HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-01-05, Page 1TRAFFIC TOLL UP AGA
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SALUTE THE NEW YEAR—-New Legion president, Reg. McDonald, second from left, and
■executive ’ member, Gerald Lawson, and their wives, celebrated the new year at the
Legion’s dance Sunday midnight. President McDonald was installed Thursday, as head of
the 200-member group, succeeding Max Harness. Vice-presidents are Harold Holtzman
and Graham Mason. Nearly 200 attended the holiday dance, first Legion activity of the
.year. —T-A Photo
!|T'S A MILITARY TRADITION—An old military custom of officers serving men their
holiday dinners was observed over Christmas and New Year’s at RCAF Station Centralia.
"Group Captain A. M. Cameron, commanding officer of the station, is shown above carving
turkey for the airmen’s New Year’s dinner. Assisting him are S/L J. Lasek, LAW M,
'Greer, and WO2 T, J. Walls. The largest crowd ever to attend a station social function
welcomed! 956 at a special dance in the recreation centre.
Dam Top Usborne Project
Clayton Smith New Reeve
Main project for Usborne town
ship in 1956, according .to Reeve
sleet Clayton 'Smith, will be the
Morrison dam on Concession 2-3.
The dam, sponsored jointly by
the Ausable River Conservation
Authority, „ the town of Exeter
and Usborne township, will serve
as a flood control measure, a
water reservoir and a base for
a, new concession bridge. Usbor-
ne's share of the $140,000 pro
ject is .estimated at $15,000 of
which the Department of High
ways will pay 80 percent.
The dam will create a 30-acre
reservoir east of the township
road. The reservoir may be de
veloped as a wild life sanctuary
or recreation area for ithe town
ship.
Usborne’s new reeve, .a live
stock Shipper who lives near
Plugtown School, said he (hopes
the 1956 council can hold the
township’s tax rate at its .present
level but warned this would be
CNIB Campaign .
Over Objective
Exeter and district went over
the top in the 1955 campaign
for the Canadian National In
stitute for the Blind but it didn’t
reach the record high established
last year.
Figures released by campaign
chairman S. B. Taylor show a
total of $756.70 Was contributed
to the fund. The objective was
$700; last year’s total was over
$800. '
Outride Of Exeter, which con
tributed over $500 to the cam
paign, the Centre contributing
the most was Crediton which
gave * $100,
Final figures are: Exeter
$571.50, Crediton $104.20., Dash-
| wood W0, Woodham, Kirkton
and Granton $15.00, Centralia
$13.00, RCAF Centralia. $lj,.00.
difficult in view of anticipated
increases in high school and
county rates.
Reeve.-elect Smith was the only
nominee to qualify for the chief
magistrate’s chair after the nomi
nation in -the township hall at
Elimville. A -small crowd of 50
attended the election meeting.
The new reeve has served four
years on council. He was' .first
elected in 1952 when he headed
the polls in a five-man race.
Retiring reeve, Verne Pincoim-
be, has completed nine years on
council, including four as head
of the municipality. He' was never
opposed during his career in
municipal politics.
Elected to council were veter
ans Jlarold Jeffery and Harold
Hern, who have served 'seven and
six years respectively; Hugh
Love, for his second term; and
newcomer Harold Hunter. Roy-
lance Westcott was nominated al
so but declined to stand.
Elected as school trustees were
Delmer .Skinner, who will serve
his second - two-year term,- and
Harry Dougall, a newcomer to
the area board, Mr. Dougall rev,
•places Victor Jeffrey who has-
been a member of the board siUce
it was formed nine years ago.
Township clerk H. H. G.
Strang presided for the nomina
tion. Hugh Berry was chainman
of the ratepayers meeting.
Highlights of the year’s work,
as given in two reports of council
members, were the construction
of three, bridges, two on Huron
streets and one on Concession
seven; the addition of kitchen
■facilities to the township hall
which is not yet completed; and
■paving of Huron'street from fthe
Exeter boundary to Concession
2-3.
As a member of Huron County
Council, Reeve Pincombe 'report
ed on the activities of .the iCounty
Home Committee, of which he
was a member. ”
were 95 inmates
now, 24 of whom
ients.
Harvey Johnson,
den of the county,
■farm manager to _____ ___
Jacobs, who resigned and Mrs.
William Pocock, R.N., of Wing
ham, was awarded the matron’s
post vacated "by Mrs. Martha
Jacob, who has been in charge
of the home for 33 years.
He said there
in the home
are ,,bed pat-
a former war-
was appointed
■succeed Dick
Righty-Second Year EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY W .
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Huron Tops In Province
In Barley, Mixed Grain
Huron County again led On
tario in the production of mixed
grain and barley, provincial fig
ures on crop production for 1955
reveal.
The county .placed fifth in the
production of hay and clover;
eighth in oats, buckwheat and,
corn for shelling; tenth in corn
for fodder* and fourteenth in fall
wheat.
The figures, compiled by the
Ontario Department of Agricul
ture, show field crop production
in all of the province’s 54 coun
ties for 1955. They indicate the
Close In Pool
At Centralia
With horns and other noise
makers, 630 people from RCAF
Station Centralia lustily greeted
1956 at a special dance in the
Recreation Centre. This was the
largest crowd ever to attend
social function at the station.
charge
by F/S
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of
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Choose'Trustee
To Fill Vacancy
Wilmar WO'’1 was elected
adclamatltm tO&tee of the police
village of Cjwxton at a nomiha*
tidh meeting Wednesday night.,
He will fiil-the vacancy causeci
iby. the ddhtti Itoland L. Metz.
Seek Approval
For Larger Loan
All municipalities in the
South Hugo** District High
School area are being asked to
approve a new debenture fig
ure of $137,000 for the pro*
posed five-roOm addition, Sec
retary-treasurer E. DI Howey
said this week.
The municipalities—Exeter,
Hensall,vHay, Stephen, Grand
Rond, U’sbbrne and Tucker-
smitn4*¥approved the original
estimated cost of $85,000
several months ago but now
estimates have increased the
figure to $137,000. All muni
cipalities will have to approve
this larger amount before the
negotiations for the addition
Oan be advanced.
Grand Bend council gave its
consent to the expenditure at
its inaugural meeting Tuesday
night.
The committee in
the dance was headed
Tiberio.
As 1955 went out, _
on the station looked. forward to
new recreational facilities. Plans
for an enclosed swimming pool
have been approved, which will
enable the many swimming en
thusiasts to enjoy the pool all-
year round. More bowling alleys
and a better and bigger snack
bar are in the plans for 1956.
Plans also have been tenta
tively set in early February for,
a mess dinner and dahce for all
airmen below the rank of cor
poral. This will be the first time
the airmen have been together
as a group for any social func
tion. " •
Once again the commanding
officer, G/iC A. M. Cameron, and,
other officers bowed to an old-
service custom—that of person
ally serving the airmen
meal. . .
personnel
Greet Newcomers
Forums Suggest
In spite Of the holiday on Mon
day some of the farm forums
met, discussing the subject “New
Canadians” and particularly “how
can we help them settle into our
farm communities?’-’
In respect to the first question
“what effect has agricultural, im
migration had on your commun
ity?” both the Unique Forum and
Parr Line Forum were agreed
■that it had boosted the price of
farm lands and it had created
■more efficiency among the farm
ers.
Parr Line Forum meeting at
■the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Bailey, stated that new Cana
dians had helped to relieve the
■labor shortage. Root crops were
(thus -increased. The concensus
was that, on the whole, they make
■good citizens although inclined
to “stick together”
The second question , asked
“what each forum had done to
welcome new Canadians into the
community?” Neither Pari? Line
nor Unique forums had much ex
perience with new 'Canadians in
their midst but they did feel they
should be invited to -the forum
meetings ’and should be welcom
ed whole-heartedly into their
homes. They should be helped
with the language and custom.
Unique Forum met at the home
of Mr. and Mrs, Delbert Geiger.
Mr. Bert Klopp conducted recrea
tion.
Kin Collect 500 Trees
Exeter Kinsmen collected over
500 Christmas
afternoon in
their “Twelfth
Friday evening.
The trees have been stacked
in a huge pile on the river flats
trees Wednesday
preparation for
Night” bonfire
Cancer Society
Plans Campaign
Plans for a local campaign
prevention of cancel* Will _
made at the annual meeting of
the Exeter and District Branch
of the Perth-Huron Unit of the
'Canadian Cancer Society which
Will be hold Monday, January 0,
at South Huron' Hospital.
President Fred Dobbs said the
branch hopes to extend its edu
cational work and participate in
the enlarged program recently
undertaken by the two-county
unit at a meeting in Exeter.
officers for the new year will
be elected.
for
be
of G. J. Dow’s farm and will be
■burned by Kinsmen to celebrate
the end of Christmas festivities.
In adoition to the bonfire,
Kinsmen have arranged for a
number of teams and sleighs to
give spectators an old-fashioned
sleigh ride, weather permitting.
The club will also provide re
freshments,
Children have been invited to
bring their toboggans so they
can ride down the hills in the
light Of the huge fire.
Kinsmen officials say no
charge will be made for the re
freshments or the program—-they
are sponsoring the event as a
public service and community
get-together.
Kinsmen plan to pick up spec
tators at the arena and transport
them by sleigh to the site of the
bonfire.
“Twelfth»Night0 celebrations,
which are ' popular in Europe,
spread to Canada about four
years ago.. The custom began in
medieval days to mark the end
of the yule season,
number of acres of each crop
sown, the yield per acre and the
total value.
Huron’s total of barley—681,-
200 bushels—is almost 50 per
cent more than that of Bruce
Cdunty, which placed second in
that crop. Barley was valued at
$1.05 per bushel in Hui'on fox*
a total crop income of $712,400,
Huron produced 5,490,0-00
bushels of mixed grains, com
pared to 5,293,400 grown in
neighbouring Perth county,
which placed second. The value
Of Perth’s crop was higher than
Huron’s, however, by over $100,-
0.00, The figures are $4,265,100
compared to $4,147,100.
Figures on production and
value of other crops in Huron
are: fall wheat, 547,600 bushels,
$731,300; oats, 2,268,500 bu.,
$1,587,100; buckwheat, 30,000
bu„ $28,500; corn for shelling,
471,400 bu., $513,800; fall rye,
4.300 bu., $4,800; soy beans,
8.300 bu., $17,300.; hay and
Clover, 224,200 tons, $3,420,200;
corn for fodder, 75,800 tons,
$364,300.
A DEGREE—ElmerRECEIVES
A. Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Percy Campbell, of Exeter, has
received his chartered account
ancy, it was announced recently.
A graduate of S.S. No. 2 Hay and
Exeter High School, he received
his B.A. degree in 1952 at the
University of Western Ontario.
Since then he has been employ
ed by Clarkson, Gordon Co. in
Toronto.
Ice-Covered Highways
Increase Holiday Total
Repeatei! pQliQe warnings for
safe driving over the holidays
were in vain.
property damage, rose to an
all-time high of $7,000 and seven
persons' were injured in It crash
es, one a head-on collision which
wrecked brand new automo
bile,
The year-end mishaps brought
the total in the area for &955 to
a new high of 151 reportable ac
cidents. This is 26 more than
■the 125. recorded by provincial
police in 1954,
The new recored reversed the
trend to fewer accidents which
■was established in 1953 and
maintained in 1954.
dents are now back up to
195'2 level.
Icy roads caused most of
holiday crashes.
Douglas and Ray Lewis,
R.R. 3 Ailsa Craig, were injured
Wednesday when their pickup
truck collided with a milk de
livery driven by Mike Van Deur-
sen, of Ilderton, two and one-
half miles south of Centralia.
1953
The. acci-
the
the
of
Stephen Cuts Road Budget;
Bend Continues Police Drive
JStephen township lowered its
road budget for 19,56 to $4'8,000
at.its inaugural meeting Monday.
The budget has been $50,000 for
'the past two years.
- •'The figure will be submitted
to 1 the Ontario Department of
Highways for approval for grant
purposes.
■Clerk F. W. Morlock adminis
tered the oath of office to coun
cil- members in a -morning cere-
.'mony. Rev. Glen R. Strome, min-
■i Bter of Zion Evangelical United
[■Brethren church, Crediton, con
ducted devotional exercises,
•<<j£toeve John Morrissey, who
. wdnhis fourth term in an elec
tion against former Deputy-Reeve
Wellington Haist, treated ihis
councillors to dinner in Exeter.
The new deputy-reeve is Gordon
Ratz and councillors are Edward
Gill, Edward Lamport and new
member Glen Webb.
Appointments included:
Assessor, James Mawhlnney, at
a salary of $700,
Ausable Authority representa
tive, Councillor Webb.
Weed Inspector, Elmer Pick
ering, 70 cents per hour and mile
age.
• Stock evaluators, Murray El
liott, William Love.
-Community Centre Board, Wel
lington Haist, Harry Beaver.
•Road Foremen: 1, Gordan Wil
son;^, Louis Davey; 3, Joe White
4, Fred Haist; 5, Harry Hirtzel;
6, Eldon Smith; 7, Ross Clark;
8. Wm. Schwartz; 9, Albert Reg-
ier; IQ, Lloyd Eagles on; 11, H-
'Clarke; 12, Lome Devine; 13, El
mer Pickering; 14, Harry Shep
pard; 15, Orval Mellin; 16, Roy
Mason; 17, 18 and south bound
ary, Harvey Walper; 20, Ezra
Webb; Centralia,-Gordon Wilson;
Crediton, Lawrence Hill; Dash
wood, Aaron Restemeyer; Exeter
side road, R. Krueger.
Fence Viewers: Murray Elliott,
Ed. Chambers, Leslie Richards,
Arthur Finkbeiner, Edward Kraft
.Pound Keepers: Wilfred Hux
table, Earl Shapton,. Royal Gaiser
Jas. Love, Ezra Webb, Alvin Bak
er, Stewart Sweitzer, Lloyd Fah-
ner, Michael Ryan, Leasum La
Fond, Hilton Ford, Clarence Des
jardins Wm. Stade, W. F.. H-od-
gins, Lloyd Brophy, D. O’Rourke.
Attendance Officers; Garnet
Hill for schools 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 14,
U9, U 13; Herb Willert, 6, 7, 11,
U15, USS 6; Wm. Love 10, 1'2,
U8, U.17', UT8.
Wages: road operators and sup
erintendent, 90c per hour; help
ers 70c; man and team $1.00;
fence-viewers $4.00 each job;
tractor hauling light loads, $1.50
team and mower, cutting weeds,
■$1.5i0’; stock valuators, $2.00 per
trip.
Seek To Increase
Weekend Force
Grand Bend council plans to
continue its campaign against
rowdyism in the summertime, it
was revealed at the inaugural
meeting Tuesday night.
Reeve J. H. Dalton announced
he plans to interview Ontario
Provincial Police headquarters to
see if the weekend strength of
the force can be increased to
cope with the huge crowds which
invade the popular resort.
The reeVe reported he and
Councillor Clarence Green start
ed out for Toronto in December
to discuss policing with the OPP
Commissioner but were turned
back by a snow Btorm.
The present detachment, head
ed by Cpl. Neil Chamberlain who
is stationed there full time, was
increased to six this past sum
mer, the largest it has ever been.
Councillor Green said the two-
year-old campaign to clean up
rowdyism has been successful
but it can still be improved. He
felt the resort would attract a
better class of tourists if rowdy-
ism was curtailed.
New councillor, Norman Turn
bull, wondered if expenses Could
be lowered if the village hired
its own police force but he was
told this would cost at’ least
$17,0.0fk The resort now con-,
tributes $6,090 towards the pro
vincial detachment.
In a debate on fire equipment,
Councillors Cam Chapman and
Turnbull^ charged the village’s
fire, truck was obsolete and
should be overhauled or a new
truck purchased.
Fire Chief Lawrence Mason,
asked to comment oh theci/iti-
cism, said he believed the equip
ment was adequate. *
Committee memberships and
appointments include: Dr. F.
BOyes, Parkhill, medical officer
of health; board of health, Wil
liam Sturdevant and A. Dayman;
roads and beach, Herb Pfile,
Cam Chapman; relief, Clarence
Green, Norman Turnbull; weedB,
Norm Turnbull; sanitary inspect
or,. A. Dayman; Chas. Reeves,
road foreman; library board,
James Dalton; police committee,
Clarence Green, Herb Pfile, fire
committee, Cam Chapman, Nor
man Turnbull.
Total damage was estimated at
$1,10’0- by Projivincial GonstWe
Elmer Zimmerman, who investi
gated.
Dr, A. E. Letts, of parkhill ren
dered firgt aid.
■A car driven by W i 1 f red
Bushey, of Chatham, skidded out
of control on No, 2$ Tuesday an&
rolled over in the ditch. Damage
was around $400.
Alfred Sprin-gate, of Centralia,
slid into a ditch a mile north of
Hensail on No, 4 on Monday,
causing $220 damage to his car.
Three London youths received
■extensive injuries when their con
vertible overturned three miles
south of Exeter on. No, 4 hjgh-
way Tuesday. .Driver Rogex- Far
ley, 17, fractured his collarbone.,
Jack Wood, 18, who had to be
pried loose from the wreckage,
is suffering from a broken jaw
and Daryl Noble received .chest
injuries.
.Damage to the convertible was
estimated at $.800, The accident
occurred at 3,15 a.m.
Alexia Doetoll, of R, R. 3, Exe
ter, lost control of the vehicle she .
was driving on 'slippery pavement
and roiled it in the ditch on the
county road south of Shipka,
Damage was $400.00 ;
Two cars collided head on in
foggy weather near Centralia air
port the day before Christmas
and- -three persons were injured.
LAc Wiliam Allen, 36, RCAF
Station, ^Centralia, drivei* o*f one
car, was taken to London Hos
pital. His eight-year-old daugh
ter, Carolyn, and driver of the
other vehicle, Murray Elliott, of
Centralia, ’ was taken to 'South
Huron Hospital and have -since
been discharged.
Mr. Elliott’s car, a new 19 4 B
model, was a total wreck and the
Allen vehicle suffered $900 damage.. '
■On .the same day and near the
same spot, a car driven by Adrian
Anthony iof RCAF Station Cen
tralia ran into the back of a
pickup owned by Brace Shapton,/
of'R. R, 1, Exeter.- The car sud-:,
fered $400 damage and the truck;
$■35.
. John Vanoenen, of Port Alheht, v
skidded into the ditch on ,No. -
21 highway on Thursday, Dec. 29
causing $400 damage to his car.
He wasn’t injured.
OHP Constables John Ford and
Cecil Gibson investigated the ac-
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Relates Trip
To Seniors
Mr. Andrew Dixon entertained
the Senior Citizens Tuesday even
ing with colored slides taken on
the recent trip Mr. and Mrs. Dix
on took to England and Scotland.
He showed many of the outstand
ing points of interest in the Brit
ish Isles, particularly many farm
scenes in which he was' especially
interested.
Following an hour at cards a.
program was presented in which
Marlene and Darlene Frayne sang
Tom Walker played two .piano
selections.
A sing song was led by Walter
Cutbush with Mrs. H. Shapton as
accompanist. Secretary George
LawSon read a letter of apprecia
tion from the Children’s Aid .Soc
iety at Goderich for the Christ
mas donation of $20 and also "ex--
pressed appreciation to Mr. Dix
on and the committee who had
'arranged the program.
The ladies of the James St,
Federated group served the lunch
Dancing followed.
The committee appointed to
arrange for the February meeting
was Mr. and Mrs. Hetman Powe;
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Passmore; Mr.
and Mrs Jack Elliott; Mr and
Mrs. Wm. Northeott.
Town Advertises
'Necking' Park
At least' two. road signs in
this district could stand at
tention.
On either side of the spank
ing new $57,000 Or edit on
bridge are warnings of “Nair*
row Bridge” which applied to
the old Span, a hazard to traf
fic. The new bridge Is more
than regulation width.
For over two years now, the
town of Exeter has been ad
vertising the “necking”1 facill*
ties nt Riverview Park. While
these facilities are excellent,
nd doubt, It hardly seems
necessary to publicize them.
It’s the “picnic” facilities
which the sigi*, nt tim comer
of Main and Hill Streets, is
supposed to advertise.
HURON'S MR. '56—Lustily cheering (?) in the New
South Huron Hospital was this healthy, seven-pound
SOUTH
Yeaf at duuih xiuiui* xiuopiian wao uno uuaiviij', ocyeu-puuuu
four-ounce boy, Eugene Hartman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Hartman, of Dashwood. He was born shortly after one o’clock
Sunday afternoon. Eugene is the Hartmans’ fourth child; the
others are Theresa, 5, Ronald, 4, and Gary, 2. The family
moved to a farm near Dashwood from Windsor about two
years ago. —-T-A Photo
Install Officers
Of Two Lodges
The newly-elected 'Officers of
Lebanon Forest Lodge A. F. &
A, M. together wit the officers of
Irving Lodge, Lucan, were install
ed in a joint ceremony at Lucan
Tuesday evening of -last week
Rt Wot. Bro. Murray Hodgins
and officers of the Lucan lodge
conducted the Joint Installation. .
Wor. Bro# Allan Fraser was in*
stalled AS master Of the Exeter
lodge. -Others Installed were;
Bert Borland, immediate past
master; AM W. Gaiser, senior
warden; Ernest Gerson, Junior
warden; K. Hedging, chaplain;
W. E# Middleton, treasurer; O«
Mawhlnney, secretary; R. E.
Boo-ley, director of ceremonies;
Andrew Dlerling, senior deacon;
Harvey Pfaff, junior deacon; E*.
H. Beaver, inner guard; Gerald.
Lawson, senior steward; Wilmer
Wein, Junior steward; Dione!
Kendrick, outer guard.
•Mr. Fraser was presented with
a gavel fwrtbed. W. 195$,
/donated by a friend in Toronto,
A mason for $5 years,1