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THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, WBHVABY 26, 1037
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FOR A MILD,COOL SMOKE
1
50 YEARS
February 24,
Rev. Mr. Kershaw,
occuped the pulpit of
Church in the
AGO
1837
of Centralia,
James Street
( ........... ,— morning and Mr.
j Braun in the evenmg owing to the
‘ illess of the pastor, Rev, Janies Gra
ham.
Mr. Fred Southcott left for Tor
onto on Tuesday. The remainder’ of
the family >will'leave about MarchTHAMES ROAD
iMir. WiUiamson, of Russeldale lst-
store* is on his way to Denmark to I Mrs.
Lucan,
friends
urday.
Mr, Jas. Acheson, of the Garnet
House, St. Marys, was in town on
Tuesday.
W. H, Manning, 'Who has been vis
iting in Cleveland for some time has
returned home.
Messrs. Carling & Mill shipped
from Exeter during the season 90,-
000 pounds of pork to various parts
of Canada.
(Sparling’s grist mill in Kirkton
was destroyed by fire in 1885 and on
Thursday night the splendid mill
erected >on the site of the former one
met a similiar fate.
Mr. Wm. Kerr, of the township of
Hay, who recently gold his farm in
tends moving into Hensail.
(S'leiglh ride parties are numerous
at present. A party of about 50
visited the residence of Geo. White,
Rodgerville, on Friday and spent an
enjoyable time.
Exeter gave Mr. 'Coughlin for
North Middlesex a majority of 133;
Lucan 120; throughout the riding
■over 3 00.
Dr. McDonald a former resident of
Exeter, won in,East Huron in the
recent election.
visit his relatives.
The W. A. held a very enjoyable
social evening in the church base
ment the acting groups were Mrs. R.
’Williams and Mrs. Passmore with
singing and games, and contests, etc
Lunch was served at the close.
Mrs, F. iGollings is visiting this
week with Mr. and Mrs, Shier of
Bryanston.
A. very fine presentation was made
by the young ladies of the congre
gation when they filled a longfelt
need, a pulpit light and one for the
piano; also a fine basket of flowers
They are very much appreciated by
all.
'The little son of Mr. and iMrs. Ed,
Alexander is suffering rather severe
burns when he got scalded while
getting dressed.
Mr. William Hackney
ing nicely and able
little.
A very pleasing
made (by the choir
ening to the home
der iSr., it being 'her 91st birthday.
Good wishes were extended to. this
very kindly Christian lady, who as
long as she was able always took a
igreat interest in church activities.
She is a Charter member of the W.
M. IS. here. The evening was spent
In music which she much enjoyed,
as also a nice box of chocolates was
presented to .her. She expressed her
great appreciation and hoped they
would come again.
Thames Road Mission Circle
The monthly meeting of the
Thames Road Mission -Circle met at
the home of Helen Morgan on Sat
urday last. The meeting opened by
singing hymn 399 with Mrs. Mair
leading in prayer, Ann Morgan read
the Scripture followed 'by Secretary
and Treasurer’s reports. Roll call
was then given. Business was dis
cussed and collection taken up, fol
lowed by hymn 405. The devotional
leaflet was read -by Margaret Allis
on and the topic given .by Mary Bor
land. Beth Ballantyne favoured us
with a solo followed iby two heralds
given by Jeanette (Stone and Doris
Duncan. |A recital was given by Jean
McDougall followed 'by an instru
mental by Jeanette 'Stone. Mrs. Mair
then gave a short talk on Temper
ance and Helen Selves followed by
a recitation and hymn 4'4»6 was then
sung closing the meeting with the
Mizpah benediction.
Thos, Newton and sister, of
who have been visiting thejr
in town returned home Sat-
to be
is improv-
around a
visit waslittle
on Thursday ev-
of Mrs. Alexanu
pur-
'She has
sister Mrs. G-oodis-
McLeod, Minn, is
here having come
the
WM. LANE, FORMER COUNTY
CLERK AND TREASURER,
DEED IN DETROIT
William Lane, former clerk and
treasurer for 3 8 years of Huron
County and former' 'beloved resident
of Goderich, died at the home of his
son, Dr. Charles Lane, in Detroit on
Friday. '
Monday afternoon from Knox Pres
byterian church.
was in his 8'6t-h year, was a member
of a pioneer family well known in
Huron county. In 1891 he was ap
pointed clerk, of the county, of Hur
on which position he held for 26
years, when he (became the -county
treasurer for the succeeding 12
years. During the latter period he
was also the treasurer of the Gode
rich Collegiate Institute Board..
Two sons survive.
The funeral took place
Mr. Lane, who
25 YEARS AGO
February 29, 1912
(Mr. John R. McDonald (has
chased Lewis Walper’s. farm on the
London Road, Hay. Mr. Walper
intends going West.
Mr. T. E, Hand-ford has purchased
a residence in Ingersoll and intends
going there to- reside.
Mrs. Charles Adams, of Calgary, is
visiting Ontario relatives.
■been visiting her
on in Sarnia.
Mr. Smith, of
visiting relatives
■over to attend the funeral of
late D. Kerniclk.
Mr. W. H. Collins, manager of
the Bank of Commerce went to Que
bec on Tuesday to assist in inspect
ing the branches of tlie Eastern
Townships B'ank, which lhas been
taken over by the Commerce.
Mr, W- D. Clarke and son Gale
left Wednesday on a visit to London
and Toronto.
IMr. James Atkinson, sectionman,
at Clandeboye, was struck by a train
and died the following day. He was
struck during a severe snow storm.
The firm of Messrs. Siebert & Co.,
Dashwood, which has been doing
business there for four years has de
cided to- leave and will go into busi
ness in some other town.
Mrs. G. P. Connor
from a trip of some months in the
United States.
Mr. S. Gratton, of
brought out a few fish on Tuesday.
He says fish are so scarce that the
fisherman have to live on rabbits
this
has returned
Grand Bend,
winter.
FAIR DEALING
After all, sincerity and a desire
to be fair and decent bring thein own
reward, even in this world. The av
erage citizen would rather have the
reputation of being honest in busi
ness than to possess wealth beyond
the dreams of avarice. The reputa
tion of a .professional man, a manu- (
facturer, a merchant, a labourer
should be one of his greatest and
most prized possessions. Money
vanishes away but the memory of a
fair-dealing and faithful service are
like flowers which bloom in the
gardens of many hearts. To.o* often
for temporary gain men do the mean
and tricky things, then they wonder
why former patrons pass by on the
other side. This suggestion has. no
personal application to any particu
lar in divdual but early in the year
we throw* it out for what It is worth.
It’ll be Plenty
.First Doctor: ‘’Then we decide not
to operate,”
Second Doctor: “Yes. What do, you
think we ought to charge him for
deciding not to* operate?”
15 YEARS AGO
February 23, .1922
Among those attending the Sarnia
vs. Exeter-Zurich game -on Friday
evening were: Mr. Garvey Acheson,
of St. Thomas; Mr. Hy. Gould, of
Windsor; Mr. Alex .Stewart and Will
Brown, of London; Mr. Herman El
liott, of (Sarnia; Hy Sweet and E. H.
Axt, of Detroit; Reg. Bissett and H.
Parsons, o*f Chatham.
Exeter-Zurich defeated Sarnia but
were blanked by Kitchener loosing
their first game of the season. »
Mrs. Brown, of London, visited
with Mr, and Mrs. F. W. Gladman
the forepart of the week.
Rev. and Mrs. Chidley, of Thames
Road, have both been ill with in
fluenza. Rev. D. Fletcher took Mr.
■Chidley’s work.
CRASH VICTIM NOW OUT OF
DANGER
When he suffered a terrble skull
(fracture in a level crossing accident
in Goderich nearly three weeks ago
Frank SprOat, 28, Seaforth, was not
given one chance in a hundred to
survive. His physician gave him 48
hours to live. . Now he is out of
danger. “His recovery has been
nothing short of miraculous,” Dr. J.
M. Graham said,
start he showed remarkable (recup
erative powers.
‘-From the Very
erative powers.” There is a hole in
iSpriOat’s skull two by two and one-
half inches, and a delicate operation
will have to be performed to remove
this part of the skull from the forain.
Tile inquest into1 the accident has
been held and a verdict placing the
blame on Sprout, doctors advising at
,the time
testify.
he wo hid he ver be able to
girl called up arid said sheYour „
wouldn’t be able to meet you today.
“Well, that’s a wait off my mind.
WHAEEN
Mrs. Bobbins spent (Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor pear Exeter,
Miss Alice Passmore, of Thames
Road, spent a few days during last
week with her cousin, Maida Mor
ley.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Ogden visited in
London o;n< Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Milne Pullen spent
Sunday in Exeter with Mr. and Mrs,
George Earl.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gunning
visited with the latter’s parents at
Greenway on (Thursday,
Miss Greta Pollard, of Centralia,
favoured with a solo at the church
service on Sunday afternoon.
Mu', and Mrs iF. Squire and fam
ily also the Misses Ruth Hodgson
and Velma Squire attended a birth
day party in honour of Miss Ruth
Millson, Lucan, on Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. David Farley, Lon
don, were Sunday visitors of
and Mrs. Alex Baillie.
'Mr. and Mrs, Melville Hern
Friday evening with Mr.
Harvey Parkinson.
Mir, and Mrs. Howard :
turned to> their home in :
ter holidaying with the
parents for a few. weeks.
HOMES AND BARNS DAMAGED
AT AILSA CRAIG AND
WALLACERURG
Although strong- winds visited
this district on iSunday afternoon,
accompanied iby a steady downpour
of rain, Exeter escaped the fury of
a -cyclonic storm, which caused
heavy damage in its erratic course
across sections of Western Ontario.
The garage roof of Dr. Fletcher
was blown off and a number of trees
were blown down. Shingles were
blown from the roofs of a number
of barns. A barn belonging to Ja
cob • Ratz, of Stephen, wag shaken
on its foundation.
Serious damage was done in the
Craigdistrict surrounding Ailsa
where buildings were unroofed or
partially unroofed,' power lines
telephones crippled and trees
rooted.
cut
up-
Mr.
and
spent
Mrs.
Morley re
Detroit af-
> former’s
ZION
social
week.
iread-
con-
even-
Bains Damaged
A half dozen (barns near Wallace
burg had roofs damaged. On John
Watson’s q'arm, tour windows were
sent crashing in, the barn unroof
ed, strawstacks carried entirely
away and every fence on the farm
leveled.
Thirteen hydro poles near Wal-
lacefourg were torn out by the cy
clonic wind and the town was in
darkness all night.
As the twister struck at Ailsa
Craig the verandah on Bert Keen’s
home was blown entirely over the
house, knocking off the (chimney
and landing it in a neighbor’s yard.
Two- chicken houses were carried
away and one was never located.
Windows Shattered
Try Salada Orange Pekoe Blend
broken when a tree fell and power
was off for several hours in a small
area. iSimiliarly a small break
curred on the 4th concession
London Township hut power was
stored in an hour.
oc-
of
re-
resident
at SEAFORTH
unexpected pas-
FORMER STAFFA
DIED
The sudden and
sing of Frederick John Kerslake," an
esteemed resident of Seaforth, came
as a shock to the whole community,
The deceased who was apparently
in his usual health, partook of a
hearty supper on Saturday evening
and chatted for* a while with his
wife. When putting on his over
coat before going down town about
nine o’clock, he was seized with a
severe stroke of paralysis and never
regained consciousness. The end
came at 6.30 on Sunday • morn
ing. Mr. Kerslake who was the
eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
They settled on a farm in that dis
trict where they remained for 19
years, retiring to igtaffa where they
resided for three years and then
moved to -Seaforth, Besides his win
dow he is survived by an only dau
ghter, Mrs. Ivan D. Hill, of Ltstowel
also two brothers, William E. Kers
lake, Seaforth, who suffered a
stroke three years ago, and has been
a helpless invalid ever since; Wal
ton Kerslake, of Cromarty, and two
sisters, Mrs. H. W- Colquhoun, Win
nipeg and Mrs. Montgomery Davis,
of Seaforth.
JIBS. MARGARET HODGINS
DIES AT CHILLIWACK B.C.
The Young People held a
evening at the home of Mir. and Mrs,
Jas. Earl on (Friday of last
A short program consiting of
ings, musical numbers and
tests. The remainder of the
irig was spent in games. Lunch was
served. A vote of thanks was given
to Mr. and Mrs. Earl and closed iby
singing “God 'Save the King.”
■On Fi'id ay evening >of this week
the (community meeting will be held
in the Zion (School when Rev. Mr.
Mair, of Thames Road United
Church will talk on his experiences
in the North -country,
Mrs. Thos. Hern, of Exeter, is at
present with her sister Mrs. John
Hem.
>On (Monday morning Mrs. Ross
Hern (underwent an operations in
Victoria Hospital, London. The op
eration was successful and she is
doing as well as 'can 'be expected.
The many friends of Mrs. John
Hern, who has been ill, are pleased
to know
iMr. W.
ing.
Oliver
Mrs. Wesley Jaques, underwent an
operation for appendicitis on Fri
day last in the London Hospital and
is getting along nicely.
Mr. Joe Taylor, who is employed
with Mr. Wellington Brock and Mrs.
Dave Stephens, of Woodham, spent
Thursday of last week with their
sister-in-law Mrs. Ephriam Hern.
of glass shattered, shingles torn
from roofs of houses and 'barns. A
large pine tree was^ split in two and
half of it was carried across the
street. Many telephones were dis
rupted and hydro* was cut from
mid-afternoon until evening when
the downtown area saw return of
power.
While these two sections bore the
brunt of the storm, other sections
had sudden gusts of wind that blew
down trees
services in widely seperated sec
tions.
SC°J^L?£ PS. Kerslake , was born in 1873 in Col-
umibus, Ontario, East Whitby. He
came with his family to Hifaibert in
188,8 and moved to Staffa in 18<98
where he was married about thirty
seven years ago to Miss Janet Fell.
News reached the district of the
death after a short illness of Mrs,
Margaret E. (Sadler) Hodgins, of
'Chilliwack, B.C. widow of William
Hodgins, formerly of Lucan. There
are three sons and two* daughters,
also one brother, W. Sadler, of Lu-
’can; two sisters, Mrs. William Stan
ley, Lucan and Mrs. Christ. Hod
gins, London. The funeral took
place at Chilliwack on Friday last,
and disrupted hydro
Power Lines Suffer '
North of London the twisting
wind 'blew down a number of tree
limbs and the rural hydro suffered.
At Birr a large tree crashed through
the power wires at 5 p.m. and pow
er in that village and the surround
ing area was off until mid-evening.
At Granton one power line was
How You May Get Rid of
Those Painful Boils
RURDOCK
LOO
Bitters
When boils start to break out it ii aa
evidence the blood is elogged up with im
purities and requires to be thoroughly
purified by a good blood medicine.
We believe there is no better blood
cleansing medicine than Burdock Blood
Bitters. It helps to remove the foul matter
from the blood, and once the blood is
purified the boils disappear and your misery
at an end. Try itl
ELIMVILLE
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she is much improved.
J. Brock is slowly improv-
Jaques, son of Mr. and
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W. M. S. Meeting
“The February meeting of the W.
M. S. was held on ."Wednesday the
17tih at the home of Mrs. Weston
Horne. Fifteen members were pres
ent, two joining at this time. The
President, Mrs. Penrose, was in
charge. The meeting opened with the
hymn, “Jesus, .Thou Joy of Loving
Hearts” and prayer (by the leader.
Scripture readings were given by
Mrs. R. D. Hunter, Mrs. T. Bell, Mrs.
Frank Brock and Mrs. Well. Batten.
The devotional leaflet, “Jesus Pion
eer of Life, Leader in Adventure”
was read by Mrs. H. Ford. Hymn “O
Love that will not let me go” was
sung and prayers were offered by
Mrs. Wesley Johns- and Mirs. Will
Elford. Minutes of last meeting
were read and adopted followed by
the business. It was decided to use
Sunshine Bags for the month of
April. An interesting bit of the
meeting was the presentation of Life
Membership Certificates to two mem
bers Mrs. Thos. Bell and Mrs. R. D.
Hunter,; Mrs. Horne read the ad
dress to Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. E.
Skinner presented the certificate.
These ladies were much surprised
but thanked the ladies for their kind
ness in a few words of appreciation.
All rose and sang one verse of “Blest
Be the Tie That Binds.” Mrs. Pen
rose then presented the first chapter
of the New. Study Book “Men -an-d
Women of Far Horizons” in a very
interesting reading the subject being
“Beside Beds of Pain.” After singing
“Lord in the Strength of Grace.”
The president closed, the meeting
with prayer and benediction, The
March meeting wil be held at Mrs.
Everett Skinner’s with Mrs. P.
Murch in charge. Birthday tea Will
be served by members whose birth
days occur in the first three months
of the year.
The Mission Circle held a social
evening in the form of a progressive
crokihole party in the church base
ment on Wednesday evening -Of last
week, Both active . and .honorary
member were present numbering
about thirty-five. Helen Murch scor
ed the- highest count Of the girls and
Harold Bell the highest score for the
boys. A dainty lunch was served at
the -close.
A youngster from' Toronto
visiting his cousin on the farm near
Tiverton.
"That’s a pretty cow,” said the
oily, kid.
“What do you know about cows?”
quizzed the country lad. "You don’t
even know if that’s a jersey cow.”
"I don’t know from here, ’cause I
can’t seo it’s license.”
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Low Night, Rates begin
every evening at seven, .and
apply all day Sunday!
Geo. W. Lawson,
Manager
came home
at last
iu salary
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