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• HURLBUT'S CI -IU MS CLASSIC
MacFARLANE'S WESTON'S COTE'S`
Donegal Tweed .Suits for Men
Lighter . shades will prevail this spring. We Have the big assort-
Ment of Spring and Summer Suits. Also 2 Bloomer Suits for . Boys in
Fine Donegal Tweeds.
Brock Hats for Men $5.50
We sell the Brock' Hat in all -colors. Also good line felt Hats c $3.50.
Bundles of Wall -Papers
About 15 bundles Living Room Papers, regular $1.50 double roll,
to clear a 50c to 60c double roll.
PHONE $2
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7,•, ,�:4 ' I •S , AFRJL I2ki. 1923
BOARD EDUCATION.
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�V{'a 4}1J .ill L.+-/UG.C?. �4 {..UIY. -..
Tb e regular e '� i •g
.z of elle Board
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of hdt:cation was held in, the ot fice�
of. Ole; Saca,ctary 'a;u l4 rl,. 9t,}z,=s vvi e)
all inembo s pre's;cavl, : ekceirt Meissro.
Dignan acid StanharY,'
13,11d'ng 6qr 1 Grounds eommit-
ce r-eportic1, re, draining, that the
cngineof was expect.Q:1 t.lz s' naio:tt)th.
•The Fite c,:mni:ttle c reported: the
1.151.4
purchase an,cl installation of four" hire
bxtigi>ushers.
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The Special oommattee repel ted pro-
lgress regarding, time s cu,^nl;; ,d. a few
feet :cif property ndlonit,ol th=sc11yol.
lee i sac he•rs' cornznlittfm .reported
thaI, the chemistry explc s en had ben
i•nve,s,-gated and 'that It \vas *purely
an accident, andthat greater caution
is being Qbserv,ed.' .
The Prralc p tl s;aaict Nat e s reports
!{'r 'March were received and fttedv
Rev. Trumper gave `L very 2rm. crest
,ag :report of the 11 rusie,ts and .'sate-
piye,s' C-orLvealti;o11 et' 1"
0. ,:nd
d;seussi'on lolluw•e;d.
A number got accounts, ware ,orclered
paved.
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EXETER SCii- c,9L REPORT
ROOST 4
; :This !report w:as :ready fore last
i,\reek, but `the intesSIengen, to .tvho;n it
was esetruletec1,.,faiilecr in, cljeli.yer' it in
� ! tine,a P,leas'e notie „:/lfet "x" stands for
...." l'o31e•.or more uuxan;in i9 ions ni.s s,ed.
1 • Sr. 3rd, Honore, 2.cy Batten pass,
Baden Powell 74, c•n1,' Passmore 72x
, Kathleen Rad 72, Wilma, litay 71, Al-
via Pa,ssmiarc' 66,
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Stara.cuy Walters
64
= Sand4rs G_�:Madeline )e Dearing
60�Geoggivi Nelson 60x; Geoag,eWeb
;
▪ ster da. Wells 50x, 'I'oin Kay
45x, ITiTtc,n i a n ' 2 4.:, Winnie Bishop
, ...,1 44x, C~+r ace Chambers 43x, Myrtle,
,Beavers' 36x.
Jr. 3rd -1.i !na•s,,75 Pass, Russell
Snell 69, Gladys 1- ankirr, ,66, 12usse„1
Go?,lingwood 66, WWilltie Laltkvvill 65,.
.Mary Wells 64, .' ViU Gert Gamobrii;l ;61x,
G1dil,orcl Lamport 57x, Roy Sanders. 57,
Clarence 'Boyle 56x, Harold Macdon-
ald 54x, Charlie L'.i.ler 54x, "4liliie
Elle.ririgt+on 50x, "D01'0 th1)ininey 43x
Orval Beave.r 47s, ilesie Jennings 44x.,
Geraldine Burke 4Qx, JP ar), Walper 39x
Nelson Wells 371; Laura Litille:'34x'l
Lillian Payne 31x, Verne Briinaoonme
31.x, ; George Andrei' 27x;
Nlo. on. Toil 40, average.: 34.
jean `3,-ylatirl<'hy; 'teethe.pm.,
ROOM H.
Omitted lriom Report . last week
1'romoted:; from Sr . 1, to Jr.' II. -
Honors, Lois ,McDonald 79, Marguer-
lite Cann ,77, 12arjoric Comphin 75.
Pass, .Allain Quaunoe�; 74, Mervyn/ Sims
70.-N, Medd, teacher„ r''
USBORNE COUNCIL.
.The 7Jsborne -Council, met in their
monthly : meeting at the. Township
Hall, on Saturday., April 7th, 1923.
All the members were, present. 'Min-
utes of meeting' of Mar. 10t1i, read
and 'approved on .notion of Hanna -
Ballantyne.
Correspondence, re Township En-
gineer.: Stewart, no seconder, That
- the Township Engineer be changed
be
T. Patterson
1923and
that R.
for
tl
-▪ - , appointed by By-law.
Ballantyne -Stewart: Amendment
that'
that' in the event of a Drainage
Scheme being petitioned for, that the
owners of land's' interested may have
their choice of John Roger; O. Y. S.,
or any other engineer that the coun-
cil shall.name to survey and layout
the same. Amendment carried.
Re Northern Ontario fire relief.
Ballantyne -Stewart: That a grant
of $100 be made. -Carried.
Letter from S. N. Shier, re pricer
of gravel, -filed until May Sth. 1VLes-
srs. O'Brien and 'Mitchell -A depu-
tation, re grant to Kirlcton Public'
Library. . Stewart -Skinner: That a
grant' of $25 be made. -Carried.
Skinner -Stewart: That. the Reeve
and Treasurer be authorized to bor-,.
row from the Molsons Bank, Exeter, 1
such money as maybe required from!
time t0 time to meet current expens-
es.-Carried.
xpens-es.-Carried.
Skinner -Ballantyne: That Sam'1
Brock be appointed amernber of •the
Boad of Health in place of Jno. Del-
i bridge, deceased. -Carried.
Hannah -Stewart: That the fol
lowing bills be passed and orders is -
Sued for theP ayment of same, viz:
Wilson Morley, snow plowing; S.E.B.
$4.00; John Shute. snow work, Con.l
14, $10.00,; Arthur Camjtbell and
others,, snow work, Con. 10, 3.13
Treas. Bean. Tp., work S. E. B. for
19.2.2, our share, $938; Dominion
• Co. 3 hand scrapers
Road Machine. p
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'$11.50 each and: Sales Tax, $36-
0 3;
0;3; D. A: Cameros., grant Nor. Ont.
fire:.relief, $100, --Carried.
The Township • Road Supt. being
present, he was instructed to have
the township roasts put In. shape with.,
the grader as soon as practicable.
and' 'instructions given -'him as to:
work to be undertaken:'
Council adjourned to meet Satur-
day- May 5th et 1 o'clock.
a,t, 1 p,ri��. All • yc'^ ai ez.9 wore lies-
eiit; The ntir, of the previous
meeting 'Were" -"d.
Hayes -Sire' ^i Jogelill ;Hoist
is hereby al•
men acid os� tete- purpose of
conilrloting' !' ^.r1: of the '�x3c-
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YOUR SPRING PAINTING AND ,,VARNISHING, USE
FOR .
BY.
PAINTS AND.VARNISHES THAT ARE ACKNOWLEDGED
EXPERTS TO BE THE BEST.
_ c Bros, High
Standard Paint
St
COVERS MORE
IN TINS AT
75c, :1.10, „ 4;2.65 and ':5,00
bl- are.
VARNISH .STAINS
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UALITY FINISH .FO.
THE Q R
EVERYTHING IN THE HOTJSE
30c, ` 55c,' ;$100 alit. $1:85:
,Bl°oS �
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Standard o e
FI2A1' ITi[N SH '
IN TINS �AT
75c, $1.40, '' 2.05 ` and .x+5.00
Campbell's
VA.RNMII STAINS
TIIE OLD RELIABLE
STAINS AND VARNISHES
ONE APPLICATION.
30c, 55c, . $1.00 and ~ $1.85:
JOHNSON'
DEPARTMENT OP. ARTISTIC WOOD FINISHES
Taformationgiven as to Finishes ' '+loo • Wood e c.'
>• for Floors, t
AX 85e JOHNSTON'S D 4, c
JOHNSTON'SW 'VS ON S•, WOOD YL 5 ,
5
RLI TIE 8 .; +.
WAXING B S S 2 h0 WOOD FILLER Sac
AI,ABASTTNE fisc 1VITJRESCO 70c
''3RIJSIIES 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 30c, 33c and up.
TINS -TITHING AND PLTJMVIBING
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PHONES 27J •
Mr. Harper Rivers was, confined
to the house'for=a `few days but is
around again.
The Exeter High School ,re -opened
on. Tuesday after the Easter holi-
days.. The school` remained. closed
Monday, allowing the, teachers to re-
main away; over the week -end. School
will, be -held Saturday; instead.
' - Amongthe 'school • teachers who
spent -the •Easter holidayseat. their
homes here =tired have returned to
their iiuties were: Miss S. Gregory,
Brantford; 1VIiss Vera Jones, near
Co11in w odr:.Miss R.eta Rowe, *near
g 9
Leamington; Miss ,Irno Sweet, Pais
ley; Miss Amy Johns, St. Catharines;
1Vliss May Ford, Gooderhan; Miss
Gladys' Harvey,. Rockwood; Miss
Gladys nestle, near Peterboro.
Exeter was represented in the
Ext P
MusicaI Art Society, Choir, of London
ke pupil of A. D.
lar t
b 1Vliss May G p p
y
Jordan, This choir of one, hundred'.
-oiees .under the directorshipof Mr.
Jo'dau• have been rehearsing •each
f o
lr
week ; -,since last;October , a ld.
Thursday 'night, April 5th, in Patri-
cia Theatre, gave a very `select. con-
cert assisted by Richard Crooks, ten-
or,or York cit
. of Ne y
BORN
SIMS -At Crediton on Apri1'-.Gtli,• to
1VIr.: and Mrs. John Sims, twin girls.'
W h'LST-At.' 13ristol Conti., on Apr.
4t1i to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Welsh
a son, (Carlton„ll,obert.
DOW-�:t I#usselda;le, on April 15t,:
to Mr. and Mrs. R. Campbell Dow,
a daughter,- (Annie Evelyn, Marie.)
DIED
,Henry Strong, Clerk.
STEPHEN ("^:FkliNtilL,
The council 0! tb,r 7'twnShil) of.
Stephen r^aizveeca tat the Town Hall,
Crediton, oil T� e �lr ,T .April 311 1.913
BALFOTJI3,-�In illitelrell, on Apr. 2311
James C.•l3alfour,;in his 77th year.
WOOD ---Iii Exeter, on April Stet,
Margaret A. Brownlee, . beloved
.`wife of 11 1r. Daniel Wooil., in her
65 11 year,
o»act as. fore -
o • .1 ti -1 • h is
toria t� Drain i i Crediton, o � rz
w r d 11 i C. ,l t 1 4
to be made of 12 in. field tile from
stake 25 to the outlet with power' to
employ men ' and otherwise perform.
such pct and work as may be neces-
sary to complete the sable, according
to 'plays and specifications and ,in the
meantime the Reeve is herby 'itathor=
ized „to -procure the necessary field
the which may be required to"coin-
Ditto said drain Carried.
Snell--r}eulitilc, That concessions
16 and 17 be added to Mathew S ai eii-
zer's, division as mow tag inspector
and taken. off the western 'division
allotted to Robert Carruthers, Car
ried.
Snell -Hayes, Phan' the communi-
cation Bion. Hays & 'Flays re T. R.
Patterson's -witness lees he filed and
no action taken in, the matter. Car-'
lied.
It was resolved that the scale of
wages for the year 1923 be as fol-
lows: $2 per "inao and $4.50 for elan,
and team per diem.
The following orders were passed;
Andrew Porter,, Excise License, 22;
.hydro Electric Power Commission,
3. month's 'acc't 316.59; C. N. Ex-
press 'Co," acct 60c; Noah Gratton,
refund statute labor, Rd. No. 7,, $9;
Augustus Latta, of - lab-
or
a, � and statui;�e 1 ,b
or• Rd. No. 10, $6; Dr. Graham, ace't
re Bastow, $1.3.50; Mrs. Ed. Knight
acct re Bastow, $5;
The council adjourned, to meet in
the Town Hall, Crediton, on May 7th
next at r1 p.in.
Henry Eilber, Clerk.
AMERICAN SYNDICATE HAS OP-
TION ON LAIiE VIEW HOUSE
A7_' GRAND BEND
An American Syndicate have "tak-
en an option on the Lake View House)
at Grancl. Bend at present owned by
,
Mr. Harmon Gill., °At present it looks
as if- tLe syndicate will realize on)
their option as there are only a few
minor conditions to be adjttsted:.The
Syndicate intend.Making some addi-
tions to the present building. It is
proposed to open up golf links and
tennis courts and other attractions.
Grand Bend is; growing in popular-
ity each year,
The season, has been very poor
for /the making oft maple syrup.
There has been only one or two days
good run.'
")SLUE WATER" ROAD
- MAY BE PROVIDED
Delegation. Froin Many Points In
West Sees. Biggs
WOLLD' DEVELOP COUNTRY
Seeking the establishment as a
Provincial highway of the route
which has come to be known as the
Blue Water. Highway in. western On-
tario, between 50 and 60 delegates
from the association waited on Hon.
F. C. Biggs, Ministereof Public High-
ways, on Thursday. It was claimed
by the delegates, that the' route which
would link all the municipalities on
the shores of 'Lake St, Clair, River
St. Clair, Lake Huron and Georgian
Bay, from Windsor to Owen Sound;
Possessed ' a tremendous potential
tourist valise as well as being a route
of great commercial importance to
the whole Province, and 'the Minister
promised favorable consideration as
soon as complete data could' be made
available.
Miny Points Advanced
The, delegation, came to the build-
ings under the Chairmanship '.of Mr.
J. McAdams, of -Sarnia. It was com-
posed ' of representatives of every
municipality) in the territory which
would be servel by the; road route,'
and many favorable points were
brought out. ,Representatives front:.
g
Sarnia, Goderioh, Grand Bend and
Southampton all. commented on tile
gradually '• increasing number of
tourists who came their . way fr:"om
the United States each year and pro -
¶'IIE L .TE MRS. ,.
Ori Sunday ntoi•ning la e,
r' b last the death
took
took place at het' 1iot�.e'just south of
town of k,�l:n . l)anici Wood in her six-
ty-fifth
i -
ty fifth year. '1'1ie deceased had
been ailing for several eeee.i1, with.
stoniacli and heart trouble .but had
bet n confined to ler bed for only
about two weeks. Her ,maiden name
was; Margaret A.. :Brownlee, She
was born in 'Usborne township aiid
was highly esteemed by molly
friends in the conz1nunzty. She a vas
a member of the Travitt rlentnr,ial
church. She: is scuz'viyed by tier be-
reaved husband and five daughters:
Vfra, 1. Luxton, of Stephen; Ruby,
who 'is teaching sclibol near Tiled.;
ford; Olive, of Watrous, Sask.; Mr's_
0. Weiner and Mildred at home. two
brothers and : one sister: also sar-
vive: 1Vn1, Brownlee, of Lucan; Rob-
ert 'Brownlee, or Bath, N.Y. and Mrs.
T. Roadhouse, of Toronto. The
funeral was held, Tuesday afternoon
conducted by Rev. A. A. Trumpet/ in-
terment in the; Exeter cemetery.
lQer" 0 CES 'tn lr4r 1
11ti , :, xveelc attending
tion of aleGiary hsrdao stoves.
11flr.. 'V,'ootnan a'mcl e1i1lcli err,
BranUord, ivisited :the 1'oi+zt�isz^'s Muir
ents, 31r.: and Mrs, G, 1a1� Andersons
last week.
4 ,> 3' 131llaz'i1 rte \%noel tf;i;t.ri,ca.
to "Loniioat'on t`Ionday after spun lug.
the. Exeter holidays, with Bliss 'Voypsz,
a.nd.iii.ss Sander's
SIt
A. J. 1 -fa atom 1' 1)' Ir s 1
visiting his mother • and 111
toion, left, for his home • in Ikahz7ad
Alan,, Saturday night.
.tli•, Sid Davis has moved his flour-
and
loua
and feed store,from. Mx', I3oopor'e
building to the one forp,erly ocr;tz,-
pied as an express otjice.
Mrs +,1x71, Andrea* wl o recen tly
undersvent,an operation l Lo2;di+
for facial trouble, retr310"4 house nit
Tiiut•sda'i last and is goltin?; ciao.?;,
nicely.
G. Chan oy and.�'tti ..,; chil-
dren, Kenneth,"Telezi and' Jack have
returned home after spending sever-
al days in To ron'to: Kenneth tools
LOCALS part in the Boy Scoutl)enionstration
Miss Curliss, formerly of :' Exeter,
lies purchased a milliner, business
in Toronto.
A bill now before the Ontario leg-
islative would drop -deputy -reeves as
members of the County Councils:
11Ir, A, .S, Davis resunied his 'duties.
as clerk at the Central Hotel on Ilion -
day 'after being .off for nearly three
weeks.
Miss'' Theda Guymer, of Lodon,
who visited with Miss Edna Follicle
in town, left hereto visit relatives in
Crediton.
The. Presbyterian church at Grand
Bend and Corbett have extended an,
unanimous call to Rev. A. M Grant,
B. A,, B. D., of Toronto. The Grand
Bend pulpit has been vacant since
the resignation of Mr. Corriere last
summer, Rev. Jas, Foote, of Exeter,
has been mderator,
before Sze Baden 'Pa •ell, 'laza Satire -
day. Stewart Stanbnry was one 'of:
the guard ofhonor.
lIzs. Jos. lace ,: of I slic!rc (rice
Mary Gould) has been very seriously
ill during the past v�eelt, but latest'
reports are that 'she is somewhat.
better. I -ler sister, Mrs, Robertson.
of Stratford, and brother Fred, o€
Strathroy, were here during the nasi
week.
Warden B. VV. F Beaver°s was it.e
Stratford 'last week. with a commit-
tee from Huron County meeting
with a committee front Perth county
with reference to 'uniting the county.
jails of Huron and Perth, the pr•isnn-:
ers to be • cared for at Stratford.:
The present cost of.;keeping ihe Cow -
.
at Goderich is very expen-
sive and it: is thought that by amal-
gamating a great: saving could be
made. The matter is still r1nder
consideration.
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SERVICE GROCERY
Main " Phone 102. TwoStores North Phonh 47
PEARLINE
c, a pkg.
LAUNDRY
SOAPS
7c. a bar
GINGER
SNAPS
9c, a pound
CANNED
CORN
10c a tin
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EXTRA! LARGE.
ELEPHANT
ORANGES
60c. a dozen
CANNED
PEAS
BULK SWEET
MIXED PICKLES
2 tins for 25c 35c, a pe pt.
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1
11c
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p
113112===itlEM=Taiavv. Atomism. \ $4'
}SLUE ROSE
FANCY RICE
Oc. )" a
•s for
We have a large stock of Specially Selected. `field seeds of high ger-
mination
b
mination and government standard quality -for sale, .Our 'Stock _Consists
as follows:
NO, 1 RED CLOVER, ALSIIiE, WHITE AND YELLOW BLOSSOM
SWEET CLOVER; ZIULAN ANNUAL SWEET CLOVER; ALSIICD A\L?
iibsied an extremely great influx TIMOTHY MIXED; 'KENTUCKY BLUE AND ORCHARD:: GRASS' MIL -
of tourists along the blue. water LETT; ONTARIO GROWN AND IMPORTED TIMOTHY SEED,
route if tl�,e road could be under„ y, S
SEED BEANS . SEED CORN SORGH>j iY.i
taken ,by the P. ovinc.al Department
of : Public Works this year, 1Vlore- MANGEL AND TURNIP SEED
over, it was ointed out, the:piesent {.. ,E.
p ; LAWN GRASS ,: GARDEN. SEEDS, LTC:
situation, as far as north and south '
i. 'i' e c t•. 1
We ave a lit ut d user. ,.t of Ontario rotvn Vane elect .!..fall.
road travel vyas concerned, ,was. par i Y d �
i .. e o .' :-,. ,
from n
A road journey � e 1 hr
trcula.ly lied. i y Seed,. No. Quality. T, s .s on., of the most barely vaz.etres and ,� l�<era.
point on the coast i,o another`s '
one P t f i; e
of he pr oductlorl of .a field that has . grown seed for leu consecut. s c years.
5.
1i'
a fic.,.d,
could only be accomplished over the
direct route in t1.e suiiiner months.
This leaves zt. thororlghly cliliiatiz£.cl. Anyone intending to s
of, 1s variety should lace then. order early.
In many cases there was no detect y s P Y
^"`ti .elle a journey by ,rail
en-
1•olxte, v J Y t ,
. We havealso a stock of No, �, Americangzo.an hard*
toiled travelling inland:to a point of y
e again. variety that in previous years has plover. successful hero. Our price
a triangle and then westward g
Practically a whole day's joumney, it ,$15.00 per bus.
tivas claimed 'was Necessary in many
E ARE PTJYE NS: L VE13 AND `.IIIi4I THYSEED,
uses o accomplish tibio otherwise W A i . RS OF BEANS, C 0 i O .
DUTCH SET ONIONS' AND ALLBKINDS OF 'FARM i ih' PRO l) (7C E'S T
would prove: only a four or five
HIGI-IEST MARKET :PRICES.
WE I:IAV17 A LARGE STOCK OE ST'I'I�;G .01':,,GI:I...YDISE FOh
i v + +, , +y.. + r r..;:.
QUALITY, STYLE AND PRICES .OUR VtiiL,U:f�SCAt11'N07 BI, 33I?A1'EN.,
1. REAL GOOD SELECTION, -IN ALL LINES. A CALL .SOLICITED;
hotir's journey direct by road:
, oulei 'lucre. so Wealth
In' addition to its economic and
tourists benefits, it -was claimed titan
the potential wealth of the territory
would. beAin.ineasurab'7y incrieaSed.
Many hundreds of Americans could
readily bo lad -aced to purcinnse
water L1 alit properties along tho
shoeos of the .altos a1xd rivers for
summer home silos, los, aid as an In-
stance' of '24' 'the loutl valties
similarly located lzroportiee on the
.Michigan ,shor'e or T.,c'Lo Huron were
glieted-`l'orelito (unbe.
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