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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-4-28, Page 5Mr. Edison invented the Edison Turn -Table Comparison him - ,self. - is -a, a tru'l scientificself. Y z°; y scientific ,device.' ti B means ofTurn-Table,''this S._ Mr. Edison 'brou: hi together four leading ;the so that eachla -ed from 'the p �. ' used r same position, andrecord-, ing s bythe same artist Y He knew that this was the only ' way to show completely and convincingly which was r the best phonograph, --and why. • Willis Poweit, We have secured one of Mr. w. Edison's famous Turn -Tables. We now operate it for the 'ben-. -c-10 rs -'generally., efit of muss music -lovers ., ., in and hear it,—if Come You some day_to a . expectbuy P,._ ho o `ra �h and want to et the n � P g owe bestphonograph. . c Exeter, Ont. NOTICE TOMANUFACTURERS The talking machines, used in these ,,r: keptus the best os- tests,are by ., P siblc condition. Manufacturers of senta- such Machines, or their reps -e ti ited to inspect them, are invited them, regulate th , or to substitute ., the make, other.: mac,hlnes of same m , t� I] of their own. selection, of equal or greater value, at any time during hours. business THVTRSRAY, APRIL 28, "1921,. Crediton Mrs. Thos. Trevethick spent FYI- , day In Lox4don, , Miss Julia Haugh spent the week -- end at her home hero, • Mrs. Edward Fahner is visiting in Sarnia for a few, days. Mr and Mrs, R. S. Wilson and children, spent the week -end in L n. dem 0 The Ladies' Aid" ofIdle-Methodist church metat the `lotus of :M a.. F r F. Gl s r last T urs o ' Mf'ss Esther Haugh of Chicago, is` P. spending a weo}- withcier parents , tat the Evangelical parsonage. gca iP e. g Mr. 3. H. Boltzmanna gent few sl days last week in Stratford attend- ing the Evangelical Conference. The ' members of the Mission Cir- - 'le of the Methodist c h e dzst Church held a sale• of home ,cooking, in F. W. Clark's shop;.. Saturday aftornaon.: Rev. S. M. Haugh, pastor of the Zion Evangelical Church, has been returned to "Crediton for the fourth. year. Mr. Haugh and Mr. J. H. Holtzmann, lay delegate, have re- turned from the : conference session which was held in Stratford last week: Mr. Holtzmann was one of the laymen to address the public meeting - of the conference last Sa- turday evening when he spoke on the`usbject: "Life, Service Committ- ments." He also ,addressed the Sun- day School. They report an inter- esting and busy conference session. There was general regret because Bishop' Breyfogel was prevented by an 'accident to `preside. In his ab- sence, Rev. J. P. Haugh of Kit- chener, was '.elected -chairman. This "Is 'the first time since 1875 that a Bishop did not preside. Rev. W. J. Yaeger of Dashwood, and Rev. F. B. Meyer of Zurich, have also been returned to their. former oharges, Rev. S. M. Haugh was re-elected presiding elder of the Crediton Dis- tricts, and Rev. E. Burn and Rev. E: H. Bean, two former pastors, were also sleeted.- presiding elders of the Ottawa and Waterloo districts, re- spectively. The local' church have justd 'closed a successfulear both Y from a spiritual and a financial standpoint. A. total of $6,028.72 was raised for all purposes as fol- lows:. Current Expenses, $1,120.31; pastor's salary, $1400;OQ;special ral gift to pastor • $100.40, Su ada y • echoo receipts for S.S. purposes and all Missions;.;$;97,6,83;r, ' Y:, P: A :for. "'� ,Mis- sion . O 7 ,60 ri oses•" d 8 pu I ,, $ e for sion &. Aid, $480.15; ,Buds t :Misss and Conference,` ,benevol- 1,n ,.. SU erann' 'tion, $190.00; Forward Movemencash receipts $714.05; Other Pui,• poses , $175.88. Of the above, the total a- mount received for Missions and Conference benevolences is. $1,137. During the year 10. new members werea"jreceived on profession of faith and 3 by letter. Three died duringin g the year and 15 moved away. The . 330 present membership is ,_ Granton Robert Parkinson spent the, Week- endwith friends in. London., t, Rev. Mr. Alps, of the Presbyterian' church, at the time of writing is in a critical condition with heart trouble. The 'Epworth League of the Methodist Church closed its winter work with ' a splendid program, a contest and a lunch. There was a large gathering. The farmers' club -of this town has done a tremendous business this spring and last week cleaned up 7 cars coal, although , the roads. were bad and the days wet, still they hauled. The order "of Oddfellows attended divine worship on Sunday evening inthe Met1adist 'church and listen- ' s en to a powerful and eloquent ser- mon from Rev. Jefferson, the pas- tor. The singing by the choir was most -excellent. `Dash"wood TA. EXETER TOLES l � Y e Mr. and- Mrs. Dan Vincent, Jr., moved to Seafortlt last week. Miss Brownlee' attended ' the neral of,anrelative last week. Mr. anis Mrs. Russell Baynham moved to Gaud Bend last week.' Mrs. Edn aeston is ill a • t present. We hope for a speedy recover y. 'Rev 'and-, Mrs.. Yager attended confers,q ce• , ,at Stratford. last week., ' Mrsafe . spentEvelandw' days ysin Sarnia attending the"' fail rel of e a , relative. �•. Misses,:1461- la l 'Guenthe , n d I ei - la Bender parth'1s 'week' visiting'' in Sarnia., Mr. and Mrs.R. attended the funeral of ,'.the, ,farmer's sister, at Walton'. on , h',ridaY, ,;e,! Mr. Gordon ' ates and little nephet4, Johin Donehey, .of Chicago,' are visiting, 1'z tVi; hAi fu- Sexsml#h , Mrs. Clifton Prouty visited with friends near Grand Bend 'last week. Mrs. Melvin Gould and family of Stratford are visiting friends in this vicinity at present. Mr. John Greb has purchased a Gray Dort special from Mr. Thomas Newell of Exeter, Several, of the school children have been laid 'up. with the mumps°during the last few days. Mr. W. J. Northcott is preparing to move the house which he pur- chased from Mr. William Snell, out to his farm on the 2nd concession. Mr. John Nichols, who, many 'year,s ago, lived on the farm owned h ' 1 th byMr.W. Kinsman on the 0 , concession of Hibbert, attained on April 15th ----100 year`s. He is living in Saskatchewan' with his daugli-; ter. • Ik a•. • Welly.:, Skinner and wife, also May Heywood, were visitors in L M Y y , u can on Sunday' last, The District' Meeting of the Exe- ter District will be held in kfensall May 20th. Ministerial on l 1 id, Y.,. n sterids session at 9:30 and general sessions at 1:30 and 7:30. Next Sunday 1S quarterly Y service' 'ilaye the" Methedlist churches owthis circuit. This will probably he, the last- time Rev. Parna.by will •offs d�a audllfe.wdullll like to: see every member present. Last Sunday: Mr. R. E. Southco supplied the•pu`lpits of Elimvilie•and circuit in the absence of Mr. 'Para- aby who was supplying for seey. E. G. Powell, and his services were. much appreciated.' The school grounds have been lev- elled 'off' and are much more im- posing. in their appearance. Quite a large•nucnber of ratepayers in the seetion turned out on Monday and• Tuesday and did the work. The. weather „jnan does not 'seem. to have 'taken any account of the "dry vote"on Monday the 18th. Un- less it takes up fine and stays that way, another vote will be necessary to "dry" out the "wet"' spots. The girls' Mission Circle met on Monday, 'night at the parsonage and elected their ,officers for the coming year. Mrs.' W. •Horn is president; Mrs. Chas. Johns, vice president; Miss Elva Horn, rec, secty; and Miss Mina Cornish, treasurer. The Epworth League of Lucan Methodist Church are expected to give their dramatic play in Elim- vine Church, on Wednesday, May 4, 1921, in the interests of the W. M. S. 'The play is entitled "The' Mini- ster's Bride." Watch for 'further announcements. ree-nway Mr. Bartia visited his' daughter, Mrs. Gallen; last; week. Mr. ,and. Mrs. W. T. (Tien were in London last 'Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Brophey have come here for the summer, Mr, and Mrs. 3. Gardiner visited Mr. and Mrs., Thos. Bullock on Sun- day. Mr. Whiteside of Parkhill has been'sill,at the home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. W. Sherritt. Mrs. Pimperton of Denfield has been -spending, a few weeks with her brother, Mr. Thos. Stewardson. The'friepds of temperance here are very pleased With the result of the vote on :there referendum last week. lir. and Mrealf,Silson Hicks, of ;ierwood, and Mese' - Tiedeman of Strathroy, spent'Sunday with Mr. 'and 'Mrs. W. Mellin.' A 'Iarge nurnber'attended the fu- neral. of the late Mrs. Isaac who passed away last Wednesday at the home of her son, Thomas. She has 'been a patient sufferer, for several years so that death, for her, was a happy release front pain. She was a kind and loving wife and mother and made friends wherever she went. Interment took place in the Exeter cemetery on' Saturday, Rev. D. W. Williams, B.A., conducting the service. The sympathy of the entire neighborhood is extended to all the bereaved ones.. Many rela tines -•from a distance attended the funeral to pay their last respects to one beloved by all. Parkhill John T. Hall, of Sylvan; died at his home on Tuesday of last week in his 70th year. He' is survived by a widow and two sons. Rev. Mr. Shepherd was inducted into the.pastorate of St. Paul's Pres- byterian Church on Tuesday of 'last' Week: Rev. Mr. "McLeod, of Wyom `ing, moderator of Sarnia - Presby- tery, conducted the ' services, in which Rev. Pintoul, of Nairn, Rev.' Aitken, of Center Road, and Rev. Radcliffe, of Arkona, took part. A congregational supper was served in the schoolroom at the close of the service. Over 200, people sat down to the tables. The Epworth League, , of the Methodist church, centenary, held a business meeting on Monday eve- ning and elected .officers for the year. Miss Gladys Ritchie is presi- dent. Miss Della Baird attended the fu- neral of Mrs. (Dr.) Baird, in Bay City, Mich. The six-year-old daughter 'f of Reeve Ross, of East 'Williams, is in Victoria Hospital in a serious con- dition. Miss Alice Sisk won* the, silver medal for elocuttpn in the contest: and Miss '"01iye Shepherd won first in the contest for piano playing. The members of the Presbyerian church, Corbett, presented Mr. , and Mrs. England with a couch, prior` to their having to live in Grand Bond. Mrs. John. Grieve was presented with a ,Pearl and 'cameo pm by the `i:ctrnen of St. Paul's 'Chur"cli, prior to her removal to.London, where she will make her home with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Janice Stapleton, and, Miss M. Grieve. ' Mr. 3'., F. Lindsay,, of Sylvan, has returned from the O.A.'C., where he setces fully sassed his examinations ations Zion A little girl arrived Sunday, : to brighten the, home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Bern. Mr. and Mrs. ,J. Taylor and on Frank, of Exeter, -visited at the home of Robert Taylor, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dent, of Lucan, are visiting theip daughter, Mrs. H. Taylor: s h. Mc.' J, Johns is .preparing,:;, • buh ttl an addition ,,to his bathe''`! Mr: and Mrs. L. R. Pooley visited a tat. Monroe on_SundaY.. Mr.n,. nd Mrs. Thos. Houlde'of a Exeter,visited , with' i+'. Cornish on Y Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. Gorvett of Gran- ton, ra -ton, visited wi,„i W. Batten on Sun- day. Miss M. Penwarden of Elinviile was agu est at the home of Mr. Brock on Sunday. Mr. Robert Rowcliffe is visiting with Melville Hem. Mr. E. Southcott assistedby, his brother, took the seryice et Zion on Sunday evening. , Hensall Mrs. Vermillyea, of Toronto, is visiting her . parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dinsdale. The I.O.O.F. attended. St. Paul's Church on Sunday evening in a body for ,Divine .worship. Rev. A. R. E. Garrett preached 'an appropriate sermon for the occasion. Miss Beatrice Urquhart, who has been in London during the past several weeks where she 'underwent an operation, has returned home much ` improved in health. Workmen are busy at work on the bowling green this week enlarging the green from four to five green. The • death, occurred on Friday April ' 15th, of Mary Ethel Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Collins, of Stanley, aged 26 years and 7 months. ,The deceased had not ;enjoyed the best of health for some: time and a few weeks ago she grew' worse, gradually sinking un- til death relieved her of her suffer= ing. The funeral took place on Mon- day of a last . week to Baird's Ceme- tery. Miss Nora McEwen, of Toronto, who was home visiting relatives and friends, left last week for Grand Prairie, Northern Alberta, where she will visit" her brother, Mr. Wm. MacEwen. Mr. Thomas Sherritt recently suf- fered a paralytic stroke„but his con- clition was not as serious as was at first thought. Mr. Sherritt is now 86 years of age and was out on Mon- day and voted, he being the oldest voter to cast a vote in town. Mr. T. J. Berry lastweek sold his well-known horse, King Thomas, to Isaac Eby of Hanover. The merchants of Hensall - have agreed to close their stores at 12:30 o'clock every Thursday of May, June, July, August and September. The Rev. Mr. Anderson of Toron- to preached in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday last in the inter- ests of the Lord's Day Alliance. Rev. Mr. McConnell and Peter Moir attended a meeting of the. London and Hamilton synod, held in Chatham. A very quiet wedding took place at St. Paul's Anglican church, on April 15th, when Miss Easter John- son, of London, Eng., became the bride of Mr. W. J. Otteebein, ;, of Hensall; Rev. A. R. E. Garrett offici- ating. The bride looked very charm- ing in a navy georgette gown, em- broidered in cardinal, with hat to match, and was unattended. Mrs. (Rev.) Garrett and Mrs. Anna Snetsinger acted as witnesses. Their friends join in wishing them many years of happiness. Mr. and Mrs. Otterbein will reside in Hensall. Twenty dog tags have been issued by the town of Hensall. Mr. and Mrs. W. S.' Caldwell of. Toronto, are renewing old acquaint- ances in town. Mrs. H. A. Chamberlain is spend- ing a few weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wilson. Mrs. Thos. Sherritt, who has been very seriously ill during the past few months, has greatly, improved in health and has been taken to Lon- don where she will take treatment ' ill one of the hospitals. The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist church held their annual meeting on April ' 711, and 'elected the fol- lowing officers: Pees., Mrs. J. McD- Wilson; , vice' pres., Mrs. S. Merrier; secty., Mrs. (Rev.) Rivers; treas., Mrs. Geo. Follick; pianist, 'Mrs. F. J. Wickwire. The :Women's wMissionary Society of the ' Methodist church held their annual meeting on. Thursday last. The following, officers were. re-elect- ed for the enusing year': Hen. Pres., Mrs. W. H.: Johnston, Exeter; pres., Mrs. Ed. McQueen; vice pres., Mrs. Henry; 'mc. sec.,'Mrs. Cantelon; col'. sec., Mrs. J. McDttrilson; treasurer, Miss 11oore; pianist, Mrs. M. W. Ortwein and -Mrs. (Rev.) Rivers. Mrs. Rivers was appointed a dele- gate to attend the branch meeting to beheld iii Listowel. Stanley`.1litchell, the young •son of ohn T. Mitchell, of near Chisel- hurst,, is at the 'present time in St, Joseph's Hospital, London, fat treatment for lockjaw. It appears. that some little' time ago Stanley suffered a sli?`ht injury to his, foot but little Was thought of it et- the time, and it: appeared to be healed Lockjaw, lio vever, • has resltited, end he was taken to the hopttal' 'for treatment. '' His condition. was ' con- sidered `alwmost hopelesseless at first He is considerably improved Centralia rali a The farmers are busy : agate- < at their` seeding;SSomme have fin labed. s , ,C s ur e Lu •an e o of n t a M� >3 y 4 aw ing at S. S No. 9 Biddul li visited l , ,her cousin, Mrs. Erwin Powe, over the W ek-end. ,e Miss Moodie, o , of U sborne, took part in the service 'of song Sunday evening, and delighted the people with several solos. Weyburn burn Mr. 1 . Cummg- n s of Chicago is vis- iting in this district. Mr. A. Patterson is improving his lane by putting Pu ing on a splendid coat of lake gravel. The Dashwood vet. is kept busy Y this spring—so mach sickness a- mong horses and cattle. Do not forget the gospel service, to be held in 'Weyburn ' school, on Sunday, May 1st, at 7 p.m. Mr. Wells is improving his pas- ture farm here on the Lake Road by building a nice wire fence along the front. The improving of farms by build- ing good fences adds to their appear- ance and value. If more of that was done here this district would present a more', up-to-date appear' an Mr. J. Walper is making great preparations for, further' buildings on his nice farm. Mr. Walper is one it our alert and progressive farmers. Mr. A. Merriott and his family have moved from their former home on the 17th in Stephen to the 19th 1. con.,. Stephen. Mr.' R. Mathen of near Parkhill has_ moved to the farm owned by Mr. W. Wade. We will welcome Mr. and Mrs. Mathen into our `commun- ity.' Mr. Wm; Schroder, who has late ly bought the beautiful home front his father, Mr. J. Schroder, is build-' ing' a beautiful fence along the front of his farm. The vote of the Referendum on. the 18th was a splendid mdjor,ity in favor of "dry.” Your Weyburn cor- respondent desires to express his ap- preciation of the ,rural vote of On- tario. It just reminds us of the great fact that if 'any great moral issue is at stake, the rural vote is always its true backing. If we had depend- ed solely on the city vote, many good acts of the Legislature would be denied us. Three cheers for rural Ontario. Zurich Miss Maida Routledge wan a busi- ness visitor to London on Tuesday last. Messrs. S. E. Faust and M. Sweit- zer were at Goderich on Tuesday last. Mrs. F. B. Meyer. attended the funeral of her mother, the late Mrs. Whoey., at Gorrie, on Tuesday last. Miss Lillian Weseloh spent the Week -end in London. Mr. E. Wesley of Detroit is visit- ing friends in Zurich and relatives on the Sauble Line. We are pleased to see Mr,, Jacob Howald out and around again after being confined to the house this winter. Mr, J. Kipper, 'the local ,black- smith, is enlarging his place of busi- ness by moving out the south wall, the : foundation has been laid and operations will soon be under way. Mrs. A. G. Ehnes, who spent the past winter with her son, Rev. Mor- ris:W. Ehnes, at Evanston, Ill.,' has returned to her home here for ,the summer. `Mr. Ehnes advises us that she had a most enjoyable winter. New uniform suits are being or- dered for our 1921 baseball team. necessity of this organization, an should arouse interest on the: part Of anyone having a deisi'e to help in the 'work. child of tour yearswith a deformity that, Will cripple hint; -for life, and attention to ':;which has long been delayed, will now be. sent to the Sick Childeen's Hospital • for treatment. `ewe' infants, - one under. two months, - and the4 ther under four, are, being cared for until foe - ter homes can n be found. Two chil- :,n �, v: , :dpi �,.of a family . A xnz y of five, . recently taken charge ofa are 'Happy in a fine country home, ,and efforts are b e- in s to �ce the othtits• Wire children whose parez£s both died within the past year are being pro- vided for and with good . prospects l for the future. Wayward .ones al- ready in homes whose disiiositions' and early environment make them difficult to Control, need constant watchfulness es and in some cases, changing. to other homes. And so the routine continues, and the g thou ht is sugge§ted: What of these if there. were no organization which . would try to improve then,situation? A visit to the Home or attendance at. a meeting will prove interesting and even a surprise if you call. At pres- ent, homes are desired for the ` two infantsreferred to; and there are other children of both sexes, front one year to ten whom you might be interested in. TOvim iTE E RELEVES:PYQR.RI EA ASK FdF. 'T, AT Mrs Silas Pratt, who was , for many years a resident of Clinton, died recently at the home of her daughter in Winnipeg, Man. The deceased was in her 70th year, Mr. Thomas ` Cottle, an old resi- dent of Clinton, passed away rather suddenly on Wednesday last, The deceased had been active in the public life of Clinton and was mayor last year. Archie McKillop; aged 52, a prom- inent business man of Calgary and a well-known : sportsman, died at Chicago, Monday morning. He had been ill since the previous -Tues- day with pneumonia. Mr. McKillop was born sin Parkhill. For, Sale BY '" W. S. HO'WEY EXETER, ONT. Feirririers Attention Two _ thousand red, cedar, fence posts that will sell at 25c, 35c and 40c each; also 9 and 10 ft. anchor posts. WIRE ' FENCING Six -strand wire fence at 42c per rd. Seven -strand wire fence, 47c per rd. Eight -strand wire fence, 53c per rd. D. L. & W. Scranton Coal. Buy; your next winter's supply before prices advance. PHONE 12. A. J. LA WORT Y GRANTON IIRTRON .COUNTY CI37I,DREN'S All) MEETING. The regular .monthly meeting of this worthy organimtion was held Tuesday, the ,12th inat., is the sec- retary's office, and the attendance , was. very gratifying, several of those present being newly iuterested izt, the work: Many eases 'v ere discus- se andthe details an- ' needs d, _ tI tics of some of these were a . ', rprise. to aloes not familiar Wulf :he calls for;. Attention. it is iiot ;t.r>sillle of course, to mention the+.a" in ,print, but a sample or two eerl show the GRAND TRUl�1: RAILWAY.; SYSi_M The � Double Track oute BETWEEN - r M®nleal Toronto Detroit and Chicago Unexcelled dining car service. Sleeping cars on night trains and parlor cars on principal day trains. Full information from any Grand Trunk Ticket Agent or C. D. loa- ning, District Passenger Agent, Toronto. N. 3. DORE, Agent, Exet ir. Phone 46w. WESTERN ONTARIO'S BEST :, COMMERCIAL SCHOOL. Our winter term commences Tuesday, . January. 4th and students May, register in otir Commercial, Shorthand and Telegraphy departments at any tnie. Our courses are thorough and practical and we assist graduates to •pose- tions. Get our free cata- logue. 1`!, A. McL t' B1 Principal