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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1939-02-02, Page 2THVBSJJAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1930 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE -b- WESTERN CANADA SPECIAL BARGAIN EXCURSIONS From all Stations in Eastern Canada GOING DAIRY—FEB. 18—MARCH 4, 1939 INCLUSIVE Return Limit 45 Days TICKETS GOOD IN COACHES at fares approximately 1 l-8c per mile. TOURIST SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately 1 3-8c per mile. STANDARD SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately 1 5-8c per mile. COST OF ACCOMMODATION IN SEEPING CARS ADDITIONAL BAGGAGE checked. Stopovers at Port Arthur, Armstrong, Chicago and West SIMILAR EXCURSIONS FROM WESTERN TO EASTERN CANADA DURING THE SAME PERIOD Tickets, Sleeping Car Reservations and all information from any Agent T20 ASK FOR HANDBILL CANADIAN NATIONAL LETTER BOX —... TO THE EDITOR, ARMS USELESS ON A WET DAY THREE PABIUnLli RESIDENTS HURT Exeter I” Former Conductor on L. H. & B. Recalls Experiences Concerning the Board of Health’s notice to haul all pea ensilage down c-ui' back streets. I would wish to bring to their attention and for them to* beai’ in mind pea ensilage is not injurious to the health in any manner, shape o-r-form, but we do not like the objectionable odoi' on the back streets any more than on front streets, the business town for pea Thank you space. Signed A Resident of the Back Street This town still wants whether you a|re ,in ensilage or no-t. Mr. Editor for your Four Days and Five Nights Going From London to for "Council Standard’ RIB-ROLL or Tite-Lap Roofing is being widely used for houses. It is permanent, fireproof weather proof—requires minimum upkeep. Write for our new free book, “House Tops”. Mr. George McDonald, a former conductor on the L. H. & B. in re tiring from the Canadian National on pension writes of some of his ex periences in the Canadian National Railway Magazine as follows: Eastern Steel Products ./united' PRESTON ONT. factovcsAlto at Montreal e.Toronto $1058 in Prize Money Paid at iKirkton Fair Few Fall Fairs are as consistently successful as Kirkton Fair and judg ing from the reports heard of the 1938 -Fair at the directors’ meeting on January 18th, the Kirkton Agri cultural Exhibition is headed for new and higher levels of success. In almost every way last year’s Fair outdid the previous year. The gate receipts were §40 larger, due no doubt tc- the new policy of dis tributing tickets to all public school children of Blanshard, Fullarfcon and Usborne Township, who brought their parents and helped increase the attendance. Prize money i $105 8.15 was given, an increase of $75 -over the previous year. Entries totalled 1575 in 1938 as opposed to 12-39 in 193 7. The Fair Board now has a balance of $329.51 on hand, receipts having amounted tc- $16 95.- 8 6 and expenditures totalling $13 6 6.- 35. The membership was also in creased by the addition of 40 names. There are Mr. T. president, afternoon Hugh Berry, gave his secretarial and financial reports. James Stephen who has given many years of faithful service to the Fair was presented with, an Agricul tural Service Diploma as a tribute to his wo-rk. 242 members now. A. Wiseman, the retiring acted as chairman for the and Secretary - Treasurer, Displays Were Good The directors in charge of the various exhibits at the Fair reported everything as being up to- or better than the standard of former years. The Ladies’ Work and Domestic Science departments were reported as being especially good as the many people who- crowded the hall remem ber. A resolution was passed to give more attention to the Bacon Hog and R,oots & Vegetables classes. The Kirkton Fair Board is well staffed with young and able-bodied directors and a competent secretary treasurer, which add in a great mea sure to its success. The hope was expressed by not a few that they en deavour to make Kirkton a better Fair with additional progress each year. The new officers for 19 39 elected Berry; Doupe; Spence; Berry. Directors—Mil-ton Hooper, R. N. Shier, James Stephen, Dr. G. H. Jose, Arthur Rundle, Charles Paul, Theron Greery, Oliver McCurdy, William Ur quhart, James H. Robinson Newt-on Clark, Wesley Hodge, T. A.’ Crago, Nelson Coultis, Warren Brock, T. A. Wiseman, Harry Webber. Honorary Directors—F. G. Sand erson, M.P.; Dr. C. A. Campbell, W. H. Golding, M.P.; James Ballantyne M.L.jA.; W. Angus Dickson, Amos Doupe, John Morphet, Auditors —- Alex Crago, Russell. were as follows—President, John 1st Vice-iPresident, R. E. 2nd Vice-President, Robert Secretary-Treasurer, Hugh George McDonald, recently retired C.N.R. conductor, was the guest of honor at a gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ncrthey, Otta- way Avenue, London, -Ont., when sev eral of his former associates pre sented him with a purse of money and their good wishes. Mrs. McDon ald, who was also a guest, received a sheaf c-f American Beauty roses. The -presentations were made by conductor R. W. Drake and conduct or John Boucher. In talking about his railroad career Mr. McDonald states: “I started railroading in 1892 dur ing the Chicago World’s Fair and 1 remember that we met twenty-one regular passenger trains and sections between Paris Junction and London. This was single track, and I think shewed that despatches and train crews were on the job every minute.' “I have spent a great deal of my time since railroading as a brake- man and conductor on the London, Huron and Bruce, and it holds many happy memories for me. Of the farm ers along this line I cannot say too much for their kindness to the rail road men. -Often in the winter we had been stalled in the snow, and Lease lxxc -they always came along with bas- totalling I kets of sandwiches and pots of hot ; coffee.” “I remember one winter in partic ular when we started out at London when the old wedge snow plow, two engines, and a coach with forty sec tion men in charge of Abe Grills, now retired supervisor at Hamilton. We were four days and five nights going from London to Exeter, and everyone was glad to get a hot meal there. The men had to- work in three shifts, shovelling and picking the snow out of the cuts.” "I have been very fortunate in my railroad life, never having a serious accident, c-r having to leave my home terminal. I have worked under sev eral officials and always found them just and square. Among my fellow railroad men I found them leninent to a fault, loyal and just to adian National. I always pleasure of working with mate, and in my capacity as condiuc- tor I always had a hard-working and loyal brakeman.” “When I took my train in -on the night of September 24th, it had both pleasant and sad memories for me. I was thankful that I had reached my final destination without mishap and I also realized that this was the last time I would be in charge of a train. I extend my -best wishes to those who follow me in this work, and I hope they may be as fortunate as I have been. Though not now in active service, I am still a -Canadian National employee, and deeply inter ested in the welfare o-f the road and my fellow employees.” “Through our magazine I wish to- thank the boys on behalf o-f Mrs. McDonald and myself for their gift and best wishes to all. leninent the Can- had the a good Birsay, Sask., January 12, 1939 The Exetei’ Times-Advocate, Exeter3 Ontario Gentlemen,—■ I am enclosing here renewal my subscription to- your paper. It is nice to receive yo-ur paper and keep a little in touch with the people and doings at the place 1 knew as home for so many years. But things have changed. I once knew most of the people mentioned in the paper and now many papers have only a few; but many things happen which I like to- hear of and would not only for your paper. We have had a beautiful fall and winter, mild with very little snow. I am, Rheumatic Pains Relieved by Kruschen Here is a noteworthy instance of the manner in which damp weather can affect the joints of one who is subject to .rheumatic pains. “I had been suffering from rheu matism very badly,” a man writes, “and had such pains in my Joints that I could hardly bear it3 on a wet day especially. It pained me terribly to use my arms, and I was hardly able to work. I tried two different remedies, but I was still as bad after the treatment. “Then I was told to try Kruschen Salts, which quickly brought relief. So of course I have kept on with it, and I am now much better and have never -felt, so fit for years. I used to feel SO' miserable and sluggish, but now is it a pleasure to be able ito work.”—S.B. The pains and stiffness of rheu matism are often caused hy uric acid crystals in the muscles and joints. The numerous salts in Kruschen as sist in stimulating the internal or gans tO' healthy, regular activity, and help them to eliminate excess uric acid. * While playing hockey at the Gran ton Arena, 'Glen Jamieson had the muscles of one leg torn, necessitat ing the placing of his leg in a cast for a 1° day period. Yours sincerely 3 GEO. A. BAGSHAW SHORT COURSE IN WOODHAM Three well-known, residents of Parkhill lay unconscious in a farm er’s field for more than an hour, un Saturday night, two of them ser iously hurt, after the car in which they had been riding left No. 7 high way a mile from the town in a blind ing snowstorm. In St. Joseph's Hospital, London, are John Bossenberry, aged 24, son of Sidney Bossenberry, operator of the Arlington Hotel, parkhill, and Richard Ringrose, 32, operator -of a billiard parlor in the town. Each has serious head injuries. E. H. (Ted)‘Asling3 employee of The Parkhill Gazette, third person in the car, is at his home,, consid erably shaken from the crash, and in danger of pneumonia from the long exposure before the accident was discovered. Ringrose, apparently the first par tially to recover consciousness strug gled 200 or 3 00 yards through the heavy snow to a near-by farmer’s house to summon aid. While he was on his way, others found the wreck ed car, and police and medical aid were on the way before Ringrose’s I effor-t had given the alarm. After the struggle through the sto-nn, Ringrose again lapsed into unconsciousness and he was uncon scious still when admitted to hospit al. Judging from marks in the field, Chief Roy Fraser, of Parkhill3 said he believed the driver missed a turn on No. 7 highway, hurdled a fence, and came to rest 57 feet inside the field. though times. The chief said it looked as the car had rolled over four For 04 Years Vicks Advertising has been passed Upon by a Board of Physicians. CLEARS STUFFY HEAD Helps Prevent the Development of Colds, too NOW, it’s easy to relieve head cold discomfort. Just put a few drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol up each nostril and feel the tingle as Va-tro-nol’s stimu lating medication reduces the swol len membranes, clears away the clogging mucus, helps to keep the sinuses from being blocked by the cold—lets you breathe again. NEXT TIME, don’t wait until your head is all stuffed up. At the first warning sneeze or sniffle, use Va-tro-nol at once—it helps to pre vent many colds front developing. Va-tro-nol is specialized medica- tipn-expressly designed for the nose and upper throat where most colds start. Used in time, it stimulates Nature’s own defenses to fight off many a cold, or to throw off < • head colds in VICKSS-W their early , stages. VA-TRO-NOL The following letter was received by Mr. C. Tauten from Mr. George Layton, who with Mrs. Layton are spending the winter at Orlando, Flo. Dear Charlie,— Here we are in the land of summer and sunshine with shrubs green and in bloom and the oaks still clad with foliage, palms and pines and citrus groves, in fact very few of the trees in the South shed their leaves and become bare. You run away fro-m those varieties of wood back in Georgia. Leaves however are contin ually dropping which is a good thing in its way for it gives the colored population a chance to earn a living. They are the hewers of wood and the drawers of water and they are happy as the day is long. Talking of length of days the sun sets now at about 5.30 and rises at 7.30. You will find it interesting to compare this with the North. Fruit is plentiful and very cheap. Oranges on the street are retailing at 69c. per 2 bushel bag and grape fruit at 40c per filled bushel basket. Meats are all prices nut the good western beefs are somewhat higher than in Exeter (but quality is goodl Most of the grocery stores meat deparment. As one of the big four you interested in bowling. Had game of doubles this pan. and when we finished the 18 ends the score stood in favor of two Canadians of which your humble servant was one. The president of the club this year is a Canadian from Ottawa. He was the other one of the pair. If any of you come down we will arrange to have a game. 'One of the big four ■George The short course in agriculture and household science which com menced operation in the Orange Hall Woodham, on Tuesday next, under the supervision of R. E. White, of Perth County Agricultural Repre sentative and his assistant, Charles Newton, of .Barrie, has already been given the signal of approval, by the application of forty boys and forty eight girls, who are anxious to take part in the affair. The course will last for a one-month period. Subjects to be covered during the time will include the breeding and handling of livestock, problems con nected with the dairying industry, feeds and feeding, poultry, field crops, soils and cultivation, fertiliz ers and manures, insects and diseases weeds and weed seeds, bacteriology, co-operaticn and markets, arithme tic and business correspondence, foods and nutrition, household man agement, health education and home care A Bother to Himself A little hillybilly watched a man a tourist camp making use of comb and brush, a tooth brush, nail file, and a wisk broom. “Say, mister,” he finally queried. “Are you always that much trouble to yourself?” at a a have a will be a real read is of the sick, . (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Tired Out Before Day Half Over Women who should be strong and healthy become weak, run down and worn put, and are unable to attend to their household duties. Some disease or constitutional dis turbance has left its mark in the form of shattered nerves, impover ished blood, and an exhausted con dition of the entire system. Women will find in Milburn’s Health and Nerve Pills the remedy they need to supply food for the exhausted nerve force, and one that will help them back to sound, per fect health again. The T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. Boners in the Classroom The highest form of animal life the girdffe. A monologue is a conversation be tween two people, such as husband and wife. Two occupations of the civilized race are work and looking for work. In Christianity a man can have one <wife. , This is called otony. The Tower of Babel was the where Solomon kept his wives. only mon- place Tell what you know about ni trates. I don’t know much about them, but I do know they are cheap er than day rates. Nesbitt M.L.A.; correc- Correction Pupil: “I can’t read this tion of yours, sir.” ’Teacher: “It says you must Write more dearly.” Birsay, Sask., The Exeter Times-Advocate, Exeter, -Ontario Gentlemen,— I was very much pleased to in yo-ur paper of January 5th 1939, “The Old World and the New.” Who ever the writer was gave some real advice, if people generally were only wise enough to accept. The portion I refer to was Isaiah 1-17 “ wonder ful advice if accepted,, eternal dam nation if rejected” and so- I say good advice for the New Year. As the writer drew the word pic ture cf Old Man Time’s finger writ ing, I was reminded- of another fin ger or fingers that wrote before a haughty .monarch during the first Gentile kingdom cn this earth, “Weighed, Wanting, Divided.” 1 wonder if it has any warning for this poor old world today. With blind governments feverously building ar maments. Fo-r what? Well I might say for their own destruction^and yet nations too blind to see it. Matt. 15- 14 might also be well applied' to our political leaders today. Belshazzar also was living in a fool’s paradise surrounded by one Of the 'greatest fortresses of ancient times. But on the very eve of his destruction, was merry-making and drinking were in the golden vessels taken from the temple at Jerusalem in order to give it a semblance of religion (much the same as many are doing today, go to church on Sunday to keep up their respectabil ity the rest of the week) and so- the world is once more as did the hau ghty monarch of old, and- God’s hand is about to -write of the nations today, “Weighed, Wanting, Divided” Would that our governments as well as individuals take the advise of Isa iah 1-118 reason it out. Get under the Blocd of .Faith. This is the only possible way of escape for men or nations of the awful wrath that is | about to fall on this sin-cursed world Yours truly, J. T. BAGSHlAiW Savages are people who don’t know what wrong is until mission aries show them. Mineral wool is the shearings | from a hydraulis ram. I Which is more important, the sun or the moon? important than shines at night light. The moon is more the sun, because it when you need the kind of candy thatSuccor is the comes at the end of 'the stick. How can banks afford to pay in terest on the money you deposit? They use other people’s money. When fire was discovered in some bales of cotton in a Greenville, Ala., warehouse, the city fire department did not dash water on the cotton. Instead, the smouldering fire deep in the cotton bales was put out with kerosene, which the uninformed might think was a foolhardy thing to do. But there was a good reason for using kerosene which penetrates cotton and unless its fumes have an opportunity to mix with air, it will not burn. But it will put out a fire just the same as water. On the other hand, will not soak into closely pack ed cotton like kerosene, and hence has no- value as a fire extinguisher. Young Mac: “Father, I have to have an atlas for school.” Old Mac: wait till the “Ah, weel, ye’d better wor’rld’s mail* settled.” o—o—-o of baseball, I’ve got“'Speaking baseball dog.” “What makes you call him. a base-, ball dog?” “Because he wears a muzzle, catches flies, chase fowl, and beats it for home when he sees the catch er coming.” a Real Harness Makers Are Scarce Well-Known Harness Maker Inter viewed by Stratford Reporter “The Bible is the most interesting book I have ever read and I never get tired of it,” declared Alex Mc Kenzie, 82-year-old retired harness marker, of Auburn as he replied to, a query by The Beacon-Herald, of Stratford. The question was asked after McKenzie said he was keenly interested in reading good books and estimated that he has read (‘thou sands” during his lifetime. Next to the Holy Scriptures, Mr. McKenzie said he liked the works of Shakespeare, because they contained fine English, a good sense of humor* and a good deal of common sense. Interviewing this well-known pion eel’ resident wasn’t like going and talking with any other person, be cause Mr. McKenzie is almost total ly deaf, and it was* necessary to write down the questions one wished ans wered. Does Own Cooking' But Mr. McKenzie was most oblig ing. -He lives by himself in a small frame house comprising one big room. At one end you could see that he does his own cooking. Everything in the room was neat. Along one side was a work bench with big strips of leather, because he still plys his trade a little each day filling small orders. And speaking of the harness-mak ing business, Mr. McKenzie scoffed at the suggestion that folks nowadays know ho’ to make harness.' “They only think they do,” he de clared. ' “Why aren’t they real harness makers at the present time?” “The answer is quite simple. You got to have your heart and soul into the business and not just a machine like they do today. I’ve made har ness which I know would last the buyer for twenty-five years. Try and find that kind of harness at the pres ent time. It is an illusion for any one to think harness made with a big machine can be compared to hand-made materials of years declared Mr. McKenzie. He has been in the harness ing and leather business five years and he ought something about which Born at Francis town, now ern part of Exeter, Ont., Kenzie started when he young to make harness real true leather. His were all British military uncle having received a land for his services during the bat tle of Waterloo. Mr. McKenzie ried a iColborne Township girl, Young, who died in 1924. Thinks War Inevitable “Do you think there is going a war?” was another question asked. “Sure there will be. You only have to read the Bible to know that there will be wars and r-umors of wars through history. As long as men-* of the world go on disobeying thQ golden rule there will be trouble anti wars. Everything, as far as world trouble is concerned, hinges on ob servance of the golden rule,” con tended the well-known Auburn Resi dent. f In his day, Mr. McKenzie has work ed at his trade In Auburn, Blyth, Hensail and Kip,pen and 'even this past summer spent some time work ing at Zurich. the ago,” i mak- sixty- know talks. for to he the north- Mr. Mc- was quite and handle forefathers, men, one big gift of mar- Jane to be • Grandma always was a keen shopper and quick to ’'snap up” a bargain ... but you’ll recognize these BARGAIN\OFFERS without her years of ex perience ... you save real money... you get a swell selection of magazines and a full year of our newspaper. 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