HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-08-25, Page 1BURIED IN EXETERrFINAL CLEARING OF
..SUMMER DRESSES..
We still have a good range of Summer Dresses for Ladies,
Misses and Girls. These are being offered at real bargain
prices to clear in a hurry.
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Girl’s Dresses, 2 to 5 years, on sale at 50c. each
Summer Play Suits, Shorts, Rompers, etc. at bargain prices
Ladies’ and Misses’ Summer Blouses on sale at 50c. and $1
Special Knitting Yarn at 10c a ball
We have a new 4-ply knitting yarn for Fall called Braeside.
Colors. Beautiful soft quality, for Sweaters, Suits, Afgans, Etc.
have seen at 10c a ball.
MONARCH SPECIAL—A few colors left of this 4-fIy yarn on sale at 8c a ball.
MONARCH KNITTING BOOKS NOW IN STOCK FOR FALL
A large range of
The best value we
25 per cent, off all Bathing Suits
for Ladies, Men and Children
Big B and Snag Proof Work Shirts for Men and Boys
We do not know of any value to equal these two lines of work shirts. Large sizes,
well made, triple stitched. See our men’s special shirts at 79c each.
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Men’s Fancy Ankle Socks to clear at 15c. a pair
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Guaranteed Cotton Crepe, Half Price
2 Webs Serpentine Crepe. Guaranteed not to lose its Crepe effect. 32 inches wide
to clear at half price 25c yard.
Special Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Aylmer Canned Peaches O 9*?r
Choice Quality No. 2 tins ....« 1U1
Helmet Corned Beef O i’ 9^r
Special Value at .....................*■* UH5 mJL
Hilcresst Lard 9 9*>i*
or ’ Shortening, lib. pkgs........1UI
Sugar Crisp Corn Flakes 9 rklrrre
jneguiar Size ......................U ptkgd.
Orange Marmalade 9^n
St. William’s 32 oz. jars ......“dCH mJC
Corn Syrup Beehive or 5 10 /»q
Crown Brand ............. lb. O I lb.
Aylmer Catsup 9fnr 97r
12 oz. Bottles ......................... £1U1 U It
Libby’s Pork and Beans Q £A|I 9Cz»
Barge Tins .........................................1UI
I Ph... 32 Jones & May Your
Superior
Store
Why Pay More For Feed?
Chick Growing Mash, per Cwt. ...........................................$2.00
Hen Laying Mash, per Cwt................................................... 2.30
Pig Concentrate per Cwt.......................................................... 2.10
Hen Concentrate, per Cwt ...............'..... 2.90
We specialize in high grade tinsmithing and plumbing. See
us for furnace work, evetrough, tanks, water softeners,
blowers for furnaces, etc.
If your chicks are bothered with Range Paralysis, Coccidiosis
and Enteutis use Purena Nik Tonic and watch the amazing
results.__________________________________________________
PURINA CATTLE SPRAY IN BULK, Imp. Gal..........$1.35
LUNCH BOX AND THERMOS BOTTLE ..................... 94c
PRESERVING KETTLES, all sizes ................... 40c to $2.75
NEW LOW PRICES ON PAINT
Traquair’s Hardware
AGENTS FOR N W IDEA FURNACES
TINSMITHING PLUMBING
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. May and Attend Funeral
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Decoration Service
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ZION CEMETERY
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28th, 1938
at 2 p.m.
Guest Speakers: Rev. Mr. Hunt
and Mr. B. W. F. Beavers, of
Exeter
Special Music from London
New Drinking Fountain
At the Exeter Council meeting on
Monday evening it was decided Jto
erect a public drinking fountain at
the corner in front of the public
library.
•Operation for Appendicitis
Miss Helen Flynn, who has been
employed at Middleton’s Bakery, un
derwent an operation for appendici
tis at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Loudon,
Tuesday evening.
Marjorie returned home the latter
part of last week after holidaying
for twO' weeks the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. F. K. Matthews aboard their
yacht at Alexander Bay and cruising
the Thousand Islands.' Mr. Warren
May, who With Mr. Art Gaiser, en
joyed a motor trip to Montreal and
Quebec, remained with Mr. and Mrs.
Matthews on the way home and
spent last week aboard the yacht.
Among those who attended ne
funeral of the late James Weekes
on Wednesday of last week were
Frank Weekes, of Hamilton; Evan
McDonald, of Guelph; Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Weekes and son, Dr. A. R. Kins
man, Mrs, Samuel Milroy and Miss
Violet Gambrill, of London, besides
several relatives from Lambeth, The
members of the Exeter Fire Brigade
• attended the service in a body.
GOWER—FOX
A pretty wedding took place at
St. John’s Anglican church, Sarnia,
on August 17th, when Mrs. Mary
Fox, of Ruthven, was united in mar
riage to Mr. Herman S. Gower, of
Sarnia. The bride’ wore a suit of
navy sheer with accessories to match
and a corsage of red roses. The
young couple were attended by Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Forshee, also Of
Sarnia. After the ceremony the
Wedding party was entertaihed by
members of the Optimist Club, of
which the groom is president elect.
Following a fish and chicken dinner
at the Blue Water Inn the happy
couple left for a motor trip to Mon
treal and Quebec City. On their
return they will reside on Russel St.
N., in Sarnia.
UPPER SCHOOL RESULTS
In Upper iSchool results of Exeter1
High School were again very satis
factory. In only one paper, Eng
lish Literature did the candidates
find much difficulty while in Com
position, French Authors and French
Composition taught r.y the same
teacher, the percentage of passes
was high, in French Authors 13 of
14 being successful. In Modern
History, 10 of 42 passed. In Mathe
matics 80 per cent, passed, in the
lattei’ all 9 being successful. In Bi
ology, Chemistry and Botany with
9 out of 9, Zoology with 7 out of
8 and Chemistry with 9 out of 12,
very satisfactroy work -was done.
The Latin class, too, made a good
showing.
In all there were 36 in first class
honours (75 per cent, or better); 29
in second class (66-74 per cent.) 15
in 3rd (60-65 per cent.) and there
were 5 6 credits. Less than thirty of
the 138 passes were granted on
teachers certificates. The 138 in
cludes 2 papers which will be firsts
or seconds and not yet reported.
■Special mention should be made
of Donald L. Oestricher who made
eleven firsts on eleven attempts, all
on the written tests while Eileen
Lewis also wrote all her papers and
obtained 5 firsts, 2 seconds and 2
thirds.
Those marked with an asterisk
passed in all subjects tried.
♦Amy, Dorothy, Lit. 2nd.
Atkinson, J. Barbara, Hist. 1st;
Trig. '2nd, Bot. 2nd, Zooi. 1st, Chem.
Cr,, Lat. A. 2nd, Fr. A. 2nd, Fr.
Comp. Cr.
♦Beckler, Grace, Comp. Cr.
Borland, Mary, Hist. 3rd, Trig. Cr
Bot. 'Cr., Zool. 2nd, Fr. A. Cr.
Buswell Edwin E., Alg. 1st, Geom.
3rd, Trig. 3rd, Phys. 2nd, Chem. 1st
Fr. A. 3rd, Fr. Comp. Cr.
Christie, Laverne, Comp. 2nd.
Dinney, .Robert, Alg. Cr., Trig. Cr.
Phys. 2nd.
Elliott, Mildred, Lit. 2nd.
♦Follick, Pauline, Trig. Cr., Bot.
Cr., Zool. Cr., Lat. A. Cr., Lat. C.
Cr., Fr. A. 1st, Fr. Comp. Cr.
F.uke, .‘Stewart. Geom. 1st, Trig.
1st., Phys. Cr., Chem. 2nd, Fr. A.
Cr.
Gaiser, Myrtle, Lit. Cr., Bot. 3rd.
Gladman, Marion, Alg-. 2iid,;., Geom,.
Cr.; Phys. Cr.; |Fr. A. Cr.; Fr. C 2nd
♦Haberer, Mildred, Comp. Cr.;
Lit. Cr.
Harvey, Doris, Hist. 'Cr.; Lat. A.
Cr.; Fr. A. 1st; Fr. C. 1st.
Hern, Laurene, Comp. Cr.
Hern, Margaret, Comp. Cr.
■ *Hogart)h, Betty, Comp. 1st, Lit.
1st.
Howey, Lome, Geom. Cr.; Trig. 2;
Phys, list; Chem. 2nd.
Johns, Dorothy, Alg. 2nd; Trig.
Cr.; Bot. 3rd; Fr. A. 2nd; Fr. C.
Cr.
Johns, Hazel, Comp. Cr.
♦Klumpp, Howard, Hist. 2nd;
Trig. 1st; Chem. Cr.; Fr. A. Cr.; Fr.
C. Cr.
♦Kydd, Ethel, Comp 2nd; Lit. Cr.
♦Lewis, Eileen, Hist. 1st; Geom.
1st; Trig. 3rd; Bot. 1st; Zool. 1st;
Lat. A. 2nd; Lat. Comp. 2nd; Fr. A.
3rd; Fr. Comp. 1st.
McKenzie, Jean, Hist. Cr.; Bot.
2nd; Zool. 1st; Fr. A. 3rd; IFr. C.
Cr.
♦Oestricher, Donald, Comp. 1st;
Hist. 1st; Alg. ’1st; Geom. 1st; Trig.
1st; Bot. 1st; Zool. 1st; Phys. 1st;
Chem. 1st; Lat. C. 1st; Fr. C. 1st.
♦Pooley, Marion, Comp. 1st; (Lit.
1st.
♦Prouty, Phyllis, Hist. Cr.; Geom.
Cr.; Trig. Cr.; Bot. Cr.; Zool. 3rd;
Fr. A 2nd; Fr. Comp. Cr.
♦Prouty, Stewart, Lit. Cr.
♦Koppel, Hope. Hist. Cr.; Alg. 2nd
Geom. 2nd; Chem. Cr.; Lat. A. Cr.;
Lat. C. 2nd; Fr. A. Cr.; Fr. C. 2nd.
♦iRussell ,Patricia, Comp. Or.
♦Sims, nabelle, Comp. Cr.
iSnell, Grace, Comp. Cr.
♦Taylor, Grant, Comp. 1st.; Lit.
1st.
Van Camp, Irene, Hist. Cr.; Alg.
3rd; Geom. 1st; Trig. 2nd; Phys. 3rd
Chem. Cr.; Fr. A. 3rd.
♦Walper, Helen, Trig. 3rd; Phys.
3rd.
♦Webb, llene, Comp. Cr.; Lit. Cr.
Wilson, William, Phys. Cr.; Chem.
Cr.
♦Winer, Donald, Comp. Cr.; Lit.
2nd.
McKinnon, Archie, Lit. 2nd.
♦pelbridge, Ralph, Comp, and Lit.
standing not yet received.
-Outside candidates—-
♦Mr«s. Clarissa Manore, Comp 3rd;
Lit. 2nd; Hist. 2nd; English 3rd hon.
♦Wag*horn, Ray, Bot. 3rd.
BY-LAW CARRIES
Majority of 70 for Proposed New
School
X’he voting on the By-law to raise
fifteen thousand dollars by deben
tures in order to pay the municipal
ity’s share of the erection of a new
building in connection with the Exe
ter High School for the teaching of
shop work and home economics was
held Monday and was carried by a
majority of seventy^, Each polling
division gave a majority for the by
law. Members of the Board of Ed
ucation were out working most of the
day drawing votes to the polls. The
total vote was 195 for and 125 votes
against. The vote by polls was as
follows:
Poll For Against
1 54 40
2 68 38
3 55 40
4 18 7
I 195 125
The next step will be to secure
the approval of the Ontario Muni
cipal Board for the raising of the
debentures. This the Board of Ed
ucation have every reason to believe
will be granted without delay. The
plans for the new building have been
approved by the Department of Ed
ucation and in all probability tend
ers will be called in the near future.
It is hoped to have the building
ready for the beginning of next
year.
ENOS HERDMAN LOSES
BARN BY FIRE
Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Bradshaw and
David, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Kirkland
and Malcolm, of Elimville, were vis
itors on Sunday, August the 21st,
with Mr. and Mrs. Enos Herd
man, near Varna. While tea was
being prepared, the boys were play
ing on the barn floor and noticed
smoke issuing from the hay mow.
They ran to the house and told the
others, but the fir'e gained such
headway that nothing could be done
to save the contents of the barn
which contained considerable hay
and several hundred bushels of
grain. A large flock -of chickens
were in the stable and the men suc
ceeded in getting them out. The
origin of the fire is a mystery as
there was no lightning and the boys
had nothing with which to start a
fire. The loss will be 'Considerable,
although Mr. Herdmana carried in
surance on barn and contents. It
seem strange for two brothers to lose
a barn by fire in such a short time,
as it’s only 10 days since Mr. John
Herdman had a barn burnt.
The funeral of the late Arnold M.
Taylor, a native of Usborne, and a
former resident of Granton, who
died in Detroit Thursday, August
18th, was held Monday with inter
ment in the Exeter cemetery, The
deceased was a son of the late Mr,
and Mrs. Robert* Taylor and was
born in 1893. Seventeen years ago
he went to Detroit where he died
suddenly from a heart attack. Mr.
Taylor was a graduate of the School
of Science, University of Toronto,
and had been employed as lighting
engineer for a Detroit lamp com
pany. He was a member of the So
ciety of Automotive Engineers. Sur
viving are his w’ife, Blanche Vincent
Taylor, one son Robert, two sisters,
Mrs. Morley Wass, of Granton and
Mrs. McGillivray Knowles, of Alma
College, St. Thomas. Mr. Hector
Taylor of town is a first cousin.
Accidents
'Clair Towle, of Usborne, put- the
little finger of his left hand out of
joint Saturday when he fell from a
load of grain. The finger was set
in a splint.
Grant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nel
son Stanlake, of Hay, suffered in
juries to his right arm •when it be
came caught in a manure spreader.
Several stitches were required to
close the 'wound,
EXETER COUNCIL
A regular meeting of the Muni
cipal council was held with all the
members present. The minutes of
the meeting held August 8th were
read and adopted on motion of Tuck-
ey and Dignan. Carried.
Mr. D. A .Gordon, of the Exeter
Lumber Company, addressed the
council regarding tax arrears of the
Huron Lumber Co. for the years
1933-1934. The 'council granted
consideration.
Mr. Rueben McInnis asked if he
could purchase a couple of the high
wheels of one of the old hose reels.
Referred to the Fire Department.
„ report of the admittance of
Mr? George Andrews to St. Joseph’s
Hospital, London, was read and the
Reeve was instructed to sign the
same.
A letter from the Workmen’s Com
pensation Board, Toronto, regarding
Municipalities Responsibility in re
gards to employees was read and
ordered filed.
The members of Council reported
upon their inspection of the old race
way at the dam and feel that the re
moval of the old brick building is
really the cause of the danger (point
and as the building was removed by
the order of the Public Utilities
Commission, they^are responsible for
the repairs and for placing the same
in a safe condition. Would ask for
a joint meeting with members off the
Public Utilities Commission at an
early date to consider the matter.
The members of council after in
specting the construction and re
placement of the banking for the ad
dition to the dam were well pleased.
The council recommend the clean
ing of the open water way from the
Supertest property east to Huron St.
and to fill all holes with stones and
cement.
Per May and Southcott: That the
tender of J. A. Traquair for the
drinking fountain be accepted. Car.
Per Southteott and May: That we
accept the offei’ of the Huron Lum
ber Company for the tax arrears of
the Huron .Lumber Company for the
the year 1933-193 4. Said sum being
$201.73. Carried.
The following list of accounts were
read and ordered paid. Fred Kerr,
tile $l|8’.50; W. C. Pearce, rubber
stamp, 85c.; Wallace Seldon, for R.
G. Seldon, cement for sidewalks
$254.15; Robert T. Purvis Ltd., Tor
onto, expansion joints $’10.05; Tuck-
ey Transport Co., trucking for side
walk, $'2.00; James Wright Co., Lon
don re-inforced steel $15.10; Ed. J.
Coombes, labor, R&B $18.75; Jno.
stive, labor R&B $21.75; Wm. Laver
ty, labor R&B, $10.25; Fred Smith,
ditto $6.50; Norman McDonald dit
to $6.00; John Hunkin, ditto, $14.-
40; C. Jones, ditto $1.25; Seveme
Weiner trucking gravel, $22.50; G.
McLean, gravel $22.50; Richard
Davis labor R&B $2.50; iLouIs E.
Day, Town Hall account $1.00;
School By-law Election, booths and
Deputy Returning Officers $27.50.
passed on motion of Southcott &
Dignan. Carried.
Adjourned to meet Tuesday, Sept.
\h3th at 8 p.m. on motion of Dignan
and carried.
Jos. Senior. Clerk
WITH THE SICK
Mr. Chas. Isaac, who has been ill
in Victoria Hospital, London, has
returned home.
Mr. Samuel Wein, of Stephen, who
has been seriously ill in St. Joseph’s
Hospital, London, is improving.
Mrs. Earnest Willard, who last
week Underwent an operation for ap
pendicitis at St. Joseph’s Hospital,
London, is getting along nicely.
Mr. Harry Strang, of Usborne,
who has been in Victoria Hospital,
London ,for several weeks following
a fracture of his leg, is improving
nicely.
Mr. Charles Johns, who last week
underwent an operation for appendi
citis in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Lon
don, is improving nicely and expect
ed home in a few days.
CAR CRASHES HOUSE
An automobile belonging to Mr.
R. Motz, of the Red & White Groc
ery, was badly damaged Monday af
ternoon when Jack Cutting at the
wheel, lost control of the car and it
left the road and ran into the side
of Mr. L. J. PenWe’s brick resi
dence on Andrew Street. Jack, age
15, who is without a driver’s permit,
took the keys of the car without
permission from the till in the
store and started to deliver some
groceries with the car. Jack says
he does not know what happened but
the car left the road, crossed the
sidewalk and lawn of Mr. Joshua
Johns and struck the house just
back of the verandah. Bill Pen-
hale, who was in^the house at the
time, says it sounded as if a bomb
had exploded beneath the verandah.
The car struck the house with such
impact that the frame of the car
was bent, one of the fenders damag
ed and a headlight broken. One of
the tires blew out. Fortunately no
one was hurt. We understand a
charge is pending against the driver.
The Exeter Concert Band Will
play at the Grand Bend Casino on
Sunday night at 8.30 p.m, The band
has also been engaged to play in St.
Thomas on Labor Day.
Mr. Geo. Andrew, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Andrew, of town, is ser
iously ill in St. Joseph’s Hospital,
London, George had been quite ill
at .his home here for several weeks
before being removed to hospital.
The latest report on the condition
of Mr. R. G. Seldon, who is ill in
Victoria Hospital, London, is that
he is slightly improved, but still in
a very serious condition. He has
had several blood transfusions dur
ing the week.
PRESENTATIONS
Mrs. Cecil Laing, Donald and Bar
bara, left Tuesday for Erin to join
Mr. Laing who recently accepted a
■position with the Erin Advocate.
Before leaving Exeter Mrs. Laing
was presented with a 3 2-piece Com
munity China Set by a number of
her friends. The best wishes of
many friends will follpw them to
their new home.
Before leaving Exetei’ for London
where Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Partlo and
family will make their home in fu
ture, Mrs. Partlo was presented
with a silver relish dish by the
members of a social club to which
she belonged. They will have the
best wishes of many friends in their
new home.
The Primary Department of the
Main St. Sunday School held a pic
nic at Riverview Park Thursday af
ternoon of last week and took ad
vantage of the occasion to present
their superintendent, Miss Eileen
Cornish, bride-elect, with an elect
ric toaster. The Young Women’s
Auxiliary of Main Street church pre
sented Miss Cornish with a Woolcot
blanket.
On Thursday of last week the
neighbors and friends of Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Kress made them the
presentation of a beautiful silver
tea service. Mr. Kress who for the
past 1)1 years has been a member of
the staff of the Canadian Bank of
Commerce, was recently transferred
to the Wingham branch and Mrs.
Kress and family expect to follow
shortly. During their stay in Exe
ter they have made many friends and
the best wishes of all follow them to
their new home.
At Funeral of Brother-in-Law
Thos. and S. J. Elliott are in Flint,
Michigan, this week attending the
funeral of their brother-in-law Mr.
W. H. Hill, a former resident, of
Exeter, who passed away suddenly
on Saturday last. Mr. Hill was a fre
quent visitor to Exeter. He helped
in the erection of the Trivitt Mem
orial Church. He was formally a
resident of Fuliarton before going
to Flint some forty years ago. Mr.
Jack Elliott of town accompanied
the two men to Flint,
FLOWER SHOW HAS
SPLENDID EXHIBITS
/\l?he Exeter Horticultural Society
held their annual flower show in the
basement of the Carnegie Library
Saturday last. There was a splendid
showing of many varieties of flowers
and the judge, Dr. Campbell, Kirk-
t’on, complimented the society on the
very fine quality. Altogether there
were 102 exhibits as compared with
S7 exhibits last year. The number
of exhibitors wrere not quite as large
as the previous year. A goodly num
ber of interested persons visited the
display patricularly in the evening.
Credit for the success of the show
ing is largely due to the efforts of
the president, Mrs. N. J. Dore and
the secretary, Mr. E. C. Harvey, who
were ably assisted by Misses L. M.
Jeckell, Fl'ossie Huntei' and Reta
Row’e, The person with\the largest
exhibit was Mr. Harvey who is a
great lover of flowers; has one of
the finest flower gardens in town
and is familiar with the names of
most of them. He had an especially
fine showing of gladioli. A 'collection
was taken at the door to help de
fray expenses^-
The prize winners were as follows:
Asters, W. H. Dearing, Mrs. G. Hey
wood; Calendulas, E. C. Harvey,
Mrs. J .Hind; Cosmos, Geo. Grant,
Mrs. W. H. Dearing; Dahlia display,
G. S. Howard; Dianthus display, E,
C. Harvey, Mrs. G. Heywood; Gil-
lardia display, E. C. Harvey, George
Grant; Gladiolus, 12 named, E. C.
Harvey, Mrs. G. Heywood; Gladiolus,
6 named, E. C. Harvey, Mrs. Garnet
Heywood; Gladiolus, 3 spikes, E. C.
Harvey, G. S. Howard; Giadiola,
single, E. C. Harvey, G. B. Howard;
Gladiolus, (5 spikes, E. C. Harvey,
Mrs. F. Gollings; Marigolds display,
W. H. Dearing, G. Grant; Pansies,
G S. Howard, E. C. Harvey; Petun
ias, Mrs. W. H. Dearing, Mrs. G.
Heywood; Phlox Drummondi, Mrs.
W. H. Dearing, E. C. Harvey; roses,
6 blooms, all different, Mrs. W. J.
Smith; roses, 3 blooms, one variety,
Mrs. W. J. 'Smith; rose, single bloom
Mrs. W. J. iSmith, Mrs. Beavers;
Snapdragons, Mrs. G. Heywood, Mrs.
J .Hind; Sweet Peas, Mrs. T. Dinney
Mrs. Beavers; Balpiglosis, E. C. Har
vey, Mrs. W. H. Dearing; (Scabosia,
Mrs. J. Hind, Mrs. W. H. Dearing;
Verbena, Mrs. W. H. Dearing, Mrs.
G .Heywood; Zinnias, Fantasy, G. S.
Howard, Miss B. Hartnoil; Zinnias
Scabiosa, Mrs. J. M. Southcott, Mrs.
W. H. Dearing; Zinnias Lilliput, G.
S. Howard, Mrs. Beavers; zinnias
Dahlia flowered, Mrs. J. M. Sbuth-
cott, Mrs. T. Dinney; basket of as
sorted cut flowers, annuals, Mrs. W.
H. Dearing, Mrs. N. J. Dore; basket
of assorted out flowers, perennials,
Mrs. N. J. Dore, E. C. Harvey; ditt-
ner table bouquet, Mrs. N. J. Dore,
Miss D. M. Jeckell; novelty, Mrs. N.
J. Dore, Mrs. W. BL Dearing,
.fudge, Dr Campbell,
Kirkton