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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-01-13, Page 1uuu.... uuuuunuuuu 'S 1 1 t' Eighty -Second Year • Paving Of Streets Council F ropos a.i No dissenting voice was heard at Exeter's inaugural .council meeting Monday when the propps- al to pave town streets was :aired. 'Reeve William McKenzie the senior delegate to comity council, asked for 'council's general ap- proval ;for investigation into the coats of paving a mile of roads every year. He will confer with county .engineer Peter Paterson regarding the proposal. 'Although no vote was taken, atone of the members of the 1955 council opposed the project. It re- ceived support from the new mayor, R. E. Pooley, who intro- duced the .question in his New 'Year's 'message which appeared in 'The Times -Advocate . last week. Reeve McKenzie estimated a anile of cold •top Paving would cost .around $10,000 on which the town would receive a grant of $5,000.. "This is the cheapest money we can find," the reeve sad. "Other towns are taking advantage of it. Why shouldn't we?" Mayor Pooley said that when all figures were taken into con- sideration, the cost of paving 'roads is feasible, "The roads Can't be left the way they are now," he said. • Mr. Pooley repeated his argu- anent that it was not necessary tp wait until a sewer system is in- stalled before paving is begun. Previous councils had turned down the proposal because the Installation of sewers would neces- sitate tearing up the roads. The mayor contends sewers will not be needed for 10 years at 'least. Paving of William Street, from Huron to Wellington, and Gidley and 'Sanders streets from Main east to ,Edward street was men- tioned as the mile of road which -night be paved this year. 'Organize Works Dep't Tighter control over the town public works squad was proposed at the inaugural. Mayor Pooley requested that works superintendent Gerald Cor- •aiish attend council meetings to 'report on work of his department and to hear of -the work. which council approves. Reeve William Mckenzie, who as chairman of the important roads committee has considerable work to do with the town employ- ees, • suggested that councillors should list work they wanted the ;men to do in advance so that the supervisor can plan a work sched- ule. • Reeve MCKenzle said the exist- ing policy of having each commit- tee chairman run to the superin- tendent with rush jobs was a --vshoddy" method of running the department. four Committees Added To Council I eorganization of council this year has created four new com- mittees --parks, sanitation, and a division of public works into four sections instead of the previous two. The new parks committee, headed by Councillor Ralph 'Bail- ey, will be responsible for fbhe town's major project of land- scaping the area between the bridge and the dam at Riverview Park: The sanitation committee, chair- ed by Ross Taylor, will 'supervise .garbage collection and the town dump. The standing committees: Sidewalks and culverts--ISnel- grove, Brady. Drains-- • Mawhinney, Taylor, Dinney. 'own hallo Dinney, Brady, Finance and court of revision-. Pooley, McKenzie, Mawhinney, Jermyn, Taylor. 'Cemetery Board-�McKenzie, Bailey, Community Centre --Brady, Din- ney. Becreatipn Council--Snelgrove, Jermyn. Historical --Mawhinney, McIea zie. Industrial -,Jermyn, ,Snelgrove. Prptection to persons and prop- erty (police and fire) --,Brady, Dinney, Bailey, Parks --Bailey, McKenzie, Seel- grove, Taylor. Publie Welfare (hospitalization, unemployment relief), --McKenzie, Jermyn. Sanitation --Taylor, Bailey. Public Works; streets and snow removal --McKenzie, Mawhinney. Appointments and remunera- tions approved included; mayor's allowauce, $300'; reeves' and councillors' allowance, $200 less $5.00 for each regular meeting missed; Amiable Authority repre- sentative, Andrew Dixon; Ceme- tery tery Board ,(three years)Richard Seldon; Library Board (three years), Rev, A. E, Holley. Relief officer, William Cham- bers, $60 per year; truant officer, Glen McKnight, $10 per year; bell ringer, Mrs. Emerson Cor- nish, $20 per month; fence view- ers, Ulric Snell and -William Middleton; John Norry, retired police chief, $50 per month; works supervisor, Gerald Cornish, $1.10 per hour. Fire Department—Fire Chief William Chambers, $100 per year; Captain Irvin Ford, $50 per year; firemen, $25 per year. All receive an additional $1.00 per meeting plus $1.00 per run plus $1.00 for each additional hour at fire, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY '13, 1955 NEW COUNCILLORS— Exeter's new mayor, R. E. Pooley demonstrates the town's famous gavel and stand to Deputy -Reeve Chester Mawhinney and Councillor Ross Taylor, both new members of the 1955 council. The gavel was presented to -•the tpwn by the City of Exeter, Eng- land, in 1951 when the status of the municipality was raised from a village to a town.. Mayor Pooley,presided at the inaugural meeting of the 1900 council on Monday. Forums Praise District Fairs Suggestions for improvement of district agricultural fairs were made'by -farm forums during their discussions this week. Although the general opinion was that the fairs are good, the forums agreed it was possible to make them better. Meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.' Allen Johns, Elimville North Forum with 28 members present, counted four fairs and two or three spring fairs within a radius of 15 miles of Elimville. They. felt that the Exeter fair is suc- cessful on its exhibits and enter- tainment and that it .serves a very Usborne Lists Officials At Inaugural Meeting The first meeting of the 1955 Usborne Councilwas held Monday with Reeye Verne Pincpmbe pre- siding andCouncillors Harold Jeffery, Harold Hern, Clayton Smith and Hugh Love in attend- ance. After signing the oath of office before the Clerk, council was led in a brief devotional period by the Rev. Wesley Moores,' Thames Road and Elimville. Council reviewed the appoint- ment of officials and salaries and rates of pay by-law and the fol- lowing revisions Were made: Relief administrator to receive $3 per trip as mileage. Livestock V a 1 u a t or—Harry Coates appointed to replace Chas. Stephen, .who wished to be re- lieved of the position. Cr a w l e r tractor operator— Emerson Penhale to be paid at the rate of $1.3Q per hour. Tractor mower operator to be paid $1 per hour. Weed Inspector—Wilbert Bat- ten to replace N. G. Clarke who wished to be relieved of the posi- tion. Caretaker of hall to receive $40 per year plus $1 for meetings of the Women's Institute. Representative to the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority—Clayton Smith, to be added to the ..by-law. Special meetings—R e e v e and Councillors to receive $5 apiece for attendance at special meetings. Road superintendent's salary to be raised to $220 per month. Power maintainer operator— Six applications for the position CAS Santa Workshop With Gifts From County At the Board of Directors meet- ing of Huron County Children's .Aid Society January 12, Mrs. M. P. Chaffee, superintendent, ex- pressed appreciation for the many donations of clothing, gifts, mon- ey, fowl, and food parcels ,made to the Society for distribution .luring the Christmas season. The Society's offices, located in Goderich, became a veritable Santa Claus workshop, as the staff, assisted by Board members HS Cage Teams Sweep First Set South Huron District High School basketball teams swept a four -game series with Mitchell on Wednesday afternoon. They were the first league games of the sea- son, The senior' boys, led by Ron Bowcliffe, Bruce Cudtnore and Bev Sturgis, scored a 47-29 stele umph. The Lavender brothers, Toni and Bill, hooped 26 and 17 points respectively to rade to juniors to a 65-21 win, Both boys' games were played in Mitchell. ;Effective play by the•guardsof both girls' teams was a Major factor in their wins in the local ,gym, Perla Reim "potted 11 points in the seniors 234 victory and Connie Jackeon•&rented fear'In the juniors' 10-7 win, and .volunteer helpers, sorted, wrapped and delivered the par- cels to all corners of the county, Many cash donations were re- ceived, and the money spent on special gifts, food baskets and other needed items. Without the open-hearted gen- erosity of individuals and organ- izations at this time, it would be impossible to carry on the ex=. tensive spreading of goodwill which brings happiness to so many children, Mrs. Chaffee Said. A happy event again this year was the RCAF party at the Radio School, Clinton, when 50 appre-' eiative children froze different' parts of the county were guests of the RCAF, They were treated tb a wonderful afternoon, and were sent home with beautiful gifts. Several organizations • asked for names ot families or children Who would welcome .gifts or food at, Christmas, and then delivered turkeys, blankets, groceries and boxes of gifts to these homes. The following donationsfrom this area were acknowledged Mrs. George. Hicks, Centralia, new coat; Junior Sunday School class, United Church, Centralia, $28.62; Kitten -ten, Exeter, cloth- ing; R. E. Pooley, Exeter, $2.00; Main Street ,b'nited .Church Sun day School, Exeter, gifts, cloth- ing, $33.00; 4 is .Sunday School class, Evangelical Murrell, Dealt - wood, $6.00.. ---I ieaee 'Turn to mage 10 were opened and considered by the council. A motion by Jeffery that Charles Stephen be appoint- ed was not seconded. A motion by Hern and Love that John Batten be appointed at his asking wage of $190 per month was carried. —Please Turn to Page 10 Mayor Pooley Off Balance? At the inaugural meeting of the Exeter Council Monday Ex - Mayor Cochrane suggested to the newly -elect Mayor R. E. Pooley that he hoped he would be able to maintain his equili- brium throughout the year bet- ter than he had during the holiday season. Mr. Pooley had the misfor- tune to fall on some slippery. ice slightly injuring his back and shoulder. A few days later he took another fall, this time striking his head and rendering hien. unconscious for a thne and confining him to bed for a cou- ple of days. Douglas May Heads Juniors Douglas, May was elected presi- dent of Exeter Junior Farmer's at their meeting January 15., suc- ceeding Ross Dobson. Others elected include John Pym, vice president; Norman Morgan, secretary and Murray Dawson, treasure;. Mr. Harold Baker, assistant agricultural representative, con- ducted the election and later spoke to the joint meeting of the Junior Institute on the Junior Farmers' public speaking contest 'he •attended in Toronto the ,pre- vious day. Mr• Jake Reder, Exeter florist spoke to .the Junior Institute on the do's and dont's of house plant care,. 'Roll call was answered by nam- ing a favorite ,house plant, t Marion Creery conducted ed the sacred moments and current events were reviewed by Pat. Tuckey. Plans were completed for the annual mother and daughter ban - duet in February. The Junior Institute and Jun- ior ,Farmers will present a one - act play and a musical number at the drama festival hi ISeaforth February 15. Anglican Church Dedicates Cross Dedication of a Cross, candles and a new altar railing, made and donated by parishioners, Was performed by Rev, 1't. D. Knox in Trivitt Memorial ' Church on Sunday, The hew furnishings were do- nated to assist with the restor- ation program. On Saturdays, members 'have been cleaning up the basement of the churdh and repairs to the brickwork will be Made soon. useful purpose in the community,: The showing and judging 'of livestock by 4-H Club members. is encouraging better farming and young farmers have better stock as the result of belonging to a club.. Their only criticism was that field grain should be shown in larger lots to discourage the small hand-picked samples which do not truly represent the crop. from which they were taken, "The midway could stand some subtractions," t h e m e m b e r s agreed, "and the Fair Board should be careful of what type of people they let in." Elimville North group ,will meet next week with Mr. and Mrs. William Johns. Fairfield Forum, which met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Elliott, . agreed that this : area is well supplied with good fall fairs and they could not find much fault with the way they are man- aged. Seed fairs and the winter fair at Toronto add variety to the fair program. No fair should be overbalanced by. its . amusement program and as proof that fairs can be success- ful without a midway, the Tees water fair was cited as the 'hest In Ontario in spite of having no midway. Exeter fair may possibly put machinery ahead of livestock, was an opinion expressed. The fat stock, though not the standard for commercial purposes, does represent the best type of its breed. Fairfield Forum will meet next'. week with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Leonard Merner led Unique Forum's discussion of fall fairs Powe, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack McClinchey. More local people and more young people should be encour- aged to exhibit at fall fairs, the members agreed. More field crop competitions and larger exhibits by 4-H dairy, beef and swine clubs c aowuldthefairs. The entertainment as a whole, and particularly the midway, could be made more attractive was the opinion expressed. Mrs. Delbert Geiger will lead the discussion at next week's meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Harold Horner. Parr Line Forum Twenty-five members of Parr Line Forum, who met at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Coleman, felt there is room for improve- ment in fairs in the area and made these suggestions: In grain exhibits , the quantity shown shouldebe raised from one bushel lots to discourage hand-picked samples; more classes for grade cattle would encourage more ex- hibitors; vegetables should be 'better classified; the same entries in crafts' and arts should not be eligible year after year. Feeder calf clubs, field crop competitions help promote better farming;, midways would be bet- ter if run by local service clubs and Fair Boards should strive to promote local competition in their entertainment programs. Parr Line Forum will meet next with Mr, and Mrs. John —Please turn to Page 10 oaring Enroimen' To Cramp SHDHS Hay School Board Elects Ray Fisher R ay F i s h e r was re-elected chairman of the Hay Township School Area at its first meeting of the year Wednesday afternoon, Deputy -chairman of the board is Elmer Rowe. Members are liam Haugh, Leonard Erb and Lloyd Hendrick. The secretary - treasurer is H. W.' Brokenshire, The board considered purchase of fire extinguishers for its schools. Truck .Tips, Six I p ured By DIANE KRAFT Six youngpeople were badly shaken up and one injured when the truck in which they were driv- ing skidded and turned on its side a quarter of a mile north of Dashwood. The • accident oc- curred on Friday, January 7' at at 3,45 p.m. Driver of the truck was Lee - land Restemayer, 17, of Dash- wood. Leeland, Ronald Merner, Donald Genttner, ,Ross Miller and Robert Becker, all. of •Dashwood, escaped with a severe shaking up. Michael Denomme also of Dashwood received a bruised knee and a cut on his. head which re- quired six stitches. Denomme, Becker, Miller and Merner were riding in the back of the • truck and were thrown out. The boys were on their way to Ivan Sharrow's pond to skate. The truck hit a rut, slid on the icy road and tipped on its side. The . damage was estimated at $'3 00. Drastic measures will have to be taken by S•1•IiEHS •to meet a surge of enrolment in September, Principal I'L L. Star-, gis told the board at its inaugural meeting Tuesday night, 'The principal said that to house the estimated total of 000 students for the 1955-'00 term, the school will have to; Cancel shop and home eConereic classes for public schoolchildren in the area; Hire two addition teachers; Convert the cafeteria into a classroom. If the enrolment exceeds 500— and this is possible, Mir. Sturgis said ---.classes may have to be held in the halls or additional accom- modation found. Construction of a four -room ad- dition to the school has been sag -- waited but the board' has not taken any action yet. Even if action was taken now on the addition, it is doubtful if construction could be .completed before the summer of .1956. Cause of the enrolment jump is the increasing number of pub- lic. school graduates eomillgin t0 Grade 9. In September the estim- ated intake is 210-55 more than last year, SHDHS Staff Seeks Increase Teacher at SEDHS will seek an increase in salary in 19515, it was indicated at the board meeting Tuesday. The staff eequested a meet- ing with the management com- mittee "to discuss revision of the salary schedule", The teachers now receive an annual raise of $200 plus a cost of living bonus of $32 for each point in the consumer price in- dex above 112.5. The minimum starting salary is $3,000 with a maximum of $4,800 for teach- ers and $6,000 for principal. Huron Industrial Board To Qoub!e Size In '55 Huron County Industrial Prb- znotion Board will double its size in 1965, it was indicated in the first report issued by the Board this week. Each contributing municipality is requested to appoint two rep- resentatives to the Board instead of the original one. This will give the body a membership of 22. The report promises an active new year. "Inform, tion has been gathered for a county brochure," it said, "and generally the ground GRADUATES WITH FIRST COURSE --Cadet Neil M. Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Taylor of R.R. 1 Hensall, was one of the 65 graduates of the first course of Centralia's new Pre -Plight School. The district youth is seen receiving the congratulations of Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshall C. R. Slemon who presided over the formal ceremony on Thursday. Cadet Taylor will now take flying training at Penhold, Alberta. —Photo by Ernie Lee, LFP District Youth In First Course Flight Cadet Neil M. Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Tay; lor, of R.R. 1, Hensall, was one of 65 trainees who graduated from the RCAF's new Pre -Flight School in full-dress ceremony at Centralia on Thursday. Friday, the district youth. left for Penhold, Alberta, where he trains to become a pilot. Like most of the trainees who will take air training. Neil hopes to wind up in a jet cockpit. • The 65 cadets, whose gradua- tion marked the end of a 12- months orientation course in the RCAF, staged a f ormal show for Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall O. R. Blanton, OB, CBE, Cb, who presented them with their dip- lomas, Direct Own Parade The 'cadets themselves directed the parade. of guard of honoir, color party. and two flights of graduates in a precision Ceremony that had remarkably few hitehes despite the pressure of the sharp eye of the air force's top brass. Flight Cadet Taylor and his fel- Ivy graduates are the first to re- ceive the extended basic training school for officers. This Pre- Flight training takes twice as long as the Officers' .School in London which it replaces. This change in air force policy is designed to ,give Cadets a wider range of fundamental training so they are well orientated before jumping into aircrew training. Be- sides sides instjruCtion in officer and military training, the , cadets re - delve education in such academic subjects as world affairs, mathe- matics and physics. Air forde officials say this greater basic training will speed progress of the Cadets in the mare vital schools of aircrew. the On graduation,, se- lected for pilot training go to RCAF Flying Training ;Schools at Clareeholm and Penhold, Alberta, slid Moose raw, :Saskatchewan. Those selected for Observer trait., ing go to the Air Navigation School at Winnipeg, Manitoba. In his brief address to the cadets, Air Marshall Simon said they were "damn lucky to be in the finest air force in the world." This was no idle boast, he insisted, because he has in- spected a number of allied forces and knows about the others. Ile told Cadets they had gaulified to embark on a career "which would be difficult to surpass anywhere," AIV/1%i Accompanies Chief Air 'Vice -Marshall 3, G. Kerr, Air Officer Commanding Train- ing Command, adcompanied the Chief of Staff at the ceremony. Commanding Officer Group Cap- tain A. M. Cameron was their host. Offlders of the new pre -slight School include $/I Wattle, the 00; S/L £ Cl. Mitnn, flireetor of Academic Training; ,S/L it. H. Green, Director of Officer Train- ing; and SIL 1t. S. Davis, Director of Military Training. work laid for an active 1955." " The organization was formed early in 1954. Five towns, two villages and four townships, in- cluding Exeter, Heneall and Us - borne, contributed a total of $660 toward' the finances in the or- ganisational year. The towns paid $100, the $v2illlages $30 and the to The report continues: `The purpose and aims of the organization were established to foster, co-ordinate and direct the promotion ofnew and existing in- dustry in Huron County. "The board has endeavored to find ways and means to accomp- lish their aims. A small pamphlet was printed for an envelope stuf- fer and was distributed by their representative at the Trade Fair held in Toronto and several local Trade 'Fairs. "Five meetings were held dur- ing the year and at each of these meetings a majority of the 11 supporting municipalities 1 e n t their efforts to further their board's aims." Major disbursements during the year included $100 to A. H. Wil- ford, the board's delegate to the Industrial Trade. Fair, and $92.70 for the production of a brochure by The Exeter Times -Advocate. Another influx of 20.0 is ex- pected in 1956, forcing another lumpin enrolment which might even crowd the addition: even if it were built by that time. This September's jump will take up every available room in the school except the gymnasium., The library room, and one home economics room have already been converted into classrooms. The cafeteria is the only room left. outside of the gyny which can be used for classes. Cancellation of the shop and home economic classes for Public school may bring a protest from parents. This service has been supplied for about 10 years and partf is now an established o he .t public school curriculum. The high School facilities have been used by schools in the townships of 'Osborne and Stephen, Huron Park (RCAF Station Centralia), Hensall and Exeter. Although the boardtook no official action toward construction of an addition, it did instruct Secretary Treasurer E. D. Howey to ascertain if the board could raise money for the building through the annual .tax levy ra- ther than by debenture. This . ' might mean an increase of two mills on the rate for one year but will keep the funded debt of the area at its present level, New Chairman C. S. MacNaughton was elected chairman of the board to succeed Dr. H. H. Cowen whoresigned after serving for eight years. A. W. Morgan, representative from Usborne Township, is vice-chair- nian. • E. D. Howey, a member of the teaching staff, was re-elected as secretary -treasurer and' Ge or g e Tinney remains attendance officer. Committees include: Transportation — Harrold Wal - per, Stephen, chairman; It, It. Johns, Usborne; Edward Chani hers, Stephen; A. J. Masse, Hay; Clarence Smillie, Tuckersmith. Property—H. L. Snider, Exeter,, chairman; Carfrey A. Cann, Ex- eter; neter; Johns. Management — E. L. Mickle, Hensall, chairman; Morgan, W. F. B. MaeLaren, Grand Bend; Oscar Grebb, Hay. Two new members of the board are Carfrey Cann, who represents Exeter Public School Board; and Clarence Smillie, who is Tucker - smith's first representative. Fif- teen farms of this township were added to the local area by Huron County 1Council this summer and since they total over '$54,000 assessment, the township is en- titled to a representative, Caught In Picker, Finger Severed' Mervin Jones, who recently moved to Exeter, lost the ring finger of his right hand and had two other fingers badly injured when his hand became caught in a corn picker on Tuesday while he was working on the farm of, Ernest Willar.?.'; R•R. 1 Centralia. He wastaken to Victoria Hospit- al for treatment. Example For Children Stressed To .Parents In her talk to members of the local Home and School Associa- tion Tuesday night, Miss Helen Hardy spoke of parental example as most prominent in directing a child's development. "Parents cannot do one thing, say another and expect a child to doewhat they say." She stressed that constant patient training must accompany the day-to-day example. Rigid Pattern Maintaining the idea that 90 percent of training is based on love, she advocated a rigid pat- tern to embrace the remaining 10 percent of that training. She spoke of creative resourcefulness as a necessary ingredient for hap- piness during childhood. With the thought in view that the foundation of the child's life is built in the first seven years, Miss Hardy spoke of the need for training in responsibility during those years. She said parents should expect certain things of a a child (according to his age and ability) and hold him to those expectations. But she cautionedagainst pre- mature freedom of dhoice and against responsibilities that the Child is not connpetent to handle. "The, mother and father should decide when the child to ready to step into larger areas of respons- ibility—and those areas should be 11nh1ted," She also cautioned against Mak- ing things too easy for children in bur zeal, to snake life ,better for them, "Life •calinot be toe easy if we ate to develop a strong . sense of responsibility," Referring' to the difficulty ex- perienced by parents and children during teen-age years, Mies Hardy described the emotional change as "so staggering that teen-agers don't know what they feel. "With.• in them is an emoting war." "However, if during those first years, parents set good habits of living, you may be sure that the child will come through the. teen- age en - age years without a serious break, He must, however, be shown pa- tiente, understanding, intelligence and spiritual perception. "If parents can remember that the child is not .just a bundle of —Please Turn to Page 10 Exeter Lions Club, b Sells Light Bulbs At the Exeter Liens Club Meet.* ing Friday evening it was deeided` to hold a district -wide sale of electric light bulbs, the proceeds from which will be used in Wel- fare work, The bulbs are put up in bags valued at $2.00 and in tine of the bags will be added a. prise of $10. The canvass will be made Wednesday afternoon of next week. The welfare eomrniittee report, ed the 'distribution of several baskets et C ristnne.. ., movie 6 tars r- et A dewat diving and life under the sea by Xniperiat 011 wash rhawa.