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PLANT TREES — Girl Guides from Hensall, Zurich and Exeter planted trees in the Au
sable Forest in Hay Township Tuesday afternoon after receiving instructions from Zone
Forester Stuart Hamilton, of Stratford. The tree-planting is part of the Guides program. The
activity took place in Hay swamp where over 150,000 trees are being planted by the Depart
ment of Lands and Forests. Above, left to right, are Judy Willert, Zurich; Zone Forester
Hamilton; Gwen Simpson, Hensall; District Guide Commissioner Lauretta Seigner; Rita An
dresen, Exeter. —T-A Photo
INVEST PATROL LEADERS — Three patrol leaders were invested into the newly re-organ
ized Scout Troop Friday night. The three were the first of the new group to be invested.
District Scout Commissioner H. C. Firth, left, shows the boys, Eugene Kirk, Bob Kelson and
Bob Harvey, and Scoutmaster Harvey Pfaff, some fancy work on a staff. The troop has
taken over responsibility for the cleaning up and maintenance of Riverview Park. Town
and Legion have donated tents for the boys. . —T-A Photo
LEAD NEW TROOP These leaders have re-o rganized the Exeter Boy Scout troop after
it had been inactive for several years. The troop, which holds the first charter in Ontario,
has a membership of over <30. Inspecting their troop flag are, left to right, Ted Jones, ass’t
Scoutmaster; Maurice Van derNeut, ass’t Scoutmaster (a former SM in Holland); Harvey
, Pfaff, SM ; Bob Luxton, ass’t SM; and Glen Northcott, troop leader. The latter is the only
Scout left from the previous organization. The troop is looking for permanent quarters for
its weekly meeting. —T-A Photo
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WA CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY — The Women’s Association of Centralia United
Church celebrated its'fifty-first anniversary on Wednesday of last week with a special pro
gram to which all former members and ministers of the ehureh were invited. Mrs. John
Essery^ 06, oldest member of the Association, is shown at right cutting the anniversary cake.
Left to right arc Mrs. Kenneth Greb, co-president of the Association; Mrs, Andrew Ilicks,
who presented the memorial bouquet; Mrs. Gerald Godbolt, co-president; Mrs. Nelson Baker,
frho lighted the candles, and Mrs. Essery. *—T-A Photo
Eighty-Second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1954
Council To
Discuss Street Cleaning Equipment
Although members view the
idea with mixed reactions, Exeter
council will investigate town plan
ning.
The council will invite an ex
pert in municipal planning to at
tend the next meeting and dis
cuss the project.
This action arose out of a re
port from Mayor W. G. Cochrane
and other members of council
who attended a conference in
Toronto last week. They termed
the conference a “waste of time
and money” because it dealt- ex
Only 40 Register
For Kindergarten
Only 40 children have regis
tered for kindergarten classes at
Exeter Public School
it was announced this
average for the last
has been 70.
Mrs. Howard Pym,
ten teacher, believes
of parents have neglected
register their children.
Registrations may be made at
the school until May 28. Child
ren must be five-year-old before
December 31, 1954. . ’
next term,
week. The
two years
kindergar-
a number
to
elusively with city problems. The
mayor suggested the council
should invite some authority to
give details on the preparation
of a plan for municipal expan
sion.
Councillor Andrew Snelgrove,
one of the delegates at the con
ference, said “I don’t think Ex
eter needs any town plan.” He
believed the town wasn't large
enough to require zoning.
Reeve R, E. Pooley and Coun
cillor R. C. Dinney suggested the
council should “get an idea of
what it's all about”.
Discuss Cleaning equipment
Council discussed the purchase
of street cleaning equipment but
did not come to any decision.
Street cleaner Edgar Mawhinney
broke his leg last week while
trimming a tree.
The council approved a grant
of $1,769.99 to the Ausable Val
ley Conservation Authority. The
amount is the same as last year.
Exeter Boy Scouts, under
Scoutmaster Harvey Pfaff, were
authorized to look after River
view Park this summer and coun
cil voted to buy the troop a tent
for their work.
Deputy-Reeve William McKen
zie was authorized to purchase
more tables for the park. Council
discussed the possibility of allow
ing reservations for family pic
nics.
Reports On Meeting:
Reeve R. E. Pooley reported on
the Huron County Municipal Of
ficers Association at Londesboro
last week, at which Usborne
Clerk H. H. G. Strang was elect
ed president.
Building permits were issued
to Mrs. Flossie E. Dickins, Art
Whilsmith and Tennis Berends
for houses.
Councillor Ralph Bailey sub
mitted a quotation of $100 from
Charles D. Hay for landscaping
around the library and town hall
grounds. Councillor Bailey was
given power to negotiate with
the library board.
Over lo0,000 trees are being
planted in the Ausable Forest in
Hay Township this spring. The
big planting program is part of
i tlo ref >restation scheme of the
Ausable Valley Conservation
Authority.
Zone Forester Stuart Hamil
ton, who is in charge of the
planting, said that a total of
more than 150,000 trees
be planted on the 1,206
owned by the Authority
this spring’s work was
pleted. The land is on conces
sion five, six, seven and eight
of Hay.
The trees are mainljr white
pine and white spruce, with some
Carolina poplar, white cedar, red
pine and jack pine.
A machine planter
three-man crew from
partment of Lands and
Stratford, has been . planting
6,000 trees a day in the area.
The project started
middle of April.
Trees are planted
apart, allowing about
acre. About one-third
trees will be thinned out in 15
would
acres
when
com-
with a
the De
Forests,
about the
eight feet
700 to an
of the
Will Hold Inquest
An inquest into the deaths of
Milton E. Ratz, of Shipka, and
Mrs. Richard Simpson, of Tor
onto, both of whom were killed
in an auto accident in February,
will be held at the town hall Fri
day afternoon,
Clifton W. Hunter
St. Marys Butcher
Clifton William Hunter, 3 6, of
St. Marys, formerly of Exeter,
died in Beck Memorial Sanator
ium on Sunday after a lengthy
illness.
He was born in Exeter, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Hunter. He was employed in
Tanton’s butcher shop here be
fore going into business with his
brother, Lloyd, in St. Marys,
eight years ago.
Surviving besides his parents
are his wife, the former Mar
jorie Wright; four sons, Robert,
Ronald, Edward and Louis, and
two daughters, Gail and Linda,
all at home; three brothers, Nor
man, of Stratford, Lloyd, of
Baden, and John, of London,
and four sisters, M,rs. Dalton
Heywood, Dorchester, Mrs.
liara Whitehead, Stratford,
Russell Snell, Exeter, and
Ray Bouderau, Bagotville,
The body rested at the
funeral chapel, St. Marys, where
the Rev. R. D. Crosby, minister
of St. Marys United Church, con
ducted the funeral service on
Wednesday afternoon. Burial was
made in Exeter cemetery.
Wil-
Mrs.
Mrs.
P.Q.
Ball
Elected Director
Jack Doerr, Exeter photograph
er, was elected to the Board of
Directors of the Ontario Society
of Photographers at its recent
convention
This is
Doerr has
tive of the
in Toronto.
the second year Mr.
served on the execu-
Society.
years and subsequent thinnings
will reduce the number of trees
to 150 an acre.
The trees can be sold for tele
phone poles when they are 25 to
30 years old and this revenue
should pay for the work in
volved. When the trees are 40
years old, they can be sold for
hydro poles at a profit.
The land is all swampy, sandy
soil, which has been proven sub
marginal for agricultural use.
HS Open House
Includes Barbecue
South Huron District High
School will serve chicken barbe
cue at its open house Tuesday,
June 8.
The chickens, raised by grade
nine boys, will be roasted over a
charcoal fire in a 40-foot trench.
Each guest will receive a half
chicken along with vegetables
to eat
lawn.
After
gram will
the school.
The school’s chicken
numbers 224, which will
that 448 persons can be served.
The birds will weigh about three-
and-one-half pounds by the time
open house is held.
in
the
picnic style on the
meal is over, a pro
be presented inside
flock
mean
Farmers At Dashwood
Help Injured Neighbor
Sixteen farmers in the Dashwood district joined forces Wed-1 with their tractors and spreaders
nesday to assist a neighbor who
was injured while helping out his
church.
The men staged a work bee on
the farm of Carl Oestricher, just
north of Dashwood. They plowed,
manured and packed 15 acres of
land to make it ready for bean
seeding.
Mr. Oestricher received a se
vere gash in his leg on April 28 I
when he was helping at a wood- I
cutting bee for the Dashwood |
Evangelical United Brethren
Church. He fell with a chain saw
and cut the muscles of his left
leg, requiring hospitalization for
five days. He is now able to walk
about with a crutch but cannot
do any heavy farm work.
His father, Samuel Oestricher,
who works with him on,the farm,
was able to get some of the
spring seeding in but they were
getting behind with their work.
Lions Club Fetes Ladies
Elects Slate Of Officers
The Exeter Lions Club held
their sixteenth annual Ladies
Night on Wednesday at Monetta
Menard’s.
Members and guests numbering
about 120 sat down to attractive
ly decorated tables with place
mats, serviettes, programs and
song sheets bearing the Lions
emblem.
On entering each lady was pre
sented with a carnation coysage
and during the evening was pre
sented with “hasty notes” in cel
luloid containers.
Outside guests at the head
table were District Governor Carl
ton Wells, of London; Inter
national councillor, Victor Dinuiu
of Zurich; James Dalton, presi
dent of the Grand Bend Lions;
Ed Gascho, president of the Zur
ich Lions; David Ashworth, presi
dent of the Lucan Lions; Andrew
Bierling, president of the Exeter
Legion; and Ralph G e n 11 n e r ,
president of the Exeter Kinsmen.
Town Topics
Items of Social and Personal Interest In and Around Exeter
The Exeter Times-Advocate is always pleased to publish these items.
We and our readers are interested In you and your friends. Phone 770.
Mrs. Howard Martin, of JTo-
ronto, and
Booking, of
friends and
Thursday.
LAC and
nee Melba King, of Moisie, Que.,
arrived here on Thursday, Mrs.
Maillet will spend several weeks
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin King, while her husband
is on course at Aylmer.
Mrs. J. A. Traquair returned
Sunday from a six-week visit
with Mr. and Mrs. John Christie
in Calgary,
Mr. H. C. Rivers returned to
his home 'from Victoria Hospital
on Saturday where he is making
a satisfactory recovery from a
recent operation.
Mr .and Mrs. M. 1
formerly Jean Harris,
ton, have .puchased
burner cottages near
Lake Muskoka, which
operate for overnight
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Quance
spent Saturday in Ingersoll
where Mr. Quance attended a
banquet for past matrons and
patrons of the Eastern Star.
Miss Anna fish is making her
home with Mrs.
Mr. B. ......________
Ing with his son, Mr. George E.
Beavers, and family of Morris
burg.
Mr .and Mrs. John Judkins, of
Ldhdoh, visited Friday with Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Brown.
A number of Exeter ICinettes
attended a meeting of the Gode
rich Kinette Club on Monday
night. Mrs. Sheldon Wein took
part in the program and Mrs.
Ray Wuerth won a prize,
Mr. and Mrs. Reg
St. Thomas, visited
relatives here on
Mrs. J. Z. Maillet,
L. Parker,
of Hamil-
tlie Lym-
' Bala on
i they will
; guests.
The gang of men roared in
Wednesday afternoon and pre
pared the 15 acres in short or
der.
Among those who assisted were
Jack Gaiser, Wally Wein, Ralph
Weber, Eben Weigand, Louis
Weigand, Ivan Sharrow, Louis
Eickstein, Harvey Pfaff, Gordon
Bender, Sid Baker, Charles Snell,
Lloyd Eagleson, Hilton Ford,
Louis Wolfe and Elgin Weigand,
Pick Sweitzer
For Lion Post
A. J. Sweitzer, former presi
dent of Exeter Lions, was elect
ed Deputy-District Governor of
clubs in this area at a Lions
rally in St. Thomas on Monday
night.
Mr. Sweitzer will supervise
clubs in region two, district A-l
of the Lions. 1-Ie was president
of the Exeter club in 195 2-53.
Lion Jim Dalton, of Grand.
Bend, was proposed as chairman
of the northern
region. He will
Sweitzer.
Grand Bend has
as the scene for the 1956 con
vention of Ontafrlo-Quebec'Lions
Club.
Members of the Exeter Club
who attended the rally were
A. O, Elliot, Larry Snider, Ralph
Hicks, Russ Hopper. .Wallace
Seldou, Claude Blowes, Reg Bea
vers and Mr. Sweitzer.
zone of the
succeed Mr.
been proposed
City Conclave
At Service
Sixty members of Mizpah Con
clave No. 1 London True Kindred,
of which Mrs. Allan Fraser is
Worthy Commander, attended the
evening service at James Street
United Church on Sunday night.
Visitors from Hamilton, Tor
onto and Detroit included Gren
ville Kent, Grand Advisor of On
tario, who read the scripture les
son; Worthy Grand Commander
of Ontario, Mrs. Maud Larsson,
Hamilton; and Mrs. Willard Silk,
of Detroit, Worthy Grand Com
mander of Michigan. Advisor Mr.
car-
Driver Fined $75.
Stephen L. Martin, of RCAF
Station Centralia, was fined $75
and costs when he was convicted
of impaired driving at Grand
Bend Magistrate’s court on Mon-
Three men received fines of
$10 and costs for being in illegal
possession of liquor under the
Liquor Control Act. They were
Richard R. Thompson, John A.
Smith and Lyle Francis Bodlack.
Gail Ruston, of Grand Bend, ___ ______ _____
was fined $15 for dangerous j William Irurn, of London,
driving.
the
William Pass-
and
the
Mrs.
and
___ Hewitt Smith.
W. F, Beavers is visit-
Miss Miriam Weekes is visit
ing in Guelph with Mr. and Mrs.
Cliff Spackman.
Mr. and Mrs.
more, Mrs. Clara .Hackuey
Mr. John Passmore spent
weekend in Detroit with
Netta Robinson and Luella
Mr. and Mrs. William Bloesing.
Mr. Ted Mawhinney broke his
leg when a ladder on which he
was standing to cut a limb from
a tree, slipped and he fell to the
ground. After X-rays at South
Huron Hospital, the leg was put
in a cast and he returned to his
home. It will be several weeks
before he will be around again.
The condition of Mrs. Eliza
beth Davis, who underwent an
appendix operation in St. Jo
seph's Hospital on Friday, is im
proved,
Davis,
Pollen,
been staying here and visiting
their mother each day. Mr
Mrs. Joe Davis,
and Mr .and Mrs.
of LakevieW)
Mr. Cecil
school staff,
fined to his
the past week, is improving and
expects to resume his classes
next week. Mrs. H. J. Snell has
been supplying for him.
Mrs. Herman Powe, who is con
valescing at the home of her
son Elmer and Mrs. Powe, in
Stephen township, is much im
proved and is up and around
the. hoiiss each day.
Mr, and Mrs. A. <T. Sweitzer
and Jlrn moved into their new
house on Victoria Street on Fri
day,
I A. J. Sweitzer introduced
i guests.
■ ? A feature of the evening
the presentation of silver
’ bowls to Joseph B. Creech
• Claude Blowes, two active mem-
1 hers of the club who are leaving
Exeter at the beginning of the
• fall school term. The presenta
tions were made by C. V. Pick-
' ard.
A sing-song was conducted by
E. R. Hopper with H. Sturgis at
at the piano. Chairman for the
evening was President W. G.
Seldou.
A toast to the visitors was pro
posed by J. B. Creech and re
sponded to by Andrew Bierling;
to the ladies by Larry Snider and
responded to by Mrs. W. G. Coch
rane. E. D. Bell proposed a toast
to Lions International and re
sponded to by Carlton Wells.
Entertainment followed with
W. G. Cochrane as master of
ceremonies. The entertainers were
the Ben Silverton Trio, of Tor
onto, with Mr. Silverton as violin
ist and comedian, an accordionist
and a Negro bass singer.
A lucky draw was won by J.
M. Southcott.
Officers for the coming year
were elected as follows: Past
president, W. G. Seldon; presi
dent, W. G. Cochrane; 1st vice-
president, B. W. Tuckey; 2nd
vice-president, Robt. C. Dinney;
I 3rd vice-president, Larry Snider;
Lion tamer, Len. McKnight; tail
twister, Fred Darling; secretary,
i Jack Doerr; treasurer, Harold
I Kelson; pianist, Norm. Walper;
directors for one year. Ted. Bus
well, Ed. Brady: for two years,
Ralph Hicks, Graham Arthur.
was
rose
and
Bats Invade Belfry
On Friday evening, Rev.
Knox and one of his parishoners
watched while a flock of about
100 bats attempted to get into
the belfry of Trivitt Memorial
Church. Forunately it had been
fortified with wire to keep the
birds out. As darkness fell, the
bats took up lodging in the
chimney of the church.
N. D.
ried the flag.
Rev. H. J. Snell spoke on
"Convictions”. Maintaining that
they carry more weight than
opinions, he listed three that are
important and good for the in
dividual. They are a conviction
about God, a conviction about
Jesus 'Christ and his salvation,
and a conviction about the ulti
mate worth of brotherhood.
Mrs. Percy McFalls and Mrs.
Hugh Parsons sang a duet,
“Come, Holy Spirit”.
RALLY HELD HERE — Members of 11 Legion Ladies Auxi
liaries attended the Zone Rally in the Legion Memorial Hall,
Exeter, on May 12. Guest speaker was Mrs. Louis Long, cen
tre, past president of the provincial command. Mrs. Dorothy
Pfaff, left, president of the Exeter auxiliary, opened the
meeting, and Mrs. Luella Hall, Blvth, the zone commander,
presided. , —Jack Doerr. Exeter
Seven-Year-Old Student
Best Usborne
Her son, Mr. Oliver
and daughter, Mrs. Sim
of Flint, Mich., have
and
of Kincardine,
. R. E. Davis,
visited her Sunday,
Wilson of the high
who has been con-
home by illness for
Mrs. A. Murray
Dies Wednesday
Mrs. Mary Ann Murray, 91,
widow of Angus Murray, died
suddenly of a heart attack at the
home of her son, Cecil Murray,
on Wednesday.
She had been in unusually
good health and on Tuesday had
worked in the garden.
Mrs. Murray, who was the for
mer Mary Ann Stevens, had spent
most of her life in this vicinity
with the exception of the years
Mr. Murray farmed in the Bay-
field district. He predeceased her
in 1929.
She was
members of
Church.
Surviving
Cecil, are two daughters, Gert
rude (Mrs. William McKewenL
of London, and Ester (Mrs. Ro
bert Talbot), of Edmonton, Alta.
A son, Garnet, predeceased her
The body is resting at the
Hopper-Rockey funeral home,
where the Rev. A. E. Ilolley will
conduct the funeral service on
Friday at 2 p.m. Interment wilt
be made in the Bayfield ceme
tery.
one of the oldest
Main Street United
besides her son,
(Because this story appears
iu confused form on page 9.
it is reprinted for clarity.’’
Randy Bullis, seven-year-old
grade two pupil of Mrs. William
Mair, Lumley School, won the
highest mark, 92%i, in the final
public speaking contest for the
pupils of Usborne township
schools, held in Thames Road
United Church on Friday night.
His winning poem was entitled
"When I’m A Man.”
Other winners in the junior
grades were Dorothy Dickey,
grade one pupil of Mrs. Charles
Drew, Zion School, who recited
“The Squirrel,” and Helen Hern,
grade three pupil of Mrs. Drew,
whose winning poem was en
titled “Grey and White.”
Grade four and five pupils
told a story. Marlene Stone,
grade five pupil at Plugtown
School, whose teacher is Miss
Marion McLean, of Exeter, was
high for tho senior grades with
a mark of 90%. Marlene told
the story of the “Jackal and tho
Braham.” Darlene Frayne, pupil
of Miss McLean, won first place
in Ute grade four
with her story, “Hot
Cold as Winter.”
Pupils of grades
and eight chose a
which to speak. Rowe,
pupil of Mrs. Ezra Webb, at
Thames Road School, won the
grade six contest as he spoke, ott
“Conservation of Forests.” Bob
by Beavers, grade seven pupil of
Mrs. Webb, placed first with her
“Story of Cotton.’’
In the grade eight
tion, Carolyn Oke,
whose teacher
Carter,
topic,
competition
as Summer,
so vehsix,
to ph upon
competi-
, Hurondale,
Mrs. Mervin
• placed first with her
"The Alaska Highway.”
Sponsors of the speaking con
test, Hurondale and Elimville
Women’s Institutes, the Federa
tion of Agriculture and. the Us
borne School Board, awarded a
silver cup to the winner from
each of the eight grades. Thirty-
one contestants from eight area
schools took ftart.
The judges w#re Mrs. Lome
Hicks, Centralia; Mrs. G. Simp
son, Clandeboye; Rev. W. C. Par
rot, Crediton, and Mrs, Emery
Desjardine, Grand Bend.
The Rev. W. J. Moores, pastor
of the church, welcomed
contestants, their teachers and
friends. In the absence of Mr.
Walter McBride, chairman of
the school board, Mr. Victor Jef
fery presided.
Mr, H. IL Strang, president of
the Agricultural Board, spoke
briefly.
is
the