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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-08-29, Page 1Ft. , F.4 44.44 A A r L, )4 EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 29,195 WELCOME BACK—Maintenance men Gord Parker, left, and Russ Collingwoocl open the doors of SHDHS in anticipation of the flood of students who will start a new term Til§sday. With the completion of the new five -room addition to the west of the hig,h school, there will be. no problems of accommodation this fall as there was a year ago • when it was feared • classes would have to be held in the corridor. Enrolment is expected to be a little higher than in 1956. —T -A Photo SCHOOLTEACHERS TOUR EUROPE—Trudy and. Marguerite Pickard, daughters of Clerk C. V. -Pickard and Mrs. Pickard, display the scrapbook they have compiled from their eight-weeicktour of Europe this summer. The sisters, -bothIschoolteachers in Hamilton, flew home last week after travelling thousands of miles through Western Europe; England and Scotland. They found people on the continent.gay, carefree, and eager to help touriSts. —T -A Photo Spend Summer ih Europe. Lessons Won't Be For Students Of Sisters Lessons should never get dull this corning. yr for pupils of Marguerite- and Trudy Pickard, daughters of Town Clerk C. V. Pickard and Mr. Pickard, who have just returned home .from a summer tour of Europe. Both public school teachers in Hamilton, the sisters will be able to liven up their classes with firsthand descriptions of Buck- ingham Palace, Swiss chalets, Venician gondolas, Italian art, Riviera luxury and hundreds of other sites they witnessed during their, extensive trip abroad. The girls set sail from Mont- real on July 2— four days after school closed for the holidays — on a luxury liner Tor Liverpool. Thursday they flew bailie, non- stop, from London. During the eight weeks in between, they enjoyed two eye -filling tours, one ' on the tontinent and the other of England and Scotland, "It was a Marvellous vacatinti," they ex- eleitned, Coftttast Marked their tours — We Continent they found gay end earefrea; England and Scotland seemed dull and reserved. They • admit, hOwever, their views nay have been affected by the Weather which did a eOmplete summersault betWeee. tours. DUI'. ing their 28 days on the eonthient, the weather Was perfeet — the •" sue shone every day. It was just the Opposite While they were in 4 '1 gland and Scotland — it rained all the time. • The girls &Used the Atlantic on flit Empressof England, new liner launched this spring, " Their voyage, according to the erew, was the smoothest of the year, In marked contrast to the luxuriousness of the new ship, was the swaying, bumpy and smoke - saturated boat train which carried them from Liver- pool to London. its part of Bri- tain's infamous railroad system oboe which all tourists com- plain. Waiting to join -the continental totir, Marguerite and Trudy spent threc clays in London where they saw the changing of the guard, the Tower of London, and its crown jewels, The Olde CUriosity. Shoppe, Kew Gardens, theatres, restaurants and other popular landntarks, Surprised At Smallness The smallness of England sur- prised theiri. "Everything is packed and crowded," observed Trudy. "Their fields are small, their houses small, the roads are harrow and the shops are tiny." Meeting the fellow travellers who were to tour the continent With Mein in a new, Air- conditioned bes, they found Where To Find Artnbuncements 11 Church Notices 10 Ceniiiin EVentt 13 lEditerials 2 Entertainment "13 Farm Newt 9, 10 Feminine ciCs . 1 41en8alt Lucati li SportS 4, $ Want Ade 11 themselves among Australians, Rhodesians and other national- ities, in , addition to Canadians who were in the majority. (The girls convinced several of /the non -Canadians to visit this coun- try and• even detailed a trip for 'one Australian lady, before the tour was ovee.) In their three days in Brussels, they found Belgium friendly but expensive. Brussels' Grande Place,or public 'square,, with its imposing Gothic structure flood- lit at night, fascinated them. So did 'the famous Brussels lace, one of the important industries of the city, and the girls couldn't resist bringing home samples. Exciting scenery in the Black Forest of Germany and the lake and chalets of Switzerland high- lighted this part of their tour. They took a train up the Swiss mountains where they found the air so thin it was difficult to breathe. The magnificent scenery of LUcerne, Switzerland's great tourist centre, was the highlight of the trip for Trudy. Smells Wert' Than Feat Being serenaded by gondoliers in Vallee, Italy, was "very ro- mantle," according to Mar- guerite. The girls enjoyed the boatmen's songs as they took five trips along the Venetian Muth, The beauty of the city, how- ever, is Offset by the smell of Venetian garbage, Even Exeter's pea Static doesn't rank; "It's nothing conipared to Vehige," shuddered Trudy, A tour through a glits.blowing factory In Weide' was another --Please turn to Page 3 unday Parade At G o Be Or Not ToBe? Question of whether of not there will be a parade during the Labor Day Celebration at Greed Bend on Sunday is still up the At the moment there won't be. Two weeks ago Grand Bend Min - ell passed a motion banning Sun- day parades in the summer re- sort. The situation may change be- fore Sunday, however, because council is being petitioned by se- veral important civic groups .to withdraw its ban. Reeve Jim Dalton has called a special meet- ing at which council will recon- sider its stand. Grand Bend Promotion Corn- mittee, which sponsors the La- bor Day Celebration has received backing of the newly -formed Chamber of Commerce and the Grand' Bend Ratepayers' Asso- ciation in its effort to have a parade for the holiday. At its organization meeting Tuesday night, the chamber voted unanimously to petition council to rescind its motion. , Pro -Sunday parade supporters argue there was nothing offensive in the beauty parade during last year's Labor Day celebration. Contestants for the "Miss Grind Bend" crown were displayed! in a procession of gaily -decorated convertibles led -by a band. T h e promotion committee, headed by Erie Mcllroy who is also president of the new cham- ber of commerce, claims it re- ceived many compliments on the orderliness and beauty of the procession. Name New Clerk For Grand Bend At a, special meeting of Grand Bend Council' Monday evening Mr. Murray Des Jardins was ap- pointed clerk ,of the village to succeed' Mr. Herbert Wain- wrigt, who resigned the • posi- tion because of illness. Two applications were re- ceived, ,that of Mr. Des Jardins and one from Reeve Janies Dal- ton: There were several hunderd dollars .difference in .the salary requested. On a Vote being taken the reeve vacated the chair and the vote was three to two for Mr. Des Jardins. He will assume his new duties the first of October. Murray is a on of Mr. and Mrs. Emery Des Jardins and has been in charge of the Wm.; elation booth this summer. Rear -End Crashes Cause Damage TwO rear -end collisions caused $750 damage to four cars in this district Saturday and Sunday. Cars driven by Joseph Dinel and Elwin Ryckman, both of RCAF Station Centralia, collided at the intersection of a Stephen Township road and the Crediton highway, four miles west of Crediton, early Sunday morning. Both cars were traveling south on the township road, approach- ing the intersection which is obscured by a small hill. Dinel, in the lead car,.managed to stop on the highway, but Ryekman, following, skidded into the Dinel vehicle. Total damage was esti: mated at $350. On Saturday, Donald MacKin- non, Aleinston, struck the rear end of a car driven by Vivian Cooper, R.R. 2, Ifippen, on No. 4 Highway, one-half mile south of Kippen. Both cars were traveling north, with Cooper in the lead. Mac- Kinnon pulled' out to pass, but was • forced -back when an on- coming car passed another vehicle traveling south. Attempt- ing to pull back into his own lane, MacKinnon struck the rear of Cooper's car and ended up in the eat': ditch. OPP Constable George Mitchell investigated. Damage to a Lucan car ex- ceeded $300 Saturday when it was caught in a squeeze be - tweets two others on Exeter's main street. An unidentified car Stopped to pick up hitchhikers near the in- tersection of Wellington street. A following car, driven 1»' Joseph Taylor, Centralia, stopped in time- but a vehicle driven by Harvey Chown, Lucan, hit the rear of the Taylor car. A truck driven by Kenneth 13r o o 111 smashed into the Chown car. One week ago, cars driven by Russel X. Madge, and Mrs, Wil- liam Triebner, both of Exeter, collided at the corner of Anne and Carling streets, Damage Wag $5°° Chief Reg Taylor investigated Auth.ority Buys ParkhI1Land Ausable Authority has par= chased 106 acres of land on the site of the proposed dem and reservoir near Parkhill. The land was nee Of two areas optioned this spring when the Atithoeity authorized prchminary engineering on the dam project. Option on the other area was not taken up. Whether the parade is alined or not, the' beauty contest and concert on the beach will be staged as planned on SunclaY. During the afternoon, a preli- minary competition will be held for the "Miss Labor Day" title, The six finalists in this contest, along withsix winners from the "Miss Civic Holiday competi- tion, will vie for the "Miss Grand Bend of 1957" crown at the Sun- day midnight dance in Lakeview Casino. Besides the beauty contest, Were will be a three-hour con- cert on the beach featuring Taf- fy Arnold, popular banjoist fom Detroit; Wally and Bill Williams, tambourine artists; singers and dancers. Bobby Downs orches- tra, London, will play for the event. This will be the .last event staged by the Promotion Commit- tee, which has operated for two years at Grand Bend. Its acti- vities will be absorbed by We Chamber of Commerce. Form C Of C, For Resort Eric Mcllroy was elected pre- sident of the newly -formed Cham- ber of Commerce for the Grand Bend area at a meeting in Grand Bend town hall, Tuesday evening. Vice-presideet is John Young; secretary, Mrs. J. Maxim; trea- surer, M. N. Goudy; directors, C. Chapman, Klopp, W..F. B. MacLaren, James Wells and K. Young. Representing Oakwood is Fred Walker; Southcott Pines, T. 0. Southcott and one will 'be ap- pointed from the Beach of Pines, The meeting was called by the Prornotion Committee which has been active during the past year and is headed by Mr. Mcllroy, report of the year's activities was given by the secretary", George Noseworthy. Bernard„ Toronto, of the Ontario Chamber of Cernmerce, was present and outlined the ori- gin, aims and obiects" of the or- ganization. "A job to be done and a problem to be solved" was one of the reasons for such an organization. "It ,is. not the big things which are most impor- tant but the little things that need doing from day to day," he said. '• Following a discussion a re- solution was nassed to organize a chamber and after selecting the officers nine names were placed in nomination to select five re-, presentatives from Grand Bend.' A vote of appreciation was ex- tended to the members 1->f the Prornotion Committee with em- nhasis on the snlenclid work done by the secretary, George Nose - worthy: Dr. Judith Brigham and J. M. Southcott were appointed to draw up a list of by-laws. MICHIGAN QUEEN HERE — Connie Huff, last year's Itlichigan' Bean Queen, will crown this. year's Ontario Bean Queen at Hensall Kinsmen's fourth annual festival Labor Day. Miss Huff will exchange visits with last year's Ontario queen, Greta Pfaff, Exeter, who -will be guest at the Michigan celebration. Prepare For 4,000 At Hensall Festival Henselsmen 'Club is pre- pared' to greet and feed 4,000 spectator's at their fourth annual Ontario Bean Festival on Labor Day. The club's celebration, 'which has been widely advertised, in newspaper, TV- and radio, has become. one of the major holi- day events in the district and club officials expect to increase their attendance .eacit year. It's already .clifrilied. from 1,000 'to 3000 in the three ybars it. has been staged. Kinsmen •tave packed the af- ternoon and evening shows with a variety • of entertainment to please the crowd. Features ,carried over from last year's program include the big parade, which offers $100 in prizes for floats; bean mleen con- test, horseshoe pitching contest, movies and bingo. In addition, the club will present a live radio show, midway, and minor base- ball tournament among teams from Exeter, Dashwood, Zurich and Bengali. . .Highlight of the evening show will be a vaudeville program headed by the Paul Bros, and Shirley of Kirkton and acts from Toronto ,and Detroit. They in- clude Betty . Feist, Canada's champion baton twirler who.was a hit at the Kirkton Garden Par- ty this year. Earlier in the evening, the finals of the baseball tournament will be held with the winner to receive the Hensel]. Trophy donated by General Coach. The bean queen will be crowned at an old and new time dance held in the arena after the vaudeville show. • Menu for the bean supper served picnic style on the park grounds, will require a huge gro- cery list. The ingredients will in-. dude. 40 cases of beans with pork and 30 cases of chili sauce, donated by a Montreal preser- ving firm; 3,000 doughnuts, four bushels of tomatoes, 100 pounds of cabbage, a crate of celery, a bushel of cucumbers 75 pounds onions, 30 pounds of coffee and chocolate milk for the children. Contract for dredging of -111 Portion of the harbour at Gralaill Bend was let this week and work is expected to start 40MetiAllte in September; 'Reeve J., If. Dai. ton announced Wednesday. The contract, which is vallied at $21,250, was let Tuesday 010 the Dean Construction Co, ltd., Ital. 1 Belle River, The Belle River firrnJs Cur* rently working at Bayfield mut is expected to complete Its eon - tract there shortly.. It will shift its operation to Grand Bend es soonas possible, The Times• Advocate learned. Terms of the contract, let by the federal Department' of Pub- lic Works, call for the .dredging of approximately 6,500' alibi*. yards, scow rneasnrement, of Class B material in Grand Bend harbour, Unit price specified lg. $2.50 per tubic yard scow measurement. . District gngineer D. W, 11f04 Kay, London, said the work, will lower the river bottom to SIX feet beim the water surface in-, side the harbour anci seven feel outside the harbour. The dredgingwill cover that portion of the river mouth which is the responsibility of the fede ral government, which extends' about 200 feet east of the beaell road on the north side. • Awarding of the contract stems from a campaign waged •this spring by, Grand Bend. Promo!. tion Committee and the village council to clean out the harbour mouth because the water level has become dangerously low. Earlier this summer, fishing tugs found it impossible to get to their moorings and even dif- ficult to get out of the liarbOur at all. Grand Bend efficials want the river channel dredged front the mouth to the Bluewater bridge, primarily to encourage more boating tourists to the summer resort. Dredging was done' up- stream from the bridge a num- ber of years ago, If the rest of, the channel is cleaned .out it will mean that boats will -be able to travel SOMA distance' up the river The federal project inn dredge only part of the river fret's the mouth to the bridge. Grand Bend council has sought the as- sistance of the Ausable Con- servation Authority to ,get the rest of the area dredged. Authority approved the scheme this spring, prdviding Grand Bend assume the Authority's share of the cost which is ap- proximately 50 percent. The pro. vincial government will contri- bute the other half. tree SH Graduates Win $500 SHDHS graduates have been awarded three of the four $500 university bursaries provided for Huron County by the Ontario Department of Education, Prin- cipal H. L. Sturgis announced this week. The three winners are Robert Clarke, Stephen township; Bev -1 1 •s. Bursaries: erley McLeati, Exeter; and Dona ald Peterson, Dashwood. McLean and Peterson ranked second and third: in the standing for 'highest marks of the .class. Clarke passed nine. papers, re- ceiving firet.class honors in four of them. Lorraine Taylor, Grand Bend, has been awarded a $250 bursary for • students entering teachers' college. There are two such bur- saries given in Huron County. The four departmental awards are the most any graduating class has received in the school's history. Other awards and schol- arships will be announced later, Mr. Sturgis said. • University of Western Ontario board of governors announced Wednesday that it had awarded two scholarships to SHDHS stet - dents, Donald Peterson receives a $200 award for the highest stand- ing among SHDHS graduates who are attending UWO. Edward Norininton receives :$ $100 for the highest standing in mathematics. PROVINCIAL GROUP VISITS AREA—Officials of the, Ontario Soil and Crop Improve- ment Association inspected triode:in grain -handling machinery in the elevator of Cann's Mill Ltd, during thtir tour of HUM County this week. They visited Jones, 1VtacNaughtori Seed Ltd,, $1.11)14S, and district farms. Left to right, above, are George Vansickle, Erant county, second vice.presi dent; Douglas, Huron ag rep; H. G. Strang, R.R.I Ilensall, first, vice,. president; Jim, Metal% Elgin MP, president; A. H. Martin, Terotito, secretaoNtreasurer; and Gerry Chapman,. Exeter,. operator 0."the elevator, Photo 1 HS Enrolment 'Little Higher' There will be no acconutiodd• tion problems when South Ilurenl District High School students gtt back to their studies next week. The new five -room wing, opened during mid•ternt last year, will take care of .the In. crease in this year's enrolment. 1 Principal H. L. Sturgis said Wednesday the. number of ant- , dents would be only -"I little higher" than last year's record of 525. Last year at this time, officials feared. classes would have to be held in the corridor of the school because the addition had not T ken completed. There will be two, rieW 'thee -hers on this year's staff. Miss Mary Ellen Arnold, Chatham a grad*, ate of University of' Western Ontario, will replete Robert Menu, inatlicmatica teacher, who has moved to Ingersoll. MO Marilyn Dowitati, Norwich,- a graduate of Macdonald Institute, Guelph, replaces 'qrs. 11, Perry, who has resigned. The maintenance staff at Ott school, Rural ecilifiliertd* 4:)21'4, fig iliti;Ilitataiderit °It redecorating Outing thi•iettitheb Sbudcnt 1l be set 'brilliant di tr:y urn. ht. sporting ai .10 if