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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-11-15, Page 17WWMI .'.....ushorne........< TOWNSHIP FEDERATION J OF AGRICULTURE Annual Meeting ................................. Turkey Banquet THAMES ROAD UNITED CHURCH Friday, Nov. 23 6;30 p,m, n Tickets $1.50 Guest Speaker; MR, ELMER D. BELL, Q.C, Ticket? Available from Directors • own Topics'[Br*A E CAntraha1 nctri irtnr Ladies | Mrs. Jane Jordon, of London, . I WWIHImIIQ ■ I lw 1 I MW I VI Ll^-m AlH visited for the week-end with —M _ nCal fViM Mrs TUT Q *41*, WSk. ^P* I 4* ' • — Sam Nelson and .baby Heather, of Bella Coola, B.C., who are visiting Mrs* Nel* son’s parents in Oshawa, were guests Saturday noon of Mr. and Mrs. William Pearce. Mrs* Nel- jsoh was a nurse at Bella Coola Hospital. Miss Helen Black, BN, Wingham; Mrs, Mary Nott, Clin ton; Miss Helen Hisey, London; Mrs. EUis Pearce and family, of I London; Mrs. A. Schwalm and • Susan, Stratford, and Sharon Cyediton, were also ' Susan, ■Gaiser, guests. Miss visited HI Th. , Huron County Council will meet in the Council Chambers, Court House, Goderich, on Mon., Nov. 19 at 2,oo p,m. AU accounts and notices of deputations should, be in the hands of the County Clerk not later’ than Saturday, No* vcmber 17th, 1956, at 12.00 noon. A. H. Erskme, Clerk, County of Huron, Theatre PHONE 421 Previews Its Coming Attractions THURS., FRI. & SAT. November 15, 16, 17 "RED SUNDOWN" ★ Rory Calhoun ★ Martha Hyer NEWS A CARTOON MON./TUES. A WEP November IT, 20, 21 "BATTLE STATIONS" ★ John Lund ★ William Bendix COMEDY A CARTOON COMING "BACKLASH" * Richard Widmark ★ Donna Reed Exeter Arena Schedule Thursday, November 15 -3:15-4:15—Flight Cadets 7:00-11:00— R.C.A.F. Friday, November 16 4:00-5:00—School Skating S:O0-1O:OO—Public Skating Saturday, November 17 8:00-9:00—-Bantams ; Mohawks vs. Canadians 9:00-10:00— Pee Wees Canadians vs. Black Hawks 10:00-11:00—Pee W*es Rockets vs, Leafs 11:60-12:00—Wee Gees & Sguee Gees 1:00-2:45—Public Skating 3:15-5:15—Figure Skating 9:00—-Woodstock Athletics vs, Exfiter Mohawks Sunday, November 18 Hockey Practice Monday, November 19 4:00;5!00—School Skating 7:00-11:00—r.c.A.F, Tuesday, November 20 3:15-4:15—Flight Cadets 8:00-10:00—Exeter Mohawks , Wednesday/ November 21 1:00-11:00—Curling Ruth Nisbet, of Byron, . ...... with Mr. and Mrs. ~ Alderson and Mabel over week-end, A birthday celebration Mrs. William Carrick at the home of her Mrs.' Hubert Cooper, day evening. Games tests were enjoyed, Mr, and Mrs. Harry Stanlake and .two children, of Plattsville, visited on Sunday with Mrs, Silas Stanlake, • Mrs. W.* D, Parish, is visiting with Mr B* M, Francis. Messrs. Maurice .. .. Douglas May motored to Ste Marie for the weekend and attended the Algoma Presbytery Young Peoples’ convention. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Waddell of Guelph spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. C. V.' Pick ard, Mr, and Mrs. Frank Northcott, Mrs. Ada Bundle and Mrs. Lois Ludgon of Watford spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Rowe. Mr, and Mrs. Milton Hodgert, Lillian and Jean of London visit ed Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Victor. Resile, Roy the for heldwas daughter, on Satur- and con- of Comber, and 42 Love Mr^ and Saud Former Teacher Dies In Princeton Thomas Barton Hooper aged 76 years died on November 6 in Princeton, B,C. * He is survived by his wife, Maud, one son, Cameron, a granddaughter, Kathleen and a sister, Mrs. A. A. Ericson of Bochester, N.Y. Bart spent his early years Here and taught school at No. 3 Stephen. Later he studied law and practised for many years in Princeton, B.C. BAZAAR and COOKING . TEA WILL BE SERVED Central Hotel Sat., Nov. 17 Sponsored by Trivitt Church Ladies' Guild ! Describes Suez Canal Saga i BY DQ-NALD F, HARRIS 1 Mr. Harris teaches Effective ' Writing to RCAF future aircrew i at Centralia. This article • appeared in The Globe and Mail 1 recently, ., * * * ; "The canal will be a thing of ■ evil for the land of Egypt. It will bring profit to foreigners, not to Egyptians,” So spake the priests of the temple to Pharaoh, Their purse was upon a Suez Canal. The canal we-watch anxiously today is not the first man-made link between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, Legend says the first canal was constructed about I960 BC, by a Pharaoh Sesostris. Historians doubt if there ever really was a Pharaoh of that name; but there is proof that a canal had been cut before 1380 BC, by Rameses II, the Pharaoh who oppressed the Israelites, This canal met the eastern branch of the Nile delta at the city of Bubastis (about 40 miles northeast of Cairo), and followed a fertile valley called Wadi Tumilat to what is now Lake Timsah, but what was then the head of the Gulf of Suez. For in, those days, the Red Sea stretched farther north than it does today, about as far as the site of modern Ismailia; The seas of the East and the West were joined, three thousand years before de Lesseps built the I modern waterway. But Barneses’ canal was soon clogged by the drifting sands of the desert, while the annual^flooding of the Nile crumbled its banks. 120/000 Died But later Pharaoh did not for* get the project, After some seven centuries, about 600 BQ, there reigned, in Egypt Necho II, a man of great vision who restored the canal of Rameses. During this reconstruction 120.000 laborers died, Over 40 miles long, the canal was wide enough for two triremes abreast — large war galleys propelled by three banks of oars. The journey from sea to sea could be completed in four days. It was to Necho that the temple priests made their fate ful prophecy. "Cease from your work,” they told the Pharaoh. "It is an evil thing, You are building a canal which will bring profit not to Egypt but to foreign barbarians.” Necho took no heed. But the words of the oracle were proved true. Less than a century later the Persian con queror, Darius, invaded Egypt and Improved and enlarged the canal againLin order to strength en "his hold upon the country, By the time Darius had com pleted his work, the canal was 150 feet *wide and 20 feet deep, and its banks walled with blocks pf hewn stone. Nothing more is heard of the 1 canal for some 250 years, till one of the Greek rulers of Egypt, Ptolemy Philadelphus,, restored the waterway once again, and built the city of Arsinoe close to the site of the modern Port Tewfik. i the Ifhedive of Egypt, named 1 fin Y kAhi/lrtfl kniMre * 4. i D<wt Destroys C«n»l i the Khedive of Egypt, named But still the work of restore- Said* De Lesseps, besides being tion seemed in vain. It seemed, ........“ as if nature had heeded the; words of the oracle, and sought to destroy what? man should not t have dared to build. The desert encroached again. The Nile, too, was changing its course. In 31. BC, Cleopatra, who had seduced Mark Anthony from bis duty, I was defeated by Octavius Caesar ( in the naval battle of Actium.j ___ ... M She tried to mow the remnants canal was impossible; it would of her fleet to the safety of the ■ be silted up by the Mediter- Red Sea; but by then the branch ranean rnud;. it would be choked of the Nil® which the canal met j by drifting sand. Lord Balmer- at Bubastis was so choked by ston called it .a “bubble scheme”; silt that it was no longer navig*! London • hankers called it a able, and her plan failed, I fraud; thousands of workers In the 7th century, A.D., new Pushed in the desert. . invaders conquered Egypt. Amr, I But *1 w?s hUilt, and slgmfi- or Amru, a friend of the Prophet mtty, tta firat ship to pay tolls Mohammed, became- the first the British flag. From the Moslem ruler of Egypt, and, like bankrupt Khedive Ismail (for the Persian conqueror Darius, I whom Ismaiha was named), he restored the ancient canal to I Bisraeli. bought a majority oi make his hold on the country i shares m the Suez Canal Co., mure secure, Furthermore, he j ant^ Palmerston s ’bubble be* wanted an easy route whereby I came Britain s profit. But it was Arabia might be supplied with I more than that: It was an inter* Egyptian grain. Once ,again the national highway of maritime ■ ■ " — ' trade, Thus, after 3,000 years, the work begun by Barneses was completed. And this summer a new Pharaoh — Nasser — dared to defy the oracle. He would take away the foreigner’s profit; the canal, he said, should bring profit only to Egypt. He dared to defy the ancient curse. And has not retribution come speedi ly upon the land of Egypt? The ancient gods are jealous yet. th French consul in Egypt, a scholar, a noted horseman and an astute businessman, had at one time been tutor to the young Khedive. Now Jie soon obtained his agreement for a canal which was to go from Suez to a new port on the Mediterranean which was to bear his royal pupil’s name: Port Said* Engineers, still argued the I WWW WAV MJ-!he | and Palmerston’s "bubble” be. Mrs. Ellen Fairelough, M.p. for Hamilton West, was guest: speaker at a banquet in Ontario; St. United Church Tuesday eve ning sponsored by the Progress ive Conservative Women’s As sociation for Huron, Miss Dorothy Park* Seaforth, j presided and introduced Mrs* Fairclough and other guests in cluding L. C- Cardiff, Brussels, M.P. for Huron; John Hanna, of Wingham, MX. A. for ’ Huron* Bruce; Thomas Pryde, M.L.A, for Huron; Miss Clara Westcott, of Toronto, formerly of Seaforth, organizer for Young Progressive j Conservatives of Ontario, and I Mrs, Dorothy Downing, ladies* I organizer Tor the National Pro* j gressive Conservative party. I Mrs* George Dobbs, of Exeter, i was soloist accompanied by Mrs. i Robert Pryde. . j Among those present from Ex eter were Mrs, Thomas Pryde,; Mrs. Charles McNaughton, Mrs. > Elmer Bell, Mrs, Les Gibson, Mrs. Fred Dobbs, Mrs. Allan Fraser and Mrs, Rufus Kestle. X S STEPHM TOWNSHIP 'FED. OF AGPICULTUMf ! Annual Meeting And Turkey Banquet CREDITON COMMUNITY CENTRE Thursday, November 29 Speekor: Rev, Robert D. MacMillan, Knox Presbyterian Church# Goderich LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT ADMISSION $L5P 5 Tickets Available From Directors III HOT Turkey Supper Centralia United Church 4 s s j I BAZAAR HOME BAKING & KNITTED WEAR Library Basement TEA WILL BE SERVED Sponsored by Ladies Aid of Bethel Reformed Church Reception And DANCE FOR MR. AND MRS, HIRAM DIXON LUCAN MEMORIAL ARENA Friday, Nov. 16 Mpsic by Mac Ducharme Ladies Please Bring Lunch Everyone Welcome DANCE Every Saturday EXETER LEGION MEMORIAL HALL MUSIC RY CLARENCE PETRIE «nd hi$ Night Hawks 5 & a DANCING 9-12 — ADMISSION 750 Leather Jackets arid Jeans Net Permitted 3i Arabia might be supplied with I more than that: It was an' inter _„x*_ z-v._____au-. • Ytarinrinl hicrhii/oir nt vnoi’itimi: canal brought profit ’ to alien . rulers. , ■ But, before long, Amru’s work came to nothing, like that of | Ptolemy, Darius, Necho and i Rameses. A Caliph of Baghdad — the famous Haroun-al-Rashid,! romantic hero of the Arabian? Nights — blocked parts of the canal to deny supplies to an enemy. That was virtually the end of the Pharaohs’ canal, al though some stretches were still being used as late as 1000 AD, The Venetians had brief hopes of restoring it in the early 16th century, But by then the Turks were powerful across the Middle J East, and they would not counte nance a scheme to aid a Christian country. Almost Disappeared The canal was forgotten again, to be choked by mud and sand. Today there are a few traces of it yet visible in the Wadi Tumi* lat; 'but almost all has dis appeared. The old City of Bubas tis is in ruins; the Pelusian branch of the Nile on which the city stood, and which fed the canal, has dried up; Ptolemy’s city of Arsinoe is no more. Na ture has humbled the proud works of man. However, the ruins were to inspire a conqueror mightier than Darius, In 1798 Napoleon came to Egypt, with hopes of an empire in the East which would eclipse that of Britain, He stood upin; the ruins of the Pharaohs^ canal, and he knew the plan must be revived. He called for surveys of a new canal going directly across the isthmus. But, suddenly, it did not matter any more. Nelson i destroyed the ,French fleet in ; Aboukir Bay, near Alexandria. ■ Napoleon returned to Europe'. The qanal had to wait, j.,. • . “ But not for long, One man more saw the vision of Rameses* and, in 1869, the work was done. De Lesseps, no engineer but a man of vast energy and initia tive, carried the plans of an Austrian engineer, Negrelli, to I Earl Mitchell ■Dies In Paris Suddenly oil Tuesday, Earl . Mitchell, 52, passed away in Wil lett Memorial Hospital, Paris. He suffered a coronary throm bosis on Saturday and was taken to hospital Where he died on Tuesday. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mitchell, He had previously farmed in Us- borne Township and moved to Paris less than two years ago. Surviving besides his wife, the former Rena Hudson, are his stepmother, Mrs. Arthur Mitch ell; one (laughter (Donna) Mrs. Myles Uttley, London, and three sons, Arthur, William and Wayne at home and one sister, Mrs. Alvin Moir, Usborne. Funeral services will be held from the Hopper-Hockey funer al home, William street on Fri day at 2 p.m. with- interment in Exeter cemetery. w. Mr, and Mrs. Cal Beckler, Jon and Leigh, moved last week to their new home in London. Mr. ancl Mrs. Fred Preszcator of Stephen township, purchased the Beckler home on Andrew St. Announcements BIRTHS .DICKEY—Mr. and Mrs. William Dickey wish to announce the birth of a son, Robin William Henry, at St, Mary's Hospital, ■ November 8, 1956. GREEN—S/L and Mrg. Raymond H. Green. 10 Columbia Cresc.. R.C.A.K. Centralia, announce the birth .of their daughter, Beverly Jane, at South Huron Hospital, November 8, 1956, HOWITT—Mr, and Mrs, F,„V. Howitt, 176 Columbia Dr,, RCAF■ Station Centralia, wish to an* pounce the arrival of their fifth Son, Michael, at South. Huron Hospital. November 12, 1956, IRVINE—Mr. and Mrs. Patrick D, Irvine, Grand Bend, announce the arrival of their daughter, Phyllis Ellen, weight 5, 1bs„ 8% ozs.. at South Huron Hospital, November 12, 1956, MTNDERLEIN—Mr. and Mrs, Helmut Minderlein, Zurich, announce the birth of their son in South Huron Hospital, November 11, 1956. MORLEY—Mr, and Mrs. Russel) Morley, of Exeter, anounce. the birth of their daughter, Karen Marie, at South Huron Hospital, November 7, 1956. NORTH—C!pl. and Mrs. H. A. North, 909 Columbia Dr., RCAF Centralia, announce the birth of I heir son, Henry Arthur, weight if lbs., at South Huron Hospital, November 8, 1956. OSTLER—Mr. and Mrs. t Robert Ostler (nee Pearl Cann) 116 Main St., Exeter* announce the birth of a daughter, Jane Mary, at. South Huron Hospital, November 8, 1956—a sister fbr Jimmy and Johnny. PROUTY — Mr. and Mrs. Ted Prouty, 'R.R. 1 Exeter, are happy to announce the . birth of their daughter, Esther June, at Clin ton General Hospital, November 5, 1956—a sister for David and Taul, DEATHS MITCHELL—Tn Willett Memorial Hospital, Paris, on Tuesday, November 13. 1956. Earl W. Mitchell, beloved husband of Rena Hudson, of Paris, and formerly of Usborne Township, in dlls fifty- third year, WOOD—In South Huron Hospital, .Exeter, on' Tuesday, November 13, 1956, Margaret lO’anCes Blatclr* ford, beloved Wife of William H Wood, in .her eightieth year, ENGAGEMENTS Mr. and Mrs, Charles Tindall . London announce the engagement of Mrs. Tindall’s daughter, Shirley Louise Anderson, to Charles Bruce (Chuck) Thomason, son of Mr. and Mrs, John Thomason, of London, The marriage to take place Satur day, December 1. at, 2 p.m.. In Robinson United Church, 15* Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Charles Clarke wish to announce the u engagement of their daughter.. Hazel Feme Welsh, to Mr. Gerald William Smith, son ot Mr. William Smith, Credilon. and the latte Mrs, Smith, The wedding to take, place, on Saturday, November 17, at 3:M p.m. 15c CARDS OF THANKS Mervyn Cudmore wishes to thank all those who so kindly remembered him with visits, treats and cards while eonuned to hospital and since returning home. Special thanks to Miss Claypole and the staff of south Huron Hospital. 15* I wish to thank all those who so klndiy ■remembered me with cards, treats, flowers and visits while a patient in St, Joseph's Hospital. London, and shico returning home. —Mrs. Charles Giavin* JBo ■MU.Ub. of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jory wish to thank all those Who sent cards, flowers and gifts and all helped in any 'way on the t sion of their fiftieth wedding niversary. Miss Lulu who ocea- an- 15* to her ,:..j 15* Sciuii'e wishes to 4*1 rela- i, fruit, cards and was a patient in . . .'ta|, Exeter, to Miss Claypole ir kindness to me, 15* Miss Lulu Morlock wishes thank those who remembered with cards and good wishes during her stay In the hospital. Mrs. Nelsoi. -....J- ..I-'-, thank her many friends and fives for flowers ' visits while she — S o u t h H u r o. n Ho: Special thanks and staff for t'he! IN MEMORIAM CATWBLL-In loving memory of a dear father and grandfather, J<?hn Caldwell, who passed away five years ago, November ' 15, 1951. This day we do remember A loving thought to give, , To him no longer with us,. But in our hearts still lives.—Ever Remembered by daughter Dorene, son-in-law Emerson and grandchildren Marilyn, Ron and Gary, 15* EACRETT—in loving memory of, our dear mother and dad, Mar garet and Robert Eacrett. who passed away November 18, 1953, and September 1, 193G.God. knows 11OW -much we miss them, - .Never shall our memory fade,Loving thoughts shall ever wander To the spot where they are laid. To those who. have a Mother and Dad, ,Cherish them with care. You'll never know tlie heartache Till you see their vacant chair. —Lovingly remembered by daugh* ters and sons-in-law, 15* SACKETT—In loving memory of our grandma and grdndpa.Thoughts of you are the thoughts of love That Will live to the longest day, They won't wear out, can’t be lost And won’t be given away.—Lovingly remembered by Paul, Jane and Eric H&ncock. 15* STEPHEN—In loving memory of a dear wife and mother, Cora Sfophan, who passed away No vember 15, 1955. Her weary hourh find days of pain, Her troubled nights are passed, ■ * ■- .... • ■ . . .. - know last, and 15c of a Ste- year And In our aching heft SIH a has found sweet —Sadly ■ missed by li family. STRPHWN—Tn lovinff i dear mother, Mrs. ------phen, who passed away one ago, November IS, 1“**. Peaceful be thy rest, dear mother It is sweet to breathe thy name In lite we loved you dearly, In death we do the same’.—JOver remembered by sons daughters, ■ BTHPHBN—Tn loving memory dear daughter and’ sister, Ktephen, who passed away vember lw, 1955. We think of her in silence, No eyes can see us weep And many silent tears are While others are asleep. —Even remembered by brothers a'nd sisters. STfiPHHN—In lovirig memoiw 6f our neighbour, Mrs. Charles Ste* phen, who passed away one year ago.There Is a long and winding road Along which we ail must go.It leads beyond the hills Of time Into the sunset g»ow. ,But only for a little whileOur neighbours leave our sight, For just beyond the hills site waits •in God's eternal light. —rover remembered by Kiva and Bill and family* 15* rts we rest, at us band memory Charles 191 and 15* ot a Cora No* shad mother, 15c t V * Guests on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Paul Klemke were Mr, and Mrs. Russell Price and Pon of Debert, N.S., Mr, and Mrs, Gus De Ryk of Aylmer, Mrs. Joe Wilson, Centralia' and Rill Wilson of London. , COMING EVENTS RECEPTION & DANCE for Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kyle, of Kippen, Town Hall, Hensail, Friday, Nov. 16, Desjardine orchestra. Ladies please provide lunch, Everybody welcome, 15c PRESENTATION A DANCE for Mr. j and Mrs, Roy McCurdy, Aberdeen Hall, Kirkton, Friday, Nov. 23. 15c CAVEN XMAS FAIR, Saturday, Dec. X, 3.00 p.m., Town Hall. 15c ALDON THEATRE Grand Bend FRIDAY & SATURDAY November 16 and 17 "LUCKY ME" (Cinemascope, Warper Color) ★ Doris Day ★ Robert Cummings ★ Phil Silvers Your luckiest and happiest date. Cinemascope never had it so great. One Show, Each Night—8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21 ADMISSION; ADULTS $1,50, CHILDREN >/ SUPPER SERVED AT 5 P.M. £ 1 S .......iniHUUllllllliltlliDIHIIliiiiillHuiiinilllllHIlillUIHUUlIlU'HUl'HHUI’^ TO Clarence Petrie & His Night Hawks PARKHILI- ARENA November 16, 23, 30 Dancing Starts at 10:00 p.m. ADMISSION 750 Sponsored by Parkhill Lions Club t The Exeter Players Guild presents In.The Three-Act Comedy Peg O’ My Heart WITH MARJORIE DILKES AND JIM CARTER AUDREY'BENTLEY, GERRY GODBOLT, JACK FULCHER BOB RUSSEL, EDNA GLAAB, JOHN HENDRICK And Directed By John Goman High School Auditorium AT 8:30 SHARP / ADIMISSION 75|f/ CHILDREN 50^ r Tickets Sold By • Exeter Kinettes • Anglican Ladies' Guild, Centralia ♦ Anglican Women's Guild Grand Bend • Beta Sigma Phi • Elimville Woman's iflsHfute e Saintsbury Ladies' Guild e Wurondale Women's Institute o Hansail Kinsman Holders Of Season Tickets please exchange at once for performance tickets held at Choosa Book Shep*’I