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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-05-15, Page 1Eightieth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1952 i I* Single Copy 7p ** 1STRaise Bingo PrizesjTo $1,000 For Second Hospital Night One thousand cool, inviting greenbacks will be waiting for some lucky winners at the Legion's Monster Bingo next Wednesday night in the arena. It’s the largest stack the local branch has offered to corn-and- board devotees this year. The proceeds will go to the South Huron Hospital Building Fund, Close to 500 bingo fans played for the nesday master The Harold _____, ___,___ - McKellar, Parkhill, and Mrs. Art Frayne, Exeter, shared $75. Mrs. T. C. Coates, Hensail, and Cliff Mitchell, Exeter, divided $50 and Mrs. Stanford Watson of Mitchell captured the $25 round. Winners of the fifteen $15 rounds were: Mrs. Harold Bol­ ger, Blyth; William Sciones, of Mitchell; William Trappenel, of Seaforth; E. Gilbson, Clinton; Harry Tuff in, Mitchell, A, Es- daile, Parkhill; Joe Steep, Clin­ ton, H. Brintnell, Fred Ford, Exeter, Gerald Geofferey, Monk­ ton; Art Pratt, Centralia, Isaac Nixon, Lucknow; Clarence Hey­ wood, Exeter, Mrs. Austin Hart­ man Goderich; Ray Luck, Exeter, O. Cunningham, of Clandeboye, Mrs. Fred Weidman, Hanover, Joe McKenzie, Brucefield; Andy Jacklin, London; Mark Maloney, Seaforth, Dan Miller, London; Mrs. John Rau, Bayfield; Mrs. Harold Jervis, Mrs. A. Turnbull, Stratford, Leon Bedard, Zurich; Ms. F. W. Elliott, Brantford; Art Kinson, Lo ivdon; Henry Ad­ kins, Hensail. Artificial Ice By-Law Goes To Toronto After Ratepayers Express 3-1 Approval $850 in prizes last Wed- night. Fred Darling was of ceremonies. $500 jackpot went < to Harris, Mitchell. Sheila Attacks Resort / Stephen Resident Reaches 94 (By our Crediton Correspondent) Congratulations and good wishes go out this week to Mr. Roibert Gower, a life-long resi­ dent of Stephen Township, who on Monday, marked his ninety­ fourth birthday. Mr. Gower is enjoying fairly good health and resides with his son Harold. The other sons are Charles of Saskat­ chewan and Fletcher, Brinsley; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Parker, of London, who with Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Hair, Mrs. G. Postle and a great granddaugh­ ter, Miss Eleanor Morley, all of London, were present for the Sunday Trade Prosecutions for Sunday sell­ ing in Grand Bend, in defiance of the Lord’s Day Act, are under consideration, the Rev. A. Car­ man Hie, Western Ontario field secretary of the Lord’s Day Al­ liance, said in London Monday. On his desk, lie said, he had a letter from an individual in Grand Bend written on behalf “of the community” complaining Of, Sunday sales. The letter stat­ ed, he added, that church folk of the community were declining to patronize the offending mer­ chant. He said attention was usually focused on the man who offered goods for sale on Sundays, there was also the person makes such purchases. The field secretary also mated taken in London and Kitchener. but who inti­ that action would be T^own council submitted the $60,000 artificial ice by-law to the Ontario Municipal Board for official approval this week after a meeting of ratepayers endorsed the project three to one Tuesday night. Council met in special session after the meeting and awarded the pending contract to N. O. Hipel Construction Co. for $63,- 760, A provincial grant of $5,000 is available to cover the differ­ ence between the debentures and the contract price. A hand-showing vote among those who attended the public meeting indicated the ratepayers favored the project by a three- to-one margin, The two-hour discussion was conducted in an and opponents expressed their i Members of 1 N. O. Hipel, 1 engineer of the swered questions and the plans for the audience. C. V. Pickard, municipal clerk, was appointed chairman and Ernest Jones, secretary. Winter Recreation Mayor W. G. Cochrane out­ lined the proposal. He council felt Exeter was favorable position i orderly fashion and supporters opinions freely, the council and council-appointed construction, an- detailed said in a to support A Capital Weekend event. Ninety-First Birthday A birthday party in ’honor of Mrs John Brown, Greenway, on her 91st birthday, was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs? Dean Brown Saturday evening. TO PRACTICE HERE Frank J. Butson, who has pur­ chased the rented the of Mrs. V. practice in future. Kuntz residence and former beauty parlor Fraser, will begin a Exeter in the < near Hay Releases Weed Contract IHay council let a contract for weed spraying on township roads at their regular meeting last week. William Watson was en­ gaged to do the work at $4.00 an hour, contractor to equipment and two men. G-rants were made to agricultural societies: Huron $35, Zurich $7 5, $25. Permission was granted Huron 'County Health Unit make tests on the Helen drain in Dashwood, which suspected of being polluted septic tank discharge. Grader rental for anyone out- aide Hay Township was set at $7.00 per hour for straight grad­ ing only. Rental for lane grading tn Hay Township Was set at a minimupi of $2.50 per land or half hour and over half rate is to be at $5.00 per supply three South Exeter the to St. is by hour hour. Stores dose May 24 May 24 comes on a Saturday this year, giving a long weekend to most employees. Those work­ ing on a five-day week, however, will bo out of luck as Saturday is usually a holiday. In Exeter the stores wili be dosed for the day but in order to accomodate the buying public will remain open Friday evening until I t p.m. artificial ice both from a popula­ tion and a geographical ^stand­ point. “The arena,” he said, “is the only thing we are asking you to support to offer winter recreation to our children.” He also stressed the 'obvious advan­ tages it would provide for hoc­ key and curling activities. “The amount which we are prepared to spend, with your ap­ proval, is $65,000 which will re­ novate the arena and install artificial ice.” The renovation, he said, would permit the arena to accommodate 1,600 people. “We will have to pay 4S% on the debentures to produce the required amount of money.” The debenture would require $5,600 a year Huron Ridings To Be Joined? Speculation that the two fede­ ral Huron county ridings will be redistributed or combined is current in local political circles. A special committee of the House of 'Commons is consider­ ing redistribution of the seats following the decennial census. Speculators say that because both North Huron and Huron ridings are smaller in population than the average they may be redistributed in the shuffle. No official announcement has been made. Usborne Pupils Off To Ottawa -o Some 80 children and teachers Schools birds on they left Winchel- anticipated from Uslborne Public were awake with the Thursday morning and by bus at 7 a.m. from sea School for a long trip to Ottawa. From the time of Christmas concerts, teachers have been arranging programs and money raising schemes. The children, themselves, have sold cards and saved their money diligently all year for the trip. Scenic Route Two new Western Motorways busses, driven by executives of the company who have a good knowledge of Ottawa, took the delegation on a scenic route which skirts Lake Ontario to Kingston. Thursday afternoon, they took a detour across the Peace Bridge to the Thousand Islands and the United States, then back and on their way to the nation’s capital again. Their supper at night was eaten in Brockville and they arrived in Ottawa in time to get Stephen Hall Receives $1,500 Stephen council decided to spend $1,500 on the redecoration and renovation- of the township hall at Crediton. The council met last week with all members present. A committee for I Field, rissey, Motz, Mrs. Lloyd The D.L.S., ______ __ Dinney Municipal Drain. -Clerk F. W. Morlock authorized on the Gill to call for tion. A by-law govern the . the township. was nominated the Crediton Community It consists of John Mor- Wellington Haist, Roland Alf Smith, Wilmer Wein, Hugo Schenk England, report of James was adopted and Mrs. A. Howes, for the was to prepare a by-law Municipal Drain and tenders for construc- is being prepared stock car racing to In Resort Considers Beach Guards Lifeguards for Grand Bend’s popular beach were discussed at the council meeting last week. Council dealt with applications from qualified swimmers. 'Council decided to take a quarter page of the Sarnia Ob­ server to advertise the village. A deputation from the Lions Clulb consulted with council con­ cerning the information booth, its location and operation. The county weed Inspector will spray poison ivy in the vil­ lage. In accordance wih the ’ Pro­ vincial act, one per cent will be charged on tax arrears, instead of one-half per ceht. The side-walk of McLaren’s Drug Store is te be raised. A by-law was passed to con­ trol the village dump. All resi­ dents of the village will be required* to obtain a perihit if they want to duhip their own refuse. The regular garbage men will pay $100 per year to the village toward the upkeep. comfortably settled for the night i them to the Dominion Experi- at the YWCA and YMCA there. ' mental Farm where they will Lunch With Cabinet Friday is the biggest day of the trip. In the morning they are scheduled to visit the Mus­ eum, the Canadian Mint and the Archives. At noon they will have luncheon with A. Y. McLean, M.P. for Huron, the Prime Mini­ ster and. Cabinet Ministers. After lunch they will see the House of Commons in session. From there, they will be ac­ companied by Mr. McLean on a tour of the city which will take Exeter Couple To Pay $14,000 Deputy Reeve James G. Lind, of Westminster Township, his wife and two small daughters, will receive almost $14,000 in settlement of a lawsuit over injuries they suffered nearly two years ago when involved in a fatal five-car pile-up London. Mr. Justice A. M. proved terms of the in Loudon Monday court. iDefendents in the action, Joan and Jack Butterfield, of Exeter, have agreed to pay $2,500 into court to the credit of Beverly Lind, now five, and $100 to credit of Daryl Lind, 10. Mrs. (Ruth) Lind will receive $5,000 and her husband $500 general damages for injuries suffered. In addition Mr. Lind will be paid $4,703.78 for out- of-pocket expenses incurred by the accident, $1,050 for damage to his car and $1,000 for legal costs. One Of Several Suits The Linds were plaintiffs in one of several actions launched against the Butterfields after accident, July 14, 1950, on 4 ‘highway. They were travelling in the second car behind the ~ fields when the Butterfield ve- north of LeBel ap- settlement in weekly the No. Butter see the and they Hull. Different Saturday morning they will leave to come home by a differ­ ent route through Smith’s Falls and Peterborough. A picnic lunch has been planned for this of the jouney Teachers accompanying Dominion Observatory, will cross the river to Route part the ■children on the trip are Mrs. Lewis Dixon, Mrs. William Mair, Frances Lostell, Donna Bowden, Joyce Chambers, Mrs. L. Porter­ field and Harvey Sparling. Gar­ net Hicks, secretary of the borne Teacher’s Association took the trip. Essay Contest The Times-Advocate has ranged an essay contest which offers $5 each to a for the best essay The prize-winning appear in the issue May 29. Niagara Falls Trip On Friday, “May of S.S. No. dale, and their teacher Carter enjoyed a bus trip Niagara Falls. While there they visited Brock’s adian Several section Us- also ar- boy and girl on the trip, essays will of Thursday, 9, the pupils 1 Usborne, Huron- their teacher Mrs. to the power station, monument and the Can- Shredded Wheat parents from the school also accompanied them. plant. or slightly mills on the tax present time, the the town is paying on the old aren-a the overall increase in the tax rate would not exceed two mills. Five Dollars A Year “The average householder would pay about $5 a year or 10 cents a week. Our feeling is that it is not a large amount for you to pay each year. “Everything else we have is of the best and it seems to me it is not too much money to ask you to pay to bring our arena up to that standard." Noble Scott asked “What com­ munity spirit have we on this ice? Why couldn’t we install it by donations rather than deben­ tures?” Councillor Eugene Beaver said the town was endeavoring to support the hospital by volun­ tary subscription. “Our town is financially better than any town in the county and for that rea­ son we feel we can do it by debenture. Mr. Scott questioned again: “Don’t you think our drains are more important than artificial ice? Don't you think a sewerage system is more important.” said townspeople with their drains year* council had He had attended eral weeks ago, council had promised into some of these drains, don’t think they’ve done it yet. he challenged. Small Step Councillor* Ed that the drains spent half a day engineer problem, construct we hope said. Cost of a sewerage system would be more than $300,000, he estimated, and $60,000 for artificial ice was a small step considering a $300,000 proposi­ tion. Mayor Cochrane stated that every drain put in in the last over two rate. At the mayor said, one-half mill debenture, so He had trouble and that each ignored them, a meeting sev- he said, and to look “I Brady replied committee had with the county reviewing the drainage “We are prepared to new drains now and to construct more,” he Temperature Drops, Water Does Too Weather temperatures dropped considerably this week and cold, spitting rains discomforted resi­ dents Monday and Tuesday. Both high and low for the past week were recorded Friday. Early Friday morning the temperature dropped to 3 4 but a strong sun shunted the mercury up to 68 during the day. Rain­ fall for the week was 1.3 6 inches Temperatures recorded at R.C.A.F. Station Centralia were: hicle collided with a southbound High Low car which continued on out of Wednesday, May 7 51 36 control to crash into the Lind Thursday, May 8 55 40car.Friday, May 9 68 34 Joseph Mitocher, Port Stanley,Saturday, May 10 64 48 hitch-hiking passenger in the Sunday, May 11 61 45 southbound car, was killed in Monday, May 12 47 41 the crash.Tuesday, May 13 57 40 Neighbors Sow Forty Acres Tuesday of last week twelve neighbors landed on the farm of Lloyd Hern of Uslborne equipped with tractors, plows and othei' equipment for cultivating and on the following day 14 turned up. After preparing the land forty acres were sown with grain. It was a to the' under Hern whole School Conclude Bridge Marathon The Ladies Bowling Club wound up a successful bridge marathon, which was in progress during the winter, by holding a mixed bridge party in the Legion rooms Tuesday evening. Ten tables were in play. A dainty lunch was served at the close. Winners of the marathon bridge good-will gesture owing fact that Lloyd has been the doctor’s care. Mrs. served supper and the affair was like a Sunday picnic. ors, were announced and prizes were awarded. Mrs. J. A. Traquair was high with a count of 33,330; Mrs. F. A. May was second with 31,810. Winners during the eve­ ning were: Ladies, Mrs. Allan Fraser and Mrs. George Wright; gents, James Drummond and Bruce Biggart. Attend Rally Twenty-five members of the Ladies Auxiliary to thex Exeter Legion attended the rally wof Zone 18 at Stratford Monday. Each branch gave a report on liow it operated and about their responsibilities. Mrs. Harvey Pfaff reported for the Exeter branch. Close to 350 were pre­ sent. An enjoyable program was presented. At County Library Meeting Mrs. James Smith of town, Mrs. Wilfred Mack Of Crediton, Mr. Gates of Centralia, and Mrs, three or four years had been constructed to form a part of future sewerage system. The more drains that can be con­ structed that way each year, he said, the cheaper a sewerage system would be when it was needed. At the present time he estimated a sewerage system* would cost individual, ratepayers $50 to $60 a year. Mr. Scott queried again: “Don't you think our streets are in need of repair? Why do you wait until the snow flies" to gravel the roads?” Gravel Soon DeputynReeve McKenzie, chair­ man of roads committee, said all the streets had been graded dur­ ing the past two weeks and the contractor would be gravelling them in a few days. Willis Powell asked: “Why settle this on the town when we have a hospital in the making and our streets and roads are in such disgraceful condition? If sports fans are enthusiastic enough to have the arena fixed i __, __ ____ _ ____ _T over, why can’t they go out and (arena debenture would have to hos-ibe shown on the town taxes have Why Clerk Pickard pointed out that St. Marys had passed a by-­ law to pay for artificial ice. Councillor Beaver said ice was the first major project for Lucan in a great number of years. They have no theatre, no new high and public schools and no hospital, he said. He didn’t think many towns the size the Exeter were installing artificial ice through method. Operating G. A. were any operation neighboring Councillor the results of surveys they had taken of other centres. Seaforth netted $6,000; Forest, $2,000; Goderich $2,000; Milverton $2,- 000. Clarence Boyle said Lucan had paid off its $8,000 deficit inside of two months. Carfrey Cann asked if surplus would be applied to the deben­ tures. Mayor Cochrane stated the the subscription Costs Cann asked if there figures on the cost of of ’ artificial ice in towns. Beaver announced get subscriptions like the pital? Lucan and St. Marys put it in by subscription, can’t Exeter. Two Exeter Boys Receive Awards; Two Exeter boys, graduates of the University of Western On­ tario received word recently that they have been awarded fellow­ ships for post graduate study. They are Peter A. Fraser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fraser and Donald Traquair, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Traquair. Mr. Fraser who graduated fom U.W.O. in 1950 in Mathe­ matics and Physics, received his Masters Degree at Wisconsin in January this year and was awarded a $900 Studentship from the National Research Council to continue his studies at London next year. Mr. Traquair is a 19 48 gradu­ ate in Economics and Political Science. He will receive a $500 fellowship awarded by the De­ partment of Graduate Studies at the University. each year but if the arena board had surplus funds which tfiey donated to the town it would reduce the general rate. ' Asa Penhale asked: ‘Why not make it a 30-year debenture and let the rising generation it.” Too Long Mr. Pickard replied only good business to artificial while it was operation and in good condition. The municipal board frowned on debentures spread over a long period of time, he added. Mrs. Lloyd Taylor asked if artificial ice would interfere with the fall fair exhibits. Council stated that pipes would not be installed until after the fair and that in future years it was hoped a tap rock floor would be installed. • Andrew Dixon questioned about the life of the pipes. N. O. Hipel said they would last' about 30 years if protected by cement. On the average, open pipes lasted from 18-20 years. He stated the cost of a tap rock floor swer pay fpr it was pay for still in would be $8,000. In an- to what the operation i would cost per day, he estimatedI —Please turn to page 14 Program Sparkles With Variety As Pupils, A program which sparkled with variety, song and dance was presented by students of Exeter District High School at their annual commencement exercises Friday night last week. Based around a record shop, both musical numbers by the choruses and dances were brought in as students, repre­ senting various types of persons who patronize a record shop, came in to hear what shop man­ ager, Tom Easton had to sell. Students in the shop were Sheila Finan, Charles Cowen, ten, Don Taylor, Bev. Lorna Taylor. First on the program Junior Glee Club in a arrangement of “Tales from the Vienna Woods” followed by a waltzing scene by the special commercial class. The girls sang the well-known Kerry Dance and grade nine girls vin 'Irish costume followed the song with a lively dance. Junior choristers and dancers from 10A did an arrangement of “Bluebird of Happiness”. Eleanor Sharpe recited “The Sands or Dee” and the senior girl’s Glee Club sang well applauded three- part arrangements of Dr. Leslie Bell’s Fantasy o n* Nursery Bill Bat- Ravelle, was the two-part Immigrants Honored Rhymes and “I Love a Parade”. Dancers from 10A and B de­ picted the parade with drums and bugles while Kathie Kalb- fleisch whirled her baton to the music. Marie Hodgson recited “Mia Carlotta”, the piece which she gave for recent honors at London. The Senior Glee Club, boys and girls, sang fine arrangements of “Afton Water” and Things You Are”, Ostland recited a verse called “Jack”. With “Oklahoma” and “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” a boy's double quartet drew much ap­ plause while the audience was amused at the act by dancers from grade 11 featuring John Lyne as a cowboy. Members of the, chorus were John Haberer, Bill Batten, Don Welsh, Jim Sturgis, Ron H e i m r 1 c h, Ken Flear, Bruce Cudmore and Don McCurdy. The girls of Grade 12 and 13 gave a very clever skit depicting Grand Bend of 1902 and 1952 with a chorus of dancers and main parts taken by Joanne Bedard and Don Welsh. Shirley Pearson, Marilyn Skinner and Dorothy Pooley in a trio sang and danced out the song, “Just “All the and Connie Cameron of Hensail attended the annual meeting of the Huron County Library Co-Operative held in Goderich on Monday. In the afternoon a conference of lib­ rarians was held with the theme (being ‘Workshop Talk’. This was followed by a banquet in Hotel Bedford as guests of county council. An open meeting in the evening was addressed by Dr. W. J. Dunlop, minister of education, and the film “The Books Drive Oh” was shown, Teachers Plan Banquet At the May meeting of the Exeter unit of the Teacher’s Federation a banquet was plan­ ned for the next meeting. Miss Joyce Chambers was hostess for the meeting held at S.S. 4 Us­ borne May 5. Mrs. James Lyne was guest speaker. Her topic was “Art in Public Schools”. Several mem- bers reported being regional meeting at Knollwood Park School Saturday. Citizen Of The Year According to Time Magazine, Dr. H. E. Johns, 36, physics professor at the University of Saskatchewan, became Saska­ toon’s “Citizen of the Year” (1951). Johns was commended for his part in bringing Canada’s first cobalt bomb for cancer re­ search to the univesity last year. He is a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Johns of Exeter. Attend Diocesan Meeting Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. Fred Bowden and Mrs. W. Middleton, members of Trivitt Memorial Church W.A. attended the sixty-fifth annual meeting of the Huron Diocesan Board of the Woman’a Auxiliary in Kit­ chener recently. H. Bierling, Mrs. J. Luxton, ft. Mrs. a Memory”. Choreographers were Mrs. Jewett, Mrs. Allan, Mary Elson and Miss Siegner. Costumes were designed and made under the suervisiou of Miss Kartushyn. Make-up was by Miss L. Baker, Miss K. McGill, Miss A. Kar­ tushyn and curtains and lights were looked after by Bob Wade. Pianists were Nancy Tieman. and Evelyn Sharrow. First For New Canadians For the first time at Exeter District’s High School Commence­ ment, certificates were .awarded Friday night to 11 new Can­ adians who successfully com­ pleted a course at night school. Another first came when a Grade 13 student of last year, Joan Hopper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hopper received a. Lions Club award previously awarded only to those proficient in grades up to 12. The award was made by her father, as president of the Lions Club, who also presented awards to Marie Hodgson, Grade 9; Mary Mar­ garet Essery, Grade 10; Nancy Tieman, Grade 11; and John HaJberer, Grade 12. Those receiving citizenship di­ plomas were Pieter Dam, Rita Linstra, Anton Magina, Cornelius Nagel, Geert Jilles Nager, John Nedza, Hans Scholtz, Mrs. Aafke van Dieren, Bill van Wieran. and. Klass van Wieren. Intermediate certificates were presented to those who had suc­ cessfully completed Grade 9 and Grade 10 by Dr. H. H. -Cowen, master of ceremonies for the evening, and Charles McAllister. Receiving these certificates were Norma Beaver, Barbara Becker, Elaine Becker, Marina Bowdeh, M a r'g a r e t Campbell, Audrey Coates, Labelle Coward, Bruce Cudmore, Murray Dawson, Marie Durand, Marion Erb, Mary Mar­ garet lEssery, Martha Gossman, Richard Hartman, Anne Hilde* brant, Kathryn Hunter, Marie Huxtable, Betty Johnson, Murray Keys, (Melba Kittg, Mary Klopp, Marjorie McBride, Hazel Mc- Falls, Elizabeth Moir, Jean Mousseau, Donald O'Brien, Shir­ ley Pearson,- Clifford Penhale, David Parrott, Ray Rader, Bev­ erly (Ravelle, Rohald Rowcliffe, Marion Regier, Rosalie RegIefL —Please turn to Page 7,