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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-03-07, Page 11 1 • •1 A ,1 A • EIghttSicond Yoar 'EXETER,. ONTARIO, MARCH 7, .1957 • Al.ptoos '44411i44,1019a 49 ' . . ........ ...... ... . • I Y-U-M-M-I,PANCAKES—Reing confidently big stack of griddlecakes is Grant Hooper, eight-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs, Don Hooper, town, who was one of l.50 patrons at the annual Shrove Tuesday supper at Trivitt 1VIemorial -parish hall this week, Grant as many as 20. didn't eat all of them but the ladies estimated some of the younger fry—gp-Abl.epdhoutpo PETITION FOR PROVINCIAL SCHOOL—South Huron Junior Farmers embarked on one'of their most ambitious community service projects last week when they set out to`get 6,000.nameS on a petition asking the provincial government to bring their proposed school for retarded children 'to Huron County, Sparkplug of the project is Merton Keyes, right, president of the Seaforth club. Left is Earl McSpadden, county president. The campaign is going over well; the juniors say they are getting almost 100 percent co-operation. Photo LIBERAL CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY—Huron Liberals got their campaign for the federal election started Friday when they nominated .Andrew Y. McLean, left, t� carry their standard again. Mr. IVIctean, a` member front 1949 to 1954, has batted .500 in his political battles to date, having won his first campaign and losing the secOnd to Elston Cardiffl PC, when south and north ridings were combined. 1 -Ws' earl her' 3 with Hon. Walter narris„ minister of finance, who spoke at the nomina. Wu mooting, —414 Photo , 4 Prise s 1 el....ers arms, evy T Seven Milis st HorvardAircraft lutes...NATO G'racIs A. lone yellow Harvard- gaVe a. farewell salute to the Centralia control tower and the line Of Chipmunk .Aircraft which have replaced it as the final 'course 3f-:lringa1cadets:14n1. graatec7frr g (n weuesday. This. 'marked the end of nine and one-half :years of continuous poet -war flying instruction on. Harvard aircraft which produc- ed approximately 1,800 NATO pilots. • The beginning of the end.carne in October, 1956, when Centralia began converting from a Flying. Training School to a Primary Flying Training School. Harvard training will be con- tinued bt RCAF 'Station Moose JaW, Claresholm, and Penhold in Western Canada. To add to the solemnity of the . , Four Drivers Fined $120 Four , (drivers were fined a total of $115 in magistrate's court Wednesday morning. FO. Maurice Gobiel; RCAF Station Centralia, paid two fines amounting to $55 after he plead- ed guilty to leaving the scene of an accident on Feb. 15 and careless driving' in connection with the incident. Ills licence was suspended for three months. George. Kellett, H.R. 3 Exe- ter, received a $20 assessment for careless driving in when he 'pulled otit to pass another car arid, struck an oncoming vehicle. Glenford Sturgeon, Bell tele - Phone employee from Bayfield, paid. $20 for a similar offence op,NO:014righway to weektmgo, Leigh CAI:loves, Hathilton, also paid $20 for failure .to give the right of way Which caused an ac- cident at the intersection of No. 4 and the Crediton road. His li- cence was suspended for three months. ' Magistrate Dudley Holmes pre- sided. Zurich Chief Spots Blaze Zurich Fire Chief Milton Dietz sent in an alarm for his own brigade Monday after he spot- ted a fire at the home of Albert Erb, a mile east of Zurich. The blaze started from .sparks from the chimney, caused $600 damage to the roof. Interior of the two-storey brick house, re- cently modernized, was damaged by water. Chief Dietz and his son, Peter, who own a feed mill in Zurich, were driving home 'for dinner when they spotted the blaze. His eight -man brigade arrived minutes later and effective ac- tion of the firemen held damage to a minimum. 'Mr. and Mrs. Erb, who bought the house 29 years ago, and their sons, Douglas and Dale, have moved into the home across the road owned by Earl Thiel. Alters Word, Places Fifth ,G A last minute change of nund eliniinated Judy Tennant, of Exeter Peblic School, after she had reached fifth place in the zone finals of the Ontario •Spel- ling Bee in Stratford Monday night, Judy, 'who competed against 18 other girls for the,right to enter the provincial finit in To- ronto, went down on the word soliloquy. She wrote it down cor-, rectly on her practice pad but added ariother letter when she spelled it, orally for the judges. Nevertheless the 12 -year-old grade eight student lasted until the fifth round of the competi- tion and saw 13 other girls from the district eliminated before her. John Etheririgton, R,R, 1 Von - sat,the Other representative from the South Huron inspeette rate, was eliminated from the boys' eorepetition on "efficient". He was the champion of the 10 - dal contest, havingspelled 40 words without a mistake. The Winners at Stratford, both of whoM received a gold Watch; were Etthice Snyder,, PAL 1 Waterloo, and James Kattnan, Kitehener. Cy Mack, of Toronto, Was t pelt - Matter for the etrinnetition. Accompanying the heel Seth Heron oritestantt were their pa- rents, Mr, and Mr& Aubrey Ten- nant, Exeter, and Mr. and Mrs, Archie Etheringtod, lot. 1 Me- tall; their teitchere, Prineipai A. t, Idle, Exeter, and Mr. Jessie Carter, Hilebtidele; Iti. ApPeter J, . Gonias and SOH'S Principal H. L. Stogie. • oecasion, Co]. A. R. Deperreit, the military attache to Canada frtp). the French embassy in Ot- tawa, presented students with' their graduation certificates, The Top Crowds, See 'Mars' "Out of this world" well des- cribed the play "Father's Been to Mars" at SIMS, auditorium on Monday and Tuesday night of this week. It was the second three act play. presented by Exe- ter and District Player's Guild. The farce attracted the largest crowds yet to attend a produc- tion of the' local drama group, Guild officials said the two -night attendance exceeded 750, Tall Lawrence Gibson, played by Bob ltussell and otherwise known as 'Captain Galaxy, a tra- veller of outer space, dressed in a black and white space suit and wearing a magnetic dome hel- met, is considered a hero by children who watch his tele - Vision show. No one worships him more than his own son, Corky, played by George Godbolt, 11 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald God - bolt, who took his part natural- ly. His admiration for his father was obvious throughout the play and he welcomed any chance to "make believe" and join his father in the supersonic sphere. • Gibson sometimes assumed his aaracter of Captain Galaxy in 'his home life much to the pleas- ure of Corky but to the embar- ,rassment of his sophisticated high school daughter, Gloria, played by. Eunice Ward. Gloria is . afraid of losing, her new boy friend, Ned, Morris, played by' Ted `Smith; aceetlet- of her father's 'futuristic reception. Both Eunide and Ted are SHDHS students who showed consider- able talent, for acting. Mildred Gibson, wife of Laur- ence, played by Donalda Adams, is absorbed in her experiments with plants and is indifferent to the actions of her husband until one day she is entertaining her sewing circle, played by Mrs. — Please Turn to Page 3 winner of the Scroll of Honor for the highest academic marks *as Sgt. D. A. Cassarin-Grand of Paris, France, who received his award from the Officer Com- manding Flying Training School, Wing Cindr, R, G. Truemner, and the winner of the Siddeley Trophy for the hest flying marks was second Lt, L, G, L. Lember- ton, of Teulouse, France, who was presented with a. replica of this trophy by his flying instruct- or; FO. George Mirehouse of London. A highlight of Col. Deperrois' visit was his presentation of honorary French Air Force wings to W/C Truerither. ,SHDHS board offered its teaph- ers .a $400 .across4he-board in crease Tueglay night in a MeV. to .retain. the ,staff in. face of th frenzied scramble for teacher which is taking place all over Ontario. The increase is the largest ever granted by the beard in one year and raises minimum salary to $3,800. With the animal incre, ment of $300, the board's offer will give teachers total rain Pf $700, The staff requested • a mini- mum of $4,000„ which is being • offered by several area schools. At the same :meeting, the board held its tax levy on the district to seven mills, the same as last year. It expects, however, to dip into its 1956 balancein order to meet larger debenture payments, caused .by the erec- tion .of the new addition, and costs of transforming 'the music room into a third science room. Increased debenture costs :will Growers Petition ARA For Dam Near Parkhill Petition for a dam near Park-; hill to control flooding in the Hagmeier farm area was, re- ceived by the Ausable River Conservation Authority at its an-! nual meeting Wednesday after- noon in Parkhill. The request was turned over to the flood control board for consideration. The Authority is expected to delay any decision on further dams until it can assess the suc- cess of the Morrison Dam in Us - borne, which will be under con- struction shortly. After hearing reports from its legal advisor and engineer, the Authority declined to accept any responsibility for 'silting at Port Franks which has prevented cottage owners on the old river How .Many Cakes from reaching their sites by boats. Can A Boy Eat? J ARA's decision will be for- warded to the Department of How many pancakes can one 1 Public Works which referred a b tt i lit f The question Wasn't definite- year. boy ea a a s ng e sitt eg? comp a rom property own- ers to the Authority last lY answered at . the annual John A. Morrison, of East Wil- - vSihtrtoymeemnuersiadrAusuillpipueurn acti'mrTrcihand Freeman Hodgins, - Ilan", was re-elected chairman McGilliv- this week but ladies of the Wo- ray, is vice-chairman. The mun- icipal levy was set the same as m e n 's Association estimated some of their Yetuiger customers. last year, $15,000. tOnsunted illiWerdt to Y 20 ';''''''' " ' ' ' ' ' . , "It was a hard job for us to , . • - get some of them filled up," said Mrs. Henry Bierling, one! of the W.A. members. She re- ' ' ported one buoy prediulted uhe I e• . would eat 4 b t he did m kel n Move. For Industry cut the Maintenance portion gir the board's tax levy from $53e. 400 to $42,100. This $10,000 drop will be made up from the $.83,.. 800 balance Which the board carried into 1957, Out of the suro Plus, top, come the $6,0.0p for the science room and the in, c,reased salaries of the teachers which will amount to about $5,830 this year, Practically every school board in the province aces similar in. creases in salary costs made necessary by the shortage of teachers. Jobs are being effered for 700 teachers but wily 250 wig graduate from the Ontario lege of Education this year, SHDHS's minimum salary of $3,800 is still not as high as some other district echools, Godericle and Seaforth have raised their base to $4,000, No Additional Teachers There are 21 teachers at SHDHS this year. No additions vvill be necessary in the fall because the staff was increased by two last year. The board has increased its minimum .$200 each. of the past two years and the annual in- crement has risen from. $200 tO $300 to stay in line with what other boards are offering across the province, Grand Bend representative. W. F. B. MacLaren, chairman of the management committee, submitted the new salary sched- ule. His committee met with teachers at an earlier date. • At Tuesday's meeting, presid- ed over by Chairman EL L. Set& er, the board .approved inaug- uration next ,term of .a religious education program or both Protestant and catholic child- ren. The one-half hoer .a week lecture, which will be given by ministers, will start the. Hest year in grade nine and continue up a grade each year until all classes receive instruction. S. W. Weber and Edward Wurm, Exeter, and. Bill IVIielde, Hensel', were among the district persons who toole' g trip• to the Purina faring it' a. Louis, Mo., this week. "eA, . • Buvs Schoo it. 6 pancakes to the 150 who atten- 'tablish another industry in the The ladies served nearly 1,000 „ Henan council hopes to es- Council bought the brick strue-I ded the supper. They offered village by offering for sale a their customers all the cakes large building it purchased this r they could eat for 75 cents. week. 9. PREPARE FOR TESTS—Members of Exeter Figure Skating Club are preparing for two big events in their program. The club will present its annual carnival on March 9 and tests will be tried in the near future. Above, left to right, are Xandra Busche, Patricia Tinline, Anne Hockey, Susan Fulton and Penny Wood. —T -A Photo It's Repeat Performance In Huron: Farmer Cardiff Vs. Editor. McLean When Hiiron voters go to the pont in the next federal dee. tion, receive an almoit identical ballot to the One they marked hi the 1954 election. The names will read` in alpha- betical order: L. ELSTON' CARDIFF, Farmer ANDREW Y. IVIcLEAN, Editor Reqtafeh Of these two experi- encecl parliamentarians was un- officially booked Friday night when 300 Liberals drafted Editor MeLeriii t� carry their banner again, Conservatives reethethet- ed Cardiff in rebtuary. Although Mere seethed rio doubt abut the teiteoree a the Grit's nomination :meeting, the Seaforth ,newapaporman kept bis party guessing until the end. Only until after the three other tanditlatta for the noinatioh Withdrew did • he indicate he would attept. In feet, lifr, McLean. even caused a few•elikidtit filOrOttitA With the Liberals didn't know whether they had a candidate Of nOt. After the throe other ture at the bargain price of $1.00. It's the old public school build- ing which the school board will abandon this yeAr when, its new school on the south side of the village is 'completed. The board offered it for $1.00 and council accepted at a meeting Monday night: Council has made no definite plans as to how it will make * the building Available but it's expected it will be offered for sale at a reasonable price. Parts of the building are said to be in bad repairdritt at least one sec- tion, an addition, is in good con- dition. Village officials hope they can attract some budding industry which needs low-cost accom- modation to get started and would eventually build its own plant. The building will not be vaeat- ed until the end of the present school term. . Council approved increases in fetes for members of the volun- teer fire brigade. Fire Chief Byron Kyle will re- ceive $50 instead of $25 as his salary for the year. All firemen will receive $1.50 for each ineet- ing; $1.50 for each call,' and $1.50 an hour when fighting a bleep. This is an increase of 50 cents in each case. • Chief Kyle, who presented the request, said increases Were necessary to offset tlemages firemen's ' clothing when they .were called out. The fire chief also suggested a change in the heating erralile. meet to eliminate dirt in the fire hall. Men Pay Poll Tax Policeman E. R. Davis report- ed that the three single men in the village Who were taken to court Mr failing to pay pail tex had since pail the Ice. They were given suspended sentence id magistrate's court recently for the offense, Clerk J. A. Paterson reported on proposed changes to the poll tax hy,law. He also gave a report on the Ontario Rural. Multimedia ties Association eenvention in Toronto, which he and Peeve Norman lents attended, and on ohitisiciirlefvievvs with Government Council approved sale of a stove from the old hoose On the fltnrip property for $100. The' also considered a request from Elms VAA Wicreit and his father, with wanted to rent part of the dump ground for pasture, Report from the anditore, Montieth and Mordieth, Stratford, verified the surplus for Ma a $1,800, 'The report was adopted. The public; school hoard' Wal billed $&50.4.1 to Cover eat of by. laws, debentures and legal ha itt tonnettion .yeith the new buil* mg, nominees' had hidieated they Mr. Campbell, whose name wouldn't run, Chairman Hugh has been' mentioned frequentlyj Hawkins' of Clinton: introduced as a Liberal candidate for either the editor as the candidate. He the provincial or federal housed was Son thecked up by Mr. Mc- squelched those rumors em - Lean, however, Who pointed out phatitally. Ho did not intend, he had not consented to run. he said, to seek a higher public Seconds later, however, the office than the ones in which he trowd broke into applause when has already served. he announeed he would try it Mr, Hawkins, a hardware mer-! a.gal'chant, indieated he wanted 10, Explaining hit position, Mr, run as the Liberal candidate McLean recalled that After his sometime in the future but "1 defeat in 1954 bo had premised am not ready now." the party members he would. He crititimi Hur0ii voters for' render whatever service they electing a member on the op,' felt he could beat, podded id position side of the house, tiar,, the next elettion, "If you think ticularTy after the Liberal gov-; that task is to tarry the Liberal eminent had built two air tte-; banner lain, t will be honored tions the riding. He urged' to do it,' he said, party workers to put a Herod Hey Man Neininettel representative on the govern- 'rho other candidates honk- Meet tide. aced itoudod Eart Campbon, Mr. McLean's, 'nomination Is former reeve of Hit t nsl i hi 111 d and county Warcteit 111 1955; Hugh Senator W, H. Golding retirodd Hill, Goderich, former Liberal tte ran and Wen in MO but lar standard•bearcr; and fl 11 gh `le Cardiff in HU when outn HaVkins, Clinton, President of attlieibiNnotdrtp Huron ridings Wa emr* the riding assoeiationt Mt. 'laid Witfitnt 01 tenoinivatnte by Mr a, flarliet Pastorats'. fait Wed. 42T Itiankig far k Vacation In Mac 1'