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MORNING, APRIL 5th, 1923
EXETER SCHOOL REPORT
xe 101.1ow.inigl s° the 'report for
1Vlarcli The clasa'ej wense=mun,ed
C.very subject-, The. attcn,dancc this
innon,th tins'been the polls ,i,< o tthe
school yeas and the low ; ,standing of
inirny was calrsed by absence from
tests. Those absent are marked *
Sr, 4 --Honors, Eugene Ilawey 86 F,rapt
Creech 81, Mairlion Honey 81 ' 1-Iugl'i
Creech 80, Pass, Prank Jeckell 73
John Kuntz 73, Edna Russell * 69, Jas
Connor 68. Jack,:Gambrill 66, Reggie
Rea'vera 64, Marjorie Med *61, Mar-.
jorie Clark '58, I+lorri'e West'" 56
Kathleen,,Heaman° 5¢ Mable '‘Vinegar -
den *
‘Vinegar-
cle1.* 52, Teddte Tallinn *48, !Vlurle1
Heevattd . * 44, Jim Betts, *36, Eva Batts
Jr. 4-I-1orvors, LiIYaaa Baker 80, liar
cy Jennan.gs 77. Pass, Vera McDonald
74, Edith Walters 74, Irene B'I'rling
'66, Sydney West 66, Greta Bloomfield'
* 64, Clifford Hutchinson 63, Doris
Santee' *59, Lyle Dinaey * 58, Wansitta
Nelson *57, Catherine Woods *51
Ixar<id Skinner '"56,' Stella Noe -ft -mop
* 56, Aldo McDonald *44'Irwin Ford
* 43, A,nn,'e Srimmob. * 36, Vera Moon-
y `° 22. ' N1
▪ Number :on roll 39; average attend-
ance 32.1. : G. S. Howard, teacher. .
Spring P g
House=Furnishins Ei
NEW RUGS, CONGOLEUMS,
LINOLEUMS, WINDOW • BLINDS,
CURTAIN NETS, CURTAIN POLES ;
TAPESTRIES, OILCLOTHS, WALL ,
PAPERS, ETC, NOW READY FOR
SPRING AT VERY. REASONABLE
PRICES •
pring and Sumer E
Dress Goods
New 'materials and colorings in'
plain and figured Voiles, Ratines,
Crepes, Etc, now in stock.
GINGHA11IS-In all popular colors'
and, patterns ill the celebrated And-
erson Scotch Gingham as well , as`
Canadian -,makes. Over fifty .pieces:
to select from.
Paisley Silks, inariy new
are here shown,
..MEN'S and BOY'S' 'CLOTHING
Big stock to select from: Men's Suits 'with 2' pre Pants at,' 19.00
and :up. Men's Raincoats at $7.5`0 to $10.00, Boys' Juvenile Tweed
Suits. at $5,00, ,Boys' strong School Suits, nice grey or brown colors at
$7.00 to $9,00.
FANCY SLIPPERS and OXFORDS
Best makes newest styles and moderate prices. See our windows
for smart styles, and note the low prices on fine Goodyear welt Slippers,
A. WALL PAPERS
Buy Stanton's' Ready -trimmed Wall -papers. They save time and
make papering easy.
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patterns
PHONE 32
IiZOO,112 111
Class 3, Jr,-Hanors,, Helen Penhalel
92, Madeline Stewart 92, Raymond
Pude 9.0, ;(can S,bGi re, 86, Mable Snell
86., Rena K°eotie• 85, Haz,31 Bleomtneld
85, Lois Statham 84, Gladys Hu ch-
inteon''82, 'ITele:n Vale 79, ,Grace Chris
tae 78, Waggle Martini 77, Gerald Skin-
ner 75; ;Pass, Ruth Cellingwood 72,
I.>cyd. Freckleton' 70, Cecil Laing 66.
' Patcunloted; from Sr.rII to Jr.
Joseph Jackson, Justin Kuhn, Wallace.
.se1don' Clayton Bat
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eanie Buch
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an. On trial -Margaret Elleianglien..
Percentages ai^tgiven
hi:caii;e pu
oils were °teyt:,d :only on llxe d•l'tere.nt
subjects.
Ninnber on roll' 35; average att..nd.-
a.nce: 31,-H. M. Kinsman,, teacher.
R.O01Vi II
Proinoted to Jr. III from Sr. 1I.
Honors, Ruth :'Belkwill, 81; Joe.
Creech, 80; Kenneth Ward 78; Graf-
ton Cochrane, 77; ,Helen Stanbury,
75. Pass, Richard Tramper,. 72
Dorothy Cox, 69; Helen. Heywood,
67; Mary Cann, 62.
Proinoted to Sr. °11 from Jr I7: a
and b.
Cl. a -Teddy Wethey, 72; -lelen
Salter, 70; ;Harold Appleton, 65; Ai-
mee Hunkin, ,62;' Viola Hodgson, 61.
Cl. b -Jean Perthale, 64; Mildred
Collingwood, 64; Aldon Appleton. 62.
Note- Marion. '•Davis, Florence
Cornish, Allan Fraserand Billy
Burke missed theil eaamin•ations on.
account of iiluese and are promoted
on their tea'm's work.
Jr. II C. -Honors, Ruby Stone,81;;
Connie Jennings, 75. Pass, TJtah
Clark, 69, Chester Cornish, 63.
Promoted to Jr. IT from Sr. I.
_ Honors, Billy Chambers, 86; Tozn
Ellerington, 7 9; Eddie Ward, 75.
Pass, a Vera Kestle, 67.
No. enrolled 3 8, aver. atten. 3 3.
Nellie Medd, Teacher.
ROOM I
Class: V to ` Room II Florence
Stewart, K. Hockey, H. Kerslake, J.
Stanbury, D. Luker, I. Collingwood,
R. Fraser, A. Stone, S. Ward, J.
Ross, J. Pilon, B. Walper, A. Nelson,
M. Spencer, T. Batten; on trial E.
Snell.
Class IV to V M. Quance, J.
Pr e` R Freckleton E.
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a.p Supplies
Sap Pails
TIN SAP PAILS 24c and 30c
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GALV. SAP PAILS 29c
SapJPans
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SAPS S
SAP CARRYING PAILS
Galvanized
e�1a,1 Prices on
Ware for one Week
OIL
GALV, PAILS 1 GAL. GALV, OIL CANS 59c
45c`and 50c
HEAVY GALV. PAILS
70c and 75c
2 GAL. GALV. OIL CANS 89c
3 GAL. GALV. OIL` CANS $,1.0 9
5 G.L. GALV. OIL CANS ,$1.3.9
HEAVY 'GALV. TUBS
NO. 1, TUB $1.25
NO. 2. TUB : $1.4 0
NO. TUB- $1.65
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25 CASES LOWE BROS.
HIGH, STANDARD ' PAINTS,
$1.40 PER : QT, '$2.65 PER 1/a'
GAL., $5.00 PER GAL.
Blatchford's • Calf Meal
Royal Purple
Calf ea
AT LOWEST PRICES
TINS MITI-IING AND PLUMBING
Heaman's Hardwire
ted
2/1,,V PHONIES '27)1k."'
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CANN-In Exeter on Good. Friday to
Mr. and Mrs: S. V. J. Cann, a dau-
ghtere (Laura Jean,)
MARRIED
HARVEY-GILLIES-In Exeter,. on
Easter Monday, April 2nd, by the
Rev. Jas, Foote, Miss Stella Gillies
daughter of .Mr, and -Mrs: Robt.
Gillies, of Exeter; to Mr. Ernest
C. Harvey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thos, Harvey, of Exeter..
DIT16
McDONELL-In Exeter, on Friday,
Mardi 30th, Allan X. McDonelle
aged 62 years,
DAVEY-In Stephen Tp., con. 10,
Elizabeth_ Davey, widow of the late
Lewis Davey, in her 87th year,
CA.13,A3 OF TILANI S
The . family of the : late Jelin Del-
-bridge desire to express their sincere
thanks to the , many friends and
neighbors for their : kindness and
sympathy during their ,recent ber-
eavement.
IN 1VIEIVCO)R.IA1,
IIORNEIY-gni loving memory of our
,dear mother, Mary Jane, who pas-
sed away one yeas•, ago ,to -day April
3rd, X922. `.'
Peaceful be thy sleep, dear rnother,
Itis breathe thy sweet to bre tl e name;
In life we lovedou' dead
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In death we do the same;
Oft we: think of you, dear mother,
And our hearts are sad 'with „pain;
Oht t;liis world would be a heaven
Could we Bear your voice again.
You are gone. but not forgotten.
Neves• shrill your nielnot•y fade,
Sweetest thoilghts 'sho',1 ever linger
Around tire, gra"rc where you are
laid.
Your Ioving huslialad, daughters
and sons.
Creecii, A. Trumper, ;,R. Hutchison,
S. Buchanan, C:,- Coinplin, G. Bag
Shaw-
Class II to III- 11, Waipex;
Collingwood, F. „Ellerington., E.
Cann, H. Beaver, H. Pciihale, V.
Wells, H. Clarke, C. Cox..
'No. enrolled 40; ay. att. •35.
Olive M, Taylor, Teach'' Tr.
fi,.
Mr. H ace Pfaff, son of Mr. W.
Pfaff, of�i(ay
and Miss Adeline Holt-
zman, formerly of Crediton were re
Gently- married in Detroit.
Major W. J. Homan was in God-
erich Tuesday attending the military
funeral of Major Isaac Hetherington,
M.C. The procession from theucir;urch
was headed by 60 veterans and offi-
cers of the 161st Huron Regt. ;The
deceased was past D,D.G.M, of -Mas-
onic District No, 4,, South Huron,
Maj. Heaman acted as one of the
THAMES R1I AD
i f LandoNa Miss Pearl Cann, o pent
at her home here. the week -end J
Mr, , and Mrs. Earl Johnston, of
Whalen, visited <it the ihome of Mt. I
John Cann on Sunday last.
_Vri•. Chester 14leryley, of London,
was a visitor in the neighborhood
during Easter.
NIr. and Mrs. Roy 1VIcDona;Id and
-eel], of CliiseIUurst. spent Sunday at
Mr. Ori C1ann's.
P. UVhitloci, and iVliss Evelyn vis-
ited at ,Springfield this v. cele.
The Easter service. in Bethany' on
Sunday was l argelyi tev,111il.•
ty:
Spading rete ed 11"ete c arty, frclf1
China, gave a splendid colds =eel Vivid-
ly showing the contrast. between the
women of Chinaand thosie of Can-
aria. Mrs. George Wile e, Klee a
beautiful solo and Mrs. Williams and
Miss Vera Essery sae tot which
was exceptionally well • red. The
Thank offering a• lo over
$27,00.
INVESTIGAITION
The Exeter , Board of Education
held an investigation at the school
on Thursday eveningof last week to
endeavor to find out the guilty part-
les wlio had entered the school on
two occasions '.doing some damage
to the rooms, ;;At the same time the
Board investigated some of the wild
rumorsthat have been circulated in
connection with the school. While
there havebeen some pranks played
by a couple of the boys, the investi-
gation. showed that they had been
greatly exaggerated,. The Board
have not actually found ,eta whoen-
stored the school yet Strong `-'suspic-
ion rests upon certain parties: The
investigrition will be continued and
the guilty parties dealt with.
rjr. 1317LL DIED IN ALBERTA
The :)~roles is in receipt of a letter
from 17x. 1-1 E. BgssonUerry; mayor
of Pincher Creek, Alberta, and a for
mer Grand Bend boy, relating the
death or 3, W Bell, who died on.
March 87th, aged about 6 1 years.
The letter states that Mr. Bell was
born and raised somewhere between
Stratford, Mitchell and. Exeter. He
went West some 16 years ago shortly
after the death of his father, leaving
one sister and several half-sisters
and half-brother, Mr. Bell first
went /to Lethbridge, but has been in
the Pincher Creek district for the
past eight or ten years: Mr. Bossen
berry states that if any relatives of
A
cIr deceased care for any further in-
formation, lie will gladly furnish
what he can.
THE L2ITE A. Of. McDONELL
Alien J.•McDonell, a life-long res-
ident of Exeter, died • at Dr. Hynd
man's hospital, on Friday" morning
hist after a long and severe illness.
The deceased was 62 years of age.
He was born in Exeter and has resi-
ded here practically all his life. For
years he was associated with the late
Wm. Bawden in importing thorough-
bred horses from Great Britain. Mr.
McDonell was a lover of horses and
a good judge of"them-"and'bas: acted
in the capacity of judge at many
fairs. . During his life time he has
travelled considerably, having
crossed the ooean many times. He
was well-to-do and unmarried. ,He
is survived by two brothers and fur.
sisters: Sohn and Charles, of Hen -
sail., Mrs• (Dr.) Browning and Miss,
Susie, McDoneil, of Exeter; Mrs. 'L.
3d. Dickson, of Goderich and Mrs.
Bennett, of Saskatoon. The funeral
was held Sunday afternoon from the
home of Dr. Browning, conducted by
Rev. A. A. Trumper, intermentin the
Exeter cemetery.
I IARVEY-GILLES NUPTIALS
A quiet but pretty wedding took
place in Exeter on Easter Monday,
when Miss Stella Gillies, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, Robt, Gillies,,' was unit-
ed in marriage to Mr. Ernest C. Har-
vey. The marriage took place at
Caven. Presbyterian Manse at eleven
anne, Rev, Jas. Foote officiating. The
bride was very prettily attired in
blue crepe net and carried a corsage
bouquet of ophelia roses. Miss Mil-
dred Harvey and Mr. Percy Gillies
were the attendants; while : Maxine
Gillies inade:a charming little flower
girl. Following the 'ceremony a dain-
ty wedding dinner was served at the
home of .the bride's parents. Mr, and
Mrs. Harvey have taken up their res
idenee in, Mr. A. W. Anderton's
house on Main St. where they will be •,'
at home; to their friends after May
lst, Their., malty friends will join;
with The Times in wishing them
happ+ness and prosp.eirty through
life.
LOCALS
;Vies.
Bill'zzgs spent Eaeter in Strat-
ford.
S2i's. Jas. Taylor spent Monday in
London.
Clarence Moyle visited4fos' a few
days in Lou(1011.
Silas Reed, R. WitYver and W.
Davis were in London Good Friday,
1VIr. Fred }Ieanran, of London, is
spending the holidays at: his home
here.
Mr. J. D. Flann, was in Waterloo
Good Friday attending the funeral
of a friend:
14xiss Katl ar ane Inwood, of Lon-
don, is visiting with Miss Vosper and
Miss Sanders.
Mrs, F. A. Chapman and son For-
bes, of Leamington, are visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Iieanzan.
Mrs: Harry Elworthy loft Tueday
morning for Detroit where' she will
visit' tot• tits remainder of the week.
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very jolly ear".11113 SraS 1''
the home ol. 1\1rs�, N, ,1. Bore, oil
slay everting last when TWIT. Dore axlai
Mrs W J Plea/nail were hosfessozi
"1.0 a number or friends who Pt'£seut-
ed Miss Stella Gillies, bride -elect.,
with a miscellaneous shower, it svaa
a very pleasant affair, the guest of
honor being the recipient of .ilany
Beautiful presents,
Mrs. I1arry Jennings spews Good
Friday in London, w re site went
to meet her mother and brother,
whorl she had not seen for fifteen
years.
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The ,Box: Soci<ti lielcl last
evening' under the lust?ices of the
Mission Circle was well attended.
The program was very good consist-
ing of two plays which were wel3
Mr. C. W. Christie, of Stephen, .'isI reudei°ed .azid eoics oe: itiss eV1ay;
a delegate to the Ontario Education- ! TheClawhich were well pi ace etnig.
al Ass'n convention in Toronto this The boxes wrought good e is 1°< eix
ing from seventy-five cents to' six
week :
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. -Gillies and fam-
ily of Sarnia, visited tae .former'$
parents in town over the. Easter hol-
idays,
Mr, H. E. Itetherington, former
D•D.G.M. of -Masonic c DistritNo. 4,
South Huron, died at his home in
Goderich this week.
Miss Jessie Manson, of London,
and
Mr.1V 'll Ia is
Wr i . On Of Toronto,
•
onto,
spent Easter with theirP arents Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Manson.
Misses Iva Francis and Ina Hard-
ing, of Stratfoz'cl Normal and Mics Mrs. Chas. Johns and Kenneth
Mabel Johns, of London Normal, are visited in St. Marys the latter dart
home for the holidays. of last week.
Mrs. Rousom returned to her home Mr. Frank Smith and lady rriencl,.
at North Bay last week' after recup-
erating
from London, visited in the village,
for a ,few weeks 'at the horse during the e wea-
weel -end.
of her parents, Mr. and: Mrs. W. J The Easter service on Suzxday
Bissett.. - .
Mr. Wilfred flack while splitting
wood had the mitfortune to cut his
left hand when the axe he was using
slipped. He severed the cord.in the
little finger, the gash extending to
the next finger. Several stitches
were required to close thewound.
dollars and a half .fol• one which was
eagerly bargained' tca• by two young
gentlemen, but Chaleie was a good
loser. Total proceeds were nearly
$60..
Mr, and Mrs. Joshua` Johns ano.
Miss Alma have all been confined to
the house with influenza, the two
latter being in bed tor, several days
but they are all improving 1avor: bl1r
at len.
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Thee
p shooting match was held on
Monday last, as Good Friday= .was
too stormy.
SVIr. Edward Moyle and his mother
of Perth, Australia, .arrived iu Exe-
ter on Good Friday and the latter
will make her home, -with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harry Jennings. They
have been spending, tiie winter ,in
California and ' experienced, quite a
change of climate when they arrived Sir. and Mrs. Alvin 1'y: r xreturned''
liege. qn Monday last frons, .their Honey
moon. The community join in wish
"Mr. John McKenzie, of Exeter,
has purchased the Mcllveen grocery in the young couple a happy
and
prosperous married
life,
business insthe Cantelon Bros. stand The Box Social held in the tiny -
xi
and takes possession next week. Mr. The
hall here .on Friday evening
McKenzie has been in the West for March 30th, was a great success.
some time, just returning east re The program included violin sclec-
cently. Clinton will welcome him
and his wife and little daughter to
town. Messrs, Mcllveeu ' Bros. will
continue their baking business." -
Clinton News -Record.
The W. M. S. of Main St. church
held their anniversary 011 Sunday
morning last. Miss Sparling, a re-
turned missionary from China, gave
a very inspiring address that was
sas
greatly appreciated. Special East-
er .
music was provided by the choir. $58 and will be placed in the treas..
A very liberal collection was received wry of the "Live Oak" Mission Cir
on behalf of the W.M.S.. cle.
cher being excellent. Rev: 1Ii. Arnt-
itage preached' an inspiring sermon
suitable for the occasion. ; The choir
took. their part well and a '--1', oats
thank -offering ,a i~zdiz.ntln o -...eq :t'18.0 0,
was received for the W. 1I. S. `� -.~11
Miss Lillian Murch is very in a£:
time of writing. it is hoped that
she will begin to improve very sno t-
ly.
;Mrs. (Rev.) Armitage is confined
to her Koine with influenzaand some
of the children have chicken par."
(From another sour'ee)-a
tions by the Stephen Bros., readings
by Ernest Cowdry and Miss Maretta
Penwarden, solos by Miss May Clark
Miss Helen Murch, Mr, R. E. Pooley,
Mr, Fred Wright and :,VIr. Wm.'Skel-
ton and a short play entitled "Polio-;
ing The -Question.' Mr. Pooley -act-'.
ed as chairman and Mr, Thos. Bell
made a :splendid auctioneer. The
highest price paid for any box was
.6.50
.. The proceeds amounted: to
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"PY.':I-VEAL. WEDDING
The home of 1VIr. and Mrs. ,Will
Veal, of Winclielsea, was Inc' keen°
of a very pretty wedding on Wednes-
day, March 2]st, when at high noon,
the for•mer's sister, Minnie Victoria
Veal, became the bride of Alvin Eric
Pym, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J.
Pym, of Usborne township, Rev. H.
J. Armitage ofElimvi,lle p erformin
, p gi
the 0014.1tony.. The wedding march
was played by 1VIrsr Veal, to the
strains' of which the bride and groom
entered the parlor, the bride attend-
ed by her brother, with little Lillian
Murcia., niece of the bride, acting: as
flower girl and. ring 'bearer. ' The
bride was beautifully dressed' in a
gown of , pale blue silk crepe. The
d
bridegroom looltecl handsome in ark
blue serge. After the ' ceremony a
bountiful' lunch was served by 7Ir•s
We have a large stock of Spec ally Selected field seeds of high ger-
ruination and!standard c g, overnment uality for sale. Our Stock Consists.
as follows:---
NO.
ollows:-NO, 1 RED CLOVER, ALSIIfE, WHITE AND YELLOW BLOSSOM
SWEET CLOVER; I UBANT`ANNUAL SWEET CLOVER; AlSII{10 AND
TIMOTHY MINED; KENTUCKY BLUE AND ORCHARD GRASS; MIL-
:•nTT, ONTARIO GROWN'. AND IMPORTED TIMOTHY SEED.
SEED BEANS SEED CORN SORGHUM
MANGEL AND :TURNIP SEED
LAWN GRASS,
We have a limited quantity of
Seed, No. 1 'Quality: This is one of
of the productionof a field that has
TIsis eaves ouly e lin
atized.
of
this variety should place their or
We have also a stock of No, 1,
variety that in previous years Iias p
$15,00 per bus,
GARDEN SEEDS, ETC.
Ontario grown Variegated .A.Ifztlfa.
tire most hardy varieties and is part,
grown Seed for ten consecutive yt;,x's.
i,.
Anyone intending to sow
der early,
American grswn Alfalfa
rover successful here. Our
0 11;i1'tly
WE ARE BUYERS OF BEANS, CLOVER AND TIMOTHY SET,
DUTCH` SET ONIONS ''AND ALL KINDS OF F.Artm pRop1JCTs A7
HIGHEST MARKET PRICES,
Veal to which all the merry party did
ample justice. Only the in -mediate WWI -LANE
Vh A LARGE STOOK
TOCKOhSPRANG MERCHANDISE.
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friends of the bride and groom were QUALITY, STYLE ANDPRICES, OCiR VALVES CANNOT I3E B]1a
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present, Many beautiful and•rsful AREAL GOODSt%kCTxOy IN ALL LINES. 7CALL SOLICITED.
Presents were received, , indicating
the high esteem in which these young,
people are held by their ma.iny.
friends hi the coitiniunity', The young
couple 1611 in 111c ttfternoo t for a
short visit its Toa'o.1to t11C bride wear-
ing a smazl_ travellingsuit of navy.
blare 1v1th 11 a1, veil and gloves to
ii atc7i, r i y- will reside on the
groom's farm in TTah u r
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