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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1934-12-27, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1873 v SIXTIETH TEAR, No. 2837EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27th, 1934 NEW YEAR’S GREETING * NEW YEAR As the Old Year draws to a close, we welcome this opportunity of thank­ ing you for your liberal patronage of this store, and we sincerely wish you all a most HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS TRAQUAIR & LINDENFIELD — DEALERS IN — Hardware, Stoves, Paints and Oils Tinsmithing and plumbing GREETINGS There are times to solicit business And times to send a bill, But this one time of all the year We send you just “Good Will.” A BUSY WEEK Mr. W. R. Goulding, teacher . *of music in the public schools, was one iof the busiest persons in this com­ munity during >the week before 'the holiday.' He bad no less than 22 school concerts with 19 cantatas. As many as four concerts were held in a day. Practically all of them were well attended and in every case Bane ta Claus visited the school and dis­ tributed gifts for the children. The Exeter Post-office was a busy place all last week. For several days there whe almost a continuous line­ up at the wicket either sending mail of calling tor it. Additional help was needed. CHRISTMAS TRADE GOOD Exeter was a busy place for sev­ eral days before Christmas. The merchants were pretty Well satisfied with the holiday trade. Christmas shoppers were imbibed with 'the Christmas spirit and while money Is not as plentiful as it has (been some years still there was improvement over the past couple of years. Christ­ mas decorations were more in evi­ dence this year than ever before. Practically every store window in town was gaily decorated and color­ ed lights shone out from private Christmas trees and from the win­ dows in many homes, Tuesday next will ne New Years Day. , Cedar Chests AND NEW FURNITURE Also Furniture remodelled to order. We take orders for all kinds of ca­ binet work for kitchens, etc at the DASHWOOD PLANING MILL DANCE EXETER OPERA HOUSE NEW YEAR’S EVE Shorty Grant and his Band Admission 35c and 25c SEAFORTH LAWYER DIES Lieut-Col. R. B. Hays, a promin­ ent barrister of Seaforth, where foe had been a resident for forty years, died. Christmas afternoon from a sudden heart attack while spending Christmas at the home of his daugh­ ter, M.'rs. E. C. McClelland, Toronto. He was 70 years of age and is sur­ vived by his widow, four sons and two daughters. Col, Hays served overseas with the 161st battalion. Mr. and Mrs. I-iy. Bossenberry, of Detroit, were guests at the home of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Bartow, over Christmas. 'Miss­ es Velma anil June Bartow returned to Detroit with them to spend the Christmas holidays. In the announcement of the Week of Prayer to be held in tHe churches of Exeter beginning January 7th which appeared last week the service in the Trivitt Memorial Church was omitted. The service will be held on (Monday evening conducted by Rev. W. A, Young. 'M'r, Geo. Beavers, BcA., who hae been travelling in the state of Iowa for the American Chickle Co., of New York., accompanied by Miss Helen O’Connor, of Toronto, visited from Thursday to Saturday of last week with Mr. and Mrs. B. W. P< Beavers, M'r, Rog, Beavers, of Sar­ nia, accompanied them to- Toronto returning here for Christmae, “A guid new year tae ye yin’ a’, An’ mony may ye see; An' durin’ a’ the years tae come, Richt happy may ye be/’ These are great years to be alive, for great things are coming to pass. More obviously than in any era through which the race has lived, the old is passing. Things are becoming new. There is no doubt in the world that things are becoming better. True, villainy is afoot, Greed and covetousness still throttle legitimate enterprise. The god of war still raises his bloody standard. Inde­ cency would degrade in screen and public entertainment. The man with foxlike brain and wolfish jaw and tiger springs lurks for the innocent or the weak. But while all this is true, it is true also as never since the floor has notice been so effectively served on these slimy forces that their day is passing. These deadly foes of the race flourish only in the dark becaues their deeds are evil. They die in the light and the light has .found them. War’s true’nature has "been discovered and men see that to wage thoughtless war is to pander to the mer­ cenary soul of heartless business, .and turn from it in horror and disgust. The politician whose one aim has been his own empty glory has been found out and left, to go his way alone. More than in .any day for 2,0001 years strong business men have learned that then' success must be measured in terms of service as well as in dollars. 'The average man has. found out that he has not only rights but strength as well and can afford to look at the world with level eyes. To the man of faith these are great days. 19 35 greets every son of Adam with rousing challenge. NEWS OF FATHER’S DEATH CAME XMAS MORNING Gathered ajb-out their Christmas tree on Christmas morning the fam­ ily of Mr. Th'os. Pryde, reeve elect, were making merry when a shadow >of gloom was cast over '.he house­ hold by the sad news that -Mr. Pryde’s father had died at his home at Kirk­ caldy, Scotland. The previous day Mr. Pryde had received a. letter from his father conveying' Christmas greetings and apparently he wais well at the time. He was 77 years iof age Four years ago Mr. and Mrs. Pryde visited Scotland and were present at the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. Pryde’s parents. Another eoa, John, a former resident of Exeter, resides at Windsor. RCOF OF RINK COLLAPSED The eft repeated question as to whether the Exeter rink would open this winter was definitely set­ tled Sunday afternoon with the col­ lapse of a large portion of the large steel structure. About two- o’clock Sunday afternoon residents near ‘the ■rink heard a loud crash as the roof gave way. The front wall was left standing but nearly one half of the front part of the circular dome cav­ ed in. The rink has been condemn­ ed for some time and danger signs were posted on the outside.. This ,is the second time that 'this same por­ tion of the rink has caved in. Sev­ eral years .ago it gave way and was again built up. There is .a sugges­ tion of clearing away 'the debris and an open rink being fixed up fo.r the winter. AUTOS COLLIDE When a car belonging to Mr. An­ drew Hamilton failed to pull out of a rut on the highway north of the river early in the afternoon on Tues­ day it struck a car belonging to M,'r. Cyril Tuckey damaging it to such an extent that it is estimated it will take about fifty dollars to make the repairs. The two cars were meet­ ing, Mr. Hamilton motoring south with Mr. Percy Hewitt. <Mr. Tuckey had pulled bo' the side with one wheel in. the rut in the road caused by the snow. When Mr. Ham­ ilton’s car refused to respond to the steering wheel the two cars came together head on. Fortunately both drivers had applied the brakes and the cars had .slowed down consider­ ably. One fender of Mir. Turkey’s car was dented and the axle bent. There was no damage to- Mr. Hamil­ ton’s car and no one was hurt. Mr. Hamilton agreed to settle the dam­ ages. BANQUET Flock owners and poultry breed­ ers of this community in all numbering about eight were present at a banquet in the Central Hotel on Thursday evening of last week. Af­ ter partaking of a sumptuous repast served by the new proprietor of the hotel, Mr. J. j. Cox addresses of im­ portance to flock owners were deliv­ ered and a general discussion of their problems took place. The prin­ cipal speakers of the evening were Prof. G. B, Dale, of the Ontario Ag­ ricultural College, Guelph, and Mi’. Fred Bray, of the Bray Hatcheries, ■St. Cathc-iiines. The banquet was sponsored by the Bray Hatcheries, successors to the Baby Chick Hatch­ ery in Exeter who have recently in­ stalled a new incubator of 30,000 capacity. iMhny complimentary re­ marks were paid to mine host, Mr. Cox, for the very attractive manner In which the tables wore decorated ’and fen* the excellence of the banquet EXETERITES IN CRASH Wihen word of Ithe train wreck at Dundas on Christmas. night reached Exeter there was some anxiety in at least two of the homes here as Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Diavis were on their way home to Toronto and Mr. Grant (Sanders was on his way to Buffalo. They left Exeter by train Christmas afternoon to make con­ nections with the London train. It is believed that they would not be in time to- make the special but would be passengers on the regular train which' ran into the other. None of the passengers on the regular were injured. A telegraph message was received from Hamilton by Mr. Sanders .from Grant that he was safe. Further details are being awaited. CHRISTMAS TREE Saturday night was a great night for the yo,ungtsers whiO' gathered at the Town Hall, to participate in the distribution of presents from a gaily lighted tree. We doubt if ever the platform of the hall was ever decor­ ated more attractively than it was that night. Toys, dolls and teddy boars were there in great profusion to gladden the hearts of the boys and girls and in addition their were over a hundred cartons of candy. Seventeen doll beds that were neat and attractive in gay colors and for whicli pillows, quilts .and mattresses . had been made by the Women’s In- I stitute, started the hearts of many I of the little girls beating in antici­ pation before the distribution began. [The beds were the work of several of the members of the Legion under whose auspices the splendid gifts had been gathered together. The children, who participated in the gifts numbered close to 100' while 15 0 others were present. Before San­ ta Claus arrived on the scene a short program was given with Mr. Tbiomas Pryde, president of the Legion, in the chair. A piano duett was play­ ed by Iva and Ila Willis and a duet was sung by Marjorie 'May and Jean Elliott. Chas. Godbolt sang several Scotch selections. Cyril Strange sang several times with guitar- accompani­ ment and Katherine Armstrong play­ ed a number ion the violin. Rev. Mr. Stainton gave a short, humor­ ous address and thanked ’the Legion for the part they had played in toy­ ing to see that no child in Exeter ishould be overlooked n't-, the Christ­ mas season. Reeve W. D. Sanders al­ so made a short address. In addi­ tion to the members of the Legion and the W. I. the merchants of Exe­ ter contributed towards the gifts. RECUPERATING Mr. L. Victor Hogarth, who has been spending the past couple of weeks at his home here, returned to the Christie St. Hospital in Tor­ onto on Tuesday for a further clinic and X-ray. Mr. Hogarth who ex­ pects to have to repeat the operation of a new graft to -the spine, has gained in weight during the time he has been at home. He Is able to be out and around and is regaining some of his old time vitality. He will spend some time at his home here before undergoing the second oper- atiof), ’Mr. Donald Gladman, of St. Jo­ seph’s Isle, arrived home Wednes­ day evening to visit -with his par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Gladman. Among those who are home from Western University, London, are Messrs. H. Creech B.A., Hy. Jennings Earl Christie, Grafton Cochrane and Rowe Dinney and Misses Helen Pen- hale, Margaret and (Jeanette Taman. FIRE AT BLYTH Fire breaking out in the drying kiln of the Blyth Woollen Mills on Friday morning last gutted the in- •terior of the mill and destroyed a large stock of yarn. Ten men will jbe thrown out of work. Preparations were being made to increase the ca­ pacity of the mill. IN DETROIT HOSPITAL On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Percy Hewitt and his sister, Mrs. H. Row- cliffe were starting out with Mr. A. Hamilton, to visit their brother Aus­ tin who is seriously ill in a .hospital in Detroit, ibut they had gone only a short distance when they met with ;an auto accident, and had to abandon the journey. About three weeks ago Mr. Austin Hewitt, an Exeter Old Boy met with an auto accident and had several (bones broken a'nd is now in the hospital. 15 PERSONS KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK Fifteen persons were killed and about two ecore injured in a railway accident at Dundas Christmas' even­ ing when a fast C. N. R. passenger train crashed into a holiday special on a siding after hitting ;an open, switch. A -special train was on its way from London tiO' Toronto and was being following ay the fast ex­ press from Detroit to Toronto. The first section had pulled onto .a sid­ ing at Dundas to allow the regular Jar train to pass. When the regular struck the switch it took to the siding and crashed tae rear of t'he standing train. The two rear cars were demolished and fifteen persons killed and about forty injured. The injuerd were removed to hospitals in Dundas and Hamilton._______________ _ , SEVERE SNOW STORM " Motorists who waited until the day after Christmas to return to their homes after holidaying with relatives and friends found them­ selves in the grip of the worst snow storm of the winter. The weather on Christmas- day and for most of the week previous was excellent but a storm came .up during the early hoiurs of Wednesday morning and during the day numerous cars were stalled along the highway. At one time in the afternoon between Cen­ tralia and Exeter fifteen cars were counted, all stalled in the drifts. The snowplow cleared the highway in the afternoon and again in the evening making a way for the cars that were stalled. Several cars were damaged and had to be towed into town. One party left their car in storage here and took the train out.’ Several parties were storm stayed at the Central Hotel. Mr. Howard,'s bus from London went into the ditch south of -Centralia in the evening and did not arrive in town. We un­ derstand that no damage was done. One of the passengers was brought to Exeter while two others remain­ ed in a farm house over night. The snow plow going down in the even­ ing also went into the ditch. The driver was blinded by the snow scat­ tered by the plow and before realiz­ ing his position was off into the ditch. The road was cleaned Thurs­ day morning. SANTA CLAUS FUND The Santa Glaus fund mis year made possible the sending of baskets of Chrstmas cheer and clothing to many families to whom it would mean much at this season of the yeai’ The spirit of wanting to share with others at the Christmas season was quite evident. None of the funds were .used in connection with the Christmas tree sponsored by the members of the Legion. It. is expect­ ed the funds will all foe used up when the bills are all in. and there is still need -of some footwear for some of the children. Some of the ladies of town did splendid work in ascer­ taining the needs and seeing that they were met. The, cash contributions ackowledg- ed last week for the Banta Claus fund amounted to $39,00. Further contributions, are acknowledged as follows: I.O.O.F., $10.00; Sandy Elliott. $1.00; Miss Jeckell, $1.00; Mr. Howard’s room at school. $2.00; G S. Howard, $1.00; Dr. Atkinson, $1.00; Win. May, $1.00; Rev. J. H. Stainton $1.00; Wm. Ward, $1.-00; J. W. Hern, $1.0-0 ; Miss M. E. Ross, $1.00; Wm. Leavitt, $1.00; Mh W. Pfaff $1.0.0; J. H. Jones $1.00; total $63.00, Last week, the name of Roland Mo-tz was omitted from among the list of contriibutors to the Christmas Tree. Donations have since been re­ ceived from N. Sheere, C.G.I.T. and Miss Horton’s Room at the. school. If you have particular taste in food, Cultivate the habit of dicing at THE CENTRAL HOTEL Special New Year Turkey Dinner 506