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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-03-25, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1873 EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 25th, 1937 Sixty-Third Year r Complete Showing of Ladies’, Misses’ and Girls’ Spring Coats and Suits New Styles, New Materials. All sizes including Small, Regular, Half Sizes and Extra Large Sizes. Girls, Goats with Purses and Hats to Match. ' ii The Promise of Easter I New Dresses for Easter Silk Crepes in plain, also floral effects. A large range to choose from at prices that will please you. Ladies’ and Misses Knitted Suits and Sweaters The Spring Knitted Suits and Pullovers are here ready for your inspection. The Styles are very attractive and prices low. New Easter Clothes for Men and Boys A great variety of Suits and Top Coats for men and Suits for boys now on display at this store. Prices are same as last year, in spite of the rise in price of woollens. MR. SID MILLER WITH La Salle Made-to-Measure Suits AT THIS STORE Thursday, April 1st IF YOU WANT A SPECIAL SUIT OR OVERCOAT MADE TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL MEASURE, CALL ON MR. MILLER ON APRIL 1st. New Felt Hats, Caps, Oxfords, Etc. FELT HATS IN THE NEW COLORS $2.00 and CAPS AT $1.00 Men’s Coronation Ties now ready for Easter. Also New Shirts, Handkerchiefs Sweaters, Etc. New Buttons for Summer Dresses We had just received our stock of Buttons for the coming season. We have practic ally every color and size in many new shapes. Also Dress Buckles to match. Special Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday Royal York Tea, 1-2 pound package ... 25c. Golden Wax Beans ...................per tin 10c. Kellogg’s Bran Flakes ........... 2 pkgs. 23c. Five Roses or Purity Flour ... per cwt. $3.95 win■ 1.1 ” iW"Viu wii/ii - -— ii —- ss Phone 32 Huron Toilet Paper................. 10 rolls 25c. Aylmer Asparagus Cuttings ...per tin 15c. All Bran, 1. pkg., wooden spoon free 20c. Rose Brand Baking Powder...1 lb tin 14c. Jones & May Phone 32 $ Once more-the whole world rejoices in the return of (Spring and the resurrection .of the earth from its winter death. This ancient festival, celebrated from the earliest times by all inhabitants of the northern hemisphere, has a special significance for 'Christians, since the early Church adopted it as the occasion on which to celebrate the resurrection of 'Christ .after His crucifixion, .But the same re turn of Spring. was the great annual festival of all peoples for thou sands of years before the Christian era. It coincides, too, very closely with the ancient Jewish feast of the Passover, which^tself derives from the (primitive universal rejoicing over the rebirth of life as evidenced by the return of all green growing things, and the bringing forth of their young by the beasts of the forest and fields. There is no. -mention in Scriptures of Easter as -a special day of celebration, nor of any other' special holy day. But the fathers who b-uilt up the church founded upon the teachings of Christ wisely en couraged the pagan peoples whom they sought to win to the new religion to retain their ancient traditional festivals, adding to them a new significance and symbolism. Thus it came about that the old festival of Easter, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of Spring, came to be, as an early church historian wrote, “observed with the gladness of a new solemnity,” and the old name has -become the English name for the festival which in iorther languages has a name derived from the Jewish passover. The Germans call it “Pass”, the French “Pasques”, the Italians “Pasqua’ and the Welsh “Pasg.’. But in all languages it signifies the most sacred and the most joyful of Chris tian festivals. The significance of Easter is the hope and promise which the resur rection of Our- Lord holds for everyone, of eternal life for the human soul and spirit. Just as the return of the sun from its winter hib ernation in the (South has brought to1 all (peoples in all times promise and evidence that life does not end when grasses wither and trees shed their foliage at the advent of Winter, but continues to manifest itself afresh in new forms, so the Resurrection of Christ is a pledge to every faithful believer in Him that they, too, shall not perish but shall have everlasting life. HATCHERY FIRE About two o’clock Saturday morn ing the citizens of town were awak ened from their slumbers by the ringing of the fire alarm. A smold ering fire had started in the old Metropolitan Hotel now occupied by the Lakeview Hatchery, operated by Wein Bros., of Dashwood. The fire was in the second storey and was eating its way between the walls and the floor. The firemen were able to bring it under control with little damage to the building. The greatest damage was done by water and smoke, About 17.5 10-day-oid pullets were suffocated. There were about GO00 live chicks in the building at the time. The fire was discovered by Mr. Cecil Jones, the nightwatchman at the plant. It is supposed to have started from a brooder stove. The sounding of the alarm soon brought many citizens to the scene. Order Your Easter Lilies & Flowers NOW ! ! E. & M. BISSETT Residence Phone 15Ow Easter Novelies Watch Our Windows for Easter Novelties Priced from lc to $1.00 Spring House Cleaning is Here Again Brighten up those Walls and Furniture With NEPTO-LAC ENAMEL Ten Outstanding Features 1. Nepto-lac can be used for inside and outside use. 2. Nepto-lac leaves no brush marks and is as as smooth as porcelain. 3. Nepto-lac dries dust free in 2 to 3 hours and hard in from 4 to 6 hours. 4. Nepto-lac requires no special undercoating. 5. Nepto-lac requires, no special thinners and may be thinned when necessary with Turpentine. 6. Nepto-lac has no objectionable odor. 7. Nepto-lac is easy to apply and can be brushed back and forth as frequently as necessary. 8. Nepto-lac hides unusually well in one coat. 9 .Nepto-lac is very economical. It spreads 650 to 750 square feet per gallon. 10. Nepto-lac is waterproof—tough—durable and heat resisting. 26 Lovely Shades to Choose From NEPTO-LAC HEAVY DUTY QUICK-DRYING ENAMEL for your car makes a wonderful job. Try a can We .are now booking orders for paint before the advance in price. If you want to save some money see us at once. We have color cards for all jobs. Get one. Traquair’s Hardware The Old Game .... BINGO .... In the Club Rooms of the Canadian Legion THURSDAY MARCH, 25th 15 Good Prizes Admission 25c. 8.30 p.m. Door Prize - EVERYBODY WELCOME - The regular meeting of the Cana dian Legion will be held Thursday nig-ht immediately following the Bingo. OYSTER SUPPER WHALEN UNITED CHURCH TUESDAY, MARCH 30 Followed by a humorous 3-act play “The Girl in the Fur Coat” Presented by the W- A., Elimville Special Mjusic Between Acts Admission 40 and 35c. MYSTERY EUCHRE TO ERECT SUMMER HOME With the beginning of spring, work has commenced on one of the largest and most elaborate summer homes along Lake Huron. Mr. E. P. Wright, Of Detroit, Who is having the place built, has awarded Mr. A. J. Sweitzer, of Beach-of-Pines, the contract, and Mr. -Sweitzer who also designed the -plans has not spared his efforts in bringing out the fine features, which this cottage affords. Mr. D. Gordon, of the Huron Lum ber Co., of Exeter, has tho contract to supply the material and has com* menced to do So. * ILL IN LONDON The many friends of Mr. W. J. Statham, of London, will regret to learn that he has been confined to his home through illness. Mr; Stat ham suffered from an attack of the flu which affected his heart* GOOD RETURNS An Usborne farmer shipped three head Of cattle to- the Toronto mar ket Saturday with Mr. B. Williams and ho was quite delighted with the returns having received a not return of within a few cents of $100 for each animal. A mystery euchre party will he held in the I. O. O. F. lodge rooms Wednesday, March 31st at 8 p.m. Members and their lady friends and Widows of deceased brethren are in vited. Ladies ©lease provide lunch. O. W. KESTLE, N. G. badminton players VISIT GODERICHft Fourteen members of the Exeter Badminton club visited the Goder ich club Monday evening, A few of the Exeter ©layers won their games but the biggest majority of the games were won by the Goderich players. Following the games the Goderich club furnished a delight ful lunch. The evening was greatly enjoyed- EXETER COUNCIL Monday, March 22, 1937 A regular meeting of the Municip al Council was held with all members present. The minutes of the- prev ious meeting were read and adopted” on motion of Dignan and Southcott. Carried. Circulars were laid on the table and ordered fyled; A letter from the. Department of Municipal Affairs, Memorandum to tlie Treasurer of all Local Municip alities re Business Tax Refunds, 1936. A letter from the Bray Hatchery of Hamilton, asking'“for the amount of refund of Business Tax amount- ting to $9.48 claimed by them. It was moved by F. May and se conded by W. Hern that the matter be left in the hands of the- Reeve and Clerk, with power to act. The appointment of a Municipal Assessor for* the year 1937 was con sidered and per motion of Council lor Hern and seconded by Councillor May that Mr. John R. Hind be ap pointed. Carried. Per motion of F. May that addi tional Electric Street light be erect ed, one on Andrew street between Sanders and Gidley streets and one on Wellington street, east in front of G. J. Dow’s residence and one on Gidley street in front of F. Brock’s residence. Motion seconded by J. W. Hern. Carried. W. S. Cole asked permission to erect an electric sign in front of his business stand. Granted on motion of Hern and Southcott. Carried. Motion by Councillor- Dignan: That the present Billiard and Pool room license be cancelled and that no further pool Room license be is sued in Exeter for the year 19.37; seconded by councillor. May and car ried unanimously. Mr. W. C. Pearce, Tax Collector addressed the Council with regard to the further collection of Poll T.ax He was given instruction to continue The following list of accounts were read and ordered ©aid per mo tion -of Councillors May and South cott. Carried. County Office Supply Co., dog tax $5, Collector's roll $9.80, oath of allegiance forms $1.00, Tax and post. $1.62, total $17.42; J. H. Ken ner, two books for receipts and dis bursements $17.00; County Huron, Hospital fees $12.2'5; Library board grant $250,00; Severne Winer, trucking gravel $1.50; Louis Day, Town Hall account $5.00. Adjourned by Southcott. “ A. Acheson, Acting Clerk Tuesday, March 23, ’37, 7.30 p.m. A special meeting of the Munic ipal Council as called by the Reeve and held in the office of the clerk with all members present. The Reeve explained the matter to be dealt with as outlined in the following motion per Councillors Dignan and Hern: That the Clerk notify Mr. Nelson Statton that the Billiard and pool Room license as issued to him is herewith cancell ed and withdrawn from this date carried. Pei’ Southcott and May: That the fee for license for a Billiard and ROOi R'o-om so- paid to the municip ality by Mr. Statton be returned to him in the sum of one hundred and five dollars. Carried. Adjourned by Dignan, J, Senior, Clerk RESIDENCE SOLD The handsome brick residence of Judge J. G. Stanbury on the corner of North and Andrew Streets was purchased on Tuesday by Mr. Wm. J. -Smith through Mr. C. V. Pickard, agent. Mr. Smith is to be congrat ulated on securing this lovely home. FARM RENTED Mr. Wm. Hodgert has rented the Bell farm just south of the village. Mr. and Mrs. Hodgert will occupy part of the residence, Mrs. Bell re serving some Q-f the rooms. An auction sale of the farm stock, im plements and household effects will be held this (Thursday) afternoon. MOVING TO EXETER Mr.'and Mrs. Wm. C. Allison, of the Thames Road, expect to move to Exeter in the near future where Mr. Allison will enter into partnership with his father-in-law Mr. H. T. Rowe in the gasoline and coal busi ness. Mr. Allison will hold an auction sale of his farm stock and implements on Tuesday, March 3 0th. PURCHASE PROPERTY Mr. W. Abbott has purchased the property of the late Richard Terry, N. Victoria street, comprising two residences, a brick and a frame dwelling. The property adjoins that of Mr. Abbott and the/brick dwell ing will be occupied by his son-in- law,. Mr. Arto Delve, who is moving to- Exeter from Forest. The citizens of Exeter will welcome the return of Mr. and Mrs. Arto Delve. CRITICALLY ILL Mr. Michael Elfoyd was taken ser iously ill on Tuesday and was rush ed to St, Joseph’s Hospital, London, in Mr. R, N. Rowe's ambulance. About 6.30 p.m. he underwent an operation and is at present in a crit ical condition. About two years he underwent a similiar operation and at that time he was quite ill for sev eral’months. He will have the best wishes of many friends for his re covery. DIED IN DASHWOOD Mix Frederick Willert, an esteem ed resident of Dhshwood, died sud denly Tuesday- night at the age of 78 years, 3 months and 19 days, heart trouble being the cause of Ms death. Mr. Willert had been about town during the day. He formerly lived on the 14 th concession of Hay and about 14 years ago retired to Dashwood. He is survived by ’his bereaved widow whose maiden name was Margaret walper also six dau ghters: Mrs. Louis Restemeyer, Of Hay; Mrs. Thios. Hayes, of Tecumseh Mr-s, Edmund Kraft, of Hay; Mrs. Ted Miller, of Dashwood; Mrs. G. Chesnau, of Burmingham, Mich.; Mrs, Pochler, of Ft. Wayne, Ind, and one son Ivine, He is also sur- rived by one brother John, of Dash wood, and 20 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Tho funeral will be held Friday afternoon, at 2 p.m, at his late residence followed by a service at the Lutheran church. Interment in the Bronson Line ceme tery. INJURED IN ACCIDENT Wm. Castle, of R. R. No. 2, Den- field, is in a critical condition in St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, having been knocked down on the High way south 'of Elginfield Tuesday morning when he backed into- an automobile driven by Mr. E, J. Shapton, of Stephen. According to an eye-witness Mr. Castle had dis mounted from a bus at the . 15th concession of London- Township and his attention was attracted by a friend at the side of the road and he backed into' Mr. Shapton’s car that was passing at the time. Ho was knocked unconscious to the pavement. A pane of glass in the left front door of Mr. Shapton’s car was badly smashed. Mr. Kenneth Hockey, of town, came upon the scene and brought Mr. Castle to Lucan where he was treated by Dr. G. gopher and removed to> St. Jo seph’s Hospital. Mr. Castle suffer ed from a fractured arm, a couple of scalp wb'unds and internal injur ies. -The accident was investigated by Traffic Officer Robinson, of town. MOTHER DIES Mr. F. J. Wickwire was called to Leamington this week owing to the death of his mother who passed away at the age of 83 years. Mr. Wickwire will have the sympathy of many friends in his bereavement. MONEY RETURNED A ten-dollar bill was picked up on Main Street on Tuesday by Mr. Ro-bt. Crawford and it was brought to the Times-Advocate to be advertised. Shortly adterwards R. D. Hunter, of Usiborne, -came in to advertise that he had lost a ten-dollay bill. The money was returned to its owner, LICENSE REVOKED At the council meeting Monday evening the license of Mr. Nelson Statton to operate a pool and bil liard room in Exeter was revoked. Foi’ several weeks Mr. Statton has been operating a pool and billliad room and the council were at sea as to whether or not they had the power to .refuse a license as Mr. Statton had complied with the municipal by law passed in 19 25 and paid the li cense fee. The council have revoked the license and the next move is- now up to Mr. Station. Mr. Jas, Grieve, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Grieve, Helen and Jean returned home Tuesday after holidaying in California. Mr. and Mrs. Grieve and family spent the winter there while Mix J. Grieve hao been away for the past fivo weeks. They made the 3,« 000. mile trip in less than six days. Hot Cross Buns EVERY WEEK-END Leave your order for Good Friday WE DELIVER W. E. Middleton PHONE 52 PLAY AND DANCE ** “Jimmy Be Careful” A Three-Act Comedy Drama presented by THE EDEN PLAYERS ..-I at — Eden School Thursday, March 25th at 8:15 sharp MUSIC BETWEEN ACTS Admission 25c. and 15c. EVERYBODY WELCOME LEAVITTS THEATRE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY March. 35th, 36th, 37th. “REUNION” featuring Dionne Quintuplets and all star cast of the “Country Doctor” MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY March 39th, 30th, 31st ‘Rainbow on the River’ with Bobby Breen, Charles Butter worth and Mary Dobson an all star cast THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY April 1st, 3nd and 3rd Big Broadcast of 1937 with Jack Benny, Burns and Allen and Martha Ray April Sth, 6th, 7tli—‘Tarzan Escapes’ Mr. M. F. Gladman, of London, has been seriously ill with pneu monia but his many friends will be pleased to know that he is improv ing. His mother, Mrs. F. W. Glad man has been w-ith him. — YOU ARE INVITED TO CALL AT — Mrs. Hyndman’s “THE FRIENDLY GIFT SHOP” EAST HURON ST. Specializing in Hand Woven Articles, Purses, Knitting Bags, Scarfs, Baby f Carriage Rugs, Etc. Hand Knitted Articles—Socks, Bed Jackets, Baby Jackets, Bootees, Bonnets, Etc. Hand Embroidered Articles for* home use, Costume Novelties, and Gifts for All Occasions Bridge Prizes, Etc. ALSO REGENT KNITTING YARNS & KNITTING BOOKS .... Permanent Waves .... CONTINUING OUR EXTRA SPECIALS AT ONE PERMANENT FOR $3.50 AND BRING A FRIEND FOR ONE CENT. Finger-Waving and all small work 25c. Make appointments early for Easter HELEN’S BEAUTY SHOPPE In Mr. Harness* Barber Shop Phone 23