HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-05-07, Page 1THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1953 Price Per Copy
Stephen Council Favors Area
Eighty-First Year
with the
33-
Haist
more
on in
voted
area at a
contended
Members of Stephen council do
not favor any section withdraw
ing from the township school
area.
Confronted by threats of seces
sions in Shipka and Greenway
district, council members voiced
disapproval of any breaking up
of the area at their meeting on
Tuesday night.
They suggested, however, that
the school area board should
spend more money on the schools
to make them more attractive.
Council did not take a formal
vote on the question because
there was no written request be
fore them. Members, however,
had attended ratepayers meetings
at Shipka and Greenway and
were well acquainted
situation.
Shipka residents had
15 to secede from the
meeting recently. They
the school was in ill repair.
Members of the school area
board met with the council and
presented their views.
Board secretary, Arthur Amy,
refuted charges made by Shipka
residents that nothing had been
spent on the school in the eight
years the area had been formed.
He said he had vouchers to prove
that over $2,000 had been spent
on the school during that time.
He presented figures showing
that the individual school could
not operate as economically as
does the area. Bare necessities of
operating the school would cost
$1,900 which would mean a rate
of eight or nine mills in the
Shipka area. The present school
assessment is seven mills and the
board provides such extras as
visual aids, home economics,
manual training, library books,
educational trips and an annual
field day.
He also refuted a charge that
the Shipka area had not had a
representative on the school
board since its inception. He said
they had had a representative for
all eight years and were more
fortunate in this respect than
many other schools.
Asked by Reeve John Morris
sey if the board intended to make
improvements a t the Shipka
school, board chairman Wellwood
Gill assured the reeve it did.
According to the board's inter
pretation of the statute, the
township council decides whether
a section may withdraw from the
area or not.
Although the council members
decided to take no action, they
indicated they might consider
calling a vote in January if the
residents demanded it.
Council hoped the excitement
raised over the secession pro
posals would prompt a greater in
terest in the school area.
Deputy-Reeve Welington
said "ratepayers should be
concerned with what goes
our schools". Other members ex
pressed a similar view.
Centralia Invites Area
To Coronation Show
Residents of all the surround
ing district will be invited to at
tend the Coronation Celebration
at RCAF Station Centralia, Group
Captain W. W. Bean, OBE, CD,
the commanding officer, an
nounced this week.
Invitations are being sent to
the councils of 'Stephen, Usborne,
Hay, Biddulph and McGillivray
townships; the town of Exeter;
the villages of Hensail, Lucan
and Grand Bend and the police
villages of Crediton, Dashwood
and Zurich.
Branches of the Legion in Ex
eter, Grand Bend, Hensall and
Lucan will be invited to march
in the parade, as well as the
bands in Exeter and Dashwood.
Tentative plans for the pro
gram at Centralia include a full
station parade, a precision air
show, broadcast of the Queen’s
Coronation message, amusement
rides for the children and other
attractions.
In the evening, a ball game
and perhaps a concert will be
staged in Exeter Community Park
and the day may be topped off
with a monster fireworks demon
stration.
These plans were discussed at
Exeter council Monday night and
approved by the members. Mayor
W. G. Cochrane and Reeve R. E.
Pooley, the Coronation commit
tee, were empowered to make
free transportation available to
residents of the town to the air
station.
Exeter will ask the neighbor
ing municipalities to share in the
cost of the evening program.
RCAF Station Centralia has
ready offered a donation.
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TRAIN SMASHES CAR — Driver of this car, John Line, 19,
of London, escaped serious injury when his car collided with
a train on the Crediton road Saturday. The youth is in South
Huron Hospital. —T-A Photo
Two EUB Clergymen
Contribute To Director
Board Urges Council
Exeter C o m m u n i t y Centre
Board told council Monday night
it did not feel obliged to pay for
the services of a recreational dir
ector for the town. If the
dents wished a director, the
should hire him, the
Members of the
cussed with council
situation in which
resi-
town
said.
dis-
board
board
the present
Recreation
Director Douglas Smith is hired
by the Centre Bbard. He man
aged the arena during the winter
months and it was planned he
would assist with recreation ac
tivities this summer. However,
Park Drive
Tops Mark
Queen’s Park Association
council Monday night it
raised sufficient funds to
lish the playground area
north end of town.
Jack Cutting, president
organization, said the committee
was preparing to get the deed
of the land
Association,
did not wish
the town.
Mr. Cutting, and Norm Hack
ney, executive member, requested
that the land be free of taxes.
•Mayor Cochrane said this was
not possible hut council would
consider extending
lieu of taxes.
Mr. Cutting said
the park should be
cause "the town has never done
anything for the north end.” The
mayor stated that as far as
parks were concerned the town
had done nothing in any section
of the town.
Members of the Association
staged a campaign to raise the
funds and received over $500,
from individual donations. Cost
of-the land is $300. Rest of the
money will be used to purchase
equipment,
supervised.
told
had
estab
in the
of the
transferred to the
He said members
to turn it over to
a grant in
he thought
tax-tree be
The park will be
Undergoes Operation
Frank Cooper, 15-year-old
of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Cooper,
who recently suffered a broken
collar-bone in a fall from a
tractor, was taken to St. Joseph’s
Hospital, London, last Friday
night for an emergency appendix
operation. He has made a splen
did recovery and hopes to return
from hospital this week.
son
Clubs Plan/Blitz' Campaign
For $8z5OO Floor In Arena
A campaign "blitz” will be
waged during the last week in
May to raise funds for a trap
rock floor in Exeter Memorial
Arena.
Representatives of six organ
izations met Tuesday night in
the town hall and approved pre
liminary plans for the campaign.
Officers were elected to organize
the drive.
Estimate on the price of the
floor is $8,500. It has a concrete
base with a monolithic trap rock
top.
Community Centre Board
chairman Ed Brady stressed the
need for the floor. He said it was
required to make ice economical
ly with the artificial ice plant
and would make the arena serv
iceable for large indoor activities
such as the fall fair, roller
skating, dancing, bingoes and
other entertainments.
Chairman of the campaign com
mittee is Len McKnight, past
president of the Exeter Legion.
Eugene Beaver, treasurer of the
Community Centre Board, will
Mayor To Present Gift
To English Namesake
act as secretary-treasurer.
Representatives from munici
palities are: Vern Pincombe, Us
borne township; Preston Dearing,.
Stephen township; Jack Weber,
Exeter; Harry Swartz and Jack
Morrissey, Mount Carmel.
Executive members are Larry
Taylor, Exeter Agricultural So-?
ciety; Preston Dearing, Exeter
Turf Club; Jack Pryde, Exeter
Lions; Andrew Bierling, Exeter
Legion; Ray Frayne, Exeter Kins
men; and a representative of the
South Huron Junior Farmers.
To lay the floor a sand cushion
will be provided and levelled off
at a distance of one and one-half
inches below the bottom of
pipes.
The existing puck board
be removed to allow for
pouring of the concrete. A four-
and-one-eighth inch concrete base
slab will be provided and contin
uously poured until completed.
While the base slab is in a
plastic condition, a three-eighths
inch trap rock aggregate will be
forced into the slab with heavy -
rubber rollers and floated with
mechanical equipment.
the
Will
the
the board said it needed a care
taker for Community Park and
could not afford to hire two men.
Board members suggested to
council that it would be willing
to hire a recreation director dur
ing the winter months but it felt
the town should pay for him dur
ing the summer. This would mean
the town would grant the Recrea
tion Council enough money to
pay for his services.
R. E. Secord, representative of
the Community Programs Branch,
Department of Education, said
the .provincial government would
provide a grant of one-third of
his salary. This would leave one- third - - -
third
He
could .. _____ ________ __
town’s recreation program could
be continued and improved. He
said Exeter’s program ranked in
the top five of the 20 commun
ities he supervised.
Members of council said the
arrangement could not be worked
out this year because the town
had not budgeted for any surplus
to take care of wages. It was not
in council’s power to make any
promises for next year.
Councillor Earl Witmer, chair
man of the police committee,
presented reports from the con
stables. In April, the police acted
on 52 occasions, including inves-
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Forced Down,
Flyer Unhurt
A flight cadet from RCAF
tion Centralia crash-landed
training plane into a soggy field
near Woodstock Tuesday night.
The pilot, Floyd Carson, 23. was
not injured.
Returning to his base after an
hour and a half of practice man
oeuvres, Carson’s plane belched
smoke at 5,000 feet. The cadet
engaged a fire extinguisher at
tached to the engine and brought
the plane to a smooth belly land
ing.
Only apparent damage was a
bent prop. The plane plowed a
furrow for 34 yards across the
field. Oil from the engine sprayed
thethe windshield, 1 i m i t i n
pilot's visibility.g
Sta-
his
f
for the Board and one-
for the Council.
hoped some arrangement
be settled upon so that the
To Repair
Sidewalks
From Area
men’s committee that the mini
mum salary for ordained minis
ters be raised one hundred dol
lars was approved.
The Rev. C. B. Heckendorn,
Elmira, secretary of the Board
of Evangelism, reported 293 con
versions
received,
honored
reaching
Mayor W. G. Cochrane, who
will leave with his wife Sunday
to attend the Coronation, will
present Exeter, England, with a
gift from Exeter, Ontario.
The gift, an engraved silver
cigar box, will be given in return
for the hand-carved gavel and
stand which the city presented to
Exeter when it was incorporated
as a town in 1951.
At town council meeting Mon
day night, arrangements were
made to send the gift by air to
England where the mayor will
receive it and present it person
ally to the mayor of the English
city.
Missed Plane,
Attends Funeral
Mrs. Harold Grigg was able
attend the funeral of her nine-
year-old son in Dashwood last
week because she did not catch
the plane which was to bring her
here from England.
The plane Mrs. Grigg was to
have taken crashed and 22 lost
their yves. She took the next air
craft leaving
arrived safely.
The funeral
Saturday so
could attend.
James Grigg, ... _____
April 28, in Orillia Hospital.
He is survived by his, parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Grigg, of
Walllanstein, and his
parents, Mr, and Mrs.
Grigg, of Grand Bend.
The funeral was held
T. Harry Hoffman Funeral Home.
Harry Hoffman sang during the
service. The burial was made in
Grand Bend on Monday, 'May 4.
for
was
that
Her
died
to
Canada and
delayed until
Mrs. Grigg
son, Harold
on Tuesday,
gran d-
James
at the
Proud Boat Royally Launched,
Tug Brings It Back To Shore
Many cartoons have been made
in the past portfaying incidents
of amusement, but none could
surpass the picture presented by
a Hensall merchant the other
day, and his arrival back on dry
land.
It seems this man has a keen
eye for beauty, and turning his
eye to the lines of a sleek boat
of the Iates Style, this gentleman
of many talents built himself
just such a beauty. Properly
named and flag bedecked, this
masterpiece of iboat-building was
duly launched amid all the fan-
face which usually accompanies
such ceremonies. Bright and
shiny was the gleam in the proud
owner’s eyes as she left the
shores headed into the blue. But
fate it seems, does hot care when
she plays her trump card. Alas,
two miles out wo see & little tug
towing—yes towing, the beauty
back to shore.
Although there is "freedom of
the press’*, this gentleman’s first
remarks O'fi his arrival back on
dry land cannot be printed.
The landlubber is Alf Scholl,
Hensail butcher.
Hensall council ordered ’re
pair work on the village side
walks at its meeting on Monday
night. C. A. McDowell was hired
to do the job.
Permission was granted Rev. J.
B. Fox to make arrangements for
a Coronation Day church service
in the morning in cooperation
with Rev. W. J. Rogers. Council
indicated it would accept the
invitation to join the district
Coronation Day celebration at
RCAF Station Centralia. Reeve
A. W. Kerslake will make
arrangements. A delegation of
Jack Drysdale and Douglas Cook,
from the Chamber of Commerce,
appeared regarding Coronation
Day.
Permission was granted F. C.
Kalbflescih and Son, Ltd., Zur-
cli, to erect a service station, at
the Corner of Queen street and
No. 4 Highway. L. Rumpell was
granted permission to operate
the service station at King street
and the highway.
The levy of the Ausable Con
servation Authority of $494.26
was authorized for payment.
Tax collector J. A. Patterson
was instructed to return the tax
arrears of six delinquents to the
county treasurer for collection.
E. R. Davis reported that he
Transferred
The eighty-ninth session of the
Canada Conference of the Evan
gelical United Brethren Church,
meeting throughout the week at
Calvary Church, Dashwood,
closed Sunday with three great
overflow services.
Bishop J. Balmer 'Showers, of
Indianapolis, Ind., was the
preacher morning and evening
with Dr. A. H. Doescher address
ing the Missionary Rally in the
afternoon. Two brothers, the Rev.
Lome Dorsch and the Rev.
Emerson Dorsch, were ordained
as elders in an impressive cere
mony. Foui' candidates were li
censed to preach. They were:
Theodore Losch, Mildmay;
aid Wilson, K i t c h e n er ;
Huether, Puslinch, and T. Ed
ward Dahms, Selkirk.
Thirteen Transferred
Thirteen ministers received
new postings when the report of
the Stationing Board was read
Saturday night by Bishop Show
ers. Of special interest to this
district are changes at Dashwood
and. Crediton. The Rev. J. Henry
Getz, minister at Dashwood for
six years, was assigned to Cal
vary Memorial Church, Kitchener,
to succeed the Rev. Dr. H. A.
Kellerman, who is retiring. The
Rev. J. V. Dahms, who has served
at Crediton for the past five
years, was stationed to Pembroke,
Ont., and was elected Conference
Superintendent of the Ottawa District.
New pastors at Dashwood and
Crediton are the- Rev. W. F.
Krotz, elected Conference Super
intendent of the Stratford dist
rict, and the Rev. E. N. Mohr.
Other Stratford changes include
the appointment of the Rev. F.
M. Faist to Kitchener Zion, the
Rev. W. F. Kaiser to Stratford
Centennial, the Rev. Lome
Dorsch to Milverton, the Rev. J.
N. Wettlaufer to Rodney and the
Rev. F. Paul Erb to Tavistock.
The statistician reported a gain
in membership for the Confer
ence and average givings per
member for all purposes and for
missions of $36.32 and $8.77.
The recommendation of the lay-
and 408 new members
Four churches were
for having conversions
ten percent of
membership and
had membership
percent or more,
awards from the
tian Education for work in
Leadership Training and for sup
port of missionary projects were
both won by Calvary congrega
tion, Dashwood.
Superannuated relationships
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their
four for having
increases of 10
The Conference
Board of • Chris-
Mr. and Mrs. Cochrane will
make an extensive trip through
the United Kingdom and parts of
Europe. They plan to visit rela
tives of friends in Exeter and
community who live in the old
country.
Before .going to London, they
will travel by car through the
highlands and famous cities of
Scotland including Glasgow, In
verness and Edinburgh. In Lon
don during the time of the Cor
onation they will visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Calvin Heywood, former
residents of Exeter. For the Cor
onation, Mr. and Mrs. Cochrane
have seats on Parliament Square,
near Westminster Abbey.
After the celebration, they will
travel to Paris and visit with
friends in Switzerland, returning
through the' Netherlands
veiling up the coast of
to the air base.
Accounts of the trip
Coronation, written by Mr. Coch
rane, will appear in The Times-
Advocate.
an-
W.
had been assured cooperation of
the Provincial Police in check
ing speeding along King street.
He was ordered to have his Car
checked and a light installed.
The council joined the Huron
County Municipal Officer’s As
sociation.
-The matter of appointing a fire
chief was considered in view of
the coming resignaton of
Chief Ed Fink.
The property committee
instructed to look after the
on the hall.
Fire
was
roof
an d tra-
England
and the
Little Fellow
Gets Big Fish
The
with igood
Sweitzer,
day with his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs.
“Knotty Pine Hills'
a fish measuring nine inches and
two smaller ones. He had no
fancy rod, just a branch off a
tree, but the fish didn’t know
the difference. Brian, who is
five years old, expects to catch
some real big ones when he
grows up.
fishing season opened
luck for Master Brian
While visiting for a
William Sweitzer, at
he caught
Finals Thursday Night
the
Grand Bend
Sets Two Rates
Grand Bend council set
1953,. tax rate Monday night.
Residents' of the village on the
north side of Main Street will be
assessed 35 mills. Rate for those
on the south side is 32 mills.
Reason for the difference in
rate is high school commitments.
The north side of the village,
formerly part of Stephen town
ship, is paying for debentures on
the South Huron District High
School. The other side, .formerly
in Bosanquet Township, contri
butes to Forest District High
School which has not yet erected
a new building,
Sponsor Petition
Grand Bend council are spon
soring a petition asking Lambton
county council to relieve'
village of any obligations to
Forest school and including
whole area in South Huron
trict.
At the present time, almost all
children are attending the school
at Exeter. Council feels, too, that
Forest will be building a new
school soon and the debentures
portion assessed on the south
side will be higher for the Forest
school than
school.. The
contributed
ments to the
Train Victim
'Satisfactory'
Condition of John A, Line, 19,
of London, whose car was struck
by a train on the Crediton road
Saturday, is "satisfactory" South
Huron Hospital officials
nounced Wednesday.
The youth was rushed to hos
pital in an ambulance suffering
from "shock" after the crash.
Provincial Police said he es
caped more serious injury by
swerving his car alongside the
train as the vehicles struck. It is
believed he was watching a car
approaching from the east and
failed to notice the train.
He was attended at the scene
of the accident by Dr. F. J. Mill
ner and was removed to South
Huron Hospital in Dinney's am
bulance.
Provincial Constables Elmer
Zimmerman and Cecil Gibbons
investigated.
High School
Salaries Cut
Dis-
Blanshard Couple
Killed In Accident
the
the
the
dis-
the South Huron
village has already
three years’ pay-
South Huron school.
T-A Wins Award
The Ontario Safety League an
nounced Wednesday The Exeter
Times-Advocate has been chosen
for a Public Safety Award.
The award will be presented
at a luncheon in Toronto next
Tuesday.
Teachers at South Huron
trict High School will take a cut
in salary this coming year be
cause
living
The
elude
which
every point above ISO. Last year
the bonus amounted to $20'0 be
cause the index at the beginning
of May was about 190. This year,
the May index is about 184, so
the bonus is reduced to $80.
All teachers will receive their
regular $200 increment for the
coming term. The staff did not
request any other Increase. The
contracts were let at the board
meeting Monday night.
The second new teacher for
the coming term's staff has been
hired. He is C. J. Porter, a grad
uate of O.C.E. this year, who will
teach English. Earlier Miss Iso-
bel Ganton, another graduate,
was hired.
The board is advertising for
tenders for the supply of coal.
Principal H. L. Sturgis re
ported on the banquet the board
provided for the girls’ basketball
champions and the boys’ volley
ball champions held on April 24.
of a drop in the cost of
index.
teachers' contracts in-
the cost of living bonus
gives them $20 a year for
. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Adamson,
prominent Blanshard residents,
were killed Tuesday in a two-car
crash on Concession 8 of the
township.
The collision occurred only two
houses away from the victims'
farm home, directly in front of
SS No. 4, Blanshard.
In St. Marys Hospital with
minor injuries are Mrs. Edward
Switzer, 46, and her daughter,
Joyce. 17. both of R.R. 6, St.
Marys; and another daughter,
Mrs. Albert Hernandez, 22, of
Harrow, and her seven-month-old
son. Richard. A daughter, two-
year-old Patricia Hernandez, was
also in the accident but not ad
mitted to hospital.
Mr. Adamson, 76, former sec
retary-treasurer of the Blanshard
Municipal Telephone System, was
killed instantly. Mrs. Adamson,
80, died a few hours later in
hospital.
On Concession Road
The elderly couple were travel
ling west on the concession road.
The other car, believed driven by
Mrs. Switzer, was travelling south
on the Centre sideroad.
; The Adamson car broke a tele
phone pole, preventing neighbors
in the immediate vicinity from
summoning ambulances. They
had to go about a half-mile away
to find a phone that was work
ing.
Mr. Adamson was born in Eng
land and came to Canada some
27 years ago. He attended Kirk
ton Anglican Church.
The couple were married 47
years ago in England, Mrs.
Adamson was the former Rosa E.
Harmer.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss
Rosalind Adamson, of Kitchener,
and two sisters of Mr. Adamson
in England.
The bodies are resting at the
Ross Marriott funeral home, St.
Marys, until Friday, when they
will be removed to Kirkton
church for service at 2:30 p.m.
Rev. R. Griffin will officiate and
burial will be in Kirk ton ceme
tery.
Postmaster
To Retire
Usborne Schools Compete In Speaking Contest
Nine Usborne Township schools
were represented in two semi-
Investigate Fire
At Centralia
An investigation at RCAF
Station Centralia is being car
ried out to determine the cause
of a flash fire which enveloped
a gas truck and injured one air
man Tuesday. Investigating of
ficer is Fit. Lt. Alvin Mehlhaff.
Firemen at the station put the
roaring blaze out in 12 minutes.
RCAF spokesman said the flanies
burst while the truck was sitting
outside one of the hangars.
LAC C. W. Dunfleld, who
lives in I-Itiron Park, suffered
slight burns to both bauds and
his left leg. I-Ie was the co-drlver
of the truck and Was forced to
escape through the driver’s side.
The driver, LAC J. T. Kres-
nyak, of Taber, Alta., was uh-
hurt. No aircraft or buildings
were threatened.
final public speaking contests
held last Friday.
Pupils from four schools met
at Bissett school, S.S. No. 5
where Mrs. Lewis Dixon is
teacher.
Two winners were chosen from
each grade competing. The re
sults at Mrs. Dixon’s school were4
as follows, first and Second win
ners: grade 1, Neil McAllister,
Gary Heywood; grade 2, VOflyn
Miller, Graham Gianville; grade
3, Margaret Oke, Hennie Hoon-
ard; grade 4, Lia Cozyn, Glen
Lamport, tied; grade 5, Ahn
A 1 e x a n d e r, Carole Westcott;
grade
Strang;
Billie
Alice Carter, Billie McFalls.
The judges W'ere Mrs. Ernest
Jones, Exeter, Mrs. William
Johns and Mrs. Warren Brock,
Eliinvllle.
Five schools were ih competi
tion at Thames Road school
where Mrs, Elgin Webb, Grand
Bend, is teacher.
The results were as follows,
6, John Oke, Gordon
grade T, Carolyn Oke,
Etherington; grade 8,
first and second winners: grade
1, Barbara Hern, Margaret
Johns, grade 2, Helpn Hern, Neil
Valentyn; grade 3, Joyce Dickey,
Brian
Stone,
Ross
grade
Johns;
Doreen Brock; grade 8, DOnna
Gilfillan, Alma Hern.
The judges were Mrs. H. H,
Strang, Mrs. Alvin Moir, Miss
Helen Anthony.
The final competition will be
held at Thames Road Church on
Thursday night, May 7. At that
time one winner will be chosen
from each grade. One pupil from
the junior grades and one from
the senior grades, receiving the
highest marks, will be given
special mention.
Grade 1 and 2 pupils will re
cite a verse, grade 8, 4 and 5
pupils will tell a story, grade 6.
7 and 8 pupils Will give a speech
on a topic chosen from a list
prepared by the teachers.
Judges for the final oompetl-
Hern; grade 4, Marlene
Bobble Woods; grade 5,
Rowe, Linda Dykeman;
6, Grace Routley, Grace
grade 7, Jean Arksey,
Snell.
tion will be H. L. Sturgis, prin
cipal S.H.D.H.S., Mr. G. G. Gar
diner, Goderich, inspector
public schools, and Mrs.H.
of
J.
Plan Tree Day
Near Parkhill
A tree planting day, sponsored
by the Ausable River Conserva
tion Authority, will be held near
Parkhill on Monday, May 11,
School children of West Wil
liams township will plant trees
on the farm of Len Johnson,
tw6-ahd-one-ha.lt miles south of
Parkhill.
Tours will be conducted
through the bush to demonstrate
good forestry practices and con
servation experts will speak.
The public is invited to attend.
The special day is arranged by
the publie relations and reforest
ation advisory boards of the
Authority. Last year, a similar program was held in Hay Swamp.
Lions Attend
Charter Fete
A J. Sweitzer, A. O. Elliot,
Russ Hopper, Claude Blowes and
E. S. Steiner of the Exeter Lions
Club attended Charter Night of
the Wyoming Lions Club Tuesday
evening.
Following a bansuet in Memor
ial Hall, Bruce Malcolm, Execu
tive Secretary, District A, Ray
Dennis, D.D.G., Region 2, and
District Governor, Vic Dinnin,
were introduced.
District Governor Dinnin pre
sented the charter which was
accepted by president Roy Dick.
Club presentations were made
by Secretary Bruce Malcolm and
Zone Chairman, Bill Duncan.
Announcement was made this
week that Milton W. Pfaff, Exe
ter’s post mastei* since November
19 21, will retire as soon as a
successor
Before
in World
employed
He returned from overseas in
1919 and was hospitalized
more than a year.
Before returning to Exeter
worked for a short time
Windsor.
In addition to being Exeter
post master, Mr. Pfaff has held
the position of supervisor of
post masters of the South Huron
district.
is appointed.
enlisting in the army
War I, Mr. Pfaff was
at Cole’s drug store.
tor
he
in
Families Inspect System
Family Night was observed at
the local office of the Bell Tele
phone Company Tuesday night. :
Over 80 relatives of staff mem- .
•bers were welcomed by Mrs. Ray •
Wuertli and were shown through
the office.
*The equipment was explained
by F. G. F. Barr, district traffic
superintendent, and D. Marshall,
traffic superintendent Of Lon
don, and C. B. Symonds, com-
merical manager, Goderich.
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Baptisms, Family Services
To Highlight Mothers Day
Services in local and district
churches this Sunday will carry
out the Mother’s Day theme in
sermon and song. The rite Of bap
tism will be observed in several
churches. In others, the service
Will take the form of "Family
Day’’, with members of the Sun
day School accompanying their
parents to the morning service.
Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadel
phia, who conceived the idea of
honoring her mother by planning
a service in her own chufch and
dedicating it to mothers, On the
second Sunday in May 1907, little
dreamed how her ideas would
catch On.
By 1911 every state in the
union, Canada, South America,
China and mahy other countries
had adopted the custom. In
ah international 'Mothers’
Council was formed and in___
Congress asked the President to
issue a proclamation designating
the second Sunday in May aS
National Mothers* Day.
1312
Day
1914
Church services are planned
“.ill 2----- Mothers*around the theme of ______
Day, and baptismal services are
often included iii the program,
The giving of gifts to mother
has become a significant part of
the observance Of the day. *
Mrs. John Hunter, Exeter’s old
est resident, could ijttite aptly be
called Exeter "Mother of the
Year",
Now In her ninety
Mrs. Hunter Is well
—Please Turn
•eighth year,
kilowh herd
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