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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1939-07-27, Page 1W luiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiimnniiniinnnnniininnnniiwiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiM Bargains in Summer Shoes 1 Women’s and Girls’ White Shoes at $L50 OXFORDS, SANDALS, AND SOME FANCY STYLES OF WHITE SHOES, ALL SIZ­ ES IN THE LOT TO CLEAR AT $1.50 PR. • i i 20 per cent. Discount on Better Lines Women’s and Girls’ White Shoes, Better Lines of Combination Fitters, many with built in arches in widths A to EE, our best grade white shoes on sale at 20 per cent, discount. ■ Sale of Men’s White Oxfords Men’s $5.00 Astoria, Goodyear Welts, a few pairs left at $4.00 pair. Other lines men’s White Oxfords, sizes 6 to 10 at $2.50 pair. Men’s Leather Sole Work Boots at $2.50 Pair 25 pairs men’s better grade farm boots, leather soles, on sale at $2.50 pair. Also men’s Split Harvesting Boots at $2.00 pair s Sale of Martha Washington Dresses Regular $3.95 for $2.95 each. Sizes 14 to 20 and 36 to 51. A good range to select from. Also Martha Washington House Dresses at $1.19 and $1.49. House Dresses, Regular up to $1.75 for 69c. 1 Ladies’, Misses’ and Girls’ Bathing Suits on Sale We wish to clear out the balance of our Ladies’, Misses and Girls’ Bathing Suits in a hurry. Note the Reduced Prices. I Ladies’ and Misses All Wool Suits Including Ripleys, Regular $2.95 for $2.00. | * Ladies’ and Misses All Wool Suits, Regular $2.00 for $1.50. Girls’ All Wool Suits, Regular $1.50 for $1.00. Small Girls’ All Wool Suits, Regular 79c for 59c. i Supersilk Crepe Hosiery at 69c pair We have just received another shipment of pure silk crepe hosiery, sub-standards of the $1.00 line. New Summer Shades on sale at 69c a pair. 1 = Special Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday 1 | Rasberry Jam aark 9% = St. Williams, 32 oz. Jar ................Cttvll | Canned Tomatoes Aa4,L 7f* 1 Maple Leap Brand, large 2£ tins ....v<*vll 1 V | P. & G. Soap g fnr g Super Suds nL« ?ftc s 2 Cakes Coleo Soap free with each...P**&» Princess Soap Flakes 9 nlzffe Limited Amount Only ......phgO. upv New Clover Honey 99« 7^0 Excellent Quality ............................9VU, 1 Nei^°^.................per peck 25c Fiusho tin ?1rCleans and Prevents Clogged Toilets 1 Phone 32 JoilCS <& May s^°’i ........................................Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll...Illlllllll....Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllll ...Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.. ....IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1W 1 LEAVITT’S THEATRE TOOLS For Any Job and all Purposes—Saws, Wrenches, Hammers, Punches, Screwdrivers, Etc. Screws, Nails Wire Bolts, Washers Ro’xalt for Watersofteners SALT Plain Blocks Iodized Blocks Purina House Fly Spray and Sprayers. Fly Swatters Fly Traps, Fly Coils Electric Bulbs 3 for 25c . Fishing Bods, Reels, Etc. White Lead Paint Oils Turpentine Brushes Coleman Gasoline Stoves, Irons, Lan­ terns, Lamps Let us look over that worn or smoky furnace. Now is the time, Not when it is Zero Weather. Cold Pack Canners Preserving Kettles Strainers, Scales PICNIC TIME Vacuum Jugs Vacuum Bottles Ropes, Forks, Scythes, Pulleys Greases and Oils Bran — Shorts — Hog Feeds — Chicken and Turkey Feeds TRACTOR FUNNELS HARNESS AND PARTS This Theatre is Air Conditioned THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY Special Feature “CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY” with EDWARD G. ROBINSON an all Star Cast MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY Special Feature .“UNION PACIFIC” Starring BARBARA STAN­ WYCK and JOEL McCREA Produced by Cecil B. DeMille Traquair’s Hardware Tinsmithing Sign Work ’ Plumbing New Story Start the new serial “Murder at Pirate's Head” by Isabel Waitt which begins in the Times-Advocate next week. The setting is a summer re­ sort known as Pirate’s Head which juts out at Rockville, Mass., into the wild Atlantic. Follow each Issue as this mysterious comedy ot errors unfold#. Harvest in Full Swing Threshing of fall wheat is in full swing and the yield throughout South Huron is 30 bushels per acre and over. Some fields of • barley and oats are already exit. With the large crop of hay stored away there should be an abundance ot feed for stock next winter. x ARM FRACTURED i) Mrs. Win. H. Dearing, of town, is suffering from a fractured right arm at the elbow. Mrs. Dearing was hanging out some clothes and was standing on the clothes-real plat­ form when she stooped to pick some ripe raspberries from the vines that were growing close by. iShe toppled over and fell with consider­ able weight on her right elbow bad-, ly bruising it and fracturing the bone, u The fracture was reduced by Dr. Fletcher. ‘At tne time of the accident Mr. Dearing <was confined to his bed critically ill with a heart condition. At present he is improv­ ing nicely. The accident to Mrs. Dearing was very unfortunate par­ ticularly at this time. PEA PACK COMPLETED The pea pack for this season is completed at the local canning fac­ tory. The crop was good and farm­ ers are peased with the returns. EXETER COUNCIL Monday, July 24th, 1939 A regular meeting of the munici­ pal council held. Absent Council­ lors Dignan and Southcott. The minutes of the meeting held July 10th read and adopted on mo­ tion of Hern and Turkey. Carried. A letter was read from the treas­ urer of the Township of Southwald re Mr. Ashbrook-Hills, advising that he with his family 'Would like to be sent back to England. Before com­ municating the council instructed the clerk to communicate with the Provincial Relief Board and see what action could be taken. A signed petition was read from property owners asking that the side walk be re-constructed from the cor­ ner of Sanders street to the south­ side of the Harvey Grist Mill proper­ ty and* on motion of Tuckey and Hern that the petition be granted and the walk re-constructed. The following list of accounts were read and ordered paid: Ex­ eter' P, U. C., Fire Dept. $3,95, water supplied for race track $5.00; Wm. Laverty, cutting weeds $12.50; Ed. J. Coombes, ditto $7,50; R. E. Davis, labor R. & B, $1.00; Seth Winer, ditto $4,00; Wm. Andrew, ditto $28.95; Direct Relief: Munici­ pality of Southwald Twp. $6.32. Passed on motion of Hern and Tuckey and carried. Adjournment by Hern. Joseph Senior, Clerk BREAKS LEG PLAYING SOFTBALL Mrs. K. Hutton, who on Monday evening suffered a fractured leg while playing softball at Seaforth had the fracture reduced before re­ turning to Exeter but an X-ray re­ vealed that difficulty had been ex­ perienced in immobilizing the frac­ ture and Mrs. Hutton will have to have further treatment on the leg. In the meantime plans are being made for the holding of a benefit ball game to assist in careing for the expenses of the medical treat­ ment. Both baseball and softball teams will co-operate with the Ex­ eter Athletic Association in raising funds and Mr. Ted Walper, leader of the Exetei’ Concert Band has promised the services of the band. DIAMOND WEDDING OF MR. AND MRS. OWEN GEIGER Popular residents of Hensall for forty years and well-known in Zurich where they resided tor several years, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Geiger celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary on Wednesday, July 26, at their home in Hensall. Mrs. Geig­ er is the former Miss Emma Geiger, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Geiger of Zurich. It was on July 10, 1879, that Mr. and Mrs. Geiger were married at the Geiger homestead, west of Zurich, with Rev. G. G. Schmidt, Evangel­ ical church, conducting the ceremony The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Eckstein. Dashwood, now de­ ceased. 8 For twelve years Mr. Geiger was reeve of Hensall; for two years coun­ cilor and for several years trustee and chairman of the School Board.. He was warden of the county in 1911 He has been president of the Flax organization for the past fifteen years and actively engaged for fifty- one years in the flax business and during the slimmer months employs hundreds of flaz pullers, many of them Indians. He harvests twelve hundred acres of .flax and in addP tion to the Hensall mill owns and operates the mill at Exeter. In 1894 fire destroyed two large barns of flax at Hensall. They were filled to the peak, and at that time Mr. Gei­ ger lost everything he had. The first artesian well in Stephen township, west of Dashwood, was snnk by Mr. Geiger for William Ful­ ton. He also erected many windmills for farmers in the surrounding dis­ tricts. The Geiiger family of six sons and one daughter are: Edmund, manual training teacher. London: Dr. William Geiger, Waterloo; Oliv­ er, manager Bank of Montreal, Fen- elon Falls; Rory, druggist, Kitchen­ er; Sydney, principal, high school at Sturgeon Falls; Ira, at home and, (Versey). Mrs. Eric Kennedy, Hen­ sall. From tables looking attractive with white and blue delphiniums in silver containers, blue and white tapers, and centred with a huge wedding cake, 60 relatives, guests and mem­ bers of the family sat down to a delicious dinner and supper. Toasts were proposed by Dr. William Geiger Waterloo and Edmund Geiger, Lon­ don. Mr. and Mrs. Geiger were at home to their friends from 7 to 9 in tne evening. Mr. and Mrs. Geiger were the recipients of many lovely gifts, including many checks, telegrams, hosts of letters and tards and many felicitations. TWO HAVE NARROW ESCAPE WHEN STEEL STACKER FALLS With only a couple of days to go before the wind-up of the pea pack at the Exeter Canning factory the large steel stackex’ that carries the pea straw from the viners to tne stack at the rear collapsed Thurs­ day of last week just as they com­ menced work following the noon hour. Considering the seriousness of the accident and the large num­ ber of workers it was indeed fort­ unate that none of the workers were injured although two persons came within a hair’s breadth of los­ ing theix’ lives. Mr. Chas. Waghorxx was on top of the stack in charge of the pipe through which the pea straw is blown, When the stack started to crumble Mr. Waghorxx jumped to one side and a portion of the track graz­ ed his shoulder. The track settled qxx the straw and a portion of the stack gave way. Mr. Waghorn was carried away with it and slid along the top of the straw to safety. He was given medical attention but was able to resume work immediately after. He narrowly escaped being pinned beneath the wreckage ox* on the other hand of being buried be­ neath the straw. In falling the track broke a hydro line and the hydro woxikmen were immediately called to disconnect the power lines and warning was issued to the workers. The wire however short-circuited the steel track and iron kettles that convey the canned peas to and from the cookers. In touching one of the kettles Bobby Burns, aged 16, received a shock of 550 volts that knocked him back against the wall. Bobby can con­ gratulate himself that he suffered no serious injury as the accident might have cost him his life. When a portion of the straw stack fell it crippled part of the cooling system which greatly handicapped the wonk, of finishing the pack. MRS. SAMUEL SWEET PASSES Word was received in Exetei’ on Tuesday evening of the death of Mrs. Samuel Sweet which took place at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Don­ ald McInnis of Paisley. Mr. and Mrs. Sweet have been visiting there fox’ about foui’ weeks. The deceased has been a life-long resident of Exeter, hex’ xnaiden name being Miss Frances Davis. Of late she has not enjoyed the best of health. Besides hex’ be­ reaved husband she is survived by an only daughter, Mrs. McInnis. She is also survived by two brothers Sid­ ney and Richard Davis, of town. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon with interment in the Exeter cexne- tery. LOCAL THUNDER STORM A local thunderstorm with heavy downpour of rain centered around Exetei’ Tuesday afternoon. The day was hot and sultry and in the middie of the afternoon a storm of short duration came up. There was ilttle thunder and lightning and at times the rain came dowxi quite heavily. About a mile and a quartei’ south of towxx there was little or no rain. A few miles west in Stephen Township threshing operations were not inter- ferred with. A mile or so north of town some of the fields were soaked with watex* standing in the rows of the root fields. A few miles east of town there was just a slight rain­ fall. Rain is badly needed as the pastures are drying up, wells are running low and root crops are in need of moisture. A general rain visited this section on Wednesday. REMODELLING HOUSE The brick residence of Main St., south, owned by Miss F. Short, of London, and occupied by Mr. Mervin Johnston, is being remodelled and [ fitted up as a duplex. The ground I floor will be occupied by Mr, John- ! ston and the second storey by Mr. Thornton Baker. Mr. Baker, who for many years has occupied the ad­ joining house, will vacate the prem­ ises as the owner, Miss Alice Hand- i ford, and her sister, Mrs. Thorton, intend moving in. The. Handford home about to be vacated is one of the oldest houses iix Exeter. Mr. Samuel McLean, a well-known resident, of Usborne, died Monday in Clinton. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon conducted by Rev. Mr. Mair, of Thames Road, in- terinent taking place in McTaggart’s cemetery. Mrs. Thomas Amy, who visited in Exeter for several summers with the late Mrs. E. A. Amy, and who of late has been living witii her daughter in Hamilton is at present in a, Hamil­ ton Hospital suffering from a frac-- tured hip. Mrs. Amy is ah elderly lady and has been exceptionally smart for one of her years. OPERA HOUSE BLOCK CHANGES HANDS Mr. G. M. McKnight, who for the past three years, has conducted the Massey-Harris farm implement busi­ ness in Exetei’ has formed a part­ nership -with his brother, J. L. Mc­ Knight, formerly of Clinton, who comes to Exeter from London. The lattei’ is at present staying with his brother, and Mrs. McKnight and daughter, Sandra, will move to Ex­ etei’ as soon as a hdme can be secur­ ed. McKnight Brothers have pur­ chased the building they are now in, formerly known as the Exeter Opera House Block from Mr. Arthur Jones. REAL ESTATE CHANGE The store on Main street occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Campbell who con­ duct The Exetei’ Tea Room and own­ ed by Mr, W. E. Middleton, has been sold to Mr. A. E. Wuerth. Mr. Wuerth intends remodelling the front part of the building for his shoe re­ pair business and the living quar­ ters will be occupied by the family. Mr,' Wuerth will get possession the latter part of next month. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are now looking for a suitable location but business places along Main street are at a premium. The business place above referred to will be remembered by many of the older residents as the barber shop of the late E. Fish who accupied it for many years. FORMER RESIDENT DIES Word has been received in Exetei' of the death of Mr. Wm. H. Trott, a former resident of Exeter who pas­ sed away at the home of his son John, .neai’ Simcoe, Friday of last ■week, aged 84 years. Mr. Trott was foi’ a numbei’ of years a shoemaker in Exeter. The family left here for Beamsville where they operated a fruit farm. He is survived by one daughter (Doro) Mrs. David Stevens, living at Beamsville and one son John. The deceased <was a mem­ ber of the Exetei' I.O.O.F. Inter­ ment took place at Beamsville on Monday. FIRE AT ZURICH A honey house on the farm of Mr. Fesjcl. Haberer, of Zurich, was des­ troyed by fire Wednesday afternoon together with the season’s crop of honey. It appears that Mr. Haber- ei' was melting wax on a small stove when the fax took fire and the flames spread to the building. BOWLING NOTES Win Third Prize at Goderich Messrs. M. W. Telfer, Ulrie Snell and W. H. Moise won third prize in an Irish Trebles lawn bowling tourn­ ament at Goderich Friday evening of last week. Weekly Jitney Eight rinks took part in the week­ ly jitney on the local bowling green on Friday evening of last week. First prize was won by Miss L. Hus­ ton, T. O. Southcott, Mrs. Carey and H. C. Carey with three wins plus eleven. The next two rinks were tie, Mrs. Russell Snell, Mrs. Telfer, Russell Snell and Bert Rivers tied with Mrs. Green, S. B. Taylor, Geo. Laytoxi and T. H. Elliott with two wins plus eight. In the play-off the lattex’ won’. Fourth prize went to Mrs. Howey, Win. Rivers, George Moffatt and R. N. Rowe ■with two wins plus six. Irish Trebles Tournament An Irish Trebles bowling tourna­ ment was held on the local greens Monday evening. Eighteen rinks were in play, seven from town aifd eleven from outside places. The president, W. H. Moise, welcomed the visitors. Three ten-end games were played and four sets of prizes given. The prizes were woolen blankets, coffee percolators, electric irons and brushed wool sweater1 coats. First prize was won by A. H. Otto, J. G. Davis and Mac Mac- gregor, of St. Marys, with three wins plus 2d; second prize by C. Brooks, R. Cuthbertson and H. Porterfield, of Mitchell, with 3 wins plus 10; third prize, Harvey Pollen, Ulric Snell with M. W. Telfex* with 2 wins plus 16; fourth prize, Gordon Apple­ ton, W. E. Sanders and T. H. Elliott witlx 2 wins plus 15. Other results were as follows: Millson, Stratford, minus; R. N. Creech, Exeter, 1 plus 6; Mohr, Mitchell, 1 plus 9; Wint­ ers, Seaforth, 1 plus 10; Earned, London, 1 plus 2; J. M, Southcott, Exeter, minus; Lauder, Goderich, 2 plus 11; Matheson, Goderich, 2 plus 14; W. IL Moise, Exeter, 2 plus 12; F. Hunt, Goderfeh, 2 plus 6; Dr. McTaggart, Hensall, 1 plus 4; G. Cochrane, Exeter, 1 plus 6; Steep, Clinton, 2 plus 14; R. N. Rowe, Exeter, minus. Huron-Perth Standing W. L. Re. Lucan ........... 9 3 .750 Clinton ........................ 9 3 .750 Hensall ....................... 8 3 .727 Goderich ..................... 5 4 556 Blyth ........................... 6 5 .545 Crediton ...................... 3 7 .300 Exetei* ............. 3 8 .273 Mitchell ....................... 2 10 .167 Lucan Wins Easily Lucan Irish nine defeated the lo­ cals on Thursday night last by the score of 19-6. The game did not produce the best brand of baseball but excitement among the spectators ran high throughout most of the game. Trouble broke out in the fourth inning over the crowd back of the screen which the Lucan man­ agement charged, was interfering with the umpiring. Before order was restored there was a minor fra­ cas, in which blows were exchanged. Rogers, the starting pitcher for Exe­ ter, was hit and was relieved by Beavers aftex’ five innings. Chown started for the winners while Dun­ das pitched the last inning. The bat­ teries were: Lucan—Chown, Dundas and Murray; Exeter—Rogers, Beav­ ers and F. Creech. Hensall Wins From Exeter The battling Hensall club, boasting the longest winning streak in the Huron-Perth League, crushed Exetei’ by an 11-1 count in an interesting game in Hensall Friday evening last. The game went seven innings and was well handled by Umpire Leroy O’Brien of Zurich. Although handicapped by the ab­ sence of twTo regulars, Hudson and Passmore. Hensall played errorless ball. Maurice Tudox’ held the visit­ ors to five hits. Rogers, who started on the hill fox’ Exeter, was shelled out in the third, with two on the paths and none out. It was Rogers’ second game in two nights having pitched against Lucan Thursday ev­ ening. Brintnell replaced him. O’Brien led the attack for Hensall, with four hits in foux* trips. Brown had three hits in four trips, includ­ ing a triple and a double. Exeter ......... 0 00 0 01 0— 1 5 5 Hensall ....... 043 022 x—11 13 0 Goderich 5 - Mitchell 5 The Goderich-Mitchell baseball game, played in Mitchell Friday night was called at the end of the eighth inning because of darkness, the score standing at 5-5. The home team gained a lead in tlxe first inn­ ing when tlxe first foux* men up made hits, three scoring. In the fourth. Mitchell added two more to her score. The Goderich lads scor­ ed one run in the second inning and tied the score in the seventh, when four more crossed the plate. Prid- ham pitched the entire game for the Mitchell team and the visitors had three, men on the mound. Fisher, B. Worthy and Erwin. The lattei’ start­ ed in the fourth and pitched the re- maindei’ of the game, with ten strike­ outs to his credit. RHE Mitchell ............................. 5 8 4 Goderich ........................... 5 5 5 Umpires, E. Dean. Goderich; D. Leprard, Mitchell. Blyth Wins From Crediton Fighting for a play-off berth in the Huron-Perth League, the Blytli club improved its chances Friday night by belting out a 16-4 win over Crediton. Given’s lack of control cost the visitors three runs in the very first inning. The Crediton pitcher walked two and hit a third batter with a pitched ball. An er­ ror contributed to three Blyth runs which were scored without a hit. Bowden relieved Given in the fifth. Although he was very effective, he was used for only the one inning. Fahrner finished the game. Be­ hind the big lead which his mates built up for him, Bert Doherty never was in trouble. He allowed the vis­ itors seven hits, struck out foux* and walked only one. Crediton ..........000 000 4-— 4 7 5 Blyth ...............303 090 1—16 9 0 Batteries: Crediton: Given, Bow­ den, Fahrner and Bowdon, Given. Clinton Defeats Mitchell Nine In a scheduled game played at Clinton on Monday evening the local nine defeated Mitchell 12 to 3 and went to the top of the league. Mit­ chell made a whirlwind start ih their opening inning when they nicked Stock for foul’ hits and scored twice. Clinton tied the count in their half and took a one-x'un lead tn the third, piling up the score as the game progressed. (Continued on Rage 4)