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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-12-01, Page 1Seventy-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1949 Single Coby 60 Hensall Reeve, Council Returned By Acclamation A. W. Kerslake, 1949 reeve of the Village of Hensail, on Satur­ day night became the sixth reeve in Huron County to be returned by acclamation for 1950, when R. E. Sheddiek, only other nom­ inee for the post, failed to quali­ fy before the 9 o’clock deadline. In addition to Reeve Kerslake, a four-man council comprising Lome Luker, Harry Hoy, Wil­ liam ParJ<e, and Norman Jones, three school trustees and two members of a public utilities commission were elected by ac­ clamation in Hensail. School trustees are Cecil Johnston, Peter L, McNaughton, and A. L. Case. Thomas Welsh and Walter* Spencer will he members of the public utilities commission next year. Other nominations are: Colborne (election December* 5)—Council: Jas. Horton, John Kernighan, Harold Montgomery, Terrence' Hunter (accls,). Goderich (election December 5)—Reeve; James Stirling, W- R. Lobb, Gordon Orr. Council (four to be elected): K. C. Man­ ner, E. N. Grigg, K. W. Deeves, Wilmer Harrison, Clayton Laith- waite. High School Area Trus­ tees: W, J. Fordes, Robert Welsh, Earl Cooper (accls.). H o w i c k (election December 5): Council '(three to be elect­ ed) :Iyan Haskins, Edward New­ ton, Arthur Gibson, Emerson Hargreave. » Morris—School Board: Harvey McCutcheon, Torrance Dundas, Kenneth Taylor, R. J. Murray, Bernard Thomas (accls.). Ailsa Craig—Reeve: Fred J* McLeod and S. • S. Robinson. School Trustees (thre&_ to foe elected): Douglas McGill (accl.) A further nomination will be held for two remaining school trustees. Election for reeve on December 12. Lobo—'Reeve: Harold G. Mc­ Kay (accl.). Parkhill—Mayor: Tom Dixon (accl.). Reeve: Donald Waters (accl.). Council (six to be elect­ ed) : Roy Hutchinson, Gordon Crawford and Matthew Steeper (accls,). Public School Board (three to be elected); Clarence Dixon, W. J. Yorke and R. Cog­ hill (aecls.). A further nomination meeting for three councillors will be held on December >5. Stephen Nominations Tentative Stephen Township will hold their municipal nominations on Monday next, December 5, with elections to be held the follow­ ing Monday, if required. New High School Near Completion Work at the new District High School has progressed rapidly during the last few weeks. The second storey will likely be ready by mid-December. At pres­ ent the upstairs classrooms are being finally trimmed and paint­ ing of the walls is well under­ way. Lockers will then be in­ stalled and final finish given the terazzo floors, upon completion of which the entire second storey will foe ready for occupancy. The ground floor rooms are also in the final stages and it is expected that after mid-term holidays the students will attend classes in the new building. According to Mr, C. S. Mac- Naughton, chairman of the Pro­ perty Committee, the new build­ ing should be completely ready sometime in January and dates for official opening Will be’''an­ nounced later* Society Cares For 95 Child ren The South Huron district meet­ ing of the Huron County Chil­ dren’s Aid Society was held in Zurich town hall Friday evening. In the absence of Hugh Berry, chairman of the . society, Alfred Wilkes, the president, presided. Prayer was offered by Rev. R. G. MacMillan, minister of Gode­ rich Presbyterian Church. Geo. Armstrong, reeve of Hay town­ ship, extended a welcome to the board of directors of the society and also to the guest speakers, Mrs. Roche, president of Zurich Women’s Institute, which spon­ sored the meeting, welcomed the guests. Mrs. Mary ,P. Chaffee, super­ intendent of the society, respond­ ed to the greetings, and mention­ ed that the society now has 95 children in its care. The addition to the staff of Miss White. Reg. N., was much appreciated, said Mrs. Chaffeej She then intro­ duced Miss Frieda Held, the guest speaker, who has had much experience in child welfare work. Since 19 46, she has been field supervisor for social service studies at Toronto University. ; Miss Held gave an interesting address on, "How To Help Other People,” in the course of which she said: "You can help the Children’s Aid Society by open- ing your homes as foster-parents and bringing into a child’s life a sense of security and a feeling of being wanted. The Children’s Aid also needs gifts, but especial­ ly gifts of money. Often the ne­ glected group is the pre-school children,” she declared. Harvey Erskine, treasurer of the society, told of the taken to set up the Huron ty Health Unit, and introduced Dr. Aldis, county M.O.H., who outlined briefly the objects of the unit. Two foster-mothers told of the love, joy, and happiness they had received by each taking a little child into their homes as their own. Mrs. Johnston of Goderich ex­ tended a vote of thanks to all who had contributed to the eve­ ning's program. Zurich Women’s Institute served lunch. Exeter Barber Critically Ill Mr* Norman Hockey is critic­ ally ill in 'Victoria Hospital, Lon­ don. Mr. Hockey had been ailing for several days and on Sunday was taken to the hospital in the R. C. Dinney ambulance where he underwent an operation. His many friends will hope for his recovery. Mr. Hockey’s barber shop is being carried on by Mr. Bert Carr. Bam Dance Great Success There was a packed house at the Exeter arena Saturday eve­ ning for the Barn Dance spon­ sored by the Exeter basketball team. Music was provided by the C.K.N.X. Ranch Boys. A draw tor a Lazy-Boy Chair was won by Mrs. Fred Dobbs. Kippen Minister Subs Here Rev, Mr* Hinton, of Kippen, occupied the pulpit of the James St. United Church on Sunday and delivered tw’o thoughtful and inspiring sermons. Owing to the illness Of the soloist, Mr* Hinton sang a solo at the evening ser­ vice. Rev. C. W. Down took Mr. Hinton’s work, Mr* and Mrs. Hinton were guests at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Down. Dr. Seldon Ejected President Of A.A«S. * Exeter honors one of her na­ tive sons who has been signally ’ honored by being elected to the highest honor of his profession. . We refer to Dr. Harry Seldon, who last week in Seattle, Wash., was elected president of. the ' American Anesthetist Society. Harry, soil of Mr. R. G. Seldon, t was born In Exeter and received his high school education here. v He graduated in Medicine from Queens University In 1929, secur­ ing his M.D. and M.C. degrees, and afterwards took a post grad­ uate course at the Minneapolis, Wis., University. For a number of years he enjoyed a lucrative » practice at Sharbot Lake, In 1935 he was invited to join the staff , Of the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minn., specializing in anaesthe­ sia. During the past year ho has * . visited many of the important hospitals both in the United * States and Canada conducting clinics. We congratulate him on , the high honor that has been be­ stowed hpofi him. Increase In Assessment 'According to the latest assess­ ment Exeter’s population is now 2401, The total assessment is $1,976,050* This undoubtedly will reach and possibly exceed the two million mark when the new houses now un‘der construc­ tion are added to the assessment roll. Of the population of 2401, the number Of owners and ten­ ants Is 1028. Exeter is now en­ titled to send a deputy-reeve to the Huron Couhty Council as the number of owners and tenants required for additional repre­ sentation is 1000. P.S. To Be Remodelled Several members of the Exe­ ter School Trustees were in To­ ronto Wednesday to interview the Municipal Board on their proposal to engage an architect to prepare plans and specifica- i tions for the addition of several rooms to the High School soon to be vacated when the new Dis­ trict High School is completed. The remodelled school will be used for public school purposes and the old public school build­ ing will be demolished if the present plans go into Offset. Bulk of the Dominion’s maple syrup production comes from Quebec’s Eastern Townships. EIGHT CUBS were invested into the Exeter Wolf Cub Pack-"Wednesday night, November 23, by Cubmaster Eric Sutherland. Reeve A. J. Sweitzer is shown presenting each new cub with a certificate of the investiture, Those invested'were (front row, left to right) Vernon Heywood, Donald MacDonald, Teddy MacDonald, Petei’ Frayne, Paul Wilson, Lloyd Moore, Paul Coates and Wayne Bowen. r —Jack Doerr, Exeter Presents Concert To Large Crowd The Concordia College Choir of Fort Wayne, Indiana, ren­ dered a sacred concert in Zion Lutheran Church, Dashwood, on the evening of November 20 be­ fore an audience of 600 which filled the church to overflowing. The program consisted of se­ lections taken from the works of ancient and modern composers and commemorated the 200th anniversary of the death of Jo­ hann Sebastian Bach. The choir, under* the direction of Prof. Arnold Lthmann and accompanied by M.’s. Juanita Gray, opened the program with Luther’s Reformation hymn, “A Mighty Fortress Is Cur God”, and followed with selections by Hassler, Graun, Bach, Mendel­ ssohn and Wolfgang Mozart. The "Gloria”, sung in Latin, was very impressive. The second part consisting of selections taken from the works of Bach, Hirsch, Winter, Juengst and Thompson, was received very acceptably by the audience. Of these selections "The Lullaby of Jesus”, an old French melody, and "Alleluia” by Thompson were especially ap­ preciated. Part three, “Chorale Cantata (No. 21) by Bach por­ trayed the sorrow because of sin, the inability of man’s sor­ row to remove it and the com­ forting message that the Lamb of God for sinners slain is able to remove all wrath of God and concluded by calling upon the pardoned sinner to praise God. Both the words and the melodies sung by a group of young sing­ ers, who truth of profound audience. During Miss Olga Hvizdak, choir organ- ist, rendered two organ selec­ tions—Fugue in C Major, and Toccata. Both Were well re­ ceived. The pastor, Rev. L. Higenell, introduced Prof. E* E. Foelber, who gave pertinent facts about the organization and purposes of Concordia G o 11 e ;g e. Concordia College was organized to give boys a college education prior to tlieir attendance at Concordia ■Seminary in St. Louis, Mo., where they are educated to take up the ministry in the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. Ail the boys of the choir are students of this College. The female mem­ bers of the choir attend the Lutheran High located on the college. The seventy choir arrived two chartered entertained in community. The choir left Dash­ wood for Stratford. I “Dreaming Of You^ v Sorority Sue” Miss Sorority Sue, the beaut- ful little dolh on exhibition in Southcott (Bros, display window, with twenty different attractive costumes, a set of dishes, locket, and a suitcase, has fascinated the attention of the little folk. Sorority Sue is sponsored by the Beta Sigma JJhi Sorority and will be drawn for at the Christmas entertainment to be sponsored by the Exeter Lions. Each member of the society has donated one outfit or an equally .attractive accessory to add to Miss Sorority Sue’s wardrobe. The doll was on exhibition in Hensail for a week. Proceeds from the sale of tickets on the doll are being donated to the Exeter District Hospital Fund. The doll is this week be­ ing moved to the Dinney Furni­ ture window. Professor Pleva i Dine And Dance mo- have experienced the these words, made a impression upon the the first intermission, School, which is campus of tile the In members of in DasliwOod busses and were the homes of the Hospital Contributions Over Half-Way Mark Contributions to the Exeter District Hospital Fund have now reached the half-way mark. De­ tailed figures ate not available in time for publication. A house-to-house canvass is being made in Exeter. In Us­ borne Township the canvass is nearing completion. In Stephen and Hay Townships It is expect­ ed the canvass will get under­ way shortly. Some of the larger concerns with branches in Exe­ ter or those which have been deriving revenue' from this com­ munity are being approached for donations and already the reception has been fairly promis­ ing. Eighteen-Room School To Be Built At Airport Saturday,Tag Day For Blind Tag Pay for the Canadian Na­ tional Institute foi' the Blind will be held in Exeter next Saturday, Taggers will be on the street and you are asked to give libe­ rally for this worthy cause. The Institute is doing a noble work in Huron County. Tag Day is being sponsored by the Exeter Lions Club. now th© now GuestSpeaker At Usborne Banquet An event farm folk of Us­ borne look forward to and enjoy is the social evening held in connection with the annual meet­ ing of the Usborne Federation of Agriculture. One hundred and twenty farm folk renewed old friendships and made new ones as they sat at well laden tables in the Elimville United Church on Friday 25. After the gathered in the church singing was representative R. G. Clinton, followed by solo by Harry Dougall. James Miller introduced the speaker of the evening, Prof. Edward Pleva of the University of Western Ontario, who spoke on the sub­ ject “Pioneering A Permanent Land”. He said .early pioneers had to fight the forests to farm but they have succeeded too completely, At least twenty per cent of our land should be wood­ lot. Our lands are being depleted of mineral and organic matter at an alarming rate, there is still time yet to our soil. If we apply the techniques to our farming grams we can reap more evening, November supper hour they the auditorium of where led by Community agricultural Bennett of a trumpet To Op en Friday With the opening this week of the Monetta Menard Dine and Dance, Exeter can now boast of one of the finest establishments of its kind to be found anywhere, With a rare vision Mr. and Mrs, Menard have transformed what was built for a large and up-to- date garage and show-room into a dine and dance pavilion that is exceedingly attractive and dern in every particular. The main dining-room has a terazza floor, attractive ceiling with incandescent lighting. The furniture is red loyalist and the drapes for the large windows make it‘a most attractive setting, Off the main dining-room is. a lounge, also small private dining­ room. The kitchen is modern in every sense and equipped to handle any kind of a meal or snack on the shortest notice. Labor-saving devices such as an electric dish­ washer, an electric potato peeler, a large model kitchen electric stove that maintains sufficient heat at all times for cooking or baking, have been installed to give maximum service at the least amount of labor. A suack bar for quick service adjoins the main dining-room. Living quarters are also pro­ vided for a family of three chil­ dren. Mrs. Menard is a dietician and will feature all home cooking. She is not altogether a stranger to this community. For the past season she operated a restaurant at 'Grand Bend, and this she will continue to operate during the summer months. The opening will take place Friday evening with a turkey dinner. Reservations are now practically filled for the early part of the evening. Special entertainment is being provided, Banquet Girls’ Softball Club The Exeter* girls softball champions of the Southern Group of the Western Ontario Amateur Athletic Association, were honor­ ed at a civic banquet at the Cen­ tral Hotel Friday evening last week. Mine Host Acheson served delightful full course dinner which those present did justice. Reeve A. J. Sweitzer presided for the occasion. Jack Parks, sports editor for the London Free Press was the guest speaker and congratulated the girls on winning their league. The Exeter team competed in a league with Dashwood, Lucan, Crediton, Zurich and Ilderton. They won the championship, but were defeated in the semi-finals by Kincardine. The members were presented with crests for winning the group, Some inter­ esting movies were shown by Jack Burnett, of London, to com­ plete the entertainment. Members of the girls club in­ clude Veralyn Lindenfield, Lillian Hunter-Duvar, Eleanor Hunkin, Helen Sweet, Jean Taylor, Olive Essery, Eileen Hodgins, Florence Steinbach, Mary McKnight, Wil­ ma Coates, Olive Petrie, Marilyn Pfaff, Eunice P e n h a 1 e, Jean Wein, Mary Fisher, Marjory ’Cut­ ting and Mabel Statton. Also present were Jack Kennedy and Reg. McDonald, coaches, and Sheldon Wein, manager. Members of the council present were E. Lindenfield, Don Hughes, J, W. Hern and Larry ’Snider. Clerk 0. V. Pickard, who is still going a little easy following his accident, was absent. ' Club, of a to r A news item that startles the imagination is contained in the fact that the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation is call­ ing for tenders for the erection, of an eighteen-classroom school' at the Centralia Airport, where a huge housing project is well underway. The first fifty houses of new housing project have been completed and occupied- Another 180 units are in course of construction by the Parker Construction Company and the first of these are expected to be ready sometime in February. These are but the beginning of what will ultimately be a well contained centre. Rumor has it that the plans call for at least 600 homes. In addition to the. school churches are to be erected a business section. The fact that tenders are ing called for an eighteen-room school confirms the report that big things are in store for this centre. The present Exeter Dist­ rict High School now being erected is called a sixteen-room school capable of accommodation for 450 pupils. The cost is over a half million dollars. The Cen­ tralia school will be used mainly for public school purposes, have been unable to secure definite information as to character of the building hope to do so shortly. two and b'e- We any the but Eight Grandchildren Baptised Eight grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Sweitzer were baptised Sunday afternoon at their home by Rev. H. J. Snell. They were Edith and Paul Barr, children of Mr, and Mrs. Donald Barr, of Sarnia; Nancy, Michael and David Clarke, children of Mr. and Mrs. 'George Clarke, of Thedford; Brenda and Garry Brenner, children of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Brenner, of Grand Bend; Bryan Sweitzer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sweitzer, of town. The children ranged in age from first Snell ago. 2 to 12 years.'. This was the duty performed by Mr. since his accident ten weeks had to happen. That fine of weather just couldn’t forever. It was the finest of fall weather that this However, save right pro- __ ,_ __ _ food from our soils, yet enrich them. Mrs. Andrew DougaH and Margaret entertained with a piano duet, Mr. Ross Marshall, chairman of the evening, then called on Mr. Bort Lobb, Huron County president; Mt* Ross Francis, Co- Op car insurance salesman; Mr* Carl Whiting, director of CO-Op Huron. Hospitalization Plan; and Rev, William Mair, to address the gathering. Orchestra num­ bers were given by the Doiigal family. The following directors were appointed for 135b; President, Ross Marshall; vice-president, Howard Johns; S.S. 1, William Sims, Mrs. Clarence Down; S.S. 2, Edwin Miller, Mrs, Edwin Miller; S.S. J, Ray Clarke, Mrs. W, Bdllantyne; S.S. 4, Harold : Taylor, Mrs. Harold Hunter; S.S. ' 5, Gerald McFalls, Mrs. Gerald McFalls; S.S. 6, Ward Hem, Mrs. Ward Hern; S.S. 7, Nor­ man Brock, Mrs, Harold Hern; S.S. 10, Ernest Pym, Mrs. Ernest Pym; Union Schools, Clarence Mills, Mrs. Clarence Mills; Lady Director to county, Mrs. Arthur i Rundle. Returns From Hospital Mr. Garnet Hicks, who been in St. London, f/* Wednesday of last w*eek in which he fractured his thumb, return­ ed home Monday with the hand in a cast. has Joseph’s Hospital, following an accident Winter Arrives With Vengence . It spell last spell community experienced in many years. The farmers were able to get their fall work well under way. and then without any refer­ ence to the calendar, as winter is not officially due until the 21st of this month, the cold weather swooped in with a vene- gance accompanied with plenty of snow. Roads were all but blocked. Snowploughs were called out the latter part of the week and traffic was kept moving. In spite of the snow there were fah' congregations out to church Sunday, The cold spell didn’t last, how­ ever, By Monday night the mer­ cury had dropped and a drizzle of rain fell. Tuesday, the citizens of town slopped about on slushy streets. By Wednesday the side­ walks were fairly well -cleaned off. Cleaning of the snow off the Main Street took on a new turn Wednesday and the old method of loading trucks by hand labor and shovel gave way to the ma­ chine age. A tractor equipped with scoop shovel was used to scoop up the snow and load it onto trucks. Organize Home And School Club The first regular monthly meeting of the Exeter Home anil School Association was held in the school Friday evening, No­ vember* 25. Over fifty parents and teachers attended the meet­ ing which was addressed by Mrs. W. Stanley Knight and Mrs. Har­ vey Stewart, of London, a ’for­ mer resident of Exeter. The aims, creed and code of ethics of a Home and School Association were read and ex­ plained and a general outline of home and school work was given* It was decided that the regular monthly meetings will be held in the school on the fourth Friday evening of each month. Officers of the Exeter Home and School Association are as follows — President, Mrs. Ernest Jones; Vice-President, Mrs. Claude Fat­ row and Mrs. Jack Doerr; Re­ cording Secretary, Mrs. Morley Sanders; Corresponding Secre­ tary, Miss Grace Pepper; Trea­ surer, Mr. Howard Anderson; 5 elected members, Mrs. Jas. Lyne, Mr* Ed. Brady, Sgt. W* Balfour, Mr* Warren Sanders, Mr. Carfrey Cann. Principal Claude Blowes is also a member of the executive. Apples, in quantity and value, are the most important Canadian j fruit, j TENTH PROVINCE PROVIDES ARMY UNIT -Thm army units have been established in Newfoundland, author­ ities have announced. The 166 th (Newfoundland) Field Ar­ tillery Regiment, which founght with the 1st British Army in North Africa and later with the Sth British Army in Italy, is one of the units to join Canada’s reserve forces. In this photo a gun crew of the regiment is shown in action in Italy where it fought alongside members of the 1st and 5th Cana­ dian divisions, **—0—A A — A—A— First Times-Advocate „ Run 25 Years Ago It was twenty-five years ago, December 4, that the first issue of The Exeter Times-Advocate came off the press. Previous to that there were two papers in town—-The Exeter Advocate, owned and operated by II. N. Creech and the late Charles H. Sanders, and The Exeter Times, then owned by the present pro­ prietor. At one time there was a paper published at Crediton coupled With a Dashwood paper, and there was also a paper published in Hensail, another at Lucan, and one at Alisa Craig, These are out of circulation and The Times-Advocate now enjoys a field that is unsurpassed by any town the size of Exeter. By co-incidence, this week’s issue of The T-A\Is some­ thing of a record. It contains fourteen pages, making It the largest regular Issue Of the paper ever published. The only previous fourteen-pago editions were the special Christmas greeting issues, and one an- - Inounciitg the .Tones-MacNaughton •Central Press Canadian5Seed Co, Ltd. opening. ...