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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-12-31, Page 1| ■'('■"J,‘•tWia-jt Single Copy? 5 cents Sixty-Ninth Yew W. D. Saix- Addi- D. w. E. J. W. mis- at- (Continued on Page 4) his Happy New Year the busy Christmas S0&* most of the visiting ha.s and you are beginning thankful you should be has come and were fortunate for the festival best hap- evening meeting representation of V. Pickard, pre- Ratz. Nel- Her- and prin- The meeting evening at the result: Breaks Wrist W. W. Taman, while on by S. N. the Monday was a fair Clerk C. Mrs. Fred Bawden had the fortune on Saturday to fall at the home of Mr. Ed. Harness, fractur ing her elbow. • Established 1873 Subscription, $2.00 per year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31st, 1042 AS THE OLD' YEAR DRAWS TO A CLOSE WE WISH TO EXPRESS TO YOU OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR LIBERAL PATRONAGE OF THIS STORE, AND WISH TO EXTEND TO EVERYBODY OUR BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. PARTICULARLY DO WE WISH TO EX PRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF ALL BRANCHES OF THE ARMED SERVICES AT HOME AND OVERSEAS - OUR VERY BEST WISHES FOR THE COMING YEAR. FHiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin? STORE WILL BE CLOSED IN FUTURE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS and at 11 o’clock SATURDAY NIGHTS. GOLDEN WEDDING FOR MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR FRANCIS, OF EXETER Surrounded by their family and a few close relatives Mr. and Mrs- Arthur Francis on Monday, Decem ber #8th, very pleasantly celebrated’ the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. At 6.3 0< a wedding din- nex* was served, the wedding table being centred with candelabra and a three-tier wedding cake, favors de signating the places. Several bou quets of yellow iliums and tulips, the gifts of friends, adorned the rooms. The evening was spent in music, a contest and games, Mr, and Mrs. Francis singing by request "Silver Threads Among the Gold”. One pleasing feature was the pre sentation of a fiftieth anniversary Remembrance book which recorded the oustanding events ovex* the long years o‘f married life, included in which were many humorous Inci dents, In the book were pictures of the bride and grooxp following thejr marriage and numerous other pictures and in a special compart ment was presented a sum of money from the family. The book was com piled by Mrs. M. Belling, of Detroit. The honored couple were also the recipients of some beautiful gifts, together with, many cards of con gratulations. i Mr, and Mrs. ..Francis were mar ried at the home of tlxe bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. 'Charles Har rison, of Rogerville, the bride’s maiden name being Agnes Lillian HarriSon. The officiating clergy man was Rev. Mr. Harrison Fair. Mrs. Harrison and Athe late Dr. J. W. Harrison weye bridesmaid and groomsman. For ‘twenty-five years the honored couple resided on the Francis homestead on the 12th con cession of Usborne, where the groom’s father, the late Henry Francis, cleared the land and upon which now resides the fifth genera tion, Ray, Ross and Stanley Fran cis. After leaving Usborne Town ship, Mr. and Mrs. Francis resided for twenty years on the second con-- cession of Stephen Township and about five years ago retired to Exe ter. Mr. Francis was the youngest of a family of 'six/boys and six girls, the only 'surviving sister, Mrs. M. Heywood, being present for the oc casion. Mrs. Francis is the last survivor of a family of eight, one boy and seven giflB, The family of Mr. and Mrs. Fran cis were all present, including Mr. Ray Francis, Of Usborne; Mrs. Wil fred Shapton, Stephen; Mrs. Man ford Belling, of Detroit and Mrs. Andrew Hamilton; of Exeter, who, with theix' families were all present as were also Mrs. Harrison, of De troit and Miss May Jones. The Tixnes-Advocale joins itheir many friends in congratulations and wishes for many more years of py and healthful wedded life. OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION RECEIVED OF DEATH OF PILOT OFFICER ANDERSON Official word has been received that Pilot Officer Henry Gordon Anderson was presumed to have lost his. life on February 12, 1942. P.O. Anderson was attached to the fa mous rnand, Leader loops, also). EXETER WILL HAVE ELECTION FOB REEVE AND COUNCIL Exeter is to have a municipal election. There are two candidates in the field for the reeveship and six for the municipal council. The retiring members of the Beard of Education and of the Public Utili ties have been re-elected by acclama tion, The retiring reeve, B. W. Turkey, and the veteran of many a municipal contest, W. D. Sanders,, are in the field for the reeveship. Henry Bierling, Edwin M. Dignan, J. Well ington Hern, Herbert 0. Southcott, Aaron J. Sweitzer and Sylvester B. Taylor have qualified for council lors, four to be elected. Flying Officer Thomas Pryde has been re-elected by acclamation to' the Public Utilities Commission and E, R. Hopper, W. H, Dearing and J. N. Willis have been re-elected to the Board of Education. to All. The Weather Christmas was a delightful day. The trees and shrubbery were coat ed with frost, presenting an attrac tive appearance. The weather was brisk, but not cold- There was' skating at the Arena afternoon and evening. Christmas festivities were enjoyed by many family gatherings. The spirit of Christmas prevailed and everyone seemed to be enjoying the holiday season. Sunday was a disagreeable day with rain falling most of the day. Attendance at the Churches both morning and evening was slim. The country roads were not in good con dition for travelling. Mild weather hds prevailed the forepart of this week and much of the snow has disappeared. The county snow plow was used Monday to loosen the ice and snow from the Main Street through the business section. It was trucked away on Tuesday, , all-Canadian Bomber Com- of Bristol, led by Squadron “Moose” Fulton, of Kam- B.C. (who is now. missing P.O. Anders.on piloted one of the many Wellington bombers which tried to intercept the flight of the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen in their flight from Brest to the safer anchorages of Keil and Norway. It was one of the worst kind of days for flying with much rain and sleet. To bomb the boats, three layers of fog banks had to be traversed and the ceiling was 800 feet. The last word received from his radio was that they sight ed one of the ships and were going in. Nothing followed this last re port. Despite many rumors, none of the members of this crew have been found. The co-pilot yas P.O. Ferdinand Vtezina, of *Shawinigan Falls, Quebec. The other four crew members were from St. Thomas, Leamington, Hamilton and "Whitby: Pilot ‘ Officer Anderson ’ was a graduate of Exeter High School and Western University, London. For six years prior to enlistment in No vember, 1940, he was employed as a mining engineer with the Kerr- Addison Gold Mines, of Kirkland Lake. He received his Air Force training at Trenton, Orumlin, and graduated from Camp Borden on July 2I81, 1941, with the top rank ing honors of his class and his com mission. He had many interests, many tal ents and a great capacity for friend ship, as shown by the many letters received from’ his officers and pals in Canada and overseas. He is survived by his father, Mr. James Anderson, and brother, James E.> of Usborne Township and two sisters, Mrs. Theron 'Creery .of Usborne and Mrs. Glenxx McLean, of Kippen. Nominations for municipal offices were held Monday at noon in the council chambers of the town hall with Clerk C. V. Pickard presiding. Only a small proportion of the rate payers were present, adjourned until Monday 8 p,m, Following was For Beey© Dignan, Edwin M., by ders and R. E. Sillery. Sanders, William D., Scott and R. E. Sillery, Tuckey, BenSon, by Garnet Flynn and J.. W. Hern, For Councillors Dignan, Edwin M,-, by W. Sanders and R. E. Sillery. Robei’tson, Leslie, by J. G. Coch rane and N. Statton. Sweitzer, Aaron Jacob, by S. N. Scott and N. Statton. Hern, Wellington, by N, Station and A. E. Wuerth. Southcott, Herbert O., by B. Tuckey and J. N. Willis. Taylor, Sylvester B„ by A. Wuerth and J. H. Grieve, Bierling, Henry, by Garnet Flynn and J. G. Cochrane. Morley, James, by J. W. Hern and M. Southcott. Fbr Board of Education' (Elected by acclamation) Hopper, E. Russell, by L. J. Pen- hale and R. N. Creech. Willis, John N.,‘ by L. J. Penhale and B. W. Tuckey. Dearing, William H., by B. Tuckey and J. N. Willis. Public Utilities Commission. (Elected by - acclamation) Pryde, Thos., by R. N. Creech and L, J. Penhale. RUSSIAN RELIEF Now that son is ever, been done, to feel how that you live in. Canada, a land that has as yet been little hurt by the present war, is it not time that yeu. gave some thought to those who have made SO much sacrifice and fought so bravely for their protec* won and far ours? One ceuntry only had made some preparation to meet the onslaught of the Nazis, and that country was Russia. But fox* the heroic fight ing spirit of her people we in Cam* ada would be fearing invasion to day. We owe Russia a great debt, Aren’t we ready to recognize that debt and to pay some small portion of «it, by subscribing liberally to. the "Aid to Russia Fund”, which has been set up by the War Time, Committee. We know you would ’ give if we asked you personally, then. ' why not offer it to the officers of the Committee, who will give a re ceipt and the list will be published in the Times-Advocate, Contribu* tions to the fund may be deducted from your incoine tax, after you re ceive an official receipt from To ronto, fox all amounts of $5.0'0 or more,. There was no trouble in getting a start-off list of $83.<00 in a couple of days last week when we spoke personally to people. While it is worth the effort to speak person ally to everyone, still you should be just as interested as we are, and. not expect it. Contributions 'acknowledged last week amounted to $83,00. tional amounts follow: William Coates ......; 5.00 B. W. Tuckey ...............5.00 ' Miss Fanny Hatter ........2.00 A Friend ......................2.00 Joseph. May ...................1.00 Miss Helen Monteith ........1.00 Ernest Appleton ............IjO-0' - Mrs. H. L. Kyle ............5 JOO Frank Gunning, Kirkton 5.00' G. S. Howard ..............»5.00 R. N. Rowe ................. .5.00 Samson McFalls ............10,00 Mrs, Melissa Kestle ........5.00 W. J- Floyd ..... ........... 5.00 W. W. Taman ................5.00 Miss Alice Handford ......»l.<00 Frank Sheere ...........2 .’OF . Dr. Fletchei- .................10.00' K. J. Lampman .........5.00 E. R. Hoppex- ...............10.00 J. W. Hern ...................2.00 H. K. Eilber, Crediton....5.00 ’ Mr. and Mrs. Everett Skinner Congratulations to Mr. J. W. Ort- wein, Hensall’s oldest resident, who on 'Christmas day celebrated his‘ 9 3 rd birthday. On New Year’s day Mr. and Mrs. Ortwein will observe I heir 53 rd wedding anniversary. Mr. Ortwein is a remarkably smart and active man. Mayor Heaman’s Father Dies Mr, William Heaman, aged 91, father of Mayor W. J, Heaman, of London, and well known in Exeter, died at his home Saturday evening. Mr. Heaman has been a prominent figure in London for seventy years and for sixty years operated a fuel business. He was a native of Devon shire and was a prominent Method ist and later a member of the Un ited Church Conference W. Wright, daughter, and was well known in circles. Mrs, George of Exeter, is a grand STEPHEN TO HAVE ELECTION FOR REEVE There was a fail* crowd in tendance at the Stephen Township nomination' meeting ' held in the town hall, Crediton, on Monday af ternoon, Clerk H. K. Eilbei' acted as chairman. Those placed in no mination were: Fox* Reeve, Alonzo McCann and Roy Ratz; for deputy reeve, • Thomas Love and Roy for councillors, Arthui' Amy, son Schenk, Ed Hendrick and man Powe. Reeve McCann Deputy-Reeve Roy Ratz spoke cipally on county matters and the Huron County Home. The council lors confined themselves to muni cipal work. The new candidates spoke briefly, Mr. Hendrick express ed himself as not being in the field. As a result of the qualifications fil ed there will be a contest for reeve between Alonzo McCann and Roy Ratz'. Thos. Love will be the new deputy-reeve and .the cotincilloi's, Arthur Amy, Nelson Schenk and Her man Powe were elected by acclama tion. The new member is Herman Powe. The municipality is in splen did financial shape with a balance of $5,105.43 in the bank and $2,000 invested in Victory'Lean bonds. To this should be. added the estimated government subsidy for the 1&43 road expenditures of $1,850 and the outstanding taxes amounting to $4,- 664.92. It is expected the council will make a prepayment on the 1943 county rate thereby reducing th© taxes fdr the coining year. At night a meeting was held to nominate the Police Trustees for the coming yeax' and the following were nominated: Gerald Zwicker, Em ery Fahrner, Hugo Schenk, Mose Faistj Joseph Bullock and Lawrence Wein. The last three did not quali fy, leaving the former elected by acclamation. At there voters, sided and invited the retiring'’reeve and members of the old council, to gether with the nominees, to the platform. It was agreed that each speaker be given twenty minutes and that the retiring reeve be al lowed tixne to reply. B. W. Tuckey Mr. Tuckey was the first speaker. He referred to 1942 as being an outstanding year, otti’ west coast being threatened by the Japanese and- with U-boats in the River St. Lawrence, emphasizing the fact that Canada was vulnerable to at tack, He spoke of the volume of goods produced by the farmers for overseas; of our wax’ effort and of received a beautiful bouquet of yel low chrysanthemums from Toronto as a 'Christmas gift from* their son, L.A.C. Elgin Skinner, who is in England. The flowers were a love ly decoration a't the Sunday School at Elimville last Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner have also- .received ' an airgraph letter saying he was fine and had received a par cel and letters. His friends here are pleased to hear news of him. FROM jqo g SERVICE flying training school A.C.2 Lloyd Reynolds, of Man ning Pool, Toronto, and A.C.2 Bill Reynolds of No. 9 S.F.T.S. spent Christmas with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Reynolds. Both boys were taken ill with the mumps and on Monday were removed to Westminster' Hospital, where they will be quarantined for three weeks. Mr. Harry Snell, of London, while playing hockey at the Exeter Arena on Christmas night after skating, had the misfortune to be hit in the left eye with the puck, receiving a nasty gash under the eye which re quired several stitches. Oil Mon day he was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, for treatment. His many friends in Exeter hope for a speedy and complete recovery. RED CROSS NEWS Next Shipping day has been post poned until Friday, January 15. Un its please remember the change in date. The annual .meeting of the Exeter Red Cross Branch will be held in the library Monday evening, January 11 at eight o’clock. This is a pub lic meeting to which all Interested in the work of the Red Cross are in vited. * Mr. way to work on Wednesday morning had the misfortune to fall on the slippery pavement while crossing Main Street at James Street, break ing a bone in his right wrist. WEEK OF PRAYER The Ministerial Association made arrangements for the obser vance of the world-wide week of prayer in Exeter next week. The public is invited to attend each eve ning at 8 o’clock but the young people are especially asked to be present on Monday night when Rev. JE. W. Heimrich, of the Zurich Lu theran Church will give the address, An offering Will be received each evening for the Exeter, England, Fuiid. Services will be held as follows: Monday, Jan. 4—Rev, Heimrich, in James St. United Church. Tuesday, Jan. 5-—Rev. Woods in Trivitt Memorial Church. Wednesday, Jan, 6-—Rev. Irwin in Caven Presbyterian Church. Thursday, Jan, 7—-Rev. Galloway in Maih St. United Church, Friday, Jan. 8—*Rev. Hunt in James St. United 'Church, lias Well, Christmas gone. Those who enough to be home are now back oxi the job, while those who were in camp last week are now celebrating the advent of 1943 on five days’ hard-earned leave. Among those who have been away over 'Christmas is youi* regular cor respondent, Jack Wadland, our Y.M.C.A. supervisor. And well he deserved it. No man works hard er on the Station. He is at his of fice from' 9 in the morning till l<0> and 11 and sometimes 12 o’clock at night. And throughout the day there is a steady stream of callers, both in person and by phone, seek ing the help of the in its thousand and one wartime services. Every* one ‘ is welcomed with a friendly word and his needs attended to gladly. If the Writer is seri*y that you are not able -to enjoy Jack Wadland's cheery style this week, he Is at least glad to have the op portunity of expressing our very grateful appreciation of all -that Jack does around the Station, which includes practically everything ex* cept blowing his own trumpet. Si sjs # * You read last week of out Christ* mas party - tor the children of the Station personnel and of our carol (Continued on Rage *fhtee) | A Happy New Year to One and All I && tp \ ■bum ib I