The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-12-31, Page 1Eighty-Second Year Price Par Copy 7 CantsEXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 31, 1956
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by Joanne Cameron, Lambeth, magistrate Dudley Holmes as
Store Vote Decisive
As a result of decisive vot
ing by shoppers, Exeter mer
chants* have decided to stay
open Friday evenings and close
Saturday nights during 1957,
Stores will remain open until
9 p.m. Fridays and will close
at 6.30 p.m, Saturdays. This
schedule will be tried for three
months, after which merchants
will meet to discuss reaction to
the. change;
The decision was made Fri
day morning at a meeting in the
town hall where shoppers’ bal
lots, collected over the past
month, were counted.
The poll showed customers al
most four to one in favor of
Friday night. Exact total was:
for Friday night, 438; for Satuis
day night, 107.
Many, merchants made a point
of discussing with customers
Which night they prefer. They
reported that most of the, shop
pers, particularly farmers, said
“We don’t care—-we do .most of
our shopping11 during the day.”
Want To Watch Television
A few of those interviewed
Were strongly opposed to Sat
urday night closing but others
Raid they favored it .because
they liked to Watch television
on Saturday evenings.
With the change, EXeter mer
chants are following the trend
towards Friday nights through
out. Ontario. One operator of a
Mayor Gives
Civic Lesson
Mayor R. E. Pooiey held a
special meeting in the council
rooms on Monday afternoon.
Those- attending, howeyer, were
not town officials, > they were
newsboys and thq<mayor- gave
j-v^them a. lesson 'iri citizenship. *
■* 4. The youths sat around the
Ww’ouncil chamber and discussed
~ their problems with the mayor
in the dignified, atmosphere of
the town chambers.
Over a month ago, council
ordered the carriers not to use
the town hail for opening their
bundles and folding their news
papers. The action was taken
; after' repeated . requests for co
operation from the boys in
keeping the hall tidy.
The carriers, found, however,
that folding their papers outside
wasn’t convenient, particularly
on cold, wet mornings. They re
quested permission to use the
hall again.
Mayor Pooiey said the town
would let them back in providing
the boys cleaned up their paper,
obeyed the janitor’s instructions,
didn’t loiter, smoke or fight in
the building.
To ensure co-operation, he
Urged them' to organize an exe
cutive which would be respons
ible for complaints. The boys
agreed and elected Lloyd Moore,
president; Jack Stephen, vice-
president; and Dale Turvey
secretary.
. During the meeting, Mayor
Pooiey showed' the boys the
gavel and stand which had been
presented to the town, by
City of Exeter, England.
Police Chief Reg Taylor
present for the meeting.
ll -To Present
HosXpital Views
■O.
Mrs. Wife, J. Moores was
the
was
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speaker jac\the Christmas meet*
"_i_ __j’s In-
.he home of Mrs.
’hursday after-
ing of 'HuroSjjdale Women1
stitute held atvihe home of
Arthur Rundle xThi '
noon. ,
Mrs. Moores ch< jse as her sub
ject “The Aftern th .of Christ
mas,” stressing ♦''*■
tile Chirstmas si
tarried throughou
and beyond. If C
the fact that'
writ should be
;'the New Year,
__ ...____ ristians are to:
celebrate ‘ ChirstnVas in the real
trive for peace
nd throughout
spirit they must
both at home
the World,
A committee
Arthur Rundle,
Strang, Mrs.
Archie Morga
Mavers, Mrs,
arid Mrs,, Orvi
named io att _ __ _____
meeting of Soutih Huron hospital
and report to th<e January meet
ing of the inStitjite which is be-
king arranged bufthe Home Econ
omics and* Health Committee,
Mrs, R. E. [pooiey commented
Oil the motto ‘New Year Comes with prospects! now, to better be
and better o.” Helen Down,
Mrs, Jack oates and Nancy
Strang gave leadings and Barry
Jeffery COntrilbuted selections on
the accordion!,
Program
Andrew D o
Archie M<b
.Jeffery and ...........
as committed Hostesses were
Mrs. H. poucfall. Mrs. A. Keyes,
Mrs. H. Snell? Mrs. W, Rowcliffe
and Mrs. Mfec Hodgeft.
Mrs. H. Strang presided for
the business portion of the
.meeting. ^/ ;................... .......
of ladies, Mrs.
Mrs. H. H.
ugh Love, Mrs.
, Mrs. Robert
Robert' Jeffery
le Beavers, was
nd the annual
onvener was Mrs.
gall with Mrs.
art, Mrs. Harold
rs. W* J. Moores
County CA Denies
chain store said that, among
28 stores in the organization,
Exeter, was one of only three
which still opened Saturday
nights.
Although the change has come
about more slowly in Western
Ontario, there are a number of
district j t o w n s • which have
switched to Friday nights or
reduced hours of business in
other ways.
Majority of stores in Clinton
are open Friday nights although
some still stay open Saturday
evenings.
In St. Marys, stores have had
Friday night shopping for sev
eral years. Although they ex-,
perienced opposition when it
was first tried,- a recent poll
indicated customers are hap
pier with Friday nights.
Closed Every Night
In Seaforth, stores are closed
every night during the first
three months of the year. To
wards the latter part of 1956,
Friday night opening was also
tried there.
The decision to open on Fri
day night in Exeter was almost
unanimous. Two of the mer
chants favored retention of Sat
urday night shopping. , . ,
Stores will remain open until
9 p.m. Fridays and close at
6.30 pmi. Saturdays.
Douglas Rivers, president of
the -Exeter Businessmen’s As
sociation, w'as chairman for the
meeting. The merchants plan
to hold regular monthly meet
ings during the coming year.
Stork Delivers
Christmas Gift
The stork — not Santa
brought Mr. and Mrs. Van-
den. Bygaart of Grand' TBOnfl/
their best Christmas present
■ this yedr.
The girl weighed six
pounds, eight ounces. Both
mother and daughter are do
ing fine.
The Christmas gift was de
livered at South Huron Hos
pital.
Two Lodges
Install Slates
At a joint installation, of of
ficers . of Irving. Lodge, Lucan,
and Lebanon Forest Lodge, A.F.
& A.M., Exeter, at Lucan-Thurs
day evening Irving Lodge saw
the master of their lodge .in
stalled into the chair, of King
Solomon by his father, one of
the rare occasions in lodge work.
Past D.D.G.M. Harold Cor
bett installed his son W. Bro.
C. P. Corbett as the master of
Irving lodge, together with W.
Bro. Art W. Gaiser as the mas
ter of Lebanon Forest Lodge,
Exeter. '
Assisting in the ceremony
were Past D.D.G.M. Murray
Hodgins, Past Masters R. E.
Murray, Cecil Carter, Gordon« Mains, Don Chown and G. H.1 proposed bylaw governing garage
Paul.
Following the installation a
fourth degree was enjoyed. Leb
anon Forest Lodge was well
represented,
‘ The officers are:
Irving Lodge—WOr. M., C. P,
Corbett; I.P.M., G B. Culbett;
Sr. warden, H. At,. Chown; Jr.
warden, A; P. McLean; Sr. dea
con, E, R. Hodgins; .Jr. deacon,
C. E* Robb; Inner guard, W.
R. McFalls; Sr. steward, Cal
vin Haskett; Jr. steward, W.
Murray; tyler, H. Cartwright.
Lebanon Forest Lodge—Wor.
M.,'A. W. Gaiser; I.P.M., W.
■A. Fraser; Sr. warden, Ernest
CerSon; Jr. Warden, Andrew
Bieriitig; Sr. deacon, Harvey
Pfaff; Jr. deacon, E. H. Beaver;
.Inner guard, Gerald Lawson;
Sr.- steward, Libnel .Kendrick;
Jr. Steward, R. C. Dinney; tyler,
George Rether.
WELCOMES THE NEW YEAR—Peter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Armstrong, Senior
street, displays the spirit with which many residents of this area will usher in the
new year Monday evenings He’s tooting wishes your way for health, happiness • and
prosperity in 1957. —T-A Photo
Municipal Controversies
Reign Through Fifty-Six
Nineteen hundred and fifty-six
was one of the most eventful
years’ in the history of the com
munity.
The past 12 months will-prob
ably go down in the history
books as the year of controvers
ies. It was a historic year for
other reasons, too, but contro
versies seemed to be predomin
ant throughout,
Exeter was sued over the
♦operation of its town dump; an
other suit was threatened over a
hours; Hensall had a fight over
the location of its new public
school and a new councillor re
signed following a late-year row;
Grand Bend divided into two
factions over policing methods;
the feud over boundary proper
ties of Stephen township and the
summer resort*came to a head;
McGillivray township was still
divided over its proposed -central
public school; the Morrison Dam
project in Usborne township, was
stalled by contract negotiations;
owiiers refused, to sell their land
for the ’dam at prices offered
and’ forced ' arbitration; com-,
plaints' were , voiced over the
South, Huron Hospital Board’s
refusal th prdvide facilities for
surgery. • '
Despite, the public rows, con
siderableprogress was made
throughout the community in
1956, particularly- in construc
tion. . '
With new schools or school
additions being erected in Ex
eter, Hensail, Zurich and Mount
Carmel, building reached a peak.
A $100,000 addition was con
structed by General Coach
Works of Canada Ltd., I-Iensall;
Exeter post office was enlarged
by a $36,000 addition; Exeter
Legion built a $25,000 extension
to its hall; the fertilizer plant in
Stephen township was complet
ed; a number of new commerc
ial buildings were erected and
major renovations were under
taken by merchants throughout
the area.
Other highlights included: in
auguration of the hog producers’
open-market campaign; comple
tion of the Huron County court
house; record high taxes;
changes in the role played by
RCAF Station Centralia; a South
Huron Crusade for Christ* the
Zurich Centennial; and extreme
weather conditions.
Let’s review the year:
Education
South Huron District
School started construction
$175,000 five-room addition ___
original plans for a new cafeteria
had to be abandoned because Of
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Include First Pigs, Calf
In New Year's Prizes
Exeter merchants will provide
prizes not only for the first New
Year’s baby but for the first
New Year’s pigs and calf m the
area..
Prizes for the first livestock
born in 1957 are an innovation
this year to the popular, baby
derby which has been sponsored
by merchants since South Huron
Hospital Opened,
Farmers reporting the first
litter” of pigs and the first calf
Will be given free bags of feed
by Cann’s Mill Ltd. in the live
stock contest. .
Eighteen town merchants are
contributing a galaxy of prizes
for the 1957 baby and her mother.
The gifts range from the practi
cal to the luxurious, from diaper
washing service to fancy slip*
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Clothing gifts include a shawl,
dressing gown, shoes and bunt
ing bag.
Accessories include ’ a 40-piece
layette feeding set, bottle warm
er, feeding plate, silver spoon.
And there’s a nursery rug, a
crib mattress, roses, portraits,
panda bear,-child’s book, and a’
shampoo and finger wave for
mother.- .
t Merchants making the dona
tions include Traquair Hardware,
Hopper-Hockey, F, A. May and
Son Gould and Jor.ty Huntley’s,
Jack, Smith Jeweller, Dinnoy
Furniture, Andrew Johnston
Drugs, Brady Cleaners and
Laundotena Ltd., Beavers Hard
ware, Dot’s Beauty Shoppe,
Chamway, MacMillan’s, Choosa
Book Shop, Jack Doerr. Heder’s
Flowers, Smyth’s Shoe Store and
Greene’s ..Variety,. Store. .
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Publish Friday
Of This Week
With the New Year’s holi
day coming on Tuesday of
this week, The Times-Advo
cate will not be published
until Friday, January 4.
Co-operation of advertisers
and correspondents in sub
mitting copy early is re
quested.
Three Accidents
Over Yule Week
Only three accidents were re
ported over the holiday week
in this area. Damage amounted
to $2,000 but there were no in
juries.
On Thursday, a 1957 car driven
‘bottle clubs’ especially in areas
that prohibitionists have made
allegedly ‘dry,’,”
“Ridiculously archaic clauses
in various provincial liquor acts
have paved the way for boot
legging on a major scale.”
“Commissioner W. H, Lough*
eed, of the Ontario Provincial
Police, reports that liquor crimes
under his jurisdiction have de*
creased. Why? Mainly because
two former ‘dry’ counties in On
tario under the Canada Temper*
ance Act have recently voted
‘wet’.
“Every Canadian police official
I questioned,” continued Garner,
“confided that much bootlegging
and juvenile drunkenness are a
direct result of liquor restric
tions.
“ ‘ Give more legal openings
to- liquor distribution and you’ll
wipe out most bootlegging over
night,” one' said. “You remove
the old allure of forbidden fruit
And - while serving liquor to
under-age kids is rare in licenc
ed premises, it’s common among
bootleggers to whom a dollar
from a teen-ager is just as ne
gotiable as cash from an adult? "
Vigorous Enforcement
In addition to denying Garner’S
charge about the high rate of
liquor crimes in Huron, Crown
Attorney Hayes, r e c a 11 e d tho
vigorous law enforcement against’
Huron county bootleggers. Con
victions, he noted, have been
registered against bottle clubs
and bootleggers in Exeter, Hen-l
sail, Grand, Bend, Bayfield, and
other centres and many have
ceased operation.
“Tlfem irprdmxt gnd^ici£.$U.,A
enforcement of law by police in
Huron county,” said the crown
attorney.
Mr. Hayes said the test of
legislation was the protection it
gave citizens and he wondered
how many residents ip Huron
were bothered by noisy, brawling
drunks and other nuisances
brought on by liquor. “The proof
of the pudding is in the eating,”
he said.
Huron Crown Attorney H.
Glenn Hayes, QC, has denied a
statement by a national- Canad
ian magazine which infers that
Huron has a high percentage of
liquor crime.
In its December issue, Liberty
said: “Ontario’s two remaining
‘dry’ counties, Huron and Perth,
are responsible for a good per
centage of that province’s liquor
crimes.”
Replied Crown Attorney Hayes:
“I feel an analysis of the figures
on serious or even minor crimes
involving liquor would certainly
not indicate that Huron was par
ticularly affected. Generally
speaking our record for involve
ment in crime stands out very
well throughout the province.”
The magazine statement was
made in an article by Hugh
Garnei* entitled “How Canada’s
loony liquor laws breed boot
leggers.”
Garner quotes Huron County
is
saying recently: “Huron County
is in about the same position as
York County (Toronto) regard
ing liquor outlets. The only dif
ference is that, in Huron, the
provincial government is missing
a lot of revenue.”
Illegal Sale Big Business
Garner says -that prohibition
legislation in Canada has made
sale of illicit moonshine liquor ~ I----X—, - _ i i.
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busy cracking down on illicit
operators of ‘blind pigs’ and
skidded into the rear of a truck
on No. 83 highway at 11 a.m,
The car, only one week old,
suffered $1200 damage but the
truck wasn’t dented.
Both vehicles were travelling
west. Driver of the truck was
Peter Cook, Kalamazoo.
Hit-And-Run Accident
Police are looking for a hit-
and-run driver who sideswiped x .
a car driven by Bill Pincombe, ■ a big business. “Police are kept
R.R. 3 Exeter, on Sunday, De
cember 23.
The other vehicle, travelling
south, crossed the centre line
and struck the Pincombe car,
which was heading north. Dam-
agc&..amQWedJo $456., ,
■ OPP Constable John Forde
investigated.
Car Strikes Pole
An accident two miles south
of Hensall * on Highway 4 on
Friday afternoon, December 21
caused damages estimated .at
$300 and hospitalized the driver
of the car, Ward Neeb, 33, of
Dashwood, who was admitted to
South Huron Hospital and later
to St. Joseph’s Hospital. London,
suffering broken ribs and other
injuries. Mr. Neeb, a contractor,
was driving his 1949 Austin south
when he, lost control and car
eened' into the east ditch strik
ing a telephone pole and dis
rupting the service for some
time. Mr. Neeb was thrown out
the door of the car. Dr. J; C.
Goddard attended and OPp
George Mitchell of the Exeter
detachment investigated.
Christmas visitors:
Mr. and Mrs. Mose Beckler
in London with Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Ballantyne and .Mr. and
Mrs. Cal Beckler and family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Traquair
in Ottawa with their son, Don
ald and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Sim Pollen,
Flint, Mich., spent the weekend
with the former’s mother, Mrs.
Arthur Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Pryde
and daughter, of Kitchener, with
Mr. and Mrs. T. Pryde.
Sad Christmas
For-A-Squirrel
The Christmas story of
love ‘ didn’t reach everyone
over the yule. season..
A group of boys were seen
kicking a squirrel to death
Thursday on Huron street.*
One of the lads had maim
ed the animal with a “toy”
gun Santa delivered two days
before. ’
One of the busiest cooks in
this neighborhood on Christmas
day was Mrs. Earl Campbell,
R.R. 1 Hensall, who served a
festive meal to 52 members of
the family.
It was the largest yule reun
ion ever reported to The Times-
Advocate. 1
Mr. Campbell is a former
Huron county warden and was
reeve of Hay township for a
number of years. He and his
wife have 10 children, eight of
whom are married. All but one
of the families were home for
Christmas dinner.
The group consumed a 16-lb.
turkey, a goose and two Christ
mas puddings, besides all the
trimmings. The Campbell’s big
dining-room table was set three
times to accomodate the family.
Coming home for Christmas
dinner is a tradition with the
eight sons and two daughters
of the Campbell family, most of
whom live in the immediate
area. Last year, 49 sat down
to the festive meal. The number
has been increasing each year
as Mr. and Mrs. Campbell ac-
: quire more children.
Only member of the family
who wasn’t home Tuesday was
| the eldest son, Roy, of Hensall.
One of his two sons was down. -
with the measles. The other-boy,
Alvin, however, attended the re
union.
The other members of the
family include Gerald, who ha3
four children; Lloyd, four; Dor
een (Mrs. Leonard Smith, Cen
tralia) seven; Harold, five; Ar
nold, three; Ken, one; Mary
(Mrs. Larry Cronyn) two; Glen
and Homer, who aren’t married,, '
yet. /
Also present for the family
meal were Mi*. Campbell’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Camp
bell, Exeter; and his brother,
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Campbell,
Exeter, and their son. Elmer,
of Toronto; Marilyn Anderson,
Kippen; arid Private Roy Flet
cher, London.
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SERENADE HOSPITAL PATIENTS , _____JI..., ___________
First Centralia KCAF JSeonee Pack'sang carols at South char and Donald Reiiiple. These boys, with the exception
Huron Hospital on Friday evening, December 21. Shown of Bob Lammie, are all children of personnel serving at
giving their rendition of “Silent Night” to Mrs, Francis RCAF Station Centralia.
Clarke, of Creditpit.,aret Jeft to right Bob Lammie,, Brian j..........,...,........ ....... . ........,........................ .^RCAF Photo
Wolf Cubs of the | Hall, Douglas Dempster, David Noseworthy, Dicky Fiet-
District Groups
Donate To CAS
Local contributors to the
Children’s Aid Society at God
erich at Christmas included
Dashwood Women’s Institute;
Stitch and Chatter Club, Dash*
wood,* Zurich Women Institute;
Main Street United Church,
Exeter; Pride of Huron Rebekah
Lodge, Exeter; Elimvillc Wom
en’s Institute; Girl Guides, 1st
Exeter Company; Exeter Soil*
ior Citizens;
United Church. Sunday School
and Bible Class, Creditoil; Kip
pen East W. I.; Bonnie and
Wayne Butson, Exeter; Mr. and
Mrs. C. Christie and Catharine
Anne, Hensall; Exeter Chapter
No. 222 O.E.S.; Beta Sigma Phi,
Exeter; Jo Anne Whilsmith,
EXeter; Primary Dept, James
St. Sunday School, Exeter;
Women’s Missionary Society,
Centralia.; G.N.O. Bridge Club,
Dashwood; Giri Guides, Hen*
sail; Rebekah, Lodge, Hensall;
Grades 3. 4, 5 and 6 Hensall
Public School; Thames Road
Sunday School; Exeter, Crediton
W, L; Centralia RCAF public
school; 4 L’s Sunday School
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