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ESTABLISHED 1873 Sixty-Third Year
RACE
To
and
Veal
for
WILSON—HICKS
HIGHWAY AGAIN OPEN
BURIED IN EXETER
Of
NEW K. C. INSTALLED
with death
from Grand
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The brides-
were Mrs.
Royal Purple Rg
Vim-Lite Wire, Glass substitute
Sil-Lite Cotton, Glass Substitute
the impas-
roads. Not
represented
whole the
Owing to the
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be-
the
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WINS DESPERATE
WITH DEATH
..................75c. pkg.
pts. 65c.; qts. $1.00
...............10c. per oz.
their families, viz: Mr.,
William Elford and four chil
and Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Annie Elford) and three chlL
Mr. and Mrs1. Wesley Johns
The Times-Advocate draw for
prizes will be made Saturday even
ing at 8 o’clock. Subscribers who
wish to get in on the draw must re
new before that time.
EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27th, 1936)^^
15 dozen men’s fine shirts sizes 14 1-2 to 16 1-2 with
collars attached, also with separate collars, fast colors,
on sale this week at 98c each
SILVER WEDDING
Mr, and Mrs, Edward Lindenfield
were guests of honour at a family
dinner party -at their home on Satur
day, the occasion being the 25th An
niversary of their wedding. The
table was attractively arranged and
centred with the wedding ca'kie and
tall pink tapers in silver holders. Following the differ the bride and
groom .were presented with some
lovely gifts in silver. The remain
der of the evening was spent in play
ing ■cards.
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HAS FOOT CRUSHED
^Struck by the butt of a falling
Grand Bend Woman
Exeter jm. gleigli
In a desperate race
over snow-fi.led roads
Bend to Exeter, Thursday afternoon
the family of Mrs. Glen Desjardine
aged 20, were successful, in an open
sleigh, they brought Mrs, Desjardine
to a train that removed her to St.
Joseph's Hospital for an emergency
operation for appendicitis which was
successful.
When no further delay could be
made, the woman critically ill, was
GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs, Michael Elfpid ob
served the fiftieth anniversary of
their wedding on Sunday, last, it be
ing Mr. Elf ord’s birthday as well. On
Saturday a celebration was held at
their home in then honor. Among
those present for the .occasion were
Mr. and Mrs. Elford’s two children
with
Mrs.
dren
(nee
dren.
and family were also present. Among
those who had long planned to be
present for .the occasion were Mr.s.
Elford’s sister, Mrs. Addie E. Gay,
of Detroit, and Mr. Elford’s nephew,
Dr. A. E. Johns, of McMaster Uni
versity, Hamilton with Mrs. Johns
and family, who were prevented from
• coming owing to the impassable con
dition of the roads. Mr*. Johns is
the only one of Mr. Elford's rela
tives now living, who was present at
the wedding fifty years ago. He was
then a babe in arms. On Saturday
dinner was served in the dining
room which was decorated with
white and gold streamers and the
table was centred with a wedding
cake. At the noon hour over CFPL
came congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Elford and by request “Silver
Threads Among the Gold” was sung.
Mr. and Mrs. Elford were .recipients
of many congratulatory cards and
flowers and they wish to thank their
many friends for these kind .remem
brances. (
On February 23rd, 1886, Mr. El
ford was united in marriage with
Miss Emma Cook at the home of the
bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos.
Cook, of Winchelsea, the ceremony
being performed by the late Rev. W.
H, Gane, of Elimville.
maid and groomsman
Anna Bray (nee Anna Delbridge)
now of Verdun, Manitoba, and the
late Enos A. Cook. Mrs. Elford
was then taken as a bride to the
farm now occupied by their son
William, lot 14, 'Con. 6, Usborne,
where they resided until they re
tired seventeen years ago and mov
ed to Exeter taking up their abode
on Andrew street. Mr. and Mrs. El
ford have always, been very active
in the work of the church first the
Methodist and later the United.
Fifty-three years ago both of them
joined the choir at Elimville. For
ten years Mrs. Elford was the or
ganist at the Elimville church and
with but short intermissions Mr. El-
ford has been identified with chor
al work. He is at present president
of the choir of the James. Street
United church and a member of the
Session. On Friday evening after
choir practice the members of the
James St. .choir serenaded Mr. <and
Mrs. Elford showing their apprecia
tion by presenting them with a book.
Mr. Elford during his lifetime has
two serious accidents antUa yeai*
was seriously ill but at the pres-
time both Mr. and M.rs. Elford
enjoying good health. It was
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tree on Friday last, Fred Waghorn,, wrapped up and placed in' the sleigh
45, of Crediton, suffered a broken 1 and the battle to reach Exeter be-
and badly crushed right 'foot and in-! fore the Huron and Bruce train left
juries to the right leg.
The accident happened while Mr.
Waghorn and M.r. Sc'henlc were fell
ing a tree in the bush on the Schenk
farm, three miles north of Crediton.
As the tree fell M.r. Waghora thought
he stepped 'far enough away, but the
heavy butt caught his leg and foot.
A sleigh was obtained, and the
injured man was ta'ken to the office
of Dr. Misener at Crediton. Latei’
he was taken by sleigh to Centralia
and from there by train to London,
where he was admitted to Victoria
hospital
Men’s Heavy Work Shirts on Sale at 98c each
Men’s Heavy Work "Shirts, Big B Brand Military Flannelette
with fleeced back. ’Our regular $1.25 lines to clear at 98c. each.
el Combinations.®
NETS AND DRAPERIES NOW IN STOCK
Sale of Men’s 'Winter Underwea
Men’s Fleeced-lined Shirts and Drawers Reg. 85c. a garment o
Men’s Fleece-lined Combination^ Reg. $1.50 value for $l.l|^^r suit
I
Boys’ Fleece-lined Shirts and E^awers on sale at 49c
Boys’ Fleece-lined Combinations on sale at 79c, per s
Stanfield’s All Wool, Gold LjJjel Undershirts, and,
Stanfield’s All Wool, Gold
3 ply yarn, only 2 $pi'ndle^eft, dark
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NEW SPRING CU|
WHITE CARPET WARP IN STOCK FOR BEDSPREADS, ETC.
BARGAINS IN LADIES’, MISSES’ AND GIRLS’ WINTER COATS
? Special Values for Thursday,
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Carnation^ Evaporated Milk large, per tin 8c
Matches, large family box, 3 boxes for 21c
Tuna FlaK.es Fish.....................1-2 lb. tin 15c
Prunes, iped. 3 lbs. 25c; large, 2 lbs. 23c
Minute Tapioca 2 pkgs., with 1-4 lb.
Cocohnut, free 25 c.
Saturday
Good Cooking Rice per lb. 5c; fancy, 2 15c
Superior Coffee, good blend, fresh ground
per pound .....................................;... 29c.
Crother’s Soda Biscuits 1 lb. bags, 2 for 25c
Huron Toilet Paper ................... 8 rolls 25c
Sunlight Soap 4 cakes 23c.
Phsne 32 Phone 32
A quiet wedding was solemnized
on Saturday at 3 o’clock at St. Johns
Anglican Rectory, Tillsonfourg, when
Laura Blanche (Betty), daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hicks of Exeter
became the bride of Mervyn Wilson,
of London, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sid.
Wilson, Elimville. Rev. A, G. Cum
mer performed the ceremony. The
bride was becomingly gowned in
Fus'chia chiffon velvet with rhine
stone trimmings with turban hat
and black accessories to
match. She wore a corsage bouquet
of Talisman roses with maidenhail*
fern. They were unattended. The
happly couple will reside in London.
/POULTRY supplies
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Royal? Purple Poultry Concentrate for Layers $3.75 per cwt.
Oyster Shell and Grit.........................- $1-10 per cwt.
Roy^il Purple Poultry Specific......................„<,•».... 15c. a pound
Baby Chick Feeders........................................... 20c. and up
Baby Chick Buttermilk Feeders.............U.?...........- 25c. and up
B/aby Chick Waterfounts, galvanized^;................ 10c. to 75c.
I&aby Chick Waterfounts, crockery^............. .......... 75c. each
‘ Baby Chick Oyster SheJljfGrit, Charcoal, etc.
Royal Purple, Jiakeview, Sijpgain and Pioneer Starters
Royaf Purple D^ploping Concentrate
Royal PurpS and RojjfF Brooders 500 and 1000 sizes
Galvanized Bfooder f’jjpes, damper, etc.- -Made to order
Cooper’s Dri-Kjl Low owder...................................r’"‘
Cooper’s Kerol|Disin|
C. I. L. Nicotic
H-T-Ii|l^|oi' preventing colds in poultry
Cure................................... 50c. per pound
$1.45 per yard
... 50c. per yard
GO n rM r " * J
Friday, February 28fo
Fifteen Good Prises'
Chicken and Groceries
Canadian Region Rooms
at 8.30 p.m.
Admission 25c.
Door Prize
The regular monthly meeting
the Exeter Brancty of tim/Canadian
Legion will be b^ld Evfday, Febru
ary 28th, folio wjng^the Bingo. The
members are urgently requested to
be present. g/
Traquair’s Hardware
Mrs. Albert T> Harness, who has
been confined to her bed through ill
ness was taken to Victoria Hospital,
London, for treatment on Sunday
in Mr. E. R. Hopper’s ambulance.
Mrs. Bert Bissett, of Usborne, who
has been in Victoria Hospital, Lon
don, for several days, underwent ah
operation for chronic appendicitis
on Saturday last. Mrs. Bissett’s
condition is not as favorable as her
many friends would like to geo. She
.received a blood transfuson on Mon
day.
Mt. J. G. Stanbury was at Osgoode
Hall, Toronto, on Monday as Coun
sel on an appeal and was welcomed
within the Bat and congratulated by
Mr. Justice J. 0. Makins on his &D-
pointment as King’s Counsel. MT.
Justice Malk'ins said it was a special
pleasure to him as lie had met Mr.
Stanbury frequently while practis
ing in Stratford and also because
they had graduated together'■from
Law School.
A public meeting is called to meet
in the Town Hall tonight (Wednes
day) to hear the report of the com
mittee appointed to investigate the
erecion Of a skating rink and public
building in town.
WILL RECEIVE THE KING’S
ADDRESS
Arrangements have been made for
the congregation of Caven. Presbyt
erian Church to hear the first ad
dress of His Majesty the King to
his people throughout the Empire
on Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. A
radio Will be installed So that the
message will icome direct from Eng
land. The congregation. Is requested
to be in their pews not later than
10.50 so that there will be no dist
urbance during the address. No one
need remain at home in order to
hear the new King’s message,
estimated that tt will take 10
utos after which the Tegular
vice will be held.
It is
min-
ser-
The Highway which has only been
■open to traffic for a couple of days
in the past three weed® was again
opened up on Sunday last when a
large caterpillar plow wor'kiing south
met another plow and a gang of men
from London just south of Centralia.
Battling the huge drifts was some
task and snow was thrown up onto
the banks ten to twelve feet high
in some places. The plow passed
through town Saturday and numer
ous toitizens followed it to watch it
work. The gang working out of
London comprised between 350 and
400 men armed with shovels and
supported by a large plow.
Friday morning the thermometers
around Exeter registered the lowest
temperature for the year when
mercury dropped to 21 degrees
low. There was little wind and
weather did not seem as cold
on some other occasions.
On Monday1 the weathei’ turned
mild and considerable snow has dis
appeared with the thaw. The soft
loose snow on the Main St. of- Exe
ter made motor traffic almost im
possible. A snowplow assisted in
clearing the street and workmen are
now engaged in carting off the snow.
for London, started at 12.45 p.m.I After a four-hour trip over roads
' that had defied other traffic, the
family reached Exeter in time. Then
the train that for days had been
hours late, got through only an hour
and 15 minutes late at London.
Dr. Hobbs Tayor, of Dashwood,
accompanied the woman and per
formed the operation within an hour
after she had been brought to hos
pital by ambulance from the station.
Everything had been prepared
the hospital for rushing her to
operating table.
Mrs. Desjardine had been ill
some days, but her condition became
acute on Wednesday. Efforts had
been made to open up a road from
Grand Bend to Thedford, so that she
could be removed to catch the Sarnia
to Stratford train on the G. N. R. at
5.30 p.m. This is the only train over
the line. But the road could not be
opened despite the work of a volun
teer gang.
Dr. Taylor had remained at the
bedside of the Grand Bend woman
over Wednesday night, but decided
that another delay might prove fatal
to the patient. Fearing hourly that
the infected appendix would burst,
the family decided on the trip to
Exeter.
At noon, a feather bed was plac
ed in the open sleigh, and with hot
watei* bottles and rugs piled around
Mrs. Desjardine, the trip was start
ed. Glen Desjardine and his father,
Leo, and brother Melvin, went in
the sleigh. Dr. Taylor returned by
cutter to Dashwood and then joined
the family in the- sleigh.
Fortunate circumstances sur-
r'ounde’d the trip. The weather was
somewhat milder as they started.
The trip took longer than they had
hoped and had the Bruce train not
been late, they would have missed
it. Then the train an hour late at
Exeter, made almost schedule time
over the route that held it up as
much as five hours in recent nights.
Mrs. Desjardine is the fourth
member of that family that has been
stricken with appendicitis in the
past few weeks. A brother of her
husband, Leland Desjardine, was
removed to London by Thedford, for
an operation from which he is re
covering. Her sister Rubie, was
operated on at Christmas and a
younger member of the family has
since undergone an operation.
The death occurred in Toronto
on Saturday of'Mrs. George Vosper,
a former resident of Exetei* in her
67th year. Mrs. Vosper.had been in
tailing health for some years and
had 'been confined to her bed for
the past six weeks. Formerly Fanny1
Bagshaw, she was a daughter of the
late Abraham Bagshaw and Mary
Ann Snell, following her marriage
to Mr. Vosper they continued to re
side in Exetei’ until December 1903
when they moved to Toronto where
they have since resided. Besides her
bereaved husband a family, of six
daughters and three sons mourn .her
loss. Mrs. P. McKay, Mrs. C. H.
McMartin, of Toronto; Mrs. C. S.
Houghton, of Windsor; Misses Ethel
Clara and Eva, Ed., Clifford and
Herbert, of Toronto, also eight
grandchildren. Two sisters, Mrs. M.
Brown, of Morrin, Alta, and Mrs. W.
F. Graham, of London and one
brother, of Delia, Alta, also survive.
A service was held at the home at
S.30 Monday evening conducted by
Rev. A. E. Baker, of Davenport,
United Church, Toronto, of which
the deceased was a member. The
remains were brought to Exeter on
Tuesday and a service was held in
the funeral parlors of Mr. R. N. I
Rowe with interment in the Exeter
cemetery. The service was conduct
ed by Rev. A. Page. Among those
were present for the funeral were:
Mr, and Mrs. P. McKay,
Mrs. C. H. McMartin and3
Ruth, Misses Ethel, Clara
Vesper, Mi*, and Mrs. Ed
and soil Billy. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Vesper and son Earl, and Mr. Her-. vidcd an
bert Vosper, of Toronto. |
L. O. L. ANNUAL MEETING
The third attempt to hold the an
nual meeting of the County Loyal
Orange Lodge was successful Tues
day. Two previous attempts had
been made but the meetings had to
be .postponed owing to
saible condition of the
all of the lodges were
on Tuesday but on the
turn-out was good.
inability of a number of the dele
gates to be present the decision as
to the place of holding‘the 12th of
'July celebration was postponed to
the semi-annual meeting to be held
at Clinton at the call of the chair.
Several invitations were received
for the holding of the 12 th. Of
ficers for the coming year were
elected as follows: County Master,
Elmer Webster, Varna; Deputy Mas
ter, Jas. Patton, Clandelboye; Chap
lain, E. M. Dignan, Exeter; Record
ing Secretary, H. N. Hanly, Clinton;
Financial Secretary, C. Pilgrim, Var
na; Treasurer, G. Cornish, Clinton;
First Lecturer, Asa Deeves, Clinton;
second 'lecturer, Melvin Clarke, Sea
forth; Marshall, Carl Diehl, Varna.
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had
ago
ent
are
only a year following their marriage
that M.r. Elford lost a portion of his
right arm in a cutting box run at
that time by horse power. A few
years later he was buried to the
arm-pits in a cave-in at a gravel pit
and escaped with his life by a nar
row margin. In July last year Mr.
El ford had a serious illness and un
derwent an operation at St. Joseph’s
hospital. He was ill for several
weeks. 'Theii' many friends in this
community will join with the Times-
Advocate in. extending congratula
tions and wishing them many more
years of health and happiness.
Miss Dorothy MacDonald, of Clin
ton, is visiting with her uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Harness.
Miss Helen Rowe, 10-year-old
daughter of Mr. Chester Rowe, of
Hay Township, was taken to Vic
toria Hospital in London on Sunday
where she underwent an operation
for facial trouble.
Master Douglas Harness, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Harness, who was
injured in the eye when struck by a
snowball and was taken to Victoria
Hospital in London, underwent an
operation on the eye- on Monday. He
expects to return home the latter
part of the week.
Mr. and
daughter
and Eva
. Vosper
MAIN ST. Y.P.S. ENTERTAIN
JAMES ST. Y.P.S.
On Monday evening the Young
People’s Union of James St. were
entertained by the Main St. Y. P. U.
James St. provided the program with
the president, Howard Kerslake pre-
I siding. Scripture lesson was read
by Clifford Heywood. The topic on
“Youth and politics” was taken by
Jos, Creech and discussed by the
group. Miss Ruby Finkbeiner fa
voured with a piano instrumental
J and Mr. Earl Heywood sang with
’guitar accompaniment,
the meeting
rum nd by
. V IVT/U Cl.il
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Leavitt’s
Sunday, Mar. 1
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TEI) WAIA'HIt, Director
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