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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-07-10, Page 6■fl t WVR8DA1\ Of lOtlh. W THE EXETER T1MES-AHVQCATE Book of 72 Tested Recipes under label of every CERTO bottle UMCJX CERTO IS PECTIN EXTRACTED FROM FRUIT shortens BO/I/NG TIME—-For jam you need only a one-minute to two-ininute full, rolling boil—for jelly a half-minute to a minute. MQRg JAM OR JSLLY-—So very little juice has time to boil away that you get up to., one half more jam or jelly from 30 equal amount of fruit, BETTER TASTE—COLOUR—In this short boil the fresh flavour stays in the fruit; the natural colour remains unspoiled. NO FAILURES—If yon follow the Certo recipes exactly there’ll be no failures. Your jams and jellies will turn out rigf’t* V E» Mate Setter lams and Jellies Active Medico, Age 98 Lived Doctors Who Once Up By Fi'ederick; Griffin in the Toronto Star Weekly On July 3, 1$67, a couple of days I after Confederation, a young, deli­ cate young physician, Dr. Joseph W. Browning, hung out his shingle in Exeter, a pioneer settlement not far from the shore of Lake Huron. He was small, weighed less than 1’00' pounds. Threatened with or suf­ fering from tuberculosis, he was not expectedvfo live a year. Today, very much alive, in. his. 98th year, he is still a practising physician. Every' morning at nine he enters his old-fashioned bffice in back of the Browning drug store on Main St., pre-pared to tend any sick who may call. “Fooled Them AH” Still small in stature, he is sturdy, thick-set, Weighs'" perhaps 175 pounds. In the prime of bis seven­ ties or eighties, he weighed as much as 204 pounds. “I fooled them all,” he Says of the pre-Confedbration I Communication & 7 to well says ad- Mr. Dr. J. W. Browning v doctors who predicted his early youthful demise. VI buried the whole jint bang of them.” Such is -tile oldest active physician perhaps in Canada, possibly in the world. Where is there any older one? Dr. Browning is the oldest living graduate of Victoria College, now part’of the University of To- ’ route. In Fino Health • This * health, not missed a day at his far back as anyone can remember. He is somewhat feeble, walks with a- stick, is very Meaf, but can still read big script, Behind glasses, his dark blue eyes twinkle merrily. His face is full, his skin an wrinkled, A neat white moustache and trim imperial board give him a disting­ uished look. His voice, crisp and strong, is full of character* Such is • the man who still pays the annual fee which keeps him. an active physician in practice. * To say that be actually practises**-* though .he Is daily oil the jol>»-is perhaps to. stretch It a little, His son, Druggist P. H. Browning, says, though, that the- old gentleman is still prepared to receive patients, A tew patient still come, to have old and tried prescriptions repeated. veteran doctor eats well, sleeps has fine well, has office as Busy Oldster “Until my father was vanced in his eighties/' Browning, “he went out at nights, travelled about, brought babies into the world, was active in every sense of the word. Only of recent years has he slowed down, particu­ larly in the past two or three years.” Dr. Browning is not only the oldest physician, but the oldest liv­ ing telegrapher in Canada, On his surgery desk is a key (bug) present­ ed to him in 1928, when he took part, as the dean of that time, in a eoast-to-coast hook-up of the Can­ adian National Telegraphs. He showed me that he can today, more than a dozen years later, still tap out a message, by . dot-dashing my name slowly with a stiff finger. Oddly, his memory of himself as a boy telegrapher seeps to persist most strongly. A number of times he told me that He became an op­ erator when he was 13 years, two months, in' Markham, Ont., where he lived with his family, Said Dr. Browning: “I received dispatches of the- Crimean War and I remember to this day the Writer’s cramp that developed. Everything had to be done in longhand. Bora in England Dr. Browning was born on Nov. , 1843, in Glasonbury district of Somerset, England. * His father was a watch and clock maker, and some, of his clocks are still going. When .Din Browning began his practice he had no means of trans­ portation but his feet, and day after day he walked miles to visit the sick in the pioneer communities. 'In 1867, following his and hanging out his Exeter, he got his first think it was 19 horses altogether,” tile old gentleman told me, his eyes twinkling. “When I ’started out,” he chuckl­ ed, “I, had neither a' horse, nor anything else. I signed a note for a horse for $125 and I didn’t have 25 cents. That’s how I began as a doctor, on my own feet,” Slept in His Stride Dr, Browning travelled thousands of miles in saddle -or buggy, visiting the sick, bringing generations of babies into the world, comforting the dying as they^ left it. His an odyssey of rural travel'of a which surely no living, man equalled, averaged hours a up with ■along -on wearily along behind his dobbin of the moment, Besides tile 19 horses, he used in more recent ‘years a couple -of automobiles, “Hard work and moderate living,” he offered as hfs rebtpe for longe­ vity, “I never drank liquor, I did smoke 'some**“that was the only vice r was guilty of that I know of,” i He still enjoys the whiff of cheroot. graduation shingle in horse- “I I used up Was sort has be 4% During that’ time not more than 4 to night in bed. He caught his "sleeping as he jogged horseback or Jounced a PRESENTATION MADE The congregation of Peter’s Lutheran Church, Zurich, present­ ed the Misses Matilda^ Alice and Susie Johnson with a floor lamp prior to their departure to their new home in Kitchener. The pastor, Rev, E. Tuerkheim, gave the ad­ dress. Colleen Todd, year-old daughter of Rev. R. C. and Mrs. Todd, of Lucknow, fractured an arm when she fell at the parsonage. Mr. and Mrs. Todd were preparing to move to their .new .home at Georgetown. Jacob Rands, Sr., aged 69* of Clinton, a general blacksmith, died Saturday following an illness of about two years, Carl Kall, of Birmingham, N.Y., and Flight Lieut. Bell Irvine, R.A.F., are in hospital at the Port Albert Air Navigation school suffering from severe cuts and abrasions about the head and arms suffered in an automobile accident when their car overturned in loose gravel. Miss Muriel Looby, of Dublin, whose marriage took place Wednes­ day, July 9 th, on her birth da^ was a guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower, Six tables of progressive euchre were played. Helen Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, William Ancent, of Sea­ forth, was xmited in marriage Satur­ day to Stanley Forrester Grainger, youngest son of Mr. Wm. Grainger? of Wroxeter. The bridesmaid was Miss Gertrude Coates, of London, and the groomsman was Elmer Gel- laher, of New Toronto, Miss Mary Barber Played the wedding march and Miss ’drlean Sills sang “O Pro­ mise Me”.. James Rankin, a well-known re­ sident of Seaforth, suffered a heart attack -on ‘Friday and died the fol­ lowing day. His wife predeceased, him in 1939. A son and a daughter survive. INDUCTION .SERVICES AT BRUCEFIELD Rev. G. F. N. Atkinson, of . Dalhousie, was inducted into Bruce- 1 field United Church on, Friday, succeeding Rev. H. E. Wright, who has been appointed to the charge of Richmond and Corinth, in the Elgin Presbytery of the United Church, Rev, H, J. Workman, of Seaforth, presided, and inducted the minister and addressed the congregation and Rev., A. W. Gardiner, of Egmond- ville, addressed the minister. Fort V RUBY—SCREENAN , At St. Peter’s Catholic church, Drysdale, Rev. I. Martin officiated at the marriage-of Miss Verna Viene Screenan .and Mr. Robert Lee Ruby, of Detroit. Mrs. John Denomy played the wedding music, and Mr, John Denomy, Miss Jean Screenan, sister of the bride, and Miss Emme­ line Denomy sang. Given in mar-’ riage by her father, the 'bride wore, a white,, marquisette gown With long train, long veil caught ’with orange blossoms, and she carried Talisman roses. Miss Viola Screenan', of De­ troit, was her sister’s attendant in 'poudre bl.ue sheer. „ were present for the wedding ner served at the home of bi'ide’s parents. - ■ Fifty guests din- the Centralia W. A. of in ig! , ' §§§ 1 iiii Confederation W, Tift* ': F. J. DELBRIDGE, Repi-esentative, EXETER ' X All of oiti‘ readers may not be familiar with Miss Dorothy Thomp­ son’s column in the Toronto Globs and Mail. Miss Thompson, one of the keenest observers ofl our own times, published an article last week which offered a possible in* terpretation of some of Germany’s recent actions. The writei1 did claim that her conclusions were cessurily the correct ones, but explanations she offered were tensely interesting. Outstanding in her ideas concerning Hitler’^ recent moves was the *■ suggestion " ' Rudolph Hess’s appearance in tain had a definite Connection Germany's sudden attack on former ally, Russia. Miss Thomp­ son stated that her own idea was that Hess had been sent to Britain for the purpose of offering’ peace terms to the Anglo-Saxons, and that he was. authorized to tell the Brit­ ish that Germany would be willing to turn around and rend Russia, as a further inducement for a peace With England. The writer has come to the conclusion that the move was made very quietly on Ger­ many’s part, under the deceptive cover of Hess’s apparent insanity, and that the British just as quietly simulated agreement with the plan but had no intention of betraying the Soviet to German duplicity. She also suggests that the results have been entirely satisfactory for Bri­ tain, both in respect of time gained and fighting friends acquired. We do not know, at this distance, wheth­ er or not Miss Thompson is right in her assumptions, but the details of the plan certainly have the distinct aroma of the true Hitler double­ cross. » '• , * not n*" *ne in* that BrL with her I * $6.55 30x3% F j,, When we can offer you genuine Goodrich tires at these low prices we go the is fully guaranteed. Trade-inlimit. Every Goodrich tire your old tires to-day. -*» / NEW INNER TUBE SEALS ITS OWN PUNCTURES See This Goodrich OTHER AUTO ACCESSORIES . SPEEDY ROAD THAMES ROAD AND ROYS The congregation of Thames Road United Church were greatly pleas­ ed with the special music on Sunday. Mr. F, Staples, of Toronto, sang “The Stranger of Gallilee”, while Mr. Joynt,. of Hensall, sang,’ “If I have Wounded any Soul To-day”. Mrs. A. Morgan and Mr. Staples also sang a duet, “In the Garden”. Congratulations to Mrs. Dan Cow­ ard, who celebrated her eightieth birthday on Sunday. Kathleen Wiseman was home over .Sunday. Mrs. W. Smith and her daugh­ ter, Miss M. Smith, of Pangman, Sask., ar& visiting the former’s moth­ er, Mrs. Dan Coward. Mrs, C. M. Preston, of Hamilton, is a visitor with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Williams. Mr. and Mrs. W. Paylor, of Hay : Twp., were visitors with Mr.’and Mrs. Chas. Miller on Sunday. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Miller. It’s a boy. Mrs. James Dow of Roy’s has been quite ill. ' Bill ' Robertson and John Urqu­ hart, two Sccitch boys from Edin­ burgh, Were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dawson on .Sunday. Mrs. W\ Ferguson, of Weston, re­ turned home Sunday after spending . thr§e weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Mair. • Roy’s Sunday School were at Grand Bend on Tuesday. . It was a real shower of blessing that fell on Monday morning, May others follow soon. USborne Township has purchased a new grader. It will, serve for snow clearing in the winter. The Y.PfU. of Thames Road are having a picnic to Grand Bend this Thursday. John Morgan and Rev. Mair were at Byron- on Saturday, Mrs. Alvin Passmofe has now re- < covered from her recent serious ill* ness. < . The regular. July meeting of the W.M.S. was held at the home of Mrs. Arthur Gardiner with only a fair at­ tendance. of members and 'quite . a number of visitors. In the absence | of the president, the chair was’ ably taken by*1 Pearl Duncan, vice-pre­ sident, The meeting was opened with hymn 37 6 and prayer, other hymn1 ]vas stipg and Mrs. Staples read ’ a meditation on “Friendliness” followed by respon­ sive, reading 715. After the minutes, roll* call' and business discussion, Miss Alice Hackney read the topic. Joan and Elizabeth Staples/of To- POnto, favored with three pia,no in­ strumentals. Mrs. J. .Selves gave a reading and Mrs. Tom Allen sang “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere”, ac­ companied with the guitar. Hymn 488 was sung and Mrs, Mair closed the meeting With prayer ■National Anthem. I The regular monthly meeting the Centralia W.A., was held the schoolroom of the church Thurs- I day, July 3?rdj -yr.ith a good atten-( dance! The meeting opened with; hymn 43 6, “Search' Me, O Lord, and Know My Heart”/. Corinthians .13 and Pshlm 23 were read in uni­ son,.followed by the Lord’s Prayer., Leona Davey sang a solo. A piano duet was rendered by Mrs. N. Pen-, warden and Helen Essery and Mrs.' Bowden gave reading « entitled*! “The Joy of Living”. A vocal.'duet by Mrs. O’Brien and Mrs. L. Hodg­ son Was followed by hymn 226, “What a Fellowship/ What a Joy Divine”, Mrs. Brown then took the chair for the business. Murray, gave a reading Brave and Smile.” “Take the ^Nanie of You” was sung and closed the meeting. Lunch was serv­ ed by Mrs. A. Mitchell, Mrs. H. Lightfoot,‘Mi’S. Andrew and Mrs, A. McFalls. Mrs. H. entitled “Be Hymn 223, Jesus With Mrs. Brown , Jack had just been informed by his pater that, uh til he began earn­ ing his own money, he’d have .to cut doWir his expenses at least half. “Son,” v admonished the old man, “I know you’re spending it on whiskey and women. I don’t mind your 'fooling with one of these, but you can’t keep up the pace with both. You’ve .got to cut out one of them.” “All Tight,, Dad, Which brie would you advise me to cut out?” The father thought a mom.qpt and then said: “Sen, you can drink all the whiskey you want when you get old/’ , —-Little Boy Blue I’m • willing. in silence for Men of 30,40,50 PEP, VIM, VIGOR, Subnormal, Want ‘normal pep, vim, vigor, vitality ? 'Tfy Ostrex Tonic Tablets. Contains tonics, StlirtUlanta, .oyster elements— aids io tiomdi pep after 3b, 40 or fib* not a special introductory size for tmiy Sof, Try this aid to norm/il pop and v m louay. For -sale at ail good drug . SEAL-O-MATIC An­ on and the i induction serviced AT PARKHILL Rev, E> F. Chandler was into .the pastorate Of Parkhill Un­ ited Church Thursday night With members being present from Leiury and Farkhill United church to greet their new minister. Rev. Mr, Blair of Alisa Craig was in charge Of the service. RfeV. Dr, Richards, Of Lon* don, delivered the charge to Mr, Chandler; Rev. Mr, Ferguson,, of London, charged the members of the congregation, and John Gal* braith, a member of the Farkhill United Church, spoke briefly. At the close of the induction service lunch, was served by the ladies of the church and the congregation was given an opportunity to meet' their now miriister, Telling some people they think is a polite Ing them to keep their «inducted to say what way of toll* mouth shut* War con- issue, ev- that dis- either in In recent weeks many of our younger men have received letters from the department of defence' set­ ting forth the urgency of'- the pre­ sent need for men in Canada’s arm­ ed forces. In one part of the let­ ter the fact i§ mentioned that con­ scription may never be used in 'this country. The tone' of. the state­ ment is such that it sounds pecul­ iarly like an apology. An apology for such a .statement should cer­ tainly be forthcoming. During-the first Great acription became such an en in our own province, cussion of "the subject, print or on the street, entailed bit­ ter feelings and unhappy arguments. The conscription issue, however, has radically, changed since th^t time. Almost all reasonable people, observing the example set by Great Britain, the United States, and even Germany and Italy, know that it is the only sane and fair course of. action../ The young men of the coun­ try themselves, those who are un­ questionably the most vitally con-, cerned, are waiting for the day' when our country Will tell them where and5 in what numbers they are needed for service. The reason for this delay of ne­ cessary actioft. is, as far as the gen­ eral public can find out, the lack of support' for any conscription move in the province of ;Que"bec, Fre­ quently we hear the old story that our government must proceed gin­ gerly because we have a . minority in our country. If it is true that a minority exists which can ' in­ fluence the government of our na­ tion, then, at the present juncture it undoubtedly, does behoove that government to proceed with all due caution, for we cannot deceive our­ selves as to the danger of a wartime government which has hot the wholehearted support of all the peoples of the land. The pathetic Part of the situation is to be found in the fact that we have any minor­ ity '^t all. •■ • Surely, after very nearly two hundred years of lenient and pro­ tective British rule the Fren/ch- descended people of Canada should, be as thoroughly British - as Win­ ston Churchill. Those, same people have received benefits and consider­ ations from ,the governments of Great Britain and Canada that had never been and never would have been theirs as a Colony of France. British an,d Canadian legislation has provided the French-Canadian people with every protection for church and language, education, and Custom, Make no mistake—we ac­ cuse French Canada of no disloyal­ ty to the Crown, but we do ask that they forgo, for the time being at least, the power-to swing the gov­ ernment Of our Dominion into what­ ever course of action the people Of Quebec deem right from their own point of view. Quebec, we fear, has that power, but it resembles all other powers and privileges in this happy land—-they endure Ohly as long as our country and our Mother­ land stand before the blast. A Kiiid Deed smokeroom of the big'ho- Sunoco Service & Garage Phone 200 Exeter iraO In the tel the Scot had, been boring every*, one with teles of the great Meeds he had done. “Well, now,” said an Englishman at last, “suppose you tell us some­ thing you can’t do, and, by Jove, I’ll undertake to do it myself.” “Thank ye,” replied the Scot, “I eanna pay mo bill here.” 4 gunning—McIntyre j 5 A wedding of much interest was solemnized at the home oft Mr. and Mrs. Shkrsel McIntyre, St, Marys, when Rev.. Angus Smith united in marriage their eldest .daughter, Ruth Isabel McIntyre, Reg.N.,' to Kenneth W, Gunning, only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Gunning, Gran­ ton. Pink and' white < .peonies and fqrns made an attractive back­ ground for the ceremony which took Iilace in the living, room. Miss Es­ ther McIntyre, -Sister of, the bride, played the wedding music. Given in ■ marriage by hex* father,, the bride looked lovely in a floor-length gt>wn of white silk net over satin,1 short puffed sle.eves arid sweetheart neCk- 'line. Her full-length bridal veil of embroidered tulle was held in place by' a coronet of orange blossoms. The veil was worn by an aunt of the .bride twenty-five years ago. The bride carried a shower bouquet of American Beauiy rosebuds with cascade of- narro^w satin ribbon and rosebuds falling to the hem of her gown. Little Shirley Elizabeth Thompson, “daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Inman Thompson and. niece of the bride .was a winsome little flow­ er gtel in a- long pilik organdie frock with tiny frills and carried a ridsegay of June pinks.. Following the ceremony dinner was served by Smith, Reg.N., London, and Alice Bailey, Reg.N., of Strat- Only immediate relatives- present. Mr. and Mrs. Gun-^ left on a. motor trip through leen Miss ford. were ning Northern Ontario, the bride travel­ ing in a smart peach jersey’ensemble with hat and accessories. side, in Granton. and navy silk matching felt' They will re- Summer Complaint Few people, especially children,.' escape an attack of summer com- ' ■ plaint during the hot weather. Summer complaint begins with a, prpfuse diarrhoea very often accom­ panied by' vomiting and purging. The matter excreted from the- . stomach Ms a bilious appearance^ and that from the bowels watery,. Whitish, ill-smelling, or even odorless.. When, the children show any sign of looseness1 of the bowels the mother should administer a few doses of Dr.. Fowler’s Extract of "Wild Stfaw- berry so as to bring quick relief. This medicine has been,on. the> market for the past 94 years. Re­ fuse substitutes. They may - be- dangerous. 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