The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-08-05, Page 1Seventy-Fifth Year
ball were
the
doned
Wednesday
a reunion
Park on Wednesday
Parade, Races, Contests
Feature Crediton Field Day
Single Copy 6 centsEXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1948
An afternoon of gaiety, fun
and clean entertainment was en
joyed by all who attended the
Field Day program sponsored
jointly by the Crediton Women’s
Institute and the Athletic As
sociation in the Crediton Com
munity
afternoon of last week.
Three games of
played. They were Boy’s Soft
ball by two local teams;
Crediton Married Girls vs, the
Single Girls, with the married
ladies winning with a score
29 to 10; and Intermediate C,
■Centralia vs. Crediton, Wally
Fahrner, who pitched for Credi
ton, displayed his old time skill
and deserves credit for the score
being 16 to 1 in Crediton’s fav
our.
A parade of decorated bicycles
tricycles .and wagons formed a
picturesque sight and was head
ed by the Crediton -Clown who
kept up his humorous activities• - - - — were
To Leave Centralia
Group Captain M- D. Lister,
who has been Commanding Of-
of R.C.A.F. Station, Cent-
Since March 19 47 will
the end of October to at-
National Defence College
nine
fleer
ralia,
leave
tend
at Kingston, Ont., for a
months course. Information
garding replacement
available,
Joins Teammates
Rev. Harold Snell
baseball toggery last
afternoon to play in
game with his old teammates at
Auburn. The team was comprise
ed of members from a squad
that played in 1922. They won
from a similar team from Blyth.
Legion and Band at
Kincardine Drumhead
Two busloads of the local Ca
nadian Legion and Exeter Citi
zens’ Band attended the Drum
head Service held at Kincardine
Sunday, The Legion members
from town had the largest turn
out of any branch in the dist-
except Kincardine, despite
the farthest
rict,
the fact they were
from the service.
The Exeter Band
an applause from
crowd when it marched by in
the new brown, grey and gold
uniforms. Bandmaster Ted Wal-
per received many compliments.
The band
and the
attention.
Captain
the speaker for the occasion.
The R.C.A.F. band from Ottawa
along with many of the
branch bands, was in
■dance.
drew quite
the large
was well looked after
boys appreciated the
Norman Rawson was
other
atten-
Tp Get Equipment
, Messrs. Wm. Sweitzer, Sam-
Sweitzer and the Turkey Trans
port left for Toronto Wednesday
morning to bring back the run
ways and equipment for the
new bowling alleys being erect
ed by Mr. Wm. Sweitzer. Mr.
Sweitzer expects to have the
building completed and ready
for the opening in September.
a
was held
eyes and broadened the
of former teachers and
who assembled
School on
second.
at Win-
Monday,
shortly
at Reunion
Fond memories of school days-
lit the
smiles
pupils
clielsea
August
Registration began
after one o’clock and almost six
hundred were present for
afternoon program. As the
er pupils returned with
lunch pails many hearty
shakes were intermixed
until midnight. There
races and .contests for young
and old Horseshoes. Fish Pond,
Hit the Cat and Bingo and a Tug
of War between Crediton
Btephen, Old .time music
songs by Joe Toth and the
were all enjoyed as was a
■onstration of the R.C.A.F.
Fighting Equipment by a
fighting team from the Central
ia Airport, This was followed by
a grand display of fireworks.
Members of the Women’s Insti
tute .were in charge of several
booths and did a
business. A large
present from the
community and a notable fea
ture was the marvellous order
which prevailed throughout the
•afternoon and evening. The
committee responsible did an ex
cellent job of organizing
Field Day and hopes were ex
pressed that another Field day
will be held in .Crediton in 1949.
Following is a list of prize
winners: Decorated Bicycles,
Mary Johnston, Jeanette Schenk,
Bobby Galloway; Tricycles,
Gwen and Jimmy Pfaff, Reggie
Finkbeiner, Shirley Ann Gaiser;
Wagons, Sheila Sisson, Joanne
Morgan, (Paula Boulianne; Bal
loon Race, Marion Gelinas, Allan
Lewis, Dennis Monroe; Winners
in running races:
Boulianne,
Roeszler;
Donovan Gower, Robt. Galloway,
(3) Terry Wade, Irwin Ford;
Donald Ragier; ' '
ier,
Tripp;
anno
Novelty
Bicycle
Tug of
Door
ess men were won by the follow
ing: Faist Bros., won by J.
Brock; F. W. Morlock, won ,by
Claire Schwartz; Gerald Z wicker
won by G. Nicholson; Hugo’
Schenk, won by Mr. Williams;
Mr. Hodge, won by Phylis Hern;
F. Brown, won by Bob Horney;
Murray Neil, won by Miss M.
Chambers; L. England, won by
Mrs. E. K. Fahrner; E. M. Fahr
ner, won by Mrs. J. Wade; P.
Boulianne, won by Doris Sims.
and
and
tioys
dem-*
Fire
fire
worthwhile
crowd was
surrounding
the
(1) Paula
Marion Faist, Ruth
(2) Ethel Dinney,
Irwin Ford)
(4) Dick Rag-
Eugen Houlahan, Bob
(5) Delores Pfaff,__Jo-
McCurdy,
Race,
Draw, :
War,
prizes donated by busin-
Labelle Hill;
Charles Green;
Frederick Haist;
won by Stephen.
resi-
past
Mrs. R. Davey
Mrs. Richard Davey, a
■dent of Centralia for the
twenty years, passed away at
her home on Monday, July 26th
in her 81st year after a lengthy
illness,
maiden
Stedwell, was born at Bradworth
England, .and came to Canada at
the age of twenty-three. She ,was
united in marriage with her ber
eaved husband in 1892. Besides
her husband she is survived ,by
four daughters and one son,
Mrs. Clarence Smith (Edna), of
Biddulph, Mrs- John Willis
(Carrie) aiid tMrs- Ashley Smith
(Irene), of Exeter, Flossie, of
Centralia, and Lewis, of Stephen,
also eight
two great
only other surviving relative in
Canada is
Stedwell,
his .wife,
The funeral service was held at
the home on Wednesday after
noon conducted by Rev. G. Weir,
pastor of the Centralia United
Church of which the deceased
was a member. During the ser-
vice Mr. Frank Taylor, of Exetet
The bearers
Wright, Frank
Hepburn, Joe
Hicks
three
carried
was in
The ..deceased, whose
name was Susanneh
grandchildren and
grandchildren. The
a nephew, William
of Sarnia, who with
attended the funeral.
“There is no Night There.
Were Messrs. Amos
Taylor, George
White, George
and Ray Lammie. The
grandsons and nephews
the flowers. Interment
the Exeter Cemetery.
Pass Examinations
Messrs, Ross Turkey and
Simmons recently received
that they had passed In
filial exams from the On-
School of Embalming at
EL
drid
word
their
tar io
Toronto. They ate now licenced
embalmers and funeral directors.
Mr.
the
drug-
Complete Course in
Poultry Diseases
Mr. L. V. Hogarth and
Jack Weber were two of
ninety-four hatcherymen,
gists and feed dealers who com
pleted a Dealer Training School
Course in Poultry Diseases and
management. This school
held from July 26 through
July 30 at Dr. Salsbury’s Lab-'
oratories, Charles City,
They received certificates at the
conclusion of the course signify
ing their satisfactory completion
of the school.
Practical instruction was re-,
ceived by them and the other
students on poultry diseases and
flock management problems
from professionally trained staff
members of Dr. Salsbury’s Lab
oratories who are manufacturers
of Poultry and Livestock Phari
macentics. They attended lec
tures, clinical discussions and
laboratory demonstrations relat
ing to such subjects as Anatomy
and Physiology of Poultry,
Poultry Germs and Parasites,
Development of Disease, Bacteri
ology, (Pathology, Merchandising!
and Selling and Poultry Service
Work.
Dr. Salbury’s Laboratories
conducts frequent schools of this
kind for the purpose of giving
dealers
which
them
raisers
was
until
Iowa.
practical instruction?
will be of great value to
in serving the poultry
of their communities.
THIS SCHOOL saw many of its former pupils and teachers
come back to its hallowed halls last Monday. Nearly 600
Winchelsea old boys and girls returned t(> the school
grounds foi’ a successful reunion. —Staff Photo
Return from Coast
Mr,
Jack,
Pryde,
urday
Pacific coast. On the outward
trip they visited with friends
and relatives at Regina, Lloyd-
minster, Edmonton, Stettler,
Calgary where they took in the
Calgary Stampede, Banff and
Vancouver. They returned home
by Kamloops, Yellowstone Park
and Chicago. The trip lasted
weeks.
and Mrs. M. Drysdale and
of Hensail, and Douglas
of Exeter, returned Sat-
after a motor trip to the
Bowl in Wingham
Messrs. H. C. Rivers and W.
H. Pollen; Ulrie. Snell and K.
Hockey; C. S. MacNaughton and
W. E. Sanders took in the
•Scotch Doubles tournament at
Wingham Wednesday afternoon
and evening. Each rink won
their first two games but fell
down in the third.
Elim-
on
the
Miscellaneous Shower
On Tuesday evening last
miscellaneous shower
in honoi' of Miss Pauline God
bolt, bride-elect at her home.
Pauline, taken by surprice, was
escorted to a decorated .chair.
After unwrapping her gifts, she
thanked those present. Contests
which proved very ’ interesting
and amusing were enjoyed by
all. A delicious lunch brought
a pleasant evening to a close.
six
Doing Well at the Races
Tom Yearley’s Amber Gratton,
who won the first heat of the
second division, 2.28, at the Jo-
cal races on July 21, is doing
well on other tracks in Ontario.
At Kincardine last Thursday the
gelding placed 3, 2, 2, and Wed
nesday’s races at Tillsonburg
found him winning 1, 2, 1.
Eric McIlroy’s two horses
from Grand Bend are showing
consistently. Silver Peter took
two heats and placed fifth in
Kincardine a week ago Wednes
day in .the 2.26, He won three
straight heats in the 2.28 and
tliree-year-old class at Goderich
on Civic holiday. Peter’s stable-
mate, Louella
1 in the 2.24
Thursday. On
tured 2, 1, 3
at' Goderich. Tom Elliot drives
both horses.
Gratton, ran 5, ,3,
at Kincardine on
Monday, she cap
jn the 2.22 class
Council fo Call Tenders for
New High School Debentures
of the
their
Clxam-
3, with
The Municipal Council
Village of Exeter held
meeting in the Council
bers on Tuesday, August
Reeve Tuckey and Councillor:
Allison, .Caldwell, Cochrane and
Sweitzer present.
The minutes of the last regu
lar .meeting of July 19th were
read and adopted on the motion
of .Councillors Sweitzer and Al
lison.
Communications were read
and dealt with as follows:
Goulding, Rose & Company.
Ltd., re Waterworks and War
time Housing Debentures. Filed.
Ontario Municipal Association
re convention. Filed.
Supertest Petroleum, re Shap-
ton Drain Assessment. Filed.
Exeter District High School
re Debenture Issue. It was
moved and seconded by Coun
cillors Sweitzer and .Cochrane
that the Exeter District High
School Board’s request that the
Corporation proceed to call ten
ders for the issue pf Exeter
District High School Debentures
in the amount of $560,000.00 be
acknowledged and that the Clerk
be instructed to prepare .the
Debenture By-Laws and to take'
other steps necessary leading up
to calling of tenders on issue.
Exeter District High School
Board, re Water Main to a hy
drant at site jC>£ District High
School. It was moved and sec
onded ,by -Councillors Caldwell
and Cochrane that the request
of the District High School
Board be acknowledged and
that the Public Utilities Com
mission be asked .to place a six
inch water main on Gidley -St,
to the building site and a hy
drant adjacent to site. Also that
the .Public Utilities Commission
be asked to place a hydrant on
the
that a catch basin might help
in this regard. It was moved
and seconded by Councillors Al
lison and .Caldwell that the
Clerk write Dr. Berry of the
Department of Health, Toronto,
asking for his advice in the
matter.
By-Law No. 11, 1948 to be
known as the Shapton Drain
was provisionally passed on the
motion of .Councillors Sweitzer
and Allison.
The matter of resurfacing
Main St. was again discussed.
The matter being held in abey
ance awaiting word from the
Department of Highways
the Brennan Construction
pany.
Building permits were
and granted as follows on
motion of
and Allison. Cecil Smith,
house, Leslie Thomson
house and heating plant.
Trouble was reported
drains at the residences
Fred Dobbs and Mr.
Sturgis. Street Commissionei'
Norry was
these drains opened. If trouble
is found to be in private
property holder to pay for
done.
The following accounts
read and ordered paid
motion of Councillors
and Caldwell: Huron
Company, supplies, $8.25;
ham Arthur, wrecker
Vernon Heywood,
77.50;
and
Com-
read
the
Councillors Sweitzer
. a
hota
the
Mr.
in
of
HaroldDobbs and
Street
instructed to have
drain
work
were
on the
Allison!
Lumber
Gra-
service,
shing-
Harry
Discuss Plans for
New High School
The July meeting of the Exe
ter District High School Board
was held in the Home Econo
mics room on Thursday evening,
July 29. Absent, E. R. Hopper.
The minutes of the last regu
lar meeting, June 10, and the
special meeting, June
read and adopted.
The correspondence
and discussed.
The secretary was
to ask Page & Steele
the Insurance Underw:
Decoration Service
Held at Elimville
Decoration Service for
ville Cemetery was held
Sunday, August 1st, in
Elimville C’hurch. A service was
held in the church with Rev. H.
Snell, of Exeter, as guest speak
er. The choir rendered, a lovely
anthem and two quartettes each
sang lovely numbers. The pian
ists for the service were those
who had been pianists in years
back. The church pulpit was
beautifully decorated with glad
ioli in memory of Mr. Samuel
Pym who passed away last week.
Mr. Wm. Johns gave a Financial
Report of the Cemetery Board
and special offering was taken
for the Cemetery Fund.
28,
was
were
read
instructed
i to supply
Titers with
a copy of the school plans for
obtaining an insurance rating.
Per E. L. Mickle and C. S.
MacNaughton that the chairman
and secretary request the Exeter
Council to proceed
ing of tenders for
issue. Carried.
The secretary
Page & Steele that this step has
been taken.
Per E. L. Mickle and K.
Johns that the chairman and
secretary sign the contract sub
mitted by Page & Steele. Carri
ed.
Per E. Chambers and James
McAllister that the heating
plant in the new school and the
annex be vacuum cleaned. Car
ried.
Per A. W. Morgan and L. C.
Brisson that the Board accept
the tender of J. Hu-bert Jones
for the
•—the
within
her 1 :
in the
Negotiations for bus contracts
are to he continued.
Per C. S. MacNaughton and
A. Finkbeiner that the secretary
ask Page & Steele for their ad
vice regarding subterranean or
overhead hydro cable ’from street
to building; also their opinion
regarding owning transformer
equipment. Carried.
The accounts were approved
for payment as read on motion
of James McAllister and E. L.
Mickle.
The Board requested Mr.
Steele to bring the plans and
specifications.
The meeting was adjourned at
12:30 per C. S. MacNaughton.
E. D. Howey, Sec.
with the call-
the debenture
is to advise
i Brierley house at $2,750
building to be removed
sixty days after Septem-
and subject to conditions
tender. Carried.
the Lake Road opposite
Exeter Rutabaga plant.
The engineer’s report in re
gard to the Shapton Drain was
read. A number of interested
ratepayers were present and dif
ferent angles of
discussed, Land
which the drain
be assured that,
is done on the drain, no furth
er undesirable waste and refuse
would he allowed to enter and
coiHamlnato the water running
in the drain, It was suggested
the matter were
owners through
runs wished to
after the work
3.00;
ling Town Hall,
Beirling, coal, Town Hail, 9 7.65
Cann’s Mill Ltd., post, ,55: Bell
Telephone Company,
Town Hall, 4,00; The
World, Assessment
Statutes 2.82; Mather
and oil, truck, 13.45;
field’s Ltd., supplies, 18.35;
E. Boyle, Supertest, 15.24,
lief:
R.
and
Grocery, 7.00;
7.00; Broom’s Meat Market,
00; ........................
Sheet:
41.63; Edgar
34.72;
34,72;
46.00.
All
journment on the
Councillor Sweitzer.
C? V. Pickard, Clerk
telephone,
Municipal
Act and
Bros., gas
Linden-
C.
Ro-
Ford Food Market, 9.00,
G. Seldon,
Darling,
7.00; Chambers
4.00; Harvey’s
James P. Bowey
4.-
Time
labor
labor,
labor,
labor.
Exeter Dairy, 6.00.
Gerald Cornish,
Mawhinney,
.Sam Grainger,
Richard Davis,
motions wore carried,
motion
Ad-
of
Gun Club Bangs Out
Win Over Stratford
On Wednesday evening of last
week, the
visited the
a friendly
having as
sent as
some of i t s m e 111 b e r s shoot
twice. Out of 250 targets shot
at by each club, Exeter scored
>210 while Stratford scored 166.
The scores are as follows:
Stratford (out of 50 targets) G.
Johnston, 42; K. Budd, 40; G.
Sloat, 32; Gar Free, 23; Strat
ford (out of 25 targets) E. V.
Leach, 16; V. Wreford, 13.
Exeter (out of 25 targets) A.
Essery 21, D. Trlebner, 18; J.
Carr, 19; F. Kerr, 24: R. Brint
nell, 25; E. Carroll, 16; C. Wat
son, 21; H. Green, 21; I. Eord,
24; B. Essory. 19.
Following the competition be
tween Stratford and Exetef, the
following then each shot at 25
i?rgof4 with scores as follows:
B. "StanUke, 23; E. Carroll, 17;
Chuck Rowe, 20; J. Carr, 19;
F. Kerr. 23.
Stratford <Gun Club
Exeter
shoot,
many
Exeter,
Gun Club for
Stratford not,
members pre-
had to have
Softball Finals
The district W.O.A.A. softball
league finals will get under way
this week. Hensail and the Cen
tralia R.C.A.F. will meet each
other to determine who will re
present the "B” group. The first
game is scheduled for under
lights this Saturday night
Hensail.
Grand Bend
the two teams
each other in
The first game
played this Friday night. Both
series will be a two-out-of-three
game contest. Following the
W.O.A.A. playdowns, a league
championship will be declared.
the
at
areand Sharon
who will oppose
the "C” series,
possibly may be
New Telephone
Directories Issued
Large increases in the number
of telephones in service are re
flected in the new buff-colored
telephone directory recently
mailed to subscribers here. The
alphabetical section of the book
has increased by twelve pages
to a total of 144, and contains
more than 17,000 new and re
vised listings for the many com
munities covered.
J. M. Goodwin, Bell Telephone
manager for this area, points
out the necessity of looking up
numbers in the new directory
before calling, in view of the
large number of changes. He
also urges subscribers to bring
their desk pads and lists of fre
quently called numbers up to
date by consulting the new book,
to avoid calling numbers that
have been changed. The now
outdated green-covered directory
should be discarded.
As usual, the directory lists
numbers for many
including London,
Exeter, Crediton,
other centres, and
simultaneously to subscribers at
those points.
About 725 directories were
mailed to subscribers in Exeter.
the
form-
their
hand-
with
fond memories and tales of the
by-gone .days. A reception com
mittee received the guests as
they arrived and the large
“Welcome” sign over the front
door of the school expressed to
them the feeling of the section
on their home-coming.
The address of welcome was
given by Mr Harvey Sparling,
president of the Reunion, and * Mrs. Calder .MeKaig, on behalf ’
of the Old Boys and Girls, re-?
plied in a very fitting manner.
Mr. Wm. Routly, a former pupil,
very capably accepted the chair
man’s responsibility with unus
ual wit and humour. Among
those giving short addresses
were Warden Hugh Berry, Rev.
Mair, Rev. Peters, Miss Wiggins, .
a former teacher of 1887,
Hubert Jones, and of course, the
program could not be complete
without hearing from “Uncle
Joshua’’, who spoke on his re
collections of school days before
the turn of the century. The
school children did their part in
helping with the program.” After
the speeches, sports under the
direction of Mr. Lome Elford.
and his committee, were
by all.
Results
follows:
Margaret
of the races
girls 6 and
Johns, Grace
enjoyed
communities,
St, Thomas,
Hensall and
was mailed
Legion Carnival and Draw
Raises $1,800 for Building Fund
“Two crowns and a hook!''
“Number sixty-three!”
“Bingo!”
“Step right up, folks.”
These were familiar sounds as
2,000 people spent a gay eve
ning at the Exeter Arena last
Friday night to make the Legion
Frolic a success. Around $1,800
were realized for the building
fund.
Mrs. E. J. Small, 232 Nelson
Street, London, won the shiny,
new electric refrigerator as
M.L.A. Tom Pryde drew her luc
ky stub out of the raffle cage
first. The crowd waited breath
lessly for Mr. Pryde to announce
the winner. Everybody wanted
to win the hard-to-get prize.
Douglas Harness, employee at
Canadian Canners, won the new
washing mashine.
Other prize winners were:
Bicycle. H. R. Williams, Brad
ford, Ont.: one-hour airplane
ride, A. A. Harris. 39 Anne
Street, Exeter; woollen blanket.
John Batten, Woodham; electric
toaster, Mrs. Wm. Hatter, Exe
ter; chime alarm
roe, Exeter.
Fate played a cruel trick In
the proceedings. The one hour
airplane ride went to Mr. Har-
clock, J, Mon-
ris, none other than a member
of the Royal Canadian Air
Force.
The smart Exeter Citizens’
Band led a bicycle parade to the
grounds at 8:30. Three girls
took Otop honors for the best de
corated vehicles: Marilyn Skin
ner, riding a lovely fresh flower
decked wheel, was awarded
first; Sandra McKnight and
Elaine Kernick took second and
third. An added attraction were
decorated tricycles, Barbara Mc
Donald and her playmate, Artie
Quinn, captured first and second
prizes. The other entrants re
ceived consolation awards.
The dance was well attended.
After the carnival was over
Legion men were very grateful
for the generous public response.
Further donations to the cause
are being received, the lastest
one from Mr. J. H. Jones. The
drive will stil go on and dona
tions will be gratefully accepted.
The executive was also thank
ful to their members and the
Lions Club who helped them
with the games.
were as
under,
Johns;
boys 6 gnd under, Harold Pym,
Lloyd Moore; girls 8 and under,
Mary Dickey, Mary Skinner;
boys 8 and under, Edward Hern,
Milton Gregory; girls 10 and
under, Norma Veal, Jean Gilfil-
lan; boys 10 and under, Dalton
Skinner, Larry Sheir; girls 12
and under, .Elaine Hern, Hazel
Sparling; boys 12 and under.
Garry Middleton, Ross Hunter;
girls 14 and under, Phyllis Hern
Elaine Hern; boys 14 and .un
der, Murray Gregory, John Pym,
single ladies, Marilyn Hern,
Dorothy Pooley; single men,.
Keith Heywood, Billy Heywood;
married ladies, Mrs. L. Cushman
Mrs. G. Ratcliffe; married men,
Harry Murch, John Miners; nail
driving, Mrs. G. Prance; pace
40 yards, men, Cliff Brock; kick
the slipper, Mrs. R. Skinnerj
Mr. D. Murray; marshmallow
race, Patsy Hawkins, Billy Hey
wood; ■ ■ -- -
Mrs.
largest
Dobbs.
Among the special events the
honour of coming the
distance to the reunion
Miss Bessie Barker, a
of Regina, Sask,
from a distance
vyn Camm and
Camm, of Fort
Weitzman,
N.Y.,
of
ladies’ smallest waistline,
Alvin Murray; ladies’
waistline, Mrs. Minor
Mary Jane Horney
Mary Jane Horney, beloved
wife of the late John Horney
and eldest daughter of the late
William and Margaret Chambers
Horton, passed away at .Oshawa
at the home of her brother, J.
C. Horton, on Wednesday, Aug
ust 4. Her husband predeceased
her in 1911.' She was a member
of James Street United Church,
prominent in the Eastern
and an ardent worker in
Red Cross. Surviving are
sister, Miss Maude Horton,
ter. and .a brother. J. C. Horton.
Oshawa. The renin ins are being
brought to Exeter and the. fun
eral Friday afternoon will be
held from the R. ,C. Dinney
Funeral Home with interment in
the Exeter Cemetery.
Pee Wees Win
The Exeter Pee Wees went to
Dashwood on Wednesday night
and won an exhibition baseball
game 13-1. Murray Brintnell had
twenty strike-outs on the mound
for the locals.
.Star
the
one
Exe
No Paper Next Week
The staff of tlm Timcs-AOvo*
cate will take a holiday next
week and no paper will be pub
lished. The office, however, will
be open to take care of any
emergency work, Correspondents
and advertisers please take note.
Surprise Picnic
A surprise picnic
Sunday at Riverview
honor of Mrs. Lydia
88th birthday, August
children, grandeildren
grandchildren were present.
Sweitzer
basket of gifts,
grata la tions.
ceived from her grandson, Gor
don Hewlett., of Hope, B.U. The
eldest great granddaughter Miss
Eleanor Sharpe, of Shipka, as
sisted in unwrapping the gifts
and reading the birthday greet
ings after .which she received
a gilt from her groat grand
mother for assisting So capably.
The afternoon was spent in
playing games and contests.
There were 26 who sat down to
a real picnic lunch including
old fashioned ice cream. After
a sing song and wHli all happy
they parted, looking forward to
another birthday to come,
was held
Park in
Sweitzer's
3rd, The.
and great
Mrs
was presented with a
cards and eon-
A telegram was re
her grandson,
longest
went to
novelist
present
Mr. Mer-
Jas. A,
Mr. and
Niagara?
Mrs. Gay and Mr. S.
Detroit, Mr. T. Hey-
of Welland, Miss Hazel
of Port Huron, and
and Mrs. Price, of Detroit.
The oldest lady, who formerly
attended Winchelsea School, was
Mrs. Peart, of Exeter, and the
oldest men were Mr. Wm. Clark
of Exeter, and Mr. Sidney Cook,
of Detroit, both having birth
days on the same day and being
The youngest
was Haw
aii d Mrs.
received the prize for
the grandmother with the most
grandchildren in attendance
Mrs.
■prize for the mother
most
couple married the longest
both having
sea School
Harry Del bridge, Exeter. Little
Blair Fletcher celebrated his 1st
birthday on Monday and so re
ceived the prize given. After the sports a bounteous picnic sup
per was served on the lawn.
The largest crowd in Winchel-
soa's history attended the. even
ing program which consisted of^
various selections by the Gowam
sisters, Miss Anna
June Walters, Mr.
Mr. C. Paul and Mr.
Greetings from
Board were conveyed
Victor Jeffery. Mr.
man. of London, son of a former■
pastor, related a few humorous
experiences of by-gone days.
Later dancing and Ringo were
enjoyed by both old and young
’till the morning dew had fallen.
Both the hot dog and ice
cream booths were well patron
ized. '
Prizes for the bingo .and some s
of the sports were donated by .
the merchants of Exeter. Bingo 7
was conducted by the Legion. , /
I >
Mrs.
Falls,
Cook,
wood,
Heywood,
Mr.
Others
were
Mr.
Erie,
of
87 years young,
baby on the grounds
rence Otis, son of Mr.
Howard Otis. Mrs. John Prance;
of Exeter,
and
the
the
The
and
attended Winchel-
Was Mr. and Mrs.
Ward Hern received
With
children present.
Brock, Missj
R. Switzer!
Harry Hernl
the School by Mr|
Ford Steady