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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-08-25, Page 12Pag© 12 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1949 Win Deciding Tilt ■Centralia came from behind to eliminate St. Marys in the third sand deciding game at Com­ munity Park last night. The win sends the airmen into the final round with Goderich for the B group (championship,. St. Marys jumped "into a three-* run lead in the first three in­ nings hut in the fourth Centralia sent four runners across home plate and later added another while holding <St. .-Marys score­ less. i Tournament Held big event of the bowling was held >on the local Wednesday of last week, thirty-eight rinks took a Scotch Doubles tourna- Exeter W ins Two Exeter pushed the winning run across the plate in the first half of the ninth to make it two straight over the Dashwood girls in the final series for the group championship. The game was played at Dashwood, Wednesday night with a score of 9-8. The local lassies took a five- run lead in the first two frames but by the end of the fifth the Dashwood girls had evened the sccre to make it a new ball game In the top half of the sixth Exeter took advantage of three hits and a walk to go ahead by three runs. Dashwood got' one back in the last half and again evened the score in the eighth. In the ninth inning Jean Wein scored on Eleanor Hunkins’ in­ field blow for the winning run. At Local Greens The season greens when part in ment, The first draw was sched­ uled for 10:30 a.m. but a drizzl­ ing rain fell and held up the proceedings. About two in the afternoon the weather cleared, the greens were rolled and the bowlers, who had been enter­ taining themselves in the club­ house, got under way. The tourn­ ament was the Jones and Mc­ Naughton trophy with two suits of clothes as the main prizes. In addition five prizes of silverware were given together with a pair of woollen rugs to with the largest plus game. On the day before ment sixteen entries turned there double games Dow’ and Hooper, of London, were winners of the trophy and two suits of clothes with 3 wins plus 25. Dennis and Lickman, London, second, with 3 wins plus 22, Dunn and Smith, third, and W. 3 the couple in the last the tourna- had to be down but with the rain lacked six rinks for a draw. Three ten-end were played. Hold Funeral Of Mrs, George Walker The funeral of Mrs. George W. Walker was held Monday after­ noon from the Hopper-Hockey funeral home, conducted by Rev. Mr. Langford. Mrs. Walker died in Victoria Hospital, London, on Friday, after being in hospital only a few days. Born in Stephen Township, late John she was year. In 1913 she was united in marriage with her now bereaved husband and they were constant companions. Besides her husband one sister, Mrs, Richard Penhale, of Toronto, survives. She was a member of the Trivitt Memorial Church, The bearers were Fred Finkbeiner, Fred Kerr, Fred Preszcator, Preston Dearing, Asa Penhale, and Wilfred Shapton. Relatives from T o r o n t o were present for the funeral. a daughter ot the and Hanna Sanders, in her sixty-seventh ’5 Exeter Couple Marks Twenty-Fifth Wedding A very enjoyable time was spent recently. at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Fraser when they celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. The afternoon was spent in games and contests and at five o’clock the guests sat down to dinner, The table wag centered with a three-storey wedding cake and silver candles. The couple received many gifts and cards of congratulations. Guests were present from Leamington, St, Thomas, Lucan, Strathroy, Ilderton and Exeter, * Master Bill Woods' of Lambeth spent several days last week visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, William Wood. Mrs. Delight Gordon, who has spent several weeks with Mr, and Mrs. T. O. Southcott, return­ ed tp Toronto this week. Mrs. W. Sutherland, of Toron­ to, was the guest of her brother Charles and Mrs. Harris for a l’ew days last week, Ivan Hunter-Duvar, of Toron­ to, spent the w^ek-end with his parents. Peter Murray g Peter Murray, 82, a lifelong- resident of Hay Township, died Monday in Clinton Hospital. He lived in the district all his life and is survived by four daugh­ ters, Mrs. Harold Hart, Cali­ fornia; Miss -Gladys, Humber­ stone; Hannah and Elizabeth, •Hensail; and two sons, William, Imperial, Sask; and John, De­ troit. Dunn and Smith, London, 3 wins plus 18, Graham Smith, London, fourth, wins plus 19, Snell and Hockey, of town, winners of the trophy last year, were fifth with 3 wins plus 9, Dale and Dale, of Seaforth, sixth with 2 wins plus 19. The special prize went to Munro and Bessie, of Seaforth, with a plus of 17. Injured In Fall At Camp Jimmy, 10-year-old son of and Mrs. Charles W. Parkinson, while attending a boys’ camp near Goderich, had the misfor­ tune to fall on a hill while play­ ing and received a nasty cut on the knee. 1-Ie was admitted to the Goderich Hospital Wednes­ day of last week and is expected home today. He will be laid for some time. Mr. up are the KIRKTON Norman Tufts of Toronto cousin, TO TRY AN EAST-WEST LINDBERGH — John Brondello, 3(1, Italian engineer, waves from the single-engine plane in which he hopes to make the first east-west single-engine plane crossing of the Atlantic, accompanied by a co-pilot, This photo was taken before the plane was dismantled and flown tp‘London aboard a DC-4. Extra fuel tanks and navi­ gation aids have been installed for the hop which will start at Lisbon, Portugal. —Central Press Canadian Town Topics— Items of Social and Personal Interest in and Around Exeter The Times-Advocate is always pleased to publish these items. We and our readers arc interested in you and your friends. Phone 31w Run Over Child Recovering Three-year-old Wayne Couil- lard of Hensail, run over by one wheel of an .auto Friday night, is resting in bed at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Coulliard two and a half miles east of the village, after ex­ amination at Clinton Hospital. The car was backing out of a garage near his home. The boy is believed to have suffered no serious injury. Dr. J. A. Raddi- son, Clinton, is the physician. ALDON THEATRE GRAND BEND TO YOU, ITS PATRONS, PRESENTS Mr. is holidaying with his Mr. Ross Tufts. Mrs. Maud Heywood, Mrs. Violet Baker, Mrs. Arthur Fran­ cis and Mrs. E. Johns, all of Exeter, visited with Mrs. Lewis Fletcher this past Wednesday. Mrs. H. A. Giles and Master Robert Walker of Toronto spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. A. Coates. What might have been a very serious accident happened in the village this past Tuesday when two trucks came in contact with one another. Mr. Fern DeGague was the driver of the London truck and Mr. Bill Nelville was the driver of the Humphrey’s bread truck. Fortunately no one was hurt. The London truck was turned completely over, with the four wheels in the air, with the result that fruit, vegetables, bread and cakes were strewn all around. It was quite an exciting afternoon for the children of the village as they filled their mies with peaches, plums cantaloupe. A local truck brought in to clean debris. Mrs. Mary Gaiopp, Mrs. Ross Marshall, Attend U.C. Boys’ Camp Several lads from Exeter attending the boys’ camp of United Church, near Goderich. Rev. H. J. Mahoney is the direc­ tor in charge. The lads are Jim­ my Crocker, Edward Hunter- Duvar, Richard McFalls, Billy Pollen, Jim Parkinson, Jack ana Bob Robertson, Donald Taylor. Brenner Garage Sold The Brenner garage at .Grand Bend has been •purchased by Mr, John Manore. The Brenner gar­ age is one of the landmarks ,at Grand Bend and was in the Brenner family for a great many years. Mrs. Maurice , Brenner, who disposed of the garage to Mr. Manore, has built a fine new home just south of the .bridge. Mr. and -Mrs. Frank Herbert, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Herbert and family, Stratford, day with Mi*. and Witmer. Mrs. Verda McBain ter Doreen of Mount Brydges visited for a couple , of weeks with her sister, Mrs. Powe. ■Mrs. George Griffiths onto and little nephew spent a few days last week with her sister, Miss Annie Handford. Mr. B. W. F. Beavers to Detroit on Saturday attend the twenty-fifth sary of the marriage of Mr. E. Lloyd Beavers, Agnes Garter. He was spent Sun- Mrs. Wes. and daugh- Herman of Tor- Jimmie, up Mr. tum- and was the Fractures Both Wrists Bob Turnbull, an employee of the Exetei' branch of Canadian Canners, had the misfortune to fracture both wrists in a fall at the factory Thursday of last week. Bob had climbed a ladder to adjust a machine belt he slipped and fell about feet to the cement floor the above result. He is attended by Dr. Milner. when eight with being Held FRIDAY, SATURDAY August 26 - 27 Cecil B. DeMille’s ‘North West Mounted Police’ In Technicolor - Gary Cooper Madeline Carroll .. Paulette Goddard And a host of other stars. A truly great picture, re-issued by popular request. ★ k k and Marilyn, Patsy and Iris, are holidaying in the north country where they will meet Mr. and Mrs. Don Mc- Rea and family of Sudbury. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ratcliffe and family of Niagara spent the past week with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Ratcliffe. Mr. and Mrs. M. Dobson, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Hearn, spent several days in the north coun­ try. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Humphreys and daughter, Helen, are on holidays this week. Mr. and Mrs. Reg Paul daughter, Lynn, Mr. and Leon Paul are holidaying at gara Falls. Hacknfey Inquest To Be Inquest of the death of Wil­ fred Hackney, R.R. 1 Kirkton, wh0 died on July 16, when his car crashed a tree five miles north of Grand Bend, will pro­ cede in the Zurich town hall, this Friday at 2:30. The inquest has been adjourned since July 29, Dr. E. S. Steiner, of town, and Dr. Coxon, of Zurich, were in Lpndon Tuesday evening attend­ ing an executive meeting of the Western Ontario Veterinarians Association. A A SUNDAY MIDNIGHT MONDAY, TUESDAY August 21) - 30 ★ Tyrone Power k Anne Baxter ★ Cecil Kellaway ‘The Luck of the Irish’ - In Technicolor - melange of mirth, madness, and miracles. PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY August 31 - September 1 ‘Bride of Vengeance’ ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Paulette Goddard ★ John Lund Macdonald Carey The unforgettable story of ; woman who made history. CARTOON and ADDITIONAL SHORT a and Mrs. Nia- BLANSHARD Mr. and Mrs. I, M. Leish Parkhill, Miss A. Thorpe, Harvey Parkinson with Mr. and Mrs. of Hensall. Mr. and Mrs. Larry and Ray, , were Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gladwyn Hooper. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Facey, Beth, Lorna and Morley of Well­ burn spent Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Gladwyn Hooper. Miss Edna Facey of Picton spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Gladwyn Hooper. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Thomson, Murray and Ann, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Hopkins of Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins returning with them for a week’s holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thomson spent the week-end at Fenelon Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thomson, Marion, Grant and Sharon, spent Sunday at Springbank. Mrs. James Mossey and Kath­ leen spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Wes Jaques at Exeter and other relatives. spent Robert of Mr, Sunday Tinney Oakes,Herb of Lakeside, So popular was the combined Navy, Army and Air Force show at the Canadian National Exhibi­ tion last year, it has been decid­ ed to repeat it this year. It will be an enlarged display on the ground and in the air. .The “jets” will hurdle across the Exhibition Park waterfront at the rate of 60'0 miles per hour. An escalator has been installed in the Auto­ motive Building where the most modern types of planes and equipment will be seen on the mezzanine. Miss McCallum of London is spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mills. Mr. and Mrs. A. Moyer and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hayes of Bryanston spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hod­ gins, Lois and Lorene, of Glen­ dale, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Herb Langford. Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Waugh, Rachel and Tommy, of Lambeth, spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Thacker. motored last to anniver- his son, to Miss accom­ panied from London by Mr. and Mrs.- George E. Beavers of Mor­ risburg. Misses Marie and Ruth Reese Ailsa Craig have returned home after spending their holidays with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Reid of Exeter North. Mrs. D. A. Anderson ,who has been visiting in Ottawa for the past month has returned home. Miss Helen Herdman of Elim- Ville has been holidaying this past week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Herdman, Exe­ ter. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Heywood and Patricia and Mr. Victor Hey­ wood, motored to Nashville, Ten­ nessee. They will be away a week. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Taylor of Sarnia and Mr. and Mrs. Reeves of Bridgeport, Nova Scotia, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Hector Taylor. , Mrs. Morley and Miss Stein­ bach, of the Bank of -Montreal staff are on vacation this week. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Floody and two children of Windsor, are holidaying at Grand Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cutbush and Marie, of town, and Miss Margaret Reeves, of Seaforth, are holidaying at Grand Bend. •Mrs. Salter and Miss Meta Salter spent a few days with them. Mr. A. W. Pickard, of Regina, Sask., who has been spending several weeks at Grand Bend, leaves today (Thursday) for the west. Mrs. Edgar C u d m o r e, who underwent an operation in the Clinton Hospital, returned, home Wednesday of last week and is recuperating nicely. Mr, and Mrs. L. G. Lawrence of Peterborough spent a few . days visiting with Mrs. A. West­ cott and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. | Pollen. j Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pybus were in London Saturday attend­ ing the wedding of their niece, Iris Jeanne Pybus, daughter of Mrs. Pybus and the late George Pybus, to Mr. George Elton Ber- ringer, of Nova Scotia. Mr. Py­ bus gave his niece in marriage. Glenn Jeffery, Lome Luther, Mervyn Webb and Jack Hend­ rick spent the week-end at Wa- saga Beach and points north. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Murray, Rena and Mrs. Angus Murray spent the week-end with friends in London. Mrs. Steciuk and son Billy arrived in Exeter Sunday from Winnipeg to join LAC Steciuk now stationed at the R.C.A.F. station at Centralia and they are looking for an apartment. Dr. Hugh Creech and two children, Richard and Joan, of Philadelphia, are visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Creech. Messrs. Samson McFalls and Andrew Easton to Manitoulin for a few last week. Mr. and Mrs. Howard and son, Perry Lee, have re­ turned to Brampton after spend­ ing two weeks’ holiday with Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Ford and Mrs. Frank Brierly. Mr. and Mrs. Reg McDonald spent a few days at Orillia last week. Barbara and Bobby stayed with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Everet Skinner. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Reese and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. 'Pat Reid on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Eagleson and Mr. and Mrs. Walter spent the week-end in and Port Huron. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Damage Is $7,000 In McKillop Fire Fire of undetermined origin Saturday afternoon razed the barn of Frank Ryan, con. 7, Mc­ Killop township, and destroyed th© contents while some grain w as being threshed in the build­ ing. Damage was estimated, at more than $7,000. •Lost in the blaze were more than 2,50'0i bushels of grain that had just been threshed, the sea­ son’s hay and straw crop, about twenty-five hogs, a threshing machine, cream separator and other equipment. Mr. Ryan’s home was threat­ ened by the fire for a time as the wind blew the flames .direct­ ly towards the house. The dwell­ ing was saved by a change in the wind’s direction after one wall had been charred. An unsuccessful effort was made to save the threshing machine owned by Mr. Ryan’s brother Leo. Neighbors gathered to help fight the blaze but were powerless against the flames. The barn is eight miles from Seaforth, the nearest fire brigade and burned so rapidly efforts to check the blaze proved fruitless. The loss was Tartly covered by insurance. Flynn & Smith wish to announce that they will be Closed from Sept. 6-15 inclusive. Shop will re-open on Sept. 16 Thank You! Lyric THEATRE Previews its Coming Attractions and Garnet went days Ford Weber Detroit Wood and son Bill, of Lambeth, and Miss ' ‘ 'Olive Wood, of Toronto, Mothers Hope To Start Kindergarden In Exeter A number of mothers in Exe­ ter are interested in starting a kindergarden. Considering the number of children of pre-school age in Exeter it is felt that something should be done. A survey has been made for a suitable room to accommodate the children but without results. With the building of the new high school and the readjust­ ment of rooms, however, it is possible that the public library will be available. A grant of fifty per cent of the cost is available from the Department of Education. A meeting of interested, mothers will be called to meet with the school trustees early in September. Anyone interested or who could furnish any informa­ tion, please contact Mrs. Ernest Jones (phone 306J), Mrs. Don­ ald Collier (123), Mrs. Donald Hughes (254R). FRIDAY, SATURDAY August 26 and 27 DOUBLE BILL ‘Phantom Valley’ k Charles Starrett (The Durango Kid) k Smiley Burnett (The West’s No. 1 Comic) ALSO ‘Manhattan Angel’ ★ Gloria Jean ★ Ross Ford MONDAY, TUESDAY August 29 and 30 ‘The Great Gatsby’ ★ Allan Ladd k Betty Field A great cast . . . A great novel . . . A truly great motion picture! and the ZION Mrs. Allen Jaques week-end holidaying WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY August 31 and September 1 ‘Take One False Step’ ★ William Powell ★ Shelly Winters Who was tlie last man in Cathy’s life? Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sanders have returned home after several weeks holdays with relatives in Kenova. Mr. Arthur Hunter-Duvar, of P.E.I., visited last week with his brother Ed. Hunter-Duvar. He flew home from Crumlin on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Albin Fawcett, , Dianne and Elaine visited over the week-end with Mrs. Michael Finkbeiner. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Thac-1 Jack Hennessey, Peter Ham- ker, Orrie, Elizabeth and Linda, j mond, of Harrow, Don Brintnell, spent Sunday with Mrs. T.j Paris, and Doug Fletcher, Lon- Waugh of London. don, are spending several days Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hooper, j at Grand Bend this week.Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sankei of j Mr. and Mrs. Leon Dearing Mitchell spent Sunday with Mr. j and Mervin, of Oakwood Corners, and Mrs. Mitchell Leibler. Miss Madeline Dann of Lon­ don spent the week-end at her J home with Mr. and Mrs. George j visiting here, returned home with Dann. j Sarnia, spent the week-end. with ’ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Taylor. Norma Dearing, who has been Mr. spent at Elmira. Miss Rhoda Nixon of Granton visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hern. Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Brock spent several days last week at Owen Sound and points North. Mrs. L. Kyle and Mrs. George Jaques, of Exeter, visited on Thursday with Mr. and Mrs.- Melville Hern. Mrs. William Brock is spend­ ing this week with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Miller at Thames Road. Mrs. Butler, of Woodstock, spent several days during the past week visiting with relatives in the community. Mr, and Mrs. James Hodgins, of Lucan, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hurb, of London, visited on Sun­ day with Mr. and Mrs. Welling­ ton Brock. Reunion Well Attended The Brock, Skinner, Reunion was held in the grounds on Routly school Wednesday after­ noon. A goodly number gathered in spite of the wet weather and an enjoyable afternoon of games and a programs was conducted by Cecil Brock. Mr. Fred Dufton, retiring president, presided for the election of officers for the coming year. President —- Fred Penwarden, Vice-President —- Norman Brock, Sec.-Treas, —- Anna Brock, Sports Committee —- Mrs. Edwin Miller, Mrs. Har­ old Hern, Wellington Brock and Harold Jeffrey. It was decided to hold the reunion at the same site again next year. An estimated $13,951.'00 is 'needed to purchase plant and machinery to provide each Can­ adian primary cotton^ textile worker with a job. MATINEE Every Saturday and Holiday At 2i3O P.M. z- k_ —.......................................................-.................................................................................................. ............................... - - • .....— Exeter Roller Skating Rink (Two Blocks West Of Southcott Bros. Store) Skating Mon.z Wcd.z Fri. and Sat. General Admission: Adults 350, Children 250 ’Saturday Afternoon — 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Adults 250, Children 200 SKATES SUPPLIED REFRESHMENT BOOTH Hot Dogs, Soft Drinks, Cigarettes, Ice Cream, Candy, French Fries J Lakeview P Grand Bend asino Ontario Dancing Nightly them. BY WALLY BISHOPMUGGS AND SKEETER U. 3. Raient Offiea. 1 GRAMPS’ WELL, SON...VID YOU LEARN A LOT J AT SCHOOL TODAY? NEIL McKAV and his ORCHESTRA