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Pirko Poe
FIRST VOTE IN CANADA—Mr, and Mrs, Stewart Dykstra, left, didn't take long to
put their citizenship into action Monday, They, along with a group of other new Can-
adians from Huron countST, received their papers Monday Morning in a ceremony at
the courthouse and cast their ballot the same day. • '—T -A Photo
BARN BURSTS INTO FLAMES—Urban Ducharme, flay. -township, and his son, Oscar;
yin! the ruins of their large L-shaped barns which were destroyed by fire in a matter
of minutes Tuesday morning. Eight farm implements, including two brand new ma-
chines, were lost as well as 16 head of cattle. Oscar, who first spotted the fire, Said
the barn seemed to explode' and flames shot out every end. —T -A Photo
'Blast' Fire Guts Barn,
New Implements Stock
A big L-shaped barn exploded
Tuesday morning into a mass of
flames which destroyed the build-
ings, implements and stock of
Urban Ducharme, 46, three miles
west of Hensel]. on No, 84,high-r
way.
The loss, estimated at over $25,-
000, consisted of 16 head -of cattle,
400 chickens, seven implements,
including two new -ones, seven
tons of hay, a mowful of straw,
and barns measuring 40 x 80 and
26 x 68.
The cattle included 15 calves
averaging about 400 pounds and
one bull valued at $300.
Swiftness of the destruction
left. the owner and his famiily
• almost stunned. Someone esti-
mated the building collapsed 14
minutes after the blaze was
noticed.
Fire was spotted by the eldest
son, 17 -year-old Oscar, who had
been helping his mother in the
• garden behind the, house about
9.15, Here's how be described
what happeeed:
"Morn and I hellinished in the
garden and Were standing beside
the house, 'If there's Writhing else
to do I think I'll go to the 'barn',
I saidto her and when I turned
I saw a little bit of flame start-
ing through the roof. I yelled and
mom made a junto for the tele-
phone. Then the blast tame and
flames shot out in every direc-
dell it was just like an ex-
plosion."
Zurich Vire Brigade got into.
action in record time but in vain.
Chief Milt MHz said it, WO fottr
Huron Team
Retains Title
Boron County's livestock Judg-
ing team Vett first prize at the
, recent Lembtori-Mitictlesex Short -
born Field Day competition at
Fraser MeFarlatie's farm, Ailsa
Craig.
The Huron. juniors defeated,
five other teams in judging of
Shorthorn cows, heifers and
bulls. In doing so, they retained
the honors won last year by
Huron.
Members of this year's' team
were flay, Cann, It.fl. 3 Exeter;
Keith CeilteS, RT?.. 1 Centralia,
and Eruct Alt, 1 Sea.
forth. 'Peek ,Peek, Kippelt. was
teed Of the teen.,
minutes from the time the alarm of stone and brick. Steel roofing
sounded until his volunteers start-
ed 'pouring water.
Lower part of the, walls were
Elected Dieector
National Post
To Sweitzer,
A. J. "Jake" Svveftzer, Exeter,
was one of three' Lions elected
as Canadian directors of the
international service organiza-
tio at the thirty-seventh aytal
convention of Ontario and Qu bee
Chiba in Peterborough last eek.
The leaf lumber mill opera-
tor, who has served the pad
Year as governor' of district ;A.1,
becomes the first Exeter -LW
tobe accorded the honer.: He
will serve as a director forawo
years,
Mr. Sweitzer was one of the
tight governors Who conducted
the four-day convention
'Peterborough. Highlight of the
event was the two -and -on -half-
hour 'Sunday parade which lwas
witnessed. by an estimated 65,0i0
people, Mr, and Mrs. Sweitzer,
along with ilie oilier governors
and their wives, led the
caval -
and new siding had been installed
recently and the buildings were
in' excellent condition.
Implements included a new
hammer mill. and a new side de-
livery rake which had been pur-
chased this spring and not yet
used. Also lost were a hayloader,
binder, scuffler, mower and
sleigh.
Only equipment saved was the
tractor, disc and packer which
Mr, Ducharme was using in a
nearby field when the fire broke
out, ,
There' are eight children in the
Surlily and four of them were at
school when the barn burned.
Dennis, 15, attends SHDHS and
Larry, 13, Patsy, 10, and Leslie,
6, study at Parr Line School. The
other children are Sharon 3, and
twins *Darwin and Darline, 'one
year old.
Mr, Ducharme bought the 125 -
acre farm in 1948. lie had insur-
ance on the barn.
Hensall Kin
Sign Show
HenSall Kinsnien ChM an.
flounced this week it has con-
tracted for a professional vaude-
ville show to feature its Ontario
Bean Festival program eb, La-
bor Day.
The show, assembled by the
Paul Bros., -Kirkton, will lea
titre the Hansel sisters, pretty
blonde twins who play every-
thing from the classics to hoe-
downs on their violins. They
have won "Pick the Stara" and
Arthur Godfrey contests.
Other artists include Cy Leon-
ard, Toronto ventriloquist; Naito
Le, atetrdianist, Singer and
'dittiter; Hilly Feist, baton twirl-
ehampion and the Paul Bits,
'and Shirley.
Cade in eonvertibles.
Eight couples froth the Exeter
club attehded the erftWeitidit to
support Mr. Sweitter's candida-
ture.
Later this month, the newly-
eleeted direttor and his wife will
attend the ititerriatiotua. erntVett-
110' Of Lions in San Frantiate. A
sfleeial TAW train for 'Celia-
dians will take them an a 12 -day
tour of the west OM*
Scores Record Ma orit
PC Swi.ng... Apparent.
From -Returns
The swing towards Weft-
baker—the political phenoinetion
which rocked Oanada. Monday,
night and still ho the „nation
stunned—was evident in • prac-
tically .every poll in Huron
PC incumbent Elston. Cardiff,
who won his second victory over .
Andrew McLean and 'his' fifth
federal election since 1940, in-
creased his majority to a Tecorci
3,700 in the sweep.
His gains were general through-
out the riding,. Every munici-
pality gave him , more votes than
they did before.
The trend was quickly appar-
ent at the returning .office in
Goderich when nine 'of.,:the first
10 polls reported showedCardiff
gains. Even though McLean
started off in' the lead, eoinpar-
isons with 1953 results showed
him losing ground steadily,.
Huron voters turned • out in
Receive Papers,
Then Cast Votes
Among the new Canadians
who received their citizenship
papers in time to exercise their
franchise in the federal election
Monday were 14 from South Hur-
on.
The papers 'were presented in
the morning by Huron County
Judge Frank Fingland who had
postponed the ceremony as late
as possible so that all those
whose papers arrived in time
would be leigible to vote.
•Those from the district who
received papers were:
Elizabeth and Sjoerd Gerrit
ykstra, Alexandra Helena Dii-
oba, and Geert Mlles Nagel, all
of Exeter; Roelof and Wilhel-
mina Zondag, R.R. 2 Dashwood;
Fluberdina Van °eyelet, R.R, 2
Centralia;Cornelis and Fenny
Van Daalen, Zurich; Wiechert
and Jeltja' Knip, R.R,1 Centralia;
and Henry Binnendyk, R.R, 3
Kippen.
PCs Sweep
Local Seats
Progressive Conservative can-
didates were successful in all
neighboring ridings Monday dur-
ing the "Diefenbaker sweep".
Major upset occurred in West
McGillivray where W.H.A. Thom
as, Stratluny farmer, upset Bob
McCubbin, 17 -year-old veteran of
parliament and parliamentary
assistant to Agriculture Minister
Gardiner. The vote was 9,217 for
Thomas compared to 7,536 for
1VIcCubbin. CCF candidate John
McLachlan lost his deposit with
648. .
In Perth, I. Waldo Monteith
increased his majority by de-
feating Liberal James C. Neil-
son 16,663 to 9,048.
PC Marvin Howe d ef e a t e d
Liberal Donald Blue for the third
tim*e in Wellington -Huron. The
score was 9,166 to 5,599.
PC incumbent J. W. Murphy
was given a scare by John S.
McEachran, young Liberal can-
didate, but he retained his seat
9,062 to 8,100.
Youth Survives
Four 'Accidents
Ray McKenzie, 18 - year - old
Hensel youth, survived four car
crashes in three days with little
more than bruises.
His own car was wrecked early
Saturday morning when it hit a
truck parked on the Main St.,
Exeter. The car, valued at $800,
was a wipe -off but McKenzie,
Who was driving alone, wasn't
scratthed.
Friday night and Saturday
morning, he was involved in two
other accidents as a passenger.
e
He and tir other people involved
vere atnding the employees
banquet ' provided by General
Coach Vorks of Canada Ltd.,
Hensel], at Goderich.
Mond y night he was a pas-
senger n a car driven by Glen
Wardro , Clinton RCAF, which
failed tc make the turn from 83
to 21 hi hway, near Grand Bend.
The car rolled in the dtch. Me -
Kenzie offered a brnised wrist.
"I'm lucky to come through
all this in as good a shape as I
am," he admitted Tuesday.
Where To
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NdItotials 2
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Farm News
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larger numbers than ever before
—.the percentage was, 83.
First suspicions of the PC
swing were confirmed when
early returns from Hibbert, tra-
ditional Liberal stronghold, gave
Cardiff a majority,' In 1953, all
four Hibbert polls supported Mc-
Lean; this time, three went to
Cardiff,
To the reporters at the return-
ing office, the first Hibbert re-
turn was proof positive. Veteran
scribe Stafford Johnston, of the
Stratford Beacon -Herald, who
knows the riding like a book.
confidently predicted a Cardiff
majority of 2,000. He had to re-
vise his forecast later.
Although he lost by only 950
votes in 1953. McLean still won
only six of the 22 municipalities
in the riding. He lost two of these
this trip.
Turns Conservative
Stephen, which gave the Lib-
eral a majority of 42 before,
gave Cardiff an edge of 121. Mc-
Killop switched from 135 for Mc-
Lean to 17 for Cardiff.
Exeter's majority for Cardiff
jumped from 284 to 451; Us-
borne's rose from 184 to 309;
Hensall's from 25 to 63.
Hay township, another tradi-
tional Liberal cache, Came within
98 of going conservative. Last
election it gave the Seaforth
publisher a , 280 margin.
The biggest increase for Car-
diff came in Goderich which
gave him a majority of 563 com-
pared to 121 last time,
Prior to this. election. Cardiff's
largest majority came in 1945
when he won North Huron by
1,800 votes. The Brussels farm-
er won his first victory in 1940
by over 40 votes over the well-
known writer, R. J. Deachman.
In that year. Cardiff was the
.only PC candidate elected west
of Kitchener.
In 1945, Cardiff defeated Major
Nairn by 1,80ff votes and in 1949
defeated Col. 'Hetherington by
600. In 1953 his riding was amal-
gamated ,with ' A. Y. McLean's.
The,Seaforth publisher won his,
first..elctian: 1949'When 'he de-
feated Elgin McKinley, Zurich.,
McLean succeeded W. H. Gold-
ing when the latter was appoint-
ed to the senate.
Feature. Grads
In Next Edition
Portraits of the members
of South Huron District High
School graduating class will
be featured on two special
pages of The Exeter Times -
Advocate next week.
The portraits, taken by Jack
Doerr, will picture the stu-
dents in their traditional
gowns. There are 35 in this
year's graduation class.
The Times -Advo c ate' s
graduation photo -feature was
inaugurated last year for the
first time and the editionwas
completely sold out in several
days. Extra copies are being
printed this year to meet the
anticipated demand.
RECORD MAJORITY—Elston Cardiff, capitaliz' ing on the
Diefenbaker sweep Monday, posted the largest majority
of his 17 -year career in federal politics. He made gains in
every municipality over Liberal Andrew McLean. The
surprising trend to the PC's swept nine cabinet ministers
out of office.
Brigade 0 ens rive
Buy Ressitafor
Campaign to raise funds for thd
purchase of a community resus-
citator is being launched by Ee-
ter Fire Department.
Chief Irwin Ford said Wednes-
day the brigade will seek dona-
tions from all community organi-
zations, Cost of the life-saving
equipment is around $700.
,Chief Ford said the brigade
would make the resuscitator
available 'for use in surrounding
community as well as in town.
It will be kept in the town hall
where it will be accessible to the
Ontario Provincial Police, doe-,
tors and to anyone else who is
qualified to use the equipment.
All members of the brigade will
be trained to operate- the ma-
chine. In a case of drowning, the
department will be notified by
telephone inthe same manner as
a fire alarm is given. Sirens will
bring volunteers to the scene.
Fire Chief Ford said the move
was instigated by members of
the brigade who felt it would be
better to provide for the euip-
ment now ratherthan "close the
barn door after the horse was
out:"
Construction of the new dam in
•Usborne township; increase use
of the facilities at the Exeter
pond, the digging of numerous
farm ponds throughout the area
all create additional chance for
drownings, the chief said.
"Cost of the machine will be
many times repaid if, we save'
only one life," he added.
Several years ago, a commun-
ity campaign in Grand Bend
raised sufficient funds to pur-
chase a machine there. OPP Cor-
poral Neil Chamberlain sparked
this compaign.
The Grand Bend machine was
employed in a Vain attempt to
revive four-year-old Paul Prouty,
Hay township, who drowned when
he fell into a farm ditch on May
29
The election rests May h.
surprised the experts but :net
stun .Cardiff.
'The veteran pc member, W
2,700 majority Monday was
largest of his. 171ear ,eareer
federal polities, • predicted th
months age that John Diefenba
would win enough seats to ca
a statement in the ROUse,
stuck to that forecast a1 thro
bis -campaign.
"I knew Diefenbaker was SO
to go, a long. way," Cardiff '8
Tuesday when questioned
the prediction. "You don'
with a Irian like John Diefenba.
.for 10 years 'witheit„realizing -
greatness." •
"Nobody in the -Commons kn.
John Diefenbaker better tha
do," be .explained, "OW' Offi
have been side by side for Ye
and hardly a day has passed
ing the sessions when we di
talk things 'liver."
"I told John three months
this would happen and I told
Pd bring him one ofhis sea
didn't have any vision -4 just:
it, that's all."
.Feresew .Another Election
Five weeks age, Cardiff
The Times -Advocate that the P
would win about the sam.e n
ber of seats as the Liberals -
that it would force 'another ol
tion. Party workers collar
after the election 'that, he
made that forecast repeate
during the .carePaign.
(Most of his to -workers adi
ted, too, that they didn't 'bell
him, They felt Diefenbaker -w.o,
make gains but did not .exp
anything like the upsurge wit.
gave the PC's 110 seat t to
Liberals 103).
Asked what will happen
Cardiff said he expected
PC's would meet in caucus wit
a few days. "We're going to
called to Ottawa Soon," the..
eran MP said. "Then We'll f
out."
The Brussels farmer mautta
that C. D. Howe , and his di
tonal approach to parliament
the uppermost reason for
swing to Diefenbaker. "It ta
a long time to educate the pu
that something is wrong but
convinced they finally'rea
that one man in the governm
(Howe) was definitely A dicta
He tact An be taken care of
the voters Aid it,", Howe .wo,'
of. thick Liberal. Cabinet Minis
who ,were defeated,
A. Y. McLean, who went d
to his„second defeat Monday a
winning his first election ei
years ago. said Tuesday he '•
had no indication during his c
paign of the groundswell buil
up for Diefenbaker, "I was
surprised as anyone else,"
stated.
Service Vote To Come
The swing towards the new,
leader helped Cardiff qnadr
his 1953 majority in spite of
of the best -organized- and
energetic Liberal campaigns
the history of the riding. The
margin is tentatively set at 3
compared to 953 last election.
service vote is expected to
this majority somewhat.
Cardiff recognized the h
work of McLean and his p
during his victory speeches
Clinton and Goderich Mon
night. He praised the clean •
vigorous campaign waged b
Opponents.
Conservative workers, too,
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Centralia Display Tops But Crashes Mar Da
• Future of Air Force Day— the public programs of the
particularly the kir show will future may be affected. The
be carefully reviewed by RCAF local station's famous aerobatic
authorities as a result of two teams of former years have al -
crashes witnessed by- huge ready been banned because of
crowds on Saturday. accidents and tighter restric-
• Fatal jet accidents at Crum- liens may be enforced yet,
lin, near' London, and Gimli, The crash at Crumlin took, the
Manitoba, marred the spectacu- edge off what otherwise Was an
lar aircraft performances which outstanding air show at Cen-
featured ripen houses across tralia Saturday. -The CF -100
Canada Saturday. Canuck which exploded while
• As oneof the main cotitribu- making a low pass oyer the sta-
tors to the air show of Ontario tion was one of those which Was
stations (although not the jet to have roared over the local
part of it), Centralia's role in station in a jet extravaganza to
bring the day to a climactic fin- !give the spectators an idea
ish. Formations of T -33s, F -86s ; the busy station it is.
made fly pasts for the show's By far the outstanding att
finale but the remaining CF -100's tion of Centralia's grounds
went back to North Bay. / 'was the exhibition of the "01
Centralia's Chipmunks, Expo— Boxcar," a twin -engined mon
ditors and }laniards put on an which carries a tremen
active show for the local station cargo. The C-119, which *e
and three other- units without a 20 tons itself, tyill carry a c
mishap. The program included; of 14 tons.
faieyrinobga, tics by single Chipmunks Crowds forined a line ser
and m
HarvardS4 and formation hundred feet long to see the
I craft from the inside.
• Mixed with the display in the I Other planes- on static dis
air was the routine flying at ; included two jets- — a Sabre
Centralia on a normal day to Canuck -- Dakota, Ilary
Expeditor and Chipmunk,
Among the
eg hangars
g at ores ‘avtla tai On:
side
tornado, a remote -centre
Dixie paddle -wheeler, and
old RCAF trainers, a Tiger lk
and Fleet Finch from Gode
Flying Club.
1 The small tornado WAS ere
by the met section inside a g
ease. The met display
featured radio transmission
weather maps.
The Dixie paddle-whe
whichoperated in an artifi
peel, ivaS controlled by ra
An eleetrical game lasein
the children.
Interest in a film on ritie
warfare Was created by e,
skins simulating atomie
blasts which almost rocked
hangars.
Pre -Plight School eacitin
on an impressive display of g
hunts and NATO students f
TurkeY staged A drill denten,
lion in formal dress with xi
and bayonets, They Were
speeted by WiC G. R. Tru
tier,
Group CM:dein A. M. Calit
t),}3.t., C.D., &outfield
Veer of the attain
salute fret eadata ritt
STRIKING AIR SHOW—Three types Of jets and three types of training planes put on :116114116146'
a thrilling display of formation flying, solo aerobatics at RCAF Station Centralia. War- moo* t..0e2,,,, •
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day;This picture shows T38's making a formation pass over the station during the 171iLied
afternoon, 'Crashes of jets at Crumlin ,and Ginili, Manitoba, marred what were other-
wise excellent Air Porde Day shows across Canada. Plying program on the open house Eighty frce • l• ads Vett
day may be reviewed because of the crashes, —RCAF Photo i. -Please Turn to Pa