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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-08-18, Page 1Sixty-Fourth Year I SUDDEN DEATH OF JAMES WEEKES short Ave„ of compelling the people to their command, by ashing vote again and again, We think this of the School Ethel Falls, Men’s Straw Hats, Wash & Flannel Trousers HATS .fl.OO — FLANNEL TROUSERS at $3.75 — WASH TROUSERS $1.69 ceases. Yours very truly, S. M. Sanders ESTABLISHED 1873 EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18th 1938 J f 1 Growing Girls* White Sandals, on sale at $1.50 per pair. White Oxfords with Black Trim at $1.75 per pair. Women’s One-Strap White Shoes, low heels at $1.75 per pair. Wpjmen’s White Oxfords, A to EE widths at $2.00 per pair. Women’s Pumps end Fancy One-Strap s at $1.75 per pair. Men’s White Buck or Calf Oxfords at $2.50 per pair. Men’s Two-Tone, Brown and Elk Oxfo rds at $2.25 per pair. The above White Shoes for, women and girls are mostly medium and low heels and excellent values for either street or house wear. We haven’t all sizes but there*are all sizes in the lot. Boys’ Khaki Shirts on Sale 75c up to age 14 Child’s Khaki play suits at 50c. Children’s dresses 2 to 6 years at 50c. Women’s blouses sizes 14 to 40, regular price $1.00 to $1.50 at 50c each. Boys’ wash suits at 29c to 50c. ' ' ‘ ■ M “ fit ' New Fall Monarch Yarns The new shades are here for Fall and Winter knitting. Come in and see the new colors. William’s Farm Boots at $2.95 Leather or Panco soles, genuine retah leather, great value. Also split work boots at $2.25 pair. , Special Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday Concentrated Super Suds 1 small pkg. free with 1 large ...... smallQ ......pkg. wV Quaker Puffed Wheat O nlrtrc 17f A Hot Weather Favorite « P* • ** per tin 24c 1 RINSO ► Excellent V alue Keen’s Mustard 1-4 lb. tins, Special for 20c !1,VBO22r, i>kg.*6C New Clover Honey............... Pails 50c & $1 Comb Honey, per square .........................25c Peanut Butter In, Bulk, best brands 2 lb. 25c Welch’s Grape Juice 16 oz. Bottles ........ Pickling Cucumbers Procured to your order each 27c 25c to 75c Your Superior Store t JUST ARRIVED The new 1939 Model of a Findlay Stove, Streamlined and Modern in all its ways. See the new features of this outstanding Stove Free Applier with every can of HAWE’S FLOOR GLOSS—Quarts 98c.—-Pints S9c Free Bottle of Polish with every TWO LBS. OF’ HAWE’S FLOOR WAX ASK FOR NU-WALL, THE WASHABLE PAINT JSeeColors 40 & 60 WATT ELECTRIC BULBS-ilOc. EACH PAINT IS DOWN IN PRICE For Best Results Use LOWE BROS. HIGH STANDARD' PAINTS ' feed, is down in price Traquair’s Hardware .................. ' ' " , . .trill,, ..j'l.-f . .. , TINSMITHING Mr. add ■ Mrs, L.i < Battersby,---Nat add leobelk -Mr. r Wesley. .Heywood and Miss Bessie has returned after holidaying ab Shelbyville^ iftdw z’ Thd‘>moment-‘sidewalk on the east I side of Main street from ’ the Chey- ^roiet7 garage 18- H-ti'rori ■ etrdbt-‘ was / taken tff> 'dhd relaid -during the' past f week. - The crossing On tile west I side of Maid Street at Norfo Street ^was Also reiaid.' ........... R. G. Seldon Improving Mr, R.?tx. Sb^bh, who sufferedj a serious relapse, following,.thp opera5- tion ift Victoria ' Hdepltal, LbfrdOh, and. Whose condition ’ been ‘ quite critical during the past shown a r remarkable] . Vitality ’ and hopes aro-how hold for his. recovery1. Mrs. Now&htr returned* the fif§t';'Ot the week to her home in Kingston, Enviable Position. James Weekes, a prominent resi­ dent of Exeter for many years, died suddenly at his home Monday even­ ing in his 78th year. Mr, Weekes was around during the day and par­ took of the evening meal. At eleven o’clock he was stricken suddenly and passed away, lie, -however, had known for some time that his heart was not in good condition. The de­ fused was one of Exeter’s foremost citizens and resided here for .over 60 years. He was born at Ft. Erie, on October 23rd, i860. For many years Mr. Weekes was associated with his brother the late W, D, Weekes, in foe monumental business retiring 19 years ago. For years he was a member of the Exeter Library Board and also chairman of the Ex­ eter Cemetery Board but it was as chief of tile Exeter Fire Department that Mr. Weekes was best known, he having been a member for over 50 years.. He had t in his possession numerous trophies, won in competi­ tion in the days before motorized fire fighting apparatus came into use. He was chief or the brigade at the time of his death. He is sur­ vived by his bereaved widow, whose ■piaiden name was Laura Bucking­ ham, also two sisters, .Annie and Minnie at home. Three nephews also survive, Frank Weekes, of Ham­ ilton; Clifford Spackman, of Guelph and Earl Spackman, of Tweed. The funeral, private ,was held from, the home Wednesday afternoon and in the absence of Rev.- Mr. Page, pastor of the James St. chuiich, of which the deceased was a^n adherent, the service was conducted by Rev. D, C. Hill. The bearers were Messrs. Ed. Treble, J. Norry, W. Cunningham, L. Day, Sr., Geo-. Layton and Thos. Pryde. (Interment took place in the Exeter cemetery. WEDDINGS Gibbs-Kestle A lovely but. quiet wedding took place in Giles Bld. United Church parsonage when foe Rev, Mr. Far­ rell united in marriage Edith Qliv- ina, second eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry John Kestle, Exeter to Mr. Harold Sydney Gibbs, of Windsor. The bride looked lovely in a navy blue dress wearing white accessories. She was assister by her sister Ilena' Kestle and her uncle, Mr. Harley Sanders, of Windsor, formerly of Exeter. After a trip they will reside on Hall Windsor. Cook-Hancock The quiet marriage of Mrs. Schram Hancock, of Niagara N.Y., and Mr. Harold Cook, son of Mr. Wm, Cook, of this place, was solemnized at the United church par­ sonage, Hagprsville, on Monday, August 15th, at 5 p,m., by Rev. Earle S. Lautenschlager, in the pres­ ence of the immediate relatives. The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Staley. (Following the cere­ mony a wedding supper was served at the home of the bride’s sister Mrs. E. Staley, also of Hagersville. Mr. and Mrs. Cook will reside in Hensail, and engage in the grocery business there. The Times-Advo- cate joins the. many friends in con­ gratulations. ENDORSATION We, the following members of the 'Board of Education ‘agree with the opinion of R, N« Creech, Chairman, of the Board, as expressed by him in a communication to the Times- Advocate and the ratepayers in last week’s issue of the paper. We feel, particularly, as a board that the new course as outlined by the Department is very practical. It will be of particular value to the boy 01 igirl who intends attending High School for two or three years only. We also feel that should we fail to provide for the new course we shall loose a large proportion of our coun-. try pupils. The loss of any great number of these pupils would result in a serious lowering of icounty grants. Without these grants it would be difficult for the Exeter High School to maintain the high aca­ demic standard which it now enjoys. Signed C, V. Pickard F, J. Delbridge J. M, Sou-thcott J. Willis W. H. Dearing Geo. Lawson Wm. May A. O. Elliot Roxie E. Beavers sound very democratic to say the least. We would like to ask why foe Municipal Board required a vote from the people if when the people had. given their mandate at the polls the School Board would assume the attitude bow to them to cannot Board as a whole, as they are elect­ ed to do the will of the people and when they do this their responsibil­ ity COMMUNICATION 272 Salem Avenue Toronto, Aug. 15, '38 the Editor, AUTO ACCIDENT I I Miss Evelyn Clark, o'f Goderich, a former teacher of the Centralia School has accepted the position of Critic teacher on the teaching, staff of the Ottawa Model School. Miss Clark was chosen for this appoint­ ment by the Department of Educa­ tion in Ottawa and it came as a great surprise to her as this position is the highest available to any public school teacher. Operations for Appendicitis Mr. Thos. Cowart^ of Lumley, un­ derwent an operation for appendici­ tis .at the Seaforth Hospital on Mon­ day, Mr. Charles Johns, of Exeter, formerly y of Usboriie, underwent an operation for appendicitis at $t. Jo­ seph’s Hospital, London, Wednesday morning. s Mrs, Ei’neSt Willardj of the High­ way south of Exeter, underwent an operation for appendicitis in Victoria HOspith.1, London, Monday evening and is doing as* well as can be "ex­ pected. ' The Flower Show Exeter Horticultural Society' The hatjB 110, ’ members , this year ' gnd their slogan for th® , Flower .Show on Saturday is “Every ..Member a The Society wishes to* On Saturday evening cars driven by Dr. Ross, dentist, of London and Albert Sherry, of Hay township, col­ lided head-on on Highway No. 4 opposite Dr. Moir’s farm, a mile south of Hensail, Dr. Ross, report­ ed to be travelling .fast on his way to Lion’s Head, foiled to notice a foam and wagon, the latter without a light, that was travelling north re­ turning home after stook threshing for a neighbor.and had only a few rods to go on the highway, To pre­ vent hitting the wagon Dr. Roes jammed on the brakes and swerved to the left and when about 15 to 20 yards from foe wagon collided head- on with the Sherry car going south, ijr. Ross had his lights dimmed out of courtesy to the on-coming car and this added to the difficulty of see­ ing foe wagon ahead sooner than he did. Dr. Ross was" removed to Dr. .Moir’s Hospital having, received a fracture of his knee-cap. Mr. Sherry was removed to the Seaforth Hos­ pital having suffered a fractured toe injury to his knee and a .bad shaking up. His foot was placed in a plaster cast. Both cars were badly damaged The team was driven by Frank For­ rest and belonged to Dr. Mo-ir, Traf­ fic Officer Wm. Robinson investigat­ ed the accident and is placing a charge against Forrest for not carry­ ing a light and against Dr. Ross for reckless driving. Display. make ft clear that the Flower Show is1 held for the edmehtioh’ and tmi- joymciit for alt within its reach; Uhd, hope £l|at all .possible will make ’a' Special effort to see ..the, display ,.pn Saturday.- .afternoon, or event w “The very firet discovery Of beau* 'ty striked thC^mind#- With aft iftWafd afid ^prddda a eh'dferfoiftdsa and delight forotigih’ au 1U ’ 'faeuitioe.'*'—* Addisbri, p LAID TO REST Pearce-Anderson The marriage of Olive Lillian An­ derson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Anderson, of Ashfield,■ to Mr. Charles Clayton Pearce, son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Pearce, of Exeter, was solemnized at ■the United church parsonage, Lucknow, on 11th. ed- The bride biege chiffon with Parisand and carried a bouquet of bronze Token tended by her sister, Miss Jean An­ derson, gowned in Paris tan sheer. Mr. .William Geddes, of Exeter, was groomsman. After a motor trip to Muskoka and Algonquin Park, Mr. and Mrs. Pearce will reside in Holmesville. The funeral of the late Doris Sal­ ter, was held from the family resi­ dence, James St.,. Thursday after­ noon of last week. Rev,. R. C. Cope­ land led in prayer and foe funeral oration Was delivered by Rev. D. McTavisli, of London, a former pas­ tor. ,A> quartette was sung by Miss Helen Penhale, Reta Rowe, Mrs, T. Coates and Mrs. B. Ellsmere with Mr. W. R. Gouldinig as accompanist. The floral offerings were exception­ ally beautiful and numerous and re­ quired four automobiles to convey them to the cemetery. Miss Salter, who was in her 2 7 to year, was high­ ly esteemed by a ■ wide f circle of friends. The bearers were Earl and Wilfred ' Shapton, Harry Odle, Wm. E, Balkwill, Wm. Ellerington and Hugh Gould.' Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were' Mr, John Balter# of Windsor; Mr. add Mrs. Alfred Walter, of Lon­ don; Mr. and Mrs, Harry Gould, of Windsor and Mr, and Mrs. Hugh Gould, of Mitchell, , . W I I iiMitlinJ./ )|| » LEAVING FOR TORONTO was church ija.iBuuia.5c, Wednesday, August Rev. James Wilkins officiat- of in wore a gown accessories roses. Shq was at- 3ARN BURNED WHEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING The large frame barn on the grass farm of-Mr. John Herdman, 7th con­ cession of Usborne, was totally des­ troyed by fire when struck by lightn­ ing during a heavy electrical and rain storm Wednesday evening of last | week.Y The farm is situated about! three and a. half miles south of Elim- ville and the barn was ignited fol­ lowing a very vivid flash of lightn­ ing. The flames from the building could be seen for many miles and at­ tracted many persons to the scene as the fire occurred shortly after eight o’clock. ^Threshing operations had been .completed only a day or so be­ fore the fire and the grain and hay were destroyed.^ Mr. Herdman lives on a farm a short distance away. The storm was quite heavy and a number of hydro poles were blown down. MONEY STOLEN Sometime between Saturday morn­ ing and Tuesday morning someone entered the home of Mr. Chris. Luker and stole $38.00 from a wallet in his cash box. On Saturday Mrs. Luker withdrew a one dollar bill from the wallet and on Tuesday morning when she again went to the wallet it was empty. Chief Worry was notified and investigated foe robbery. As Mrs. Luker had not been away from the place during that time it is believed that entrance must have been made to the home through the back door while Mrs. Luker bad been sitting on the front verandah, Th© cash box was kept in their bbdroom and the robbery is evidently the work of someone who knew of its whereabouts. / Miss Leola Johns, Who has been employed at the Soutlicott Bros, store has resigned her tuition and has accepted d‘pbsitidh id Toronto, On Saturday evening. "^i'ter ihe clos* jigg of til,e storey given |>iiss Jqjins by the .proprietors and ■Staff, v Refreshments. . were Served and Miss Johns wad ipfesi&nted with h' fitted oy$t’iHglifob&g, ishe*ls spend* Ing this tyeek ht Grand Betid before Lhceeptidg her new position. MOVED TO WINGHAM ^Tdr. wm. Kress, who for the past eleven years has been on the staff of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, has been appointed acco-unlant of the Wingham Brandi and leaves at once for his now position.^ Mrs. Kress and three children will follow in a short time. 4 Mr. M. Haskett, of the parkhill Brahch, has been trans­ ferred to the Exeter branch^ Mr.' and Mrs. Kress have made maiiy friends while in. Exeter and the best wishes of all will follow their how home. them to The Exeter Lion’s Club strtimentkl in the removal tonsils from three local-school chil­ dren last week. These tonsils' were removed upon the advice of a. spec­ ialist following the examination4 for defective vision. wete ot in* tlie communication To the Editor of the Tijnes-Advocate and to the Ratepayer’s of the Vil­ lage of Exeter: re Exeter’s Pro­ posed New School This question, like many others, has two sides; the theoretical side and the practical side. The writer of the article on this subject appearing in the Times-Advocate of Aug. 11th is very ably written from the theo­ retical point of view. The basis or first principle of en­ tering into the production of any- foing is the presence of an unsup­ plied demad. Before embarking in­ to such a competitive field we must ask ourselves what will happen, to quote his words, “when, all Collegiate Institutes and High Schools prepare two class rooms for the purpose— first teaching . boys sihop work or manual training, and second, girls in home economics or domestic science. 'Of the latter I have noth­ ing to say. Again I ask what will happen when all foeSe High Schools and Collegiate- Institutes turn out their quota of half trained mechanics to join the ranks of the tens of thousands of unemployed now seek­ ing work or demanding unemploy­ ment insurance. Tihe function of the High School i is to give the ground work in educa­ tion necessary for any and every vo­ cation but it is not the function of this tion the may is the University for the professions and arts, there is the 'city Technical School where there is a competent staff of teachers and the most mod­ ern facilities to teach the various industrial trades, and a thorough training is given and the students graduate from that school with a diploma certifying that they are skilled artisans. The writer of the article before referred to, well said, “(Later some of the larger high schools began to teach some of these subjects in a more or less haphazard kind of way.” Quoting again in an­ other place he said, “In foe mean­ time plans have been .prepared and tea'chers engaged who, besides other subjects, can teach shop work.” How could the results be other than hap­ hazard from, leached teach in the highest the sea why one High School will go out doctors, lawyers, merchants, butchers, bak­ ers, farmers, blacksmiths, sailors, engineers! and a dozen other callings in life. Now as to the cost of the under­ taking, Thgre have been some mis­ leading statements in the .past qnn- cerning the cost ot our municipal un­ dertakings. A statement has been made that the two new rooms in question will only cost the ratepay­ er who has 1000 dollars assessment 80 icents per year, how ichn this be with the town’s assessment of $S50,* 86'5 and the annual debenture and interest $1340.11. Is it not over $1.60 on 1000 dollars assessment. Wli®n are we going to learn that ■ government grafts and county grants are to be paid by ourselves in taxes. Ih we get out of paying for these things as easily as we .are led to be­ lieve, how is it that we ihave a de­ benture debt at the present time nf $5'5,537.120 of'which we will have U pay the last cent. How can the waterworks be called’self-sustaining, 1 iWhdn ths people of Exeter ‘ t>ay eVety cent of Its cest. • tflfo ninth reason given ‘should vote for the by-law To The Times-Advocate, Exeter, Ontario Dear Sir,— Would it be possible to have space in your valued paper for a comment upon the school question now before the citizens of Exeter? The question before the townsfolk concerning the school, is' one that . should have the most earnest consid­ eration of all ratepayers. Many are the advantages (I hope everyone has read the enlightening article in last. | week’s issue by Mr. Creech) to be gained by the addition of the extra courses of training, and should b® viewed, not froim the angle of im­ mediate or deferred costs, but from the benefits to our young people, in later years. Looking at this from the observations of a 'city dweller where such courses have been the prescribed for several years, and knowing young folk who have dir­ ectly benefited as a result of sueb training, the advantages far out­ weigh any thought of financial bur­ den, Were I a resident of Exeter, my old home town, of which I am. more than proud, and dearly love, T would support to the limit such a proposal as is soon to- be voted on. In fact, I will be glad to pay my por­ tion of taxation necessary to support the cost of erection of building and maintaining same in the interests of many who are preparing for life and all others who will follow. Trusting that I will be able to read a favor­ able report of the vote, in your es­ teemed paper, I remain yours for the best interest of “my home town.” R. FRANK JOHNS institution to finish the educa- of any student necessary to fill profession or calling students cihoose for his life work. There who might efficiency in would be at Then again school room who in a work shop. teach mannual training only, or vocational subject. * From the have to -why wo difok not the ar- tlie the COMMUNICATION To the Editor of the Times-Advocate Dear Editor,— Please gram me a little more space in your valuable paper so that I may amplify my remarks of last week in regard to the proposed building ef rooms in which, to teach , manual training and home economics as we are required to do by the De­ partment of Education of the Prov­ ince of Ontario. It should be borne in mind at all times that the idea of teaching these subjects does not or­ iginate with the Exeter Board of Education. If the Board proposed to teach the subjects without being required to do so by the Department, there might be some argument as to foe wisdom of doing so. Although I doubt it, because those subjects are already being taught in some of the other Provinces of Canada, as well as in many of the States to the south of us, and in the more progres­ sive countries of Europe. However, if there is an argument against teaching of these subjects, the gument should take place in Provincial Legislature, where idea originated as far as this Prov­ ince is concerned. As long as we have a Public or a High School it is our duty as rate­ payers and as a School Board to fol­ low the reqiirememts of toe Depart­ ment of Education, The Department requires that we should teach these subjects, with others, as prescribed in the. Course of Study. Then it is the duty of toe School Board to pro­ vide the accommodation and the equipment. In the case of these two subjects—-manual training and home economics — the Department offers to pay a general portion of the cost of both accommodation and equipment as previously explained. If the vote is not favorable, then it would appear toat we must try again. We may think this is an un­ fortunate position to be placed in. Nevertheless St is a fact that can­ not be disputed. Then why. should we ^'aste the people’s tnohey by vot­ ing ihofe than diieet tn saying ibis I am only making an endeavoi* to make thg position of foe Board cleat, ff the Department says “Yes” and the people Should say “No” then the only thing for the Board to do would be to fry to get the people to change foelr minds. ' The education that a pupil gets ih school is only the beginning of his training in life. To teach manual training In a school is only fo teach i (Continued on page tour.)