Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1944-06-01, Page 6THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1944 -Fage (6 By ANNE AUAN Hydro Home Economist move from fire. Add flavoring coloring. Beat until cool. ORANGE FLUFF and History of the Gidley Family MIXING BOWL £ 3 3 tbsps. rated rind of B orange. rind of ; water, 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. ' 7 f tWERQtacSf RK Bi 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 * ♦ « 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 ** * 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 ............ the re- son •the St. Centralia Mitchell Cromartyand R. 6, in Math- week he DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES >. " ffr's a swmz a ior®\ 1/7W8S #77 PA7PI77BW t/aya P77£y ms ae m 77V777& //V 77727? hand-worked Tonight My Cigarette is Helping Me Forget SECRETARY-TREASURER B. W. F. BEAVERS ............ Exeter F. W. GLADMAN Solicitor, Exeter Is the business, in the old/ imould take /i tvmwmep jtt/c, 2 ,.,.. ywymwe, s# r«rr /anew /tapEpr p'6lJOfy n/SJoB MP BE MEM My HPSBWP I™™™ ,si , - , , __________- -;*$ <■ a-,. ;-z:; irryw astaapb/s MA PAM YAS, MA PAM, 422 fa7t?W£im ai/b/wb. 7'm swap yov'ii. 7W£ /r / CAM 77BI/BP TB77 ysu 7/MM B2MTBPP7- 7 AM. A7PA7 7CA77 PBB7 /'M 77B7P7A7& W777 77/B 177A72... A77B> BBB £&M£r67A7& OP B7l£,7Z>£) aw £7£tbp Uw/AB££7£ A77£>[. / APB <&A£> 70 £ PBBZ WB&W , yzpy wbu. pyw 1 7^777^20, 7 CM££Mr and for LET’S SHARE 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 May we remind you to read the Classified Ads regularly every week? Backache-Kidneys Most people fail to recognize the seriousness of a bad back. The stitches, twitches, and twinges are bad enough and cause great suf­ fering, but back of the backache and the cause of it all is the dis­ ordered kidneys crying out a warn­ ing through the back, ’ A pain in. the back is the kidneys1’ cry for help, Go to their assistance. Got a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills. A remedy for backache and sick kidneys. "Doan’s” are put lip in an Oblong grey box With Our trade mark a "Maple Leaf” on the wrapper. , „ ...Refuse substitutes. Get('Doan’s, * * The T. Milburn Co.$ Ltd., Toronto, OnU