The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-01-31, Page 7T|iE EXETER TIME§-ADVOCATE
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EDITORIAL
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It's just as well we didn’t rub out the zero mark on our ther
mometers.*****^*ii<
At .any rate, the present session of the Federal Parliament
promises to be shorn of dullness.
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We’re very glad that the severe storms and the destructive
frosts that visited the West did not find their way in this direction.• 9 * « ♦ * *
iThose rabbit .hunts are rare sport and in the farmers’ interest.
Farmers clean up on nuisances when they set their minds to the job.
There are a number of creatures who would ike to have things
run along unmolested—wolves, rats, foxes, rattlesnakes and certain
business people.
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EVER THINK OF IT?
“It is more important to produce men who do right than to
suppress men who do wrong.”
interested
We saw an interested farmer and his son the othei evening.
They were three miles from home. They had sawed wood all day.
They had two. hours of solid cboring to do at. home. They were cold,
tired and hungry. Their car oil was frozen heavy and the engi/ie
wouldn’t start, Who wouldn’t be a farmer' under such circum
stances?********
JUST FINE
MacKenzie King is not dying down on his job. He does not in
tend to play the milk-and-water opposition leader. He will be
heard from in his usual forcefull; manner. At the same time he is
no factious leader on the proposed matters of economic and social
reform. This is at as it should be, as we pointed out last week.
Surely the time has come for every Chamber of Commerce and
every municipal! body and every church to do its best thinking up
on affairs so fateful as are now afoot, to enter into the beet dis
cussion thereof in order that at a time so critical we may have the
•benefit of the Dominion’s best thought and, best-considered judg
ment. Things are not going to continue as they are. But which
way are they going to move? If the people will but think they wild1
in the main think right.********
EXTRACTS FROM RAMSAY MCDONALD’S SPEECH
“The nation shows an encouraging return to lheallth . . . the
work done for the nation abroad in 1934 has materially brightened
the prospects of peace . . . the prospect is at any rate .stimulating
. . . the memory is far from saying “you have won through,” but
it does whisper “you are winning through” . . . two things will be
asked for, steady work; and shorter1 hours . . . everything points
to a year of improving trade, wages tending upwards, and increas
ing employment . . . we begin this, year with a new drive against
inefficient industry and chronic unemployment . . . title nation can
not afford the slum . . .” These are gems that our folk over here
will welcome and ponder. “Inefficient industry and chronic un
employment,” let all and sundry taik'e notice of these great and
significant words. Notice, it will be observed., is served on the men
who will not learn and on tihe folk who will not work.********
A WISE WORD
In times such as we are living through, times when we are ask
ing almost (hourly, “what next?” Times when the old order is
changing and giving place to the new, it is well for us to recall the
fact that civilization as we know has passed through similiar .hours
when men’s hearts were greatly tried.
‘ For instance there were tihe days of the .Napoleonic wars. King
dom after kingdom in Europe was tumbling before the French Le
gions under the military leadership of Napoleon, driven by ‘his in
sane ambition and mad lust of conquest. Italy, Austria, Spain tumb
led like ninepins before the onrush of his apparently unconquerable
battalions. Yet at the depth of European humiliation Wordsworth
wrote these words that are more applicable to our situation this
hour than they were to England, the land he desired to inspire. Let
us con them well:
“. . . from this day forward we shall know
That in ourselves our safety must be sought;
That by our own right hands it must be wrought;
That we must stand unpropped or be laid low.”
That’s the iron string whose thrilling music will save the world.
N, W. Manning
Dies Suddenly
(Stricken with a sudden seizure as
he was drawing water from a cistern
in his garage, Wednesday afternoon
last, Wilber N. Manning, 525 Queens
Ave., London, proprietor of the
Sherlock-Manning Piano Company
and prominent member of Metropol
itan United church, died as he fell
headlong into the water below.
His body was recovered later, and
his physician, Hr. E. L. Williams
and Coroner E. L. Hodgins, M.D.,
found that death was due to a stroke.
Mr. Manning, in apparent good
health, had driven his wife to a
meeting at 3.30 p.m. and, returned
to lih home. He was later to have
called for Mrs. Manning but when
he failed to arrive she returned and
could find no trace of him at home.
Aid was called and a full pail of
water standing at the edge of the
open cistern top gave mute evidence
of the accident.
Exertion of drawing up the water
is believed to .have brought on the
seizure. Last summer Mr. Manning
had been seriously injured when he
slipped from the' roof of his home
and fell to the ground when taken
with a less serious attack. He ap
parently had recovered completely
from the former attack.
Mr. Manning was widely known in’
the business, club and church life
of the city, particularly through his
connection as recording steward of
Metropolitan church which p-ost he
occupied for the ppst seven years
and to which he was re-elected only
on Tuesday bight.
A native of Exeter, Mr. Manning
went to Clinton in his youth and. en
tered the employ of the Doherty. Or
gan company of that town. He rose
to the superintendency of' that firm
and1 then with J. F. Sherlock who
was salesman for the Clinton com
pany, organized the Sherlock-Mann
ing firm. In 1908 they opened their
plant in London and the firm be
came widely known and was one of
the city’s flourishing industries.
Later the firm acquired the Do
herty plant in Clinton and it became
a -branch of the London firm. About j
ten years, agio. Mr. Manning purchas
ed Mr. Sherlock’s interest in the
company and became sole proprietor
Then three years later the London
factory of the firm was sold to Spar
ton of Canada and Mr. Manning con
tinued operations at the Clinton
factory, but resided in (London.
Since coming to London Mr. Mann
ing had taken an active part in the
Methodist and latterly the United
•Church, associated with the First
Methodist and tihen the Metropolitan
United Church as it became after
union.
Active in Church
For a number oif years he was su
perintendent of the Sunday School of
that church, was steward and mem
ber1 pf the trustee, board. On the
death of John H. Chapman he took
over the duties of recording steward
of the church and since that time
filed this important post. He aleo
served on many of the important
committees of the board and was
delegate to the conference and gen
eral assembly in past years.
Mr. Manning, representing1 the
prohibitionists of the .city, ran as
•candidiate in the provincial election
of 1926 for the North London riding
against J. P. Moore K.C.
He was for a number of years a
member of the board of education,
of late on the advisory committee of
the London Vocational School.
A Mason, he was a member of the
Tuscan Lodge, London, and he al
so was an active Rotary Club mem
ber.
Surviving are his wife and two
daughters, Misses Eleanor and Mar
ion, both at home.
S( HWALM—MCKENZIE
The parsonage of the Evangelcai
Lutheran Church of Zurich was the
scene of a quiet but pretty wedding
on Saturday, January 19th, when
Rev. E. Turkheim united in the
bonds of holy matrimony Lawrence
Elma, daughter .of Mr. and Mrs. Pe
ter Schwalm of Zurich and Mr. Ro
bert John, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam McKenzie of Kippen. The bride
was attended >by Miss Marguerite Mc
Kenzie, sister of1 the groom. The
groom was attended by Mervyn
Schwalm, brother of the bride. Af
ter the ceremony the bridal party,
retired to the bride’s home where
the immediate relatives were served
to a dainCy dinner.
REPORT U- S. S. 15, IIAY &
STEPHEN
The following is a report of the
examination held in this school for
December and January. Those mark
ed with a asterisk missed some or
all of the examinations. Numbers
mean per cent.
Sr. IV—Bobby .Turnbull 74.7; N.
Willert 66.4; Eva Baker 64.2; Grace
Volk 60.3*; Florence Truemner *.
Jr. IV.—Alice Volk 67*;. Harry
Walper 5 8.6; Warren Sharrow *.
Sr. III.—Ada Keller 72.7; Milton
Keller 63.3; Hubert Schroeder 62.8;
Betty Fischer 61.6; Albert Rader
60.(5; Delores Gossman 59.8*; Mil
dred Sharrow *.
II.—Orville Truemner 74.4; Allan
Turnbull 66; Mary Turnbull 64.1;
Mildred Walper 51.7; Doris Shar
row *; Hilda Walper *.
Sr. I.—John Willert 64.7; Harold
Schroeder 64.
Jr, 1.—Audrey Gill 9 4.7; Mervyn
Keller 73.3; Leonard Gossman 44.
Pr.—Anna Schroeder 72.3; Jean
Gossman 54.4; Lome Becker *.
Number on roll 29. Average at
tendance 24.
Ray M. Waghorn, Teacher
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THAMES ROAD
(Too late for last week)
Mr, Wm. Hackney is confined to
to house these day and is very poor
ly.
Mr. Ivor Morgan has rented the
farm of Mr. Edgar Fanson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed, Pollen and fam
ily spent Sunday with their uncle
Mr. Geo. Tuffin, of Staffs, who has
been quite sick for some time.
The Mission Circle held their Jan
uary meeting on Saturday at the
home of Miss Lizzie Thomson, open
ing with hymn 5'71 “Standing at the
Portal of Another Year.” Twelve
members responded to the roll call,
followed by reports from the treas
urer and secretary, The programs for
the year were then give out. Miss
Ruby Chambers then took charge of
the program. Hymn 557 was sung
and followed by sentence prayers by
Ruth Taylor, Vera Pollen, Ruby
Chambers and Lillian Miller. Lizzie
Thomson then gave a reading; June
and Ruth Taylor then gave the
study book reading. Hymn 350 was
sung during collection. This part of
the meeting closed with the ‘Tapps.’
All then joined in a contest a sihort
time was spent sewing at the layette
after’ which .lunch was served.
W. A. Meeting.
'The above meeting was held at
the home of' Mrs. Gilbert Duncan
with President Mrs. Nelson Hunkin
in the chair. The meeting opened
with hymn “Take Time to be Holy”
followed by prayer. There were 24
members present and two visitors.
Treasurer’s report was given by the
past treasurer followed by business
and discussion. Mrs. J. W. Stewart
was convenor of the program, then
took charge and a very interesting
program followed. All joined, in sing
ing 501. Mrs. B. Duncan then gave
a reading; recitation by Mrs. Jack
Selves; instrumental by Mrs. Alvin
Stewart; reading by Miss Alice Hack
ney and Mrs. A. Stewart. Meeting
then closed by Mrs. Taylor and iiyimn
441 and the Lord’s Prayer was re
peated. in unison. Mrs. Hunkin of
fered her home for the March meet
ing and roll call response to be a
conundrum. Group three to serve
lunch and group 4 the program.
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Norway
Pine
Syrup
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1935
YOUNGEST WARDW
Derwin Reason, elected warden
of St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, in
Granton, represents the fourth gen*
eration of this family in the congre
gation of St. Thomas’ church. At 23
years of age he is probably the
youngest warden of an Anglican
Church in Canada. Both his grand
father and. great-grandfather assist
ed in erecting the original church at
Granton, vacated by the congrega
tion some three years ago, however,
in favor of the present and more
modern quarters. His father was for
some years warden of the church.
DOUBLE WEDDING
A quiet but pretty double wed
ding was solemnized at the Luth
eran parsonage, London on Thurs
day, January 17th at 3 o’clock p.m.
when Rev. C. Killinger of that city
offieated at the wedding of Miss
Verlyn Thiel, eldest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Thiel, of Zurich,
was united in wedlock to- Mr. Ray
mond Fisher, sen of Mr. and Mrs.
Oswald Fisher also of Zurich. The
other contracting parties were Miss
E’lda Stephan, daughter of Mrs. Mary
Stephan and the late John Stephan,
was united in marriage to Mr. Leon
ard Wagner, son elf Mr. and Mrs.
William Wagner, of Zurich. Alfiter
the ceremony the two bridal couples
returned to Zurich to tihe home of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Thiel where a
lovely weddig dinner was served.
MRS. JOSEPH LAWRENCE
Mre, Joseph Lawrence, London,
died in St. Joseph’s Hospital, follow
ing a week’s illness of pneumonia.
She was in her 88th year.
Born in Biddulph Township, the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick Ryder, pioneer resident of
the township, isihe lived in that dis
trict for many years. Following her
marriage to Joseph Lawrence, of
(London, 62 years ago, the couple
moved to Mather, Man., being the
earliest settlers in that section of
the province. They lived there un
til 190 6 then moving back to Lon
don. Mr. Lawrence died seven years
ago.
She is survived by two sons.
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I’ll Soon be Rid of It"
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