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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-09-12, Page 7EMPLOYER NORMAN WALPER PRESENTS WATCH TO VETERAN TAILOR FRANK SHEERE „•,:e4,144.7,54: From Your New Grain Crop, Ring Up BUMPER SALES • * AT MINIMUM COST WITH SHUR-GAIN CONCENTRATES. * FRESH & PALATABLE * COMPLETELY BALANCED FEEDING * ASSURES MORE MILK OR EGGS * PRODUCES FASTER GAINS * MAKES LOW-COST FEEDING The SHUR-GAIN Custom-Mixing programs will give results, because they have been tested arid retested under actual conditions on the SHUR-GAIN Demonstration Farm and by thousands of farrriers across Canada. Drop in soon . Let us help yOu Market more‘meat — eggs — Milk from your grain, . . the SHUR-CAIN wayl CANN'S MILL LIMITED Exeter Ph 235-1782 Whalen Corners Ph Kirkton 35e15 We Hope You Attend The Exeter Fair While There Be Sure To Visit Our Display of MASSEY-FERGUSON Farm Machinery Massey-Ferguson Largest Manufacturer of Combines H. R. Sherwood Farm Machinery PHONE 235-0743 Buy Canadian, buy Massey Ferguson .US,THR Keep HURON in the Forefront A vote for Charlie MacNaughton is a vote for .. . .HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS . ASSISTANCE TO MUNICIPALITIES To help reduce the burden of local taxation . BETTER HOSPITAL SERVICES Increased per hospital bed grants—Ontario Hospital, Goderich . INCREASED WELFARE BENEFITS . INCREASED PENSIONS . EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY Huron's $1,500,000 vocational school at Clinton . MEDICAL HEALTH INSURANCE . INCREASED JUNIOR FARMER LOANS Up from $20,000 to $40,000 Continue to ensure a fair share of Robarts' program for progress in Huron MacNaughton, s SEE! HEAR! CHARLIE MacNAUGHTON ON TV: CKNX, September 17, at 6.55 p.m, CFPL, September 18, Panorama Published by Huron Progressive 'Conservative ASSOCiAtiOil Dashwood Institute. hears, PS inspector Times-Advocate, September 12, 1961. 'Page 7 Mrs. Richard Poehler. Wisconsin, His mother, Mrs. Roy Racier has returned to Alvin Rader, accempanied the Lutheran junior college at there and spent a few days, Seas, Cary and Grant, 41,11 OP- ghter, Carolyn of Putman, Mrs, Berry Jennings and son John of Chatham, Mrs, Chris 'Dime)" of Crediton and Mr, and Mrs. John Cockwell, M r, and Mrs, Addison Tiem.an attended the Miller-Tiernan wedding at St, Johns Svangelist church, Nitchener,..oriSaturday, The bride was their niece, Sunday guests with Mr, and Mrs. Addison Tiernan. were Mr. AO Mrs, David Bull of Chatham, Carnet .Wildfong of Sarnia, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Wildfong arid family of Byron, Mr, and Mrs. Keith Wildfong and family of Burr, Mr, and Mrs, Neil Wild- fong and family of London, Mr. and Mrs, George Tiernan and family, Miss Marie Salmon, Mrs, Erna Flynn, and Mr. Stau- bus of London. They held their supper in the community centre, Arthur Rader had started his studies at the Fort Wayne Lu- theran college. He was accom, panied there byhis parents, Mr, and Mrs. Elgin Rader and Brian. They also visited with Mr. and turned home after attending the wedding of her granddaughter, Carol .Plefer, in Chatham and spending some time with her sons and Wives,. Mr, and Mrs.. Earl Piefer and Mr, and Mrs. Jack Piefer. Mr,..and Mrs. Allan Schmidt, Mrs. Bertha Foster, and Mr. arid.. Mrs. Nelson Brown all ,of Waterloo; Mr, and Mrs, Allan Becker and family, and Mr, and Mrs. Wilmer Pfaff and faInilY of Crediton spent Sunday with. Mr, and Mrs, Henry Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Miller spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Prance and family at the iclondyke, mr, and Mrs. Ford Miller accompanied Mr, and Mrs. Har- ry Bassow and Emma to Blyth where they attended the showing of old-time machinery and steam engines. Sunday visitors with Mr. arid Mrs, Garnet Cockwell were Mrs. Isaac Statham and sons Harry and Phildeen of Chatham, Mr, and Mrs. Otto Walker and daughter Alice of Cromarty, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Irwin and BARN CLEANER SILO UNLOADER & BUNK FEEDER YOU'LL GET BETTER PER- FORMANCE AND LONGER WEAR FROM A BADGER SALES • SERVICE • INSTALLATION "You have a lot of charm and personality, Freddie. It's just that you don't have the con- vertible to go with them." John Beane J R. BRUCE FIELD Phone HU 2.9250 Collect Marks 60 years at craft By MRS.. ERVIN .RAP E R. PAS:WOOD Public School Inspector .BlircreWS Was guest speaker at the education meeting of Dash- Wood WI last Tuesday evening, Mrs. Carl 0 estricher discus- sed the motto "What good is. education?" Roll call was an- swered by telling if women Sllenld. be on the school board and why. Mrs. Hugh Boyle .con- vened the program, Mary Ann Hayter favored with two solos. A humorous skit "The inspector's visit" was given by several of the ladies. A spelling contest was held. President Mrs. Sid Baker ducted the business. A ten dol- lar gift certificate was donated to help the WI organize in the north. For the October meeting the ladies are asked to model their favorite apron and to bring a jar of jam or jelly to be donated to South Huron Hospital. TELLS OF TRIP The WSWS of the EUB church met September 6 for their first fall meeting with Mrs, Art Haugh's membership and atten- dance group in charge. Four members acting as stewardes- ses met the ladies at the door ushered them to seats which had been numbered and arranged to represent an airplane. After the worship service and two duets by Mrs. Everett Haist and Harry Hoffman, Mrs. Ho- ward Klumpp gave an interes- ting and educational talk on her recent trip to New Zealand as well as showing slides and mo- vies which included the Ha- waiin Islands and the Fiji Is- lands. On a table was a dis- play of the articles she brought home, among which was coral Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jory, Mr. and Mrs. Len McKnight, Mr. and Mrs. Derry Boyle, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hockey, Lon- don; Mr. and Mrs. Amos Parker, Holt, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Creech, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Gack- stetter, Gary Wedlake, Brian Wedlake, Sandra and Linda Wal- per, Bill P ol 1 e n and George Godbolt. and articles made of shells. The president, Mrs. Chas. Snell, presided for the business. Anyone wishing to bring good used clothing for shipment is to do so by Sept, 15. The fall rally is to be held at Rodney Sep- tember 24, DECORATION SERVICE The annual memorial amide- coration service was held Sun- day, Sept, 8, at the SUB ceme- tery With the Dashwood band under the direction of Harry Hoffman providing fitting mu- sic; the choir also sang, Rev, M. J. James presided and the guest speaker was Rev. D, M. Guest of Centralia. DASH WOOD MERRY MAIDS The first meeting of the Dash- wood 4-II girls for the project "The Milky Way" was held at the home of Norma Weigand with twelve girls and the leaders, Mrs. Eben Weigand and Mrs. Rudolph Miller present. Officers were elected with president, Judy Webb; vice- president, Iris Becker; secre- tary, Nancy Willert. Pamphlets and notes were distributed. The girls made junket. The next meeting will be Sept. 18. SILVER ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Rader were pleasantly surprised on the occasion of their 25th wed- ding anniversary when 36 rela- tives and neighbors gathered at the home of their son to cele- brate with them. Games and a mock wedding were enjoyed. They received many lovely gifts. PERSONALS The Youth Fellowship of the Dashwood, Crediton and Zurich, EUB churches met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Weber, Thursday, Sept. 5, for a corn and marshmallow roast. Rec- reational games and a sing song were enjoyed. Herb Gaiser of Dearborn, Mich. is visiting with his bro- ther, Chester. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stewart of London are spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gaiser. Mrs. Matilda Piefer has re- FUTURITY SHOW lit SALE ONTARIO ABERDEEN ANGUS ASSOCIATION WESTERN FAIR GROUNDS London,Onfario Sept. 26-27 THURSDAY AFTERNOON * SHOW — BULLS & HEIFERS THURSDAY EVENING * RECEPTION & BANQUET FRIDAY 11:00 A, M. * SALE — 20 BULLS — 65 HEIFERS For information & catalogue write: Mrs. Dorothy Bowden, Port Elgin, Ont. While in London plan to attend the Canadian Royal Sale Sat. Sept. 28. Sixty years as a tailor in the same shop here has been "a lot of fun", says Frank Sheere of Walper's Men's Wear, who last week marked his diamond an- niversary at the trade. "I've had a good time here", he states. "It certainly doesn't seem like 60 years". Saturday night Frank was guest of honor at a dinner at Oakwood Inn, Grand Bend, given by his present employer Nor- man Walper. The dinner marked his 74th birthday as well as the completion of 60 years as a tailor. He received gifts from the firm and the other em- ployees in it. Monday morning the veteran tailor was back at his sewing at 8 am as usual. He doesn't intend to retire for awhile yet, although he may start cutting down on the hours he puts in with the needle. Frank Sheere's happiest me- mories go back to thetime when he was one of a staff of about 10 who custom-tailored suits for the late W. W. Taman in the same building where he sews today. "We had some good times then. Somebody was always cut- ting up." He remembers the time of the Crossley-Hunter tent meetings here. When one of the staff spotted the evangelists walking down the street, they all started to sing a religious hymn, just to show they had the spirit of the occasion. BEGAN AT AGE 14 Frank Sheere began his ap- prenticeship at the age of 14 under the guidance of the late Alex Stewart. It was a three- frequent Grand Bend. The firm also had its agents throughout the area and stores like the one operated by J. H. Jones at Winchelsea would send in customers for fitting. Sometimes, for rush orders, the tailors would have to come to work at five in the morning. Among Frank's fellow work- ers in earlier days were his sister, Mrs. Gertie Hockey, the late Miss Alice Handford, the late Mrs. Susan Quance, the late Mary Horne, Bertha Hall, Emma Kestle, Beatrice Luker, the late Truman Elliott and the late Joe Craig. PAY TRIBUTES A number of tributes were made to the 60-year tailor dur- ing the dinner Saturday. His employer, Norman Walper, said he was "extremely proud" to have had Mr. Sheere with him since he took over the Taman business 14 years ago. Town clerk C. V. Pickard said the tailor was noted for his craft. "A great many peo- ple have worn Frank's suits and appreciated his good work," The clerk recalled that Mr. Sheere was an ardent skater in his earlier years. J. H. Jones also added congratulations. Guests invited were Mrs. Hockey, Mr. and Mrs. WibMar- tin, Mr. Ory and Miss Stella Southcott, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Southcott, Mr. and Mrs. War- ren May, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas year period and the pay was $1.00 a week for the first year, $1.50 the second and $2.00 the third. "And you had to board yourself," laughs Frank. He recalls the favorite trick pulled on an apprentice was to send him to find a "ready- made button hole". Contrary to present made- to-measure methods, which re- semble an assembly-line tech- nique with each operator hand-' ling a different part of a par- ticular garment, the tailors in earlier days did a complete job. They were trained either as a coatmaker, pantmaker or vest- maker. Frank became a coat- maker, although he later learn- ed to make all three. A tailor would average about three coats a week, or about two days for each. The price was about $20 to $25 and the cloths were English all-wools, "better quality and heavier than we get today". Some of Frank's coats are still being worn today. Just a short time ago a c u st omer brought one in for repairs. Styles changed just as much then as they do now. "There used to be a lot of freaky trends like pointed flaps and pearl but- tons." The Taman shop established quite a reputation for itself in those days. Among its custom- ers were Dr. Arthur Ford, now honorary editor of The London Free Press; Hon. Thomas Greenaway, who later became premier of Alberta; a London member of the legislature, a Buffalo lumber salesman and a Detroit druggist who used to