HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-11-08, Page 1HER. LUCKY'" CHARM?—This old horseshoe, nailed to the porch of her home years
ago, may have provided the luck which helped Mrs. Marie Worrell, of. Exeter, win
$3,500'this week. She captured the prize in a radio quiz contest rin which she had
to identify a mystery voice. She plans to use part of her cheque’ to redecorate the
house. Mrs. Worrell has been trying contests for five years. —T-A Photo
SHE COULDN'T KEEP IT—rNancy Fahner, South Huron’District High School student,
handled her first $1,000 bill while on a toqr of the Bank of Nova Scotia’s general
offices in Toronto last week. She was one of 51 students who visited the modern
banking institution in the provincial capital. With Nancy is Ken Steeves of the
banks’ remittance ‘cage’, The Stephen township girl returned the “sample” before
she left* Sc'althorp-Milne, - Toronto
Top Seller
Larry Snider, first •vice-presi
dent of Exeter' Lions Club, was
presented with two $100 govern
ment bonds by Griffin Thomas,
of the Grand Bend Club, for sell
ing the lucky ticket on the dream
cottage raffled by Grand Bend
Lions this fall.
The presentation was made at
the Lions supper meeting at
Armstrong’s Friday evening.
Mr. Snider also received a
certificate of merit for having
sold the most tickets,
Mr. Thomas announced that
after paying for a playground
from the proceeds of the draw/
there was $500 ovbr and this
the Grand Bend club proposed
to 'share with the Exeter club,
TWfks were expressed for the
&BK5us offer but it Was decid-
OtWV leave the entire amount with The Grand Bend'Club.
From the general fund of the
Exeter club, -it was decided to
turn over $1,250 to the welfare
fund to be used towards paying
off part of the amount owing on
the Scdut house. ■ ■
TWenty-five dollars whs do
nated to the C.N.I.B, Lion S. B.
Taylor, who is in charge of the
blind, campaign, reported con
tributions totalled $700, about
$100 short of last year’s amount.
K. W, McLaughlin, now, man
ager of the Bank of Nova Scotia,
was received into the club oh
transfer from the Morrisburg
Lions. Applications of three new
BarmhArs were anoroved.
Completion of facilities at the
north'end of the arena Was
approved by Hensall council after
discussing the work with mem
bers of the parks board Monday
night.
The board plans to complete
auditorium on the second sfory
of the north section.
Donald Joynt and Jack Drys
dale, representing the board, esti
mated cost at $6,000 and request
ed a loan of $1,500 to .get the job
started.
Council agreed to loan the
$1,500 until the board receives its
grant of $5,000 from the Ontario
Government.
Senior citizens were given per
mission to take over the council
chambers during the day for
playing cards. The request was
made by the recreational com
mittee through Councillor Harry
Hoy,
Fire Chief Byran Kyle request
ed that a smoke mask be pur
chased for his department, Clbrk
J. A. Paterson was instructed to
arrange for demonstrations.
Praise fdr the department was
reported by Clerk Paterson, who
said that L. Clark, of Tucker
smith, had appreciated the
brigade’s efforts at a fire on his
property November 3. Council
billed the township $75 for the
brigade’s services.
Utility man E. R. Davis report
ed on street and drain work,
Robert Baker, Jr., was given
permission to operate the service
station at Queen street and the
London road.
Council agreed to send three
delegates to the Mid-Western On
tario Development Association
at Stratford on November 14.
Tax Collector Paterson report*
Eighty-Second Yaar
Persistants Pays Off
EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER I, 1956 Prica Par ’Cmw T' CaoiS
WOMAN WINS $3,500
To Hear Dispute
Over Boundary
Application for a quieting order
by the Township of Stephen to
settle the boundary dispute be
tween the township and the Village of Grand Bend, will be
heard in the council chambers at
Grand Bend on Wednesday,
November 21, the Ontario
Municipal Board directed this
week.
’ The dispute involves properties
in the Beach subdivision* and
Mrs. Sarah Paterson’s farm on
the southeast corner of Grand
Bend. The area was included in
Grand Bend when it was incor
porated in 1950, but it had pre
viously been part of • the town
ship. Both municipalities have
been levying taxes on the proper-
The hearing will start at 9.30
ties since the incorporation.
a.m„ according to the notice
posted by Owen R. Chapman, secretary of the municipal board.
Plan Spring Trade Fair;
Expect Dump Suit Soon
Plans for an industrial trade
fair in Exeter next spring were
outlined by A. H. Wilford, Strat
ford promoter, at council meet
ing Monday night.
Mr. Wilford, who has sponsored
a similar fair for the past three
years at Blyth, said he planned
to develop three other trade ex
hibitions in Western Ontario.
The four fairs will be held in
May, and exhibitors will move
from one to the other.
Tentative date for the Exeter
fair is May 14 to 16.
Earlier in the evening, Mr.
Wilford made arrangements with
the community centres board to
rent the grounds'.
The Stratford promoter said
tlie town would not.be asked to
Commercial Students
Impressive
4
ed arrears in taxes ,at "$2,836,
representing six per cent; but he
expected more to be paid before
the end of the month. "
Council decided to keep the
village dump in Usborne Town
ship, open from 2.00 to 4.30 Wed
nesday afternoons during the
winter months. .
Accounts included $1,499 to
South Huron District High School
for maintenance, and'$2,202 for
debentures; $2,500 to the County
for grading streets; and $50 to
Donnelly and Donnelly, Goderich,
for legal fees in connection With
the public school building.
Fire Brigade
Saves House
Hensall Fire Brigade, Under
Chief Byran Kyle, saved a two-
stofey house northeast of Hensall
Saturday morning, after a family
Of nine t escaped a blaze which
started in the attic. '
Chief Kyle said defective wir
ing caused, the fire which spread
to two bedrooms, both occupied
by children, and. the second
storey hall. Damage was .con
fined to several hundred dollars.
Mr. and Mrs. Ev Van der Worn
and their seven children, all
sleeping when the blaze broke
out. escaped injury. The fire was
noticed by the Van der Wdrp’s
son, Bill, who was awakened by
the crackling of electric wires,
The 14-year-old youth roused the
family and turned in the fire
alarm.. The house is located two and
one-quarter miles northeast oi HensalL „ . ~ ....... ...............
BY CHARLES MICKLE
On November 2, 51 students
from special commercial classes
of South Huron District ifr.gh
School left at 6.30 a.m. by bus
for Toronto, under the direction
of Mrs. Andrew Dixon and Mr.
E. D. Howey.
Around 10 o’clock, the students
arrived at Oakville, where they
had the opportunity to go through
the Ford Oakville plant. Under
the direction of a guide, the
students were able to see the
complete assembly line, and the
new 1957 Ford.
About 11 o’clock, the students
boarded the bus again and
started for Toronto. They spent
some time at the waterfront
watching one ocean-going boat
loading lumber. They also had
Form Bible Class
At High School
A Bible club was organized at
South Huron District .High, School
on Friday,'November 2. It is the
first organization of its kind to
be organized at the district
school.
President of the group is Nel
son McClinchey, Hensall. Other
officers are: Geraldine Parker,
Hensall, vice-president; Joyce
Hamilton, Exeter, secretary;
Mona Desjardine, Grand Bend,
song leader.Rev. E. J. Wattam, Grand
Bend, and Joe Baker, Wingham,
will be guest speakers at the
club’s first meeting on Friday,
November 16.
Stephen Driver
Gets $80 Fine
Raymond A. Foster,. Stephen
township, was fined a total of
$80, and costs in magistrate’s
court, Exeter, Wednesday, for
impaired driving while his li
cence was suspended.
A construction worker at
RCAF Station Centralia, Foster
pleaded guilty on two charges.
The car, ,his wife’s, was im
pounded for three months. OPP
Constable John Forde investigat
ed. -James DOwn, R.R. 3 Parkhill,
was fined' $50 and costs on an
other impaired driving charge.
Although served with a. sum
mons by police, Down did not
appear in Court.
Constable John Forde t/" T-
field Down’s' car had crashed
into the ditch and broke a pole.
The driver told police the pole
had been broken earlier.
an excellent view of the Toronto
skyline.’
At 12.15, the students arrived
at the head office of the Bank
of Nova Scotia.in downtown To
ronto. Here, they were treated
to a dinner served in the bank’s
cafeteria. After their dinner, the
students split up into four groups
and started out through the
building under the direction of
guides.
The Bank of Nova Scotia
building is 26 storey? high,
covers a fair-sized territory, and
has all the latest facilities. The
groups saw the new bookkeeping
machines plus other equipment
for tabulating figures, etc.
The highlight was the Visit to
the vault. Since the door of the
vault is comprised of different
layers of metals, it is said to be
water and fire proof as well as
burglar proof. The door in itself
is immense and weighs about 55
tons,
Nancy Fahner had her picture
taken holding a $1,000 bul, but
.they didn’t let her. keep it
Marty pictures* were ' taken of
the students in different parts of
the building. ’
Around 2.30, the different
groups broke Up and went down
town shopping, to movies, or rid
ing’ the. subway. At 5,45, the
students met again at the Bank
of Nova Scotia, and started out
for home at 6.00, At 10.30, the
pupils arrived back at the high
school after a busy day.
Both teachers expressed their
appreciation to the bank staff
responsible for the tour, and Mr.
Howey expressed regret at not
having more time to spend in
such a large-banking institution.
“The students have been given
a very good insight into the inter
nal ' working of a large bank,”
said Mrs. Dixon, “and we hope
in the future to make an annual
trip to the B.N.S. part of the
school’s curriculum.”
New Column
On Page Two
This week, The Times-Advo-
cate introduces a new editorial
feature, “Sugar and Spice” by
W. B. t; Smiley.
Bill is editor of the Wiarton
Echo on Georgian Bay. For sev
eral years he has been regaling
his readers with the doings of
himself and family which in
cludes two children.
Columnist Smiley often pre
tends to be an old man but he
is in his thirties. (Some weekly
editors, age rapidly.)
The person Bill refers to as
“The Old Girl” is his attractive
young wife. Their children, a
boy and a girl, are healthy spec
imens that get into the same
kind of mischief and enjoy the
same fun as all kids.
Readers of a dozen Ontario
newspapers are now enjoying
this column and The Times-Ad-
vocate thinks you will too. Turn
to page two for this week’s
“Sugar and Spice.”
Fire Damage
OOO
Owner L. V. Hogarth, north
Exeter, estimates that fire,
which smoldered for four hours
in his machinery shed Satur
day, caused nearly $3,000 dam
age.
Loss on the barn amounted to
about $800, he said, and the con
tents were damaged to the ex
tent of $2,000.
Three new high-boy. sprayers,
Which were moved into the barn
,qnly a few days before the fire,
were damaged as well as some
building materials. Some of the
materials Were owned by Ger
ald Cooper, whose nearby home
was damaged by flames this
summer.One of two boats, owned by
Cooper, was damaged. The other
was saved, '
Firemen had considerable dif
ficulty in fighting the blaze,
Which smoldered all. through hay
stacked in the rafters of tile
building. After battling, the fire
for three hours, the brigade en
listed the services of Gib Dow,
Jr., who removed some of the
hay with a tractor loader.
Fire Chief Irwin Ford said
cause of the fire is still a mys
tery. There was no wiring in the
building and no ono had ^been
inside for several hours before
the blaze started.
Fire hose, which had to be
stretched across No. 4 highway,
hindered traffic on the busy af
ternoon. A bridge was construct- ----- ----------__ ----„
ed. over the, hose to allow ears at tha
Special Services
Remember Fallen
Exeter branch of the Canadian
Legion will observe t Remem
brance Day With three important
events’ this weekend.
Friday night, the branch will
hold, its annual Remembrance
Day banquet. Rev. C. D. Daniel,
Hensall, will be guest speaker.
Saturday will be Poppy Day.
The service on Sunday will be
held in C a v e n Presbyterian
Church. Members of the Legion,
Auxiliary, Scouts, Guides, Cubs
and Brownies will march to the
service with a squadron from
RCAF Station Centralia. The
service at the cenotaph will fol
low.The Ceremony at Hurondale
memorial will be he’d at 3 p.m.
Conference Postponed
Mrs. George Wilson, of Kirk
ton, has been informed that the
Associated Country Women of
the World conference has been
postponed indefinitely because
assist in the organization of the
fair but he did ask for the co
operation of. the community in
welcoming the exhibitors and the
spectators.
“I can’t guarantee the town
will get any industry from this'
venture,” Mr. Wilford told coun
cil, “but I do know that, jn the
case of Blyth, many important
people have attended.”
Upon questioning from Mayor
Pooley, Mr. Wilford explained
that any financial Joss incurred
by the fair would be assumed by
him.
.Court Case Pending
Town solicitor, W. G. Coch
rane, informed council Monday
night the damage suit over the
old dump is expected to be
heard in Otnario Supreme Court,
London, this coming week.
The non-jUry case, in which
George Shaw, Bhiney Keller and
Bill Elliott are seeking $2,000
damage each for discomfort
caused by smoke and smell, is
already on the docket and may
come before the judge at any
time.
Council members took an em
phatic stand against out-of-
court settlement, which had
ben suggested earlier. Reeve
William McKenzie and Council
lor Ralph Bailey moved that no
action be taken towards settle
ment.
Councillor Ross Taylor indi
cated the insurance company
which provides liability protec
tion for the town' may take ov.er
the case.
Lerner, Lerner, Jefferson and
Bitz, Londoh, are acting for the
plaintiffs. The town has retain
ed Wright, Poole, Stevenson and
Bell, London, for its defence.
Proposes Bulldozer z
Ross Taylor, chairman of the
sanitation committee, told coun
cil it would have to purchase a
bulldozer to operate its new dump
in Hay township.
' Councillor Taylor said the land
is so marshy trenches have to
be kept shallow and they t are
filled up ..quickly with garbage.
'A 'bulldozer, he said, is .neces
sary " tq 'Compact the garbage
and dig the trenches.
He felt the machine could be
used for other purposes in town.
It might be. possible, he est
imated, to buy a second hand
’dozer for around $2,000.
Council members agreed, the
town could not afford to pur-,
chase the machine this year*
Urges Public Star>4
With Exeter’s nomination
meeting less than three weeks
away, Mayor R. E. Pooley urged
council members to announce
soon their intention concerning
the forthcoming municipal elec
tion.
’ “We should try,” the mayor said, “to avoid the situation we
had last year when three nomina-
tions were required tp fill the
council.”
•“Nominations should be up to
the public, not the council,”
countered Councillor Bailey,
“That’s true,” agreed the
mayor, “but the public has a!
right to know what we are going
to do.”
“Personally,” he continued,
“I’m willing to step out if any of
you wish to move up.”
“I don’t think we should be
ashamed of what we have done
this year,” he added.
Straw I
Five hundred bales of straw
belonging to R. B. Williams, of
Usborne, were destroyed by fire
set by hoodlums on Hallowe’en
eve. The straw was on a farm
belonging to Mr. Williams near
Egmondville.
The heat and sparks endanger
ed some buildings nearby. The
burning was investigated by
P.C. Helmer Snell, of Seaforth.
Two cultivators, on rubber,
were taken from'the rear of the
implement warehouse of Mr.
Fred Huxtable. One was taken
to the South Huron District High
School and dumped upside down
into a six-foot excavation. A
crane was used to retrieve it.
The other cultivator was taken
out to the second concession of
Stephen.
In Stephen township the barn
of Garfield Hill was broken into
and a buggy stolen. The buggy
was later attached to a truck
and set on fire. P.C. Cecil Gib
bons investigated and Tuesday
evening three youths Confessed
they burned the buggy/ but did
not steal it. Restitution has been
made to Mr. Hill.
Persistance in competing for
prizes in newspaper and radio
contests paid off this week for
Mrs. Marie Worrell who won
$3,500 in a radio quiz.
. “I still can’t get ever it,” sha
rejoiced long after she had heard
of her good' fortune. “I’ve been
entering contests for over five
years now but this is the first
time I’ve really clicked.”
Mrs. Worrell, who lives on
William street, identified tho
mystery voice over CFPL to win
a contest sponsored by the Ayl*
mer Company, which operates a
branch factory here. She re
ceived the maximum prize for
submitting seven soup labels with
her entry, ’
The mystery voice was that of
Billy O’Connor, Toronto TV
musician.
“My sister, Mrs. Frank Koenig,
of London, tipped me off on the
answer,” said Mrs, Worrell. “I
hadn’t entered the contest for
three or four months, but when
she told me the answer, I decided
to enter because I had lots of
labels around.”
This was the first contest, the
Exeter lady has entered this fall
but she’s tried “hundreds” in the
past five years. She was a con-,
solation winner in two other con
tests, winning $2,00 and $10.00
several years ago.
“We’ve been working at cross
words for quite a while now, but
we always had one or .two words
wrong,” said Ernest Perry, fog
whom Mrs. Worrell keeps house..
Announcement of Mrs. Wor
rell’s win Monday morning set
off a round of .congratulations
that kept her busy and excited all
day. All the neighbors called in
to talk about her good fortune —
“I had a whole, raft of them alj
day.”
She says she’ll use. Dart of the
money to fix up the house. ,
The merchant who shared .in
her luck was Aljoe Sanders,
Main street, where she bought
her soups. Hp received $50 at the
presentation ceremony Wednes
day. | •
Perhaps partly responsible fop
the win was an old, weather
beaten horseshoe which has been
hanging on the porch of the hoihe
for years. It was nailed there by
the late “Shooter Bill” Sanders,'
who owned the house. ;
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Grads Receive $2,300,
Set New School Record
Two Atkinson Foundation
scholarships, valued at $400 each,
have been awarded to South
Huron. District High School grad
uates, Principal H. L. Sturgis-
announced this week.
Recipients are Alexia Lostell,
of Usborne,’ and Phil Charrette,
of Stephen, both of whom are
enrolled at the University Of
Western Ontario.
These latest awards bring the
total Value of scholarships won
by this year’s graduating class
to $2,300, highest in the school’s
history, Principal Sturgis said.
Both Kay Ondrejicka/ of R.R.
1 Centralia, and Miss Lostell
UNVEILS NEW MODELS—General Coach Works of Cana
da Ltd., Hensall, previewed its 1957 models to dealers
Monday. Manager Bill, Smith shows tho modern, auto
matic kitchen and laundry equipment in the new mobile
homes. —Jack Doerr
Pace-Setting Changes
In '57 General Homes
Radically new developments in
mobile home design were Un
veiled to dealers across Canada
Monday when General Coach of
Canada Ltd., Hensall, introduc
ed. its new models fort 1957.
The showing took place at the
Hensall plant.
Most revolutionary change in
the line is the introduction of
10-fOot wide models, designed to
servo as semi-permanent homes.
General is the first hf Canada to
produce this wider homo, which
is expected to become a. popular
feature in the industry.
The lo-foot model comes in
extra width provides for con
siderably more living room and
the trailers can be transported
on provincial highways with a
special permit,
Interiors of the entire General
line have been completely re
styled to provide ultra-modern
luxury. Automatic washing ma
chines, wall ovens and fold
away counter-top elements, new
carpeting, oak paneling and
beam ceilings highlight tne new
interiors.
The Hensall firm is the largest
plant of its kind in Canada and
®-has established an impressive
have each won $900, Phil Char-
rette has received $500. ' ‘
The Centralia girl, who topped
the graduating class this year is
also enrolled at U.W.O., receiv
ed a dominion-provincial bursary
of $500, a U.W.O. entrance schol
arship of $200, a Huron County
award valued at $100 and the
student council’ scholarship of
$100.
Miss Lostell, in addition to the
Atkinson award, has received a
$500 dominion-provincial bur
sary.
Phil Charrette won the paper
staff prize of $100, for the second
highest student in the class,’ and
the Atkinson 'Scholarship. . •>
The Atkinson awards are. pro
vided by the estate of the late
Joseph Atkinson, founder of the
Toronto Star.
i
Seniors Club
Enjoys Night
Vocal and instrumental "music,
readings and tap dancing made
up the program arranged by a
committee convened by. Mr. and
Mrs. Alf; Hunkin at the' Senior
Citizen’s social evening in Le
gion Memorial Hall on Tues
day night with Mr. Hunkin aS
chairman.
Vocal numbers included quar
tette arrangements by Ed. Lin
denfield, Alf. Wuerth, Walter
Cutbush and Lawrence Wein;
Grant and Kenneth Jones of Kip
pen sang duets accompanied by
their mother, Mrs. Harold Jones;
Marlene and Darlene Frayna
sang several numbers with their
sister, Helen, at the piano. Mouth
organ selections with tom-tom
accompaniment were played , by
Mrs. Fred Cole, Miss. Betty
Coates and Mrs. Lon McKnight
who appeared in cowboy cos
tumes and were introduced as
Slim, Jim and Min.
Wayne Rowe and ’Kenneth
Clarke played their violins ac
companied by Ross Rowe and
violin, guitar and banjo numbers
wore contributed by Ray Cann,
Maurice Love and William DoU*
gall who also played for danc
ing. Karen Jermyn entertained
with tap dance numbers and
readings were given by Mrs*
William Thomson and Mrs. Led
Diikes,
secretary George Lawson re
ported on & sone conference of
Senior Citizens Clubs . held in
Woodstock, Ontario which ho at
tended With president Frank
Taylor, Walter Cutbush and Alf.
Hunkin..
At, the December meeting a
special collection Will be taken
to provide Christmas cheer for
wards of. Huron County Child
ren’s Aid Society to place of a
gift exchange between members
of the club. Named to arrange
the program were Mn and Mrs*
Cecil Skinner, Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Passmore/ Mr, and
Mrs, Clayton Frayne and ’ Mr*
and Mrs. Jack Elliott.
Members of the Kinettes as*
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