The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-06-04, Page 1Eighty-First Year
Defence Jobs
“Civil defense in this country
or any country is just as import
ant today as is the army or the
airforce” according to Lt. Col.
Arthur Welsh, Ontario Provinc
ial Secretary, who addressed a
Coronation Banquet of the Exe
ter Branch of the Canadian Le
gion in the Legion Hall Wed
nesday evening.
"Civil defense is a form of in
surance that we must take out.
With the means of transportation
today and the atomic bomb and
other weapons of destruction
which might strike at any time
bringing disaster, preparation for
any emergency is a necessity”
said Mr. Welsh.
“Schemes must be devised for
the control of traffic. Roads are
being mapped for cases of emer
gency and organizations must be
-set up to act quickly if disaster
strikes. Members of the Canad
ian Legion, who know discipline
and efficiency, are the men best
fitted for such an undertaking”
said Mr. Welsh.
Speaking of the Coronation the
speaker said it was not only a
tribute to a lovely little lady but
to the sound thinking of the
Briish Empire. The Queen repre
sents to us
we believe
fought for;
believe in.
“Almost
people of the world do
lieve in our way of life”
“What we believe and what the
the communists believe are two
idealogies and will not be settled
in Europe or Asia but will be
settled here in America. We must
show to those behind the iron
curtain that we must outwork,
outthink and outproduce our
enemies.”
all the things which
in;
the way of
the things
life
two-thirds
we
we
the
be-
of
not
he said.
The speaker said that when,
the second world war was over
he had hoped to come back to
live a normal life, but the clouds
have darkened and today he is
not too sure that that is possible.
Col. Welsh congratulated the
members of the Exeter Legion on
the excellent work they have
done, “With only one exception
the Exeter Legion Hall was the
best he had seen, and that excep
tion is in one of the large cities”
he said. He paid tribute to the
wives of the members for with
out their support the Legion
would not be what it is today,
Comrade Andy Bierling presided
for the evening. Present as guests
were the members of the town
council and representatives of
the Lions Club and the Kinsmen.
A welcome was extended to the
speaker and the visitors by the
acting-mayor, Ted Pooley. Elmer
Bell expressed the appreciation
of the gathering to the ladies
for the splendid banquet.
Andy Easton gave a history of
the Legion from the time of its
charter and paid tribute to the
veterans who carried on under
much difficulty while few in
number. He mentioned the names
of the late Ken Clarke and M.
W. Pfaff who had given of un
stinted service and leadership
while acting as secretaries. Of
the 15 charter members on April
3, 1930, - - -
viz: Dr.
president;
Bagsliaw,
Cochrane,
observed in their memory.
Thomas Pryde, M.L.A., intro
duced the speaker of the eve
ning, whom he said was a former
Lucan boy and a member of the . .
Lucan Irish Nine. Col. Welsh | him with a gift.
five had passed away,
Atkinson, the first
Comrades Gambrill,
Harlton and J. G.
A minute’s silence was
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Legion
Hensall,
Huge throngs, numbering up
to 10,000 people, celebrated the
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
at RCAF Station Centralia and
Exeter Community Park Tuesday.
Speakers of the day paid glow
ing tribute to the beautiful
Queen, expressed “deep personal
loyalty” to Her Majesty, and
wished her a reign of peace and
prosperity.
At RCAF Station Centralia, re
sounding “three cheers” from the
men on parade and the host of
spectators climaxed the impres
sive Royal salute.
After hearing the Queen’s
speech over the public address
system, the guard of honor pre-
sented the "feu de joie", a triple
volley during which each of the
100 men fired in succession, be
tween the playing of "God Save
The Queen” by the band.
A. Y. McLean, M.P., said Can
adians rejoiced at the Coronation
of Elizabeth and hoped for a
reign of peace and prosperity.
"As head of the Common
wealth, the Queen holds together
the far-flung states and nations
of the Commonwealth,” he said.
"We remain deeply attached in
this union because we are
vinced it can make a major
tribution to the peace of
world.”
Group Captain W. W. Bean,
Tidal Wave Hits Bend,
Lightning Strikes Area
RECEIVE CORONATION MEDALS Tom Pryde, M.L.A.
for Huron, presented Exeter Public School pupils with their
souvenirs of the Coronation on Monday. The medals, bearing’
an etching of the Queen, were given to every school student
in Canada by the federal government. Judy Tennant, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Tennant, receives the first one
from Mr. Pryde. —Jack Doerr, Exeter
served ten years in two wars,
first in the airforce and later in
the army and had been awarded
several
service.
Past
Knight
Secretary Stan Frayne presented
medals for distinguished
Legion president Len Mc-
tlianked the speaker.
Plans Ready
For School
Final plans for the four-room
addition to Exeter Public School
were approved by the board Mon
day night. They have been sent
to the Ontario Department of
Eduucation for approval in pre
paration for the calling of ten
ders.
Harland Steele, of Page and
Steele, presented the blueprints
to the board and some
alterations were made.
The board voted $40 to
port grade six, seven and
pupils to Goderich to see the
Huron county museum.
Permission was granted Exe
ter Kinsmen to erect a sign on
their playground.
Seventy registrations were
made for next year’s kindergar
ten. More are expected.
minor
trans-
eight
A tidal wave struck Lake Hur
on shore and a heavy rainstorm
hit inland Saturday night
Western Ontario experienced
third weather eruption in
days.
Many residents, conscious
the two fierce tornadoes which
tore through the area shortly be
fore, feared another cyclonic
storm.
Grand
damages
know n
seiche-
Two fishing boats and a barge
were thrown up on dry land on
the south side of the river and a
building owned by Bruce Tiede-
man was wrenched off its founda
tion and twisted around.
The pier was damaged and
small boats were tossed from
their moorings.
A severe electrical storm in
Exeter and district killed two
cows and damaged two houses.
Cattle owned by Victor Hey
wood, east of town, and Leonard
Deitrich, near Dashwood, had to
be destroyed after being hit by
lightning. Dr. E. S. Steiner, of
Exeter, attended the victims.
A bolt hit a tree near the resi
dence of Cliff Moore, Simcoe
Street, and bounced into a bed
room through a window. It struck
an iron bed and set fire to a
mattress. It then bounced back
as
its
10
of
Bend reported heavy
from the tidal wave —
meteorologically as a
-as did Goderich.
Juniors Win Calf Prizes
At Hensall Spring Fair
■CHAMPION FEEDERS — Bill Etherington, of Hensail, left, and Laverne Wallace, Crom
arty, proudly display their prize calves following the judging at Hensall Feeder Calf Club
show Friday. Bill’s calf won grand championship for finish and Laverne’s was judged re
serve champion. They won over 74 others entered in the show. Both boys are in the junior
division. The grand champion calf drew 28 cents at the auction sale. —Staff Photo
Youth Finds UK Flight
Experience Of Lifetime
Bill Brock, Hensail district
youth, is attending the Corona
tion with Virginia Kaimakoff, of
British Columbia, as Junior Red
Cross Delegates from Canada. He
is writing a diary of his exper
iences for The Times-Advocate.
By BILD BROCK
During my visit. to the Coro-
' nation, I will write a series of
letters in which I waht to de
scribe highlights of interest to
everyone.
My first day was spent going
to Toronto to meet leaders in
the Red Cross. On Monday I saw
the Junior Red Cross Centre and
visited Red Cross Clinics in To
ronto, including Cerebral Palsy,
blood donors clinics, the Ontario
and Dominion centres. At night
I saw the opera ‘'Force of Des
tiny" from New York.
After the opera, we caught
the train for Montreal. At Mont
real, we met the .experience- of
our life—a Trans-Atlantic BOAC
Constellation. The sensations of
such a flight include views of
Montreal, the St. Lawrence river,
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and
the Bay of Fundy from the ait.
‘The greatest thrill of all was
night flying. From the windows,
one looks out on the clouds be
low and it gives you a feeling of
gliding over soft down.
We flew over Iceland, which
* looks very green. With the hed
ges as fence rows, it appears as
a jig-saw puzzle. We landed at
Prestwick. It was very rough
dropping through the clouds to
a glide over the landing field.
We developed engine trouble and
it had to be fixed at Prestwick.
While we waited, jets took off
and large passenger planes land
ed. We took off for London and
flew through clouds. It was just
like ’’driving through fog. At
London we found double-deck
busses and cars styled very dif
ferently from ours. The Austin
is a vary sleek car here. They
drive on the wrong side , of the
road. MAY 30—We were met
by Miss Coke and she drove us
through the English country
side. It was then one sees the
true England; the many hedges,
the narrow roads, the beautiful
flowers and, most important, the
coronation decorations.
We reached Barrett Hill, a
camp given to the Red Cross by
a woman after World War II.
There we met representatives of
2T countries who have active
Red Cross organizations. They
are mostly dark and came by
boat and plane from Australia
and New Zealand.
On Thursday, we went to the
Hampshire Branch for lunch
and to the Winchester St. Paul’s
Cathedral, a very old and famous
church.
On Friday, we discussed Red
Cross organization with a Red
Cross representative from Gen
eva, Switzerland.
In the evening, Lady Black
master, a spectator at a previous
coronation, explained the de
tails of the ceremony for us.
Members of the Moore family,
sleeping in adjoining bedrooms,
were not injured. The fire depart
ment was called.
Lightning struck the Main
Street United Church parsonage,
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OBE, CD, commanding officer of
RCAF Station Centralia, said the
Royal Canadian Air Force feels
"a deep personal loyalty and tre
mendous admiration for the wo
man who is fulfilling her diffi
cult role in an outstanding man
ner.”
Ovei’ 500 men were in
ade, which included the
band from the Station
Exeter Citizens’ Band,
members from Exeter,
Grand Bend and Lucan were also
in the parade.
Under the command of Wing
Commander W. J. Michalski, tjie
parade presented a general salute
to the Commanding Officer, and
marched past the dais with Mr.
McLean receiving the salute.
Guests on the dais included the
reeves of the surrounding muni
cipalities and Thomas Pryde,
M.L.A.
The program was timed per
fectly to the Queen’s message.
Immediately following the speech
by Mr. McLean, her radio address
was heard over the amplifiers.
After the parade, station per
sonnel presented a half-hour air
show consisting of aerobatic for
mation and solo flying.
Children enjoyed a carnival of
rides and amusements and ladies
of the Women’s Auxiliary at
Huron Park conducted a nursery
for the smaller children.
Fireworks Attract
A $1,000 fireworks display,
climaxed by a flaming picture of
the Queen, attracted the largest
crowd ever gathered in Exeter
Community Park at night, The
hour-long show of striking aerial
and ground explosives thrilled the
spectators.
Before the display, the Exeter
band and the South Huron Dist
rict High School band presented
a program of music.
Acting mayor of Exeter, R. E,
Pooley, was chairman for the pro
gram.
Thomas Pryde, M.L.A., was
guest speaker. He said "the Mon
archy has never been so close to
us as it is today. I think this is
a tribute to the personality of
the young Queen Elizabeth.”
Other speakers were Group
Captain Bean; Alvin Kerslake,
reeve of’ Hensall and warden of
Huron; Earl Campbell, reeve of
Hay; Jack Morrissey, reeve of
Stephen; Verne Pincombe, reeve
of Usborne. Rev. Harold J. Snell,
pastor of James Street United
Church, led in prayer.
SOUTH HURON HOSPITAL’S
Thursday to the first identical
1 FIRST TWINS — Mrs. Gordon Hess, of Zurich, gave birth
twins at South Huron Hospital. Both Gary Wayne and Lar
ry Gordon weighed well over five pounds and are doing well. Mrs. Hess is the former Doro
thy McDougall. —Jack Doerr. Exeter
Prepare For Music Festival
The music festival committee
of the Huronia Male Chorus has
set the third week of April, 1954,
as the date of the third 'annual
South Huron music festival. The
syllabus will Be available by the
end of October to give ample
time for preparation by those
wishing to compete.
BILL BROCK
Reports From England
Two members of the junior
division of Hensall Feeder Calf
Club won top prizes for the best
beef at the achievement day at
Hensall Spring Fair Friday.
Bill Etherington, of R.R. 1,
Hensall, won grand championship
honors for the best finish. La
verne Wallace, of Cromarty, took
reserve championship laurels. The
two young farmers captured the
awards in—competition with 74
other South Huron boys, many of
them their seniors.
Honors were widely distributed
among the members of the club,
first and largest of its kind in
the province. Feature attraction
of Hensall Spring Fair, the show
ing and sale of the cattle, ,was
witnessed by a crowd of close to
2,000 people.
Winners of the showmanship
awards were Robert Parsons, of
R.R. 1, Cromarty, for the senior
division; and David Morrissey,
Crediton, for. the juniors.
Largest gain in weight prize
was won by Robert Kinsman, of
R.R. 2, Kippen, whose calf put
on 585 pounds since November.
It averaged 2.70 pounds per day.
Second best was the calf of Ro
bert Parsons, Cromarty, who
gained 545 pounds at an average
of 2.52 pounds per day.
Top price at the auction sale
was 28 cents a pound, paid for
Bill Etherington’s grand cham
pion by Alf Scholl, Hensall but
cher. The reserve c h a m pion
brought 25 cents and was pur
chase^ by Dalton Finkbeiner, Ex
eter butcher.
The average price paid for the
7 6 calves auctioned was estimat
ed at a fraction over 23 cents.
The project is sponsored by the
South Huron Agricultural Society
which last fall backed enough
notes to finance the purchase of
the
ada,
his
the winter and brought dt out
Friday for the show and sale.
The boys pay for their calves
out of the earnings they make at
the auction sale.
Lined up before the show
started, the 76 calves occupied
two lines of stabling the full
length of the rink in HOnsall
Community Centre. The calves
were separated into two groups,
according to the carloads which
came in last fall, One group of
members had their calves 216
days While the others had theirs
for 196 days.
Laverne Wallace’s calf was
judged best In the 216-day group,
John Taylor, of Kippen, Was sec
ond and Bill Strong of Dublin,
third, ‘they received $10, $8 and
$6 prize money respectively,
Ih the 196-day group. Dill
Etherington’s calf took top lidii-
ors. Second was Jim Etherington
and third was Arthur Mitchell,
of R.R. 3, Exeter.
In tjie final judging, the Ether
ington calf was given the nod
over the Wallace calf.
Much of the detail work of
supervision and organization had
been done by John Butler, assist
ant agriculture representative,
who visited each of the boys dur
ing the winter.
Officers of the club, who
helped with the staging of the
day’s events are Jack Kinsman,
chairman, Neil Campbell, secre
tary-treasurer, Allan Walper and
Al Morgan, committee members.
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IFinds Crazy' Driving Rampant,
Asks Cooperation Of- Citizens
Exeter council tackled the
traffic problem for over an -hour
at its meeting Monday night.
Councillor Earl Witmer, chair
man of the police committee,
said he was receiving complaints
from all parts of the town about
beef calves In western Can-
Each of the boys signed for
calf, kept it and fed it over
ofFIREWORKS THRILLS A striking, hour-long display
fireworks drew the largest crowd, ever to fill Exeter Commun
ity Park Coronation night, The display was climaxed by a
fiery picture of the Queen. Local resident celebrated the Cor
onation at a program at tiCAF Station Centralia in the after
noon and finished the day nt the local park. --Jack Doerr
"car jockeys” who roared across
lawns and fences and raced on
streets and in parks.
Other members reported hed
ges and flower beds trampled by
wheels of cars driven by reck
less and irresponsible boys.
Councillor Witmer, in making
his monthly police report, re
quested citizens to cooperate with
the police to curb these actions.
He asked that the police be
notified as soon as these inci
dents occur.
Several citizens, he said, had
.complained to him the morning
after the damage is done, giving
the police no opportunity of
catching the culprits. Others, he
said, reported they knew who
was responsible but would not
divulge the names. If citizens are
not* willing to cooperate with the
police, they cannot expect effec
tive action, he said.
"If we’re going to police the
town the way it should be done,
we should have four policemen,”
the councillor stated.
Approve
In an
ing on
Witmer
’Sign on
ders and Andrew
toria. His motion
council. Councillor R. C. Dinney
was the only one opposed. He
maintained there was no benefit
in erecting these signs if there
were not sufficient police to en
force the law.
Other measures were adopted
to curb reckless and fast driv
ing.
Members of the Public Utili
ties Commission will receive $5
for each meeting. Council ap
proved the increase from $3 to
$5 on request of the Commis
sion. The raise is retroactive to
January 1.
Investigation Incomplete
Reeve R. E. Pooley
his investigation of the
of the bottle or social
, town was not complete and more
■ information is being sought, HO
■ noted it was difficult to get a
, definite interpretation of the
, Canada ^Temperance Act in re
gard to such clubs.I beputy-Reeve William McKen-
I isle reported he had instructed
Doug Triebner to build cement
toilets at Riverview Park and
construct a sidewalk on the
north side of the hospital.
Reeve Pooley said ^he Ausable
Authority’s engineer, C. P. Cor
bett, of Lucan, would visit the
town this month to lay plans
for the dredging of the reservoir
above the dam at Riverview
Park.
Permission was granted the
mobile RCAF Recruiting Unit to
operate in town.
In reply to an
Central Mortgage
Corporation, the
reported the new
Stop Streets
attempt to curb speed-
the streets, MH
proposed
William
Councillor
erecting stop
Street at San-
Street at Vic-
was passed by
inquiry from
and Housing
town council
housenumber
ing plan was not completed.
Permits Increase
Building permits were issued
to John Kats, house and garage;
J. C. Fulcher, house; Cann’s Mill
Ltd., storage warehouse, D. J.
Harrison, house; Martin Laub,
garage; Chester Mawhinney,
shingling house.
First and second readings on
the by-law for the Beaver drain
were read and approved. Court
of revision will be held the first
meeting in July.
reported
legality
club in
Farmers Honor
John Butler
Huron County farmers gave
John D. Butler a royal send-off
last Friday night.
The auditorium of
District Collegiate was
capacity to pay tribute to the
assistant agriculture representa
tive who has since left
frew County where he
sume similar duties.
Both Mr. Butler and
received gifts from 10
tions in the county,
county juniors presented ___
with a gold wrist watch and a
cheque, a bouquet of roses to his
wife and table and table lamp.
Bob Hern, of Granton, read the
address.
Gifts were presented by Chas.
Coultes, Belgrave, .
Huron 4-H Club leaders, Miss
Dorothy Patterson, of Wingham,
president of the Huron County
Junior institute, Maurice Love
and Andrew Dougal, of Exeter*
Clinton
filled to
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president of