HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-04-15, Page 1BEST FESTIVAL YET—Adjudicator F. W. Holton, supervisor music in Brantford.,
termed the South Huron Festival this week one of the largest and best in Ontario. He was
impressed with the quantity and quality of the entries. Mr. Holton, left, judged during the first
two days of the festival. He is seen with Mrs. H. I,. Sturgis, director of the event, and Ken
neth Hern, a member of the Huronia Male Chorus, festival sponsors. —Photo by Doerr.
Eighty-Second Year
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EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1954
'One Of Best In Province"
Music Festival ‘Wonderful’
WINNERS—Four pianists who captured first prizes at the South Huron festivalFESTIVAL
this week talk' over musical topics with a winner in the trombone class. The girls are, left
to right, Margaret, Doris and Doreen Brock, of Usborne, and Eleanor Hodgins, of Centralia.
Bill Klumpp, Dashwood, displays his trombone. —T-A Photo
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Official Visits
Local Masons
Rt. Wor. Bro. R. E. Thomson,
of Clinton, paid his official visit
to Lebanon Forest Lodge, ‘ ”
& A.M.,
work of the first degree
exemplified by Wor. M. Bro. An
drew Snelgrove and his officers
in a manner that drew much
favorable comment from the
visiting brethren.
Following the degree work,
the brethren adjourned to the
rooms of the O.E.S. where a
turkey-burger buffet lunch was
served followed by an interesting
program.
With W.M. Bro. Snelgrove act
ing as toastinkcter, toasts^ were
proposed by “
Cochrane and
Rt. W. Bro.
troduced the
head table and proposed the toast
to Grand Lodge, Rt. Wor. Bro.
Thomson responded and after
congratulating the officers on the
excellence of their w-ork, gave a
fine address on the working tools
of the order.
Visitors were present from
Hensail, Clinton, Seaforth, Gode
rich, London, Lucan, Ailsa Craig,
Mitchell, Stratford, St. Marys,
Lobo and Kitchener.
A.F.
Monday evening. The
was
W. Bro. w. G.
W. Bro. A. Easton.
William Cann in
members at the
Plan $50,000 For Church
Stephen Plans
New Bridge
Stephen township council is
asking for tenders for construc
tion of a concrete bridge between
concessions four and five oppo
site lot 3.
The bid of R. II. Jennison for
crushing, .loading
gravel anywhere in I
ship at 8S^ per-cubic
accepted. The contract
loading the township
30^ per cubic yard.
Tenders of Chas. P.
on the Fleming Municipal Drain
and the Grab Municipal Drain
were accepted. Price on the
Fleming is $1,125 and $1,1'00
for the Greb.
■Court Of Revision
Court of revision of the Greb
Municipal reduced assessment of
Wallace Wein from $625 to $569
and added to the Dashwood Ball
Park $633.50 and added to Clif-
ford Salmon $2.50.
The Flynn petition for a
municipal drain was passed for
survey, plan and report by J. A.
Howes, O.L.S.
Township auditor, T. A. Wise
man, reported a surplus of $2,-
600 for 1953. He stated books
and statements of the township
were in good order.
The council went on record as
supporting the move to have the
months of May and September
removed from D.S.T.
and hauling
the town
yard was
. calls for
truck at
Dietrich
The
United
proceed
tion of
care of
ment in the Sunday School and
to provide a modern ladies’ par
lor and assembly room.
Tentative plans have been
adopted for a building approxi
mately 56x97 feet at an estimat
ed cost for building and equip
ment of from $45,000 to $50,000.
The new building will be built
facing on Andrew street and will
occupy part of the site of the
old shed, recently demolished.
The architect is Mr. John
Magee, of London.
officials of James St.
Church have decided to
with plans for/ the - erec-
a new building to take
the ever increasing enrol-
of
G.
Farmers On The Land
Pine weather has prevailed for
several days and farmers on the
high land are cutivating the
soil. Another day or two of fine
weather and tractors will be out
in force some of them to be
worked far into the night.
Rec Director
Gets Award
Doug Smith, Exeter Recreation
Director, was on Monday award
ed the Department of Education
Municipal Director of Recreation
Certificate at a ceremony in
Thames Hall in London.
The certificate was presented
by K. L. Young, acting director
of the Community Programmes
Branch of the Ontario Depart
ment of Education and Alan
Klein, Training Advisor of the
Branch.
Awarded to municipal recrea
tion directors who have had
three years’ experience in the
organization and adminisration
of programs of recreation, the
certificate recognizes the contri
bution of Doug Smith to the
municipal recreation development
in the province and the com
munity.
The certificate
the Department of
is valid for two
is valid tor two years.
is granted by
Education and
years, during
Find No Trace
Of Stolen Car
Police have found no trace
the car which was stolen from
Larry
The
Tudor
■stolen
early Sunday morning, April 4.
Rolls Over
Damage amounted to $100 to
a car driven by Carl Hewitt. 21,
of Exeter, which rolled over on
the Crediton road on Friday.
The car struck a gravel ridge and
went out of control.
Fred Eggert, of R.R. 3, Park
hill, who was given a one year’s
suspended sentence on a charge
of break and enter in the Pollock
store at Greenway, was convict
ed of robbing the high school at
Parkhill this week and sentenced
to one year in reform school.
Snider Motors last week,
vehicle was a ’53 Ford
with license E3488. It was
from the lot of the garage
Pea Contracts
800 Acres
Contracts for about 800 acres
of peas are being issued by the
local branch of Canadian Can-
ners, Limited, Manager H. K.
Penhale announced Wednesday.
The crop is slightly less than
that of 1952 but close
average in recent years.
First contracts were let
trict farmers Wednesday,
ing will be done on a staggered
schedule.
The canning companies and-
the Ontario Vegetable Growers
Association came to an agreement
on the contracts last week. Price,,
for peas is $98.50 per ton, the
same as in 1953.
The amount of corn which will
be handled at the local plant
■has not been determined
Manager Penhale expected
know soon. Price is $25 a
the same as last year.
to the
to dis-
Plant-
but
to
ton,
Expect 400 At Banquet
The Past Masters’ Association
of South Huron Masonic Dsitrict
will hold their seventeenth anni
versary banquet and Ladies’
Night in the South Huron Dis
trict High School Thursday eve
ning of next week. The speaker
will be Rev. A. J. MacQueen, of
London. An interesting program
■has been arranged. It is expect
ed that there will be over 400
in attendance.
Commends HS Students
For Courtesy, Industry
Secondary School Inspector R.
IT. Wallace, of the Ontario De
partment of Education, praised
the students of South Huron
District High School when he made his annual 'report to the
board last week,
“I like the pupils here,” Mr.
Wallace said. “I find them court
eous, industrious and respons
ive.”
The inspeteor noted the out
standing record of last year's
grade 13 class which passed all
but one of 107 departmental
papers tried. Mr. Wallace said
he knew oftno similar achieve-
Mr.
I ment in the province.
The small enrolment in this
year’s upper school was noted by
the inspector. He said the present
class represented only 3.5 per
cent of the' student body while
the provincial average was seven
to eight per cent.
Mr. Wallace said he considered
the school program was varied
and satisfactory for the needs of
the community. The present en
rolment of 397 with a staff of
17 repersented a pupil-teacher
ratio of 24.5 to one which is
considered about ideal. He noted
that there would be an increase
of 30 students next year.
The inspector made his report
to the board at a special meet
ing Wednesday night of last
week.
The board approved purchase
of badminton equipment and
textbooks for home economics.
Jim Carter and Marion Cross
man, winners of the WOSSA
verse-speaking contest, were
granted $15 each towards their
expenses to compete in the
vincial finals at Toronto.
pro-
was
WANTON DESTRUCTION—Damage done by vandals at Ex
eter Community Park runs into hundreds of dollars, Reeve
R. E. Pooley estimated this week. Top picture shows destruc
tion of toilets under the grandstand. Left is hole knocked
through front of stand. “It’s definitely time we cracked down
on this destruction,” Reeve Pooley said. “These boys are get
ting too bold and they don’t respect other people’s property,
They should be checked up. It's the citizens’ duty to co
operate with the authorities to stop this.” —T-A Photo
Blown From Car
Boy, 5, Hurt .
A five-year-old boy who
blown from a moving car on
Sunday is suffering from facial
lacerations in South Huron Hos
pital. His condition is “good”.
The boy, Philip Salvas, son of
LAC W. Salvas, of RCAF Clin
ton, flew out of the car when
wlh<l blew the back door open.
He flipped over In ■'the air and
landed on the gravelled shoulder
of the road.
LAG Salvas was southbound on
No, 4 highway when the accident
happened one mile south of Ilen-
sall. The airman drove his son
PLAY IN FESTIVAL—This quartette of wind instrument
players competed in the festival this week. Left to right are
Paul Yungblut, Dianne Thiel, Marion Turkheim and Marie
Salmon. There were over 80 classes in the festival and almost
all of them were well filled. One class alone had 33 entries.
Juvenile Court Problems
Discussed By Magistrate
Magistrate D. B. Menzies, of
London, guest speaker at the
April meeting of the Exeter
Home and School Association,
spoke on “Problems in the Crimi
nal Courts,” at the public school
on Tuesday night.
Magistrate Menzies, a judge of
the juvenile court outlined the
operation of the court and cited
some of the problems which it
faces. The juvenile court deals
with family problems and seeks
to correct conditions rather than
to punish youthful offenders.
There are two schools of
thought on the degree of punish
ment which should be meted out
to juveniles. The first is that
early punishment will often check
crime; the second, that juveniles
should not be sent .to penal
institutions unless it is an
solute necessUy.
Need Punishment
‘2. Probation is not always
right answer. Punishment
wrong-doing not only deters
offender from repeating
wrong, but deters others who
might be potential prisoners.
When a juvenile is brought to
court his record is looked into,
■his home life investigated and
his companions checked.
Magistrate Menzies warned
adults to remove the keys from
their car when parking. It may
save a youth who may be tempt
ed to drive away, from facing
court.
Important
He expressed the opinion that
to reform young persons is more
important than to reclaim older
ones. He emphasized that without
moral training in the home, one
can expect difficulties.
Magistrate Menzies was intro-
and
Mrs.
ab-
the
for
the
the
■duced by Elmer D. Bell
thanked for his address by
Ernest Jones.
Members of the R.C.A.F.
Club under the direction of
Don Bish, provided an enjoyable
musical program.
Speaking Winners
Winners in Grade 8 speaking
contest were: first, Shirley Irvine
who spoke on “Why Every Boy
and Girl Should Attend Sunday
School Regularly”; second, Sand
ra Blowes, whose subject was
“The Holiday of Pippa”, and
third, Roberta Ford^ who spoke
Glee
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L. J. Penhale
Heads Board
Luther J. Penhale was elected
chairman of the South Huron
Hospital Board at a meeting
Friday evening. He succeeds Mr.
Elmer D. Bell. Other officers are
l/lric Snell, . vice-president;
Maxine Reeder, secretary,
Mr. C. E. Shaw, treasurer.
The board decided to re-engage
Miss Alice Claypole as superin
tendent at a salary of $275 a
month, plus maintenance; II. C.
Rivers, manager nt $200 a month
and Miss M. Roeder, secretary,
$160 a month.
Committees appointed were
follows: Striking Committee:
L. Becker, W.. Ellerington, J.
Traquair, C. S. MacNaughton,
Douglas Cook.
Public Relations: Douglas
Cook, W. Ellerington, I. Kalb-
floisch, W. G. Cochrane, V. Bec
ker.
Administration: E. D. Bell, C.
S. MacNaughton, It
E,
Creech, B, W. Turkey.
Property: tl. Snell, J. A. Tra
quair, Henry Beavers.
Finance C.
Miss
■and
at
as
V.
A.
1. Rowcliffe.
Shaw, R. N<
The South Huron Music Festival has become one of the
largest and best festivals in Ontario, Adjudicator F. W. Hol
ton said Tuesday,
“This festival has graduated from the small town class
and can take its place among the large festivals in.the province,
on “The Budgerigar”.
Other contestants were Mar
garet Sanders whose subject was
“Swimming”, and Calvin Mc-
Kerral who spoke on “Forest
Fires”. Judges were E. D, Bell,
(Mrs, Jack Pryde and Mrs. Clara
Wellington.
Winners of grades 6, 7 and
8 will compete in the final at
the May meeting for a silver
cup. They will have new sub
jects.
Present Slate
The following slate of officers
was presented for the coming
year: president, Mrs. Del Moon
ey; vice-president, Mrs. John
Schroeder; recording secretary,
Mrs. Garfrey Cann; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. Art Cann;
treasurer, Mrs. Sheldon Wein,
assistant, Mrs. Jack Pryde.
Elected representatives are
Mrs. George Braithwaite, Mrs.
Glenn Fisher, Mrs. C. V. Laugh
ton, Mrs, Warren May, Mrs. H.
W Kelson and Mrs. V Heywood.
-Committee convenors will be ap
pointed by the executive,
Mrs. John Schroeder presided
for the meeting Tuesday night.
Mr. Holton said. “The ’54 festi
val is definitely better both in
numbers and calibre than in pre
vious years.”
F. W, Holton commended the
Huronia Male Chorus and its
rector, Mrs. II. L. Sturgis,
the success of the events.
Speaking to the members
the chorus following their clos
ing number on Tuesday night’s
program, he said: “It has been
a wonderful festival because you
have made it that. Larger cities
should take a leaf from your
book. You are doing a wonder
ful job for your -community
which cannot be measured in
dollars and cents”,
Real Pleasure
Mr. Holton said it had been
a real pleasure to return to Ex
eter as adjudicator for the sec
ond year. The director and mem
bers of the chorus had been so
willing to help, that it had
made his work much easier.
Mr. Holton, who is supervisor
of music in-Brantford. impressed
on the contestants that the im
portance of the festival is not in
the winning of a prize, but in
pacing each other to perfection.
Adjudicator H. A. Clarke,
supervisor of music at Medway
High School, was also impressed
with the festival. He noted par
ticularly the enthusiasm
eagerness with which the
and adults participated
the piano class which
competition. Mr. Clarke
cated on Wednesday.
di-
on
of
and
children
in the
had 12
adjudi-
Another Teacher ’
Resigns Position
One more teacher has resigned
from the Exeter Public School
staff. Miss Kay McGill has ac
cepted a position
This makes a
resignations from
staff. Five new
been hired by the board, three
for replacement and two for
additional classrooms.
None of the remaining teach
ers has signed the contract
offered by the board for the
coming
issued
first of
at Brampton,
total of four
the present
teachers have
term. The contracts were
to the teachers at the
this week.
Buyers Demand Quality
Expert Informs Growers
security in pre
piece of land
dollar in the
to tliO village but could find no
■doctor at Hensall so he drove to
the South Huron Hospital, Ex
eter,
“By doing the common things
uncommonly well, great achieve
ments can be made’’ said A. L.
Butler, of Vineland, in address
ing a well-attended good - will
banquet of vegetable growers and
representatives of the canning
industry in the Legion Hall Fri
day -evening.
“There is more
serving a good
than putting a.
bank” he stated.
Mr. Butler is a representative
of the Department of Agriculture
and is doing research work in
the growing and canning of corn
.and tomatoes.
' There are 20 counties in On
tario where vegetables are grown,
and processed. There are 2,000
acres under cultivation in Huron.
Huron ranks tenth in the pro
duction of sweet corn; eleventh
in canning peas and second in
beans. The five-year average for
corn in the province is 2.4 tons
per acre while in Huron it is
2.7 tons per acre.”
Increase Productivity
Mr. Butler believes that the
productivity of the land can be
increased 25 per cent. This can
be done by the selection of
proper seed and providing the
soil with the nutrients required
for any particular crop.
Machinery enables the farmer
to work more land and to pro
duce more crops. Machines have
largely replaced manual labor.
Mr.> Butler quoted figures from
New York State where 40 per
cent of the labor has increased
production one-third with 40 per
cent of the land under cultiva
tion.
The preservation of fruits by
canning was developed in France
14 0 years ago. Today the speed
with which fruits and vegetables
are bottled and canned in some
cases exceeds the speed at which
the eye can follow,
New Methods
New methods of preservation
are being introduced and Im*
proved and today wo have frozen
foods, dehydrated foods and gas
storing of foods. 'The amount of
peas frozen in the United States
in one year was equal to the
entire production of peas in Ca
nada in two years. Thore are
efficient and inefficient growers and processors but only top I
quality catches the fancy of a
discriminating public today. In
ferior goods remain, on the
shelved
In the growing of cash crofts
on the selection of
where the fields
the selection of
use of fertilizer
much depends
suitable land;
are situated:
growers; the
according to need. The latter van
be determined by the analysis of
the soil.
Mr. Butler was introduced by
Mr. Clarence Down, the newly-
appointed representative ou the
marketing board for the counties.
Investigate Heat Unit
Mr. W. E. Vie, district super
visor for Canadian Canners,
spoke briefly on the application
of
of
ed
Part of Tuesday’s program was
• televised by C.F.P.L.-T.V., and
to the adjudicator’s knowledge,
, it was the first festival to be
shown on television.
Of the 700 entries, the largest
increase in contestants was in
the piano elaass which had 12
entries the first year and 80 this
year.
Concert Well Attended
The concert of selected winners
on Wednesday evening attracted
a large audience. Robert Russell,
' president of the Huronia Male
■Chorus, was chairman for the
varied program.
Crowds filled tne auditoriums
of the public and high schools
all three days of the festival. The
■ competition was well - organized
and there were few delays during
■ the entire event. Members of the
chorus were always present to
assist with the program.
Carfrey Cann, secretary of the
choir, and others .recorded the
winners and gave every contest
ant a summary of the adjudica
tor’s remarks.
Highest mark
88, was awarded
row, winner of
solo class.
Scholarships And Awards
Winners of scholarships, troph
ies and awards were:
Huronia Male unorus Awards,
$15 for the best public school
competitor in vocal classes: boys,
Jack Yungblut; girls, Sandra
Walper.
’ Huronia Male Chorus Award of
I $10 for best competitor 13 years
and under in piano classes: Linda
Tieman.
Huronia Male Chorus Award of
$10 to best competitoi- from 13
to 16 years in piano classes:
Eleanor Mae Hodgins.
Highest mark of band section,
$10 award: Paul Yungblut. .
Highest
(with not
training);
Awards
highest marks
from municipalities, value $10:
Usborne, Earl Stephens; Stephen,
Katherine Hodgins and Carol
Taylor (tie); Hay, Richard Char-
rete; Tuckersmith, John McGreg
or; Stanley, Rosalie Watkins;
Hensall, Norma Passmore; Exe
ter, Patricia Cann.
Special Annual Awards
Thomas Pryde Trophy, highest
award for junior (2) part chor
us: No. 4 Usborne.
Cann’s Mill Ltd. Trophy, high
est award
chorus: No.
Exeter.
Snelgrove
award for junior piano solo: Judy
Snelgrove.
Buswell Trophy, highest award
for high school vocal solo: Ken
Flear.
Claude Blowes Trophy, highest
award for junior vocal solo; Mar
lene Stone.
Central Hotel Trophy, highest
award for high school ensemble:
Connie Ostland, Judy Ross, Anna
Routley, Phyllis Dietrich, Bob
Miller, Emil Hendrick, Terry
of the festival,
to Michael Far-
the open piano
marks in adult singing
more than two years’
Bruce Cudmore.
to boy or girl with the
in solo classes
for junior unison
3 Usborne and No. 2
Trophy, highest
the heat unit in the planting I Wade, Charles Kernick.
corn which will be investigat- ‘Junior Piano Solo: Grace Rout-
this year so that a more even [ ley.
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RELIEVE CONGESTION New traffic signs installed by
town workmen this week are expected to relieve traffic con
gestion at busy street corners in the town. Eleven of these
warnings were put up by Foreman Gerald Cornish, left, and
Les Mitehell. Police enforced them for the first time Saturday
night. —Photo by Doerr
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