HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-05-08, Page 1VTOiUWW’Ui? Sixty-Eighth Year LAD IS ELECTROCUTED TRYING TO RESCUE DOG Oxfords Smart Styles $25.00SaleDouble-Breasted Bargains I Sani-White Toilet Tissue J Good Value ..................................lUIld .21c FORMER RESIDENT DIES Dorothy and Mrs, who was brothers, V. and the Mr. or- the un­ except Kraft, Science, Wil- pear trees Altogether With good be bearing WithOver volts passed through his His little cousin, daughter of Mr, Keyes, of Mitchell, Sterling’s—leather or panco—Sale price, $2.95 Hydro City Boots, Regular $3.50 at $3.00 Sisman’s genuine retans, leather sole, $3.25 * Sisman's, same as above but panco soles, $3.00 Men’s splits, etc., at $2.25 to $2.50 per pair Phone 32 JgngS & St. William’s Marmalade Orange nnph 9In and Grapefruit, large 2-lb. jar .....vflvll £ IV Libby’s Pork & Beans 9 Large 20-oz. Tins .............................1UI Kellogg’s All Bran With free Measuring Cup, large pkg. Maple Leaf Soap Flakes lie Sale 9 An Reg. 18c pkg. with 2 Toilet Soap 1UI &Vv ESTABLISHED 1878 EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 8th,1941 Sisman’s Scampers for Boys The ideal summer boys’ shoe. They are not expensive and they stand the wear. Also carried in stock in men’s sizes. i’s and Boys’ Crepe S Full range carried in all kinds of crepe sole sport Oxfords in Tans and Browns. They are not expensive and give good wear plus real comfort. I Growing Girls’ Saddle-Strap Oxfords Cork or Crepe Soles, White, Brown or Elk shades. A good summer shoe at a low price.—$1.75, $2.00, $2.25 and $2.98 ' Women’s White Shoes Some lines of white shoes have already arrived. Balance will be here in a few days. We will show a smart line in Pumps, Ties, etc. They will all be combination fitters. Widths—AA, A, B, C, E and 2E, 30 only genuine English Worsted Suits, 2 pants, sizes 36 to 42—Pre-war Price at $25 each. Also students’ sizes, $20 to $23. Al! Ladies’, Misses' and Girls' Spring Coats at Greatly Reduced Prices Bargains I LADIES’ AND MISSES’ SUITS ALSO GREATLY REDUCED IN PRICE ................................................... iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiii 1 •- r‘. .1 . A. • • r-- « .. v t . , - - • ‘ » *Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday Santa Clara Prunes 9 Medium Size ......................... S % Ik tin 19c Clark’s Pork & Beans ?•’fnr Special, 10-oz. size .......................“ Your Superior ' Store 87th BIRTHDAY «> 1 1 i ■i 4 pt. 4 Barb Wire $3.85 Steel Posts T-Bar 55c . Dr. Roe’s Grow Mash $214(1 Mangel Seed — Special, 40 cents per pound New low price on Nu-Wall, $140 pkg. with color. Easy to . apply, \^a^ha^fe\ non-fading Mr. C. E. Zurbrigg was the forHinate man who won the lovely 28-piece petalware set. Roller Skates Soft Balls Baseball Bats From $1.00 up From 75c up From 50c up Wagons, from $1.95 up Warm weather is here. Come in and see the new 1941 Model Kelvinator Get your order in for a 1941 Easy Washing Machine as prices are going up. Traquair’s Hardware TINSMITHING SIGN WORK PLUMBING m 88th Birthday Mrs. Henry Cudmore returned to her home in Seaforth oh Tuesday af­ ter spending the winter with her niece, Mrs. J, 0. SnelL Oh May 5th Mrs; Cudmore celebrated’ her 88th birthday and received congratula­ tions from her many friends in Exe- ■ter. Good Water Supply The drilling for Water at the pro­ posed site for an Airfield between Centralia and Orediton resulted in securing what appears to be an abundant supply at’ thirty-eight, feet. Pumping operations are now in progress to ascertain the sup­ ply. «• <? BOARD OF EDUCATION The regular meeting of the Board of Education was held in the Pub­ lic Library on Monday evening, May 5th, at OQ, with all members present.. Previous minutes were read and approved. The High School principal report­ ed for April a§ follows: No, on roll, 188. School open each lawful day and with complete staff. Examina­ tions in all subjects had been held and the work of correcting the pap­ ers of forty-one applicants for ex­ emption through farm labour and of issuing a detailed statement to each had been completed. A list, with details, had been given to the Times- Advocate, The work involved had delayed the issuing of the reports to the remaining students. This would be done within a week. No­ tice of the annual visit of the inspec­ tor had been received and the us­ ual documents had been filled with the necessary entries. Form 10 8A was in preparation. A request was made that the Board supply chairs as formerly for a Literary Society meeting on .Thursday afternoon next. A request that forms be fur­ nished for notifying parents of ir­ regular attendance was made. Forms for daily checking could be prepar­ ed and duplicated at school. The report of the Public School principal was as folows: No. on roll, 165, average attendance, 159.9 6, Staff complete all month. Exams had been held before Easter. Five boys were successful and working on farms now. Recommendation exams in Grade 8 to be held late in May, also exams in all rooms, Base­ ball schedule made between Dash- „wood, Grand Bend and Exeter. New ' fence was needed, also ball diamond laid out. Gardens had been plant­ ed May 5. Per C. V. Pickard and W. H. Dealing, the adoption the two re­ ports was carried. That the Pub­ lic School principal be allowed the half day on the 14th as per request, to write exams. Carried. The Building and Grounds Com­ mittee to visit the school on Tues­ day, May 6th, at 4 o’clock to see about the fencing, diamond, etc., mentioned in the Public School prin­ cipal’s report. Payment . of the following ac­ counts was inoved per J. N. Wil­ lis and W. H. Hearing: Usborne and Hibbert Co., insurance premium, $5.00; F. Coates,, supplies, $111,818; British American Oil Co., supplies, $1.80; Kent Tile and Marble Co., supplies, $17/50; D. Gestetner Co., supplies, $42.1'3; Grigg Stationery, supplies. $2'3.25. Carried. Mr, Southcott reported that the Arena Committee ihad selected the, chair they thought suitable and re­ commended that the Board, if they saw fit, might get another 2.5. 'Per Mrs. Beavers and C. Pickard, that the Buildings Grounds Committee look after need of chairs (2'5) for the music room with power to act. Carried. (Per A. O. Elliot and G. Lawson, that we offer engagement to all teachers at the same salary with the exception that the salary of Miss Armstrong be raised $-50.00 and that of Mr. .Shaw, Miss Ta<pe. and Miss Snell, raised $100.'OQ. Carried. Adjournment per W. J. Smith. K. M. MacFaul, Sec.An interesting event of this week was the eighty-seventh1 birthday celebration of John Hunter, .at his home in Exeter, when a number of friends and relatives met -to offer congratulations. Another item of interest <> was the baptism of his great grandson, John Douglas, son of Howard John and Mrs. Hunter, of Chatham, Ontario, and grandson of R. D. Hunter, of Usborne township. The ceremony was performed by the maternal grandfather of John Doug­ las, Rev. J. R. Peters, ‘of Varna, Ont. The christening robe was one previously worn by his great-grand­ mother, Mrs. John Hunter, and made by her grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Downie. It was hand-made, even to the tucks and eyelet embroidery- that finished the bottom of the dainty dress. The silver christen­ ing bowl used at the ceremony was a sixtieth wjedding anniversary gift of Mrs, John Hunter’s great­ great-grandmother, Mrs. Ann Dew. COMPILING SCRAP BOOK Snapshots Enlisted of the Men Who Have are Wanted PERFECT RECORD Mr. Chas. G. Salter, buttermaker At the Exeter Creamery, has receiv­ ed a letter of congratulation from the Dairy Branch of the Ontario De­ partment of Agriculture, he being one of twelve in the province who had over fifty thousand pounds of butter graded in 1940 Which had no mechanical defects recorded amongst them. "We cdnslder it do small achievement to be classed Among these twelve,” writes J. L. Baker, Chief Creamery instructor. Mrs. Chas. Anderson underwent ph operation in St. Joseph's Hospi­ tal, London, Friday of last Week. Her many friends Will hope tor a speedy recovery. Twenty 0. Carson, varies. odd years ago Mr. W. inspector* of public lib- i, asked Prof. Fred Landon, Librarian of the University of Wes-, tern Ontario, to contribute an ar­ ticle to the Ontario Library Review. He wrote under the title, “A Special- Duty for Every Public Library in' War Time”, in which he explained that all kinds of local records of Wartime activities should be kept.’ .Some libraries kept such records of- the Great War and they have proved of very great interest particularly now while engaged in a more criti­ cal struggle. The Public Libraries Branch of the Department of Edu­ cation, Toronto, recently suggested that Library Boards follow out the idea as outlined by Prof Landon many years ago. The past ten days, Mrs. R. N. Creech, chairman of the Exeter Library iBoard and Miss L. M. Jeckell, the secretary, assisted by Mr, R. N. Creech, chairman of the Board of Education, undertook to look up all the local Items of interest occurring during the past twenty months, and these have been pasted In a scrap book for the lib­ rary, This Will be Added to as time passes. Just nt present the Bohrd would like to receive snap­ shots of every man that has en­ listed and Would be grateful help in securing them, The sympathy of the community and district is extended to Mr. and, Mrs. Harold Parker of the boundary between Tuckersmith and Usborne in the tragic death of their eldest son, Gerald, 7 years of age, who was electrocuted on Friday evening last when he attempted to pull the lifeless body of his dog from a hydro wire which had fallen when a tree fell on the south side of the road 'by his father’s farm. 4,000 body. Keyes, Russel visiting at the home, his George and Kenneth and himself were on the way to bring a herd of cows to the barn for milking, the dog running ahead of them, Gerald noticed the dog was dead by the fallen tree and atempted to remove it when he was electrocuted. The. children ran in to tell their .parents of the accident, and the father ■rushed to the scene and pulled Ger­ ald from the wires by the rubber heels of his boots, receiving some­ what of a .shock himself. He was rushed to the office of Dr. I. G. Smillie of Hensail, where every­ thing possible was done for him but to no avail. When his father found him he was -clutching the wires with both hands, the hands being badly burned. Dr, Dunlop, of Exe- eter, coroner, was called and im­ mediately summoned a jury for an inquest. His little cousin, Dorothy Keys, who touched the dog, had a fingei* burned. The boy is survived by his par­ ents and ,fwo younger brothers, George and Kenneth. jFuneral ser­ vices were held Monday afternoon from his home at 2 p.m. and if was one of the largest funerals ever held in thi^ section of the country. Rev. R. A. Brook 'conducted the service. The ChiselhjUrst choir of the United Church sang an appropriate num­ ber, “Some Day He’ll Make it Plain to Me”. Mr. Sam Rannie, -of Hen­ sail, also sang a solp, “Safe in the Arms of Jesus”. The bearers were Ross Kaercher, Russell Ferguson, Ronald Parker, Bruce Glenn; flow­ er bearers were Bobby Bell, Ross Corbett, Keith Volland, Roy Fofd, Bobby Kinsman, B'ohby Parsons, Harold Taylor, Mervyn Eyre, Harry Jacobi, Lloyd -and Ross Riley, Mur­ ray Venner, Ray MacKay and Al­ fred Ross. The latter* ten mention­ ed .are members of the Sunday school class which he attended at Chiselhurst United Church, The floral tributes were lovely and in addition to numerous ones from re­ latives, friends and neighbors, in­ cluded wreaths and sprays from the pupils of S.S. 1, Tuckersmith, the school which he attended, where he was considered a very bright .pu­ pil, the section of S.S. 1, Tucker­ smith, and one from the Sunday School class. Burial was in Mc- Taggart’s cemetery. Those attend­ ing the funeral from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Parker and Mr. Burton Keyes, of Bowmanville; Mr. and Mrs. Russel Keyes and Mr. Robert Keyes, of Mitchell, and Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Parker, of Thames Road. An ‘ auto load of gypsies visited Centralia Monday morning and when they left they carried with them one hundred dollars they had stolen from one of the residents. A car with three women and a man drove up to a bachelor’s residence and -two of the women approached the home and .asked for a drink of .water. While they were in the kit­ chen the owner stepped outside to • speak to someone and on returning the gypsies were ready to depart. A short time afterwards he missed two fifty-dollar bills that he had hidden beneath 'his bedroom pil-’ low. County Constable J. Fergu­ son was notified and he secured a good description of the car and the license number that had been noted by the village blacksmith. The gypsies had made good their escape and later reports stated that a party answering to the description had gyped a gas station in Bruce county. EXETER CANNING FACTORY IS ENLARGING SCORE Ten Acres Planted in Fears A new venture in fruit-growing in this community was started last week by the Exeter branch of the Canadian Canners Limited, Ten acres of the company’s forty-five acres on the east side of Exeter was planted last week with of the Keefer variety, 1080 trees were set out. results the trees should fruit in four .years’/ time, pears ripening in the fall this new venture will prolong the period of employment at the factory and in addition will require extra help id picking the fruit. Last year ten acres of asparagus beds were set .out on the property north of the factory and this year three additional acres are being set out. With asparagus, string beans and pears added, to the large out­ put of peas and corn the Exeter branch should be a busy spot most of the summer months. The heavy war demands have practically de­ pleted the stocks usually on hand at the factory and a big pack is be­ ing planned this year, subject to weather conditions. Peas planted early in. the season are now making good headway and should benefit materially by the shower of rain that fell Wednesday morning. Another important move being made this year is the installation of a settling bed for water wastage from the factory. The factory dur­ ing the canning season used large quantities of water and this has found its way to the river and dur­ ing the hot weather has created more or less -.of an offensive smell. The management are excavating ■three acres of land on the north side of their property to a depth of three or four feet. A mound another three or four feet high ■ will be built around the part that is ex­ cavated, making a bed six to eight feet deep that will be filled with stone and should make an effective filtering bed. The Wainright Con­ struction Co. have the contract for making the excavation. Part of the material to be taken out will be used in making the fill on either side of the roadway north of Exe­ ter’s new bridge. With its ever- increasing expansion, the Exeter branch of Canadian Canners is be­ coming an important link in their many factories and means more and more to the citizens of Exeter and the farmers “of the surrounding community. CANADA HAS THE ABILITY But it will take Blood, Sweat and Tears With the announcement in Ottawa by Finance Minister Jllsley of the. amount of money that it will be necessary for the Government to spend during the next year tor war purposes, the magnitude of the war effort necessary from Canada has become increasingly clear to all. The greatly increased taxes of the last few years, which must be faced if we are to win this war and sur­ vive have further brought home to us the tremendous task facing every loyal Canadian. Last week the Minister1 of Finance in Ottawa, to all .practical purposes conscripted . J. D. Thomas, of Goderich, to ganize the County of Huron for 1941 Victory Loan which it is derstood will be announced early in June, Mr. Thomas Pryde of Exeter and Mr. Herbert Campbell, of Wingham will act as vice-chairmen of the* committee necessary to organise this county. Mr. George Schaefer will act as secretary and Mr, Har­ old C. Williams, as assistant sec­ retary. Both are from Goderich, Canadians as senior members of, the greatest Empire the world has ever known have a tremendous part to play in order that the German nation and -the Nazi ideals and prin­ ciples may be conquered. This war must be won by us and until it is the life, happiness and future of each individual is in constant dang­ er. We have the ability but it will necessitate the expenditure of every ounce of energy of every Canadian. for Mr, R, G, Seldon is remodelling hi& home bn Andrew1 Street,} turning It into St duplex residence. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Seldon will occupy the new apartments, FATHER DIES Mr, Alt, Tomlinson received word Wednesday morning of the death of his father, Mr. Harry Tomlinson, of Kt. William. Mr. TOmlinson had been ill for some time with a heart condition. Mr. and Mrs. Tomlin­ son visited in Exeter last summer. Mr. Tomlinson left .immediately af­ ter .receiving the message, for Ft. William. The Work of flooring Exeter’s now bridge is libw in progress. Four ing of the cement began Tuesday morning. Mr. Ben Price, of Stephen, return­ ed home Tuesday following his Ill­ ness of over three weeks in St. Jo­ seph's Hospital, London. Mr; Nelson Stanlake received word Monday of the sudden death of his only brother, Chester Stanlake, of Victoria, B. C. The deceased, who was 59 years of age, spent his ear­ ly life in" this community. He has been in the West for many years. Mr. Nelson Stanlake* visited him three years ago. Surviving are his wife, two sons and two daughters. RED CROSS NEWS Next Friday, May 9th, will shipping day. All units and workers will please take notice. The treasurer, Mr. Moffatt, ac­ knowledges receipt of the following monies: x , Sale of smocks to Red Cross workers ............................$ From Headquarters Canad­ ian Red Cross, portion of Canadian Canner’s dona­ tion ......... Thames Road IBingo Donation Total THE WAR SERVICE $1,762.40 Subscribed in be 10.79 35.48 . 64.14 2.00 .$112.41 FUND Exeter the WarIn the recent drive for Services Fund, Exeter went well over the top, subscribing 176 per cent of the quota. The number of subscribers was 452; the total of subscriptions was $1,762.40, of which amount $1,653,40 was paid in cash, and $,li09.00 was in pledges. The amount of cash sent to head­ quarters to date was $ l,65l8.4’0. Special donations and projects amounted to $.2'96.6'5; Messrs. Hop­ per and Francis secured $320.75 in the west business section; Messrs. H. Rivers and T. O. Sonthcott got $301.75 in the east business section; cross Sections of residential portions of the town, commencing at the south, were canvassed by teams and the following team captains turn­ ed in to the treasurer th© amounts next their names: Mr, Vidt, $2'83.25; Mr. (Pickard, $116.00; Mr. Beavers, $165.25; Mt. Medd, $i&5.60{ Bev, $60.00; R. N. with, a roving commission. It and are Hill, Mbrth End, Creech, $82.00. effort, vassers the result. was a vary successful subscribers ahd cah« to be congratulated on EXAM RESULTS OF FARM LABOR CANDIDATES Exetei’ High School, working un­ der the special war regulations of the Department of Education has examined forty candidates who wished to leave at Easter or later, to do farm or munition work and the results are given below. Where a candidate failed in one or more subjects, passing the regular class examination in June or in the case of Grade 13, the Departmental ex­ amination, will • still complete the standing. All the standing is, of course, incomplete until the neces­ sary eight weeks of work (which may run into the summer vacation) have been completed and a state­ ment of employer been sent to that effect. •Subjects of Grade 9, First Form, English Literature and Composi­ tion, History, Geography, Mathe­ matics, General Science, Business Practice, Art, French and Shop Work or Home Economics,. Passed (in all subjects—Harry Dougall, Eloise Gill, Harry Jeffery,Dougall, Eloise Gill, Harry Gordon Munn. Passed in all subjects those specified — Gordon French; Leslie Parker, English, French, Geography; mar Wein, French, English, History. Fred Statton, pistory and Geog­ raphy. Grade Ten, Second Form. Sub­ jects—English, History, Geography, Mathematics, General Science, and at least two of French, Latin and Home Economics or Shop Work. Passed in all subjects—Mackenzie Hodgert, Hazel Kerslake, Winston Shapton, Ray ‘SteWart, Allison gan. Anna Brock has passed in eral Science, Mathematics, lish, Geography, Latin and Home Economics. Marjorie Earl has passed in English, Geography and Mathematics. Grade 11—In this form Physics Algebra and History carry Depart­ mental standing, while English (in­ cluding Literature and Composi­ tion), French and Latin are the first year of two-year courses. In th© Departmental subjects, standing is indicated 1st, 75-100 per* Cent; 2nd* 66-74 per cent; 3rd, 60-65 per cent; Credit, 5i0-69 per cent. The words English, French or Latin in­ dicate the candidate has been moted in those subjects. Baumgarten, Verna—‘Physics, Algebra, 1st; History, French, Latin, English. Brock, Irene—-Phys., 2nd; Alg., 1st; Hist., Or.; Latin, ’French, Eng­ lish. Gaiser, Jack—Phys., '3rd; Hist, 3rd; French. Gollings, Ronald—Phys., 1st; Alg., 3rd; Hist., 2nd; Gradb 10 Lat, (French not taken). Knight, Clarence—Phys., Or.;* Alg., 2nd; Hist., list; English, French. Mack, Bryce—*Phys„ 2nd; Algebra, 1st; Hist., Cr. McCurdy, Robert—Phys., 3rd; Alg., 1st; History, Cr.; French. Miller, Edwin—History, 2rd; Eng­ lish. ■Moriockj Fred—Phys., 1st; Hist., 1st; English, Ratz, Donald—Phys., Or.: Alg., Cr.; < Continued on Page Fotit) Mor- Gfen- Eng- prb- 2nd; 1st;