The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-02-05, Page 12Page 12 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1953
Mrs. Alice Mitchell is con
fined to her bed through illness.
Valentine Euchre
EXETER LEGION
MEMORIAL HALL
Wednesday Feb. 11
8:30 p.m.
Under Auspices
Ladies’ Legion Auxiliary
Admission 50#
Refreshments Provided
Presentation
And Dance
FOR MR. AND MRS.
RON SWARTZ
Thursday, February 5
EXETER LEGION HALL
SYNCOPATORS ORCH.
Ladies Please Bring Lunch
Kippen Men Serve
Supper At Church
A pot luck supper preceded
the annual congregational meet
ing of St. Andrew’s Church,
Kippen. The Board of Managers,
assisted by the men of the con
gregation were in charge of
serving the meal.
Toasts were proposed by Mrs.
Norman McLeod to the Queen
and by Mrs. Harry Caldwell to
the men to which Mr. William
Bell responded.
Musical numbers were pro
vided by Mrs. lioss Broadfoot,
Jack Caldwell and Joan Sinclair.
The Rev. N. McLeod was
chairman of the business meet
ing and Emerson Kyle was
appointed secretary. Mr. Mc
Leod reported a membership of
*250 with 13 joining through the
year.
Robert McGregor gave the
financial report for Miss Jean
Iveson. All organizations raised
$4,529 during the year.
Russell ComJitt, Robert Mc
Allister, John Alexander and
Carl McClinchey were named to
the Board of Stewards; Emer
son Kyle and Ross Broadfoot
were appointed 1953 lay dele
gates to the Presbytery; William
Bell and Duncan Cooper were
appointed auditors.
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 are interested in you and your friends, Tel. 770
Mr. and Mrs. J. Cairnie, of
Centralia, spent Saturday with
Mr. and Mrs. E. Coombs.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J, Sweitzer,
who left for Florida on Friday,
phoned their son and daughter
of their safe arrival at Daytona
(Beach on Sunday,
Mr. Jack Cutting Sr., ■who
underwent a serious operation
Tuesday of last week at St.
[Joseph’s Hospital, is getting
along as well as cau be expected.
Vernon and Norman Craig, of
Wellington, who were trucking
beans from Hensail to a Picton
canning factory, called on their
grandmother. Mrs. Louise Craig,
Monday.
Mrs. Laura Hunter, of St.
Catharines, is visiting with Miss
Beverley Neil, of Crediton. Mr.
and Mrs. Murray Neil are expect
ed home from the west in a few
days.
Miss Betty Mair and Mrs. Don
Bagnall have returned home
after spending a couple of weeks
in Saskatchewan, Mrs. Bagnall
visited in Calgary with her
parents and with Mr. Bagnall’s
parents in Wilkie, Sask.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Alderson
and Mabel, of Thedford, visited
Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Collingwood.
Mrs, Rachel Duffield returned
tc her home in Lambeth Monday
after visiting for a week with
her niece, Mrs. Ewart Pym.
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You Don’t Want To Miss The Fifth Annual
BALLOON BALL
= Sponsored By Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
I TUESDAY, MARCH 17
| Dancing from 9 :30 to 1:00
| EXETER LEGION HALL
| Glen Williams’ Orchestra
= Refreshments Novelty Dances
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A Play Entitled i
"Lookout Lizzie"
Presented by the Members of L.O.B.A, Woodham
Monday, February 16
8:30 p.m.
High School Auditorium
ADMISSION 50# and 25#
All Proceeds Go To Hospital
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S.H. JUNIOR INSTITUTE
Mother And Daughter
BANQUET
Tuesday, February 10
Monetta Menard’s, Exeter
6:30 p.m.
Those receiving invitations
are asked to reply to Miss
Mabel Selves before Feb. 7.
In Person!
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DANCE
Exeter Legion Hall
to the music of
Clarence Petrie
And His Night Hawks
Featuring
CLEM OHLER
On Drums
Every Sat. Night
9:00-12:00 p.m.
ADMISSION 50#
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Rev. H. J. Snell spent Monday
and Tuesday of last week in To
ronto attending meetings of the
combined committees of Christ
ian Education, Evangelism and
Social Service, at which four
conferences were represented.
Mrs. Snell and Miss Eleanor
Plum steel accompanied Mr.
Snell and Mr, and Mrs. Plum
steel stayed at the parsonage
with Gordon and Peter.
Mr. A. J. Traquair spent a few
days in Toronto attending a
hardware convention.
Miss Bessie Welsh, of London,
visited last week with her sister-
in-law, Mrs. William Welsh.
■Miss Marguerite Pickard, of
Hamilton, spent tjie weekend
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs,
C. V. Pickard.
Miss Maxine Parsons spent
the weekend with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Parsons.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Linden
field and -Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Fisher are in Toronto this week
attending the Ontario Retail
Hardware Association.
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Stephen,
of London, spent the. weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Westcott
and Helen.
Mrs. Mason, of shallow Lake,
visited over the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. G. Chapman and
with her brother, Tom, in Lon
don.
Mr. Roy Kirk, of Toronto,
and Miss Pearl McLeod spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G.
Kirk,
Mrs. Marjorie Tomkins and
Mr. Laverne Wickie, St. Marys,
visited with Miss Agnes Cutting
and Everett Sims Sunday.
Mr. Laverne Christie, of To
ronto, attended the funeral of
Ills aunt, Mrs. Rhoda Coultis,
and visited with liis sister, Mrs.
William J. Thomson.
Brian Sweitzer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Sweitzer, spent
the weekend with his aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bren
ner, Grand Bend.
Mrs. Lome Johnson spent
Monday with Mrs. Arthur Wood
cock, of Seaforth.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Beattie,
Judy Ann and Jimmy spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Penhale.
Mrs. William Penhale is very
ill at the Egerton Private Hos
pital, London.
Mrs. F. L. Moore, of Toronto,
spent the weekend with Miss
Vera Rowe.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Biggart
and family left Monday for Los
Vegas, Nevada. They expect to be
away about two months.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sweitzer
and son Jim left Friday for a
holiday in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Bell left
Sunday for a Florida vacation.
Mrs. Eli Coultis
Dies In London
Mrs. Rhoda Coultis, widow of
Eli Coultis, died in London on
Friday of cerebral hemorrhage
which followed an illness of a
year and a half.
Mrs. Coultis, the former
Rhoda Christie, was born at.
Mooresville in 1870, the daugh
ter of the late Charles and Mary
Christie. With her parents she
moved to a farm in Stephen
Township where she lived until
her marriage fifty-five years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Coultis farmed
near Elimville until retiring to
Exeter in 1914, Mr, Coultis died
in 1948.
Mrs. Coultis was a member of
James Street United Church.
Her only survivors are three
nephews, J. A. Christie, Regina;
[ Eli Christie, Loudon, and La
verne Christie, Toronto, and a
niece, Mra William J. Thomson,
Usborne.
The body rested at the Hopper-
Hockey funeral home where the
Rev. H. J. Snell conducted the
funeral service Saturday after
noon. Interment was made in
Exeter cemetery. Pallbearers
were Nelson Coultis, Newton
Clark, Orville Cann, William J.
Thomson and Eli and Laverne
Christie.
Manitoba Pioneer,
T. A. Pybus Dies
Thomas Allin Pybus, 81, pio
neer farmer of the Manitou,
Man., district died Thursday,
January 8, 1953 at the home of
bis son, Clare W. Pybus, 150
Queenston St., Winnipeg.
Born at Exeter, Huron County,
Ontario, August 19, 1871, Mr.
Pybus came west in 1890 and
resided at Souris for two years.
Moving to the Manitou district,
lie farmed there until 1920 when
he retired and moved to Mani
tou. He moved to Winnipeg in
1949.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Elizabeth O. Wray; four
sons, Allin J., Clare W., Hugh.
T., of Winnipeg and Ernest H.
Pybus, of St. Catharines, Ont;
four grandchildren; four bro
thers, Anson J., William H.,
Arthur E., and Lawrence J. and
three sisters, Mrs. Etta Miller,
Mrs. James Wray and Mrs.
Alice Smith.
Funeral services were held on
Monday, January 12 from the
Manitou United Church with
burial in Manitou cemetery.
Lyric
Previews Its
Coming Attractions
THEATRE
Phone 421
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
February 6 and 7
Lure Of The
Wilderness
Garnold C. Doupe
Kirkton Harness Maker
Garnold C. Doupe, well-known
resident of Kirkton, died sud
denly at his home on Saturday
morning. In failing health for
the past six years, he had just
recently returned from West
minster Hospital, where he had
spent several months.
He was born in Kirkton and
was a harness maker, a trade
which he followed while at
tached to the Second Engineers
during World War I.
Mr. Doupe was a member of
St. Paul’s Anglican Church,
Kirkton, and of St. Marys Can
adian Legion.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Mary Treby Roy; two
sons, Kenneth and Harold, at
home; three daughters, Betty, of
London, Lois, of Londesboro,
and Glenys, at home.
One brother, Allen Doupe, of
Aidershot; and three sisters,
Mrs. Edith Hiscock, Cleveland,
Mrs. Gordon Dow, Mitchell, and
Mrs. Oscar Morley, Monetville,
also survive.
The body rested at the L. A.
Ball funeral chapel, St. Marys,
and was taken on Monday to St.
Paul’s Anglican Church, Kirk
ton, for service conducted by
the Rev. M. Griffin and burial
was made in Kirkton Methodist
Cemetery.
M rs. Eliza Pym
Native of Usborne
■Mrs. Eliza Pym, 81, widow of
Samuel Pym, died Sunday night
at the home of her son, Alvin,
in Usborne Township. She suf
fered a stroke two weeks before
her death.
She was the former Eliza
Rowcliffe and was born in Us
borne and lived there all her
life. Mr. Pym died in 1948.
Mrs. Pym was a member of
Elimville United Church.
She is survived by three sons,
Alvin, on the homestead, Ewart,
of Exeter, and Mervin, Thed
ford, and two daughters, Edna,
Mrs. Harry Cole, London, and
Lena, Mrs. James Kirkland, of
Usborne Township; 13 grand
children and two greht grand
children.
The body rested at the Hopper-
Hockey funeral home where the
Rev. W. J. Moores conducted the
funeral service Wednesday at
2:30 p.m. Burial was made in
the Elimville cemetery.
COMING EVENTS
TOM SAWYER — Operetta in
three acts, Exeter Public School,
Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb
ruary 17 and 18, 8 p.m. Admis
sion 50 cents. 5c
HARD TIME DANCE — Hensail
Town Hall, Wednesday, February
11, 10 to 1. Clarence Petrie and
his Night Hawks. Sponsored by
Hensail Legion. 5c
Don Wright Chorus
“One of the Finest Choral Groups in This or
Any Other Country”
Winner of International Laurels!
Wednesday, February 77
★ Jean Peters
★ Jeffrey Hunter
Filmed in the Okefenokee
Swamp in Georgia, enhanced by
technicolor photography, gives
value to this exciting adventure
melodrama.
S.H.D.H.S. Auditorium
ADVANCE TICKET SALE
Reserved Seats $1.00
(Plan at Snelgrove's, Exeter)
REGULAR ADMISSION 75#
Tickets Available From Sorority Members
MONDAY & TUESDAY
February 9 and 10
No Room For
The Groom
★ Tony Curtis
★ Piper Laurie
This comedy will provoke some
hearty laughs!
Reviews Book Of Esther
Mrs. Ralph Batten was guest
speaker at the February meeting
of Main Street Evening Auxil
iary at the parsonage. She gave
a review of the Book of Esther.
Mrs. Ernest Jones, group
leader, opened the devotional
period with a chapter from the
study book.
Plans were completed for the
travelogue on Switzerland with
colored sound films, to be spon
sored by the Auxiliary on Febru
ary 26. Anton Lende, Swiss
traveller, will be the commenta
tor.
The musical part of the pro
gram was supplied by Mrs. E.
Nixon and Mrs. Holley who
played piano duetts.
MIDGET PLAYOFF — Saturday
night, 7:00-9:00, Mt. Carmel vs.
Lucan, in Exeter Arena. 5c
REBEKAHS and their husbands
and Oddfellows and their wives
are invited to a euchre party in
the Lodge rooms on Friday,
Feb. 13. Rebekahs are asked to
bring sandwiches. Admission 50
cents. 5:12c
O.te.S. DANCE — In Hensall
Town Hall, Friday, February 6,
Steve Dundas and his orchestra,
sponsored by Exeter Chapter
O.E.S. for benevolent work. 5c
EUCHRE — Keep March 2 open
for Euchre sponsored by Huron-
dale Women’s Institute. 5c
COLOR FILM — "Switzerland”,
combining sound and moving
pictures by Anton R. Lendi,
Swiss traveller and commentator,
at Main Street United Church,
Thursday, February 26. Admis
sion 50 and 35 cents. 5c
Special Ticket Sale
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7
Sneigrove’s, Main St. 2:30-5, 7:30 to 10
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
February 11 and 12
Down Among
The Sheltering Palms
4r Mitzi Gaynor
★ William Lnndigan
This musical comedy is an
other in the parade of hits from
Fox.
Announce Results
“—Confined from Page 1
cording to yield as: Pioneer 388,
102.8; DeKalb 56, 100.8; Funks
Gil, 100.3; Pfister 33, 97.7.,
The findings of the S.H.D.H.S.
test on soybeans are:
Variety Yield Bits. Per Acre
Goldsoy ...................................56.7
Capital ......................... 55.2
W6S-292 ......... 54.2
Mandarin . .... 48,9
Flambeau ............,............ 48.3
0-255 .... 47.9
Kabott .............................. 43.5
Sponsored by Exeter Recreational Council and
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority First Show
Every Saturday Night
at 6:00 p.m.
The average of four tests in
this zone show the top five pto-
dttcing varieties as: W68-292,
46,1; Goldsoy, 42.8; Capital,
42.6; 0-225, 41,4,
HOME & SCHOOL MEETING —-
The Exeter Home & School As
sociation will meet on Tuesday,
February 10, at 8:15. Guest
speakers, Mrs. Wellington of the
Choosa Book Shop and Mrs. R.
Jermyn of the public school staff
will discuss "Children’s Read
ing”, Please note change of
date, 5 c
pancake SUPPER Shrove
Tuesday, February 17, undef
auspices of the W.A. of Trivitt
Memorial Church. Admission 50
cents. 5c
BAKING SALE — Main Street
W.A. will hold a baking Sale oh
Saturday, February 14, in build
ing reeeiitly vacated by Tele
phone Co, 5e
■Mr. and Mrs. Earl Witmer have received word that their
sou Sgm. Gilbert Witmer, has
arrived in Korea.
Mrs. C. W. Kestle, Stratford,
spent the weekend with her
mother, Mrs. Arthur Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. James Francis,
Jane and Peter, of Tavistock,
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fowler,
of Southampton, were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. George
Jaques,
PLAY ENTITLED
‘Jeepers Creepers’
will bo held on
Monday, February 9
Sponsored by Centralia W.A.
in
Centralia United Church
ADMISSION 50# and 25#
Meet Us All
At Clinton
Sat. Night - 8 P.M.
in the
COLLEGIATE AUDITORIUM
Do Not Miss
LONDON BIBLE
INSTITUTE NIGHT
Sponsored By
CLINTON AREA
YOUTH FOR CHRIST
ALDON
THEATRE
GRAND BEND
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
February 0 and 7
★ Louis Hayward
CAPTAIN PIRATE
(In Technicolor)
★ Patricia Medina
★ John Sutton
The bravest hero of all the
seven seas . . .
CARTOON &
ADDITIONAL SHORT
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
February 10 and 11
TALK ABOUT A
STRANGER
★ George Murphy
★ Nancy Davis
★ Billy Gray
"It sends chills down your
spine.”
- And On The Same Program -
See that Houri from Missouri
shaking down those sheiks . . .
HAREM GIRL
★ Joan Davis
★ .Peggie Castle
Arthur Blake
"At Home" Dance
South Huron District High School
Friday, Feb. 13
JOHNNY BRENNAN’S ORCHESTRA
Per Couple $2.50
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ICE CARNIVAL
Lucan Community Arena
Friday, February 13
Doors Open-at 7 p.m, Judging Starts at 8 p.m. Sharp
No One Allowed on the Ice Except in Costume
Free Skating After Carnival
Come and See Your “Carnival Queen” Crowned
Fancy and Comic — Girls and Boys
Age Groups, Pre-School, 6 to 10, 11 to 15, Over 15
First, Second and Third Prizes — Clowns, Any Age
Races: Girls’ and Boys’ — Oldest Person on Skates
Person in Costume Coming, Farthest Distance
Special Prize for Outstanding Costume
Largest Family on Skates
Tug-of-War: East vs. West, 10 a side Musical Chairs
ADMISSION: ADULTS 50#, CHILDREN 25#
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YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND A
POULTRY MEETING
8 P.M. Thursday, Feb. 12
EXETER LEGION HALL
A very interesting' film will be shown, covering
all phases of the growing and managing of a Poultry
Flock in order to obtain maximum egg profits.
A Representative from the RALSTON PURINA CO.
will be on hand to show:
• “How The Hen Makes An Egg”
• “The Cause Of Double Yolked Eggs,
Blood Spots, Etc.”
• “The Importance Of Starting Your Chicks Early”
• “How To Completely Control Coccidiosis”
• “The Cause Of Fall Moults In Your Layers”
• “The Cost Of Raising Pullets, Broilers,
Roasters and Capons”
• “What’s Today’s Profit Opportunities In Eggs
And Poultry Meat?”
This is a meeting of a Select Group of Local
Poultrymen, so we are particularly anxious that you,
along with the ladies of the house, be our guests on
this occasion.
. LUNCH SERVED BRING YOUR NEIGHBOR
- Sponsored By -
Cann’s Mill Ltd.
EXETER WHALEN CORNERS
EXETER ARENA
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
THURSDAY, FEB. 5
Public Skating
FRIDAY, FEB. 6
I Ider ton at Dashwood
SATURDAY, FEB. 7
Public Skating
MONDAY, FEB. 8
Public Skating
TUESDAY, FEB. 9
Rec League
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10
Possible first ROAF Centralia
Flyers Playoff Game . . ,
Otherwise, Public Skating
THURSDAY* FEB. 12
Possible Flyers Playoff Game.
Otherwise, Pnblic Skating
FRIDAY, FEB, 13
Lucan at Dashwood
See The League Leaders!
Ilderton vs. Dashwood Tigers
Friday, February 6
Can Dashwood Hand Ilderton
Its First Defeat Of The Season?
Exciting Action!
Lucan Irish vs.. Dashwood Tigers
February 13
See The Colorful Greenshirts
Try To Tame The Tigers!
Thrills!Spills!
Rec League Hockey
Every Tuesday Night
Watch The Local Boys Fight It Out
In This District League
It May Not Be The Best Hockey
But It’s A Lot Of Fun To Watch!
THREE GAMES — ONLY 25#