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Elects '57 Officers *
The annual meeting of United
Church Sunday School was held
on Wednesday evening. Rev. A.
Rapson opened the meeting and
Mrs. E. Lamport presided for
the business. Mrs. Lamport ex
pressed appreciation for support
given her during the past year
b y associate superintendents,
teachers and officers. Rev. Rap-
son presided for the election of
officers.
Mrs. Ed. Lamport was elected
superintendent with associate
Ed. Lamport, Ed. Cham
bers, N. Lamport, Earl Neil and
Jas. Mawhinney; treasurer is
Ed. Chambers; secretary, Mrs,
H. Lightfoot; supply secretary,
Mrs. Eel. Lamport; attendance
secretaries, Paula Boulianne and
Doreen.Kenney; librarian, Ralph
Finkbeiner; pianists, Mrs. L.
Priszcator and Miss Mildred
Dundas. «
Teachers were appointed: Mrs.
L. Preszcator, with assistant,
Pat Chambers; Mrs. N. Lam
port, Mrs. Earl Neil; Miss Betty
Bender, Miss Connie Jackson;
Mrs. J. Galloway, Miss Mildred
Dundas; Robert Galloway, Nel
son Lamport; Edward Lamport,
Russell Finkbeiner; cradle roll,
Mrs, R. Motz, Mrs. R. Fink
beiner; missionary ‘ convenor,
Mrs. H. Lightfoot; temperance
convenor, Nelson Lamport, Or
ganized .classes will hold separ
ate elections,
ALDON
THEATRE
Grand Bend
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
December 2J and 22
"SO BIG"
★ Jane Wyman
★ Sterling Hayden
★ Nancy Olson
★ Steva Forrest
Jade was’ ready to forget
she ever was a lady. •
Comic Strip1 and Short Subjects
One Show Each Night—8 O'clock
that
a Lyric
Theatre
PHONE 421
Previews Its
Coming Attractions
|W* A* And w. M. 5.
Christmas meeting of the Worn-
I en’s Association, and W.M.S. of
i the United Church was held .with
several visitors present,.
Mrs. R. Motz presided for the
W.A. business, A decision was
made to serve a congregational
supper the night of the congre
gational meeting. Welcome let
ters were read from two former
members, Mrs. Ray King and
Mrs, Albert King. Appreciation
was expressed to retiring presi
dent. Mrs. Motz for faithful lead
ership for the past several years.
Mrs. G. Hill convened W.M.S.
business. Acknowledgement was
read for bale sent to Alberta
and . reports given. A candle-
flighting exercise “The Constant
| Lamp,” , was given by several
members, led by Mrs. G. Zwick-
er.
Distribution of gifts followed,
which revealed the identity of
past mystery sister. Names were
again drawn for the n6w year.
Hostfesses were Mrs; Jas Ma
whinney, Mrs. Haviland, Mrs. S.
King, Mrs, L. Hill, Mrs. C.
Brock, Mrs, C. Kenney and Mrs,
D. Kestle,
Personal Items
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Clark
of Detroit spent the weekend
with Mr. Francis Clark and vis
ited Mrs, Clark in South Huron
Hospital, whose condition shows
improvement,
F/O and Mrs. Earl Whalen
and sons of Winnipeg, Man., ate
spending ft. few weeks with Mrs.
Whalen’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam King and Marlene.
Mr. Elgin Woodall and daugh
ter, Marie, of Royal Oak, Mich.,
visited on Saturday with Mr.
and Mrs. Jos. Woodall.
Mrs. Emma Wing and daugh
ter, Mrs, Della Jeckel and her
daughter, Geraldine, of Pigeon,
Mich., spent a few days last
week with Mr., and Mrs. Clifford
Hill.
Mrs. Leonard Wing of Bay
Port, Mich., visited last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Haist
of Fenwick spent last Thursday
with Mrs. Harry Finkbeiner.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kraft
of Saskatoon, Sask., Miss Pearl
Kraft and Mrs. Eagleson of
Dashwood attended service in
the Evangelical church Sunday
morning.
Mr. Gerald' Zwicker spent a
few days in Toronto last week,
William Oestricher spent a
few days this wbek in Fort Erie.
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BLEAK CHRISTMAS—George Summers, of Clandeboye, to escape the blaze but only a few belongings were saved,
stares at the ruins of his rented home and his family’s Clandeboye and Lucan neighbors have donated gifts of
possessions which burned in a fire early Friday morning, clothing and money to the family, Mr. Summers works
A passing trucker aroused the family of four in time in London. —LFP Photo
THURS., FRI. & SAT.
E»*cemb*r 20, 21, 22
"THE LOOTERS"
★ Rory Calhoun
> Juli* Adams- - ,
f CARTOON i NEWS
MON., TUES. A WED,
December 24, 25, 26
"THE SECOND
GREATEST 5EX"
★ Jeannie Crain
★ George Nader
, CARTOON & COMEDY
No Matlhee Christmas Day
Matinee Wednesday, Dec, 26
Thousandth Baby
Dies In Hospital
Cornelius Otto Verkerk, six
month old twin son of Cornelius
and Gerritje Verkerk, died of
pneumonia in South Huron Hos
pital on Sunday.
Born on June 25, he was the
one thousandth baby to be born
in the local hospital. His parents
came to Canada from Holland
six years ago. and for the’ past
three years have lived on the
•second concession of Stephen
township.
Surviving besides' his parents
are eight sisters1 and two broth
ers.
The body rested at the Dinney
funeral home where the Rev.
G. J. Hoytema, pastor of the
Christian Reformed Church con
ducted the funeral service on
Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment
mas in Exhtfer. cemetery.
Residents of Clandeboye dist
rict are playing Santa Claus to
a young family of four who lost
their rented home and posses
sions in a fire early Friday morn
ing.
Neighbors are donating food,
clothing bedding and even furni
ture to Mr. and Mrs. George
Summers and their two boys
who escaped from their blaz
ing house with little more than
the bed clothes on their backs.
Appeal for the special Christ
mas gifts was made through St.
James Anglican Church, Clande
boye, by its minister Rev. J. P.
Prest, Lucan.
A canvass of the area was
made Wednesday by Moore Cun-
nigham and- Ernie Lewis.
■Although- these -gifts from
“Santa” weren’t fancily-wrap-
ped, they’ve been the most wel-
The Story In
Shipka
Two-thirds of Canadian fami
lies still carry no installment
debt and official statistics show
that of the 1,5000.000 Canadians
who are buying things on time,
one-third have savings greater
than the amount they owe.
A very Merry Christmas to all
from the Management and Staff.
| ■ Plan Now To Attend
Christmas Eve
DANCE■s
EXETER LEGION MEMORIAL HALL
MUSIC BY CLARENCE PETRIE
And His Nite Haw.ks
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"SPOT DANCES"
| Admission 750 Dancing 9 to 12
I Jackets and Jeans Not Admitted
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W.A. Meet's
The regular meeting of' the
Woman’s Association was held at
the home of Mrs. Matt Sweitzer*
A Christmas program was con
ducted by Mrs. Ross Pickering,
with Mrs. Cliff' Russell, Mrs.
Wray Sweitzer, Mrs. Colin Love,
Mrs. Stuart Sweitzer, Mrs. Jack
Ratz and Mrs. Harry Sheppard
taking parts.
Rev. Rapson gave a talk on
“Foreign Christmas Celebra
tions.” The election of officers
took place for 1957 and were in
stalled by Rev. Rapson,
The January meeting is to be
held at the home of Mrs. Harry
Sheppard.
Personal Items
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Russell and
sons visited recently with Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Gunning of
Granton.
‘Sunday visitors with Mrs.'Mil
ton Ratz .were Mr< and Mbs. M.'
C. Sweitzer, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Finkbeiner, Mrs. Jacob Ratz and
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ratz and
Donald.
Mr. Roy Comfort, of Fenwick,
is visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Stuart Sweitzer and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Charlton
visited on Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs*. Harry Sheppard and Dave.
Miss Eleanor Sharpe, of Lon
don, spent the week-end at her
home here.
There will be a Christmas pro
gram in the church on Friday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Duncan
and Peter, of Stratford, spent the
week-end With Mrs. Lamport.
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come the young family’s ever (day, “We wanted to pick up a
received. ’ I few things for the boys-a couple
Still unknown is the passing of toys each and some clothing,”
trucker who saved the Summers...............
lives. He spotted, the fire from
the road and roused the occu
pants of the house in time for
them to escape.
Saves TV .Set,’Chair
The ..trucker carried out a TV
set and chesterfield chair from
the house and the family saved
the father’s suit and one box of
clothes, but that’s all.
“I don’t knpw who that fellow
was,” Mr. Summers said after
the blaze, “but we owe our lives
to him. All I can remember is
somebody pounding on the front
door. I ran downstairs and this
chap told'-me. the house was on
fire and to get everybody out.”
Mrs.. Summers picked up her
two sleeping boys, George Bern
ard, 24 years, and Arthur Leslie,
17 months, and ran barefoot with
them across the highway to the
home of a neighbor, Moore Cun
ningham. 11
Fire started in a ‘woodshed at'
the rear of the two-storey, brick
veneer house and spread through
the.building like wildfire. Neigh
bors believe faulty wiring was
the cause. When Mr. Summers
tried to get water to fight the
blaze, he found the * pressure
pump -wouldn’t work.
The Summers moved to the
farm--the former McWilliams
homestead-in- September this
year* They rented it from Mrs.
Jack Harrison, Aylmer, a daugh
ter of the late William McWil
liams.
A , fireman at Mount St. Jos
eph Motherhouse, London, Mr.
Summers kept about 10 pigs and
Several chickens in a barn near
the destroyed house. With a
strong wind blowing at the time
of the fire, neighbors feared the
barn would catch fire.
No Christmas Shopping
The* blaze turned, what was
planned to be a happy day for
the family into a disastrous one.
Mr. Summers revealed he and
his. family had. intended to do
theii; Christmas shopping that
ho said.
Besides losing its possessions,
the family lost its get dog, Las
sie who was in the shed.
Lucan Fire Chief Alex Young,
whose brigade was called, was
unable to.fight the fire. “The
flames were in every room of
the house when we arrived,” the
chief said. “There wasn’t any
water* available and fire ex
tinguishers were useless.”
The family stayed for several
days at the home of Mr. Cun
ningham under the care of his
housekeeper, Mrs.-Fred Simpson.
They plan to move to London.
Consider Traffic Lights
Ontario Department of High
ways has informed Clandeboye
Women’s Institute that it is con
sidering th.e group’s request for
caution lights at the diversion
of No. 4 -at Clandeboye.
A. G. McNab, registrar of
motor vehicles, said the request
South Hurori District High School
Presents Its Annual Variety Program and Commencement Exercises
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Singing!
e "Teddy Bears' Picnic"
• "The Lost Chord"
e "Memories"
• School Orchestra
• Gyrhnastics
^'Thursday, Dec. 20
Diplomas
Dancing!
• Tap • Polka • Kickline
Dec. 21
Grade 13 Diplomas and all Awards
8:00 p.rri.
Drama!
• One Act Comedy
Massed Chorus
• Over 200 Voices ‘
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Reserved Ticket* Can Ba Purchased From Students
Adults 5G0 Children 250
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News Budget From
Dashwood
' By MRS. E. H. RADER
(Intended for last week)
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Latta of
Waterloo spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weiberg.
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Gamble
and family of London spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Rader.
Entertain Husbands
The WSWS of The Evangelical
United Brethern Church enter
tained their husbands at a Tur
key dinner Friday evening
Harry Hoffman and Mrs. E.
Haist sang a duet. Rev. Krotz
. showed pictures of local interest.
Carol singing was also enjoyed.
Mr. Don Gaiser is a patient
•in St. Joseph’s Hospital, London.
Mr, and Mrs. Emil Becker and
Mr. and Mrs. Lome Becker
spent the week-end in Detroit.
Mr. and Mrs, Sid Baker spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert Restemayer and family
at Plattsville.
Mr/ Stanley Haist, teacher
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No. 11 held their Christmas
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and pupils of Black Bush School
cert in the school Tuesday eve-
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jning December 18.
Men's Club Re-organize
j The monthly meeting of the
men’s club of Zion Lutheran
church was held last Wednesday
evening. The business meeting
t was devoted to re-organizing
i the club and re-drafting a com
< stitution. Twenty-one- members
! were present.
The following t officers Wore
(elected: president, Reinhold
I Miller; vice-president, Valentine
Miller; social committee. Cliff
Salmon, Adolph * Koller, Earl
i Dators, A social hour was' cii-
| joyed playing dart baseball. Kon
(Keller’s team won with a score
24 —12. Leonard Restemayer
.starred with several homeruns, j Th6 next meeting will be Dec.27,
Lucan
Personals
Mr. Harold Corbett was a —
egate at the Progressive-Con
servative Convention in Ottawa
last week.
Mr. S. B. Ashby, of Brantford,
was. an overnight guest with Rev,
and Mrs. J. P. Prest last Monday,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lee spent
last week-end in London, the
guest of‘their son, Mr. Cecil Lee
and family.
Miss Lina Abbott accompanied
Mrs. Warner McRoberts to her
school concert in the Whalen
School last Friday night. The
concert was followed by a visit
from Santa Claus.
Thomas Wilkinson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. R. Wilkinson, has
enlisted in the army, and left for
Petawawa last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Knight and
family, of. Kintore, were Sunday
guests with Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hardy.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Butler and
family;, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Eizensa and- family, and Miss
Tina Eizenga attended the Demp
ster-Graham wedding in Toronto
on Saturday, December 8.
Dempster-Graham
In a * setting of white Shasta
’niums in the Evangelistic Centre,
Toronto, at 4 p.m.- Saturday,
December 8, the Rev. James
Taylor, assisted by the Rev, J. A.
Graham, united in marriage
Kathleen Esther Graham and
Robert Dempster. The bride -is
the daughter, of Rev. and Mrs.
J. A. Graham, of Toronto (re
cently of Lucan), and the groom
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Dempster, Toronto.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride was gowned in
white brocaded satin with tight
qodice and cathedral train. Her
finger-tip veil of illusion was held
by a beaded tiara. She carried a
white Bible, crested with an
orchid and streamers.
The attendants, Miss Tina
Eizenga, of Lucan, as maid of
honor, Miss Lorraine Graham, Of
Milton, Miss Alice Noseworthy,
of Tpronto, as bridesmaids, and
Joyce Butler, of Lucan, as flower
girl, were all dressed alike in red
velvet ballerina gowns and head
dresses of white feather bands.
They carried white fur muffs,
crested with red roses.
The best man was Ken Pliecny,
of Toronto, and ushers were
Walter nF Scarboro,
and Rex Allen, of Toronto.
Miss Charlotte Pike, of To
ronto, played traditional wedding
music and accompanied the
soloist, Miss Joyce Lowrie, of
Toronto.
Al; a reception held in the
Evangelical Centre, the bride’s
mother received in a navy sheer
dress with corsage of pink roses.
She was assisted by the groom’s
mother who chose a mushroom
crone gown with matching acces
sories and corsage of pink roses.
For ft honeymoon trip to
Detroit the bride changed to n
dross of gold and brown candy
*,l,,!no on background of beige
r \ ‘on, with brown coat and an
OD’hid corsage.
The young orratde will make
their home in Toronto.
del-
has been forwarded to the plan
ning division of the department
“and a survey will no doubt be
made of the location in ques
tion,”
Alarmed at the number of
fatal accidents which have oc
curred at the Clandeboye turns,
the women’s institute felt cau
tion lights would, help ■ to warn,
motorists of the danger there,
DANCE
EXETER LEGION HALL
Friday, Dec, 28
GOOD ORCHESTRA
"Huron County's Own
Elvis Presley"
Sponsored by
South Huron Junior Farmers
EVERYONE WELCOME
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Crown Institute Queen “
At Dashwood Meeting
I Miss Mw Tiemaa < Alma
I College is vacationing with Mr
pju-epfts, Mr. and Mrs. Mervyi
1 Tieman.
The Walther Leaguers of Zion
Lutheran church have erected a
(nativity scene on the church
property. All the members west
active in constructing the Christ
mas scene.
$ant# Here Saturday
Santa Claus will be in Dash'
; Wood SatM Dec. 22, at 3 p.m.
with treats for all children.
4-H Homamaking Club
The fourth meeting of the 4-H
club was held with 15 girls pres-
net. The Singer Sewing Machine
Co. loaned them two machines
so the girls wire able to work
on their pyjamas.
Dashwood W. I. held its Christ
mas party » Zion Lutheran
church basement with t Grand
Bend, Crediton and Zurich In
stitutes as guests,
Mrs* Kuntz was chairlady.
Mrs. J, M. Tieman conducted
carol singing. Mrs, G. Anderson
of Thedford favoured with read
ings and Mrs* E. Kipfer played
accordion selections,
Mrs, Ervin Rader, Mrs. Glen
Webb, Mrs, Ervine Devine, Mrs.
Rudolph Miller, Mrs, Leonard
Schenk and Mrs. Ernest Koeh
ler presented a skit, “Too Many
Beaus”, Mrs. Ed. Lamport of
Crediton and Mrs. Willis. Gill
pf Grand Bend gave readings.
Highlight of the- evening was
the crowning of an Institute
queen. Each Institute had a can
didate- Zurich, Mrs. Rose; Cred-
iton, ’ Mrs. E. Lawson; Grand
Bend, Mrs, Ed Gill; and~ Dash
wood, _
latter was crowned.
Mrs. W. Mack had the lucky
chair, Mrs. A. V. Tieman and
Mrs. E. Koehler displayed table
centres and decorations for’
Christmas. Mrs. V. L. Becker
and Mrs. M. Merner were lunch
convenors, 1
Zion i-adies' Aid
The annual meeting of Zion
Lutheran Ladles’ Aid and Christ-
iri3$ party w as held Wed., Dec.
12, in' the basement of Zion
Lutheran church. The treasur
er’s report showed that .$1,573.00
had- been taken in during the
year and there was a balance
of $450 in the treasury. The
women’s missionary league had
collected $76,50
Christmas boxes for the sick
are being packed Dec. 23.
Officers were elected. Presi
dent is Mrs. M. Merner; vice-
pres., Mrs. Ervin Rader; secre
tary, Mrs. E. Koehler; treasurer,
Mrs. E. Kleinstiver; secretary,
flower and treat fund, Mrs. Al
bert Miller; card secretary, Mrs.
H. Wein; pianist, Mrs. Edgar
Restemayer; auditors, Mrs. C.
Salmon, Mrs. L. Restemayer;.
librarians, Mrs. Rud. Miller,
Mrs. Elmer Rader.
Mrs. Carl Maier’s group was
in charge of the social hour,
Santa appeared with gifts, for
all. Carol singing and lunch fol
lowed. Group 3 will also be in
charge of, a pot luck supper in
January.
Local Items
The Christmas program of the
E.U.B. church will be presented
Sunday evening, Dec. 23, at 7.30.
Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Tieman,
Lynda’ and Mary Jane Hoffman
attended the candlelighting serv
ice at Alma College, St. Thomas
on Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. A, AUemand, The
Judge: “Guilty or not guilty
R a s t u s : “Guilty, I thinks,
Jedge; but yo’ ‘all better
'head an' try me to make sho’7*
JIExeter
Arena
Schedule
Thursday/ December 20
7:00-11 !0O— R.C.A.F*
Friday, December 2 J
4:00-5:00—School Skating
8:00-10:00—Rock >N Roll Public
Skating •
Saturday, December. 22..
8:00-9:00— Panther* v«, Flyer*
9:00-10:00—Hornet* Vi. 'Royal*
10:00-11:00— Flashes vs,. Wing*
11:00-11:30—Mohawks vs. Bomber*
11:30-12:00—Squee Gees
1:00-2:45— Public Skating
3:15,5:15—Flour* .Skating
8:00-10:00—Public SkMtinfr
Sunday, December 23
, Hockey Practice
Monday, December. 24
9:30-10:30—Panther* v«. Royals
10:30-11:30—Girls Hockey
2:00-4:00—Public Skating-
8:00-10:00—Public Skating
Tuesday, December 25
Arena will be closed all day.
Wednesday, December 26 '
2:00— Films at Arena
"How To Flay Hockey’*
2:00-11:00—Curling
9:00—Teen Time
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Every Saturday Night
EXETER LEGION MEMORIAL HALL
MUSIC BY CLARENCE PETRIE
and his Night Hawks
SPOT DANCES
DANCING 9-12 — ADMISSION 750
• Leather Jackets and Jeans Not Permitted
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Santa Comes To Town
BRING THE KIDS TO EXETER
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'TWO SHOWS! TWO PARADES! 12:45 and 2:45 p.m*
Boys and girls may attend either show—-buf, not both*
NOTE: Children are requested to meet at Snell Bros* Ltd. Garage for
Parade up Main Street to Lyric Theatre, See Santa in his new convertible.
ALL PUBLIC AND PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN EXETER
AND DISTRICT ARE INVITED
Sponsored by Exeter Legion/ Lions and Kinsmen