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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-07-18, Page 7They can't wait to oet in Crediton and district y, tees attending Daily Vacation Bible start their leeeone. Above, a large group are waiting outside the :front school spempored by the two Crediton United churches are eager to door of Zion Church, Crediton for the daily instruction to begin. Harry Beaver active in area Prominent Crediton builder dies BICYCLE ACCESSORIES 10% OFF LAWN MOWERS TORO & LAWN BOY 10% OFF 4444•Warimiiiiialsr, FUNDAY SPECIALS FISHING TACKLE 20% OFF SOMEONE IS GOING ABSOLUTELY FREE One of those remarkable WINNING IT IS AS EASY AS CUTTING THROUGH A LOG WITH A HOMELITE All you have to do is ASK FOR A FREE DEMONSTRATION On 'FUNDAY Winner to be drawn at 845 p.m. EXE1'EI ILT MAIN St OUT THEY GO! Our complete stock of IC YCLE ED Some as 20% OFF UNTIL END OF JULY THIS CLEARANCE CONTINUES much as Tiger streak streak ended, with St. Marys loss 4 The unbeaten SOSO of -the Dashwood 'Tigers that reached eelreie games in, litireneeIeSeeth .heaehell. play Caine to an end In St,It.4m* Monday _night. The .Ptg4e. TeWil ,crew scored _No tiros In OP bottom of the fifth to. talts ..cleelpion over the Tigere. Qs their home dia- mond, Friday, the Dashwood boys knocired off the •Zurich Lumber- Kipp. by a 10-2 Count. In 'eetigie-thieWeek, Zericit ey MRS- FR Mr. & Mrs. Norinan Hudgins spent the weekend inDetroit with mre, Lottie Cavanaugh and tether relatives. Mr, & Mrs. Arvid 13eitees, Dace, Rita and Janis were in Toronto for the weekend visiting relatives. Mrs. Florence Johns, Exeter, spent the weekend with Mr, & Mrs. Cleve Pullman. Mrs. Alex Dobson, Weston, was a weekend guest with Mr. & Mrs. Percy Hodgins. Sue Ann Squire is holidaying in St. Marys with her aunt, Mrs. Marjorie Langford. Mr. & Mrs. Laverne Morley, 'Mrs. Alex Baillie and Rob Mor- ley attended the Morley reunion at Seaforth park on Saturday. Mr. & Mrs. Thos. Simpson, Sr., London, were recent callers with Mr. & Mrs. Alex Bernie, Mr. ee Mrs. Gordon Hodgins visited recently for a few days with the letters parents, Mr. & Mrs. I), A. Fraser, Lancas- ter. Allen Fraser returned home with them to spend the summer months. Terry Higmart, London, is holi- daying this week with Mr. & Mrs. David Moffat. Mr. & Mrs. Ken Hodgson visited with their aunt Sunday Pranksters open water Although few people knew about it, the safety of the residents of the town of Exeter was jeopard- ized early Sunday morning by the work of apparent pranksters. Water hydrants at two differ- ent locations in town were open- ed sometime after one o'clock, leaving water pressure at a very low level. A hydrant at the west end of Victoria Street and another on Thames Road West were left • open for several hours with water flooding the two areas. PUC chairman R. E. ',Ted" Pooley told the T-A, Tuesday, "we are trying to conserve water at this time of the year and these foolish people jeopardized th e fire protection for the whole town. This is very serious business and the PUC act and Criminal Code call for severe penalties in instances such as this." Constable Harry Van Bergen of the local police force added that if anyone had information regarding this matter, it would be kept in strictest confidence. Belfry job is expensive Exeter council learned Monday it will cost 'considerable to have the bell and belfry removed from the town hall. The matter of removing the belfry was discussed a month ago when it was learned t h e structure was in an unsafe con- dition and it was decided to in- vestigate the cost of having it removed, Councillor Hess Debson said he had been in touch with a London roofing firth and they had estime ated it would cost about $260 to have a cratie breitght in from Lendon to have the belfry re- Moved. It was decided to haVe further estimates from local contract- ors. Mayor Jeck Delbridge inelicet- ed One EXeter lady had told him e she would make a ceneass 'of the 'reeve to have funds made avail- able to, have the structure re- paired to save the town bell. Continue search for area bodies Peteiindiel police were to einiie their search yeSterday for the bodies of IWO Seaforth area thee Who NJpatently drowned Sun- day alter their 16efocit boat tape sized about a mile offshore near Jack Dallas, 31, Of RSt 1 Bruce= and Ferguson. COOrtibe, .3q of Eginendyille, dieappeered when the craft overturned about 1 p.m Three eteinipaiiiiefie Melee aged to Swim to shore. About a dOteti persons, tiuditig four provincial police, officers from doderinii i one of them, Constable Reif Penne-f manning his own aircraft; DArs, tiolhAtett,Th Tuesday's search of the Lakefon thotelitie betWeen 11aYtield"Anti dridet lett, travels to Heenan FridaY tO de" hattle With die Merchants and. $ppday, the PashISPed Tigere in- vade Hensall Or en efternnee contest. HURT Home runs spelled tiefeet lor the Dashwood team in St. Marys MOrtdaY• St. Marys seering Off Tiger htuler pave Rats Was eenfilied to three billings and in each case the to ball dart the Dash- wood cense, Greg and Bob ,MPP, ray bashed back-to-hack round trippers in the Append to gee count the runs and put the borne eluh in frient after the Tigers had scored twice in the first frame, Ngrm Noble slammed a bases empty homer In the third and Om Pfaff gon0 credit tor three xpre with his long bleet the fifth, Whitey Denorrime doubled in the first inning tq send.Jim Hayter and Bob Roffman home with the firet Tiger talliee. The balance of the Dashwood scoring came in the fifth with Weep by Hoffman, Pepomme and 'Pete Ravelle driving in three runs and completing the scoring for the night, Ravelle, Denomme and Bpd Desjardine each collected two hits to lead the Dapheroed bat- ting attack. LATE SPLURGE WINS Three run rallies in each of the sixth and seventh innings enabled the Dashwood Tigers to score a convincing" 10-2 win over the Zurich Lumber Kings in Dash- wood, Friday. Dick Bedard of Zurich and Bob Webb of the home club were hooked up in a real pitchers battle until the Tigers broke loose in the sixth. The Tigers were first to hit the score sheet. Pete Ravelle reached first on an error in the second and scored on another Zurich miscue and Jim Hayter singled and came around to score in the second on error and wild pitch. The. Kings tied the score in the top of the sixth on two Tiger errors and Don O'Brien's single. Bob Webb doubled and Pete Ravelle and Cord Vincent singled to supply the power for the Dash- wood three run rally in their hale of the sixth. The seventh frame Dashwood run producing splurge w a s powered by Ravelle's triple and singles from Whitey Denornme and Jim Hayter. In the eight Bud Desjardine singled, Hayter drew a free pass to first and both scored on the fourth Zurich error of the night. In ringing up his fifth win of the season, Bob Webb allowed three Zurich hits, while strik- ing out five. On the opposing side, Dick Bedard fanned three and gave up eight hits. BY MISS ELLA MORLOCK CREDITON Henry Charles (Harry) 13eaver died Sunday at the Bluewater Rest Home, Zurich. He was inhis 90th year, His wife, Emma Finkbein- er, predeceased him in 1964. Mr. Beaver farmed for many years on the ninth concession of Stephen Township, and was a carpenter of note, sharing with his brother Ed in the erection of many fine homes and public build- ings. They built the Unit ed Churches in Crediton, Centralia, Grand Bend and Ailsa Craig, and the post office at Exeter. Active in public affairs, he was chairman of the Crediton Public School Board, member of the crediton Town Council, councillor, then deputy-reeyefor Stephen Township, representa- tive on the Hay Township Fire Insurance Board, and member of the first South Huron Hospital Board, continuing his associa- tion throughout the years as hon- orary member. Mr. Beaver belonged to the Ma- sonic Lodge, Lebanon Branch. Survivors include one broth- er, Herbert of Exeter; four sons, Vernon of Pittsburgh, Howard of Hamilton, Eugene of Exeter and Maurice of Stephen Township; and one daughter, Gertrude of Detroit. There are five grand- children and eight great-grand- children. The funeral service was held in the R, C. Dinney Funeral Home, Wednesday with inter- ment in the Crediton Cemetery. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Eighty-one children were en- rolled the first day of Vacation Bible school, Monday. Opening exercises are conducted in Zion United; then the classes separ- ate, two meeting in Zion, two in Crediton United. Leaders of the department are; Kindergarten, Mrs. Ross Haugh; Primary, Mrs. Howard Zurbrigg and Mrs. Douglas Warren; Jun- ior, Rev. Howard Zurbrigg; In- termediate, Rev. Douglas War- ren. Assistants present the first day were Mrs. Lloyd Bender, Mrs. Wilmer Wein, Rebecca Tay- lor, Linda Haugh, Julie Schenk, Barbara Attfield, Diane Hodge, Mrs. Cliff Kenney and Elva Fink- beiner, This year's missionary pro- ject of the school is the purchase of Bibles for the children of Japan. PERSONALS Miss Nola Faist, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hilborn and Cathy have returned from a motor trip to Detroit, Chicago and Wheaton. In Detroit they visited Mrs. Mar- guerite Bowman, in Chicago, Miss Velma and Mr. Ernest Guet- linger, and in Wheaton, Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Zophy. Rev. & Mrs. Ed Jones, Sudan Interior missionaries-on-fur- lough from Ethiopia, wereguests of Mrs. Alvin Finkbeiner last week. Sunday, Mrs. Alvin Finkbeiner and Karen were in Kitchener to ,welcome the grandson, Everett Michael, bern to Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Vancieworp on Friday. Major & Mrs. Bill Misener and family, formerly of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, are holidaying with Mrs. ittisener's parents, Mr. & Members of the Hunter kin met for their annual reunion at Cen- tralia on Sunday. President Ward Horn gave a few words of wel- come and turned the sports over to Stuart Griff and a committee which carried off a good time. He started it off by giving each person a marble of bubble gum and after a few minutes he asked that they all line up, then it was very good seeing who could stretch their gum the farthest., A picnic smorgasbord supper was enjoyed by all. During the supper hour there was a busi- ness period and some more in- teresting prizes handed out. Dr, Byron Campbell who had just passed his 99th birthday and had come from Toronto was pre- sented a prize for the oldest per- son in attendance. Coming the Mrs. Maurice Beaver, In August the Miseners are to report to Moosonee where Major Misener will be in command of the radar station, Mrs. 0. N. Braun and Mrs. Florence Ricker of Caseville, Michigan, were in Crediton last Thursday and Friday to visit relatives and friends in the area and Mrs. Braun's brother, Ed Morlock, a patient in the hospital at Exeter . greatest distance were Mr. and Mrs. Keith Campbell and Bar- bara from Windsor; and the youngest person present wasMi- chael Tiedeman. 011ie Tebutt was the winner of a guessing contest. The following were nominated for the 1969 reunion; Honorary president, John Hunter; presid- ent, Ruth Skinner and Laverne Skinner; vice-president, Mr, and Mrs. Reg McDonald; secretary, Stuart. Griff; management com- mittee, Mr. and Mrs. R. Lammie, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brock and Mr. and Mrs. Heber Davis; table committee, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Delbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Here. It was unanimous that the re- union be held at the Centralia Community Centre next year on the first Sunday in July. .40y: 189: 110 Pag9 7 Traffic ights orfrst°tontweplreeeild Ign0c1tb4t ?I've if council had to Pt; ACCirTgiraffh):134111iiths4erdit°14gfuergh9tilv17"Q °un r pobson said in 'supporting tne idea and mese COO- 13:‘,03r40-7,441#1;peoetIrg,t "it Would be IC9)tIMIr r P(aer4;vgalIt" id PAtchol n- bait Yriese noted that. now w4s, atrietion has been P4npletecl,, AO time ,tP, ..4.!W 41104 Wterit Pia !..i.,thpS:gt47.4e! wouldn't have tie he dug The Mayor ,agreed and asked Vrtgso to chock with the PUC corner. outlets lr would available at, the be ssetiemaifte .thes torn etc:es si en rsywlettilpe en of traffic lights have ranged from Se,600 to $e p eet0, EXTRA WIDE So you can use the full capacity of your new high performance combine No need to starve your big, new corn. bine. Innes •is Extra WIDE to make todars largest combines more efficient. Extra WIDE to nick up two windrows at once, double your efficiency, cut your combining time in half, Capacity, efficiency plus many, many exclusive performance features make this the best Pick-Up you'll find for your money anywhere, Five big models from seven to fourteen feet fit most popular com- bines. 8W savings, too, on Standard Model. Similar to Extra WIDE, but smaller and economy priced, 4 models Up to 84" With savings as great as,45%, See your dealer or ,write for literature. Distributed by H. L. TURNER (ONTARIO) LIMITED Blenheim, CIO I MI NI IIE BETTENDORF, IOWA 52722 • M ANK SQUIRE Mrs. Ken Murray, St. Marys. Visitors during the weekend at the Moffat home wereMr.& Miee. Arend Kerstan, Exeter, aed two nephews from Clarkson; LeRoy Here and Miss Linda Glop'', Cen- tralia; Hank Bosch and Miss Alice Bosch, Guelph; Miss June Bedford, Win. Harkness, Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Higmen and family, Mrs. Mae Lessard, Mr. & Mrs. David Lewis and family and Mr. & Mrs. E. McCarthy, all of Lon- don; and Miss Barbara widgeon, Mr. .& Mrs. Melleville Gunning and Muriel, Exeter, called on Mrs. Norman Hodgins and Frank Parkinson and Glenn on Wednes- day. Mr. & Mrs. John Stinson and family, Toronto, spent Saturday. with Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hodgins. Gwen and Marlene •Hodgins at- tended daily Vacation Bible School at the Baptist Tabernacle, St. Marys, last week. Mrs. Moffat and sister, Mrs. Higman, visited Thursday with their sister, Mrs. Phyllis Mc- Gladdery, Burlington. Mr. & Mrs. Percy Hodgins, Gwen and Marlene, visited Mr. & Mrs. E. Taylor, Turnbull's Grove, Sunday. Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Hodgson, London, spent the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Ken Hodgson. Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Cann and Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C ann, London, visited Sunday evening with Mr. & Mrs. Laverne Morley. Mrs. Gordon Johnson, Carol, Mary' and Betty and Murray Glassford spent a few days last week at Turnbull's Grove. Donald Neil attended 4-H Middlesex judging competition at the fair grounds, Glencoe, Satur- day. Hunter clan holds picnic Ontario,