The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-08-20, Page 8Paste• The Th114SeAdvneaten August 20, 1959
Tavern OMOs down
Whisky failed to save
Sare ta .'business future
Tbere's little left of. the build-iwae the postmaster at Sareptad Mr. Reynolds carried the mail
Ing that was once the centre of having received this appointment from Sarepta to Exeter nn horse
back. A directory of 1871 esti-
mated the population at. 50 and
listed the following principal box.
ways department: kr demolition. BlUelaS • holders.
N, and A. Fried, saw and grist
has been reduced to piles o, Mr. Reynolds originally lived Mill; Lewis Gerard, blacksmith;
brick. Wood and rubble. The site in a lot house north of the big Christian ,Haist, cabinet maker;
is a mile and a quarter east of hotel that has been demolished. Thomas Hamlin, trader; Joseph
ashwood. lie erected the .brick building Martina, shoemaker; Conrad
Even though its whiskane
about 1871. Pfaff, blaglesmith; William Rey -
y
sqld for 18 cents a gallon. the Besides the tavern and
post nolds, postmaster, trader; Philip
Sehweitzer, ;
hotel couldn't save its comun- office, Mr. Reynolds is said to Joseph
icarpenter; ty from. a slow death because of have operated a general store William
Schopp, wagonmaker
14 dirth of water. in the building, which was a stop- Simpson, tavernkeeper,
The community started with ping point for the Exeter -Grand The post office apparently was
4'fiying colors," according to one Bend stage. closed for a time as one
difec-
historian. around the middle of tory refers to it as being re -
se; opened in 1885, Ms. Reynolds was
still postmaster at the turn of
thriving community that dted as a reward for armY services in
because of lack of water. the Crimeanwar. A wound which
The Sarepta holed and post of- discolored his face earned him
nee, sold recently by the high. the rather cruel nickname of
the nineteenth century and resi-
dents confidently predicted a
• great business future. Besides
the hotel, it had a blacksmith
*hop, a shoe repair and a semi-
weekly mail delivery.
But its big blow came about
1860 when its leaders failed to
persuade Absalom Fried, from
Letter from
Crediton
By MRS, M, FAIST
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entury,
The younger of his two sons.
Horatio, took over the hotel and
remained at Sarepta until about
20 years ago. Horatio operated
a successful seed cleaning busi-
ness in a shed nearby and later
to build his saw and Fereoneitems
donated a set of chimes to the
Waterloo,
ist millEvangelical Church at Dashwood, there. Mr. Fried estab- Mrs. William Geiser, who i$ an, chased by Everitt Heist, slow of The hotel property was pur-
shed his industry near Dash- is St. Joseph's Hospital, Loin/
wood, which had lots of water don, underwent surgery " Dashwood, who used it as an of -
lend was closer to the hemlock shows some improvement. fice for his gasoline agency. He
oods. Mr, and Mrs. Roy Swartz Mr. was followed by Robert A. Spic -
Despite this, the hotel survived
eompetition from the great num- and Mrs. William Swartzandder, who came from Princeton
familyand Mr and • with a large family,
her o-ntaverns in the area at thatd fattendedje
time or many years, although Swartz an . a1711 Ythe About a decade ago, the ]ate
le reunion at Sarpia on Sun- Norman I. Cowan cone from De-
b'. was rarely the scene of the •..;
nationalistic fights which fre- nay; troit to set up an accountancy
.quently broke out in those early Visitors over the weekend at office and lunch room in a build -
Mr. and Mrs. Mf Smith were Mr, ing across the road and used the
days,
Louis Rader, 84, Dashwood, re-
Smith's sisfer, Mrs. Scott and hotel as a residence,
tails that his father used to buy
Mrs. Brooker and son, Mr. Roy The department of highways
whisky at the tavern for 18 cents Lockhart and Roy Smith all of purchased the building a .year
gallon"It was good Yvhisky, Toronto, ago and put it up for auction. it
• ,
too — farmers used to drink it in F/L Robert Palmer of Trenton was bought by Andrew Hamil-
the field when they were cradling Mr. and Mrs, E. Latham, Carol !on, Exeter, who is demolishing
and Karl of Brightoh spent the it.
grain.
Charles Steinhagen, Dash -
wood's policeman for many
years, recalls buying a flask for
25 cents for his father whose
"throat was bothering him" while
'In the flax' fields.
"No ladies were allowed in the
tavern." recalls Mr. Rader. "The
men had to stand up at the bar
to get their drinks but there were
chairs at the back of the room
• tor anyone who needed a rest be-
tween rounds. Mrs. Paul Fedossow is spend -
area recall any colorful events None of the oldtimers in the .
in a few weeks at Montreal.
.which occurred at the tavern but Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Fait and
.
the owner himself. William Rey -
olds, as a good musician on
the flute. In his later years. Mr.
Reynolds used to play the instru-
ment on Dominion Day, which
weekend with Mrs. Palmer, Shir- Although such old buildings
ley and Beth at the home of usually produce some interesting
Mrs. Palmer's parents, Mr. and relies of the past, Mr, HAmitten grain Millar has decided to re -
Mrs, Emmeey Fabrner, says he has found "nothing but main in Toronto where he no
Mr, and _Mrs, Clifford White, hard work." Walls of the well, doubt will do well, e
Helen and John of Newmarket constructed building were. three Joyce Hahn's appearance on
bricks thick and in .the attic was the American network Dave
visited on Sunday with Mr, and
Mrs. Einmery Fahrner and the a huge timber which ran the King show,, came about because
Palmer's. length of the structure. Stan Barris, Cross -Canada Hit
Beani ceilings were Installed Parade producer, showed kines
Mr. Z. R. Wolfe of Detroit by Horatio Reynolds who. also of.some of her work to his %Am -
spent weekend with his mother, opened up the large attic into erman employer Roncom Pro -
Mrs.. Albert Wolfe. what would be termed a recrea-
tion room today, At family and
neighborhood gatherings, dances
were held there,
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CBC stalls on
spectacular
Sy El-IZARETH TOUCHETTE
. ..`• , .• ‘V.
The idea of a spectacular
featuring Shirley Harmer and
Bob 1 has• ppe
for the time being hy CRC plan-
ners. This does not mean' that
there is no chance of such a
show hut it does cut down the
possibilities.
Incidentally Bob makes the
first of what will be a series of
guest, appearances on the Jan
Fairfax show in September. He
will probably be seen on just
about every show going at some
time during the winter.
Goulet's Broadway ehow does
not go into rehearsal in January
as was originally planned but
in the spring.
Tommy Hunter's radio show
has ben extended for an addi-
tional four• 1 butthereis
still no definite word as to
clueing Perry Presents, the sum-
mer replacement for Perry
Como's show.
Most of our top writers and
producers are commuting be-
tweee Toronto aact New York
these days so if seems reason-
able to expect that they will
bring some of our leading Per.
formers to the attention of US
programmers.
If the day arrives when
Canadians are seen regularly as
guests on American show e we
wonder how many of our critic's
will continue to natter abut the.
'dreadful' policy of CBC using
non -Canadian guests,
Ladies from US
whether the Banter Gang will at Batten picnic
Members ef the Batten elan
gathered at „Riverview Park for
their annual reunion on Sunday.
They attended from Chicago, Ills,
Pontiac, Mich., London, Sea -
forth, Exeter and. vicinity, About
75 were in attendance,
Barry* Perkins, London, was
named president fqr 1960 with
Mrs, Perkins as secretary -treas-
urer, It was decided to meet in
Seaforth the third Sunday Sri
August next year,
in charge of the games and
sports were William and Joan
:Batten and Mrs. Emerson Pen -
hale.
First time guests were Mrs.
Robert Jones, Chicago and Mrs.
Ebner Gylleek, Elgin. Ills who
were Saturday overnight guests
with Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Pooley.
return to the air. If not Tommy
will probably continue their
time slot,
As yet Bobby Gimby has not
signed his contract for the Juli-
ette show although I hear that
negotiations are being made. A
feet which 1 must confess sur-
prises me immensely.
Now that Joan Fairfax has her
•own show she will not be ap-
pearing with Wayne and Shuster
on any of their 'spectaculars'
this season, Currently the plan
is to use guest singers for each
show. However Terry Dale who
was the vocalist with W & S on
radio for many many seasons is
moving to Toronto from Van-
couver in September and it could
be that she will snare the sought-
aftef spot.
Terry is married to Allen
Millar the emcee on Saturday's
"Swing Easy show and though
nothing has been definitely set
for the continuation of that pro -
family returned to Sudbury Sun-
day after spending two weeks
with his mother, Mrs. M. Feist
and relatives.
Rey. and Mrs. A. M. Schlenker
was always celebrated bya good , and -family are on vacation .vis-
i/lispla.y of flags. iting at Pigeon, :Michigan and
As early as 1866 Mr. Reynolds other points. e
lime.,,,„,,s,„;osessess.,esses.sesesseseesseeses Visitors over the weekend with
Mrs, John Wade were Mr. and
This week in Mrs. Robert Wade, Mr. Terry
-Wade and Miss Margaret Bow-
-
e eing of London John Wade ,Tr,
Winchelsea
of Stratford and Mr. and Mrs.
;Archie Bowering of Lambeth,
.*y MRS. WILLIAM WALTERS Mr, and Mrs. Arnie Johannesson
of Clinton.
Mr. William Haviland was
taken no South Huron Hospital,
Exeter, witt a heart attack and
has shown some improvement,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beaver
received word last week that her
brother, Mr. Wesley Finkbeiner
bad died at Chester, West Virgi-
vine d Staffa and Mr. and Mrs. tea.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Maher,
Who were mewled recently in
London, spent the weekend with
te latter's parents, Mr. and
lars, Colin Gilfilian.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Glen -
William Walters and Danny
Mr, and Mrs. Rohn Lauchle
pent S-unclay at Sprin gbank
and family are returning to
Pamrkr:
and mrs, Newton Clarke North Bay on Friday after spend-
tteed.ed the Clarke reunion at
ing three weeks here on vaca-
t
Harbor Park, Goderich, on Sun-
tion,
d ay.
Relatives and friends from a
Mr. Ivan Brock and family. distance who attended the funeral
Yr. and Mrs. Freeman Horne of Dianne Listoen last Saturday
lend Raymond -visited at Langton were Mrs. E. Listoen, Cloverdale
ton Sunday. . B.C. Mr. and Mrs.. Oren Grace,
Mrs. Fred Walters, Sandra Mrs. Murray :Holtzman and Mrs,
and Tudy and Mrs. E. Walters Ruth ',urges. Mr. and Mrs. Herb
etp ent The we.ekend at their con Heist of Mice. Mr. and Mrs. Len
*age at Chesley Lake. Knightly, Mrs, Pete Marks, Mrs.
Quite a number of ladies from /Jack Rankin, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Winchelsea attended a kitchen ;Willert, Mr. and Mrs, Bob Sax -
flower in Elimville church on by, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Willert.,1
Friday evening for Mrs. Jack , London and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Maher, the former Jean Gilfil- i Palmer of Brighton.
Mrs. Bert Carson and ehildren. deceased: Larry Jones, Murray
.kri of London. Pallbearers were cousins of the
Wiarton, visited with Mr. and Haig. David And Dennis Pass -
Mrs, Elson Lynn and family this more. Flower bearers were also
Oast week. cousins, Brenda Heist, Darlene
Larry Lynn is spending Passmore, Linda Jones, Shirley
week at summer school camp at Palmer, Shared and Barbara
OoderiCh. Heenan.
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