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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-09-08, Page 1quotations from night, The vote for the approp- a school, and Seventy-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1949 FIFTY HOMES of the extensive housing scheme under construction at Centralia Airport are shown here in an air-view photo. The houses are laid out in two “U” formations. The first ten of these will be occupied this month. They are part of the overall community scheme planned for personnel at the airport. —R.C.A.F. Photo . Seaw®* A WORKMEN PUT FINISHING TOUCHES on one of the eight-room standard houses almost completed. From left to right are David Evers, Zurich; foreman Dinah Finch. Exeter; Paul Gonee.rman. Chatham; Irwin Sehilbc, Harvey Clausius, Zurich; and Bill Ford. Vsborne. The homes all contain automatic oil-heating, refrigerators, stoves, and laundry equipment, be sides regular conveniences. ♦ • —Jack Doerr, Exeter No Drownings To Mar Record Holiday Season At Grand Bend Although the crowd was greater this year, businessmen found that the tourists' purses were a little tighter than the previous season and the gross turnover 'was about the same as last year. A remarkable achievement, which speaks well for protection organization at the Bend, was the absence of drownings or ac cidents during the season. De spite the large crowds which gathered at the beach, there was not one drowning and only a tew scares. No fires, major accidents or crimes were reported over ,the season. Grand Bend sang “Auld Laug | Syne” with its Labor Day cele bration over the week-end and marked the end of the biggest season the resort ever had. The holiday crowd, harkened by warmer weather, swarmed to the lake shore to get their last holiday before the kids got back to school and older folk settled down lor the coming winter. Though a cool breeze blew off the lake, the sun poked out {periodically to rejuvenate fading tans. Saturday and .Sunday mid night crowds were large at the dance and theatre, and conces sions were moving fast .most of the t i m e. Things were fairly slack on Monday, however, as most of the people were prepar ing to go back to the cities and and towns. Resort businessmen report that the number of people at the Bend this year was the greatest ever seen. Despite the greatly increased building and housing accomodation there was very seldom a vacancy in the village until the last two weeks when cooler weather broke and kept: vacationists away. The Grand Bend information booth handled a, record number of requests and real estate agents had little trouble filling lodgings. Major factor in the season’s success, of course, was the sweltering weather that drove city residents to the lakeshore most of the summer. The increas ing amount of entertainment facilities has.proved to be a big ger attraction for tourists. De spite Sunday Blue Laws, which Grand Bend operators claim were prosecuted -over-severely at the resort, Sunday business flourish ed. The operators are slightly; peeved at the number jot prosecu tions against them when other resorts were left open. Race Horsemen Donate $800; And That’s Lettuce* Not Hay! The members of the Exeter Turf Club decided at a recent meeting to donate $800 to the Exeter Community Park Board. Of this amount, $634.39 was the club’s net profit on the race meet held on July 20 of this year. Fire Protection Council voted $470 to the Fire Department on Tuesday night to purchase trailer equipment for added protection iii the village. The trailer, designed to carry a chemical tank and other fire equipment, will be built by the Exeter Farm Equipment. Councillor Hern And Fire "Chief Bill Chambers.- investigated requirements and reported to the council Tuesday was unanimous riations. Earlier price _ fire equipment companies proved too expensive but the locally- made trailer will meet the re quirements. Final passing of the by-laws for the construction and deben ture issue of the Storm sewer and pumping station was com pleted at the meeting. The clerk was instructed to contact broker age houses for bids on the $40- 000 worth of debentures. The matter of ordering equipment for the pumping station was laid over to a future meeting. The court of revision for the Makins Drain by-law was held but there were no appeals so the by-law was passed. A communication was received from Mrs. Alex McFalls com plaining of the unsanitary con dition of the open ditch running near her residence on Albert Street. The clerk was instructed to advise Mrs. McFalls, that this ditch will be cleaned as soon as possible. The Bell Telephone Company wrote to the council for permis sion to cable to ly, the approve field got a phone in his new residence on John Street. “I’ve had my order in Since June of last year,’’ said the councillor, “and I haven’t got it yet.” Per mission was finally granted, how ever, but Reeve Sweitzer laugh ingly added a note to the re quest. It read: “Please put phone to Lindenfield, as well.” The following applications for building permits were granted: Donald K. Link, house; Mc- Knight and Walper, extension to store building. The following accounts were read and ordered paid on the motion of Councillors Hughes and Hern: Cann's Mill, tile, $11.25; Beavers Hardware (Park Board), pipe and labour, $31.- 46; Traquair’s Hardware (Park Board), bolts and brush, $20.01; Traquair’s Hardware, three rub- i bish burners, $10.50; Ryan Buil- bers' Supplies, blocks, $130.50 Wellington Hern $9.87; Baileys two flower beds, test Station, C. Oil (truck), $21.83 Airmen To Meet Listowel Centralia Intermediate B base ball entry now meet Listowel in the next round of the semi-finals. This will be a two-out-of three game series. The first tilt will be played under the lights in Listowel this Friday with the return game scheduled for Exe ter Community park on Monday night. If a third match is neces sary it will be played oh neutral grounds. To Start On 60 Cycle Survey Hydro men will start survey ing electrical equipment this fail and winter prior to the district, change-over from 25- to 60-oycle, H.E.P.C. manager Ken Lampman 1 said Wednesday, The conversion is scheduled to; take place in August and Sep tember next year, All domestic and commercial consumer equip ment will be changed free of charge, but industrial users will pay for the switch. The cycle change-over from 25 to 60 was started about two years ago and hydro men have been working on the switch throughout Ontario ever since. The conversion means speedier access to new electrical equip ment since most manufacturers produce their material in 60 cycles. At the present time, all this equipment must be changed to 25-cycIe before it can be made available to the district. Clint Hodgins Seen On TV Television was the means of recording the success of a district boy who is making a name for himself on the harness horse circuits in the States. Last week end Mr. and Mrs. Reg, Beavers were viewing the races from the Long Island raceway .when an nouncer Clem McCarthy called ont the name of Clandeboye’s Clint Hodgins as driver in one of the sulkies. The Beavers’ watched the race with keen inte rest and were able to follow Clint throughout the mile. Before ,tlie evening was -over they saw him in a second race. install ah underground the new school. Joking- council didn’t want to until Councillor Linden A new town of 300 homes, complete with churches* school, and market area, is under construction at Centralia Airport. Already fifty houses are just about completed and they will be occupied this month. Forty-five - other foundations have been dug 'and the houses will be constructed this winter, C E. Shaw New B Of M Manager Cedric E. Shaw, in charge of the Bank of Montreal’s Ingersoll branch since 1947, will succeed James L. Hendry as manager of the bank’s office here. Mr. Hen dry has been named manager of the branch at Owen Sound. Mr. Shaw is a native of Shaw- ville, Que., which • was named after his grandfather, one of the earliest settlers in that district. After entering the bank at his home town, in 1914, he acquired considerable early experience there and at numerous branches in Ontario. He received his first appointment in 1928, when he was named accountant at the bank’s Westinghouse Avenue branch, Hamilton, and he sub sequently served in a similar capacity in Orillia, Owen Sound and Brantford. Appointed mana ger of the Elora office in 1940, he remained there until taking! charge of the Ingersoll branch two years ago. Known to his many friends as “Ted”, Mr. Shaw takes a keen interest in community affairs. During his two years at Inger soll, he has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Ki- wanis Club, Lawn Bowling Club, and the Oxford Golf and Country Club. His predecessor, Mr. Hendry, in the five years he has been Inside of two or three years, a total' of three hundred homes, two churches, business section are expected to be built to round, out an ideal community for peace-time RCAF personnel. In a special interview with Centralia housing officials Wing Commander H. E, Bishop, Chief Technical Officer, and Squadron Leader N. Burden, Chief Ad ministrative Officer, The Times- Advocate learned of the "exten sive development planned for the important defence training sta tion. The housing area, carefully planned with crescents, parks, and playgrounds, is part of the federal government’s scheme to house armed service personnel near their station. Fifty Homes Almost Completed The fifty homes almost com pleted by the Hill-Clarke Con struction Co. are expected to be occupied by the seventeenth of the month. .This section, painted gaily in bright colors Of red, yellow, blue, green, brown and others, forms two horseshoes just east of the airport. . front. Centrally locat- a public school, com- twelve rooms and an. for airforce children, three stabes of this I , cement 'blocks. Florist, $16.00 Moore, G. kard, out-of-pocket expenses, un ployment insurance and postage $76.64, miscellaneous $15.57 telephone $17.25, $109,46; ter Public Utilities, town $2.56, town hall $5.06, lighting $250.13, $257.75 September, $37.00 nish, labour, $86.72; Laverty, labour, $84.43 Grainger Returning To England Mrs. G. Wilson is sailing back to England, leaving Friday after a three month’s visit with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Max Harness, she wishes to thank Mr. and Mrs. Elmore I Harness and family" and all the lA’riends she has .made in Exeter ’j/for the kin dues shown to her in f helping to make her stay in Can ada a most enjoyable .one. Mrs, I Wilson is going back with Very happy memories being much Im pressed with the abundance of food and no rationing in Canada. Mr. atid Mrs. Max Harness will wish het bon voyage from Lon don and will then leave for a week’s vacation at North Bay. Attends C.W.N.A. Convention J. M. Southcott, of The Times- Advocate, left on Thursday for Jasper Park, Alta., to attend the annual convention of the Cana- i dian Weekly Newspapers Associa tion. A trip will be made to the i Leduc oil fields, Mr. Southcott is president of the Ontario and I Quebec -division -of the C.W.N.A. filling ; Super gas and V. Pic Exe clock street relief, Gerald cor- William __, , , Samuel labour, $72.33; Edgar Mawhlnney, cleaning streets, $80.16; recelver-Generul of Can ada, tax deductions, $18.82, a Campaign For New Hospital Exeter .Lions Club passed resolution at their first fall meeting last Friday to start an all-out campaign for the pro posed 50-room hospital. , A district hospital committee will be formed including repre sentatives from all service clubs, women’s organizations, church groups and civic bodies. i Hospital committee chairman, Elmer D. Bell, outlined the scheme to Lion members at the meeting. The $20’0,000 hospital will serve the district of South Huron. The campaign will start as soon as organization of the central committee has been com pleted. Earl Russell, new Lion presi dent for the present term, pre sided over the meeting, A picture film, taken by the president him self, of the New York Conven tion was shown. They included pictures of the local delegation marching in the huge parade down New York streets and also showed Grant Sanders, son of S. M. Sanders, of town, whom they met In the city. Jack Doerr and Norm Walper presented the auditors report. B of M manager here, has served on the executive of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Cana dian Legion. Exeter district re presentative for the Rehabilita tion Committee of the Depart ment of Veterans* Affairs, he has also played an active part in the local Lions Club, He ex pects to leave Exeter shortly to take over his new post in Owen Sound. Two Cattle Sheds To Be Built But East Of The Grandstand Two new cattle sheds are be ing built at the Community Park by the Exeter Agricultural So ciety and they are expected to be ready tor the fall fair. William Ellerington, building chairman for the Society, said the two sheds, both 100 feet by 20 feet, will house approximately forty indoor stalls. The sheds will be built oh the east side of the grandstand. The foundations are in now1 and labour, mostly donated, will start immediately. London Dealer Wins New Car Brown, blonde, Barbara Wood ard, Detroit/ was chosen “Miss Grand Bend 1949” last Wednes day night at the monster carni val staged by the Candian Legion to raise funds for a new hall. i Mrs. Irene Bossenberry was a | close runner-up. Six contestants I bared to the chilly winds and i paraded before the- judges ’on the roller-skating rink floor. Legion President Alvin Boss- enberry, D.F.C., presented a $"25 cheque and a bouquet of roses to the beauty queen. Miss Woodard drew tickets for the winners of the three prizes ; offered by the Legion. C. T. I Bailey, London, a car salesman, won the new automobile, Ted I Stanlake, Grand Bend, won a t refrigerator, and H. Murray, Toronto, a washing machine. A colorful parade of floats, bicycles, pushmobiles and cos tumed children was led by the R.C.A.F. band, Centralia, to the beach and tile roller rink. Neil MacKay’s band, dressed in bath ing suits, missed the lake shore turn and marched right into the lake. R.C.A.F. planes flew over head as the parade moved down the street. Grand Bend downed Centralia by 5-3 in .a three-period rollex- hockey game. Prizes for costumes were awarded to Tommy Bannister, Grand Bend; Dennis Mathers, London; Judy Des jar dine, Grand Bend; Sylvia Luker, Lorna Taylor, Exeter; Lloyd Miller, ■ Detroit; Coleen Gill, Grand Bend and Ken Frazer, Windsor. An exciting bicycle-circus act was put on by the red-headed Williams twins of London. The R.C.A.F. band marched on the rink and played .several numbers. A big crowd braved the cool evening breeze to watch tlie pro gram, play bingo and other games. The carnival raised close to $i,50’0< for the Legion. Besides the proceeds, two men, Gordon McDermott, Maple Grove, and the car winner, c. T. Bailey do nated $100 apiece for the cause. Judges for the costumes were Vern May, P.C. W. J. E. Fergu son and Bill Doyle; Mrs. Helen Smallman, Dr. R. S. Ferguson, and Flight Sergeant .Braill of the R.C.A.F. selected the beauty Winner. The forty-five foundations dug further east by the Parker Con struction Company are part of the series of winding crescents laid out in the overall plan. Parker has a contract for 135 houses. The rest, some 115, will be built in the next two or three years. The area, some 100 acres, formerly belonged to William Elliot. Modern Planping Incorporated Evidence of the modern plan- ninb incorporated in the town is the roads which run behind the houses and the sidewalks which will run in ed will be plete with auditorium The first school will be completed by Sept. 19 50. Two churches are to be built—one at each end of a cras- cent, and in the centre a com plete ’business section will serve the shoppers in the area. The houses, ranging from four to eight rooms, will be one, one and a half, and two stories high, complete with a full base ment. They will be provided with heating units, mostly automatic ally-controlled oil furnaces, re frigerators, stoves, and laundry facilities, besides regular con veniences like water, electricity, toilets, and sewage disposal. The houses are all standard models, designed by E. C. S. Cox, Tor onto, and the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Sepa rating the houses will be fences and hedges to insure privacy for each dwelling. Flowers will be I grown around the house founda- | tions. i Every house lot will include I driveways for personnel cars. No garages will be built due to the scarcity of building material. Area To Be Landscaped The whole area will be land scaped out by contractors and will include planting struction are already growing on the station nursery, will include Nor way Maples, Cutleaf Burch American Elm. London city board is helping the airmen the landscaping. The consulting engineer drew up plans for the area was Roderick V. Anderson, of Tor onto, whose representative, Rutke, lives on the station. Flaxton Announced Program In London First , hint scheme came when Hon. minister of defence, referred to the program in a speech in Lon don. Since then developments have taken place nt other sta tions throughout Canada. The start at Centralia began in No vember, 1948. when Hill-Clarke- Francis Ltd. .was awarded a con tract for the first fifty houses. Contracts for a main storm sewer, sanitary sewers and roads have been let to WooUatt Con struction Company and the Ful- larton Construction C o m p a n y, both of Windsor. Sewerage will be pumped to the disposal plant at the station.The Construction company men, many of whom are resident in distant communities, have taken residence on the station and are taking part in commun ity life there. The administration of the housing area will be under the commanding officer at Centralia,* Group Captain W. F. N. Newson. The construction has been super vised by R.C.A.F. Air Material Command and Central Mortgage a nd Housing Corporation, a crown company. ,7 o ..... Housing Committee Selects Occupants The first occupants of the building will be the men who need them most. The housing committee, headed by Group Captain Newson and including representatives of all ranks on the station and the two station chaplains, .consider the size of family, length of service and cit- oumstances at present when selecting the occupants. Men whose families ate living as far away as the Maritimes and the prairies will be able to bring them to the station. A crescent of eight houses near the station railway will house the key officers at Centralia. The housing development pre sents a great opportunity for local merchants to increase their trading area. This new commun ity Will be an outstanding ex ample of careful planning and will go down in history Arx- . other ’ progressive milestone in ;the area. f considerable tree and flower bed con- Trees, some of which and park with who L. I I Registration Up In Both Schools I High school registration wav ered around the 300 mark in the first few days of school, and public school attedance was re corded at 255, an increase of thirty-five over last yw. A large crowd of first year high school pupils was devided into three classrooms. The Grade -9 pupils totalled 103. Forty-four primary students registered in the public school. The pupils swarmed back to studies on Tuesday after the summer holidays. They were as signed to classes In the morning and given a holiday in the after* ; noon. The local book store was To Attend Rhode’s College Bill Armstrong, son of Mrs. Grace Armstrong, left Wednes day for Vancouver, B.C., where he will attend Rhode’s College, a R.C.A.F. school. Bill, who graduated from high school last year, recently re-' ceived his admission papers from the academy which selects stu dents throughout the Dominion for officer training In the R.C.A.F. A number of Bill’s friends held a farewell party for him on Tuesday night and Rev. H. Ma-, ___ ___ ____ ___ honey presented him with a i swamped with book and school leather kit on behalf of the| equipment orders for the '.-“.xt boys. | few days. of the housing in January, 1948, Brooke Claxton,