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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-09-05, Page 14 ! A s Eiehty.Ssiond Year EXETER, ONTARIO, SPTEMBER $, 1957 PricePer Cspy 10 Ci • SO' EXETER GIRL WINS CROWN—Mary Lou McCoy, 17 -year-old Exeter hairdresser, be- came the second Ontario Bean Queen Monday when she was selected from. among eight contestants in the beauty contest- at Hensall Monday. Crowning her is Della Huff, last year's Michigan Bean Queen, who was a guest of Mensal' Kinsmen for the. festival Runners-up for the bean title were Marian Desjardine, Grand Bend, second filial left, and Margaret Moir, Hensall. —T -A Photo ' ;,..s-,:4 --: - . • •.--..,::m:,,,, ,,,,,4, "BABY SITTER". WINS,.SECOND TITLE—Janet Ferwarda, left, 19-year-ol&native of Holland who is employed as a nursemaid and hopes to become a model, won her s• second beauty title over the weekend when she was crowned "Miss Grand Bend" during the Sunday •midnight. dance. Early in August, she was chosen 'Miss Civic Holi- day" in a preliminary contest, the first she entered. Her Grand Bend victories entitle her to, compete for the "Miss Western Ontario" title in Windsor this week. Above, she receives gifts from Pat Hummel, queen of the resort last year. —Noseworthy ow. • Awe i ourists Support Committee. In Sunday, Concert Battle Grand Bend Promotion Com- mittee carried its fight for Sun- day: afternoon entertainment to patrons of the aummer resort over the Labor Day holiday. • Three thousand spectators at- tending the eoecert and beauty contest on the beach voiced with enthusiastic cheers their sup- ped of the type of holiday cele- brations the promotion commit- tee his sponsored. 41khis was an easy round for the Promotion Committee in its run- ning battle with, the village coun- cil over Sunday entertainment. Friday night before the holiday, however, the eoinmittee lost 3-2 et a special coUncLl ineeting where the controversy erupted into, fireworki, 'Eric MeIllroy, president of the disbanding promotion committee and head of the newly -formed Chamber' of Commerce which favors the celebrations, aired the controversy in public at Sun- day's concert. Ile reviewed the histOtY of the promotion commit- tee'S operation and 'explained how council had bucked the pro- gram by banning Sunday pa- rades. Seeks Crowd's Opinion • "What's your Opinion," he asked the weekend crowd who had gathered at the beach. "Do You like the kind of entertain - nicht We have Presented here?" The ;Matter came in sustained cheers. It had been sUggestccl, he said, that the 'celebration be held on Monday instead of Sunday but the committee had rejected thig proposal because it felt that many el the cOttagerS would be 'preparing to Head home. What did the erowd think? It favored S tt ntl a y /tiniest unanimously. There were only a feet cheer's tot Monday, Mentoy, who was theater Of terdittObieS for the concert, ,urged the vacationers to write letters to' ' the Chamber of Commerce to the village reeve in Support ot the eelebratietit. "We need Wit' kelp le earry en," he Said, -At rticlitY night's speeial meet - Ing, Wand tend coUtieli upheld its clecisiOn to ban Sunday pa- rades in spite of the request from the Chamber of Commerce and the iatepayers' association to rescind the motion. A signed petition from 25 of the businessmen of the village asked that parades be held on Mondays rather than Sundays on holiday weekends. Although Reeve Jim Dalton vacated his chair to support the petition, the vote lost 3-2. Coun- cillor William Cochrane moved that the ban be lifted. Council- lors Norman Turnbull,. Clayton Pfile and William Dace backed their earlier stand. Council chamber was filled with spectators for the meeting at which harsh words were ex- changed between the two camps. The ban, however, didn't af- fect Sunday's program very much. A procession of gay con- vertibles drove down the main street carrying pretty contest-. ants in the beauty contest. Offi- cials Maintained it wasn't a pa- rade but it practically achieved the same purpose, Betty Jacob, •21 -year-old ad, vertisieg agency employee from Dearborn, Mich„ won the "Miss Labor Day" title in Sunday's preliminary cohtest for the ".Miss Where .To Find it AnnouneeMents building Page 14 hureh Notices 10 Corning Events 13 Ediforiait 2 Intertilnmenf 13 Farm News 0, 10 PitnilnIna Pacts 7 Hensel! ' 6, 10 Lutan 12 Sports 4, S 10 Wont Ads ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :3 Grand Bend" hoeors, She was one of sevenwho were entered at the last mintite to provide 10 girls for the competition. Six of the 10 were selected to compete with "Miss Civic Holiday" win- ners for the "Miss Grand Bend" title. Judges were Frances Denny, women's editor of the Kitchener- Waterloo Record; Frank Guilde and Bill Rowe, London photo- graphers. Bobby Dawns and his orches- tra, London, provided musie for the concert which featured voca- list instrumentalists, acrobats and comedian Taffy Arnold, now an institution at the Grand Bend programs. Doris Johnston, Clinton, who has performed at numerous Hu- ron County, events ,was among the entertainers. • nexpected Hike In 'Enrolment... axes HS Bus, Seating in Ponder Pool Project. fter Successful Festival Hensall Kinsmen are consider- this summer's rilayground pro- Tigers for the best player of the ing the establishment, of A fundgram in Hensel] and they Proved tournament. An unexpected jump in .en, raiment at' South Huron Distric High School: is taxing bus .ac contOdatien, seating and lock facilities, it was revealed hi week when the fall term started Principal H. ,L, Sturgis re ported Thursday'enrolment had bit a record high of 574, 'an in crease of over 50 from last year The jemp, which could no be predicted because of postings - have swelled to As IMLAY- A Ther * 4. t in some cases. Theare six - grade nines, four grade 10% r three grade 11's, one 12, .one .13 s and one special eolninercial. Timetables the teachers - are heavy, the principal said. There are 21, on the staff. to construct a wading .or swim- quite popular., Children had to be Jack Boa, lienSall, and Fred at RCAF Station Centralia, found ming pool for the community transported to Late Huron, Harburn, Cromarty, retained the the school without sufficient seat - with the profits from Monday's however, because there are no Western Ontario Doubles Cham- ing and locker accomodation but "very successful" Ontario Bean swimming facilities near Hensel!. pionship in the horseshoe pitch- these problems will only be tem• Festival.No estimate of the Festival's ing competition which lasted porary, .the principal said. A crowd estimated at over profit has been made et but from 9 a.m. until evening. The School busses are "badly overcrowded," however, and it 3,000 people helped swell receipts President, Drysdale stated he ex - front the holiday celebration and pected it would be "a ersider- the Festival's financial success able amount." has encouraged club officials to Showers Hold Off consider a service project orin a- Both afternoon and evening )or proportions. The pool project - programs drew big crowds to the — one which would take a numfourth Kinsmen festival despite ber of years to complete — was discussed by the executive Thurs- day night. President Jack Drysdale said the proposal will probably be pre- sented to the club at its first meeting of the season on, Sep- tember 12. Swimming lessons were pro- vided for the first time during Thief Takes. Kids' Savings Exeter police have issued a warrent for the arrest of a, Tor- onto man who, they charge, broke into an Exeter •heme, ate a large • quantity of food and took off with $100 in Merchan- dise including the contents of two children's banks, The break:in occurred ',at the home of Gordon Baynham, Thames Road, who discovered it when he returned from Holidays Saturday. The loss included a new $30 electric razor, watch, gloves, flashlight and othee articles. The children's banks were opened With a can opener. About $10 was taken. The thief didn't bother to clean up after his meal — he left his `dirty dishes and scraps on the table. Canadian champion, Dean Mc- Laughlin, Oshawa, captured the open singles title. - Norman and Ernest Harburn; Cromarty brothers, won the "B" doubles competition, which was limited to players within a 25 - threats of ram throughout the mile radius. Basil Prerscator, day. The showers finally eagle Exeter,' copped the singles crown but not until after .most of the in the same class. Three bands provided music for the parade and entertained during the afternoon. They in- cluded the RCAF Centralia bugle —Please turn to Page 3 crowd had fuushed the Picnic - style bean supper and inoved in- side the arena for the evening perforin ance. Highlight of the evening show was the crowning of the second Ontario Bean Queen, picked from eight contestants who were judged throughout the day: Win- ner was 17 -year-old Mary Lou McCoy, blond Exeter hairdress- er, who competed in her first beauty contest, The bean queen and runrier-up Marian Desjardine, 17, of Grand Bend, went to Windsor Thutsday to vie for the "Miss Western On- tario" crown, Margaret Moir, 19 -year-old Hensall stenographer, won third place, Other competitors were Jean Stephens, Centralia; Irene Beaver, Exeter; Evelyni' Turner, Brucefield, one of a family of 16; Marjorie and Edith Rinn, Brus- sels. .The host team became the first winner of the Hensel]. Minor Baseball Trophy, donated by General Coach, by defeating Exeter 12-1 in the finals. Hensall downed Dashwood 10-4 and Exe- ter clipped Lucan 9-5 in the pre- liminaries. John Masse, of Zurich, a mem- ber of the Hensall team, won the baseball autographed by Detroit Teachers Change In Public School Inspector John G. Goman, ot Exeter, 'reports 26 classrooms in South Huron public schools had changes in teachers when school was opened Tuesday, may be necessary to :add another Of the new teachers, 13 came vehicle to the fleet. E. R. Guen- from other inspectorates Where ther, owner ''f Exeter Coach' they had, been teaching. last Lines which provides transporta- tion service, said over 460 pupils are being brought to the school in eight busses. Decision on the extra bus will be made at the board's first meeting .of the term on Tues- day night. Principal Sturgis said that had the increase been expected an ad- ditional teacher would have been considered. Numbers in classes District. Towns Slow In Selling Industry? Reeve William McKenzie sug- similar building. g'ested Exeter and other dist- 'It had been proposed that riot communities may be slow when the PUC takes over hydro in answering enquiries from in- distribution, a municipal garage dustrial firms who are seeking could be erected behind the PUO locations for factories in On- building on Main Street. Council estimated this might cost three, or four times more than the Broderick building. Councillor Ross Taylor who term. The reeve told council he heard rumors at the Ontario Municipal Association convention at Big - win Inn last week that .the in- proposed the purchase, said the clustry for which. Exeter is pre- sttiall buildings and fence behind paring information has already the town hall could be. taken been attracted to an Eastern On- down to make room for a park- tario town, Arnprier. ing lot, year; five are teachers who had, temporarily resigned and have now decided to resume teaching; four changed schools within the inspectorate and the remaining four are from this year's graft- ates of teachers' colleges, In addition, both Hensel]. and Zurich schools who moved into new bpildings, have added to the full-time • staff a teacher :who was serving half-time last year. At Hensel, 181 pupils started studies . in the $112,000 public school erected earlier this year. Students are without playground facilities yet but ' these are expected to be provided Seen. An official opening will be held in October. Principal Robert Raeburn said little difficulty /had been exper- ienced in moving into the new quarters. Feature of the building is afl adjustable partition between two, of the rooms. The partition can be removed to combine the rooms into a large auditorium. Principal .Arthur Idle reported Exeter Public School enrolment. at 397 in standard grades and 52 in kindergarten, about the same as last year. Half of the kindergarten pupils attend in , As soon as Arnprior officials Seek Relief From Soot -the morning and half in theafternoon. o a number of towns, learned of 'the enquiry, which Council agreed toto petition the Twenty-five new pupils, in ad - they packed. their bags and went went out tfederal department of public dition to those in kindergarten, off to interview the company works to improve is heating reported to school Tuesday but personally. Arnprior, the reeve h syMem- sthm in the post office. 25 of last year's pupils have said'ers complained that • soot from moved out of town. dushas ed16 new in tr, iesin artetie•aenettyears threugi; ,nae soft coal burned in the fur- There is an increase of one in aggressive salesmanship. stores on the Main streets and af- total to 14. The name ef Mrs. ce settles in nearby reta the staff this year bringing the The U.S. firm which sent out feet adjacent houses. .' Ronald Heinuich, Who teaehei the enquiry wants 5,000 square It was stiggested the apart- grade two, was omitted from A feet of manufacturing space and ment put in an oil furnace or list published several weeks ago 10 acres of. land. Council received change to hard coal., by The TimeAdvocate an estimate of $8.00 a square Council agreed to pay one- • J. A. D. McCurdy school at , s-. foot from a London contractor third of the cost, up to $40, of RCAF Station Centralia has a to erect a building of that Size. raising the sidewalk in front of new principal, Mr. H. King, mato the post office. Hardtopping of three blocks Ktsunecgeewdsa's MrT. Bpurttnleerfpalllfr- oi. —.please Turn to Page 3 the Falconbridge Public- School. Ines Exceed: -$250 • n Big Court Docket Magistrate Dudley Holmes le- vied over $250 in fines in court here Wednesday on charges of careless driving, obstructing jus - tie and contempt of court. Robert Harrison, 19, of Cen- tralia, charged with obstructing justice, %le fined $50 and costs. Miss Bessie Grieve, of Egmond- ,ville, testified that the Harrison car had struck the rear of her car while traveling west of Exe- ter on June '23. * "Harrison. refused to give me his name and when I handed him a note book to write his name in it, he kept the note book," said Miss Grieve. "Fortunately an- other passenger' in the car had recorded the number of his car," she said, Constable Gibbons testified that on July 5 he picked up Har- rison on No. 4 Highway travel- ling south. "It is my opinion that this boy obstructed the course of justice," said the 'magistrate. "His action was plain stupidity as this was a mina accident and this con- viction will be registered against him for years to come." Donald Smith, R.R. 1 Crediton, was fined $10 and costs for care- less driving The case arose out of an accident when Smith at- tempted to pass a car and a truck on the hill north of the bridge in Exeter and struck the truck driven by Ainsley Neil. Damage to the Smith car was es- tiniated at $279 and to the Neil truck $50, • A bench warrant was issued to IL Rath to appear before ma- gistrate in Goderich to explain his failure to come to court. The case' of John Bell, R.R. 2, Kippen, charged With careless driving, was`dismissed, "I have Tells About TV Stars In New .Feciture !looking In With ,Li," column about Canadian televi- SLIM personalities written by a successful fret lane writer now living in Huron Park, RCAF Ste - Lien :Centralia, ig a new featere. which starts thisweek in The TA. The author is Mrs. T. A. Touch- ette, wife of a Centralia airman, who LS on first -name terms with Moat of the, stars of etC,TV. She visits the C130 studios in Toron- to frequently and corresponds regularly With many performers and agents to keep abreast 0 the exciting earners of the stars who *perform before the tamera, ht her, fist column, Liz talks about Ed McCurdy, barmy Vaughn, .Tatkie Rae, Wally ter, Len Len Casey and Glenna Sones. Although the mother of two daughters, six and three years old, Liz finds time lb 'contribute to niany Cahadialt and Atitetieiln PUblication. Her , speelaity is television personalities but she also write children's stories, fie - doh and articles on child paY- etiology. Among the periodicals in which her material appears are Weekly Glebe and Mail, Canadian Home Journal., Family Herald, Western Produeer, Putters Magazine and Happy Metering. Hr chil- dren's stories have appeared In most Canadian Sunday School publications and ,her articles on child psychology are published by such tl,S. inagaZineS as AtY Baby, Ameridah Baby, Mether's etc. She is currently negotiating with publishers tonterning two• Canadian juvenile historical boeks. Before becoming a free lance Writer, LIZ Wttrked on The Otta- wa Journal, 'Mitten COurier4d4 vecale and Saakatehtwaa Ulle- reagaZine. Try "Looking Th With Liz" this week. Ws page to give you the benefit of the doubt, •but I do so very reluc- tantly, very reluctantly" said Magistrate • Holmes. Mrs. Helen Kerr, of London, testified that while driving north through Hensall, the Bell car raced onto the highway from a gas station and in order to avoid an accident she applied the' brakes of her car and the rear end 'of the car, swung around and struck a highway sign. George Armstrong and Sidney McArthur, of Hensall, testified that the Bell car entered the highway at an excessive rate of speed but were unable to tell whether or not the Bell car had crossed the centre line of the highway. Robert Baker, who serviced the Bell car at the White Rose gas station, said that the car did not cross the centre line. Defense Counsel Elmer Bell, OC, suggested that Mrs. Kerr had panniekecl when she saw the Bell car and lost control of her own car. Admits Infraction Cost of 10 acres in town was est- imated at $10,000. These figures will be forwarded to the U.S. company. Earlier, council learned from town lawyers that private money would be available to finance an industrial building if the firm proved to be a good risk. The American company seeks a 20 - year lease proposition. Buy Storage Building Although it may put their bud- get in the red this year, council decided to take advantage of an fight following a drinking party opportunity to purchase a large building behind the town hall at Schroeder's home in Shipka Thurtday night, for $3,000 to house public works equipment. The charges include discharg- The 70x30 building was pur- ing a firearm with intent to chased from Russell Broderick,1 wound and assault occasioning Police Lay Six Charges • Over Shipka Shooting • • Police have laid six charges place outside the home. against Borden Schroeder, 45, Police also charge Schroeder R.R. 2 Dashwood, over an alleged hit Mrs. Pearl Wood,31,Lon- don, -and Rowland with beer hot: ties. Mrs. Wood was taken to South Huron. Hospital for head injuries; Rowland was treated at the scene, Neighbours heard the shots and called police. Provincial Con. stable Harry Reid is investigat- ing. R.R. 1 Hensall, and will serve as a garage for the grader, truck and tractor owned by the town. Council will offer half of the ing was postponed until Sp - building to the PUC to store its I tember 18. vehicles and equipment when it The Shipka• man has been in AlVi p IA °mg • takes over distribution of hydro , jail since the fracas. Bail was bodily harm against two per- sons. Schroeder appeared in Exe- ter court Wednesday but hear - power in the town next year. At set at $3,000 by Magistrate the present time, Ontario HEPC Homes. . 1 handles electricity for the town. Police charge Schroeder fired Gn Hors es,. Council felt the building was . shots from two different guns — John Aylmer Stewart, of Us- a good -buy because it was cen- a 12-gauee shotgun and a .22 Huron MP Elston Cardiff, borne, who frankly admitted he trally located, provided all thc I calibre rifle -4-- at Roy Rowland, Conservative whip in the new failed to stop at an intersection, space required, and cost much 31, ,London, one of the six per- parliament, has k fight on his —Please turn to Page 3 less than it would to erect a sons at the party. Shooting took bands in rearranging offic space in the House of Commons • <t-e•ni•-•••••,‘ STUDENTS ENJOY NEW HENSALL SCHOOL New $112,000 was unofficially christened Tuesday when 181 students moved ing which was completed this summer. Mrs. B. EIgi&s grade viously enjoy the pleasani, atmosphere in their new quarters. school 18 expected to be held in Oct° cr. A WO-r0Oin addition was also walla the first time this week, for the new Conservative ad- ministration. Mr. Cardiff, according to a story by Canadian Press, has de- cided tO displace 43 Liberals so , he can give office space On the choice fourth floor to Conaerva- tives. This floor has been a Liberal bailiwick for 22 years and. some of the Grits are de- termined to hang on to their rooms. The Huron l',fl, who likes 10 describe parliamentary problem in farm terms, commented to the 13ress: "I don't badk up easily. Some fellows are like some horses—you can't cit) a thing with them until you put them in their plaees." There is a no set formula for : assigning offices in the House. Technically, the matter comes under the Commons speaker. But many faetors, including the seniority and the personality of the nteMber, enter into R. The eons0rvativd8, in power after 22 years, are scrambling for the best spots but some Liberals say they won't move, barring forte or an edict front the speaker of the Commons. Pryde Improves, Doctor Reports A slight improvementis rsi Petted in the condition of Tho nrile M.L.A., .0460 id ori hospital, London. HI icianLondon, tDr:eptirts h nd fek4lin del fa s able,to eriods t r e da t Pied 'floral Atter* Ts most ,eefr Retina Public School $ into the modern build - one pupils, above, ob. Official opening of the. I to Zurich ,Public School r bulging, • T.A Photo