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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.
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From the left, Dennis Doidge, Debbie Whiting, Janet Hicks, Marg Whiting and Jean Creech.
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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-