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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-08-16, Page 1EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 19S1Sixty-Seventh Year Single Copy 6f .....SOARING BUILDING COSTS ThereTl be fun and frolic in jExeter next Thursday night in I Lions Stage Frolic Next Thursday Exeter next Thursday night in aid of a boy who hasn’t been able to have much. It’s the Lions Club’s Jackson” night—arid for old Bobby it will mean and better* life. Bobby is the oldest of Bobby •year new 13 a fam-Bobby is the oldest of a ily of five children living in Crediton. He’s been handicapped since birth because his legs have never developed normally below the knees. He has recently undergone surgery to prepare him for artificial limbs. The Lions have been interest­ ed in Bobby’s case for some time and now they feel they can help him.They’re holding this special night to raise funds to purchase artificial limbs for the hoy. Enthusiastic about this worthy project, the Lions are preparing a big frolic next Thursday night at the roller skating rink. The CKNX Barn Dance orches­ tra will play for the evening and there’ll be and other Let’s all give Bobby cial limbs much to him. bingo, draws, games entertainment. plan to attend and Jackson those artifi- whicli will mean so Pressure Cooker Explodes Mrs. H. L. Sturgis suffered burns on her face when a pres­ sure cooker exploded in her kit­ chen Saturday morning spraying her with hot applesauce. She was cooling the cooker to relieve the pressure but the air holes were filled with sauce. When she turned the lid, it shot into the air, striking her in the chin and throwing applesauce throughout the kitchen. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Guenther of Windsor visited with relativ­ es here over the week-end. DELAY HOSPITAL PROIECT Call For Tenders To Remove School This week the Exeter Public School board called for tenders for the demolition of the old public school. The old two-storey brick building will be removed and the grounds used for a play­ ing area. Final payment of 25,611.55 to McKay Cocker Construction Co., builders of the new school, was authorized by the Exeter Public School board, at their meeting Monday night. The property committee was given permission to continue with the landscaping. On the east side of the school the high spots have been levelled off and the pile of earth dis­ tributed. A sidewalk has been laid from the southwest corner of of Exeter Woman the the new school over the back high school. Almost Completed large beige brick front erected by' Lindenfields Front The being Limited is almost completed. The building is two-and-a-half storeys high and the whole fronj was the the high and the whole fro nJ replaced. The south half of building formerly housed old post office. JackMrs. Armitage and Lieut. Armitage, of Saskatoon, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dobbs on Sunday. Lieut. Armitage is lecturing at Ipperwash. Injured In Crash A 70-year-old Komoka man was fatally injured, and th^ee others were hurt in a two-car crash sixth concession of six o’clock Thursday Wilbert Caughlin, Komoka, was killed. Injured were Nettie Keddy, ' 70, of Exeter, lacerations to the forehead, possible fractured ribs, and multiple scrapes and bruises; Douglas Keddy, 23, of 33 ington street, London, an ed left knee; and his wife, 25, lacerations to the left der and multiple bruises. All were treated at the St. Joseph’s ward. Mr. Caughlin died six hours after admission. Miss Keddy was reported as “fair”. Mr. Keddy and his wife were re­ leased after treatment. The Keddy’s four-month-old daughter, Barbara Elizabeth, was uninjured. After the collision the Keddy car ploughed into a telephone post, Snapping off wires and ruptfng phone service in the trict. Police said the car missed a hydro pole, and sible electrocution. A dog riding in the front of the Keddy car was killed, baby had been riding in front seat of the car with mother, but a few moments back to of Mr. on Highway 22 and theLobo about I night. | Well­ in jur- Doris, slioul- dis- dis- just pos- Zurich Mother’s 21st Child Ties Masse Family Record fore had been passed Miss Keddy, an aunt Keddy. Caughlin was alone •Model A car, Provincial ble Harold Howting said. seat The the her be- in his Consta- JOSEPH M. REGAN A native of Mt. Carmel and former bank employee at Credi- ton, Mr. Regan ed new Dufferin of the onto. Mr. years Crediton Maynard, ferred to fordville in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Regan staff of the bank were the open house held in branch recently. Mrs. a graduate of London normal school. They have three children, Larry 9, Michael 5 and Paul 3. bank and Bank of has been appoint- manager of the Glencairn branch Commerce in Tor- Regan spent tne first five of his hanking career in under manager J. C. Later he was trans­ Kirklaud Lake; Straf- and several Call Meeting To Discuss Plans High cost of construction—al­ most 50 percent more than was estimated—has stalemated build­ ing plans of the South Huron Hospital Association, it was re­ vealed this week. A letter from Chairman Elmer I). Bell, K.C., to subscribers said the lowest tender fox* construc­ tion was $300,000 with provi­ sion for escalator clauses in case of rising costs during construc­ tion. The figure does not include some $30,000 needed for equip­ ment. Original estimate of the building was $225,000. Total amount available to the Association now is around $200,- 000, including $100,00 raised by subscription and $99,000 through grants from the federal and pro­ vincial governments and the county of Huron. The Association said it “does not feel ward at further ranged”. The Association letter produced in full on page A 'public meeting will be held in September to discuss the fut­ ure Four were 1. ject. 2. hope 3. iThere’s Still ! ......... One Puffer Teft In H uron Huron county hasn’t lost its last steam engine. > There’s still at least one left >nd it’s in spic and span condi- ■ tion, too. The Times-Advocate learned, of tbe machine soon after it pub­ lished a picture of what was be­ lieved to be the last one. It was leaving the county to go to | Leamington. j The one that’s left belongs to I William H. Smith of Crediton | and it stands on the farm of i John Smith on R.R. 2. j The engine is used every spring and fall to run a sawmill. Mr. Smith purchased the re­ branches and the hosts at the new_ Regan is justified in going for­ th e present time until financing can be ar- is re- four. of the hospital campaign, solutions to the problem offered to subscribers. Abandon the hospital pro­ file Take Five-Week Tripf To West, Alaska Early in July, Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Cowen with their daughter, Mrs. Jack Reynolds and their son Peter left Exeter by car for , Vancouver and Alaska. Now, af-I built machine from the White ter five weeks they have return­ ed with many happy memories but resolved that this district suits them better than any they have seen. The Cowens travelled through the U.S. to Edmonton, north 4(H) miles to the Peace River district and then to Vancouver. On their way through Calgary they were fortunate to see the Calgary Stampede. Boat Trip Before leaving Vancouver for the boat trip to Stewart, Alaska, they travelled down to Seattle and across to Victoria. The boat trip north lasted for ! six days each way and the fam- , ily had many opportunities to 1 stop and see the small villages j en route. Company in London in 1919 and , it’s been running every year * sice then. i For many summers it went up !and down the township roads • threshing grain. Mr. Smith keeps the engine in ; top eonditon. The boiler is paint- , ed green, the controls red and there’s a wooden canopy on top. ! Brass bands around the boiler i and the brass whistle shine like i new. Property Transfer •Mr. A. E. Buswell has pur­ chased the residence of the late Henry T, Rowe, Andrew street. An auction sale of the household effects of Mr. Rowe will be held Friday, August 24. Mi*, and Mrs. Buswell are at present residing in the Elliot apartments on the main stheet. Mrs. Adelbert Smith, of R.R. 3, Zurich, gave birth to a bounc­ ing baby boy on Saturday—her twenty-first child. Both the 45- year-old mother and’ her son are doing well andf, they’re expected back at the large happy house­ hold near Zurich by Sunday. The birth brings the Smith family to a tie with that of James Masse claimed the ing the largest family in the dis­ trict.What’s more the Masse re­ cord may be broken. Adlebert, the father, says modestly, “It’s possible you know.” The new addition born Satur­ day at 4 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Hospital ups the score for boys of Laura and Adelbert’s family to 13. There are six girls. A boy and girl are dead, one a twin of 14-year-old Joyce/ Except for the single set of twins all the child­ ren were born singly, their proud father says. Adelbert, .Laura’s 54-year-old husband, working in the barn with a member of his home­ grown labor force, was proud of his new son as he was 24 years ago of his first. With mother and father and 18 children—Ralph, 22—is on Sudbury police force—sitting down to a 12-foot table three times a day in double shifts the tally on &ood consumption would drive almost any breadwinner right off his pay check. But for Adelbert Smith the cost of living index is as remote from his 100- acre farm as the cost of cheese on the moon. Most of his flock is fed from what it helps to produce on the farm But even this means slaughter­ ing about a dozen head of cattle and pigs a year for the Smith table, and baking or buying 52 loaves of bread each week. Eileen, the pretty 16-yea.r-old, who is in command of the house** hold, while her mother is in hos­ pital, cooks a “whole pail fu of potatoes each dinner, 5 says. Most of the mammoth family’s clothes are bought right in ich. Very few are made at h Shoes at about three or ffrtu who for years have distinction of hav- boys working for the neighbour­ ing farmers, we never travel very far from home,” Mr. Smith mused. On the possibility of tak­ ing all the family to visit rela­ tion, he grinned, ‘‘We could eat them out of a year’s crop”. Simpler In 1925 ‘‘Raising a family has become a tougher proposition since we were married back in 1925,” said Mr. Smith. ‘‘It seemed to be simpler then. There wasn’t so much into, I always But 7 ably *”d'raws bonus in all Western Ontario— $70 a month counting allotment for their latest child­ problem he “Why none ried yet?” Answered is lots of time, Dad.” for the children to get guess. But our own been good.” the man whose wife the biggest have prob­ baby -has one says he can’t solve, of my sons is mar- Russell, 23, “There of To Eye Turn bull was rushed Hospital, London to have a piece of steel Injury Allan Victoria Monday taken from his eye. He was wat­ ching the town blacksmith when a sharp piece of the metal flew up and hit his eye completely obliterating his eyesight. Dr. Milner of the town attend­ ed him here and he was taken to London to have the steel re­ moved by a magnet. His condition was reported as fair but the extent of damage to his eye was not known at last report. to on in of T-A Places Seventh In Paper Competition In a dominion-wide newspaper competition sponsored by the Canadian Weekly Newspaper As­ sociation, the Exeter Times-Ad- cate placed seventh in the best all-round paper class of the 2,- 000-3,000 circulation division. Of Ontario papers competing, it was second. The T-A captured fourth posi­ tion for the best front p3ge competition. It was top Ontario paper in the editorial page class, placing seventh. James T. Sturgis, 78, Dies At Sotz*s Home James T. Sturgis, 7 8, died Exeter Saturday at the home his son, Harold L. Sturgis, after a lengthy illness. He had been in ill health for four years and spent most of that time in Exeter. Mr. Sturgis was the husband of the late Ida Misener. Their sou, Harold, principal of S.H.D.- H.S., is the only member of the family.Mr. Sturgis was born near Tillsonburg and farmed there most of his life. He and his wife were interested in music and they were noted for their efforts to promote in the district. He w,as a member of the Till­ sonburg Baptist Church. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Mason on Tuesday from the H. A. Ostrander Funeral Home, Tillsonburg. Pallbearers were Warren Rock W. Sinden, H. Johnson, and C. Stover, all of Tillsonburg; Lloyd Willcox, Springford; and W. A. West, Aurora. Interment was in New Road Cemetery. Misses Eulene and Margaret and Master Eugene Keller spent a week at Turkey Point with their sister, Mrs. Earle Telfer and nephew Robert. Postpone building in costs will lower. Finance the building through increased subscriptions and municipal grants. 4. Provide accommodation for the sick in some lesser form than a hospital. Hope was expressed by the. as­ sociation that the hospital could be built if greater support was received through subscriptions. The statement said, “Many people who have not subscribed have indicated their intention of doing so. Others say they will increase their subscription. If those who have not subscribed measured up to those who have this district could easily build a $500,000 hospital.” The fate of the hospital will probably be decided at the meet­ ing which will be held in Sep­ tember. In the meantime the committee will seek further ad- | anFin' seven 'of''these** obtain- vice from the Ontario Depart- !____ ________________1______ ment of Health and the architect to see if costs can be lowered. In discussing the alternatives open to the Association, the statement said if the hospital was abandoned now, there would be no hope of securing one in this generation. In consideration of the post­ poning of building until costs settle, it was pointed out that other municipalities had waited several years before construct­ ing. The letter said that the provi­ sion of accommodation for the sick other than a hospital, such as a rest or nursing home, would not entitle the association to government grants. I Grand Bend To Elect Public School Trustees Another nomination night for Public School trustees at Grand I Bend will be held on Tuesday, ' August 22. Six trustees are to j be elected. First nomination was held on August 2, but only a few resi-. ' dents were able to attend. i Two persons were nominated, 'Mrs. Lawrence Mason and Mrs I Douglas Gill. Mrs. Mason ha$ . qualified for election. ■ Clerk Bert Wainwright made i an appeal to all residents to at- 1 tend the meeting. Pupils Pass 95.3 Percent Of Departmental Exams The Grade XIII Class of the SH-, ed first class honors and second" DHS are to be congratulated on class honours in the remaining the excellent showing made in two, the Upper School Departmental examinations written in June. Out of 127 papers Hunter wrotej Barbara | papers and obtained first written ; honours in 2__, ____2 there were only six failure pap-; honours in four and third ___ ers making a percentage passing ; honours in the remaining paper, of 95.3. In ten of the subjects i the entire class passed. In two of the subject papers written all candidates but one received first class honors. Joan Hopper had an outstand­ ing record. She wrote nine pap- four, second nine class class class Comstock Man Maxine Bowden obtained six firsts a second and a third and. Donald Petrie obtained three firsts, five seconds and a third. Robert Russell and Shirley Tay­ lor obtained honour standings in all the papers written by them. The detailed standin; individual Donald Cr.; Zool. Maxine 1; Eng. Lit. 3; Lat. Auth. 1; Lat. Comp. 1; Fr. Auth. 2; Fr. Comp. 1. Donald Denomy—Eng. Comp. 3; Eng. Lit. Cr.; Hist. 1; Chem. Cr.;, Fr. Auth. Cr.: Fr. Comp. 3. Evelyn Desjardine—Eng. Comp. 2; Eng. Lit. Cr.; Bot. Cr.; Zool. Ci*.; Lat. Auth. 3; Lat Comp. Or. Paul Durand—Eng. Comp. Cr.; Chem. Cr.; Fr. Auth. Cr.; Fr. Comp. 3. Gordon Eagleson—-Eng Comp. Cr.; Eng. Lit. Cr.; Geom. Cr.; Physics Cr. Winnifred Field—Eng. Comp. 2; Eng. Lit. Cr. William Heywood-—Eng. Comp. Cr.; Alg. 2; Geom. Cr.; Trig. Physics 2; Chem. 1. Joan Hopper—Eng. Eng. Lit. 1; History Geom. 2; Physics 1; Latin Auth. 1; Lat. Comp. 2. Malcolm Kirkland—Eng. Comp. 1; Eng. Lit. Cr.; History 1; Zool. 1; Chem. 3; Fr. Auth. 3; Fr, Clomp. 2. Ian McAllister—Eng. Lit. Cr.; Alg. 2; Geom. Cr.; Trig. 2; Fr. Auth. Ci*. William Mero—Eng. Comp. 3; Eng. Lit. Cr.; Hist. Cr.; Phy. Cr.; Fr. Auth. 3; Fr. Comp. 3. Donald Petrie—Eng. Comp, Lit. 2: Hist. 1; Geom. . 2; Chem. 3; Lat. Auth. Lat. Comp. 1; Alg. 2. Robert Russell—Eng. Comp. Eng. Lit. 3; Phy. 2; Chem. Fr. Auth. 2; Fr. Comp. 2. Glen Shroeder—Eng. Comp. Eng. Lit. Cu.; History 1; 2; Chem. 3; Lat. Auth. 1; Comp, 3. Neil Taylor—Eng. Comp, Ci*.; Eng. Lit, Cr 3. .g of the students is as follows: Bergie — Eng. Comp. Cr. Bowden—Eng. Comp. Bot. 1; Zool. 1;Injured By Train A 19-year-old Canadian Corn- stock employee was seriosly in­ jured when his truck was struck by the CNR train Monday morn­ ing about 10:30. The crash oc­ curred at the crossing on the Dashwood road. According to observers, the driver, Stewart Darnley whose home is in Toronto, passed a car going west just before he was struck by the train. Skid marks indicated the truck was on the south side of the highway when hit and the impact turned the car around in the north ditch. Darnley was thrown out ©f the cab near a telephone pole. Con- i tents of the Truck were forced .! to the front and were believed i to cramp Darnley 1 wheel before he j clear. He is in serious Victoria Hospital, severe injuries. The truck, property of the Canadian Comstock Company, suffered heavy damage. Constable John Norry, of Exe­ ter, is in charge of the investiga­ tion. Provincial Constable Elmer Zimmerman is assisting. Personel of the train included Engineer McKeown and Condue- ter, W. Urquhart, both of Sarnia, i The injured driver was treat.- | ed at the scene by Di*. F, J. Mil- | ner of Exeter, and then taken ; Victoria Hospital, London, : ambulance. Pioneer Home Being Removed The once-prominent home James Pickard, one of the pion­ eers of Exeter, is being torn down. The large brick dwelling is south of Snell Bros. Ltd. and will be removed for expansion. The demolition of the house calls early days of Exeter when the late James Pickard was a prominent and flourishing mer­ chant prince in what was then familiarly called a Devonshire settlement, It was in the days before the railroad when Mr. Pickard established his general store ..and dealt with almost every commodity that was need­ ed in the home or on the farm. Teamsters trucked the produce to market, principally London, a brought back merchandise the return trip. It was in those' days that Mr. Pickard milt the large three storey build- just north of Snell Bros. Ltd. The building was a hive of in­ dustry, every floor being occupi- Merchant tailors plied their neeilles as homespuns were made js..'xXa;. men: as dressmakers occupied -oim department, and milliners with. dffl3bh'eir alluring art and skill, pairs a year would almost malre-^'g^L garments for the men 24. *U -rrrVi 4 1 « rtTVrtVtlilcy + XJTfilfTVCl \ - .............. * ,. ...it worthwhile opening the 'Smith’s own factory. Adelbert’s count per year: Eighty pairs. Key To Accord t\ . The key to happy relations mv his king-size family, said Mr. Smith, was a little kindness and a title consideration. “The family gets along easier now than it did when we had only a dozen young ones.” The half-dozen Smiths who help populate S.S. 8, Hay Town­ ship School, walk the two miles to classes. “And other than go­ ing to church and the youngsters going to school and some of the <11^o^deXthe hats that adorned the heaflsJof the womenfolk at that 'time. i In close proximity to the storei Mr« Piokard built the large two-' storey brick dwelling where for "the most part the clerks of the store were boarded. Many stor­ ies have been told ef the untir­ ing efforts of Mrs. Pickard in providng for the large table re- inuir^l; of the excellent meals and of the motherly care exer­ cised with all under her charge. Men’s, Ladies* Ball Leagues In Playoffs 10-8 final Ilderton Whips Greys To Tie Final Series Ilderton trimmed Exeter in the second game of the playoffs of the ladies’ softball league to tie the series at one game each. The game was play­ ed in Arva Wednesday night. Exeter won the fir^t contest Monday when they defeated the Ilderton gals 8-1 on the local diamond. The Grey’s spectacular 1-0 de­ feat of the Dashwood girl’s soft-* ball team last Thursday put them in top mental form to de­ feat Dashwood a second time the next night giving Ilderton an opponent for the final bout this week. The Exeter girls moved in on the Dashwood team to play their best game of the season and shut out the Tigerettes with a jSeore of 1-0 in the game played in Dashwood. There whs no (core at the end of the ninth nning and in one inning of over, day, Lillian Hunter-Duvar came pirougli md the. . Love, looked the Exeter team worth and Essery threw the ball to Stewart at thd plate in time to prevent a run. Isu t With the needed tun to game. for Dashwood hit What like a home run until through Ha- I Friday’s game showed Dash- ! wood to be lacking the spirit which they had displayed the night before in holding the Greys down to one run and they lost 8-5. Dashwood was lagging all the way with a final count of five runs, six hits and eight er­ rors. Exeter came through with eight runs, 12 hits and three errors. From the bench, the Dashwood team looked like stiff 'competi­ tion and special mentions go Love notch forts OnI semi-final games were Gossman If, Webb c, Love lb, Maier If, Bickering Tieman 3b. In the semi-final Ilderton defeated nine two games in them in place for the finals With Exeter. In the game played in Exeter on Monday, the Ilderton girls lacked the confidence needed to put down the high spirited Greys and it showed in the pitching as well as the batting. Oh hand for Exeter were; Htiuter-Duvar cf, King lb, Es- sery 2b, Haworth rf, McKnight ss, Taylor ,p, Hodgins if, Stewart c, Tuckey 3b. For Ilderton were. Filson, O’Neil, McNaughton, Preb' ble, Ferguson, Hall and Scott. and Gaiser for their top­ batting and fielding ef- respectively. hand for Dashwood in the Exeterl 2b, ss, rf. with Hendrick Guenther p, Gaiser tilt last week the Hensall a row to put Scott, Lott, OBA Boosts Exeter Into /B/ Grouping Play downs in the Huron-Perth Intermediate Baseball underway. Biggest change in was the boosting of team in the “B” OBA. Exeter will round robin with Clinton RCAF. Exeter plays its the local diamond when they meet the sthong ton R.C.A.F. team. The OBA decision came result of Dashwood that the Exeter team was illegally using “imports” “C” Series The “0” teams now playin, two-out-of-three series chell and Lucan, Dashwood and Hensall, Clinton Colts and Zu­ rich. Lucan, Dashwood and Clin­ ton were the winners in the first game Monday night. Mitchell beat Lucan 8-2 Wed­ nesday night. The other two tlits were postponed because of rain. •Third games of the series were are scheduled for Friday night. Results of league games last week were: Dashwood 4; 4; Hensall 4 ich 6, Exeter league are the week i the Exeter catagory by the now play aGoderich and ) first game on Friday night Clin- as a a protest placed by a are Mit- Clinton Colts 7, Zurish 4, Goderish Zurish 3; Goder- 5. 2; behind the was thrown condition in London with •chest and possible head Eng Phy, to by I Juniors Tie Zurich The Exeter junior girls ball team tied Zurich intermed­ iates 8-8 Tuesday night to prove their worth as an up and coming team. Battery for Exeter was McCoy and Tuckey. The game was played in Zurich and there will be another match between the two week. soft- teams in Exeter next Misses Dianne and Linda Weber returned to Varna spending last week with grandmother, Mrs. Valeria strong. after their Arm- Fr. Shirley Eng.. : Comp. 1; Alg. Chem. 1; 1; 1; 2; 2; i; 3; 2; 2; Geom. Lat. Cr.t Geom. Or,; Auth. Cr.; Fr. Chem. Comp. Comp. Lit. 2; Alg. 2; Phy. 2;3 Chem. 2. Donald Cr.; Eng. Geom, 2; 2; Phy. 2 John Whitehouse—Eng. Comp. Cr.; Trig. 3; Bot. 1; Zool. 1; Ft. Auth. 3; Fr. Comp. Cr. High School results continued .... Barbara Hunter 1; Eng Zool. 2; Lat. Auth. 1; Lat. Comp 2; Fr ‘ ‘ - Webster—Eng. ’ Comp. Lit. Cr.; Alg. Cr.; Trig. 2; Bot. 2; Zool -Eng. 'Ctrmp, Lit. 1; Hist. 1; Bet. 2) Au th. 3; Fr. Comp. 2