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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-07-21, Page 1Single Copy 60 Lost And Found ’•+ and andwire in two-fifth of the 3eventy-si?cth Year A record breaking crowd, be­ tween three and four thousand, witnessed a thrill-packed racing meet at the Commmunity Park yesterday afternoon. Not a single horse made a clean sweep in any of the five races and the biggest lead in any heat was the length and a half by which Grattan led the field in run of the exciting 2.17 This 2.17 race, paced two local favourites Gr-attan and Silver Peter, thirteen-heat array of in s p e’e tutor excitement. The first heat set a time record for both horses, when they raced up neck and neck at the two minutes, eight and seconds, fastest round day. Tom Yearley’s horse, driyen by Lloyd Turvey, broke from the starting gate into first posi­ tion, but Joe Hodgins brought Silvei’ Peter to the front near the quarter and held him there until the stretch, when Amber Grattan pulled alongside to make a dead heat. In the next heat, the Crediton horse edged Eric McIlroy’s grey stud by inches at the wire, but was well in front in the last run after Silver Peter broke from first position. Tom Yearley and Lloyd Tur­ vey i—: ' ” Naughton the race cooler for meet. Huron Express, another local favourite, owned by Frank Tay­ lor, was beaten out by one-quar­ ter of a second by a Clinton horse, Peter Lee Brewer, owned by L. V. Lanis, in the second division of the 2.28. Both racers had a first and third but the blanket, donated by Jack Weber, Vent to Petex* Lee Brewer, when he clocked 2.13^ over 2.13% run by the Exetei’ horse in the preceding, heat. The battle foi’ Ontario’s myth­ ical three-year-old racing cham­ pionship is still a wide open af­ fair. Small, but mighty, Little Bill, owned by Dune Campbell and sons of Ailsa Craig, cap­ tured the three-year-old Lake­ view Casino Stake with two wins and a second. Both he and Bar­ ry Herbert defeated the Super­ test Stake winner at Tillsonburg last week, Dillon the Great, owned by George Sherman, Rod­ ney. The Herbert horse! whose owners Jay and last year, . when .he 2.13 4/5. field all the way in the last two races, and though greatly pressed in the stretch, staved off the challengers. Dune Campbell received the McIlroy trophy and the Cham­ bers & Darling blanket fox* ning the event. In the Classified Race, stituted ’for the 2.22 when ficient horses failed to turn up, Lena Lee II, from the Howard stables in Chatham, was award­ ed the blanket donated by Fred Dobbs and presented by Eric Campbell for winning two heats and a second. Benson Hanover, owned and driven by Doug Forbes, of Wal­ laceburg, captured the 2.28 first division with a win and second place. Leora Grattan, owned by Late Morgan and driven by Mc­ Fadden, T. O. blanket Bros. The crowd, greatest since the new park was built, filled grand­ stand and railings beside the track. Gamblers had a hectic, day in placing bets since all heats were so close no horse stood outstand­ ing above his field. 2.28 Glass: First. Division: .$500 Sponsored by Newton Motox* Sales. Benson ] Forbes, Leora gan, Buddy ley, Louie Sebringville ................. Billy Hy, Sheridan Reving- ton, Lucan ........................ Tony G. Lee, Ward Boyle, Sarnia ................................ Kangaroo Grattan, Harvey Fleet, London .................. Time: 2.17 1/2, 2.19 2/5. 2.28 Class: Second Divisions $500 Peter Lee Brewer, Lanis, Glinton Huron Express, Frank Tay­ lor, Exeter ..................... Dora Baldwin, Moore Bros., Sarnia. ................ * Linda Grattan, Sheldon At­ more, Rarkhill ............... Empire McKIllop, Hugh Mc­ Lean, Port Elgin ,»..... Banner Grattan, McWilliams Bros., Dutton .................. Time: 2.13 3/4, 2.13 1/2. Stake: $500 Eric McIlroy. Campbell Crfilg .... 2 Win. IL Amber the last class. by the , Amber led the thrillers Jones, Mac- winning ■to* EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1949 received the blanket for the The Free Press the fastest heat of the Herbert & Son; Londoxi Dillon the Great, George Sherman, Rodney Bloomex* Girl, Eric Ilroy, Grand Bend Mary A. Scott, Richard Scott, Toronto .............. Pine Ridge Van, Roy ‘ Brooks, London ....... Henley Wilkes, James A Pickel, Thorndale ' Time: 2.13 4/5, 2.15 Classified Race Sponsored by Lena Lee II, T, ard, Chatham Lee Hy, Neely, Petrolia .. Donald Royal, G. Sher­ man, Rodney Tony Mac, Kirkby, Walton Springtime Babe, H. Mc­ Lean, Port Elgin ... Margaret Grattan, Campbell & Sons .. Bob L p c k h a r t, Jake Broom, Seaforth ......... May Direct, John Camp­ bell, Seaforth , Time: 2.12 2/5, 2.13 2/5, 2.12 3/5. 2.17 Class: Purse .$500! Sponsored by Tuekey ort. Amber Grattan, Thomas Yearley, Crediton/....... Silver Peter, Eric McIlroy, Grand Bend ................. D ix i e4 L e e Hy, Moore Bros., Sarnia .............. Constance Scott, Richard Scott, Toronto ............. Miss Corporal Grattan! O. Cunningham, Clandeboye W. J. Abbe, Doug Forbes, Wallaceburg .................. Time: 2.OS 2/5, 2.11, 2.10 Graham Arthur J. How- 1 1 3 4 6 7" 1 1 2 3 6 5 4 2 4 3 5 6 3/5 run his great winners, Ora G. Herbert, here paced the fastest heat won the initial run in But Little Bill led the win- captured the other heat. Southcott presented the to Forbes for Southcott Han o V e r, Doug , Wallaceburg ...... Grattan, Late Mor- Bothwell ................. Grattan, Tlios. Year- Credited ........... Lee, Walter James, 1 4 2 3 5 7 6 2 1 4 5 3 6 7 L. W« 3 1 1 2 5 4 6 3 2 6 5 7 Lakeview Casino Sponsored by tittle Bill, th R. & Sons, Ailsa Barry Herbert, 1 LIONS BOB DINNEY AND FRED DARLING are getting a kick out of decorating Edward Hunter-Duvar’s bike with safety illuminating strips. All the schools in the area have been visited and any kids who were miSsed may bring their bicycles to Dinney Furniture and have .the strips applied free. / —Photo by Jack Doerr Toronto Man Wins Hensail Car Eight Cadets Receive Wings At Centralia Air Commodore D. E. Mackell, C.B.E., deputy ail- member for personnel at R.C.A.F. Head^ quarters in Ottawa, yesterday.' pinned wings on eight Flight^. Cadets who graduated as pilots at Centralia Aix* Station. ' Although the graduating class was small, full ceremonial par­ ade was held, with the general salute of the entire station per­ sonnel being taken by the air commodore as eight Harvards flew over in formation.IAccompanying Aix* 'Commodore Mackell was Group Captain J. B, Harvey, A.F.C., of Central Air Command, Trenton. Flight Cadets graduating were R. Anslow, England; J. W. F. Harris, Windsor; S. S. Hassay, Innisfree, Alta.; P. M. Lemieux, Maniwaki, P.Q.; A. Medicine Hat; W. Canibelton, N.B. G. Ottawa; and E. A. toria, B.C. Mehlaft, of A. Mosher, F. Pumple, Seitz, Vic- Proceeds from the Hensail. Legion Frolic last Wednesday night netted $2,5'00. This money will be spent to make final re­ pairs on the new Legion .hall, just west of the town hall. A large crowd were enter­ tained with bingo, dancing and games. Thomas L. Pryde, M.L.A. for Huron-Perth, who was introduc­ ed by President Jack Tudor, drew tickets for the winners of r;&n automobile, refrigerator and a tailored suit. , The first lucky ticket, winning tlie car for R. J. McMillan, Tor­ onto, drew groans f r o m the crowd when Mr. Pryde announced it. "Let’s hope the next ticket is owned by a local Tudor, and the And that’s just Ernest Talbot, won the refrigerator and "Mac” Hodgert, Exeter, captured the door .prize, a tailored suit. Fred Beer sold the ticket ’that won the automobile. Legion members expressed ap­ preciation to the great number of people who supported them. W. C. Goodwin is the secretary­ treasurer. man” said Jack crowd agreed, what happened. R.R. 2, Kippen, Fifth Kirkton Garden Party Sets New Attendance Record The largest crowd ever to wit­ ness the Kirkton Garden Party gathered at the fair grounds Wednesday night and ,as usual, it -was entertained to a sparkling juvenile contest and modern minstrel show. The fifth annual exhibition of the Community Association drew an attendance between four and five thousand people, who clam­ ored on grand stands, benches and stood to watch an‘ all-star show of local and professional talent The girls’ Exeter Reading "The Highway Man” with a “fine flare for dramatics” earned Joyce Hammond of Plug­ town School fourth prize. Eileen Morton audr George Burdette of :eamed up “Love judged* 1 program started with a softball game between and St. Marys the latter winning 7-3. Though the losers gathered eight hits to the east- ewers’ three, St. Marys capital­ ized on a six-run, sixth inning splurge to win the contest. Pfaff struck out eleven of the stone town girls, five in succession, but lost the contest. Batteries for St. Marys were McIntyre and Maclion, for Exeter Pfaff and Taylor. The professional program was handled by Leon Paul, Wood­ ham, and included a great variety of entertainment. During the evening, the quartette composed of Rev. Mrs. Gordon Wanless, Mrs. Truman Tufts, Mr. Harold Tufts and Mr. Goldwin Atkinson led the crowd in singing. The excellent juve­ nile contest contained fifteen entries. Rev. Gordon Wanless was the master of ceremonies, -and Mr. F. P. Polley, of Strat­ ford was the adjudicator. First prize winner was Roy MacKay of S.S. 7< Downie, who sang “The Roving Sailor’1 in a seaman's costume. Rosemary and Robbie Dobson, two freckle-faced pupils from the Plugtown School in Usborne executed a fine ballet dance in green fairy outfits, to capture second place. With the straw hat, overalls and cane, Robert Foster gave his imitations from a farm with such appeal that he was awarded third. There’s Bass In Them There Waters . . . But Darn Small Two thousand small-mouthed bass were placed in the Ausable river just above the Exeter dam recently. Following a request from the Exeter Gun and Conservation Club, the Department of Game and Fisheries granted permis­ sion for the river to be re­ stocked. Former Reeve Benson Tuekey placed the bass in the river while Dalton Finkbeiner, Les Robertson, and two officials from the department looked on. Fred street hectic ” " “ " * A grim, dark cloud hangs over the Village of Hensall since it was learned late Tuesday night and early Wednesday mor­ ning of the death of one of the officials of the town and the serious injuries sustained by three othei* prominent citi­ zens while travelling on municipal business. H e n s a 11 councillor, Melvin Moir, was instantly killed and Carl Passmore, Edward Fink, and Jack Tudor were critically injured when the car they were in crashed a truck at the inter­ section of No. 24 and No, 5 six miles north of Large Crowds Attend Field Day (Crediton Correspondent) A large crowd was in attend­ ance on Wednesday, July 13, when Crediton celebrated its se­ cond annual field day. The after­ noon and evening activities were sponsored by the Community Park Comriiittee and the Wo­ men’s Institute and commenced with a novelty parade of decor­ ated wagons, bicycles, kiddie cars, etc. Led by a happy clown, the children presented a turesque sight with theii’ coloured vehicles. Following the. parade pic- gaily S. S. 7, Aifsa Craig, for a quaint duet entitled Somebody” and were fifth. The rest, whom Mr. Polley termed as “all winners” were: vocal solo by Eileen Morton, “Come To The Fair”, piano solo by Sandra Thompson, St. Marys, “Rhapsodic”; dance' by Kathryn Hunter anjd Mary Essery of Eden School, "Irish Lilt”; .vocal solo by Betty Lou Dunseith, S. S. 7, Dowhie, “The Second Minuet”; a vocal solo by Helen Carbet, Motherwell School, "The Swing”; a tail dance by Eleanor Mae Hod- gins, ,S. S. 14 Stephen; piano duet, by Gwen Stephen and .Muriel Levy, Blansliard; Our Birth” Woodham; Betty Lou Kay, Donna nard, Alex Hay, Ann Thompson, S. S. 7, Downlie, “Blue Bells of Scotland”; dance and song by Gwen Stephen and Muriel Levy, Anderson, “When My Baby "Walks Down the Street”. The Kirkton Community sociation is a congregate group representing all the organizations in the district. Proceeds from the Party are disributed to the various institutions. In this way the community avoids many fund-raising programs which the separate organizations would be forced to stage. Dr. 0. A. Campbell Is president of the Association, His Wife Is the convenor of the juvenile pro­ gram, assisted by Mrs. Alvin Crago and Mrs. Fred Switzer. The Garden Barty1 idea was Sponsored mainly by Dr, Camp­ bell five years ago, and has grown each year and is how one of the outstanding community events in the district. Following the. parade there were races for all 4*ge- groups of children. A lively game of soft- ball, Sharon vs. Crediton, proved very interesting and ended with a score in Sharon’s favour. A tug-of-war between Stephen and Crediton displayed the strength of the Stephen boys in two straight pulls. J. Jasney entertained with hit- the-cat and penny-pitch, while several enjoyed pitching horses- shoes. At 7:00 p.nx. a girls’ softball game, Exeter vs. Crediton, was played and ended in favour of the visitors. A draw for gate prizes followed and many useful and worthwhile prizes were re­ ceived, donated by the business men of the town. Old time and modern dancing to the music of S. Dundas’ or­ chestra, and a marvellous dis­ play of fireworks, brought the celebration to a close. Booths on the grounds were sponsored by the Women’s Institute and Youth Fellowship. Followin' winners corated corated wagons, Paul and Paula B o u 1 i Roeszler —Please Turn to Page Twelve\ ,S. S. 14 Stephen; by Gwen Stephen Anderson School, a reading “Land Of by D o n n a Mills, vocal double trio, Dunseith, Roy Mac- Dunseith, Irene Bur- g is the list of prize Clown, J. Jasney; de­ car, William Smith; de­ Bureau Needed Exetei* will have to establish a lost and found depot5, for child­ ren if things .continue as bad as they were last Saturday night. And in the meantime Newton’s garage on main will serve the purpose. Why? Well, during the week-end struggle in town, Fred and his wife handled two lost cases, one little girl and a little boy, both out looking for mommy and daddy. The town had one of its busi­ est nights, motor heavy. The a half Grand and became separated sometime during the night at the south end of town. Later Mrs. Les Gibson at the north-end corner, spotted the little tyke marching up highway towards Hensail. And the small boy, hard, had lost his father where in the town. What made things difficult for the Newton’s was that when they asked him what his father’s name was, he always had the'same answer — "daddy”. Two young boys from town, aged 8 and 10, took an adventur­ ous streak over the week-end and decided t0 run away twice. Saturday night the alarm went out after the parents had missed them since noon, and around 12 o’clock a posse was being round­ ed up in Exeter to search for the boys.. But in the meantime their parents found them in a near-by barn, sleeping in straw and covered with a horse blanket. Again on Sunday, the boys made another escape. Sunday afternoon they hitchhiked to Grand Bend and were found, hungry and tired, sleeping under­ neath a tree by police at the summer resort. Kids will be kids! as . pedestrian and traffic was exceptionally little girl, about two and years old, came in from Bend with her parents, highways Brantford late Tuesday evening. ■Carl Passmore’s condition was described by hospital authorities as ’"serious”. One leg has been amputated and efforts are being made to save the other. Coun­ cillor Jack Tudor arid Fire Chief Edward Fink are in “fair” con­ dition. Mr. Fink will be brought to his home in Hensail today (Thursday). The four men, all members of the Hensail volunteer fire bri­ gade, were enroute to Toronto with another carload of officials to inspect fire equipment for the village. All are prominent businessmen in Hensail. The car was eastbound on No. 5 highway and was reported to have collided with a transport truck southbound towards Brant­ ford on No. 24 highway. The rear wheels of the truck were knocked loose from the vehicle and were the highway to shoulder. ■Councillor out of the front seat killed. The driver, Carl Passmore, was thrown partly out of the car but his feet remained inside from driven across the opposite No.4 crying some- Off on Vacation a n n e, Ruth and Ilene ■; prams, Joan Leslie,! The Times-Advocate will be closed from Saturday noon, July 23, until Tues­ day morring, August 2. Moir right and thrown of the was side was instantly MELVIN MOIR, prominent Hen­ sail citizen, who was killed in an accident north of Brantford late Tuesday night. until firemen and volunteex’ hel­ pers extricated him. The car was a 1949 model the was its off with only 267 miles on speedometer. Its front end completely demolished, and gasoline tank was knocked the rear of the car. Reeve A, W. Kerslake Councillors Norman Jones __ William Parke and Village Clerk James A. Patterson, driving in the reeve’s car directly ahead of the wrecked machine, made the curve to the left where No. 5 highway runs into No, 24. Reeve Kerslake said he could not understand why the following car, instead of making the curve continued on the straight road which crossed No. 24 at right angles, thereby colliding with, the truck. Mr. Moir., popular owner of the garage on No. 4 highway, just north of No. 84, was in‘his forty-second year. He was born in Usborne Township, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Moir, and he worked on the farm before moving to town. Besides being a member of the Hensall council, he belonged to the Chamber of Commerce, and was a manager of the Car­ mel Pr'esbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, the former Bertha Solden; a son, Douglas, 17; two daughters, Betty, 15, and Wendy, 3S months; also four listers—Miss Helen Moir, London; Mrs. Lawrence Bayn- ham, Hensall; Mrs. Oscax* Tuc- key, Exeter; Mrs. Alvin Pass- more, Thames. Road; and one brother, Clifford, of Usborne. The private funeral service will be held today (Thursday) at the Bonthron Funeral Home and later at the Carmel Presby­ terian Church. Rev. P. A. .Fer­ guson will conduct the service. Killed In Crash With Tree Wilfred Hackney, R.R. 1, Kirkton, died Saturday morning when his cai' crashed a tree miles north of Grand Bend. His companion, LAC Peterson, RCAF Centralia, seriously injured and rushed to Westminstei’ Hospital, London. He was taken off the critically injured list Sunday. The accident occurred about 5.30 a.m. on the Blue Water highway half way between Grand Bend and St. Joseph. The car, which was movini time, five Ray was .g north at the apparently went out of —Continued on Page Seven Exeter’s Water Supply Doubled With Opening Of New Well The potential water supply of the municipality is doubled now with the opening of the Moody well. Members of the P.V.C. com­ mission and the village officially ‘•christened” the new well and pumping station in a ceremony at William Moody’s farm 3 miles were: wii southeast of Exeter, Thursday afternoon. The system can pump 340 gal­ lons a minute into the town to take care of any emergencies or heavy drain on the present sup­ ply* This brings the total gallonage per minute possible for the town to 600, the springs producing 120, and the two wells on the Kestle and pumping 140 gallons every sixty seconds. That’s enough water to fill a line of wash tubs from the vil­ lage limits to the Thames Road in less than three hours. Lutlxex* Penliale and Harper Rivers, of the P.U.C., former reeve, B. J. Sweitzer, the P.U.C., maintenance sey, started the pumpkin action officially in the ceremony last Thursday. Actually the system first started to pump on Juiie 22. The three mile, six inch main was installed in the fall of last year. 'Total depth of the well, in­ stalled by International Water Supply Ltd., of Canada, is 37 feet, and is situated behind the farm of William Moodie, three miles southeast of Exeter. The new system will take care of heavy demand, mostly during tlie summer months, when the local canning factory and gardens and lawns require extra supply. During the drought in June, were Abbot properties of the P.U.C., AV. Tuekey, reeve, A. superintendent of .Ken Lampman and man, Leo Hennes- several municipalities forced place restrictions on lawn and ‘ ‘ but because of the increased sup­ ply in the village, these restrict­ ions were not necessary locally. garden watering, •f VILLAGE OFFICIALS! opened the Moody well last Thursday. The picture shows the well water streaming through an outlet just after these men had officially set the pump in mo­ tion. 'Watching the water swirl up io their feet are Benson Tnckey, Luther Penh ale. Har­ per Rivers, and A, J, Sweitzer. 4 - - Photo by Jack Doerr Lions Go To N.Y. Convention Mr, and Mrs. Earl Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Benson Tuekey, Dr, and Mrs. E. S. Steiner, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sweitzer, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Traquair are attending the Lloris Club con­ vention in New York this week.