The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-03-18, Page 1Established 1873 Subscriptipn; $2.00 per year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 18th, 1943 Single Copy, 5 cents Sixty-Ninth Year
Store closes at npon on Wednesdays and 11 o’clock on Saturday Nights.
Ladies’ & Misses’ Spring Coats
We have just received a shipment of Ladies’ and Misses Spring Coats. We have a
large range to choose from in tweeds and plain materials in small, regular and half
sizes, also outside sizes, Our prices are very reasonable.
36 inch Drapery Chintz at 35c a yd.
4 webs only 36 inch chintz. Suitable for comforters and draperies — very scarce
goods — at 35c a yard.
Ladies’ and Misses’ Dresses for Spring
The new spring dresses are here in a fine range of .styles and materials.
Ladies’ and Misses’ Blouses
New styles, new materials, in stripes and plain materials. Sheers and other materials
—the finest range we have had in years. At from $1.00 to $2.95 each
Misses Sport Suits at $10.95
^j, «Misses sport suits, coats and skirts in plaids and stripes. Coats can be worn separately
X A real value this month at $10.95 per suit
MENS’ OVERCOATS ON SALE
If you are needing a good winter overcoat we have a few left which we offer at bargain
prices. Also we have just received a nice line of young men’s Worsted and Tweed
Suits.
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Kellogg’s All Bran
Large Pkgs..................
Woodbury’s Facial Soap 9
Always a favorite ........*...... DcUo
Dytint, a full range of colors
For spring liousecleaning .......
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Tomato Juice 9 1 Qp
VanCa,mjp’s or Ay liner, 26-oz. tins « >vl Ul
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Pimento Stuffed Olives
New pack, Spanish ..........
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No coupons required ................
Cooking Molasses
A heavy, dark syrup, in bulk .
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BINGO
TOWN HALL, EXETER
Play starts at 8.30 p.m. sharp
15 Rounds - Consolation Prizes
Special Door Prize
General Admission 25c
, Have a look at your label.
Exeter High School
..COMMENCEMENT..
Friday, Mar. 19
3.15 p.m.
in the
Exeter Arena
consisting of
SONGS, ORCHESTRA,
DANCES and a FLAY
Admission 25c
Students Free
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EXETER BADMINTON CLUB
HOLDS SUCCESSFUL DANCE
Over two hundred attended the
dance in the Exeter Areiia on Tues
day evening under the auspices of
the Exeter Badminton Club. Johnny
Downs, and his' orchestra furnished
the music. Throughout the evening
novelty dances were enjoyed,, prizes
going to Stewart Fuke, Mrs. Eugene
Beaver, Dr. H. H. Cowen and Mrs.
B. W. Tuckey. Net proceeds amount
ed to about $60.00.
SONG MAKES HIT
IN MONTREAL SHOW
The I.O.O.F. will hold a social
evening in the lodge rooms Thurs
day evening, March 25, beginning
at 8 o’clock sharp. Members, their
wives or widows are cordially in
vited. No lunch.'
W. E. Etherington, N.G.
B. A. Howald, Secretary
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Francis, of
town; Mrs. Amos Francis, of St.
Marys and Mrs, Lawrence, of Sea
forth, were at Grossweil, Mich., at
tending the funeral of their aunt,
Mrs, William Straffon. Mrs. John
Fletcher, of town, a sister of the de
ceased, Mr, and Mrs. Ray Francis
and Mr, GlarenCe Francis, of Wood
ham, also attended the funeral.
Mr. Stewart Fuke who has com
pleted his honor course in .^tisihess
Administration at the University of
Western Ontario and will graduate
with his B.A, degree, has been
spending a few days at his home
here. He leaves today (Thursday)
fdi‘ Manning Depot, Toronto, having
enlisted for aircrew with the
R.C.A.F.’
"After a Dream”, the song com
posed and arranged by L.A.C. Stan
Smith A.T.C.M., of town, lyric by
Eleanor Chartrand, Montreal, made
its debut Thursday of last week on
the All-Star Legion Show in Mon
treal’s new Sun Life Auditorium.
The song was one of the hits of the
show and the composers Wei*e com
pelled to take numerous curtain
calls.
The All-Star Show lias been invit
ed to include the famous New York
"Stage Door Canteen” m their tour
of "entertainment for troops” this
coming Summer.
Stan,’ who is half the piano team
of "Keene and Smith” on this show
and composes and arranges for the
All Stiirs, lias had a personal in
vitation to Visit New York as the
guest Of iMiss Gloria BOhiie, stage
and screen actress. Miss Beane was
tn Montreal last week-end making
arangements for BBC programs.
Geod luck Stan.
This Week the Tiimes-Advocate
carries a full page of auction sale
advertisements on page three.
DIES AFTER ACCIDENT
last
"A”
by
The
to count Windsor won the
14-10 and eliminated the Windsor now meets London
The London game will be
at Stratford.
hockey fans have been
EXETER FLIERS
LOSE ROUND TO
WINDSOR COLONIALS
* After losing only three games all
winter the Exeter Fliers from No. 9
S.F.T.S, finished the hockey season
at Windsor Friday evening of
week when in the Intermediate
playdowns they were defeated
Windsor by the score of 9 tp 4.
Exeter Fliers won from Windsor on
the previous Tuesday evening on
local ice with the score of 6-5, In
the home and home games with
goals
series
Fliers,
Army,
played
Exeter
treated to a real brand of hockey
during the winter. Stormy weather
and blocked roads interfered at
times with the attendance but on
the occasion of the last two games
played in Exeter packed houses
greeted the players.
The Windsor team ran up a 4-0-
lead in the first period of Friday’s
game, only to have the Fliers
strike back strong in the first half
of the second session to tie the
score 4-4, and again take a one-
goal lead on the round. Windsor
evened the score bn the round be
fore the end of the period, and
started the final frame leading on
the game, 5-4.
(Hub Macey started the Exeter
Fliers off in the middle period, af
ter they had been thoroughly out
played in the opening session. Pen
alties th'en cropped up to both sid
es, but the Exeter players kept up
a terrific offensive and Gunter, Al
len and O’Shea scored in succession
to put Exeter in the lead again on
the series, while the Windsor t^im
appeared to be badly disorganized.
The Colonials snapped back into
form in the final session and tallied
four times, and while they were
moving ahead on the round, the
veteran Metz Skaleske, in goal,
turned back all Exeter threats. Jos
Levine was the top goal scorer for
Colonials with thre^ markers, while
Hank D’Amore and Sam Tome tal
lied twice each. Bobby Hales and
Harry Hrdlicka had single counters,
the latter getting his in the final
minute of play.
Windsor—Goal, Skaleske; defence,
Stoddart, Hardlicka; centre, D’Am
ore; wings, Levine, Bukovitch; subs,
Brunell, Tome, Fitzgerald, Hales.
Exeter—Goal, Young; defence,
Webb, Allen; centre, Gunter; wings,
Macey, Forsythe; subs, Herder,
Tait, Bradley, O’Shea.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Cath
erine Cox, wife of John Cox, of Exe
ter, took place Monday afternoon
from the funeral chapel of E. R.
Hopper, Mrs, Cox died in St. Jos
eph’s Hospital, London, on Satur
day, from injuries received in an
auto accident while returning to
Exeter from London on March 1st.
The accident took place between
high banks of snow during a blind
ing snowstorm when the car in
which she was a passenger collided
with a truck driven by Albert Lucas,.
of London. Mrs. Cox received head
and leg lacerations and internal in
juries and her condition was criti
cal at the time. She was apparent
ly making a satisfactory recovery
and was feeling fine when Mr,
visited her
death,
Mr, and
community
years ago and at that time Mr. Cox
was employed with Nelson Stan-
lake.
The deceased, who was in her
57th year, is survived by her hus
band and five daughters in England.
She had no relatives in this coun
try. The funeral was conducted by
Rev. M. A. Hunt. The bearers were
A. J. Penhale, James and William
Stanlake, Herb Ford, Jack Carr
and John Hunkin. Mr. and Mrs.
Elmo Richard and several from
Thomas attended the funeral.
the day previous to
Cox
her
thisMrs. Cox came to
from England about 15
GRAND ARRAY OF
FANCY COSTUMES
AT CARNIVAL
St.
BACK IS FRACTURED
IN 25 FOOT FALL
work-while
inside a silo
Williams, of
Norman McDonald,
ing with John Hunkin
on the farm of B. W.
Usborne, on Saturday last fell a dis
tance of about 25 feet'to the ground
and suffered a fractured back, a cut
on the head which required several
stitches to close and some broken
ribs. Mr. McDonald and Mr. Hun
kin were doing some cement repair
work to the silo and were standing
on a scaffold. The former was
handling a large-sized chunk of ce
ment when the plank on which he
was standing tilted and he and the
cement were precipitated to the
bottom of the silo, on the floor of
which were pieces of the dislodged
cement. Fortunately the large
piece of cement landed first. The
injured man was brought to the of
fice of Dr. .Fletcher for treatment.
On Tuesday he was taken to Victoria
Hospital, .London,
when it was found
fered a crushing
back. He will be
hospital in a plaster cast.
A fancy dress carnival was held
the Exeter Arena Friday evening
last week and despite the mild
weather there was a good atten
dance. There was a goodly num
ber in costume and they presented
a colorful spectacle. The Exeter
band, under the leadership of Ted
Walper, provided the music. Prize
winners were as follows: Best dress
ed couple, Mrs. Graham Arthur and
Mrs. Wes. Ryckman, "Spanish cou
ple”; Joan and Pat Hopper, "drum
majorettes”; ladies’ fancy costume,
Shirley Appleton, "Red Cross”;
Marion Webber, "drum majorette”;
gents’ fancy, Elsie Gaiser, "Uncle
Sam”; Gordon Smith, "mounted
police”; fancy costume, girls under
16, Anne Marie Rivers, "Spanish
queen”; Mary Hannigan, "Chinese”;
fancy costume, boys 16 and under,
Bvuce Finlay, "Superman”; Ralph
Sweitzer, "Canada”; ladies’ comic
Lauretta Pym, "Saturday Night”;
Gilbert Dow, ‘‘old lady”; gents’
comic, Jim Wilson, in a barrel;. Ed.
Anderson, on a horse; boy or girl,
comic, Gordon Kirk and Frank
Brintnell; Chas. Cowen and Mur
ray Brintnell; clowns, Keith Brint
nell, Peter Cowen, Shirley and Nor
ma Taylor; special prize, Billy Pol
len, who was celebrating his fourth
birthday that -day and Janis Hamil
ton. Open race, A.C.l Roy Boyd,
A.C.l Jack Howie; boys 15 and<,
under, Douglas Fletche-r Hugh Da-’
vis; boys 12 and under, Gib Dow, ■
Harold Brintnell. The door prize, a :
$10.00 War Savings Certificate, was ‘
won by Maxine McDonald. The ’
jtfdges were Mrs. Fullerton, wife j
of Group Capt. E. G. Fullerton, O.C. ;
at No
Y.W.C.A. hostess; Fit. Lieut. Salis
bury and Fit. Lieut. Gordon, the two
padres at the airport.
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MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
HELD REGULAR SESSION
ON MONDAY EVENING
The regular meeting of the muni
cipal council .i
was held in.-l
day evening,
Tuckey and i
The minutes
meeting
>adopted on the motion of Council
lors Bierling and Dignan.
Communications were received
and dealt with as follows:
Bank of Montreal re adjustment
of taxes, tabled.
•Chinese War Relief Fund, re tag
day. It was moved and seconded
by Councillors Hern and Bierling
that request for tag day be granted.
Clerk to be notified of date chosen.
County
County
tion.
Board
ment to Arena Board,
ment of A. O. Elliot to the Arena
Board was confirmed on the motion
of Councillors
cott.
Dunlop Tire
coats, etc. On
lors Hern and
was instructed
tenac rubber coats in size 44
The matter of Firemen’s
ance was laid over for further in
formation.
By-law No. 3, giving authority to
borrow sums as needed up to ten
thousand dollars from the Bank of
Montreal, for municipal purposes,
was given its first and second read
ings on the motion of Councillors
Southcott and Dignan and finally
passed on the motion of Councillors
Hern and Southcott.
Estimates for 1943 were discuss
ed and final decision laid over to
next meeting.
The following accounts were read
and ordered paid on the motion of
Councillors Southcott and Dignan:
Dunlop Tire & Rubber Co., hose,
$3.42; Exeter P.U.C., street light
ing, $214.27; town clock,
lamp, town hall, 15 cents;
$218.07; County of Huron,
talization, $2i6.25; Henry
snowplowing, $7.80; Edgar
man, snowplowing, $2.60; Ed An
derson, snow, $1.40; Richard Da
vis, snow, $9.80; Robert Sanders,
$7.00.
All motions were carried,
journment on the motion of
cillor Hern.
C. V. Pickard,
of the village of Exeter
the town hall on Mon
March 15, with Reeve
all councillors present.
> of the last regular
of March 2 were read and
of Huron re rates. Filed,
of Huron re hospitaliza-
of Education re appoint-
The appoint-
Dignan and South'
& Rubber Go., re
motion of Council-
Bier ling the
to order six
clerk
Fron-
Insur
53.65;
total,
hospi-
Green,
Wild-
Ad-
Coun-
Clerk
CHARLES SALTER IS
NEW COUNTY CONSTABLE
9 S.F.T.S., Mrs. Racey,
fbr an X-ray,
that he had suf
fracture of the
several weeks in
com-
CHINESE RELIEF FUND
This fund continues to gi’ow, as
witness the list of donations given
below. The cause is a very worthy
one and the list will be kept open
for two or three weeks but do not
delay. Donations previously
knowledged amount to
The following additional
have been received:
Rd. Johns, R.R. 3, Exeter
A Friend, Exeter ..............
Donations to Chinese Relief
Fund from iCentralia
Brown .......mo,
W. J. Parsons
Kershaw ..................
ac-
$245.30.
amounts
2.50
.. 10.00
Otto
Mrs,
Mrs.
Mr, and Mrs, G. Baynham ...
No Name ...............................
Mr. and Mrs, G, R. Andrew ..
Primary S,S. Class
Intermediate Boys S,S. Class
Milk Bottle Collection
Mrs. T. Willis ...............
Miss A. Anderson......
Miss F. Davey ...... ........
No Name ...............................
Mr. and Mrs. J. Pollard ........
Mrs. George Hicks
Harold Penwarden
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Penwarden
Additional Donations to Russian
Relief
U.S.S. No. 15, Hay & Stephen
Rd. Johns, R.R. 3, Exeter ..
Wm. Johns, R.R. 3, Exeter,
2.00
1.00
1.00
2,00
2.00
1.50
1.35
1.00
1.00
5,00
2.00
2.00
.25
1.00
2.00
1.00
4.00
2.00
2.50
2.00
RESULTS OF RED
CROSS CAMPAIGN
GOOD TO DATE
The Red Cross canvass in this dis
trict is going over well considering
there was a week’s delay in start
ing. The amount turned in to date
is in the neighborhood of $4,000,
with few returns in from the coun
try district. The objective for the
district is $0,500. Of the amount
raised, the officers, men and wo
men of No. 9 S.F.T.S., Centralia,
have raised $1,032.20, one individ
ual subscription being for $500. The
officers’ mess contributed $50 and
the Senior N.C.O.’s $50. The can
vassers are still busy and hope to
wind up within the next ten days.
The Exeter and District War Time
Board have this week packed and
sent 81 parcels to the boys overseas.
Charles Salter of Exeter, who
has been employed as butter-maker
at the Exeter Creamery, was on
Friday last appointed County Con
stable by the police committee of
the County Council which met in
Goderich. Mr. Salter will fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation
of William Gardner, of Wingham,
who has joined the Provincial
Police. There were eight applicants
for the vacancy. Mr. Salter has had
no previous police experience but it
has been one of his ambitions for a
number of years. He is single, 40
years of age, is 6 feet 1 and a half
inches in height and weighs 225
pounds. He will receive his initial
training with High Constable Fox
at Coderich before he is stationed
at Wingham. We extend congratu
lations to Mr. Salter on his appoint
ment.
James St. Y.P.U.
The James Street ’ Y.P.U. met in
the church parlors on Monday even
ing with the president Vera Decker,
presiding. The meeting opened with
a hymn and a Psalm selection. Allan
Richard took charge of the meeting
the topic being - "Fellowship”. All
took part in the Scripture reading
and Vera Decker led in prayer.
Allan Richard then gave a very in
teresting talk on his trip to the west
coast while in the army. The meet
ing closed with the Mizpah bene
diction.
FROM
|^O g SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL
The London Life troupe played to
capacity audience in the Drill
Guests
and elsewhere were
HARNESS—LUTMAN
A quiet ’but pretty Wedding
solemnized at the Trivitt Memorial
rectory, Exeter, on Saturday, Mar.
13, when the rector, Rev. M. A.
Hunt, united in marriage Irene
Labelle Lutman, daughter of Mrs.
William Lutman and the late Wil
liam Lutman, of Exeter, to Harold
Thomas Harness, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Garnet Harness, of Woodham.
The bride looked lovely in a street
length dress of gold crepe with
brown accessories. Her only at
tendant was her friend, Mrs. dlar-
ence Prance, of Exeter, who looked
charming in a street-length dress of
sand crepe with brewn accessories.
The groom was attended by the
bride’s brother, Victor T. Lutman,
of New Hamburg, The groom’s gift
to the bride was a string of pearls,
to the bridesmaid a compact and to
the best man a leather billfold.
A wedding dinnef was served to
the guests at the home of the bride's
mother. The table was decorated
in pink and white. Later the bride
and groom loft on a short wedding
ti’lp.
was
GREYHOUNDS WIN
JR. HOCKEY LEAGUE
TITLE THIS YEAR
The Junior Hockey League
posed of public school students who
have staged their games at the
Arena on Saturday mornings, have
completed their games for another
season. Two complete rounds were
played, then semi-finals and cham
pionship games. The Greyhounds,
captained by Bill Waghorn, emerg
ed as champions from
games
Dragons,
ful to the
the use of
Saturday
were as follows:
Redwings—Hank Ellis (captain);
Don Easton, Frank Brintnell, Ken
Oudmore, Arnold Nichol, Charles
Cowen, Gordon Smith, Druce Fin
lay.
Greyhounds—Bill Waghorn (cab-
tain) ; Harold Brintnell, Bill Tuck-
ey, Bill Smith, Gordon Kirk, Mur
ray Brintnell, Donald Webster, Or
land Taylor, Raul Balkwill.
Dragons—-Bud Fresscator (cap
tain); Bob Luxtoh, Carl Storms,
Ivan Hunter-Duvar, Birriie Floyd,
George Ybnge, Grant Oudmore, Da
vid Grant, Clare Balkwill.
Bluebirds—41m Wilson (captain);
Peter ElUs, Keith Brintnell, Gib
Dow, ROSs Parsons, Glen Belling,
Donald Swartman, Walter McNich-
ol, Donald Kiri;.
Married in Scotland
and Mrs. Charles Anderson
received a cablegram from
Mr.
have
Scotland announcing the marriage
on March 10, of their only son,
Flying Officer Jack F. Anderson to
Miss Doris Winton, of
Scotland.
Dundee,
the final
against Bud Preszcator’s
The boys are very grate-
Lions Club for providing
the ice at the Arena each
morning. The teams
wedding
rectory,
WRIGHT—-KESTLE
A very charming spring
took place at St. George’s
London, on Tuesday, March 16, when
Lillian Pearl, only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. J. Kestle, of Exeter,
was united in marriage with Pte.
Robert Sydney Wright, only son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Wright, 110
Wilson Ave., London, Rev. Johns
ton officiating. The bride's father
gave her in marriage. Her brown
tailored suit looked cliic with a
little hat ornamented with a shoul
der veil in matching tone. She
wore a corsage of Talisman roses.
Miss Kathleeh Kestle,* of Windsor,
as her sister’s bridesmaid, wore a
tailored suit of pastel shade with
darker accessories. She also Wore
a corsage of bailsman roses. Da
vid Kestle was the best man.*’ A re
ception was held, at the home Of the
groom’s parents. Pte, and Mrs.
Wright left on a short honeymoon,
after which the groom will return
to his station and the bride will
return to Exeter.
a
Hall Thursday, March 11.
from Exeter
present including the town officials
and the Lions Club. Group Captain
E. iG. Fullerton welcomed the guests
and had words of praise for the ex
cellent work the London jLife troupe
was doing. Our hockey team, the
Exeter Fliers, were introduced to
the audience by the -.Commanding
Officer. The players modestly- ac- ’
cepted the applause from the
audience.
The performance from the troupe
was indeed enjoyable throughout. It
would be difficult to single out any
one part of the program for special
.mention since all of the acts were
of exceedingly high calibre. We
might add, however, a brief note of
praise for Don Wright, Don is in
charge of the entire musical produc
tion. (His versatility is astounding
One is tempted to ask what instru
ment doos he not play rather than
what instruments does- he play.
Following the stage show danc*<
ing for all was ih order. the fine
dunce music provided for the occas
ion set feOt a-tingljng, The mem
bers of the troupe joined the danc
ing crowd and added greatly to the
happiness of .the occasion. It was
indeed a4 gala evening and many
fovourablo comments were voiced
by station personnel and civilian
guests alike*
s|s ifi &On Wednesday evening Kenneth
Neate, an Australian witH tho R.C.
A.F., presented a short song recital
in the Recreation Hall, Kenneth
possesses a fine tenor voice and
provided us with a real musical
treat. During the 1941 season he
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