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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-03-08, Page 1Eighty-Second Year EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1956 hm Per Copy 7# ’T' HS TAXES UP TWO MILLS I who con- and Affects Seven Area Municipalities ■ Jl K an Education Week feature, junior pupils of Exeter PublicPRESENT PETER RABBIT—As School ■'Will present the operetta, “Peter Rabbit,” Thursday and Friday of this week. Nearly 100 children take part in the colorful song-story of the famous fairy tale. A different set of main characters will present the operetta each night. Peter Rabbit, above, is Jimmy Carscadden. Watching him are vegetables Shirley Genttner, Brenda Dinney, Elizabeth Snell ■and Jane Dettmer and Farmer McGregor. —T-A Photo Rescind Building By-Law As Permit Row Continues Faced with -a continuing con­ troversy over enforcement of its building by-law, Exeter Council Monday night decided to scrap the legislation and replace it with a simplified by-law “which we can enforce.” The action was taken after council discussed another pre­ sentation from Exeter lawyer C. Van Laughton against the grant­ ing of a permit to Arthur Wh-il- smith -to build a house on Ed­ ward Street. • Laughton -again mentioned- the possibility of court action against / tfoe town if the permit was gra'nt- ed. Approval of -a permit to Whil- ■^PWmith and three other applicants was postponed toy council on the basis that no plans were sub­ mitted as required by 'the by­ law. All permits will be with­ held until council drafts a new by-law. 'Council had hoped to resolve the Laughton-Whilsmith contro­ versy 'by appealing -to ano'ther town lawyer, W. G. Cochrane, foi’ a ruling on -the matter. He advised council, to grant the per­ mit to Whils-mith, who wants to build a $7,000 house beside -• Laugh-ton. Objects To Decision In a (written presentation, Laughton objected to the de­ cision on the .grounds that it was based on only one agreement be­ tween himself -and the contractor, Whilsmith. -He said there was another agreement whose regula­ tions were being violated by the proposed building. Laughton also objected to a ruling being given by Cochrane because 'Cochrane acted for Whil- sm-itih when Laughton bought his , own home on Edward Street from the contractor. Council ignored this argument and ordered the Laughton letter -turned over to Cochrane for ad­ vice. In -the meantime, -the entire building -situation remains up in the aii* because the town no longer has any legislation govern­ ing construction. With the build­ ing by-law -rescinded, there is no restriction against -construction until council passes another. Council scrapped .the by-law * over the issue of a building in­ spector. Both Laughton and Coch­ rane have urged council to ap­ point one—ithey pointed out the by-law requires one—but council didn’t feel there was any person in town qualified to do the job at a price the town -could afford to pay. Need To Modify By-Law Councillor' R. C. Dinney, who moved (redrafting of the by-law, said it had been drawn up by Ontario government officials for larger centres. He said "the by­ law should be revised, and simpli­ fied to suit oui’ locality,” The motion was seconded by R-eeve William MicKenzie. Mayor R. E. Pooley appointed Deputy- Reeve Chester Mawhinney, and • Councillors Dinney and Alvin Pym to draw up a new one. When the by-law was- rescind- , Laughton, who attended the which can give you just as good protection as this one.” 1 'Councillor Ross Taylor first brought up the question of a b-uilding inspector. He suggested the town advertise for one be­ cause he thought there were several -men who would do the job for a reasonable fee. Councillor Taylor said Grand Bend has -a part-time inspector. Deputy-Reeve Mawhinney said an inspector "would cost -quite a bit of money.” Others felt there was no qualified person in town who was not actively1 engaged-in construction. Clerk C. V.” Pickard said the problem might be solved by the appointment of an inspeetoi* for all of Huron County. He could work on the same basis as the plumbing and septic tank in- spetcors who are. employed by the county health unit. Mr. Pickard .thought it would foe "awfully hard” for council to find a man who could do the job -at a reasonable iee because it involved so much technical knowledge. When Laughton pointed *out that regulation of building was a municipal affair, .the clerk sug­ gested that if enough pressure was brought to bear from muni­ cipalities, the province' might change its legislation to county appointment. Laughton maintained long as ^builders are .houses on speculation, the town should have an inspector to in­ sure that the future buyer has protection. Reeve McKenzie said "I’m proud of the houses in this town compared to other towns.” He objected to a headline in Tfoe —(Please Turn to Page 12 allow a that as erecting' Consider New School For Hensall Students Improvement of public school facilities in Hensall is being sidered by the school board council. The tiwo organizations, discussed the problem jointly at Monday night’s council meeting, ■are entertaining two proposals: replace the older section of the present building or build a com­ plete new school. A-r'chite’cts who have inspected the building claim the original three-room section has deterior­ ated beyond the point where it is feasible to repair it. Floors have sagged, .walls are in poor con­ dition and the lighting system is outmoded. The addition to the. original 'building is still serviceable, how­ ever, and it would be possible to tear down the older section and rebuild -it again, This may cost as much as a new school. Discussion at the council meet­ ing leaned towards construction of -a six-room school but before 'taking any action council asked -the board to secure estimates from the architect on both pro­ posals. The school has 160 pupils who are housed in five rooms. Heading the school board dele­ gation to council was Howard 'Seane, chairman, and Principal Robert Raeburn, who is secretary­ treasurer. Adopt Daylight Time Council approved Daylight Saving, Time coming into effect on April 29 and ending. Septem- foer. 30. Jleeve Norman Jones and Clerk James Paterson reported on the convention in Toronto which they attended, 'Councillors Harry Hoy and Jim .Sangsfer outlined the progress made at the organ­ ization meeting of the Upper Grand Development Association at New Hamburg recently. Utility Man E. R. Davis re­ ported on snow removal and improvements to the washroom. meting, charged council was .^.Aving house buyers Unprotected. This prompted Reeve McKenzie to move that no permits be granted until -the new by-lw is ''prepared and passed. Laughton said council was ’"taking the easy way out/’ rather than trying to enforce a by-law which he felt was good legislation. Mayor Pooley objected to this criticism stating that council was merely "trying to get a by-law which we can enforce.” Pooley said "we think we can draw up just as good a by-law First Ad Purchase Wins $5.00 Prize First person to report a pur­ chase made -through -the classi­ fied ads of The Tlmes-Advocate this week will receive a prize of ’$5.00. The prize is pant of the news­ paper’s leap year special. on .Clas­ sifieds. There is nearly a full page of bargains this week. .Prize for the best written ad goes to Mrs. Harry 'Coates of R.iR. 1 CCntralia. -Advertising clothing, -she gave a good description of the items and included the price. Value of her prize is $'5.00. No Rabies Found Here But Urge Precautions Tax rates in South Huron took a two-mill hike Tuesday night when the district high s-chool hoard Increased its levy from five to seven mills. The jump will affect Exeter, Usfoorne, Stephen, Hay, Hensall and parts of Grand Bend and Tuckersmith. Increased salaries, additional teachers, larger transportation and administration costs are among the reasons for the hike* The board also plans to increase its "carryover” to reduce the cost of borrowing money. Although no new debenture costs are expected this year in connection with -the five-room addition the board plans to build in the summer (payments' will not start until 1957), the mem­ bers budgeted for extra costs which may be incurred in con­ nection with the construction. At the same meeting, ' the board increased the salary mini­ mum for teachers from $3,20Q •to $3,400 in order to compete in the mad scramble for teachers'. This automatically provides for a $200 across-the-board increase for the 19 members of the pre­ sent staff. With the $300 annual incre­ ment established last year, the staff members will .receive a boost of $500 each for the 1956- 57 term. Only four-tenths of this increase is paid this year, how­ ever; the rest of the increase applies in 1957. Decision to raise the minimum salary resulted from a study of current offering of other boards which are averaging around the $3,400 figure. The board hopes the increase will attract the three additional teachers it re­ quires and -hold present staff. Set Up Committee 'The board set up a -three-man committee to administer the' school’s cadet corps on the re­ commendation of Majoi’ C. E.. Richards, of Camp Borden. The committee will include Principal H. L. Sturgis, Chief Instructor E. D. Howey and Board Member Cartfrey Cann. A recommendation to provide an indoor rifle range was re-: ferr-ed to the architects to see if it could foe erected below the, corridor of the proposed addition at -minimum cost. iPrinciipal iSturgis reported the enrolmen had. decreased to 471 because of drop-outs. Four com­ mercial students have been employed by London Life Assur­ ance Co. Shop and home econo­ mics department had been in­ spected and declared satisfactory. Pays $50 For Drinks A Centralia driver who forced a police car -off the r-oad was ■fined $50 in Magistrate’s' Court Wednesday for impaired driving. Lome Edgar Hicks pleaded guilty to the charge. The incident On February 4. •Magistrate Dudley Holmes, who levied the fine, .told Hicks "you’re lucky”. ©eon Triebner, -R,R. 1 Hensall, received $15 and costs for driving a vehicle with 19-54 licence plates. Police said the 1954 markers are approximately the same colour as the new ones. •Nikola Cengija, of Main iSt. Ex-eter, was fined $10 and costs for careless driving which re­ sulted in an accident near Kip- penon February 20. .Court main­ tained Cengija was driving too fast for slippery road conditions. Kenneth Baynham, Dashwood, was ordered to pay $10 and costs for failing to carry a licence for his truck. He was also convicted of not having his name and ad­ dress printed on his truck. The magistrate commented there were too many trucks with­ out identification. "There are as many small trucks without names as. there are with them,” he said, ^ecisldn on penalty for, -Clif- for®/Fleet of Dashwood was postponed until his record is traced. A truck driver, he was convicted, of stealing an electric ■shaver and wrist watch from the general store at Blake. The items were recovered. A charge of failing to give a proper signal against Ross Skin­ ner, R.-R. 1 Centralia, was dis­ missed because of a technical er­ ror in the writ. -C. Van Laugh­ ton, Exeter, was defence counsel. To Plead Not Guilty Magistrate Dudley Holmes, pre­ siding in court here Wednesday, convinced a defendant reverse his stand and plead not guilty to a charge of careless driving. , FO Nicol A. Gordon, 21, of RCAF (Station Centralia, main­ tained he wasn’t guilty but he wasn’t going to contest the case .because "I can’t prove I’m in­ nocent.” He felt he did not have sufficient . evidence to .present to the court.' "You don’t have to prove yourself .innocent,” the magi­ strate told him. “It is the crown’s duty to prove you are guilty.” 'The magistrate adjourned, the case for -two weeks and told the airman -to come back prepared to contest the charfee. (. } ’4 i , •if" PUBLIC SCHOOL RABBITS—Four rabbits who appear in Exeter Public School’s operetta “Peter Rabbit” this week are shown eating during one of the ^attractive scenes of the production. Left to right, they' are Helen Cole, Peter Snell, Elsie Gosar and Barbara Janke. —T-A Photo Public School Operetta Marks Education Week Education week is being cele­ brated in the Exeter Public School Thursday and Friday by a very ambitious project—the production by the junior pupils of the operetta, "Peter Rabbit,” by Henry P, Cross. Young and old alike will re­ call with delight .the well-known story of Peter Rabbit and his escapade in Mr. McGregor’s gar­ den, as told by Beatrix Potter. Peter, and his lively brother and sisters, 'Cottontail, Flopsy and Mopsy Will come to life in the Ex-eter Public -School auditorium to-night and Friday -night. Woodland Scenery The curtain opens on a wood­ land scene prepared by the stage property committee, Mrs. J. Mahon, Mr. R. Heimricli and Mr. Gai* Baker. Four frisky bunnies, Jimmy (Carscadden as Peter, fin-ell as Cottontail, Barbara Janke as Flopsy, and Helen -Cole as Mopsy, are found dancing in their woodland home in cunning bunny -costumes. On Friday night four -other children don the rabbit suits: Peter is played -by Bobby Reilly, Cottontail -by Bobby Beavers, Flopsy by Karen Jermyn and Mopsy by Susan Goman.' Mrs. Cliff Jory and Miss Vir­ ginia -Deichert are responsible for costumes and with the aid of other members of the and many willing mothers, turned out over 50 outfits. Why are there so many Umes needed? (Do you McGregor’s vegetable garden? In the operetta, over '5i0‘ vegeta­ bles—snappy orange carrots, yel­ low beans complete with poles, daintily attired lettucfy .and., tasty looking peas come' to TfteJ To Peter’s amazement and to the delight of the audience, each group of vegetables dance and sings for Peter’s entertainment. Choreography for the operetta is under the direction of Mrs. D. Hughson and Miss Nancy .Sinasa-c, Then the dreaded moment ar­ rives, and old Mr. McGregor, played by Kenneth Heinbuck, ar­ rives in time to catch Peter in his prized garden. After au ex­ citing chase, an exhausted Peter finally escapes and returns to .the woodland home of his family. How the -vegetables save him from a terrible threshing makes a thrilling climax to a delightful experience. Directed By Principal The operetta is being directed by the principal, Mr. A. Idle; musical director is Lawrence Wein. Other committees are:- music, Mrs. :S. Ince and Miss Velma Ballagh; drama, Mrs. R. Jermyn and Mrs. L. Turvey; pub­ licity and finance, Mrs. D. Mous- seau. .With the co-operation of teach­ ers, pupils and parents, produc­ tion of the operetta exemplifies the slogans of Education Week— "A team effort—let’s all -pull to­ gether.” Hail During March Centralia Record. Thunderstorms and hail be­ ginning at 4.15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6, and ending 1.30 a.m. on Wednesday with one - quarter inch of hail was a record as no previous record of hail in Feb­ ruary or March has ’ been men­ tioned in the nine years of re­ cording at RCAF station Cen­ tralia, except last month when ■hail also was reported. Winter hail is unusual. Two inches of rain sit Centralia, Tuesday evening was the most reported in South Western Ont- —(Please turn to page 12 Persons who travel near bush­ land are urged to carry arms or heavy sticks animals. Control of undei’ the division, federal Department of Agriculture. Dr. Aldis said any campaign against disease-hearing animals would have to come from this source. Municipalities have control over stray dogs, however. The doctor1 said a child was bitten near Kirkton several weeks ago but initial test’s have not re­ vealed that the dog has rabies. Although rabid animals have not been discovered around this area, Dr. R. M. Aldis, head of Huron County Health Unit, ad­ vises two preventative measures which should be taken immedi­ ately. He urges farmers and hunters Who have dogs running loose in the fields and woods to have their animals innoculated against the disease. . I He advises parents to tell their children not to pet any stray dogs no matter how friendly they may seem. iDr. Aldis also urged residents not to become "■ trigger-happy” and kill a dog which may have signs of rabies -because authori­ ties Would not h ave-a chance to diagnose it. If the dog cannot be confined, police should foe called. . The public health doctor said wolves and foxes have brought the disease into southern On­ tario from the nonth and that it is quite possible for the disease to’ spread to this area. "Wolves and foxes .are known to treck hundreds of miles,” foe said. "They could travel here as easily as. any other spot in the pro­ vince.” Epidemic of rabies in northern Ontario has reached serious pro­ portions. Government officials have lost track of the number of persons bitten by the mad dogs. to ward off crazed wild animals comes health of animals staff have cost- re- Help Welfare Groups seeks nearly nation-wide SELLS BUSHEL FOB $25—©on Buchanan, former Usborne farm­ er who now lives near Londes- boro, displays his red clover which won the grand champion­ ship of Huron Seed Fair Satur­ day. He received $25 for -the bushel from C. S. MacNaughton of Jones, MacNaughton Seeds Ltd., Exeter. See pages 4, 5, 11. Exeter Lions are campaigning •this month for two important welfare organizations—the On- .tario Society -for Crippled Child­ ren and the -Canadian Red Cross. Over 200,000 Easter Beals were -sent out by the cluib last week to launch the annual ap­ peal fox’ crippled 'Children. Re­ cipients are -asked to buy the seals by sending in -a donation to the club. The Red -Cross campaign—- taken over by the Lions last year -—twill be conducted in -the form Of a "blitz” on Friday, Match 16, starting at 5.36 a.m. The 60 members of the Lions will knock on every dooi’ seeking contribu­ tions. - _In charge of the Easter Seal campaign is Chairman Kenneth Laiupman, Ray Jory and Graham Arthur, treasurer. The Red Cross 1 $6,000,000 In its drive this year. Famous as the which rushes in to organization ____ _____ _ aid victims when disaster strikes, the Red •Cross must have the funds to be -ready to assist wherever and Whenever it is needed. Most widely-known of the Red Cross services are -its outpost ser- pro- hospitals, blood transfusion vice and a veterans* welfare gram. Dr. E. S. iSteiner (heads committee In charge of the Cross drive, member Peter’s escapade in Mr GOVERNOR VISITS CLUB—District Governor Jack Nelson, of Chatham, paid his official visit to Exeter Kinsmen Club Thursday night as the club celebrated its sixth anniversary ahd the founding of the Kinsmen Association. The Exeter club is running its first candidate for district office with the nomination of Past President Les Parker for deputy governor and details of the campaign are viewed above by district officials. Left to right are Jack Biggs, district treasurer; Exeter President Sheldon Wein; Governor Nelson; Exeter Vice- President Lloyd Ford. * — Photo By Noseworthy South Huron Champion Seventh In Zone Finals Carol Gibbons, -South Huron’s spelling champion, placed seventh among 16 girl inspectorate win­ ners who competed in the zone final at -Stratford Tuesday night. The Exeter public school stu­ dent went down on "flaccid” af- tei' watching nine -other girls drop out before her. To reach seventh-place she spelled cor­ rectly such words as cemetery, dessert, abscess, bailiff, ariie-thyst, appalled and regaled. Winner of the girls contest was Bonnie Hamilton, of Clinton Pub­ lic School. In second -place was Linda Fuller of Kitchener. Of the 20 contestants repre­ senting inspectorates in Huron, Grey, ‘Bruce, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington counties, only four were boys. Winner of the boys suction was Douglas Mac­ pherson of Kitchener. Words which caused the down­ fall of contestants were peddle, proboscis, stanchion, gnome, fal­ lacious, consummate, feasible, espionage, exhort, negligble, rare­ fy, orifice, miscellaneous and Con­ scientious. Huron No. 3 Inspector John Goman, who accompanied Carol to the contest, made these com­ ments about the spelling bee: "The Interest which has been aroused in the Ontario Spelling Bee is indicated by the tact that the auditorium of the Stratford Teachers* -College was almost filled to capacity on Tuesday night In spite of the teeming rdin. Many people drove long distances to lend their moral sup­ port to the youngster represent­ ing their community, "While there are some ".bugs” to be ironed out in connection with this venture, the sponsors, the Ontario Educational Associa­ tion and the Telegram, can feel gratified at the lift they have given Spelling in the higher grades of our Elementary schools. "The calibri of the contestants at Stratford was extremely high and Carol .Gibbons deserves a special word Of praise for fine showing.” Spell-master for the finals Cy Mack. The zone winners compete at Toronto. hex* was will HS Cagers In Playoffs Two .South Huron District High School teams enjoy leads over their opponents in W.OjS.S.A, basketball playdowns but one team is down. The senior girls defeated 'Go­ derich .26-17 in the first contest Of their home-.and-school, total points to count series at -the lo­ cal school Wednesday afternoon. This gives them a nine-point lead, for the final contest in -Gbderlch Friday, Junior girls defeated ‘Wing­ ham 3*?-<20 in the radio town Tuesday afternoon to take a sub­ stantial -lead In their series which. Will foe concluded with ft game here Thursday. The senior Panthers dropped a 51-45 decision to -Clinton Wed­ nesday in their first -contest. The —(Please turn to .page It *