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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
COMMISSION.
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Officer’s Mess
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celebrated
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H. L.
with
an airframe
The
St. Patricks day with 'an inform
al dance on Saturday evening
■March 19.
C. A. L. MURCHISON J. G. BISSON R. J. TALL ON
Commissioner Chief Commissioner Commissioner
RCAF. .Cheesman served
l the RCAF during the last
I and after spending some
as a civilian returned to 1 RiCAF,
as-
w M
King;
POP’S
B.
Taxi Service
and
Z’■x
Phone: Crediton 18rll
Exeter 357
agent from 1920 to 1945. In 38
years at the switchboard, Miss
Ira,
and
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Wallace Bowden
WOODHAM Phone Kirkton 53rl0 '
3 Bice,
Wellington
Bissonnette,
St. Joseph;
A., Physican,
to illness.
Mr, J. M,
Sanding
• Hardwood & Tile Floors
Laid.
• Old Floors Re-fiuislied.
• Asphalt, Rubber &
Plaster Tile, ’
> Linoleum Laid.
THE TIMES-APVQCATE, EXETER, 0NTARIP,. THURSDAY MORNING,. MARCH M. W
History tot the Hensall
Telephone System AIRPORT NEWS For Basement
Excavation
For easy, yet efficient, disin
fecting of brooders, poultry
houses, etc., try Dr. Salsbury’s
GERMEX or PAR-O-SAN.
Each features high germ-kill
ing power, low cost
of use. No “dippy”
odor. Ask for either
GERMEX or PAR- /
O-SAN — both Dr.
Salsbury’s items.
L. V. Hogarth
Phone 266
J
Skinny men, women
gain 5,10, IS lbs.
Get New Pep, Vim, Vigor
What a thrill i Bony limbs fill out; ugly hollows
nil up: neck no longer scrawny; body loses half-
Btarvea, sickly " bean-polo” look. Thousands ot
girls, women, men, who never could gain before, are now proud ot shapely, healthy-looklng bodies.
They thank the special vlgor-bulldfng, flesh-building
tonic, Ostrex. Its tonics, stimulants, lnvlgorators,
Iron, vitamin Bt, calcium, enrich blood, improve
appetite and digestion so food gives you more
strength and nourishment; put flesh on bare bones.
Don’t tear getting too fat. Stop when you’ve gained
the 5.10,15 or 20 lbs. you need tor normal weight.
Costs little. New “get acquainted" size only 60c.
Try famous Ostrex Tonlo Tablets for new vigor
and added pounds, this very day. At all druggists.
When the m a g n e t o switchboard now serving Hensall gives ,
way early next month to the Scott has not missed a day due
new common battery exchange,
a telephone era that began over
half a century ago will come to
an end.
The beginning of telephone
history in Hensall is shrouded
in mystery, but it is certain that’
a telephone line ran through
Hensall well before the turn of
the century, although the ex
change was not established until
1905.
Tlifere is a Hensall, directory
listing for 1899, containing two
names, those of j. c, Stoneman,
local Bell manager, and A. A,
Goetz, propietor of tlie Com
mercial Hotel, There is also *a
record of a fire, which destroyed
the Bell office on August 11,
1900, and during that year there
was talk of 'starting a Hensall
exchange. A record also exists
which shows that the Bell office
was moved on January 22,
19i0i; this record consists of an
.old telephone message form,
such as were used in Bell offices
in the old days when there were
few home telephones.
In those days of 19 00
19 01, when the telephone was
establishing itself in Hensall,
there were many troubles in the
world. A British garrison was
beleaguered at Ladysmith, and
another at Mafeking, in South
Africa. There was trouble in
China, where a Boxer uprising
had just broken out, and the
United States forces were trying
to put down Filipino resistance.
King Umberto was assassinated
on July 29, 19 00, in Italy, and
the Australian Commonwealth
was proclaimed on December 3'0
of the same year.
At Madison Square Garden,
' New York, the last bicycle and
the first motor car exhibitions
were held. Most of the cars ex
hibited were steamers or elect
rics. At the'famous exhibition in
Paris, the world’s first escalator
was demonstrated, and was latei»
bought by a New York depart
ment store.
During those early days of
the telephone in Hensall, soldiers
going abroad were singing
“Good-bye, Dolly Gray,”
rakes were lilting, “Tell
pretty maiden, are. there
more at home like you? a
popularized by the famous Flora-
dora girls.
By 1905, Hensall had a flour
ishing exchange with twenty-two
subscribers. A memo of the
period states that 35 foot and
40 foot poles “will have to be
teamed in from Exeter.” ■
A name long connected with
the telephone in Exeter is Scott,
and the connection appears to
begin when J. Lome Scott be1
came Bell managei’ nearly 40
yeai^fe ago. He was succeeded as
manager by his father, George
■Scott, who served until 1919,
•Most famous of the telephone
Scotts in Hensall is, of course,
Miss Katie I. Scott, who joined
the company as an operatox* en
April 1, 1911, .and served suc
cessively as branch managei' and
and
me,
any
song
Goodwin became
manager in 1945 and was suc
ceeded by ‘Mr, c. B. Symonds in
February of this year.
The earliest directory for Hen
sall with any considerable list
of names still extant is one
issued in 1907. It contains 41
listingsk for Hensall -and the
public stations at St. Joseph and
Zurich, which were served by
the Hensall exchange. Listings
from this early directory are
shown below: 1 Arnold, H. Res
idence,
Queen’s Hotel,
Queen; Sih
Manufacturer,
Campbell, Dr.
Zurich; 10 Cantelon, D.E., WhoL
Produce, King; 31k Cantin, N.
M.( Promoter, St. Joseph; 24
Cook, H. & Sons, Flour Mill,
Wellington; 4 Cooke, H. ,.J. D,,
Barrister, King; 5 Cooke, H. J.
D. , Residence, Oxford; 31g
Faust, D, ,S., General Store (B.
T. Co. Pub. Stn) Zurich; 7
Ferguson, Dr. W. S., Physican,
King; 27 Gauld, Alex., Res
idence, King; 8 Grand Trunk
Railway, Station; 9 Harburn,
W. M., Florist, Oxford; 6 Hef
fernan,’ Thomas, Commercial
Hotel, King and Wellington; 15
Hensall Foundry & Manufactur
ing Co., Richmond and, Eliza
beth; 3z Hess, Fred, Sr., Carriage Factory, Zurich; 23 jarrott
R., Livery, Queen; 4z Johnston,
R. R. & Sons, Dominion Hotel,
Zurich; 16 Joynt, George, Res
idence, King; 3 lo Lamont, iP.,
Farmer, Zurich road; 11 Mc-
Donell, J.&C., Hardware, King;
2z Merner, J. J., Merchant,
Zurich; 12 Tdolsons Bank, H. J.
Billings, manager, King; 21
Murdock, T., Livery, Wellington;
1-3 Ortwein, J. W., Gen. Store,
King; 14 Parlmer, T. W. Rest
aurant, King; 17 Petty, George
iC.,
J.,
E. ,
P.,
22
idence,Alexander, D r o v e'r, Oxford; 2
■Sovereign Bank, H. Arnold, mgr.
King; 5z Branch, J. -Snell, mgr.,
Zurich, Stoneman, J. C., Local
mgr, Office, King; 19 Welsh,
Thomas, Electric Light, King;
20 Weismiller, John, Gener-al
Store, King; lOz Williams, J. A.
■Miller, Zurich; lz Wilson, Dr.
J. L., Physician, Zurich; 26
Wilson, W. J., Merchant, King.
St. Joseph, Public Station, A.
Bisonnette—for subscribers see
Hensall, Zurich Public 'Station,
D. iS. FaustL-for subscribers see
Hensall.
Butcher, King; 9z Preeter,
Merchant, Zurich; 25 Rannie,
Merchant, King; 8z Hau, J.
Commercial Hotel, Zurich;
Smallacombe, Fred, Res-
Wellington; 18 Smith,
The School of Flying Control
graduated its sixth course of
flying control officers March 18,
when eleven fully qualified air
traffic controllers finished their
eight weeks' course. Graduates
were from Widely scattered parts
of the Dominion, with Nova
Scotia, Ontario and British Col
umbia all being? represented,
Perhaps the simplest way ,to
describe the duties -qf the flying
control officer Is to say that he
is a traffic cop ifor airplanes. He
sits on the ground in a traffic
control centre and through radio
communication knows what all
tlie planes are doing, where they
are going, what height they are
flying and when they are expect
ed to reach theii’ destinations.
' One important thing these I
aerial policemen are trained for I is to direct searches carried on'
by dozens of planes. A missing
plane in the .northlands, a ship
in distress off Newfoundland, a
sick missionary in the Arctic-—
any emergency requiring .an aer
ial search or rapid .transportat
ion to -civilization sends the
planes of. the R.C'AF aloft. Two
of the graduates of course six
wil go to. RCAF Rescue and Co
ordination centres, which direct
search and rescue.
The next course of trainees at
the School -o'f Flying Control will
•consist of thirty airmen, some of
whom have just recently joined
the RCAF. They will be trained
as aircraft -control assistants to
assist flying control officers by
guarding all means of communi
cation, -and .assisting in the con
trol of aircraft. The course will
last ten weeks. .
The staff of the .School is
made .up of ;S/L A. R. Holmes,
as officer commanding the
school and F/L K. -C. Dobbin
'and F/O T. M. Webster as in
structors. During the next .week
F/L Dobbin will visit the Rescue
Coordination Centre at Halifax
to obtain the latest information
on search and rescue techniques.
F/o Webster will visit the Area
Traffic Control Centre at Tor
onto for one week to work with
Department of Transport
ficials who control all traffic
civil airways in this area,
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Two new aircraft control sistants have recently joined tire
staff of the flying control tower*
They are lac A. v. Anderson
Of Hamilton and LAC J* W.
Chessman p f Ottawa, Anderson
is a former member of the
Royal Canadian Navy and dur
ing the last war served on the
“Warrior”. In ,1947 he was dis
charged from the ,Navy and a
year and a half later joined the
with
war
time
see
Cnas, P. Dietrich
R.R. 2 Crediton
Phone 20r33 Crediton
Tom Semple
S/GNS
Trucks, Windows,
Store Front Signs,
Gold Leaf Lettering
PHONE 155M EXETER
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
BOOKS MUST BE RENEWED
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Casselman who has
the station hockey
last two years has
LAC
iplayed
team for the
just been posted to the Auxiliary
Support Unit ,at Hamilton,u Ont.
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The Senior NCO’s held a very
successful Hard Times party in
the mess on Friday, March 18.
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LAC P. ,P. Bebley who is well
known in sports on Hie station
was a visitor here last week. He
is at present at Camp Borden
taking
course.
Shirley Chapman, a pupil in
Grade 9'C, Exeter District High
School, suffered a . fractured
nose at noon Wednesday. When
she was coming out of the main
door of the school a piece .of ice
thrown toy a youngster from
public school struck her in the
face and caused the fracture.
Business Directory
DR. H. H. COWEN
L.D.S., D.D.S.
DENTAL SURGEON
Main Street. Exeter
Office 36w Telephones Res. 36j
Closed Wednesday Afternoon
ELMER D. BELL, K.C.
BARRISTER and SOLICITOR
Successor to J. W. Morley
EXETER. ONTARIO
DR. J. W. CORBETT
GLADMAN and COCHRANE
D.D.S., L.D.S.
DENTAL SURGEON
Bell Building, Exeter
Telephone 273
BARRISTERS - SOLICITORS
EXETER, ONTARIO
at Hensall, Friday 2 to 5 p.m.
FRANK TAYLOR
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
For Huron and Middlesex
' FARM SALES A SPECIALTY
Prices Reasonable and
Satisfaction Guaranteed
EXETER P.O. or RING 138
JOHN WARD
Chiropractor- and Optometrist
MAIN STREET, EXETER
Open Every Week Day Except
Wednesday Phono 348
ALVIN WALPER
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
- Specializing In -
Farm & Purebred Livestock Sales
“Service That Satisfies”
Phone 57r2 R. 1 DASHWOOD
ARTHUR FRASER
Income Tax Reports,
Bookkeeping Service, etc.
tWM. H. SMITH
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
For Huron and Middlesex
Special training assures you of
your property’s true value on sale
day. Graduate of American
Auction College
Terms Reasonable and
Satisfaction Guaranteed
’ Crediton P.O. or Phone 43-2
E. F. CORBETT
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
Terms Reasonable
Satisfaction Guaranteed
EXETHR. B.R. 1
PhoneZurich 02r7
Ann St., EXETER, Phone 355w
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USBORNE and HIBBERT
MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office, Exeter, Ontario
President
Angus Sinclair, R.Tl. 1, Mitchell
Vice-President
Milton McCurdy, R.R. 1, Kirkton
Directors
William H. Coates, Exeter
Martin Feeiiey, Dublin
John Hackney’s U.K. 1, Kirkton
William A. Hamilton, Cromarty
Agents
T. G. Ballantyne, Woodham
Alvin L. Harris, Mitchell
Thomas Scott, ’Cromarty
Secretary-Treasurer
Arthur Fraser, Exeter
Solicitors
Gladman & Cochrane, Exeter
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HayTwp. Council
The Council of the Township
of Hay met in the Hay Township
Hall, Zurich, on Monday, March
7.
Correspondence, from the Exe
ter District High School Board
was presented; also from Frank
Donnelly, K.C., regarding .St..
Joseph lots.
The following .motions were
then passed: That a meeting of
all property owners having land
bordering on the Blind Lines be
tween Concessions 5 and 6 north
of the Zurich road; between
Concession 9 and 10 north of
the Zurich road; and between
Concessions 3 and 4 through the
entire length of Hay Township
■—be held in the Township Hall,
Zurich, on Thursday, March 24,
at 8 p.m.
It was also moved and .passed
that relief for Mrs. Edith MasQn
be raised from $15.00 to $20.00
per month, retroactive to March
1, 1949; that accounts for Hay
Township roads, relief, general
accounts, Hay Municipal Tele
phone System, be paid as per
voucher:
Hay ToWnship Roads — Hyde
Tractor & Combine Co., $50.00;
James Masse, labour and .gas,
$108.80; H. W. Brokensliire,
$50.70; Michael Masse, $37.70;
Sheridan Equipment Co., $110.-
5o; Alphonse Masse, $47.25;
Louis Masse, $51.00; Matthew
Denomme, $9.00; Alfred Denom-
me, $3.00; Wm. Watson, $3.00.
Hay Township General . Ac
count — Toronto Sationary Sup
plies, $214.20; Henry Eickmeier,
$57,50; Lome Klopp. -$55.90; H.
W. Brokensliire, $66.35; Hay
Mun. Telephone System, $1,800.-
00; John Willert, $3.00; Treas.
Huron Co., $36.00; Win. Edig-
hoffer, $4.00.
Relief — Mrs. John Suplat,
$30.00; Emma -Bassow, $8.90;
Mrs. Edith Mason, $20.00; Al
bert Heideman (rent), $5.00.
Hay Municipal Telephone -Sys-
.tem Accounts — H. G. Hess,
salary, extra labour, truck, etc.,
$730.48; ““
$322.44;
$65.40;
$144.90;
$163.55;
$133.92 •
The meeting was adjourned,
to meet again on Monday, April
4, at 1:30 p.m.
H. W. Brokensliire, Clerk
George Armstrong, Reeve
T. H. Hoffman, salary,
H. W. Brokensliire,
Northern Electric Co.,
Automatic Electric,
Stromberg Carlson,
Receiver Gen., $283.08.
Mistress (during cleaning):
“Be Careful with those books,
Jane. Some of them go back to
George I.”
Maid: “Yes, aiid some of them
ought to go back to the Public
Library, .Ma’am!”
EMPLOYERS!-—Pieuse send all unem
ployment insurance books immediately to the
National Employment Office with which
you deal, unless renewal arrangements have
already been made.
They must be exchanged for new book's
before March 31st, The new hooks have spaces
for March contributions, so you can renew
the old ones before the end of the month.
Renewal* of books is important to you,
to your employees and to the Commission.
Please Act Promptly.
TO THE INSURED WORKER’.—Have you an
insurance book in your possession? If so, please
take or send it to the nearest National Employ
ment Office for renewal before March 31st. If you
send your book, enclose your present address so
that your new book may be returned to you
promptly.
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