The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1934-01-11, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1873 EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11th, 1934 SIXTIETH YEAR., NO. 2788
EXETER COUNCIL
Jones & May
New Prints for Spring
A Good Resolution for 1934
Lux Toilet Soap...........
/ Royal York Coffee, . . .
Bulk Mincement.........
Princess Soap .Flakes .
Large Cooking Onions
New Wallpapers for Spring
The new wallpapers for Spring have just arrived; now is the time to
have your rooms re-decorated before the paper-hangers get too busy,
This year we can give you a nice range of papers that will not fade at 20c
per roll. Come in and look them over.
Students’ Winter Overcoats, $15. each
Dark Greys, Browns and Navys. Guard models, Form Fits, etc. Now is
your chance to get one of the latest style coats at the low price of $15.00.
Men’s Overcoats at $13.
On Sale, a few good Overcoats for men at $13.00 each.
January Sale of Men’s Fine Shirts
Last week we advertised a sale of Men’s Fine Shirts and many took
advantage of it. We have dozens of fine patterns in real quality shirts, .
separate collars and collars attached on sale in two price groups at $1.19
and $1.59 each.
Ladies’ and Misses’ Silk Crepe Dresses at $3.95 ea.
We were fortunate in securing a shipment of Ladies’ and Misses’ Silk
Crepe Dresses for an early January sale. These are good quality silk
crepes, new styles and colors Navy, Black, Green and Brown in sizes 14
to 42, to clear in a hurry at $3.95 each.
The new Spring Prints are here in a large range of patterns including
the popular stripes 36 inches wide, fast colors at 20 and 25c. a yard.
Simplicity Patterns
We have the Spring Simplicity Patterns in stock, many more styles than
This is an exceptionally easy pattern to use. All one price 15c. ea.
SUPERIOR CHAIN STORE
SPECIAL VALUES FOR THURSDAY FR IDAY AND SATURDAY
Fry’s Cocoa, 1-2 pound tins....................19c.
Lifebuoy Soap......................2 cakes for 15c.
Fancy Blue Rose Rice..................2 lbs. 15c.
Red Rose Keta Salmon .... 1 lb. tin 10c.
Ready-Cut Macaroni......................per lb. 5c.
. 3 cakes 21c.
1 lb. tins 39c.
. 2 lbs. 25c.
per pkg. 13c.
. 10 lbs. 25c.
POULTRY—Special prices this week on Live Hens and Ducks. (
EGGS—We buy eggs for cash or trade. You are assured of careful grading here.
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Resolved that I will feed Royal Purple Specifics to all my
stock and poultry and get the best results possible.
Royal Purple Hog Tonic and Worm Specifics
This is a newcomer in the Royal Purple line but has given really
wonderful results in the last month. Many farmers are using
their second package and are recommending it very highly.
Royal Purple Stock Specific
Unequalled as a .Stock. Conditioner
Royal Purple Poultry Specific
Keeps the hens in perfect laying condition
Royal Purple Roup Cure......................................... • 50c« a
Royal Purple Cough Remedy...................*............. 60c. a pkg.
Royal Purple 40% Protein Concentrate
for making your laying mash. Ask the man who feeds it.
One 30c. Package of Roup Cure free with every bag.
We also carry Oyster Shell, Grit, Beef Scrap, Epsom Salts,
Glauber Salts, Sulphur, Salt Petre, Bone Meal, Powdered
' Charcoal, Ground Flax Seed
TRAQUAIR & LINDENFIELD
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OLD AND NEW TIME DANCE
EXETER, OPERA HOUSE
Thursday January 18,
Stelch’s Harmony Boys
The Band With Plenty of Pep
Admission S5c. and 10c.
past
the
and
dis
and
° A Chevrolet coupe belonging to
Mr. Owen Atkinson, of Grand Bend,
was stolen Sunday evening in Strat
ford from in front of a John St. resi
dence. It was found late Monday
afternoon abondoned In Downie Tp.
RELIEF FUND
A friend has contributed $1
tho Christmas rolief fund.
to
lion. J. D. Monteith, Minister or
Public Works and Labor in the pro
vincial cabinet died at his home in
Stratford Moriday morning at the
age of 69 years. Dr. Monteith suf
fered a ................
tending
Malcolm
tfiacturer
Monteith
Ontario cabinet within a week, Hon,
EL A. Dunlop, provincial treasurer
having died in Toronto on New
Year's eve.
: Dr, Monteith suf
paralytic sti’Oke while at-
the funeral of Andrew
prominent Lfstowel Manu*
on December 28th. Ur.
is the second loss in the
UNCLE DIES
Mrs.flW. S. Howey was in Aylmer
Monday attending the funeral of her
uncle, tho late Dr. W. J. Fear, who
passed away Friday evening follow
ing an illness of, several months from
heart trouble. The deceased was in
his 74th year. He iiad practised
dentistry in Aylmer for 45 years.
Union prayer services which are
being' held in the different ichurches
this week are. being well attended,
there being a splendid spirit o.f co
operation.
QUITTING EGG BUSINESS
Mr. H. T. Rowe, who for the
19 years has been engaged in
egg business along with his coal
gasoline business has decided to
continue the handling of eggs
devote his attention exclusively to
coal and gasoline. For a great
many years this establishment has
been connected with the egg busi
ness, operated first by Mr. W. H.
Levett, now of London, who sold
out to Kestle, Rowe & Wood. In
1915, the business was taken over
by Mr. Rowe. During the first
five years that Mr. Rowe was in
business eggs were collected from
the stores over a wide area and
considerable quantities were handl
ed. The peak years were in 1919
and 1920. In 1919 Mr. Rowe pur
chased 224,144 doz. at a cost of $>99,-
503.29. The highest price eVer paid
for eggs ip Exeter was during that
year when at Christmas time $1.00
a doz. was reached. In 1920 the
volume of business was slightly less
than in 1919, the number of eggs
handled being 189,7)515 do<z. at a
cost of $97,328, With the change
of conditions and the establishment
of routes gathering direct from the
farmers less and loss eggs have
been handled by the merchants.
Prices reached their lowest level
last year when they dropped! to 10, 8
and 7 cents a dozen, Mr, Rowe
tells of the time when his men
brought in large load's over the
country roads but on reaching Ex- j
eter north it was necessary to send
out a team to relieve the driver of
part
town were too rough to bring the
6ggS
of the load as the roads in
over,
BANC>UETTED
Ex-Reeve B. M. Franics tendered
a banquet to the members of the
council and the officials at the Cen
tral Hotel on Friday evening of last
week, At tho close of the banquet
short addresses were made by all of
those present,
DEATH OF R, E, PICKARD
A shadow of gloom was cast over 1 this community early Tuesday after
noon when it was* learned that,Mr.
Rupert E. Pickard, a well-known
and highly esteemed resident of Exe
ter. had passed away, Mr. Pickard
was taken ill with influenza on the
Friday, previous to New Years and
this with other complications' was
the cause of his death. Although
quite ill he was apparently making
a satisfactory recovery when on
Monday he took a turn ror the worse
and passed away shortly after the
noon hour Tuesday. Unfortunately
Mrs. Pickard, who bas_ been ailing
for ihe past three years, is at pres
ent in a critical condition and is un
aware of the death of ner husband,
who has been her devoted, compan
ion during her long illness. Mr.
Pickard was born in Exeter in 1867,
the year of Confederation, his par
ents being the late Richard and
Phoebe Pickard. For many years be
was actively associated with the
business interests of Exeter. He ser
ved an apprenticeship in the mercan
tile business of Samwell and Pick
ard and later conducted the business
of the R. Pickard Co, He built the
fine red brick block on Main St. how
occupied by the Chainway store and
the Traquair and Lindenfield Hard
ware. The Pickard store was one of
the finest establishments outside of
the city, In addition to the Exeter
store he had branches at Hensall
and Dashwood. In 1902 when many
families were moving to the West
Mr. and Mrs. Pickard and family
left here and settled near Frobisher
(Sask., where they farmed two sec
tions of land. In 1925 the family re
turned to Exeter and since that time
Mr. Pickard has been engaged in in
surance and the real estate business
While a resident of Exeter he was
always actively identified with the
James St. church an tv nas served in
various official capacities. Besides
his bereaved widow, whose maiden
name was Miss Elizabeth Verity he
is survived by two sons and one
daughter, Clarence V. Pickard, town
Allan, of Regina, Sask, and Mrs. M.
F. Gladman, of London. The young
est son, Cecil., was in the flying
corps during the Jate war and was
killed in August, 1918. The deceased
Is also survived by two sisters and
two brothers, Mrs. W. J. Verity and
Miss Jean Pickard, of Brantford; H.
G, Pickard, of Haileybury and Dr.
E. P. Pickard, of Chicago. Mr. Allan
Pickard is now on his way home
from the West. The funeral will be
held Friday afternoon at 2.30 o’clock
from the James St. church with
trement in the Exeter cemetery.
128 JACKS IN DRIVE
There have been a number
jack rabbit drives in the community
during the past few weeks but the
largest drive of the season took
place Tuesday when thirty-five men
from this vicinity and from Far
quhar succeeded in bringing home
128 jacks. The hunters motored
about four miles south of Exeter
in a truck and then spreading out
along the sideroad for a mile and
a quarter they proceeded south in
V shape for three and three quarter
miles on the Biddulph side of the
highway In addition to the num
ber brought home several jacks were
given away. The rabbits are quite
numerous and are doing consider
able damage to the fall wheat.
Dave Triebner carried off the hon
ors for the day having bagged twelve
of the number. A couple of others
got nine each.
PRIMA DONNA TO SING
Miss Blanche Senior, of town,
prima donna of the San Carlo Opera
Company, will be the leading singer
at a musical program to be present
ed at the Technical High auditorium
in London next Tuesday evening by
the London Ladies Choir and the
London Philharmonic Orchestra un
der the direction of M. Cesar Borre.
An accident which might have been
attended with fatal consequences
and which should act as a warning.
Monday, Jan, 8 1934
The inaugural meeting of the
Municipal Council elect for the year
was held at the Town Hall at 11
a,m. The members taking the oath
of office and subscribing thereto
were as follows: for reeve, Mr. Win.
Sanders; for councillors, Messrs.
Henry Bierling, James H. Grieve,
David Rowcliffe and Samuel Ross.
At the request of the Reeve, Rev.
Mr. Staintoil of the James Street
United Church was present and was
asked to open the meeting with de
votional exercises, Rev. Mr. Stain
ton led in prayer. Mr. Stainton con
gratulated the members or tne coun
cil and hoped for great results
for the year 19 3 4. He wished all
a very Prosperous and a Happy New
Year. The
appropriately,
the first orde:
ecting of a
Councillor Grieve moved that the
Reeve with Councillors Rowcliffe
and Bierling compose the said com
mittee. He also sugg-
committee be added ti
committt to repr<
The motion was
cillor Ross
to meet at
Grieve and
to others occurred Saturday after-J the mornin;
noon when several boys were playing
on the ice some distance back from
the dam at the river. Several of the
lads were crossing the ice with Ger
ald Lawson in the lead when the ice
gave way and he was percipitated in
to the icy water almost up to his
shoulders. His companions were
powerless to help him and with the
current the lad experienced some
difficulty in getting back onto the
ice and safely to shore. He hasten
ed home in his wet clothing where
he was given careful attention
fortunately there have been
after effects.no
and
bad
goodly
adher-
in-
A WARM WELCOME
Following the evening service in
James Street United church on Sun
day last Rev. M. Gordon the newly
inducted minister at Caven Presby
terian church attended a “forum”
held by the congregation and receiv
ed a warm welcome from the mem
bers. The congregation rose as> Mr.
Gordon was invited to the platform
and
the
Mr.
the
pressed his appreciation of the kind
ly felicitations. He sposce briefly of
his work as a missionary in China.
He appreciated very much the warm
welcome that had been extended to
him and his family in Exeter. Mr.
Gordon also spoke on the theme un
der discussion by the pastor in his
evening sermon. that of “agnositic-
ism.” Mr. J. G. SranDUry who ac
companied Mr. Gordon, was called
on and very ably conveyed the greet
ings of Caven church to James St.
At the morning service of the church
the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
was administered to a fair sized con
gregation. The pas<or was assisted
by Rev.
CuObush
service.
Rev. Mr. Stainton on behalf of
James Street church welcomed
and Mrs. Gordon and. family to
community. Mr. Gordon ex-
The pas<or was assisted
J. W. Down. Mr .Walter
sang a solo at the evening
SECOND OPERATION
Master Jack Harness, son of
and Mrs. A. T. Harness, was taken
to the Children’s War Memorial
Hospital in London last week where
he underwent a further operation on
the leg which was amputated three
years ago with the view of prepar
ing it for an artificial limb. Three
years ago in February Jack was
riding on a bob sleigh on a slippery
road near the Exeter station when
the sleigh slewed and Jack was
crushed between the sleigh and a
hydro pole. It was necessary to
amputate the leg above the knee
but in the weakened condition of
the lad it was not possible to com
plete the operation. Jack is a
bright lad and has been very active
on our streets and has been able to
get around remarkably well on his
one leg. Since the operation lie has
suffered considerably but his friends
Will be glad to know that he is mak
ing a splendid recovery.
Mr.
DIED IN VANCOUVER
Mr. Ben Williams received
sad news on Wednesday morning of
the sudden death of his sister Mrs.
Bert Sherlock, who died suddenly at
her home ih Vancouver. Mrs, Sher
lock’® maiden name was Lillian Wil
liams. She is survived by her hus
band and. two sons. Six sisters and
one brother also survive: Mrs. Peter
Whitlopk, of Usborhe; Mrs. Denison
and Mrs, McNaughton, of London;
Mrs. MeDagan, Mitehell; Mrs. E.
Fox, Winnipeg; Mrs. Fred Hern,
Bengough, Sask, ano* Mr, B. Wil*
liam® of Usborne.
the
Reeve replied very
The reeve asked for
r of business, the sel-
striking committee.
;ted that a new
the list, a
'sent Fire and Light
seconded by coun
carried. Adjourned
p.m. on motion of
NEW MINISTRY
WELL STARTED
On Friday evening last a
number of the members and
ents of Caven Presbyterian Church
attended service which was held un
der the auspices of the Presbytery of
Huron for the purpose of installing
the new minister, Rev. S. Moore
Gordon, of Cookstown. Rev, W. A.
Young, B.A., of Hensall, Moderator
and special commissioner of Pres
bytery was in charge of the service
and preached an excellent sermon on
“The Adventure of Faith.” All the
local minister, including Rev. Mr.
Taylor, of Thames Road, attended as
a friendly gesture to Caven minister
and people.
After the service, Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon retired to the Sunday School
room where members of Session with
Mr. Young introduced the people to
them. A special incident of inter
est was the greeting and conversa
tion between Rev. Mr. Taylor and
Rev. Mr. Gordon and his wife con
ducted in the Chinese language.
They are returned missionaries. On
Sunday large congregations listen
ed to inspiring New Year’s addresses.
ALL SHOULD READ
THE LOCAL PAPER
It is difficult to estimate tne value
of the local newspaper which comes
to you regularly 52 times a year
at nominal cost of less than four
cents a week. It brings you the
news gathered from week, to week;
of people coming and going; of the
siek, and the convalescent; the mar
ket reports; the churcn news; the
doings of the various societies. The
business men speak to you in plain
terms showing where you can make
certain savings. For example; a
lady in McGillivray Twp., near Park
hill, was handed one of last week’s
issues of the Times-Advocate by a
neighbor and looking over its col
umns noticed the report of an auc
tion sale which was advertised for
Friday. In the items listed was an
article which she had much desired
but because of the price of it new,
she felt unable to purchase. However
she suggested to her husband to
come to Exeter and they brought
along the neighbor. She bought the
needed article and
items for a
visited the
friends and
is only one
Times-Advocate means to its
ers.
$25.00' in cash prizes,
year’s subscripion paid for at $2,00
we are giving a coupon. Ono part of
the coupon Is put in a box and on
February 1st after the coupons have
bean well mixed the first one drawn
from the box will entitle the holder
to $5.Ob. The holders of the next
five coupons drawn will receive $2.
each and the holders or the next ten
coupons drawn will receive $1.00
each. 'Subscribe now.
several other
small cash outlay. They
stores, met some old
went home happy. This
example of what the
read-
This month we are giving away
For every
•Twenty-five dollars wild be given
in prizes to the readers of the Times-
Advocate Who renew their subscrip
tions this month. See advt. on an->
other page.
and
7.30
Rowcliffe. Carried.
J. Senior, Clerk
W. D. Sanders, Reeve
The Municipal Council met at
7.30 p.m. as per motion recorded at
Ll._ ____lag session with all mem-
I bers present. Reeve Sanders in the
chair. The minutes of the morning
sssion were read and approved.
Correspondence was read as fol
lows:
A letter from the County Engineer
T. Roy Patterson, regarding ac
counts of Mr. Elliott and Mr. Norry,
labor at the approach to the bridge.
Such payment is being held subject
to a settlement with Mr. Epps who
was responsible for the mishap.
A letter from the Ontario- Good
Roads Association, S. L. Squire,
sec-treas., Toronto, regarding annual
meeting and date, piled.
Circular letters from the manager
of the Dominion Foundaries and
Steel Ltd., Hamilton, regarding con
traction involving steel.
A letter from the offiee of Dalgarno
and Dalgarno, Accountants, Dur
ham, Ontario', soliciting the appoint
ment of Municipal auditor, filed;
also a similiar letter from the office
of Alex S. Leith & Co., Toronto,
filed.An application was recorded and
read from Mr. Richard Hunter for
the position of assessor.
An application was recorded and
read from Mr. Robert D. Mousseau
for the position of Street Commiss
ioner and constable. Application to
be considered when making other
appointments.
Striking Committee report: Fi
nance, councillors, Bierling and Ross councillors
Property,
Rowcliffe;
Bridges',
Bierling;
Ross and
Roads and
Grieve and
councillors,
Cemetery, councillors, Rowcliffe and
Grieve; relief, Ross, Commissioner
Norry and the Reeve; Fire and Light
councillors, Grieve and Rowcliffe.
The Reeve a member of all commit
tees with the first named to. be
chairman of the said committee.
The report was adopted.
Mr. J. A. Stewart was again
appointed on the Library Board for
a three year term 1934-35-'3:6 on mo
tion of Rowcliffe and Ross.
Messrs. R. G. Seldon and Thos.
Pryde were re-appointed as members
of the Cemetery Board. Motion or
Grieve and Rowcliffe.
Messrs. Herbert Ford, Richard
Coates and J. Norry were re-appoint
ed as fence viewers, motion of Row
cliffe and Bierling.
Mr. Ed. Treble re-appointed mem
ber of the Board of Health. Motion
by Ross and Bierling.
Mr. Thos. Collingwood re-appoint
ed Truant Officer, salary at $10.00.
on motion of Grieve and Rowcliffe.
The appointment of person as Bell
Ringer referred to property commit
tee. The leasing of scales
property committe.
Mr. Richard Hunter
assessor, salary $115.00
of Grieve and Bierling.
Mr. George Mawson
referred to
appointed
on motion
appointed
auditor, salary $70.Ob' on motion of
Ross and Rowcliffe.
Per Rowcliffe and Bierling: That
a canvass be made of the merchants
pertaining to their wishes for a night
watchman and a. petition submitted
as provided for in the Municipal act,
Per Grieve and Bierling: That the
Clerk order fifty dog tecs for the
year. The same to be placed with
the assessor for distribution. Car.
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