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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-06-28, Page 104 131 I0 ICI I En ICU I0' Or- Meet One of Exeter's Most Obliging Men... Any use of superlatives can result in an argu- ment, but Norm Whiting has some strong creden- tials when it comes to being one of Exeter's most obliging men. Some people sell. Others buy. A few will swap. Some will even rent. Norm does all four. Yes, when there's something you need, chances are Norm Whiting will have it in his wide selection of items at Whiting's Antiques, Used Furniture, Appliances and Things. If there's something you want to sell, Norm Whiting will buy it (with a few limitations). If there's something you want to rent, Norm's the man to see. In addition, Norm is a licenced auctioneer and appraiser. Because he's dealing with household items every day of the week, and not just a few Saturday afternoons, Norm knows the value of the items put on the auction block and that's one of the most important qualifications for a successful auction sale. So when you have something to buy, sell, swap, rent, auction or appraise ... call Norm Whiting. •-• • .0 • 0 Meet his staff .... o 0 1 From the left, Dennis Doidge, Debbie Whiting, Janet Hicks, Marg Whiting and Jean Creech. L r I ICU 10' lOt of NORM WHITING Section 1, Page 16 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE JUNE 28, 1973 Judge Stanbury active in politics After going to St. Catharines he George F. Newberry, ot ; interested himself in young Mrs. Stanley McPortland, people and organized a Big- Chatham, and Mrs. Ernest Brother movement. Spencer, Edmonton; and five sons, Dr. W. Stuart Stanbury, Canadian Red Cross national director, now in Geneva, Swit- T'onto MAY 1951 Judge J.G. Stuart Stanbury, K.C, of St. Catharines, for many years a prominent lawyer of Exeter died Sunday at the age of 77. He was born at Bayfield and graduated in 1896 from the University of Toronto where he was president of the literary and scientific society, then the university student governing body. Following his graduation Mr, Stanbury came to Exeter and entered into partnership With the movigemi municipal affairs. For 16 years he was secretary of the Exeter Horticultural Society. He was a member of the Exeter Board of Education for 8 years and superintendent of Caven Presbyterian Sunday School. zerland, at a meeting of the executive council of the League of Red Cross Societies; Kenneth C., Richard J. and Robert D. all of Toronto and John L. of St. Catharines and one sister Mrs, Robert Stelk, of Edmonton. Judge Stanbury is survived by his widow, the former Jean Hardy, three daughters, Mrs. JUDGE J. G. STAN BURY late F.W. Gladman, the firm being known as Gladman and Stanbury. Previous to his appointment as judge of Lincolm County in 1936 he was president of the South Huron Liberal Association. He took a prominent part in Exeter's Dr. Browning oldest operator July 30, 1936 The eyes of the telegraphic world were fastened on Exeter, Tuesday evening when Dr. J.W. Browning, aged 93 years, dean of all the old time telegraphers, participated in a nation-wide hook-up of veteran Morse telegraph operators. It was to celebrate the centenary of the development by S.B. Morse of this system of communication. Old Morse men all over Canada talked to each other, over the wire. The national hook-up started at eight o'clock when D.E. Galloway, assistant to the vice president, tapped out the opening greetings, followed by a message from J.B. Hungerford, president of the Canadian National Railways. Then Dr. Browning took the key in the Exeter telegraph office and without hesitation and in clear cut Morse, gave his name, his age, and the date he entered the telegraph service. Following Dr. Browning, came messages from Charlottetown, Halifax, Moncton, and other places clear through to Victoria. Once the roll was completed the circuit was left open for reminscences with Dr. Browning heading the list. "In 1855", he said, "as operator at Markham, Ontario, for the Whitby, Georgian Bay Telegraph Company, the greatest news I copied were reports of the Crimean War, which came by British mast ships to Quebec and then were telegraphed to our provinces. Many items in these dispatches contained the name of Florence Nightingale." Veterans of other days told of some of the outstanding messages they received. With Dr. Browning were George Grant, local telegraph operator and Thomas W. Taylor, commercial supervisor of Toronto. Although he hadn't touched a key for nearly eighty years, Dr. Browning had not forgotten how to use the key he had learned so well in his youth. DOCTOR'S OFFICE - Dr. Quackenbush's office, on the right, now W.H. Hodgson Insurance, was housed in one of the few one-story buildings Hockey Furniture store. left when this early picture of Exeter's Main St. was taken. To the left, three unidentified persons pose in front of what is now the Hopper-