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EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1952
Beauty, Brains, All-Round Talent
Attributes Of New H,S, Queen
According to students' choice
for queen, 17-year-old, Marjorie
Taylor, crowned at the annual
At Home Dance, Friday night,
all-round ability, brains and
beauty can be combined in one
person.,
Marjorie or Mamie, as she is
called by fellow students, is a
tall blonde grade 13 student, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Taylor. She likes school, maybe
because she does so well, is pub
licity agent for the Student
Council and one of the better
guards on the senior basketball
team. She won a drama award at
the Drama Society’s last presen
tation.
According to records she has
always been an honor student,
her favourites are English and
History, and away from school
she spends lots of time reading
■Refreshing Modesty
Further proof of students
good choice in picking Marnie
for queen might be found in a
statement by one of her teachers
“She’s a very modest girl,” he
said, “and in this day and age,
that's very refreshing.
Other contestants for queen
were Hazel McFalls, Jean Mc
Allister,*'Betty McDougall, Joan
Ellerington, Lorna Taylor and
Put Hopper.
Dorothy Pooley, 1951 queen,
crowned her successor at the
dance and the new sovereign was
presentd with a bouquet of roses
by Mae Schroeder, 1950 queen.
Bill Youngblut was prince con
sort: John Haberer, president of
the Students’ Council was master
of ceremonies for the crowning.
Patrons at the dance were
Principal H. L. and Mrs. Sturgis,
Dr, and Mrs, H. II, Cowen, John
Haberer and Dorothy Pooley.
Close to 200 attended the At
Home and danced to the music
of Bobby Downs. Decorations
were in the Valentine
Free lunch was
school cafeteria.
Committee in
decorations and
of the new i.
Marilyn
charge
lunch consisted
queen, Dorothy
Pooley, Marilyn Skinner, Ida
Blanshard, assisted by Miss Anne
Kartushyn, home economics
teacher.
Responsible for dance arrange
ments were John Haberer, Jean
Taylor, Glen Schroeder and Bruce
Cudmore. Proceeds go to the
student ■council which is con
sidering the purchase of an elec
tric scoreboard for basketball
games.
Ice Estimates, Delays Meter Step
the
Speech Test Here
Murray Dawson and Peggy
Rowcliffe won senior public
speaking honors at the S.I-I.D.-
H.S. Wednesday afternoon.
The two will compete in
regional contest which will
held in the Exeter school
March 19.
Murray Dawson won over
only opponent Tom Easton with
a speech on “Hydro-Electric
Development in Ontario”. Miss
Rowcliffe's winning talk was on
“Are We Wasting Our Natural
Resources?”. Other entries were
Catharine Hunter and Mary Lou
Fritz.
Contests for juniors will be
held this Friday.
Among those competing in the
regional competition in March
will be students from Meaford,
Hanover, Kincardine and Port
Elgin.
ANOTHER QUEEN Queen “Marnie” Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Taylor,
was named queen of the S.H.D.H.S. At-Home• Dance last Friday night. Surrounding her
majesty are the other girls who vied for the crown. They are, left to right, Joan Eller-
ington, Lorna Taylor, Pat Hopper, Betty McDougallr.Jean McAllister and Hazel McFalls.
Dorothy Pooley, 1951 queen, crowned her successor. -—Jack Doerr, Exeter
Lions Organize
Paper Drives
Exeter Lions will begin
first of a regular series of paper
drives on March 12. The drives
will form part of the campaign
to raise $50,000 for the Hospi-t
tai.
The Lions are endeavoring to
organize the whole South Huron
district for waste .paper collec
tion. They will arrange for
dumping depots and collection in
the villages and centres and the
rural community throughout
South Huron. «
Good Profit
The service club estimates that
with proper organization, several
thousands of dollars can be rais
ed for the hospital during a year,
at the same time providing a dis-t
posal service for residents for
their waste paper.
Depots will be established in
•various centres so that people,
may dump their waste,*, paper
whenever they desire.
The. paper is shipped to manu
facturing companies who pur
chase the scrap in carload lots.
School Cagers Win Loop Honors
One Step From WOSSA Finals
Kinkids Defeat
Stores Participate
In Treasure Hunt
Exeter merchants will hold
their first town-wide “Treasure
Hunt” on Leap Year week-end—
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
February 28, 29 and March 1.
All stores participating in the
“Treasure Hunt” will be offering
merchandise at special savings to
their customers who in this case
will be the “pirates”.
Special “Treasure Hunt” signs
will be posted in each of the
stores co-operating in the town
wide sale.
Defending WOSSA Senior “B”
Champions, the SHDHS Basket
ball “Panthers” are only one
step away form the Purple Bowl
competitions again this year.
They captured their vocal league
championship “
easy 45-24
Marys.
Aiming for
pionship are the Panther Juniors
who were nosed out in the finals
last year by Aylmer. The Juniors
won their loop by whipping op
ponents 47-14.
The boys teams will meet the
winners of the Delhi-Waterford-
Ingersoll-Paris league for the
right to appear in the Purple
Bowl.
Tagging right along with the
boys are the two girls teams who
will finish their regular schedule
at the local school Friday night
against Mitchell.
The senior girls are yet to be
defeated and unlss the unexpec
ted happens, ehouldn’t have any.
trouble winning over Mitchell
girls Friday.
The Junior* girls, however,
must win their game or they’ll
be forced into a three-way play
off. The juniors lost to Mitchell
in their first game and if they
lose again all three teams—Mit
chell, St. Marys and Exeter, will
be tied with two wins each. How
ever, there doesn’t seem much
doubt that the girls will be able
to take the Mitchell team.
Glen Schroeder and Ron Heim-
Tuesday with an
victory over St.
their first chain-
rich paced the Panthers to their
win Tuesday by hooping 13
points each. Don O'Brien swish*
ed nine, Bruce Cudmore four,
Ken Moir, John Haberer and Bob
Wade, two each. Don McCurdy
and Don Adkins also played.
For St. Marys, L. Bradshaw
and B. Bodenham hooped six, 1.
Courtnege five, G. Marton 2, C.
Martin 2, D. Kinsman 2, J. Watt
one. Score at half time was 27-5
Leads With 16 Points
Six-footer Gary Middleton led
the juniors to their 47-14
triumph with 16 points. Bill
Yungblut potted 10, John Hicks
seven, Bill Batten and Ron
Rowcliffe six, Richard McFalls
two. Bill Heywood • and Chuck
Parsons also played.
Half-time score was 31-5.
Seaforth 8-6
Exeter Midgets laced Sea
forth 8-6 in the, first game of
their playoff Wednesday
night in the local arena. Re
turn game at Seaforth will be
played Thursday niglrt.
Don Wells scored four tal
lies to lead the victors. Be
sides scoring one goal, Terry
Wade collected five assists.
Gary Middleton, Eugene Wil
lard and Peter* Cowen counted
a goal each.
Score was tied 3-3 at the
end of the first period. Exeter
led 6-3 at the finish of the sec
ond.
A rough
with only nine
Three were in the cooler
misconducts.
Muir scored two of
forth’s goals.
Public School Service
A memorial service for the
late King George VI was held at
the Public School on Thursday
morning.
The pupils took the oath of
allegiance to the flag, Queen and
empire and a recitation “Sail On,
O King” was given by Gwen Ells-
mere. Rev. Harold Snell gave
the address. Principal Claude
Blowes conducted the service.
Members of the School Board)
were present.
Town council turned thumbs
down on paving any streets this
year; continued investigation of
artificial ice; delayed a decision
on parking meters until mer
chant representation could be
heard. Their regular meeting
was held Monday night.
The town fathers postponed
the paving project this year, be
cause they felt roads were not
in condition for hard-top. How
ever, they set a tentative budget
at a record of $11,000 to be
spent on roads this year. Present
plans include scarifying, gravel
ing and oiling the streets as
part of a major road-repair pro
gram.
Await Estimate
Council is currently awaiting
a building estimate from N.
Hipel and Company foi’ renova
tion of the rink and installation
of artificial ice.
Mr. Hipel, architect of the
original arena, met with repre
sentatives of the council and
Parks Board last week to dis
cuss the proposed renovation.
Council Eugene Beaver report
ed to the council on the meeting
and said the engineer favored
erecting side vents on the arena
rather than expanding on the
north end. The vents would al
low standing room behind the
present seats and provide walks
from end to end. The addition
would provide for a maximum
spectator capacity of some 1,800,
700 more than at present. If ne
cessary later, the north end
could be enlarged for more
room,
The engineer favored the dir
ect expansion artificial ice plant
rather than the brine system
which is more expensive, A tap
rock floor will be included in
the estimates,
construction of dressing rooms
and a snack bar in the gym
nasium.
Various Reactions
Council members reported var
ious reaction to .parking meters
from both farmers and business
people.
Hearing reports that some
businessmen intended to make
representation to council, the
body decided to delay their de
cision until next meeting to give
the men a chance to air their
views.
as well as re
Lay 'Wreaths At Cenotaph
What Do You Think?
since the idea of parking
was introduced to Exeter
several weeks ago, it has
controversy in the town,
after the idea was intro-
game, it finished
on the ice.
with
Sea-
Plan House Canvass In Lucan
Tti Pay For Artificial Ice
A meeting of Lucan and com
munity was held Monday even
ing, February 18, in the Lucan
Memorial Hall to discuss the
progress of artificial ice in the
arena.
While there is still some work
to finish on the machinery the
residents of Lucan and vicinty
are enjoying the pleasure of
skating on artificial ice. The.
board set aside, definite skating
4
In Tribute To George VI
Ever
meters
council
stirred
Soon .......... ...................
duced here, the town, of St.
Marys decided to give the meters
a year’s trial. Merchants there
expressed violent oppositon to
the scheme.
The Times-Advocate has devo
ted this week’s “What Do You
Think” to the question: Are you
in favor of parking meters?
R. B. Williams, Exeter
think they’ll be a humbug,
the farmers are
I can’t see they’ll be
Your first cost is
don’t think they’ll
■: I
, as
con-
any
big
ever
far as
eerned.
benefit,
and I
pay.
Bob
they’ll
think they need them in a ___
this size. The farmers have no
trouble parking
day night.
Al Morgan,
think they’re
town this size,
ing problem is „ .....................
think meters Will be much help.
How often do people come in
and park for more than an hour
Simpson, Usborne
be a nuisance. I
No,
don’t
town
except on Satub
Usborne* I don’t
necessary for a
I know the park
great but I don’t
anyway? It would keep the busi
nessmen's cars off main street.
The farmers don’t park very
long except on Saturday nights.
I was in a town not so long ago
where they put meters in and
then took them out again.
Percy Passmore, Exeter: I
don’t care what they do. I think
they're a good thing if they get
the businessmen’s cars off the
main street and give the custom
ers a break.
Harold Jeffery, Usborne: As
far as I’m concerned, I don’t
think thesylre a good thing for
Exeter. What Exeter needs is a
free parking lot. I don’t believe
it’s a big enough town for park
ing meters. Of the people I’ve
talked to, about half are for it
and the other half against.
Pupils In Act
No one can say that pupils at
the public school aren’t keeping
up with cuiTeiit events,
A week from this Friday,
pupils of the senior class
take part in a debate.
The question: “Will parking
meters help Exeter’s parking
problem?
the
will
Garnet Hicks, Usborne: I don’t
think meters will relieve the
situation at all. Merchants should
keep their cars off main street.
Hubert Jones, Exeter: I don’t
think it’s very satisfactory. I’m
afraid we’ll build up ill-will with
our customers because of the
violation fines. We hear a lot of
complaints. The meters have a
tendency to keep people under
tension when they’re doing busi
ness because they have to keep
their minds on their cars. It gets
away from the idea that this is
a friendly place to shop which
we’ve tried for years to build
up.
Crescent Dayman, Exeter:
There’s been a lot of talk about
this. We don’t know whether the
meters will be shut off free Sat
urday nights or not. If they
stopped them at 8 o’clock, lots
of people would be willing to
pay a nickel to park „ from 7 to
8 and the rest of the night. The
meters will load the back streets
and probably fill private proper
ties With cars. They should open
lanes behind the stores.
Bill Sweitzer, Exeter: They’d
be a darn good thing to stop the
businessmen from parking on
main street.
hours for the public. Saturday
2-5 unless otherwise advertised
and 8-J>0 p.m., also, Sundays 3-5
p.m. and other hours through''
the week when available, Mr. II.
B. Langford was appointed to
allocate the ice for the balance
of the season for hockey, skat
ing, hockey practice etc.
Need Several Thousand
■ this meeting a financial
statement -was also given. De
spite the fact that there has been
a great community effort in gra
tis labour and contributions the
statement showed that
are still short a few
dollars.
A great
the village
contributed
hut there
have not and in order to give
everyone a chance a house to
house canvass has been arranged. The committee hope Lo conclude
this canvass by the end of next?
week,
the board
thousand
people innumber of
and community have
both time and money
are still many who
Exeter paid tribute to the late
King George VI in a memorial
service at James Street Church,
Friday morning and afterwards
at the Cenotaph.
A solumn procession of Legion
and Auxiliary members, Girl
Guides, Brownies, Cubs and
RCAF members marched behind
the Exeter Band, from the Le
gion Hall to James Street
Church. Here they joined citi
zens of the town to take part in
the community memorial service.
Rev. H. T. Kendrick, pastor of
; the Pentecostal Church address
ed the gathering. He spoke ol
living near the place where the
King spent most of his boyhood
and he told about playing cricket
against the King’s team. “I will
always remember King George
as a good cricket player,” he
said.
“The King was the emblem of
kingship to his nation and em
pire” he continued, “and a
priest and prophet to his
churches. His ruling power was
a spiritual power. He did not
depend on his power as a man.
The force behind
power of God.”
Mr. Kendrick
King painted a
titre of life for his people and he
had a record such as
arch has ever left. He
the King to David ...............
said, “Into Thy hand I commit
my spirit”.
During the service,
it all was
said that
wonderful
the
the
pic-
no mon
compared
when he
Rev. Don-
Over 40 Years At Switchboard
Hensall’s Katie Scott Retires
Miss Katie ‘Scott, popular and
most courtous Bell Telephone
operator has retired after 41
years of service as night opera
tor. She has witnessed many in
cidents and many changes in the
village.
Most of her 41 years at switch
board has been oh night duty,
She began in April 1911 when
the office was in a store owned
by her late father George Scott.,
At that time the operator had to
crank a magneto by hand to ring
on the line and had to replenish
large glass acid batteries with
distilled water. She was office
manager for the local office from
1920 to 1945.
'Miss Scott recalls a fire in
1913 in the same block as the
telephone office which restro^ed
telephone office which destroyed
gutted the store next door before
it was stopped. Miss Scott was on
duty at the time and sat through
it while firemen battled the
blaze. “A couple of days later it
poured rain and the water com
ing through the roof was worse
than the fire/* she said. Firemen
had ruined the roof trampling
over it.
She has handled many emer
gency pleas, fire calls etc, and
has seen many changes in the
village since she first started.
Hdr successor is Mrs. E. R. Shad-*
dick,
aid Sinclair read the scripture,
Rev. A. E. Holley gave a prayer,
the last post was sounded and
two
Rev.
sters
vice.
At
formed in lines around the mem
orial and Legion Padre Rev. G.
G. Burton addressed the crowd.
He mentioned the hard times
during the King’s reign. “It was
a time when we were all drawn
together in a great family. The
King was the first gentleman of
the land,”
new Queen
“It was
ent for the . .
commonwealth when they‘heard
the King was dead. They will
never forget the strangeness
when death came tnd took our
King away.”
Reeve R. E. Pooley placed the
municipal wreath and Reeve
Verne Pincombe, the Usborne
wreath. The Legion wreath was
placed by presid e n t Harvey
Pfaff.
After the Last Post and Rev
eille were sounded, His Worship,
Mayor W. G. Cochrane read the
public proclamation naming Eli
zabeth II, Queen.
Benediction was read by Rev.
Rurton and the gathering sang
“God Save the Queen”. Town
Clerk, C. V. Pckard directed the
service.
RCAF Hold Service
Padre Fit. Lt. Charbonneau
asked members of the RCAF at
Centralia to
new Queen
best to us”
vice on the
The drumhead
Councillor Earl Witmer, at
present ill in hospital, reported
to council that, in his survey,
businessmen were against it on
the whole while farmers were in
favor.
Councillor Ralph Bailey re
ported one farmer telling him
that he would take his business
elsewhere if meters were in
stalled.
Reeve R. E. Pooley said he
had found both businessmen and
farmers with different opinions.
Clerk C. V. Pickard would
consider giving up his post as
treasurer, he said, if meters
were installed. He anticipated
considerable complaint if fines
were levied through the meters.
However, he said, the complaints
would probably subside once the
meters were in operation for
some time. He suggested council
might wait to see whether met
ers operated satisfactorily in St.
Marys.
Council approved expenses for
four delegates to the Trade and
Industry Branch Convention in
Toronto in March. The move
taken in. an attempt to get
vice on promoting industry
the town.
The town fathers voted to
Night Constable John Cowan
difference between
and compensation
Police Chief John Norry will re
ceive a bonus for his extra night
work during Constable Cowan’s
absence due to a fractured arm.
A $7 GO grant was received
from the province for policing
expenditures during 1951. The
grant was made available
through the installation of the
employee pension plan in Jan
uary.
Installation of a phone at the
home of works foreman, Gerald
Cornish, has been completed, it
was reported.
Daylight Saving Time will go
into effect in April 27 and last
until September 28.
Council, through Clerk C. V.
Pickard, have invited the RCAF
council at Centralia to attend
one of their meetings.
The matter of establishing a
bus service from Centralia hous
ing area to Exeter was discussed
at the meeting and members
were in favor of such a step, al
though they felt any expenses
involved should not be paid
through the town coffers.
A grant of $1,875, the same
as last year, was
Library Board.
Treasurer C. V.
nounced that over
been collected for _ _ .
of taxes. In turn, council decid
ed to prepay county rates to the
sum of $12,000 for which they
receive a discount.
made to the
an-Pickard
$22,000 had
prepayments
minute’s silence observed.
H. Snell thanked the mini-
for taking part in the ser-
the Cenotaph, the parade
he said, “and the
is the first lady.”
a tremendous mom-
younger people of the
“give our best to our
as she will give
at the memorial
Station Friday.
service
Hospital Valentine
Thursday afternoon, children
at the public school held their
annual valentine parties, A box
social in the Principal Claude
Blowes’ room netted $14.65 for
the Hospital Association.
was
held in the hanger with close to
1,000 men on parade.
The padre said in his tribute
to King George that he was re
spected throughout the world be
cause of his true Christian attri
butes and his love for his family.
“He sapped his strength be
cause he gave himself unstint-
ingly to carry out his" duties.”
Commanding Officer Group
Captain W. W. Bean, O. E., con
ducted the service and Padre
Fit. Lt, Bracken participated. A
combined choir sang two hymns
during the service.
The Cub pack on the station
attended the service as did Wives
and families of service men.
PROCLAIMS QUEEN — Mayor
W. G. Cochrane proclaims Eliza
beth II Queen at the memorial
services held for King George VI
at the cenotaph Friday. The of
ficial Canadian proclamation
mourned the death of “King
George the Good” and was the
first In the Commonwealth to
recognize Elizabeth II Queen*
—Jack Doerr