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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-04-02, Page 1Eighty-First Year Seek Approval Of School Plans Exeter Public School Board de­ cided to submit sketch plans of the four-room addition to the Department of Education, To­ ronto, for approval. As soon as the department’s “okay” is received, the archi­ tects will prepare working and tenders will be called, The board met Monday and decided to go ahead the four-room ‘addition. The Department has approved construction to the tentative amount of $70,000. If costs sur­ pass this figure, the board will request approval of whatever is necessary. Chairman R. E. Russel was in charge of the meeting. Public school inspector, G. G. Gardiner, and Melville Boyce, of Page and Steele, Toronto, were present. Mrs. Marion Sanders was ap­ pointed by the board to fill the vacancy left by Mrs. Amy Mil­ ner’s resignation. The board decided to offer teachers a slight increase salary for 1953-54. plans night with in Arena Floor town night floor Joint Project Representatives of six organization met Monday to discuss plans to install a in the arena. The project is now being con­ sidered as a joint effort to raise funds for the floor, rather than •a commitment o f the Legion alone, as was originally pro­ posed. The Exeter Community Centre Board, which has ' jurisdiction over the arena, will supervise the installation of the floor. G. K. Thompson, recreation facilities advisor to the Commun­ ity Programs Branch of the De­ partment of Education, attended the meeting. Discussion evolved around the type of floor to be installed. Choice is between a cement floor and the trap rock floor. The former is about $3,000 cheaper but has not all the qualifications of the harder sur­ face. Decision on this point left to the Community Board. The six organizations Legion, Lions, a will be Centres ar e the Kinsmen, Club, Agricultural Society and Centre Board. 4 Those attending the meeting were Len McKnight, Cliff Brint- nell, Andrew Bierling, Eugene Beaver, Jack Weber, Ed Brady, Ulric Snell, Jack Pryde, Ralph Genttner, Ray Frayne and Ted Pooley. Turf Qrxefer \Times-A6uocale THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1953 WOSSA CHAMPIONS —z The South Huron High School senior girls basketball team cap­ tured the WOSSA Senior “B” title for the second consecutive year. The team has never.been defeated in the 23 games they’ve played in two years. The champs are: top row, Trudy Pickard, Marion Wildfong, Marnie Taylor, Jean Taylor, Julia Dunlop (captain), Miss Lor­ etta Seigner (coach), Pat Tuckey; centre row', Beth Taylor, Katherine Hunter, Marg Wil­ lard,. Jeannette Schenk, Lorna Taylor, Pat Hopper, Marg Thomson; bottom row, Jean Mc­ Allister, Nancy Tieman, Maureen Stewart and Barb Brintnell. —Jack Doerr, Exeter Churches Plan Special Services To Celebrate Easter Season A union service will be held at 11 a.m. on Good Friday in Main 'Street United Church. The Rev. Donald Sinclair will be the speaker and a combined choir will lead in the service of song. On Easter morning tlie choir of Caven Presbyterian Church will sing two anthems, “Jerusa­ lem” and “Before the Dawn”. The minister, Rev. Donald Sin­ clair will take as the topic of his sermon, “Meeting the Risen Christ”. , . ’■ Holy served Church at two Sunday morning services,' 9 and 11:30 a.m. Rev. C. L. Langford will speak on “The Risen Christ”. At James Street United Church the senior choir will sing “Bells of Easter Tide” at the morning service. Jeanne McDonald will be the soloist. Bruce Cudtnore and Bill Batten will sing a duet and Mrs. Clare Greene, Mrs. M. Cuii- more and Mrs. P. McFalls a trio number. Rev. Snell will speak on communion will be ob- in Trivitt Memorial Turnip Growers Of Province Elect Harold Hunter Chairman__ _ Harold Hunter, of Exeter, was was elected chairman of the tur- andi Soil Association, meeting of at O.A.C., March 23. Shantz, of has served Price Per Copy 7£ Hensall, Zurich Areas Consider Installation Of Artificial Ice Pick Dry Sod Field To Land, Flyers Avoid Injury to Aircraft Two R.C.A.F. flying instruc­ tors avoided injury to themselves and their aircraft by landing in a sod field one mile south of Exeter Wednesday after plane's engine quit. Airforce officials termed landing “a good show” on part of Flying Officers Don Lellan and Tommy Thomas were in the aircraft. ’ picked the fairly dry field to land in and were able to run 400 feet. Had - - plane down_ ____, __ __ ploughed lands nearby it, would probably have crashed. Experimental Plane " The two men were instructors at R.C.A.F. Station Centralia and were flying a Chipmunk, a training aircraft now being ex­ perimented with at the local station. They were on a practice flight about 10 a.m. when the engine stopped in mid-air and they were forced to glide the plane in. It has a stationary under­ carriage. the : the i the l Mc- who They they brought the on any of the The field was owned by Allan Westcott, R. R. 1, Centralia. The aircraft was flown back to the base in the afternoon. Early Morning Fire Destroys Flowers Fire destroyed a full stock _. spring flowers, severely damaged the greenhouse and the heating plant at Bailey’s Florist early Thursday morning. Cause of the blaze is unknown. It started in the heating room between the living quarters and the greenhouse. Ralph Bailey, the proprietor, said the 18x40 glass structure was full of plants for spring. Confine Fire Firemen extinguished the blaze shortly after they arrived and prevented it from spreading to the house. Lloyd Parsons turned in the alarm around 1 a.m. of Both Hensail and Zurich com­ munities are investigating the possibilities of installing artific­ ial ice in their arenas. No definite commitments have been made in either both are seriously the project. Enthusiasm for ice been increased by the unusually warm winter this year. The arenas had very little natural ice during the season. Zurich Organizes Representatives of various or­ ganizations met in Zurich Tues­ day night and appointed a com­ mittee to determine plant and Installation costs, operating ex­ penses and potential revenue. • One spokesman said a drive for public contributions would probably be organized. He felt certain the project would go through. village but considering plants has nip section, Ontario Crop Improvement . at a well-attended i the committee, held Guelph, on Monday, He succeeds Harold New Hamburg, who for the past two years. Other officers named were: vice-chair­ man, Harry Hossefeld, Walker­ ton; secretary, R. E. Goodin, of Toronto; executive committee, R. C. Thompson, Lynden; Frank Strong, Guelph; Bert Culver, of Toronto, and Harold Sliantz, of New Hamburg. Recommendations from the meeting favoured organization of grower meetings to strengthen an Association of growers, strict en­ forcement of grades on the retail level, and further research work on fertility, control of maggot, and cost of production. It was reported that deliveries of sized, treated seed of the Laurentian variety from the Maritimes are not sufficient to meet demands. Present prices to growers are at the lowest level in many years, yet quality of product is at an all-time high. Tills offers exceptionally good value to con­ sumers who wish to obtain tasty, nutritious food at extremely low cost. Large quantities have been shipped to the United States again this season, with the de­ mand and price being particular­ ly good last fall. the “Meaning of Easter”. The junior choir will assist at the evening service, singing two an­ thems, “Joy Dawned Again This Easter Day” and “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today”. Easter Music The Main Street United Church choir will present two anthems at both services, they will sing Song” and “The in the evening, um up ium Heads” and “There Is a Green Hill”. A male quartette will sing “Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?” The Rev. A. E. Holley will take “Resurrec­ tion” as his morning theme and “His Is Risen” as his topic for the evening service. At the Exeter Tabernacle P.A.- O.C. a’service of communion and worship will be held at ll\a.m. on Good Friday. At 8 p.m. on Friday an Easter program of music and slides will be given. For his Easter morning ser­ mon the Rev. H. Kendrick will speak on “I Am the Resurrection and the Life” and in the eve­ ning at 7:30 p.m. has chosen as his text “Rejoice for Your Sav­ iour Liveth”. Centralia United Church will hold its Good Friday service at 8:15 p.m. Special Easter music will be provided by the junior and senioi’ choirs at 10:30 a.m.| and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. On Good Friday at 8:15 in Thames Road congregations and Thames joint service. Garden of Getlisemene” and “The In the morning “The Triumph Holy City”, and “Lift Up Your United Church, the of Elimville, Roy’s Road will hold a Two films, “The May Offer Night School Again, Registration Cost Will Increase Ascension” will be shown. The Thames Road choir will sing an anthem, Roy’s church will con­ tribute a quarette number and Elimville a solo. Sunrise Service “* The Youth Fellowship group of Crediton, comprising E.U.B. and United Church young people, will sponsor a sunrise service at 6:30 Sunday morning in Evangelical U.B. Church. Rev. ham The ice Organize Local Theatre Group About 20 interested people met in the town hall on March 26 to form a Theatre Group in Exeter. The membership was formed from the drama class at night school who presented the play “A Marriage Proposal” at open house on March 12. The enthus­ iasm of this group forebodes big things for the fall when they plan to go into production under the sponsorship tional council. The executive .Art Whilsmitli, _ ter Bentley, vice-president; J. Hutton, treasurer; and Mrs. Jessie Stewart, execu­ tive board members. Night school classes may be offered next year if sufficient demand is Principal H. Wednesday. “There is said, ‘that several courses can organized next year if there enough interest shown.” His statement followed -a meet­ ing of the management commit­ tee of the local night "school Tuesday. Total expenses of year’s school amounted to $2,000. Night classes have been in the local high school for the past two years under the joitft sponsorship of the Department of Agriculture and the Depart- evident, L. Sturgis said S.H.D.H.S. on a possibility,”he be is this over held ment of Education, and the high school board. The departments 'have paid for the instructors in the various courses and the board provided the facilities free. Under provincial regulations, the government sponsors the courses only two * consecutive years in any one community. The committee learned, how­ ever, that if the courses were carried on, the Department of Education would pay 50 percent of the cost of instruction. This would probably mean an increase in registration fee to around $5.00 with a rebate if the adult attends 75 percent or more of the lectures. the U.B. Church. The Gordon Wanless of Wood­ will be the special speaker, musical portion of the serv- will, be provided by the Youth Choir directed by Wilmer Wein and by a quartette of young people. At the regular morning wor­ ship at 10 a.m. at the Evangeli­ cal U.B. Church new members will be received into the congre­ gation. Sermon topics and music will carry out the theme of Eas­ ter at morning and evening services. Calvary Church, Dashwood, will hold a. sunrise service at 7 a.m. on Easter morning sponsored and conducted by the Young People’s group. A cornet solo, “Christ is Risen” will open the service. A lighted six foot cross will signify the Resurrection. Four groups will portray the “Road to Jerusalem”, the “Road to Bethany,” the “Road to Cal­ vary,” and the “Road to Em­ maus” in 'scripture and song. New' Life Symbols As each member of the con­ gregation enters the church, he will be presented with some­ thing symbolic of new life, These symbols will be laid at the foot of the cross as the members file to the alter. Reception of members will be held at the morning service and the “Easter Gospel will be vice. Holy served Friday. given at the in Pictures” evening ser- Communion at Id1:30 will be ob- a.m. on Good Centralia Flyers Eliminate Fergus George Pumple scored within one minute of the final bell Wed­ nesday night to give Centralia Flyers a 5-4 win which ousted Fergus Steelworkers from the playoffs. The airmen won the series three games to one and now’ meet the Durham Huskies in the semi­ finals of the O.H.A. Int. “B” playdowns. Flyers took a 3-0 lead in the first period but Fergus fought back to tie the score at the end of the second. Both teams count­ ed in the first half of the third and were deadlocked until the final minute of the game. Ray Embury fired three goals for the Flyers with Johnston and Pumple sniping singletons. Don Gear sparked Fergus with a hat trick. Emslie scored other counter, On the Zurich committee are Delbert Geiger, chairman of the arena board and also chairman of the artificial ice committee; Earl Campbell, reeve of Hay township; Milford Shilbe, arena board member; V. L. Becker, representing Dashwood; Ray Fisher, member of the Chamber of Commerce, Zurich, and Herb Turkheim, member of Zurich. Lions Club. Legion Initiates Discussion Citizens of Hensall are also investigating installation of an ice plant. The Hensall Legion initiated discussion on the project and several meetings have been held, A public meeting will be held on April 8 to discuss the for­ mation of a recreational council for the village. Rev. W. H. Rogers is chair­ man of the organizing committee. Both Hensall and Zurich arenas were built only a few years ago. Since then the winters have be­ come milder and, during the past season, there was ice for little more than two weeks. Under these conditions, the buildings are neither paying for their upkeep or providing recrea­ tion. J. /" SPECIAL EASTER SERVICES Churches in the district are preparing special services for the celebration of Easter. Among the events this weekend will be Good Friday services, sunrise meetings and special cantatas and Easter songs. Pat Cann and Marlene McBride, above, will be two of the many children singing about the Resurrection. —Staff Photo Oil Companies are competing in this area to purchase petrol- eum rights on farm land, an un­ identified spokesman for one of ! the interested day. He declined companies where they rights, or what price was being paid. Oil rights to most of the land in the northern section of the county were purchased last year. Imperial Oil was one of the firms interested. firms said Tues- to state which were negotiating, were buying the of by Hensall Firm Ships 50 Tons Of Onions One hundred and fifty tons onions have been shipped rail and truck to Ontario, the Maritimes and Newfoundland, by Steele Briggs Seed Co., Hensall, Mr. Art Kilner, head representa­ tive. of Toronto stated today. Over 400 Will Compete At Local Music Festival WOSSA WINNER—Shirley Pear­ son, grade 12 student at S.H.D.­ H.S., will compete in the provin­ cial verse speaking contest at Toronto next week. She won highest marks at the WOSSA competition in London recently. —Jack Doerr, Exeter The executive of the South Huron Music Festival are very pleaded with the number of entries received for the festival, to be held in Exeter on April 20 and 21. These entries number well over 400, thus assuring the best music festival in this area, to date. This year, schools from Stan­ ley and Tuckersmith under the direction of Miss Ellen Love A.R.T.C. have joined in the com­ petition with Usborne, Stephen, Hay, Grand Bend, Hensall and Exeter. The Huronia Male Chorus is very much indebted to various organizations for their financial aid in helping to make this festival a success. The adjudicator, Mr. F. W. Halton, is Supervisor of Music in Brantford City Schools and his recommendations are very high. In addition to the many vocal and piano selections, there are also ‘ solos this year. PUBLIC SPEAKER — Ken Flear, S.H.D.H.S. student, placed second in the recent WOSSA public speaking tournament at Toronto. Ken’s topic was “Communism To­ day”. He lives in Grand Bend. —Jack Doerr, Exeter Brothers Go Overseas Sgt. Alex Ellis, who has cently been stationed at Petawa- wa, is now en route to Korea. . LAC Peter Ellis, of White­ horse, is spending leave with his family prior to leaving for an RCAF station in Germany. re- Authority Shows Operating Surplus The Ausable 'River Conserva- .tion Authority showed an operat­ ing surplus of $145.14 at the end of 1952, a financial state­ ment issued this week shows. The net deficit of the Author­ ity was reduced to $1,560.31. Close to half of the year’s expenditures were deficits car­ ried over from 1951 during which no levy was made on the municipalities in the watershed. Total expenditures in the var­ ious departments, including these deficits, were: general, $1,751.- 17; organization, $1,445; mem­ bers, $2,351.84; public relations, $1,3 67.50; farm ponds, $3,618.- 95; flood control, $123.25; re­ forestation, $1,274.51; parks and recreation, $1,149.25. The 1952 levy produced $9,436.79. A .grant of $4,047.88 was received from the Ontario government. several band instrument New Exeter Bank To Op en Tuesday The Bank of Nova Scotia's new branch here will open April 7 under the management of H. W. Kelson who was accountant and credit officer at the bank’s London, Ontario, branch for .the past two years. The demand for banking ser­ vice in Exeter has been so strong that the branch will Main Street before are complete. Staking Renovations However, while ______ transacted in the completed front portion of the building, renova­ tions will be made in the rear portion. All the latest features in bank construction are being incorporated. The building will present an attractive appearance with its large window area and the vltrolite facing which covers the brick front. The interior will be finished in pastel colors and noise will be reduced to a mini­ mum by the use of acoustic ceiling materials. The new “Straightline Coun­ ter” is designed to speed up business transactions _ places the unsightly old-style cages. Modern vaults and safety deposit bokes are provided. “Although our renovatiofis are not complete, Mr. Kelson said, “our branch is fully equipped and we can offer you any bank* .......... ................ """ *•&’* of the recroa- elected include president; Wai- Mrs. Crediton, secretary- Rev. Donald Sinclair Whizz Bangs 5, Big Six 2 Any chances the Big Six had of making a playoff spot in the Men’s Bowling League were squelched Wednesday night when When the Whizz Bangs won 5-2. WHO NEEDS A ROD AND REEL? These boys need expensive equipment to get in some early season ing. Brian Wedlake and Philip Dzioda try their luck wrapping string and sticks. don’t fish- witli ■Staff Photo Six New Citizens Six babies were born at South Huron Hospital during past week. They included: Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Horton, of Exeter, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Reginball, Grand Bend, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dayman, Kippen, a daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. James Allen, of Grand Bend, a daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. James Deneau, Exeter, a son; to Mr. and Mrss Henry McGill, Centralia, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. John Snowden, Exe­ ter, a son. STEPHEN CENTRE TO OPEN — Stephen Township’s new coniwtUiiity centre will officially open in a ceremony next Tuesday, The centre was constructed out of the old Crediton town hall and over $5,000 worth of labor was contributed by district men. In this^picture. are .shown building the new entrance. — open at 622 renovations business is and fe­ * » n^eiljand wc can offer you -Jack Doerr, Exeter^ing sbryicd ybti fdquiri