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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-12-08, Page 1
South Huron Winners I •4 Eighty-Second Year EXETER,ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1955 Return Incumbents In South Huron / WINS FIRST ELECTION—Mayor R. E. Pooley celebrated his victory over Councillor A. L. Snelgrove Monday night "by bowling with his team,” the Tradesmen, at the local alleys. It was the first town election ever run by the mayor; he was ■elected reeve by acclamation in 1951 and has be^n returned without a vote ever since. ” —T-A Photo J CHEER HAY VICTOR—Ratepayers in Dashwood, who voted solidly behind their home-town candidate, gave V. L. Becker, left, a rousing cheer after his election as reeve of Hay town ship Monday night. Alvin Walper, right, leads the men in the tribute. Mr. Becker, an implement dealer with a family of 12, steps up to the top township post after serving two years as deputy-reeve. —T-A Photo LUCKY NUMBER 11—Eleven was the magic figure by which. Reeve Jim Dalton defended his post in the Grand Bend election on Monday. He defeated former reeve, Harman Gill, 122 to 111 in>the closest election in the district. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton, shown above in their grocery store, Will celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary soon. v —T-A Photo around should free milk South Huron voters weren’t in the .mood for upsetting anybody in, Monday’s elections. They re turned all the incumbents in the four local contests. Mayor R. E. Pooley, of 'Exeter, won his first test at the polls by defeating (Councillor ’A. L. iSnel- grove with a majority of 99. Reeve Jack Morrissey scored a 265-vote margin over his challen ger, Deputy-reeve Wellington Haist, in Stephen township. The iStephen reeve is a candidate for the wardenship in 1956. ■Deputy-reeve V. L. iBecker was successful in his bid to step up •to the reeve’s chair 'left vacant by the retirement of Earl 'Camp bell in Hay township, The winner edged Delbert^ iGeiger by 191 votes. In the closest election in the district, Reeve James Dalton de feated his predecessor, Herman Gill, by 11 votes. Mr. Dalton will return to is third year as chief magistrate of the summer resort. Tn Exeter 'and .Stephen the vote was comparatively light — the town’s percentage was 41.'5; the township’s 49.6. In iGrand Bend and Hay, offi cials estimated about 66 percent of the resident ratepayers cast their ballots. The successful campaigner re frained from discussing his pro jects for the coming year but he said, “we plan each year to make some improvement.” Blacktop ping of the new outlet to the Bluewater Highway will be one item on the agenda in 1956, he said. The road was opened this summer. Although no platforms were made public, it was understood —Please turn to' Page 12 ■r ,*1 Vote Monday For Council In an unusual turn of events in McGillivray township, the con troversy ovei' a central school has flared into a wide-open elec tion fox* cjouncil. Instead of trying to change the personnel of the school area board, which has proposed the new school, opponents of the scheme took their fight to coun cil, which has to provide the They some favor Stop Car Drinking Mayor's Promise Mayor Pooley, in a post-elec tion statement, said his first pro ject will be tq “stop drinking in the streets.” “That’s one thing that should be stopped right away,” the win ning candidate declared. “We don’t ‘have to put up with these people drinking in their cars, throwing their bottles on other people’s lawns, and creating dis turbances.” Mayor Pooley said he has re ceived a number of complaints from older people in the town about drinking in parked cars at nights and he promised to do something about it. Although elated about win ning his first test’at the polls, Mayor 'Pooley didn’t let the vic tory change his plans for the evening. Monday night he took his usual turn as >a member of ■the Tradesmen team at the bowling alley. The mayor won his second term as head of the town. He served three years as reeve be fore succeeding W. G. Cochrane in 1955. The defeated candidate, Coun cillor A. IL. Snelgrove, was among the first to congratulate mayor. ■ He extended to Pooley and the council wishes for success in 1956 promised his co-operation in their endeavours to improve the town. ■Councillor Snelgrove’s defeat ends five years of service as a town father. He was first elected in the vote of 1951 when the first town council was formed. The challenger won the two north polls 'but the central and south polls went to the mayor, Mr. Pooley received his greatest strength from the south, Election Victory On Anniversary Reeve Jim Dalton’s victory at Grand Bend came on the eve of his twentieth wedding annivers ary. He and his wife will cele brate the occasion early in the new year. A comparative newcomer to Grand Bend, Reeve Dalton was accorded his first victory by ballot. He was elected reeve by acclamation twice and to council once. Mr. Dalton, a .native of Gode rich, served several years on Stephen township council •when he owneU a store at Mount Car mel, the Mr. best and Lloyd Hendrick, of R. R. Dashwood, was elected president of the Hay Township Federation of Agriculture at the annual meeting in the community centi'e at Zurich Tuesday night, He suc ceeds Carl Oestreicher, also of R, R. 1, Dashwood. New vice-presidents of the township unit are Ross L'ove, pf R. R. 3, Dashwood and Herbert Klo.pp of 'Zurich. The directors include Harold Willert, Theodore Jeoffrey, Jack Faber,- Wilfred Mousseau, Earl Deichert, Georgp Grenier, Haro-ld Rader, 'Clifford Weido, Earl Campbell and Leonard Erb. ■Guest .Speaker Fergus Lannin, secretary-treasurer of the Perth County Cream Producers’ Associ ation, suggested a three-way solu tion to eliminate the dairy sur plus : 1. Milk should be marketed gallon containers at ctnts each. 2. The government persuaded to provide for children in schools, particu- arly during the winter months. 3. Farm people must use butter themselves. Mr. Lannin, who was secretary of Hiblbert Federation for five years, presented a number of var ied proposals' to the meeting. ■He urged farmers to take steps to see that legislation is passed governing the age limit at which a boy or girl'can drive a tractor. Otherwise, he said, several fatal accidents might force the govern ment to set the limit higher than farmers wanted. ■He .pointed out the discrepancy in the cost off a .licence for a truck compared to that of a farm wa gon which' carries the same load on the highway. Turning to health insurance, he' hoped the government would establish a plan which would pro vide generous assistance to the person who required hospitaliza tion over a considerable length o!f time rather than those who have only small expenditures. Most families can survive a minor setback, he said, but major hos pitalization costs can bankrupt a family. ■Others speakers included Wil fred Shortreed, past -president of the Huron Federation; (Gordon Greig, Huron secretary-fieldman; Bert Lobb, president of the coun ty hog producers; Agricultural Representative iG. W. M'ontgom- • ery; Elston Cardiff, M.P.; and Tom Pryde, M.L.A. A S.ecretary-Treasurer iClifford ■ Pepper reported the Hay unit had ; a bank balance of $1'64.62.' About 275 people attended the banquet, presided over by 'Carl ; Oestreicher. Entertainment was provided by Wm. Hyde and the ; Zurich Octette. A dance Ifollo'wed : the meeting. ■ '■ : J Cllj >,**,, funds for such a project, apparently hope to unseat members known to be in of the central school. The proposal to build a room school was presented to ratepayers at a special meeting two weeks ago by the school' board but it met with opposition. The board has not yet made a formal request for funds for the new school. Proponents pf the scheme be lieve it wiser to build a central school rather than spend money repairing the 10 one-room spools scattered throughout the town ship. These schools have deter iorated to the point where con siderable expenditure is required to renovhte them. ■Opponents of the plan think it will cost too much money. Reeve Fred Heaman, whose stand on the question is that the people should vote on it, is be ing opposed for his second term of office by a former councillor, Ben Thompson. Mr. Heaman de feated Mr. Thompson last year. Present councillors, Earl Dix-' on, Duncan Drummond, Arthur Hodgins and Norman Mollard, have thrown their hats in the ring again. Challenging them are Thomas Hall, Earl Morley and Donald McGregor. — Please Turn to Page 14 nine- FAMILY WINNER—All of the men who won elections in South Huron on Monday were men with big families. Reeve Jack Morrissey, of Stephen Township, is seen with seven of his eight children who were all happy over his election. The successful reeve holds two of his youngest, one-year-old Ann and three-year-old Angela May. Surrounding him ayey left to right, Dennis 9, Mr/. Morrissey,. Nancy 15, Rob 14, Eileen 13 and Jimmy 10. Another son, Dave, is attending Ridgetown Agricultural School. —T-A Photo Pay Tribute To Trustees Plan To Interview Gov't For Grant On Local Dam Representatives of the Ausable River (Conservation Authority, Ithe Town of Exeter and the Township of Usborne interview the Ontario ment of IPlanning and ment to seek maximum assistance towards the _ ___ $140,POO dam in Usborne. This step was decided upon at the Authority meeting in Park hill Wednesday afternoon, where the project was given tentative endorsement by all local bodies involved. Present policy of the govern ment is to pay thirty-seven and one-half percent towards such projects, which would mean $53,000 on the proposed dam. Some representatives think the government may contribute a larger share. A'RCA Chairman John A. Mor rison, of Bast Williams; Vice- Chairman Freeman Hodgins, of Biddulph; District MLA’s Tom Pryde and “Zeb” Janes, along with the two representatives from the local municipalities were empowered to take the pro ject to 'the provincial (govern- plan to Depart- Develop- financial proposed ject to 'the provincial ment. The committee plans to go to Queen’s Park soon. \ Council Views Plans For Extension To PO Family Heads Win Approval • It takes a family man—a big family man—to win an election in these parts. This was proven Monday when fottr fathers, who have a total of 31 children, re ceived the approval of the voters* Valentine Becker, the new .reeve in Hay township, has the most family supporters, six hoys and six girls. Jack Morrissey, who Suc cessfully defended his seat in Stephen, has eight—four boys and four girls. Next in line with seven ‘ children is Jim Dalton, who . retained Ids Grand Bend: seat* He has three boys and four girls. Exeter Mayor R. E. Pooley has the smallest family of the election winners, but oven his four, three girls and ft boy, are more than the av erage family in the district. 'PlanS for a proposed addition to Exeter Post Office were in spected by council Tuesday night. The blueprints ©all .for a full width extension of 15 feet to the east end of the building with a 20x8 mail’ lobby added to the south east corner for receiving and shipping of mail. Renovations to the front of the building will decrease the size of the main lobby and add a separate room to provide for 30 feet of lock .boxes—about three times more than are avail able at present. A second entran ce will be constructed where the night deposit box Is now and the night box wil be relocated on the north side of th,e building. No indication”" has been given of when the renovation work will begin. Tenders have not been called yet. .Reporting oh' the regional in dustrial promotion meeting held at New Hamburg last week, Councillor R. D. Jermyn said the plan “was enthuslaticaily re ceived” and he urged the town to co-operate. He estimated Exeter’s share of the cost of the promotional pro ject would be $160 a year “which I feel Is a figure well worth gambling upon.” The plan, sponsored by Ontario government, is to up a regional development pro gram for the counties of Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington under one organization. With all urban municipalities contributing to the budget, the region could afford to hire a full-time pro motion manager and finance a strong campaign. The province will match any amount raised over $10,000 to aid tfie program. The present proposal is to levy a fee of six cents per capita in all urban centres which would raise $14,- 000. The regional executive would be made up of 12 men, three representatives would be appoin ted from a county board, also composed of 12 men, six of whom must be elected members of mun icipal councils. •In addition to councillor Jer myn, Tom Pryde, Huron Ml/A, Mayor Pooley and Deputy-Reeve Chester Mawhinney attended, Building permit was issued to Benson W. Tuckey for renova tion of his business building at the corner of Main and Ann Streets, the set Although the Authority didn’t officially adopt the dam plan, it was indicated that most of the members favor it. The report of the engineers was presented without a dissenting voice. The 30-foot dam, which will create a reservoir of 50 million gallons, will serve as a source of water' supply for the town of Exeter, provide a measure of flood control, increase summer flow of the river and the water tables in the area, and be the base for a bridge for Concession 2, .Usborne. . Exeter spokesman W. G. Coch rane and Usborne Township Reeve Verne Pincombe both as sured the Authority their muni cipalities were prepared to con tribute their share of the costs. Exeter will assume the major portion of the dam costs—esti mated at $59,560-. No Action On Lake Smith • No action will be taken by the Authority to prevent develop ment of Lake Smith by New Canadians as a vegetable-grow ing area. After investigation of the area, the wildlife board reported: “There seems to be little.doubt that the land is potentially very valuable for cash crops and from a strictly economic standpoint this would appear to be the best use of the land.” The Authority had hoped to preserve the marshy lake as a sanctuary for wild fowl. It was on the main fly-way for migra tory birds. of Lands , and Forests to take over and develop the park at Rock Glen. .Mr. Janes reported the Author ity’s cottage lots along the cut at Port Franks have been quick ly taken up and the committee plans to offers more to the pub lic on a lease basis. Park and boating facilities are being established there. 'Grand B"e n d representative John Manore, who is’ chairman of the wild life advisory board, said his committee hoped to co operate with conservation -clubs in the watershed to establish a number of small marshy areas fo rthe purpose of providing spitable breeding grounds for ■Exeter Public School Board members paid tribute to retiring chairman, R. E.. Russell, at the last meeting of the year Monday night. (Mr. Russell, who has been chairman for four years and a member since 1945, received a wallet in recognition of his ser vices. W. G. Seldon made the1 presentation. : A similar gift was presented to W. H. Pollen, former Vico-, chairman, who retired last year. Mr. Pollen was chairman of the building committee when the lat est addition was constructed. iCarfrey A. iCann was reap pointed to represent the public school on the SI-IDHiS board. ■Principal A. B. Idle announced the school planned to. present an operetta the latter part of Feb?, ruary. He also reported that a’ uniform system. fur writing has been established in all grades • to improve the penmanship of students. John Goman, Public School Inspector for South Huron, dis cussed the management and oper- birds, muskrats and other wild- ^ation of the school with 'the, life.board. Two Kirkton Sisters Shine In 4-H Show Pinery NowW Public Land Announcement that the Pinery ■is how the property Of the On tario government was made by <0. E, “Zeb” Janes, Lambton East MLA and chairman of the Parks and Recreation advisory board of the Ausable Authority, Wednes day afternoon. Mr. Janes said that while the price has not been settled yet, the 4,000-acre tract along Lake Huron is now owned by the pro vince through expropriation pro ceedings taken by the Depart ment of (Public Works. The price Will be determined in court. Mr. Janes’ 'announce ment brought vocal approval from the members of the Authority, who have campaigned for public ownership of the park for a num ber of years. By unanimous consent, the Authority requested the new Parks Division of the Department 'Two Kirkton sisters, Marilyn and Patsy Marshall, topped the list off South Huron 4-H winners who received their awards at the county Achievement Night in Wingham on Friday. Marilyn won the Bank of Com merce trophy for the highest score in dairy calf clubs and placed second in the competition for the Tom Pryde trophy for the highest score of all 4-H mem bers in the county. Her total score of 945 was only two below that of the winner, Murray Gaunt, the Lu'cknow youth who captured the Queen’s Guineas. Marilyn actually received the Tom Pryde Trophy for top marks but forfeited it voluntarily after; the presentation when she her self noticed an error which gave her more .points than she should have had. She was originally cre dited with 949 marks rather than 945. Patsy 'Marshall received the Harvey C. Johnston trophy for the highest score for a junior member under 16 years. She also won the A.Y. McLean trophy for Grand Champion Dairy Showman. Top Dairy dubs The sisters, daughters of well- known Holstein brooder Ross Marshall, placed first and second in the Exeter 4-H Dairy Calf Club. This is their second year in the Huron 4-H program—they were members of Perth clubs for several years. e. Another South Huron member who received a special award Fri day night was Keith Coates, win ner of the Exeter 4-H Beef Calf Club, who Was presented With the Huron Hereford Association tro* phy for showing the Champion Hereford (C!alf in the county. Keith placed fifth in line for the most points in the county with 938. ■Winner elf the Elston Cardiff Citizenship Trophy for the best all-around 4-H member was Lar ry Wheatley, of R.’R. 1 Dublin. Not only 4-H work but. home and community activities are also taken into consideration in this award. Over $2,500 In Prizes Total prize money of $2,649.00 was presented to the 500 4-H members who attended the Ach ievement night in Wingham’s- spanking new high school. Ar thur S. Bolton, ass’t ag rep, was in charge of the presentations. — Blease Turn to Page 7 Girls Best In Ten Of 30 4-H Clubs Never let it be said that girls don’t make good farmers. The girls made a strong case for themselves in 4-H work this year when they placed first In 10 of the 30 agtictiltutal clnhs in Huron County. They also won three Of the 12 spec* lai awards presented at the Achievement Night in Wing* ham on Friday. The5 “weaker” sex was par* tlci'darly strong itt the ealf clubs, winning four hoof and two dairy clubs. They also won one swine Club, one poultry club, the Mcnsall White Bean, chib and the Wingham Forest* ry Club. L