The Exeter Advocate, 1923-12-13, Page 44.14
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TI-HUR SOAY, DEC:, 13th, 1923.
Crediton
BAZAAR-Ia the. Methodist Church
School Room, on Friday, Dec, 14, af-
ternoon and evenings Rama' work,
aprons, drorne-made candies and farm
products; there will also len an orange
the. A;etfennoan, tea will be served
also supper from 5 to R.
Centralia
At 'they close of the co,Tritest held
recently between, the young men; s •r,nd
-. youtng women's : claasies of the lateen.
S da Dec 16th Sunday School, the youryg leen being
The ervaces ran y, .the losteas e,rntertai"ned" the ladies at
11 no,, 'n nes internee st of nee Surtd.:rY ,, .<i
SV a the Ramis of MrsT.,.Falliw, when an
Scholl. Rev. Mr. PloinMelly of E tet
er ~yell have charge: of the moraitzng,
servae:e and Rev. I {hely vv'ilcl p'reacb
in the evening
Was. Marshalt of Blyth as v usiting at
the home of her daughter M'r's., George
Hicks,
The annual Sunday School enter-
tainment will be Meld on Thursday, Dec
ZDth, to the basement of the church.
.Birthday celebrations sete.iu td be the
order of •the day in C'entt"t'altia, Mr.
Geo, Baynbam, Sr., having celebrated
hos 7Dth birthday on Thursday, Dec,
6th. vFr. Baysuhnzn wasborn near
where used to ,stand No, 1 toll gate
in London Townlship, about three
miles north of London. At the age of
•
Mallett enjoyable ,evening was spent.
ars. Brinker of Newslelamburg is vis-
iting her +sis'tier Mrs. Battram.
Mass Nellie IVlprxay spent 'she week
end in Detroit, •
Alas, Annie, Hicks has returned ,home
after a. visit svath her solei 1VIr. WilWilsonHick,;.
Mrs. E. Mason visited her daughter
!m Sarna last week.
We are having unusually mild wea-
ther for this s easo t of the year.
The, members; of Grace Church have
bought a piano, for the.. pair'aah. nail
our years he moved wadi' his parents
Mats.T'lamett and sorra Kenneth', to the 21stconceasacosn of IYIcGrI?avray,
of London are visiting Mr.' aand Mrs
• where he resided almost continuously
Ed. Feltner at the. Central i•Iotel until the year he moved to Cen;tra&,+a1
Messrs. „Harold Gower and Emersonrn 1 arch, 1.8$9, where he. has since .re-
lloeszler have returned from the Wert sided. He is a member of the Cen
where they helped with the harvest tralia Methodist Church and has been
airs 1-I. Eilber was its Zurich on Sat- Sunday School Librarian for over 30
urday attending a directors' nieetnn5 of years, and has missed very few Sun-
the
un•t=e Huy Township Farmers'.Fire In days, serving in that capacity. He al-
Mr.
Co so belongs to the Centralia Court ,^£
AIr. end\Ire. gy m. Watson,and faire- the I. O. F, area. has been flnacn,cial
ily have moved to Medford, where fserratary of same 28 years. He
Mr.. Watscn has pureah,sed a ten yard has always had atre e f oderable dealings
Mr. Cans_ Zwleker was in 3 arc>!nta wall r the pubkic in has 21 years lem-
on n business trip the past week. nioyment at the Cexntraiz'rn grain eleva-
tor your Christmas parcels early for a,nd his ,honesty in all his dealings
and insure them at tls,e post ottrc.e. fres won for lira a host of friends.'Vfr, and Mrs. Wm. H. Smith have ,A remarkable feature of .iVlr. Baynhatn
bo.,.o, visiting here from :V havean. • is Itis ability for walking which he sat-
ed
and firs. Henry Pfaff have movelions very much at the present time,
ed 'ants the village again, and in his younger dayswhile in the.
Mr. Geo, W. Sweitzer left Lor New employ of the late Joseph Cobbledick,
York on Wednesday morning. l on his farm nearMooresvill e, he would
Mr. 4v,'. H. G:a,ser, who ;pent the walk to and from hctahonue on, the 2lst
past two weeks with lir. and Airs. l conc,es "+an of lYfcGj1! vray to spend
Warm at 4larkha:ir, has .eturauad li,onie. I SSunday. Mr. Baynham i,s still have
horn
Baby D'es.—The home of Mr. andandhearty and we hope that he may
Mrs. Alonzo Heddert who resides , he long spared to enjoy his remark -
east of here, has bejen saddened by ceiebxat,ion tv"ere,blheath. ose his plow ester anresent td an,
e
the death of their little eight days Mrs. Milton Ztf tchell and Mr. Lloyd
old daughter, who dad on Monday Baynlram of Exeter, with their respec-
rti.eht. he funeral took place to the tive families. Other members of this
Exeter Cemetery on. Wednesday. fareily who were unable to be present,
are Mrs. Fred Lane of Carduff, Sask.,
Mrs, Walter 'Thompson of Wolsley,
Dashwooas w' d Sask., Walter Bayr ban, CPR- train
1t.3 1K despatcher of Brandoun, Man., and
Maxwell Baynham, C.P.R operator of
Word was .received here la: k Week Bonar Laur, Ont.. Mr. and Mrs. Bayn-
of the death at South R`..vter • Oat., ban also celebrated. their 44th wed -
on, Nov. 20th, of a former wzllakn;own drag a uiive.rsary on Dec, 2nd.
restd-r t .of t_ is section in the per-
son of James Kenn:ings; at the age of
74 years. He had intestinal trouble.
D.ecteased left here in 1907, after hav-
ing farmed for several years zh,;est a
Dashwood. Previous to that he liv-
ed at Sarnia. He carne to this country
from England at 4 years of edge.. His
wife died in 1916. Two sons'and two
daughters survive, William of Oregon,
Fred of Hensall, Mrs. J A..Payr ee, Mrs.
Paul Gabel of South River.'
(Death el \Irs. Graybeel. — Seophia
Chapman, widow of the lata John
Grayb ,e1, sr., ryas born in Edgefield,
Norfolk Co., Ragland, on Oct. 15 1839
and did on Dec. 6th, 1.923 at her
home .on the Branson Line, Hay, Dash -
wood, aged 84 years 1 month and 21
days. She cams- to Canada, with her
parents when 5 years of age, and lived
in. Waterline .ouaty u,ztiL her marriage
to John Graybiel ar., on Dee. 21 1856.
after which they moved to Listowel
for a f'ew pears and thence to the
Bronson 'Lane, Hay Tp., where they ,
resided lar nearly sixty• years. Her
husband predeceased her about two
y-ea.rs. She leaves. to mourn, her loss
four daughters and..ono sae nggel'ine
and Esther Ann at home,. Mrs :M. • E.
Pope of ,Preston, Mrs.. M. E. Van;Der-
stein of -Saginaw, Mich., and Jain W.
of Dashwood; also e'..14,?. Vert gran child-
ren and six grant grandcbildresa be --
sides two, sisters, Mrs. Montgomery of
Ccn:cstaga and Mrs. Koepke of:liisuth-
amntcn, and two brothers, John Chap-
man of Kitchener and :Mathew` Chap-
man of Ros,evine, and a large circle
of relatives and friends.: •Interment
took place to the Brons,otn Lines aeme -
tery on Sunday afte,niaanl, Dee. 9th,
1923, the Ran Yager officiating. 'Thus
the family loses a kind and ealpving
mother whir: 'thoughts. were 'always
about her children to the last, and the
community loses a arida *:ash evectelah
Hensall
Mount Carmel
Miss Huberta Glav in. 0! London
spent a few days last week with ,her
sos ter, Mrs. C. Rlegan,,
ear. Tai. O'Rourke,. of Edmonton.
Alta is visiting lays parents, Mr. and
Urs. Rich. O'Rourke.
Mr. P. Flanagan attended the Fat
Stock Shaw held at Toronto last
week.
VLr. Leo O'Rourke returned home
last week, after s,pieinding Several .mon-
ths in. the West,
Mr. James Quarry of Toronto made
a call l. avant•'.'. last week.
Mr. Thos. Hall and bride of Detroit
visited the former's parents here last.
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. O,'Leairy, and Ass
Kathleen called on friends here'. oni
Sunday.
Mrs. Jahn Fisher hasnireturned re-
cently from Toronto, where she spent
some thyme weeks with, her daughter
Miss Helen.
Mics Irene '• Douglas ,is visit'ng in
Nast vnil,e, Tenn.,. where she has rela-
tives.- She intends spending a couple
of months there.
Mrs. N. B. Horhon.vibe recently un
derwent a very serious operation, is
nak:;ng good improvement and has re-
turned home.
' Mrs. Paisley, nee Ruth Ra'nnie, of
.alontreal. is here spending a few
weeks with her parents, ':'41r. and Mrs.
E. Ronnie
Messrs Jelin and William Craig and
sister, hiss Hannah., spent the past
week. .n Toronto with relatives and
friends
Mas Helen Swan, who has been nur-
shas for several manths in Bayfield
district, is home.
Mrs. D. Urquhart and daughter, Mies
Beatrice; have returned ,from Fimt,
Mtch:, where they had bean visiting
fre;.rids.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Bonthron are
lookLag forward .to celebrating their
golden anaisversaxy at Christmas tinge.
Mr, Roy Todd „s planning to go t
Bad Axe, Mich., on a visit.
The funeral of the.lat,e Samuel
tan took place on Thursday. He was
unmarried and farmed for many years
at Lumley, ri tiring tot Hensal,l aur.
t years ego:. Hie is survived by three
brether.> and three sisters, Messrs.
Jan. Horton of Hibbert; Nicholas of
Helvetia liestry of Tuckcrsmiib, Mrs.
Bullard and Mrs. Dickson, Hawaii, and
Mrs. Jams' Brora,dfolat, Tucksrns-n*1-h.
te Tae funeral of Andrew Starr:r"an
and a kind neighbor behoved by ., cuk lace on Wednesdayto Mcla
waao knew her. She was a rneinlbe pfy:,tears Demeter The de a. -ed was in
the Calvary Evangelical Church -' elf poor health for a tong tl nme and 'suite
Dash -woad, and ¢uathftng gave v,'i' rn r<e helpless, being unable to leave his
Exeter Council
Monday, December 10 1923
A regular session of the Municipal
Council held in the office ot the clerIc
ucation 't epairtmle,nt of the Govern-
Ment gri'lnts to the various Collegiate
Institutes end High Schools in than
county-Clirtoz, $$1,533,30, Goderich,
21,434.3Q; S.eaforth 22,482,30; Wing.
tam, $1,574,67; Exeter, : 21,298.63;" total
38,3 3.Z5r
Ex -Warden' W. R irallriatt, N, W.
Trewatlya E. R. Wigle, M L,
A., James Ford of Clinton .',t d Gordan
Young ,of CodLborrne: addressed the cows
cel .e roads, etc .:
Warden B. W. F. Beavers was the
recipieent of a, gs ld-ls:ead,ed cane at
the bale In of his fellow; members, as is
the usual custom when wardens have
completed 'their term, The cane bas.
,name, year a{nd office inscribed on it;
The usual 'Sm'oker" was held on'.
Tltuusday night, when besides the
mernhers and .officials, tea -wardens N.
W. Trewartha and W. R. El)rlott were
Dr,cs' nt
Aai extra grant of 251)0 Inas made
to the Children's Shelter.
"Grants were g'iv'en to Clinton and
Brussels owing to street improvement
The public school ins,pe'ctors asked
far an iincreate •of graint for •expenses;
This was mot granted. They each now
receive $525.00 a year.
Memorials were sent to the Dohs -
inion Government, the Provincial Gov_
e:rnrnent and the Hydra Commission,
pratestine, agairait the increase of the
Chicago Drainage Canal, which waS
already greatly flowering the Level of
the Lakes.
A memorial was ste(nct td the Ont-
ario, Govennm'ent favoring the allowing
iacal. macgisarates to try ,Local cases,
thus ,elenninatimg the 'excessive cost in
miner cane',:.
Tlie County Property Committee
was authorized to have papers serv-
ed on Jailer Griffin to have him
ejected from the jail residence, Mr.
Jas. Reynolds was appointed jailer
at the June session but has not yet
taken possession of the jail residence
all members being present. The min-
utes of the meeting held Nov. 26th,
were read and approved.
A letter was read from Mr. M. G.
Ransford, of Clinton, who being pres-
ent addressed the council regarding
a proposed purchase of the Exeter
Salt Wells property and outlined a
proposN,, for the erection of new
building, new pans etc., asking the
council for the Corporation to guar-
antee the bonds of the Exeter Salt
Works Co. Ltd., in the sum of ten
thousand dollars for as term of ten
years, also a fixed assessment on the
property for a term of fifteen years.
After discussion, motion by Francis
—Davis that the consideration of
this matter be deferred for the pres-
ent. An ammendment by Ellering-
ton—Hooper, that no action be taken
by the •council, the Reeve voting in
favor of the amntendment.
Mr. Stevens of. the Salvation Army
asked for the use of the Town Hall
for Tuesday, Dec. 18th, fey enter-
tainment purposes. Granted- on mo-
tion of Ellerington—Davis: 'Carried.
Mr. Chris. Luker was granted a
re -fund of $2 payment macle in error
for care of cemetery lot 1923. Mo-
tion of Eilerington—Davis. Carried.
Hooper—Francis that the clerk be
granted twenty-five dollars for Rre-
pairing and revising Village By -Laws
Carried.
The following accounts were read
and passed: Geo. Mantle, coal T.H.
$59.30; Jno. Crewe, V.S. Reeve of
Seaforth re Miss Merrill to the Coun-
ty Home, $6.25; Ward & Morgan,
supplies $1.9 0; A. M. Kernick, weld-
ing tools etc. $3,10; C. Ford labor
cemetery 7.50; Ben Makins drawing
sods $4; T. Sanders labor, 6.87; Jno.
Parsons, labor 5.63; Rd, Quance, la-
bor, 5.57; H. Bierling, extra street
watering team labor, 60.20; W. J.
Bissett postage $5; R. E. Davis team
labor, 5.50; Geo. Ford labor 2.50;
Sam'l Sweet labor $9; passed on mo-
tion of Francis—Hooper. Carried.
Adj. by Francis to meet Satury
Dec. 15th, 7.30 p.m.
Jos. Senior, Clerk.
Pleasure during her life than t:> act
tend the house ,of divine warship. room, so that death camp, to byre as
a Lanny release.
Mrs. Jacob England of Thedford ;ns-
ited with nelatives.here last„ week.':
,Mr. Wilbur Graybiel of W oadstock,
Ihar. Oliver Graybiel. and Miss" Beatrice
Graybiel of Toronto attended the fuht:
eral of the late Mrs. Graryb cel
st
,Mr. E. Bea -vier and ears. W. ,Snell,
Greenway
Rev. G. W. Rivers, B.A., of Park -
attended the "lunexnil of relative at hall nreaclr:ed the ceducaiti,onal, sermon
Hespeler this week. .aa •tbe Methodist Church on, Sunday.
Mies '.E .Guenther entaerttrutted • x at He lexplai`Ined Sin a very clear way the
number of friends at her. 1r"one,e spin work of the Society and its need of
Monday evening.« • 'the loyal, support of our people..
•
An increase "of 227,816,530 was made
its the ise't debt of Canada during Nov-
ember-. The total debt on, Nov. 30th
was S2?,414,t1141,424. A year ago, the
debt vvaa $121,876,792 less. At thug rate
vvh en will Canada get' out of debt?
PHONE 9
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FOR SERVICE: & QUALITY
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1E
Guessing Contest
We 'havte b'e,erat very iortu.nalte tiais .year , in est curing' one of Andrew
Hicks' (ex-M.P.P,)i Prinz ;Baby .1.30E for our Guessing Contest.
rhe ` Contest twill starte and. ;'Bed- will. be on rexl kbitioln, alive aeons
December 17th until eskcu,ghtered on Deaernher 20th, and thea hung up
dressed until Satttrday, D,ecernher 22 at 1D, p.m., when contest will clas,e.
The contest ,'vs FREE and, open to arzsrc'ne who sees the beef and old
enough to cvn&tle. No ones" will •knpW, the Bele weight„ and all we want
you to do its Come in, and tell us seen.?at' Use dressied weight will be.
In case of a the the first•eight gguesses its -will wins as tickets will
be numbered,.. The Beef will be weag d' by, an outsider.
FIRST PRIZE — 20 1b..RESSET) TURKEY
SECOND PRIZE - 15 1b. • DRESSED GOOSJ.
THIRD PRIZE , 1 Pair DRESSED DUCK.
e. w'i'll al,'s{ou: havle a full lnia, of XMAS MEAT on banal all. Week.
Kindly leave your order for, a Roast as a Steak 'off the Xmas Beef early.
RIVERS'
MEAT MARKET
"WHERE QUALITY IS HIGHER THAN PRICE,
COUNTY COUNCIL DOINGS.
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The December sesston, of the Hur-
on Coutnty Council was .held in God-
erieb last week
- In, his opeting remark' Warden B.
W. R. •Reamers of Exeter referred to
the death of the Reeve of Goderi:h
Towne -hips and to the inrpilovym,ents
made. Ma the ;county protperty, such as
tare council •chamber, the children's
shelter, the sjai1, .and the County,
Home. On theasubject of Good Roa, ,s
be salid, these had been a number of
-changes din petrol men, same) being on
account .of inefficiency The total'
amount ,raii.sed by the . county for the
good reads was S68,248; the, amount
o,f . the Gave.rnnteavt grant received in
l,Ia:rch was 279,315.07, as total ' of
$147,563;D7, The, amount of orders
signed to date was $152,000, with sev-
eral 'thousand yet to pay. The roads
now were slantin es,'gtdod- nonditaoat as
a year ago, which shocv,ad that if we
were gorurr'g ea keep up our roads We
must be prepared to",spend more men-
ey rather thiair less, The County of'.
Huron's share of the ,expertise, of the
Provincial Highway was 28,572.40; The
County of Middlesex .had Ea pay 298,-
000.00.
The 'clerk's depart . of the :Mother's
i AP,art*ince Board showed Ghat the
average•- number of beneficiairies was 38,
' and that ,it cost the county between
1 !,6,000 and 27,000 a year.
`. A letter from Ma. and Mrs. Robert-
sour, keeper and matron of the County
Home, asked for an encrease of .2200
salary ,each, was received, or if the
council was not agreeable to • pay thin
Ito accept their resignta,tions; Their
I.rtesi nation wjstee acoepted, and Mr..
,and i'VI•,rs, Joihn. Jacob. of Exeter were
1nppoilnted keeper and matron lar the
Home, ill re -iter+ seven applvoatsbne
1—Mr -and Mrs, Weldon, of Hensel', Mr
and Mrs Wm. Cunningham, of Bi -us
sell; Mr. and Mrs. John McCabe of
Sruniels; M -r, sand Mrs. John saaus?tya
of West Loran; Mr, and lVfrs. Wrh'1
Lindsay of :M,eni'siet; Mr. and' Mrs'.,Ja=
meson, ,of Lucisnow ; ivir. and Mrs. J olin
Jacob of Exeter.
Notice was ; "ilecevied from the; Ell
1923 Christmas Seals
The National Sanitarium Associa-
tion is to be congratulated on the
handsome Christmas Seals now on.
sale in aid of the Muskoka Hospital
tor, Consumptives.
To meet a persistent demand for
a real Christmas Seal, not merely an
advertising sticker, quite a new de-
parture has been made this year, in
that they are printed in ten different
designs, each packet containing a full
assortment. The seals are all very
attractive.
The Hospital is in need of funds to
carry on its work. Why not buy these
seals in lieu of others? Not only will
you get good value in return, but
your gmoney
r atere o, for it wil be le go toe to rhe a
elp
someone in distress,
For sale 'by school . children, and
banks, or direct from Xmas Seal
Department, Gage Institute, Toronto,
Ont
rofitable Opportunities
p ,ortunities
are offered to -day for investment IA
Government and Municipal Bonds,
yielding a high return. The purchase,
or sale of such securities cal be arrang•
ed at any of our branches. r
Our monthly list of offerings will
be sent on request. 611
THE CANADIAN BANK
OF COMMERCE
Capital Paid up $15,000,000
Reserve Fund $15,000,000
Exeter Branch • • • M. R. Complin, Manager
Crediton. Branch • • • G. G.. Maynard, M . ,
Dashwood Branch O.. G. Maynard, Manager
anager
INCORPORATED 1855
Capital and Reserve $9,000,000.
• Over 125 Branches.
THE MOLSONS BANK.
COURTESY TO ALL
In all departments every effort is made to
'eliminate unnecessary formalities and to
assure speedy and courteous service to
cusl'omers,
Savings 'Departments at every Branch
E1ETER BRANCH
T. S. WOODS Manager,
Furniture Dealer & Funeral Director
We carry the Largest and !Most Up -bo -date Stock of Furniture.
Our Aim' is Service, ,Satisfactiton and good valise -for your money.
THE HO1'IE FURNISHER
M. E. GARDINER
Conductor of Funeral Services. a Finest Motor and Horse Equipm
DAY AND- NIGHT SERVICE.
OPER,A HOUSE BLOCK.
Phone 74w.
Night Cada 741
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The New Sedan
In the New Fordor Sedan the well-known Ford sturdiness,
dependability and economy have been combined with a
degree of .;convenience and refinement that makes this the
most .remarkable closed car value ever offered.
.at ; in this new model of the . full -width
stationary type. Four doors are provided, affording easy.
access to`fro nt or rear from either side.
Upholstery and appointments are of a quality and complete-
ness hitherto obtainable only in cars of much higher price.'
You are cordially invited' to inspect this remarkable new car
at the nearest Ford dealer's showroom.
New Ford Plaices
Coupe, . $665 ; : Fordor- Sedan, $895
-' Electric Starting an,} Lighting Equipment Standard on these model.'
Touring Car, $445 Runabout, $405 Truck, $495
Electric Starting. and Lighting Equipment $85.0.0 extra. '
Prices 1. o. b. Ford, Ontario. Government Taxes extra
A11'Ford models may be obtained through
the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan
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