The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1930-08-14, Page 1EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14th, 1930
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JpOLLlNGWOOD—In /loving
l ory of a dear husband and Xu!tunes .Collingw* ’
awak A-pgust
|'n the
Thoitgtts
who
As it d
nely h
Wife and Family1
who
1, 1924.
mem-
father
passed
Of thinking,
are always near,
sadly miss you
s another year,.
CARD OF THANKS z/
Mt'fn Garnet Heywood
wish to express
to the many fr
for their kindn
sympathy d1
id family
core thanks,
and neighbors
and expressions
the illness and
death of Mr. Heywood; also for flor
al tributes and loan of cars.
IN MEJI6R1AM
HERN—In loving memory uji ottr
dear wife and mother, Alma'Earl,
wife of Wnu F. Hern, who passed
away one year ago, August 15th,
1929. *%. 8 -
WrOUS
The drouth in South Huron . is
jrinving decidedly serious. Not since
early haying lias' -there been any
■rain that has really helped vegeta
tion. As a result pastures are bone
bare, creeks are dry, wells are low,
cisterns are empty, while the factory
90rn is threatened. A soaking rain
al this present time is urgently need-
Parachute Juniper Tells of Fiiev’s
Death In Dake Ontario f
JAMES ST. W. A. PICNIC
Wo-•..The regular meeting of the
men’s Association of the James St.
United Church on Thursday last
took the form of a picnic -on the
lawn of Mrs. J. S. Harvey, with a
splendid gathering present. After a
sr-ort, program^of sports and amuse- ^-''jits by the' ladies, a group photo
graph was taken by Mr. Senior. Fol
lowing a delightful lunch a vote of
thanks to the hostess was moved by
Mrs. IJ. S. Grant and seconded by
Mfs. Thos. Rundle and heartily re
sponded to by all. Also a unani
mous vote of thanks was extended
to the lunch committee.
:
Rhodes—Mackenzie
-. A pretty wedding was soleminized
on Saturday, August 2, 1930, when
Elizabeth, daughter of Mrs. and the
late Mur. C. McKenzie, of Aslifield,
Twp. was united in marriage to Rev.
Joseph Bernard Rhodes, son of Rev.
»,pd iMts. F. Herbert Rhodes, of Tor
onto. The ceremony was conducted
by Rev. William Macintosh, of Lon-
Herbert
a gown
veil and
wedding
Aon, assisted by Rev. F.
Rhodes. The bride wore
Of ivory satin and tulle
orange blossoms. The
,march was played by - Miss Colina
Clark and during the signing of the
register, Mrs. William Mackintosh
sang “O Perfect Love.” After a
dainty buffet luncheon the happy
cpuple left ion a motor trip to Torr
Onto-, Musikoka, Montreal and points
Fast Included among the guests
were 'relatives from Belgrave, Lon
don, Saskatoon, Ottawa and Toronto
' ON DON S. A. SILVER
BAND VISITS EXETER
The new Salvation Army Citadel
which has been transferred from the
i'^H. over ,.E..„ R. .Hopper’s .fpimitpre
■ - f A (• I st **■ it z-l PI #***-.«■ m A d-* j-.
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year,
after
Before
The death took place at Elimville
on - Friday of Winnifred Tomkins,
beloved wife of Richard H. Cornish
of Sarnia. The deceased, who had
been ill for some time, was being-
cared for at the’ home of her
band’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Cornish. She was in her 26th
and passed peacefully away
many montbs of suffering,
coming to Elimville she had been
.ill in the Sarnia General Hospital
and later Victoria. Hospital, London.
Besides her bereaved husband she
is survived by . two small sons, Rich
ard Dennis, aged 5 years, and John
Wynfred, aged S months. 'One- sister
and two brothers also survive, Mrs.
Moyse, of St Thomas and William
and John, of Sarnia. The funeral
'was held Saturday afternoon with
interment in the Elimville cemetery.
Many, .beautiful, floral .tributes adorn
ed. the casket. Relatives and close
friends were present at the funeral
from London, Detroit, Goderich,
Lucan, Sarnia and St. Thomas.
store to the ‘ground floor of "the
building north of the Town Hall,
was opened on Sunday and large con
gregations greeted by Major Best, of
London, who was ably seconded by
Captain Jordan and Lieut. Smith,
the local officers. The London Sil
ver Band octette made a great hit
in Exeter in both insi'umenal -and
vocal numbers.
In the afternoon the party motor
ed to Grand Bend and a service was
held oil the beach. In the evening
after the local churches were dis
missed, the Army gave a concert in
the park, where scores of cars full
of people, and hundreds on foot
. gathered to hear a splendid program.
The chairman for the evening was
'Rev. D. M'cTavish. The program
opened with a hymn followed by
I prayer by Major Best and an address
dry the chairman; vocal selection
"One Sweetly Solemn Thought”;
march by the silver band; vocal so
lo ‘‘He’s a Friend -of Mine” by A.
Knighton; vocal selection -by the
band ‘‘‘Seeking the Lost”; Another
march and a vocal selection by the
octette was. much appreciated as was
a cornet solo “The Song that Reach
ed iny Heart” but the hit of the ev
ening "was a spiritual “Looking up
to Heaven.”
Capt. Jordan in a few well chosen
words expressed her appreciation at
the attendance of so large an au
dience, and her thanks to the Lon
don contingent A Scripture read
ing and an excellent rendering of
the classics “Comrades,” was follow
ed by the closing prayer by Rev. D.
McTavish.
BIRTHS
BIRNEY—In Winnipeg', on Wednes
day, August 6th, to Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. G. Birney, a son (Charles
Gordon)'.
SOLOMON—At Clandeboye, oil
u-rday, August 2nd, to Mr.
Sirs. Andrew Solomon, a son
zander.)
PRESZCATOR—1
urday, August 2nd, to"Mi<« and
Mrs. Fred P-reszcator/a daughter,
G.RIGUS—In Usborno «n Tuesday,
August 5thj to MY. and Mrs. Geo.
Grigus, twin soiiS.
Sat-1
and
(Al-
-in Stephenson Sat-
DEATHS
Gone from us,hut leKvfw^ moniorie,
Death can never ta|te\away,
Memories tha/.f^
While upon th
in our hearts j)
Sweet and tendeiS^fond and true*
There is not a day dear mother
That we do not think of you.
Sadly mfe-ecd by Husband and sons 'I
CORNISH—-In Elimville, oh. .Friday,
August 8, 1930, Winnifred Tom
kins, beloved wife of Richard
■Cornish, in. her 26th year,4
THIEVES BUSY
Thieves have been busy in
section of the country during
past week. C “ (‘
last week the Centralia Creamery
was entered and 17 boxes of butter
containing 76’5 pounds were -stolen
On Wednesday night Mr. G. Coch
rane’s refreshment booth was onter- ■|ed and a quantity’of chocolate bars,
tobaccos, some postage stamps and
a. hammer were stolen. ,,A. similiar
booth at Hensall belonging to MrS.
Sa.undoreock was broken into and
practically everything was cleared
out. At Crediton a bolt was filed
off a agsoline pump of Mt. Francis
Clark while he was sleeping in the
telephone exchange close by. Early
-Sunday morning the boot and shoe
‘store of Mr. Christian Trick, of
Creditonf Was entered and several
pairs of shoes afd other articles
were taken.
this
_ the
On Friday evening of
H,
wT$I wA’ays linger'
;arth we stay, r mpmorv/linghrSj
true,
CARD OF TMiVNKS
Mr. and Mrs, G4o, Ford And ..
ily Wish to eXtemf thanks to the many
neighbors)and/ffiends for the kind
nesses ami sympathy extended dur
ing theiridlouble bereavement; Also
for the Horal tributes and loan of
cars.
fam
After almas; a week of suspense
■Mr. and Mr.-. Saxon Fitton received
word Tuesday about six o’clock that
the body of their son, Pilot Gerald
Fitton, who was drowned in Lake
Ontario, near Brighton, had been
found. The body was found about
fifteen miles from where the acci
dent accnrred and was identified by
a wrist watch and ring which Mr.
Fitton wore. The. body is being
brought to Exeter and the funeral
will probably be held Thursday.
Immediately after'receiving word,
early Wednesday morning of last.
week that their son had gone down
with his plane in Lake Ontario Mr.
and Mrs. Fitton left by auto for the
EXETER AVINS FRO?! (TANTOM
Clinton and Exeter met on tlw
former’s diamond on Friday
with Exeter winning by a score of 7
L Exeter opened the scoring 'J»
first inning with one run, Clin.-*
getting three in their half. Bis-"
scored on'e f». the second wb/hv
home team were held scorelesu
Pilot Gerald Fitton
ip 5
the
tpu
eter
the :
Clinton scored one in the third
fourth. With the score against
’5 to 2 the Exeter boys opened ujy
with a hitting streak and accounted
for 5 runs in the last three
the game was called in the sevenths
owing to darkness. A good crowd. $»£•
fans, were on hand to witness- a gwdT
game of baseball;
rich, and Thorndyke,
the umpiring; vThe
Exeter-—Medd cf,
Rivers If, Tieman rf
cher lb, Steiner 2b;
Boyle ss, Sitokes p.-
Clinton—Fulford 3b, O’Brien.
Elliott c, Pickett ss, Livermore
Snell lb, Glew cf, Twyford rf, Stocky
pitcher.
O’Brien of JS.1-
of Clinton,,
lihe-npk were J
Anderson • tuhi
Ficht c, Flat-
Tienran 3 b,
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CTAXTON AND EXETER PLAY TBJ
In the last scheduled game of tiu>
season Clinton and Exeter played
to a 10 all draw on the local dia
mond on Monday night. This was;
the last game of the season. A. w'.i
or loss meant nothing to either tca'm
as Hensall has won the second haM.
This gives the Hensail team, the
right to enter the O. B. A. play-ofi?.!,
Clinton got away to a good stayf
when they scored five runs in theZ.r
half of the first inning. They .adt'--
ed one more in the second and- two1
more in the fourth and sixth, Exe
ter scored two in the second, thretr,
in the third, one in each of tho-
fourth and "fifth and tied the scos-T
when, they added three more in tl>» ;
seventh. The game was called Gi
the seventh on Account of darknes;,
Brant was on the mound for Cliy.--
ton. Fichf started the pitching fGt".
Exeter but gave way to Stokes in th >•
fourth inning. Hawkins of Clint-, t
and Boyle of Exeter did the umpi -
fing. The line-ups:
Clinton-—Tulford 3b, O’Brieri. Uj,
McEwan ss, Elliott c# Hawkins I-’ ,
Livermore If, Glew cf, . Stock rf,
BxaixC jn,- > ->’5* Aj-,-. * •
•Exeter—Medd If, Ficht c; Cr^oelt
3b, Beavers cf, Fletcher lb, Steiner
2b, Rivers rf, Boyle , ss, Stokes o.
scene of the tragedy and after every
thing was done that could be to try
and locate the body Mr. Fitton made
arrangements for its disposition
should it be found and then he and
Mrs. Fitton returned home arriving
here Friday afternoon.
Pilot Fitton who was known as a
dauntless but careful pilot proved
his heroism to the last for it was in
an effort’Xo .bring-.assistance to .his
companion Jerry McGoVern, * who
could not sWim, that Fitton gave his
life. Coroner Dr. Dure, of Brigton,
who was an eye-witness to the trag
edy, stated that Fitton might have
landed nearer the shore, but that
the -beach was lined with bathers,
particularly children, and rather
than take any chances of injuring
them he lauded out over the water.
The scene of the tragedy was oppos-, by the score of 10 td 9.
ite the farm that at one time was, good, exhibition cf self’
CLINTON AVINS TN SOFTBALL* ?
On Monday evening the Main
Softball team were defeated by tbo
Clinton outfit -on the latter’s diafnem T
It was'*n
good exhibition of softball. Both
oumeT by* IBs mmid/'Mr. Wm. Carl- j teams had one big" inning,' Exewr
ing, of town. I scoring five runs in the first aunJ-
1 Clinton scoring six in the foprtlv. '
The following
several of the daily papers:
account appeared in Carrick was on the mound for Clin-*
j ton while Geo. Beavers did the hurl- j ing for Exeter. A sudden-death
J game between ExeCer and Belgravo
j will be played on the Clinton clia~
Brighton, Aug. 6.-—The cold sul- ’ niond on Monday night to determine-
len waters of old Lake Ontario have j which team enters the finals civ
not yet yielded the body of Gerry j Wednesday.
Fitton, intrepid Toronto air pilot, I who lost his life last night in a vain |
endeavour to summon help for his
stricken comrade, Terry McGovern,
who was clinging tenaciously to the
wing-tip of the plane off Presqu’
Isle Point in Lake Ontario.
(All day to-day search patties have
combed the waters for Fitton’s re
mains until darkness to-night made
further efforts useless. Fitton’s
grief-stricken mother and father
were in Brighton to-day but left
again for Toronto this evening. His
wife, prostrate with sorrow, was un
able to come down.
Ernest Vansickle, partner with
Fitton in -the Airways firm at West
on, is here and went out into the
lake to-day to offer
in -the ' search for
body.
In a little hotel
Terry McGovern, noted parachute
jumper and the survivor of the ae
rial excursion, described yesterday’s
tragedy. Although almost , Over
come after a sleepless night and an
other restless day, he- ppeced to
gether he events which led
the disaster.
“We had been testing the
all day and it appeared to be
ing tip-top.
from the Bluffs when .the engine
went' absolutely dead and Fitton,
in the pilot’s seat, was helpless to
avert an accident. We were only
about 100 ft. up and the plane nose
dived straight into the water. The
forepart went under and we jumped
from the cockpitts to the wing, When
it slowly started to sink we crawled
‘Up tlio
By -Sam R. Curry
Mail and Empire Correspondent
Miss Olive Shanks, of Chatham,,
spent the week-end at the hom-3 of
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Penhale., x
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Birney ware at
Belgrave Wednesday attending- 3,
family picnic. Mr. and Mrs. Titos*.
Wilkinson, of Escanaba, Mich.,
have been visiting with Mr. an-d’iMrs*
Birney and also with relatives ofc
Wingham, Belgrave and Londeshmro-
are returning to their home Tiraivi*
day.
every assistance
his. colleague’s
room to-night,
up to
piano
work-
W? had just taken off
Miss M. White, of 'town And Mrs.
White, of Windsor, left last week
for a trip to the West. They took
the boat at Sarnia for the- trip jtp
the. Lakes, .
Mr, Eatl Whiting, of Usborne, had
the misfortune to get his left hand
caught’ while working nfound a
windmill with the result that the
flesh between the thumb and index
finger was badly torn and some of
the llghncmts cut.
’Fitton Sturts for Help
"The ship was starting to settle
and Fitton, realising that it would
soon Sink to (he bottom with both
of us aiboaM, flung oft his clothes
and, with the farewell that he would
try to make land and bring help to
ike, dove oit and struck
I had new learned to
was at the mercy of the
(Continued on Rage
for shore.
&whn
waves
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and
Londoi
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BOXING TOURNAMENT
BLVTH, ONTARIO i
on the Driving Park GrouivJ
FRIDAY, AUGUST
BOXING
3 bouts 3 rounds
Contests to
112 lb.
GALLOWAY
Ontario Champion
JIMMY OULBERT, of <S
lorn " of Tor
). class
BUMPS WRIGHT, of St.
DEL RABY,
Ontario
150 1
CHUCK WOOL!
1927 Ontario
CY. PETERSE
WREST
BUS. LOUCKS, WlltlS
LAING, St. Thoma
Canada Chari ....
Jas. McCallum; feferee '
Dr. McMaster, and Bort MelntyTe,
Ridges
BLYTH CIMeNN4 BAND O‘ -
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Seating Acroinnscilaiioii for Ait
Ladies will enjoy tlte .tournament-
well as > the tncn
Open Air dancing after the
meat
Gales open at 7,15 Boxing nt
Free parking space for na1
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