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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1947-07-31, Page 1
Seventy-fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 31st, 1947 ■w,,, ...T ii.i .Ji n.iii .1 ' --------------------------------------------------------- Single Copy 5 cents Norris Barn Struck by Lightning During Storm Struck by lightning ’during the height of a violent storm Sunday morning, a large, modern bank barn on the farm of Harry Norris, six miles northeast of .Hensail, was fired and completely destroyed. In addition to the barn Mr. Norris lost a threshing machine, 14 pigs, tour cows, a binder, the season’s crop of hay, 600 bushels of grain and nu merous implements^ and milking equipment. No accurate estimate could be given of the loss but it was expected to exceed $15,000. It was partially covered by insurance. The Brucefield fire department was called but the fire had gained such headway that it was impossible to save any part of the building, Mem bers of the family noticed the fire soon after the outbreak following a particularly severe flash of light ning, Most of the thoroughbred cattle were saved. Due to the dry ness the barn went ‘quickly and be fore long the steel roof caved in. 50th Anniversary Mr, and Mrs. Grant Ryckman, of Hensall, observed their 50th wed ding anniversary by a family din ner at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Case, of Exeter, Mrs. Ryckman, the former Edith Workman, of Hensall, and Mr, Ryckman were united in marriage in Hensall in 1897 by the late Rev. J. S. Henderson. Mr. Ryckman has always lived in the community having been born on the same farm as he now resides. They have four children, Mrs. T. J. Sherritt, of Hensall; Mrs. B. S. Case, Exeter; Roy and Mervyn, of Flint, Michigan, Fu neral of Chas. Coates The funeral services for the late ■Charles Coates, who died in De troit Tuesday of last week, were held Saturday afternoon in James St. United church conducted by Rev. H, J. Snell. It was largely at tended by friends and relatives. Mr. Coates died from complications following an operation. . He had been a resident of Detroit for over thirty years and before his retire ment was in charge of the hard ware department at Crowley-Mil- nars. He is survived by his wife whose maiden name was Ida Gould and two brothers, William and Al fred, of this community. Mrs. Coates was unable to attend the funeral. Accompanying the remains from Detroit were Mrs. Lester Kottlng, Mr. and Mrs. Gould Fer guson, Mr. Arthur Andrew, Mr. Robert Coates, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. A. Coates and daughter and Mr. Robert Coates, Jr., of London, also attended the funeral. Mrs. J? Hodgert sang “No Night There.” The pallbearers were Messrs. Tho mas, Whitney, Harry and Maurice Coates and Verne Pincombe. Frame House Moved Two Miles into Town Mr. Ralph Bailey purchased the frame house on Highway 83 near the Aux Sable bridge and on Mon day had it moved to a lot on Sim coe street where it will be remodelled and fitted up for a home. The house was placed on two long logs. The logs were chain ed to each end of another log on top of a large dump truck at either end of the building. One of the trucks pulled the building while the one at the rear backed up and shoved against the building. A. telephone gang and a hydro gang followed the building and in a few cases had to cut the wires to allow the building to pass. The moving was fairly brisk on Main street but was slowed up at intervals with cars parked along the street. Difficulty was encountered on Simcoe street in getting the build ing onto the lot as owing to a small ditch the bottom logs drag ged in the mud and the clutch of one of the trucks was burned out. Mean Thief! A candidate for meanest thief prize appeared in Grand Bend ov er the past week-end. He or they broke into the lifeguard stand on the beach at night and stole two blankets used for accident victims. A heavy inhalator was left un touched. White Flannelette 500 yards 36-inch white flannelette, exceptionally good, quality, very scarce merchandise. While it lasts at 45c yard. Summer Dresses on-sale at $3.95 each 4 dozen Misses’ and Ladies’ summer wash dresses in woven striped chambrays and other materials, suitable for house or street wear, sizes 14 to 44, fast colors. Reg. price $4.75. On Sale this week at $3.95 each. Swim Suits Ladies’, Men’s and Children’s swim suits — a large range to choose from. Seventeen Feet Added to Both Sides of Highway Highway No. 83 between Exeter and the Blue Watei’ Highway that leads to Grand Bend will he a real highway when the present plans now in progress are completed. Contracts have been let for the bridges and culverts between Exe ter and Grand Bend and the work of widening the road is now in progress of construction. The road is being widened seventeen^feet on either side and will require 150,000 yards of fill for which H. Lawrence & Sons, of Zurich, have the contract. The trees have all been cut down along the narrow strip of road three miles west of Exeter. Bulldozers are being used for widening the road and earth for the fill is being taken from the field west of the Aux Sable river on the outskirts of Exeter. Broadcast Over CKNX Several members from Caven Presbyterian church took part in. a broadcast over CKNX Tuesday evening. The broadcast was one of a series being sponsored by the Presbyterian church each Tuesday evening from 8 to 8.15 p.m. The topic Tuesday evening was “The relation of the Congregation to Presbytery” and took the form of a question and answer , period, thXse taking part being Rev. Kern netli MacLean, Mr. Henry Strang and his son Harry and Mrs. J. G. Cochrane. A solo was sung by Mrs. Simpson accompanied by Mrs. Cochrane. American Gets Picture Of Canadian Pie What one American tourist thinks of Canadian baking will be told to his friends back home and backed up by an actual photograph. Dining at the Avalon restaurant Tuesday at noon the visitor was being served with a lemon pie top ped with meringue, that delicate composition of powdered sugar and the beaten ^whites of eggs baked to a beautiful brown that topped the pie for several inches. “Hold it,” he said, “I want to get a picture of that,” and he produced a camera and took the picture. Fine i Quality Pillow Cases 5 dozen pair of exceptionally fine quality pillow cases, 36”x 42”. If you require real fine quality this is your chance to stock up. Reg. price $1.95 pair. on sale this week at $1.59 a pair Boys’ wool and cotton ankle socks, Penman’s make, in bright summer stripes, sizes 9 to 10% at 65c pair. 90“ Bleached Sheeting 1 web only very heavy quality bleached sheeting, 90” wide (note the width). A real value this week at $1.39 yard. 54” bleached sheeting, a fine cotton suitable for many purposes, 1 web only at 90c yard. Special Values for Thursday, Friday & Saturday Club House Peanut Butter Good brand at low price, 16 oz. jar 35c Quaker Muffets Very special value ............... 2 pkgs. 17c Fearman’s Soap Powder Finely ground white soap Sweet Mixed Pickles Polly Prim brand, 16 oz. jars ...each 29c Maxwell House Coffee In the 1 lb. bag ........................... each 47c per lb. 21c Yellow Laundry Soap Made in U.S.A., good supply, per bar 10c Lynn Valley Canned Peas ' No. 3 Sieve ............................... per tin 15c Velvet Cake and Pastry Flour Made by Robinhood Mills, 5 lb: bag 29c Phone32 Jones & May Store Injured in Fall ■While attending the Pearce fam ily picnic at Port Stanley on Satur day last Mrs. Peter Frayne, now in her 91st year, had the misfor tune to miss a step while going down the steps at the pavilion and in doing so fell to the ground on her face. Her face was badly bruised and she was taken to Vic toria Hospital for treatment. She was able to leave the hospital Mon day and is now at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. j, Penhale. Prior to the picnic Mrs. Frayne visited for a month with her son Russel, at Brantford. At Your Library Are you interested in a pres sure cooker? If you have one, are you getting the maximum use of it? Read “Pressure Cookery” by L. R. Carroll, B.S. Home Econom ics at your library. There are chap ters op “Meals in Ont Pot”, “Cook ing for a Crowd”, “Canning in the Pressure Cooker”, etc. Is your garden your hobby? Read “Around the Garden” by Dorothy Jerkins, garden editor of the New York Times. Pruning, spraying and dusting, seed sowing, methods of planting and reminders of when to do it, harvesting crops and tricks to make them better, cut flowers for the house and plants for in doors, improved varieties of plants and unusual ones worth growing —all of these have been touched upon in this book to be found at your library. Coffer-Dam Breaks Flooding Bed of River The work of building the new bridge across the Aux Sable at Sodom on Highway 83 was held up Monday when the swollen waters, from Sunday’s heavy rain broke down a coffer-dam that allowed the waters to rush in and flood the bed of the river from which the water had been pumped to allow the building of the cement abut ments, One of the pumps used in pumping out the water was washed part way down stream. The work! had advanced so far that the next step was to pour the cement. A new coffer-dam will have to be built and the work of draining the bed of the river will have to be done all over again. Looby & Looby of Dublin, ’ have the contract for the five bridges and Six culverts to be replaced. Mo rrison-Arsenault The R.C.A.F. Chapel, Centralia, was the scene of the marriage of Miss Catherine Theresa Arsenault (Kaye), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Arsenault, of St. Nichols, P.E.I., to L.A.C. Ross Morrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Morrison of Bainesville, Ont., by Rev. Jones, Chaplain of the R.C.A.F. Chapel. The altar was decorated with roses, lilies, delphiniums and hy-I drangea. The bride entered the Chapel on the arm ©f Mr. Dalton Finkbeiner who gave her in marriage. Her floor-length gown, was of white triple sheer with shirred bodice and short sleeves and sweetheart neckline. Her veil of white tulle extended into a long train. A heart- shaped headdress of white triple sheer edged with pleated white tulle completed her costume. Her only ornament was a string of pearls, giftjf of the groom and she carried an arm bouquet of red roses. Miss Marion Hodgert, only attendant, was dressed in a floor length blue sheer gown with matching' finger-tip veil and car ried a nosegay of pink roses. The groom was attended by his friend, John Murphy, of Barrie. A reception was held at the Cen tral Hotel. Assisting the bride and groom in receiving the .guests were Mrs. A. Quinn, sister of the bride, dressed in a white two-piece silk dress with bustle, white accessories and a corsage of peach carnations, and Mrs. D. Finkbeiner, friend of the bride and groom, dressed in pale blue nylon with white acces sories and corsage of pink carna tions. For the wedding trip the bride chose a pale blue gabardine suit with white accessories and a cor sage of red roses. The groom left Wednesday for Rockcliffe on a special course. The bride will con tinue working on the staff at the Bell Telephone office. Paton-Bestard Grand Bend United Church was the scene of the marriage of Orva Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Bestard, of Grand Bend, to Willis Stanley Paton, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. «L. Paton, of Parkhill. Rev. G. 'E. Beacom, or Mount Brydges, performed the double ring ceremony. The organist was Doug las Gill, of Grand Bend. D. Gill sang “Through the Years” and “I’ll Walk Beside You.” Given in marriage by her father, the .bride wore a white gown styled with satin bodice with key-hole neckline trim med with seed pearls and bouffant skirt of Nylon extending to a train. A halo headdress of lace and white flowers caught her embroidered finger-tip veil. She carried a bridal cascade of Better Times roses, white larkspur and achillea. As matron of honor, Mrs. William L Martin, of London, was gowned in turquoise Nylon marquisette fashioned on princess lines. She wore a large bow on‘ her hair of matching color and shoulder length veil and car ried a cascade bouquet of pink lark spur and Butterfly roses. The bridesmaids were the brides two sisters, Mrs. Jack Paton of Park hill, and Miss Audrey Bestard, of Grand Bend. The former gowned in gold net over satin, and the latter in turquoise net over satin. The flower girl, Barbara Fahner, cous in of the bride, was dressed in pink organdie and carried a nosegay. The groomsman was Erwin [Bes tard, brother of the bride and the ushers were Emerson Paton, Kirk ton, and Jack Paton, Parkhill. Mrs. Bestard in a street length dress of grey crepe with white hat and Mrs. W. L. Paton in a street length dress of floral lime green jersey with white hat, received with the bridal couple at the wedding reception held at the home of the bride’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Paton left by motor for the Manitoulin Is lands, the bride dressed in a pink jersey dress with white hat, white accessories and corsage of deep pink carnations. On their return they will reside in London. Sunday’s Heavy Downpour Plays Havoc with Local Crops Change in Union Services The first month of the union services between Main St. and James St. United churches was brought to close last Sunday. Rev. H. J, Snell and the James St. choir have had charge of the ser vices during July and all services have been held in the James St.1 church. Attendance at both the church services and the Sunday School has kept up well. On Fri day evening Rev. H, J. Mahoney, who comes to Main street church from Peterborough will be induct ed into his new charge and Mr. Mahoney will have charge of the services throughout the month of August. The services will be held in the Main street church with the Main street choir providing the music. Hand Caught in Belt Gary, year-and-a-half old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ford, suffered a nasty accident Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ford and Gary were on their way to Grand Bend and stopped at Wm. Gossman’s at Dash wood for a hottie of pop. Setting the little fellow, just nicely able to walk, on the floor, he went be hind the counter where he got his hand caught in the revolving belt of a cooler. The hand was burned and lacerated and the lad was taken to the office of Dr. D. D. (Ferguson in Dashwood where it required eight stitches to close the wound. Finger Infected Jack Hennessey, an employee of the Exeter Branch of Canadian Canners, is suffering from an in fection in one of his fingers of the right hand. Holiday Week Following our usual custom to give the staff a holiday there will be no issue of the Times-Advocate during the week, August 11th to 16th. The office will be open for job work. Attracting Good Crowds The new outdoor roller skating rink is attracting good crowds each week night. The music can be heard over most of the town. Attend Funeral of Niece Messrs. Frank Sheere and Ken Hockey,, Mrs. G. .Hockey, Mrs. B. Boyle and Mrs. Frank Creech were at Brantford Friday evening of last week owing to the death of their niece, Mrs. Isaac Lundy, whose maiden name was Madeline Sheere, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Sheere, of Brantford. She was in her 43rd year. Deceased had been suffering from a heart con dition for some time and on Thurs day last passed away quietly in her sleep. Besides her husband and parents she is survived by two daughters, one son and one grand daughter, also nine brothers and sisters. The funeral was held in Brantford Saturday. Deer in Exeter Early Sunday morning, Mrs. R.< E. Pooley saw a large doe running up Huron street, The doe darted across Mr. Pooley’s field and dis appeared but not before he had called his young son, Bobby, out of bed to see the unusual sight, see the unusal sight. Play in Lucan Friday The Exeter Intermediate baseball I club will play their postponed game in Lucan this Friday evening. It is expected that the other post poned tilt with Centralia will be played at Community Park the be ginning of next. week. With these two games Exeter will have com pleted their schedule, A local* thunder storm visited this section Sunday with one of the heaviest downpours this seas on. The heavy rain played havoc with some of the fields of hay and grain and flooded many of the sugar beet and bean fields. At Centralia Air Station officials? reported the precipitation measur ed 1.75 inches in the six hours between 8.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. with an additional .34 inches rec orded latei* in the afternoon. The heaviest of the rainfall was report ed south of Exeter, Haying has been considerably prolonged by the wet weather and in many cases the crop has been ruined. Those who delayed cutting have indirectly saved much of this year’s crop. Hoed crops are quite patchy having been drowned out by the rains. On the whole, however, the prospects are far bet ter than was estimated earlier in the season. Oats have come along fine and fall wheat cutting is now in full swing. During the thunder storm Sun day morning lightning struck the hydro line on the farm of Milton Brock in Usborne while the. fam ily were at church. Part of the system was put out of commission. Few Vacancies at “Bend” The Grand Bend Information Bureau reveals that the number of summer visitors is well above av erage this year, with most cottages and cabins rented well in advance. However, a few vacancies still exist and rooms are readily obtainable. Officials at the bureau are hold ing an ever-growing list of lost and found articles. Most of them are I the usual objects lost by vacation ists but puzzlement is felt over the lack of claimants for three sets of car keys now being held. Thursday, July |4th, the Senior N.C.O.’s Mess at No. 1 F.T.S. held their first mess dinner since the reorganization of the unit on a per manent basis. The dinner was pre sided over by F/Sgt. Johnny Baril, the mess president. A number of senior officers of the station head ed by the Acting Commanding Of ficer, Wing Commander D. E. Gal loway, were the guests of the mess for the evening. Mess dinners are “musts” for all military messes and institutes al though they were largely suspend ed during wartime. Usually these affairs are not hailed with enthus iasm by the lesser fry, but there will be few absentees from any event in the future so long as F/S “Red’* Burns maintains supervision of the culinery end of things. Won derful man to the athletes of the knife and fork. On Friday, the 25 th, the enter tainment committee under the dir ection of F/L Raymond threw a “Stag” for the men at the port. Seats and a stage across the swim ming pool from each other provid ed a worlds fair setting in minia ture. The aquatic events under the direction of .Mr. Hamilton of Met, and LAC. Fife of the Radio School went along swimmingly. AC. Watts, former Ontario Junior contestant, and F/L Proctor who halls from “dry” Saskatchewan, took a large share of the honors. The swimming was followed by a diving exhibition by AC. DesLorier. a fine stylist, and three clowns of no mean ability. The aquatic peace do resistance however, was the ap pearance of the gladiators of the greasy pole. The first bout present- ed F/S Scollard and F/S Baril, a lean and hungry pair who bashed each other ferociously in an at tempt to avoid a ducking. I have it on good authority that both men have a distinct aversion to water, dreading the prospect of accident ally ‘consuming some of the stuff. The second bout went to LAC. Benoy who ducked his opponent twice after five attempts, two being draws. The station Adjutant, F/O White, drew the plaudits of the gathering by challenging S/L Nick erson, station Administration Of ficer. F/O White took this bout in a straight two. Wise money pre dicted a new adjutant on Monday morning. A fast moving program followed featuring Murray Hall, of Toronto, jazz pianist, the station orchestra, F/L Mahoney in two concert piano selections, F/L Ray* mond With feats of magic and Cpl. Annis as M.O. Two gentlemen from the House of Carling, soft drink manufactur ers, showed technicolor movies of Canada’s wild life. Literally, that is, as representatives of the Carl ing Conservation Club. Food for the occasion featured a roast whole , pig, tremendous pans of potato sal- ■ | ad, and all the barbecue trimmings which were summarily disposed of by the hungry airmen. I The oversize planes flying around i these days are Dakotas heloiiglng to No. 2 Radio and Communications School flight. They will be the “flying classrooms” for the radio operators under training. The “Daks” are the same type of ship that dropped paratroops over the continent and hauled supplies over the hump in India. Will Induct New Pastor The induction of the Rev. Harry J. Mahoney, B.D., into the pastor ate of Main (Street United Church will take place on Friday evening, August 1st, at 8:15. Rev. Brook, of Hensall, and Rev. Down, of town will have charge of the service. A social half hour has been arranged by the Woman’s Association fol lowing the service of induction. McDougall-Miller Family Reunion On Thursday afternoon, July 24, the first McDougall-Miller reunion was held in the Lions Park, Sea forth, with 70 descendents of John McDougall and Agnes Campbell, of Argyleshire, .Scotland, present. It was on June 28th, 1828, that the McDougall family left Greenoch in a sailing vessel bound for Quebec. They arrived early in September in Lanark where they settled in North Sherbrooke. In 1’849 their eldest- daughter Agnes and her husband, George Miller, also their son, Dun can McDougall, left Lanark for Hibbert township to start pioneer ^life again. They settled on farms a mile east of what was then known as Springhill, now Staffa. Five years later the parents and the other six members of the fam ily, Margaret (Mrs. Henry Morrill), Mary (Mrs. Andrew Park), Hellen (Mrs. Donald Park), John, Lilly (Mrs. George Herron), and Isa bella (Mrs. Peter Campbell), fol lowed, and after a few months spent on Duncan’s farm, took up a homestead on the Boundary, Con cession 14, Hibbert, where the father and mother lived till they both passed away in 1885 at the age of 93 years and 92 years, re spectively, having early that year celebrated the 67th anniversary of their marriage. Their grandson, Alex McDougall, still resides on the McDougall homestead, and Leslie Miller, grandson of George and Agnes Miller, is now on the Miller homestead. The results of the sport events, were as follows: girls 5 years and under, Audrey Annis; 6 to 9 years, Ruth Brown; boys 6 to 9, Jackie- Dunn; girls 10 to 13, Jean Brown;, boys 10 to 13, Hughie McDougall: young ladies, Betty McDougall; young men, Angus Brown; kicking the slipper, (ladies) Lizzie Lam port; men’s shoe scramble, Art Rhode; throwing paper plates, ladies, Mrs. Gordon McDougall; clothes pin race, Betty iMcDougaU’3 group; ball throwing contest, Mrs. A. Webb’s group; paper cup con test, Mrs. W. Annis’ group; bean contest, Mrs. Wilfred Annis. That oldest person present was Mrs. Hy. Hoggarth, Seaforth, and the young est, Mary, nine-weeks-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Miller, Mitchell. Those who came the long est distance to the reunion were:. Matthew Carmichael, Vancouver^ B. C.; Mrs. E. Payne, Moose Jaw, Sask.; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mc Dougall, Boh arm, Sask.; and John Carmichael, Chelsea, Mich. Others, were present from Aylmer, Thorn dale, Stratford, Staffa, Cromarty, Hensall, Mitchell and Seaforth. After all had enjoyed a bountiful picnic supper’ a meeting was held at which it was unanimously de cided to make the reunion an an- . nual event. The following were the officers appointed for 1943: Hon. presidents, Dan, 'McDougall, Bo- harm, Sask.; Mrs. James Campbell* Moose Jaw, (Sask.; John Cornish, Dublin, Ont.; president, William Sparks, Bayfield; vice-president, Ernest Templeman, Staffa; secre tary-treasurer, Belle Campbell, Sea forth; sports convener, Margaret Tompieman; lunch convener, Mrs. John Stewart. The 1948 picnic Will be held at the same place somo time hi June, . B