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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-02-09, Page 11 Candidates For SHDHS 'At Home' Queen, ALEXIA LOSTELL CAROL FLETCHER MARGARET WOODBURN CONNIE OSTLAND Which One Will Wear This New SHDHS Crown? For New School Crown LORAINE TAYLOR CONNIE JACKSON BARBARA ALLISON MARION ALEXANDER % SHDHS To Pick Queen From Eight Candidates The Pinery will be open for I school. The daughter oif Mr. and for_t'he honor of being the first | Mrs. Albert Ostland, she also plays on basketball team. 'She’s in grade 13. Loraine Taylor, 17, daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Caflyle Taylor, of R.R. 1 Grand Bend, A grade 12 student, she plays the piano and likes to paint in oils. Margaret Woodburn, 16, who sings in the glee club and is a member of the student council. Her. parents iare Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Woodburn, of R.R. 3 Park­ hill. SHDHS queen to -wear the new crown recently presented, to the school. Built of a gold frame, studded with colorful stones, and lined With bright red velvet, the im­ pressive headpiece will be used for 'the first time at the annual «"At Home” dance Friday eve­ ning. The crown was made by Mrs. Harold’ Simpson, Exeter. The girl who wears the crown will be picked' this week by students in a school-wide .ballot. The queen is chosen annually for her beauty, personality, p'oise character and participation .< in school activities. The eight candidates are: •Marion Alexander, IS-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. -Ed­ mund1 Alexander, of R.IR. 1 Hen­ sail, who sings in the glee club •and plays on the basketball, and volleyball teams. She is a com­ mercial student. Barbara Allison, 16, another commercial student who stars on the senior girls’ cage squad. She is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Charles Allison, Exeter. ■C a r o 1 Fletcher, 17-year-old president of the athletic society who also plays on the basketball team. Daughter of Dr. and M. C. Fletcher, Exeter, she grade 12 student. ■Connie Jackson, 17, who Mrs. is a ■Connie Jackson, 17, who hails from RjR. 1 Cred'iiton and who hopes to be a school teacher after she graduates. She, to'o, is in grade 12. Alexia Lostell, 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lostell, of R.R. 3, Exeter, who is vice-president of grade 13, a member of the glee clu'b and an officer on the paper staff. 'Connie Ostland, 18, who takes part in public speaking, drama -a nd musical activities ’at the R. D. Jermyn Heads Zone R. D. Jermyn/of Exeter, presi­ dent of the Huron County Indus­ trial Promotion Board, was elect­ ed chairman of the Huron zone of the Upper Grand Development Association at fits organizational meeting in New Hamburg Wed­ nesday afternoon. Mr. Jermyn, along with Vice- - Chairma n Dr. E. A. McMaster, mayor of Seaforth,-and Peter Mic- Eiwan, of Goderich, will be the three Huron representatives on the board of directors for the regional group. Representatives from muni­ cipalities^ in four counties, Huron, Perth, Wellington and Waterloo, registered almost unanimous sup­ port for the new organization, designed to promote industrial activity and tourist trade. Over $10,000. was pledged towards the scheme ion the^hasis of six cents per capita- from towns and cities participating. Full/Eiine Promoter? The provincial government, sponsors of the organization, will match-the $10,000 with a similar grant to provide for the employ­ ment of a full-time promoter. Members of the Huron County sone include; Exeter, Reeve Wil­ liam McKenzie, R._ D. Jermyn; Hensail, Repve Norman Jones, James Paterson; Zurich, Charles Thiel, Wes Hugill; Clinton, Mayor W. Miller, W. Edgar; Seaforth, Dr. McMaster, Ted Southgate; Goderich, Mayen Huckins, Peter McEwan; Wingham, Mayor Wil­ liam McKinney, Earl Hamilton; Brussels, Reeve H. Strettan and J. B. Krauter; and Warden John Fischer. Clinton is the only town in Huron County which lias not contributed towards the scheme. Among the cities in the area, Kitchener is 'the only one which has not subscribed. Mayor W. P. Gregory, Strat­ ford, presided; speakers included A. V. Crate and Robert Potts of the Department of Planning and Development; and Joseph Jeff­ rey, London, president Of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Appoint Members To Town Boards Council Monday'night approv­ ed appointments to fill positions on the Community Centres Board and the Recreation Council. Members/ Of the Centres Board Will include B. W. Brady, A. L. Snelgtdve, Harry Swartz, Garnet Hickh, Buss Snell and (Council­ lors Dlnney and McKenzie. Two retiring members are Eugene Beaver and Jack Weber. Four new members will be on the Recreation Connell. Harold Preszcator will replace Glen Mick­ le, who has been chairman for a Seniors' Party 'Biggest Yet “Biggest and best yet” was the verdict concerning the second an­ niversary meeting of the Senior Citizens Club in the Legion Hall on Tuesday evening. . 'So pleased were the members with their executive for 1955 that ■they re-elected them to office again for 1956. Mr. Frank Taylor is president, Mr. George Lawson, secretary treasurer, Walter Cut­ hush, song leader, Mrs. E. S. Steiner, press reporter and Mrs. E. Westcott, Mrs. Frank Taylor and Mrs. Maurice Quance, visit­ ing committee. After an hour of euchre and a sing-song led by Walter Cut­ bush with Mrs. H. Shapton at the piano a variety program was presented with Mr. Herman Powe as chairman. A men’s quartet, Walter Cutbush, Frank Taylor, ■Lloyd Taylor and E. Lindenfield, contributed numbers, ‘also . an instrumental trip, Maurice Quan­ ce and Norman McDonald on the mouth organ and Cecil Skinner on tihe violin with Mrs. Quance at the piano, and three humor­ ous skits. Mr. George Lawson secretary treasurer gave a report of the -year’s activities and thanked the Legion Auxiliary for the use of the Legion Hall without remun­eration and also (he various or­ ganizations who had assisted with the lunch during the year. Mr. Frank Taylor, president, paid tribute by a moment of sil­ ence to Mrs. A. J. Penhale who had been a member since the club’s beginning. The Pride of Rebekah lodge members, who assisted in the or­ ganization of the club, served lunch at tables decorated with Valentine motifs. Two • large ‘birthday cakes were the specials on the bill of fare. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Powe, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Passmore, Mr. and Mrs. ,Wm. Northcott and Mr. and Mrs. jack Elliott were the committee responsible for the an­ niversary evening’s entertain­ ment. The evening concluded with a dance for which the music was provided by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Marshall and Thos. Walker. The committee for next month’s meeting includes Mr. and Mrs. Horace Pfaff,, Mr. and Mrs. Norman McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. and Norman McDonald, Mr. and Henman Mitchell and Mr. Mrs. Ed. Penhale. % Eighty-Second Year d EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1956 Price Per Copy 70 TO OPEN PINERY THIS SUMMER L- TAKE BALLOTS TO VOTERS—The best way to get out the vote in an election, say airmen at Huron Park, RCAF Station Centralia, is to go after it—and that’s just what they do. Here, two deputy returning officers, Cpl. Russ Elliot and LAC D. Troy, are shown calling at the door of a house in the married quarters section during the election on Friday. A 94 percent vote was recorded. —RCAF Photo Get 96 Percent Vote In Huron Park Election Just like any other community, Huron Park at RCAF Station Centralia book an active interest in the election of its town council on February 3. But in this town of 1,800 population there was a big difference. A 96 percent vote was register­ ed, brought about by having each elector actually vote in his home. Twenty-four deputy returning of­ ficers carried ballot boxes to each of the 360 homes. While the results were being counted by the chief returning officer, Fit. Lt. D. A. White, and his assistants, the citizens as­ sembled in the recreation centre on the station for a monster bingo. Results were posted on the boards in the recreation centre as soon as they were received. Councillors elected in each ward were: One, Flight Lt. G. H. Hicks; two, Mr. G. B.McCar­ roll, a schoolteacher on the sta­ tion; three, Fit. Lt. R. F. Lavin; ■four, LAC J. M. Veall; five, Sgt. W. R. Brawler; six, LAO B. M. Bailey. » The new council will now go ahead with plans for a large wad­ ing pool for the children in Hur­ on Park. Sqdn. Ldr. Alex Munn has been appointed mayor by Group Captain A. M. Cameron. Authority Approves Dam; Town Will Save $15,000 Board Approves Course To Teach Safe Driving South Huron District High School Board approved in prin­ ciple a suggestion from the, On­ tario Department of Education that a course in safe driving be given to students. * The board's approval followed a request from the department for its opinion on the value of such instruction, The department pointed out that several schools are already teaching safe driving. In Kitchener the teen-age ac­ cident rate has been drastically lowered Since the subject was in­ troduced in schools of that city. What -action the department will take towards making the course part of the curriculum will not be ' known until the opinions of all boards across the province are secured. Grant Up $1,000 The increased special grants for schools recently announced by the Ontario government will bring the local board an addi­ tional $1,000, Secretary-treasurer' E, D. Howey estimated. The special grant last year was $1,400; it is expected this year’s number of years, as the Kinsmen representative; Graham Mason will represent the Legion; new Council appointees are Council­ lors TaylOf and Fisher. Former members retarded are Lloyd Cushman, Rev. K B. Knox and Douglas Gould. amount will be $2,400. The amount is not sufficient to affect the tax levy for the school. The (board decided to raise the limit for medical expenses to $100 on the liability insurance ■policy it purchases annually. The policy, - which also provides for proqperty damage and bodily injury, costs $1,300. Further negotiations toward /construction of the $137,000. ad­ dition to the high school are being held up pending the re­ ceipt of aiptprioval from two muni­ cipalities, Stophen and Tucker­ smith townships. When this is received, application will 'be made for the issuing of debentures. Honor Retiring, Member Members held a testimonial dinner prior, to their meeting to honor A. W. Morgan, former Us­ borne representative, who has been a member since the area board was formed in 1947. Mr. Morgan has been vice-chairman several times and headed a num­ ber of important committees be­ fore resigning in December. Chairman C. S. MacNaUghton and E. L. Mickle presented an engraved pen and pencil set. Mr. Morgan praised the spirit of co­ operation: which has (prevailed on the board since it Was formed. Dr. H. H. Cowen, first presi­ dent of the board, was among those present, Insurance Mutual Shows Increase The eightieth annual general meeting of th Usborne and Hib­ bert Mutual „ Fire Insurance Co. was hpld at Farquhar on Monday. Net losses paid and incurred in 1955 of $67,798.00 were reported. Losses of live stock by lightning were much lower than usual. Ten barns and contends were lost. Direct insurance increased by over two millions. From February 6, 1956, insuran­ ce on live stock has been extended to cover electrocution as well a3 lightning loss. Martin Feeney was elected pres­ ident and E. Clayton Colquhoun vice-president. The Ausable Authority of­ ficially adopted the $140,000 Morrison dam project in Usborne as its fourth major conservation measure at the annual meeting in Parkhill Wednesday after­ noon. The Authority will now sub­ mit a brief to the provincial government asking for the 50 percent grant recently offered by the Department of .Planning and Development for conservation measures of this kind. The 'increased .grant policy, raised in a special announce­ ment last week from 37 and one- half percent to 50 percent—will ■mean a saving of over $15,000 to Exeter, heaviest contributor to the scheme. The new policy will also reduce the Authority’s share. Exeter’s Share $50,700 Figures presented in tlhe Authority’s budget show con­ struction estimates at $140,400 and engineering costs at $6,278.- -80.. Of these amounts Exeter will be asked .to pay $50,700.01. Before the new policy was an­ nounced, Exeter’s share was est­ imated at over $66,000. Usborne township’s s h a r e— which ds actually the cost of a •bridge for the concession road— is set at $14,803.10. The Depart­ ment of Highways will pay 80 percent -of this amount. Under the new arrangement, the provincial government will pay $75,429.10 and the Authority around $5,000. Officials still have plenty of red tape to battle through before actual construction on the dam can be started. After approval is ■received from the Department of Planning -and Development for the scheme, Exeter will have to get an okay to issue debentures for its. share of the cost; an agreement has to be reached giving 'Exeter the right to use water -in the reservoir for town supply; engineering data must be completed before tenders can be invited. In spite of these delays, of­ ficials of the Authority are con­ fident negotiations can be speed­ ed so that construction will start this summer. The Authority gave the exec­ utive power to call • for tenders when necessary preparations are completed. First Of Its Kind The dam will be the first of its kind in the watershed and is expected to pave the way for similar structures in the river valley. ’ The 30-.foot dam, which will create a reservoir of 50 million gallons, will serve a three-fold purpose; a flood control measure for the Authority, •water supply for ibase for a bridge concession 2-3. A committee to purchase 50 acres of land for the dam was .a p, pointed with Wellington Brock, Usborne; as chairman. Joseph Bryan, of Biddulph, and John A. (Stephen, of Blanshard, are members. Twenty-six acres will be flood­ ed by the dam and the Authority will buy another 25 acres around the rim of the reservoir. Land, between the third and fourth concessions of Usb'orne, is owned ■7" ?■ ■<<' & a source of Exeter, and for Usborne Will Preserve Historic Sites A new historic sites advisory 'board was appointed at the an­ nual meeting of the Ausable Con­ servation Authority Wednesday afternoon. ; G. C. Henderson, of Thedford, will head the new board, whose aim will be to preserve signifi­ cant landmark's throughout the watershed, committee Exeter; C. wick; and Park'hill. Officers re-elected A. Morrison, will remain chairman; Freeman Hodgins, of McGillivray, is vice- chairman and H. G. Hooke, Ex­ eter, is secretary-fieldsman. Heads of advisory boards in­ clude: flood control, William Haugh, Hay; farm ponds and farm planning, Joseph E>. Bryan, Biddulph; public relations, An­ drew Dixon, Exeter; reforesta­ tion, Wellington Brock, Usborne; parks and recreation, C. E. Janes; wildlife, John Manure, of Grand Bend; finance, G. C. Other members of the are Andrew Dixon, of E. Janes, MLA, War- M. M. Pennington, of of by the Authority were acclamation. John of East Williams, com- bv Bill Kernick, Bill Chambers 'and Mervyn Dayman, Other members of the Author ity from this area are: James Paterson, Hensail* Roy Bell, of Tucker,smith; Glen Webb, Ste­ phen; John Stephen, Blanshard; Robert' Love, Bosanquet, and Frank C. Allen, Hibbert. Farm ponds chairman Joseph Bryan reported 19 more ponds Have been completed since Dec­ ember 7 and 17 more sites ap­ proved. When these are pleted, total of .farm ponds in the watershed will be close to 50b. Transfer of 'the Authority of­ fice from its present location -be­ side the (Bell Telephone office, Main St. Exeter, to a two-room office in a home at the corner of 'Main and Huron streets approved. Henderson. Levy Will Remain $15,000 The Ausaible Authority’s on municipalities in the water­ shed will be $15,000, the same as last year, it was decided at the annual meeting Wednesday. The 1956 budget, which fea­ tures provision for construction cf the Morrison dam in Usborne, exceeds $175,000. but most of this will come from special .provincial and municipal grants to’ the Authority. The dam will take up $147,000 of the total and- the remaining $27,000 will be spent for smaller conservation projects sponsored •by the Authority. Some $13,000 ■will be spent on the Ausable forest in Hay swamp; -$4,500 will go towards construction of more fanm ponds; $3,500 will be used for parks and recreation pur­ poses and $3,000- for administra­ tion. was levy Council Seeks Advice To Settle Permit Feud Town council Monday night turned to a lawyer for advice to settle a dispute over the grant­ ing of a building permit. Council has requested former mayor, W. G. Cochrane, to in­ vestigate the conflicting argu­ ments of another Exeter lawyer, C. Van Laughton, and contractor Arthur Whilsmitih, who are feud­ ing over proposed construction of a house on Albert Street. Permit for the house was ap­ plied for by Mrs. Wbilsmith at the last council meeting. Laugh­ ton, who owns the ’house next to the proposed site, appeared be­ fore council and threatened to take court action against the town if the permit was granted. (He claimed the building would violate terms of his agreement with the owner. •x.v. Monday, council received a de­ tailed letter from Mrs. Whil- smith which dealt with the ob­ jections one by one and stated none of the restrictions mention­ ed by Laughton would be violat­ ed. Council discovered there were ■two different interpretations of the restrictions contained in Laughton’s deed. Since neither side produced the actual legal document, town fathers couldn’t tell which one was right. Besides, none of the councillors- was pre­ pared to make any ruling on the "legal questions. So council de­ cided to get professional advice. Mrs. Whilsmith, in her letter to council, said the proposed 24x45 house, of frame construc­ tion, would "be a one-storey building, built of standard build­ ing materials of modern design and architecture. When complet­ ed it will be ah asset to the 1 S3 4 $ $Ml J# •£: NEW HURON PARK COUNCIL—New members of Huron Park Council, RCAF1 Station Cen­ tralia, are shown with Group Captain A. M. Cameron, commanding officer, when the elec­ tion results were announced at a station bingo Friday night. Sqdn, Ldr. Munn, left, is mayor of the married quarters. Others, left to right, are G/C Cameron, F/L G. H. Hicks, J. B. McCarroll, LAC J. N. Veall, Sgt. W. R. Brawley and LAC B. N. Bailey. —RCAF Photo tThe Finery will be open for limited public use this summer, •C. E. Janes, Damhton East MLA, predicted Wednesday, Mr, Janes, chairman of the Parks and 'Recreation Advisory Board of the Ausable -Authority, said some development of the 4,000-acre tract along Lake Hu­ ron will be possible this spring to allow -public access to the recreation area during the sum­ mer. „It will take several years, how­ ever, before the area can be de-* veloped into a major park. Expropriation 'hearing for the land will be heard before the On­ tario Municipal Board this month, Mr. Janes told the Authority, The provincial government start­ ed proceedings this fall when it failed to reach a settlement with the Pinery Development Ltd. Mr. Janes also announced that .the government will establish a provincial-wide parks commission which will later administer all public-owned park areas in On­ tario, including Niagara . and other parks already established. "The government is going into the parks business in a big way,” ■he said. At least part of which will be spent in develop­ ment of these parks will be de­ rived from fees and the funds rentals Will Not Attempt Defence Program Town council decided Monday night not to attempt organization of a civil defence district because of the program. Discussion arose munication from the Department of (Planning and Development Which announced that the federal government would pay 50 per­ cent of civil defence costs. This would leave the municipality with one-quarter of the expense. Mayor Pooley said organization of a unit had been turned over to the Legion two years ago but it had not been able to stir up interest. “This project would take quite a bit of work if you think it is necessary,” he said. The m^yor told council the (Legion learned that a large po­ lice-like organization would have to be established to handle any disaster which might arise. The 4group would look after policing roads, looking after refugees from bombed cities setting up emergency hospitals, working with the Red 'Cross etc. [Councillor Dinney: “Are any towns this size doing anything along this line?” Pooley: “None that I know of in Huron County.” ■Councillor Musser: "There’s not much sense going into it un­ less you can do it properly and I don’t think there’s enough en­ thusiasm or interest to get it started.” unit for this disinterest in from a com- vicinity in which it is. being built.” "In the past four years,” she continued, “my husband has built 10 well-constructed houses in Ex­ eter, the taxes from which net the town a revenue of about $1,500 a year. It is his hope to continue his building trade here.” Case Of Mysterious Gas Bothers Town Detectives Council spent another hour Monday debating “The Case o£ the Mysterious Gas.” The mun­ icipal sleuths have been tracking down, the wandering fumes for several months now. The case was first brought up in the fall when householders along Main .Street south complain­ ed of gas and oil fumes In their basements. Some found the smell so pungent they -couldn’t sleep. Council checked into garages in the area thinking some of the underground gas tanks might be leaking. .Several times members thought they had the problem solved—only to hate It crop up again, The drain was opened up at four different places, and a trap Inserted before council felt it had discovered the source of trouble— an old tank Which was used for dumping used oil. Solution to stop the leakage of oil into the drain was worked out with gar­ age owner Graham Arthur. All was quiet for awhile. Monday, apparently the fumes broke out again. So council re­ viewed the entire case at length before turning the case over to a committee. What action the committed Will take was undecided, but council members suggested plugging the inlets to the drain or pumping out the oil from the old tank. 'Che six-month-old case will probably be solved this week, council is afraid if the gas fumei* explode, the town might be hold responsible.