HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-01-28, Page 1Established 1873 Subscription, $2.00 per year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28th, 1943 Single Copy, 5 cents Sixty-Ninth Year
Men’s Overcoats and Leather Jackets
Ladies’ and Misses’ Printed House Dresses
be-
HURON’S NEW WARDEN
along with
experienced
season dur
fact, it was
Tues-
short-
for a
loaves
Greaixi de-
were made with great dif-
Following the fire
Middleton’s bakery a
bread was Threatened
ROADS QF DISTRICT
CLOSED BY STORMS
RE-OPENED SATURDAY
New Designs Patterns or Plain Styles
Priced at 12% to 45c per roll
We Sell War Savings Stamps
Special Values for Thursday, Friday & Saturday
, 24 lb. 69c
each 11c
2 lbs. 25c
BENSON W. TUCKEY
BUTTER RATION HAS BEEN REDUCED
Butter Coupons numbers 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are the only ones to be used from now until
March 14th next. Coupons numbers 10 and 11 have been cancelled.
„ $1.65 and $2.00 each
Stokely’s Honey Pod Peas O d-nv
Fancy quality, 16-oz. tins .........“ lUl
Bowe’s Mince Meat !L 1
It is good, in bulk ................ptl IRK JLJL
Vita-B (wheat germ cereal) 1
Try this popular, fast-selling cereal lvl, LtIL
Popping Corn
It pops well ...
Arctic Pastry Flour
7-ll>. Bag, 23c .........
Canned Pumpkin
Choice Quality, large 28-oz. tins ..CdVIl lit
Dr. Jackson’s Meal nflL «!>-«•
Foxmerly Roman Meal pvl pRlg*
Golden Fleece Pot Cleaner papL 1 Otf*
Replaces metal cleaning pads CdVil JLW
New Wallpapers
SUNWORTHY AND SUNTEST QUALITY
Store closes at noon on Wednesdays and 11 o’clock on Saturday Nights.
This season we have both the Sunworthy and Suntested lines, so as to give you a good
variety of patterns. A few rolls of new wallpaper will brighten up any room in your
home. Now is the time to start papering when you can get a good variety of papers
and before the decorators get too busy.
We have some real bargains in Men’s Overcoats. If you need a new coat it might be
a good idea to buy one now. We also have a limited supply of men’s horsehide leather
jackets. Also a good variety of men’s and boys’ ski caps and winter caps.
We have just received our first shipment of spring House Dresses. These are in good
quality prints, fast colors, sizes 14 to 46 and retail at
= Buy as many and as often as you can. Each 25c will provide a bqjleV
5 help defeat the Axis. 1^/
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Ladies’, Misses’ and Girls’ Coats at Greatly
Reduced Prices.
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PREPAYMENT TAXES want you to march to an
ALLIED Valentine SUPPER
A GOOD INVESTMENT
The following discounts will be allowed for the
of
Saturday, Feb. 13th
froxn 4 to 9 pan.
prepayment
First Instalment
taxes in Exeter
Second Instalment
Discount allowed if paid on
before:
or Discount allowed if paid on or
before:
February 1st
March 1st ...
April 15th ..
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February 1st
March 1st ...
April 15 th...
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1st Course, China, Mrs. G. Layton
2nd Course, Canada, Mrs. B. Beavers
3rd Course, Britain, Mrs. R. Hopper
4tlx Course, Russia, Mrs. B. Tuckey
Btli Course, U.S.A.,
TICKETS 50c
Mrs. Wm. May
PRIZE FOR LUCKY TICKET —
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Payments may be made to W. C. Pearce, Tax Collector
3-Act Play
Bank of Montreal takes over Exeter
Branch of Bank of Commerce
In the Town Hall Jan. 30th and Feb. 1st.
Hours: 9 to 12; 1.30 to 5.30
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“Mystery at Midnight
Under the auspices of the Janies
Street Young People in
This community experienced a
January thaw on Monday with a
misty rain falling in the morning.
It turned coolex’ at night. Skating
was called off at the arena,
Mi’s. Storms, of Exbter. wife of
Cpl. Storms, of Nd. 9 S.F.T.S., Was
taken to Victoria Hospital, London,
for treatment in E, R. Hopper's
ambulance.
Mrs. Andrew Gibson, who
cd tin injury and possible
to a bone in her leg when
while shovelling snow one day last
Week, was taken to St/ Joseph’s
Hospital, London, in an ambulance,
for an JC-ray,
sustain-
fracture
she fell
FORMER RESIDENT DIES
George Anderson last week receiv
ed Word of
Frank 0.
Chicago on
was bui'ied
day. He was in his 74 th year. He
suffered from a stroke on the Satur
day previous to his death, The de
ceased spent his early days in Exeter
and In the eighties was a member
of the Exeter baseball team, in
•lie left Exeter for TiliSdnbui’g
then moved to Chicago, He is
vived by his widow,
James Street United Church
Basement
the death of his brother,
Anderson, who died in
Sunday, January 17, and
in that city on Wfednes-
Wednesday, Feb. 3rd
at 8.115 p.nx.
Admission 25c
EVERYBODY WELCOME
1892
and
sur-
Want Ads *— World’s greatest
I salesmen at your service*
Transferred to Sandwich
Mr, Ben Dawson, who for the past
eleven and a half years has been
connected With the Exeter Rural
Hydro office, has received word that
lie is being transferred to the Sand
wich Rural office, where he will be
chief male clerk, The transfer takes
placo the middle of next month.
Exeter and district,
other parts of Ontario,
the worst storm, of the
ing the past week. In
one of the most severe storms for a
number of years,. The storm start
ed Tuesday and blocked the roads
of the district and it was not until
late -Saturday night that the high
way was opened between Exeter and
London, There was no train run
ning Wednesday and it was late
Friday before the railway tracks
were cleared for traffic and the mail
came through.
Sideroads and concessions were
nearly all blocked to traffic and in
some sections there was no xnail de
livery for the remainder of the
week, Oix Saturday a number of
farmers canxe to town by sleigh to
do theix* shopping ai)d replenish their
supplies. In sonx# eases two or
three families came together, Quite a
few were out of bread,
liveries
ficulty.
day at
age of
time but the arrival of 600
from Londoxx saved the situation.
The -highway to Grand Bend was
closed fox* only one day and the
Dashwood bus failed to make the
trip Tuesday night; the road being
reopened WednesdayTraffic be-
tweexx Exeter andt the airport was maintained with 'great difficulty.
Axx airport tractor and the airport
rotary plow helped to clear the
roads when other equipment was
not available. One of the buses ply
ing between Exeter and the airport
was badly wrecked. When it
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Reeve of Exeter, newly-elected War
den of Huron County
Congx’atulations are extended to
Benson W. Tuckey, reeve of Exe
ter, the newly-elected warden of'
Huron County. Mr. Tuckey has at
tained this highest honor in the
gift of the county at the age of 36
and is one of the youngest members
of the County Council.
Mr. Tuckey has
Exetei- during the
In 1938 and 1939
municipal council
four years has been reeve and mem
ber of the County Council. At the
County Council he is spoken of as
a fearless debater and expresses his
convictions with good judgment. He
has consistently supported all pat
riotic efforts. Though keen in his
ambition to achieve the high hon
or, he modestly confessed his sur
prise when he was made the choice
of his colleagues.
Warden Tuckey was born at
Hyde Park in Middlesex County and
moved with his parents to a farm on
■the highway north of Exeter. He re
ceived his early schooling at Sex
smith school in Hay Township and
latex’ attended
School. After
years in London, he returned to Exe
tei’ in 1929 and started <the Tuckey
Transport at the age of 22, He is a
member of the Automotive Trans*
port Association.
He is the only reeve of Exeter
to hold the position of warden since
1916 when B. W. F\ Beavers was
similarly honoured. Mr. Tuckey
is a Liberal in politics and a mem
ber of the Maib Street United
Church, serving as, a membex’ of the
Soard of Stewards. He is a former
first vice-president bf the Exeter
Lions Club and refused the presi
dency when he wus elected reeve of
the municipality. He is also a mem
ber of Lebanon Forest Lodge No,
133, A,!F. & A.M., Eketer.
Mr. Tuckey is married, his wife
being the former Miss Ar&belle
Hunkin, of Usborne Township. They
have one son, Ross, 14, a student at
the Exeter High School.
been the reeve of
years of the war.
he served on the
and fox’ the past
the Exeter High
spending several
toExetei1 Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce which is shortly
become the home of the Bank of Montreal in Exetei’
Axx important business -transaction 5 in the near future. Miss Ada G-aiser will be co'nsumated in Exeter this* and Miss Barbara Dinney, cl-
week-end when the Bank of Montreal
takes over the local branch of the
Canadian Bank of Commerce. This
announcement was made public last
week-end when the patrons of the
Canadian Bank of Commerce were
notified by letter of the change.
Shortage of staff officers and cir
cumstances arising out of wartime
conditions were given as the main
reasons fox- this latest move. It is in
keeping with the policies of the
banks throughout the country to am
algamate where possible branches in
smaller places and also to close many
of the smallei’ branches in the larger
centres.
Just recently tlxej branch of the
Canadian Bank, of Commerce at Cre
diton was closed and the business
was transferred to the Exetei- branch.
Also the branch of the Bank of Mon
treal at Zurich has been closed for
three days a week and the staff tran-
ferred.
The Bank of Montreal has taken
ovex- the Bank of Commerce build
ing, together with -most of the fur
nishings and equipment and the busi
ness of the bank, after the first of
February, will be transacted in the
new building. The present Bank
of Montreal building will be closed
accordingly although the manger,
W. J. Floyd, and family, will con
tinue to occupy the present living
quarters.
The staff of the Bank of Montreal
will be enlarged to handle the in
creased business. S. B. Otton, of
the Georgetown branch, has been
transferred to Exetei- and has al
ready arrived in town. Mrs. Otton
and three children wi|l move to town
I
of the
staff of (he Bank of Commerce have
resigned theix- positions with that
• nk ax’d will be employed witti
the Bank of Montreal. The present
staff of the Bank of Montreal com
prises Mr,’Floyd, the manger; R. R.
King and G. E. Hammer and Misses
Greta
Hazel He:
Mr. Don Size, 'manager of the
Bank of Commerce, who recently
moved to Exeter from Toronto, Mr,
Jas. Hembly, the accountant and
J. M. Bradley, transferred froxxx the
Crediton branch
leaving Exeter
where they will
is not known at „ . .... ...
Size and Mr. Hembly are enthusias
tic members of the Exetei’ Bowling
Club, the lattex- being the popular
secretary-treasurer. They have xxxade
■many friends in Exeter who, while
regretting their departure, will fol
low theixx with their best wishes.
“I always liked Exetei’ and I will
be sorry to leave.” said Mr. Hembly.
“This is the second time I have been
stationed here aixd I was sorry to
leave the last time,” he said. “The
people are all so friendly.”
The Canadian Bank of Coixxxnerce
opened in Exeter in 1908 when they
took over the business of the de
funct Sovereign Bank, theix locat
ed at the corner of Main and James
Streets, in the building now occu
pied by Earl Russel. In 1910
purchased a frame building on
Street owned by the late
Treble and used as a harness
and began the erection of the build
ing shown on the front page of this
paper. The new building was open-
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Harness, Helen Morgan and
MAIN ST. CHURCH HAS
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
OFFICERS ELECTED
The annual congregational meet
ing pf Main street United CJwph
was neia Friday evening, January
Rev, N. J. Woods was elected chair
man and W. G. Medd secretary for
tue meeting. Each of the organiza
tions of the church presented in*
^resting reports showing continued,
progress throughout the year and
an increase in
nearly all the
church’s work,
of notice was
street Red Cross Unit, given by Miss
Lillian Huston, A motion was car
ried that commended the action of
the Rt. Hon, W. L, Mackenzie King,.
Prime Minister of Canada* in cur
tailing the- sale and consumption of
alcoholic beverages in so far as such
curtailment has been made and that
a letter be sent Mr. King conveying
the commendation. Another mo
tion was carried that a letter be
written to Hon. Gordon D. Conanf,
Premier of Ontario, requesting co
operation with the federal govern
ment by having the Liquor Control
Board, a servant of the Province of
Ontario, comply with the request of
Prime Minister King to reduce the
hours of sale in all the places of sale
of alcoholic beverages in Ontario
and further that such reduction be
made uniformly throughout On
tario.
The congregation by motion in
structed the secretary to convey by
letter their most hearty congratu
lations to Benson W. Tuckey on
his election as
County.
The results of
as follows: The
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Following a devotional service
financial returns in
departments of fh»
Especially worthy
the report of Main
Warden of Huron
the elections were
retiring members
ILL IN LONDON HOSPITAL
MULHOLLAND—CLARKE
Tabernacle United Church in
Belleville, decked with ferns, roses,
daffodils and huckelberry, was the
setting foi’ a full choral wedding
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
January 23, when Lois Edith,
youngest daughtex- of Mr. and Mrs.
I-I. C. Clarke, Exeter, became the
bride of Claude James (Goldie)
Mulholland, R.C.N.V.R., only son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mulholland,
Bourlamaque, Que. The ceremony
was solemnized by Rev. W, Spon
sor with Mrs. R. Duff at the organ.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore a full-length gown
of white gardenia chenille embroi
dered satin, period style skirt, long
sleeves ■'with points extending over
the wrists. Her illusion tulle veil
was caught to a headdress of Change
blossoms and she carried a bouquet
of red roses and fern. She also wore
a gold necklace with matching brace
let, a gift of the groom.
Miss Grace Chamberlain, maid of
honour, was gowned in petal pink
faille taffeta with period style skirt
and sweetheart neckline. Her veil
fell to a shoulder length and she
carried a colonial bouquet of pink
roses and mums. Miss Vera Naylor
and Miss Zena Haycke acted as
bridesmaids and
ixi twilight blue
style skirts and
wore matching
ried nosegays of roses.
High, flower girl, wore a gown of
gold taffet with a matching Bo-Peep
bonnet and carried a basket of
petals. Mr. Edgar Luffman
best man and Mr, Joseph Toimi
Mr. James Melbourne, all* of
R.C.N.V.R., acted as ushers*
During the signing of the register in « silk jersey suit with brown ac-
Mrs. F. Gault sang “0 promise Me”, * oessories and a corsage of roses.
were gowned alike
taffeta with period
long sleeves. They
doll hats and car-
Miss Joyce
to Exeter, will be
in due time but
be transferred to
present. Both Mr.
they
Main
John
shop
KILLED IN ACTION
Sgt. Observer Franklin Charles Zur-
brigg, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E,
Zurbrigg, of Exeter., who, has been
reported killed in action.
Mrs. Cecil Skinner spent several
last week in London, having
called down owing to the ill-
of her mother, Mrs. Motz,
is suffering from a very ser-
days
been
ness
who
ious heart ailment and was removed
to the hospital for treatment.
LEAVING FOR OVERSEAS
Friends in Exeter and commun
ity who have come to know Jack B.
Wadland, Y.M.C.A. directox’ at No.
9 S.F.T.S. will be sorry to lose him
from our community. Jack is be
ing transferred overseas to work
with the R.C.lA.F, in Great Britain.
He left early* this week to return to
his home in Toronto before proceed
ing to his new duties. Mr. Wad
land came to the Centralia Airport
the lattei' part of July last year
and since that time he has been a
regular contributor to the Times-
Advocate with interesting and breezy
news from the Airport. He has been
a tireless worker in the interests
of the unen and the women station
ed at No. 9 and through his con
tacts in Exeter and community ha
has made a host of admiring friends.
His notice of departure was short
and he asked us to express his thanks
for the cooperation lie has received
from the citizens of Exetei- and his
regrets at not being able to bid them
a personal good-bye. His successor
is Harris Weber, a native of .Zurich,
who comes to the Airport from Pres
ton. The best wishes of a host of
friends will follow Mr. Wadland.
KIRKTON MINISTER
DELAYED BY STORM
Rev. Alex Rapson, who since July
1940 has been the minister on the
Kirk ton United Church circuit, and
who ’on Tuesday at London entered
the Canadian Army as a chaplain,
will have reason to remember the
storm that visited Ontario last week.
Mr, Rapson concluded his ministry
at KirktOn Monday when a farewell
was given him and his family and
a purse of over $150 was presented
to them. On Tuesday morning Ml*.
Rapson took his household effects to
St. Marys to be shipped to Dryden in
Northern Ontario. Returning, he
had to battle the drifts alt the way
and arrived home at 5.30 in the af
ternoon. A wedding that was sched
uled for two o’clock had to be post*
poned until the evening. On ThUfs-
day Mr. Rapson, with his family*
started on their journey* but as the
roads were blocked to St. Marys suey
had to engage a sleigh and Went
north to the Thames Road and
were brought to Exeter where they
had to remain until Friday after
noon when they wove able to -get a
train for London. Providing ’the
proper connections could be made by
train Mr. Rapson just had time to
accompany his family to Drydon and
return to report Tuesday at Lon*
don, from where lie is being trans*
ferred to British Columbia.
A reception was held in thb
Quixite Hotel in a room gayly de
corated with snapdragons and
During the dinner hour Mi'S,
sang “I Love You Truly”,
groom’s gifts to the maid of
and bridesmaids were birthstotte
rings, to the organist and soloist,
diamond brooches, to the best man
and ushers, white silk naval scarves.
’For their honeymoon the happy
couple left for Kingston, Montreal
and Ottawa. The bride travelled
ferns,
Gault
The
honor
rose
was
and
the
Word has boon received that Rte*
Leeland Webber arrived safely over
seas in December,