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PRODUCE RIG CROPSMrs.
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Jean
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dis-
was
Usborne, where stock-
of an 80-acre field of
in progress. The wheat
out about forty bushels
afternoon and
instructive as
td those who
seeing it. At
Cross British War Vic-
The Modern air es Or-
assisted by several tai-
artists, all of whom
their services free
CHILD NARROWLY
ESCAPES DROWNING
a large building
The
>, the electric potato
the automatic
from the bottom she
and in landing on the
twisted her foot in such a
as to break the bone.
“V” for Victory
There has been little said
the “V” for Victory lately,
real freak of this kind was brought
into the office last Saturday even
ing by Mrs. Orville Dixon. It was
a hen’s egg formed into an almost
perfect V shape. The egg wa-s small,
as though it 'might be a pullet’s
OPENING of the T. HARRY
HOFFMAN FUNERAL HOME
in Dashwood
Established 1873 Subscription, $2.00 per year
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EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20th, 1942
WOMEN’S WHITE SHOES
PUMPS
AH White
TIES OXFORDS
nn *Tn * iTan Trimmed Blue Trimmed
Before removing the balance of our white shoes from our counters to make room for
new Fall shoes, we offer the balance of our best grade, combination fitting white
shoes at $2.50 a pair. Buy yourself a pair at this price, even if you' don’t wear
them this season. .There are all widths from AA to E.
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Summer Sport Shoes at $1.50 a pair
Just a few pairs—Dominion Rubber Sole Kedettes for girls, to be cleared at $1.50, pair
Two-pant suits for men are not made now, as a war measure. But this week we
received a back order of many suits which we didn’t expect to get. They are fine
English worsteds. Get yourself an extra suit while you can still get extra trousers.
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| WE SELL WAR SAVINGS STAMPS I
E Buy as many and as often as you can.t
Ladies’ & Misses’ Summer
We wish to clear out the balance of ladies’ and misses’ summer wash dresses in a
hurry so are offering them at greatly reduced prices.
SPECIAL—A few odd ladies’ and girls’ bathing suits—all wool not new styles to
- clear at 79c each
Special Values for Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Orange & Grapefruit Marmalade««pL
St. Williams, 32-oz. jars ........ C«VU
Kellogg’s Rice Krispies lid*
Very special value ...........Ill-
Superior Brand Baking Powder
Ami 2-055, bottle Hillcrest Vanilla.1
Woodbury’s Facial Soap
4 Calce Economy Deal
Phone 32
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for 25c
Leg Fractured
Jean, daughter of Mr. and
Melvin King, of Stephen, is
fined to her home with her
leg in a cast, the result of the
of a bone above the ankle,
been assisting with the harvest
had helped to build a stack,
was climbing down off the
stack on a ladder and when a couple
of rungs
jumped
ground
manner
Yellow Pickling Onions no„ IK
Nice firm stock .........................
Jelly Tumblers J „
With Tin Cap .................UVV
Oak Leaf Sardines 14 oz. np
(Like herrings) in Tomato Sauce..
Garden Patch Peas
New Pack, Choice Quality 2 tins 23c
Your
Superior
Store
EXETER COUNCIL
The regular meeting of the Muni
cipal Council of the Village of Exe
ter was held in the town hall on
Monday evening with Reeve Tuckey
and all Councillors present with the
•exception of Councillor H.( Sou-thcott,
The minutes of the last regular meet
ing were read and adopted on the
motion of Councillors Taylor and
Hern.
The following communications
were read;
From the Director of Public In
formation advising that Sunday,
Sept. 6, is to be proclaimed a day of
prayer and of national reconsecra-
tion to the war effort. After
cussion action on this matter
laid over to next meeting.
Letters from the following
listed men, thanking .the Municipal
ity for their gift rings: Lorne How
ey, Jack Cutting and Laverne Chris
tie.
Councillor Hern reported, on be
half of 'the roads and bridges com
mittee, that the sidewalk on James
St. and the new -shoulder on West
Main, north of Sanders, were com
pleted.
Mr. Frank Delbridge thanked the
council, on behalf of his son, Ralph,
for his Municipal gift ring, Mr.
Delbridge explained that while
Ralph is still in the Middle East,
he was being moved from one point
■to another and his parents had not
thought it advisable to forward the
ring until he had a more perman
ent address. > .
The following accounts were read
and ordered paid on the motion of
Councillors Dignan -hnd Taylor: R.
E. Russell, charging battery and
rental, $1.00;. County of Huron,
hospitalization, $5 6.05; Traquair’s
Hardware, brush and roofing, $3.75;
Exeter Public Utilities, street light
ing, $237.46; R. N. Rowe, funeral
expenses, $50,00; R. G. Seldon and
Son, cement for sidewalks, $207.20;
John Hunkin, labor self and men on
sidewalks, $65.35; William Andrew,
labor, streets, $37.65; John Stire,
labor, cutting weeds and on side
walk, $44.0-0'; Wm. Laverty, cutting
weeds and work on sidewalk,
$38.5'0; Seth’Winer, trucking grav
el, $53.00; Wm. Stone, gravel,
$19.00; Relief—N. Stanlake, milk,
$1.85; Harvey’s, groceries, $9,001;
Wm-, Hatter, milk, $1.85; Rivers’
Grocery, groceries, $9.00; Riyers’
Meat Market, $5.00.
All motions were carried. Ad
journment was made on motion of
Councillor Dignan.
C. V. Pickard,
Wednesday morning in company
with Mr, Jas, Shearer, agricultural
representative of Huron, the edi
tor of the Times-Advocate paid a
visit -to the farm of Mr- Fred Eller-
ington in
threshing
wheat was
is turning
to the acre and is a good sample.
“It is one of the finest fields of
wheat in Huron County,” stated
Mr. Shearer, “and is a wonderful
sight.” “The men are threshing
about fifty loads a day,” said Wm.
Ellerington, who was in charge. “I
never saw so much straw before,”
he stated, The threshed wheat is
carried into a hopper beside the
threshing machine and a truck is
backed under the hopper and load
ed from- a shute.
Adjoining the wheat field is an
other field of about fifty acres of
string beans for the canning fac
tory, and the hand -picking of the
beans was in progress. There were
over seventy-five persons strung out
along the different rows picking the
beans. Most of thein were young
people from Exetei’ who go out each
day in a truck. Among them were
a number from the Jap camp sit
uated on tllG Ellerington farm. Mr.
Ellerington has several of them em
ployed, while the others are doing
day work for the farmers in the
surrounding district. “At the pre
sent -time the boys are doing satis
factory work,” said Mr. Ellering-
ton. We understand one of the boys
made over five dollars one day
picking beans.
NEW RESTAURANT OPENS
The new Avalon Sandwich Shoppe
has opened up this week. The
building formerly occupied by the
Ideal Meat Market has been re
modelled and fitted up as a most at
tractive restaurant. A lunch coun
ter and booths have been installed;
an up-to-date kitchen has been fit
ted up and everything presents a
very pleasing appearance. A new
front has been added and painted
a blue and white. Mr. and Mrs. V.
Wright, who recently moved
Exeter from London, are the
t proprietors.
House Fly Spray...
quarts 75c pints 45c
Bring in your container
Livestock Spray
gallons $1.25 quarts 40c
— Sold in bulk—
Preserving Kettles and Cold Pack Canners from 60c to $4.50
Fly Coils
6 for 10c
Floor Wax
25c a lb.
Lice Killer
$3.00 a can
Iron and steel is getting scarce. Have your furnaces repaired
at once. If you are in need of pipes let us have your order as
soon as possible.
Brooms Dust Mops Dust Pans
25c to $1.10 69c to $1.50 20c to 30c
KASEIN COATING
The speed finish for interiors.
Kasein is made in nine lovely colors. This coating cun be
used on Wall .paper, gyproc or wood and the finish will not
* rub off and can be washed or spunged at any time.
Priced at $1.15 for 5 pounds
Traquair’s Hardware
Plumbing Sign Work Tinsmithing
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In Provost Company
Alvin Howe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Rowe, recently enlieted at
London as a Provost with the Can
adian Army, one of his first as
signments was a trip to an Ameri
can port to assist in escorting a
number of Gorman prisoners to a
camp In the Canadian West.
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TrahMerred to Clinton
Mr. Harry Henry, Mrs. Henry and
Barbara Ann are this week moving
-to Clinton, where Mr. Henry has
been appointed supervisor of ac
countants- .for Canada- Backers. Miss
Margaret Melville has been ap
pointed accountant for the Exeter
branch,
We cordially invite the public
to inspect oiq* Funeral Home on
Sunday, August 30th, 1042, at 3
pan., and the following week from
2 to 5 and from 7 to 10 pan. Be
fore our opening on .Sunday, August
30th at ^3 pan. local clergymen will
conduct a brief
in the reposing
service visitors
through.
Funerals, if
home, have iro
This is an added service to our pa
trons and our desire is to have it
■used as their own. The living-room,
Which is converted into a chapel the
day of the funeral, has a seating ca
pacity of approximately on§ hund
red persons, besides an -adjoining
family room'. If necessary, more
can be seated in other adjoining
rooms,
■Our casket display room, located
in the basement, has a wide variety
of Caskets where the* price of a fun
eral can be a-t your own choosing,
Our preparation room, located on
the main floor, has been equipped
with the latest in embalming es
sentials approved by the Board
Examiners and the local Board
Health.
dedicatory service
room. After the
Will be shown
desired 'from our
additional charges.
of
of
NEW TRAINING CAMP
WILL BE OPENED NEXT
MONTH AT IPPERWASH
With work -progressing rapidly
at Camp Ipperwash, the Canadian
army’s ___________ _______ —
fantry training centre at Stoney
Point,
Forest,
military headquarters on /Saturday
that the big centre will open Sep
tember 15—the tentative" date orig
inally set for its opening.
Several of the 48 buildings being
erected oil the 2,200racre
nearing completion.
Training personnel and
mately 2,000 infantrymen
accommodated at Camp Ipperwash,
as the training centre
ficialiy named.
When the camp is
September, the troops
large sleeping buildings, three mess
buildings, a headquarters building
a dental clinic, medical headquar
ters, three bt.C.O. buildings, four
officers’ buildings, -a T5-bed hospi
tal, a nurses’ residence, an isolation
hospital, quartermaster stores build
ing,. a supply depot, food -prepara
tion building, salvage storehouse,
engineers’ workshop, an office
building for the engineers, a large
garage, guard house and gate house,
three lecture halls, a, large
hall,.,, recreation building and
buildings for the C.W.A.Ci
millien-dollai’ advanced in-
between Grand Bend and
it was indicated at. district
site are
approxl-
will bo
has been
occupied
Will find
of-
in
13
drill
two
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We also have a private car for
day and night ambulance service
for fiio conveyance of the sick and
injured.
T. Harry Hoffman
MisS Greta Harness, of the Bank
bf Montreal staff- U on. vaeatlnn.
Critically Ill
The many friends of Mr, Jeffrey
Risher will regret
is critically ill at
son, Charles,
scions
of his
time.
to know that he
the home of his
has been uncon-
houts and news
He
for several
death may be expected at any
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Splendid Harvest Weather
or the past ten days it has been
splendid harvest weather, Many ofj
the farmers, who have been fortun-. a ate with their help, have been able mittee recently selected to co-op ci'
to finish the harvest. There is, how- ™ ~ ”■* 1 '
ever, considerable grain still in the Jhktee at^ No,
fields and some of it has not even ~
been stocked. The yield of grain
this season is excellent although
the harvesting of it has been dif
ficult in many cases because of the
grain;. being down. So far there
has been little cultivation for the
planting of fall wheat.
LARGE CROWD AT CONCERT
The largest crowd ever to visit the
Lakeview Casino at Grand Bend, es
timated at about 2,500 persons,
from all parts of the district, at
tended a patriotic concert on Sun
day evening and contributed $32'0.00
to the Red
■tims’ Fund,
chestra was
ented guest
tributed
charge.
Clifford Flaherty, leader of
orchestra, was master of ceremonies.
Two members of the orchestra, Son
ny Har-t and Freddy Davis, present
ed drum and trumpet features.
Among ‘the specialties by the guest
artists were violin selections by An
na Mae Luft, 10-year-old gold medal
ist and winner of'the Marson Schol
arship; chime and xylophone selec;
tions by Fred Funk, of Tavistock,
and.comedy numbers by Gerald and
Leon Paul, the Sunshine Boys, of
Kirkton, winners of Ken Soble’s
Toronto-Montreal amateur contests.
All numbers were greatly appreci
ated and roundly applauded by the
large audience for which special
seating accommodation was provid
ed and those unable to obtain seats
were seated as comfortably as pos
sible on the large dance floor.
Of the $320 collected, $86.10 was
contributed by the orchestra as a
bounty for special requests. Sale
of photographs of the orchestra
brought anothei" $35.-0'0. The mem
bers of the Grand Bend Red Cross
unit were active throughout the eve
ning.
Four-year-old Deanna McKenna, of
Guelph, was saved from drowning by
a 'mere chance at Grand Bend Wed
nesday of last week. Mr. Sam Car
riere, a former resident of Grand
Bend, who was holidaying at the
lakeside, was swimming close to
shore when he touched something in
the water. He had gone some dis
tance, and thinking it might be some
one in trouble he returned to investi
gate and found the girl’s body lying
on the bottom of the lake. He took
the unconscious girl to shore where
rescue workers applied artificial re
spiration for 45 ’minutes before she
showed signs of consciousness. It
was estimated that she must have
been under water for five minutes be
fore being rescued,
Deanna' is the daughter of Mr, and
Mrs. Thomas M. McKenna, of Guelph,
Who Were summering at their cottage
on Huron street, Grand Bend.
Dr. Taylor, of Dashwood, was call
ed and believing that there was a
possibility of pneumonia"*setting in
and in order to take all precautions,
had the girl removed to St. Joseph’s
Hospital, London, where she was
placed under an oxygen tent. She
made a speedy recovery and was able
to be removed to her home the fore
part of the week.
Atting Captain
Lieut. 0. B, Gladman, who
overseas as a membei* of the Royal
Canadian Regiment, lias been pro
moted to the rank of acting captain.
is
Exceptional Bloom
beautiful
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SCRAP RUBBER CAMPAIGN
All post offices and mail carriers
are co-operating in the drive for
scrap rubber—August 24th to Sept.
8. Post offices will receive the rub
ber. Carriers will bring it to the
post offices. Everyone having a
rural mail box is asked to leave ev
ery scrap of rubber they can find
at the mail box and carriers will,
bring it to the post office. Everyone
who goes to a post office for mail
■will take the rubber to the post of
fice. In Exeter, for instance, scrap
rubber may be "taken to the real’ of
the post office. From a purely
selfish standpoint, deliver the scrap
rubber. If you want to run your
car next year, bring in. every bit
of scrap rubber you can find—auto
tractor or bicycle tires and tubes;
garden hose, rubber aprons, caps,
water bottles, footwear, heels, soles,
gloves, kneeling pads; rubber ga
loshes, rubber sponges, tobacco
pouches, syringes, tennis balls.
CITIZENS’ COMMITTEE
ENTERTAINED AT NO. 9
Members of the Citizens’ Com*
. r*
ate with a Public Relations Com-
, 9 Service Flying
Training School, together with &
few friends, were guests of Group
I Captain E. G. Fullerton at the of-
j fleers* mess for noon luncheon on
Wednesday of last week,
I Following the luncheon the visi
tors were taken on a tour of the
, camp and inspected the various
buildings and saw at first hand the
provision that is being made for
the training of the men of the Air
Force, also for their welfare, their
comfort and theii' entertainment.
The visitors were taken through,
the men’s quarters where
accommodation for several
persons9 in an H-shaped
Wash rooms and showers are pro
vided, The airmen’s canteen andt
lounge is provided with pool tables,
table tennis and various games foi*
entertainment. It contains a bar
ber shop and wet and dry canteens.
The next visit was to the 35-bed
hospital and to the two-chair -den
tal building where the health of the
men is adequately looked after. The
visitors were greatly interested in
the Link trainer. J.
his news from No.
visit.
The men’s mess is
with all the latest equipment,
steam cookers,
peeler and the automatic dish
washer were special attractions for
the visitors. The recreation hall
for the showing of pictures and the
holding of dances also contains the
offices of the Y.M.C.A. director and
of -two padres, also a library.
The drill hall, now nearing com
pletion, we are told is one of the
finest to be’found in any camp.
The hardwood floor is marked off
for numerous games, such as bas
ketball, badminton and even a ten
nis court. It will no doubt prove
an attractive sp-ot. The many large
-hangars on the field m-ake it one
of the largest -training camps in the
Dominion.
Going into the observation tower
the men saw the training planea
coining in and taking off on their
flights, and the methods used for
signalling and guiding the flyers.
It was a great sight to look out over
the flying field and the runways.
The next visit was to one of the
planes where the mechanism was
explained by one of the instructors.
The tour of the camp took the
greater par-t of the
was interesting and
well as a revelation
had the privilege of
some time in the future there will
be an official -opening to which the
public will be invited.
NO Q SERVICE FLYING TRAINING 'SCHOOL
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Soon
lime-
team
dahlia has been
Times-Advocate win-
an “Agnes Foster”,
shade, and measures
It was grown in
onA
display in the
dow. It is
bright mauve
9 inches across,
the garden of Mrs. Smale, Andrew
street.
A ’’Lost” ad is the only insurance
policy you can take out AFTBR the
loss. You have a ‘'comeback” if
you call the Exeter Timos-Advocato.
If, after a week has rolled along,
people are still talking about an
event, there must have been some
thing really worthwhile abou-t it.
Well, we are still having favorable
comments about the first station
dance, and everyone wants to know
when we are going to enjoy another
one. This applies to the girls of
Exeter, too—that is a particularly
happy situation when our guests are
looking forward to coming again.
All we dan say now is, we hope to
be able to invite you back real
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Baseball stepped into the
light last week when an all-star
made up of the best players from the
local teams in the -district, challeng
ed the station team which previous
ly won the league championship.
Long before the game got under
way, crowds were gathering to see
the great event. Thanks to the pub
licity committee in Exeter, posters
had been placed in all tile spots
where people gatheY, The approach
of the game was heralded by the i
station band, which marched through
the Main street of Exeter and up
to the fair grounds, looking very
smart in their blue uniforms and
special hats.
Mr. J. M. Southcott opened
game With a few words of
gratulation to the Band, and a word
of welcome to the station. Group
. (Continued on Rage Four)
FARMERS ASKED TO
INVEST TEN PER CENT
The farmers of the County of
Huron are being asked by the Na
tional War Finance Committee to
loan the Government, for the dura
tion of the war, 1'0 per cent of theii’
pay cheques for milk, cream, eggs
and other farm produce.
Crops in this county are splendid
and prices are reasonably good. The
appeal for the 10 per cent is there
fore receiving a generous response.
Payment is made by giving the pro
ducers War
of cash for
stamps are
$4.0>0 worth
can be changed for
Every $4 certificate will be redeemed
by the Government in 7 J years by
the,payment of $5.'00, which means
a 3 per cent investment. If pur
chasers should need the amounts they have invested, the <.W*fficates
will be redeemed at any time after
six months from the date of theii*
purchase.
Creameries, cheese factories and
produce dealers will be supplied with
the necessary stamps for the con
venience of their customers.
The plan has received the endor-
sation of the Huron County Federa
tion of Agriculture, and Mr. A. J.
McMurray, the county chairman of
the War Finance Committee, will
appeal to farmers and others over
CKNX next Saturday from 12.15
1 o’clock.
Savings Stamps instead
the 10 per cent. The
placed in folders until
is collected, when they1
certificates.
to
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the
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Receives Severe Gash
Mr. John Cox, while assisting
tearing up a piece of roadway
front of Canada Packers Saturday
■morning prior to resurfacing with
cement, had the misfortune to re
ceive a severe gash in the right
hand’ that
to close,
shovel and
John Stirs
required seven stitches
Mr. Uox was using a
at the same time Mr.
was using a Dick’ The
shovel In the hands of Mr. Cox sH#*
ped and the pick struck him across
the back of the hand, inflicting the
wound. The cut was dressed by
Hr. frlatclmr,