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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-08-19, Page 3* r THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, AUGUST 1WH 1037 50 YEARS AGO August 18th, 1887 Mr. H. L. Billings, dentist, of To­ ronto, will open an office over O’­ Neil’s Bank, Exeter, on Sept. 1st. The Messrs. Swallow Bros, have purchased from Messrs, Ross and Taylor the machinery of their plan­ ing mill and rented the building and residence close by for a number of years. Mr. John Gill, operator, of Toron­ to, is spending a few days at home. Mrs. Geo. Southcott, of Toronto, is at present visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Verity. Mr. I. Bowerman left on Tuesday for Dakota to visit his son and will [remain there several weeks. The harvest home excursion to Sarnia on Tuesday,- under the aus­ pices of the Exeter Brass Band was not by any means well patronized. At Exeter station there were over two hundred got aboard. Robert Brownlee, of London, vis­ ited his mother here the forepart of the week. One day last week, while Mr. C. Dorward, of the North End, was housing oats, the load upon which he rode tipped over. Mr. Dorward sprained one of his limbs and was otherwise injured. Blackwell-Davidson On the 2nd inst. at the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev. A. D. McDonald, Mr. William Blackwell, National Bank Illinois, Chicago, to Miss Martha Davidson, daughter of iMr. Alex. Davidson, Esq., of Seaforth. Ferguson-Anderson At the resi­ dence of the bride’s parents on Wed­ nesday, the 3rd inst., by Rev. R. Hamilton, Samuel Ferguson, of Minnesota, to Janet, daughter of James Anderson, River Road, Ful- larton. 25 YEARS AGO August 15th, 1912 Mr. Walter Westcott received word last week from the west that his brother, Mr. J. T. Westcott and wife, of Hamilton, who are on a visit with friends and relatives there, were last week injured in a railway accident. A .South Huron Trophy donated by J. J. Merner and H. Eilber, the members in the Dominion and Pro­ vincial Parliaments respectively will be competed for in the Exeter Bowl­ ing Tournament. Mr. and Mrs. Henry .Stewart and son .Sydney, of Pittsburg, accomp­ anied by Mr. Ray, left for other points after a pleasant visit with his nephew Mr. Wm. Stewart. Dashwood juniors came out on Thursday and met defeat at the hands of the Exeter juniors by a score of 9-13. The following is the line-up: Dashwood — Neeb, Oes- treicher, Musser, Gaiser, Graybiel, Ehlers, Zimmer, Mclsaac, Keller­ man. Exeter —< Heywood, Duplan, Mallott, Brown, Birney, Fisher, El­ liott, Anderson and Fuke Mr. A. Camm has returned from a trip to Saskatoon. Mrs. Cann and son are visiting in Springford, Mich. Mr. Ed. King, of Yale, Mich., is visiting with Mr. E, Jory. Mr. Austin Hewitt, who has been barbering with F. Boyle left Mon­ day for Sarnia and Detroit prior to going to Saskatoon. Mr. Roy Davis, who has been mill­ ing in Ailsa Craig spent Sunday at home. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Young, of London, accompanied by their chil­ dren are visitors with the latter’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Beer. Dr. C. McCallum, of Buffalo, Mrs. Longsbury, of Toronto, and Miss Elsie McCallum, of London, who have been holidaying with their parents here and at Grand Bend, left Friday for Toronto to spent a few days. Mr. Harry Carling returned on Monday to Brantford where .he will enter-the service of the Bank of Commerce. Messrs. L. H. Dickson and W. D. Clarke were in London and Detroit this week. 15 YEARS AGO Mr. Ed. Hoskin, of Chicago, is visiting his sister, Mrs. J. McLaugh­ lin of town. Mr; Hoskin has been on the Chicago police force for the past 25 years. Miss Schafer, of Detroit, is visit­ ing her sister Mrs. L. Heideman, of town. , Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spackman visit­ ed in town last week and were ac­ companied home by Mrs. Fio'well' Mr. and Mrs. Fred Southcott and two children, of Santa Monica, Cal., arrived last Saturday and are visit­ ing at Grand Bend. Miss McDonald, wlm recently sold her millinery business in town to Miss Yeliad, has purchased a simil- iar business in Clinton. Believed to be one of the first companies in Canada to provide homes for its employees under the PICOBAC SS PIPE ■■■■HL tobacco FOR A MILD,COOL SMOKE Dominion Housing Act, McCor­ mick's Limited, Biscuit and Candy Manufacturers, of London, Ontario, are now completing the 'first unit in a building plan' that may ultim­ ately run to one hundred homes or more. "We believe that the trend in in­ dustry is for employers to take a greater interest in the welfare of their employees and the providing of good type of homes is one impor­ tant step,” J. W- Ross, Vice-Presi­ dent of the company stated. "We had the land available and the Do­ minion Housing Act gave us the op­ portunity of financing the develop­ ment on, terms that made it com­ paratively easy for our employees to own their own homes.”, Under the plans as prepared by the company, homes to be built will sell for a sum in the neighborhood Of $3,700,00. Built on large lots, with the average about 4i0* by 150 feet, the homes can be purchased with a do'wn payment in the neigh­ borhood of $700.00'. Succeeding payments of approximately $25.00 a month will take care of principal, interest and estimated taxes. The company, at present, has un­ der consideration a total of six homes. The first of these, now. nearing completion, is a five room colonial style bungalow. With a liv­ ing room, 18 feet long and 11 feet, 6 inches in width, provision is made for all rooms to be large and spac­ ious. Homes will he of fire-resisting construction, completely insulated, and with the heating plant under the American Standard Code. Home Town "Real towns aren’t made by men, Lest someone else gets ahead afraid Wheii everyone works and no one shirks You can raise a town from the dead” All little towns are the same, so if there is anything about the one you a:re living in that displeases you it won’t do you a bit of good to slip your clothes in a grip and take a trip elsewhere. You would find the same thing you left behind, only under a different name. When you stop to think of it there is really nothing new anywhere and life goes on just the same in the new town as it did in the old. People have the same joys and sorrows and make the same mistakes—everywhere. They are born, grow up, fall in love, get married, have children and die.. The age old cycle of life con­ tinues generation after generation and even if we sometimes stop and wonder if it is really worth while to keep going round and round like a monkey in a cage we won’t have time to stop and do anything about it. If you get peeved at your home town, hate all youi’ neighbors and feel that the place is going to the eternal bows wows, it would be wiser to visit a doctor than to change towns. _ In practically every case the trouble is not with the town but .with you. When you knock the place that is home to you, it is really a .knock at yourself, because if the place fails to measure up it is your fault as well as your neighbors. You have got to put something into that town, a big part of yourself, energy, enthus­ iasm, progressiveness; you’ve got to be a substantial, constructive citizen before you can expect the home town to be the kind of town you’d like it to be. A town can only grow men when the cooperation of the people gives it the needed impetus. If you don’t -like the people in your home town—well—maybe they don’t like you either and it’s more than likely your own fault. Perhaps you are too exacting, too easy to find fault and too desirous of everyone living their lives ac­ cording to youi’ own design You have to 'be generotis and understand­ ing when you judge your neighbors and make allowances for that dif­ ference of opinion that is every man’s right. Every man has a right to his own opinion but it is not your opinion that .will rule ‘the home town, but your opinion plus the other fellow’s combined for the com­ mon good. Of course you love your home town and you only think you don’t because you have Malaria or spring fever or maybe a chronic grouch. If you don’t believe it, then go away on a. trip. When you come back you will grab your bitterst enemy by the hand and say, "Gee, I missed you old man, you're a swell guy, and I had to go away to find it out. DUST STORMS LEFT 82 LBS. OF NEW SOIL PER ACRE There is no method of accurately measuring the exact damage caused by soil drifting. It is estimated that one inch of surface soil blown from a single section of land means the movement, of approximately 100,000 tons of soil. In central Oklahoma, as a result of storms occurring in the high plains of the United States during March and April, 1935, dust was deposited at an average rate of, 8:2 pounds per acre. f 1 • J ? • X 1 ‘ ■ , •---« * HAVE YOU EVER SAVED A LIFE? Years of training and years of experience lie behind the deft strokes of the great surgeon’s knife, as he performs a delicate operation. Life and death are in the balance. Loved ones tremble in apprehension. Fin­ ally, after anxious hours.—success! The supreme ability of one man jn a million has saved another life, .Most of us can never save a life that way. The surgeon’s :skill is not ours. But by preventing acci­ dents on streets and highways, every one of us, whether we are pe­ destrians or drivers, can just as surely save lives and safeguard our fellow men against crippling or fatal injuries. We can teach our children the enduring principles of safe driving and safe walking—of safe living. We can correct the unsafe practices of our own driving and walking. We can uphold the afutho'rity of on.r public officials in impartial and ef­ fective law enforcement. We can help in organized efforts to. spread the gospel of traffic safety to every­ body. And, most of all, we can re­ solve in our own minds to perform no act dangerous to others or our­ selves. Great skill and long training are not needed for this kind of life saving. What we do need—all of us—is a new realization that "I am my brother’s keeper.” Will you ac­ cept your personal share of this great responsibility? Will you help to stem the tide of blood and death that promises to sweep Ontario’s streets and highways. Will you SAVtE A LIFE? "What are you burning, dear?” asked Mrs. Gumip. "The letters I wrote to you be­ fore we were married,” replied her husband. "You heartless wretch.! Have you no sentiment at all?” "Be quiet, dear. I’m doing this for your sake. I’m trying Ito fix things so that if I die nobody can dispute my will on the grounds of insanity!” IGCkY JETER Major Bowes Program Still Major Attraction The wheel of tradio fortune is still spinning "pay” numbers for Major Rowes, His amateur radio hour, counted out many times dur­ ing the past year by the critics, con­ tinues to attract the week's largest regular radio audience, Today, nearly two and one-half years afteir he first paraded his troupe of would-be performers be­ fore a network microphone, both from a statistical and entertainment standpoint his program remains the greatest sensation of the airways since Amos ’n’ Andy, Let’s look at his record, of which little is known except to those close to the godfather of amateur enter­ tainment:'— 'Since March 24, 1935, when the Major launched his network pro­ gram, he has presented nearly 3,000 performers over the air. They were the pick of more than 500,000 hopeful men and women of all ages, races and walks of life who applied for a chance. Most of these appli­ cants received preliminary auditions the number running aB high as 50'0' a week. Aided by Ten Experts A staff of ten experts assist Ma­ jor Bowes with these auditions. The auditions are held daily, except on Sunday, and often run well into the night for the benefit of those hopefuls employed during the day. The amateur applicant between 15 and 18 years of age is pretty sure to sing or play popular music. Those between 18 and 2-5 generally are partial to semi-classical music. The average amateur is a man about 20 years of age who sings. Men repre­ sent about sixty-five per cent, of those who apply for a chance on the program. The weaker sex trail either from timidity or lack of thea­ trical ambition. "Women, too, are more mike shy than men and invar­ iably airrive for their audition ac­ companied by someone to give them moral support. As a result of* appearing on the program, more than 800' amateurs have been given employment for one week to eighteen months in vaudeville units They have receiv­ ed nearly $1,000,000 in salaries. Twenty-five of these stage units have been organized and as many as fourteen have been to tour, at the same time. They have visited 1,202 cities, towns, villages and other communities, playing 2,142 different engagements TOO a Week Employed A staff of fifty keeps busy in New York on activities connected with the program. The number of people employed directly and indirectly on this show has run as high as 700 in one week, ■The list of amateurs who have succeeded in show business as a re­ sult of appearing on the Major’s program is also impressive. Doris Weston is under contract to Warner Bros, and was featured with Dick Powell in "The Singing Marine”. Lucille Browning landed a singing role with the .Metropolitan Opera Co. Clyde Barrie, negro tenor, and Bob Gibson, the “Singing Pageboy” are under contract to Columbia. Gloria Rich, who recently finished a tour with a George "White show, is now under contract to Republic Film Co. Ray koss is in the cast of the Broadway musical comedy “Babes in Arms” Paul Regan is working in Hollywood. Bob Parrish is with a West Coast radio station. Eva Ortego is singing in a Manhattan supper club. Mike Ballero is also, working in a night club. Tex O’lByrne is on tour with his own show. Earns $2,000,000 Adele Hall just completed an en­ gagement at the popular Hollywood cabaret on Broadway. June Robins is singing with Gus Arnheim’s Band. Robert Blakeman boy soprano is under contract to Twentieth Cen­ tury-Fox. Paula Kelly is singing with Dick Stable’s Band. The Major hasn’t done so badly, either. He is reputed to have earn­ ed in the neighborhood of $2,000,- 000 from his radio venture. And there’s nothing amateur about that. Nobody seems to know why, but Medford, Mass., produces the most successful impersonator who appear on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour. First Mike Ballero’s skillful mimic­ ry won him u theatrical tour, Then his friend Paul Regan, won a Bowes vaudeville contract. Now Joseph Higgins, another Medford boy, has impersonated enough radio stars to follow Ballero and Regan in a Bowes unit. Hip Fractured Mr. William Lamont, o»e of Zu­ rich’s elder and active citizens had the misfortune while helping on the farm on his son Roy, in Stanley Township to fall and sustain a frac­ ture of the right hip bone. He was brought to his home in town and Dr. A. J. MacKinnon being in charge but the next day was take to Clin­ ton Hospital for X-Ray examination where the fracture was located and reduced. It was only about a week previous that ;he celebrated his 81st birthday, and is a remarkably smart man for his age, driving his car as agent of the Hay Mutual Fire Ins. Co., which duties are now being taken over by Mr. Oscar Klopp, a Director. Had Five Boys Suffering From Summer Complaint Mrs. Arthur Doyle, Weet? Jeddore, NJ3., ••I have five boys and they were all terribly troubled with Bummer complaint. . ■ . “I used everything I could think of and I did not know what to. do until a friend advised me. to get a bottle of Dr. Fowler ’s Ext. of Wild Strawberry, whieh I did, and I oniy used one bottle and they were able to be around again. From now on I will know what to use.” A product of The T. Milburn Oo., Ltd., Toronto, OaL On the market for the past 80 yean. HORACE HEIPL agricuitbr6 9 The world’s largest annual Exhibition presents an unprecedented array of new, inspiring, unique attractions for Coronation Year. Famous stage, screen and radio dance bands, Horace Heidtand his Brigadiers direct from Hotel Biltmore, New York City, Aug. 27 to Sept. 4., Guy Lombardo and his renowned Royal Canadians, Sept. 6 to 11... Military Tattoo—inspiring military spectacle, evening Aug. 28 only ... Pageant “Empire Onward”, enthralling drama, Aug. 30 to Sept. 11... Frol“ex”land, entirely new amuse­ ment area... United States Navy Band, 85 star musicians... Horse Show, Sept. 3 to 11 ...Harness Racing, Sept. 7 to 10... International Dog Show, Sept. 6,7,8...Tom Mix circus, the famous screen star in person with his own three-ring circus and Wild West Shows ... Lucky Teter and his congress of “carobatic” daredevils, Aug. 30 to Sept. 3 . World pro. title Marathon swims, 10 miles for men—Aug. 31, 3 miles for women, Sept. 2 .. .World title powerboat races, Sept. 8,9,10 ... Movie doubles contest daily .. ♦ Hollywood on Parade, see how movies are made ... scores of other engrossingly interesting, educational and recreational attractions. RESERVATIONS Military Tattoo, night of Aug. 28 only—Reserved seats 50c, 75c and $1.00. Horace Heidt Broadcast, international network, Aug. 30 only. Reserved Seats $1.00. Pageant “Empire Onward”, Aug. 30 to Sept. 11. Reserved seats 50c, 75c and $1.00. Box Seats $1.50. Horse Show. Reserved seats 50c. Mail orders to Canadian National Exhibition Ticket Office, 8 King St. West, Toronto, Ont. ALFRED ROGERS ELWOOD A. HUGHES President General Manager 8323A CHECKING UP ON SLOT MAC9HNEB (Fergus News-Record) "A nickel was put into the slot ‘ machine -on the average of once every five seconds, twelve times per minute. There was no guess about it; the tiining was done with a watch It meant that the slot machine took in a cent a second or $3g.0Q an hour during the four hours. We es­ timated that it gave back less than one-third of what went ip, The ■ other reporters thought we were far | too generous in opr estimates; one I declared that the machine did not I give back more than ten per -cent. | of what it took in, but we think it did. Supposing it gave back one- third, all in small amounts, that, left a profit of aBout $25.00 per hour for the owner of the machine, or about $100,00 on the night’s play* We doubt it anybody came out ahead certainly a great many lost a con­ siderable amount. One of the play­ ers told us he was behind about $)17- It’s no wonder that such an effort is being made to keep the slot ma­ chines going, but why, oh iwhy, does anybody gamble with a machine where the odds are all in favor of the other fellow if you play long enough?” Renew Now!