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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-12-20, Page 1Eighty-Second Y«»r Kerslake re al its final an eight'- p.er- the.. village's/ SANTA ATTENDS RCAF PARTY—Over 1,400 people, including 1,000 children, at tended the1 Christmas party sponsored by RCAF Station Centralia on Friday, Above, three-year-old, Gail Ann Sweet, daughter of- Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Sweet, Exeter, ac cepts Santa’s gift with a serious expression. Her father works in the construction engineering section. The clown looking op is none other than Corporal Bull of the ^air force police. —RCAF Photo WAITING FOR SANTA—^Children packed the stairs of Hensall Town Hall Saturday waiting for Santa to arrive on the village fire engine. Over 400 were treated to candy and movies. The event was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the Legion, - . ’ ' ‘ —T-A Photo Police Warn Crackdown On Drivers Over Holiday Yule Atmosphere Cheers Patients Singing and playing of carols and gay Christmas decorations are establishing a bright holi day spirit at South .Huron Hos pital these days. Mrs. M.. C. Fletcher, Exeter, has installed her electric organ in the hospital and plays carols for the patients every afternoon. Several groups, including the Brownies and Cubs from RCAF Station ■ Centralia, have dropped in to cheer the patients with songs. Members of the hospital. staff have painted the . windows with colorful Christmas scenes. PC Praises Convention Elmer D. Bell, QC, a member of the national executive of the Progressive Conservative Party, said last week’s leadership con vention was by far the “most enthusiastic” he has witnessed. “It had far more pep and zip than any of the other three I have attended,” he said. “For the first time in many years, Conservatives feel they have a hope of winning an elec tion,” he -continued. Everyone felt the Conservatives were on the march.” Describing t. h 6 convention, during which John Diefenbaker was elected leader to succeed George Drew, Mr. Bell said he Was impressed by the great number of young men who are taking an active, interest in the party, Young, promising politi cians attended from coast to coast, he' said. Another feature of the conven tion, according to Mt. Bell, was the intermingling of French and English delegates which was more pronounced than nt any convention in the past. , Ho said the rift between Que bec and Diefcribakcr was not as serious as had been reported in newspapers, — Continued on Pago 3. District . provincial and muni cipal police are planning another intensified campaign., against holiday-season drunk drivers in co-operation with the province wide safety crusade. “We have received strict orders to be tough on all-drivers who mix liquor and gas over Christmas and New Years,” said OPP Constable Cecil- Gib bons, head of the local detach ment. “Driving under the influence of alcohol is a serious offence at any time,” the constable said, “but it’s even worse during the busy holidays, particularly when roads are covered with ice and snow.” Exeter .Police Chief Reg Tay lor said, he and Constable John Cowan would be assisting in the campaign against drinking and careless drivers. The police officers urged motorists to use common sense about driving during the holi days. “There’s no reason why Christmas and New Year holi days can’t be free of tragic accidents,” said Constable Gib bons. times give way to the holiday spirit and though-their intentions are good, the end results can be bad. To avoid tragic endings to holiday celebrations, Mayor Pooley made the following sug gestions: 1. On the way to and from celebrations, use taxis or buses and leave the car at home. 2. If you must drive your own car, make it a point to restrict your drinking to coffee or other alertness beverages. 3. More than at any other time, be • a courteous driver. Give pedestrians arid other drivers the — Continued on Page 3 I h * ......................................... . ...uu ...l|lull!||i|iiiiii!!U1|l||l|||l!l|!1UhlllllU|Bffl|lli|||y. Price Per C<w ... ........................................ mill II .........■ HlillWilUHl'I'IH!..... . Criticize SH Hospital Board For Not Allowins Surgery EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 20, 1954 Delay Hensall Election ■Police Warn Dispute Ends Quietly |°f Molester < Police are on the lookout for The row over which Jim Sangs- said they had abused and sworn a man who may be molesting ter resigned from Hensail coun cil ended quietly Saturday night at the final meeting of the year. Other members of council ac cepted the resignation without comment and made plans for the nomination and election of his replacement. Former councillor Sangster, who was just finishing his first term of office, was present for part of the meeting, too, but' he didn’t take his chair at the coun- legal point concerning liis res ignation, asked if there were any hard feelings and then wished the council good luck during the coming year. Although no comment was made during the meeting, other members of council afterwards denied the statement made by Mr. Sangster to The Times-Ad- vocate last week in which he at him. They said Sangster started the row, complaining loudly about the conduct of the recent elec tion and about work being done in the village. “He had a chip on his should er all night,” said one council lor, “and he kept us there until nearly midnight--it was a ter rible session?’ Reeve Jones denied there was any swearing at the meeting. “I cU table; He enquired about a I allow swearing when coun- Sangster’s letter of resigna tion gave no reasons for his ac tion. It simply said he would not complete, his 1956 term and would not serve-during 1957. In the election on December 3, he won the”fourth seat on council, gaining one more vote than his brother, Dave. Election of his replacement will not be held until after the 1957 council inaugural. Council originally planned to hold the nomination Friday; December 28, but changed its plans at a special meeting Tuesday night when it was advised by the De partment of Municipal Affairs to postpone action until the new year. Hear Complaints Complaints over home garbage disposal units, the felling of a tree which interrupted hydro service on Saturday, and sale of the bowling greens to tlie Bank of Montreal for a building site were aired at the council meet- —Continued from Page 1 Plan Hearing January 31 Date for a public hearing on the $95,000 debenture loan the town has requested to finance its share of construction costs of the Morrison Dam has been tenta tively set for Thursday, January 31, it was revealed- at council meeting Monday night. The Ontario Municipal Board proposed the date in a letter to council.. It i$ approximately two weeks after tenders on the dam will be opened by the Ausable Authority. .Reeve McKenzie and Mayor Pooley, who were among the dele gation which interviewed the board recently, said the two- weeks’ lapse was required to give proper notice of the hearing. They stated, the board would not hold, the-heading, before tenders were opened because it wanted to know the exact cost of the dam. /If/no /serious.’Pbjecliohs are presented to the open hearing by taxpayers, the board will probably allow the town to issue the debentures without a munici pal vote. Appoints SHDHS Representative Council appointed Allan Fraser as its representative to the SHDHS Board in a split decision. He will replace Chairman C. S. MacNaughton, who has resigned because of the pressure of business.. Mayor R. E. Pooley cast the deciding vote for the appoint ment. Other -council members’ votes were split evenly between Mr. Fraser and C. Van Laughton. oF-the legal firm of Boll and Laughton. ’ The meeting was the final session of the year and Clerk C. V. Pickard, presented a financial summary which indicated the town might end the term with a surplus of around'$4,000. Police are on the lookout for small children in'the district. Only one minor- incident has been reported .and there is no cause for serious concern, Police urged citizens, however, to be on the alert and report any similar occurrences in case the man may be dangerous. The incident occurred at Zurich when an unidentified man stepped out of a car and ap proached an eight-year-old girl walking on the street. When he tried to grab her, the child be came frightened and ran to a group of friends walking ahead of her. The man hurried back to his car and drove away. The girl had fallen behind a number of friends, accompanied by an adult, who were returning from a party. OPP Constable John Forde investigated the incident, but it happened so quickly the girl was unable to describe the man. Constable Forde said witnesses to such occurrences could assist police by taking note of the man’s size, his clothes and the licence, number of his car. Police should' be notified im mediately.' Entitled To Operations Facilities Here: Mayor Mayot R. E. Pooley charged Monday night that district re sidents who donated towards con struction of South Huron Hospital “are not getting what they paid for” because the. board refuses to allow doctors to use its ope* rating facilities Speaking at the final council meeting of the year, the mayor said local doctors are not allow ed to operate despite the fact that “everything they need is provided at the hospital.” People in the district have a right to all services the hospital can provide,” he stated. Mayor Pooley urged residents to attend the hospital board’s annual meeting, which is held early in the new year, to find out why the operating facilities can not be used. “If the public wants a change, it’s their duty to ap proach the hospital board,” he said. May Lose. Doctors The mayor’s comments came during a discussion opened up by Councillor Glenn Fisher/ who warned that the town may lose most of its doctors oyer the board’s policy. Harry Pike, 42-year-old London construction worker, was killed near his former residence at Clandeboye in a car-truck col lision Sunday night. Pike was driving a northbound car, carrying four male passen gers, when it ^collided with the southbound pickup truck driven by Cecil Eden, of Wilton Grove, in which were riding his wife and an 18-year-old girl. Seven persons wore injured; two are still in hospital. Both vehicles rolled over two or more times, said OPP Con stable Larry Marshall, London, who investigated. Pik‘o was thrown from the car and the vehicle rolled over him. 'The Vehicles wound up over 200 feet apart after the impact. The accident victim lived near Clandeboye for several years, until he sold his farm to Kurt Gebel in August, 1053. Ironically, liis death came Oh the same day as his former home burned three years ago. In hospital are . Cai'ol Ann Monforton, Wilton Grove, who suffered spinal injury and a broken ankle, and George John ston, of Highgate, who has log injuries. Released after treatment wore. Mr. Eden and his wife, and Allan No Accidents s Holiday safety has become one of the prime concerns Of munic ipal. government, Mayor R. E. PoOl’ey stated this week in a pre Christmas announcement. All citizens were urged to co-operate in a drive against holiday acci dents which each year take an increasing toll. “We have established many records of which we can be proud during the past, decade,” the mayor stated, “but there is one record which we should all eagerly seek. This year, We should work for a no-fatality rec ord throughout our community, We should reveal our civic intelli gence by proving that in this community an automobile is a modern convenience, not a weapon for mass killing?’ The accident problem, added the mayor, is heightened during the period of holiday celebrations. I................ .1 Ordinarily cautious drivers some-1 Hastings.. Landon. Open Evenings Until Christmas Stores in Exeter will be open evenings from now until Christmas to accomodate gift-buyers during the last four days.-of shopping. Doors will remain open until 10 o’clock Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Mon day night. Most other shopping cen tres in the district are pro viding the same service. Many excellent last-minute gift suggestions are offered in this week’s edition. Population Jumps 8% Employment provided by Hen sail’s thriving industry-General Coach Works of Canada Limit- ed-has resulted in • cent, increase, in population. ‘ Assessor A. W. ported to council meeting of the year Saturday night that the population now totals 842, compared to 779 a year ago. This probably makes Hensall the fastest-growing community in Huron county since most mun icipalities reported decreases in population during the past year. Reeve Norman Jones said the village has increased by nearly 200 during the past two years. He attributed the growth to the coach plant, which recently com pleted a major addition and in creased the number on its pay roll. Many of the plant’s workers have built homes or taken apart ments in-the village. The increase is enough to war rant a revision of the figures on which the provincial per capital grants are based. The- grants are awarded on the previous year’s population unless a seven percent increase is reported. In Hensall’s case, the eight per cent increase will mean ah ad ditional grant of nearly $100. Assessor Kerslake also report ed an increase in assessment. Major renovations made to Al’s Market and Bonthron’s Funeral Horiie were responsible for most of this amount. To NATO Students Like to spread, some inter- necessary for flying instruction, national good will over the However, many pick up conver- Christmas holidays? j sational English quickly. District citizens have an oppor- Flight Lieutenant Andrew tumty to display Canadian hos- Blair, flight commander at Cen- pitality to ,youth of foreign tralia, said this week some of e+xt -Veek ®.ntert1ain; the NATO students will be enter- NATO trainees stationed at tained by families in London over RCAF Centralia. • .....< These young flying enthusiasts will be spending this Christmas Arranges Visits thousands of miles from home. They’lL miss their traditional family celebrations. I . RCAF „officials,. at Centralia. ,said’4,tffist'week'They "would wel come any offers from district families to treat the NATO trainees to a holiday meal. They encourage visits to civilian homes, they said, because they I feel it gives trainees a better l_.r__z____z to promote international goodwill and understanding. Invitations can be made through the trainees’ RCAF coun sellor at Centralia, Flying Officer Ken Locke, who lives in Exeter. His phone number is 790-J. From Six Countries NATO trainees now stationed at Centralia include young men from England, Denmark, Italy, France,'Norway, and Belgium. In UUOC1VCO U1C U1U ait addition, there are a number of, force tradition which dictates Canadian flight cadets who won t that officers and NCOs serve the be able to get home for „Christ-1 mas. Ages range from 18 to 25. Trainees from European, coun tries have been in Canada from six weeks to three months. Be fore they come to Centralia for their preliminary flying training, they are given an orientation course at London. Officials pointed out that some of the foreign students would i have a language problem in Visit ing with Canadian families since , Milton Lavery, au cmyiujce, much of their language training [ when he went to work Wcdnes- is confined to technical terms day morning. , sational English quickly. Flight Lieutenant Andrew the holidays. The international committee of the London Council of Women, I which welcomes the trainees ' when.-4h.ey ..arrive at London -to. comniehcc their training, is .attempting to arrange home visits to families in the cities. The committee has been active in providing young ladies for trainees’ dances at Centralia. , , . - , „ , | The girls are encouraged to inknowledge ofCanada and helps?vitc the m6n to their homes for a a .-a- .... V|S^S their famiiieg. Entertainment for the students is arranged by their counsellor, FO Locke. Recently he arranged for the Danish students to see a ballet presented by a company from Denmark at Toronto, Those students who. don’t re ceive invitations to civilian homes will be .treated to a special Christmas dinner oh the station. Centralia observes the old air cadets, One doctor is leaving at the end of the year, Councillor1 Fisher stated, and it was re* veiled that at least one other doctor is considering a move. “I think people should be wakened up to the fact that they’re going to lose their doc tors if something isn’t done,” Councillor Fisher said. “My daughter had to be taken to St. Marys Saturday night for an appendicitis operation,” he continued. “It hadn’t dawned on me until then what doctors have to put up With because they can’t operate here.” Councillor R. C. Dinney, de fending the board’s position, said: “It would cost a lot more money to operate an operating room here. The board might have, to come fo the town for a grant.” Councillor Fisher; “Even if it did cost more, it would be worth it if we- could keep our doctors here.” Require Room*, Nurses Clerk C. V. Pickard reminded council of the board’s recent statement on its position which appeared in The Times-Advocate. The board said it. would require more rooms and more nurses to provide operating, services arid that the- cost of-these services would put it in the red. ' Said Reeve William McKenzie: “I don’t believe any of the other hospitals in the county, who pro vide operating services, have re ported deficits.” Reeve McKenzie said several registered nurses living in town were working in St. Marys and Clinton hospitals but would rather work here. . Mayor Pooley pointed out'that council had no jurisdiction over the operation of the hospital. The hospital board is a private corporation, he said. In its statement released on November 1, the hospital board said: “The bpard has considered the advisability, of adding major..,, surgery to our facilities and af ter serious consideration has de cided that immediate action in this connection is h6t feasible for the following reasons; “(a) Present accommodation is so limited that addition of more services would only in crease the congestion. . “(b) The present staff is over worked and incapable of under taking additional work. “(c) Additional qualified staff is difficult to obtain and at present we are below our normal complement for the services we now undertake. “(d) When, we undertake maj or surgery in our hospital the public must be prepared for deficits in our operational ac count. Up to the present our op erational account has been run ning about even as to income and expenditure. With the ad dition. of surgical staff we do not anticipate sufficient addition al revenue to balance this cost. The public generally through contribution or tax rate will be called upon, to foot deficits in .the long run.. . „ •4 , “The above considerations have forced the board to a go slow policy. On the other hand the board is pleased that the med- * / Among the men in the car, which was owned by Hastings, were Edison Hayter, R.R. 1, Clandeboye, and an unidentified man. Charge Teenage Driver Police announced Wednesday charges will be laid in connec tion with the accident Saturday night in which five Hensall and Clinton teenagers were injured when their car crashed through a dead-end road west of Kippen. All five youths were admitted to South Huron Hospital but all except one has . since been released. Lois Falconer, Clinton, suffered a broken ankle and facial cuts. Ray McKenzie, Hensall, will be confined to his home for a month; he had six teeth knocked out and cuts requiring 20 stitches in his mouth. The car, driven by Robert Lavery, 18, of Hensall, was de molished when it plunged through a fence, into a field. Damage was estimated at $600. Lavery, who received minor injuries, was released from hos pital Monday. Others who re ceived treatment were Ruth Glazier, Clinton, and Eric Smale, Hensall. OPP Constable George Mitchell investigated, Dr. L C. Goddard Break Into Hensall Garage Thieves broke into Hensall Motor Sales on Tuesday night. They gained entrance by break ing the glass in the door. Several packages of cigarettes and a roll of pennies were taken. BrOak-in was discovered by (ical profession in our community t r. an employee, | has the progressive spirit so i. nr.j..— necessary to the growth of your hospital and in the services it may render, and it is not our desire to discourage' such en terprise. We do ask, the public generally and the medical pro fession in particular to bear with us while We work out answers for the above problems. We cannot promise their im mediate solution but will work diligently in that direction.” SHDHS PRESENTS VARIETY SHOW—Dancing, singing, acrobatics, and drama will be featured in SHDHS commencement variety show Thursday and Friday nights this week. Members of the show’s kickline, above, include, Joan Koehler, Hensall; Mirdza Gulens, Dashwood; Pat Lovell, Kippen, and Jocelyn Howey* Exeter. Costumes were St. Nick Here On Saturday Santa Claus is improving his mode of transportation these days. The jolly old gent will discard his reindeer and sleigh when lie visits Exeter this Saturday and parade through .town in a modern convertible. Santa’s appearance in the open car* will highlight the annual Christmas party for children sponsored by Exeter service clubs. St. Nick will lead two parades through town, one at 1 o’clock and the other at 3 p.m. He’ll meet children at Snell Bros. Ltd. . parking lot, Main St., and take them to the Lyric Theatre, where they’ll , be treated to special movies and bags of candy. The Exeter Legion Pipe Band Will provide music for the first parade.Exeter Legion, Lions and Kins men Share the expenses of the party and take turns in Organiz ing it each year. This time, it’s the Kinsmen's turn. Sheldon Wein is chairman of the committee, Members intludo Ross Tuckey, Lou Bailey and Dick Qttance. 4All children in Exeter and tht surrounding area are invited. They’ve been asked to meet at Shell Bros, parking lot at either