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TRUCKER FINED IN FATAL
CRASH
A reckless driving charge against
Mlinar Bryan, Thorndale, driver of
•the car in which Janies McInnis,
Thorndale garage operator was fat
ally injured on April 22 near Se-
bringville on No. 8 highway when it
crashed into a parked truck was dis
missed by Magistrate J. A. Makins in
police court at Stratford.
On a similar charge Norman
Steeds, Durham, driver of the truck,
was found guilty and fined .$100.00
and costs or three months in jail.
Campbell Grant, Walkerton, coun
sel for 'Steeds, announced an appeal
would be launched against the con
viction.
A third charge of not having the
required tail light burning on his
truck, laid against George Trafford,
owner of the Durham truck, was dis
missed. Trafford had previously paid
a fine for not having proper clear
ance lights on his vehicle.
In dismissing the charge against
Bryan, Magistrate Makins said he
could not see where the accused had
been driving in a reckless mannei’
and could not do other than record
an acquittal.
The greater part of the afternoon
was given over to evidence in which
there was wide variance between
that of Traffic Officer Charles An
derson, of Stratford and of Steeds
and Irwin Innes, a passenger in the
Durham truck.
The prosecution evidence was that
the truck, stopped by the traffic of
ficer because the rear lights were
not burning had been backed up
after being stopped. Steeds and Innes
swore the truck had not been back
ed up after being stopped and prior
to the crash but might have been
shoved forward after being struck
from the rear by Bryan’s car.
Both of the defence witnesses
swore that the tail light was illum
inated when they left St. Marys and
they had not stopped after that until
ordered to do so by he traffic officer
near the scene of the accident, be
cause no lights were showing on the
rear of the truck. There was also
wide difference between the defence
and prosecution witnesses as to how
far apart the truck and the officer’s
motorcycle were after the crash.
Summing up the evidence, Magis
trate Makins said that he found that
the lighting equipment on the Dur
ham truck was faulty and patched
up, thereby creating a real hazard
to the motoring public. He was also
inclined to believe the officer’s testi
mony that the truck had backed up,
another dangerous practice; other
wise it would not have been jutting
out farther on the highyay after the
crash. Consequently, he could see
nothing else but to find accused'
guilty as charged, because he was
satisfied that Steeds, in backing the
truck, was really the cause of the
fatal accident, for had he remained
stationery, after being stopped by the
traffic officer, as he claimed he had
■the Thorndale car would have miss
ed the rear corner of the truck plat
form and James McInnis would be
now living.
BURNED IN CHEMICAL
EXPERIMENT
William McKee, a St. Marys Col
legiate institute student, recived a
severe face burn in the final upper
school chemical experiment of the
year. The explosion occurred when,
in error, a student poured concen
trated suphuric acid into a warm
solution of alcohol and sodium ace
tate.
“Dad, is there really honour
amongst thieves?”
“I don't think so — they are just
men like the rest of us.”
Tired Out Before Day Half Over
Women who should be strong and
healthy become weak, run down and
Worn out, and are unable to attend
io 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
tfeUlth 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.
Wins $50 in “I Know Them” Contest
Mr. Wilfred Turnbull, manual
training teacher at Franklin 'Public
School, Toronto, son of Mrs. Eliza
beth Turnbull, of town, was one of
two first prize winners in the Tor
onto Daily Star “I Knew Them” con
test. Mr. Turnbull receives the $50
first prize for letters to the “Queen”
division.
“Early in October, 1937, the King
and Queen announced they would
pay an informal week-end visit with
the Queen’s brother, Hon. David
Bowes-Lyon, at his home in St,
Paulswalden,” wrote Mr. Turnbull
in the letter- which won him first
prize.
“The plans were for the King and
Queen and their party to go phea
sant shooting Saturday. On Sunday
the royal couple were to attend the
village church where the Queen
would unveil a memorial tablet. On
Sunday afternoon each of their ma
jesties would plant an oak tree in
the cricket pitch.
Got Feathers as Souvenirs
“I became acquainted with the
head gamekeeper, who was in charge
of the Saturday shooting party and
at my request, he secured for me as
a souvenir a handful of feathers
from the first jay and the first
pheasant which were shot by the
King.
“At first my request for a seat in
the church on Sunday morning was
very graciously refused. Owing to
the many requests for admittance to
the church the ruling was that par
ishioners only were to be allowed in.
However, after a little persuasion, I
did manage to secure a precious tick
et of admittance,
“Hours before church time the
country roads were thronged with
thousands waiting to see their ma
jesties. No one was allowed to walk
along the private road leading to the
church except those having tickets.
What a thrill it was to be able to
walk along the road and, whenever
a policeman barred the way, to have
him bow and step aside on seeing
my ticket.
Nephew Dropped Collection
“I was in the gallery of the church
and was able to get a fine view of
the handsome royal couple as they
walked informally down the aisle,
smiling to friends and acquaintances
They were accompanied by the Hon.
David Bowes-Lyon and his small
children, Simon and Derrina. The
man beside me remarked: ‘Little
Simon always seems to get into mis
chief, I wonder what it’ll be today?
Sure enough, in the middle of the
sermon, blond, curly-headed, six-
year-old 'Simon dropped his collect-
ion with a great clatter and it rolled
half way down the church before
stopping.
“The congregation tried to smo
ther amused smiles as Simon crept
up the aisle to find his collection.”
Mr. Turnbull wrote that because
he was a Canadian, visiting the vil
lage he was invited as one of the 15
persons to be presented to the King
and Queen at the tree-planting cere
mony. After the royal couple had
passed down the line shaking hands
with the persons presented to them,
the Queen walked directly hack to
where Mr, Turnbull was standing.
Like Talking to Old Friend
“I could feel she was coming to
speak to me and I was afraid that
in my excitement I would not be able
to talk.” related the Toronto school
teacher. “The instant she smiled and
began to speak, however, I felt as if
I were talking to an old friend,” he
wrote,
“She was most gracious anti
charming and seemed very interested
in hearing about Canada and how 1
was enjoying my visit to England.
After .a few minutes of conversation
and the Queen had walked away I
was immediately surrounded with
newspapermen asking: Who are you?
Why did the Queen speak to you?
What did she say? What did you
say? and a dozen other questions.
It gave me a most superior feeling.
“The Queen, on seeing an old
friend, one of the women from the
village who was in the crowd, walk
ed over to her and said: “Well An
nie, I am so glad to see you.’ Then,
turning to the King she motioned
to him to come over and said: ‘Bert
ie, will you come here? I would like
you to meet one of my old friends.’
Not Always Crowned Dignity
“Hearing the King called by his
first name and listening to their
majesties speak informally to these
ordinary village people made me
realize that after all they are human
and laugh and talk just like our
selves and are not always dignified
royalty sitting o.n a throne, dre'ssed
in robes and wearing jewelled
crowns as we are apt to picture
them.
“Simon Bowes-Lyon caused a stir
of amusement a second time. The
King had planted his tree and the
Queen was busily engaged in doing
likewise when everyone began to
show signs of amusement. 'On look
ing behind her the Queen smiled as
she observed Simon, in a most busi
nesslike manner, with the King’s
shovel in his hands, busily engaged
in attempting to shovel in the re
mainder of the earth at the foot oT
the King’s tree.”
W. C. T. U.
The regular monthly meeting of
the W.C.T.U. meeting was held in
Main Street Church, S. S. room, on
Thursday, May 18th with the first
vice-president Mrs. W. Cook lead
ing the meeting. Devotional service
opening with hymn 371 and the
Lord’s Prayer. Scripture lesson Mark
6:30-34 read and comments given.
Minutes of last meeting were read
then the roll call. One answer to
the roll call was: Quebec’s Anti-Al-
cohol Crusade: From more than
1,400 parish churches in Quebec a
pastoral letter was read on Sunday,
November 13 th, signed by Canada's
only Cardinal, Jean Marie Rodrigue,
Archbishop, of Quebec, by the Arch
bishop Coadputor of Montreal, by
the Archbishop of Ottawa and ail
the Bishops of the Church in the
Province. This letter enjoined up
on the Province’s civil authorities,
its professional and business men
and all social classes to collaborate
with the Roman Catholic Church in
a great temperance crusade to stand
out alcoholism as a matter of in
dividual and national welfare. This
pastoral letter might well be copied
by every church in the land and the
effects of beverage alcohol exposed.
'Subject for discussion: Our new
Da^nad'iiau citizens, no man liveth
unto himself. During the pinch of
poverty in the Great War many Rus
sians stopped drinking tea. They had
been heavy importers of tea from
India and the sudden loss of trade'
in Russia made the tea merchants
and their thousands of-workmen in
India so poor they could not import
cotton cloth from Enland. This clos
ed the cotton mills in Manchester
and nearly stopped English impor
tation of cotton from the Southern
States. So that the cotton raisers
in Mississippi had no money to buy
goods as usual in Cincinnati; and
the merchants in Cincinnati suffered
because Russians had stopped drink
ing'tea and everybody rightfully
blamed the war.
Our new Canadian citizens who
have come from countries where
wine production is one of the main
industries may need special teach
ing concerning the dangers of bev
erage alcohol but all our youth need ,
instruction that Cfinnot be refuted
on this question to safeguard them
against the temptation of the social
glass.
Our aim is a United Canada, not
only with the democratic ideals that
are our British heritage, but with the
ideals of temperance, righteousness
aiid pece which are our Christian
heritage.
Ouh mines, our lumbering indus-
. tries and our railroads were large
ly developed by the manual toil of
those who came to 'Canada from
other lands. If those who had
immigrated to Canada were sudden
ly taken away, many a necessary
industry would be crippled. We must
not fail to acknowledge that many
of these, new Canadians came to
Canada upon the invitation of our
statesmen to do work that Cana
dians would not or could not per
form.
DEATH OF MRS FRANCIS
LA FOND
The death occurred in Sarnia
General Hospital on Friday, May
12th of Mrs. Minnie M. La Fond,
aged 43, wife of Francis L. La Fond
East Wellington St. Sarnia town
ship. Mrs. La Fond was taken to
the hospital on Thursday suffering
from high blood pressure. She had
been a resident of Sarnia for 16
years, although she was born at
Shipka, near Dashwood. She at
tended Devine St. United church.
Besides hei’ husband she leaves three
daughters and two sons, Lola, Leon
ard, Sherwood, Norma and Phyllis.
There are also four sisters and two
brothers, Mrs. George Totten, of Re
gina; Mrs. Lydia Guess, of Weyburn,
Sask,; Mrs. Ernest Keys, of Dash
wood; Miss E. Finkbeiner, of Sarnia
Lome Finkbeiner, of Dashwood, and
Milton Finkbeiner, of Smeaton, Sask.
Mr. La Fond is a boiler maker at
the Imperial Oil Refinery. The
funeral was held Sunday from the
family residence, at 1:30 p.m. to
Devine St. United church where a
public service was held at 2 p.m.
The funeral was largely attended by
relatives and friends from London,
Crediton, Shipka, Dashwood, Grand
Bend, Detroit, Zurich and Sarnia.
Rev. J. M. Colling was the officiat
ing clergyman. During the church
service Mrs. A. J. McKnight sang*
“Crossing the Bar”. The pallbearers
were Gordon Oallfas, L. Bell, Garnet
Passmore, S. Freele, Mr. Dayman
and S. Gaull. Interment took place
at the Lakeview cemetery.
MAN OF 94 PLANTS GARDEN
The garden of Mr. Wm. Moore, of
Catherine .Street, each year is one of
the finest in this district. This year
should not be an excepion as Mr.
Moore, despite his 94 years of age,
has already most of his garden plant
ed. The way Mr. Moore works about
his home Would put many men who
are still young to shame.—Wingham
Advance-Times.
“How many of the girls In the
sewing circle are in on the secret?”
“Ten, all told.”
“They would!”
SO YEARS AGO
May 23, 1889
Roadhouse-Brownlee - On the 8th
inst, by the Rev. 8. F. Robinson at
the residence of the bride’s mother,
Exeter, Mr. W. L. Roadhouse, Kirk
ton, to Nellie, daughter of the late
Mr. James Brownleee.
Mr. A. McArthur leaves today for
Brussels where he has secured a
position as druggist,
Mr. Emmanuel Howard loft last
Thursday for Washington Territory.
Mr. John Knight has secured the
position of operator at the Exeter
station taking the place of Mr, B.
Shipley who left for Lucan recently.
The Central Hotel has been re
papered and repainted internally. It
now presents a still more inviting
appearance. The walls of the Post-
Office have been kalsomined and the
various appliances painted.
At ’the adjourned vestry meeting
of the Trivitt Memorial Church, a
resolution was passed thanking the
Messrs. Weekes Bros, for the beauti
ful font presented to the church.
Mr. A. Cottle, who recently left
Exeter for London, it is said, will
return and again take hold of the
cradle and turning factory.
25 YEARS AGO
May 28, 1914
Mr. Will Newcombe, of Spokane,
Wask., is spending several weeks
with his mother and sister.
The Misses 'Grace and Rose Cud-
more, who have been in the west for
some time returned to town Satur
day,
The ball game between the Press
Gallery and the House of Commons
resulted in favor of the former 15
to 13. W. M, Martin, an Exeter
Old Boy, starred for the latter by
his heavy hitting.
The house and two lots on James
Street the estate of the late Mrs.
Rowcliffe were sold by public auc
tion on Saturday last to Mr. Janies
Frayne, of Usborne, who takes pos
session in the fall.
■Mr. Wm. Leavitt opened up his
moving picture show in the rink last
week and has received a good pat
ronage. Mr. Ern Davis, of Hamilton,
formerly of Exeter, is operating the
machine.
Mr. Thos. Nelson, expert with Mr.
Wes. Snell has moved his family
here from Owen Sound and are oc
cupying Mr. D. Mack’s house oppos
ite Main .St. Church.
iMr. Frank Handford, Vancouver,
B.C. is visiting with his father, Mr.
Richard Handford at Centralia who
is quite ill.
15 YEARS AGO
May 22, 1924
Mrs. W. O. Miller, who has spent
the winter in Detroit has returned to
Exeter and is occupying the home
of her mother, the late Mrs. T. Greg
ory.
On Sunday last Rev. A. A. Trum-
pe’r commenced his ninth year as
rector of the Trivitt Memorial
Church.
Miss Eva Carling, daughter of the
late Thomas Carling, formerly of
Exeter, who has been in Toronto
visiting her mother has been ap
pointed superintendent of St. Luke’s
Hospital, New York. Before taking
her new position Miss Carling will
pent some time in Atlantic City.
A cablegram was received Tues
day morning from Mr. Alonzo Hod
gins, of Credion, to the effect that
S. S. Gracia, on board of which
were Messrs. W. H. Dearing, Harry
Sweet and himself, had lnded safely
ly at Liverpool on Monday evening.
Dr. Ray Morrison, of New York,
son of iMr. and Mrs. Wm. Schosen-
berg, of London, well known in Ex
eter, was married in New York on
Wednesday.
Mr. Rousom, who has been in
charge of the Woolworth Store in
North Bay, has been transferred to
London.
Former Exeter Lady
Dies in Winnipeg
Laura Handford, widow of Rev.
H. E. Gilbert, Methodist minister,
passed away in Winnipeg at the
home of her sister Mrs. W. A. Coop
er, As a child she went with her
parents, from Exeter, Ont., to Man
itoba, where they homesteaded in
the Snowflake district, afterward re
siding in Holmfield, Man, She be
came a teacher and spent a year at
Alma College, St. Thomas, Later she
entered the Morden, Man., Hospital
and trained for a nurse. In 1907 she
married Rev, H, E. Gilbert and made .
many staunch friends as she travel-< ed with her husband the circuits oil
La Riviere, Fort William and Burn
side and McDonald. At the latter
place Mr. Gilbert had to superannu
ate, owing to ill-health and died soon
after, leaving her with, two small
sons. Bravely she took up her pro
fession of nursing, and educated her
sons. She suffered a stroke four
years ago, and since then she grad
ually weakened until she peacefully
passed away, being lovingly minister
ed to by her four sisters,
Her two sons survive. Gerald in
Panama and Fred, a mining engin-
neer, in Northern Ontario; four sis
ters five brothers survive. The fun
eral was conducted by Rev. W. E.
Donnelly assisted by two old friends
Rev. G. F. McCullagh and Rev. J. F.
Palmer.
DUNGANNON PASTOR ACCEPTS
CALL
Rev. W. E. Gill, who some weeks
ago made announcement of his re
signation from the charge of Dun
gannon and Crewe United churches,
to be effective at the end of June,
has received a call to the three-
charge circuit of Wellburn, Brown’s
and North Nissouri. He has announc
ed his acceptance of the call.
FALL WHEAT
The area of 19 39 fall wheat re
maining for harvest in Ontario
amounts to 657,400 acres. This is
84,700 acres less than the area har
vested in 1938. The area winter-
killed in the 193 8-39 winter amount
ed to 34,600 acres, of 5 per cent,
compared with the 9 per cent loss
in the winter of 1937-3 8. The condi
tion of fall wheat at April 3 0 was
estimated at 98 compared with 94
at th,e corresponding date a year ago
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MRS. W. C. HODGE, FULLARTON,
DIES
Mrs. William C. Hodge passed a-
way at her home, lot 21, concession
13, Fullarton township, Monday af
ternoon, in her 56th year, For the
past seven weeks she had been con
fined to her bed with a heart con
dition. Mrs. Hodge was born in
Blanshard township on October 27,
■1882, a daughter of Mrs. Batten and
the late Samuel Batten, of Kirkton.
On March 25, 1908, she was married
to William C. Hodge, at Anderson
and since that time had resided in
Fullarton township, spending the
past 26 years on the farm where
death occurred. She was an active
member of the United church at
Mount Pleasant and will be greatly
missed in the community, where she
had won the love and respect of a
vast number of friends. She is sur
vived by her husband, her mother,
two sons, Lome of Staffa, and Wil
liam Alvin at home; three brothers
William and Charles Batten of Blan
shard township and Stanley, of
Kingston; and one sister, Louise
Batten Wills, of Pasadena California.
The funeral service was held in Mt.
Pleasant United church Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, following a
short service at her late residence.
Interment was made in Kirkton
Union Cemetery.
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