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COWEN L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON Main Street. Exeter Office 36w Telephones Res. 36j Closed Wednesday Afternoon DR. J. W. CORBETT D.D.S., L.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON Bell Building, Exeter Telephone 273 FRANK TAYLOR LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex FARM SALES A SPECIALTY Prices Reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed EXETER P.O. or RING 138 ALVIN WALPER LICENSED AUCTIONEER Specializing in Farm and Purebred Livestock Sales PHONE 57r2 R. 1 DASHWOOD WM. H. SMITH LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex (Special training assures you of your property’s true value on sale day. Graduate of American Auction College Terms Reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed Orediton P.O. or Phone 43-2 E. F. CORBETT LICENSED AUCTIONEER Terms Reasonable Satisfaction Guaranteed EXETER. R.R. 1 Phone Zurich 02r7 » 8 SB Hl Drainage Problems Main Issue at Regular Meeting of Stephen Council I Council met in regular mon­ thly session on Monday after­ noon, September 13 with Reeve Hugh Berry presiding and Councillors Oscar Turkey, Wel­ lington Hrock and J’ames Simp­ son in attendance. The minutes of the last regu­ lar meeting on August 9, and a special meeting held on the evening of August 24 for the purpose of reading and consid­ ering the .Stewart Drain Report, were adopted as printed on motion of Councillors Brock and Simpson. Wm. R, Dougall, Weed In­ spector for the County of Huron interviewed the Council in re­ gard to the problem ’of weed control on the Township road­ sides, stressing the importance of continued and careful mow­ ing and advising that spraying with chemical weed-killers would be very effective where the infestation was bad or where mowing was impossible. Council agreed to give the matter careful consideration. A Resolution that a petition to the Department of Highways for the payment of an interim subsidy on road expenditures in the Township during 19 48 of for construction $8,657.82 and for maintenance $28,969.36 making a total of $37,627.18 as tabled by the Road Superinten­ dent, be signed by the Reeve and .Clerk and sent forward to the Provincial Highways De­ partment, was adopted on mo­ tion of Councillors Simpson and Brock. The time for the Court of Re­ vision on the Shapton and Ste­ wart Municipal Drains being set for three o’clock and there be­ ing no appeals to be brought before the said Court, the Court was not constituted and By-Law No. 8, 1948, known as the Shapton Drain (Township of Stephen) By-Law 1948, and By- Law No. 9, 19 48 known as the Stewart Drain Township of Us- borne By-Law 1948, were given second and third readings and finally passed and adopted on motion of Councillors Brock and Simpson. At four o’clock, time set for the opening of the tenders re­ ceived on the .Stewart Drain, three tenders were tabled; H. M. ’Oberling of Toronto, C. P. Dietrich of Dashwood, and Dum­ fries Construction Co. of Galt. The lowest bid of the Dumfries Construction Co, being satisfac­ tory to the Council, was accept­ ed and the contract awarded to them on motion of Councillors Simpson and Tuckey. Tender price $2,174.04) and- the work to be completed this fall. Municipal By-Law No. 10, 19 48” setting the overall tax the Assessment of the Township of Usborne for the year 1948” adopting the revised assessment for the Township at the sum of $2,614,630.00 for the year .1948 was given three readings and finally adopted on motion of Councillors Tuckey and Simp­ son. Municipal By-Law No. 11, 1948 “A By-Law Fixing the Rates of Taxation in the Town­ ship of Usborne for the year 1948’ setting the overall tax rate at 17 mills including the Exeter District High School Rate, and with .the Township School Area rate and other school section rates in addition, was given three readings and finally adopted on motion of Councillors Simpson and Brock. James Howe, assistant to Township Engineer S. W. Arch­ ibald, interviewed the Council in regard' to the Stone Municipal Drain and presented a reconsid­ ered Report. • He advised that they had carefully considered all the complaints received on the .original report and had tried to remedy the cause inso­ far as possible, and that in the report they had tried to provide for the proper drainage of the area and a fair and equitable assessment on all parties con­ cerned. Council agreed to accept the report and set the evening of September 24 as the time for a special meeting with the as­ sessed ratepayers for the read­ ing of the report and considera­ tion for provisional adoption. Council instructed that .the con­ tractor be notified that no further construction work be done on the drain until further notice as the new report called for some alterations on the original plan. Council instructed that the assessments for the Wurm, Cann-Mitchell, Elimville, Maver, Shapton, and Stewart Municipal Drains be collected this year. The following correspondence' was tabled and dealt with as follows: From C. F. Dietrich, re his contract on the Stone Drain, and work done to date on .the Elimville Drain, Council author­ ized payments to him of $960 on the Elimville Drain as allow­ ed by Engineer’s certificate, and $1700 as being the approx­ imate cost of the tilo already on hand for the Stone Drain The Road Superintendent pre­ sented vouchers to the amount, of $5,777.54 for payment, and current accounts to the amount of $3,384.85 were passed on motion of Councillors Tuckey and Simpson and orders were drawn on the Treasurer for payment of the same. ELMER D. BELL, K.C. BARRISTER and SOLICITOR Successor to J. W. Morley EXETER. ONTARIO GLADMAN and COCHRANE BARRISTERS - SOLICITORS EXETER, ONTARIO at Hensall, Friday 2 to 5 pan. JOHN WARD Chiropractor and Optometrist MAIN STREET, EXETER Open Every Week Day Except Wednesday Phone 848 ARTHUR FRASER Income Tax Reports, Bookkeeping Service, etc. Ann St., EXETER, Phone 355w USBORNE and HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office, Exeter, Ontario President ....... Wm. H. COATES Exeter Vice-Pres.........ANGUS SINCLAIR R.R. 1 Mitchell DIRECTORS JOHN HACKNEY Kirkton, R. 1 WM. A. HAMILTON .. Cromarty MARTIN FEENEY ...... Dublin MILTON McCURDY Kirkton R. 1 AGENTS ALVIN L. HARRIS Mitchell THOMAS SCOTT Cromarty T. G. BALLANTYNE, Woodham SECRETARY-TREASURER ARTHUR FRASER ........ Exeter ! SOLICITORS I GLADMAN & COCHltANE Exeter Council adjourned to meet again in regular session on Monday afternoon, October 11, 19 48 in the Tpwnuhi.i Hall at Elimville, Harry Strung, Clerk BRINSLEY The service in Brinsley United Church will be withdrawn on Sunday next, September 26, ow­ ing to Shipka anniversary ser­ vices, The sympathy of the commu­ nity is extended to Mrs. Andy Keogh in the death of her fa­ ther. Miss Pearl Haist, of Adrian, Mich., spent a few days with hei’ sister, Mrs. William Watson. Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Odd and daughter have moved to Lucan where they will reside. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Duran and baby .are spending a month’s holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Keogh. Mr, and Mrs. James Treve- thick spent Sunday with friends in Dashwood. We are sorry to report that Mrs. Emerson Glenn and Mr Al­ bert Morgan were both admitted to St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, Their many friends in the neigh­ borhood wish a speedy recovery. Master Richard Whittard, of St. Catharines, is spending some time with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ellwood. Mr. Norman Amos has re­ turned home after spending some time in Edmonton. Mr. and Mrs. Al Bazley and Bobbie, of Sarnia, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Levi White. Miss Mary Cooper, of Mont­ real, and Miss Milly Muir, of St. John, N.B., are guests at Mrs. Beatrice Dixons’. POP’S Taxi Service Phone: Orediton 18rll Exeter 857 a-........ ....... ......................■■■■■-» What When I Where WHAT Kind of Gravel (Fine, coarse, cement or road) WHEN You Are Ready WHERE as close to your work as possible. WE DELIVER Cudmore Gravel Phone Exeter 171r3 a............ a Floor Sanding HARDWOOD & TILE FLOORS LAID Old Floors Re-Finished Wallace Bowden WOODHAM Phone Kirkton 53rl0 ra——------ -----— -a TIME TABLE CHANGES EFFECTIVE Sunday, Sept. 26, 1948 Full information from Agents Canadian National Railways LARGE ECONOMICAL •lit 65c Ju»t heat and rub in MINARD’S, and note the quick relief you get. Greaseleas, fast-drying, no strong or unpleasant odor, Qet a bottle today: keep 15.46 lthafldy- Brucefield Crash Victim In Hospital Again Mrs. Roy Gix’vin, of Dungan­ non, who was .seriously injured in a car accident at Brucefield a month ago in which her hus band was killed, has again been taken to hospital. Mrs. Girvin, who suffered severe head pud chest injuries, had been a pa­ tient at Seaforth Hospital until Sunday when she was removed to her home. On Tuesday her condition became worse and she was taken to Goderich hospital by ambulance, it is reported that she is showing some im­ provement. CENTRALIA Mr, and Mrs. G. O Thompson of Preston were guests with Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Hodgson on Tuesday of last week. Mrs. A. Robinson spent last week, with friends in London. . Miss Kathryn Hayes, of Sar­ nia, was a week-end guest at the home of Mrs. Loretta Hicks. Miss Hayes, a delegate to the World Youth Conference in Oslo last year, presented in the church on Sunday evening a film of pictures taken on her trip through the European coun­ tries. The pictures were very in­ teresting and colorful and were greatly appreciated by everyone Mr. and Mrs. P, Vercoe -and daughter, of Flint, Michigan, were week-end visitors with Mrs, A. Harlton. Mrs. Harlton re­ turned home with her daughter and will remain in Flint for a week. Miss Marjorie Flynn of Brant­ ford visited over the week-end with her mother, Mrs. E, Flynn. Mr. Charles Isaac has the sympathy of many friends in the death of his brother, Mr, Tho­ mas Issac, of Greenway. Mr, and Mrs. George Baynham spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. E. Carruthers in Lon­ don. The annual Rally Day service of the Sunday School will be held in the church on Sunday morning at 10:30 standard time. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Palmer, of Malton, were week-end guests with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lammie. Mr. J. M. Pease is relieving at the station for Mr. B. D. Field, who is in Victoria Hospi­ tal, London, for a check-up. Mr. Field’s many friends hope to see i him on duty again in the very I near future. I Miss Wilda Pollock, R.N., who ! has been convalescing at the I home of her sister, Mrs. Lome, Hicks returned to her duties in Kitchener on Sunday. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Lamport narrowly escaped serious damage by fire on Tues­ day morning when the gas stove exploded but with assistance of [ neighbours the flames were soon extinguished. Mr. and Mrs. S. Molnar re­ turned to their home last week, having spent the past few weeks at Delhi. A very pleasant evening was spent in the schoolroom of the church on Monday when the la­ dies of the community gatherd in honour of Miss Helen Essery, bride elect, and presented her with a miscellaneous shower. The program opened with a reading by Mrs. Gates, followed by a solo by Mrs. G. F. Penwar­ den. The bride-to-be was escor­ ted by Marjorie Rowe to a chair placed behind a garden gate, very tastefully decorated with cedar and autumn flowers. Above the chair hung a large white wedding bell with a back­ ground of colored streamers and a large basket of flowers. The gifts were brought in by Mary Jo Baynham on a decorated wa­ gon. Miss Beatrice Efesery and Marjorie Rowe assisted Helen in unwrapping and displaying the many beautiful and useful gifts. Helen expressed her appreciation in a very pleasing manner. Num­ bers on the program in addition to the two already mentioned included readings by Mrs. Ken Hodgins, and Mrs. Alvin Essery an instrumental by Bonnie Mc- Falls and a very humorous con­ test by Mrs. George Hepburn. Ice cream and cake were served. The Friendly Guidance of one. of our Trust Officers is assured your family by ap­ pointing The Canada Trust Company as the executor of your estate. The Group Judgement of all of oui' Trust Officers, who have devoted a good part of their lives to the adminis­ tration of estates, is available, to your beneficiaries. A Friendly Discussion of your estate plans will be welcomed by John I). Wilson, Trust Officer, who is in Exeter and dist­ rict from time to time. Main Branch - Dundas and Clarence - London, Ontario CASH FOR YOU! OLD, DISABLED OR DEAD FARM ANIMALS With undamaged hides and according to size and: condition COWS - $6.00 HORSES - $4.50 HOGS (300 lbs. each) $1.75 plus $1.75 per 100 lbs. for addition weight AT YOUR FARM PHONE COLLECT: EXETER 287 INGERSOLL 21 FOR PROMPT, EFFICIENT, COURTEOUS SERVICE Lord’s Day Act To Be Enforced Unless and until changes are made in Jlie Lord’s Day Act it remains the duty of Ontario au­ thorities responsible for law en­ forcement to “reasonably en­ force” the law, Attorney-General Blackwell said Friday in a statement which said reports of breaches of the act at Ontario resorts are being studied. The Ontario attorney general intends to proceed with prose­ cutions where sufficient, evi­ dence. is available either through police reports or the report of interested citizens”, said the statement, “This department wishes to make both those in authority and the general public aware of the fact that it has been obtain­ ing reports of breaches of the act both in areas policed by the provincial police and in areas where policing is locally directed and intends to proceed with pros ecutions where sufficient evi­ dence is available either through police report, or the report of interested citizens.” for men with some time to spare It's awwbrof activity—-your local armoury, just hum­ ming with activityfor men with a few evenings to spare. In the wide list of activities offered by the Canadian Army Reserve Force, you’ll find things to turn those odd free evenings into interesting and even exciting ones. You’ll enjoy the full programme of social and sports events. You'll be “one of the gang”—with other Reserve Force men who are finding that the armoury is their personal “clubhouse”. All the latest equipment and weapons are now being used, for Reserve Force training. The summer camp sessions give you the opportunity to get away and out into the open. To top it all, you will receive full Active Force pay for all time spent in training and camp. “SEE FOR YOURSELF” by visiting your local Reserve Force unit’s open house,