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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-01-17, Page 1EXETER, ONTARIO, JANUARY 1,7.E 1957 POPP 7 T 2 .• onle let To Huron IT'S A: .TOUGH LANGUAGE—Janes Molnar,. 217 and his. sister-in-law, .VeroniCka Mol- : , Mr, 24, find tr4.1131atitig Hungarian 'into English isn't an - easy task :even .With the help ota' dictionary They are two of the four young refugee9- who arrived' in. this district recently and are looking. for work to . get establiShed in their ''new. country. Janos and older' .brOther, Zoltan,: 24, took part in the fighting,. Budapest dur- • big -the revolts against Russian domination. -;---T4 Photo • Fitingpria n Hen Four. young Hungarian 'rein- j has treated them to dinner and gees ' who arrived' in this, dist- is helping them learn the Ian- Flei-S14010.Sentence Four: Imni 1040 'Youths' Pryde Asks at Halifax, they were given shelter in an U.torne farm- house, used to house sugar beet Workers in the summer, which had been vacant for some time. They were told they were go- ing to work at sugar beets for $70';; a montill plus room and board, The ',jobs, apparently Weren't here whep they arrived. They slept-ion intings held up by bricks. They tried' to . keep a fire going with wood wet from snow. One youth's face• swelled up from the cold. They found their drinking water' frozen in the morning:. After living in terrorized Hun- gary, they didn't know but wha,t they needed permission to leave the house.' They finally risked a trip to. a neighbor's home to beg for food in sign language. But that's . all over now, They- 're comfortably housed, clothed and fed at their new •Centralia Koine. The four refugees are Zoltan Molnar, 24; his wife, Veronica, 18; his brother, Janos, 21; and Janos' fiancee, Eva Elizabeth Solyom, 23. They moved to the Centralia hotel from •Usborne last Thurs- day. With the friendly help of ° Mardaret Cook, the hotel man- ager, they're learning the lan- guage and becoming accustomed to Canadian ways. Others have come to tneir aid. The Women's Auxiliary at RCAF Station Centralia has pro- vided them , with clothes. In- dividuals in the 'village hive made similar contributions. Zolnar 'has been given a paint- ing job—a temporary •one—by a contractor at the station. Mrs. George Bother,- whose original home was in Hungary, purchased overshoes and some clothing for them and entertain- ed them at her husband's rest- aurant, Vince Benzcik, who escaped from Hungary five years ago, Adopt•Drains For Biddulph Medical officer of . health, Dr. F. S. Kipp. Feneeviewera, Maleoni Naughton. IOW liewati, Mel- ville Westmilm Livetteek valuators, Harry WHY, 'Dewin Deatton. Sanitary inspector, W. N. Gun- tin Truant officer' and weed lo. *044 Anita McIntosh, ing Bee Tuesday afternoon were two Exeter and two Usborne students. Judy , Judy Tennant, 12, a grade `eight student at the local publit Jehool, topped about 30 contest- ants from town,.Usborne and Stephen townships by , making only nine mistakes on the 50 tough words given individual school champions, Pm Hannah, a 12 . year - old grade seven pupil from Exeter, cam , second with 21 misses. Two Usberne children selected Wadi for the initial 'semi- finals were hard ones, conceded Inspector John Goman, Vire was charge of- the contest. Easier ones will be pieked for the two other this Week at Ilensttil and SS', -3 Tueltergolith. Students' stumbled ever. such WhopPer$ psychoanalysis,_ it. rettestible, reetitinaiSatinte, te. 71 If the residents of the district would donate unused furniture now being stored in attics, cel- lars etc., it would be possible to start the refugee couples house- keeping on their own, immigra- tion Officer J. R. Mutchinson said. • The Times-Advocate will be glad to receive offers . and turn them over to the proper author- ities. •Please do not bring ar- ticles to the office, however. Just tell us what is available and where it is stored. . Vince Benscik, whose phone number is 371, has offered to act as translator./for any party who wishes to discuss employment with the refugees. He may be reached at the above number after 6 p.m. Gamble of recalling •tenders for .the Morrison Dam paid off for Exeter and the Ausable Authority Wednesday when they received a bid approximately $30,000 less 'than the one they rejected last year. At a ,meeting in Exeter Wed- nesday s morning, the Authority accepted the tender of Pearce Construetion Co., Hagersville, for $167,691. Contract is• subject- to approval of the Ontario Muni- cipal Board, town of Exeter and township of Usborne. The Authority and the Depart- ment of Planning and Develop- New. Trustee Heads Board -Ken Sholdice, one of three new trustees elected in December} Was named chairman of McGillivray Township School Area Board, at its-inaugural meeting last week. Mr. Sholdice, who ran on a platform opposed to the central school proposal, succeeds Dryden Taylor, who resigned as chair- man but continues as a member. Arthur Simpson, another new trustee, who opposed the new school, was :elected vice-chair- man. Other trustees are Calyert Nichol and Grant Amos. David Henry was rehired as secretary-treasurer and his sal- ary was raised to $450 a year. Tenders are being called for a janitor for S.S. No. 15. • Frank Dickens was appointed maintenance man for the projec- tor. It was also decided to call tens ders for wood for eight schools in the township. Next, meeting will be January 23. clesiastical and ehrysantheinum, Even the short ones weren't easy. They included tricky words like abscess, lacquer and feign- ed, Contestants spelled 20 words orally and 30 on paper in the bee whidh lasted two and one- half •hours, It was held in J. A. Ti. McCurdy school, Huron Park, Centralia, Assisting Inspector GoMa were Principal jOhn Butler, of the McCurdy school; Ronald. Heirtirith, Exeter, and a number Of other teachers in the area. Date for the inspectorate final, -which will be held in Exeter, has been set for February 12. it will he the PrOgraini for the regular Home and School. AssoelatiOn Meeting. Inspectorate champion will re- ceive The TirrieS,Ativeoate shield plus A $10 cash prize donated by the newspaPer. The second semi-final'contest' was held at Hensall Wednesday afternoon and the third will take place at S.S. 3 Tuckersreith Thuttday. inent have already given their Sandtions to the new- price. With •additional expenditures of engineering, inspeetion,, soil test- ing;'_,ete., the new 'tender brings to $192,891.: 6 This cost will' be 'divided: pro- vince,' $87„445; Exeter, $78,700; Usborne (for bridge), $18,000; Authority, $8,748. • At an emergency meeting of Egeter PUC Wednesday after- noon,. 'town officials decided to request ,the • Ontario Municipal Board 'to call a public hearing immediately to .get permission for the town to issue debentures for its amount.-. Officials, considered issuing de- bentures, on the former amount approved by the board but it was $8,000 less than the revised' cost&•and it was felt this was too much of a difference tcrmake up out of . current funds. The Pearce tender is good for 30 dayA,,;"sOr.1,aPpioval from all sources Must:Jae received and contract ',sigriedf before February 15 in order to' avoid the mixup which occurred last time. On that occasion, the Authority was not able to receive approval be- fore. t he tender offer expired and'the dontractor, R. A. Blyth, Ifs Been Colder But Not Much Coldest' January weather in nine, years.' nipped the ears of district' retidents. this week as the temperature dropped to eight below on ,Tuesday. , ,• The, merctiry. 'also recorded below-zero temperatures on Sun- day, and' Monday. _Although' Many records were set' id it wasn't the Coldest January 'day in these parts, according to -the met Settibli• at -RCAF, -Station Cen. tralia. Remember January 23, 1948/. The theritiOrneter shitli3k to. 18 .1)610W:that' day. It as.. cold - enough, however. Mean letilperatUret of Sunday, Meriday. and Tuesday "'were 'thee lowest lowest 'they've been Since 1955. On--Sunday -the 'Mean: was 6,2 With a .low of fiVe belew;. on Monday,..Meaii was 4;2 low of 42, and...on Tuesday the, average WAS :2.9. • Usborne, Board. Elects: Skinner . present and discussed various problems &interning school bug- neat. W. H. Hodgson, of toter, explained the advantages of, more liabi it insurance. The beard renewed' the policy with Mr. H o dgaon AN, Also increased coverage. their own government in 'power but the reign only lasted 48 hours. The Russians rolled in, Tanks came from Czechoslovakia, the Ukraine and other neighboring countries. The Reds took the new premier for a "ride" and he.disappeared. Soon the rebels' ammunition ran out and the fight was over. The four refugees who are now at Centralia decided to flee the -country when they heard the- Russians . were taking hundreds off the streets aneseriding -them to Siberia, They took a train to a border town which was the last avenue of escape. There, a Hungarian boy, eight years old, guided them across the border where they got a ride to Vienna. At the refugee centre there, they applied to emigrate. to the United States because they had relatives there, The U,S,, how- ever. wouldn't take them and 0 Canadian immigration off i c er urged 'them to come to this country, They came, with the hope they might some day be able to visit their friends south of the border. They crossed the ocean in a Greek liner, the "New York," -with 360 other refugees to start a new life here. Will the Hungarian people con- tinue to fight for freedom? "As long as the Russians are there," they reply, "Hungarians will never be still." increased his price. . That hap- pened twice more until the Ifkure hit $200,000 and it was rejected by Exeter. New bids on the dam ranked as high as $274,000. Ten contrac- tors submitted tenders; guaranty checks from the four lowest are being retained until a contract isnegotiated. John Morrison presided for Wednesday morning's meeting. Exeter and Usborne officials were present, as well as execu- tive members of the Authority, NEW WARDEN — Reeve Fred Ream an of McGillivray township was elected warden of Middle- sex county this week, A member of county council for only two years, he defeated older mem- bers in a four-man race. • Scores "'set , In Middlesex Reeve Fred Heainan of Mc- Gillivray township scored 'a major politidal victory Tuesday when he won the Middlesex wardenship after having served Only two years on county coun- cil. , He was elected on the third ballot of a four-man race and defeated reeves with lengthier terms of service on the. council. The victory was the latest "Climax in. the „sue year, municipal political "Career ,of ,the '41-"Year- old farmer from near Sylvan. In November, he was ac- claimed to his third term as McGillivray reeve after success- fully contesting two previous elections. Reeve Heaman is the first McGillivray reeve to become warden since Freeman Hodgins served in 1944.. Cancer Society Meets The annual meeting of the Ex- eter and district branch of the Canadian Cancer Society will be held on Monday in South Huron Hospital. Officers will be elect- ed for the coming year. Youth. Gets - $75, Fine • In Magistrate's Court Wednes- day afternoon in Exeter, William Sims, of Crediton, was fined $75 and costs on a charge of reck- less driving. According to Constable Ernie Davis and' John Adkins, of Hen- sall, several lads were -engaged in putting on a show of fast and fancy driving on a Hensall street. "Cars were not made for stunt driving on a public street and in future if any such cases come before me I warn that there will not only be a fine but a suspen- sion of licence," said Magistrate Dudley Holmes. According to. E. D, Bell, coun sel for the defence, Sims was the goat for the rest of the boys. Donavon Brunzlow, Crediton, and Morris Haist, R.R. 2, Cen- tralia, were fined $25 and costs for causing a disturbance in Ex- eter Grill on December 23. Ex- eter Constable,. John Cowen laid the ebar,ge Jame «teten-tralia, was fined $15 and costs on a charge of careless driving. Kenneth Campbell, of Hay Township, charged with care- less driving in an accident on Highway 83 when his car 'was struck by a light truck driven by Jack Parsons on December 8, was acquitted. Kenneth ' Rodda anct Robert Buttler, of Centralia, were fined $10 and costs for damage to a mail box with a shotgun. They promised to make restitution. M. .1. Quinlin, of Hensall, was fined $15 and costs fors, carelesS driving which resulted in an ac- cident when he collided with an- other car on Highway No. 4. Assistance n For Site td believe we bre in the ra,,oloir Lucan Opens Friday Night Alio t h er district • shopping centre has joined, the. trend to Friday nights. "-•• • , Lucan merchants announced this week they will ,open. Friday evenings instead of -'Saturday beginning on FebruarY 1,- .The change links the Irish town with Exeter and Hensel in the immediate area where Fri- day,night shopping is already in operation. Like the other two , towns, Lucan will try the new schedule for a three-month period, after' which merchants will review the hours. Over 30 Lucan merchants at-. tended the dinner meeting Mon.; day night during which the Store hours were discussed. Mel Cul- bert is president of the, group. Warden Sees 'Normal' Year Vxcept for the building up of the county road system, there will be no major building pro- ject in 1957, for Huron. eounty council, Harld Gowdy of Howick predicted Tuesday after his elec- tion as warden. With construction of the mkt- house and county home complet- ed, Council should revert to a relatively normal year,,the war- den indicated. Tax rate is expect- cd to reinaM at 12 mills, how- ever, because payments are Still being made on the courthouse,.. Reeve GOwdy, an eight-year member of county council, won the warden's, chair over 'Cecil Blake, of Ashfield, in a close raee. It -is the first time in 28 years the honor has gone to Howick. South Huron reeves dominated the striking.tommittee of coun- cil, Three of the five Were -Jelin Storritsey, Stephen; Bill Me- Kentie Exeter, and Clayton Smith, llSborne. Deouty-Reove Gordon Rail, of Stephen. was named. to the criminal audit board. Mrs, Eliza Sims Marks,93 Yearss • Mrs. Elia% Shi*: Olebrated. her '93rd •hirtNIY.• Sit - ti • at the home et tier '404 iti UsbOrtie toittr A small Isto Minot 'woi • held in her honor. .• • Mrs. Ant nottS *dive for her years od. ilkot to. to" keit d read. • . r net two weeks ago, are thawing -guage. . out after receiving a "cold" re- What they need now is jobs. ception here. - and some money to tide them Now comfortably, but tempor- over until they can start darn. arily, housed in .the Centralia ing th e ir own , betel, these four immigrants I "We want to. get work as soon spent their first week in • this as possible," they told The districLin "unfortunate" eircum- Times-Advocate through inter- stances. order Vince Benzcik. They'll do Left alone in a cold farm- any kind' of work. house, with. some food and a Zolnar, who worked for the few 'cents and without help or Hungarian national railroad, is direction, they . spent six days a metal , worker. Jonas worked pondering—dismally—their fate in a machine shop. in their new hostland. Both girls, who worked in Two weeks after they arrived textile plants in Hungary, are excellent seamstresses, accord- ing to Miss Cook. The four arrived in Halifax on December 19, where they re- ceived $5.00 each from immi- gration officials, and then went to Toronto on the twenty-first, where they received another $2,00:. They, arrived, in London on, Depember came to this. arca shortly afterwards. They were taken to a farmhouse in Usborne owned by Ellerington brothers. The men worked Several days at the farm, of Louis Tasko, top- ping turnips, ' A bread salesman provided them with some baking. When they ran out of food, they came to Bill Ellerington's home and were taken to a Cen- tralia store Where groceries were provided for them. • Last Thursday, immigration, officer J. R. Mitchinson, Gedu- ld], moved them to the Central, is hotel. Mr. Mitchinson told The Times- Advocate the immigrants were brought here at the suggestion of Canada and Dominion Sugar Co., who felt they, would be able to- get jobs topping turnips. Turnip price dropped, however, and the jobs were not available. The company has been co-op- erative in trying to get them placed elsewhere; he said. The immigration official stat,, ed refugees were provided Witty_ plenty 'of food but did not have. sufficient furniture hi the' farni, house. He.said that With so many im migrants coming into the area Two Exeter residents, "who it was impossible to attend to them all at Once. However, .of came to Canada from the same the 25 who have arrived in the part of Europe' and know the Stratford area so far, only "three difficulties facing the immi- are without jobs at the present. grants, are helping out, The Molnar brothers are two of them. In some communities; the im- migration Offieial said, com- mittees have been organized to look after the refugees. Sea- forth, for example, has wel- comed them on arrival, provid- ed them with food, clothing and money. Efforts of this type, he said, are greatly appreciated by his department. Mr. Mitchinson said he at- triipted to house the four in an apartment in Exeter but was not able to do so. to Middlesex Seed Fair and the Salvation Army. Council met at 11 Lin. to re- ceive the' declaratibn of office from Cie* Prank Hudson. The members iticlUde Reeve Auatin Podgins, and Councillors Timo- thy Toohey, Herold Walks, Ray- Mond Greenlee and Lorne Baker. Rev. L. 'P. Prest led in a prayer for guidance. Appoilitenerits included:. Road superintendent, Torn Hod- gins. Assessor, Cliff Abbott. Treasurer, C. 13. Westrnan. were Helen Evans, SB, No. 2, Warble fly inspector, A. S. who erred on 24 words, and Glen 1 I r Towle, S.S. 7, who misspelled Bob Clark, Mitchell. r Winners of • the first district Grants of $25 each were voted semi-final in the Ontario Spell- Two drain reperts—Damen and McCarthy, — were provisionally adopted by Biddtdph Council at N am e s its inaugural meeting Monday Bee Finalis night, Engineer Charles Corbett, of Itio • • Lucan, gave the reports. Dis nct I' ntests Contract for clean-up of the , n Deacon liodgPns drain. Was let to The two Hungirian male re-:' fugees now in this distriet were in the,..thickp of freedom revolts in Budapest. -' They the country after the freedom-fighters ran out of am- Munition, and the Russians start- ed packing, them off by the carload to Siberia. Sixty-thoutand Hungarian people were. killed, by the Rus- sians in' their ruthless efforts to 7001 the , riots. Seventy - five thousand were, Injured. When the two youths left Budapest,' it Was in worse ruins than any time during world war two. These .were the .tales told by the refugees to The , Times, Adv'ocate in, in interview con- ducfed through interpreter Vince Benscik, Carling St., himself a refugee from the Russian-domin- ated country.. Benscik escaped from Hungary five years ago: On November 22i the refugees recalled,the cry for freedom started. The next day the shooti. ing .begen. The men stilldon't know where the armsfOr the revolt came from but: they remember arms were , plentiful — at first. Eight-year-old boys were carry-. ing three and four guns to dis- tribute to anyone who would join the uprising.- . The revolt continued for six days. At first, the Hungarians captured Russian military posts and seized their arms. They put in Canipuig Huron MPP Tom Pryde re- 'vealed to county council Tues. day that he has .hopes of a $20 million dollar school for retard- ed children' wilt be erected in the province in Huron. He asked county council to lend support to his campaign to bring the school, to the riding. Mr. Pryde said a number of centres were competing for the school but -"I have good 'reason Inaugural meeting of the us- borne School. Area BoardWas held in the, township hall, Board. DA Wednesday, Janney, 9, with H. Strang administering the oath of,offiee to. Delmer ,,Skin'ner' McBride, Harry Dougall and two new members, Ken Simpson and Gerald Hon. • Mr. Skinner wag elected chair, man and Mr. Dougall vice- chairman, Mr. G. Hicks was re- hired as steretitYlreasurer.. SEMI-FINAL WINNERS—Two Exeter and two Usborne students won the right 'to Inspector John eon/an was compile in the inspectorate final of the Ontario Spelling tee by defeating other district seitooI thampions irl a seini4inal contest at d. A. D. ,McCurdy school Tuesday afternoon. Judy Tennant, bottom left,. daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Aubrey Tennant, of Eleter„.and a..contestant in last year's final, was the ,winner,„ The other three' are: top row., ,Glen TOWle. 80n. of Mrs. Verna 'Towle, Zion; ollin Hannah, son of Mr, and Mrs, Jack Hannah, Exeter;. and Helen Evens, Malta Road, daughter of Mr. and'MtS. Evens.ill T-A # , Publie Works are expected to and very much in the running." call for tenders for the school in the 1956 budget, the- inov- inco. this year. Estimates for we; liminary expenditures appearee Departments of Health anti be the third in.the pro Vince and The school contemplated wilt will be comparable in—size to the one at Smith's Falls.- The third school is at Orillia. , - Construction must get under way soon, Mr. Pryde revealed, because demand for actomoda- tion is far beyond the. facilities available. .The new school will be de. Signed td Accomodate 2,0001 child- ren. A staff of 500 will be re- quired to operate it. , Mr. Pryde has been ' earripaign- ing strongly, but quietly, for a Huron site for a school during the past year. He has sent briefs to Premier Frost and the departmental ministers involved and has interviewed them per- sonally on numerous occasiont He is suggesting sites along the Bluewater Highway as for the building since they would provide quiet Atmosphere of the rural area, yet be close enough to Omit centres for_ conveni- ence. . • He also pointed out that it is central among Owen Sound, To- ronto and Windser, the•'approv, imate limits of the area school is to serve. _ Another point in Mr. PrydeN favorit the fact that the prov. ince has no buildings within the tidtokilo4,a numbetetthe-other competing 'contra alkady have several, mal, PP' said the initial ex- penditure on the school is` esti- mated at $10 million but cost will probably - double before it is completed. • County Council agreed *to sup- port the MPP in his rampaigh. Mr Pryde is receiving, help, , too, from the Midwestern On- tario Regional Development As- sociation at Stratford, which was organized recently to". pro- mote the expansion of four counties including Huron.,