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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-09-11, Page 1Eightieth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1952 Single Copy Hoisall Refuses Hay, Stanley Fore Protection Hensail fire brigade will not answer calls to Hay and Stanley township after October 1. Council made this decision on Monday night after both town ships refused to enter into agreements for the service. The townships of LTsborne, Hibbert and Tuckersmith agreed to pay the required retaining fee, The assessor’s roll, presented by W. B. Cross, showed the population of the village has reached 727, an increase of 51 over last year. Total assessment is $770,289 of which $095,189 is taxable. Council approved the usual grant of $70 for the School Fair, Kmeftfces Hold First Over $450, the result of Kin- ette work on Dominion Day, was signed over to the Kinsmen Club at the first fall Kinette meeting held at the home of Mrs. C. Snell Tuesday night this week. Mrs, Snell was appointed to head a committee for a float in the Fall Fair. Mrs. Ray Frayne and Mrs, Les Parker were in charge of refreshments for the evening. Cardiff Elected Tory Candidate,- Gray don Scores Waste, Expense Elston Cardiff, 63-year-old, six-foot-three veteran of the House of Commons, will carry the Progressive-Conservative flag in the new federal constituency of Huron when the next election is called. He was unanimously elected by party members of the riding Tuesday night in Clinton when Elgin McKinley, considered a top contender of the candidacy, surprised the meeting by nomi nating him. Cardiff, winner of three fede ral elections . in the old riding of Huron, promised his followers an all-out fight. The Brussels farmer indicated he was not afraid of the obstacle that redistribution presented. “In 1940," he said, “I had no money and the Liberals called me stupid but we managed to win by 40 votes. In 19 49 they spent thousands of dollars to beat me but they didn’t do it. With your cooperation, we will win again.” Criticizes Redistribution A member of the redistribu tion committee of the House of Commons, Mr. Cardiff said t the Liberal heavy committee had manipulated the constituencies to eliminate Progressive - Con servative members and farming representatives. He said six seats held by farmers had been dissolved. He criticized this move because “farmers are still the most important group in the country. It’s my opinion that Huron should be represented by a farmer and with your help it will be. “The Progressive-Conservative party has more farmers in its small .group in the House than any other party.” The tall, thin, greying repre sentative contended the redis tribution committee had sought to eliminate Huron altogether as a riding. “I thought the County of Huron should have its name among the constituencies and I fought for it until we got one." Receives Ovation Elgin McKinley, of Zurich, who lost the Huron-Perth riding by only 292 votes in the la'St election, stepped out of the political scene when he nomi nated Mr. Cardiff. The meeting accorded him a tremendous ova tion. Party officials and speakers paid tribute to his unselfish party devotion and his activity. Russell Bolton, of Dublin, seconded the nomination. He said Mr. Cardiff had devoted a quarter of a century to public life. He spent four years as councillor of Morris Township, eigth years as reeve and 12 and a half years in the House of Commons. Stratford Company Gjiws To Hospital The Kroehler furniture com pany, of Stratford, sponsors of that, city’s girls' softball team, donated. $40 to the South Huron Hospital Building Fund, last Week. The girls team participated in the Labor Day celebration at Grand Bend. The fee for their services, $40, was returned by the company to promoter Eric McIlroy, to aid the local hospit al. PC CANDIDATE — Progressive Conservative candidate for the new Huron riding in the coming election will be Elston Cardiff, present MP for the old Huron riding which will be eliminated when redistribution legislation takes effect. He was nominated by Elgin McKinley, defeated can didate for Huron-Perth in the last election, in a surprise move. Mr. McKinley previously said he would let his name stand tor election. Canada's Liberal government, heavy with power, has become careless and extravagant, Gordon Graydon, M.P. for Peel and a top Progressive Conservative in the House of Commons, told 300 Huron party members Thursday night. Mr. Graydon criticized the huge expenditures of a “lopsid ed” government which thinks it’s governing by “Divine Right”. “It’s time the people changed their minds," he said. The government has too much money and they are spending it carelessly, the member charged. “Last year, they spent $46,000,- 000 in travelling and moving ex penses. Telephone calls and wires cost the taxpayers $4,690,000. Upwards of $1,000,000 disap peared in irregularities in mili tary stores, including a whole railway siding. “You’d think someone in the Department of National Defence would see a Exeter Man PC President C. S. “Charlie" MacNaughton, Exeter businessman, is the first president of the Progressive- Conservative Association of the new federal riding of Huron. He was elected by acclamation at the association meeting Monday night in Clinton. , Mr. MacNaughton succeeds Elmer D. Bell, Q.C., former president of the Huron-Perth PC’s and now head of the West ern Ontario party, and George Feagan, Colborne Township, for mer president of the old Huron riding. The new PC chieftain is man ager of Jones, MacNaughton Seeds Co. Limited. A native of the west, he moved to Exeter shortly after the war when his company was formed. Others on the executive are Mrs. Alice Arbor, Goderich, first vice-president; Harry Sturdy, of —Please turn to Page 12 PERENNIAL CHAMPIONS—Preston Dearing and son, Gerald., of Stephens have estab lished themselves as Canada’s top Dorset Horn breeders. This year they captured every top prize at the CNE competition, including grand champion ram and ewe, shown here, reserve champions and ten firsts. The sheep will be seen at Exeter Fair. —Th© to by Rose Dean Speaks At Trivitt Anniversary The sixty-fourth anniversary of Trivitt Memorial Church was held on Sunday with two ser vices. 9 a.m.. Holy Communion and 11 a.m. Morning Prayer. The preacher at the morning service was the Very Reverend C. .E. Riley, Dean of St. James Cathedral, Toronto. Guest solo ists were Miss Jean Henderson, of Hensall, and Miss Marie Wild- fong. Mr. R. A. Cameron pre sided at the organ. Dean Riley spoke on* the history of the Christian church, dwelling on the progress of the church from its earliest days. His concluding remarks had reference to the work of the General Synod of the Church of England in Canada. Dean Riley came to Exeter as a representa tive of the General Synod now meeting in London. Predict Record Crowd At Fair Next V^eek; Prizes, Entries Increase, More Entertainment Guenther-Tuckey Transport Co. Amalgamates Two Local Firms Two local transport companies, Guenther Transport Limited and Tuckey Transport Limited, will amalgamate into Guenther-Tuckey Transport Company Limited, it was announced this week. The merger becomes effective Octo ber 1. President of the new firm will be B. VV. Tuckey, former mayor and reeve of Exeter and warden of Huron county. Secretary-treas urer is his son, Ross, Present proprietor of Guen ther Transport Limited, Mr. Earl Guenther, of Dashwood, will re linquish all associations in the hauling business when the trans action becomes effective. He will retain his bus service and ap plication’ has been made to char ter it under “Exeter Coach Lines Limited". Guenther-Tuckey Transport Limited will place over 30 trucks on the road to service this area. railway spur going," he said. The government invested over $12,000,000 in seven ships that disappeared into Communist hands. Power Complex Mr. Graydon cited cases to show “the complex of a govern ment that is .heavy with power”.. He noted that the cabinet re fused to deduct medical expenses from income tax returns after parliament had unanimously vot ed for the deduction. They re fused to produce departmental papers on the foot and mouth outbreak until John Deifenbacker threatened to bring them before the parliament bar. One cabinet minister, when told he couldn’t put certain legislation through the house, replied: “Oh? Who’s going t‘o stop us?" Mr. Graydon, optimistic about Progressive Conservative chance's in the coming election, said “the wind is at our backs". “There’s no way the government can laugh, off their losses in by elections.” Of the 12 by-elections contested by the Progressive Conservatives, the party gained five seats, lost none and held four. Speaking of Elston Cardiff, who was elected by the meeting to represent the party in Huron riding, Mr. Graydon said he is an “exceedingly good member of the House. He has made a very great contribution to Canada as a whole.” Present Strong Front The international affairs ex pert of the Progressive Conserv ative party said Canada must present a strong and united front to promote world peace. Our government must be an example to the world at large of well-balanced leadership. Elmer D. Bell, Q.C., of Exeter, was chairman of the meeting. Clark Fisher, also of Exeter, was secretary. Among the platform speakers were Thomas Pryde, M.L.A. for Huron, and John Hanna, M.L.A. for Huron-Bruce. Twenty-one are from the Guen ther line; nine from the Tuckey firm and new units are being purchased. The new firm will service the area from Goderich, Clinton and Seaforth on the north, Grand Bend, Greenw.iy, Brinsley, on the west, to Mitchell on the east and as far south as Ilderton and Granton. Service to and from this area ; will be made to London, Tor onto, Hamilton, Kitchener and other cities. All employees of both firms will be retained. Head office will be in Exeter and both Exeter warehouses will be used. Mr. Tuckey said the merger will facilitate better service on both pickups and delivery. The servicing duplication that oc curred when both firms we?*^ operating separately will eliminated. The Guenther Transport Lim ited has been in operation since 1900, when the founder of the firm, Henry Guenther, began operating stage coaches to Ex eter and Parkhill. He operated the firm until his death in 1913 and his wife carried on until 1919. Their son, and the present proprietor, Earl Guenther, took over after he returned from the first world war. The first truck was acquired in 1908. Today, the business has 30 pieces on the road. Nine are being re tained for the coach line. Mr. Guenther’s son, Ross, will be associated in the business. Exeter Coach Lines Limited will maintain the bus service be tween Exeter, Dashwood and Grand Bend; South Huron Dist rict High School bus routes and handle charter trips. Jun ior Groups Show At Fair Two junior clubs will hold their Achievement Day at the Fair next Thursday—the Exeter Calf Club and the Exeteru, Grain Club. Members of the calf club— which has two sections, beef and dairy—will be judged on the quality of their animal and their showmanship. Members of the grain club will show a half bushel of Clin ton oats for judging. They are also judged for at tendance at meetings, answering questions, judging, and financial statements. Those competing are: Calf club—Bill Plncombe, Jack Tay lor, Hugh Rundle, Keith Coates, Arthur Mitchell, Ray Cann, Tom Easton, Murray . Dawson, John Pym, Jim Etherington, Harry Dykstra and Tom Hern; grain club—Jack Taylor, Bill Pin- combe, Keith Coates, Murray Dawson, .Jim Etherington, Ar thur Mitchell, Tom Brock, Tom Hern, Keith Hern, Bob Kerslake, Robert Hern, Dpnald Ballantyne, and Edward Hern. Wins Contest Miss Dorcas Sillery is the happy winner of a set of cooking utensils valued at $242.00. She won the set in a contest at Lon don on Monday. EXPECT LARGER CROWD THIS YEAR — Exeter Fair officials are hoping for a record attendance at the fair next Thursday. This picture, taken by photographer Jack Doerr from a ferris wheel, shows one section of last year’s crowd. High School Board Rejects Increase In Meal Price By a vote of 6-3, the South Huron District High School Board rejected a proposal to in crease the price of students’ meals to cut down the cafeteria deficit. Exeter1 representative, William Middleton, and two Stephen members, Edward Chambers .and Harold Walper, supported the move that would raise price from 25 to 30 cents. Voting against were C. S. MacNaughton, Exeter, E. L. Mic kle, Hensail, A. W, Morgan and Kenneth Hern, Usborne, James McAllister and James Masse, of Hay. Mr. Middleton sponsored the motion. “I don’t think it’s fair for the taxpayers to pay for these meals,” he said. “Other schools are charging 30 cents. Why should we be Santa Claus? You wouldn’t do it if it was your own business." The cafeteria deficit for 1951 amounted to $2,127.79. Loss for the five months of this yeai- is $1,644.58. Charles MacNaughton said the board’s policy was to ask, the students to pay for the cost of the food and the board would pay for the cost of serving it. The 25-cent rate had paid for the food and a small portion of the labor. He said a $3,000 de ficit is only a matter of a quar ter of a mill and that’s not too much money to ask the taxpayer to provide. E. L. Mickle contended the board should give everything to the pupils as economically as possible. He suspected that many of the schools charging 30 cents per meal were going further into debt than South Huron. Chairman Dr. H. H. Cowen supported the increase. No Serious Problem Principal II. L. Sturgis report ed 391 pupils were attending the school, an increase of 50 over last year. “Although there is a large increase in enrolment, no serious problem in organization has arisen,” he said. Mr. Sturgis expressed satisfac tion that more pupils were tak ing advantage of the school fac ilities and noted it was a good indication that the school was progressing. A. W. Morgan asked when would the school have to be en larged. Mr. Sturgis said he didn't expect *1 big increase next year. Playing1 Field The board approved prepara tion of the school’s playing field. Plans, submitted by physical training instructor Glen Mickle, include football field, track, and pits for jumping events. The tri-scliool track meet will be held in Exeter near the end of this month, Members also approved re quisitions for about $500 of athletic equipment, $9 0 bus boy for the cafeteria, $100 enlarger for the Camera Club and 10 new desks. Permission was granted Miss Anne Kartushyn, home econ omics teacher, to take a busload of girls to London for a tour. Bus Routes New bus ‘routes were tenta tively approved. The seven routes total 46 0 miles a day, carrying 316 pupils to the school. Ap proximate cost is 46 cents per pupil per day. Roads on the school ground will be jpaved shortly at a cost of between $500 and $600. The accounts which were ap proved for payment included $417 for two electric sewing machines. Jack Gaiser’s Clutch Double Gives Dashwood First Game Jack Gaiser smashed a two- run double over Dashwood’s right field fence in the seventh inning Wednesday night to give the homesters a 7-5 victory and a one-game edge in the best-of-1 three Intermediate “D” playoffs with Port^Rowan. With the game tied 5-5, Bob Stormes opened the seventh with a double an* advance to third on Bob Hayter’s single. Gaiser came un with two out and hit his pay-off clout. Second game will be played at Port Rowan on Saturday. The visitor’s jumped on Rob bie Wein’s shaky start to score three runs* in the first inning. Dashwood replied with one. In the second, the fishermen counted a single tally on two hits. Then the locals pounded out two doubles and a single and with the help of three er rors rallied for four runs. Port Rowan tied the game in the fourth on a long triple by Ross. Robbie Wein was the winner. He had help from Stormes in the ninth. Bob Stormes, Carl Wein and Lome Kleinstiver led the win ners at hat with two for four. Ross was best for the visitors with a, three out of four night. DASHWOOD—Regier rf, Ray- mie Wein ss, J. Hayter c, Bob Stormes lb, p, C. Wein cf, R. You won't be going out on a limb if you tell your neighbor that “Huron County’s Biggest Fair" is going to be bigger than ever this year. The only thing that might let you down is the weather but that’s not probable because there is a local saying that "It never rains for Exetei* Fair.” Everything else indicates your prediction will be right. The prize money is up—to a record $3,500; the advance entries are up—almost double last year’s at this time; the entertainment is better—and there’s more of it. A spectacular 10-act vaude ville show next Wednesday night will start the annual ex hibition off on its record-setting spree. Jugglers, dancers, come dians, musicians, magicians—all the species of the entertainment world will be featured in the grandstand performance. A block-long, colorful parade next day at noon will lead the folks up to the grounds for the big exhibition. Included in the procession will be the Exeter Band, clowns, school children in costumes, decorated cars, floats, tractors and buggies. During the afternoon, it will be a case of how little you can miss. There’s an all-afternoon horse show featuring everything from ponies to palaminos, jumpers to heavy harness. There are sulky races, saddle races, carriage races, bicycle races and foot races. There are livestock parades, 4-H Club competitions, free ad mission prizes, performing clowns, rides, games and side shows. There are all kinds of ex hibits to see-—industrial, com mercial, floral, home craft, agri cultural, arts and crafts and school talent. It’s no wonder the board of directors anticipate the largest crowd ever at the ’52 edition of the local fair. —Please turn to Page 12 NEW PC PRESIDENT — C. S. MacNaughton, of Exeter, is the first president of the Progressive Conservative party in the new federal constituency of Huron. He was elected at a meeting in Clinton Tuesday night. Hayter 2b, Robby Wein p, Gai ser If, Kleinstiver 3b. PORT ROWAN—Woolley, Deit- ricli rf, Garvey, Tremblay 3 b, Hutchinson cf, Ross lb, Moore ss, Hammond 2b, J. Erdelac p, Gates c, F. Erdelac If. Ball Club's Calf To Go At Fair “Miss Beautena"—-a registered Holstein heifer calf—-will be won at Execer Fall Fair by some lucky contributor to Exeter Base ball Club. Now on display in Cann’s Mill’s showroom, “Miss Beau- tena" is a purebred heifer raised on a Purina dairy program for demonstration purposes. The heavy prize will be one of the many exhibits at the fair. Draw will be .made in the late afternoon of fair day, Thursday, September 18. Returns From Hospital Mr. T. O. Southcott returned to his cottage at Grand Bend Wednesday after spending two weeks in Victoria Hospital with a back illness. Mr, Allan Hobbs, of Galt, is Visiting with Mr. and Mrs, T. O. Southcott at the lakeshore,