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an unex-
the dist-
were on
the largest piece left of the ‘'Texan”
Eightieth Year
PILOT DIES IN CRASH
aircraft that exploded in a
Other parts of the craft can
on his first solo. Two others
structor returning from Ottawa.
assembly was
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1952
This tail
crash landing- south of Crediton early Wednesday morning,
be seen strewn around the field. The NATO pilot killed was
were guided through snow-filled skies to safety by an in-
’ ** —Jack Doerr, Exeter
Alfred Hicks
Authority Told 200 Acres
Available
Residents of Western Ontario
were assured of at least
acres of public park land in
pinery, C. E. Janes, M.L.A.
Lambton and chairman of
Ausable Authority’s Parks
Recreation Board said at
authority meeting Monday.
>Mr. Janes told the members
that negotiations for more pro
perty were impossible
present time since the
Development Company
recently through the
■Company, owners of the
would release no information
nor enter negotiation.
However, he assured the
Authority that at least 200 acres
could be retained through a
Planning law which required
that five percent of all property
being developed be left in its
natural state.
• He had been informed by the
provincial government that this
amount could be demanded in a
single block. The pinery contains
over 4,000' acres along the five-
mile lake shore.
Mr. Janes told members that,
200
the
for
the
and
an
at the
Pinery
(formed
Canada
pinery)
For Pinery
in a conference with the Ontario
cabinet, the provincial govern
ment had promised full co-opera
tion in the preservation of the
land as a public park.
No further action could be
taken, he said, until the Pinery
Development Company, would
enter into negotiations.
He felt more land could be
obtained for
government
bridges into
allowed the
public use if
built roads
the property
company to
them in exchange
Buy Glen Land
Mr. Janes also
the high level of
would curtail public use of the
Ipperwash beach. It was now no
longer possible to drive along
the beach he said and lake front
■cottagers would have difficulty
gaining access to their property.
He predicted greater use of
the Rock Glenn recreational
ground at Arkona and outlined
the improvement made by
Authority with the help of
kona Lions and residents of
area.
Park
The.Authority voted $800 for
the purchase of nine and three-
quarter 'acres of land at Rock
Glenn. More land will be pur
chased if a reasonable price can
be established.
the
and
and
use
for acreage.
reported that
Lake Huron
the
Ar-
the
Borrow $12,000 For Forest
In Hay Conservation Plan
The Ausable Valley Conserva
tion Authority passed a borrow
ing . by-law Monday to buy
13,000 worth of land in
swamp for reforestation.
The by-law, which set an
side figure of $2 0,0 0 0 for
“Scheme No. 2” of the Authority,
gave officials power to purchase
some 634 acres in the swamp
which will be treed this spring.
One-half of the purchase price
will be paid by the Province of
Ontario. The other half comes
from levies on the participating
. municipalities of the watershed.
(May 7 has 'been set aside for
a speial tree-planting day in the
swamp. Officials from the De
partments of Planning and De
velopment and Land and Forests,
county and municipal officers,
residents and school
will be invited to the opening
ceremony. A tree planting con
test will be held among pupils
of the Hay township school area,
is still in doubt. This is the pro-
As “scheme No. 2” of the
Authority began to reach the
successful stage, “Scheme No.l”
is still in doubt. This is the pro
ject to prevent excessive flood
ing in and around the Port
Franks area. It involved a new
river cut at Port Franks costing
$137,000, 75 percent of which
was paid by the province.
Members were reminded by
their engineer, Col. S. W. Archi
bald, of London, that the $175,-
000 damage suit of D. L. C.
Haigmeir, of Biddulph, for ex
cessive flooding of his lands in
19 47 was still ending and that
he could at any time____
charges if he felt the Authority
was not relieving the
Although the pew cut will
take ' ’ '
river,
$12-
Hay
out-
children
press his
situation.
waters faster from the
the engineer felt other
OPP en
For Grand Bend
Grand Bend village council
contracted for a five-man pro
vincial police force this summer
at a special meeting last week.
Council made the arrange
ments for additional policing
with Inspector George Clubbe, of
London. A
Ohe extra man will be
gaged from May 15 uptil
tember 25. Three officers
be added between June "30
Labor Day. All will come4' from
London. Two cars will be (Pro
vided for the men. \
Reeve Herman Gill was pleas
ed with the arrangement but
noted, “I’ve seen some summers
when five policemen were not
enough/’
en-
and
measures should be taken
ther upstream. He recommended
an entirely new cut from the
Parkhill river sstem through the
south east boundary of the Haig
farm to the new channel.
The Parkhill creek
the Haigmeir farm
lane} is just five feet
level. The engineer
fur-
winds into
where the
above lake
said the
river ran for ten miles over the
five foot drop. The cut he said
would mean a drop of five feet
in only five miles.
Members took no action on
the proposal. The general opinion
was that no one knew where the
solution lay.
U.K. Native
The funeral of the late Alfred
Hicks, aged 81 years and 10
months, was held Wednesday af
ternoon from the Hopper-Hockey
funeral home with Rev. H, J,
Snell officiating,
The deceased was born at
I-Iicksmile, Cornwall, Eng., and
came to Canada with his parents
at the age of 13 yeai’s. He set-
^led on the second concession of V Usborne, then moved to Blan-
May H ire
Manager
The first step to hire a full-
time manager-secretary for the
Ausable watershed was taken by
the Authority Monday afternoon
at their first 19 52 meeting held
in Parkhill.
Members expressed agreement
that the ever-increasing work of
conservation required more at
tention than, could be devoted
by a part-time secretary and the
volunteer officials of the body.
Employment of a permanent
man would
basis with
two other
Department
velopment.
The arrangement provides
that the Department pays the
manager’s salaries and the Au
thorities divide his expenses.
Members unanimously passed
a motion to encourage the De
partment to put the scheme into
effect.
The re-election of officers at
the annual meeting saw few
changes in the administration.
John Morrison of Williams East
is again chairman and Freeman
Hodgins of McGillivray, vice-
chairman.
Election of boards resulted as
follows:
Public Relations: Andrew Dix
on, Exeter, chairman; Fred Mc
Leod, Ailsa Craig; Harold East
man, Adelaide; and Jack Legge,
London township.
Farm Ponds and Farm Im-
—Please turn to page 6
shard Township
and returned to
ship where he
since.
In
Violet
vives
daughter,
Wilson, of London, one son,
Garnet, and three grandchildren,
also one brother, Rev. Robert
Hicks, of London.
The bearers were Harold Jef
fery, Harvey Perkins, Milton
Luther, Edward Sillery, Roy-
lance Westcott and Thomas
Campbell. Interment was in the
Exeter Cemetery.
for some years
Usborne Town-
has lived ever
1899 he was married to
Lavina Chowen, who sur-
him together with one
(Laura) Mrs. Mervin
of London,
Estimates for artificial ice and
remodelling of Exetei’ Arena
were set at over $80,000 by N.
O. Hipel, construction engineer,
at a special council meeting on
Wednesday afternoon.
Council took no action on the
proposal.
The $80,000 figure included:
Ice plant, piping, tap rock
floor, drainage, excavation and
fill for the rink.
Construction of cement walls
for new seating aisles along
sides.
Providing approximately
new seats - in an addition at
north end under which
plant would be housed.
Remodelling of the hall to
provide a refreshment
men’s and ladies’ rooms
furnace room. Reconstruction of
dressing rooms to provide for
four quarters for teams.
The estimate was higher
council had expected and
action that the body might
was postponed until their
meeting, April 7.
Various alterations in
plans were discussed to
ways to lower the total cost.
Members of the Community
Parks Board sat in on the meet
ing and viewed the plans of the
Hipel firm.
the
the
380
the
ice
booth,
and
than
any
take
next
the
find
be on a co-operative
another or perhaps
authorities and the
of Planning and De
Exeter, Grand Bend Lions
Erect Cottage For Hospital
The Exeter and Grand Bend
Lions have launched a program
to raise at least ten thousand
dollars for the South Huron
Hospital Fund. They propose to
erect a summer'.Witage .-at Grand
Bend to go to some lucky per
son making a donation to the
hospital.
The proposition was launched
a few weeks ago when the
Soutlicott Pines Parkland offer
ed a suitable lot for the project.
The Grand Bend Lions were ap-
the cottage have
u» by Lion Jake
were submitted at
Aylmer I.O.O.F
School Cagers Ready For Finals
At London W.O.S.S.A. MeetjFII AiVIIwVII —
With the W.O.S.S.A. finals
getting under way oh Saturday
in London, it will find Exeter
well represented with three
teams. The senior boys and girls
gained their berths when they
won their series with Waterford,
while the junior boys defeated
Delhi. The junior girls were
nosed out by Waterford but put
up a valiant effort; everyone on
the team worked hard until the
final whistle.
Junior Girls
The junior girls rang up a
21-10 victory over Waterford on
Friday, but lost the round 44-
38. After a slow-scoring first
half in which Exeter held a 5-1
lead, the locals surged out with
16 points in the last half while
holding Waterier d to nine
points. The local juniors ended
their season's play with a 5-3
record. Pat Tuckey led the win
ners with 12 points, while M.
Skinner potted 5, J. Thomson 2,
Blanshard 2.
team are IC.
B. Brintnell,
kard and R.
Senior Girls
The senior
their undefeated record as they
chalked up a comparitively easy
27-16 victory over Waterford
apd won the series 51-32. Julia
Dunlop and Jean Taylor led the
winners with 10 points each
while Dot Pooley netted five. Al
though the forwards are the
only players who can score, the
guards on the Exeter team
played a very strong game and
set the towards up on many
plays. The guards on the team
are: P ~
Taylor,
and M.
Junior
The
dropped their first game of the
season as Delhi eked out a close
The guards on the
Hunter, J. Schenk,
E. Crown, T. Pic-
Soldan.
girls maintained
. Hopper, L.
M. Thomson
Wildfong.
Boys
local Panther
Taylor, M.
, M. Bray
J u n i o ? s
44-43 victory. The local juniors
won the round by 15 points. The
locals were down nine points at
the end of the first quarter as
they had difficulty in finding
the basket in the Delhi gym. At
the half the boys had
gap to three points.
the end of
closed the
After their rest at the half the
boys came out and by the end
of the third quarter had built
up a nine-point lead. In the last
quarter, with captain John Hicks
sitting on the bench with five
fouls, the locals had their lead
cut down to one point with 20
seconds to play. Delhi then went
one up with a set shot by Hea-
therington and the locals failed
remaining lastto score for the
seconds.
Senior Boys
The Exeter
theii’ series with
score of
23-22 at
hold the
held the
the last
Gives Degrees
Eighteen candidates were
pressed with the beauty
lessons inculcated in the degree
of Friendship as exemplified by
the first degree team from Ayl
mer Lodge when they visited
the Exeter Lodge of Oddfellows
Tuesday evening.
More than 160 members
crowded the lodge room leaving
a restricted space for the visit
ors to exemplify their very fine
floor work.
Five of the candidates
from the Exeter lodge, four
the Clinton lodge, and nine
Ark Lodge, Springfield.
D.D.G.M. Bro. R. B.
of Clinton, the same
paid his official visit
lodge and was accompanied by
several of the Clinton brethren.
The Noble Grand, Gerald Mc-
Falls, welcomed the visitors and
candidates and E. A. Howald
voiced the appreciation of the
Exetei’ lodge and
of thanks. Lunch
the close.
The candidates
degree’ were:
Exeter: R. L. Beavers, R.
Jermyn, L. E. Dixon, R.
Brintnell and Percy McFalls.
Clinton: Oliver Poc.ock, Chas.
Wilson, Howard Turner and A.
Smith.
Springfield: Earl Kennedy,
Frank Pinea, Leo Bogard, Ross
Fugard, J. Sabo, Bob Millard,
Walter Karl, Howard Bridge
water and M. Brown.
inl
and
were
from
from
Taylor,
evening
to the
moved a vote
was served at
receiving the
D.
E.
proached and after considerable
discussion decided to enter
whole-heartedly into the scheme
this summer.
Plans for
been drawn
Sweitzer and
the meeting in the Central Hotel
Friday evening.
Present at the meeting were
W. F. B. MacLaren, Eric Mc
Ilroy, Kenneth Young and J. H.
Dalton, of Grand Bend and
Reeve Verne Pincombe, of Us
borne township. Mr. MacLaren,
on behalf of the Grand Bend
Lions, offered their hearty co
operation, which was enthusias
tically received.
A committee was appointed
by President E. R, Hopper to
set up the necessary committees
for carrying out the project. The
committee is Charles MacNaugli-
ton, Eric McIlroy and C. V. Pic
kard.
See N.H.L. Tilt
A boys’ class of James Street
United Church Sunday School
motored to Toronto Saturday to
see Chicago Black Hawks defeat
Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in an
N.H.L. match. Robert Southcott
is the teacher. The trip home
took over five hours in the wind
and sleet storm. Members of the
class are Bill Pollen, Paul
Coates, Jack Robertson, Allan
Rundle and Bob Pooley. Sunday
School secretary Bill Batten
companied them.
Nearly 30 Join
ac-
Panthers took
Waterford as
they won a close 87-82 series
score. The locals lost their home
game on Friday by a
3 8-34. The locals led
half-time but failed to
lead. Glenn Schroeder
Panthers together in
minutes of play with his excel
lent ball handling and accurate
passes,
led the
points
scorers
and O’Brien 2.
Follow The Teams
With all three teams playing
on Saturday we hope a good
number of spectators will fol
low the teams and cheer them
on to victory.
Variety Show
Last Thursday the pupils were
entertained by the pupils of Sea
forth High School, who put on
a variety show In the gym. The
show consisted of a quartette, a
five-piece band, a trumpeter, a
soprano soloist and a very enter
taining magician,
Heimrich and Schroeder
scorers with
respectively,
were: Moir 4
12 and 11
The other
Haberer 4
Strip Cottage
Near Bend
Household furnishings valued
at $1,500 were looted from the
summer residence of James
Cruikshank at the Beach of
Pines, Grand Bend, sometime
during the winter.
The theft was discovered by
Mr. Cruikshank in a visit to the
Bend from his home in Detroit
March 24. Unknown thieves
made off with just about every
thing of value in the place.
Furniture and even linens were
stolen.
The motor was removed from
the refrigerator which was found
with the stove moved to the
back door ready to be picked
up. Mr. Cruikshank’s timely visit
interrupted return of the looters.
Provincial Constable Bud Bru
ner, of Forest, is investigating.
and
the
the
the
In-
Juniors Enjoy
Annual Feast
One-hundred members of
Junior Farmers' and Junior
stitute and their guests enjoyed
a banquet in the Thames Road
United Church Friday night.
Seated at the head table were
the Rev. G. W. Goth, of London,
Jerry Montgomery, agriculture
representative, and his assistant,
John Butler, and Miss Jean
Scott, home economist. Howard
Pym, president of the Junior
Farmers, was chairman.
Miss Dolores Allison proposed
a toast to the club to which
Kathleen May, newly-elected
president, responded.
Criticism Of Young
Mr. Goth took as the topic for
his talk, “Whither goest Thou,
This Younger Generation.” He
spoke of the criticism of the
younger generation by the older
and accounted for it by saying
the older folks remember only
the best things about their
younger days and compare it to
the worst that they see in the
young people of today. He feels
that the present generation has
a real faith in religion.
Musical numbers were given
by the Huronia male quartet
and by Mrs. N o r m a P r y d e.
A Centralia instructor air-led
two NATO pilots to safety early
Wednesday morning after one
crashed and died when
pected snow shower hit
rict. All three trainees
their first solo flight.
RCAF officials praised F.O,
Bob Ayres, the instructor, who
guided the two Harvard-type
planes to a safe landing with his
twin-engined Beechcraft.
Ayres, flying to Centralia from
Ottawa, saw one pilot crash as
he approached the airport, then
proceeded to locate the other
two planes and lead them to the
flying field and a safe landing.
The crash occurred about 1 a.m,
A former bush pilot, Ayers
was returning to Centralia from
Ottawa when he hit the snow
storm, radioed the station tower
who declared a “washout”
called all planes into port.
Seconds later Ayers saw
doomed Texan explode on
ground on the farm of Clayton
Sims, a mile and a half south
of Crediton,
The pilot died instantly after
he hit the ground and his craft
exploded. His
NATO country
came was not
RCAF.
The pilot had
tion and asked for clearance
Shortly after, men in the control
tower saw the explosion.
No farmers in the area heard
oi’ witnessed the crash.
Ayres radioed position of the
crash to the tower and then pro
ceeded to guide two other train
ees to landing with his aircraft.
Ayers said a “very heavy snow
•came in unexpectedly” as ha
approached the station.
RCAF officials credited Ayers
with a “splendid job” of getting
the aircraft to earth.
Invesigation of the crash start
ed immediately at Centralia
station. Cause of the crash had
not been determined Wednesday
night.
Ayres came to Centralia in
September, 19 50, and is CO of
“E” Flight in the Flying Train
ing School.
Hazardous flying is nothing
new to the U.S.-born flyer who
calls Toronto and Hamilton his
home.
A bush pilot before he entered
the RCAF, Ayers flew in North
ern Quebec and Labrador carry
ing prospectors and mining
equipment into the wilds there.
He is a well-qualified pilot,
having his Air Engineer’s Cer
tificate, his Radio
certificate, and his
Pilot’s License.
He is married and
wife and five-year-old son Bobby
live at the married quarters at
the station.
name nor the
from where he
released by the
radioed the sta-
Operator’s
Transport
he and his
'Bumboat Woman' Plays Cupid
In Huronia Chorus Operetta
A “bumboat woman” turns
into a left-handed cupid in the
story of “H.M.S. Pinafore”, a
Gilbert and Sullivan operetta,
which will be presented by the
Huronia Male Chorus next week.
The performance will climax
over three months of work for
the chorus and others engaged
in the production.
From the demand for tickets,
both Thursday and Friday night
shows will play to full houses.
“H.M.S. Pinafore” will be the
second Gilbert and Sullivan
operetta the chorus has attempt
ed. Last year, their
of “Trial by Jury”
standing success.
This year’s operetta is sub
titled “The Lass That Loved A
Sailor” and is a nautical comic
opera in two acts.
Judging by a rehearsal your
T-A reporter attended Tuesday
night “H.M.S. Pinafore” will re
ceive even better treatment by
the choir than did “Trial By
Jury”.
The operetta provides plenty
of opportunities for Directress
Alice Sturgis to show off the
harmony of her well-trained
choir. She has selected an out
standing cast to handle the
principle parts of a fine set of
female voices to complement the
I choruses.
Junior 4- H Clubs
An enthusiastic organization
of the new Junior 4-H Calf and
Grain Clubs was held Monday
evening in the high school.
Nearly 3 0 boys were in attend
ance, one of the largest turnouts
in several years.
Howard Pym presided over the
meeting. Rules and regulations
of the Grain Club were explain
ed by Wallace Becker and a club
was formed with the following
members: Tom Brock, president,
Robert Kerslake, vice-president;
Robert Hern, secretary-teasurer;
Arthur Mitchell, Jim Ethering-
ton, Keith Hern, Tom Hern,
Murray Dawson, Keith Coates,
Bill Pincombe and Jack Taylor.
The boys decided to grow an
acre of registered Clinton Oats
this year.
Rules and regulations of the
Calf Club were explained by Ro
bert Hern. Members of the club
are: John Pym, president; Tom
Easton, vice-president; Murray
Dawson, secretary - treasurer;
Tom Hern, Harry Dykstra, Ar
thur Mitchell,
Hugh Rundle, Hugh McDougall,
Harvey Smith, Jack Taylor
Bill Pincombe.
The first meeting of the
Club will be held near the
Of April. At the end Of tile__
season in September all projects
will be shown at Exeter Fair.
presentation
was an out-
Red
Reaches $600
The local Red Cross campaign
passed the $600 mark this week
with the heip of $388 from
Grand Bend. The
$3,000.
Contributions to
Grand Bend
Rural Exeter
High School
Exeter
Main
covered
not in
canvass
should
Vernon
a receipt will be sent to them.
objective
date are:
....h... 388.
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not yet been
many returns are
Anyone missed in
wishing to donate
their donation to
Keith Coates,
Street has
and
yet.
and
mail
A. Heywood, Exeter, and
and
Calf
end
club
SEE FARM LAB — Local farmers saw the Purina Research
Farm at St. Louis, Missouri, recently on a 2,000-miIe trip by
train. In front are Al Morgan, Mac Hodgert and Don Easton
of Exeter and Jack Southern, London, Back row is William
Danforth, founder of Purina, Wilfred Tremeer, Art Varley>
both of Seaforth, Bill Tuckey, Bev Morgan and Gilbert Dow
Jr,} of Exeter. The boys returned to the district last week*