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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.