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EXETER, ONT.,':TH'TURS D . ' VIORNINO, APRIL 23rd.* 1925
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RUGS
Wehave a stock of between fifty and
- seventy-five congoleuni rugs in. all the popular
sizes to select. from.'Get our prices, We.
can save you money.
New curtain nets, window blinds, Axminster
rugs.
Tapestry bedroom rugs 2% yds x 3 yds and
2,-/s yds x 3 yds clearing at $14.75 each:
Special window blinds in green only at
85 cents each. rb
NEW LIGHT TAN SLIPPERS
To have the very latest in slippers you 'will
need a pair of light tans as well as your black
ones. We have them in very newest styles and
colors. They are ail the rage in the cities.
Get a pair while we have complete sizes.
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with' pneumonia Mr. Geo. Andrew axone :through illness,
home on 1zluroxi st, at the age of 62 Miss Edna Maxwell of Birr, is
years, 1 month, axil 5 days. The:acde- H stie
ceased was taken ill'about a week
previous to his death, he, having eon=
tracted a cold which developed into
pneumonia. He :was born on. con.
6, Usborne and later moyed, to con, • 7
where he resided ,until he retired
and calve to Exeter about 9 years
ago. He was, pf a, retiring disposi-
tion.and was held in high esteem by
all who knew him. The deceased
was never married: He • is survived
by two brothers ` and three sisters,
Wm.; and'John Andrew, of town; and
Mrs, Wm: Skinner,` of Usborne, 'and
Misses .Ada and'Bertha Andrew who
- have made their hoine with him. The
funeral was held Tuesday afternoon
interment in Exeter Cemetery.
MASONIC "AT HOME A.
DELIGHTFUL 'AFFAIR
The "At Home" by Lebanon Lodge
No. 133, A. F. &.A.' M. in the Opera
House on Thursday evening of last
week was one of the most enjoyable
affairs put-on by the brethren of
this fraternity. ' The hall was beaut-
ifully decorated with gold and pur-
ple streamers and ,as the members
o ` ladyfriends en-
teredwitli their wives r ens
h were given lace'cards at
they g ve P
small tables and in. this way the ga-
thering was mixed' up. During the
first part of the evening a .splendid
program was furnished. The art-
ists were Messrs. A. L. Green, tenor
solist; A. G. McColloch, baritone;
Miss Minnie Dobbyn, reader, and
A. W. Anderton, accompanist, all of
London. These entertainers fur-
nished a program: -that was a rare
treat. The different` musical num-
bers were all well received and the
readings by Miss Dobbyn captivated
the gathering. and too much cannot.
be said in their' praise. Rt. Wor.
Bro. D. W. Collins, of Sarnia, a past
Master of Lebanon Forest Lodge
and a former District Deputy Grand.
Master,, was present. and delivered a
splendid inspirational address. ..
In addition to the above -was the
very excellent music provided by
Gidley's Orchestra, composed of 12
`players recruited' for the occasion.
'—' They • played during the early part
of the evening, furnished • several
numbers on the' program and play-
ed again after the program..
Following' the; program a dainty
buffet luncheon was served catered
by Bro.. Lockwood eThe. remainder
of the evening was., agent sociably
and with cards. The; W. M. Bro.
^- Chidley acted as chairman. man and son recently visited in
Exeter. •
passed away' Satuaelay evening at his
visitingwith Mrs and Mrs. Rufus
e.
Mr. Bert Clarke has -been confin-
ed to his -home for a few,daysowing
to a sore knee;a
Mrs. A. Wildfong " o$ Sexsn;titli
spent a; few days last week with
friends in Stratford.
Mr. Wm. Vale, Exeter North., is
nursing a sore toe these days, the
result ofa horse stepping on it
Miss Eva Pearce of Hensall, spent,
the holidays with her •.Grandmother,
Mrs. Wm. Northcott of •Sexsmith.
Mr., and Mrs. W, B. Snell and
family of town spent a few days
last week with friends at Sexsmith.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Campbell.
and family, of the Thames Road.
left on Saturday last for • Winnipeg,
Mr. Chas. Davis Exeter North is
able to sit up at short intervals,
after his recent operation for ap-
pendicitis.
A meeting of all interested in .for-
ming a Soft Bali league will be
held in the Town Hall, Friday even-
ing
vening at 8 p.ni
Miss Mary Northcott of Sexsmith
and Miss Stella Northcott of town
spent the Easter holidays with
friends in London.
Mrs. Sam'l Bradt, Exeter Nortin,
is again able to attend to her house-
hold duties after being laid. up with
an attack of .bloodpoisoning.
Mr. John Peart purchased the
farm of Mr. L. J. Willert, 14th con.
of Stephen, at the auction sale at
Dashwood on Monday, the price be-
ing $5,400.
Miss Ada Willis, has returned to
her school at Turnerville after
spending the Easter holidays with
her parents,. Mr:' and Mrs. Janes
Willis of Stephen.
Mrs. Aaron Broderick, of Pigeon,
Mich., and. Mrs. Stanley Hart, of De-
troit, are'visitin,g with Mr. and Mrs.
E. Rowcliffe. Mrs. Broderick and
Mrs. Rowcliffe are sisters.
Mr. Donald Davis, ,. teller of the
Canadian Bank of Commerce has
'received word from headquarters of
his removal to St. Thomas_ The
vacancy here will be filled by Mr. H.
Guenther of the Blenheim branch.
The many friends in town of Mr.
Frank Newman, of. Kingston will re-
gret to knew that he is ,ill in the
Kingston hospital suffering from
blood poison the result of a scratch
on the hand. Mr. and rvrrs. New -
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OFFICERS ELECTED
The Mission Circle of 'Main St.
Church held their - annual. meeting
Tuesday evening. The -society have
had a most successful - year. The
funds are not all in but will be in
the neighborhood of $130.00. The
officers elected were" as follws;
Supt., Mrs. W. S. Howey; Pres., Hel-
en Dignan; Vice Pres, Eleanor. Medd
Sec'y, Rose Lamport; Cor. Secy,
May Abbott;•, Treas., M. Aldworth;
Supt., Mite Boxes, Verde Vale; Pia-
nist, Marjorie ,i'Vledd,
BIRTHS
ARMSTRONG—In Exeter, on Friday
April 17, to Mr: and Mrs. Wm. H.
Armstrong, a son (Irvine. Ross.)
PERKINS—In Usborne, on Friday,
April 17th, to Mr. and Mrs. Har-
vey Perkins, a daughter.
DRUMIVIOND—In Hensel]: o+h Tues-
day, April 21st,` to Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Drummond, a daughter.
(a correction)
STEPHEN—At Elimv'ille, on April
7th, to Mr. and Mrs, Charles "Ste-'
phen, a sari (Charles Laurie,)
DEATHS
WHITE—In Usborne, on Monday,
April 20th, Thomas White, aged
75 years.
ELLIS,— In Hensall, on Thursday,
April 1.6th,;Mrs. Joseph X. Ellis in
her 75th year: •
GRUNDY--'At• his ' late residence,
Clandeboye, April 17, 1925, Ro-
bert Grundy, aged 73 years.
ANDREW—In Exeter, on Saturday,
April 18th, George Andrew aged
6 a 5 da s.
2 ears 1 month and y Y
AHibbert,nw
CR WI'ORD—In on
Sun.
day; ` April 10th, John' Milton
Crawford, aged 32• years, and 5
m th
on s.
ADAIR—In Parkhill, on Monday,
April 13, Mrs. Eliza Adair, ; widow
,ofe the late I+ rank Adair, aged 87
years.
CARD OF THANKS
The brothers and sisters of the
late Cleo. Andrew desire to express
their sincere' thenke to the many
neighbors and friends for their kind-
ness and sympathy during their re -
dent bereavement and also for the
many floral tributes.
MRS: E. COLLINGWOOD DIES IN Harold Skinner, who was taken to
OWEN SOUND Victoria Hospital, London, where he
had his right eye removed the withre-
. Mrs. Wm. Collingwood and broth- suit of being struck an arrow
er, Mr. Thos. Welsh returned Tiles -returned home Monday. evening.
day from Owen Sound where they Harold says that the accident was
attended the funeral of the late purely accidental. The lad who shot
Mrs. Ernest Collingswood which took the arrow was shooting at a bird
place on Monday. The following and Harold had his back to him. He
obituary was taken from the Owen turned. around and the arrow struck
Sound Sun -Times: "Following an ill- him in .the eye.
ness of one year during Which time 'Mrs. Gambrill pleasantly enter -
she had been a patient and cheerful tained 12 of her junior girls class of
sufferer the death occurred at 11 0'- music students on Monday. A short
clock on Friday morning of Mrs. Program was given, each little girl
Ernest Collingwood, beloved dough- performing a selection of her own
ter df Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Knott, choice. An Easter egg hunt was a
1614 3rd avenue east. Deceased, special feature of enjoyment and
who was 30 years of age, was born fun, one pupil securing as many as
at St. Marys and was married to Mr.
Ernest Collingwood after"the family
moved to Exeter some 13 years ago,
65 eggs to whom the prize was a-
warded; The teatable was very
prettily arranged with Easter eggs
and sheeresided in that place until a and hon bons predominating.
year, ago last fall, when the family The illustrated lecture on Cheng-
moved to Owen Sound, wher her tu, China, given by Rev. F. E. C1ys
parents had removed twelve years dale under the auspices of the Y.P.
ago. She was a faithful member of L. of Main St. church on Monday
the Salvation Army, was much be- .evening was well attended and thor-
loved'by her comrades,: and her loss oughly enjoyed by .all.: Over eighty
will be deeply mourned in that or- pictures were thrown on the screen
ganization. She is survived by her showing the work of our mission-
husband, and three daughters, Mil- aries. Those present saw pictures
dred, Irene and Erno, allat home; of some of their old friends at work
also three brothers, Wellington, in China. These slides will be pre -
Clarence , and Albert Knott, all of sented in James St. Church on
Owen. Sound and two sisters, Mrs. Thursday _evening of this week.
Russell Bloomfield, Owen Sound and Don't miss it.
1VIrs. James McClinchey, Goderich Mr. Thomas White, who has been
township. ill for several months at the ,home
NAND STOCK DESTROYED 'of his son-in-law, 'VII'. E. Campbell,
BARN north boundary of Usborne, died on
Monday aged 75 years. The body
BY FIRE ' ° was taken to.. Ransomviile for inter=
On Saturday evening fire desti:oy- ment. Mr. White' Was a°former res -
ed two barns on the farm of Mr.
of Exeter. Mr: and Mrs. Thos.
Hurst, of. Flint, Mich., motored over
and accompanied the remains. Mrs.,
White,, • who had been with her hus-
band all through hisillness and
Mrs. Campbell also accompanied the
reinains to Ransoinville.
Geo. Jeffery on the' Thames Road,
Aboutthree miles east of Exeter, to-
gether with the stock, eiinpleiients,
grain, etc. The fire started about
seven o'clock in the evening. Mr.
Jeffery was in the barn at the time
operating a chopper and it is.
thought that a spark from the ex-
haust of the gasoline ;engine start-
ed fire to the straw stack. He was
upstairs when he noticed the flames
and it was with difficulty that he
made his escape. He hurried to the
barn where the horses.Were, kept and
team out
gettinga big1
seeded in
Suc
h cattle
�ce. tot e
safely. .
The
soli'a.
Y
barn faced the burning stack and
,nothing cottld be done to save the
cattle and 26 head .perished in the
flames, All of the cattle Were
fine condition and SeVeral fat cattle
kad been sold for deliVcry this Week,
TWO horses and 9 pigs . were also
burned to .death. In addition to the
above. 700 bus. of grain, a quantity
of
hay,
seveiil implements,
cream
separator, were also destroyed. A
new grainseeder had bee placed bo. -
side the barn the day before and it
was destroyed.
It was 'just at dusk and: the flames
were 'seen for nines ,and soon after
the ,fire had etanted the place was
lined with . motor cars. A. thicken
house about 16 feet away.Was saved
through the efforts et willing werk-
et's. The two barns. were L shaped
one of thein being on a brick foun-
dation. The Joss will be heavy anti
is only partly oovered by insurance,
S:' °S, ANNIVERSARY
James St. Sunday School held their
anniversary services on Sundry last.
At the nrorning service the intermed-
iate school assembled in a body and
the Pastor, Rev. W. E. Donnelly, de-
livered a splendid sermon on "Solid
Steps for ; Climbing Youth." The
Supt. Mr, J. H. Jones led the ser-
vice and associated with hint was 3.
M. Southcott. There was a grand
rally in the afternoon, the school
meeting in the auditorium. The
re-'
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feature of the service was the F
sentation of diplomas and seals to
those who were regular in thein at -
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teiidance duiln,, 1924, 56 in all
being given out. Dr. G. F. RouistoY1
congratulated the recipients. Miss
Mirgat et Johns and Miss Rice told
Iwo very interesting stories. The
Pawn' gave a most ,interesting ad-
dress to the cbildren. Mr. J. S. Iifar-
vey acted as chairman. At the ev-
ening service Miss Hardiing's class of
gris gave a fine dialogue"The "Mary
?cture Gallery" and the 'pastor again
delivered an inspirational address.
The choir was assisted by Miss Clark
of Winchelsea, who sang several very
pleasing solos during the day.
FIFTY-SECOND ,YEAR No, 260
DIED
IN "Imo.
Relatives received word here en
Friday night, from Winnipegof. the
death of Mrs. Grover" Bissett,who
died iri' that city on above date. Mrs:
Bissett' was formerly,' ?Piss Rollins
and was. born, in Crystal City and
went to Winnipeg to, .live after her
marriage. Besides her husband she
is survived by three emall cliildz'en;
Mr. Bissett is a exon of Mr. George
Bissett who left here a number of
years ago with his 'family to reside
in Winnipeg
WESTERN' ONTARIO RACING
CIRCUIT
A meeting of the Westeru Ontario
Racing Association was held in Sea -
forth, on Wednesday of last week,
when the election of officers took
place and the racing dates for the
different towns were elicited as fol-
lows:
Mitchell—May' 25th.
Eseter—Juxle 3rd.
S aforth--'June 10th,
G derich—Junes 17th.
Brussels=June 24th.
Stratford: July lst.
Milverton—July Stli.
The officers' elected were as fol-
lows: President, Dr. Whitely, Gode-
rich; 1st Vice, R. aldMane, Milver,
ton; 2nd Vice, ; J. M. Cardno, Sea -
'forth; Sec'y-Treas., William Martyn 1
Mitchell;. tive `committee Dr.
E xee u
e on Ex-
eter;
Goderich; R. G.., S ld > E
eter; Peter, Scott, Brussels; D. T.
Pinkney, Stratford; J. F. Daly, Sea-
forth.
Local News
Mrs:, 'Ulric Snell is undergoing
treatment in Victoria Hospital, Lon-
don. •
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Batten, and
family, of IXuron St. are moving to,
near London.
When a man is ordered to clean
a rug he usually beats it—oue way
or the other.
Mr. and Mrs. E. ' A. McFaul, of
Seaforth, visited their daughter Miss
K. McFaul in town on Saturday. --.
Nurse Collodi, who was, in at-
tendance upon the late Geo. An-
drew, returned to London, Tuesday
evening.
Miss Viola IIodgert, who has not
been well or some time, leaves to-
day (Thursday) for •Victoria: hospit-
la for treatenient.
Capt. Rowland has been success-
ful in ' arranging for t] e London 3
Salvation Army Silver Band to -visit
Exeter on'the 23rd, 24th and 25th
of May.
Walter, the youngest son of Mr.
and Mrs. I. Sims of town is serious-
ly ill with pleuro -pneumonia, at the
home of Mr. Sim's parents at Cred-
iton.
Thirty kiddies started off to
school Monday, over taxing the cap-
acity gf the already crowded ' condi-
tion. Some of the scholars go in
the morning and others in the after-
noon.
Mr. and Mrs.' Peter Gardiner of
Blyth; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stephen. -
son and son Leo. of iiinburn, and
Mr. and Mrs. Sid. Andrew, of Lon-
don, attended the funeral -of the
late George Andrew on Tuesday.
Miss, K_-McFaul received the news
her aunt, the death of e Mrs. L.
L. McFaul, who died in Seaforth on
Saturday+ morning. aged 85 years.
Miss Grigg and Miss McFaul motor-
ed over on Sunday. The deceased
is survived byone son Dr. .L H. Mc-
Faul of Toronto and one daughter,
Mrs_ J. C. Mullen of Seaforth.
Court was held in Exeter on Fri-
day last before Magistrate Reed, of
Goderich. Three young men were
up for violating the motor vehicle
act and each pleaded guilty and
was fined: Mr. 3. Wolper appeared
on a charge of conducting a pool
room without a license. His de-
fence was that he is running a soc-
ial club. Decision was reserved.
The annual meeting of the Can-
ada Club' was held in the club
rooms on Friday evening, of last
week. The election of officers re-
sulted as follows: Hon. Pres., C. H.
Sandys • : Pres., N. 3. Dore Vice-'
pies::, , W. J. Neaman Sec'y`.Treas.
E. J. Christie; coin. of management,.
J.• Jeckeli," P. Case and H. Walters
At a meeting held in Hensall, on
April 15th of the Executive of South
Huron Liberal' Association as con-
stituted
onstituted for federal purposes; it was
,decided to call .a nominating conven-
t''sn. of South Huron Liberals at
H .lsall on Wednesday, May 27th,
1925, for the purpose of selecting a
candidate to contest South' Huron in
the Liberal interests at the ap-
proaching federal election. A fur-
ther intimation will be made later.
Let U .Het
To' See Better
"To see better," sloes not alwayr
mean to see more. It often means
to see with less effort.
A certain eye defect called Hyper-
metropia in .many eases does not ,in-
terfere with acuteness of vision, but
does `create an excessive eye strain
which causes Headaches, dizziness
and nerve strain.
The proper glasses willrelieve
this condition and give comfort.
`Office Hours
9,30 to 12 a.in. 1.30 tot 5 ,p.m.
Evenings by Appointment
S . Fitton,
Phone 75W Registered Optometrist
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EXETER LAWN TENNIS CLUB
A meeting of the above club will
be held in the Bank of Commerce
Chambers on Friday, April 24th.
All members and others' interested
in the ,game and desirous of becom-
ing members are requested to' at-
tend.
THE YEAR OF THE JUBILEE
has come for the
ItELIMVILLE CHURCH
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AND A NEW LIGHTING SYSTEM
IS A CRYING NEED SO, ON
ON. MAY 4 '25
uuder the auspices of the choir
a sparkling comedy in four acts,
entitled
HERE COMES THE BRIDEGROOM •
Will be "presented in the church,
winch promises two hours of clean,
wholesome entertainment without a
dull moment.
To see and hear Pte. Lamont alone
is well worth the entrance fee, and
you get all the rest for nothing. Ev-
erybody is invited to come and help
in this pleasant way to light the.,
church, encourage the choir, and
make ready for the jubilee.
MUSIC BETWEEN THE ACTS '
Remember 8 o'clock p.m. on May let
Admission:. Adults 35c. Children 20e.
Prisouesrs will be allowed to use
tobacco. Just step 'right up to the
bars and get it.
see. see *00 4:00
If only intuition: could- tell a
woman When she has too much
powder on the back of her neck!
'Welcorne' Home i.
A Comedy in three Acts
will be held in the
xeter Opera House
APRIL
Cltir'taih rises at 8:15
. a - n the tiost wliolesonxe
The play' has sustained interest, abtrunds i
humor and provides an evening full of the most delightful thrills;
Under the auspices of the James Street Young Peoples' 1eagtte'
R ser 'ed Sets 4Q ..;
wish