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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-10-27, Page 1Seventy-sixth Year last i Rev. G. W. Goth Bossen- Grand several the EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1949 DISTRICT OFFICERS AT GRAND BEND — The Grand Bend branch of the Canadian Legion received its official ■charter Thursday night of last week, October 20. Those tak­ ing part in the'ceremony are shown above. From left to right they are: Tom Magladery, New Liskeard, provincial past president; A. Bossenberry, president of Grand Bend branch; C. E. Mathers, vice-president of Grand Bend branch; Guy Turner, Grand Bend, past zone commander of Zone 4; S. W. Aiken, Windsor., district commander; and W. D. Brittain, Wyoming, commander Zone 4. —Courtesy of The Free Press ■u Provincial Constable Dies After Struggle With Mental Patient All Huron County mourns the loss of a beloved Provincial Police officer in the person of John Ferguson, of Exeter, whose sudden death ’ day at Grand struggle with About five afternoon Mr. vincial Constable E. Zimmerman were called to Grand Bend by Constable John Cowan to take a mental case into custody. A struggle ensued before the pat­ ient was finally placed in the back seat of the police cruiser with Mr. Ferguson. " Constables Zimmerman and Cowan occupied the front seat. They intended to take the patient to Goderich. Mr. Ferguson suffered a heart at­ tack and passed away. x Dr. Dunlop, coroner, was called and the body was removed to the T. Harry Hoffman funeral home in Dashwood and later was taken to London for a post­ mortem as there were rumors that Mr. Ferguson had been struck over the head with a wrench. The post-mortem reveal­ ed that Mr. Ferguson had died from coronary thrombosis. According to residents at Grand Bend the mental patient had been seen wandering about the village with a wrench in his hand and the police were called. Constable Ferguson, who was in his fifty-sixth year, was a native of Belfast, Ireland, and had been in the police force for twenty-seven years. Eleven years ago he came tot Exeter from took place Thurs- Bend following -a a mental patient, o’clock Thursday Ferguson and Pro­ R.C.A.F. Padre South Huron Plowing Match Huge Success; Large Entry Blytli as a member of the Huron County police force and was later transferred to the provincial police. He was a very popular officer as was evidenced by the large' attendance at the funeral Monday afternoon from the Main St. United Church. ’ The service was in charge of Rev. Mr. Mahoney, who was as­ sisted by Rev. Mr. Brooks, of Hensail, formerly* of Blyth, a friend of the family. The church was filled, friends being present at the service from all parts of the county, among them being ! many of the county officials. A Hight from the R.C.A.F., Centralia, acted as a guard of honor as did .about forty police­ men from London, Stratford and the surrounding municipalities. Pallbearers were Provincial Cpl. Frank Taylor Charles Salter, .man, Helmer Gardiner and Lome Rutherford. The funeral was under the ar­ rangement of the Hopper-Hockey funeral home. - The floral tributes were ex­ ceptionally numerous and beauti­ ful* Mr. Ferguson was of the Masonic 9 r d e r, the I.O.O.F. ' ------ " ” Orange Black and a of the vived whose Campbell, of Wingham, and one son, Murray, of Galt. Addresses Lions At the Lions Club supper meeting at the Central Hotel on Friday evening last, Padre Lt. Williams, of the R.G.A.F., Cen­ tralia, gave an address that was well received by the members. Mr, Williams stated that Exeter is a town of which residents might justly feel proud and commended the Lions on the work they have accomplished, , He took for his subject "Com­ munity Builders*’* or less „ .. . qualities are essential for the building munity. The first mentioned was leadership, which requires a high life, We We fos- com- All are more builders aiid certain of a successful com- vision in all walks of national and international, need initiative, something start ourselves or as a club ter some enterprise for muiiity betterment. Coupled with these are Optimism, Neighborli­ ness and Service. When we take the first letter of each spells Lions. The padre was introduced E. Bell and a small token appreciation was presented by 13. Taylor. by of S. and Constables Elmer Zimmer- Snell, William ‘ember master of the Past Master of and Perceptory ., past Lodge Knight Past Patron of the Order Eastern Star. He is.sur- by his bereaved widow maiden name was Mabel Returns Home Dashwood Coupie Wed Fifty Years A happy event was celebrated in Dashwood recently, in honour of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fassold’s, golden wedding anniversary On October 19, in 1899, on her nineteenth birthday, Clara Elizabeth Hey became the bride of Philip Fassold, both of Zur­ ich, Ontario. Three years later, they moved to Dashwood where Mr. Fassold has been in the blacksmith business ever since. They have one son, Walter, of London Ontario, and four daugh­ ters, (Ada) Mrs. Milton "Katz, Shipka; (Verda) Mrs. Russell Catt, Edmonton; (Melda) Mrs. Clarence Rutledge, of Ingersoll; (Rea) Mrs. Melton Walper, of Ingersoll; and eigl^t grandchild­ ren. A turkey dinner was served to about thirty relatives and friends, .and a social evening en­ joyed. Rev. and Mrs. Higinell sang several duets which were much appreciated. Among the many lovely gifts was a beauti­ ful gold brooch, .presented by the groom to his bride of fifty years, and a basket of yellow roses from their daughter Verda and family, of Edmonton, who were unable to be present. Mr* and Mrs. Frank Claydon (nee Stella Penhale), of Van­ couver, have been visiting at the homes of L. J. and A. J. Penhale. From English Trip Mrs. Frank Whitsmith has re­ turned from her visit to Eng­ land and Scotland, where she spent four months visiting rela­ tives and friends. It was a most enjoyable time to meet them all again and to find them so well after ten years of deprivation, Although the enemy did much destroy the cities and towns England, the countryside is beautiful indeed a lovely garden, much be admired. Mrs. Whilsmith was able to ‘visit many places suchas London, Worcester, Birmingham, Peterborough, Exeter, North and South Devon, Edinburgh, Aber­ deen, Berwick on Tweed, Burn’s Country, Ayr, and a delightful tour over the Trossacks and Loch Lomond and the western High­ lands. $t was a grand Holiday. The memory of it will linger on for a long time. Mrs* Whilsmith embarked at Quebec Citcy where Mr, F. Whilsmith, Arthur and Muriel met the boat and motored the remainder of the journey home to Exeter as ever. England Scout Paper Drive Successful The Boy Scouts of Exeter held a successful paper drive on Saturday. They secured enough paper to fill the large tractor­ trailer of Tuckey Transport. The Scouts turned out in force and are grateful to the merchants who loaned their pickup trucks and to the citizens for the j in which the papers were I and donated. ’ Kirkton Group Has Good Year The fourth annual meeting of the Kirkton Community Associa­ tion was held in Aberdeen Hall, Kirkton, on Tuesday, October 18, at 8:30 p.m. The meeting was called to order by the president, Dr. C. A. Campbell. Dr. Campbell ad­ dressed the meeting, reviewing the progress made by the K.C.A. and thanking the community for its co-operation. The detailed treasurer’s report given by the treasurer, H, E. Rathburn, was of” interest to all and clearly showed the total suc­ cess of the year’s work. A most gratifying balance on hand of over $800 was reported, as well as assets valued at over $1,300. A large increase in attendance at this year’s garden party was indicated. The K.C.A. made the following donations to commun­ ity organizations during the past year: To the Library Board for Venetian blinds, $19.00; to the Kirkton Skating Rink for light­ ing, $111.00; to the Agricultural Society for its new bleachers, $300.00. The meeting strongly favored a recommendation to the new directorate that a more perman- j ent stage and dressing rooms be built at the Fair Grounds. The followln; placed in ing year; Campbell; Marshall; Heard; burn; representatives, Fred Swit­ zer, Fred Roger, Rev. J. H* Dean, Lome Marshall, Mrs. (Dr.) C. A. Campbell. Bend Receives Legion Charter On Thursday evening of week in an impressive ceremony in the Grand Bend ToWn Hall, the Grand Bend 'branch of the Canadian Legion, B.E.S.L., No. 498, received its official charter. District 'Commander S. W. Ait­ ken, of Windsor, officially pre­ sented the .plaque to A. berry, president of the Bend branch. In a brief program guest speakers addressed gathering. Provincial past presi­ dent Tom 'Magladery, New Lis­ keard, officially opened the meet­ ing. Col. Eric Harris, district administrator of D.C.A., London, spoke briefly, Adjustment officer, J. C. Mac­ Leod, of the Canadian .Legion Service Bureau in Windsor, dis­ cussed the service bureau work in connection with veterans’ af­ fairs. Other officials taking part in the ceremony were Major Jerry Brown, assistant administrator of D.V.A. in London, Guy Turn­ er, past zone four and Bill present’ zone On behalf bars of the Grand Bend Legion, J. H. Manore, chairman of the Board of Police Trustees, wel­ comed the visiting delegates. commander of zone Brittain, Wyoming, commander. of the forty mem-* Honour Centralia Officer Before Posting S/L Tom Fletcher, head of the R.C.A.F. supply section at Centralia until his recent posting to head the supply section of air defence group, St. Hubert, P.Q., was honored by his Centralia staff last week at a dinner party in Knotty Pine Inn. Master of ceremonies was Bruce Miller, F.O. David Pue, Centralia adjutant and S/L Nat Burden, chief administrative of­ ficer, represented the Centralia commandig officer. F/L Lome MacKenkie, of the accounts sec­ tion was also present. It was the first time since the end of the war that members of Centralia's supply section held mixed social gathering. .......— ■ 1—- ~r a way tied Thief Outraces ,g directorate was office for the follow- President, Dr. C. A. vice-president, Ross secretary, Russell treasurer, H. E. Rath- to of as is tg Exeter Officer Early Thursday morning last week the Lyric Theatre iFire Threatens Bush Home About 11:30 Monday morning the Exeter fire brigade had a run to the home of Harold Bush, Huron street, when sparks from a chimney ignited the shingles of the roof. The fire was burn­ ing lively when the firemen ar­ rived and a hole about ten feet square was burned in the roof before the fire was brought ~~—» .......... •’*,.* .**..*> **.*.« under control. Some damage wasSharon, and Miss Shirley Ander-ldone by the water seeping ^on. Ithrough. Mr* and Mrs. J, H, MacGregor, of Grarfd Bend* attended the James St. United Church anni­ versary on Sunday and visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Jame§ Squire had as their guests for James Street anniversary Sunday, Mr, and Mrs, Whitfield Switzer, of Woodham, Mr, and Mrs. Laverne Stone, Donna, Marlene and of was broken into and $238 was stolen from the cash drawer. Entrance was made to the theatre by smashing a glass panel in the door and then unlocking the lock, Edgar Mawhinney, who looks after the street cleaning, was on th© job about four o’clock in morning and noticed that theatrp had been entered and that someone *** notified the night wachman, liam Wareing. When Mr* Wareing arrived the thief emerged from the building and made a dash for liberty. Mr, . Wareing gave chase for' several blocks and the culprit finally got away. Provincial Constables J. Fer­ guson and E. Zimmerman and Chief Norry were aroused and a search ’was instituted but the thief made good his escape. In the absence of the owner, Thompson, of St. the the i was inside, J?e Wil- Marys,Mr, _ „ . . ... __, Miss Norma Wilson, one of the operators at the theatre, was called to help make a check. The cash drawer had been pried open with a screwdriver and the con­ tents removed. The following day a suspect was detained for questioning but j no evidence was found. Truck Bumps New Chev On Tuesday morning a truck; belonging to Wright & Leyburn, Seaforth, was left standing on Main Street in front of Fred Huxtable's when it started to roll down the slight incline and crashed into a new Ohev coupe owned by Earl Schroeder, parked in front of Snell Bros. & Co. garage. A fender of the coupe was dented arid one wheel twist* ed. Constable J. Norfy investi­ gated. I Visitors Thrilled With Alex Leslie Collection Cann, Mr, and and Mr. and The South Huron Plowing Match on the farm of Edgar It odd and Son, two miles west of Woodham, on. Friday last attracted a goodly number of contestants and interested spectators came from miles around. There were 28 tractors and 6 teams in competition on the 14- aere field. There would have been more if teams had been available. Several last minute plowmen turned up and there were not enough teams to go around. There were two more contestants than took part in the North Huron plowing match near Londesboro. Such many-time winners in Western Ontario plowing matches as James Hogg of Seaforth and Bob Brown of Galt topped their classes on Friday but some younger blood appeared as well in the list of first-prize winners. Bill Hill of Mitchell entered the open tractor class against three strong opponents and took first place. Roy Russell, of Mitchell, Patient’s Bite Nearly Severs Officer’s Thumb A Grand Bend mental patient who was in a struggle Thursday with Provincial Constable Jack Ferguson of Exeter, who died moments later in his cruiser from a heart attack, later was in another Scuffle with a pro­ vincial officer. The policeman, Uonstable Fred Fox, Goderich, said the patient bit Ills thumb, almost severing it above the first joint, while he was escorting tile patient from Grand Bend to Goderich jail, Constable Fox was admitted to Alexandra Hospital in Gode­ rich for medical observation as a precaution against blood poi­ soning. i He was called tQ Grand Bend f a few hours after the death of1 Constable Ferguson to take over Ferguson’s assignment of taking the patient to Goderich. With Constable Fox in the police cruiser at the time were Provincial Constable Wilkinson, of Forest and Provincial Cpl. G* A. Macquire, of Goderich. Fox was in the back seat with ■ the patient when the thumb­ biting incident occurred. a few weeks too old for age­ limit classes, stepped into the open walking-plow class and ran second to Bob Brown. Youngest plowman of the day, 13-year-old Bob Wildfong, of ' Exeter, won first place in his event, a tractor class for, boys and girls 18 and under. His father, Frank Wildfong, had a busy day coaching the 13-year- . old, and also plowing a land to > his own account in the Huron . county two-furrow tractor class. . Rain fell intermittently dur-. ing the afternoon, sending spec­ tators scurrying repeatedly to ' the shelter of parked cars. Rain- ' fall was not early enough in the day or heavy enough to affect the quality of the plowing. For one group of spectators at the match it was a day in an outdoor classroom. A. Dixon, B.S.A., teacher of agriculture at Exeter High Schol, took a group of 32 grade X boys to the match, and conducted them on a tour of the grounds while the plowmen were at work. .The 32 schoolboys, after an open-air lecture by Mr. Dixon on the points to watch for in match plowing, did a field exercise by individually judging four lands in the horse-drawn classes, and then later compared their assessments with the of­ ficial placings by judge Frank Bell. Directors in charge of classes were E. J. Shapton, Larry Snider, Earl Campbell, Ken Johns, Asa Penhale, R. B. Williams, Jack Hodgert, Cecil Rowe, and Alvin Passmore. Hugh Berry was in charge of the teams; Kenneth Johns in charge of the tractors, and Larry Snider in charge of machinery and the special. Plow teams were competitors from a Edgar Rodd and Berry, Brock. The under ecutive consisting of Percy Pass- more. R.R. 3 Exeter, president; Asa Penhale, Exeter, vice-presi­ dent; Earl Shapton, R.R. 1 Exe­ ter, secretary-treasurer. Frank Bell, Stratford, who also judged the North Huron match this year, was judge for all classes. Meals were served on the grounds by the Woodham Busy Bees. The prize "winners were: Class 1: Jointer plows in sod —R. G. Brown, Galt; Roy Rus­ sell, Mitchell; J. A. Randall, Breslau; Currie Sinker, Ailsa ed and the symptoms that pre-1 x , . •»ceeded their decline are now in j Class **: Jointer plows in sod, our midst. Civilization today is | open to residents of Huron- sick unto death. The panaceas to Ji™ Hogg, Seaforth; Arthur Guest Speaker Large congregations were pres­ ent at James St. United Church on Sunday for the observance of its eighty-seventh anniversary. The special speaker for the oc­ casion was 'Rev. G. W. Goth, of Metropolitan United Church, London, while the choir was as­ sisted by Mr. A. Henderson, bari­ tone soloist, of London. Beauti­ ful baskets of flowers adorned the altar rail. Accompanying Mr. Wein on the organ for the sing­ ing of the hymns was Mr. Gor­ don Koch on the piano. The anthem at the morning service was "Let Mount Zion Rejoice-’’ with Miss Irene Beau­ pre and Grant McDonald taking the solo parts. Mr. Henderson sang "The Lord’s Prayer’’ and "I Sought Thee O Lord". He has a very fine voice and his numbers were much appreciated. In the evening the choir sang '"I will Sing of Thy Mercies" and _Mr* Henderson sang "Jesus is ing." At the morning service, tor Gordon, infant son of and Mrs. Jack Fulcher received the rite of baptism. * Mr. Goth took for his morning subject "The Church and Civil­ ization. He had been impressed with a cartoon which appeared in a daily paper portraying civil­ ization in a foreign position. The caption asked "Has God For­ gotten You? No, my child, God has not forgotten you, have you forgotten him?' Out of twenty- one civilizations since the begin­ ning of time twenty have perish- ceeded their decline are now in j j Call- Vic- Mr* i Mr. and Mrs. A. Mrs. J. Hodgert Mrs. William Sweitzer, spent the week-end at Kingsville where they visited the Jack Miner Sanc­ tuary and saw many of the wild geese and ducks that i ing there in their : They also visited the the Alexander' Leslie which was on display the auction sale that held all this week. The estate consists acres of Moorish Spanish Mission type shore hou-e for summer and English c&jntry ifbuse for winter. The /.‘Section of rare articles was ’Authored during their yearly Wfcwls to the Euro­ pean continent, the Orient and Jamaica, some dating buck to 1443-1564. The visitors who were guided through the estate through .the '.veexQnd were from all part of the United -States and Canada. J. are flock­ migration, estate of Collection ' prior to is being of 150 I Heating System ‘Tried Out For First Time One year from the time that the first bulldozers w6re brought in to break ground for the new South Huron District High School, fire was started in the boilers to test out the new heat­ ing system. The McKay, Crocker Construc­ tion Company started work on the new project on October 20, 1948, and on Friday last the hew hot Water heating system was tried out for the first, time. Twin boilers have been Installed. The windows of the building are now in and temporary doors are being fitted so that the building may be heated during the cold weather and the work on the in­ terior of the building^ may be carried on. The plastering is now finished on the rooms upstairs and work­ men are engaged on the hails downstairs. Weeping tile has been installed for the septic tanks. Roadways of crushed stone are being prepared. which men have been turning •will not save us. The Church has within it the only seeds of re­ demption. It is the creator of civilization. The Church is the conscience of civilization. The task of the Christian minister is to preach against the sins that are under­ mining our civilization. When I moral issues are concerned the - truth should be told even though it makes the people mad. The speaker does not believe in. preaching a “boneless chicken | fofthj sermon stewed in cream." The Church has to be judge of civilization. We have become our own judges and judged by our own ideas or the man next dooi’ we think good. We need a standard beyond our own. Judged by the example of Jesus on the cross we see our­ selves as the men wve are. At ■ the evening service Mr. Goth took for his text "Son of man stand upon thy feet." sermon was particularly to younger generation. Harold Hern, oil company provided for distance by son, Hugh, and Norman. match was conducted the direction of an ex­ Bell, Goderich. Class 4: Tractor in sod, open to all—W. G. Hill, Mitchell; T. P. O’Malley, Teeswater; Paul Armstrong, St. Marys. Class 5: Tractor drawing wide bottom plows, 12-inch, open to all—R a 1 p h Weber, Dashwood; Glen Jeffery, Exeter; Donald. Kernick, Exeter. Class 6: Tractor in sod two- furrow plows, open to residents i of Huron- hill; i—Alan Walper, Park- William Rogerson, Sea- Lorne Passmore, Exeter; Wildfong, Exeter; Gor- we are pretty His the Hospital Fund In the South Huron Hospital Building Fund Campaign, it should bd remembered that a payment" of the total amount of xour subscription need not be made at one time. The Associa­ tion asks that you mention the total amount total amount of the subscription, then pay one- third of the amount in Novem­ ber 1949, and sign two notes, without interest, for one-third each, payable April 1 of 1950 and 1951 respectively* If abso­ lutely necessary the amount could be divided into quarters instead of thirds. Any member of Executive or any canvasser arrange this for The following scriptions have William Allison, Snider, $5'00,90; | Frank ---------------------. (don Rapson, Londesboro. Class 7: Tractor in sod, three furrows, only 12-inch, open to all—G 0 r d 0 n Eagleson, Dash­ wood; Ken Johns, Woodham; Elmer Powe, Centralia. Class 9: Tractor in sod, open j to Junior Farmer members---Joe Gibson, Clinton; Ross Jeffery, Exeter: Donald McGregor, Bark­ hill; Frank Thompson, Bayfield; Burns Blackler, St, Marys; bert Dietrich, Teeswater; Harris, Kirkton. Class 10: Tractor in sod, to boys and girls eighteen and under-—Bob Wildfong, ter: Elgin Hendrick, Dashwood; Elmer McFalls, Centralia. Specials: Esso tractor special —William Rogerson; Esso horse plow special—Jim Hogg; Exeter Farm Equipment special (Case equipment)—Jim Harris, Glen Jeffery; Ffed Huxtable (inter­ national equipment) — Joe Gib­ son, Ross Jeffery, Merton. Keyes; Ro- Jim open years Exe- Larry Snider Motors (Ford or Ford Ferguson equipment)-®!* gin Hendrick, Frank Thomiyln, Robert Dietrich; Wes Simmons & Sons (John Deere equipment) —Paul Armstrong, Donald Ker­ nick; Newton Motor Sales (Fer­ guson eq'‘>ipment)---Elm er Mo- Falls; William Parke (Cock** shutt equipment)—Godon Eagle* son, Ralph Weber, Arthur Bol­ ton; Harris West (Oliver equip­ ment)—Elmer Powe. H. R. Sherwood (Massey Hat* ............. . __ __ Tis special) for crown in field In Darling, $200-.00; previously ac-1 tractor classes—W. G. Hill; best knowledged, $38,525, finish in field In tractor classes The local canvassers will be|—*w. G, Hill; best land In field, resuming their work this week, hn tractor classes—W, G. Hili. the can you. additional been received: $500.00: Larry Chambers & sub* 0