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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-11-07, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7th, 1940 Sixty-Eighth Year g EXETER BRIDGE CRASHES I DEATH RESULTS FROM I • •••• 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. |||||||||||||||||||||Illlllilllllllllllllll!llllll!lllll!llllllllllllllllllll!lllllllilllinillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!lll 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.