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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-06-30, Page 11 a •: caa 'y • 4' c4- •••••••••• 7r1. WIN PUBLIC SCHOOL AWARDS—AIrs. Del Mooney, left, president of the Exeter Home and School Association, presents academic awards to Sandra Walper and Bob Kelson, who received the highest marks of this year's graduating class at Exeter Public School, Principal A. B. Idle, right, presented certificates to 42—the largest graddation class in the history of the school. The presentations took place at the Home and School Banquet Tuesday night. BEST GIRLS' TEAM—Clorlts, champions of the girls softball house league, receive the Mc- . Milian trophy from donor Tom McMillan. Dorothy Heywood is captain. Mick row, left to right, Doris S/tott, Jacqueline Hannah, Marlene McMillan,Louis Hockey, Phyllis •Merkley; front row, Nancy Boyle, Veronica Francois, Carole Hoggarth, Dianne Delbridge, Dorothy Heywood. • PEE WEE CHAMPS—The Braves won the pee wee house league honors in playoffs last week. Carfrey Cann, of Cann's Mill Ltd., presents his company's trophy to the Braves' captain, Fred Ward. Other members are, back row, left to right, Doug Kelson, Bev Sims, Norman Knox; middle row, John Snell, Leroy Gould,tRon Cann, Kenneth Heinbuek; front row, Mervyn Taylor, Ricky Boyle and Frank Boyle. " N • ------ tr; , NEW CREDITON BRIDGE—Huron County is erecting a new $60,000 eliminate the old narrow structure at which many accidents occurred in type of construction, using pre -stressed concrete section will be used, lowering to position of 10 -fon and 18 -ton sections for the main beams. bridge at Crediton to recent years. A new The job requires the —Jack Doerr ighty,Seconii Year Suffer In Dry .Spell All crepe need rain but fame Isonth and west of Exeter are oaf - tering .most from, the current .dry spell, Huron Agriculture Repre- sentative G. W. Montgomery said Wednesday. Some cora and bean fields have had to be reseeded because ger- mination was hampered dry- ness, Hay :and pasture fields ,are suffering from the drought.. Only three-quarters of an inch of rain has fallen since Julie 1, according to the met section at RCAF Station Centralia, and not :much More than a trace has been moored for two weeks. Tempera- tures have soared into the eight- ies,. On Wednesday the high was 86. Danish Air Cadet Injured In -Crash A Danish flight cadet, Gene Peter Madsen, of ROA' Station Centralia, is ill hospital with a broken right ankle and severe lacerations to the face received in an accident on Monday on the fourth concession of Stephen. The car, driven by Flight Ca- det Jorgen V. Clausen, of Cea- tralla, went out of control and rolled in the ditch. Two men who were driving a car stolen from a service station in London were turned over to authorities there after their ear snapped a telephone pole at the intersection of highway i No. 21 and 83 on Sunday. Neither of the men, William Birnie or- Francis Gerald Nagle, were injured. Two cars collided on No. 4 highway south of Hensel], on Saturday but no one"was injured. Kenneth S. King, of London, was travelling south and proceed- ed to- make a left hand turn when he. was struck from the -rear by Norman . Peters, of Hensall. 'Damage amounted to about $100 to both cars. OPP Constables Elmer Zim- merman and .Tohn Fr d investi- gated. Escapes Burwash Sentenced to 18 months in Jail or break and enter at Grand Bend grocery store, Gustave Beh- rens, of London, escaped with three- others from Burwash In- dustrial Farm Sunday afternoon during a softball game. He is still at large. • gXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE SO, 1955 WEW noCrPOR—Dr. L. G. „(Pet- er) Schulthies, of London, is the new associate in the practice of Dr. F, G. Batson, Exeter. He re- places Dr, P. R. Clancy, who has resigned to resume medical study M Detroit, Dr. Schulthies receiv- ed his M. D..from U.W.O. in 1954 and has interned at Vittoria, Hos- pital. A native Of Stratford, he was educated there before spend- ing five and one-half years in the R.C.A.V. Dr, and Mrs. rSchul- thies have two children, Peter John, five and Elizabeth, six months. bite Per Copy 70 Stop Drilling For ExpIore Huron Shore Present AWards, Pins At .PS.Grad Banquet The Iargeot graduation class in the Water): of Exeter Public School received awards and cer- tificates at the annual bent/net sponsored by .the Home and School Association Tuesday night. Academie awards were present- ed to Sandra Wainer and Bob Kelson by L E. Russell, chair- man of the board, A. general pro- ficiency award went to Bob Skin- ner, class valedietorlan. Mrs. Del Mooney, president of the Home sold School Association and hairman of the banquet, Presented pins to each of the 42 graduates and Principal A. R. Idle distributed graduation cer- tificates. •Guest speaker, G. G. Gardiner, Inspector of Public Schools, ,Gode- rich, stressed to graduates the Cars, Sports, Vaudeville Feature Kirk A parade of new cars, led by RCAF Centralia's Bugle Band, Exeter Legion Pipe Band and the Dashwood 'Citizen's Band, will start Exeter Kinsmen's Dominion Day Celebration early Friday eve- ning. All .dealers in town have con- sented to show of their latest models in the distinctive parade which Is scheduled to leave Hu-. ron Street at 5.30 p.m. and pro- ceed up Main Street to the Com- munity Park. Baseball and soccer games will feature the early evening enter- tainment. Dashwood Tigers and Exeter Legion Mohawks will tangle in a Huron -Perth Intermed- iate baseball contest to start off the second round of the schedule. 'An exhibition soccer match be- tween the Exeter team and a crew from Hamitlon will be staged on the high school field. Celebration Official opening of the Domin- ion Day Celebration and the Kinsmen's summer playground will take place just before the professMnal vaudeville show. Featured in the three-hpur variety show will be $500 worth of Canadian and United States talent. • Betty Gray, Miss Variety frOM Detroit, a xylophone and baton - twirling artist; Canada's No. 1 comedian Billy Meek, and lylaiy Mae Denvers, acrobatic beauty, will be headliners of the show. Other troupers include the Dale Dancing Sisters, Cy Leonard, the comic ventriloquist; Nancy Mc- Caig, accordionist, singer and tap dancer; Gordon Burrell, out- standing musician and the ever - popular pee Paul, master of cere- nionies. Free treats will be given to children early in the evening. Summer Playground Plans Promise Fun For Children By DWG SMITH The local playground program will get under way Monday, July 4, with free play in the morning and a brief. opening day cere- mon in the afternoon. • For those people who have not taken advantage or the opportun- ity to register their children by completing the forms sent home with the children from school, Monday afternoon from 1.30 to 4.30 will be the time allotted to do so. Many thanks to Mr. Idle and his staff at the Public School for ,assisting in registration. 'Here in Exeter we are very fortunate to have a service or- ganisation .who has accepted t -he responsibility of sponsoring a summer playground program. The Kinsmen ,01111) has worked hard fn •guiding our program through its infancy and adolescence to where it Is today --a project that other 'towns and ,cities use as a prime example. Very few people realize that our Playground !program with its 46 activity groups and an attend- ance 'ore over 9.000 last summer and with seven trailed playground supervisors is operated solely by the funds raised by the Kinsmen on Dominion Day, The Municipal Connell through. the Recreation Council and •Cemmunity 'Centres Board provide facilities and a lifeguard for our program. - Oa& and every adult In Exeter should be •out to Kinsmen Dom- inion Day Celebration not to do- nate money but to honour this group -yes, even those people who have no .children, or whose child- ren are grown up, should 'have vote of thanks for the Kin •Olub who are helping in a very big way to make Exeter a better place POULTRY INSTITUTE MEETS—District men in the poultry industry met here last week to promote interest in the Poultry Prodacts Institute of Canada—an organisation devoted to in- creasing Canada's consumption of eggs, chicken and turkey. Above, front rowa are Herb Winkler, J. IL Hare, Eric Cars. cadden, C. 3. Stuart, Bob McKinley, Don Geiser, J. L. Hen derson, Jack Geiser; back row, Al Morgan, S. L. Rodwat; Elgin 'McKinley., Carfrey Can't, Robert 'Wallace, Sheldon Wein and Cliff Periliale. Canada's per capita consumption. of poultry products is far below that of the United States. in which to live. First Week's Program aionday-9.30, Introduction of staff; 10.00, rules, regulations, age -group division, safety, tree play; .1.30, opening teremonies; 2.15, swimming and wading pool rules and regulations; 2030, free play. /Tuesday -morning, scavenger hunt; afternoon, talk on .awards and competitions and program, free play, Wednesday -Swimming registra- tion: parents will register Child-, ren at the community park for a fee of. 50# to cover eight weeks of instruction, three days a week, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and an opportunity to try Red Cross Swimming and Life Sav- ing Tests at completion of eourse as well as, playground tests. Thursday -Full day of regular activities in age groups. Friday -9.30, Church Service; 10.15 King and Queen of week to be ehosen; 10.30 regular pro- gram in age. groups; 2.00, 'swim meet at 'Riverview Park. 'Bach week on the .playground will have a theme; tor instance, during cowboy and Indian week all trafts, songs, dances, games, competitions, stories, church ser- vices etc. will 'follow this theme and on Friday of each week, children will have their special events day and 'when possible a parade to the Library Lawn will be held to demonstrate to the pub- lic what we have been doing at Some of the possible themes we may use this year for the weeks are: rolympic week, water regatta week, 'carnival week, eir- cus week, pet,' hobby, nature and fair week, mystery week, Christ- mas in July week, song and 'dance festival week, Army, 'Navy, and Airforce Week, On Wheels 'Week, Kindness and Smile Week, Civic Week. Some of the special events and activities planned for the year —Please Turn to Page 7 Town Topics Items of Social and Personal Interest In and Around Exeter The Exeter Times-Adtocate is always pleasedto publish these Items. We and our readers are Interested in you and your friends. Phone 770. Three couples and their famil- ies, Mr. and Mrs, Robt, Welsh, of Bayfield, Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Nott a Clinton and Mr. .antl Mrs. Alex Malleath, of Kippen celebrated their fifteenth wedding anniver- saries at a picnic supper at Riv- erview Park, Sunday. The three ladies are .cousins. During the day they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hunkin..0ther guests were Mr. and 1Vire, Howard Snell and Mr. Tom. Ferguson, of Clin- ton; Mr, and Mrs. Wilfred 111.111 - kin and Margaret of Thames Road and Mr. and MM. Hugh Hendrick of 'Grand Bead. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Neil, Jimmy and Wendy, are leaving 'Sunday to spendtheir vaeation in Quebec and visit for a few daYs with 'Mrs. sister, LAC and MM. J. Z. Maillet; at 11�A1P Station Moisie. The senior choir of James St. church held a barbeque ,supper at the cottage of choir leader Lawrence and Mrs. Wein at Ver- meil lieighta on Thursday last. The aVening was spent in swim - 'Ping. ball -playing and other fun. itor.ld.s, and Mrs. ,Stehier Obratea their thirtieth wedding anniversary last week by return. fag he the scene Of the previefl? and visiting with Mrs, Steiner's :dater Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lied, of Kendall, N.Y. Thomas Duncan, of Wintil- Deg, isiting with friends azd relativds.„n town, Mr. and Mra. 'Garfield Thomson and family visited with relatives in 'Winnipeg and motored as far as Banff on their holidays, Mr. Fred Pond, of Toronto, was holidaying last week with his mother, Mrs. Will Ford, of town. lir. and Mrs. Helga Jensen, of town, were in Brockville on Men - day attending 'the funeral of the latter's father, Mr. Joseph LoVe. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Harold titres tendered them a farewell party prior to their departure on a trip to the 'British Ides July 3. The party Was held at thesummer cottage a Mr. andMrs. M. W. Tuckey at Grand Bead. Visitors during the past week with Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Sillery were Mr. and Mrs. Guy Clemens, of Moose Jaw, Sask.. Mrs. Angus idoDonald, ,California and Mrs. Jesse namilton, of 'Crenitirty. Mr. and ars. Richard Long, Barry and Linda, of Royal Oaks, Mich., are visiting with Mr. ea Mrs. A. I/ Wuerth. Miss Jane Pranela, of Tavistock ts holidaying with her grandpar. ents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. notes. Mrs. Thos. Collingwood and Bussell and Mrs. Martha amith spent the weekend in Oshawa and attended the .8eventit Day Advent camp meoting. Mr, and Mrs. Ernest Jones and family lett onTuesday for their near home in Port Credit Where Mr. 3otte has secured a position need for training to take advan- tage- of the exciting things which are happening in Canada.He. said skilled priople are urgently need- ed In the major developments In iron, elb uranium and other nat- ural resources in Canada. He iv,arXied graduates they would. have to assume a greater personal responsibility for their Progress in high. school. Valedictorian Bob Skinner ex- pressed appreciation to the board for the facilities; to teachers, Parents and the community. Mrs. Mooney introduced the head table and congratulated the graduates on behalf of the Home and School Association. ,Principal Idle led In the toast to the graduates to which Eunice Ward responded, Robin Smith gave a toast to the teachers and Miss Virginia. Diechert responded Sandra Waiper rendered a Pia- no solo and Mrs. A, Whilemith gave the reading "Casey 'At The Bat." Miss Deiehert and Mrs. Jack •Smith led in singing. Others taking part in the pro- gram were Vice -Principal Mrs. R. D. Jermyn, Board Member Robert Southtett and Rev. Q. Sch- roeder. Head table gtiests included Teacher Miss Helen Anthony; Mrs, H. L. Sturgis, representing her husband, principal of S.H,D. ILS. !Canada packers Ltd. donated ice cream and Exeter Dairy choco- late milk • for the banquet. Mrs. Wib Martin and teachers helped members of the Home and School with decorations. • School Graduates Tour OAC Guelph 'Grade eight pupils of Exeter Public School enjoyed a bus tour to O.A.C., Guelph on Monday. A guide at the college showed them the grounds and various build- ings. On the trip, down the students 'viewed the tent of the Shakes- pearian Fes t4. In Stratford and industrial plant's in Stratford and Kitchener. Principal A. B. Idle and Teach- er Miss Helen Anthony accom- panied the students. On Wednesday all students of the public school received their report cards to finish ,the term. During the week various social events have been held to cele- brate the end of the term. (Drilling for oil and gas fil South Huron has stopped, teMpera erilY at least. Imperial 011 Limited, which drilled three gas wells ,in the Zurich -Dashwood area, and plan,' nod to do considerable work here this slimmer, haa Sent all of its rigs out of the district. The last left from the third concession or Usborae this week after finding nothing. )The closest well Imperial is now drilling is at Hayfield. J, R. Shonldice, explorations supervisor for Imperial, said no more drilling is being planned at present. He said his company did, not intend to abandon the gas Wella at Zurich. There is a possibility they MAY be commercially de- Veloped, he said. The only remaining drill -in South Huron is the Jul -Do -Mar rig on the Schenk farm just north of 'Creditsan. This outfit, whielt has been drillingfor over five years, is down over 4,000 feet. Meanwhile, the exploration for natural gas and oil is moving into Lake Huron. Radar Explorations Company, of Toronto, is making a survey of the coast from Sarnia, to Grand Bend. The firm declined to identify its client, except to state it was a Canadian oil com- pany. Sell More Poultry Nan Of Institute 1' A meeting of poultry produc- ers, hatchery operators, proces- Dors, egg graders, and feed deal- ers of the district was held at the colonial Inn Thursday night to promote interest in the Poultry Product s Institute of Canada whose one and only objectige is to inerease Canada's consumptioa of poultry products. The two executive 'members present, J. H. Hare and S. L. Rodway, Sect. -Mgr. .of Poultry Products Institute, pointed out the work of the Institute through the media of press, radio, tele- vision, chicken, egg and turkey cook books, how -to -carve pamph- lets, leaflets, streamers, posters, displays, demonstrations, etc. Huron, stated Mr. Rodway, is the largest poultry producing eoulity in Ontario, preduclag raiRien dollars of the annual 131 million dollar output. Canada's per capita egg and poultry consumption, while in- creasing yearly, is far below the per capita consumption Of Am.e1"- loans, and it is the work of the Institute to create ways and means, to increase the Canadian use ofleggs, chicken and turkey. A first Canadian release of the film "The Good 'Egg" was shown. Active Church Couple Celebrate Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Woodall, of Crediton, marked the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage on Tuesday, June as. A. family gn- thering was held at their home on Saturday when all membere of the family present. Jciseph Woodall and Elizabeth Lawson, daughter of the late Mr. and 1Virs. George Lawson, were united in marriage at the home o_f the bride's parents in Steel). - en Township by the hail Rev. R. Knowles, They resided in De- troit for some years, later re- turning to their farra on the out- skirts df Credit= They have since retired and moved into the village. They have four children, two sons, Elgin, of Detroit and Wil- liam, cif Windsor, and two daugh- ters, (Hazel) Mrs. John Pryde, of Exeter, who with Mr. Pryde on the same date marked their fourteenth wedding anniversary, and (Laura) Mrs. Wm. Gilniar- tin, of Lambeth, and 11 grand- children, all of whom were pre- sent .for the occasion: Following a pleasant re -union on the H. S. staff. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mather and two Children Bobbie and Cathie from Elmwdoti are moving into the residence va,• cated by Mt. Jones. Mr. Mather is a au/Art.18er for the 'United Co-operatives of Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Bert North and Mr. and Mrs. 'red Trewin, of Woodstock, were Sunday 'Mere with Mrs. North's mother, .Mrs. Robert Higgins. Mrs, Will MOrley and Elva, of Whalen, Mrs. C. C. Hubner, of Detroit and Mies Susan Garret - son, of Augusta, Georgia, were guests of Mrs. Melville Horn on Thursday last. Mrs. John G. Christie with her son David, of Calgary, Alberta, arrived by plane lag Wednesday morning to visit with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Traquair, 1Virs. Valeria Armstrong is visit- ing this week with Mr. and Mrs. irvine Armstrong in Reach 0" Pines, Grand Pent Mr, George Wright le apatient in Victoria Hospital where he underwent an operation. Mrs. Wright and boys arrived front Merida and are visiting Wit Wright and friends in Ilteter. a turkey dinner was enjoyed in the United Church school audi- torium. A tiered wedding cake, made by their two daughters, adorned the centre of the table. Mr. and Mrs. Woodall are a0 - the members of the United Church, both having served many years as teachers in the Sunday school. Mr. Woodall has held the *fries of elder since the for- mation of the United Church, the past few years as honorary elder. Mrs. Woodall served as their 'leader for 30 years. Although the couple ,requested "no gifts" the request was ignor- ed by members of their family and many of their friends. A tele: vision set was presented by the family and gifts were presented by the grandchildren. A telegram of congratulations and good Wishes was received from Prime Minister Leslie M. Frost and a congratulatory .mes- sage from Ontario Proviricial Sec- retary was presented 'by Thomas Pryde, M.L.A. and Mrs. Pryde. Many friends called on Tues. day to extend good wishes, when tea was served frotn a table cen- tred with yellow baby inures and matching candles. Among- many present were Mrs. Wood - all's two sistere, Mrs. F. Reeder, of Centralia and Mrs, Thos. Wil- son, of London. Mrs, Woodall has been the Crediton correspondent for The •Exeter Times -Advocate for many years. buring that time she has: written thousands of Words. Fitt* Horses Enter Races Around 60 horses are expected to go to the post to provide keen cotnpetition at Exeter Races next Wednesday, 'Turf Club officials announced this week. MI classes are filled With the' exception of the fast 2.19 which has five entries and more are expected before the weekend. 4 Nearly 20 'horses in the 2.80 ciass have forced a division which will provide another race for the day, There *ill be six tomes now with two heats eiith. Parte has 'been ranted another $1.800. .11