HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-09-13, Page 1To Boost Fair Attendance
Eighty-Second Yw THE EXETERl TIMES'ADVQCATEr SEPTEMBER 13, 1956
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Mary Ellen Kerr
Wins Scholarship
Miss Mary Ellen Kerr, daugh
ter of Rev. Kerr, of Exeter, re
ceived the $50 scholarship award
given by the Beta Sigma Phi,
The honor goes to the pupil
obtaining the highest standing m
school studies and who intends
entering the nursing profession.
Mary Ellen will enter Victoria,
Hospital this fall.
The presentation was made
by Mrs. William Huntley ‘ and
Mrs. Ted Jones.
ONLY ONE LEFT—Monica Masse became the nineteenth of the 20 children of Mr.
and Mrs. James Masse of St. Joseph to be married on Saturday. About 300 people,
jnost of them relatives, saw her exchange vows with Douglas Roy Moir, of Brampton,
formerly of Hensail. The bride and groom are shown at the communion rail of St.
■ JPeter’s Church with the Rev. I. J. Poisson. The bridal, attendants are Miss Betty
’ .Moir, Londop, sister of the groom, 2nd Mrs. Donald Deitrich, St. Joseph, one of the
bride's 10 sisters, extreme’ right. At left are the two groomsmen, Don Cowan, of
Exeter, and Peter Masse, brother of Jhe bride, . —LFP Photo
Last Of Ten Masse Girls
Says 'I Do1 Before 300 4
‘ *!The -house will seem sort of ily have been married in St,
empty now that Monica’s gone,”
!lamented James Masse, father
' of one of Canada's largest fam*
Hies, after the second last of his
, .family of 21 was maried at St.
Joseph Saturday.
"We still have Martha and her
husband (Donald Deitrich( living
with us, but it certainly isn’t
what it used to be like when we
still had most of - the children
here,”
■Dark-eyed Monica, was last
of the 11 Masse girls to take her
wedding vows when she,became
Mrs. Douglas Moir at St. Peter’s
■ Roman Catholic Church
day.
! Twenty-three-year-old
one of her eight brothers, is the
only Masse .still single.
All but four of Monica’s 19 bro
thers and sister came home for,
, her wedding- They returned from
all over the continent—one sister,
t drove up from Florida. ,
All but two of the Masse fam-
Satur-
Peter,.
Peter’s and* weddings have' been
the cause of every familly re
union. for 10 years,
Saturday was a perfect day
for the wedding. Crisp breezes
swished in from Lake Huron,
whisking threatening clouds
away and leaving plenty of sun
shine.
The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Father I. J. Poisson,
who has married three of the
Masse children in the last two
years.
Monica wore a gown of .white
crystallette and her two brides:
maids, sister Martha and the
groom’s sister, Betty, wore the
same material in bronze and
apricot respectively. Another
sister of the groom, Wendy, was
junior bridesmaid in blue taffet-
ta.
Groomsmen were Don Cowen,
Exeter, and Peter Masse, ’Two.
other,.brp.ttigrs hf the bride, -Bob.
of Zurich, and Michael of Eon-
don, were, ushers.
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b IUsborne Plans Bylaw
For Drainage Loans
A bylaw f for raising $200,000 i claim,
for drainage, loans to ratepayers |
Is being considered by Usborne
council.
The move was taken as a re
sult of am application to council
for a loan -under the Tile Drain-
agt Act at its meeting Monday
evening. H.' E. Bellman, engineer
fieldman of the Ontario Depart
ment of Agriculture, outlined the'
necessary procedure in having a
bylaw passed which would make
the loans possible.
Council agreed to post public
■ notice that the bylaw would be
considered at its next meeting,
Saturday, October 6.
Reeve Clayton Smith presided
for Monday’s meeting, at which
all councillors were present.
The Rowcliffe Municipal Drain
report from Engineer C. P. Cor
bett was read for provisional
adoption. Mr. Long, representing
the Ontario Department of High
ways, one of the assessed
parties, was present and asked
council to have that part of the
drain adjacent to Highway No.
4 installed a't least 65 feet back
from the centre of the highway
so that the drain would be clear
from any future work that might
be done on the highway. Coun
cil agreed-to his request and the
Report was .provisionally adopted.
Court of revision on the drain
Was set for the next regular
meeting. Tenders are being cal
led for construction of the drain.
Bylaw confirming assessment
of $2,681,250 for taxation pur
poses in 1956 was passed.
A bylaw providing-for the levy
ing of tax rates,.the collection of
same by December 14, and im-
’ posing a penalty for non-pay-
tnent was also passed.
Reeve and Clerk were autho
rized to sign the agreement with
the.Ausable River Authority for
Construction of the Morrison
Dam..on concession road 2-3.
An early nomination will pro
bably be held in the township this
year. Council instructed the clerk
to prepare a bylaw providing
for nomination on the last Mon
day in December.
Although most communities
?TJvc changed to the early
election date, Usborne has con
tinued to wait .until tho end of
the year before holding its nomi
nation. .
R. D. Ellerington, interviewed
council regarding, his claim for
damages to a heifer by warble
fly spraying but no action was
taken. The sprayer operator’s
insurance company has refused
to make any settlement of the
I Reeve and clerk were
' ized to sign application
terim road subsidy from
tario Department of Highways
on a total expenditure to date
for road purposes of $22,010.21.
author-
for in-
the On-
Yvonne and Matilda Denom.-
me, cousins of the bride,' were
organist and soloist.
The groom is the son of Mrs.
Mansel Mason, Jr., Grand Bend
and the late Melvin 'Moir, for
merly of Hensall.
After the wedding, a reception
was held at Monetta Menard’s,
Grand Bend. Dominating the
gathering was the enormous
wedding cake baked by Mrs.
Masse,
A luncheon was held in the
Communion Centre, Zurich, on
Saturday evening. The bride and
groom left for a wedding trip to
Niagara Falls and the United
States.
There were 21 children in the
Masse family originally. One'of
the boys, Richard, was killed 12
years ago in a coil oil explosion
when he attempted to light a
stove.
The other Masse children are:
/Maurjce, Z RYiinjh j - Anthony,
Goderich; Alphonse, London;
Ivan,' Toronto; Bob, Zurich;
Archie, Leo and Michaelm, Lon
don; Peter, St. Joseph; Mrs.
Lloyd Denomme (Theresa),
Windsor; Mrs. Maurice Denom
me (Florence), Dashwood; . Mi's.
Thomas Denomme (Yvonne) and
Mrs. ' Gus Healy (Cecilia), Lon
don; Mrs, Jack McKeown (Pris
cilla), Toronto; Mrs. Robert
Edington (Judy), Florida; Mrs.
.Rudolph Cor.riveau (Joan),
Zurich;
(Marie),
Donald Deitrich( Martha*),
Joseph.
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Mrs. Percy Bedard
Drysdale; and Mrs.
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Minister's Father bies
Albert C. Holley, 72, father of
ttw, A, E. Holley of Grand
Bend United Church and formcr-
HOUSEWIFE HOW MODEL—Here’s Mrs. Bat Humiiiell,
22*yw*old Kitchener housewife who launched a modelling
career after winning the Miss Grand Bend titln over the
Labor Day weekend; She’s /wearing a specially-designed
Catalina swim suit donated* to winners* of the contest,
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HS Students
Pick UWO
University is the popular choice
of this year’s SHDHS graduates
but teachers’ college rates a
close second.
Six of the grads enter Univer
sity of Western Ontario this
month, one goes to Queen’s
Kingston, and another has , en
rolled at O.A.C., Guelph. Seven
students are attending London
Teachers’ College.
Other grads have entered nurs
ing, industry, secretarial schools
and some are returning to SHDHS
to take additional upper school
subjects.
Among this year’s freshmen
at Western will be Kay/ Ondre-
jicka, Phillip Charrette and Al
exia Lostell, all scholarship win
ners; Kay Klopp, Harold,Berry
and John Hall.
Robert McLaren has enrolled
at. Queen’s and. Ken Tuckey is
registered at O.A.Ce,
Training for the teaching pro
fession are Judy Ross, Joan Gill,
Frances Brophy, Faye Ford,
Carole Thiel and Marilyn Mar
shall and Margaret Schade.
Mary Kerr will train as a
nui’se and Marilyn Tuckey is en
rolled at a London secretarial
school. Nancy Cudmore is also
attending secretarial school.
Robert Chaffe. has accepted, a
position with the Bell Telephone
Co.; Gerald Rannie is with the
Bank of Montreal, Hensail; Bob
Fletcher is apprenticing as a
funeral director at R. C. Din-
ney’s; and Don Taylor is with
J, W. Weber Ltd.,. Exeter,
MARKS NINETIETH BIRTHDAY—William Moody, road
superintendent in Usborne township for-23 years,, cele
brated his ninetieth birthday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs, Stanley Coward, on Wednesday. -Mr. Moody was
superintendent of Thames Road United Church Sunday
School for 19 years and sang in the choir for 60 years.
Here, he looks at a painting of his farm by his grand
son. —T-A Photo
Officials of Exeter Agricul
tural Society are expecting the
new Tuesday night trade show
to attract a record attendance
to this year's Exeter Fair.
Organized for the first time
this year, the trade show is be
ing received so enthusiastically
by both merchants and public
that officials believe^ the promo
tion will give a substantial boost
to the overall fa*ir attendance.
This is the first time the
Society has sponsored a two-
night preliminary to the main
fair, making it the biggest in
the r" ”------ " "
event.
Junior Farmer Show Popular
Officials are also expecting a
sell-out crowd for the Wednes
day night program by Huron
County Junior Farmers in SH-
DHS auditorium. The show was
well received last year, the first
time it was organized.
Talented young farmers from
all over the county will present
a musical variety show spiced
with typical youth humour. Skits,
songs, dances and musical pro
ductions will comprise the pro*
gram.
Also attracting considerable
interest this year is the second;
contest for Huron County Agri
cultural Queen, another feature
started last year. The winner,'
who will succeed Marion Creery
of Usborne, receives $50 for -first
prize. Runners-up get $25 and
$15.
4-H Show Highlights
— The largest 4-H show in the
102-year history of the 1 history of the fair will’ feature
-the main exhibition on Thursday.
One hundred and twenty boys •
and girls from South Huron will
be competing for $600 in prizes
in calf, grain, sugar beet, corn
and poultry clubs,
Four bands will provide music
for the opening parade, which
starts this year at Snell Bros.
Ltd. The bands will include’
Dashwood, Exeter Legiop Pipe
and Drum, SHDHS Bugle Band
and RCAF Centralia Bugle Band. -
School children will join the parade at Cann’s Mill Ltd,
Afternoon features of the' fair
include the $2,000 horse show;
cattle, hog and sheep competi
tions, midway, farm machinery '
and car exhibits.
Tory Gregg, former popular
radio announcer, will be master
of’ ceremonies for the afternoon.
Tom Pryde, MLA, will open the ’
fair. *
Another attraction staged in
connection with the fair will be
a peanut campaign sponsored
by Exeter Kinettes. Unique pea
nut men will be wandering
through the crowds at the exhibi
tion.
Arena Full Of Displays
Entire display space in the
arena has been rented for the
Tuesday night trade show.
Exhibits will feature new ap
pliances, fashions in clothes,
furniture, industrial displays,
new cars and educational dis
plays.
A. Jake Sweitzer, promotor ot
the trade show, says the enter- v
tainment provided will be $
"surprise". He won’t divulge
wbat.it is but he maintains it
will be good.
Free draws will be made
regularly throughout the trade
show and merchants have donat
ed a host of prizes for the night.
Exeter-Lions will provide free
movies for the children and free
rides will also be provided.’
Mayor Fair President
Mayor R. E. Pooley is presi
dent of the Exeter Agriculture
Society this year. Vice-presidents
are ViVctor Jeffrey and Wiliam
McKenzie. Clark Fisher remains
secretary-treasurer,
Former Sup't
Reaches 90
Mr. William Moody, retired
Usborne farmer and former
township official a’nd active
member of Thames Road United
Church, celebrated his ninetieth
birthday at a family gathering
at the home of his’daughter, Mrs.
Stanley Coward, on Wednesday.
Mr. Moody served 23 years as
road superintendent for Usborne
and Huron county and was head
of Thames Road United Church
Sunday School for 19 years. He
sang in the choir for 60 years
dnd was .elder of the church for
a lengthy period,
Born on the island of Stron-
say, north of Scotland, Mr.
Moody came to Canada 74 years
ago after his parents died. He
landed in St. Marys with a slip
of paper bearing the last name
of a relative and 15 cents in his
pocket. A friendly hotelman lo
cated an uncle near Kirkton for
him. ’ ■ .
He hired' out to farmers in the
Kirkton - district foe several
years, rented farms for two
years, and finally purchased his
own on concession five, Usborne.
He and his wife, the former
Mary Agnes Kydd, celebrated
their-, sixty-third wedding anni
versary last November 9. Both
well and .active, they live with’
their daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Fletcher, on Andrew St. A third
daughter, the late Mrs. Chester
Harvey, died a number of years
ago. . ■ . .
I with the fair will be
iBuild Service Centre
For HEPC In District
A service centre for the Exe
ter rural office will be erected
south of town by Ontario HEPC
this fall, Jocal manager K. J.
Lampman Said this week.
/ Although .details of thp build
ing are not complete^ .it is* ex
pected to ai 50-60 cement block
structure which will house trucks
and material. •
The land, approximately two
acres, was purchased from
George Wright. It is south of
the town limits, on the east side
of Highway No. 4. , ’
The warehouse, will,, store
equipment now being housed in
several rented buildings around
town.
Mr. Lampman said the HEPC
eventually plans to erect an of
fice administration building in
front of the warehouse when the
rural office here is separated
from Exeter Public Utilities
Commission.
At,present, the PUC is being
operated in connection with the
HEPC .but Exeter is one of the
few remaining towns which has
such an arrangement.
The rural area office serves
some 5,000 customers in Usbornp,
Stephen, Hay and part of B'osan-
quet.
Stephen Leads
HS Enrolment r
Enrolment at SHDHS has risen
to 52&, an increase of 30
last year.
Largest increase • comes .
Stephen township, which
sends 116 to the school, J
than any other municipality.
Hay township has the second
largest representation with 113,
Exeter sends 106;.Usborne 79,
Hens all 44, Huron Park 28.
Grand Bend 21 (?a decrease of
nine from last1 year),. Tucker
smith 7, an$ other municipali
ties, 12.' ■
over
from
now
more
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District Housewives
Save School Crisis
Married women teachers have
stepped into, the preach and saved
South Huron schools from a crit
ical shortage of instruction staff.
. This was revealed this week
in "a report from Inspector John
Goman, Exeter, which showed
that nearly 75 per cent of the
lady teachers in the district are
married. . *
Highest percentage is in the
township schools where 41 out of
50 are- combining a teaching ca
reer with household duties. In
urban centres, 13 out of 25 lady
teachers are married.
The report shows an increase
in enrolment of 78 students over
last year’s figures for the in
spectorate. In Hertsall and Zur
ich, it has been found necessary
to. hire part-time teachers to
take care of the rise in student
population.
Mr. Goman’s report says:
"The following are the Septem
ber enrolment figures ,for var
ious divisions of Huron No. 3
"inspectorate. Figures in brackets
are the June enrolments.
Hay. Township ....
Stanley Township ..
Stephen Township ..
Tuckersmith Twp.
Usborne Township
Exeter ...........
Hensail ............../Centralia liCAF ....
.. 308
.. 363
.. 373
.. 256
263
.. 446
174
„ 399
(300)
(354)
(362)
(252)
(270)
(430)
(160)
(367)
2,582 2,504
"Usborne Township is the only
area showing A decline with the
September enrolment seven less
than June.
"Due to overcrowded ( class*-
rooms in Hensail and Zurich, ail
extra leather is being engaged
in each centre on a half-time
basis. Both of these centres have
building projects ponding.
"It is anticipated that the en
rolment at J. A, D. McCurdy jSchool, R.C.A.F. Station, > Ccm
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the
the
and
| Current major project of
office is replacement of ‘power line between Setepta
I Zurich. The poles were installed
originally'in 1917.
it
i
the"A one-room addition to
Egmondville schoolis now, under
construction and is slated for
completion by December 1. The
additional class is being con
ducted until that time in an un
used barn
Loss $2,500
In Crashes
Two men escaped injury but
a 1956 model Buick car was 'ex
tremely damaged in a two*car.
■accide’nt on the
three miles west
day afternoon.
Roy Kerr, 26, , ,
of the car, and Alfred Ross, -Staf-
fa, climbed uninjured from their
car which' rolled over in a ditch
following a collision with a sec
ond 1956 model car.
The second car, driven by Ed
gar Butson, of R.R. 1 Staffa,
reeve of Hibbert, was pulling
from a laneway to the south of
the road and turning to go west
on the county road. Kerr,-west
bound on the road, swerved try
ing to go around the Butson car
and struck the left rear corner.
Damage to Kerr’s car was es
timated at $1,500, with another $300 to Butson’s vehicle. Provin-|
cial Constable Ross Parker of;
the Stratford detachment invest-f igated. - • I
A blowout caused Billy Thomp- j
son, R.R. 1 Clandeboye, to lose I control of his car and hit a hy- j
dro pole _in the ditch two miles
morning. ;
county road,
of Staff a, Sun-
Exeter, driver
Old One
the new dump has been brought
in to level the area.
Once covered with exposed,
unsightly garbage, the dump has
been vastly improved during the
past two years. The refuse was
covered over and‘ bulldozed
back; unauthortized dumping
was prohibited to prevent piles
of garbage just inside the fence.
During the past year, officials
reported tourists camping under
the big tree in the middle of
the ground for picnic lunches.
The cleanup was partly promp
ted by complaints of smells and
I Town public works depart-
’ ment started dumping garbage
j in the. new refuse ground in Hay
j township this week, Councillor
jRoss Taylor announced Monday,
i "We have definitely pulled out
I of the old dump and are now
(using the new one,” he said.
I Last week a road was built into
/ the new dump, about three miles
(•west ot town^on Highway 83, and I the men began dumping there
j Monday.
| Now plans are bqing made to
level off the old dump and sow l_, .. — ___ .... ____'it in grass. Residents probably __________
cast of Elimville early Sunday, won’t recognize the old eyesore; fires in the area. During the
morning. ; in -a year or so. , ! past year, council has been faced
Damage to the car amounted) The hedge, planted two years (with a legislation over the dump,
to $400. The driver wasn t j- !r U ~ ............... ’ *...........
jured. OPP Constable George been growing quickly and was
Mitchell investigated. 1 trimmed this week. Dirt from
(past year, council, has been faced
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’he driver wasn t in- ago in front of the^ dump, has I- Despite the "new look” at the
; dump, council still has to de*
I fend itself against a *suit for
dam ;ges filed by two plaintiffs
in the area,' George Shaw and
Rhiney Keller. They claim that
fires, used to clean up the dump,
caused inconvenience and injury
to health and are seeking $2,000
damages.
The case is expected to be ,
heard in. the fall assizes of On*
tario Supreme Court at Lon*
don this month.
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NEW.SHDHS TEACHERS—Four new teachers at South Huron District High Schoof
review school records with "Principal H. L. Sturgis as the 1956-57 term gets under
way. Seated, left to right, are Miss Heather Goldstein, French- and social studies; Mrs.
B. Perry, home economics; Mrs. Andrew Dixon, commercial; standing,-Mr. B. Perry,
Local detachment of the On*
tario Provincial Police has been
ordered to "rigidly enforce’*
legislation requiring sellers of
used cars to provide ’ utchasors
with certificates vouching for
their safe mechanical condition.
Tho order also went out to
other OPP detachments and dis
trict headquarters throughout the
province.
Instructions from the Attorney*
General's department ordered a
i survey of all used car dealers
in the area.
"We have been instructed to
enforce this regulation and to
charge, any 'Offenders/1 said Con*
stable John Ford of the local
detachment.
Tho act say st "When a used
motor vehicle is sold by a dealer
in used motor vehicles, tho
dealer shall deliver to the pur*
chaser at the time of sale a cer
tificate of mechanical fitness
signed by the dealer indicating