HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-07-12, Page 11THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1951
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Gordon McMehen of Toronto
and James McMehen of Ottawa
called on their grandmother,
Mrs. James Stanley, on Monday.
Mrs. Fred Simpson and grand
daughter Lynda Tumber of Wes-
home after
and Mrs. T.
ton, Ont., returned
holidaying with Mr.
S. Hill.
Miss May Carter
visited with Mrs.
this week-end and called
many Lucan and Clandeboye old
friends. Miss Carter ’is a sub
scriber of the Exeter Times-
Advocate and said how very
much she and her sister enjoyed
all the Lucan and Clandeboye
news.
Clarence Haskett assisted un
dertaker Box of Parkhill in the
funeral
White
burned
vzeek.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Delores spent the
Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Mr. and Mrs.
Sharyn and Judy
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
McFalls over the week-end, little
two-year-old Judy remaining.
Mr, and Mrs. Don Ankers and
daughter, Linda, from Trenton,
Ont., are holidaying
Anker's parents, Mr,
Harold Hodgins.
Mr. and Mrs. T, S.
the holiday week-end at
Simcoe,
Mrs. Charles C, Powers of
London, accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs, Alex Lowry, of
Riverside, Ont., sailed from Que
bec City July 4 aboard the S.S.
Franconia on a holiday trip to
England, Ireland and Scotland.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil E. Robb of
Elginfield attended the golden
wedding anniversary of Mr.
Robb’s aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. Gideon H, Ruttle. The din
ner was served at the Windsor
Hotel,
ception
Ripley.
Mrs.
Smith)
Of Toronto
Cliff , Murdy
and called on
service of the late Fred
and children,
'to death at
who were
Sylvan last
Murray and
week-end with
Murray,
Charlie Weir,
of Woodstock
with
and
Mrs.
Mrs.
Hill spent
Lake
Kincardine, and the re
al the Ruttle home in
Emerson Duer (Blanche
___, of Elmhurst, Ill. (near
Chicago), spent Wednesday, July
4, with Mr. and iMrs. A. A. Gar
rett.
Mr.
Marie
spent
ampton,
Mr. and
and.
and
last
Mrs. U. F. .Stanley,
Miss Gertrude Kent
week-end in South-
Mrs. Wadsworth of
Winnipeg are visiting with Mrs.
George Bawden. -
IMrs. Baiban of London is
spending a, few days with Mrs.
Preece of Alice Street.
Mrs. Irving Gibson and grand
son, Ronnie, visited with Mr:
Wilmer Jones at Kippen on
Thursday, July 5.
Mrs. C. J. Murdy and children
are holidaying with Mr. and
Mrs. Morris .Murdy at Stratford.
Mr. and Mrs. Newton Was-
nidge spent Wednesday, July 4,
with their son Arnold, at Lieury.
Mrs. Leslie Woodward, who
was laid up with an attack of
fin, is able to be back in the
telephone office again.
On Wednesday, July 6, Mrs.
Richard Dickens, accompanied by
Mrs. Wes Cul'bert of Exeter,,
visited her daughter, Mrs. Earle
Atkinson, who has been ill in
St. Joseph’s Hospital. On their
return they called on Mrs. Aaron
Davis of Lucan.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Haskett of
Toronto spent the week with Mr.
and Mrs. William Haskett.
Mrs. Lloyd 'Cook and family
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Zurbrigg at their Grand Bend
cottage. *
Mirs. W. T. Butler and Mrs.
L. Lolbringer of Sarnia spent last
Wednesday with relatives and
friends in town.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Hedden,
Elgin and Miss Marion Davis of
London spent the holiday week
end at Lions Head and Tober
mory and visited Mr. and iMrs.
Bob Garland at Wiarton.
Mrs. Dobie had her brother-
in-law, Mr. Wallace Burn, and
son Larry from Mimico
for the ipast week.
Mr, Norman Stanley,
been in the west for
three months, visited
mother, Mrs. Alice Stanley, last
week. On. Sunday they both went
to London to visited Mr. and
Mrs. Norton. Mr. Stanley re
turned to Toronto on Monday.
A number of Lucanites attend
ed the funeral service of the
late Rev. A.' C. Calder. Mr. Cal
der made a great many friends
during r:;?"
Lucan. ‘His assistance in Holy
Trinity Church will ibe greatly
missed.
Mr. Jack Wyatt is now work
ing for the Lucan Creamery.
The Thedford Anglican Guild
held a “Tea in the Garden” last
week when they featured a
British - knit demonstration put
on by Mrs. J. A. Dobie of Lucan.
Mr. and Mrs. George Arskey
and daughter Jean spent Thurs
day,-July 5, with IMr. and Mrs.
John Thomson.
Mrs. McAdams of Lucan spent
last Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Amos.
The Rev. Mr. Cook and Mrs,
Cook of the United Church spent
a week in Timmins, Ont. Their
daughter returned home with
them.
Mrs. Arthur McFalls of Cen
tralia and Mrs. .William Quinton
of London called on Mr.
Mrs. John Thompson Friday
hing, July 6. x
Mrs. Dobie recently put
two British-knit demonstrations
in Kirkton, one in Parkhill, one
in Arkona and one in Exeter—
all for private parties.
Miss Barbara Amos of Detroit
—nurse in training-—spent a few
days with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Amos recently.
Mrs. K. McGown, Mr. Allan
McDougall and Mr. Wilfred Rol-
botham of London called on
Lucan friend# on Friday.
with her
who has
the past
with his
his- short sojourn in
and
eve-
on
reply
Bruce Stevzart
in
visiting relatives
Lucan and Clan-
Exeter
Exeter
Exeter
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peg,
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Mrs.
ham.
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celebrated
so all her
Haskett’s in a most enjoyable
picnic at Springbank.
John Thomson,
of London is
days with Mrs.
Mrs.
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Lucan And District News
What!
No Exeter Paper!
“You never njiss the water
till the well goes dry!” (Since
Lucan went op Daylight Savin;
Time Lucanites have
wait till Friday morning
Times-Advocate instead
ting it Friday,
ever I salute:
paper!
paper?
papers
To all, I gave the
“I didn’t get mine
I’m just as disappointed as you
are,* but, after all, editors like
to enjoy the Dominion Day holi
day as much as we do.”
Early
over to
my ibox
hurried
down and read and read,
mattered the sweeping and the
dusting, the scrubbing. and the
baking and all the other Satur
day work? They all had to wait
while I poured through the news
of the Exeter Times-Advocate.
As I finished—“Polly Anna-
like” I said to myself: “Well,
there is something for which to
be thankful. I’ll now only have
to wait
for my
had to
for their
of :get-
but last, Thursday night
no paper! All day wher-
went I received the same
“How aibout the
Did you get your
Were there
this week?",
no
etc.
same
either and
Saturday morning I was
the P.O. and there in
lay the Exeter 'paper. I
myself home, sat myself
“ What
six days instead of seven
next Exeter paper!”
DaughterHonour
On Wednesday, July 4,
spite of the deluge of rain, wind'
and hail, over 180 guests attend
ed the afternoon and evening, tea
at the home of Mrs. Wes Rev-
ington in honour of her daugh
ter, Noreen, who was recentl}'
married.
Mrs. Adam O'Neil and Mrs.
William Walker, assisted by Mrs.
Cora MacLean and Mrs. J. Park,
poured tea.
Jn three rooms upstairs a
number of Noreen's friends dis
played her linens, her shower
gifts and her wedding gifts.
Everything was lovely. May Nor
een be spared many years to en
joy them all.
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Old friends are best friends.
How lovely to have a visit from
Mrs. Pearl Hodgins on Saturday
night. Mrs. Hodgins hfis been in
Detroit with her sister’ for some
time but is now staying with her
son, Arnold, in London.
Mrs. John Blair has a very
‘taking’ disposition. Not satisfied
with taking several attacks of
flu, which laid her up for weeks,
she has now taken the shingles.
All hope for a speedy recovery,
Mr. and Mrs. Morgenroth, who
are working in the canteen at
Aylmer for the summer, were
home for the week-end. Their
daughter, Joyce? who is summer
ing with her sister in Kitchener,
was also home.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hodgins
of London renewed acquaint-
ances in town on Saturday night.
WHALEN
Mrs. Wynne, Woodham,
week-end visitor with Mr.a
Mrs. Bert Duffield.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Squire
Douglas visited on Wednesday
evening with Mr. and Mrs. R.
Lamond, London.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Duffield and
family and Mrs. Wynne visited
on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Corsaut and Mrs. William
Miss, Ilderton.
Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Harm-
our, Fullarton; and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Hardy and family, Devi
zes, were Sunday visitors with
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Foster, St.
Marys, visited recently with Mr.
and Mrs. Klhare and Mr. and
Mrs., F. Squire.
Congratulations to Bill Heath
er and Gerald Wallis who attend
St. Mary’s Collegiate and passed
from Grade nine to ten.
Miss Mary Ogden has accept
ed a position with . Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co., London.
Mr. and Mrs. Hector Millson,
Mrs. jack Shingle and daughter,
Margaret, London, visited on
Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs.
William Hodgson.
Miss Angela O’Brien is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Bert Nao-
man, Windsor,
Miss Norma Carter, Metropoli
tan holidayed during last week
with Mr, and Mrs. William Hodg
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Richards and
Patricia of Ethel visited on Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs, Roy
Hodgson.
The W.M.S. and W.A. will
meet on Thursday afternoon at
Mrs. William French’s home.
Miss Audrey Arksey, London,
was a week-end visitor with Mr.
and Mrs. George Arksey.
Miss Olive Richards, Stratford
■spent last week with Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Hodgson.
Mr. and Mrs. Jac DeSmit and
family were at Niagara Falls oil
Monday.
Rev. Cousins, of Arkona. oc
cupied the pulpit in the United
Church on Sunday last speaking
in the interests of temperance.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry O’Sltaug-
natty, Ottawa, and Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Anderson, St, Marys,- visit
ed on Wednesday with Mr. and
IMrs. Gordon Johnson.
Mathew Slanger
Mr, De -Smith of Grand Rapids
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Slanger visited with his
brother, Mr. J. De Smith, of
Whalen last week. On Thursday
they all went to Niagara Falls.
Friday they were all in their, car
to go to St. Marys when Mr.
'Slanger (54) suddenly slumped
in his seat and was dead. Dr.
Kipp and Dr, Banting were called
but could do nothing. He was
brought to the Hasket undertakers and Mr. Clarence Haskett
took the body to Grpnd Rapids
where funeral services took place
on Monday, July 9.
Anglican W. A.
The July 'meeting of the
glican W.A. was held in
Parish Hall on Wednesday
ning, July 4, with the vice-
president, Mrs. Corbett, in the
chair. Mrs. J. Hodgins read the
Litany. Miss Ryland, Mrs. Ash
worth and Mrs. Corbett led in
the prayers, Miss Lina Abbott
read the scripture lesson, A most
interesting letter was read by
Mrs. Murdy. It was from the
principal of the Indian School at
Cardston where a bale was sent.
It described in well chosen words
a day’s activity in the school.
(The members were very
pleased with Mrs. Howard’s $5
net proceeds from a quilt she
made. The evening closed with
lunch and a social half hour.
Many Friends Shower
Saintsbury Bride-Elect
Miss Jean McDougall, of Lon
don, a bride elect Of last Satur
day, July 14, was the guest of
honor at a shower held at the
home of Mrs. Dickins, of Lucan,
on Thursday evening with 25
ladies present.
Jean was escorted to her chair
decorated for the occasion by
the hostess. Mary Agnes McDeu-
gall drew in a prettily decorated
wagon of lovely gifts. Jean
thanked all her friends for the
gifts in usually responding man
ner. “For she is a jolly good fel
low” was sung and a delicious
lunch was served which brought
the happy evening to a close,
Guests were present from. Kit
chener,, Ottawa, Staffa, Hensail,
Exeter, Lucan, London and St.
Marys, Prospect Hill and Whalen.
New Teaclier
Archie Blandford of London
will succeed Mrs. Dahms as
teacher of the Southgate School.
Before school closed for the
summer, the pupils were treated
to ice Cream by the board while
Mrs. Dahms was presented with
a silver tea pot, sugar, cream,
and tray as a parting gift from
parents and children of the sec*
tion. Owing to the death of the
chairman, Harry Ferguson, the
picnic planned was cancelled.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ford and
family spent the week-end with
Mrs. Irene Coursey. Mrs. Ford
and Ralph remained over for a
further visit.
Mrs, Coates of Exeter and
Mrs. Coleman of Lucan returned
home from Rochester on Wed
nesday, after a most delightful
two weeks' visit with their sis
ter, Mrs. Harold Dickens. While
there they celebrated the first
wedding anniversary of the Rev.
Mr. and Mrs. Dickens.
Mrs. Cora McLean and Sharon
of Detroit are
and friends in
deboye.
On Saturday
liam J. Thomson from Usborne
and their niece, Miss Jean
Christie, from the West, called
on Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs,
spending a
Orme.
Mr. and
of Goderich
with the former’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley Hodgins. On
Sunday Mr. William Hodgins of
the R.C.N. and Miss Elizabeth
Hodgins accompanied them to
London where Mr. Stewart is at
tending summer school at the
Western University.
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Haskett
had a very happy family gather
ing aver the week-end—Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin Haskett from Winni-
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cum-
from
Jack
Mrs.
Mrs.
Toronto, and Mr. and
Graham from Chat-
Calvin Haskett's mo
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a birthday on Sunday
family joined all the
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