock. He was semi-conscious when picked up. Allen was first carried to the Park hili post office, when he was at tended by Dr. Bateson, and later re moved to the Turnbull home. Taken to the office of Dr. Racey, Harris was given treatment for head cuts, and later/Allowed to. re turn to iiis home. The roadster, owned and driven by Mr. Allen, was travelling south on Main Street at the time of^the crash* The impact turned the light machine completely around. Mem bers of the train crew were said to have been entirely unaware of the mishap. In the crash* the brake cylinders wbre torn frOiii the en gine, and the train travelled halt a mil© before it was finally brought to a stop* An engine wds sent from ! Stratfbrd to replace it. are in a splendid condition, Mrs. W. G. Medd reported the Baby Band membership ag 79, Miss J. S. Mur ray reported for the Logic Mission Band, membership 40; Mrs. G. W. Layton for the Mission Circle, mem-, bership 18; Mrs. W. C. Pearce, pres ident of the W. M. S. reported a membership 39. Mrs. H. W.. Doerr, president of the Women’s Associa tion reported a membership of 30; 13 meetings were held, 4 quarterly teas; one garden party; apron show er and fowl supper; 125 visits were made by the visiting committee. Mr. G. W. Layton spoke of the new or ganization in the Men’s Union or ganized eleven months ago. All men of the congregation are recog nized as members. 'There is- no membership,, fee., rVery interesting programs are presented . the ... first Wednesday, -of each month. B. W. F. Beavers, superintendent of the church .school reported good progress in this organization. Four teen new members had united with the church with twelve newly pledg ed total abstainers. • r. Wildfong, past president of the Y. P. S. report ed 60 members with an everage atr tendance of about 4v. it is a live organization and blight and inter esting meetings are held each week. Mr. G. S. Howard,, cleric of the Session, reported a membership of 30-5', with 17 new members this year. Mr. E. R. Hopper, chairman of the flowei’ committee; reported 31 presentations during the year. Mr. W. S. Howey, treasurer- of the local church fund and the M. & M. fund and Mr. Geo. Mawson, treasur er of the Trustee Board- reported the financial standing of the church. The amounts raised by the various organizations are as follows;- Local church funds, $2021.43; M. fc. M. fund $9 85.49; Trustee Board, $1,- 7:36.06; flower committee $3’7.18; Women’s Association $463.3S;' W. M. S’. $388.98; Mission Circle $8-5; Logie Mission Band $66.66';' Baby Band' $24.20; Church .School’ $36 8.- 76; Y. P. S. $198.61. The election of officers resulted as follows: Session for three years, C. E.. T’uckey, G. S. Howard, and E. A. Fellick; Board of Stewards for three years, Geo. Lawson, G. W. Layton and Geo. Mawson; Flower committee, 1932, Geo. Lawson, W. A. Balkwill, Mrs. G. S. Howard, Mrs. S. Skinner and on© to be elected from the Y. P. S. Following the business of the ev ening refreshments were served and a sociable hour was enjoyed by all present. Mr. and Mrs. Arto Delve and fam ily, of forest, spent the Week-end with relatives n Exeter, ____ defied during the year. Treasurer, she was able also to show substantial increases, in Missionary ' givings. A very excellent report from th© Young Peoples’ Guild wan read by the retiring secretary, Mies Jean Btanbury. Of particular in terest to the 'congregation was the report of Mrs, FuKe on behalf of the Women’s Missionary Society^ The per capita givings, were the largest in Huron Presbytery and the Society now has the honor of hav- both the President, Miss Jeckell and! the Secretary, Mrs. Rhodes.,- of the- Huron Presbyterial. Miss Elaine Stanbury as secretary of the' Miss ion Band gave their report which al so showed that-they stood first in the Presbytery in per member con tributions. The Ladies Aid came in for very generous praise from theK .men for their liberal, assistance,-off. • the managers diw'ing th© year. Their report was given by Mrs. Atkinson, / President, and Mrs. .Stanbury, treas- . urer. Dr. G. S. Atkinson, chairman of! the Board reviewed' fully th© work of the Managers and' the fin ances generally while Mr. Thomas Pryde as Secretary-Treasurer of the congregation analyzed his report in. detail. It appeared that there was? a small surplus on the operations of' ‘ the year and in addition $15 0 was paid off last year’s overdraft. Some $3900. had been raised for all pur poses. Rev. Mr. Rhodes gave the Session report in which he took oc-> cassion to congratulate all the orJ ganizations on their splendid show-*- ing and to point out that the true measure of a congregation is not what they raise, ex- do for themselves but in the degree to which they are able to reach out to help others. Tested by this meter Caven people excelled during 1931 as was eviden ced by the large sunls devoted to Missions and Benevolence and by the • spirit which prompted an other member to volunteer for Miss ionary work. The reference was ta Dr. Margaret Strang, who went ta the Peace Rivei’ country. Mr. Rhodes reported a small increase in mem bership although several had b«ew removed by death. With the elec tion of officers the staff for 1932 i® as follows: Board of. Management. Dr. Atkinson, Wm. .Sillery, W. G. Simmons, Wm. -Smith, Nelson -Stan lake and Latimei’ Grieve; Secretary Treasurer Thomas Pryde; Assistant Wallace Seldon; Auditors: Stewart and A. Easton. .SOCIAL EVENING The teachers and* officers of th© James Street Sunday School were pleasantly entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Taylor ©n Tuesday evening. Following a short business session progressive crok- inol© was enjoyed followed by a maple taffy party and refreshments. Th© maple syrup was boiled and' wds spread out.on tins of snow wMcli Mr. Taylox’ was fortunate, to secure following Maxiday’s storm. Games Were also enjoyed* Miss Ly dia Stewart won the pi'ize in crok- iiiole, a handsome cup and saucer while Mrs. J. M. Soutlicott was awarded the prise for sitting in th© lucky chair, beautiful pepper and salts. A vete of thanks was tender ed to Mr* and Mrs. Taylor for their splendid hespitaiity* Reliable Custom Matching Our last weeks annouiicemont has brought in many orders. Is yours one of them? Or can you still afford to risk the uncertainty of using a small incubator sideration of 2e. for the slight con- pec egg, small order we cahEven with a persuad© yoxx that the Square Bahl Way is the most economical way to secure your Baby’ Chicks. SQUARE DEAL HATCHERY Dashwood, Ont. EARL GAISER, Proprietor Phone 80 Bos 38 'R