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ESTABLISHED 1873
■J EXEJJER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14th,Sixty-Eighth Year
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<L Senior Resigns
Exeter Clerkship
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Has Held Office Since 1905 With
Exception of Four Years
Pure silk hosiery is now impossible to buy from the manu
facturer. We still have a large stock on hand in chiffon,
crepe and service weight, but they are going fast. We
would advise buying several pair.
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Aylmer Pork & Beans 9 1 E-
Large 20-oz. Tins .............. «
KAYBAR SLIPS
This slip is well known to many of our customers. For several months we have been
unable to procure this line, Now in stock—sizes 34 to 40. This is one of the best,
wearing-slips we know of.
Priced at $1.95 each &
Ladies’ and Misses’ Bathing Suits at Bargain Prices ....
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White Shoe Sale..
OUR BEST* COMBINATION FITTERS—widths AA—A—B------C and E.
75 &’$3.95 on sale at $2.98 pr
The above lines include our best Pumps and Ties.
Women’s White Shoes at $1.50 to $1.98
Oxfords, Straps, etc., on sale at $1.50 to $1.98.
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Special Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday
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DESCBHIES VISIT OF DUKE
OF KENT IN LETTER HOME
Sergeant-Pilot D, E. Hicks, in a
letter to his parents at Centralia,
describes the visit of the Duke of
Kent to the Trenton Air field. He
writes; -
“We had a visit from the Duke
of Kent as you probably noticed by
the paper, We were all inspected.
He stopped at intervals and spoke
to several. He stopped ‘and spoke
to me, asked how long I had been
in the Air Force, how I liked- it,
what I did before joining, etc.
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sant
tive,
and
Camp Borden,
were travelling in 3
son bombers. They are beautiful
looking ships and the arrival was
quite impressive.”
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He
fine-looking man, has a plea
voice and is generally attrac-
He was here
a half hours;
He
tor about two
then left for
and his party
Lockheed Hud-
Work To Commence Soon
On New Airport Near Exeter
ON STAFF AT NEW AIRPORT
, Maj, Robert Bpal, D.S.O., O.B.E.,
who for twenty-five years has been
with the British Army injndia, Ad
en and other places in the East,
with Mrs. Boal and their grand
daughter, Dorothy Pamela Boals,
are staying at the Central Hotel.
Mr . Bpai is a member of the staff
in connection with the new airport.
They have two sons in the British
Army and Dorothy Pamela Js recent
ly out from England and before
coming to Canada experienced
bombings that took Place in
home city of Southampton.
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500 ACRES INVOLVED
Surveyors Ready to Lay Out Run
ways—Believed Five Hangars to
be Built—-Service Flying
to Have Latest and Best
of Aircraft
School
Types
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1 lb. tin 43c
3 tins 25c .
Woodbury’s Soap J 9^
,1c Deal, which gives you
Lynn Valley Dessert Pears J fig
■ Champion Dog Food 9 Hsuc 1 Qr
or Champion Cat Food .............“ HUa
Concentrated Super Suds fnr
With Crystal Relish Plate, Uvlll IVfi
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Clerk Joseph Senior, who is sur
passed only by DA Browning, in the
number of years he has been doing
business in Exeter, and who for 33
years has been the efficient clerk
and treasurer of the village, has ten
dered his resignation to the coun
cil, the same to take effect when
a successor has been appointed.
It was in 1905, under Reeve Wm.
Bissett, that Mr, Senior was first
appointed clerk. He succeeded the
late George Bissett. He, held the
position until 1.911, when he. re
signed and the late Thos, B. Carling
was appointed. In May, 1915, Mr.
Senior was again appointed to the
position which he has held contin
uously since that time, He' has sat
, under many reeves and councillors
and has always got along amicably
With them. He has rendered faith
ful and untiring service sand has
been always ready and willing to
give his time and. experience in the
interests of the ratepayers.
Within recent years the duties
of the clerkship; have multiplied
considerably as 1 new regulations
have gone into effect and with the
passing pf ,the yehrs Mr. Senior hag
felt that the work should be under-,
tqken by a younger man. His re
signation was placed in the hands of
the council over a year ago, but thejr
did hot see fit to accept it at that
time. His health has not been the
best for some time and he wished
at this timd to. retire.
“I have got a great deal of plea
sure out of the work,” said Mr.-
Senior. “I have had my, ups and,
downs in dealing with the public,
but on the <whole I have enjoyed it”
The position is a responsible one
and with the records required to
be kept it needs a young man with
some ability to fill it.
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COUNCIL ANOINTS
HOUSING COMMITTEE
Friday, August 8, 1941
A meeting of the municipal coun
cil was held as per adjournment
with all members present. The
minutes of the meeting held July
31st. were read and passed on mo
tion of Messrs. Hern and Taylor.
The resignation of the Clerk and
Treasurer was presented and read
^.nd • after discussion was duly ac
cepted to become effective when a
successor has been duly appointed.
Motion by Dignan and Southcott
and carried.
Per Southcott and Hern that ap
plications be asked for the position
of clerk and treasurer, the same to
be submitted to .the reeve, Mr. B.
W. Tuckey, on or before Monday,
August 25th, 12 o’clock, ndon. Mo-
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Aylmer Canned Tomatoes 9 fftl. 99 «
Large 28-oz. Tins, Choice Quality “ Atwv
Royal York Coffee
Exceptional Value
Aylmer Soups
Vegetable or Tomato
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EGGS—We are buyers of Eggs - for cash - or trade in this store. - Prompt service while
1 you wait..•,
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Your
Superior
Store
MONSTER RED CROSS
=s I tion harried.
iisj The Reeve, with others, had in-
1 j terviewed the resident engineer,
. Mr. Jas. L. Yuill, at the proposed
I airport now under construction in
Traquair’s Hardware
Dealers In
Kelvinator Refrigerators Easy Washing Machines
Beach, Findlay and McClary Stoves and Ranges
Purina* Pioneer and Dr. Roes Feeds
New Idea Furnaces Low Bros. Paint
z -We have a few second hand oil stoves on hand.
. Priced from $4.00 to $12.00
Children’s Joy Cycles and Wagons from $1.95 to 10.50
Nik-Tonik—a tonic and roundworm treatment for chickens
and turkeys, for growing and laying flocks.
Stock Spray Fly Spray Linseed Soap'
$1.35 a gal.25c a can 18c a lb.
Now is the tirfoe to start your pullets on a good laying con
centrate. See us for prices.
Dr. Roe’s developing concentrate for chicks.—-Mix 4 or 5 io
1 with your own chop—$3.55 a cwt.
TINSMITHING and PLUMBING NEATLY DONE
Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Venton have
tented the new dwelling being orect-
>ed on Williata street by Mr. Hen
derson. The building is on the
property at the rear
'■Lumber Cm, and is
tive and up-to-date,
nearing completion,
i ’iser is the contractor,
of the Huron
most attrac*
It is now
A. J. Swoit-
Wrist Fractured
Mr. Glen Ballantyne, of Usborne,
is carrying his right arm in a sling,
having suffered a double fracture
Saturday of last Week. Glen gpt
mixed up with a horse when lie was
letting the animal nut of the stdble
and it stepped bn his toe.
FROLIC
will be held at
Zion School Grounds
2I2 miles south of Winchelsea on
Wed., Aug. 20th
at 8 o’clock, (bi case of rain post
poned until the 21st)
Sponsored by the Zion Red Cross
Unit No* 12
A good program of local talent
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Draw for Quilt
the Township of Stephen, and are
now anxious to have all citizens
show"an interest and if convenient
and willing to receive boarders or
rent space in their homes. A Citi
zens’ committee under the chair
manship of Councillor Taylor, will
be' appointed, where full informa
tion as to the needs may be secur
ed. Motion by Dignan and South
cott and carried. r
The following accounts were read
and ordered paid: Public Utilities
Comm., street lighting, $228.12;
park, $4.25;" Wm. Andrew, labor
R,( & B., $2(1.85; R. E. Davis, cut
ting weeds, 75c. Direct relief,
Southcott Bros., groceries, $7.00;
Ideal Meat Market, meat, $1.50;
N. Stanlake & Son, milk, $1.50.
Adjournment.
J. Senior, Clerk
SUPERTEST OIL COMPANY
BUYS OLD LANDMARK
The Supertest Oil Company have
purchased the large brick dwelling
on Main Street, south of Snell Bro
thers & Co. Garage. The sale of
this property recalls the early days
of Exeter when the laje James Pick
ard was a prominent
ing merchant prince
then familiarly called
settlement,- It was
long before electric
thought of, or telephones were in
use or paved roads aisd even-be
fore the railroad, that Mr. Pickard
conducted a thriving business |n
Exeter. It was in the pioneer days
when all merchandise was trucked,
by horses, often over ’corduroy
roads; *when oxen were used on
many of the farms; when bushland
was more prevalent than cleared'
farms that Mr. Pickard established
a general store in Exeter and dealt
with almost every- commodity that
was: needed in the home or on the
farm. Butter and eggs, roots and
vegetables, all kinds of grain and
also live stock were brought from
the farmers land dry goods and gro
ceries, boots and shoes, farm %. im
plements, etc., were sold in. return.-
Teamsters trucked, the produce to.
market, principally London, and
brought back merchandise on the
return trip. It was in those days
that Mr. Pickard built the large
three-storey building now used by
Sandy Elliot as the Ford Gar
age. The building was a hive of
industry, every floor being occu
pied. Merchant tailors plied their
needles as homespuns were made
into garments for the men; women
as dressmakers occupied one de
partment, and milliners with all their
alluring art and skill, made the
hats'that adorned the heads of the
womenfolk at that time. Go through
any old family album and note the
silk dresses with their yards of ma
terial that would break an ordinary
man’s pocket to-day and also take
note of the fancy creations of the
milliner’s art. They were some of
the things turned out in the store
. above referred to.
In close proximity to the store
Mr. Pickard built a large twb-
storey/brick dwelling where for the
most
were
been
Mrs.
large
new
Re-
up
sur-
lay-
and flourish-,
in what was
a Devpnshire
in the days
lights were
SOUTH HURON BARBERS
TO RAISE PRICES ON 29th
The tonsorial artists of this com
munity whose duty and' privilege
it is to make beautiful and. attrac
tive the outward appearance of the
human head oi- cranium by caring
for and trimming the outgrowth of
the epidermus known as pigmented,
elongated and modified epidermal
cells with neither blood vessels or
nerves, and which from time im
memorial, have undergone changes
in growth and style, have at last
decided that in keeping with the
trend of rising prices, they too must
have increased remuneration for
their service and on and after the
thirtieth inst. a new price list will
be inaugurated. A meeting was
,held at Zurich on Monday evening
at which the barbers of- Hensail,
Exeter, Zurich, Dashwood, Grand
Bend, Credilton and Centralia were
represented ’and ifNvah^decided that
after the 29th%f August the fol
lowing prices would come into ef-'
feet:
ren
neck
sage
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Hair cut or trim, 35 c; child-
under 12, 25c; shave, 15c;
shave, 5c;ytonies7 10s; mas-
35s; shampoo, 25c..
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Pour miles out of Exeter
airport is now an assured fact,
sident engineers have taken
their location here and land
veyors will soon be engaged in
ing out the runways.
From all reports the airport
take in about five hundred acres
in Stephen Township, about one
and a quarter miles west and north
of Centralia and about thet same
distance east and south of "Credi-
ton. The original survey took in
about eleven hundred acres and
from this a choice was made of
the land most satisfactory.
The new airport will be a
vice flying school. After the
dent pilots have received their
mentary training we understand
they will complete their training at
this airport where the latest mach
ines used in modern warfare will
be available. It will follow close
ly the pattern of the airport re
cently completed at Aylmer. While .
there is little official information
we are led to believe that the new
airport will be one in connection
with the British Commonwealth
Air Training Plan and will be link
ed up with the ajr navigation
at Port Albert and the
School at Clinton.
The owners of the farms
are included in the plan /were not
completely taken by surprise, al
though they had received no official
prise, they had received no official
surveyors
ready - to
school
Radio
which.
BINGO ------ BOOTH
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and other attractions on grounds
Free Dancing - - Good Music
Admission 25c and 10c
LADIES RAID STORES
FOR SILK STOCKINGS
Exeter ladies and the ladies
Recent Enlistments In R. C. A. F.
Among the recent enlistments in
the R.C.A.F. at the London Re
cruiting Centre are the following,
Gordon Daley Cudmore, of Exeter;
Wm, Gerald Schroeder, of Cen
tralia; Gerald LeRoy Passmore, of
Hensail; ■ Donald Edward MacKin
non, of Hensall; Kenneth Salmon
Anderson, of St. Marys and Ed
mund Thomas Dinsmore, H,R, 8,
St. Marys,
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Rain fell on two ocaslons during
the past week and .win mean much,
to the roots and vegetables. The
pastures have been pretty well dried
Mb
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the community have" 'followed the
initiative of their sex in the larger
Centres of.population and have raid
ed the local stores seeking to put in
a good supply of silk stockings be
fore the present supply has beeq
exhausted. There was a brisk de
mand for them last Saturday even-.-
ing. On the other hand, some Of;
the local ladles have taken a leaf?
out of the book of their English
cousins and are painting their bare
legs |o resemble silk stockings.1;,
“How do you like my now stock*
ings,” said an Eixeter lady, to ns
last Saturday evening. We looked'
and could see little difference to
what they had always been. “I’Ve
been going without stockings for
three weeks,” she told us.
part the clerks of the store
boarded. Many “stories have
told of the untiring efforts of
Pickard in providing for the
table required; of the excel
lent meals and of the motherly care
exercised with all under her charge.
And how the house has changed
h'ands, purchased by the Sapertest
Oil Company, with a view to the
future when all gasoline pumps
must be set* back from the highway.
The Supertest Oil Company are
the owners of the Chevrolet Gar
age, the show rooms and , storage
space of which are not sufficient
for the present volume of business.
The present plan is that.-some day
the dwelling house will either b.e
torn down or remodelled to provide
additional accommodation for the
garage; that the front of the pre
sent garage will be remodelled and
set back from the street and that a
circular drive and new pumps will
be erected in front of the present dwelling house. The war has in
terfered with the plans for the pri-
isenl, but the necessary steps have
been taken to provide for expansion
if'and'when the time is opportune,
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! With The R. C. N.
Walter Mitchell, who is with the
R.C.N., as a wireless operator, vls-
1 ited with his parents, Mr, and Mrs.
Brtice Mitcheli, Centralia, for a few
days. He leaves Windsor this week
for Halifax to complete his training.
While at home the Centralia Branch
m the Red Cross, the Eixeter
Branch and the Fairfield School all
made him presentations.
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See George Foimiby in
jfe&P at Ix?avitt’s Theatre,
Tuesday and Wednesday,
18, 18 and
“I See
Monday
August
CXFT *^ormation 'until
OVER SIX-HUNDRED
AT RED CROSS FROLIC
TheVled Cross'Fi'olic sponsored by ;
Unit lw, Eden School, and S.S. Nc.
‘5, Usborne, at Spruce Grove Tues
day evening was a big success. There
/Were over six hundred paid admis
sions’, the children being admitted
free,. In spite of the cool evening
everyone seemed to be enjoying
themselves. Bingo and dancing
were the big attractions although all
of the booths did a good business.
A short program was held with
Thos. Pryde acting as chairman.
Reuben Sweitzer, of Kirkton, de
lighted the audience with his Scotch
songs as did Jim Taylor with his
singing and banjo accompaniment.
The proceeds for the evening were
a little over $300.‘00, not count
ing the amount taken in at the
Bingo. The refreshment booth took
in about $25.00; throwing the balls
about, $20.00 and the drawing for
the 100 lbs/of sugar, $62.0'0. The
sugar was won by Graham Arthur.
Adam Brock and his Columbians
provide the music for the dance.
Bingo was conducted by the Legion.
The sponsors are to be congratulat
ed on the success of the evening,
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RED CROSS NEWS
Friday, August Sth, was
ping day at the Red Cross rooms
and another splendid shipment was
forwarded to headquarters in To
ronto. The workers are getting
used to the quota system and are
filling their quotas splendidly.
The following is a list or articles
brought in for the August shipment:
Socks, 176; V-neck sweaters, 8;
ttirtle-iieck sweaters, 28; scarves,.
53: helmets, 41; mitts, 618; alter
native caps, 37; seaman’s boots,
33: seaman’s ribbed stockings, 5;
sheets, 23; wash cloths, 62; con-1
valescent shirts, 17; girls sweat
ers, 6; coats, 8; skirts, 7; knickers,
9; blouses, 4; quilts, large, 37;
spiall, 5; blanket, 1; afghan, 1;
layette, 68 pieces; other refugee
articles, 60.
Please do not press scarves or al
ternative Caps. ]I
Aluminium Drive Sept. 2 to 5
The Government of Canada,
through the National War Service
Department, has requested that the
Canadian Red Cross Society organ
ize a campaign to secure as much
scrap aluminum as possible to meet
a, serious shortage of this vital me
tal for war purposes. Sept. 2 to
5 has been set for the Campaign aiid,
' in the meantime housewives will
do well to search out any aluminum
utensils that are no longer In con
dition to be of use ih the kitchen.
Be ready for the collection when it
comes,
ship-
L the
landed on their property
commence work.
It is proposed to erect
buildings on the farm pccupied -by
Mr. Lloyd Hodgson, third conces
sion of Stephen Township and the
runways will extend back to the
fourth concession, including the
farms of Rd, and L. Davey. The field
will take in the sideroad running
east and west which will of neces
sity be closed. It is known that the
farms of Mrs. I. Hodgins and Mr.
John Edwards* figure in the plan
and how much more, time wfll tell.
The work on the runways will
commence in a short time and from
75,0'0'0 to .85,000b "tons of crushed
gravel will be required, all of which
will have, to be shipped in from out
side points.
there will be five hangars as Com
pared with two at Port Albert and
this gives some idea of the accom
modation required for the housing
of the aircraft.
Already many men have been
looking for work and no -doubt
many will be needed when the
work of building gets well under
way, but so far we can learn noth
ing about the contract for the
buildings. The work of building
the runways and taxi strips will
be done with heavy machinery and
the labor element in connection is
not exceptionally large.
At present there is an impression
about the town that houses, living
quarters ,and boarding houses will
be in great demand and the ten
dency to increase rents and pric
es is in the air. The council, how
ever, are taking steps to meet the
situation and have appointed Coun
cillor S. B. Taylor to head a com
mittee to act in an advisory capac
ity and to take the necessary steps
that the situation demands. At the
present time there is a scarcity ot
suitable dwellings in Exeter for
rent. No doubt the farming com
munity in the vicinity of the air
port will be able to supply a good
ly share of the rooms and board.
the main
If rumor is correct,
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