The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1944-04-27, Page 1Established J873 Subscription, $2.00 per year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1944 Single Cppy, 5 cents Sixty-Ninth Yeat
Right Now - Let us Pray - Let us Save - Let us Lend - Let us Really Put Victory First
RECEIVES WORD
DEATH ON HER
IN EXETER
MOTHER
OF SON’S
ARRIVAL
A few hours after arriving ip.
Exeter from her home in Calgary
Mrs. Wm. England received the sad
news of the death of her son, Flying
Officer George England who had
beep killed in action on April 21,
No details have been received, Mrs.
England came from Calgary to be
with her mother, Mrs. Charlotte
Taylor, who is not in the best of
health. She arrived in Exeter Satur
day evening and‘received the news
of the death of her son on Sunday,
Surviving besides his mother aie
three sisters, Margaret and Rose,
■of Calgary and Ivy, of Washington,
D.C.; and two brothers, Fit. Lieut.
Irl England with the Intelligence
Unit at Patricia Bay, B.C., and
Carlyle, who is with the educational
’branch of the Canadian Legion in
Italy. Miss Ivy arrived in Exeter
Wednesday morning to visit her
mother and grandmother. The be
reaved will have the sympathy
many friends.
of
In New Quarters
The Exeter Public Utilities Com
mission last week moved into their
new quarters, the building formerly
owned by the Bank of Montreal. The
main office has been remodelled and
redecorated and new florescent lights
have been installed, The Exetei’
P.U.C. now have quarters that will
be hard to beat in any place of its
size.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
ENTERTAINED AT H. S.
The members of the Exeter
Board of Education met with the
teachers of the high and public
school in one
the new high
and a number
to the welfare
for discussion. R. N, Creech, chair
man of the Board, spoke of the
importance of close co-operation be
tween the Board and the teachers,
the teachers being in contact with
the scholars, were closer to
problems confronting the school
homes. One of the questions
ceiving considerable discussion
the ringing of a curfew and
concensus of opinion was that all
children under 16 should be off
the street by ten o’clock. Other
questions under discussion were the
flying of the Union Jack, decorating
some of the class rooms, equipment
for ‘
gis
At
the
served in the home economics room,
the waitresses being Elaine Coates,
Ortha Gaiser, Patsy Hay and Mar
guerite Pickard.
•Sgt. and Mrs. H. M. Hennon have
returned from “Hebert, Nova Scotia,
and are spending a two week fur
lough with the latter’s mother, Mrs.
C. P. Harvey.
MASSED CHOIR
FURNISHED MUSIC
FOR S, S. ANNIVERSARY
of the classrooms of
scool Monday evening
of subjects pertaining
of the school came up
the gymnasium, etc. Mr,
conducted an interesting
the close refreshments,
direction of Miss Tape,
the
aud
re-
was
the
Stur-
quiz.
under
were
room,
The Sunday School anniversary
of the James Street church on Sun
day morning last was a most suc
cessful event, A massed choir of the
scholars filled the choir loft and
surrounded the pulpit making a very
impressive sight, The choir was un
der the direction of Mrs. H. L, Stur
gis with Mr, Sturgis at the piano.
They sang three numbers, one of
which was “The Holy City.” The
special speaker for the occasion was
Rev. W. D. Goodger, B.A., of Kirk
ton, who had a splendid message
the scholars which was also of
terest to the oldei’ members. He
ferred to four generations of
ancient kings of Israel, Two
them had done right in the sight of
the Lord. The third had done right
but did not go up unto the house of
the Lord and the fourth did that
which was evil, The same is true in
our generation. Neglect in our at
tendance at Sunday School and
church has only one result, a falling
off of our interest and enthusiasm
for spiritual things. The attendance
at the service was large* and the
offering for the school amounted
to $140.00,
for
in-
re*
the
of
Thursday afternoon the firemen
had a run to a grass fire near the
home of Mr. Alf, Andrus. The fire
was under control '"hen assistance
arrived. About half an acre was
burned over.
Mosquito Bomber
.A feature of the opening of the
Sixth Victory .Loan in Exetei’ was
the zooming of a mosquito bomber
over the town Monday morning.
Citizens rushed from homes and
stores to get a glimpse of the plane
that circled the town with amazing
speed.
Sixes 12ft* x 12ft. and 12ft. x 15ft.
Armstrong’s Quaker Rugs in Large Sizes
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Urgent Call
to Arms
For the Knockout Blow
We’ve got to do it. But it’s going to be a tough job to battle through the heart of Fort
ress Europe. It takes more than brave men to get through.
Bond dollars to back them up—weapons and supplies that
lines require to produce Victory.
We’ve had five years of war. The big thrust that we’ve all
It’ll take plenty of
those men on otir
been working for*
Victory
fighting
is right
ahead of us. We’ve got the best fighting men in the world. You and I have the earning
power and the dollars. Let’s match our savings with their fighting courage to compel
an early Victory and, an early return to their families—an early return to Peace,
wr wcToiw m&r
We now have our quota of these well known rugs. Please act quickly as lar^e
sizes are. very scarce.
I.O.Q.F* OBSERVE THE
ANNIVERSARY OF ORDER
The Exeter lodge of the LO.O.F.
celebrated the 125th anniversary of
the order by attending Divine wor
ship in the James Street United
church Sunday evening. In spite of
the inclement weather there was a
good turn-out over eighty members
being present, They paraded from
the lodge room to the church and
occupied the centre pews. It was a
union
church and Rev.
ducted
Special music was provided by the
choir with Mrs. W, Murdoch at the
organ. The anthem was “Sun of
My Soul” with Miss Helen Penhale
taking the solo part, A solo was
sung by Mrs. J. Hodgert. The speak
er was Rev. Mr. Irwin who spoke on
“Valued Friendships.” The noblest
life that anyone can live is a help
ful life, lived for the benefit of
others. Friendships are essential to
a successful life and cannot be esti
mated in material wealth. What the
world needs today is a new demon
stration of friendship. There was
inequality in the social positions of
Jonathan and David but a true
friendship existed. On the other
hand was the jealousy and hatred of
Saul who sat upon the throne of
Israel. Out of the great background
of hatred and bloodshed today should
come a greater step toward world
friendships. Character, not color or
creed, should be the basis of that
friendship. Virtue and righteous
ness are the foundations for a last
ing peace. The highest and noblest
friendship is found in Jesus Christ.
He belongs to every church, no mat
ter of what color oi' creed, that careu
to covet his allegiance. In him we
have the perfect type of friendship.
He admonished the brethren to be
true not only to Oddfellowship
Christfellowship.
service with Main Street
Mr, Woods con-
the devotional exercises.
but
Our purchase of Victory Bonds does not line us up as
an active participant with the Canadian jn battle dress in
the grim battle being waged in Europe.AVe cannot fool our
selves on this point. For there is little or no sacrifice here
in Canada that can be related even remotely to the hazardous
life or death work in which our boys are engaged overseas.
Yet the purchase of Victory Bonds is vital to the well
being of our men .in battle for two reasons, First the cash
we thus provide maintains the flow of necessary material to
the fighting forces, Secondly, and perhaps more important,
the enthusiastic support which Canadians at home’ give to a
Victory Loan informs the boys overseas better than any
other method we have at our command that the hearts and
minds of the overwhelming majority of folks back home are
with them.
The objectives in the six canvassing districts of South
Huron are as follows; Exeter $147,000; Usborne Township
$97,000; Stephen East $64,000; Stephen West $64,000; Hen-
sall and Hay East $98,000; Zurich and Hay West $88,000.
For the County of Huron the objective is $2,900,000, To
this amount is added the quotas for the air training schools,
The Victory Loan salesmen who are now at work call
ing at your homes are as follows:
Exeter—James F. Bowey, G. S. Howard and Ulrie Snell.
Usborne—Fred Dawson and Arnold Wiseman.
Stephen East—Charles Anderson, Bruce D. Field and
A. Carmen Whitmore.
Stephen West—Owen Atkinson, Janies Dalton.
Hensail and Hay East—R. J. Paterson, P. L. McNaugh
ton and Earl Campbell.
Zurich and Huy West—W. H, Edighoffer and Milton
Oesch.
When you have bought all the Bonds you can for cash
ask these salesmen about the instalment plan.
Returns from Hospital
Mrs. C. L. Robertson, who suffer
ed severe lacerations to her right
hand when it came in contact with
an electric exhaust fan, and who has
been receiving treatment in St.
Joseph’s Hospital, London, returned
home Monday.
FIRE IN ROOF
THREATENS
OF MR. AND
THE HOME
MRS. HOPPER
Mr. E. R. Hopper
CREDITON BOY
RECEIVED HIS WINGS
Gerald England, son of Sgt.
Mrs. Lloyd England, of Crediton,
and a former student of the Exeter !with the R.C.A.F., has arrived back
high school,, received his wings as in Canada and with Mrs. Reynolds
a navigator at No. 9, Ail* Observer, spending .his leave with his par-
School at St. Johns, Que., on Thurs- ents# Mr. and Mrs. Luther Reynolds,
day, April 20th, and has been award-. Sgt. Reynolds is being posted foi'
ed his commission as a pilot officer. duty ju Canada.
Gerald enlisted in the army in Sep-';
tember, 1940, and was on the train-,
ing staff at Chatham for some time.!
He was transferred to the 10th Lt. j
A. A. Battery at Debert, N.S., se-;
curing his sergeant’s stripes.
and
Home from Overseas
Sgt. Lloyd Reynolds, who for the
past six months has been overseas
Operation for Appendicitis
ac_ t Donald Jeffery, son of Mr, and
.By'.Mrs. Harold Jeffery, of Usborne, is
special permission from Ottawa last hl I11 St. Joseph’s Hospital, London,
uu.j 11C uw vLv Lv.G.A.r. undergone an operation for
and trained at Victoriaville, Que., appendicitis Thursday of last week,
and then at St. Johns. Sgt. Lloyd During the early part of the year —. , _ .,5 ~ , x-* i Tinnnlfl Qi'worU on nDArftnnn rnr
July he remustered to the R.C.A.F.' having undergone an operation for
England is with the C.P.C. at Ot- Donald underwent an operation for
tawa. He and Mrs. England and mastoid. His many friends will hope
their other son Fit. Sgt. J. ’’ ..........
land, from Newfoundland,
the graduation exercises
Johns.
W, Eng-j
attended at St.|
for a speedy ercovery.
New Power Roller
Exeter Bowling Club nowThe
have a new power roller for rolling
their greens. The roller, which is
a very fine piece of work, was built
WOLF CUBS ENTERTAINED
The Wolf Cubs with their leaders
Mrs. R. Dinney and Mrs. Norman by Mr. Thos. Coates, of the Sunoco
were entertained by the Exeter j Garage. It comprises three rollers,
Lions club at their supper meeting' One in front and two in the rear,
in Trivitt Hall Friday evening of (The rollers may be filled with
last week. Eighteen cubs were pres-, water, if required. Power is supplied
ent. The leaders and Cubs were wel-'by a IS h.p, gasoline engine. The
corned by Dr. Cowan and Mrs. Din-'material is all second-hand and the
ney expressed the pleasure of the. parts have been electrically welded
Cubs at being present, They gave' together. It is easily handled,
several demonstrations and played
one of their games much to the en
tertainment of the hosts. Progress
Was reported on the holding of a “Farmer’s Night” and a nominating! T“e
Wings Presentation
“Wings” presentation
committee waS appointed to bring, monV nt No. 9 S.F.T.S., Centralia,
in a slate of new officers. Mr. R. N..011 Friday afternoon of last week ■. e »•»_ _ an AvArtr wnati this
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the
Hon. Albert Matthews, Air Vice
Marchall A. T. N. CoWley and Briga-
diei’ McDonald were present and
assisted in presenting the gradua
tion badges to the largest group to
graduate from the school. A full
account of the ceremony will be
found on page three.
Creech^ chairman for the Victory™*^
Loan Committee in Exeter, very, ~“A
forcefully outlined the need to sup
port the neW loan to the limit.
Exeter had always gone over the
top iii their allotment and With
everyone doing their share he was
convinced it could' be done again.
ROWCLIFFE—BORLAND
A pretty wedding was Solemnized
in the Thames Road manse by Rev.
Win. Mair on Friday, April 14, at
high noon when Mary Kathleen Bor
land, second daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Borland of the Thames
Road, was united in marriage to
William Lome Rowcliffe, only son
of Mr. and Mrs. Hector Rowcliffe,
of Usborne. The bride was dressed
in a street-length dress of sky blue
sheer. She was attended by her sis
ter, Mrs. Willis Gill, of Grand Bend,
dressed in a street-length dress of
salmon pink Sheer. Mr. Willis Gill
attended the groom, A wedding din
ner was served at the home of the
bride’s parents, the waitresses being
several cousins, The groom’s gift
to the bride was a silver tea service!
to the bridesmaid a china cup and
saucer and to the best man & gold
tie pin. 'The happy couple left on a
wedding trip for Elint, Pontiac and
Detroit, the bride travelling in a
btowii tailored suit with gold ac
cessories. (they will reside on the
groom’s farm in Usborne. The oc
casion was a double celebration as
tile bride’s mother was celebrating
her birthday,
cere-
THE LATE WM. H. OGDEN
The death took place in Victoria
Hospital, Loudon, on Monday of Mr.
William Hilton Ogden, of Whalen
Corners, in his 48th year. Mr. Og
den had not enjoyed good health for
some time but his death came as a
great shock to the community. lie
had been in hospital only a few
days. He is survived by his widow
and three children, Jean, of Lon
don; May, at home and Billy, of
the R.C.N.V.R. at Halifax; also his
father,
Whalen,
brother,
Hazel Park, Mich., and Jack,
Emmet, Mich. The remains are rest
ing at 13. R. Hopper’s Funeral Chap
el, Exeter until Thursday noon. A
funeral service will be held at St.
Paul’s Anglican church, Kirkton,
in the afternoon at 2.80 with inter
ment in the Anglican cemetery, Bev.
Canon James will officiate.
Mr. William Ogden, of
and one sister and one
(Vera) Mrs. Roy Neil, of
Mich., and Jack, of
Mr. and Mrs. William Butler and
Mr. and Mrs. H. Perkins quietly
observed their silver wedding an
niversary on Sunday at the latter’s
home.
The home of __
on John Street was threatened with'
destruction when -fire broke out
the roof Wednesday afternoon
last week. The prompt arrival
the fire brigade and the heroic
forts of the firemen succeeded _
confining the flames to the upper
part of the building. Sparks from
a bonfire had lodged beside a chim
ney and burned through the roof
and when the firemen arrived the
fire in the attic had gained con
siderable headway. Two streams of
water were played upon the fire
and it was brought under control,
the roof being badly damaged. The
fire brigade from No. 9 S.F.T.S.
Centralia, arrived upon the scene
and rendered valuable assistance
While the firmen were fighting the
flames a large number of citizens
and members of a convoy of soldiers
from Woodstock who were in town,
assisted in getting all of the fur
niture out of the house with very
little damage being done. Some of
the airmen and airmen’s wives did
noble work. Louis Day, who was on
the nozzle, was overcome with
smoke and had to be carried from
the building. Many of the helpers'
were soaked with water. The prin
ciple damage to the dwelling was
from water.
Mr. Hopper was taking some rub
dish to the dump ground and the
fire was well under way when he
arrived home. His furniture has
been stored and the family are now
making their home with Mrs. Ken
neth Hockey.
The house belongs to Mr. Ed.
Lindenfield and the
covered by insurance,
already under way.
damage
Repairs
IJ. W. HOLT HONORED
AT RED CROSS ANNUAL
The Exeter Branch of the Red
Cross held an open meeting in
Caven Presbyterian church on Mon
day evening, April 24. The meeting
opened with a hymn apd prayer by
Rev. M, A- Hunt. Miss L. Jeckell,
president, presided over the business
period, Reports were brought in by
the various committees; Mrs. Martin,
convenor for jam committee; Mrs.
Gladman, convenor of hospital com
mittee; Mrs. Fraser, convenor of
cutting committee, The treasurer
Mr, Layton, reported a balance of
$3,034.95. The proceeds of the Red
Cross canvess to date are $8,431.26,
Dr, Duplop reported that the Blood
Donor clinics had beep very success
ful, Eight clinics had been held ip
James St, United Church with 921
donations of blood.
Miss M, Henry gave a splendid
reading, “Prisoner of War.”
Mrs. Green took charge of the
remainder of the evening.
Miss Jeckell presented Mr. Holt,
president of
a Badge of
bers of the
Ontario for
work. . Mr.
words of appreciation for the honor
bestowed on him and Grand Bend
unit.
Miss Jeckell and Mrs. V, Heywood
gave very interesting and instructive
reports of the 24th Annual Meeting
of the Ontario Division of the Red
Cross. Miss Jeckell gave a very vivid
description of the Richmond St.
warehouse and packing rooms where
volunteer workers pack parcels and
bundles of every kind, a few of
which are;-—survivor’s parcels;
every ship leaving an eastern port
is supplied with 45 of these parcels;
19,299 capture parcels for prisoners
of war have been sent; Greek units
__consisting of a whole set of clothing
on for children from the ages of 2 to
of
of
ef
in
' Grand Bend unit, with
Service, .given to mem-
Red Cross throughout
outstanding Red Cross
Holt replied in a few
is
are
GOLDEN WEDDING
Dr. and Mrs. D. a, Anderson
celebrated the 50th anniversary of
tlieir wedding last Tuesday night,
April 18th. A few of their friends
gave a surprise supper for them at
their home and spent a pleasant
evening. Other friends called to of
fer their congratulations. The daugh
ter, Mrs. Clive McAlister, of Fort
Wayne, Ind., had come over to join
in the happy event. The wedding
cake had been sent by Mrs. Ander
son’s sister, MrS. Ed. Hooper, of
Vancouver. Fifty years ago Dr. and
Mrs. Anderson were married in
Mitchell and he began practicing
dentistry in Exeter where they lived
for twelve years. While here they
built the home now occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Taman. From here
they moved to Winnipeg where he
carried on his profession for 26
years. They moved to London from
Winnipeg where they spent six years
before moving to their present com
fortable home in. 1938. Wing Com
mander Norman Anderson, of Cal
gary, is a son. David Anderson is
a grandson. Mrs. Clive McAlister
is a daughter, her children being
Mrs. Chas. O. Long, whose husband
is an aviation cadet. Garden City,
Kansas; Miss Joyce McAlister at
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Dalton McAlister, Pilot Officer ot
Dnnnvllle, Ont.
12 years; no units are required for
children under 2 yearn of age as
infants rarely survive the terrible
condition of Greece. Miss Jeckell
also gave some interesting items
from the address given by Miss
McPherson, editor of Chatelaine,
who had visited England.
Mrs. Heywood dealt with the re
port of committees. The financial
committee reported the Red Cross
money raised in Ontario for 1943
was $6,217,645.72. The Women’s
War Work Committee reported that
Ontario had made 10,848,488 large
articles and one quarter million
quilts. Peace Time Activities re
ported on 28 outpost Red Cross
Hospitals in Ontario. The Junior
Red Cross have 10‘,967 branches in
Ontario with a membership of
340,30'2 and they contributed $107,-
747 dollars to Red Cross. The Jam
Committee reported that 10'7 tons
of jam were shipped last year from
Ontario.
There are 1500 prisoners of war
from Ontario. Practically all of
these are at Camp Stalag IIP at
the mouth of the Oder river near
the Baltic Sea, Each prisoner re
ceives a capture parcel from the
Red Cross and can have one parcel
every three months from the next
of kin.
Mrs, Heywood also gave highlights
of the address by the pres, elect.
C. Bruce Hill, who had been sent
to England by the Red Cross and
of the address by Colonel Drew,
premier of Ontario.
The theme of the whole conven
tion was an emphasis on the need
of a continuation of Red Cross work
after the war ends to relieve the
untold suffering of millions of peo
ple. . , tf.
Misses Helen Snell and Marguer
ite Hogarth, of the Junior Red Cross
contributed delightful numbers.
A vote of thanks to all those who
so ably helped in making the meet
ing a success, to the management
of Caven Presbyterian Church for
the use of the Church was moved
and seconded by Miss F. Down and
Mrs. W. D. Sanders.■ss « W *
Miss Vera Decker Is giving a Red
Cross tea on May 10 and she extends
a hearty welcome to all ladies.
Kindly bring in your donations
to fill “Housewives” for the wo
men of Britain by Packing Day.
Red Cross Executive May 8.
Packing Day, May 12.
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SPECIAL ISSUE FOR THE
SIXTH VICTORY LOAN
The TImes-Advocate this week is
issuing a special addition in the in*
forests of the Sixth Victory Loan
and appreciates the co-operation of
the business interests who are spon
soring special andvertisements.
Next Week a full page advertise
ment sponsored by more of the busi
nessmen as well aS a number of ad*
ditlonal advertisements will appear#
Farmers aro^ anxiously waiting to
east
last
the
able
Light
of the
get on the land. A few farmers
of Exeter did a little seeding
week. West “ "
lake some Of
of Exeter near
the fatmors were
to complete their seeding,
showers fell the forepart
week,
An old farmer and his wife were
standing before their pig-sty look*
Ing at their only pig, when the old
lady said: "Say, John, it will bo our
silver wedding tomorrow. .Let’s kill
the pig.” John replied in disgust.
“What is the use of murdering the
pig for wliftt happened 26 years
ago?” j
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