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TAKE OUT ORDERS
Phone; 238.2025
Reception
and Dance
for
MARGARET ANN CORNISH
and
WALTER EARL ROWI,EY
(Pete)
(Bridal Couple)
Sat., June 23
9-12
DASHWOOD
COMMUNITY CENTRE
Everyone Welcome
Crediton man
in hospital
By MISS ELLA MORLOCK
CRED1TON
lingo Schenk is a patient at
South Huron Hospital.
Mrs. Alvin Finkbeiner sold her
property to Barry Clark.
Stuart Kuhn and his uncle,
Bruce Kinsley. New Hamburg,
visited friends in town Wed-
nesday
Mrs. Lila Heath, sister of
Stuart Kuhn, was brought to
Crediton for interment in
Crediton Cemetery Tuesday.
Mr. & Mrs. Ed French, Clara
and Mattie Oestricher, Windsor,
here for Decoration Day at the
Crediton Cemetery Sunday, were
guests of Mr. & Mrs. Will
Oestricher.
Mrs. Lorne Finkbeiner,
hospitalized since March 14 with
a broken hip, spent Sunday at
home with her family.
Mrs. Harry Cracker, Lambeth,
Mr. & Mrs. Don Jory, Forest, and
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Tilley, Seaforth,
spent Father's Day with Mr.
Mrs. Alf Tilley.
A family gathering was held
Sunday at the home of Mr. & Mrs.
Orville Jones to celebrate the
lath wedding anniversary of Mr,
& Mrs. Ken Jones. Kingsville.
Those attending were Mr. & Mrs.
Wm. Gaiser, Crediton, Mr. &
Mrs. Ron Mason, Exeter, Mr. &
Mrs. Glen Walters and family,
Cambridge and Mr. & Mrs, Ken
Jones and family, Kingsville.
By MRS. STAN PR ESZCATOR
Wesley Heywood is a patient in
South Huron Hospital, Exeter.
Kenneth Kuhn has returned
home from London hospital.
Mrs. Barry Bullock visited
Saturday with her parents Mr. &
Mrs. Start Preszcator.
Mrs. Jack Dye spent Friday
and Saturday with her daughters
in London.
Mr. & Mrs. Stan Preszcator,
Lorne, Brenda and Barbara
Glanville visited Sunday with
Mrs. Elaine Foran, Huron Park.
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Preszcator,
Tammy and friend visited
Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Stan
Preszcator, Mr, & Mrs. John
Pritchard and Wm. Preszcator,
RR 2 Crediton.
Barbara Preszcator spent
Sunday with Joan Klemke, RR 1
Centralia.
Mr. & Mrs. Alex Hamilton,
Grand Bend visited Sunday with
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Wein,
Crusade aids
ARC project
As a result of the Faith and Life
Crusade held in Zurich recently,
$400 was donated to the crusade-
committee's special project, the
Adult Rehabilitation Centre in
Dashwood. Expenses totalled
$1,374.15 and offerings of $1,743.02
were received.
Several area ministers sup-
ported the crusade and guest
speaker was Rev. N. Wesley
Oake.
Special music was directed by
Norman Tait. with Muriel Snider
as pianist, Mrs, Mary Lou Tait as
organist, plus the choir and other
musical groups.
Several area businesses also
aided in the crusade, including
Don Oke Ltd,, who loaned
material for the podium;
Gingerichs who provided floor
covering; Nete's Flowers who
contributed floral arrangements;
and the Blue Water Rest Home,
who permitted use of the dining
room for the prayer breakfast.
28th Annual
Willert Reunion
Riverview Park
Exeter, Ontario
2 blocks east of bridge
Sunday, July 1
Sports 3 p.m. Buffet Supper 5:30 p.m.
Bring picnic basket and hot drink
Tablecloths, plates, cups, spoons and cold drink
provided
Tell your relatives and join us.
HENSALL
HOTEL
DINING
ROOM
OPEN
12:00 Noon - 2:00 p.m.
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
We Cater to Banquets
Weddings, Etc.etl,
Country Wally
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
NIGHT
Come and Dine
With Us Too!
DAILY
NOON HOUR
SPECIAL
In the Beverage Room
SELECTED
MENU SPECIAL
FRI. & SAT. NIGHT
In the Beverage Room
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COMING EVENTS
Saturday, July 7 - 8:30 p.m.
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FOR
Bill
Bourne
Fri., June 22
9:00 p m. - 12
Ham. Supper
Wed., June 27
5 • 8 p.m.
Holy Trinity
Anglican Church
LUCAN EXETER ARENA
Adults $2.50
Children $1.25
Admission $1.00
Everyone Welcome
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PREPARING SAKE SALE — The ladies of Trivitt Anglican church staged a successful bake sale, Saturday.
Shown above preparing the deliciou:, baked goods are Mrs. Nelson Wells, Mrs. Les Gibson, Mrs. Homer
Russell and Miss Marion Bissett. T-A photo RECEPTION
AND DANCE
Reception
mid Dance •l . Unvei mg historical plaque
to commemorate founding
for
MR. & MRS.
PAUL MORRISON
nee Judy Guy)
for
PEGGY WALLACE
end
RON DAY
la& Couple Sat., June 23
10.1 Sift., June 23
9 1 a.m . ZURICH COMMUNITY
CENTRE
EXETER
LEGION HALL Music by
KEN MITTLEHOLTZ AND
THE TWYLITES
Lunch Provided
Everyone Welcome
Music by
RoN TAYLOR
Everyone Welcome
'77
Come Join the Fun
mateur Night
EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT
10:00 to 10:30 and 11:00 to 11:30
MUSICIANS and SINGERS ONLY
* Prizes for best in both categories and
for runners-up
* The best in each category will compete for
Albatross trophy on August 30
The Canada Company tended
to attract settlers.
By 1832 letters from settlers
had gone back to England,
Ireland and Scotland and the
Canada Company was quick to
publicize these. As a result, some
fifty new settlers arrived in the
watershed in 1832-33, notably
John Willis, who soon occupied a
clearing on the London Road
from Clinton to London.
About the same time, the
family of William McConnell, an
agent of the Company who had
been one of the two men con-
tracted in 1830 to assist in the
construction of the London Road,
obtained land on Lots 17 and 18,
Concession 1, of Usborne
Township.
Within two years McConnell
had built an inn and constructed a
sawmill and grist-mill on the
banks of the Aux Sables River.
Willis had purchased Lot 15,
Concession I in Usborne Town-
ship and the McConnell grant lay
to the north of this, The lots in the
immediate vicinity of McCon-
nell's mills seem to have been
unoccupied and uncleared for
many years. Probably this was
because these lots were often
under water for long periods.
The first signs of a village were
noticeable around "Hay Post
Office" where the post office for
Hay Township was established.
By the early fifties, however,
there was a hamlet of sorts at the
Our newly decorated
DINING ROOM
Open Every Sunday
4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Award contract
for highway job
Transportation and Com-
munications Minister, Gordon
Carton, Q.C., has announced the
award of a contract on Highway 8
in the Stratford district to K. J.
Beamish Construction Co.
Limited of Thornhill for $414,423.
The project is for hot mix
paving on Highway 8 from
Goderich easterly to Seaforth
west limits, excluding the Town
of Clinton — a distance of 18.2
miles.
Work is slated to commence in
late June with completion
scheduled by mid-October, 1973,
Entertainment . . .
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
cross-roads, a mile and a quarter
south of Hay, where Isaac
Carling had opened a store and
tannery, and James Pickard a
general store, some years
earlier.
In August, 1855, Isaac Carling
and James Pickard, among
others, registered a village plan
which had been obtained
following a survey in June of that
year.
About the same time another
hamlet, "Francistown", sprang
up in the immediate vicinity of
McConnell's mills. LOvell's
Canada Directory 1857-8
estimates the population of the
area at 600
Although both Francistown and
Exeter developed during the
1860's, when other mills, stores,
and churches were constructed,
Exeter's growth outpaced that of
the nearby village. The town was
equipped to supply the wants of
travellers on the high road who
needed smiths, wagon makers,
saddlers and harness makers,
inns and shoemakers,
The necessities and luxuries of
the neighbouring farmers were
catered to by a long list of
tradesmen and storekeepers, It is
evident that by the end of the
decade Exeter had become the
chief market town of the district.
The building ,of the Grand
Trunk line through Lucan aided
the growth of Exeter, since the
stage was the only connection
between the railways at Clinton
and at Lucan. In 1871 Exeter and
North Exeter (Francistown)
contained nearly 1,000 people and
were practically one village,
though the upper part of the
present business section appears
to have been built mostly after
1875.
In 1873 the building of the
London, Huron and Bruce
Railway was eagerly expected
and the two villages were in-
corporated as the village of
Exeter with a population of well
over 1,000. The railway brought
further prosperity to Exeter
which by 1950 became the most
populous permanent urban
settlement in the Ausable
watershed, with a population of
more than 2,000. Club
Albatross
Huron Industrial Park
Phone 228-6733
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Volume III
ENTERTAINMENT
V.
On Sunday at 2,30 p.m, an
historical plaque com-
memorating the Founding of
Exeter will be unveiled at
Riverview Park.
This plaque is one of a series
being erected throughout the
province by the Historical and
Museums Branch, Ministry of
Colleges and Universities acting
on the advice of the
Archaeological and Historic Sites
Board of Ontario.
Sunday's ceremony is being
arranged and sponsored by
Exeter Council and Councillor
Bruce Shaw will serve as
programme chairman,
Others invited to take part
include: His Worship, J.H..
Delbridge, Mayor of Exeter; Mr
Jack Riddell, M.P.P. (Huron);
Mr. Robert McKinley, M.P.
(Huron); Dr, Wilfrid Jury, of
London, who will represent the
Province's Historic Sites Board;
Mr, Charles MacNaughton, for-
mer Treasurer of Ontario, and
Minister of Treasury, Economics
and Intergovernmental Affairs;
Mr. J.L. Wooden, Principal of
South Huron District High School
and a noted local historian and
Mr. D. McClure, member of the
Huron Historical Society.
The plaque will be unveiled by
Mr. C.V. Pickard and Mrs.
Louise Craig descendants of the
earliest settlers, The Rev. Harold
Snell, former Minister of the
United Church, Exeter will
dedicate the plaque,
The inscription on the plaque
reads:
The founding of Exeter
In 1833 the families of James
Willis and William McConnell
became the earliest settlers in
this area. Within a year
McConnell had erected mills here
on the banks of the Aux Sables
River near which a community
known as Francistown
developed. South of the mills near
Willis's location on the "London
Road", Isaac Carling opened a
store and tannery in 1847 and
James Pickard a general store in
1851. Four years later a village
plot (Exeter) was laid out and by
1860 Exeter had become the chief
market centre of the district. In
anticipation of the growth that
the London, Huron and Bruce
Railway would bring, Exeter and
Francistown were amalgamated
and incorporated as the village of
Exeter on March 29, 1873,
The settlement of the Ausable
Watershed was conducted under
two systems. After 1826, Lobo,
London, Adelaide and Warwick
Townships were settled under
new Crown Lands Regulations,
while the remainder of the
watershed was developed as a
commercial enterprise by the
Canada Company.
BEEF
BARBECUE
Sat., June 23
Saturday,
June 30
at many peoples
request
Big Dance
with
TAXANDR1A VISITORS DANCE
Free entrance for your visitors from Europe
Advance tickets only - Call 828-3896
STARTING
MONDAY
JUNE 25
The
Real
Thing
For Your
Entertainment
During
Centennial Adam & Eve
* * *
For members and guests
Dinner in the Bar
7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Dinner Music Provided 4 The London Duo
Reserve Your Tables in Time
*
Friday, July 13
Where Old & New Friends Meet
DINING & DANCING NIGHTLY — NO COVER CHARGE
who will also
play in the bar on
Friday,
June 29
I Les Pities Hotel Motel
North of the Bridge
EXETER Phone 235,0101
Dance 9:00 - 1:00
New Kirkton-Woodham
Community Centre
Serving 400 - 8:00 p.m.
Adults:
Advance $2.75
Door $3.25
Children:
Advance $1.50
Door $1.75
Advance.) Solo till Jun(• /1
Tickets available at
Cann's Mill Ltd.
N. T. Monteith
MYSTEROS Big Donee
With The
Music. by
Town S, Country
Gentlemen
For members and guests - entertainment
in bar by the London Duo .$.00 per couple