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ESTABLISHED 1873 x EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20th, 1936 Sixty-Third Year
I FALL AND WINTER
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McGillivray family
HOMELESS AFTER FIRE
A man. and his wife and ten chil
dren were left homeless Thursday of
last week when the brick house of
William Maguire, lot
10, McGillivray Twp.
quarter miles north of
burned to the ground
noon hour. Children' passing on
road first noticed the roof on
and informed the inmates. A short
age of water made it difficult to
fight the flame and they gained con
siderable headway. Mr, Maguire was
able to save some clothing from
the upper storey and pratcically of the furniture on the gro^H
floor was sayM. ^.t one timeJ^H
ro-of of the barn caught with the assistance of nei^^^H
this was put out and the b;9||||
saved. It is thought the ch^HH
caught fire vphile the noon
in preparation. An interesting®
dent of the fire was that a gii covered a basket of kittens in^^H
lower ipart of the, house and
Tied them in safety to her car.
Maguire is a sister of Mr.
Mason of town.
BAND CONCERT
The Exeter Concert Band gave a
concert in Victoria Park Sunday ev
ening to a large and
audience. Among the
a baritone solo, “Old
on the Farm”’ by Mr,
The applause from the
the tooting of auto horns was evi
dence that the various numbers
were appreciated.
Miss Erma Goodhand, A.L.C.M.
Teacher of Piano and Theory
Including all grades. Will teach In
the home or at Martin’s Music Store
Appointments may be made with
Mr. Martin. 2tc.
Swea
Phone 32
fjrchandise. Prices reduced
'We have some exceptionally attractive values for early
Fall buyers. Fall and Winter merchandise is arriving
daily and our stock will soon be complete. We handle
only standard lines manufactured by reliable firms.
First Showing of Ladies' Fall Coats
We have received our first shipment of Ladies’ Fall and .Winter Coats. C
are of very fine English make with luxurious fur collars. Come in and look them
Underwear Hosiery
We are ready for Fall with a large stock of underwear, hosiery^sweaters, etc. for
Vs, Penmans.Ladies, Men and Children made by such reliable firms as
Stanfields, Watsons, Monarch. Etc. Prices are very reasonabl
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Clearing of Summe
We have many bargains to offer in Summer
clear in a hurry. /
oods
Summer/Dressed for Ladies and
■€atly Reduced
BATHING SUITS FOR LADIES, MEN AND CHILDREN CLEARING AT REAL
BARGAIN PRICES
Special Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Royal York Tea, Mixed or Black % lb. 25c
Aylmer Golden Bantam Corn, per tin 10c
Helmet Corned Beef, 2 tins for ......... 25c
Aylmer Catsup, 12 oz. bottle ............... 14c
Poultry: May we handle your poultry?
with careful
Sliced or Crushed Pineapple, 2 tins for 23c
Sugar Crisp Corn Flakes, 4 pkgs for 25c
Canada Vinegars, XXX Grade, per gal. 35c
New Clover Honey, per pail 50c and 95c
We offer the best Cash or Trade Prices,
grading.
32 Jones & May
Special Interest to All
Poultry Raisers
Make your pullets pay you a profit this fall. '
Start now by getting them in laying condition-^Ve carry
Royal Purple Concentrate 40 per cent, protein With 5 pounds
Specific added to each bag..........................jL $4.00 per 100
Less Specific ......... .XX. $3.50 per 100
Roe’s Concentrate 32 per cent .....................$3.00
Roe’s Concentrate 40 per cent ........................ $3.25
Purena Layena or Lay Chow givesZwonderful results also
steps up the hatch ability test.
last y(
SPECIAL WHIJLE IT LAs/s—LABRADOR SHELL
Rich in organic calcium,
Ask the man who fed it
BUSINESSMEN WIN
evening of last week the
victorious by the score of
The men went to
were not taking
bat
any
fair
over
appreciative
numbers was
Home Down
L. Battersby.
audience and
CAR HITS CATTLE
One cow suffered a broken leg and
hadytd be destroyed and another was
hdfdly cut up when an automobile
'driven by James Hughes, Seaforth,
turned out to pass another car, four
and a half miles west of Hensail and
ran into a herd of cows. The cattle
were owned by William Bell, R.R.
1, Hensail, and had no attendant on
the public highway. Bell agreed to
pay damage to the car, Traffic Offic
er Lever reported Monday.
THE LATE MRS. TUCKEY
, Following an illness of about
eight months Mrs. Charles E> Tuck-
ay passed away Tuesday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. L. E. Rafuse,
13 Mackenzie Ave, London, in her
J67th. year. The deceased was born
in London Twp., her maiden name
being Carrie Hedges. In 1914 Mr.
and Mrs. Tuckey and family moved
to a farm on the highway north of
Exeter and about five years ago re
tired 'moving to Exeter to live. M>rs.
Tuckey was a member of the Main
St. United church, active in its var
ious organizations and beloved by a
wide circle of friends. Besides her
bereaved huslband she is survived by
eight children: Mrs. Trueman El
liott, Cyril, Elmore, Mrs. Clifton
Davis and Mrs. Rafuse, all of Lon--'
don; Benson, Bruce and Oscar,
this
vice
gan
day,
Interment in Mount Pleasant Ceme
tery, London. The bereaved will
have the sympathy of many friends
here.
', of
community. The funeral ser-
will be held at the Geo. E. Lo-
& Soil's funeral chapel ^on Fri-
August 21st, at 3 p.m. (D.S.T.)
BARN DESTROYED BY FIRE
station at Cen-
by fire Thurs-
week. The fire
house and had
headway when
spread rapidly,
was soon a mass of
Mr. Andrew Hicks was the
pump
small
It
Tine’ large bank barn and piggery
on the farm of Willert Bros., just
west of the C. P. R.
tralia was destroyed
day morning of last
started in the
gained only a
first noticed,
however, and
flames.
first to arrive on the scene and he
was soon followed by others as the
alarm
effort
a bull
About
ing building and these were all re
moved safetly but a couiple of them)'
ran back through the flames and
perished. The barn contained the
season’s crop of hay together with
about 300 bus. of wheat and 200
bus. of barley. One hundred bush
els of wheat had recently been sold.
A new wagon with rack loaded with
oats stood on the barn floor and
destroyed. The barn was 35 by
feet on a cement foundation,
foundation being destroyed by
heat,
wind 'blowing
thing was so
telling where
ended. Barn
was spread. With heroic
four horses, four calves and
were rescued from the stable,
thirty pigs were in an adjoin-
was
100
the
the
no
9, concession
one and
Brinsley •
just at
a
was
the
the
fire
Cha
SOFTBALL ...
Business Men vs. Girl’s Team
TONIGHT (Thursday)
A second game will be ?,2TroA. th’”
HON. JAS. GARDINER
SPEAKS AT THAMES ROZ
at t J
on S 1
Per 100 l^s. 85c. c
Special Prices on
Ksily assimilated, makes better
Per 500 lb. lots 75c. cwt.
ntity lots on any of above feeds
"' Use purena chicken fatena checkers gives
YOU CRATE FINISHED BIRDS WITHOUT ANY CRATE
—MILK FINISHED BIRDS WITHOUT ANY MILK
NO MUSS—NO BOTHER
In a challenge game of softball
'between the business men of town
and the Girls Softball team before
the largest crowd of the season on
Thursday
men were
25 to 19.
first and
chances of being beaten by the
sex. They walloped the ball all
the lot. At first 'the girls were a
little stage struck the batting being
swifter than they had been accus
tomed to. When the last man was
puit out 111 runs had crossed the
ipilate. After that the girls settled
doiw-n and gave a good exhibition.
In the last of the third innings the
girls came into their own and scored
12 runs, 9 runs being scored before
the first put-out. The game was
called at the end of the fifth innings
owing to darkness. The features of
the game were two home-runs by
Stonehouse, one of them scoring two
runs ahead of him. Pollen had
three-base hit and Schroeder a
base hit. Lindenfield struck
two and Stonehouse three
There was some controversy
the players for the men and the girls
have issued a second challenge to a
game Thursday evening of this week
the players to be limited to business-
imen and managers who haven’t play-
‘ed softball this year. Some think
that with this restriction the girls
will have the edge on the game.
Come out and see. A silver collec
tion will be taken to help provide
uniforms for the girl’s next year. ,
Men, B, Rivers and
a
two-
out
over
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Traquair’s Hardware
[Mrs. Edna Preston, who has been
spending the past two weeks here
left Tuesday for her home in Cleve
land. She was accompanied by Mrs.
M. McAvoy and Miss A. L. Sanders
who will visit there for two weeks.
Mr. Bruce Preston was a visitor
here over the week-end.
Mr, and Mrs. Eric Armstrong, of
Hamilton, visited with relatives and
friends for a few days this week.
This was their first return to Exeter
since their marriage on August 1st
and they received congratulations
from many friends.
Mrs. Melvin Guenther and three
children, of Windsor, are visiting
with the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robt. (Sanders. Miss Ella
Sanders who has been visiting in
Windsor for some time has returned
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fraser, of
Detroit, spent the • week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fraser. They
wore accompanied home by the
former’s mother Mrs. E. Fraser
who has been a visitor at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Fraser for several
days.
‘Fortunately there was
at the time as every-
dry that there is no
the fire might have
and contents were in
sured for about $3,000 in the
Twp. Mutual Fire Ins. Co.
CAVEN PICNIC
Hay
and
The line up
IL Lewis‘c.; H.Pollen ss;Wm.
Partlo 1st; Dr.Steiner 2nd Gor-
don Stonehouse p.; J.Paisley if;
R. Hopper rf; S Taylor cf;A.Tra-
quair, 3rd.
Girls—iGrace Snell ss;Marion
cf; V.Walper 2nd; Agnes Cutting
(Lindonfield p.; Winnifred White c;
Eleanor Abbott 1st; Jean Baynham
3rd; Ila Schroeder If; Labelle Sims
rf. Umpires—Dearing and Sayers.
The annual congregational
Sunday (School picnic of 'Caven Pres
byterian Church was held at Turn
bull’s Grove on Thursday, August
13th. The weather was ideal and
there was a good crowd present.
Many of the picnickers enjoyed bath
ing during the early afternoon and
at 4 o-’clock a good list o'f sports
were run off. Everyone sat down to
a bountiful meal at the supper hour
after which a ball game was played
The following are the results of
the sports:
Primary ’Class, Robert Stanbiiry,
Neil Stan lake, Margaret Hill; Miss
Strang’s class, Donald Easton, Bar
bara Reid, .Bobby Kydd; Miss Hyde’s
class, tShirley Mason, Mary Easton;
Mrs. Mason’s class, Richard Pilon,
Douglas Pryde, Bobby Pryde; Miss
Jeekell’s class, Irene Kydd, Dorothy
Kydd; Soda Biscuit race, Mrs. Ma
son, Mrs. Pryde, iMr. Sillery; mar
ried ladies’ walking race, Mrs. C.
Mason,
Smith;
Easton
Mason;
Mary Hamilton, Irene Kydd,
C. Simmons; men’
ton Cochrane, Mr.
D. C. Hill; ladies
Mrs. C. Simmons,
Violet Hyde; treasure hunt, captains
of winning groups, Harvey Hyde,
G. Cochrane, K. Strang.
race and a lunch race also caused
much merriment,
Mrs. C. Simmons, M-rs. W.
jumbled shoe race, Mary
‘Coquoline Simmons, Shirley
ladies’ throwing softball,
Mrs.
's shot putt, Graf-
N. Stan lake, Kev.
kicking slipper,
Kathleen Strang,
A hoop
Those who were present
Thames Road United Church
day morning were treated to a pl'
sant surprise by a visit from •’]
Hon. James Gardiner, minister | Agriculture at Ottawa, who lias J
returned from a trip to Vimy ij
the Canadian Pilgrims. At the cl
of the preaching service by the Tj
tor Rev. Mr. Mair, Mr, Gardiner j
invited to address the congregal
and for an hour those present J
tened with wrajpt attention
speaker gave a description
trijp and the impressions he
rceived. One of the things __
1 impressed him was the .behaviov^^B
the Canadian troops not only at
but during their visit to FrancoBHj
Great Britain. At the time
ceremony of the unveiling of
ada’s war memorial King E
VIII endeared himself,to the
dian people when he paraded
the lines shaking hands with the re
turned soldiers and with the parents
of those who had paid the suipreme
sacrifice. Another impressive sight
was the beauty and care of the war
cemeteries. Every grave was adorn
ed with flowers. On the marble
tombstones was inscribed the name
•of the departed and in cases where
the name of the soldier was not
known were inscribed the words
“God Knows.”
•trast to many
our own land.
Ini England,
nearly everyone
Good wages were being paid and the
people seemed to have money to
spend. The cinemas were well pat
ronized and large crowds attended
the games of sport. But everywhere
the conversation generally seemed to
be the next war. The British
people are taking the next war ser
iously. On the Clyde at the present
time 15 2 shifps are being built and
3 0 of these are for the British navy.
Speaking with some business men of
Manchester one of them said that
Canada will be in the next war. She
will not be able to keep out of it.
Mr. Gardiner returned to Canada
Friday la-st and came up to visit his
mother. He expects to
turn visit in the near
may then speak in more
trip and his mission
Land.
as 1
of
had
wj
LEAVI 1
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
August 20th, 21st, 22nd.
“Small Town Girl”
soldier was
the
It was a great con-
of the cemeteries of
the speaker said,
was employed.
make a re
future and
detail of his
to the Old
.Schools will re-open Tuesday,
Sept. 1st, following the summer va
cation.
X
iMetro-Goldwyn-M^yer Special ^fc-
ture with Janet Raynor and Robert
Taylor /
MONDAY, TUESDAY, W^NESDAY
August 26th
“A Girl p<iend”
Musiad^Comedy
with Ann S-otliern and Jack Haley
GRAND BEND
DANCING NIGHTLY
— to —
GENE FRITZLEY
and his ten musicians
CARNIVAL NIGHT
Monpay, Augu^tf 24 th
■Confetti, Horns, Serpentine, / No is embers
/ Prize Dance
Heftps of Fjjjfl for Everyone!
Brass/Band J&nert Sunday Evening
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Aparfme:jintfs and cottages to rent $8
iiw^ek up. Apply Casino
■
M Walkers Druff Store
FREE—A pair of De Lustro
Stockings with/every pur
chase of the JNew French
style Moisturd Proof Face .
Powder full! size box
Shaving Kit consisting of
^Wooden bowl Devon Shav-
/ ' ing Soap
V 1 bottle highest quality, lo
tion Sty ptia^pencil
1 pkg. genuineBlue Steel
Blades
Regular $1.45 for 49C»
Attend the Big Picnic and hear
HON. EARL ROWE
and COL. GEO. A. DREW,K.C.
’ JOWETT’S GROVE—FREE PARKING
Bayfield, Ont., Wed., Aug. 26
BASKET PICNIC—SPURTS FOR YOUNG AND OLD
GOOD PRIZES—DANCING—ALL WELCOME
HURON & PERTH CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATIONS