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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-06-17, Page 1{Eighty-Second Year Xlbe (fxelerXfinics-Abuocale Milner, of at the in­ 36-year-old father of Indian re- was found wound in EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1954 Price Per Copy If Beer Club Death Inquest In Zurich Decision on whether criminal charges will be laid in connec­ tion with the shooting of a Ket­ tle Point Indian Sunday will be coroner’s inquest nesday, June 30. Coroner Dr. F. J. Exeter, will preside quest which will be held in Zur­ ich Town Hall. Meanwhile, investigation into the early Sunday morning shoot­ ing incident is being continued by the Criminal Investigation Branch of the Ontario Provincial Police. Inspector R. L. Taylor, of Toronto, is assisting Exetei* OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons in the ease. Clarence George, army three serve dead a St. Warn Club owner Roger Forcier, 42, fired the shot, police say, to warn the prowlers he had caught in his club. He shot from outside the building, crouched beside his truck. Admittedly “tired” of all the break-ins into his building (six in recent years), Forcier police “I saw a light in room and sounded my shouted to whoever was to come out. There was and the light went out. Then I fired.” He kept guard on the premises until police arrived. Two found George lieved getaway car, are being police and have been with break and entry tent. Nelson Bressette, Eli Henry, 35, of the serve, are charges. Provincial bons, called at St. Joseph after a held Wed- made is veteran and children, of the at Kettle Point, from a gunshot Joseph bottle club. Prowlers told the club horn. I in there no reply other men, one who was in the' building with and another who is be- to be the driver of the held by charged with in- 27’ and same re- the two facing Constable Cecil Gib- by Forcier’s wife, Bayfield Break-in On Same Night On the same night as the fatal shooting at St. Joseph’s, another bottle club on the same highway was raided and a large quantity of beer was stolen. A juke box was smashed and money taken from the machine. A quantity of cigarettes was also taken. The club, called the “Bayfield Bottle Club”, is operated by Ro­ ger Bedard and is only a few miles from the one at which the shooting occurred Sunday morn­ ing. Police have not established any connection between the two. said he reached the scene at 5.40 a.m. and found Forcier in front of the service station with rifle pointed toward the garage. For­ cier told him there was some­ body in the building. Gibbons found Bressette hid­ ing in a corner and arrested him. Bressette told the constable there was another man in the building who was shot. Found Near Bar The constable found George lying in a pool of blood near the bar of the club. Forcier told police the burg­ lar alarm went off about 5 a.m. He told his wife to call police and he grabbed the rifle and drove his truck to the station. He fired the shot through, one of the windows. Police found six cases of beer piled up in readiness to shift them into a getaway car, parked in the laneway of Joseph Can­ tin's property, on the shore of Lake Huron. Eli Henry was be­ lieved to have been the driver According to one source, the three men involved in the at­ tempted robbery may have been involved in a robbery last fall in which police were not called in because the stolen goods returned to Mr. Forcier. The prowlers apparently gain­ ed entry to the premises by forc- a door leading to a grocery to the were Ing store on the opposite side club room. Frequent Break-Ins The Forcier premises been broken into as many times in recent years. After one robbery, the owner .purchased two Great Danes to guard the premises but one died from slit throat and appeared. Crown A 11 o Hayes inspected shooting Sftnday with provincial Constable Gib- Charles Ander- have as six a the other dis- r n e y H. Glen the scene of the police, Assisting bons were Sgt. son, of Goderich. Dr. J. L. Penis­ tan, of Stratford, conducted a post mortem on the body at the Westlake Funeral Home, Zurich. Dr, St. Pierre, Zurich, and Dr. F. J. Milner, Exeter, were both called to the scene of dent. Clarence George was of the Second World was born at Kettle Point, a son of William George and Mrs. George, who had on the old Stoney Point •now Camp Ipperwash. Following his discharge, he married Betty Jackson, of Kettle Point, in March, 1946. Surviving besides his father and wife are three sons, Wayne, aged seven; Terry, five, and Richard, three; Funeral services were held at Forest on Tuesday. the acci- a veteran War. He the late resided reserve, Mohawks Shellack Tigers 8-0 Break Two Long-term Records Two long-term records were shattered Wednesday night when Exeter Legion Mohawks laced Dashwood Tigers 8-0 on the local diamond. The win was Exeter’s first over Dashwood’ in six years. Mohawks have tied but never defeated the Tigers since 1948. Defeat for the Tigers marked the end of an 18-game streak without a loss. Not since Zurich beat Dashwood in the play-offs last year have the Tigers lost a game. Stars of Exeter’s i mpressive win were Fred Darling and Steve Mitro. Darling slammed two home runs, one with two on base, and Mitro shutout the Tigers by allowing only three hits and strik­ ing out 10. Mohawks teed off on starting hurler Bob Brown, Tiger star’ of last year, for six runs in the first inning. Darling’s three-run homer and singles by Red Loader, Bob Meharg, Harry Holtzman and Ron Howe brought in the tallies. The tribe added another run in the second when Lome Haugh doubled Howe home. Brown was pulled from the mound and Rob­ bie Wein finished the game. He allowed only one more run, Dar­ ling's round-tripper in the fifth. Bob Hayter, Lorne Kleinstiver and Robbie Wein hit the only three safeties off Mitro. They were all singles. No Dashwood runner was able to reach third base. Impressive Start Exeter’s win was an impressive start for new field-manager Jim Loader, who was appointed Wed­ nesday. Loader will continue to act as coach, too. Jim Fairbairn has been named honorary manager of the team and Ed Hunter-Duvar will^ be business manager. Exeter Legion, sponsors of the team, made the announcement ‘Wednesday. AIR FORCE DAY CROWD — Part of the huge crowd that invaded RCAF Station Centralia on Air Force Day Saturday are shown here under a Dakota ‘'Flying Classroom”. Air show included jets, formation aerobatics and parachute jumping. Colorful displays on ground were popular. —RCAF Photo RCAF Show Red Hot' 10,000 Visit Centralia RCAF Station Centralia's Air Force Day was “red hot”, liter­ ally and figuratively, Ten thousand people sweltered in 90-degree temperature to be thrilled by another spectacular air and ground show put on by the men and women at Canada’s busiest airport. Throngs enjoyed had a variety range ing jets to scared The jets, T-33 trainers, capped an exciting display of flying skill and the rabbits, tame ones, were typical of the ingenuity the RC­ AF put into its attractive ground displays. Team Excels Rivaling the four fascinating jets for star rating in the show were'the performances of Cen­ tralia’ own craft — the four- plane Harvard team and the big formation of Dakotas, Expediters and Harvards. The Centralia pi­ lots awed crowds at Trenton, London and Clinton, as well as the local station, with super- delux precision manoeuvers and aerobatics. The four - plane team, F/L Christ Frost, F/O’s Bill Frye, Stu Allen and Bill Smith, pre­ sented a performance of clover- leafs, loops and low-level fly­ pasts in perfect box formation. They climaxed their show with a fly-past in which two planes were rolling, a third doing a roll-off-the-top and the fourth spinning. Included in the air show were passes by a -big North Star craft, one with two engines cut, and a demonstration of the Flying Box­ car, the C119 Packet, This trans­ port craft dropped five para­ chutists from the London re­ serve corps ovei' the station. One of the jumpers suffered a broken arm from a fast fall. His emergency chute bumped the main chute, air was spilled from both, and the man dropped too fast. He was rushed to West­ minster Hospital, London, but was not seriously injured. But the fly boys weren’t the whole show at Centralia. Crews from the various ground units on the station exhibited colorful and imaginative displays that were top features, too. Among the best were realistic survival scenes cleverly designed by Ground Search and Rescue a show that from scream­ jack rabbits. squads. One display not only featured a wrecked aircraft, tents and bleary-eyed survivors, but added a running stream com­ plete with fish and turtles and wildlife of rabbits and geese. An- othei1 survival scene had a win­ ter setting complete with igloo. ■Other displays included cut­ away airframes and engines, parachute packing, instruments and other equipment. Model Tornado The meteorlogical bureau set up its machinery for public dis­ play and designed weather maps based on changing conditions as they were reported over tele­ types. This section also featured a model of a tornado. The Ground Defence section displayed Korean flags and guns (with the hammer and sickle stamped on '. _' ’ '. the RCR's, along with rockets, bombs and used by the them), captured by anti-aircraft guns Air Force. County Home 'Very Good' Gov't Report Tells Council Big Seaway Of Huron, Middlesex: UWO Expert Double Population ’Construction of rence Seaway will county’s population ffessor E. G. Pleya Of Western Ontario told Huron county council Tuesday. ' The geographical expert said the St. Law­ double Huron by 1975, Pro­ of University Two Weeks Old, Parked Car Hit A 1954, expensive-model car, only two weeks old, was dam­ aged to the extent of $500 early Sunday morning when another car hit it while it was parked on Huron street. The car, owned by Leon Tre­ ble, of Toronto, was parked on Huron just east of Main street when it was hit by a car travel­ ling east, driven by Keith Brint- nell, of town. The accident hap­ pened at 12:30 a.m. A new Canadian from tlje Kit­ chener district has been charged with driving without a licence following a collision on Exetei’ main street Tuesday morning. The new Canadian drove a car which struck another driven by Ernest Hatter, who was backing onto the highway. Both accidents were investigat­ ed by Police Chief Reg Taylor. Bend Crackdown Gets Convictions Grand Bend Police are con­ tinuing their drive against liquor and traffic offenders. In magistrate’s court Monday afternoon fiye convictions on li­ quor charges and four on traffic charges were registered. At court two weeks ago, eight convictions on liquor charges and a number of traffic convic­ tions were found. , The drive to “clean up’’ the flummer resort was started last summer. Cpl. Neil Chamberlain is in charge of the detachment which has now five men. Present Diplomas, Pins To Public School Grads Thirty-two graduates of, Ex­ eter Public School were present­ ed with diplomas and class pins ah ticn banquet Tuesday night. Principal C. H. Blowes award­ ed diplomas to the graduates and Mrs. Ernest Jones, vice- president of the Home and School Association, presented class pins. Two members who attained the highest marks of the class, Jocelyn Howey and Paul Wilson, reecived cash awards from R. E. Russell, chairman of the board. Helen Jones was presented with a shield for general proficiency. Guest speaker, J. B. Creech, of the high school staff, im­ pressed on the graduating class the importance of getting all the education they can, while they can get it. “Do urged. “Education pick up, around.” He stressed the importance of developing socially, being friend­ ly and understanding. He as­ sured the class that they will a Home and School Associa- it now,” he is hard to bht it's easy to carry that by 1975 the poplation of Huron county will have climbed back to where it was 100 years ago-—about 75,000 people — al­ most double what it is now. “The difference this time,” Dr. Pleva stated, “will be that most of the population will be in the towns, and won't be rural.” There will be no increase in farm population, Dr. Pleva said, ■because the advent of machinery will push the inefficient farmer off the farm within the next 20 years. Farms of the future will Broom Sweep Exeter Lions Club will sweep this area Friday night with a “broom blitz’’ for welfare work. The brooms, made by the Can­ adian National Institute for the Blind, will be sold by the Lions to householders in Exeter, Credi- ton, Dashwood, Huron Park. The blitz will tween 6:30 and Lions officials point out that the drive will help all three parties involved—the customers will re­ ceive a top-quality broom for reasonable price of $2, the Lions make a profit for welfare work, and the C.N.I.B. receives money to carry on their work amongst the blind. need a minimum of 400 to 500 acres to sustain the cost of ma­ chinery. “The cost of farm expansion will have to be borne by the ur­ ban economy by increased prices for farm commodities,” the pro­ fessor said. Dr. Pleva forecost the dispersal of industry to Huron’s small cen­ tres and said that the Goderich harbor would be an important feature to the development of the seaway. Both Hbron and Middlesex county councils heard Dr. Pleva’s predictions on the affects of the seaway to the area. The councils were making their annual to the University. Huron council toured southern part of the county ing the jnorning and ate noon luncheon in the Legion hall. Members of Exeter council were guests at the banquet. visit the dur- Centralia and take place be- 9 p.m. Friday. Unique Service Features Couples A unique service will be held in James St. United Church on Sunday morning, June 20. In­ vitations have been sent out to over 100 couples who have been married by the Rev. H. J. Snell during his seven-year pastorate here, to attend the service. Spec­ ial pews will be reserved for the guests. Truck Blazes Save Cargo ■ Cab of a Guenther Tuckey Transports Ltd. tractor - trailer truck was damaged by fire early Wednesday morning when a short occurred in the electrical system. Exeter Fire Department saved the van and a big cargo of poul­ try and tined for •Driver driven a house when he He stopped and tinguisher at the fire blit it didn’t stop. He ran back to the Ware­ house for another extinguishei’ but by the time he got back it Was out of control. Bookkeeper Gerald who was Working in spotted the fire and the alarm. B. W. Tuckey, president of the firm, estimated damage at $200. He said th® Short OCCUfrsd iuhdei5 the van near the stop light and travelled under the metal trailer to the cab. butter which Was des­ Windsor. Harold block Wurm had just from the ware- smelled smoke, emptied his ex­ Hamilton the office turned in TRYING TO KEEP COOL — Catching the shade under the tailplane of a Dakota during the Air Force Day program at RCAF Centralia are Robert Dinney, Crediton; Jerry Pater- son, Charles Lippert and Don Peterson, all of Dashiyood. Temperature was a hot 1)6 degrees. Air Force Day attracted over 10,000 to “Canada’s Busiest Air Station”. —RCAF Photo find high school interesting and, by cooperating with their teach­ ers and fellow students, they will be able to say, “My years in high school were the happiest of my life.” Mr. Creech Principal H. Sturgis gave speaker's life _ . in Exeter, his education here, at Stratford Normal School, and later at the U.W.O., where he re­ ceived his B.A. degree and still later an honor degree in history. Propose Toasts Mrs. Ernest Jones was chair­ man of the program. Rev. N. D. Knox pronounced the invoca­ tion. A toast to the Queen was proposed by Mrs. Jones, a toast to the graduates, proposed by Inspector Glen G. Gardiner, was responded to by Shirley Irvine; Mr. Cliff Reeves responded to a toast to the staff, proposed by Jack Robertson. A toast to the Home and School Association Pat Cann was responded to Miss Doris Robinson. Helen Jones, valedictorian the class, expressed her preciation of the honor her class had shown her in selecting her for the position. Principal Claude Blowes thanked the members of the as­ sociation for the co-operation that has existed between them and the staff. t Mrs. Helen Jermyn, vice-prin­ cipal, thanked them for prepar­ ing and serving the banquet and for the attractive way the tables had been arranged with the school colors carried out in the decorations. Mrs. Jack Smith replied. Presents Prizes Miss Helen Anthony presented special prizes to Margaret Sand­ ers, of the graduation class, and Bob Skinner, grade seven, for es­ says they had written for her While she was supplying for Mr. Blowes recently. Members of the graduating class are Sally Acheson, Cyril Blommaert, Sandra Blowes, Haney Boyle, Betty Brady, Joan Broderick, Pat Cann, Carolyn Crulckshank, Robert Ford, Joyce Hamilton, Bob Harvey, Glen Hodgins, Ronald Horn, Jocelyn Howey, Tom Humphries, Shirley Irvine, Helen Jones, Helen Kes- tie, Eugene Kirk, Heather Mac- Naughton, Gordon McCarter, Cal­ vin McKerral, Merlin McLean, Barbara Redef, Jack Robertson, Margaret Sanders, Beth Sims, Harvey Stringer, Jeanette Taylor, Douglas Wein, Beverley Whil- smith and Paul Witson, was introduced by L. Sturgis. Mr. a resume of the from his early life by by of ap- “WOULD I LIKE TO FLY THIS!” — That’s what ten-year- old Winston Green, of Thames Road, said after getting a close-up view of a Harvard cockpit. Airwoman Eileen Brent, instrument technician, shows Winston the controls during Air Force Day at Centralia on Saturday. Public got a first-hand view of all Centralia’s planes and equipment. —RCAF Photo Rev. Ernest Grigg Dies Missionary The Rev. Ernest Grigg, who was born in Exeter July 26, 1863, died in Wyandotte General Hospital, Detroit, last Thursday. He was taken ill while attending a church convention in Lincoln Park, where he had made seve­ ral addresses. Mr. Grigg graduated from Mc­ Master University in 1890 and Baptist before the American Baptist Foreign Mis­ sionary Society. He was accom­ panied to Burma by Mrs. Grigg, who died there in 1934, 45 years after their marriage. Returning to Canada in 1938, he toured the States lecturing on behalf of the Society he had rep­ resented in Burma. For the past five years Mr, Grigg has made his home in London where he often called on 30 to 40 hos­ pital patients each week, as a visiting chaplain. He enjoyed visiting the Children's Hospital where he entertained the young was pastor Church for leaving for of Perth two years Burma under Huron county councillors were satisfied Wednesday that the county home at Clinton is still one of the best in the province. Clearly denying charges made by Goderich officials that the home was not fit for old people, a report from the Ontario govern­ ment gave the home a “clean bill of health”, according to officials. The report said that house­ keeping conditions throughout the home “are considered to be very good”. “Meals were satisfactory and residents are admitted according to regulations,” the report said. “Ratio of staff is one staff to- 6.7 persons which is fairly good.” Praise Council Connnittee The report was submitted to- county council by L. E, Ludlow, director of Homes foi* the Aged, Ontario Department of Welfare. It was based on an inspection by W. McDonald of the department. The report praised the county council committee for the new addition to the home and noted that plans were being made to- redecorate the existing facilities when the addition is completed. County Clerk A. H. Erskine said “there is nothing in the re­ port that condemns the commit­ tee or the staff.” The report was heard at county council session Wednesday. Mr. Erskine said that in the periodical reports submitted to the council by the department, there never has been a complaint about the home being dirty or that the inmates had received improper care. Inspections were made fairly often, Mr. Erskine said, and the arrival of the in­ spector was never announced in advance. Wednesday’s report strengthens the position of the County Home' Committee which has approved the operation of the home in the face of charges by Mayor J. E. Huckins and Councillor Ernest Fisher of Goderich, who say the home is unfit for old people. The two Goderich complainants are to appear before the county council Thursday to air charges. It was reported, ever, that Mayor Huckins hospital and cannot attend. 40 Years patients with songs and stories of Burma. Rev. Grigg made his last ad­ dress in Exeter on October 18, when he was the guest speaker for the Main St. W.M.S. Thank- offering service. He leaves no immediate sur­ vivors. The Rev. Daniel Young, of First Baptist Church. London, conducted the funeral service on Monday afternoon at the A. Millard George funeral home. A gravesid’e service in Exeter ceme­ tery was attended by London and Exeter friends. their how- is in Pupils Honor PS Principal Principal C. H. Blowes, who- resigned from the Exeter Public School staff, Mrs. Blowes and Sandra, a member of the gradu­ ating class of the school, were presented with gifts from the pupils at the graduates’ banquet on Tuesday night. Betty Brady paid Mr. Blowes, who has cipal for the past 10 remarked that through all the changes that had during the building school and later on, to the new scho-ol, had carried on and __________ years had given them a sense of security and of belonging. Betty presented Mr. and Mrs. Blowes. with a grey nylon frieze hostess chair. A gift was presented to .Sand­ ra by Nancy Boyle on behalf of the pupils. As Sandra reecived her dip­ loma from her father, she was presented with her class pin by Mrs. Blowes at the request of Mrs. Ernest Jones who present­ ed pins to the other graduates. tribute to been prin- years. She taken place of the new the addition Mr. Blowes- through the Cancer Canvass Nets $600 Over $600 was collected by Ex­ eter Kinsmen Club Thursday and Friday Kancer The over to The Canadian Cancer Society. Dr. Bruce Eickmeier was in charge of the campaign. Any who were missed may leave donations at The T-A or Dr. Bruce Eickmeier’s office. nights during the Kitt Kanvass. money has been turned the Perth-Huron Unit of Popular OES Cooking School' Attracts 300 Ladies A Night Convict Londoner Indecent Assault A London man was convicted of indecent assault in Exeter court Tuesday. The attack took place near the same bottle club which was the scene of shooting early Sunday morning. George Thornton, 29, of Lon­ don, will receive liis sentence at Goderich Thursday. Evidence showed Thornton and the wo­ man, also of London, were drink­ ing in the St. Joseph club before the assault took place. The woman testified she went for a ride with Thornton and he parked on a sideroad, where she session, was assaulted. In spite of heat and humidity, a large attendance was main­ tained at the three-day cooking School sponsored by the Exeter Chapter of the O.E.S. Classes which were held on Monday and Tuesday evenings and Wednesday afternoon attract­ ed women from Exeter and the surrounding communities. Aver­ age daily attendance was 300. Mrs. Veroqa Richardson, Toronto, conducted the classes the Exeter arena. The foods which were baked during classes were given away to the oldest woman present, the one With the most children, the one who was having a birthday, anniversary or some other spe­ cial occasion, Bags of groceries donated by the sponsoring company and local merchants and many valuable prices were drawn for at each of at A complete set of knives valued at $40 and donated by Linden­ field’s Ltd. were won by John Lambden, of Exeter, Ward Hern, of Zion, and Ray Parkinson, of Granton. A mix-master, the final of all, donated by Snelgrove’s Electric, was won by Mrs. Orville Cann. “Laundry And Cooking’* The theme of the school was “laundry and cooking”. The auto­ matic washer and clothes drier, electric stove were displayed by Lindenfields. Mrs. Lloyd Hodgson, matron of the Chapter, opened the school and at its conclusion expressed appreciation to Mrs. Richardson, the Robin Hood company, and to the local merchants who contri­ buted to its success. Mrs. .Rufus. KesUe assisted Mrs, Richardson; Mr, Garnet Patter­ son acted as master of cere­ monies; Mrs, Jack Dickins was —Please Turn to Page IS Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. prize and refrigerator1