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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-04-01, Page 1Seventy-Fifth Year Brown day”. bushels, cabbage, are also Quite a sang two Lord is “Ring O furnished Presbyter- A the pulpit and delivered splendid Easter message. marketing and how At large The pro- the the Fol Special Easter services were held in Main St. United church. Easter lilies and spring flowers adorned the pulpit rostrum, the morning service a •congregation was present, service opened as the choir ceeded up the aisle while processional hymn “Rejoice Lord is King” was sung, lowing the invocation was the hymn “Jesus Christ is Risen to- An anthem “He Arose from the Grave” was sung by the choir and the junior choir sang “A ’Song of Joy”. A trio “He Lives” was sung by Mrs., N. Hockey, Miss M. Follick and Miss Dorothy Davis. At the or gan for the prelude Mrs. Willard Dawn” Handel’s “Our A. Y. played “The Easter and for the postlude, “Hallalujah . Chorus” Lord’s Resurrection” timely Easter message was livered by the pastor, Rev. J. Mahoney. A special open session of Sunday school was held follow ing the morning service. An ad dress was given by Mr. W. G. Medd and a story was told by Mrs. Harold Murray. Musical ■selections were given by the or chestra and the Junior choir. At the evening service choir sang three anthems, joice Jersualem and Sing”, Stood Among the “Christ is Risen”, sung by Mr. and Skinner “Lead Me The minister took ject “I Shall Live On”. The ser vices throughout the day were both inspiring and impressive. James Street An exceptionally large con gregation was present for the morning service Easter Sunday in th© James St. United Church. The most the Mr. a cantata “Hail King” In addition bers by the ‘“'choir sung by Mrs. T. Miss Barbara Dinney; by A. E. Wuerth and Walter Cutbush; by Grant McDonald and Harry Dougall; solos by Miss Irene Beaupre, Miss Helen Shapton, Mrls. Percy McFalls and Mrs. J. I-Iodgert; a quartette by Messrs. A. E. Wuerth, E. Lindenfield, Mrs. Coates and Miss Reta a de- H. the the “Re- “He and was Gerald Lilies” A duet Mrs. to Calvary”, for his sub- large auditorium was al- filled including most of gallery. Lawrence Wein cantata including most The choir under presented the Easter to the num duets were Coates and EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL Ut, 1948 Single Copy 6 cents Rowe. A beautiful array of lilies and spring flowers adorned the pulpit rostrum together with two large lighted candelabra. The Pastor, Rev. H. J. Snell, was in charge of the service. At the Sunday School in the afternoon an address was given by Mr. Snell. Joan and Grant McDonald sang a duet and the orchestra provided a number. In the evening Mr. Snell took for his subject “The Emp ty Tomb”. The choir anthems “Christ the Risen To-day" and Bells of Easter”, Caven Presbyterian Special mugic was by the choir at Caven ian church Sunday morning, solo “The Holy City” was sung by Mrs. Simpson. Rev. Dr. H. IT. Turner, of Ingersoll, oceupled a Rutabaga Co. Purchases Hangar A public meeting, sponsored by the Rutabaga, Company, was held ip the Town Hall Tuesday afternoon with a good represen tation of farmers interested ip the growing of turnips and mix ed vegetables. Mr. S. Rubens acted as chairman. Prof. T. Graham, of the was present and and the proper ments. Mr. J. J. rict inspector from London, out lined meet the public demand. Leroy s. : Prof. T. O. O.A.C., Guelph, spoke on soils seed require- Johnston, dist- Attends Meetings Mr. Preston Dearing was in Toronto Wednesday of last week attending the annual meeting of the Royal Fair Board at the Royal York Hotel. On Thursday he attended an executive ing of the Canadian Breeders Association. meet- Sheep Moving to Exeter Mi*, and Mrs. Stanley Love, who recently purchased the resi dence of the late Miss Jeckell, are moving to Exeter from th^ir farm near Kippen. We welcome them to our midst. W.C.F. Oestri- motored to Windsor and spending the Easter the guests of W. E. and N- E. French, They report a very time. In Windsor on March 27th at the B. home the Misses Clara ,Oestricher French, three sis- and W. C. F. Oes- dinner in honor Anniversary Dinner Mr. and Mrs. cher Kingsville holidays, Oestricher Windsor, enjoyable ■Saturday, E. French ] Matilda and and Mrs. Eva ters of W. E. tricher served of the .two brides and grooms of 25 years ago. The tables and dining room were very beauti fully decorated with wedding bells, candles and silver mings. The evening was by reminiscing, speeches, and singing. trim- spent music Tuberculosis Association Plans X-ray Clinics in Huron County Christmas Seal Commit- the Huron County Tuber- Association met in the chamber at Clinton on The tee of culosis council . ___ ... _____ ... Wednesday evening, March 24th The county chairman, W. A. Beecroft, conducted the meeting O’Brien, • Toronto, secre- the voluntary Ontario that a Huron of starting with Seaforth, Clinton, Hensail Dashwood, E. tary T.B. mass county is to begin the week May 31, then to Clinton, Hensall, Exe tei' and Dashwood, to handle the Zurich-Grand Bend territory as it was decided it was too far from that area to Exeter, back to Bly th, Brussels and Howick. The committee has over $13,- 000 to spend, a sum gratifying to the members who had work ed during the campaign. “Hur on gave the highest per capita return in Canada in 19 46”, said Mr. O’Brien. The chairman, Rev. W. A. Beecroft brought up the matter of reorganization. M. A. Reid, Seaforth, outlined the idea that the Lions’ clubs take over the campaigns and help in the set- tin< of county were present and their views. They expressed ingness to help under an riding committee from Christmas Seal Committee, was finally decided that the ex ecutive remain the same and that they solicit the aid of the Lions’ clubs in Huron County for the mass clinic survey and the Christmas seal campaign. A to be invited to the next execu- J. of Association, said X-ray clinic for up of the clinics. Members the Lions’ clubs in Huron gave will- over- the It Good Friday Service A Good Friday service was held in the James St, United Church and was largely attend ed. The pastor, Rev, H. J. Snell presided. A male quartette com prising W. Cutbush, L. Weitt. A. E. Wuerth and E. Linden field sang “Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?” The speaker for the evening was Rev. H, J. Mahoney who took for his subject a verse from Lamentations: “Is in nothing to all ye that pass by? behold and see if there be any sorrow like Unto my sorrow.” tive meeting to give their decis ions and decide on the territory to be covered by each club. As the money collected in Huron county is spent here, each club will be credited with what they raise but the executive will handle the money as before. to Mr. Agriculture Re presentative of Clinton, promis ed whatever aid his department could lend in promoting greater production in Huron. Turnips will be the chief ar ticle handled by the Rutabaga Company and their objective is to contract for S0,000 Onions, parsnips, beets, carrots, and cucumbers being contracted for. number of contracts were signed at the meeting and others still being signed. The company, through municipal council of Exeter, purchased through War Assets one of the large hangars at the Jarvis airport. The agreement has been sanctioned and awaits the signing of the contract. The building will be dismantled and the material brought to Exeter for the erection of a new plant 80 x 225 feet. The plant is to be erected alongside the railway track in Exeter north, a ^spur line to run to the factory. Buil ding operations are already un der way. Accommodation for fall stor age is being proyided. The busi ness will be operated on a co; operative basis with a Growers’ Committee elected by the grow ers formulating the policy. are the has Returns from Hospital Mr. Sol Pollock, of Grand Bend, who suffered a fractured hip three months ago while be ing knocked down by a dog, was brought back to his home from St.' Joseph’s Hospital, Lon don, in Hoffman’s ambulance Thursday of last week. Hydro Standard Broken While turning around Main street Tuesday morning a truck belonging to Looby & Looby was backed into one of the hydro standards topi>ling it to ^the ground, The iron stan dard, about 15 feet high was broken in several pieces by the fall. It stood in front of Linden field’s Hardware. on Elimville North Farm Forum The Elimville Forum met at Township Hall for Suppei' on this week, down to a ter which a was taken of the evening playing Euchre and Lost Heir. North Farm the Elimville an Oyster Monday evening of Over seventy sat delicious supper, af- picture of the group and the remainder was spent in DAILY ROUTINE • • . * WITHOUT PAGEANTRY: The behind them, and their honeymoon Elizabeth and • her husband, the Duke of .shown as they arrived at the Burlington ■'* pomp and ceremony over, Princess Edinburgh, are 'House, London, where they attended an exhibit of Indian art. This is a daily routine with them now, attending vari ous ceremonies, functions, etc. Sweep Perth Seed Honours (Blanshard Correspondent) Milton and Gladwyn Hooper, a father and son combination from the south end of Blan shard ’Township, Thursday be came the first repeat champions in the history of the Perth County Seed (Fair. In eight pre vious years tire grand champion- I ship of the annual show went | to a different farm. At Strat ford City Hall Thursday, the Hooper team took a second county grand championship in seed growing to add to the title they won in 19 4 6 when county seed fair was held Milverton. In 1947, when county seed fair was held L i s t o w e 1, the Hoopers were runners-up for the champion ship won for that year by W. F. Cornish, Dublin. The Hoopers made a clean sweep of the top honors this year. As well as the silver sal ver for the best exhibit in the show, they won the special prize for the best all round score.. They also won first prizes for early oats, late oats, deut corn and timothy, the special for best bushel of early oats, special for the best bushel timothy in the , show, and __ special for the best six ears of dent corn. Plenty of Competition It was not lack of opposition that put Father and Son Hooper to the top in this year’s show. Thirty-six exhibitors shared the prize money and George Stos- kopf, “Potato King of Perth County”, gave them a close run for all round honors. In the final round of judging for the grand championship, Alex Drum mond, Monkton, was a conten der with an exhibit of rought- awned barley. George Stoskopf was in the ring with wheat and smooth-awned The Grand Championship went to the Hoopers on hel of Cartier oats that had won its class in the judging of ear ly varieties of oast. Milton and Gladwyn Hooper won the following prizes in grain classes: In winter wheat, second; smooth-awned barley, third; oats, medium and late, first; oats, early varieties, first; corn (dent), first; timothy seed, first. Bulk lot of bushels bushel winter wheat club, and special prizes. tlie the of the winter barley. Award a bus- lot classes: Six bushel early oats, first; of barley, second; foui' fifty first; NEW CANADIANS; Three young Polish or phans, shown in picture at the right, were among 779 persons brought to Canada on the first voyage of the Canadian Pacific’s new immigrant ship Beaverbrae (left). The children, cared for by older passengers dur ing the voyage, arc shown after .landing at Halifax on their way to join relatives in Winnipeg1. The 9.000-ton Beaverbrae, for merly the German vessel Huascaran, was obtained by Canada as part reparations and will bring new settlers to the Dominion ap proximately every five weeks, Eastbound, she carries Canadian food and other cargo to the United Kingdom. annual pupils of school will alley the be Alley Tournament The second tournament by Exeter public held Saturday, .April 17th spon sored by the Exeter Recreation al Council and directed by Mr. Art. Campbell. On the afternoon of the 24th it is hoped to have a team from the rural schools surrounding Exeter compete, with the winners of the kfxeter school. The Jensen Fund $1,097 Previously reported Wm. Hatter ............. Order of the Eastern Star ..................... John H. McGregor .. Exeter Lions Club ... Chester Mawhinney .. Hilton Ford .....-..... $917.00 5.00 66.00 5.00 100.00 2.00 2.00 Lond on Lodge to Parade in Exeter Members of the Ancient tic Order of Samaritans of Theb es Lodge, London, together with visitors from Detroit, Leaming ton, Toronto and Brantford, will stage a parade in Exeter follow ed by the exemplification of the degree of Humiliation at the Exeter Arena on the evening of Wednesday, April 7th. The Sa- playboys of it is 200 to 250 Exeter next and, headed Mys- Total $1,097.00 I the Ag- the maritans are the Oddfellowship and pected that from members will visit Wednesday evening by a goat, the Kiltie Band from Glencoe will parade -through the town at 8:00 p.m. Supreme Monarchos Sheik Harry O. Wil mot, of Schnectady, N.Y., and Supreme Secretary Sheik Clin ton E. Jolly, of Geneva, Ohio, will be present for the occasion. Exeter boasts a number of mem bers in the Thebes Lodge. ex- Injured in Planing Mill (Dashwood Mr. Louis ployee of the Mill, ing from first was _ __ _ . ______ quitting time but later in the evening he complained of severe pain. He was attended hy Dr. D. Ferguson, of Dashwood, who had him rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, in Hoffman’s ambulance where he was imme diately operated upon and it. was found he suffered -a ruptur ed right kidney and fractured ribs. His condition is just fair. Correspondent) Rinker, an em- Dashwood Planing misfortune in hav-had the been struck by a board one of the machines. At not thinking his injury serious, he worked until Will Sail the Lakes Keith Brintnell left the fore part of the where he has on one of the perial Oil Co., Great Lakes this summer. He had a similiar position last year. week for Sarnia taken a position boats of the Inl and will sail the1 Breaks Telephone Pole Striking a hole in the Credi- ton road Thursday of last week %r. Herman Powe lost control of the car and it took to the ditch breaking off a telephone pole. The right side of the car, was damaged, estimated at $150.00. Mr. Powe was uninjur ed. Exeter Boy Heads Red Cross An Exeter Old Boy, Mr. Her man G. Prior, is president of the Red Cross city Man., and that city donations live in the present Red Cross drive. of Society Portage in the makes to the of his adopted La Prairie, daily press of an appeal for $6,0 0 0 objec- Moving to Lucan Mr. Geo. M. Racey, who ducted the Hmm and Auto ply store in the Elliot block, has purchased a radio business in Lucan and is moving to that place. Mrs Racey was the former Marion Elliot. con- Sup- Change in Property Mr. and Mrs. J. Mountstephen and Elizabeth, who have been residents of Exeter for several years, have moved to St. Cath arines. Mr. Mountstephen is em ployed with the Hobbs Mr. Elmore McBride, his farm in Stephen to Finkbeiner, is moving residence on Andrew rated by Mr. Mountstephen. Glass Co, who sold Mr. Fred into the street va- Hensall Over $6,000 Mark The drive in Hensail funds for the erection of a new recreational centre is meeting with splendid support and al ready over has been sub scribed. The citizens of Hensall are making liberal donations and contributions have been re-j ’reived from Landon, Toronto, Detroit, Exeter and Zurich. The campaign will continue for the next ten days. The objective is $2(1,090 and the plans call a building that will meet needs of ‘the community for I seasons of the year.I Miss Marjorie Cudmore, ght.er of Cudmore, Sunday Hospital, operation Banquet Being Held A banquet in honor of Worthy Grand Matron, Mrs. nes Dean, of Hamilton and Worthy Grand Patron, Don Cur rie, of London, is being held this (Wednesday) at 6.30 by the Chapter Eastern present neighboring the banquet held in the rooms. District Farmers Elected to Beanp.m. Exetei' of the will be of the Following members of the the Order , Visitors a number lodges, a meeting will he Eastern Star lodge of Star, from A Chilly Easter Easter being early this year the weather was chilly and not conductive to the wearing spring finery. However, 1 were, some spring styles in deuce on the Sabbath. of there i evi- St. ♦ Underwent Operation Mr. Norm Hockey is in Joseph’s Hospital, London, where he will undergo an opera tion Thursday morning. Mrs. Hockey and Wayne are in Clin ton staying with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. Waldron. Growers’ Marketing Board The Ontario Bean Growers* Marketing Board met in the Hotel London Saturday last and several from this commun ity were elected to the board to administer the marketing of Western Ontario beans this year. The new board which as sumes office this week includes Geo. Armstrong, David Ducharme, of Zurich; Al onzo McCann, of Stephen- Twp., Charles Bannister, of Ailsa Craig, D. M. Campbell, of Blen heim. W. P. Cornell, Blake Huffman, of David MacGregor, Lome, Angus McLean, sville, Stanely I), McKellar, Alvinston. Officers ation will this group meeting of Hay Twp., of Appin, Blenheim, of West of Ward- of to head the organiz- likely be chosen from on Sat., April 3, at a Chatham. dau- Edgar home Scott ’ Memorial following an Mr. and Mrs. returned to her from Seaforth, for appendicitis. TWO MAIN REASONS why the Toronto Maple Leafs won the N.H.L. Championship are Turk Broda (left) and Syl Apps (right). Broda won the Vezina Trophy for the second time in his career for having the. least number of goals scored on him in regular season play, while, his last year, scored three goals in season to bring his lifetime total to Apps* playing the last game of the 201 goals. Campbell, of Blenheim, is the present chairman; R. E. Mc Pherson, of Chatham, secretary. High Quality Stressed At Saturday’s meeting it was decided to place particular em phasis on production of a high * quality bean crop in 1948. Dis- small packages to of produc- floor price ‘tribution of the retail trade, cost tion and a proposed were also discussed. Total revenue of for the year ending 31, 19 47, was penditures, $166,339.78. Included on both sides ledger was a figure of 621.46 representing fees ed from sidy account of Western Ontar io Beans, Limited. To finance this account, cents from the floor pei' bushel to provide protection in the event of a poor crop or unsatisfactory marketing condi tions. It was not necessary to use any of the money so collected last year, and it will likely be returned to the growers at the end of the crop year on July 31 In the chairman’s report, Mr. Campbell noted that 876,300 bushels of beans had been pur chased by dealers up to Decem ber 31, with a possibility of a total purchase of 1.199,090 bushels. Improved Under program, laid down in co-operation with the Western Ontario Experi mental Farm. A quantity of foundation seed has been order ed from the Michigan Crop Im provement Association, and a supply of registered seed is also expected from the same source. The association has obtained 1,- 500 bushels of registered Mich- elite seed which is being alloc ated throughout the district. experiments were c.ar- during 1947 by the Labored Chatham. Upon applL bean plants responded readily and showed a 25 per cent increase in yield as compared with untreated plants Helicopter spraying service, is under consideration for Kent and Essex in 194 8, stated Mr* Campbell. the board December $177,015.79; ex- of the $155,- collect- growers for the sub IS per bushel was deducted price of $3.25 Sood Ordered the seed improvement five fest plots were n.n.T, tied out during 1947 Dominion Entomological atory cation of D.D.T.,