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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-09-18, Page 1raw CRITICALLY ILL I REAL ESTATE TRANSFER C. V. * of -V- WINS HIS FIRST CASE -v—f ■ \ lias Oil the our was and very been that was E. in ---------y------ “V” FOR VICTORY NEWSPAPER MEN TO VISIT BRITAIN HAY TOWNSHIP FARMER • DIES SUDDENLY YOUNG FLYING OFFICER INSTANTLY KILLED ex cob had been was en- the barn house at since being Donnelly, the defendant. vs. Vining was settled out The case of Godbolt vs. 17th as Reconsecration Rev. D. C. Hill offered Rev. Mr. Hunt delivered G. Cochrane this being his called to the of Goderich, The caseSALE OF BUILDINGS CENTRALIA AERODROME '• Tenders foi’ the purcliase and removal of farm buildings will be received until IS noon Sept. 25th, 1941; Above buildings may be in spected upon application to Mr. J. L. Yuill, Resident En gineer, ' Centralia Aerodrome. Doug- his FREAK WB OF CORN The Times-Advocate has on hibition in its window a freak of corn. It ^consists of a cob of corn, then a corn tassel and on top of that another small cob. The cob was grown on the Exeter Canning Factory property. ---------V--------- ----------V---------- Farm Rented Mr. Gerald Lawson, of town, rented Mr. John Prout’s farm the 5th concession of Usborne and gets immediate possession. ----------V---------- ESTABLISHED 1873 I EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT, X8th, 1941 Sixty-Eighth Year at $1.39 each HERE IS A REAL BARGAIN IN MEN’S FINE SHIRTS, ABOUT 10 DOZEN IN THE LOT, GOOD CLEAN PATTERNS, FUSED COLLARS ATTACHED. SIZES 14i/2 TO I6I/2—A REGULAR $2.00 QUALITY—GET SEVERAL AT THIS LOW CLEARING PRICE $1.59 EACH Heavy Striped Flannelette on Sale at 29c a yd 8 webs extra heavy quality striped flanelette—36 inches wide—suitable for night gowns, pyjamas, etc.—'a regular 35c quality. On sale at 29c, a yard. CHURCHES UNITE FOR RECONSECRATION SERVICE The^ congregations of the various churches in Exeter were well re presented at the union service of Reconsecration held in the James St. United church Sunday evening. On the platform were Rev. D, C\ Hill, of Caven church; Rev. N, J, Woods, of Main St, church, Rev, M. A. Hynt, of Trivitt church, Rev. Mr, Page, of James St., who presid ed over the service, and Reeve B» W. Tuckey. The Reconseeration .Week prayer was repeated in unison. Mr. Woods read the scripture lesson. Reeve Tuckey read the Proclamation setting aside tbe week Sept. 10 th to the Week. prayer, a Very forceful sermon on the re dedication of our lives to the cause • of Christ and the Church and for the just cause in which our Empire is engaged, in order that freedom of thought and of action and of ^worship might continue. A men’s •choir of forty voices under the leadership of Mr. Gouldiqg led the singing and sang two selections. The hymns sung were “Onward Christian . Soldiers”, “Fight Good Fight”, and “Faith of Fathers.” The entire offering for the Queen’s Canadian Fund amounted to about $47.00.y $61.00 FOR THE BLIND $61.00 was the amount collected on tag day, Saturday for the Can adian Institute for the Blind. The taggers comprised a number of young girls and boys and they did a fine job. Tl?e amount was prac tically $46.91 FOR QUEEN’S FUND The collection taken for the Can adian Queen's Fund at the union service of reconseeration In James St United church Sunday evening amounted to $46.91. -——y----- -- Bobby, little son of Sgt. Rollie and Mrs. Mots, is critically ill at the home of his parents, Mr, Mots* who is stationed at Chatham, has been home for a few days, returning to Chatham Tuesday evening, ' -—,—y—— asm Our. stock of Ladies’, Misses’ and Girls’ Coats for fall and winter is now complete. We have an exceptionally large stock to choose from in small, regular and extra large, also half sizes. We would advise early buying as clothes are becoming scarce and all - repeats are higher. s’ Coats, 3 tOj 14 yrs. at Very Attractive Prices Fall Furnishings for the Home Linoleums, Rugs, Congoleums, BlindS, Draperies, Curtain Nets—all at the same prices as prevailed at the first of the year. Special 25 prs. men’s leather sole work boots, made with a toe cap. Regular 2.75.-—-on sale at $2.25 a pair Men’s Farm Boot 4 ' Men’s Suits, Felt Hats, etc The new English • worsted suits for Fall have arrived. A fine selection of colours to choose from at very little advance in prices. Also new Felt Hats in the new shades. , fur felts at $3.00 and wool felts at $2.00 iiiiiminiiHiiiinimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiinijiniHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiRiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimii Special Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday Green Giant Peas 9 £ •New Crop, 10-oz. tins .....................101 Woodbury’s Facial Soap J OEL, 1c Deal, which gives you ... “ Happy vale Mincemeat Large 2-lb. Tins ...........................CSC 11 XlL ‘Wings” Cream Sandwich BiscuitslL 1 >> Made by Weston’s ............................ Chase & Sanborn Coffee? BL aS-. Regular or Drip 1-2 lb. tin 27c * III* Carnation Milk 9 franc 1 7c I^arge Tins ..................................6 £41 Aeroxon Fly Coils / Tl\e Best Kind ............... Jelly Tumblers With Tin Top, 8-dz. Size 3 for 5c Your Superior Store time to get your hens into production. Use Purina Roost Paint and Lice Powder for the lice. Buy a good Lay Mash or Concentrate for worms.-——For a Tonic, ask for Nik-Tonic.5 33%Hog Pig Hens Concentrate Concentrate Starter . x $3.45 $2.80 $2.50 REDUCED PRICES IN GRANITWARE ■ ■.......... . .........., ....... ; . , ' ' I See our lovely assortment of New and Used Stoves; all Prices and Styles; also New and Used Quebec Heaters. HAVE YOUR FURNACE AND FURNACE PIPES LOOKED OVER BEFORE COLD WEATHER SETS IN# Traqu air’s Hardware Dealers in Beach, Findlay and McClary Steves, Ranged and Heaters; New Idea' Furnaces. Plumbing and Tinsmithing Neatly Done. Phone 27 ... -v-±- .■ -. - -- ■ namra Miss Katie Cameron had the mis fortune to break her ankle, At the time of writing she is doing as well as can bo expected. Mrs, S. j, Sanders, of Salter, Sask., is tak ing care of her, • „........y. Mrs; Wnt, Reid, of town, Is at pre- -sent under the „ doctor’s care. RCcond-qrowth Blackberries! Ad branch cohtalning numerous well-developed blackberries was brought into the Times-Advocate’ office Wednesday afternoon grown the garden of Mr. - Amos Darling, Look at your label! EXETER FAIR The Exeter Fair is being held to day (Wednesday) and Thursday. The indoor exhibits are now in place and as we go to press arp. being judged. There is an excep tionally fine exhibit this year. The school children have taken a great interest and there is a magnificent display of handicraft by the boys and girls. Tlie Red Gross have a very fine exhibit. The weather is Ideal and promises are for a re cord-breaking c-rowd for Thursday. ■■----------V--... caMpbell—arrell The marriage took place In Win nipeg on Saturday, September 13th, at 7(3;0<”p,m., of Mr*. Charles W, Campbell, of that city, eldest sen of Mr; and Mrs. Andrew Campbell, of Exeter, to Miss Stella Marjory Ar- rell, daughter of Mrs. Arreli and the late Mr. Arrell, of Moose Jaw, Sask.; The marriage took place at St. Paul’s United Church. The newly married couple Will spend their honeymoon in Vancouver, The groom was.,a former pupil at the Exeter High ■ School. the same as last year. ---v-------- SLIVER ENTERS LEG Douglas Brintnell, a student the Exeter High;, School, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin c Brintnell, sustain ed a nasty accident While playing rugby at the arena during the noon hour on Thursday of last week. He ran against one of the freeze doors and a sliver about four inches long and the size of the little finger en tered his thigh^ He . was .taken to the office of Dr. Dunlop' and it was necessary to make., an incision and pull the sliver straight through the fleshy part of his leg. For tunately it did not touch any of the tendons. Seven stitches were re quired to close the wound, las has since been confined to home. ASHTON—TAMAN NUPTIALS Main Street United Church, Exe ter, beautifully decorated with red and white gladioli, was the setting Saturday afternoon at three, o’clock for the charming military wedding of Eleanor Jeannette Taman, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Taman, town, and Sub-Lt. Arthur Nelles Ashton, R.C.N.V.R., Mont real, Quebec, younger son of Major and Mrs. A. Nelles Ashton, of Grims by Beach, Ont. The officiating min ister was Lieut, the Rev.. D. J. Glad man, Ottawa, assisted by Rev. N. J. Woods. Mrs. N. J. Dore was at the console for the wedding music. Given in marriage by her father, the attractive bride was gowned in white chiffon, long bodice, fitted girdle appliqued in ecru chiffon, full skirt and flowing sleeves. Her veil of heirloom lace, over ecru tulle, was held with a garland of bou- vardia. Her -flowers were white roses and bouvardia. The bridal attendants were Mrs, R. S. Graves, of London, sister of the bride; Mrs, E. F. Taman, of Listowel, her Msier-in-laW, and Mrs. Leonard Carling, of Port Car ling; all gowned in. copies of the bride’s dress in blue chiffon ap pliqued in silver. They carried Queen Anne bonnets of yellow ros es and baby’s breath. The grooms man was Charles Ashton, of Har row, brother of the groom, and the usliets were E. F. Taman, of Lis towel, and R. S. The reception wood Golf Club, Taman received gowh of Tahiti with matching turban of feathers, and cprsage of orchids, assisted by the groom’s costumed in a black crepe skirt and pink sheer bodice embroidered ih black sequins and wearing a cordage of pansies, Later the bridal couple left for a wedding trip to the Laufentlans, the bride travelling in a crusader blue wool crepe dress and coat, trimmed with blue fox, matching hat and charger brown accessories, Theywill reside in Montreal, Graves, of London, was held mt Oak- Grand Bend. Mrs. wearing a smart blue suede lace, ly She was mother, Mr. Brierly, who recently came from Alberta, and has. been living at Rogerville, has purchased the residence of Mr. Fred Brock, on Gidley street and will move to town in the near future. The real es tate deal was put through by Pickard. Two double cobs of corn distinctly V-shaped, have brought into the Times-Advocate and are on exhibition in our win dow. In both cases two cobs have grown together at the base and are separated about midway up to form a distinct V. This corn was brought into the office by June Cudmore. ----------V---------- . A party of 13 representatives of newspapers will fly to Britain by Pan-American clipper plane to view at first hand, at the invitation of the British Council, the United King dom's war effort'. Among them is Hugh Templin, o£ Fergus, who Will represent the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, of which the Times-Advocate' is a member. Mr. Templin recently completed a series of articles on the training of pilots and observers in the R.C.A.F. which have appeared in this pa per. Mr. Templin left Tuesday by clipper from New York. His new articles will in due time appear in this paper. MODERN ARMY UNIT INVADES EXETER *A modern army In miniature vailed Exeter Tuesday afternoon a recruiting tour through the county of Huron and points north, Students of the Exeter high and public schools also students from several of the schools surrounding Exeter together with, a great many interested spectators turned out to see and welcome them. Two hund red officers and men qf the Can adian Army Demonstration Unit, together with about fifty armoured vehicles arrived in Exeter from- London shortly after two o’clock. With5’police car escorts and motor cycle riders screeching a warning the unit representing 20 active ser vice units from across Canada ac- 1 companled by the Royal Canadian Regiment Band motored up the Main Street lined with spectators. In the procession were Bren fun car aiders mounted with Bren guns, anti aircraft rifles, machine guns, mo bile field kitchen, and many other vehicles. The unit stopped in front of the town hall and was wel comed to Exeter by Reeve B. W. Tuckey. • A demonstration was giv en, beginning with a take-off on the raw recruits getting their first drill and then the smart finished work of the men. Major -Felloes, officer commanding the men, stated that the universal carrier and Bren gun was the most modern type of fighting equipment. He made an appeal for recruits. The unit left Exeter for Seaforth and at Clinton in the evening gave a. two-hour demon stration of mo'dern military tactics. —------y------ MRS. A. N. ASHTON (nee Miss Eleanor Jeannette Ta man) whose marriage took place on Saturday to Sub-Lieutenant Arthur Nelles Ashton, of Montreal, LOCAL AIRMAN IN CONVOY THAT WAS MET BY WINSTON CHURCHILL Mrs. W. S. Howey has received xword from her son, Sgt.-Pilot Lome Howey, who has arrived in England. In his letter he tells' of the Atlan tic crossing. The convoy with which his ship was travelling was the one which was met. by Prime Minister Winston Churchill as he returned from the Atlantic Conference with President Roosevelt. Mr. Church ill mentioned this great convoy in his address to the. Empire shortly after his return to England. Sgt.- Bilot Howey’did not see the:.Premier but was within a short distance. —:-----v----------- BOWLING NOTES At the weekly bowling jitney on Friday evening of last week six rinks participated. The weather was a trifle cool. Winners were as follows: W. Penrose, E. J. Wethey, G. Layton and R. N. Creech, 2 wins plus 9; second, W. G. Medd, Mrs. Medd, Wm. Rivers and W, H.- Fal len, 2 wins plus 8; third, Q. Lam port, Mrs, Ryckman, B. M. Francis and R, G. Seldon, 1 win plus 10. * * Three rinks from town took in the men’s doubles tournament at St. Marys club Friday evening last. The entry was large and the games were played on the Stratford greens. Messrs, w. H. Pollen, Ulric Snell, H. C. Rivers and R. G. Seldon are in Woodstock to-day (Wednesday) taking in the Snowbird bowling tournament. Hurondale Unit, on Mon- 2'2nd, at 3 o’clock, in Red Cross work be present. A prominent and well-known far mer in the person of Mr. Saul Schroeder, died suddenly at his home on the Zurich Road west of Hensall on Monday at noon in his 58tli year. The deceased in his usual health '• and gaged in"hauling beans to and on returning to the the noon hour complained of feel ing ill aryl suddenly dropped dead. Surviving are his widow and one soq, Edward. Funeral service was held from the Lutheran Churcn, Zurich, on Wednesday afternoon, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Tuerkheim. Interment was made the Lutheran Cemetery. _ ---------V—: ATTENDING WESTERN Division Court was held in Exeter Monday with His Honor Judge Cos tello presiding. There were three cases on the docket. The first case was Hartman vs. McCann in which H. Hartman, of Mt. Carmel, sought to recovei- damages sustained when Hartman’s car collided xwitli a calf belonging to McCann o'n the Mt. Carmel road on July 4th. Judgment was given in favor of Hartman for $107.74 plus costs on the grounds of negligence on the part of the de fendant in failing to keep his fence in good repair. W. acted for the plaintiff, first case bar. 'F. acted for of Rivers of. court. Moore was dismissed with costs. ---------V--------- RED CROSS NEWS A general Red Cross meeting will be held in the Thames Road church, under the day, Sept, interested invited to The fact that the workers of Exeter Branch took no holiday during the summer months is shown by the following list of articles brought in for shipment on Friday, Sept. 12, this being the work done by the Units in the month of Aug ust: Socks, 217; V-neck sweaters, 18; turtle-neck sweaters, 33; scarves, 56; mitts and gloves, 55; helmets, 45; alternative caps, 24; seamen’s boots, 27; seamen’s long stockings, 2; turtle-neck tuck-in, 1; 10 girls” units of blouse, skirt, knickers, sweater and coat; 7 boys units of blazer, shorts, and two shirts. Wash cloths, 63; bed jackets, .3; P.P. bags, 3; cov. shirts, 2; sheets, 1; af- ghans, 2; blankets, 6; large quilts, 56; cot quilts, 2; other ’articles of refugee clothing, 163. During the eight months of this year this Branch has Sent to head-* .quarters 616 large quilts and 50 cot quilts. We think this is. a pret ty good record and shows the splen did work the women are doing, ” ---------v-----— Last week we made mention Miss Norma Cook, of Hensall attending Normal school in London, This was an error as Miss Cook will attend Western University. Jack Kestle, son of. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Kestlh,., will also attend Western. Miss Greta Webber and Miss Grace Beckley of Usborne, are attending Normal School in London and Miss Shirley- Jaques is attending Wells Academy, z EXETER FAIR' IS BEING HELD (THURSDAY) ink r Leading Aircraftsman Melville Mason Hart, of Toronto, who whs in training at Sky Harbor Airport, Goderich; and who spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. May, of town, was instantly killed and an ‘ instructor seriouslj Injured when t,heii‘ training plane crashed at the Kitchener-Waterloo Airport on Tuesday. It was Sky Harbor’s first major plane crash. The cause of the crash coilld hot be given. The plane somersaulted along the field after the crash, De ceased was 19 years of age and had numerous friends in Exeter as he had visited here on various oc casions, Mrs, May and Marjory will attend the funeral at Toronto to day (Thursday), -^7—V—— WOODHAM LAD ON TWO TORPEDOED SHIPS (Dy our Woodham Correspondent) After several months of anxious: waiting Rev. and Mrs. A, Laing havo heard of the whereabout of their son, Jordan, They received a letter recently), telling them he Is well and stationed in India, hav ing spent three months at Bombay. Twoi ships on which he was operat ing were torpedoed by German submarines, Wednesday of next week will be the last Of the weekly half holidays In Exeter tor this season. Presentation and Address About 65 friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. 3rd concession of ered at their home night of last week before leaving for Exeter, playing . . sentation of a table lamp and tabla - reflector was ni'ade With the fol lowing address: To Mr. and Mrs. Shapton: We, your friends and neighbors* have learned with regret of your departure from us. You have al ways been so willing te help Where help was needed. Your splendid character has indeed been an in spiration to us all ahd we shall miss you both in many ways. But as you are not going far away we hope you will often join us in things which interest us both. We ask you to accept this gift .not for its value but as a. remembrance and as a token of the high esteem in which you are held among us. We trust 1 that God’s richest blessings may rest upon you both and that you, may be spared to many years of nsefulness to the uplifting -of his kingdom. t Signed on behalf of the neighs bors. Mr. Shapten replied suitably for both MI’S. Shapton and himself. Lunch was served. *The first early frost of the sea son visited this vicinity Thursday night of last week. Very little dam age was reported. t Shapton, of the • Stephen, gath- on Wednesday to honor them their home in: The evening Was spent in games, after which the pre