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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-02-21, Page 1of the motif, in the Eightieth Year Single Copy 7F Project,ones served Take Honors In was ad- for pay the his wages allowances. 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