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ection 3, Page 19 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE JUNE 28, 1973
GONE FISHING -That seems an appropriate enough title for this group of area fisherman, but by the
number of fish in evidence, they don't seem to have been too successful. From back left the men are Will
Penhale (with fish), George Cudmore, Al Bissett, Ed Snell and Sid Sanders, Front left, are Herb Ford, Bill Snell
(with fish), George Snell and Wes Bissett.
Flax-Pullin
with local
JOTTINGS BY J. M. S.
(Dec. 4, 1952)
For many years a flax-mill
flourished in Exeter North, The
mill was first owned by Charles
Dorwood, then Jack Sweitzer and
finally by Owen Geiger, of
Hensall.
Flax-pulling was popular
employment for boys and girls as
well as older men and women to
earn some extra cash during the
summer holidays, Odd jobs were
not any too plentiful in those days.
Youngsters today earn more in a
few hours than I earned in a week
at flax-pulling.
I was among the smallest to
crawl out of bed and be ready
with my lunch all wrapped to
catch the wagon at seven a.m,
and drive several miles over
rough dusty roads to the flax
field.
There were fifteen minutes
morning and afternoon to grab a
snack and rest from a back-
breaking job. We would leaye the
T-A April 20, 1933
Successful tennis dance
The Exeter Tennis Club held a
successful Easter Assembly in
the Exeter Opera House Monday
evening. The hall was tastefully
decorated in purple and white.
Bill Robinson's London orchestra
provided the music. There was a
splendid attendance in spite of
the rain which fell most of the
evening. Lunch was served at the
close.
g popular
youngsters
field at six drive home for a hot
meal and then to the dam for a
swim and then home to bed to be
ready for the next morning,
The first year I got twenty
cents for the day's work and the
second and last year for me in the
flax field received the handsome
sum of thirty-five cents.
But flax-pulling did not prove to
be a financial success for me and
contracted a beautiful dose of
poison ivy, that cost much more
than I received in pay and ended
by flax-pulling days.
Flax-pulling was sometimes
done by the acre for which the
puller received four to five
dollars. At one time during the
war as high as twenty-five dollars
an acre was paid, After pulling
the flax, came the spreading and
finally the processing,
But flax-pulling wasn't all work
for many jokes were played. Mr.
Davis recalls the time when "the
women on the wagon ganged up
on the driver, relieved him of his
pants, threw them out of the
wagon and had a good laugh as he
trudged back after them in his
shirt-tail.
I recall that on one occasion we
were promised a treat on the way
home if we suceeded in finishing
the field before quititing time. On
the way home the wagon pulled
up at the Khiva Hotel and a
bucket of beer was brought out
and served with a tim dipper.
There was some fuss when the
news spread around town.
CARLING RESIDENCE — For many years, the Carling residence on
Huron street was one of the most impressive buildings in town. It was
built by Isaac Carling, the town's first reeve, in 1858. Mr. Carling came
to Exeter in 1847 and was reeve in 1873. In 1951, the home was
bought by the South Huron Hospital Association and it is now part of
that institution.
Serving Exeter and
Area Since 1946
Har's Body Shop
HAR BRINTNELL
Exeter
55 Waterloo St.
235-0752
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