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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-06-16, Page 1Seventy-sixth Year i EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1949 Single Copy 6 cents Exeter Man’s Dream Realized As Stone Laid At the laying of the cojmer- stone of the new Exeter District High School Wednesday after­ noon of last week, R, N. Creech realized the crowning. ment of his long years of as a Board The which $5 60,000 is now well under con­ struction and the laying of the cornerstone was a milestone in the, history of this community, A large crowd assembled at the new site just south of-the old school. The 3l0'0 H. S. stud­ ents headed by the 15-piece H.S. Bugle Band and the H. S. Cadet corps were present in a* body. Dr. 'H. H. Cowen, chairman of the Board, was master of cere­ monies. ‘Members of the Huron County Council were present and a. short address was , given by Warden John Armstrong who stated that the school would not only benefit those here today, ■but also generations to come. Thos. Pryde, M.L.A., stated that it was a red-lettei* day in the history of Exetei* a n d the district. It marks a great ad­ vance in -educational facilities. He Was delighted that Mr- Creech was to have the honor of laying the 'cornerstone. G. L. Day, departmental in­ spector for Huron, said that he was had ing. bad The will to the future generations. Chairman’s Add ress For many years accommoda­ tion for High School purposes has been the pressing need for this district, 'but progress along | t^an^°$50? acliieve- service Exetermember of the of Education. new 14-classrpom it is estimated will cost school Have You Donated Yet? Donations of furniture, bed­ ding and money are requested to help rehabilitate the Dutch family who lost all their be­ longings at a fire in Hensail, recently. Gifts may be left, at Mayfair Bakery, Exeter, oi* the United Church manse at Hen­ sail. .Hours Of Voting On Monday, June 27, in those municipalities that are running- on Standard Time, the hours of voting will be between eight o’clock in the morning and six o’clock in the afternoon. Where Daylight Saying Time is in oper­ ation the polls will_open at nine o’clock and will not close until seven p.m. As Huron-Perth is a rural riding any .person whose name lias been omitted from the list of voters may go to the polls and vote if vouched for by a resident in the same sub­ division whose name is on the list. amazed at the progress that been made in the new build- The selection of the site been difficult to arrive at. educational facilities that he provided will mean much andthat line has been slow piecemeal. ■Seventy-five years ago summer the old building to north was built for purely Public School purposes, and it served well for those days. Forty years later alterations1 were made to the building to house a few High School classes. Twenty years ago an addition of two rooms was built, d’he need of more accom­ modation was still apparent, since the attendance of students was still increasing, so in '1938 what was expected to be the nuc­ leus of a new High School was constructed with four class-) rooms. The Second World War came soon after, and nothing could be done to complete the building. Early in 19 46 the idea of District High Schools was pre­ posed for the County of Huron. In September of that year a system of bus service for the rural districts was instituted, and in January of 1947 the old Exeter Board of Education was —Please Turn to Page Ten this the RICHARD N, CREECH levels the mortar just before the corner stone of the new $560,000 high school building was “well* and truly laid”. School children and spectators ga­ thered to watch the ceremony which took place last Wed- nesday afternoon. —Jack Doerr, Exeter Premier To Visit Exeter June 22 Hon. Leslie Frost,recently elected premier of Ontario, will be the guest speakei* at a pro­ gressive Conservative rally in the Exeter Arena next Wednesday night. The Lindsay lawyer was elected to the head of the Ont­ ario legislature at the convention in Toronto in April. In the afternoon, Mr. Frost will attend the outdoor picnic at Seaforth Lions Club Park. Both meetings are in the interest of Elgin McKinley, P.O. candidate. Three Candidates In Race As Nominations Filed Correspondents Please Note The Times-Advocate is forced again this week to leave out many interesting items from correspondents and other con­ tributors which arrived at office at Wednesday noon, regret this and would ■contributors to mail their terial earlier if possible. the We ask ma- Minor Accidents Occur In Vicinity Four minor accidents were x re­ ported during the week by pro­ vincial constables .in this area. There were no injuries. The heavy traffic on Air Force Day, Saturday, produced two collisions. Cars driven by Irvin Finkbeiner, Crediton, and Levi Bradley, High River, Alberta, sideswiped a half mile south of the airport. I juries and • than S50. There were no in­ damages were less Child Injured By Pop Bottle Young Heather pop bottle roof of her at Victoria inflicting a _ four stitches to close’. Heather, not quite three, carrying the bottle when she struck 'by a swing on which father, F/O T. B. Millar, pushing a playmate. Mr. Millar did not see his daughter move in front of the swing, the girl on the board blocking his view. Doctors Milner and Fletcher attended Heather and she is re­ cuperating well. F/O and Mrs. Millar live on Carling Street. Millar had a through the while playing last Monday, driven mouth Park gash which required was was her was slightly over 2 0 0 cars .driven Fish Plentiful At Chesley Local fishermen report good catches- at Chesley Lake over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Chambers, Mr. and Mrs. Bill MacLean, Messrs. Homer Russel and Leonard Greb were among those who brought home pike and pickerel. pike Wilfred Robinson Word , was received here day of the sudden death Damages were inflicted when by F/O Tom Webster, Exeter, and David Triebner, R. R. 3 Kippen, collided after both pulled out to pass cars along the high­ way, a mile and a quarter south of Exeter. Last Friday, a car, driven ,by John Rannock, of Windsor, hit the County o f Huron truck, spraying calcium on the road. Archie Robertson, of Auburn, was the driver of <the truck. No one was injured. Damages to the car amounted to §250. The rear end of a Imperial Fuels truck struck a R.C.A.F. vehicle at the cornet* south of the airport, Tuesday, afternoon. The left front fender of .the' vehicle driven by AC W. Rien- deau, Exeter, received the only damage. Provincial Constables John Ferguson and E. M. Zimmerman investigated the accidents. Attend Wedding Mr. and Mrs.. B. W. Tuckey, Mrs. “ Mrs. Oscar Tuckey and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Tuckey were in Lon­ don Saturday attending the wed­ ding of their niece, Miss Norma Rafuse, daughter of Mr. and M r s. Leslie Rafuse to Rev. Arthur Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Brown, of Kitchener. They will reside at Paisley where Mr. Brown was recently appoint­ ed rector of the Anglican church. Mrs. Brown is a graduate of Western. i Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Shapton, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bissett and Marilyn visited in Port Huron and Sarnia on ..Sunday. Mr. Donald Parsons, Andy and William Dougall, and Bruce Shapton took a motor trip to Tobermory on Sunday last. Charles Tuckey, Mr. and People, Planes And Perspiration In Abundance At Air Force Day Sun­ in a ear accident of Wilfred Robin­ son, of Detroit, and of serious injury to Mrs. Robinson, the former Minetta Passmore, of Us- borne, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and*? daughter, Mrs. Roy Shuart, of Detroit, along with Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Thiel, of Mitchell, left June 2 from Detroit for a two months* trip to the Southern States, west to California and north to British Columbia and were coming home through the Canadian West. Particulars of the accident have not ibeen received. Thiel was'slightly injured, Mrs. Robinson Was taken to hospital with serious head in­ juries. The last word received from them was from the state of New Mexico.Mr. Robinson was in his early sixties and was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Rob­ inson, formerly of Fu liarton Township and Mitchell. He was horn in Fullarton Township. For a built Mr. of years he> was in Detroit and homes, his wife he is two daughters, a number contractor many fine Besides vived by _ Roy (Thelma) Shuart and Luelia Robinson, of I) e t r three brothers, Leslie Robinson, Mitchell; Roy. of Bornholm, and Howard, of Walkerville, and one sister, Mrs. B. J. Thiel, of Mit­ chell, Mrs. Robinson is a sister of Mrs.4 J. Hackney, William J. Passmore and Mrs. Clayton Frayne of town and Garnet Passmore of Forest. The re­ mains of Mr. Robinson are be­ ing brought to Detroit for burial. sttr- Mrs. Miss o it! What a show! Planes, people, and heat. That is a short summary of Air Force Day at Centralia, Saturday. Planes taxiing, whistling, roar­ ing, looping, diving, rolling, spelling, doing just about every­ thing under the sun, and that’s not just an old hackneyed ex­ pression either, because by the feel of it, even old man sol him­ self was out to see the show. Canada's busiest station — Centralia—put on a red hot show for the public, literally and figuratively. Every time you turned to see some exhibition you missed about three others, and every time you wiped away one drop of sweat from your forehead you felt three more forming from the heat of your handkerchief. People—egad, man—it waS a politician’s paradise. The whole famn damtly was howling little ones to amazed pensioners. And they certainly weren’t disappointed. Cars were lined up in the parking lot like people at a world series baseball game— they looked dike the storage lot of a variety automobile factory that hadn’t sold a Car in twenty- five years. Right after Wing Commander W. F. M. Newson Welcomed the crowd that was well on the way to reaching 20,0’0'0, the works started. Four R.C.A.F, Squadrons marched past the saluting base aiid the men in the lead tons dressed in their blues,' 'looked like bakers middle of summer. The float parade had thing from horses and “i to an old imitation of the first Wright Brothers’ double-winged airplane mounted on two bi­ cycles. There were even unfash­ ionable R.C.A.F. “ladies” dressed in 'two-piece bathing suits with added equipment. One old rep­ lica on .wheels carried lavatory equipment with a big sign “Curb Service 25 cents”. Other floats had aircraft frames and big box out—‘from squad­ winter in the every- 'horses” affairs with more signs than an old-fashioned general store. And then the planes began to fly. Harvards, Beachcrafts, Dak­ otas, even a Lancaster, Mustang, Vampire jet and a sailplane. They flew past the station in all kinds o f formations, performed all kinds of stunts, and dropped supplies by .parachute. The .most impressive scene of the whole afternoon was the formation of 38 aircraft that flew overhead spelling were such wer.e It said t o fifteen degrees above the normal .maximum of low seven­ ties.*’ There was only one thing the matter with that forecast— it should have been under the heading of ‘Today’s Funny ,>Story’ instead of ‘Weather’* The ther- ibonleter at one point showed 93 degrees in the shade* It was hot enough in the open spaces to drive Servers in pop go mad. Sweat and red a general description whole crowd. But the crowd was in other respects. Hats—-straw hats, fedoras, “Truman hats”, peak caps, officers hats, “wed­ gies”,-—even . some ten gallon jobs and some Mexican sombreros —sand it was mostly the men who were wearing them* Clothes —twoTiece sUn suits and heavy woollen suits and everything in between. What else was there and what else happened? Well, to cut a -very long story to a Jong one, lots of things. The Mustang’s engine caught fire; a one-dollar war surplus, Abson aircraft was burnt and the firefighters .tackled It; there were moving pictures; kiddies’ races, baseball games, displays 6 f engines, radios, homecraft products, searchlights, radar equipment, model .truths, hydraulic equipment, even a midway, with ferris wheel, merry-go-round and all attract­ ions and ntariy other things. 'R.C.A.F?'. The letters ■perfect—quite a feat for a hot day when air pockets a menace in the sky. t was hot. Weather forecasts 4‘Temperatures will be ten, booths to faces was of the different Approve Plans For Storm Sewer The town council approved the final plans and tender forms, for the William Street storm sewer as submitted, by the consulting engineer, R. V. Anderson, at the meeting 4ast Tuesday night. Clerk C. V. Pickard was structed to call for tenders. The councillors instructed streets committee, Snider Hughes, to arrange for the ing of sidewalks. Messrs. G. H. MacMilllan and D. G. Peck peti­ tioned for a sidewalk in front of their residences on Mill St. The reeve was empowered to instruct police to stop persons riding bicycles on sidewalks on the motion of Snider and Hughes. Applications for building per­ mits were granted to R. Beavqrs (verandah), Charles Johns (ver­ andahs), and iJSShn Caldwell (a house), on the motions of Coun­ cillors Hern and Hughes. By-law 15, 1949, was given its third reading and finally passed, appointing members to the Exeter Park Board, Members will be H. Schwartz, P. Dearing, G. HickS, A. W. Morgan, Wil­ liam Allison, D. Hughes and E. Lindenfield. An additional amount of $7,- 500.00 fire insurance will be placed on the town hall through J. P. Bowey and an additional §300.00 on the tool shed through W. H. Hodgson, on the motion of Hern and Lindenfield. The council decided to loan available municipal flags to RCAF Station Centralia for Air Force Day. Communications were read and dealt with as follows: Lon- dee Equipment Company, regard­ ing steel supply. Filed. British American Oil Com­ pany, regarding average temper­ ature. Filed. Exeter District High School Board, regarding corner stone ceremony. Filed. ' County of Huron, regarding Public Health Unit. Filed. Mrs. Elsie B. Hookey, regard­ ing bicycles on sidewalks. Department of Municipal Af­ fairs, regarding reserve funds. Filed. . Bell Telephone Company, re- g a r d i n g certificate of super­ vision. Filed. Department of fense, regarding ■Filed. The 'following read and ordered paid on the motion of Councillors Snider and H e rn : Exeter Times-Advdcate, printing, notices and supplies, §120.57,* truck, §8.24; street lighting, $250.13; Extinguisher Service & Sales, service, $4.75; Beavers Hard­ ware, paint and brushes, $26.- 40; Eric Carscadden, tax collec­ tor, postage, $16.64; C* V. Pic­ kard, Casulty Company Insur­ ance renewal (fire truck), $67.- 25; Municipal' World, dog tags $4.61; debenture sheets $0.87, $5,48; Wnx. Jennisott, bulldoz­ ing dump $80.50, streets, gravel, $285.67, $366,17; Supertest Sta­ tion, gas for truck and tractor, §22.64; Costain Langford, re­ pairing adding machine, $4.50; Huron Lumber Company, park tables, $39.16; A. J. Sweitzer, flags, $16.00; belief —- June, $48.00; Gerald Cornish, labour, $75.95; Samuel Grainger, labour $60.31; Arthur Daynes, labour, $64.61; Edgar Mawhinhey, clean­ ing streets, $52.48; Receiver General of Canada, tax deduc­ tions, $13.70, ■C. V* Pickard, Mun. Clerk United States Envoy Visits Centralia Station The U. S. ambassador to Can­ ada, Lawrence Adolph Stein- hardt, and two American air attaches landed at Centralia air­ port from Ottawa, Wednesday morning. The ambassador was met by Wing Commandex* New­ son and a guard of honour. Mr. Steinhardt left almost immediately for Goderich, with W. V. Roy, of the Huron County Agricultural Society, to visit the annual fair at the agricultural grounds. The attaches remained at the station and inspected the flying training school, instrument fly­ ing school and the radar -com­ munications school. The party left at 2 p.m. Usborne Pupils Sojourn To London; Visit U,W.O. Mr. Sparling, with six othei* teachers of Usborne Township, took their pupils to London on Thursday which included Whalen School. They toured through Kellogg’s plant, fire hall and the library. During the afternoon they had games at Springbank Park, followed by supper, where they were joined .by many of their parents and school trustees. In the evening they visited the Cronyn Memorial Observatory at the University of Western On­ tario where Dr. H. R. Kingston dean of arts and science, showed Jhem the moon and Saturn through the huge telescope. Mr, Sparling believes in educating children outside the classroom. f in- the and lay- f Attend Western Convocation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis, Walkerton, Ont., Mrs. Sidney Davis and Mr. Clark Fisher, of Exeter, attended the convocation exercises at Western University, when Dr. William Davis received his degree. Dr. Davis has accept­ ed a position »as interne at Vic­ toria Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis spent the week-end in Exeter. Miss Jeanette Davis, R.N., of Toronto, also attended the convocation and spent week-end in town. the Joins H.E.P.C. Staff Miss Delores Allison has cepted a position with the HEPC replacing Mrs. Stanley Frayne. ac­ National Airforce accounts Stephen Schools Hold Field Day Field Day ~ ‘.day, schools of Mrs. John McAllister, who has tbeen recuperating from an oper­ ation at the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minn., is improving nicely and expected home short­ ly.Mrs. Wm. Sims, who recently underwent an operation at Vic­ toria Hospital, has returned and is recuperating at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter Bent­ ley. The Exeter Lions will hold “Ladies’ Night’’ Friday evening of this week at Brenner Hotel, Grand Bend. A very successful was held in Crediton .on Friday, June 10, by the Stephen Township School area. The programme of events con­ sisted of dashes, .standing and running broad jumps, high jumps, hop step and jump and ball throws. Ribbons were pre­ sented to the three winners in each event. Pupils from ten schools competed with champ­ ions declared as follows: Juniors, Girls, Camille Coulter, Grand Bend. Boys, Russel Page, Grand Bend. Carole Frederick, Boys, Bend. Seniors. Wright, Dawe, Grand Bend. Silver cups were presented to the winners by the secretary of the board, Mr. A. J. Amy. Intermediates, Girls, Grand Bend. Jule Desjardins, Grand Girls, Barbara Crediton. Boys, George Miss Isabelle Anthony , and ■Miss Gladys Ecklin, of Hamil- spent. the week-end with Rev. James and Mrs. Anthony. Miss Helen Anthony visited with her parents, having just returned from a 1300 mile visit to the mission fields of Northern Ont­ ario in the interests of O.R.E.G. ton, De­ Day. were Mather Bros., gas for Exeter P.U.C., Fire The three party candidates fox' Huron-Perth were officially nominated Monday afternoon at Hensail Town Hall. Filing then’ nomination papers with J, M. Southcottj returning officer for the riding, were: Elgin McKinley, R.R, 1, Zurich, JaxTner; Andrew Y. McLean, Sea­ forth, editor; and John Robert Peters, R.R. 1, Seaforth, clergy­ man. The three candidates addressed a small crowd at the hall. Andrew McLean said the “Liberal government has given strong recognition of the im­ portance which agriculture holds .in the Dominion” and that this fact was evident by the prices which the farmer had received. • “As a result, agriculture has been and continues to be in a * period of prosperity.” At the same time, the Liberal candidate said, the government had pre­ vented the spirelling of inflation of prices. Mr. McLean said there were more jobs in Canada than has ever previously existed. There had been increased production all across the board... “The Lib­ eral policies are based on equal appeal by the government, ex­ emplified by social legislation introduced by the government in­ cluding family allowances and old-age pensions.. The P.C. candidate, -Elgin Mc­ Kinley, said “It is time for a. change of government for the sake of the public at large, and there is a strong alternative to the government in Ottawa in t h.e Progressive Conservative party.” The Liberal party is taking credit for high prices, but it is the condition of the times which* is responsible for these prices. The Liberal party had not kept prices up but kept them down. Attacking the trade situation, Mr. McKinley noted that Trade Minister Howe had glibly passed off the. question of slipping agreements in Canada saying that the state of trade with Eng- land was normal, but when he went to England he told repor­ ters he had to get more agree­ ments. A Progressive Conservative government will give old age pensions at sixty-five without a means test, he said. Rev. J. R. Peters stated that it “is not from the economic or political side but rather from the humanitarian angle” that he had entered the campaign. He said the two old parties opposed the C.C.F. not because they were afraid of losing free enterprise but of losing free exploitation. He attacked the development of iron in Labrador, the sale of fertilizer plants to American capitalists, and defended his party against attacks of com­ munism. Mr. McLean, in his rebuttal, said« prices under the „ ment had neither been too high or too low. Under a C.OF. ministration “people work the government instead of the government working for the pie,” lie said. Harvard Cracks Up In Field; Worst Crash Here In Two Years A Harvard aircraft was prac­ tically demolished early Wednes­ day morning when it crash-land­ ed three miles north of Exeter. The . pilot . received only minor scratches and bruises. It was the worst crash suffered at Centralia the last two Cause of known but the heavy night and .early Wednesday morning. Time of the accident was approximately 12:30. The plane crashed in a field owned by Andrew Dougall, just north .of the third concession. The craft skidded from one side of the field, through a fence neai" the corner of the enclosure 1 and stopped close .to the railway Flight Cadet G. H. Knight, Moose Jaw, was the pilot. An in­ vestigation to determine the cause of the accident has been ordered by Wing Commander W. F. M. Newson, commanding of­ ficer of the station. . Flight Cadet Knight on the training course ' ral months, After the ' walked to Mr. Harry R.C.A.F. station in years. * the accident is un­ it happened during rainstorm Tuesday has been for seve- crash he DougalVs house on the east side of highway and telephoned the port. tlie air- govern- ad- for Mr, and Mrs. James Squire spent a few days at the hohte of Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Stone, Kirkton, while the latter were holidaying. Receives Third Scholarship John Page, son of Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Page, Owen Sound, formerly of Exeter, received word last week that he has been awarded the W.W. and Susan Near Scholarship for highest standing in his fifth medical year for laboratory work at Queen’s University. Previously he was awarded two other scholar­ ships. At present he is at the Uni­ versity of Western Ontario pre­ paring to go on the Queen’s Medical Arctic expedition at the end of this month. Rain Ends Long Drought A million-dollar rain has visit­ ed this section. Hay, early fruits and early peas have suffered from the drought. The London Free Press cele- brated its 100th anniversary With a 232-page paper, the larg­ est single edition ever printed in Canada. This was followed by a banquet Saturday evening at which close to ’ 1000 persons were present. Guests of Mr, add Mrs. Cecil ■Skinner over the Week-end the latter’s cousins, Mr. Mrs. Herb Damm, Mr. and » Claude Moore and Mr, and Ed Miller, of Pigeon, Mich. were and Mrs. Mrs. peo- Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Beavey, of Crediton, and Mr. and Mrb. Al- joe Sanders and family visited With Mr. and Mrs. C* Kerr Benmiller on Sunday. at Mrs* Wm* Clarke Mrs. William Clarke passed away Thursday of last week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emerson Gunning, in her eighty- first year. Borgt in Usborne, her maiden name was Drucilla Coul- tls, daughter of the late Richard and Sarah Coultis, She was the last of a family of eleven. Sur­ viving besides her bereaved hus­ band is one son, Newton, and one daughter, Mrs. Gunning. One son, Arnold, predeceased her by thirty-eight years. ThS* funeral Saturday afternoon was hoi d from the Hopper-Hockey funeral home conducted by Het. H. J, Snell, The bearers were Messrs. Orville Cann, Nelson Fred Lankin, Chester Coultis, Nelson Fletcher and Dr. George Hind. Among those from a dis­ tance attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Chester Coultis, of Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Eric Coultis, of Thedford; Hr* George and Mrs. .Hind, of Walkerton; Mr* and Mrs. Fred Lankin, of St. Marys, and relatives front London and Granton, interment was in the Exeter Cemetery. Stephen Council The Council of the Township of Stephen met in the Council Rooms on the above date at S p.m* with Reeve Elmer Lawson presiding. Deputy-Reeve H. Bea­ ver and Councillors J. Morrissey, Roy Swart? and Charles Mac­ Gregor being present. The minutes of previous meet­ ings were read and adopted on motion of Beaver and Morrissey* Communication of Lands and Forests was read and filed. On motion of Morrissey and Mac­ Gregor the report on the Makins Municipal Drain was provision­ ally adopted. The report was submitted by Mr. S. W* Archi­ bald, O.L.S. By-laW 5, 1949, is to be prepared and copies pre­ sented to interested rate-payers. General accounts were author­ ized for payment on motion of Swartz and Beaver. CbUltis, Celebrate Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Harrison celebrated their fifty-first wed­ ding anniversary on Tuesday. Visiting with them is Mrs. Mabel Lee, of Detroit, who was the bridesmaid at their w e d d I n g. Mrs. Lee friends in the neighbourhood. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison attend­ ed the Harrison Picnic at Gode­ rich last Saturday. Other people attending Mr. and ___ ___ _ , Elimville, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Harrison, and Mrs. Hill. is also calling on from the district were Mrs. Allan Johns, of of Farquhar, and Mr. Cecil Harrison, of Mr. Herman Hodgson is erect­ ing a garage and making some repairs to his home. « Mr. and Mrs. J. B« Wallace and Miss Ethel Elliott, of Tor­ onto, visited with their aunt» Miss Carling.