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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-08-20, Page 5THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, AVGUST 20 th, W36 50 YEARS AGO August 10, 1880 (Mrs. E. H, Fish and family are spending a few weeks with friends in putnamville. John White, who has (been attend­ ing the Windsor High School for the l>ast term, .'has succeeded in securing a teacher^’ certificate, Miss Carrie Templeton and Maud Palmer, left on Friday tor Manitoba the former going to Brandon and the latter to Winnipeg. James Dempsey, son of Mr, John Demjpisey, of Usborne, takes the pos­ ition of teacher of a school in Mis­ souri. Miss Croley and Miss Gregory left on Monday for the Normal School, Toronto. They have taught in the \E, Exeter Public School during the past year,. Mrl*'W. H. Verity and daughter, Lizzie have returned from their Old Country trip, Mr. Will Gundy has returned from his bicycle trip. At Woodstock on Friday Mr. R. J. Eacrett, of Lucan, formerly of Exeter, took three second prizes for athletic sports in connection with the Knights’ of Labor demonstration Mr. Geo. Treble, of Windsor, was the guest of Mr. Trick Sunday last. Mr. N. J. Clarke leaves for his home in California this week. LETTER BOX 25 YEARS AGO August 24, 1911 ■Miss Victoria Miners returned to her home after a trip up the lakes. Misses Bertha and Katie Guenther visited their parents in Dashwood over Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Walter Whyte, of Flamiota, Man., are renewing ac­ quaintances in and around -Exeter. Miss Lily Taylor, of Welsley, Mass who is visiting her iparenets at Kirkton, visited with friends in towii on Monday. Mrs. J. A. Gregory and two chil­ dren, of North Battleford, Sask., are visiting Mrs. T. Gregory in town. Mr. Abe Davis, of Calgary, left Wednesday after visiting foi* a few weeks with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis. Mr. W. H. Collins, manager of the Bank of Commerce is holidaying in Toronto. Mr. Richard Robbins, of Exeter North, met wit'll an accident on Thursday when his hand got caught „Jjl the carriers and was 'being drawn vr .into the machinery. The machin­ ery however was stopped in time to save more.serious results. < On Friday of last week Mr. Geo. Hyndman, of town accompanied by bis mother drove to Clandeboye to visit his uncle Mr. Thos. Collins. Mr. Collins is 97 years of age and is extraordinarily smart. He was en­ gaged in shingling his home which as a two-storey brick and is painting it. • 15 YEARS AGO August 18, 1921 The teaching staff for the Exeter High and Public. Schools has been engaged for the coming term. The High School will have four teachers and Upper School work will be taught for the first time in Exeter. The princilpial is E. J. Wet'hey M.A., Mr. H. M, Miller, B.A., Miss Margar­ et E. Ross and Miss Annie V. Dor­ rance. Mr. G. S. Howard, principal of the Public School, Miss Murray, Miss Kinsman, Miss Taylor and Miss Medd. Mr. and Mr. John Duncan and Mr. Robt. Kydd, of Usborne, left on Monday for the West. Mrs. John Westlake, who has (been visiting in Toronto for three weeks, returned to her home on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Chapman and son Forbes have returned home af- tei* holidaying for a month at Port Stanley. Mr. FI. Prior, of Portage La Prairie Man., who is east on a purchasing trip is visiting his sister Mrs. T. Kay of town. Mr. John Luxton returned home from the West on Saturday accom­ panied by his father, who recently suffered a paralytic stroke while visiting his son and daughter at Grenfell, Sask. The following is another letter written by Mr. F. Collings, describ­ ing his trip to Vimy with the Cana­ dian Pilgrims. London, July 29tli Dear Editor: On Friday afternoon we saw the Channel Island at one o’clock and everyone was glad to see land again. Saw the Olympic team practicing fencing and diving. Went in the gymnasium on (board where they have bicycles, rowing and horse­ back riding machines and tried them all. Sorry I had not come across these sooner as they would help to keep one fit, The Channel was just like a mill pond and a lovely day. Had orders to have all baggage packed by 6 o’clock. There were two picture shows held in the afternoon 3 to 5. No horseracing held as too' busy getting the baggage on deck and there was lots of it. It was like two good hills when it was packed on the hatchways. The ship stopped from 10 till 1 o’clock as if it had docked, that night before one o’clock. It would have had to pay another day's dock charges and these come pretty heavy. Was on deck till about 11 then went to bed and up at 2.3 0 and saw the ship pulled into Havre and it was a sight worth seeing. The harbour all lit up and starlight and around on the deck singing the old songs. Dock about 2 o’clock in the morning, had to be up for breakfast at 5 o’clock, first table. We got off the boat at 7 o’clock and were away in the train by 8 o’clock. We got to Lille at 1.4-5 and were taken to a large building for lunch, it would hold nearly a 1,000. We had sausage, salmon, head lettuce, dressing, soft cheese, bread and |pjastry, water or what you like to buy in the way of beer or wine, no tea. Only saw one cup of tea all the while I was In France. Wine and beer as the wa­ ter is not very good. There were two French bands in the building to en­ tertain us during lunch. One was a drum and bugle band and the other was a brass band and they were | very good. After this we all got in t two large busses and were taken for a drive as far as Ypres in Belgium through Armentieres. Ploegstreet and all the old ‘fighting places and back another way and stopped at one 'Or two cemeteries. They are kept (beautiful. A stone wall is around them and a fancy front, grass kept out and a rambler rose before nearly every one of them. You cannot forget the view7, because the cemeteries are dotted pretty thick over the landscape. We were in. 'Ylixres quite a while, but no sys­ tem, so did not know how long we were staying. We saw the church that was destroyed. Quite a lot of it has been rebuilt, but there are a lot of ruins yet. We ihad a bad driver, he did not know the way and drove like H— an a lot of the road is cob­ ble stone and round. We landed in Lille at 10 and was found we were billetted 15 miles in the country at a Boys’ Catholic (School and had dinnei- at 11 o’clock at night and the place was a little rough. Coarse sheets, 510 hot water, no '.mirrors to shave with. Half of the boys stay­ ed in Lille the next night. One night was enough and the food in France is altogether different, quite a task to get a cup of tea. AH beer and wine and water, no good and instead of giving you service at the tables at meals they want to sell you beer and wine. Up early Sunday morn­ ing as we had to be ready to go to Vimy which is 44 miles from Lille. Had a great breakfast? French roll (Crustz) marmalade and coffee. Started for V-imy about 8. First of all, all were .handed out a box lunch which was pretty good. French roll again, 2 eggs, salt and a small piece of cheese, 1 small bag 'raisins, pint bottle of water and an apple. It was n. nice drive to Vimy Ridge nearly 3 ’’hours and a lovely day and a good driver. Everyone sat down to lunch as soon as they got there, picnic fashion and then had a look round at the old spot. A part of the trench had been built up and left as it was originally and the tunnel is still there 20 miles of it on a 16 mile front. Except for Vimy and around there were the ground has been left, not much signs that there was a war remain. ■Saw the large shell holes. After this slowly made our way to the (memorial and had quite a stand at ease from about 12.30 to 2.30. The King came at about 2.15 and mingl­ ed freely with the old guard and some of the ladies. There is not much need to say anything about the service which was in the papers. But it was a very imlpressive one and will remain in the memory of every­ one that was there and lots that were not. Was speaking to a lady in London, England and she said she had been speaking to quite a few and they were so impressed with it that they ,had to shed a few tears, its foi’ the memorial. You see pic­ tures -of it. But you cannot imagine the beauty and size of it unless you were there and saw. It is a lovely piece of work and can be seen for miles as it is large and set on the ridge and after the unveiling is go­ ing to be lit up at night. There was a large turn out of the French peo­ ple and it was a night never to be forgotten. With soldiers, flags and bands, etc. Aftere the unveiling we slowly made our way to busses and got back to college to dinner at 10 o’clock. F. GOLLINGS DAMOS STEBBINS PASSES AWAY IN HIS 82ND YEAR Damos Stebbins died on August 12th at his home about three miles south of Grand Bend on the Blue Water Highway, after an illness of one month. He was in his 62 yeai' and is survived by his widow, who was formerly Miss Julia Stebbins; six sons, Fred Saskatoon; Reuben, of London; Roy and Lawrence, Bos- anquet; George, Port Huron and De­ los, of Greenway; a daughter, Mrs.- Abel Ducharme, Tillsonburg. The funeral service was held on Friday at the residence and at Grand Bend United Church. The six sons acted as pallbearers. CURB PARKING FOR SEAFORTH Seaforth Council have decided on curb parking in future. For the past two weeks, as an experiment, the cars have been parked at the curb instead of in'the centre. Cars will be parked on a angle between 35 and 145 degrees. GOES TO CALLENDAR , Miss Florence Sparling, daughter, of Dr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Sparling, of West China, who has been Public Health nurse in the Red Cross Hos­ pital at Bancroft, Ont., has been moved to Callendar to be in charge of the new Red Cross Hospital there —St. Marys Journal-Argus. HOSPITAL GRADUATION Three nurses last week received their graduation diplomas from Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth. The graduation exercises were held on the beautiful lawns of the hos­ pital, The graduates were: Helen Muriel Ballantyne, Cecelia Geraldine MacDougal and Margaret Ruth Kalb- fleisch. SUCCUMBS AT GODERICH John Lewis Aiken, a resident of Goderich for 65 years died recently being ill for five weeks. He had cel­ ebrated his 80th birthday in July. Three years ago Mr. and Mrs. Aiken celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Surviving besides his widow are two daughters and three sons. GROSE—WESTMAN A pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of Rev. Thomas Hicks, rector of the Granton Anglican Church, when Miss Cecelia Mae Westman, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Westman, Granton, became the bride of James Lawrence Grose, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Grose, St. Marys. The bride was pretty in a floor-length gown of white points d’esprit over satin. Mr. and Mrs. Grose left on a motor trip to Tor­ onto. On their return they will re­ side in Granton. SUFFERS SEVERE CUTS Roy Robinson, Logan farmer, had his leg badly cut above the shoe top when cutting barley. He had stopped the machine to make an adjustment to the knife, and while standing in front of the binder table, the team started, the knife coming in contact with Mr. Robinson’s leg. Working with him in the field, was his 16- year-old son, Glen, who managed to carry his father to the house, when Dr. J. Proudfoot, of Monkton, was called and attended to the injured man. Examination found severe la­ cerations and the cord cut, requiring several stitches. AWARDED HONORS IN BACON COMPETITION High honors in the recently com­ pleted B series of the 19-35 bacon litter competition, results of which have just been announced, go to Mr. Percy Switzer, R. R. No. 7, -St. Marys whose litter of 13 pigs entered in the competition last year, graded seven A"s on the rail with a weight of 2,70i5 pounds. The litter took second place for the district with a total of 200.04 (points. Mr. Switzer’s other litters took third and eighth places in the competition. The district includes the Counties of Elgin, Huron, Lambton, Middle­ sex, Norfolk, Oxford and Perth. DAWSON—CHOWN A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized on Saturday afternoon at u home of Mrs. J. Spurs, Toron­ to, “ when Rev.-R. L. Stronger, of Haliburton, united in marriage Miss Gertrude F. Chown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Chown, of Lucan to Irving Ray Dawson of Toronto, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dawson of Mantle Lake. The bride •was lovely in a floor-length gown of peach lace with matching long-sleev­ ed jacket with which she wore a black picture hat. Peach shoes and gloves completed 'her costume and she wore a shoulderette of Johanna Hill roses and lily-of-the-valley. They were unattended. Miss Reta Chown, sister of the bride played the wedding music. Following the ceremony a luncheon was served at the Gray Gables Tearoom, Later Mr. and Mrs. Dawson left on a motor trip to New York and Atlantic City, the bride traveling in a black and white triple sheer dress' with white acces­ sories. On their 'return they will , reside in Toronto. ANOTHER PROVINCE TO SELL GRADED BUTTER On and after September 1, 1936, all package -creamery butter sold to consumers in the Province of On­ tario must have the .grade of the butter clearly indicated on the wrap- per in letters not less than one quar­ ter of an inch square. The grades are First Grade, Second Grade, Third grade and No Grade. This means that, while stores may use a brand name, the grade must also be shown in accordance with Reuga- tions 27 and 28 of the Dairy Indust­ ry Act of Canada. Butter will be sold by grade for domestic- use on and after Septem­ ber 1 is five of the Provinces of Can­ ada, namely, Ontario, Manitoba, Sas­ katchewan, Alberta and British Co­ lumbia. It has been in effect in the Western Provinces for more than a year. At the last session of the Ontario Legislature the necessary legislation was passed making the1 Regulations of the Dairy Industry Act referred to applicable to the grading of creamery butter, sold in Ontario, This action followed the formal proclamation published in the Canada Gazette of August 1, fix­ ing August 15 as the date the grad­ ing regulations shall become effec­ tive. In order, however, to give merchants an opportunity to clear any stock of package butter on hand and to' enable them to become fa­ miliar with the new requirments, it has been decided by the Dominion Department of Agriculture not to take any action until after Septem- ber 1. The new measure means that con­ sumers will merely have to look at the wrapper to know the quality of the butter offered for sale. It is expected that in the course of time the four provinces in which creamery butter is not sold by grade will pass the necessary legislation and make these regulations effective About 2 5 per cent, of the cream­ ery butter made in Canada last year, amounting to 238,854,600 pounds, was produced in Ontario. STAFFA NATIVE BURIED IN ST. MARYS CEMETERY The death occurred suddenly of Thomas Bruce, of Anderson. Mr. Bruce was 72 years of age. He was born at Staffa, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bruce. Although not in very good 'health for a number of years his death was unexpected. He is survived his wife, formerly Miss Elizabeth Chappel; four daughters, Mrs. Will Ferguson, Exeter; Mrs. Elgin Wright, Fairlight, Sask.; Mrs. Clayton Watson at home and Mrs. Gordon Peacock, Prospect Hill; four brothers, -Edward Bruce, Miami Man.; Will Bruce, Winnipeg; Robt. Burce, Onoway, Mich, and David Bruce, of fitaffa. Rev. Mr. Lewis, of Kirkton, had charge of the ser­ vice which was held on Wednesday last from the residence. Interment was in St. Marys. Commercial canning of fruit and vegetables in Canada is carried on most extensively in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec when climatic conditions for the growing of fruit and vegetables are favorable. The principal fruits canned in Ontario are apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, rhubarb, gooseberries, and strawberries. In addition, British Columbia has apricots and loganber­ ries. The vegetables canned include tomatoes, peas, corn, beans, beets, carrots, pumpkins, spinach and as­ paragus. Dr. L. L. Follick-, wife and three daughters are taking a ten day mo­ tor trip to Caperol by way of Mani- toulin Island and Sudbury. Dr. F. Follick is taking ever his father’s practice during his absence.—-.St. Marys Journal-Argus. The Canadian National Exhibition originally chartered '‘for the encour­ agement of agriculture, industry and the arts,” has never forgotten the purpose for which it was organized. It has grown and expanded in many respects but the basic plan has been carefully adhered to. If your liver becomes^Iaz-^sW^ or torpid it 1—-- necessar )14^,^W®k®We biIe bo 8vetlie bowels, and STstate of poisoning in the Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills quicken and enliven the liver. Their action helps to cleanse it from the clogging impurities; helps to open up a free flow of stagnant bile and restore a regular and natural action of the bowels. All druggists carry them in stook. 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