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—T -A Photos by Grattan
Teen-kge Beauty Specialist
Chosen Kin Harvest Queen
Two girls who operatean .Exe-
ter beauty salon' have proven
this fall they know, their busi-
ness.
The pretty teen-age blondes
have been crowned 'queens of
two of the district's most popu-
lar fall attractions. •
Myrland Smith; proprietress of
Y.Go By Beauty Bar and (laughter of Usborne Reeve Clayton
Smith, brought the second title
to her salon. when she became
queen of Exeter Kinsmen's Har-
vest Jamboree Friday night.
Her assistant, Mary Lou :Mc-
Coy, won the "bliss .Ontario Bean
Queen" crown at Hensall ithis
Inen's Labor Day festival. She
also was a finalist in the "Miss
Western Ontario" cornpetition
Windsor shortly afterwards.
Myrland .was chosen Harvest
Queen over six other contestants,
including her assistant and an-
other bean queen, Greta Pfaff,
Ilensalr, ina contest which at-
tracted the prettiest cernpetitors
for beauty title in this dis-
Car Hits Bump,
Driver Thrown
Clayton Sanders, Hay ToWn-
ship, suffered facial iejuries and
his car $400 damages When' he
was thrown out of it while
travelling on the second conces.
sion of Hay, early*. Sunday' memg.
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The Vehicle hit a bump, jarring
the door open and Sanders fell
to the road, The car Went into
the ditch and hit a tree,
OPP Constable George
Mitchell investigated.
• Cart driven by Marie Daigle,
Crediton, and Patrick Suilvan,
R.R. 3, Dashwood, Untried hear
the intersection df the Crediton
road and concession 1248, Ste.
phen TWnshp, cusng $90 dartige,
phen .TownShip, causing $00
•daniage.
Miss Daigle was taking a left
hand turn oft the Crediton road
when she lost central and hit
the Sullivan car Whitt' was
travelling north on the township
Wad,
OPP Constable Gibbons in.-
testigated,
Car driven by it London. youth,
Terrance Skinner, 17, suffered
WO damage when it killed a
Hereford Ow arid ealf �n No,4
bighwaY Wednesday 'at Midnight.
The ittlintalt, who had waft -
tiered on to the rite, Were va.
bled on 025,
trict yet.
The three male judges had to
ask for the audience's opinion —
expressed by cheers, whistles,
wolf -calls, and applause — four
times, 'before they could come to
a :decision.
Myrland now can claim two
distinctions among the bushiest
fraternity in Exeter. When she
established her salon last year,
she became the youngest pro-
prietor on Main Street. Her vic-
tory •Friday night proves she's
the prettiest, too.
Born in Usborpe, she attended
S.S. No. 11 school and studied at
South Huron High School before
learning to be a hairdresser.
She • is 19,. 5' 5" tall and her
measurements are 34-28-36.
Myrland was crowned by Kins-
men president Irvine Armstrong
and received a cash prUe of $30.
Top Students
Win Awards
Kay Ondrejicica, R,R. 1. Credi-
tor', a 1956 graduate of South
Huron District High Sehool, has
-received the award for the
highest marks of any girl stu-
dent in any course at the Uni-
versity of Western •Ontario,
Mist Ondrejicka was the top
graduate of SHDHS in 1956 and
receiVed, a number of awards
last year.,
Valdemar Gulens, Dashwood,
has been awarded a $21.5 medic-
al school scholarship from the
University of Toronto, Principal
IL L. Sturgis • announced •Wed-
nesday.
GuleriereceiVed the highest
Marks of the 1957 graduating
class at SHIMS.
Where To
Find It
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!Wilding Page , 14
Ohureh Notices `, 13
C�m1n Everitt , 13
Editorials 2
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Despite,Tki
She also received a corsa„,ee of
roses, photographs by Jack Doerr
and other gifts. The pretty blonde
represented Armstrong's Restau-
rant in the competitioh.
Greta Pfaff, the Cromarty
square dancer who now works in
Hensall, won second prize of $15,
representing Mid -Town Cleaners.
Also 17, she became the first On-
tario Bean Queen in 1957.
Third prize went. to Beverley
Neil, Crediton, who was Kinsmen
Deputy Governor Les Parker's
candidate for the title. She re
ceived $10.
Other contestants were: Joan
Parsons, Exeter, representing
The Times -Advocate; Alice Car-
ter, Exeter, "Miss Lloyd Ford's
men's Wear;" Mary Lou Mc-
Coy, Exeter, "Miss Lou Bailey
Cars;" and Beverley Young, To-
ronto, "Miss Ersman's Bakery,"
Judges were Eric Mcllroy, pre-
sident of Grand Bend Promotion
Committed which sponsors the
summer resort beauty contests;
Jade Weber, Exeter business-
man; and Jack Drysdale, presi-
dent of Hensall Kinsmen,Clitb.
W. G. Cochratie,'Exeter, was
master of ceremonies. -
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Official openings .oi two dis-
trict public schools Hensall,
and Zurich -- will be held as
Scheduled this Friday despite
epidemics of Asian flu..
Wednesday more than one-
half of the pupils of Zurich
school were confined to their
homes. Of the 141 'enrolment, 73
are 111., In the senior room. at
Zurieb, .only nine out of 26 pupils
are attending classes.
Although, the effects are not
serious at Hornell yet, there
were indications Wednesday that
the 'flu has started to spread
there too. Approximately 10 per
cent of the enrolment was ab -
sept, ,-
The epideinic will probably af-
fect portions of the opening pro-
grams Which were to have been
presented. by pupils. However,
it was indicated that teachers
will attempt to present as much
of the original programs as pos-
'sible.
G. L. •Duffin, B,A., assistant
superintendent 0 f elementary
education in 'the Ontario Depart-
ment of ducation will be guett
speaker at both openings,
The Zurich ceremony, opening
a $40,000 addition, Will be held
Friday afternoon; 'at Bernell,
the $120,000 school will be
opened, in the evening,
Name. Police,
Town In Suit
Ontario Hydro Electric Power
Commission has named Police
Constable John, Cdwan and the
town, of Exeter two. of three co-
defendants in a suit for $150 to
pay for damages allegedly re -
'suiting from an accident this
gunmen',
A third' party, involved in the
accident with Constable Cowan,
'was also named, as a defendant.
His name was not available at
• press time, — , • • „
• A hydre—pole Was `knocked
dowri of -the aecident,
Damages also include those for
"interrhpllon, of power •facill
ties,
C, 'M. V. Pensa, of the firrn of
Mitthell and Hockin, London,
counsel. for • •the plaintiff, said
both, drivers were named be -
Cause responsibility for the ae-
cident had not been. determined.
The town was also named be-
cause its police cruiser was in-
volVed.
W. E., Bell, of Wright, Toole,
Spaulding, Bell and Porter, Lon-
don, is acting for „the town.
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QUEEN OF THE HARVEST—Myrland Smith, 19, who operates J. beauty salon b
Exeter, was chosen Harvest Queen at Exeter Kinsmen's Harvest Jamboree Friday
night. Club President Iry Armstrong, right, crowns the queen while judge Eric Mc-
Ilroy, Grand Bend, left, approves. Nearly 800 attended the annual jamboree which
lasted until 'four o'clock in the maiming. —,T -A Photo
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It's official now the Age*
flu has hit Huron county.
Huron IVIeclical Officer - of
Health, 2r. .11. M. Aldis, Gode.
rich, said Wednesday the M144
variety of, influenza has been
identified in the .county labora-
tory tests. Since it takes WO
weeks to . complete the tests, it '
can be assumed the ePidemic is
well under way,
Dr, Aldis said the spread of
the disease As reaching peak
proportions in the high schools,
some of whom are reporting dp
14 2$ percent absenteeism.
• He expects height of the tifil-
•demie, in the adult populatien •
will come within the next.- tw9
weeks.
"So far the Airiest has hit'
high schools harder than ele-
mentary schools," 13r. Aldis re
ported. "Many of the high
schools are reporting a 20 to '25.
percent drop in attendance."
Qnly one school in the county
has been dosed and that is the
union •school at Blake, The
teacher became sick and the
board was not able tofin-st.
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replacement.
Queen • 'Really Friendly'
Says Excited GB Driver
Petty Officer Morley IC Love, •, • •
29, Grand Bend, said. Wednesday
"I was so excited. I don't re-
• member what she talked about
-wheal Queen'Elizabetir received. -
..hint Tuesday afterneen as one
*of the three drivers who chauf-
fered the royal couple, during
their visit to Ottawa,
"I sure was nervous. Whew!
The Queen said 'something about
the gift 'being a memento of
their visit. The Prince asked me
why it was that a wireless tele-
grapher (PO Love's navy trade)
was chosen to drive and I told
him I was appointed by the
executive officer, '
The Queen gave him a favor-
ite picture of the royal family
autographed by both Elizabeth
and Phillip and dated 1957 in her
writing. The Prince presented
him with a gold -edged billfold
containing the royal insignia
PO Love, whose parents are
Mr, and Mrs. Colin Love, R.R. 2
Dashwood,, said the four days
of chauffering for the royal
party were the "greatest thrill,
I've ever had." He was still
excited Wednesday afternoon
when he described ,his experi-
ences to The Times -Advocate
by. telephone.
"The Queen was very lovely
—more than I had anticipated.
She was really friendly. You
could talk to her 'like an ordin-
ary human being."
"Prince Phillip? He was the
same way. A regular fellow,
quite humorous at times."
PO Love, one of i 11 armed
service drivers who attended
The Times -Advocate presents
two exclusive photos of the
Queen's visit to Ottawa this
week taken by Corporal Lou
Grattan of the photographic
section ' of RCAF Station Cen-
tralia.
' Cpl, Grattan, • who ' was on
leave, attended the opening of
p a r-1 lament for The Times -
Advocate and the. Centralia
Coronet,
• While he was able to photo-
graph the parade, Cpl. Gratton
was not able to get inside the
parliament buildings. Some 500
photographers covered the event
from .newspapers of at least
four nations. Only six were al-
lowed inside the senate cham-
bers.
Cpt. Gratton reports officials
are still not convinced there it
such a newspaper as The Exeter
Times -Advocate. Dealing main-
ly with metropolitan dailies from
Ottawa, Montreal, New York
etc, press officers were skeptic-
al that an "unknown" paper
such as The Times -Advocate
would be sending a man,
Said the corporal in a met -
sage Which • accompanied the
film: "I am supposed to send
six copies to the officer to prove
The T -A really exists!
See Prices
Can Dredging Tenders
Oidlook for the tompletion of
Grand Bend's dredging project
loOks brighter* this week and
tenders for the remainder of the
job may be celled before the
end of the month, according to.
. G. Hooke, setretary-treastir•
er of the Ausable Valley Con-
servatibli .Authority,
delayed because posts would run
too high if the work was done
at the same price as avthorized
tinder the federal contract.
Sidce then, however, several
control:ors have indicated they
would subniit lower bids which
would put the job within reach
of Grand Rend.
thder the plan for financing
The Authority official said the scheme Grand tend would
approval is being sought frona pay for hAlf, while the Aothor,
-the Ontario DeParinient oity, through its grant front the
Planning and Development to
proceed with the Seherrie,
The Authority palled ef the
dredging project, which will be
.tinclerwrittett by the Village of
Grand involves that SO..
tion of the river .from the point
where federal responsibility ends
to the Intimater . Highway,
tiredgliot At the. mouth: ie. already
in progress under"ettititradt let
by the :federal government this
tall.
Several weeks ago it appeared
the Ausable portion of the dred,g.
frig :projett would have tit!. he,
4E1
m
proveial gtwerninent, would
contribute the remainder.
Engineers estimated approxi
-
Matey 20,006 cubit yardr of
earth and steed will 114114 to be
removed to 'provide a six-foot
Channel tip the Middle of the
elver. This amount.16es not
1L.
include dredging to hL
e I hanks,
Unit price 'of the fed 41 On.
traet, let to the Dean C nstruc-
Hon Company',, Belle Rivet, it
$2,50 Per table. yard, if the
Authority had to pay this
mount, cost of Cleaning Mit in
portion would be lifted $50,006.
PO M. K. LOVE
the royal party; chauffered
Queen Elizabeth and .Prince
Phillip to church and ' to the
cenotaph service on Sunday in
a luxurious Lincoln convertible.
On the other days of the visit
he drove members of the party
in Cadillacs and Chryslers.
Following the arrival of the
royal plane Saturday, his pas-
sengers were. the Lady Rose
Baring, lady-in-waiting to the
Queen, and Captain the Lord
Plunket, M.V.O., Equerry to her
majesty.
Tuesday for the drive into Hull
and parts of Quehec, he drove
two private secretaries, Lt, Co].
the Rt. Hon, Sir Michael Me-
ans, K.C,I3., K.C.V,O., and Mrs.
dames Bernard Vivian Orr, and
Chef Inspector T. C. Kelly,
•Po Love said' there wasn't 'a
hitch in the driving program
during the four days. "Every-
thing went off perfectly and
the Major (in charge of trans-
portation) complimented all of
us on our driving,"
The 11 drivers practiced three
days before the visit to become
proficient in such skills as pull-
ing up to a perfect stop beside
a carpet while looking straight
ahead.
From among the 11 drivers,
the three who were to chauffer
the queen were picked on the
basis of their ability shown dur-
ing the. practices.
PO Love has been in the Navy
10 years and is stationed at
Fort Churchill, Manitoba. At
present he is attending a course
in Ottawa but expects to return
west early in December,
He is married and has two
children, Brenda May, six, and
Brian Keith, five.
Asked what conversation took
place while he was driving the
royal couple Sunday, the sailor
said he could hear little of the
Queen's words because of the
cheering of the crowds. He con-
fided that he was not at liberty
to repeat private conversations
between the Queen and Prince
Phillip.
The crowds in Ottawa, he
said, .were huge and enthusias-
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Zurich Public School la the
hardest hit in the community
with over 50 percent away 4
Wednesday. Normally, schools
are closed when absenteeism
hits 30 percent but Zurich will
remain open in view of the
official opening of its $40,000
addition .-Friday.
South Huron District High
School reported 140 pupils .aut
of 580 .were absent Wednesday,
representing a drop of 24 per- ,
cent, No teachers were absent ,
Wednesday but three were con-
fined to their homes earlier.
Principal A. B. Idle, of Ex-
eter Public School, reported 7fl.
of his 460 pupils away Wednes-
day, a marked increase from
absenteeism before school closed
for Thanksgiving. The percent-
age absent is 15,
Hensall reporteda drop le
attendance of about 10 percent
Wednesday.
Taking a precautionary' meas-
ure this week, South Huron Hos.
pital prohibited'all visitors to
the maternity ward except hus-
bands. Superintendent Ali c e
Claypole . said the regulation
would be enforced-1mM the epi-
demic is over.
Dr, Aldis said some parents
are schding their children back
to school too soon after the ill.
ness. , "Many came back still
weak from the effects of the
illness and with a bad cough." -
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Sees Royal 'Pair
At Ottawa Rites
Miss Mary Van Camp, of
Exeter; flew to Ottawa Friday
night and had several good
views of Queen Ehzabeth •and
the Duke of Edinburgh over the
weekend.
She saw them on *dig way'
from the airport to Government
House on Saturday, and 'was
standing near the War Memorial
on Sunday when the Queen
placed a wreath and as she re-
turned from Christ Church
Cathedral,
Through the courtesy' -of El-
ston Cardiff, Huron MP, she
was standing in the hall be-
tween the Senate, and the House
of Commons in Confederation
Hall Monday and saw the royal'
couple as they -went into the
Senate Chambers and their
departure.
Miss Van" Camp returned te
Exeter Monday night. She was
formerly employed in Ottawa,
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SHIPKA SAILOR DRIVES OUEEN—Petty Officer Morley„for QUentl glizabeth, Prince Philip and their
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X. Love, son of 11/1r.. and Ma. Colin, Love, Shipka, was thcir visit to Ottawa this week. This picture
one of a group of service personnel who 1,V2re chauffers driving the couple to church Sunday.