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ELECT 'LIBERAL CANDIDATE—James Scott, WO% Sea -oral,. professor at the University
;4 Western Ontario, was named Tuesday night by Huron Liberals to contest the provincial
.eloction. Farquhar Oliver, Leader of the Ontario Liberal party, addressed the nomination. Ivan
,Kulbfleisch, Zurich, president of the riding organization is on the left, ,. . —TA Photo
FESTIVAL WINNERS—Among the high school winners at the South Huron Music Festival
=during its first day, Wednesday, are shown here with Huronia Male Choir President Ron El-
ford, left. From left to right are Pat Cann, junior .girls' solo; Allan Taylor, junior boys's solo;
Janice Hamilton and Connie Klumpp, junior girls' duet. The competition continues Thurs.-
day and Friday with a concert of selected. Winners Friday night. —T -A Photo
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VISIT NEW YORK—Students from South Huron District High Schoo.l invaded the world's
largest city over the Baster weekend for a fun-packed holiday. The tourists visited famous
landmarks throughout the city, saw broad.way shows, mingled in the Easter parade and ate
in fashionable restaurants. Shown here at the United. Nations building, witTi a background of
city "buildings, Ave boys who enjoyed the trip: back row, Don Taylor, Bob Miller; centre
now, Jack Clarke, Raymond Latta, Bob Mactaten, Michael Farrow, Harold Barry, Jack
• Schade, Dennis ?filen,' Jules Desjardine, joe Green, Dick Manore; front, Bob Down, C, .1.
Porter, one of the teachers who accompanied the students. —Jim Crocker
Beef Growers Best In District
Scottish Lassie
To Visit Huron
A Scottish girl will be guest at
Huron County farms in May as
part of an exchange visit epon-
tored by the Junior Fariners' As-
oociation of Ontario and the On-
tario Department of Agriculture.
The girl 18 One of four young
tanners trent Scotland who will
-visit Ontario and attend the pro-
lictelal conference of Junior
Farmers in May. During their
three-month stay ill thn province
they ,be given an Opportunity
in learii something of Ontario's
agrioulture ntothOds.
The girl wile will stay in
ton lb MaryOranIdartin of Kirk -
Janda: Itirkoawald, AyinAiire. She
Will visit the tarns of Bob Allan,
Brtteefield, who stayed with her
Itainily when he toured Scotland
•orc a Similar etellatige Vita last
year. Miss Martin will alto visit
With Mr, and 1Virs. Ii0h Camp-
bell, Staforth.
The ,delegates are selected 'far
their outotaading activity
Two district men topped LOU -
den division growers of the Ca-
nada and Dominion Sugar Beet
Company last year, it was an-
nounced this week.
James McCarter, of R.R. 1
Centralia, produced the best crop
in the division with a yield of
5,65$ pounds of sugar per acre.
110 hail/sated 18,23 tons on each
Of the two acres he sowed.
Sullen Verlinde, Exeter, placed
second with a record Of 5,281
pounds per acre. Ile planted
22,58 acres and harvested 17.26
tone in each.
Gerald Pita, of Exeter, was
awarded third prise for a record
of 5,094 pounds to each acre of
his fourAcre oron, -
Thirty -Seven On Itoll
Thirty-seven men of the 200 -
farmer division were selected for
the company's "honor roll".
These Included 'Wilfrid Shap -
ton, Lyle Steeper, It Y. Dalian.-
tyini, Lloyd Jones, Carman. Mac-
Donald, Adolf Van rotteke, Mar.
elm° Down, Lloyd Wainer, Wil-
liam Roweliffe, Lloyd Reyttolde;
Ray Perkine, John Oreidariva,
Oscar Tucker, Harold Rowe,
Run Over By Drill
Farmer In Hospital
Melvin. Smith, 63 -year-old Zur-
ich area farmer, remains in "sat-
isfactory" condition at St. Jo-
seph's Hospital, London, suffer -
frig from injuries received Satur-
day afternoon when he was run
Oyer by a leaded dtill.
Ititr. Smith has abdominal and
other internal injuries and is ex-
peeted to be hospitalized for seine
The fernier Wag Working with
a team of horses itt the field
When the animals bolted. He was
knocked down, and the machine
roiled over him.
Harvey Hyde, Bruce Shantou, AI
vin Passaiore, Hobert SiMpson,
Bag Hodgert, Bruce Tuckey, ElI
gin Hendrick and N. 3. Ottd.
Each of these growers received
over mot) pounds Of Seger to
the etre. They are an in the die-
triet Settled by W. 3. Autos, field -
main of IleGillivray township.
tines- buocafe
Eighty -Second Year
EXETERONTARIO T
UMW MORNINP, APRIL 21, MS
Price Per Coni70
Praises High School Music
As District Festival
CcoultityNot Getting Fair Share
New ,Liberal Nominee Charges
At a well -attended Meetiag of
Liberals in the town hall, Heim%
Tuesday evening, James Sett,
Seaforth, was selected its eandi-
date to contest the riding of Hu-
ron in 'the forthcoming Provincial
election.
seven names were placed in
norainatioa, including Jack ,Aara-
strong, unsuccessful candidate In
the last election; Dart-ICenipliell,
reeve of Hay township and warden
of Huron nounty; Jack Do$g„ reeve
of Tuckersmith; Hugh 110*Itins,
of 'Clinton and both Mr. and Mfrs
W, L. Whyte, of Seaforth.
Afl,candidates withdrew with
the exception. cvf Mr, Scott and
Mr. Dog and after the election
of IVIr. Scott Mr. Doig moved to
make it unanimous,
Mr. 'Scott, a leoturer in the de-
partment of English at the Culver-
ty of Western 'University, In bis
acceptance , address, said "this
county has been getting the small
end of the stick from every tie-
partraent of .Government, Huron
Driver Faces -
Drunk Charge
A drunk driving charge has
been laid against a London man
who hit a parked car in Crediton
Saturday •afternoon.
George Penfold, London, drove
off from in front of Lloyd Hey's
garage on King Street, crossed
the road .and eoi11ded with Mr.
Hey's •car parked on the opposite
side. Damage to both vehicles
amounted to $130.
Previacial Constable Cecil IGib-
bons investigated.
'Charges are pending against
Neil Buchanan, RCAF Centralia,
whoge English car jumped the
culvert on No. 4 highway in front
of Lakeview Hatchery at 230 a.
m. Friday.
'Constable Sohn Cowan report-
ed considerable damage to the car.
The driver, who was alone, was
not injured.
Damage amounted to $250 on
Monday when two vehicles col-
lided at the Hensall Intersection
on No. 4 highviay. A Bell Tele-
phOne Company truck driven by
Wilfred J. Roden, of London, was
travelling north Nviliett It struck
a car crossing 'the highway driv-
en by William Pepper, Hensall.
Thealepper car broke off a hydro
pole,
IProvincial Constable Elmer
Zimmerman investigated.
county is .getting less than its
fair share, The Government is
falling apart at the seams and it
is now time that Huron send a
representative that will ffght ag-
gressively •for the thingc it de-
serves," he said.
"It looks as if we. are in busi-
ness, and not ifunny business" said
Mr, Scott, following his electioa.
"Sure it's going to be tough, but
Huron T,Aberals have he •capacity
to tight when the odds are hard-
est."
Hugh Hawkins, while declining
to stand at this time, stated that
he had hopes of ,becoming a can-
didate sometime in the future,
Ivan Kalbfleisch, 'Pt Zurich,
president of the Huron Liberal
Association, was chairman and the
secretary was. W. G, Cochrane, of
Exeter.
"This riding can be redeemed'
said Senator Golding "If every
Liberal sticks to the principles of
Liberalism and goes out to the
last man to see that your ean-
didate is elected.
Mayor Gregory, of Stratford,
president"of the ,Ontario Liberal
Association, said: "The people
down at Queen's Park are getting
weaker and weaker." "Co-opera-
tion between. the 'government at
Ottawa and the Ontario Liberals
is 100 per cent," he said
Farquhar Oliver, Liberal Leader
Farquhar Oliver, Liberal lead-
er, stated that the cbances or
the Liberals to melte gains in
this election were better than
they Were at the iast election.
"Thene are striking resemblan-
ces between this election and the
election of 1934 when the Henry
Government was swept from of-
fice" said Mr. Oliver. "The Hen-
ry Government had grown old and
SI -PHS Students
Narrate NY Trip
Alexia Lostell, grade 12 stu-
dent at won The
Timea-Advocate competition for
the best story of the students'
trip to New York during the
Easter holidays. She receives
a prize of $15.
The prize-winning account of
the World's largest city appears
on page 4.
Three • other students will
share equally $10—the balance
of the prize nitney for their
essays. They are,Elizabeth
Hunter, Harold Barry and
Marion Creery.
Experiment in District
-For Olympic Training
Exeter,. and district athletes centres in the district will hold
will be given an opportunity to
Compete in track and field events
this summer in a recreation ex-
periment being conducted in this
area of the province.
The experiment will encompass
the counties Of Huron, Perth and
Bruce and is designed as a train-
ing prograirr to encourage Cana,d-
Ian athletes in track and field.
The eventual objective to im-
prove Canada's showing "ra such
competitions as the Olympics and
British Empire Games.
If the experiment proves suc-
cessful in this area the program
will be broadened throughout the
province.
Decision to take part in the
pla» was made by Exeter reerea-
tiOnal Council Tuesday night, The
eouncil hopeS to secure the ser-
vices of Vie Cassis, of RCAF Sta-
tion Centralia, who competed in
the trftish Empire Gaines as a
high juniper, and John liaberer,
of Zurich, a member of the
1.1,"W.C. track team, to assist with
the training.
During the summer it is expect-
ed the famous Great Britain
miler, ,Gordon Pirie, will tour
the area to aid the training pro-
gram,
Reereational Council Chairmen
Glen Micklic indicated the Varions
Heart Of Durham
Born in Throat
Ona often hears the expression
"his heart wag in his mouth." A
calf that literally has his heart
In his tnroat'was born two and a
half weeks ago to a high grade
Dunham cow owned by Miter
Powe, Centralia.
After a few day's ,special atten,
tion he found his way to his
mother when hungry and back to
the other eaves to bed. He IS
progressing Well in Slag and acti-
vity. He now jurants about and
butts other animals. The heart
nen be seen and felt. Is Of good
Site and tho beat Is regular and
pronotirteed)
track and field meets throughout
the suinmer to stimulate competi-
tion.
A. Meeting of athletes interest-
ed in track and field will be held
at the local arena on Thursday
night.
Delegates from the local coun-
cil to the Ontario Recreation, As-
sociation. in Sudbury this month
will be Recreation Director Doug
Smith and Lloyd Cushman, Direc-
tor Smith. will be in charge of the
arena managers' conference at
the coavention.
tired and was riddled with graft
and scandal" he said, The nigh -
way scandal of the present gov-
eminent bas become and still re-
mains, the greatest political scan-
afti the provinee 'has ever known."
"In our years in the Fort Wil-
liare highway% division," said Mr.
Oliver, "the Government paid
out sums that exceeded the lace
values of contracts by a total of
$27,000,000. Mr. Oliver , said
he 'would not suggest that all of
the twenty-seven million was
wrongfully spent "but no man
knOws to this day how much was
wasted."
"The discovery eame about by
chance after three years," said
Mr. 'Oliver, "It was revealed when
a clerk threatened to (blow the
lid off unless he got his out."
Mr. Oliver criticized the Gov-
ernment for not setting up a
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0 ens
The South Huron. Musie Pesti-
val, the fourtb. to be sponsored'
by the Huronia Male Chorus,
opened with high school zonipeti-
tions held in the auditorium of
South Huron. District High Scnool.
Pr, G. Roy Fenwick, Super-
visor of Music in Ontario, who is
adiudiegtor Qf the festival for the
second time, complimented the
high school for having made mu-
sic a living thing in the curricti-
lum. "Music has come to life
here," he said.
Re remarked there was only
one other high school in Ontario
where one could expect to near
boys and girls sing as -they 414
here today.
the evening, piano competi-
tions and adult vocal classes were
beld.
Highest mark awarded by the
adjudieator Wednesday was 88
received by both Bruce Cudmore
and the James Street United
Church Cnoir under the direction
of Lawrence Wein,
Bruce Cudinore, who won the
baritone solo class, "has a prom-
ising voice and knows how to put
his song across," ,Dr. Fenwick
said.
He complimented the James
Council Nills Request
For Subdivision Road
Request for the construction
of a road which would open up a
new subdivision on the west side
of town was refused by council
Monday night because' "it would
cost too much."
It was estimated conoruetion
of the road and necessary eulverts
would exceed $.5 0 ,0 0 0. (Council
telt this expenditure was not just-
ified in view of the number of
building lots Still available0 n
existing streets,
'The proposal was to extend
Sanders street east. prom Edward
and construet a road south. to
John street. This would ereate
new block and open up a large
area. The district is low, how-
ever, considerable water runs
across 'the land during spring
floods.
Mayor R. E. Pooley reported
the opinions of Engineer B.
Ross, who viewed the area at
council's direction. He telt there
wasn't any justification to spend
the amount of money that would
be required to .construct the roads
and take tare of the drainage,
The (request to open up the
area was made by Fred Darling,
who owns the land in that sec-
tion, througbhis lawyer, W. G.
'Cochrane, a former mayor.
'The ,council sought advice from
its solicitors, Bell and Laughton,
if the town could be required to
do the work. The law firth indi-
cated it was at the diseretion of
council to determine whether the
move was in the public interest.
The firm also warned that the
town would the responsible for
any flooding caused 'by construe -
tion of the 1,oad.
Smoke Endangers Health
'Threatened again with .court
action •because of fires at the
dump grounds, 'council ordered
the gates to the refuse area pad -
Ricked and banned fires in the
area.
George Shaw, whose borne is
on No, 83 highway near the dump
complained to council that smoke
from. the area was endangering
the Health of his family. He has
been advised by the Department
of Health toalay charges against
the town if the situation contin-
ues.
Mr. Shaw first registered the
complaint last year and said he
was prepared to take the issue
to court. Council at that time pro-
hibited anyone but the public
works crew from starting„ a fire
in the dump,
Councillor Ross Taylor, who is
in charge of the dump, reported
buildozingwork in the area, Plans
for the •planting of a nage along
the front of othe dump to hide it
from the highway. are .proceeding,
Permission to plant the hedge
bas been secured trona the De-
partment 'of Highways,
Requests Wage. Increase
Request trona Town Street -
cleaner Ted Mawhinney fora
guaranteed erraual wage of $2,-
000 was referred to committee.
He has been receiving an hourly
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Street their for the freshness of
its voices, the balanee of Parts,
fine unanimity and the natural-
ness with which the members
sang, They were the only entry in
the class.
Linda Tieraaa, of Dasbwood,
was awarded, a $10 scholarship
from the liuronia Male Chorna
for the highest marks in the
piano sections from eight to 11
years. She received 87 narks in
the 10 -year-old class.
Bonnie McCrae, also of Dash-
wood, and Lynda Wainer, of Ex-
Oter, received 86 marks each to
tie for second place.
,High school winners were:
Junior Girls' Sole; Pat Cann,
83; Doreen Brock 8.9; Sjvlriey
Gossman $1.
Junior Boys' Solo: Allan Tay-
lor 83; Richard Oherrette 82;
Calvin 1VIcKerral 81,
Junior Girls' Duet; Janice
Hamilton and Connie Klunie 83;
Eleanor May Hodgins and Sylvia
Johns 82; Nancy Boyle and Mary
Ann Rennie 81.
Junior Girls' Double Trio: Helen,
Down, Marion Gill, Jane Farrow,
Barbara Tutkey, Helen Taylor,
Connie Klurap 82; Joyce Corn -
forth, Betty Brady, Judy Willert,
Bernice Strang, Ruth Dykeman,
Mary Dickey 81; Winnie Negryn,
Diane Thiel, Jocelyn Howey, Don-
na Gesell, Eleanor Mae Hodgins.
Joan Koehler 80,
Junior Boys' Double Trio: Cal-
vin McKerral, Charles Mickle,
Paul Wilson, R. Qharrette, Doug-
las Thiel, Bob Ford 82; Ron
Klopp, Allan Taylor, Barry Glov-
er, Gramm Farquhar, Bill Pol-
len, Elmer Ince, 81; Jerry Love,
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Change Time
Saturday Eve
Most communities in. this area
will go an, Daylight Saving Time
Saturday midnight.
That means all church servieea
on Sunday will be Daylight Sav-
ing Time.
Exeter, Hensall, Zurich, Credi-
ton and Dashwood are all -chang-
ing Saturday night,
Grand Bend is tb.4 only muni-
cipality in the district which has
not adopted Daylight Saving
Time. The summer resort will re-
main on Eastern Standard Time
throughout the summer.
Open $35,000 School
For James St. Church
Dedication of the $35,000 ad-
dition to James Street United
Church will barnade Sunday dur-
ing Sunday School anniversary
services.
Rev. Duncan McTavish, Ridge -
town, a termer pastor of the
church, will be guest speaker at
the service.
The 40x76 brick and eement
block building, constructed by
Jensen and Co., houses ladies'
parlors, kitchen, Sunday School
enclitorium and washrooms. Work
on the addition started in Sep-
tember of last year. .
Interior decoration of the
building is in a modern vein and
several unique construction tech-
niques have been incorporated.
A new roofing material consist-
ing of slabs of wood shavings and
reinforced concrete has been used.
The wooden beams are drop -type
laminated B.C. fir.
A., large entrance, with an. im-
pressive top - to - bottom window,
faces William Street. Terrazo
floorilig is used in the entrance
and halls.
Perimeter warm.- air heating,
with cold air registers at the top
of monis and warm air registers
in the floor, has been installed.
Walls are sand-finisixed plaster
painted in. modern pastel shades.
The ladies' parlours, which will
be used for meetings of the var-
ious groups of the church, will
seat 150 people. Beside it is a
large, .fully -equipped kitchen.
The auditorium, 34x38, will be
used by activity groups as well as
the Sunday School.
M. R. 01tdmore is chairman or
the committee in charge of the
building. Members include 1‘14,rs.
M. a Fletcher, Mrs. H. H. Cowen,
Miss May Jones, Mrs. W. H. Pol-
len, Wilfrid Shapton, Clarence
Down, Howard Kerslake, Carfrey
Cann, L. 3. Penhale, Illrie Stfell,
Walter Cutbush and Rev. H. 3.
Snell.
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PRAISES matt SCHOOL MUSIC—Dr. 0, Itoy Feftwielty
atipervisor of inusie in Ontario sehools, who is adjudieating
the South Huron Magid Vectival this week, paid tribute *Wed-
nesday to the calibre of innsic in the district high sehool. He
complimented the school for having made dingo a "lichig"
part of the turrionluni. "Mindo has totne to life hero," be
said, and indicated the singing was wrong the best in schools
in Ontario. Winners of the girls" double trio class are singing
hetet left to right, Cormi Klumpp, Marion 0114 1-tekri Taylor,
Jane Varrow, Barbara 'hickey and Reim Down, T -A Photo