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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-02-18, Page 1Sixty-Third Year will Gill and Miss Edith EXETER’S FIRST DOCTOR + ADVERTISEMENT here­ to!’ Here is Real News IS $3.00C. I. L. Cattle and Hog Mineral, per cwt held Feb. 1937 Exe- the its The following is being inserted and paid for at out advertising rates and the management of this paper is not responsible for anything ~ in contained.-—Ed. In the Club Rooms of the Canadian Legion Chick feeders 20c & up Buttermilk Feeders 25c & up Chick founts ....... 10c & up Milk feeders ................... 75c BAND At the Exeter Arena SATURDAY NIGHT Weather Permitting Admission 25c. and 15c. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Rounds—2 prizes each round 8.30 p.m. Door Prize Admission 25c. ESTABLISHED 1873 EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18th, 1937 New Spring Curtain Materials THE SPRING CURTAIN MATERIALS ARE NOW IN STOCK We have a very large stock suitable for any room in the house at very reasonable prices. We have also a good stock of made up curtains. “Jean Gordon” House Dresses at $1.00 Jean Gordon House Dresses are the best house dresses we know of for $1.00. The styles are good and Prints fast in color. All sizes from 14 to 44. SPECIAL—5 dozen good quality House Dresses at 75c. each. Sunworthy Wallpapers Beautiful plain or pattern papers to suit any room. Now is the time to do some papering before the paper-hangers are rushed. We also have a few real nice bundle lots of Living-Room papers and some low price lots suitable for bedrooms and kit­ chens. Sale of Young Men’s Suits at $12.00 each We have about 18 suits, sizes 35 to 38 in plain blue and stripes, single or double breasted, which we offer at $12.00 each. Regular price was $20.00 so the cloths are real good weight. And we still have a few good overcoats to clear at $12. to $15. and a few colored coats at $8^00 each. 36-inch English Sateen on Sale at 29c a yard 6 webs good quality English Sateen, 36 inches wide, exceptional value for comfor­ ters at 29c.- yard. Large Comforter Batting 72 by 90 inches, very special value at SOc. each. Tiger Catsup ..................... Peanut Butter in bulk ..... Saar Dates, good quality Hillcrest Shortening ....... large bottle 15c. ..........2 ......... 4 ......... 2 lbs. 25c. lbs. 23c. lbs. 27c. Maple Leaf Salmon ......... 1-2 lb. tins 17c. St. Williams Orange Marmalade 32 oz. 21c Canned Peaches ............... per tin 16c. Aylmer Pork and Beans ...2 large tins 19c Jones & May Phone 32 CRITICAL OPERATION Mrs, G. J, Dow underwent a crit­ ical operation Saturday evening in Victoria Hospital, London, and lat­ est reports are that her condition is favorable. Her many friends hope for her speedy recovery. FIRST SKATING The Exeter Arena was opened to the public for skating for the first time Tuesday evening and the first money to come into the hands of the committee of management from skating was turned into the treas­ ury. On different ocicasions schol­ ars from the public school have en­ joyed themselves on the ice after school hours but late Tuesday after­ noon it was decided to have skating in the evening and the word was passed around resulting in a fair at­ tendance. Considerable difficulty has been experienced in the making of ice and while the ice surface was not all that might be desired it was in a fair condition. The manage­ ment expect to have skating every night the weather is cold. It is pro­ posed to have the band present Sat­ urday evening. An incident which occurred on the day Silas .Johns was Iborn may be of some interest to the older readers of your paper. On the 29th day of May 11851 one of the nearest neigh­ bors Philip Andrew, father- of Wm. Andrew, of Exeter, had the misfor­ tune to break his leg and with an ox team attached to a bush [bob start­ ed through the bush to take him to a doctor miles away; but they went some distance south along the front road, now No. 4 highway and reach­ ed the first hotel or stopping place. They told them a young doctor ihad come in on the stage the evening be­ fore and so he got his first patient. Dr Hyndman got an axe and pre­ pared splints fioir the break but found he had prepared for the other leg so had to hew out a fresh set. So began his medical practice in vicinity of Exeter then only in embryo stage. PRIZE WINNERS The Times-Advocate draw prizes was made Saturday evening. There was a goodly number present interested in the draw. The coupons were placed in a small tu'b and were well mixed and the first draw was made by Mr. W. H. Dearing, a prize of $5.00 going to Mr. Geo. Sanders, of Exeter, with ticket No. 575, Af­ ter each draw the tickets were again mixed and various persons present drew one of the tickets. Winners in this community are asked to call at the office for their prizes. Remit­ tances have been mailed to those at a distance. One ticket was drawn with only the number attached. It belonged to Mr. Earl Dick, of Cro­ marty, and he has been included. This Spring we are privileged to present each Chick Startena customer with an attractive and reliable brooder thermomet­ er * Absolutely Free” with each two bags of Startena. Get yours now. A Keno and Dance will [be in Hensall Town Hall, Friday, 19th, at 8.30 under the auspices of the Exeter Branch of the Canadian Legion. 18 rounds. Admission 35c. including tax.ONLY CHILD DIES among the prize winners. The win- ners were as follows: Name NO'Prize Geo. Sanders, Exeter Alfred Hicks, Exeter 575 $5.00 438 2.00 Robt. Rowcliffe, 'Clinton 703 2.00 Chas. Godbolt, Exeter 590 2.00 Bruce Cooper, Exeter 3 800 2.00 D. McDougall, Kingston 742 2.00 Mrs. Appleton, Patkhill 78'5 1.00 Mrs. Kestle, Bowmanville 368 1.00 Sam’l Sweet, Exeter 815 1.00 F. W. Clark, Crediton 579 1.00 Mrs. S. Lamport, Exeter 5!14 1.00 C. Schroeder, Centralia 2 767 1.00 Jos. Davis, St. Marys John May, Toronto 534 1.00 38(7 1.00 Robt. Kydd, Exeter 3 568 1.00 T. Fletcher, Woodham 572 1.00 Earl Dick, Cromarty 533 1.00 New Brooder Stoves See the new 1937 model of Royal Brooder Stoves, wider and heavier grate, double draft control with cast pipe, new style 4 wire-bound canopy with quarter section hinged. 1,000 Chick cap., 56-inch Hover, grate 10% inches, $19.00 Now is the time to have you syrup pans made and pails re­ paired. Consult us on your requirements. The W. M. S. of Centralia United Church are serving an OYSTER SUPPER in the basement of the cliui’cli on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1937 Supper to commence at 5.30 p.ni. followed by a play entitled “The Country Minister” to be presented by the Thames Road players Adniisison 35 and 20c. Traquair’s Hardware Mr. Stanley Walter, who has been with the Bank of Montreal at Mit­ chell, has been transferred to St. Marys 'branch. the DIED IN WINDSOR William Edward Howard, aged 49, a native of Exeter, died at kis home in Windsor on Friday last fol­ lowing a short illness. For the past 18 years the deceased had been a resident of Windsor. His early life was spent in Exeter where he re­ ceived his schooling and afterwards learned the harness-making with the late Peter Frayne. He is surviv­ ed by his widow and three daugh­ ters all at home; also two sisters in Windsor and one in Detroit and six brothers, Lionel and Roy, of Lon­ don; Norman and Russell, of Wind­ sor; Carl in Detroit and Frank in B. C. ILL IN LONDON Mr, and Mrs. Frank Mallett, Sr., of Springibank Drive, London, form­ erly of Exeter, are both very ill at their home. Mrs. Mallett’s sister, Mrs. Eilber, of Chicago, is also ill at their home. Mr, and Mrs. Mallett mourn the death of their grandson, Norman William Mallett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Mallett, of Chat­ ham. Four months ago Mr. Mallett suffered with blood-poisoning in his hand. Later he contracted influenza which developed into pneumonia re­ sulting in his death. The deceased was in his 31st year. Besides his parents he is survived by two broth­ ers, Harry, of Windsor, and Lome* at home. HOCKEY DASHWOOD VS. EXETER TO-NIGHT (THURSDAY) Admission 15c. and 10c. The Exeter Arena will be official­ ly opened Friday, Feby. 26 th when the London Skating club will put on a Grand Carnival. LOCAL NEWS Mrs. H. D. Hutchins, of Toronto, spent the week-end with her dau­ ghter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. — 27--1— Mr. Cecil Jay, of Awarded Contract The Balkwills, builders and con­ tractors, of Exeter have been award­ ed the contract to erect a fine (resi­ dence, up to date in every detail, or­ nate fireplace, dressings rooms, shower and [bath, servants' quarters, etc., for a London lady now winter­ ing in\ the south. The location is 1t»' th4| exclusivo residential district MaplO,Grove, Grand Bend north, and the plans and specifications are by Architect Bridgman, The keys to be handed over in early June. .Leaving! for California Mr. James Grieve leaves to-day ([Thursday) for California where he will join his son, Mr. F. L. Grieve, Who with Mrs. Grieve and family are spending the winter there, spending a few weeks there return with them by auto. r Critically Ill Mrs. Garfield Sheere, ford, has been called to ing to the illness of her Wm. Mitchell. tically ill with heart trouble, Earl Mitchell, of Toronto, is also there, After ihe will Birant-o-f Exeter ow- father, Mr, Mr. Mitchell is ©ri- Mr. CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY iSilas B. Straffon, of Crosswell, Mich., and Stephen Straffon-, of Beul Township, Michigan, twin brothers, celebrated their 71st birthday on Sunday, February 7th and also' the sixtieth anniversary of their arrival in Michigan from Canada. A birth­ day party in their honor was held at the home of Mi;, and Mrs, Foley, Lexinton, Mirs. w the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Ste­ phen .Straffon. The brothers were born in Usboirne Township February 7th, 1856, the Sons Of Mr, and Mrs. I-Ienry straffon. The family moved to Michigan February 7, 1877. The brothers 'have several relatives in this community. Eugene Foley being Following a critical illness of about two weeks in the Children’s War Memorial Hospital, London, Helen Doreen Brock, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Brock, passed away on Saturday aged 11 years, 1 month and 14 days. Helen was born in Detroit but for several years she has resided in Exeter with her parents. She was a pupil at the Exeter school and a member of the James Street Sunday School and was a general favorite with her many companions. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the James St. United Church conducted by Rev. Mr. page. Mr. W. R. Goulding pre­ sided at the organ and sang a solo. The pupils .from Helen’s room at the public school were present in a body The floral tributes were very beau­ tiful and a number of young friends acted as flower bearers. The pall­ bearers were Calvin Heywood, Rd. Pilon, Bobby Davis and Billy Weekes. Among those from a dis­ tance who' were present for the fun­ eral were Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Ed­ na Schwartz, Vivian and 0‘Halloran, of Clark and Mr. don; Mr. and Miss Margaret motored up on Sunday and Barr is remaining for a few days Mr. and Mrs. Eric Humphries, Mn and Mrs. E. Berry, Mr. and Mrs. sei Brock, Mr. Tom Brock and Verna and Mrs. Mary Brock present from Kirkton. Friends also present from Crediton. The . pathy of many friends will he ex­ tended to the bereaved. Barbara Toronto; Miss Utah Hy. Miller, of Lon- Mrs. Jas. Barr and Barr, of Now Jersey, Miss Rus- Miss were wet 6 sym- POOL ROOM FOR EXETER ? The question of a licensed pool room for Exeter is agitating the minds of both the citizens and the municipal council. Mr. Nelson Stat­ ton, of Forest, has rehted the store recently vacated by Lindenfield’s Hardware and has set up several tables. We understand that Mr. Statton' has deposited with the Clerk the license fee required by the vil­ lage by-law and now awaits the granting of the license. The open­ ing of a pool room in town.’ ihas been a contentious question for years and several attempts to operate tables have not met with success. While there are several privately owned tables by organizations for the use of their members the question of a public pool room was voted against several years ago. ..................... 1-— VALENTINE SUPPER [A large crowd was present at the James Street Church on Tuesday evening when a hot roast beef sup­ per was served by the Women’s As­ sociation. The room was tastefully decorated in keeping with Valentine and the tables were attractively de­ corated with red streamers. Follow­ ing. the supper the choir put on a varied program in the auditorium. Choruses were sung by the choir, or­ gan solos by Mr. W. R. iGoulding, solos by Mrs. Elliot, Miss Pearl Wood Rev. A. Page, T. Woodward, quar­ tette “Seeing Nellie Home” sung by Messrs. W. Cutbush, E. Bu'swell, J. Paisley and E. Lindenfield and pan­ tomimed 'by Miss C. Christie; darkies chorus by men; readings by Miss R. Rowe and Mary Van Camp; Bache­ lor’s Dream with Clarence Down tak­ ing the leading part. The proceeds for the evening, amounted to over $150.00. WESTON MAGUIRE DIES Mr. Weston Maguire, a life-long resident of the second concession of McGillivray Township, died at the residence of ihis daughter, Mrs. S. Chambers, on Saturday, February 13 in this 74th year. Mr. Maguire had been ailing since last August and a week before Christmas he and Mrs. Maguire came to. Exeter where both of them have been under the doc­ tor’s care. Besides his bereaved widow he is survived by three sons and two daughters, Edward, Leam­ ington; Ferguson, of London; Neil, of Lucan; Mrs. S. Chambers, Exe­ ter, and Mrs. Ed. Chambers, Cred­ iton. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. G. Ferguson, of London Twp. The funeral was held Mon­ day afternoon, a private service be­ ing held at the house followed by a service at Christ Church, McGilliv­ ray. Rev. M. A. Hunt, of town and Rev. M. Skinner, of Ailsa Craig, of­ ficiated at the services. Interment took place in Neil’s cemetery, Mc­ Gillivray. ARENA COMMITTEES The committee of management for the Exeter Arena met at the Arena Tuesday evening will repre­ sentatives from the Badminton Club and Volley Ball Club. A schedule of hours for use of the gymnasium was drawn up as follows: For Bad­ minton, Monday and Thursday nights, Tuesday afternoon from 3 to 6 and Saturday afternoon from 4 to Gt Volley Ball, Wednesday and. Friday nights. There will also be I some basketball on one of these nights. I The committee of management was divided into' several sub-com-; mittees as follows: Finance, Thos. Pryde, W.’^G. Medd, J. H. Jones; Property, Light and Fuel, W. J. Hern J. M. Gymnasium V. Pickard, Com Southcott, F. A. May; Com., W. G. Medd, C. , J. M. Southcott; Rink C. V. Pickard, F. A. May, J. W. Hern; Advertising Com., J. H. Jones, J. M. Southcott, Thos. Pfydo. Plans were made for the visit of the London Skating Club on Febru­ ary 2 6 th. James Norton. Toronto, also spent the week-end with them. Mr. Dougai __ ___ ______ Love, of Grand Bend, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Goulding on Sunday. Mr. Gill in excellent tenor voice sang a solo “Bells Over Jordan” in James Street church on Sunday evening. Mr. Thos. Appleton, aged eighty- two had the misfortune to fall on the icy sidewalk on Main street on Thursday evening last. He fell on his shoulder and was unable to rise until assisted to his feet by a passer­ by. For several days he suffered considerable pain but is again able to be around. (Mr, Ellis Tapp, of Simcoe, spent the week-end visiting his father Mr. Rd. Tapp-. Mr. A. S. Tapp, who has beeu in Exeter since last July is re­ turning to Dauphin, Man., where he will resume his old position as man­ ager of a baby chick hatchery. Mrs. Tapp and little son are remaining in Exeter. Exeter, Ont., January 2nd, “At a public meeting in tihe ter Town Hall in reference to the erectiou of the Exeter arena on Fri­ day, October 23rd, 1936, I made the statement that F. J. Delbridge did not own any property in Exeter, basing my judgment on the fact that the property held by F. J. Delbridge was assessed in his wife’s name; also her name was entered on the voters’ list. Which I have found out since, that I was mistaken'.” The above statement which ap­ peared over the signature of W. D. Sanders is air exact copy of the ori­ ginal which cannot be denied and which is held by myself and is open for inspection' and is bis own words, dictated by him and signed by him in Rev. J. W. Down’s home and in his presence on January 2nd 1937 The same was signed after two very heated and lengthy arguments both held at this same place of meeting and after careful considera­ tion on his part and to a demand I made that an explanation bad to be made by him and signed by him to the people of Exeter through your paper of the statement he made at that public meeting in regards to the ownership of my property. And I make these statements without fear of contradiction for they were all made ini the presence of Rev. Mr. Down as witness. F. J. DELBRIDGE EXETER HIGH SCHOOL DANCE IN THE NEW ARENA Friday, February 19th OTTO HENDERSON’S ORCHESTRA Former Pupils and Friends Invited ADMISSION SOc. each .Band Concert by the Exeter Concert Band LEAVITT’S THEATRE at 8.30 p.m. SILVER COLLECTION TED WALPER, Director