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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-03-03, Page 1« AUTO ACCIDENT LAWN BOWLERS ORGANIZE ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED HOCKEY I Complete Showing of Ladies’, Misses and Girls’ Spring Coats and Suits The new Spring Coats and Suits are now in Stock. We have styles and sizes for every type of figure including small, half sizes, over sizes, and regulars. Prices are very reasonable. Girls’ Coats with hats and purses to match in attractive cloths and colors. Flowered Dresses for Spring Flowered Patterns for Dresses are very popular at the present time. We have a large stock to choose from at prices from $3.95 to $7.95. We also have new plain effects in Crepes, etc. Spring Furnishings for the Home New patterns in Linoleums, Congoleums, Floor and Table Oilcloths, Rugs of all types including Linoleum, Congoleum, Vel-Felt, Axminster, etc., Curtains and Curtain Nets, Draperies, Cretonnes, etc. now in stock. Another Shipment of Spring Prints We have just received another shipment of Wabasso Prints for Spring. These are in a beautiful range of patterns and colorings at 20c., and 25c. per yard. Spring Dress Fabrics New materials — New Patterns — Low Prices OUR SALE PRICES ON MEN’S & BOY’S WINTER UNDERWEAR CONTINUES FOR ANOTHER WEEK Sanitary Goods Modess 20c. a package; Kotex 25c.; Kleenex 200 sheets to package 18c. or 2 for 35c. DRESS ACCESSORIES — New Flowers, Collars, Gloves, Hosiery, Corsets, Bras­ sieres, etc., now in stock. MONARCH YARNS—All colors at reasonable prices. Special Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday HILLCREST SHORTENING? IL ?Er • I pound packages ........t.............£ 1U* Lily Brand Chicken Haddie O tine Cooked—Ready to Eat ........£ I 111© PORK & BEANS O Hnc Large 22 oz. tin .....................I 111© £«*<•> Raspberry or Strawberry Jam 27c Clark’s TOMATO KETCHUPO £_„ OE- 12 oz. bottle, very special .......£ 1U1 £DC FRESH SALTED PEANUTS 9 IL RINSO DEAL £ 74 I pkg. large Rinso, 1 cake Lifebuoy TOT £40 CASTILE SOAP in Cellophane wrapped ...... IV Ddl© £DC Ph.n. 32 Jones & May Your Superior Store Spring Housecleaning Scrub Birus'hes .......i.,10c. Mop Clo-tihs ...................■-j 25c. Mop Sticks ..............15c. Dry Mops .................49c. Bannister Brushes ...25c. Demoff .....................25c. Clotheslines .............15 &30c. Steelwool .................15c. to 35c. Step-on-Can ..................... $1-25 Wastepaper Baskets 25c. 1 lb, Johnston’s Wax ........59c. 2 lbs. Johnston’s Wa:x ........95c. 1 lb. Old English Wax •......59c. 2 lbs. Old English W ax 98c.' Old English No-Rub pts. ..59c. Old English No-Rub qts. ..98c. Giocoat ....................... pts.59c. Gi oco at ......................... qts.98c. O’Cedar Polislh.......25c. &50c. Lemon Oil .........15c. &30c. HAWES' FLOOR WAX ^Beauty 2 lb. 73c Improved Ceresan... A Bust Disinfectant for Wheat, Oats, Barley THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL—COOPER’S DRI-KILL 25c. LB. Traquair’s Hardware PHONE 27 WE DELIVER Return Emm Florida Mr. and Mrs. Wm. May and Gor­ don, of town and Mrs. Hall, Mit­ chell, returned Saturday from a three week’s motor trip to Florida. They had a .grand trip covering al­ most 4,500 miles. The weather was fine with the exception of one day while they were away. They visited at Miami, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Daytona Beach and Ft. Lauderdale. At Ft. Lauderdale they called ’bn Mrs. McAvoy and MisS Sanders; at Orlando they called on Mr, and Mrs. Layton and at iSt. Petersburg they called on Mrs. Edna Hearts. Palestine in pictui’es Rev. J. B. Moore, of Grand Bend, will given his illustrated lecture on Palestine, 150 views, On Friday night of this week in Thames Road United chttrciiv* Adxilissi’On. 25c mid 15c. Underwent Operation Helen Haist, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Wellington Haist, of Stephen, underwent an opeartion for mastoid trouble at st. Joseph’s Hospital Lon­ don, last week, Her condition is quite improved. 1 I > 1 BINGO!! THURSDAY NIGHT at 8.30 p.m. in the Legion Club Rooms 15 Good Prizes Don’t miss getting in on our Special Door Prize Admission 25c. W. I. Entertain ‘The Exeter Women's Institute held their annual social evening in tihe Town ’ Hall on Friday evening When they entertained their families and friends. The first part of tihe evening was spent playing euchre and croikinole. Mrs. R. Sims, of Crediton, wen the prize for crokin- ole. Mr. Frank Taylor won men’s higih for eudhre, Mrs. I. Sims ladies’ high and Mr. Maurice Quance 1-one hands. A program was given in charge of Mr. Gould-ing and a sing song. Lunch was served by the committee in charge. >On Friday afternoon last while Messrs, W. J. Melville and W. Sil­ cox were motoring s-o-uth in an Olds­ mobile 8 with the former at the wheel the driver lost control of the car and it took to the ditch about a half mile south of town. The ditch is 4 or 5 feet deep at the place and the car turned over on its top, wheels in the air, striking a tree. The men were pinned in the car and unable to open the doors until help arrived. Mrs. Geo. Jones was looking out from a window in lher home and witnessed the accident. She immediately ,phoned the Chev­ rolet Garage and it was not until help arrived that tihe men were re­ leased fro-m t'heir perilious 'position. Mr. Melville was partly dazed from the accident and suffered several bruises. Mr. Silcox suffered from a fractured collar-bone. The steel top of the car was badly -crushed and the glass in tihe windshield and some of the windows shattered into 'bits, How the men escaped serious injury is a miracle. IThe car belonged to- a Toronto traveller and'the men were out for a ride when th© accident hapj pened. The car was insured for collision. SUCCESSFUL CARNIVAL Mrs. Harold Bell, of Elimville was crowned Queen of the Carnival at the Exetei’ Arena Tuesday evening in the fancy carnival sponsored by the Exetei1 iShuffleboard club. A warm sun in the afternoon threat­ ened a postponement of the carnival. Tihp ice was firm in the morning but the sun beating on the metal roof thawed tihe ice and. at six o’clock there was an inch or ^o- of water on it. A gang of b^ys (with brooms swept the water from tihe ice • and while hey did not get it all off, the ice was in fair condition and the carnival proved to be a splendid success. Miss Patricia Manuel, ol’ London, gave a fine exhibition of fancy and figure skating. The sticky ice made the going hard but Miss Manuel was well received and repeatedly applauded. The fun mak­ ing for the evening was provided by the Elimville ladies broom ball teams The ladies were without skates and the wet slippery icA^htade it almost impossible for them to keep their equiliberium and when they did fall it was just too bad. The teams were well matched and battled hard for victory. The teams represented the W. A. and the Mission Circle of Elimville church and the former were the winners scoring one goal. The players were: W. A.—Mrs. John Brock, Mrs. Hy. Murch, Mrs. Harold Bell, Mrs. Alvin Cooper, Mrs. Ken­ neth Johns, Miss Ruth iSk-inner; Mis­ sion Circle—Goal, Bernice -Murch, Jean Davis, Audrey Prance, Gladys Skinner, Dorothy Johns, Eva Pen­ rose. Referee Harry Mur-ch. The judging of the costumes resulted as follows: Queen of the Carnival, Mrs. Harold Bell; oldest skating couple, Mrs. Beavers and J. H. Jones; ladies fancy, character or national costume Eleanor Abbott, gypsy; Elsie McKee, Scotch; best clown, Donald and Mac Grant; Bobbie Kress; fancy dress, girls under 10, Janet Kestle, Little Red Riding Hood; boys comic, Billy Moise, Billy Kress. The judges were Mrs. Telfer and H. K. Eilber, CrecL- iton and Samuel Rannie, of Hensall. There was skating after the judging. The gate receipts were $8’2.00. Re­ freshments were served from a booth. The annual meeting of the Ex­ etei’ Lawn Bowling Club was held ill the basement of the Public Lib­ rary Thursday evening of last week witih a good attendance. The presi­ dent, II. C. Rivers was in the chair. The club had a good year having put in* ditches at the end of the greens, seeded out several new greens and improved tihe lighting system. The treasurer’s report showed a balance of $79.08 on hand. The club will again affiliate with the P.L.B.A. and Messrs. R. N. Creech and W. Moise were appointed delegates to attend the district meeting at Mitchell. Fees were set tihe same as last year. The executive were requested to con­ sider an improved club house. A vote of thanks was tendered to the Ladies Club for their co-operation and donations. Arrangements are bein-g made for a dance at the Arena on March 18tlh, with Benny Pal­ mer’s orchestra. Officers and com­ mittees were elected as follows: Hon. -presidents, R. N. Rowe and H. C. Rivers; president, Ulric Snell; vice president, W. H. Moise; secre­ tary-treasurer, J. M. Southcott; grounds som., W- E. Sanders, Co-n., W. H. Moise, J. A. Traquai-r, Geo. Layton and Bert Rivers; Member­ ship comm., H. C. Rivers, con., W J. Smith, W. E. Middleton, T. Rivers, c-oh., H. Pollen, J. R. C. Mof­ fatt, J. Pryde, H. C. Carey; enter­ tainment com., E. R. Hopper, coil., R. N. Creech and J. R. C. Moffatt were appointed auditors for 1938. The 300th anniversary of the signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriar’s Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland, was fittingly observed in Caven church on Sunday, In the morning the service was conducted in the manner of three hundred years ago-. Mr, Grafton Cochrane, acted as the precentor. The con­ gregation remained seated while singing the psalms and stood for prayer. Mr. Hill spoke 'briefly of the history of the Covenantors’ struggle for freedom of worship and then dealt with the significance and meaning for today of the troub­ led years from 1638 to 1688. In the evening the sermon was “Heirs to the Covenant” and brought home the obligations resting upon those who claim descent from the Coven­ anters to maintain, the same spirit of loyalty to Christ. RETURNS HOME Mr,. John E. Dignan -has returned home after spending the winter with ■his daughter, Mrs. Brown, Kingsville Mr. Dignan, who is in his 91st year is -a remarkably smart man for his years. He is quite active, able to read without glasses and journeys alone when travelling. ARM CAUGHT IN BUZZ SAW Mu. Heber Snell had his right arm badly mangled when it came in con­ tact with a buzz saw while sawing wood at his farm in Hibbert Twp. The accident happened Friday last. Mr. Snell-got his sleeve caught in the saw drawing the arm in. He was brought to the office of Dr. Dunl-op and from here was taken to St. Jo­ seph’s Hospial London. He is get­ ting along nicely. HAY TWP. RESIDENT DIES Death of Mrs. John Gackstetter Mrs. John Gackstetter uied at her home on the Goshen Line Hay Twp. on .Sunday evening, February 27th. 193 8 after an -illness of about five weeks with heart trouble. Her maid­ en name was Bertha Schumacher and she reached the age -of 50 years, 6 months and 21 days. Besides her sorrowing husband she is survived by three sons, Arnold, Edward and Elmer, t;vo sister Mrs. Henry La- Fond, of Pigeon, Mich and Mrs. L. Kalbfleisch, of Ha.y Township; also three brothers, Jacob and "William, of Pigeon, Mich and John, of Stafi’a. .The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon to the Bronson Line cem­ etery. Rev. ■ T. Luft -officiated. PLAY WELL PRESENTED A Three-Act Comedy “The Adven­ tures of Grandpa’’ was presented by the Y. P. U. and t'he L. Y. B. C. on Thursday evening in James St. Church. ‘The parts were well-taken and very humorous as Grandpa causes many eruptions in the home of -his supposed grandson. The cast •of characters included, Chas. Ccx, Elgin Luxton, Arnold 'Hodgins, Arn­ old Ford, Helen Finkbeiner, Irene Van Camp, Laurene Beavers, Vera Decker, Ardys McFalls, Miss G. Abray assisted in the production. Between acts Stanley Smith played an instrumental; Allan Penihale played-a cornet solo and Marie and Earl Heywood sang several duets with guitar accompaniment. The play was preesnted at Centralia Friday evening and the Town Hall, Zurich, Monday evening. Hurondale Women’s Institute IThe February meeting of tihe Hur- ondale W. I. was held at the home of Mrs. Archie Morgan with a good attendance. The meeting was -open­ ed with tihe singing -of the Opening Ode followed by the Lord’s .prayer. After the business had been dealt with Mrs. Hicks gave a splendid talk on the motto “The Pleasure of Doing Good is one that Neveir Wears Out.*’ Community song was led to Mrs. Wm. Wood, and Mrs. A. Moir, our local leader gave a very inter­ esting and instructive address on “Buymansihip,”’ Mrs. C. Frayne favored with a solo “I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen,” and Miss Reta Oka gave a piano instrumental. After singing “God Save the King” the hostess and her committee serv­ ed a dainty lunch and a social half hour whs spent. HYDRO SURPLUS Mr. K. J. Lampman, manager of Exeter P,.U.'C. and Exeter Rural Hy­ dro is in receipt of the official fig- uies of the “13th power bill” and announced that the local hydro cre­ dit is $1,165.89 an increase of $56,- 42 over the previous one of $1,109.- 47. ITliere has been a reduction in tihe past year in hydro rates and for hydro horse power. The last hydro local debenture will be cleared in 1940 and the present financial con­ dition is satisfactory, Ke added. The new waterworks system in­ stalled at a cost of $40,000 provid­ ing drinking water from the Frayne springs lhas had a year’s trial and’ has made good. With the revenue last year the commission was able to meet the debenture charge in 1937 and there is cash balance? of $361. While a small increase was made in the Charge to the village per hy­ drant, the rate still is il-ow compared with the usual rates in .villages of the same size. The flow at the present time is 200 gallons per min­ ute, which is more than ample. The water is of high .purity. ■Exeter Rural Hydro with 90 miles of lines exclusive of trunk lines be­ tween municipalities, serves 810 farms and police village stores and homes. In the Mount Carmel and other districts an aggressive canvass for new patrons is meeting with success. DIED IN STEPHEN TWP. Death of Miss Marie Ziler A shadow cf gloom was cast over this community on Tuesday evening " February 22 when it was learned that Marie Ziler, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Ziler had passed away at the early age of 18 years, 2 months and 15 days. The deceas­ ed had not been enjoying the best of health- for the past year and had been confined to her -bed for the past six weeks. All that medical skill and loving care could do was done for her but without avail, and on Tuesday evening her spirit took its flight and Marie had gone to be with her Maker where 'pain and sickness shall be no more. In all her suffer­ ing She was cheerful and patient and was never heard to complain. She is survived by her sorrowing parents and a sister Anna, who have the sin­ cere sympathy of many friends in their sad bereavement. The fun­ eral which was largely attended was held on Thursday morning February 24 to the Mt. Carmel R. C. church, where Requiem high mass was sung by Rev. Father J. M. Fogarty. Inter­ ment took place in the Mt. Carmel cemetery. The pall bearers were: Messrs. Gordon Miller,-'Leo Ziler, Musser, William Siler, Alex Diet-rich Clement McCann. Yes, she sleeps but not forever, In a lone and silent grave; Blessed promise she shall waken, Jesus died the lost to save. In tihe dawning of the morning When t-he troubled night is o’er All the buds in beauty blooming Will rejoice to see her more. BEAVER—WURM A very pretty wedding was sol­ emnized at the United church par­ sonage, Hensall, on Saturday after­ noon, at two o’clock when Rev. A. Sinclair united in marriage Emma Wurm, eldest daughter o-f Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wurm,,who. live on the Highway, two miles south of Hen­ sall and formerly of Hensall, to Mr. Harold Beaver, secqprL son of Mrs; John Caldwell, Qf Exeter. |The charming bride was bec-omingly gowned in a dress of Orchid satin with matching accessories and car­ ried a bouquet of pale pin'k. carna­ tions and maiden hair fern. -She was attended by her sister Miss Grace Wurm, who wore a dress of rust colored crepe with accessories to match and carried a bouquet of pink carnations and fern. The groomsman was Ernest Chiipchase, of Tuckersmith Township. Aftei’ the ceremony about twenty" immed­ iate members of the families of the contracting parties motored to Lon­ don where a wedding dinner was served at the Royal Cafe. Later they were .guests at a very enjoyable theatre party. Later Mr. and Mrs. Beaver left o-n a motor trip to Port [Huron and other points in Mich. The bride travelled in a dress of Navy blue crepe, a gray coat with wolf fur trimmings, a black hat and accessories to match. On then* re­ turn they will reside in Exeter. Mrs. Beaver was a former very popular Hensall young lady &nd they both have the best wishes of their many friends. HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY St. Marys 6—-Exetei’ 5 In a very fast hockey game played at St. Marys on Thursday night, February 24, St. Marys nosed out Exeter High by the score of 6 to 5. In the first period scoring started early when Thompson got the first goal for St. Marys. Klumpp quick­ ly tied it up by scoring after a nice -pass from A. Fahner .Thompson again scored a few minutes later but Exetei* tied the score once more, Dinney getting the tying goal. In the second period St. Marys scored three quick goals to take the lead. [Switzer scored the first, Thompson the second and Stewart the third. There were three penalties this per­ iod, 2 to St. Marys and 1 to Exeter but there was no ^coring while the team was slrort-handed. Near ..the end of the .period Klumpp scored for Exeter making it 5 to 3 for St. Marys. In the third period Klumpp sunk his third goal of tihe game and shortly after Thompson scored his fourth f-or St. Marys. Heywood then scored for Exeter and the period ended witih the score 6 to 5 for St. Marys. The line-ups; ISt. Marys—‘Goal, Lord; defence, Richardson, Switzer; forwards, Thompson, Orgesby, Tevlin; subs., Marshall, McKay, Stapleton, H-ogg, Stewart. Exetor—Goal, Baynliam; defence, W. Fahrner, Ryckman; forwards, Dinney, Klumpp, A. Fahrner; subs,, Heywood Buswell, Moise, Moore and Wuerth. Exeter Wins Play Off The Berger silver cup emblematic of League honors presented to the Cyclone League by W. H. Hoffman & Son -of Zurich was won by the Exeter Hockey Club Monday even­ ing at the Arena when they suc­ ceeded in winning the Cyclone Lea­ gue Xinalfe in the play-off with Hen- saO, (The large attendance of fans contributed over $110 tc- the -coffers of the teams and the arena, it being the second largest gate of the season The largest gate was received the previous week in. the semi-finals wihen Zurich and Hensall; Crediton and Exeter met, The Zurich team are awarded the McMillan cup for heading the league in the scheduled games. The game Monday evening was a battle right from the faceoff. In the first period neither team scored although there were plenty of players wiho decorated the penalty (box. Exeter drew seven [penalties while Hensall only drew two. Cw- nish in his euthusiasm drew three penalties. The second period was just nicely under w’ay when Snell assisted by McDonald scored the first goal for Exeter. The fans went wild. Fos­ ter, witih a nice exhibition of stick, handling soon tied the score and it was then evident that all the fans were by no means local fans. Mc­ Donald assisted by Williard put Exeter in the lead to end the period. Cornish and Creech fo-r Exeter drew penalties, In the third [period Hensall tied the score Foster scoring with an as­ sist by Hudson. Beavers assisted by Lawson again put Exeter in the lead and to make it safe Coirnislh- added the fourth counter. JThe remainder of the period was mostly a defence game for the locals. Both teams missed some beautif-ul chances to score. Foster, for Hensall, was at all times a menace to the Exeter defence and was easily tihe best man on the visiting team. He went the whole route. Thorndyke, of Clin­ ton, referred a. splendid game. The, young ladies from the Main Street United Church operated a bootlh. At the close of the game the players of both teams were, lined up- on the ice and a short address, was made by Mr. W. G. Medd and the [presenta­ tion of the cup was made to Hap Wells manager of the Exeter team. iHensajll—-Goal, Hedden; defence, Manns and Foster; forwards, Hud­ son, L. Little and Nicholson; alter., Drummond, Hedden, Passmore. ■Exeter—‘Goal, Goetz; defence, C. Cornish, F. Creech; forwards, Law- son, R. Creech, Beavers; alter., Din­ ney, Wein, Coates, Snell, Klump, Lutman, Willard and McDonald. At the conclusion of the game the Arena committee entertained the Exeter players to lunch at Middle­ ton’s Restaurant. New Hamburg Wins From All Stars The New Hamburg Intermediates nosed out a win from the Cyclone All Stars at the Arena Thursday evening of last week :by the score of 4 to 3. The All .Stars comprised •players from Crediton, Zurich, Clin­ ton and Exeter. The weather was mild and the ice sticky but the fans were treated to a fine exhibit­ ion of -hockey. The visitors worked well together, while the locals lacked the combination gained from team practice. In the first period New Hamburg scored two goals. Roth I scored the first goal^and Reed, O. Bowman and Bachler scored on a combination rush. It took the lo­ cals the greater part of the first period to get tiheir stride and after getting it the teams appeared to be evenly matched. Lawson scored, the lone goal for Exeter in the per­ iod. There were four penalties, two for each team, Cornish, Bowman, Beavers, Mi-elm. In the second period the only goal scored was a fluke goal for New Hamburg. A higih shot by Reid struck tihe wire netting behind the goal and bounced back over the net and rolled in off the goalie. Reinhart for New Ham­ burg drew the"' only penalty. In the last period Exeter scored two goals and New Hamburg one. A. Fahner and Beavers did the Scoring while a combination play by Reid, Bowman 'and Bachler accounted for the New Hamburg goal. O. Bowman, Sms­ lie and Stade drew penalties. Goetz in goal for the All Stars put up a wonderful game and he had plenty to do, Ches., Ooitnisih on defence also showed up well. There was a good turn-out. 'The players; New Hamburg-—‘Goal, C. Pfaff; 'defence, W. Reinhardt, L. Roth; [forwards, G. Emslie, B. Mielm, w. 'Kropf; alter., 0. Bowman, C. Bach-' •ler, W. Eichler, B. Reid. ! Exeter—'Goal, Goetz; defence, C. Cornisih, Glew; forwards, F. Creech, [Stade, W. Fahner; alter., A. Fahner, [Beavers, Lawsbn, R. Creech and Hawkins.