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THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1950 Page 11
Evening Service
One garage will be open in
Exbtor on Sundays, Wed-*
nesday afternoons and dur
ing the evenings through.-,
put the week,
Open tliis Sunday, Wednes
day afternoon and during
the evenings throughout
the week:
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Let Us Refinish
• Old Floors Re-finished.
• Asphalt and Rubber Tile
® Linoleum Laid.
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DEAD
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Phone 24-r-4 Crediton
Bean Growers
Re-Elect Officers
Entire board of t he Ontario
Bean Growers’ Marketing Board
was. re-elected at a meeting in
Hotel London. D. M. Campbell,
chairman, presided,
■present were members of the
Ontario Bean Growers’ Commit-
teef from Kent, Huron, Perth,
Middlesex, Lambton and Elgin
Counties. ,A resolution from the gather
ing recoinmended to the board
that only top grades. Of White
beans be made available to the
public.
Re-elected to the marketing board were: D, M. Campbell,
Blenheim; W. R. Clendenning,
Blenheim; Donald iHenry, .Turner
ville; George Armstrong, 'Exeter;
William [Hough, ’Dashwood; Al
onzo McCann, Ailsa .Craig; Angus
McLean, Parkhill; Clarence Mil
ton, Dutton; Charles s Bannister,
Ailsa Craig; W. F. Corneil, Ap-
pin, and&'Stan. McKellar, Alvin-
ston. ™ '
R. E. McPherson’’,is secretary.
Minimum prices for the 1949
crop previously ihad been set by
the board. Until March 31, the
growers are jto receive at least
$3.35 a bushel. From April 1 to
July '31, the price is $3.6i0 a
bushel for all beans containing
not ;more than one pound dam
age per bushel and not more
than 18 per cent moisture.
HENSALL %
Mrs. Thofnas Suitor of Chat
ham is visiting with her .mother,
Mrs. A. Coxworth.
Miss Dorothy McNaughton visited during” the 'past week
with ’h er oo u sin, Miss Mabel
Selves in1 Usborne and her grand
mother, Mrs, Selves at Woodham.
Mtb, William .Brown and Carol
yisited over the week-end with
the former’s parents, Mr, and
Mrs, H. Neeb in Tavistock.
, Mr, and' Mrs. Fred .Spialle-
com’be and daughter, of Guelph,
visited over the week-end with
the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred iSmallecombe, ,
Mr, and Mrs, William Parke
visited with relatives in Toronto
over the week-end,
Auxiliary Plans Meeting
• The monthly meeting, of
Evening Auxiliary will be held in
the schoolroom of the United
Church on Monday night, April
3. Mrs, H, Faber and Mrs. G,
Broderick .will be hostesses. Mrs.
.H, Eldei’ will give the devotion
al, Mrs. J. Blackwell, the topic.
If possible, 'members may
bring their contributions of good
used .clothing, adult’s and chil
dren’s, for the W.M.-S. bale.
A collection of ipot-holders,
dish cloths or similai1 items is
asked for at this meeting. Also
bring your Eastei* Thank-Offer-
'ing envelopes. A large attend
ance
Mrs.
A
Mrs.SHIPKA
Sunday April 2 Miss Audrey
Finkbeinex* ,and a number of
other bible students from Lon
don will take part at Bunday
School and
number for _____
Everybody . welcome
this service.
The April meeting Of the'W.A.
will be held Thursday afternoon’
April 6 at 2 p.m. ,at the home
of Mrs, Roy Ratz, An Easter
program With a number of mem
bers taking part will tbe given.
iMr. Roy Baynham has been
engaged to work for Mr. Verne
Sharpe foi* the summer months,
beginning in April.
Mr. .Kenneth Bakei* has been
engaged to work in the chopping
mill with IMr. Milt and Jack
Ratz.
There was no church service
Sunday morning owing to the
road conditions.
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Jim 'Clarke who were mar
ried .Saturday last, March 25.
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the
is urged.
Mary Whitesides
former Hensail
Mary Whitesides, 72, widow
resident,
will give a special
church service,
to enjoy
News of Interest to Huron County Farmers
By GORDON GREIG
The directors of Huron County
Federation of Agriculture held
their March meeting in the Agri
cultural Board Boom in Clinton
on Tuesday, March 21.
president Charles Coultes re
ported on the annual meeting of
F.I.IA. and C.F. and G.A., the
Co-operative Insurance organiza
tion. Rpssel Knight reported for
the delegation attending the
poultry producers’ meeting in
Toronto on March 15. A poultry
producers’ organization was es
tablished within the Federation
of Agriculture,
The Huron County Federation
is co-operating with other fed
erations in our 'zone, in holding
a meeting of federation execu
tives
spring
efforts
tions,
in
to
of
Walkerton later
try
the
this
and co-ordinate
county organiza-
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sent to Federal
AYA.* j YY ¥¥4vlVYY >
-of Albert Whitesides, passed
away at the home of .her daugh-; ter, Mrs. William Sims (Jean) ‘
in Wingham. Her late husband
Was one of the best-known police
Officers .in the district for 35
years. Mr. and (Mrs. Whitesides
liad lived in Hensall 45 years,
six in IGoderich and ten in Kit
chener. Mrs. Whitesides .was born
at 'Crediton. (Surviving is one son
Lorne Toronto; three daughters,
Violet, Detroit,rtjMrs. E. "A. Fines,
Clinton, Mrs.
Wingham,
George
funeral
Friday
funeral
W.
J. E. Ratz
Funeral services for J.
Ratz, a son of the late Senator
and Mrs. Valentine Ratz, and a
native of Stephen Township, was
held. 'March 2’4 at North Battle
ford Sask. .
Until ill health forced his re
tirement, he had conducted a
men’s furnishings store there
for many years. Mr. Ratz was
born in Stephen Township, and
moved to New Hamburg with
his parents. He went to Western
Canada in 1912.
Besides his wife, formerly
Mabel Livingston, Collingwood,
he leaves two sisters, Mrs, Ade-
lyn McDonald, New Hamburg;
and Mrs. J. R. Hallman, Toron
to.
E.
William .Sims, of
and one s ister, Mrs.
Miners, London. The
service was conducted
■at 2:30 p.m. in Currie’s
home, Wingham, by Rev. A.. Beu croft. Interment in
Hensail Union Cemetery. I
W.C.T.U. Meets
The March meeting of the
Exeter-Hensall Women’s Christ
ian Temperance Union was held
in the schoolroom of the United
Church Tuesday afternoon, Mar.
21, and was presided over by
the president, 'Mrs. E. Geiger.
The devotional was in charge of
Miss ConSitt, and .prayers offered
by Mrs. Miners, Mrs. Johns and
Geiger. It was decided to
Letters were
Members of Parliament to secure
their views on the recent em
bargo that .was placed against
Japanese goods coming into
Canada. The .letter pointed to
the similarity between the pro
tection given the shirt and glove
manufacturers and the protec
tion required by butter manu
facturers against the cheap veg
etable oils and fats imported for
the manufacture of margarine.
We are not in favour of cheap
materials being 'imported from
countries such as Japan at a
price that our manufacturers
cannot meet, hut we want the
same policy applied to the im
portation of the fats and oils go
ing into the manufacture
margarine that makes its cost
production
butter.
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We are pleased to note that
the' government has adopted a
permanent price support policy
for farm produce. The Federa
tion of Agriculture has had
much to do with keeping this
issue before the government. Of
ten legislation falls short of
only half that
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of
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DENTAL SURGEON
Main Street, Exeter
Closed Wednesday Afternoon
Bud. 36W <* Telephones - Res. 36J
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For Huron and Middlesex
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Prices Reasonable and
Satisfaction. Guaranteed
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BARRISTER & SOLICITOR
Successor to J. W. Morley
EXETER, ONTARIO
W. G. COCHRANE, B*A.
BARRISTER & SOLICITOR
EXETER, ONTARIO
At Hensall, Friday, 2 to 5 p.m.
Mrs.
send $20.00 to the budget fund.
The
will
May.
Mr. W. C. Fearce, Exeter, pre
sented interesting highlights of
the Federation Convention held
in Hamilton recently, and gave
excei’pts from the address of
Canon Quinton Warner, of Lon
don, from which he quoted: “Al
coholism is on the increase in
spite of all its horrible effects.
When a young man (he would see
the odd drunk; now they may be
seen very frequently and counted
in the thousands. Intoxicants are easily obtained, especially in the
largei* cities. Widespread social
acceptance of drinking is one of
the worst menaces.” He gave
excerpts from the address of
Kenneth F. Weaver, of Washing
ton', D.C., Director1 of Public Re
lations, Allied Youth Inc., who
spoke of his work with and
among youth .of the U.S. “The
youth of . this generation have
many and varied chances to do
evil and we need to be very sym
pathetic and helpful in our .deal
ing with them.” Mrs. Maude
Hedden contributed a solo, with
Mrs. F. Appleby accompanying
at the piano*, dlev. Down closed
with the benediction.
annual County Convention
be held in Exeter early in
JOHN W. ORCHARD
OPTOMETRIST
Main Street, Exeter
Open Every Week Day
Except Wednesday
For Appointments Phone 355J
ARTHUR FRASER
INCOME TAX REPORTS
BOOKKEEPING SERVICE, ETC.
Ann St., Exeter Phone 355W
WINCHELSEA
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Glenn-
ville of <StaEfa spent Friday eve
ning with Sir, and Mrs. William
Walters.
Miss June ’Walters spent the
week-end with friends in Toron
to.
Mr. Ezra Willard and ,Mrs.
Datars .of Mt. Pleasant, also Mr.
Harold Denham, of Wallaceburg,
were guests of Mr, and Mrs. ,W*
F. Batten, on Sunday* ♦
Miss joy Whitlock, St. Thomas,
spent the week-end at the homes
bf Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ford and
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Horhe.
Mr, - and Mrs. Harry Armstrong
spent Sunday* with the
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Armstrong, of Hensall.
Mr. and Mrs. Colin
USBORNE & HIBBERT
MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office, Exeter, Ontario
President
Angus Sinclair, tt,R. 1, Mitchell
Vice-President
Milton McCurdy, R.It 1, Kirktbti
Directors
William H. Coates, Exeter
Martin Feeney, Dublin
E. Clayton Colquhoun,, Science Hill
William A. Hamilton, Cromarty
Agents
T. G. Ballantyne, Woodham
Alvin L. Harris, Mitchell
Thomas Scott, Cromarty
Secretary-Treasurer "
Arthur Fraser, Exeter
Solicitors
Gladman & Cochrane, Exeter
what we require but if we get
some legislation passed regard
ing price supports it can be
amended from time to time to
bring it closei* to qui* actual re
quirements,
ah * * .*
Farm Forum activities are
drawing to a close for another
season. It has been a very suc
cessful one for Huron County,
Few new forums were esta
blished but the ones that operat
ed had good attendance and
seemed to enter into the spirit
of the meeting with enthusiasm
and interest,
We had many good timely
topics
“What
Price
Rural XX V USlUg X IUU4CXU , XJL
“The Law of Supply and De
mand”
out your forum report you think
it does not matter very much
what you report but the forum
reports are Used on many occa
sions as a yardstick to measure
rural opinion. Your findings on
‘.‘What Farmers Think of Price
Controls” were quoted by the
Canadian Federation of Agri
culture as proof that farthers
favoured price supports.
National Farm Forum recom
mends that the forums organize
for next Season before they close
but their Activities for this sea
son. If difrihg the summer
months a problem arises that is
of vital interest to your com
munity youf forum officials are
in a position to act.
for this season, such, as
the Fanner Thinks
Controls”, “Have We
Housing Problem”,
of
a
or
Perhaps when you fill
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This Offering
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OFFICERS and DIRECTORS
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WINER, Vice-President and Director ........ Exeter
, Sec.-Treas. and Director . Exeter ”
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C. W. E. WRIGHT, Director
ROGER SPRAGUE, Director
Registrar and Transfer Agent
CANADA TRUST COMPANY
112 Yonge Street, Toronto 1, Ontario
Head Office of the Company
Exeter, Ontario
PURPOSE OF ISSUE
The proceeds will be used to provide the major
portion of the funds to instal a complete refrigeration
unit, as well as to supply the capital required to carry
on the business of dry and cold storage, warehousing.
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Now in Effect
former’s
George
Gilfillan
and family visited Sunday with
Mr. and .Mrs. J. McDonald, of
Staffa.
A number from this vicinity
attended the concert at Thames
Road Church on Wednesday eve
ning given by the pupils of Us-
borne Township Schools in aid
of the Exeter Hospital Fund.
There was no school on Wed
nesday, .Mr. snarling being in st.
Marys to attend the funeral of
his grandmother, the late Mrs.
Waiter Sparling, of Elimville,
and fomerly of Anderson.
We are pleased to see Mr. Alf
Brocks out again after his re
cent illness.
We rgert that Mr. doe Bailey
is still confined to his bed at
time of writing. We hope for a
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