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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1947-12-04, Page 3THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4th, 1947 Page > ROBERTSON’S Condition Powder 3 lbs. « $1.00 9 lbs. - $2.45 Guaranteed no Filler Results considered, you will find tills powder unequalled as a tonic for all farm stock. Your Drugs at ROBERTSON’S Phone 50 Exeter INSURANCE AUTOMOBILE Lumberman’s Mutual Casualty Co. World’s 'Greatest Automobile Mutual. FIRE Mill Owner’s Mutual Fire Insurance Co. A dividend paying company for over seventy years. HOSPITALIZATION Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association The largest company of its kind in 'the world. Ernest C. Harvey Insurance Agency Phone 47 Exeter CREJDITON All parts of Stephen Township were well represented at the Nom­ ination meeting held In the Town Hall on Monday. Nominations were numerous and apparently the com­ petition will be keen. The Short Course on Oven Meals which was demonstrated on Thurs­ day and Friday of last week under the auspices of the Women’s In­ stitute was largely attended and thoroughly appreciated. A very successful Bazaar and Tea was held in the United Church basement on Saturday last, The ladies are to be congratulated on the large assortment of fancy and useful articles offered, also the farmer’s booth, home baking and the fish pond which proved very interesting to the younger folk. Mr, and Mrs. Royal Brown and family ,of Royal Oak, Mich., and Mrs, W. H. Hinton, of Windsor, spent ,a few days with Mrs. Flor­ ina Brown and Rev. and Mrs. Burn. Miss Clara Gaiser, who spent the summer at Grand Bend, is home for the winter ,with her fath­ er, Mr. Jno. Gaiser. We are sorry to report that Mr. Wm. Smith is on the sick list and wish him ,a speedy recovery. Mr. Wm. Oestreicher attended a Co-Op banquet in Toronto on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Woodall, of Windsor, visited over the week-end with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Woodall. Telephone Exchange Sold Mr. F. W. Clark has disposed of his rural telephone line .to the Bell Telephone Co. The west portion of the line, including Mt. Carmel and Shipka was purchased in August by the Hay Township Municipal Telephone System and on Novem- bei- 26 the Bell Company received possession of the balance. Mr. Clark purchased the line from Dr. J. W. Orme in 11926 and two years ago .resigned as Local Representa-1 tive - after 39 years of courteous service. He has rented a portion of his building to the Bell Co. and feeling greatly releived of the heavy responsibility, he continues to work in his harness repair shop which he has operated here for the past 40 years. His many friends are glad to know he will continue to serve the public in this capacity and trust he will thoroughly en­ joy many years of less strenuous life. Hi Highlights ---------- -- Gleaned From Exeter District High School ----—-------------------------—------————,R Our hopes for a good boys’ basketball team this year have been renewed. The boys played a pre-season exhibition game with Palmerston last Friday night. Needless to say Exeter ,won. The score was 52-33. This score indi­ cates that both teams were very good. The game was very fast and exciting, much better than you would expect for the first game of the year. The highest Scorer was Johnny Rether with nineteen points. There is a lot of good bask­ etball material in the school and Mr. 'Campbell is using it to good advantage. We hope the boys’ suc­ cess continues . throughout the basketball season. * * * # Tests have been numerous at the school this week as the report cards are to be out on Friday. We feel that our parents should know more about . the .report cards so that they will realize that the bare marks do not tell the whole story. There are npw sections on the re­ port card this year and these should be carefully noted. In answering inquiries from em­ ployers and colleges, we find that more and more emphasis is being placed on the personal character­ istics of students. They ask also in what school activities the pupil engaged, .Education to-day must be education for living. Until four or five years ago no accurate record was kept at Exe-J ter High School even of the pupils marks. .With the introduction of guidance, it became necessary to collect all available information concerning a pupil if a counseller were to mal^e a good attempt at counselling him. To-day there is a .folder in' the office for each pupil in which confidential materi­ al concerning him is recorded. When a pupil leaves the school, his file is stored away and should give a fairly complete record of the pupil if needed in the future. Much better than nothing at all. Under “Personality Ratings” are listed the following: Appearance, Assurance, Courtesy, Dependability Effort, Emotional Control, Initia- | tive. Sociability, Voice and Speech, I Because some of these are not I suitable for report cards, they I will not appear there. However, courtesy will appeal' under the word Co-operation. .Co-operation in­ cludes a pupil's classroom attitude much of what used to be termed conduct also manners, tact, respect consideration of others, ability to work with and get .along with oth­ ers, and attitude towards schools’ plans, policies, objectives and in­ terests. By dependability is meant re­ sponsibility, trust worthiness, re­ liability, supervision required. One way of judging dependability is: can a pupil be relied upon to do his homework without being check­ ed daily and .without being told (definitely what the assignment is? Will the pupil study his notes of his own free will? By effort is meant the degree to which one tires, the effort put forth during working hours, the application of the job. This is part­ ly judged by the use made of sup­ ervised study periods and by a consideration -of the initiative shown by a "pupil getting to work without too much teacher supervis­ ion. Since it costs several hundred dollars to train an employee, large companies take as little risk as possible They employ college train­ ed counsellors in their personnel departments. The applicants are carefully screened as to education­ al qualities, personal characteris­ tics, and sociability. Since the majority of young people do not retain their first position, not be­ cause of lack of schooling, but be­ cause of their inability to get along with others, the personnel department tries to cut down the job mortality rate by employing those who have a high sociability rating. A good education is no longer the only requirement for a job nor is it the only duty of the school. It can readily be seen from this that the other "sections of the .re­ port cards other than the marks are equally important and should receive attention accordingly. New Location Zurbrigg Optometrical Office now located on the Second Floor Southcott Building Directly Opposite the Post Office A Cordial Invitation is Extended to the People of Exeter and District to View the New Office ZURBRIGG OPTICAL OFFICE Competent You WOULD admire her skill. Alert and poised, she calmly speeds the many calls with deft, sure move­ ments. With switchboards busier than ever because of the many new. telephones, this skill is being called on as never before. More telephones are being added right along. Our con­ stant aim is to provide more and better service . . . always at the lowest possible cost... to give greater value to every telephone user. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA Snelgrove The extra miles of safe, carefree driving you get from long- wearmg Goodyear tires add up to a saving you can’t afford to miss . . • Sius complete free- om from tire worry, for a long, Long time. SEE YOUR good/year dealer PfOT, Snelgrove,Tire & Electric Vulcanizing Phono 18w Exeter STAFFA Harvey Hambly is suffering with an injured eye caused by a sliver of wood. M. R. Deering represented the Staffa Baseball Club at the Huron- Perth O.B.A. league meeting at Clinton Wednesday evening of last week. Gerald Agar shot a fine silver fox behind the barn on J. Drake’s farm. W.I. “At Home” to Families The Staffa Women’s Institute held an “at home”, with a pot­ luck supper, Wednesday evening November 26th, in Staffa Hall. About 25 members were present with their families making .a total of around 60. The president, Mrs. Bowman, presided for a program consisting of community singing; a skit presented by six boys; solo, Miss Cook; reading, Lois Fell; bdys’ sextette; reading, Charle s Falconer; and solo, Mrs. MacDon­ ald. Driver is pinned in truck wreck. Keith Parsons, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Percival Parsons, Staffa, is in Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital with a dislocated hip suffered when the truck he was driving, owned by his brother, Russell Par­ sons, Staffa, toppled ovei* a ditch near Kitchener. According to reports, Parsons, hauling a load of lumber, was go­ ing over a hill when he saw the driver of a small truck endeavor­ ing to pass him. He pulled over on the slippery road when his vehicle overturned, pinning him in the cab. Two cars were coming up the hill, the occupants of which drag­ ged him from the wreckage. The truck was damaged almost beyond repair. The other truckdriver fail­ ed to stop. Truman S. Tufts An esteemed resident of Usborne township, Truman Samuel Tufts, died suddenly Wednesday afternoon November 26th, at his home in Kirkton. Death, which came in his 54th year, was attributed to a heart condition. He passed away while working at the stable and was discovered by members of the family shortly after the noon hour. A native of Blanshard township, he was a son of the late Samuel and Annie Tufts. His mother died only two weeks ago. On November 1, 1920, he was married to Miss Florence Mills Who survives, For 16 years after his marriage he re­ sided in Blanshard township Where he was a councilman on Blan­ shard Township Council. 1-Ie then moved to his father’s farm where he had made his home since. He was a member of the Kirkton U- nited Church and for years taught the Men’s Bible Class of the church. Surviving besides his Wife are three sons, Ross Tufts and Leroy Tufts, at home, and Edwin Tufts, London; two daughters, Mrs. Lorraine (Marion) Funnell, Woodstock, and Miss Norma Tufts, London, and a brother, Harold Tufts, Toronto, The funeral took place from his late residence Fri­ day afternoon from the Kirkton Hutted Church. Interment was in Ki"ktnn T“*iion cemetery. Scanning the SPORTS By“SCOOP” Wanted—One hockey league That at the moment is the big question mark for the Airport and the Exeter teams. * * * * These two squads are hoping to enter into the Intermediate W.O. A.A. but from what we can learn, some of the district teams will not be operating this season. For this reason the prospects of a league are uncertain. * * * * No word has been heard from Grand Bend, Lucan, Hensall or Zu­ rich. Dashwood has shown some in­ terest and we were told in Mitchell that they would not be entering a squad. Last year’s winner, the Seaforth Homebrews, we under­ stand will not be operating. How­ ever the closing entry date is next Wednesday and whether a league can be formed or not will be known by then. * * * * The Airport have definitely de­ cided to enter a team and will play their home game on the local sheet. Three Exeter representatives Gerry Smith, Don Hughes and Reeve Tuc- key were at the Station last week and were given permission to use a couple and possibly three of the airmen living in Exeter. This we feel was a very fine gesture on the part of Group Captain Lister and his committee. With the loss of their ace centre player, Reg. Mac­ Donald, the local squad have been considerably weakened and the ser­ vices of the airmen are going to come in mighty handy. * -x- * * ■ The local boys have been condi­ tioning at the Arena two nights a week and last Friday night follow­ ing the Stratford-Hamilton game at Stratford Arena, had a short work­ out.* * * * BADMINTON The local members were in For­ est Monday night and took part in a tournament with that club. The results favored Forest who won all three divisions, the mixed doubles and the men’s and women’s doubles. Following the competition, the For­ est Club were hosts to a lunch. Hibbert Resident Passes Robert William Gray died in Stratford General Hospital Sunday night. He Was taken to hospital last Sept. IO1 after suffering a stroke and had been in hospital ever since. He was born Oct. 16, 1879 in Hibbert township. He is survived ,by two sisters, Mrs. An­ nie Hodeson of London and Mrs. Frank Barker in the Canadian west; one brother, Alma George, lot 8 con. 5. Hibbert, where ho CENTRALIA Mr. and Mrs. A. Proctor and Doreen visited with Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Proctor in Clinton on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Hicks were Sunday guests with Miss Wilda Pollock in Kitchener. Mrs. K, Greb and Wayne return­ ed home last week after visiting with* relatives in Newmarket. Mr. E. Knight is under the Doc­ tor’s care. His many friends hope to see him out again in the near future. Mrs. Allie McFalls underwent an operation in the Stratford General Hospital last week. We wish her a speedy recovery. Mr. Sid Wilson, of Centralia, visited recently in London with his daughter, Mrs. James Ogden. The exchange of Huron County Library books took place at the Centralia Public Library on Mon­ day afternoon of this week. Also' new books for children and young people have been purchased by the library itself and the now on the shelves. Anniversary Service The Sunday School held its an­ nual anniversary service in the church on Sunday morning. Duq to unfavorable weathei’ and road conditions the attendance was not as good as. had been hoped for The guest speaker was Miss Kath­ ryn Hayes, of Sarnia, a delegate to both the Amsterdam and Oslo Young People’s Conferences. In a most interesting manner Miss Hayes gave an account of the con­ ference at Oslo in Norway last summer when she was among the delegates gathered there represent­ ing 71 countries of the World and proclaiming Christ as Lord of All. Special music was provided by the choir. Mr. and Mrs. Williams sang a duet “In the Garden”. Miss Hayes was entertained at the home of Mrs. B. Hicks and was a Sun­ day .guest with Rev. and Mrs. Weir. CREDITON EAST Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wein, Mrs. G. Wein and Mrs. Wes Wein’s returned home Sunday after a few days visit in Flint and Pigeon, Michigan. 'Mr. and Mrs. Roland Motz and Ronald have moved from Exeter to their home which they bought some time ago and remodelled it. We welcome them to our town. Farewell Dinner A number of friends and rela­ tives met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Ogden, London, where a farewell dinner was held for Mr. Thomas Ogden and his .son, Roy; prior to their departure to Fill­ more, Sask.. Those present were; Mrs. J. B. Armitage and Wm. Og­ don, of Lucan; Mfrs. J. ,H. Sutton, Brantford; ’Miss Jean L. Ogden and Bill Ogden, -of Whalen; Rev. F. b> Bayes, London. Owing to bad road conditions Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nadiger, Dashwood, and ,Mr. and Mrs. Nat Ogden, Exefor, and Mrs. Hilton Ogden, Whalen, were mi able to attend, Mrs. Ogden was assisted at the tea table by her •j. - jean. D. B. Tindall, R.O. Phone 336 Exeter Mary and Jack were walking in the park. Jack noticed that she was looking rather gloomy. “What’s up?” he asked bluntly. “I was just thinking you aren’r a bit poetic. You don’t call mo fancy names like Tom calls Joan, he says she’s the apple of his eye,- and a perfect peach.” Jack sniffed contemptuously. “That’s all very well,” he said, “but you forget Tom’s in the fruit trade, while I work in the fish market.” Fond mother (to young son): “Whose little tweedle-deedle, turn- my-wummie boy are you?” Young son (disgustedly): “You don’t mean to tell me, mother, that you don’t know whose child I am.” You’re wise in choosing something for the home. When you select distinctive, fine furniture you give something that is designed for practical happiness—something that has Beauty with a future. MIRRORS— A handsome plate glass wall mirror makes an ideal gift for any home and one on which you can’t go wrong. Let us show you our large choice. OCCASIONAL FURNITURE-— Here are several ideas. Magazine Racks, Bookcases, Desks, Smokers, End Tables, Coffee Tables, Occasional Chairs, just to mention a few. 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