HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-11-07, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7th, 1940 Sixty-Eighth Year
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COMING TUESDAY, NOV. 12th
Men’s Made-to-Measure Suit Sale • ••••
Mr. E. B. Neeb, representing the House of Stone Tailoring Co. of Toronto, will
be at this store on Tuesday, November 12 th with a complete range of our men’s
suitings and overcoatings.. If you want a special in either a Suit or Coat come in
and inspect his large range of samples. You are under no obligation to buy.. Re
member the date.
Overcoats Fast Sellers
Our Men’s and Students’ Overcoats are selling fast, because they have the style,
are the newest colors, and the prices are low. Select yours while we have all sizes.
Ladies’, Misses’ and Girls’ Winter Coats
We have a large stock of coats—popular styles at very reasonable prices. As
good cloths are becoming hard to procure we would advise early buying at present
low prices.
18 Ladies’ and Misses’ Coats at $9.85
These coats are odd lines carried over in good staple styles and materials. They
are going fast at $9.85 each.
Winter Underwear for Ladies’, Men and Children
We have a complete stock of such well-known brands of underwear as Pen
man’s Stanfield’s, Watson’s, Turnbull's, etc., at very little advance in prices.
SPECIAL-Boy’s heavy fleece combinations sizes 22 to 32 at $1.00 garment
MISSES SKIRTS—good styles and colors—Reg. $2.95 clearing at $2.19 each
Christmas Merchandise
Our stock of merchandise for the Christmas season is now nearly complete.
Now on display.
Supersilk Crepe Hosiery 79c a pr.
EXTRA SPECIAL—25 dozen Ladies’ Supersilk Crepe Hosiery—New fall shades
—Siizes 8/2 to 1016—Sub-standards. On Sale at 79c pair.
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Special Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday
P & G SOAP
Special Value 9 bars 31c
HILLCREST PURE LARD? 1LC IQ-
Or Homemade in Bulk ....—....« IDS*
PORK & BEANS
Large 20-oz. Tins .
Santa clara prunes o ]Le 99.
Size 70 to 80 ...............................O 1U5« A* JU
3 tins 25c
IVORY SOAP DEAL
Large Size Cakes ...........
SUPER SUDS DEAL JI
Large Pkg'., with 10c Palmolive ull 1U1
GRANNY’S COOKIES no- IL 17-
A Tasty Oatmeal Cookie, fresh pCl 1U. 1 4 V
P.E.I. or N.B. POTATOES £ Lqac CC
75-lb. Bag, per Bag, $1.10 ....... Y*-*
2 for 14c
Phone 32 Jones & May Your
Superior
Store
Feed Your Poultry for
High Egg Production
See us as we are qualified on the best kind of feed for
Hogs and Poultry, also on Dairy Chows.
See us for your Heating and Plumbing Problems
Giocoat, pts..............59c 2 lbs. Johnson’s Wax . .98c
Giocoat, qts..................98c 2 lbs. Hawes Wax . .. .79c
Old English Wax .....53c 2 lbs. Old English . .. .89c
Hog Troughs, 3, 4, S and 6 feet long.
REDUCED PRICES IN GRANITEWARE
Mouse Traps . ... .3 for 10c Tulips, dozen . ...............75c
Rat Traps . . . .. . . .ea., 15c Electric Bulbs . .. . .ea., 10c
Traquair’s Hardware
Dealers in
Purina, Pioneer and Dr. Roes Feeds
Findlay’s Beach and McClary Stoves, Ranges and Heaters
New Idea Furnaces and Hot Water Boilers
Phone your wants to 27 EXETER
At Goderich Trial
Dr. W. E. Weekes, Dr. Fletcher,
County Constable J. Ferguson,
Chief Norry and Mr. A. Fawcett are
in 'Goderich this week attending
Supreme Court fall assizes which
opened on Monday. They are wit
nesses in the case of Sam Dodge, an
Indian, charged with the murder of
James Kilpatrick >by hitting him on
the head with an axe in the Dodge
home on the Lake Road just west
of Exeter on June 20th of this year.
There are other witnesses from
town and the case is in progress as
we go to press.
PROCLAMATION
Remembrance Day
Monday, November 1 ltb
o—o—o
In accordance with a resolution
by the Municipal Council of the
Village of Exeter I hereby pro
claim a Half Holiday for Remem
brance Day, on the morning of
Monday, November 11th, until
one o’clock p.m. and I hereby re
quest all citizens to govern them
selves accordingly.
I would respectfully request
that our citizens attend the Sun
day Services arranged, in com
memoration of Armistice Qay.
Sincerely yours, .
B. W. Tudkey, Reeve
The ladies of Main St. Women’s
Association are holding a bazaar in
the Town Hall on .Saturday, Nov.
9th. Rev. Woods will open the ba
zaar at 3 o’clock. The .following
booths will have attractive articles
for sale: “Evening Auxiliary Gift”,
“Anmn”, “Gift Shop”, “Homemade
”, “Candy”, “White Ele-
“Post Office”. (Afternoon
be served from 3.30.
'Apron”,
Cooking’
phant”,
tea will
Harold Swan, a returned
Transport Sid|k.s to River Bottom
With Collapse of Bridge— (Pic
tures ou Inside Rages).
The chief topic of interest and
conversation in Exeter since Satur
day has been
Exeter bridge
river and the
the driver of
companion.
I
Rev.
missionary from Trinidad and a for
mer resident O'f this community,
addressed an open meeting of the
James St, Sunday School on Sunday
afternoon last add gave a very in
teresting description of the work
being carried on there.
the collapse of the
over the Aux Sable
miraculous escape of
a transport and his
The accident happen
ed about 4-30 Saturday morning
when Ernest Loomis, of Parkhill*
working out of Oshawa for the
Carlton automobile transport, and
a companion, Charles A. Riries, of
Vancouver, on week-end leave from
the R.C.A.F. at Trenton, went down
with the bridge and then stepped
from the ca'b practically unhurt,
with a mass of twisted steel all
about them. Rines, it is believed,
struck the glass of the right door
of the cab with his head, raising a
bump on his head and breaking the
glass.
Practically the whole town was
out at some hour Saturday morning
to witness the result of the acci
dent. On Sunday afternoon when ef
forts were being made to release
the transport hundreds of persons
lined both sides of the river watch
ing the salvaging operations.
County Constable John Ferguson,
of town, -was one of the first to be
called to
accident,
no traffic
time as a
from
taken
being
Frank
Norry
One
transport struck the upright on the
north side of the bridge, swung
to the left and back again to the
right, striking a girder and then
buckling and sliding off to the left
as the bridge sank away. The
bottom of the bridge was resting on
the stones of the river and as the
stream is shallow at this time of
year the water did not reach the
floor of the 'bridge.
The bridge has a ninety foot span
and not two hundred as reported
in the daily press: It was built in
188.8 by Hunt?" Bros, of Kincar
dine according to iron tablets at
each’ end of the bridge, the tablet
containing the names of J. M. Kay,
Warden; J. 'A. Rollins, Reeve; W.
G. Bissett, Deputy Reeve; J. Ains-
ley, Co. Com’r.;
Clerk.
Following the
Officer Tayloi’
Crown Attorney D. E. Holmes, of
Goderich, and received instructions
to lay a charge of careless driving
against Loomis. The charge will
probably be heard in Exeter police
court.
The news of the accident spread
rapidly throughout the neighbor
ing country and on Sunday several
thousand persons visited the scene.
A gang of men with acetylene torch
cut the steel girders that jamb-
ed the top of the trailer and pre
vented hauling it out. A wrecker
from Labatt’s, London, with long
steel cable hauled away the steel
girders and finally drew the empty
automobile transport back onto the
highway, about six o’clock Sunday
afternoon. It was surprising the
little damage that had been done to
the transport.
A temporary foot bridge has been
erected across the river about seven
ty-five yards west of the old bridge.
Horses are able to cross the stream
a block to the west. Automobile
traffic is detoured a mile and a
quarter west.
According to the Toronto Star
Ernest- Loomis, driver of the truck,
said the bridge floor had a lump at
the north end. “The truck went
up in the air when we .struck it and
came banging down,” he said. “I
felt the left side going out from
under and swung to the right fust
as everything began to fall. The
tractor hooked around, the trail
er shot by, the steel beams buckled
a^id ’twisted ^and suddenly every
thing stopped" with twisted steel aR*.
around the truck.
"She's been hit so often since the
automobiles came that she couldn’t
take it any more,” said Thomas
Elliott, who lives adjoining the
bridge on the south side. He hop
ped from his bed when he heard the
crash.
Numerous accidents have eoccurr
ed at the bridge in recent months
and a short time ago single traffic
.signs were placed at either end. Just
recently red warning reflectors were
placed at the north side of the
bridge. “It’s not before
bridge was needed,” have
remarks of many since
dent.
It is estimated that it
from a month to six weeks before a
new bridge gets under way. Mr.
Bfownbridge, a surveyor from the
Dept, of Highways, is now making a
(Continued on page 4.)
the
was
the
hill
the scene following
Fortunately there
on the Highway at
car coming down the
south might easily have
a leap out into space before
stopped. Traffic Officer
Taylor of Clinton and Chief
assisted in the investigation,
theory advanced is that the
the
P. Adamson, Co.
accident Traffic
consulted with
a new
been the
the acci-
will take
GAS FUMES
Coal gas fumes escaping from the
furnace resulted in the death of Mr,
Wm. Truemner at his home on the
15 th concession of Hay Township
eariy Tnursday morning of ast week.
Mrs. Truemner was in a very critical
condition but is now improving.
Wesey Kearcher, of Pt. Huron, a ne
phew of the aged coupje, who was
visiting at the home for a few days
was awakened about 4.30 o’clock in
the morning with a severe headache
and being partially overcome with
the gas fumes himself, he made his
way with difficulty to the telephone
downstairs to summon aid. Coro
ner Dr. J. P. O’Dwyer and Dr. Alex
Addison of Zurich, were summoned
and Mr. Truemner was found dead
and Mrs. Truemner in an uncon
scious condition. Owing to her con
dition it was not until Sunday, the
day of the funeral, that Mrs. Truean-
ner was informed of her husband’s
death. An inquest was deemed un
necessary. Mr. Truemner was 75
years of age, was a successful far
mer, and held in very high esteem by
a wide circle of friends. Mrs. Truem-
ner’s maiden name was Mary Cook.
Mrs. Win. Schade, of the Bue Water
highway is an only sister. Mr. and
Mrs. Truemner had attended the Red
Cross supper at Grand Bend on the
evening previous to the fatality. The
funeral was held Sunday from the
Evangelical church at Zurich and
was largely attended. The bearers
were Messrs. Hilton, Wesley and Ez
ra Truemner, Clarence and Erwin
Schade and Wesley Kercher. The
flower bearers were Melvina, Gert
rude and Gladys Schade, Ada Gaiser,
Belva Truemner and Dorothy New-
biging. Interment took place
the Bronson Line Cemetery.
SHOWER FOR BRIDE-ELECT
A delightful Hallowe’en parity*
and shower with Miss Ethel Cow
ard, bride-elect, as guest of honor
was held at the home of Mrs. B.
W. Tuckey Monday evening. About
thirty guests were present in cos
tume and the bride-to-be was call
ed on to guess each one in turn.
Spooks and goblins and Hallowe’en
decorations adorned the rooms. A
mock wedding was enjoyed, the
two flower girls, Mrs. Lloyd Par
sons and Miss Vera pollen, after
wards drawing into the room a
wagon decorated in pink and
white and filled with lovely gifts.
A few remarks were made by Mrs.
Nelson Hunkin and Miss Ethel Cow
ard thanked all for their kindness
and beautiful gifts. Lunch was
served at the close.
in
RUNAWAY
A milk wagon belonging to Win.
Hatter was damaged Wednesday
morning of last week in a runaway
accident. After completing the
morning delivery and about to re
turn home the horse started to run
away when in front of -the Carnegie
Library,
going
front
dence
stone
the undercarriage was ripped
A motorist seeing the horse
proaching turned his car across
road and the animal was stopped.
It made a wicked run
up the Main St. and when in
of (Mrs. Wm. Weekes’ resi-
the milk wagon struck a
at the side of the road
RED CROSS CONCERT
On Friday evening Unit No. 17,
comprising school sections No.’s 4
and 5, Usborne, held a very success
ful entertainment and dance in the
Exeter Opera House. A packed house
greeted the entertainers who were
roundly applauded after each num
ber. Mr. Thos. Pryde capably pre
sided in his usual happy manner^ a
splendid programme amidst a stage
setting of flags, Jack-o’-lanterns,
flowers, black cats and a background
of life-like skeletons was carried
through with talent from Exeter and
community, and Centralia ably as
sisted by the Merkley Orchestra
from London. At the conclusion of
the programme the drawing took
place for the beautiful quilt donat
ed by Mrs. Clinton Sweet and Irene
of S.S. No. 4. The lucky winner was
Mrs. Pete Willard, the drawing be
ing made by Marion Webber of
Exeter. Following the programme
Mr. Lovie was floor manager for
the new and old time dancing, music
being provided by the Merkley Or
chestra. A booth in charge of the
ladies of this Society was generous
ly patronized. The proceeds from
the entire undertaking were very
gratifying.
and
off.
ap-
the
BUCKET BRIGADE
SAVES FARM HOME
Fire broke out at the home of
Mr. Wm. Preszcator, 3rd conces
sion of Stephen Township Friday
morning and but for the prompt
action of the neighbors in forming
a bucket brigade, the home would
soon have fallen a prey to the
flames. Flames were seen issuing
from the roof -by one of the neigh
bors and a telephone call along the
line soon brought assistance. A
lusty blaze was under way when
a ladder to the roof and a chain
of men with pails of water began a
fight that fortunately brought the
fire under control. A large patch
of shingles were burned on the
south side of the house. Fire is
supposed to have started from the
chimney. There was no one in
the house at the time, and a brisk1
breeze was blowing. A number
■went out from Exeter when a tele
phone call was sent in for help.
Damage was done to the interior
by water.
AT FROZEN FOOD
1
CONVENTION
Mr. John C. Vidt, of the Exeter
Frozen Foods, returned Saturday
after attending a three-day conven
tion of the National Frozen -•Food
Locker Association which met in
Chicago. At this second conven
tion there were 60'0 delegates from
$5 states of the Union and the Pro
vince of Ontario. There are 3400
locker plants in the United States
and*420 in Canada. The average
-plant of 250 lockers equal a total
of about 800,000 lockers in service.
On an average daily change of two
pounds per locker represents 1,-
500,000 lbs. of food products or a
total of $300,00'0.00 daily turn-over.
Mr. Vidt is a director of the As
sociation and presided at the Wed
nesday morning session. Through
lectures, round table talks and per
sonal contacts with local operators
he comes back with new ideas that
will ad,d to the efficiency of the
plant hero in Exeter. He tells us
that the hostess need no longer
worry about the left-overs from her
party or should the party have to
be postponed due to weather, just
put your cookies, sandwiches, pies
and cakes in the lockOr until such
times as they are again needed,
evon if it is throe months hence, all
will be O.K. Looker patrons are
urged to try frozen pumpkins, blue
berry or cherry pie and prove for
themselves that this is possible.
TRAINS KEEP AIR FORCE
MEN AWAKE
“I could sleep through a bombing
raid in England but the whistle and
bell on a Canadian train kept me
awake all night,” said one of the
members of the Royal Air Force who
recently arrived in Huron for the
advanced training of pilots in con
nection with the British Common
wealth Air Training School. Four
«f the lads from England were enter
tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Southcott on Sunday and they
were greatly interested in Canada
and all things Canadian. It was the
first time they had been in a Can
adian home and the visit was mu
tually enjoyed both by the hosts and
the visitors. The .men are part of
a complete unit for the advanced
training of pilots for flying and na
vigation now at Pt. Albert for the
duration of the war. Some of the
men are married and are already
planning to bring their wives and
families to Canada but find housing
n, difficult problem. “It is rather
hard on one to be here in Canada
away from the noise and danger and
not knowing what may happen at
any moment to my wife or family,”
said one of the men. “I am suppos
ed to be in the war and they are the
ones who are in danger,” he said.
“At night we made a bed on the
ground floor for our ittle lad and
placed a table and chairs around him
to protect him from any flying glass
or other missies should a bomb
strike close.” This gives us some
what of a picture of what war means
to these men who have come to our
community. Many of the citizens of
Goderich have opened their homes to
these rn-en while churches and other
organizations have entertainerd them The gentlemen who yisif^d in Exeter
were E. S. BrjsioW of S. Wales; Rob
ert Pearce, C. F. le Vavasson de
Jersey of Bournmouth, Hants and
R. H. Cox of Brighton, Sussex.
LEFT FOR GODERICH
Mr. Wm. Davis, who for the past
fourteen years has been linotype
operator for the Times-Advocate,
left Monday to assume his new du
ties as assistant in the stores de
partment at the Elementary Train
ing Flying School at Goderich. On
Friday evening last the Exeter Bad
minton club presented Bill with a
leather billfold, the presentation
being made by the vice-president,
Eric Carscadden. A social time
was enjoyed and lunch served. The
management and staff of the
Tiraes-Advoeate presented Bill with
a lounging-robe. Bill is an Exeter
boy. He served overseas in the
last Creat War. He will have the
best wishes of many friends for his
future success. His position with
the Times-Advocate has been taken
by Barry Wenger of Mitchell.
Mrs. M. L. Beavers, who recently
underwent an operation in Victoria
Hospital1, London, is improving
nicely
L. EEDY, OF ST. MARYS
ADDRESSES LIONS CLUB
Mr. Lome Eedy of the St. Marys
Journal-Argus was the guest speaker
at the Exeter Lions supper meeting
in the Central Hotel Monday even
ing. Mr. Eedy was accompanied by
his son Jack. Another guest was
Mr. G. E. Unger, of Brantford, win
ner of the $250 War Savings Cer
tificate, major prize in the recent
Lions frolic. Lion secretary Dr. W,
E. Weekes reported that the Boy
Scouts and the Baseball club had
each returned $25.00 of the amount
advanced for their support and that
Mr. Unger had made a donation of
ten dollars to the welfare fund.
Starting immediately milk will be
supplied to children requiring it at
the Exeter public school. Two new
members, J. R. C. Moffatt and Wm.
Floyd were unanimously received.
Mr. Unger expressed both his sur
prise and pleasure in winning the
major prize at the frolic and con
gratulated the club on their activi
ties.
Mr. Eedy was introduced by Lion
J. M. Southcott, who stated that Mr.
Eedy conducted one of the outstand
ing newspapers in the Dominion of
Canada and had hob-nobbed with
many noted people both in Canada
and Europe. He was president of
the Canadian Weekly Newspapers
Association when members of that
organization visited the British Isles,
Belgium and France.
Mr. Eedy gave what he called a
classification talk. This year we
are celebrating the 500th anniver
sary of modern printing. The get
ting out of a newspaper is quite an
intricate job. In a single column of
newspaper type there are 8,000 let
ters, figures, punctuation marks and
spaces, so that in a single issue of
a weekly paper you have more than
a quarter of a million chances to
make mistakes. Some of the errors
are very funny, but these only help
to entertain and amuse our readers.
Mr. Eedy gave examples of some of
the funny errors that happen such as
the mixing of an obituary and a
fire where it stated that as the cof
fin was lowered into the grave the
flames shot upward. 4One recent
heading in the United States elec
tion instead of saying that “Roose
velt was the Man for the Masses” by
getting a space in the wrong place
Stated that “Roosevelt was the Man
'for them asses.”
Speaking seriously Mr. Eedy said
that we are living in a marvellous
age. 'Mechanical invention and
scientific discovery have wrought
miracles in our surroundings. The
magic of radio has brought the ends
of the earth together. But there is
‘tragedy behind the success we have
achieved. Our modern inventions
■and great discoveries are being used
to raze great cities and murder in
nocent women and children. “We
■have transformed our surroundings
but we are morally not big ehough
to live in our new environment,”
said the speaker. The future peace
of the world will depend in the long
run on true democracy. It is the
impact of Christian ideas and ideals
upon life down through the cen
turies. True democracy expresses
the attitude of the Good Samaritan
as compared with that of the Le-
vite who passed by heedless of the
plight of his neighbor. Democracy
is not an end in itself but a means to
an end in which men may live en
nobling lives working for the greater
good of all mankind. Democracy
and a free press go hand in hand.
Without a free press you cannot
have democracy and without -de
mocracy you cannot have a free
press. “My best Wish for Canada to
day is that we may always have a
free press and that our editorial
conception of democracy will be that
■of a true democracy which will save
the soul of the people and which will
lead men on to a higer conception
of life and duty,” said the speaker.
Mr. Eedy was'given a splendid ova
tion and the thanks of the Club were
expressed by Lion president C. V»
Pickard.
Remembrance Day
.Special Remembrance Day ser
vices will be held on Sunday next
when members of the First Hus
sars, the Middlesex-Huron Regi
ment and of the Exeter-Hensall
Branch of the Canadian Legion will
attend divine worship at 10.55 a.m,
in the Trivitt Memorial church.
This will be followed by a short ser
vice at the Monument. A Remem
brance Day service will also be
held at Hurondale at 9.30 a.m. and
at Hensall at 2.30 p.m. See advt.
page four.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Buswell ac
companied their daughter Helen
to Toronto, Monday, where Miss
Helen has joined the staff of the
Earlescourt Children’s Home. Pre
vious to her leaving she Was present
ed with a cedar chest of stationery
and other gifts by a number of
friends.