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50 YEARS AGO
Mr. W. H. Johntson has been re
engaged as teacher on the second
concession of Hay at a salary of
$53'5.00 per annum.
Parties wishing to spend Christ
mas in the Old Land should take
passage on the new steamship “Teu
tonic” sailing from New York on
December 10th. For further
tiqulars call and see Capt.
Kemp, Exeter.
'Over 500 birds have been
ured for the big shooting match in
connection with the
on Friday.
The Grand Master
lodges of Ontario is
and is visiting the central lodge in
each district.
Mr.
Shane foundry, Baltimore,
town.
and bell fitter of the firm,
commence work in the tower for
the reception of the chime. A force
of carpenters furnished by A.
Dyer are engaged in the work.
par-
Geo.
sec
Central Hotel
of the Masonic
making a tour
Butterfield from the Me
is in
He is the practical foreman
He will
25 YEARS AGO
G.
PUPILS TO GET LONGER
CHRISTMAS (VACATION
The longest Christmas vacation
possible under regulations of the
Department of Education will be
given school children this season.
School will close on December 20,
and open January 6.
The official date for the Christ
mas holiday
of Ontario is
January 3.
on a Friday,
until the following Monday,
year December ,22 is Sunday,
shortest vacation possible is. five
days less
period.
period in the schools
from .December 22 to
But if January 3 is
opening is postponed
This
The
Mrs. Con O’,Brien of Centralia
had 'the misfortune to slip on the
back steps at her home on Monday
night, breaking her wrist as well
as shaking her up otherwise. She
is now doing nicely.
Mrs. N. J. Dore left on Tuesday
for a visit in Windsor and Detroit.
Mrs. Mark Mitchell of London
spent Sunday visiting with relatives
here.
Private Archie Davis spent Sun
day at his home here. Nearly all
the Exeter boys who are in training
in-London and Galt were home
a two-day leave ot absence.
on
War Time Committee Receives
Acknowledgment of Gifts
22. Reg
your most
is the cor-
You must
as you
El. Tieman, a medical
the forces at Ottawa
received your lovely
socks and wish to ex-
.he
than this years holiday
CROMARTY
number of friends as wellQuite a
as relatives attended the funeral of
•George G. Wilson held on Thursday
afternoon at the home of his son-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Stewart
of Exeter. The late Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson owned and for many years
resided on a farm adjoining th* vi]
lage and had many friends and ac
quaintances here who warmly ex
tend their sympathy to his daugh
ter Mrs. Stewart of Exeter, and his
sisters, Miss Margaret Wilson, sup
erintendent of the
orial Hospital.
Mrs. 'William
been in London all
husband’s serious illness. He
patient at Victoria Hospital in
city.
very enjoyable hour was spent
Seaforth Meiii-
15 YEARS AGO
Mr.
red
the
Houghton has
week owing to
her
is a
that
A,
at Cromarty school on Friday after
noon, when the women of the sec
tion were invited to the Children’s
Red Cross business meeting, with
a little concert afterwards. As a
final number for the children’s en
tertainment there was a spelling
match by the grown-ups. It was
quite exciting and the best two spel
lers were Miss Olive Speare and her
sister, Mrs. MacDonald, on opposite
sides, and getting down with
same word “charivari”, so it
really a tie, and was greatly
joyed. A vote of thanks as
dered the teacher, Ross McKay, for
the invitation and entertainment.
(Last year Mr. J. W. Hern built a
tidy brick bungalow on Carling
street and Mr. B. W. F. Beavers has
installed in the house up-to-date
bathroom fixtures including a pres
sure tank and eledtric motor.
Hern has almost completed a
brick bungalow on Main street.
Miss Helen Dignan spent
week-end at the home of Mr. Wil
liam Chapman near Hensail.
A pleasant evening was spent in
the I.'O.'O.F. Lodge rooms on Tues
day evening, the occasion being the
visit of the second degree team of
Brucefield. The business part of
the meeting consisted of the elec-
tion of the following officers for the
coming year: N.G., Bro. Foote;
V. G., Bro. 'S. Reid: recording sec..
Bro. R.N. Creech; fin. sec., Bro. H.
Jennings; Treasurer, Bro. E. M.
Dignan; Trustees, Bros. W. Johns,
W. Martin and R. N. Creech; Phys
ician. Bro. M. R. Graham,
freshments were served and
addresses were made.
Messrs. H. O. Southcotit and
Walter are in Toronto this
on business.
Miss Mary Day visited for ;
days with her sister, Mrs.
of Toronto.
Mrs. J. W. Taylor and
spent the week-end in
and Shakespeare.
Re-
some
H. ;S.
week
A.
a few
Lloyd
soil Reg
Stratford
the
was
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INDUCTED INTO CHARGES
OF CLINTON, BAYFIELD
Inductioin of Rev. -B. F. Andrew
as minister of Clinton and Bayfield
Presbyterian churches took place
Wednesday evening of last week.
Rev. Hugh Jack, Moderator of
the Presbytery of Huron, presided
and conducted the induction cere
mony. The sermon .to the congre
gation was preached bv Rev. Wil
liam Weir, of Hensail, the charge
to the congregation was delivered
by Rev. D. J. Lane, of Knox
Church, Goderich, and to the minis
ter by Rev. D. C. Hill of Exeter.
A social hour followed the* ser
vice.
Proverbs of 1940
Everything comes to him—-who
helps himself
U17K2E
All Tired Out
Before Day Half Over
Women, who should be strong and
healthy become weak, run down and
worn out, and are unable to attend
to their household duties. They get
up in. the morning dreading the
day’s work ahead of them.
Some disease or constitutional dis
turbance has left its mark in the
form of shattered nerves, impover
ished blood, and an exhausted con
dition of the entire system.
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LATE FRANK
WAS BORN
BOSSENBERRY
NEAR ZURICH
piano tuner for the
Frank Bossenberry,
at his
A Kitchener
last 32 years,
81, died Saturday evening
home in that city after an illness
of five weeks. Mr. Bossenberry was
born July 2, 1S59, near Zurich. On
July KSi, 51. years ago he married
Louisa. Wagner at Zurich. He at
tended Zion Evangelical Church.
Surviving
Charles E.,
Claude and
Emerson of
home;
Snider of Kitchener, Mrs.
Vand ewall of Toronto and
Zelda Kieswetter of Acton, a bro
ther. Charles Bossenberry of Van
couver, B.C., a sister, Mrs. Frank
Smith of Galt and nine
children. A son, Franklin
deceased him 18 years.
The funeral service was
Nov. 19 at 3.3 0 p.m., with Dr. C. A.
Hirschman, pastor of Zion Evan
gelical church, officiating. Burial
was in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kit.
chener
are his wife, six sons,
of Kitchener; Clayton,
Bert L., all of Detroit:
Listowel and Glenn at
three daughters, Mrs. Ivan
of Kitchener, Mrs. L. J.
Mrs.
grand-
J., pre-
held on
RECEIVES APPOINTMENT
Mrs. Lydia, Doig of Kippen, has
received word that her son, John
an attorney of Detroit, has accept
ed an appointment at Washington
Mr. Doig is well known in the Kip
pen district, having received his
primary education at S.S. 2, Tuck
ersmith, under the tutorship of
William B. Strong, and the. late
Mrs. Basil Edwards. The Dois
family are prominent residents and
have owned their homestead sinc<’
1353.
First Film Star:
ting married very
morning, isn’t she?
Second Film Star
matter. She’s done
the wedding bolls sound just like
an alarm clock to her.”
“Valerie is get-
early tomorrow
it doesn’t
often that
of the
was held at Mrs. Alvin
November
As has been the custom for
Parcels were sent to the boys in
England on Oct. 12th. The first
acknowledgement of their safe ar
rival comes from Signalman Reg.
Taylor in a letter dated Nov. 3rd,
and received here Nov.
writes—“I just received
welcome parcel, so now
rect time to answer it.
have been a mind reader
had the very things I was short of.
Of course the rest of the boys all
had to look it over and they all
seemed to think that it was just
alright. I also got a sweater while
I was in Kingston but did not un
derstand who it was from until my
sister told me, so I take this chance
to thank you very much for both
the sweater and parcel. We are
very much in the rainy weather
here and have had a few of the fa
mous fogs, that England is noted
for. I have not met any of the
boys from home yet; in fact, I have
not met anyone I knew before
war, but you make friends
ovei* here and I have really
some nice boys. Let me thank
again, not for just the parcel,
for the idea the people at home
still remember we are over here.’’
the
fast
met
you
but
Letters of Appreciation
The. Committee is in receipt of
several more letters from enlisted
men in appreciation of comforts pre
sented to them.
From Military P.O. 3 03, Chas.
Baynham of the Royal Canadian Air
Force writes: “May I take this op
portunity of thanking the commit
tee for sending me a parcel. I find
the sweater very useful now and the
socks will be more appreciated when
winter sets in. 1 myself helped to
knit socks for the Red Cross and
finished a sweater completely in my
spare time. While I enjoyed learn
ing how to knit I think I appreciate
the home knit articles more than
those not coming into direct contact
with this work. Thanking you
again.”
Major E.
doctor with
writes, “I
sweater and
press my sincere gratitude to
Exeter District War Time Commit-
itee. I am sure your work is ap
preciated by everyone, and will be
more so i
come.”
From '
ter from
Canadian
your lovely gift today and would
appreciate it very much if you
would convey my sincere thanks to
'the members of the Exeter District
War Time Committee. The sweater
is a perfect fit and something which
in this part of the country is very
useful, We are having very
cool weather at this writing^ 12th, and something extra to3
certainly touches the spot,
camp seems
“darners”, so
portant part
turned out to
painful process,
express my thanks and wish your
organization every success.”
'Sergeant J. (Andrew of the Air
Force at St. Thomas writes: “I have
just received a sweater and a pair
of socks from the War Time Com
mittee _for which I wish to offer my
most sincere thanks. I can assure
the Committee that these gifts are
very acceptable and quite useful. I
am more than pleased that you have
taken the trouble and shown the
interest in myself as I am a com
parative stranger to this commun
ity. I trust you will convey my
sincere thanks to the members of the
organization.”
Many letters are also received
from the mothers of these boys.
They also appreciate the work of
the Committee and are helping the
Committee to “carry on”.
during the cold weather to
Debert, N.S., comes a let-
Donald Hicks of the Royal
Aii’ Force: “Received
read
Matt.
Rev.
damp
Nov.
wear
Our
good■to be lacking
socks play a very im-
since darning has
be rather a slow and
May I once more
TURNIP* WAXING INDUSTRY
IS PAYING ENTERPRISE
FOR SCORES OF FARMERS
By James Anthony
increasing the sum from
year, to say nothing of em-
15 men for eight months
12, is a good commercial
as an article of human food
regard it as part of the diet
lowly. Lately our friends
Southern United States and
O return of $4,000, with a pros
pect of
year to
ploying
out of
enterprise for one firm to develop
in Exeter. Yet that is what it is
doing to the benefit of scores of far
mers, by waxing turnips and ship
ping them to all parts of the United
States.
A few years ago this work was
not even thought of. Indeed, folk
were inclined to despise the lowly
turnip
and to
of the
in the
other portions of the Union have
come to realize the virtues of this
field product and to.look upon it as
real food, and when at its best, as a
luxury.
The Exeter region is fortunate in
being the centre of an area where
turnips may be grown to advantage
in yield, in texture and in flavor.
Not every region, even in Ontario,
is so favored, for within a few miles
from this centre the texture of the
turnip is coarse and the flavor not
what the best market demands.
Seecl Improves
fitness for the production
crop is not all the turnip
There has been improve-
price
that
for
will
The
thinner
Those
for
the
and
not
old
Local
of this
story,
ment in the seed required and in
the method of cultivation and of
handling. The Exeter firm handling
this product secures the best seed
from England and from the out
standing Canadian producers. Far
mers seeking a little ready money
in the crop are applying the. best
methods of fertilization to the land
and to handling the product,
who would get the good
this crop have learned
rough methods of caring
harvesting turnips simply
bring, the desired results,
days when the turnip
thought the rougher he handled the
crop in the field the better are gone,
since it as been found that an in
jury inflicted upon the young plant
will be a disfigurement when it is
matured. A disfigured plant is re
jected at the waxing factory. No
turnip gets into the sacks that is
marred by any tool used in its pre
paration. That is final.
There is a definite uniformity re
quired in each turnip which is
packed. The diameter is required
to be from four to six inches. The
surface must be properly colored
and regular throughout.
and flavor are required
to standard.
Texture
to be up
Quality
standardnot up to
sze or form are re-
is all there is to say
and the farmers wise
interests do careful
Turnips
either as to
jected. That
on that point
■to their own
grading at home, where the rougher
dr otherwise inferior turnips are
then gave a very practical
"Women’s Work in the
The hymn “I’m Not
to Own My Lord” was
business session followed
of the president, Mrs. R.
Minutes were read and
ELIMVILLE W. M. S,
Hold November Meeting
The November meeting
W.M.S.
Pym’s on Wednesday,
20th.
some years, the election of officers
took place so that it would not in
terfere with the Christmas program,
which is expected to be particularly
interesting. Mrs. Nelson Coultis pre
sided over the meeting and opened
with singing “Blest be the Tie that
Binds; Mrs. Will Elford led in pray
er, followed by the Lord’s Prayer in
unison. Mrs. R. D. Hunter
the Scripture lesson fom
7:21-28 and Mark 12:2 8-3 4.
Mair and Mrs. Ed Johns sang a duet
“O Master Let Me Walk With Thee’’;
Mr. Mail
talk on
Church’’.
'Ashamed
sung and
in charge
Batten,
roll call was answered by a quota
tion on “Peace”. It was decided to
continue holding the social meet
ing in January and committees were
appointed to attend to details. A
pot luck supper was agreed on for
that occasion. The Christmas meet
ing will be held on Dec. 11 instead
of the regular date, Dec. 18, at Mrs.
R. Pooley’s. The election of offi
cers then took place and the slate of
officers arranged by the committee
appointed was carried with one mo
tion, only a few changes being made
from last year. Mrs. Ralph Batten
then presented a section of the
study book in her capable manner.
The meeting closed with the sing
ing of “All the Way My Saviour
Leads Me” and benediction. Follow
ing are the officers for 1941: Hon.
Pres., Mrs. R. D. Hunter; pres., Mrs.
Ralph Batten; vice-president, Mrs.
Harry Ford; treasurer, Mrs. Wm.
Elf ord; recording secretary, Mrs.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2W, 1910
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■Ed Johns; literature and press sec
retary, Mrs. H. Ford; organists,,
Mrs. Urb Batten and Mrs. Clarke;
supply secretaries, Mrs. Thos. Bell
and Mrs. E. Skinner; temperance
secretary, Mrs. Frank Brock; sys
tematic giving, Mrs. Weston Horne;
community friendship secretary,
Mrs. Philip Murch and helpers, Mrs.
A. Pym, Mrs. Wesley Johns, Mrs.
S. Hunter, Mrs. F. Brock, Mrs. Geo.
Delbridge; Missionary Monthly sec
retary, Mrs. John Coward; Mission
Band leaders, Mrs. R. Pooley and
Mrs. Sher. Brock; Baby Bandlea
ders, Mrs. E. Skinner and Mrs.
Louis Johns.
TRAINING SCHOOL
OFFICERS NAMED
The directors of Huron County
Elementary Flying Training School
Limited elected the following offi
cers on Wednesday night: Presi
dent, W. L. Whyte; vice-president,
Wilmot Haacke;
treasurer, W. L.
J. R. Douglas.
J. R. Douglas,
acting secretary-
Whyte; manager,
The directors are
Wilmot Haacke,
Thomas Pryde, Hugh Hill, George
Feagan, W. L. Whyte and Dr. Munn.
Seaforth
has the privil-
given a
a tank fitted
Exeter has an
water under
this purpose.
reach the wax-
gone over in-
Government is like digestion,
when it is functioning properly you
are least aware of it.
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Siturned into the feeding cellars.
Trucks draw the product to the
factory, though the farmer who can
do his own drawing
ege of doing so.
When the turnips
ing plant they are
dividually and all rough dirt re
moved and freed of all roots and
such other’ matter as has no food
value. They are then
thorough washing in
for such a purpose,
abundance of good
pressure fitted for
The turnips are next placed in racks
where they dry perfectly. When
they are dipped in the wax. kept at
the proper heat, and then placed in
(50-pound sacks and are ready for
shipping by truck.
Experiments are being carried on
for waxing carrots and apples and
parsnips, though this experimenta
tion is still in its infancy. Close
daily Government inspection of the
whole industry gives the public as
surance that the quality of the pro
duct is maintained.
The turnip grower has at least
two strings to his bow. If he can
not sell his product at. the waxing
plant he can feed it. In any case,
his land has the advantage of good
cultivation and fertilization.
Temperance
Meeting
A well attended meeting in the
interests of temperance convened
on Thursday evening of last week
in the Sunday School room of Main
Street United Church. After de
votional exercises conducted by
Rev. Norval Woods, Mrs. Dore and
Miss Sims contributed a well-receiv
ed duet. Mr. Ilubert Jones was ap
pointed chairman and Mr. W. C.
Pearce was. appointed secretary.
Chief Organizer, Rev. Mr. Lewis,
of Toronto, was present to give dir
ection to the activities of the gath
ering. Rev. K. McLean of Wing
ham was the chief speaker of the
occasion who gave some suggestions
why the interest in temperance in
all its phases should be actively be
fore the public mind at such a time
as this. Rev. W. A. Bremner, of
Seaforth also contributed valuable
information. After considerable
discussion it was decided to organ
ize for temperance work with Exeter
as the centre, while all the adjoin
ing communities were urged to take
practical steps to get the work un
der way. iA committee was chosen
to nominate officers for the pro
posed organization. This commit
tee consisted of Mrs. Johns, Mrs.
Christie, Miss Murray, Mr. Howard,
Mr. Delbridge, Mr. Cook and Mr.
Shapton. After due deliberation
the committee submitted the fol
lowing slate of officers, which was
unanimously accepted by the meet
ing: Hon. Pres., Rev. W, J. Down;
pres., J. H. Jones; sec., W.
Pearce; treas., g. S. Howard.
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