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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-05-22, Page 1i Feature Hensail Spring Show It Wll- cash Free take head of cattle will block on fair day in Ex­ Dudley a raid homes was and1 shousand dollars in will be given away. for children will ft is expected to $10,000 by to from Eightieth Year EXETER, ONTARIO. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1952 Fine Two Men j Cattle Auction, Baby Contests On Liquor Counts r* i i II r . fH /MlWil * # 4? i GOING UP Construction is progressing’ rapidly on the South Huron Hospital. The se- inenb block walls are rising fast as shown in this picture. It is expected to be finished in November. Meanwhile canvassers are hard at work raising funds to enable completion of the construction. —Jack Doerr, Exeter “BEACH GIRLS” These modern high school just imitating the 1900 girl who modestly wore the lake for a swim. This was one of the many commencement recently. From left to right are girls aren't as shy as they look. They're these garments when she went down to humorous acts put on by the students at Jean McAllister, Margaret Willard, Mar­ garet, Thomson, Dorothy Pooley, Pat Hopper, Jean Taylor, Virginia Deichert. —J. Doerr •1] Pinery Fire Threatens Cottages Flames, raging through dense timber and bush land at The Pinery Sunday threatened dozens of cottages in the Beach O’ Pines area, about three miles south of G r a n d B e n d, before being brought under control late Sun­ day night. More than 40 Grand Bend firemen and neighborhood volun­ teers battled the blaze for seven hours before the flames were confined about 9 p.m. Estimates of the damage rang- as high as fifty acres, the being confined mostly to grass and leaves and little of timber was destroyed. The Pinery, owned, by fire the the the Lions’ Cottage Going Up Fast, Enjoy Annual Ladies’ Night Splendid progress was reported on the Lions Club cottage at Grand Bend at the annual Ladies Night banquet at Monetta Men­ ard’s Tuesday night. The frame­ work is up and the shingling of the roof completed. The work has been done in spare time by the Lions and they were highly complimented by Jake Sweitzer, who is in charge of the building. President Russ Hopper presid­ ed Cor the banquet. Guests of the club were Deputy District GdV' ernor Vic Dinnin and Mrs. Dim uin, o£ Zurich; Harvey Pfaff, president of the Canadian Leg­ ion and Mrs. Pfaff; Don. South- cott, president of the Kinsmen Club, and Mrs.- Sbuthcott. A toast to "The Visitors'* was proposed by Dr, Dulilop arfd re­ sponded to by Don Southcott; to Lions International by Sandy El­ liot and responded to by Mr. Din­ nin; to "The Ladles” by Jos. B. Creech and replied to by Mi's. Jake Sweitzer. Special mention might be made of the latter’s witty remarks. Monday until Thurs- he attended a course Eni’baiftier's School. Mrs. Mather, Ottawa, Mothers' Day with Irvine Armstrong was in To­ ronto from day where at Ontario F/L and visited on __Mrs. Mather's mother, Mrs. Sheri. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald McFalls and Mrs. Samson McFalls spent the weekend with the latter’s brother, Mr, and Mrs. T. C. Me Lend in Aurora, and also visited friends tn Toronto. Canada Land Company, is a long stretch of land running along the shore of Lake Huron. For some time, a move has been afoot to have The Pinery made into a recreation area for West­ ern Ontario residents. The fire, cause of which is unknown, broke out shortly be­ fore 2 p.m. At first the blaze was not considered serious, but by 4 p.m. flames were racing uncontrolled through acres ol bush land. Cottagers Alarmed Cottagers at Beach O’ Pines became alarmed because a strong wind was blowing the flames in the direction of their summer 5 W Fred Darling was master of ceremonies for the entertainment which featured Alex Reed, com­ edian and pianist from Nnagara Falls. Dancing was enjoyed atFalls. Dancing was enjoyed the close. x Town Topics Rev. and Mrs. D. R» Sinclair, assisted by Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Fox of Hensail, entertained the IHuron-^Maitland Manse Club on Tuesday evening. Ten ministers and their wives of the presbytery met for fellowship and discus­ sion. Eric Sutherland and Andrew Bierling are in Montreal for a few days attending a Legion con­ vention there. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Neil and Betty of Chatham called on Mr. and Mrs. Albert Keys Sunday. Miss Dorothy Kuntz, who is leaving Exeter in the near future, was pleasantly surprised last Friday evening when a few of her neighbours gathered to­ gether at the home of Mrs. James Smith and presented her with an attractive gift. Eh tertai its Rebekahs Miss Mary Gardiner, N.G., Pride of Huron Rebekah lodge, entertained the officers of the lodge at her home in London on Friday night. The evening was spent playing bridge and euchre. Winners at bridge were Mrs. Gladys Cham- ibers and Mrs. Gertrude Hamilton homes. The fire was on the lake side of the Bluewater Highway —where the cottages are located. About 20 members of Grand Bend volunteer fire brigade raced to the scene with a pumper to join neighborhood volunteers who were already fighting the fire. It was found that the only way to check the blaze was to smother the flames with sand and cut down trees in the path of the blaze. R.C.A.F. Off era Aid At the height of the fire, of­ ficials of R.C.A.F. Station Cen­ tralia offered to send-fire-fighters to help, but the appearance of a district man’s caterpillar breaker plow made the airmen’s trip unnecessary. The breaker plow tumbled trees around the fire like match­ wood, and three hours later the burning area was ringed with felled trees and a sand barricade. Firemen said late Sunday night the threat of the fire spreading further was remote. They were going to allow the blaze to burn itself out, but maintain a guard in case the wind should rise or change direc­ tion. GRAND FINALE provided the grand finale to the commencement recently. The lads and i The glee chib is trained by H, L. Sturgis, school principal. - Jack Doetr Here’s the 125-voicc glee chib of E.D.H.S. which I lassies sang’ “Glorious Is The Land” for the large crowd which attended. with acci- the tiie the be- is- John Sfires and Edward G. Anderson were each fined $50 and costs Tuesday after they pleaded guilty to two separate charges of bringing in liquor for other than their own use. The cases were heard eter before Magistrate Holmes.The charge came after was conducted on their by constable John Cowen, the first offence for both both pleaded guilty. A technical error saved liam Alexander, R.R. 2, Hensail, at court session. Magistrate Dud­ ley Holmes dismissed the case because the summons was issued on an old form in the name of the late King. Alexander was charged careless driving after an ; dent near Kippen. Because summons was issued in name of the late King, and required 10 days had elapsed fore a correct summons was sued, the case was thrown out. Preliminary evidence was heard against James Glavin for a simi­ lar charge. Glavin was also is­ sued with a summons on one of the old forms but another in the name of the Queen was is­ sued before the 10 days elapsed. Convicted of careless driving, Edward Etue payed the court a total of $22,*80 in a fine and court costs. He also pleaded guilty to the charge. The charge of assault against Vincent Wakeling was with­ drawn after Elmer D. Bell, Q.C., council for the defense pointed out that Wakeling had already served a term of detention since the incident. Magistrate Holmes ruled the case dismissed and ordered that court costs be paid. Hospital Canvass Nets $3,600 Architect Praises Construction The final canvass for South Huron Hospital has reached $3,665.50 in Exeter with a num­ ber of workers still to report. Authorities said the drive com­ pared "favorably” with expecta­ tions. Other canvasses will start soon in Usborne, Stephen, Hay and the surrounding townships, The final drives are part of the program to raise the remain­ ing $50,0'00 to complete the con­ struction and furnishings of the hospital. Construction on the building ) is going ahead rapidly. Brick­ layers are making steady pro­ gress on the cement block walls. The Hospital Association was commended last week by J. S. Dolphin, Toronto architect, who inspected the building. He was loud in his praise for the effic­ ient construction and the enter­ prise of the building committee of the association. Ulric Snell Is the chairman. The treasurer of the Hospital Fund, who furnished the list of .donations in a recent issue of The Times-Advocate, regrets that an occasional error will appear and corrections are made here- < with— . heard of such a Ten-Year-old Fern Blooms A 10-year-old fern is in bloom at the home of Mrs. Gertrude M. Stewart of Usborne. The bloom is believed to be a freak of nature by local horticulturists who have never thing before. This is not the first oddity Mrs. Stewart’s has produced. Last year, a rub­ ber plant she had in the house grew a flower during the winter­ time. “green thumb’’ Mr. and Mrs. Austin Sturdy of Goderich called on Mr, and Mrs. Albert Keys on Sunday. A record crowd is expected to attend Hensail Stock Show this Friday. Features of the event are the beef feeder calf club auction, two baby shows, fiddlers’ contest and competitions for horse and cattle prizes. F, A. Lashley, director of agricultural societies of Ontario, and Rev. W. A. Young, chaplain of O.A.C. Guelph and a former Hensail minister, will be open­ ing speakers. Centralia R.C.A.F. Band and the South Huron High School Band will lead the school parade early hi the afternoon. To Inspect Drain Digging, Prevent Poor Connections Exeter homeowners cannot dig drains outside the street line without permission of the street superintendent and no backfill­ ing can be done before connec­ tions are inspected, town coun­ cil ruled Monday night. The order was the result of a drainage discussion at the muni­ cipal meeting when council learned that field tile were be­ ing ignored when some house­ holders connected their drains into the new storm sewers. Deputy-Reeve William McKen­ zie noted that streets where storm sewers have been laid car­ ry considerably amount of sur­ face water after a rain. The water did not get away as quick­ ly as it should, he said. Other councillors volunteered The name of Wesley Johns for $50.00' was omitted in the Us­ borne list; also the name Clar­ ence Prouty in the Usborne list should have read Clarence Rout- ley for $100.00. In the report from iHay Town ship the name Ed. Funk should have read Ed. Fink $10,00 and Hugh A. ’McLean, should be Ed. McEwen $100.00. Mr. C. E. Shaw, manager oi the Bank of Montreal, Exeter, is acting as treasurer Of the Hos­ pital Fund in the absence of N. Creech.R. Car, Truck Crash Spills Corn Load A truckload of corn was spilled oyer No. 4 highway Sat­ urday when the vehicle struck a car, injuring two. Harold Chambers, L o n d o n , had stopped to pick up two RCAF men who were just get­ ting into the car when the truck struck from behind. AC2 John McDonald was thrown into the ditch and suffered severe leg in­ juries. Chambers was also hos­ pitalized. About $1,500 damage was done to the two vehicles. Pro­ vincial Constable Elmer Zimmer­ man investigated. A blowout caused $200 dam­ age on No. 81 highway Sunday. Alex McLean of RCAF Station 'Centralia was driving north when a tire blew on the car and lie sideswiped another driven by Donald Haskett of London going south. There were no injuries. A family gathering was held at' the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Tuckey in' honor of Anne Luther and Gordon Moir Satur­ day, May 10. A miscellaneous shower was held" as a complete surprise to the pair. ) Two baby shows, one for children under six months and- another for children between six months and one year, will be held. Two prizes draws place during the afternoon. For amusements, a midway will be in operation, pony rides and bingo vjill be available. A mobile safety unit, which tests the ability of ear drivers, will be on the grounds. The auction sale of feeder cattle is a unique fair enterprise, sewers are noted, the only means water. into dis- his had trouble the information® that some drains had been connected to storm sewers and the owners had failed to properly connect adja­ cent field tile ripped up in the digging. Since the storm sealed, the council field tiles were the of outlet for surface The new regulation will re­ quire all persons to get approval of Street Superintendent Gerald Cornish before they cover up the drains. Council hoped this would ensure greater supervision of the maintenance of existing drains. Clerk C. V. Pickard predicted that half of Exeter’s drainage troubles would be solved if eavestroughs on houses were led into the ground rather than the drains. He said he had connected the troughs on house from the drains and had considerably less than when they were connected to drains. Town police have been in­ structed to patrol streets for stray dogs and to warn owners who let them run at large. Coun­ cil requested the drive after re­ ceiving complaints from payers whose gardens ing mutilated. Erection of a pound dogs was discussed but taken. t The property of -Ernest Cooper will be put up for tax sale in the fall. Building permits were granted to Fred Newton, office building and pumps at the corner of Huron and Main; Garnet Ship­ man, veranda; George Layton, shingling house; Bill Triebner, addition to house; R, D. Jermyn, veranda. The permits are grant­ ed subject to approval of com­ mittee. rate- were be- for stray no action Usborne Students Meet St. Laurent Some 80 pupils and teachers from Usborne township returned home tired but happy Saturday after spending a weekend in Ot­ tawa and meeting Prime Minis­ ter Louis St. Laurent. The pupils had a “whale of a time” in the nation’s capital and were eager to tell their parents all about their big expedition. Next week the Times-Advocate will publish the students' own account of the trip, Prizes are being given to the boy and girl who write the best account of their experiences. Teachers said the tour “very successful”. Saturday was the children as of some 200 from Montreal met the prime huge railway committee room. was a big day they were school children and Leeds who minister in the for part sponsored for the first time the society, bring close cattle buyers. , Close to 40 go under the ....... after more than $400 in prizes is given away to the same number of contestants. The first of its kind in Can­ ada, the scheme is being closely watched by fall fair societies throughout the province. If a success, it will probably be dup­ licated in other centres. Last September, the directors of the show invested $7,000 in a carload of cattle from Alberta. When they arrived in November, agreements were signed with 40 youths in six neighboring town­ ships who will raise the cattle and compete for prizes On arrival, the cattle were graded and numbered and the boys drew lots for the beasts. Judging will be based on the development in weight and finish that has occurred since the cattle were received in November. Fire Blisters Insulated House Contained by insulated siding, fire blistered and gutted a two- year-old home on Mill 'Street on Monday morning. The heat melt­ ed metal dishes and ornaments and scorched every room in the house. The owner is Gerald Cockwell who was working in Clinton when the fire started. His wife and small child escaped from the house. Damage was well over $2,000. Fireman had to string their hose from a hydrant on Carl­ ing Street, three blocks away. A hydrant less than a block dis­ tant couldn’t be used because the hose had to run across the railway tracks. Stores To Close For Holiday Stores in Exeter will close on Saturday, May 24, but all will remain open until 11 p.m. Fri- ■d a y except for hardware stores who will close at 10. The biggest planned entertain­ ment on May 24 in the district, will he Dashwood’s sixth annual 'Sports Day. A monster parade has heen arranged to start the program at 12:30 p.m. and the afternoon’s entertainment will include the official opening of the Huron-Perth baseball season as well as games, races and free pony rides for the youngsters. .48 This Week’s Weather High Low Rain ‘ 65 * 56 55 61 63 69 56 4.2 39 35 39 37 44 50 Wednesday Thursday . Friday .... Saturday .. •Sunday .... Monday ... Tuesday ... .31 .25 Catches 26 Inch Pike With Willow Pole Well, the one large fish that didn’t get away was caught over the weekend by Ben Tinney at the old wooden bridge over the Ausable River. He landed a beautiful pike which measured 26 inches —- no fancy tackle either, a branch from a willow was used for a fishing pole. Bill Gaiser, Austin Schwalm, Lorne HMge and Fred Huxtable reported little success last week on their fishing trip to Dorset, north of Bracebridge.