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Pag* 1 Th« Tim*i*A.dvocil<, October T Mark Anniversary
How The Coronet Sees Exeter At Crediton Church
Sees Ex»ter .J for the Canada Company which i up the first tannery,
story on the’is now known as No. 4 High-
appeared in a i way.
The Centralia.Byi|t SflW Milt
| ’ After erecting a log cabin he
purchased the rights’ to a large
area of land on both sides. of
the London Road and also on
both sides of the “Aux Sable
River”-—where Exeter now
stands. On the completion of the
road he set to work to build a
saw mill near' the river, com
pleting it in 1833 and the fol
lowing year, 1834, he completed
the building of a small grist
mill—which was also situated
on the banks of the river. And
so, in this year', 1834, stood two
log cabins, a saw mill, and a
grist mill. Such was the begin
ning of the growth of a town.
From the years 1834 to 1847
E, HOCKADAY
How th> Coronot
The following
history of Exeter
recent issue of
Coronet.
By 5GT. FRANK
What do you know about our
neighboring town of Exeter? If
you are like most of ns we know
the familiar main street, we
know where the town’s theatre
is located and where the fire
hall stands; but little else. But
this is only natural, and it is
with this thought in mind that
we decided to look into the his
tory of this friendly little town.
It was late in the afternoon,
on a snowy winter’s day of the
year 1832, when through the
wooded, wolf-infested bushland
of Ontario, just north of Lon
don Township, that James Willis,.. - , .made his way into the country J there. were very few new set-
that is now known as' Huron | Vers ^1S the country.
County. He built himself a cabin “ - - — —............-
which was to house himself and
his wife the following Spring.
Mr. Willis was a native of Ire
land, and on his way to this
part of Ontario he came through
London, where he left his wife
until he had cleared off, the land
for their new home. .
The following spring he re
turned to London, and, after a
short stay, returned to the north
ern bushland with his wife to
their new Ontario habitation.
During the same year, William
McConnell, from London, arriv
ed in the area. McConnell was
a contractor by trade and seeing
the necessity of better .trans
portation facilities he set to
work to “chop-out” a consider
able portion of the London Road,
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!in the year 1856, when their la-
I crosse team became Canadian
champions, and as ironical as
(it may seem, they won the hon-
[ our after defeating an Indian
Hearn in Brantford. ( „„„
j As time went on horse racing munity’
'came into its own in the village '
and a fine half-mile track was
built just south-east of the town,
and is today a great annual at
traction held at -the Cmomunity
Park.
■ Still Retains Characteristics
| And so, today, the town of
Exeter has grown from that one.
little log cabin of James Willis I
to a pretty, friendly and happy
town of some, 2,700 inhabitants,
and although 124 years have
passed since Willis erected that
eabin, time has hot changed its
competition of spirit, its wiRing-
[ness to make strangers feel at
home and welcome them to its i
I facilities, Yes, all this is mirror-1
| ed back to the days of Willis,
I McConnell, Carling and Pick-1
and ‘
...... ............................?. In 1852
[Englishman James Pickard join-
I ed the group. It was Pickard
| who uarae from Exeter, Eng-
[land, that gave the new settle
ment its name. He was a busi
ness man and he, as well as
Carling, soon set up their re
spective stores and their enter-
. prises soon attracted many peo
ple from the “Old Land” which
were mostly from Devonshire.
So many of these folk came to
the settlement that it was nick
named “Devon", and even
day, Exeter is sometimes
ferred to as "Devon”,
Bee am* Village In 1837
Exeter grew rapidly until
1837, when by a Special Act
of ..the Ontario Government, the
district became an incorporated
village, with more than 1,000
inhabitants, and in April of that
year Isaac Carling was elected
as the first Reeve. So another
milestone was reached for this
swiftly growing settlement. In
........a ------- — o> ....... ..... 1876 the London," Huron a*ju. ± i - - , . „ ters. The year 1847 saw a new Bruce Railway reached the set-L T<?day, takmg place of the
resident to the settlement, inltlementi to which the viUiage|?&^* i^d-bricked school
the personage of one Isaac Car-1 gave a bonus of some $10,000 house, Exeter is proud of her
ling, a tanner by trade, who set (Ind Isaac Carling gave the land I knn"hf"1 ""
and life for those who had al
ready settled was a hard one
filled with heavy work, long,
tiring hours and long, cold win-
By MRS. F. SQUIRE
Mr. and Mrs, William Smith,
Belmont, visited, with Mr. and
Mrs. Melville Gunning and at
tended the funeral of Mrs. T.
Smale on Monday.
Mr. Cline Dobbs, Barrie, visit
ed Mr. and Mrs, William French
on Sunday.
Mrs. Wm. Morley, Sr.
Mrs. Alex Baillie attended
sectional W.M.S. meeting
Centralia last Wednesday.
Mrs. Rachael Duffield, Lam
beth,, visited on Wednesday with
Mr, and Mrs. Bert Dpffield.
The W.M.S. and ’ W.A. will
meet with Mrs. j.r T. Clarke,
Centralia, on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Duffield
spent Sunday .with Mr. and Mrs,
Theodore Stephens of Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Grafton Squire
and Sue Ann.and Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Squires and Douglas spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. B,
Hbld'eri, St. Marys.
Donald Pullen' won the Aber
deen Angus steer' championship
at Ontario arena, London and
his steer was judged grand
champion of-Western Ontario in
the 4-H club champion show.
for the station and the round
house. The excitement that must
have been in the hearts of those
early settlers can be imagined,,
after some 44 years, they could
commute not- only by road, but
now by rail.
Sports had its place in the
lives of these brave people.
From th'e friendly Indians near
by they learned the game of
lacrosse, while' those who came
from the “Old Land” professed
that English Cricket was the
game. But in spite of either
sport, both the middle age and
the younger ’citizens of the vil
lage participated enthusiastically
in baseball. One of the first re
corded sports fame to come to
the new village of Exeter was
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Anniversary services will be
held in the United Church on
Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7.3Q pan.
Rev. A, E. Holley will be. the
minister. There will be_no Sun
day School., t.
[ Mrs. Chas. Mason had the mis
fortune to fall and break her
wrist
The Harmony' .Class of the
United Church will hold their
meeting on Friday evening.
The Berean Bible Class of the
United. Church will hold their
meeting on Friday ’ evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herb
Harltom
Miss Betty Anne Horner en
tered training in South Huron
.Hospital,. Exeter on Monday.
Thanksgiving Visitors;
Miss Laura Leask of St. Cath-
'arines with Mr. and Mrs. Milt
on Woodburn. .
Mr. and ' Mrs.” Aaron Scott of
Brinsley with Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Horner and Betty.
Miss Lillian Ulens of Windsor
with Iler mother Mrs. W. T.
Ulens. Mrs. Ulens returned to
Windsor with her daughter. ?’
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Young
and daughter of Lucan with her
father, Mr. Henry Belling.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Thompson
of Lieury with Mr. and. Mrs.
Lloyd Thompson and family.
Mr. and Mrs, Peter Gillies of
Berkley, Mich., with Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Hicks. '
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Steeper of
Sarnia with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Doan a’nd
Cynthia of London with Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Curts, s
Mr. Dawson Woodbuhn of -Tor
onto at his home,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hartle of
Woodstock with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. H^nry Hartle.
Mr. and Mrs, Earl Gardner
and family of Toronto ..with his
mother Mrs, X Gardner.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Brown and.
family with relatives at Colling
wood.
Miss Jnan Lagerwerf of Lon
don with, her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Lagerwerf.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winter
bum and family of Toronto, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Leeder of
Brampton, Mr. and Ml’S. Pete
Pawliwl and family of Wyoming,
Mr. and Mrs. John Sabot and
family of London, Mr. and Mtls.,
Bob Bullock and family of Tor
onto and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Bullock and family with Mrs.
Ed Bullock and Stuart,
Mf. and Mrs, Arthur Brophey
and Karen with Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Brophey and family of
Hanoven. ■
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Horner'1
and family of Toronto with his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Horn
er, Sr.
Ladies' Meeting
The October meeting of the
W.M.S. and W.A. was held at
the home of Mrs. D. McGregon
with the Bible study “A dwelling
place 6f God” taken by
Mrs. J. Gcromcttc. The SOrip*
lure.was read'by Mrs. H. Bto-
phey, Mrs. E. Curts took the
Study Book on South East Asia.
Mrs. IL Harlton read a letter
from the missionary Miss Ada
Syndall and Mrs, A, Pollock
read an article on Citizenship.
Roll call was answered by 20
members with a Thanksgiving
verse.
Final plans for the W.A, ba*
2aar and lea which will be held
in the United Church basement j
October 20 wore -completed, The |
November meeting will be held i
at the home of Mrs, Joe HornetrK
Thompson
Gillies of
ItOlHIlt
.... .................... 'ft saw three
I Anniversary services were
[held in the United Church on
' Sunday. Guest speaker was Rev.
1 Edgar J. Roulston of Lucan,
j whose subject in the morning
J was. “The Church in the Com-
___ j” and in the evening
. “Overcoming the World."
I Special music by the choir
’under the leadership of Mrs. A.
Baker included duets by Mrs,
L. Preszcator and Mrs. B. Neil.
| Guest soloist for each service
was Mr. R. McCutcheon of Cen-1
[tralia.
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Stewardship Institute
A Stewardship Institute was
held in the Evangelical Church
Sunday afternoon and evening
with trustees and stewards from
Dashwood, Zurich and London
Evangelical c'hurphes attending,
Rev. 51, I. Brox' of Sebringvilld
and Dr. H. W. Kaebnick of Day
ton, Ohio, were the leaders.,
Mission Band
Crediton United Church Mis
sion Band met in the church
with an attendance of 23. Judy
Bouljanne and Sharon Bishop
were in charge of the program-
Judy Lamport played a piano
solo and Mrs., S. King gave the
story .front the new Study Book
“Bright Pathway.” President,
Douglas Galloway was in charge
of the business.
two beautiful schools and its or
ganized sports which take a top
•spot in the way of living.
Just recently Exeter has tak
en another “feather to her cap”
by the beginning of a Senior
Citizens Club, where, frequently,
those who have grown “younger
in years” meet together for a
friendly evening of cards, songs
and dances. We feel sure, if
we were to circulate amongst
these Seniors of the town, many
further interesting tales would
be told about the days of the
past and the history of Exeter.
So, we have glanced back at
the “Passing Parade” of our
neighboring town and we trust
we have given you an insight
into the background of this quiet
little town of Exeter, Ontario.
• Ladies” Meeting
Mrs. E, M. Fahner had charge
of devotional period when Ladies
Aid and W.S.W.S. met in the
Evangelical Church Thursday
night. Miss' Nola Faist read the
scripture lesson and several
members took part in the Study
Book. Mrs. F. W. Morlock gave
a talk on Stewardship. Miss
Donna. Eagleson played trombone
solos, accompanied .by Mrs. Fah-
rner. '
Mrs. R. Krueger presided for
the business ; meeting. It was
voted to donate $10 to C.N.I.B. I
Thankoffering meeting will be i
held in November when all}
boxes will be brought in.
P»rson«l Items
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lawson
returned on Friday from a bus
iness trip to Winnipeg, going by
•way of Manitouiin Island. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dale and
sons Donald and Ted of Bramp*
ton spent the holiday weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Clark.
• Mr. and Mrs. George Vincent
were weekend visitors with Mrs.
S. Lamport.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Walker
and family oh Weston visited
during the weekend at the homes
of Mr, and Mrs. J. Galloway
and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Morlock.
Mrs. E. Gunn visited last
week with friends in Flint, Mich.
Joseph and Mary Gunn spent
the. weekend in Flint' and Mrs.
Gunn returned home with them,
accompanied by Mrs. Griffin
and children-
Mr. and .Mrs. Charles Green
visited o ri Wednesday
friends in Lucknow.
Mr. and'Mrs. J. Moir of
troit spent the,.weekend with
and Mrs. Lloyd Gaiser.
Mrs. Glen Strom e spent a
days last week in Waterloo.
Mrs. M. Faist,. Mrsi E. Faist,
Miss Nola Faist and Mrs. Paul
ine. Ness spent the holiday week
end in Kitchener.
Mrs. Maud Matthews and Mrs.
F. Farrow of London and Mrs.’
I. Hines of Grand Rapids called
on friends here last week and
were guests of Mr, and Mrs.
Chas. Gfeen.
Miss Lulu Morlock is a pa
tient iii Windsor Hospital due to
injuries she received in a fall
in her home.
Mr. Roy Lockhart, Toronto,
spent the weekend with Mr,
Lockhart and Mr. and Mrs. A.
Smith.
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