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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1946-05-23, Page 10'■ ..................................................... FRIDAY and SATURDAY — May 24th, 25th Town Topics * Bailey for a. week. Venetian Blinds Made to Measure 2 features A Western Feature *<&• A Good D inner Co., at Iro- Proclamation 7c Starring— TIM HOLT MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY — May 27, 28, nney Furniture and Funeral Service of Toronto Mrs. T. O, t Kincardine, At Lamport’s Coffee Shoppe. We specialize taste and ..nutrition. Items of Personal. Interest , , . Ip and Around Town. The Times-Advocgte is always pleased to publish items of personal interest. We q,nd our readers are interested in,you and your friends- . . Phone 31W Boris Penhale, nurse-in- at Sb. Joseph’s Hospital, is spending two weeks The first show commences at 7.30 Exeter, Ontario W. H. Hodgson AGENT “If It’s Insurance We Have It” Exeter Ontario Telephones: Office 24 Res. 162J SHIRLEY TEMPLE JEROME COURTLAND WALTER ABEL ' • / . o ‘Riverboat Rhythm’ Starring— LEON ERROL GLENN VERNON WALTER CATLETT The Municipal Council of the Village of Exeter has proclaimed FRIDAY, MAY 24th A CIVIC HOLIDAY ---------Coffee Shoppe Dinner served 11.30 to 1.30 C-O-M-I-N-G-----— “Bells of St. Marys” — June 26th to 29th “Spellbound” “Adventure” “A Walk in the Sun” THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 23rd, 1946 ■o The Times-Advocate Amusement Exeter Markets Wheat, $14Q Oats, 51c. Barley, 70 c, Creamery Butter, 45c, Eggs, A Large 31c Eggs, A Medium 29 e Eggs, Bullets 22c Eggs, B 25c Cracks 22c Leavitt s Theatre Previews Its Coming Attractions WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY — May 22nd, 23rd FAYE EMERSON ZACHARY SCOTT DANA CLARK 0 iI LPhone 135 ' ABERDEEN HALL, KIRKTON Wednesday May 29th To Open Fair Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Ontario minister of agriculture, will open the South Huron Agricultural So ciety's annual stock show 'at Hen sail on June 7 th. — Music by — Murdoch's Orchestra - Everybody Welcome — And Then It Rained The frequent rains . of the week have meant much growth on the farm and in gardens. The rains came past the the after a fairly long dry spell when farmers began to get anxious. Blossoms are out and the country is looking wonderful. C.G.I.T. Meets - The C.G.I.T. met Monday evening in James Street church, opening the meeting with the C.G.I.T. purpose. Minutes and roll call were followed by business. Miss Johns led the worship service. Joan Hopper read the story of Samuel. The Lord’s Prayer was repeated, ' Mrs. Fraser taught us how’ to put an arm in a sling. Taps was sung. to Trousseau Tea ■Mrs. Otto H. Brown, of Centralia, entertained at a delightful trous seau reception on Saturday after noon, May 18th, in honor of her only daughter, Bernice Alice, whose marriage to Orland W. Squire takes place in Centralia United Church on May 22nd. Mrs. Brown was assisted in receiving the guests by her daughter and Mrs, N. .Squire, moth er of the groom. The door attendant was Mrs, -F. Hicks. Presiding at the tea table which was attractively arranged with a lace cloth and a centrepiece of pink roses and white sweet-peas flanked by tall pink tapers, were Mrs. R. Morlock and Mrs. J. Galloway, cousins of the bride and Mrs, !A. Kuntz and Mrs. of the bride. room were Honored Before Leaving On Monday evening of this week Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wright and fam ily moved from Exetei- to their farm in Stephen. On Saturday evening Mrs. WrighBs near neighbors, Mrs. C. Frayne, Mrs., M. Horton, Miss McTaggart, Mrs. M. J. Horney and Mrs. J. B. McLean, surprised her at the home of Mrs. McLean and. pre sented her with a lovely china raw fruit dish. Mrs. Wright was taken entirely by surprise but thanked the friends in a few well-chosen words for the gift. A social hour was spent. Unearth Den of Foxes Observing the actions of G. McFalls, aunts Assisting in the tea __ Misses Donna Bowden, Jean, King, Hazel Buswell and Helen Essery. Showing the gifts and trousseau were Misses Marian Francis, Virla Jones, Euoieen Kuntz, Dorothy Squire and Myrtle Haist, Over one. hundred, and twenty guests regis tered during the day. a couple of foxes on the 'side of a hill at the rear of their neighbor’s barn Wesley and Howard Johns of the 6th Con. of Usborne, decided to investigate ‘•and discovered a fox-hole, With the aid of Mr, Les, Robinson, Kenneth Johns and Ed win Miller the men with shovels started to dig and after two hours came upon the lair and there they found nine little foxes and the lair stocked with two chicken and a groundhog. As Hdward Johns is raising a goodly number of chicken he now figures he is going to have more for market than he otherwise would. A keen watch is being kept for the older foxes, We Have . . » « ■» a few early Boxed Plants ready mow —* Tomatoesj Cauliflower Cabbage, Pansies, Snapdragons^ Petunias^ Salvia ami Asters. * We will have a latter supply after June 1st. Closed all day, Friday, May 24th. Have us measure your win- xlows for Venetian Blinds, Besides being practical they help to decorate your rooms. Slats are made of steel in eggshell with tapes of harmonizing colors. The high gloss baked enamel finish makes them easy to clean. — Phone 20W iiiiitiiiiHiiiiiiiuitnniii Local Office for Hospitalization Insurance and I hereby call upon all citizens to observe the day as such. B. W. Tuckey, Reeve Satisfaction Guaranteed Mrs. W. E. Cavers, Prop. Exeter . Phone 245 V’s Beauty Shoppe PERMANENTS Cold Wave and Eugene Machine Arrange NOW for your Spring Hairdressing Needs Tel. 112 Exeter Vera C. Fraser, Proprietress Round the Clock Service STEWART’S TAXI 4 Phone 155w Exeter WUERTH’S SPECIAL—-For Men and Women 100 pairs of Oxfords, black and tan. To go at greatly reduced prices. Values ranging from $3.25 to $4.-00 Gearing at $2.19 per pair. Men’s and Boys’ WORK SHOES splendid selection to choose from Prices ranging from $2.25 to $6.75 per pair, I Repairing promptly and neatly attended to—spot service. All Welt soles machine stitched. Friday, May 24th, will be a Pub lic holiday, Miss Beverley Myers has accepted a position with, Beavers Hardware. John Batteii. has taken a position as apprentice with the Times-Advo* cate, Miss Emily Wildman, of London, spent the week-end at her home here. Mrs. Delight Gordon, is visiting her sister, Southcott. Mrs. J. G. Davis, of spent a few days with Mr,'and Mrs. Clark Fisher, Mrs. Robt. Sillery is ill at ‘the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. Dun can, of Usborne. Mrs. Elmore Harness, Mrs. Max Harness' and Miss Barbara spent Tuesday in London, Miss Dorothy Hooper, of Exeter, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Elford, of Elimville. Mr, E, J, Wetbey, who was ill in hospital for a. number of weeks and who has been recuperating at the home of his son in London, returned to his home here last week. Mr. David Anderson, of Lucknow, is visiting for 'a few days with Mr. and Mrs. H, K. Eilber. Mr. (Ander son recently returned from overseas and before returning took a univer sity course. Mr. and Mrs. Nplson Hill return ed to Toronto Saturday after a visit with the former’s mother, Mrs. Grace Aldworth. The latter is now visiting at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Mos’e Beckler and Mr. Beckler. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Moore, of Toronto, are yisiting with relatives. Murray has just completed a course in forestry at the University of To ronto and has accepted a position with the Abitibi Paper quois Falls. Mr. and Mrs, Wm. and Mrs. Allan Fraser day in Port Mrs. Elmer Decker, of them. as far spent the day. Warrant Officer W. E. Balkwill and Mrs. Balkwill, of Brantford are visiting in Exeter. They were ac companied by the former's mother, Mrs. W. A. Balkwill, who has re turned to her home after spending the winter with them. Mr. and Mrs. J, L. Hendry have moved into, the new apartments re cently fitted up oyer the Bank of/ Montreal. Dr. Milner will move into the residence vacated by • Mr. Hen dry and Mr. Payette, of the Bank of Montreal staff, will move intoj the residence vacated by Dr. Milner. Visitors with Mrs. Alice Mitchell during the week-end were her sis ter, Mrs. Tillie McFarlane, formerly Tillie Evans, of Centralia, and her son. Herb and his wife and daugh ter Alice. The week before visitors were her son, Earl Mitchell, of To ronto, June and Murray Mbore and baby Beverley Sandra, The excavation for the basement of the new theatre and bowling al-' leys just east of the Bossenberry Hotel at (Grand Bend has been com pleted prior to the erection of the new building. There is considerable building operations in progress at this popular resort. Mr. and Mrs. Clarise Snell and Mr.' Orville. Snell attended the grad uation exercises of the 19 46 class of nurses from Victoria Hospital held in Convocation Hall at the University of Western Ontario Tuesday evening. Miss Jean 'Snell' was one of the nurses that gradu ated. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Madge and daughter, Helen, of Milk River, Alta., visited for a few days with relatives and friends in this com munity. Mr. and Mrs. Madge came down by airplane to attend the" graduation • of their daughter at. McMaster University, Hamilton, and are returning with a new automo bile. Mr. and Mrs. Hector Taylor‘were in London Wednesday attending the graduation exercises of their son Grant who has received his B.A. degree in chemistry at Western University. Grant was a, student at Western before enlisting for over seas and on,his return.resumed his studies. He 'has accepted a position with the Polymer Rubber Company at Sarnia. Mr. Donald Holmes, of Dresden, just returned from overseas, is vis iting with his aunt, Mrs. A. Kers- lake. Miss Patricia Crawford, of Bel mont, is visiting with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Penhale. Mrs. May Pomeroy, of Loudon, spent the week-end at the home of her father, Mr. W. D. Sanders and Mrs. Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Green and Mr, and Mrs. Albert Keyes spent Sun day evening with Mr. and Mrs. Sid Baker, of Dashwood, ** Miss Iva Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rowe and Bob Blair spent ■Sunday in Pt, Huron with Mr. and Mrs. Amos Warwick. Pte. and Mrs. J. E. E. Wildman haye returned, to London after spending a few. days with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bissett, of Lopdou, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Sanders, of is visiting her daughter, Mrs., Ralph jpoudoh* were week-end visitors with relatives, hero and in Kippen. Mrs. Luther Bissett, of London, Mrs. F. M. Wildman. Congratulations t0 Mr. Alf Hicks of Usbprne, who on Wednesday quietly observed' his 76th birthday at home with his family. ’ Miss •(.raining London, vacation at her home here, Mr. Charles Monteith and sister, Miss Ella visited with the former’s daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Goddard at Ilderton on Sunday. Fraser, Mr. visited Sun- Huron with Mr. and Caulkett. Mrs. Clara Zurich, accompanied as Forest where she on Teacher Resigns Miss K. Jordan, who’for the past two years has teacher at the has tendered take .effect at Miss Jordon, from Toronto, has been a successful teacher and has made many friends here. been the commercial Exeter High School, her resignation to the end of the term, who came to Exeter Severely Burned Mrs, Carnet McFalls was .In 'Lon don Pver the week-end visiting with her sister-in-law, MrS. Robt, Bilyea, Of that city, who Is critically ill in Victoria Hospital sufferihg from severe burns. Mrs. Bilyea while en» gaged with her household duties and dressed in a housecoat had turned on an electric heater to warm the chill morning air. While passing the heater, the houseboat, being of inflammable material, caught fire vzithout coming in contact with the heater, Her husband assisted her in putting out the flames but not before she was severely burned from the ankle to the waist, J We would rather have a better quality to offer you but are f so Boy s Tweed Suits Five. Dozen w These are outstanding quality tweed suits. They are smart in appearance and the cloths are the best wearing we .know of for boys. Shades of blue, brown or green. Each $19.95 glad to have something for you as shirts are Each $1.59 ■ New Curtain Materials Wc have been fortunate in securing some new lines in curtain and drapery material. These lines are very scarce. Values at $1.00 to $2.50 per yard Non-Skid Stair Treads There’s no need for a neck tie inferiority complex. You can’t go wrong when 'you select from our Currie ties. Bold modernistic or neat conventional patterns scarce^ Plastic Curtain Material ■ Ideal for curtains for kitchen, bathroom and shower curtains. You do not have to wash and iron, just clean with a damp cloth; comes in four shades, per yard 45c A new composition to replace rubber, waterproof, non-skid and > washable. Each 30c Room Lots of Wallpapers at Bargain Prices’ New Dinner Ware Several very good'patterns in 66 or’97 pieces. These have been on order for two years. Prices range from $30.00 to $60.00 * Traverse Rods For all widths of windows. This rod is. ideal for heavy curtain materials, as it will not sag. Sold in any length. Phone 276 Wuerth’s Cash Shoe Storep Exeter Flower Shop Ralph Bailey and Family Bros. ExeterPhone 16