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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-07-26, Page 3Be Caref ul Says Chief, It s Accident Season ‘/Once again we are in the iderstandings and close attention midst of our heaviest travel sea-1 to good road behaviour are the son. Police Chief Reg Taylor;main means of easing the dif- pointed out this week. "Vaca- jfieulti.es of travel." tioners, our own and those of 1 other provinces and the United i States, are moving about by I motor vehicle in their hundreds ‘ of thousands," i ; "In urban and other areas of j the _ province, business traffic • Continues to use the streets and i .highways. Within this very large I and complicated movement un- Shoe Sale! BACK'S IN STOCK 20% Off As Low As $12.25 Penny * LOAFERS Regular $8.50 $5.75 Men's All-Leather GLOVES Regular $1.50 i I s > 3 WORK SHOES Extra Special Leather Soles $5.60 s z | : 5 Men's Elastic Gore LOAFERS Brown and Black 15% Off 3f 3 s WORK SOCKS Hegular 49$ 27c MS-** Wuerth's SHOES Phone 252 Exeter | s si 3 s 3 I Illi “A higher than normal per­ centage. of traffic is long-distance and high-speed. This makes it most urgent that each change of direction, whether it be a right or left turn or whether it is a change from one traffic lane to another be signalled, either by hand or indicator. On­ ly in this way can following traf­ fic be alerted to your intentions. And no such move should be made before carefull: checking that it can be done without in- terferring with other traffic.” ; "Following too closely has been i Lhe cause of great numbers of ! disastrous collisions. The well- i known ‘rule of thumb’ of one- I car-length for each ten miles- ,an-hour of speed needs careful i observance. No matter that other I drivers may cut into the ‘safety ; space1 you have left, the need ; of a safe distance between ve­ hicles has not changed—the car I length per ten miles an hour of speed- is still necessary to control a vehicle in an emer­ gency. "The sudden showers of the season need to be guarded against. Until sufficient rain has fallen to wash the road dean, lhe surface accumulation of oil, not noticeably slippery when i dry, becomes almost as slick as 1 ice. "Care spent in loading a ve­ hicle is always well repaid in comfort --------3----- 1 heavily ..... .......... most cars means an upward tilt on the headlights .... enough in some cases to make the normal, low beam a dangerous,. high beam to oncoming drivers. "A very, sound move also," the chief said, "is to try the vehicle’s pickup with any unac­ customed load, when it is safe to do so. There is a very great change in the accelerating char­ acteristics of a loaded vehicle and one carrying a driver only. Without a reliable sense of the vehicle’s pickup, passing a slow­ er-moving vehicle can become dangerous in the extreme." need to be guarded spent in loading a ve- “ .'-i and convenience. A loaded car trunk on Mrs. A. Francis Dies In Toronto Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at X. A. Ball funeral chapel, St. Marys for Mrs. Ethel May Francis, widow of the late A. 0, Francis who died at North Western Hospital, Toronto. She is survived by four sons, Sheldon, Sudbury; Harry Toron­ to; Lome, St. Marys, and Jack, Stratford, and two daughters, Mrs. R. C. (Jean) Galloway, Brantford, and Mrs. Glen (Aud­ rey) Lamont, Toronto. Interment was in Exeter cem­ etery. Town Topics Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Patterson, Detroit,- Mr. Richard Quance, Mrs. Greta -Murray, Ingersoll, Mrs. Greta Murray, Lucknow, and Mrs. Garnet Murray, Lon­ don, attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Maurice zQuance. The Ladies Auxiliary to the Cana­ dian Legion and the Order of the Eastern Star assisted at the funeral service. Walper's Mid-Summer Atl Summer Wearables Drastically Reduced! With most of summer still ahead, here we go slashing prices dramatically to save you plenty on all your ward- Men's & Beys' T-SHIRTS REDUCED TO HALF PRICE Mens Summer JACKETS ' REDUCED TO HALF PRICE Mens Boys' CAPS REDUCED TO HALF PRICE REDUCED 25% AND 50% ‘ ' SHORTS r BATHING SUITS REDUCED TO HALF PRICE FREE DRAW ON A WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC Clothes Dryer FREE TICKET WITH EVERY $1,00 PURCHASE i THEY ENTERTAINED 5,000—These two district youngsters were among the group of amateurs which delighted a sell-out crowd at Kirkton’s annual garden party on Wednesday night. Larry Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. .Clarence Lewis, Denfield, won. third place for his song "Trees", and Helen Hendrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hendrick, Exeter, came fourth with a lively recitation "Watchin’ the Sparkin’ Adjudicator Joan Gaffney, Mitchell, said the amateur talent was almost of profes­ sional calibre and the big crowd unanimously agreed. ’ — T-A Photo Kids Give Pros Competition At Kirkton Lee, Paul, the popular Kirkton ’ Presley’s "Blue Suede Shoes”, vaudeville artist, must have a ................................................. tough time lining up professional entertainment for the annual Garden Party there. It’s not that talent is hard to find, it’s just that the artists he gets have to’ be good, excep­ tionally good. And that’s because the pros have tough competition from pop­ ular young amateurs from dist­ rict public schools. Wednesday night,' July 18, the,, youngsters practically stole the show from the high-priced help when they put on their best performance in the history of the now-famous 11-year-old party.’ Adjudicator Mrs. Joan Gaffney of Mitchell, who produces the Perth County Junior Farmers Minstrel Show, put it this way: "The talent here is so close to being professional, it’s almost impossible to judge.” Mrs. Gaffney awarded first place to Lloyd Montieth, of S.S. 12 Nissouri, who gave an al- most-perfect imitation of Elvis News Of Kirkton , ' I By MRS. FRiD HAMILTON Personal Items . Weekend guests with Mr. and Mrs. Everett Doupe -were Miss Donna Bearss ana Misses Jean and Cathy Doupe. . Owfen O’Brien spent the week­ end with Mr. and Mrs. John Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hazle- wood of Hamiota, Man., and Mr. and Mrs. James Veitch, Beaver­ ton, Ont., visited relatives and friends in the district for a couple of days. They also at­ tended the. .Kirkton. Garden Party. They were guests of Mr. and. Mrs. Fred Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. William Dor- many and daughters, Jo Ann and Barbara Sue, of Tampa, Fla,, are visiting this week with Mf. "and Mrs. Ira Marshall. This is their first visit to Canada and they are enjoying their stay, Mr. and Mrs. I. -N. Marshall accompanied them to Niagara Falls on Tuesday. ■ Mrs. M. Routly is spending a few days with her son, Frank, and Mrs. Routly. Mrs. Reuben Switzer, of Strat­ ford, is visiting old friends in the village this week. She is a guest of Mrs. R. Humphreys. Miss Helen Humphreys is at-, tending the Anglican Church camp at Bayfield for 10 days. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Evans of Stratford and Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Hamilton are spending a week at Port Franks. Mrs. Larry Pridham of Nanai­ mo, B.C., and Mrs. Harvey Pridham, of Earl Grey, Sask., called on Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Burgin this week. Saturday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. , John Williams were Mr. Gilbert and granddaughter of Saskatchewan, Mrs. Garnet Jacobi, Mrs. Laird Jacobi and daughter, Sharon, of Zurich. W.M.S. And W.A. . I The July meeting of ‘the I W.M.S. arid. W.A. was held at the home of Mrs. Alex Crago ... . A. Mrs. Glen Mrs. "My on Wednesday evening with a good, attendance. Mrs. T. Crago opened the meeting. Roger Urquhart and Mrs. Allen led in the devotional. W» R. Kirkby read a poem. Goals," by Edgar Guest. Mrs. Fred Switzer, g r leader, opened the W.M.S. gram with the theme. "We___ Share." with Mrs. Kirkby and Mrs. 0. Baillie assisting. A duet was contributed by Mrs. Urqu­ hart and Mrs. Glen Allen. Mrs. Earl Watson introduced the guest speaker, Mrs. Ewart Crago, bf Zion. She told how the W.M.S. School for Leaders at St. Thomas is conducted. Mrs Fred Roger gave the treasurer’s report. A social half OU P pro- Must. Mrs. M* Quance Usborne Native Funeral services were con­ ducted at the Hopper Hockey funeral home on Tuesday at 2 p.m. by the Rev, Alex Rapson for Mrs. Maurice Quance, 60, who died suddenly on Sunday in South Huron Hospital. Her death followed a heart attack while on her way home from visiting a neighbor. Mrs. Quance was the former Elizabeth (Nellie) Stone of Us­ borne township. Iler first hus­ band was W. E. (Bert) Fletcher of Usborne they farmed on the Sunshine Line until his death 10 years ago. In 1949 she married Maurice Quance of Exeter. She was a member of Main St church and also of the Exe­ ter chapter Order of the Eastern Star, the ladies’ auxiliary of the Exeter Legion and was an active worker in the Senior Citizens Club. Surviving besides her. husband are one daughter, (Marjorie) Mrs. Clarence Hawkins, Ander­ son; a stepson, Clifford Quance, Exeter, and three brothers, Wil­ liam and Edward Stone, Exeter, and Percy, Usborne Township. ■ Interment was in Exeter ceme-; lery. Pall bearers were Heber Snell, Albert. Keyes, Hugh Berry. John I Coward, Alfred Hunkin and Cecil ■ Camm. Comments About Centralia By MRS. FRED BOWDEN The Timei-Adwele, July M 1W1 | 403 ANDREW ST. » PHONE 71» I Heating, Plumbing, Sheet Metal Work I — Oil Burner* =5 z s e H. J. CORNISH & CO. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS H. J. Cornish, L. F. Cornish, D. Mitchell 264 DU.'’DAS ST, LONDON, ONT* Investors Syndicate of Canada, Limited Investors Mutual of Canada, Limited Zurich, Phene 168 Personal Items Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Overholt and family attended the Over­ holt family ----- at. Queen’s ... .. ________ Baby Marty Overholt received a gift for the youngest child pre­ sent, also a gift for being the one-hundreth person to register. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lammie, Bobby and Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. J. Paisley, Jeanette and David of Toronto were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. George Dunn. Mrs. Paisley returned to Toron­ to after spending a week with her parents and David remained for some holidays. Master ‘Benny Harlton, Lobo, is holidaying for a week with his grandmother, Mrs. A. Harl­ ton. Mr. and Mrs, Arthur McFalls were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Gerald McFalls, Ex­ eter. Miss Eva Leslie, of Cleveland, and Mr. Frank Morris, Sarasota, Florida, were Tuesday visitors at the home of their niece, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shoebottom, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lintott of Windsor .visited for a couple of days this week with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McFalls. reunion on Sunday Park in Stratford. '><iiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiitiitiiiiiittiniiiii|i!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii>iiiiiiiiiiiiiii>iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit)iiiiiiiuin'< 5I a INVEST IN SHORT TERM Ontario Loan Debentures Issued for $100 and Upwards PER ANNUM / U —5 YEARSParty nesday night when their comedy song routine received the best ovation of the night. A new radio commercial song, in which the boys liven up well- known advertising ditties, was the highlight of the Pauls’ per­ formance. Other entertainers Included the Vaudettes, Jack Bateman, Alex Read, Gloria Peebles and the Busy Bees, Hal Bee, and Frank Palmer. The crowd numbered close to 5,000 and was one of the biggest in the garden party’s history. Proceeds from the party aid community organizations and de­ velopment of the Upper Thames Valley Authority, pond,, at Kirk- I s Although his physical writhings didn’t match the notorious Pres­ ley’s, his vocal rendition could have been easily mistaken for a record. It was so good, the girls howled for him--just like they do for Presley. But although the talented Mon- tieth lad received official first place, Mrs. Gaffney unofficially acknowledged’ there were other performers of the same category. In fact, two others tied the win­ ner’s mark o' 90 and three others received a score of 89. Second place winners were Joan and Eleanor Eitzimmons, 5.5, 7, West Missouri, a pair of Scottish dancers who performed an expert Highland fling to the swirls of bagpiper W. L. Pear­ son, of Embro. They were award­ ed 90 marks. In third place came Larry Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clar­ ence Lewis, Granton, whose ren­ dition of "Trees" awed his audi­ ence with its clarity and tone. Mrs. Gaffney awarded 89 marks Lo the handsome blond singer. Officially listed as fourth place, but actually first with many on­ lookers, was Helen Hendrick’s animated recitation of "Watchin' the Sparkin’ ”. The Exeter girl’s uninhibited performance, portray­ ing a younger girl Watching her sister and a schoolteacher mak­ ing love on a chesterfield, de­ lighted the oldsters. Like the winner, she drew a mark of 90 and encouragement from the adjudicator to join a drariia group as soon as-s’e can. Sandra Walters, the pretty lit­ tle Woodham, girl who was award­ ed highest' marks at this year’s South Huron Music Festival, cap­ tured. fifth prize with a mark of 89. She sang "All The Nice Girls Love a Sailor" in such a cute way all the nice people loved her. She was costumed in a nat­ ty tar’s outfit. The Stephen Brothers, a family ! barbershop quartette which uses the finger-snapping style of TV stars, won sixth place with a mark of 88. The Stephens, now veterans of the Kirkton party, are favorites with .the crowd. Others who performed in the juvenile contest included Dor­ othy and Joyce Dick, S.S. 7, Us- borne; Sharon Strong, S.S. 5, Tuckersmith; Judy Lange, S.S. 10 West Zorra; Gayle Atwell, 5.5. 13, West Nissouri; Kathleen McCutcheon, S.S. 14 Stephen; Ronnie Marshall and Jack Roun- de.ll, S.S. 11 Blanshard; Dick Lobb, and Bob McClung, S.S. 3 Tuckersmith; Leroy Bryan, S.S. 7 Biddulph; and Karen and Jane O’Rourke, St. Marys. Even though they’ve perform­ ed many times on district stages. Kirkton’s own Paul Bros, and Shirley are still the favorites of the garden party’s- professional show. They proved it again Wed- I I Z Z Foremans. "Has the mechanic told you what to do?" Apprentice: "Yes, sir. He told me to wake hint up when I heard you coming."' PER ANNUM „ 3 AND 4 YEARS Interest is Payable Sy Coupcn or By Chsqut ENQUIRIES WELCOMED THE ONTARIO LOAN & DEBENTURE CO. (At Market Lane and Market Square) DUNDAS ST., LONDON, ONT\ In th© Heart of the Shopping District A LONG ESTABLISHED SAVINGS CORPORATION :i I CHivroAtTx4aiiillrW 1 New Chevrolet Heavyweight Champs Mrs. Mary Cook | Dies In Centralia i Fnueral services will be held | today (Thursday) for Mrs. Mary Cook, 82, who died on Tuesday at her home in Centralia. Mrs. Cook was the former Mary McKee, of Haldimand County and before coming to Centralia 27 years ago had lived at West Lome and St. Thomas. Her husband, Benjamin Cook, died two years ago. ; Mr. and Mrs. Cook conducted ; the hotel at Centralia until a I short time ago. j Surviving are erne son, James, i at home, and two daughters, j Margaret, at home, and Mrs. j Basil Daugherty, Sheddeh, and ; two sisters, Mrs. Peter Allan, of i Saskatchewan, and Mrs. John Bentley, Kirkland Lake. Services will be conduced by Rev. J« T. Clarke at the Hopper- Hotkey funeral home with inter­ ment in St., James’ Cemetery, These new additions io Canada's best selling truck line are Chevies through. and through I For proof, lust take a look at these years-ahead big-truck features! New Load­ master V81 This big heavy-duty load puller is standard in new Series 1900 to W1900 models.». delivers 195 hp. — 310 ft. lbs. of torque I It's the most efficient, economical big-truck engine yet—the leader in its class for compact short-stroke design that delivers most horsepower per pound! New Powerniatic Transmission! 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