HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-05-09, Page 1r
r•
fi
Eighty-rS coed ¥esti
te
a,
TOP SHPHS FESTIVAL—"Particularly brilliant" was the way Adjudicator B. S. Mc-
COQ1 :described the singing of twins Doris and Doreen Brock, R.R. 1 Granton, after
he had :awarded them, top mark of South Huron District High School Music Festival.
They sang ,,a.Mertdelssohth duet. Over 150 students, under the direction of Principal
H. L. Sturgis, participated in the competitions. —TA Photo
Twins Capture Top Marks
At High School Festival
Doris and Doreen Brock, pretty
16 -year-old twins of Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Brock, R.R. 1, Granton,
copped top marks at SHDHS
music festival Tuesday with a
duet which •the adjudicator termed
"particularly brilliant."
"Their 'singing of the Mendels-
eohn.:song, `I would that my love',
was the outstanding performance
of the festival," enthused B. S.
McCool; supervisor of music for
the Ontario Department of Edu-
cation, who listened to more than
150' students during the day's
program..
Mr, McCool°s' praise was not
reserved for the Brock twins
alone, however. Ile was obvious-
ly' impressed with the standard
of music displayed by all the
competitors under the guidance
of Principal'l D-.: Sturgis.
:
. f. .have 'been very . surprised
end :very pleased �,with what I
have, heard coda .."-he told The
Times - Advocate4' following..; the
programr.He believed the group
singing would 'compare• favorably
with the best in the larger schools
of the province.
'The .boys' groups were par-
ticularly satisfying," he con-
tinued. • 'They had an extremely
fine blend of tone and the balance
between parts Was as fine as you
would expect in a good band,"
Commends Orchestra'
He also commended the high
school orchestra, under the di-
rection .of Teacher Cecil Wilson,
which played three pieces for
him. "Theorchestra has a very
satisfactory balance of instru-
ments' and played with a Salva-
tion
Army tone which is the
highest kind of' compliment I can
t= ' give it. It is a very beautiful tone,
derived from the long, sustained
chords of church music played.
by Salvation Army bands."
In addition to the Brock twins,
he said there were several duets
in the senior girls' class "which
were away above average for
echo]. performance,"
'Mr. McCool gave the twins a
mark of 88. He also gave Doreen
the same mark for her soprano
solo, "Come To The Fair."
Doris, who received 84 marks
In the contralto class, performed
Youth, �16
Fined $75
A. 16 -year-old Edmonton youth
John' Bloor wag fined $75. and
. costs in Clinton "count Tuesday
. morning after being convicted of
careless driving in connection
with a two -car Crash here Satur-
day Which sentseven' persons to
hospital, •
Bloor,.;'Eravellinif north on No.
4, made' a right hand turn in
front of •a southbound vehicle at
the ,,"Crediton road intersection.
Damages totaled $2,100.
Elderly "Ludy Hurt
Police.' cars and ambulances
carried the injured to South Iiu�
ron Hospital, Still confined are
Mrs. Susan Rowe, 92, St. Marys,'
\ who suffered severe lacerations
to her scalp, and William Bloot,
the ',youths father, reeovcring
teem • shock.
Mrs. Ulric Thompson; 55, Bur-
lington, Was removed to London
hospital with a fractured pelvis.
Her husband suffered lacerations
to the leg and head,
Driver of the southhound ear
was. Kenneth Thomas, 31, of Pert
Elgin. Elis mother, Mrs. Kate
Thomas, also of Port Elgin, suf-
fered a fractured right' arm. ,,
OPP Constable John Porde in,
vestigatecl *lid Dr. R. W. Read
attended the injured,
Knocks Down Posts.
Car driven by Basil John
Moore, Greenoch, ripped Off three
os'and gate Saturday when.
'p
it ,a tinged into the, ditch along -
aide' No. 4 'highway about three
Mites ;south of Exeter.
• The driver lost t'ontr l
when
a a
he passed another vehicle, driven
by Roy Lamport, A.R. 1 Cen-
tralia. Lamport WAS slowing.
down to, turn into his larietvay.
OPP Constable John. Pordewho
Investigated, said there would be
ae charges,.
at the festival despite having
undergone an appendectomy re-
cently, It was the first day she
had been out since the operation.
Top reale soloist of the compe-
tition was Barry. Slade, son of
Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Slade, Wood-
ham, who received 87 marks in
the senior bass class.
Don Peterson, Centralia, won
the tenor class, the other senior
boys' solo competition, with a
mark of 85,
FESTIVAL. WINNER --B air r y
Slade, Woodham, : received top
marks for male singers at SH -
DHS Music Festival Tuesday
afternoon. His 87 in the bass
solo class was second highest of
the competition. LA Photo
Stay
Open,
Until Ten
Friday night shopping
hours, which appear to be
gaining in popularity in this
area, have been extending
until 10 p.m. during the DST
period.
Stores will open until 10
p.m.Friday night and close
at 6 p.rn:Saturday.
• More and more shoppers
are taking advantage of Fri-
day evening to get their
shopping done for the week-
end, merchants report.
Another Huron County town
has joined the growing list
toward Friday night opening.
Seaforth, after taking a poll
of its customers, . decided to
switch from Saturday to Fri-
day night shopping because.
it appeared more popular.
Rosemary Dobson, of Kirkton,
who is more widely known for
her dancing than her sieging, won
first plate in the senior girls' con-
tralto solo with 86.
In the junior section, Marlene
Stone and Fred Miller won the
girl's and boy's solo classes.
There were. 90 entries in the
festival, with the girls classes At-
tracting the most competition.•
Principal H. L. Sturgis,• who is
in charge of music instruction at
the high school, conducted the
festival, assisted by members of
the staff.
The extensive clerical work,
which involved recording notes
o1 the adjudicator's comments
for each contestant,, was per-
formed by Miss Doris Schwartz,
school secretary, and students.
Jane Farrow and Jane 'Horton.
The high school board provided
prize money for the winners.
Those- who placed first received .a
cash, award of $1.00; second
prize winners received, a band,
—Please turn to Page' 3
elay .Cat Purthase
e ..
raise Rec Progrim
Town Council has postponed which concerns the town as well
as the townships of Stephen .anal
Usborne. Stephen ratepayers'
share of the cost is :$7,,428; Us-
borne's, $1,769; Exeter's, $318.
Council hopes the .drain will
improve water conditions in the
south-east corner of town,.
Acting on a letter from Fire
Chief Irwin Ford, who .condemn-
ed an old building on -Huron
street west as a fire hazard,
council authorized its demolition.
purchase of a machine for stain-
tainance of the dump and will
experiment with a ramp disposal
methodt!n a temporary basis,
New scheme is to build up a
ramp behind which the men
dump the garbage. The truck
keeps backing ;further and fur-
ther up the ramp as the area
fills up.
Although Councillor Ross Tay -
lar, chairman of the dump corn-
nutee, cities not believe the town
can operate the• dump success-
fully without having its own ma-
chine, he e o n s e u t e d Monday
night to try the new method
which other councillors favored.
Council took action on a re-
quest from a Toronto sportswear
company asking for information
concerning location of a factory.
Although members, did not
entertain the thought of offering
the firm any special concessions,
they suggested it might be' pos- for help from officials of two
sible to secure enough local sports organizations, both in debt,
capital to finance construction to the community centres board.
of .a building if the firm wished The centres board, however, is
to lease, having its own financial prob.
Praises Program lens.
Councillor Ross Taylor, a mem- Bruce Biggart, manager of
ber of the recreation commission, Exeter Mohawks hockey team,
said reports presented at a re- asked council for a grant equal
cent provincial conference in St. to one-half the club's current debt
Catharines revealed Exeter's of $1,700. He said the arena board
program co'm{�ares favorably had promised to pay hall of the
with that of many cities. "Every team's deficit when negotiations
type of activity they brought up, were made at the beginning of
we had had here," he said. the season.
He also reported that the cost Reg Armstrong, president of
of the Exeter program was about Exeter Curling Club, asked the
the lowest for towns of its size. town to pay the $500 the club
Councillor Ralph Bailey said owes the arena for ice this win -
the roads committee planned to ter.
continue •oiling the streets to. the Biggart said the booster hockey
extent allowed by budget. club had raised $4,500 in addition
Police were authorized to erect to the revenue at the gate but
Sports Clubs
Seek Grants
Exetercouncil quickly got; rid
of two hot potatoes Monday night
—but they may be back on the
town fathers' menu before long.
Mayor Pooley referred requests
"No U -Turn" signs at the cor-
ners of Ann and Main and Wel-
lington and Main,
Council, still not • satisfied with
traffic control in town, took no
action on a request from police
for" an increase in salary:
In accordance with the federal
government's new policy' to pay
taxes on its building, town
council.i tetructe 1 Assess'cr. Eric
'Carscad'den. to place the post
office on the roll. ,
Council received the report on
the Webber Municipal Drain
Up Maximum Salary
To $7,000 For HS.
South Huron District High
School Board raised its maxiiutn
salary' for teachers from $5,600
to $7,000 Tuesday night.
The $1,400 increase was ap-
proved to allow senior members
of the staff, who were approach-
ing the old maximum, to'share in
the across-the-board hikes in
minimum salary granted by the
board earlier this year.,
The maximum figure hi the
salary schedule has- not been
raised for two years although the
minimum has increased ,twice.
Before setting the maximum,
the board secured figures from
ix
s other schools ,in,the area and
found their limits ranged from
$6,500 to $7,200.'
Fete Former Members
Two veteran board members,
one a chairman for two years,
were honored at a banquet in
Zurich Tuesday night. '
C. S. MacNaughtoir, who served
on the board for eight years and
was_ chairman for 1955-56,'and
Harold 'Walper, a county appoin-
tee from 1950 to 1956, were pre-
sented with gifts by W. F. B.
MacLaren on behalf of board
members.
Purchase of fencing for the
westboundary of the high school
property was approved at the
board meeting which followed the
banquet, Tender of Frost Fence
Co., for $538. Wag accepted,
A lower bid was submitted by
Lorne Hodge, Crediton, but de -,tails of the tender did not meet
GB Council Endorses
Summer Newspaper
Grand Bend council,. meeting•
Monday night, gave official en-
dorsement to the community's
Host. newspaper,, `"Grand Bend
- y."
In addition to giving the- pub-
lication its moral blessing and en-
couragenient, counchl approved
'an, institutional advertising earn.
paign aimed at acquainting va-
cationers with municipal by
laws and public services.offered
by the village.
"1 feel .this newspaper earl be
a great asset to, our resort,"
Reeve lames Dalton said follow.:
Mg the meeting. "Itcan perforin
an invaluable service in develop•
ing a more interested and more
loyal group of tourists and it can
promote closer oo.operatien and
greater understanding between
the lierinatte'nt residents And our
summer visitors."
The lie ,
ws a er Which will be,
p P
published by The Exeter Tirnes-
Advoeate, will be distributed to
vacationers et the resort every
weekend during ,Tull and August.
'There will be trine, issues in all.'
Don ,'Hawkes, 23 -veal -old stu-
dent of journalism Itt Ryerson In-
stitute of Technology, Toronto,
will edit the newspaper.
Grand Bend council passed a
bylaw Monday night requesting
permission to s. end $16,000 to
pave Oke street the new outlet
to Blue Ovate i
w r• highay. .
If the Ontario ,Department 'of
Highways approve s, council
hopes to have the .read covered
with hot mix before June 10.
The surface will be three and
one-half inches thick and 20 feet
wide. It will extend 400 feet west.
of the highway,
Reeve Jim Dalton has 'called n
special meeting of council Mon-
day evening, May 13, 'to consider
a proposed building and zoning
bylaw foe the summer resort.
The new regulations, required
by the Ontario Departnient> of
Health, will affect primarily new
subdivisions in the municipality.
The department requires there
must be 150o0s uaref feet Of q ee o land'
for each building when no muni-,
tipal• .Water or sewage services
are provided.
resi-
dential,
Zoning of the resort info iesi
dential, commercial, industrial.
Arid agricultural areas will be
tackled at the 'special meeting.
the requireinents, the board
ruled.
The transportation committee
was instructed to negotiate for
a contract with. Exeter Coach
Lines for the coming year.
Landscaping of the school
grounds is -progressing. Hot mix
pavement is being laid on the
parking lot at the rear of the
school and on 'the lane at the
west end.
The grounds surrounding 'the
new addition have been seeded.
Appoint Tucke
Y
To PS Board
R. Ross Tuckey, manager of
Tuckey Beverages Ltd., was ap-
pointed to Exeter Public School
Board at a meeting Monday
night.
Son of former mayor B. W.
Tuckey, he replaces Glen Bonnal-
lie who resigned from the board
because he plans to move from
town,
It. L. Beavers was appointed
to succeed Bonnallie as chairman
of the property Committee,
Charge Two
Stole Truck
Two Godericli,youths have been
charged with theft of a Depart-
ment of Highways 3 -ton dump
truck •following their arrest by
police Thursday.
Police say Robert G. Laws, 20,
and Daniel IIzacAdams, 21,
abandoned the truck in a grave-
yard at Drysdale after driving it
there from near St. Joseph.
Donald Brenner, Grand Bend,
foreman of the highways crew,
said two nien drove off with the
truck after chatting with his men.
Brenner gave chase in his private
car. -
Cpl. Harry Sayeaii, Goderich,
and Constable Helmer Snell, Sea -
forth, arrested Laws and Mae -
Adams. PC John Fordo, Exeter,
Laid th'e charges,
Might Import
Dog Catcher
Town, council Monday night
threatened to import dog-
catcher from London to im-
pound unlicenced dogs run-
ning at large.
Members suggested t h e
city officials might be able
to' round up a truck k loxd to
take back to the pound. Own.
Hers would be given 72 hours
to claim their. animals,
Mayor I. Z. Tooley ap-
pealed for ce-operation on
the part of dog owners to
make the lay -law work,
still had $1,700 in debts, He had
been told to interview council to
ask for the half the board had
promised to pay, he said.
Can't Guarantee? ,
Mayor Pooley: "I don't know
how the arena board could .guar-
antee anything to anybody."
Reeve McKenzie, a member .of
the centres board: "We only got
a little over $13•000`froln .the •hock-
ey team this season."
Manager Biggart said the team
provided advertising for the town.
He also'told council that he had
already lined up 14 players for
next year's team.
Reeve McKenzie said the
board's guarantee to pay half of
the .team's deficit was made by.
the chairman of the board, Ed
Brady. "It wasn't discussed by
the members at all," he said.
Manager Biggart said the chair-
man called a meeting of the
'board and he (the chairman) was
the only one who showed up..
The s~eeve said the arena board
didn't know how it could get along
on the $2,000 grant it has already
received from the town.
Mayor Pooley said the PUC
had trimmed the arena's water
bill from $800 to $500 at a special
meeting last week: The arena
used nearly two million gallons
of water more than last season.
Reg .Armstrong told council the
curling club had no funds with
which to pay the $500 account it
owed the arena board. Only 51
members joined the club, he said,
instead of the 100 •estimated.
Council members suggested
that the,club's stones which cost
over $600 be turned over to the
arena board. Curler Armstrong
didn't. favor this suggestion.
WINS ROSE BOWL—For• the second year in a row, Sandra
Walper has been awarded top marks in the piano solo class
at Huron County Music Festival In Goderich..She tied with.
Carol Pepper, Seaforth, for the•Rose 'Bowl: this yeait: Itis
believed she's the first person "in 16. years to winthe
award twice. —TA Photo
Retains County Honor
First Time On Record
For the second year in sue.
cession, the highest award in the
piano 'solo classes at the Huron
County Music Festival at God-
crich has been won by an Exe-
ter girl, Sandra Walper, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Walper.
Last year Sandra won the
Sherlock -Manning piano solo
trophy, a rosebowl, and . a cash
award of $25. This year she tied
with Carol Pepper. of Seaforth,
for the same trophy and award.
Officials of the festival said
Wednesday they believed it was
the first time since the award
has been established that one
person has captured it twice.
Mrs. Roy Breckenridge, chair-
man of the awards committee;:
said that, to her knowledge, no
'performer has duplicated the
\Yelper girl's feat in the history
of the festival.
Sandra also w.on the Wingham
Dinette cup for highest points:
in the piano solo class . for 15
years and under; also the Huron
County scholarship of $25' .inpi-
ano solo 18 years and finder,
playing a grade 9 Chopin selec-
tion.
Carol Brown, 12 -year-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and` Mrs. William
Brown, Hensall, won a $25 Huron
County scholarship in the piano
solo 17 years' and under; playing
a' Mozart Sonata.' Carol also
placed first in .open Bach piano
solo.
Judy Snelgrove, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Snelgrove,
Exeter, won a $25 Huron County
scholarship in 13- years. and un,
der.
Bonnie Heather McRae, ' of
• Please turn to Page 3
After hearing charges thM .
Some houses are not being nazi-
strutted according to standards
of the .town's building bylaw
that councillors have "slippen..
up" in the grantipg of permits,..
and that buildings have bee*
started before permits are is-.
sued, Exeter .council decided t.1
hire a building inspector ,Mon-
day night.
Mayor Pooley, Reeve McKene
zie and Deputy.•Reeve Mawhint•
nee were authorized to inter,:
view candidates and employ ths
one they felt was most :qualified,
The move was promoted by
Reeve McKenzie who said coun-
cillors didn't have the time :to.
supervise buildings to make sure
they conform to Bylaw standards,
"We have taken on the respell.
sibility of inspecting these builde
ings but I don't think any of :ux
are doing the job properly—We.
haven't the time."
The reeve believed two builds
ings now under construction do
not conform to the bylaw and he
complained thdt both were start-
ed before a permit was issued.
Dissatisfaction with the en-
forcement of the bylaw was not.
confided to members of council.
Two men, both of whgni sought
permits, were not happywhen
council asked them to submit
specifications in addition to
sketches of their proposed build-
ings.
Requirq; Figures
Despite the protests, council
required the applicants to file
the specifications before permits
would be granted:
Reeve McKenzie said one man
—a contractor—reported to him.
that construction of one house
would.not .pass inspection. "We-
're going to get in trouble ,ovcc
these permits," he said.,..
Councillor Bailey: "Why . did
we pass this bylaw in, the first
place?"
councillor Taylor: "I thought
we went through all this last.
year."
Clerk Pickard: "The .bylaw''
gives us some control. over .tile.
type of buildings being ,erected'
in town."
Reeve McKenzie: "An old
barn- at the north end has been
converted into .living quarters.
Who' will stick their neck out
and go _ ;aftor' there?'„;,
'We need an inspect'or on the,
job --a man who'll look after the
permits and inspections and do
the job right.
Clerk Pickardsaid he believed
the best solution said,
be the
Appointment of a county buil,
ding inspector but there is no
provision for such a position wi-
der existing legislation of the
province.
Plans $35,000 Plant
J. W. Weber; of the Weber
Ltd., Eastern Canada distribue
tors for Dr. Salsbury's products,
presented a rough sketch for his
proposed $35,000 office and ware-
house on No. 83 highway..
Mr. Weber assured, members
construction of the cement block
building would be more than
adequate but councillors • balked
at approving the plans without
the specifications.
Eric . Heywood„ who intends to
build two houses on Huron
street, submitted his plans on
wallpaper and maintained they
were just as good as blueprints
to him. He had been in construc-
tion work since he was 14, he
told council. "I figure I know
how to build a' house by now."
Permits were approved- for.
Heywood and for Harold Tay-
, Please Turn to Page 3
'Not Legion Business'
eteransVeto Discussion On CTA
EXETER
r from
N1111'IiV�Z. I
. ,.....
ZONE AFF C� I♦;xete Postmaster far e'
v y' Pfaff, second
right, was elected deputy ut. Zone commander at .a Legion rallyin rioter Sunday. `elle _.
members 11 e1Sof
b the localmasse 1 branch turned out oil 77186,@ to cristate his election. John Date
-
son, of W 111'.. ., ..
"4V gi1a1��,right, was named zone commander, At left are Herman Young, of
Kincardine, retiring commander, and Fred O 3recht, first vice-president af' provincial
etylil<litlal'1d, T -A Photo
Legion members from nine
branches in Huron county voted
almost unanimously Sunday Af-
ternoon to defeat a resolution re.
questing repeal of the Canada
Temperance Act.
The veterans, attending a one
meeting at Exeter Legion Hall,
rejectedthe motion after a pro+•
vincial ,officer warned t h e ni
against becoming hivolved in
controversial public issues.
"This isn't Legion business,"
Fred said Br
lt
a'
ec.
t of Durliant.
first vice-president of- provincial
command. "If you want to re.
peal the CTAt get ue a petition
as private citizens but don't ask
the Canadian Legion to bell the
eat -we've had enough trouble
over this sort of thing."
The resolution, which asked
that the Ontario Liquor Control
Act be brought into force. was
sponsored by the Blyth branch't
which recently was prosecutes
for bootlegging, It condemned
the CTA as "a detriment to the
welfare of the county."
Contributes to Delinquency
George Thomason, Blyth branch
Secretary, charged the act con-
tributes to juvenile delinquency
because it allows Minors Io'
drink. It also permits people' to
drink opertly in the streets.
Why, my sort could drink beer
on the sidewalk and he wouldn't
be stomped," Thomason :•said.
"If we bad the LCA wed have
**something with :teeth in it."
ridiculed C
the DA as ler s1
which had' .been tared e'tt :
the tithe of U
erre un'identi'� :'• to L`
e , e're et o
d. W g
r
i T .
eV
truth posit cs. he ,; ;slrttiu�lt
ni hav-c rsnyl.hfta t.. drs' t
--Pleaseuric to Pais