The Exeter Times, 1923-11-15, Page 1FIFTY.FIRST, YEAR No. 2556
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EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMT3ER 15th., 1923 1
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6 • - • , . • = I °11' AltlYLISTI.C1.?‘ter Fligh chool Thetrict, Etigene
'7=1 'Headed by the Exeter band. about 'Howey
sixty veterans and the. young men 14 Mr Wm. Lawson read the valdice
= training 1-e:traded to-theCTriVittMein^ tory which was a ntaSterly effort,
,• •l church on Sunday morning cengratulatinig• the,. t.Ixeter High
$pecia
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Bargains in Ladies
•and Misses' C(:)ats
This,is the opportunity you
• have been looking for. We have
greatly' reduced the price of :the;
balance of our Ladies' and Misse'
Winter Coats. See these real bar-
gains. We can save you many
dollars on tile price of your coat.
= 1 piece• each ria,vy arid. black
fine Botany an wool serge size 50_
inches wide, a real arg41n-, wr
they last at $2.00 per yard.
= where they listened. to a very ,e10-,
• =. quent sermon deliyeredby the Rector
= Rev A. A Trumper. The veterans
• formed up on the corner of Ilnren
= and Main St. and led by Major W. J. mony that prevailed in the school,
- &Ieaman, Paraded to the cnurch The closing laumber was a comedy
where they occupied tite centre pews. as follow: Madame dePortmeiit, Vio
T• he church was filled to capacity School* The cast of characters were
and special Music nr,atwo
provided byas follows: 1Vrarlae de Pertinent, Vlo-
= the choir'. During the service let Whiteside; 1Vfabel Smiles, Mabel
m• inutes of silence was observed as Preter; Gertrude Frolics, Wanda
a tribute to those •who had made the von Wa.scinski; May Frisky Kathleen
= supreme sacrifice in the great war. Heaanana,' Jennie Slow, Irene Lam.;
Mr.Trumper took for his text: port; Bridget, Ada Mitchell. The
6— - "Be of- good courage and let us different parts were well taken and
p• lay the men for our ,people an for the play s
,. quite entertaining. The
' God and the Lord entire program was a, credit to the
the et our favorable
= do that wkich Seemeiiii Him, good:" High School and a vely
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= 2 Samuel 10:12. The preacher said impression of the work.of this centre
eee,=-- • part Those grand Words are even of learning was lett withthevisitors.
more remarkable if We notice4the lips
from whence they came. The speaker
is one of the least attractive. and least JrAIRES ST. HO
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Was.
AMMON{ devout of all, the O. T. characters-- SUCCESSFUL ANNIVERSARY
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that fearless, rough!' domineering
The anniversary of James SI. Meth -
soldier," Joab, 'Who bill his life long
= was a thorn an David's side, and odist church held on Sunday last
= whose dealt appeared to the dying was a decided success. Large con -
king; the only neean. of securing, gregations were present at both ser -
peace for his seeeegeeik This men vices. Vim pastor, Rev. W. E. Don-
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nelly, who came to James St. in July when' brought into -great perils, utters
words that disclosd the grandest ,had charge of the services and was
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School on the very high sanding
that had been attained in the inid-
summer examinations, the efficiency
of the teaching staff and the liar-
courage, and skov,' profoundest at his best. He has made a most
sense of godly phili3SOPIIY• There is favorable impression since coining to
this community.and his eloquent no mere fatalism,. in the words, but
ser -
"13e of good courtige"--"and the mons froni Sunday to Sunday have
'Lord do that 'which seemeth Him (1)37;1- thehenlpatoiga
fl:rnediitiisoprilgviachfii
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good." People would have said there 1
was no „reli-ion .Joab but when the large auditorium of. .Tames 31.
faced with danger_like thousand,a were 'delighted with 'his messages..
The choir furnished some splendid
today in all walks'ot life --he is -found
facing- God. We Must do our Part, music under the 1..adership of the
organist, Mr. Roy Goulding:, Rev.
and God will:do what seemeth
John Ball of Lainbeth, who in 1875
good. These words were admirably
illustrated in the Great. -War. Greater was called to the pastorate of what
courage was never , ahown ge sgunds
bysoldiers was then the 13ibrie Christian church,
anywherend the messa
in Exeter, was PrPsent and assisted
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gunn• in theniorning In tbe even -
clear and. high abeve. booming
and bursting shells, "the Lord did log Maim St, ellin'-°11. had wundraWn
that which seemed ;toEr
d e• their service and the castor, Rev. F.
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But to -day your'ranks are depleted. E. Clysdale conducted the closing
We long for the touch of the vanish- exercises.
In the morning service the preach-
thated hand, and, the sound of a voice
er took advantage or the sentiment
is still. The,gloricks dead ! let
gathering about the Armistice Day
commemoration and preached on the,
subject—"Our Heroes 'of Yesterday
and To -clay." He referred to* the
many passages ofethe Netv Testament
at the iniposing ceicmonies at the axe - in clothed the language of
7rr?-141.)°41-lefield. 'and the nrunbr of
tomb ,the Inkneivn Warrir
splendid processionals and real bat--
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Westminster Abbey ---fitting Osymbol Re songs found in ,the hymnology of
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the charch. Warfare opens the way
alize these scenes we thank God "for
of an Empire's dead, but as we visu-
tor heroic effort and many of the
all the saints, who from their labors' great heroes of the recent war were
unknown until the challenging issues
of the.war discovered them. But there
has been an evolution in the idea of
-heroism. °hasadvanced from. the
hero- of physical ,strength to the ,hero
organizled thought, and deveRiped
"to theligh standard of normal hero-
ism. The great hero of the recent
war was Marshall Foch. Hitt unlike
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Mneorab
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us always keep their Memory fresh
and fragrant. Throughout the Em-
pire to -day, as the clock moves for-
ward, the tWo.minutes of .silence has
been and will be observed. We think
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„.• =. „rest," all who lived and died -worthily
= for Kingdom and country. Ypres, St.
—. „Julien, Loos,s. Sanetuaxy Wood, The
PHOE 32 = 'Soinme ATIMY, Ridge Hill, 6.,0
ONfer42.k, •
• 's•= .chendale ,and many; snaate.
'= stands to -clay. ELS 1103.Y ground watered.:
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Remember the chicken pie supper
at Cavel, Presbyterian church Thurs-
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HeamandaY Pvering, 4v. 15th, from 6 to
's .',IETardware
, 8 p.m:. Imissi6u 50c and 35c.
Does Iiciur Roof Leak?
Special Roofing Prices
• FOR THIS WEEK
1 ply Roofilig $1.85 per square -
1 ply Roofing $2.50 persquare
2 ply Roofing $3.00 per square
l'a.riod Roofing $4.00
Roofing Gement 25c.
Roofing Cenclent $150
Roofing Paint $1. •
Plastic Cement 45c.
SPECIAL SIIURLEY AND.
DIIITRICI' MAKE, GUARAN-
( TEED $2.00.
LA.I3GEI AUThtINTIM
TEA KIIITTLE, LOW
PRICES FOt QITICI
- SALE, $2.75
High Grade Axes$1.5O
3 only Black Diamond Cross
Cut Saws Guaranteed $6.00
The Midon- /Circle of Main St..
Methodist. hurch will hold a Bazaar
on Sat Sat'yNoil. 24th, in the Town Hall.
Fancy articles' and home -Made cook-
ing for sale.
•• Come ' to- the,. Spinster's Return,
Nov. 2Sth, at the Opera House. Hear
the Old Maids before and after mar -
riage. See bills for particulars.
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'Phd engagement ii 'announced of
Margaret Louise, da Lighter of Mrs.
Sarah Boles and Ahe ate Wm. Boles,
Stratford, to James William. Amos,
of Walkerville so11 of, the late Dr.
and Mrs. Thomas A. Amos, of Exeter
the marriage to take, place quietly
early, in- November. k
BORN
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Exeter, on Npv. 11.th, to
Mr. and Ms. • David Kirk' a' dau-
ghter. • _
'SWITZER—In Exeter, on Nov. 3rd,
to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Switzer,
William St., a son, (Donald Earl.) GUENTHER—In Exeter, onNovem-
ber 2nd, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles
. Guenther, a son.
DIED
ViAoria Children's
• pital, London, on Nov. 5.1h, Robert
Cecil, second son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Munn, age 8 years, 5
• , Months .aticl, 23 days.. -
Hay Tp., on Nov, 711.1,-
a.
Mary ..AgneS Rife, tvidow of the
late Waren : S. prignan, eged 77
years, 3 inontlis and 1 day.
°Alto or pErANKs
Mr, and MI'S. Robert Munn wish to
tiank the neighbors, and friends for
:their kindness and sympathy during
their recent sad bereavenient and
also for the floral tributes.
Vimy, Passchenclale, Arras, Amiens,
Cambrai are the naMes that will be
Napoleon, the world's greatest milit-
placeCon the colours cif the 161st
ary stra,tegiSt, and Unlike Ludendorff
battalion hanging in this .church. 'TO
the brains of the German, general
us..from hands these heroes,
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half° thrown the torch, let us be of war staff, Foch wasa moral hero.
He hared the .spirit of ithe f gallant
good. curage, let us 1.10W and alwaYs
allies who fought, not for self-agran-
diseme.nt, not for self-defence eye'n,
but for the freedoM and truth and
Way the men, and the Lord Will do
that which seemeth Him good—for
'"I am the Lord, I change not."
justice of humanity. •
e - If then true heroism belongs to the
OPERA ROUSE PACKED FOR moral realm,•we have no reason to
• lament tha.t the war is over. There
111 8 C°1111Y‘TCENEENT stili plenty of scope for the heroic.
With every- available seat in the There are other fees to light, ether
Exeter Opera House filled „and a bloodless battles that must be won,
number standing throughout the pro- new movements for reform, new en-
gram, the Commencement exercises terprises tor right, that will call for
of the Exeter High School were a the spilling of Soul blood and genu -
great snceees. The girls of the school
were, dressed` in white middies and
the gchool colors of laiadh. and .red
were much in evidence. While the
a,urlience was gathering, the school or
C11,0Stra, provided 'some very stirring
ine seltene\critieal. service. 2, ,
The pastor referred to some 'of the
engagements of the way that ieflect-'
edk-the fineheroism of Canada's sof-
diers, and _particularly to the triku-
orable battle of paeschandale, with YOUr Bi OPPOrttillit —
music.. Rev. A. A. TrUMPer OCC,11- its terrible cost, and appealed for the
pied the chair- in a very befitting sanctification. of this fighting in-
manner aria. in, his opening remarks -stinct. We need the spirit of Pa,estO
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chandale, the spirit of Flanders fields
crystallized'into holy.action, and or-
ganized for the Kingdom task.
ceived.,a hearty enchore. In tact all The task of moral heroism lies lic-
the numbers were' of a high-class or- fore it. It is the moral substitute
der and ,were well received. Misses for war. We have °crushed. Prussian
Roffman and Medd. played a piano militarism, 110W, we must save the
duett;Mr.NeSbit' Woods sang a solo Prussian heart. We have Smitten
and Misses Hoffman and Medd and the iron hand af autocracy, now we
must cultivate human brotherh ood.
We have. put an end to bloody war-
Iare, now we must destroy the spirit
of enmity, jealousy' atl, warfare in
the human heart. We .owe this at
least to the. crowded graveyards of
Mr. E. J. I,Vethey an(1. the following Flanders, and to those who have, been
AleNA_UGIITON—HEPBURN
A very- pretty wedding was $01-
eumiged at .Askin Street Methodist
Church, London, on Saturday morn-
ing last, when Florence Elizabeth,
daughter of -Mr. and MrS. John Hep-
burn formerly of Centralia, was
united in marriage to Leslie Talmage
McNaughton, B.A.„ See, Sarnia, non
of IVIr. and Mrs. J,. A. McNaughton,
MS° of ,London, The bride was given
in Marriage by her farrier, and look-
ed lovely -in her wedding' gown of
bine tint velvet, with touches of
squirrel and a hat of black velvet
and Iace and wearing a corsage bou-
quet of Ophelia roses. Rev. J. '1'.
Cosby Morris officiated, and the Wed-
ding music was plarect by Dr. Smith,
organist' of the church. After the
ceremony a reception wash Id at the
home of the bride's parents. The•
happy couple left later by motor for
Hamilton and Torento. For travel-
ling the bride donned a smart suit of
navy rnarvello with' hat of silver
cloth and 'squirrel. After their re -
!aim, Mr, and Mrs. McNaughton
will reside in Sarnia.
HARTWICK—GODAVIIC
Dundas Centre Methodist church
was the scene of a pretty wedding
Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock when
Pearl Adria daughter of Mrs. God-
win and the late Rev, Williath God-
win., of London, was united in mar-
riage to William Ernest Hartwick,, of
Toronto, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Hartwick, of Kincardine. Rev. R.
J. McCormick, pastor of Hyatt Ave.,
Methodist church, a brother-in-law of
thebride, pmnormed the ceremony,
assisted by Rev. John Garbutt, of
Dundas Centre Church. The bride
who was given away by her brother;
Dr, W. 0. Godwin, of Port Colborne;
was lovely in her wedding robe of
ivory French crepe broche, sequin
trimmed with white silk roses a-
round the bottom of the skirt. She
carried a, shower boliquet of Ophelia
roses, and her filmy veil of tulle was
aarttngedentineleanken.2-xktta,a11°
ange blossoms.. The matron dtst.till-
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or was Mrs. E. C. Currie, of Hawkes
bury, a sister p1 the bride, who wore
royal blue chiffon velvet, with touch-
es or burnt orange and carried a
bouquet of Sunset roses. Another
sister, Miss Grace Godwin as brides,
maid was Clarmine• in clover 'and
silver -shot taffeta, and carried pink
donm,r,(annede Tklilli;sa.s,34r.a.IL)e.,111.,'01.11.114tnakildoft:4)11..,tOu,).
rnpathy
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heahhnveio:tf diedel Iti111‘ yeeroatilinY e• °• „ iscioe 1))tho'tsliNeViii:°:(11.94:1:1t31:111:111:
friends in the ions of their ,infant. son.
was
Ideal weather prevailed for ih*
week -end and the holiday, Special
sermons were reached in the
dilIer-
ent el:Lurches on Sunday relative lo
Armistice or rintanitsgivnig. Ajoi3-
day the holiday was quietly 01)fa'er17-
ed. Quite n..nuinbet of visitors were
in town. •
IllINGER BROKEN, TWO CUT
Mr. Ilobt. Gillies had the misfor-
tune to have one finger broken and
two cut open while oiling S01110 plae,b-
inery at his sawmill on friteeda
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ELIVDERAVENT OPE13.3.TION
Mrs. Geo. Manson was in London
over Thanksgiving visiting her
daughter, Miss Jeseie, who reeent1V
underwent an operation for appendi-
citis at St. Joseph's hospital. She 18
iniproving as well as can be expected.
Her brother Will, of Toronto, also
spent the holiday in London.
AUTO A.CCII)ENT
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An auto accident rook -elak?e on
Main St. Tuesday just about noon,
but fortunately very little damage
was done. Two teams drawing coal
were being. driven south, one follow-
ing the other. Air. 'Plies. Boyce, of
Centralia, in his new Chevrolet, pul-
led out to pas S theni. The large auto
truck-. -with trailor belonging to Epps •
& Son, of Varna, hauling cenient
going north at the time and the two
cars met in front of Harvey &, liar
grocery store. where Mr. E.
Harvey's Ford coupe was parked.
The two autos collided, Mr. Boyce's -
fender being dented and the axle , •
bent. The truck also struck - Atte
coupe denting the back fender and. •„
'shunting the front of the car over
th.e curbing.
-\-Ve have a good supply of feed,
rkl,nte,,p, shorts, feed flour, Middlitigs,
fil• iscaAlt-Re,vtEaynitaagReo.gete,,,t
roses. Little. Miss. • Iielen , Godwin,•
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daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W: 0.- God-
adn, of -Port Calbotherk made a rlantY- ,
flower.girl, and ,Jeck- Gedwine•son of
Dr. and Mrs. L, S. Godwin, .of Wel-
land; was ringbearer. Sack Davey.
of Toronto, 'acted , as best man and
Frank,Bailey and Douglas Morris as
ushers. .-During the signing of the
register, Miss Luella Scott, of List -
owl, sang ,"Beeause” moat delight -1
flkyed the
waeliLin.g4'..mPaarrcril11/1°.rris '1)
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Ping roses, yellow -mums- and
streamers. were ,Used thro ughou t the
home of the bride's mother, where, a
i'eceiition was held following the,
ceremony. Mrs. G-odwin received. the
guests in a becoming gown of wister-
ia silk velvet with gold lace and jet
• Ornaments. Miss Marjorie Tanton
and Miss Edna Purdy wercharming
assistants.
Later Mr. and Mrs. Hartwick left
for Sarnia, Detroit and Kincardine,
the beide travelling in a blue marvel -
.la wrap with gray tox collar, gray
hat and Shoes to match. On their
return they will reside 111,4r0rOnt0.
The, bride is a popular graduate of
•.Alma °College, St. Thomas. Miss
Beatrice Howey, of Exeter was a-
mong the guests.
Read the locals on page four.
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gave some very .timely adviceto the
seholars. •The opening number was
a chorus from the Glee tab who re--
Alessi's. 'Woods and Keith Love rend-
ered a gnat -tette. A very pretty wand
drill was p(it on by a number of
Tile Presentation of graduation
diplomas 'was made by the Principal,
were the recipients: Dorothy 13alk- udder the fearful wastage of war, to
will, Elsie Brandocl, Aylmer Christie 1 the blind and halt and crippled Nyho
Mina Cornish, Borden Cunningham, fought beside our noble dead, that
Horace Delbridge, ',Marguerite Xuntz, we shell so imbicle their spirit that
Wm. Lawson, Gladys idoLean, Vera We shall take up the torch' of right
Mawhinney Lillian Rivers Harry Sel- and truth and wave it far, that we
don, Margaret Wethey, Harold ''‘.Toodmay conserve that for which they
The presentation of Scholarships surrendered eVerything and for
was made by Mr. S. Staubury to which thousands died,
the following. Edgar Thomson, Laird
Jdyut; Middle ;School, Mary Glifinan, The Saivatien Army have leased'
Lillian Rivers, awarded by' reversion the rooms up over Sentheott 'Bros'
to LlOyd IfaiSf; Lower School, Form store and take possession this week.
2, Grace Turnbull, Maud -• Millar, The rooms have been nicely deeorat,4
ed. At one time these roorns were
used by the Masonic oedna.
Giant Coiling -Wood., Fenn .1, Ella,
litorloek, Gerd n Ili owlet', Harr
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