The Exeter Times, 1924-8-7, Page 11'.
~ IF'TY.FIRS'{', YEAR No. 2556'
EXETER, o T.
TH T.RSpAY MORNING, AUGUST 7th., 1924
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BADLY INJURED'URE7.
The Usborne'
Council met in its I Mr. Fred. Hogarth, of the Znd can-
- monthly meeting on Saturday, Aug. ' 4eSs ion of ,StiMp'lt,en, met With an tuft^
CC ®® lortunateItnES l painful accident Tues -
O 2nd, 1924. All ' members were day evening last. He had driven out
= presentwith ReevetD. loll FootExpert chair, to, the 'field with a horse team
• attached to a binder to cut some wheat
minutes of the, previous meet- and iii some way the horses becane,
�• ing were read and approved on unmanageable. In endeavoring to set
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motion of Skinner—Ballantyne. them right Mr, Hogarth got into a
Correspondence—Re printing part mix-up arid' in csonne, way was thrown
III Voters' Lists, Board of . returned etc., Health dealt against the bLader, with the result chat
Immo. receipted
billshe. had ,hid collar -bone, and one tof this ,
= with. ribs broken and was otherwise sadly
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Here
onday,
Don't miss this opportunity of
Foot
Ex-
pert r.'Sc Scholl's consultingD
haveanytrouble with
pert if you..�
your feet. It costs you nothing to
consult him, and the benefits de-
rived u o
in hundreds of cases, is the
making ®f constant walking a real
pleasure instead of a continual
hardship youi
. If are troubled with
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Corns. Bunions, Calouses, flat-feet
aching limbs etc., you owe it to
yourself, to your every -day com-
fort to come in and geeirelief from
Dr. Scholl®
Remember the date on., Auglel
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First showing
Ladies' Fall and Winter
Coats this week
PHONE 82
used up. Medical.and, was.summon,ed
Stewart—Hanna—That the fol- and his injuries dressed; butt he is now
lowing ratesbe struck for 1924, vs: confined to'his bed, where lie will be
era' n for some time to
County Mate, 3.2 mills on the $; ,compelled torr ix bi u
Oman
Highways, 2 mills; Township, 1;5 Colne.
mills; General School Rate, 2.4
,mills, and that the amount .recess-
sary for each school section in the
,= township be levied by separate rate,
2 entered on the collection roll and
collected with the other taxes, and
that a bylaw be drafted confirming
the ..same.. Carried,
By-law No. 8 1924, Re. levying
rates for1_924was react and approv-
ed on' motion of Ballantyne and
Hanna and signed by the Reeve and
Clerk.
Skinner -Stewart—That a by-law
be prepared authorizing the collec-
tion of the unpaid cow tax monies
by placing the same on the collect-
or's roll, and collecting with the
alms
same
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A deputation frtlm the Exeter
Agricultural , Society waited on the
council asking for a grant to assist
in repairing the. Grand. Stand on the
Fair Grounds together with the us-
ual annual grant. Ballantyne—
Skinner—That a grant of $20 he
made for improvements and that
the usual grant of $15 be made to
each of the Exeter and Kirkton
_,
Agricultural Societies, together with
a special grant to each of the afore-
named- societies for a Baby Beef
competition among'Usborne ratepay-
ers. Carried.
Stewart—Ballantyne. That the
clerk order 1 Steel Culvert 26feet x
20- inches. Carried.
Hanna—Stewart. That the fol-
lowing bills be passed viz: Harry
Ford, work in gravel pit, $30.00;
Hugh Berry,; 20 ;rods 6 inch tile,
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IN. iAR EVER
ALUMINUM
2-QT. LIPPED SAUCE
PANS
REG. 90c FOR 75c.
2% -QT. REG. $1.00
FOR 80e.
Wear -Ever Preserving Kettles
8 -QT. KETTLES Reg. $2.15 FOR$1:89. `' }
10 -QT. KETTLES Reg. $2.65 FO R $2.30
12 -QT. KETTLES Reg. $3.00 FOR $2.45
14=QT' KETTLES Reg. $3.40 FOR' $2.95
USE
Gold 'Medal
Binder Twine
14 1-2 c. per pound
Gold Medal
Rope
Hay Fork a .
ALL SIZES
SISAL ROPES 21c
Ib.
LAWN MOWERS 20 p. c. OFF
Hardware
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SMITH -1V ITU{ ELL
A quiet wedding took place at
Main Street Parsonage on Wednes-
day, August 6th, when Rev. F. E.
Clysdale, 'united pin marriage M.
Frederick William Smith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Smith, Lake Road,
Stephen Twp., and. Miss Ila Ione
Mitchell,' daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Mitchell, Exeter. The bride
was attended by her sister, Miss
Ida, and the groom was supported
by Mr. Eller Hedden. The cere-
mony took place at 11 o'clock, after•
which the young couple left on a
motor trip to London, Brantford
and Galt. On their return they will
make their lime in Exeter.
BIRTHS- -
MARSHALL—In St. Marys, on :July
29th, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward F.
Marshall, a daughter. (Betty
Claire.)
DED IN CAIFORNIA
Mr. George •11lawson of town re-
cently received word of the death of
his ,brother," -Robert .brawson, who
died in the hospital at Los Angeles,
Cal„ on July' 20, at the age of 58
years. Mr. alawson ` was born' in
'McGillivray and all his boyhood lays
were spent in that township and
where 'he married Miss Lydie Sellars.
He moved West .from McGillivray
and from there went to Los Angeles,
where he has since resided. He
leaves his widow, three brothers,
Thomas and John of Saskatchewan,
George of Exeter and one sister,
Mrs. John Nichol of McGillivray.
DEATH OF THOMAS OKE
Little or no intimation of the ill-
ness of Mr. Thomas Oke, of London
having been received here the news
of his death carie as a shock to his
many friends on Monday. It ap-
pears he had suffered from a rather
severe attack of heart trouble on
Tuesday of last week, but rallied
and was not considered at all
serious until several days later
When he took a turn for the worse
and the end name quickly. Mr. Oke
was horn in Exeter in 1865, being
a son of the late James and Mary
Oke and all his early days were
spent here. About 32 years ago he
married Miss Lizzie Shute, by whom
he is survived. Some twenty years
ago they left here and went to reside
$18;J. Ogden,; ditch Bidd. Bdy, our in Kingsville where he conducted a
share, $5; W. Moodie and others hotel,' later moving to London and
work on Twp. roads $91.85; Exeter
Agricultural Sciety, grant for imp.
'$26 D:• "Feniviel1 Bridge >epairs;
road 7, ,$1.50; Ira Ma^rshalI, ' bridge
supplies, road 7, 95c; Wm. Moodie
and others work •on bridge, $ 6.59..
Council` adjourned to meet Sept
6th, -1924, at 1 o'clock.
HENRY STRANG
Clerk
survived by four sisters: Mrs.
Locke, of Boston, Mrs. W. T. Ache-
son, Mrs. E. Billings and Mrs. C.
Dale of Decatur, Ind. The remains
were brought here for burial, the
funeral taking place from the Trivitt
Memorial church on Wednesday to
the Exeter Cemetery.
A MEAN ACT
took charge of the Cecil hotel and
for several years he has been clerk
o£•the `Belvedere hotel, the old- City
hotel. "Tommy" as he was famil-
iarly known, was kind hearted and
genial, honorable and unselfish and
was much respected by a large
circle of friends. He was aged 59
years and 5 months and Ieaves no
family. Besides his widow he is
One of the meanest and most
dastardly offences that has been
perpetrated in this community for a
long time, occurred in town on Sat-
urday night last. Mr. and Mrs.
Preston Dearing of the 2nd conces-
sion of Stephen, had driven to town
with their horse and buggy and had
left, both standing near Wes. Sim-
mon's blacksmith shop whale, they
went shopping. On their return
they found the harness had been
literally cut to pieces, ` in fact all
parts of it were so badly Y cut that
Mr. Dearing was obliged to get a
new set with which to get home.
The guilty parties should be brought
to justice and the severest penalty;
of the Iaw meted out to them.
THE LATE GEORGE 1IIAY
On Saturday, August 2nd; ' Mr.
George May passed away in Exeter
after an illness of about two weeks.
The deceased was aged 66 years and
7 months. He was born on the Illay
homestead on the London • Road
South and all his life has been spent.
in this community. For a number of
years he has not enjoyed the most
robust health, failing eyesight being
his principal trouble. He was a
faithful member of the James St.
church. and : was unmarried. He is
MARRIAGES survived by two brothers and three
(sl. isters, John May of Toronto ; Jos.
Smith—Mitchell—Ai the Main Street May; Mrs. J. G'. Jones and Mrs. H.
Methodist ,parsonage; on Aug. 6t1r, by
Rev F. E. Clysdale; Frederick; W,
Smith, to. Miss Ila' Ione• Mitchell
daughter .of Mr. and Mrs, 'Win. Mit-
chell, all of Exeter.
DEATHS -
MAY—In Exeter. on ,Saturday', Aug.
2nd, George May,. aged 66 ,years
and 7 months.
OKE—In London, on Monday, Atig,
4th, Thomas Oke, aged 56 years
and 5 months:`
HUTCI-IINGS—In St. Marys, on Sun-
day, July, 27th,.. Ann Edmondson,
relict of the late Albert Hutch-
ings.
WELSH ---In Seaforth, on July 27th,
John S. Welsh, aged 82 years, 3
months and 21 days.
CARD OF THANKS
The brothers and sisters of the
late 'George May, desire to 'express
their einceie appreciation to the
many friends for .their kindness and
sympathy' daring Mr, May's illness
and death,
T. Rowe of town. The funeral,
private, . was held from the hone of
Mr J. G. Jones on Monday afternoon
interment' in Exeter Ceiiietery.
'JAMES ST. WINS GIRL'S SOFT-
BALL LEAGUE
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The girl's softball league was
wound up on Thursday last after a
very interesting series during which
a great deal of enthusiasm was
manifested. The . James St. ladies
wOn the, series being one up on the
Main St, team. One of the closest
and most exciting games was • the
second last when Main St. defeated
Cavell 6 to 5. The last game be-
tween Cayen and Tri>iit was an
easy victory ' fat the former. The
final standing is as fol1bws:
WalimmtaMM
James St 5 1
Maiti St. 4 2'
-Caven, ......, . .,,... 3 3
Trivitt
WHEAT COMPETITION
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Kirkton Aug. 4.—Alex, Mcf ague of
Te.eswater, has just finished judgin,4
the 22 -fields' of wheat en,tere.d, ;n, field
field crop competition, conducted 'bv
the Kirkton Agricultural Society. He
reports some heavy fields, ds, but the
farmers should try to procure pure
seed, as all the fields he, judged hada
mixture oaf some other variety of wheat
The following are the prize winners
Charles Atkinson, William RatcTiffe".
Janes More, Robert Ratcliffe, William
Arthur, Wm. H.- Switzer, Harry White.
The schedule game of soft ball
between Thames Road and Trivitt
churches has been postponed from
Friday, August Sth to Tuesday,
August 19th.
Mr. Jas. Connor accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Grace Connor,
leave Thursday evening for Belle-
ville where Mr. Connor will visit
his brother. The former is in his
92nd year and 'the latter in his 90th
year. These two elderly gentlemen
take turn about in visiting each
other and when they are together
enjoy many reminescences of early
days.
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PULK Y
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We are now prepared to do alt
kinds of repairs on broken frames,
whereas before, ive had to and them
to London or elsewhere.
HEAVY ,mini vamocus TO
YOUR OULENSES, WHILE
51.037 'WAIT, $3.00.
SPECTACI,FS, LARGE LENSES,
$1.00 and UP.
1)r. ° Johni, Ward
CI IR:OPRACTOR a OPTICIAN
MAIN S'1.`.% EXETER, ONT.
r.HONE" "t0
01 THE TO/14
Gordon Hanlon, ; one of the young
men, who, some months ago evolved;
a scheme calculated to largely in-
crease his bank account at the ex-
pense of our citizens by soliciting
and procuring photographs of "dear
friends" for enlargement and at the
Same tim 'eo i c •'n
s cam, . 1 e ti sins of one
e g u money
ranging from five to thirty-five
dollars, according to the style of the
enlargement and frame selected, is
now in the toils at Goderich, having
been taken before Judge Lewis on
Saturday last on a charge of reck-
less driving and doing bodily harm.
The judge sentenced hurt to three
months in the Ontario reformatory,
less 27 days served in Goderich jail,
while awaiting sentence. We may
further add that while the two
young men were here they did a
land office business and inmany
cases the money was paid over and
neither the pictures nor money have
since been seen. We have been
informed that those young men have
been operating in many towns.
throughout Western Ontario, but
this sudden awakening will put an
end to their golden dreams at least
for a time.
DIED IN VANCOUVER
Mr. Chas. Box of Stephen receiv-
ed word by telegram on Saturday
Iast of the death of his youngest
brother, Wilbert Box, who died in
Vancouver, B.C., the day before,
August 1st, in his 60th year: He
is survived by his wife, one son and
two daughters; also three brothers,
and two grandchildren.
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To See Bette°r;.
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FITTING.
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IN ORDER TO DO SO.AVS
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THE MOST MODERN CAL.
INSTRUMENTS AND TI OW -
LEDGE OF 'HOW TO IT THEM,
BACKED TIP WITH 2 8 Olt,,
EXPERIENCE AT SIGH TESTING
AND SPECTACLE FITT
WE. CAN HELP
SATI5rACTION GUAR �D
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S. Fit
Registered Optometrist.
The goad news comes .from Man-
itoba that crop conditions are ideal
:and. that Manitoba expects to beat all
records with a crop of 75,000,000
bushels. This, with increasing pri-
ces, is doing much to remove the un-
rest which has prevailed Good
crops in the western provinces means
touch to all of Canada.
OE THEATRE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
A UGUST 8th. and 9th
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Next Week, August 15th and 16th
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GREATEST OF ALL
FUN MAKER S IN HIS LATEST
FEATURE
"SAFETY LAST'
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NEW CHEESE
PER LB.
TOILET PAPER
3 ROLLS
25e
25c
GINGER COOKIES
2 LB. 29c
PASTRY FLOUR.
24 LB. 95c
COAL OIL
PER GAL.'
ZINC RINGS
PER DOZ.
,1 GAL. SEALERS
DOZ.
RUBBER RINGS
3 DOZ.
27c
25c
1.75
25c
INeilson's Milk Chocolate Rosebuds 49c. 1b
BINGO HORSE RADISH
BOTTLE 25c
WHITE SHOE POLISH
CAKE 10c,
ROYAL 'MAYONNAISE
• BOTTLE ...:c. . 60c
WHIPPING CREAM
CAN` 35c
MAZOLA OIL
TIN
GLENWOOD COFFEE
PER LI3. '
TRISCLTITS
2 PKGS.
LIQUID BLUEING
BOTTLE 25c
400,
60c>
25c
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Iodized Salt
The Izousehold salt, rec-
ommended by the 'Provin-
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preventive against goitre;
contains the iodine our
local water ' lacks, Per
package 150
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UNEEDA BISCUIT
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A rrutricious, S,i,ig)i.tly
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flavored
Per pkg
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