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SETTLE DUMP DISPUTE
. Commenting on the proposal, can’t kick too much if we’re get-
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PRINCE WINS THE GUINEAS — Don Pullen, R.R. 1 Granton’ clutches a fistful of
$100 bills, part of the $1,767,50"he received for his Guineas-winning Angus steer,
Prince. Don received two trophies and prizemoney of $250 and $100 in addition to
the auction sale price. The unidentified city girl above, who probably didn't ap
preciate cattle before, shows a healthy respect for Prince, —Canada Pictures Ltd.
Prince' Brinas S2.000
Don Pullen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Milne Pullen, Granton, is
nearly $2,000 richer after a trip^
to the Royal Winter Fair’ last
week.
.The 19-year-old Perth 4-H mem
ber, took along his Aberdeen An
gus steer, "Prince,” and the pair
of them copped the Queen’s
Guineas while they weer tllere.
Thursday night; the pair re
ceived two handsome trophies
and the "Guineas."“-$250 in cash.
Oh Saturday, Don sold '"Prince"’
, at the princely price of $1,767.50
— $1.50, for,.each, of the 1,010
Impounds of Handsome black calf,
iS/ The steer shared top price in
We fair auction, with the grand
champion steer of the market
cattle show, sold by Edward
Brothers, of Arva.
It was the fourth year the like
able Granton youth competed for
the Guineas. Tl;ree years ago he
placed, fourth with a Hereford
steer.
Don apd "Prince” worked hard
for their prize. The youth picked
the prize-winning calf - himself
out of the herd of Otto Zimmer
man, Kerwood, when he was only
four months old. Months before
local 4-H club show at Kirkton
his.lQcal,4-H;..$Ub $iow „a.t; Kir^ton
around1' the 'farm "'every /mglit/
After'hh left the farm to., enter*
O.A.C., his dad and mother con-
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Election Front Quiet,
Town Officials Stand
The election front looks quiet
er than ever this year.
Three municipalities -4 Exeter,
Hensall and Hay—will hold their
nominations this Friday and
two—Usborne" and Stephen—will
name their candidates Monday.
■ But there’s little to indicate
■ there’ll be much excitement. -
Reports reveal there may be
a fight in Hay township but
there’s nothing official yet.
In Exeter, most of the incum
bents will run for office again,
a T-A poll revealed this week".
Mayor R. E. Pooley announc
ed several weeks ago he would
stand for re-election. Although
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Firemen Fight
First campaign in this area for
funds to fight muscular dystrophy
disease is being sponsored by
Exeter firemen.
Coin boxes have been placed in
a number of stores for smaller,
. contributions. Larger donations,
for which a receipt for income
' is provided, are being accepted
at Lloyd Ford’s Men’s Wear and
the town hall,
The campaign is being conduct
ed throughout Western Ontario by
firemen. Grand Bend Brigade is
sponsoring a campaign in that
community.
Muscular dystrophy is a dis-
. ease in which the muscle fibre
turns into fatty tissue, leaving
the part of the body affected al
most helpless.
Little is known about the dis
ease although research is going
, c on in 11 places in Canada, in the
United States and other coun
tries,
No known .treatment stops* its
progress. Therapeutic treatment
does keep alive those muscles not
yet affected. Later, however,
these will weaken as the disease
progresses.There are over 10,000 patients
with muscular dystrophy in Can
ada. Firemen provide whteel
chairs, body lifts, braces and
^/a^ially built chairs for school
Jfjlfe' of the objectives of the
Campaign is to make people ac
quainted with the symptoms and
characteristics of the disease, so
Cases may be reported as ’ soon
as possible. .
Muscular dystrophy affects any
age, although most of the cases
are found in children. There is
nd pain connected directly With
the disease. It is- a slow-develop
ing ailment which methodically
comes over the patient, who sel
dom .realizes he has it until he
begins tn notice he can’t do some
of the things he used to with his
Reeve William McKenzie of
Deputy-Reeve Chester Mawhin-
R.eeve William McKenzie and
Deputy-Reeve Chester Mawhin-
riey were not available for com
ment (they’re at county council
this week), both are expected
to take their positions again.
Among the councillors, only
veteran Robert Dinney expresses
doubts about serving another
term. A member for six years,
he resigned last year but re
turned after two nominations
failed to fill the seats. f
Second senior councillor, Ralph
Bailey, says he’ll stand again.
“I’d like to finish up the roads,”
he "sai'd. Bailey inaugurated the
oiling program this year.
Councillor Ross Taylor, a sec-
oncl-year man who has handled
the controversial dump problem
this year, said Wednesday he’ll
allow his name to go before the
electots.
Freshmen councillors Alvin
Pym, Glenn Fisher and Bill
Musser all indicated they would
take a second crack at their
jobs.
'One resignation’' has been an
nounced among the public school
board trustees. R. E. Russell, a
former chairman and 11-year
veteran of the boat'd, will not
return. He resigned last year
but went back to fill the seat
.left vacant by the departure of
Robert Riley earlier this year.
Chairman Wallace Seldon, who
has served for . eight years, was
non-committal. ' Trustee Warren
D. May ■ said he would seek a
second term.
W. G. Cochrane, who replaced
the late H. C. RiverS on tiie
P.U.C. this fall, will accept that
post again.
Exeter nominations will be
held between 7.30 and 8.30 Fri
day night. Hay township will
accept names between one and
two o’clock in the afternoon.
Usborne and Stephen munici
palities Will meet at 1 p.m. on
Monday.
Ratepayers meetings general
ly follow the nomination period.
itinued training the calf.
The day before the Guineas’
competition, Don stayed up with
"Prince” all night in the coli
seum, along with Barry McQuil
lan whose . champion Hereford
steer won reserve honors for the
Guineas.
When the Granton youth and
his Angus entered the ring, the
training paid off. "Don didn’t
seem to be the least bit excited,”
recalled his proud father, "and
the .calf did everything just
' Mr. and Mrs. Pullen weren't
as -calm. Sitting theHop row
•of the grandstand, they were
tense with excitement as world
famous judge, Charlie Yule, of
Calgary, wandered among the
animals. "I chewed a whole
package of gum while the judg
ing was going on," said Mrs.
Pullen.
Then Charlie announced the
Winner in. his familiar style—he
slapped the rump of "Prince”
and the anxiety was over. Then
came the awards,' the congratu
lations, the champions’ banquet
and finally the’ auction sale.
Said Don, when, he came home
this weekend, "I’m still dizzy."
Neighboring Counties Win
This corner of Ontario monop
olized the- major Guinea awards.
Pullen brought the trophy and
the champion Angus to Perth;
McQuillan won the reserve Guin
eas and champion Shorthorn
honors . for Huron, and Ronald
McLean of Middlesex copped the
Hereford title. ..
McQuillan’s showing put Hur
on County in the limelight for
the second straight year. Murray
Gaunt, a neighbor at Lucknow,
carried off the Guineas last year.
A busload of juniors from the’
Lucknow district were on hand
to help McQuillan keep the prize
in that area but their efforts
weren’t successful.
Entertain Teachers
The members of the Usborne
area school board and their
Wives and the teachers of the
schools met at the home of the
area chairman, Mr. Delmer Skin
ner, last Friday night. , .
Arrangements for the Christ
mas concerts were discussed and
also the problems of each school.
A social evening was enjoyed.
Receive Papers
For Citizenship
Five residents from South Hu
ron became Canadian citizens in
an impressive ceremony held be
fore Judge Frank Fingland in a
special sitting in Huron County
court at Goderich this week. They
were among 22 who received citi
zenship papers. . <(
The. new Canadians were enter
tained by. the I.O.O.F. of Gode
rich after taking their oath of
allegiance.
The five from this district were:
Marguerite Kathryn Elder, R.R.
2, Hensall; Olga and Jaroslaw
Orenczuk, Exeterj Peter Jacob
and Adrian Timmermans, R.R,
3, Kippen.
unworn!
Water rates for the Town of for the Morrison Dam.”
Exeter will go up 50 percent on i Reasons given for the increase
January 1, 1957. I were to meet the cost of con-
The increase was’ approved by ’ strueting the dam and to pay
Exeter council at its meeting off a $10,000 loan from the town
Monday night. ’ i for water main construction
Commercial and domestic* expected to re
rates will jump from $18 to $27.; pay out of current revenue. It
••• • found, however, it was not able
to raise the money with present
rates.
Councillors Ralph Bailey and
Bill Musser asked: "Will -the
dam project go through?”
. Mayor Pooley expected so.
Said Councillor Mussef: "We
Public garages with car wash
ing privileges will pay $56 in
stead of $37,50.
New metered rates are 35
ce^ts per 1,000 gallons for first
30,000 gallons per month; 22
cents for balance of>:‘ monthly
gallonage.
. Commenting on the proposal,....... ,
when it was presented to coun-, ting water for $25 a year/
cil, Mayor R. E. Pooley said: |
"The hew rates will compare
favourably with most other com-(
munities, We have been, away i
below other towns. These were
the rates discussed with the
municipal board when applica
tion was made for debentures
and tractor up $300; repairs to
grader up $400; garbage collec
tion, including purchase of the
new dump, up $1,800; and a $1,000
grant was made teethe cemetery
board which had not been an
ticipated.
To Install Sirens
Council authorized the installa
tion of two more fire sirens on
the town hall providing the cost
is not excessive.
The additional, sirens were pur
chased at the request of the fire
brigade. Chief Irwin Ford said
men in certain areas of the
town have difficulty hearing the
one siren now in use.-
It was planned originally to
erect the two extra units at dif
ferent locations in town but cost
of installation, estimated at $600,
was considered too high.
All members of the Commun
ity Centres Board were appoint
ed for another year.
Lawsuit oyer the -town dump,
pending for over six months, was
withdrawn this week when coun
cil and the plaintiffs agreed to
an out-of-court settlement.
Under the terms of the agree
ment, revealed Wednesday, the
town paid its own legal fees of
$750, the town’s insurance corii-
pany paid the plaintiff’s legal
costs of $750 and council signed
an undertaking that the old
dump ground would not be used
for garbage disposal in the fu
ture.
The three plaintiffs—George
Shaw, William J. Elliot and Rhin-
ey J. Keller—who sued for $2’000
each for discomfort caused by
smoke and odour, received no
compensation.
Councillor Ross Taylor, head
of the sanitation committee,
said Wednesday: "We’re pleased
the issue is settled and I be
lieve the outcome is in the best
interests of the town.”
"We are cleaning up and lands
caping the old dump,” he said.
Agreement Surprise
Agreement to settle came as
a surprise since both parties*
avowed recently to reject any
settlement offers. Two weeks
ago, council rejected a proposal
from its| solicitors to attempt an
agreement before the case came
up in London Supreme Court.
Council approved the settla-
ment on ,a split vote at * spec
ial meeting on November 9 "after
learning from its lawyers that
costs of the action would jump
considerably as soon as it, reach
ed the court,
Councillor, Ralph Bailey and
Reeve William McKenzie op-
posed the settlement but their
amendment was defeated. The
majority ^endorsed the motion of
Councillor Taylor and Deputy-
Reeve Chester Mawjiinney which
authorized the London firm to
make the settlement.
Company Sparks Move
The issue was brought to a
head by the General Accident
Insurance Co. Ltd,, which pro
tects the town against public
liability and which had been ap
proached to assume the town’f
costs in this action.
The company, through it? rep
resentative, Ray Shaw, said it
had decided that there had been
po evidence of accidental setting
of fires and no claim was made
for property damage.. However,
the company would contribute
towards costs if settlement was
made.
"If council decides to let the
case go to trial," Mr. Shaw told
members, "the town will be on
its own as far as the company
is concerned. However, if dur
ing the hearing it is proven that
there was accidental setting of
fire, the company would con
sider accepting part of the re
sponsibility for any judgement
given against the town."
Mr. Shaw .said his company
felt it had no responsibility in
the matter but it. was prepared,
to contribute to. some extent
since it had enjoyed the town’s
business ‘for a good number of
years without a claim.
-Acting for Shaw et al was- the
firm of Lerner, Lerner, Jeffpr-
son and Bitz, London. The town
retained Wright, Poole,' Spalding
and Bell, also of London, and
W. G. Cochrane, municipal solic
itor, for its defence.
The action was launched by
Shaw and the others after they
had made repeated requests for
council to stop fires and elim
inate odours of the refuse
ground. Shaw claimed smoke
from the burning garbage, which
swirled past his home, caused
considerable discomfort to his
family, * J ,
-Please Turn t-'Rage 10
May Not Declare
Deficit In Budget
Hope that the town might not
have to declare a deficit this
year was expressed by Clerk-
. Treasurer C. V. Pickard Monday
night when he presented a finan
cial report to council.
Thd clerk’s figures showed
that expenses had increased
$3,600 over .the estimates but'
revenue was up $3,300. "If taxes
come in well, we may not have
a deficit," he said. He pointed
out, however, that this year’s
expenses would probably eat up
the surplus which was carried
over from last year.
Council had to meet a .number
of unexpected expenditures this
year. Legal fees, mostly in con
nection with the dump, will be
,$700 over estimates. Street light
ing is up $500; repairs to truck
PO Nears
Completion
Workmen are putting the
ishing touches to the newly re
modelled post office. It is hoped
to be completed soon in order
to be in readiness” to handle the.
Christmas ruSh of email which
is now getting under way. The
new -mail boxes, which have
been increased from -348 to 802,
are now in place and according
to Postmaster Harvey Pfaff
there is a great demand for
them. ’Box holders will enter the
building at the north entrance
and need enter the main lobby
only when receiving parcels or
transacting other business.
Harry McLeod, of Seaforth,
building i n s p e c to r, says the
painting and inside trim
are now well under Way____ __ „ _____„
and he is now awaiting the Tuesday night to Patrick Bros.,
last instalment, a new coun- Lunduri, for construction of a
ter with wickets for serving the two-room addition to Zurich Pub-
fin-
School Area
Lets Contract
Hay Township School Area
Board let a tentative contract
last instalment, a new. coun*
^public. ** This is being built by
Kalbfleisch arid ’of-'Zurich
and is expected to be installed
this week.
W. L. Hodge, of Crediton, Who
has charge of the plumbing and
heating, has completed his work,
and Garfield Thompson, who is
installing an up-to-date lighting
system, has just about com
pleted his w’ork. C. H. Wade, of
London, painting contractor, is
keeping up with the carpenters
and finishing the interior in a
two-tone green pastel.
C. A, McDowell and Co., of
Centralia, are overall contract
ors and a hard-top pavement has
been put down on either side
and at the rear of the building.
Byron Minister
At Anniversary
"No man who has been
signed a small part in any
dertaking should consider him
self a failure if he fills that
part well’’ said Rev. C. A.' Park
of Byron in speaking to the con
gregation of James St. United
.Church at the ninety-fourth an
niversary on Sunday morning.
"The man with one talent is
just as important as the man
with ten talents” continued Mr.
Park who cited Barnabas as an
example of a loyal, one-talent
character who contributed so
much to the welfare of his fel
lowmen.
The senior choir was assisted
at the morning service by Mrs.
John’Goman, Exeter, as soloist
and the Woodham Male Quar
tette comprising Ray Mills, Wil
liam Mills, Norri§ Webb, and
Glen Copeland. Grant McDon
ald assisted the junior choi’
London, for construction of a
lie School,. .
"".The cbhfracC^or^ $31,420, is
subject to the approval of the
Ontario Municipal Board. It does
not include heating or furnish
ing.
The London firm’s bid was the
lowest of five tenders which
ranged as high as $47,500.
Besides containing two class
rooms,’ the 94’x26’ addition will
house washrooms and a small
teachers’ room. It will be erect
ed on the front of the present
school, which has three class
rooms, a home economics room
and a manual training depart
ment. This building was erect
ed around 1910.
Architects for the addition are
Blackwell and Haggarty, Lon
don. (
Tenders for the heating con
tract will be called separately.
To Open Friday Nights
For Christmas Season
Exeter merchants, - meeting and some have found the volume
Monday morning, decided to keep exceeding that of Saturday nights,
their stores open Friday nights ( The businessmen were unani-
during December to give custo- mous in their decision to try
mers two nights of shopping dur- 1 Friday nights at their meeting
ing the Christmas season. | Monday. Of the 26 present, not
Doors will remain open until, one voted against the proposal,
nine o’clock Friday evenings and ' To compensate for . the extra
until 10, as usual,“ Saturday, hours of evening shopping, the
nights. i store will remain closed the first
The merchants’ decision fol-‘two Wednesday afternoons in De
lows the trend toward Friday cember. They will open Wednes-
night opening which is becoming day afternoon, December 19.
more popular throughout Western -in addition, stores will be open
Ontario. Thursday evening, December 20,
First Friday evening shopping and Monday evening, December
will be on November 30, the 9/1 M
weekend when - merchants will
stage their first town-wide Christ
mas opening.. Businessmen plan
to decorate their stores inside
and out to mark the start of the
Yule season.
A special gift-shopping edition
of The: Times-Advocate will an
nounce the opening.
Acceptance of, Friday night
shopping will be tested during
the December trial period with a
view to determining customer
preference between Friday and
Saturday night. A poll will be
conducted through the Times-Advocate to give shoppers an op
portunity to express their opin
ions.
This year’s experiment will be
conducted on a wider basis than
last year’s when a small group
of merchants tried the Friday
night opening and found it fairly
successful.. Members of this
group felt it .would become more
popular if a greater number of
stores were open. ,
A number of grocery stores
have stayed open regularly Fri-
In addition, stores will be open
Thursday evening, December 20,
24, to accommodate last-minute
shoppers.
Results of the poll on Friday
night acceptance will be compiled
at a meeting on December 28;
Merchants will tally the ballots
which are brought into the stores
and the result will probably af
fect- store hours* for 1957.
At a sitting of the Municipal
Board at Grand Bend Wednes
day on the application of the . «>c ±ccx uui. vui. Arcnwaia
Township of Stephen to estab- after making careful and de
lish the boundary between the f-5’- ’ • 1 \
Township of Stephen in Huron plan that was well Worked "out
County and the Village of Grand and that Plan 26 should be in
Bend in Lambton County the de-, the Village of Grand Bend”
cision was reached, to accept said William Greenwood, chair-
the boundaries as outlined in a ’----- ’ ~
survey made by Col. S. W.
Archibald, of London.
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day nights during the past year was the Patterson farm and
beach plan. 26, on which is
situated the Church of God.
. "We feel that Col. Archibald
tailed * study has submitted a
plan that was well worked out,
Loses Control In
Lucan Driver
Joseph J. Benn, Lucan, suf
fered a broken upper jaw, a
possible fractured nose and a
slight concussion on Wednesday
morning when high winds drove
his car off the road into a pile
of logs.
The accident occurred on the
Mt. Carmel road. • The Lucan
man had turned off No. 4 and
was proceeding west when the
wind drove the car out of con
trol.
The driver was taken to South
Huron Hospital where he was
treated by Dr. M. Gans, "Dam
age to the car was estimated at
$400 by Constable Cecil Gibbons,
who investigated.
Driving Charges Pending
Charges are pending against,
two drivers who were involved1
in a four-car crash on No. 4
highway fotir miles south of
Exeter Saturday morning.
All four cars were travelling
north. The first vehicle, driven
by Russell Henderson, Wingham,
was struck in the rear by an
other driven by Michael Quin
lan, Hehsall. A third car, owned
by Gerald Gilmore, London,
stopped for the accident and was
as-
un-
hit Lrom behind by another ve
hicle , driven by James Irwin,
RCAF - Station Centralia..
Total damage amounted to
$1,000. There were no injuries.
A cattle beast caused $1,000
damage to a car driven by Lloyd
Klopp, Zurich, when it Was
struck on No. 4 highway about
two ifiiles north of Exeter oh
Monday. The animal, qWned by
Bill Green, .Exeter, and Valued
at $200, was killed in the col
lision.
Provincial GonstablC John
investigated.
Real Estate Transfers
Mr. Garnet Flynn has disposed
of his red-brick dwelling on An
drew street tri Mr. Victor Aqui-
lina? of the R.C.A.F. Station, Cen
tralia. Mr. Flynn recently sev
ered his connection with the
Flynn-Smith barber shop and ex*
pacts to move to London early
next month.
The residence of the late Henry
Strang, Sanders street, has been
purchased by Mr. Martin Laub,
who gets immediate possession.
The transfer was made through
c. V; Pickard, x
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man of the Municipal Board.
"We declare and order that
the land lying within Plan 26
shall be in the Village of Grand
Bend and that an easterly lina
be extended until at meets' the
creek, to be taken as the bound
ary and we direct the Village
of Grand Bend to have Col. S.
W. Archibald prepare a proper
plan of boundary between the
Village of Grand Bend and the
Township of Stephen, and this’
plan be submitted to James
Donnelly, of Goderich, solicitor
for the Township of Stephen, be
fore being submitted tb us.”
"This has been a more con
tentious hearing than ordinarily
we meet with in cases of this
kind,” said Mr. Greenwood. "We
feel that this is a proper solu
tion. However, Stephen Council
could make-application for an
nexation of the property in
question, when more complete
evidence would be taken into
consideration,” said Mr. Green
wood.
Mr. Ross Gray, of Sarnia,
was counsel for. Grand Bend and
Mr. James Donnelly, Goderich,
for Stephen Township.
At the morning sitting Reeve
John Morrissey, Lawrence Hill,
road superintendent, and F. W.
Morlock, municipal clerk, were
examined as were Herbert Pfile,
John Manore and W. F. B. Mac-
Laren, of Grand Bend.
DUMP CASE OVER—-Out-of-court settlement this week ends.a year-long controversy
over the town dump which culminated in a law suit. Council agreed to pay its own
legal costs and to refrain from dumping on the old ground. The, town’s, insurance
company will pay for the plaintiff’s costs. Scene shows town crew dumping garbage
into ditch in the ground when council started a refuse-covering program in 1955. New
dump, is two miles west on No. 83.
Steal Vehicle
At Woodham
Thieves stole a car from a
Woodham driveway and took
two tires and a battery from a
Woodham garage early Monday
morning in tile second break-in
there, in . a Week.
Police said four • youths stole
a car at Mitchell and ditched it
near’ Wdodham, They tried to •
get into five or six cars in the
neighborhood, finally drove off
in one but abandoned it because
of a low gas supply. «
They broke into the garage of
Wilf Patton to take' two tires
arid a battery Which Were later
recovered. They they stole a oar >
belonging to Oscar Brine, which
Was parked in his laneway.
The car was discovered ,1ft
London Tuesday. Constable. J,
Harker, Stratford, and Wnstable
George Mitchell, Exetefj, iftvesti-
gated. No arrests, havCWh
made.
Last Sunday, Mills* igewal
store was broken into but the
owners found nothing mii«Ifig»