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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-10-07, Page 11Products Of General Moto, 4u) F Frigidaire Sales with Service Drysdale Crest Hardware PHONE 11 HENSALL By MRS. ERVIN RADER By MRS. WILLIAM ROHDE By MRS. ROBERT RUNDLE Teamwork Will Put Him Over The Goal Line You are a key member of the "team!' (his family) that will help put your young football star across the goal line in the game of life. What he'll need to score big is a college education. The family's part is to start NOW! Plan together, work together, save together, to have the money ready for College when he's ready. Exeter Community CREDIT UNION Devon Bldg. 235-0640 Harold Patterson, Manager • HIGHEST PRICES AVAILABLE Also Wheat Oats and Barley GIVE US A CALL .THOMPSON° LTD 8 S NS 262-2527 HENSALL 0 White Beans S. S. By MISS LINA ABBOTT Mother of bride hostess at tea Mrs. Henry Mullins entertain- ed at her Briscoe Street home London, last Tuesday evening in honor of her daughter Ruth Ann, whose marriage took place Saturday, Sept. 25. The wedding gifts were shown by Mrs. Ron Carroll of Saints- bury and the bride's trousseau was shown by Miss Mollie Ann Donaldson of London. Tea was served from a candle- lit, linen covered table, centred with an arrangement of autumn flowers, in a bowl belonging to her great grandmother. Serving at the tea were Miss Marilyn Gardiner of Exeter, Miss Sharon Davis, Lucan, Miss Mur- iel Abbott, Centralia, Miss Bar- bara McConnell and Miss Mar- garet Saunders, both of London. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Phillips was honored by four pre-nuptial miscellaneous show- ers, the hostesses of which were Mrs. Bill Bannister of Dundas Street, London. Mrs. Ernie Som- merfeld and Miss Margaret Saun- ders were co-hostesses at a shower held at the home of the former; Mrs. Ada Walker of Colborne Street, London, and Mrs. Harry Carroll, RR 1 Centralia, and Mrs. Clifford Abbott of RR 1 Lucan held a shower at the home of the former. Services for war veteran Mr. Herbert Dawson (Dick) Ankers, 84, of Main St., Lucan, passed away in Westminster Hos- pital Wednesday, September 29. The body rested in the C. Has- kett and Son, funeral home Lu- can, until 2 pm Friday, Oct. 1, when the Rev. E. 0. Lancaster conducted funeral services. In- terment was in St. James Ceme- tery, Clandeboye. Pallbearers included Messrs Clare Stanley, H. B. Langford, D. A. Ashworth, Evan Hodgins, John Park and Alex Young. He is survived by his wife, the former Elsie May Sewell, one son, Donald, and two grand- children Linda and Brian of RR 1 Lucan. Son of the late Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Ankers, Mr. Ankers was both born and married in Eng- land. He was a veteran of World War I. In 1919 he was sent on a mission to Turkey in connection with British prisoners but he himself was captured and im- prisoned until 1921. In 1924 he came to Canada and lived at Alvinston for three years before moving to the Cour- sey Rd. where he farmed on the farm, now owned by Mr. Wilson Hodgins. In 1948 he retired and moved to Trenton, to be near his son. While there he was an ac- tive member of the Canadian Legion. In 1960 he moved back to Lu- can, to again be near his son. He bought the house formerly owned by the late Mrs. James Stanley, corner of Main and Georg e Streets. He was a member of Holy Trin- ity Church. Accident victim is recovering Mr. Murray Abbott of Cen- tralia, formerly of RR 1 Lucan, who has been a patient in St. Jo- seph's Hospital since ,the car accident August 22, which killed Mrs. Abbott, is now making fa- vorable recovery. The wires from his broken jaw have been removed, and he is able to talk, his right arm is still in a cast but his partially paralyzed left arm is recovering. Mr. Abbott has been moved from the intensive care room to a room, where one of the oth- er patients is Mr. Allan Ryan of Lucan, who lost two fingers in a combine machine. Costume winner At the initiation of Grade 9 students at Medway High School Friday, September 17, Miss Jane Crozier was one of four costume winners at the party for grade niners when the costume was the admission price. Previous to the party the grade niners in crazy costumes had to do anything asked of them and bow to the seniors (anyone above grade 10). Musical evening Mr. and Mrs. Don Abbott held an enjoyable musical evening Sat- urday. Their guests included, Mrs. Cliff McLean, her mother, Mrs. S. Jenkins of Elginfield, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brighton, their three musical daughters and two boy friends of Byron (Mrs. Brigh- ton and Mrs. McLean are sisters) also Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mugford and family RR 1 Lucan. BOWLING Bowling has begun at the Lu- can Lanes, but Mrs. Arnold, (the owner) reports more bowlers are neede d, in most of the leagues. She is also short of pin setters. Award Sunday at Lucan church Last Sunday was a red-letter day in, the Lucan United Church when the awards for the Sunday School were made. Superinten- dent Mr. Cliff Culbert was in charge assisted by Marie Coch- rane and Ken Latta who read the Scripture lessons. The Jr. choir sang. Ten children received Robert R.aikes diplomas for attending 48 of the 52 Sundays. The follow- ing had seals placed on their diplomas: two for second year, seven for third year, twelve for fourth year, seven for fifth year, five for sixth year, six for seventh year. Two girls, Jane Hodgson and Nancy Parks, received a Robert Raikes Alumni diploma for com- pleting eight years. Fifteen children received Bi- bles for their first year of per- fect attendance, 17 received a hymnary for completing their second year of perfect attendance and nine received pins for their third year. Was former Lucan resident Milton Robert Robinson 50, passed away suddenly at his late residence 545 Emory St., Lon- don, Friday, Oct. 5. The body rested in the C. Has- kett and Son funeral home Lucan, until 2 pm Monday, Oct. 4 when the Rev. G. W. Sach, conducted funeral services. Interment was in St. James Cemetery, Clande- boye. Pallbearers included Messrs Art McLean, Jack Lankin, Jack Murray, Jim Morland, Art Greenwood, and Gordon Camp. Flower bearers were employees of Westminister Hospital, where Mr. Robinson, a veteran of World War II has been working for a number of years. A Masonic service, under the auspices of the Acacia Lodge No. 580 of London, was held in the funeral home at 8 pm Sunday. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Wes Hodgins of Lucan, three brothers, Joseph Hodgins of St. Thomas, William Hodgins of Halifax, Don Hodgins of Lon- don, four sisters, Mrs. Isabella Copeman, London, Mrs. Sam (Shirley) Earle of Woodstock, Mrs. Bruce (Lorraine) Stewart of Kenora, Mrs. Jim (Beth) Tubb of Mitchell. Participating in the burial ser- vice at St. James Cemetery, was a firing squad of 14, including a bugler from London. Immunization clinic planned Dr. E. R. Pattison of Lucan, will hold an immunization clinic for protection against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and poliomyelitis, at the Lucan Pub- lic School at 9 am Friday, Oct. 8. By MRS. WELLWOOD GILL ELECT OFFICERS The Grand Bend 4-H girls held their first meeting Thursday evening. Election of officers was held. President is Donna Sturdevant; secretary, Jean Jennison. The girls decided on the name "Sleeping Beautie s" as their project in igSleepwear". READ BRAZIL LETTERS The Pinery unit of the UCW met Monday evening in the church vestry. Following opening wor ship Mrs. Wm. Blewitt led a Bible study session. Mrs. Douglas Gill gave the study book chapter on God's Frozen People. Mrs. E. DesJardins read two letters from Rev. T. Edmonds of Brazil, the unit's missionary for prayer. A short business period followed. PERSONALS Communion service was ob- served at Grand Bend United Church Sunday, October 3. Six- teen members were received into the congregation by certificate and welcomed by Rev. G. E. Morrow. At the Sunday morning worship service Sept. 26 Rev. G. E. Mor- row performed the sacrament of baptism for Marianne Gr e e n, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Howard Green. Mr. Bert Watson, former school teacher here, and his mother, Mrs. Cora Watson were recent visitors with Miss Mary Yeo. Mr. & Mrs. W. Russell Mol- lard, Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Cum- mings of Windsor are spending a week with Miss Mary Yeo. Mrs. M. Charzan of Detroit spent last week with Mr. & Mrs. Roy Flear. Mr. & Mrs. S. M. Barbour of Toronto, Mrs. Murray Smith of Torente, spent the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Clarke Kennedy and family. Mrs. Raymond Kading, Mrs. Harold Walper and Mrs. Well- "It's a coffee day" was the way most experienced exhibitors described the annual Kirkton Fall Fair Friday afternoon. Cold blustery weather with a threat of rain in the air took some of the fun out of attending the fair, especially for adults. School children however didn't seem to mind the weather and the midway remained crowded through most of the afternoon. This was the first yeax all students from us- borne Central School attended the fair which accounted for some rise in attendance. A parade marked the official opening of the fair followed by the judging of 4-H calf club com- petitions. Also held early in the afternoon was a tug-of-war won by students of Usborne Central school. Blanshaxd public school took top honors as the best marching group. Sales of coffee, hot chocolate and hot food were brisk, so much so that operators were hard pressed to keep an adequate sup- ply of coffee on hand. Most spec- tators were dressed for the weather, and those who were not, watched most of the show from the comfort of their cars or else went home early. At the horse show many spectators used blankets to keep legs and feet warm and several wandered a- round the area rather than sit In one position for too long a time. Of interest to fairgoers was a "guess the weight of the steer" contest. The person gues sin g closest to the weight of the steer, won a prize of $10.00. The money raised is to be used for work with the Kirkton Boy Scouts. The prize money and steer was made available to the scouts by Murray Shier of RR 1 St. Marys. The steer spent most of the day lay- ing down in its pen but a district veterinarian, Dr. Nor man S. Amos attributed this to a tran- quilizer which was administered to the steer prior to the contest. Reports to the effect that the steer was mishandled at the fair By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS HARVEST SERVICE St. Paul's Anglican Church held their Harvest service Sunday morning at 11 am with Arch- deacon Bolton of London as guest speaker. The flowers on the altar table were placed in memory of the late Alfred Collier and his mother Mrs. Sarah Collier of England who passed away recently. The flowers were given by Mrs. Al- fred Collier and her daughter Mrs. Clayton Ross. The choir rendered the an- them "Lord of the Harvest". The church was decorated with flowers, fruit and vegetables. PERSONALS Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Paul, Mr. & Mrs. Miller McCurdy and Mrs. Harold Davis attended the 50th anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Roy Neil of California at Green For- est Motel, Grand Bend, Saturday evening. Mr. Dan Jarvis is a patient in St. Marys Memorial Hospital. Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Fairbairn and family of London visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Wm. J. Blackler. St. Paul's Church Fellowship Club began their winter meetings with an evening of bowling. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Knox of St. Marys visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Miller McCurdy. Mrs. Wm. Urquhart has re- turned home after having been a patient in St. Marys Memorial Hospital for several weeks. A family party was held Sun- day, Oct. 3, at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Fred Switzer to honor the newlyweds, Mr. & Mrs.Gran- ville Sgarigilia of Stratford. 4-H GIRLS The first meeting of the 4-H homemaking club no. 2 was held September 29 with nine girls and the mothers present. The new officers are: presi- dent, Diane Weber; vice-presi- dent, Eleanor Wolfe; secretary and press reporter, Margaret Merner. The girls decided to call them- selves I The Dashwood Merry Maids". The leaders, Mrs. Eben Weigand and Norma Weigand gave the girls notes. The second meeting will be October '7 at the home of Mrs. Weigand. PERSONALS Miss Martha Gossman has re- turned to nursing duties at Cal- gary after vacationing, with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Wrn. GosS- man. Mrs. Wni. Gossmari attended the Conferd-Hay wedding in Lon- don last Saturday and the recep- tion at the Knotty Pine Inn. The grOein was het grandson. Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Sehenk wood Gill attended the }Wren County Women's Institute Rally at Walton Monday, Oct. 4. have been denied and will be in- vestigated by Gordon J. Brackett, general manager of the London Humane Society and inspector for the Ontario Humane Society. On the average exhibits were up at the fair especially in the domestic division. A list of prize winners appear elsewhere in this issue., Cattle Jersey, Mrs. Fred Bertrand, St. Marys, first; Holsteins, Ross Marshall, 7 firsts, 2 seconds; other Holstein prize winners, Nelson Bilyea, Granton, Dayle Martyn, Mitchell, Bob Ross, St. Marys, Bill Haynes, Fullerton, Tom Harlton, St. Marys, Tom Hern Jr., Woodham, Laird Rus- ton, Mitchell; Perth County Hol- stein special, Bob Ross. Hogs Yorkshire, Gary Haynes, Full- erton, first for sow; Landrace, Hugh Hart, Gadshill, 3 firsts, 2 seconds; Berkshire, Ross Cottle, Kirkton, 3 firsts, 3 seconds; Tamworth, Hugh Hart, 3 firsts, 3 seconds; bacon sow, Hugh Hart, 1 & 2; Ross Cottle 3 & 4; Perth County Hog Pro. Special, Hugh Hart; shoats, Ross Cottle, Hugh Hart. Poultry Prize winners in poultry were John P. Douglas, Stratford and Wilfred Doupe, Exeter. 4-H competition Showmanship livestock com- petition, Michael O'Shea, first in beef and showmanship; Keith Selves, first in swine and runner- up in showmanship; Jim Hodgins second in beef; Iris Marshall first in dairy; Bob Ross second in dairy; Ken Wallace second in swine; Baby beef, Marilyn Arthur was winner of silver tray open to 4-H club members of 1964 both beef and dairy, her winner a shorthorn calf; Wayne McLau- ghlin, Woodham won the Holstein calf lucky draw. Pets Bantams,David Tomlinson, Donna Biby, Jim Bibby; rabbits, Jo-Anne Scott, Douglas Hamil- ton, John Van Derbent; dog, Lar- ry McCorquodale; cat, Mike Tig- ani, Robby Amos, Jo-Ann Scott; most unusual pet, Ted Bibby, Ricky Scott, Randy Lang. More Results on Page 20 FORMER MEMBER The baskets of flowers that were in the church Sunday morn- ing were placed there in memory of the late Miss Helen Monteith by the Goddard family. Miss Monteith was a member of Thames Road Church. She was a Sunday School teacher and also a member of the choir. NEIGHBOR HONORED A number of friends and neigh- bors gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Jeffery on Thursday evening to honor Mr. Edgar Monteith, who recently moved to Exeter. Rev. Hugh Wilson told of his recent trip to the British Isles. Mr. Monteith was presented with a wrist watch and a sweater. BRIDAL SHOWER Saturday evening around 65 friends and neighbors gathered to honor Miss Mary McDougal before her approaching mar- riage. To the strains of the Bridal Chorus played by Miss Marlene and family recently attended the 53rd wedding anniversary of Leo- nard's parents, Mr. & Mrs. M. W. Schenk of Walkerton. Mrs. Ervin Eckstein and Eben Weigand, both patients at South Huron hospital, have returned to their homes. Mrs. Cora Geiser has returned home after spending some time in Detroit with her daughter and family, Mr. & Mrs. Ray Kretz- man. They accompanied her home and spent the weekend. SUGAR AND SPICE Dispensed by Smiley I've been reading a fascinating book about the ancient Romans. meditating on their economy and social customs, I couldn't avoid comparing them with ours today. Like us, the Romans of the Golden Age were nuts about high- ways. The Roman Empire had over 60,000 miles of thru-ways. Italy alone had about 400 major paved roads. These enabled Cae- sar to travel 900 miles in eight days. A messenger sent to an- nounce the death of Nero made 300 miles in 36 hours. Today, Dr. & Mrs. Don Atkinson, a recent bride and groom, are occupying the home of Mr. & Mrs. John Tomlinson. Mrs. Robert Rundle won prizes in knitting, crochet, quilts and jam at Kirkton and Ilderton Fairs this past week. Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Willis of White Rock, B.C. spent several days with Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Lawson and Eddie and are visit- ing several friends in the com- munity. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Webber of Rochester, Mich. were weekend guests with Mr. & Mrs. Harry Webber. Mr. & Mrs. Peter Whitelock of Woodstock were Sunday guests with Mrs. Robert Rundle, Jim and Jack. Mr. & Mrs. Bill Craemer, Miss Alice Woyotwich and Mrs. Fred Ronswick of London were recent guests with Mr. & Mrs. Jack Smith and Mrs. Mary Smith. Dr. & Mrs. Dan Hurst of De- troit visited Tuesday evening with Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Wheeler and David. Mr. & Mrs. Dan Siderius and family of London were Sunday guests with Mr. & Mrs. John Rodd, Pamela and Calvin. Mrs. Percy Meecham and Mrs. Fred Payne of London visited Wednesday with Mrs. Reber t Rundle. Mr. & Mrs. James Rohde and Robert of Mitchell visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Lawson and Eddie. Mr. & Mrs. Allan Lawson have taken up residence in St. Marys. Stewart Mary was escorted to a decorated chair by Mrs. Donald McCurdy. Mrs. Floyd Stewart was in charge of the program which consisted of piano solos by Verlyn Miller, a contest by Mrs. William Lamport, ahumor- ous reading by Mrs. Floyd Stew- art, a dialogue called "Pete's Proposal" by Mrs. Bev Alexan- der and Mrs. William Lamport. Mrs. Murray Dawson read the address and Donna Stewart pulled in a decorated wagon filled with many lovely and useful gifts. After opening the gifts Mary thanked all. PERSONALS Mrs. Blanche Patterson of Florida spent last week with her sister Mrs. Nelson Clarke. Mrs. Patterson is leaving for home Wednesday. Other visitors over the weekend with Mrs. Clarke were Mr. & Mrs. Ken Clarke of Sebringville, Mrs. William Wal- ters of Winchelsea, Mr. Foster, Mr. Maurice Quance, Mrs. May Beer, Miss May Skinner, Mrs. Margaret Hawkins of Exeter, Mrs. George Frayne, Mr. Ray Clarke and Ronald. Mr. & Mrs. Ken Luther, Janice and Susan of Sarnia visited Sat- urday evening with Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Jeffery. Mr. & Mrs. Glen Lamport were treated to a rousing chivari Tuesday evening last. Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Jeffery, Mr. & Mrs. Victor Jeffery visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. William Jeffery of Exeter. Mr. & Mrs. Harold Jeffery and Mr. & Mrs. Harry Coates of Exeter also were guests. Jeff Borland returned home Friday from the hospital. Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Miller, Brian, Barry and Barbara were Sunday evening guests with Mr. & Mrs. William Stewart of Den- field. it takes almost that long to get home from the cottage, on a holi- day weekend. Like us, the Romans were interested in things that worked. Unlike the Egyptians and the Greeks, who built massive, or beautiful, but useless structures like the pyramids or the Parthe- non, the Romans were great boys for water-works and sewers and stadiums. Like us, they were in the toils of the bankers, with all their diabolical inventions: s a vin g s Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Knight and baby son have moved into the home of Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Lawson. Sunday guests with Mr. & Mrs. Ted Insley were Mrs. C. Swartz of Exeter, Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Swartz and Doris, Mr. & Mrs. Claire Swartz, Mark and Kevin of Crediton. Karen was celebrat- ing her seventh birthday. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Pearce and family of London were guests Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Jack Smith and Mrs. Mary Smith. Miss Norma Hern RN of Lon- don visited for a few days with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Hern after returning from a trip to England and the continent. books, travellers' cheques, mon- ey orders, interest and mort- gages. Like us, they had a hybrid government, half-socialist, half- capitalist. It froze the price of wheat and plunged into public works to solve unemployment, but did nothing about slum land- lords, exorbitant interest rates and shady used-horse dealers. Sound familiar? Like us, they practised birth control, and abortion was com- mon. Unless she were hard up, a Roman woman who had had a child got rid of it Immediately by turning it over to a wet- nurse, then to a Greek slave governess, then to a Greek slave tutor. We don't have wet-nurses but we have the bottle. And we don't have slaves, dang it, but we have the baby-sitter and the public schools system. Like us, they divorced each other indiscriminately. Caesar had four wives and was unfaithful to all of them. Their entertainment was much like ours: horse races, the the- atre, variety shows, gladiatorial contests. And just as today, the chariot drivers, actors and glad- iators were idolized and paid 8,000 times what they were worth. Of course, the Romans were cruel. After the city was almost destroyed by fire, emperor Nero blamed the Christians, and had the whole lot, or so he thought, thrown to the lions, all 1,000 of them. We'd never think of doing that today. It's too vicious, too flamboyant. Today we qu ietly stuff six million Jews into gas chambers, or incinerate 100,000 Japanese with a big blow torch. The ladies will be glad to know that Roman women were just as silly as they are, about their looks. It was three hours every morning over the hairdo assisted by half a dozen slaves. Under- wear was of silk and the bras- siere was just coming in. The milk-bath was common and weal- thy gals who were travelling brought along their own herd of cows to be sure of a decent bath.. BathrooIrl as today, were lit, tered with razors, scissors, soap, perfume, oils, powders, hairbrushes and all that muck. No wet nylons, though to hit you in the face. Hair-styles were fantastic. And they had some great par- ties in those days. They began at four in the afternoon and lasted far Into the night. Not like our stodgy affairs, which commence with cocktails at five, and last far into the morning. At their parties, or orgies, the air was perfumed, flowers were everywhere, there were two servants for each guest, and the host would offer precious gifts to his guest. They hit the grape pretty hard, arid got ill on stuff like thrushes breasts, but slaves passed regularly distributing emetics so that everyone could throw up and then go right on eating. I sure would like to get in on a good old orgy. Why does a fellow have to be born 2,000 years too late? Lucian Many attractions at Kirkton fair Times-Advocate, October 7, 1965 Page.11 .„..e..:„...,_,.z.......„.,..,,,,......„.,,,,„,...,44.,..,:,.... Diet Concious? A custom-fitted garment is the answer to the diet conscious. There is a way to redistribute weight so that ybu can look 5 to 10 lbs. slimmer and that is to choose the right bra and girdle. Let me measure you for a custom-fitted Spencer- Spirella to correct posture and spot figure problems. MRS. V. ARMSTRONG 89 Anne W. 235-1920 We're Romans all of