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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-08-18, Page 141 41 SEEKS NEW RECORD—Gordon Pirie, famous British run- . net, will attempt to break the world's record for three -Tile distance in a race with outstanding Canadian runners in Exeter on August 24. The race will be held on the cinder track at SHDHS in connection with the horse races. Recreation offic- ials have planned: the event to stimulate interest in track and field among athletes in the Huron zone. —T -A Photo sE" Damage Totals $4,0 in Seven Area Accidents Around '$4,000 property dam- age was reportelt in district ac- cidents this past week. Injuries were plight. George Ellicott, ot Brussels, who was travelling north on No. 4 highway on Sunday about 6.30 p.m., skidded sideways into an- other vehicle driven by William Fairbairn, Hensall, •about four miles north of Exeter. Ellacott was attempting to avoid collision with a third car driven 'by Wil- liam Lawrence, Zurich, which .had stopped on the highway and was .proceeding north again slow- ly. Damage was $500.. Cars driven by Lawrence Cope- land, R.R. 6' St. Marys, and Harvey Waghorn, R.R. 1 Credit- on, suffered 4900 damage when they collided near the intersec- tion of No. 4 and the St. Marys roEtd on Saturday. The ,Copeland car had pulled onto the highway from the St. Marys road and stop - Ped when it as struck by the Waghorn Vehicle coming froxa'the north. Girls Miss Turn Three young Detroit girls suf- fered only minor damages when their car missed the turn at the intersection of No. 81 and the Crediton Road and flipped into the •ditch on Saturday. 1Dr. V. Gulens, Dashwood, treated them for minor injuries. The driver was Dorothy Tos- tige, 21; the passettgers, Dorothy • Truck Mail In Month? A London ,postal official said Wednesday there was "a very Strong pOssibility" that a truck mail serviee will ,be established from London to Wingham within six weeks, Tenders for the route have al- ready been opened and Officials are preparing to let the contract, A final approval from head- quarters in Ottawa will be necea- eery before the contract can be authorized, The Official said 'it may take a month or six weeks before the plan will be put into operation. -Mai! By 9 In Morning The new service will mean title district will get its morning Mail by nine o'clook in the mOriiing, The truck Will leave London 6A 1,00 a.M., just *atter the *Ver. night mail arrives, and proceed up Into. 4 highway Until it reaches Winglte,nt at 10,20 a.m. Por the return trip it Will leave liiitlitg- haxn itt 3.25 p.M. and arrive in, London at 6.45. According to the tender call, the route will rt'quire a truck with a carrying capacity of 850. Cubic feet and capable of hauling it, load of two and the -half tette. The oontradter sliest have avail. Able suitable Standby eettipinent in case ttf trfrakcityttarrs and larger equipineht for the Oht1StMatt Zigich, 20, and Pat Rabe, 20. Two one -car accidents occurred Friday. Roger Valois, of R.C.A.F. Clinton, hit the barricade in front of the new bridge being constructed at Crediton. His car suffered ,.$125 damage and the barricade received $25 damage. Smashes '55 Oar A '55 model driVen by Mike Horvath, qf Toronto, suffered $600 damage when it hit the ditch and "rolled over at the turn into Kirkton on the St. Marys road. He skidded in the loose gravel. Robert Cutting, Exeter, and Beverly Fernwood, of 101eveland, Ohio, sideswiped on the Blue - water highway beside the golf cqurse on Friday, Damage was $650. Provincial Constables Elmer Zimmerman, Cecil Gibbons and John Ford investigated. • Robert Norman, of RCAF. Clin- ton, .blamed. a ta,ulty windshield wiper when his ear collided with a parked car on Exeter's main street at 3.30 a.m. Monday. The accident occurred during a rain- storm. Police Chief Reg Taylor, who investigated, estimated damage. at $1110. Attend Exposition R. D. Jermyn, Jack Delbridge, Graham Arthur, of Exeter; Bob Dalrymple, of BrUcetield, and Lloyd Lovell, of Kippen, attended the.. $20,000,000 exposition of farm machinery at East Lansing, Mich., on Wednesday. Eightk•Seeend Year • 4 EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1955 World; Canadian Records May Be Sh:attfred. EXPECT Council Orders Garbage Covered, Court Action May Be withdrawn There appears a strong pos- sibility the case against Exeter dump will never reach court. At a special meeting Tuesday night, council authorized a start on the sanitary land fill practice recommended by Huron 'County Health Unit. They also ordered the exposed garbage in the dump covered. One complainant, George Shaw, !intimated Wednesday the suit might be withdrawn if council established a systematic method of covering the refuse. He said he would be satisfied with, the sanitary* land fill practice. Middlesex County Registrar Gordon Tennant told The Times - Advocate Wednesday the writ seeking the removal er improve- ment of the dump was not se'ved Impaired Driver Pays $100 Fine Arthur Grant Ratcliffe, R,R. 1 St. Marys, was fined $100 and coots for impaired driving In Magistrate's Court Wednesday morning. His licence was suspend- ed tor six months. Ratcliffe was alone whenhis pickup truck crashed into the ditch, at the intersection of High- ways 21 and 83 on August 2. A tharge -Of drunk driving was dismissed. Frank ' Donnelly, of Goderich, was defence counsel. Fined For Careless Driving Joseph G. MeCann, of R.R. 3 Ailsa Craig, received a fine of $25 and costs for careless driving in the police village of Crediton early in the evening of August 1. William Flynn, Mrs. Shirley Glanville and Mrs. Audrey Clark, all of Crediton, testified the ear, lurched from side to side of the highway as it travelled west. The driver and his two passen- gers, David Morrissey, 17, and John O'Leary, 21, denied the In- cident. - A. similar charge against Mc- Cann for another incident in Zurich, on July 31 was dismissed because the driver was not identi- fied. Harold Zehr and Albert Kalbflesch told the court the car sped through a stop street onto the main intersection and skid- ded to avoid another vehicle. Zehr chased the car and recorded the licence number. Mr. Donnelly also acted as de- fence counsel in this case. Failed To Share Bond Robert Cutting of Exeter was fined. $15 and costs for failing to share the road which caused a $650 accident on the Bluewater Highway near -Grand Bend on August 12. The accused pleaded guilty explaining that while he glanced to the right, his car swerved to the right across the white line and sideswiped an on- coming car. Mrs. Lula Stewart, of Ailsa Craig, was convicted of careless driving In an accident in which she struck a motorcycle and in- jured its driver near Trivitt Memorial Church on June 23. The cyclist, Victor .Webb, of RCAF Station Centralia, said he was travelling north when the car made a left-hand turn in front of him. He went off into the shoulder where he was struck, ' C. V. Laughton' • of Bell and Laughton, Exeter, defended Mrs. Stewart. Huron County drown Attorney H. Glenn Hayes, Goderich, prose- cuted. NEW MACHINE AT HOSPITAL—A new $1,000 4,'Inicrit- therm", latest entliptnetit for providing heat treatment, has been installed at the South Helen Hospital, Mrs, Marion Learn) it./•1%) and Miss Doreen Baker inspect the machine. Mrs. Learn recently received instruction on its use at a Special course in London. —T -A Photo in time to be heard at the Sep- tember sitting ot the Ontario Supreme. Court so it *111 be held over until November. The plain- tiffs' counsel, Martin Bits, of 'Lerner, Lerner, Jefferson and Bits, of London, said clients would not seek an interim. in- junction. ,Council has hired Lorne Bec- ker, Dashwood, to bulldoze the uncovered refuse at the dump and to dig d trench to start the sanitary land till practice recom- Mended by the health authorities. Work is expected to start this week. The employment of Becker followed inquiry into the. avail" ability, of Machines large enough to cope with the heavy work re- quired at the dump. Most opera- tors contacted ;by the council re- fused to submit a .price for work because they were too busy. Bec- ker offered his bulldozer for $8.00 an hour. .Council also • instructed the sanitation committee, headed by Councillor Ross Taylor, to in- vestigate the cost of purchasing bulldozing equipment, Council- lor 'Snelgrove, who sparked the move, emphasized the investiga- tion was not to commit the town to •any purchase but was merely to provide information. The mo- tion passed on a split vote. At the same 'meeting council empowered Mayor R. E, Pooley and Clerk C. V. ;Pickard to .secure a counsel for the ,ease. After threatening court action several times, the complainants tiled the writ on Friday in Middlesex Court. The three men- tioned in the official document are George Shaw, William J. Elliott and Riney X. Keller, all of whom live along Highway 83. The controversy over the dump grew out of complaints trom George Shaw who was irritated ,by the smoke and smell from the area. The first major complaint came in a petition signed by 25 neighbours early in July. In. the middle of July, council received an ultimatum from George 'Shaw, through the London law firm, asking action within 10 days or a suit would be filed.' Stage Community Bee To Pour Hensall Floor Up to 100 volunteers, includ- ing ' businessmen, farmers, 4-H members —yes, even. women -- helped Hensel). Kinsmen install the cement floor in the village's arena this week. The work started at 11 o'clock -Monday morning and finished on Wednesday at 6 p.m. As many as 2,5 men worked on. the floor at once to pour it as quickly as pos- sible. them, we couldn't have afforded to put in the floor." President-elect Bill 1Vlickle was in charge of the project. Mem- bers of the committee were Bill 'Smith, Ernie Chipchase and John Thomson. Council took steps to prevent fres and keep unauthorized per- sons out of the dump and had the the area bulldozed, by. a small machine but it was, not able to cover the refuse. When it receiv- ed the ultimatum council appeal- ed to the health unit for advice. Shaw claims he has complained —Please Turn to Page 12 Try To Speed Dam Project Ausable River Conservation Authority officials are attempt- ing to speed up the preliminary negotiations in connection with the TJsboxne dam-lbridge, Secre- tary-fieldraan H. G. Hooke said this week. A special meeting of the Flood, Control Advisory Board of the Authority will be held in Exeter Friday night to approve the pro - Jed. Usborne and Exeter Councils are being asked to authorize a larger appropriation for engineer- ing costs. Usborne has already approved the increase; Exeter will be asked to at a meeting next week. Authority Engineer Charles Corbett, of Lucan, said he plans to start work on the survey next week. Outside estimates of the cost of the structure are $60,000 for the data and $115,000 for the road. The Departments of Planning and Development and Highways are contributing toward the cost. A crowd of 5,000 or more may watch British runner Gordon Pirie attempt to 'break the world's three-mile record, here next Wednesday afternoon In con- nection with the Exeter Horse Races. local officials are at a lose to estimate the number who will At- tend but reports indicate the bid is attracting considerable atten- tion throughout the province. Enthusiasm for the event is mounting as the news spreads through the nation-wide press, radio and TV. The story of a world-tamous runner attempting a new mark in a small Ontario town has caught the imagination of sports writers and enthusiasts across Canada. The event is 'being publicized on the wires of Canadian Press, British Milted Press and AsSoci- ated Press, Local officials are re- ceiving inquiries from track en- thusiasts hundreds of miles away. At least ,six top runners be competing. Besides Pirie and his hr6ther Peter, four outstand- ing Canadian track men from Toronto and Hamilton have agreed to run. These inelude Paul Poce, A. Boman, Dick Car- michael and John Van Plew. Moving Quickly Town authorities are moving quiekly to complete arrangements for the race. At a special meeting Tuesday night, council and the ,SCEID,11$ Board agreed to split costs on the construction of a curb and preParatioa of the high school cinder track for the run. A surveyor has been contacted to measure the track According to A.A.U. regulations. More cin- ders are being sought to improve the running surface, Officials, in- cluding timers, judges, referee, starter and course clerk, are be- ing contacted. RecreationDireetor Doug Smith and Mayor R. E. Pooley are taking charge of the arrange- ments. Among the bodies involv- Women helped the Kinsmen prepare sandwiches and hot din-, ., ners for the volunteers. Machinery for the project in - eluded a bag Mixer, tractor and shovel, two mechanical trowels, and two -wheeled cement carts. Over 900 tags of cement were used. Earl Dick, of Cromarty, was in charge of the operation. He laid the cement foundation for the original building. Kinsmen President Doug Me- Kelvie expressed the thanks of his organiation for the co-opera- tion of the volunteers. "We've saved thousands of. dollars with their help," he said. "Without England's Exeter Finds Gift Useful The silver cigarette box which the Town of Exeter gave to the City of Exeter, England, to commemorate the, coronation of Queen Elizabeth has proven popular at official functions in the Guildhall, it was reported by SHDHS Agriculture Teacher Andy Dixm„„this week. Mr. D f o n, who returned over the weekend from a visit to England, said he was told by Exeter city Official& they had found the silver box quite use- ful for banquets and special oc- casions. The box was presented to the city by former mayor, W. G. Cochrane, when he visit- ed England for the coronation. Other Exeter visitors to England, PrinciPal H. L. Stur- gis and Mrs. Sturgis, found the ancient city impressive. An ac- count of their tour appears in this issue„ • Mr. Dixon's observations of farming practices and progress In Britain will appear in next week's issue Improve Grounds At Public School Extensive improvements are be- ing made to Exeter Public School this summer. When students return in Sep- tember they'll find a $2,000 landscaping program completed. This work, done try Charles D. RAZ Zurich, has included sod- ding at the front and back of the school, seeding Of the grounds to the west, cOnstruction of special- ly.rearked-out areas for bicycle racks and a robin for the coal Orate A new tarmac ,area on the southwest side et the school Where the new and old buildings join, will prOVide a play area for children In wet Weather. Interior work has included re- deeoration of the nurses' room, Washrooms and cloakrooms in the 1938 building. The general Maintenance pro-. gran Set itp recently by the board has resulted in a marked im-' Pritvetnent in the condition of the building, inspector G. Gar-, diner, of Goderich, 0Mb:tented On the improvement during a re. tent Welt. LAY ARENA FLOOR—A new cement floor was poured in Bewail arena Monday and Tues- day of this week by a community bee organized by Hensel]. Kinsmen. Nearly one hundred farmers, businessmen, 4-H members and others assisted with the project, Kinsmen served sandwiches and hot dinner to the workers. Shown with the mixer above are, left to right, Dave Sangster, arena board chairman; Earl Dick, Cromarty, who was in charge of the work; Kinsman Don Joynt and Reeve Bill Parke. - —T -A Photo Exeter Eliminates Auburn, Dashwood Whips Zurich 'Exeter Legion Mohawks ad- vanced into the finals of the Huron -Perth "C" series Wednes- day night by defeating Auburn 11-4 in the fourth game of the semi-finals. The tribe now Meets =ellen Legionaires for the "0" title awl the right to advance into 0,11.A. PlaydOwns. Jack -Fuller • pitched for Mo- hawks or the first time this sea- son and came through with an impressive five -hit victory. He also contributed two singles to the win. Mohawks took a 54 lead In the first two innings and scored an- other five runs in the fourth. Auburn counted three runs in the seventh. Bob Meharg, Lorne Haugh, Don Wells and Jack Elson collected two hits each. Bison drove in No Trouble Here From Wild Connie The Only effect telt in this locality of the preseete of Hurd- eattelConnie Was the low pressure area and a slight drizzling rain 18aterclay and 'Sunday. Actually, We had less rainfall here than Most of the other loctilititq4 Len. don had one inch of rainfall—we had .5.5 inches On Saturday arid .03 inches On Ounday. 'Wednesday was the hOttest day itt the Mud Week. StInday, the maximum tonipetature -dropped to 07.8 degrees and steadily read to a nitaxinitiM of 80.2 degrees en Monday, 87,8 degrees, oft Tuesday and 190 degrees .ett Wendeaday, four runs. Bob Yungblut started for Amburn and Was relieved by Ken Patterson in the fourth. The Exeter club took the series three games to one with a total run margin of 32-22. The locals edged Auburn 6-4 in the first contest of the playoffs and then broke loose with 17 hits to win the second 13-6. Auburn bounced 'back to capture the third game here 8-2 Monday night. Tigers Win Third By 12-3 Margin Dashwood Tigers, upset twice by their rivals, stopped the surg- ing Zurich Lumber Kings 12-3 Wednesday night to post their first victory of the best -of -seven Hurort-Perth "D" 'finais, The game was part of Dashwood Men's Club frolid. The league champs scored eight rams in the seventh and eighth Innings to Viral, up their initial playoff win. Both °WM counted three tallies /or the first frame and the adere retrained deadlocked until Dashwood took a, one -run lead in the fifth. Zurich pitcher Itoe HeiniriCh Weakened itt the seventh and reliefer Gerry atm 'wasn't able to hold the Tigers. Lyn flinesac ,paced bee1xive:11d With a triple, double and Single. Bob Hayter clouted a three,,, bagger. Gerry Guenther, the will* ning pitcher, allowed only five hits, Singles by Bill Yungblut and Ben Gignac and three Tiger er- rors gave the Kings a 3-0 lead in the first half of the first inning but Dashwood tied 'it up on hits by Bob Stormes and ni3ob Hayter, Dick Regier scored the win- ning run in the fifth after hitting a single. Guenther's double, Ray Wein's single and two successive hit -by -pitchers brought in. three Tiger runs in the seventh. Sine - sac, Guenther, Wein, Jim Hayter and Stormes all hit in the eighth to spark a five -run rally. The teams 'play the tourth game in Zurich Friday night. ed 1 tbe project are the Com- munity Parks Board, Recreation Council, Turf Club and Fire Brigade. Official eloehs for the race are being supplied by the Bulova people tnrough. Jack Smith ,jewel- ler, Officials must also provide for announcing of the lap times, signs to show the runners now many laps they have left, a bell to indicate the start of the last lap, provision of medical *again-, ment and numbers for each run- ner. plans /informal Heception The town plans to arrange for an informal reception for the runners and, visiting track and press officials after the race. Gifts from the community will be presented to the participants. Pirie, already the holder of the one.and-one-nalt tulle and six -mile records, is only six sec- onds crff the world's three-mile mark. The time of his last race, fourth fastest ever run, was, 13:29:8. The existing world mark is 13:23:2 set by another famous British runner, bhris Chataway, on August 3. Brought to Canada by track enthusiast Ken B. Thomson, of the Thomson newspaper chain, Pirie will participate in a "dream mile" race this corning Saturday with Wes Santee and 'Fred Dwyer. two noted America. runners, In Toronto. He will also feature CNE track events. The Exeter race will be,Pirie's only three-mile race . during his visit on this continent. The outstanding running events are being sponsored by the Can- adian Olympic Training Plan to stir enthusiasm in track and field among this country's athletes. The Lake Huron Recreation Zone, of which Exeter is a member, is co-operating in the promotion. Track and field clubs from Hu- ron, Perth Grey and Bruce counties will be invited to at- tend the race here and receive instruction from Pirie 1a special clinic after the event. The run should attract a re- cord crowd, to the horse races during the afternoon. Local wit club officials report they'll otter a good card, too, because they have alrea,dy received over 30. entries. The event will he covered by newsmen from Toronto, London, Kitchener, Stratford and other district centres. London and Kit- chener TV stations will film the race. Four Canadian Runners In correspondence to Director Smith on August 12, K. R. Thom- son writes: "You will be pleased to know that we have lined up at least four good Canadian runners for the three-mile race at Exeter on August 24. They are Paul. Poets, A. Bosman, Dick Carmichael and John Van Plew. "This means a total of six run- ners in the race, including the Pirie brothers, and we are hope- ful that we may be able to get 'Jones of the Hamilton Athletic Chub who may be able to give quite' a tussle over the three miles. This really should be a good race. "If Gordon (Pirie) comes in first, there should be a good bat- tle for second place when one Of the 'Canadian. boys might better the previous mark for a Canadian best." Enthusiastic over Exeter's will- ingness to go all out to provide the best possible facilities for the race, Thomson has wired a num- ber of Canadian dailies of the effort being made here. "I don't think there are many parallels to this type of effort in the re- cords of track In Canada," he is quoted as Saying. British papers have played up, the story from the angle of their' runner receiving so much atten- tion from a small Ontario town, A slim, six- foot - two, 148 - pounder, Pirie last year set a United Kingdom grass track mile record and won three-mile and two-mile races in London and Moscow. His career was inter- rupted briefly when he broke a bone in his foot, but since then he has run his beat three-mile race, His top time for the otte- Utile distance is 4:05.2 His brother, Peter, is also ail excellent runner. Enjoyed Devon, Exeter During Overseas Tour The countryside in Devon., /ling - land, from where most ,of the platieerS of this community tame, provided the most pleasant seen. airy for SHDHS Principal IL L. Sturgis and his 'Wife, Ante. during their tour of Eutope this song -her. Mr. Sturgis described DeVoit. shire, .neted tor its quaint cot- tages, beautiful gardens and neat hedges, "OA near fairyland as Yeti can get," The couple, who returned lag 'Week follettleg a eh -week tont of the United Kingdom and con- tittental eettarlea, alsO tetind the City- Of EXCter, this toWit's Meths et, a fascinating place. 'They were Particularly impressed with the Guildhall where the first English law ,court was held, and the Cath- edral, Which they termed "out - Standing." Exeter is a tabbed eat* catiotal centre. Bombed heavily during the war the city Is steadily rebuilding and noir has a modern shopping area Which tesertables these In 11/4/ortit America. The new balldings pre - tent a vivid contrast rte the eh» delft Steno structures la other parts of the city. irm high Babel principal took advantage of the opportunity to compare edueational Methode when he visited Sottish --lineage Tuft to Page 12