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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-06-08, Page 1‘t 11111 ESTABLISHED 1873 EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 8th 1933 Terrific Storm Levels Many Barns z* 7 SIXTIETH YEAR, NO, 2757 Relief r DEMONSTRATION Grocery Specials POULTRY I I Life Buoy Soap 3 cakes for 23c. Aylmer Soups except chicken 3 tins for 25c. Raspberry or Strawberry Jam 40 oz. jar 29c. Pure Lard 1 lb. prints 11c. Aylmer Peas No. 4 Choice Quality 2 tins 21c. SEE FOR YOURSELF) ATTEND THIS SPECIAL • FROM WHATEVER FOOT TROUBLE YOU MAY HAVE! It is our good fortune to announce that on the above dates an Expert of the Toronto Staff of Dr. Wm. M. Scholl, world noted Foot Authority, will be at our store for the greatest Demonstration of Foot Comfort ever held locally. To you, it means an opportunity such as you rqnnni- afford to miss,'if you suffer from your feet. What you will learn about your feet through the aid of this Expert will be of life-long benefit to you. You will know your feet as you never knew them before; what causes them to hurt and what to do to always enjoy foot comfort. The Dr. Scholl Appliance or Remedy you need to relieve and remove the cause of your suffering and the proper shoe for foot comfort will be demonstrated on your own feet WITHOUT CHARGE. Keep this ad as a reminder to be here. Dr Scholl’s FOOT EXPERT will be at our Store ALL DAY FRIDAY, JUNE 9th Consultation Free Come with your foot troubles. He comes only once a year. Grocery Specials Crediton and Centralia Districts Hard Hit Garden Party - - Wednesday, June 14th, held at Mr. and Mrs, Heber Davis’ Townline Biddulph, St, Patrick’s church ©aints- bury. Five miles from Lucan, six from Exeter. Sports 6.30. Music. i n ■ -........................ We are CASH buyers of Poultry; also we pay lc per lb. extra for trade in the store. Poultry received daily with free trucking in reasonable quantities. Now is a good time to sell your old roosters, old ducks, non-producing hens and leghorns broilers that are heavy enough to market. We have arranged with an expert poultry culler to cull your flock of hens. There is no charge for this service if we buiy your poulty. Do not risk your culling in the hands of inexperienced or transient deal­ ers. Phone for prices and arrange for culling. You are assured of highest prices and fair dealing. Certo per bottle 29c. Buffet Size Pitted Cherries per tin 5c. Kellogg’s Bran Flakes 3 pkgs. 29c. Aylmer Tomato Juice large 10c. small 5c. Fresh Fancy Biscuits several varieties 2 lbs. for 25c. Phone 32 > More Week-end Specials Owing to the success of last week’s specials we have decided to continue the policy for this week. SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY THAMES ROAD UNITED CHURCH SUNDAY, JUNE 18th Sunday School at 9.45 Services at 11 a.m. and 7.13I01 p.m. Ivory & Green dish Pans 59c Alum. Coffee Percolators 69c No. 32 gray granite pres.. . . kettle ........................... Alum. Pres. Kettles . . . Granite Granite Granite Granite Copper Tea Kettles . . $1.98 65c. 89c. 15c 15c. 15c. Pudding Dishes Sauce Pans . . . Cups ................ Pie Plates 2 for 25c No. 2 Galv Wash Tubs 89c. No. 9 Boiler Tin with Copper Bottom...................... $1.49 Glass Wash Boards . . 49c. Zinc Wash Boards .... 29c. Clothes Pins .... 100 for 19c Nail Brushes .... 3 for 10c. Tin Sprayers, 1 qt. size' ,45c. Glass Sprayers . . 15c to 75c Galv Sprinklers 90c to $1.25 , TUESDAY, JUNE 20th STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL and Entertainment at night EXECUTIVE MEETING WE STILL HAVE No. 12 Galv. pails for No. 14 G$lv. Pails for 20c. ea. 25c. ea. Ex­ last of Mr. Animal Spray .... $1.35 gal Field & Turnip Hoes 60c up Lawn Mowers .... $6.50 ea Carborundum Stones . . 90c. Whet Stones .... 15c. & 25c Guaranteed Scythes $1.75 ea Grass Shears & Trimmers all prices Solid Steel Casting Rod 69c. Fish Lines.........5c. to $1.50 Fishing Reels . . 25c to $1.75 Playground Balls 50c to $1.50 Soft Ball Bats 50c to $1.00 Vacuum bottle, pt size 35c ea 50 ft. rubber hose .... $3.95 Lime for Spraying 10 lbs 25c TRAQUAIR & LINDENFIELD The executive of the .South Huron Progressive Association met in eter on Wednesday evening of week. President, Wm. Black, Tuckersmith was in the chair. W. G. Medd, M.L.A. gave a short ad­ dress regarding the present political situation. It was decided to enlarge the organization to cover the whole riding, the town of Goderich having been added to South Huron for pro­ vincial purposes. A convention will be held in the near future to nom­ inate a candidate to contest the rid­ ing for the provincial house. It was decided to hold a picnic at Bayfield some time this month. Committees were appointed to arrange for speak­ ers and to select the date. Numerous barns in the vicinity of Centralia and Crediton were totally wrecked by a terrific wind and elec­ tric storm which passed over this community about ten o’clock XVed- nesday morning. Trees nave been uprooted in all directions and for a short time many of them blocked the roads. Hydro and telepaone lines were put out of commission. On the highway east of Centralia twenty hydro poles carrying high tension feed wires were blown across the highway. A gang of men were soon on the job and by 9 p.m. a tem­ porary line had been erected and the power was again turned on. This was fast work. A. Hodgins Injured Mr. Alfred Hodgins, of the third concession of Stephen Twp was pin­ ned beneath the wreckage when his fine bank barn was completely de­ molished. It was some time before he was extricated from his perilous position, when it was found that his left leg had been fractured above the knee and that he had also dis­ located and fractured ills left shoul­ der. He was attended by Dr. Fletch-' er. Several pigs in the stable at the time had a miraculous escape. The stone foundation of the building; and the cement stabling crumbled; beneath the timbers. Two ot the pls rtrei“elosrTthe'hons: pens where the pigs had been shut . *in only a short time before were1 S’ barn’ on "the par ly tilled with stone when the([arnl sollt]1 f M Fahr , " " "4 en tered In’ ■ b(10™ r°ds ----s surierea_ injuiy. im . struek the house breaking a parr or the siding and also breaking a chair in the house that Mrs. Fahrner had just risen from a few seconds before Several trees in the orchard were blown down and a colony house for small chicken was perched on top of one of the trees after the storm had passed. Wreckage was spread al] over the place. Before evening neighbours had turned in and re­ shingled the kitchen. Another barn on the Sth concession belonging to Mr. Fahrner was unroofed, An orchard on the farm of Wm Bowman across the road from Mr Fahrner’s was a mass of twisted and broken trees. Mr. Bowman had a frame building blown down and part of the barn unroofed but the orchard probably saved the house and barn from considerable damage. On the same line Henry .Schenk had a barn partly unroofed and a kitchen blown in. Gottlieb Fahrner had a frame barn unroofed. Albert Fahrner had a barn unroofed. Chris Haist had the roof blown from his implement house. Esli Heywood had damage done to his bank barn and part of the roof of the house blown off. On the* 4th and '5th concessions of Stephen Charles Hoffman lost the roof off his barn. Jerry Heaman had his barn , stable and granary flattened to the ground. Jack Ed­ wards had two barns practically de­ molished. Jack Haist lost his barn. Sanford White had the roof blown off his barn. Wm. Rollins lost most of the shingles on one side of hie barn. On the 8th and 9th of Stephen Wm. Morfock had parts of the roofs of three barns Kestle, Clinton Wein and others less damage. Thos. Ryan, on a fine bank barn flattened to the ground. Considerable damage in Crediton East Several homes in Crediton were damaged by shingles off and chimneys blown Lawson’s kitchen was and the verandah blown of the flax barns was completely wrecked and another considerably damaged. A stable belonging to Fred Waghorn was blown down. Damage was done to the properties of Harry Kuhn, Dan. Truemner, Henry Motz Adrian Wein, J. W. Lawson, John Schroeder and others. A brick kiln on the property of Fred Kerr, where brick were being burned was des­ troyed. The township tool shed in Crediton joining lines of badly demoralized. .. Barns in Usborne Damaged A barn belonging to Albert Scott near Farquhar, was flattened to the roof was blown from John McCullough and building was totally large tree measuring Inches through broke was blown off the creamery. The beautiful rows of maple trees on Station street were badly broken. Part of the roof was lifted from Win Caldwell’s barn and blown across a lot onto the property of Fred Hux­ table. One piece of timber made a hole a foot and a half square in the side of Mr. Huxtable’s house. Serious Damage North of Crediton For a mile and a quarter north of Crediton the wind played havoc with numerous buildings. The big red barn .of Henry Haist, one of the finest in the community was flat­ tened to the ground. A second barn belonging to Mr. Haist and across the road from the other was also destroyed. Mr. Haist carried t $2000 wind insurance on each barn*. A little further north the wind did considerable damage to the property of Mr. John Fahrner. A large bank barn was demolished Two smaller buildings were wreck­ ed. A lot of shingles were blown < fr of the back part of the house. Mr Fahner, who is in his seventies, was trying to make his way to the house when he was struck by a board and knocked down but not seriously in- . jured. He got up and was blown ■ over a second time. A windmill close i beside him toppled over. Several j were steel DR. MARGARET STRANG Will Sipeak in Caven Church, Exeter Sunday Morning, June 18th at 11 o’clock. She will tell some of her exper­ iences in the Peace River country. Everybody Cordially Welcome EXETER COUNCIL owners as- of the total uprooted. A large-piece of TO AMPUTATE LEG Mr, Archie Davis, a war veteran, who since the war has suffered, from the effects of a shrapnel wound in the right leg is at present in West­ minster Hospital and on Friday will undergo an operation in Victoria Hospital to have his leg amputated just below the knee. APPOINTED KING’S COUNSEL Mr. E. H. Senior, barrister of Tor­ onto, and son of Mi’. JOS. Senior of town, has been appointed King’s Counsel for the Province of Ontario Mr. Senior is one of the l|5i5 lawyers in' the king’s Birtihday honor list an­ nounced Saturday by acting premier HOn. W. H. Price. ...-<-■—————V—< Chautauqua will begin in Exeter on Monday next and Will continue for four days in' Leavitt’s Theatre. There is one extra program and a reduction of 25. bents in the price of adult tickets. On Thursday last Mr. H. C. Clark had the mistfottune to fail twenty feet when a rung on a ladder broke while painting the home of the Misses Andrew on Huron street. He injured his foot but was able to be around shortly after with the aid of a cane. about FINAL DRAFT The final draft ment Committee of ference contained changes from the first draft. Among the changes are: Huron Presbytery—Bluevale, Rev A, Vallance Robb; Kippen, F. Chaiidler, B.A., B.D.; Road and Roy’s, Rev. Hugh lor, B.A. Middlesex Presbytery—___JH (Trinity), Rev. Robert C. Copeland B. A.; Parkhill and Lieury, Rev, Wal­ ter M. Kiteley; Weiburn, Rov. A, Mann. of the Settle- the London Con- a number of Rev. E (Thames D. Tay- London E Perth Presbytery—-Staffa, rov. Rr Turner, B.IA,; Trowbridge, I. j. Kilpatrick b.a,, and Woodham Rev, Noir Leckio, B.A., B.D., D.D. T XV. , animals suffered injury. An im-: plement shed on tlie same farm was ’ totally wrecked and trees uprooted. ‘ W. R. Elliott’s Barn Wrecked ’ The large bank barn of W. R. El , liott just east of Centralia, one of the finest in the district was com­ pletely wrecked. Mr. Elliott had been working with a team in the field and had just turned the horses loose in the barn and had taken refuge in an implement shed when the wind caught the barn. The hors­ es escaped from the barn through a broken wall. One of the horses was injured and died shortly after while the other escaped unhurt. The windmill, near the house was wreck­ ed. A large plate glass window in the house was broken and part of the veradah smashed. Mrs. Elliott was not at home at the time. •On the third concession of ©tep- lien just south of the Crediton road the first barn to be blown down was that of Wm. Bowden. It was com­ pletely blown from its foundations and smashed into kindling wood. A calf was killed. The storm practical­ ly missed the next two farms in the line, that of N. Baker and Gordon Penhale. The next barn was that of Alfred Hodgins, already mentioned. Considerable damage was done on the farm of Lloyd Hodigson. The roof was blown from the -barn and big holes were made in the brick wall foundation. A fine garage and an implement shed were completely wrecked. Two autos were in the gar­ age but were damaged very little. All of the above damage was on the west side of the road. The barn of Herman Powe on the east side had one side partly blown in and other farm buildings had shingleE blown off but no major damage. New Barn Blown Domi A practically new barn belonging to' Mrs. Hector Mitchell was com­ pletely destroyed. The barn waE built only a few years ago to re­ place one that had been destroyed by fire. Tom Kay, who works for Mrs. Mitchell was bringing a team of horses in from the field and had stopped to open a gate when the wind lifted him clean over it, land­ ing him on his back on the other side. He did not know what became of the horses but after the storm they were in one of the fields with­ out a stich of harness or collars on them. A calf at the side of the earn was killed barn was Debris was and across At the next farm south belonging to Herman Mitchell the west side of a brick house was blown in and the interior soaked with the rain. j Damage South of Centralia, j South of” Centralia the barn I George Hicks was practically de- j molished. A large tree in front of I the house was uprooted and blown > across the road. A team of horses were in the stable at the time but were unhurt. The walls of the build­ ing were damaged very little. The large bank barn of Mr. James Oke on the highway south of Cen­ tralia was completely demolished i Tihe barn was well equipped with i hydro and all conveniences. An ad- I joining barn on the Jamieson farm the property of the estate of the late Byron Hicks, was also complete­ ly wrecked. The straw barn of Witt. Gibson was levelled to the ground and some cattle that had taken ref­ uge close to the barn were buried beneath the wreckage. Three of the anitnals were killed. At Wm. Oke’s half of the roof of the barn was blown off; some win­ dows were broken in the house and a large ttee was blown across the road, The south end of Milton MIt* chell’s barn was blown out and a large part of the shingles blown off the root Raft of the roof whs blown off Andrew Hick’s barn. In Centralia some metal sheeting of Grieve Southcott behalf of I Monday, June 5th, 193 3 (The Municipal Council met with all members present. The minutes of the meeting held May 15th were read and approved. ■Circulars were laid on the table. Pei’ Grieves & Rowcliffe: That the request of property owners on Car­ ling St. west between Sanders and Gidley streets for a cement walk he granted and the same constructed at a convenient time, the suming twenty-five cent cost. Carried. Mr. Thornton Baker asked per­ mission to place a gas tank on James St. and close to his building. Grant­ ed, under supervision of Commis­ sioner Norry. On motion and Bierling. Messrs. Sanders and waited on the Council on committee of the Horticultural So- . ciety asking for a grant toward im­ provements on the street leading to the Riverview Park. A sum of ten dollars was granted on motion of Bierling and Ross. Tlhe following accounts were read and ordered paid: Burroughs & Co. Ltd. Toronto, book supply, $4.15; P. U. Commission, poles & supplies for bell, $13.90; William polling­ wood, repairs to mower and 'cutting grass, $4.50; Jonathan Kydd, gravel $26.00; Rubin McInnis, labor, 60c.; Thos. Houlden, labor, 60c.; R. E. Davis, team labor, $7.-50; L. E. Day team lab\r» $5.00; Truman Horn draying gravel, $10 8.0 0; Peter Whitlock, gravel $27.00. Cemetery Accounts John R. Hunkin, washing and cleaning water tank, $2.00; John L. Kydd, labor, $31.60; William Smith, labor, $32.60. Passed on motion of Grieve and Rowcliffe. Carried. Adjourned by Grieve. Jos. Senior, Clerk. CALL SUSTAINED BY PRESBYTERY 'blown off. Bert Brown, Gottleib suffered more or the Townline, had Ea*t torn Mrsdown. demolished down. One while a bull tied in the only slightly injured, blown all over the place to the adjoining farm. was blown onto the ad- property. The telephone Mr. Francis Clark were of ground. 'The the barn of part of the wrecked. A about thirty off about ten feet from the ground and-, fell across the some of Mr. James McCullough. It knocked off a chimney but further than that did little damage. Jos. Creery had part of his barn roof blown off. Trueman Fletcher had the roof blown from his pig pen and the gable end of the barn blown out. M. Fletcher had half of his barn roof 'blown off. Nelson Squire had two chimneys blown down and part of the barn roof blown off. Ed­ gar Fanson lost a chimney and shin­ gles from the roof, clarence Knight had the shingles stripped from one side of the barn root, •Oh the Thames Road Jack: .Stewart and Charles Borland both lost the roofs from their barns. The roof of Jas. Cottle’S pig house was blown off. At the ‘Thames Road school tlie belfry wks blown from the building (Continued on page 4.) Todd, of Bowmanville of the Presbytery of addressed the Court on his Presbytery and the The Presbytery of Huron met in Caven Presbtyerian Church on Wed- neday afternoon of last week for the purpose of receiving the call from St. Andrews Church, Cobourg, to Rev. J. Bernard Rhodes, M.A., of Exeter. Rev. W. A. Young, of Hen­ sail, as Moderator presided and Rev. Dr. Barnett, of Goderich, acted as clerk pro-tern in place of Mr. Rhodes Rev. Mr. Moderator Peterboro, behalf of congregation of St. Andrews in an eloquent and forceful manner urged the need of Cobourg for the services of a man of Mr. Rhodes’ ability and yet in a most sympathetic manner appealing to the Caven congregation to release their minister. The session and congregation, of Cobourg, were represented by Mr. Allan Nicol and Mr. W. J. McHendry who urged the Presbytery to grant the translation of Mr. Rhodes. Caven congregation Henry of the behalf Atkin- was represented by Mr. Strang who spoke bn behalf session; Miss L. M. Jeckell on of the XV. M. S.; Mrs. (Dr.) son on behalf of the Ladies’ Aid; Mr. J. .Senior on behalf of the man­ agement and congregation and Mr. J. G. Stanbury on behalf of the Sun­ day School and Guild. All these stressed the great worth of both and Mrs. Rhodes, the untiring unselfish four years of service; outstanding pulpit ability of Rhodes and the warm place which both had gained in the hearts and lives of Caven people. While realiz- the great loss it would be to Exeter congregation, the speak- hesitated to stand in the way of Rhodes’ advancement or his op- Mr. and the Mr. ing the ers Mr. portunity to ehter a •wider sphere of service. The call was sighed by 269 members of Cobourg congreg­ ation and 62 adherents and was spoken of as consisting of practice- ally 100 per cent. Most regretfully the Presbytery by resolution consen­ ted to the transfer. Mr, Rhodes an­ nounced that lie would preach his farewell sermon on June 25th. Rev, W. A. Young was Appointed Moder­ ator during the vacancy. Remember Flower and Bird Sun­ day at Main Street United church Sunday, June 11th.