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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-07-08, Page 7
THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, JULY 1W EDIT 4 It has been a bit cool for picnics. • •*•*••• Currents and (gooseberries and raspberries! • **••**• Those frequent showers are real road solidifiers. ♦ * ***•* * A great many ministers last Sunday tried their teeth on their new job. * * ♦***♦ ♦ • CTo'ienfc- A QUIET, WELL CONDUCTED, CONVENIENT, MODERN 100 ROOM HOTEI__85 WITH BATH WRITE FOR FOLDER TAKE A DE LUXE TAXI FROM DEPOT OR WHARF-25C Bride-Elect Honored (The lovely home of Mrs. M. G. Drysdale was the scene of a very happy gathering on Wednesday ev ening June 3 0th, when members of t)he (Senior Institute met to do hon or to Miss Louise Drummond, a pop ular bride-elect o'f July 14t'h. Upon the arrival of the bride-elect to the home accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Case, Miss Maude McLean, president of the society, .presented Louise with a beautiful bouquet of pink and blue roses with directions attached as to where she would lo cate certain numerous pieces of cut lery. Immediately upon the un wrapping of the parcels the bride elect was shp.wer.ed. with, confetti. A short .program followed consisting of s piano solo by Miss Florence Welsh violin selection, Miss Greta Lammie; solo Mrs. Maude Hedden with Miss Florence Welsh as accompanist. A group contest followed this pleasing program with advice to the bride elect. Everyone present then don ned old-time costumes and repaired to the dining room which looked very artistic with color schemes of •pink and blue and the table looking beautiful with a lace cloth and cen tred with' a mock wedding cake. A dainty lunch was served. Immediate ly after lunch the bride-elect was asked to cut the cake under which was concealed something old and something new, something borrowed and something blue, for the bride to wear on .her wedding day. The de lightful evening came to an end with the singing of “For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow.” Although the evening was a pleasant surprise to "the bride elect, she made a very fitting reply expressing her most 'heartfelt thanks for the kindness of the In stitute of which she was a valued member. Quick Witted Kilbreath-Dayman Devine St., United Church, Sarnia, was the scene of a pretty June wed ding on Saturday afternoon at three o’clock, when the Rev.. Waldemar Williams united in marriage, Susie Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dayman, 182 South Mitton street, and Ferderick Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kil- breath, (4'62 Devine street. The bride entered the church on the arm of her father, to the strains of Lohengrin’s wedding march played by Lewis Jones, organist of the church. She was most attractive igowned in white satin made on 'fitted lines, with a long train. The high neckline was finished with a stand-up (collar and a row of tiny buttons down the back to the waist. The sleeves were of lace to the elbow where they were tightly fitted satin ending in points over the hands. Her long veil was cap style fastened with a wreath of orange blossom and she carried a bouquet of American Beauty roses and lily of the valley. Miss Ila Gall attended as bridesmaid in an argan- za redingote made on fitted lines with a train, worn over a gown of St. James rose taffeta. She wore a small crownless hat with streamers. Her bouquet was of tea roses and sweet peas. Clare Sadler, of Parkhill was the groomsman and the ushers were Ivan Hillier and • Roy Lovie. During the signing of the register Mrs. A. G. VanAlstyne, sang “Be cause.” The bride’s mother wore orchid chiffon with white accessor ies and corsage of yellow tea roses and sweet peas. The bridegroom’s mother wore black chiffon with a pattern of small white flowers and white accessories. She also wore a corsage of yellow tea roses and sweet peas. The church was decorated with palms and baskets of peonies. A reception was held at the home of the bride's parents for sixty guests the rooms being decorated with ros es and palms. (The bride’s table was covered with a lace cloth and cent red with the wedding cake. Vases of roses completed the arrangement. Mr. and Mrs. Kilbrath left on a wed ding trip to Niagara Falls and Tor onto. For traveling, the bride chose a pink chiffon dress with matching hat, white coat and matching acces sories. On their return they will reside at 12 8 Maxwell street. Among the guests were Mrs. A. Sadler, and Clare Sadler, of Parkhill; Mr. and Mrs. 'Chas. Dayman, Mr. and Mrs. A. Dayman and Mr. and Mrs. Crescent Dayman, of Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. iLovie, Roy and Marion, of Cen tralia; Mr. and Mrs. James Lovie, Mr. and Mrs. William Lovie, Law rence Lovie, Miss Marie Baxter and Mr. and Mrs. James Lutton, all of London; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lovie, Grand Bend and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stevens, Detroit.—Sarnia Observer. A stiff breeze accompanied by a heavy (rain, blights many a prospect in a farmer’s fields. * * *4 ♦ * • 4 Some farmers are finding themselves confronted with a three- year-old crop of weed seeds. ******** Three hundred and fifty-two new> doctors and no more new diseases. Something’s wrong. Every pasture is looking fine, put on their shiniest coats, ***** Those new potatoes fresh from And the green peas' Already the grassing cattle have • • • the garden are just the thing. ******** Every mother’s son who can lick a spoon must make hay while the sun shines. ******** Gentlemen of the Canadian governments, no pussy footing with the labour situation. Ruin lies that way. ******** Miss Canada has passed safely through another nice new birth day.. But what of her next 70 years? ******** If cattle are to be moved from the west, why not move tihem now before they became dried out? ******** Now for the fall wheat harvest. That crop is unusually good on the average farm. Let’s garner every head of it. a******* We called on an old friend who was quite ill. He told us that, he was 98 years of age. We assured him that comparatively few die at that age. ******** We are commencing to note some of the effects of last Spring’s flood in the widespreading of weed seeds. Weed seeds cannot ba successfully .encountered single-handed. ******** All honour to> Premier Hepburn for ibis giving that new treat ment for the streptococus germ a thorough investigation. If hu mans can get control of that germ many an ill will be either mitigat ed or eradicated.-. ******** Daughter—Daddy, the man’ that you owe $5 0 is on the phone Daddy—Hey? Tell him that we had the phone taken out. WILSONS REALLY KILL One pad kills flies all day and every day for 2 or 3 weeks. 3 pads in each packet. No spraying, no stickiness, no bad odor. Ask yonr Druggist, (Grocery or General Store. 10 CENTS PER PACKET WHY PAY MORE? THE WILSON FLY PAD CO., Hamilton, Ont, MYERS—LANE North Street United Church, Go derich, auditorium, with a profus- io of peonies, delphinium and fern, presented a lovely scene at 1-1 o.clock June 3 0th for the marriage of Miss Mary Helen Ruth, only dau ghter Of Rev. W P. and Mrs. Lane, of Goderich, to George Ernest Myers son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Myers of Mitchell. The ceremony was per formed .by the bride’s father, Rev. W. P. Lane, assisted by Rev. D. J. Lane, of Goderich, and Rev. Andrew Lane, of Forest, uncles of the bride, the three officiating clergymen be ing brothers. During the signing of the register, S. E. McDowell sang. A reception was held at the manse. The honeymoon will be spent in Al gonquin Park. Mother—Now Junior you’ve made me lose my temper. Junior—(Shucks, mother, that isn’t any loss. Subject to Constipation For Many Years Mrs. L. -Farndale, Melville St, Vancouver, B.C., writes:—-“I have used Milbum’s Laxa-Liver Pills with quite good results for constipation from which I had* been subject for many years. I can not tell the cabs© of it, but it seems to be so common that every Other person is a victim. I had tried many remedies, and so many ,. , , of them caused mote Suffering than thocomplaint itself, but Milburn s LaSca-Liver Pills seem to suit my case bettor than any other medicine.” A product of Tiio T. Milbum Co., Ltd,, Toronto, Ont. WHY DOESN’T HE? If Old Man Ontario attacked the sow thistle with the same vi gour as he attacked the corn .borer, the results would be altogether" satisfactory. ******** And speaking of weeds, a farmer told us the other day of the visit of the weed inspector. This viligant officer found a sow thistle in the field. “I found this thistle in your field. We want ■you to get after it.”' “I will do that!” was the reply. “But what are you going to do with that fanner’s field? He ihas 5,000 where I - have one.” “Oh, he hasn’t sense enough to do anything. We prod with the fellow who responds.” ******** . NOT, FAIR Ever so many of our public sokool teachers ar© required to spend their holidays taking refresher courses, the cost being mat cut of the teachers’ slim wages. This is not fair. If this course is fair why should not doctors and farmers and merchants be oblig ed to do likewise? Teachers’ were pinched financially to. the bleed ing during the depression. No class did more than they to keep the church going, to help out the needy under their observation and generally to help lame dogs over the stile. Yet they are discrim inated against in being asked to pay for training that is almost wholly in the public interest. If fhe facts were known it would be seen that teachers who are onto their job are poorly pair. Why make their lot mor© burdensome? • ***•**• THAT AFTERNOON TEA Our big brother, Tom Keith, of th© St. Thomas Times-Journal took time off the other day to write an article 'on the sweetness and light to be found in the practice of afternoon tea drinking. This habit he regards as being altogether commendable. It would ap pear from the article that about four o’clock in the Times-Journal office our big brother borrows a match, looks up the office coal oil stove, tea kettle and caddy, hies him to the office spigot, looks for the smooth place on his trousers, strikes the aforementioned match and shouts optimistically, “Well boys and girls, time for tea and lady fingers.” Then follows enlightening conversation, a refheahing siesta and the staff returns to work while our big brother Washes, up the cups and things and puts the tea kettle and the nice little stove away to serve another day. 'This custom is altogether praiseworthy. We hope thht our farmers will observe it druing the harvest time. Viators will lot their buses run themselves up there in the cerulean regions till tea is drunk. Stalin and Hitler give give over their tricks as “the cup that cheers but not inebriates” does its beneficient work. Lewis and Mitch will forget their slight “differences” as the soothing tea drives away all thought of treasons stratagems and spoils. Instead * of tea gas bombs the riot squads will hereafter go forth armed with spray pumps loaded with tea wherewith to besprinkle the unruly. Our big brother has struck-hot lie, but a harmless benoficient infxi- siou that will do all and singular good and only good. The doiyres- sion- has gone forever and war will soon not oven be mentioned. The cup o tea has won where statesmen and hard boiled business mon have failed. Well done, big brother, very well done, indeed. Reminiscences of the Twin Villages (Written for the St. Marys Journal-) Argus by S. J. Elliott) An article appeared in the London Free Press a couple of weeks ago by S, Qarett re the twin villages of Woodham and Kirkton, giving some very interesting data of the earlier pioneers of that community and in which he mentions me as giving some history locally. Well, I’m glad that the descrip tion of those villages in the 70’s and Sol’s were approved locally, but for the benefit of Mr. Garrett, the local ity, is extensive. I can produce let ters of appreciation from some very far points which would not altogeth er be considered local, sucih as Da kota, Minnesota, Manitoba, British- Columbia, Saskatchewan, proving that the St. Marys Journal-Argus is not altogether a local paper in which my writings have been solely contri buted. Then in speaking of the late Tim othy Eaton, this I mentioned in pre vious articles, Mr. Garrett forgets to mention the successor of the Ea tons and Curries, the late John Mc Curdy, better known by old timers as Little Mack. John McCurdy succeeded the Ea tons and Curries as post master and had the only store in Kirkton up un til J. Do.upe & Co., started opposition on the opposite corner, both being on the Usborne side in Huron Coun ity. E. N. Shier, the present own er with his brother-in-law, W. H. Marshall succeeded J. Dcupe & Co. Then there has been considerable discussion as to why the rivalry be tween those villages existed. Well, now I can go back into the early 7 0’s, having been reared in a log house in the village of Woodham and [ cannot recall any particular rivalry to amount to animosity. Among the .residents of either village of course the school question in 1877 did bring some heated remarks pro and con Woodham was eventually successful in obtaining a school and in 1878 our four mile jaunt forward and back to Kirk ton was at an end. The .rivalry only existed among the older people to any particular ex tent. Woodham had a sawmill, which Kirkton offset with a doctor, but Kirkton was still behind, lacking a grist mill. However it was not long before Kirkton evened" matters up by obtaining an •up-to-date grist mill, but which was or short duration, un fortunately being destroyed by fire. This did not deter the Kirkton People. A new up-to-date, modern mill soon replaced the old one and operated successfully for a number of years when again, it was destroy ed by fire, Be it said of the Kirk- ton people, no thought of incendar- ism as ever broached against Wood ham. So if any rivalry existed it was of a friendly nature. Now strange as it may seem, no rivalry existed among the younger element. A Woodham lad would step over to Kirkton and select one of the fairest for a bride, likewise a Kirkton lad would steal one of Woodham’s fairest and no kick made. There was just one obstacle the Woodham young fellows could not overcome. I refer to Amos Doupe, a famops athlete of that day. Woodham bad a number of prom inent athletes, but none could com pete with, Amos. And while speak ing of Amos and hte younger lads seeking a life companion from the different villages, or downright bold ness and audacity Amos took the “him.” When he made one of those famous hop, step and jumps for which he was noted and landed on the doorstep or rather .right in the house of the late David Kirk, a police magistrate of that day. But judic ial authority bad no effect on Amos when he deliberately walked off with Ddvid’s youngest daughter. Of course no complaint was made so David’s majesterial duties were nil. David was the first president of th© Kirkton Agricultural Society then in its infancy some seventy I odd years back. Seeing that it was useless to use his judicial authority no .boubt, he looked the young Amos over and decided that at some future date he might become a useful mem ber of this great Agricultural So ciety of which he was the president. Whether those ere David’s thoughts or not be it said that the same Amos Doupe, former athlete, lias been the Secretary-Treasurer of the Kirkton Agricultural .Society for close to 40 years. Now don’t be surprised, readers, in the near future you may get an invitation to the golden wedding an niversary of this same Amos and the bride he won from her father, Polfce Magistrate, David Kirk, of Wood ham. HONOR FULLARTON TEACHER Residents of S.S. No. 3, Fullarton (the Fullarton School) held a plead ing ceremony at which they said farewell to Miss Peail Thomsoji, the teacher for seyen years. A musical program was held at the outset. Then Miss Thomson was read an address and was presented with a walnut writing desk and a large plate glass mirror. A number of those present spoke briefly. DENOMME—O’ROURKE A pretty wedding was solemnized at St. Patrick’s church, Dublin, when Rev. Fr. Foulkes united in marriage Maraget, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O’Rourke and Gus Depomme son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Denomme of Zurich. The bride was lovely in her floor length gown of Venetian lace over white satin, made on prin cess lines and a court veil with a corsage pf orange blossoms. She car ried an arm bouquet of calla lilies She was attended by her sister Kath ryn, in a floor length gown of pow der blue cihiffon with blue accessories ies and .carried a colonial bouquet of cornflowers. The groom was sup ported by his brother Dennis. Bill O’Rourke, brother of the bride, and Adrian Denomme, brother of the groom acted as ushers. During the signing of the register, Mrs. Joseph Melady sang. After the wedding dinner, the couple left on a trip to Montreal, the bride traveling in a blue printed chiffon dress with white accessories. On their return they will reside in Zurich. MERNER^WALPER A very happy matrimonial evens was celebrated when Miss Ethej Walper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Walper, west of Dashwood* was united in wedlock to Mr. Leon ard Merner, son o'f Mr. and Mrs. Roy Merner, of th© 14th concession, Hay* The marriage took place at the Luth eran parsonage, London, with Rev* Mr. Kjllinger, officiating. The bride looked lovely in pale silk georgette with Wallace blue accessories and carried a beautiful bouquet of red roses. Miss otilla Walper, sister of the bride was nicely attired in a yel low frock with white accessories and she carried carnations. The groom was supported by his cousin, Mr, Al vin Rader, After the ceremony all returned to the home of the bride’s parents, where the bridal couple's relatives enjoyed the wedding sup per. INJURED PARKHILL TOT IS TREATED AT LONDON (Two and a half year old Emily Whiting, of Parkhill, was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, witn A severe abdominal laceration. The child had fallen on a cup at her home and in breaking the cup dealt out a nasty wound. Dr. Geo. Racey took the child to London where She received treatment. .She was later able to be taken to her home. Associations of Ideas Professor: If I say ‘“week” you think of seven days. Then if I say ‘thirty days’ what do you think of?” Student: “Jail.” STAFF RE-ENGAGED In the Ailsa Craig Continuation School the staff has been re-engag ed for next year, W. A. McLean, the principal, and Miss Annie McLach lan, assistant. In the public school Miss Catherine WyUfe has tendered her resignation as principal to be succeeded by Jack Given, who taught for a few jjeares at Lieury. Miss Margaret Love is re-engaged as the* teacher in the junior room. Snell Bros. & Co., Exeter