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Eightieth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1952
SCENE OF TRAGEDY — People mill around the scene of the accident Wednesday where
three members of a Crediton district family were killed at Elginfield intersection. The vic
tims were riding iif the truck, right. Two Toronto men were injured in the demolished
car in left background.
Faced With Larger Enrolments,
Board Plans School Addition
The Exeter ^Public School
Board, is drawing up plans to en
large accomodations for an an
ticipated influx of pupils next
year. '
The board has asked architects
to draw up plans for ‘an addi
tion to the present school built
in 1951, and also for a new
school on the west side of town.
Officials estimate there are'
approximately 300 children be
low the age of four years in the
town now. As these become
kindergarten age and go up
through the grades, the enrol
ment will far exceed the present
capacity of the school.
Accomodation in the building
. is taxed now with an enrolment
of 380.
The architectural firm of Page
and Steele have been engaged to
draw up the plans.. Mr. H. J.
Steele will interview the board
at its next meeting.
Engage Teacher
At a recent
board authorized
another teacher,
a total of 10 on the staff, with
each instructor handling about
35 pupils. At present each
teacher instructs about 42 pupils,
considered too many for efficient
work. The new instructor will
begin duties- January 1.
Plan Landscaping
The board agreed to cooperate
with Exeter Kinsmen to land
scape the school grounds next
year. The Kinsmen, who use the
Hold Combined Funeral Services Saturday
For Three Of Family Killed In Accident
The grandmother, mother and
daughter of a Crediton district
family, victims of a highway
tragedy Wednesday, will be bur
ied in Brinsley Cemetery Satur
day.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Gower, 64, R.R. 2, Ailsa Craig;
her daughter, Mrs, Kenneth
Kuhn, 34, and granddaughter,
Joyce Isobel Kuhn, 16, both of
Crediton, will be held in Brins
ley Anglican Church at 3:30
p.m.
I
he could see nothing but dust,
Ii
Rev. J. V. Dahms, Crediton, London to visit an elderly rela-J heard the crash. When he looked
and Rev. G. M. Parker, Ailsa
Craig, will officiate.
The bodies are resting at the
Stephenson Funeral Home, Ailsa
Craig.
The family trio were killed
Wednesday afternoon when the
pickup truck in which they were
riding collided with a car at the
Elginfield intersection.
Paying Visit
With the young girl driving,
the til 1’06 W 6T0 on their way to
s
Dashwood Team Receives
Trophies, Gifts, Tributes
Fear School Tools
Used For Jobs7
Police fear thieves who broke
into South Huron District High
School last Thursday were get
ting equipment to pull a larger
“job” some other place.
The tools stolen — a cutting
torch, hack saws, wrecking bar
—are standard break-in and
safecracking equipment used by
robbers.
However, there is no indica
tion yet that these tools have
been used.
Provincial and city police were
alerted shortly after the robbery
but no arrests have been made.
London city police nabbed a
party with a stolen car contain
ing torch equipment this week
but the tools did not belong to
the school.
The thieves entered by a win
dow in the art room, broke into
the other rooms by smashing
windows. A cash box containing
about $15, two blankets and
one motor rug, were also taken.
The safe was marked by blows
of a heavy instrument but wasn’t
opened.
The .break-in was discovered
Friday morning by janitor Mose
Heckler.
Hospital $10,000
The highlight of the meeting
of the Exeter Lions Club at the
Central
was the presentation of a
thousand dollar cheque to the
new South Huron Hospital by
Lion President A. J. Sweitzer on
behalf of Exeter and Grand Bend
Lions. The cheque was received
on behalf of the hospital by
treasurer C. E.‘ Shaw and
retary W. G. Cochrane,
money was raised by the
of tickets on the “Dream
tage” in Soujhcott Pines
Grand Bend.
At this
Dennis, of
ficial visit
to the club
remarkable
taking place in Canada. He
gratulated the clubs on
amount raised foi' the new
pital.
sec-
This
sale
Cot-
at
Raymeeting D.D.G.
London, paid his of-
and in his remarks
outlined some of the
progress that is now
con-
the
hos-
grounds for
ground, are
up to $50 0
the board
amount.
Board members
club’s plans be
them before the work is started.
The Kinsmen were given per
mission to erect a suitable sign
showing that the area was the
Kin Playground.
Robert Soutlicott was spokes
man for the deputation, which
also comprised Irvine Armstrong,
Glen Mickle and Gordon Farrow.
Staff Attends Convention
Principal Claude Blowes re
ported that the staff had attend
ed the regional trustees conven
tion in London on October 17.
During the month of October,
Mrs. L. Wein taught for two
days, Mrs. A. Hamilton for a
day and a half and Miss Helen
Anthony, three days.
The board took no action on
a request from the Ex’eter Agri
cultural Society to place their
office on the public school
grounds.
Undergo Operations
Mrs. Doug. Harness under
went an operation at St. Joseph’s
Hospital, Tuesday morning.
Mr. R. N. Creech is ill
Victoria Hospital where
underwent an operation on
eye. Mrs. Creech is in London
with him, staying at the home
of Mrs. Ida Sanders.
in
he
his
Heaps of praise and con
gratulations were showered on
the Dashwood Tigers, O.B.A.
Intermediate “D” semi-finalists,
Tuesday night by fans and snorts
figures at a testimonial banquet.
The Tigers, who won the
Huron-Perth league champion
ship against “B” and “C” com
petition, were presented with
trophies, pictures and gifts.
Guest of honor at the banquet
was Tim Burgess, a London boy
who next year will report to the
St. Louis Cardinals of the
National League. Tim praised
the police village foi*. producing
a championship team of home
brew talent. He said many teams,
like those in the Senior Inter
county, were losing fan support
because of extensive importing
which discourages local players.
Best Town Seller
There is no better way to put
a town on the map than through
sports, he said, and this year’s
baseball team had been .one of
the best selling points for Dash
wood.
Ross Wright, manager of the
Mitchell Legionaires and a past
president of the Huron-Perth,
presented the league champion
ship trophy, The Sup er test
Plaque, to team captain Carl
Wein. A veteran of H-P baseball
for 24 years, the Mitchell mentoi4
said the league was one of the
oldest and one of the best in the
Ontario Baseball Association.
He cited the achievements of
this year’s divisional winners,
“B”, “C” and “D” teams, who
all went to the semi-finals and
all lost out to the teams that
won the provincial championship.
He congratulated Dashwood for
winning the trophy this year but
warned that Mitchell would be
out to take it away from them
next year.
Village Tribute
Addison Tieman, one of the
police village trustees, presented
a cheque to Carl Wein to help
pay foi’ the tearii jackets. He
said the village was proud of the
team’s record.
The Jack Weber Trophy, em
blematic of the “D” winner of
the H-P league, was presented
to club president, Charles Regier,
Mr. Weber was
Ross Wright for
sport and stated
were needed in
by the donor,
comxnended by
his interest in
more trophies
the O.B.A.
Mr. Regier, on behalf of the
club, gave Robbie Wein, stai’ 16-
year-old pitcher, a wrist watch
for his efforts during the year.
The president said he hoped the
big righthander would
the club for many years
Batboy Honored
Larry Wein, young
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wein and
batboy for the team was also
honored. He will receive a
special team jacket.
—Please turn to Page 12
Night School
Overcrowded
Adults from the district
refused admission to courses at;
the South Huron Night School
Thursday night because of heavy
registration.
Advance applications totalled
330, almost 50 percent greater
than last year’s enrolment. The
night school committee, swamped
with requests, was forced to
turn people away because accom
modation and equipment at the
school is limited.
Most popular courses were,
sewing, cooking, interior decorat
ing and welding. These were
filled two weeks ago, soon after
the announcement of the school
was made.
Two courses, furniture repair
and string instruments,
dropped because of lack of in
terest.
The others are farm manage
ment, woodworking, typing, oil
painting, drama, social recrea
tion, leathercraft and bookkeep
ing.
Principal H. L. Sturgis wel
comed
school
duced
The
their courses and met with their
instructors to discuss the year’s
study. The school will be held
every Thursday night until
March.
the “scholars” to the
Thursday night and intro-
the committee.
adults were divided into
five. I
Time of the accident was de-smoke and steam. Rushing to
termined as 2:10, indicated by
the hands of a damaged watch
of one of the victims.
The two Toronto men in
car are in London hospital,
seriously injured.
Police said the truck was
veiling south on No. 4 highway
and the car west on No. 7. The
vehicles collided in the middle
of the intersection and plunged
to the southwest ditch,
rolled over the four-foot drop of
the culvert, ripping out a high
way sign and a small tree.
The pickup truck hung
the edge of the culvert,
front wheels torn -off and
engine snapped clear of its moor
ings.
Heard Crash
Harold Morgan, operator of
the service station at the corner,
the
one
tra-
The car
over
the
the
the scene, he found the three
ladies thrown from the car. Two
were lying side by side in the
ditch, the other on the highway.
Mr. Morgan said the girl lived
for a short time after the acci
dent, the others were killed in
stantly.
One of the Toronto men was
hanging on the door of the de
molished car. The other was in
side unconscious.
Bodies Identified
The bodies were not Identified
until nearly two hours after the
accident. Mr. Kuhn, who oper
ates a repair shop in Crediton,
was rushed to London hospital
where he confirmed the remains
of his wife, daughter and mother-
in-law.
The three were on their way
to London to visit an elderly re
lative, Mrs. Margaret Bowman
who was in hospital.
Mrs. Kuhn and her daughters,,
Joyce and Shirley^ 14, left Credi
ton after dinner and drove to
Brinsley to the home of Mrs.
Kuhn’s sister, Mrs. Florent Bis-1
hop. Shirley stayed3 with. Mrs,
Bishop and the others drove to
the family farm down the road
and picked up Mrs. Gower, Then
they headed for London. Neigh*
bors said they left Brinsley after
1:30 p.m. P
Surviving relatives included Mr.
Gower, Mrs. Frank (Maryb^lle>
McLellan, of Strathroy, and^'Mrs.
Florent (Rita) Bishop,
ters of
of Wednesday’sHIGHWAY VICTIMS The three victims
crash represented three generations of the family. They were
killed instantly. Left is Joyce Isobel Kuhn, 16; her grand
mother, Mrs. Mary Gower, 61, of
the girl’s mother, Mrs. Kenneth
R.R. 2, Ailsa Craig; and
Kuhn, of Crediton.
FAMILY SURVIVORS The grandmother. mother and
sister of June, 12, left, and Shirley Kuhn, 14, right, were
killed Wednesday in a collision at Elginfield. June was at
Crediton Public School at the time; Shirley was at her aunt’s
home, where her mother and sister had driven her before
proceeding to London.
Hockey Season About To zBloom With Boom* On Artificial Ice
„, daugh-
Mrs. Gower; Herman
Gower, of Sarnia, <a stepson; Mr. Kuhn, and daughters, Shirley
and June. * ‘
The pickup truck was owned
by Harvey Waghorn, a boarder
at the Kuhn home, who was up
north hunting. Mr.. Kuhn was
cutting wood in the bush behind^, his home when the accident hqp-T
pened. The youngest daughter,
12-year-old June, was Attending
Crediton Public School.
Ontario Provincial police Cor
poral Floyd Haight is supervising
the investigation being made by
Constable R, A. McKillop. The
coroner is Dr. A. R. Rutledge.
More Juniors
Receive Cattle
Boys from Stanley, Hay and
Usborne townships received their
calves from the Hpnsall Feeder
Club Wednesday afternoon.
The young farmers will keep
and feed their cattle over winter.
Next spring at the I-Iensall Stock
Show they will vie for prizes
with boys from Tuckersmith and.
Hibbert townships, who received
their beasts earlier.
The shipment, close to 40,
was a good even bunch of calves,
full of ginger. One rammed the
weigh scales and walked 'off
with the door around his head.
Members of the Feeder Club
and the Hensail Fair Board,
sponsors of the contest,. were on
hand to distribute the cattle,
which were inspected by Dr. Mc-
Kelvie. Jack Morrissey consigned
the shipment at cost.
The boys who took home ■
calves were Bob McGregor. Ger
ald Kading, Donald Bell, Neil
McGregor, John Etherington,
Billy Etherington, Harold Par
sons, Gerald Manville, Bill Mit
chell, Hugh Rundle, David Mor
rissey, Bob Morrissey, Raymond
Scotchmer, Donald Maver, Ray
mond Cann, John Pym, Keith
Love, Jim Etherington, Lome
Ballantyne, Don Ballantyne, Jack
Parsons, Bob Kerslake. Tom
Easton, Wayne McBride, Ronald
Scotchmer and Jim Dougall.
R. D. Etherington, secretary
of the fair board, was in charge
of the administration.
Bigger Package
In This T-A
The Times - Advocate comes
in a larger size this week. The
pages have been widened to
eight columns, instead of the
former seven.
Readers will find this change
gives them more news and
ahore features. There is almost
two more pages in this edition
than there would be in a
former 125-page isJsne.
The features added include
“Jottings By J.M.S.**, a coh
num written by Publisher J.
M. Soutlicott, a new editorial
eartoom and more comic car*
toons.
Correspondence headings are
increased in sizie to give more
prominence to news from dist
rict centres.
Other changes, expected to
be made this issue but uh*
fortunately delayed, will be
matte in the near future.
The district hockey season is
about to bloom with a boom.
This is the year that marks
the opening of the “artificial ice
era”—an era that will probably
make “Canada’s National Sport”
a rabid, fanatical, higlily-com-
petitive community-wide enter
prise in this area.
The era starts in a big way—
this year five of the eight teams
in the district intermediate loop
will be playing a full season for
the first time on a manufactured
and guaranteed surface instead
on an unpredictable sheet de
pendent upon
man winter.
Four Plants
> Those five
St. Marys, ,
Dashwood. All except Dashwood
have their own
plant—Dashwood will
eter arena their home
What does this era
fans? Hockey players?
ities? Well, here’s a
the crystal ball. Take
Worth.
Fans Benefit
Fans of the “fastest sport ,yin
the world” will get-the biggest
thrill of the new age.
Because of the reliable ice
surface, there’ll be no guessihg
as to whether games will be
played or not. They can plan to
follow their team without any
misgivings about postponed
games, slushy contests, or in
definite nights. They’ll be able
to depend upon the original
schedule.
The playing season will last
longer. There will be no restric
tions on the length of the sea
son in this new era.
The fans will see more thrill
ing hockey. The players will be
better because of a longer train
ing period and more consistent
practising. The game will grad
ually improve, too, because the
younger players-—the minor boys
the whims of ol’
•5
! teams are Exeter,
Lucan, Forest and
artificial
make
base,
mean
Comm un
look into
it for its
for
—will be playing much better
hockey before they reach the in
termediate age.
The competition 'among towns
will assure fans ever better
(and bitterer?) rivalry and fun.
Every community with artificial
ice, because of the expense in
volved, will have to
good team to pay for
arenas. Every centre will
to bring in the crowds,
means bigger and- better
tions.
Players’ Opportunity
The players will get
break with artificial ice,
mentioned above, they’ll
ting longer training periods and
more regular practice sessions.
It’ll mean lots more work for
the boys but they’ll enjoy it if
their hearts are in the game.
The big thing about artificial
ice from the players’ standpoint,
however, is that now they have
every opportunity to develop
themselves for the professional
game. If they want to make hoc
key a career, this will give them
their big chance.
Community Jumps
The communities
will find a big jump
hockey trend. If you're not
fan now, you probably will be
before long. Hockey should be
come the biggest single recrea
tional activity in every commun
ity in the district. Sure,
now. But
so.
Hockey
from now
likes it or
probably be involved in
way ’ '.
actively or socially.
There’s no doubt about it—
the hockey flower is really going
to bloom.
produce
their
be out
which
attrac-
a big
too. As
be get-
as a whole
towards the
a
it is
it will be even more
will be big business
on, and whether he
not, every citizen will
some
financially, emotionally,
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Taylor and
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Russell spent
the weekend In Detroit.
s. • • s..- -.v.
B j X. , 4.-
AIN T WHAT SHE USED TO BE—‘ Noj the old gray arena just ain’t what she used to
be. She’s getting a bright new finish of white> blue and red in preparation for the big open
ings probably next month. Several miles of pipe are laid, ready to be welded and connected
to the artificial ice planL “ —Staff Photo
Car, Grader Collide,
A car, owned and driven by
William Abbott, was extensively
damaged Thursday when it col
lided with a road grader on
Main Street.
Mr. Abbott swerved to avoid
the road maintainer but struck
the grading wing of the machine.
The accident happened just
near the Trivitt Memorial
Church. No one was injured.
The Times-Advocate is a
late this week because of
Remebrance Day holiday.
day
the
Hunting Deer
At least two hunting parties
from Exeter and district are
after deer in the north.
The two camps are on
toulin Island, near’ Gore
They left Exetei' over the
end.
In one party, are Les Gibson,
Lome
more,
Dobbs,
Mathers, _____, ___ ___
under and Bill Lamport, Jiensq.ll,
Jack Peck, Alex McMurtri'ey
Emerson Anderson, Kippen, and
Roy McLeod, Wingham.
Among the other party are
Bill Chambers, Ed. Brady, Dick
I Jermyn, of Exeter,\ hnd Norm.
Young, London.
Mani-
Bay,
week-
Passmore, Alvin Pass-
Bill Etherington, George
Bill Armstrong, .Harry
of Exeter; Ed. Alex-
Apathy In Church Aids Reds
Says Remembrance Speaker^
Canadians are paving the way
for the advance of Communism
by their indifference to Chris
tianity, Rev. D. R. Sinclair told
a Remebrance Day audience in
Exeter Tuesday.
“It looks as if we don’t need
to wait foi* Communism to
stamp out Christianity,” he said.
“We are doing it on our own
free will.”
The Caven Presbyterian mini
ster charged Canadians are dese
crating the memory of those who
died in the wars if they are not
holding high the torch of Chris
tianity. Those who had fallen in
battle had sacrificed foi' the
principles of democracy and
Christianity, the two main bul
warks against the present world
threat—Communism.
Help Advance
“Did you evei’ consider that
we are doing more to help the
advance of this evil than to
hinder it? Oui' lack of enthusi
asm in our church life; our
failure to put Christianity lri our everyday life; our cool indiffer
ence to the words of GOd are
Creating in oui' nation and
our church the conditions that
are really paving the way for
the advance of any kind Of evil,
"Wo, by our indifference, are ........ .
making it so that communism or Knight
any other evil can walk over the
church rather than be opposed.
“If we don’t smarten up and
show the world what we s'tahd
for there will be others that Will
take our place.”
Three Hundred Attend
Three hundred Legion and
Ladies Auxiliary members, Girl
Guides and Brownies, Lions and.
Kinsmen marched to the church
behind the Exeter Citizens Band
for the service. Elmet D. Bell'
was parade marshall..
Legion Padre Rev. G. G.
Burton, of Centralia, conducted
the church service. Branch
president, Harvey Pfaff, read the
scripture lesson.
A squadron of airmen from
R.C.A.F. Station Centralia join
ed the parade for the cenotaph
service.
Wreaths were placed by Mrs.
Irene Harness, for the Province
Of Ontario; Mayor W* G> Coch
rane, for the town Of Exeter;
Reeve Verne Pincombe, for the township of Vsborne; Group
Captain W. W. Bean, for
R.C.A.F.; Harvey Pfaff, for ,'tW> XjLUJ VutY •JrxwLX.y lor-Wv
Legion; and Mrs. Verne Hey
wood, for the Ladies Auxiliary,,
, Rev. G. G. Burtoh Whs in
charge of the Wtiee assisted by
past Legion president Len Me