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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-07-05, Page 1Eighty-Second Yeer live square dance scene won first prize as the best cal< Public School Board, the advice of district John G. Goman, hag a site for its new the south side of the Bros. Ltd., Exeter Motor E. L. Gibson,' Mathers and Lakeview Hatchery which has leased the sta* owned by Ward Fritz, PARADE PRIZE—This x ____ float at Zurich centennial Monday. The display, which included orchestra as WINS comic ____________ _______ well as dancers, was entered by Desjardine’s Auto Supply. The parade was one of the biggest and most colorful in South Huron’s history—it stretched the entire length of the village”. Historical floats were the» most popular. —T-A Photo TWINS IN PARADE—These twins, Larry and Gary Hess, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Gor don Hess, Zurich, were a feature attraction on one of the 100 floats in the centennial parade.^ Accompanying them were Cecilia and Martha Denomme, also of Zurich.',The four decorated .thq float entered by K. M. Breakey. —T-4'Dhoto One of the largest and' most colorful parades ' in' 'South Huron’s, history highlighted Zurich Centennial celebrations Monday afternoon. The procession, which included five bands and over 100 floats, stretched the length of the vil lage. Historical floats were predo minant and crowds,-estimated' at over 10,000 cheered characters dressed up in ancient costumes. , Top historical- display in the procession was entered by West lake Furniture, Zurich, who ex hibited a living room of antique furnishings. Bill Hess, driver of a horse and buggy, won.the prize for best old-time costume. Judges awarded the comic prize to Desjardine’s Auto Sup ply, which staged a rousing square dance, orchestra and all, 6n the platform of a large truck. S.S. No. 7 Hay exhibited the best decorated school float and Yungblut’s Meat Market, Zurich, had the best commercial float. Zurich Brownies, dressed as fair ies, won the award for children’s floats. ' ■' Old cars, buggies, high-wheel ed bicycles, stone boat, and an ancient go a’ cart, entered by Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Geiger, were among'the exhibits. Judges for the parade, were Mrs. W. L. Whyte, James Fater- son and Hugh Hawkins. Charles Thiel was chairman of the com mittee and members included Mrs. L. Rose, Clare Geiger, Dr. W. B. Coxo.. and the women’s institute. Bands in the procession in cluded Zurich Lions Boys and Girls, Dashwood Citizens, Navy Cadet, London Boys and Girls and the Bannockburn Pipe and Drum. Members of the Exeter Saddle Club led the parade followed by guests in convertibles. • Among those in the parade were: Pearson Motor* Sales, Hen gall Motor Shies, “L. E. Klopp, Ken Breakey, Thiel Transport, Girl Guides, Exeter Motor Sales, Boy Scouts, Hensall Co-op,, Hess Electric, Kalbfleisch Planing Mill, Snell Bros. Ltd., St. Peter’s Lutheran League, Seaforth Fire Department, E.U.B. Young Peo- ,ple, McKinley Farms and Hatch- VI Cry, Guenther Tuckey Transport j^Ltd., M. J. Scott, Exeter, Hay A' Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Mid- Town Cleaners, Bader and Mit* tleholtz, O’Brien’s Produce, and Zurich Creamery, Pay Tribute To Scholar Tribute to a Zurich student who won highest honors at Uni versity of Western Ontario this year was paid at the, official opening exercises of Zurich Cen tennial Monday afternoon by Dr. Fred Landon, former vice- president of the university. several ’student organizations and an outstanding member of the , university track team. The 22-year-old scholar, who has won a $2,000 fellowship to study at Duke University, was one of many outstanding students and professional men from Zurich whose achievements were acknowledged during the cem_. tennial ceremony. Scholars Present Two cf Zurich’s eminent- scholars were present for the Oc casion. They were Dr. J. Alvis Surerus, head of the German language department. Victoria College, Toronto, and Dr. Her bert Kalbfleisch, of the Uni versity of Western Ontario staff. Greetings from Zurich’s mo ther- city in Switzerland were , presented to the reunion gather- , ing. Ope came in the form of . a cablegram from the head of , the municipal government .of the city and the other was brought * personally by Mr. I. Sembinelli, . consul of the Swiss Republic. Mr. Sembinelli expressed the hope that the Canadian Zurich would some day grow into an im- ’ portant city like its, European counterpart. Ivan Kalbfleisch, president of the centennial organization, was chairman for the program. Reeve of Hay Township, Valen-, tine Becker, of Dashwood, and John Turkheim, chairman of the village trustees, welcomed the old boys home. Mr. Turkfteim, ' who described the organization ' for the centennial, said "the : spirit and co-operation among - the people of Zurich for this ‘ reunion has been most amaz ing.” Huron MPP Tom Pryde paid ■ tribute to the “industry ’and thrift" of the village. y Besides saluting the outstanding men which Zurich has produced, Mr. and the the opening, described John Haberer, who was awarded the Hon. G.. Howard Ferguson trophy at graduation, ceremonies this spring, as "an all-around man" who impressed university author ities with his scholastic ability, his leadership .and athletic tal.ents. §on of Mr, and Mrs. J. W. ’Haberer, the Zurich youth was a gold medalist in 'economics, president of his year pnd .of Earl Campbell, former reeve of Hay and countywarden. The chief speaker, Dr. Landon, described the early history • of the community. -A noted histor ian, he has written Several'books on' the development of Western Ontario! • • • ■ The centennial started Sunday with special services in all ■ of the Zurich churches. Many fea tured sermons from * former Zurich natives who went into the ministry, y ■ A sacred • band concert was presented .by. 'Zurich Boys and Girls Lions' Band late in the ’ ’ —Please Turn to Page 12 Fi*vd6 pi*ciised the nrtisnns mechanics who have been backbone of the community, One Of Best In County Huron MP Elston Cardiff led Zurich "one of the best com munities in the county." He con gratulated the village on its pro gress during its first century. Senator W. Golding, Otta wa, said "Zurich is honored and respected in every district the community is known." He praised the hospitality and gen erosity of the village, "Although you may have differences in Opinion, you 'have always gone out in a united effort to make the situation of strangers and less fortunate families as com fortable and happy as possible." A. Y, McLean, former MP, said that in looking back oyer a century "*t is most essential that the lessons that the past can teach us be taken to heart- to guide us in future endea vours."Others who spoke included James Scott, historian for Huron County and Liberal candidate in the last provincial election; John 19, of ^stppid piece of ffurn- to Page 12 ordered to post a $100 bond and Evidence revealed the girl second of an- "Don’t ♦ THE EXETER TIMES,ADVOCATE, JULY 5, 1956 Price Per Copy 7 Cenh -r-— - ■ —'*• ' -J I ” Board Purchases Site, Postpone Hensall Vote Hensall acting on inspector, purchased school on village. The board bought the property, approximately four acres, from former reeve, Alvin Kerslake, for $1,500. The board has also authorized its architects, Blackwell and Hagerty, London, to proceed with sketch plans for the school. Thees latest' developments in the controversial school question were recommended, by Inspector Goman who felt opinion on the issue, whi.ch is slated to go to a vote of the people, might be distorted unless the board’s po sition was clarified. In letters to the board . .and council, Inspector Goman pointed out. that the choosing of a site is the complete jurisdiction of the school , board and that council has control only over capital ex penditure for the school. School board and council have been at issue over the site for several months. The board is anxious to erect the new $12(1,- 000 school on the south site while majority of council members favor the old school location on No. 84 highway. Two Readings Passed Council passed two readings of the debenture by-law, believ ing the board would build on the old site. When the new property was proposed, however, council refused to pass the third and final reading.The board then requested the issue to go to the people. Inspector Goman, who pointed out that, a vote can be taken on ly on the money’ question, not that of a site, said in his letter to council that he feared “the true issue at stake is being dis torted and that an appeal to the ratepayers on the debenture issue Will,, in fact, be a Vote; on. the proposed, location, of the4 new school," ' ' Council, meeting Tuesday night, decided to delay setting a date for the vote until the school board receives its sketches for the new building. ' In the meantime, there is some' hope that the issue can be settled and the vote eliminated. Inspector Goman made public his letter to the council this week. It read: Inspector's Letter “It was my intention, to per mit the council and the public school board of Hensall .to re solve their differences in the current controversy in connec tion with ’ the proposed new school building. However,- recent developments lead me to believe that the true issue at stake is being distorted and that an appeal to the rate payers on the debenture issue will, in fact, be a vote on the proposed location of the new school. “Undoubtedly negative votes will.be registered by two main groups; those opposed to the debenture issue for financial reasons and, secondly, those op posed to changing the site. In the latter group will-be many people who realize the need of a new school and who, strangely enough, by their vote may pre clude the possibility of building a new school on ANY site.” “The British North American Act has given certain powers to the federal government and other powers to the provincial government. These powers are jealously guarded. Similarly, the various acts relating to educa tion in the Province of* Ontario delegate certain powers to school boards and 'certain powers to municipal councils. Can Choose Sites “Urban school bqards, through the Schools Administration Act, have authority to purchase or enlarge school sites as they see fit. Council, by its threat of re fusing to grant third reading to the debenture by-law, is attempt ing to prevent the school board from carrying outgone of the functions granted by the pro vincial legislature and for which —Please Turn to Page 12 Still Negotiating On Dump Action Negotiations for settlement of the lawsuit over the old town dump are being made but so far they have not been successful. When it was announced last week that the case had been postponed until fall, the plain tiffs told council they would be willing to withdraw if the town agreed to pay their court costs of $500. Council, meeting ’ in special session Friday, instructed its solicitor to seek a settlement on the basis that both sides pay their own costs. Plaintiffs include George Shaw and Rhiney Keller, who charge that fires and smells of the dump have been injurious to the. health of their families and a nuisance. The case was scheduled to be heard in the June assizes of supreme court in London but the court adjourned before the case came up. Talk Another Crusade After Success Of First Ministers and laymen of South Huron churches are already talk ing about another Crusade for Clirist campaign next summer following the success of this year’s campaign which ended in Zurich Sunday night with a re cord crowd of 1,800. "The results have really thrilled us,” said Rev. Glen R. Strome, Crediton, secretary of the crusade. “It’s been sort of. a Council GetsXegal Aid On Gas Station Bylaw Wary of getting tangled up in another law suit, town council decided Monday night to sub mit a proposed closing-hour by law for service stations to a soli citor for legal advice. Petition for the' by-law, first' submitted at the last meeting, was presented again in more complete . form Monday night. Although members believed the new submission was probably correct, they decided to get legal assistance to avoid getting in volved in another costly legal legal battle like the current suit over the town dump. Russell Snell, partner in South End , Service, and Graham Arthur, owner of Graham Arthur Motors Ltd., told council all but two of the ten retailers of gaso-' line in town had signed the pe tion. This constitutes more than 75 percent required to pass a by-law. Conform To Regulations? Council members wondered, however, if two of the signees would conform to ■ regulations. One is F. W. Huxtable, who Operates an implement business on Main St. and the other is Seldon Fuels, a farm oil agency, which has pumps on Waterloo Street. Others who signed include Snell “ Sales, Bros. Ltd., tion ____ „„ ____ ___, Zurich, at the north end. Russell Snell said the* agree- "give the public the best service possible." During the summer, two stations will be open nights and on holidays, one at the north end and one at the south end. One of the two would be a garage capable of handling major re pairs:, he said. . "The main idea behind the by law,” said Graham Arthur, "is to give us some decent working hours—-that’s all • we’re inter ested in." Minority Group Protects At the previous council meet ing, a minority group of station operators claimed the larger garages were trying to force the smaller ones out of busines by Closing them up on nights And Sundays. Proponents of the by law, however, say all operators would benefit by the agreement because it isn’t possible for all to make money if each .stays Open. Reeve William McKenzie was worried about the enforcement of the by-law. "If the town has to enforce it, will we have to pay several hundred dollars for legal fees if somebody fights it? I don’t think wo have a right to pay out that kind of money." Councillor R. C. Dinney thought the new station at the corner of Highways 4 and 83 should be consulted, even though it isn’t operating yet. "We gran ted them a building permit be fore this by-law was brought up, and they should be consulted, I don’t think ilt’S right to give thorn ft building permit and then shut them down afttf hours bo- Oil Program Under Way The town’s new oiling pro gram for roads, which started this week, has met with mixed reception, according* to reports at council meeting Monday knight, Some ratepayers complained about oil .being tracked into houses while others objected be cause their streets were not in cluded in. the program. ' Councillors, however, were happy to see the oil program started. They are hoping' that maintenance costs will be cut and that the dust nuisance of gravel roads will be eliminated. To Receive Second Coat. Councillor Ralph Bailey, in charge of roads, said the first coat will be given six weeks to cure and then a heavier layer, with gravel chips, will be laid. Extent of the program is limited by council’s budget. The Department of Highways, which pays one-half the cost, has ap proved total expenditure of $4,000 for maintenance and con struction work on roads. Any expenditure above this amount will have to be borne solely by the town. Oiling is being done by the Riverside Construction Co., Lon don. Councillor Bailey told coun cil his committee had selected streets on the basis of traffic. Sections of aprons beside Main Street, where traffic is heavy, are also being oiled. Requests Oiling J . W. Weber, of Gidley St. east, requested that oiling be done on that street from Edward St. east but Councillor Bailey indicated this would not be done this year. Mr. Weber said the street, which passes by three houses before coming to a dedd end, is neglected during winter and summer. He said it had been ploughed out only twice last winter. Reeve- R.. E. Pooley said he had complaints that all of the oiled portion should have been coated by sand*1 instead’ of just part of it. Councillor Bailey ex plained that the sand will spread to the. sides. Council decided not to con sider the purchase of a new grader this year. A representative’ from Domin ion Road Machinery, Goderich, suggested the town buy a larger grader which could handle heavier road work and remove snow in winter. Council felt its present ma chine, on which it has spent, considerable money for repairs recently, could handle the roads, particularly since oiliiig will cut down the amount of work. spiritual tonic for the people who have attended." Edgar Cudmore, R.R. 1 Hen sall, one of the laymen officials, said plans are being discussed for another campaign next year. “Most of us ’feel this type of thing is too good to let drop.” Sunday’s crowd of 1,800 brought total attendance to over 11.,000. Average weekday attend ance during the 15-day cam paign was 70 and Sunday crowds surpassed 1,500. Total number of personal com- mitals to Christ was 83 ’and most of them were in the 14 to 20 age group. There were 14 rededications and 15 Committed themselves to full-time Christian service. —Please Turn, to Page 12 Board Gives Approval Initiate Expropriation Ausable River Conservation Authority this week called for tenders for’ the construction of its $170,000 dam in Usborne township but the prospects that I the costs can be held to the I estimated figure are dim. J Secretary-fieldman Hal Hooke said he expected bids “will not i be lower than $170,000” * and; might be considerably higher, i Construction work throughout1 the province has been so heavyi tliis summer that costs have 1 ■ An 18-year-old Seaforth girl, risen beyond all expectation.’ -— Many contracts are being de layed until there’ is more com petition in the building industry. Authority to call for tenders on the dam wasygiven last week by the Ontario Municipal Board, which finally approved the scheme. It -also approved Ex eter’s proposal to issue $57,000 in debentures to contribute its share toward the project. If the bids on the dam are considered too high, there is a possibility the contract will be withheld and another tender call issued in the fall, 'Fieldman Hooke said. Such a course, how ever, would have to have the approval of the town of Exeter andj -Usborne township. Approval from the municipal board for the dam gave the Authority a green light to pro ceed with its plans for exprop riation of 50 acres of land be tween concession three and four of Usborne for the dam reser voir. Mr. Hooke said it is possible the land will be in the Author ity’s hands by the latter part of next week. The board gave Exeter per mission to go ahead with the project - providing none of the water from the ’ reservoir was used for domestic* consumption. It approved the' water for in dustrial use, however,. The board said the town would have io secure approval from, the Department of Health to erect a filtration plant before it .could use the water domestic* I ally. (Youth's. Dare Prompts Ride I ■ An 18-year-old Seaforth girl, who took her boy friend’s car without permission and smashed it up, was put on suspended sen tence' for six months by Magis trate Dudley Holmes in Exeter court Wednesday. Mavis Benneweis, who works in a Seaforth shoe factory, was pay* court costs. r.____ took the car twice, the time on the admonition other boy, who told her be chicken!" William James Wildes, __ Creditor, the' girl’s boy friend and owner of the car, said she first drove off with five boys while he was talking to a friend, Bob Lavery, of Hensail, Gordon Lavery, also of Hcn- sall drove the car back and when it was parked at a service sta tion, all of the boys but Ray Webb got out. While Wildes talked to Robert Lavery again, the girl drove off for the second time, Wildes and Lavery chased her down a Hay township- road at speeds estimated between 80 and 90 miles per hour. The girl ldst control and the car careened into the ditch,, causing. $1,100 damage. • ’ Magistrate Holmes * called the girl's actions ; —Please ■ ggi91 HI Um PICKS WINNING TICKET—Shapely Virginia Hayrock, of Hamilton, one of the enter tainers in the Kinsmen’s vaudeville show Monday night, drew the winning ticket for the new four-door hardtop sedan which the club gave away in connection with its Do minion tDay celebration. The car weilt to an Amherstburg man who had. purchased a new auto only three weeks before. Kinsmen assisting at* the draw were, left to right. President-elect Lloyd Ford and George Noseworthy. , —-T-A Photo Tires Stolen At Crusade A person’s property isn’t safe these days, no matter where it is—-not evert at reli gious meetings. This feet was brought home to Harold Kellerman, owner of ft chopping mill in Dashwood, who was attend ing a meeting at South Huron Crusade For Christ at the Zurich Community Arena Thursday evening. At the finish of the meet ing, Mr. Kellerman went to his car only to find that both front wheels had been stolon. P.C. John Forde, Exeter, in* mm An Amherstburg man, who purchased a new car for $3,000 only throe weeks ago, won an other one Monday night for 25 cents. ‘ Ernest Rocheleau, a farmer near Windsor, was the lucky win ner of Exeter Kinsmen’s 1956 four-door hardtop sedan which was given away following the Dominion Day Celebration in Community Park. He purchased one 25-cont ticket from a seller in the border city. . 0 Called by Kinsmen after tlm draw, Rocheleau didn’t know what he would do with his se cond new car, a sleek red and white Pontiac. Nevertheless, he; picked it up Tuesday afternoon in Exeter and drove it home as happy as a kid with a new toy. Not So Popular Although the selection pleased Mr. Rochelciu, it wasn’t so popular with the 1,800 specta tors who had watched the Kins men’s vaudeville show, ft was the car was won outside the com munity and the groans of the crowd indicated its disappoint ment. Pretty blond dancer, Virginia Hayrack, of Hamilton, drew the lucky ticket. She was one of the i members of the professional! show. j Kinsmen president-elect, liloyd j Ford, and Past President J.cs! Parker, who was in charge of; ticket sales, officiated at the drawing. 1 ■ Although this year’s crowd was j I slightly smaller than former years, it wasn’t any less en thusiastic abput the vaudeville | show produced by emcee Loo Paul, of Kirk ton. The profession- j al acts drew plenty of spirited acclaim. Dances Op Ladder Highlights of the program were the ^dancing and rope-swinging, of Terry Rays on top of ft 12 foot ladder, Gloria Peebles and her family of trained dogs, the pretty danw^ and Al Tutckey j York. , Also in the show wore Danny j Daniels, Detroit’s famed comedy | juggler, and Clair Rouse, the f one-man band. j Mayor R. E. Pooley opened ■ the program and Recreational i Director Doug Smith introduced i supervisors of the Kinsmen play- ■ ground, for which the show I raises funds. 1 Success of their first chicken i barbecue ibis year has prompted ' Kinsmen to make plans for a larger one next summer. Presi* dent-elect Lloyd Ford who was ih chargo of the meal, announced the club would prepare for a crowd of 1,006 at its next cele bration. Five hundred rattended the barbecue in Riverview Park and all of them raved about t! j meal, , An all-s!ar softball game be tween picked players from RCAF Station Centralia and Exeter fol* lowed the barbecue. Boxers from London put on an action