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BRAY CHICK HATCHERY
Rhone 246, Exeter
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Canadh Packers, Exeter; Elam
Shantz, R.R. No. 2, Hensall, Alviii
AV. Kerslake, Hensall. Agents
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■on
50 YEARS AGO
Brick is being hauled for the
ection of the Treble mansion
Main Street.
The Matice Estate, Exeter North,
was purchased on Saturday by Mr.
John Ford qf Stephen for the sum of
$430, which was considered cheap,
Mr. John Hawkshaw has pur
chased a portion of land comprising
2-8 acres belonging to the Pickard
estate at a price of $2,100.
Messrs, Hugh -Spademan
C. F. Verity left for Hamilton
Friday evening where -they will
tend the Grand Lodge of the S,
E. B. S.
Centralia School Report
Sr. IV—Nelson Hicks, Byron
Hicks, Ralph Handford, Frank Hill,
Jr. Ill—Jerry Heaman, Wm. Hep
burn, Charlie Haggith. II—Geo.
Hicks, Albert Walker, Wm. Bly-
burg, I—-Mary Hipburn, Annie
Boyle, Wilbur Lane, D, C. Dorrance,
teacher.
and
on
at-
. O.
25 YEARS AGO
MasteT Reginald Beavers is vis
iting his aunt, Mrs. W. A. Turnbull
at Farquhar.
Mr. Milo Snell left oh Wednesday
for Toronto to attend a Ford ban
quet.
School Report, S.S. No. 2, Usborne
,'Sr. IV—U. '.Snell. Jr. “
Turnbull,
Williams.
Williams,
Rundle.
Cottle, 'G.
II—S. Francis, W. Allison, S. Pol
len, E. Stewart. Maggie Coward,
teacher.
The Exeter curlers at London lost
their first gariie in the bonspiel to
Mr. A. Taylor, of Hensall.
Mr. Harry -Shelton of Detroit was
in town last Saturday, renewing old
acquaintances. - He served his ap
prenticeship in Exeter and was la
ter engaged in business in Crediton.
Privates Hurdon and Wilson were
home from Hamilton over the week
end.
Mr. C. F. Hooper met With very
exceptional success in the egg 'com
petition at the Ottawa winter fair
recently, receiving eight out of
eleven prizes -and also the sweep
stakes.
Messrs. D. Russell, R. Dinney,
Geo. Anderson and Major Heaman
went to London curling bonspiel on
Tuesday morning.
—<U. :Snell. Jr. IV—W.
R. Pollen, C. Stewart, R.
Sf, III—JL. Knight, I.
M. DoUpe, G. Stewart, A.
Sr. II—A. Hunkin, M.
McDonald, C. -Doupe. Jr.
Mr. Chas. Anderson was in Lon
don Thursday, attending a banquet
of Metropolitan agents.
Mr. R. N. Rowe is remodelling
his furniture store and fitting up
a funeral parlor.
Mr. G. J. Dow shipped a carload
of horses to Montreal on Wednes
day, Mr. C. Webstei* accompanying
them.
IMr. J. G. Stanbury was in To
ronto Tuesday and Wednesday where
he was
case at
Miss
visited _____ _ . __
John Nory, over the week-end.
Mr. .Milton Russell of Sexsmith
is drawing the material for the erec
tion of a new house next summer.
Mr. Will Davis spent the > week
end in
Miss
end in
Mr.
laqueroid system for painting cars
and has already put a fine finish
on several cars.
Mr. S. B. Taylor gave a mission
address at the Elimville Sun-
School on Sunday afternoon
was a guest at the home of Mr.
Mrs. Chas. Johns for the day.
engaged as counsel in a will
Osgoode Hall.
Mildred Nory, of London,
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ingersoll.
Vera Essery spent the week-
Centralia.
■C. C.. Pilon has Installed a
THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE tmtMT. KB8. IStli, 1M»
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LETTER BOX
The following letter to Caven
Church and Sunday School was re
ceived recently
Strang-Savage:
*
from Dr. Margaret
ary
day
and
and
Children’s Cough
Quickly Relieved
It is hard to keep the children
from taking cold; they will run out
of doors not properly clad; have on
too much clothing and get overheated
and cool off too suddenly; they get
their feet wet; kick oft the bed
clothes at night. The mother cannot
watch them all the time, so what is
she going to So?
Mothers should never neglect tho
child’s cough or cold, but on Its in
ception should procure a bottle oi-
Dr. Weed’s’ Norway Pine Syrup. ft
is so pleasant to the taste the
youngsters take it without any fuss..
The T. Milburn Cov Ltd., 'Toronto, Ont. ■
* .*
Dixonville, Alta.,.
Jan, 7, 1941
Dear Caven Church and S.S.:
Our Peace River world is a beau
tiful place tonight. Hoarfrost that
has been with us fpr many days
hangs heavy on every bush and tree
and fence, till the woods are -blacker
with shadows under a young moon,
than ever they are in greenclad
summer. But it is 40 below zero
and the frost bites keen and deep.
I think with pity of the cattle and
horses on the open range tonight.
They will be huddled 'Close in shel-
•tered places, moaning and moving
restlessly all night through.
But tills is only the second cold
spell in otherwise mild winter.
We have about" 1'8 inches of snow,
very little wind, and less sunshine.
For weeks the skies have been gray,
the air chill' and damp, with the
ever-increasing hoarfrost. And as
a fitting accompaniment, a plague
of .influenza has swept over the val
ley.
Even the' end of the old year, with
its long, long nights and few hours
of daylight, was comparatively mild,
with open roads. So the box of
White Gift^ from Caven Sunday
School came to us from the railway, >
in a well-laden truck, ’ In the yel- ,
low lamplight at the doctor’s house
that night, we sorted the contents.
Everything new, in its brave paper
and bright cord, we set aside to be
given to the missionary for dis-,
tribution to the Sunday School
children.
On Christmas Sunday afternoon
there was a special service in the
little log church, in Which the child-
~ ’ little
front
in a
ges-
very
much out of tune,; and others forgot
thei words, but they all "got the ges
tures, anyway.
After-the service the White Gifts
were taken off. the tree. The mis
sionary explained that this year the
gifts were to be awards for faithful
attendance at Sunday School. So,
some very happy and deserving,
youngsters marched up when their
names were called.
. The -clothing in the box, we divid
ed into two lots and sent them /by
mail to two families north of here.
I became acquainted with one of
these families just this past sum
mer. I was supplying for- the
Battle River doctor durlngthe spring
and early summer and the father
of this family came to the office
several times. One day he brought
his little girl of eight-—a shy wisp of
a child, painfully thin, and shiv
ering in the chilly air, for they had
come eight miles by team. Another
time it was the six-months-ol-d baby
boy. The father handled him with
all a woman’s skill and proudly in
formed me in his broken English
that he looked after the children as
much as the mother. I learned that
there were five .other children—
and it wasn’t hard to guess that
they hadn’t enough to eat—let
alone sufficient clothing.’
So one box of your White Gift
blotliing, along with a few gifts,
went to these humble folk. The
other box went to a deserving, but
also needy family Who have been
remembered in -previous years from
Caven Church boxes. . And in re
turn for the joy and comfort you
have given, we all hope that this
New Year will hold much -happiness .
for you.
It is nine years since I came , to
the Whitemud Valley and the settle
ment has changed a -great deal with
the passing seasons. ' Then—there
was only one road and innumerable
trails. Now graded roads run in
almost every -direction. The settler’s
homes, hidden here and there in the
bush, stand- out now in smiling
fields. Year by year the wilderness
is falling back arid giving place to
wheat and oats and good garden,
patches set in proud array with
rows of raspberry bushes and hedg
ed about With Caraganas and Mani
toba maples. Some of the'-iold or
iginal log houses are serving now
for -granaries or chicken houses,
arid the family lives in a neat frame
house, set in a fenced yard.
This is not the whole picture,
however. Some of the poorer home
steads have been deserted and the
buildings are falling to ruin. And
here, and there stands a silent house
from Which another of the young
and eligible men of the valley has
gone away to war. Their stock Is
Sold, their land and farm imple
ments rented to a neighbor till they
return.
Most of the original Settlers are
still here, with an odd newcomer in .
the midst, but we mark" with sad-,
ness the passing df the happy- old
early days, Then this company of
people gathered from far distant
places, were on cbnimoii ground—'
busy getting started dh hew iioihe-
Stdad’s, and haViftg a happy tlihe
together while they were about It
Mow they are divided, There are
the prospering and the noMo*pros*
ren took -part. Even the very
ones were coaxed up to the
and Induced’ to sing ‘‘Away
Manger”—with appropriate
tures. -Some of them sang
poring—but all more or less tied
down with the drive of their ex
panding homesteads, many - chores
to do or the care of families uf small
children.
But the same doctor goes in and
out among them, and receives the
same welcome «as of old. There
may, be neighborhood differences,
trouble between members of the
same family, or heated religious
disputes, for a number of different
religious sects have come in, to,
divide us afresh, But these people
are still my friends and neighbors.
And I am proud and glad that this
is so. There is no need to take bit
ter sides on any question but there
is always a place for a 'word of
quiet warning, which nobody re- .
sents—or one of liearty commenda
tion,
In my own sphere- of medical
work, too, the times are changing.
My practice is made up of accidents,
and new babies, no longer. With
the passing years diseases common
to older settlements, but seldom
seen here in the early days, are
becoming common. We were al
ways subject to flu, but not to
wholesale epidemics of scarlet fe
ver, measles, and chicken pox—-till
these' last few years. This winter
we have another ’ plague of wild
rabbits, playing havoc with feed
stacks and young trees—and per
haps that is the reason we are see- .
ing the odd case of Rabbit Disease ;
or Tularaemia.
Nine years ago a medical call in
winter meant a long, cold trip, eith
er on horseback or by team, over ,
heavy and drifted roads. But now,
bless ,you, with these milder win- '
ters and open roads, whenever I go
abroad, I bowl merrily along, some-'.
times even in a heated car. And
wonder if I am really living or do- ‘
ing. anything worth while after all
in the midst of such comfort and
convenience !.
1941 was a comparatively good
year in this part
er. The latter
mer was very
suffered for lack
ing, harvesting and threshing wea
ther was ideal. Crops were good—
some very good. Wild fruit was
plentiful and the stock -pastured late
into a! wonderful autumn on grass
that had cured instead of being
bleached with frost.
The government restriction on the
sale of wheat was a hard blow to
many settlers who had consider
able grain to sell, but there is very
little complaint. If they can’t
it, they can feed it, and they
weathering through, somehow.
The trappers still work in
around the settlements and the deer
and moose are still to be seen, in
winter. Just now they are crowding
closer into the settlements, for bands
of gray wolves have come down
from the hills and farther north.
One settler, -going far up-river, saw
written in the snow, the thrilling
story of a band of range horses
that had out-manoeuvred the wolv
es and got 'away without the loss of
one of the herd.
A unique event, and the first of
its kind took place near Dixon-
A fine
RESIDENT’ OF KIRKTON,
MRS, JOHN BROWN DIES
Mrs. Fannie Brown, 8G-year-old
resident of Kirkton died Thursday
morning of last week at the Strat
ford General Hospital. She was the
widow of John Brown. Mrs, Brbwu
had resided at the home of her son
James at Kirkton for the pa;st
five or six years, but since an ac,
cident a few mouths ago In which
she suffered a broken hip, sho had
beep ip hospital, The departed wo
man- was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, James B. Atkinson and was
hoyn on the third concession of
Blanshard. Before her marriage
in 1874 to John Brown she was Fan
nie Atkinson. During her active
years Mrs, Brown was a member of
Kirkton United Church. She is
survived by two sons, James at Kirk-
Jon, and William in Western Can
ada; two brothers, Charles and Ro
bert; and seven sisters, Mrs. Sarah
Jane Hardy, Agassiz, B.C.; Mrs.
James Kemp, Kirkton; Mrs. John
Johnston, FulJarton; Mrs. Walter
Sparling, Anderson; Mrs. Richard
Bilyea, Londonl Mrs, James Box,
Belton; and Mrs. W. Doig, Saskat
chewan.
SEAFORTH COUPLE CELEBRATE
53rd ANNIVERSARY
Mr.
highly
forth, recently celebrated the 53rd
anniversary df their wedding quiet-
their home in Egmondville.
were married by the Rev.
Scott of Cromarty Presby-
Churcb, on Jan. 31st, 1888,
home of- the bride’s parents,
and Mrs. John McLaren,
esteemed residents of Sea-
of the Peace Riv-
part of the sum
dry and gardens
of rain. But* hay-
sell
are
and
ville on New Year’s Eve.
old couple celebrated their golden
-■wedd-ing and neighbors and friends
gathered for an old-time evening to
wish them much joy and continued
happiness. ;
And so life -goes on in this far-off
corner of Canada. To you, in old
Ontario, we stretch a hand of hearty
appreciation -and goodwill. May
you—and we—and all men of good
will the'world -over, find in 1941
that simple faith and trust in the
guiding hand of God, that shall
be to us “better than light, and
safer than the known "Way.”
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Strang Savage
♦ , ♦
ENJOY THE HOME PARER/
„ -Ponteix, Sask.,
Feb. 5th, 19 41
The Times-Advocate,
Exeter, -Ontario.
Dear Friend:
, Enclosed please find postal note
for our subscription to our home
paper. What would we do without
it? We. Certainly enjoy -it, even
though we see so many new names,
but there are sti-ll many familial’
names of old friends and neighbors.
The editorials are so good too.
We have had a very pleasant
winter, our coldest spell being in
November. The Christmas season
was more like April than December.
The roads have boen open to motor
traffic so it seems as though We
have .had no winter at all.
Am sure you ar6 all pleased to
have a -temporary bridge; it must
have been a great inconvenience
before and now you will be looking
forward to a grand new structure,
Wishing you every- success in the
New Yeatf.
Mr, and Mrs. A. E. Andr
Too Soon to Tell
Sergeant: “Ml, you can’t
there,”
Private: “Why riot?”
“Because thats the
hut,”
“Then why hue he
on the dodf?”
. “St'cM? asking Why,
I’m a hoi?”
”1 don’t knew yet.
here yestefd&y?*'
general's
got ‘private
tio you think
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the
the
for
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Place Your Order NOW for
LAKEVIEW CHICKS
ly .at
They
Peter
terian
‘at the
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stacey. They
resided on the McLaren homestead
Until coming to Egmondville in
1919. Mr. McLaren will be 83 on
June 16th this year and Mrs. Mc
Laren will be 81 on August 19. They
have two sons and one daughter
living, Alexander on the homestead
at Cromarty; Wilfred, Saginaw,
Mich., and a daughter, Mrs. R. I.
Dawson, of Russelldale.
The -increasing number of. fail
ures among marriages is due to the
fact that there are
among failures.
* *
Deliver us from
when asked, ‘How are you today?’
tells us. ,
more marriages
*
the‘man who,
KSKKMESNDQQI
A
SWEET
CAPORAL
STEPHEN COUNCIL
The Council of the Township of
Stephen met in the Town Hall, Cre
diton, on Monday, the 3rd day of
February, 1941, at I p.m. All mem
bers were present. The minutes of
the previous meeting were read and
adopted on motion of Mr. Dove,,
seconded by Mr. Schenk.
Pursuant to advertisement,
Road Superintendent handed
Reeve the following tenders
hauling 1500 or more yards of gra-
■ yel from Eisenbach’s Pit on the
Township Roads west of concession
14 and all Sideroads^ east to Con.
10; /
Sim Ireland: 48c a1 yard flat or
6c yard mile. Ed Lippert: 55c a
yard .fiat or 7c yard mile.
Ratz-Amy^: That the Tender^ of
Sim Ireland be accepted. Carried.
SchenkiAmy; That Matthew C.
Sweitzer be appointed Weed Inspec-
I tor for the year at 30 -per hour which
is to include his transportation.
Carried.
Love-Schenk: That a grant of
'$15.00 be made to the Salvation
Army, $10 of which is to be -for
Rescue Work and $5, for War Ser
vice program. Carried.
The Clerk reported Henry Pfaff
had hapded in his resignation as
Road Foreman for Division No. 8,
On motion of Arthur Amy, second
ed by Roy Ratz, John Wein was ap
pointed in his stead. Carried,
Ratz-Amy: That By-law No. 552
to 'appoint Township officials hav-
- ing been read three times be pass
ed and signed by the Reeve and
Clerk and the Seal of the Corpora
tion attached thereto. Carried.
Schenk-Love: That the following
orders and Voucher Sheet No. 2 he
passed: Anna Gill, rent, Jackson,
$3.00; F, C. Brown, account, Mer-
ner, $16.00; Cora Galser, milk,
Jackson, $7.44’; Centralia Farmers’
Co-operative, fuel, Merner, $13,8'0:
Centralia Farmers’ Co-operative,
fuel, Appleton, '$15.70; iG. R. And
rew, account, Appleton, $20’.OO;
Treasurer, Huron County, hospital
ization, Appleton, $6,10; Queen Al
exandra Sanatorium, Pneumothor
ax refills, Lochner, $15.00; Toronto
Stamp and Stencil Works, dog tags.
$13.77; -C.N.R., express on tags,
55c; Bank of Commerce, cashing
cheques, 45c; Hay Stationery Co.,
stationery, $4.25; Exeter Times-Ad-
vocate, printing account, $118.13:
H. C. Beaver, -sheep valuer, $1.25;
Salvation Army, grant, $15.00; Pav*
ment Voucher No. 2, $130.27; To
tal, $380.71. Carried.
The Council adjourned to meet
again In the Town Hall, Crediton
on Monday, the 3rd day of March,
1941 at I -p.m.
H. K. Eilber, Clerk
LIBERAL DISCOUNTS ON ALL ORDERS BOOKED
BEFORE FEBRUARY ISth
WE GUARANTEE LAKEVIEW 1941 -CHICKS. TO BE
FREE OF DISEASE AND AS GOOD OR BETTER
THAN WE HAVE EVER PRODUCED
LARGE TYPE WHITE LEGHORNS, BARRED ROCKS,
ROCK-LEGHORN HYBRIDS, BARRED ROCK-NEW
HAMPSHIRES
Here’s what A. Dougall, Hensall, says:
Of the 250 Barred Rock pullets I purchased from you last
March I still have the full amount left, having received a dozen or
so extra. They have laid exceptionally well awl the eggs grade
very good—from 22 to 24 dozen A Large per 30 dozen case. I
have Only lost one pullet since locking the pullets in last fall. This
proves the health of Lakeview Chicles. Please hook my order for
350 Special Mating Chicks for March 20th,
Mr. Whitney Coates says:
The chicks I have received from you have certainly laid splen
didly. I have gathered over 100 eggs daily On average for Hie
past 3 months from approximately 150 pullets. The egg size is
also very good.
COME IN AND SEE OUR FLOCK OF 2,000 BREEDERS
BEFORE INVESTING YOUR MONEY IN CHICKS
FOR 1941. OUR FLOCK IS OPEN FOR
INSPECTION AT ALL TIMES
f
Office and Hatchery open every day, Tuesday and
Saturday evenings until 9 p.m.
ExeterWEIN BROS
It takes .a long road to show a
horse’s strength—and a deep grief
to show a man’s.
It takes two to make a succes of
matrimony, but only one to wreck
FROM ALL STATIONS IN EASTERN CANADA
Going Daily Feb. 15 * Mar. 1, 1941 Inclusive
RETURN LEVIIT — 45 DAYS
TICKETS GOOD IN
COACHES at fares approximately l%c per mile
TOURIST SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately l%c per mile -
STANDARD SLEEPING CARS at fares approx’ly l%c per mile
COST OF ACCOMMODATION IN SLEEPING CARS ADDITIONAL
BAGGAGE CHECKED. Stopovers at all points enroute.
SIMILAR EXCURSIONS FROM WESTERN TO EASTERN
CANADA DURING SAME PERIOD
Tickets, Sleeping Car Reservations and All Information
from any agent. . ASK FOR HANDBILL T 16
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The study of some chins disprov
es the theory that exercise will take
off ‘fat.
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/ TOBACCO CAN BE SMOKED.**
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