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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-09-09, Page 1■ t < EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9th 1937 Sixty-Third YearUSTTABLISHED 1873 J i LADIES’, MISSES’ AND GIRLS’ Fall and Winter Coats New Styles - New Cloths Reasonable Prices Girls’ Coats with purses and hats to match in Good Tailored Styles Ladies’ and Misses’ Fall Dresses at $3.95 each We have just received a special range of Fall and Winter Crepe Dresses — ex­ ceptional value at $3.95 each Ladies’ and Misses’ Knitted Suits in popular shades and prices. Men’s Made-to-Measure Suits The new samples for Fall are here. The finest assortment of .clothes we have ever shown are included, checks, fancy stripes &c. in all the newest shades. If you are hard to fit in a regular stock suit come in and look over our range of patterns. The New Fall Shoes FOR WOMEN—Suede Shoes in black, brown, green and blue, in ties, pumps and straps at $2.95 to $4.00 per pair. FOR GROWING GIRLS—Black and brown Brogues, the very newest for school girls, at per pair $3.00’ FOR BOYS AND YOUNG MEN—Fine selection of Oxfords .in both plain and brogue styles at popular prices $2.00 to $5.00 each. Monarch Yarn Week September 11th to 18th September 11th to 18th is Special Monarch Yarn week. All Monarch yarns at old prices. See the fall colors. A special Monarch tension tape will be given free to each purchaser of yarn. 97-Piece Dinner Sets on Sale We have only four dinner sets left in reduced prices: , One set—regular $35.00 for One set—regular $22.00 for $25.00 $17.95 stock. To clear, this week at the following One set—regular $28.00 for One set—regular $19.75 for ... $19.00 $15.95 Special Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday Jams, Strawberry and Raspberry 32 oz. 24c Royal York ea, 1-2 lb. pkg Peanut Butter in bulk 26c. 2 lbs. for 25c. Aylmer Tomato Juice, new pack 3 1. t. 25c New Clover Honey, pail 60c; large $1.10 Fels-Naptha Soap ....................... 3 bars 20c. Cashmere Bouquet Toilet Soap reguler 10c................................ 2 for 11c Good Cooking Apples ... 11 qt* basket 35c Phone 32 Jones & May s£°r | PREPARE FOR FALL!! ./ I We have a full stock of furnace pipes and elbows, stove pipes and tapers and a fine selection of Beach and Findlay Stoves and Heaters, stove boards etc. It will pay you to see our stoves and prices. FEED PRICES ARE DOWN Feeds are away down in price. Come in and let us help you with your requirements* GLASS ROOST PAINT All sizes for killing lice on poultry and putty 1 pt. will treat 500 ft. roosts PROFIT FROM HOGS A number of our Pig Growena Feeders cleared almost $4.00 a pig after allowing for the small pig. Why not start now and make your pigs show a profit. / has •Mr. To Work in St Marys Mr. Lawrence Baynham, who been employed as a baker with W. E. Middleton has accepted a .position with Mr. Rd. Humphrey, of Kirkton. His place with Mr. Mid­ dleton has been filled by Mr. jack Waldron, Jr., of Grand Bend. A Freak Potato A steak bone with a potato grow­ ing through it, grown in the garden of Mr. Robt. Sillery, is now on ex­ hibition in the T'imes-Advocate win­ dow. The steak bone is a circular bone and circles th'e o-f the potato. Steak and .potato grown together in the garden would be a boon to the householder. DR. TAYLOR ENDORSED BY TEMPERANCE FORCES T'he temperance forces of South Huron met in convention at Clinton on the afteroon of Labor Day and the riding was fairly well represent­ ed, The president, R. I1'. Watson, of Brucefield, occupied the chair. He explained that the convention had been called to consider the tem­ perance situation in Huron County and to discuss the advisability of placing a temperance candidate in the field in the forthcoming provin­ cial election. He expressed the opin­ ion that the temperance people would welcome the- day when the liq­ uor question would be settled out­ side cf party politics. Beer author­ ities in Huron had been considered a defiance of the expressed will of the people as the dry majority in the county at the last vote on t-he ques­ tion was over 11,000. Dr. Taylor, the Conservative nom­ inee, was present and stated that he would, if elected use .his vote and influence in the House to further in every way the passing of legisla­ tion closing the beverage rooms in Huron as he was conscientious in the belief that they are a menace to the youth o-f the country. The people of the county, he said, voted out the barrooms by the O.T.A, meth­ od and this decision should be re­ spected. He -read a telegram from Mr. Rowe, his leader, that his party, if elected, would recognize C.T.'A. counties as dry territory. Owing to a previous engagement, Dr, Taylor then left the meeting. Rev. W. A. Bremner, -Brucefield, the secretary, said that Mr. Hepburn need not have adopted the 'baby left on his doorstep by the Henry Gov­ ernment, but that he could have re­ pudiated it as he had done the hy­ dro and other acts of th'e former Government. Mr. Hep-burn preferred ; to -fondle the baby and even get a wet nurse to look after it. ‘ “This,” he said, “is our time to assert ourselves and show the pre­ mier that moral questions are more important than securing revenues.” Dr. A. J. Irwin, of Toronto, who was present, referred to the enor­ mous amount of money being spent for liquor and the evei;-increasing loss of fife in accidents due largely ^to drunken drivers. “Mr. Hepburn has overruled the will of the -people in this county and his action in placing beer parlors .here was an outrage to democracy,” he declared. “iT-he premier’^ state­ ment that he would not enforce the C.T.A. even if sustained by the privy Council was an illustration of the lawlessness of the premier.” Mr. W. G. Medd, former M. L. A. for South Huron, expressed his op­ inion that a resolution expressing the wishes of the convention should ■be- drafted in committee and pre­ sented- to the candidates for their signatures before any endorsation of a candidate be made. Short speeches were made by Miss Josie Saunders, of Goderich, whose name was put in nomination at the Liberal convention at Hen­ sall last week and by A. T. Copper, of Clinton. A motion was proposed to place a candidate in the field. Also a res­ olution was proposed to endorse the candidature of Dr. Tayl-on. Tlhe lat­ ter resolution was carried, the ma­ jority of t'hose voting being in fav- oi\ The vote to place a candidate in the field was small. Mr. Jas. Ballantyne, the Liberal nominee, was invited to the- conven­ tion but was not present. TWO NEW ROADS TAKEN OVER BY THE PROVINCE Two new roads have been taken over by the provincial department in this community. The road run­ ning from Russeldale through Ex­ eter and Dashwood to the Bluewat­ er Highway together with th© road running through Hensall and Zurich to the BJuewater Highway have been taken over by the province. The road running to Russeldale is known as the Thames Road and will connect No. 4 Highway through Ex­ eter with the Highway from Mitchell to Elginfield. Westward from Ex­ eter the road is known as the Lake Road passing through Dashwood to the Blue Water Highway at Grand Bend. The distance is 25 miles. The road from Hensall through Zurich to the Bluewater Highway is 10'1^ miles. ---•---i--I-------- FIRE DESTROYS BANK BARN AND SEASON’S CROP The large bank barn on the farm of Mr. Archie Rowcliffe on the high­ way just south of Hensa'll, was burn­ ed to the ground on Friday evening last. Mr. Rowcliffe was in the milk­ house barn, when upper investigate}. He -found it a seething mass of flames. He- was able to get most of the live.stock out of the barn before neighbors and the Hensall Fire brigade arrived. When they, did arrive tihey found Mr. Rowcliffe in an unconscious condition under a tree, 'having collapsed from the strain in saving the stock, taken to t-he Dr. Steer for cliffe had one barns of the •foundation and nothing was left but the bare walls. The barn was wired for hydro and equipped with car­ riers and water sy’stem. The building was 8-4 lean-to. was an farther tioh another building. . were destroyed together with a manure spreader, a -cultivator, seed­ er, root pulper, etc., a calf and sev­ eral young pigs were also destroyed. The wind carried the cinders close to the house -but fortunately it was saved. Most of the season’s was in the barn although wheat and barley had been threshed and the grain sold, believed that the -cause of the was spontaneous combustion, loss will be heavy, only partly ered by insurance. which formed ipart of the shortly before eight o’clock he heard an explosion in fahe .part of the barn and went to s He was Seafsrth hospital (by treatment. Mr. Row- o-f the finest equipped district on a stone by 52 feet with a 12 foot Close to the main building implement shed and a little away on a cement founda- All three ’ with crop some stook- It is fire Tlhe cov- FRACTURED BACK PROVES FATAL TO MISS HEYWOOD Miss Heywood had in Victoria Hospital, London, a broken back following an accident near Kincardine on 14th and she passed away on The BOWLING NOTES small; centre Farms Sold At the auction sale of the estate of the late William Witzel, of Stephen on Friday last, the south half of lot 14. Con. 12, containing fifty acres was sold to MV. Alex Neeb for $1,525. The auctioneer was Mr. Frank Taylor-. On Monday Mr. Taylor disposed of the 100 acre farm, being lot 12. Con. 13, to Mr. Matthew Clark for $2,350. At the Scotch Doubles' bowling tourney for the Tip Top trophy at Seaforth! on Labor Day W- Goodwin and Dr. McTaggart, of Hensall, car­ ried off first prize Which consisted of a suit of clothes or an overcoat. Four Exeter rinks took part in the tournament. reai Traquair’s Hardware Mr, Frank Johns was up from Toronto for the week-end and was accompanied home by Mrs. Johns and family who have spent the sum­ mer here. Mr. Johns thas rented the Johns residence to Mr. Metvin CudmOre tor several months reserv­ ing the home for the summer as the family expect to make their summer home here. Accepts New Position Miss Ada Mitchell R.N., who for the past eight years has been en­ gaged at the Queen Alexandria Sani­ tarium, London, has resigned he? position and accepted a position it the University Hospital at Ahn At- boi*, Mich. Miss Mitchell spent a couple of weeks with her parents prior to leaving for her new position (lone to California. On Wednesday of last week noon Mr. Chas. Southcott, of Cali­ fornia who with his mother has been spending the summer at Gi’and Bend, left for' his home by auto ac­ companied <by Misses Helen and Jean Grieve. They arrived in Los Angeles Sunday morning according to an air-mall letter received by Mt. Jas. Grieve, of town, on Tuesday. Making the trip to California in less than four days with a return letter all inside of a week is fast transportation. Mr. and Mrs. F< L. Grieve and Mrs, Sonthcott intend leaving for -California sometime next month. at ■A. rink of veteran bowlers from town took part, in the Ailsa Craig bowling tournament Wednesday of last week and were successful in winning second pruse, six silver spoons each. The rink was compos­ ed of Geo. Layton, Wm. Rivers, Wm. E. Sanders and R. N. Rowe, skip. They had two wins with a plus of 11. This rink has a -combined age of 28h' years or an average of over 70 years and they are willing to accept, a challenge from a rink of similiar age from any club. About forty bowlers from the St. Marys B'owling Club compvising both mon and women, visited the Exe­ ter Bowling Club Wednesday even­ ing and' mixing with the Exeter players enjoyed a jitney. It was a social affair followed by refresh­ ments and a most enjoable evening was spent on the greens. The prize winners Will next week. greens, be announced A rink of Exeter | part in the London I tourney on Labor Day. bowiers Rowing took Oltxb TAME SQUIRRELS AS COMPANIONS Two tiny squirrels, one a grey and the other a black, enjoyed the free­ dom of an automobile on Main St. Tuesday afternoon and were unaf­ fected by the presence of strangers who were entertained by the of these frisky young animals, squirrels had been tamed b; Nelson Harris, of Birr, and antics The -■ Mr. they showed not the least fear as he pick­ ed them up and fondled them. When the editor of the Times Advocate was attracted to the car by the pre- -cence of others, one little fellow sat up on its haunches eyeing the spec­ tators as if they were the curiosities instead of them. Mr, Harris was at the time purchasing some peanuts for his c-havges and when he arriv­ ed the undivided attention of the squirrels was centred on the peanuts wife, formerly Bent- one son Jim aged daughter June aged brother Roy, of St. TRIVITT ANNIVERSARY The 49th anniversary of the Triv­ ia Memorial Church was held on Sunday last. Good congregations were present both morning and ev­ ening, especially in the evening when the Main St. and Janies St. United Churches withdrew tlheir services in honor of the occasion, The preach­ er at the morning service was Rev. Wm. Wallace, M.A„ of Stratfosd, and in the evening Rev. J. H. Whealen, B. A., of Ilderton. The choir sang two anthems “Praise His Holy Name” and “Thou Majesty Divine,” solo parts were taken by Mrs. Lloyd Lindenfield, Miss Labelle Sims, Mr. Bryn Cousins and Mr. A, Middlemiss Beautiful floral decorations adorn­ ed the pulpit rostrum. WOODHAM RESIDENT DIES FROM DREAD DISEASE There passed away on Sunday af­ ternoon at Victoria Hospital, Lon­ don, Gordon O. Sinclair, of Wood­ ham, a victim of the dread infantile paralysis, at the age of 35 years. He leaves his Beatrice Gollings, eight and one five; also one Thomas and his parents Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Sinclair. The funeral private was held Monday at one o’clock to the Kir-kton cemetery. At the time of writing his mother is very low having been ill for some time. He was a memiber of the Woodham band and assessor for Blanshard for the past few years and a consistant member of his church. He was a young man ot sterling worth to- the community in which he lived and will be greatly j missed. Our sympathy goes out t- the bereaved at this sad time. DIES to one time 40 years NATIVE OF EXETER AT LUCAN Jacob Bawden, who at lived in Exeter and for a resident of Alvinston died Monday at h.is home in Lucan. He was in his SO th year. Mr. Bawden was born in Devonshire, England. He came to Canada 73 years ago and settled near Exeter. Then he moved to Alvinston and after 40 years liv­ ed briefly in London prior to mov­ ing to Lucan five years ago. He is survived by 'his wife, who was for­ merly Miss daughters, Alvinston; Mrs. E. M. and two sons, Gus, of London and Clifford, in Lucan. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. from the C. Haskett Z Son funeral •home in Lucan to Alvinston United Church w'here service will be- held Interment will be made in Alvinston cemetery. Loutisha McCarty; three Mrs. Frank Pavey, of Mrs. Albert Greaves and Lockrey, both of London weelc and Lon- with rela- Mrs. holi- The funeral of the late Miss Helen Heywood was held from the Trivitt Memorial church on Monday after­ noon and a number of friends and relatives from London were’present for the service, been with auto July Friday at the age of 24 years, funeral service was c onducted by Rev. Mr. Hunt. Miss Heywood was injured at South Beach, near Kin­ cardine, nine rveeks ago while on a holiday trip. According t® the re­ ports at the time she was riding on the front fender o-f a motor car driven by a friend. When the car hit a bump in the road Miss Hey­ wood is reported to have fallen off and the wheels passed over her body, fracturing a vertaebrae in her back. Following the accident she was removed to the Kincardine hospital. When her -condition was found to be critical she was remov­ ed to Victoria Hospital in London by ambulance. Suffering almost complete paralysis she was kept in a cast. For a time she was thought to be improving. Later an operation was found to be necessary and since then she had shown no improve­ ment. Miss Heywood was a daugh­ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hector Heywood and was born in Exeter where she received her early education. Af­ ter going to London she trained for a year as nurse at the Ontario Hos­ pital and prior to the accident had been employed at the Jones Box and Label Co. At the time of the acci­ dent she was spending a week-end holiday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie McLean, Kincardine, deceased was a member of the vitt Memorial church. Besides parents she is survived by brothers, Vernon and Calvin Hey­ wood, of town. The remains were I brought to the undertaking parlors of Mr. E. R. Hopper and on Sunday many friends called. The floral of­ ferings were most beautiful. Ah inquest has been ordered into her death by Chief Coroner A. R-. Rout- ledge, of London, the hearing to be held Friday, -September- 17 th, at 8 p.m. ISAAC FAMILY REUNION The seventh annual picnic of the Isaac family was held at ^Charlie Isaac's Spruce Grove, Centralia. Families from London, Sylvan, St. Thomas, Greenway, Forest, LUcan and Exeter attended. The youngest baby present was Shirley Lightfoot? daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lightfoot, Centralia. After the races supper was served and after supper the officers were elected as follows; Honorary presidents, Mrs. Ford, Exeter and Andrew Lucan; president, Gordon Flint, Mich.; vice-president, Mary Isaac, Ford, Mrs. D. A. Pintier, St. Thomas; se­ cretary-treasurer, W. E. MacKewn, London; spo-rts, Harry Ford, Exeter assisted by Mrs. Archie Robinson, Russel Isaac; lunch committee, Mrs. Alvin Essery, Centralia. A vote was taken and carried to come back to Spruce Grove on the Saturday, fore Labor Day, 1938. ------1—i-------- be- 21 the The Tri­ be? two EXETER FAIR SEPT. 20 '& ‘The outstanding event of year in Exeter, the annual Fall Fair will be held Monday and Tuesday, September 20th and 2-lst. The dir­ ectors this years have arranged for a number of attractions that should prove of immense interest. B. Fairburn, deputy-minister ricult-irre, will deliver an on agriculture. Horse ra greyhound races will be girls' Mr. J. of Ag- address ?S held, and A softball game between St. Marys and Exeter girls will be 'play­ ed. The Exeter band will be in attendance. (The indoor this year will -be shown in Arena. An old-time dance held in the Arena at night, effort is being made this make the Exeter Fait* the best exhibits the new will be Every year to ever. con- days Mrs. Rd. Quance has been fined to> her bed tor several through illness but her many friends Will be pleased to know that she is improving. LOCAL NEWS Mrs. wm. Gould, of Hay, aged 83 years, is seriously ill at her (home. Mrs. A. M-cFalls returned Satur­ day after a week’s visit in -Lucan. Mr. J, T. Paisley, of -Caledonia, spent Sunday and Monday at his home here. Miss Ethel Seed, of Chicago, is* visiting her sister Mrs, W. F. Abbott for a week. Mr, and Mrs. N. J. Dore are on va­ cation and are enjoying a trip down the Saugenay. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Davis, Jeanette and Billy, of St. Marys, spent the holidays with their parents. Mrs. Frank Morley, who has been confined to her bed for several weeks is able to be up again. Miss Berneice Delbridge, London, spent the week-end with hei’ -parents Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Delbridge. Th’e Exeter -Canning factory com­ menced panning corn last week. Tire prospects are far a good crop. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. White, -or London, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bradt at Oke IL-odge, Grand Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Arto Delve have- re­ turned after spending a week in Windsor with Mrs. Delve’s aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Lindenfield and sen Lloyd returned home after at­ tending- the Exhibition in Toronto. Mr. AV, A. Fisiher, of Montreal, who spent a few days with his pa-r­ ents, left here on- Thursday last for New York. Mrs. John T. Stewart, who has been visiting h«er son, Mr. A. L. -Ste­ wart, in Montreal, returned home last week. *- James and WMliam McAlister, -of Mt. Brydges, spent the past with their grandparents, Mr. Mrs. Jas. Jewell. Mrs. I. Harvey returned to don on Friday after visiting Mrs. Thos. Harvey and other tives in this community. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Jewell, Bradt and Joe Bradt spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. W, E. Bradt, at Oke Lodge, Grand Bend. Mr. Grant Collingwood, of Mc­ Lean publishing House, Toronto, spent bhe week-end with his parents Mr. and Mrs. T. Collingwood. Rev. and Mrs. F. E. Clysdale, who have been holidaying at Grand Bend called on some friends when passing through Exeter on Friday. Mr. A. W. Johnston, of Excelsior Life, Toronto, visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Johnston over the week-end and on Labor Day. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Taylor with their son and family, of London, who had been visiting in Clinton called on several friends in Exeter on Sat­ urday. Mr. John Chambers and son Robert, of Hickson and daughter Miss Myi’ll, of Woodstock, visited on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Chambers. -Mr. R. J. Eacrett, of Woodstock, visited with relatives and friends in town during the past week prior to leaving for his home in St. Peter- burg, Fla., where he has spent the past eight winters. Master Jack Sweet, of Frobisher, Sask., arrived last week and for the present will make his home with ;hiS uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. V* Pickard, He will attend school here. Dr, J. W. Ward, chiropractor and optometrist, who for many years has been practising in Exeter has decided to leave town the latter part of this month. He expects to locate in Windsor-. Mrs. Lesume Desjardins, of Grand Bend, wks bushed to 'St, Joseph’s Hospital, London, on August 31st, where Hr. Ho(bbs Taylor; of Dash­ wood, performed an operation. Mrs. Desjardine is doing as well as can be expected. Mr. Ben Case, who suffered the fracture of eight bones in his neck when he fell 'from a load of grain kt his farm about a mile north of Exe­ ter on Tuesday of last week, and who has since been in Victoria. Hos­ pital, London, is coming along fav­ orably.