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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-04-10, Page 22DINING LOUNGE OPEN MON. TO SAT. 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. AND 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Take Out Orders — Phone 228-6648 Dufferin Hotel CENTRALIA DAILY BUSINESSMAN'S SPECIAL CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY Let's Travel In '75 Invite You to a special Information Night ZURICH TOWN HALL Fri., April 11 -8:00 p.m. Come And Visit With Your Old Friends From Previous Trips SPECIAL FALL TOURS PLANNED TO * The Mediterranean * Rattle * Exeter, England * Switzerland * The Canadian West Brix 160 Zurich 236-43/6 Box 36 dreditan 234.6336 Box 219 Exeter 2354511 Bluewater wrir = Travel Advisors LTD. OUR GOAL THIS YEAR $8500 SOUTH HURON AREA Door.Ta-Door Canvass STARTS MON., APRIL 14 Continues Through The Week Watch for the canvassers in Exeter, Zurich, Henson, Crediton, Centralia, Dashwood, Grand lend, Huron Park and the Townships of Stephen, Hay and and Usborne Reiff CER with a cheek-up and a cheque "PM CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY EXETER BRANCH 1.1.11P.- —.mum,- 'UP" To benefit the Crippled Children Fund the Seaforth Lions Club invites you to an ORGAN CONCERT Monday, April 14th at 8 P.M SEAFORTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM featuring LEWIS MacLEOD of Toronto An evening of organ music with Lewis MacLeod of WURLITZER Canada, performing on the 3 keyboard Wurlitzer Model 555. Demonstrating the range and versatility of this popular home organ, Mr. MacLeod will feature popular tunes of today and yesterday, Mr. MacLeod has been a professional pianist, organist, teacher, arranger and composer in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. PLAN NOW TO ATTEND Adults are invited to register at the door for many valuable Door Prizes Given away at intermission time will be 10 organ LP's, 2 $500.00 credit vouchers on purchase of Model 555, 3 - $200.00 credit vouchers on purchase of Model 370 and 10 credit vouchers of $100.00 each On the .purchase of any Organ. Sponsored By PULS1FER MUSIC SEAFORTH & G00E11101 dutItorized dealer for ' ZE P pianos and organs in area See us for all your musical heeds. Phone S21.0053 DeriatiOns accepted at the door by Seaforth Lions Crippled Children Fund LEWIS MacLEOl .page , 22 Tirnee-Advoeeitet April 101 1,976 Scouts to plant trees 1.-.1 019.1AS MITCHELJ, JR. Thomas Mitchell, Jr. passed away at his home in Biddulph Township on Wednesday April 2- in his 5th year. Ile was the youngest son of Thomas and Audrey Mitchell. He is survived by tour brothers and three sisters. He was the grand- son of Mrs. Veronica Mitchell of The funds raised will be used to help further Scouting in the community, to develop the. Provincial Leaders' Training Centre at Acton, Ontario, promote outdoor Scouting and meet local needs. Some of the money raised will be used to support Operation Amigo, an international program of Canadian Scouting designed to help five South American countries adapt Scouting to meet their needs. Each boy participating in the project will be expected to plant, 50-100 trees. The majority of trees being planted are spruce, white pine, red pine, black poplar and silver maple. Before tree plan- ting day, each Scout will seek financial pledges from the community. "Each householder Will be contacted by only one Cub or Scout," said Judge Blek. "We hope that people will remember this when they make their pledges." Biddulph Township and Mrs. Lewis Becker of Greenock, Funeral services were con- ducted by the C, Haskett and Son Funeral Home on Saturday, April 5, from St. Patrick's Church. Interment was in St. Patrick's Cemetery. GORDON DEI:BRIDGE Gordon Deibridge, of Sebringville, passed away on Thursday, April 3, in Stratford in his 74th year. He was the husband of Erma Raper. He was the father of John. Delbridge„ St. Marys, (Betty) Mrs. Raymond Sutherland, Woodstock; brother of Reginald Delbridge and Jack Delbridge, both of Exeter and Mrs. Dorothy Thompson of London. He is also survived by two grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the Ileinbuek Funeral Home, Stratford, on Saturday April 5. Temporary entombment was made in Avondale Cemetery Chapel. Stratford, Over 30,000 Boy Scouts will plant a million and a half trees in the 1975 "Trees for Canada" .project. The project will help beautify Canada and provide a future resource for all Canadians. Nearly A million trees, will be planted on one thopeand acres in Ontario, according to Judge 0.0. Sick, president .of the provin4ial Council for Ontario. "This project is designed •to give all members of Scouting the op- portunity to actively demonstrate their interest and concern for the Canadian environment," Judge Rick said. • To ensure that the trees will be planted with a maximum chance of survival, local Councils have arranged for participants to receive practical training in conservation and reforestation from local foresters. Judge l3ick pointed out that "Trees for Canada" is also a fund raising project for local Councils. ISABELLA WESTLAKE Isabella Westlake (Delgaty) passed away in the Blue Water Rest Home. Zurich on Thursday April 3, in her 86th year, She was the wife ofThomas Westlake. She was the mother of Keith Robert Westlake, Zurich and MAMA BIRD AND THE sponsored by the Huron man, Angela McIntyre, LITTLE ONES Park — Characters of the forest figure skating club. From the left Rosemary Morrissey, Pauline Jackson and were featured in Wednesday's carnival ore little birds Jean Klemke, Shelly Bouw- Mama Bird Melinda Mcisaac. T.A photo Five shillings a letter Pioneer postal service costly •• 411 Learn the Art of KUNG-FU and KARATE L A K ROUSSEAU MUSKOKA SIDE ONTARIO * Friendly Informal Lodge * Excellent meals * Family Specials. * Child Supervisor * Safe Beach * Cottages-Fireplaces *Honeymoon Spec,*Canoes * Sail Boat * Fishing Boats * Clay Tennis Court * Playground * Rec. Room * Entertainment Nights * 100 Miles of Scenic Shoreline * Free Docking * Three Golf Courses & Horse Back Riding Nearby * Free Brochure * Write Minett, Ont,, POB 1G0 or Phone 705-765-3380 A. T. R.O. M.T. A. Owners & Host Bob & Caroline Burns • 7:30 to 9:30 The Ultimate in Mental & Physical Conditioning Classes all year round in Exeter Toes Thurs Sun. 7:30 to 9:30 2:00 to 4:00 $7.50 a trip, and felt it paid well. Since there was no bridge at Delaware, they swam the river with their horses. In the spring and fall break-up, they sometimes made the trip on foot. You could prepay mail in the early days, but the usual practice was for the recipient to pay, and the rates were high. The newspapers regularly printed long lists of letters that had not been called for, in most cases because the addressee could not pay the postage. Mrs. Jameson, who was an early traveller in the Talbot settlement, told of staying Gordon Thomas Westlake, RR, 3, Hayfield. She is also survived by seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the Westlake Funeral Herne on Sunday April 6. Interment was made in Bayfield Cemetery. ARCHIBALD P. FLETCHER. Archibald D. Fletcher of ma York St., London, passed away on Wednesday April 2, in Victoria Hospital, London in his 88th year. He was the husband of Mrs. Gertrude L. (Gerry) Fletcher. Surviving are three children, three step-children, one sister, Mrs. Angus (Elizabeth) Oke, Strathroy, and one brother Dr, M. C.Fletcher of Exeter. Funeral services were held on Friday April 4 from the Needham Memorial Chapel, London. Interment was in Forest Lawn, Memorial Gardens, London, GERRARD VANDERWIEL Gerrard Vanderwiel of Hen- sel!, died suddenly in Tucker- smith Township on Sunday April 6 in his 32nd year. He was the husband of the former Gayle Maloney, He was the father of Rail and Heather, both home. Also surviving are his parents, Bill and Anne Vanderwiel, Exeter; four brothers, Art, Maderia Park, B.C.; Henry, Prince Rupert, B,C.; Morris, Aurora, Ont.; Rocky of Exeter; four sisters (Alice) Mrs, Joe Telkwa, B.C.; (Pam) Mrs, Ron Walper, Exeter; (Pauline) Mrs. Bev Harris and (Anne) Mrs. Kai Jorgensen, both of Hensel'. Funeral services were held from the Bonthron Funeral Home on Wednesday, April 9 with Rev. D. Beck officiating. Interment was made in Hensall Union Cemetery. Pallbearers were Bob Rowcliffe, Wayne Smith, Keith Ramsey, Gary Lake, Kai Jorgensen and Joe Hidber. Flower bearers were John and Patti Rowcliffe. SYDNEY LEWIS OERTON Sydney Lewis Berton, of Guelph passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital,' Guelph on Friday, April 4 in his 59th year. He was the husband of Catherine B. Bennett. He was the brother of William of Innerkip, Clarence of Wood- stock, and Donald of Bramalea and (Winnifred) Mrs. Harold Gunn of • Exeter. He was predeceased by an infant son, Timothy James. Funeral services were held from the Gilbert Macintyre and son Funeral "Home,' Guelph. on. Monday April 7. Interment was made in Marymount Cemetery. overnight with a postmistress. Poor imigrants would turn away in despair when they would have to pay 3 to 5 shillings for a letter. One story told is that a poor man who couldn't afford a letter asked the postmaster to read it aloud, to see if it was really his, then said it wasn't, and went away having saved seven shillings. In 1851, the provinces of British North America took over responsibility for postal service from the British government. Stamps appeared, the rates were reduced by one third, and the number of post offices greatly increased, Naturally this led to a greater volume of mail. As time went on, arid the population increased, local post offices were established in every neighbourhood, and there people went to collect their mail. The memory of these post office names lingers on in some neigh- bourhoods, but there is no visible sign now of most of them. There were 92 post offices in Middlesex alone closed when rural mail delivery was instituted about 1911. Some of the closed post offices were Cashmere (near Newbury), Cherry Grove (near Belton), Duncrief (near Denfield), Fallon (near Lucan), Fort Rose (near Parkhill), Littlewood (near Southwold), Mullifary (near Strathroy), Pratt Siding (near Glencoe), arid Wanderland (near Kerwood). Can loin anytime Everyone Welcome — Female & Male Participate in regular classes as well as summer camps, demonstrations, seminars, tournaments, etc. Coming this summer, daytime classes for children and parents, For further information phone H v invir,ead ‘; InsttructeirRE5lv Day 235-1479 (daytime) scariet Dragon Society EXETER, LISTOWEL, KINCARDINE LONDON SOO At a time when we are suf- fering interruptions in the postal service, of various sorts, the Strathroy MiddlesexMuseumsays it is interesting to look at the situation in pioneer days. Before 1800, postal service was very sketchy in this part of the country. During the shipping seasons, letters were carried by the Great Lake boats; there was one "express" each winter, when a man on snowshoes carried mail from Niagara to Detroit, along the north shore of Lake Erie. Sometimes the military sent messengers with special dispatches, and occasionally a private firm would undertake to deliver messages or parcels. The first post office in the province was established at Kingston in 1789, with one at York (Toronto) 10 years later. Delaware was the first post office in Middlesex, and was still the only one in 1818, when there were a total of nine in Upper Canada. Mail was very irregular, and came about every three months, and the early settlers had many a long trip to the post office in vain. In 1825, as a result of agitation, the number of post offices was increased, and service became more frequent. That was the year London got a post office, In 1828, Joseph Bison and Hiram Wiltse of London Twp. got a*ntract to carry mail, twice a week, from London to Raleigh, near Chatham, picking up mail at Delaware, en route. They got Presbyterians help with relief The Committee on Inter- Church Aid, Refugee and World Service of The Presbyterian Church of Canada is sending $10,000 from its Emergency Relief funds to Indochina Aid. This will be channelled through the World Council of Churches' Commission on Inter-Church Aid, which has made an initial appeal for one million dollars. The situation is changing hourly but undoubtedly there is an immense human tragedy with displaced population and refugees in numbers estimated now as many as three million. The World Council has three locally based agencies that have been in operation for several years, with relationships with all the governments and political groups, to clear the way for both relief and rehabilitation, Asian Christian Service is already moving into South Vietnam supplies of rice, dried fish, plastic sheeting, medical supplies and clothing. Aid will soon be needed for reconstruction and as soon as possible further grants will he made, FISHERMAN'S COVE GRAND BEND 63 RIVER ROAD UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT CHICKEN & CHIPS FISH & CHIPS SHRIMP & CHIPS etc. TAKE OUT ORDERS k/Phone: 238-2025 elyeleige EXETER 21 THAMES ROAD 235-2311 GRAND BEND Phone 238-2161 Appearing For Your Entertainment Come And Enjoy This Fine Entertainment Icebreaker platform Bell Aerospace Canada Ltd. has been awarded a $73,000 contract to design an air- cushioned platform which could be added to an icebreaker to increase its effectiveness, a transport department official said in Ottawa. The success of the Voyageur, an air cushioned vehicle developed by Bell Aerospace at Grand Bend, has been used to supply isolated communities in Quebec this winter, prompted the contract, The Voyageur is useful in confined areas, such as harbors, although it cannot be used ex- tensively in the Arctic because of a small fuel tank, the official said.