HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-6-13, Page 1CHIRTl;: E1RST YEAR
EXETER., ONTARIO, THURSDAY JUNE
,1
1918
SANDERS & CRgk<CH
flier•u Corner. and,reit lsd>a Hort lviisit his all ;home town l� �%�. HUNORI O BY HIS CHURCH.
. Cur n�i1 s Duke of Devoin- L '
The trove :tor r,egjiftrattlari of rneri
E 19 n 20' pears affected by the
o andyea.
last ;;Proclamation. heals been' euxterul-
ed until Jt ne 15th, Nearly 6,000
tl , . service under
youanr, arnkgl. !lhl:ub!le ,far scowl., ,
the proclamation. lhav,e registered in
milfta!r'1 ,d'is'tnect iniu �ibe,r 1, _Compris-
ing eleven contest.; The estimate
was "7,000 r e?li i `bels in the 19 year-
old class 'bust a(s several hundred have
enlisted voluntar6ly the: estimate will
not /fall far short.
• Ti;e Banks !did tolerably wie11 Mean)
missuions an the sale 'of Vic toll,3oa"nds
as shown. by a is(tate lent tabled by
the mi'd',soenr o: f'.In3rnge, The Mate
Meat showed that $984,395 hacl been
paid them as Lollowes-Bank on Mon-
treal $141,043; Bjatik. of Nova Scalia
$57,299; Bank ear( British North Amer-
ica $44.,900 Bonk Of "Portonito $44,-
J76 , `Mohsori;'s Bank, $35,260; La
Banque Pnavincrale- $8,815; Union
Bank $44,076; Bank of Commerce,
$132,228; Royal Bank, $113,819; Dos
minion $.52,891; Bank of
Ham
rltan
$26,445 Standard Bank$30,093; Hoc -
belay« $45,2G0, Bank o0tca1 a, $35-
200;
35-200; Imperial $62, 706; Horne Bank
$17,165 ; Northern 'Crown $12,600;
Sterling $10,715; Weyburn Security,
$3,396.
In the Canada Food Reguiaitionis
p,reviausly aµin,oiulnceid "public eating
planes' meant where, an average of 24
m'ea'ls were s•esvleld to a day, But un-
der the. `new reegtdati;oins "public .eat-
ing places" is 'defined asancludin,g ho-
tels, restaurants, caeterias, clubs, or
clubrooms, private .'amilly keiepvng
boarders, boarding thous es, schools;
dinin4g cars, :steamships, or any place
wl1eattsoev'ear where meals or refresh-
ments one regularly served, ter sold
to others than members at the fam-
"N. ily o,; hotts)eth'oild of the proprietor,
or caterer. <'In acldp(iiohn to public
eating places the( regulations apply to
all pnub)ic 'enit,ertafeilmieints, ,lawun, soc-
ials, bazaa!u. amid, tea mete -tinge, public
luncheons, deinlneris and picnirksl, fairs
and texhibitions, lodge, club ar frater-
nal socitetues' Inieetjng,s and all such
places of a like\ or su,miear character.'L
?HONE R1•
TAMAN'S
New
Spring Clothing
SUITS
OV'ERICOATS
RAINCOATS
HATS
CAPS
SHIRTS
SOCKS
COLLARS
TIES
GLOVES
ETC. ETC., ETC., 1sTC,
are now in and placed on display.
Suits are °rigdnit up to the minutes,
at less than wholesale price to -day.,
with
e' OfoldoldMem!Mem!a,nd blacks wi
lnrt
colors guaranteed,
W�
W Taman
Tailor 85 Furnisher
-Exete.,7.
wrerre
We had a meat -frost, on Friday last
-butt missed. It svakmedup the next
day. A Time rain Sunday evenness
helped along the garden stuff.
The Germans continatel, they bomb -
ling .of hospitals, is doling so: seven times-
�
intw weeks, persons ,ersos s have been
killed
lled an a d twice as many wounded.
United States has 700,000 soldiers
' in France -enough to make, Germany
' understand that the American army
I will be no mc ie cotnseeneptil le than
i the Briti'3h army
It will be ,illego:alpub-
lic
operate a
A
'eating :place, tvith,out a license from
the Canada Food. Board after July 1.
Because of the rush of applicants the
time wis ,extended from June ist to
July 1st
Da not 'forget to register on the
22nd. Read the advertisement on
another page and b.ecamle ,farm".liar.
with the gtuesitsioli s and have your
answers ready. Every mare and wa-
m;aln 16 years of age and over, must;
regis ter.
rum
While Germany as making sman
gain's len the centre ,the •All,iles Fare
holding the sides of the salient thus
made, and as bong as: these sides hold
there is -every,>hope. that the advance
may be disasitrruiuts to the "Germa'n'e
Every yard of advance is marked by
ra terrible slateghlter of the enemy.
Wt y not close the stores every
ether day at noon and let the clerks
go out and help on the farms? Why
not let the towns' lempltny\etels, in-
eluding the town -clerk, get out an.
the .farm for the harvest rush? Why
not close the lawYere' offices every
afternoon? Why cannot the school
teachers help ani the, farms during the.
ho'•idays?r-Canada Food Board.
There are some 30,000 Soldiers -of
the -Soil this sum;m'er enlisted to help
out an: the farms so as to head •ofe
the Hun, Are you one of them? If
not, why rice ? Bays .from 15 to 19
are required Toe thus service and it
is the most importafn!t \work ahoy ev-
er had to do. It is backi'n'g 'up the
soldiers alt Use 'front. Plan
to spend
your holidays an the farm this sum-
mer..
Under Pr•oclansatejen orf May 4th,
then rot 19 years of age, and th,owe
who at -seined 20 years ;flan or :since
the 13th of October, ,1917, riot ex-'
em,pted funder the Military Service
Act Were req'u(elsiied- to 'register on
or b ,tore Julni=i lst, 1918. These men
on einli:stment may, be canti,nnaed to be
treated as Volionteiea;4 Every man so
reporting must produce receipt from
the Registrar •that he has registered
No man. should be enliisted without
producing documentary proof, either
that hie d,aes not come within Class
1, or if hle 'doe's that he, is com,plyiing
with the law by having registered.
There is 50 per cent. mare flax
planted this year thian before. As is
now well ktrrovert'ftlalx ffibre is.absol-
utely necessary Lor the construction'
of aeroplane wings;. Flax, therefore,
is: an ,iad'is,p'ensab'le meultn(itian of -war.
Five-slixth of Great Britain's demand
used to be supplied by Russia. and'
,Belgium. T1ttis is now cut off. The
mills are now, rortaiing onily one and a
half days a week. So the situation is
this that the Allied ,flyers, most have
wings and the supply of flax is short,
Wtesltern Ontario has a large crop
coming on and it roust be harvested.
Necessity demands. it,, and it is th,e
duty ,of everyone in the community
to co-operate with the flax grower.;
to save the c'rotp.
CHANCES' OF, WAR.
Well informed :snOtary remelt say
ithat ytauir boy 'doles to the( front:
He ¶bas 'ninety-,n(;!n(eu chances of come
ing honi,e to One chance{ of be'i'ng
{kilted.
He has .,nine'tyl-irin(e chancels of re-
covering :from a wound to two
chances Of dying.
He has 'only- one chan'c'e in 500 of
losing a limb. •
He will lave five years longer be-.
cause of physeal tlraunt(neg,
He is ;freer from dlis,era(see in the
army thlan in cavil `liife,
He has bert'4eir, medical care at the
front than at. home.
Pts ,other wars 'from' teal, to fifteen,
men 'died from 'cl(is(ease to one from
bullets.
Ian this war one ,man dies of disease
to !every ten ,from 'bullets.
This war its less wills+te{64 of life than
any,'other .in history,
Only Iten ,pee c'eint, of all Caniadians
disabled (far furthnrf service have been
physici'ally ';tuna'lite( to ,enigag'e in their
former occupatidns. ,
1f yotgr !boy .is 'ooe of the' ten per
cent, the goverin(nire(nt will re-educate
him (in "another vocation: at which he
can 'canoe, a !living,'
If yea are renewing or sub °ct b-
sl
r of the C eanu dal : .
P
' flo a aana,df h or
n� any Y
weekly papers, roil may do so at this
Office We have always looked after
this for scores of oar stubscrtbera and
are still during so. _ We can give it to
you chea!pe,r ars well as save all expen-
ses in clanteeotulson, and tsowadays it.
costs at least eight cents in cash be-•
sid'e's ataitidnery, to order a paper
sgtngly. '
WON TROPHY' AND PRIZES,
An. Exeter rink of bawlers consist:-
ing of W.
...ITantrins lead; J, A.
Stewart, second Ws D. Clarke, vice;
and •R , G. Seldom, skip; ;went to Lon-
don on, Wte•clrrie(sfllatyr of last week and
played on title 'Bhlijstile G,relenl in a one
day toundomeler for the Milntee; Tra
phiy They werestuc'ces(sl6u'1 ilia, win
ing their' first four games with the.
highest plias scorlel 52, and then went
oto .agains't the •strong L,achhleaad rink'
of the Rowing Club, winning out by
a handsome: margin' The result was
they Drought home thie Mifntee Tro-
phy enlace fourthanldsotme prizes, Pedes-
tals 'I be Trophy nope beco'mes a
Challengse Culp, ndhuch may be aha1,
llenegecl Tor by any club represented
er the tourney. The next day chal-
lenges wteaie received from the Lon-
don Thiiftlress St,; Thomas, acid, Lon-
don El�mwoods, Two rinks of ,Exeter
bottlers ariarnged, to d!efeun)d the Cup
Two r'inl:is of London, Thestue. Bowl
e,r attempted to lett the Mintee Cup
an Tuasday afternoon, when crack
rinks sktp!pte,d by A. M. Heaanan and
pur-
pose
B. Lancarie rapt Dor that ur-
i,
pose and meet rinks .skipped by Dick
Seldan and Duck Creech elelltolre
won. oat by 6 steaks and Creech last
by 5 shots, leaving the Exeter chub
holders o; the tro'p'hy by a one-shot
margin. The greens .aret a little heavy
yet and consequently the games are
net as fast as they might be. The
players and scores were, -
London Thistle's 'Exeter
R.D.McDanamld W( W. Taman
W. Do glair J,, A. Stewart.
N KeeneW. D. Clarke
A; M.H'eanvan s,k, 15 R. G S eldon, 'k:21.
T. Edwaurdts E J. Christie'
0. C. Barry N. J. Dore
F. N. Allen, C. B. Snell
C B Lalu!r, s'k, 19 R.N.Creech,skt.1_4
Rev.. Ds'. Cello Fletcher, M° A. D.
D,, pastor of ;Thaine(sl Roast Presby-
;teryan ojitir'ch was la's't week erected
modexalter .o;' ithle Gie,neraL Assembly
of 'e Pyres nn c n C
tlr• b eaiiaf:t Chiu' h
Pada, a fie 3l6 d
., t. t e' m!�etln,g ate thet ba Y an
Loridon,
Dr. ^ Argyll-
shire,
AFletcher •wbora in r �Y
ad b 1
shire, Scotland, on the ,slant o, !Is-
lay. 27,e came to Caiia(da ,zn 18641
when 17 ty,ea(rs n age;, with his bra-
the. a I e
'r to ear Dr D. i. t
1 F
• ,._ Iii l
r
c'he,r . who wg> rrr<lddjet.faebd • is 1903,
34 1 35
Centralia
�Cr dito
Cetnkrttia, May 23, 1918,
Herbert '1c, honer, teilfe arid ,.Iau;nh-
arc^ vi tete,:>g relat'ves i;n Cli;izago
reed Vi^^1..Cgan.
A rrumlaie,r Of''ou,r aolediers from Lon
.
(I•�nnu p:.i:l .a vy+:lt to thein- homes last
S day
Henry Eckert, V .S. of .leZt•.it ge
i v
a.CtrteendidteotoPeiCor ha' business aga'rut1
Mr and Mrs, 13,ndwm ori Loado:) vis-
ited ll -s August' Ewald last Sunday.
The many friends, of Mrs. John En -t
be geed to learn that she is
^,lowly ,improvl'fnre alfter a serious o,pz,
pr•ation
A1r, Wellington Baker, -
Dear I'riepd-As members of the
"Truth Seekers" of' Centraaie Sunday,
School.. we Hahne asseernbled here' at
the homeorufr "tee ocher this'even-
ing to b'id farewell to yon for, we
trust. a brief s)p1c,e, amldr to bid you
Godspeed itt, yoked new field of labor
fns a ;soldier of o!uur'TL(,nig and country,
We ;,fee) assured that you will, with
courage and fortiltutde eco your bit to
stem the awYati tide of war and al-
though oceans 'd'itv„tdej us, you will not
be absent from our thoughts or pray-
ers for your safety and well 'seine.
We ask you to accept this Bible
': �i yw�4•< 4 'a;...'. o ^. rl�ir4'.f!i'.'„?,t'� f, ai. a:'S:12.111t ta'Ic!en, of r'eml rnbr ace,i
and it els •ceuur 'earnest watch, thaty 'ou I
,lura to these palgleis as a source of
Th!e challlenigle of' St. Thomas C''u •,
has been aociepted 'aand• games will be
played on. the Exciter green on Fri; -
day alfteirnad_n. aL this w,elek.
The R G. Sle!lidan rink' of bowlers
went to Aylmer on Wiedhe;sidayt.o.
take part in a tournament.
Mr. Jaine,'s Of the Crediton 13ranch
of the Bank of Commerce is assrlst
for ,at Exeter branch � for two weeks,
R • H. Murphy, has opened up a new
Chevrolet Garage on Main Street,:
with John Elliott, master mechan;is,
in charge.
The women. of' town propose to
entertain the convp1Ite,slcenit 'soldiers
from Ldnjdpnu to .supper some Wed-
nesday evening shortly.
The fine golliiej owned! by Mr. Bruce
Medd web maty over by an automobile
driven by Mr.. John 'Elliott On Monnj-
day ;'tasrt add was killed.
Dr. A. R. 'Kil nbmlajn has been elect-
ed to rtepre nt Exeter Lodge of
ced'dfellows alt Grraln!d. Lodge to be
held this mdrdtle a!t Hamellto!n.
Pte. Anustiin Ford spent the ,week
encs at his home Iiia Ustbpinn,e b,efoae
leaving for Tcorointa where he has
trarvslferre+d to the) Royal .Flying Force.
Reeve B Ws Ft Beavers is con-
fined to leis home through, illness.
He was iabligee(d to return .Erdm God -
erten last week before the conclusion
of "ties,. County Council sittings.
The eclipse of the sun on Saturday
lass betwee;_n, 6.25, and ' 7.21, and partly
visible Mere, was not a very satis-
factory sight in this locality, from
the fact that the sun was 'obscured
by ,cloud racist of th,e time. How-
ever, some of our citizens had a
rather hazy view' of it.
Fiishirrg and Ca!noser(nig' 3n Algonquin
Park The Record( of a Cruise on thea
i waitha Lakes, Bear Hunting on
Peace River, ,Ont thee_ Trail, of Ogarse;
A Daly ion (the Bras Dr.Or Lakes, are
some of 'the, conte,m'ts of the June is-
s'u'e of Rod and Gun new an the news
‘;tands. The guns and ammunition,
depa'rtneat this mouth, is of special
interest, contafma(n(g all( it does a care -
bully written alnd practical article by
one who hap- `beeen, "o'er there" on
Sharpshooting in the, Trenches. Ev-
ery prospective so(Jd(ier should read)
this article, leer itt steles the sol;d‘er
how to shoat to kill, and this is what
'needed if we are to wen the war.
Only those gilds who secure pa-
eitions on: farmsthrough the_Wominarn's
Farm Department of, the Ontario' Gov-
ernment Emplaymeent are entitled to
wear 'thee National S,erviae s badge.
Each girl who desires to be recog-
nised as a member of the order aA
"National Service" workers shoarld.
piegistes. with one of the Bureaux, If
she has a p,refetence with regard to
place of eroplgymienit( shle should state
it. In so Law as pcisiib.ie we comply
with the wliislhes of the applicants.
Of course every girl doing farm work
peaiformling "a national service, but
the badge indicate; the wearer is a
member of the 'oa'gani 'ed grattp, The
Bordeau is refsploin!Sible for her work
and tor the living cand`.Itioln;s. It can-
t>!ot accept, responsibility for girls
who place themselves.
Mr. W G, .Baisslett ,has returned`
(rani a Vhlsat in' Lo(ndoln.
Mrs, John Dearing df , Marlette,
Mich., its v>'alstttli(ng with relatives here.
Mr:; Thies. Ebhuidt,t hats• returned'
from a vis;itt of several week's in
tatelette,;, �IicKh.
'The staff _> f the Bank
f,Con
oerc
e
received fin.'crelas,es :In( salary this week'�
together' With n five per
ceut, war
bort
Private Goeddn, Fiord is home from
London 'tissitilrng; ,htis parents, Mr, and
3lrs, Jo!lea Fond, Lake Road, to his
last leave:
( ,..-,..,pe'�3"�.s , {.•^• ... _.:,_;i ' 6�h' eo'nnrort abnel strelnigth, w'h'eat far from
any other source to which you can
bur constant prayer is that you
may he made strong and fuil.l of Cour-
a•,' ata tri'ai and temptat' aa, plr.,clvin,g
a good soldier cif' the' Heavenly 'King
as wsell as'of the 'eartie y king.
Signed on 'belbtal',tt of the class.
Mr. and \frs, E. Colwiil and ISess r
I3'etolah are �� �e dun a :flew days �n
F•
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p I
1l :'
�Land
"..on
REV. DR. CO,LIN FLETCHER r
After settling aft Scarbioro, Gat , he
studied at L'p;:err Can(aada, College, lat-
er obtainrag degree', of. B.A. area M.A.
at Toro.vdo University, and then be-
gan the study Io`. theology at 'Knox
Col'eaee, g,radteatilag ,lieu 1879. In that
year lace was ordained and accepted a
call to Thamtesi Roods wthere he has
been ever since,(
He is a triple !scholar ,and for years
has heel on ruble !eixtrarnintinjg board of
Knox Co'lege.l Ira! 1906 he was mod-
erator of the S,yredd of London and
Hamilton. Dr, Fletcher has received
several tempt'ieg ca'1sl.but he has pre-
ferred to stay with his country charge
'Iluroogh his efforts( many yolun,g men
a' lin; caag'regrltioln .have entered the
ministry, arn g be no
the fam-
ous Dr. Meldrum, or. C3elveLand,
He i; a wildaweee aired has, no ch id-
l'c'er, '
• That he w'illi Idea cr:e(d(itf to the high
•ocficee to whiildhflhe has been elected
is donc'ed.ed by Girl.
MAKE APPLICATION EARLY
On 'Thursday evening last Miss M.
C. Straith, secretary of Women's
Farm Hellt Dept., Met with the exec-
utives of the _Energetic Farmers'
'Club' and the Exeter 'Canning •ICo.;
for the pr:rpase of encouraging fe-
male labor on the farms either by
organizing a camp o'f farmerettes in
the vicinity or by employers ail•:
plying individually to 'the bureaux
for one or more of these girls. It
was decided it would be better ,tor
each employer to board' his own help
Anyone desiring this help which has.
already ,moved itself 'very efficient
1 mixed farming districts, is request-
ed by Miss SStraith' to apply witibout
delay; as it will (take a few days td
place this help. The minimum wage'
is $1.50 per day and ,the employee
pays four dollars a week for board.
HURON COUNTY COUNCIL
Grants were Malde td the Y. \It
C. A., $24,000 e tot the Sativatiom(Army
$1,000; to thle Knights of CaSurm;bus,
$2,000.
Middlesex Coei ty• Councildeputa-
tion waitekh on the Huron County
Council asking co-loip!era,tiom in try-
in; to get the Ontario Government
to make ,Pie highway from London
to Goderic!h or Wi.n(ghbm, a Pravinc-
utl 'hlighway. A dep'utat.lo'n was a,p-
pointfed to act wft,h M,dirkesex depu-
tation..
The Council was instructed to de-
posit .$1,000 to the credit of the
Canada Telniperalnoe Act fund for
North Huron itn the D,e,mirsirom Beale
at Wingham„ aired $1,282.79 for South
Huron in, the 'Molls ns Baink at Clin-
ton. The cost, of this work fast
vear Was $2,981.32.
A let ter teas received from t,hesPro-
eincial Government, en closi;ug a
cheque for $3,518,05,'being the Gov
ernment's share of the expeiniditurre
On the county road system last year.
Close Wednesday Afternoon.
We. the ,undersigned merchants of
Exeter agree to close Our places of
bm'siaess at 12.30 an Wednesday af-
ternoons during' the months of July
and August, 1918. This move is to
aid in greater production
B. W F. Beavers
Jones & Maty
J, A. Stewart
W. W, Ta retain
W J. Ileair pn
'George, 'Haw„ki;nis
H. Spacknian
S. Martin & Son
Jos Betio,'
E A, Rollick
Davis '
Grigg Stationery Co
Mrs. W. ID„ Yea,
A, E lvloolre
C L. Wilson,
3, Wi'11is i';owell '
W. J. Statham
W. J, Beer
Mr.- and Mrs. Pa'tters'on and laugh-
ter and Mrs.. Henry of Petrall_a vis,a-
d with Mr. W. Moffatt over Sunday.
We are sorry tos .learn that Mrs.
Rohe McFalls shift, continues very i11.
The Sunday services! ;in the church
were withdrawn rolw!ir 3 to Ret'. Fin-
lay btein!g at Coln('ielriehcie,
Mr. and Mrs,. H. Mills and T.rwe-
'ma!1, with Miry. Mills of Wk;i':idhaan
motored to ,Hyde Park on Sun:lay,
GRAND BEND
One of the worst hail storms in
many y'ea'rn passed 'over this section
on Tve'sid!ay ,night last, when nr::.iruy
fields of geraWn were badly damaged
barn and dwelling w;killews ,Mroi2(e'rt
and garden stuff( weds badly demolish-
ed. Many oif thee) oldest settlers pro-
m:minoed it'one of the worst. hai4
storms that ,mist ever been experienc-
ed in Cheese parts.
Death of Robert Turnbull -There
passed away at hlis home, Sauble
Hay, an Tuesday, June 4th, one of
the oldest akud most highly respected
re'eidenvts of the Township of Hay,
in the person of :Robert 'fturn.bsald,
at the age or 70 years', s ' 1 nth and
a
5 u mta•
10 days The decease, had been in
f'ai'ling health since Chrtstmalss hence
his -d'emis'e was net in the lea,st un-
expected. Kr. Turnbull, was a man
of broad views and commanided the
bigheet respect old ail who knew Jill .
.His d'ea'th will be greatly regretted
by .a large circle nE friends, He is
survived by his wife and three sans-
Willnanu •.councalllor of, Hny Township,
Maxwell- on the homestead and .Mar-
tin of Sylram. Ile• 5s also survived
by several brothers and sisters. The
funeral took place to the Grand Bend
cemetery pn Wednesday,
SCHOOL REPORT of S. S. No. 14,
Stephen for the month of \Iay ;
Sr. 4 -Literature, A'rithm'etic, Geog-
;•raphy-Max. 500, Min 300-31. Brown
371..L Brooks 370, I. Essery 341.
jr 4 -Max 600, Min. 400-T. Miller
438 E Webber 437, A. Ansdersian
414 h Hicks 376, M. Hodgins 107,
M Neil 288; °A. Coroner 25.3, IL Hill
241. ' P Wade 161, 3 -Max. 200, Min.
120-L. Hanlon: 128, R. Wade 112, F.
Huxtable 103, V.( Conner 98, E. Wade
69. 2 -Max. 200, Mini 120-M, Neil 151
H Hic'k`s 110, G, CW'Bateiess 108, 1i
Smith 86. 1 -According to class
etatiding-H. Hodgins, L. Wade, H.
Wade, J F1'y tn, V. Snaith. Those
marked with an asterisk were absent
for two exams. -E. M. Weston, tea=
ether.
Ezra Ewald Iii Cited ,lye's Mather
last Sunday
TheRed ss Concert .l held T_.. Cross flea n 1 in
t
the Town Hail last Friday night .vats
tt success, The receipts were ever
$00,00, The Reil. 'Det McDonald of
I ,inter. -gave an interesting ;e;.tui•e on
has experftetnces behind the, Foes in
Fra'_ncee.
Ezra :Kriien. and slan have returned
to their home fin, Peace River, Alta.
";Jae .farmers are all busy perform-
n r
perform-
ing � t _,,,� Stature Labor:
I
Pro ''Teets for a good crap ' have
never been better and unless same
thine unforesleetn, occurs the farmers
wilt have a good harvest.
The council of the Township of
Step'-'ee last Monday( awarded 5 small
cement bridges to Joseph, Lawson.
The 'I;e•un'iii chub, Which was recently
rTrgantze'cl here ne'cently elected the
fallowing officers Prestld ere, Lula
Geiser: Vicesspres., Margaret Horan;
Sec'y, L W', Brown; Tre:is., Muriel
Nichole,-on; Chairmian Grau!nids Com.
Emm3e,ry Fanner ; da. Social Com.,
Rreta. Nienzle.
TEle opening Toulrinpimlept of the•
club was held, on Monday when when
many keenly conitl'e(;rrted games were
played. The cbutb m'embetsli:ip is now
24, a
Mrs. EIirrabeth Turnbull of Kirk
-
ton, 'hac received; word that her son,
Gunner John Alexander Turnbull, ba,
been admitted to a clearing station;
suffering from shell gas .poisoning. He
went overseas with the 63rd Battery.
and had beean. In Francesix months.
BIRTHS
Anderson -At Abbey, Sask., on June
3, to 1'Tjr. and Mrs. Ebel. Arude,rson,
a dau>ghitlea^-Ruth Eleanor.
Gardiner -At Farquhar„ an June Znd
to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Garduaer,.'
a son.
MARRIAGES
Harsjklettt-Dale-In Lntcarn an June 1,
by Rev. Dr Barnby, Earle Has-
kett. Biddutlph, to Miss Edna. Dale,
of Luca'n, daugh'les of iMr. Theis
Dale.
Preszr s tor-McDortalld-In Exeter at
the home df RIev. Yelllajnid, on June
5 Wil!ifaen Preszcater, son Of Mr.
Salm'u(el Pine,ezca:tor; of Stephen, to
Miss N'ellaie viand, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jas. McDonlald, of Hay
Township
Parterrson,-Welbbler-At Heneell, June
12, Rabeiit R. Pater,s(arr, to Cather-
lee Ada. dautgh(ter of Mr. and Mrs;
Willaiarrr
Webber.
DEATii-IS
,Ell'eritegto,n.-In Exeter, on June 8th;
Thames Eilerinlet(on, in hits 82nd
year
Tvurrsbuli.-In Hay, Sauble Lyne, on
Juane 4th, Robert Turnbull, - aged
70 years, 1 imidnith and' 12 days.
McVittie-In Clinton, ase June 1st, Em-
meiine Wat'Ir(ins, widow of the Iate
H. B. McViit(irue; aged 57 years.
Reath -In Clinton, en June 2nd Wm.
H. Rath, aged 49 years,,
STEWART'S
PHONE 16
SUITABLE GIFTS Fedi JUNE BRIDES
TABLE LINEN
I This is scarcq goods. Our pre-
sent stack will rept last long and
it will be hard to replace them,
Good patterns at these prices.
Per yard $2.25, $2,75, $3.00
( LINEN AND TERRY TOWb.LS
Irn. different sires -Plan or fan
cv borders. Handsome towels for•
bedroom use' at per pair $1.00,
$1.50 and $2.00.
CLUB BAGS & SUIT CASES
Every one who goes travelling
needs one. Why borrow your
neighbors when you; can buy one
at. $1.75 'oaf $2,00, Better ones at
tt $5.50 to $12,00
EJ
BRASS ARDINERES
They are a porp'ullar, wedding gift
ice, de:corat o
and ,rrA,'tb�c a Very out In
in the home, with or with•o!ttthanr3
dies $3.00 and $3,75,
DINNERWARE
We have always somgthing
new to show you in Dinnerware
Same af aulil best selling sets are
;stock ,patterns and. in case you
break arty piece you can always
fireplace it, Sets at $14„00„ $16,
to $24.90,
ROOM RUGS
What could bet more acceptable
A big stock, .c i Ta,pelsttries, Brus-
sels, Velvets and Wiltans le al-
most any stize to aho(osc from,
Marty dr thlese _Rugs ,wecannot
replace ,alt any .piece.
CUT GLASS
Rich, sparkling Cot Glass is
sore to please. We are showing
a ,fine assortment of this popular
w'a're at very reasonable prices.
BED SPREADS
Marseilles Bed Spreads. We
will have no miotne of these goads
until after the war. We are
showing 'e'xcellent values at $4.00
£4.50 and ;$5,00,
HANGING LAMPS'.
In slvade!s; of pink, blue, green
and brown. We) area showing a
splendid variety. ; Nearly all are
ctrimm'ed • with b!eald,ed, fringe, -
$4,50, $5.50, ,$9,50 and $15.00,
TOILET SETS
At less mousy', than we can buy
then) aft the 'facto/rye Wee can
show you 34 sets, and have almost
anydecnmattion yen want, Set
$4.50; ,,$5,00, to $8.50
6,00.
PHONE 16 J• A. STEWA RT
Vile Big Store with the Little Prices
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