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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-10-20, Page 1• .. .. DV• • 1f ' .ra SUGAR BEET HARVEST—Thirty carloads of sugar beets were shipped from Centralia Saturday as harvest got into full swing. The trainload represents some 1,350 tons. About 1,0'00 acres were sown this year and .officials expect about 10,000 tons will be shipped from the Centralia station to the Chatham • refinery. (T -A Photo) Send May Quit ARA - Unless River Dredged Grand Bend may try to with- draw from the Ausable Conserva- tion Authority because it will not dredge the river harbor, Reeve J. H. Dalton hinted this week. Reeve Dalton told the 'Times - Advocate the council has with- held the village's share of the Authority Ievy and may refuse to pay it. "We don'titnow 'whether we can get fiat of it or not," the reeve said. The annual levy is" -about $400. H. G. .Hooke, Secretary -Field - man of the Authority, told coun- cil Monday night the Authority did not consider dredging of the river mouth a conservation mea- sure. Want Boats Up River ' Grand Bend officials, who want the channel dredged so larger boats can go up the river, claim there is a blockage -of about 300 feet just west of the Blue water Bridge which hinders water flow in flood time. This stretch was never dredged when a con- siderable length of the river was cleaned out about 30 years ago. F ie Id m a n Hooke said the Authority officials did not be- lieve dredging of this stretch will alleviate the flooding problem. He suggested the municipality seek to clear the river under the Municipal Drainage Act. Councillors John Manore and Ken Chapman stated property east of the bridge was being dam- aged by erosion. The Authority fieldman said he could detect very little damage. i Recommend Dredging Dredging of the channel from the Hagmeier farm, several miles Inland, to Grand Bend was rei • commended in the Ausable re- port of 1949' but the estimated cost at that time was $275,0.00. Mr. Hooke said if the Authority ever received federal assistance for flood control of this type, the dredging of the entire channel would be one of the first con- SHDHS Feature Starts This Issue This 'week marks the first edition this term of Hi -Lights, the special section of The T -A devoted to news of South Hu- ron District .School. Members of the staff of. "Ink Spot", • the school's year book, will report on the varied ac- tivities at the district school .each week. Editor of the news is m .Ji Crocker, son of Mr, and Mrs. G. K. Crocker, Exeter. 0. J. Porter, head' of the English department, is the supervising teacher. Calves To Arrive In Hensall One hundred Hereford calves from Lethbridge, Alberta, will ar- rive in Itensall On Saturday, Oat - ober 29 for province's largest 441 group—Hensall Feeder Calf Club. The calves, weighing about 400 pounds, will be distributed to boys and girls in' the district who will add another 400 pounds be- fore spring. .Jack Kinsman, Ciroinarty, is president of th club; Jiro Me. Gregor,...KiPpon, Is secretary -trea- surer, The directors are seeking more member0. sidered by the Authority. It did not have enough Node, he said, to attempt such a project without federal assistance. Grand Bend has never present- ed any formal. pyoPegiil ' to the Authority for the dredging of the mouth although its representa- tive, John Manore, mentioned the project at a general meeting last year: • Zrhe Meeting- didnot act `on' the suggestion. Beta Sigma Phi Aids CAS Ward .Donaton of a hearingaid for a ward of Huron County Child- ren's Aid Society was approved by Beta 'Sigma Phi Sorority at its meeting Tuesday evening. The group also approved a $10 dona- tion to Exeter Safety Council. Mrs. Gerald St. Pierre and Mrs. Art Gaiser were in charge of the program. The topic .was Your Day Socially". a ociall The meet- ing was held at the home of Mrs. Jack Fulcher and pledges were guests. M e m b e .r s are purchasing a .block of tickets for the Exeter Players' Guild production of "Gaslight" on November 1. Plans were made for the annual Soror- ity Ball on November 10. The gift was won by President Mrs. Don Gaiser and Mrs. Wilmer Wein won a box of candy donat- ed by.Mrs. Arthur Fraser. MOHAWKS START PRACTICING---Playing-.Coach Red Loader, right, began driving his recruits through tough workouts gt Lucan Arena this week as Mohawks prepare for the coming season. Fans have been impressed by the new material working out with the club and officials expect a big improvement this year. Among the new players signed by the club are, left to right, Larry Heideman and 13111 Wharnsby, two .high -scoring forwards from Kit- ener; Earl Barton and John Dwyer, two, Stratford defeneemen. (T -A Photo) OPEN CREDITON BRIDGE -Huron .County Engineer Peter Patterson, centre foreground, tells a crowd of school children, parents and municipal officials of the new construction me- thod used in the Crediton bridge which was officially opened in a ceremony Tuesday after- noon. The $55,000 bridge, which features pre -stressed beam construction, replaced the nar- row steel span built in 1917 which caused considerable accidents. Huron County Warden Earl Campbell snipped the ribbon to declare the bridge open, (T -A Photo) `fie (Exeferi ni es-bv ocac f Eighty -Second Year EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1955 Price Per Copy 70 Town Backs Fall Fair; P!an Sewage Meeting Exeter 'Council, meeting Mon- day night, raised its grant from $100 to $300 to help Exeter Ag- ricultural Society meet the def- icit on' this year's fair. :Without a dissenting voice, council agreed the exhibition de- served greater municipal support and -.offered the increase as an encouragement to members of the Society to continue sponsoring au annual fair for the district. Reeve William McKenzie, a director of the Society, pointed out the fair operated at a loss of $400 despite a good crowd and an attractive program. He said that unless municipalities benefit- ing from the fair increased their grants, the annual farm show might have to be discpntinued. Members of council agreed the fair was good this year and that it has been an asset to the com- munity. Councillor R. C. Dinney said "Three hundred dollars is a cheap price for a fair." Town police were instructed to takesterner action, -to curl' rowdy - hint which breaks out -frequently at one of the local restaurants. Reeve 'McKenzie, who chaired the meeting in the absence of Mayor R. E. Pooley, and Council- lor E. W...Brady, head of the po- lice committee, agreed charges should be laid to discourage brawls at the Exeter Cafe. police have been called on numerous oc- casions to break up fights at the Main St. restaurant. Plan Sewage Meeting , 'Council plans to hold a special meeting Monday, October 24, to discuss sewage problems with Sanitary Engineer R. V. Ander- son of London, who designed the town's original sewer plan. Construction of a disposal plant, to prevent contamination. of the Ausable River now and eventually serve the whole town, will be the main topic of the dis- cussion. Council is interested in costs and benefits of a treatment plant. 'Council agreed to pay boot- leg" prices for cement to repair the Ausable dam before winter. A scarce commodity, cement is` up as high as $2.00 a bag. Despite Panthers Lose First Tilt To Mitcheli.Team 17-5 By BILL LAVENDER SHDHS Panthers were defeat- ed 17-5 by Viitcheli in the first football contest of the season on Thursday, October 13. The game was .played in Mitchell In the first half, the Panthers were steadily pushed back as they couldn't seem to make their offensive team work. The of- fensive team was unable to gain yards even on kieks to drive Mit- chell back, but the defensive held very well. Before the first half ended, Mitchell had two touchdowns and one convert—one T.D. on a block- ed kick by Pinder and the other on a pass to Fisher in the end zone. A field goal by Holman had been gained previous to •the last touchdown. Mitchell led at half time, 14-0, The second half brought a com- pletely changed team from the South. Huron dressing room. Re- peatedly, the' Panthers charged with almost uncontrollable fury to hold Miteheil to one field goal and scpre a touchdown themselves, South Huron's T.D, came on an intercepted pass by one of the Panthers' fast -charging line- men, Jiro Etherington, on his own 40 -yard line. Vie In WO Meet By BILL LAVENDER In the 'W.O.S.S.A. "B" track meet competition on Saturday, only a few events on the heavy schedule were held u>the rest were cancelled by an almost steady rain. In the events that were slated, South Huron competed in only four. Keith Lovell, a newcomer atSouth Huron, was still in the senior pole vaulting with five others when the competition was called off. Jules Desjardine picked up a fifth in the senior running broad jump while Prances Brophey won second in the senior girls 75 -yard dash. The junior girls basketball speed throw team pieced third. The trio consisted of Darol Tue- key, Jane Farrow and Fran Greene. Team Wins Prize By BOB POOLE At the International Plowing Match held at Leamington last week, the team Of students from S,H.D:H.S. plated thirteenth. (Members were Don Ballantyne, John Mathers, Ron Preszcator and bon Kendrick. this position gave them a total prize of $20. Plan Frosh Hop By, JANE FABILOW Our annual Fresh Hop Dance is scheduled for Friday evening, October 27. A variety program of enter- tainment and dancing has been planned for the new grade Where "between; 8.00 O'clock and 9:30. 'Dancing for the entire student body will start at 9.30 and will continue until midnight. Our popular school dance band — the Discords --has been asked to play for part of the hop. the high price, members •felt the repairs had to be done because part of the dam might be lost in the spring floods. A full holiday was declared for Remembrance Day on November 11 at the request of ,the Exeter branch of the Canadian Legion. Nomination and, election days were set for November -D8 and December 5. !Building permits were issued to .Gerald Cockwill, Mill St„ for a garage and to Mrs. ,Alex Mc - Falls, Andrew Street, for , reno- vation of her house. Teachers Hear New Inspector John G. Goman newly appoin- ted inspector of schools addres- sed the October meeting of the Exeter Unit F: W. T. A. O. at the public school last Thursday night taking as his subject +'Curricu- lum" Planning." He discussed fit-. ting children for their social obli- gations. Mi c h a e 1 Farrow contributed piano selections. Miss Virginia Deichert, presi- ded and Mrs. John Mahon Exeter, Mrs. Margaret Whitmore, J.A.D. McCurdy school, Mrs. R. Moliter, Crediton and Mrs. W. Desjardine, Grand. Bend, were members of the committee in charge. There was a 90% attendance. Church Laymen 'Marching Force' "Now is the hour" was the theme presented by Dr. Sim Guest at the laymen's meeting following the annual banquet of Huron County laymen and their wives in James St. United church on Wednesday evening. "The laymen of the church -are being called upon as never before' said Dr. Guest. "In fact the lay- men have become the marching force of the church, and in Huron County this is particularly true." "Go Active" was Dr. Guests' challenge to his listeners. In Can- ada there are.800,000 Canadians Who say they belong to the Unit- ed Church but do not identify themselves with any particular church. "Seek out these people" urged the speaker, "bring them into the church." Dr. Guest was introduced by Mr. Will Currie, of Wingham and Mr. O. Harrison, of Mont - Grief, presided for the meeting. Grant McDonald favored with two solos accompanied by Mr. L. Wein on the organ. Rev. Stinson, of Seaforth, an- nounced a boys' rally in Clinton \on,.November 4. This is the first rally in a number of years. Harvey Johnston, Walton, sub- mitted the following slate of of- ficers: President, :Wm. Currie, Wingham. vice-president, Elgin MtbKinley, Zurich; secretary, Rob- ert Southcott, Exeter; treasurer, Don, Aberhart, Goderich; directors Tom Edgar, Norman Alexander, Londesboro; Clarence Waldron, Seaforth; Elgin Rowcliffe, Hen- sail and Don Aberhart, Goderich. Bean S Three Hensall district men, convicted of false pretenses in connection with the acquisition of funds from a grain firm, were assessed $100 each in Magis- trate's Court in Exeter Wednes- day. Donald Dayman, district farm- er and former president of Hen- sall Legion, and Grant Smith and Clarence Hohner, employees at Cook Bros. Milling Co., pleaded .guilty to obtaining $195.95 by. falsifying a weigh bill for de- livery of 275 pounds ofs beans. Crown Attorney H. Glenn Hayes said the scheme was in- itiated by the two employees who approached Dayman with a pro- position to split the proceeds three ways. The fraud was dis- covered by Douglas Cook, com- pany manager, who noticed the beans had not gone through the scales. Defence Counsel Frank Don- nelly, of Goderich, asked for Leniency because all were family men and it was their` first of- fence. Cadi Dudley Holmes gave each a suspended sentence but ordered them to pay $100 each to the court. They also had to post $50.0 bonds to keep the peace and pay the costs of prosecution. OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons conducted the investigation. The ew Bridge At Crediton Eliminates Traffic Hazard The $55,000 bridge spanning the Ausable ,River at Crediton was officially opened by Huron County Warden Earl Campbell in a special ,ceremony Tuesday afternoon. {The new cement structure, feat- uring pre -stressed beam con- struction, replaces the narrow steel one built in 1917' which cre- ated a/traffic hazard on tee busy •county road leading from No. 4 highway to Grand Bend. Warden Campbell, before cut- ting the ribbon, said the .new bridge eliminated the "menace to traffic" which the old one cre- ated. Quite a number of accidents occurred at the old bridge. Arthur Gibson, deputy -reeve of Howick Township and chairman of the county road committee, presided for the ceremony which +was witnessed by 200 school I children, 'municipal officials ani, residents of the village. County Engineer Peter Patter- son explained t h e pre -stressing m e .t 31 o d of construction intro- duced to this continent from Eur- ope about one year ago. Cement beams weighing 10 to 20 tons were•pre-cast and lifted onto the base by heavy cranes. The engi- neer said this method offered a Considerable saving in costs. Bingo 'Loot' Over $6,500 Treasure trail next Wednesday night will be found in Exeter Arena When. Lions and Legion give away loot worth $6,500. in the third in a series of bingos to raise •funds for the new Scout House. Included in the prize harvest Will be two new cars,. a 21 -inch television set and $1,400 in cash, One of the vehicles will be the ,prize for the top blfigo special of the night. The other will be given away in the Lions -Legion raffle. The television set will be won in a free bingo game. Cash prizes include three $200 specials and 12 regular games of $50 each. The organizations hope to raise $7,000. through the raffle and bingo to pay for the Scout House Mr. Patterson paid tribute to John Snell, of Wroxeier, fore- man of the crew which built the bridge, He said the workman took' considerable interest in the new method of construction. The bridge is 175 feet long, composed of two 45 -foot approach spans and a central span of 7b - feet. •Construction was started around June 1. Huron MLA Tom Pryde TO - minded. spectators that the prov- ince ,paid 80 per cent of the cost of the bridge. Other speakers included J. A. 'Combos, head• of the highways divisional office at Stratford; Jack Morrissey, reeve of Stephen township and a member of the county roads committee; William' Merritt, reeve of Blyth and a com- mittee member, and Lorne Hodge chairman of the police trustees of Crediton. •Noisy Harvards from RCAF Station Centralia interrupted the ceremony on several occasions. three men were arrested Thurs- day night but released on bail. Ignored Officer's Advice James Watson„ of Stratford, who declined a policeman's sug- gestion to get some sleep and some coffee, was fined $100 for impaired driving on October 5. A charge of drunk driving was dismissed. OPP Constable John Ford test- ified he told Watson not to drive in his condition when he pulled up to a north end service station for gas. Watson drove off down town where the constable over- took him and placed him under arrest. Dick Watson, service station attendant, also testified. Defence Counsel wag' <Elmer •p. Bell, Q.C., Exeter. Victim's Husband Fined Alvin • Pym, Exeter insurance agent, received •a fine be $1.'5 and costs on a charge of careless driving in connection with an accident in Usborne in which his wife was killed on October 2. Magistrate Dudley Holmes, who "regretted" reaching the decision, said "the penalty to Mr. Pym is nothing compared to the one which nature has imposed. Nature inflicts the most severe penalties even for momentary negligence," he, said. The crown charged Mr. Pym failed to give right of way to a car coming from his right at an intersection without stop signs. The driver testified he saw the other car, driven by -Glen Nixon, of Seaforth, approaching but judged he had time to get across. The Nixoncar struck the Pym vehicle near the rear. A third car, not involved in the accident, had parked near the intersection and its occupants were attempting to flag down the Pym car as it approached from the north. ,,The Nixon car came from the west. 'Beverley Parsons, driver of the third car, and Sam Skinner, son-. •in-law of Mr. Pym who was in the Parsons car, testified. OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons investi- gated. INAUGURATE NEW MAIL SERVICE—The new truck mail: service from London to Wing - ham began this week and, although considerable difficulty was experienced the first day, by Wednesday it was operating right on schedule. Pat Marranan, Jr., one of the sons of Pat- rick, Marranan, of R.R. 1, Clandeboye, who has the mail contract, is seen at the wheel on the three -ton mail truck discussing the new servieo with Txeter Postmaster Harvey Pfaff, and Postal Department official W. It. tender son, right. (T -A Photo) Robert 'Gibbons, Southampton, was acquitted of negligence in connection with an accident on Exeter Main Street, September 6, in which 12 -year-old Beverley Sims was injured. Testimony indicated the brakes on Gibbon's car failed whenhe applied heavy pressure to avoid hitting the boy who rode his bi- cycle in front of the car as it was passing a tractor and wagon. Gibbons was fined $15 and costs for failure to have his emer- gency•brake in proper running order but Magistrate Holmes de- clared the condition was not un- usual. "Not one car in 50 would pass the test for an emergency brake, especially cars built be- fore 1951." Mrs. Clayton Prouty, of R.R.•1 Hay, and Walter Gunning, of Ex- eter, were both fined $5.00 for failure to give right of way to highway traffic. They were in-, volved in separate accidents. Exeter OES Lists Officers Exeter chapter O.E.S. elected its new officers for the coming year at the meeting on Wednes- day evening last. Mrs.. Stanley Love, worthy matron, and Mr. Stanley Love, worthy patron, pre- sided. Mrs. Jack Dickins was' appoint ted worthy matron; Mr. Maurice Quance, worthy patron; Mrs. Gar- net Patterson, assoc. matron; Mr. Garnet Patterson assoc. patron; Mrs. W. E. Middleton, secretary; Mrs. R. Metz, treasurer; Mrs. Wm. Bell, conductress; Mrs., Elgin Mc- Kinley, assoc. conductress; Mr. Aslan Fraser, Mrs. Rufus Kestle, and Mr. Stanley •Love, trustees; Mrs. Stanley Lo v e, Mrs. C. E. Zurbrigg and Mrs. Law r en c e Wein, auditors. The installation of officers will be held at the November 9 meet- ing. The Chapter members de- cided to purchase and donate two obstetrical heating lamps to South Huron Hospital. Mrs. Jack Dickins gave a re- port of the Grand Chapter held in Toronto last month. Plow Land For Victim • Farmers in the Whalen district staged a plowing bee Wednesday on the farm of Wilfred Herbert,. who was stricken with a heart attack one month ago, Seventeen of his neighbours and relatives plowed 35 acres in four hours. Several of their Wives provided dinner for the gang. Mr. Herbert, a bachelor, re- turned from hospital earlier this week and is staying at the home .of a relative, Melville Gunning. Cleve Pullman organized the bee. Farmers who assisted were , Mitchell 'Willis, Bert Duffield, Roy Hodgson, Alton Neil, Gordon Johnson, Prank Itodd, Howard Hodgson, Bill Morley, Simon Brant, Glen Parkinson, Ray_ Par- kinson, Kett Hodgson, Joe Wheii- hon, Hamilton Hodgins, Paul Schrie, Pat Wallis and Bill, Hither. Mrs. Cleve Pullman, Mrs. Mel- ville Gunning and Mrs. Laverne Morleyserved dinner to the men. Airmen Escape Injury Two Centralia airmen, David Pinkerton. and Ralph Wadley, escaped injury when their ear missed theairport turn on the Centralia road Monday night and hit the steal fencing. The car, driven ''by Pinkerton, suffered' $400 damage. OPP Constable Blmer zinimmrerntan investigated.