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UPPER SCHOOL RESULTS
Draperies for Fall
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Plain Tailored MEN'S SUITS
BLOUSES
at $1.10 each
Mod.at $3.95 each
at $1.10 each
Men’s Farm Boots c,
1,
c,
3,
Men's brown and
black Oxfords
Men’s Sanforized
at $6.00 to $8.50 pair
was
the
at $2.00 pair
with KESTLE—ABRAHAMSpecial Values for Thursday, Friday & Saturday
3 for 23c
Phone 32
Fr.
Bot.
to the principal and for-
the Department of Edu-
2,
will
4th,
DR, TAYLOR. DASHWOOD,
IS MENTIONED AS
MINISTER OF HEALTH
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT
DREW FULL ENTRY
daughter
and the
Victoria
of 'John
HATS, etc.
c,
Zool.
P.S. RE-OPENS TUESDAY
H.S. ON WEDNESDAY
Just received, 5 dozen Blue Denim, San
forized Work Pants, sizes 30 to 44, in leg
lengths 30 to 34
Good quality men’s and boys’ farm boots.
Buy now while* we can give you your size.
Genuine Goodyear Welts in Astoria, Gale
and Williams make, sizes 6 to 11
Mod. Hist. 2.
Eng.
His
see
As leather is very scarce, anticipate your
needs, and get a pair while we have all
sizes.
E. Brown: Eng. Lit. C,
, Bot.
2.
■Chem.
FORMER EXETER MANAGER
REFUSED TO OPEN VAULT
IN BLENHEIM ROBBERY
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes
Oven fresh, 8 oz. pkgs.
Heinz Vegetable Soup 9 tjnc 9tp
or Heinz Chicken Noodle Soup ...« 11115
Nutrin Baby Cereal
9 oz. pkgs. 29c ...............
Paula Sugar Substitute
Convenient liquid form
While men’s suits are scarce we still have
a few in regulars, tails and shorts.
Also all colors in men’s Vankirk Felt Hats
Miscellaneous Shower
miscellaneous, shower for Miss
C.
3,
Seventy-Second Year
3.
Zool.
music. Given
brother, Wil-
R.C.A.F., the
in an off-
Haberer: Zool. c.
Jones: Eng. C. 1, Eng. (Lit.
Hist. 1, Trig. 2,
Fr. A. 3; Fr. C.
Zool. 3,
The new draperies for fall and winter are now in stock. This is the best range we
have had for some time, including cretonnes, monk’s cloth, tapestry, etc.
*
Aylmer Vegetable Juices 9
A healthful combination, 20 oz. tins& Ivl LJU
Kellogg’s Bran Flakes oa«L
Large 14 oz. pkgs...........................CdLU
Chase & Sanborn Coffee |LSpecial value ..........................P^F ID. AtJC
Solvental Art'll
New solvent action cleaner, 12 oz. jarVtlUil
Jtist arrived, 14 dozen Misses’ blouses,
sizes 14 to 20, popular plain colors includ
ing white, short sleeves, a well made gar
ment
Clearing 1% doz., sizes 14 and 16, striped
blouses^ Reg. price $1.95, to clear at
$1.39 each
1 doz., sizes 1, 2, 3 and 4, children’s print
dresses. Reg. $1.00, clearing at 75c each.
2 pieces Striped Seersucker, 36” wide.
Reg. 90c, to clear at 69c yard.
Jones & May
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The Canadian Legion Exeter-
Hensall Branch 167
BINGO
Saturday Night
LEGION ROOMS
- 57th -
Anniversary
Trivitt Memorial
Church
Sunday, Sept 2nd
11 a.m. and 7 p.m*
- Special Music -
SOFTBALL
Finals!
Grand Bend vs. Sharoii
SIIABON DIAMOND
Wed., Sept 5
at 6»45 p.iri. sharp
These teams have two games each.
' Silver Collection
The ration of small arms am*-
munition 'will ho discontinuea
August 31st.
Subscription, $2.00 per year
THE WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION
■of the
GREENWAY UNITED CHURCH
are sponsoring a
to be held on
SEPTEMBER and, 1945
at 8 pan.
Guest
Essex,
Roy
i
Speaker to be Major
Chaplain, A-29 C.I.C.T.C.
Ipperwash, Ont.
Soloists: Mrs. Donald Car-Guest
rothers, Appin, Ont.; Mr. T. Harry
Hoffman, Dashwood, Ont.
Interesting Souvenir
Mr, Frank Brierley has an inter
esting souvenir from the war. On
the 2.1st of April Mr. Brierley wrote
a lettei’ to relatives in Leicester,
Eng. The boat carrying the mail
was torpedoed. Later the mail ‘bags
were retrieved and the letter for
warded to its destination. It ar
rived on the
envelope on
“Damaged by
been returned
Sth of August. The
which was printed
fire and water” has
to Mr. Brierley.
at
Celebrate 80th Birthday
A pleasant evening was spent
the home of Mrs. John Fletcher,
of to'wh, on Tuesday evening last,
the occasion Hieing 'Mrs. Fletcher'S
80th birthday. Those -present were
Mr. and Mrs. W, E, Fletcher, Mr.
and -Mrs. Clarence Hawkins and
Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Eetcher, Mr. attd Mrs. Ray Eletcher
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Gardiner, all of Vsborne; Mrs.
Arthur Day, of London Road South
and Mr. aM Mrs. Murray Gibson,
of Denfieia,
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING,, AUGUST 30, 1945
large pkg. 49c
per bottle 39c
HAMILTON—PRIDHAM
Rev.' A. H. Johnston, of Mitchell,
officiated at a quiet wedding at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Bur
gin, -Kirkton, on Saturday, August
11th, when Mary Eileen, daughter
of Mrs. F. Pridham, of Russeldale,
and the late .Franklin Pridham, was
united in marrage to Mr. Fred G.*
Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.'
W. Hamilton, Stratford. The living
room was prettily decorated with
fern and summer flowers -of pink
and white. The bride, given in mar
riage 'by her eldest brother, Mr.
Newton Pridham, wore a floor
length gown of white sheer with
veil to match. The wedding music
was played by Mrs. Raymond Nor
ris, of Ailsa Craig, sister of the
•bride. During the signing of the
register, Mr, and Mrs. Fred Prid
ham sang “O Perfect Love.” The
wedding luncheon was served in the
dining-room by Misses Mildred Gott
ler and Margaret Colquhoun, friends
of the bride. The room was decorat
ed with pink and white streamers,
tall pink tapers and pink petunias
and snapdragons. The table was
centered with a. four-tier wedding
cake. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, who
both served overseas, are fr now
spending a honeymoon at Grand
Bend. Miss Dridham was a former
teacher on the Exeter Public School
staff. ■
I
been
Caretaker Resigns
George Hudson, who has
caretaker of the Hehsall Continua
tion and Public School for the past
18 years, has tendered his resigna
tion, and Thomas Richardson, of
HehSall, has been appointed to suc
ceed him. Mr. Hudson was never
late for his duties and never Snlssod
a day’s work. Previous to that he
was caretaker of the Hensail town
kali for 21 years,
The Bank of Montreal at Blen
heim where W. H, Moise is the
manager was held up and robbed
by two masked bandits Thursday of
last week. The bandits armed with
automatics entered the bank in the
afternoon and scooped up $4,300
from the teller's cage and escaped
with it. There were eight members
of the staff and three customers in
the bank ‘at the time and they were
forced to their knees. Mr. Moise,
former manager of the Bank of
Montreal in Exeter, who moved to
Blenheim from here, is credited
with preventing an even greater
loss. He refused to open the vault
or reveal its combination despite
threats from the leader group. Af
ter scooping up the loose cash’ in
the teller’s cage the bandits order
ed Mr. Moise to open the vault. Mr,
Moise bluffed them -off for a minute
when a lady entered the bank. The
robbers ordered her to -go to the
front -office. She refused and went
out the door. The robbers then for
got all about the vault and dashed
to a waiting car outside. In spite
of the dragnet that was spread over
Western Ontario they were not cap
tured. The car used in the robbery
was found abandoned in Windsor.
The public school in Exeter
re-open Tuesday, -September
and the high school will re-open
the following day, September 5th.
This was decided at a 'meeting of
the Board of Education Tuesday
evening. For several years there
has been a demand for help and the
opening of the high school yras de
layed for some time. This year there
is practically no demand and
school will re-open on time.
Ill in Hospital
Bill Kestle, who has been
the R.C-.N.V.R stationed at Halifax
has been ill ^r-several weeks and
on’ Sunday ‘last arrived in London
and -has been removed to the Queen
Alexandra Sanitorium at Byron.
Some of his relatives and friends
were in London to greet him.
many friends will be glad to
him around again soon.
ASSISTANT DEAN AT
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
f ■Dr. Walter Johns, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Johns, of Exeter, assist
ant professor of ’classics at the Un
iversity of Alberta, at Edmonton,
has been appointed assistant dean,
and has been named secretary of
the faculty of arts and science,
according to an article in the Ed
monton -paper. The board of gover
nors have inaugurated a new policy
of dividing the administrative
duties of the dean’s • office between
two persons. The object is to make
it possible to appoint outstanding
scholars as deans without loading
them with so many administrative
duties as to seriously impair their
scholarly work. Dr. Johns recently
lectured on “WoFld Affairs 1933-
45” in an Adult Education
that ran for five weeks.
A cousin of Dr. Walter
Dr. Harold E. Johns, son of
Alfred E. Johns, of McMaster .Uni
versity, Hamilton, who has been on
the staff of the University of Alber
ta, at Edmonton, where he was
lecturer in physics, has resigned his
-position to join the staff of the Uni
versity of Saskatchewan and the
Saskatchewan
commission. He
summer school
will take up
September.
series
Johns,
Prof.
Cancer Research
is teaching at the
at Edmonton and
his new post in
LAID TO REST .
funeral of the late John
took place Friday afternoon
The
Hunter
from the Rowe Funeral Home and
was conducted by Rev. |A. B. Irwin
assisted by Rev. Harold Dickins, of
Rochester, N.Y. Mr. Hunter, a na
tive of Usborne, passed away Aug-
ust 22nd in his 93rd year. The
bearers were- Messrs. Rd. Dickins,
Howard Hunter, Wan. Knights, John
Hunter, John Hodgins and John
Delbridge. Among those from a dis
tance who attended the funeral
were Mrs. Lome McFalls, of St.
Thomas; Mrs. Ina Hodgins, Mr. and
Mrs. RobL Coleman, Alfred Dickins
and Malcolm Hodgins, all of Lon
don; Mrs* Aaron Davis, of Lucan;
Wan. Knights, of RidgetoWh; Mr.
and Mrs. John Hodgins, of Lucan;
Mrs. Jas. Hodgihs, of Clandeboye;
Mrs. Wellington Brook, of Granton;
Mrs. Lamtnie and Miss Greta Lam-
mie, of Hensall. interment took
place in the Exotar comotory.
'Upper School results of those
writing the Departmental examina
tions are as follows;
This year’s candidates were high
ly successful with a percentage of
passing pf 84, This coupled with
the tact that 71% of those pass
ing did go with honor standing,
gives the Exeter High School a
much better report than the aver
age expectation. Two candidates
passed all papers ‘with honor stand
ing including four first class hon
ors. Farm labour candidates will
receive their certificates later when
the farm labor statements have been
turned in
warded to
cation.
Charles
A,lg. 2, Geom, 3, Trig. 2, Chem. 3,
Fr. A. c. Fr. C. c.
Marion Cowen: Eng. C. c, Eng.
Lit. c, Bot. 1, Zool, 2, Fr. C. c.
Robert Davis; Eng. C. c,
Hist. 3.
Bruce O. Eickmeier: Zool.
Dorothy Forrester: Bot. 3,
•Chem. 3, Fr, C. c,
Arvis
Gwen
Mod.3
Zool. 1,
Jean Krueger:
Fr. C. 3.
Ralph Krueger:
Doris Penhale:
Chem. c.
Isabelle Taylor:
Laureno Zurbrigg: Eng. C.
Eng. Lit. 2, Trig, 1, Bot, 1, Zool.
1, Chem. 1, Fr. A. 2, Fr, C. 2.
HIP FRACTURED
Miss Mary E. Northcott, who
makes her home with her sister,
Mrs. Geo. Geddes, of Hay, had the
misfortune to fracture her right
hip Tuesday morning the result of
falling down the cellar steps. She
was taken to Victoria Hospital in
London in E. R. Hopper’s ambu
lance.
Fingers Injured in Accident
Jack McKnight, while working at
Canadian Canners Tuesday after
noon had the tips of two fingers of,
the right hand badly chewed when
the hand got caught in some cog
wheels. It was dressed by Dr. Flet
cher and required a number of
stitches.
Compliments Exeter Librarian
Mr. Angus Mowatt, Inspector of
Public Libraries for Ontario, paid
his official visit to Exeter on Fri
day last. He conferred with the
members of the (Library Board. He
complimented the Librarian, Mrs.
Gidley, on the well-kept appearance
of the books on the shelves and was
particularly impressed with the
number of Juvenile readers and
the selection of -books for them.
He referred to the splendid work
of the Huron .County Library As
sociation and hoped that in the
near future the school libraries
would benefit from it, too.
Impressed With Exeter Arena
Two carloads from Atwood were
in Exeter Friday evening last to
inspect Exeter’s arena. They were
shown over the building by W. G.
Medd, secretary of the Arena Com
mittee, and they were much im
pressed with it. They stated that
they had visited several community
buildings and the Exeter 'building
impressed them the most.
CARNIVAL AT BRUCEFIELD
The annual carnival and draw,
held by the Brucefield Patriotic
Society, attracted many from the
community and surrounding towns.
Centralia Air Force Kiltie Band
was in attendance. Prize winners
were Samson Colosky, Zurich; PO.
Carlyle Cornish, Brucefield; Lillian
Johnson, Hamilton; Patsy Lane,
Brucefield; Blanche Zapfe, Bruce
field, and Mrs. Harry Dalrymple,
Brucefield.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
A special meeting of the Board
of Education to discuss matters re
garding school re-opening was held
in the Public Library at 7.30 p.m.
August
Willis,
Per
Jones:
School
High School, Sept, Sth, Carried,
Per J. M- Southcott and R. E.
Russell: that the Board agree to
enroll pupils in the “Special one-
Year Commercial’ class after two
years of High School (if desired)
for 1945-46 only. Carried.
Per J. M. Southcott and J.
ones: that accounts for painting
paid as rendered, Carried,
Adjournment oh the motion
E. R, Hopper.
K.'M, MaeEaul, Sec’y
28th, 1945. Absent:
H. W. Whyte, Dr.
E. R.
J. N»
Cowan.
Hopper and J. H.
that the dates for Public
re-opening be Sept. 4tli and
H,
be
ot
A Canadian Press despatch from
Toronto on Monday states “Dr. R.
Hobbs Taylor, of Dashwood, Ont.,
Progressive Conservative member
for Huron, is rumored in Queen’s
Park circles as the successor to
Hon. R. P. Vivian, Ontario minister
of health who is resigning to ac
cept a position with McGill Univer
sity., Dr. Vivian
his Mc'Gill post
the year and
opening of the
questioned Monday, Dr. Taylor
he had no knowledge of an
■pointment yet being made.”
will be leaving for
before the end ol
possibly with the
fall term. When
said
ap-
2
3-0; fifth, Pritchard and
of Goderich, 2 wins plus
results were as follows:
and Baker, Goderich, 1
and Hawkins,
9; Brooks
A Scotch Doubles tournament
held on the local 'bowling greens
Wednesday afternoon and evening
of last week. There were more than
enough entries to fill the eleven
greens and four of the rinks 'drew
a bye. Two 15-end games were
played in the afternoon and one in
the evening. First prize was won
by Miller and. Webb, of Wingham,
with: 3 wins plus 35; second 'prize?
by R. Heath and L. Hawes, of Mit
chell, with 3 wins plus 30; third,
R. Cuthberston and F. Porterfield,
of Mitchell, 3 wins plus 20; fourth,
Drapei' and Sparling, of Clinton,
wins plus
Matheson,
25. Other
Townsend
plus 8; Gilchrist
Clinton, 2 plus 9; Brooks ana
Moore, Mitchell, 1 plus 11; Waters
and Orr, Parkhill, 1 plus 5; Hobden
and Wilson, Wingham, 1 plus 8;
C. Morton and (Love, Ailsa Craig,
2' plus 11; Wright and Mohr, Mit
chell, 1 plus 15; Piper and Mawsou,
Parkhill, 2 plus 16; Newcombe and
Ainsley, Goderich, 1 plus 8; Law-
son and Heard, Clinton, 2 filus 16;
McLaren and Hodge, Goderich, 2
plus 7; E. J. Wethey 'and U. Snell,
2 plus 11; Kalbfleisch and Grant,
Stratford, 2 plus 18; McAvoy ana
Crawford, Wingham, 2 plus 20;
Rennie and Dale, Seaforth, 3 plus
14; Nash and Rae, Wingham, 1
-plus 18; Cowie and McLeish, of
London, 2 plus 19; E. Davies and
W. E. Sanders, minus; W. E.
Mid&leton and R. ’G. Seldon, 2 plus
12; T. Walker and J, G. Cochrane,
plus 8; R. Taylor and R. Sneii,
plus 10.
1
2
Labor Day Holiday
Monday, Sept. 3rd, will be observ-
publiced as Labor Day and a
holiday.
DIED IN THE WEST
A former resident of this locality
in the person of James Strang died
in the West last week, Born 79
years ago on the Strang homestead,
lot 29, concession 3, Usborne town
ship. lAt the age of 25 he married
Annie (Lovell, of Wroxeter, and
movod to Manitoba and engaged in
farming quite extensively in the
Baldur community where he was
prominent in Church School and
Municipal Affairs, being reeve of
tile municipality of Argyle for a
number of years. After 35 years he
retired, living in Winnipeg for a
time, but for nearly 20 years has
resided in Victoria, B.C. His wife
predeceased him less than
ago. He leaves a family of
Harry G., of Baldur, Man,,
daughters, (Jean), Mrs.
Whiteford, of HarmsVtorth,
(Maty), Mrs. (Dr.) Tisdale, (Mar
garet), Mirs. (Dr,) Goodwin, -both
of Winnipeg, Man.; and (Kat^rlne)
Mrs. Webster, of Two Creeks, Mau
He had two slaters still living at
his death, Mrs. Moses Gardner, <c»F
Regina, and Mrs. W, G. Hanna, o^
Toronto, and one brother, Henry,
of town,
a month
one son,
and fernr
Carman
Mau.;
NINETEEN CLINICS
2,605 DONATIONS
When Exeter held the l.HU
J Blood Donors Clinic on Wednesday,
August 8 th, it was not known that
this would be the last clinic, but
since V-J day all blood clinics have
come to an end. The following is
a brief account of the clinics held,
in Exeter since June 1943.
There have been a total of 1#
clinics held in the James Street
Church basement "of Exeter with a
total of 2,605 donations, approxi
mately. 437 af each clinic. Of these,
1,8'00 were men and 805 were wo
men, Altogethei' on the files, there
are 1,011 donors, 417 women and
594 men. Many of the donors have
received third, sixth and tenth dp-
nation buttons.
The clinics were operated at a
cost of approximately $13.00 per
clinic. The Exeter Village Council,
has financed all clinics.
The Lion’s Club of Exeter and
the Red Cross Branch of Exeter
sponsored the mobile clinics here.
The thanks of these two organiza
tions 'goes out to all units, for with
out their earnest co-operation the
Exeter clinics would not have been
the success they were. There were
13 Blood Clinic Units: Grand
Bend, Dashwood, Crediton, Cent1
ralia, No. 2 Hay, Thames ‘Road,
Hurondale, Elimville, Zion, No. 17
Eden, No. 18, Usborne, Zurich, and
recently No. 10 Hay,
A
Mary King was held at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
King Monday evening with about
thirty quests present. The bride-to-
be was escorted to a decorated
chair and a handsome array of gifts
■were brought in in a decorated bas
ket by Misses Doris Skinner and
(Lois Swartz. Mary expressed her
appreciation for the lovely presents
and showed the girls some of her
things. Contests were enjoyed and
lunch was served at the close.
Baptist 'Church, Chatham,
a setting of gladioli when. "
•Grace Abraham,
R. H. Abraham
H. Abraham, of
became the ’bride
Welsh Kestle, son of Mr.
The
Pearsall, R.C.N.V.R., and
Don Thompson, Walter
Ken Kerr and Art Beck-
London, are all fraternity
of the groom. A reception
- An interesting wedding toek^plaee-
on Saturday afternoon at William.
Street
against
Marian
of Mrs.
late R.
Avenue,
Richard
and Mrs. R. W. Kestle, of Exeter,
Ontario. The Rev. Hugh W. Stew
art officiated and Mr. Robert Jack
played the wedding
in marriage by her
liarn G. Abraham,
bride was gowned
shoulder wedding dress with flared
skirt and sweeping train. She car
ried a bouquet of white roses. Mrs.
A<. E. Trotter, matron of honor,
Misses Edna and Esther Abraham,
bridesmaids, and Sandra Jack,
flower girl, each wore off-shouldei’
gowns of blue taffeta with pink
accessories and carried bouquets of
pink gladioli. The groomsman,
Spencer
ushers,
Bowler,
man, of
brothers
followed at the Masonic Temple
with the bride's mother receiving
in a crepe frock of navy blue with
flame colored accessories. The
groom’s mother chose black crepe
with white accessories and both
wore a corsage of gardenias. Those
assisting at the reception were
Marilyn Duff, Chatham; Joan Mc-
Gillvray, Bette (Leighton, Mrs.
Ralph. Emmott, London; Dorothy
Pearsall, Windsor; Connie Reid, of
Detroit. Out of town guests attend
ed the wedding from Exeter, Lon
don, Detroit, Toronto, Windsor and
Kingsville. Following the reception
the young couple left on a wedding
trip, the bride wearing a gabardine
suit Of mustard yellow With black
felt clocke hat and matching ac
cessories. After the honeymoon the
groom will return to his duties
with the R.C.N.V.R. in Montreal,
STAFF A FRIENDS
SHOWER BRIDE
Mrs. Don Tindal, the former
Miss Mildred Elliott, was guest Of
honor at a shower given by neigh
bors and other friends last Monday
evening at the homo of hot par
ents, Mr, and Mrs. (Lloyd Elliott.
A short program included commu
nity singing, readings by Mrs. Whi
ter O’Brien and Mrs. Leonard
Houghton, a solo by Mrs. Henry
Hathum and contests led by Miss
Vera Hambley. iAii address was read
•by Mrs. Gerald Agar and a table
lamp was presented by Mrs, Henry
Harburn. Lunch was served. Mr.
and Mrs. Tindal, who ‘wore married
recently, will reside in Londdn, j