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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-10-13, Page 1Single Copy 60Seventy-sixth Year Lodge Officers D.D.G.M, Bro, Fred J. Boyce and his installing team from Brucefield visited Exeter Lodge No. 67 I.O.O.F. Tuesday evening and installed the newly^eleqted •officers for suing term, lation, Mr. address, on installing master and team were ■congratulated on their work and at the close refreshments were ■served. The officers are as follows: J.P.G.. Bro. E. L. Gibson Bro, Garnet Johns Arnold Cann tary, Bro. Ed Howald secretary! •treasurer Warden. Con., Bro. W. J. Smith; O.G., Bro, J. F. Kernick; I.G., Bro. Owen Atkinson; R.S.N.G., Bro. A. G. Hicks; L.S.N.G,, Bro. C. .’Sweet; R.S.V.G., Bro. Donald Dearing; L.S.V.G,, Bro. William Webster; R.S.S., - - - ing; L.S.S., Bro. nant; Chaplain, Chambers. The installing team comprised D.D.G.M. Bro. Fred J. Boyce, D.D.G.M. garden Bro. Lindsay • Eyre, D.D.G. Sec.' William Cal- well, D.D.G. Treas. Bro, Alex Patterson, D.D.G. 'Marshall Bro. William iMcLachlin, .D.D.G. Chap. William Pepper, D.D.G. Guard­ ian Bro. William Scott; D.D.G. Fin. Sec. Robert Dalrymple. the lodge for the en- Following the instal- Boyce “gave a fine Oddfellowship. The N.G., Bro. secre- financial Bro. G. W. Snell; Bro. W. C. Allison; Bro. 'Gerald McFalls; Bro. W. J. Smith; J. F. Kernick; I.G., V.G. recording Bro. R. Bell- Aubrey Ten- Bro. William Shunting Train Crushes Truck; D river Escapes Charles Gilbert, R.R. 2, Park­ hill, escaped without injury when his half-ton pickup-truck crushed and demolished two sets of freight cars. 'Gilbert was crossing crossing on the west side _ ......,, when the accident "happened <last Wednesday night. Gn the left hand side, said ■police, were some stationary ■freight cars, on the right hand side of the crossing was a shunt­ ing train. Gilbert, the train was in motion, was trapped. Constable Leo Joseph said Gilbert "only miraculously escaped injury” by raising him­ self above the couplings of the freight car. Damage to the truck was-estimated at $5 0'0. was between a level of town ■apparently unaware Mrs. John McCool Mrs. John McCool, of Wing­ ham, whose maiden name was Maryt Ann Hopper, died. Sunday in her eighty-fourth year. Mrs. McCool .was the mother of Wil­ liam McCool,, editor of The Wingham Advance-Times, who is at present in the Wingham hos­ pital, suffering from a heart at­ tack. She is also an aunt of E. R. Hopper of Exeter. EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1949 Lucan Commences Arena Lucan has made a start on new community centre. The trench for the foundation of the building, 95 x 224 feet, has been dug and the gravel in on the ground mixers, pany of for the The ice surface will be 75 x 175 feet. The community^ hall ■section will be upstairs 40 x 95 feet with small loungest at either end. There will be an up- to-date kitchen and lunch coun­ ter. its ready for the concrete Hipel Construction Com- Preston has the contract building. To Hold Hallowe’en Party v At the Lions Club meeting Friday evening decided to again, hold a we’en party in the Exeter Children and parents who joyed the fast Hallowe’en party will he looking forward to coming event. / --------------------- Entertain Guests Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bailey Sheila their Bend : were Betty Hildebrandt of Hensail. The girls took advantage of the wa’i’m weather for a late summer swim ii; the lake. supper it was Hallo- Arena, en- WALLY WEIN TROPHY WINNERS —- pictured above is manager Derry Boyle and his Bantams, who captured the district league honours this season—as well as the handsome trophy donated by Wally Wein of Dashwood. Trout row (left to right) : Bob Pooley, Bill Pollen, Don Taylor, Jim Russell. Second row: Pat Hennessey, Pete Cowen, Dick McFalls, Jim Haley. Back row: Bill Batten, John Hicks, Ross Keys, manager Boyle, Garry Middle­ ton, Chuck Parsons, Don Wells. < —Jack Doerr, Exetei* the, and , entertained four guests at summer cottage at Grand* for the holiday. The guests Betty Moir, Elaine Beer, Armstrong and Dolly Weather Aids Bean Crop Farmers in the district with beans still in the field made good use of the warm dry spell to har­ vest some of the crop. We under- tand there are still many acres of beans out with little prospects of salvaging them as they have starter to discolour. One farmer has seventy-five acres still un­ harvested. Mrs. Hubert Cooper of Credi- ton underwent an operation in St. Joseph’s Hospital Wednes­ day. How To Make Exeter A Better Place In Which To Live! The following arlicle, written by Mrs. G. C. Koch, was award­ ed a special prize at the Exeter Fair donated by The Exeter Times-Advocate* It will be of in­ terest to our many So you're going Exeter? Got spme aside? Fine. I'm not al adviser. I have had little prac­ tical experience but observation of other Utopian towns has en­ abled me to select what I con­ sider the ten most Valuable tech­ niques for making ter place in which they are: 1. Beautification sable River banks. 2. Construction of a modern Public School. 3. Installation of a .sewerage * system. 4. Erection of a hospital. 5. ■jProvision for a kitchen in the Arena. . 6. Tmrovement of the system , ‘of car parking on Main street. 7. Erection of street signs and numbering of houses, 8. Establishment of adult edu­ cation classes. 9. Re-organization of the Hor- * ticultural Society. 10'. Formation of a Home and School Club and Women's In­ stitute. These ten tips call foi* a defin­ ite plan which may require a period of years. for completion. Hit-or-miss planning is a big financial leak in any .community’s spending. Let's go into the ten suggest­ ions and find how to .make them work for Exeter. 1. Beautification, of the Au- saible River banks: The natural beauty of onr river could. be greatly enhanced by planting wil­ lows along its banks. A portion of the river bed below the dam could be dredged, treeing it from unsightly weeds and shrubbery, and the river channel could be widened. By the erection of a small dam a greater expanse of water could be produced in this < area. AU Of us in Exeter who love outdoor life, and there are many, both children and adults, besides the tourists, Who pass over .out bridge Would be attracted to our Riverview Park by the natural charm or the wooded shores of our river. Ideas might be obtained from a study of park systems In Strat­ ford, Woodstock and Seaforth, with, respect to the beautifica­ tion of our river and also to the improvement pf our park. A natural swimming pool, with a diving board could be made above the dam. The Riverview Park should have improved pic­ nic facilities. It should bo equip- 1 readers. to improve money laid a profession- Exeter ,a bet- to live. Here ped with* kitchen,, rest rooms, tables, and have playground equipment. 2. Construction of a modern Public School: The Exeter Dis­ trict High School is to be com­ pleted soon, taking adequate care of our Secondary School popula­ tion. This, however, does nothing to meet the needs of pupils in our elementary school. Exeter’s school population is largely in (Jhis latter category. A modern building with provision for kin- as be Of the . Au- regular planned dergarten, as well classrooms should for immediately. 3. Installation of _ system: The’streams in ter vicinity are being with sewage from .our many sep- tank drains. This map result in an outbreak of a serious epi­ demic at any time. Scientific dis­ posal of waste is the only rem­ edy. 4. Erection of a hospital: The Exeter Lions Club have initiated a plan for a hospital which will meet the needs of our commun­ ity. From here on the project should be taken over by ,the community as a whole. 5» Provision for a kitchen in the Arena: For some years past it has been difficult to hold ban­ quets in Exeter on account of lack of kitchen .equipment, A modern kitchen in the Arena would alleviate this handicap* 6. Improvement of the system of car parking on Main street: Did you ever attempt to drive along Main street on a Saturday night, with cars to the left of you, cars to the right of you and pedestrians in front of you? If so, how far did you go in high ghat? Would it not be better to have angular parking on one side of the street or perhaps, to have parallel parking oil both sides? 7. Erection of street signs ana numbering of houses: If you are a native of the village you may know the names of the streets and, the occupants of the houses but for the sake of the .new­ comer and the visitor it would be more convenient if street signs were erected and .the houses numbered. 8. Establishment of adult edu­ cation classes: -Since people have more leisure due to shortened working hours, classes In Arts and Crafts might? be formed to encourage our people in the pur­ suit of hobbies. General academic night classes might be establish­ ed also. 9« Re-organization of the Hor­ ticultural Society: We have plea­ sant memories of Elower shows held in Exeter in the years gon.0 by. Could these not be revised? The removal of old, weakened a sewerage the Exe­ polluted /trees along our streets and their Replacement with saplings is advisable. We also lack the beautiful municipal flower beds so prevalent in some other towns. An active Horticultural Society would tackle these problems. 10. Formation of a Home and School Club and of a Women’s Institute: Exeter lacks parent­ teacher contact, which is vital to the welfare of our children. Closer co-operation between the home and the school is essential for effective' character training of the child. The social life of the women of Exeter would be enriched by their contact with others in the meetings of the Women’s Instit­ ute. These are my ,10 proposals for the improvement of Exeter. Are they too demanding in time and money for one year? Then how about a five or a ten year plan? Thermometer To Tell Success Of Campaign Adorning the front of Exeter’s postoffice is a huge thermometer that, in the future, will mark the progress that is being made for the raising of funds for the erec­ tion of a new hospital to be known as the South Huron Hos­ pital. At the bottom of the ther­ mometer is a beautiful picture representing a hospital. The fig­ ures on the thermometer range from 55000-8130,000 A The first posting indicates that_ §15,000 has been ’ ----- mometer work of painter. Canvassers are at present mak­ ing a quiet but stea'dy survey of the businessmen of Exeter and have met with some most en­ couraging contributions. Organizations are being set up in the various municipalities and the work, although of necessity slow, is meeting with splendid support. C. W. Christie Improving Mr. C. W. Christie, who has been ill in Victoria Hospital. London, suffering from pneu­ monia, is improving and expects to return to the home of Mr. Mrs. William Thompson, of borne, week. the latter part of and Us- the Mrs.Ted Chambers of Credi- ton is ill in St. Joseph’s Hospi­ tal, London, having undergone an operation Wednesday. subscribed. The ther- and,,.. drawing is the Thomas Semple, sign Neighbour Aids Injured Hensail Woman An alert passer-by was credit­ ed with saving a lady at Hensall after she fell in her home and severely injured her leg. Miss Clarissa Mitchell, in hex* sixties), who lives alone, slipped on the kitchen floor while she was emptying a tub of water. She managed to crawl to the front door and screamed fox* help. Mrs. Leaton Seimon, a passer- •by, ran to Miss Mitchell’s aid, then summoned a neighbor, Mrs. Wm. Shepherd, who telephoned Dr. J. C. Goddard. Meanwhile, Mrs, Seimon gave 'first aid to the injured woman. Dr. Goddard drove ^Miss Mit­ chell to Victoria Hospital, Lon­ don, where officials said X-rays revealed a broken knee cap. Miss Mitchell’s condition was described as "satisfactory”. Who Dat Man? The "unknown” driver of the unmoving Ford (not a stationary wagon, as some might suggest) received additional this week when the read word for word Times-Advocate over radio station on a morning pro­ gram. recognition article was out of The a Toronto Rev. Snell Returns C. V. Pickard Still Rev. H. J. Snell, confined to hospital three weeks following an auto accident in which he was serious­ ly injured, returned to the James St. parsonage -on Sunday. Alt though making a fine recovery he is still confined to his and will be laid up for a weeks. Mr. G. V. Pickard, who injured in the same accident who has ^jlso been confined to St. Joseph’s Hospital is also on the mend. He is able to be up a little each day and is expected home shortly. Home; Confined after being for nearly hed few was and German Minister Guest Speaker Evangelical United Brethren of this area and friends from othei’ denominations gathered in Calvary Church, Dashwood, Wednesday evening, October 5, to hear Dr, Richard Leger, of Reutlinger, Germany, Dr, Leger and two other lead­ ers of the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Europe have been touring the United States and Canada for ten weeks under the auspices of the Denomina­ tional Department of World -Mis­ sions. Dr. Leger is Superintendent for Church Relief Wr all Ger­ mans and has been a Conference Superintendent in the South Ger­ many Conference for twenty-five years-—seven years in the Stutt­ gart District and eighteen in the Reuttingen District. This summer Bishop George E. preached to 80G .people who come in by special trains to Sunday morning service of South Germany Conference hy gracious invitation of •Oil Epp had the ' the held the Lutheran Church in the fam­ ous Ulm Cathedral, Dr. reported.*The German people of Western Zones are happy their new government and the new president is a Christian gentleman. Communism has no appeal to the families of men who saw it first-hand in opera­ tion during the war in Eastern Europe. The people are grateful for the help being received from Canada and the U.S.A, in food and in the reconstruction pf their churches —seventy percent of which were destroyed. Refugees pouring into Western Germany from Com­ munist dominated Eastern Ger­ many make living very difficult. The number of Displaced Per­ son’s (Dear People) looking to America for homes is still in the millions. Rev. J. V. Dahms, Crediton, and Rev. H. E. Roppel, Zurich, assisted the pastor, Rev. J. H. Getz, in the Worship Service. Music was provided by the choir and T. Harry Hoffman. Leger the 3 about 7 A Year In South Africa7 As Told By Former were covered with a mass of pink and white blooms, for the hydrangeas at this season are beautiful. They are commonly called "Christmas roses”. Every garden had its borders, too, Of deep blue agapanthus — large clusters .of lily-like flowers on a tall stem. The flowering jaca­ randa trees with their masses of mauve-blue flowers are a not soon to be forgotten. From the Strand one across False Bay toward Mountain and Cape of Hope. Cape .Town, "The Mother City,” has a peculiar charm and fascination for the newcomer, and I, too, was drawn to it. I spent five days rambling round buildings both old an new, and gardens alive with, tropical birds and colourful bloom. The Castle, dates back to 1666. It is Cape Town’s most popular show place today. Im this historic old build­ ing, which was once the social centre of the early Dutch colony, one meets visitors from all parts of the world. I spent a whole day rambling round Cape Town Uni­ versity and Rhodes Memorial, which from its lofty elevation on the slope of the mountain com­ mands a fine view of the city and bay below. Nearby is "Groote Schuur”, the Prime Minister’s residence, a palatial Dutch gabled house built by Cecil Rhodes! Here can be seen of Dutch Colonial antiques, many of made of stinkwood, South Africa's most wood. The stinkwood digenous tree. It is a Readers of the Times-Advocate will be interested in a letter written .by Miss Lulu 'Morlock, of Windsor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Morlock, of Credit­ on, and a graduate of the Exe­ ter II. S. Miss Morlock recently returned to Windsor from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where she spent the past year on teachers' ex­ change. To .The Editor Exeter Times-Advocate Dear Friends: I greet you from the High Seas’. Yesterday at 10 a.m. we crossed the equator. Father Nep­ tune met the children on the upper deck and the age-old tra­ ditional ceremony was performed beside the white, tiled open-aii’ swimming pool. The initiation in this barbaric custom, .however, was very mild —* a bit of soap, some talcum powder, a drink of salt water — a hearty handshake with the god of the sea, and the much coveted certificate was theirs. This will be cherished by the happy youngsters in the years to come, as a memento of their first crossing .of the “Line.” I crossed into the Northern Hemisphere yesterday^,with mingled feelings of joy and re­ gret. When I traversed the equa­ tor a little more than a year ago (July 26, 1948, to be exact) the “Union of South Africa was still an unknown land to me. i was at that time, a little fearful, per­ haps, of what strange v new ex­ periences "The Land Down Under" might bring, Today I re­ call many happy times, many kindly faces, all .of which helped to make it a really wonderful year. Many and varied are the .privi­ leges and experiences of an ex­ change teacher. Not only was I keenly bent on seeing .as much of South Africa as possible, but I was doubly anxious to get a working knowledge of the scheme of education. During my short stay, I covered some 20,000 miles in the Union during my four term holidays. The natives I found Intensely interesting — charming, affable, with the most ihtriguing customs. To them to-, morrow is always "another day." What a happy people. By the time I reach Windsor again, I shall have covered some 40,000 miles-— by land, seu and by air —- eiwtigh to circumnavi­ gate the globe twice! I shall not attempt to give yon any detailed accounts of what I have seen and arid heard. H. V. Morton, in his recently published In Search ,of South Africa", gives Vivid and , stimulating descriptions of some i of the places I have visited, fie sure to ask for this book at your local library. Did you know' that f Town Topics Mr. Jack Bird of Oshawa visited over Thanksgiving week* end zwith Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Pooley of Exeter. Mr. ' and Mrs. Frank Tayloi and Mrs. Charles Box attended the funeral of Janet Poore, of Parkhill. . Mr. and Mrs. James Squire attended Woodham anniversary on Sunday and spent the after­ noon with Mr. and Mrs. William Thomson of the town line. They also called on Mr. and Mrs. La­ verne Stone. Mr. and Mrs. Laird Joynt of Hensall and Miss Evelyn How­ ard, formerly of Exeter, attend­ ed a reunion of the members of the Arts course of 1929 of Wes­ tern University at the Longwood Inn, Lambeth, Saturday follow­ ing the Western-McGill game. Mrs. John ESsery and Mrs. Duffield,. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Creech and John of Exeter were Thanksgiving Day guests with Mrs. L. C. Hicks, Fairfield. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Knight'and baby, and Bob Coles visited on Wednesday at the home of Ar­ thur Kerslake. Mr. aiid Mrs. Grant Smith spent Thanksgiving week-end with relatives in Paisley and also enjoyed motor trips to Washago and Pott Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. William Craw­ ford and two daughters, of Bel­ mont, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Beattie, of London, spent Sun­ day with Mr. and Mrs. Asa Pen- hale. Mrs, Arthur Ketslake, Phyllis and Bob, visited over the week­ end with the former’s sister at Dresden. Mr, and Mrs. James Tuckey, $Udy and Jimmy, of Cass City, Mich., spent Thanksgiving week­ end with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Tuckey. Rev. A. J. Agnew, of London, conducted the service In James St. United Church on Sunday morning last owing to the illness of the pastor, Rev, H. J, Snell. In the evening Rev. Mr. Wil­ liams, Padre at the Centralia Airport conducted the service. Mrs. T. McLaren, Miss Lottie McLaren, Mrs. S. G. McCormack, of Niagara Palls; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Butcher, st. Marys, and Miss Dorothy Forrester R.N., • London, were holiday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. G, Forrest­ er, very Port The sight looks Table Good Storm Causes Hydro Cutoff •Many sections of the town of St. Marys were without hydro power or telephone service Tues­ day night and Wednesday morn­ ing as a result of the severe rain and windstorm which idshed the area. The cub-offs were caused on♦ area, The cutr-oft's by tree branches falling overhead wires. Town Topics Mr. Nell Jones of the Ottawa spent Thanksgiving with his parents, Mr. ana Mrs. J. H. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have this week moved in front their summer cottage at Grand Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hod- gert, Brian and Karol, of Toron­ to, and Miss Janet Kestle, nurse- in-training at Victoria Hospital, London, were holiday visitors with Mr, and ’Mrs. Victor Kestle. Mr. and Mrs, Taylor and girls and Mr. and Mrs, N, C. Ford and Dianne visited on Sunday at St. Claire Shores w,ttli Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Taylor, of Sama, also Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker and Miss Shirley Walker, of Windsor. Nova Scotia, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs., Hector Taylor over Thanksgiving. Mrs. William Carling and her d a u g li t e r, Mrs. Craig, spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carling, of London. Mr. and Mrs, W. H. Pdllen and B illy spent Thanksgiving at Peterborough visiting with Mr and Mrs. Lawrence, Mr, C. S. McNaughton was lit St, Louis, Kansas, last week at­ tending a meeting in connection with the seed business. Mr. Morton has bought a farm recently at Somerset West, a de­ lightful town which . nestles at the foot of mountains about 30 miles east of Cape Town? Thou­ sands of English families are migrating to .South Africa an­ nually, but often, on arrival they find it is not the land flowing with milk and honey that they bad anticipated —* so they begin trekking back again. As a matter of fact, I have met several fam­ ilies on this ship — thoroughly disillusioned — .who are actually looking forward to returning "home” ■—. they know what ra­ tions and restrictions are but they are willing to face it! On the other hand I am more than glad that I decided to go to Sunny South Africa. I \jvas happy during my year in Elizabeth. I enjoyed teaching in Junior Collegiate School for Girls. It was a nice change to have classes of girls only. My subjects included English and geography, Standards V and VI, comparable to our High School Entrance classes in Ontario. Like most South African schools, Junior Collegiate is a boarding school with a proportion of day scholars as well, It is a govern­ ment school, although when it was established in 1874 it was founded purely .as an Anglican Church School. It is very proud of its tradition and regulation uniforms, school ties, and school hats are strictly adhered Jo. The enrolment is approximately 550 girls, all of whom ate European. »The school building itself is built around an Inner court where palm trees, geraniums, poinset- tias, and. flowering hisbiscus shrubs flourish the year round. The school year covers about 200 teaching days and is divided into tour terms instead of three (in Canada) with a short holiday at the end of the first .three terms and a six weeks’ vacation at the end of the year in DccCm-; her .and January, which is the summer vacation, for as you know the seasons “Down Under”: are reversed So you see, I cele- ■ brated Christmas in the golden . summer time. I spent Christmas week at a small guest farm near Somerset Strand, about four miles from H. V. Morton’s farm. The delightful stretch of sandy beach invited a bathe on Christ* ■ mas Day and I heard the King's mesage from a portable radio on . the seashore. Perhaps,. I did miss the sound of jingling bells and i the flurry snowflakes? Instead I I was conscious of the roar of the l Indian Ocean and the shrill hum* s ming or "Christmas bees” as the cicada is known there. Instead of wearing a white mantel of siiow, the Western Cape gardens 3 SI fine examples furniture and the pieces arc which is beautiful is an in- _______ very hard wood and takes a high polish. It is found . only in the Western Cape and is now protected by the government because It grows very slowly, I discovered that most of the trees Including the eucalyptus gums, willows, wat­ tles, jacarandas and flamboyants have been introduced from South America, Australia or India. Highlights -of the Cape holiday included a day’s ramble on Table Mountain. We went up by Aerial Cableway, truly an .amazing feat of engineering. Table Mountain Is dearly loved by all the inhab­ itants, Even I, a casual visitor, got the habit of glancing sky­ wards frequently to see whether I “The Cloth” was being laid over ’■'The Table” or whether it was being cleared. Suddenly tmd. without warning a "south-easter” (Trade Winder blows in from the sea and a big woolly cloud obscures the vp of the lovely mountain which a few moments before had been so clearly etched against the blue sky. Again —~ just as rapidly a wind from in­ land may clear the Table Top. The trip to Cape of Good Hope --Please Turn to Page Twelve