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| WE SELL WAR SAVINGS STAMPS I
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We are now ready with a large stock of fall and winter merchandise.’ We would
advise early buying as many lines will be hard to replace later on, especially in
woollen underwear, sweaters, yarns, etc.
Ladies’, Misses’ and Giris’ Fall and
In spite of present conditions, we have never had a better stock of fall and winter
coats. These were bought before the new fur tax was added on fur collars. These
coats are shown in types for all figures including small, regular, half and extra large
sizes. Come early as we cannot repeat at these prices.
Coats
New Wallpaper's 40 new patterns
For Living-Rooms, Bedrooms, Kitchens, etc. at 12!/2C to 40c a roll. All new patterns
A few rolls of these nice new designs, will brighten up your rooms and cost you very
little. Come in and see for yourself.
NEW SUEDE and KID PUMPS
Widths AA to C in black or brown, all combination fitters. Smart styles at $3.95.
.GYMNASIUM SHOES FOR GIRLS
We have a limited supply of these laced to the toe, rubber sole shoes for High School
girls. When these are done we can’t get any more for the duration—$1.00 and $1.25
Flannelette Blankets $2.65 a pair
Large size Ibex and Jumbo flannelette blankets, a limited quantity, while they last
$2.65 a pair
Monarch Knitting Yarn
To users of our well known Monarch Dove yarn, we would advise buying at once.
We have a large stock of popular colors^ but no replacements are in sight when
present stock is used up. Still the same p opular price—-20 cents a ball
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& SaturdayValues for Thursday,
to
15,
the
car
We are very anxious to receive
news of the enlistment of local
young men and women in the Ser
vices, We also want the privilege of
•printing their letters after they have
left for far-away places. This is a
part of our service to the members
of the Forces and to their friends
at home. Please help us with our
task by giving the Times-Advocate
the necessary information,
LOCAL YOUTH IN
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
An act that was no doubt intend
ed more for a lark than of criminal
Intent has landed an Exeter boy
in serious trouble. According
th$ police ^Donald Burns, aged
without a permit and without
consent of the owners, took a
belonging to the Holtzmann bro
thers, on a joy ride. North of the
Exetex’ bridge he lost control of
the car and taking to the ditch,
struck a hydro pole, breaking the
pole and wrecking the car beyond
repair. Fortunately the driver es
caped with only a few bruises. If
reports are correct, young Burns
was racing with another Exeter lad
in a second car. Howard and Har
old Holtzmann, twin brothers,
employed by Jones & May and drive} Officer Ralph Delbridge,
their car to work from their home
near
laid against one, if not both of'the
lads as we understand the second
lad is without a permit.
RECEIVE SOUVENIRS
FROM SON SERVING
IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Crediton. A charge is being
Carnation Milk
Large Tins ........
Libby’s Prepared Mustard
Or French’s ..................................P151 J**1
Supersuds 1 QaConcentrated, in the Blue Pkg. ******** AiFU/
Post’s Sugar Crisp Corn Flakes 9 pkg 1
Sugar Ration Book Holder Free with" 1 vb
each 9c Good Cooking Apples (bus. 1.25)7 {jjg,
Weplthies or Baxters, sprayed fruit •
Dr. Ballard’s Meaties An Entirely 9 IbS,
New Dog Biscuit, very palatable ...." wtFL
Happyvale Mincemeat 9 8L 97/»
A Popular Brand .......& »iC
Junket Freezing Mix several flavors L- 1A
F'or Malting Ice Cream ...............................*VV
GOOD TREATMENT FOR LICE
Floor Wax Flashlights Fly Coil’s
25c a lb.89c complete 6 for 10c
Purina roost paint for chickens.
Black-Leaf “40” roost paint.. .
Cooper’s Dry Kill for hogs, dusted on.
...jjer tin $1.00
35c and $1.25
_ , i.......30c a lb.
Purina Lice Powder.......„............... at 35c a lb. tin
Purina Cblorena powder for colds in chickens
Purina Nik-Tonik, a good tonic and roundworm treatment
for chickens and turkeys •
STOVE PIPES
6 and 7 inch pipes, hand made at 25c
6 and 7 inch pipes, patent-made, at 22c
We also have 6 in. and 7 in, black Tees, elbows and tapers
If you need a new furnace, come in and see us about it.
If you- want your furnace cleaned out get it done before it is
cold. We have a good supply of galvanized furnace pipes.
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Saturday Evening
—h September isih •
Exeter Arena
Music by the orchestra from
No. 9 S.F.T.S.. Centralia
Novelties and Prizes —
Gents 40 cents; Ladies 25 cents
Notice
— To Hydro Users—*
Hydro service will bo interrupt
ed in the municipalities of Exeter,
Hensall and the Rural District feed
ing from Exeter station, ^Sunday,
September 20 th, 1942, froin 7 a.un.
to 9 a.m.
H.E.F.g.
Traqu air’s Hardware
Plumbing ' Sign Work
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Attending School at Clinton
Misses Helen Pfaff and Ella Jean
McGregor, of town; Margaret Webb,
Eloise GiB, Evelyn and Gladys Wai*
per, of Grand Bend, have enrolled
as students at the Clinton School of
Commerce.
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Kirkton Fair Next Week
Kirkton Fair will be held Thurs*
day and Friday of next week, Sept*
24th and 25th. Kirkton Fair has
an attractive prize list and a pro*
gram of entertainment that should
attract a large crowd. Kirktofc.
Fair has always proved a very]
populai- event and weather permit
ting, will no doubt do so again this
year. See advertisement on another
page.
MRS. ALMINA PARSONS
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY
On Friday evening, September
lith, a surprise party was given for
Mrs. Almina Parsons, the occasion
being her eightieth birthday. Friends
gathered at the homeland spent a
social evening, followed by refresh
ments. She was also honored with
a shower’ of birthday cards, a birth
day cake, a number of gifts and
beautiful flowers. On Saturday at
noon, Mrs. Clubine, of Toronto, a
niece who was in Exeter for the oc
casion, treated Mrs. Parsons and
a few friends to a birthday dinner
at the Melville Inn. Congratula-
tions were received from Windsor,
Chicago, Toronto, London, Exeter,
Hensall, Stephen and Usborne. Mrs.
Parsons has lived in the same
neighborhood foi’ over fifty years.
She enjoys excellent health and is
quite active. A very happy time
was spent at the party Friday eve
ning.
PUBLIC IS INVITED
TO OFFICIAL OPENING
OF NUMBER 9 S. F. T. S.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Delbridge last
week received some very interest-
are | ing souvenirs from their son, Pilot
x.cup.i xu&e, who is
now situated in the Middle East,
Along with the souvenirs were about
one hundred .photographs taken by
Ralph since his arrival overseas.
The souvenirs and pictures reached
here in an interesting way. When
Premier Churchill visited Egypt a
short time ago, one of the officers
in charge of the airplane on which
Mr. Churchill travellecT was a friend
of Ralph’s and as lie was to visit
America he volunteered to bring
Ralph’s parcel for him, expecting
at that time to arrive in Canada,
However, he arrived in Florida and
from there forwarded the parcel to
Mr. Delbridge. In the parcel were
three very fine pieces of jewelry,
consisting of a bracelet, a brooch
and a pendant. It
work in silver done
delicate
a gold
jewelry
of the
watched
articles.
The snapshots were an interesting
group. Some of them were tak
en in England and Scotland while on
leave but most of them were taken
in Egypt. There were some fine
pictures of the pyramids, one fine
view being taken from the top, show
ing the country for considerable
distance. Other pictures showed,
the Nile river, their camp in the de
sert; a desert dust storm, several of
Ralph and his -pals, street scenes in
various cities he visited. 'The pic
tures had all been censored and
according to the censor a few of
the pictures had been removed ana
would be forwarded at a later]
date. It was in Cairo that Ralph
met his friend' and a lettei*
panying the parcel written
gust 22nd, was mailed in
Sept. 2nd.
was filligree
in designs of
patterns with
centre. The
and ‘intricate
inset in the
is the work of the natives
Sudan and Mr. Delbridge
them working on one of -the
was
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and
PRISONER IN GERMANY
. About two months ago we report
ed that Pilot Officer Lawrence Som
ers, son ‘ of Mr. and Mrs. Dalton
Somers, of Simcoe, missing after ail
air operation over the Continent,
■ Was a' prisoner ip Germany, Mr.
and Mrs. Somers visited with Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Stewart over Labor
Day, and according to letters re
ceived by them their son had a mir
aculous escape. Pilot Officer Som
ers, who in October next will cele
brate his 22nd birthday, was re
ported missing on June 1st. In an
air raid over, Germany the plane in
which he was travelling was shot
down. It went down in flames in
the English Channel off the coast
of France. Somers had his clothes
burned off and he himself was bad
ly burned. For a day and a night
he was in the Channel and
then rescued by the Germans,
was in hospital for two months
&n his letters to his parents he ask
ed them not to worry as he was do
ing fine, At present he is in an in
ternment camp.
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TROOPS TRAINING AT
LISTOWEL VISIT EXETER
Ninety-five men from No. 29A
training centre, Listowel, arrived in
Exeter on Friday afternoon of last
week on what started out to be a
march from Listowel to tile ’‘'new
camp at Ip$erwash on Lake Huron.
However the plans were changed
on reaching Exeter and the men left
here to return to Listowel. The
men spent Wednesday night at Mit
chell, wherfe, on account of rain,
they were made comfortable at the
Town Hall and were entertained to
a hot dinner at six at the various
hotels and restaurants. On Thurs
day night they camped at Russel-
dale, where ‘they were again en
tertained. Oil Friday they had
noon luncheon on the grounds sur
rounding the Thames Road church.
They arrived in Exeter in the middle
of the afternoon and were taken to
No. 9 S.F.T.S. at Centralia for a
shower. The Exeter council treat
ed the men to sandwiches and cigar
ettes. In the evening a softball
game was staged betw-een the Army
and the Air Force, an account of
which appears in another column.
The Air Force band headed a par-
ado through the town and when
part way to the fair grounds were
joined by the pipe band from Lis
towel. The men slept in the open
for the night, using ‘the arena for
headquarters. Aboht forty per
cent of these men are returned from
overseas, formerly belonging to the
Essex Scottish, the Highland Light
Infantry and Saskatchewan and
Quebec regiments. Major MacDon
ald of the Essex Scottish was in
command. These wore the first
manoeuvres they have been on.
CREECH—TEALE
accom-
on Au-
Florida
Victims’ Fund Reaches $111
The Exeter Wai' Victims’ Fund
lias been growing slowly. Now that
the -summer is over It is hoped that
a renewed interest will be taken
ill this 'very worthy cause. The
suggestion has been made by a for
mer BxetOrite that the objective
should bp at least one hundred
pounds. Anything less than that
amount would be unworthy of this
splendid municipality. The amount
acknowledged to date is $106.00.
Further contributions are
Acheson, Toronto, $2.'00;
McFalls, $2.«00; Miss Hatter, $1.00;
total, $111.00. J
MISS JEAN BROCIv
Residents of this community, who
have followed with interest the
building of No. 9 S.F.T.S. at Cen
tralia, ai’e now to have the oppor*
tunity of paying a visit to and in
specting the Airport, The official
opening is to take place on the af
ternoon of Wednesday, September
23- The opening will be attended,
by Air Vice-Marshall G. O. John
son, M.C., Aii’ Officer commanding
No, 1 Training Command. The
ceremony will start at 2,3'0 pan.
and the public is cordially invited
to attend. In the event of an un
favorable weathei’ forecast, a post
ponement will be announced in the
evening edition of the London Free
Press and also over CFPL on the
evening of Tuesday, September 22.
23. Air Vice-Marshall G. O. John
son, M.C., Air Officer Commanding,
No. 1 Training Command, will of
ficiate at the opening ceremonies,
to which •■the general public is cor-'*’
dially invited. The general public
will be admitted to the Station pre
mises from 2.0-0 p.m. on, and the
ceremonies will commence at 2,30
p.m. Light refreshments will be
served in the Drill Hall. The Sta
tion premises will remain open to
the general public until 5.00 p.m.
In the event of an unfavourable
weather forecast, a postponement
will be announced in the evening edi
tion of the London Free Press and
also over Station CFPL at 6 o’clock
on the evening of Tuesday, Septem
ber 22nd.a graduate of the Exeter High
School, has b'ben attending Wester
velt School, London, during the
past year and (has now accepted a
position in the head office of
Hygrade Corrugated Products Lim
ited, London. Miss Brock is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Brock, of Granton, Her many
friends in this district will be pleas
ed to learn of her appointment.
On Saturday, Sept. 5th, the mar
riage of Gwendoline Amy, elder
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H.
Teale, of Forest, to Ray MacDonald
Creech, of Forest, youngest son of
Mrs. Catherine and the late Thomas
Creech, of Exeter, took place in the
United church parsonage, Forest,
Rev. A. D. Boa performing the
ceremony. The bride wore a tili-
pent brown crepe
with gold sequins and matching hat. [ will also march.
She carried a shower bouquet of
tea roses, white asters and maiden
hair fern, and her only ornament
was an antique gold bracelet, the
gift of the bridegroom. The young
couple were attended by Miss Mary
Gordon as bridesmaid and Joe
Creech as best man. The bridesmaid
wore a boftle-green crepe dress and
carried a bouquet of Talisman roses,
asters and fern.
The wedding breakfast was held
at the home of the bride’s parents,
and latei’ in the day the couple left
on a short trip, the bride traveling
in a beige and commando red en
semble. '
FROLIC
will this
their an-
PARADE FOR LIONS
The Exeter Lions Club
year feature a parade for
nual frolic to be held October 1st
and 2nd that will no doubt attract
a goodly number of spectators. At
least three bands will be in the line
of procession, the Exeter Band, the
trumpet Band from No. 9 S.F.T.S.,
Centralia, and the Middlesex-Huron
Band from London. The airmen
and airwomen from Centralia, the
members of the local military units
dress trimmed j and the Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs
The four teams
from the Lions Club staging a con
test for the selling of tickets on the
big draw for $300 in prizes, the
proceeds from which are to be used
in aid of local children’s welfare
and for the Lions British Children’s
War Victims’ Fund, have slowed
up a little in their ticket-selling
campaign, but will no doubt be
come more active as the day of the
frolic approaches. The standing of
the teams Monday was: A. J. Sweit
zer, 6$3 points; Ulric Snell,
points;
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EDEN SCHOOL SECTION
HONORS DON WHITING
Residents of the Eden school
section held a social evening recent
ly as a farewell for Donald. Whiting,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Whiting,
who has joined the R.C.A.F., and
is now stationed at Manning Pool,
Toronto. During the course of the
evening Donald was presented with
a money' belt, a leather writing kit
and a toilet- set. An address was
read by Wm. Essery and Harry
Coates made the presentation. Mr.
Geo. Ida, superintendent of the ad
joining Japanese camp, spoke in
highly complimentary terms and
presented Donald with a table clock.
Donald thanked all for their kind
ness. The evening was spent in
dancing and refreshments were serv
ed at ’the close.
RED CROSS NEWS
A general Red Cross meeting will
be held Sept. 28th. Keep the date
in mind.
Friday was shipping day and the
following articles were received for
shipment: Socks, 52; T.N. sweaters,
18; mitts.
seamen’s
socks,
boots,
alternative Baps,
; girls’ sweaters.
6416 &3 points;
B. W. Tuckey, 600 points;
Russell, 563 points. See
page four.
advt
Enlists with the R.C.N.V.R..
Bill Kestle, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Rufus Kestle, has enlisted for ac
tive service with
and Will report for duty on Octobei’
1st.
Two Cars Collide
ac-
the R.C.N.V.R.
MEMBERS OF
^IIDDLESEX-HURON REGIMENT
Fall and winter training com
mences Thursday, Sept. 17th, at 8
o’cloek sharp. Lateness, failure to
report on parade" or ask for leave
will mean immediate action under
the appropriate section of the Militia
Act.
Two cars collided in an auto
cident at the corner of Huron and
(William streets about seven o’clock
'Tuesday morning. A car driven by
I Mr. Wm. Preszcator, of S’tephen,
| travelling east on Huron street and
1 a coupe driven by Mr. ‘Steve »Ku-
jperz, an employee of the Armstrong
. Construction Co., at the airport,
I came together at the corner. The I Preszcator car left the road and
Handed in the garden of Dr. Stein-
;er. Fortunately the cars were not
; travelling fast and little damage
. was done. Some of the windows
were broken. Mr. Kuperz had a
couple of cracked ribs.
19; V.N. sweaters,
gloves, 18; 18-in.
14; 26-in. seamen’s
tuck-ins, 12; sea
caps, 22;
cloths, 40
sweaters, 6; boys’ knitted
girls’ knitted dresses, 2
girls’ size 16 blouses,
14; knickers,
10; skirts, ■ 6;
22;
socks,
; T.N.
aero
wash
boys’
21
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9;
3;
suits, 3
scarves, 2
10
10
9
4;
i; skirts,
blouses,
; sheets,
afghans,
2; boys*
1 layette
pieces), other refugee cloth-
18 articles.
L. F.* Howey, See*
17; size
knickers,
46; quilts, 22; cot quilts,
8; flannelette blankets,
shorts, 2; boys’ shirts, 9
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Home Nursing Course
those desiring to take thp
Nursing Course,
All
Home
not already registered, please get
in touch
Mrs. W.
Sept. 26
following
Times-Advocate for date.
who have
with Mrs. L. Howey or
E. Weekes on or before
as lectures will start
Week. Please watch
the
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Every Classified nd. is an op
portmiity,
G. R. Campbell,
O.C. “D” Company,
Middlesex-Huron Rgt
Listen In to the Wingham
station, GKNX, each Saturday
ing at 12.45 for talk on Dominion
War Finance—920 oh your dial.
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