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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-03-15, Page 1Eighty-Second Y»ar EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1956 Price P«r Copy 7< Still Repairing Mnes STORM DAMAGE $75,000 New Public School Budget To Raise Taxes Two Mills CLEANING UP STORM DAMAGE—Hydro and telephone crews in the area are still mop­ ping up after weekend storms which splayed havoc with wires and poles in this area. Damage is estimated as high as $75,000. Some of the Exeter crew who worked night and •day restoring hydro lines are shown surveying a map before starting out to make repairs. Left to right are Sandy Irvin, Jens Andersen, Pete Durand, Harry Page, Murray Brintnell and Lyle Anderson, foreman. —T-A Photo . FAMILIES SEEK REFUGE ON STATION—Families oi personnel on RCAF Station Centralia moved into station buildings Friday when temperature in their homes dropped to 30 degrees because of power failure. A double shift of co.oks was laid on in the mess to feed the wives and children hot meals . Throughout the' area, homes containing , electrically - operated oil furnaces were without heat for as long as 20 hotirs. ‘ " —RCAF Photo Construction Of Two Bridges Planned By Stephen Council was given final reading follow-IStephen 'council is calling for tenders for construction of two concrete (bridges in the township this summer. One span will 'be built on con­ cession nine, opposite lo«t five, and the other will be located on the “B” line concession. 'Council stipulated that work must be 'completed by August 1. The council is also calling for tenders for supply of 1,000 bags of cement fbr the construction. Warble fly spraying contract was let to Gerald Cooper for 10 cents a head. Assessor James Mawhinney was paid $100 for extra labor and mileage during his evalua­ tion of the airport housing property. . Appeal of Harvey Walper on the Isaac Drain was dismissed, and the drain report was provi­ sionally adopted. iSurvey, plan, profile and esti­ mates of the Adamsv Drain were returned to Engineer James A. Howes for reconsideration. The McCartfer Drain by-law Committee Drafts Building By-Law Special committee appointed at last week’s council meeting has redrafted the building by­ law and will present it for ap­ proval at another meeting Mon­ day night, Chairman R. C. Din- ney said Wednesday. “We hope to get the by^fflW': passed as quickly as possible so we won’t hold any construction up,” he said. Council rescinded the former by-law, passed in 1946, at the last meeting and appointed a committee to draw tip . “more simplified” 'building legislation. Mayor R. E. Pooley said he hoped that a council committee cpuld supervise construction rather than appoint a building 'flafjk inspector. Decision on the formation of »^-ia boys and girls band 'will be made at Monday’s meeting. Last week, Mr. A. E. Robinson, vete­ ran bandsman of London, offered to start a band among youngsters in the district and asked for backing of council. •Mayor R, E. Pooley told Mri Robinson to outline his plans with a committee composed of two former band members, Nor­ man Walper and Don Easton, and Cecil Wilson, music director at the high school. The mayor asked the commit­ tee <to bring In its recommenda­ tion at Monday’s meeting. mg court of revision. ■Council conveyed a vote of ap­ preciation for “past services and fine co-operation” to J. A. Coomlbs, of the Department of Highways, Stratford office. iCouncil is caliliji'g for tenders for crushing, loading and haul­ ing three-quarter inch size gravel anywhere in tlie township and for loading it on the township truck. The contract calls for 9,000 cubic yards to be drawn from Montieth’s pit. 'Grants of $25 each were given to public libraries at 'Centralia, 'Crediton and Dashwood. The sum of $12 was paid to Ronald Desjardine for bounties on a dozen foxes. Frank Statton Drivers Injured In Area Crashes ILeon* Triebner, of Mount Carmel, is in 'critical condition in London hospital suffering from injuries received in a truck crash pt the first J intersection south of Exeter on Huron IStreet around noon Tuesday. Treibner was driving a truck, owned by William McKeever, of Mt. Carmel, east when it collided with another driven by Henry Arts, of R.R. 2 Crediton. The Arts vehicle is owned by Lome Hodge, 'Crediton. The impact of the collision drove 'both cars .into the field in the north-east corner of the intersection. R. IC. Dinney ambulance brought both drivers to ISouth Huron Hospitab after first aid whs administered'by Dr. M. 'Gans, Exeter. Treibner was transferred to London but Arts whs released. Provincial Constable Elmer Zimmerman, who investigated, estimated damage dt $1,000. Oar Strikes Bridge Roy Ferguson, Exeter, received lacerations to the ’ face and head and a possible fractured right haiid when his car hit the bridge just west, of Exeter on Highway 81 Wednesday afternoon. iFerguson was approaching the bridge from the west when he lost control On the slippery road. He struck the "south-west cor­ ner of the span, glanced off, and careened into the north-east side. The driver’s 19.50 model car was demolished. IOPP Constable iCecil Gibbons investigated. Police said there were few traffic mishaps Over the stormy weekend. was paid $20 for goat killed by dogs. Reeve John Morrissey presided for the meeting. All councillors were present including Deputy- Reeve Gordon, iRatz, Edward Gill, Edward Lamport and Glen Webb. Centralia Buyer Wins $5 Prize Mrs. Harold Tripp, of Cen­ tralia, won the $5.00 prize for being the first to make a purchase through Times- Advocate classified ads last week. (She phoned the newspaper shortly after the papers were out at noon to say she had purchased a high chair. The prize was given in connection with the T-A’s; leap year classified special which gave readers the op­ portunity to place free ads for one week. \ Exeter Public School Board,, meeting Monday night, decided ■to ask 'town council for a $5,000 increase in revenue for 1956, If the increase is approved by council, this will mean another two-mil'l jump in Exeter taxes, Which have already been raised by the two-mill hike in the high school levy. . The public school board will request a grant of $40,000 in­ stead of the $35,000 last year. Up to $2,000 of the increase will bs used to pay teachers’ salaries which will be boosted by an an- Pushes Dam For Usborne 'Fieldman Hal Hooke of the Ausable River Conservation Au­ thority said this week he hoped ■to have complete approval for the Morrison Dam in Usborne township some time Phis week., The fieldma’n said the project must be given a stamp of appro­ val by the Departments, pf Lands and Forests, the Department of Planning and Development and the Ontario Municipal Board be­ fore 4he Authority can proceed. New financial scheme is ex­ pected to be. okayed by members of the Ausable Authority in a written poll. Meanwhile, engineers are pre­ paring the plans to -the point where tenders can be called and/ Authority officials are negotia­ ting for purchase of the land on which the dam and reservoir will 'be located. ■ The fieldman said he s.ees -no reason why, the dam should not be completed this summer. Establish Conservation Trail Establishment of a conserva­ tion trail 4n the Ausable water­ shed, was ,approved, at, a meeting of the "Piiblic Relations Advisory.* IBoard of the Ausa'ble Valley Con­ servation Authority last week. The trail, a successful feature of other authorities in the provin­ ce, will provide a guided tour of conservation projects and natural scenery in the watershed. Points of interest will be marked out by signs and explanations will be ■provided on pamphlets. The trail is expected to include conservation developments from the river’s source at Staffa to .its mouths at 'Grand Bend and Port Franks. Points of interest will include different types of farm ponds, ■farm conservation historical sites, wildlife areas, sites of proposed dams and picnic areas. Public Relations^Chairman An­ drew Dixon and Fieldman Hal Hopke will lay out the trail this summer. Plan Tree Planting Day This year’s tree planting day in the Authority will be held in Adelaide village on Arbour Day, May 4. This annual event has been held in the north end of the watershed for several years and is being moved to the south end.The .board plans to sponsor again an exhibit at fall fairs in the watershed. A donation was made to the publication of a Boy Scout booklet which outlines re­ quirements for cdnservation a- wards. nual increment this year, Re­ mainder of the $5,000 increase is budgeted for contingencies and ■for strengthening the board’s .year-end balance which was cut from $5,000 to $600 in 1955. Chairman W. G. Seldon said the ibogrd “decreased its budget last year to help keep the tax rate down and as a result we find ourselves in a very vulner­ able position.” lie said the hoard would like to raise its balance above the $600 which was carried over from 1955 but he doubted if this could ibe done even with tlie $5,000 increase. ' “School funds are not being Wasted,” Mr. Seldon said. “We have cut everything to the bone •and have eliminated all frills.” W. H, Hodigson, secretary­ treasurer of the board, pointed out that even with the increase in 'budget, the net cost of educa­ tion per pupil in tihe Exeter school was still lower than that in neighboring municipalities of Goderich and .St. Marys. May Increase Increment Annual salary increment of $100, which was established in the schedule adapted last year, may be increased to compete with other boards in the province. iC. M. Farrow, chairman of the ■teachers’ committee, suggested that in order to retain the pre­ sent staff it would 'be necessary to revise the schedule. The board, requested the staff and tlie teachers’ committee to dis­ cuss the problem and 'bring in a ■recommendation at the next sheeting. The matter of additional help for Principal A. B. Idle and ■and other teachers on the hoard was discussed at some length. Because of a temporary levelling off of enrolment, the school will not require an additional full­ time teacher for the 1956-57 term. ^'-Th-e board offered a contract to .Miss Marilyn HaJberer, Zurich, for the coming term. She will re­ place Mrs. Sterling Ince who has resigned. A grant of $25 was approved for the South Huron (Music Festival, Board Approves School Operetta Defying a request from In­ spector John Goman for ap­ praisal of the educational value of the production of “Peter Rabbit” operetta, Exeter Public School Board Monday night put on record its “appreciation to the staff for the time and effort they spent in putting on this operetta,” Damage to (hydro and tele*' phone equipment caused by last Week’s ice-storm may exceed $75,000, officials estimated Wed­ nesday as crews continue to re­ pair the wreckage. Almost all services have been restored but only temporarily. Officials estimate it will take weeks before all lines are per­ manently fixed. W. W. Haysom, Bell Telephone manager for this area, estimated damage to his company’s equip­ ment in the area between Lucan and Clinton at over $50,'000 K. J. Lampman, manager of Exeter H.E.P.'C., said cost of the storm to hydro would amount to $10,000 in this area. Harold W. Whyte, Lucan hy­ dro manager, stated his damages would run equally as high. Mr. Lamp man said cost of transformers alone in this area would exceed $2,000. He stated •50 poles were broken in the Exe­ ter area and hundreds of ties broken. The manager estimated there would be at least 100 breaks in primary conductors. The Exeter area manager said the "storm was 'the worst we have ever had here.” I While Inspector Goman did not condemn the production of tlie operetta, he suggested the prin­ cipal and teaching -staff discuss . —Please Turn to Page 12 Peter Rabbit Operetta Entertains Audiences To tlie tune of “Here Comes Peter Cottontail” played on tlie accordion by. IMiss-Veluna Ballagh, the operetta “Peter Rabbit” adapted from the story by Bea­ trix Potter and staged by the junior pupils of Exeter Public School, was off to a good start before capacity audiences on Thursday and Friday evenings. Fortunately on Thursday even­ ing, ithe performance was just over and the characters, as well as the audience, .preparing to leave when the hydro failed. Many of the parents came, armed with , candles and flashlights thinking this contingency might happen. It was exciting to follow the adventures Of Peter, played iby Jimmy Carscadden Thursday evening and Bob'by Reilly on (Fri­ day evening, in his home with his mother, (Elsie Gossar, 'Sue Two SH Cage Teams Reach Quarter Finals Farm Forums In District Approve Compensation Workmen’s Compensation was ■the topic for discussion at the farm 'forums for Monday nigh't. Fairfield Fann Forum The Fairfield Farm Forum met at (the home of Mr. and (Mrs. Elmer Powe 'with a good attend­ ance of 34. All Were agreed that farmers should use workmen’s compen­ sation as the accident hazard is becoming greater on a .farm with the use of more and modern machinery. If a farmer carries workmen’s compensation 'he is free from the worry of paying large sums of money in case of accident to a workman employed by him. The workman himself, also, is freed from worry as lie knows he and his family will be com­ pensated in case of farm acci­ dents. Many men will not work for a farmer unless he has work­ men's compensation so it would be easier to obtain help if a farm­ er carries it but it was suggested that -the 'workman himself help pay the expense of insurance as this might make him more care­ ful to avoid accidents. The next week’s meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Les. Richard. 7. parr Line Forum meeting at ■the home of Mr. Frank Mousseau divided into two groups for dis­ cussion. At first,, one group said tJhe farmer should have compen­ sation and the other said no but finally all agreed that if tlie farmer had hired men, he should have compensation. The members thought the OAA. plan weht much further in its coverage. Also for the amount of premium paid it gives a wider coverage—'both on or off the farm. In this area there are not many hired men. The workmen’s .compensation was made organised mainly for indus­ trial workers. (Some plan which would cover hospitalization, com­ pensation and accidents on the farm .as one plan thus elimina­ ting the paying of one premium or another every five or six months to get all this coverage. The members played a few games of euchre: winners were Glenn Weido, Mr. Gordon Cole­ man; consolation - Leonard Mer- ner and Mrs. Charles Robinson. Tlie next meeting, the last for this season, will be held at the home of Mrs. Ida Dick. EllmvlUe Farm Forum The members of Elimvllle farm forum meeting at the home of Mr, and Mrs, Howard Johns —.Please Turn to Page 12 Two ’South Huron District High School girls basketball teams ad­ vanced to W.'OjSjS.A. quarter­ finals this week by winning home-and-faome series against Goderich and Winghaiii. The girls will play two Mea- ford teams Friday in sudden­ death playoffs at Walkerton. Senior boys won’t make the trip to the .Purple Bowl in Lon­ don this' year. They were .ousted from competition by 'Clinton in another ihome-and-home series last week. Although they won the final game, Panthers lost by five points on the round. By MARION ALEXANDER and MARILYN BISSETT ■On .Friday afternoon in (Goder­ ich, in the south and north Huron playoffs, senior girls were able to * down the Goderich girls with a six point margin, 44-38 an the round. This was a home and home series with the total points to count. Top scorers for 'South Huron were Barbara Allison with 16 points, 'Connie Jackson 11, and Julia Gulens eight. With the help of the guards Judy Ross, Marilyn Marshall and Fay Ford, the Goderich girls were slowed down on their at­ tack. Scoring the most points for Goderich was Martha Bedard with 17 points. By MARGARET SANDERS ISouth Huron Junior Girls are now in the quarter finals after defeating Wingham 26-13 on Tuesday. Although the red and black team had the ball most of the time in the first quarter only one basket was made by Rose- Show Latest In Fashions A fashion picture of what spring can offer milady for 1956 was shown at t|ie South Huron District High iSchool Wednesday evening by Beta Sigma Phi So­ rority. Member® modelled fashion’s latest in is p O' ir t •& w e a r, house dresses, sleeping and lounging apparel, .streetwear, maternity wear, clothes for dress occasions and for evening wear. To the strains of music by Mr®. Ken Ottewell and the de­ scriptive remarks of the com­ mentator, Mrs. Howard Klnmpp, the models displayed ladies’ wear from Gould and .Tory, F. A. May -—Please turn to page 12 mary Dobson. The score for that quarter was 3-3. The game picked up with our girls having .a lead of 10 points at the end of the first half. Top scorer for 'South- Huron with 11 points was Rosemary Dobson with Darol Tuckey close behind with 10 and Mirdza Gulens with 5 points. Allison Clark replaced Darol Tuckey in ■the third quarter. •The score on the round gave South Huron o '30-point advan­ tage. Guards Helen Taylor, Pat Marshall, 'Barbara Kernick and Marie iSolmon put up a good de­ fence line helping the 'South girls to this victory. Boys Miss Bowl, Lose To Clinton For the first time in six years, there will 'be no boys team from South Huron District High School entered in the 'Purple Bowl basketball tournament in Lon­ don this year. The senior Panthers bowed out Friday after dropping a home-and-home series with Clin­ ton by five points. They actually won the final contest 30-29 but ■their six-point deficit in the first game sent them to the showers. Although 'South Huron boys teams haven’t reached the finals for two years, both junior and senior clubs 'have been semi­ finalists in the W.O.S.'S.A. com­ petition. This year is the first time they’ve missed the colorful school tournament since 19'50. . Panthers twice came within three points of tieing the series in the final game in Clinton auditorium but both times lost ground on fouls. Clinton established a 9-4 lead in the first quarter but South 'Huron cut it to 14-12 by half time. Clinton had a slim 19-18 lead at the end of the third stanza. Panthers went ahead in the final quarter but couldn’t over­ come the six-point lead Clinton established in the first game in Exeter. South Huron played without ■two regulars; Keith Lovell was troubled with a stiff neck and Tom Lavender was out with the measles. Bill Lavender led the locals with 11 points followed by Bev Sturgis with 10. Other scorers were Chuck Kernick, three, Ted Smith, four, Terry Wade, two. Bill Pollen, Vai Gulens, Jim Etherlngton and Ted Ndrming- ton were also in the lineup. Svendsen); brother, Cottontail, (Peter /Snell, 'Bobby (Beavers); and his sisters, Flopsy. (Barbara Janke, Karen Jermyil), and Mop- sy (Helen .Cole, Susan Goman) in the first scene; as his family go berry picking and he wanders into 'the garden of Mr. Mac­ Gregor, played by Kenneth Hein­ buch, and is entertained by the vegetables there. Each variety of vegetable per­ forms by song and dance for Peter. Representing the carrots were Elizabeth 'Snell,, Phyllis Madge, Wendy Petch, iBetty J. Hamilton, Judy- Krause, (Susan Gibbons, Larry Willert, Douglas Beaver, Mary Cochrane, Linda Wells, 'Terry Nixon, Eddie Dyk­ stra and IBabara iMcKnight, 1 Beans .with 'their poles were Ross Beaver, Allan Green, (Brenda Dinney, iSue Lindenfield, Henk Gossar, Diana [Knox, Elizabeth Knox, Heather Ward, Bryan Baynham, Gerry (Bonnallie, (Bil­ ly Beavers, Paul Mason and, Marian 'Carscadden. •Crisp .green lettuce was played by 'Shirley .Genttner, Kathy Smith, Susan Dinney, Susan Doerr, Dian­ ne Miller, Linda iSnider, Marion 'Bentley, (Sharon Sanders, Yvonne Fisher, Marlene Harness, Alie van de Worp, Donna Smith and Joyce Wein. The part of 'the peas was taken by Jane Dettmer, Jimmy Kers- lake, (Neil Hamilton, Bobby Mc­ Donald, Helen 'Campbell, Ted Farr, Larry Idle, Wayne Hutson, Annie Fairbairn, Greg Harness, Robert Wolfe and Larry Johns­ ton. Vegetables Save Whipping (On Peter’s escape and return to his family these vegetables come ito his home and save him from punishment. IShirley iGenttner, as the speak­ er for ithe vegetables and cham­ pion of Peter, was outstanding. ■Between the acts Miss V. (Bal­ lagh entertained with selections on the accordion, Helen Hendrick and Veronica Francois gave readings and the senior girls sang in chorus. Mr. Lawrence Wein was pianist of the evening. Many country children were given the opportunity of seeing the operetta at matinee per­ formances Thursday and Friday afternoons of last week and this past Tuesday afternoon. Child­ ren from Zurich Public School, .Hensail, Crediton, Winchelsea several area schools enjoyed Peter Rabbit’s escape in McGre­ gor’s garden. Although members of the cast were all from junior grades 1, ■2, i3 and 4, the operetta was an enterprise .in which senior stu­ dents participated as well. Grade 6, 7 and 8 classes made such items as carrot tops, hollyhocks, pea vines and bean pods in spe­ cial art classes. (Senior boys with saw and hammer, helped to construct and paint Mr. McGregor’s cottage and other items necessary for stage property. They also played an active part In changing -scen­ ery between acts, and In pre­ paring tihe auditorium before ocelli performance. Hospital Loss Totals $2,000 •South Huron Hospital operated at a loss of $2,000 in 1955, according to the balance Sheet released this week by the board of direc­ tors. No figures On revenue and expenditures were made available but Secretary Miss Maxine Reeder said these ■would probably be provided at the annual mooting which is set for Monday, March 26. Forty extra hydro men, from as far away as Wallaceburg work­ ed in the area, “This is the first time we have ever had to call in outside help,” the manager said. During the height of the wind­ storm, the men had to rope the* swaying poles to make it safe to climb them. The lines were break­ ing as fast as men could fix them. ■Exeter hydro officials were able to use the radio outfit own­ ed by Tony Page, Huron Street, to call for assistance to London. Twenty Extra Crews ■Bell Manager Haysom said 20 extra crews have beep .brought into this area to clean up damage to the company’s equipment. He estimated hundreds of poles 'and thousands of miles of wire were down. (“You can’t begin to describe the amount of damage the storm has caused,” he said. “We still have a lot of repairing work to do,” Manager Harold * Wlbyte of Lucan said service was restored in his area by 10 o'clock Satur­ day night. Trouble thpre started •a week ago with thunderstorms and heavy rains before the ice storm on Thursday. Many lines, which had been temporarily repaired Friday and 'Saturday, went out in Sunday’s gale. * Gordon Hess, manager of the Hay Telephone System, increased his gang from four to 12 to cope with tlie damage. iSome of 'the lines were Still not restored on Wednesday. Kirkton lines were still out Wednesday. Storm Winds Whip Wires •This district found out last week’ how much it depends on hydro and telephone communi­ cation. Storms winds whipping ice- covered wires brought serions disruptions in power and cut off communication on Thursday and Friday. •Hydro and telephone gangs are', still repairing damage caused by ■the worst sitonm of the winter. All areas now have power but many are still without telephone service. 'One telephone official said da­ mage was the worst suffered by his company in 25 years. ROAF Station Centralia, Lu­ can, Hensall, Zurich, Grand Bend and many farm areas were with­ out power for as long as 20 ■hours. People with oil furnaces were forced to evacuate into places heated by coal or gas. ■Families huddled together .ear­ ly Friday morning as house tem­ peratures dropped to freezing. Farmers suffered from lack of water to feed livestock when pumping systems became useless, At RCAF iStation Centralia, families in the married quarters section moved into steam-heated station buildings to keep warm. Visibility on roads- Thursday night was practical nil as winds whipped snow into a blinding fury. Despite this condition and the presence of slippery roads, there were few accidents reported during the storm. Ice-coated wires “galloped” in the 70-mile-per-hour winds caus­ ing hundreds of line breaks throughout tdie area. Poles snap­ ped like toothpicks under the weight of ice and wind. Estimates of the total number —Please Turn to Page 12 Pianists Win At Stafford (Several district pianists won honors at the Stratford Kiwanis Music Festival this week. Bonnie Heather McCrae, eight­ year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken -McCrae, Dashwood, won first prize in the nine-year-and- under solo class with a mark of 87. She tied for second place in competition for the Pollex Trophy against winners of five other classes. iSandra Walper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Walper, Exeter, carried off top honors in the under 14 years class with 88 marks. Her sister, Linda, placed third with 85 marks in the under 11 class. Carol Brown, of Hensall, won two seconds in the under 12 section with marks of 88 and 84. Some of these musicians also •received high -marks in passing winter examinations recently. Bonnie McCrae and Linda Walper received first class honors in passing grade four of the Western Conservatory. Among those receiving honors from the Toronto Conservatory were Betty Dixon and Judy Snel- grove, Exeter, and Carolynne Smillie, Hensall, Who passed grade five; Margaret Gmilllc,. grade seven; and Sandra Waiperi who received first class honors in grade two -theory, All are pupils of Mrs. F. Nixon* Exeter.