The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1939-08-24, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
EXETER COUNCIL
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A meeting of the Municipal Geun*
cil as called by the Reeve substitut
ing for the regular meeting on the
toUowing Monday, present Reeve
Sanders, councillors Dignan, Hern
and Tuckey, councilor Southcott be
ing absent through illness.
The minutes of the meeting held
July 24 were read and before approv
ing the same the. Reeve asked, that
a reconsideration be given the clause
relating to the signed petition for
the reconstruction of the sidewalk
from the corner of Sanders street
north to the property south side of
Harvey’s Grist Mill. Motion of coun
cilors Tuckey and Hern. That the
minutes as read be adopted. The
reeve declared the motion carried,
but refused to sign the same.
Motion per Tuckey and Dignan;
That the property committee inter
view Messrs. McKnight in regard to
repairing the dome at the top of
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EXETER
HOW THE GIRLS KISS
The following poem was written by
an Exeter poet, and was taken from
the The Exeter Times, August 29,
1889.
The Grand Bend girl bows her state
ly .head
And she fixes her stylish lips
In a firm, hard way, and lets them
go,
In spasmodic little snips.
The Zurich girls removes her specs,
And freezeth her mouth with a
smile;
Then sticks out her lips like an open
book
And cheweth her wax meanwhile.
The Hensail girl says never a worn,
And you’d think she was rather
tame
With her practical views of the mat
ter in hand,
But she gets there just the same.
their building. Carried.
7 The notice from County Clerk, J.
W. Roberts, regarding the admit
tance of Mr. Stephen Powell and Mr.
'George Ford as inmates of Victoria
Hospital, London, was approved,, the
Reeve signing the same.
Motion per Tuckey: That the ac
count of Mr. P. Coleman as held
over from the last meeting be paid
in. The sum of five dollars; sec
onded by Dignan.
Per Hern that the account be paid
in full as submitted. No seconder.
The motion was declared carried.
Motion per Tuckey-Hern: That
material be secured for the repair of
payment on Wellington street. Car,
The Street Commissioner was in
structed to repair iChurch street west
of main.
Per Hern-Tuckey: That a drain for
the purpose of conveying the surface
water be constructed on the east
side of William street south from
Gidley to Ann street. Carried.
Motion per Hern-Dignan: That the
Street Commissioner investigate the
50 YEARS AGO
All#U«t 29, 1880
Snowden-MiKinnon - At St. James
Church, Parkhill, on Tuesday, Au
gust 20th, by Rev. M. G. Freenman,
Mr. James Snowden to Miss Mar>
Ann McKinnon, all of Parkhill.
Several of the back streets have
been provided with stone crossings -
a decided improvement over the old
wooden ones.
The paving of the water courses
with cedar has commenced. The dis
tance to be paved is from the post
office to Ann street on both sides of
the street.
Mr. Wm. Howard’s new residence
on Main street is almost completed.
Mr. David Spicer now being engaged
painting the building. Mr. Fxxke has
the plans out for a new house which
he intends ere--ting on William St.
The old English church which was
purchased by the Agricultural Soc. is
being remodelled for the coming
fair by Messrs. Ross and Taylor.
A movement is on foot to improve
the Main Street Methodist Church.
It is proposed to lower the main en-
rance and also erect a high tower.
Lawyer John Elliott represented
the Exeter cricket club at the tourna
ment in London last week.
BARN DESTROYED
Fire originating at about 9 p.m
< on Monday evening of last week,
I completely destroyed the barn and
>season’s crop of Mr. Robert Gathers
on the outskirts of Parkhill.
! ROBERT DOUGLAS, BLAKE
MERCHANT PASSES
Robert N. Douglas, well-known
'merchant, of Blake, died August 15
:in his 71st year. The funeral was
i held from the United Church, Blake,
on Thursday at 2 o’clock with inter-
! meat in Bayfield cemetery. Surviving are the widow, two daughters,
j Gladys, at home and Mrs. Donald
I Turner, London, and one brother,
George, of Hensall.
Mrs. Bertha Lightfoot, of Ailsa
J Craig, announces the engagement of
her only daughter, Drucilla Irene,
to Robert Graham Given, son of Mrs.
Alice Given, of Ailsa Craig, the mar
riage to take place the first part of
September,
Quidnunc
A Will or Testament is a final
disposition of a person’s property,
both real, financial and personal, to
take effect after death. A codicle
is an addition or alteration to a will
or testament,
All persons are competent to make
a will except persons of unsound
mind and infants. In civil law, a
minor (age varies in different
states) is an infant.
A will or codicle may be signed
any day including Sundays and 'Holi
days. In most states a will must be
in writing, signed by the testator,
(person making the will) signed by
not less than two other adult persons
(perferably not beneficiaries) as wit
nesses and in the presence of the
testator.
Whenever the value of the pro
perty - real or personal - is important
it is always best to consult an attor
ney to insure proper legal compli
ance.
For every soldier under arms, it
requires from 14 to 18 workers to
keep them supplied with equipment,
food, clothing and munitions.
One Airplane factory in the U. S.
A. built a complete new factory
equipped with machinery ready for
production and employing 5,000 men
in 77 days. And, in just two weeks
after completion, the first airplane
was finished and ready to take off.
Similar expansion and construction
is now under way in may sections of
the nation.
The estimated rat population of
the United States is approximately
123 million. One-half of this num
ber are on farms. Damage by ro
dents is estimated at 189 Million
Dollars a year, The Department of
Agriculture reports that the rat pop
ulation has been reduced by half in
the past twenty years.
Toronto is an Indian name, mean
ing 'meeting-place’ and served as a
gathering place for neighboring In
dian tribes long before the settlement
of white races in the territory.
The circumference of the earth at
the equator is 24,899 miles. Experi
ments in the comparative attraction
of the earth show that the density
is about five and one-hallf times
that of pure water. Its mass, there
fore, is estimated at approximately
six thousand trillion tons.
KEEP ON SHAKING
Shake an apple tree, some apples
fall. Shake it again, more falls.
Every day some apples ripen for the
fall. Every shake loosens some
apples that fall with one more shake,
So it is with advertising.
The Lucan girl, the pride of the
South,
In her clinging and soulful way,
Absorbs in all with a yearning yearn
As big as a ton of hay.
The Crediton girl gets a grip on her
self,
As she carefully takes off her hat,
And she grabs up her prize in a
frightened way,
Like a terrier shaking a rat.
The Kippen girl, so gentle and sweet
Lets her lips meet the coming kiss,
With rapturous warmth, and the
' youthful soul
Floats away on a sea of bliss.
The Centralia girl, a creature divine,
Whether wife, widow, or miss,
Looks into your eyes with starlit
orbs
And puts her soul in her kiss.
The Woodham girl is a church-going
miss
Yet she’d give you one on the sly,
And softly and gently press her lips
That are sweet as apple pie.
The Elimville girl will sometimes
refuse,
Just to have you insist and plead
But when she finally does consent,
Her kiss is a kiss indeed.
The Dashwood girl shuts her
dreamy eyes
When asked to osculate,
And lets the vandals steal the kiss,
Which she really likes first rate.
The Staffa girl neither sighs nor
pines
Nor acts in a manner rude,
But goes about kissing in a business
like way,
That catches the average dude.
The Devon girls gets the man’s
moustache
With a grip as tight as glue,
Then opening a little her ruby lips
Pulls the kiss on like a shoe.
The Rodgerville girls who kisses her
beau,
Knows exactly what’s she about,
And the nectar sipped from her ruby
lips
Is sweteest long drawn out.
The Exeter girl she beats them all
But how I'll not explain,
Because if I did the rush would be
great
And I want to get there again.
drain along west Andrew street and
■report to the Roads and Bridges
Committee. Carried.
I A communication was read from
the Unemployment Relief Branch,
of Toronto, regarding Mr. Ashbrook
Hills. A copy of which was sub-
! mitted to the treasurer of Southwold
township Mr. C. E. Jackson. Ordered
filed.
The following accounts were read
and ordered paid:
Peter Coleman, team labor, $5.00;
Southcott Bros., broom R.&B. acct.
49c.; Dr. M. C. Fletcher, attendance
Health Officers’ Convention. $50.00;
Huron Lumber Co., supplies, $1.13;
Geo. A. Hawkins, zinc paint and sup
plies $16.85; Ed. J. Coombes, R&B,
$10.37; John Stire, ditto $7.75; Wm.
Laverty, ditto $’2.00; Richard Davis,
ditto $2.00; Wm. Andrews, ditto
$36.00.
| Passed on motion of Dignan and
Tuckey. Carried.
Councillor Dignan was asked to
substitute for councilor Southcott on
the Finance Board during Mr. South-
cott’s absence. Granted.
| Adjournment by Hern.
I Joseph Senior, Clerk
GRAND BEND MAN ESCAPES
WHEN CAR OVERTURNS
William Elsie, of Grand Bend, es
caped injury when his car turned
over in the ditch on highway No, 81,
10 miles south of Parkhill. Elsie’s
I car was badly dented but the trailer
j and pigs he was drawing were un-
1 hurt. Elsie, a resident of Grand
Bend, was taking the pigs to S'trath-
| roy when his car struck some loose
I gravel. The car and trailer swerv-
' ed, causing Mr. Elsie to lose control
of the car. It plunged into the ditch
and rolled over but somehow the
trailer stayed upright.
JARDINE IS REMANDED
IN GODERICH COURT
When he appeared before Magis
trate Makins Thursday afternoon at
Goderich on a serious charge, John
Jardine, 66, was remanded for one
week without being asked to plead
or elect. He was unrepresented by
counsel. Jardine carried one arm in
a sling, fractured when the car in
which he was being delivered to po
lice, by Deputy Reeve Ed. Lamport,
of Stephen Township, turned over in
the ditch.
USE DISH PAN TO CARRY AWAY
STOLEN GOODS
Does Your Food
. Cause You Distress?
The impairment of the stomach is
often of serious consequences, for
only by properly digested food is the
system nourished, and sustained.
Burdock Blood Bitters is a re
liable remedy for stomach disorders
such as dyspepsia, indigestion, sour
stomach, belching of gas, headaches,
iIt helps to stimulate the secretion
of saliva and gastric juice, the
main factor in digestion, neutralizes
acidity, tones up the lining mem
branes of the stomach, and restores
the natural, healthy process of
Put' your stomach right by taking
B.B.B, and see how quickly you Will
start th enjoy your meals free from
digestive troubles.
Jpho T. liiib'rtrii Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont.
Elliott’s lunch, '.Seaforth, was en
tered and a quantity -of cigarettes
and chocolate bars stolen, together
with a dish pan, used, police believe,
to carry the stolen goods in. Entry
was made by raising a rear window
and unlocking the door. Dickson’s
food store also reported the theft of
$3 from a till in the store at noon
as Mr. Dickson was absent from the
store for a few minutes. Police traced
the theft to a Seaforth juvenile and
a portion of the money was recover
ed.
“Here’s that suit I bought off you
last week/’ said the angry customer.
“You said you would return my
money if it was not satisfactory."
“That’s what I said," replied the
merchant very politely, rubbing his
hands, "'but I am happy to tell you
that I found your money entirely
satisfactory/’
TO BUILD 20 MILES OF HYDRO
LINE
The London Rural Power office
has secured contracts for 20 miles
of new hydro line in the rural areas
of Middlesex County. The construc
tion, which Will begin soon, is in the
area north of Parkhill and in the vi
cinity of Nairn. Included will be
two schools and one church, Green
way.—Parkhill Gazette.
25 YEARS AGO
August 27, 1934
Mr. Simon Dow, wife and family
have moved’ to Wingham where they
will reside in future.
Mr. Joseph Wells, of near Cro
marty has purchased the residence of
Mr. F. Durdle on William street.
Durdle leaves about the first of Oc
tober for St. Thomas where he has
purchased a garden farm.
Two rinks of bowlers took in the
tournament at Goderich on Tuesday.
Miss Lena Meneer and Miss Jennie
Lake, of New York, are visitiAg the.
•Coates family in Usborne.
The house and lot on William st.
the property of the late Mrs. J.
Mitchell and formerly the Pugsley
property was sold by auction on
Saturday to Mr. A. Gibson.
Mr. Samuel Beaver is building a
stable on the property he purchas
ed from Mr. T. H. McCallum.
Mr, Ambrose Cottle has installed a
new boiler in his cider and apple
butter factory.
Miss Olive Qixaxxce returned Friday
evening from a visit of some weeks
with her sister in Saskatoon.
FOR (ARD PLAYERS
Someone with a mathematical
mind has discovered the following
interesting similaries between a
pack of playng cards and our calen
dar year. '
For suits - four seasons. 52 cards -
52 weeks. 12 court cards - 12
months. 13 cards to a suit - 13
moons to a year. Add all the num
bers from one to thirteen inclusive,
and you get 91; multiply by number
of suits (4) and you have 3 64; add
one - the joker, and you have 365 -
the number of days in a year.
CANADIAN CLYDESDALES WIN
MAJOR AWARDS AT SAN
FRAN’CXSCO
Most of the honors for horses in
the Clydesdale classes recently
awarded at the Golden Gate Exposi
tion, San Francisco, were won by
British Columbia-bred Clydesdales.
From among 70 head of horses, the
exhibits of well-known Clydesdale
breeders from all parts of North
America, the British Columbia con
tingent of 15 horses practically swept
the board of prizes. Ten of these
horses, four of them young stallions,
came from the Dominion Experimen
tal Farm at Agassiz; the other five
were mares belonging to the Colony
Farm at Essondale, B. C.
The British Columbia horses were
shown in seventeen classes and car
ried off 16 first prizes, 11 seconds,
three thirds, two fourths, and three
fifths. They won all the female
championships, following the sweep
ing victories of the stallions in the;
Junior, Reserve Junior, and Grand
Championships. The stallions won
first prize for two-year-olds, first
and second prizes fox’ yearlings, first
prize foi* foals, and first three places
in special groups by single exhibit
ors. “Aerodrome" a winning yearling
and product of the Dominion Ex
perimental Farm at Agassiz, pro
gressed to the Junior and supreme
Grand Championships and silver
trophy. The Reserve Junior Cham
pion stallion “Overtime" also came
from the farm.
The British Columbia mares won
six first prizes, five seconds, one
third, one fourth, one fifth, and all
the championships with the foui’ sil
ver trophies. Of these prizes Agassiz
Farm won. three first prizes, two
seconds, ope third, and one fifth*
besides the Grand Championship or
the Exposition won by "Miss Mo
desty" a two-year old filly from the
Farm. The five mares of the Col
ony Farm of Essondale accounted
for three first prizes, three seconag,
and one fourth, in addition to the
Senior Championship, the Reserve
Championship, the Reserve Junior
Championship and the Reserve G<1.
Championship for mares.
The entire British Columbia ex
hibit of Clydesdales was shipped to
the Exposition under the auspices of
the B. C. Horse Breeders’ Associa
tion under the direct charge of W.
H. Hicks, Superintendent, Dominion
Experimental Farm, Agassiz, and the
Secretary of the Association.
A QUIET, WELL CONDUCTED,
CONVENIENT, MODERN 1OO
ROOM HOTEL—85 WITH BATH
WRITE FOR FOLDER
TAKE A DE LUXE TAXI
FROM DEPOT OR WHARF-250
The Exeter Lions Club have launched their second drive for funds to carry on their child
welfare work, particularly sight saving .Since the inauguration of the club the following
work has been carried on for underprivileged children; supply 3096 pints of milk; held
17 eye examinations; provided 9 pairs of glasses; provided for 15 tonsil and adenoid re
movals; supplied 2 pairs orthopedic braces and boots; sponsored juvenile hockey and base
ball teams; sent 10 boys to boy’s summer camp; provided Christmas entertainment for a
thousand children, giving toys, candy and clothing; provided an outfit of clothing for a
blind boy to enable admission to a school for the blind; a donation to the Canadian Na
tional Institute for the Blind. Money spent through this organization goes from 2% to
5 times as far as the money spent individually. To carry on the work the local Lions
Club have inaugurated their second drive for the raising of money.
15 YEARS AGO
August 28, 1924
Miss Mabgl Walker has resigned
her position with Powell’s Bazaar.
Mrs. Cook, of Yorktown, Sask., is
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Hy.
Squires. <•
Mr. C. B. Snell has made excava
tion and put in the foundation for
a new home on Ann street, west ol'
the three houses built during the last
two years.
Miss Lily Robinson, of Vancouver
B. C., has been visiting here and at
Grand Bend the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. T. E. Handford, of Ingersoll.
Mr. Wallace Fisher, of St. John,
N. B., is holidaying with his parents
here.
Dr. Moir, of Hensall, has purchas
ed the farm of Mr. John Bell, a mile
south of the village of Hensall,
James Street and Centralia Girls
Softball teams played a good game
to a tie 18-18 on the local diamond.
In the first of the play-off games,
James Street defeated Trivitt Mem
orial by a score of 8-5.
Mr. Frank.W. Tom, of Toledo, O.,
has been nominated for Representa
tive to the General Assembly of the
Ohio State.
CANNOT USE HYDRO TO
CHARGE FARM FENCES
If a pig or cow in Middlesex Co.
should walk up to a fence with in
tent or otherwise, and find it charg-
ew with electricity, the animal need
not blame it on the Hydro-Electric
Power Commission.
■Officials of the London Rural
Power District on Saturday last are
in receipt of an order from Toronto
that power for “electric pigpens”
electric fencing of any kind must not
be furnished with hydro lines.
That the idea has taken root is
indicated, however, in the statement
from Hydro authorities that ‘elec
tric fencing or the use of electricity
applied to one or more strands of
wire as a fence to restrict animals
to a certain enclosure has become the
subject of inquiries from farmers
from all over the country."
The reason that approval has been
withheld by the commission. It is ex
plained, is because that body still
is no certain that the device is a safe
one. On one point, however they
are particularly definite, and that is
that homemade fence controllers
should never be used.
Despite the machine age Dobbin is
holding his own in this province—in
fact at present there is a better mar
ket for good farm horses than there
has been for some time, Horse
Shows report increased entries while
Canada’s Premier Horse Show held
in the Coliseum Arena at the Cana
dian National Exhibition is so flour
ishing that several classifications
have been added this year.•9
A Lions Club Frolic
Will be held
Thursday & Friday Evenings, Oct Sth, 6th
Tickets at 25c each are now being sold, and a drawing will be made FRIDAY EVENING
OCTOBER 6th when the prizes will be distributed.
1. —Trip to the World’s Fair, value $200.00.
2. —General Electric Radio, value $79.95.
3. —C. C. M. Boy or Girl’s Bicycle, value $35.00.
Lady or Gent’s Coat or Suit, value $25.00.
Also One To A of Coal, Set of Graniteware, value $10.00; All Wool Single Plain Blanket;
100 Pounds of Sugar, 20 Gallons of Gasoline; Hot Point Iron; $5.00 in Merchandise.
Holders of the lucky tickets will be allowed to purchase these prizes for 25 cents.
Boy’s or Girl’s C.C.M. Bicycle or $50.00 in
Merchandise to be Given Away Free
The following merchants co-operating with the Exeter Lions Club are handing out tickets
from their store from now until October Sth and 6th on a free draw for the above prizes.
All you have to do is to write plainly your name and address on these tickets, deposit them
in the boxes in any of the stores or at the Times-Advocate and then be at the big frolic on
October Sth and 6th.
EXETER
McColl -Frontenac
Cook’s Rock Bottom Store
Ohainway Stores Ltd.
F. G. Wright & Co.
Bruce Rivers
Huron Lumber Co.
W. C. Allison
W. W. Taman
G« A. Hawkins
White’s Bakery
Exeter Ladies Wear
Exeter Dairy
Highland Hill Dairy
W. J. Beer
Jones & May
Middleton’s Bakery
A. E. Wuerth
R. G. Seldon & Son
Southcott Bros
Bossenberty Hotel
Huron Garage
E. R. Hopper
Janies Lawson
Martin’s Music Store
C. E. Zurbrigg
Lintjehfield’s Hardware
Tuckey Transport
River’s Meat Market
S. B. Taylor
Rollie’s Grocery
Frank Coates
Ideal Moat Market
Walker’s Drug Store
Browning’s t)rug Store
James I*. Bowey
Snell Bros. & Co.
Traqnair’s Hardware
Flynn’s Barber Shop
Exeter Times-Advocate
F. W. Huxtable
W. G. Medd
A. O. Elliot
B. W. F. Beavers
T. H. Elliott
ZURICH
Stade & Weido
Klopp’s Service
Quality Meat Market
Johnston & Kalbfleisch
J. Gascho & Son
Dominion Hotel
Merner’s Store
Zurick Drug Store
Willert’s Bakery
Eckel’s Bakery
Oesch Grocery
Zurich Creamery
GRAND BEND
Wally’s Meat Market
J. W. Holt
Ravelle’s Store
Desjardine’s Store
Statton’s Service Station
CENTRALIA
G. F, Penwarden
Centralia Farmers’ Co-Op, Co.
Shamrock Creamery
J. A. Pollard
CREDITON
Clinton G. Morlock
E. K. Falimer
W. E. Wenzel
E. Zimmer
Lloyd England
Faist Bros.
F. W. Morlock
C. H. Schenk
H. F. Young
HENSALL
Dayman's Groceteria
T. C. Joynt
H. McMillan
Bonthron & Drysdale
Roy Weber
Middleton’s Drug Store
W. O. Goodwin
Cook’s Rock Bottom Store
Hensall 5c to $1.00 Store
DASHWOOD
Pfile's Shoe Store
Dashwood Creamery
Zimmer’s Garage
Rader’s Garage
Wesley Wolfe
Hemphill’s Bean Market
Dashwood Meat Market
V. L. Becker
Dashwood Planing Mill
D. Tieman Furniture & Hardware
E. Nadiger
L, H. Rader
E. Tieman & Son
Alex (Zimmer