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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1932-05-26, Page 4i THURSDAY, MAY 2«U>, 11)32 IHE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Spring Cleaning We have had our store remodeled and re­ decorated and are now ready to serve you with a good stock of all lines of furniture. If you are on the market for furniture or bed- ingfeome in and see our Stock* Our Prices are right and we deliver any distance* It is a pleasure to serve you. E. R. HOPPER FURNITURE and funeral director Phone 99: Nights or Sunday Call 63 BIRTHS PICKERING—In Stephen on Friday May 1'3 th to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Pickering a son, TAYLOR—In Chiselhurst on Satur­ day, May 21st to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Taylor, a daughter. Creech 6, P. Wood, Lawrence 4; H. Penhale,, Berdux 2, M. Complin, A. Acheson, Taman 10; I. Stewart, Tapp 4; Davis, Howey ,0, Pryde, Creech 6, (d’f’t) a defaulted set. If elimville Presentation Address The May mating of the W. M» was held on Wednesday, May 18th, at the home of Mrs. Wm* Dlfprd with the twenty-two members pres­ ent also two visitors, Mrs, Elford, presided and opened the meeting With a hymn and prayer by Mrs, Elford. Mrs, wes, Johns then read the Scripture lesson, Mrs, Elford then gave a very interesting read­ ing "How the Gospel came to Kita- maat”. The hymn, "prayer is the soul’s sincere desire” was sung and Mrs. Hy, Delbrldge, Mrs. Ed. Johns, Mrs. Chas, Godbolt and Mrs, F, Del- bridge read leaflets on "Prayer.” Several ladies also gave interesting readings clipped from newspapers. Another hymn was sung and Mrs. Chas. Johns, Mrs. Godbolt and Mrs. (Rev.) White offered short prayers, Roll call was responded to with quotations on "Spring.” The min­ utes were also read ana approved. Letters of thanks for flowers and cards were read from two members who have been ill and who have been missed at tlie meetings, Mrs. Frank Brock and Mrs. E. Skinner. Mrs. Charles Godbolt then read the following White: As the from our gin to appreciate and realize more fully wbat your presence and help have been to us. , As president of our W M. S. for the past two years and during the four years of your association and fellowship we have grown to rely on you for your loyal support, sym­ pathy and interest, always finding in you a friend and helper, true and faithful. The fervent prayer of our hearts is that in the new field of service you may reap the hundred fold har­ vest, as you labor for your Lord and Master, who are and whom you serve. We are indeed glad to have this opportunity to present to this token esteem. address to Mrs. (Rev.) time for your departure midst draws near, we be- ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Winer, Exeter, announces the engagement of their elder daughter, Mary Phyllis, to Cal­ vert Frances, eldei' son of Mr. and Mirs. John Chambers, Exeter, the marriage to take place quietly early in June. TENNIS TOURNAMENT Tuesday, May 24th, saw the first tennis tournament of the season at the local courts. An excellent turn­ out of members led to a series of in­ teresting games. Two rounds of singles and one of doubles were played in the afternoon. This year the Exeter Tennis Club has again entered in the Western Ontario Lawn Tennis Association. Observations show that the club may reasonably expect great success in their grouping for this year. Plans are being made for a ten-day tourna­ ment to begin the first of next week. A schedule will be posted at the courts either Friday or Saturday of this week. Tuesday’s Results Singles Ber-deux 3, Lawrence 6; Kress Creech Jd’f’t); Lang 1, Davis 6; Cochrane- 4, Howey 6; Tapp 1, Pryde 6; West 2, Gower 6; Berdux Kress (d’f’t); Creech 3, Lawrence 6; Lang 0; Howey 6; Tapp 1, Cochrane 6; Gower 2, Pryde 6; West 2, Davis 6; Berdeux 2, Creech 6; Kress Law­ rence (d’f’t); Lang 2, Pryde 6; Ho­ wey 1, Tapp 6; West 1, Cochrane 6. Ladies A. Acheson 3, M. Martin 6; G. Christie 1, M. Complin 6; M. Taman 0; H. Penhale 6; M. Martin H. Pen- hale (d’f’t); M. Complin, A. Ache­ son (d’f’t); M. Taman G. Christie .d’f’t); I. Stewart P. Wood (d’f’t. Doubles H. Penhale, Davis 7, M. Taman H. Gower 5; M. Martin, Cochrane 12; A. Acheson, Taman 10; L Stewart, BASEBALL In an exhibition game of baseball played at. the local diamond on the 24th Hensall outscored the locals by 11 to 8. This was the first game of the season and while it was not just up to the mark it was a lair exhibition Both teams have a num­ ber of young players and with a lit­ tle training should produce some good baseball. Hensall took the lead in the opening inning and were nev­ er headed athough in the seventh inning the locals made a strong bid to tie the count but failed. Passmore started in the box for Hensall and was relieved by Nickle in the fifth. The Willard brothers did the hurl­ ing for the locals. It is expected that a schedule for this league will b© drawn up in the near future. The teams were: Hensall—Joynt, c.; Passmore, p; Cantelon 1st; Foster 2nd; Rannie 2nd; Nickle s.s.; Welsh c.f.; Hedden r.f.; Bell, l.f. Exeter—M. Dearing, c: E. Willard р. ; N. Dearing, 1st; Ed. Dearing, 2nd; Hockey s.s.; Ford 3rd; Creech с. f.; H. Willard, r.f.; V. Harness l.f HARPLEY Mr. Aimer Hayter, Doreen and Mrs. Therman Hayter, of Detroit, spent the week-end with Mrs. Aus­ tin Hayter. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Love spent Sun­ day with Mr. and Mrs.1 Well wood Gill. Mr. Isaac Bestard Sr., spent a few days last week with Mr. J. Baynham at Shipka. Mr. and Mrs. Colin Love and family, visited with Mr. and Mrs. A. Baker on Sunday. Mr. Hector Murray went to De­ troit on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Carruthers and family spent Sunday evening with Mr. Garfield Steeper. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hodgins spent Sunday with the latter’s parents Mr. and Mrs. David Eagleson. of our appreciation you and Sincerely Elimville W. M, S. Johns then presented her GREENWAY Centenary W’ Celebrates = Silver Anniversary 1 On Friday, May 21st, Centenary W.M.S. entertained Parkhill, Lienry and Greenway Auxiliaries on the oc­ casion of their 2.5th anniversary, Mrs. S. Emery presided, Mrs. Ship- ley, Mrs. J. J. MeWiliiames, Mrs. W* r. jutosh^ of London were present and gave splendid addresses. Mrs, W, Dixon gave a history of their local society paying tribute to the organizer, Mrs, A- M. Wilson, Mrs. (Rev.) Hill and Mrs- J. J. Ferguson poured tea when a very dainty lunch was served- The birthday cake was decorated with twenty-ene candles, Miss Mae Wilson was chos­ en to cut the cake in honor of her mothers work, Rev. and Mrs, Fos­ ter, of Sandwich (former pastor) were present and contributed to the program. About fifty Indies were memory of the event. present and will cherish the happy Mr, J. Woodrow -and Gordon Luther motored to Niagara Falls last week. Mr, James McPherson was-in Lon­ don on Friday, Several of the members of the W. M. S. attended the Silver Anniver­ sary at Centenary on Friday last report a'very profitable and enjoy­ able time. The Y. P. S. put on their play in Kerwood last week and enjoyed, the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pollock' who entertained them in their home after the play. Miss Nettie Geromette has been spending the last three weeks at her home here owing to the serious ill­ ness of her father Mr. Jos. ’Gero­ mette. Last Wednesday afternoon Mrs. I, C. Goodhand presided at the W. M- S. in the United Church. Mrs. G. W. Curts lead in prayer; Miss Young read the Scripture Lesson and very interesting papers were read by Mrs. J. H. McGregor, Mrs. Sheppard and Mrs. Arthur Brophey. Plans were made for the bale to be sent in June Then Mrs, J. Brown presided the meeting of the W. A. It decided to hold a Strawberry tival on June 21st. Congratulations to Mr, and D. Sheppard who celebrated their siiver wedding anniversary this week, ' Gordon Ulens is visiting his par­ ents Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Ulens and assisted the choir of the United Church. bags of unsold ‘‘murphies’’ in Hur­ on. Ono farmer feeding three hundred hags a week. The former is getting 30 cents a bag—when he can (sell them, With the exception of oats which have taken a jump, the price of farm products shows very little improve­ ment. Oats are now selling at 3i5c. a bushel' AU winter they have eold for 25 c. Reed is scarce in many sec­ tions of the county. Last week-end a Montreal buyer went through God­ erich Township offering .115 cents a pound for butter, at the farm, and 7, 9, and 1J cents a do?©n for eggs, according to grade, He got all he wanted, 4 Wheat Wintered Well The. fall wheat wintered exception-, ally well in Huron county. Mr, At­ kinson said he had travelled over the county and had not seen a kill­ ed-out patch worth mentioning. There has been no reseeding what­ ever this spring. There is moisture in the soil and spell is all that is needed. Seeding was practically last week-end in Goderich Township. Colborne and Ashfield, also in the southern sections of the county. In Howick and Turnberry, however, farmers are a week to ten days hind. JEFFRO plenty of a warm finished the be-< over was Fes- LIBERAL CONVENTION Mrs. Ed. with a patched quilt, which gave her quite a surprise but made a Very fitting reply, expressing her thanks to th© ladies, The meeting was closed with hymn "Breathe on Me Breath of God and the benediction. A sale of quilts and clothing was packed afterwards. The next meet­ ing is to be held at the home of Mrs. Wes. Horne. Roll call answered by a quotation on "Flowers.” Mrs. Horne will also have charge of the meeting. Mrs. Maud Heywood, of Exeter, visited at Mr. Rich. Johns last week. Misses Joy and Evelyn ’ Whitlock were in the vicinity the first of this week. - Mrs. Wes. Hone spent a few days with relatives in Exeter recently. Rev. and Mrs. White and children were in London on Monday. Rev. White was in. London last Sunday preaching Anniversary ser­ vices and Rev. Forster, of Londes- boro occupied th© pulpits on this circuit and delivered his addresses very acceptably. Sacrament was ad­ ministered at the morning service in this church. Rev. A. E. and Mrs. Johns and daughter Ruth, of Hamilton, M^ and Mrs. John Francis, of London, were week-end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Johns and family. Mr. Maurice Rice, of London, is visiting his cousin Mr. Kenneth Johns for a couple of weeks. Mrs. SHIPKA The regular meeting of the Ladies’ Aid will be held Wednesday after­ noon, June 1st at the home of Mrs. Roy Ratz. All members are urged to he'present. Mrs. J. Sharp and M<rs. H. Harle- ton attended the W. M> S. jubilee at Sylvan United Church last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Wuerth, of Zurich spent Wednesday at the home of M,r. C. Finkbeiner and Irma. Miss Nola Swietzer has been .con­ fined to her bed for the past few days. - Mrs. L. Schrader is in Parkhill taking care of her mother Mrs. Mas­ on, who is ill at present. Mr. I. Tetreau sold a valuable horse to Mr. Peddin, of Strathroy. Mr. John Gower was thrown out of his buggy a few trays ago and is suffering from a fractured shoulder. Miss Evelyn Sweitzer, of London spent Sunday at her home here and sang a duet in assisted by Miss Mr, and Mrs. Miss Leia, spent Mrs. Tetreau, Where Have Apples Gone? Last week the apple orchards re­ ceived their first spraying. There are one or two new orchards on the regular spraying service this year. Laht year Huron county harvested 26,000 barrels (not counting hamp­ ers) of first grade apples, but it is not' possible to buy a decent specimen in a Huron county store today. They can be purchased in England, France or even in Northern Ontario' and Western Canada, however, our best apples are all sent away.- Last fall half a dozen cars were sent to West­ ern Canada in bulk and the growers say they make more money out of this method of shipping than any other. "We are ready for central packing here,” said . Mr. Atkinson. "The uniformity of packi would help the small grower find a market more readily. I don’t think we are quite ready for cold storage, but it will come.” When Mr. Atkinson was told that in Woodstock, a vacant factory was was being revamped for a cold" stor­ age plant he said he hadn’t heard of it. A similar proposition was ad­ versely reported on in Goderich, The Huron County Fruit Growers Association held its annual meeting some weeks ago, but the program was so lengthy and the discussion so long drawn-out that officers' were not elected. A joint Liberal Convention and Nomination Conven­ tion as constituted for Provincial purposes of the South Huron Liberal Association will be held in the TOWN HALL, HENSALL, on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1st at 2 p.m* SPEAKERS-ROSS GRAY M.P., & THOS. McMILLAN M.P. Dr. J. W. Shaw, President of Dominion Association J* A. McEwan, Secretary Dominion Association J* G. Stanbury, President, Provincial Association J. M. Govenlock, Secretary, Provincial Association GOD SAVE THE KING / f• • WHALEN Mr. and Mrs. John Hazelwood and family spent Sunday with -the form­ er’s sister Mrs. Thacker, 8th line. (Mass Pearl Sanders^ of Exeter, spent a few days last week with her, sister, Mrs. Mervin Johnson. y Miss Alma Parkinson attended the anniversary at Munroe on Siunday/ Miss Edna Squire spent several days last week with her sister Mrfs. A. Hern, of Woodham. 1 Several from the community at­ tended the Woodham anniversary services on Sunday. Rev. B. Ferris B. A., B.D., of the Knox United Church, London, was the speaker for the day. [ Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith, ahd family, of London, spent the 24|h with Mr. and Mis. M. Gunning. Mr. and Mrs. E. Foster' were London on Saturday. the Sunday School V. Moore. Percy Mollard and Sunday in London, of Girand Bend, spent Sunday at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. Gower. Congratulations to Mr. and. Mrs. E. Pickering on the arrival of a baby girl. I m O f 4 4 444414 ++ 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 4 4 4 444444' All makes of cars repaired by experienced mechanics. Get our low labor cost estimates on your repair job. You’ll' -B$ ^Surprized! u,>SANDYiLLM FORD DEALER g\.:j WHALEN W. M. 8. The May meeting of the Whalen^ W. M. S. was held on Thursday af­ ternoon at the home of Mrs. Mervin Johnson with a .good attendance M<r3. Wm. Morley, 1st vice president, was in the Chair. The meeting opened With hymn 202 and prayer by Mrs. John Hodgson and Mrs. A. Gunning. The Scripture Lesson, Psalm 143 was read by Mrs. Frank Squire. Mrs. Wm. Duffield read the devotional leaflet entitled "Judas the, man Who might have been." a lovely solo "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" Was given by Mrs. Frank Squire accbm- panted by Miss- Bessie Morley*, a splendid report ’ of. the Pesbyterial Which was. held Wingham v op Ap­ ril 26th. Was glyeklby Mrs? Hilton Ogdep*;; Mymp;i4hc( spray£fc by. ftey* Mrs,” HobbT closedJtfie jheetlng,; Tea Was served by the hostesis and ‘her assistants and a pleasant social hour was spent by all. STAFFA Miss Sylvia Tuffin is at present with her aunt, Mrs. pollen, Exeter, who was in a motor accident was badly injured. Rev. Mr. Wood preached at morning service here Sunday, Rev. R. N. Stewart preaching Stratford morning and evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. Livingston© visit­ ed friends in London. Miss Iva Elliott, Logan, visited with Miss Marzetta Sadler. Miss Ada Speare and Ethel Elliott have returned to their homes after spending a week in Harriston. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gray, Toron­ to, visited the former’s parents over the week-end. The first ball game of the season was played here Friday evening be­ tween- Motherwell and Staffa, the ■score being 6 to 1 in favor of the Staffa boys. XMiss Lawrence visited at her ho^e in Stratford over the Week-end LESS ACREAGE POTATOES Frnit growers ready for Central packing, not Cold Storage? (Goderich Star1) There will be fewer potatoes planted ih Huron County this Spring .and. the wheat Acreage- also is down, Assistant CouMy AkriteftlttiWl Rep­ resentative Atkihsoii •' irtfotjiieir the Stat. '’Ode man, wild’ hid eighty­ seven ‘acres df potatoes last-?yeat; thia Wa^ will 'ha^ but ’ feight A'ctes? A? a cash cfbp ‘potatoes, ? ftF ooutse hdvd been a big disappointment this ySat* There Are stil thousands of1 [111892] (1731364) pure-bred percheron stallion, Du- rolled in Form Al- Premium horse tor 1932- Monday morning will leave his own stable, Lot 9, Con. 7, Stephen, and proceed to Wm, Hod­ gins, Qon. 12, McGillivray for noon; thence home for night. Tuesday af­ ternoon. to Sam Jory’s, 2nd con. of Stephen for night, Wednesday to Rufus Kestle’s Usborpe, for noon, thence to Ren William's for night, Thursday to W. T. Quinn's, Usborpe,, for noon; thence to Lorn© Sholdice’s fpr night. Friday to Wm. Rollin’s, 4th con,, Stephen for noon and home for night,, remaining at home until Monday morning.. TERMS—$13.00 payable Jianuary, 1st, 193|3', Eli King, proprietor and manager. HURON COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING The Huron County Council will meet in the County Council Cham­ bers, Court House, Goderich, Tues­ day, June 7th, 19132, in the after­ noon at 2 o’clock. All accounts, petitions, notices of delegation and ’ other matters for the consideration of the County Council should be in the hands of the Clerk on the Sat­ urday previous. GEO. W. HOHMAN, County Clerk Dated, May 12th, 1932. TOWNSHIP OF USBORNE COURT OF REVISION Notice is hereby given that a Court of Revision of the Assessment Roll of the Township of Usborne • will hold its first meeting in the Township Hall, Elimville, on Satur­ day, June 4th at 2 p.m. HENRY STRANG Township Clerk, Hensall, R. R. 1. Usborne, May 16th, 1932. CARMAN RINN PAINTER & PAPERHANGER Beautiful Samples of Wall Papers ESTIMATES FREE Phone or write 64-11 Kirkton Why Do They Do It? Exeter§—== Phone 27 Why do so many capable and experienced housewives punish themselves so mercilessly with the eternal scrubbing of floors? It is so simple to refinish them with Quick Drying Floor Enamel or, if hardwood, varnish them with Quick Drying Varnish It is so easy, then, to keep them shining with a minimum of effort. 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