The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-12-23, Page 6THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1937 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
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WHAT' HAS GONE BEFORE
Merry Millington, young and lovely,
accepts a date to go to a famous
roadhouse "with Basil Norton, who
she does not 'know very well. She
promises her mother to be home
by 1 o’clock. Basil introduces
Viola Weiss and (Firank Scarponi,
who accompany them. Her com
panions imbibe freely. In hope
of sobering Basil, Merry asks a
waiter passing on the veranda to
bring them coffee. He does and
helps (Merry when Basil spills
coffee on iher dress. Comes one
o’clock and, Basil drunk and in
furiated because Merry talked to
the waiter, refuses to (take hei’
home. She rushes to find the
friends waiter and arrives as he
is being introduced over the radio
as a distinguished guest — Worth
Hunter, famous football star. Not
a waiter at all! Before she real
izes it, Worth and -Sue Williams,
>his girl, have left. She has no
one now to turn to.
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She remembered .the pande
monium which bad broken loose last
Thanksgiving when this same Worth
Hunter had made two long touch
downs. This same Worth Hunter.
She stood there, the only one in the
crowd not cheering, stood there
thinking how different he -hadHook-
ed in a mud-streaked helment and at
the distance she had been from the
gridiron; remembering how thrilled
she had been when the whole root
ing section rose with one accord in
ovation to him.
'Suddenly Merry realized her only
friend was leaving! She’d have to
catch him now.
Oh, she was ashamed to! She was
ashamed to barge in on the cold
Miss Williams. It would be the
hardest thing she had ever done.
But she knew he would not fail her.
He would understand. He would let
her ride back to town with them.
Back to Mother, who would be
was expecting her
wait
even
door,Merry reached the
long bright blue car with
then walked away in the direction
of the car, a grin on his maudlin
face.
He had driven to t'he foot of the
steps and was waiting for her when
she came down. Frank and Viola
were not there. Perhaps Basil had
forgotten them. 'She wouldn't men
tion it. (She wouldn’t mention any
thing that would detain tihem or get
Basil off on another line of thought.
Basil goaded the engine to a loud
angry roar. They careened out in
to the higihway.
“Not so fast,”
clutching ‘her soft
little closer about her, snuggling
into the corner of the seat.
But Basil, still grinning stepped
farther on the gas, taking tire sharp
corners on the left side, bis motor
jarring out into the silence of the
tall virgin forests about them. For
tunately at 1.30 in the morning
there was little traffic on tire coun
ty road.
“Please, Basil, go slowly,”
begged in a small voice.
Stopped
And Basil’s grin widened,
spot where a little road went
to the darkness to a tiny
spout and then came
a side road which was
scallop on the -cement
highway—Basil pulled
shadow which lay like a black lace
shawl before the whispering Spring.
“Sure I’ll slow down. I’ll stop!”
Basil chuckled and in his thick voice
which made Merry’s
a small
Merry
evening
Merry
At a
off in
water
back again—
only a gravel
ribbon of the
over into the
frightened
from the wheel, this
mask in a
was something
heart stop like
animal.
Basil turned
face moving toward her, a
bad dream.
“When I take a girl out, I expect
a little loving,” he said. And Merry,
cowering in the corner of the seat,
saw that the veins stood out on has
temples and his hand trembling,
touching her arm, burned into the
flesh.
Once she had slapped Basil, but
then she had relied on a tall (hand
some protector, a young man in a
mess jacket who -had not been a
waiter at all. And now she was
alone with Basil. A cry for help
would be lost in the vast pine-clad
hills. She must not antagonize him.
“Coune on, please,” she pleaded,
gently pushing his hands away. “You
promised to take me home. Basil!”
Sudden inspiration ca.me to her. “I’m
so late my brothei’ will be looking
for me. He may be along anytime.”
'Oh, she wished that he would! She
wished there was a chance of it! But
John as on night duty at the garage
And realizing that lie couldn’t come
made her feel all the more lonely
and helpless.
Changed Plans
Basil sat up quickly. “Oh, he will
will he?” That same mysterious
•smile which had lent his maudlin
face a cardonic leer returned. “Then
; I’ll tell you the little trick right
! awray.” He fumbled along the das-h-
| beard for the ignition. “I’m not tak-
■ inz you home. I’m taking you to a
■ party.”
i For a moment she couldn’t believe
; ■ him. She thought ihe was joking,
! thought that because he was annoy-
I
ing—who
now.
■ iBlit as
she saw -a
two couples laughing and talking,
move suddenly out into the highway
and disappear d'own the winding hill
road. Wortn Hunter had been at
the wheel. She was too late!
For a moment Merry stood there
with the music behind her and the
gay lanterns twinkling beyond. She
stood pale and frightened, .hopeless
ly straining her ears to catch the
last sou-nd of the long bright blue
car that had disappeared around the
hairpin paving which wound back
into town.
Gone: The person she had looked
to for protection. There was but
one thing left—to go back to Basil—
Basil wire had made a fool of them j
both before the crowd; Basil who-
had shown her he expected too i
much—and worst—Basil, irrational j
with liquor and furious because she ’
had slapped him!
Merry sighed. Her glance fell to !
the lovely pale yellow formal—the |
orchids which had begun to droop I
a little. “Orchids to a lovely lady!’
With a pang Merry recalled Mother s |her „ teasing hthe wards. ."Extravagant, ,graaua)]j. what Jying pel._
, , , - . ., Jmeated through her fri?ht, throughshe had not seen it until;,her an.absorMng anxietJ.' t0 “et
XlDMheSS!” BaSil’S|h0“here'd been a party planned nil
V01 e- (along, he was sayinig. it was Frank
! Scarp on i’s and Viola’s crowd. He
; hadn’t forgotten Frank and Viola!
disgust at the words. “Extravagant,!
unnatural and tawdry,” Mother had;
said. But
now,
“Here’s
phlegmatic
Merry whirled. He was lurching:
down the steps toward her, his hatj
S‘'thta,fa,'Wtr<1,,On(hiS h,eai W,?:ile|Th<!y had gone on ahead with their
be rnggled mto his topcoat. Hu lips Wenas_more ,0[ aeIr ktoa ol
•S\n ng. ST y* hlS ' I i’O"M ho a party which
heavy Moodshot eyes, halt-cai ess, j t a tu a Th h a , ]d w
,ng. halt stabbing her. | tQ bring a gW ,He had hw
“AVasliecl Up” i And she was going. He wouldn’t be
■ made a laughing stock—bringing a
I girl who went home before the party
j began. He threw in the clutch.
Merry’s eyes were wide and dark
as midnight now. ,
“I’m going home,” she said with
frightened dignity and reached des
perately for the wheel.
Basil stepped on the igas and the
car lurched wildly back into the
highway. Back into a path of a
speeding car!
“You wanta igo home? O.K. I’m
washed up. The party’s washed up.'
You’re washed up. I shoulda known
bringin ’ a little—ihigh-faat.” He
paused, looking at her golden beau
ty uncertainty, a trace of leniency
returning.
Merry was deaf to- his grumbling,
She (heard only his “O.K.” And tre-1
lief moved in her drawn face, pull-f
ed up the -corners of her mouth,
brigih-tened her eyes,
“Oh Basil!” she said. “Let’s go
now. Shall we? Please, let’s hurry,
Basil!” she was already halfway up
the steps towards the checkroom.
“You get tihe car!” she said, speak
ing gently, coaxingly as one would
to a Child. "1*11 get. my coat!”
And Basil hesitated a moment,
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Crash
Brakes squawked frantically. Both
I cars swerved Merry clutched the
‘ door handle prayerfully and closed
! her eyes. There was a crash. Bas
il’s car piroutted and Wavered un
certainly on two- wheels before sit
ting down with a sudden thud. Be
hind them tihe other car stopped.
Neither had upset. Miracuously, nei*
I ther had plunged down the wooded
abyss on the other side.
Basil, iprotane and trembling,
climbed out, faced the enraged driver
of the other car. Merry stole a
quick glance bach. -She didil’t Avant
to be seen. Apparently each Car had
a crushed fender—a front one of Ba
sil’s, a reat one of the black sedan.
That whs oiie thing she remembered
afterward. It had been a 'black se
dan. The other drivei* had climbed
out. Tii
see him
say the
the car.
f
th moonlight, Merry could
gesticulating angrily. She
silbouttes of two others Ifl
SO YEARS AGO
Peseinlber 29, 1887
(Among tower Exeterites, who
have been in town during the week
visiting friends, we notice the beam
ing countenances of: Dan Dyer, of
Zurich; Thos. Ramsay; Dakota; Mr,
and Mrs. T. White and Jno, white,
Windsor; Geo. May, London; Mr,
.Hurst, -better known as I K. .
Merry shrank back from the fury Frank Tom, Clinton; J. N. Hooper
of the two drivers, drew back into
the sea—not listening to the irra
tional threats of Basil or the gruff,
close-bitten replies of the other man,
(She tgazed up at the serene night
sky, at the steady calm
full moon. It must be
ihome, mother . . .
Suddenly Merry slid
the wheel. This was her chance! Why
not drive home, leaving Basil to ar-
ih-is
COMES’
stare
after
oyer
I
“Shor tie”;
•Seaforth;
R. Welsh,
of the
2. At
under
gue, leaving him to walk off
drunkenness -under the stars?
But the key was gone! iSurely -Ba
sil had not thought of this eventual
ity and purposely taken it with him!
More likely, as he had reached au
tomatically to turn off the switch,
he had taken it without thinking.
Perhaps his unsteady hands (had
knocked the keys to the floor. iShe
bent over and felt along the rubber
mat eagerly, rapidly.
(Continued next week)
Kippen East W. I.
The annual banquet of the Kippen
East AV. I. was held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen McLean on Mon
day evening. Despite the cold and
the unfavorable condition of the
roads the members were all present
except two. Between forty-five and
fifty guests sat down to well-laden
tables and when all had done full
justice to the good things provided
the toast to the king was proposed
by Miss A. Dinnen and responded to
by all singing God Save the King. A
toast to Our Country was proposed
by Mrs. Rathburn and the Maple
Leaf was sung in response. Mrs. Hy.
Caldwell then gave “Our Members"
and Mrs. G. McLean responded. The
following program was then opened
by the singing of several Christmas
carols. Then Miss M. McKay gave a
short talk on the “Origin of the
Christmas Tree.” The roll was call
ed and was responded to by a silver
collection to be sent to the children’s
shelter, A very interesting story of
the MciLean family was given by
Mrs. G. MciLean. Mrs. Broadfoot gave
a reading taken from Dicken’s
Christmas Carol, Mrs. Robert Simp-
Son demonstrated the wrapping of
Christmas presents and then called
on Mrs. Stoneman who read an ad
dress to Mrs. G. MOLean and Mrs.
Rathburn while Mrs. Simpson pre
sented each with a nicely wrapped
Christmas gift from the members.
The presentation of bank books to
Tommy Kyle, Baby Bell
Eyre as made by Mrs.
Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Dilling
Traquair then sang the
song, “‘Star of the East,” and Mrs. J.
Sinclair favored with a .piano solo.
Santa Claus then came along and all
received a gift off the Christmas
tree. Mrs. J. McGregor moved a very
hearty vote of thanks to our host
and - hostess and the meeting was
over. Our January meeting is to be
held at the home of Mrs. Roberr
Simpson.
Toronto; Wm. Pickard,
James Ramsay, Guelph;
Denver; I, Carling Jr., Toronto; R.
Elliot, Toronto; Miss F. Rawden, of
Goderich; Mr. John Knight, Palmer
ston; Miss Ida Sperling, St. Marys.
Miss Edna Gould, who has been
visiting friends in Goderich for the
past few months, returned home the
other day.
Rev. John Greenway, of Crystal
City, Man., is visiting friends in the
village.
The shooting, match between Thos
! Bissett Jr. and AV. E, -Sanders took
place on Saturday last. In the first
match 10 birds for $10 a side, Thos.
Bissett won, the score standing nine
to eleven. In the next match at
20 birds for $20 a side, Bissett won
the score being fifteen to eleven.
Etherington - Etherington - At the
manse, Exeter on the 25th inst. -by
the Rev. Wm. Martin, Mr. Geo. Eth
erington, of -Sanlac, Mich., to Miss
Minnie, second daughter of Mr. Ste
phen Etherington, of Usborne Town
ship.
Hagen-Rajmsay - At the residence
of Mr. Jas. Ramsay, when his eldest
daughter Jessie, was united in mar
riage to Mr. R. A. Hagen, teacher in
■Hay Township-.
Mr. Alex Dyer has declined to
stand for the municipal election.
Monday was nomination day and
as a consequence the county was
astir. Exeter nominations were as
follows: For Reeve, Dr. Rollins and
(L. Hardy; deputy-reeve, W. G. Bis
sett and John Ranton; Councillors.
Thos. McCallulm, Jas. Pickard, E.
Christie, James Willis, T. B. Carling
A. G. Dyer, D. Johns, R. Davis and
J. P. Clark.
In Stephen nominations were: V.
Ratz, reeve by acclamation; H. Eil-
her, first deputy-reeve by acclama
tion; 2nd deputy-reeve C. Eilber and
Wm. Baker; Councillors, P. Coughlin
John Sherritt and D. French.
In Hay nofminations were: Reeve
S. Rannie and H. Hoppel; deputy
reeve, J. C. Kalb'fleisch and G. Mc-
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‘ter were also here at the funeral,
Mr. Norman jarrott, of Usborne
left with his family for Toronto this
week to reside. Mr. Jarrott has se
cured a position in that city.
Mr. Thos. Bissett who has been in
Victoria Hospital, London, for sev
eral weeks, returned home Wednes
day.
Mr. AV. H. Hooper returned Thurs
day from a visit at Sandusky and
Algonac.
Miss Alma McPherson, teacher at
Brantford is home for the holidays.
7 he Bells of Bethlehem
BY MARIAN KEITH
The -bells of Bethlehem ring
_ In the dawn o’er Judah’s plain,
While earth’s war-trumpets dim and dull
T'he tender, peaceful strain.
Sweet bells of peace, oh may your song
Be caught at break of day
By all the towers of Christendom
And swept upon its way!
Till o’er our earth, 'poor, sorrow-torn,
The healing anthem swells,
And warring discords fade beneath
The sounding Christmas Bells
'S1 ft1
Ewan; Councillors, Messrs. D. Sur-
erus, J. Voelcker, A. McEwan, Fred
Hess, H, .Heyrock and M. Geiger.
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been
that
been
25 YEARS AGO
December 26, 1912
Mr. J. J. White, formerly, of Ex
eter, was re-elected, councillor of
the village of Outlook, Sask., at the
recent municipal election,
Mr. and Mrs. John Spackman have
Christmas visitors as follows: Mr.
E. J. Spaceman, wife and son John
and daughter Mrs, Graham John
ston with her husband and son, all
of Toronto; Mr. E. H. Spackman,
wife and daughter Reda, of Blen
heim.
Mr. J, W. Bawden, of North Battle
ford, formerly of Exeter, has
re-elected school trustee in
hustling western town.
Miss Thompson, Who has
teaching in S. S. No. 3, Stephen for
the past two years, has resigned her
position and left the latter part of
the week for her home in Toronto.
Mr. Clive ,H. McAliter, of the
Medical School, Toronto, is spending
the holidays with his parents at the
James .Street parsonage.
Miss Cruickshanks teacher, left
on Friday for her home in Sarnia
Her room will be taken on the re
opening of school by Miss Wetherell
of Wyoming,
Mr. W. H. Gregory, of Stratford,
was here on Friday having accom
panied the remains of the late John
Prang. Mrs. Prang, son and daugh-
Santa Claus will come tonight
If you’re good,
And do what you know is right.
As you should.
Down the 'chimney ihe will creep,
Bring for you a woolly sheep,
And a doll that goes to sleep,
If you’re good,
'Santa Claus will drive his sleigh,
Through t'he wood,
But he'll come around this way
If you’re good,
With a wind-up bird that sings,
And a puzzle imade of rings,
'He will bring you many things
If you’re good,
You can plant tulips and be as
sured of good bloom to January 1
if you can work the soil.
Qtye fester
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LILLIAN HODGERT,
J. B. LINDSAY WED
By a ceremony performed before
immediate relatives and friends
Saturday evening at 7 o’clock at
the home of the bride’s father,
285 8 Angus St, Regina, Lillian
March, eldest daughter of Mr. A. E.
Hodgert, became the bride of James
B. Lindsay, Glasgow.
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The bride, who was
riage by her father,
room to bridal music played by Miss
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selections during the signing of the
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The rooms were bright with chrys
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rice Hodgert, of Vancouver. The
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sequim Juliet cap. Her flowers
were Talisman' roses and violets.
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a lace coat and a matching blue
turban. Miss Hotham wore black
net with" touches of red and a black
hat. Mrs. W. George Burgess, who
ushered the guests to the dining
room where the wedding supper
was served, wore a gown of pink
lace with matching jacket.
The bfide’S table was covered with
an embroidered linen and cut-work
cloth and held a centre of T'ailsman
roses banked in green and white
tulle, Fonr pink tapers were alight.
The four-tier wedding cake, banked
in tulle was on a side table.
Toast to the bride Was proposed
by Aiderman Murdo Cameron and
Rev. A. D. Mackenzie spoke briefly.
During the supper a telephone ball
was received from the bride’s sister
■Miss Beatrice .Hodgert, in Vancouver
The couple left later for Winni
peg on their wedding trip, On their
return they will live at 0621 Vic
toria avenue. (For travelling the
bride chose a seal coat, opening
over h royal blue crepe dress with
peasant embriodery in colored wool.
Her accessories tvere black suede.
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How could Sally Watson be expected to catch
the Yuktide spirit? Jack, her own Jack, was
five hundred miles away and Christmas juBt
wasn’t Christmas without him. <U Church bells
chimed their joyous message; sleigh bells
jingled merrily;infectious gayety and
laughter bubbled all around her — in vain.
Then the telephone bell rang and Jack
was calling his Christmas Greetings
to a sparkling* starry-eyed Sally, jfjS\
. tile loveliest Christmas
bell this year was the tele-
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