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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-11-05, Page 1Walls Rising For Schools In Exeter And Lucan EXETER ADDITION — Masons lay the walls for the four-room addition at Exeter Public School, scheduled for completion in January. Fine fall weather has helped speed construction. The addition is attached'to the cast of the present building. The board hopes these addition­ al classrooms will take care of enrolment for future years. —T-A Photo NEW LUCAN SCHOOL — Walls are rising for the new Lucan Public School which will replace the old one which burned down in a spectacular blaze this spring. Children arc now being taught'in the community centre and church basements. —T-A Photo "Ctbe (Btefer® mes-Atoocafe Eighty-First Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1953 Price Per Copy 70 Rob Post Office Of $6,000 Score Tobacco Sales To Minors; Find Exeter Stores Break Laws Thieves broke into the Exeter Post Office early Wednes­ day morning and escaped with loot worth $6,000. They forced their way through a rear window and pried open tile large filing safe with claw bars. Loot included cash, unemployment insurance stamps, denominative money orders Two From South Huron Try For Queen s Guineas Two junior farmers from this area will be after those coveted Queen’s Guineas. Tom Easton, of Exeter, and Robert Kinsman, of Kippen, Calf Club, will represent this othei’ from Huron County are both members of Exeter 4-H area in the competition. Nine also entered. At least two from South Hu­ ron have captured the Guineas in former competition. Bob Hern, of Granton, won the award in 1951 and Jack Kinsman, brother of Bob, captured the prize seve­ ral years ago. Largest Increases One of the largest year-to-year increases in Queen’s Guineas en­ tries in the history of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is fore­ cast by the Ontario Department of Agriculture. ..With entries . just closed and still being tallied, between 120 and 130 young steers^will com­ pete at the Royal, November 13- 21, for the coveted guineas, the Hon. T. L. Kennedy Challenge Trophy and the follow-up auction price of around $2 a pound tra­ ditionally bid by meat buyers for the top animal. The field will be about 30 larger than last year’s total. Guineas Worth $250 Limited to baby beef steers owned by farm boys and girls from Ontario, who must be mem­ bers of the 4-H calf clubs, the contest is one of the highlights of the guineas, created when Prince of Wales almost a century ago, and held in trust by the Ontario Department of Agriculture, have in recent years been translated as meaning a $250 cash prize to the winning owner. The exhibitor of the champion steer in runner-up breeds gets a .$100 cash awar' fair.. The Queen’s 50 drawn from a fund by King Edward VII d. Consider Ice For Hensall Community leaders in Hensall are considering a campaign to install artificial ice in their arena. A meeting of representatives of all groups in the village was held Wednesday night to discuss the possibilities of financing the ice plant. The Community Park Board, at a meeting .on Friday night, "heartily” endorsed the installa­ tion of artificial ice and members pledged themselves to help to the limit of their ability to fi­ nance the project. Delegates Attend Delegates of other organiza­ tions attending the meeting were Jack Tudor and R, E. Shaddick, of the Legion; E. L. Mickle and R. H. Middleton, of the Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Harold Bon- thron and Mrs. Byran Kyle, of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary, and Mrs. W. R. Bell and Mrs. John Henderson, of the Women’s In­ stitute. Board members present were George Armstrong, Lome Luker, Lome Hay, W. ~ ~ II. Keys. James secretary. The board is tenders for , 'the ............. making and management of arena. Returns From Trip To Britain, France Mrs. Muriel Sweet, who has spent the past two months in the British Isles, returned home the latter part of the week. Mus. Sweet left for England the lat­ ter part of August, sailing from New York in company .with her aunt, Mrs. Irwin, of Long Branch, Calif. She visited her daughter Helen, who is at .present employ­ ed in London, and together they visited in Scotland and Ireland. They also went to Calais, France, where they visited the grave of Mrs. Sweet’s son, Jack, who was killed in the second World War. "The cemetery is very beautiful, with flowers on the graves and I was able to get some colored pictures’’ said Mrs. Sweet. R. Dougall and A. Paterson is advertising caretaking, for ice the Exeter Public School Board will petition town council to pre­ vent sale of cigarettes and to­ bacco to minors. Concerned about the amount of tobacco which reaches the hands of children, the board feels ac­ tion should be taken to curb the distribution. Complaints heard at a meeting of the board Monday night indi­ cated children had little trouble securing cigarettes, tobacco in their smoke in secluded times openly. Cooperation of sellers, police and parents was urged by board to curtail the use of bacco by minors. , They carry pockets, and places, some- the to- Poppy Day Saturday Poppy Day in Exeter and trict will be held on Saturday, November 7. The campaign to as- sis needy veterans is sponsored by the Exeter Branch of the Canadian Legion. Each Canadian can do his part to keep alive and in action the ideals of unselfish service for which Canadian servicemen died in battle, External Affairs Mini­ ster Pearson said Tuesday night. The minister was speaking in support of Poppy Day in a re­ corded radio talk over the CBC. “Those fallen comrades . . . remind us of the tragic toll that must be paid when savagery or lust for power or Godless pur­ poses plunge war. “It is for private and community dis- peaceful people into us to show in our our public lives, in activities and our duty to the state, that spirit which they showed; which put duty above ease, and service above self. Only by doing so can we honor them in any fitting way Mr. which age is return Pearson said one way in .Canadians can pay hom- by helping those who and who need help. did Arm Caught In Wringer Miss Verna Coates, while ing the washing Monday morn­ ing, had the misfortune to get her hand caught in the electric wringer. She pulled the electric plug before releasing the safety device, but not before the arm was ’ in up to the elbow. For­ tunately no bones were broken. do- First Snowfall Month Behind On Wednesday, Exeter exper­ ienced its first trace of snow for the season. It was a light, sleety fall that covered the iground and fast disappeared. It was a fore­ runner of what to expect in the not too distant future. It follows several weeks of the most per­ fect weather as summer emerged into fall and the leaves turned to variegated colors that were marvellous to behold and then fell to the ground, hardly ex­ periencing a trace of frost. Last year the first slight trace of snow fell on October 2 accord­ ing to the records at the Met. section of the Centralia Airforce. The first real fall of snow last year was on October 19 with 1.2 inches of snow. The average tem­ perature for October this year was 55, the highest in at least five years; Exeter grocery stores, restau­ rants, drug stores, garages—all businesses which sell tobacco— are operating illegally, according to town by-law. Sale of tobacco in any form is prohibited under the "Public Morals” section of The Consoli­ dated By-Laws of Exeter, 1923. This was discovered by Town Clerk C. V. Pickard after he was requested to investigate what regulations govern the sale of cigarettes to minors. The by-law mentions nothing about minors. It prohibits selling of tobacco to anyone—young or old. The Exeter Public School Board, alarmed at the amount of smoking being done by children, decided to request police action against distribution among min­ ors. Members thought there was a by - law prohibiting sale to minors. The existing by-law has been completely ignored for many years. and postage stamps. Provincial and Exeter police and postal inspectors are working on the case but few clues are available. Apparently neither the men nor their car were seen. A fingerprint expert from Mount Forest took prints from the damaged safe Wednesday Local police are attempting to trace origin of two claw bars left Ice Champion Instructs Here at the scene of the theft. Postal authorities said the loot included $700 in cash, $1,806 in denominative money orders, $1,~ 745 in unemployment insurance stamps and over $1,700 in post­ age stamps. District Postal inspector W. E. Pearson, of London, fices throughout the with serial numbers of money orders. Exeter Postmaster Pfaff discovered the alerted of- province the stolen Lions Treat Children Over 250 Exeter and district children in colorful costumes at­ tended the Hallowe’en party at the arena on Saturday night sponsored by the Lions Club. Judging of costumes was done on the ice and several irtittor casualties resulted from the slip­ pery surface. The follbwing won prizes in the various classes: witches, Ernest Kerr, Jane Southcott, Karen Jer­ myn; pirates, Brian Hall, Brian Sweitzer, Ronald Durand; ghosts, Mabie Ann Fairbairn, Donald Cann, Douglas Ryckman; Indians, Elizabeth Ellerington, Tom Elldr- ington, Doug Hodgins. Hoboes, Paul Mason, Joyce Hamilton, Gary Beaver; national Carolyn Simmons, Jimmy Sweit­ zer, Judy SnOlgroye; cowboys, Ronnie Weber, Brian Lamport, Ricky Gaisor; nurses, Dianne Del- bridge and Sandra Snider, Eliza­ beth and Mary Cochrane, Robin Lee and Heather Sim; animals, Jacqueline Coughllhr Elizabeth Snell, tied for third Barbara Hodgson, Donna Bridges. Clowns, John Creech, carol Postponed Meeting Meeting of Exeter Business­ men’s Association, scheduled for Tuesday morning, was postponed until Monday evening. Too many members could not attend Tues­ day. Council Reviews Laws, Revise Housenumbers? Exeter council decided to review by-laws licencing trans­ ient traders and preventing bicycles riding on sidewalks, on Monday night. They also considered completely revamping the town’s housenumbering plan; endorsed a resolution asking for pro­ vincial assistance towards small i town housing projects ; and ‘ dropped, for the present at least, the plan to hire a policeman. Seek More Protection Two members from nessmen’s Association, Kenneth I-Iockey and May, asked for greater protec­ tion against The said the present $100 fee might not prevent a city concern oper­ ating a huge sale within the town limits. They asked the fee be raised to $20'0'. Council decided to review the by-law. Complaints about bicycle riders endangering people on sidewalks were heard. Reports of several people being knocked down con­ cerned the members. Few ‘Hellions’ Police Committee chairman Earl Witmer, who said he sur­ veyed the situation for several days, reported finding little dan­ gerous riding on the streets but noticed a few "hellions” who were reckless. part-time the Busi- President Warren transient traders. merchants’ representatives Bigger Cattle, 4-H Programs Advocated For Exeter Fair .Better facilities for showing livestock, a bigger 4-H program, and a larger, cattle show were ad­ vocated for Exeter Fair at a banquet in the Legion Hall on Friday night. Huron Agricultural Represent­ ative Gerry Montgomery said Ex­ eter has "one of the better fairs in the county” but it suffered because the livestock were "hid­ den” and cattle prizes were low. "I’d like to see you build sheds in the centre of the track where the livestock could be prominent­ ly displayed,” he told 200 fair directors, guests and wives. "You should increase your prize money in cattle to attract- more exhibit­ ors.” He complained that the 4-H cattle club did not have suffic­ ient room for proper judging and he suggested that the 4-H pro­ gram could be extended. He complimented the horse­ men on their excellent show but felt the fair had gone as far as it should in featuring horses. The ag. rep. thought the .fair, on the whole, was good. He was Service On Remembrance Day In James Street United Church A Remembrance Day service for Exeter and the district will be held in James Street United Church on Wednesday November 11. , „ , Exeter Branch of the Canadian Legion, the Legion Ladies Auxiliary and a squadron of R.C.A.F. personnel will attend the service in a body. The public is invited to attend. The service will start at 10:50 a.m, Rev. II. J. Snell will deliver the address and ministers from the town and district Will take part in the Service. Lynn Mooney, tied for third Doug and David Beavers; devils, Don­ na Wells, Shirley Merkley, tied for third Terry Statton and David Robertson; fancy, Pat Cann, Mar­ lene McBride, Judy Lamport; IIallowel’en, Doug. Denhale, Gor- —-Please Turn to Page 12 Lay Wreaths The ceremony at the cenotaph will follow the church service. Wreaths Will be laid by the Le­ gion and its Auxiliary, Town of Exeter and the townships Of Us- borne and Stephen, The Legion originally planned to hold the Remembrance Day Service in the Pentecostal Church but the auditorium is not large enough to hold the number 'which wilT attend, The service at Hutondale will be held at 2:30 p.m. this Sunday. impressed with the arena display and said it was the best in the county. This year was the best for all fairs i said, ing. Sees Thomas Pryde, M.L.A. ron, said *he hoped the could expand the Exeter to the larger "B” class. Huron .county was tops turally in Ontario and "we should certainly have the best of fairs.” Mr. Pryde stated the fair should continue to emphasize the display of agriculture products rather than become a "holiday” of novel attractions. Encourage Juniors Bob Hern, second vice-president of South Huron Junior Farm­ ers, urged greater interest in 4- I-I work. He said two juniors from South Huron would be compet­ ing in the Queen’s Guineas class at the Royal Winter Fair this year and asked people from town and country to encourage them. Clark Fisher, secretary­ treasurer, who has been a mem­ ber of the Society for 18 years, reported a profit of about $70 on this year’s fair. He said it was encouraging to note there, were 3 5 new exhibitors. When he first joined the Ag­ riculture Society, it had a $400 mortgage. Since then, the Society has helped to build a grandstand, constructed livestock sheds, pur­ chased a new office building, do­ nated $500 to the trap rock floor in the arena Moro Work Needed While the fair had improved considerably, he felt more work was needed to build up the live­ stock displays. lie hoped sheds could be moved from behind the grandstand to the area inside the race track. First vice-president H. H. G. Strang paid tribute to President Sweitzer, as did all the speakers. The president asked for re­ newed interest and enthusiasm towards the fair and suggested improvements. Mr, Gerry Montgomery showed in Huron, Mr. Montgomery and every fair was improv- “B” Fair for Hu- Society Fair in- He said agricul- colored pictures he had taken at the international plowing match held recently at Cobourg. Shots of Dr. McMaster, mayor of Sea­ forth and other Ontario mayors and of Lorne Ballantyne and John Feagan who took part in the inter-county match and views of the world championship plow­ ing, were interesting with Mr. Montgomery’s commentary. A. J. Sweitzer then showed picture's he had taken at the 1952 and 19 53 Exeter fairs and also of Teeswater, Ilderton and Kirkton fairs. Other pictures in­ cluded scenes at Grand Bend, —Please Turn to Page 12 Sidewalk bicycle riding has been tolerated to a degree be­ cause a former council felt the children were safer on the walks than on the roads. If they were endangering pedestrians, ever, council felt the should be enforced, agreed. Mayor W. G. Cochrane ed to a money fine for offenders because this usually affected the fathers not the boys. He suggest­ ed the bicycles be impounded for a period. Councilloi' Robert Dinney felt action should be taken. Members .of council, he said, may not be disturbed by the riders b,ut older and less supple citizens had a justifiable complaint. Change Number Plan A proposal which would re­ vamp the whole system of house­ numbering now being used was considered favorably by council. L. S. Mannell, president of Municipal Services Ltd., who has been hired by the Exeter Kins­ men Club to complete the pro­ ject, said the present plan was workable now but might not be in the future. The ’"block’ system is being used and this is effective when streets are .constructed on a grid pattern. He noted, however, that on the fringes of town, new streets jogged and blocks were of various sizes. He suggested a straight "measured” system would be better. Kinsmen representatives, Presi­ dent Ralph Genttner and Don Southcott, requested permission to take the proposal back to their club. Council agreed. Endorse Petitions . Council authorized its indus­ trial promotion committee to endorse a proposed resolution to County Council asking it to pe­ tition the Province of Ontario, to give assistance for low-rental homes to smaller communities. At present, grants are given to towns over 5,000 population only, i li o w- by-law council object- One of Canada’s outstanding figure skaters, Miss Mary Diane Trimble will be the professional instructor for the Exeter Figure Skating Club. Miss Trimble, recently ed professional of the Skating Club, will begin classes at the local arena Friday night, November 13. Registration for members of the club will be held in the town hall this Saturday afternoon. Kinettes are sponsoring organ­ ized figure skating for the first time this year. Members in charge are Mrs. Charles Snell, Mrs. Clar­ence Fairbairn, Bride and Mrs. They anticipate membership. Miss Trimble, Kinettes appoint- London Mrs. Elmore Mc- Warren Sanders, at least 50 of a Gold Medalist, many skating skated in St. five summers under instruction of Montgomery Wilson of Boston, Mass. During these summers she was a frequent soloist in Pop Concerts and starred in several ballets pro­ duced by Stanley Judson, a ballet and skating instructor of Lon­ don, England. Miss Trimble also trained and received her gold test under Otto Gold’s instruc­ tion. She has also had consider­ able experience in pair skating. She holds the CFS A Gold Medal for figure and free skating (Can­ ada’s highest award); CFSA Gold Medal for blues dance; USFSA seventh test completing Silver tests; Western Canadian junior champion, 1950, and runner-up in Western Senior Championship, 19 51. With Dave Ross she won the Western Canadian Bronze and Silver dance championship in 19 5 2 and Canadian waltz and Ten-Step championships, 1952. a is the winner of awards. She has Paul, Minn., for Harvey break-in around 8 a.m. Wednesday mor­ ning w hen he opened the office. Internal locking mechanism of a large window at the north end of the east wall was jimmied by the thieves. The window was not open. The safe, which weighed about 800 pounds, was dented scratched from the use of bars. Exeter Chief Reg Taylor Provincial Constable Cecil bons, Exeter, are in charge of the investigation, The robbery is believed to be the largest in the history of the town. and the and Gib- Auto Victim Satisfactory Run over by a car Tuesday morning, 4J-year-old Fred Sim­ mons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Simmons, Senior Street, is suffer­ ing from a broken collar bone, three fractured ribs and head in­ juries. Doctors at Victoria Hospital, London, have not detected any internal injuries and report his condition "satisfactory”. Police Chief Reg Taylor said the boy was playing with two or three other children on the side­ walk an£ darted out to the road, hitting the side of a car driven by William Middleton, of Exeter. One of the car’s real' wheels passed over the boy’s body. The accident occurred near the corner of Sanders and Andrew streets. Mr. Middleton was tra­ velling west on Sanders. Dr. F. “ boy was Hospital, pital by ance. J. Milner attended. The taken to South Huron then to Victoria Hos- Hopper-Hockey ambul- Sponsor Night Courses SHDHS Board Decides Night school courses will be given at the South Huron District High School starting on November 19, Principal H. L. Sturgis announced this week. What courses will be offered has not been determined, but the number will be reduced from last year’s school. Reformed Church Changes Location Services of the Bethel Reform­ ed Church, which have been con­ ducted in the Exeter Legion Hall, will be held in future in Main Street United Church. First ser­ vice in the new location will be held this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. English services are being in­ troduced to the congregation, which is of New English on the month, become language, more meetings will be Please Turn to Page 12 | conducted in English. to the composed predominantly Canadians from Holland, is used in the services last Sunday of every As the New Canadians more fluent with the TEAMS PREPARE FOR CYCLONE HOCKEY More than 150 advance regis­ trations were received last week and the high school board felt the interest warranted continua­ tion of the school. The board will sponsor the courses‘this year. Greatest interest was shown in cooking, welding, advanced sew­ ing, elementary sewing and leathercraft. Principal Sturgis has had some difficulty locating instructors and will not be able to announce what courses will be given until teachers have been secured. The board, at its meeting on Tuesday night, approved sponsor­ ship of the night school. It will receive the $600 surplus accumu­ lated by the night school com­ mittee over the past two years. Hears Complaint A written complaint from Grand Bend residents was con­ sidered by the board. Twenty- three parents objected to over­ crowded bus conditions. The bus which brings the children from the Grand Bend area has a seat­ ing capacity of 43 but carries 52. Insurance on public vehicles is valid up to one-third more than its seating capacity. The board referred the prob­ lem to the transportation com­ mittee to investigate and report back. Purchaso Cinders Property Committee Chairman C. S. MacNaughton was given authority to purchase cinders for the school track. Cinders are available from the railway now, Mr. MacNaughton reported, and to cover the track Will cost ap­ proximately $800. The board approved use of the school by district 4-H Clubs. Bonus awarded to teachers on the basis Of the old cost of liv­ ing index will bo chaniged to cor­ respond to the new consumers price index. Principal K. L. Sturgis report* ed an enrolment of 396 and said examinations would start No­ vember 26. loam in the Cyclone League is getting in shape for the season which will start on November Id, earliest in the circuit. All teams appear to be stronger and competition will be tough. .Exeter Mohawks, the most advanced team in training, are shown above in a to right, Ilex Fulcher, Jack Drew, Bill Musser, Ray Richards, Don Elder and noil take turns firing the rubber at Gil Turner, —Jack the history of Aspirants for workout. Left Murray Brint* Doerr, Exeter Hockey Game Friday Seaforth Baldwins will battle Landon Lou Ball Juniors In the Exeter ember match Arena Friday night, Nov* 6. It ’ is an exhibition and will start at 9 p.m.