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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1945-10-25, Page 1Established 1873 Subscription, $2.00 per year Conference Held Seventy-nurd Year For Hensall Boys (By the Hensall Correspondent) Hensall Town Hall was the set­ting for a reception for local boys' who were in the services, sponsor­ ed by the Ladies' Five Hundred club. A banquet preceded the re­ ception and was attended by Ed, Little, Jack Tudor, Jack Drysdale, Harold Bontliron, John Beer, Jim Clark, Jack Simmons, Roy Kyle, Stuart Dick, Sgt, Dick Welsh, Pte. Laird Hudson and LAC. Max Hud­ son, of ' London. Mrs. James Sang- ster, secretary-treasurei ’ of the Club, introduced Reeve E_j, R. Shad­ dick, chairman for the evening. Rev. P. Ferguson gave the address, Audrey Walsh favored with solos, Mrs, Redden and Mrs. Hess sang duets accompanied by Miss Gladys Luker at the piano. Miss Marie Cory, of London, provided acrobatic stunts. Following the program dancing was enjoyed with music by Murdoch’s orchestra. JAMES ST< WM HOLD THANK OFFERING SERVICES The W.M.S. of James.St, United church held a special thank-offer- ing service on Sunday morning last with Rev, Dr, H. H. Irish, pf Mt. Brydges, . as the speaker..^. Er, Irish is a returned missionary from China where he spent a number of years and he gave an interesting account of the and the results missionaries. A the singing and anthems, was received. The evening service’ was held in the schoolroom under of the Y.P.U. Miss Mary Layng, the newly elected president assisted the pastor, Rev. A, B. Irwin with, the opening excercises. hymns were sung. Helen sang a solo, Shirley -Coates scripture lesson. A fine set op the missionary work in Angola, Africa, was shown and were much appreciated. The schoolroom filled for the service, work of missions of the Christian ladies' choir led provided two flue An offering of $120.CQ the auspices Several ghapton read the of slides was . Tag Day for Blind A tag day for the Canadian National Institute for. the Blind will be held in Exeter, Saturday, Nov. 3rd. The citizens of Exeter have always supported this very worthy cause quite liberally and it is hoped they will again dp so. Returning from Overseas The Queen Elizabeth is expected to arrive at Halifax about Friday ' from overseas and among those re­ turning to this community are Gnr. A. J. W. Schwalm, of Hensall; Pte. F. H. McDonald, Pte. M. J. Nightin­ gale, Tpr. Chas. Snell, all of Exeter. Hensall Properties Sold (By the Hensall Correspondent) Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Noakeg have purchased the property of Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Reid. Mrs. Pearl Stephan has bought the home oc­ cupied by Mr. and Mrs, Byron Kyle. The home occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hyde has been sold to Mrs. Geo. Taylor and the* home occupied by Mrs. Mary Bu­ chanan has been sold to Howard Smale. At Thames Road (By Thames Road Correspondent) A regional conference of the United churches of Hensall, Chisel­ hurst, Grand Bend, Greenway, * Cre­ diton, Brinsley, Shipkaj Centralia, Whalen, James St., Exeter, Main St., Exeter, Thames Road, Roys and Elimville was held in Thames Road United Qhprph on Thursday October 18 to further thp Domin­ ion wide campaign of the 'Crusade for Christ and His Kingdom.’ Rev. Irwin, of Exeter, acted as chair­ man and aftei* the supper which'1 was served by Thames Road W.A. a sing-song was conducted Wein. Mr. Bob Thompson, don, Y.P.U. 'church phases cussed given, spoke Mr, the Sunday School and Rev. True­ blood, of Crediton, on behalf of the Y.P.U. A short period for dis­ cussion was held and then the guest speaker for the evening Rev, Duncan McTayish, of London, Pres­ ident of London Conference, gave an address on “My Part ' in the Crusade”, as minister, as steward, as elder, as Sunday School teacher' and as an individual member. Rev. Moore, of Listowel, spoke on the “Plan of the Crusade” before the supper hour and also at the eve­ ning session. by Mr. of Lon- to the to the varied then gave' an address All then assembled auditorium where of the church life were dis­ and short addresses were Mr. Watson, of Brucefield, in interest of the session; Cecil Bkinner, Centralia, for EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25th, 1945 TO RECEIVE PLAQUES Two Huron County Districts will be rewarded $br reaching the high­ est percentage over their objective. A plaque representing the Ninth Victory Loan 'Official insignia and mounted will be, presented—-one to the township and one to the town ox" village that exceeds their quota on the largest percentage at the end Of the Loan. In the Eighth Loan, Brussels, under the chairmanship of Robert Bowman, won the plaque followed closely by West Wawanosh and Winghani. Keen interest in the districts on winning the plaque have featured the past loans as they remain a fitting tribute to the town or town­ ship of the splendid part played by people in providing the sinews of both war and* peace by their scriptions to Victory Loans, sub- Undergoes Operation Mrs. Morris Beavers^ of Crediton, underwent an operation for appen­ dicitis in Victoria Hospital, London, on Tuesday and is getting along'as well as can be expected. O.E.S., visitedExetei* Chapter, Bethlehem Chapter of London at a meeting in the Eastern Star Temple, when officers of the visit­ ing chapter conducted opening and closing exercises. Anniversary Services Held at Caven, Thames Road, Kippen NARROW ESCAPE WHEN STRUCK BY CAR Douglas, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wein, of Exeter, had a narrow escape from death Saturday afternoon of last week when he was struck and run over by an automobile. The accident took (Place two blocks street. apples attracted the attention of Douglas and he ran out in front of a team of horses directly into the path of a W driven by Norman Ferguson who was driving home from the canning factory at the noon hour. The lad was- knocked down by the car and the car passed over him. His head was lacerated and bruised and he was brought to the office of Dr, Fletcher where nine stitches were required to close a laceration above the left eye. Ac­ cording to the police the accident was unfortunate with no blame at­ tached to the driver of the car. west of Main Two Boy Scouts selling Campaign Extended The National Clothing Campaign hag been extended till the end of October in order to allow the large amount of clothing now being re­ ceived in the 1,900 organised com­ munities throughout Canada to be sorted and dispatched to the cen­ tral packing depots, and to allow those who have not yet contributed to do so, it was announced by Wil­ liam M, Birks, national campaign chairman, f Caven Presbyterian Splendid services were held st Caven Presbyterian church on iSuh’ day on the occasion of their anni­ versary. The special speaker ’for the day was Rev, Arthur C. Young, of »Qlehcpe, who delivered two very fine inspirational sermous, Miss Marjon Camerou, of London, was guest soloist who in & very fine mezzo-soprano voice sang “The Lord’s Prayer” at the morning serv* ice and “The Good Shepherd” in the evening, ~ sisted by A. Cutbush and James Street Mabie Follick, thy Davis and Frank Wildfong from Main St, choir. An anthem was sung at each service and a quartette was sung in the evening by Mrs. Wm, Sil- lery, Helen Dignan, Harold Skin­ ner and F. Wildfong. On Monday evening a very fine musical program was held in the church when Dr. F. T. Egener, or­ ganist of Cronyn Memorial church, London, and Mrs. Egener, mezzo soprano, delighted the audience with their various numbers. Mrs, Egener has a rich voice with.clear enunciation and Mr. Egener's num­ bers on the organ delighted the music lovers. Those present spoke very highly of the program. The minister, Rev. K. MacLean, presid­ ed. Caven choir was as- E. Wuerth, Walter Frank Taylor from choir and Misses Helen Dignan, Dpro- Harbld Skinner and Main TRAQUAIR—WAREING Main Street United church the setting for a very pretty wed­ ding Wednesday afternoon of last week Wareing, Wareing, marriage Traquair, VICTORY LOAN The 9th Victory Loan now in full swing. The tions on- the first day of paign in Huron totalled or seven per cent, of the" compared ’with 250,200 on the first day of the last loan. No. 1 F.T.’S, Centralia went over the top with 120 per cent of its quota, The village of Blyth also went over the top the first day of the loan. :« Leading salesmen in the rural districts the first day Raithby, Wawanosh $11,500; Elgin Rowcliffe, Usborne, $11,450; W, H. Edighoffer, Zurich and Hay, $10,000; J. H, Wylie, Howick, $9,100; urban district, H. Pym,* Wingh'am, $21,100; R. Thuel Blyth, $16,20'0; G. Augustine, Blyth, $ 14,55 Q; G. O’Brien, Gode­ rich, $6,000. Air schools of the district re­ ported $90,000 sales or 159 per cent of their $56,500 quota. The following are the canvassers in this district for the 9 th Victory Loan: ' Stanley Township — J. K. Cor­ nish, Goldie Graham, Carl Houston, John Me Ash. . Hensall and Hay East •—-«Earl 'Campbell, P. J?. McNaughton, R. Paterson, Zurich __A.. Edighoffer, Milton Oesch. Usborne Township — Lester Allen, Wm. Johns, Elgin Rowcliffe. Village of Exeter—James Bowey, G. S. Howard, Plric Snell. Stephen East—Henry O. Beaver, B. D, Field, L-jB^HpdgSon. ; .. ' Stephen W'dst — James'Dallbii', W. F. B. MacLaren. isdrive subscrip- the cam- ,$•296,75'0 quota, as were: E. E., with was when Miss Evelyn Marie daughter of Mr. and Mrs. of Exeter, was united in with Mr. Murray Alvin son of Mr. and Mrs, Mel- •Avin Traquair, of Hensall. Given in r‘ marriage by her father the bride was prettily attired in a white sheer wedding dress with long white veil caught with* ostrich feathers. She carried a bouquet of red roses. The bridesmaid was Miss Marion Wright with a gown of net over blue taf­ feta and shoulder-length veil of matching colors caught with blue ostrich feathers, .She carried pink­ roses. Little Miss Dorothy Allen, of Parkhill, cousin of the bride, was flower-girl, dressed in a loug pink taffeta dress with nosegay of as­ sorted flowers. " Supporting the groom was his brother, Arthur Traquair. The ceremony was per­ formed by Rev. N. J. Woods. With Mrs. A, Y. Willard at the organ. Ben Stoneman, of Hensall, sang “The Lord’s Prayer” and “Walking Beside You.” The ushers were John Traquair, brother of the groom and Jos. Flynn, cousin of the bride, both of Hensall. Floral decorations adorned the altar rail and the seats for the guests were marked with white ribbon and baby mums. The groom’s cabinet­ design; lighter; to the ushers a Parker pen and pen- . pil .get, and a He,pin and. clasp. The silver candlestick holders; to the organist a salad fork and spoon; and to the flowei’ girl an identifica­ tion bracelet. A reception followed at the Central Hotel when 46 sat down to the decorated tables. A toast to by Rev. received wearing and Mrs. groom wore a black a corsage of white Mrs. Traquair left Thames Road (By Thames Road Correspondent) Anniversary services were held , in the United church Sunday morn- ‘ ing with Rev. Carman Armstrong, of Trinity United Church, London, as guest speaker with Rev. Mair evening service, musical service, Centralia, rendered a violin select- solo at both services.. the direction ofand ' Hay West—W.H.A. L. few mon­ wife the the ser-Mrs. Sign Your Name to Victory gift to the bride was a of silver, Lady Hamilton to the best man a cigarette to the soloist a billfold; of and two of of to will east Drive a. clean car over the week­ end—-49c will get it washed at the Ford Garage oft Saturday. for both services assisting at the Assisting in Allan support apples donat- at the Elston, of J J the bride was proposed N. Woods. Mrs. Wareing in a black two-piece suit a corsage Traquair. J. Dies at Grand Bend William Oliver, a well known and highly esteemed resident of Grand Bend, passed away at his late residence Wednesday, October 17, in his 79th year. He had been ill foi* the past two years. Mr. Oliver was a former constable at Grand Bend and in his police con­ nections was an honorary member of the Lambton County force. IFor years he was a carpenter and con­ tractor. Surviving are his whose maiden name was Alice Ham il-ton and one son Ware, of St. Marys. A private' funeral service was..held Saturday afternoon at the home followed by a memorial serv­ ice in the Grand Bend United church. Rev. M. Cleave officiated. Flower bearers were Clayton Oliver, Bill Oliver, Jr., Ken Rush, Forde, Jerry and Budd Oliver,, Don Brem- mer, Wally Desjardine, Dick and Alex ■ Hamilton. Pallbearers were police officers, Jack Ferguson, of Exeter; Charles Steinhagen, Dash­ wood; Jack Norry, of EXeter; Jos­ eph Ravelie, of Grand Bend; Earl Thiel, of Zurich; Thomas Kyle, of Hensall. Interment was in Grand Bend 'Cemetery. HOME FROM OVERSEAS .LAC. Gordon Baynham, of 'Cent­ ralia, arrived home Tuesday eve­ ning from overseas. Mr. and Mrs. Everett .Skinner, of Elimville, have received a cable­ gram from their Son Elgin with the R.C.A.F., that he is on his way home from England. L.Cpl. Ronald Golliiigs, a former student of the Exeter High School, who has been overseas for Several years, arrived home this week and is visiting with his parents in Lon­ don. Mrs. Carl Maier, of Dashwood, has received word from M.D. 1 that her husband, Pte. Earl Maier, will be landing in Halifax on Friday or Saturday aboard the Gunard Star Queen Elizabeth. Sgt. Ernest' ’Hap4’ Wells arrived home Tuesday evening after spend­ ing three and a half years overseas and Is again glad to be back with his old friends, although he says that he was treated fight royally by the English people Who were al­ ways glad to entertain and share their food with the Canadians. “Hap” was with the Canadian Ar­ moured division add owing to (his age was stationed in England at­ tached to a holding unit. He said that it required about five men at the base for every man in the front lines. GNR. STEWART PEPPER' of Hensall, who returned home last week after three and half years overseas where • he served in Italy, France, Holland and Ger­ many. BOY SCOUTS RAISE -$179.00 APPLE DAY ' ....... The Boy' Scouts had a record day in theii* sale of apples on Apple Day. The gross ambunt rais­ ed was $179.0<9 and IS bushels of McIntosh apples were disposed of. The apples ‘were a treat to many as there have been very around. Grant Oudmore and Ray McCarter turned in the most ey for the scouts and Billy Batten the most for the Cubs. Scout Mas­ ter H. Whyte wishes to thank the public for. the splendid given them. One' bushel of that were not sold is being ed to the Hallowe’en frolic arena. of white rosea mother of the dress also with roses. Mr. and on a wedding trip to Hamilton, Niagara Falls and Buffalo and on their return reside on the groom’s farm of Hensall. on Sunday last.. was beautifully autumn flowers effective for the for the morn­ services. The Village Property Sold Mr. Wm. Sweitzer has sold property on Main Street recently purchased from the estate of the late William Snell, to a Mr.' Bailey, of London. -We understand Mr. Bailey intends to erect a green­ house, Arm Caught in Wringer Sheridan, three-year-old son Mr. and Mrs. Donald Penhale, Winchelsea, had the misfortune get his arm caught in the wringer of an electric washing machine Friday of last week. The little lad had gone to the cellar started the machine himself stuck his fingers and the shoulder. screams fellow. and had and in the wringer arm was drawn in to the His mother heard his and released the little Married 55 Years Congratulations to Mr. and John T> Allison, of the Thames Road, who on Tuesday celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. A quiet celebration by members of the family was held and the honor­ ed couple were presented with a gift. They also were remembered with cards of ^congratulation from friends. $195 Cleared at Dance The dance in McKnight’S Hall Wednesday evening of last week sponsored by Eden Red Cross Unit No. 17 drew a record crowd. The gross proceeds were $277 ,:and the Eden unit cleared the magnificent sum of $195. A stage show was put on during the evening with Clark Johnston as floor manager. ion and a The choii' under Mrs. A. M’organ rendered special music and both services were well attended and enjoyed by all. St. Andrew’s Church, Kippen (by the Kippen Correspondent) The 78th anniversary of -St. An- fully celebrated The altar which decorated with late and ferns was very large congregations ing and evening morning services was conducted by Rev. R. A. Brook, of Hensall Unit­ ed Church, his text being Jst Colossians, Chapter 1 and part of verse 18- "That in all Things He might have the. Preeminence.” The choir rendered the anthem “He That Dwelleth In The Secret Place” under* the direction of Miss Jean Ivison, organist and choir leader. Mr. Carey Joynt, R.C.N.V.R., Toronto, was the guest soloist in a very capable manner sang Negro 'Spirituals. The speaker foi- the evening vice was Rev. Albert Hinton recent­ ly inducted minister of Kippen and Hillsgreen pastoral charges, assist­ ed by Rev. Mr. Atkinson, of Bruce- field United Church, Mr. Hinton took for his text “The Acts of the Apostles," chapter 13 part of verse 9 “And Saul who Became Paul.” The choir sang “I 'Will Lift Mine Eyes To The Hills” Mrs. ^Harold Jones taking the solo part. Rev. Hinton sang a solo “The Old Rugged Cross.” Rev. Mr. Atkinson pronounced the Benediction, New needs have come with Victory . . . new tasks that must be accomplished to make possible the kind of peace­ time Canada we all want, You are asked to buy Victory Bonds now because Canada needs the loan of your savings to help finance these great national tasks. But in buying Victory Bonds you are doing the most helpful thing possible for yourself 1 When the days of plenty come again your ability to do the" things you plan will de­ pend on whether you have enough Savings with winch to do them 1 You cannot own too many Victory Bonds . . . you can easily own too few. So don’t miss this chance to add to your Victory nest-egg. You won’t have another chance to buy Victory Bonds for a whole year. Help yourself by helping your country. Buy Victory Bonds today. The 9th Victory Loan builds the last span to the Bridge of Victory. The Bridge must be finished to insure a success­ ful Peace. Exeter has exceeded its objective in every other Ioan and must not fail in this final appeal., MRS. McTAGGART DIES Mrs. Peter McTaggart, a life-long resident of this community, passed d'way at her home in Exeter on Tuesday in her 94th year. Although an invalid for the past four years, up until that time she had been a remarkably smart woman. She was a member of Trivitt Memorial Church and in her younger days was active in its various organiza­ tions. Born on the homestead farm on the highway two and a half miles north of Exeter her maiden name was Annie Case, daughter of the late Thomas and Maria Case. United in marriage with the late Peter McTaggart they lived for many years on a farm north of Exeter before retiring to town. Mr. McTaggart predeceased her in 1920. Surviving are two daughters and three sons, Miss Anneta and Albert McTaggart, of town; Ed- ward, of The Pas, Manitoba; Mrs. John Glenn, of Usborne, and Er­ nest, of Watford. Her sister, Mrs, George Moir, of Winnipeg, Man., Is the last survivor of a. family of eight, The funeral, private, will be held from the E, R. Hopper funeral parlor Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. with Rev. Mf A. Hunt officiating.