The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1931-08-27, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-APVOCAJE
.fJARLY DAYS BECALMED
t BY W JOHN SANDERS
; (Stratford, Bealcon-Herald)
Mrs. Anna Marie Sanders, widow
-pf John Sanders, who resides with
her daughter, Mrs, Georgs W,
.Walker, gtepheni township, just west
town tells interesting stories of
nearly activities, The aged lady, who
is in her ninetieth year has resided
on this farm for over 70 years. She
is a native of Devonshire, England,
.and came to this country when six
months old. She was married when
young and settled With her husband
.on this tract of one hundred, acres
> Which he had acquired from the Can-
.ada Company, The tract surround-
ipig town was all bush, with plenty
of wild life. James Pickard and
John. Welsh, also' of Devonshire,
came out on the same boat from the
Old Country. They settled in the
part which is now known as Ex
deter. There were no roads, only
trails or paths cut out through the
weds. As she remembers there
.were only two families in the neigh
borhood, those of the Pijckards and
Welshes. The mode of travel was all
by oxen and crude wagons,. Later
roads were blazed through the bush
land and little shacks were built
Jal crng the roadside, These were
named after the m'an who first set-
(tled or after some favorite name •ifrom the Old Country, such as Ex
eter, which was named after Exeter
[Devonshire, England, and which to-
-day has a Union Jack presented by
■|the people of the ojd town to this
town. Exeter, here, sent one in re
ft urn.
Speaking of the earlier methods of
'disposing of the dead, Mrs. Sanders
well remembers the first funeral,
double one, held in the now beau
tiful Exeter cemetery. She said the
first two who were laid to rest died
the same day within, half an hour of
each other and were interred, the
■same day. It was the common prac-
-ti'ce for people to bury their dead on
'their own premises and nearly every
•church was a buring ground. Final
ly, someone conceived the idea of
[having a central place where all
would be buried by wish, in one
place. As she remembers, the first
two were Mrs. Richard Gidley, Sr.,
another of Mrs. Jesse Elston town,
and Mrs. Sherbrooke. ' The bodies
were prepared f-or buriel by Mrs.
Richard Sanders and coffins were
made by Hugh Balkwill. The funeral
car was driven by oxen.
Mrs. Sanders was the m-othpr of
five children, three of whom sur
vive, and are Mrs. Frank T.riebner
of town, Mrs. Richard Penhale of
Toronto, and Mrs. George Walker,
[with whom she resides. She also
raised three children of Mrs. John
Hicks, a daughter who died in. early
life.She ’lias 23 grandchildren,' 33
great-grandchildren, and one great
great-grandchild. .. She spent four
months in Toronto last fall. She is
hale and hearty* and does not ap
pear to ibe so near 90.. iSlie is quite
-smart and. able to do. many things
about the house. She enjoys draw
ing comparisons between the simple
lives lived in the earlier years and
•those of the present time and says
of the two she prefers the past when
a man’s word was as good as- his note
and everyone was on about the same
level.
Upper School Results
MOW, AUGUST gWfe 1MC
OCTOGENARIAN CLUB
The Goderich Octogenarian Club
held its annual summer gathering
at St. Patrick's Park with an atten
dance of 28 gentlemen of 80, years
and over. Only one member who was
.present at the first meeting in 1924
was present at this years meeting,
Mr. James Mac Vicar, aged 88 years.
Three other members were unable
"to be present on account of illness.
USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office, Farquhar, Ont.
President FRANK McCONNELL
■yice-Pres. ANGUS' SINCLAIR
DIRECTORS
J. T. ALLISON, SAM’L NORRIS
' SIMON DOW, WILLIAM BROCK.
AGENTS
' JOHN ESSERY, Centralia, Agent
’ for Usborne and Biddulph
'-OLIVER HARRIS, Munro, Agent
'“tor Hibert, Fullarton and Logan
* W. A. TURNBULL
' Secretary-Treasurer
Box 295, Exeter, Ontario 0
GLADMAN & STANBURY
Solicitors. Exeter
Exeter High School has scored
another distinct success at the Up-
pei’ School Departmental examina
tions of 3L lu the subject of En
glish which is compulsory there was
a very satisfactory percentage- of
passes, 75% while- in all Other sub
jects combined there were 95 papers
passed in 107 attempts,. In one- sub
ject there were three failures, In
four subjects there were 2 failures
in each, in another subject 1 failure
and ip no less than six papers there
was pot a failure. In at Jeast one
subject there has pot beep a failure
for several years. There were 18
candidates who made a clean sweep
while five others missed one paper
each. Ip all there was 85% success
and in practically every case the
candidates wrote upon all sub
jects they had taken during the year.
The rank is indicated as follows:
75-10Q 1st; 66-74 2nd; 60-65, 3rd;
50-59 credit. Where the subject only
is named the student has secured-a
credit.
The results follow in detail:
Alexander, Jsoibel —— -Comp, 3rd;
Lit.; Geom,; Trig. 2nd.
Ciamm, Dorothy*—Lit.; Mod Hist
Alg.; Geom.; Trig 1st,; Bot. 1st;
Zool.; Phy.; Chem,
Christie, Earl E.>—Comp.; Latin
Ah'th.
Coates, Jean I*—Comp, 3rd; Lit.;
Lat. Auth.; Lat. Comp.
Creech, Joseph B.—Lit. Lat. Auth
1st; Lat. Comp. 1st; Fr. Auth. 2nd;
Fr. Comp. 1st,
Elder, C. Pearl*—Alg. 1st; Geom.
1st; Trig. 1st; Bot. 1st; Zool 1st;
Phy.
Godibolt,, Gerald. R.—Comp.; Zool.
Grob, Gordon G.*—Comp,; Lit.;
Lat. Auth, 2nd; Lat. Comp. 1st.
Heywood, Hazel*—Mod. Hist,
Hicks, Gwendolyn M.*—Comp:
Hirtzel, Henry D.—Chem.
Joynt, William T.*—Lit.; Mod.
Hist, 3rd; Geom. 3rd; Phy; Chem.
3rd; Alg. 3rd.
Kerslake, Mary E.* —Comp. 2nd;
Lit.
Kleinstiver, Ruth E.^-^Comp. 3rd;
Lit.
Kuhn, Margaret K.*—-Comp. 3rd;
Lit. 3rd; Lat. Auth; Lat. Comp.
Martin, Margaret—Lit. 3rd.
Mustard, Alexander J.*—Alg. 3rd;
Geom. 2nd; Trig. 1st; Bot. Zool;
Ph. 3rd; Chem.
Nadiger, Helen E.*—Comp; Lit.
2nd; Trig. 3rd.
Nadiger, Zeta—Alg.
Peadce, Charles—‘Mod. Hist; Zool;
Fr. Auth.; Fr. Comp.
Penhale, Helen B.*—iMod. Hist.;’
Bot.; Zool.
Penhale, Margaret L.*-—Comp. 3;
Lit. 3rd; Alg. 1st; Geom,.; Trig. 1st;
Bot. 1st; 3tool. 1st; Phy.; Chem. 3rd
Pfaff, Beryl—Alg.; Geom.; Bot.
1st; Zool. 3rd; Fr. Auth. 3rd; Fl’.,
Comp, 2nd.
Russell, M. Isabel—Alg. 1st; Trig.
3rd; Zool.; Bot.; Chem.; Fr. Auth
Fr. Comp. 2nd.
tSippell, Kenneth—-Mod. Hist.
-Skinner, Gerald F.—-Lit. 2nd.
Stewart, Ivan L.*—Lit.
Stone, Ruby E.*—Com:p.; Lit. 1st;
Mod. Hist. 1st; Lat. Auth. 1st; Lat.
Comp. 1st.
Strang. Kathleen R.*—Comp. 1st;
Lit. 2nd; Lat. Auth. 2nd; Lat. Comp
1st; Fr. Aut;h. 1st; Fr. Comp. 1st.
Striange, Frank—Lat. Comp.
Thomson, Dorothy—Comp.; Lit.;
Alg. 2nd; Geom. 2nd; Bot. 2nd;
Zool. 3rd; Chem.; Fr. Auth. 3rd.;
Fr. Comp. 2nd.
Wiseman, Kathleen A. — Mod.
Hist. 3rd; Geom. 2nd; Trig. 1st;
Bot. 1st; Zool. 2nd; Chem. 2nd;
Fr. Auth. 2nd; Fr. Comp. 1st.
Woodall, Hazel R.*—Comp.; Lit.
• Group Honours by Subjects
»D. Camni, Math. 3; Biology 2.
Creech, Joesph, Latinl; Frenlch 1;
P. Elder, Math, 1; Biology 1st.
G. Greb, Latin 1.
W. T. Joynt, Math. 3.
M. Kuhn, English 3;
Mustard, Aldie, Math. 2;
Nadiger, Helen, English 3;
Penhale, Margaret, Eng. 3; Math.
2; Biol. 1;
B. Pfaff, Biology 2; French 2;
I. Russell, French 3;
IStone, Ruby, Eng. 2; Lat. 1;
K. Strang, Eng. 2; Lat. 1; French 1
Thompson, Dorothy, Bi.ol. 2; Ma-th.
2; French. 3.
K. Wiseman, Biol 2; French 2.
Parkhill have organized a town
band. At an organization meeting
held recently thirty-five boys were
present. Much entnusiam prevails
and with Mr. F. B. Freele as leader
they expert to have a pr-omising
band in the near future.
Fneumonia Left a Weak Heart
Couldn’t Regain Strength
Miss Mabel Webb, Grand Bend, Ont., writes:—-
" About three years ago I had pneumonia and it
left mo with a weak heart, and I was so fun down
it just seemed as if I would nover regain my
strength again, I read about Milburn’s Heart and
Nerve Bills, so got a box and before I had finished
it I was fooling some better, so I kept on taking
them and in about three months I was able to go
back to my Work again.”
Fried 50c. a box at all druggists and dealers, or
mailed direct On receipt of price by Tlio I*. Milburn
Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont,
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EDITORIAL
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SAVING T1US DAY
Is there to he a financial and social crisis? This is a question
that simply will not down.. !To try to dodge the question is to play
the fool.
Everyone v/ho knows anything of world conditions is aware
that things are very bad in Germany. There has been put forward
a desperate effort within the last few days to save that one time
mighty emprie from headlong commercial ruin. Collapse
within her borders has been averted only by the narrowest margin.
But like boatmen on a river who have pased one dangerous rapid
only to be Confronted by rapids still more -dangerous the relief
afforded her is ibut temporary. She has been given a financial and
social respite, The obligations have not been met. The day of
reckoning is just ahead.
No1 one can quite tell how serious things are in Italy. Mus
solini has gathered the reins of government into his strong hands
and peace everywhere. At the same time the quiet, of that
country so proud of her ancient glory is nursing all the venom bred
by despotism. There the perilous game is being played of the
SWQrd’s keeping what the sword has won. History tells the fatal
ity of that policy,
Outwardly France is immensely prosperous. She proudly pro^
claims herself the dictator of Europe. Her banks are full of gold,
The nation that within the last score of years welcomed the aid of
the humblest to save her from extinction, now refuses to.1 sit in
constructive council with the very nations that saved her from
total collapse. Victorious in battle, she declines to act the gen
erous part either With her fallen foe or her generous allies. When
by the lifting of her hand she might stabilize the world she pur
sues a shortsighted polilcy of safety and narrow nationlism.
Russia' has thrown ■allegiance to the Most High to the dogs.
Under a governmental policy proclaiming itself the liberator of
all classes and colors, she submits to a scheme of things that
reeks with tyranny, all with the one object of so producing
material goods that she will dominate the world in commercial
wealth.
Lately comes- word that Russia and France have entered into
an alliance for mutual advantage, the vastness and dourness of
Russian population uniting with the skill and brilliance of France
with the evident purpose of putting the world in fee of this ter
rible coalition. NapOlean and Peter the Great are not forgotten.
.Sinlce the outbreak of the war the United States has pursued a
policy that speaks of but one thing—national aggrandizement.
Instead of joining with the nation's from whose loins she sprung in
the work of rebuilding the world in art, in social power, in religion,
she seized her opportunity to gather into her vaults every dollar
• that she could, ignoring the fact that her doing so stifled every
school and hospital and church in Christendom and turned millions
of toilers into the street to beg their bread. Worse- still, having
secured the world’s gold she now refuses to make even a good
business use thereof. The day is not far off when she must reap
the reward for her dog-in-the-manger policy.
Meanwhile Britain has been acting the lady bountiful. She
has not .been a good collector of what is lawfully hers. Now she
is finding the truth of the anlcient saying that “He becometh poor
that dealeth with a slack hand.” As her better spirits with sacri
ficial energy strove to- set their house in order as the Great War
came to an end, her workers went on strike, thereby throwing
their markets to their competitors. At this crisis, instead of
grasping the situation with statesmanlike firmness and facing the
issue immediately and bravely, shei.adopted the foolish principle -of
buying off the racketeers till now her money is gone and millions
of her sons have been so- long idle they are neither willing nor
able to think1 or toil. Her opportunist politicians said to her idle
ones. “Doi not seek work. We’ll feed and clothe you. We’.ll pen
alize the man who has .been thrifty and industrious and self-deny
ing, We’ll see to> it that he pays the bills.”
Little wonder that best men in-all nations fear a crisis sujch as
the world has. not faced since the fall of the Roman Empire or the
close of the Middle Ages. The seas are dark with wrath. Hatred
and misunderstanding are only too evident in all high places.
What of it?
First, there is no occasion for fear. In field a'.nd glen, in
workshop and an labratory, 'in business office and in counting house
are the men who under God can save the situation. As Burke told
the British in days that were- work for the Empire. “While grass
hoppers fill the air with their importunate chink, the British ox
quietly chews his 'cud.” The family altar has not disappeared.
Vital godliness has not vanished. The Anglo-Saxon is never to be
more respected than when his back is to the wall. While the
pleasure-nurtured and the self-indulgent have eaten out their hearts
with folly there are tens of millions who can fight* and work and
endure like men while the shallow and the faithless and the ex
citable run like rabbits. There is no cause for any stampede. The
fire will but burn the stubble. What is valuable must endure.
The worst cannot but turn the best to the brave.
This means, struggle? Yes, and men who are worth their salt
mean to.- struggle. When was anything worth the winning or the
keeping ever won at a lesser price? The lightly won and the easily
kept are an offence to men-worthy of freedom.
to“If I expect
exercise, I eat
Shredded Wheat”
“We are inviting trouble
when we rush out from
work, eat a hearty lunch and
then try to play golf, I
confine my lunch to two
Shredded Wheat Biscuits
with sliced peaches and a
pitcher of cream and milk!
All the nourishment I need
—and so easily digested that
it doesn’t interfere with my
game.”
THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT
COMPANY, LTD
HEART
MODEL SHOWS OF
'AMERICA THE CHOICE
OF WESTERN FAIR
Although the management of the
Western Fair have practically all the
leading Carnival Companies to
choose from they have selected the
world-famous Model Shows of Amer
ica for the Exhibition which is to be
held this year September 14th to
19 th.
The Model Shows of America are
not only of a higher calibre but can.
be depended upon to be new and up
to the minute. Eacn year the best
features and talent in the outdoor
show business are selected and added
to this foremost Carnival with a view
to satisfying, and pleasing the public.
Many new features are promised for
the 1931 Midway and Western Fair
visitors have some surprises in store
for them,
The Model Shows of America have
proven; that a Carnival can be clean
educational and amusing. Their mid
way presents a bright and shining
face) and so many features that take
it from the cheap class and puts It
on a much, higher plane than one ex
pects from a travelling organisation
tj of the kind. They bring, in addition
to their splendid shows, the biggest
collection of novelty rides in existen
ce, and have many of the old favour
ites as well.
The policy of being on the grounds
■first thing opening «ay and going
full blast until the gates are ready
to be lolsked on closing night, assur
es every visitor to the Exhibition a
chan’ce to see the Midway in its en
tirety.
TALLEST BUILDING PROVES
LARGEST LIGHTNING ROD
The new Empire State Building,
towering, 1,2'50 feet into the clouds,
proved itself the world’s largest
lightning rod when it was struck
three times by lightning during a
thunder storm.
A great bolt hit the metal mooring ,
most at 9.20 p.in., causing a flash of
flame seen for many blocks, and a
denotation as of thunder, but no
damage was done to the building
power and telephone lines.
Telephone operators on the 86th
floor said a sheet of flame shot past
the Windows down toi the ground,
“Experts have proved the Empire
State Building is a giant lightning
rod/’ Edward Carney> superintendent
said, “It protects nearby buildings
from lightning damage.”
- is
EatTWO
Shredded Wheat
Biscuits * day
and help Canada’s
Prosperity.
Made in Canada
with Canadian Wheat
SHREDDED
WHEAT
WITH ALL THE BRAN OF THE WHOLE WHEAT
ATTRACTIONS
Write the Secretary for further information
Entries close Sept. 3rd
X H. SAUNDERS, W. D. JACKSON,
President. Secretary.
IN PRIZES AND
LONDON ONTARIO
September 14th to 19th
Come to London during Western Fair week.
Visit our exhibition where you will see the latest
and best in all branches* of Agriculture. Shop
around in the fine -stores; enjoy the hospitality
of London at its best.
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