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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-03-24, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, MARCH $<,. 1038 50 YEARS AGO March 2?nd, 1$88 Mr, and Mrs. Ira H. (Spicer, of Exeter and Sidney Andrews, of Us­ borne, left on Monday delpbia. Hon, Thos. Greenway, Manitoba, and a former this place spent yesterday ip. town. He had beep at Ottawa endeavoring to affect an. arrangement witlhi Sir John wth reference to th© Manitoba railway difficulty. Mr, Dunican. Hay, who fell on the ice a few days ago and fractured "his shojulder badly, is improving. ■One day last week a little son of H. Cole Brown, who was visiting at the residence of Mr. John Balkwill, while playing about a wagon in the yard of Mir. John Gillespie, fell to the ground and seriously injured himself. One day last week while a couple of young ladies were collecting mis­ sionary money in ‘the country they had a bit of rough experience. They were driving carefully .road when, sluddenly made off. They were of (the rig and one of Jennie Hickarch seriously injured, her collar bone broken, Francis-Golurley - At the Metho­ dist parsonage, Kirkton, on the 15th inst, by Rev. I. Charlton, Mr. Wm. Francis, to Miss Isabella Gourley, all of Usborne, CiOward-iFiulton-At the residence of the bride’s parnets, Tuckersmith, on the 21st inst, by Rev. .Colin Flet­ cher, Mr. Geo. Coward, of Usborne, to Miss .Jennie Fulton, formerly of Exeter. Lang-Russell-At the residence of the bride’s father, Thmaes Road, Usborne, on the 14th nst„ by Rev. Colin Fletcher, Mr. Rofot. Lang, • f Exeter, to Miss Agnes Russell. Brooks-Ta'ylor-At tihe residence of the bride’s father, Exeter, on the 21st inst, by Rev. Jas. Graham, Mr. C. T. Brooks, of Winnipeg, former­ ly, of Exeter, to- Miss Mary Taylor. LETTER BOX for phila- Premier of resident of back east and ibe .contented I’ll war­ rant you tihat, No floods or earth­ quake or any other catastrophe pan drive the average person to want to leave for the slush, gloom and tihe murky days of Buffalo again, To-morrow morning we have a date to meet a cihap who is to take us through a movie studio <up Hollywood boulevard. iGve my regards to any of friends ip the old village of my rant childhood. Sincerely (Torchy) Gerald KNEES WENT STIFF IN HIS SLEEP reticent. He seemed to have a pri­ vate income though possibly not a large one. One could not help but pity him on account of tihe deform" ity. It was so large and ugly look­ ing that one could hardly imagine what is was Jibe unless it was seen. Though fond of strong drink he lived to a great age, dying in Zu­ rich possibly 40 years ago. As mentioned in tlhei first para­ graph the Rev. John Gray, the elo­ quent blacksmith, was a strong temperance speaker and embraced every opportunity that presented itself to denounce the traffie. At a Local -Option meeting one night Ih is opponent, a clever man who was rather fond of strong drink came to the meeting with his breath giv­ ing strong evidence of his drinking. During his address he claimed to be a temperate man but not fanati­ cal. 'Said it was tihe right way, etc. Mr. G-ray in Ihis reply said, “My opponent claims to be a temperate man, Well, maybe he is tout this reminds me of a story I once heard. A skunk strayed into a nest of groundhogs and announced I’m a a groundhog too.” “Well” they said, as they looked him over, felt ihim and smelled him, “you don’t look like one, yolui don’t fell like one and yolu don’t smell like one.” The laughter and applause follow­ ing the recital of this study was renewed with increased intensity as Mr. Grey said, “Our friend claims to be temperance man but he does not look like one, he does no? feel like one and he certainly does not smell like one.” The effect was electrical, Mr. ,Self-Named Temper­ ance Man led the forces of the liq­ uor men no more in tihe audience halls of Huron and the Local Option Law, know as the Scott -Act,, was carried in the county by a majority of over -2,500. 'The first retired farmer of whom we .have seen any record were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lamb, who made their money on the London Road farm now occupied foy Ma*, and Mrs. Wm. .Sillery, They built the little Tihe following interesting letters have been received in Exeter (from (Mr, Gerald. Hiurdon, who with Mirs, Hurdon and 2 daughters and others left Buffalo last July, in a large trailer and have just recently land­ ed in. California. They have con­ ducted a show, along the route taken consisting o,f sleight-of-hand work, magic, ventriliquism, etc. and have been as far south as New Orleans and San Antonio. TekUS, Mrs. Hur­ don was formerly Miss Nina Mc­ Curdy who resided two and a half miles south of Exeter, The letters in part are as follows: The Desert Inn, Palm (Springs, California in this man’s town, the West Coast, hop- catdhi a glimpse of they REPLY TO THE RETIRED FARMER on my er- We arrived the ritziest on ing maybe to some of the movie stars as .flash by—we did. There are stars all over he place in swarms and the girls are simply goggle-eyed, They have not only seen them—they’ve met them, talked with them, had snaps taken with them. Patsy Kelly and Glenda Farrell both Have invited them out to their homes and a few of tihe others such as Bar­ bara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Ted Fio Rota, John Mack Brown have not only attended our show but came up afterwards and compli­ mented us on our (performance. Can you picture us with our poor little show acually making a ripple in this pool? I can’t seem to realize it my­ self. This town is so ritzy it costs fifty cents for a shoe shine and that is no joke. We’re just beginning to recover from the worst flood in the history of the place. Roads are washed out all" round completely isolating us there, with no electricity, gas, telephone or telegraph communica­ tion and food stuffs are being ra­ tioned. But we’re tickled pink at being here and running into a movie star at every streets crossing. About fifty per cent, of the stars have winter homes here. When we move from lhere it will be to Los Angeles and from tlhere south to San Diego then up the ___ _____ ' coast as far as Frisco and then the past two years engaged on_the] double iback to Pihoenix where we Jarvis Record, returned to her: are planning a Dude ranch and home here Friday and left Monday ' trailer court to open this fall, those for Waterloo where she has accept- at least are the present plans, ed a position. I This district experienced the most severe and destructive wind storm I in many years on Good Friday and i a great deal , of damage .was done. I The damage done in Exeter and vi­ cinity will run. into thousands of dollars. Misses Gladys Ford and Ella Bak­ er, of Chatham Business College are home for the holidays. Mr. Fred'Wells left Tuesday for Edmonton with a load of onions for Mr. Johnston, of Hensail. Leon Treble who is engaged at the Times Office, met with a pain­ ful accident on Monday last. He •was engaged in running the Gorden press when in attempting to make an adjustment the index and second finger of the left hand were 'caught j in the machinery. I . ,A traveller going from Wingham sweeping through the desert. . w. _ ________o ’ ■Kxra.l’tr^ m-llac wp. fnnjrVif" fl. nfil along |the thein pony thrown out them, Missc 25 YElARS AGO Miss Weatherill, teacher, return­ ed Monday from a visit at her home in Wyoming, .as did also Miss Ed-1 mund after a visit at her home near Bly th. ' Miss Annie Sanders who has been ■to Exeter counted 514 barns unroof­ ed as seen from the train. Mrs. j6ihn Gould, of Hay, attempting to close the barn the day k>£ the wind storm in manner had her arm broken. Mr. Lutiher Reynolds and left Wednesday for Saskatoon; where he intends .remaining. while doors some 15 YEARS AGO „ Marlcth' 22, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Madge, of Usborne, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Tuesday by holding a family reunion. A happy event was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mirs. John Johns in Exeter, on Tuesday, tihe occasion being the fiftieth annivers­ ary of tlheir wedding. Mr. Wm. Brimacombe, of Exeter North, had tihe misfortune to slip on some ice and in falling fractured a bone in his left wrist. Mrs. E. A. Bennett and daughter, Mrs. Kelly, of Saskatchewan, who have been visiting with relatives in Exeter, left last week for tlheir home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Triebner, of Andrew St. had a close call on Wed­ nesday morning from being asphyx­ iated from coal |gas. Mr. Eli King, of Stephen, has purlchased the farm of Mr. Hy. Pfaff Jr., On the 3rd Con. of Stephen. Miss Edith Heideman, who has spent the past three months in T°- ronto, is visiting for a few days at her home here. Mr. Cliff Davis has resigned his position at Heaman’s Hardware and expects to leave shortly for Wind­ sor. Mr. Ern Davis slipped on the ice last week and sprained We knee and will foe confined to his home for a week or two. 1923 I A few Pays later a second letter J was received from Hollywood, Cal, •as follows: Here we are out here where the sun is supposed to shine every day on a land of abundance and health, a carefree happy state, and this is what we see. Floods leaving mud and debris of what once was flimsy houses; cars sunk to their roofs in sand and slush, where hundreds lost their lives by drowning in a sudden, unprecedented downpour that came down the ravines and gorges in a solid wall harrying, roads, "bridges and buildings along with them. We started out from Palm Springs a little community nestled beneath } a towering range. We ran right into the centre of a sand storm - For ! twelve miles we fought a head on whirling mass of dust and sand. This was followed by another deluge of rain all through the pass, where landslides left a bane path in places to scramble ’by. Orange groves, date palms and almond groves in full bloom were ripped up by the roots and floating debris was everywhere. Yo.u can’t imagine such a mess. We picked up a poor refugee who told us of losing his ba.by, but to quote his words, “I saved the old woman and two other kids.” .We liked Palm Springs greatly. It’s such an informal little place, ping in town shopping in sleeping .py­ jamas with a pair of cowboy boots; or an evening gown with a pair of moOcasins and a coolee hat. Any­ thing goes and " nobody cares. Movie stars are everywhere and can ibe easily and some are quite nice, true tihe prices of everything boosted away out of sight but if ha/ve anything to sell you get that much more for it so- it evens up after all. The trailer camp we are staying at here is ‘The Mission’ where every Friday night a number of the movie stars broadcast from the theatre belonging to the cam.p- and the girls are looking forward to seeing some more of these Hollywood luminaries in the flesh. Yes, yoiu'll simply have to see this western country before you settle do'wn to your wheel chair and car­ pet slippers and long green beard it’s poison though. You’ll never go met It’s are you *rAr' Mrs. smith, coming into the room “The canary is gone.” Maid: “Yes, ma’am, but it was here just when I was cleaning its cage with tihe vacuum cleaner.” Bronchitis May Prove Dangerous Do Not Neglect The Cough Get Rid Of It At Once Dear Mr. Editor": There are always two <sides to every question and if the retired farmer had given a thought for the days when he would be threescore years iplus ten and make a reason­ able preparation tor t|hem during his earlier life time, in the way of forming some innocent and pleasant hofofoy or bobbies, he would .enjoy the sunset of life entirely different­ ly to what he can now. That is why advanced ediucatio-n is teaching girls ant boys how to play, and especially play group games these days and also advises every woman and* man to form pleasant and congenial hobbies so that no matter how long one may live, life will never become a bore. ■But it is not too late yet to en­ joy these hobbies. I would strong­ ly advise the gentleman to join the shuffleboard club and he will at once be able to enjoy a pleasant evening every week and meet a fine lot of happy and cheerful new friends. Then ’there is lawn bowling for the summer, .but greater than these do not lose interest in tihe youth of the neighborhood; get a chum with some of tihe boys in your own block; ask them to explain the rules of hockey and baseball. A few dollars spent yearly in kites, baseballs, ibats and gloves, hockey skates, sticks and pucks, will return the greatest dividends yon ever receiv­ ed in yoiur life. Then with your knowledge of the fine points of these different games you have learned from these newly made boy chums you will understand and en­ joy these games as you never did before, Do not omit the rules of basketball and .badminton. We all feel and sympathise with you iii your loneliness but still we hope your years may be many more and your influence just as uplifting and far-reaching with your newly- made young companions as it was when you were the successful super­ intendent, wlhom we all loved and respected back in the good old Sun­ day iSchool. iSh "kindly take hold of your boot 'straps, lift your feet out of the r-ut, start life anew and what golden opportunities you still have ahead with tihe rising generation which means so much in these times of uncertainties and your life will be just as pleasant and useful as you wish it to be, and the shouts of laughter from the Arena one of Exe- eter’s prides, will 'be music in your . ears, instead of the pounding which they now are. In closing count yoiur many sings; give daily thanks to good Lord that you have enough of this world’s goods to retire. You have young and .cheerful company of your own to serve you and drive your automobile and that you are a Canadian living in Exeter, one of the garden spots .of Canada and that you are not living in the barren areas of the West, in Austria, .China or Spain. Truly the lines have fal­ len to you in pleasant places. .Signed a Citizen that is proud to live in Exeter where tike days nights are not long enough. To COMMUNICATION noise bles- your and the has the Centralia Old Boys Association: .1 have been informed tihat Centralia Old Boys Association still on hand about $250 the balance left over from the Old Boys Day in 1934 and so far they have not been able to decide wihat to do with this money. I would like to make a suggestion. There are three cem­ eteries in the vicinity jjf Centralia, one below Centralia, the others at and Eden. Much has been writtentof tihe way that tihe grounds of the earlier Fairfield said and burying Agony to Move Them When He Awoke “Flor three- years,” writes this City man, “I suffered with, pains across tihe lower part of my bad?. In the morning, I awoke with Knees so stiff that it was agony to move them, iSpe-cial treatment would make the pain a little easier*—but that was all. Then a friend recom­ mended Kruschen, which my doc­ tor said I might take. I began with about a coffee-spoonful first thina in the morning. To my surprise I found my rheumatic aches and pains disappearing, I kept ion with Kruschen, and although I am more than middle-aged, I have been free from pain for two years, and able to go to my office every day.” —A. W. ■Rheumatic conditions are often tihe result of an excess -of urlci acid in the foody. Two of the ingred­ ients iof Kruschen (Salts have the .power .of dissolving uric acid cry­ stals. /Other ingredients assist Nature to expel the dissolved cry­ stals through the natural channels, Some Echoes from the Once Prosperous Village of Rodgerville By Old Timer Your article in last week’s Times- Advocate recalls a few incidents worth telling. In it was mentioned the Rev. John Gray, the eloquent blacksmith, who spoke and preach­ ed so persistently against intemper­ ance. He believed he had good reason to do so because many of the early settlers were very fond of a “wee drappie.” However, many listened to him and the Rev. Mr. .Logie and became strong temperance advocates, espec­ ially among the younger generations and the women generail were de­ voted followers of total abstinence from intoxicating liquors. But among the pioneers a few "still were in sympathy with the good old times as the following incident reveals. One fine iold gentleman on the seventy-fifth anniversary of his birth .was so especially grateful that his life had been spared so long­ time he felt he should celebrate the occasion by going to town for the afternoon and asked his son David to Ihitch the horses*, to,,, the lumber wagon to take him and two of his cronies. David did so and the three old men had a glorious time. By the time they were ready to come home they were about “three sheets to wind” and David, the mischievous lad, thought lhe would play a trick upon them. They had to sat on a "plain board laid across the wagon box and he pulled this board so far ovex* tihat it had a very short hold on the othei’ side. Outside the town David urged the team to a brisk trot over a rough pe'ce of road and down went the three old men into the bottom of tihe box. Confusion, contsernation, ejaculations and helplessness followed until th& old gentleman cried out: “David, David, if only knew what you did* gie ye a trimmin’ ”, Mr. Tbos. 'Hyslop was smith and farmer. One wife fell into the well and his little daughter ran to tell him. His ex­ clamation was: “What in the world is she doing there?” History does not tell whether she was pulled out safely or not but we .presume she was as we should have heard of it. yoiur mither she would a folack- day Illis Tragedy The following story is told of an­ other iRodgerdte. Andrew Muir had been to Zurich with a Mr. MciShirry. It was a very cold night when t'hey were returning. Andrew lhad been drinking and McShirry offered to walk .home with him but Andrew refused to allow him. I-Ie insisted lie could get home all right. Each went Kis Own way, When Andrew Muir came to John MicEwen’s blush on the Zuricih road,, west of where pioneers have been neglected and I Hensall now stands, he decided to take the short cut home to Rodger­ ville through the bush. He had" gone but a short distance when he seemingly fell across a lying log and never got up. Bands of men were looking for ’him some days later before they found th'im frozen stiff. He was taken to his home, a sad home-coming patient wine is raging thereby we would like to ask what better could this surplus money foe put to than to foe divided among these three cemeteries either for the fix­ ing up of the foundations of the monuments, or the cairn to perpetuate the early pioneers. Centralia 'Old Boys contributed to this fund would glad­ ly see tihe money pint to such a pur­ pose. If such were done some of the former doubt gladly if the facts them. (Signed by ihg the cemeteries fixed up. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup Will Help Bring Relief A T. MILBURN C0„ LTD., PRODUCT ITflTTW ‘DSTHTHF Inside — Surface Satisfaction — Outside H. S. WALTER, A. SPENCER & SON, Exeter Hensall brick cottage still standing on the site of old Rodgerville. Mrs. Lamb was known far and wide as Auntie Lamb ’because she always gave short bread and cookies to every child that came to their home and -often a few were sent back to the small sisters and brothers of her callers who were left at home. ISIuch are a few of the reminis­ cences -of the almost forgotten Rod­ gerville. MODERN SAILORS SCORNS OLD-TIME SUPERSTITIONS The modern sailor (has few sup­ erstitions, according to skippers of the Canadian National Steamships plying between Halifax, Boston and the British West Indies. In square rigger days a sailor always wore a charm and was forever on the watch against evil omens. The drowning of a ship’s cat foretold catastrophe and if the captain stumbled on the gangplank, squalls woluld beset the voyage. But all that is gone, say the shippers of today, bailors will set sail on Friday -or any other day. building of a the memory of No doubt the and Girls wiho residents would no assist by contribution wore made known to ■one interested in see' the Evan- for the (Rev. ,E. Biurn, pastor of helical Cihlurch at Zurich past six years, is retiring from the ministry at the ©nd of the confer­ ence year in May. Mr. Burn, a former pastor of tihe Milverton Ev-lan.'genical chiurch, has decided to lo­ cate In Milverton. for his dear wife. How true it is, “that is is deceived a mocker, strong drink and whosoever is not wise.” not only its history, lived alone Mystery But Rodgerville had tragedy ibut mystery in Mr. 'Currie, a carpenter, in a house with an oiutside stairs, leading to the second storey, at least, I saw ’him descending that stairs one afternoon, as I passed through the village. He was known tor and widd® as “the man with the .big nose.” Many know al­ most nothing about his past, huge nose that disfigured ihds douibtless, made him reserved The face and THE FAMOUS RUBBING LINIMENT Rub on—pain gone. Get the new large econ­ omy size—Also avail­ able in smaller, regular size. » The successful man is one who can make money fasten than his women folks can spend it. PICOBACg__ pjpE ■■L TOBACCO !■■■ FOR A MILD,COOL SMOKE j “LET IRE TELL VOU IUHV 4 lllustratei—2-pajie»£cr Master De Lstxe Business Coupe [HEUROLET PERFECTED , ^BRAKES GENUINE ROOMIER VALVE­FISHER J.KNEE­ALL-SILENT IN-HEAD NO-DRAFT ACTION*ALL-STEEL BODIES ENGINE VENTILATION “WE LOOKED at all the low-priced cars ... but one ride in the new Chevrolet and the whole family agreed, ‘Here’s our carl’ “Of course, we all fell in love with the style of it at a glance. 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