The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-02-15, Page 3f THE TJMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1951 ■■ ■f- V POP’S Taxi Service Crediton 18-r-ll Exeter 857 We Are Agents for NUTREX Soluble Fertilizer A Complete Plant; Food Cuts Fertlizer COST IN HALF Fox1 Field or Garden Dr. Salsbury’s Flock Treatments Come In. for Your FLOCK MANUAL Headquarters for PURINA SULFANOX Liquid and Powder Your Drugs At Robertson’s s The Reader Comments General Pickard’s Gigantic Bull Toured Fall Fairs And Exhibitions ■ To the Editor of the Exeter Tjmes-Advocate Dear Sir,—• Exeter is now a town and its history briefly written but there is one thing which put Exeter on the map for a season which has been overlooked.The late James Pickard tfn his day had a double title ‘’Store keeper Pickard” and “Farmer ZION Mrs. John Hern and Jack, Mr. and Mrs, Ward Hern and family, and Mr. and Mrs. James Earl visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Everard Miller. Mrs. II. Kyle visited with her cousin, Mrs. George Jaques, of Exeter, on Tuesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ogle, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Arnold, of Lon don, visited on Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Brock. Mrs. Harold Hern visited one day last week with Mr. and Mrs. William Routley, of Elimville. Mr. and Mrs. Milne Pullen and Donald, of Whalen, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nor man Brock on Sunday. Mr. George Earl, of Exeter, spent several days visiting at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hern and Mr. and Mrs. Angus Earl. Mission Band will meet at the school Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Pickard’’. A neighbour looking on said: “If it was not for store keeper Pickard, farmer Pickard could not live.” Pickard was a first class farmer and his cattle and bis sheep favourably with day. He raised grew to gigantic was exhibited at the fairs and exhibitions for a season under the title. “General pickard” and was a great attraction. Had he lived his life would have been spent in travel and would have been a bonanza to his owner and when he reached the butcher men would have paid an enor mous price per pound for his beef so that they could tell their children children some of General Pickard, biggest steei* on earth. In the files of the Exeter Times, somewhere around 1880, the story of his life would be re corded. We fancy his weight ap proached two tons. Hoping that someone can give up his height, size and weight, I remain Yours truly J. Johns. NOTE—We have searched what copies we have on file of the Times in 1880 but fail to find any reference. We have heard numerous stories of the steer and like Mr. Jonhs would like to hear something authentic.— The Editor. would compare others of his a steer which proportions and and their children’s that they had eaten the Discover Two Domesticand Industrial Motors — Poultry Time Clocks Thermostats — Furnace Controls Waterheaters Fixtures, etc. GARFIELD THOMSON PHONE 323-M EXETER 91 For Sale 4 Foot Hardwood $16.00 PER CORD Delivered in 3-Cord Loads — Subject to Distance Malting Barley Contracts See Us Now for 1951 Barley Contracts (Barley paid large dividends in 1950) Scott’s Elevator LUCAN PHONE 63 Illicit Stills (Exeter Times “Revenue officers ford and Stratford, by Constable Gill, of this place, on Thursday last proceeded to the Township of Hay in search of illicit whisky stills, and their search was not in vain, as they discovered an unlawful still, to gether with the worm and large agricultural furnace on a Canada Company lot near Black Creek. From worm they some and still were destroyed but the worm was brought to Exeter. Suspecting that there were other stills' in the township, the same gentlemen made another search on Friday and were again suc cessful in finding what they were in search of, and not a great distance from where the first one had been found. There were two furnaces with this still and from the number of barrels and kegs which were lying around one would suppose that quite an extensive business had been carried on. A warrant for the arrest of a young man named Arthur D. Kilty, who was supposed to own the stills, was placed in Constable Gills hands, and Kilty was taken prisoner in Hensall on Monday last and brought to Exeter where he was put in limbo until yesterday, when he was tried before Thom as Gidley and Patrick McPhillips, J.P.’s and fined $5 00 and sent to the county goal for months. 18S0) from Brant- accompanied ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ CARS 1950 Monarch Sedan, heater, radio, over drive. A lovely car only .................................. 1949 1948 1947 1947 1941 1938 1937 1931 Ford Coach, a buy at ............... Chev Coach, new motor. Only Ford Coach, low mileage ...... Kaisei* Sedan, a lovely car ..... Ford Club Coupe. Only ........... Dodge Coach ............................... Plymouth Sedan, a good one . Chev Coupe ............... ................. Special Car Mercury Club Coupe, a clean car. To1946 be reduced $10 a day until sold. Thursday’s ••••••price 1950 1947 I’licensc ..... TRUCKS Ford Pickup, low mileage ..................... Ford 3-Ton Chassis and Cab, new ☆ ☆ ☆ TRACTORS 1944 Ford, good tires. Only ......................... 1988 Silver King, a good motor and tires .. 10-20 International .....................*..................... 2,600. 1,750. 1,390. 1,225. 1,095. 495. 325. 895. 125. 1,070. 1,390. 890. 690. 495, 195. Larry Snider Motors “Your Ford & Monarch Dealer” PHONE 64-W EXETER Page 3 • The new Goodyear DeLuxe gives more mileage,; « ^4% more mileage than the big mileage Goodyear it replaces. Gives added protection from blows outs . ; ; PLUS super traction ; ; ; it’s Canada’s most popu lar tire ; ; , the over whelming choice of thrifty motorists. PHONE: 153-W SEE THE We Have Chick Starter The Editor Recalls with the new Miracle APF good/Vear It. If you’ve an eye for a buy... the appearance of the and the still it is thought have not been used for time. The furnace pans six SAINTSBURY Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dickins and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Mc Donald attended the Eastern Star euchre in Exeter on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. F. Guilfoyle and Norman, of Simcoe, were Sunday afternoon dinner guests with Mr. and Mrs. R. Greenlee. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice McDon ald and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dickins and Mrs. and Mrd^Harry Carroll were Saturday Wevening dinner guests with Mr. and Mrs. H. Davis, the evening was in playing Court Whist. Let It Snow Old man winter showed real style ’over the past with below zero temp, and bliz zards and school buses stalled and public schools closed and cream men and bread men among the missing but who is kicking, at last there is enough, excitement to put some zest in to living. Never a dull moment anymore. The February meeting of the W.A. will be held on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. J. Dobbs. Miss Almarie Davis spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Greenlee. •* Mr. and Mrs. Jim Barker Saturday evening guests Mr. and Mrs, O. Dale, of don. Mr. and Mrs. Maguire spent up in week, were with Lon- I and Mr. and Mrs. II. Latta and Carol of Arva were Sunday dinner guests with Mr. and Mrs. E. Atkinson, We are sorry, to report that Master Wayne Carroll had the misfortune to slip and fall in the stable and cut his eye. It was necessary to have the doctor dress it. We all hope Wayne will not have a scar and will soon be as “perky” as usital. Mr. and Mrs. H. Carroll, Ron ald and Wayne were Sunday evening dinner guests with Mr. and Mrs4.' H. McFalls, of Lucan. Ten inches Of Snow equals dhe inch of rain. FIRST BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Old timers will re member this building on Exeter’s Main Street but few will remember it as a Bible Christian Church. In the early pioneer days it served as a church when saddle-back preachers con ducted the services. It was the fore-runner of James Street United Church which at first was Bible Christian, then Methodist and later United. It was occupied for many years by Mr. Alfred Walters, shoemaker, father of H. S. Walters. Mr. Walters is seen in the foreground with a young English lad in the background. Many a tight game of checkers was played by old timers in this building. The building was sit uated where James Bowey now has his office. For years it was used as a storehouse by Jones & May and was only re cently torn down, General Store, Dressmaking And Tailoring Shops Run By Pickard The letter of Mr. Johns to the Editor recalls some of the stories' we have heard about the enterprise of Mr. James Pickard, one of the early merchants of Exeter. The three-story block” now known as the Elliott Apartments was the store owned by Mr. Pichard who did a very flourish ing business. In addition to store he operated a farm, a mill and a flour mill. The ground floors building were goods, groceries, boots and shoes etc., while on one of the upper stories was a millinery shop that employed more than a dozen milliners and as many more dressmakers. On the third floor was a tail oring establishment where more than a dozen were employed. The whole building was a hive of industry. Alongside the Pickard build ing ran an open creek. The creek was later covered over and the building now occupied by Snell Bros, was erected. South of the creek the large brick house used for apartments was the Pichard home where many of the em ployees lived. It is said that the first Mrs. Pichard ran the home was an excellent cook and a motherly soul. Unfortunately prosperity did not remain with Mr. Pichard and in later years ed up. If any of give us some tion of those early days it would be greatly appreciated. From a copy of the Times ed Sept. 18, 1879, we clip following items. “One day last week some of used for the saw the dry the business folcl- our readers can authentic informa- dat- the one who no doubt thought they were doing a clever trick, tied a tin can to the tail of one of Mr. Jas. Pichard’S colts and then turned it out of the field. The rattling of the can frightened the colt and caused it to run around, the can stricking the legs at almost every step. When the colt had run until it was completely done out it stopped in the school yard, where one of the school boys took the can off. The ani mal’s leg was badly cut where the can had struck it. There is nothing cute about a trick which destroys property or inflicts pain ELIMVILLE Miss Muriel Coward, of Wood ham spent a couple of days with Miss Aldeen Pym. The Elimville Mission Band sold hot dogs and soft drinks at the skating rink on Saturday night. A good crowd attending and help made it all Mr. Laurie Stephen spent the week-end parents here. .Miss Seeta Barnes, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. William Routly. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ford, o3 Eden, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Melville Skinner. Miss Hazel Dilling, of London, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Dilling. The Elimville Women’s, Insti tute will present their play, "Coveralls” at the Queen Eliza beth School in London, on Feb ruary 21st. The Elimville Euchre Party will be held Thursday night at the hall with Miss Verda Kellett as hostess. Due to the weather it was cancelled last week. a success: of London with hi& of London, on dumb animals.” “On Friday morning one of Mr. Jas. Pickard’s horses ran away, smashing the wagon con siderably. It was standing grist mill and the noise machinery frightend it. “Yesterday a footrace wager of $100 a side took place in the Exeter Driving Park be tween W.( Balkwill, of Exeter, and H. Hunter, of London. The distance was 100 yards and Hunter had two feet start, ac cording to previous agreement. The race resulted in favour of Hunter. at the of the for a Your chick will be away to a flying start with Co-Op’s Chick Starter containing this new growth factor, that promotes a faster development of your birds. J Grow Big Healthy Birds With Co-op Chick Starter Exeter District Co-Operative Phone 287-W People in every walk of life are finding benefit in Personal Planning — and many of them have written to tell us how they feel about it. All agree on one point in particular: the need for Personal Planning in these days of high living costs. . 7 Th is Ij the best plan * for budgeting 1 have ever studied... I needed this advice very badly. You have already helped Io straighten out a quarter of our personal problems. "This information came whon most needed ...’ up-fo-dafe and practical for present living conditions.” Every bride should have a copy of this bookief." "...now I think we can really live and save with Personal Planning." Personal Planning shows you how to live within your income and enjoy it. Tall order? Not as tall as you think. Personal Planning faces facts. One, that you have to live within your income. Two, that you must have a budget-plan that works for you, not you for it. Three, that a budget-plan — to work must be your budget-plan, planned for your needs by you. It must fit your individual circumstances. And Personal Planning goes one big step further. It shows you how to enjoy life within your income, by helping you to plan and build on what you have. You can only be happy today if you’re not worried about tomorrow. Pick up your copy of "Personal Planning” today. It’s yours for the asking at any branch of the B of M. There’s no obligation . . . except to yourself. Bank of Montreal Exeter Branch; C. E. SHAW, Manager Crediton Branch: CHARLES PARKINSON, Manager (Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) Dashwood (Sub-Ageney): Open Mon., Wed. & Fri. Hensall Branch: JOHN IRVIN, Manager WORKING WITH CANADIANS IH EVERY You will like reading our B of M booklet about Personal Planning. It’i written in a breezy, in formal style and generous ly illustrated with light, cheerful sketches. 11 F E Since 1» t 7.................. P-49