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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-04-26, Page 3Weekly newspaper officials attend workshop here Forty officials from weekly newspapers in. Western Southcott, publisher of The Exeter Times-Advocate; Ontario met in Exeter Legion Hall, Saturday, April 14 Charles Fenn, advertising manager of the London Free for their annual spring workshop, Highlight of the event Press; Herb Turkheim, Zurich Citizens' News; Mayor was a presentation by four members of the London Eldrid Simmons and Hon. Charles MacNaughton, Huron Free Press advertising staff. Shown above scanning one MPP. The visiting editors toured the Times-Advocate of the members newspapers are: left to right J. M, plant following the session. —T-A photo You can tell some fellows aren't afraid of, work by the way they fight it. DRAIN TILE 4"—$55 per M Feet Qe.d. $"--485 per M Feet peid.o. 44"—$110 per M Feet Pet'cl, 7"--.$1$$ .per M Feet Peril. 11",-4105 per M 'Feet Peril. Above prices based on 10011 Linear Feet, in full truckloads or more. delivered within 35 mile . radius of our plant. For detailed prices on all sizes tile, either delivered .or F.O.B. our plant at Flginfield, write or phone RYpA14. BRICK A TILE LTD,, RR 2 LONDON — Phone 22741771 Lucon, Wool Any Government Deficiency Payment will apply only en properly, graded wools, Secure the utmost by patronizing the organization that made- this Possible, SHIP COLLECT TO Our Registered Warehouse No, 1, Weston, Ontario Obtain sacks and twine without charge from EXETER DISTRICT CO.OP Box 17K, Exeter or by writing to CANADIAN CO-OPERATIVE WOOL GROWERS LIMITED 40 St, Clair Ave. East, Toronto 7, Ontario that save you money I BRECK SHAMPOO, Reg. $1.79 for $1.49,. SAVE 30¢ KOTEX, Reg. 51¢ for 45¢ SAVE 6(fr MODESS, 2 pkgs., Reg. $1.02 for 89¢ ..., SAVE 13¢ ENOS FRUIT SALTS, Reg. $1.19 for 98¢, SAVE 21¢ VITAMINS AND MINERAL TABLETS 8 Vitamins and 8 Minerals, 100's, SPECIAL $2.49 PLAYTEX RUBBER GLOVES, Reg, 98¢ for 88¢ SAVE 10¢ DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME Will Become Effective p•1010.1••••• 000800100101:00$0 "That's right, my Mutual Life policies are paying me the best dividends AL:SABLE RIVER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY Notice Re: Fishing at, the MORRISON DAM CONSERVATION AREA During the first, week of the trout fishing season this year. commencing on Saturday, April 28. 1962, fishing at the reservoir will be restricted to boys and girls 16 years of age and under. For those who are interested, Mr. Eric Johnston, Conservation Officer for the Lake Huron District of the Dept of Lands and Forests, will be present at 10.30 a.m. on this date to give a short talk on fish management. 'and to answer any questions which might arise, All are welcome. J. T. McAULEY, Field Officer Get the most from your insurance dollar Guaranteed protection and savings—plus high See the Matt /ma The Mutual Life 11ASt:RA NCFc COMPANY OF CANADA Thr eatapan,\ tuih the autstatultag dicidcnd record Ktorosofiltivel 6, 1k, 660800', 'C,L,0', Cotner Sanders R teiwartis Sts,, Exeter, Ontarki Pitt 18..27'40 Chairman Dan Murphy, Gode- rich lawyer, revealed some of the party's campaign plans. "We intend to have public meetings in each of your municipalities," he told the party workers, he indicated campaign headquarters have been established in Goderich The forecast calls for warm. and Clinton and offices will be er temperatures on Thursday, set up in Seaforth and Exeter. and after a very slight cooling Referring to Fi sh er, h e sta t. off on Friday and Saturday, a ed: "This man is prepared to return on Sunday, put in as many hours as lie The normal high and low for is physically capable of be- this time of year is 60 and 36. tween now and election day, Shower activity is forecast but he needs your help." for Thursday and Monday and Mr. Murphy introduced Jo- is expected to dump about seph. Gunn, Crediton, the cam- half an inch of rain during the paign manager. two days. Liberal rally —Continued from page 1 said: "Four years ago the Diefenbaker government was elected with the largest major- ity in Canada's history. Today that same government knows it is in danger of defeat because it has never begun to grapple with the country's basic prob- lems." Plan series of meetings Mayor W. E. Simmons wel- comed the Liberals to Exeter. Other speakers included An- drew McLean and Bill Elston. Chairman Murphy called at- tention to the presence of Mrs. Lorne Scrimgeor, Blyth, whom he described as one of the oldest and most enthusiastic Only minor accidents were reported by police in the area this week. A half-ton truck owned by Marty McIntyre, Hu- ron St., sunk in the ditch be- side Edward St. early Friday morning but only $30 damage was done. Driver McIntyre was hacking out his laneway and went a bit too far, sink- ing into the deep ditch. Cars driven by Wayne Gib- son, 17, Dashwood, and ,Joe Van .Dorsselaer, 41, RR 1 Hay, collided near the Dashwood Planing Mill. Damage totalled about $50, Area accidents only minor ones THE 00 IS HE 15 Following a two-week re- verse, fine spring weather is expected back in the area with temperatures ranging about five degrees above normal ac- cording to the met section at RCAF Centralia. Heat will stay forecast states (.e111,87)0 .11i0 toward a village cancer has srf J. t di S .111 C,pilInsite LPe n over William got objective in th i s area. ('hair- Clinton.. ;died. in Clinton Pub-jasn wLeloekyi! Henderson reported lie Hospital Monday, April 23. th This 'boosts the local fund lie. with Mrs. Pitinuteei, over the $1.000: mark, but ;Atli who died. March 26, this year. far from its total objective of were well knuwr in Exeter having visited .frequently at "NiXo„°'report has been received James Street parsonage with yet on campaigns in lishorne. theirs daughter.. Mrs. Harold Stephen and Hay townships. Snell and family, Zurich Lions and Hensall lie is survived by three men are planning drives in daughters: Miss Eleanor Plum- their communities. steel, Clinton; Mrs, Harold Local banks are accepting (Jean) Snell, London; Mrs. donatons, as are cancer off'. -Morris (Margaret) Kingston, dais who include Ray C, Mills .Seattle: a brother Roy and. unit president., and R. E. Poo. sister,. Miss Emma Plumseeel, ley, unit campaign manager, hgortaltild nhfildren. Clinton, and three Funeral service will he held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Ball and Mulch funeral home, Clin- ton, far off target W, , Plumsteel %ststlanattalt. AMMO Iverrn Dettmer is putting three pieces of luggage in the front compartment, an Nunter•Duvar is placing another three large pieces the rear, Is this a car without an engine? COME IN AND LET THEM SHOW YOU THIS NEW ADDITION TO THE VW FAMILY I EXETER Dial at GB on schedule Work is progressing accord- Mg to schedule on the $250,- 000.00 dial exchange being in- stalled in Grand Bend by the Hay Municipal Telephone Sys- tem and secretary - treasurer Reg Black said this week cut- over might he made in mid- December of this year rather than the previously planned February 1963 date, However, he said that the workmen were on a very tight work schedule and it was pos- sible that snags could hold them back from the earlier date. "One of our big prob- lems is with the den'', of high- ways and their work on the bridge and the highway north_ of the Bend," he said, "Our progress will depend on how quickly they act," he added. He reported that 90 percent of the cable work had been in- stalled and the men would start installing subscribers' sets very shortly, Most of the cables for the. system have been placed underground to avoid unsightly lines in the summer resort, Call tenders The Hay group advertised this week for tenders for the construction of the new build- ing to house the extensive dial equipment that will be situated east of highway 21, north of the bridge, The cost of the 30' x 38' building is expected le run around $8,000,00 to $10,000.00. Black reported that materials were already arriving for the plant and would have to be stored until the building is completed. The telephone system plans to issue a second set of de- bentures for $150,000.00 within the next two months. The first issue was for $100,000.00. Black estimated that the system would serve close to 600 cusomers at time of cut- over, Son on phone turns to father who is doing homework: "Bob- by Frisbee's father wants to copy my homework when you finthh. it," Open For The Season BAR-B-O SPARE RIBS and CHICKEN Johnny's Saddle Inn Grand Bend DON :t; ROOTH ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Si Domestic * Commercial * Industrial Motors, Controls Lighting truron St. West 235.9282 Corporal, on .forrniela.bie, pair The ,OOP now has a formid- able father - son combination with the acceptance into the force of John. Lee Chanthei:- lain, 23-year-old son of Cpl. Neil Chamberlain, Grand Bend. Both father and son are over six-feet tall. The corporal. father is 6'5 — and weighs 250; constable-son stands 6'1" and tips the scales at 175. Constable John started on radio work at the 'Waterdown detachment recently. He will he attending the OPP school later this year. Cpl. Neil has been. transfer- red to Strathroy detachment, where he will he in charge of a four-man staff beginning may 2. Community euchre Mr, and Mrs. Mac Mills were in charge of the euchre Thurs- day evening at the school. A good crowd. attended. Prizes went to: ladies high, Mrs. Gerald Hero; men's high, Mr. Paul Schrier; lone hands, Earl French; consolation, Bar- bara Hodgson. Personal items Mr, and Mrs, Alfred Porter and girls, Mr, and. Mrs, Gren- vitt Sherwill. and. Karen, Lon- don, Mrs. Russell Brock and David, Chiselhurst. Mrs. Ola Davis, Toronto, Mrs, Minnie Squire, Kirkton and Mr,. and Mrs. Mervin Johnson, Strat- ford, were Good Friday callers with Mrs, Cora Morley and Mrs. Mary Gunning. Mr. Howard Morley, Hazel Park, Michigan, spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. Cora Morley, Mrs, Morley re- turned home with him on Sun- day to visit for a time, Mrs. Mary Gunning who had spent several weeks at the Morley home returned to her home. in Granion on Saturday. Mr. Frank Parkinson and Glenn, Mr. Harvey Parkinson, Kirkton, Miss Adelaide Parkin- son and Mrs. Florence Chet- tick, Granton, were enter- tained. on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bell, London, honoring the birthday of Mr. Frank Parkinson. Miss Betty Duffield was among the successful trainees to receive her cap at a cere- mony at the certified nursing assistant centre in Byron on Friday, April 13. Betty will continue her training in St. Joseph's Hospital and Victoria Hospital in London. Mr. and Mrs. jack Kirkham and Linda of 'Mitchell were Saturday evening visitors with Mr. and Mrs, Cleve Pullman. Allen hodgins, Jimmy Hod- gins and Chas. O'Shea attended an executive meeting for the 4 „1-r clubs of. Perth county on Monday evening at Mitchell. High School. Miss Avis Hodgins was among the girls of Edgewood Jr. Institute, who spent the day with Mrs. Don. McTaggart London, on. Saturday, They made corsages and later in the day delivered. them to the la- dies of the McCormick Home. Miss Cora Nuttycomh and. Mrs, Shorthill, London, also Mr. and Mrs. Alex Baillie spent Wednesday in Clinton and Goderic.h. Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Mor- ley, Carol and Jim Foster. Guy and Bruce Mills spent the weekend at Bruce Peninsula. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Skinner and family, Centralia, were Sunday visitors with Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Morley. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fos- ter, Exeter, visited on Thurs- day with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parkinson. Mr, and Mrs, Gordon john- son and family visited on Sun- day with the latter's parents, Sir. a.nd Mrs. Fred Anderson, St. Marys. Other members of the family were present for a fa m ly gathering. Mrs. E. Ferguson returned home on Friday from St. Ma- rys Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for about 10 days. Mr, and Mrs. David Hord and family, Parkhill, Mr, and Mrs, Keith Hem and family, Zion, and Mr. and Mrs, Jas. Gardiner, St. Marys, visited with Mr. and Mrs. E. Fergu- son. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Neil, Cla.ndeboye. were Easter Sun- day visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Alton Neil. Liberals in the riding. Mrs. Scrimgeor protested her an- nounced age of 86 ("I'll be. 80 this summer and I'm proud of it") but ,she admitted to spend- ing 61 years with the same man, her husband, who was with her, Kirkton next to turn dial Kirkton exchange will go dial next year, according to 'pre- sent plans. Blanshard Municipal 'tele- phone System has asked for a $160,000 debenture loan to con- vert the Kirkton exchange to a dial system. Blanshard Township council has given first and second readings approving the deben- ture issue. The bylaw is before the Ontario Municipal. Board for approval. Joe Bryan, president of the phone system, said the com- pany hopes to install dial ser- vice for the 800 telephones on the Kirkton exchange by July, 1963. The system, with a total. of 2,200 subscribers, has dial ser- vice at its Sebringville ex- change and manual operation at Grantor and /vlaclina ex- changes. Pleads guilty to cottage theft Thomas Edward. Plumb, 18, of Grand Bend, will face ten more break, enter and theft charges when he appears in Goderich court today, Thurs- day. The youth pleaded guilty Thursday, April, 19, to a single charge of theft from the cot- tage of Richard. M. :Ivey. Oak- wood, on March 2. Magistrate Glenn Hays remanded him in custody until April 26, Sinre then, five more charges have .been laid in connection with thefts from summer homes north of Grand Bend and five connected with premises in Grand Bend itself, W. Frank Down lifelong resident William Frank Down, 88, a lifelong resident of Osborne Township, died in South Huron hospital, Saturday, April 22. Mr, Down was horn on the farm, Con, 2 Ushorne, on which his grandfather settled in. 1840 and now operated by his grand- son, Robert Down. Latterly he made his home with his son, Clarence, who moved to Exeter about a year ago. He was formerly a member of Beth.esda Methodist Church and later of ,Tames St. United Church. Mrs. Down predeceased him in 1945 and • a son, Melville, was accidently killed in 1.925. Surviving are one son, Clar- ence, Exeter, a daughter, Mrs, Chris Bechier, Los Angeles, Cal., a sister, Mrs. Edgar Fan- son, and two brothers, Rev, C, W. Down, Exeter, and Edgar, Toronto; two granchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral service was conduct• ed from the Dinney Funeral Home, Exeter, by Rev. R. S. Hiltz on Monday, April 23, with internment in Exeter ceme- tery, Pallbearers were Chester and Mervyn. Dunn, Harry and Bob Jeffery, Harry Strang and Lloyd Reynolds. Cancer fund The TimesAtivocate, April 26, 1962 Page 3 Another Amazing Volkswagen News from Whalen in accordance. with a resolution adopted by the Exeter Town Council., I hereby proclaim that Midnight Saturday April 28 and will Continue in Force until Saturday Midnight, Oct. 27 and I call upon all citizens to observe this proclamation, Proclamation Town Of Exeter (Signed) W.t,5I141MOx S. Mayor, Town of EXcla By MRS. FRANK SQUIRE '. • •