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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-12-01, Page 13THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1# 1949 Page 13 THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY It "was fortunate, indeed, for the North American beet sugar' industry that Dr, Coons and his associates scored their great vic­ tory over the leaf-blight disease by 1939, World War JI cut off all supplies of European-grown seed from 1940 on and the in­ dustry would have faced at least as grave a crisis as that of 1914- 18, Moreover, the new variety of blight-resistant seed was no mere stopgap but was as productive as the best European varieties where no leaf blight occurred and markedly superior under se­ vere leaf-blight exposure. Dr, Coons and his research staff have not rested content with their early conquest over leaf-blight. Breeding research has continued and new varieties de­ veloped which are still more superior to the most productive European seed strains. -Work is also proceeding on strains of hy­ brid seed resistant to "black root”, a seedling disease caused by micro-organisms in the soil, Next week: Plant Pathology Re­ search at Harrow. CANADA AND DOMINION SUGAR CO. LIMITED Chatham Wallaceburg Floor Sanding • Old Floors Re-finished. ® Asphalt and Rubber Tile © Linoleum Laid. ; Wallace Bowden WOODHAM Phone Kirkton 53rl0 ---------------- ---------— B Muskox and caribou, found in all interior valleys of Ellesmere Island in the Arctic, feed on li­ chens. Exeter Library Fiction "Bandit Trail", Raine; "Mir­ age”, H. T, Miller; A Souveneer’s Tale”, Brace; ‘"W i 1 d e r n e s s Nurse”, Marshall; "Whiskey Ga­ lore”, C, MacKepzie; "Let Love Come Last”, Caldwell; "Queen Bee”, E, Lee; "Willow Cabin," Frankan; "Morning Is For Joy", Hill; "Tlie Gaudy Hour”, Barnes; "The Track Of The Cat”, Clark; "Playtime Is Over", Davis; "Mrs, Tim Carries Op”, Stevenson; "Piper Tompkins”, Field; "The Bowl Of Brass”, Wellman; "The Sunset Tree”, Qstenso; "Mary”, Asch; "The Plum Tree,” Chase; "Sun And Heir”, Lister; "The Edge Of Dawn”, Rady; "Twilight On the Flood”, Steen; "Sheriff Wanted”, Field; "Rustler’s Bend”, Ermine; "The Innocent Traveller”, E. Wilson; "The Plague”, Danners; "A Wreath Of Roses", Taylor; "The Gamester”, Sabatina; "The Evening And The Morning”, Sorenson; "Mr. Ames Against Time”, Child; "The Pas­ sionate Pilgrim”, Bird; "The Eagle’s Song”, A. M. Downes; "Elephant Walk”, Stalldish; "The Marshall Of,Deer Greek", Cody; "Calling Nurse Blair", Hancock; "The Second Confession”, Stout; “The Unknown Road”, Howe. Replacements Great Illustrated Classics "David Copperfield”, "Nicholas Nickleby*’, "Old Curiosity Shop”, "Pickwick Papers”, "Great Ex­ pectations”, Dickens; “Hunch­ back Of Notre Dame”, Hugo; "Ivanhoe”, Scott; "The Talis­ man”, Scott; "Lorna Doone”, Blockmore; "Three Musketeers”, Dumas; "Vanity Fair”, Thack- ery. Non-Fiction "Fifty Years Of. Achievement”, A. Walker; "Encyclopedia Of House Decorating”; "Mackenzie King Of Canada”, Hardy; "The Man From Nazareth", Fosdick; "Canada Year Book”; "Great Britain”, Oyrezek; "Come Clean My Love”, Taylor; "Tom Cullen”, Robinson; “The Sixth Year In The Air Force”; "With A Fea­ ther On My .Nose”, Billie Burke; "Red Flannels And 'Green Ice”, Pollock; "The, Wooden Horse”, Williams; "Love In A Cold Cli­ mate”, Milford; "The Beast In Me And Other Animals", Thur-1 her; "B’ehind The Curtain",1 Gunther; "Abigial Adams”, Whit­ ney; "Britannica Year Book 1949. Girls And Roys "Henry’s Difficult Term”, Re- mart; "Beyond the Burma Road”, Westerman; ^‘Corporal Of The Mounted”, Douthwaite; -"pride And prejudice”, Austin; "Johnny Mapleleaf”, Tresutt; "A Window For Julie”, Whitney; "Standish Gets His Man”, Westerman; "Jibby, The Cat”, Salten; "Scout­ ing Tales”; "Bobby And The Airplanes”; "The Red Canoe", Evatt; "The Magic Bee’s”; "The Magic Duck”; "Bonnie Bess”, Treselt; "Billy And The Bear”, B e n n o n; "M e r r y Makes A Choice”, McCormick; "Plenty Of Ponies”, Thompson; "The Ad­ ventures Of Oliver Twist”. Dick­ ens'; "I’IV Take Cappy”, McCabe; "Ticktock And Jan”, Robertson; "Pogo’s Letter”, Norling; "Po­ go’s Farm", Norling; "World Round”, Hogan; "iBlazer And The Gipsies”, Anderson; “Raffle And The Monkeys”, Ray; "What Butterfly Is It?", Pistorius; "Alice In Orchestra", Prade; "The Merry Folk Of Flowerdale", "Son Of The Valley", Tanis; “Adventure North”, Emery; "Or­ ange Fairy Book”, Lang; "Ro­ berta”, Freer; "King Of The Wind”, Henry; "Tales For Tea”, Blyton; "Listen To The Mocking Bird”, C'erle; “The Black Stallion And Satan”, Firley; "Famous Canadian Stories”, French; "Little Miss Pink”, Bennett; "Buffalo Bill”, Stevenson; "Ste­ phen Foster”, 'Higgins; . "Across Canada”, Bice; "A Christmas Carol”, Dickens; "My Brother Mike”, Gates; "The Smallest Puppy”, Johnston; "Forest Folk”, Roberts; "Mounty In A Jeep", Longstreth; "Little Red Riding Hood”; "Uncle Ramus”, Harris; "Lessons In Lovliness”, Scott; “M o n s o o n Adventure”, Di'bben; “Cricket on the Hearth”, Dickens; "The Book of Know­ ledge, ten volumes, and The Year Book, (Grolier Co. A pretty young girl applied for a job at a factory and was given an application blank to fill out. When she came to the line which read "Last Engaged” she hesitat­ ed a moment and then wrote a flowering script: “To Jack Miller.” Basketball .—Continued From Page Five home fleers last week. The Maroons’ basketball club is lining up ^ome good exhibi­ tion games for the future, as well as their league games, Some hot opposition is in sight and the dates of these games will be announced. The team either plays or practises every Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights. With good teams for opposition, it hopes to shape UP well and make a creditable showing dur­ ing the season’s play. The club is (bringing in these skilled teams not only for use­ ful practice but to give district fans a chance to see some good basketballs It feels that by com­ ing out and seeing ’basketball played, people will learn the game and Will enjoy it (for it really is a 'good, fast crowd­ pleasing sport). In the U.S.A., for example, it is the top crowd­ drawing game. The local team is a self- supporting one and is trying to remain that way by displaying good basketball to draw John Fan out to its games. Following is the league sched­ ule: Monday, December 5— St. Marys at Exeter Friday, December 9— Exeter at St. Marys Friday, December 10— Exeter at St. Marys Wednesday, December 21— St. Marys at Exeter Friday, January 6— Exeter at St. Marys Wednesday, January 11— St. Marys at Exeter Friday, January 20— Exeter at St. Marys Friday, January 27—- St. Marys at Exeter All home games commence at 8:30 p.m. Social At Staffs ■Michael Doyle, con. 6, Hibbert, entertained his threshing patrons and other friends at a social in Staffa Hall last week. Despite the stormy weather the hall was well filled. Dancing was enjoyed to music supplied by Nelson Howe, Walton Kerslake and El­ don Allen. Lunch was served. Exeter Badminton Club Beaten By Stratford The Stratford "D" team eked out ft close 7 to j win over the Exeter Badminton Club on the Stratford courts Friday evening. The match was the opening "go" in the recently organized "D” league, Other teams in the league are Clinton, Seaforth and Listowel. The outcome of last Friday night's matches were in doubt right up to the last (game between Ilene Hodgips and Si Simmons (he of the immobile Ford) of the visiting club and Winnie Marshall and Ross Griff of the home club. The Stratford shotsmiths won after three close games. Following are' the match re­ sults (Exeter 'players are named first): Ladies’ Doubles—Ethel Mode and Dean Morley defeated Ruth Drake and Shirley Brown 15-2, 15-3; Marion Knowles and Irene Beaupre lost to Doreen .Mulford and Viv Sandey 15-7, 15-0; Ilene Hodgins and Eleanor Hunkin lost to Winnie Marshall and Shirley Rogers 15-5, 15-6, Men’s Doubles—Doug Knowles and Bob Dinney defeated Bill Grosch and Don Mulholland 15- 6, 15-13; Doug Grayer and Don Hughes lost to Gord Milliken and Bill Gandison 7-15, 15-7, 18-16; Si Simmons and Ray Wuerth lost to Jack Hill and Ross Griff 15-10, 15-11. Mixed Doubles—E 111 e 1 Mode and Doug Grayer defeated Doris Elliot and Gord Milliken 15-7, 15-11; Dean Morley and Bob Dinney defeated Ruth Drake and Don .Mulholland 15-8, 15-11; Marion and Doug Knowles lost to Doreen Mulford and Jack Hill 9-15, 15-7, 18-17; Irene Beaupre and Don Hughes defeated Shir­ ley Rogers and Wally Smith 15- 13, 15-5; Eleanor Hunkin and Ray Wuerth lost to Viv Sandey and John West 15-8, 15-12; Ilene Hodgins and Bi Simmons lost to Winnie Marshall and Ross Griff 15-12, 5-15, 15-2. She: "A. lecturer talked to our club today about the balance of power. "What does that mean?” He: "Here’s a good example. I make the money in oui’ family, but you’ve got all our ration I books. 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