The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-07-21, Page 3Phone 368J
Holiday
Notice
I wish to announce that
for the remainder of July
I will be in the office
TUES, AND THURS.
AFTERNOONS AND
SAT AFTERNOONS
AND EVENINGS
Yes, this is between seasons
for chicks—but we have ’em!
Bay-olds, .wide choice of
breeds and crosses, Some
started Leghorh pullets at
bargain prices, Now taking
orders for fall -chicks, too—
keeping some of our best
flocks mated produce them
—hatching to order—allow 4-
6 weeks.
Bray Hatchery
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For Sale
Waterloo M. M.
TRACTORS
and full line of
Farm Implements
BEATTY BROS.
Barn Equipment
Pressure Pumps »
& Water Bowls
R. B. Williams
Exeter
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quick relief
Greaseless,
fast-drying, ^h.-
no strong odor.
Economical lira 65c
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THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 91, 1949 /
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CENTRALIA
Mr. and Mrs. H. Theander and
family of London were week-end
visitors with Mr. and. Mrs. Frank Smith.
-Mr. and Mrs. George Hicks 'and
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Brown’ left on
Tuesday of this week on a motor
trip through the Western pro
vinces to the coast, to California
and other points of Interest in
the U.S. They expect to be away
for several weeks.
Mrs. E, Oollins of London was
a week-end visitor with Mrs. W.
Bowden and on Sunday they
visited with their sister, Mrs,
Boyes at the home of Mr.
Mrs. Elmer Wilson,
Mrs. R. J, ’Smith and Jimmy
have been holidaying for the past*
week with the former’s parerfts"
■ in .Millbank,
'Mr. Victor Blatchford visited
last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Mitchell and with Mr,
and Mrs. K, Hodgins.
Mr, Clare ,W rT g h t and Mr,
Norma# Tripp' of Thamesford
spent the week-end at their
homes, /
.Mr. E. Carruthers of London
is holidaying with Mr. and Mrs,
George Baynham.
Mr. Bruce Field is on holidays
and Mr. Wilson is relieving him,
MT. Robert Tripp is .spending
this week at Wasaga Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. A.‘ Cassells are
visiting for a week.with ,Mr. and
Mrs. (R. Sewell following their
honeymoon trip to Buffalo.
■Miss Margaret Cook, Kitchen-
ei’ spent the week-end at her
home before leaving on a holiday
trip to Long Island.
Master Bill'Walker of London
spent the week-end with the Har
rison family,
Flight Sergeant and Mrs. Jack
Andrew and family moved last
week into their residence recent
ly vacated by Mr. and Mrs. A.
Proctor.
Mr. John Flynn of Buffalo is
visiting with Mrs. Edith Flynn.
Misses Shirley Lightfoot and
Marina, Bowden were week-end
visitors with Mr, and Mrs. Clay
ton Lightfoot at Grand Bend.
Mrs. W. Stewart and son Roy
arrived from the West ,on Wed
nesday of last week to join her
husband wh0 is posted at the
RCAF station.
Mr. Stewart is busy remodel
ling the brick building he recent
ly purchased from Mrs. L. C.
Hicks.
Mr. Ralph Lightfoot and Mr.
R. Gates have the
laid for their new
Main Street.
i Mr. L. B. Hodgson
as the result of an accident sus
tained on Wednesday of last
week while on a picnic. He is
able to be around with the use
of crutches but we wish .him a____ ___ ____
speedy return to his former act- j dress on “Advance-In Missions'
ivity.
Guests with Mr. and Mrs.
Lome Hick.S on Tuesday of last
week were Mr, and Mrs. J. Cum
ming of Saskatoon, Mr. Ross
.Cumming of Detroit, Mr. and
Mrs. O. Pollock of Ripley and
Miss W i 1 d a Pollock R.N, of
* Kitchener.
Mrs. Belle Cattermole of Lon
don is visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Hicks.
Mr. and Mrs, Amos .Wright at
tended a picnic at Springbank on
Saturday of last week.
Mr, and Mrs. S. Henry .and
family of Listowel were Sunday
visitors with Mr.
Hicks.
(Intended for
Mr. sjand Mrs,
and family of Sarnia were Fri
day visitors with Mrs. H. Mills.
Miss Winnie Field is spending
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Funeral Of R> Cutting
The remains tof the late Rufus
Cutting, former resident of Exe
ter, were taken by train from St.
Marys to shallow Lake for hur-
lai. There was a short service at
the home of his son, Gordon,,
then to the United Church for a
public service. Interment was
made in Boyds Cemetery and
laid beside his wife, the <■ late
Jemmoa Bennett,„
Pall bearers were friends who
worked with the late .Mr, Cutt
ing. the flowers were beautiful,
including two beautiful wreaths
from the C.N.R. Huron & Bruce,
One from the grandchildren,
flowers from the family, Wo
men’s Association of Shallow
Lake and ’friends and neighbors,
The flower hearers were seven
grandsons, Harold and Howard
Tomkins of St Marys; Lloyd, of
Brantford; Calvin, Robert and
Jack, of -Exeter, and Clifford
Cutting of Shallow Lake. Rela
tives who attended the funeral
were Mr. and Mrs. W- Cutting,
Robert and Calvin, Mr, and Mrs.
J. Cutting Jr,, Mr, J. Cutting Sr.,
Agnes and Mrs, Eddie Coombes,
all of Exeter, -Mrs. Mayvill Tom
kins and family, of St,. Marys,
Doris and Linda of Bright,
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Hodgert’s team; kicking the
sjippe? through hoop, Elsie Bray,
Lillian Hodgert; passing cups on
straws, Mrs. John Bray’s team;
.p a s sing grapefruit, Catherine
Bruy’s team; ladies kicking
men’s shoes, Mildred Luxton,
Elsie Bray;' carrying wet soap on
knife, Catherine Bray’s team;
guessing candies in jar, Mrs.
Victor Kestle, Lloyd Colquhoun.
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foundation
homes on
is off duty
In this age of potential plenty
we.'must devote ourselves not to
the art of getting ahead of
others but to the greater art of
getting ahead with others thru
economical co-operation.
PRESTO PRESSURE COOKERS
. 16.95
25*50
29.95
I 4-qt. cooker .....
r 10-qt. cookdT .
13-qt* cooker
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AIRPORT NEWS
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Several inode! aircraft enthus
iasts from the station took part
in a .display and contest held in
Brantford on July 16. A number
of models .were lost during the
contest, one of them by a mem
ber .of the Centralia party. The
lost model was bright yellow in
colour and had a four-foot wing
span, It is thought to have land
ed in a tree, Aircraft pn routine
flying exercises near Brantford
have been asked to be on the
lookout foi’ it.* *
Pilots on .R&CS Flight enter
tained the airmen of R&CS Ser
vicing 'Oil July 19 in the station
library. Movies were shown and
F/O D. ..O’Brien entertained the
group with selections on the ac
cordion. Guests were G/C W. F.
M. Newson, DSO DFC, Command
ing Officer, F/L jMaeArthur, OC
and Mrs. A.
last week)
Truman Mills
some time with Miss Pearl Mer
riam at the Red Cross Outpost
Hospital at Kakabeka Falls.
Mrs, Harold Tripp and Norman
have been visiting with the form
er’s sister, Mrs. Millar, of Vine
lang.
W.M.S. Entertain Baby Band
Mrs. Rev. H. Snell of Exeter
was guest speaker and gave a
most interesting and hdlpful ad-
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at the church on Tuesday after
noon of last week when the W.
M.S. entertained the Baby Band
with their mothers.
Mrs. L. B. Hodgson presided
and numbers on the program in
cluded a piano duet played by
Mrs. Penwarden and Mrs. Brock;
a duet by Mrs. ,0. Brown and
Mrs. Hodgson; a duet by Eleanor1
Mae Hodgins and Margaret Rorm
Bowden; a piano duet by Mrs.
A. Essery and Mrs. Penwarden,
Prayer was offered by Mrs. A.
McFalU.
Mrs. McFalls, superintendent
of the Baby Band, spoke briefly
to the .mothers and treated the
babies to oranges. A dainty lunch
was served at the close of the
meeting.
Misses Margaret Tasko and
Barbara Lewis spent the week-
l end at Grand Bend.
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Servicing and F/G T. Millar, OC
Maintenance.
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Two games.were played by the
station- hardball team during the
week,. Both games were losses.
On Wednesday Goderich defeated
Centralia by. 10-2, and on Friday
Clinton Colts were victors by
4-3 in the best game of the sea
son. The Colts clinched the game
with a 285-foot homer in the
eighth inning. Pitcher for the
station was F/O Button, a new
southpaw, who hurled eight
strike-outs in a sensational per
formance,
The .station team goes to
Lucan on the 19th and to St.
Marys on the 21st for an exhibi
tion game. F/L 'MacArthur has
taken over from S/L MacNab as
manager of, the hardball team.
Two softball games are sched
uled for this -week. On Tuesday
the station team plays .at Se-
bringville, and on Thursday plays
a home game under the lights at
Wingham.* * * *
A record was set on Thursday,
July 14, when 9 40 take-offs were
made from Centralia runways.
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LAC J. H. R. Watts, of the
Meteorological staff, has been
posted to Churchhill, Manitoba,
and is being replaced by LAC R.
S. Hitchcock, who is now at
Churchhill. Another new arrival
in the -Met section is LAC J. W.
Johnston, from Trenton.
Hodgert Reunion
Queen’s Park, .Stratford, was
the setting for the annual Hod
gert reunion. Th’ose responsible
for the picnic were the president,
Harold Lawrence; secretary, Wil
bert Dilling; treasurer, John
Bray; sports committee, Mr. and
Mrs. Elgin Luxton, Mr. and Mrs.
Allan Richard.
A short business meeting was
held at which the committee for
the 195’0i reunion, was elected.
Members are: Honorary pres
ident, Mrs. William ,H o d g e r t;
president, Milton Hodgert; sec
retary, Ray CJark; treasurer,
Russell Hodgert; sports commit
tee, G. F. Bray, Charles Hodgert
and Ken Jlodgert.
Results of the races were as
follows: girls under six, Marg
aret Luxton, Gayle Luxton; boys
under six, Kenneth Clark, Brian
Hodgert; girls eight and nine,
Margaret Luxton; girls up to 12,
Audrey Ronnenberg, Audrey
Wood; young ladies,' Margaret
Bray, Bernice Dilling; young
men, Ross Hodgert, Mac Hod
gert; married ladies, Mrs. Frank
Hamilton, Mrs. Russel Hodgert;
married men, Archie Hodgert,
Allan Goward; three-legged race,
ladies, Elsie Bray and Marion
Hodgert, Margaret Bray and Ber
nice Dilling; three-legged race,
men, Reg Hodgert and Don Bray,
Ross Hodgert and Mac Hodgert;
carrying beans on a s p o o n,
Archie Hodgert’s team; filling
milk bottle with . water, Archie
set
for
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EXETER
South End Service
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HOTPOINT '
Electric Tea Kettles
ELECTRO-SUN
Heavy Duty Ranges
MOFFAT,
Electro-pails .
1320 watt . ..
3000 watt ..............
12.50
179.00
.. latest model
19.75
27.75
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We are in a position to supply you with
upright Quick Freezers & Milk Coolers.
/ A Carload1 BX. Cedair Shingles, Price per Square $11.00
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Reduced prices Un all garden tools,
ii including power and hand operated
y lawn mowers.
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Office 287W
Hensall Sets
Rates For Fires
Hensall municipal council
a rate for the fire brigade
going to fires and alarms out
side of the municipality at $50
for the first hour and $25 for
succeeding hours at their regu
lar meeting last Tuesday.
The municipality in which the
fire breaks out will be charged
for the service. The clerk was
instructed to charge Stanley
Township $75 for the Aikenliead
fire, Usborne Township $100 for
the A. Rowcliffe fire and $75
for the 0. Beaver fire.
J. A. Paterson had conferred
with the clerk of Seaforth about
calls outside of the village.
The clerk read a Quotation for
a fire engine from LaFrance
Fire Engine and Foamite Limit
ed and after consideration was
i instructed to arrange an inter-
jview with the Fire Marshall in I Toronto in the near future,
i Councillor M. Moir reported
ion the stage curtain stating that
I it wag not necessary to dry
I clean It but it should be cleaned
with a vacuum cleaner
sprayed.
Moir and Tudor moved
permission be granted J,
Richardson to operate a garage
and service station on.King St.
Correspondence read as fol
lows: Muellers Limited, Super
test Petroleum, Dept, of Public
Welfare, MacLean Hunter Pub
lishing Co., County Treasurer,
Peacock Brothers, C. R. Hagey
Engineering Co.. J, M. South-
cott, LaFrance Fire Engine and
Foamite Ltd,; same considered
and filed.
Bills and accounts read as fol
lows: Hensall* Waterworks,
water (hall), $5.37; Hensall
I Hydro Commission,' hydro (hall)
} $9.74; Drysdale Hardware, sup
plies (hall), $6.80; Bell Tele
phone, service, $4.15; Work
men’s compensation Board, as
sessment, $61.59; J, A. Pater
son, salary, $ 175.00; F, Har-
hurn, salary, $123,72; F. G.
Bonthron, unemployment stamps,
$7.92; Hensall Waterworks, part hydrant rental, $500.00; W. R.
Davidson, coal (hall), $89.35;
A. spencer & Son, supplies
(hall), $3.52; A. Spencer & Son,
supplies (waterworks), $7.90;
.L Passmore, salary (ww.)» $41.-
66; Johnson-Turner, repairs to
motors (ww.), $260.50; J, A,
Paterson, freight (Ww.), $2.55;
Hensall Hydro Commission, hy
dro (ww.), $33.05; Mueller Ltd.,
supplies (ww.), $129.00; E, G.
Bonthron, insurance (ww<), $4,-
05: total, $1,465,87,
Tudor and Moir moved that
the above bills and accounts^he
paid.
and
that
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Genera!
Russ and Chuck Snell, Proprietors.
Phone 378w ’
We Give Service -
July 24 to July 30
Business for the last three years has been a pleasure. Thanks
folks for the support you have given us. Lets make this
week the boom week of the year
Come This Week and Inspect Our Station
Dominion
British American Products
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Batteries,
Affiliated with United Cb-OpeTatives of Ontario
Still a number of good extension
ladders on hand* Priced for quick
Sale.
Exeter District Co-Operative
j/a. PETRIE, Mgr
’s Our Motto”
Harry Snell, Chub Edwards.
OPEN EVENINGS NEXT WEEK Exeter
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