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50 YEARS AGO
May 5, 1887
The Hughes family have moved to
Hensail, Mr. Hughes having secur-
ed a .position in the Patterson Mills.
A handsome sign, a large padlock
has been erected by Mr. Hugh Spack-
man neai- the post office.
Messrs. G. & J. Petty, of the Mo
del Farm, Hensall, sojd a pair of
mares on Thursday to Mr. Wright,
of Boston for $.350.00
Professor Fred Knight, who has
resided in Exeter for the past eight
years leaves next week for Denver,
Colorado, where he has soured a
lucrative position as organist of one
of the principal churches, at a salary
of $1,20.0.
Wash Collins, a former resident
of Exeter, was in town yesterday.
We understand his family will reside
here for the time being.
It is said that Mr. Jas. Westcott,
who left Exetei’ for California a
couple of months ago on a prospect
ing tour will likely remain there.
The many friends of Mr. George
Eissett, who some time ago had his
leg amputated is regaining strength.
A son of Mr. John Aiken, of the
4th concession of Biddulph, is very
Low with typhoid fever.
Mrs. H. Baker and daughter Hen
rietta, of Stephen, intend leaving for
the Old Band on the 17th of this
month-
25 YEARS AGO
May 2, 1»12
Mrs. Thos. Prior, had the misfor
tune to fall down stairs Tuesday
and broke her shoulder bone.
Mr. T. A. Russell, an Exeter Old
Boy, has been appointed a member
of the Board of Governors of the
University of Toronto.
Mr. Wm. Stewart has moved from
Farquhar to town and has taken up
his residence in the house vacated
by ’Mr. A. E. Hodgert.
Mr. Clarence Duplan assisted in
the services of Triyitt Memorial
Church on Sunday a'nd preached
very acceptably in the morning.
William Lightfoot while working
at the Gillies sawmill unfortuantely
got .crushed against a pulley and had
the muscles of his back and arm
torn and badly bruised.
Mr. Thos. Elston, returned on
Thursday from a three weeks’ visit
with friends in Hensall.
Masses Eva Carling and Evelyn
Gill nurses of New York and Toledo,
respectively arrived here last week
being called home owing to -the ill
ness of the former’s sister, Grace
Carling, who is now improving.
Mr. Al. Down, of St. Paul, Minn.,
spent the past week renewing ac
quaintances in Exeter.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robinson,
who have been spending a few weeks
here and after disposing of their
household effects, returned to Tomp-
sonville, Mich., where they will spend
the summer with their daughtei' and
.probably longer.
Interior of London
Homes Ruined
Mud Clovers Everything!; ..Dishes
Broken and Furniture Ruined In
spection Reveals; Hundreds Face
Problem of-Knowing what to do;
Have Lost Everything
Loss suffered by Mr. and Mrs. F.
Nicol, Paul Avenue, London, was in
dicative of the losses suffered in
hundreds of homes in the West Lon
don area flooded Monday night-
The latter reached eight feet up
the walls of the first floor which
was several feet above the ground
on property considered sate from
the Thames River floodings because
it was a dozen blocks away from the
normally quiet stream.
Oozey .mud covered . chesterfield
suite, chairs, tables, beds, chests of
drawers, buffet, tables, ice box, the
•floors and all other furniture and
equipment. * -
“■Everything is lost,” sighed Mrs.
Nicol. “We fepent seven years trying
to furish our home and now every
thing is ruined. We didn’t have
much but we’d got the best we could
and bought it in small quantities.
-Now it is all gone.” . t
Mr. Nicol walked to- the radio, so
soaked with water he easily pulled a
piece of wood veneer from it. The
buffet in the dining room was warp
ed and the sides bulged.
Furniture Broken
Every article of furniture was in
1 disarray and lying on the floor. The
buffet was on dts side, spilling out
dishes, silverware and table linen.
The refrigerator had been knocked
over by the rush of the water. The
beds spaked with muddy water and
fine mud covered the springs.
Portraits and photographs hud
been knocked to the floor and were
covered with mud. Drapes and rugs
oozed mud and water. Lamps had
been knocked over by the rush of
water and lamp shades were torn and
mud-soaked,
“They won’t let us clean up yet,”
said Nicol. “We just came in to see
how badly things were dam.aged.__We
hardly expected it would be even "this
He turned to the cellar door, but the
water was overflowing out of t-he cel
lar, within two inches of the kitchen
door.
A city official inspected his West
London home. His billiard room in
the basement was ruined, his down
stairs furniture was valueless. “I’d
give anyone everything down stairs
and in the basement for 10 cents it
they would take it all out,” he said
adding, the upstairs rooms had only
been slightly damaged.
A small store on Wharncliffe Rd.
was another example of the -damage
done. The owner had more than 6h)*,-
000 gold fish, many rare tropical
varieties, but only one was alive to
day. He had spent Monday morning
painting a display card. He had 60
valuable pigeons two of which w<on
top prizes at a United States show,
but all had been lost or drowned.
And now for the flowers of May.
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All hands and the cook to work of seeding.
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Well, some people seem to be born to be fleeced.
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And still the useless butchery in Spain goes on,
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Let’s make 1937 not only Coronation year but a tree-planting
year.
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Why not celebrate Coronation year by setting out a neat nurs
ery of trees?
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Seeding .operations
had got well begun.
for 1936 did not get under waV till May
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Those new roofs seen
story .of better prices.
as we look over the countryside tell the
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WORRIED BY PIMPLES
AND ECZEMA
Complexion Unblemished After
Six Weeks of Kruschen
“For the past two years,” writes
a woman, “my face was covered
with hard pimples and red blotches,
and I also had eczema on my neck
and fore-arms, I tried lotions, and
creams and ointment, without' the
slightest effect. I was so worried.
Fortunately I decided to give Krus-
chen a trial, and without any exag
geration, within six weeks my face
was without a blemish, and I have
not had a sign of eczema since, I
take Kruschen regularly every
morning, and would not be without
it,”-—<(Mrs.) J. A.
Pimples and eczema are frequent
ly due to impurities in the blood—
irritant poisons which sluggish body
organs are failing to expel from the
system. Kruschen 'Salts help to
keep the body organs functioning
normally and healthily, thus pre
venting thq accummulation of impur
ities in the blood.
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. Gordon Wells left Tuesday for
Stratford where he has accepted a
position.
,Miss Grace Martin, of London, vis
ited with Mr. and Mrs. Wib Martin
over the week-end.
Rev. T- W. and Mrs. Blatchford
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Blatchford during the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Gower, of Wood-
stock, visited th§ * latter’s 'parents
Mr, and Mrs. T. Johns over the
week-end.
Miss Idella Davis left Tuesday for
‘Windsor where she has accepted a
position with the Bell Telephone.
Mh Richard Davy of the 4th con.
Stephen1 suffered a broken leg when
a colt he whs leading to water jump
ed on him, breaking his leg.
Mr. R. Brintnell has moved his
family to 'Stratford where he Will'
continue his position with Mr. T.
Newell.
MOTHER
A white carnation, Mother dear,
We wear today for you,
In memory iof your anxious care
And all your love so true.
Your days and nights were spent
for us
Without a -selfish thought;
Your earnest prayers for us all
Rich blessings to us brought.
The finest things you taught to- us
'Of God and heaven and home,
Of how to live and watch and ‘pray,
From right to never roam.
To succor neighbors in distress,
To comfort strangers lone,
A kindly heart for everyone,
To hear each calling moan.
Such was the mother that we knew,
The one' who mothered us,
The idol of our youthful days
The pole-star of our trust.
W. H. JOHNSTON
Itching, Burning, Stinging
Eczema or Salt Rheum
Eczema or Salt Rheum as it is often
called is one of the most agonizing of skin
diseases.
I The intense burning, itching, smarting, ' especially tit night, or when the affected part
is exposed to heat, Or the hands placed in
, water, are almost unbearable.
Use Burdock Blood BittOrs internally, and
’ apply it externally. A few bottles are
usually sufficient fo afford relief froth this
torturing blood and skin disease.
RURDOCK^
Rlqod <
The average temperature of April 1937 was about two degrees
above that of 1936.
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We may not have another such flood for 50 years. Then, again,
we may have a flood in June or next week.
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“Seed time and harvest, .cold and heat, summer and winter
shall not fail while the earth remaineth,”
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Cuddle children as you may in armouries and S. A. shelters
and Sunday School halls the little folk insist that there's no place
like home.
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Let's all get behind this Coronation sale, the merchants supply
ing. the goods and t-he rest of us doing what we .can- in the way
of buying and boosting.
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We see ever so many pictures if rich men’s homes desolated by
the flood. We confess, however, that the average man who had
just finished paying for his home and garden only to see it swept
away in an hour has iour deepest sympathy. It’s no joke to begin
all over again at 50. x
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A TESTER
One thing the storm did most effectually was to test out the
way in which the walls of houses were constructed. We came across
house after house where the rain penetrated the walls with most
disastrous effects. B'ricks had been laid in mere daubs of mortar
at each end of. the brick, leaving a space where the rain could pene
trate at will, especially when assisted by a driving wind.. In still
other houses the cellar drainage was found pitifully inadequate. It
was soon proven that a three-inch tile is a poor affair whena storm
is afoot. Cattle suffered pitifully because their owners had not
attended to proper drainage.
AND THE FIELDS
All over t-he country one has seen fields transformed into lakes
simply because drdins were not opened last fall. No one can esti
mate the loss accruing to the farmers from this cause alone. Costly
fertilizer has been swept into the lakes. The very finest soil has
been swept away. Soil has been soured and the valuable bacterial
life destroyed. Soil has been impacted to a degree that will almost
double the* work of seeding.
Not that the country has not been drained. Our fathers at
tended to that. The fault has been the lack of care of the drains.
Broken tile have not been replaced. Drain outlets have been neg
lected. The result has been a disaster that years will not repair.
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THE ROAD DRAINS
Lately there has been a good deal attention paid to road scrap
ing and .grading to the neglect of culverts. Again and again
one comes across culverts that simply did not meet the require
ments of the storm just past. We are not referring to culverts
in the flood areas but to culverts that were allowed to become
chocked or out of repair. One such neglected culvert is respon
sible for the washing away iof the grading of a hill. Ten minutes
work would have prevented in this instance q, loss that will amount
to several hundred dollars. And no one seems to care. Councils
bent ion a penny-wise economy tap the pockets of the ratepayers
with a vengence.
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THOSE STORMS
In spite of all our advancement in science and in learning gen
erally, we are about as much in the dark as ever when it comes to
preventing storms or even telling much about their advent. For in
stance, we were mot informed that the Thames was to go on the
ramage. Sunday night it was* raining heavily but there was noth
ing to indicate that anything unusual was abroad. Yeh on Monday
the waters were out and folk were fleeing from their homes.
Bridges were being swept away and the great enterprise of seeding
was put indefinitely in abeyance. (So much ‘for what we did not
know about the storm that was abroad that fateful Sunday night
Folk who had barometers were no better off than the folk who
trusted to the wisdom of the local weather prophet. The weather
glass stood midway between the fine weather and .foul. .So there you
are again.
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NOT A FAD
For scores of years enlightened folk have been talking conser
vation of the natural resources of the Province. For the .tmost
.part these patriots have been looked upon as fadists. Why prevent
Soil erosion? Why plant trees? Why care for banks of streams
and rivets? Why all this talk qbout shrubbery by stream banks?
We’ll never feel the need of it! and So the remarks of the wordly-
wise ran on. Then came the storm and the country side is tens
of millions the poorer because the country waij in no way prepared
therefore. A few1 years ago a terribly destructive wind storm
Visited this part of the province. All manner of talking was done
but all that was done in the way of getting ready for such preven
tion of such a disaster has been the cutting down of trees in order
that the winds may have a freer sweep. iSRrely our folk will not
allow the lessons of the present flood B to go unheeded. Nature
gives many a hint. Then she administers a knock out blow from
. which there is no appeal. Hurricanes frequently follow in the wake
of floods,
50 Years Married
It was fifty years ago April 27,
1887, that Mr. and Mrs. William
Young, well known Mitchell resi
dents. were united in the holy bonds
cf matrimony. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Mr. Swan$
pastor, at that time, of the Bible
Christian church. Mr. Young, was
born in Fullarton township. Mrs.
Young, formerly Miss Emily Parrott
is the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Parrott and was born in Eng
land, coming to Canada with her
parents at the age of five. Follow
ing their marriage they located on
the old Young homestead in Fullar
ton where they stayed for three years
moving to a farm on the 4th con
cession of Logan and shortly after
to the farm, Lot 20,’ Con. 14, where
they resided until their retirement
last August, when they moved to
Mitchell. They are members of the
Main ‘Street United Church. The
happy union was blessed with thir
teen children of whom twelve are
living.
For over half a century Mr. Young
with his violin was a most familiar
figure at the parties in the district
where he played for many a dance.
Occasionally yet he plays for a party
and on Friday night he demonstrat
ed his skill at an amateur show and
was among the prize winners. Mr.
Young has passed his 72nd birthday
and Mrs. Young her 68th and both
are enjoying good health.
USBORNE COUNCIL
(Saturday, May 1, 1937
Usborpe Township Municipal
Council met on. above date with
Westcott, Passmore, Berry and BlU-
lantyne- Minutes of meetings hejdl
on April 3rd and April IfJ were ap
proved on motion by Passmore and
Berry.
Approval -of Usborne Township
By-law No. 2/ 1937, by the Ontario
Dept, of .Pub, Highways re Estimated
Road and Bridge Expenditures
amounting to $17,200.00 was re
ceived, Filed with By-law.
Notice from Medical Board re
questing conformation to regulation
No action,
Letter and application forms from
Ontario Workmen’s Compensation
Board together with instructions and
rates under 'Schedule 1 now permit
ting certain Municipalities the same
privilege accorded private individuals
Rates of $3.50 per $100.00 of total
pay roll. Premiums to be subsidiz
ed by the Dept, of Highways at the
same rate as other Expenditures.
Council deferred decision pending
bringing in of total estimated pay
roll by the Road Supt. and the 'Clerk
Claim by Usborne Township for
Half of Bill for ambulance for indig
ent by R. N, Rowe from Huron
County was referred back to 'the
Township for settlement. Ordered
paid. •
The Clerk reported that the As
sessment Roll had been completed
and the roll is at present in the
hands of the Township Auditor, A.
Wiseman.
Date for the Court of Revision on
above Assessment Roll was set for
June 5, 1937, at 3 p.m.
Geo. Bailey interviewed Council
re construction of new bridge in
Winchelsea Drain on his property.
Clerk was instructed to refer matter
to Engineer Archibald for advice re
dimensions, etc. and to advise appli
cant.
Alden Miller, of Hibbert, present
ed claim tor damages to car through
crashing a barricade on the N.E.B.
unprotected by a light. He was re
ferred to B. M. Francis, Insurance
representative.
Moved by Berry and B'allantyne
that the Road Superintendent report
be accepted for the month of April
amounting to $266.32. Carried.
The Treasurer’s report—Taxes and
penalties $8'0il.32; Payments, Or
dinary $37.51; Road Supt.’s pay
sheet $266.32.
. Council adjourned to meet Satur
day, June 5th, at 1 p.m.
A. W. MORGAN, Clerk
Renew Now!
THURSDAY, MAY
WILLIAM MARTYN w
One of Mitcheirs mast prominent
citizens, Willluiu Mnrtyn, was called
by death at the, residence of Ml and
Mrs. Bercy Harlow where he had
beep making bis home.
Mr. Martyu, a grain merchant, for
years had served -on the towp coun
cil as councillor and as reeve and
was prominent ip the work of the
Board, of Education, in ■ fraternal
circles and in church activities. He
was born in Fullarton Township op
October 8, 18’57, a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. William Martyn, He
had lived ip this community all his
life. ’
WINCHELSEA PUBLIC SCHOOL
The following is tne report of the
Senior Room of Winchelsea (School
for the Months of March and April.
The pupils were examined ip all
subjects.
V Class—Ethel pooley 83; Clar
ence Ford 81; Gladys 'Skinner 81;
Arthur Hern 80; Clayton Herdman
76; Margaret Miners 72; Billy Brock
68,
Sr. IV—Graham Bell 82; Doris
Elfiord 76; Jean Davis 74; Bessie
Johns 71; Mildred Veal 69; Lois
Prance 50,
Jr. IV—Irene pooley 79; Ethelene
Johns '76; Eilene Johns 70; Laurie
Stephens 67; Emerson Penhale 6.6;
Doreen Qoultis 60,
L. McCulloch, teacher
REPORT S’. S. 11, STEPHEN
The following is the report of S.
S. No. 11, Stephen, for the months
of March and April, Those marked
with an asterisk missed one or more
examinations.
Jr. IV—IRay Weido 83; Tresia Zil-
er 76; Eldeen preeter 6i8‘; Evelyn
French 58. {
iSr. Ill—Joyce England 78; Leon
ard Dietrich. 70; Chester Desjardine
48*.
Jr. Ill—Mona Tetreau 84; Helen
Ziler 77; Glen Webb 76; Peter Zil-
er 63; Martina Dietrich 60; Hubert
Dietrich 55; Wilmer Desjardine 54*.
ISr. II—Dorothy Ziler 73; .Ruby
■Desjardine 7'2.
Jr. II (promoted at Easter)—'Don
ald Tetreau 85; Tommy Ziler 73;
Phyllis Patterson 63.
First (promoted at Easter)—(Ste
phen Dietrich 87; Hubert Vincent
52; Evelyn Vincent*.
Primer (alphabetic order)—Aud
rey Keller, Dorothy Tetreau, Morris
Webb.
‘Number on roll 25; averaige at
tendance 20.02,
Norma Grago, teacher
CANADIANS AND THEIR INDUSTRIES .... AND THEIR BANK.
CANADA’S TRADE WITH THE WORLD
In the last calendar year Canada had a foreign trade amount
ing to $1,663,093,000, an increase of 19.7%, as compared
with an average of 8.1% for 24 leading countries. In this ex
change the Dominion had a favourable balance (including
exportation of gold as a commodity) of $393,000,000.
Another feature of international trade was the tourist
(business, incoming and outgoing, totalling $355,568,000,
(the balance in Canada's favour being $155,958,000,
With the figures for tourist trade added to those for
(Ordinary commerce, our international trade rose to'
$2,018,661,000, with a total balance in Canada’s favour
(of more than half a billion dollars.
Banking plays a vital part in the upbuilding of the foreign
trade of Canada, and foreign trade is the backbone of the
native industries which are the foundation of Canada’s
economic structure,
BANK OF
ESTABLISHED 1817
In providing financial service for this enormous trade-*,
leading part is played by the Bank of Montreal, which,'
with its 500 branches throughout Canada, its own offices
in financial centres abroad, and its own banking correspon
dents throughout the world, carries through promptly,
and smoothly the task of financing the movements of an
infinite variety of commodities.
The Bank’s services include: Loans to importers andt ex<t
porters; purchases of bills of exchange representing ex
ports; providing commercial credit's for purchases abroad;
purchase and sale of exchange "futures” for protection
against price fluctuation in foreign currehcies; special
wire facilities with the important exchange markets to
speed transactions; reports of character and standing Of
foreign firms; commercial accounts; foreign Currency ac
counts; safekeeping of securities.
HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL
Exetee Branch: W. H. MOISE, Manager
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