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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-02-16, Page 1' 'A Seventy-sixth Year emoon Out Brady Dry Cleaning Plant Co-op Business Totals $255,563 The Exeter District Co-Opera tive at their annual meeting Fri day evening reported a turn-over of $255,563.40 for the year. Hugh U.'O.O, spoke trend class could as good if through it we think only in terms of competition and rivalry. Co-operative organization is an essential factor if used as a brotherhood to help and pro tect those in weaker positions and as a safeguard against mono polistic competition .which is so strongly entrenched. William (Oestreicher in his presidential address, stressed that it seems a certainty that we are drifting int a period of recessions in values. We must as never before as a body and as individuals in the Co-Operative keep four essentials in mind: Buy shrewdly, produce effective ly, operate efficiently and econo mically and strive to dispose of our goods in the best obtainable markets. Co-Operatives through their volume of business operate at close margins -and return large dividends. The 1950 was elected Oestreicher, _ Tuckey, vice-president; Albert Gaiser, second vice-president; Kenneth Hern, secretary-treasur er; Wilfred Shapton, Cecil Rowe, Oscar Miller, 'Clarence Down, Edgar Monteith, .directors; J. A. Petrie, manager. Bailey, general manager of was the .guest speaker. He rather effectively on the in our modern world of organizations. -*This power be of evil .effect as well board of directors as follows: William president; Oscar Lineman Falls From Pole Mr. Laverne Wells, an em ploy of the rural hydro, had the misfortune to fall from a pole on Thames Road Monday. With his safety belt fastened around the pole his spurs gave way_ and ,he fell to the _ shaken up and bruised and it was feared tured some spine. He was taken to Victoria Hospital in the Dinney ambulance for an X-Ray which revealed no fractures. He returned home the same day. ground. He was ■he might have frac bones oi' injured his When the hydro went off on Tuesday evening, Wein Hatchery had 170,000 eggs in their large incubators. Fortunately they an auxiliary plant which brought into operation and vented a great loss. have was pre- M rs. S. R. MacMath Sympathy is extended to (Mrs. Don Collier, whose mother, Mrs. G. R. MaciMath passed away on February 11. Mrs. MacMath is survived by four daughters, ,Mrs. Collier, of Exeter; Mrs. Ewan Ross (formerly teacher at Dash wood; Mrs. Don. Rutherford, R.N., of Ingersoll; Mrs. William Armstrong, of Bayfield; and one grandchild, Sandra ’Collier, Exe ter. The funeral took .place from Beattie-McRoberts funeral home in Clinton with burial in Mait land Cemetery, ■Goderich, Ont, ♦ EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1950 Single Copy 60 ENTERTAIN MOTHERS — Members of the South Huron Junior Institute last week en tertained their mothers at a “motlier-and-daughter banquet” held at Club Monetta. Pic tured above are some of the girls with the guest speaker, Miss Florence Eadie, of the Women’s Institute, Toronto. From left to right they are: Mrs. Hodgert, immediate past president; Lucille Boyce, president; Anna Brock, county president; Miss Eadie; Velma Fer guson, second vice-president; Donna Mitchell, last year’s first vice-president; Christine Dob son, past president; Shirley Broom, secretary. —Jack Doerr, Exeter Warren Sanders Heads Ki nsmen The Exeter Kins m e n last Thursday night elected Warren Sanders as their first president. The election took place dinner meeting held at Monetta. Elected vice was Winston second elected secretary, registrar and Robert Soutlicott treasurer. Each office was contested by at least two members who were nominated by the two nominat ing committees or from the floor. President Lou Roddis of the London Kinsmen conducted the election. In his speech the new presi dent suggested that the club pull together in projects for the betterment of the community. He stated that he would do everything he could to get the new organization off on the right foot and with the help of the members he felt the club could do a lot of good work. The new executive now has to appoint three directors as well as committee chairman. This asvill be done before the next meeting on March 2. The ilew slate will i hold office until August 1951. Charter night • will . follow in about four weeks time.- Several new members were added, bringing the c iva r t e r membership to fifty-seven, K was closed at this number. at a Club to the office of Mel Alderson S hap ton will vice. Ray Frayne was Gord Farrow ■first while be the It Mrs. Edwin Irwin attended the funeral of the late Miss Agnes Ramsay of Platsville last week. Pupils from the Exeter Public School have made a contribution of $23.50 for the March of Dimes Campaign in aid of those suffering from polio. Honored By Friends X Peter Fraser In Top One Percent University of Western Ontario students have second to ents on continent. Results Graduate Record Examinations of the Educational Testing Ser vice at Princeton, N.J., • show U.W.O. students who took the exams rank well in the top brackets among students from and none the just proved they are among the stud- North American received of the first rate United States Canadian universities. Peter Fraser, Exeter, a mathe matics and physics student, was in the top one percent of stud ents on this continent. Among the students who_ wrote Were: Peter A. Cameron Marjorie McBride, At the meeting in Goderich in January, Dr. Hall, president of the Uni versity of Western Ontario, stat ed that Peter Fraser had won one of the two $200 scholarships offered by the county for high est standing of a Huron County student. He stated that Fraser’s marks on his third year aver aged ninety percent and his cord card was sprinkled with 99s and several 100s. Fraser, Exeter: Henry, of Brucefield; Klopp, Zurich; Stuart R.R. 3, Kippen. Huron County Council re- 90s 83Urge Paving Of Highway A joint deputation from Dash wood and Exeter waited on Thomas Pryde, M.L.A., Friday afternoon of last week to urge paving of Highway S3 that runs from Exeter to the Blue Water Highway. Considerable road building has been done on this stretch of highway and it is hoped now that the Department of Highways will undertake to complete the job this year. Liberals Hear W.O. President The executive of the Liberal Association for Huron and for Huron-Perth met in the Central Hotel dining room, Exeter, on Thursday evening last. About forty persons were present. General business was discussed and delgates were appointed for the forthcoming provincial an nual meeting to be held in Tor onto. Mr. Russel Daly, Guelph, president of the Western Ontario Liberal Association, was present and spoke 'briefly as did Mr. A. Y. McLean, M.P., of Seaforth. Mr. W. L. Whyte, president, oc cupied the chair, ,Lunch was served at the close. Exeter suffered a serious fire Monday afternoon when the dry cleaning plant of Mr. Edward Brady went up in smoke and several hundred garments were destroyed, The fire started at the rear of the workroom and, in spite of the fact that fire extinguishers were brought into play, spread rapidly. A large number of relatives and friends from the vicinity and points in U.S.A, arrived by chartered bus at the home of >Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Daters, 14th Concession, Hay Township, on Saturday afternoon to surprise them on the occasion of * their twenty-fifth wedding annivers ary. Dinner was served from a table decorated with pink and white streamers and tapers and centered with a beautiful three-, storey wedding cake. , The guests were .presented to the couple following a presenta tion address by Alvin Walper, Mr. and Mrs. Daters very ably thanked the assembly for the gifts and replied to the congrat ulatory speeches which followed. Wil- William Sweet The funeral of the late 11am Thomas Sweet, of London, a former resident of Exeter, was held Tuesday afternoon from the Hopper-Hockey funeral h o m e, conducted by Canon Trumper, of London. Mr. 'Sweet died at his home, 798 Dufferin Avenue, London, Sunday, aged 79 years. He is survived by his wife, the former Amelia Isaac; a daugh ter, Mrs. Walter Lenelian, of London; one sister, Miss Ilettio Sweet, of Westminster Hospital, London; three .brothers, Clinton, of Exeter, Victor and Harry, of Windsor, and two grandsons, Ross and Pat Lenohan, of Lon don, all of whom were present for the funeral, together with Mrs, Victor Sweet. The bearers were Bruce, William, Ray and Paul Eagleson, Harold Hodgins O. S. Atkinson. AIRPORT NEWS Holds Meeting In New School For the first time, the monthly meeting of the Board was held in the Board Room of the new building on Tuesday evening, February 1, at 8:30. Absent were C. S. MacNaugh- ton and A. J. Kalbfleisch. Mr. W. L. Hodge, of Crediton, interviewed the Board regarding cafeteria supplies; The minutes were read and approved for the regular meet ing of January 10, and special meeting of January The correspondence was and tabled for .discussion. Per James /McAllister and E. Chambers that tfire’ letter from the Ontario Trustees and Rate payers Association be filed. 'Per A. W. Morgan and K. H. Johns that the request of a de legation from Trivitt .Memorial Church for the use of the audit orium will be 'given sympathetic consideration. The Current Accounts submit ted by the Secretary were ap proved for payment by motion of E. L. Mickle and L. C. .Brisson. Pei* K. H. Johns and James McAllister that this Board authorize Secretary Bank of necessary penses of 0'00. The Capital accounts submit ted by the Secretary were ap proved for payment from Capital funds on motion ,of H. Walper and E. L. Mickle. The boiler insurance is to be ■continued for thirty days .under the same (conditions. .Per H. Walper and K. II. Johns that the charge be $35.00- per night when the use of the au di torium .be granted to a charitable organization for a con cert where an admission, is charged. Adjournment .at 1:20 per E. L. Mickle. —E. D. Howey, -Secretary the 16. read the ’Chairman and the to borrow from the Montreal the funds for the current ex- the Board up to $20,- Fire Destroys Usborne Barn Fire on Friday last destroyed the large bank barn of Mitchell Willis, of Usborne, near Wood ham. The fire started in the upper part of the barn and had gained considerable headway when noticed by a neighbour who informed Mr. Willis, who at the time was having supper. The neighbours were elerted and as sisted in getting out some .of the stock and also in saving an ad joining hen-house shed. Two cows, some pigs were gether with about wheat, 300 bushels of barley, jand some soy beans. A fertilizer drill belonging to Pat ~ ‘ in the barn, was One cow escaped dragging part of it. one the the The Willis when ihe came from the West from Mr. Jas. Squire. The loss Was partly covered by surance. and Mrs. and implement five sows and destroyed to- 400 bushels of Dickey, stored also destroyed, ■from the barn the stall with The barn was “L” shaped, barn being 4|0x58 feet, and other 34x5'6 It was one of good barns of the township, farm was purchased by Mr. in rm Exeter Escapes From Winter’s Worst Sto One of the worst storms of the season passed over Western Ontario Monday and Tuesday. Exeter, however, escaped little damage. Two radio vision aerials again went before the high winds and on Monday. The storm was the east. In the midst of it the Brady Dry Cleaning plant was destroyed by fire. Tuesday the weather turned mild .with rain and sleet. Trees and wires were covered with ice. At 4 a.m. seven men from the rural hydro were .called to the Blenheim dis trict where wires were down. A tree-trimming gang that had just landed in Exeter was called to London. Tuesday evening about eight the hydro went off and darkness prevailed for several hours. with | tele-1 down snow from Mark Sixty-Fifth Anniversary On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kirkby of St. Marys, former resident of the fourth line, Blan- shard, celebrated the sitxy-fifth anniversary of their wedding. They were the recipients of some sixty congratulatory cards, flowers, sweets, etc. The bride of sixty-five years ago was the former Nancy S. Beavers, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Beavers and the wedding was solemnized at the home of her parents -by the late Rev. Ezra Fear. The birthplaces of Mr. Kirkby were just half a mile apart. They resided in Blanshard until moving to St. Marys thirty- one years ago. They had two children—Wil bert, of Blanshard Township, and Mrs. W. J. Anderson (Let- tie), who died several years ago. There are seven grandchildren. Attending the celebration from Exeter were Mr. B. W. F. Bea vers and Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Kirk by was the eldest of the Beavers family and Mr. Beavers the youngest. They are faithful members of St. Marys United Church. Both are enjoying fairly good health, although Mrs. Kirkby is badly crippled from arthritis. How ever, \he has retained her great interest in people and current events. Mr. and Mrs; Kirkby stated that “The weather was different the winter we were married. That day there was a snow level of two feet with rises of six feet along the fences. Prices, too, were very different, with eggs selling at eight cents a dozen, butter at twelve cents, and beef selling for six cents a pound. “When we were young the large congregation met for the evening church services, with very few turning out in the mor ning,” I The bridesmaid at their wed ding, the former Nancy Sarah | Beavers, is now Mrs. Forester of Caledonia. The fire brigade made a hasty run and when .they arrived smoke and flames were rising from the building in clouds. The flames were soon brought unaer control but not before the interior of the building was a shambles. Fortunately the vat containing the .cleaning fluid did not catch fire. A storm was raging at the time and the firemen manned the hose with difficulty owing to the cold. Several of them re ceived quite a soaking. Five employees were in the building at the time and as the fire was in the rear of the struc ture the office records and some of the garments were saved. The Brady plant serves a wide area and the estimated damage to the clothing runs into several t h o u s a n d dollars. There was some damage to the machinery but most of it can again .be put into working order. Blackened charred ruins, soaked with water, with clothing of all kinds in various stages of destruction scattered throughout the rooms made a very horrible sight the following day as Mr. Brady and an insurance adjuster' tried to sum up the loss. Mr. Brady says that the loss is covered by insurance and those with garments in the build ing are asked to .file a claim. Plans for the future are un certain but the owner hopes to re-establish his business as soon as suitable quarters are avail able. In the meantime a temp orary office is being set up in Graham Arthur’s showroom. many town- week Mr. Thomas Pryde, M.L.A., accompanied by Mrs. Pryde, Douglas Pryde, Donald Traquair and Reynold Wuerth, motored to Toronto on Wednesday afternoon for the opening of the Legisla ture. Mr. Pryde was minus his best suit. He had taken it to the Arthur Kestle Mr. Arthur Kestle, for years a farmer of Stephen ship, died Thursday of last at the Huron 'County Home in his seventy-third year. He was ill about a week, death being due to a paralytic stroke. Surviv ing are one brother, Henry J. Kestle, of Exeter, and one sister, Mrs. Harley (Sanders, Windsor. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon with interment in the Exeter Cemetery. The officiating clergyman was Rev. Mr. For sythe, of Clinton. Foui' nephews, Harry, David and Melvin Kestle and Chester Sanders assisted as bearers along with R. Jacobs and another from Clinton. At tending the funeral from a dis tance were Mr. and Mrs. Harley Junior Institute Banquet Mothers A mother and daughter ban quet sponsored by the .South ■Hurfuf Junior Institute was held* at Club Monetta Wednesday eve ning of last week, when about eighty sat down to nicely dec orated tables and partook of a«i excellent repast. Following the banquet there was a fine pro gram with Miss Lucille Boyce acting as toast-mistress. The guest speaker for the evening was Mrs. Florence Eadie, of the Women’s Institute .Branch, Toronto, She was introduced by Christine Dobson and spoke oil “Mothers and Daughters,” out lining the obligations and re sponsibilities each owed to the other. Margaret Dougall led in a I lively sing-song. Helen iShapton and Margaret Dougall sang and readings were given by Anna Brock. A draw for a Kenwood blanket was won by Marion Hod gert. , Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Beavers and Mr. Roy Kirk were jn To ronto last week attending the Ontario Hardware Dealers’ Con vention. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Forrester left Monday for Florida. They will be joined later in the weekUCOl suit, iiu HUU. LU LtlXLVC W <31 V3 WAX* llllM. MV jvmvvA cleaners Monday and it was de- Sanders, 'Chester and Mrs. Har-| by their daughter Dorothy and destroyed in the fire that day. | old .Gibbs, of Wondsor. | Miss June Mercer of London. The players of .the stage pro duction “Arsenic. and Old Lace” were entertained the Officers’ Mess after their performance in the station theatre on .Friday night, February 10. Their ex cellent production was well re ceived by station personnel, * * * * Four R. & C.S. pilots assisted in the transfer of Army person nel from London to Canlp Bor den during last week-end. F/O’s Donovan, Gilmer, jMoir and Mat thews flew the Dakotas With soldiers of tli© First Hussars (Reserve) as their passengers. The R/C.A.F. men were instruct ed In driving tanks before bring ing the Army men back to Lon don on Sunday.* # * * The station theatre is in the process of being renovated. A new false ceiling, concealed light ing, and improved heating and ventilation facilities are being installed, It is expected that the theatre will again be in opera tion on Sunday, February 19.* * $ The station hockey team now stands second in the Garrison League and first in the , OHA Int, ..... ‘ day night at Clinton and on Wednesday night New Hatnl^i’g visits Exeter for a game. The station basketball t earn defeated Clinton by a score of 63-50 on Monday night In Clin ton, On Tuesday the locals play “A”. The locals -play Tues- in St. Marys. If this game is a win, the station team .will ad-i vance into the playoffs. I★ * * * R. & C»S, pilots visited Clinton on Wednesday, February 8, to in spect the Air Training (Section of Station Clinton, as guests of the Clinton a 1 r b o r n e instructors. During the day the station per sonnel were defeated at volley ball, but returned to the unit in better appreciation of Clinton's work.♦ LAC Johnny Moruan of the Met. section is about to leave civilization for a time. Johnny has been posted to the detach ment at Kittigazuit, on the let of the Mackenzie river the Beaufort sea.♦ sk ♦ * Four G.C.A. technicians expected to report to the about the 15th of February. Blain© and Ramsden of th© tower staff are back from TD at Tren ton, where they were interviewed in regard to the GCA controllers course. The present Aerodrome Controllers Assistant course have just finished their mid-term ex ams and are now left with one month to go. Flight Lieutenants are writing promotion qualifying examinations this Week. Person nel on the instructing staff of FTS are spending their spare time during the current bad weather listening to lectures on a .wide variety of service sub jects. OUt- into are unit Cpls M rs. John Schlundt Mrs. Annie B. Schlundt, Wife of John Schlundt, who died suddenly at her home in Dash- Wood Wednesday night, had lived there 42 years. She was a former resident of Hay Township. Besides her husband, she leaves two’5' sons, Herbert and Melvin, at home; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Miles, of Calgary; and two brothers, John and Henry Bender, Dashwood. The body rested in Hoffman’s funeral home where services were held Saturday at 2 p.m., by Rev. L. Hignell, and interment was made in the Lutheran Bron son Line Cemetery. Elmer Bell P-C President At the annual meeting of the Western Ontario Progressive- Conservative Association held in London on Wednesday of last week, Mr. Elmer D. Bell, K.C., was elected president. A goodly number of supporters of Bell from this community tended the convention. Attend Pairs Convention Messrs. G. Hicks and Clark Fisher and Mrs. R. Kestle attend ed the District Fairs convention in London and also attended the Ontario Asssociation of Agri cultural Societies in Toronto at the King Edward, Hotel 'Thurs day and Friday of last week. destroyed in the fire that day. Mr. •at- 1 Hb'-w - SIGNS CHARTER APPLICATION — The Exeter Kinsmen’s first president, Warren San ders, is shown here signing the application for the charter at a supper meeting held last Thursday night when the election of officers took place. Looking on (from loft to right) arc Lou Roddis, president of the London Kinsmen; Ray Frayne^ secretary; Winston Chap ton, second vice-president; and Robert Southeott, treasurer. Other officers, unable to be present, were Mel Alderson, first vice-president, and Gordon I^arrow, the club registrar. — Jack Doerr, Exeter IS 4