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EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, J950 . Single Copy 60
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Hour-Long Air Display
Thrills Centralia Crowd
The “boss” inspected R.C.A.F.
Station Centralia Saturday. Close
to 20,000 people of the district
toured the airport to see flying
and equipment displays as air
men marked the third annual
Air Force Day
the war.
By far most
crowd was a
since the end of
impressive to the
continuous hour-
long air show, the best ever seen ,
at Centralia. Sixty aircraft per
formed in the flying exhibition.
Along with flying formation de
monstrations, aerobatics by jets,
Harvards, helicopter and sail
plane thrilled the spectators.
Displays of armament, instru
ment, parachute and hobiby
crafts attracted many. Kiddies
thronged around the midway.
Games of chance provided un
expected amusement for the
crowd. Three large hangers were
chock-full of displays.
Flight Lieutenants Ray Green
and Lou Hill, the celebrated
aerobatic team from the station
put Harvards through spectacu
lar air antics. Climax of the ex
hibition was an eight-point slow
roll, one of the most difficult
stunts in aviation tricks.
The helicopter, owned by the
Ontario H.E.P.C., put on an
amazing show of ail' movement.
The gyro-powered craft flew
•backwards, sideways, up and
down to the delight of the
crowd. The craft is used to in-
sepect hydro lines in Northern
Ontario. Flying from Toronto to
Centralia, the pilots lost theii'
map. They circled the district,
spotted
retrieve
High
cisional „„........ .
also part of the air show. Two
parachutists were unable to
make their jumps for the ex
hibition because of strong 27
m.p.h. winds.
Al Row, sailplane record -hold
er from London, guided his
“Homesick Angel” through some
startling aerobatics. Playing
tricks with the heavy wind, pilot
Row’s powerless glider put on a
ten-minute exhibition of loops,
rolls and dives.
AFARS, the airport’s ham
radio station, had a busy day
shooting messages all across
Canada. Visitors jumped at the
opportunity to send messages to
distant friends.
The Assumption College Air
Cadets Band drew an amazingly
large crowd at its concert, con
sidering the other attractions at
the station. Music was also pro
vided by the Station Bugle and
Drum Band and the new brass
band, which made its first ap
pearance.
Of interest to airmen and
visitors alike was a scale model
of the airport housing develop
ment made by Flight Lieutenant
Webster. Hobby craft articles on
display showed extensive talent
by officers and men alike.
Float parade made a hit with
the paper and landed to
it.
winds prevented
formation flying
pre-
and
Church Anniversary Observed
The twenty-fifth aniyersary of
the United Church of Canada
was celebrated in James Street
United Church Sunday morning
when the rite of baptism and
communion was observed. The
following children were baptised,
Joyce Helena and -Marilyn Ruth,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Keith
Weber; Ronald Gordon, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dougall;
David Neil, son of Flying Officer
and Mrs. Neil Caddey; Ann
Louise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmore McBride.
games.
are ’selling
English .car
be held at
new
will
proceeds will go
building on Wil-
Legion Frolic
On Wednesday
Exeter Legion will hold their
annual frolic on the .Main Street
of town next Wednesday. The
frolic will feature bingo and a
large assortment of
Legion members
tickets on a
and the draw
the frolic. All
to the Legion
liam Street.
Foundation for their new
building will be laid this week
unless rain prevents it, Legion
officials said Tuesday.
Work on the recreational cen
tre is being done by the mem
bers themselves, with the help
of several local builders. Vernon
Heywood and Cliff Brintnell are
in charge of construction.
The, two-storey, cement
building will house a
floor, clubroom, recreation
and kitchen,
the building
serve not only the Legion but
will be available to other organ
izations.
The Hurondale Women’s In
stitute recently donated $25 to
the building fund, A campaign
last year raised sufficient money
to get the building started but
more funds are needed to com
plete construction.
block
dance
rooms
When completed,
will be used to
This One Didn’t Get Away!
Bill
ardent
dream
pound
fight before he could land the
big fellow. He used minnow bait.
He and ,his son George were fish
ing in a river near Teeswater,
Snell, one of the town's
fishermen, caught his
fish last week—a 15^
pike. Bill had a half-hour
EDITORS CONVENE courtesy of The Windsor
Daily Star, we reprint a- picture taken at the convention of
the editors from Ontario and Quebec “weeklies” at the
Prince Edward Hotel, Windsor. At right is Hop. the Rev.
M. C. Davies, Speaker of the Ontario Legislature,1?who spoke
at a banquet sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. In the
centre is J. M. Southcott and, on the right, is Jonh A. Marsh
of The Amherstburg- Echo. —The Windsor; Daily Star
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Missing Toronto Girlf
Sought Near Bayfield
es-
are
girl
fap
the
was wearing a red plaid
blue, .pleated skirt , and
a pyjama top. Her’.hair
curlers and she apparently car
ried nothing with" her but a comb. Her purse anf money were
left behind. $
Churches Hold
United Service
Impressive services
Street United Church
the celebration of the twenty'
fifth anniversary of c
union. In his morning
Rev. H. J.
H
1C
at Main
marked
shirt, a'
possibly
was in
Undergoes Operation
Mrs. Norman Hockey is a pa
tient in Clinton Hospital. She
recently underwent an operation
and doing as well as can be ex
pected.
Missing from her Toronto
home for’ seventeen days and the
object of an intense police search,
Mabel Crumback was reported
seen near Bayfield with an
cort Tuesday .night.
District provincial police
patrolling the area for the
who has evaded searchers
more than two weeks. .
Corporal Doug McGuire of
Provincial 'Police in Goderich re
ceived a call from Bayfield Tues
day night and immediately sent
his men on the case.
The phone call reported a
19 3 G Ford Coupe seen in town
Riding in the car, the informer
said, was a strawberry blonde
answering the
Mabel Crumback and a middle-
aged man with hair lip. , They
were heading south towards
Grand Bend.
A police search Tuesday night
and Wednesday of the area pro
duced no results.
It is seventeen days since the
19-year-old bookkeeper vanished
in the dark hours of early morn
ing from her Willard Ave. home.
Twelve of those days were a
vacuum as far-as word of the
missing girl was concerned. It Is
only within the .last, five days
that any report of persons hav
ing seen her has been received.
When she left home the girl
description of
the crowd. Among the best were
a pirate’s boat* a replica of the >
Royal Slobovian Air Force on a
manure spreader, and a Station
Beautification Program.
Squadron Leader J. C. Hovey
and Flight Lieutenant George Moir shared emcee duties for
the program.
Group Captain W. F. M. New
son, D.F.O., D.F.C., and Bar,
commanding officer of the sta
tion, welcomed the crowd.
Airmen who led the different
squadrons through their paces
were Squadron Leader Hank
Reeves, Flight Lieutenants Al
Harris and “.Speed” Norman,
Flying Officers Johnny Weston,
George Kercher and Jack Sisson.
Woodham Man Sings
In Winnipeg Quartet
Of special interest to the
people in Woodliam district ,is
the flews that the Four Chordets
of London placed fourth in the
international Barbershop com
petition held in Omaha, Nebraska
last week.
Ken Mills is one of the quar
tet. He is the son of Mr. William
Mills of Woodham, Ken graduat
ed from the University of Wes
tern Ontario Conservatory of
Music last year and is at present
continuing his studies in London,
He teaches music in his home
school .once a Week.
The competition, sponsored by
the Society for the Preservation
and encouragement of Barbershop
Quartet Singing in America, was
a two day .concert. Forty quar
tets were trimmed to five final
ists for the Saturday night’s con
test.
The quartet is scheduled to
appear at a strawberry and Ham
Supper at Woodham oh Wednes
day, June 21,
Twenty Receive Attendance Pins
At Lions Ladies'
Twenty members of the Exeter
Lions Club were awarded with
lapel buttons for perfect attend
ance during the year at Ladies
Night held at the Brenner Hotel
Grand Bend, Friday evening of
last week.
Ladies Night is held at the
close of the year when the retir
ing president hands over the
gavel to his successor. The tlu’o
goes all out for a jolly evening
with a fine program and usually
a presentation to the ladies.
About a hundred persons sat
down to a turkey banquet and
during the courses a lively sing
song was led by Bill Cochrane
with Norm Walper at the piano.
Roll call was answered with a
favorite recipe, the prize going
to J. M. Southcott, awarded by
the judge, B. W. Tuckey. On
opening the surprise package the
winner found a nice fat pig’s tail. '
A toast to the ladies was pro
posed by Elmer D. Bell who
wound up his witty remarks by
stating that it was not the first
time that women had driven men
to drink. Mrs. C. S. MaoNaugh-
ton, wife of the incoming presi
dent, made a fine reply.
President, Earl Russell, wel
comed the guests and ladies. He
gave the following report of
the year’s activities. Receipts
amounting to $1533 were made
up as fellows: Lion E. McElroy,
dog raffle $S54; donkey baseball
$330; rodeo show $33; Tag day
$107: “ ' “ "
$209.
Care of child’s teeth $120; do
nation, to the Cancer Society
$75; to the Crippled Children
Society $84; Christmas Seal $25;
te the Institute for the Biiitd
Faster Seal campaign
The disbursements were:
&
Returns From Hospital
Mr. Luther J, penhale, who
recently under wenWan., operation,
at the Mayo Clinl'^at nntRester,
Minn,, returned home Sunday.
The operation was a success and
Mr. Penhale has made a splen
did recovery. Mrs. Penhale ac
companied him.
Night Dinner
$155; removal of tonsils $25;
Hallowe’en party for children
$60; child to Victoria Hospital
$38; to Cubs $50; Christmas
party $71; for eye glasses $26;
to basketball team $35; High
School awards $25; Manitoba
Flood relief fund $150. $5711
ear-marked for the Hospital
Fund had been turned over.
From the hands of Deputy-
District Governor Manford Gair,
of Strathroy, the following re
ceived pins for perfect attend
ance during the year: J, P.
Bowey, E. Brady, C. Blowes, Dr.
H. H. Cowen, Dr. J. G. Dunlop
Jack Doerr, W. Hern, G.
Koch, K. J. Lampman, F.
May, J. B. Pryde, W. II. Pollen,
R. E. Russell, T. O. Southcott,
Dr, E. S. Steiner, A. Snelgrove,
A. J, Sweitzer, S. B. Taylor, J. ;
A. Traquair and N. Walper.
An interesting program of
London talent was presented
with Lloyd Wright, of C.F.P.L.
as master of ceremonies and Max
McGee as pianist.
The newly-elected officers were
duly installed by the District
Governor, Arnold D. McNair, of
Milverton. C. S. MacNaughton,
the new president, thanked the
club for the honor conferred on
him which carried with It a cer
tain amount of responsibility, He
introduced Warren Sanders, the
president of the newly-formed
Kinsmen Club and hoped they
would be able, to work together
in harmony for the advancement
of the best interests of Exeter.
Mr. Sanders thanked the
for the invitation
decs and himself
tain the two clubs
to co-operate.
The ladles were presented with
a box of chocolates each.
to Mrs.
and was
would be
j,
c.
A.
I.O.O.F. Funeral Rites
For John A. Hodgert
A well-known and highly es
teemed resident of Exeter in the
person of John Alexander Hod
gert passed away suddenly Wed
nesday, June 6. Deceased was
born in Usborne Township, De
cember 16, 1898. .On June 11,
19213, he was united in marriage
with Etta McKay, his bereaved
widow. During the early part of
his life Mr. Hodgert was keenly
interested in sports. He served
on the Usborne council until he
moved to Exeter nine years ago.
He was a member of the Exeter
I.O.O.F. and a past master. He
was also a member of Thebes
Sanctorium, No. 26, London; a
director .of the Exeter Agricul
tural Society and a member of
James Street United Church.
besides his widow
, Mackenzie; two
Elgin Lux ton
Don-
Lon-
Mar-
three
of London;
Charles of
h u rch,
sermon,
H. J. Mahoney said that
. , twenty-five years of organ
union have justified the
hopes, faith and aspiration of
those who planned and prayed
for its consummation”.
He recalled the historic mom
ent when Methodists, Congrega
tionlists and Presbyterians
merged into one great stream
of faith and hope. “The union
combined the Congregational
doctrine of the divine worth of
the individual and freedom of
conscience with the Presbyterian
emphasis on belief
heart of religion,
sion of personal
the Methodists.”
“Wherever the church
planted—in - the magnificent
thederal of the city or a lonely
trapper’s shack—it stands as a
witness to Christ’s truth and the
unity of a fellowship which is
the very hallmark of the United
Church.”
A united service of witness
was held Bunday evening attend
ed by members of James Street
and Crediton United Churches.
Rev. Harold Currie read the
scripture lesson and led in
prayer.
Short addresses were given bl’
.Rev. H. J. Mahoney and Rev.
Harold Snell,
was rendered by the Crediton
Choir under the direction of
Mrs. Russel Johnston. Numbers
consisted of an anthem; Te
Deum Laudamus; solo, Murray
Plunkett, R.C.A.F,; a sextette
composed of Misses Beverley
Neil, Joyce Chambers, Winnifred
Mack, and Mesdames- R. Johns
ton, C. W. Pratt, R. Robbins.
Rev. Harold Snell stressed the
need for personal evangelism in
his address on “The Future of
Our Church”. “We shall .be uniting church with an opeu?
door to other denominations.”
He also pleaded for a prayerful
church.
Rev. Harry
an incident
ago at the
church union
house on the Saskatchewan
prairie. Mr. and Mrs. William
Henry, Cameron and Mrs. Mar
garet Hern of Brucefield, who
were present on that occasion,
were also present in Main Street
on the twenty-fifth celebration.
• He said that the fondest hopes
and deepest aspirations and the
■ cordial fellowships of that little
, group on the prairie was typical
i of the spirit of unity in the
. United Church of Canada.
Surviving
are on ;
daughters,
(Mildred)
aid Mayo
don; two
garet and
brothers,
James of
Toronto, and one sister, Mrs.
Victor Kestle »Jessie) of Exeter.
The funeral took place from
his late residence Friday after
noon conducted by Rev. H. J
Snell, assisted by Rev, James
Anthony. Mr. W. J. Smith sang
“Abide With Me” accompanied
by Stanley Smith on the piano.
The floral tributes were many
and beautiful.
The pall-bearers were Messrs.
Albert Keyes, Clark Fisher, Robt.
Cann, Horton MacDougall, Ro
land Williams and Robt. Morri
son. The flower-bearers were
Messrs. Jas. Simpson, Ray Cottle, ifa Russell, William Bruce, Neil
and William
Ross and
and Stan,
in Exeter
the I.O.O.
service at
son,
Mr
of Mitchell; Mrs.
iWinniferd'i of
granddaughters,
. Gayle Luxton;
Milton w
Usborne;
and one sister.
J.
Hodgert, Kenneth
MacKay. Roy Pearn,
Reg. Hodgert, William
Smith. Interment was
cemetery. Members of
F, took charge of the
the cemetery.
in God as the
and the .pas-
evangelism of
i s
ca-
Inspiring music
the direction of
club
San-
ret
able
Plow Crushes Farmer’s Hand
Mr. Ivan Stewart of Usborne
is nursing a badly crushed right
hand. He had the misfortune to
get it caught in a plow and one
finger was broken. The accident
happened last Friday and the
hand was dressed by Dr, Dunlop.
Mi*, and Mrs. Gerald McFails,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McFails and
•Mrs. Samson McFails visited over
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil McLeod at Aurora.
The South Huron Hospital Will be built in Riverview
Park just as soon as the preliminary details can be complet-
eel, a general meeting of subscribers decided Monday night.
The subscribers voted unanimously to start construction
immediately despite the fact that the fund is $30,000 short
of its objective. Canvassers feel certain that once construc
tion .begins, the people of the district will back the drive
until the total amount is raised,
The meeting elected a board
of trustees to obtain a charter
for the hospital and to, let a
contract for construction. The
trustees are fully empowered to
have complete plans drawn up
and to supervise the .building.
Their term of office will last
one year.
Elmer D. Bell, K.C., is chair
man of the board. R. N. Creech
and W. G. Cochrane were elect
ed treasurer and secretary re
spectively. These men held simi
lar positions in the now-defunct
Hospital Association, Others on
the board are C. S, MacNaugh-
ton, William Ellerington, H. C.
Elgin
and
Rivers, Harry Beavers,
Rowcliffe, Eric McIlroy
Ulric jgnell.
Try To Preserve Park
Though the subscribers
unanimous in their decision to
build the hospital, they did not
wholly agree as to where it
should stand,
A strong movement, led by
Mr. Ted Buswell, -sought to pre
serve Riverview Park
creational use
“Exeter needs that parkj
Bus well said.’
our present limits will be ex
tended and that park will be in
the middle of things. We need
the park for the recreation, pf
the youth and townpeople.”
Attenders at the meeting sup
ported the view of Mr. Buswell
‘ ' dis-
sug-
for re
in the town,
Mr. Some day t think
were
Bend
Mahoney recalled
twenty-five years
inauguration of
in a little school
Bootlegger
Fined $50.
Bootlegging at Grand
brought a §50 fine from Magis
trate Dudley Holmes at Exeter,
court, Tuesday.
Stanley Martin, operator of
Dooley’s cabins, Grand Bend,
was convicted of selling liquor
illegally under the Canada Tem
perance Act.
John Batiuck, of Grand Bend,
was" given a jail term of seven
days for drunk driving. He was
also convicted of a charge of
driving under suspension. His
car was impounded, for three
months and licence suspended for
six.
Seven days in jail was
term given Russell Mansen
drunk driving. His licence
suspended...-for six jtnpnrto.
his vehicle impounded for three
months.
Ernest Cooper, Exeter,
fined $25 for driving under*
pension. His car was not
pounded because he did not
the car he drove.
the
for
was
And
was
sus-
iin-
own
Mr. and Mrs, Ed. Alexander
and Mr, and Mrs. George Davis
spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Pym of Toledo,
Ohio.
Mr. R. B. Williams attended a
meeting of Otaco dealers in Or
illia last 'Wednesday.
Miss Amanda Shire and Miss
Ada Hopkins were visitors last
Saturday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James Squire.
but there were serious
advantages in other sites
gested.
Drainage Problem
Drainage was the main
lem and it was thought neces
sary to have the hospital near
the river. The most favourable
site suggested, other than the
park, was the McCarroll proper
ty on the opposite side of the
river. However, the purchase
price of the site and the cost of
landscaping it would mean an
other $25,000 and the meeting
felt this was beyond the ability
of the district.
Elmer Bell, in preliminary re
marks, pointed out the advan
tages of Riverview Park. It was
far enough away from the high
way to avoid noise. It was shel
tered by trees and
of lanscapiflg would
done. It was close
town so that nurses
little difficulty in reaching the
shopping centre.
§30,000 Needed
Cost of the hospital is estim
ated at $210,000. Grants from
the county, province, and the
federal government will total
$90,000.
The campaign for funds .has
.$J90fObO',' L-qf
]which $56,000 is cash and $34,-
000 is in notes and promises.
This leaves an additional $30,000
which
district.
meeting, however, felt confident
that the money could be raised.
Mr. R. N. Creech, treasurer of
the campaign, said “Personally,
I have no fear that we will meet
our
550
and
the
by
felt
ling
the
would contribute.
“Usborne,” Mr, Creech said in
his financial report, “is the ban
ner municipality of the cam
paign.” The township has over
subscribed its original quota of
$18,000 by 10 per rent. Exeter
is within a few dollars of Its
quota of $55,000. “Stephen,” he
said, “got a later start and has
slightly less than 50 per cent of
its quota of $20,000. Hay got a
much later start and lias little
better than 25 per cent. Zurich
and Hensall have been building
arenas and the campaign
been left over. They have
been touched yet.”
The campaign reaches
prob-
a minimum
have to be
enough to
would have
must be raised in the
Those present at the
t t
objective. There are some
people %vho have subscribed
we have 12,000 people in
district which will be served
the hospital.” Mr. Creech
that many people were wait-
for action on the part of
association before they
High School Boosts Fund $128,
Water Pistol Raffle Raises $27
Two water pistols raised $27 3 with soaking up the floor water.
"The smell was terrible. I I could hardly stand it and thefor the Manitoba Flood Relief J
Fund this week. jMr. Glen Mickle, teacher at thought of ever being able to live
Exeter District High School rat-( here seemed like a nightmare.’’
fled off the pistols which had I Following are this week’s do-
been confiscated from the pupils ’ nations:
earlier in the year. The raffle |
raised $27.86. ,
A room to room canvass at
school brought in a total of j
$128.86 which includes the ruf-’;
fie. Most of the pupils donated
their refund from caution fees to
the fund. j
The Times-Advocate F it n d ’
passed the $1,500 this week. The;
Exeter I.O.O.F. Lodge donated
$25 and Room 2 of the Dash
wood Public School raised $5.00.
' Just how bad the Winnipeg
situation is. is revealed in an
account of a housewife victim
who returned to her home in
i Winnipeg recently.| “The floors were thick with
I slimy miid, so slippery you could
jnot walk. About 10 inches up the I wall the white and yellow wall-
I board was crusted with black
j stuff. Above that the walls were
■ still wet for a couple of feet
Over $3,000 Damage
In Trailer-Truck Crash
Damage was estimated over
$3,000 Tuesday when a bottling
company trailer-truck jacknifed
and rolled on No. S3 Highway.
Thousands of empty bottles were
smashed and glass was splinter
ed all over the road. The driver
was uninjured.
The truck, owned by the Kist
Bottling Company, hit the soft
shoulder of the road to avoid a
grader. The driver lost control
when 1m tried to bring the heavy
vehicle back on the road. The
truck was returning to Sarnia.
No charges were laid. Pro- „ „
vincial Constable Bill Coxworth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
investigated. ; Reeder, Exeter.
LO.O.F.. Exeter ..............$ 25.hu
Room 2. Dashwood P.S. 5.'h»
Miss A. McAnsli ............ 5.0
H. T. Rowe .................. 5.«n
Exeter District ILS. ........ 128.86
A. O. Elliot ................... 25.0'1
F. W. Huxtable ......10.00
George Kether ............... 5.00
Winchelsea Jr. Red r'toss 2.25
MyrtleWINS AWARD — Miss
i Reeder, who recently graduated [from Woodstock General Hospi-
i tai School of Nursing, was | awarded the Dr. Colin A. Mc-
I Photsoii Award for proficiency
jin operating room technique and
surgical training. She is the
has
not
. . into
parts of the townships of Tucker-
smitli. Hibbert, Bosanquet and.
Biddulplt
Doctors Approve* Plans
Dr. J. G. Dunlop reported that
the medical men of the district
hud reviewed the plans of the
hospital and that with the ex
ception of one room, had unan
imously sanctioned the layout.
“There was one large room left
open as a sunroom. We felt the
room could be used for child-*
roll’s beds. We should be able to
increase our grants in that
way.”
Dr. Dunlop reported that a
delegation from Forest had been
over to Exeter to review the hos
pital campaign and that they
have decided to copy the exact
plan of the local campaign. i*nrk lie stored?
Though the park will be de
stroyed by the building of the
hospital, there is some hope that
another river park may replace
it. Elgin Rowcliffe, one of the
canvassers, told the meeting “I
think Usborne Township will
■»help in restoring the park so
I that these kids may have a spot
Ito play in?’ Reeve A. J. Sweitzer
isaid Exeter Council would give
' a new park serious considera-
, tion.
Elmer D. Beil and Richard
Creech conducted the meeting at
which thirty-five were present.
Reeve Elmer Lawson of Stephen
moved the motion that the hos
pital should be built, seconded
by Reeve A, J. Sweitzer. A. O.
Elliot moved that Riverview
Park be the site, seconded by
R. N. Creech.