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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-05-30, Page 3THE EXETER T1MES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, MAY 30th, 1910 CENTRALIA Mrs. John Essery is visiting with her sister, Mrs. (Dr.) Heighway, in London. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Smyth, of Midland, were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Theander. Mr. and Mrs. J, M'Ugan and son, of London, were week-end visitors with Mrs. C. O’Brien. Mr, Harry Elston, of San Bruno, Calif., formerly of Centralia is vis­ iting with his mother Mrs. T. Elston in London and with relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. O. Pollock and dau- grter Iris and Mr. and Mrs. Cum­ ming, of Ripley, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. iLorne Hicks. Mr, and Mrs. Bloomfield, of Leamington, visited with Mr. and Mrs. P. Simpson on May 24th. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Skelton were Mr. and Mrs. E. Powe and son, Mrs. Julia Scandrett, and Miss Corinne Scandrett, of London and Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson, of Preston. Miss Jean Thompson, of Preston, was a guest with Miss Audrey Powe on Sunday. Mr. Scotty Baynham, of Galt and Mr. Fred Baynham, of London, spent the week-end with their par­ ents Mr. and Mrs. George Baynham. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mason, Shir-' ley and Annie, of Exeter, were the guests with Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Pen­ warden on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Haddack, who have been in Windsor for the past few weeks returned home Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ford, Hen­ sail, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. pollard. Miss Mildred Hicks, of Thedford, and Miss Dorothy Hicks, of London, spent the week-end with their mo­ ther, Mrs. B. Hicks. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hamilton) were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith and dau­ ghter, of Thames Road and Mr. and Mrs. L. Davey and family visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R.- Dav­ ey.Rev. J. 'Falconbridge is attending conference this week. Mr. Andrew Hicks, who has been ill with pneumonia was taken to Victoria Hospital last week. His many friends will be glad to know that he is improving. Mr. S. Henry and son, of Harris­ ton, are visiting with Mrs. Andrew Hicks. Mr. and Mrs. E. Carruthers, of London, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Baynham. Anniversary Services The Church was filled to capacity on Sunday for the Anniversary ser­ vices held here. The services were conducted by Rev. R. N. Stewart, of Teeswater, former pastor of this church who delivered very fine ser­ mons. The morning service was one of prayer in response to the appeal by His Majesty King George Special music was provided by the choir. In the evening the choir was assisted by Mr. Harry Hoffman, of Dashwood. On Sunday morning June 2nd the service in the church here will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Blair, of Ail- sa Craig. The evening service will be withdrawn, it being Conference Sunday. On Friday afternoon, June 7th the Home and School Club will hold their annual picnic on the school grounds after the closing of school. The sports’ committee are providing a good list of sports with prizes. Everybody is invited to come and being your lunch basket. STAWA INFANT DIES IN TORONTO HOSPITAL John Gordon Beverley Norris, in­ fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Norris, lot 11, con. (9, Hibbert township died early Bunday morn­ ing in the Sick Children’s Hospital, Toronto. The child had been rush­ ed to the city on Saturday and suc­ cumbed quite suddenly. Many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Norris sym­ pathize with them in the loss of their youngest child, who was born April '2S; 19 3 9. Mrs. Norris was formerly Miss Orpha Balkwill. Be­ sides her parents two brothers, Jim­ my and Billy and two sisters, Mar­ garet and Ethel May, survive. The funeral took place to Staffa ceme­ tery following service from the Unit­ ed Church Monday afternoon. MRS. NELSON MASSE DIES AT HOME IN HAY TOWNSHIP Mrs. Nelson Masse, formerly Miss Celina Charrette, died at her home on the 14th concession of Hay Town­ ship after an illness of three weeks. She was in her 5 8th year and is sur­ vived by her husband, five daugh­ ters, Mrs. E. Berkt, Windsor; Mrs. Ted Laporte, Blue Water Highway; Misses Hazel, Loretta and Cecelia, at home; seven sons*, Edgar, Detroit Peter, of Windsor; Adolph, of Hen­ sail; Joseph, Wilfred, Victoi’ and Theodore, all at home. There are also seven sisters, Mrs. Frank Den- omme, of Zurich; Mrs Con Jordan, Niagara Falls; Mrs. Luke Nigh, of Seaforth; Mrs. Z. Brisson, Mrs. Ad­ olph Bedard, Mrs. Armand Denom- me, Mrs. Fred Sieman and a bro­ ther, John Charette, all of Zurich vicinity. The funeral service was held on Saturday at 9.30 o’clock at St. Pe­ ter’s Roman Catholic church at Drysdale with Rev. Fr. Martin of- riciating. My favorite pest Is Angus Beck lHe never pays The dinner cheek. WAR NEWS 'of the week o—o—-o Thursday French Front — French recap­ ture Arras and Abbeyville, halt Ger­ man drive to Channel. R.A.F. bombs Nazi columns and communications B.E’F. Front — B. E. F. holding firm, wage counter-attack between Arras and Douai, Belgians counter­ attack also with successes reported. Norwegian Front — R.A.F. suc­ cessfully bomb Stavanger airdrome. London—Prime Minister Church­ ill becomes virtual dictator by act conscripting labor, property. Washington—Allies flying Amer­ ican-built bombers across Atlantic; Senate Appropriations Committee approves $1,458,000,000 navy bill. Friday French Front—French crack Ger- I man salient, reach Amiens; British Belgian-French troops battle Nazis between Cambrai and Valenciennes; French repulse attack in Aisne sec­ tor. B.E.F. Front — B. E. F. repulse German attacks on the Escaut (Scheldt) positions. Belgians say Nazis thrown back at Audenarde. ...Norwegian Front — Norwegians take Lilleballak and Kobbefjeld. British sink Swedish streamship Baltica with German prize crew aboard outside Stavanger. Rome — Indications of Italian plans to enter war mount; Musso­ lini put war manufacturers under cabinet division. London—-R.A.F. launch mightiest aerial offensive of war, smash Nazi armored division headquarters, blow up munitions train. Britons brace for invasion; british Fascist leader. Sir Oswald Mosley, and Captair Archibald Ramsay M.P. arrested in tightening checkup of possible “fifth column’’ "elements. Washington— Senate unanimous­ ly approves $1,473,756,728 -appro­ priation for navy and its air force; plans adopted for mass plane pro­ duction. Ottawa—$70 0,0 0 0,000 war appro- propriations bill debate marked by Opposition demands for speedier war effort; Justice Minister La­ pointe says Can'ada ready to deal with all “fifth column” elements. Saturday Reports from Paris indicated that the French are still holding Bou-’■ logne port on the English Channel although it is being attacked by German armored columns. Other Nazi units were said to be advanc­ ing toward Calais, also on the coast. It was said that Allied armies caught the armored columns in an artillery crossfire in a new effort to cut the Reich’s corridor to the sea and turn the tide of the battle for the mastery of the English Channel. Little change was reported in the fighting in the Valenciennes-Arras- Cambria area where the French made gains on Thursday. French army engineers blew up scores of locks on the Rhine-Rhone Canal flooding hundred of square miles of territory on the French side of the Rhine. France and Great Britain have opened negotiations with Italy for relaxation of the Allied blockade in the Mediterranean, it was said in a Paris report Friday. Germany has lost more than 1,- 50 0 fighting aircraft since the inva­ sion of the Lowlands, it was claimed in London by the British Air Minis­ try. It announced that 11 British planes had shot down 11 German Messerschmidts and severely dam­ aged three others. There were no British losses in the air engagement which took place over the French coast Friday. German planes bombed East Dud­ geon Lightship, 50 miles off the Lincolnshire coast during Thursday night. A Goteborg, ,Sweden, dispatch said that the blackout order imposed throughout the country on May 12 has been lifted indicating that the alarm which spread over the coun­ try when Germany invaded Belgium and the Netherlands has eased. Hon. Norman Rogers, Canadian Minister of National Defence, an­ nounced in Ottawa that Canada to date has sent more than 26,000 men overseas. Monday London-—King George says Nazi victory would “mean destruction of our world as we have known it”; 1,500 German planes shot down since invasion of Low Countries. Faris-—French hold Boulogne; Allied artillery blasts Germans in Flanders. Five battles rage in Northern France. Rome — Mussolini reported to have said last-minute Allied conces­ sions “too little, too late”; three ship sailings postponed. Basle—‘French blow up Rhine- Rhone Canal locks in Maginot de­ fense system. Dublin—Irish search for German “mystery man” believed parachuted from plane. Tuesday London—-B.E.F. offers stubborn resistance on Belgian front, lines in­ tact; Government takes new meas­ ures against fifth columnists in British Isles and Mediterranean bases; R.A.F. roams Germany, Bel­ gium, Holland, bombing airports, bridges, railroads, motor columns; Britain to import foreign cotton only under license; report Italy to use navicerts. Ronke—War fever mounts; un­ confirmed report says Italy closed French and Swiss borders. Ottawa—Prime Minister announc­ es intensification of war effort, in­ creases in army, air force. Paris—Premier Raynaud to speak at 8:30 a.m. (3:30 a.m. E.D.T.); Belgian Premier says Allies bound, nld idea youve ^ot ° t fine perf°rmance is \\ ■ EXPLODED AGAIN ff9sofiHeo UsefsOfJ^ - ai •' •'■'•A S?-. I^when former extra-priced gas buyers voted by a big majority that ND Bill SUNOCO GIVES US WHAT WE WANT MOST IN A GASOLINE % \, .-'"'J / ANTI-KNOCK V POWER V MILEAGE / PICKUP V ALL AROUND PERFORMANCE JJast FALL, an independent research organi­ zation asked over 1400 motorists from Florida to Canada to test Nu-Blue Sunoco against extra-priced gasolines. These motorists voted 9 to 1 that Nu-Blue Sunoco equalled or excelled the extra-priced gasolines in road performance. Just recently a new survey was made among former premium gasoline users by another indepen­ dent and unbiased research authority. After noting the performance of NU-BLUE SUNOCO in their cars— these motorists who formerly used extra-priced gaso­ lines voted by a big majority that NU-BLUE SUNOCO gives them what they want most in a gasoline. For best results use Nu-Blue Sunoco full strength* Don’t dilute it with other gasolines. eri I c AT DFCIII QD <XtlC DDIfF mI Ki Im Im H I ■> Ei WP W Ei M IE WP H wP Br IE I wP IE SUNOCO SERVICE and GARAGE, Exeter A. Ravelie, Grand Bend; E. Nad iger, Dashwood; J. Passmore, Hensail; L. Prang, Zurich ■- to win in end, Belgium continuing to fight with them; Reynaud names series of new envoys. Washington—Senate votes to pre­ vent employers in interstate com­ merce from hiring Communists or “Nazi Bund" members; Roosevelt asks $3 2,000,000 more to train civ­ ilian pilots; Congress considers im­ mediate action to finance big new defense program. Ankara— General staff makes Tur­ key’s final defense plans. Brother Williams was entertain­ ing the preacher and the meal was a good one. “In fact,” said the parson, “dat’s as fine a chicken as I ever et. Where did you-all get him Bruddah Wil­ liams?” (“Well now, Pahson,” said his host with sudden access of dignity, "when you all preaches a spechul good sermon, does I eber ax whah you-all got it? Seems to me dat’s a mighty trivyul matter anyway.” GRANTON INSTITUTE G FESTS IN LONDON Granton Women’s Institute went to London for the May metting as guests of a former president, Mrs. Charles Power, who entertained the members at her home on Richmond street north. Former members of the branch now living in London were also guests. Mrs. Joseph Grant recently re-elected to the presidency, presided. Mrs. John Middleton, a life member and a branch member for 25 successive years, read a helpful paper on “The Pursuit of Happiness." The program included also an instrumental num­ ber by Mrs. Bert Duffield and a solo by Mrs. A. Berryhill. Mrs. Power served tea at the close of the meet­ ing. Mrs. J. W. Eccleston, London, president of the branch 25 years ago was a guest and spoke briefly, Skill is worth more than strength. & HIBBERT RESIDENT DIES Mrs. John Chambers died May 22 at the home of her son, George Chambers in Hibbert Township Formerly Miss Susan Fitzgerald, she was in her 79 th year and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzgerald, of Chiselhurst. Her husband predeceas­ ed her some years. Surviving is a son, George. A son, William, was killed by lightning a few years ago. The funeral private, was held from the home of hex* son on Saturday with Rev. R. A. Brook, pastor of Kensall United Church, officiating and burial in McTaggart’s cenietery. A noted critic says American Lit­ erature has ripened — we are in­ clined to suspect that it has reach­ ed the next stage, too. # * * Unemployment is blamed on the machine age — as a matter of fact, the fault lies in the age of the ma­ chine. r • \ BABY CHICKS „ ^'hBaVy CWctes Prices Mr June. Hybrids (White Leghorn - Barred Hock cross) and White Leghorns sc; Barred Rocks, New Hampshire^ and Brown Leghorns 9c; White Rocks and Jersey Black Giants 10c. foiir Week old pullets 35c; Five Week old pullets 40c. A. H. SWITZER HATCHERY Granton, Ontario I