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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-07-12, Page 8Pef« I The TirnaS'Advocate, July 12> 1956 Family Bakes Special Cake For Twenty-Fifth Reunion The twenty-fifth Skinner reun-ipn.*^!, Ion was held at' Queen’s Park, I mg shoe laces, Margaret Evans Stratford, July 8 with 160 in at tendance, An enjoyable time held with dinner and supper and an afternoon, of sports with Mr. and. Mrs. Lorne Elford and and Mrs. John1 McAllister in charge. A special, feature was the cutting of a three storey cake by eldest lady, Mrs. Wm. Skin ner, which was made by Mrs. Cecil Skinner in celebration of twenty-five years of the reunion. Prizes for one closest to 25 years old, Phyllis Aiken; closest to 25 years married, Mr. and Mrs. J. Aiken; closest birthday, Mrs. EH Brown; latest married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Morgan; youngest baby boy, Noel Skinner; youngest baby girl, Lyn da Denham; one coming farth est, Mrs. Wm. Robinson. Winners of races: boys and girls under 3 years, Robt, Noble, Brenda Skinner; boys and girls 3-6, Barbara Skinner, Billie Skin ner; girls 6-8, Janet Skinner, Vera Noble; boys 6-8, Clifford Evans, Dale McAllister; girls 8-10, Brenda Mills, Francis Skin ner; boys 8-10, Neil McAllister, Dale McAllister; boys 10-12, Douglas Richardson, Neil McAl- . ..........„ lister; young ladies, Madge sters. Winners in the junior-events Noble, Karen Brown; married I ladies, Mrs. Thos. Skinner, Mrs. Jack Skinner; married men, Ronald Denham, Samuel R. Skin ner; grandfather’s race, Russell Skinner, Harvey Skinner. | Ladies kicking slipper, Karen 1 kmsa.0, a. mup usiwut Brown; race who were under 10 >Skinner, Mrs, Philip Hern, Ger- years twenty-five years ago, [ aid Skinner, Garnet Jlicks and Mrs. Don Hooper;, men. Nor-1 Mrs. Andrew Hamilton. Bill Eto nian'Morgan,;. eating what’s ip j erington’s team won two relay races. j was Mr. : parcel, Neil McAllister; jehan£-: Stunning backward race, Ronald Denham; shelling corn, Gerald ‘ Skinner; guessing length o f , string, Sam R. Skinner; guessing '■ weight of watermelon, Ruth Skinner; couple breaking bal- ’ loons, Sam Skinner- and Shirley j Evans. ■ Relay races: carrying an or-i ange, taking off gum and chang- ‘ ing pillow slip Sam B. Skin- iner’s side; passing clothes pin, 'Jack Skinner’s side. Cecil Skinner was named pres ident for next year with sec’y- {treas., Jack Skinner; table com mittee, Mrs, Delmer' Skinner, -.Miss Ruth Skinner; sports com mittee, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Skin- ■ ner; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Skinner, i The reunion next year is to be l held at Riverview Park, Exeter, j the second Sunday of July. 'Sun Just In Time I The sun came out from behind i the clouds on Friday just in time foi- the Rebekah-Odd Fellow pic nic at Riverview Park. Sixty-, five members and their families sat down to the picnic supper. The sports program began with a peanut scramble for the young- were Merle Idle, Jimmy Patter son, Janet Hern, Glenda -Fisher, Larry Idle, Ross Beavers, Kath ryn Hern, Sandra -Hunter and Kathryn Hicks. Winners of events for adults were Mrs. • Garnet- Hicks, Philip Hern; Laverne per cow... every day! Tfiwith this powerful FLY ^ONTROLTEAM ' M MR xm <n>> M HI FLORBAIlj The Best ’ 1> Ills? WOI. : j FLY KILLER for Barns: 1! t_ -■ * . —. *„ - -'I Ojjly Florbait, • ika" «■ Trijvure. ! W»m» I ) s kas- TRipUREt action—flies can’t resist it—kills as .' they feed. 3 rein-’ utes a day to dust • Fcorbait over; floors—keep ham’ free,pf flies. 9' FLORBAIf nr.uin NEW LOW PRICE i PRES-STOK ; ! A New Method I J STOCK SPRAY— | | A Ready-Loaded Sprayer J 4 " iI Simply press lever— ■■ one sprayer treat*• iI 90-100 head. Pres- l^surized — with ■ controlled low pres- • I sure. Wets the. 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George Elliott of Thedford re ceived the prize, for the oldest grandfather, and Daryl Penhale was the youngest .baby present. Howard Weir of Detroit came, the farthest. A peanut scramble was enjoy ed by the younger members artd other sports were conducted by the committee, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bell and-Mr, and. Mrs. Fred- Cole. Winners in races for girls 1-6 years, Gwen Hendrick, Brenda, Skinner;’ boys, Stevie Robinson, Jimmie Watson; girls 8- years, Sherry Bell; boys, Larry. Skin ner; ' boys 8-10. years, Jack Schenk, Bill Penhale; girls 12 years, Anne Spearman, Marion Bell; boys' 12 years, Noel Fell; young ladies, Vesta’Watson, Lu cille Watson; married ladies,- Rosalind Schenk, Lillian Cooper; married men, Ross Skinner, Gil bert Johns’. Kick the slipper, ladies, Mar ion Skinner, Mildren Nash; men, Earl Bell, Jack Robinson; bean race, Ross Skinner’s side; clothes pins, Tom Miller’s side; potato race, Marion Skinner and Earl Bell; breaking balloon, Tom and Mary Miller-; eating 'contents of-, bag, Grant Houston’s side? The'same officers will carry on for next yeaV with Glenn Bell as president and Vera Watson, secretary. Meet At Bayfield^ The eleventh annual Willert reunion Grove, July 7, vailing. The Willert, ______ _________ 200 present. The sports con vener, Mr. Wellington Haist, of Crediton, directed a full pro gram of sports. .During the supper hour seve-, ral prizes were presented to the oldest lady, Mrs. Robert Mc Bride, 83, of Kippen; oldest gentleman, William Willert, 73, of Dashwood; longest married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Restemayer, of Dashwood, 43 years; m os tr.e-cent married couple, Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Keller, Dashwood, six weeks; youngest child, Ed Willert; eight weeks,-son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Willert, of Barrie; person com- was held at Jowett’s Bayfield, on . Saturday, with ideal weather pre secretary, Mrs. Ervin Hensail, reported about ling farthest distance, Mrs, Earl Vapdall; largest family. Mi', and Mrs. Harold Willert, Hensail. Otto Willert, Dashwood,, was named president for next year with Mrs. ’ Frank Triebner, Ex- eter, vice?president; Mrs. Lloyd Willert, of Dashwood, secretary; [chairman of sports, Mr. Oren [Grape, '‘Dearborn,’ Mich.; table- I convener’, Mrs. Lloyd Rader, of ’ Dashwbod. | The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing at the Pavilion with the Desjardine [Orchestra in attendance. (California Guests I Sunday, July 1 marked the third annual Birk reunion. This was held at the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Rader south of Zurich, The guests of honour this year were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Birk III and their son, Lance, and daughter, Barbara, who travelled 3.200 miles from their home in Santa Barbary, Calif, for the express purpose of at tending the reunion. Mrs. Pearl Fournier, another guest from Seattle, Wash., at tended for a second time. Mr. Leonard Birk of Guelph presided tor the business part of i the program. The* secretary, Mr, Whitney Brokenshire read letters, from his uncle, Mr. Sam Birk of Minot, N.D., and from several cousins who sent greetings and expressed regret at not being able to attend. Mr. and ’Mrs. Walter Bothwell of Detroit were in charge of the sports for the afternoon. Mr. Wm. S. Johnston of Zurich was the’ recipient of two prizes, one for having a birthday nearest to the date of the picnic and one for having the middle initial S in honour of Mr. Sam Birk in, whose honour the Birk Reunion’ originated three years ago, The executive for next year is: president, W. J. D. Truem- ner of Toronto, secretary treas urer, Mrs.-T. Peachey, assistant secretary, Mr. R. Calif as; In charge of the Birk family tree book, Mr. A. H. Truemner, Ton onto; sports committee, Mr. and Mrs. E. Horman, Woodstock. Over 100 Attend The third Hunter reunion was held on Saturday evening at Riverview Park with 110 ’present for supper, apd more coming later. Mr. Bill/.Brock of London is .-the new president. The sports committee did a splendid job of keeping everyone entertained. Winners in running race, 5 and under, Karen Griff, Peter Rowcliffe; girls, 6 to 8, Barbara Glen, Jean Lammie; girls, 8 to 10, Judy Hunter, Jean Lammie;' boys'running race, Bob by McDonald, David Clarke;- girls, 10 to 12, Marian1’’ Glen, Judy Hunter; boys, 12 to 14, William- Glenn, Bobby Lammie: ■ Kick th& shoe, boys, John Snell, David Clarke; girls, Barbara McDonald, Sandra Hunter; men, Elgin Skinner, Beverley Skinner; women, Barbara McDonald, Lor raine Brock; men’s running race, Bill BrOck, Reg McDonald; map- ried ladies race, Lorraine Brocx, Nancy Watt; grandmother’.s walk, Mrs. Prouse,’ Mrs. Robinson; grandfather’s walk, Harry Griff, Everett Skinner; guessing cand ies in jar, Mrs. Laura Hunter; kicking shoe through hoop, Helen Hunter, Nancy Watt; person with most buttons showing, Mrs.^-Rob inson with 22; , Guessing man’s weight; Mrs. B. Brock; cracker contest, Lor raine and Johnny Brock;* lucky spot, Mrs. Len O’Reilly; ice cream cone contest, Russell Hunter’s team;”life saver on a straw, .Elgin Skinner’s team; clothes pin between fingers, Russ Hunter’s team; most 1949 pen nies in-pocket, Bobby-McDonald; dropping clothes pins in jar, •Mrs. Lottie Coates;. : Farthest-distance to come. Mrs. Linda' Clarke, Salvador, Sask.; nearest birthday, men; Harold Hunter; nearest birthday,- wom en, ‘Mrs. Stewart Griff; youngest baby, Noel Jeffery Skinner; most recently married, Mr. and Mrs. Len O’Reilly. • : . * Comment* About Centralia By MRS. FRfQ BOWDEN Shower For Miss Maxine Bowden was guest of honor at a miscellaneous show er in the schoolroom of the church on Tuesday evening of last week. Following a program consist*- ing of the following numbers-a mock wedding, a vocal duet by the Essery twins, a recitation by Jean Lammie, a cornet solo and, a clarinet solo by Kathleen and Margaret Lily McCutcheon, and a reading by Mrs, Hepburn, an address was read by Mrs, Norman Morgan and Maxine was presented with many beautiful and useful gifts. The shower was arranged by Mrs, N. Morgan, Miss Blanche Morgan, Miss Evelyn Wrigt, as- sisted by Mrs. K. Greb. Personal Items Mr, and Mrs. Robert Wilson and family were weekend visit ors with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Morgan and attended the Mor gan-Brock wedding op Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. K. Hod gins and family spent Sunday at Rondeau Park. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Morgan and Mr. Wellington Skinner at tended the Skinner family picnic on Sunday. Mrs. Frank Smyth underwent an operation in Victoria Hospital, London on Thursday of last week. Mrs.. T. Willis and Miss Flossie. Davey were Sunday .visitors at toe home of Mr. and Mrs. 'Whit ney Cdates. Mitchell, Seaforth Feuc/j Over Hosing At Staff a? (By Stafford Johnston in The Stratford Beacon-Herald) Nobody is going to to say whe ther it was an accident that a Mitchell fireman was the .target for a bit of hosing, after two volunteers fire brigades found themselves fighting the same fire a few days ago. With just a little bit of imagination, one might imagine that when a fire hose, with a good strong stream arching from its jiozzle, was turned in the direction of a man of the rival brigade, it was wliat might be called an accident-on- purpose. It happened at the Staffa saw mill fire, where the volunteer brigades from Seaforth and Mitchell met at a point on the boundary between two fire' dis tricts. Staffa is 10 miles from Mitchell, 11 miles from Seaforth. When fire was seen in Tom Young's mill, both fire brigades were called, and they arrived not two minutes ap art? All Business At First The fire-fighting was all' busi ness at first of course, with no time out for any pranks, and no water being wasted, on rival fire men that could be used to fight fire. There. was a. good' strong atmosphere of competition, na turally, to’ see .whether the volun teers from Mitchell .or the volun teers from Seaforth would get into action faster, lay hose quick er, couple up pumps • sooner. Without, anybody .’.saying it out loud, it was a contest between the two towns, and. there is-little doubt that Tom .Young got a bet ter job fire-fighting from one Mitchell crew and one Seaforth crew, than he would have gotten if both fire-trucks had been from Mitchell, or both from [Seaforth. After the first anxious rush to get the fire under control, though, there was a chance to relax for a moment, now and then, A Seaforth fireman with a firm grip on a hose nozzle could look about, after the blaze began to be contained, and see wliat the rivals from Mitchell were doing, ’ Not being a mind reader, this reporter is not able to say de finitely that a couple of Seaforth firemen, observing a Mitchell fireman standing with his back to them, well within range of their stream of water, did thought fully, turn toe hose on the Mitch ell fireman. Perhaps it was neither thoughtful nor thought less, but simply a conscientious effort to keep the Mitchell man copied off while he worked at a hot fire. Perhaps a' lot of things, but- it happened. Mitchell Was Outgunned Mitchell, we understand, was outgunned. Seaforth was using two-and-a-half-inch hose, Mitchell was using one-and-a-hali-inch. Next time Seaforth and Mitch ell fire trucks come snorting up from opposite directions, to fight the Same fire; they will, we have no doubt, concentrate all their efforts, at the beginning, on fighting the fire. Once tnp ’fire is controlled, and. the firefighting subsides into a matter of keep- —Please Turn to Page 12 Sunday, July 15 j No. 1—5 AM to 8 AM, D.S.T. | Tpwn of Exeter, affecting all customers i south from the Town Hall. : . * * ft* * ■*.* ’* | No. 2—1:30 P.M. to 4:30 PM, D.S.T. | Affecting HehsalJ Village, Highway Nch. 4 j north and south of Exeter, east of Highway | No, 4 and the second concession of Stephen I and Hay north of. the Crediton Road. I ' * ' * * * * 4 * . k | No. 3—3:30 P.M. tp 4:30 PM, DiS.T. | Affecting ' Crediton and Centralia Villages, , = ’ R.C.A.F. Station and Housing area'. I . . ' ' | These interruptions, are necessary tov carry out | maintenance work- in this area.- Your 'co-operation | will be appreciated.- • _• «’ j ' K. J. LAMPMAN, ■• • »' |. 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