HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-12-30, Page 1TURNIP PLANT BURNS—L ack of water supply at Centralia prevented firemen from ex
tinguishing this blaze which destroyed the building, adjoining sheds, waxing plant and 4,000
■bushels of turnips. Loss was estimated at $15,000. James Cook, of Centralia, owned the
building and it was being used by Exeter Turnip Sales. Exeter and RCAF firemen raced to
scene but could find no water to fight the blaze.
Three Townships To Vote;
Usborne, Biddulph Acclaim
Ratepayers in three townships
Land a police village in this area
will go to the polls Monday to
■elect municipal representatives.
Tuckersmith and Blanshard
will vote for their 1955 reeves
.and council while Stanley has a
contest for reeve. Five candidates
are seeking the three trustee
ships in Granton.
The Granton candidates are
Gordon Dann, Bruce Grant, Wil
liam Green, Edward Harding, and
Morley Wass.
Former Reeves
Run In Blanshard
Two former reeves of Blan-
,-shard are among the seven can
didates running for the four
council seats in that township.
Lincoln White, of St. Marys,
-and Alex Irvine, of R.R. 6. St.
Marys, both of whom served two
.years in the reeve’s chair, are
opposing three incumbents and
two new candidates. The three
■seeking re-election are Kenneth
32. Hodgins, R.R. 2, Granton, a
seven-year veteran; Harry Web
ber, Woodham blacksmith, a four-
year councillor; and Clarence J.
Switzer, of R.R. 1, St. Marys,
who has been a member for three
years. The new candidates are
Wilbur Bradley, of R.R. 3, St.
Marys, and Frank Routly, Kirk
ton salesman.
Despite the number of candi
dates, there appears to be no
major issue at stake. The last
election for council was seven
years ago; an election for reeve
was held in 1952 when John
Stephan defeated Mr. White.
This year’s election will be held
Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Glerk Norris Webb is the return
ing officer.
T. Alvin Crago, who lives four
miles east of Kirkton, was un
opposed in his bid for the reeve’s
chair left vacant by the resigna
tion of Perth Warden John Ste
phan. He has been on council for
seven years.
Discussing his plans for 1955,
Mr. Crago told The Times-Advo-
cate he did not expect an increase
in taxes. He hopes to continue
the township's bridge - building
program and the widening of
roads.
One post on the township school
area board remains vacant follow
ing the resignation of Robert
Marriott, who was nominated to
To Graduate
First Class
The first class from the RCAF’s
Pre-Flight School at Centralia
will receive diplomas at a special
parade on the station on Thurs
day, January 6. The graduates,
all Canadians, will then have com
pleted a 12-week course prepara
tory to starting their flight train
ing as either pilot, navigator or
radio officer.
T'lio t S c Ti o o 1 cL s
established at Centralia in Octo
ber of this year to give academic
and military training to aircrew
enlistees in the RCAF. This in
doctrination, formerly carried out
at the Officers School in London,
gives the new members of the
RCAF a background knowledge of
the service and provides basic air
force training in a variety of sub
jects. Officer commanding the
school is Squadron Leader 0. F.
Wattie, DFC.
Graduation Parade
The parade will be held in one
of the aircraft hangars with the
cadets carrying rifles and wearing
white belts as they carry out pre
cision movements prior to the pre
sentation of graduation certifi
cates, A tea for the graduates
will follow the parade and they
will attend a moss dinner that
evening,
Cadets selected for navigator
and radio officer training will gO
to Winnipeg while the niiot train
ees wilt commence their flying
training at one of the RCAF
schools In western Canada,
succeed Duncan McNaughton who
retired. Oliver Baker, an incum
bent, was re-elected for a two-
year term by acclamation.
Fiery Meeting
In Tuckersmith
A fiery nomination meeting in
Tuckersmith Township produced
elections for positions of reeve
and councillors. Vote will be held
Monday, January 3.
Roy Bell, a veteran councillor,
will oppose James Doig, incum
bent reeve, who defeated A. E.
Crozier last year.
Running for council are sitting
members Ivan Forsyth and Bert
Garrett, former councillor Crozier
and two new candidates, Victor
Lee and Frank Falconer.
Acclamations were given the
school board trustees. Elected are
Ross Forrest, Chester Neil and
James Landesborough, for one,
two and three-year terms.
Stanley Election .
Councillor Harvey Coleman will
oppose Alvin McBride, reeve for two years^ in a Stanley election
on Monday.
The council was elected by ac
clamation with incumbents Carl
Houston, Harvey Taylor and Al
vin Rau returned. Elmer Webster,
a former reeve, is the new mem
ber of council.
Hugh M. Love
New Councillor
Usborne township re-elected its
council by acclamation at a no
mination meetiilg in the township
hall Monday afternoon. Earl Mit
chell, who resigned, will be suc
ceeded by Hugh Love.
Reeve; Verne Pincombe.
Councillors: Haro l„d Jeffery,
Harold Hern, Clayton Smith and
Hugh Love.
School Area Trustees: for two
years, Walter McBride, Norman
Brock, George Frayne.
Clerk H. Strang presided for
the nomination and Garnet Hicks
was chosen to preside over the
meeting which followed.
Reeve Verne Pincombe said
that during his eight years in
council he had never had to run
an election and he thanked the
ratepayers for the confidence they
placed in him.
I-Ie dealt largely with county
affairs stating that the two major
projects during the year were the
building of the county home and
the county courthouse which was
burned in February. The building
had stood for 100 years. Over
$90,000 had been collected in in
surance on building and contents.
Contracts had been let for a new
building at an estimated cost of
$680,000, $400,000 of which had
already been raised. •
Speaking of the county home
which cost $456,000, Mr. Pin
combe said there were 74 resi
dents, 54 of them being over 60
years of age; 41 were receiving
old age pensions. The average cost
per inmate was $60 a month.
Mr. Pincombe estimated- that
with increased help at the county
home and additional expenditures
on roads and bridges in the
county, the county tax rate would
possibly be increased in 1955.
Spray Roads
Councillor Harold Jeffery spoke
of weed control which he .said
cost $9.66 per mile for spraying
the roadsides, Eighty-five miles
of roads had been sprayed at a
cost of about $850. Cutting, in
stead of spraying-, wild carrot had
not the desired effect.
The Ausable River drain had
been one of the greatest head
aches for the council, said Mr.
Jeffery. The contract with Mc
Gee Construction Co. was for
$3,980. Some additional work was
approved and the contractor sub
mitted an account for $11,739,50.
Engineer James- Howe refused to
approve the account and the mat
ter was settled by arbitration. The
final settlement was tor $4,301.
Councillors Earl Mitchell, Har
old Hern and Clayton Smith
touched on various phases of work
on the roads and bridges. Snow
removal cost the township some
thing over $5,000. Two new cul
verts had been built at a cost of
$7,867.96 and the total spent for
road work amounted to more than
$51,000. This included work for
private individuals and paid for
by them. On some of the work the
subsidy from the provincial gov
ernment amounted to 50 per cent
of the cost.
Wellington Brock, representa
tive on the Ausable Authority,
spoke briefly stating that some
200 farm ponds had been con
structed, the authority paying
half the cost.
Among the other speakers were
William Routly, road superintend
ent; Newton Clarke, treasurer;
Hugh Love, the newly-elected
councillor; Kenneth Johns, repre
sentative on the South Huron Dis
trict High School; Walter Mc
Bride, George Frayne and Nor
man Brock, re-elected as school
trustees for two years.
Austin W. Hodgins
Succeeds Dobbs
History repeated itself on Mon
day when Austin W. Hodgins, a
great, great grandson of the first {reeve of Biddulph, was elected to
that position at the township’s
nomination meeting.
Mr. Hodgins succeeds Fred R.
Dobbs, this year’s Middlesex war
den, who has occupied the reeve’s
chair for six years. Mr. Hodgins
served on council during Mr.
Dobbs' term as reeve.
Three other six-year council
lors were returned to office—
Raymond Greenlee, concession 2;
Timothy Toohey, cone. 7; and
Harold Wallis, cone. 13. New
member of council is Maurice Mc
Donald, cone. 5.
This year’s acclamation marked
the tenth successive year in which
Biddulph has not had an election.
In his report to the ratepayers,
Reeve Dobbs warned the incoming
council that action would have to
be taken to clean up the Lucan-
Biddulph township dump in the
Ausable valley near No. 4 high
way.
Mr. Dobbs said it might be
necessary to charge persons who
were using the dump illegally to
stop this practice. "Restrictions
will have to be made and we will
have to secure the co-operation of
the ratepayers and others to keep
the trash back,’’ he said. The re
fuse is crowding the concession
road and the Department of High
ways is pressing for action.
Less Road Work
Not as much road work was
done in1,1954 as was anticipated,
Mr. Dobbs said, because of wea
ther and the additional cost of
bridge work. Expenditures of $3,-
360 had been made on the Mit
chell Bridge and $3,208 on the
Mooresville Bridge.
Councillor Raymond Greenlee
noted that roads had been spray
ed for the first time this year
but warned ratepayers that re
sults will*not show until it has
been done for three years in suc
cession. He said he would like to
see more fences moved back
along the roads so that it would
be easier for snow* clearance.
Councillor Harold Wallis paid
tribute to Reeve Fred Dobbs and
the officials of the township for
their work during the year. As
relief officer, he noted that the
costs of relief had risen in 1954.
Warden Busy
During Year
Reporting as warden of Middle
sex County, Mr. Dobbs said he at
tended 243 meetings during the
year, Besides serving on all com
mittees of county council, he was
a member of the Western Fair
Board, the Board of Governors
of U.W.O., and attended numerous
civic functions throughout the
country.
Describing to ratepayers just
what the position of warden en-
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Eighty-Second Year
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EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, J954 Price Per Copy 70
Fire Destroys Turnip Plant,
Crews Helpless - No Water
Steal Produce
From Storage
Over $200 worth of farm pro
duce was stolen from Exeter Pro
duce and Storage Company early
Friday morning.
The loot included seven cases of
butter, valued at $215, and a case
of eggs, worth $12.
Thieves used a hack door to
gain entrance to the plant.
Police Chief Reg Taylor is in
vestigating the break-in.
Yule Sales
Near Par
Despite pessimism in the fall
because of crop failures, business
seems to have held its own over
the Christmas season for Exeter
merchants.
Television dealers had their
biggest year. TV sales reached
their peak during December to
top off a boom period. Dealers
were rushed to get aerials and set
installed before Christmas.
Other businesses reported sur
prisingly good sales during De
cember. Many who had expected a
marked decline found their sales
almost equal to one year ago.
Several merchants said they
felt the rush was -not up to par
and called the year a mediocre
one as far as sales were concern
ed.
People are shopping earlier for
Christmas, businessmen indicated.
Christmas mail in the post office
started earlier and the peak of
the mail came about one week
before December 25 rather than
the day before.
Christmas Seals
Behind $3,000
Huron County Christmas Seal
Campaign is about $3,000;.be-
hind 1953, Secretary - Treasure'?
Mrs. J. B. Russell reported this
week.
Total contributions to date
amount to $6,810.35. Last year,
$9,842.11 was raised.
The campaign, which raises
funds for the county tuberculosis
association, ends March 31.
to right are Timothy Toohey,, .Raymond Greenlee, Mr. Dobbs,
WARDEN CONGRATULATES SUCCESSOR—Fred Dobbs, is a great, great grandson of the first reeve of Biddulph. Left
Middlesex Warden and Reeve of Biddulph Township, con- \ ~ ~ .
gratulates his successor, Austin W. Hodgins, following the lat- Mr. Hodgins, Maurice McDonald and Harold. Wallis. Mr. Me
ter’s election by acclamation Monday afternoon. Mr. Hodgins Donald is the new councillor. The other three were returned.
Family Gatherings Highlight Christmas
Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Neal, Terri
and John, of Richmond Hill, with
Dr. M. 0. and Mrs. Fletcher.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Creech and
sons, Bill and Johnny, of Kings
ville, with Mrs. Creech’s mother,
Mrs. Byron Hicks.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Blowes,
Sandra and Brenda with Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Sweitzer.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Beattie and
family, of Lucan, and Mr. and
Mrs. William Crawford and
daughters, of Belmont, with Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Penhale.
Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Roulston,
Gail and Karen, of Simcoe, with
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Howald and
Mrs. G. Roulston. Miss Ann Hoc
key returned with them for a
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J Page, Tom,
Ted and Paul, Anaheim, Calif.;
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mattingly,
Doug and Judy, Sarnia; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Cox, Patsy and Saii-
dra, Niagara Falls; Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Hannigan, Randy and
Johnny, Toronto; Mr. and Mts.
William Jefferies, of Burlington;
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hannigan, Mari
lyn, Vickie and Debbie, of Essex,
and Mr. and Mrs, Harold Holtz
man and Cathy, of town, with
Mrs. Mary Hannigan.
Damage Over $4,000
In Yule Accident Toll
A Christmas rush of accidents
in this area caused property dam
age amounting to more than $4,-
000 but no one was seriously in
jured.
Two Boxing Day crashes occur
red near Grand Bend. A car driv
en by Ronald Chaulk, of Lon
don, flipped into a deep ditch
near the RCAF station and land
ed upside down. Damage was
$1,0'00. Vehicles driven by Jack
Farquhar, Grand Bend, and Ken
neth Smither, Parkhill, collided
at the intersection of Nos. 83 and
21 and both received about $300
damage,
Knocks Over Milk Stand
A car driven by Norman Wal-
per, Exeter, suffered $700 dam
age when it knocked over a
milk box on No. 83 and then
careened across to the other ditch
and snapped a pole on Christmas
Day. The car went out of control
following a'’‘'minor collision with
a vehicle driven by Fred Statton,
of Exeter, who was making a
left-hand turn off the highway.
The Statton car received about
$100 damage.
On December 24,, Ronald Cald
Ice Storm
Fells Lines
A freezing rainstorm made
roads treacherous Wednesday
night and caused considerable
damage to hydro and telephone
poles in the district.
Twelve telephone poles of the
Hay municipal system were blown
down across No. 21 highway near
Grand Bend.
Almost all long distance circuits
from the Exeter office were out
of order during the night. Most
of these, except the ones to Kirk
ton and Zurich, were restored
Thursday morning .
Damage to hydro lines was
general throughout the districe,
according to P.U.C. Manager, K.
J. Lampman. Three hydro crews
general throughout the district,
clear up the trouble, caused main
ly by falling limbs.
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Dr. and Mrs. C. D. Richardson,
Barbara and Don, of Sarnia, with
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. May.
Mr. and Mrs. James Schroeder,
London, with Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Kestle.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Gould and
family, of London, with Mr. and
Mrs. William Gould.
Sgt, and Mrs. II. A. Woods and
daughter Cindy, of Trenton, with
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Cornish
for Christmas and New Years.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ford and
family, of Brampton, and Mr. Ro
bert Jackson, Hensail, with Mrs.
F. Brierley.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Kydd with
the former's parents Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Kydd;
Mr, and Mrs. E. A. Moffatt
and family with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. I). A. Moffatt, Kip
pen, and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kydd
of town.
Miss Margaret Willard of Lon
don with her parents Mr. and
Mrs, A. Y. Willard.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Plumsteel
Clinton and Miss Eleanor Plum
steel, of Lucknow, with Rev. H.
J. and Mrs. Snell,
Cpl. James Low, Mrs. Low and
Penny, of Hamilton, with Mrs.
Thomas Binnoy.
well, R.R.3 Kippen,, knocked a
hydro pole down on No. 4 with
a loss of $500.
A double accident occurred dur
ing a storm on December 23 on
No. 4 south of Exeter. Peter
Gridzak and Harry Field, both of
Exeter, collided in a minor acci
dent and while the cars were still
on the road Clifford Waller, of
Exeter, and Alvin D. Becker, of
Robin, Man., crashed. Damage
amounted to $750.
On the same day Leonard Cam
eron, of RCAF Station, Centralia
clipped a hydro pole on No. 83
causing $500 damage to his car.
Provincial Constable E. Zim
merman investigated.
Exeter, Lucan Masons
Install Officers Jointly
The newly elected officers of
Lebanon Forest Lodge A.F.&A.M.
and of Irving Lodge, Lucan were
installed at a joint meeting in
the Exeter lodge hall Monday ev
ening.
Past D.D.G.M. Wm. Cann was
the installing master, assisted by
the director of ceremonies, Fred
Dawson. Others taking part were
past masters R. E. Pooley, Dr.
H. H. Cowen, K. G. Lampman,
W. H. Pollen, A. M. Easton and
J. M. Southcott.
D.D.G.M. Murray Hodgins, of
Lucan, and W.M. Sidney Jones,
of Clinton, spoke briefly. Follow
ing the installation the brethren
repaired to the rooms of the
Eastern Star where refreshments
were served by the wives of the
brethren.
Officers installed were;
Lebanon Forest Lodge, Exeter--
W.M., W. Bro. B. Borland; I.P.M.,
W. Bro. A. L. Snelgrove; Sr. W.,
W. A. Fraser; Jr. W., A. W.
Gaiser; Chaplain, W. Bro. K.
.Hodgins; treasurer, V. W. Bro.
W. E. Middleton; secretary, W.
Bro. C. Mawliinney; D. of C., W.
Bro. J. F. Dawson; Sr. D., Ern
est Cerson; Jr. D., Andrew Bier-
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Willard
and Miss Betty Ann of Mount
Hope, Mr. H. Willard of Col-
bourne, Mr. Sheldon Powers of
Sarnia and Mr. and Mrs. Thos.
Willard and daughter of Wind
sor with relatives in town and
vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kestle, Bus
an and Janice of Toronto and
Mrs. James Pomeroy, London
with Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Kestle.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Lawrence,
Peterboro, with Mrs. G. Westcott
and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pollen.
Miss Helen Sweet, of Toronto,
with her mother, Mrs. Muriel
Sweet.
Mr. and Mrs. Wes Redmond,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Thomson, of
Michigan and Mr. and Mrs. Austin
Schwalm and Susan, of Stratford,
with Mr., and Mrs. W. C. Pearce
on Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Marchant
and Helen, of Weston, and Mrs.
E. G. Loyd and Grant, of Schom
berg, wilhh Mrs. William Mair
on .Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Robertson
and Ann, of Galt, with Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harris
and Susan, of London, with Mr.
and Mrs. M. W. PfafL
District Hunters
To Face Charges
Case of two district men, charg
ed with obstructing a conserva
tion officer and shooting a fire
arm from a highway, was ad
journed until January 3 in .Strat
ford Court Tuesday.
The two, Ernest "Pete” Wil
lard of R.R.l, Centralia and Or
ville Ford of R.R.3, Zurich, were
arrested in Stratford after they
drove away from Perth Conserva
tion Officer Charles Horton, of
Mitchell, who found them firing
at a rabbit from Highway 8 be
tween Stratford and Sebringville.
Game laws prohibit firing from
a road.
Horton said he told the men
their car was under seizure but
they drove away against his or
ders.
ling; I. G., Harvey Pfaff; ‘Sr. S.,
E. H. Beavers; Jr. ,S., Gerald
Lawson; tyler, Wilmer Wein.
Irving Lodge, Lucan--W.M. W.
Bro. Robt. Murray; I.P.M., G.
Paul; Sr. W., C. Culbert; Jr. W„
Chas. Corbett; Sr. D., H. H.
Chown; Jr D., A. F. McLean;
I.G., Emerson Hodgins; Sr. S.,
Cecil Robb; Jr. S., Wm. R. Mc-
Falls; organist, H. Cartright.
RCAF Officers
Win Promotions
RCAF officials this week an
nounced promotions for seven of
ficers on staff at RCAF Station
Centralia and the appointment of
24 to permanent commissions.
The promotions, effective Janu
ary 1, to the rank of Flight Lieu
tenant were awarded to F/O R.
Longworth, Instrument Flying
School; F/O T. S. King, Pre
Flight School; F/O R. Madden,
School of Flying Control; F/O G.
E. Carr, Maintenance Wing; F/O
R. J. F. Lavin, F/O D. E. Met
calf and F/O L. D. Morrow, of the
Flying Training School.
Mrs. Sadie Watson and Donna
Powies, St. Thomas, with the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. Powies, and
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Powell.
Mrs. Dan Downie, Mrs. Bill Wil
liams, Jean Anne Williams, of
Stratliroy; Mr. George Grainger,
Alvinston; Mr. and Mrs, Russell
Grainger and family, Bayfield;
Mr. Murray Grainger, of Varna;
Miss Nancy Grainger, St. Joseph’s
Hospital School of Nursing; Bob
by and Barbara Grainger, Wat
ford, with Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wood and
Bill, ,of Lambeth; Mr. and Mrs.
W. N. Murdock, of Dundas and
Miss Olive Wood, of Toronto,
with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron .Stephen, of
London, with Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
Westcott.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Black and
Mr. and Mrs. B. Fleischauer, of
London, with Mr. and Mrs. John
Norry.
Mr. Bruce Alderson, Parkhill,
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Alderson and grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thos. Collifigwood.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kerr, Tor
onto, and Mr. Bill Penhale, Lon
don, with Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Pen-
hale.
Two fire-fighting crews stood
helplessly by as flames gutted a
$15,000 turnip waxing plant at
Centralia early Thursday morn
ing.
Brigades from Exeter and the
RCAF station, Centralia, couldn’t
stop the blaze because of a lack
of water supply.
A 40x60 cement building, ad
joining sheds, waxing equipment
and 4,000 bushels of turnips were
destroyed in the fire.
The building was owned by
James Cook, Centralia, and rent
ed by Exeter Turnip Sales, a local
firm including Mayor-elect R. E.
Pooley and .Seth Winer. The
building was partially covered
by insurance ibut the contents
were not.
"We could have put out the
fire if water had been availabe,”
Exetei’ Fire Chief Bill Chambers
said. The local truck pumped wa
ter from a near-by private well
but the supply lasted only a few
minutes.
A bucket brigade filled the
tank of the airforce truck so it
could keep the sparks down and
protect nearby 'buildings.
The fire was noticed about mid
night and broke out on the roof
shortly after the Exeter brigade
reached the scene. By 1.30 the
building was destroyed.
Owner Cook believed the fire
started from a short in the wir
ing. Because of a storm, the elec
tricity had been flashing off and
on several times during the even
ing.
Seth Winer, partner in the tur
nip firm, said one of his men
checked the plant at 8 p.m. and
noticed nothing unusual.
The building, a former cream
ery, is just south of the Centralia
hotel, now converted into apart
ments and also owned by James
Cook. Years ago, a church on the
same site was destroyed by fire.
Earlier this fall, lightning
struck the Cook apartment caus
ing considerable damage.
Take Action
For Water?
Establishment of a water sup
ply for fire-fighting purposes at
Centralia may result from Thurs
day morning’s fire.
Trustees of the police village
told the Times-Advocate Thurs
day they have been discussing
this project and may take action
ofi it in the spring.
"We’ve got to do something,”
Trustee Neil Wilson, station ag
ent, said. “We must provide pro
tection for the buildings in the
village.”
Both he and Trustee Frank
Smythe said they hoped a move
could be made in the spring to
establish a supply.
Two schemes have been consid
ered. A recent movement to tap
the water pipeline feeding RCAF
Station Centralia did. not meet
with general approval so the
trustees are now considering dril
ling a number of fire wells in
strategic places in the village.
Traffic Toll
Decreases
Huron, Middlesex and Perth
are leaders in Ontario’s campaign
to lower the traffic toll.
In a provincial report on traf
fic accidents for the first nine
months of 1954, all three coun
ties suffered 10 percent less ac
cidents.
Huron led the three with a 19
percent decrease; Middlesex drop
ped 13 percent; and Perth was
down 11 percent. The provincial
average was a 3.6 percent de
crease.
In two of the three counties,
however, deaths increased. Huron
suffered nine fatalities compared
to five in 1953; Perth’s toll rose
from nine to 11; Middlesex acci
dents cost 29 lives, the same as
1953.
The number injured in Huron
dropped from 156 to 130; Middle
sex from 665 to 619; Perth from
160 to 150.
Accident totals were; Huron,
283 as compared to 352; Middle
sex, 2,031 as compared to 2,332;
Perth, 399 as compared to 354.
Royals Break
Win Streak
Madame Fortune and Bob Ro«
bethge, Milverton's stellar net*
minder, joined hands to stop Mo
hawks’ win streak Tuesday night
when the Royals posted a 7-3 Vic
tory over the tribe.
Robethge, former senior goalie,
was brilliant during the first two
periods as he held the attacking
Mohawks scoreless but he had plenty of help from the luck lady.
She robbed the tribe of any breaks
they cduld muster. She was par*
ticuiarly nasty with Harry Mc
Ewen who had three netdabelled
shots hit the goalposts and bonnes
away.
—Please Turn td Rage 8