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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-04-29, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1873 EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 29th, 1937 Sixty-Third Y< Exeter Coronation Contest Get your coupons at this store with each 25c purchase in either cash or produce. Stores open each Tuesday evening during the contest. Every 25c paid on old accounts prior to March 1st entitles you to three coupons. Many attractive values in this store Spring Furnishings for the Home We have a very large stock of Linoleum^, Congoleums, Rugs, Window Blinds, Cur­ tain Nets, Made-up Curtains, Curtain Rods, Etc., at very attractive prices.s WINDOW BLIND SPECIAL—36 in. x 6 ft. slightly imperfect, on sale at 69c each. ® / Green or Cream. Coats and Suitsladies’ Misses’ and Children’s New Styles New Materials LADIES AND MISSES SPRING COATS, NOT NEW STYLES, BUT IN REAL GOOD CLOTHS WHILE THEY LAST AT $1.95 TO $2.95 EACH Low Prices i NEW SHOES FOR SPRING Brown — Blue — Black at $2.95 to $3.50 Splendid range of plain and fancy shoes for women and girls, in straps, sandals, ties, etc. You will like the new styles. A TABLE OF SHOES AT $2.00 PAIR For Women. We haven’t all sizes in each line, but there are all sizes in the lot. This gives you a real good shoe at a low price. Come in and look them over. Men’s Suits, Top Coats, Hats, Etc. Our range of men’s and boys’ Suits, Spring Coats and Hats gives you a large selec­ tion to choose from. We can give you either dark or light shades and the prices are very moderate. Absolutely Free A genuine Gold 'Seal Congoleum Rug to the nearest guess to the lucky number. See our window display, April 29th to noon May the 8th. 36 inch Prints on Sale at 15c Yard. 10 Good Patterns Special Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday P. & G. White Naptha Soap ... 5 bars 19c. Singapore Sliced Pineapple ....... 2 tins 19c. Aylmer Pork & Beans large tins 2 for 19c. Fairsex Toilet Soap ................. 6 cakes 19c. Chase & Sanborn’s Dated Coffee ... lb. 37c. Horne’s Peanut Butter, bulk ... Cooking Onions ........................... Pearl White Soap, six bars, and Ammonia for ........................ 2 5 1 lbs. 25c. lbs. 10c. pkg- ...... 26c. ph... 32 JOnes & May Phone 32 > __J A Finance Plan •> — on — Purina Hog Feeds We furnish you with enough feed to put your hogs on the market. You paly for the feed when you sell the hogs. This simple arrangement has been worked out with the help of Purina Mills. There is no red tape and no one goes your security. We cannot do this with everybody but are willing to make this offer to reliable farmers whom we can rely on to carry out their part of the bargain. Call in and see us withn the next few days and we will explain fully. Get Started at Once on This Wonderful Plan PAINT DEMONSTRATION ON MAY 7th MASONIC “AT HOME” (Lebanon Forest Lodge No. 133 A. F. & A.M. will hold an “At Home” in the Exeter Arena on Friday, May 7th, to which the members and their wives or lady friends together with visitinig brethren are invited. Tick­ ets 5«0jc. including, tax. Tickets may be secured from any of the follow­ ing committee: M. W. Pfaff, T. 0. Soutlicott, W. J. Smith, Geo,. Law- son and Clinton Morlock. Dr. Roe’s Vito Food Chich Starter .............,.......... $3.00 Pints Gio-Coat, Regular 59c 2 for ..................................... 69c Vz pts Old English No-Rub ..................................................... 30c % lb. Old English Paste Wax...................................................30c 2 lb. Johnson’s Wax 95c. Bottle Polish Free Traqu air’s Hardware “Jimmie Be Careful” by the Eden Young People will be given in the THAMES ROAD UNITED CHURCH FRIDAY, APRIL 30th Under the auspices of Group one Women’s Association Admission 25c and 10c. Dr. George Hind has been elected President of the Walkerton Lawn Bowling Club. Twenty-five coupons will be given for a renewal subscription to the Times-Advocate in the Coronation Contest conducted by the merchants of Exeter. 50 coupons will be given for a new subscription. Over ninety prizes will be givenaway. The win­ ner gets a cheque for $200.00. Buy your Coronation Souvenirs of China. Spoo'hs, Pins and Medals early at S. B. Tayldr’s. LAMPORT—CORNISH A quiet but pretty wedding took place at the Main St. United church parsonage on Saturday, April 24th when Miss Florence Marie Cornish, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Cornish, was united in marriage to Mr. Gordon Eber Lamport, of town, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Lamport, of Crediton. The ceremony was per­ formed by Rev. Mr. Elliott. The bride was very becoming in a dress of pale pink flowered chiffon with white accessories and carried a bouquet of carnations. iShe was at­ tended by her sister Eileen who wore a pale green crepe dress with brown accessories and wore a cors­ age of roses. The groom was at­ tended by his brother Roy. Fol­ lowing the ceremony a wedding sup­ per was served at, the home of the bride’s parents to the immediate relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Lamport left oh a wedding trip to London and Pt. Huron the bride travelling in a knit wool dress with brown ac­ cessories. They returned to Ex­ eter on Monday and will occupy the residence of the late Mrs. MOoney. Both bride and groom are popular young people and will have the best wishes Of a host of friends ’tvith whom the Times-Advocate join in extending congratulations. ONTARIO’S LARGEST FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHED Exeter’s popular and genial photo­ grapher, Mr. Jos. Senior, had his studio taxed to capacity on 'Satur­ day afternoon when the famous Onezime Masse family of the Blue Water Highway had their family group photographed. Mr. and Mrs. Masse with their 21 normal, healthy and active children, 10 boys and 11 girls, made a wonderful picture, and had several groups taken. Besides the entire family the father and his ten sons and the mother with her eleven daughters were taken separ­ ately. These pictures will be copy­ righted and will be used for picture post cards. They are also to be sent to noted personages of two .contin­ ents. At the same time a partner­ ship was formed with Mr. Masse as president; Rev. L. Marchand, P.P., as treasurer and Frank Delbridge, of Exeter, as promoter and manager. The agreement of partnership was drafted by Albert H. Murphy, bar­ rister for the Catholic dioceses of London, of the firm of Messrs. MurJ phy, LeBel and Durdin and superin­ tended by t'he Very Rev. Bishop J. T. Kidd, Bishop of London. Besides the family group Mr. Senior had a confirmation class .from Zurich and also a marriage group. EXETER COUNCIL Monday, April 26th, 1937 A regular meeting of the municip­ al council held with all members present. The minutes of the meet­ ing held April 12th were read and adopted on motion of Councillors May and Hern. Messrs. R. N. Creech, Wm. May, Geo. 'Lawson and C. V. Pichard, members of the Board of ‘ Education waited on the council regarding cer­ tain grants heretofore received through the counity which have been withdrawn and as this sum was us­ ually a part of the county levy a- gainsf the village and was only a transfer from the treasurer of the .village to the county treasurer and again returned to the treasurer of the Board of Education, the deputa­ tion asked that, a s,um.rfof one thous­ and dollars be granted to the Board over and above the previous request as made of nine thousand dollars. Per Councillors Southcott and Dig­ uan, that the’ request be granted and an extra sum of one thousand dollars be included in the grant for school purposes. Carried. Mr. Pickard, on behalf of the committee referred to the commit­ tee’s recommendation regarding ex­ penditure in providing suitable sup­ plies for the school children’s parade for the Coronation day. .The .coun­ cil granted assistance in meeting a part of the expenditure for buttons and advertising. Mr. W. C. Pearce asked the coun­ cil if he should proceed in collecting tax arrears. The council, requested him to continue. A letter was read from Division Engineer, H. E. MacPherson, of Stratford, in reply asking for an early meeting with members of the Council with regard to condition of the road at the north end of the municipality. Will notify by phone call when convenient. A letter was read from the De­ partment of the Attorney General regarding operation of a billard and pool table. Ordered filed. A letter from the office of Messrs. Gladman and Stanbury regarding a complaint of water backing up into the cellar of Mrs. Ethel Mousseau’s dwelling which contained refuse from the creamery. Referred to the Reeve and the chairman of the Board of Health. (The Reeve stated that he had in­ terviewed the County Engineer, Mr. Patterson and was able through .him to secure the use of the county ma­ chine and an .operator at a cost of $1.50 an hour. The members of the council agreeing that we procure the county schaper and drag. Date to be fixed later. Carried. The clerk to place an order for the usual supply of Calcium Chlor­ ide. The spring collection of refuse in­ tended for the dump will be made on Wednesday and Thursday, May 5th and 6th motion of .Southcott and Hern. Carried. , A tender for necessary supplies for a fence at the dump ground was considered and filed for future con­ sideration. The following accounts were read and ordered paid; Department of Health to Provincial Treasurer of Ontario $l.i51; County of Huron, Hospital fees $70.85; Times-Advo­ cate, printing and supplied $119.74; William Andrew, labor, R> & B.» $19.63; John Stire, labor, ditto $5; Ed. J. COombeS, ditto $5; Edwin Harness, ditto $3.75. Passed- on motion of Dignan and (Southcott and carried. Adjournment by Southcott. Job. Senior, Clerk CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE BY FLOODS Considerable damage and discom­ fort was wrought to many of the (householders in Exetei’ by the con­ tinuous rains of the week-end which caused the rivers and creeks to rise rapidly and which brought loss of life and heavy property damage throughout Western Ontario. The Aux Sable river rose rapidly Monday and carried away the north section of the retaining wall. At Smith’s bridge on the Lake Road the water overflowed the road. Autos navigat­ ed the stream which was about two feet deep at the spot. At the Ex­ eter school water flooded the base­ ment to a depth of several feet put­ ting out the fire and the school has been closed for three days. All day Monday a pump was kept going to keep the water down. By Tuesday night most of the water had been pumped out. The drains of town were unable to carry off the water and many cel­ lars were flooded, some by a few inches and others by several feet. Fires in many furnaces were put .out and in some cases this was the only means of heating the homes. When the waters receeded a muddy slime covered everything. . The abutments of the Thames Rd. bridge were weakened and signs were posted warning persons that they used the bridge at their own risk. A portion of the roof of the Cen­ tral Hotel was blown off on Wednes­ day and was repaired but the rain Sunday found its way through the roof and damaged two of the rooms. Some of the plaster fell. Workmen on Sunday repaired the roof in the rain. Fields were flooded and in various places the roads were covered and impassable. The highway east of Centralia was flooded with water and traffic was detoured through Centralia. Snow fell for a short time Monday afternoon. 6,000 Evacuate Homes in Landon The rain-swelled rivers wrought their greatest damage in London where 6,00<0 residents were forced to evacuate their homes and were car­ ed for by friends or at the armour­ ies. The Thames rivex’ rose 2 8' feet above its normal level. Beautiful homes in the Broughdale section, north of the city .had to be evacuat­ ed. Boats were used to get many of the people out. The foundation was washed away from one beauti­ ful home and the front of the build­ ing fell out. The city was practic­ ally isolated on Monday night when all bridges leading to the city were impassable. In London West and in southeast London all along the path of the rivei’ homes had to be evacuated. The rivei’ topped the $70,00;0i breakwater. All factories were closed Tuesday to conserve the pure watei’ supply. Damage is es­ timated ovei’ a million dollars. At St. Marys the lowei’ business section was flooded and sixty per­ sons were forced to evacuate their homes. At Stratford some of the city streets were about 4 feet deep in water. The embankment along Stratford’s beautiful park presented a scene of ruination and destruction. At Beechville, near Woodstock, four persons lost their lives when the Ch'icago-Montreal flyer ran into a washout. (Passengers on the train were uninjured. Dr. J. H. McDonald olf Ingersoll, while speeding to the scene of the wreck, was drowned when his car was swept off a bridge. Heavy damage is reported at Inger­ soll and St. Thomas. FATHER IN HOSPITAL Family Forced to Evacuate by j Flood Waters Mr. M. F. Gladman, of London, who a few weeks ago suffered a ser­ ious illness from pneumonia, on Fri­ day last underwent an operation1 for an acute attack of appendicitis I and fox’ several days his condition1 was quite serious. He is in St, Jos­ eph’s Hospital and hopes are now held out for ,his recovery. On Mon­ day morning Mrs. Gladman, form­ erly Marguerite Pickard, was at the hospital in company with Mr. Glad­ man’s mother, Mrs. F.' W. Gladman, of town. Their home being in the Broughdale section, London North, the two ladies arrived home at the noon hour and while they noticed considerable watex* ixi the vicinity they did not become alarmed until after the dinnex* was served when they noticed the waters rising. Wat­ er lxad filled the cellar and had risen alxxxost to the first floor. Water surrounded the house to, a depth ot a couple of feet. It was found nec­ essary to make a hurried evacuation and the two ladies together with four children axid the maid were carried from the .house toi safety. Mr. C. V. Pickard, who had spent Sunday in the city with this sister, returned Tuesday and brought Mrs. Gladnxan, Si’., and the foui' child­ ren to Exetei- where they will re­ main until the house is again ready for occupancy. DIED IN CALGARY Mrs. John W. Taylox- last week received news o,f the death of her son-in-law, Mr. Wm. T. England, of Calgary, who died Wednesday, April 21st, aged 64 years. Death was due to a heart attack although the de­ ceased had been suffering for some time with gangrene. He was born in Stephen Township and 27 years ago left (here for Alberta w.here he farmed previous to moving to Cal­ gary. .He is survived by his be­ reaved widow, whose maiden name was Minnie Taylor, three sons and three daughters, one son in Saskat- on; two at the Edmonton University and three daughters at home. The family visited in this community last year. Interment took place in Cal­ gary. Mrs. W. E. Winer, of town, iS a sister of the deceased and Mr. Geo. Mantle is a half-brotiher. TORONTO NURSE CONTEST GOING OVER BIG Merchants Report That Much Inter­ est is Being Shown — Beautiful Prizes are on Display Saturday started the Exeter Cor­ onation Contest and according to the numbei’ of coupons given out by the merchants, buying "was at no stand­ still in Exeter. Everyone has an equal chance to win and the Contest doesn’t close until June 5th so there is plenty of time to gather your coupons and be the fortunate win­ ner of $2OO.OiOi in cash or one of the many othei’ beautiful prizes. •Tuesday, May the 4th at 9 p.m, starts the weekly drawings. The stores sponsoring the campaign will remain open on Tuesday nights during the length .of the Contest. SO' be in attendance for the first Cor­ onation Contest draw in front of ,E. R. Hopper’s Store at 9 p.m.. Three hundred and fifty pounds of sugar will be awarded. Monday May 17tn and Tuesday Maj^ 18 are the “Exetei’ Style Show Nights” at Leavitt’s Theatre. A full length feature picture will be shown to be followed by a fashion revue of Summer Frocks, Dresses, Ensembles Etc., that are carried by the lead­ ing Exetei- Merchants. Six of Exe­ ter’s most charming young ladies , have^been chosen as models and it is positively guaranteed that the Style Show will be an interesting three hours of entertainment. As an added attraction five lovely prizes will be drawn for each evening dur­ ing the performance. If the lucky person whose name is called is pres­ ent at the theatre .he or she will receive a beautiful gift.There will be no increase in the admission prices to the theatre on eithei’ night. The prices remain at 35 c. for adults and 25c for children. A list of the merchants sponsor­ ing the campaign appears on an­ other page. Don’t fail to see the display at handsome prizes in the show win­ dows of Snell Bros. & Co. and Sandy Elliot. DAMAGE FROM STORM A storage shed x00 feet long er­ ected last summer on the property of the Huron Lumber Co. was over­ turned in a windstorm and rain that passed over Western Ontario Wed­ nesday afternoon of last week. A chimney on the home of Mr. H. T. Rowe was damaged allowing the water to' come through the roof. BURIED IN EXETER The funeral of the late Miss Gladys J. Rogers, of Toronto, was held Friday last with interment in the Exeter cemetery. Miss Rogers, who was in her 37th year was a graduate .of the Toronto General Hospital and a granddaughter of Mrs. E. Christie and the late Mr. Christie, fox- many years postmas­ ter. Besides hex* grandmother she is survived by her parents, Robert R. Rogers and Mrs. Rogers, former­ ly Maud Christie, of Exeter, a sister Margaret and a brother Thomas, all of Toronto. The service at the cemetery on Saturday was conduct­ ed by Rev. D. C. Hill, of Caven Presbyterian church. MOTHERS’ DAY CONTEST 100 Pounds of Redpath Sugar Two other valuable prizes With every purchase of 20c. you may register .one vote for the most popular* mother. No restriction on distance. Registei’ name you wish to vote for and place in ballot box. Ballets will be counted Saturday, May 8th at 10.30 p.m. by responsible citizens. The one with the most votes wins. This is not a drawing contest. GRIEVE’S LUNCH SHOP -- Coronation Celebration - Wednesday, May 12th CREDITON CHORAL SOCIETY PROGRAMME Old man weather was not in his happiest mood la3t Wednesday even­ ing but it did not effect the program presented by the Crediton Commun­ ity Choral Society of 70 voices under the baton of W. R. Goulding A.T.C.M Each selection was of a very high character and splendidly rendered showing that time and carefulness were stressed in the preparation. The opening number consisted ot “In the Time of Roses” by Reich­ hardt; “O Hush Thee My Baby” by Sullivan. 'These were of a quiet type requiring ease and shading then fol­ lowed a spirited “O Lord Send the Fire” Which required more fevour and volume. These were followed by Othei’ selections varying in mood and Character including “Hymn of Love” by Elgar; "Londonderry Air” and the “Glory of the Lord” by Han­ del 'concluding with the “Hallelujah Chorus” by Handel. T. H. Hoffman, baritone and G. M. Grant, violinist, ‘wore the guest artists and delighted the audience with their numbers. Mrs. Victoi’ Kestle was the accompanist and gave an excellent performance at the piano. Programs by this society are being arranged for Hensall and Exe­ ter in the near future. CRIME SCHEDULE 1* •9.15 a.m.—.Legion and Band assemble at respective rooms. 9.40 a.m.—Band and Legion arrive at iSchool grounds. Pupils and general public assemble at school 9.45 a.m.—Raising of Flag 9.50 a.m.—-Planting of Windsor Forest Acorns Address by Rev. M. A. Hunt Selection by Band Distribution of pins and flags to pupils in school rooms. 10.05 a.m.—iMarsihalling of Parade units 10.20 a.m.—(Procession leaves school, proceeds via the Main Street to Central Hotel and returns to Trivitt Memorial Church. 10.'45 a.m.—Religious Service at Church conducted by the local Clergy. DOLL PARADE At three o’clock in the afternoon on the Main Street. Prizes will be awarded for: Decorated Carriage with Doll Dressed Doll in arms Dressed Rag Doll Decorated Tricycle Decorated Bicycles open to all Girls Decorated Bicycles open to all public school boys, town and rural Bicycle Race, open to all PRIZES—$1.50; $1.00 AND 50c* SPECIAL INVITATION Municipal Councils and School Pupils and Teachers of Rural Districts are invited to participate in the parade. Free Souvenirs Buttons and Flags will be given to all pupils who march. The merchants and Citizens of Exeter are requested to decorate their places of business and homes. “(SOD SAVE THE KING”