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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-06-28, Page 1THE WINNER AND HIS TWIN—One-thousandth baby born at South Huron Hospital was Cornelius Verkerk, Jr., the baby on the right side of the carriage, who was born 34 minutes after his twin brother, Joe, on Monday. Cornelius .and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Verkerk, R.R. 1 Exeter, won a handsome array of prizes donated by Exeter merchants and suppliers to the hospital. Watching over the celebrated pair in their new twin carriage are Miss Marjorie Doherty, supervisor of the obstetrical ward at the, hospital, and Mrs. Marion Learn, assistant superintendent. —T-A Photo Promotion of 85 perecnf of thiA year’s students at South Huron District High School re­ veals one of the .best academic years on record,'Principal H. L. Sturgis sai.d this week in an­ nouncing the results. ’ Reporting to the .school board Tuesday, night, Principal Sturgis described the promotion results as “very satisfactory.” . “This wax' one' of our best years,” he said.- Top grade in the school was 11, which posted a 91.4 percent promotion record. Close behind was grade 10,- of which 90 per­ cent Were advanced. Eighty-riinp- percent of grade 12 students* passed. In grade nine the percentage was 77.8. . Seventy-two members of the four grades, or 18 percent, re­ ceived first class honors. Ninety,' or 23 percent, were given second class marks,/ : ' All Get Position* Indication.. of ' the need -.for MW@PMv?/;ry.yealed ,m lhe fffet “that . all of this year’s jfraduates front the commercial / I Lay ( Over Fatality Police say charges will .be laid in connection with the death of a 25-year-old flying officer from . RCA’F Station Centralia who suf­ fered fatal injuries in a head-.on collision near Grand Bend Fri­ day night. F/O Francis Tufts, of Van- .couver, B.C., died Sunday in ■ Westminster hospital. He Was a passenger, in a small English car which collided with another vehicle driven by a London youth. Police said Terry Williams, 25, also of RCAF Station Centralia and. driver of the English car, pulled out to pass on a curve while going west past a service station near the Bend. He col­ lided with the east-bound .ve­ hicle operated by 18-year-old John Bayne, London.' . ' Williams’ car was demolished. The other Vehicle buffered $900 damage. •Of the four persons involved in the accident, only Bayne escaped uninjured. A passenger" in his car, Miss Gretchen Boghner, 17, of London, received minor injur­ ies but was riot hospitalized. Williams was taken tp West­ minster Hospital with injuries. Cpl. Neil Chamberlain and Constables George Dougherty, Hugh Mills, and D. A, Leedham, of Grand Bend investigated. A'London man suffered injur­ ies and his car was damaged to the extend of $1,500 early Sunday morning when it struck a tree in a ditch beside No. 4 Highway near the Crediton road. W. J. Fitzmaurice was pulling up to a stop to let a Centralia airmen hitchhiker out when his car went out of control. z. Fitzmaurice suffered^ facial lacerations and hack injuries. The, airman was uninjured, OPP Constable George Mitch­ ell investigated. $ department secured positions without difficulty, Several London firms ' offered^ girls jobs -before they completed their course and some of the students accepted. London Life Insurance. Co., secured most of the commercial students. Among those who are working for this firm are Pat Denomme, Annette Ducharme, Barbara Robson, Marilyn Bis­ sett, Dorothy Lynn, Barbara Al­ lison, Helen Horner, Carol Kad: ing, Donna Masoh, Mary Mc­ Dougall, Marilyn Mousseau, Maxine Watson and Yvonne Wile. Banks ’'claimed four of the . students—Dorothy Beierling, Elly Bakker, Shirley Bell and Carol Mittleholtz. Two girls, Marion Alexander and Maviori .Lamport, are work­ ing with Northern Life Insur­ ance Co:, London; Marie Van Dorrs.elaer(is with the Dashwood Planing Mill and Winnie Regier is acting as a receptionist in Windsor. G- AP&.XU • *'; •First class honour? — Marion Creery, Voldemars Gulens, Hel­ en Herdman, Beverley MacLean, Ted Norminton* Donald ^Peter- son. • • . Second class honours — James Carter, Robert Clarke, James -Crocker, Janies Etheringtort, Michael Farrow, Ellen Johnston, Charles Kernick, Thomas Laven­ der, William Lavender, Loraine Taylor. Third class honours — Eleanor Becker, Morley Desjardine, James Dougall (Geom.), Carol Fletcher, Douglas Hamather (Chem.), Richard McCutcheon, Marilyn Strang, Beverley Sturg- is, Terry Wade, Peter Weston, Joseph Zimmer. Credit — Dwayne Tinney, Mar­ garet Woodburn. - Condition' ? promotion — Phyl­ lis Cann (Eng.), Anabelle Dewar (Ag. Sc.), Connie Jackson (Ag, Sc.), Robert Jackson (Geom.), Raymond Latta (Eng., Fr.), John Morphy (Hist., Chem.), Marion Rader (Geom., Fr-), Mary Ryan (Eng., Ag. Sc.), Iris Tomlinson (Hist., Ag. Sc.). SPECIAL COMMERCIAL First class honours — Marion Alexander, Dorothy Beierljng, Shirley Bell, Pat Denomme, An­ nette Ducharme, Carol Mittle- holtz, Marie Van Dorsselaer. Second class honours'— Aud­ rey Green, Marion Lamport, Barbara Robson. Third class honours—Elly Bakker, Marilyn Bissett, Dorothy Lynn. GRADE XI First class honours — David Beeching,* Helen Down, Graham Farquhar, Jane Farrow, Marion Gill, Julija Gulens., Donald .Tack- —Please Turn to Page 16 ‘ To Lower Extension Costs Present Two Awards At Graduates' Banquet The graduation class of Exeter I appreciation to the Home and Public School received , awards School Assocation for its excel- and certificates at the sixth an-1 lent co-operation during the year nual banquet sponsored by the1 and for the banquet. Home and School Association! Unique place cards and decor- Tuesday evening. j ations in’ schooL colors of blue Academic awards were pre-; yellow, brightened the ta- sented to Phyllis Merkley nndfW.es- , . Douglas Kelson by W- G, Seldon, ‘ chairman of the board, Mar|ha Cochrane was chosen class vale­ dictorian because of her general proficiency, her popularity arid personality. • • Principal A. B. Idle distributed graduation certificates and Mrs. D. A. Page, president-elect of the Home and School Association, presented- piris to each of the 31 graduates. President Mrs. John Schroeder was chairman of banquet. Guest speaker,, introduced by .Mrs. R. D. Jermyn, was John Goman, inspector of South’ Hurcin District, who advised the gra­ duates to get all the educa­ tion they could whether they go on to school or plan to find a job. “Whichever avenue you are go­ ing to enter, set your goal but set it within range of your abili­ ty” said the speaker. Valedictorian Martha Coch­ rane on behalf of the class ex­ pressed'thanks “to all who have made it possible for us to gradu­ ate in 1956,” “Many memories will, remain with us of the happy eight years in public school,” she said. Principal Idle led in a toast to the graduates io which Norman Knox responded, W. G. Seldon proposed a toast to the teaching staff to . which Miss Velma Ballagh responded. . Mrs. E. K. Craig of Huron Park, Centralia, rendered two so.lo numbers accompanied by Miss Kerr. Mrs. Len Dilkes fav­ ored with two .monologues. W, G. Coch^an^ led in. a sing' dong With Miss Ballagh at, the/piand./ Mrs/’ Clifford Jory ■'exprekSed" CUss Visits Guelph On Wednesday Principal Idle and Mrs. Jory took the class on a visit to Guelph.. In addition to those mentioned above, graduates include Robert Armstrong, Marion Belling, Carol Gibbons, Jack Harvey, James Hennessey, Dorothy Hey­ wood, Eleanor Heywood, Mar­ jorie Hodgert, Barbara Hodgson, Robert Johnston, Robert Jones, Lome Keller, Douglas Kelson, Norman Knox,, Sharon Krause, Donald MacDonald,.^Ronald Mac­ Donald, Marlene MacMillan, Gerald McBride, Carol McCurdy, Myrna Murphy, Simon Nagel, Dianne Ryckman, Shirley Swart- zentruber, Paul Seldon, Ronald Truemner, Albert Van de Worp, .William Van de Wogp, George Wade, i-' at, the'?pia.noi Features Headliners Entertainers from as far away as New York will feature the vaudeville show highlighting Ex­ eter 'Kinsmen’s fifth annual Do­ minion Day Celebration Monday night. . Al Tuckey, violin-toting come­ dian from the famous U.S. city, . will headline " an outstanding list Music Tests Show Talent Results of musical aptitude taken among prospective ■Bfrnbers indicate there is suffi- TWht talent for a 45-piece junior ba’d in Exeter, cbmmittce chair­ man Cecil Wilson said this week. The test?, taken by Martin BOUhdy, well-known London musician, showed that most of the children who applied to join the band possess promising talent Children were examined in pitch, rythm, tonal memory and adaption to various instru­ ments. The committee has decided to wait until September to call a meeting of interested patents to assist them in choosing instru­ ments for their children. Mr. Boundy offered to present another band concert in Exeter to help revive interest in the ■ 1 s S s'"' .■. S ...;/■ • \, v y . of vaudeville acts, many which have starred on TV shows. Besides Tuckey, Kinsmen will presentnew dance line of girls from Buffalo called the Vaudet- tes, wjio were in the cast of Vaudeville Varieties of 1956. Dgnny Daniels, Detroit’s fa­ mous comedy juggler,.. who re- centy appeared on the Guy Lom- cently appeared on the Guy Lom­ bardo TV show, will also per- And for the kids, there’s Gloria Peebles and. her Busy B’s—a trained animal act that thrills old and young. Also on the program is Terry Rays, with his circus juggling act, and Clair Rouse the one- man band. , Emcee and organizer of the show is Lee Paul, Kirkton’s con­ tribution to the entertainment world. In the early evening,' Kinsmen will present an all-star softball game between picked players from Exeter and RCAF Station Centralia. In addition, there will be several exhibitions of boxing' by London amateurs, one of whom recently fought the Can­ adian .middleweight champion. Climax of the evening will be the draw for a new car. of Dump Case Not Till Fall Supreme court hearing of the action over the town dump has been post poned until fall, town officials learned Wednesday after­ noon. Authorities were notified Tuesday the Case would be held Thursday morning, but later the court decided to hold the hearing over. Plaintiff.*; George Shaw and Rhiney Keller are ' seeking $2,000 damages each for in­ convenience and- injury to health'Caused’ bV .sriioke and?; . smelt jfeim</he dump,;- •’CouncillorRoss* Taylor; chairman of the sanitation committee, said dumping would start on the new dump ground' in Hay township as soon as the deed' is received for the 100-acre farm which the town has purchased in Hay. - * Bulldozing and cleaning up for the present site has been taking place thjs week. When the new dump is opened ■ council plans to bring in fill • to landscape .the old one. $•< 3 Tenders Up HER LUCKY NUMBER—Eleven is a lucky number for Mrs. Cornelius Verkerk, R.R. 1 Exeter, for it Was her eleventh baby, the second of twins, which captured a host of prizes as the one-thousandth baby born at South Huron Hospital. For Mrs. "Verkerk, who came to Canada with her husband six years ago, it was a double surprise. She .didn’t realize she- was going to have twins and she thought the prizes had already been won. —T-A Photo One-Thousandth Baby Brings Twin Surprise Mfs. Cornelius Verkerk,, of Rd land a_pd,..liyedvin. GW Crusade Crowd Reaches 1,700 South Huron Crusade for Christ, whose, crowds have been growing each night, will reach a climax Sunday when, over 2,000 are expect­ ed to jam Zurich arena for the final evangelistic meet­ ing. Officials of the Crusade are planning to handle a full house. Attendance at the nightly meetings, conducted by Rev. Cedric Sears, of Wheaton, Illinois, reached a peak Sun­ day night with a crowd of 1,700. Another 1,000 attended Monday night. This Friday night there’ll be a special youth program, with local talent providing music and evangelist Wes Aafum leading another sing- Spiration. Increasing number? are being confirmed each night, officials report. Wins Scholarship At Ridley College Thomas Knox, 15-year-old Son of Rev. hnd Mrs. N. D. Knox, Exeter, has been awarded a se­ cond $200 scholarship for general proficiency at Ridley College. The award was made by the Leonard Foundation, Toronto. Thomas also wori firs't prize GRAND BEND OPENS THIS WEEKEND-—Grand Bend, Lake Huron’s most famous summer resort, will Officially open for another holiday season over the Dominion Day holiday. Its planned improvements over the past few years, plus a police crackdown on rowdyism, have made the resort more popular than ever. Crowds' of up to 20,000 visit the beaches on weekends. Above, Mrs. Ray Gooding, f the former a Barbara r Hay ter, of R.B. 3 Parkhjll,..waves [Sonim?ga^ $30,000 Drastic measures were take* by South Huron District High School Board Tuesday night t* knock down skyrocketing cost! of its proposed addition of ,fiv* classrooms and a cafeteria," The board decided to shelve the cafeteria addition for th* time being and instructed archi- tects to revise the plan? for classrooms and cut as man/ corners as possible. . This action was taken" after tenders revealed the cost of the addition would be $30,000 mor* than the board expected.' Lowest tender, submitted by C, A.. Mc­ Dowell and Co., Centralia, wae . $164,000, $27,000 more than the* board estimated for the project. Now tenders will be called as soon as possible by Page and Steele, Toronto, for five -class­ rooms only. Plans for these rooms will be revised to cut costs. The board asked the archi­ tects to eliminate plastering of the interior walls and cut down on furnishings and hardware and to incorporate any other saving possible. Rising costs have dogged the board since it started the ad­ dition. Its first estimate, pro­ posed by the Department of Education, was for $85,000, al­ most half of the tender prices. After .the board had" received approval from the six partici­ pating municipalities for thia amount, architects raised the estimates to $137,000 and the board had to go back • to the municipalities again. AH ap­ proved the new figure, except Stephen Township, . which pro­ tested that the addition shouldn’t cost any more than $100,000, Other councils , told their rep* reseritatives $137,000 was tn* highest they would approve. W. F. B. MacLaren, Grand Bend representative, who moved the plans be revised/ told, other members of the board* ./.‘Wfe 4 : ./a cipawties /or m-are -moiiey—the/ won’t pay it.”/ . , ’ The new tenders will be-sought^S’^ from 'the two lowest bidders,"" McDowell’ and McKay - Cocker Construction Co., London, con-, tractors for the original build- '' ing. McKay-Cocker bid was for $165,000. . Other bids on the job wer* Hammil Construction Co., Galt, ' $175,000; Thomas Construction Co., Galt, $173,507; and Olm­ stead and Parker Construction Co., Hamilton, $183,767. Fart of the school board’* financial problem is that it can- hot receive grants .from" the pro­ vince for its cafeteria,. which provides the predominantly; rural school. children with rioon-Hour meals. —Please Turn to Page 1* land apd... lived* in. Guelph dor. 'three •• Exeter- They-live a mile-west of town on a farm, owned ,by . Preston Dearing, which Mr. Verk'*- erk works. . , * Runners-up in the derby, the ' one-thousandth and: oiie child, conies from a large family, too. ■ A boy, he is the fourteenth child j of Mr. - and Mrs. Elmer Keller, Dashwood. He was born Tuesday ; morning. • ' ; The 998th baby was a daughter 1 born t’o Mr.’ and Mrs. Leonard 1 Dietrich, R.R. 3 Dashwood, on 1 Friday. Second Honor , 1 Dr. F. J. Butson, Exeter^ de- i livered the winning baby and it ' was the second time he official- J ed at an auspicious bir.th in the 1 history of the hospital. He also 1 —Continued from Page 12 R‘. I, Exeter," had' a' twin .surprise on. Monday. She didn’t know she was go­ ing to give birth to a pair of boys and she didn’t .realize one of them was going to win a host of prizes as the one-thousandth baby born at South Huron Hos­ pital. “It’s all .so wonderful,’’ ex­ claims the new Canadian mother. “This is the first time I’ve wori anything in my life.” Her second twin, Cornelius Jr., won the baby derby at 12.33 p.m. Monday morning. He was born 34 minutes after his brother, Joe. Eleven must be Mrs. Verk- erk’s lucky number, because it was her eleventh -child which won the contest. She "has eight daughters and a son besides her new twins. Support Lone Boy . The twin boys, who both weigh­ ed seven pounds, one and one- quarter ounces at birth, will pro­ vide support for 16-month old John in the battle of the sexes at the Vcrkerk household. John was the only boy in. the family before the twins came along. ‘The family had eight girls first- now they’re getting the boys. The girls include Corry 13, Audrey 12, Myny 11, Gerry 9, Wilma 8, Jenny 6, Greta 4 and Sally 3. Mr. and Mrs. Verkerk came to Canada six years ago from Hol- Plant Moves In Two Days General Coach Works of Cana­ da Ltd., Hensail, completed its changeover into its new addition in a record two days last week. The plant began to move on Thursday and Was ready to start production again Saturday, one day sooner than expected. The 100x230 addition makes the plant the largest of its kind in Canada. k Wililam Smith, manager of the company, said a public tour of inspection - would be conducted on Saturday afternoon, July 7., from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. when visitors will be, shown through the extended plant. Four-Day Celebration To Start This Sunday The village of Zurich will cele­ brate its first 100 years of exist­ ence with tour days of enter­ tainment, including a wide var­ iety of attractions, next .week. The centennial will start Sun­ day with spec’.al 'church services. It will end Wednesday evening FOUNDER GETS SCULPTURE—Dr. J. E. Salsbury, founder of Dr. Salsbury’s Labors Tories, Iowa, was presented with h life-size relief carving of his head by his eastern Canadian distributor, J. W. Weber Ltd., at a banquet last week. The presentation .climaxed a four-day course taken by 39 Canadian poultrymen at the Iowa laboratories. The carving, done by John Rylko, Exeter, is displayed by Jack Weber, president of with a novel pyjama street dance. Residents and visitors will have plenty of chances to, “shake a leg” because there’s a dance scheduled for every night of the four-day celebration. Some of the shindigs won’t start until 11.30, p.m. so there’s no telling when they’ll end. Besides the church services on Sunday, there will be a sacred band concert in the evening, fol­ lowed by a midnight dance. On Monday, Dominion Day, the program will start with a shooting of the anvils at 10.30 p.m, The- o’ll be a monster band and float parade at 1 p.m. fol­ lowed. by sports and a baby' con­ test in the afternoon. One of- the highlights of the centennial will be a professional wrestling program Monday night when such .TV celebrities as Fat Flannigan, Gil Mains and Fred Atkitts Will perform. On Tuesday morning there’ll be a back-to-school movement at 10 a.m.I a junior ball game and horseshoe contest in the af­ ternoon and a minstrel show bjr Lions in the evening. Feature of this show will be the presenta­ tion of the Hess historical slides, pictures taken by’ George Hess, a pioneer of the village. On Wednesday, the Zurich . baseball team will tangle with itM arch rivals from Dashwood irt the afternoon. Old-time ball play­ ers, and Zurich has produced many of the,.'., will take part. A band tattoo in the oveninf will be followed by fireworks arid the final mardi-gras celebration —pyjama street dance. Three bands will play for the dante. Pinned Underneath Car. TwO Grand Bend hiOri Were injured Tuesday when they were pinned under A dab. Which fell ort them when A jack collapsed. Noris Dcsjardlne, of Grand Rend, is in South IJurort HOs- iptal with facial -ihd Ohest in­ juries. A neighbor, oi Dumigart, who was assisting Dosjardine when the car fell, Was treated at the scene.