The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-01-10, Page 1i
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Eightieth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1952 Single Copy 70
Leadership School Success
Aids Recreation For Youth
Some 37 persons registered at
Exeter Public School Monday
night for Ontario’s first Leader
ship Training Course, a tliree-
night school designed to prepare
interested adults of the town to
teach crafts in Saturday morning
classes for Exeter’s younger citi
zens.
The Recreational Council in
conjunction with the Home and
School Association engaged the
assistance of R. E. Secord, re
presentative of the Community
Programs Branch, Dept, of Educa
tion, London, Irene
Crafts Instructor, London;
M. Schute,
Orphie Qrr.Recreation, London.
Mrs. James Lyne, chairman of
the committee in charge of the
course and Mrs. Ernie Jones, pre
sident of the Home and School
Association have drawn up a
complete 12-week schedule for
the classes, Mrs. Porterfield will
teach puppetry and Miss Hugh
son will direct several short
plays.
Miss Geddes’ enthusiastic de
monstration of five simple crafts
began the course Monday, Fol
lowing was a talk on art by Mrs.
Schute. A lecture
books was given
Mrs. James Smith
Public Library as
the planned story
youngsters. Mrs. Porterfield gave
an interesting and instructive
demonstration on puppetry. Miss
Orr was Wednesday’s speaker
and her topic was Social Recrea
tion.
Planned is a mixed group be
tween the ages of six and eight
who will meet at the library.
The committee plans to organize
separate groups of boys and
girls to meet at James Street
Church for a more advanced
crafts class. These groups
include children between
ages of eight and 12.
will
the
Geddes,
Mrs.
Aylmer; and Miss
^authority on Social
on- Children's
Tuesday by
of the Exeter
a prelude to
hour for the
Hensall Reeve
ex-
Urges Thrift
Careful consideration of
penditures during 1952 was
asked by Reeve A*. W. Kerslake
in his address to Hensall council
at their inaugural meeting Mon
day morning. Mr. Kerslake stat
ed that as far as he knew the
county rate would be practically
the same as last year and that
the addition’ to be built at the eauttty.. .Immawould not make
any noticeable increase in the
county rate. f
Reeve Kerslake asked for the
eoofJeration of all members, stat
ing last year hacT been very good
and he hope it would
same this year.
Rev. W. Rogers was
for the opening and he
for guidance for the council and
wishes them the best of success
in the coming year.
The members,
and Councillors
Hoy and Luker,
by the Justice
James A. Paterson.
L. .Luker and H. Hoy were
appointed representatives of the
council on the Community Parks
Board for 1952 and S. Dougall,
B. Koehler, H. Keys, G. Arm
strong and C. Eyre for two
years.
be the
present
prayed
Reeve Kerslake
Parke, Jones,
were sworn in
of the Peace
Gavel On Display
The symbolic gavel and
graved scroll, gifts from the
of Exeter, England, to the Town
of Exeter, are on display this
week in Snelgrove’s store win
dow. They will remain on exhi
bition for another week to allow
residents to view the pieces of
art.
en-
City
Newcomer Wins Seat
In Usborne Election
Rebekahs Plan Dance
A special committee of the
Pride of Huron Rebekah hodge
reported in the meeting held on
Wednesday of last week that the
lodge will sponsor a dance in the
arena, January 17. Subordinate
and Rebekah lodges of Lucan,
Hensall, Seaforth and Clinton
have been invited.
N. G. Mary Gardiner presided
for the meeting. An invitation
from the Moncton Rebekahs for
the Exeter lodge to visit them
February 8 was accepted.
Seventy Per Cent Vote For ^Council
Candidate Poll* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tot.
Hern .............. 69 68 50 45 109 81 98 520
Jeffery ...... 78 83 55 47 112 63 70 508
Mitchell ...... 72 73 76 19 96 64 56 456
Simpson ,14 56 25 96 33 14 37 275
Smith ............ 63 63 43 90 109 64 133 565
ELECTED — Smith, Hern,Jeffery,Mitchell
*No. 1-—Eden; Ko, 2—Lloyd Stewart, Lot 6, S.T.R.; No. 3—
Hurondale;No. 4—Farquhar; No.5, Elimville;No. 6--Ross Hern,
Lot D, Con.9; No. 7—Russell Morrison,Pt. 9 S-E.B.
Hospital Association Meets
To Complete Building Plans
The South Huron Hospital As
sociation is expected to meet
next week to complete plans
prepare for construction of
new hospital.
E. D, Bell, chairman of the
sociation, and Helge Jensen, who
will supervise construction, re
turned Wednesday after two-
day interviews with Department
of Health officials and the archi
tect.
“Approval in principle”
and
the
As-
has
been given the plans by the On
tario Department of Health, se
veral minor changes and deci
sions must be made by the as
sociation before final specifica
tions can be blueprinted for an
official OK.
However, plans have
the stage where orders
placed for materials* .
The Carling house
used for nurses
administration and “T” wings
will be constructed in the rear
for beds.
Assurances of grants for the
buildings have been given to
the Association by the provincial
government.
reached
can be
will be
residence and
Rev. W. Rogers was appoint
ed to the library board for
years.
Councillors Jones and
were named the- property
mittee and Parke and Luker on
the street
meetings will
first Monday
month.
Advertising
restrict parking on
streets between the hours of 2
a.m. and 8 a.m. was authorized.
three
Hoy
com-
committee. Council
be held on the
evening of every
of the by-law to
the main
Stephen Council Seeks Assessor;
Officials Appointed For 1952
Stfephen council is advertising
for an assessor for the''township.
The move to make the position
open was made at the inaugural
meeting of council last Tuesday
night. Applications will be taken
by clerk F. W. Morlock. f
Rev. J. V. Dahms opened the
meeting with prayer and each
i^iember took the oath of office.
1 Members o£ the 1952 council
are Reeve John Morrissey, De
puty-reeve Wellington Haist and
' councillors Edward L a m p o r t,
Gordon Ratz and Edward Gill.
After the installation, Reeve
John Morrissey entertained the
council to dinner at the Avalon
Restaurant, Exeter. Business was
done in the afternoon.
Deputy-reeve Wellington Hais.t
was appointed to represent the
township on the Ausable Auth
ority and Reeve Morrissey was
appointed Relief Administrator.
Council authorized member
ship in the Ontario Good Roads
Association and subscriptions to
the Municipal World.
Purchase of four new tires for
No. 1 grader was authorized.
Estimate for road expendi
tures was set at $40,000 and ap
proval for this figure was sought
from the Department of High
ways. The clerk was authorized
to apply for the balance of the
1951 road subsidy.
Appoint Officers
Road Fofemeft: No. 1, Gordon
Wilson; No. 2, Louis Davey; No.
3, Joe White; No. 4, Frederick
HaiBt; No. 5, Harry Hirtzel; No.
6, Eldon Smith; No. 7, Ross
Clark; No. 8, William. Schwartz;
No. 9, Harvey Gelinas; No. 10,
William Becker; No. 11, Harry
Clark; No. 12, Lome Devine;
No. 13, Elmer Pickering; No. 14,
Harry Sheppard; No. 15, Orval
Mellin; No. 16, Roy Mason; No.
17, 18, & South Bqjindafy, Har
vey Walper; No. 19, Harold
Walper; No. 20, Ezra Webb; No.
Centralia Police Village, Gordon:
Wilson; Crediton Police Village,
Lawrence Hill; Dashwood Police
Village, Aaron Restemeyer; Exe
ter Side Road, Harry Fahner.
Fence-Viewers, Murray” Elliott,
Ed. Chambers, Leslie Richards,
Art Finkbeiner, Ed Kraft.
Pound-Keepers: Wilfred Hux
table, Earl Shapton, Royal Gais-
er, William Love, Ezra Webb,
Alvin Baker, Stuart Sweitzer,
Arthur Baker, Mich. Ryan, Lea-
sum LaFond, Hilton Ford, Clar
ence Desjardine, William Stade,
W. F. Hodgins, Lloyd Brophy,
Dennis O'Rourke.
Weed Inspector: Elmer Picker
ing at 70 cents per hour
mileage.
Auditor: T- A. Wiseman.
Stock Valuators: Murray
liott, William Love.
Attendance Officers: Garnet
Hill for schools 1,2,3,4,5,14,U9,
U13; Aaron Restemeyer for
Schools 6,7,11,U15,USS6; 'Wil
liam Love for schools IO,12,U8,
U17,U18.
Wages:
Road Superintendent, Operators,
$.90 per hour
Helpers .70 per hour
Fence Viewers 4.00 each for job
Maa and team
Tractor (hauling
road)
Team and mower
and
El-
1.00 per hour
light loads * on
1.50 per hour
cutting weeds
1.00 per hour
2.00 per tripStock Valuators
The regular meetings of the
Township Council will convene
on the first Tuesday of each
month at the hour of 1:00 p.m.
except when a holiday falls on
this date, in which case the meet
ing will be held on the day
lowing.
fob
CJf
Jory, and Mrs.
in Fort Erie
of
Asa
at-
their
A newcofner to municipal pol
itics, Clayton Smith, headed the
polls in the Usborne election
percent of
their ballot
Mrs. S. W.
Pehhale, ate
tending the funeral
uncle, Mr. Philip Johnson. Mr.
Johnson was a brother of the
late Mrs. Peter Frayne and lias
visited in Exeter and has many
relatives and friends here,
the
pub-
Hay
start
acres
in May to mark the
reforestation of 640
area.
two tree-planting mach-
Plan To Observe
1 ree-Planting Day
The Ausable Valley Conserva
tion Authority will hold a
lie Tree Planting Day in
Swamp
on the
in the
The
ines of the Authprity will be on
display and competition will be
held amongst members of
Hay public schools for the
hand-planting of trees.
Members of parliament,
servation officials and municipal
pnd county officials will be on
hand fhr the Opening ceremony.
Tentative date set for the day
is May 7, or in case of rain, May
9.
the
best
con-
Ho nor Hensall Hyd
John Passmore, of
Hensall, who retired
recently after serving
35 years as superinten
dent of the P.U.C. in
that village, was honor
ed by village officials
and fellow workers at a
party last week,
presented with
ture.
Mr. Passmore
Hensall from Stratford
in 1909 to purchase the
steam power plant from
Thomas Welsh. With the
advent of Hydro in 1916
he was appointed super
intendant of the Hen
sall system, a post he
has held ever since.
His successor
James Clark, who has
been employed by Mr.
Passmore c?or six years.
This caricature of Mr.
Passmore appeared in
“Hydro News” last year.
It was drawn while he
was attending the an
nual convention.
r
Town Topics
ro
Pay $4z000 Tq
Crediton Estate
Executors of the estate of
late Jacob A. Ratz received $4,-
000 in a settlement out of court
as a result of the fatal injuries
received by Mr, Ratz in a June
accident.
The payment was made by the
Rent-A-Car Company, Limited,
of London, whose car struck Mr.
Ratz when he was riding in a
horse-drawn wagon on the Cre-
diton road. The" driver was Jack
Wong, London.
The solicitor for the execu
tors, Frank Donnelly, K. C., an
nounced the settlement at the
Spring Assizes of. the Supreme C^urt of Ontario wo-V being held
at Goderich. Martha Ratz and H.
K. Eilber are the executors of
the estate.
Farm Experts
To Lecture
Two outstanding agricultural
experts will address the night
school class at SHDHS in Janu
ary, Principal H. L. Sturgis an
nounced this week.
In vie'®’ of the special speakers
the .classes will be held in the
auditorium of the school and all
district farmers, whether night
school attendants or not, will be
welcome.
The two experts are Profes
sor J. R. Bryden, of OAC Guelph,
one of the top authorities in
Canada on - soils, and Kenneth
Murphy, from Victory Mills, Tor
onto, who will speak on cereal
crops.
Prof. Bryden is scheduled to
appear on January 17 and Mr.
Murphy on Jan. 31.
Night school classes will re
sume on Thursday of this week.
Close to 300 district adults
enrolled in the course.
Monday. Over 70
those eligible cast
in the heavy vote.
The three former
council, Harold Hern of Zion,
Harold Jeffery concession five,
and Earl Mitchell of Hurondale,
were returned.
Defeated was James Simpson,
former councillor and a candi
date for reeve in 1948.
Mr. Smith, a drover from
Plugtown, drew a good percen
tage of the vote at all polls. He
lead the other candidates in the
heavy vote in the south end of
the township. Mr. Hern was tops
in poll 6, on concession 9; Mr.
Jeffery led in Eden, Thames
Road, and Elimville; * Mr. Mit
chell in Hurondale; and
Simpson in Farquhar.
Reeve of the township is Verne
Pincombe who was elected by
acclamation at the nomination
meeting. -
members of
Mr.
H.S. Declares
$23,000 Surplus
The Exeter District High
School Board declared a surplus
of around $23,000 at their in
augural meeting Tuesday night.
The surplus is about $2,500
greater than that of 1950.
Receipts for the year totaled
$161,000 including grants of
$107,000, local taxes $24,600;
and tuition fees from other
school boards of $3,000>.
Major items of expense were
instruction $45,299, transporta
tion $24,339, plant operation
$10,800, and debenture* payment
$39,270.
Loss on the cafeteria, which
provides meals for the pupils at
25 cents, was just over $2,000.
Members of the board expressed „
satisfaction in the operation of
the cafeteria and decided to leave
the price of meals at the 25-cent level. They hoped decreasing?
food costs would make up the
deficit in future years.
Dr, H. H. Cowen was re-elect
ed chairman of the board. Vice-
chairman is C. S. MacNaughton,
Exeter representative. E. D.
Howey was again appointed sec
retary-treasurer and George Tin
ney attendance officer,
Committees appointed were:
transportation, James McAllister,
Ken Johns, Ted Chambers, Har
old Walper, and Alex Masse;
property, G. S. MacNaughton,
are
Head On Retirement and
Stephen Wins
In Blanshard
John A. Stephen in his
He was
furni-
came to
Mrs. A. Sandercock and Mrs.
M. Willert, Hensall; Mrs. R. H.
Patterson and Mrs. Major Yung-
blut, Blyth visited with Mrs. R.
H. Russell last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Menard
first of the week for a
in Florida. They expect to be
gone until the end of the month.
Guests with
Frank Parsons
were Mr, and
per, Detroit;
Donald Exeter
John Walper,
Mr. and Mrs. William Griffin
of Darlingford, Manitoba, who
have been visiting their cousins,
Mrs. Everett Skinner, Elimville,
and Mrs. George Hunter, Exeter,
are leaving for their home
Thursday.
Friends
Creech
she is
London
Mr.
Donald,
wick, Exetef.
family of Alisa Craig spent New
Years with Mr, and Mrs. Garnet
Flynn,
Mr. Thomas Elliott, who has
been under the doctor’s care at
his homo here has again been re
moved to Victoria Hospital, Lon
don,
left the
holiday
Mr. and
Christmas
Mrs. William
Miss Jeanne
, and Mr. and
Thedford.
Mrs.
day
Wai-
Mac-
Mrs.
of Mrs. Catherine
will regret to know that
ill in- Victoria Hosptial,
and Mrs. Gordon Mac-
Mr. and Mrs, Will Chad-
Orval Dixon and
Kinkids Win
Exeter Kinkids swamped the
Colborne Township 16-2 in a
midget fixture at the local arena
Wednesday night
It was the fifth straight win
for the locals.
They led
first period,
the second,
was robbed
in the third when C o 1 b o r
scored their two tallies.
7-0 at the end of the
, 11-0 at the end of
Goalie Dick McFalls
of a shutout in the
11 e
51-
In-
St. Marys Cagers
Down Exeter 51-34
St. Marys defeated Exeter
34 in a London and District
termediate “C” basketball game
in the stone town, Tuesday night.
■r Exeter led throughout the first
three periods but a final quarter
rally by the locals kept their un
beaten ■string intact. The winners
hooped 26 points in the last
period while the visitors failed
to score.
EXETER—-G. Schroeder 14,
K. Moir 10, J. Rether 6. U. Sch
roeder 2, G. Cann
B'. Gilfillait
ST. MARYS—R
W. O’Brien 12, S.
Fletcher 7, D. McLaughlin 7,
Holman, J. Maxwell, G. Cline.
Standings—St Marys 8-0, Exe-
5-2, Centralia 1-8, Clinton
2, D. Woods,
Timms
Hendra 9
16,
0.
R.
Lakeview Hatchery
Changes Location
Lakeview Poultry Farm
Hatchery Limited has moved its
plant and office to the red brick
building north of Monetta Men
ard.
The new location, according to
manager Sheldon Wein, will al
low the firm to put all machin
ery on one floor and establish
an assembly line for production.
A new mammoth incubator
will increase production to over
36,000 chicks each week.
The firm moved into the new
location this week. Formerly
they operated the building at
the corner^of Waterloo and Main.
3-2
OHA
Centralia Nips
Mitchell Six
Centralia edged Mitchell
in an intermediate “B”
hockey tilt in the local arena
Tuesday night.
Randy Ellis led the attack for
the winners with two goals in
the first period. Embury was the
other Centralia marksman.
Scorers for Mitchell were Gat-
enby and Powell.
Members of the RCAF team
are: Goal, Freebairn; defence,
Cunningham, P. Ellis; centre, R.
Ellis; ‘ “
bury;
Todd,
ler.
John A. Stephen in his first
bid for reeve, defeated Lincoln
White, incumbent for the last
two years in Blanshard’s munici
pal election Monday. Mr. Ste
phen polled 475 to Mr. White’s
218.Native Of I^fanshard
John A. Stephen, con. 3, Blan
shard township, is a native son
of the township over which he
will preside for the first time as
reeve. He was born a couple of
farms from his present home, and
lived all his life in the township.
He is a member of the United
Church at Anderson, -serving as
elder and secretary of the
church. In previous years he took
an active part in Sunday School
work. He belongs to St. Marys
Odd Fellows
Although
ship, he has
perience
For the past six years
been on the township
for eight years he was a
of the public school board of S.S.
No. 1 Blanshard, and for five
years on area school boards.
Tuckersmith
In Tuckersmith township a
new candidate headed the polls.
He was John Doig, whose total
vote was 350. Next came three re
tiring councilors, Alfred Moffat,
313 votes; William Rogerson,
309 votes; and Andrew E. Cro
zier, 25 6 votes. Defeated was
John Wood, with a total of 212
votes. In the election for school
area trustees, James McIntosh,
who served as chairman of the
school board for some time, was
defeated. I-Iis total was 157
votes. The two elected were Wil
fred Coleman. 276 votes (re
elected), and Wilmer Broadfoot,
260;
McKillop
Four councillors were ‘ elected
in McKillop. They were Earl
Mills, 531 votes; Jerry Doerr,
418; and two former councilors,
Wilson Little, 278, and Albert
Siemon, 255. Two former coun
cilors, Matthew Murray, 247
■-"Laird. Mickle, William Middle
ton; management, A. W. Mor
gan, Laird Mickle and William
Middleton.
Mr. Middleton is the only new
member of the board. He repre
sents Exeter Public School,
which has the largest enrollment
of schools in the area.
' The Maroons, local basketball
'■ club in the OBA, were granted
. use of the gym at $15 per game
. and $5 per practice. George Re-
ther and Gordon Farrow appear
ed for the Maroons.
No setion was taken on jani
tor’s request for higher wages.
Cecil Attridge, C.A. of Gode
rich, was appointed municipal
auditor.
R. E. Russell
in
lodge No. 36.
new to the reeve-
had considerable ex
municipal service.
he has
council;
member
Heads Board
R. E. R.ussell was elected
chairman of the Exetei’ Public
School Board at their inaugural
meeting Monday night,
chairman is W. Harvey
and secretary-treasurer,
Hodgson.
Mr. Russell succeeds
Middleton, chairman
years, who resigned after nomi
nations.
Rev. H. J. Snell conducted de
votional exercises and members
signed the oath of office. On the
board are ’Wallace Seldon, Mrs.
Marion Sanders, Claude Farrow
and Amy Milner.
Deputations appearing before
the board were Clarence Boyle
foi’ the Parks Board and Donald
Traquair, chairman of the re
creational council which sponsor
ed a leadership "course in the
school this week.
Vice
Pollen
W. H.
W. E.
for five
votes, and James T.
votes, were defeated,
a newcomer, Joseph
200' votes.
Bosanquet
Bruce Scott, Ralph_____
Guernsey Kimmerly were elect
ed to Bosanquet council. Defeat
ed were Wilfred Fuller and
Ralph Morrison.
Election results were: Scott
3 83, Elliott 375, Kimmerly 285,
Fullei' 265, Morrison 207.
Scott, 235
along with
L. Ryan,
Elliott and
wings, Rivoire and Em
alts.: Bird, Vezina,„ Diduck,
Smith, Parker and Bouch-
Lucan IrishEdge
A third period goal by Ward
gave Ilderton a 5-4 victory over
the Lucan Irish Tuesday night.
It was Lucan’s first
the season.
Marksmen
were:
B 1 o x
made by G. Revington,
and F.
LUCAN
fence,
tretre,
Hardy,
ington,
Riddle.
Hodgins, J. Hardy, Freeman.
ILDERTON: Goal, Tumbling;
defence, Bloxam, Charlton; cen
tre, O’Neil; Wings, Evans, Loft;
subs: Ward, S. Shantz, Leitch,
A. Scott, D. Scott, Carmichael
McNair, McPherson, Shipley.
for the
Shantz, McNair,
a m
defeat of
winners
Loft and
Irish counters were
Riddle
Revington (2).
Goal, Barnes;
Hodgins, Smith;
Revington; wings
subs: G. Rev-
de-
cen-
, N.
W
F
Stretton.
L. Revington, Stevenson,
Watson, McRoberts, E,
Pictures Draw Crowd
Farmers of the district
Exeter Legion Hall to capacity
Monday afternoon to see films
on farm machinery. The showing
was sponsored by W. G. Sim
mons and Sons and John Deere
Company. Films included oddities
in farm machinery, what's new
in machinery and an entertain
ment picture. Attendance was es
timated in the evening at 800.
filled
High School Basketball Teams
Start Season With Three Wins
Schroeder 13, Heimrich 10, Moir
9, Cudmore 6, Haberer 3, Atkins
2, Wade 2. O’Brien. McCurdy.
Junior Boys
The junior boys trounced the
Goderich five by a score of 60-
17, with every rxember on the
team scoring at least one point.
McFalls and Batten led the win
ners with 10 points each, while
Hicks scored eight points. The
team’s scoring was as follows:
McFalls 10, Batten 10, Hicks 8,
Parsons 7, Middleton 7, Yung-
blut 6, Rowcliffe 5, Sturgis 4,
Robertson 2, Heywood 1.
Junior Girls
The
Clinton
a score
prising
a very
perienced team. We certainly ex
pect the girls to show much bet
ter when they play a team in
their own class. Pat Ttickey
Margaret Blanchard were
scorers for Exeter.
Public School Tops High
In another game played
home the Exeter Public School
defeated a team made tip of
Grade niners from the High
School by a score of 26-15.
Don’t forget
with Goderich
afternoon.
By BILL BATTEN
The 1952 basketball season
started off with a bang when
the foui’ Exeter teams played ex
hibition games, three of them
winning. The senior girls, junior
and senior boys travelled to
Goderich, while the junior girls
stopped in and played a game
with the Clinton senior girls.
Senior Girls
The senior girls defeated the
Goderich girls by a score of 29-
13. This game was very close
until the last quarter when Ex
eter opened up with 12 points
and held Goderich to two points.
Jean Taylor was the big gun for
Exeter, scoring 16 points. The
teams scoring was as follows:
Jean Taylor 1G, Nancy Tieman
3, Julia Dunlop 3, Dorothy Poo-
nley 2, Marg Willard 2, Claudette
Blowes 2, Labelle Hill 1
guards on the team
jorie Taylor, Marg
garet Thomson, Pat
Senior Boys
The senior Boys
first game by defeating the
Goderich boys 45-23. Glenn
Schroeder led the Panthers with
13 points while Ron Helmrich
bagged 10 points. The boys built
up a comfortable 27-9 lead in
the first half but didn’t slacken
u> until the final whistle. The
team’s scoring was as follows:
i
The
were Mar-
Bray, Mar-
Hopper.
won their
junior girls played tthe
senior girls and lost by
of 48-4. This is not sur
as the girls were playing much older and more ex
and
the
at
the return games
this (Thursday)