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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-10-11, Page 1Eighty-Second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 11, 1956 Dam Cost Price P<w* Copy 7 Cont# 000, HARVEST QUEEN—Perla Hern, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ward. Hern, Woodham, was crowned queen of Exeter Kinsmen’s second annual. Harvest Jamboree Friday night. The Usborne girl, now working in London, was chosen from 15 contestants and received nearly 40 prizes from the club and merchants. Kin President Lloyd Ford crowns her majesty. ' —T-A Photo Urges Community Planning Hear Hew Sewage Solution Reports of an industrial pro-1 not going to be in an undesirable water supply and sewage, said motion conference in — -!J —j;-’ -— brought a recommendation for ! a town plan and suggestion of | a solution to the town’s sewage 1 problem at council meeting last! week. Reeve William McKenzie strongly urged the development plan,- not only to encourage in­ dustry but to ensure organized growth of the community. Mayor R, E. Pooley said the; Toronto; section or find residential de-' every speaker emphasized that ' velopment built up around them.” i if towns were going to have in- The reeve said a planning • dustry they.must have plenty of board should not only include: wa.£?r.1 Many towns dont have the area within the town but: sufficient supply to take on new the neighboring community al- industry, he said. so, ! Erect Community Factory “If you don’t have a planning, The mayor, besides outlining board, you find roads without; the government’s sewage pro­ outlets, streets too narrow and; p0Sal, said that in some com- general disorganization in the munities a group of men have ------- ... ------- ------ growth of a town,” said the . financed the erection of a plant provincial government is con-; reeve. I for industry. Besides getting the sidering a plan whereby it would | “I don’t think we would have town1 industry, this investment construct and operate sewage! had the lawsuit over the dump. has provided a fair return, he systems for towns which can.-ion our hands if we had had a; said. f not afford-to build their own. Councillor Alvin Pym reported The mayor and reeve were Mayor Pooley, reporting on on the things industry looks for two of the four Exeter repre- ------------------------------------------ - f---- —-- sentatives at the Toronto con­ ference. Deputy-reeve Chester Mawhinney and Councillor Alvin Pym, members, of the town’s' industrial promotion committee, • also attended and gave reports ! (JB on phases of the meeting. First Stop For Industry Reeve McKenzie, who reported on community planning, said: “I think it is the first step in getting industry. If you have zoning, industry appreciates it. They like to be assured they’re Request $300 For Expropriated Area Owners of land expropriated 123.850 acres—$4,700 for land; by the Ausable Authority’for the $2,500 for loss of access to river; Morrison Dam reservoir in Us- • $5,000 for loss in value of farm; borne township are seeking $46,- and $1,250 for compulsory tak- 000 for 77 acrea, I ing, The claims were filed with the: Garnet Frayne, $7,811 for 10.- Authority last week, - approxi- ■ £56 acres—$2,111 for land; $2,500 mately one month after exprop- }or loss of access; $2,500 for loss ........... | in value of farm; $700 for com­ pulsory taking. Mervyn Dayman, $6,782 for 6.769 acres—$2,032 for land; $2,- 500 for loss of access; $1,000 for loss in value of farm; $600 for j bulldozing, gas and labor ex­ pended on expropriated proper­ ty; $650 for compulsory taking. AU.claimants sought five per­ cent interest on the amount of the award from date of exprop- I Members of the Authority ex- 'propriation committee are Well- jington Brock, Usborne; John Stephen, Blanshard; land Joe Bryan, Biddulph. riation notice was given. The owners seek as much as $300 an acre for the land and also . demand additional pay’ ments for loss of access to the river, loss in value of farms and compulsory taking,* Fieldman H. G. Hooke said a meeting of the Authority com­ mittee on expropriation would be held shortly to hear the claims.! uic ttWi If no settlement is reached, the riation owners can appeal to the On-’ -- tario Municipal Board. / Before resorting to expropria­ tion, the Authority offered own­ ers $115 an acre for the land. Largest of the five claims, filed by Donnelly and Donnelly, Goderich, was from William Kernick who seeks $17,249 for his 33.628 acres. His claim in­ cludes $6,736 for the land; $313 for bulldozing and $200 for trac­ tor work for reforestation, $1,000 for 12,000 ash and pine trees; $2,500 for loss of access. to the river and benefits incidental to having a running stream, on farm property; $5,000 for loss in value of balance of farm build­ ings and loss of income as a 're- result of curtailment of farming operation; and $1,500 for com­ pulsory taking. Other claims are: . William Chambers, $13,520 for Finds Old Coin On Area Farm A. G. Hicks, of Usborne township, uncovered an 1852 coin in a field near his house -this week. The coin, marked “One Penny Bank Token”, was is­ sued by the Bank of Upper Canada. It is near the size of a 50-cent piece. Although black, the 104-year-old coin was not badly worn. New Price $225,000 Decision Up To Town & The Morrison Dam project took another blow on the chin this week when Contractor R. A. Blyth, Toronto, hiked his con­ struction price another $30,000. The new increase puts Blyth’s tender over the $200,000 mark, at least $50^000 more than the Ausable Authority had estimated for the work. The Toronto contractor met Wednesday night with a special committee authorized by the Authority to offer him a contract for $170,000, which included his original bid of $163,425 and his later request for an additional Fire Chief Irwin Ford said ; $5,995. Blyth wouldn’t consider evacuation drills at SHDHS and the offer. Exeter Public School were con- “There’s been a big change in ducted “exceptionally well” on the construction industry in the ,i,pa?(; two months,” Blyth told the committee. “After the steel strike, wages went up all along the line.” He said cost of earth excavation, for instance, had jumped from 33 to 48 cents a cubic foot. , Blyth was reluctant to put in a bid at all because, he said, “I know you won’t be satisfied. I’m afraid you fellows will get the idea we’re trying to stick you up.” Even at liis new price of $201,- 127 Blyth’s bid is still below those of the two other contract­ ors who .tendered for the job in August. They totalled $234,000 and $275,000. Chief Praises School Drills Authority and town of Exeter officials will take the hew figure back to their groups for consideration but the prospect of entering into new negotiations to . meet the higher, price was dis­ heartening. Decision on the fate of the dam. appears to rest on the town of Exeter, which must assume approximately 40 percent of the cost. Authority Fieldman H. G. Hooke said the Department of Planning and Development, which pays 50 percent, will ap­ prove the increase. I Apply To Board Again i Total cost of the project will I now amount to $225,000 with j Exeter’s share coming to $93,- 000. To raise this figure, the town will have to apply to the Ontario Municipal Board for a larger debenture loan. The maximum debenture issue the board would permit under the original application was $71,• 000. After the first -increase, Exeter PUC agreed to pay the balance of the town’s share out of income. This latest hike, how­ ever, makes it impossible for the Commission to meet th? . difference out of current re­ venue. Town officials first viewed the increase as practically “hope­ less,” Mayor Pooley said: “It’s too high to consider at this point.” Nevertheless, the problem of increasing the town’s water sup­ ply still faces the. PUC and there may be no alternative to the dam. Commissioner W. G. Coch­ rane said: “We may have to consider this new bid in view of the fact there may not be .the possibility of a better price in"the “foreseeable future.” Authority Chairman John A. Mqrrison, who conducted the meeting, suggested that with new* restrictions on credit, con­ struction may slacken off and it might be wise, to call for tenders later. However, Contractor Blyth pointed out: that more construc­ tion is forecast in the next 12 months than Canada has men or materials to handle. Agreed To Extend Offer Mr. Blyth tentatively 'agreed to make his bid stand until tha end of November in order to give the boards time to get?'"' government approval if they" de­ cided to accept it. Secretary Hooke said Thurs­ day, the breakdown of cost under the new proposal would be: Usborne (bridge) ...........$ 18,000 Ontario Government .......103,813 Exeter .............................. 93,432 Ausable Authority ......... 10,381 $225,226 In addition, preliminary engineering costs will amount to <$7,864.64 which will be divided as follows: Ontario $5,898.48; Exeter $1,121.54; Usborne $720; Authority $124.62. When tenders for the dam —Please .Turn To Page 3 Wednesday during a Fire Pre­ vention Week test. The 450 students at Exeter Public School cleared the build- iiig in 45 seconds after an alarm was sounded. This is comparable to the excellent record set by the school last year. , At the high school, which has an enrolment of 520, evacuation was completed in 75 seconds, nearly half a mifiute faster thSn last year. The local brigade inspected a number of town buildings Wed­ nesday as part of .the Fire Pre­ vention Week campaign and found “everything in good shape,” according to Chief Ford. Court Officer H&S Speaker “Though probation service is, still in its infancy it has expand­ ed until every county in the province now has a probation officer,” Clare C. . Outingdyke, probation officer of Stratford," told members of the Home and School Association at their meet­ ing on Tuesday night. Director of the service is the Rev. Daniel Coughlan, Queen’s Park, Toronto, who is under the attorney-general. The Rev. William Craven has recently been appointed Huron county's probation ' officer, Mr. Outing­ dyke said. I A probation officer also is of-1 ficer of the juvenile and family court. The servicb was organized in Ontario in-1953.’ . The speaker noted the differ­ ence between probation and' parole^- ,.He ^described^ proifati&i >,as/'“before prison care”, while parole care is for persons re­ leased from penal institutions. Mr. Outingdyke gave several arguments in favor of probation service. From <a 'financial point of view he said the cost of main­ taining a person in jail for one year- may cost from $1,500 to $1,700. A person 'may -be kept under the supervision of a parole officer; or oh suspended sent­ ence, for one year at a cost of $50., Second point in favor of the service was that a person sent to . a reform • institution re­ linquishes" all his obligations to his family and his community and the municipality must as- 'sume them. On the othej? hand, a person on probation is per­ suaded to meet his obligations. No less important'is the fact that a suspended sentence does not leave the stigma that usual­ ly results from having been in a penal institution. » The work of the probation of­ ficer includes seeing that those under his care do not break any of the conditions of their proba­tion for this means the individual is returned to court and will re­ ceive a sentence for the crime he has committed. The officer assists in solving the problems of those for whom he is re­ sponsible. finds employment for them, and helps them, to become useful" citizens of their com­ munity. Mr. Outingdyke has 84 per­ sons under his supervision. He cited cases in which people have I overcome almost insurmountable > problems and have taken their places in society and become i good citizens. Principal A. B. Idle; who in­ troduced the speaker, recalled knowing him when he Was a member of the Ontario Provinc­ ial Police in Listowel. Mr. Out- Convict Car Buyer In New Trial HereIOOF Lodge Installs Slate ,R. E. Belling was installed as noble ‘ grand of Exeter1 Lodge I.’O.O.F. in a ceremony conduct-, cd ‘ by a team from Seaforth ■Tuesday night,. , Mr. Belling'Succeeds’ William ‘ Webster, who becomes juiiior past .grand. Other officers installed Were: Roy Hunter, vice-grand; E. A. Howald, recording secretary; W. G. Fisher, financial secretary; W., C. Allison, treasurer; Gerald Campbell,'.warden; Thomas Yel­ low, conductor; Stanley Whiting, outside guard; Allen Richard, inside guard; A. G. Hicks, right supporter noble grand; G. A. McFalls, left supporter noble grand; R. E. -Tory, R.S.V.G.; F. G. Wright, .L,S. V.G.; Harold Rowe, right sene supporter; Percy McCalls, left sene sup­ porter and Ray Jones, chaplain. The installing team from Sea- • forth was led by D.D'.G.M. Vic­ tor Lee and included W. Forrest, A. Boyes, E, Hasse, W. Camer­ on, I. Trewartha, C. Reeves, A. Campbell and M. Brown. paid balance of $275 on the 1947 car which had ■ been purchased at Seaforth, Motors. In his April judgement, Magis­ trate Holmes said the lien was invalid because it had been assigned to a finance company but was not reassigned when the company refused the contract and .sent it back to Seaforth Motors-.1 • ■ Tlie court of appeal, in order­ ing a new trial, said: “It is perfectly obvious from the tran­ script of proceedings before the learned magistrate (Holmes) that while h6 correctly , defined false .pretense,, he then departed from that definition and did not direct his mind to the essentials of the offence charged against the accused. No part of -the judgement apears to bear upon the essentials of that .offence.” The case marked the first time in a decade the attorney­ general has appealed the de­ cision of a local magistrate. Witnesses for the crown in­ cluded Mr. Snider, his salesman Herman DOttmer, W. T. Thiel, proprietor of Seaforth Motors, and Ndlson Hill, clerk of Huron County Registry Office. Huron Crown Attorney H. Glen! Hayes prosecuted the case at both trials. James Donnelly, of Goderich, was defence counsel. A former Clinton airman, who was acquitted earlier this year of a charge of purchasing a car under false pretenses, was found guilty in a new trial conducted by Magistrate A. F. Cook, of Stratford, here Wednesday after­ noon. Joseph C. Dunlop, now of Dub- linr'-was- -given ‘-'a. suspended sentence, ordered io make resti­ tution and to file a recognizance bond of $1,000 by the Perth county magistrate. The conviction reversed a de­ cision given in April by Huron county magistrate Dudley E. Holmes, who found the man innocent. The crown appealed the de­ cision and a new trial was ordered by Ontario Court of Appeal after a hearing on Sep­ tember 10. Dunlop was charged with un­ lawfully obtaining a 1953 car from Larry Snider Motors Ltd., Exeter, by false pretenses' and with intent to defraud. Evidence revealed Dunlop traded in as down payment a 1947 car which, he said, he had purchased with cash. After the deal was completed, it was learned there remained an un- • in a town when it is deciding on location. “No company that ' is worthwhile really looks' for ’some type of tax exemption,” Councillor Fym said. “Jf,- they are going to be -parL of .the. com­ munity, they know they must assume their share of the taxes.” According to speakers at 'the conference, industry looks for sources of labor, signs of union trouble, ways Of disposing' of refuse and waste, good rail­ roads and highways, suitable hotel accomodation, recreation facilities, schools, hospitals, doc­ tors and other services and co­ operation of municipal officials. Deputy-Reeve MaWliinney said I the town should be organized ! for industrial promotion before ' contacts are made. Land should i be looked up and officials should I know the price it can be pur­ chased for. “They’ve warned us we should Home Draw Helps Centre! Grand Bend Lions will realize I enough profit from their dream j cottage draw to purchase the lot for their proposed community centre, President Wally Des- jardine said this week. The 'net, he said, should total j over $2,000. The club will probably sor another project next _ to start a fund for the construc­ tion of the centre, which will, be designed to provide accomoda­ tion for banquets and a meeting place foi* community organiza- i tions. It will not contain an ice I surface, the president said. I G. A. Rogers, of Tillsonburg,: was. the winner of the $10,000' ___ . _____ ______ ___ _ furnished cottage in Green Acres be careful about taking on in- The'winning ticket was drawn. dustry,” said the deputy-reev. by J. B. Book, Jr.,, of Granda “We should be sure it is going Bend, at the club’s frolic Fri-f to be an asset to the town.” day night. "j Larry Snider, Exeter, seller of- the lucky ticket, receives ' Lion Cam Chapman was charge of the frolic, which __ . lured a dance and bingo. A^ RCAF Station orchestra provid­ ed music. Cool weather kept attendance spon- yearOl£ Usborne Drain Loans Usborne council passed a tile drainage assistance bylaw Satur­ day night after a special meet­ ing failed to produce any objec­ tions to the legislation which had been proposed at a previous meeting.The bylaw, passed under the Ontario Tile Drainage Act, will provide $200,000 which ratepay­ ers may borrow to help finance drains. Saturday night's meeting was called to give ratepayers an op­portunity to oppose the bylaW j but none appeared. i During the afternoon, when j uooi weamer Kept auen council held its regular meeting, | down at the outdoor show, contract for construction of the 1 ---------------------. Rowcliffe drain1 was let to Ro- > _ .................... bert Rowcliffe of Hensall $1,400. There were no < x against the assessment of the ; - — — drain. , rNomination date was set for the last Monday in November and the election, if necessary, for the first Monday in Decem­ ber. This will be the first year the township has had an early nomination meeting. Grants of $100 each were made to the Exeter and Kirkton Agri­ cultural Societies. Request Second Canvass A request from Agricultural Representative G. W. . Mont­ gomery for a second petition of cattle owners in regard to Brucellosis control was referred- to the Federation of Agriculture, Council asked that the federa- * tion make another canvass since , the province is now financing | the. program. , iUsborne cattle owners turned • I A F”. * II-A Equipment Date for .the court of reyisiori I Open House VisitorsCommittee for selection of, " « * w ^9 ** *** jurors from the township will; Several hundred readers of include Reeve Clayton Smith, |]ie Times-Advocato saw how Road Superintendent Bill Rout- hj)C|r ]ocal J1PWSpapor js produc- ley and Clerk H. H. G. Stiaiin. Cfj cac]1 wecfc when they inspect- m Council instructed the clerk to - ■ ... ^jjKdviso thg Department of Lands >Whd Forests that Farquhar, IVhalcn and Winchclsca were not marked on its map. Councillors Harold Jeffery, Harold Hern, Hugh Love and Harold Hunter attended the meeting. Council will meet again on November 5. ^Decline In Population Reflects RCAF Skiift Change in operations at RCAF Station Centralia, resulting in fewer married personnel at the station, is reflected in the de­ cline in population for the town of Exeter revealed by assessor appeals!Joseph H. Hayter +,'ie ; • n 01 JC'xeLer leveaieu Dy assessor! ArGSl v-tOP buyer Eric Carscadden at last week’s r ( ~ / eniinnil niAefintfi Joseph Henry Hayter, 80, a I life-long resident of Varna, died I suddenly in Clinton Community1 I Hospital on Wednesday night' ' following a heart attack. I He had worked Wednesday as usual at the Cook Milling Com­ pany, Hensall, where he was a crop buyer. His wife predeceased, him in 1947. Surviving are six sons, William, Varna, Lloyd, Clande- boye, Gordon, Pontiac, Mich., Wesley, of Webberville, Mich., Elgin, London, and Russell, of Varna, with whom he made his home, and three daughters, Mrs. Marvm Routzon, New York, --Please Tuyn To Page 3 f , . council meeting. This year’s population figure of 2,568 is the lowest it has been since .1951. The figure is 1400 less i than the high record of 2,708 'recorded last year. I Clerk C. V. Pickard decrease was evident .......... I number of apartments’ which I were now vacant. The reason, I he felt, was the change in per­ sonnel at RCAF Station Cen­ tralia. With the establishment of a new school at the airport, many single men. have replaced married instructors with famil­ ies, He foresaw, however, an I increasing demand for housing ; as these younger instructors be- said the in the 7;1 Wins Cottage Site B. W. Tuckey, Exeter, of a summer cottage at cott Pines, Grand Bend, won an­ other cottage site last week when his name was drawn in Goderich Lions Club raffle of a lot on the Blue Water Beach. The draw was made at* the club's meeting last week. owner South* i machines was printing the Cen- I tralia Coronet, monthly publica­ tion of the local RCAF Station. I Another automatic machine which attracted attention was one which folds paper 64 different ways at the rate of 20,000 an hour, In the front office, the read­ ers saw a huge 9’xl2’ map of the area, learned how ads wore prepared, inspected the T-A’s photographic equipment’and saw an 1890 newspaper file. Conducting the tours were Bill Batten, Robert and Don South- cott. Members of the Times- Advocate staff who demonstrat­ ed machines were Frank Creech, Harry Devries, Bob Nicol and Clifford Quance.[ Mrs. E. S. Steiner, Miss Joan i Parsons, Mrs. Robert Soifthcotl ingdyke was stationed at Grand Bend one summer before leaving the service. He has held the office in Stratford since January, 1955. Mrs. Vernon Heywood thanked the speaker. Mrs. Ronald Lowe, RCAF Station Centralia, was soloist, playing her own accom­ paniment. Mrs. D. A. Page conducted the short business meeting and an­ nounced parents will have an opportunity to meet the teachers prior to the November meeting at which Mr. P. F. C. Huston of Kitchener will discuss Defence.” Former Exeter Resident Key Witness In Fatality Key witness in the inquest into inquest has not been set yet. a fatal accident which killed Killed were Edmund Pollard, four persons near Cla.ndeboye 28, of Blyth: Donald Kennedy,, Saturday night will be a former 28, of R.R. 1 Londesboro; Ste- Exeter man, Grant Cudmore, phen Wcllbanks, eight, of R.R. now of London, who witnessed 4 Londesboro, all of whom were the crash while he was travel- in the southbound car, and ling to Exeter to visit his par- Phillip Grose, 24, of London, enls. ‘driver of the northbound vehicle. Cudmore was driving the car , Grose’s wife, Joan, 21; Charles which the northbound vehicle Wcllbanks, seven, and his father, pulled out to pass when it col-, Stephen Wcllbanks, Sr., 37, are lided’ head-on with a south-; still in hospital with serious in­ bound tar. ‘juries. Provincial police at London! Mr. Cudmore. son of Mr. and said Thursday the date of the Mrs. Gordon Cudmore, Exeter, ' was travelling to his parents' I home with his wife and- new-born, child for Thanksgiving- weekend I when the accident happened. I Victim In Hospital Mrs. Gordon Hodgert, Exeter, i is in St. Joseph's Hospital, Loii> I don, suffering from a broken [ pelvis and a dislocated hip as ft I result of a fatal' accident near ■ London Sunday night. Mr. Hodgert and their 14-ycar- old daughter, Marjorie, suffered minor injuries and were releas­ ed from hospital later the same night. * The Hodgert car was travel­ ling south on Highbury avenue when it was struck by a car driven by Robert S. Lucas, Jr., of Toronto, which was travelling i Oast on a concession road. Lucas’ grandmother, Mrs. Mary Frances Lucas, also of Toronto, died in the accident, and his father, Robert Lucas, Sr„ was seriously injured. . The Hodgert ear rolled across the intersection and broke off a j gasoline pump at a corner garage. (Hits Pole At Centralia ! Car owned by Joseph Begior, 'R.R. 2 Cfeditott, received $200 ; damage early Saturday ’morning when it struck a hydro pole in I the village of CreditOn. ; Regier was proceeding west when he lost control of the car, He was not injured. OPP Gon* come married. Population figures for the past six years, reported by Mr. Cars- cadden, reveal a fairly constant level: 1951, 2,559; 1952, 2,609; 1953, 2,605; 1954, 2,646; 1955, 2,708; 1956, 2,568. Decline' In Pre-School Children Considerable decline in the number of pre-school children indicates the public school en­ rolment will pass its peak soon. Number of children -three years and under has dropped 61 from 237 last year to 176 this year. Number of four-year-olds has in­ creased from 40 to 62- but the five-year-olds have declined from 65 Adults and. 59 1,279 10 over 70 __ ______ 272 to 283. Old age pensions to this latter group total $135,840 for the year. Population changes between 1956 and 1955 are revealed in the following chart: Age Group 3 yrs. and under 4 years .............. 5 years .............. 6 to 20 60 65 70 to 36. between the ages of 20 have dropped 72 from 1,207 while the number has increased 11 from .19 59 64 69 cd the plant during open house Saturday night. The visitors were taken on conducted tours of the building and watched demonstrations of modern printing machinery. In addition to seeing equip­ ment turn liquid metal into type and pictures, the readers were I shown how cardboard molds of ! a newspaper page are made so ( that it may be printed on a mod- ; ern cylinder press. This process | was demonstrated on the new mat-rolling machine which The I Times-Advocafe recently acquir­ ed in New York.i The visitors watched automat­ lie presses doing three-color - —.............................................. _........ i printing at the rale of 4.000 and Mrs. Don Southcott served I Business [sheets an hour. One of the1 refreshments, 'rMii to to to .. .... and over Total ..................... . . Number of dogs in the increased from 142 to 152. Assessment Increases In spile of the population de­ cline this year, assessment con­ tinued on the increase. This year’s total of $2,468,364 is near­ ly $46,000 more than in 1955. Biggest increase of $38,000 came in buildings, but value of both ‘Hand and business assess­ ment also went up. Figures for this year and last 1956 1955 ,..... $ 222,250 $ 220,675 ) ..... 2,028,175 1,990,525' 217,899 211,369 2,468,364 2,422,469,, i, t Land ..... 1 Buildings ■ Total ..... ’.‘Civil Recovers In Hospital Tom Haley of Seaforth, form­ erly of Exeter, has been, quite ill in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon­ don. He is able to be up now. I and expects to return to his [home on Saturday. 1,279 127 129 283 2,568 2,708 VISITORS SEE T-A printing machirfery during The Times-Advocatc’s open house Saturday night. Hero, Robert Southcott shows the operation of an automatic folding machine to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Parsons. The open house was held in cole* PLANT—Several hundred visitors saw demonstrations-of modern