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Mrs. A. Hamilton, who has been The selxool` uestion wa. , in
• • a visiting with her daughter i Ham 0 s agd
iltou' 1i e :returned to her betne in el` r before tpe venin,g la 0211c1-
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„w a titer on 'I±'riylay evaninb last at a
learingLadies and Misses totivn. ubli ineetin rn the `Down 13a1t
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A2'r. B. M. lr>yanAls,' agent for the to ere was a good xepi�esentative at-
Canada Life, has been off duty ow-; Tndeece. le. N,' Creech, eliairmnan
^~ ing" to illness, but, is back at. Ms of the Board said that the Board
work. again. - w in a predieamexrt. Since Ess-
.. ! Mrs. J. J. Jarrott, who has - spent ter'"there , has been' 30 new pupils
the past winter ;in London has re- and the Board had no place to' nut
"turned, to: Idillsgreeia to spend the them, Part of the scholars were
summer with her. son. attendingY „school in the morning
i Mr. and Mrs. Taos, Newell and and part in the `afternoon... The
son David and Mrs.,„ Chas. Living- ro,ome at the school are crowded,
detrimental
to alio e h
stone;. of 'StratPo'rd,°.,r�lotored Diverhalt of the.
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children
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h idre and nd d'in em u in
� o s case of
•--' andspent b
_ s en Sunday with friends.
At''' a meeting of the Exeter . Wo- fire. He outlined the various, pro.
positions that the Board had gone
mens Institute on Wednesday cit into and stated that the Board. had
-- last week IMrs. e' K' Silber, of Cred- decided that the •best solution was
�. iton,:district.• sec'y .Ind Mrs. May-
nargave addresses on Institute' to build the two -room addition as
work that were both ,interesting and was proposed last year.
lxel Pula Mrs. Cochrane n Mr. Stanbury was called on and he
,�1bted a, fano sola and the ro l w s stated that the diffi'dulty seemed to
P 1 a be that the Board have not had ,the
answered by our favorite song;sRe- ears of the ratepayers. It
'freshmen's were served, Mrs. Geo. was the
lefaiiso'h acting as hostes. duty of the Board of Education to
•- inform, itself and to give'that in-
=- EA.enee IN' 'EXETER Jv1�TE 3i'd formation' to. the ratepayers. • He
contended that it was largely due to
A race meet is to be held in Ex- the fact that the ratepayers were.
eter on June 3rd: when prizes of $1;- not taken into confidence that the
200 will be- divided, • Three rads by-law
.as defeated last year. The
Will be held. The Exeter Turf Clu x members of the' Board, of Education'.
was organized at a. meeting en the were ratepayers and what was in` the
Town Hall on Wednesday of last interest of one was in. the interest
week and decided on the above, Thi of themeother. The attendance at the
officers elected were as follows: public school had increased and the
Pres., W. R. Elliott; Secy -Tress., sixth teacher was a necessity.
M. R. Comnplia; Committee W." -J. Mr. �5tanbury referred to a' room
Heaman, F. Taylor, B. Williams, R.
at the school now being used as a
G. Seldon, R. II. lelworthy and A cloak room,' lunch room, . emorgencl
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Prices,,Great1y.
Reduced
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WE PLACE ON SALE THIS WEEK THE BAL-
ANCE OF OUR SPRING STOCK 'OF, LADIES' AND
MISSES' SPRING LOATS AND SUITS AT:REAL
BARGAIN PRICES. A LARGE STOCK OF GAR=
MENTS TO SELECT"FROM:
We 'have a splendid range
of Congoleum and Linoleum
rugs to select from. New"
`patterns and colorings. 'Get •,
ter.
our special prices .on these.
Congoleums up to 9x15 feet
in stock. Linoleums up, t
=* 12x,12 feet also the smaller
AMNION
sizes.
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Save time. No papers as easy tohang or as good at the price.
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YoungMen's Suits on.sa1e at 22.00 with-
extra_pair of pants
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E. Tennant.. hospital and P. S. teachers xoo' .
The smallest class in the H. S. had
•GIRL'S S03tT BALL 17 scholars. This class takes -up.
languages. Pupils in. the advanced.
A meetingof girls; representing form who had not passed -these .ex -
all the Exeter_ churches wase. held a.rns join this class for the language
We Headsy, April 29th to organize periods, and so increase se tb.at num-
a Girl's Soft Ball League this year. bei so that they could not tie put in
It was found impossible to arrange a small room
a church league as last year. The The room is being used as a cloak
girlstherefore; decided to have anroom as the regulati state that
Exeter Girl's Soft Ball Club with damp, cloaks shall not he hung in
two- ° playing teams. Annie Willard the same room with the scholars.
and. , Eleanor Medd were elected The cloak rooms a •r\e already' filled.
captains. Officers were elected a Another regiatioprovides that
w,follows: Pres:, Amy Shapton; Vice- there must bea room for the staff
Pres.,' Rose Lamp.oet; Sec.-Treas., of the public school. And then a
Kathleen 'Heiman; member execu- Portion of the room is partitioned •.
tine, Alice Willer d,,.business mangr., off as an emergency hospital and ac
W. G.'. Medd.. Mr. T. Willis of Cen- cording to the caretaker it is used
traria was present and intimated on an average once `a day. _With
that the Centralia girl's team would the large' attendance at the school
join the league. ea Thames "Road shah a room is a necessary adjunct
team -is also expecte4,, to join. A and three : and -four scholars have
meeting vzili, be held eeonday even- used.the room in a single day.
ing, May 11th at 7.30 ' for the •cap- ' The speaker gave figures to show
tains to choose their teams and to how that by increasing the atten-
arrange a schedule. I dance of country scholars at the.
school the taxes had been reduced.
SOFT -BALL LEAGUE ORGANIZED In 1921 the attendance was 95 and
the school tax as 17 mills t" the
A soft hall league has been f'vi
form- dollar; in 1922 the attendance
ed and it is expected that six :teams was 135 and the rate was 1'6 mills
will enter the group. • Three,�teams i>1923 the attendance 'was?1S0 and
from town, one'from Thames 'Road the tax rate 14 mills; in 1924 the at-
and one from Centralia have already tendance was 194 and- the tax rate
entered and there is room for one 12ea mills. In. 1923 it cost $80.00 -
more: The teams from town are for each scholar' at the school and in
- Trivitt, Main St. and James St. A 1924 it only cost $76.00 per scholar.
`-' meeting was held in the Town. Hall with the increase in country pupils
last. Wednesday evening. The offic Thegrants from the counties of
ere are: Hon Presidents, the Clergy Perth and Huron. had increased .and
of town; Rev. G. M. Chidley and so reduced the cost to the ratepayers
Rev. W. Kiteley; Pres., W. J. Ilea- 'of Exeter.
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LOWE, BROS.
HIGT STANR PAINTS
FOR -INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
IN TINS 50c. 80c. $1.-.45 $2.80 and . $5.40
Chi-Napiel"all colors 30c. 55c: $1.00 and $1..85
Carrnote Varnish Stains 30c.55c..95c, $c $1.75 -
'"I' SOFT BALL SUPPLIES
HAND BALL $TYP] LIES
FIST:-IING TACT'LE
TENNIS SUPPLIES 1 .
Screen Door's $ 2.45 complete
Screen Wire 20c, all per yd.
Screen Windows,. 45c;
Hinges , 25c pr.
Springs .. 10c.e.:a,.
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,LAWN MOWERS
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TO eaten i0
ail guaranteed
Lawn, Pantos.. -75c. up
shovels, Plow, yCultheators: etc.
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Rey. W. E. Donnelly, B.A., will
give -,,his interesting lecture "Mar
riage, the Pike's Peak of Success"
in the „Thames Road Presbyterian.
Church; Friday,' May 8th,, at 8 O' -
clack p.m.' assisted by talent' from
Exeter, Special Music by the choir.
Address'' of welcome to Rev. and
Mr's. A: E. Johns and family by the
pastor, 'Rev.- G. M. Chidley.. A;d-
diniksion: Adults 25 cents; children
15 ce°ni"s: Under the Auspices of
the W.MYI.S.
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LOCALS'
• Miss Marion Woods spent the.
week -end in London. '
Miss' Theda Giaynier, of"', Loudon,,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E.
A. Follick.
Mr. 3. •R. Carling is making some,
imnproVements:to his residence, con-
tractor J. L. Lewis doing the Work.',. and one son, Mrs. Chas. Gotibolt, of spent a great many nights in trying.i
Mrs. A. A. Ericson and son, of:' Usboree; Miss Sarah Upshall a'1 to arrive at some con lesion. eke
Rochester, Nen., are visiting the home; Mrs. McLelland, of .Manitoba laa.d •preplred plane anc submitted
former's"aunt, Mrs. Win.'G. Bissett, Mts. Jarrott, of Toronto, Mrs. Bert. i,l1em to'the department but they did
Mr. andMrs. II: l3bwers have dl'Briery of Ray Tp. and Charles of not comply with the regulations. The
man; Vice -Pres., Wm. Lutman;' Sec.- If the Board are obligede to send
r Dignan. The Executive...home fifty, pupils who are now at-
consists of the officers and a.xepre- tending the H. S. • to accommodate,
sentative from each club,_ as follows: the P. S. pupils,•the tone would 'lose
M. R. Coxnplin, W. G. Medd, S. Reed, in grants and rent '$4,180 and would
save, the salaries' of two teachers
$3,400,: a loss to the ratepayers of
$780 a Tear or almost one mill on
the; dollar which is all the new ad-
dition would'. cost the ratepayers in
Debentures for fire years. The
speaker said that he was not est -
Harvey Pollen, T. Mills. The 12
inch ball and the 60 foot base line
are the regulation sizes to. be used
The teams are organizing and seine
good sport is promised for the sum=
Mer. ,
THE LATE MRS. UPSPIA.LL imating the' financial value of those
Mrs. Upshall, who.has 1 fifty scholars to Exeter. rf farm -
been ill in GeorgeetoUa Hospital, Lon-haers had;to take their: children to
other places to school 'the most na-
don, for two weeks, passed away on
Friday in her 80th year. The de-
ceased had been: ill' for two weeks
before being taken to' the liospitar.
tural thing for them to do would be
to do their shopping there.
Mr. A. E. Fuke was the next
speaker and he said that the ..quos
Mrs. Upshall's -Maiden name was tion must be dealt with as we find it
Margaret Allen. She 'was, born in today. 'The Board had spent a' of
London Vpa For many years the of time on the question but it was
family resided in Usbdrtie where the like a jack-in-the-box, you may sit
deceased had *any friends and, upon the lid but'as soon as yoii' get
where Mr: 'tlpsball died about 16 off it pops up again. He said that
years ago. For the past four years the Beard was all of one mind that
the deceased has been a• resident of there should be some remedy. The.
Exeter, being a member of the Main Board had finally decided that the
St. -Methodist church. She is sur best solution is to build a two-
vived by six children, five daughters room addition. The speaker had
moved ' into the premisesover, the
store of Mr. E. C. Harvey on Main
St.
Mr. Jos„ Senior spent the week-,
end in:..Poron,to, visiting with his eomei:er'y.
town'.. The funeral, private, was
t Inept, requires certain size room
e, rime).
her home on• Ceiling St. elaak rooms anti �,' feathers' room.
Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Finally their peens had been adopt-
F.E. . Ciysdale, interment, in Exeter.
od . by the department. Mr. Puke
family.,' •
LOST --- Parker "Lticicy Curve" ATTENDED FUNE.iC{AL! OF
. fountain: pen with ring ,on' end of cap sem yen SER.ly and calculated: that the addition
'Finder ,-rewar;ded, by leaving at the e.
Tines-.A.dvb,catc office'. a The following is from a tetter re- could ho built for ,x7.000. He took -j
�I. S ' from his daughter, Mabel E, solatttou• 1.,0 the school problem. was
.'ir.�a.'.�,7 .�. to build the two roams.
said. that if. we have to spend money,
- spend it on our own pr'opeety: He
had estimated the cost` very careful
ceivetl by Iespector J. • Elgin Torii .the stand that ire believed Um best
FIFTY-SECOND YEAR
room that all of the pupils could be
accommodated.;; Several pupils beta
left the school since Easter. Mr;
Bearing said that the Library was
one of the meet expensive 'rooms to
run at the school. The committee
appc ntod to call a public. Meeting
had invited•a few friends to a pri-
vate meeting, had tried to rush the
commit off their feet and get them
to pass the money without ii 'vote of
the people. It it goes- to the voters
they are afraid of the retired farm -
ere who butter their bread, put
clothes on their backs and pay for
their autos.
Mr. J. Elston said lie had spent
many
on the plans to give the
people
value for
their money. He
believed it would be a paying ;invest-
ment to baled the school as quickly
as possible.
et Us 1p Y.4.0
To 0 see
Better
"To see better," does not arrays
mean, to see More. It often means
to see with less effort.
Mr. W: A. Turnbull said that the A certain eye" defect called Hyperµ
members of the ,Board of Education metropia in many cases does not in -
had' no axe to gland., what was in the , terfere with acuteness of Vision but
interest of the Bound was in the In-
terest of the ratepayers. When Mr.
Deammng had. beenasked tostate kis.
position at a Board_ meeting he did
not say a • word.
Mr. Wm. May thought that the
citizens of Exeter were getting off
light considering the number of
pupils that ,are accommodated.
Mr. F. Delbridge doubted if we
could find another ten men who
'Would - devote the time to school mat-
ters that the present Board have.
They have built -up the, sch.oc;c't and at
the same time reduced the taxes.
On a standing vote as to whether
the Board should ask the council to
submit a by-law.. the majority voted
in ,favor and only four voted
against
FINAL;. MEETING- FOR. YEAR
The Board of James Street Church
had an intensely inter ting and
satisfactory session at" tire closing
meeting of the church year Tuesday
evening. The membership report
shows a net increase of twenty, mak-
ing the present total membership ex
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church
Story
ac i' James Olive •
t 7r Curwootl
y 00. The finances of theby
church are in. ' a very prosperous. The biggest male figure in " time:
condition. The finance committee screen world and a foremost author
raised for the current expenses $5, -in the World of literature has conn
200.00. The amount "contributed to 'biped to make the Alaskan the Kin
mission, was $1300,00, to the 'van- •outdoor picture of them all.
ious connexionar ,funds including
Superannution,- Social Service; Edu-
cation etc $650.00. In addition to.
these amounts the Toadies' Aid rais-
ed $.686.00. the W M S and Mission
Circle $676.00, the Sunday School
$580.00, the Young Peoples', League
2t,5.Oi0;..
The election of various officials Attention!
and committee for the year result-
-
d a§ —Die-�
e follows: Delegates to •
trict Meeting,—A. 3..Perihale; Atte-
mate Delegate,—R. Skinner; R.,- THE
cording Steward,—S. Martin; other
Stewards, --J. S. Harvey. -Peter Fra -
Do Thos. Harvey, A. J. 'Penhale, F. � �
Down, Ed. KeanW_L
Keane, C. . Reddy; S
Williams, J. Fisher, C. B. Snell;
District Visitors,—Gordon` Heywood, ,
Wm: Freyne, Victor Snell, •Harvey
ARE COMING
Perkins, C. Harvey, Arthur Francis,
John Rowe, Win. Rivers, Robt.Ieer
slake, Eli Coultis, John. Pedlar, eL
Elford, W. Horn, F. Delbridge, Ern-
est Harvey; Finance Committee
L..Penhale, Ed. Treble; Paul Coates,
W. S. Cole, Wm Welsh, R. Skinner,
H. .T' Rowe, . Charles Kerslake, Edi
�si
Westcott C. W. -Christie;r
Mr o r��
ss na
Committee -Ed. Shaptop, John Rowe
R. N. Rowe, Thos: Harvey, F. Sheere
C. H•iarveyWm. Welsh, V. Snell, A.
Kerslake, Preston Dearing; E ICestle
Rev. j. D. Kestle;, Edi, Westcott, H.
T. Rowe, Dr. Roulston.'r Walter Cut -
bush was appointed leader of Boy's
Work, and' constituted a member of
the Board. Three new members
were elected to the Board of Trust-
ees—Russell Skinner, J. H. Jones,
Ben Williams.
does create . an 'excessive eye strain
which causes headaches, dizziness
and nerve strain.
The proper glasses, will relieve
this condition ' and give comfort.
Office Hours
9.30 to 12 a.m. 1.30 to 5 p.m.
Evenings by Appointment
S. Fitton,
Phone 75W Registered Optometrist
Dom Theatre
Friday _and Saturdi4
MAY 7ti1. and 8th
THOMAS i1H+ IGHAN
e Alaskan
NOTICE
'Will members of the Horticultur-
al' Society please call for Roses and
Gladioli,
J. G.. Stanbury,,Sec.-Te ea:,,
Attention!
Tom, lube, is one of the ,.tiff oP the
UPSITAL?.---In aorta.
ttirin Hospital, tiniort Medical rJo;.lcye I-5.ospital, h?x. S. 1!i. ,Sander�,said `i.ha,, a y rr,
Londoe., on Friday, May...lst, Mar- ,Pekin, China: "bell, Snn "yet son ago he wait opposed to the expentli--
garet Allen, widow tllo late
George al -psi -Ian, in trier 80th year.
WILLIS—At Cri,.nd Bind, on April
28th; "Castor Willis;' formerly 'of
Exeter, aged ' 41' years, 7 months
Imospito
iary really dead, died illi" t 1e ,l turn, bet that e s
1'~!1 r pool ion h0;d
this morning at 9,40, His followerrs arisen that Meet t:.a denlrlerl on its
are most dn:taTT`t,py: They feel that merits. Te is a eodrd thiia 'for : the
fliers ie no olio cepable cif ear y nit
evidontI7town ib it the :taboo]. as itir'.easing.
op his wort:. ilio .,' bed m"Tt Would be a step in the Wrong ,d.it'-
amid 20, days. troan'endoiis Persouility influa,iciaag elation✓ to reduce' the attendance.
„, every. One'with whom ib.0 ' Y'.itii e fu Ma. Sanders Was in favor :of piecing
CARD OT,, THANK, cootact. I way, ievittrl to the \elev. the edoettan. feia•ly before the elect,
ate .faucial services, They leek ors and the cottneil granting the
Mrs. W C. l-'ssett wisheS'to..thank lace in :the I'.iT,1li.C'.. •eltapel rclait:i money tvitltottt the expellee of sub-
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friends .for the flowers, totters I heaped to decorate. _Dr. Lin asla Matinga by-law.
of sYrnpe.tli . and, oilier tokens of eft Mrs. im'lcMillan end me to; cr . nt„a Mr. W. FT..'Dea.rin Was the next,
kindn:ess,"shown her during her pre; the decorations, We ttl; o 'ljr rel le to mow_ l iiitn.,C.l.c nil (1 raid ibo,l he.
rant fllrr ss, coffin •with bright red satin, S','volue end t : a ei^ee'ts who were on:oatietl
OAR](i.'Oa '.t'% ANI . denary to the last, you sae. The to an taciitliti,ozm to the Seliool were
Mrs. Thee. White and Mr. 'acid funeral' services were, vera dignified elected to the Tlear•d but that the
Mrs. Edward Campbell wish to ex- and impressive, but the cro*d out- other two had changed, their opinion.
Drees their thanks for the kindness' side were frightful, a seething mass and, lie stood out alone. Tie thought
and sympathy shown them during of. •htmitnity. Aeroplanes flew over- that the three Third, Porth classes
the illness and death of their hits- head adding tumult to the occa- could be put intp two and by put -
1 band and father,,- sion.” l ting what, they could in, the spare
TO EXETER ON
ed., May..0
WITH THEIR LATEST REVUE
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Don't fail to hear the
four year old • songster
OPERA HOUSE, Exeter
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