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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-04-23, Page 1$ Eighty-First Year THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1953 Festival Highly Successful', Winners Perform Thursday The grand finale—the concert of winners—of the South Huron Music Festival will be held on Thursday night in the high school auditorium. Education scholarships and awards will be presented to the outstanding musicians. Winners were announced by the manage­ ment committee on Wednesday night. The concert will be the climax ■of the “highly successful” two- day festival. All the winners from among the 400 contestants will perform. This year's harvest of music completely surpassed the stand­ ard set by the first one held last year. The music was of a higher more larger. Male are considering extending length of the festival to three -days next year because of the keen interest shown. The adjudicator, F. J. Holton, said the community “might well be proud” of the successful fes­ tival. He commended the manage­ ment committee foi1 its organiza­ tion of the event. Ovei1 1,500 persons attended the festival. Sessions were held in the mornings, afternoons and evenings of both days. Harry Hoffman is president of the festival executive. Other officers are: honorary president, Rev. H. J. Snell; vice-president, Gerald Skinner; secretary, Ro­ bert Russell; assistant, L. B. Hodgson; treasurer Carfrey Cann; recording secretary, Ken Kraft; awards covenoi- Harold Skinner. Committee convenors were Mrs. R. Pryde, Harry Hern, Mrs. H. Sturgis, Ron. Elford and Gerald Skinner. Festival Winners Page 12 Standard Is High Adjudicator Says “For a festival only two years old, this community might well be proud of its early achieve­ ment,” F. J. Holton, adjudicator, said at the conclusion of the music event on Tuesday. “The standard of the school music in particular is high”, Mr. Holton said. “The high school music is delightful in its varia­ tion and quality of work. Great credit is due the teachers and supervisors. “The management of the fes­ tival is in good hands. Every­ thing worked like a well-oiled machine. “The contestants and parents alike showed wonderful sports­ manship in accepting the adjudi­ cator’s decision without question, proving it is better to pace one another to perfection than defeat a rival. “It was a pleasure to be here Mt, Holton stated. He is the supervisor of music in Brantford schools. The adjudicator commended the committee foi1 their selection of numbers used in the competi­ tion. He said it added greatly to the success of the festival. calibre, the competition keen and the crowds Officials of the Huronia Chorus' announced they the Winners of the awards are: Most promising young singer— Bruce Cudmore, Exeter. (lie re­ ceived the highest marks of festival. Public School girls' vocal, Jean Henderson, Hensail. Public School boys, vocal, Alan Taylor, Grand Bend. Piano, 8 years to 11, $10— Roxanne Beavers, Exeter; Eliza­ beth Goddard, Hensail, (tie). Piano, 12 and over $10—Elea­ nor Hodgins, Centralia. Municipal Scholarship awards fox1 school children’s solo, $10 each—Usborne, Stephen, Alan Taylor; Patrcia Cann; Henderson; Hay, Ronnie Howald; Stanley, Jack Watkins; Tucker­ smith, to be announced. the $15 $15 Marlene Stone; Exeter, Hensail, Jean Gordon Farrow has sold his home on Edward Street to H. W. Kelson, manager of the Bank of “Nova Scotia. Ask Support For Pinery A strong public relations cam­ paign to get public support foi1 the "ark in the Pinery was re­ commended to the Ausable Au- thori y by a meeting of repre­ sentatives of municipalities aiid organizations in-Western Ontario at Lcndon Tuesday. Plans to acquire the Pinery and develop a public park were enthusiastically endorsed by * the 40 persons who attended. Doubts were raised, However, whethex1 the method of financing which was suggested in the re­ port could be successful unless there was strong public support. Representatives from Sarnia and Bosanquet indicated a selling job would have to be done to convince municipalities that the people generally are behind the idea. The counties of Huron, Middle­ sex, Lambton, London and Sarnia are each asked for $15,-000 over ’a three-year period in the report. A. W. Kerslake, Huron war­ den, expressed concern at the suggested division of the cost, pointing out the difference in population between the five cen­ tres. R. J. Ross, Bosanquet reeve, was concerned at possible loss of revenue to his municipality if the Pinery was taken from pri­ vate ownership. He was assured( that taxes would continue to be paid on the forestry portion— 2,800 acres—and that provincial practice in the past had been to pay taxes on such developments as proposed in the park. Among those who attended the meeting from this afea were An­ drew Dixon, Exeter; Eric McIlroy, Grand Bend. ’ '■ Usborne; J. A. Patterson^ Sall) and C. P. Ccirbett, Lucan. Wellington Brock. Men- junior Public junior Public Band Instrument, $10—Lyle McNair, Denfield. Trophies Thomas Pryde Trophy, (2) part chorus—Exeter School, No. 2. Cann’s Mill Ltd. Trophy, unison chorus—Exeter School, No. 1. Snelgrove Trophy, junior piano solo—Roxanne Beavers, Exeter; Elizabeth Goddard, Hensall (tie) Brady Trophy, vocal solo — Alan Elston. Buswell Trophy, high school vocal solo,—Bruce Cudmore, Exe­ ter. Central Hotel Trophy, high school ensemble—S.H.D.I-I.S. Caude Blowes Trophy, junior vocal solol—Calvin McKerral, Exeter. COMMUNIST PRISONER vate Kenneth Dawe is a commun­ ist prisoner of war in North Korea, it was announced this week. He had previously been re­ ported missing and believed dead. Believed Dead, Son Prisoner Father Awaits Personal Word “Pleased to inform you evi-1 dence is available from a patriate which indicates son, Private Kenneth Dawe, may be held as a POW of the Communist forces in North Korea. Every effort being made to obtain further details and you will be advised immediately they are received.” . re- your Herbert Need Three Days For Next Festival Mrs, H. L. Sturgis, directress of the Huronia Male Chorus who sponsored the event, called the festival “highly successful”. She said the success of this year’s performance indicated the festi­ val would have to be extended next year. “We find we’re going to need a three-day festival,” she said. “This one has been too long to crowd into two days.” She ex­ pected the children at RCAF Station Centralia School would be entering the competition next year. ( “The crowds were excellent,” she stated. “They were better than I expected.” “I’d like to see more competi­ tion in the adult section. There are many talented persons in this community. We have pro­ vided plenty of classes for to choose from.” Classes for instruments started this year and she hoped there would be more contestants next year. Competition in the piano classes was much greater than last year, she said. Mrs. Sturgis was particularly pleased with the friendly spirit of the audience and the contest­ ants. She said the committee had received little criticism. “It’s it was | This telegram from Canadian Army headquarters last week i’ul-! filled the hopes and prophecies I of the soldier’s father, Archie H. Dawe, of Grand Bend. Mr. Dawe, on the strength of his own experience after being declared dead in World War I, held high hopes the report that his son was missing and believed dead was not true. “I hadn’t given up,” he said. “I had a kind of feeling he would turn up alive. I thank God,” “It made me a bit shaky when I heard the news and real­ ized it must be true that Ken­ neth was alive.” Now Mr. Dawe, and members of the family, are excitedly await­ ing personal news from Kenneth himself. The repatriated Can­ adian is 'believed to have letters from all his fellow prisoners of war. Three brothers, Ronald, George and Norman, live in London. A sister, Mrs. Alvin Stanton, lives in Sarnia. When Kenneth Dawe was re­ ported missing, Mr-. Dawe kept his hopes high that he would be found. He had good reason to, too, because he himself had been listed as dead during World War I and it took him nine years to prove his identity. them were been a lot of work—but worth it.” HS Prepares Triple Feature The South Huron District High School will present a triple­ feature public program on Fri­ day, May 8. In the afternoon, the annual cadet inspection will be held. Members of the Corps will go on parade for the visiting Army officers and present demonstra­ tions of the various activities they’ve engaged -in during the year. This ceremony will be held on the school grounds and is open to the public. In the evening, the school will hold its annual open house and the residents of the area will be invited to inspect the facilities and see demonstrations of the pupils' work. The same evening, the drama club of the school will present three one-act plays for house visitors. open Attends Board Meeting Rev. and Mrs. Donald Sinclaii1 and family are spending the week in Toronto where Mrs. Sin­ clair is attending meetings of the Board of the Presbyterian Missionary and Deasoness Train­ ing School. 'Gospel Van’ Brings Army Captain Mhrgaret Green and Second Lieutenant Joan Perry Of the Salvation Army arrived in town this week with their “Gos­ pel Van” and are preparing to conduct services tthere and visit the homes in the district. This is one stop on their na­ tion-wide tour with the motor­ ized unit in which the girls eat and sleep and carry their portable organ and accordian with which to lead the services. , They intend to visit all the homos in Exeter and the rural area. No contributions are solici­ ted. Mrs. Elmer D. Bell underwent an operation in Victoria Hospital Tuesday morning and latest re­ ports are that she is coming along nicely. Grand Bend Plans Ballot On Beer, Liquor Outlets For Sale: 9,400 Yards Of Best Grade Top Soil FOR SALE—9,400 cubic yards of highest grade topsoil. Excel­ lent for landscaping, lawns, flow­ er beds or potted plants. Now stored in the bottom of the Au­ sable River at the Exeter reser­ voir. Interested parties may se­ cure same free by taking it away. Will he available later at current topsoil prices from Exeter coun­ cil. Exeter council and its park beautification committee received word this week that OAC testings have rated the silt as grade AAA—best ness. This news gives another big boost to the local dredging pro- in the river in the busi- Dawe, of GrandAWAITS PERSONAL WORD — Archie H. Bend, who received word from Canadian Army this week that his son, Kenneth, is a Communist prisoner of -war in North Korea, awaits a personal letter from his son. The sol- dier was reported missing and believed dead. —Free Press ject. It probably means a saving of over $4,000 on the project. All that’s needed now is to find a buyer or buyers for the silt—and with the high rating given by the agricultural college scientists, that shouldn’t be hard to do. This is the final encourage­ ment council needs to carry out its dredging project. Now the committee is ready to take ac­ tion. Here’s how the situation stands: The Ausable Conservation Au­ thority, at its recent meeting, approved the dredging of the re­ servoir as its own project. This means 50 percent of the cost is recoverable in government grants and that the Authority will itself contribute toward the cost, In fact, in view of the comparative small cost now possible because of the value of the silt, the Au­ thority may assume the whole of the remaining 50 percent. Cost of the project, as estimat­ ed by Authority engineer C. P. Corbett, should be in the neigh­ borhood of $2,000. Expense of excavating and loading the silt should be around $6,000 of which $4,000 should be recover­ able in the sale of the silt. Next step of the project is to blast out the concrete obstruction of the south spillway to drain the reservoir. Then, the call for tenders to excavate the area, the awarding of the contract and the actual work. —Provided, of course, are enough replies to the above. That’s important. Elected I.O.O.F. D.D.G.M. At a district meeting of the I.O.O.F. in Goderich Thursday of last week, Mr. Albert Keys, of the Exeter Lodge was elected D.D.G.M. for the ensuing term. Mr. Keys and Clark Fisher were delegates from Exeter. Don't Forget! Turn Clocks Don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead an hour for Daylight -Saving Time this weekend. But you’d bettei1 check below which night you turn it back, be­ cause you may miss church Sun­ day morning. Some communities change Saturday midnight, others change Sunday night. Those in the district are as follows: SUNDAY' MIDNIGHT Exeter, Dashwood, Credit-on SATURDAY MIDNIGHT Hensall, Lucan, Grand Bend Grand Bend residents will vote this year on the question of legal­ izing the sale of beer and liquor in the summer resort. A petition circulated Wednes­ day received more than the re­ quired number of signatures to request the vote, a spokesman said. Application for the ballot will be sent to Toronto imme­ diately. Residents will answer “yes” or “no” to three questions; “Are you in favor of the esta­ blishment of government stores for the sale of liquor?” (Accord­ ing to the spokesman, this would mean a combined store that would sell both liquor and beer). “Are you in favor of the sale of liquor under a dining lounge licence for consumption with meals on licenced premises?” “Are you in favor of the sale of liquor1 under a lounge licence for consumption on licenced premises?” For the legislation, to pass, 60 percent of the voters must signify “yes”. A petition containing over 25 percent of the voters named on i the last provincial list must be ' obtained before a vote can be I called. Industrial Commission Seeks Can Contracts I I there ad 3/VaL'-v* zw pF* Try To Settle Wage Split Conciliation officer John Dun­ can, of the Ontario Department of Labor, interviewed manage­ ment and labor negotiating com­ mittees at the local factory of the Canadian Canners Limited Plan To Enlarge Playground, Dominion Holiday Celebration Exeter Kinsmen approved on Thursday night -a $2,396 budget for their summer playground. The program for children will include part-time activities Victoria and Riverview Parks, sides the regular sessions Community Park. The budget, submitted by Play­ ground Chairman Robert South- cott, includes purchasing of more equipment and assisting the pub­ lic school board with landscaping of the grounds. The playground was started last summer by Kinsmen and was termed “very successful” by Com­ munity Programme officials, the activities were held in -community park, committee hopes program into the the town so that may participate. The club has authorized the at be­ at All the the its This year, to extend other parks of more children hiring of six supervisors for the playground. They will receive special training at a Community Programmes school this spring. All are local high school stu­ dents. Grounds around the public school will be landscaped spring by the school board the club. Celebration Budget Kinsmen also approved a . . 200 budget for their annual Dominion Day Celebration. This includes the new cai’ which the club is raffling and the cost of the Celebration program. Proceeds from this day go to­ wards the playground project and other welfare work. Chairman of the Celebration Committee, Donald Traquair, sub­ mitted the -budget. Over $500 is allotted for the evening vaude- this and $4,- Sole Accident Survivor Receives Nine Months Found guilty of motor man­ slaughter by a Supreme Court jury in London, Frank Walter Brawley, 46, of Toronto, was sentenced Friday by Mr. Justice D. C. Wells, to nine months de­ finite and six months indetermin­ ate in the Ontario reformatory. Brawley, a rigger mechanic, was driving from Toronto to Sarnia last November 12 when his car was involved in a crash at the El-ginfield intersection of highways No. 4 and No. 7 that took four lives. A 16-year-old Crediton „ , Joyce Isobel Kuhn, at the wheel of the truck, her mother, Jean Elizabeth Kuhn, 36 grandmother, Mrs. Mary Gower, 67, of RR 2, Ailsa Craig, Were all killed at the scene. Brawley’s companion, Clifford Creighton, 28, of Toronto, a passenger in the car, died latef of injuries. A supreme Court jury return­ ed i ts verdict of motor man­ slaughter Wednesday after de­ liberating three hours with “strong recommendation who driver gun girl Mrs. and mercy*’ for Bradley, changed as the car volved in the crash, •Mr. justice D. C. a for Was in- Wells man-ded Brawley for sentence said he would pay strong atten- Uoft to the jury's; recommenda- re- and tion. Testifying in his defence, Brawley told the jury he “tramp­ ed on the gas” shortly before the crash because his companion had yelled, “For God sakes, her!” “I looked to my right and saw a truck and a cloud of dust,” he said. The truck was about 500 feet away and seemed to “slew around .... like a car out of control,” Brawley said. Yelled Warning About two car lengths from the intersection, Brawley said he Was looking south on No. 4 away from the when his Creighton, 28, of Toronto, sud­ denly yelled a warning. “Creighton yelled at me, Gods sakes gull her’,** Said ley. “When he yelled it ihto my mind the truck had gone out of control and was headed for uS. I put the car into second and tramped on the gas pedal.” .Assistant Crowd Attorney A. E. Shepherd asked Brawley why he had acted without looking. The rigger said that in his job, if somebody yelled a warning, “I wouldn't look up to see, I’d jump one way or the other.” Brawley was defended by C, J, F. Sloss and Reginald E. Fairs. approaching truck, companion, Clifford ‘For Braw- came ville program, one of the high­ lights of the day. Directors In Charge Directors of the club were in charge of the meeting. Earl Wit­ mer was chairman of the pro­ gram and wives and friends of the Kinsmen were guests. Dr. U. Laite, United Church minister, of* Stratford, and a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during the second world war, was guest speaker. . The minister, who was a Can­ adian Army padre during the war, spent 44 months in a con­ centration camp along with his men. Christianity alone saved the soldiers from being killed, he stated. When the men were captured on Hong Kong Island, it was a Christian Japanese interpreter who succeeded in persuading the enemy officers from killing the men. Those soldiers who survived the “horrible years” in concen­ tration camp, he said, owed their lives to the Christian Japanese guards who sneaked them extra food and medical supplies and to their own faith in God. Food Ration Their food ration consisted of dirty rice, through which rats had run, carrot tops, chrysanthe­ mum leaves, and sweet potato tops. Many diseases spread through the camp and the Japanese pro­ vided few medical supplies. In November, 1942, when the padre told a Japanese doctor that 12 and 13 men were dying every day, the doctor replied; “I don’t give a damn how many die!”_ “But there were guards,“ Laite said, way of Christ and they Us with food and medical purchased in the black of neighboring towns.” The Japanese, Dr. Laite said, predicted they would break the morale of the men in three months. “They never did.” World Parliament Dr. Laite stated Christianity was the only method of breaking the world fences down and he stated this faith would make a parliament of man and a peaceful federation of our world possible. The speaker was introduced by Director _ Sheldon Wein and thanked by Director Elmore Mc­ Bride. Glen Mickle was sergeant-at- arms. Brizes were won by Bill Tuckoy and Irvine Armstrong. Dr. 'who had found the supplied supplies markets the Canadian Tuesday. The officer settle the dispute over the' new union contract. He will submit his report to the Ontario Labor Relations Board and the board will offer recommendations to the negotiating parties. The union-management split is over the overtime clause which appeared in last year’s contract. The clause gives workers pay- and-a-half for work over 60 hours a week during the packing season. The company has de­ manded the clause be taken out of the new contract and refuses to pay overtime. The union in­ sists the clause should be in­ cluded. No contracts for produce have been let by the company for year. It is expected the company not announce its plans until labor problem is settled. will attempt to this will the E x e t e l1 council's industrial committee has requested Canad­ ian Canners Limited to consider letting contracts for a late pea crop, it was announced at council meeting Monday night. Mayor W. G. Councillor R. D. viewed company Hamilton Friday to avoid a possible shut down of the local plant. ■Mayor Cochrane told council the company would give no pea contracts until a union contract had been agreed upon. The company does not intend to can any corn, he said. While in Hamilton the commit­ tee interviewed Commercial Leasholds, a firm which acts as Luwusm„s w consulting engineers for industry | contributors and which provides capital for‘ building or will build itself with the guarantee of a long-term lease. The firm said it would visit Exeter and examine the possibilities in the event an in­ dustry wished to build. Mayoi1 Cochrane said some citizens wondered why the town does not construct a building for industry on speculation. He said this would be foolish because if an industry had bright prospects, it could easily obtain assistance for building. Council instructed its representatives, Reeve Pooley and Deputy-Reeve William McKenzie, to discuss at county council the appointing of county building inspector. This move arose from Cochrane and Jermyn inter­ officials in in an attempt private county R. E. a a question posed by Councillor R. C. Dinney who wondered if any supervision could be established to prevent poor construction in building. The councillor said one house which was recently con­ structed and sold had sagged T-A Reporter 25 Years Mrs. H. Hoffman Retires ■Mrs. Henry Hoffman, who for the past 25 years has reported the happenings in and around Dashwood, to The Exeter Times- Advocate, recently decided to give up the work because of ill health. Her decision caused re­ gret to the editor and entire staff of the newspaper she has served so faithfully as corres­ pondent. Mrs. Hoffman’s daughter Myr­ ta, now Mrs. Evans, of Richmond Hill, was the first member of the Hoffman family to report Dashwood news to the Exeter paper. When she left home to attend business school in Lon­ don, her mother carried On work . Mr. Hoffman played an portant role in seeing that news budget arrived in time, over mail and Dashwood and Exeter by “horse’ bus. He helped Mrs. Hoffman by delivering the news for her and often was able to give her items about visitors to Dashwood who had made the trip with him after reaching Exeter by bus or train. Recently when Mrs. Hoffman was not well enough to write the i _* ’ . Ken McCrae took over for her. The has the ira- the For the40 years he carried passengers between at first .power and later by news, her daughter, Mi’s. co - operation her family given her, is one of the pleasant recollections she has of her long career as a correspondent. Mrs. Hoffman feels sure she will miss keeping track of the happenings in the " town where she was born and has spent her life, she and her family have taken an active part in church and community life and the re­ porting of these activities be­ came second nature to Mrs. Hoff­ man. Her pad and pencil were always beside the phone ready to take notes on the latest events. And the people of the community got the habit of call­ ing her when they had news, knowing it would be capably re­ ported. As mementos of her many years in newspaper work, Mrs. Hoffman has six scrap books and several boxes bulging with clippings of the items she has written. They contain an accu­ rate history of the important events in Dashwood and district for the past quarter of a century. Mrs. Hoffman enjoys her collec­ tion and sometimes spends an evening reading them over and reminiscing. Besides corresponding for The Times-Advocate she also sent Dashwood news to The Zurich Herald. Three years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Their fam­ ily consists of a son, T. H. Hoff­ man, wood, Mrs. Mervin Tiemah and Mrs. and Mrs. Myrta Evans, Richmond Hill. Mrs. E. H. Rader is the correspondent at Dashwood. funeral director in Dash- Ken McCrae, Dashwood, badly because of a poor founda­ tion. Materials and supports used in the building were not ade­ quate, he said. Clerk C. V. Pickard pointed out that council had attempted to secure a building inspector for the town several years ago but -could get no applicants. Council felt it would be more practical to have a county in­ spector. Largest Contribution Exeter’s contribution to the Ausable Authority this year , is $1,746, approximately the same as last year. Council noted that the town paid the largest share of all the 23 municipalities. Mc­ Gillivray, Stephen and Usborne • townships -were the next biggest j The Authority allocation is I based one-half on assessment and one-half on population. Several members will attend the meeting of the Huron County Municipal Officers Association at Hensall on May 13. Hensall Clerk J. A. Patterson is presi­ dent this year. The new presi­ dent will be H. H. G. Strang, Usborne Clerk. Council instruct­ ed Deputy-Reeve William Mc­ Kenzie to invite the Association to hold its next meeting at Exe­ ter if Mr. Strang wished it. —Please turn to Page’12 Usborne Lets Drain Work Usborne council has let the contract for the construction of the Jaques drain to Willihm Campbell, of Seaforth, for $790. Only other tender submitted for the work was from F. Kirkby who quoted $950. Tenders were opened at a recent council meet­ ing. The Jaques drain by-law was given its third and final reading. The road superintendent was instructed to call for tenders for the contract to spray approxi­ mately 75 miles of township road for weed control. N. G. Clarke, warble fly in­ spector, reported the completion of the first spray and advised that the operator commenced the second and final spray Monday, April 21. J. A. Howes, engineer, con­ ferred with council regarding correspondence from David A. Robinson, solicitor for McKee ’ Construction Co., contractors on the Ausable River drain repair. Council instructed its township solicitor to reply that the only settlement it would make was on the basis of the engineer’s re­ port on the work. Council was divided on whether the contract for retreading the road maintainer tires should go to Acme Tire and Rubber Co., London, or Handcock Tire Tread Co. The reeve cast his deciding vote in favor of Acme. I new Moves To Toronto D'Arcy Drimmie, former mana­ ger of Exeter District Co-op, his wife and family have moved to Toronto where Mr. Drimmie is employed in the head office of the United Co-operatives of On­ tario. Church Considers School Annex A committee from James St. Church is investigating the poss­ ibility of building a Sunday School annex, They have recently visited Rob­ inson Memorial United Church, London, Which has been renovat­ ed, the new Lambeth United Church which is under construc­ tion and the recently completed Presbyterian Church, Goderich, Members of the committee are Rev. M. J. Snell, Walter Cutbush, Mervin Cttdmoro, Carfrey Cann, Mrs. s, B. Taylor, Mrs. it, II, Cowen and Miss May Jones.