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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-06-28, Page 26Section 2, Page 6 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE JUNE 28, 1973 BASKETBALL CHAMPS — In 1949-50, the Exeter Maroons won the Ontario Jr. "B" basketball cham- pionship, In the back row from the left, are Douglas May (manager), Murray May, Uel Schroeder, Bill O'Brien and George Rether; middle row, Fred Dobbs, Glenn Schroeder, Gordon Farrow (coach), George Dobbs and Roger Vandenbussche; front row, Gordon Cann and Johnny Rether (captain), We're Just New Here... But we've already learned that Exeter is a great place in which to do business. We look forward to serving YOU during Exeter's second century. THE ROYAL BAN K Roger Dowker, Manager First blood clinic left nothing to be desired The following account of Exeter's first Red Cross blood clinic is taken from the Times- Advocate of July 1, 1943: The arrangements for the first Canadian Red Cross Mobile Blood Donors Clinic which was held in Exeter Thursday morning left nothing to be desired ac- cording to Mrs, Pitt, Reg. Nurse superintendent of the clinic. The clinic was held in the basement of the James St. United Church. It was sponsored by the local Red Cross unit of which Mrs. Ida M. Sanders is the president by the Exeter Lions Club under the presidency of Dr. Dunlop with the municipal council taking care of the ex- penses. Out of 65 persons registered, 60 reported and of these 54 donated blood. Many of the donors were from the surrounding com- munities. There were eight improvised beds with four doctors and 12 registered nurses in charge. The doctors were Dr. Steer, of Hens all; Flt. Lieut, Burke, of the SFTS Centralia; Dr. J. G. Dunlop and Dr. M. C. Fletcher of Exeter. Mrs. W. E. Weekes, convener of the registered nurses, was assisted by the following: Nur- sing Sister Campbell of No. 9 SFTS; Mrs. Harry Cole, Mrs. Dunlop, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Grieves, Mrs. Lownds, Mrs. Garnet McFalls, Mrs. W. D. Sanders, Mrs. Lloyd Taylor, Mrs. Winslow and Mrs. Gerald Zwicker. Mrs. Ida M. Sanders and Mr. H. 0. Southcott greeted the donors at the door. Mrs. Vernon Heywood was the recording secretary assisted by Miss L. M. Jeckell and Mrs. M. A. Hunt. The donors were afterwards served with tea or coffee, toast, marmalade or jam. Mrs. E. J. Green was convener of the refreshments assisted by representativbes of the various churches and the Eastern Star Order as follows: Mrs. Robert Crawford, Mrs. Ed Irwin, Mrs. McGregor, Mrs. Kyle, Miss L. Huston, Mrs. K. Fuke, Mrs. Chas. Mason, Mrs. John Ferguson, Mrs. Cecil Stewart, Mrs. J. A. Traquair and Mrs. R. Kestle. Baptists — Continued from page5 the dedication service on Sep- tember 27th, the same year. Many firsts were experienced in the new building, the first wedding being in November and the first baptismal service in January 1969 followed by the formation of the Christian Ser- vice Brigade, a programme designed for boys of ages eight to eighteen years. A similar programme, Pioneer Girls, was inaugurated in February 1970 for girls from the third to the twelfth grade. In July 1969 pastor Harold Thynne accepted the call as pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, and assumed duties in September, a fellowship supper being held in his honour, Early in January the next year a childrens' crusade was held with the children's evangelist Frank Wellington. This started in the church building on Sunday, January 4 but due to the large number in attendance, had to be transferred to the South Huron District High School auditorium on Wednesday. Over five hundred attended. There were fifty-four counselled with regard to making a decision for the Lord Jesus Christ. Highlights through the in- tervening years have included special services with the Camp- bell-Reese Evangelistic team, the Murdy Getty campaign, the Dr. Estep Prophetic Crtisade, and numerous guest speakers and missionaries not to mention many interesting and in- formative films and slides. The names of the donors were as follows: William Ellerington, 11, Kerslake, Charles Prout, Harold White, Alvin Pym, James Miller, Lloyd Hodgson,Don Penhale, Lorne Elford, Albert Etherington, Edgar Cudmore, S, B. Taylor, Harry Strang, Phillip Hera, Ross Hera, Morris Hern, Garnet Johns, Everard Miller,George Davis, Harry Hirtzel, Roy Ratz, Thomas Lamport, Roy Schenk, Milne Pullen, William Cutting, Don Case, James Smith, Rollie Williams, William Allison, Simon Sweitzer, Wallace Seldon, WilliamFloyd Douglas Harness, Sheldon Wein, Frank Creech, Ken Hockey, J. W. Morley, E. Buswell, Gordon Appleton, Archie Webber, Russ Snell, C. V. Pickard, Frank Wildfong, Tom Coates, Philip Johns, William Parker, Harvey Pollen, Ross Taylor, Arnold Cann, Glenn Hunter, Bruce Tuckey, Fred Dobbs, Stan Green, John Cutting, Dalton Heywood, Pastor E. Clemens, Rev. N. J. Woods, Ray Waghorn and Roy Goulding: