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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-07-17, Page 10DIAL Brush Painting JBarns, Sheds, Boots, Implements Houses, Picket Fences, Furniture Lyman Gratton GRAND BEND, ONT. Phono 58 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 17. 1952 BUANSHARP Mr. amt Mrs. Leonard. Thacker and, family were Sunday guests (with Mrs. Waugh Of Landon. Mrs. Waugh returning wPh them for the week Mr. and Mrs. Ken Langford and family spent. Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tre­ wartha, ot Holmesville. Mr. and Mrs. and family her sister, at camp near Embro.Mr. and Mrs. M. Liebier of Mitchell were Sunday evening guests of Mr and Mrs. M. E. Hooper-Mrs Cecil Massey spent Mon­ day with Mrs. Fred. Thomson. T re­ William Jones spent Sunday with Miss Shirley Bryan, 7 DAYS A WEEK Wally Herbert reports from Easton Fisher Heiberg. B.C is .1 town built completely on rafts, It is com­ posed of homes for lumber jacks.CFPL ☆ CARS Monarch .Sedan, overdriv 12:25 Noon (Monday to Friday) STOCK MARKET REPORTS Lucan And District News Emergency Meeting Held By Lucan Board Monday evening, July 14 an emergency community meeting was called in the Memorial Centre by the Community Con­ trol Board to which members of the Women’s Institutes, Cham­ ber of Commerce, Lion’s Club, Junior Farmers and others were given a special invitation to at­ tend. Mr. Erwin Scott, as chairman, gave a splendid report on money spent and the things needing immediate attention. In a lively discussion which followed, was finally moved by U. Stanley and carried that Chamber of Commerce call emergency meeting for Thursday evening, July 17 at 8.30 p.m. to deal with the matter of arrange­ ments for a monster raffle and draw to be held late this year as a means of raising funds for the purpose of completing pay­ ment of present commitments and to finance the necessary drainage and improvements to the athletic field. The evening closed with ice eream, cake and soft drinks pro­ vided by the ladies and most of those present would reach before the downpour of welcome rain. 6-5 favourite H. Farm of and driven Clandeboye, victory over featured Clandvboyo Driver Super Chief, owned by the Three Las Vegas, Nevada, by Clint Hodgins of earned a half-length Gates Hanover in the Sea Cliff pace at Roosevelt Race­ way this week. The time for the mile was 2:08 4/5 over a track. muddy ^MOlUUUllIKIDIlIllinillliinilKIIIUMIllIKMIXIIIiKKIIIIUKIlKUIUKUIIluIHlIlIxtgtnilllltllllKKnilllllllKHKIIIIIICII^' s it F. the an home most Picnic The School be postponed on account other activities. The final date has not been decided yet though July 23 was suggested. Postponed United Church picnic has again postponed on Sunday had to of Accidents Beryl Nixon, daughter of and Mrs. Bert Mixon, suffered a broken leg when she fell from a swing. Orval Armett suffered a Mr. Orval Armett suffered a broken foot, in a haying accident. Saintsbury District Mourns R. Atkinson The community was well rep­ resented at the funeral of the late Ralph Atkinson who died in St, Mary’s Hospital, London, on July 10. He was a son of the late Wil­ liam and Ann Atkinson and lived all his life in this locality. The Rev. McGriffin was in charge of the service and interment was in St. James Cemetery, Clande­ boye. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Hugh Carroll, and a bro­ ther, Thomas. Pallbearers were Heber and Clarence Davis, Cliff Ings, Ronald Carroll, Leonard Lamb urn and Maurice McDon­ ald. Mrs. Mrs. J. and Mr, Many the invitation home of Mr. and Mrs. roll were the late Mr. made his home for the past 17 years. Personal Items Mr. and Mrs. H. Noels and family of Aylmer spent Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. McDonald and 12 celebration companied by McDonald and Dickens. Mr. J. Katook of Byron spent several days last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Dic­ kens. Mr. and Mrs. H. Davis, Ivan, Alexia and Joyce McDonald spent Saturday at Stratford also Mr. and Mrs. J. Turner, Mr. ; Mrs. J. Turnr, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Cameron and Sharon. Mrs. S. F. McRoberts Mrs. Sarah Flor e n e e Mc­ Roberts, 71, passed away in Lon­ don on July 12 after a six month illness. She was a- daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clat- worthy and was born in Ilderton. In 1902 she married Alfred Mc­ Roberts, who died in 1944. She was a member of Colborne St. United Church. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Mabel McRoberts, at home; two sisters, Mrs. Nor­ man Langford and Mrs. W. B. Charlton, of London, and one brother, A. J. Clatworthy, of Granton. Funeral service was conducted from Needham Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, July 15 by Rev. Miriam Collins of Colborne United Church. Interment wras in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Personal Items Mr. Harold Corbett is not only Warden of Middlesex, Reeve of Lucan, but is also a grandpapa. Mrs. Walter Need- with Mr, and Mrs. week. Coughlin and child- T. Kooy accompanied Dickins, Mrs. H. Davis M. McDonald, of the friends to tea accepted at the H. Car- Atkinson attended the July at Stratford ac- Mr. and Mrs. M. Mr. and Mrs. J. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ & .Ju, -A-/ ☆ ☆ ■if ☆ ☆ fa £ & a. ☆ ☆ ☆ 1950 new 1951 1919 1918 1946 1951 1911 1911 1941 1935 1931 Stude Sedan, overdrive, O.K. Chev Sedan, radio, visor, good Chev Coach, lovely ............ ..... Mercury Coach, a buy at ...... Prefect Sedan, save money at Ford Coach, good body and tires Chev Coach, see this one, only .. Plymouth Coach, a buy at ......... Chev Coach, worth the money .... Model A Coach ........................... Mr, and ham visited Garrett last Mrs. Bob ren holidayed with Mr. and Mrs. Earle Young last week. Mr, and Mrs. Cecil Deacon from Manitoba called on a num­ ber of Lucan friends and rela­ tives over the weekend. Mr, and Mrs. Harry Noel family, of Aylmer, spent weekend with Mrs. William kens, Mrs. Dickens returned home with them. Mrs. Marilyn attended the ham er of Monday. It was held on the of Mr. and. Mrs. Harold Armi­ tage. The supper was followed by a good program. Granton is following in the footsteps of Lucan and are now having a weekly collection of William Brownlee Emmanuel Church SPECIAL CARS Dodge Coupe. Thursday's price Hudson 1941 1939 These cars to Sedan. Thursday’s price .. be reduced $10 TRUCKS ]-Ton Express,1952 Dodge miles. Save $100 at only 1949 1950 1950 1941 Ford 3-Ton Chassis and Ford Pickup, very good GMC Pickup, a buy ..... Chev Pickup ................. and . C. 230. 70. a day until sold only 1,600 Cab 1,895. 1,195. 995. 895. 295. and the Dic- and sup­ last lawn 1946 tires. This FFEUALIFLCK Mercury 3-Ton, 158” w.b., 8.25x20 Thursday’s price ........................... I truck to be reduced $10 a day until sold 158” TRACTORS Ford, like new, only ............ —< Oliver ”60”, new tires, motor igood^.... 1919 1942 Oliver Cat and Loader, a buy SPECIAL TRACTORS 795. 595. 1,100. 430. 330. 1940 Ford Ferguson, O.K. Thursday’s price 1943 Moline “Z”. Thursday’s price ............... These tractors to be reduced $10 a day until sold. ♦ - COMBINES See and try the best . . . Woods Bros. FORAGE HARVESTERS & BALERS New Holland - See Them At - Larry Snider Motors Phone 624 of 64-W Exeter, Ontario well-shaded Park with present for Thompson Reunion Well Attended On Saturday, July 12, Thomp­ son reunion members held their annual picnic in a spot at Springbank some 65 members the happy occasion. An enjoyable program of races and sports were the afternoon's entertainment, wliic h included races for all, guessing contests, and relays, as well as skilled contests. The prize winners were as follows: Patsy Hodgson, Lorelei Shaddock, Jean Eagen, Shirley Webb, Wayne Sutherland, Mor­ ley, Billy Paul and Lorna Thompson, Deanna Patterson, Carol Harding, Katherine Ross, Harry Walker, Bud Harding, An­ nie Nichol, Elmore Harding, Mrs. Ben Thompson and Mrs. Ernie Thompson. An interesting feature of the afternoon was the presence of the lovely twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Clare Sutherland, of Mt. Brydges, Ont., and grand­ daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Thompson. These baby girls, Linda and Lenor Sutherland, who are five months old, were the centre of attraction and were- the recipients of the gifts for the youngest members present. The prize for the longest dis­ tance guest went to Mrs. Cecil Harding, of Toronto, Ont. The longest went to Mr. Thompson, Parkhill. Mr. Mrs. Clare Sutherland received the prize for the largest family present. At 6:00 p.m. all sat down to a well-laden table of delicious foods topped off with ice cream. Following is the list of offi­ cers for the coming year: Presi­ dent, Mr. Eldon Thompson, of Stratford, Ont. (re-elected); vice- president, Mr. Elmore Harding, of Guelph, Ont,; secretary-treas­ urer, Parry Thompson (re-elect­ ed). The 1953 picnic will held at Springbank Park. married couple prize ahd Mrs. . Ernie Parkhill. Mr. and be InA father’s advice to his son __ a distant city: “If you’re wear­ ing out the seat of your pants before your shoe soles, you’re making too many contacts in the wrong place.” I Clandeboye WX Honors Club Girls The Club Girls were guests of the Clandeboye W sentation of forks Jackie Williams, Mayy Tomes and Lewis for receiving county honors. Spoons were presented to Gwenneth Tomes, Joan Murless, Beth McRann, Elaine Hodgins, Marie Carter, Betty Ann Cun­ ningham and Marlene Thompson. These girls have just completed the course “Being Well Dressed and Well Groomed”, and their books and slips were on display. They entertained the members by giving part of their -skit for Achievement Day and suggested ways by best. Marlene several selections, pert Williams, ‘and her assistant, Mrs, Murray Lewis, were pre­ sented with gifts in appreciation of their work. The scripture lesson was read by Mrs. Murray Thompson and members answered roll call by offering a sewing hint. The motto “Be Yourself” prepared and read by Mrs. pert Williams. I. and a pre- was made to Janet Scott, Dorothy Ann* which, to look your Thompson provided appropriate musical The leader, Mrs. Ru- was Ru- Brock-Culbert Five attendants, wearing iden­ tically styled gowms in pastel tones, preceded the bride down the aisle for the double-ring ceremony in which Irene Lenore Culbert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred I. Culbert, London, became the bride of William John Brock, Kitchener, son of Mrs. Brock and the late T. H. R. Brock. The couple exchanged wedding vows before the Rev. H. E. Meri- field, recently, at St. James (Westminster) Anglican Church. Miss at the sang. The styled lace < long-sleeved basque bodice featuring a low round decolletage finished with scallops, which were caught with single pearls. The bouffant skirt, fashioned of layers of net over satin, was overlaid with a net skirt inset in front with two floor-length panels of scallop-edged lace, and extended into a cathedral train. The bride's floor-length veil of French illusion was gathered at either side of her head to pearl clips. She carried a shower bouquet of Better Time and bouvardia. Mr. Culvert his daughter in marriage Bridal attendants were Gordon McLean, Sarnia, matron of honor; and Miss Betty Jean Tuckey, Miss Barbara Darling and Miss Anne Lawrence, Lon- Aileen Guymer presided organ and Robert Tuckey 5 bride wore a princess­ gown of white Chantilly over gleaming satin, the roses gave Mrs. garbage each Monday with Len don, and Miss Colleen Brock, of -r-» _ r • _ ___ - T«TT f /»ln km’rlflC’nl ni dnPatience in charge. Mr.’and Mrs. Ken Murphy of Victoria are visiting their daugh­ ter, Mrs, George Thomson, and other relatives in the village. Mr, and Mrs. Frank Hovey spent Saturday at Ipperwash. The Glorious Twelfth is over for another year and a number of Lucanites are suffering from sore feet today. Mrs. George Barclay and her t daughter Patricia and Miss ’ Stevens, all of Toronto, are daying with Mr. and Mrs. Hodgins, Main Street. Ann Lee, on July field of eight, fifth, and at Exeter July 9 came third and second. She races next at Tillson- burg, July 16. Cathie Proctor, the six-month- old sister of Mrs. John Bright, is staying with her for four days while her parents are on a trip to Manitoulin Island. With the continuous hot, dry weather, Lucanites who saw their strawberry crop wither on the vine are in danger their raspberries too. Mullins, weekend and Mary lioli- John Miss Barbara Banting’s horse, Strathroy, in a came forth and Don 1 at of losing of Lon- with her Mrs. Henry Mrs. H. A. don, spent the parents, Mr. Hodgins. Douwe De R. 1. Clandeboye, was arrested at Cheapside and Victoria Street, London, and charged with drunk driving by city police and will appear in city court. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hovey, of Toronto, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hovey. Sympathy is extended to the Lucan relatives and friends of Frederick J. E. Neil, beloved husband of Ella Hodgson, who passed away in Granton in his seventy-eighth year. He rested in the Murdy Funeral Home till Tuesday. Interment was in St. James Cemetery, Clandeboye. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Hodgins, Ward and Wayne spent Sunday at a family picnic at the home of Mr. Orville Law at Crampton. On the way home they called at Springhank Drive and brought home five-year-old Suzanne ter for a week’s holiday. Monday the three children taken to Ipperwash. Mrs. Lovridge (nee Mary lisle). Mrs. Dorothy Mrs. Veitch and Miss Olive Ban­ ting called on Dr. Banting and family recently.On Wednesday, Mrs. Murray Smith anr Miss Elizabeth Smith of London and Mrs. Elliott and the ‘ Misses Agnes and Roberta Fox of Strathroy called oft friends and relatives In the village. Vries, 49, of R. i t 6 Fos- On were Car* Carlisle. Kitchener, bridesmaids. Groomsman was Jack Fox, of Vancouver, and ushers, Ronald Culvert, London, brother of the bride, Peter Dooley and Bruce RonaldBurns, Kitchener, and Bock, Elmira. Later, a reception was the home of the bride’s Connington avenue. The bride and groom a Wedding trip by plane couver. Foi’ travelling, the bride donned a beige /tailored, linen suit, with cocoa brown accessor­ ies and a corsage of gardenias and stephanotis. The couple will live in Kitchener. They have many Lucan friends. held at parens, left for to Van- “You must have had a terri­ ble night last night. Your eyes are sure blood shot!” ‘‘You oughta see them from this side!” i Insure the Co-Op Way Auto - Life - Farmers’ Comprehensive Liability (including animal collision and tractor) Prompt Service On All Claims KIRKTON Ross Francis Local Co-Op Agent Phone 34-r-8 ONTARIO Canadian Auto Stores LUCAN, ONTARIO. Our Staff Will Be On Holidays - Aug. 1 to 9 (inclusive) Our slaughter house and cutting room will be closed during this period and will be open again AUGUST 11. OTHER BUSINESS AS USUAL. Live Better Cheaper The Locker Way Exeter Frozen Foods Telephone 70 Main St., Exeter IcHA^ON . FOR LAJE MODEL CARS $24 ♦*► w * W' |lKl Larry Snider Motors EXETER PHONE 624 OR 64-W Mathers Bros. MAIN ST., EXETER PHONE 321-W EXETER Graham Arthur PHONE 210 Air. Merchant Watch Your Advertising Dollar Recently you may have been approached by an ad salesman with a $39.00 advertising bargain(?) in a neighboring newspaper. The Times-Advoeate has been approached, to launch a similar campaign. This is nothing new, it is just a variation of similar schemes whereby a newspaper is used to provide a handsome income from some enterprising individual or concern with a brilliant idea. Advertising space is bought at regular rates and sold at a fabulous profit. the promotor has come to leaves the impression that We have known where the local telephone service and from out-of-town. The proposition that we have been asked to launch PAPERSPACE IN OUR PICTURE (Commercial Rate) ENGRAVING ...........,.................. ■e I TOTAL $15.00 Exeter, used he is calling is as follows: The guy who shoots you a line that it is a neighboring newspaper putting on the campaign walks away with at least $24.00 in his pocket. Ask yourself if this is not just another racket? Don’t spend your advertising dollar foolishly. The Times-Advoeate is always willing to heli> you get the MOST for your advertising dollar, no matter where you spend it. If you wish you may consult us on these “bargains” and we will give you a fair appraisal. This advertisement is published by The Times-Advoeate as a public service to protect local merchants. ’ /. l u r a i i n n i i n n i i i n i i i n i n t t i i i i K i i n i i i D i n i i i u n i i i n i i i ' ■ 41 M