HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-11-20, Page 1Eightieth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1952
The Unemployment Insurance
‘Commission will open an office
in Exeter one day a week during
the winter months to serve this
area, it was announced at the
council meeting Monday night.-
The6 Commission was granted
use of a room in the town
on Thursdays.
Tag’ Day For Blind
Council declared Saturday,
v'ember 22, as tag day for
Canadian National Institute
the Blind. The request was made
by Kenneth Hockey of the Exe-
ter Lions Club, sponsors of the
canvas.
hall
No
th e
for
Court Sustains
Assessments
Assessments on two properties
in Exeter were sustained by the
Court of
Harold value set
ing on
north, and J. Hubert Jones asked
that the assessment of his house
on^Main Street, just south of the
bridge, be lowered.
The following adjustments of
taxes were made:
The Exeter District Co-Opera
tive was allowed $223.75 for
loss in value resulting from the
summer fire; Russell Balkwill,
$16.87 for Main Street church
shed which was torn down; R.
E. Pooley, $14.78 for business
tax on building at corner or
Main and Station streets, .former
ly owned by Lakeview Hatchery;
Larry Snider, $15,00 for business
tax on garage at corner of
Janies and Main which he vacat
ed in September; Ralph Bailey,
$43.00 for damage to house be
cause of fire; Lakeview Hatch
ery Ltd., $73.96 for business tax
on unused building at corner of
Main and Station Street.
Revision Monday night.
Beaver appealed the
on his restaurant build-
Main Street, Exeter
A financial statement of til-
town for the period January 1 to
October 31 was ordered printed
for the nomination meeting
which will be held December 1.
Seek Janitor
The council considered a re
quest from the Exeter Library
Board to hire a joint caretaker
who would tend both the town
hall and the library buildings.
Councillors Ralph Bailey, Earl
Witmer and Deputy-Reeve Wil
liam McKenzie were appointed to
meet with the Board.
Next meeting of the council
will be held on Wednesday, De
cember 3, after nomination
night.
Dr. J.
parking
front of
for his car and that of Dr. F. J.
Morlock. The council approved.
Attend Conference
Four of the council will at
tend a Department of Trade and
Development Industrial Promo
tion Conference at Wingham on
Thursday, November 27.
Building permits werb granted
to John Webster and Harry
Taylor to erect garages, subject
to the approval of committee. .
Reeve R. E. Pooley was chair
man for the meeting. Mayor W.
G. Cochrane had to leave early.
G. Dunlop requested
space be provided in
his Main Street office
k
DOG PATCH
Dance at the
were Barbara
by the students as Daisy Mae and Li’l Abner. Ken Moir,
right, is president of the Student Council.
RULERS — Reigning over the Sadie Hawkins
South Huron District High School recently
Brintnell and Don “Chub” McCurdy, chosen
Would Control Crop Acreage
To Maintain Vegetable Prices
Vegetable growers of this dis
trict are in favor of a control
measure which would limit crop
acreage and prevent the accumu
lation of a market surplus.
The growers expressed them
selves at a meeting in Exeter, on
Thursday. They are sending their
resolution to the provincial
growers’ meeting in Hamilton.
HOPE U.S. TO LIFT EMBARGO SOON Canadian cattle
men are hopeful that the U.S. embargo against Canadian live
stock, imposed at the outbreak of the hoof-and-mouth disease
in the prairies, will soon be lifted. Their hopes are based on
the relatively high bidding by U.S. cattle men at Canadian
livestock shows. At the sale at the Coliseum in Toronto, 19
out of 68 head sold went to U.S. buyers, which boosted the
average price to the satisfaction of Canadian cattle raisers.
This bull, Romandale Re-echo Reflection, held by Judy Smith
of Brownsville, Ont., brought top price, $5,100, at the auc
tion. *—Central Press Canadian
Afraid of price decline result
ing from overproduction, the
local growers supported the
movement which has gained mo
mentum in other parts of the
province.. They feel if acreage of
their crops can be controlled- to
prevent market
sent prices can
If not-, canning
force the prices
Protest Limits
The growers
crop limits placed on corn con
tracts with canning companies
during the past year. In the ’52
contract, the canners agreed to
take three-and-one-half tons of corn to the acre. Many growers,
whose land yielded greater ton
nage, were unable to sell corn
this year,
A resolution passed at ^»the
meeting requested that the limit
clause be raised or removed
altogether.
Praise Local Plant
In other resolutions, the
growers commended
operation of the local
the Canadian Canners
ing the past season,
pressed
cordial
local staff.
They requested, however,
the Exeter branch acquire
harvesting machinery to relieve
the hand-picking operation. For
several years now, the branch
has provided special machinery
to speed up the pea harvest and
eliminate the delivery line-ups at
the factory. This has proven very
satisfactory to. the grower and
canner alike and the growers
believe a similar operation would
be effective during the corn
harvest. •
William Walker, of Dunnville,
chairman of the Vegetable Mar
keting Board for Ontario, Spoke
to the growers and outlined the
plan to control crop acreage. 1-Ie
said it was essential for growers
to cooperate to maintain prices.
William McDougall, Alvinston,
member of the board for Huron
and Lambton, was also present.
Elgin Rowcliffe was chairman
of the meeting in the absence of
R. E. Pooley, president of the
surplusses, pre-
be maintained,
companies may
downward.
protested the
appreciation
relationships
the co-
brancli of
Ltd. dur-
They ex-
of ' '
with
their
the
that
corn
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G.local association. H. H.
Strang wag secretary.
Members re-elected the board
of directors-, including Mr.
Pooley, Mr. Strang, Mr. Row
cliffe, Nelson Stanlake, William
Ellerington, Bruce T u c k e y,
Archie Etherington, Oscar Tuc-
key, Clifford Jury, Ross Mar
shall, Melvin Traquair, Albert
Galser, Alfred Moffat, Clarence
Down, Earl Mitchell and Grant
Ratcliffe. Aubrey Farquhar
Cecil Jones were added to
board. „
About 3 0 members were
sent at the meeting.
and
the
pre-
Tentative Hospital Opening
Officials- hope the South Huron
Hospital will
around, the
1953.
This is the
date set by
however,
may delay the opening.
begin operation
end of January,
■ tentative opening
< the Association,
material shortages
Construction superintendent H.
Jensen said his men are getting
ready to put the "trim’’ on the
building
The plastering will be com
pleted this week and it is expect
ed that painting of the rooms
will commence soon.
January
Municipal Front Appears Quiet
But 'Anything Can Happen'
Everything seems quiet and
serene on the municipal front in
this area as nomination and elec
tion dates draw near. But that
doesn’t preclude the possibility
of a roaring election fight in
any of the municipalities.
Observers in the district re
port "there’s not much election
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Blacks Out,
Crashes Pumps
William J. Smith, of Exeter,
is ill in Victoria Hospital, Lon
don, following an auto accident
Monday while on his way to
that city. According to Mr.
Smith he was going south at the
Elginfield intersection when he
saw a car approach the inter
section on No. 7 Highway from
the west. He was
not going to stop
fered a seizure or
The car left
knocked over a gas tank and a
light standard in front of the
Morgan Service Station and
then crashed against the build
ing. Damages were estimated at
$3,000, according to Provincial
Police John Haines, who investi
gated.
Mr. Smith was taken to St.
Joseph’s Hospital and was later
removed to Victoria Hospital
suffering from shock and bruises
and a small facial cut. X-Rays
revealed that no’ bones had been
broken.
Four persons died of injuries
suffered in a crash at the same
intersection last week.
afraid it was
when he suf
slight stroke,
the highway,
Grand Bend Drillers Speculate
Over Natural Gas Discovery
to
at
There has been some excite
ment and speculation at Grand
Bend during the past week ow
ing to the fact that a natural
gas well has been struck on the
property of William Elsie, in the
new .Greenacres subdivision. This
is the first time that gas has
been struck throughout this area
and although the pressure is not
strong, speculation is rife as
what the outcome will be.
Loud Explosion
Ray Fisher, of Zurich, was
the bottom of the 2%-foot di
ameter well and had drilled
down about eight feet in search
of water when a loud explosion
marked the hitting of natural
gas. The well is a tile well about
19 feet deep. The effect of the
explosion was ear-splitting and
Fisher shouted to be drawn up.
At first those on top thought
that he had struck water but
they quickly lowered *a rope to
haul him out when they realized
something had gone wrong.
Mr. Elsie, with the drillers,
sunk a tapering pipe into the
well, extending it about ten feet
into the air on which they
attached a small, round tin, and
ignited the gas. There is at
de-talk’’ but they all make h
finite reservation about predict
ing acclamations. Many have
seen what looked to be a "quiet
year’’ burst into a furious ballot
battle in the past. “You never
know what’s going to happen,”
said one township clerk.
Five municipalities in __
district will hold early nomina
tions this year.
Hensail and Hay will nomin
ate this Friday, November 21.
Elections, if necessary, will take
place on December 1. Grand
Bend ratepayers will nominate
on Monday, November 2 4, and
elect on December 1.
Exeter and Stephen dates are
set for December 1 and Decem
ber 8.
To date it appears as if most
councils will go back into office
by acclamation. Most councillors
in the area seem willing to serve
again,
Members of Exeter’s town
council would not commit them
selves at their
night.
In all cases
qualify by 9:00
ter nominations.
The inside doors
on as soon as the
heated.
The Association
this week several appointments
to the staff.
Mr. Harper C. Rivers, of Exe
ter, has been named business
manager of the hospital. Miss
Mary Claypole, of St. Thomas,
and Seaforth, has been hired
superintendent of nurses
Acknowledge Cheque
Officials acknowledged
cheque for $10,241 from I
Atkinson Charitable Foundation
for the purchase op- operating
room equipment.
The hospital will contain 34
beds, 12 nursing cubicles, nurs
ing and adinistration quarters.
will be put
building is
announced
I a
the
this
meeting Monday
candidates must
p.m. the day
Rain Softe ns
af-
Town Topics—
Items of Social and Personal Interest In and Around Exeter
The Times-Advocate is always pleased to publish these itefiis. We
and our readers are interested in you and your friends. Tel. 31-W
Blind Tag Day
Th is Saturday
This Saturday. Nov. 22, will
be Tag Day for the blind. The
Exeter Lions Club are organizing
the drive. All proceeds will go
to the. Canadian National Insti
tute for the blind. Give liberally.
Bank Staff Changes
Mr. Keith Munro,
been on the
of Montreal,
ferred
Before-
by the
James
taken
Mr.
. who has
staff of the Bank
has been trans
branch at Merlin.to the
leaving he was presented
staff with a desk set. Mr.
Vessey, of Clinton,
Mr. Munro’s place
Vessey is a married
with a young son and is at
ent looking for a place to
his family.
Playful Fathers Do Damage, Not Kids
has
here,
man
pres-
move
present no indication of how
large the natural gas supply
might be but the fire now has
been burning for several days
and many visitors have visited
the scene.
Mrs. L. L. Rumball, who lives
near-by, said that well water
piped into her home had
"queer taste and color.”
a
Mrs John T. Allison
Dies In Usborne
Mrs. John T. Allison, a life
long resident of the Thames
Road, Usborne Township, jiassed
away at her home Wednesday
morning at the age of 88. She
had been ailing only a few days.
Mrs. Allison’s maiden name was
Jane Beverley Monteith and she
was a member of one of the
early pioneer families of Usborne
Township.
On October 23, Mr. and Mrs.
Allison ’ quietly observed their
sixty-third wedding anniversary.
During those years they have
resided on the 'Allison home
stead on which the Thames Road
United Church is situated. Mrs.
Allison was keenly interested in
her church and took an active
interest in the women’s organiza
tions.
Surviving are two sons, Wil
liam C-, and Charles, of Exeter,
and two daughters, Mrs. Henry
Schreiner, of New York, and
Mrs. Archie Morgan, of Usborne.
The funeral will take place
from the R. C. Dinney funeral
home Friday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock with interment in the
Exeter cemetery?
Dearings Capture
Prizes For Sheep
Preston Dearing and son,.
Gerald, of Exeter, captured top. prizes ----j --------
sheep
Royal
The
champion and reserve champion
ewe and the champion ram.
George H. Mark, pf Little Brit
ain, took the reserve ram.
championship with a sheep of
Dearing breeding.
for their Dorset Horned,
again .this year at th®
Winter Fair in Toronto.
locals won both the
Fine Lucan Man $20
William Fisher, of R.R.
Lucan, was fined $20 and costs
on a conviction of careless driv
ing Tuesday in Magistrate's
Court, Exeter,
Mr. Fisher was involved in an
accident November
highway, five miles
eter, in which two
hospitalized.
2 on No. 4
so;xth of Ex
persons were
I
Parched Land
Three days of intermittent
rain this week scmnwHat relieved the dry condition of the
land and gave hop^s that the
water shortage on farm may be
eased soon.
Over an inch fell in light,
scattered showers Monday, Tues
day ?andtf Wednesday. Much more
is needed before the water sup
ply in wells can be restored.
Although many wells in the
district have dried up and farm
ers have been forced to draw
water, the local P.U.C. notes no
appreciable decline in the town
supply. However, the demand is
light this time of year.
Rainfall since summer
been well below average. In
tember, it was down about
third over former years,
ber’s rain was about half that
of average. Only an inch and a
half of rain fqll during October,
most of it on one day. So far
this month 1.21 inches of water
have fallen.
This week’s weather, as re
ported by R.C.A.F. Station Cen
tralia:
has
Sep-
one-
Octo-
Wednesday
Thursday ..
Friday .....
Saturday ..
Sunday ....
Monday ....
Tuesday ....
Min. Max.- Rain
33
29
38
41
36
41
47
42
53
58
56
61
47
59
.41
.57
Car Strikes-'Steer
Milton McCurdy, R.R.
ton, suffered $250 to
1, Kirk-
his car
when he struck a steer on High
way 83 last Thursday. The steer,
owned by Milton Balfour of
Cromarty, had to be destroyed.
Occupants of three cars es
caped injury Thursday in an ac
cident near Kippen.
Lewis Del Puppo, R.C.A.F.
Station Centralia, struck an on
coming car when he attempted
to pass a south-bound vehicle
owned by Anton Miller, Jr., of-
Denfield. The Del Puppo car was
thrown from the impact into the
Miller car and both went into
the ditch. Charges are pending.
Provincial Constable Elmer
Zimmerman investigated both ac-
DIAMOND WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. William Moodie,
formerly of Usborne and now of Exeter, celebrated their six
tieth wedding anniversary recently. Mr. Moodie, who came
to Canada when he was 16, was active in Thames Road
Church, where he sang in the choir for 60 years, and in
Usborne Township, acting as road superintendent for 23
years, Mrs. Moodie was the former Mary Agnes Kydd.
—J. Doerr, Exeter
Crowd Overflows Church,
Mourns Highway Victims
St. Mary’s Anglican Church,
Brinsley, was unable to acomo-
date the large number of
mourners who attended the fune
ral services Saturday for the
three members of the Crediton
district family who were killed
in an auto accident Wednesday
*of last week.
Mrs. Mary Gower, of R.R. 2,
Ailsa Graig, her daughter, -Mrs.
Kenneth Kuhn, and grand
daughter,
Crediton,
common
cemetery,
witnessed
shocked at their
The mourners
tuary of the church and over
flowed into the vestry, the base
ment and outside of the church.
"It was the largest funeral I’ve
ever conducted,” Rev. G. E.
Parker, rector of the church,
stated. He was assisted at the
service by Rev. J. V. Dahms of
Zion Evangelical U.B. Church,
Crediton and Rev. W. C. Par
rott, of Brinsley United Church.
Many Tributes
There were many floral tri
butes to the three highway vic-
Joyce
were
grave
The
by a
Kuhn, both of
buried in a
in the church
ceremony was
host of friends,
untimely deaths.
filled the sanc-
tims, killed in an accident at
Elginfield
London to
five.
* The St.
sang during the service, accom
panied by the organist, Douglas
Morgan. Mrs. Lin Craven, of
Brinsley, rendered a solo.
A private family service was
held at the Stephenson Funeral
Home, Ailsa Craig, earlier in the
afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Gower was active
in the Brinsley church earlier in
her life ’ and assisted her hus
band who was caretaker of both
Brinsley churches.
Mrs. Kuhn and her daughter
were adherents of Zion Evan
gelical U B. Church, Crediton.
The pallbearers were: for
Gower, Earl
Ansell Lee,
Craven and
Mrs. Kuhn,
ray Neil, Hugo Schenk.
Wilson, Heber Lewis and Samuel
Lawson; for Joyce Kuhn, Wil
liam Pfaff, Jack England, Wil
mer Wein, Russell Clark, Jack
Jesney and James Coward.
While travelling to,
visit an elderly rela-
Marys church choir
Morley, Harold
Wesley Lewis,
Alfred Young;
Clifford Hill,
Mrs.
and
Lin
for
Mur-
Garnet
Mrs. Sid. Davis, who has been
visiting her son, R. E. Davis,
at Lakeview, returned home last
week. Mr. and Mrs.
ed up wth her.
Group Captain N.
of Greenwood, N.S.,
his mother, Mrs. D.
last week.
Mrs. Anna Westlake, Miss Ann
Davidson and
Nicol returned to Wyoming on
Saturday after spending a few
day's with
Passmore.
Mr. Ed
Barbara, . _ ., ___ __
visiting for a few days with Mr.
and Mrs. Larry Snider.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Linden
field and Sue Ann wore in To
ronto over the weekend attend
ing the Royal Winter Fair and
the Ice Oapades.
Mrs. S. M. Sanders is under
going an operation in London
hospital.
Davis motor-
S. Anderson,
visited with
A. Anderson,
Mrs. Dave Me-
Mr anti Mrs. William
Shuh and daughter,
of Truro, N.S., are
Rev. Robert E. Hicks, of Lon
don is a patient in Victoria Hos
pital.
AW1 Ruth McBride of R.C.-
1 ” 1 ’ " ’ " ' lu, is
leave
and Mrs.
A.F. Station, Edgar, Ontario,
spending .three weeks1
with her parents, Mr
Fred Dawson.
Mr. s. M. Sanders
to hospital in London
Mr
home following a recent
tion in Victoria Hospital,
at present visiting at the
of his daughter, Mrs,
Fritz, of Zurich.
Miss Luella Robinson
the Weekend with relatives in
town.
•Mrs. Henry Schriner, of New
York, was called home Monday
owing*to the illness of her moth
er, Mrs. J. T. Allison.
Mrs. L. Pym, Mrs. Byron Pym
and ’Miss Arring, of Toledo,
Ohio, spent the weekend With
Mr, and Mrs. George Davis.
was taken
this week.
H. K. Eilber has returned
opera-
He is
home
Ward
spent
In
When Johnnie comes marching
foi* sup-
probably
looking
Local Stores Fascinate Boys And Girls
home, half an hour late
per these nights he’s
just been down town
over Christmas toys.
Consumers might well
year if there will be
youngsters in the district for all
the Christmas toys local stores
have stocked. Storekeepers are
optimistic. They predict there
won’t be too many left on the
shelves by Christmas.
Children are getting a pretty
good preview
been flocking
the past two
other look at
or to see if
been added since the last
Come four o’clock and
clerks begin to grind their
in anticipation of another
riot. But they admit it’s
minor circuses that probably net
ask this
enough
this year. They’ve
to toy counters for
weeks to have an
that certain truck
anything new has
visit,
store
teeth
small
those
them the most sales in the long
yun.
When questioned about dam
age done by over-anxious child
ren, it wasn’t alarming, but fath
er surprising, in that the older
brothel1 or father Who played the
most havoc with merchandise.
The small boy just looks on,
while his big brother or father
demonstrates, sometimes
drastic results, how things
Tractors I’opular «
This year, tractors seem
with
work
This year, tractors seem to be
in big demand. And the stores
have them in every size, color
and design, from the 29c model
that moves With a push or pull,
to the $30 special that junior
can ride on himself.
It
when
iety
can’t
Thete was nothing
isn’t hard to understand
you see the color and var-
of toys just
keep away
why father
from them.
like a real
model jet in his day, or a rocket gun,’ or a transport loaded with
cars that moved by tliemseives.
Housekeeping Equipment
On what stores have displayed
so far, little girls can pretty
well set up house-keeping on
their own. There are miniatures
in plastic for about anything you
could name. The small irons are
not just make-believe any more,
they plug in and heat up. Stoves
have ...................... ..
era on toy washing machines
thatin ■____ _ . . _
which should provide many op
portunities for daughter to en
tertain the ladies of her mud
pie set and for those special oc
casions, her dolls should be much
better dressed than ever before
Any Nationality
in fact, she should have a
bigger and better family of dolls
electrical wiring and wring-
will take doll clothes easily,
abundance are tea sets
than ever before, barring, no na
tionality. Perhaps most success
ful are the plastic ones which
can
inl
and
Games, puzzles and books are,
if possible, more colorful than
ever and promise to
whole family occupied
Christmas.
Store owners have
great deal of foresight and ima
gination when you consider, that
they ordered all this profusion
of gay stock ’way back when the
air was balmy. In an overall pic
ture, Exeter stores seem to have
something to suit any child.
One store carries what is per
haps the most amazing article
of all—price 15 cents—a pair of
children’s scissors that will real
ly cut paper and won’t touch
mother’s best drapes—or junior’s
fingers.
go through a regular drown-
or be crushed or chewed
still remain as good as new.
keep the
long after
shown a
DISTRICT FANS SEE ‘ROCKET’- Hockey fans from
district .saw ’Rocket’ Richard and Montreal Canadiens in an
exhibition game at Seaforth, Wednesday night. The ‘Rocket*
recently scored his 325th goal—highest score of all time
in the National Hockey I.eague. Richard’s record-breaker,
beating Nels Stewart’s 324 total) came exactly 10 years to
the da»* after the Rocket, then a green rookie,, scored Ws.
first NHL goal—against New York Rangers on November 8,
1942. The Rocket also assisted on the tally that sent team
mate Elmer Lach into the 200 class. Here Maurice shows
Junior the puck that he made famous. Incidentally, the
Canadiens played an exhibition game at Seaforth Wednesday
night* — Central Press Canadian