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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-07-18, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE =====•—-•■■■.' A ., ,....,. ,"... Provincial Constable P. E. McCoy Dias at His Home in Goderich Widely known throughout Western Ontario in police and court circles, Provincial Constable P. E. McCoy, 47, died at his home in Goderich, on Wednesday, July 10th from a heart seizure thought to have been brought on by an attack of typhoid fever, from which he had been suf­ fering for three weeks. A native of Madoc, Ont., Percy E, McCoy was a veteran of the First Great War, in which he was severe­ ly wounded by shrapnel, the wound giving him much trouble in recent years. He had been 1G years in the provincial force in Eastern and Northern Ontario and at Kitchener before coming to Goderich seven years ago. He was high county constable of Huron County. Last Assignment Constable McCoy’s last police as­ signment was the investigation of the alleged murder of James Kitpat- rick, near Exeter, on June 20, of this year, for which Sam Dodge, an Indian, is now awaiting trial in Huron County jail. The preliminary trial must of necessity be postponed indefinitely as Constable McCoy Was the crown’s chief witness in the presentation of evidence expected to be purely circumstantial. Veterans of the last war, repre­ sentatives of police, national, provin­ cial, county and civic forces, and citizens in all walks of life paid trib­ ute to the memory of Provincial Constable P. E. McCoy by attending the funeral service held at the resi­ dence, Elgin avenue, Friday after­ noon. 'The service was in charge of Rev. A. C. Calder, rector of St. George's church. The profound regret everywhere expressed in the passing of the high­ ly regarded officer, and the sym­ pathy felt for Mrs. McCoy was evi­ denced in the large number of beautiful floral offerings which lin­ ed the walls of the room in which the casket rested. Among them were those from the County of Hur­ on, the Provincial and County Po­ lice, the Goderich branch of the Canadian Legion, the staff of the Court House and Maitland Lodge, A.F. & A.M. Guard of Honor After the service the casket was carried through the ranks of a guard of honor composed of the police, the veterans wearing berets, and members of the Maitland Lodge, A. !F, & A.M., to the hearse. Then the police in charge of Inspector W. C. Oliver, of Kitchener and headed by two members of the Mounted Police, followed by the veterans and the Masonic Lodge, the funeral cortege was formed and with measured tread moved slowly to the corner of Elgin avenue and Cambria road, then quickening the pace, up Cam­ bria road to East street and hence to the C.N.R. station, from where the remains were conveyed by. train to Campbellford. Interment took place on Sunday. The pallbearers were Captain P. F. Carey, of the Huron-Middlesex Regiment; Major A. H. Jane, of the Canadian Legion and County Con­ stables A. Jennings, John Ferguson, Wm. Gardiner, and John-Stewart, Among those attending were: In­ spector C. A, Jordan, of the Provin­ cial Police and Mrs. Jordan, London; Provincial Constables E. J. MacMil­ lan,r London; John Clark, Woodstock Fred Harrow, R.C.M.P., and J. Ram­ say, R.C.M.P., (Sarnia; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Richardson, London; Mrs. Ackerman, of Campbellford, mother of Mrs. McCoy, and Charles O’Con­ nor, a brother-in-law. “It All Depends” HIBBERT COUNCIL Cromarty, R.R. 1 July Sth, 1940 The Hibbert Township Council met in the Township Hall Staffa, Satur­ day, July 6th. All members were present with the reeve presiding. The clerk read the minutes of the previous meeting which was adopt­ ed as read. A resolution was pass­ ed declaring Monday, August 5th, Civic Holiday. The following accounts were paid; D. Gestetner Co., printing supplies $21,'9>8; Municipal World, supplies 69c,; McKillop, Logan & Hibbert Telephone Co., $2.51; Mitchell Ad­ vocate, advertising $2.(20; direct re­ lief $12.12. TJhos. Wren, Twp. Clerk p I eerier Sales Books are the best Counter Check Books made in Canada. They cost no more than ordinary books and always give satisfaction. We are agents and will be pleased to quote you on any style or quantity required. See Your Home Printer First DOUPE REUNION On Friday members of the Doupe family gathered at Queen’s Park at Stratford, for a reunion. There was a splendid picnic lunch in charge of Mrs. Rob Hazelwood, Mrs. W. Hard­ ing and Miss Beatrice Doupe. .Sports were well arranged by Nathan Doupe, Everett Doupe and Reginald Doupe. Races were won by Girls un­ der 21, Doris Walkom; young la­ dies dash, Ruth - Walkom; young men’s /race, Alvin Harding; married ladies’ race, Mrs, Arthur Ferguson; married men’s race, Reg. Doupe; 3-legged race, Ellen .Harding and Ruth Harding; spot race, Mrs. Lloyd Walkom; kicking the slipper, Ellen Hazelwood; men, Reginald Doupe; shoe promenade, Mrs. Arthur Fer­ guson, Reginald Doupe. Ern. Doupe. London, was named honorary presi­ dent Fred Doupe, Woodham, presi­ dent; Miss Eleanor Doupe, Stratford vice-president, Miss Marion Hazel­ wood, Stratford, secretary and Miss Beatrice Doupe, Kirkton, treasurer. McLEOD —'EAGLESON A pretty wedding was solemnized at the United Church parsonage, at Parkhill, when Rev. W, M. Kitely, united in marriage Alma Eagleson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Eagleson, of McGillivray, to Bruce McKenzie McLeod, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John McLeod, of West Williams. The bride, who was un­ attended, wore a becoming frock of dusty pink with white accessories and carried a bouquet of white roses. Following the ceremony Mr, and Mrs. McLeod left by motor for Go­ derich and other points north, the bride traveling in navy blue sheer With white accessories. On their re­ turn they will reside on the groom’s farm in west Williams. THE TIMES-ADVOCATE u Stubborn Cases of Constipation > Those who keep a mass , of impurity pent up m their bodies, day after day, instead of having it removed as nature intended, at least once in every twenty-four hours, in­ variably suffer from constipation. The use of cheap, harsh purgatives will never get you any where as they only aggravate the trouble and in* * jure the delicate mucous lining of the bowels, and are very liable to cause piles. If constipated take Milbum’s Laxa-Liver Pills and have a natural movement of the bowels. They do not gripe, weaken and sicken as many laxatives do. The T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. PEBBLE LODGED IN THROAT OF PARKHILL CHILD When a pebble stuck in his wind­ pipe Willis Rock year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Rock, Parkhill, was rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital at London in a critical condition. The child had got the stone in his mouth and it slipped down his throat, be­ coming so lodged that it threatened his life. Dr. Frank S. Kennedy was able to remove the obstruction at he hospital and the child later was reported as greatly improved. War-saving certificates provide a welcome channel through which all Canadians are able to help in the present struggle for freedom. So well has the idea caught on that the committee in charge of the activities in Food Products Building, on Au­ gust 2'8th at the ‘Canadian National Exhibition, are giving away war­ savings certificates as their major awards. DEAD AND DISABLED ANIMALS REMOVED PROMPTLY Phone Collect: Seaforth 15; Exeter 235; Lucan 12 DARLING & CO. OF CANADA LTD. One of the most overworked words in our vocaulary today is service. And to most of us who are beginning to get old enough to he annoyed by innovations, I imagine the use of this overworked-word as a verb is, at least, a minor irritation. The verb (?) “to service” to this writer, is an abomination - the more so because it derives from one of the finest verb In the English lang­ uage, “I serve” since the time of the Black Prince, has been the motto of every Prince of Wales; it has been proudly used by shining figures in the history of the Empire to whom, along with countless thou­ sands who are anonymous so far as tablets of fame are concerned, “to serve their country” was the highest duty. In our everyday lives we “serve” in many ways. In all of these ways the word implies the doing' of some deed for other people. A hostess “serving tea,” And serv­ ing tea, in our world, means that she has spent time and thought in the preparation of ^ood things she serves to her guests.- The ritual of tea is premised upon a desire to please others. “How many lumps?”, “Will you have lemon or milk?”, “Won’t you try these cookies I made?” So it is with the service of dinner or luncheon or breakfast, When guests stay overnight such questions as, “Would you like another blan­ ket?” “What time shall we call you?’ are instinctive to a good hostess whose whole thought is to serve her guests. What a shame, then, that? such a word should have been degraded by commerical usage to mean repair work or 'upkeep. What a shame that the purpose of a service department should be to “keep the customers sweet so they won’t change brands.” It is a shame that this should have happened. We have a hard enough task to keep our language pure as it is without having the forces or organized salesmanship ar­ rayed against us. And service, in its ancient sense, has been for years the watchword of a business that ranks as one of the oldest. That business is inn-keeping. It is true that the modern thousand room hostelry is far removed from the wayside inns of centuries ago in size, but in its essence the conduct of an hotel today remains unchang­ ed. The inn exists to serve the tra­ veller. Naturally, the manner of service differs according to the size, loca­ tion and part of the world in which the hotel is found. In the past few years it has been my good fortune to sample the ho-’ tels of thirty different countries. The hotels have ranged in size from the roadside inns of rural England to the towering Waldorf-Astoria in New York. They have ranged in pretentiousness of the Metropole, with its silk-stockinged footmen, in London to the Hotel Lavoie at Father Point, Quebec, where Mon­ sieur Lavoie, in stocking feet, with his trousers hastily pulled on over an old-fashioned nightgown, finds a room for you when you come in at three o’clock in the morning after a rough night on the pilot boat. No matter where the hotel is you find that a. desire to serve the guest is the foundation upon which it rests. That service takes many forms. America's most famous ho­ tel, The Parker House in Boston, is famous because of the Parker House roll, not because its beds are prob­ ably the softest and most inviting a weary traveller encounters. On the other hand, my most treasured mem­ ory of the Hotel Angkoe, at Siemreaf on the very fringe of the jungle in Cambodia (that should send you to the atlas) is that the beds are bless­ edly hard. < Now the hard bed in Indo-China is just as much a service to the traveller as the soft bed in the Parker House or your own favour­ ite hotel. Why? Because,, it all de­ pends on circumstances how you can best serve. The temperature in Siemreaf is tropical, the air is steamy and sleep is not easily woo­ ed in those circumstances with down pillows and soft mattresses, What you need is a hard mattress, no pil­ low at all and a hard bolster - known as a ‘Dutch wife’ to keep the thin bed covering from touching you, then sleep is an easier matter. In India the hotels have very little need for bell-boys or “room service” waiters. Travellers arrive with their own “bearers” who go with them wherever they travel. Your bearer sleeps on the, mat out­ side your door and when yon want your morning tea instead of tele­ phoning to “room service” all you have to do is clap your hands and your bearer goes to get it for you. To those hotels “service” consists of giving you spacious, airy apart­ ments with cool floors, wide balcon­ ies and voluminous mosquito nets. Whatever form it takes, service is always the mainstay of the inn­ keeper, and wherever you encounter it the service ^eems to be gladly rendered, not mechanically perfect­ ed for ulterior motives. Today, of course, in the British Empire service has one transcen­ dent meaning, as proud a meaning as ever a medieval prince ever emblazoned on his shield! James St. W. M. S. The regular meeting of the W. M. S. of James Street church was held in. the school room on Thursday, af­ ternoon, July 11th at 2.30 o’clock. The president, Mrs. Page, opened the meeting’ with a devotional per­ iod. The usual business was con­ ducted and very gratifying reports were given by the different depart­ ments. Mrs. Fanson was in charge of the worship service assisted by Mrs. Walker, Miss Monteith and Mrs. Cook also a solo by Mrs. Emerson Gunning, This was the annual tem­ perance meeting and the guest speaker was Mrs. Ethel Craw, of Seaforth, editor of the White Ribbon Tidings, Mrs. 'Craw said Italy, France, Germany, Japan, India, Egypt, South Africa, Great Britain are restricting their people from the use of liquor for the sake of fitness and she was glad one voice had been raised in Ottawa regarding the sanrn in Canada. Mrs. Craw, also referr­ ed to a cable from the mothers of England asking that their children be placed in homes where temper­ ance is observed. She urged the W, M. S, and the W.C.T.U. to work together to help this country to have homes of that description. War is a passing evil. The Church is a spiritual force for eternity. “I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” A piano solo was given by Mrs. Horton. Mrs. Cook moved a vote of thanks to Mrs. Craw and to all who assisted with the program. The motion was seconded by Mrs, Walker. The meet­ ing closed with the watchword “Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit saith the Lord of Hosts” The school room was beautifully decor­ ated with flowers and a sooial time was spent together. Refreshments were served, The August meeting will be in charge of the Christian Stewardship Department. BALLANTYNE RE UNION The home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hamilton, at Cromarty, was the gathering place for the twentieth annual reunion of the Ballaytne fa­ mily last week with 152 on hand to have a share in the round of good fellowship, the fine program of sports and the usual pleasant time that accompanies a feast, of good food. Members of the family were present from Kirkton, Carlin gf ord, Cromarty, Staffa, Novar, Toronto, London, Listowel, Atwood, Strat­ ford, St, Pauls, Avonton, Chicago, Detroit and Shelby, Ohio. President Robt. Bain, of Downie, presided over the program, opening with “O Canada” and followed by violin solo, Ross Smith; reading. Annie C. Ballantyne; solo, Wilma Hamilton; address, iLorne Ballan­ tyne, Detroit; chorus by four girls. Margaret Robertson, Jean Robert­ son, Charlotte Aitcheson and Dor­ othy Matthison; reading, Thelma Ballantyne; solo, James Henderson, of Listowel, THURSDAY, JULY ifHh, m# 6W Aty WORD FOR it-this is the' FINEST LOW-PRICED tire you CAN Buy/ 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 17, 1890 Mr. Fred W. Farncombe has been appointed Land Surveyor and En­ gineer for the township of Stephen. After .an absence of seven and a half years Mr. Wm. Tom has return­ ed from Medicine Hat, North West Territories. Mr. Wm. Sutton has gone to New- oury to reside. Mr. Geo. Fisher is having a hand­ some brick residence erected on the premises recently purchased of Jas. Westcott and situated on the north side of the Exeter side road. Mrs. Chas. Steinhagen, of Dash­ wood, left on Tuesday for Manitoba to visit her daughter and friends. Mr. Eli fetahls, of Chicago, is vis­ iting his brother at 'Crediton. Mr. Geo. Bedford has returned to Crediton from Washington State. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 15, 1915 Mrs. Wm. Taylor, of New York, is visiting her sister, Mrs. John Pin- combe, of Usborne. Mrs. Taylor was formerly Miss Balman and left here for the States about 6'5 years ago. Mr. C. H. McAvoy left on Monday morning for Niagara on the Lake, were he has accepted a position as druggist, Miss Tillie Jones left Tuesday morning for Fillmore, Sask., where she will visit for several months with relatives. Two rinks of Exeter bowlers skip­ ped by C. B. Snell and R. G. Seldon were in Seaforth last week at the tournament. The latter rink got into the semi-finals in the consolation event but lost to a rink from Mit­ chell. Mr. Burwell, of the Molsons Bank and wife and Mr. McDonald, of the Bank of Commerce and wife are away on their holidays. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 16, 1925 Harp Rivers put his elbow out of joint in .the ball game Monday ev­ ening. Mr, Well Hern this week com­ menced the erection of a new brick house immediately south of Mr. F. May’s residence on Main Street. A local bowling tourney was held on the greens on Friday evening the winners being T. Pryde, R. N. Rowe and W. W. Taman with three wins and G. Snell, N. J. Dore and Goldie •Cochrane with two wins plus 16, Mr. Oliver Davis, who has been in the service of the Molsons Bank and latter *the Bank of Montreal, has resigned his position at the Bridgeburg branch and has taken a position with the ’Government Cus­ toms staff of the same place. Among the former students of the Exeter High School who have been successful in passing the Normal School examinations are the follow­ ing: Ferris C. Cantelon, Lulu F. Morlock, John A, Christie, Gertrude B. Francis, Mildred M. Rowe, Hazel M. Coxworth, Ellen L. Miller, Vera M. Mawhinnoy, Dorothy Welsh, Vio­ let Whiteside, Mary Horney and Ruth Lamport, Miss Lulu Gaiser M.A., Columbia University, 1ms been appointed lee,-, (liter in Biology at McMaster Uni-’ versify, of Toronto. ABBOTT—bl cLENNAN - A pretty wedding was solemnized at Trinity Anglican parsonage St. Thomas when Rev. B. Johnstone united in marriage Margaret Mc­ Lennan, daughter of Mrs, Alexandei McLennan of West Lome, and the late Mr. McLennan, and Clayton E. Abbott, son of Mrs, A. Abbott and the late Mr. Abbott, of Lucan. The bride was lovely in a street length turquoise blue sheer with white ac­ cessories and corsage of pink roses and sweet peas. Miss Irene McLen­ nan, of St. Thomas, her sister’s bridesmaid, wore dusky rose sheer with white accessories and corsage of roses and sweet peas. Raymond Lemon of West Lome, attended the groom. Immediately following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served at the Grand Central Hotel, ;St. Thomas. Later the bride and groom motored to Niagara Falls and points east and on their return will be at Point Glasgow for the summer months. During and following the Great War of 1914-18 the Canadian Na­ tional Exhibition was commended for the service it rendered in stimu­ lating industry and agriculture at a time when that stimulation was vi­ tally necessary. The “Ex” will do it again. The ladies will be partic­ ularly interested in the Women's De­ partment where .thoughtful direction will be given to matters pertaining to the Red Cross. 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Mr. .Sawyer has been a piper in the Woodham Fife and Drum Band for almost half a century. RIDDLE Dead men know what I long to know Of the show that has passed and the passing show O£ Kings who ruled and did no wrong Fram Hackensack to far Hong Kong Of men who heard the eagle scream And then passed on to dream and dream; Of men once blind, and who now see Bartimeus, Milton and* G. D. B. Of all who have won the self-same bed And learned what only the gods have said But do dead men know when they are dead? To Help You Pay YOUB INCOME TAX Next April 30th HEAD OFFICE BUILDING It is none too soon to begin to provide funds for paying your necessarily increased income tax when it falls due next April. Here is a practical plan: An INCOME TAX Savings Account Open immediately at the Bank a special savings account just for income tax purposes, and deposit each week, each fortnight or each month' enough of your income to accumulate by next April the full amount of your tax. By faithfully following this plan you will be fully prepared and will avoid embarrassment. The Bank of Montreal is glad to offer this special service to make it somewhat easier for you to meet your tax obligation to help our country. BANK OF MONTBEAL ESTABLISHED 1817 Exeter Branch: W. J. FLOYD, Manager o A BANK WHERE SMALL ACCOUNTS sanraMsoWiniiM i I ARE WELCOME”