The Exeter Advocate, 1922-2-16, Page 1THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR.
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY FEB. 16, 1922
cal n!RS. cRRk.r
Our Corner.
Some married women sewn to mis-
take their man for a mandolin—they
es= always peeking on him.
Several hundred women from West-
ern. Ontario mus cipali'ties will gathe
40. Loudon on Feb: 24th and 25th for
flee ,first home and school convention
ever held in nen provarae, and the
se;: l event of its kind be the Dom-
. The purpose .of the conven-
tion is to awaken the enthusiastic; in-
t
Brest of Western! Ontario women:,in Tib IN
educational matters
There comes .a time in every town u
or City when there comets up a dis-
cussion about dancing in the High
School at recess and noon, hour, In
Exeter some people seem to have the
idea that dancing is indulged in at the
sebtool, The Board sof Education has
always dis;.ourtlenaaxced it, and be-
lieves that it is not being done by
the winners.
Men's and Boys
Wear
Try This Store
THE SWELLLST THING IN
TIES,
SHIRTS
SOCKS,
AND ALL KINDS OF MEN'S
FURNISHINGS
ar here. They're alit new, of course,
We never carryover last year's styles
The new offerings are sure enough
winners if rich colors, beautiful tiat-
terns and fine materials 'count for any-
thing. Prices are just as all right,
too. Drop in and look therm `'under
and over, around and through."
Tailor& Furnisher
Obituary
SON DEAD
Sateere eempakhy is Felt .for Mr.
and -'airs. John W. Waaper, in the. de-
mise of -one of their little twin seas,
John Dougbias, on Monday evening,
at the age of 6 months, 3 weeks.
The little fellow badbees. ill of Bold
sally a day or two, and it developed
into influenza:, the end ::outing sud-
denly. The funeral, whir:h was priv-
ate, took place on Wednesday after-
noon to the Eeete.r cemetery.
DIED IN LONDON.
Miss Harriet T. Manning, daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. W, N, Mai3r>htg at
Lr^ndeo, formerly of Exeter, died at.
the family° residence 'on Feb. 8th, ei.
tar ,only three days' illness. having
beers taken W in church on Sunddy.
She wars bora in Clinton 23 years ago,
and mowed to Loudon in 1902 with her
parents. She was prominent an. church
land society work and will be mueh
missed. The rerneSns were taken to
Cyton dor interment on Saturday,
DEATH OF JOHN GRb,EN'WAY,.
John Greenway, retired afethodist
rn iter, and a brother of the late
Hon. Thomas Greenway, :oru 1 rly a'
premier of Manitoba, died recently at
his home in Nelson, B.C., after a pro-
leogad illness, at the age of 81 years.
lir. 'and Mrs: Greenway had resided
in Nelsen for tine. years. Deceased
spent his younger days near Exeter,
but the greater 'pate of his life was
spent at Crystal City, loran, the
Grrenway fam'ay being among the first
settlers of the southerru part of :Sian
itoba, :Mfrs. Greenway was formerly
Mrs. E1lsatt :of .Exatet; Besides his
widow hi is survived by four sons -esti
three slaughters.
DEATH OF MRS. COWAN,
The de• occ rred �eari 1f' `
t alit u 1Y �. an.lal
moim ng at the home a Mi and atry,
Samuel Martin, Exeter, of Catharine
Lutz, relit Sof the late. Dr. Yount;
Cowan. in her 83rd year. Deceased
had been affli.:ted with heart trouble
for some time, but lead been about as
usual to within n. flew days of her
demise, For many years Dr. and Mrs,
Cowan resided an }Exeter, teen, they
mored to London where the doctor
practised until itis death some six-
teen months ago, since which time
Mrs. Cowmen had 'resided with Mr ,and
Mrs. Martini One son survives, Der,
Harry 1f. Cowan. pf Wellington, New
Zeaaaaadn The late tDi. Lutz was a
brother. The ren alas were on Tues-
day taken to Gent for interment
GOOD GLASSS IF YOU NEED
THEM, Good advise if you dont
J. WARD, D.C., Optometrrt, Exeter
L0OZ.I
Reduction in working price to 75c an hour
ET US LOOK OVER YOUR CAR DURING THE WINTER MONTHS
GENUINJ FORD ANDGRAY DORT PARTS.
R.E.
PAIR WORK `ON • ALL CARS,
' PILON & FOOTE
Huron Garage - Exeter
SEED OATS
ON THE WAY
We have a carload of good, clean
plump Seed Oats, direct from the
grower, coming.
rice will be veryr -
The Boson
Call and see sample.
able, �
Harvey Bros.
In, the Third Round of the O. H. A.
gasses Exeter -Zurich /has .been drawn
UD against Sarnia, and the 1ocals.wgo
there tins Wednesday evening for the
fist oe anus and hone games. The
return game .is to be played here on
Fraley might, and a big .crowd w4,1
attend the game;
Santee and Glencoe fiirally broke
their tie on iii by night, when, the
former won 6-3. The winner then got
a, bye in the enema round, and In
the third sound are drawn up against
the Exeter -Zurich .For home and home
games, ---
The Exeter Juniors played a game
of hockey in Clinton Monday ?Light,
area r°..e.ved a rather severe trounc-
ing,
ing, the: score being 9-0. Cai ton's
players Were toe experi,eca>,ed forthern
Here's wishing the leaals every suc-
cess in thee- gape against Sarnia. this
W eduesday r h t.
Next week we ;eral probably hare
some hoe:key gaaues in the Northern
League, 1keIy with Wingbasu tenni.
NNtling clef rete leas yet been.; arrang-
ed,
Usborne U..F, 0. and Crediton, put
on a strenuous game of beekey here
n Tuesday cawing, the former wiry
�nl~
Exeter Council
i
The regular meeting of the Exeter
Council was held on Monday. Feb. 13
absent, Councillor Davis, The min-
utes ot the meeting held .Jan, 23 to-
gether with that of a special meeting
held Jan. 28 were read and approved,
Letters were read as follows:
From the secretary of the union.
of Canadian Municipalities, Montreal
Filed.
From the office of the secretary
Hydro Electric Railway Association,
Guelph. Filed.
From the J. J. Taylor, Co., Ltd.,
re portable sanitary prison cells.
Filed.
The auditors report for the month
of January was read and accepted on
motion of Hooper and Francis.
Messrs. S. M. Sanders, Chas. Har-
vey and Jesse Elston waited on the
council asking the privilege to be ala
lowed. to petition the Provincial elun-
icipal Board to detach certain farm.
lands within the municipality and
have the same attached to the adjoin-
ing townships. Deferred' for further
consideration.
Councillor Francis reported having
made an agreement with Mrs. Eiza-
beth Harness for the ringing of the
town bell for the year 1922 for the
sum of $65.00. Confirmed.
The following accounts were read
and passed: Bell Telephone Co., Bis-
sett phone $2,05; Cemetery phone
1.54; T. Houlden, half year phone
rent 12,30; The Ross -Taylor Co.,
cemetery acct., 28.80; T.Collingwood
cleaning library 2.25; The Exeter
Times, printing acct., 68.00; Wm.
Fraser, snowplowing, 16.00; H. Bier -
ling, snowplowing 8.00; Rd. Davis,
team labor, 7.15; Geo. Ford, labor,
2.10; Rd. Quance, abor 3.00; John
Parsons, labor, 1.80; Fred Wells, la-
bor, 2.40. Passed on motion of
Hooper and Ellerington.
Adj. by Hooper.
Jos. Senior, Clerk.
Usborne Council
Usborne council met in the Town-
ship Hall, Elimville, on Feb. 4. All
of"the members were present. The
minutes of the meeting held Jan. 9
were read and approved.
By-law No. 1, 1922, re the appoint-
ment of the municipal officers for
1922, and fixing the salary of same.
was read, passed and signed by the
reeve and clerk.
Wm. Johns presented -the auditors'
report and certified to the correctness
of the books and accounts of the Tp.
Treas. The report was adopted.
The Clerk was instructed to secure
estimates from the Times Printing
Co. for the municipal printing for
1922.
That the assessor deliver without
further remuneration, as per by-law
No.. 1, 1922, the,: dogtags free to
owners of dogs in the township and
to give a list of the numbers of same
to the clerk.
That by-law No. 6, 1921, be re-
cinded and that the by-laws which it
annulled, viz: No. 3, 1916, and No.
2, 1918, remain in force so that stat-
ute labor returned 'undone and the.
commuted statute labor be paid for
at the old rate, viz: $1.50 per day.
That Wm, Moodie be the township
road superintendent for 1922 at the
rate of '$4,50 per day while on...duty.:
That the wages for the coming sea-
son for township work be fixed at the
rate ,of $5:50 per day for man and
team
Bills to the amount Of $8.29.75
were passed and orders issued for
payment of same.
The oduncil adjourned to meet on
March ° 4th, 1922, at one o'clock at
Township Hall.
Hy, Strang,Clerk.
Local News
D _ vd :Slack is again corifined
h.
teeaDhli„a bid is a very poor state of
Miss Katie Mac:Faut was unable to
presade at the Trlvitt Memorial Church
organ. on Sunday last owing to illness,
" A shoe. a well be held in I1Mc:Done/1's
Hall lire en Friday night. February
24t, when special mune will be fern -
fished. Q
The Wields; Workers' Class of
Jams Street Methodist Church, en -
}axed a party at atie. Verde Row-
e -Vries eve Monday tort,
The thaw .of the latter part oC last
week changed suddenly Ktue Saturday
night into very .:old weather with a
p;,es:.ing wiled. Light anew ftelL
Messrs. WVI am and Bert Gardiner
and Ulna Snell are confined to their
homes with heavy .=olds,. In feet, a
great runny o,#' our ,,wtscens are suffer-
ing ,from v:01,4st
The pupils and tea,;bers of the pub-
ic school her: joined the League of
Empire. and will 'correspond with
pupils end teachers i dafferenr'parts
of 'the Empire,
Mr, Houston, highschool inspector
vrari here is>,spe4:ting the school, He
vvas much pleased wall the improve-
mets made in the aecoinrnodation at
the seheol, and 'wadi the increase in
the stale of teachers4
Mr. Albert Perron has purchased
the dwelling owned by 31r. Edgar Faa-
sorn or Usborne, on Sitnaoe street. fir.
l�rrett will take ,possession: in the
ae,°ar future. This .was the property
tsf the late Mrs. Will;Itms,
One has to get up early en Gorier
nth in, order to catch the meaning
train: south, and it :s not always dear-
tight 13'1.1 it ria easy .o turn the
wrong corner, and the "brand" may
:not have been of the best—but there
is a daylight train later oar. One may
ba thankful. 'to get away from 'the
County Tower at all, a.1 it is no plea.
;at wbi.:h to stay too long
7.1211/SpriAt was reduced ort the first
of January one-quarter of a ,rent a
poundand the pr_ee ntow stands at
C90 par toa at theanilL The reduced
price will only mean the reduction of
one and three-quarters :cents per sub-
sarib.r par year for a newspaper; Set.
a;;.e:r„st this is the increase of postal
rates on newspapers ot 100 per cent.
,a cli subscribers outride of the local
z;mn... In view of this newspapers .ati
sire lane en,:ouragem. east to hope for
the possibility of any reduction in
grata anthe ekiri future
ZINIA, THE CIVIC FLOWER,
At the regular kneetyteg of the Ex-
eter Ilraxtiiultural Society .on Wed-
nesday evening (of last week ethe
"Zinn" was chosen as the Civic
Flower .for Exeter. The So.:iety as'
anxious to make the flower popular,
and will have a 'supply of seed to be
sold at cost The -membership of the
Society .is now over 100, with the can-
vas heat completed;.'Iembers are re-
quested to advise. the seere.tary of
their secluirements et once, so that
the seeds may be ordered
RESIGNS.
Mr. E. ,j, .Christer!, who ,has been
assistant po.gtmaster here for many
years resigned on. Tuesday„ Miss
Pfaff, sister of the postma's'ter, is to
assist in the office. Mr. Christie has
always been an 'obliging official, and
his servi.:es have been appreciated by
the public and by the ether help in
.aosux ct-on with the office, On Tues-
day evening Mr„ Christie was pre-
sented with a nicely worded address -
and a choice pipe by the old' mem-
bers or the staff—;dies 'Nuance and'.
Messrs': Breaks, Laing and Parsons.
it eacme as la 'surprise to Thi. Cheese
tine who expressed ,'his thanks for the
mark of appy ciationi.
Dr. Raulston. Nvas an London on
Tuesday.
Mr. Duncan Graham ,of Rodney vis
ited h son, Dr. Graham., here over
Sunday.
Mrs. Vivian, who has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. H. W. Doer, has
returned to her homier its Mitchell,
Mr. H, S. Waiter was its Hamilton
last week owing to the illness a his
sister, Mrs. Woods, who is now im-
proving. -
Mr. Ha'old Wright, Q; formar or-
ganist of James Street' church now
preachioig neat North Bay, is visiting
at Ivir, .Albert !Catarce 1.
Mrs, Samna Martin, Mal. Wilbur
;Martin and Mr,, and Mrd. Stdn-y, Snell.
attended let &futnerail laf Mat Crockett
in Dor..h?ster ort Tuesday, Mn. Sam
uei asrtitt, accompanied :the remains
of .Mss. Cowan do GrItt
EXETER
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The Board of Education met in the.
afft..e, of the Secretary on Feb: 7th
with all he members except Mr. Dig-
nan, present
Officers'~ were elected as follows—
CJauirman, F. W. Gfadman ; Mice -
Chairman, R. N. Creech; Sec.-Treas.,
Miss K..MacFaul; Auditor, G° Maw-
son;
aw-sen, Library Representative, W. Si,
Howley for three years,.
Th, Ia11awirLc' Striking Committee
was appointed, R. N. Gree..h, W. G
Medd, Rev:. A. A, Trumpets and their
recommendations were adoptedas fol-
lows, the t°vrst-named to be chairman,
Chairman o•C ih Board a member of
cull CC mann f s,
l asuran�,'-7- H, Grieve, E. M. lig-
Jon, tI. T, Rowe.
T, Rawe, J. S. Harvey, E
Hockey
Third Round Game
Sarnia vs. Exater-Zurich,1
in Dome Rink, Exeter,, on
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
G. co Alli .NC
.T .8.15 SHA;
ADMISSION DULTS 604.;
CHILDREN 35 r.
COME OUT AND GI'l, THE BOYS YOUR W l0LE- HaARTED S#„3S
PORT. THEIR SUCCI;.SS THUS FAR AESteRVES Ire
LSO WATCH FOR DATES OF GAMES IN THh ;A:. IL L.
M. Men
Teachers and Supplie
Jas„ Harvey, W. G. Medd.
Buildings and Grc lends—Rev. A. A.
Trurnp:r, W. F. May, E. M. li.greer..'.
J. H. Grieve.
Curri.:uuum—W. G. :Sankt R. N.
Creech, Rev. A, A. Tramper, J. G.
Stanbury.
S��ieolarsbip-.. G. Startbury, 't'�; G
1T°xdd, W.
:may, and Pr.n, E. J. Wethey
The Chairman and Flee -Chairman
were :empowered with the Seeretary-
Treasurer to sign .hequee and bor-
row a eeeseary money for the year,
Mr, G. S. Howard. was appointed to
the Entrance Board.
Tha Board in reply to a; request
presented by air. Abbott asom'
from the S eial Service Branch, cif t
t ted the Secretary to state that
the Baird discountenanced dancing
anti card playing at the school, as in
years past, mid believed that these
things were not beiarg done.
An appropriation ,of $50 was shad?
toward a school library, one half to
ba av:ulable at present
Instructions were given that re1i
ious tea:thing be given in the Public
S' b of from 3,30 to 4 on Friday
afternoons, the Ministerial Association
to question the pupils owe a month'
at the same bout
The Board approved of the advisab-
ility of forming a. School Nurse Dis-
triet with' Exeter as a centre, to
ward which the Department of Edu-
cation stakes a substantial grant. The
matter is to be gone into more fully,
later,
A resolution was passed approving!,
of the action, of the four urn vers:tees
of Ontario in. raising the Matri.:uiation
standard for entrance to universitiee.
A resolution was passed recommend-
ing the .:o Vection (of taxes in two in-
stallments eaels years
A number of a, counts were passed.
B,.T.J5
&tires -At Farquhar, en Feb. 15, tCa
.Mr. and Mrs. Elson Squires, a Sete
Weenake--Ia Usborne, on Feb. 5, $o
Sthe soli Mrs. Henry 'Weatiai , an*.
DEATHS
SValper Irl, Exeter, on Feb. 13the Jura
Deuglae, teen salt ii'ar.. ilft
joIsn W. ti alp=r, aged 6 months.
3 weeks,
Gni enway—ln Nelson, B.C., Mr. Iota
Greenway, formerly ,of Exeter, aged
81 years.
Huston—At Consort, Alta., on Feb.
Marion, daughter of Mn and MIA.
Wesley Ruston, formerly of Bxettr,.
aged 9 years, 6 months.
Cowen—in Exeter, on Feb, 13th, C
arise Lutz, relict of the late
Yelling Cowan, .in her 83rd year.
Iia n ng—In London, on Feb. 8, lfar-
riet T., daughter of Mr. and Mrs..
W. N.:Hanning, aged 23 years,
MUIR—At Penticton, British Colum-
bia, on Dee. 8, Douglas Muir, wkly
son of John and Jennie (Welch)
Muir, aged 28 years, Laid at rest
in Ocean View cemetery, 'Vancou-
ver, on Dec. 12.
IN MEMORIAM
I3•arne—In loving memory of Lyda E.
Horne, who passed to be with Jesus
+on. February t17 th, 1920.
Gen: from this earth so swiftly,
Plu:.ked like a, flower in, bloom;
So young, so fair, so loving,
Yet called away so soon,.
Through sal her pans at times she
smalad,
A smile of Heavenly birth,
And when the angels called her home
Sae. smiled farewell • to earth.
The Family.
J. A. STEWART
Phone 16
" THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES."
BIG ANNUAL SALE
THE ONLY REAL SALE IN THIS COMMUNITY
FOLLOWING ARE ONLY A FEW OF OUR BARGAINS—
SPOOLS CHECK GLNGHAMS
200 yard Coates' Best Spoons
• —Black, White And Colon s, at
6c each.
FLANNELETTE BLANKETS
Ibex—the •best blanket made
the ° largest size, a:2--4,-Whence,
Grey, Pink and IBeue BoselerS,at
Sale Prue of $2.85.
The latest Patterns for thio
season in beautiful ,olora ar
neat Checks, Sale Price 24c ya.
T„ &B. TOBACCO
Men wise smoke, look what we
have far you. T and B, large
size plug; .reg•ular $1.
Sane Price 721c.,
MOLAREN'S JELLY POWDERS. All .floors, 3 pkgs for 25c..
CHOICE SEEDED RAISINS 15 Oz pkg, Sane Price 25c,
CORN SYRUP 3 „per .a:npkg. for '399e,,;
PUFFED RICL, ,.. ..per pkg, 17a
CANADA CORN STARCH ,Ib
3 ib, PalL PURE LARD far 53.
11b. CAN CHOICE PINI; SALMON. ..2 'cans for 35c
2 & 1 SHOE POLISH Salle Price 2 for 25c..
NEW SEEDLESS RAISINS, 15 Jaz, pkg. 25a,
35c. ASSORTED FANCY BISCUJT:., i Per Ib., 20e.
LE;\OX LAUNDRY SOAP 20 bars ,far $L00
Bulk Soap Chips p'er Ib. 18c•
Tapioca 2 abs for 18c,
Puffed Wheat, per pkg. ...... 15c,
Bulk Corn Syrup, per lb.' ; .....7a.
Canned Coni, 2 cans for .25c,
'Lux 2 pkg.e. ;for ...
lDut.:h Cleanser, per pkg. ... ilc.
2 tZ ass Pink Salman, for
Laundry Soap, .10 bars for 70:..
Speaia1 Blend Coffee, lb. ...38c.
Pura Bunts Cocoa, per bi. ...14c.
3 pkg Powdered Ammon:; 23.:.
Shredded Wheat .Biscuit .., 12c
Matches reg. 15c 3 for 38c, `
J. A. STEW T
Highest Prices pad for Pouliry and all Produce.