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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-08-30, Page 1•V* THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, AUGUST 30, 1956 -!* Eighty-Second Year SHDHS Record Enr . I’ RETURN TO CLASSROOMS—Dianne Ryckman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Ryck- J man, Exeter, will be one of 200 public school graduates in the area which will enrol in grade nine.at SHDHS next Tuesday wheh school opens for another term. The ’ district high school expects a record enrolment of 540 and is prepared to set up emergency classrooms to provide accomodation until the new addition is completed. Public school students will also return to their studies on Tuesday. >—T-A Photo i v QUEEN CANDIDATES—Contest to select a “Bean Queen” will be one of the hjgh- >'lights of the Ontario Bean Festival, sponsored" by Hensall Kinsmen Club, on Labor i Pay. Two of the candidates, Greta Pfaff, Cromarty, and Gladys Baker, Hensall, look ' forward to the competition in the hopes of winning some of the valuable prizes of­ fered to winners. The Festival, third sponsored by the Kinsmen- Club, will also feature band concerts, horseshoe tournament, an evening vaudeville show and a home-cooked bean supper. > . —T-A Photo Cook Quarter-Toil Beans To Feed Festival Crowd Hensall Kinsmen are prepar-i and evening, the Kinsmen hope inig to bake over a quarter of to attract a record crowd to a ton of beans on Monday to -------1 --------i:'"' feed an ■ anticipated crowd of 4,000 people at their third an­ nual Ontario Bean Festival. Offering a- more extensive program, both in the .afternoon SHDHS Graduate Wins Scholarship Scholarship for admission to • University College of University of Western Ontario has been awarded to Katherine Ondre- jicka, R.R. 1.Centralia, who led the graduating class at SHDHS this year. The, Centralia girl was one of 28' students in Western Ontario to receive the award, which is valued at $200. Rose Siemon, of Seaforth Dist­ rict School, and Harold Atkin­ son, of St. Marys District Col­ legiate, received similar awards, t — ^Crowds Celebrate ' Store's Birthday • Celebration of the tenth anni­ versary at Darling’s IGA Market last Week drew the biggest crowds in the store’s history* Customers jammed the store to take advantage of food specials offered during the anniversary. Friday night, the check-out lines stretched from the front to the rear of the store. The event marked purchase of the meat business of Joe* Hunter by William Chambers arid Fred Darling in 1946, Since then, Fred Darling has become the sole owner ahd the business wm, ex- their annual promotion of the bean, an important product of the agricultural area around Hensall. . In addition to 560 . pounds , of beans, Kinsmen have ordered 120 pounds of pork, 700 pounds of cabbage; five bushels of tomatoes; six crates of celery; three bushels of cucumbers; 50 pounds of coffee and. 75 gallons of chocolate milk to feed the crowd. „A new feature of the Festival this year, the selection of a Bean Queen, has already at­ tracted a number of entries from district girls arid club of­ ficials expect more before the deadline date of August 31. Winner Gets'$50,00 Winner of the contest will re­ ceive a prize of $50 in cash, do­ nated by General Coach Works of Canada^ and runners-up will get attractive gifts from Hensall merchants. The prizes include an electric razor from Drysdale Hardware, make - up ensemble from Middleton’s Drug, and other gifts from Goodwin’s, Bon- thron’s, Irwin’s Ladies’ Wear and Christie’s. The festival will start with a monster* procession, similar to the one last year which was one of tlm largest over staged in the district. Six bands will be fea­ tured including , the Goderich Girls Trumpet Band, the London East Lioris_ Club concert band and the’ Band. During standing Goderich —o-........— -.......— - Kroehlcrs, will stage an exhibi­ tion game. The O’Kocfe horse* shoe tournament for Western be featured. Also on the program are con­ certs by the bands, a midway,- arid movies. In the evening, the Goderich Girls Trumpet Band will present a drill demonstration, followed by a variety show featuring TV personalities. The Bean Queen will be crowned and a dance will conclude the fes­ tivities. < Silverwood’s of London, have donated five gallons of ice cream to be given away as gate prizes during the day and Mr. Fields, of the Maitland Club has donat­ ed a pig which* will be drawn for that day. Professor J. C. Sveckly, di­ rector of the Western Ontario Agricultural School and Experi­ mental Farm, Ridgetown, will officially open the festival fol- -lowing the parade. Exeter Legion Pipe the afternoon, two out- girls1 softball teams. Dodgers and Stratford Early Paper Next Week Despite the Labor Day hol­ iday on Monday, The Times- Advocato, plans to publish on Thursday morning next as a service to readers and ad­ vertisers. - Now printing process em­ ployed by the newspaper now permits it to bfe published on Thursday despite the delay of a holiday at the first of the week. Formerly, the Times-Advocate was distrib­ uted Fridays when there was a holiday on Monday. Advertisers a n d corres­ pondents are asked to submit their copy early next week to facilitate the early pub* Contractor R. A, Blyth, of To­ ronto, said Wednesday he may not be able to start construction of the Morrison Dam for at least a month because of delay in awarding of the Ausable Authori­ ty contract. He said options on steel and other building supplies had to be given up last week and there may be difficulty in securing them now.‘'We’d be on the job Tuesday if we could get the steel but companies are quoting eight to ten months delivery,” the con­ tractor stated.Negotiations with • the Ontario government and with municipali­ ties involved in the conservation and vater supply project have delayed the awarding of the con­ tract. E. S. Livermore, QC.^of London, the Authority’s sohei- tor, said the contract was mailed to Blyth Wednesday morning. “We’re disappointed we didn’t get on the job three weeks ago,” said Mr, Blyth, “but we weren’t able to go ahead without a con­ tract.” He said his firm has ac- ceived 10 new contracts since he bid for the dam job. Authority officials 'said this week Mr. Blyth had asked for an additional $5,000 for the job because of increases in the price of steel. Because his tender con­ tained no escalator clause, how­ ever, officials planned to hold him to his original bid of $163,- 525. Fence Reservoir Area In the meantime, the Authori­ ty is making preparations for construction of the dam. Fence is being erected around the 70 acres in Usborne which have been expropriated by the Autho­ rity for the reservoir. Notice of expropriation first appeared in The Times-Advocate last week. Owners have 30 days in which to file a claim for com­ pensation. Owners include Bill Kernick, William Chambers, Garnet Fray- ne, Mervyn Dayman and Mrs, Iona Hayter. Anticipated . record enrolment ’ tural science and home econo imics respectively; and Miss H. I Goldstein, social studies and history. Construction of the addition to' the west end of the school will | disrupt activities for awhile. Cafeteria service will not be of- Ifered until at least two weeks {after school starts because ■ water and hydro services are being changed, Officials estimate no addition­ al busses will be necessary to transport the increased number of students from the rural areas. The eight vehicles will start out on the same routes as last year but the routes will be changed later, if necessary, to provide more suitable accomodation, In addition to the teachers named above, the staff* will in­ clude Principal H. L. Sturgis, music and French; Mrs. Claude Farrow, junior English; W. L, Henderson, mathematics; E. D. Howey, commercial; G. C. Koch, library and art; J. M. Mahon, ; science; R. F. Mereu, mathe- ! matics; G. M. Mickle, physical ! training; Mrs. C. Nichols (for- jmerly Miss Shaughnessy who i was married this summer), junior English; K, Ottewell, manual training; C. J. Porter, . senior English; M. C. Sanders, social studies and history; Miss L. G. Siegner, physical training; C. Wilson, French; Mrs. C. Wil­ son, Latin; J. L. Wooden, social studies, Cafeteria staff includes Mrs. Albert O s 11 a n d, Mrs. Elmer Reeder, Mrs. George Tinney and Mrs. Jessie Berenas. In charge of maintenance are Russell Col­ lingwood, Gordon Parker and Moses Beckler, of 540 at SHDHS next week has forced the school to take emer­ gency measures for accomoda­ tion pending the completion of the five room addition, construc­ tion of which has just started. Portable blackboards have been secured in order to set up temporary classrooms in the gymnasium, the board room and the upstairs corridor. * The 10 percent jump in enrol­ ment may increase the number <?f classes by two, although the school hopes to absorb the in­ crease by enlarging the size of the classes. Close to 200 public school graduates in the district are expected to enrol in grade nine, necessitating at least six class­ rooms. There will be four or five grade . ten rooms, three elevens, two grade twelves, one thirteen and one special com­ mercial. Twenty-one teachers will be on ’ the staff this term, two more { than last year. The instructors will include three married couples. N,ew teachers are Mrs. Andrew Djx'on, wife of the agriculture teacher, who will instruct com­ mercial; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce D. Perr.v, 1956 graduates of O.A.C. who were wed this sum­ mer and who will teach agricul- Model Valley Plan Ready Report recommending the de­ velopment of a “model valley” in the Ausable watershed will be completed this, fall, Authority Secretary-Fieldman H. G. Hooke announced this week. The report, prepared by offi­ cials of the Ontario Department of Planning and Development, will cover 1,000 acres of .farm land in the Denfield Creek area. It was recommended proper* r. n. ci; - farming.- practices, farm plan!coming car, Dalton Skumer of reforestation, water con: Police To Lay Charges Over Station Car Theft coming car, Dalton Skinner of n£ng, reforestation, water con: R.R. 3 Exeter struck and killed .a calf on No. 83 highway, five . rovfment meas-miles-east of Exeter on Friday ^nn Jn Si evening, August 24. The calf strayed onto the road from the south ditch but head­ lights of an approaching car prevented Mr. Skinner from see­ ing it. His car suffered $350 damage. The animal was owned by Reg. Hodge'rt, of R.R. 1 Woodham. OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons investigated. First accident in a month re­ ported by .Exeter police occurred Thursday noon at^ the comer' of Carling and Victoria streets whep two ^cars^ suffered $600^damage., tralia, ■ “^travelling' • if or . oh Carling, was struck by a oar driven by W. F. Abbott, who was proceeding east on Victoria. Police Chief Reg Taylor investi­ gated. , Police say charges are pend­ ing in connection with a car stolen from RCAF Station Cen­ tralia Tuesday evening. Orderly Officer Kenneth' Locke, of Exeter, apprehended Roland L’Heureux, of the station, while he was driving around the PMQ section Wednesday morning in a late-model hardtop. ’ The car, owned by Donald. E. Hillier, of Centralia, was report­ ed stolen at 11.50 p.m. Tuesday. OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons investigated. Plan Holiday Drive Local and district police plan constant patrol of highways this weekend in an effort to • cut down accidents over the Labor Day holiday.-' ■ ' *- OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons, in charge of the local detach­ ment, said “We’ll be on the lookout for speeders and reck­ less drivers.” Expected increase in ; traffic over the holiday, last of the summer, will demand extra care in driving from every motorist, he said. Last year, 30 motorists were killed over Labor Day. Exeter Police Chief Reg Tay­ lor reported his office’s first accident in a month this week. “We must have some of the best drivers in the world around here,” he said, “We hope the good record will continue.” Suffers Injuries A London man, William George Childerhose/ is in South Huron Hospital suffering from severe facial lacerations as a. result of a one-car crash on Highway 81 early Wednesday morning. The car missed a curve, crashed into the ditch and struck a telephone pole. Damage amounted to $1,000. OPP Constable John Ford in­ vestigated. Car, Truck Collide Damage totalled $250 in a car­ truck collision on No. 4 High­ way north of Exeter Tuesday afternoon. A car driven by Anton Ber- nick, of St. Paul, Minn., collided with a truck driven by Gordon Argyle, London,- as the latter made a turn onto-the highway. OPP Constable George. Mitchell investigated. Blinded by lights of an on- District Clubs Plan Playoffs Division playoffs for Dashwood Tigers and Zurich Lumber Kings of the HuromPerth intermediate baseball league will start this week. The Tigers will meet Mitchell Legionaires . in a best-of-seven series for the “C” championship, of the league. First game will be played in Mitchell Friday with the second match in Dashwood on Labor Day at 2,30 p.m. The teams will return to Mitchell Wednesday night and play the fourth game in Dashwood Fri­ day night, Sept. 7. Zurich, which won a bye into “D" playoffs,, will tackle Moore Centre in its first series. First game will be held in Moore Cen­ tre Saturday with the teams re­ turning to Zurich Monday for a morning game. Option 400 Acres For Reforestation Around 400 acres of land in the Ausable River watershed have been optioned this sum­ mer for reforestation purposes, Secretary-Fieldmari IL G. Hooke said this week. * The land, mostly in Bosariquet and West Williams townships, will be purchased and reforested by the Authority during the next two years, bl_' Assistant /Fioldman Tom, Rar*. ures based on an intensive sur­ vey of the area during the past two summers. Idea behind the model valley project, which is under way in a number of other authorities, es io1 demonstrate the improve­ ments that can. be made in. farm fends wrife careful planning. Ob- jjeeft is fl® encourage conservation, farming measures throughout the watershed- The Authority requested the department to make a survey for a mGdel valley in the spring of „__ _ ______, t,— „„_____ 1955. Since then, with the co- Joh,n W;.;TJesney'i,lAe R.Rr 2.Ce:n^?PMnatiop of owners , tn the Den« • - “Led area,?*'tfiew^departmfent‘ Ms undertaken a careful study of the area. The survey was made by the department at no cost to the Authority. Okay Plans At Hensall Ontario Department of Education has approved ar­ chitect’s plans for the new $120,000 Hensall Public School, Board Chairman Howard Scane announced this week. The board is now waiting for sketch plans before it proceeds with the project, No date has been set yet for a municipal vote of the the new school issue. The board requested a vote of the people after council refused to pass third reading of a bylaw providing debentures for: the sjchooK ' * ' ■ * tJouifciF'0 'objected to the 'School board’s plan to erect the new building on the south side of town, rather than oh* the present grounds at the west end. GRANDMOTHER WINS PONY-*-Jini Hayter, Jr., who won a pony in Dashwood Men’s Club draw last year, picked his grandmother’s ticket out of the barrel Saturday night in another draw for a pony. With one pony in the family, the winner, Mrs. Fred Fritzley, of Goderich, decided she didn’t need another one and plans to auction it’ off in Dashwood Saturday night. Five prizes were given away following a vaude* ville show last week and’majority of winners were from this area. Men’s Club of­ ficials, shown with young Jimmy Hayter above, are Mervin Tieman, chairman ’of ticket sales; Alvin Walper, program chairman; Harry Hayter, secretary-treasurer; and Jim Hayter, president. -T-A Photo s Name Now Two Ponies In Family Jimmy Hay ter, Jr., the young, lad who won the pony in Dash- .wood Men’s Club' draw last year, helped his grandmother win a pony in this year’s raffle, held Saturday night following a vaudeville show in Dashwood,. ' Jimmy, given the honor of making the draw for this year’s pony, picked the ticket of his grandmother, Mrs. Fred Fritz- ley, of Goderich. Which proves the family has * knack for win*| decided one pony in the family is enough and plans to auction off her prize Saturday night in Dashwood* The auction will be1 held at 8 p.m, in front of the Men’s Club rooms. Majority of winners of the other four prizes in the club’s benefit draw went to local win­ ners. William Mason. Dashwood, won the chesterfield; Bob S t o r m e s, Dashwood baseball star, received the kitchen chrome ’ Public School Hike Modest Inspector John Goman said this week that only “modest” increases are expected in enrol­ ments of district public schools when the term begins Tuesday* Additional facilities are re­ quired in only two schools in his ihspecfOrate — a- two-toom extension to Zurich Public School and a one-room addition at Eg- mondville. ' * ; Only two additional teachers • have been added in the area- one in the Tuckersmith school area and one • at • the J. A. D. McCurdy School, RCAF Station Centralia. Twenty-one new teachers will assume duties in the inspector­ ate next week but all of these are replacements for instructors who nave resigned. Usborne township has the largest number of new teachers. An adjustment has been made necessary in Stephen to accomo­ date a sectional increase in . enrolment there. Fairfield School has agreed to take 10 pupils from Centralia which is over­ crowded this term. Throughout the ‘ inspectorate, only a gradual increase in enrolment is predicted in the near future, except for Hay town­ ship. A survey there indicates that during the next five years every 'school except one will see an increase. An error in The Times- Advocate’s story . concerning closing of schools in Hay Town­ ship was corrected this week by H. W. Brokenshire, secretary­ treasurer of the school area. The T-A reported that two schools would be closed in Hay this year but these schools have been, closed for several years. “The schools in Hay township will be operating the same aS laef voar” Jit. Bl'OkCnShire ‘No new schools have ____ ___2 _J the schools where transporation is provided, No. 14 and No, 11, have been closed prior to this year.” One additional music super­ visor has been added to the South Huron inspectorate this year. She is Mrs. M. MacKin­ non. Other three supervisors are Lawrence Wein, Douglas Gill and Mrs. Ellen Graham, Mr.last year, stated. “N1. __ been closed and Seaforth, an electric frying pan. Club President Jim Hayter, Bob Tanner, Katherine Gulons and Mickey Webb drew the lucky dticals. The vaudeville program, post­ poned after it rained Wednesday night, featured Tom Hamilton and a troupe of entertainers from1 Toronto. Alvin Walper, program chairman, was master of cere­ monies.Games of bipgo completed the Girl Enters Calf Contest A South Huron girl is willing to match her calf - wrestling prowess against boys from seven Western Ontario counties but it appears Western Fair officials won’t let her. Muriel Cornish, of Woodham, entered the new “Calf Scramble” feature at London fair this year but Assistant General Manager Glen JohrilstOn said' this week the entry would have to be re­ fused because the event is limit* ed to boys. At least two boys from Huron county will be among Si teen­ agers who will try to rope So frisky calves in the novel com­ petition. They are Bill Ether* mgton, of R.R. 1 Hensall, and i Leslie Campbell, R.R. 1 * | forth. Entries are open September 5. Ten successful youths, capture, halter, and load calves across the finish w, will be awarded $100 certificates towards the purchase of pure bred Aberdeen Angus calves. t The eompetitioft is being spon« sored by the Western Ontario j Aberdeen Angus Association and Sea- until who their Mo,