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By ANNE AUAN
Hydro Home Economist
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ORANGE FLUFF
and History of the Gidley Family
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Professional Cards
EXETER, ONTARIO
Office, Main Street,
at jjcnsall, Friday 2 to 5 p.pu
J. W. MORLEY
SOLICITOR
F, W. GLAPMAN
BARRISTER — SOLICITOR
EXETER, ONT.
Dr. G. F, Roulston, L.D.S., D.D.S,
DENTIST
Offices, Morley Block
EXETER, ONT,
Closed Wednesday Afternoon
The following history of the
Gidley family in Exeter will be read
j with interest by many of our read
ers. It was written for us at the J time of the death of the late Harry
| Gidley, who died Sunday, March 26,
i being he last of the
to Jive in Exeter. For
the account has been
several weeks.
as Gidley, came from London, Eng
land, and settled on jpt M, conces
sion pne, Township pf Stephen, over
a century ago., with the help of
Harry’s great- grandfather, Bartho
lomew Gidley, Sr., they cut a clear
ing- out of the wild bush for a log
cabin homestead in what is now al
most the centre of Bxeter,
In those days potatoes were
planted in holes in the virgin sod.
wth an axe and h spade, and owing
to the fertility pf the ground splen
did crops were grown,
Flour and living supplies had to
be toted on horseback through paths
in the wild woods, over corduroy
roads made by laying lengths pf
logs over the marshy spots, all the
way from London. Many of them
had to walk the entire distance on
foot carrying their needs, implements
and seeds.
Wild animals were a daily and
nightly menace and the dangers al’
the Huron Indians on their many
warpaths with their inveterate
enemies the Iroquois, added to the
perils of the few and sparsely situ
ated white families,
Grandfather a Cabinet Maker
Thomas Gidley, the grandfather,
had been a cabinet maker
member
London,
cord in
he had
eggs, grated i
lemon. 1 tbsp* hot
tbsps. lemon juice,
sugar, g:
3 tbsps. orange juice.
Separate eggs. Beat yolks with
tablespoons sugar. Add grated
rind and the fruit juices. Add hot
water, beating continually. Cook
mixtures in top of double boiler
until it coats spoon, stirring con
stantly, Pour over egg whites
which have been beaten stiff with
remaining* tablepoon sugar. Pile
into glasses. Chill in electric refrig
erator and serve.I * * *
I Take a Tip;
1.
and
rub
with
quantity. If recipe calls for 1 cup
of nuts, you may use one half cup
chopped peanuts and use one. extra
tablespoon of flour.
2. If cooking utensils are soaked
immediately after the food has been
removed, they may be easily clean
ed. Cold water is best for eggs,
milk or doughy substances. Hot
water acts more quickly on greasy
foods.
Gidley family
lack of space
withheld for
Harry Gidley was for many years
the lender of the Exeter Brass Band,
as was his father before him. the
late Samuel Gidley. He was also
the founder and leader of the Exeter
Orchestra, which played many en
gagements throughout Western On
tario. He was also an accomplished
cornet soloist and the master of
many brass instruments and drums.
Quite recently he disposed of his
prized English silver cornet to a
Toronto musical firm, who placed
it with the R.C.A.F. then in need of
good band instruments.
Recently it was recalled by some
of his friends, the number of young
boys and girls who became interest
ed in music under his inspiration
and were members of his band and
orchestra, Some mentioned were Mr.
Kenneth Stanbury, son of Judge J.
G. Stanbury, formerly of Gladman
& Stanbury, Exeter, and now of St,
Catherines, an expert violinist, who
went on to become the leader of the
Western University of London or
chestra; Margaret Gladman, daugh
ter of Frederick Gladman, Exeter,
who became the versatile pianist of
the same Western University orches
tra; Mrs. A. Y. Willard, present or
ganist of the Main Street United
Church, Exeter,
lately deceased
Merchant Radio Division.
England.
It is interesting to note that Harry
Gidley had a copy of the following
quotation nailed to his work-shop
door, honoring the hobby to which
he was a willing votary:
“Servant and master am I; servant
of those dead, and master of those
living. Through me the spirits im
mortal speak the message that
makes the world weep, and laugh,
and wonder, and worship.
I tell the story of love, the story
of hate, the story that saves and the
story ,that damns. I am the incense
upon which prayers float to Heaven.
I am the smoke which pails over
the field of battle where men lay
dying with me on their lips.
I call the wanderer home, I rescue
soul from the depths, I open
of the lovers, and through
dead whisper to the living,
speak through the birds of
the insects of the field,
baking powder, i tsp. salt, 1
tsp flavoring extract, 1 cup
milk, 6 egg whites.
Cream the shortening, add sugar
gradually and. cream together until’
fluffy and light. Sift flour and meas
ure. mix and sift with baking pow
der and salt. Add dry ingredients
to creamed mixture alternately with
the millk. Add flavoring. Fold in
well beaten egg whites. Pour into
greased shallow baking pans. Bake
oven (325
degree F.). Remove from pan and
when cold ent with heart-shaped
cutters. Make Seven-Minute Frost
ing and divide it into thirds. Add
different colored fruit coloring to
each and frost cakes. Top only in
wartime.
Hello Homemakers: .Showers are,
In the air but they ave not raining
anything except gifts and happiness
for prospective brides. Many a
future bridesmaid or favored wed
ding attendant is busy this month
planning special shower parties for
the bride-to-be.
titude of things
sideration and
season, it is a
there are delicious party refresh
ments that can be prepared quickly j 35 mins, in an electric
in advance.
Delicate colors are always a
part of the shower party, so why
not serve Cheese Salad Mold along
-with sectioned fruits (oranges,
and grapefruit and sliced apples),
cheese toast strips, tiny not biscuits
filled with honey or marmalade.
Orange Fluff; Queen of Heart Cakes
and Coffee or punch.
The heart-shaped cakes
call for individual moulds
made from a sheet layer
and cut out with a heart cookie
cutter.
Will all the
which demand
time at this
relief to find
mu I-
con-
busy
that
do not
but are
of cake
QUEEN OF HEART CAKES
1 cup shortening, i 2/3 cups
sugar, 3 cups cake flour, 3 tsps.
SEVEN MINUTE FROSTING
it cups granulated sugar,
5 tbsps. cold water, 2 egg
whites, unbeaten, 1 tsp. vanilla
extract, 1 tbsp, corn syrup,
fruit coloring.
Combine all ingredients, except
flavoring and coloring, in top of
double boiler. Mix thoroughly. Place
over boiling water and beat briskly
until mixture holds its shape. Re-
HOW TO DO IT
Tie securely in separate
bundles. (The little me you
take will save thousands o* man
hours) dispose of it
though your local voluntary
Salvage Committee or other War
Voluntary Organization, or se it through any known trade
channels, your pediar, dealers or
nrhers. The important thing is
Waste Paper moving to
the mills.
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When a recipe calls for nuts
you can obtain some peanuts,
off the hulls and excess salt
a damp cloth and use a small
Economize with
HYDRO
Long Life
LAMPS
OBTAIN THEM AT YOUR
HYDRO SHOP
Dr. H. H. Cowen, JL.D.S., D.DJ&.
DENTAL SURGEON
Office Next to the Hydro Shop
Main Street, Exeter
Office 36w Telephones Res, 36J
Closed Wednesday Afternoons
C. E. ZURBRIGG
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The Question Box;
asks: Do
value
it to the cream
using raw spin-
you get the
by cooking
spinach cooks
Mrs. T. E.
best nutritive
spinach and adding
sauce for soup, or
ach?
Answer: Since
quickly and because more flavor is
obtained by using minced raw spin
ach; cook in milk for three minutes
and thicken in double boiler for 15
minutes. This will give the best
nutritive value, but do hesitate to
use left-over spinach vegetable in
a cream sauce for soup.
Mrs. M. P. asks: Recipe for white
cake using small amount of sugar.
SUGAR-SPARING WHITE CAKE
i cup shortening, 2/3 cup of
white corn syrup,
sugar, 1 teaspoon of
2 cups cake flour, 3
of baking powder, I
salt, 3 egg whites.
Sift dry ingredients
times. Cream shortening
and Alex. Strang,
member of the
Loudon,
the great need for
new
and
work-
hous-
land
bed
hand,
TONS
OF WASTE PAPER ARE
REQUIRED EVERY MONTH
TO MAKE ESSENTIAL
CONTAINERS FOR
MILITARY SUPPLIES
WHAT IS WANTED
You can remedy this
?«ap of WaS
wrapping paper^Store_bag^_
“^board-old
epresent Ae mateml ta
making vitally needed Paper
containers.
| cup of
flavoring,
teaspoons
teaspoon
together 3
with sugar,
add flour mixture alternately with
syrup, then fold in stiffly beaten
egg whites and flavoring and bake
in layers at 3 50 deg. F. for about
25 minutes.
ICING
% teaspoon salt, 1 egg
I cup light brown syrup,
teaspoon lemon flavoring,
teaspoon almond flavoring.
Add salt to egg white and
until stiff (use high speed of elect
ric mixer). Add corn syrup .grad
ually, continuing
orings.
peak.
white,
%
%
beat
to beat. All flav-
Beat until icing hold a
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Allan invites you to writeAnne
to her % The Exeter Times-Advocate.
Send in your suggestions on home
making problems and watch this
column for replies.
the
me
the
tht
the
lips
the
I
air,
crash of waters on the rock-ribbed
shores, the sighing of the wind in
the trees.
I know no brother, yet all men
are my brothers; I am the father
of the best that is in them, and
they are the fathers of the best that
is in me;
are of me.
of God.”
I am of them and they
For I am the instrument
Optometrist at Exeter
Open every week day except
Wednesday
used for firewood. The trim of the
legs and the inlaid portions of the
top were black walnut obtained at
Port Frank from George Hurdon, son
of the former Exeter banker, N.
Dyer Hurdon, where it had lain at
the bottom of the river for many
decades.
Several of these coffee-tables are
in homes in various cities in Canada
and United States. Replicas are pos
sessed by Dr. J. G. Dunlop and
Helen Dignan, of Exeter,
Howard Dignan, of Toronto.
A New York banker paid a large
sum for six old tapestry-cushioneo
solid walnut parlor chairs, the backs
of which were decorated with a
hand-carved bunch of grapes, made
by Harry’s grandfather. After their
return home to New York, the Arte
and Crafts guild held an exhibition
of fine furniture and this set of
chairs was awarded the blue ribbon
for first by the judges.
Harry Gidley resided with his
wife in the fine old mansion, erect
ed by his Uncle Charles in William
Street, when Exeter was a vely
young, but today it looks a$ though
it might stand for several decades
longer. It is placed in a spacious
triple lot in a grove of pine ana
honey-locust trees.
Canada’s first premier to visit
Exeter wag Hon. Alexander Macken
zie and while here he was a guesi
of Charles Gidley in this home. The
old antique bed he slept in is still
in use in the same room.
The home is full of furniture
manufactured by the former Gidley
firm and are good examples of then
workmanship. Six dining-room chairs
show no signs of wear in the 70 or
80 years of their existence. Of
course they had been refinished and
repaired by Mr. Gidley who was an
artist at matching and restoring olu
antique furniture.
In memorial of Harry Gidley, the
following song has been written and
copyrighted by Dick Howard, song
writer of New York, who had a war
song published in World War I,
“When They Get Into Civvies Again”
and also a recent successful No. 1
Lucky-Strike Hit Parade war-song
of World War II. This new war-song
was inspired by the thought of the
composer, during one night watch
by Harry’s bedside, “How I’ll miss
you, my old pal’,” and will be pub
lished this year by Shapiro Bern
stein & Co., Inc., Radio City Music
Hall Building, New York City:
ARTHUR WEBER
LICENSED AUCTIONEER *
For Huron and Middlesex
FARM SALES A SPECIALTY
PRICES REASONABLE
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Plione 57-13 Dashwood
R.R. No. 1, DASHWOOD
and a
of the cabinet guilds in
England, and it is on re
tire London City Hall, that
repaired the London City
gates and other highly skilled
manship.
Seeing
hold furniture in this
where tables, benches
steads had all to be made by
he started a chair and furniture
factory.
Heretofore, planks had to be made
by terrific hand labor by chopping
them out of the large round logs
with an adze—a large two-handed
broad-axe. Robinson Crusoe’s work
in making planks for his boat was n0
more crude than the methods of our
forefathers in literally hewing their
homes and furnishings from the
giants of the forest.
Before emigrating to Canada
Thomas Gidley had served an ap
prenticeship of seven years and be
came a master workman of the
cabinet guilds. He brought his tools
with him and many of these fine
hand-working steel and wooden
planing and carving tools are in
Harry Gidley’s shop today.
•Many of his fellow settlers were
not so lucky—when crossing in the
small sailing ships of those days,
their entire clothing papers, and
possessions had often to be thrown
overboard to save the ship fromj
sinking, and all was lost forever
but life, owing to the stormy seas.
Thomas Gidley’s factory, built
some S5 years ago, is still standing
and is now the home of the Huron
Lumber Company’s planing mill.
Later he built a block of buildings,
nearer the centre of town, in what
it now known as the Oddfellow’s
Block.
His three sons, Richard, born
August 17th, 1836, at No. 9 Melton
Place, Euston Square; Charles, born
19th November, 183 0, at No. 27
Charles Street, Hamstead Road,
Samuel, born August 15th, 1840,
half-past four in the morning at No.
72 Charlton Street, Somers Town—
all of London, England—were taken
into the furniture factory business.
Brisk Demand for Furniture
From the beginning they found it
difficult to supply the pressing de
mand for household furniture and
the venture proved to be a profit
able one. With their old-world train
ing behind them, they built their
furniture for durability as well as
beauty. None but solid woods were
used'—veneering as practised today
because of the scarcity of choice
woods Was unknown in those days,
and even if it had then been avail
able, it would have been scorned by
these masters of
pieces.
When the founder of
Thomas Gidley, died
homestead that still stands large
and stately as when built nearly a
century ago, located on Gidley
Street, named in his honor, he left
tile farm to Richard and the factory
and business to Charles and Samuel.
Of the four families of Gidley’s
who lived in Exeter, Samuel’s son
Harry was the last descendent. Un
til lately lie filled orders for indi
vidual hand-polished pieces
fancy articles in woodwork,
customers in Exeter and from Coast
to Coast—Halifax, Montreal, Toron
to, Winnipeg, and Vancouver, The
night he died a telegram Was re
ceived from Vancouver to give him
a proposed Order for six old antique
pieces.
His fine work epitomizes the say
ing. “Build a better mousetrap and
the world will htuid a pathway to
your door.”
Hand-FoHshed Coffee Tables
For instance Harry Gidley made
many hand-polished individual cof
fee tables, solid and durable with a
piano finish, suitable to be handed
down in families from generation
to generation. The tops were made
of beautiful curly maple' that he sal
vaged from a lumber pile of a near
by saw-mill that was about to be
J
and
FRANK TAYLOR
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
For Huron and Middlesex
FARM SALES A SPECIALTY
Prices Reasonable and Satisfaction
Guaranteed
EXETER P.O. or RING 138
LICENSED
For Huron
Special training
property’s true
WM. H. SMITH
AUCTIONEER
and Middlesex
assures you of your
value on sale day-
Graduate of American Auction
College
Terms Reasonable and Satisfaction
Guaranteed
Crediton P.O. or Phone 43-2
USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office, Exeter, Ont.
Pres.THOS. G. BALLANTYNE
R.R. 1, Woodham
Vice-Pres....... WM. A. HAMILTON
R.R. 1, Cromarty
DIRECTORS
W. H. COATES .................... Exeter.
JOHN HACKNEY ... Kirkton, R. 3
ANGUS SINCLAIR Mitchell R. 1
JOHN McGRATH Dublin, Ont.
T Am Music
Harry Gidley was manager* of the
Exeter Opera House for many years
and quite recently spoke of spon
soring such productions as “The
Prisoner of .Zenda”; “East Lynn”;
“Birth of a Nation”—motion pic
ture; “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”; “Guy
Brothers Minstrel Shows” and a
host of others.
The Gidley family were skilled
artisans in wood craftsmanship and
wood carving, and were a .great
help to the early settlers in the dis
trict north of London.
Harry Gidley’s grandfather, Thom-
One of the students who received-
the Bachelor of Arts degree at
University of Western Ontario
eently was David Parkinson,
of Mr. Harvey Parkinson
late Mrs. Parkinson of R.
Marys. David specialized
ematics and Physics. Last
entered the Meteorological Service
of the Dominion. His duties start
ed on Monday with a short special
course in the Meteorological School
at the University, of Toronto.
AGENTS
JOHN ESSERY ..........
ALVIN L. HARRIS ....
THOS. SCOTT ............
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HOUSING, TOO!
The needs pf war have brought
hundreds of people into cities
and towns. These people must
have somewhere to live. More
accommodation must be
found. If you have unused Space
in your house> arrange to rent
now. Many cities have a central
Housing Registry; but any Real
Estate Office will be glad to
tell you what to do.
JOHN IABATT LIMITED
London Canada
1st Verse
Al-ways and all-ways,
Through
You Will
At your
All-ways
When your back’s to the wall;
I’ll be at your right hand,
Just-—AL-WAYS AND ALL-WAYS
Through it all!
2nd Verse1
The girl I left behind,
Is on my mind;
And when this war is through,
I’ll come., back to you.
In my fox-hole I lie—
And think of you;
And wonder if you, too,
Are feeling blue.
Chorus
Tonight my cigarette is helping me
j forget,
That moment when we had to say, / “Good-by”,
The smoke rings are my friends,
They offer sympathy,
Ttyey wonder wliy I sigh, and almost
{cry.
Nn, matter wheve you go, you’ll al
ways be with me,
My thoughts of you will never, never
die.
Tonight my cigarette is helping me
forget
That night wo had to part and say,
“Good-by”.
storms great and small,
find me, sweetheart,
heck and call.
and al-ways,
WKZ
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