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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-02-26, Page 1raw* '•^W5? «3| EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26th, 1942ESTABLISHED 1878 of Ladies’ & Misses’ ers -4.1 ColdBROODER STOVES We have a large stock of coal-oil and electric brooders on ■ hand. As they are hard to get please give us your order. W.M.S. ANNUAL SUPPER Hot Potatoes, Baked Beans, Meat and Pie „ followed by a lecture by REV. E. GRIGG We have received our first shipment of ladies’ and misses’ Goats for spring, featuring a good range of English cloths, including tweeds, also fine cloths in navy and black* We would advise early buying as we will be unable to repeat ip many of these Imes, Prices are very reasonable . Curtains and Curtain Nets for Spring We have just received a shipment of the new curtains and curtain material fpr spring. We have a large range to choose from at prices as low as ever, ® Ladies’ and Misses’ House Dresses Wehave a large range qf house-dresses in new pattterns of prints—guaranteed fast colors—sizes |4 to 48—at prices from $1.25 to $2.QQ each. Extra Special------5 dozen good quality house dresses-—^ real special for spring, on sale at $1.25 each. One rack of ladies’ crepe dresses clearing at half price and less. We have an exceptionally large range of wall papers to choose from for any room in yqur home. Our prices are very reasonable. All-wool blanket s-r-only a few left at the low price, of $5.00 each. s. HelpCanada’s War Effort by laying Victory Bonds. ||g SUCCESSFUL CARNIVAL *= The fancy drees carnival at the i Exeter Arena on Monday evening was -one of the beat ever staged in Exeter, The attendance was about five hundred and there must have been over one hundred in costume, There were some very fine cos­ tumes, particularly by me younger boys and girls. The Exeter band provided some splendid door prize, a ten dollar certificate, was won Frput, son of Mr. and Front. The lucky ticket was drawn by Marlon Gowan*. | Prize winners were as follows* Hest;dressed couple, June Smith and Marjorie Welsh, as drum-maioreftqs; Doris Elliot, of London, and Ruby Welsh, Victory costumes; ladies’ fancy costume, Marion Cowan, sailor; Wanda Tuckey, drum-majorette; gents’ fancy costume, Gojdwin Atkinson, Kirkton, Grenadier Guard, first; Bill Mickle, Mexican boy and Bob Gladman, Spanish, tie for second; best comic, Reeva W. Tuckey, English coachman; Lloyd Parsons, tramp; girls' fancy, 16 and under, Joan and Patsy Hopper as drum­ majorettes, first,' Maxine Reeder as Bo-Peep and Ann Marie. Rivers as gypsy, tie for second; boys’ fancy 16 and under, Marlon Woods as Dutch boy; Russel Hopcroft, as sailor; boy or girl comic, Joyce Broderick and Eleanor Cook, of Hensail, as niggers, first; Peter Cowan as little black Sambo, sec­ ond; clowns, Mrs* C* V. Pickard, Ross Taylor and Lome Passmore. In the open race for men there were three entries. Mfesley Grebb was an easy winner with Carl Stires, second. In; the boys’ race, 12 to 15 years the competition was keen- er with Eric Heywood first and 'Carl Hewitt,, second;, hoys under James Hayter and Peter Ellis. The judges for the ■ costumes were Mrs, Forrester, ’ Mrs, Size and Mr. G. Scobie. S. B. Taylor was in charge of the races. The gate receipts were around $95,00. music, The war savings by Teddy Mrs, >Chas, 12, H. & GIRLS PRESENT PATRIOTIC DRILL A patriotic demonstration in con­ nection with the new Victory Loan drive was given at the Exeter Arena Friday evening of last week just before the semi-final hockey game between Lucan and Exeter, The Exeter Band was present and play­ ed several selections. Twenty high school girls, trained by their phys­ ical directress, Miss Alice Archi­ bald, gave a drill on skates. Jaun­ tily attired in white boots, blue skirts, white blouses and tri-colored pill box ha'ts and carrying a flag in each hand, they followed their lead­ ers, June Smith and Marjory Welsh, through one complicated movement after another .to form, repeatedly the “V” for Victory, A colorful flag drill was given at' the close and the girls were roundly applaud­ ed, Mr, C, V.Pickard, one of the canvassers in connection with the Victory Loan, announced that one- third -of Exeter’s quota had been raised. Mr. Pickard introduced Fit. Lieut. Murray, of the Clinton Radio School, who gave a very stir­ ring and appealing address. He stat­ ed that at the moment the British Empire was passing through one of the darkest hours in its history. We find the whole world in a gig­ antic struggle. Japan has launch­ ed forth on such a scale as no one imagined possible. Are we going to awaken to the demands and the pan we have to play. Are we going to stand behind the boys ‘ who have volunteered, with our means and our money. Fit. Lieut. Murray re­ ceived a splehdid ovation at close. PATRIOTIC CONCERT WELL PATRONIZED The Exeter 'Opera House" i the Special Values for Thursday, Friday, Saturday Golden Bantam Corn VanCanip’s Choice Quality Van Camp’s Tomatoes Choice quality, 28-oz. tins Aylmer Canned Peaches .Choice quality, 15-oz-tins Niblets Corn .Fresh Corn OFF the Cob .* 2 tins 23c each each 13c , ..per tin 13c Garden Patch Peas Always tender* ................... Aylmer Spinach Fancy quality, 16-oz. tins Dew-Kist Green Gage Plums 15-oz. Tins, Choice Quality ... Comb Honey, nice quality 9. OC The squares are not perfectly filled^1 «t?v 2 tins 23c each 1 tin 10c Chick Starter Hen Concentrate Hog Concentrate ... S\r. ...................... 1 . $3.15 $3.35 $2.70 Steer Fatener Egg. Mash 42% Hog Concent $2.90 $2.75 rate $3.25 A GOOD WAX FOR 25c A LB. When selecting paint* ask for Nullegloss for semi-gloss walls, ceilings and interior woodwork—washable, sanitary, durable, economicel, thirteen lovely shades to choose from Let us help you with your color combinations FOR ENAMELLING Walls, woodwork, furniture, metal and other ..types of sur- facs, ask for Neptolac—heat and moisture resisting* made in 24 lovely colors, also black and white.. Easily applied washable, economical, tough and durable* Now is the time to have your , sap buckets repaired and new pans made Traqu air’s Hardware TINSMITHING PLUMBING SIGN WORK IF BBS* Left for Windsor Mr. Eric Campbell, who for the ’bast eleven years has been em­ ployed with Mr. Benson W. Tuck­ ey, loft for Windsor, whore he has secured a position. Mrs, Campbell is remaining in Exeter for the pre­ sent, Mr. Ed. Ward, a former etn® ployee of Mr. Tuckey, is relieving for a couple of weeks, after which he wilt report for active service, having enlisted with the R.C.A.F. CUE MEETING TONIGHT . First Exeter Wolf cub Back __ meet tonight (Wednesday) at the Scout Hall from seven to eight o’clock. Cubs are requested to be on time. A,new Senior Sixer will be invested and merit awards Will be made, Come on bOys! How about a full attendance? Buy Victory Bonds! win Your Superior Store on Billina and his travels through that country Centralia United Church FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27th 5.30 to 8 o’clock Musical niunhers by Maui St. Male Quartette. Solo by Miss Elizabeth Home Price, 35c. Thue, 6.80. RED CROSS Time EXETER OPERA HOUSE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27th Sponsored by S.S. No. 5 and Eden School, Usborne Music by MURDOCK’S ORCHESTRA CarDS—-Please bring your decks. Admission 25c Ladies please provide lunch*. Come and bring your friends Pte. Howard Elliot, of London, was taken ill while visiting with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Sandy Elliot, ovei’ the week-end and present confined to his home.is at Underwent Operation Mrs. Fred Huxtable, who has been Hl with pneumonia, was taken in Mr. Rowe’s ambulance to Victoria Hospital, London, on Tuesday, Where she underwent an operation for the removal of an abscess on her lung, Her many .friends will hope for her speedy recovery. »■ <iCIDENT AT AIRPORT ; X.. .. ■* ■! When a large crane used in the erection of the girdersifor the hang­ ars at: the’ Centralia airport -slip­ ped on its footing’Wednesday morn­ ing of last week it allowed one of the girders to fall and in crashing down. it carried fo'ur others with the workmen on the escaped injury came crashing it. Some of job narrowly the timbers around them. when down HONORED BEFORE LEAVING On Wednesday evening, Febru­ ary 18th, the .members- of the Exe­ ter Chapter of the Eastern Star met at tlieir rooms for a social evening and to honor one of their chapter members, Mrs. 'C. Tanton, who leaves this week for Strathroy. A very amusing program of comics, music and games was enjoyed by all. Then Mrs. W. J. Smith, on behalf of the Chapter, presented Mrs, Tan ton with a Bible. Mrs. J. Green presented her with a silver relish dish. Lunch was served and a social half-hour spent, ■Neighbors and friends number­ ing about thirty gathered > at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Ryck- man Monday evening as a farewell for Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Tanton, who are leaving this week for their new home at Strathroy. -An address, expressive of the esteem in which Mr. and Mrs, Tan ton are held, was read by Mr. G. W. Lawson. Mr. Frank Goates, on ibehalf of the ■gathering presented Mr. Tant’on with an occasional bhair and Mr. Ryckman also presented Mrs. Tan­ ton with a chair. Mr. Tanton ex­ pressed their appreciation. Pro­ gressive euchre, Chinese checkers and lunch brought to a dlose a very I pleasant evening. was fairly, well packed Tuesday even­ ing for a patriotic concert put on by the pupils of Exeter public school and the schools of S.S. Nj?. 3, Stephen and S.S. No. 5, Usborne. Rev. Mr, Page acted as chairman. ,T.he first number was a t'heme song, "You Can. Fight \for Canada”",, sung. <by all the scholars. The primary scholars from the Exeter school sang a chorus.. A very fine drill and chorus were put on by the pu­ pils of S.S. No. 3, Stephen, under the direction of their teacher, Miss Laing. Dr. Taylor, of Dashwood, issued a ringing challenge to. the citizens of the community to invest to the last dollar possible in Can- . ada’s new Victory Loan. A playlet ‘‘Blue Boots”, followed Dr. Taylor’s I address, put On by the pupils of rooms two and three of the Exe­ ter school. Another drill and chorus was ably put on by the pu­ pils of S.S. No'. 5, Usborne, under the direction of Miss Gertrude Camm. The final number was a .playlet “Building Canada”, by the pupils of rooms four and five of the Exeter school, took .their parts well repeatedly applauded iative audience. Mr. ing, musical director, the piano throughout. The children ■and they were by an apprec- W. R. Gould- presided at DEATH OF MRS. THORNTON Victory Flag Raised In a public ceremony Wednes­ day afternoon of last Week Exeter’s Victory Loan flag was raised and is now flying over the town hall. The Exeter band paraded through the main street followed by the fire engine with Jack Pry de at the wheel and Chief Norry operating the siren. The school children were assembled in front of the building and Mr, R. N. Creech, vice-chair­ man for the Victory Loan for this district, gave a short address em­ phasizing the importance of the loan and presented the. flag to Reeve R* W* Tuckey. Mr. Tuckey accepted it, on behalf of the muni­ cipality, ■ The flag was raised fol­ lowed by three rousing cheers ROV. Mr. Hunt dedicated it prayer. Thp National Anthem played by the band. and With was ' Injured in Fall Mr, W. W. Taman Imanhe __ fortune to fall on some Slippery ide at the corner of James and Main streets on Saturday and sustained some tarn ligaments of the hip. This has been complicated by jaundice. His many friends will hope to sec him around again soon. -3 mis- The death took place in Victoria Hospital, London, on Sunday, Feb. 22 nd, of Mrs. Eliza Thornton, of Exeter, who passed away in her 72nd year. Born on the homestead farm about three miles south of Exeter, she was.a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Silas Handford. She was united in marriage to Phil­ ip Reed and while living in Wis­ consin, Mr. Reed was killed during a cyclone ill the year 1902 son from this union survives, Silas F. Reed, formerly of Exeter, : ■of London. She was united marriage the second time to Mr. H. W. Thornton, of Windsor, who predeceased her in February, 1930. Since that made 'her Miss Alice been well for about hospital, brothers, A. L. Handford, of Rett' frew; bur, Miss Thos. funeral from the home of her sister Wed­ nesday afternoon Conducted by Rev. Mr. Page with interment in the Exeter cemetery. The bearers were Messrs. William and Fred May, Chas. Salter, Chas. Tanton, Frank Sheer© and S. B. Taylor. One now . in time Mrs. Thornton has e.home with, her sister, Handford. She had. not since last October and seven 'weeks was ill in She is survived by three Thos. 0., of Wisconsin; Wil- of Arnprior, and one sister, Alice Handford, of town. Mr. G. Handford is here for the The funeral took place FORMER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ON CORVETTE Walter Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mitchell, Centralia, who is with the R.C.N.V.R., is home frpm Halifax on several days’ leave. Walter, a former student of the .Exeter H.S., is now on a cor­ vette as wireloss operator. In his recent exams he placed second in his class, being headed by a McGill graduate who had 95.7 per cent to Walter’s 95.5. Already he has had some interesting experiences with the corvette during his ing. He has bean half way the Atlantic and on ope trip ed three German U-boats, on they opened fire, while tnain- across slght- iv hi ch LARGE CONGREGATION AT PATRIOTIC RALLY IN JAMES ST. CHURCH In spite of the condition of the roads whmh prevented persons from the country’ coming to Exeter on &un«ay evening, there was a good attendance at the Second Victory Loan religious rally in James St. United church Sunday evening, It was a union service of the various churches. A union choir under the direction of Mr, W. R. Goulding, led the service of song. The pastor, Rev. A. Page, presided. Rev. M, A. Hunt, of Trivitt church, read the prayers from a printed program, Rev, W. A. Beecroft, of Wingham, was the special speaker and was .introduced by Mr. Page, who stat­ ed that no man. in Huron County was making a more valuable con­ tribution to the Victory Loan than Mr, Beecroft. Rev. Beecroft began his remarks • by saying that we are living under the shadow of one of the most: heroic and Sacrificial incidents that Will evei’ be emblazoned in our hall of fame. In a -recent convoy one of the ships conveying one thousand airmen was attacked by an enemy submarine. Two torpedoes had been} fired and missed British destroyer took the shock of and only seven of men who had manned that ship were picked up. Mr. Beecroft’s message was based on the passage of scrip­ ture, “He that is faithful unto the end shall prevail.” If our purpose holds we shall win, but if our pur­ pose flags we shall lose. Much has and is being done to break our purpose. We have had bad news in the losses sustained by our ar­ mies, of our islands, of loss of rub­ ber, of loss of tin and of oil and it is the drip, drip, , drip, drip, that wears in time. In the motherland it is not only had news from afar, but thgy have 'had the bombings, food shortage and rationing. As the storm fails to breqk the oak but sends its roots deeper, sp has it been with the'British people* Bri­ tain did not want this war. We were unprepared and it will take every ounce of our indomitable purpose to catch up. We have to' give account of ourselves and pay a full price for the freedom we -have ac­ cepted as . our. right, . Christianity is at stake." ‘ Our enemies haye.told plainly that they intend to out our Christianity. That> determines our purpose. Our .pur­ pose is 5t6 'pr’eVent the blackout of Jesus Christ. The speaker makes no apology for throwing his weight into the war effort whether from the pulpit, in. the foundry or in the knitting mill* He interprets any­ thing he can do as being done for Christ’s sake. Whether it is a Vic­ tory Loan, a service drive or a re­ cruiting campaign, our only hope of success is to ’bring to it an in­ domitable purpose, reiterated the words sett, Montreal editor, who said that peace shall come for which a babe was born and died on Calvary, when an innocent man laid down his life. Dr. Taylor, chairman of the Exe­ ter District War Time Board, out­ lined the work of the Board for which the offering was received. The offering amounted to $81.00. Rev. Mr. Woods, of Main St., took ‘ 'at To Secure Your Coupons on the Times-Advocato Dhw Seventeen cash prizes, in­ cluding a $25.09 War Savings Certificate will be given away this Saturday night, Notices have been sent to subscribers who are ip. arrears. We hope they will bring a cheerful prompt response. The greater part of readers have co-operated ! and. our will­ ingly in our paid-in-advance policy. A few, however, are left. , . , Why not make your payment before the end of this week and secure your coupons on ’the cash prizes? us black their mark. A rushed in and, the third torpedo the one hundred In closing lie of John Bas- the service for Mt. Beecrloft Mangham United church. AT THE LIONS CLUB meet- I THE VICTORY DOAN Loads of effort by canvassers and co-operation by investors is still needed to put the Loan over the top. Hensail and East Hay have reach­ ed the half-way mark—about $30,- 000. Zurich and West Hay are 40 per cent—about $20,>000. Usborne Township is over 45 per cent—-about $27,000. Stephen Township is about 30 per cent—about $22,000. Exeter has passed the 40 per cent —over $50,000. HOW TO MAKE MONEY AND HEER THE VICTORY LOAN If you hold any of the following bonds you can sell them through ytfur bank and invest in the Victory Loan and make some money be­ sides: 1st, C.P.R. 6% bonds due Mar. 15, 1942, can' be cashed at the Bank on March 2nd with full interest to maturity and invest proceeds in the Victory Loan. .;„?pid, . Dominion of 'Canada.,,..5 % bonds ^ue. October-15 th, 1943,can he sold by your banker for $105 and invest in ‘Victory Bonds' at $100 and you will clear $16.00 for each $1,000' bond. 3rd, Province of Ontario 6 %' bonds due Sept. 15th, 1943 can be sold by your banker for around $106 and invest in Victory Bonds at $100 and you can clear about $12.0'0 for each $1,000 bond. Look over your bonds and see ’the canvasser or your banker about these once. suggested changes. Do so at RED CROSS NEWS Shipping day for March has been changed to Friday afternoon, March 6 th. This change has been made on account of the Red Cross I Provincial meeting being held .in, I Toronto on March 12th and 13th. At the Lions club supper ing Friday evening last at the Central Hotel Mr. C. Tanton was made the recipient of a handsome clothes hamper. Mr. Tanton is one of the .younger members of the club and is leaving for Strathroy shortly where he is opening up a refriger­ ated locker service.. The presenta­ tion was made by Lion Dr. Roul- stou, who spoke of the interest Mr. Tanton has always shown in .ser­ vice Work. Mr. Tanton in his re­ ply spoke of the pleasant associa­ tions joyed years Good tion of $25.00 was made to the Sick Children’s War Memorial Hos­ pital, London. Lion R. N. Creech made an appeal for investment in the new Victory Loan and in turn in­ troduced Fit. Lieut. Murray, padre at the 'Clinton Radio School. LieUt. Murray stated that many of the bOys from the Radio School were direct from England and they were! somewhat flabbergasted at the Way we live in this period of war. It is hard for them to realize that we! can pick and choose our manner of j eating in the face of the way they; are rationed overseas. Nothing is handled more wastefully in Canada than butter. Bacon and eggs are a great treat to the men when they land in this country. The speaker praised the work of the Canadian Legion along the lines of education. Many of the boys are availing them­ selves of the courses offered and are studying in their spare time. With a library of about 2,500' books., 450 books are in circulation all the time. At a communion service the previous Sunday 74 were present, There is something in these boys that must be kept alive. They have a great job to do and we should be proud of them. he and Mrs. Tanton had en­ during their nine and a half iu Exeter. “Foi* He’s a Jolly Fellow” was sung. A dona- CAR TURNS TURTLE County Constable John Fe'rg-u- son, of town, who has investigated many an accident, was himself the victim of an accident Thursday evening of last week when his car left-the road and turned over three times, landing up on top of a fence. Mr. Ferguson was unhurt, -but his car was damaged to the extent of about three hundred dollars. He had driven about 175 miles on Thursday and was settling down for the evening when he was call­ ed to 'Crediton to investigate the theft of some money from the till of one of the business places. The call was urgent and Mr. Ferguson was travelling rather fast for the condition of the road. On a slip­ pery portion, the car left the road and turned oVer. The accident was investigated by Prov. Officer Fox, of Goderich. THE LATE T. HEAMAN Mr. Thoinas Heaman, who for I the past fifty years conducted a ’ wood-working shop about a olnile south of Exeter, passed away on. Monday after being ill only a couple of 4ays. year. Mr, 3 around in his Saturday when and lie passed Monday. Mrs. ed him about two years. ily of four girls and three boys only two remain, Mr. Jeremiah Hea­ man, of town, and Mrs. Sarah Keys, of London. The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon from Mr. E. R. Hopper’s undertaking par* lor conducted by Rev. M. A. Hunt, The bearers were Messrs. George and John Jones, Heber Snell, Hal. Brown, Roy Parsons and Wm, Cor* nisli. interment took place in the Exeter Cemetery. He Was in his *8 2nd Heaman had been’ usual health until he was quietly Heaman taken ill away oil predeceas- Of a fam­ Mr. W. H. Dearing hontinues quite ill, his condition being far from what his friends would like to