HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-09-05, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 193B
SO YEARS AGO
1885
HIS MOTHER IS NOT IMPRESSED
WITH ABERHART'S BIG WIN
of this place
Cape Breton from which
across the Atlantic can
four days.
,pipe organ in the James
will be
' September 3rd,
Mr. Walter Carling,
has got the contract for carrying the
mail from Exeter to Kirkton, The
contract is for three years and ten
months, at $375 per annum.
P, K. Kyndman Esq., brother; to
Dr. Hyndanan of this place, has been
appointed engineer by the govern
ment for the extension of the Inter
colonial Railway to a point at the
east end of
the voyage
be affected
The new
Street Methodist Church
opened on the 19th inst. with an or
gan recital and sacred concert. Pro
fessor Birkes, of London, will pre
side at the organ,
Miss Tillie White, head milliner
in Mr. D. Mackenzies establishment,
in Sarnia, is home spending a .por
tion of her vaaction.
Mr. Kersiake and wife and Master
Frank Oke, of this place, and Rev.
J. Veal, of Crediton, who sailed
for England in June last have re
turned
Miss
Miss J.
present
A umber of our local sports left
for Manitoba on Monday morning
last.
Walter Westcott says he can drive
more nails in a plank sidewalk in
one day than any other man in town.
home.
Watson, <of Chicago, and
Spicer, of this town, are at
visiting friends at St. Clair.
25 YEARS AGO
Sept. 1, 1910
last
for
the
Mrs. Fred Fisher, who has been
ill for some time ie improving.
Mr. Garnet Frayne has fully re
covered from the shock received by
a flash of lightning at his hoime
week.
Harry Carling leaves today
Brantford where he will attend
Collegiate Institute.
Miss Martha Carling Jet Saturday
for New York where istie will enter
a hospital to take a course ,in train
ing fOT a nurse.
Mr. John Spackman returned on
Thursday from a trip to New Bruns
wick, visiting at Moncton, St. John
Georgetown and Fredericton.
iMrs. S. W. Madge, of Oakland, Cal.
who has been visiting heT sister Mrs.
P. Frayne, for the past six weeks
went to London Thursday.
Misses Vera and Ethel Cobbledick
of Calgary, who spent the latter part
of last week visiting the Misses
Rhoda and Etta Kerslake, have gone
to Lucan.
Mr. Simon Campbell met with an
unfortunate accident when the horse
he was driving took fright and up
set the rig with the result Mr. Camp
bell suffered a bad shaking up and
three broken ribs.
Mr. A. Q. Bobier left Monday for
Dorchester to look after some drain
age and culvert contracts.
Dr. Quackenbush, of Blenheim
who recently purchased Mr. Wm. Ar
nold’s fine residence moved therein
this week.
15 YEARS AGO
September 2nd, 1920
Verity, of Brantford and
Pickard, visited Mrs.
over Sunday.
Mr.
Herb
ckard
Mr. W. H. Moncur left
morning .for Toronto where
Rd.
Mr.
Pi-
Monday
he will
spend a couple of weeks with his
son William.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. ’Smith, who
were spending a few weeks with
the latter’s parents Mr. and Mrs. I.
Armstrong returned to their home
in Toronto- last -week.
Mrs. Wm. Balman, who has been
visiting relatives in and around town
for several weeks returned to
home in Windsor.
Miss Lizzie Penhale, who has
spending the summer with her
ther Mr. W. H. Penhale and
relatives here left for her home in
Vancouver Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Levett, of
London, Miss Carrie Knight, of St
Thomas and Mrs. Geo. Knight and
daughter of Ilclerton, motored here
Wednesday >&f last week and spent
the day with friends.
Miss Olive Wood, who has been
engaged as stenographer 'in London
leaves Thursday on the S. S. Ham-
onic for Winnipeg where she will re
main fo-r some time.
Lightning struck the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jeff Fisher, Usborne, dur
ing the storm last week, but little
damage iwas done.
her
been
bro-
other
Pedestrian (to boy leading a very
skinny m-ongrel pup): “What kind
■of a dog is that, my boy?”
Boy: “This a police dog.”
Pedestrian: “That doesn’t look like
a police dog.”
Boy: “Nope. It’s in the secret ser
vice.”
V
THE FAMOUS
RUBBING
LINIMENT
Rub on—pain gone.
Get the new large econ
omy size—Also avail
able in smaller, regular
size. n
-A
William Aberhart’ may become
the next premier’of Alberta, but it
will not be with the approval of his
mother, Mrs. Louise Aberhart, ol
Seaforth ,says Milton Dunnejl, writ
ing in the (Stratford Beacon-He'rald
Mrs, Aberhart, who will celebrate
her eighty-fifth birthday next De
cember, is not a bit thrilled by the
meteoric rise of her son in the polit'
cal world.
In the first place, he continues
she is not interested in politics. In
the second place, she thinks that hex
son had enough to .do without get
ting himself named prime minister
of a province.
“I dont know why he went and
got into politics,,” she confided, in
an interview yesterday afternoon
While the whole Dominion was talk
ing about the sensational victory .of
her son’s Social Credit League in
the Albe'rta general elections.
“No. I certainly do not approve
of it,” she declared, although there
was a suspicion of pride in her tone
“Of course, if he wants to be the
Prime Minister, I wouldn’t try tc
put anything in his way. He’s old
enough now to know what he wants.
“Did I sit up last night to heai
the returns over the radio? I should
say not. .I,f you were running, would
you expect the whole country side
to sit up all night over it? I went tc
bed. And I slept, too.”
“No. I never voted in my life, and
I’ll be eighty-five in December. They
came to get me to vote once, but '
told them they could just keep right
on going. If the men don’t know
how to run the country, I don’t see
how they expect the women to de
it”.
Mrs. Aberhart does not 1
Whether or not she expected
son’s party to win in Alberta,
cause she didn't understand
NEW AGRICULTURAL COURSE
SCHOOLSIN
football
assured
be done
has
po-
he
present Studies to Be Scrapped For
More
know
her
be-
the
whole business, and she hadn’t seen
he1!’ son to have him explain it tc
her.
hart is in good health. !
fine sense of humor, and
gaily at the suggestion
might go out to Alberta to counsel
he'r son, in the event of his accepting
the .premiership.
There’s one subject, in addition
to politics, on which she has decid
ed opinion. She refused point blank
to pose for a photograph.
“Nothing doing,” she declared. “1
am too old for that foolishness. Any
way, I had a picture taken about
five years ago, and it was so bad
that I said ‘never again.’ ”
“But I’ll get fired if I go back to
Stratford without a picture of you,’
she was informed.
“Oh, I guess you’ll get something
to do,” she consoled.
Her decision on the photograph
question was final, despite the fact
that a photographer was on hand
all set to snap her picture, without
her
ing
(Despite her years, Mrs. Aber-
■She has a
I laughed
that she
having to move out of her rock
chair.
Not. Clear on Plan
Her son, Charles Aberhart, with
whom she makes her home, was
ally emphatic in his refusal,
wouldn’t even stand in front of
drug store while a picture was
ing taken.
. “-Some of the others wanted pic
tures, too, and I told them the same
thing,” he advised.
He was perfectly willing to dis
cuss his brother’s success in- the
West, of which he was justly proud
but no pictures. He accepted the
congratulations of customers com
ing into the store.
“I haven’t fofllowed the campaign
in Alberta very closely, except thro
what I’ve read in the press,” he ex
plained. “I used to get copies of
some of his lectures sent to me, but
I don’t understand the Social Credit
policies, and, of course, I haven’’
been talking to my brother lately.”
Have Confidence in Him
“I’m not prepared to say whether
I think he can do the things he has
promised to do in his campaign. But
I have confidence in him, and I will
say this: If he says these things can
be done, I know that he feels they
can. be done. He is no wildcat. And
he’s done great things before.”
Another brother, Louis, was en
thusiastic over Brother Bill's’sweep
ing victory in Alberta, although he
refused to let the occasion interfere
with the daily routine of operating
a chopping mill, with an implement
shop in connection.
“I was sure that he would win,’
Louis Aberha'rt enthused.
“And this is only the' beginning
He will show the way to the rest of
the Dominion, and you will see the
United States swing that way, too,”
he predicted.
“I’ve never heard him mention
politics. When he was here five or
six years ago, I'm su're .that he had
no thought of getting into politics.
He has worked put his theories, and
he believes that he has something
that will help the country. That’E
why lie’s gome out the way lie has
There’s one thing certain, he would
not do it for personal gain.”
In
town,
pride
they
scorne.
polls dumbfounded them, but they
still have to be convinced that his
theories can be put into practice
While congratulating members of
his family 'in one breath, they add
"but he’ll never bo able to do -what
he says he is going to do,” in the
next.
Aberhart as a splendid student who
had a flair for mathematics, and on
outstanding athlets who was one of
the best half-backs who ever kick
ed a ball for the famous old HhTonE
who kept Seaforth on the
map.
, “You can be absolutely
that whatever is done will
honestly,” one former classmate de
clared, “Bill Aberhart always was £
square shooter,”
While the Social Credit leader
been referred to, since his rise to
litical fame, as a Huron boy,
really is a native of Perth County
He was born in Hibbert Township
a son of William Aberhart and Lo
uise Pepper. His father is deceased
Ther were six boys and two girls in
the family. William was the fourth
oddest of the family. Two members
of 'the family are deceased. Those
of Woodstock; Wilfred, of Detroit
Charles and Louis of Seaforth; John
of Woodstock; Wildfred of Detroit
and Mrs. G. Mclsaac, of Detroit.
The first school attended by the
Social Credit leader was No. 7, Hib
bert Township, While he was stil’
in the lower grades, the family mov
ed and he finished his public schoo’
education in Egmondville. He at
tended Seaforth Collegiate and then
qualified as a teacher. His first job
was near Wingham. From there he
went to the staff of the Brantford
public schools.
Wanted to be Minister
All this time, he had been study
ing constantly in the hope of enter
ing the ministry—an ambition that
never was realized, because of the
fact that he could not be accepted
without attending university. In
Brantford he organized a Bible Class
and when he went West to Calgary
to join the public school staff there
he continued his Bible teachingE
with such success that a $65,000 au
ditorium was erected through the
contributions of his radio audiences
He has been likened to Father
Coughlin, of Detroit, and when his
enemies attempted to put him off
the air, thousands of letters poured
into the radio station from his lis
teners.
By summer courses and post-gra
duate study, he qualified himself to
teach in a Collegiate Institute, and
at the present time, is principal of
Calgary Collegiate Institute,
he applied, for leave-of-absence
the duration of his campaign,
request was refused. Uhdaunted,
carried on anyway, although he
Practical Plan
Agriculture usually passed over
with two pages of meagre instruc
tion to teachers has gained promin
ence in the primary school system as
the provincial Department of Educa-.
tion issues 27 pages of complete de
tailed instruction to inspectors of
the public and separate schools.
Long scoffed at by urban as well
as rural residents as being “useless”
the old course in agriculture has
been supplanted by one which is de
signed to “stimulate an interest in
rural life and in agriculture as Can
ada’s basic industry.”
A survey of the new course shows
that not one branch of the science
has been neglected by those who de
signed the instructions to be con
tinued over a four-year period in
both the separate and the public
schools.
Divided into months of the year
each course is listed according to
“specific objectives and suggested
activities.” Students qr'e told to at
tend fairs for the observation of
cattle and poultry, to learn the iden
tification of common weeds and to
•mount and label the more common
types, to prepare gardens for var
ious seasons. Attention is paid to in
sects and bulbs, to the habits of
common small mammals, the breeds
and winter housing of chickens and
cattle as well as a through study of
farm grains. In the upper years of
the course the harvesting and stor
ing of vegetables, hotbeds, crop ro
tation, weather records and
ing are included.
holiday set
BY THE CLERGY
Hopes; Thursday Will Be Rettei
Ray Than Mji inday *
Thursday, October 24th, has beep
set as Thanksgiving Day. Requests
of the clergy resulted in the return
this year to the celebration of
Thanksgiving on the accustomed
Thursday, rather than on Monday,
the Canadian Automobile Associa
tion learned in a letter from Prim?
Minister Bennett.s“Until about 20 years ago,” the
prime minister said, “Thanksgiving
was always celebrated on a Thurs
day. The day was set aside for
thanksgiving, and the celebrations
were of a religious character. Owing'
to causes that need not be discuss
ed here, a change was made so that
Thanksgiving Day fell on a Monday.
“In reality, it represented the
triumph of the material over the
spiritual conception of this •national
holiday. This year, yielding to the
very earnest requests of the clergy
and those responsible for the spirit
ual welfare of the Canadian people
we have set aside Thursday as a day
of thanksgiving, hoping and believ
ing that Canadians will, on that day
realize their sense of obligation to
Divine Providence and offer thanks
to the Almghtiy for the benefits that
have accrued to us during the year
that had passed.”
♦
84-YEAR-OLD McKILLOP
FARMER IS HARD WORKER
prun-
ZURICH
When
for
the
he
did
TEMPERANCE FORCES
PLAN LEGAL FIGHT
Drjrs of Perth, Huron and Peel
Retain N. W, Rowell, K.C.
At a meeting of the executives ibf
the Perth, Huron and Peel Tern’
perance Federations held at the Y.
M-C.A-, Stratford, Tuesday afternoon
of last week it was decided unani
mously to retain the services of N,
W. Rowell, K.C., Toronto, to pre
sent the temperance forces of these
three counties in the appeal Premier
M. F .Hepburn is taking to the Privy
Council against the ruling of the
Supreme Court that these three
counties are still under the jurisdic
tion of the Canada Temperance Act.
It was unanimously decided to
take other legal steps with a view
to having beer authorities in Perth
Huron and Peel cancelled and with
! a view -of taking action following
Premier Hepburn’s recent announce
ment that he would not cancel the
authorities. A statement given to
the press following Tuesday’s meet
ing was to the effect that action
wouid
mier’s
be taken following “the Pre
refusal to enforce the law.”
Dr. Irwin Present
meeting was attended by
25 persons, members of the
executives, and present was
J. Irwin, secretary of the On-
Dr.
The
some
three
Dr. A.
tario Temperance Federation.
Irwin gave a brief report of the de
tails surrounding the recent meeting
between temperance representatives
of the three counties and Premier
Hepburn. ’He told of Premier Hep
burn’s decision of the Sureme Court
to the Privy 'Council and of the re
fusal to cancel authorities.
'Other delegates were heard and
expressed the view that temperance
forces of Ontario should see the fight
through to the end, with a view to
having the ruling of the Supreme
Court upheld, namely that the C. T.
A. is still in force in Perth, Huron
and Peel Counties.
R. P. Watson, of Brucefield, the
president of the Huron County Tem
perance Federation, presided over
the meeting.
A. T. Cooper, a member of the
Huron County Federation, presented
a paper in which he reviewed the
controversy to some extent and in
which he attacked Premier Hepburn
for the stand he is taking.
SEAFORTH—To build
grain with 24 loads in
sounds like a good job for any per
son. But when the person is nearly
85 years old it is something worth
talking about. Thomas Beattie Mc-
Killop, who celebrated his 84 th
birthday in April, ecomplished the
feat at his farm one day last week.
Allan Keys, student last year at
the Seaforth Collegiate Institute, has
been awarded a tuition scholarship
value, $250, by the University of
Western Ontario. It was announced
earlier in the summer that he had
won the S C. I. Alumni Association
Memorial Scholarship.
a stack of
one day
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Yungblut, Miss
Inez Yungblut, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Haberer motored to Detroit.
Miss Catherine Merner, who has
been taking a summer course on
“Health” at Toronto, has returned
to her home here.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Stoskopf, of
Kitchener, visited at the home of
Mrs. Thomas Johnson for a few days
Mrs. Barbara Gerber, of the Bron
son Line, who recently underwent an
operation at Kitchener hospital, is
improving n'icely.
Mr. Henry Eichler, of Pigeon
Mich., spent the week-end at the
home of Mr. and Mrs, Meno Bech-
ler of the village. Mrs. Eichler,
spent a week visiting with her
ents, returned with liim.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Foster
Mrs. E. Paul, of Pigeon, Mich.;
and Mrs. Harold McGregor of Elkton
Mich., were Sunday visitors at the
homes of Mr. and Mrs. Jul. Block
and Mrs. Amelia Fuss.
Mrs. Alex Foster and daughter
Elaine, spent a few days in Kitchen
er while there they also attended
the funeral of Mrs. Edighoffer.
Both Old and Young Liable
To Summer Complaints
Few people escape an attack of diarrhoea, dysentery;
or some other bowel complaint during the summer
months.
These attacks may be slight or they may be severe.
You can’t tell when they seize you where they are
going to end. Let them run for a day or two and
see how weak and prostrate they will leave you.
On the first Bign of any looseness of the bowels
get a bottle of Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Straw
berry. Take a few doses and see how quickly you
will get Telief.
not contest a constituency himself.
He was married while he was
teaching in Brantford and has twe
daughters, both of whom are mar
ried and living in Vancouver.
PRICED $ O Q E (for the Master
FROM Q Qy 2-Pass. Coupe)
Delivered, fully equipped at factory, Oshawa,
Government Registration Fee only extra.
See the new Standard Series models
priced as low as $712
You Get
KNEE-ACTION
plus Blue Flame Engine
and Shock-proof Steering
You Get
TURRET-TOP
BODIES BY FISHER
and No-Draft ventilation
Small Exeter boy—I’m not afraid
of going to the hospital, motheT
dear. * I’ll be brave and take
medicine, but I ain’t going to
them .palm off a baby on me
they did you. I want a pup.
You Get
QUALITY |
that Means Longer Life
Mr. Aberhart’s former home
the citizens speak of him with
now, where a few days age
regarded his policies with
His amazing victory at the
A Square Shooter
Former school mates recall BiU
YOU begin to see the extra value in the Master
Chevrolet the moment you look at the car. You
notice right away that Chevrolet’s smart Fisher
Bodies feature the safe new TURRET TOP solid
steel roof construction—something you can’t get on
any other car unless you pay many dollars more
than Chevrolet’s low price.
Step inside the car and drive—and immediately
you’ll notice another big difference that’s all in
favor of Chevrolet. It’s the famous KNEE-ACTION
“floating ride’’!You float over bumps, ruts and
holes in the road—steering is light# sure* and shock
less—it’s hard to believe you’re not riding in one
of the big, expensive cars!
True it is that just one half-hour drive in the Master
Chevrolet spoils most motorists for any other low-
priced car. Because not one of the others gives you
Turret Top Bodies by Fisher—Knee-Action—Blue
Flame Engine—Fisher No-Draft
Ventilation — or Shock-Proof
Steeriiig. Only in one car do
you get them all combined
in the Master Chevrolet!
Associate
Dealers
SNELL BROS. & CO., EXETER
C. FRITZ & SON, ZURICH
J. SPROWL, LUCAN J. PASSMORE & SON, HENS ALL
,£^o
C-2I5C