HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-01-20, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1873 EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20th, 1938 Sixty-Fourth Year
SAD BEREAVEMENTCHARTER NIGHT FOR
EXETER LIONS
The newly organized Lions club
in Exeter was presented with its of
ficial charter at a banquet in the
Exeter Arena Monday evening at
which Lions Clubs from Sarnia,
Strathroy, Simcoe, Petrolea, 'St.
Thomas, London, Mitchell, Clinton
and Goderich were well represented.
Zero weather and heavy roads did
not mar the enthusiasm of the vis
itors who had motored for many
miles to see Lionism launched in
Exeter. About 150 persons sat
down to the beautifully decorated
and well-laden tables catered to by
the Exeter Women’s Institute, the
Lion's colors of gold and purple
predominating. The walls of the
gymnasium were also nicely decor
ated.
Guest Lion Tamer Charlie Curtis,
of the London Lions, the sponsoring
club, led a spirited sing song before
and during the banquet. Toastmas
ter Bill Wright, of Strathroy, deputy
district governor zone 2, presided
and the microphone and sound sys
tem recently installed, was used for
the first time. The toast to “The
King” was proposed by Harold Rich
mond, of London. Visiting Lions
were introduced and in turn the
charter members of the Exeter club
and new members were called to
their feet.
Reeve W. D. Sanders in a few ap
propriate remarks welcomed the vis
itors stating that there .was-no work
■that was more noble or grand than
that of helping the less fortunate in
dividuals particularly the youth. He
spoke of Exeter as a splendid town
providing foi’ the recreation and wel
fare of its citizens. Ed. Redfern,
president of the London Lions, in
responding stated that there were
two things outstanding in Lionism,
one was the social contacts made
and the other the service rendered
to a' community.
Ken Waters, of Clinton, deputy
district governor of zone 3, intro
duced the District Governor, Pete
Peteson, of Sarnia. The latter stat
ed that this was his sixth charter
night since assuming'office .but he
did not know of any club that had
got off to a better start than the
Exeter club. He congratulated Earl
Nichols and Roy Robinson, of Lon
don, who had madec 3visits to Ex
eter and were largely responsible
in the organization of the new club,
He 'gave an outline of the history of
Lionism, organized in 1917 in Chi
cago by Melvin Jones when fifty
social clubs were united as service
clubs. Today in Ontario and Que
bec there are 63 clubs with a mem
bership of 3,000, working in the in
terests of the underprivileged. Op
portunities for service and good fel
lowship are the first essentials of
Lionism. He outlined the things
necessary to built a healthy club.
In conclusion Mr. Peterson called
on Lions Nichols and Robinson to
present the charter to President Dr,
W. E. Weeke's of the Exeter. Club.
Lions Nichols said th'at when he
came to Exeter persons had remark
ed that a club could not be formed
but that the charter proved to the
world that it had been done. Dr.
Weekes in accepting the charter
made a very fine address,
Presentations
A pleasing feature of, the evening
were tile presentations made the Exe
ter clu'b from other clubs in the dis
trict. President Ed. Redfern, of the
London Lions, presented a beautiful
bell as an emblem of good-will be
tween the sponsoring club and its
protege. President Bob Pierson, of
the St. Thomas Lions, presented a
gavel. The president of the Sarnia
club, pointing out that Lionism is
international, presented an American
flag, while a Canadian flag was pre
sented by the president of the
Strathroy Lions, The flags were re
ceived on behalf of the Exeter club
by Lion tamer Geo. Evans, the Pe-
trolea Lions through their president
presented a picture of King George.
In turn Earl Nichols and Royc Rob
inson, of London, were presented
with pen and pencil sets by President
Dr. Weekes as a mark of apprecia
tion for what they have done for the
Exeter club.
Throughout the evening musical
selections were given by Fred Smale
with singing and selections on
the accordian. Miss Violet Arbuckle
gave some very clever and skillful
acrobatic dancing. Piper James
Hamilton, of London, as a special
favor to Thomas Pryde, entertained
the gathering with the pipes and Mr.
Pryde made sure that there were
plenty of oat cakes for the guests.
A reading whs given by H. O. South-
cott. Short addreses of appreciation
were expressed by Sandy Elliott and
J. M. SOuthcott the vice-presidents.
During the eVeftiftg several draws
were made Clinton Lions carrying
off a turkey and a beautiful blanket.
The address of President Dr.
Weeks, in accepting the charter was
as follows:
The advent of Lionism into our
community has marked the begin*
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Chicken and Hams
Door Prize
Admission 25c.
Bingo and Dance
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26th
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PHONE 27 WE DELIVER
Laid to Rest
The funeral of the late Mrs. Agnes
Campbell was held Wednesday after
noon of last week with interment in
the Exeter cemetery. Among those
from a distance who attended the
funeral were: Dr. and Mrs. Lannin,
Hamilton; Miss Ada Woods, Lon
don; Mr. J. Pringle, Hamilton;
Messrs. Stewart and Graham Camp
bell London; Hr. Harold iShaw, Lan
sing, Mich.; Messrs, tom and Roy
Campbell and R. Bradley, Lockport,
N.Y.5 Mr, and Mrs. A. B. Campbell,
New York City. The pallbearers
were six grandsons: .Messrs. Bland,
Stewart, Graham, Tom and Roy
Campbell and Aimer Stewart.
I* O. O. F. Social Evening
DANCE
Under the Auspices of the
Exeter Badminton Club
will be held in
EXETER ARENA
Thurs., Jan. 20 th
Featuring the music of
BENNY PALMER
and his 8-piece orchestra
Admission 50c. each
Members of the Exeter I.O.O.F.
with their lady friends held an At-
Home in the lodge rooms on Friday
evening of last week. Progressive
euchre was enjoyed with 24 tables
in play. Mrs. E. R. Hopper won
■the ladies* high, Mr. R. G. Seldon
gent’s high, Miss LOis Statham lone
hands. Mrs. • J. W Herii won the
lucky chair prize. Miss Helen smith
gave a couple of interesting read
ings. A dainty lunch was served,
at the close. B. M> Francis, N. G.,
presided.
Monster Carnival, Exeter Arena,
Friday, Jan. 28th. See advt. page 4
EVERYBODY WELCOME
Canadian Legion Officers
The Exeter branch of the Canad
ian Legion recently held tlielr elec
tion of officers which resulted as
follows; President, gamttOI Dougall;
past president, Wm. E. Middleton;
first Vice, K, G. Clark; second vice,
R. F. Pooley; seargent at Arms, H,
Heywood; executive members, Cliff
Brintnell, J. G. Cochrane and .Sid
McArthur; Adj . Officer, Thomas
Pryde; secretary-treasurer, A. Hast
en, *
The sympathy of the community
goes out to Mr. Wm. E- Balkwill;
and Mr, and Mrs, R. Skinner, of
town in the sudden death of Mrs.
Balkwill, who passed away in Vic
toria Hospital, London, on Saturday,
January 15 th, in her 24 th year,
Her maiden name was Viola Alice
Hodgson, .She was born in Manito
ba and at an early age owing to the
death of her mother she came to re
side with her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Skinner. She was mar
ried about a year and a half ago' and
is survived by her husband and an
infant daughter, Elizabeth Ann, also
by her father, one sister Pearl and
one brother, Clair, of Decker, Man.
The funeral, Monday, was held from
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Skinner,
the service being conducted by Rev.
Mr, Elliott assisted by Rev. Mr.
Page and Rev. Mr, McTavish, of
London. Messrs. Harold and Gerald
iSkinner sang a duett. The floral
tributes were exceptionally numer
ous and beautiful as the deceased
was held in the highest esteem by a
wide circle of friends. The bear
ers were Messrs. H. and L. Steele,
of London; Wellington Skinner,
Lloyd Hodgson, Russell Balkwill
and Gerald Ford.
CONVICTED OF FRAUD
RECEIVES SIX MONTHS
In the county judges criminal
couyt at Goderich on Monday Robert
J Snazel of that town was sentenc
ed to six months in the Ontario Re
formatory; by Judge T. M. Costello
after an all-day trial. The sentence
is to run from time of arrest, ’De
cember 14th. In April last year Mr.
Snazel was hired to conduct a com
munity campaign in Exeter and at
that time a writ was issued charg
ing Mr. Snazel with fraud and con
version arising out of a transaction
in which he obtained .$2.0'0' from the
Bank of Montreal on a promissory
note indorsed by William Hatter.
Mr. Snazel did not use the money
for. the express purpose for which it
was intended. A number of witnes
ses from town were summoned to
appear at the court on Monday.
WONDERFUL OUTING
Thps. Bruce Cann, Globe and Mail
carrier boy in Exeter had the time
of his life on Saturday last, when
he was taken to Toronto and along
with the other carrier boys was en
tertained for the day by the publish
er of that paper. Headed by a boys
bugle band the carrier boys ,paraded
the streets. They were taken
through the new building of the
paper and saw the new presses in
operation, In the afternoon they
were taken to see a wrestling match
a boxing match and a table tennis
competition. A business session was
held following which the boys were
treated to a turkey banquet with all
the trimmings at the King Edward
Hotel. Tom was brought back to
London the same evening and re
turned to his home here on Sunday.
Zurich 4, Exeter 3
The first game of the new cycl
one league Thursday last at the Ex
eter Arena recalled memories of the
past as gladiators of the ice raced
from goal to goal amid the thunder
ing applause of the spectators,
The game was played between Zur
ich and Exeter and resulted in 4
goals to 3 for the visitors. Although
the weather had been mild, a sud
den drop in temperature rendered the
ice hard and keen and the flashing
skates hummed easily over its
smooth surface. The Zurich team
on the whole were heaviei* but the
small light forwards of the Exeter
team darted in and out of the Zurich
goal zone bothering the visiting goal
keeper to no- end, New and young
er players appeared on the Exeter
rcster and some of the old players
were conspicuous by thei;« absence,
OUT OF DEBT
. At the James St. United church
on Sunday the pastor, Rev. A. Page,
announced that the Board of Stew
ards have closed theii* books for
the year and were showing a sub
stantial surplus after all indebted
ness had been paid. The Sunday
School reported a balance of $90
and all other organizations are in a
healthy financial condition. In 1928
the church basement was remodel
led with a new heating system at a
cost of over $13,000. In spite of
the depression, which followed
shortly after the installation, the
church debt has . been dwindling
each year and last year being the
75th anniversary of the building of
the church, the debt was entihelj’
wiped out.
among whom was Happy Wells, at
present manager- of the Exeter team.
Under his aUle guidance the new
team displayed unusual ability in
the face of heavier opponents. The
game was clean but fast, few penal
ties having been handed out. Many
close plays near the goals brought
the audience to its feet. On the
Zurich team G. Stade proved out
standing and his. shifting attack
carried him behind the lExeter
defense several times. Burns was
another star and scored 3 of the 4
Zurich goals. On the Exeter team
'the kid line of R. Creech, O. Lawson
and E. Beavers scored all of the 3
Exeter goals, one tally being secured
by each. One spectator remarked
that it was a better game than an
O.H. game he had seen just recent
ly. A much larger crowd is expect
ed tonight (Wednesday) when a
double header will take place, Ex
eter meeting Lucan and Crediton
meeting Zurich. The lineup was as
follows:
Exeter—'Goal, Goetz; defence F.
Creech, N. Wells; centre McDonald;
wings, Coates, Williard; alters,
Ward, Wein, .Snell, Cornish, R.
Creech, Lawson, Beavers.
Zurich — goal, Oesch; defence,
Youngblutt, O’Brien; centre, Burns;
wings, .Stade, Youngblutt, alters.,
Prang, Ness, Block, Heideman, Wil-
lert.
First Period
1, Zurich, Burns; 2, Exeter, Beav
ers; 3, Zurich, Stade; 4, Zurich,
Burns; penalties, Stade, Coates,
Wells.
Second Period
1, Exeter, Lawson; 2, Zurich,
Burns; penalties, Wells.
Third Period
1, Exeter, R. Creech; penalties,
none.
Referees—iSiebert and O’Brien
Exeter High Wins
The Lucan High. School hockev
team met the local H. ,S. team at the
Exeter Arena Monday after school.
The local boys were the winners by
the score of 7 to 2. Klumpp, Moise
and Ryckman for Exeter each scored
in the first period. McKinnon scor
ed 2; Buswell 1 and Fairless of Lu
can scored during the second period.
In the third period 'Fairless, of Lu
can, scored on a penality shot and
Dinney notched the final counter for
Exeter. The line up: Lucan, goal,
Jack Hardy; defence, Warren Fair
less, R. Hodgins; centre, Don. Has
kett; wings, Alan Hodgins and Bruce
Watson; alters., Jack Hodgins, Ralph
Millson, Victor Hodgins, Bill Kill-
more. Exeter, goal, Baynham; de
fence, Heywood and Ryckman; centre
A. Fahrner; wings, Klumpp and Din.
ney; alters., Moise, Moore, Wuerth,
England, Harness, Buswell, W. Fahr
ner and Wilson.
DIED IN TORONTO
Mr. George K. Heaman, a form
er resident of Exeter, died Friday,
January 14th at the home of his
son, R. H. Heaman, 46 Roslin Ave.,
Toronto, in his 86th year. The de
ceased during his lifetime had en
joyed remarkable health and had
been ill about a week. Mr. Heaman
was born in Stephen Township and
for many years was a highly esteem
ed resident of Exeter, being a mas
on and contractor. He was united
in marriage with the late Eliza
Frayne who predeceased him a little
over two years ago. The family
left Exeter over thirty years ago
and for a few years lived at Regina
I returning to Toronto where they
have since resided. -One son R. H.
Heaman hnd two 5 grandchildren,
George and Margaret, survive. The
deceased was dhe of the oldest mem*
bers of the Exeter lodge of Oddfel*
lows. The .funeral was held Monday
afternoon. Among those from here
who attended the funeral were Wm.
and Clayton Frayne, Luther Oke,
Mr, and Mrs, C. L. Wren annd Miss
Lilia Oke.
Enjoying Sunny Skies
Woed has been received from Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Traquair, who have
arrived at Orlando in Florida where
they were remaining for a few days
before moving on. The card states
that the scenery is beautiful, the
weather fine and everyone enjoying
the trip.
Dashwood Lady Wins Blanket
Mrs. Wm. Gossmhn won a beauti
ful blanket in a drawing conducted
by the Robin Hood flour at Chath
am. The drawing consisted of com
pleting a man’s face by drawing a
nose. We congratulate Mrs. Goss*
man.
The annual meeting of the South
Huron Plowman’s Association wan
held in the Town Hall Saturday af
ternoon last. Reports show that the
Society have had a very successful
year, there being a balance of over
$100 in the treasury. Officers were
elected as follows: President, Ro*
land Williams; vice-president, W- T.
Quinn; secretary, Gordon McDonald
treasurer, Earl shapton. Directors,
Usborne, J, T, Allison, P. Passmore,
Wm. Welsh, Alvin Passmore, Harold
Jeffery, A. W. Morgan, Ward Hern,
Joe. Ferguson, Gordon Heywood, E,
J, Pym; Stephen, E. J. Shapton; A,
J. Penhale, Wilfred Shapton, Arthur
Day; Hay, Cecil Bowe, Nelson Stan*
lake, Albert Keys; Tuckersmith, J
Pepper, Melvin Traquair, Exeter W,
D. Sanders, F. J, Wickwire; Hensall,
John Passmore.
Staffa Lady Dies
Aftei* a lengthy illness, Mrs. Rob
ert Coleman passed away Saturday
at her home west of Staffa. She
leaves to mourn her loss, her hus
band, two sons and two daughters,
Harold at home, Clarence in the
west, Margaret, Mrs. Colwell, Varna
and Rosie at home.
Birthday Surprise
On Monday evening twenty-five
girls from Room V, Exeter Public
School surprised their class mate
Jean Hagerman at her home and
presented her with a bracelet, the
occasion being hei* birthday. A jolly
time was spent after which the girls
served lunch.
Progressive Bridge
The members of the Exeter Ladies’
Bowling Club held a very successful
bridge party in the Town Hall cm
Thursday evening of last week with
fourteen tables in play. The ladies
prize was won by Mrs, K. Lampman
and the gents prize by H. C. Rivers.
Refreshments were served at the
close. The ladies are holding a
euchre in the hall to-hlght (Wed
nesday) with lunch and prizes.
COMMUNICATION
To the Citizens of Exeter:
It has been suggested by some
members of the council that a public
rest-room should be built in the
rear of one of our business blocks
and some steps have already been
taken in that direction.
With the object in view there is
no fault to be found. We all realize
that something of the kind is need
ed. How and when this need should
be supplied is the question. In my
opinion the method suggested is not
the answer.
It seems to me tnat all we have
to do is to ask our waves and daugh
ters their" opinion. How many of
them would you find that would care
to visit such a place-either in broad
daylight or after dark? Would not
the majority of them find ouch a
place to- be objectionable especially
if it were open to the use of any
passer-by, male or female? The-
least suggestion of uncleanliness
would offend any woman’s sensi
bility, and would make it a place to
be avoided. Can we ask our friends
from the country to- accept what we
would not take for ourselves?
To the housewife of today the
bathroom is a place to be kept scrup
ulously clean and is usually one of
the best cared for rooms in the
house. This is as dt should be. Out
door accommodations built solely
for that purpose are long out of
date. The present suggestion be
longs to the past. As citizens hav
ing the best interest of the commun
ity at heart, we should be looking to
the future as well as to the ipresent.
We should do our utmost to leave
behind us only those things that
would do us credit.
I do not say that the time has
arrived for making any move in the
suggested direction. I think more
consideration is necessary and a
broader vision should be obtained.
The time will come, if it is not here,
when ,we should have a worth while
municipal building. It should con
tain a council chamber, clerk’s of
fice, a vault for the safe keeping of
public documents, perhaps a public
auditorium. The fire hall and even
the -office of the Public Utilities
Commission, which is after all a
municipal undertaking, could be in
cluded. The method of erecting
public buildings today is altogether
different from what is was, even a
few years ago. Proper ventilation,
economy in heating, proper sanita
tion, the danger of fire and many
other problems are taken into con
sideration. This of course, requires
the expenditure of money, perhaps
more than we can at present under
take to pay, but in all these under
takings we must remember that we
are building for the future as well
as the present. Our past experienc
es have surely taught us that the
only sane way in which to spend
public money is to spend it in such
a manner that more permanent re
sults will be obtained and so that
we, as well as those who come after
us, will be able to point to what we
have done with some measure of
pride. Other generations built 'Veil.
We want future generations to be
able to say that we did the same.
Yours sincerely,
A citizen