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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-11-30, Page 11* Page* UTHE TIMES.APV0CATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING,. NOVEMBER 30, 1950 condition of and W. For Sale F. .Squires and Beavers Hardware Phone 86 spending W on Sunday TELEPHONE Something New and Different OVER 50 CARS FROM 1950s DOWN from around here night in Lucan at were the Mitchell, R,N,, spent last week with her N. Mitchell, wh6 is in Victoria Hospital, the D. Mr. and who were All Cars Winterized and Ready to Go Late Models Carry Our Usual Guarantee commun- and Mrs. death of Mr. R. Come early - Select your car y— Drive? it and buy it —- ★ Litter Carrier Pipes ■fa Truck Wheels for Manure Spreaders ★ Railroad Irons ★ Angle Irons in All Sizes WE BUY SCRAP IRON Also Buy Feather Ticks of All Kinds Bring the Scrap Into Our Yard Terms — 40% Cash —- Balance 18 Mos» EDGEWOOD and Mrs. Earl Middleton school at Arva on Mr. and were Saturday guests at and Mrs. (H U i i i i i i i l i i i K i i i Waffle Irons Automatic Toasters 'ness °fFic B To Be Sold At Your Price TE1EPH0NE SERVICE WORE VAIUAB1.E IMPROVEMENT and GROWTH TO CONTINUEIk. B- X? £ Weather Permitting g 5: 4.25 5.25 *’2S 2.65 2.45 1.00 Hand Sr Wl b °se c0// ,Vlduai Z'Parf M°ST CE MINSTRELS MAKE UP Phis backstage scene shows Eugene Beavers watching us Grafton Cochrane applies black­ face to Doug Knowles while. Andy Snelgrove delicately paints himself before the show. The “Showboat0 netted be­ tween four and five hundred dollars for use in service work. —Jack Doerr, Exeter Mr. attended night Friday night. Quite a few spent Tuesday the Junior Farmers’ dance with Don Robertson and CKNX bunch. Mr. Clare Dunlop is busy put­ ting the water in his house. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Westman and family attended the federa­ tion meeting in Granton Thurs­ day night.' Mr. and Mrs, Victor Westman spent Friday night at Granton attending the movie slide. Mrs. Percy Armitage isn’t feel­ ing so well again. .Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zuball returned home Monday night after- spending a few days in to illness. Detroit. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moore and family were Mr. and Mrs. Ken Kirk and girls of London Township and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Harriett family of Granton. CENTRALIA Mrs, Ezra Lamport recently visited with • her daughter in Toronto. Miss Ada a few days father, Mr. seriously ill London. We hope for improve­ ment-in Mr, Mitchell’s condition. Mrs. Steve Molnar returned home on Saturday evening after visiting for a couple of weeks with relatives in Chicagcr Mr. and Mrs. Lome Hicks visited With relatives in Ripley over the week-end. Mrs. R. Riddell of Brantford is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. Edith Flynn, who is confined to her home owing [ Mr. James Cook has purchased the creamery property from Can­ ada Packers Ltd. Sunday School anniversary is to be held December 3’ at 10:30 a.m. It is hoped to have Rev. Stanway of Brucefield, a former missionary, as guest speaker, Gleaned From Exeter District High School By Joyce Haugh Basketball practice is now in full swing, since the girls began practice on Monday night and the boys have been practicing for quite some time. Hope is high among the students that the teams will be able to 'bring the w.O.s.s.a. \ back to Exeter for another year, Grade XIII are right in the midst of their term examinations and the rest of the grades will be starting on Monday. A few more books and worried looks have been travelling home night­ ly with the students. The cold stormy weather we have been experiencing lately brings to mind an incident which took place recently at the open­ ing of , thb Fanshawe Dam on the Thames Rivei’ near London. This ceremony proved to be a very cold affair with Premier championships Frost and Mr, Winters officiat­ ing. This past. week li,as proved disastrous as far ^s the school buses have been concerned. Last Thursday one of "the buses head­ ing south on the main street with a load of students was in­ volved in a collision with a car and wagon, Fortunately no one was injured and the damages amounted to approximately $100. Winter has definitely arrived and the slippery the roads has resulted in several buses arriving a few minutes off schedule. All one has to do to prove commencement is drawing near is to step out into the hall dur­ ing activity period and listen to the strains of music drifting from the vicinity of the music room, where the Glee Club are 'busy at practice. SAINTSBURY Mr. and Mrs. C. Ings of Lon­ don and Mrs. E. Farr of New­ market spent Monday at the! home of Mr, and Mrs, Harry Carroll. Mr. and Mrs. J. McCann of Byron and Philip spent Wednes­ day at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Hebor Davis, Mr.’ and Mrs. J. Turner and Mr. and Mrs. G. Isaac and Mrs. F. Davis were Friday evening dinner guests at the home of Mrs. W. J. Davis and Ivan. Mr. and Mrs. R, Hawkins of Car- Christmas gift-giving will be remembered longer when you- give a practical gift . . . an electrical appliance. Saves work, brings new Jiving convenience right into your home- Choose from this large selec­ tion of name brand appliances. Exeter Salvage Co. STATION" ST. PHONE 423 Portable Arc Welding Acetylene Welding Steel Fabrication Macliino Work Grinding Marshall & Murray Machine Shop PIIONE 179-J EXETER BRINSLEY The new pastor, Rev. Parrott, of Crediton charge, will be in charge of the service in Brins­ ley United Church on Sunday, next, December 3. Mrs. Fred Fenton and Mrs. Clover Lewis spent a few days in Toronto recently. The sympathy of the ity is extended to Mr. Harvey Morley in the the latter’s ^brother, Simpkins, of Sarnia. Mrs. Roy Hodgins is some time with friends in St Catharines. Mr. William Tweddle of West McGillivray has returned to his home from the hospital after undergoing an operation on his eyes, Mr, and Mrs. Earl Morley have moved to their new home which he purchased from Mr. Lin Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hodgson and children and Mr. and Mrs. Lin Craven dined with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Watson evening, Congratulations to Mrs. Kelly Robinson recently married. Presentation A presentation was held in West McGillivray Hall on Wed­ nesday evening in honour of Mr. and. Mrs* Martin Watson. The evening was spent in music and dancing* after which an address was read by Mr. Ted Morley. Douglas Lewis and Harold Scott presented them with ah occa­ sional chair and a coffee table, after which Martin replied in ills humorous manner, with all singing “For They Are Jolly Good Fellows**. St. Marys, Mr. and Mrs. R. roll of Woodham and Mr. and Mrs. E. Carroll of Exeter Sunday dinner guests at home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Elston were Saturday evening dinner guests at the home of Mrs. J. Davis and Ivan. Mr. and Mrs. E. Greenlee, and Mrs. J. Dickins and Mr. Mrs. H. Davis evening dinner home of Mr, Maguire. Mr. and Mrs. Grafton, Mr. and Mrs. R. Squire and Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Coates were Friday evening din­ ner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dickens. Jack was celebrating a brithday. Con­ gratulations, Jack! Mr. • and Mrs. J. Barker, were Sunday evening dinner guests at day evenings. WINCHELSEA A very pleasant time spent on Tuesday evening last when the members of Winclielsea euchre club gathered at the home of Mr. aud Ml’s. Gordon Pranoe and presented Mr. and Mrs. Har­ old Clarke with a wicker clothes hamper in recognition of their fifth wedding anniversary, and Mr. and Mrs. Don Penhale, who have recently their to make their home in Exeter, ^ith a similar gift. Both couples Vefy gracious­ ly expressed their thanks. Lunch was served by the hostess. We regret to learn that Mrs. John Coward recently fell on the steps of her home and frac­ tured her right arni. V£e wish her a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. John Prance of Exeter spent one day recently with Mr. and Mrs. Newton Clarke. • Mr. and Mrs. , Gordon Prance and family attended the wedding of the latter’s sister, Lois, to Mr. Neil Beer, of London at Zur­ ich on Saturday last. the home of Mr. dnd Mrs. D. Maguire. Mr. and Mrs. H. Davis, Al- marie and Alexia spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Greenlee. Two or three car loads of ladies from this community at’ tended the cooking school in Lucan on Wednesday and Thurs- N ewmf Pl E W RATES■w jMI ■ IE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1951 Weather i..... ** Saturday, December 2 Weather Permitting Burns Motors Ltd Waterloo and York Streets LONDON Fair* 9024 GEO. GARDNER & SON, AUCTIONEERS Portable Radios Mantel Radios Electric Irons Electric Mixers SHOP EARLY! Vacuum Cleaners Coffee Makers *es,»ewce f?uro/ Rural Washers suggests that you visit Beavers Toy Town. They have a good array. * 5.05 The Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada has rendered judgment on the application we made in October, 1949 for our first general rate increase in 23 years. The Board has now ordered new rates that will replace the temporary rates which it authorized in its interim order last July. NEW RATES FOR EXETER e*iOn 5.00 FAIR a REASONABLE RATES These rates will adjust the temporary rates ordered by The Board of Transport Commissioners last July, And in most cases will result in only small differences* White some rates will increase, others will not change. The changes and adjustments provide reasonable rates that will fairly reflect the difference in value of the various classes of service. • The additional revenue from the new rates will enable us to maintain and improve your service and to keep pace with growth in the territory we serve* We will keep oil working to give the kind of service you want, when and where you want it. AND Today more of your friends have telephones than ever before* You can call more people and more can call you. More telephones and better service mean bigger value for you* The cost of telephone service has hot gone up as much as most other things you buy* The telephone bill is one of the small items in your family budget* When you think of its many advantages, telephone service certainly gives you big value for your money. C. B. SYMONDS, Manager