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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-06-04, Page 7CELEBRATE WOODHAM ANNIVERSARY — The Woodham United Church celebrated its 100th anniversary Sunday with more than 500 persons attending the morning service. Shown above chatting after the service are, from left, Rev. John King, present minister; guest speaker Rev. Tippel of Calvary United Church, London and Leonard Thacker, Mrs. George Wilson, Fred Doupe and Ken Parkinson of the Woodham congregation. T-A photo Large crowd at anniversary of Woodham United Church PROPOSED HOME CARE PROGRAMME HURON COUNTY Public Meeting to discuss this subject Seaforth Public School Wednesday, June 17 8:30 P.M, All interested are invited to attend. Dr. G.P.A. Evans, Medical Officer of Health. Note— "Home Care" refers to care of patients in their own homes. H & 1 Arrow Gas Bar And Variety Now Open At Corner Of Highway 4 and Huron Park Sideroad OPEN UNTIL. 10;00 P.M. EACH NIGHT PHONE 228-6285 FARMERS' INCOME TAX SERVICE Most Income Tax business has now been completed, If you were not satisfied with the results of your return or If you feel benefits available to you were overlooked, Why not investigate our FREE REVIEW. Amended returns can be made within 90 days. Phone or write Farmers' Income Tax Service Box 35 Lucan Ont. Phone 227-4851 George Eizenga Public Notice 1970 CENSUS AND ENUMERATION The Huron-Perth Regional Assessment Department will be commencing its annual census and enumeration programme in the City of Stratford, Town of St. Marys, and all towns, villages and townships in the two counties, June 1st. It IS expected it will take approximately two to three weeks to complete thit work. The information required is basically the same as that required by the assessors In past years and Is necessary for the Completion of the assessment roll for each municipality. All enumerators involved in this programme carry identification cards. 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Homes At A Saving of 0 . , . for life as you'd like itl Get Beaver's fully colour illustrated Home Catalogue, over 30 homes with options. Homes of all sizes for city or country — two to five bedrooms single, two storey, duplexes and multiplexes. Hensall loses close game. in Huron-Perth opener The first game of the season locally in the Huron-Perth Intermediate baseball league was played in Hensall Sunday afternoon with the hometown Merchants dropping a close 6-5 decision to the Mitchell BP's. The Hensall club winless last year in their first year in the league came close to winning Sunday's contest. s Going into the bottom of the ninth, Mitchell was leading 6-4. The Hensall club managed a promising rally and scored one run and had the bases loaded with nobody out were unable to come up with the tying marker. Bill Shaddick, Hensall's top hitter of the afternoon singled to open the ninth and was moved around to score on consecutive walks to Jack Bettke, playing manager Bob Lavery and Tom Dalrymple. At this point, Mitchell hurler, Bob Deeland settled down and recorded two consecutive strikeouts and got the final batter on a pop-up to the shortstop. Neither team mounted much of a scoring threat in the first three innings and Hensall went ahead with a two run spurt in the bottom of the fourth. Bill Shaddick doubled, Bob Lavery walked and both scored Set schedule for minors The schedule has been released by the Western Ontario Athletic Association for the district pee wee baseball grouping which includes seven teams. All games are scheduled for 6:30 unless otherwise noted. Games home and away for the three area clubs, Dashwood, Crediton and Huron Park follows: JUNE 4 — Crediton at Dashwood 8 — Crediton at Huron Park 10 — Mitchell at Crediton 11 Dashwood at Huron Park 16 — Goderich at Crediton 7 p.m. 18 — Huron Park at Crediton 19 — Seaforth at Dashwood 21 — Mitchell at Huron Park 22 — Dashwood at Seaforth 24 — Seaforth at Crediton 28 — Crediton at Goderich 7 p.m. JULY 2 — Clinton at Dashwood 6 — Clinton at Crediton 9 — Crediton at Clinton 10 — Goderich at Dashwood 12 — Dashwood at Goderich 13 — Huron Park at Clinton 15 — Mitchell at Dashwood 16 — Crediton at Mitchell 17 — Goderich at Huron Park 20 — Clinton at Huron Park 22 — Dashwood at Mitchell 23 — Huron Park at Mitchell 23 — Crediton at Seaforth 25 — Huron Park at Goderich 7 27 — Dashwood at Clinton Our First Anniversary SALE Ends Saturday 10% OFF Everything in the store A good time to $AVE $$$ on gifts for FATHER'S DAY EXTRA SPECIAL SAVINGS On Special Items Shirts $1.90 Trousers $2.86 \it \'‘, I1\1 \It 111H-stoic \Is, h I IR MAIN IXITrO IN III )T All ,11 11V,'4 17V1( I on a Mitchell fielding error, The visitors bounced right back in the fifth with two runs to tie the score. A hit batsman, Robertson's double and,aHensall error allowed the two runs to cross the plate. With one out in the fifth, Gary Kyle singled to start a Hensall rally but was wiped out trying to steal second. The Merchants stayed alive when Robert MeNaughton and .Shaddick walked and both came home on The Exeter Rec softball league has been reorganized with a record number of teams ready to see action. The Exeter Legion, Kinsmen and Grand Bend are back from last year and will be joined by Custom Trailers and the Junior Hawks from Exeter along with the Dufferin Hotel, Dashwood Industries and Crediton. Team representatives on the league executive are as follows: Legion — Bob Baynham; Kinsmen, George Pratt; Jr. Hawks, Lorne Haugh; Dashwood Industries, Frank Boyle; Dufferin Hotel, Scott McNair; Crediton, Murray Hodge; Grand Bend, Dick Coulter; Custom Trailers, Larry Willert. The four Exeter teams will play their home games at Exeter Community Park, Dufferin Hotel and Dashwood Industries will use the Huron Park diamond as their home base while Crediton and Grand Bend will each use their own diamonds. When doubleheaders are scheduled at one park the games will start at seven and nine o'clock, respectively. Single games under the lights at Exeter, Huron Park and Crediton will go at eight o'clock while all Grand Bend home games will begin at seven o'clock. The league schedule is as follows: JUNE 8 - Crediton at Custom Dufferin at Dashwood Hawks at Grand Bend Kinsmen at Legion 11 Legion at Crediton Custom at Kinsmen Dashwood at Hawks Grand Bend at Dufferin 15 - Crediton at Kinsmen Hawks at Custom . . Grand Bend at Dashwood Legion at Dufferin 18 - Hawks at Crediton Custom at Grand Bend Dashwood at Legion Dufferin at Kinsmen 22 - Grand Bend at Crediton Dufferin at Custom Kinsmen at Dashwood Legion at Hawks 25 - Crediton at Dufferin Dashwood at Custom Legion at Grand Bend Kinsmen at Hawks 29 - Crediton at Dash wood Custom at Legion Dufferin at Hawks Kinsmen at Grand Bend Rain spoils bowling fun The weatherman again played havoc with activities at the Exeter lawn bowling club over the past week with play only taking place Saturday night. A large group of bowlers participated Saturday night and Dean McKnight proved to be the best with a pair of victories, a plus of 16 and aggregate of 27. In second spot came Mrs. Glenn compiling a record of two victories, a plus of 11 and aggregate of 21. Two wins, a plus of 10 and aggregate of 28 was sufficient to put Bill Lamport into third spot while Clarence Down placed fourth. He had a plus of four and aggregate of 15 to go with a double win. The first tournament of the season at the local club is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, June 10. It will be a men's pairs event and is open to anyone in Western Ontario. consecutive singles delivered by Jack Bettke and I3ob Lavery. Mitchell moved a run closer in the seventh when pitcher Deeland drove in a team-mate and they tied the score in the next frame With a single score as the result of singles by Don Vipond and Dennis Hughey. A single and a couple of walks in the ninth allowed Mitchell to score twice and move ahead 6.4 and set the stage for the exciting Hensall rally in the ninth that just fell short. JULY 6 - Custom at Crediton Dashwood at Dufferin Grand Bend at Hawks Legion at Kinsmen 9 - Crediton at Legion Hawks at Dashwood Dufferin at Grand Bend 13 - Kinsmen at Crediton Custom at Hawks Dashwood at Grand Bend Dufferin at Legion 16 • Crediton at Hawks Grand Bend at Custom Legion at Dashwood Kinsmen at Dufferin 20 - Crediton at Grand Bend Custom at Dufferin Dashwood at Kinsmen Hawks at Legion 23 - Dufferin at Crediton Custom at Dashwood Grand Bend at Legion Hawks at Kinsmen 27 - Dashwood at Crediton Legion at Custom Hawks at Dufferin Grand Bend at Kinsmen 29 - Kinsmen at Custom Softball Scores Lambton-Middlesex Minor Bantam Mount Carmel 16 — Parkhill 15 Thedford 14 — West Williams 6 Pee Wee Parkhill 28 — West Williams 15 Grand Bend 27 — Mount Carmel 18 Thedford 22 — Arkona 4 Squirt Grand Bend 50 — West Williams 2 Thedford 26 — Arkona 13 SHDHS Activities By LINDA HAUGH Last weekend grade 13 students and Mr. David McClure, stopped at many interesting sites in the Collingwood area, during their two-day trip. Among the stop-offs were, a tour through the Formosa Brewery, industries in Walkerton and Chesley. They stopped at the Jones Falls Conservation area, and walked a short distance on the Bruce Trail. Other important sites viewed during the trip included the Eugenia Falls Hydro Electric Power station, Devil's Glen ski resort, Blue Mountain Pottery, Kaufman Furniture Showroom, Collingwood museum, Midhearst Forestry Station and Springwater Provincial Park and the City of Orillia. One of the grade 9 classes held a car smasherama Wednesday after school to raise money for project Schoolhouse. Burton Moon was voted president for next year's student council after voting last Thursday. Robert Green is first vice president and Rod Chapman, second vice president. The other offices are Sheila Willert, secretary, Joanne Gaiser, treasurer, and Julie Schenk, social convener. Congratulations to the members of the midget boys track team and the other members of the track team who competed at WOSSA. Best of luck in the Ontario finals in Toronto, Friday. The 100th anniversary of the founding of the Woodham United Church was celebrated Sunday with large crowds at all services. More than 500 persons crowded in and around the church for the morning service to hear the Rev. Graham Tipple of Calvary United Church in London. The Sunday School's junior and senior choirs provided special music for the morning service. One of the world's top auto and motorcycle daredevil acts, The Trans Canada Hell Drivers, will be the featured attraction at the Exeter Community Park on Friday, June 5. The thrill packed performances, being sponsored by the Exeter Lions for service work, will feature some of the world's top stuntmen. The Williams Twins of London present the 1970 edition of this top thrill show attraction which appears throughout the world and plays many of the big fairs and racetracks across Canada and the United States. Before forming the Trans Canada Hell Drivers, the Williams Twins were featured performers at the New York World's Fair in 1964-65, and before that they were featured with many of the leading Thrill Shows in the United States. They are also the two most versatile performers in the World today, prior to entering the thrill show business they were circus performers, performing the first and only aerial trampoline act, where they performed on their trampoline 50-60 feet in the air. They have continued their success in the showbusiness world since forming the Trans Canada Hell Drivers and are capable of Clandeboye lady dies in Lambeth By MRS. J. H. PATON CLANDEBOYE Mrs. H. B. McFalls, passed away suddenly at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Clayton Haskett, Lambeth. She is also survived by a grandson, John Haskett. Her husband predeceased her in 1964. Mr. and Mrs. McFalls lived for many years in McGillivray Township. Mrs. McFalls moved to Lambeth last fall to reside with her daughter. The funeral was conducted from the C. Haskett & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Carson officiating. Interment was in St. James Cemetery. The pallbearers were Albert Gilmore, Alan Hill, Gerald Lynn, Harold Lynn, Alton O'Neil and Charlie Coughlin. AWC Last Thursday the Anglican Church Women of St. James Church met in the home of Mrs. Maurice Simpson. The meeting was chaired by Mrs. A. Lewis. After the bible study Mrs. Mary Carter gave interesting readings concluding with a poem about Prime Minister Trudeau. The ladies decided to pack a bale for Saskatchewan and agreed to serve lunch after the Cemetery Service in September. PERSONALS Wm. Simpson is back in St. Joseph's Hospital again. David Kestle has a foundation put in for another new house in the village. Mrs. AlmerHendrie spent a week with her daughter and family in Chatham, Nancy Kestle is home after being a patient in Victoria Hospital, London. Jim Donaldson captured 11 prizes at the Huron Rabbit Club's Spring Show at Centralia. From 140 entries he gained four first prizes, three seconds and four third prizes. The ladies of the church provided lunch in the church shed for all in attendance. Three former ministers attended the anniversary services, They were Marvin Streich, 1958; John R. Wareham, 1958.63 and John Ernst, 1963-66. Mr. Streich delivered the message at the evening service. Music was provided by the church choir and the soloist was Mrs. Janet Wanless, wife of a former performing any of the hair-raising events in the thrill show book. Bill Williams and Walter Williams the co-owners of the Trans Canada Hell Drivers have not overlooked the comedy relief so necessary to an audience that are constantly kept on the edge of their seats and Bill Williams has turned over his previous role of Happy the clown to the internationally famous clown from Sydney, Australia, Dave Proudman to supply the pantomine daredevil comedy. GB operates bath house The village of Grand Bend will continue to operate the bath house and checking facilities at the beach and early this week hired local people to handle the duties involved. The bath house will be open 12 hours every day that weather permits from May 30 on. Mrs. Vera Rue will again be in charge of the operation. She will work six hours per day with an assistant. They will receive a combined hourly rate of $2 per hour on week-days and $2.75 per hour on week-ends and holidays. The other six hour shift will be handled by Mrs. L. Neilsen and a male assistant and theywill receive $2 per hour. The fees charged will be 25c for changing and an additional 25c for checking privileges. One suggestion that a combined fee of 50c be charged was tossed out whenseveral councillors said some people do not use the checking as they return their clothes to a locked car after changing. Increased grant won't cut taxes The levy to be paid by Exeter ratepayers for the Huron County board of education will be $4,500 less than previously listed, but there won't be any reduction in the previously announced mill rate increases. The tax notices have already been prepared and the over-levy will have to remain on the books to be used for school purposes in 1971. The reduction comes about as a result of increased grants from the provincial government. Two get terms for beating pair Two men will appear in Goderich court today on charges laid as a result of a breakin at the home of Fergus Turnbull, Highway 21 north of Grand Bend. Charged are Stanley Trachtulec, Sarnia, and Russell Miner, Windsor. In Walkerton court, Tuesday, Trachtulec was sentenced to seven years in penitentiary on a charge of robbery with violence, and Miner received a four-year term, They were charged with beating and robbing an elderly Wiarton couple On November 13, the eatne day as the Grand Bend area breakin. minister. An afternoon program that included musical numbers and reminiscing was chaired by Leonard Thacker. Organ music was presented by John Wanless and Roy Goulding while a quartette of Glenn Copeland, Harry Hem, Ken Blackler and Norris Webb sang several numbers. Mrs. George Wilson gave a resume of the highlights of the church since its origin in 1870. Speaking were Fred Doupe, Roy Goulding, Rev. Wareham and Leonard Thacker, Rec ball loop expands, eight teams are ready Top drivers perform at Lions club show