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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1946-08-15, Page 1Established 1873 Subscription, $2.00 per year 0 "T * EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15th, 1946 Single Copy, 5 cents Seventy-Third Year Who Said There Were Fish? On Saturday afternoon a crew of optimistic fishermen-—Eldrid and •F'red Simmons and two American companions Bill Co whig and George Hogen, Graham Arthur and Harry Parsons—embarked for Bruce peninsula in search of the famed northern strugglers of the deep. Setting Barrow Bay, south of Bions Head, as their destination, they landed there in the early evening —stil'l in high spirits. While two of the members “threw” their tent —a portable means of abode—-on the edge of a precarious cliff, the other four immediately launched their fishing barge and set sail with the idea of catching some breakfast food as their objective. It proved a fruitless objective! Sometime during the evening they retired after unearthing bait for the next morning’s fishing and placing theii- •camping grounds in fair condition for habitation. ,At approximately 5 a.m.? the tenants of the canvas apartment be­ gan to straggle out to a dawn breakfast of sizzling bacon and eggs and steaming coffee. The air was frigid, for "Old Sol” had not as yet peeped over the watery hor­ izon, Undaunted by the former eve­ ning’s angling defeat, the party headed for Old Woman's River, a supposedly excellent ‘bass grounds. After spending several chilly but unproductive fishing hours there, they proceeded to Stokes Bay, still optimistic, but lacking somewhat the former enthusiasm. Finally ad­ mitting defeat there they returned to the original camp, packed up, and left the ill-famed peninsula. In a final, but vain attempt to lure one of the submarine monsters from hiding, they s>lid into Chesley Bake for a short cruise. on the re­ turn trip. Fishless, but happy, they arrived back in Exeter Sunday evening. Pardon us! Although no proof waS available, two bullheads and a min­ now were reported caught some­ where enroute. May we be allowed to state at this time that a thunder storm in the peninsular district the day before was blamed for the small catch? Cleanins and Pressing Bu siness is Sold Bennis Regiei’ has disposed of his cleaning and pressing business in Exetei- and in future it Will be known as the Zip Valet 'Service, situated in Wright’s Store. The new proprietors are Fit, Bieut. Earl. F. Reid/ D.F.C., and Mr Raymond B. Coutanche. Fit. Bt. Reid is at present stationed at the Radio School at Clinton, His home is in Montreal and aftex' returning froxn overseas he was stationed at Centralia Airport, While overseas he was married to a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Coutanche, of Watford, England, who came to Canada aJbout three years ago. Mrs. Reid’s parents and her brother, Raymond B. Coutanche, came to Canada about seven weeks ago and have taken up their residence in a house belonging to J. W. Hern, William Street. Raymond will be in charge of the new business, We welcome them to Exeter. Forest Lad Loses Finger at Work Barry Passmore, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Passmore, of Forest, lost four fingers and part of the thumb of his right hand in a jointing machine at the ■Forest Basket Company factory Friday of last week while engaged in taking splints from the machine. The lad is a student of Forest High School. Barry is believed to have been taking out splints from the jointer. In some manner while reaching fox* splints he moved his hand too far ahead and when the blade of the jointer came down, lie lost the four fingers and part of the thumb. He was given medical treatment -at the factory and rushed to Sarnia General Hospital where an effort is being made to save the stubs of the fingers so that an artificial hand can be fitted. Young Passmore was well known as a drummer for the Forest Ex- celsiox* Band, and as a juniox- base-­ ball player. No Place Like H uron After 1300 Mile Travel Mr, and Mrs, R. B, Williams and Mr. and Mrs. John Hodgert return­ ed Monday evening after a motor trip lasting a week and covering 1300 miles through the states of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York, They crossed into the United States at Port Huron and motored south through Michigan and Ohio into Kentucky and then over to West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and home bv Buffalo and Niagara Falls. In Kentucky they [ followed the renowned trail of the battles betweexx the North and the South and visited some of the na­ tional shrine. In West Virginia the route took them through mountain­ ous country where it was next to impossible to locate a hundred acre farm. .Small patches of ground on hillsides were under cultivation. It was a very scenic route and at times difficult motoring. In Virgin­ ia and Pennsylvania they were much impressed by the coal mining activities that were everywhere pre­ valent. Trains comprising 150 cars of coal, almost a mile long were seen and heard frequently. At one place they saw six engines hauling 6 0' cars of coal out of the mountain­ side. There were two engines pull­ ing, two in the middle and two at the end pushing the cars. The Pen­ nsylvania oil fields were also visit­ ed and proved very interesting. At one place in Virginia they climbed a fourteen mile hill. The highest point ixx their journey was at Mt. Elk, 3533 ft. above sea level. After covering a lot of country they were convinced that Huron county was hard to beat and they were glad to be back home. Walls Reach First Floor The masonwork for. the walls of the first floor of Jones & Mac- Naughton’s new seed building has beexi completed and the beams for the second story are now being in­ stalled. The Exeter Bions Club are lay­ ing fheir plans for (the annual frolic’'to be held sometime in Oc­ tober. < w* Locals Put Out By Clinton N ine The local hardballprs bowed out of the playoff picture at the hands •of Glinton, loosing their second .game 19-6, at Clinton last Thurs­ day night. The Clinton sluggers wheeled the opposition hats freely scoring .thir­ teen runs in »the first three innings to take an early lead before the onslaught was stemmed 15y Austin Fahrner who allowed but five hits in the rexnaining four innings. Fielding gem of the night was pulled off hy Wally Fahrner in ■centre field in making a sensation­ al running catelx on Neilans, fly ball in the fifth inning. Hawkins’ three singles and a triple out of foui' times at bat was the heavy slugger of the night. Miller and Kennedy both hit four-baggers. .500 Ball During Season. Much credit is due to the local boys this season for their fine showing despite their playoff set­ backs. During the schedule they played .500 ball which is a com­ mendable effort fox* practically a new line-up. Most of the hoys are .playing their first year in baseball and the veterans on the team, Joe Creech, Austin and Wally Fahrner, Art Cann, Bob Dinney and Mianag- er Gerry .Smith have been out of action fox* several years. One con­ solation is that they have a young teaxn which, if they caxx stick to­ gether. should account for some­ thing in the next few seasons. Grand Bend is Free of Polio Rumors that a pplio epidemic allegedly is ’raging at Grand Bend are without any foundation what* soever, Dr, Hobbs Taylor, of Dash­ wood, member of the Ontario House and medical officer for Stephen Township, reported Saturday, Dr, Taylox* said he had previous­ ly heard of the rumors, and took immediate steps to •check for signs of the disease in Grand Bend. Un­ der his supervision? homes in sev­ eral different sections of the lake resort were contacted over a three- day period, and "no cases of polio were found,” he declared. Dr. Tayloi- also stated that in his capacity as medical officer for the township he has not received as yet a single report of any polio case. "Not only are the rumors entirely baseless, but the polio is conspicuous by its absence,” said the medical officer. On Bunday afternoon Mi-. Eric ■McIlroy, of Bakeview Casino, made a public denial of the fast-spreading rumors ovei- the loud-speaker sys­ tem at the Bend. Board Buys R.C.A.F. Building To Accommodate Students Triple Celebration Mr, G. W, Dawson today (Thurs­ day) rounds out twenty-one years with the Bell Telephone Co, in Exeter. Mr. Bawson during those years has been a faithful and ef­ ficient employee of the company. He now becomes a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. On the^ same day Mrs. Bawson and theii* son Gerald, both celebrate their birthdays. Congratulations, Ladies* a nd M isses* Summer Dresses Misses’ Alpine Skirts On Sale at $2.65 each dozen Ladies’ and Misses’ Alpine Cloth Shirts, sizes5 dozen Ladies’ and Misses’ Alpine Cloth Shirts, sizes 14 to 20. Regular price up to $3.95. A real value for fall wear. Clearing at $2.65 each. Misses’ Pullover Sweaters Regular $1.50 each — Clearing at 98c About 3 dozen Misses’ Pullover Sweaters, assorted colors in stripes. Regular price $1.50 to clear in a hurry at 98c, each. Blue Covert Qloth Shirting 1 web blue covert cloth, for men’s and boys’ work shirts, 36” wide, very scarce goods, at 40c yard. Heavy’ Striped Flannelette at 35c yard 5 webs heavy weight striped flannelette, 36” wide, for early fall selling at the old price, 35c yard. Carpet Warp For knitting and crocheting, natural color, 2 spindles just arrived. 4-PIy Scotch Fingering Yarn 15 spindles, 4-ply Scotch finger­ ing yarn, good assortment of colors, -exceptionally good qual­ ity, 44 lb. skeins at 60c skein. All Ladies’ Summer Hand Bags on sale at reduced prices. Feltol Rugs Limited supply, good patterns, sizes: 6’ x 9’; 71/2’ x 9’; 9’ x 9’; 9’ x 10i/2’; 9’ x 12’; 9’ X 131/2’; 9’ x 15’. . Special Values for Thursday, Friday & Saturday Orange Marmalade Large 24 oz. jars .... Diced Beets, or Carrots Choice quality, 20 oz. tins .........2 for 19c VanCamjp’s Mammoth Peas Choice quality ........... per tin 16c New Canadian Cheese Colored, off the piece .....,,,.... pei* lb. 34c . each 29c Coffee-—your choice: Maxwell House, ChaSe & Sanborn, « Nabob, Royal York .............. per lb. 43c Table Apples, fancy. Red Astrachan .....per doz. 35c Libby’s Vegetable Soup Special Vallie^ 10 os. tills ........ 3 for 25c Phone 32 Jones & May Your Superior Store I CBINTON AB MacDonald, 3b ...... 5/ Bartliff, 2 b ...... 4 Hawkins, lb ......«... 4 White, ss ................. 5 Neilans. If ............... 5 Colquhoun, c ..... 4 Miller, cf .....-........... 5 Sehoenhals, rf ......... 4 Draper, p ................. 1 Kennedy, lb ........... 1 38 EXETER AB R H 1 1 4 2 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 Har. Holtzman, 2b .... 5 Sweet, p and cf ..... 2 Elson, rf .....;............ 5 Smith, c .................. 4 Creech, cf and If .... 3 Hennessey, lb ....... 4 How. Holtzxnan, 3b .. 4 Nicol,. ss ................... 2 Dinney, If and p ....... 1 A. Fahrner, p/;.«...... 3( W. Fahrner, cf ..... 2 19 R 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 lO- 15 H 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 35 6 9 E 2 •01 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 E 0 ■0 0 '01 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 Laid to Rest The funeral of the late Mrs. Chax-les H. Ferkins was held Fri­ day afternoon last horn the home of hex- son Harvey, 4th concession of Usborne, conducted by Rev. A. B. Irwin and assisted by Rev. C. W. Down. A duet was sung by Mrs, ■Percy MeFlalls and Miss Reta Rowe with Mrs; W. ‘Pybus as accompanist. The pallhearers were Messrs. 'Gar­ net Hicks, Harold Jeffrey, Milton Buther, Edward Sillery, IButher Rowcliffe and Won, Warren. Those from a distance attending the fun­ eral were Mr. and Mirs. Hugh Adams. Toronto; Mr. Geo. Richard­ son. St. Thomas-, Mrs. Wm. Marton, Mr. and Mrs. W, Butler and Mrs. Howard Bullger, of Bondon; and Mrs. Elma Nichols, of California-. Interment was in the Exeter Ceme­ tery. New Pastor Welcomed At Staffs Church Rev. A. H. Daynard, B.A., new pastox* of Staffa and Zion United churches, formerly of Jarvis, Alta., was officially inducted into his new pastorate at a service in Staf­ fa United Church Friday evening, Aug, 9, Rev. Mr. Daynard succeeds Rev. F. G. Risdon, who has moved to Thamesvllle, D'nt, Rev, W. O. Mather of Fullarton, president of •Perth presbytery was in charge of the induction. The sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Daing of Woodham. Following the induction service a friendly time was spent getting .acquainted with Mr, and Mrs; Daynard and theii- sons, Terry and ‘Robin. Young-Tanner A wedding took place in the United Church, Grand Bend, when Miss Bettina Tannex- and Mi-. John Alexandex- Young, of Thamesford, were united in marriage by Rev. W. T. Cleave, pastox- of the church. Mr. Douglas Gill, organist of the ■church, played the wedding music and Mr. Harry Hoffman sang dur­ ing the signing of the register, "AU Joy Be Thine.” The bride served for three and one-half years in the army in 'Canada and the bride­ groom spent three and one-half years in service overseas. Adass Murder Rifle Hangs Among Umpires—O’Brien, plate; bases. Schilbe Honor Bride-Elect Friends and neighbors met at the home of Mr. ‘•and Mrs. Chester Rowe on Tuesday evening to hon­ or tlxeii’ daughter, Helen, bride­ elect, with a miscellaneous shower. Helen was escorted to a chair by Mrs. Homer Russell, who .had ar­ ranged the shower. An address was read by Miss Doreen Camp­ bell aftex- which a decorated bas­ ket was carried in by Margaret Campbell and Margaret "Wildfong. Several othex’ girls also carried in gifts. Helen made a suitable x’eply thanking all fox- gifts and good wishes and invited all to visit liei- in hex- new home in Windsor. Bunch was served at the close. Keller-Egan In the Px-esbyterian Manse in Maple on August 3, Ola Margaret Christina Egan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Egan, Kleinburg, became .the bride of Mervin Fred­ erick Keller, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Keller, Dashwood. Rev, C. H Bowman performed the cerexnony. The bride wore an afternoon dress ■of ronmance blue silk jersey with matching lxat misted with veil. Her corsage was of coral roses. Her only attendant was hex- sistex' Jean Egan, who wore a dusky pink crepe street length dress with matching lxat and corsage of coral roses. Earl Telfer wasythe grooms­ man. At the home oir tn^ bride her mothex* received-*waring“ a green figured silk jersey frock, assisted by tlxe groom’s mothex- in a rose printed silk dress. Fox- the wed­ ding trip to the United States the bride donned a Reseda .green en­ semble with gold and brown acces­ sories. Hensall an d Zurich Tied in Semi-Finals Hensall and Zurich are all -tied up in their play-off struggle to determine who will meet Clinton for the league championship. In the opening game at Hensall last Thursday night the home t.edm won by an 8-2 score. Joynt hold the losers io seven scattered hits, All Zurich runs were recorded in the sixth inning. » Monday night Zurich .tied it up oxi their own diamond with a 7-4 win. Marshall connected for two hits in two trips to the "plate and Ben O’Brien with two for three Wdrd the leading Zurich hitters while Mickle was the leading slug­ ger for HensalB Wayne Bockwood writes another interesting article for the Windsor Star describing the collection of weapons at the Brenner Hotel, Grand Bend, Hanging on the lobby wall of the Hotel Brenner at Grand Bend, and part of a collection of antique weap­ ons, is a rifle that local tradition says was ixi the hands of one of tlie_ murderers of the five Donnellys on the night of February 4, 1880, near Granton Has Gory History This rifle, tagged with number 22, was collected by Joseph Brexiner, the grandfathei- of the last Brennex- to owxx the 75-year-old hostel, now operated by Harold Klopp. Vacationists from far-flung parts of Canada and the United States idle in tlxe lobby daily '•during the gay summex- holiday season, but few realize the gory early Western Ontario history exemplified in the tired, old rifle resting inconspicu­ ously on two rusted nails. Holiday guests of the hotel clown with some of the old weapons, some just give them a passing glance, and others hardly know they are there. Unfortunately the history of most of the weapons has 'been lost through the passing years. No. 22 was the gun said to have been used that night by the man, who was nevex- convicted of the mass crime he was alleged to have had a pax-t in. Other Good Specimens Along with the rifle claimed to have helped kill off the Donnellys there are othex- ’fine specimens of early-day Canadian and American Weapons. The line extends back to the fanxous long flint-locks of Simon Girty and his contemporar­ ies to the first version of the bolt- actxosi .22 rifle used today. In contrast to tlxe law and ordex- of Grand Bend and Ontario^today, Biddulph township once seethed with crime. ‘Twelve miles north of Bondon, this township forms the northerly lixnit of Middlesex Coun­ ty. Neax- the centre of Biddulph is tlxe village of Bucan, and close by is another village Smaliei' than Bucan, called Granton, It was neai- these two villages that the story of tile Donnellys occurred. The bloody story is a lengthy one, according to Albert R. Mas- sard in his "Famous Canadian Trials” published in 1924. He gives great prominence to the trials and legal actions against tile accused men, In referring to the situation in Biddulph leading up to the killing of the Donnellys, Mr, Hassard writes: "At the commencetnonf, as far back as 1857 there was a mur­der, (Seldom has so much wicked­ ness arisen out of so little. .Con­ flagrations, assaults, robberies and the maiming of animals seemed to form thio principal diversions ot this community?’ Reign of Terror By 1879, Mr. Hassard wrote, a situation had arisen in which ter- roi- rather than law ruled in that section of the township. In a contemporary pamphlet, Mr. Harrard found that within a period of a few years over 40 unpunished crimes were credited to this small community. It was so bad that in the first three months of 1879, 12 equally mysterious crimes were committed in this Ontario commun­ ity. / Quoting ,Hassard again: • "By that year James Donnelly and his wife Judith had reached such ad­ vanced years that they were' al­ luded to as "the old man and wo­ man.” "Nothwithstanding this,” contin­ ues Mr. Hassard, "theii- reputation was such that they were engaged, as they had been fox- many years, -in paying periodic, but profitless (to justice) visits to tlxe neighbor­ ing criminal tribunals. Barn Burned "In January, 1880, the barn of a neighbor, Patrick Ryder, near the fifth -concession line of Biddulph township, was mysteriously burn- (Gontinued on page 4) A deputation from Exeter was at Dunvilie Monday and have ar­ ranged foi' the purchase of a build­ ing 24x35, the former quarters foi’ the officers of the Women’s Divf* sion of the R.C.A.F, The building is to be taken down and brought to Exeter to be rebuilt and used as a classroom in connection with the new Exeter H.B. area. The question of accommodation at the Exeter H.S. has- been •under consideration and (the matter was taken up with the Department of Education in Toronto. Ou Saturday, afternoon a phone call was received by Miss MacFaui, the secretary, from Toronto to the effect that a building was available at Dunvilie and an option on it would be* open until Wednesday of this week, A special meeting of the Board of Education was called Saturday eve­ ning when it was decided to send a deputation to Dunvilie to see the (building and estimate the cost of dismantling, transportation and re­ building. The initial cost of the. building is $480.0D and to this will be added the other costs. On Monday Messrs. J. H. Jones. W. E. Middleton, Harry Strang, B. Mr. Tuckey and H. Heywood motor­ ed to Dunvilie and after inspect­ ing the building were very favor­ ably impressed as it is equipped with a heating system and hath outfit. Toronto was advised that. Exeter would take the building and arrangements fox- its purchase are being made with the War Assets Corporation, Montreal. The building will be erected on the school grounds, east of the new H.S. building. Following a survey ;by .Principal Harold Sturgis of the new H..S. area it is estimated that the in­ crease in registration at the school through the new bus routes will be not less than 50 pupils. Accordingly two new teacher's desks and an additional number of desks fox- the scholars have been ordered. With the increased enrollment and as negotiations are in progress to take ovex- the Hensall Continua­ tion School used in conjunction with the Exeter H.S., the teaching staff has.been increased from eight to eleven teachers. Four of the for­ mer eight teachers have been re­ engaged- Miss Jordan and H. «G. Gillies have accepted othex* posi- | tions. J. B. Creech will enter West­ ern University to continue his studies and Mrs. Armstrong has taken a position on the 'P.S, staff. The formex- members of the Staff who will return are Principal H. B. Sturgis, G. C. Koclx, E. D. Howey and A. Watson. The new members are Miss Kathleen Taylor, of Dor­ chester foi* the Home Economics; Miss Norma Goutts, of Wingham; E. H. Jones, Toronto, Commercial; A. H. Campbell, Toronto, Recreat­ ional; M. C. Sanders, former teach­ er at Hensall; A J, Pauli, Belmont Cecil Wilson, Bondon. Pastures Drying Up Cattle raisers in this community are faced with a serious problem as pastures are drying up through the lack of moisture. The little rain tfiat has fallen in the', past few weeks has not been sufficient to promote growth and consequent­ ly the cattle in search fox- nour­ ishment find the pickings pretty lean. The flow of milk is also be­ ing affected. Many of the famiers have now completed harvest. Local News Mastex- Harpei* Appleton is holi­ daying with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Noels at Aylmer, Mr. Harry Sweet, of Windsor, visited with M’i‘. and Mrs. Clinton Sweet fox* a few days last week. New Fire Hydrant A new fire hydrant, to replace the one that whs broken in front of Jones & May’s store in an auto accident several months ago, is now bqjng installed, A large hole has been dug to reach the water main and make the necessary connec­ tions. Furniture Trans feiTed The household iftitniture of Mr. ■Stan Otton, who Was recently transferred from the Exeter Branch of the Bank of Montreal' to the Managership at Gore Bay, Mani- toulin Island, was shipped by transport to their hew home Mon­ day. Alterations at B of M Workmen are engaged in .making alterations to the ground floor of •the Bank of Montreal. A partition has been taken out that will do away with .a small cloakroom and. will add more space to the banking room. The front doors will be re­ cessed so as to allow admittance from the street to the newly ren­ ovated apartments above the bank now occupied by the manager, J. B Hendry. The counter space in the bank will be remodelled to give more working space fox- the 14 persons now employed. Golden Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Seldon have returned home after visiting with their daughter, Mrs. F. Newman, of Kingston. On Saturday (last Mr. and Mrs. Seldon observed their .golden wedding anniversary and •they were royally entertained when Mr. and Mrs. Russel Derry, of Kingston, were hosts to a delightful dinnei- party in their honor. Lost the Big One Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Coates and Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Ford returned Monday evening after spending a Week on Manitoulin Island. Although the angling was nothing spectacular they reported a nice catch of pike -—but the big one got away. Four District Brides Aboard the Aquitania Aboard the Aquitania which is expected to dock at Halifax oh August 15 are several servicemen’s dependents coming to this district* Among them are Mrs. Isabella Campbell, wife of Cpl. >G. B. Camp* bell, going to the home of her brother-in-law, E. Campbell, R.R, 1, Dxeter; Mrs. June McBeod* Wife cf R. W. McBeod, joining her hue* band at Grand Bend at the home of Mr. and MrS. IC. Smith; Mrs, Barbara Scott, wife of Cfn. G. D, Scott, going to her husband at R..R. 2, Seaforth; Mrs. Reggy A, Duns* eith, wife of Opl. J, D. a Dunseith, joining her parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J, Dunseith, St, Marys, - ,