HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-05-27, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1873 EXETER, ONT,, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 27th, 1937 Sixty-Third Year
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LADIES’ and MISSES’
SUMMER DRESSES
We have received our shipments of summer dresses. We have hundreds
to choose from for both street and home wear in pastel shades & many
new figured material featuring particularly the well known Martha
Washington lines. Prices are very reasonable.
UNDER ARREST
Constable Ferguson and Constable
Jennings, of Goderich, were in Exe-
te Tuesday and in company with
Constable Norry, of town, placed
under arrest Milton Gower, a farm
hand of Usborne, stolen money be
ing involved in the case. Gower was
taken to the Goderich goal.
FOR THE RED CROSS
iSince reporting the amount re
ceived by the Times-Advocate for the
London Red Cross last week further
contributions have been received,
$1.00 from Rev. A. E. Elliott and
$1.00 from a friend bringing the to
tal to $205.00'.
Final Clearing of Ladies’, Misses’ and Girls’ Spring Coats
REAL BARGAINS—All coats must be cleared at once regardless of cost. Let
us show you these bargains.
A BARGAIN IN LINEN TEA TOWELLING
This week—Coronation All Linen Tea-Towelling 21 inches wide, a real bargain
this week at 4 yards for $1.00.
“BIG B” BRAND WORK SHIRTS
Big B Brand Work Shirts are the largest, best-made work shirts we know of.
Prices from 79c. to $1.25 in sizes 14 1-2 to 18. —
Smart Shoes for Women and Girls
Blue
TO REBUILD OR NOT
A few weeks ago during the flood
conditions which did so much da
mage throughout Western Ontario,
the north retaining wall at the dam
gave way and with it went a portion
of the bank of the "river. The pro
blem now confronting the municipal
authorities is whether or not the
the wall should be rebuilt. Undei*
the present waterworks system there
is not the demand for the water that
there used to be. On the other
hand without the dam the water pipe
which crosses the river is not suffic
iently covered and is exposed to
the frost of winter. Without the
dam, too, Riverside park would lose
much of its attraction. The cost of
rebuilding the wall would be in the
neighborhood of a thousand dollars.
THE FAMOUS MASSE
FAMILY IN NEWS REELS
A® we go to press, Mr. Roy Tash-
manager and staff of the Associated
Screen News of Montreal, are at the
Masse Family Home shooting pic
tures of the family and surround
ings. Promoter 'Frank Delibridge
has arranged that these pictures will
first be shown in Exeter.
INVITED TO CREDITON
Mr. Donald Gladman, B.A., son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Gladman, a re
cent graduate of Emmanuel College
Toronto, who will be ordained into
the ministry of the United Church
at the London Conference which
meets in Walkerville next week, has
been invited to ibecome the pastor
of the Crediton charge, succeeding
Rev. Mr. Johnson who has received
an invitation to Fordwich.
H. S. TEACHER RESIGNS
The resignation of Miss Helen
Jones, of the Exeter H. S. staff was
accepted at a special meeting of the
Board of Education held Friday of
last week. Miss Jones who for the
year has been the teacher in Latin
received an offer of a more lucrative
position on the staff of the Strath-
roy Collegiate and it was with re
gret that the Board accepted her re
signation.
ENTHUSIASM INCREASES
Campaign Enthusiasm Increases
Daily as Closing Draws Near.—
Big Crowd in Town Saturday
Evening,
Ten days more will see the wind
up of the Exeter Coronation Con
test. The Coronation contest ends
at midnight on June 5th. On Mon
day, June 7th, the final draw will
be made and someone, without any
work or expense, is going to receive
a cheque for $200, The second
award will be a three-piece uphol
stered tapestry Chesterfield suite;
the third a General Electric all
wave radio and the 4th a 2'6-piece
set of Silverware, Twenty additional
prizes will ibe given away including
an occasional chair, bridge lamp,
silver casserole, table lamp, 44-piece
set of dinnerware, six satin bound
brushed wool blankets, six pair of
flannelette blankets, 3 water sets.
On the evening of the final draw
these awards will be given to the
parties whose names are on the
coupons drawn. It will not be nec
essary to be present when the draw
is made. Elaborate preparations
are ibeing made for the final draw
ings.
Grab bags throughout the re
mainder of the campaign and spec
ial votes on Tuesdays and Saturdays
are proving to be a big attraction
and are swelling the chances of all
contestants.
Special attention is drawn to the
large number of coupons that are
given, for the paying of old accounts.
Remember if you have no coupons
in the drawing on the night of the
draw you will have no chance of
winning the $200 or one of the other
valuable prizes. On the other
hand the more coupons yoxi have in
the drawing the greater are your
chances. These 'Coupons cost you
nothing.
This Coronation Contest is one
way the merchants of Exeter have
taken to celebrate Coronation Year
and is a good-will jesture on their
part. In most cases special bargains
are being offered in the stores. You
are not asked to purchase ibut you
are invited to Exeter, to visit the
stores to compare the values and if
you can do as well or better here
than you can in the city then the
merchants will appreciate your busi
ness and you will stand a good
chance of winning one of the valu
able prizes.
In giving out the sugar prizes
persons have said repeatedly “This
is the first thing I ever, won.’,’ Al
together likely someone is going to
say the same thing on the night of
the final draw. Remember you do
not have to be present when the
drawing is made.
The Final Nigfht
The final night will be a Gala
Night at the new Exeter Arena. A
committee is arranging for a splen
did program to be put on in connec
tion with the drawing. The pro
gram will be from 8 to 10 p.m. and
the admission will be 25c. Follow
ing the program a jitney dance will
be held in the gymnasium for those
who wish to dance. The charge will
ibe 6 tickets for 25c. See the list
of merchants sponsoring the cam
paign on another page.
• Try Otir New
SHERBERT ROLLS
This week at
25c
They are delicious
GRIEVE’S Sandwich Shoppe
PRESENTATION
On Friday evening last friends and
neighbors of Mr, Amber Carter and
his bride ]nee Miss Emily Hogarth)
gathered in the Clandeboye school
house in their honor. Marjorie Flynn
of Exeter, entertained with tap danc
ing, Mr. -S. Sovereign sang a solo.
Miss Ruth Simpson read an address and Messrs. ""Mac McNaughton and
Harold Bice presented Mr, and Mrs.
Carter with a studio couch. Dancing
was enjoyed the rest of the evening
music Ijeing supplied by Messrs.
Flannigan, Sovereign and Dowey.
Ml’, and Mrs. Carter will make their
home on the groom's farm near
Prospect Hill.
'Subscribers in arrears to the Times-
Advocate will receive fifty coupons
for each yeai’ paid. Now is a good
time to settle up. You may win
one of the valuable prizes.
LEAVITT’S THEATRE
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
May 27th, 28th 29th
“BORN TO DANCE’’
Eleanor Powell, James'Stewart
and an All Star Cast
M. G. M. Special
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY
x May 31st, June 1st, and 2nd
“THE DEVIL’S SQUADRON”
With Richard Dix
PRIZE WINNERS
The Exeter Coronation Contest
sponsored the last of the weekly
draw for prizes on Tuesday evening.
Another three hundred and fifty
pounds of sugar- were given away.
The draw was made in front of the
postoffice, the tickets being drawn
by W. J. Smith, E. J. Wethey Thos.
Appleton, Earl Shapton and Mrs. W.
Etherington. This was the last of
the drawings until the final draw on
Monday, June 7 th. The winners
were as follows:
1OO pounds of Sugar
Earl Whiting, Usborne
50 Pounds of Sugar
Janette .Scott, Cromarty
25 Pounds of Sugar
Mrs. L. Hamacher, Dashwood
Mrs. C. Hoffman, Crediton
Mrs. Sarah Ferguson, Exeter
Bert Gardiner, Kirkton
10 Pounds of Sugar
Thos. EUerington, Exeter
Mrs. V. Broughton, Exeter
Wm. Haugh, Dashwood
O. Crawford, Exeter
A. J. Sweitzer, Grand Bend
Mrs. G. F. Roulston, Exeter
Mrs. J. J. Cox, Exeter
E. ,S. Steiner, Exeter
Mrs. Ernest Willard, Exeter
Mrs. Borden Cunningham, Glencoe
NARROW ESCAPE
Mrs. Frank Gill, an aged lady re
siding alone on Efuron St., narrowly
escaped death by asphyxiation on
'Saturday of last week. Just before
the noon hour Mi’. Harry Cole had
taken Mrs. Gill her mail. Finding
the doors locked Harry aroused Mrs.
Gill by tapping on her bedroom win
dow and informed her that it was
almost noon. Fearing that all was
rot well he returned shortly after
and this time received no response
to his repeated attempts to arouse
the lady. Calling Dr. Dunlop a forc
ed entrance was made to the home
and Mrs. Gill, was found in an un
conscious condition. With fresh air
and treatment she soon rallied. Her
condition was caused by gas from
the coal placed oh the fire the pre
vious night.. SW is at present get
ting along fine and is being cared
for by Miss Marjorie Hunter, R. N.
Black,White.
at $2.95 to $3.50 a Pair
Sandals — Fancy Straps — Ties
A real city selection of Fancy Style Shoes at money-saving prices; also a smart
line of both Patent and White Sandals for children in sizes 11 to 2.
Brown,-
Scampers, Running Shoes, Etc.
Nothing like them for summer wear. Outfit the girls and boys with these durable
summer shoes.
Special Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Phone 32
Cascade Salmon........... 1 lb. tins 2 for 23c.
Four cakes Guest Ivory Soap and one
• small Oxydol ............................. for 21c.
Two cakes each Surprise and Infant’s
.Delight Soap .........................all for 15c.
Aylmer Golden Bantam Corn...per tin 10c
Royal York Tea, black or mix. pkg. 25c.
Ginger Snaps .......................... .... per lb. 10c.
Old Dutch Cleanser 2 tins 19c.
Phone 32
COUPONS!COUPONS!
SPRING REQUIREMENTS
Gardens Seeds ..... 7 for 25c.
Mangel Seed ......... 30c. a lb.
Turnip Seed...........45c. a lb.
Johnson’s Wax ....... 59c. lb.
Old English Wax ... 59c. lb.
Household Wax ....... 29c. lb.
BOWLING TOURNEY FRIDAY
The lawn bowling season will open
in Exeter Friday evening with a
tourney president vs. vice-president.
All members and prospective bowl
ers, both ladies and gentlemen, are
invited to be present. Tourney
starts at 7 p.m.
LOWE BROS. HIGH STANDARD PAINTS & VARNISHES
Cyclone Seeders *......... $2.50 Pts. Gio-Coat 59c. 2 for 69c.
Shovels ............................. 80c. Lemon Oil ......... 15 and 25c.
Rakes and Hoes ........... 60c. Old English Polish ....... 35c.
PURINA FEEDS AND CHOWS
Chlorena ......................... 75c.
Cu so fu ........................... 60c.
Lice Powder ................... 35c.
Dry Mops ....... 49c. to $2.00
Dish Pans ....................... 33c.
No. 32 Preserving Kettle 75c
COLEMAN STOVES
Screen Windows 25c. to 55c.
Screen Doors $1.45 to $2.75
Screen Wire....... 15c. yd. up
AND HOT PLATES
No. 1, 2 and 3 Puds ..... 15c.
Sauce Pans ..................... 25c.
Aluminum Sauce Pans
Reg. 50c. for 29c.
NEW PERFECTION OIL STOVES AND OVENS
COUPONS! COUPONS!
Traquair’s Hardware
Mr. Lloyd Frsure,»of Dunnville,
spent Sunday and Monday with: Rev,
A. E. and Mrs. Elliott at the Main
St. parsonage.
|Messrs. Wm. Dunsford. Harold
Keller, Brynley Cousins, and Ewalt
Gritzka motored to Niagara Falls
and Buffalo over the week-end. They
witnessed the illumination of the
Falls Sunday night,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dearing, Mr.
and Mrs. Preston Dearing and son
Gerald, attended the funeral of the
late James Nichols, 25-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Nichols, of
Adelaide Village. The deceased liv
ed at Alvinstoh and was employed
by the Shell Oil Co.
Mr. Sam’l Jory was the winner of
100 lbs. of feed in a draw conduct
ed iby Mr. Len O’Brien Saturday ev
ening last.
Miss Pearl Wood returned Tues
day after a pleasant .holiday trip to
Bermuda. Miss Wood accompanied
by her sister, Miss Olive Wood Reg.
N., of Toronto, left Montreal on the
S. S. “ILady o"f Rodney” for a trip
down the St. Lawrence to Bermuda.
After spending two days .touring the
island which is a profusion of bloom
at this season of the year they re
turned on the S. S. “Lady Somers”.
They were nine days on the water
and they enjoyed the ocean voyage
immensely.
EXETER W. I.
The regular meeting of the Exeter
Women’s Institute was held on Tues
day evening at the home of Miss L.
M. Je-ckell with 25 members and 8
visitors present. The roll call was
responded to iby outstanding Women
of 193 6. Mrs. Geo. Etherington gave
a report of the parks committee. Two
new swing ropes had been purchased
to replace the ropes Which had .been
taken out of the power house during
the winter. Some new tables had
also been purchased.
The June meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. J. W. Powell. . A
garden tea is to be held each mem
ber to invite four friends. A solo was
sung by Kathleen Strang. Mrs. G.
■Layton spoke on the “Highlights of
her Sojourn in Florida.’’ Mrs. Hill
read a poem “Madeline de Verchere’’
by Drummond. Current events were
given by Miss Brown. Following a
contest lunch was served by the hos
tess and her committee. Convenors
of standing committees are as fol
lows: Parks committee, Mrs. E.
Etherington; Social, Mrs. Bierling;
Ways and Means, Mrs. Goulding;
Flower, Mrs. Norry; Home Econo
mics, Mrs. Preszcator; Health, Mrs.
Etherington; Education, Miss Brown
Agriculture and Canadian Industries
Mrs. Bowey; Legislation, Miss Jeclc-
ell; Publicity, Mrs. Kyle; Historical
Research, Mrs. Beavers; Peace Edu
cation, Mrs. Jaques; Relief and com
munity activity, Mrs. J. Horney; au
ditors, Mrs. Bowey and Mrs. Lamp-:
man; choristers, Mrs. Goulding and
Mrs. Middleton, Mrs. Taylor and
Miss Jeckell; pianist, Mrs. Goulding.
EXETER OLD BOY DIES .
Mr. Charles Dyer, an Exeter Old
Boy, died at his home Lake Shore
Drive,. New Toronto, on Monday,
.May 24 th, following an illness of
about eight months. Mr. Dyer was
born in Exeter in 1887 a son of the
late Alec G. Dyer. He was educated
in the Exeter school and about thir-
‘ty years ago entered the Molsons
Bank later entering the service of
the Bank of Montreal when the Mol
sons Bank was absorbed by them.
He was manager of the branch at
Vierono and of the Oakwood and St.
Clair branch at Toronto and also of
the New Toronto Branch. The de
ceased is survived by his widow,
whose maiden name was Olive Rey
nolds Embury, formerly of Belle
ville, also five children, two sons
Donald and Charles and three dau
ghters, Mary, Margaret and Sandra.
He is also survived by three sisters,
Miss Carrie Dyer, and Mrs. D. Davis,
of town and Mrs. Wm. Smith, of
Brantford, and one brother Dan
Dyer, of Michigan. The funeral was
held Wednesday afternoon with in
terment in the Park Lawn Ceme
tery.
INCREASED ACREAGE
The Exeter branch of the Cana
dian Canners, who in past years
have had considerable acreage un
der contract for peas and corn,
have this year increased their acre
age for both these products. Up-
to-date the weather has been some
what backward and consequently
the crops have not got away to a
favorable start. The company have
made considerable improvements at
the factory during the winter* by the
installation of a sprinkler system for
fire protection. They are also in
stalling some new equipment for
speeding up the work during the
canning season. With an increase
in the demand for their products the
company are this year opening up
three branches that have been clos
ed for several years. The branches
are at Ridgetown, Dresden and West
Lome.
Norma iStonehouse, a pupil of the
Exeter public school and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Stonehouse
underwent an operation for appen
dicitis at Victoria Hospital, London,
on Thursday of last wqek, She is
getting along nicely and is expected
home in a few days.
DIED AT SEXSMITH
The death took .place Thursday,
May 20th, at her home at Sexsmith
of a life-long resident of that com
munity, in the person of Mary Jane
O’Brien, daughter of the late Pat
rick and Mary Ann Eacrett O’Brien,
after a short illness of pneumonia,
in her 82nd year. .She was widely
known and highly respected by all
who knew her. For her kindly and
hospitable manner she was loved by
a wide circle of relatives and friends
far and near. The sympathy of all
go out to her loved ones left to
mourn her loss, especially her sister
Mrs. Geddes, with whom she lived
in the ,home where they were both
born. Besides her sister, Mrs. Ged
des, she leaves another sister, Mrs.
Luker, near Lucan, and one brother
George of Frobisher, Sask. The
funeral was held on Saturday and
was conducted by Rev. Mr. Hunt, of
Exeter and Hensail parishes, she be
ing a member of St. Paul’s Anglican
church, Hensail. Among those pres?
ent from a distance were: Mrs. Lu
ker, Mr. and Mrs. L. Hodgins and
Mr. Sydney Hodgins, of ILucan; Mrs.
Arthur Brown, Mir. and Mrs. J. Full
er and Mr. Harold Fuller, of Sarnia;
Mrs. H. Porter, of Toronto; Mrs. Ed.
Kaufman, of Brantford; Mrs. A. W.
Wallace, of London; Mr. and Mrs.
Johnston and Mrs. Womracott, of
Thorndale; Mrs. J. Colquhonn and
daughter, of Birr; Mr. and Mrs. C.
O’Brien and daughters, late of Fro
bisher, Sask; Mr, and Mrs. A. L.
Luker arid Mrs. E. J. Munn, of Hen
sail.... Mr, and Mrs. B. W. E. Beav
ers, of Exeter these all being rela
tives of the deceased. The remains
Were Interred in the Elxeter cemetery
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Paisley spent
the holiday with relatives at Orillia.
Rev. Borden and Mrs. Cunning
ham and daughter Betty, of Glencoe,
visited with relatives on May 24th.
'The Misses Vera and Irene Mooney
visited over the week-end in Wind
sor with Rev. and Mrs. Victor Moon
ey.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Grant and fam
ily visited over the holidays with
the former’s parents Mr. and Mrs
J. S. Grant, Glencoe.
Miss Bertha Hastings, Reg. N.» of
Hillsdale, Mich., is a guest at the
home of Mrs. Mary Gillard and is
enjoying a well earned rest.
Mrs. Chas. Grafton and son, or
London, are visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Cochrane. Mr. Grafton,
formerly of the London Free Press
left recently for Timmins where he
has taken over the management of
a paper. Mrs. Grafton will join him
in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gillies and
Mrs. Gladys Rousom, of Toronto vis
ited with relatives in town over the
holiday with Mrs. Gillies’ mother
Mrs. S. Martin, returned to Toronto
With them on a visit.
Hugh Oreecli, of Toronto visited
his parents Mr, and IMrs. R. N.
Creech over the week-end. With
them also were Dr. Marie Hearne
and Miss Christine Graham, of Tor
onto.
Miss Dorothy and Mr. Bert Fer
guson, of Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Ferguson, of Toronto and Mr.
Erank H. Sweet, of Sarnia, were vis
itors with M.r. and Mrs, Samuel
Sweet and Mr. James Sweet over
the week-end.
RECONDITIONING LINES
The Bell Telephone Company have
a gang of men at work recondition
ing the lines between Exeter, Cred
iton, and Dashwood. About fifty
per cent, of the poles between thes.e
places are to be replaced. This will
require about 231 poles. New en
trance cables will be built at Dash
wood, 13;0i0' feet of which will be
buried caible doing away with the
necessity of trimming the trees. At
Crediton 5600 feet of entrance cable
will be laid underground in. addition
to 1400 feet of aerial cable east from
the Credition office. This will give
accommodation for the village in ad
dition to through facilities.
The residence of Mrs. Hackney on
East William St. was recently pur-
cased by Miss Della Peart. We un
derstand that it is to ibe remodelled
to be used both for living quarters
and as a Gospel Hall fox* the Pente
costal Mizpah Mission. The lease of
their present building runs until
October.
Cold Meat <Ham) Supper
followed by a 3-act play
‘THE GIRL IN THE FUR COAT’
presented by the Elimville W.A.
— at —
SAINTSBURY PARISH HALL
Friday, June 4th
Supper Served From 5.30 to 8
Admission 35c. and 20c.
Opening Dance
Tuesday, June 1st
Sprucegrove
Danceland
3 miles south of Exeter on
Highway No. 4
fGRAND BEND
DANCING
SATURDAY, MAY 29th
Make your summer reservations
now! Apartments $10. week up
Cottages $15. week up
Write Casino
- Musical Treat -
MASSED CHOIR — 400 VOICES
W. R. Goulding, Director
James Street Church, Exeter
FRIDAY, JUNE 4th at 8.15 p. m.
A program of Choruses, Trios, Duetts, Solos and Instrumen
tals will be presented by the pupils of the Town and Rural
Schools in South Huron
Mr. E. C. Dfeacom will present the Diplomas awarded at the
Clinton Festival to the winners of this district
Proceeds in aid of a Festival Fund for 1938
Adults 15c. Public School Pupils Free.