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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-08-23, Page 1Sixty-Seventh Year EXETER, ONTARIO,THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1951 Single Copy ^<.*•0^.0, * Ana A '■ ■F/ ■ • "BOW > - STAGE FUN — Kirkton’s famous Pauls—Gerry, Shirley and Lee—are in happy harmony as they roll through another of their many stage performances. As happy as the crowd they entertain, the Pauls each work 100-acre farms as well as entertaining an average of four nights a week. —Jack Doerr Centralia Officer Returns From Trip To Japan F/L Harry Pickard, veteran Instrument Flying School in­ structor, returned recently after a flying visit to Japan with the RCAF’s famous 45 6 Squadron The round trip from Montreal to Tokyo was completed in three weeks in the squadron’s North Star transport aircraft. F/L Pickard is one of the many members of the RCAF from training units to make the familiarization flight to the Far East. The scheme was organized shortly after the inauguration of the Korean airlift, July 27, 1950, so that personnel engaged i training would have a working knowledge of the problems and conditions confronting students after graduation. During the year that 426 Squadron has just completed on the trans Pacific airlift the crews have rolled up 2,759,00 miles of flying and have made over 250 trips. The squadron has carried 2,700,000 pounds of freight and mail and more than 6,600 passengers. Until recently the base of operations for the 426 Thunder­ bird Squadron was M c C h o r d Field, Tacoma, Wash. Today, however, the airlift begins at Dorval, P.Q. Reasons for the movement of the main elements of the squadron back to Dorval is an increased requirement for space at McChord by the USAF plus the fact that expanding RCAF operations will require the services of the four-engined North Star transports on domes­ tic and European runs. While continuing to fly to Japan under United Nations command the squadron will ibe more centrally located for operation in Canada, over the Atlantic as well as over the Pacific. Kirkton’s Pauls Lead Busy Life Making Laughsz There’s fun in making fun— and that’s easily proven by the hardest working entertainment team we’ve ever seen. They’re the Pauls of Kirkton Lee, his wife Shirley and broth­ er Gerald—better known in his own neighbourhood as “Duck”. Four nights a week, at least, the three of them bundle into their ’51 Chevrolet and hike away to Tor­ onto, Hamilton, Niagara Falls,— almost any place within reason­ able distance—and make people laugh. Behind the lights and the makeup there’s a story full of happines, fun. Besides Lee and hard work and family •delighting audiences Gerry work 100-acre. xjuu ana uuiij YYuin. xvv-awc 1 farms and both their wives teach ’ school. Then there’s the local choir and the Kirkton Garden Party and the charities sports—talk about being busy, the bees aren’t even in class. Probably tonight while you’re reading this, the Pauls are mak­ ing their way to a show. With a pitch pipe setting the key, the three go over a tune, new oi’ old, working on the har­ mony or memorizing the words. That’s where their practise comes in—on their trips to the shows. But that isn’t where it stops. During the day while Lee’s working in the fields, he’s hum­ ming tunes and trying to match words. The trio uses original words for all the songs. They say there’s ‘no use singing the written words because every one knows them.” When Lee’s written new lyrics for a song then “Duck” takes over and works out the har­ mony. Shirley’s job? Well besides sing­ ing, looking pretty and accom­ panying on the piano she makes the costumes—about three a year. And when the boys have had and this Council Approves Early Election Requests Blinker At Intersection An early municipal election will be held in Exeter this year, town council decided Monday night. Nominations will be held the last Monday and elections, if necessary, on the first Monday in December. Council instructed the Clerk to prepare he neces­ sary by-law and. he voter’s list. Exeter now joins many West­ ern Onario municipalities in ad­ vancing the election date so that it will not conflict with Christ­ mas holidays. Jtrequest Blinker Council requested a blinker light be placed at the intersec­ tion of No. 4 and S3 highways, The traffic is particularly heavy during the summer months. Engineer L. Rutke was engag­ ed to lay out a drain oil Thomas street and to give advice as to the drainage of that area, The Bell Telephone company was requested to remove the pole located at the corner of Andrew and Sanders street or 'to set it back in line, Install Light Police committee were author­ ized to supervise the installation of the telephone light at the town hall. The light will come on when the telephone rings so that tile night constable know calls are made while patrolling the street. Gerald Cornish was appointed road superintendent. Building permits were grant­ ed, subject to approval of com­ mittee to the Pentecostal Assem­ bly .addition to church; W. C. McDonald, a house; Irving Snid- ed an implement sales garage. Bull Resists Arrest No Charge Laid Ferdinand came adventuring into Exeter in the wee small hours of Friday morning, and finding the trip boring, settled down in the middle of the street at the north end of the town for a rest. Fortunately a truck driv­ er stopped his vehicle in time to prevent the bull from becoming just another large beef-steak but that didn’t scare the cud-cliewer who obstinately refused to move from his fiesta. Returning to town, the truck driver summoned the local con­ stable and according to stories around town, the bull could be charged with resisting arrest, however, the deliquent explorer iven into the custody of his Arthur Bierling — no was will J owner he is charge, Working Farms a big day on the farm, Shirley may do the driving home to let them catch up on some sleep. You wouldn’t think this team could ever get tired if you wat­ ched them on stage. Tliy’re the happiest and liveliest number on any program. That’s the biggest part of their success. And they’re enjoying success. When an entertainer gets invita­ tions to go to try’s biggest Zenda (that’s six years in can figure people like the act. The Paul’s act is comedy song along with some good-natured patter. Their popularity comes from hard work. They have a large variety of numbers from the sublime to the ridiculous, from risque to the conservative. Their enthusiasm on the stage counts, too. They keep a moving rhythm with their songs and punctuate their verses with panto- —Please Turn to Page Six one of the coun- Garden Parties— near Ingersoll) — succession, you Saved Two From Fire, Dutch Hero Acclaimed First Korean Vet Home, Pra ises Pats, Local Boys Glad to get back to Exeter after half a year fighting in “filthy” Korea, Lome Lamont has special praise not only for the Princess Pats, Canada's con­ tribution to the UN force, but also for local boys in the outfit. Lome is the first of the Ex­ boys who joined the Prin- Pats to get home from the He’s getting his discharge month. think the Pats are the best over there,” says Lome, over with the first next i “I outfit who went troopship in December, 1950 “Exeter,” viction, (Nicol), Chuck among there. “It’s eter,” going Lome’s original home is Detroit, but he came to town several years ago and married the form­ er Maxine McDonald, definitely “Korea I’ve ever hell of a nothing on the land but hills. The guys aren’t happy about the country.” he Says with con- “can be proud of Bob ~ , and They’re best fighters over Carl (Schwalm), (Seymour), the good said to to get back to Ex- Lorne. “I’m never leave here again." And he’s here to stay. is the filthiest country been in. There are a lot of mosquitos and i Four-Year-Old Hurt In Traffic Collision Four-year-old Heather Galley, of Exeter, was ’lightly injured when the car in which she was riding was involved in a three car collision near Brampton, Fri­ day night. Another occupant in the car, driven by Alfred Smith, of Cre- diton, was Mrs. Allan Lockhart, 60, of Humber Summit, who was also hurt. The Smith car was one of two which struck another when it suddenly slowed up. Lome flew over from Japan i on the Pacific Airlines plane and ■ his first comment is “For once i we got good food.” j Food in Japan is crummy, ac- I cording to the soldier, "We ate i better in the front lines than in ; Japan.” [ The Pats coming home from > the front have strict orders not I to release information about the fighting or among the Korea. The wide range to be careful about what they say. Only comment made by Lome about supplies was that there were no Canadian cigarettes available. • “We get only what the people and the Legion send.” Contrary ports, says coming Pats credits or from the army. general conditions armed forces in restrictions cover a and the boys have to newspaper re- Lorne, the home- get no gratuities, clothing allowance Wilhelm Koele, the Dutch vet- j ' eran who saved the lives of two I ........RCAF flyers when a plane j the _ instructor, was beside the crashed near where he was working, is credited with exer­ cising “fortitude, perseverance and determination without re­ gard to his personal safety" in : an investigation leased this week tion Centralia. Koele rushed crashed fiercely. He also noticed that Flight Lieutenant A. A. Harris, statement re­ fry RCAF Sta- to the plane , which crashed on the farm of Wellington Haist, near Crediton. I on May 29, and pulled two air­ men from the The RCAF' of a report I local station I quarters in Ottawa. j first official RCAF recognition of the heroism displayed by Koele. Two weeks ago, the Netherlands ambassador to Can­ ada honored Koele by public letter. The text of the RCAF state­ ment is i “This farm of station. Dutch accident while operating a trac­ tor on Mr. Haist’s property. He saw that the aircraft had strad­ dled a ditch and was burning burning wreckage, statement is part submitted by the to RCAF head- It is the reproduced: accident occured on the Mr. Haist adjoining the Mr. Wilhelm Koele, a imigrant, observed this Centralia Plane Flies 12 ,OOO Miles Searching For Craft In Northwest A Centralia aircraft returned to its base Sunday after flying more than 12,000 miles during an 11-day search for a missing private airplane in the wilds of northern Saskatchewan. “Opera­ tion Tasche”, as the search was Motor West In Model A Five boys motored out to Al­ berta last week to take part in harvesting operations. Gerald Wurm, Ross Veal, Elmer Me- Falls, Bennie Fisher and Bob Coates drove out in a Model A with little trouble except for three flat tires. They will work on the farm of Martin Madge at Milk River. Editor Attends Winnipeg Convention A well-rounded program of business sessions, luncheons, ad­ dresses by prominent men, high- class entertainment and a sight­ seeing trip marked the 32nd an­ nual convention of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Convention which was held in Winnipeg dur­ ing the past week. Leaving Toronto, Sunday even­ ing August 12, representing- travelled by in Winnipeg fast Tuesday J. M. Southcott, the Times-Advocate, C.N.R. and arrived in time for break­ morning. Meeting a few old acquaintances bound the convention we enjoyed Monday spent on the train. Manitoba went all out to ford a pleasant and profitable time for representatives of the press from all across the Domin­ ion. The convention was held at the Royal Alexandra Hotel and Tuesday at noon the members were treated to a banquet as guests of the Winnipeg Daily Newspapers with Mr. Carlyle Al­ ••••< si for the af- fel £ S:'i $ A? As.; ■■■ 1 Pg the of left light two Lac Rap- T’he [aircraft with his clothing on fre, i and that he was attempting to jsmother some of the flames. "Upon arrival, Flight Cadet II. E. Blair, a student, was re­ moved through a hole in the wreckage by Mr. Koele with I some help from the instructor, Mr. Koele then beat out the flames with his hands. He rolled Flight Cadet Blair in a puddle in the bottom of the ditch. Flight Lieutenant Harris, who was suf- directed his the burning lison, of the Winnipeg Tribune, as the guest speaker. In the evening the delegates were the guests of the City of Winnipeg at an informal dinner presided over by Mayor Coulter. From 7:3’0 to 8 p.m. the C.B.C. broad­ casted a splendid program over the Trans-Canada network. This was followed by a very able ad- dres£> by the president of the Canadian Chamber In order to get out on time for session a wake-up .provided Wednesday morning by th Canadiean Bankers’ Associa­ tion. At noon the members were guests of the printing machinery supply houses. In the afternoon the ladies were taken on a tour of the city while the delegates profited from round table panel discussions. In the evening the party were guests of the T. Ea­ ton Company at luncheon follow­ ed by a very fine program of Ukranian youngsters. A drum­ of Commerce, the members the morning breakfast was mer lad of eight who has ap­ peared on the Search for Talent program at Philadelphia brought down the house with his gener­ ous contributions. He was book­ ed the same evening to appear at an entertainment in Shawini- gan Falls, Que. O n Thursday morning a s guests of the Government of the Province of Manitoba the party boarded a special train for Pine Falls where a trip was made through the Manitoba Pulp and Paper Mills, followed by a trip to the -Pine Falls power develop­ ment project where million dollar hydro under construction. was held in the camp dining­ room. Rain started to fall as the party arrived at the dining- hall. It poured while dinner was being served A number of ed serve the dinner. —Please a twenty plant is Luncheon and then stopped. Indian lasses hot broiled help­ steak turn to page seven ZURICH MOTHER AND 21ST CHILD — A stork which for 24 years has been dive­ bombing the home of Adelbert Smith. 56, Zurich, Ont. farmer, paid another visit re­ cently and brought Mrs. Smith her twenty- first child. 19 of whom are still living. The 45-vcar-old mother, seen above, welcomed the latest arrival, a boy. and declared she is in favor of large families, for "folks who have them will never be lonely”. —C.P.C. Hff ■ V.?A' ■:'O & g- ■ * 1 ■W .. 1 called, failed to locate aircraft or its crew American sportsmen. The missing plane Larange, Sask., for Stoney ids, Sask., on August 1. pilot told provincial authorities that a search should be conduct­ ed if they had not heard from him within three days. Nothing was heard from the American sportsmen and the RCAF began search operations on August 4. The Centralia aircraft and crew joined the search on Aug­ ust 8. The plane was captained by FO. D, C. Mahoney, -who had spent two summers on photo­ graphic operations at the Pas, Man., headquarters of the search. Others in the crew were Fit. Lt. E. G. St. Jean, co-polit; Fit. Lt. G. J. Ruston, navigator; Fit. Lt. H. Bowman, Radio Officer. Crewman who service and main­ tained the Dakota were Cpl. D. Scully, Cpl. J. B. Gemmell, LAC H. Dyck and LAC D. Bagnall. The RCAF search aircraft operated from an advance base at The Pas, a former base for aircraft engaged in photographic work in the Canadian north. For 15 days RCAF crews and northern bush pilots searched over 80,000 square miles of bush and lake country south of the border of the Northwest Terri­ tories from Manitoba to mid Albert. Although aided by good weather during the entire search no trace of the missing aircraft was found. Lieutenant Harris, feting great pain, attention back to aircraft. “Koele located L. M. Vaughan through a break in the side of the burning aircraft He also noted that this break would be the only possible open­ ing through which the Flight Cadet could be removed. He then tried to remove him but was un­ able to do so, and noticed then, that he -was strapped to his seat. Koele was unable to undo the safety belt because he had no knowledge of the features asso­ ciated with the quick release; nor wras he able to reach it. Of necessity Koele entered the fier­ cely burning aircraft through a narrow hole in the side opposite. Upon entering he was precluded from reaching Vaughan by a maze of wreckage. However he was able to reach through and cut the safety belt. He quickly emerged from the aircraft and returned to the break in order to remove Vaughan. He again frustrated in that he still unable to remove him noted in desperation that legs were pinned in the wreck­ age. Once again he entered the burning aircraft through the nar­ row hole on the side opposite and by using desperate physical force through the maze of wreck­ age, was able to free the Flight Cadet’s legs. He again scrambled out; returned to the break, and thereafter was able to remove him. He put out the flames with his bare hands and was in the act of rolling this Flight Cadet in the water when the first of­ ficer from the air station reach­ ed the scene. Mr. Koele’s hands were severely burnt in this ac­ tion. Served In Asia “Mr. Wilhelm Koele was born, in Oldesbrook, Geld, Holland, on May 1, 1926. He imigrated to Canada on July 20, 1950 as a single man. During the war he served in the South East Asia Command with the Dutch “V” Brigade as a specialist in the use of land mines. He was discharg­ ed from this service as a Lance Corporal. By trade, Mr. W. Koele’s profession is vested in Diesel Construction Engineering for which he possesses suitable references. “Mr. Koele, in trying circum­ stances, exercised fortitude per- severance and determination without regard to his personal safety.” Flight Cadet was was and his Cadi Frees Drinking Youths, Can’t Prevent If Under CTA Lack of legal authority under the C.T.A. was given as a reason for the dismissal of a charge against two Mount Carmel youths Tuesday The two ust 18 willfully of the gan of The moned St. Josephs to try- trouble from a gang who had gathered at hall at St. Josephs. Finnigan found the hind the dance hall in Magistrate’s court, were charged on Aug- with “unlawfully and obstructing an officer law” by Constable Fini- Godericli. constable had been sum- by the parish priest of to prevent of youths the dance sang be­ drink i«ng and he questioned Hartman Houlehan, who refused to their names. The constable the mob surrounded him Hartman grabbed his tunic. In dismissing the case, Magis­ trate Dudly Holmes said, “There is no law which compells a man to give an officer his name and under the Canada Temperance Act, there is nothing to prevent these boys from drinking in a mob and disrupting the peace of the town. “I hate to drinking and peaceful citizens,” he “but the constable’s tied and in this case grounds for a charge. “If the people of Huron Conn­ administration under ’ he went on to say, put up with and give said and see hoodlums interfering with continued, hands are he had no ty want the C.T.A “they will have to such rowdyism.” The Magistrate, warning the two, said that they had better watch their step in the future in case they should go too far in their disregard for He stated, “It won’t go for you the next time in trouble.” In the same session Lloyd Stebbins was fined §15 for disorderly conduct. Kenneth Kuhn was fined $10 for careless driving which re­ sulted in an accident eausing property damage to another car when he failed to signal before making a left turn. The other car was passing him at the time. Nelson Bedour pleaded not guilty to the charge of being drunk away from his own dwell­ ing place and the case was dis­ missed. Constables Zimmerman and Bruce, who laid the charge, were summoned August 14 by a farmer on Highway 21 who had found Bedour parked and asleep in his car in the yard of the farm. When the officers arrived they woke Bedour up with dif­ ficulty after which Bedour pro­ ceeded to take a swing at Con­ stable Bruce. Mr. Bedour simply stated, “I -vjjas tired, so I pulled into the farm to have a sleep. I always have been hard to wake up and am never in a very good mood when I do.” Crown Attorney Glenn Hayes added, "At least he had the sense to pull off the road, even if he was drunk,” * the law. so easily you get of court.