HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-10-25, Page 1Prici P»r Copy 7 Cont*EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 25, 1956Eighty-Second Year.... ....... ........... .
Cost Of Municipal Projects
Hit By Credit Restrictions
Giving Evidence To Court
Citizens' Duty: Fingland
ANNUAL WINNER—Ross Marshall, R.R. 1 Kirkton, displays the two Huron County
Holstein Club trophies "that have been in his possession since they were donated..He
has won the premier exhibitor and premier breeder awards for nine consecutive
years. He received the trophies again at the club’s annual banquet in Blyth Tuesday
night. —T-A Photo
Huron County Judge Frank
Fingland, speaking ‘at the Huron
Holstein Club banquet in Blyth
Tuesday night, said every Can
adian has a “heavy responsibil
ity” to give evidence in court.
Discussing citizenship, the
judge said Canada’s judicial
system is dependent Upon the
willingness of its citizens to tell
the courts all they know about
cases which are being prosecut
ed.
“All of us should be ready
and willing at alL tim’es to give
evidence before a tribunal,” he
stated.. .
“Many cases have beep won
or lost because of lack of evi
dence. If you are a good citizen
and know something about a
case being investigated by the
law, you will take your story
to the proper authorities."
Judge Fingland also stated
that a good citizen should be
willing to serve as a juror, stand
for public office and exercise
his voting franchise whenever
he has the opportunity.
He said the number of people
who fail to vote in an election
is pathetic and it appears this
number is increasing each year.
“This right to choose your own
representatives is a thing which
was hard-earned by your fore
fathers.'New Canadians are vvill-
Ung to sacrifice almost anything
to gain that right, yet many so-
called solid citizens fail to cast
their votes.”
“If we lose that privilege, we
have lost the fight of 1,000
years."
The judge quoted a legal max-
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LIONS HEAR INTERNATIONAL OFFICER—Three hundred Lions from 36 different
clubs in the district heard international second vice-president,’ Dudley, Simms, of
Charleston; West Virginia, speak at a rally in the Legion Hall here Monday night,
Mr. Simms, second from left, said Lions Clubs now operate in-76 countries of the
world. Welcoming him when he arrived in Exeter were International Director Wil
liam Garner, Barrie, left; Governor A. J. Sweitzer, second from right; and R. C. Dih-
ney, president pf4rthe Exeter club. ' • • -Jack Dodrr
uLions Foster World Peace,
Says International Official
ifor fnutual co-operation. This, ' more than anything else, will
bring about a better understand
ing and Lionism emphasizes
j that- the future of ! the human
trace is a matter of the hearts
; of mankind,” said the speaker.
R, C, Dinney, president' of the
V
About 300 members from' 36
Lions Clubs in District A.l. at
tended a rally at the Exeter Le
gion Hall. Monday evening the
occasion being the visit of Lion
Dudley L. Simms, of Charles
ton, West Virginia, second vice-
president- of Lions International.
Mr. Simms, in bringing greet-
- Ings from the largest service’
organization in the world, Said
“the 3,000 miles of peaceful, un
disturbed boundary between
Canada and the United. States
is living proof that people can
live together in peace.”
In his capacity* Mr. Simms
has .visited Lions clubs in all
parts of th.e world, “There are
clubs in 76 countries and be
cause of this world-wide organ
ization dedicated to service to
their communities .Lionism is
making a contribution for a
better understanding among the
peoples of the .world,” l._
“Instruments of
Council, PUC
Discuss Dam
Exeter Public Utilities Com
mission and town council met in
special session Wednesday night
to consider increased costs of
the Morrison Dam water supply
project.
Results of the meeting were
not available at press time.
Revised cost of the project,
now set at $225,000, has increas
ed Exeter’s share to $93,OOCr
Construction of the dam depends
upon the town’s approval of this
amount.
If town officials reject the pro
posal, new tenders may be call
ed. .
In the meantime, in order to I
speed negotiations, the Ausable
Authority has applied to the On
tario Municipal Board and the
Ontario Department of Planning
and Development for approval.
A meeting of the Authority, to
discus's the project, is being
planned for the latter part of
November.
Increase in the cost of the
dam is due to a new tender sub
mitted by Toronto contractor, R.
A. Blyth, who was the lowest
of three original bidders. His
first tender was withdrawn after
delays prevented the Authority
from offering him a contract
within the prescribed time.
im: “There is no right without
a corresponding liability.”
“If we are going to enjoy the
great privileges we have in Can
ada, we must be prepared to
assume our responsibilities.”
He urged citizens to exercise
judgement and restraint before
criticizing those in public
fice.
Mr. Fingland said he was
pressed with the sincerity
new- Canadians who have
plied for citizenship papers.__
felt these newcomer? appreciat
ed Canada’s privileges more than
Canadians.
Nearly 200 Holstein breeders
and their families attended the
annual banquet in Blyth, Chair
man was Bert Dunn, president
of the club.
Agricultural Representative G.
W. Montgomery presided for the
presentation of awards. Eleven
ef the 20 major prizes went to
Ross Marshall, Kirkton, who
won premier exhibitor and pre
mier breeder awards for the
ninth consecutive year.
! In Hensall, increase?: in in*
Iterest rates over the past year
I will mean the municipality will
| have to levy a mill more on its
I taxes to meet debenture pay-
i ments than it would have in
’ 1955,
Rates on municipal bonds,
which were four percent last
summer have jumped to 514
percent this week. An invest
ment house in London said
of’
im-
of
ap-
He
Now credit restrictions im
posed by the Bank of Canada
are hitting costs of proposed
municipal projects in South Hu
ron communities.
The yillage of Hensall, now
building a new public school,
has had to set its $112,000 de
benture interest rate at 5.6 per
cent J highest rate in its history.
Exeter, considering the sale j
of debentures to raise its share .. .......................„ _____ __
of costs for the Morrison Dam; Wednesday they may have to go
and discussing a sewage pro-! up another one-quartqr of on®
gram, will have to pay more to percent shortly,
get the funds. : On a debenture of $112,000,
■ estimated cost of the new Hen-
i sail school, the hike from four
to 5J/2 percent on a long-term de*
benture loan means at last an
other mill on the taxes.
| In view of the rapid increases.
; investment houses are reluctant
; to make firm bids to buy muni-
(cipal debentures. Hensall Clerk,
] J. A. Paterson, reported last
week that a number of broker
ages he contacted said they
I would not make firm bids.
I In August, when Exeter, called
I fpr tenders on the $137,000 de- I benture loan for the SHDHS ad-.
! dition, it received only two firm
bids from ’a dozen tenderers. It
had to sell the four and three-
quarter percent debentures at
197.772, which meant it was in
| effect paying about five percent.
And the municipal debenture situation is worsening month by
month.
Exeter will be faced with the
’same problem as Hensall if it
I gdes ahead with the Morrison
- dam project.
'> According to some sources,
i the interest rates levied by the
I Ontario Water Resources Com-
| mission are keyed to the general
j picture so that if the town bor-
■ rowed from this body to put in
local a sewerage system, the cost of
Start School
In Hensail
The Frank Van Bussel
construction firm, of Lucan,
began digging footings Tues
day for the $112,000 Hensail
Public School,
An official contract was let
to. the company' last week
after the Ontario Municipal
Board approved the village
application to float a $112,-
■ 000 debenture issue for the
school.
Officials hope the new
school will be ready early
next year. It is being built
on property purchased from
A. W. Kerslake on the south
side of the village.
Court Delays Ruling
On Marketing Laws
Ross Marshall
Sweeps Awards
Ross Marshall, R.R. 1 Kirk-.
ton, brought home most of the
awards presented at the annual
banquet of Huron County Hol
stein Chib Tuesday night. ,
The' Kirkton dairyman was
presented- with 11 of the 20 prized
awarded- to county breeders.
Included in. his- collection werj$'.
the: .Hume .-.Cluttori-^Trophy^^
premier... exbibitor, -iTmV'Hqlstjejfr3
Club trophy'"for premier breeder,
special awards for senior ‘"and
junior get-of-sires, best bull/calf,/
junior champion female, best'
junior herd, champion male,
best two-year-old heifer, junior
champion male and best udder-j
ed two-year-old heifer.
Other winners were Glen ’.nr.ii ?**»*, TiTx*,v«ia 12na - jLiits nwuru-s were andon, William. Boyd, Harold Bad-. nounCed this week by J. H. Kin
ley,- and Ed Bell. ikead. inspector of public- schools
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The Supreme Court of Canada
asked Wednesday for further
arguments on certain points be
fore making its ruling on the
legality of Ontario’s farm prod
ucts marketing legislation.
Need for further argument
may delay beyond Nov. , 20 the
date tentatively set last week
for the opening of a fall session
of the Ontario Legislature be
ing called to deal with farm
marketing legislation.
Legislature action hinges ? di
rectly on the Supreme Court de
cision,
The complex problem, of the
constitutionality of certain as
pects of the Ontario Act which
established the farm products
marketing board was referred
to the court a year ago by Privy
Council. Ontario earlier had
taken the initiative in confer
ences with federal authorities,
seeking to have the law clari
fied.
The problem also was given
new urgency by the definace-of
scheme by Theodore Parker, a
Stratford area farmer, who con
tended that he and other hog
producers were not bound to sell
their hogs through the market
ing board.
During hearings last year’the
argument was made that some
of the marketing schemes, be
cause they stipulate that all
producers of the commodity in
volved must market through
theni, are a restraint of trade
and should come under the fed
eral anti-combines act.
The court was given eight spe
cific questions to decide, the
most important of them being
whether the farm products mark
eting board established by pro
vincial legislation has the power
to authorize the pooling of prod
ucts and the distribution of
funds from their sale.
Also involved is the statiis of
service charges which the ___ _ _____ ________ _
boards, set up under the pro- this loan would be up, too.
vincial board, levy against their;
member-producers. The prov-l
ince argued' before the court’
that these charges, are simply i
licence fees. ' ' j
The other side of the same:
argument is that because these j
charges are passed on to con-,
sumers in the form of prices,
they are really indirect taxes,
and indirect taxes are the sole
prerogative of the,Federal Gov
ernment. • . •
In a companion tefei’ence, the
court was asked whether the
provincial boards could be made
federal agencies and whether in
direct taxing authority could be
delegated to them .by the Federal Government. 1
Other questions deal with the j
legality of specific' charges levied '
by local boards under the act!
—50 cents a ton on peaches and
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Interest Rate
• Up Monday
As a result of the Bank o£
Canada’s new interest rate boost
last week, local branches of j chartered banks have raised
their loan rates one-quar-ter of
> one percent, effective Monday,
; October 22.
! Borrowers are being notified
• of the hike this week.
j The increase, the sixth in 14
i months, ups minimum rate to
five percent on loans secured
by Government of Canada bonds.
Prime . commercial- loans are
now five and one-ljalf percent.
Farm improvement loans ar®
not affected because their rat®
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Awards.
For County
Three students from South Hu
ron weer among the six who re-
, ceived Huron County scholarships
w , -at Hie University of Western On-
taHo. The awards were an-
; kead, inspector of public, schools
i in Huron north.
^"*>*»*J Jo.hn Haberer, Zurich, who
r aniners graduated in honors economics
■ ; and received the University gold
—A, DI^/’/s i medal, was. ‘given the men’s*
r11 5 I I IdCe I award for best record of students
; from Huron County.
Coach Glen Mickle’s. South | Joanne Castle, Clinton, in hon-
Huron Panthers have t..L. .........................."
over first place in the Perthex
Conference football league.
The Panthers posted their
third Successive victory Wednes
day with a convincing 8-5 victory
over their arch rivals from
Mitchell.
Ted Smith was the hero , of
the day as he booted a pair of
45-yard singles and crossed the
goaline for a major on a quick
opening play' to the right side
■of the line.
Bill Lavender picked up the
other point for South Huron
when he tackled Bob Frier be
hind the goal line for a single.
The Mitchell, touchdown was
scored in the-third quarter after
a series of line plunges. Bob
Frier, who played steady ball
for Mitchell, carried the pigskin
over for five points. The con
vert went astray. ■
The, Panthers line shone
against the hard driving Mitchell
boys as time and time again
they were turned back for
either a loss of yardage or
short of a first down.
Don Zimmer, Bill Lavender,
Jules Desjardine and Ted Nor
minton tackled hard throughout
the gridiron struggle and the
effects began to show on the
Mitchell club in the latter stages
of the game.
Exeter" Club, was .chairman
welcomed the guests. A.
Sweitzer, district governor,
ed as toastmaster. Seated at the
head table were Dalton Higgs
executive secretary succeeding
Bruce Malcolm; Wm. Garner,
Barrie, international director;
Ward Bolton, St. Marys, and
Nelson Hill, Goderich and Vic
Dinnin,- Zur.i.ch, international counsellors; and deputy gover-,
nors, Ben Boulton, Windsor;
Ron Stoner,.Parkhill; J. J, Mc
Laughlin, St. Marys; Mayor R.
E. Pooley and Andy Snelgrove,
secretary of the Exeter club.
Mayor Pooley, on behalf of the
council and citizens, welcomed
the visitors to Exeter and drew
attention to the newly-enlarged
Legion Hall, “one of the best of
its kind in Ontario for the size
of the community.”
The program, opened with
community singing led by Nor
man and.- Alvin. Walper with Mrs.
Bob Pryde at the piano. Amus
ing skits were given by Sterling
Ince and Bob Russell with Mrs.
Ince at the piano,
A 20-year perfect attendance
j pin was presented to Mr. Nelson!
Hill, of Goderich, by Mr. Simms. {
I The Legion Auxiliary served a
bountiful /turkey banquet. Mrs.
Gerald Lawson replied to a vote
of thanks.
In the draw for prizes the,
following were winners: Grant’
McEwen, Arthur; Ed. Brady,
Exeter; Jack Easton, Petrolia;
Ivan. Kalbfleisch, Zurich; C.
Hodgins, London, Ken. McLaugh
lin, Exeter; Jack Drover, Thorn
dale; Fred Northcott, Sarnia;
Ross Scott, Seaforth.
and
J.
act-
Spraying Vehicle
iSmashes Window
A display window of Huntley’s
Drug Store, .Main St., was
smashed into thousands of pieces
Wednesday morning when it was
struck by a spraying machine
operated by L. V. Hogarth, Exe
ter.
Mr. Hogarth told police his
brakes released and a spraying
i boom on the machine hit the
'.window. The pane measured
he said.' about 8x10. feet.
“instruments of destruction ■ n 4 c®r driven M ■R'i?ue+l Wilde,
Will not bring peace. Peace is>^'-j,‘ 3,. Dashwood,-, hit the rear
not only an urgent hope but an pncL0^ am’tkcr vehicle driven by
absolute necessity. Mutual un- J^ynharn,
1 will obeii the wav t biicljjc on M.H1H St** Saturday cieisianaing wm open me wayin*ght Causing about $75 damage>
The Baynham car made a quick
stop to avoid hitting a third ve
hicle which was making a turn .
off the highway. The Wilde car ,■ struck Baynham from behind. I
Exeter Constable John Cowen!
investigated.
London Firm
Buys Store
Exeter District. Co-operative
officials announced this weekofficials announced this week I • r Itheir Main St, store has been-^ubmit PrODOSalS
sold to McKerlie Automotive ■
| For New Crusade
South Huron Crusade for Christ
committee has started to pre
pare plans for another campaign
next year.
! The committee met in Hensall
j United Church Monday night to
j evaluate the success of this suni-
i mer’s crusade and to. consider
the type of campaign which wP’
be undertaken in 1957. ,
Three alternatives were dis
cussed; A repetition of this sum
mer’s campaign; a general lay
men’s Visitation of the area; and
a preaching team which would
visit churches in “’** *“** J'*“
special Services.
Decision will be ____ _ ___
special meeting in Hensall on
Monday^ December 3.
The committee also plans to
assist young ■ people in forming
Bible groups throughout the area.
The financial report, presented
by Treasurer K. K. Christi’an,
Hensall, shows a balance of near
ly $100 from' this summer’s cam
paign, The statement is being
1 published in area papers. Ap
preciation ■ was tendered Mr.
Christian and his wife for han
dling the finances and preparing
receipts for donations, }
Chairmah C, D. Daniel, Hen
sall, presided for the meeting.
Rev, Glen Strome, Crediton, is
secretary. Members were pres
ent fi'btn Exeter, Grand Bend,
Crediton, Dashwoed and Zurich.
Ltd., London. Price was not dis
closed. 1The building i s commonly
known as “the opera- house” and
has been occupied by Ron West
man’s Sports and Auto Supply,
which wont into receivership
earlier this year. It was pur
chased by the co-op from Glen
McKnight who operated a farm
machine business there.
Mr. McKerlie told the Times-
Advocate Wednesday that he
plans to operate, a wholesale
automotive supply business and
an automotive machine shop in
the building. He hopes to open
it before the first of the year.
The McKerlie firm has two
b^Whes in London and other
in Windsor, Owen Sound
vJ|WBrantfOrd.
Pullet Produces
Two-In-One Egg
An eight-month-old Arbor Acre
White Rock pullet on the farm of?
Kenneth Johns, Usborne, put
forth a-supreme effort this week
to produce two eggs in one.
The outer shell was 35 inches
long and measured 72” and W*
around, The egg weighed 65
ounces. tInside this shell was another
egg, of grade A large size, arid
k yoke*
the area for
reached at a
OvLlbll s ijuaiuit; V/cioulCj ill I1U11*
taken; ors physical and health education,
srthex j won the women’s award.
i
Four other awards, intended to
assist students from the county
whose records warrant considera
tion, went to Katherine Ondre-
jicka, U.K. 1, Crediton, honors
arts'; Hazel Slavin, R.R. 2, Kip
pen, general arts; Beth Boyd,
R.R. 2 Walton, general arts; and
William Laidlaw, R.R. 2 Wing
ham, honors chemistry and
physics.
The selection committee, ap
pointed by Huron County Coun
cil, consists of Warden John V.
Fischer, Clerk-Treasurer A. H.
Erskine, UWO Registrar Miss M.
B. Allison and J. H. Kinkead.
Numerous Old Coins
Found In Community
Many local people are inter-1
ested in old coins.The Times-Advocate found this |
out during the past week after
it invited readers to bring old
coins to the office. Since then,
nearly a dozen persons have come to the T-A with ancient
currency.
Two weeks ago, A. G. Hicks
of Usborne found an 1852 coin
in a field near his house. Last
week, John Prance of Exeter re
ported he had found an 1837 coin
in his garden. (The year was
incorrectly printed in last week’s
edition as 1937.) i
CNR express agent, Warren I
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Grand Bend Woman
Heads Area Institutes
I Delegates to the London area I their new area chairmari. Mrs.
convention of Women’s Insti-jWalper 'succeeds Mrs. Douglas
lutes at Masonic Temple, Lon- Hart of Woodstock, chairman
don, last week elected Mrs; Har-1 for the past two years,
old Walper, R.R. 3 Parkhill, as} Mrs - Walper has been second
vice chairman for two years
and first vice chairman for the
past two years. She .was also
elected representative to the
Local Council of Women,
She has been a member
Grand Bend W. L since^its
ception twelve years ago.
Mrs. Emery Desjardine, pres
ident, was also A delegate from
Grand Behd, Mrs. Warren Brock
from the Elimville W. I.; Mrs,
Wilfred Mack from Creditor!
W. I.; Mr?. E. Dapple from Kip
pen W, I.; Mrs. Mervyh Tieman.
Mrs. Sid Baker, Mrs. Arnold
Kuntz,. Mrs. Ken McCrae, Mrs.
Ervin Schade and Mrs. Chas
Snell attended front Dashwood
W. I. and Mrs. Hugh Love and
Mrs. Bruce Tuckey from Huron-1
dale W. L I J
Kirkton Society
Shows Balance
Two headings were inter
changed ovei' stories in The .
Times-Advocate last week
which caused embarassment
to Kirkton Fair officials.
The headline, ‘Fair Board
Loss $400”, appeared over a
news item listing winners of
the hog class at Kirkton. It
was intended for a. story
about Exeter fair, which de
clared a deficit of Around
$400 at a meeting last week.
The Kirkton fair board, ac
cording to President Clayton
Smith, is in excellent finan
cial condition*
of
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COMPLETE ADDITION ROOF—-Workmen have completed construction of the roof on
the five-room addition at South Huron District High School. Picture shows a crane
placing one of the pro-cast forms in position. Sunny Tall weather has aided progress
on the “building. School board hopes it will be ready for opening at the first of the
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Sanders, revealed he has a col
lection of over 1,000. He is a
member of the Dominion Coin
Collectors’ Association. A display
rpf his currency will be in Ths
Times-Advocate window in the
near future.
One of the oldest pieces
brought to the office was a
1770 coin, whose origin is no
longer distinguishable. It’s own
ed by Melvin Edwards, whose
home on Main St. north was
once the site of a shoe store,
Mr. Edwards has numerous
coms he has found, in his gar
den, including an 1820 piece and
an 1820 Irish half penny. He al
so has an 1837 one penny1 token
distributed by the Bank of Low
er Canada and an 1852 coin of
the Bank of Upper Canada. .
Mr, Cecil Camrn, of Wood
ham, has an 1844 half-penny
Which was issued by the Prov
ince of Ontario and two 1852
pennies, one of which he receiv
ed for delivering The Times-Ad
vocate to a neighbor when he
Was a boy. His collection also
includes half-pennies of the Bank
of Upper Canada dated 1852,
1854 and 1857.
Finds Three-Cent Piece
Charlie Coward found
three-cent piece issued by
United States. It is. about
an.1853
the
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size of an old Canadian nickle.
Postmaster Harvey Pfaff
brought in six coins owned by
Postal Inspector Harry McLeod,
of Seaforth, whose family has
handed them, down from genera
tion to generation. They include
ah 1837 “sou” or half-penny of
the Province of Lower Canada;
an 1837 penny from Lower Can
ada; and 1854 and 1857 pieced
issued by the Bank of Upper
Canada.
.An Exeter resident, who wish
es to • remain anonymous, dis
played an 1812 coin And an 1855
10-cent piece issued by Napol
eon III of Franco.
Douglas B. Wilson, of Strath-
roy, writes that he. has an 1850
coin which was handed down
through his family.
Aljofe Sanders, Exeter, in his
collection of over 300 coins, has
an 1806 British piece distributed
during the time of George HL
He. also brought’ in an 1844
U.S.A, one-ccnt piece, an 1854
Upper Canada halLponfiy *fid an
1874 German coin.
Another coin Mr- Sthders
prizes is a Di'itoco. Edward Is
land penny issued m 185? which
'carries the slogan, ‘‘Self Gov*