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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-02-21, Page 1I ■ft ESTABLISHED 1873 SIXTY-SECOND YEAREXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21st, 1935 £ ,8, / -? 1 Clearing Sale of Ladies’ and Misses’ SILK CREPE DRESSES w We are placing on sale this week our entire stock of Ladies* and Misses’ Silk Crepe dresses regardless of cost. These dresses must be cleared at once/They are marked down in price groups of $3.95 $4.95 $5.95 $8.95 (none higher) MEN’S OVERCOATS AT COST Do not miss this chance. So as not to have any Overcoats to pack away we are clearing them at actual wholesale price for cash. These Coats cost us from $10 to $16 Several have taken advantage of these prices in the last two weeks. If your Coat is shabby, here is an opportunity. February Sale of * Women’s Velvet Overshoes ... at $2.75 Woipen’s Lined Rubber Overshoes $1.29 Women’s Zipper O’shoes small sizes $1. Children’s Lined Rubber O’shoes $1.19 a Overshoes Etc Men’s 1-buckle Overshoes .... at $1.75 Men’s 2-buckle Overshoes .... at $2.00 Men’s 2-bUckle O’shoes siz. 10’ 11, $1.50 Men’s Heavy Lumbermen’s Rbrs. $1.79 Boys Rolled Edge Rbrs. at 85c. per pair Many are Papering EarlyWallpapers With Sunworthy Wallpapers as low as 12 l-2c. a roll, many people are papering rooms which have become a little shabby, early, before the busy season arrives. Never before did we have Sunfast papers at these low prices. And the assortment is the largest we ever had. Brighten your rooms with new wallpapers. Superior Chain Store Specials for Thursday, Friday, Saturday Pearl White Naptha Soap .... 10 bars 31c. Kellogg’s Corn Flakes...........3 pkgs. 21c. JAM—Raspberry. Strawberry, B. Cqrrant 32 oz. jar.......................................... 31c. Crosse & Blackwell Catsup . . 2 bottles 25c. Oxo Cubes..................small 10c., large 25c. Maple Leaf Canned Tomatoes 3 large tins 25c Red Band & Gele Jelly Powders 6 packages for...................................25c. Cowan’s Cocoa 1 lb. tin with coupon 18c. Aylmer Canned Spinach or Asparagus Cuttings ............................................ 18c. Jones & May Of Interest to Farmers and Poultry Raisers We are enlarging our stock of Poultry and Stock Feeds this year. . At present we offer Pioneer Chick Starter ......$2.95 cwt., 500 lb. lots at $2.80 cwt. Royal Purple Chick Starter ....$3.25 cwt., 5 00 lb. lots $3.10 cwt. Pioneer Grow Mash .... at $2.50 Pioneer Scratch Feed ....at $2.05 Royal Purple Scratch Feed at $2.75 R. P. Developing Meal $2.75 R. P. Concentrate for laying hens mix 1-5 with own feed $4.25 R. P. Concentrate for Develop. Chicks mix 1-7 with own feed $4.25 Royal Purple Stock Specific- 15c. R. P. Poultry Specific 15c. Royal Purple Hog Tonic and Worm Specific 25c. lb., 8 1-2 lbs $1.75 Royal Purple and Buckeye Brooder, 500 to 1200 capacity $13- $21. Baby Chick size Oyster Shell, Grit, Charcoal, Feeders, Founts and Hoppers Royal Purple Calf Meal 100 be. $3.50; 50 lbs. $1.85; 25 lbs. $1.00 Nicotine Sulphate ,or Black Leaf 40 in bulk ....... 10c. an oz. Cooper’s Warble Fly Powder ........... 80c. lb. Cooper’s Dri Kill louse powder ......................... 2 lbs. 75c. Cooper’s Kerol disinfectant 45 times more active than Carbolic Acid Zenoleum Disinfectant ......................................... pts. 45c., qts. 70c. Oyster Shell, Grit, Sulphur, Salts, Salt Petre, C. I. L. Mineral, Bone Meal, Liriseed Meal, Etc^ J. fl. T^HQUfllR EXEMPLIFY DEGREE Tlie first degree 'team of Huron Lodge I.O.O.F., Goderich, visited the Exeter Lodge of Oddfellows Tues day. night and exemplified the work of the degree on three candidates. Bro. H. B. Tichbor-ne, D.D.G.M., oc cupied the chair of the Noble Grand while Bro. A. F. Sturdy acted as de gree master. The members of the team all took their parts in a very creditable manner and were highly complimented. A vote of thanks was tendered the team. Several short addresses were given. Refreshments were served at the close. OPERATION Mr. Frank -Sheere was taken to Victoria Hospital in London, Friday where he underwent an operation for appendicitis. Miss. Ina Jaques, R.N., was in attendance for a few days. Mr. 'Sheere is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Anderson’s grand-daughter, Miss. Thelma Bak er has gone to Detroit to visit her mother. a nasty Fall Patrick Cnonyn, 3-year-old son ofc Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Cronyn, of High way No-. 4, south of Centralia, had the misfortune to fall out of the granary door a distance of about ten feet to the ground. He w-a® some what bruised but fortunately escap ed serious injury. Dr. Fletcher at tended him. 1 1 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21st Canadian Legion Rooms at 8.30. Admission 25c. The regular meeting of the Cana dian Legion will be held on Friday night, February 22nd at 8.30. All members urgently requested to be present. Important business. TO DRILL FOR WATER The Exeter Public Utilities Com- | mission having failed to secure an adequate supply of pure water above the rock have finally, awarded a contract to sink a twelve inch ar tesian well to an estimated -depth of 300 feet. The contract was award ed to the Gordon Roberts Sales Com pany of Brantford and the machinery has now been placed in position to begin operations. The Public Utili ties Commission made three unsuc cessful attempts last summer to se cure a sufficient supply -of pure wa ter by drilling above the rock and then turned to the springs on the bank of the river three quarters of -a mile east of Exeter. The water from the springs was of excellent quality but after an extensive test it was found the capacity would not meet the demands and finally the commission -decided on sinking a well through theu’oek. On January. 21st it was -decided to call for tend ers and after advertising in .a couple of engineering magazines besides getting in communication with about thirteen companies, three tenders were* received, The lowest tender was that of -the Jordan Roberts Sales Company of Brantford. It is estimated from other rock wells in the community that water will be found at an -approximate depth of 300 feet, at an estimated cost of $2,317. The contract calls for $10.50 a foot through the earth and $5.00 a foot through the rock. The extra cost through the earth is caus ed by the casing which is unneces sary through the rock. The new well is being sunk on town property near the darn at the river and close to the present pump ing station. If water is found in sufficient quantity and of the right quality a reservoir will be built of cement near the spot. The reservoir will be from eight to twelve feet deep and provision will be made for draining off the water into the river below the dam. It is estimated that a twelve inch ■well will have a capacity of 200 gals, a minute or 288,000 gals, a day. The minimum consumption -of the pres ent system is 45,0 0 0 gals, during a clay in December and the maximum consumption -during a day in ’ the summer time was 150,0-00 gals. When the tes-t wells last summer failed to produce the required, sup ply cf water Engineer, D. H. Flem ing made a test of the springs on the bank of the Aux Sable river three quarters of a mile east of Exeter. The was and The was lowing a rain and thaw. The mum supply for 24 hours was 64, 000 gallons. Had 'the supply war ranted the engineer purposed piping the water from the springs to, -a re servoir. With the estimated in crease in consumption when, pure wafer is available the idea -of the springs had to be abandoned.A ' -stall and it is of sinkin cessful and judging from the results obtained frm other rock wells 'the commission have every reason to be lieve it will be. The new Well is to be completed inside of three months. water from the available springs trapped and taken to one point an estimate of the supply made, maximum supply for 24 hours 90,000 gals, and this was fol- mini- further proposition was to in- a filtering plant at the river to chlorinate 'the water. This estimated would exceed the cost g a well if the well is sue- HOT ROAST BEEF SUPPER— Will be served in the basement of Can0 ■tralia United -Church on Wednesday, February 27 by Group No. '2. Supper 25c. and 15c. served from 5.3 0 to 8 o’clock. Followed by a program con sisting of a playlet entitled the Story- Grew” -and duets, tettes. Everybody come. “How quar- EVANGELISTIC SERVICES Special union evangelistic services are being held by the Main St. and James St. United Churches this week. The services are being con ducted by the two ministers, Rev. A. E. Elliott and Rev. J. H. Stainton. A union service was held in Main St. church Sunday evening with both ministers in charge, Rev. Mr. Stain ton, delivering the sermon. Several .of the lay. members led in prayer. At ’the close of the service several' mem bers spoke briefly two of whom wit nessed as to- a change having come into their lives during the past few weeks. A solo was sung by Miss Forsythe. A short after-meeting was held at the close of ’the regular service. Services were also held in Main St. Church on Monday and Tuesday evenings and tonight (Wed nesday) is special laymen’s night. On Thursday, and Friday evenings ser vices will bo held in James Street Church. On Sunday morning next each church will hold its own ser vice and in the evening a special un ion service will bo held in James St. Church, GAS RUNS FREELY Between 400 and 500 gallons of gasoline poured out from one of the Supertest storage -tanks at tlie Exe ter station on Thursday last creat ing a dangerous fire menace when a tap from the tank was accidentally broken -off. A car of shingles was being unleaded at Che time and a truck used in hauling the shingles struck the pipe and broke the tap. ■The gasoline began to pour out and Mr. Bruce Tu-ckey, who was in the neighborhood, rendered assistance. Mr. C. W. Kestle, the local repre sentative, was located and was soon •on the spot and the pipe was plug ged. LIBRARY BOARD REPORTS PROGRESS steady increase in the circula- of books in the Exeter Library reported at the annual meeting Mr.»Ghas. Kerslake wlw is in St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, is making a very satisfactory recovery, A tion was of the Library Board last Thursday afternoon . In ’the past year 217 books wove added and some new magazines at a ’total cost of $400.69, In ‘the same year 674 books were discarded. Some improvements for the year were made in the Library, book titles have been posted and a system for reserving books introduced. A mark ed increase in the number of Ju venile books has been made and al so in travel, biography, history and other adult classed books. The treasurer reported a balance op hand of $89.63. Officers for the ensuing year were as follows: Chair man, Mr. Treasurer, committee, Wm. May, A. Hunt; Magazine committee, Mrs. R. N. Creech and Mr* G. S« Howard* Tlios. lsryde; Secretary- Miss L. M. Jeckell; book Mrs. R. N. Creech, Mrs. Miss jeckell and Rev. M ALMOST A FIRE What might have proven a serious fire had it got a little more head way occurred in the Snell block, formerly the old Commercial Hotel, about noon on Saturday. The build ing is now occupied by several ten- nants and is steam heated. A fire star-led in the chimney .and ignited some old bags that had been stuffed in the clean-out opening at the bot tom -of the chimney. Mr. Geo. Grant, Issuer of Motor Licenses, smelt the smoke coming 'through the floor and on investigation found the smoulder ilia bags and some near-by rafters somewhat charred. A few buckets of water were required to- put the fire ou-t. MRS. FEAR DIES Mrs. (Rev.) E. A. Fear, mother of Mrs. W. S. Howey, of Exeter, whose •husband-was a former pastor of Main Street Methodist Church died in Whitby hospital on Tuesday of this week. The funeral Wednesday, was held from the home of her sister Mrs. Pearson, of Stratford, interment in the Avondale cemetery. Mrs. Ho wey spent the past wrnek with her mother in Whitby. Mrs. Fear was well known in this community and was beloved by a wme circle.., of friends. The sympathy of the com munity will be extended toj the be reaved. MICHIGAN SPORTSMEN , ENJOY JACK DRIVES Three Michigan sportsmen visit ed in Exeter last week and on Wed nesday and Thursday afternoons participated in their first jack rab bit drives. The men. were Messrs B&n East and -Geo. H. Travis, news paper men from Grand Rapids, who also contribute articles for several outdoor magazines, and J. S. Steph enson of the Michigan State Con servation Commission. The drives had been arranged by Messrs Fred Kerr, of Crediton and F. J. Del- bridge, -of town, but unfortunately Mr. Kerr was laid up with the flu and was unable to participate. 'The drive Wednesday afternoon was in the vicinity -of Mt. Carmel and three bl-ocks were covered. About fifty men took part. Forming a v shape they spread ou-t across a concession and invaded the block. They were successful in bagging -a total of 115 jacks which averaged 8 lbs. 13 -ozs. The jacks at this time of the year .are not quite as heavy as they were during 'the early winter The visitors carried with them cam eras and took numerous snaps of the drive. They took -a picture of a field covered wi-th snow that one person stated looked as though it had been tramped down by a flock of sheep. During the weeks that the ground has been covered with snow the rabbits have stripped the bark from many saplings and the young trees have been ruined. This was noted and pictures taken. A second drive was m-ade Thurs day afternoon in a drizzling rain. T-he drive was made in the district between Chiselhurst and Seaforth, tw>o blocks being covered and about 8 5 jacks bagged. On the two days the vistors were successful in bring ing down six jacks each. They were delighted with theii’ trip 'and jtook back wi’tlK them 37 rabbits to pro vide a dinner for the newspaper staff. The oldest man on the drive was Mr. Jos. .Sutton, aged 73, who secured two rabbits. From what they learned t-he visitors were not particularly anxious to have the jacks invade the State of Michigan THE LATE MRS. ALLEN * Mrs. Margaret Allen, who for the past twenty-five years has been an esteemed resident of Exeter, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. Quance, at Cromarty on Fri day, of last week. The deceased, who was in her 85th year, was born in London Township, near Birr, her maiden name being Margaret Wil son. Over sixty years ago she was united in marriage to the late An thony Allen, who predeceased her in 1900. Practically all of her mar ried life was. spent -on a farm in Hibbert Twp., near Cromarty, where Mr. Allen conducted a stone quarry Many of the flat stones used in vil-, 1-a.ge and town crossings and for, culverts before the days -of cement came from the quarry of Mr. Allen/ Teams used to come from miles and often the quarry -was the scene of great activity. About 25 years ago Mrs. Allen retired from the farm and moved to Exeter. The deceased is survived by five sons and one daughter, Benjamin, of Edmonton;’ Wilson, a teacher in Northern On-, tario; Edgar, of Hibbert; Ivy, Brant-- foTd; Harold -and Stanley, of Sask atchewan, Frank on 'the homestead and Mrs. Quance, of Cromarty. She is also survived by two- sisters, Mrs/ Routledge of Zurich -and Mrs. Kerr, in the United States. The funeral service Monday afternoon was con ducted from Grace Church, Staffa, of which -the deceased had been a devoted members. The choir from St Paul’e Church, Hensan, assisted with the service which was conducted by Rev. Mr. Hendry. Interment took place in Staffa cemetery. The bear ers were: Messrs, Preston Dearing, Ernest Ross, Anthony Allen, Elgin Allen, Ernest Allen and Allen Quance Quance. Mr. Wesley Dearing, who has been ill for several tveeks, is improving. PRIZE WINNERS The draw for prizes in the Times- Advocate subscription contest was made on Saturday evening by Reeve Thomas Pryde, of Exeter, A number of interested spectators were present tor 'the occasion. The coupons were placed in a receptacle and thorough ly mixed. The first one to be drawn bore the name of the late Henry Huston, with ticket number 220, the value of -the award being $5.00. The remainder of the winners were as follows: $2.09 Prizes L. H. Towers, Fort Erie, No. 479 W. S. Cole, Exeter, No, 737 John N. Willis, Exeter, No. 435, Albert Hall, Grand Bend, No. 350; Mrs. C. Devine, -Trenton, N. J. 758 $1.00 Prizes I, Tetreau, Dashwood R.R. 2, 390. Fred J. Ford, Toronto, No. 703. Mrs. A. Zimmer, Dashwood, 57-4. Wm. Brickwood, Hay, No. 484. J. L. Rutledge, Waterford, 526. Mrs. A. Fox, Winnipeg, No, 302. Mervin Coxsworth, London, 201. Wm. Stade, Dashwood, No, 232. Albert Spencer, Hensail, No. 709. Stanley Walter, H-anover, No, 394 50c. Prize R. Webb, Dashwood, R.R, 2, 3 63. Winners in this community are requested to call at the office for -their prizes. FORD—LAWSON A quiet but pretty 'twilight wed ding took place -on Saturday .at the home of Mrs. Wilfred Lawson when her second eldest daughter Lulu Kathleen, became the bride of Mr. Orval J. Ford, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Ford, The bride looked charming in a dress of Ro.ya.l blue crepe and matching accessories. She entered the room on the arm of her brother Gerald to the strains of Loh engrin’s Bridal Chorus played by Miss Evelyn Lawson, sister of the bride. The ceremony was perform ed under a prettily decorated arch by Rev. J. H. Stainton, The young couple were unattended. During the signing of the register Mr. W. R. Goulding sang “<O Promise Me.” Fol lowing the ceremony a wedding din ner wag served. The tables were at tractively decorated in a color scheme of pink and white. The bride’s table was centred with the bride’s -cake and four piijk tapers. The serving was done by Misses O- Lawson and Helen '.Salter. The bride and groom left by motor for Detroit •and Windsor, the bride travelling in a rust crepe suit with accessories to match. On their return Mr. and Mrs. Ford will reside on the groom’s farm near Dashwood. ROBINSON—AVERY Mr. William F. Robinson, a mem ber of the Ontario Motorcycle Pat rol, who has been stationed in Exe ter for several months, returned to Exeter with his bride on Saturday last following a short honeymoon. They have taken up their residence in the Central Hotel. The citizens of Exeter will join with the Times-Ad- vocate in extending a welcome to Mrs. Robinson and in wishing the newly married couple happiness and prosperity in the future. Following is ;a report of the wedding: St. Paul’s Rectory, Caledonia, was the scene of -a- pretty wedding on Tuesday , w’hen Annie Margaret, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Av^ry, Caledonia, was united in marriage to William Fraser Rob inson, elder son of Mrs. and the late James Robinson, Markham. Rev, Phillip Sawyer officiated. The .atten dants were Mrs. Reba Thurston, sis ter of the bride, and J. B. Clarke, of Toronto. The bride wore a shell pink tafetta. dress trimmed with tulle and wore a black hat and accessories to match, also a shoulder bouquet of roses and lily of the valley. Mrs. Thurston wore a flowered chiffon dress with black hat and accessories and wore a shoulder bouquet of sweet peas. Only the immediate family, of 'the bride attended the wed ding breakfast which was held at Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson left on a short honeymoon, the bride travelling in a black velvet dress and black satin hat with accessories to match. On their return they will reside at Exeter, where the groom in a member of the Ontario Motor cycle Patrol. America’s most popular group of colored 'talent , Will appear in JAMES STREET CHURCH —* on — Monday, March 4th under the auspices of the Sunday School ADMISSION 25c.' Reserve trie date for this group of singers who- were formerly with Chautauqua