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rst Traffic Victim In
Alvin S, McBride, 60, former
and:
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a► encal member of several districtlodges, became. this district's
A reeve of Stanley township
M � first traffic victim of 1957 when
he died Tuesday following a two-
ay
car collision north of town,
Police said Mr. McBride, who
was travelling south, was struck
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FATAL WRECK—OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons inspects wreckage of the car in which
Alvin McBride, Exeter, former Stanley tow nship reeve, was 'killed Tuesday night,
Damage to the cars which collided ;head-on Was estimated atue t 3 000, An in it
$ , inquest Will
be held, authorities have announced. —T -A Photo
SNOW.
6ALL,QU EJ_-=LuTrs`, Murray B.rip Hell seata,. wa ..cgaw ned ee . f
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ln> al Snowball: frolic -,of the Ladies Legioi1' .Auxiliary Wednesd'ay~' night, She was „crown
ed by last year's uden Mrs Bert Borland: 'Leftto rightBeaver,
Auxiliary are. Mrs Eugene a
president, Mrs.. Borland; the new queen; her husband, Murray Brinitnelh and
Mrs. Max Harness, past president of the Auxiliary, Lloyd Wright, whose orchestra
played for the dance, drew the ticket for the queen. , —T -A Photo
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Invite District Merchants
To Discuss Store Hours
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Merchants . in seven shopping Lucan, Zurich, Dashwood, Cred- changed ✓from Saturday to Fri-
day night, indicating the popu-
larity of the latter.
centres will be invited to at-
tend a meeting in Exeter next
month to discuss evening shop-
ping hours.
Exeter Businessmen's Associa-
tion, meeting Monday morning,
will ask storeowners in Hensel.,
Pastors Plan
Area. Project
Ministers of Exeter and sur-
rounding district met in James
St, United Church on. Monday
morning primarily to discuss
organization of a new sector pro-
. ject.
Rev. Donald McKay of Knox
Presbyterian Church, Stratford,
and H. L. Grainger, an elder of
his church, were present to ad-
dress the group and give infor-
mation on the project which • dies
been carried out both in 1955
and in 1%56 in the Stratford dist-
It is a project that is compara-
tively new in Canada and • is
undertaken for spiritual uplift.
Wherever this project has been
carried out it has meant a re-
vitalization of the church, `ft in-
cludes a house-to-house visita-
tion.
Rev, Samuel Kerr was named
chairman of a committee to out-
line something definite on this
project for the next meetinn in
Hensall United ,Church, March
25, Other members of the com-
Mittee are Rev. H. J. Snell, Rev.
C. D. Daniels 'and Rev. Glen
Strome.
Conventions Put
Officials On Run
Constant ` round of municipal
and, agricultural conventions in
Toronto is keeping district' of-
ficials here on the run. ,
Mayor R. E.Pooley and Com-
missioner W. G. Cochrane at-
tended .the Ontario Municipal
Electric Association conference
in Torontothis week. The mayor
kis° sat in for a day, on the
Ontario Rural Municipalities As'
seciation meeting and, as an of -
Mal in the vegetable 0 -ewers'
association, discussed price ne-
gotiations with other executive
m e m bier s, including Clarence
Down, H.R. 1Hensall.
Reeve Bill McKenzie is attend -
frig the rural hitinici alities con.
vention and is also planning to
take in the agricultural societies
annt;rl.Meeting,
I•Iensalr, Usborne Stephen, Hay
and Other township " offietals in
the district are Alsoattending
the :municipal conventions,
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iton and Centralia to participate
in a discussion on whether they
should open Friday or Saturday
nights during' the remainder of
1957.:
The three-month trial for Fri-
day nights, which is being con-
ducted in most area centres,
ends March 31. A decision will
have to be reached before then
about store hours for the follow-
ing months.
Town merchants welcomed the
suggestion that businessmen in
other centres might be interest-
ed in a general meeting and
agreed unanimously to extend
an invitation to any who wished
to . come.
In a discussion on the public
acceptance of Friday night open-
ings, a majority of merchants
said they had received few com-
plaints and many favored con-
tinuing the present hours. Most
agreed, however, that since bus-
iness was slow this .time of year
generally, it was hardly a fair
test,'
Some merchants reported sales
this year upover the compar-
able period in 1956.
Praises Co-operation .
Fred Darling, Town, grocer
who was elected president of
the Association during the meet-
ing, praised the co-operation
which had been shown toward
Friday night opening' by farm-
ers and townspeople, "Farmers
particulary have been very fair
in their attitude towards the
change," he said.
Mr, Darling also congratulat-
ed fellow merchants for abiding
by the majority decision to try
Friday night opening. Only a
few stores have not co-operated.
W. H. Hodgson,' insurance
agent, said a national business
publication recently reported a
marked trend toward eVcning
shopping all across Ontario. This
follows a similar trend which
has been growing in the United
Sta t es.
Mrs,• Gerald Glenn, manager
of Chainway 'Store here, report -
cd the St. Marys branch of the
organization has experienced an
increase in Sales since the town
SHDHSe rad
Wins Bursary
Bill Brock, son of Mr. and
Mrs, Russell Brock, Rensall,
and a former'd tudenti f 'S oath
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Huron ri
Dis ct High Sch 1
District
oo has
been awarded a $100 bursary
from the government
provincialg,
under the student's aid plan.
He is new in his third year*
engineering at O.A.C.
Several merchants. suggested
that opening on. Saturday .nights
should be considered during
harvest time. Others felt that a
change from Friday night, if it
were continued, might bring
confusion.
Grocer Succeeds Grocer
Fred Darling, former presi-
dent of Exeter Legion, succeeds
Douglas Rivers, another grocer,
as, head of the merchants' group.
In his acceptance speech, the
new president said he hoped. the
association would be able to
"do big things for the town."
New vice-president is Andrew
Johnston, new druggist in town.
from MacMillan, stationer, is
treasurer and Don Southcott is
secretary.
Elected to the executive com-
mittee were Mrs. Olefin; Reg
McDonald, representing t h e
garagemen; and Warren May,
of F. A. May and Son,
Douglas Rivers conducted the'
meeting,
Huron MPP Tom Pryde said
Wednesday there may be some
truth in a London Free Press
story this week which said the
government may split up its pro,
posed 2,400 -bed school for re-
tarded children into several in-
stitutions.
If the school is divided, '"I
haven't any doubt whatever that
we will get one of them," he
told The Times -Advocate,
"I am anything but dishearten,
ed in my efforts to bring the
school to Huron," he continued.
"While we would have liked to
have had the entire school built
in the county, the smaller in-
stitution will .still be a very con-
siderable thing."
"I have every reason to be
satisfied with the progress we
are making,"
The Free Press report, by
Jack Pethick, said:
"After considering a brief
from the Canadian Mental Health
Association, the provincial gov-
ernment may be planning the
three-way deal in ,the building
of hospital schools for the child-
ren instead of one larger hos-
pital• in the 2,400 -bed category.
"-The size of the proposed 2,400-
bed hospital. in .the Chatham
area may be reduced to 1,200
beds • and two other like in-
stitutions of 600 beds each built
elsewhere. •
Club Books
CBC Show
Exeter Kinsmen Club officials
announced this week they have
,booked the CBC -TV show, "Coun-
try Hoedown," for an evening
performance here in \ray.
Entire cast of the . hillbilly pro-
gram, including 'King. 'Ganohi,
the' a: es -sister '-
� nti s :anti':°'o1'rier
stars, will ;appear,
The club completed' arrange-
ments with Gordon Tapp, Ham-
ilton, the show's emcee, on
Tuesday. .Tapp, who is "Cousin
Klein" on the program, said it
will be the first appearance, of'
the group outside of the Toronto -
Hamilton area.
In addition to presenting a
program, the troupe will play
for a dance. i,'
The club plans the spring hoe-
down to complement its Harvest
Jamboree in the fall, which it
has sponsored successfully for
several years.
In charge of the event locally
is Irvine Armstrong, first vice-
president of the club, and a rel-
ative of Tapp's.
Post Office Open
All Wednesday
Effective March 1, Exeter Post
Office will be open Wednesday
afternoons from 1.30 to 6, Post-
master Harvey Pfaff announced
this week.
The new lours will give the
town all -day postal., service six
days a week. The office will be
open from 9 to 6 every day except
Wednesday when it willbe closed
from 12.80 to 1.30.
This change becomes effective
at the same time the new 40 -hour
week comes into effect for postal
employees.
Maybe It 'Didn't 'Go South
Mrs. E. S. Steiner reports
seeing a robin on Monday morn-
ing. Is that the firsts •
District Gideon Camp
Places 3,000 Bibles
The South Huron Gideon Camp,
the local unit of Gideons Inter-
national, has just completed the
initial distribution of youth Testa-
ments to school children in the
district of South Huron.
Two thousand personal Testa-
ments,. in handsome maroon and
gold covers, have been personally
presented, free of charge, to
every child, in grades five to
eight bf the public schools of the
district,
In addition, nearly 1,000 Coni•
plete Bibles are being placed in
the schools, hotels, rnetcls, hos-
pitals, rest homes and penal in-
stitutions within the borders of
South Huron.
This stupendous task has been
carried nut by a small group of
district Christian businessmen —
eight members—representing all
denominations, which was or-
ganized about a year• ago and be-
came the 108th camp in the Do
minion of Canada,
The total inembership' in Can -
t'da isonly about 1,700, yet nearly
wo million conies of the seri tura
have been distributed in Canada,
Gideons I ternatio nal is or-
ganized
ganized iii almost every country
of the world and its inter-de-
noniinational character has given
members ready ftteceptance in all
quarters. - •
The program is financed chiefly
through the members' own dona-
tions (27%), church service of-
ferings (19%), memorial Bible
plan(a plan to dedicate Bibles
as a lasting tribute to the memory
df departed ones 29%) and gen-
eral contributions (23%).
Throughout the world a total of
33 million copies of the word of
God has been distributed free
since' the inception, a number of
years ago, of this remarkable
organization. The need is ever.
increasing as they branch out in
such new fields as universities
and as the po ulatio.n increases.
First president of the South
Huron camp,, which was or-
ganized late in 1955, was G. A.
Cann, Exeter. He has since been
sileceeded by R. Lesley MacMil-
lan. Bayfield.
Other officers are: vice-presi-
dent, S Farr, formerly of Exe-
ter and now in Mt. Bryd.ges: sec-
retary, C. E. Talbot, Bavfield;
treasurer, E. L. Cornish, Clinton;
chaplain, E. A, ltiiousseau, Kip-
pen,
of the rou include
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EDonald Jolly, 'Exeter, chairman
bf the church; r i i
se v ce edrnm ttee,
T. H. Roffman, Dashwood, Chair -
Man of the meriiorial• Bible cotii-
rnittee: Edgar Cudinore, R.R.
Rensall; and Kenneth 'Christian,
Hensall, ,
"This much • was learned in
government circles, Its leaders
are apparently in .agreement. in
principle with the suggestion of
the Mental i.feaith Association
that smaller hospitals rather
than one Huge centre would
serve the children better and
their parents.
"'One thing is certain, the
government, before so many
areas began clamoring for the
hospital, had pretty well made
un its mind where it would erect
the $10,000,000 hospital school,.
District Girls
Vie For Title
Two SHDHS graduates are
among six girls nominated for
queen of the Ontario Agricultur-
al College Royal Ball, it was
announced this week,
Beth Taylor, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Larry Taylor, Usborne,
and Mrs., Joan Tanner, daugh-
%ter of Mr, and Mrs. William El-
lerington, 41so of Usborne,are
competing for the crown.
Beth was .elected. SHDHS queen
several years ago.
Both girls have played a prom-
inent part in student activities
at the agricultural college.
Joan, who is the 1957 College
Royal president, has been on
the executive for all four years
at MacDonald Hall, has held.
several year offices for "Mac
'57" and has won honors schol-
astically.
Beth is serving her third year
on the executive of the College
Royal, was a 1956 .champion
showwoman and has held sev-
eral "Mac '58" offices.
The OAC queen . will be select-
ed by a panel of• judges at. a
buffet , supper .prior; tp ,:the ball
this Saturday night- Gi`l Christie
of CBC Tabloid fame11: crown
the winner in. a special :dre
mony.
No Response
To UK. Plea
Mayor R. E. Pooley said this
week
he has
not received eived any
offers of temporary accommoda-
tion for the English father who
seeks to start his two children
on a new life in Canada. ,
Disappointed'' that no assist-
ance lead been offered, the mayor
said: "There must be at least
20 homes in this toivn which
could give 'these people accom-
modation until they can • get
established."
I. A. H. Godbeer, 42 -year-old
dining hall supervisor in Exeter,
England, appealed to the mayor
recently for a guarantee of tem-
porary housing which is required
by immigrants before they can
receive permission to come to
Canada:
Said Godbeer: "My reason for
coming to Canada is to provide
a suitable f uture for my two
children whom I have brought
up on my own for the last five
years. Life has deteriorated so
much during the past years here
that to think of their future be-
ing successful in this country is
more remote than I could possib-
ly hope for."
"I intend, if possible, to bring.
them to a country where they
would . have a fair chance in
life ..."
None would deny it had taken
options on or was in the pro-
cess of getting 400 acres on the
hshoresareaoef Lake Erie in the Blen-
eim
"However, sincee political con-
siderations have figured so prom-
inently in the matter aired both
inside and outside the Legisla-
ture, the .government is reported
leaning to the suggestion of
medical men for smaller institu-
tions.
"One report said these is .a
possibility one 600 -bed hospital
would be built in the riding of
North Grey. The second 600 -bed
hospital would be built in ,'a
centre to serve Huron, Perth,
Oxford and Wellington."
Mr. Pryde said there is also
the possibilty that two 1,200 -bed'
schools will be authorized, one in
the Chatham area, the other in
Huron. called.
Glen Nixon, R.R, .4 Seaforth
who was pulling out of his lane
to pass a truck; Both cars ended
up in the west ditch,
The Exeter man died of :a frac-
tured skull shortly after he was
brought to South Huron Hospital
by ambulance. `
Hs uncle, Alvin Nicholson, 70,
of Aneroid, Sask., is in hospital
with face and leg injuries, but
his condition is described as "not
serious." Nixon, a body repair
mechanic in. an Exeter garage,
was not hurt.
OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons,
who investigated, said date of
the inquest will not be set until
Mr. Nicholson is able to testify.
Damage to the cars was esti-
mated at $3,000. Constable George
Mitchell assisted in the investi-
gation; Dr. R. W. Read attended
at the scene and Coroner Dr. J.
C. Goddard, of Hensall, was
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T -A Wins Five Awards;
Honor Lucan Reporter
The. Times -Advocate and Its
staff won five awards in the
1957 better newspapers competi-
tion sponsored by the Ontario
Weekly Newspaers Association.
The awards, most received by
the newspaper in its history,
were presented Friday to Robert
Southcott, co -publisher, during
the OWNA convention in Toron-
to.
Besides retaitt'ing the . Albert
V. Nolan Trophy for general ex-
cellence'among •newspapers pub-
lished in towns of 1,500 to 4,500
population, The T -A captured:
The J, George Jontiston 'award
for typographical excellence
among all weeklies in ;the prey-
ince;- ti .0 -
Third <-
T l
ace in the competition
for best front page of Ontario
weeklies; "and
Third place for ,best use of
pictures in provincial weeklies.
Miss Lina Abbott, The T -A's
energetic correspondent in 'Lu -
can, received honorable men-
tion in/the competition for the
REACHES 90—John H. Gaiser,
was swamped with 100 cards.
last week when he celebrated
his ninetieth birthday, Still in
good health, the nonagenarian
plans to work in his garden this,
summer. T -A Photo
best rural correspondent: This
contest is sponsored by Ontario
Hydro.
The five awards made The
Times -Advocate one of the most
honored newspapers at this
year's convention. It. received
I more laurels than. any other
newspaper.
Barry Wenger, publisher of
the Wingham Advance -Times
and a former Times -Advocate
employee, presented the Nolan
trophy and the third place cer-
tificates during the awards ban-
quet Friday noon. Mr. Wenger
was electedfirst vice-president
of OWNA.
The plaque, WAS
typographical
exc6llence Was presented person-
ally.. by its donor, J. George
Johnston,. senior.. member of the
public relations firm of Johnston,
Everson and Charlesworth, Mon-.
treal. Typography is the style,
arrangement and appearance of
type.
Hydro Congratulates Reporter
The plaque honoring, Miss Ab-
bott was presented by James A.
Blay, director of public rela-
tions for Ontario Hydro.
The ;citation read: "In recog-
nition of outstanding rural news
reporting, as selected by a com-
mittee of judges representing
the Ontario Weekly Newspapers
Association, Ontario Hydro con-
veys its congratulations and this
Honorable Mention to Miss Lina
Abbott, Exeter Times -Advocate,
acknowledging thereby the in-
fluential role of journalism in
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'Mr. McBride, who retired trent
his Kippen district farm a year
ago to move to Exeter, had 'beep,
escorting' his uncle .on visits to
relatives' homes in the .area,
They were returning frein the
home of Mrs. Charles Stevenson,.
Hensall, when the accident oc
cured.
Mr, McBride was • reeve of
Stanley township for three jean*,
and served several. terms as
councillor. He was a Senior
warden of Huron Lodge; A.,F,. &
A.M., Hensall; a member of
Hensall Legion and of the East-
ern Star, Exeter- He recently:
joined James St, • United Church,
Exeter,
He was born on the Goshen
line, near Zurich and farmed
near Kippen most of his life.
His wife is the former Rena Mc-
Beth. They ;moved to Exeter a
year ago and purchased the
home of John Brock, at the .,cor
ner of 'Andrew and Victoria
streets.
Also surviving is one SO4..
Stewart, and one :daughter, Don-
na, a registered nurse, both of
Toronto.
Kis brothers include Wi11)ert,.
Kitchener; Leonard; of Windsor;
Lorne and Edward, of Kipp'en;
Walter and Elmer, Exeter. Sis•
ters are Mrs.- Stuart Beattie, of
W i n g h a m, and. Mrs. Edgar
Schnell, of •Canirose, :Sask,
The body is resting at the
Bonthron Funeral Home, Hen-
salI, where service will be held
Friday, March 1 at,2 p.m., con..
ducted by Rev. H. J. Snell, Ex-
eter.
Charge Bell Man
In Hensall Crash.
Charges have. been laid against
a Bell Telephone driver, .Glen-.
ford Sturgeon, 17, • of Bayfield,
whose , truck collided' head-on.
with a car driven by. Hubert
Dietrich, 31, R.R. 3 Liman,
Thursday afternoon, ,
Police charge the trtick'driv-
er, travelling. east •on No.' 84,
pulled out to pass a car and
smashed into Dietrich's 'oncom-
ing vehicle.
Dietrich was -taken to'South.
s it with <cTt. in-
juries
Hop al• w h les
juries and possible fractures of
his right knee and arm.: Stur-
geon received lacerations to the
chin.
OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons,
w h o investigated, estimated
damages at $1,200. D. J. 'C.
Goddard, Hensall, attended.
Two Exeter persons were ,
among three men injured when
their car rolled into a six-foot
ditch near Bothwell Sunday.
Beverly Gould, town, suffered
a broken nose and Ray McCart-
er, also of town and driver of
the car, received head lacera-
tions. The third man, Robert
Campbell, London, suffered a.
broken leg,
The car overshot a flat curve
about four i miles northwest of
Bothwell and turned end -over -
end three times, landing upside
down in the ditch. Damage was
estimated at over $1,000.
Crediton Nonagenarian
Recalls Bear Encounters
John H. Gaiser;. of Crediton,
who vividly recalls his experi-
ences withbears in the west
years ago, celebrated his nine-
tieth birthday Sunday at a fam-
ily•reunion at his home.
Forty persons were present for
the birthday party, prepared by
his daughter, Clara, who lives
with him. Mr. Gaiser received
over 100 cards of congratula-
tions,
-an �4 sr c ,:,a u�•ei
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in The •'i`tYl'losyAdVocate
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better 1'le s
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soeiation. Theyinolud-
e flee Nolan Trophy,. Ct":fttle for ent<r'al• �e�tccllenee anlan. papers
in A W,p of r� pJohnston
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towns' 1500 to . . . .
> 4,500,popuXatloli, J`oliiYstal� plaque for typographic �e�oelleuoe
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right; Ontario' Hydro. r .
� , � iy honorable mention awal d to �Clss Ina Abbott left, and t'et of?•
rates for third place for best front page and best use of pictures. ,—' -A Photo
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The sik-foot nonagenarian, who
likes to smoke his pipe and
watch television, spent part of
his early life in the west and
tells his friends of his encount-
ers with big silver -tipped bears
in the.. mountain horse trails.
Despite his age, Mr. Gaiser
has a quick smile and a hearty
laugh. "He likes to tell stories,
confides his daughter. Although
he's particular about his tele-
vision programs, he often watch-
es them until the smalln hours
of the morning.
Mr. Gaiser was born in Steph-
en township, one of the 11 child-
ren of Adam and Agatha Gaiser,
who cut their homestead otit of
the bush a mile west of erect,
iton: He recalls how the snow
used to blow through the cracks
of the log house into his bed-
room when he was 'a child,
After returning from the west
he farmed the homestead until
he moved to the village several
years ago.
Three Of his brothers and
sisters are still living and 'their
ages total 356 years. WilliaM,
also of Crediton and now va-
rationing in Florida, is 92; Mrs.
Carrie 1 oeltzow, 'Detroit, is 83,
and Mrs. Dora Gaiser, Colorado,
is •86,
Mr. Gaiser's children include
Lorne, St. Marys; William, now
tinthe homestead and Clara. lie
chat four grandehildren.
}lis wife, the former Catherine
Engeland of New Hamburg, died
30 years ago.
Woodham Lady
Mals 90 Years
MFS. 11 Chatters, Woodham,
celebrated ter ninetieth birth.
day on Mottday:..When' . het
friends and relatives tolled to
of
thee day
da� MOW*: ,
au
t
yWish her manhappy• eurrrs
of tea. She 1acbivcd.p110
birthday cards .and:se ;1 'tele.
hone MUMPS rsm testy
friends, Mrs, Ch ttcttYihonR
90, is still active and •does her
usual housekeeping duties.
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