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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1931-03-12, Page 2Ttnirgcle.Y,• March, 12, 193 THE EXETER TIMESU•ADYOCATE cup -of Salads Green tea . Invigorates and .refreshes 'Fresh from the gardens' PONMER. 1t• EXET1 1i RESIDENT (`.lfi)I,EBRATES 00TH 13IliT.B,DAl:' Charles Etalerett, ,of Sarnia, ia, Pc calls Ealy Days Around Exeter, In full possession of his mental and, 'physical faculties, Charles Eac- rett, retired harness merchant tax this city, on Sunday entered the nonagenarian class when he observ- ed his ninetieth .birthday. The oc- casion- was celebrated quietly at his residence, 186 North Brock :Street,'. where he received the congratula- tions and felicitations ,of his rela- tives and friends and was the recip- ient of several birtnaay remem- brances. ` On Saturday evening Mr. Eacrett was the guest of honor at a birth day dinner served at his. home. In recognition •of the event a ler;'e birthday cake adorned 'with 90 light- ed ,candles was , .served. Mr, Eacrett is one of iSarnia's "grand old men" who continue to ^ enjoy life and take an active part'in the affairs of the community, pro - Vince and country, in Spite of ad- vanced age. He enters another year in normal health, sound in mind and body and confidently anticipating the future. He is, without dp.ubt, one of the most active men foo his years in the city and in this fact no takes considerable pride, 'At prac- tieally any time of the year,§ with the exception of the inclement days of winter, he is a familiar figure on the streets. He is an extensive read-. er and delights in a good book. World events are brought to his at tenti4n through. the newspapers and he has an e.Xtensive knowledge of - the happenings and doing% of teen and nations. ?lir. Eaerett has lost his hearing to a certain degree' which deprives him of the full pleas- ure of radio, although at times he is • able to enjoy a program pa;rticu- larly of music. He himself is an ar- dent fiddler and often recalls neem- Dries °tether days with tunes which have long since ,been forgotten by them for reading. One of the outstanding events •of Ilia later life was his bicycle trip: tram {Sarnia to. Exeter which he ac• 401uplisiied when he was 60 yeara age. He .has :always ;been a,li enthils- iastic cyclist and on t1ts. particular. coccaSion 'lit.' a �ecomiii.'lnied two tile- piiews on a bicycle trip to Exeter, his hornier home. The $9.utile ,,tripwan? acconrplishecl in a day4 but Air, Eacrett regarded it as "a foolish. thing to have done." He enj•ayed riding and says that if there were not so much 'congestion on the streets and roads teday he would still ride a bicycle. 11Ir, Eacrett was horn in Queen's County, Ireland, 30 miles from Dilb- lin, the capital. When. he was 13 years of ages his parents, seven brothers and one sister emigrated to Canada where they took up land in Huron Coluity near the town of Exeter. 'Hie parents 'were among, the• early 'pioneers of the comniun= sty and to them the young family fell the task of !clearing the and and establishing a home is the new country. The usual pioneering dif- •ficulties faced the family in the form of. dense woods and isolation from other 'communities. At the age. of 19 years Charles Eacrett left the old home and went to' Philadelphia to learn the • harness -making buss- ness, While there he attended the inaugural of Abraham Lincoln as president cr 'the United States, in 1860, 'The ceremoniesVwe-re elabor- ate and Mr. Eacrett recalled that,st took -one- hour for the parade to pass a ,given point. He also recounted 'the great majority. l the story of the assassination of Lin- coln by 'Wilkes Booth, font. .years Bicycle' Trip to Exeter later. The. murder was committed Mr. Eacrett was keenly interested in a theatre where the president was seated in a box with his sister -In- law and his secretary. A man shot him from the stage and escaped out through the back door where, a waiting horse carried him, to the country. A chase was soon organ - in sports. In his younger days he was regarded as an excellent marks- man, 'Which was in all iproba'bility due to his good eyesight, Today he is able to see • clearly without the use of spectacles although he uses another thor�ughbr THOROUGHBREDS have both beauty and pace ... and certainly the 1931 Pontiac Six qualifies on these counts! This fine car has the sleek grace of a blooded horse ... indeed it has a beauty and luxury much greater than its low price implies. Large, spacious Fisher Bodies are taste y upholstered in rich fabrics. They are carefully insulated against cold and ise. Rubber insulation at 43 chassis points smothers noise and vibration, and imi'nates many bothersome points of lubrication. As an instance of added value, note also.that the 1931 Pontiac has 5 wire wheels as standard equipment on all regular models without extra cost. You will also find Lovejoy hydraulic shock absorbers on all four wheels. ' Then too, you will discover the 1931 Pontiac Six easy and • comfortable to drive. It's a real thoroughbred, easy to manage,eager to obey. The famous 60 horsepower motor • :has speed for acceleration and speed for steady going .. . arid either kind comes easily, quietly and economically: Put this car through° its paces yourself. We will gladly furnish a car for you to drive. Consider its value . 'a General Motors value, easy to buy through GMAC, General Motors' own,time payment plan, and with :com- plete and continued satisfaction pledged by the General Motors Owner Service Policy. P O N NEW LOW PRICES 2 Door Sedan $875 4 Door Sedan 970 Sport Sedan • 1015* Sport Coupe 925* Coupe • • • 875 Convertible Cabriolet • 970* r GEN RAL MOTORS - AO pixel atfactory, Oshawa. Cooeratnext Tatra, Simpers and Spare Tire Extra. •Sift w& wheel{. $:ender mils trunk rack incittded d$ stancher Nnip,nent on .port moaels at dight estri fort, I 4?9 a fine car, a modern car, a General Motors valine - t,. :zed sand the hiller was shot down shortly af.terwarde.. Goes. Into BRSineSe', Returning -to Exeter k'4r, Nacrett' opened .a harness business in which when he sold out 'and moved years, when he sold .out and moved to Sarnia. He built the store -on Irochiel street now occupied by the Eraser's grocery store and there op- erated a harness shop until his re- tirement 15 year -a ago. Mr, Eacrett ,attributes his longev- ity to regular habits and moderation in all things. IIetsis a nen-siuoker although as a boy he cecesionklly sneaked behind the barn to take, a Puff unknown to his parents, Dur - Mg his long life he has (been ,pree- tically free from serious illness. Mr: Eacrett was raised. a .Conserv— ative in polities but later •became a Liberal,. He ardently supports the Reforin party and has never missed an opportunity to exercise his fran- chise. He .is keenly interested in municipal politics .and used to work for the things. he thought were in the hest interest of the community. In .speaking of the early days of the city Mr. Eacrett mentioned the muddy streets and hoard walks and the horse-drawn street ears, He al- so recalled the 'building of the St, Clair tunnel 'and his.. walk through it when completed, Sunday Scho�l Lesson ,JEST'S A1i3Oh'O FRIENDS Al)\ RODS, Sunday, March 15 -Luke 10:33 to 11:{64. •• ", ;Golden /Text • Y,e are my friends, it ye do what - sewer I command you, (John 16: 14;) Sevengreat incidents of teaching will be found in the, °Scripture mat- erial• making up this lesson. It is too much to attempt to cover with thoroughness in the time at. the dis- po'sa1 of teacher and class, but the seven great incidents can be notes and some of the leading lessons can be touched upon. These are the. Martha and Mary Contrasted The Lord's, Prayer•, Three parables: The Ini-p.ortunate • Friend; The Fatherhood; The Lighted Candle. The Unpardonaible Sin. Self -Reformation. - The Jonah Sign. False Religious• Leaders Denohnc-• ed. - There 'is. a lesson in the Martha and Mary incident so genertiily need- ed by both men and women, that people try to side-step it •by. coni- mending Martha and condemning Mary. Like Martha, , most of us Christian people are too active; en- grossed in Christian service we think more of that than we dotof the Lord Himself. Martha let her Activity in the .Lord's 'behalf interfere with her communion with Win.' She was "timbered about mull'serving," Mary put fellowship with .tile Lord in first' place, and "sat at Jesus' feet, and heard His word." • When Martha actually reproached the Lord for not caring that her sister •had "left me to• serve alone,:' 'and de- manded that the Lord •bid her .help, Martha was rebuked. • M'artha, Mar- tha, thou are careful (anxious) and troubled about many things: but one, thing is needful; and Mary bath chosen' that good part, wich shall not be taken away 'from her," • parallel passe,get In :Matthew 12:.22" 33 reeorda that •olrr Lord plainly. • told Hfs !critics that they were coin, witting the unpardonable sip. "The blasphemy against: the. Holy .Ghost,.", said He,. "shall not be forgiven unto men." That blasphemjr, the unpar- donalSle sin, is ascribing tce Satan the wane; of tha Holy !Spirit. Let it be said that these who have carumitted the unpardonable sin are not troubled over it, There Is no indication in 'the Gospele that these pharisees were at all concerned aver the sin which the Lord, plainly told Went they had committed. True Christians are sometimes tortured to spirit, suffering in ,agony -tor fear. they have committed the unpardon- able :silt; but the very fact that they. are distressed by the question,' and fearful lest they hay.e%comihitted this sin, is sure evidence. that they have .riot. Tho experience''of Jonah., has been more ridiculed, probably than any' other incident in the Bible. Und•oubt wily Satan is back of this ridicule; He seeks to discredit the great sign of Jonah because he does everything in his, power to turn men away dram Christ'. Let us never. forget -that- the Lord put Itis seal on the his {erica. authenticity of Jonah as the great sign .of His own, -resurrection In the parallel passage in Matthew 12: 38-40 we read the Lord's words "Far 'es i Jonas (Jonah) was three days and three nights In the whale's belly;. so shall the Son of Man be three- days and :three nights in the heart of the earthy" Tlie chapter .closes with •one of the most terrible and unsparing denun- ciations of men that ever carne from •the lips of a man --aid. that Ulan was 'the Son of God,,Be exposed the hypocrisy, the "ravening; and wickedness," the deadly false ..relig- ion of -the Pharisees, scribes, and lawyers -of that day, "having a form of ;•dliness, but •denying the power the of" (2 Tiini. 3.5), It is a sol- erne warning • to all professing Christians to live, in the power ,of Christ, the righteousness that they Profess. when they take His .name. Tho late H. Clay • Trumbull, ioi many years editor Of the Sunday •School Times, once wrote an. editor- ial entitled "Mary a Better House- keeper than Maratha."' It was his belief that Mary was no- less atten- tive to her duties in the lionie tlfan Martha, but that she had quietly, attended to then{ .before their De- vine Guest name, 80 that she could. give Him her. whole attention. True spirituality and practical proficiency go together. Most of us would do mere, and do it better, 11! we were %willing to do less in mider to have more ,time for communion- with the Lord. • , .In the parable of the importunate friend Christ teaches that persistent prayers will prevail. In the parable of fatherhood He shows that, if a human father knows how to give good .gifts unto his children, the heavenly Father "much more" will give—even the great gift of the Holy Spirit, whom all now have the mom- e`nt they receive Christ as Saviour. '. The third parable, that Of the light- ed ighted candle, ,draws that Christions are ' placed in the world as Tights ina dark place. Candles when lighted are not to be covered up, but so ex -- posed that they may shed forth their light. ' Cli:nistianity is not to be tan- Ceeled, but expressed. Every Chris - 11911 should be. cofitinually broad- casting the Gospel. Ah unthinkable incident occurs. The Son of God ,casts a devil or de - Mere an evil. ,spirit, out of a man who had been made dumb by this demon Y ,possession, and the chimp , man Opelika', The ,lfewish leaders actually. accuse Christ of doing these great works by the power tit Beezel., bub, or •Satan, "the chief of the .de veli"• Iit ether word -S, they identify the >i#;oly Spirit with .Satan, for we know that during His earthly • min- istry the Lord wrought His indratles Sy the power of the 1oly Spirit, \The 50 YEARS AGO . Mr. A. Jamieson, not being able to sell his storehouse et the .Grand Trunk, Clinton, as he desired, .is pulling it down and moving the tine,- bers to his farm near Exeter, where they will be used in the construe - *tem of a barn. By . the report of the Provincial Secretary, we see that a total of 128 tavern licenses were granted in Huron 'last year as against 134 in 1879 and 16 .slipip• licenses against 21 the previous year. Since the last issue of the Times• the census numerators for South Hu- ron have been appointed; Exeter, Minn Elliott; Hay, W. Carlisle• and Chris. Eacrett; Us)boi!ne, Jas. Beer and. -Geo. Powell; • Stephen, Thomas Ryan and C. Prouty. The sports of Winchelsea were greatly . excited a few days ago by the repeat that a •black fox lead' been seen in the neighborhood. It was flnally'captured by Mr. Thos. Clark. • .Mrs. Hooper, of Stephen Township has purchased 'from Mr. Kuhn, Lot 13, ton.Nbee containing 100 acres for the suln of $6,600. Pickering -Penrice -At' Hativkshaw's Hotel, Exeter, on Tuesday, 8th inst., by Rev. J. R. Gundy, Mr. Thmoes Pickering to. Miss Mary Penrice, both -of McGillivray. • Mr. Harte, who has been Express Messenger on the L. H. & B. since it opened, died at his father's resi- dence inCentralia on,Monday last. -- During the present' week. Mr. Jas. Acheson has been soliciting names to a petition asking the council to plant with trees and otherwise orna- ment and iii): rove the old market. property on Huron• Street near the. saw mill, so that it might be utilized as A pu)llic park or recreation ground.. Toter art >1'iil All991i'#1> Establisbed. 1878 atnd :I$$7 Published eye;ry Tburaiday wor.>sl ;.• at ETeter, .Ontario SUBSCRIPTION= 2,00 per 76$! adyance, BATES: Faro or Real Bstats sale 50e, each insertion for MO tour insertions. 25c, each sublse quent insertion. M'iscellaneoua ors Voles, To Rent, Wanted, Lost, Found 100. per ,Line of six word Reading :notices -1.0c, per ;assn Card of Thanks 5Ao, begaI ; verthing 12 and 80. per line. Zig Memoriam, with one verse !Roe extra verses 25e, 6...... member at The Canadian West* Newspaper Association. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. L. C. Fleming, principal orf our school was off duty on Thursday owing to iliness. •Mrs. Jas. Hodson, of the 2nd of Usborne has almostrecovered front hey recent Illness.' John Lee, Chinaman, is this week! opening a laundry in the shop 're- cently vacated by. Messrs. Itendle and Davis. Mr, Wm. Hodgert, of ttsborne, last week moved with his family in- to the house recently vacated' by Mr. Wm. Sweet 'on Mill Street. i117r, D, B. Sanders is confined to his home nursing a sore _foot these clays, the result sof air injury caused, by a plank 'falling on it Monday. Mr. D. 1towcliffe is the' first to report early cliekeiis, a lien liavinlg sat on thirteen eggs, and brought out a fine healthy brood of eleven Chicks on Saturday last. ,Mr, Richard (Netted on Sunda slipped while proceeding fienar•tlie Stable to the 1000 and in the "fall: broke one of the, bones in his leg, Mr, Thos, Hawkins has rented. Mr. 1I. 13uckinghaiim's large dwelling on Main street and will move therein shortly. We Understand 111r, Buck itighao will shove 10 London where he has. taken' a position as trs,veller. Mr, Robert Saiiders. gave the belt= ringers tit the T'rivitt Manorial ,chureh ate oyster Winner nn Friday evening at the Unto of Mr, Saittiuel Sanders. o a Prof essinl Card:. • Money to Loan, Investments Mu%; Irisl.4 ante Sate -Deposit Vault for use et .oa*' Clients ' thout charge EXETER LONDON MENSAL* GLADMAN• & STANBUR'! • BARRISArERS, SOLICITORS, &es CARLING & MORLEY,', •BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, arc LOANS, INVESTMENTS,. INSURANCE Office: Carling Block, Main 'Slew{ , ETETER, ONT. '. At Lncan Monday and Thuredey Dr. G. S. Atkinson, L.D.S.,D.D.L DENTAL SURGEON Office opposite new Post Office, Main St., Exeter Telephones Office 34w _ i House 114 Closed'Wednesday Afternoons Dr. G. F. Roulaton, DENTIST Officer Carling Block • EXETER, ONT. Closed Wednesday Afternoon Dr. D. A. ANDERSON DENTIST - formerly of Exeter has located at 205• Wortley Road.: London, where he will practice Dentistry Phone: Metcalf 4290 DR. E. S. STEINER , VETERINARY SURGEON Graduate of the Ontario Veterlaarg College DAY AND NIGHT CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO Corner of Main and Ann tStreste Office in C. B. Snell'e Block. EXETER, ONT. JOHN WARD ORIROPRACTIO, OSTEOPATHY ELECTRO -THERAPY & UTA'RA*• VIOLET TREATMENTS PHONE�0' MAIN ST.,=MR ARTHUR WEBER • LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex FARM SALES A. SPECIALTY PRICES REASONABLY SATISFACTION GUARANTIONH Phone 57-13 Dashwood R. R. NO. 1, HASHWOOD FRANK TAYLOR LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex ....FARM SALES A SPECL4LTT Prices Reasonable and Satisfaction, Guaranteed EXETER P. O. or RING lei/ OSCAR KLOPP LICENSED AUCTIONEER Honor Graduate Carey aTokleao luau tion School. Special course tats: fn Registered Live Steck '(all bree4'i Merchandise, Real EstateFara' Sales, Etc. Rates In keeping WItb prevailing. prices., Sattsfaetlon a. eared, write Osear Itlopp, Zuriellat: or phone 1$-98, Zurldh, Ont. CONSULTING ENGINEER S. w. Archibald, B.A.Sc., (Tot.). O.L.S., ilegistered )Professional pifr-. gineer grid Land Surveyor. Associate Member Engineering Institute or Canada. Office, Seai<orth,- Ontatla. Have :you renewed your~ aubscsfp tion to the Exeter T1 s-Advodatb•►, •