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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-03-30, Page 1Single Copy 60 Two Senior WOSSA Crowns Juniors Win First Game enemy, Amherst- honours in their types to a grand items to are 550,- , 300,000 in the change- 45-16 in the afternoon at 'Beal Technical The championship bout ----------4 Seventy-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1950 // JUNIOR FINALISTS — Pictured above is Exeter’s first team to enter into Ontario playdowns in modern sport. The Junior Basketball Maroons are now playing Brampton after ousting Amherstburg iji the semi-finals. Back row: Douglas May, Murray May, Ule Schroeder., Bill O’Brien and George Rether. Front row, seated: Fred Dobbs, Glenn Schroe­ der, coach Gord Farrow, George. Dobbs and Roger Vandenbussche; kneeling: Gord Cann, and Captain Johnny Reiher. . —Jack Doerr, Exeter H.E.P.C. Official Discusses Change A well attended public meet­ ing was held at. the Town Hall Tuesday evening With Mr, D. A. Dalton as guest speaker. Mr. Dal­ ton’s purpose was to acquaint the people of this district with the 'frequency changeover to 60 cycle which will be put. under way here in the near future, He stated that a survey of inventory would take place this fall and the changeover would follow in the early part of 1951, Mr. Dalton explained hydro conversion from 26 .to 60 cycles comparing the size of the under­ taking to the BoHlder Dam pro­ ject. The over-all cost is estim­ ated at 191. million dollars, 2.0 million of which is borne by various municipal hydro com­ missions. There are some l,8;00,- 0100 motors of various change over. There is total of five million change some of which 000 washing machines, refrigerators, 400,000 clocks, 200,000 furnace blowers and oil furnaces, etc. A total of nine hundred motors Will have to be changed per working day order to complete over in ten years. The contract for work has been let stock ;Company. At Purchases Coal Business Mr Russel Broderick, who lives a half mile north of Hen­ sail, has purchased the coal bus­ iness of Mr. (Henry Bierling, He will get possession early next month, Mr. Broderick is holding an auction sale of his farm stock and implements. See adv’t in Classified columns. most of this to the Com- ___, ______ . .present this company is employing 2,000 men but when standardization in­ creases they will employ 2,500 to '3,000. The Hydro Electric Power Commission of .Ontario has made a blueprint of each •municipality to hasten the work and simplify the program as much as possible. The full co-operation of each hydro user is earnestly advised. One of the things Mr. Dalton warned against was ,the taking up of valuable time which he illustrated thusly: One fellow going into a home ifor the neces­ sary changeover .work was offer­ ed a cup of tea and after he had drank several cups of tea he found that several of his valu-' able hours had slipped by. There is no direct cost to the domestic hydro user. Industrial users are advised to talk to their local hydro engineers for ex­ planation of conversion of their industrial equipment. Clocks and fans will be chgpgf.d at a mobile store of the Hydro Commission, traveling from one district to another. They will have 300 dif­ ferent types of washing machines to contend with. The consumers will be notified in plenty of time by mail or through the press regarding .the time of the conversion, An in­ formation bureau also will be set up in Exeter for anyone in this district who may have questions to ask. Exeter Junior Maroons tuck­ ed away the first game in their final round for the basketball championship of Ontario last night in Brampton. And the local cage team did it in con- • vincing fashion in trouncing the home boys 56-24 The second of the two-game series will be held in the new high school gymtorium this Saturday night. Within seconds of the open-<y ing jump captain Johnny Re- ther found the basket tto start Exeter to a handy victory. Brampton failed to show any definite cage style and the well-coached Maroons built up a steady lead in every quarter. At the end of the first break , Exeter was oh top 13-5 and at half-time lead 24-15. In the third quarter the locals sank seven baskets and three foul shots to lead 41-21 and in the last session hooped another fifteen points, Exe t e r’s high-scoring for­ ward 'trio dropped in forty- three of the points. May hoop­ ed -seventeen, O’Brien fifteen and Rether eleven, Schroeder, the Maroon’s towering guard, sent nine points through the twine. any W.O.S.S.A. CHAMPIONS — After reaching the finals in the past few seasons, the, Exeter District High School this year .swept both Senior "B" crowns in the annual W.O.S.S.A. competition at London Saturday. Members of the boys’ team are (top row) : Roger Van- denbussche, Ken Moir. Murray May, Glenn Schroeder and Gerald Webb: (bottom row): Paul Durand. Fred Dobbs, Gord Cann, coach Glenn Mickle of the. teaching staff. Bill Mic­ kle, Campbell Krueger and Grant Morgan. —Jack Doerr, Exeter Visit Moncton Lodge Opening D.D.-G.M. William -Cann and a number of Masonic brethren ■from Exeter visited Elma Lodge A.F. & A.'M. at Moncton Friday evening last, on the occasion of the opening of their new lodge rooms. Exeter District High School* basketball teams swept through a field of W.O.S.S.A. Senior "B” contenders to cap­ ture two championships in London on Saturday. The twin killing accomplished by both boys’ and girls’ teams. marked the first time the championships have been won by local teams. Exeter was the only school to take two titles in the week-end tournament in which thirty teams competed. The boys scored an easy 38-16 victory over Waterford in the final bout to clinch their trophy. ■ the girls squeezed a 29-26 win over their old burg, foi’ top field. More than fans were on hand to watch the victorious eagers iplay, While the girls captured their trophy at the Beal Technical School, the boys vanquished all competition in Thames Hall, U.W.O.'s new ath­ letic building. Most fans watched one team in the afternoon, then cheered for the other in the eve­ ning, To gain the double-barreled victory, the .local stars had to conquer theii’' old arch-rivals from Amherstburg. The Amherst- burg teams 'have jinxed the school’s basketbailers (for past three years, robbing .jams of championships. But this year the story different. The boys met Amlierst- burg in the semi-finals and gain­ ed sweet revenge by whipping them 33-27 in an overtime per­ iod. The girls conquered the yellow devils in the final match. Overtime Win In the boys’ semi-finals, Exe­ ter lead Amhersburg until the exciting last moments of the game, when .the rivals tied the score at 27. Fighting back hard in the overtime period, the locals potted six points and held opposition scoreless, Capturing the final tussle easy for the smooth-working tors. Using a baffling zone ■fence, they held a .tired Water­ ford team scoreless until a min­ ute and a quarter before the end of the half. .Final score was 38- 16. Captain Murray May was top scorer in both games with a total of .22 points. Glen .Seliroedei' and Gord Cann hooped 15 points apiece, while Roger yanden- busshe scored 13. Fine defensive work by Ken Moir and Fred Dobbs was a big element in the victories. Veteraif observers com­ mended the great teamwork which Coach Glen Mickle’s team displayed. Taylor Stars ’ The girls trounced a weak Fo- both was the was vic- de- rest team semi-final School with Amherstburg in the night final was a keen battle. Near the dying moments of the game, Jean Taylor flipped the basket' that clinched a 2(9-26 victory. Jean sparked the winners with 14 points. Betty Mickle scored eight and May 'Schroeder seven to ac­ count- for all Exeter’s points. While, the locals had an ad­ vantage in height, the smooth offensive power backed by a tight defence was the winning combination. In the two-game series, Jean Taylor hooped 30 points, May Schroeder 20, Betty Mickle 17, and Evelyn Wright 4. Both Miss Lauretta Seigner and Mr. Glen Mickle, the teams’ coaches, deserve great credit for the victories. tLineups and Scores: Boys’ Second Game EXETER (3:8) — -May, 10; Vandenbusshe, 9; Schroeder, 6; Cann, 6; Moir, 5; , Dobbs, 2; Mickle, Morgan, Krueger, Webb. WATERFORD (1'6) — Grzyb, 6; Backholden, 5; L, Scott, 5; Murts, G. Scott, , Mott, Hunt, Operaso, Kaufman, Teuch. First Qame EXETER ((3i3) — May, 12; Cann, >9; Schroeder, ,6; Vanden­ busshe, 4; Morgan, 2; <■<, Mickle, Webb, Moir, Dobbs, Krueger. AMHERSTBURG (27)—Hall, 10; Brooker, 8; Coultei", 5; Tait, 4; jCallam, Beaudoine, Laramee, Price, McCurdy, Wade. Gilds’ First Game EXETER (42) —Jean .Taylor, 16; May Schroeder, 13; Betty Mickle, 9; Evelyn Wright, 4; Doris Haist, Lois Alexander, Bar­ bara Hunter, Dorothy .Pooley, Joan Batten, Wilma Coates, Do­ lores Schenk, Lorna Taylor. FOREST . (16) — Anne Fra- leigh, 13; Yvonne McGregor, 2; Norma Newton, 1; Velma Mini- elly, Donna Archer, Brenda Teale, May Janes, Winnie Mc- Kinlay, Georgina Byrns, Ruth Wilkinson, Ruth Wilson, Made­ line Fawvett. Second Game EXETER (29) — Jean Tay­ lor, 14; Betty Mickle, 8; May Schroeder, 7; Wilma Coates, Evelyn Wright, Lois Alexander, Delores Schenks Doris Haist, Joan Batten, Barbara Hunter, Lorna Taylor. AMHERSTBURG .(26) — Rich­ ards, 14; Langlois, 8; Drouillard, 4; Martin, Beaudoin, Sanders, Arnagan, Dennison, Maricle, Wil­ son, Goodchild. WOSSA Sidelights Sing a song of victory for two champion basketball teams-—the senior boys’ and girls* of the Exeter District High School. It was a great display of sportsmanship and teamwork that won the laurels. Credit is due to both players and coaches for their victories. Quite a few local fans sup­ ported the teams in London. 5 While they had to divide their | cheers between the girls playing | at Beal Technical School and the i boys at Thames Hall, the players ?. conscious of the support Middlesex Awards Contracts W. F. Jennison, Grand .Bend, has been awarded the contract for 40,000 tons of crushed gravel0 for resurfacing existing gravel roads in Middlesex county and for 45,0100 tons of bitumin­ ous surfacing at a price of %?42,- 500.00. The road committee of Middlesex County have awarded a contract for $ 8,6 00 for a bridge over Mud Creek at Lot 15, Concession 15 McGillivray Township, and $2,00'0 .for a cul­ vert at the same place; also for a $4,200 culvert over the Elgln- field drain at Lot 25, Concession 10, Biddulph. Stratford WinsBookmobile Library Visits Exeter Friday The Huron County Library Bookmobile paid its visit to Exe­ ter on Friday morning. Among the non-fiction books which will be on the shelves of the Exeter Library for the next 3 months are: "Great Symphonies" by Sig­ mund Spaeth; "Tumult in India" by George Jones; "The Cook in the Parlor” by McCarthy; Joshua, a biography; "Your Ca­ reer in Music" by Harriett John­ son; "What .to Make for Chil­ dren”; "The Scottish Tartans, Histories and Badges of the Clans"; "Etiquette in Busines" by Carney; "Standard Book of Household Pets” by Jack Baird; "How to Remodel a House" by Towsend; "Birds in the Garden and How To Attract Them” by McKean y; "Faith .for these Times" by Wm. Brewing B.D., D.D.; "The Parson Takes a Wife" by Maria Sheerin; "Books that Moved the World" by Hor­ ace Shipp. I 1 Honor Public School Teacher On Wednesday evening, March 22, the staff of Exeter Public School met at the home of Mrs. Lome Porter for* a presentation honouring Miss Jean c ann, an April bride-elect. All the guests arrived in costume to portray a mock wedding, Games were played and at the close of a very happy evening the principal, Mr. Blowes, on behalf of the staff, presented Miss Cann with a wall mirror. After a fitting reply by Miss Cann, songs were sung and Mrs. Porter served a dainty lunch. . AIRPORT NEWS W.O.S.S.A. CHAMPIONS -- The girls’ team that brought the other senior title to Exeter comprises (top row): Kathleen May, Evelyn Wright, Wilma Coates, Doris Haist> Barbara Hunter, and manager Maida Richards; middle row: Dolores Schenk, -May Schroeder^ Joan Batten, coach Miss Scignor of the teaching staff; Betty Mickle, Shirley Taylor and Lois Alexander; bottom row: Dorothy Brhitncll, Jean Taylor, Lorna Taylor and Dorothy Pool- ■ey. —Jack Doerr, Exeter Crippled Children Fund $300 Chairman of the Lions* Hasler Seal Committee, A. L. Snelgrove, announced Monday that slightly over $30)0 has been received for the purchase of seals in aid of crippled children. Mr. Snelgrove stated that he was well pleased With the progress so far and peeled that this sum would be greatly increased by the end of the campaign on ,April 9. plant Brady Cleaning Plant Open For, Business Brady*s Dry Cleaning which on February 13 was de­ stroyed by fire has again been re-opened for bus! n e s s. The building has been enlarged and remodelled and Mr. Brady is now in a better position than ever to accomodate the public. Hold Emergency Meeting Lebanon Forest Lodge A.F. & A.M. held an emergency meeting in the lodge rooms Wednesday afternoon of last week when tour candidates were given their Master Masons degree. Lebanon Forest has had a vefy busy year and a number of special meetings have been held to keep up with the degree .work. About 100 Air Cadets from squadrons at Sarnia, Galt, Guelph and Kitchener were welcomed to the unit on Sat., March 25. The Cadets were treated to a dem­ onstration of acrobatics by F/L*s Lou Hill and Ray Greene, Who performed in two-riane Harvard formation. A volleyball competi­ tion was held in the afternoon in the drill hall. "Winners of the Windsor district semi-finals, Til­ bury squadron, met a team from Sarnia in the finals. The winning trophy was presented to squadron from Tilbury.# * * * Friday night was Bingo night in the drill hall for .the Airmen. Twenty-five prizes were handed out, and the evening was report­ ed to bo very successful, April FOol’s day, April 1, is the time scheduled for another onfe of the popular Friday night dances for the Airmen in the drill hail. It Is expected that .the usual largo crowd will be in attend­ ance, »J the Five Dakota aircraft arrived at the unit on Tuesday after­ noon from Summerside, P.E.I. They were carrying Flight Ca­ dets of a senior course, who gained advanced operational ex­ perience from the trip. The air­ craft are expected to return to Summerside on Wednesday, # * * « The Variety -Show to be staged in the Exeter High School on April 12 is arousing considerable interest in station circles. It is expected that there will _be_ TO participants ing a choir are on ities sale Badminton Title The Stratford Badminton Club is champion of the "B” badmin­ ton league. It w’on that honour by defeating the Exeter club 16- 8 in Stratford Sunday afternoon. In losing, the Exeter club cer­ tainly was not disgraced as it forced eleven of the twenty-four matches to three games. Exeter had previously eliminated Clin­ ton, while Stratford defeated Seaforth in the semi-final brac­ ket. The Exeter team was com­ posed of the following players: ■ Bob Dinney, Doug Knowles, Doug Grayer, Ernie Harris, Har-. ry Denbor, Jud Armstrong. Nell! _ [Armstrong, Ethel Mode, Dean'-^re < Morley, Ada D i n n e y , Marion | they received from the stands. Knowles and Eileen Hodgins. This week-end the Stratford club is holding the Western On­ tario ”B” tournament with en­ tries from Stratford, Kitchener, Guelph, Woodstock, Niagara Falls, London, Exeter, Clinton, Seaforth and Listowel. There are twenty entries from Exeter and we wish our players the best of success. A meeting of all the clubs in the league will be held in Strat­ ford next Sunday at which time a new executive will be elected and presentation of the trophy to the winners which R. S. At- key of The Clinton News-Record is donating. Hold Pre - Easter Communion A pre-Easter Communion ser­ vice will be held in the newly- decorated auditorium of ; James St. United Ohurcli next Sunday morning. Whild the decorating of the auditorium is complete there is still some improvements to be made before the official re-opening. The cheerleading team from the local school was one of the best in the tournament. The girls organized the cheers of the fans in their special costumes of red, white and the team are Elaine Beer, Joan Hopper, Betty Moir. Captain Murray May was pre­ sented with the trophy, emblem­ atic. of the boys* title, from Mr. W. A. McWilliams, president of W.O.S.S.A., in Thames Hall. Coach Glen Mickle was also on the platform when the presenta­ tion was made. It is interesting to note the championships were won the same year as the new high school was completed. Maybe that was the way the pupils ex­ pressed their thanks to the tax­ payers for the modern school. Whatever the reason was, the teams were real champions. black. Members of Claudette Blowes, Ann Hildebrandt, Jean Ingram, and in the show, includ- of 50 ‘ “ in all voices. Tickets local commun- ♦ station Flying instructors ** * The . have been dusting off handbooks during the last week. Visiting Flight from Trenton, who period­ ically fly with all instructors in order to check methods of in­ struction, are .on their semi-an­ nual purge. Move To Exeter Provincial Constable Win. Cox­ worth on Tuesday moved his household effects from Wingham to an apartment over Beavers’ Hardware. The moving van that brought the effects to Exeter ■ploughed through about four feet of water that crossed the high­ way South of Wingham. We wel­ come Mr. and Mrs. Coxworth to town. Escape Injury Several men escaped Injury when a chopping mill blew up at Cann’s Mill at Whalen Cotners Thursday of last .week. There was damage to the floor and the grain shoots as pieces of the machine flew in all directions. Luckily none of the pieces Struck the men employed at the milt at the time. The mill has been in operation for a number of years and while traveling at a high speed Thursday went to pieces, The mill is closed for a few days until a new mill ’can be installed.