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EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MGRNING, OCTOBER 28, 1948 Single Copy 6 cents
.■Lome Passmore
Plowman in District Match
John H, Lauman, of Kit
chener, who during the- summer
operates an outdoor bowling al
ley, a miniature golf course and
pinball machines at Grand Bend,
appeared before Magistrate- D. E.
Holmes in Exeter Tuesday after
noon and was fined $12.00 and
costs on each of three charges,
the fines and costs totalling
$40.00, the maximum penalty
for a conviction on one charge
of the Lord’s Day Act.
It was the first conviction for
breach of the Lord’s Day Act
arising out of the Sunday opera
tions of amusements at Grand
Bend, Port Stanley and other
Ontario resorts during the past
summer.
Lauman pleaded guilty to all
three charges but not until after
the charges had been amended
to read that the offences oc
curred in Lambton County and
not in Huron County. Mr. Lau
man was not represented
counsel.
Judgment against Edward
bert, of Stratford, heard by
istrate Holmes last week
scheduled to be handed down on
Tuesday, was adjourned a week
at the request of E. G. Thomp
son, K.C., Stratford, counsel for
Mr. Odbert. Neither Mr,
nor his counsel appeared,
trate Holmes informed
Attorney II. Glenn Hays
adjournment when Odbert’s name
was called.
Two other Grand Bend amuse
ment operators, Marris Fishman
of Brantford, and Alfred Pugh,
Grand Bend, similarly charged,
did not appear.
Argues his Own Case
Lauman was charged with
operating pinball machines, a
bowling alley and a miniature
golf course. Although he pleaded
guilty to all counts, Mr. Lauman
argued at length with Magistrate
Holmes, tie told the court no
admission was charged to the
pinball .games and declared the
public was free to come and go
at all times.
So far as the golf course was
concerned, Mr. Lauman said he
felt there must be a law for the
poor nnd another for the rich
because a poor man could not
spend twenty-five cents for a
round of golf on Sunday but a
rich man could pay green
at golf courses all over the
vince on Sunday. He said he
paid Sunday green fees this
summer at the Golf Club
Grand Bend and pointed out
club had not been charged
had his green fees been
turned.
Mr. Lauman said bowling
leys are operated on Sundays in
many cities along the St. Clair
and Detroit Rivers. “Why is it
legal for them and not for us?”
he asked. “It is not legal,” the
magistrate replied.
Laws for Rich and Poor
Magistrate Holmes said Lau
man was talking nonsense when
he suggested there were differ
ent laws for the rich and the
poor. The magistrate said Mr.
Lauman might feel aggrieved be
cause he was being charged
while others were not.
“There are many who feel ag
grieved because you and others
operated on Sunday while they
were closed,” the magistrate
said. “There are far more peo
ple who observe the law than
there are who break it.”
Asked by Mr. Lauman why the
Grand Bend Board of Trustees
told operators they could remain
open one Sunday but that they
must close the next. Magistrate
Holmes replied, “If the board
did that it was foolish and* it
was foolish of you to accept that
authorization.”
In passing sentence Magistrate
Holmes said he was taking into
■consideration the fact that Mr.
Lauman had admitted three
charges. “While they are sepa
rate charges,” the magistrate
said, “it is all one business and
I am therefore fining you $12.00
and costs on each charge so
the total will amount to
same as the maximum for a
viction on one charge.”
by
Od-
Ma-
and
Odbert
Magis
Crown
of the
fees
pro-
had
past
> at
the
nor
re-
al-
that
the
con-
M rs. D. McDougall
Mr Charles Godbolt lias
ceived word of the death of
Mrs. Duncan McDougall,
passed away
illness.
who maiden
Godbolt,
and
re-
his
was
was
sister.
of Kingston, who
following a week’s.
The deceased,
name was Edna
born at Winchelsea
united in marriage with Mr. Mc
Dougall, who taught school at
Winchelsea for a number of
years.
Surviving besides her husband
ig one son, Donald, with the
navy at Halifax, and one daugh
ter, Mrs. Robinson, of Kingston;
also iwo sisters—Mrs. Russell of
and Mrs. I-Iar-
and
St. Pauls, Minn.,
old V. Pym, of Wingham.
two brothers—George, of Cem
tralia, and Charles, of Exeter.
Cuts Ribbon for New Bridge
Mr. Thos. Pryde, M.L.A., cut
the ribbon at the opening of
the Broadfoot bridge at Brigend
in Tuckersmith Twp., five miles
west of Eginondville on October
19th. The old bridge was wash
ed out in the spring floods of
1946. Hugh Berry, warden of
Huron, was one of the speakers
at the opening and introduc
Mr. Pryde
Stephen
injuries
he was
behind
6.30 p.m.
he was
out. He was attended
Ferguson, of Dashwood,
Injured as Truck
Strikes Wagon
Mr.
Township,
when a wagon in which
riding was struck from
by a truck about
Monday evening and
thrown
by Dr.
and was later taken to St,
epli’s Hospital, London In
T. Harry Hoffman ambulance.
Mr. Neeb with his son Har
vey had been plowing at their
second farm about a mile south
of the home place and were re
turning home with five horse?
and a wagon. Three of
horses were hitched to the
gon
wagon
that i
driven
Zurich.
years
and suffered lacerations to
face and scalp and a
ankle.
Harvey, aged 28, who
driving the horses, was
thrown from the wagon by
impact. The horses broke
from the wagon and started to
onto
for
suf
left
the
wa-
and two in the lead. The
i was struck by a truck
according to police
by Glen Deichert,
Mr. Neeb, who is
of age was tossed
was
of
71
out
the
fractured
was
also
the
free
run away. Harvey held
the reins and was dragged
a considerable distance. He
fered a cut on his head,
hand and left leg.
D’eichert told police he veered
to the left to
but the truck
rear corner of
said he had
pass the wagon
caught the
the vehicle.
been blinded
the lights of an oncoming
crash the truck
the west ditch,
the damage at
Following the
came to rest in
Police estimated
$275.
The accident
the county road
miles south of Dashwood.
left
He
by
car.
took place on
two and a half
Auxiliary Men
To Take Course
A C.P. despatch from Ottawa
states that a new plan whereby
selected members of the R.C.A.
F. Auxiliary will be given a
one-year pilot’s course at Cen
tralia has been announced at
Air Force headquarters.
Under the plan, for which the
first course of 7 embryo pilots
already have been chosen, the
auxiliary force members will
first be posted to the R.G.A.F. s
school of aviation medicine in
Toronto for medical tests and a
course in service procedure They
will then go to Centralia to be
gin flying training, ranking
there as flight cadets with of
ficer rates of pay.
To Get Commissions
After the year’s instruction,
they receive pilot’s wings and
commissions
They then return to civilian life
but in the capacity of auxiliary
squadron aircrew they will take
further training on .operational
aircraft available at each station
The announcement followed a
conference of auxiliary squad
ron officers across Canada, rep
resenting units in Montreal Tor
onto, London, Ont., Hamilton,
Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary,
Edmonton and Vancouver.
A similar plan for ground
crew members to receive a .com
plete service course in ground
training is being explored. Un
der this scheme, a limited num
ber of airmen now belonging
to auxiliary squadrons who have
had no previous service course
would be offered basic training
in R.C.A.F. trades.
Receive Recruits* Pay
The airmen would receive ra
tions and quarters, medical and
dental care during training and
get the same pay as recruits in
the regular R.C.A.F. Trades in
volved in this training would
include aero-engine and air
frame maintenance, metal work
ing, meteorology, clerk
tahey and photography,
courses in radar and
would be opened later.
As in the case of
airmen taking these
courses would return to .a civl-1
lian occupation but continue ad-1
as ■ flying officers.
accoun-
Possibly
wireless
TWO OF THE LEADING PLOWMEN at the. South Huron Plowing Match last Friday are
shown above as they turn the sod in their respective classes. Lome Passmore, on the. left,
wyn the open tractor class, while Alan Walper took first prize in class seven., open to
Tuckersmith, Usborne, Stephen, Hay and Hibbert. Lome Passmore also won the Esso cham
pionship for the best plowman in tractor classes. - Staff Photos
Flying Classroom
ac-
at
At Centralia
A flying classroom, latest
quisition of the R.C.A.F.
Centralia, made a demonstra
tion flight to London, Toronto
and Trenton Thursday last. The
aircraft carried three instruc
tors and eight students.
The machine, first of 10
ing built for
force,
radio
which is used for communication
location, navigation and search
ing the ground and air for en
emy aircraft or installations. It
will be used at Centralia by the
radar and communication school
for training radio navigators at
Clinton base. “
twin-engined
and is
type of radio
ing in the world.
instead
in flying suits, muf
and gloves, sit be
sets on comfortable
individual heaters
be-
air
of
equipment
the Ganadian
carries every type
and radar
The plane is a
Dakota transport
latest
train
said to be the
navigation
of beingStudents,
bundled ui)
flers, boots
fore their
seats, with
they can regulate, and listen to
instructors talking in normal
conversational tones. The craft
carries 3,0 00 pounds of equip
ment. With all equipment oper
ating there is a power drain of
3 85 amperes from 20'0 ampere
generators on each engine.
Thames Road Anniversary
Splendid congregations atten
ded the anniversary services at
Thames Road on Sunday last.
Rev. Honksr Dean, of Kirkton,
was guest speaker. Special mus
ic was rendered by the choir
under the direction of Mrs. Wm.
Cann and .Mrs. W.
Winchelsea, acting
Miss Helen Shapton,
was
and
bers
the guest soloist
rendered appropriate num-
at both services.
W.O.A.A. to Hold Meeting
The Western Ontario Athletic
Association will hold its annual
meeting in the Whigham. Town
Hall on next Wednesday night.
This meeting is open to all in
terested in sport. There will be
an election of officers. Tory
Gregg is the present president
of the Association.
Walter E. Romph
Funeral service for Walter E.
Romph, 59, who died Sunday at
his residence,
West Williams Township
held from there Wednesday
ternoon. Interment was at
van Cemetery. He is survived
by his widow, Edna.
Apple Day on Saturday
Saturday will be Apple Day
for the local Scout Troop. Apple
Day is one way the Scouts have
of financing their activities. Sup
port this worthy organization
with a smile and a genereous
donation when they call
their choice red apples.
Bend Lad Injured
When Struck by Car
Rodney Coulter, three year
old son of Mr. and Mrs Wilbert
(Wib) Coulter, of Grand Bend,
was on Friday admitted to -St.
Joseph’s Hospital, London, witl
a fracture of the upper left leg
and possible head injuries as
the result of a traffic mishap
on the Blue Water Highway.
Police said the boy was cros
sing the highway from west tc
east, accompanied by anotliei
child Richard Gill, when he
ran into the path of a south
bound car driven by Joseph
Fisher, Kincardine. The
dent occurred at 4.10 p.m.
The boy was treated by
Donald Ferguson Dashwood
removed to
balance of
Dashwood.
Provincial
Ferguson,
Constable J. Cowan, of
Grand Bend police, investigated.
acci-
hospital in an
Iiarry Hoffman,
■Constable
Exeter, and
J. Cowan,
Dr.
and
am
of
John
Chief
th<
Leaves for the Yukon
Mrs.’ Henry Dyck (nee Paul
ine Godbolt) leaves to-night
Wednesday for Watson Lake in
the Yukon to join her husband
who is a radio operator with
the R.C.A.F. She is being ac
companied as far as Edmonton,
Alta., by her father, Mr.
Godbolt,
take a
trip to
Godbolt
ter, Mrs.
Paul, Minn.,
relatives on his way home.
Chas,
where she will
a five-hour
destination. Mr.
his sis-
Russell at St.
and with other
from
plane for
her
will visit with
E. A.
Lions Will Again
Entertain Children
The annual Hallowe’en party
with treats for the children will
be held Friday evening in the
Exeter Arena. This party, spon
sored by the Exeter Lions Club,
was started1 several years ago
and each year has proved to be
a very popular event.
Children fifteen years and un
der. dressed in costume, will as
semble this year in front of the
library and will parade to the
arena where a fine program will
be given. Prizes will be awarded
and the youngsters will be
ed to chocolate milk, an
and a wiener.
This party is hoped to
nate the custom of groups of
children going from house to
house asking for hand-outs on
Hallowe’em The party, however,
is being held Friday evening,
two nights before the regular
Hallowe’en night; but, in spite
of this, it
party will have the desired
feet.
treat
apple
elimi-
is expected that
by
is
Wins Rich Purses
Ruth B. Grattan, owned
Brown Brothers, of Parkhill,
now campaigning at Batavia
Downs, after competing for most
of the summer at Northville
Downs. When the Batavia meet
ing ends this week, the mare
will be shipped to Arizona to
race during the winter.
While at Northville, Alf Moore
of Sarnia, drove the horse, and
won a total of $3,100 in purses.
Adapting Western Methods of Farming in Ontario
• The South Huron Plowing
Match, revived this year for the
first time since 19 41, was held
Friday on the farm of Arnold
Becker, five miles west of Exe
ter on Huron street. The weath
er was ideal and the ground in
fine condition for plowing.
One sign of the times was the
fact that for the first time in
history in this district a plowing
match was held with
single horse in evidence,
anized equipment is
taking the place of old ‘Dobbin’
on the farm.
Absent, also, were competi
tors in the boys’ classes. Most
of those taking part were men
with former experience in plow
ing matches. Lome Passmore,
who carried off the coveted
prize of the afternoon, ,lias been
a prominent winner at Interna
tional plowing matches and
nosed out T. P. O’Malley, of
Teeswater, who won first prize
in the two-furrow tractor in
stubble class at the Internation
al Plowing Match at Lindsay
this year against a field of sixty-
five plowmen. The work of both
these artists was followed
throughout the day with keen
interest by the spectators.
Out of eight classes competi
tion took part in only three.
The judge was Frank H. Bell,
of .Stratford.
Officials of the plowing
match are P. Passmore, Presi
dent; Asa J. Penhale, Vice-
president and Earl Shapton,
Sesretary-Treasurer.
In the school adjoining the
field the ladies of the Shipka
United Church served tea.
The prize winners at the
South Huron Plowing Match
were as follows:
Class 6—Tractor in sod, open
to all. Director in charge/ Jack
Hodgert. 1st, Lome Passmore,
Exeter; 2nd, T. p. O’Malley,
Teeswater; 3rd, Sam Hendrick,
Dashwood. Special, Best Grown,
5 gal. oil donated by Supertest
Lome Passmore. Special, Best
Finish, end table
Hopper-Hockey, T. P.
Class 7—Tractors
Tuckersmith, Usborne,
Hay and Hibbert.
Walper. Parkhill;
Hendrick, Dashwood; ,3rd, Glen
Jeffery, Exeter. Special, “
Crown, 2 gal. oil by Tom
Allan Walper. Special,
Finish, Hair cuts by
Hockey, Allan Walper.
Class 8—Tractors in i
furrow only. Director in i
Ken Johns. 1st, Wilfrid Shapton
Exeter; 2nd, Gordon Eagleson,
Dashwood; 3rd, Ralph Weber,
Dashwood. .Special, Best Crown,
mixed case <jf canned goods by
Canadian Uanners, Wilfrid
Shapton. Special, Best Finish,
bag of Shur-Gain Eggmaker by
■Cann’s Mill, Wilfrid Shapton.
Specials — Esso Champions
Tractor Special by Imperial Oil.
Lome Passmore; Snell Bros.
Special for Case equipment,
Glen Jeffery; A. O. Elliot Spe
cial for Ford equipment, 1st,
Hugh Hendrick; 2nd, Sam Hen-
Ted Munn Special for
1st,
P.
Anniversary
Successful anniversary services
were held on Sunday in Main
Street United Church. Good con
gregations were present for both
the morning and evening ser
vice, with special music provid
ed for both by the
the leadership of
■Willard.
In the morning,
were sung, “Great
lous”, and “There’s
in God’s Mercy’’.
At the evening
congregations from
churches in town were well re
presented Guest soloist was Miss
Mary Urquhart, of Kirkton. The
choir sang “Praise the Lord, O
Jerusalem” and "The Roseate
Hues of Early Dawn”, with
Frank Wildfong and Miss Doro
thy Davis taking the solo parts.
A quartette, “O Thou Blessed
Saviour” was sung by Messrs.
Harold and Gerald Skinner, Ce
cil Wilson and Frank ’Wildfong.
The special speaker for the
occasion was Rev. Mr. Williams,
padre at the Centralia Airport.
His morning text was taken
from Hebrews 12:1. “We are
encompassed about with a great
crowd of witnesses.” Mr. Wil
liams said that the church was
a human and divine institution
human because it was made by
men and women like you and me
and divine because it was the
incarnation of an idea first con
served in * the mind and heart
of God. There have been times
when the eternal idea might
have been lost sight of
i always emerged with
meaning, with new,
power.
The speaker referred
early worshippers of the church
who had passed to the Great
Beyond and he liked to think of
them as invisible witnesses.
There are four things the in
visible witnesses would want to
see: The first is a united church
where the members work in uni
ty and concord, thinking in
terms of the needs and exper
iences of others. Secondly, a
friendly fellowship, where stran
gers are made welcome and feel
at home, where no one in need
or who suffers affliction of any
kind is neglected or ignored.
Thirdly, the invisible witnesses
would want to see an active,
working church, possessed with
a passion and a power to bring
in the Kingdom of God. And
lastly, a forward moving church,
willing to launch out into new
avenues of service in the King
dom of God, eager to see and
seize opportunities. The spirit of
the church should never think
in terms of defeat but of world
wide conquest in the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
For his evening subject,
Williams spoke on how we
overcome our difficulties.
The pastor, Rev. H. J.
honey, took the morning service
for Mr. Williams at the airport
and was present at Main Street
for the evening service.
two anthems
and Marvel-
, a Wideness
service, the
the various
but had
a new
dynamic
to the
Special,
donated by
, O’Malley,
in sod,
, Stephen,
1st, Allan
2nd, Hugh
Best
Coates
Best
Norm
sod, 3
charge,
drlck:
Massey Harris equipment^
Lome Passmore;
O’Malley; 3rd, Allan Walper;
Fred Huxtable Special for Inter
national equipment, 1st, Gordon
Eagleson; 2nd, Ralph Weber;
R. E. Russetr Special for young
est plowman, Flashlight, Glen
Jeffery.
Batten, of
as pianist,
of Exeter,
for the day
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Tuesday
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Londoner’s Yacht Burns
The Wauseda 111, a pleasure
craft owned by Harold Berner,
of London, was destroyed by
fire of unknown origin Thurs
day night at Rattlesnake, Har
bor on Fitzwilliam Island. Loss
is estimated to be about $25000.
Three men, Russel Schope, of
Owen Sound
and George
Tobermory,
Wednesday to go duck hunting
on the island. They returned to
the harbor Thursday to find the
vessel ablaze.
Mr. Berner also operates
pleasure boat at Grand Bend
Joseph Gamache
Simpson, both of
left Tobermory on
a
funeral service was
afternoon for
wife of Fred
former M.P.,
lian occupation but continue ad-1 Perth. her residence in
vanced training with their local j Marys. Rev. Scott Duncan
auxiliary squadrons. of Toronto, officiated.
aircrew,
ground
A private
held Friday
Sanderso,n
Sanderson,
a
Rev.
Mrs.
G.
for
St.
, of
In the U.S. and Canadian prairie lands, a wheat field of 1,000 acres
is considered average size. In Ontario a 50-acre field is the most com
mon division of property. In the west, gangs of man and specialized
equipment sow, or harvest hundreds of acres of grain in a single day,
then move on the next field. A prairie-trained farmer now living m a
small Ontario farm thinks he can adapt western farm methods to On
tario and has rented 1,800 acres, spent $25 000 in equipment and hopes
to earn $100,000 in a single year. It is the first time that a genuine
attempt has been made to do farming in Eastern Canada on the same
scale as in the west and there is a possibility that if the experiment
succeeds, it will alter the entire farming habits of Ontario s rural
dwellers. Prairie farmer Norman Taylor, right, is shown as he gives
his orders for the day to the four farmers working the 1,800-acre plot.
Taylor himself spends most of his time as business manager for a
small-town college.
Whitesides.
■n his way
afternoon
>r accident
m
four miles sc
Pontiac car
•nt out of contro’
a deep ditch. The
r struck the side
force as
to somersault
Mr.
London.
Exeter
with a
fortunately escaped with
injuries. About
of Exeter the
was driving wc
and landed in
front of the ca
of the ditch with sueli
to cause the car
with the wheels in the air
Mr. Whitesides
crawl from the car
window. A Detroit mot
Ing south brought Mr.
sides to Exeter where
examined by Dr. Milner
terwards taken to his home in
London in Mr. Dinney’s ambu
lance. He suffered from shock
chest injuries and injury to
his nose,
doctor lr
rangements
brought to
garage. The
eged.
The front
the steel top badly damaged
Committed in Radio Theft
Timothy Patrick O’Reilly and
William N. Fletcher, workmen
of a construction firm at Cen
tralia, who were charged with. *
the theft of a radio from an
other workman. Robert Pfaff,
were committed for trial at the
general session of the county
court after electing trial by
judge and jury.
They appeared before Magis
trate I). E. Holmes. K.C., in
gistrate’s court in Exeter
Tuesday.
ma-
on,
was able L
through j
irist go-
White
he was
and af-
injuries . .
Before going to the
was able to make ar
for his car to be
Snell Bros. & Co.
car was badly dam-
was bashed in and
1 The Times-Advocate requests
| all advertising copy to be in by
Monday noon at the latest.i
Former Exeter Lady
Dies in London
Mrs,
live of Ji
years a
passed aw;
pit al after
Mrs. McCallum’s maiden name
was Sophie Sweet, daughter of
the late James Sweet. She was
the widow of Stewart A. Mc
Callum, who for a number of
years operated the Oxford Hotel
in London.
She is survived by one son,
John A. McCallum, of London,
and five brothers—-Samuel Sweet
of Paisley, James Sweet of Lon
don, Frank
Sault Sts.
also of Sarnia.
The funeral service was held
Saturday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. William Wallace, of the
Church of the Redeemer, with
interment in Woodland Ceme
tery, liondott. , ; |
na-Sophie McCallum, a
Ixeter. hut for many
resident of London,
ly in St. Joseph’s Hos
ea month-long illness.
of Sarnia, Fred, of
Marie, and Robert,