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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-08-20, Page 10Page 10 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1953 T Tomlinson Topics From Roofing Contractors Credited By .MRS. J. WOODALL Inquest Jury Requests Jiggers Stop At Road Comments About Centralia By MBS, F. BOWDEN Mr. FARMER: Bonded Roofers Appliers of 'Felt, Gravel and Built-up Roofing and Hot Asphalt Coating DUBLIN, ONT. MUSCLES?SORE PHONE 59 "KING OF PAIN 9" Want to relieve them -QUICK? Get quick-drying Minard’s Liniment­ rub it in well. You’ll get relief, and quick, too! Personal Items Mrs. Roy Finjsbeiner was taken ill at hei* home last week and re­ moved to South Huron Hospital where she is still confined. Mrs. L. P- Boulianne, who spent several days in South Huron Hospital last week, has returned home and is much improved. Baby Desanne Woods has re­ turned -from St. Joseph’s Hos­ pital, London, where she patient several days last Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Miss Harriet Bowen Tuesday of last week in ford. They were WE WANT YOUR CH 5 C o Q. tn C u TOP PRICES kJ WEIGHED AT £ o LX. YOUR DOOR Howard Ferguson, District Representative Riverside Poultry Co. 1236 TRAFALGAR ST., LONDON London 7-1230 Phone Collect 680-r-2 Hensail Shirts Socks Underwear Jeans Jackets Ties Slacks Blazers Clothes For Boys From Kindergarten To College McKnight & Walper MEN’S WEAR Phone SI Exeter School Clothes For Pre-Teens SKIRTS DRESSES LINGERIE BLOUSES Sizes 10-14<x LADIES! We Are Proud To Announce Out New Fall Clothes ARE HERE! Come In And See Our Top Selection Of The Latest Styles For Tall LADIES* WEAR Phone 141 Exeter was a week. Green spent Brant- accompanied home by Mr. Green’s brother, Mr. Fred Green and Mrs. Green, of Chicago, who were visiting in Brantford. This week Mr. and Mrs. Charles Green and Mr. and Mrs, Fred Green are visiting with another brother, Mr. Leslie Green and Mrs. Green, in Mont­ real. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Fahrner and Mr. Calvin Fahrner, Sarnia, spent the weekend in Orillia, Mrs. Mary Wein visited over the weekend with relatives in Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Adams and niece, Miss Connie, Edmond, of Philadelphia, visited last week with the Chambers family. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith and family are spending two weeks with friends in Ottawa. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cook, of Woodstock, were callers in town on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hill attended the wedding of the for­ mer’s cousin in Tawas Mich. Mr. Jim Parkinson, who the past seven weeks at Borden, retured home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Parkinson, I Marie, Elizabeth, James and John are spending a portion of their vacation this week in Northern Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Faist and sons, of St. Thomas, spent Sun­ day at the home of Mrs. M. Faist. Mrs, Lloyd Gaiser visited a few days this week with Mrs. F. Gratton, Grand Bend, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Clark re­ turned on Friday after spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Russel Clark in Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ayres, of Montreal, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Fahrner. Miss Sheila Ayres spent a few days here and returned to Montreal by plane on Sunday. Mrs. J. Whitten, of Goderich, spent a few days last week with her daughter, Mrs. Des Woods and Mr. Woods, 4 Mr. and Mrs. Ray Van Doren, Miss Evelyn Fahrner and Mr. D. Johnston, of Saline, Mich., visited with relatives here last week and were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Schenk. Receives Appointment Congratulations to Mr. Edward Schenk, son of Mr. H. Schenk, who has lately been auditor with Personal ’ ‘ . who has recently been appointed supervisor over 12 offices in City, spent Camp Finance of Canada, and A public inquest wa,s held on Wednesday afternoon into the death of Alexander Hildebrand, 47. Kensal!, who died on Mon­ day, August 10, as a result pf an accident involving a railway gas car, and a gravel truck owned by Lavis Contracting Com­ pany, Clinton. Coroner Dr. F- G. Thompson, Clinton, conducted the inquest in the council chamber of the town hall, Clinton- Prosecu­ tor was Crown Attorney Glenn Hays, Q.C., Goderich. The jury of five men, made up of Foreman Alvin McBride, reeve of Stanley Township; John R. Murdoch, Harold Lemon, Aub­ rey Farquhar and William Mc­ Laughlin brought in a verdict at 6:10 p.m. as follows: ‘‘We the coroner’s jury inves­ tigating the death of Alexander Hildebrand find that he was killed by being crushed by the Wheels of a truck when the truck was in collision with a CNR gas car or jigger on which the deceased, a railway section employee, was a passenger, at the intersection of the CNR tracks and the second sideroad of Stan­ ley Township north of Kippen on the tenth day of August, 1953. "We attribute no negligence or blame to any of the parties in­ volved in the accident. "We recommend to the CNR that their jiggers stop at all intersections, and that,, not only do they keep their railway right of way clear of obstructions, but that the railway company or the railway board seek by negotia­ tion or otherwise to prevent ob­ structions present on lands ad­ jacent to crossings, as we feel that the location of the corn­ field referred to in the evidence in proximity to the crossing, caused or largely caused the ac­ cident by blocking so much of the view’.” Witnesses were Edmund Daly, Seaforth, photographer, who re­ corded scenes of the accident; Cecil Maxwell, Hensail, section foreman of the railroad between I-Iensall and Clinton, was in to the George Deeves, sengers Strong, gravel truck; Dr. F. G. Thomp­ son, coroner who attended the scene of the accident; Constable Helmar Snell, Seaforth, who in­ vestigated the accident. Evidence brought' out at the inquest described the accident to have happened in the following way: The gas car, or jigger, with the five workmen aboard was ap­ proaching the sideroad a mile and a quarter south of Bruce- field, travelling at approximately 15 miles per hour on a routine check of the rail and general road conditions, T^Deeves, whose particular job it was tp look ahead for traffic approaching, saw the .truck coming down the sideroad and called a warning to stop, later following up with the words, “Ret off”, when he saw that the vehicles were not going to stop in time. McLeod, Steep and Hildebrand all stepped off the gas car as it continued to roll. Foreman Maxwell at the controls had applied the 'brakes immediately after the first warn­ ing. The hopper trailer truck, ap­ proaching the intersection at ap­ proximately 15 miles per hour, and bearing a load of ten yards of gravel meant for the road just west of the crossing was driven by Donald Strong, Clinton. The driver saw the gas car approaching and applied his brakes to stop the truck, swerving to the right when it became evident that the truck would not stop in time. Failure to see the other ve­ hicles earlier, was attributed by both parties, to be owing to the tall stand of corn in the field adjacent to the crossing. ' Somehow, Mr. Hildebrand fell in the path of the truck, and the rear dual wheels passed over the upper part of his body causing instantaneous death, as reported by the coroner, The truck struck the gas car and carried it along, with Max­ well and Deeveg still on it,' ap­ proximately seven feet off the track, coming to a stop with the contacting front wheels of both vehicles locked together. Message From Greenway By MRS. CABMEN WOODBURN and who control of the gas car up time of the accident; McLeod, J. Steepe and T. all section men. and pas- on the gas car; Donald Clinton, driver of the Den- days Stee- Canada for the company. Edward made a business trip to Halifax by plane on Sunday evening. Mrs. Schenk and daughter Julia are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Schenk during his absence. Data On Dashwood By MRS. E. H. RADER Women’s Institute are holding a baking sale on main street, Dashwood, Saturday after­ noon, August 22, at 2:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wiedo and family, of Detroit, visited with Mrs. Fred Schlundt and the for­ mer’s brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Wiedo, last weekend. Miss Shirley Wiedo re­ mained with Mrs. Schlundt for a two-week visit. Mrs. Renata Wahl, of Elmira, returned home Sunday : spending two weeks with two nieces and families, Mr. Mrs. Edgar Restemayer and and Mrs. Albert Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stumpf and family at Kit­ chener Sunday. Mrs. Nora Koes- sel and Frieda .returned home with them to spend a week here. Mr. and Mrs. Reinhold Miller spent Sunday at Sarnia. Mrs. Colin Hinley and Lyn, of London, spent last week with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reinhold Miller. Mr. Hinley spent the weekend here. Mr, and Mrs. Colin Hinley and Lyn, of London, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Harry Hayter. Mrs. Jake Schroeder and her daughter, Mrs. Tillie Restemayer, spent Sunday at New Hamburg with Mr. and Mrs. Egmund Bruer. Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. E. Koehler were Mr. and Mrs. Ward Kraft and John and Mrs. Douglas Keyes, of London. Anne Marie Kraft returned home with them accompanied by Miss Barbara Koehler who will spend a week in Loudon. Mr. and Mrs. M. McGrenere and family, of London, are lioli- dayihg with the latter’s father, Mr. Otto Restemayer. Mr. add Mrs. Melton Walper and girls, Of ingersol, spent the weekend with '.1.. rents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fas- Sold. Mr. and Mrs. O, W. GraybieL Of Toronto, and Mr. Norman Huband, of spent Sunday with Miss Beatrice Graybtel and Mr. and Mrs. Wes England. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Brown, of London, spent Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs, William Wein. Miss Delia Marks, of ListoWel, Spent the weekend with Misses Marie and Pearl Kraft. Mr. and Mrs. Art Haugh, .lean and Miss Betty Gaiser, London, after her , and I Mr. and the latter’s pa- and Mrs. MimicOj motored to Naperville, Ill., on Friday to bring Mr. Glen Haugh home for a two-week vacation. They visited Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo and Chicago. Rev. and Mrs. B. Carr and family of the Ottawa Valley are visiting the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Weber. Rev. Carr was guest speaker at the E.U.B. Church Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hoffman and family attended a Band­ master’s Association convention at Owen Sound over the weekend. Master John Kellerman, who has been at Woodeden Camp re­ turned home Friday. Miss Grace Kellerman, of To­ ronto, visited With Mr, and Harold Kellerman. Miss Marilyn Currie, of ville, is holidaying with Shirley Bender. Members of the E.Y.F. young people lield a picnic Sunday at Seaforth Park. Miss Shirley Wurm, of Exeter, spent a few days with her grand­ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Art Wil- lert. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zimmer spent the weekend in Detroit and attended the funeral of the lat­ ter’s aunt, Mrs. Julia Campbell. Misses Ruth and Helen Zinfmer spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. William Ziler while their parents were in Detroit. Miss Theresa Zimmer, of Lon­ don, spent Friday at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Fred TenEyck and Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Eck- stien, of Kitchener, spent Sun­ day with Mrs. Henry Becker, Sr., who returned to Kitchener ■With them for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Becker at tended the Batten reunion Sun day at Riverview Park, Kxetet on Sunday. A few members Of the Walther League attended the Blue Water Zone Walther League picnic on Sunday at Mitchell. , Mr. and Mrs. Fred Yausl, of London, sperit the weekend with the latter’s mother, Mrs. Henry Becker, Sr. Dr, GUlenS, who has beeh in- ternihg at St Joseph’s Hospital London, expects to move to Dash­ wood this week. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gelinas. Miss Mary Francis Piede, of Lon­ don, ,aiid Mr, and Mrs, Harvey Gelinas, of Drysdale, spent Suh-* day with Mr; and Mrs. Denhis Corriveau. r* Mrs. Jerry Brophey, of Park­ hill, spent the weekend with Mrs. W. T. Ulens. Mr. and Mrs. Donald McPher­ son, of Hamilton, spent a few days last week, with Mr. and Mrs. Walter McPherson. Miss Ruth Holland, of field, is spending a few with Mr. and Mrs. Willis per. Mr. and Mrs. Harold I-Ions- berger and family, of Vineland, spent the weekend with Mrs, William Hicks. Mr. and Mrs. Milton visited on Sunday with Mrs. Carlisle Taylor and family, of Grand Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Brown visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Steeper, of West Mc­ Gillivray. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brophey and Frances visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Cleave Bro­ phey, of Hanover. -Gnr. Allan Steeper returned to his home on Tuesday after serv­ ing in the armed forces east. Misses Marguerite and Crawford, of Port Huron, on Sunday with Mrs. R, pard and Mr. Seibourne English. Last Week’s Personals Mrs. A. F, Mary Matthews, Mr. Edison Matthews and London, called on a relatives on Monday. Congratulations to Mrs. Kenneth Westman Audrey Harlton), who were mar­ ried Saturday. Miss Elizabeth Box, of Park­ hill, spent a few days with Misses Marlene and Margaret Woodburn, Mrs. Robert Snowden returned to her home in Parkhill after spending some time with Mr. Mrs. Walter McPherson. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Larkin family, of Windsor, spent weekend with her parents, and Mrs. Lloyd Stewardson. Miss Marilyn Mousseau, of Kip­ pen, visited last week with her cousin, Miss Marion Woodburn. Mr. and Pollock Mr. and in the Violet visited Shep- Mrs. Oak- Miss Visitors at the home of Mr. ' and Mi'g. George Hicks on Tues­ day of last week were Mrs. A. Wells, Mrs. G. Potter, Mrs, A, Nesbitt, Mrs, C. Steffier and Mrs. R. Wells of BJyth. The latter re­ mained until Saturday. Mr, and Mrs, Gilmore, of Fort Erie, were weekend visitors with Mr, and Mrs, Fred Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. Harris West and Bette Lqu visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. J. Talbot Valley. Mr, and Mrs. Andrew turned home last week a six-week visit with their daugh­ ter and son-in-law in Montreal. On their way home they stopped off in Toronto to visit with their nephew, Mr. and Mrs. 0. Hicks, who brought them home on Wed­ nesday, Mrs. G. 0. Thompson, of Lon­ don, was a Friday visitor with Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Hodgson. Misses Catherine Hudgins and Carol McCurdy are attending the United Church Training Camp near Goderich. Miss Donna Bowdeji spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Swan in Watford, Mr, and Mrs. T. Jamieson, of North Bay, and Mrs. McEwen, of Stratford, called on Mr. and Mrs. George Hicks on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Murray McLeod and family, of Aurora, were Sun­ day evening visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McFalls. Mr. and Mrs, S. Henry and family, of Listowel, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hicks on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Penwardeu visited with friends in the vil­ lage on Friday evening and Mrs. Penwarden attended the shower for Miss Doreen Proctor. « Shower For Bride-Elect Miss Doreen Proctor was guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower in the school room of the church on Friday evening. Numbers on the program in­ cluded a duet by the Essery twins, Jean and Joan; readings by Mrs. A. Isaac and Mrs. Hep­ burn and a duet by Mrs. C. Mc­ Curdy and Mrs. Reg Hodgson. A very fine address was read by Mrs. Lome Hicks and Doreen was presented with many beauti­ ful and useful gifts for which she expressed sincere apprecia­ tion. , Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Gates left on Wednesday of last week on a month’s vacation with their daughter in Boston. in Grand Hicks re- following _ It’s all right to drink ‘like fish if you only drink what fish does. z z a a It CAN Happen To YOU FIRE Plays No Favorite Your Farm May Be Next FIRE leaves tragic loss and despair in its wake unless you are protected. - Don’t let that old demon, FIRE, wipe out your home, your buildings. Just phone us and we will he happy to prepare your policy. Do it now . . . tomorrow may be too late. Phone: Office 24 Res. 162-J “The Insurance Man” New Duo Therm Oil Home Heaters With Exclusive Electric Self Lighters Now On Display At Beavers Hardware Come in and discuss your heating problems with ‘ us. Buy now on Convenient Payment Terms ! 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