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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-03-24, Page 1.>a 4 Eisty,Second Year BOIL SAP IN 'HOMESTEAD—Doug and Earl Lewis,• of McGillivray township, supply Exeter and district with maple syrup made from the 1,000 trees they are tapping this season. Their A •evaporator is housed 3n the original house, hewn from logs, which their forefathers built :when they settled on the land. The sap runs through 48 feet of evaporator troughs before it is taken off as syrup. Last year the brothers produced 260 gallons of the ,Sweet golden -colored liquid. if —T -A Photo All But Babb Buggy Lost As Blaze Destroys House A baby buggy was the only possession •a New Canadian family saved when fire destroyed a two- storey frame farmhouse and its contents on Concession 3, Tucker - smith, Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. John Modde, Local Accountant Named Manager C. W. Hall, who for, the past six years has been the account- ant at the Bank of Montreal, has been transferred.to the branch at Westport, in Frontenac County, where he will act as manager. The transfer will not take place until C. B. Shaw, manager of the Exeter' branch, returns from his holidays early in April. For the past three years Mr. Hall has been treasurer of the Kinsmen Club. Mrs. Hall and .lour children, Ted, Bob,•Don and Nancy will re- main in Exeter until Bobby, .who is a patient in South Huron Hos- pital, has recovered from an ac- cident in which he suffered a • broken hip and some fractured ribs when he was knocked from his bicycle by a truck. IH. L, Prescious, of Prescott, is being transferred to Exeter to succeed Mr, Hall as accountant. His family consists of three child- ren. On the staff of the Westport branch is, V. M. Payette, a .former member of the Exeter staff, jande and their two children, one -and -a -half -year-old QBert and three -months old Elizabeth lost all their belongings except the clothes they were wearing in the fire. None was injured, The family is being .sheltered at the home of the father's employer, Ross Forest, who own- ed the building which was de- stroyed. The house was valued at $5,OOA. The fire started in the chimney and spread quickly throughout the .house. Mrs. Moddejande ran to the. house of .a neighbor, Mrs. Louis Clarke, Sr., to give the alarm but there was no chance of saving the building. " The Hensali fire brigade was able to save an adjoining garage. The family. came to Canada in July, 1954, and Mr. Moddejande went to work for Mr. Forrest in 1 CL Beth Taylor a or Wins -Award Beth Taylor, daughter of Mr: and Mrs. Harold Taylor of R.R. 3, Exeter, won Grand Champion Horse Showman honors at the 1955 College Royal of O.A.C. Guelph recently. She was one of five winners in . the livestock division. Miss Taylor is .enrolled in the degree course at MacDonald Col. lege, an affiliate of O.A.C. She is a graduate of SHDHS. Con.struct $6.,000 brain Increase Road Budget .A. $6,000 drain and a $2,500 in- crease in road expenditures were approved by Ilxeter council Mon- day night. Both amounts will of feet, the budget which council expects to draw up early next week, 1Qontract for the cement tile drain on Marlborough Street was let to Chas. P. Dietrich, of Ste- phen_ township. The work will proceed this month. The drain will provide service for the new Cann elevator on the railway line south of Victoria Street and will open up Mari - borough Street for residential • development. In addition, it will take some pressure off the older drains along Victoria and Gidley Streets. The drait* will run down Vic- toria street from the railway to Marlborough, south on Maribor- ough to the Ausable creek which flows east. The, water will not go into the pumping station on the east side of the street. :Engineer R. M. Ross, of Code- rich, presented the estimates of the, drain at a special eotu.cil meeting last week and it was approved Monday night. Town workmen will assist with the eon- strixction. Shelve Paving ,Council decided its plans .for road paving this year would have to be shelved to keep the tax rate from soaring too hid,`:: The road budget was increased, however to $12,000—about $2,500 more than was spent in 1954. Since this provides $6,000 for the resurtae- lugg of Huron Street and patoliw ing of Wellington Street, the amount spent en regular . main- tenance of the roads will be out by some $3,500. 'Road Chairman Reeve William McKenzie in asking for the $12,- 000, said "we'll have to de Mile - thing to I#uron Street this year or there won't be any street 16 repair.° Ire said the town has not been spending enough money on road repairs during the past few years; other towns with less street mileage were spending conal siderably more. Mayor R. 17, Pooley: "If a lit- tle more money had been spent eight or nine years ago, our roads would be itt muelt better shape." Reeve 1Vie/tenzie said.. Huron County Engineer, Peter Paterson had reoonnmended iesurfaoing of Huron and. Wellington 'streets right away, Proper paving of oth- er streets, however, would cost in the neighborhood of '$65,000 a mile. Not having received any offi- cial request from ,the Federation of Agriculture about Daylight Saving Time, council did not con- sider any changes from the `regu- lar' period. Members decided -to put DST into effect at the same time as the city of London (mid- night, Saturday, April 23). Reeve, Williani McKenzie said council Might give some consid- eration to omitting the three weeks of September because of the, hardship for school children. Councillor R. D. Jermyn suggest- ed' the proposal be investigated. Building permits were granted to T. ec T, Flooring, Zurich, to repair store trent on Main Street and to J, Keays for a house on Thomas Street. The meat inspection proposal waa.tabled for this year. Reeve William McKenzie, who introduc- ed the project, said several other towns in the county would be willing to install the- service if Exeter did not want it. Charles Allison was given per- mission to remove a tree from his Andrew Street property pro- viding he planted a hard maple in Its place. Town Hell Committee Chair- man R, C, Dinney reported care- taker Will. Homey was satisfied with the - $10 increase which brought his salary to $90 a Month for cleaning the town hall a and library, Council pays $55 of the total, Community ICentres Board Chairman; E. W. Brady informed council of a proposal by Exeter Lions to install Scent room0 In the arena. No definate eonstrue- tlea has been ,proposed. Hospital Anrival Set _ For Monday t illiond Annual meeting of the South Huron H ns pi t a 1 Association, -which last week issued its finano io.l report, will be held Monday, March 28, in the auxiliary' room. Auditor& report and the elee• tion of directors Will highlight the meeting. December. Mr. Forrest told The Times- Advocate Wednesday night that help had been offered the family by the Reformed Church in Ex- eter and by private individuals. Red Cross Blitz Raises $1,500 About fifty members of the Exeter Lions Club made a blitz of the town Friday evening in the interests of the Red Cross and In less than two hours collected the sum of $1,489.50. The canvas was made immed- lately before their regular supper meeting at Marlette- Menards. C. V. Pickard, who headed the committee In charge, stated: "In practically every home where the canvassers called they were given a cordial reception and the re- sponse p se was excellent, particularrly a'n"der present conditions." • The Lions Club will conduct :a scrap paper -drive in Exeter, Cred- it= and Dashwood next -Wednes- day afternoon. Mimes -,fib EXETER, •ONTARIO THURSPAY MOR:NIN 1F, MARCH244, 1905 'rice Per Cow 7 prise Provincial .Grants ill Reduce:District Taxes Expand. SyruR Making. In McGiUivray Bush The maple syrup harvest, which began et a record clip last week, has been boosted by warm days and cold nights this week. Tues- day's storm interrupted the runs. temporarily but the sap was moving again Wednesday. . First syrup hit the local mark- et Thursday at a price of $6;50 a gallon. Another shipment was received early this week, Chief suppliers for Exeter .and. district are Earl and'Doug.'Lewis, of McGillivray township, who are tapping' close to 1,000 trees this year. The maples are in three bushes covering about 35 ••acres. 'While most syrup makes have decreased their prodti:etlon and -cut down their bushes during the past few years, the Lewises have expanded their operation. Last. year., they boiled 260 gallons of syrup compared to &bout 225 the year before and they hope to increase, their ,output again this year. Good Start The two brothers got off to a good start last Wednesday when they produced a record 36 gallons in one day. Their previous high had been 25. Earl and Doug, who farm about 450 acres between them, '.house' their evaporator in the original' house, hewn from logs, their fore- fathers built on tate homestead. The building is located on the Ausable River, which runs through the sugar bush. +Although three-quarters of the bush is on the opposite side, the Lewises use an unique pumping system to get the sap to the tanks beside the evaporating. building. Using ,pomp that was once parwt of� the ..Zurich fire engine, the gi , r th sendthe 'syrup b o ers ,across the 80 -foot -wide river through a pipe which rests on the beef. y . _ y. The -••evaporator°- iced -by the Lewises was purchased in 1947' and is designed to boll off water SAP'S .RUNNING—Young Donald Lewis, son of Mr, and Mrs. Earl Lewis, tastes some maple sap as it begins to run on the 1,000 -tree Lewis bush. Watching the lad are his brother, Allan, centre, and Allen Lightfoot, With warm days and told nights, sap has been running well during the past week. •---'1'-A Photo Petition Pd Department To improve Mail Service •Campaign for mail service by truck for Exeter and district was started this week by council and the Businessmen's Association. Besides giving its support to a town petition, council is seeking the support of other tnunieipi11, /ties affected by the recent train change, R. E. Russell, president of the Exeter Businessmen's Association said Wednesday his group would circulate the petition this week.. Bell and Laughton, local :barriey tern, are drafting the demand for truck service,. Canceilation of passenger and freight trains on the London, Huron and. Bruce railway line has prompted the complaints over. mail delivery. The line now runs a ,single Mixed train instead of the two separate units and mail service has been. curtailed, B'nde; f the new system, mail from the south is distributed at the post office by 11.30 (the same as previously) but the deadline for posting for the south mail is 1.30 p.*n. instead of 4,80 p.m. Main objection is that business. men find it impossible to answer mail over the noon hour, Illreiglit Stops 'Train In addition to the handicap of the schedule, it is felt the service *nay be erratie because of the freight work the mixed train must do. Per example, on one day last week the train waracid up for two hours at the Exett ' sta- tion shunting Cars. on the%lines. This could affect the serviee fre- quently, Last week District Postal In- epeotor W. B. Pearson told the Times -Advocate his department would investigate truck service if the present arrangements did, not prove satisfactory, from the syrup as quickly as.pos- sible, The sap goes through 48 feet of fire -hot troughs in about' half an hour. The .faster .the sap boils away, the better the syrup. The Lewises fire their evapor- ator with soft coal, wood and oil, Alter the sap is boiled down, the syrup is taken off' at 219 degrees. The evaporator bolls away about 600 gallons of sap in an hour (it takes from 35 to 40 gaallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup). Been of the spigots in the trees will drip four gallons of sap in a good day, The bush has beentapped con- tinuously since 1910 when the late Daniel Lewis, father of the Present operators, and his bro- ther, William, who lives in Clan deboye, first made syrup. Pinery, Dam ARA Topics Reports on progress of the Pinery purchase and the Exeter dant are expected to highlight the annual meeting of the• Aus- able River Conservation Author ity at Parkhill Wednesday, March. 30. Officials hope some indication of the situation in regard to the purchase of the Pinery fora pub- lic park will be given at the meeting. The provincial govern- ment has been negotiating for some time with owners of the land to buy it for reforestation and recreation purposes. Charles Corbett, O,L.S., of Lucan, will px'ertent a preliminary report on the proposed flood con- trol and water supply dam for Exeter which he has been sur- veying. Contacted op. Wednesday, Mr. Corbett said his investiga- tions so far indicate the report will be "favorable". He said he could give no estimate of the cost yet. The authority and Exeter of- ficials . are • co-operating on the proposal which will be mutually beneficial. The town needs a larger supply of water and the. authority is anxious to see dams built near the source of the river so that spring floods can be partially •controlled. The pro- posed site, is in Usborne township between the third and fourth concessions. Election of officers and advis- ory boards will be made at the meeting. John Morrison, of East Williams, is the present chair- man. OPERETTA DRAWS CROWD—Opening night of Huronia "Tbe Choir's presentation of The 'Mikado drew a large audience to South Huron District High Sehopl Wednesday night. Similar crowds are expected for Thursday and Friday night performances. Three of the Oriental east are Isabel Gan - ton, 11irs. Robert Reilly and Mrs. Robert. Dinney. —Jack Doerr `Mikado' Opening Night attracts Large Crowd •Colorful costumes, attractive Sterling Ince, tries to persuade stage settings and more than the his rival Nankl-Poo to part with usual amount of humor make his head and he agrees on eon - "The Mikado" one of the. most dition he can first marry Yum popular of ,the five operettas the Yum, Huronia Male ,Choir and au ac Complications arise when the companying cast have presented executioner discovers that when under the direction' of Mrs, Alice it -married man is beheaded, his Sturgis. wife must be buried alive. Suck A large audience filled the high an unpleasknt procedure is avoid - school auditorium on Wednesday ed when Poo -Bah, Lord High Ey- night and a capacity attendance erything Else, signs a false state - is indicated.' for;., Thursday and ment that Nanki-Poo has been Friday nights. beheaded. Most of the cast have appeared The arrival of the Mikado, who in the former Gilbert and Sullivan discovers his son's name on the operettas and several members false certificate, adds to the com- have appeared in all of them.. plications and those "connected The scene of the play is in the with the crime of beheading Nan - town of Titipu, Japan. Nankt Poo, ki Poo are condemned to die' the Mikado's son, who has fled but the story ends happily for all his father's court to avoid a mar- concerned when events take a riage with Katisha, is played by sudden change. Harry Hern and Katisha by Max- Tea Share Role int Reeder. r•�" he Mikado is played by W. G. More Trouble . -C6tafnne; Poo -Bah by Allan Els- Iianka Poce gets into more tion- ton while Gordon Ford and Bob ble by falling in love with Yum Russell share the role .of Pish Yuan, played by Mrs. Robert Reil- Tush, Mrs. Bob Dinney is seen in ly, for she is already engaged to the roll of Pitts -Sing and Miss Iso- mer guardian, Iso -Ko, who has bel Ganton as Pup -Bo. been appointed Lord High Exe- Appearing as Japanese maid- eutioner and is looking for a vie- ens are Elsie Tuckey, Doris tim to behead. Ko -Ko played by. Schwartz, Jean Taylor, Evelyn Whilsmith, Doris Robinson, Mary Calls Special Meeting To Discuss Increases Chairman C. S. MacNaughton announced Wednesday he has called a special meeting of the SHDHS board for Tuesday, March 29, to discuss the salary issue with teachers.. The same day, the second staff resignation was reported which brings, to rotir the number of in- structors required for the new term. Possibility of more resigna- tions has been suggested but not confirmed. The staff requested salary talks with the board at its Janu- ary meeting. No immediate action was taken by the board but at the February meeting the man- agenteht committee, headed by E. L. Miekle, of Hensali, expressed intentions of meeting with teach- ers and presenting their proposals to the full board, The meeting was never held. The staff did not present any definite wage demands in its original request; it asked for a meeting with the management committee "to discuss revision of the present salary schedule," glees To Etobicolce 'Commercial Tomo i e r Ernest Jones said Wednesday he has ac- eepted an offer from Royal York Cellegiate in Etobieoke town- ship, near 'Toronto. Miss Isobel Ganton a social .studies teacher, resigned earlier this year to con} ,Club Postpones • Agriculture Night Exeter Itinlstnett have postpone ed their agriculture night from Friday, March 25, to \Vednesday, Marek 30 :because of tate playoff hockey game between Exeter and Goderich.Wa•rlow, G, L. director of pub- lic relations et U.A.C., Guelph, Will be the guest speaker, C.A.C. Principal d', D. MacLachlan, who " e 1,addresskh ori mall �hried to Meeting, le unable to attend on the new date. tinue academic studies. The school requires tivo new teachers to take care of the ad- ditional enrolment -in the fall. A,n acute scarcity of secondary school teachers throughout the province has prompted a general revision of salary schedules up- ward. It has been reported there are not enough teachers graduat- ing from Ontario College of Edu- cation to replace those who will be superannuated this year let alone take care of the' phenomen- al growth in enrolment which is taking place throughout the pro- vince. The teachers' federation has recommended 'a salary schedule ranging from a minimum of $3,200 to a maximum of $6,400 With an annual increment of $800 for schools of SHDHS's size. The local school offers from $3,000 to $4,800 with an annual increment of $200 and a bonus based on the cost of living. Ninth Theft Nets $150 Ninth is a series of minor rob- beries on the .outskirts of town occurred Monday morning when thieves stole $150 and some cig- arettes front R.iok's I'oodland. it was the second break -hl at the new south -end grocery store in four weeks. Exeter District Co-operative has been robbed three trines; Exeter Produce and Storage twice and Mathers Eros. once i*. recent months. All but Mathers Eros. are Ott the out- skirts • Of the municipality. On Monday night the grocery store was entered by breaking the plate glass in the south door and opening the lock. A. small sate was removed froth the building and later :found by police in A field south-west of town, It was smashed by a sledge-haninner. I'alice say the roblleery took -� Please '1•urn 'po Page 3.2 Martin, Margaret Wildfong, Aud- rey Green Nancy Sinasac, Virginia Deiehert, Helen Bell and Doris Elford. Gentlemen° of Japan are Mur- ray Desjardine, Emery Desjardine Ken Kraft, Gordon Kraft, Bob Hern, C. F. Nile, Urban Pfile, T. H. Hoffman, Art Finkbeiner, H. Dykstra, Gerald Skinner, Lloyd Hodgson, Harry De Vries, Clare Schwartz, Norm. Walper, Ronald Elford, Allam Elston, Frank Wild - New provincial grants announ- ced this week may lower local tax rates by as much as two Mills, according to figures released on Wednesday by Tom l'ryde, Huron M,L,A. Close to $15,000 in uncondi- tional municipal awl school grants will be received by municipalities in South Huron, The unexpected grants, an - nounced Jdy Premier Leslie Frost, are a surprise supplement to the provincial budget tabled in elle legislature two weeks ago. Across the province they total over; seven million dollars. Each of the municipalities re- ceives a .special grant equal to one -halt the present provincial subsidy which is based on popu- lation. The school boards, both public and high, receive $4.00 per pupil. In average daily attendance, Largest municipal grant in South Huron goes to Hay town- ship which will receive $1,980,7.5. Stephen township will get the largest public school grant of $1,58,8.00. , An estimated increase in pro- vincial revenues has made the grants possible. Since the money will be paid immediately it will affect the tax rate of municipal- sties who have not yet set their budget. Exeter, for example, Will re- ceive a total of $3,274 in munici- pal and school grants and this amounts to about one mill and ,one -hale This willhelp to stem the risingg rate with which the town council is presently faced. The grants, as . announced by Mr. Pryde, are, South Huron District High School, $1,364.00. Exeter, municipal $1,910.25; public school $1,360. Usborne, municipal, $1,250; public school $928, (Stephen" township ,*municipal, $1,819.50; public school $1,5,818. n' i at Y - Hay township, mu tc p $ , 1 224. 980,75'; public school$ , Hensali, municipal $.534,7,5 public school .$488, Teams Play Here Friday 10neter Mohawks and Goderich Sailors will resume their WOAA Int. "A" championship play -+orfs here Friday night in the fourth game of the best -of -seven series. The Friday game, originally scheduled for Goderich, will be played in the local arena to re- place the Tuesday night contest which was cancelled because of the storm. The teams will return to the Lakeshore town Saturday night far the fifth game and then back to Exeter • on Tuesday night, March 29, Mohawks and Sailors are dead- locked on the series with one win apiece and a tie. Both have scor- ed 14 goals in the three games. Fong, Tien. ,Johns, Doug. Stephens Harold :Skinner, George Ander- son, Ray King and Andrew Dixon: Accompanying the operetta at twin pianos are Miss Agnes Bray and Mrs. A. E. Holley. TIMID EXECUTIONER—Death plays a comedy role in the Huronia 'Choir's "Mikado", beim; presented- this week. in the SHI)1-lS auditorium. Cringing from a noose is.the Lord MO EE.xecutioner, playas by Sterling ince. Harry merit, wviid PIat% the hero of the t eretta, IN atiki-Pito, suspends tite rope: with ii The operetta ithe fifth resented the help of (Yorciun I tit cT. 1 lieP by tltc •choir. --Jack »crtrr