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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-01-05, Page 1Seventy-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1950 Single Copy 6£ ’RECEIVE TROPHY — Members of the Exeter Legion Softball Club are shown here re­ ceiving- the trophy for winning zone honours. It is being presented by Zone Commander George Wilson of Brucefield to manager Reg Taylor. Front row: Lawrence Baynham, Ger- .ald Campbell, Don Hughes, Bert Borland (president of Exeter Legion), Angus MacLean, William Chambers (secretary-treasurer). Back row: Gordon Baynham, Doug Knowles, Bob Dinney, Bill MacLean, Carl Schwalm, Charlie Seymour, Lloyd Lindenfield. -—MacLaren’s let's Start The New Year Right To Your Hospital Fund ThU .holiday season is over, -and tli^ executive of the Hospi­ tal Association hopes that every­ body had a joyous time. The canvassers for funds took time off to enjoy themselves, but we are now asking them to get real busy again and finish up the canvass in town. There are many reasons why we would like-- this done in January, and many people are waiting for your call. The committee asks all the peo­ ple to be generous. In Usborne they are doing a good work, but there is still plenty to be done and united effort is still needed. If some canvassers would help others out it would help. In Stephen we are hoping that they have their canvassers all appointed, land the- executive would like to meet with them before they start out. There are supplies, and information and instructions to be given—all of which are necessary to a suc­ cessful canvass. ■Canvassers have been appoint­ ed in Hay Township, and the executive wants to meet with them also. During the past week a num­ ber of subscriptions have been received, and from a distance comes a promise of $2,000 when we have reached an assured position. The standing to date: Lodge Members To Visit Members of Thebes Samari- I tan Lodge of London will visit I Exeter Thursday evening, Janu- I ary, 12; when members of the hSt. Thomas lodge will be present I to install the newly elected of- Ificers. The meeting will be held in the Opera House and will be open to the members of the I.O.O.F. and their wives and the Rebeckali lodge, to whom a cord­ ial invitation is being extended to be present. Lunch will be pro­ vided. Brother Ivan Stewart, of Usborne will be installed as the Grand Monarch of the London lodge. O.E.S. Christmas Party The annual Christmas party of the Exeter Chapter O.E.S. w-as held in the Chapter rooms on Wednesday of last week fol- i lowing the regular meeting. Mrs. William (Middleton, Worthy Mat­ ron, and Mr. Fred Penwarden, Worthy Patron, w presided. The room was attractively decorated with 'Christmas trees and othei- Christmas ornaments. After a bingo game in which over fifty members joined, ;Christmasb gifts were exchanged. Carols were sung and an oyster supper was enjoyed. Everyone reports a de­ lightful evening. The first enchre party ,will be held in the Chapter room on Friday, January 13. Elected In Listowel .Two Exeterites will have some­ thing to say in running the town of Mitchell during the year 1950. Ted Tamah, son of W, ,W. Ta­ man, of town, headed the six- man council with 553 votes in Monday’s election. Thos. Moffatt,’ son-in-law of Mr. W. G. Medd, of town, also headed the polls in his bid for -a seat on the Public Utilities Commission. He polled 5 02 votes. Both nibn were mak­ ing their first bid in.municipal office. Exeter Prev. acknowledged ..$47,562.80 C. V. Pickard ............. Silverwood Dairies, of 100.00 London .....................25.00 Joseph Grant, London Loti (Martin) Gillies, 10.00 Midland ..........5.00 Cecil Stewart .............200.00 Eric Carscadden .......150.00 K. J. Lampman ..........200.00 Aljoe Sanders (draw)10.00 $48,262.80 Stephen Prev. acknowledged ..$5,175.00 W. F. B. McLaren ....500.00 Wally Desjardine ......75.00 Name later .................250.00 Usborne Prev. acknowledged ..$16,406.00 Additional .................330.00 $16,736.00 Other prev, acknow. .$460.00 Total reported ...$71,458.80 Pentecostal Pentecostal School Holds Christmas Party The annual (Sunday School concert of the Pentecostal Church was held Friday night, December 23, and was much enjoyed by all present. The pupils of the Clinton Sun­ day School contributed to a pro­ gram that was highly Christ- adoring. AU items by the younger children were much enjoyed and well rendered. The Intermediates gave a fine play, , "His Best Christmas”, showing how a Sun­ day School teacher’s work bears fruit. The exercise "Angels From the Realms of Glory" by the Bible Class was appreciated, as was the play by the young people entitled "No Room in the Inn". The .pantomine " Little Town of Bethlehem", presented by the girls under the direction of Mrs. P. Durand, was a lovely .climax to a good program. , Gifts from a well laden tree and treats for the Sunday School completed the evening. Annual Meeting On Saturday night the annual meeting of > Pentecostal Church was held. The business of the year was completed and appoint-; meats were made for the now year. The reports given by the different departments s li owed substantial increases in numbers, as well as finance. The pastor was** much encouraged by the progress of the wor.k in souls saved, baptized in water and in the spirit. The work In Clinton and in Mitchell showed continual progress. Bach department show­ ed a satisfactory balance and nearly $1800’ was raised for home and foreign missions. Throughout the meeting, a worshipful spirit of praise and thanksgiving was maintained and at midnight the congregation met in fellowship in partaking of the Lord’s Supper, Thus the New Year was entered with the Hope according to Titus 2: 13 and 14, and with grateful praise for the blessings of the .past year. They Didn’t Hear The Boss! Our subscribers may have read of derbies of various kinds but Mr. George Allen of Kirkton re­ ports one that is out of the ordinary, Friday night last he was midwife to a pig derby. When Agricultural Minister James Gardiner announced the shutting off of the British mar­ ket to Canadian bacon the in­ formation had not .reached the production end on Mr. Gardiner’s own farm operated by Mr. Allen. At 6 o’clock a young sow'began having her family to the tune of thirteen little piglets.. No sooner had this hpen accom­ plished than a sister sow, not to be outdone, started the same performance with the same re­ sults. During the early* morning hours of the same, night still another member of the same family, seeing what-had already taken place, decided to go one better and produced fourteen little pigs. An increase of forty pigs between 6 o’clock at night and 6 o’clock in the morning was some achievement. During the ceremonies Mr. Allen had opportunity to fortify himself with a couple of cups of coffee. A week previous, Mr. Allen had two . sows that; gave birth to twelve pigs each,;! Opt of the three batches born. Friday night one pig in each batch has died. The sows are just, a year old these are their first lifters. On the same farm during the past four years, four sets of twin calves have been born all with different mothers. Work To B egin ' On Ausable Cut Work on a new. cuH for the mouth of the Ausable river at Port Franks will begin immed­ iately, it has been announced. It will be the first step in the development of the two million dollar conservation program for the river valley. A Sarnia contractor has been awarded the $90i,000 sub-contract for the excavation of a cut 100 feet wide and 8,706 feet long at Port Franks. The cut will eliminate three loops of the present river chan­ nel. The firm expects to finish the job in time for the 1950 spring thaw. The task Of straightening the mouth of the Ausable is only the first phase of a far reaching program announced last .August by the Ausable Conservation Authority, after more than three years of planning. Four District Municipalities Elect Governing Bodies For 1950 Results By Polls Of Election In Exeter Reeve Poll 1 Cochrane, W, G. ...... 107 Sweitzer, A. J. .......... 118 Deputy-Reeve Pooley, R. E...... Ill Snider, H. L...... 108 Council Hern, J. W...........,....... 130 Heywood, V................... 124 Lindenfield, E............... 181 Webster, W. ................ 115 Community Leads The Way Again Exeter leads the way with the first lt950 baby born in (Huron County. ‘Not only does she lead the way with the first New Year baby but proudly boasts of three babies born the same day. At 3:45 p.m. the stork arrived at the nursing home of Mrs. Ralph Batten and delivered Daniel Ross, an eight pound, nine ounce infant to Mrs. William Walters, of WinflMSlsea. It is their second child,*>a ’brothel’ for 15-year-old Margaret. While Danny Ross was the first New Year baby to be born in Exeter, another youngster, Douglas Ross, was born at St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, at 12:55 p.m., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Finch, of town, a brother for Ruth Ann and Bradly. Following closely behind the the other two was Donald 'Charles Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Hall. M*r. Hall is the chief accountant at the Bank of Mont­ real. Donald Charles, weight 7 pounds, lias two brothers and a ' sister, Ted , Bob and Nancy. The baby was born at 4:15 p.m. Mr. Doug Sweet, a patient at the Byron Sanitorium, spent a week at his home here, return­ ing to Byron last Wednesday. Flash Fire Causes Excitement A flash fire at the South End Service station, owned and operated by Russel and Chas. Snell, ^Saturday afternoon caused 1 a few anxious moments and a quick run of the fire department to the scene, Fortunately the fire was brought under control before the fire truck arrived and little damage was done, A tin of gasoline was over­ turned on the cement floor and the liquid ran beneath a furnace for heating the room. Suddenly it burst into flames. Fire ex­ tinguishers .were brought into play- and the flames subdued. Chat. Snell was slightly burned abort the face from the heat. Professor 1L . F. Forshaw of O.A.C., Guelph, spent New Years with Winston tShapton. Jawaharlal Nehru, prime minister of India, is pictured with Warwick Fielding Chipman, the high commissioner-designate of Canada, when the latter called on the Indian leader at New Delhi recently, —Central Press Canadian Hospital A Real Asset Writes Former Exeter Girl From an interesting letter written by Mrs. R. G. Gillies, of Midland, (The former Lulu Mar­ tin) to R. N. Creech we take a number of interesting excerpts. Mrs. Gillies writes "For weeks I have been wanting to send „a donation to the Exeter Hospital Fund but the amounts paid and pledged frightened me, Last week, however, I noticed several more on my level so am enclos­ ing my cheque for $5.00. Several weeks ago The Tlmes- Advocatc told of the number of invitations Bent out for "The Old Home Week" we all so dearly remember, I am sure many who came back would be glad to send a small contribution in memory and love of the old town, many of us still call "Home" but perhaps all do not still get the .paper or know your aims. We have a good hospital hero in Midland and I have been in­ terested in the work the women’s auxiliary have .been doing for It, during our eight years here, and was very proud to be its presi­ dent in ’47 and ’48. It is a mar­ vellous asset to this community as I am sure the hospital will be for the Exeter district. I sin­ cerely hope.XiU can soon start building it? 1 was also interested in your A/ew high school and hope to it when home next. It is stilha real thrill to go up town and see old friends and familiar places and to be .re­ membered. Even writing this, so many memories come flooding back, I hope you have a Happy New Year and that your hopes for the hospital will be fully realiz­ ed." . Majority for Sweitzer; 165. Majority for Snider: 37, 2 3 4 Total 149 78 39 373 186 193 41 538 167 118 25 421 157 149 44 458 177 156 25 488 208 161 22-r 515 260 , 218 43 702 178 ‘ 175 76 544 Elected for Council: Lindenfield, Webster and Heywood. Fifty-six percent of the vote polled. Results By Polls Of Election In Usborne Poll . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Brock. Wellington ........ 69 27 40 6 75 75 59 351 Simpson, James ............. 33 67 19 117 33 11 64 344 Poll numbers represent: Eden, poll 1; Thames Road, 2; Hurondale, 3; Farquhar, 4; Elimville, 5; Zion, 6; Kirkton, 7. Results By Polls Of Election In Hay Poll 1 2 Becker, Klopp V. L. Oscar 56 12 Rader,, L. H............... 35 16 Roclie., Gus ............... 40 25 Willert, E. J.............. 36 46 27 17 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total 162 123 57 154 50 70 699 116 91 30 44 26 30 366 34 53 38 135 18 39 368 144 112 82 54 42 60 559 128 97 26 48 40 31 452 Eight RCAF Officers Receive Promotions The New Year’s promotion list for the RCAF, recently announc­ ed by Air Force Headquarters, includes 8 officers from RCAF Station Centralia. Following is a list of the promoted officers and their home addresses: Squadron Leader to Wing Commander: Sqadron Leader V. L. Berg, 2486 West 4th Ave., Vancouver, B.C. Flight Lieutenant to Squadron Leader: ,F/L R. B. Murray, 332 East River Rd., New Glasgow, N.S..; , F/L E. Wilson, Rapid City, Man.; Flying Officer to Llight Lieu­ tenant: F/O L. C. Coffey, Ed­ monton, Alta.; F/O G. C. Mac­ donald, Hampton, N.B.; F/O H. M. Pickard, 1216 Westmount Blvd., Calgary, Alta.; F/O D. Pue, Brandon, Man.; F/O ,T. M. Webster, Forest, Ontario. Youth Goes On Glass Smashing Spree A local youth, ‘bent on a New Year’s Eve celebration, went ■amuck .Saturday night’,, Smashed a mirror at Rether’s Restaurant, broke a large plate glass window in Harvey’s Grocery store, and a pane of glass in Fred Huxtable’s building. He suffered a severely cut and bruised hand that was dressed after midnight by Dr. Fletcher. Having imbibed too freely of John Barleycorn, the youth created quite a scene as he broke the mirror in the wash­ room of the Rether Restaurant. Leaving .there he put his fist through the 6x7 plate glass win­ dow of the grocery store and then, according to report, tried to smash several car windows. He afterwards -entered the Avalon restaurant leaving a trail of blood across the floor to the washroom. He was finally picked up by Nightwatchman William Wareing and Dr, Fletcher was called to dress the wound. VISITS MALTA — Princess Elizabeth is pictured here Exeter this year will send two members to the Huron County Council. Reeve Aaron J. Sweit­ zer retained the ’seat as reeve in Monday’s voting, H, L. Snider, elected deputy-reeve, will accompany Mr. Sweitzer to Gode­ rich when the county council meets this month. Three members who will sit with the reeve and deputy-reeve to form the council are E. Lin­ denfield, William Webster and. Vernon Heywood. In the contest for the reeve- - ship, Mr. Sweitzer polled 538 votes as against 373 for W. G. Cochrane. Foi’ deputy-reeve H. L. Snider polled 458 votes/ this being thirty-seven votes over R. E. Pooley, who totalled 421 ballots. For council, E. Lindenfield, a member of the retiring council, headed the polls with 702 votes, a majority of 158 over William Webster, who was second high with 544. Vernon Heywood col­ lected 515 ballots and J. W. Hern, who sat on the council in 1949, was eliminated, He polled 488 votes. According to the Returning- Officer, C. V. Pickard, fifty-six percent of the voters wedt to the po.Ts. The voting was light in the morning 'but picked up in the afternoon. Usbpnie Township ■In a closely contested fight for the reeveship in Usiborhe Township between Wellington Brock and James Simpson, two members of the retiring council, the former emerged the winner with a seven-vote margin. The election was held Friday. The council will now consist of Wellington Brock (reeved, Verne Pincombe, Harold Jeffery, Harold Hern and Earl Mitchell. Hay Township In the election for four coun­ cillors for Hay Township Mon-, day, V. L. Becker headed the polls with a wide margin. He polled 699 votes. Others elected were: Gus Roche, 559; E. J. Willert, 452; L. H. Rader, 388. Oscar Klopp polled 366 votes. .Earl Campbell was elected reeve by acclamation. Tuckersmith Township In a three-cornered fight in Tuckersmith Township for the reeveship, Arthur Nicholson was re-elected for a seventh term. He obtained 36S votes—a majority of 73 over his closest rival, Har­ old Jackson, with 285. The third aspirant for the reeve’s seat Was Gordon Richardson with 222 votes. Two members of Tuckersmith Council in 1949—Roy Bell, with 641 ballots, and William Roger­ son, with 558—were returned to ■the four-member council. In se­ cond place in the voting for council was Alfred Moffatt With 594 votes, while Andrew Crozier was accorded the fourth seat with a 435-vote total. Eliminated was Ray McKinnon with <16, Sixty-seven more votes were cast in the contest for reeve this year. In the voting for reeve one year ago, 818 people voted as against 885 oMonday, Celebrate Anniversary Congratulations ,to Mr, and Mrs, Alonzo Hodgins, of London, who have just celebrated their fifty-sixth wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Brown and Ross, of Stephen, spent the day with them. Mr. and Mrs. Hodgins were married at 'Crediton by the Rev. George, Baker. as she visits with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, in Malta recently. The Duke is stationed here with the navy. The Princess is now home with Prince Charles and the royal family. -—Central Press Canadian Entertain New Canadian Citizens On the evening of December 22 there was a variation in the programme of instruction for D.P. Classes held at the Exeter high school. Under the direction of Mr. Wilson about thirty per­ sons of various nationalities joined in the singing of Christ­ mas carols. Only slight traces of foreign accent might occasionally betray the fact that the singers were singing in a new language. All seemed to enjoy the novel experience made easier by the fact that some of the carols were known in their own country. After the carol singing a com­ mittee of ladies from the Main St. Evening Auxiliary including the president, Mbs. Bowen, enter­ tained the new 'Canadians to a very enjoyable lunch. After the lunch everyone seemed to feel more at home. There was more enrol singing this time, in var­ ious native tongues. I One of the new Canadians act­ ing as a spokesman thanked the ladies for their kindness. To top I off the evening each person re­ ceived a treat of candy, nuts and I oranges for themselves and all the members of their family J from the Lion’s Club.