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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1939-08-31, Page 3TT In Toronto THE EXETER T1MES-ADVOCATE THl ltSIMV, AX'OCST 31.t, JOSS By Thumb to the World’s Fair and BackWm- Francis, Sr. . 1 1 ."'h ■" i11*1" 11 hi.iiiiwi_ [ T T j®. ..1 A Modem Hotel Convenient — Economical Rate Single Special Weekly and Monthly Batea Write for Folder. Hotel atimeg Spadina Ave. at College St A» M. Powell , President Quidnunc I I tures. Dupont Science building was i the first. Demonstrations of rub- [ ber made from coal, tar and chem- j icals; making bristles for Dr, West toothbrushes; fire-proof material; liquid air; were given. In the Glass Centre was made into thread into cloth. Glass gave Honored curtain inseetitudes Dear Editor,— Ago two weeks ago I decided to go to the World’s Fair, and, not having sufficient cash to go by bus or train, I decided to go by thumb. Setting out on Wednesday morning I -arriv­ ed at the Thousand Islands Thursday afternoon. Here, while boat riding I had my belief about the islands entirely smashed, Some of the big­ ger islands did have farms on them but the farmers travelled, not by car, but by boat. Next morning, after a good night’s sleep in a tourist home I took the Ferry Boat to Clayton, New York, | (abou ten miles) arriving there s about eleven o’clock. My thumb 1 then got its first experience of doing [its stuff on the American side. Th*e first “lift” was with a local insur- [ ance agent who took me to a hill !'outside Watertown where I could see at least ten miles in almost any direction. The city of Watertown itself nestled so beautifully in the Montana with an" area of’ 146,997 I valley that I could not refrain from square miles ranks as the third larg- .taking a picture. Upon passing a est in the United States. Its popu-' very large group of farm buildings lation is 537,607. Its chief produc-|the driver informed me that this tion is mining gold, sliver, lead and , farmer kept one hundred and twenty copper. It has 50,564 farms under five cows and that the milk was cultivation. 1,580,321 acres are un- 'shipped to New York, der irrigation. Values of crops and I After about seventy five livestock produced annually average . travel through hilly, boulder-strewn above One Hundred Million Dollars. Wheat is the chief grain crop - the output of its flour mills averages about 17 million dollars annually. It has about 1,530,000 cattle. The 1930 United States census dependence, showed that there were 1,790,429 former home of Andrew Jackson, foreign-born Italians; 1,608,-814 for-j highlight in American history. At eign-born Germans; 1,268,582 for- Little Falls I saw the old Erie Canal eign-born Canadians; 1,122,576 from lift look which is the highest in the Norway, Sweden and Denmark; 1,-, world above sea-level. A little 402,032 from Great Britain and N. farther on stood a bronze Indian Ireland - not including 744,819 fromJstatute in-remembrance of one of the Eire (Irish Free State). In other .brave Mohawk chiefs. Gradually words, there were in all 14,204,148 , the road veered ^into tlm foothills of foreign-born residents in the U.S.A. ” -■ x-- New York City has a population (last estimate) of 7,374,920. Church membership exceeds 4,400,000 - div­ ided 'into 49 different sects or de­ nominations. Leading is the Jewish OLDEST ZURICH RESIDENT CE'IzEBRATES BIRTHDAY Mrs. Thomas Johnson celebrated her 92nd birthday at her home on August 22. Mrs. Johnson has the distinction of being the oldest resident in Zu­ rich. She has been a resident for over 60 years and has seen the vil­ lage grow from infancy to where it is today, Mrs. Johnson is enjoying I good health. Her maiden name was Mary Ann Klein, born in Baden, Ont. She has four daughters, Mrs. E. W. [Stoskopf, of Kitchener; Misses Ma- ■ tilda, Alice and Susie at home. During the day she received con­ gratulations, greetings and many MRS. AlzEXANDER PARKE PASSES AT SEAFORTH The death of Annie Jane Wren, wife of the late Alexander Parke, occurred after a lengthy illness at her home in Seaforth on Friday morning. The departed woman, who was in hex* seventy-third year, was’ horn and raised in Halton County, being the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Wren. In 1921 she was married in Edmondville to Alex- ander Parke, who predeceased her by a year. She is survived by two sisters and two brothers,-—Mrs. A. McTavish, Seaforth; Mrs. Silas Eyre, Kippen; David Wren, Saskatchewan; and Thomas Wren, of Guelph. A sister, Mrs. George Eyre, Chiselhurst died about three years ago. WASKJN GILLIES In Detroit a quiet but pretty wed­ ding was solemnized by Rev. 'Chas. LaReau, D.D., pastor of the First Baptist -Church, when Annie Maud,, only daughtei’ of Mi*, and Mrs. Jas. Gillies, of parkhill, became the bride of John Waskin, only son of Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Waskin^ Royal Oak, Mich, The bride was attend­ ed by Jean Loomis, of Parkhill and the bridegroom by Chas. Chapman, of Berkley, Mich. The following was taken from “The Sanilac Jeffersonian” of Cros­ well, Mich., of August 15th. Ruel Man Celebrates Eightieth Birthday Anniversary William Francis Sr., was the guest at a surprise party in honor of his ! 80th birthday at Buel Gleaner Hall {on Tuesday evening, attended by 53 'relatives and neighbors. j Bert Francis, of Exeter, Ontario, acted as program chairman and pre­ sented the following,—Group sing- '• ing, led by John Hollbrook, with Mrs. George Westbrook at the or­ gan; short talks by the honor guest, Fenton Brown, George Herbert, Ora Francis, Edward Francis, Mrs. W. I. Francis and Rev. Hugh Townley; a trio composed of Faith, Gloria and John Francis, all grandchildren of Mr. Francis, sang; readings by W. I. Francis of La Porte, Mich., and Beth Francis, of Woodstock, Ontario. After the program Mr. Francis re­ ceived gifts and a lunch of ice cream and cake was served. The birthday cake, made by Mr. Francis’ daughter, Mrs. M. F. Temple was decorated with eighty candles. Mr. Francis has two children, W. I. Francis, of La Porte and Mrs. Temple, six grandchildren, and one great grandchild, who were all pres­ ent Tuesday evening. His two sisters, Mrs. Paul Straff on and Mrs. Wm. Straffon, of Croswell and one brother Edward Francis, of Buel were also present. Those attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. B. M, Francis, of Exeter, Ontario; Mr. and Mrs. Or£ Francis, and daughter, of Wood- stock, Ontario; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. I. Francis and family of La Porte, and Mr. and Mrs. John R. Francis of Sandusky. Mr. Francis has served as a dir­ ector of the Patrons’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Limited, of Sanilac County for 35 years. He served as county road comissioner for 10 years acting as chairman during the ma­ jority of the time. He is a member of the Methodist Church and has liv­ ed in Buel township for nearly 50 years. Mr. Francis is in especially good health and very active for his years. buiiuing glass and woven cloth. Glass blowers there demonstrations of blowing goblets from molten glass. Goodyear demonstrated a blow­ out proof tire. One which was 1 driven over a number of 4-ineli t spikes and no air escaped. Jimmie ■ Lynch and his daredevil drivers gave demonstrations of how to handle a car in difficudt positons. In one case he jumped his car over a truck, He said that you should never turn off the ignition in cage of accident as it sometimes causes fire. Some of you would, no doubt, wish to see the building of Peru where the girls are worshipping the sun-gods prac­ tically nude. We looked for the Aquacade all day, and finally found it about nine o’clock at night. The Fair grounds is most beautiful at night when it is lighted. On Sunday we took a trip to Con- Ay Isle which was alive with swarms miles , of human ants (over a million of them). You could not see either beach nor water for people. Taking a boat we travelled into the Atlan­ tic ocean and across the Hudson River to Manhattan Island. There we observed many strange varieties of fish, some otter, crocodiles, pen- quins and seal in their large Aquar­ ium. At the docks lay a German boat, the Deutschland, which at that time was drawing 21 fathoms of water. The Normandie was to have docked the next day. We then de­ cided to walk up 42nd Street. It looked just as tough as it is pictur­ ed. Broadway on a Sunday night is a sight to behold. Theatres, beer gardens, drug stores and all other amusements are open till th$ wee small hours of Monday morning. Well, by this time we were well tired out and so were our feet, so we thought that it was time to leave, even though we hadn’t seen the half of it. Leaving New York we passed into the State of New Jersey, where our Christmas cranberries grow in clus- i I Goderich Lions Net $1,000 For Welfare More than $1,600 was realized for [Children’s welfare work by (Goderich Lions Club as a result of theix' two-day frolic Friday and Sat­ urday last. Over 2,000 attended. The major prize, a new car, went to beautiful bouquets of flowers from [friends far and near. Among others the ’a lovely bouquet from the Ladies' Mohawk is ‘the’ history, of the * country we came to the River. This river valley historic spot of American i Along it took place most (battle in the American War of In- " ----. On it we passed the MRS. GEORGE HENRY, FULLARTON, DIES Mrs. George Henry passed away at her home, lot 29, concession 3, Ful- larton township, early Sunday morn­ ing aftex* an illness of five months’ duration. She was in her 79 th yeai’ For fifty years Mrs. Henry had re­ sided in the district. Her husband, the late George Henry, died, Decem- br 5, 1938. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Thomas Smith, Fullarton; two sisters Miss Alice Moffatt, Mitchell; Mrs. George Docking, Staffa, and four grandchildren. The funeral was held on TuesdayAugust, 22 with in­ terment in Woodland cemetery. Aid of the Lutheran church of which she is a faithful member. H, T. Perdue, R.R. 5, Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hodgins, of Lucan, announce the engagement of their only daughter, Edythe Mary, to John Clifton, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Murdy, of Lucan, the marriage to take place quietly early in September, ____ _____ .At eign-born Germans; 1,268,582 for- [Little Falls I saw the old Erie Canal eign-born Canadians; 1,122,576 from lift lock which is the highest in the the Adirondack Mountains and from these you could see the foothills of the Catskill’s to the south. Neither of these ranges have snow on them at this time of the year. As we approached the city of Al- with 1,755,000 membership - number | bany, capital of New York State, my of church, 1,044. Second is Roman benefactor said to me, Catholic with 1,733,954 and 430 i ■churches. Leading Negro sect is the Baptist with a membership of 34,648 | and 51 churches. ( Jewish church membership in New York state is 1,899,597 - 1,228 con­ gregations. Roman Catholic, 3,115,- 424 - congregations, 1,7 83. Total number of churches in New York I state — 19,683 with a membership of 6,799,146. Population of New York state (1930 census) 12,588,966 Immigrants entering the United States with the object of becoming citizens was 50,-244 in 19 37 and 57,895 in 193'8. Experts believe that under present economic conditions in America, it is not possible to absorb larger numbers. Also, that nation­ alities of those admitted each year should be well divided for proper as- silimilation of the American demo­ cratic ideals. “Do you SWIMMING POOL EXCAVATION PROGRESS RAPID . IExcavation work at the swimming pool, Clinton, is progressing rapidly. New York. Sandy Construction Company and j Saturday Clinton trucker George Elliott are a t and started good combination. The contractors are fortunate in having a nearby dis­ posal for the excavated material, which is being dumped at the lower side of the field to be utilized in fill­ ing up the low places. That much | interest is being taken in the pro­ gress of the work is evidenced by the number of spectators lining the up­ per edge of the lot, where a good view of the operation of the big shovel can be had. see ! that large building straight ahead? That is the Imperial State building.” I answered “Yes.” “How far away do is?” he inquired. “About four or five “Well,” he replied, twenty one miles from here. Honestly, you could count the the windows in it at that disance. He then pointed out to me a plateau the same distance away saying that it was the place where R.C.A. was set­ ting up its first television station. The rest of the journey to New York was after dark so I missed a great deal of beautiful scenery. However as we entered it from the north we climbed steadily for at least half an hour. New York at .night was beau­ tiful. We went to a Y.M.C.A. out on Long Island City where the Fair is situated, through the courtesy of our driver. Total distance covered jin the day 425 miles. You will perhaps notice that I used “we” instead of “I”. I met two fellow hikers in Albany and we stuck together during our stay in you think it ■e Presented With Travelling Bags Miss Joy Nicholson, of Parkhill, was presented with a set of travel- George 'Cockfield, aged 65, a Vet­ eran of the Great War died in God­ erich Sunday. He had been, blind for the past few years. ST. MARYS BOARD MOVES TO EXTEND MANUAL TRAINING At a special meeting of the Col­ legiate School Board an application from the Separate school asked for arrangements for grades 9 and 10 to receive manual training in the col­ legiate workshop. The application was accepted as was a previous one from the public school at the last meeting. A report from Miss Hammel, in­ spector of the home economics de­ partment proved favorable for grades 1, 9 and 10. Miss Gwinner, St. Marys teacher, was complimented on the advancement made by her classes in the past year. Also Miss Gwinner has made great headway in setting up and arranging the class time­ tables. 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. miles.” j ters in the swamps along the route, it is exactly This road as we followed it led us [ gradually higher and higher into the Catskill Mountains. Here the road is continuously up or down hill —five miles up and four down. Near a town called Liberty there is a mountain upon which is built a castle called “Liberty Castle.” There was no apparent way of transporting the material to the top of it. Passing on to Waterloo, New York, the mo­ torist with whom I was riding pointed to a farmyard and said. “Look carefully at that large tree. There in its trunk was securely fas­ tened by many years growth, a scythe It had been left there when its own­ er had gone to the Civil War. From here on the country is known as the Finger Lakes District. This is a part of the country which contains five small lakes which are not wider than “three or four miles at any part. Hitch-hiking thus far had been so good that I made up my mind to go along the Erie. So, Rochester ball game the country was very beautiful but not nearly so picturesque because it is more like Western Ontario. I ar­ rived in Detroit about 12 o’clock. After staying in Windsor till about 2 o’clock the next day I set out again and. after passing by the graVe of the real Uncle Tom of Uncle Tom’s Cabin arrived in drand Bend before six. I reached home the next morn­ ing. This trip by thumb took me ten days and I travelled two thousand miles. Here, I have mentiond only a few of the interesting things in hopes that they have not become too boring. morning we arose early off for the Fair. What got as we travelled by These are electric a thrill we , subWay train. trains consisting of seven to a dozen cars which travel about 35 to 50 miles per hour. As we entered the grounds a huge mountain (probably man-made) tow­ ered above us. On it were hun­ dreds of monkeys (3,000, as we later learned.) To get our bearings of the grounds we took a Greyhound bus. It took us through the amusement area, the business administration area and the Foreign building section. When we left the bus we ed to .cover as much of the southern shore of Lake after spending a day in and seeing a flood-light I proceeded. This part of HENSALL New Bcoks at the Hensal] Library The Hensail Public Library has re-opened for season with a new books as the fall and winter very fine selection of follows: I?iction “Dr. Bradely Remembers” “The Tree of Liberty” “William’s Room” “The Patriot” ‘The Valiant Woman” “Eternal Deeps” “The Parson of Paramint” “Sudden Bill Doran” “The “The “The “The Bradley Page Rosman Buck Kaye Smith Bassett Kyng Gregory Snow Grey Fowler Raine Seltzer A Lions Club Frolic Will be held Thursday & Friday Evenings, Oct 5th, 6th attempt- naa «. awv wx v. « . gl’OUUdS lings bags when about eighty friends (between the 62 miles of road as gathered at the home of Mr. and possible. We visited many buildings Mrs. Clayton Dixon prior to her de- but I shall only tell of a few of parture for Wheatley where she has (them and only their interesting fea- taken a position as teacher. For the past five Sylvan. gathered at the home of Mr. and possible. Mrs. Clayton Dixon prior to her de- I years she has taught at I C. L. Heywood .Hair, aged 73, formerRobert redve of Forest was buried Monday in Beechwood cemetery. He .had been prominent in Forest municipal life for many years. Bowel Complaints of Children During the hot summer and early fall months most children, and Especially those teething, are subject to diarrhoea, dysentery, cblic, cholera infantum and other bowel com- P Every mother should keep a beffi0 of Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild ■ Strawberry in the home aS a pro­ tection against sudden attacks of these troubles. . . , Don’t experiment with new and untried remedies. Consider your child ’a health. Get * ‘ Dr. Fowler’s It has been successfully used by thousands of Canadian mothers dur­ ing' the past 94 years it has been on the market. Don’t accept a substitute. Get the genuine '‘Dr. Fowler’s,” The T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. School Fairs Below you will find a list of the dates of the 8 School Fairs being held in Huron County this year. All school fairs have a uniform prize list with the exception of Belgrave. This year 'Goderich Township is sponsoring a school fair at Holmes­ ville after a lapse of eight years, no school fair being held since 1931. A new feature of the prize list this year which “should be Of interest to the parents, will be the Non-Competitive Exhibits, which is a “Display Of School and Project Work as carried on in the School.” Belgrave—Monday, Sept. 11th Fordwich—Tuesday, Sept. 12tli St. Helens—Wednesday, Sept, 13th Currie’s Corners—Thursday, Sept. 14 Carlow—Friday, Sept. 15th I-Iensall—Monday, Sept, 13th Grand Bend—Tuesday, Sept. 19th Holmesville—Wednesday, Sept. 20th x —————~ Concert Manager: “What? want $10 a night for playing? That’ ridiculous in these times. You must charge by the note.” Musician: “No, I charge by the mile. I play the slide trombone.” For the purpose of informing farmers of the aims and objects of (the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation program, and of encouraging co-op­ erative community action on drought and soil drifting control as seem practicable under local conditions Agricultural Improvements Associa­ tions have been organized at many points throughout the drought area. In this way the affectiveness of these control measures is greatly increas­ ed as compared with the uncoordin­ ation efforts of individual farmers, Iron-Nerved Maverick’ Lost Wagon-Train” Dawn Patrol” King of the Bus'll” ‘Lost Hope Ranch” ‘The Punch & Jury Murders” [Dickson “The Luck of the Bodkins” [Wodehouse Christie Queen Strange Sal verson Allen Gibbs Canfield Hili Miller Miller Rinehart Rinehan Cushman Sharp Loring Cunningham “Murder in Mesopotania” “The Door Between” “Silent Witnesses” “The Dark Weaver” “Action at Aquila” “This Nettle Danger” “Seasoned Timber” “Beauty for Ashes” "Love Comes Last” “Whispering River” “Tish Marches Dr.” “Married People” “This Side of Regret” “The Flowering Thom “Give Me One Summer” “Moon Over Acadia” “There’s Always a Rainbow” Carroll Junior Fiction “Bobby Twins at Windmill Cottage” [Hope “Maxie and the Golden Bird” [Guodner Abbott Abbott Alcott “High Acres” “Harriett’s Choice” “Silver Pitchers” “A Thrilling Term at Janeways” [Brent The Girls of St. Augustine” Ironside “Torley Grange” fn„vtnAv “Dog, Nelson A.B.” “Hawk of the Wilderness” “Lovable Beasts” “Rogers Record Fear” “Five Hundred Pounds TIRED FEET Courtney Campbell Chester Cory Wells Reward” [Cooke Parkman Jackson Henderson Dootsaw De Angile Daniels “The Oregon Trail” “Merry Jingles” “Cinderella” “Which Am I” “Ted and Nina” “Happy Honrs” “Snow White and Rose Red” Grulm “Four Little Kittens” ‘Four Little Bttnnies” Non Fiction 'In His Steps” “Culture of Flowers” “Mein Kampf” “Destiny Called Them” "A Peculiar Treasure” “Away to Quebec” “My Seventy Years” “A Book of Grey Owl” Trees Trees Sheldon Moovb Hitler Baxter Ferber Brittle? Black 1 Grey Owl 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. 4. —Lady or Gent’s Coat or Suit, value $25.00. Also One Ton 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 Chainway 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. Wucrtli R. G. Seldon & Son Southcott Bros Bossenberry Hotel Huron Garage E. R. Hopper James Lawson Martin’s Music Store C. E, Ztirbrigg Lin^enfield’s Hardware Turkey Transport River’s Moat Market S. B. Taylor Rollie’s Grocery Frank Coates Ideal Meat Market Walker’s Drug Store Browning's Drug Store James I*. Bowey Snell Bros. & Co. Traquair’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 x Dominion Hotel Memer’s Store Zu rick Drug Store Willett’s Bakery Eckel’s Bakery Oesch Grocery Zurich Creamery GRAND BEND Wally’s Meat Market X W. Holt Ravello’s Store Desjardine’s Store Statton’s Service Station CENTRALIA G. F. FenwArden Centralia Farmers’ Co-Op. Co. Shamrock Creamery J. A. Bollard 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 Hensail 5c to $1.00 Store DASHWOOD Ffile’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 & Sou Alex Zimmer