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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1928-12-27, Page 11 EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27th, 1928 FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 28G!!|fESTABLISHED 1873 I werej attrae— 1 ■' SANTA CLAUS FUND WHITE GIFT SERVICE included. i, Happy may the new year prove to our town and to our district! with the usual program oC dialogues and recitations with* Claus as the leading ( Exetexr Christman CUTLERY SILVERWARE Silverware is always desired $3.00 Balance of stock at half-price. » Child Sets per set Pickle Forks, Jam Spoons, etc. Pearl Handled Butler Knives, 20 a or books, will be a members invitation The annual business meeting of Huron Presbyterial, W.M.S. of the Presbyterian church will meet in Willis Church, Clinton- on Tuesday, January the Sth, 1929. PYREXWARE Is always appreciated Moncton, N. B., by Rev. A. Sin­ clair. ADAMS, ROGERS, OLD COLONY, TUDOR Hensail Tuesday ace, so­ und Ber- ®n All (Our Srabrrs me rxtciih Wnt WiHljes tor a anil Jirnaperntts 1929 We Can Help You to See Better Our method of testing is mi complete and pur prices modert.W. Office hours 9.30 to 12 a.m. 1.30 to 5 p.m. Evening by appointment S. FITTON Phone 75w OPTOMETRIST another year draws to close we wish to thank you for your liberal pat ronage of this store. It is our sincere wish that the New Year may bring you a full share of health happiness and prosperity In no region that we know of do better relations exist between town and country than are to be found in this locality. Our merchants are progressive without being arrogant. They are keen without forgetting that only those make progress who serve as well as sell. Those who known our town best are the first to say that no­ where can trading be done to better advantage than it can be done here. In this public confidence business men have at once their opportunity and their peril. Their opportunity consists* in their doing a little better what they already are doing well. Their peril consists in the possibility of their abusing of the confidence now reposed in them. No farmers know their business better than the farmers around this town. For grain? and fat cattle they stand unexcelled when judged by the standard of uniformly high excellence. The average of farm hold­ ings and of homes in this locality is not excelled by the average found elsewhere in this Dominion. The need? An eye that discerns and rightly inter­ prets the signs of the times. We require, in increasing numbers, men who can take occasion by the hand. More rapidly than at any time period in the past, conditions are changing. Farmers and merchants and professional men and schools and churches alike must see the need of the moment and meet it with a steady eye upon the horizon of coming days. Things do not turn up. Wise men turn them up. The man with eyes in the back of liis head is sure to walk into the darkness. Gladly, then, do we greet our friends and ask them to join hands with us in pressing steadily and intelli­ gently and bravely for the best year we ever have known Square dealing, hard work wisely directed, and good will to all will bring us steadily nearer the goal so much —much prized and so well worth winning. They best hold ground already gained by making a well-planned advanced. CHRISTMAS CONCERTS Christmas entertainments held in the various churches latrd week songs, Santa tion. A number of families in were made happy for through the generosity of the citi­ zens in contributing to the Santal Claus fund of the Chamber of Com­ merce. Well filled baskets were! - prepared and distributed bringing- Christmas cheer to a number of homes. The amount previously ack­ nowledged was $41.00. Further con­ tributions were as follows: Dr. Hy„ Browning $100; A Friend $1.00; C. H. Sanders $1.00; Dr. G. F. RouJ- Eton $1.00; B. S. Phillips $1.00; H. J. Jones $1.00; Arthur Francis $1» A. E. Fuke $1.00; Thos. Harvey $1; W. J. Beer $1.00; W. H. Johnston. $1.00; total $52.00. We Wish All Our Customers and Friends A Happy & Prosperous New Year Stainless Steel Knives & Forks $5.75 per set Stainless Carving Sets Stainless $1.00 Stainless Knives $2.70 for 6 Stffinless Paring Knives 25c. and 35c. BRASSWARE Some nice pieces from $1. up Automobile Skates from $1.00 up Tube skates from $2.00 up Hockey Pucks 10c. up Hockey Sticks 20c. up English Granite Tea Pots $1.25 Roasters ........ $1.00 up Meat & Food Choppers $1.50 and up Pocket Knives wonderful val­ ues from 25c. up to $2.00 Heaman’s Hardware & Stove Store We allow 4% in coupons for cash BIRTHS tCRONYN—In McGillivray, on Wed* nesday, Dec. 26th, to Mr. and Airs. Charles Cronyn, a son. MOIR—In Usborne, on December to Mr, and Airs. Oran Aloir, MARRIAGES .NORTH—HIGGINS—At the United Church Manse, on December 25th, Flora Gi cond Oldest daughter of Mr Airs. Robert Higgins to Mr. tram North, of Woodstock, son' of and Mrs. Will DEATHS MURDOCK—In Clinton, on Tuesday, December 25, 1928, Alexander Murdock, in his 75 th year. TETREAU—At Grand Bend, on Monday, December 24th, 1928 Francis D. Tetreau, aged 92 years 2 months and 4 days. PICKARD—In Toronto, on Friday, December 21, 1928, Ann Balkwill, widow of the late James Pickard aged 91 years. USBORNE LADY WINS PIG Miss Lena Pym. of Usborne, won the pig in the guessing contest put on by Rivers’ Meat Market during the week previous to Christmas. Mr. Rivers had on exhibition a choice baby beef and a pig. The baby beef was shown alive for a few days and then dressed. Mr. Rivers g(we a guess on the combined weight of the animals absolutely free to everyone and just before Christmas he gave three prizes, first a pig; second, ten pound roast of baby beef, and third a fresh ham, to those registering the nearest guess. The weight was 517J. the baby beef weighing 453 £ and the pig 64 pounds. Six persons guessed the eorect weight, the first three registering the correct guess win­ ning the prizes. The winners with the number of their guess were: 128 Miss Lena Pym; 141 James Sanders; 504 Mrs. Jeff Fisher. The others who guessed the correct weight were Bernice Delbridge, Harold Taylor and Chas. Guenther. Mr. E. J. Christie weighed the animals, the judges being E. J. Christie, A. Ham­ ilton and F. J. Delbridge. TOP PRICE FOR BABY BEEF Mr. Cephas Pym, of Usborne, ship­ ped three baby beef to the Toronto market for the Christmas trade and the animals brought the top price, 14 cents per lb. The youngest of the animals was 10 months old and weighed 830 pounds. The other two were eleven and thirteen months old and the three weighed 2280 pounds in Toronto. The price averaged over $100 each Which is a pretty high price for animals of their age. On Thursday evening of last week Mrs. Thos. Acheson had the misfor­ tune to fall on the slippery sidewalk in front of the express office with the result that a small bone in the shoulder was fractured. On Friday Mrs. Acheson was taken to London for an X-ray which revealed the na­ ture of the fracture. It was wards set by Dr. Fletcher. OFFICERS ELECTED after- Lebanon Forest Lodge A.F. & A.M held their annual election of offi­ cers Monday evening with the fol­ lowing result: W. AL Bro. H. S. Walter; I.P.M., Bro. Geo. Thompson Sr. War., Bro. E. Howald; Jr. War., Bro. H. O. Southcott; Secretary, Wor. .Bro. R. N. Creech; Treas., V. Wor. Bro. C. H. Sanders; Chap. Wor Bro. J. A. Stewart; Tyler, Bro. S. Sweet; examining board, Wor. Bros. W. W. Taman, W. J. Heaman and E. AI. Dignan; auditors, Bros. E. J. Christie and M. Pfaff. The instal­ lation will take place this (Thurs­ day) evening. SLIGHTLY INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Mr. Ernest Wells, of town, driver one of Mr. Homer Bagshaw’s His injur- not as bad as was at first and was and he is improving. Mr. driving south on the endeavored to pass a R. E. Alway, of Lon- The Institute will meet on Friday night at the Town Hall, Roll Call your favorite magazine. Current Events by Mrs. Browning. Talks by several ladies on popular magazines It is hoped that there large attendance of the and visitors. A cordial to all. 8 o’clock sarp. of transport trucks, narrowly escaped a serious accident on Wednesday of last week on the highway north of London, when the truck he was driving -was struck by a large sedan. Mr. Elmer Sparrow, of Toronto, driver of the sedan was .seriously in­ jured and was rushed to a London hospital in an unconscious condition and it was at first thought he had suffered from a factured skull or concussion of the brain. ies were supposed Sparrow highway car driven by don. It was near the top of a hill and the driver was not aware of the approaching truck. When Air. Wells saw the predicament he pulled the truck off the road. Air. Sparrow’s car struck the rear of Air. Alway’s car which plunged into the ditch. The Sparrow car careened into the apposite ditch and struck the large truck which was carrying a load of about four tons, The car struck the front of the truck and swung around the body crashing into the cab where Mr. Wells was sitting and glass flew in all directions. The sedan, was completely wrecked while the .front axle of the truck was bent and the chassis twisted. Air. Alway, whose car plunged into the ditch was not injured while Air. Wells received slight injury to his back and was laid up for a couple of days. the en- pio- for- the fine laid to rest in Mrs. Pickard Her first hus- Harwood who In 1885 The Sunday School of the James- St. United church held a very inter­ esting and impressive service on. Sunday afternoon when the scholars presented ‘White Gifts for the King” Each class in th^ school brought gifts which were wrapped in white and these were laid at the foot of a- white cross. The gifts three pairs of flannelette iblankets, a comforter and many other articles which were distributed among the needy families of town, the Chil­ dren’s Shelter at Goderich and Sick Children’s hospitals. About $30.00 was also given in cash. The pro­ gram consisted of music by the prim­ ary, a quartette, scripture by Roy- Ian ee Westcott, .reactings by Joseph Creech, Marjorie Kernick and John. AIcTavish; pantomine by two classes of girls and selections by tue or­ chestra. A baptismal service was held when children of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Prout, Mr. and Mrs. Arto Delve and Mr. and Mrs. Hedley May were baptised. DIED IN SARNIA THE LATE MRS. JAMES PICKARD Ninety-one years ago, before Exe­ ter was ever dreamed of, there was born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Balk­ will, a mile and a quarter south of town a little baby girl who was ushered into the world when this community was a wooded section and only blazed trails marked paths through the forest. She countered all the hardships of neer life and watched the virgin est gradually disappear and country transformed into the agricultural district that it is today. That was> Mrs. Ann Pickard, who on Monday morning was (he Exeter cemetery, was twice married, band was Mr. Geo. predeceased her in 1872. she was married to the late James Pickard, whose name was a house­ hold word thoughout this commun­ ity because of his large business in­ terests, being one of the leading j pioneer merchants throughout west­ ern Ontario. On. the farm on which Mrs. Pickard was born in the early years stood one of the first of what was then called “meeting houses’* and early in life she became identi­ fied with the Bible Christian church lating uniting with the Methodists. For over fifty years she was a teach­ er in the James St. Sunday School. In 1923 Mrs. Pickard left Exeter to reside with her son Mr. Ed. Har­ wood, of Toronto, at whose home she died on Friday last. Besides her son Edward, of Toronto, she is sur­ vived by another son Horace, of New York, both of whom accompan­ ied the remains to Exeter, the lat­ ter remaining for a few days to visit with Mr. and lAIrs. Wm. May. Alr. J. H. AIcLean, of London, is relieving at the Bank of Alontreal while Mr. A. R. McKinnon is on holidays. Mrs. J. W. Powell and Marion re­ turned home on Thursday of last week from Sarnia where they had been owing to the illness and death - of Mrs. Powell’s father, Mi’. Arthur Nash, who died Saturday, Dec. 15th, the funeral taking place the follow­ ing Monday. Mr. Powell was in. Sarnia for the funeral. Mr. Nash was a veteran and’ valued employee of the Canadian National Express Co. and at one time he was employed on. the L. H. & B. between London and. i Wingham. Mr. B. S. Murray, of London, retired inspector of the G. N, Express company and for some time an associate of the deceased, pays the following tribute to Mr. Nash in the London Advertiser: “My acquaintance with Arthur Nash cov­ ered more than 40 years” said Mr. Murray, “some 35 of which he spent directly under my charge as messen­ ger fo the American, Canadian, and Canadian National Express compan­ ies in the western division, retiring on pension from the latter company upon reaching the age limit. I and. my associates can certainly vouch for him as a man of first-class character and in every respect a messenger and honest as the and one who passed out of the vice with wishes of employees he had so ed." 100-point sun, ser- best. the the good will and the companies and of the companies, whom long and faithfully serv- ■» We wish to thank our many customers for their patronage during 1928 and wish you all a very Happy & Prosperous 1929 MIDDLETON’S BAKERY ! iiil|l‘iitf’Tii iTiiiiiiiil’^liiBiiiiiii‘t T'l'ti ' i■ f Mjj| .