The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-12-16, Page 1EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1?, 1948Seventy-fifth Year
Purvis Given
Three Months
In magistrate’s court Tuesday
afternoon Magistrate D. E.
Holmes, K.C., imposed a sen
tence of three months in jail on
James Leslie Purvis, aged 21
of London, who pleaded guilty
to charges of dangerous driving
and for leaving the scene of an
accident. The sentences are to
run concurrently.
A third charge of drunk dri
ving to which Purvis had plead
ed not guilty was dismissed by
the magistrate.
The case arose out of the
death of Alden Burton MacVicar
of London, who was killed in a
car-truck collision a l’ew miles
south of Exeter Saturday eve
ning, December 4th.
Following the accident the
only clue left, at the scene was
a step broken from the side of
the truck that figured in the
accident. With this clue County
Constables Snell and White ap
prehended Purvis in London the
following Monday evening. Pur
vis was taken to Goderich
where a preliminary hearing
was held.
Crown Attorney Fl'. Glenn
Hays outlined circumstances of
the fatility with the evidence of
Ronald White, driver of the
car in which MacVicar was a
passenger and Harry Lewis, dri
ver of a car which was follow
ing the White machine. He said
he was forced •"partially off the
road by the truck. Evidence of
Joseph Claveau, of 479 Mait
land street, London, a passen
ger with Purvis at the time of
the cra'sh, was given at the op
ening of preliminary hearing in
Goderich a week ago and was
written into the record, togeth
er with a number of .police
pictures of the crash scene and
vehicles.
Inducted at Mitchell
On Wednesday evening of this
week, Rev. George M. Lamont,
B.A., was inducted into the pas
torate of Knox Presbyterian
Church, Mitchell. Mr. Lamont is
a son-in-law of IMr. and Mrs.
Henry iStrang,' of town, Mrs. La
mont being the former Kathleen
Strang. Mr. and Mrs. Lamont came to Mitchell fromi Pictou,
N.S. (For a few days they were
the guests of Mrs. Lamont’s
parents in town before being in
ducted into their new pastorate.
Poor 'Response to
“Food for Britain” Fund
The response to the United
Emergency Fund for Britain has
not been as great during the
week as the sponsors would like
to see. The Christmas season
means Sharing with others and
the need is great in Britain at
this time. Additional contribu
tions are: A. O. Elliot, $50.00;
Warren Brock, $5. DO; James
Earl, $2.00; Joan and Pat Hop
per, $10.00 J. M. Southcott,
$10.00.
M rs. Samuel Ross I
Mrs. Samuel Ross, a resident
of Exeter for many years, pass
ed away suddenly at her home.
Main St., on Friday of last
week. She was up and around
as usual in the morning and
about 9.30 passed away from a
heart condition. Deceased whose
maiden name was Elizabeth
Towers, was born in Hibbert
and was in her ,82nd year. She
was a daughter of the late Wil
liam Towers and was one of a
family of eleven children. Sur
viving besides hei" husband is
her only sister, Mrs. Donald
Park, of Hensall. Mrs. Ross
was an active member of the
Main St. United church. Owing
to the. absence of her pastor,
the funeral service Monday af-’
ternoon from the Hopper-Hock
ey Funeral Home was conducted
by Rev. H, J. Snell. The bear
ers were Messrs- Samuel Mc
Curdy, Charles Coward, William
Kay, B. W. F. Beavers, Clarise
Snell and J. FI. Jones. Inter
ment was in the Exeter ceme
tery. Mr. and Mrs. John Car
michael and children of Glencoe
attended the funeral.
Instructor to Take
Kingston Army Course
Sqdn.-Ldr. J. D. McCallum,
A.F.C., for more than two years
chief flying instructor at the In
strument Flying School at Cen
tralia RCAF station, has been
.posted to Kingston to attend a
military . administration course
at the Army Staff College.
He will be one of two air
force officers taken into this
course every year, The lectures
last ten months.
Sq.'dn.-Ldr. McCallum will bo
attached to Western Ontario
Military Area headquarters here
for several weeks before joining
the college on January 15. Mis
home is in Toronto.
Youngsters to Again
Enjoy Christmas Party
On Saturday next a 'Christmas
party for the public school pu
pils of .Exeter and district will
be held when the scholars will
be treated to a theatre party,
sponsored by the Exeter branch
of the Canadian Legion, the
Lions Club, and the Chamber of
Commerce,;-,
A theatre party will be held
for the pupils of the Exeter
Public School in the morning at
10 o’clock. The afternoon is be
ing reserved for the pupils of
the schools surrounding Exeter.
There will be no parade this
year. The pupils will assemble
at the, Hieatre at 1 o’clock for the
firS$'Allowing and at 3:15 for
th‘d second showing.
Tickets are being distributed
to the schools showing the hours
at which the children should ap
pear. Treats will be served at
the close of each performance.
Shorthorn Club
Elects Officers
The dwindling fertility of
Ontario’s soil is the biggest
worry on the doorstep of beef
cattle producers, said Prof, R.
G. Knox, speaking at 'Clinton,
at the annual meeting of the
Perth-Huron Shorthorn Club.
Beef animals are not getting the
food from an acre of pasture
that they were getting from the
same land at the end of the
nineteenth century, said the
speaker, who is head of the ani
mal husbandry department at
the Ontario Agricultural Col
lege, Guelph.
“This province has been ex
ploiting to a considerable extent
so far as soil fertility goes,’’
Prof. Knox told his audience of
Shorthorn breeders. “We are
not harvesting the crops that
they did in 18 85, or in 1900, or
in 1910. We are not harvesting
the hay and we are not getting
tile pounds of beef off our pas
tures.”
Prof. Knox declares he has
never been able to see any sense
in the program of some Ontario
farmers who buy Western steers
and then buy Western grain to
feed them. “We are not as self-
sufficient in Ontario as We can
be,” he said. “The Western far
mer, I can tell you, is beginning
now t0 wake up to the' wisdom
of feeding his cattle out there.”
On Downgrade Since 1932
The acreage of hay and pas
ture in Ontario reached its peak
about 19 32, said Prof. Knox,
and has- been dwindling since.
Ontario farms carried^ virtually
as many cattle in 19'07 as they
do now; Ontario pastures were
carrying 1,800,0'0 0 sheep in
1885, and are feeding only
500,000 now; the hog popula
tion was as great 4'0 years ago
as it is now, even though hogs
were then fed up to 300 pounds,
and are now usually marketed
at about 200 pounds.
There are many pastures in
Western Ontario that have de
teriorated into thorn-patches,
and many in Eastern Ontario
that now produce chiefly devil’s
paint-brush, Prof. Knox assert
ed. “If we don’t look after our
soils, Nature will ‘provide a
covering of some kind.”
“There are thousands of acres
in Old Ontario,” he continued,
“that don’t lend themselves to
dairy farming. Unfortunately,
there are people who won’t
believe that.”
Shorthorn Business Climbs
The shorthorn business is on
the upgrade in Canada, said
Harold White, Guelpli, secretary
of the Canadian Shorthorn As
sociation, when he spoke at the
meeting in Clinton. Shorthorn
registrations and transfers in
Canada have shown a 20-per-
cent increase in the past year,
Mr. White reported.
“I can’t say,” Mr. White
added, “that we breeders in
Canada are doing a particularly
good job so far as exhibiting at
major shows is concerned,”
There were 163 purebred Short
horns at the Royal Winter Fair
this year, Mr. White continued,
which he considered a good
showing, but he felt that the
breeders had not made a suf
ficiently good showing of Short
horns at the Canadian National
Exhibition,
The 107 head at the regional
Perth-Huron Shorthorn show at
Seaforth in 19 48, Mr. White re
ported, made it the third largest
regional Shorthorn show in
Canada.
Officers Elected
Roy Nothercott, St. Marys,
was elected president of the
Perth-Huron Shorthorn Club for
1949, succeeding W. A. Culbert,
Dungannon. The ^presidency reg
ularly alternates between the
two counties, Dr, M. W. .Staple
ton, Dublin, was put in line for
the 1950 presidency, when he
was elected to be 1st vice-presi
dent for 1949. Arnold Robinson,
St. Marys, was named 2nd vice-
president. The secretaryship,
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—Central Press Canadian
GLAMOROUS ARRIVAL in New York for Christmas sea
son ice show is Barbara Ann Scott of Ottawa, world’s skat
ing queen, who was greeted there by Canadian Vice-Consul
Hugh D. Scully and Deputy New York Mayor John D. Ben
nett. Here Barbara Ann has a big hello for greeters turned
out for her arrival. She will make her professional debut at?
the Roxy theatre on December 21.
All Junior Clubs
Meet in Clinton
On Wednesday, December 1,
all the Junior Club members in
Huron County met at 'Clinton in
the collegiate auditorium. This
was a new venture, where all
the club members came with
their parents and friends to re
ceive the final awards in their
respective clubs. The willingness
of everyone present to co-operate
in every way to make this eve
ning a success was very req.ssur-’1
ing.
As guest speaker for this oc
casion, they had Mr. A. M. Barr,
of Toronto. Mr. Barr is the
Associate-IDirector of Extension
for the Department of Agricul
ture, and ihas 'had much exper
ience with junior clubs 'for many
years. Mr. Barr gave a very in
spiring talk to club members
and parents alike. He pointed
out how cluib work could put
farm young people on a firm
foundation for the future and
teach them to co-operate well
with everyone who worked with
them. Besides Mr. Barr’s talk, a
delightful musical program was
put on by various Juniors in the
county.
The highlight* of the evening,
of course, was the distribution
of awards to the various club
members. These awards were
given for general proficiency
throughout the club year and
are based on their exhibit at
Achievement Day, showmanship,
judging, 'forwarding and accura
cy of monthly reports, written
examination based on club work,
field notes in the grain clubs
and interest and attendance at
monthly .meetings. The awards
for each club were presented iby
the club leaders.
Follolwing are the results of
the Exeter Senior Grain Club:
Jim Harris, 869; Gerald Dear
ing, S53; Bruce Shapton, 841;
Harry Hern, 772; Ray McCar
ter, 5 80; John Hern, 532; Ha
mad ay DeBlock, 3 40; Don Eas
ton, 289.
After the awards were pre
sented, a good lunch was served
followed by a short dance. The
success of this gathering will do
much to stimulate interest in
club work in this county. It is
hoped that when next year rolls
around, all young people in the
county between the ages of
twelve and twenty-one will try
to join one of these clubs. Con
tact your local club leader, or
the Agricultural Office, Clinton.
Fractures Left Ann
Mrs. (Rev.) Jas. Anthony
had the misfortune to fall Wed
nesday of last week fracturing
her left arm. She was down
town and stepped off the curb
of the sidewalk when she fell.
Christmas Issue
Next Week
This next week The Timos-
Advocate will publish its an-
ual edition? of Christmas .greet
ings to its nearly 9,000 readers,
from the business firms in this
district.
If you have not boon contact
ed and wish to express your
greetings, please inform the of
fice this week-end.
Bert Borland New
Legion President
At the annual meeting of the
Exeter Branch of the Canadian
Legion held in the Legion Hall
the appeal for a Christmas don
ation to the patients in Military
Hospitals struck a responsive
cord and after voting $5.00 to
the fund the hat was passed
among the members and an ad
ditional $30 was raised by per
sonal donations, Another im
portant -item ** of business was
the decision to raffle a new
car at $5 a ticket the proceeds
to be used in connection with
the erection of their proposed
new building. The draw will be
made New Years EVe at a dance
in the Arena sponsored by the
Legion.
Election* of officers resulted
as follows: Past President, Len
McKnight; President, Bert Bor
land; first vice-president, Al
bert Ostland; second vice-presi
dent, Larry Snider; Sgt. at
Arms, S. W. Sims; Executive
E. D. Bell, Geo. Davis, J. H.
Hendry, Wm. Higgins, W. G.
Cochrane, E. Hunter-Duvar, R.
E. Pooley, Lloyd Reynolds, Wm.
'Chambers; Chaplain, Rev. Wm.
Mair; Rehabilitation Officer, R.
E. Pooley, Master of Ceremonies
E. D. Bell.
Don Hughes and R. E. Pool
ey were appointed to co-operate
with Exeter Lions Club and" the
Canadian Legion in providing a
Christmas party for the children
of the district.
Mr. G. W. Lawson has been
confined to his home through
illness.
YOU GOT YOUR TREE YET? — Somehow it wouldn’t
seem like Christmas without a tree. You can have a lot of
fun this year by going out and getting one yourself, provid
ing you get the owner’s permission. These three, lumbcrjills
have cut down a good one and look quite happy as they
drag their prize in triumph. Perhaps they're going to spruce
I up the living room. — Central Press Canadian
Interest in Night
Classes Growing
The Night Classes sponsored
by the Department of Agricul
ture and held in. the Exeter
District High school each Thurs
day are growing in interest and
attendance each week. Over 70
were present last Thursday eve
ning, They were divided into
five groups. Mr, Dixon, of the
H.S. staff, showed -one group
around the boys’ shop room
while Miss Ferguson explained
the Home Economics room to a
group of ladies. Mr. Garland,
of London, head of the Adult
Education Dept,, was in charge
of the meeting. Farm book
keeping was ably taken up by
E. D. Howey. Mr. Cruickshank
of CKNX explained the radio.
Mr. Bennett, the agricultural
representative showed a film on
the care of farm machinery.
This Thursday at 8.15 p.m.
Mr. Scoffield, of the Veterinary
College, Guelph, will speak on
animal diseases.
Three Minor
Accidents Occur
On Sunday morning while Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Pollen were motor
ing to attend church, the car
in which they were riding was
in collision with one driven by
Mr. Thomas Semple at the cor
ner of William and Ann Streets.
The Pollen car was going north
and Mr. Semple was travelling
east when the collision occurred
The latter car took to the ditch.
No one was hurt and the dam
age to the cars was not exten
sive. Constable Norry investigat
ed.
On Wednesday morning, as a
British American Oil truck was
backing out from the laneway
beside W. C. Allison’s office, a
car driven by Mrs. C. Routly
was being backed out from the
curb on the opposite side of the
street and the two ’’vehicles col
lided. There was little damage
to either vehicle.
Tuesday morning, about 9:3Q,
an auto driven by E. Hunter-
Duvar collided with one of the
Tuckey transport trucks at the
corner of John and Albert
Streets. The Tuckey truck was
travelling west and Mr. Hunter-
Duvar with his wife and little
daughter Linda has just left
their home and were going
south when the collision oc
curred. The side of the Tuckey
i truck was slightly damaged
while the estimated damage to
the front of the Hunter-Duvar
car was about $400. Mrs. Hun-
ter-Duvar received a nasty gash
above the eye when her head
collided with the windshield.
Several stitches were required to
close the wound. Constable John
Norry investigated.
Donates Proceeds to Fund
A generous offer has been
made by Leavitt’s Theatre to do
nate the entire gross proceeds
from the Monday and Tuesday
showing of “The Black Arrow”
to the Exeter Hospital Fund,
sponsored by the Exeter Lions.
An added attraction will be a
short of the “Leslie Bell Sing-
I ers”. The public is urged to
! show its appreciation of this
splendid gesture of the theatre I by being present.
'Stephen Township Election
Closely Contested Race
For Reeve
Poll 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TotalDalton, James .......19 35 21 39 84 85 86 24
57
151 544Lawson, Elmer .......85 63 91 131 32 71 22 74 626Elmer Lawson elected by a majority o f 82.
For Deputy-Reeve
Poll 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 TotalBeaver, Henry .......75 71 97 148 73 52 24 25 35 600Gill, Willis .............19 18 13 19 35 96 82 55 176 513Henry Beaver elected by a majority Of 87.
For Council
PoU 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TotalMcGregor, Charles 39 32 49 88 94 57 77 62 153 651Morenz, Roy ...........21 29 29 35 41 129 77 32 1'26 51'9Morrissey, Jack .....74 55 85 130 83 74 63 29 121 714Swartz, Roy ...........92 78 99 156 77 95 41 33 75 746
Elected for Council: R. Swartz, J. Morrissey, C. McGregor.
For Township School Area Trustees
Wellwood Gill, Roy Mason, Geo. Clarke, elected by acclamation.
Stores Open Evenings
The stores of Exeter will be
open all day ■ Wednesday, Dec
ember 22nd, also Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday evenings,
December 22,/23 and 24.
Story of Weekly Newspaper
Coming to Local Theatre
“The Home Town Paper” de
picting life in a newspaper of
fice, a Canada Carries On series
will be shown in Leavitt’s
Theatre Wednesday and Thurs
day of next week as an added
attraction to the regular picture
“Wreck of .the Hesperus”.
Crushes Toe in Accident
Mr. Wesley Neil is confined
to his bed with a badly smashed
toe. While employed at the Sim
mons’ shop he had the misfor
tune to have a radiator fall on
his left foot Monday with the
above result.
Attend Convention
Messrs. Ted Poolely, A. Eth-
erington, Wm. Ellerington and
Earl Mitchell were at Hamilton
Thursday and Friday of last
week attending a convention of
the Ontario Vegetable Growers
Association.
Lebanon Lodge
Elects 1949 Officers
Officers were elected at the
meeting of Lebanon Forest
Lodge A.F. & A.M. Monday
evening with the following re
sult: I.P.M. Bro. Bruce D.
Field; W.M. Bro. K. J. Hod
gins; Sr. Warden, Bro. R. E.
Pooley; Jr. Warden, Bro. A. M.
Easton; Chaplain, W. Bro. Wm.
Dann; Treasurer, V. W. Bro.
W. W. Taman; Secretary, W.
Bro. A. E. Buswell; Examining
Committee, V. W. Bro. W. W.
Taman, W. Bro. W. M. Cann,
W. Bro. Fred Dawson. A joint
installation service of the offic
ers of Exeter lodge and of Ir
ving Lodge, Lucan, will be held
in Exeter on Monday evening,
December 27th.
Zurich Driver Fined
Daniel Oswald, of Zurich, was
fined $50 Friday on a charge
of dangerous driving, arising
from an accident November 11
in which two women were kill
ed. The victims were Mrs. Thel
ma McClinchey, Oswald’s dau
ghter-in-law and Mrs. Mary
Levey, his sister-in-law. “It is a
case hard for the public to
understand” said Magistrate H.
R. Polson, of Kitchener, “be
cause the penalty would not
seem in keeping with an acci
dent in which two were killed”
Dies in Manitoba
Mrs. McAvoy and Miss Annie
Sanders have received word of
the death of their cousin, Mrs.
Mary Down, which occurred a
few’ days ago at Virden, Man.
Deceased was a daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John Sanders
former residents of Exeter and
was born and raised here. Mrs.
Down had not. enjoyed the best
o.f health for some years. Her
husband. Mr. Wm. Down, was
also a resident of Exeter. A few
days ago he suffered a stroke.
Fie has reached the good old
age of 91 years. Mrs. R. N.
Creech, of town, is also a cou
sin of the deceased.
Power Shut-Off
Sunday Morning
Hydro will be interrupted on
Sunday, December 19, 1948,
from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
in the following areas:
Exeter Rural Area, Exeter,
Hensall, Zurich, Dashwood and
Grand Bend.
Interruption for the purpose
of making necessary repairs on
26,000 volt feeder from Lon
don station.
H.E.P.C, OF ONTARIO
Exeter
Single Copy 6 cents
In a keenly contested election
in Stephen Township Monday
Elmer Lawson was re-elected as
Reeve and Henry C. Beaver
was returned as Deputy-Reeve.
The vote was one of the larg-
! est polled in the township. The
I weather was fine for getting to
the polls.
Mr. Lawson this year polled
626 votes as compared with
538 in the 19 47 election and
Mr. Dalton polled 544 votes as
compared with 478 votes last
year.
For Deputy-Reeve Henry Bea
ver, who was elected by accla
mation last year, was opposed
by Willis Gill, of Grand Bend,
a member of this year’s council.
[ Both men got strong support
in their home polls.
Roy Swartz again headed the
council with the largest vote
polled and Jack Morrisjsey was
second. Charles MacGregor Is a
new-comer taking the place of
Willis Gill.
I.O.'O.F. Social Evening
A delightful social evening was
held by the I.O.O.F. in the lodge
rooms Wednesday evening of
last week. The evening was spent
in progressive euchre with 24
tables in play. The ladies’ high
prize was won by Mrs. L. Gibson
and ladies’ lone hands by Mrs.
Bob Belling. Roy Hunter won
the .gents’ high and Mrs. Andrew
Hamilton, playing as a gent, won
the prize for lone hands. Mr. H.
Anderson carried off two prizes,
•one for the lucky chair and the
other for gents’ booby prize. A
delightful lunch was served at
the close. The committee 4n
charge of the evening was Wm.
Kernick, Bob Belling and Roy
Hunter.
Attends Uncle’s Funeral
Rev. H. J. and Mrs. Mahoney
motored to Guelph on Monday
to attend the funeral of the for
mer’s uncle, Mr. Harry Ma
honey. Mr. Mahoney was one of
Guelph’s most prominent citi
zens, having served the city for
thirty years as aiderman and
mayor.
Leaves for Regina
Mr. Frank Wood, Hensall left
a few days ago for Regina,
Sask., to visit his son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Wood, after which he
will proceed to the coast to
spend the winter with his daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
A. T. Hardwick at Ganges, on
Salt Spring Island.
Town Topics
Mrs. Ted Buswell and little
daughter Leslie recently return
ed from Regina, Sask., where
Mrs. Buswell was called owing
to the illness of her father, who
is somewhat improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Caldwell
and family, of London, visited
with Mr. and Mrs. John 'Cald
well, of Exeter, and Mr. and
Mrs. Emerson Anderson, of Kip
pen, over the week-end.
The Legion Bingos during the
holiday season have been at
tracting large crowds and all
seem to enjoy a pleasant eve
ning. The Legion are sponsor
ing a monster dance for New
Years Eve.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Francis
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Del-
bridge are leaving this week to
spend the winter in the sunny
climate of Florida. They will
be, away Thursday if the weath
er'' is favorable.
Mr. Don Campbell, son of Mr.
Wilfred 'Campbell, of Regina,
visited with his uncle and aunt
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Campbel)
over the week-end. Mr. 'Camp
bell is an auditor for the army,
navy and airforce and has been
working in London for several
days.
Mr. W. R. Cooper, of Kippen*
secretary-treasurer- of the Ont
ario Brotherhood of Thresher
men and Farm Bower Operators
was in London Saturday attend
ing a meeting of the executive at
the Hotel London. The date of
the annual convention was set
for March 17.and 18 next year*