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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-10-31, Page 1g. X A ) A , A Nigh y-Secenel Year EXETER, WARM; OCTOBER 31, 1951 rs), '4, WITCHES' NIGHT ----Tonight there'll be hundreds of spoOks, witches and assorted "devils" travelljng from house to house with the traditionalHallowe'en greeting, ."Trick or Treat'. Marilyn Harness, 10 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Har- ness, Exeter, practices a gesture designed to frighten adults into providing an extra piece of candy. • —Jack Doerr Fiu Moles To North F1U is beginning to spread to the northern part of Huron County, Huron MOH Dr. R. M. Aldis said Wednesday, "Although the lecidence is still heaviest in the southern section, the disease is being felt more than it has been in the north," he said, He reported there are still some rural school .sections Stanley, Stephen and Hay town- ship which are being closed down, Attendance in large centres, however, is returning to normal, 'SHDHS, Whose ,i n eidenc reached a peak of 30,percent, is no longer seriously affected, Most of the classes have return- ed to full strength, ' Dr. Aldis said no deaths which could be attributed in any way to the disease have been report- ed te .hint yet. He has learned of several cases of pneumonia. • He- warned, however, that danger from the disease is far from over. "The •flu is still very much with us," he stated. Speculation over the future St IRCAF Station Centralia beetle, rife this week when reports 140 cated that flying training IWO be abandoneu when the NATO aircrew training scheme ends. Rumors suggest the Unit Mal, • become a ground-traininz station with even more personnel than it has at present; or that it mar • be transformed into en opera- • tional station for jet fighter eraft ;PrOtenting important industrial I centres around the Great Lake* - Only one point in the specula- • Lion has been confirmed at t�k • level in Ottawa; the station 'wili. not be shut down. Although The London' Fret( I; Press and its radio station', , „ntil I CFPX4, reported Monday that a' spokesman in the Department' of• • ••1 •;4 ( 44 Ny4 WIN COSTUME PRIZES—Pauline Beeker, the scarecrow, and Kristine Gulens, the little girl, were prizewinners ol the Hallowe'en party staged by the Walther League r.,( of Zion Lutheran Church, Dashwood, Tuesday evening. Attendance at similar parties throughout the,. district has been cut by flu casualties.. -- *--T-A Photo .. Staffa Neighbors Pitch In 4.. ... To Build Home For Family. • Debris from the fire which destroyed theiefarm house near Staffa Saturday has been re- moved and constructionhas started already on a new home for Mr : and Mrs. Jobe' Temple- man and their seven children. A crew of neighbors.pitelied in •• ' 4 ti 04 Auto Hits Curb, Three Tires Pop Damages estimated,. et $600 was caused in a two -cat collision on Main street, Hensall, Satur- day morning at 2 a.m. George Parker travelling east and mak- :Ink a left hand turn at Nelson St. and Harold Nairn of Cro- marty also travelling straight east crashed into the Parker ve- hicle." ' Nairn who burstthree tires when he hit the' curb narrowly missed hitting the pestoffice door and plate glass window. There • were no injuries. Constable E. R. Davis of Hen - sally and O.P.P. George Mitchell of Exeter ihvestigated.. Blind ZFund Hits $625 Cainpaigit for the blind in the Exeter area neared the three - (Mader mark of its objeclive, Chairnian S. B. Taylor ali- ndunted this Week. Total to date is $621.65 or 74 percent of its $850 Objective, Urging intending eclitributtirs to donate as soon as possible, l'tfr. Taylor said the campaign Woilleclose shortly. The contributions by commit- nitY ere: Exeter $465,15 Creditoft ... .... .. „ 01./0 Dashwood .... ........... 35.00 Cent alia 91)0 RCAF 6,00 3.00 r *00 *MA Granite\ WeedhaM, TOTAL Monday and Tuesday to clean up the remains of the two-sto- rey frame house which was razed in less than an hour. The mother's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duncan, live on Ann, street, Exeter.. Mrs. Terncleman, expecting her eighth child Soon and con- fined to her bed with flu, was carried to safety by her hus- band seen after he discovered the blaze, vEthich• started in a par- tition near the chimney df a new heater. Mrs. Templeman, the former Roberta Duncan, and three of her seven children were suffer- in„e from the flit. Four others had been taken tb the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Templeman, Staffa, shortly before the blaze Was dis- eovered, Neighbors removed most of the furniture from the ground floor but everything in the tipper storey, including furniture and the familyci winter clothing, were destroyed. The frame hound caught fire shortly before boom and Was destroyed in an hour. Where o . T31, • Find it Atmouticements 3 Building Page 9 Church Notices 16 • Coming Events ,, 15 Editorials 2 Elifertainnient , 15 Farm News II, 12 Feminine facts Heilt611 Looking n 'With Lit IS • Luean 14, 15 Spots 4, 5 Went Ade 13 ' d On Friday, Mr, Templeman in- stalled ,a neer Quebec heater in the kitchen. Just ,before noon Saturday he put woodin the heater and went to the cellar to repair the pressure systein. When lie returned a few mintites later the partition around the chimney hole was on fire. Donald Cele, of Cromarty, a cousin who stayed with the fam- ily. overnight, escaped unhurt from, the buildin. Mitchell and Seaforth fire brig - Wes' used water front a nearby creek to fight the blae. Later, water was brought in cans by the Staffa Creamery truck. Part of the loss was eovered by insurance. Too Chilly For Frolic Cold weather cut attendance to about 200 at Exeter Lion's frolic Friday night and thwarted the club's hopes of paying off the mortgage of their Scout and Guide house. Club officials said they would be fortunate 'to break even fi- nancially on the frolic but they expect to make arotmd $900 on the raffle which was held in con- nection with the event. Lion- President Larry Snider. said.the club • will probably at- tempt another project to pay off the •balange of the $1,200 mort- gage on the $7,000 Scout House, Major winner of the night wet Ewart Pyrn, Exeter, whose tie- ket was drawn for rthe thp prin. of $50 in the' raffle. Pour who received $25 each were Victor Kestle, ,Irwin Ford, R. T. Brock, Hensall, and Grace Lampmen. Mr. Brock .also won one •of the $10 draws. Other winners were Verne Wedge, Har Brint- nell, Eric Campbell, Ken Hoc- key, Hilt Laing, Marilyn Frayne,, Olive Ostland, • Barry and ,Michael Southcott. School children whit received $10 door prizes were Paul Sel- don, Barry. Wette, George Ty- ron, Danny McKillen, Donny Lockhart and Peter Lawson. Comedian -magician Jack Bate- man and dancer -acrobat Penny Nichols, of Toronto, provided ex- cellent vaudeville entertainment. .Timmy Garratt, also of Toronto, accompanied them. on the -piano. W. G. Cochrane was master of cerernoflies.t Lions President Larry Snider 'welcomed the crowd. • Besidesbingo and games df chance and skill, dancing was provided. Exeter Legion Pipe Band paraded to the arena to open the event. National Defense • said Centralia may be one of a number of fly, ing training units which lie closed when NATO 'training, ends, The Times -Advocate re;- ceived a direct denial from the: man who now bosses the patience armed forces. Major General G. R. Pearkee,- minister of national tlefense ilt the new Plefenbaker Govern*, ment, told this newspaper Mons daoYs:ed;Centralia will not bal- cii • His statement was emphatie- but he did not elaborate. Mayor R. E. Pooley said Tues..' day he plans to investigate .the situation in view of the eonflict- ing reports to determine what changes will take place and hove they will affect this community. The noon radio report Monday', which suggested the station' might be closed as early as nest year, touched off a wave of dist, sension here. Municipal °Metals feared the development \email have a "disastrous" effect on tiler economy of the arca since near, ly 2,000 personnel and their fan\-: ilies would move out` and' the civilian staff•of 300 would.be oat' of work; Caught By Surprise ; , • Officials at RCAFStation Cen-° tralia, caught by surprise, saki they knew nothing of pians to, close the station. "Not ,a word of truth. in it," said one ranking of- ficer, lyho suggested someone "goofed" in releasing sttch a re- port. The Free Press reported that an official of the Department of National Defense .said Centralia "is •one of those stations which Would be considered, for curtail- • mretm",ewhen the NATO training sc The report read; "The DNI) spokesman said that with the end of NATO training a number of flight training stations in Can- ada would be closed, some as early as next year, and•that Cen- tralia would be considered." "Another official said it has been the idea of the RCAF for years to move the flight training portion •of Centralia to Western Canada apparently because of better flying weather." Last March the RCAF transferred Harvards from Centralia to the west and brought Chipmunks here for the Primary Flying Training School. - An RCAF spokesman in Ot- tawa said this had nothing to do with the plan to close the station. He pointed out that Centralia took on a different function about a year ago when the Primary Flying Training School was es- tablished and more advanced fly- -Please Turn to Page 3 • • District MLA 'A„ Lot Better }Iron MLA. Tom Pryde has "been quite a lot better in the last _few days," his family re- ported Wednesday. Mr. Pryde was returned to Victoria Hospital, London, last week after he suffered a relap at his home here, where he wa recuperating from a heart at- tck. He was Teshed to hospital in July when he suffered a coro- nary thrombosis while cutting his lawn. Estimate Dredging Cost At $37,500 Maximum Cost of dredging the remainder dredging ends to Bluewatcr of the harbor at Grand Bend has bridge.. been eitirnated at $37,500, Field- Progresi is being made on man Hal Hooke said this week. plans for the proposed dam and DEBATE TOWER'S FUTURE—Question of how long Centralia's control tower will continue to direct air traffic was raised' this week when reports indicated the station's flying program might be curtailed when the NATO training scheme ends. Officials at the station, swamped with enquiries, said there was "no factual basis whatsoever for the reports." •—RCAF Photo too EmergencyAfeetipg o Decide - Hog Program Polk* the' Ontario Hog against a Ripley trucker who can • ignore this situation," he Producers Marketing B o a r d I violated orders to deliver hogs during the next six months will to the open market. be decided at an emergency1 He doubted if the action would meeting of county delegates in he heard until after the spring vote. Toronto on November 4, it was revealed this week. Directors of . theboard will meet Thursday to discuss their new position, created by an order from the Ontario govern- ment for a vote in the spring on their compulsory' marketing prograin, • Mr. Goodfellow announced the spring vote, Thursday following a 'meeting with members of the. Hog Producers Marketing Board. He said there had been consid- erable opposition to the plan as shown by protest meetings, news- paper articles and a constant Whether or not the board will stream of critical correspond - continue its plan to bring corn- ence being received by his de- pulsory marketing into effect partment., throughout the province remains „"No responsible government to be seen. It may, call a halt to any extension of the program ,„ .„ . , .. untu. the vote has been held. •rI Charles McInnis, preeident of the hog marketing board, told y The Times -Advocate. he could d4 make no statement of what the policy of the producers associa- tion will be from now until April. "That decision will be, up to the county delegates when they meet inToronto on Novem- ber 4," he stated. Hon. W. A. Goodfellow, On- tario agriculture minister, told The Times -Advocate Wednesday his order for a vote need not interfere with the present eorn- pulsory program. The minister said he •had issued no instruc- tions regarding the operations of the board between now and April, when the vote will be held. "The decision is up to them," ;Mr. Goodfellow said. The minister stated that the hog producers association would also decide on what the question will be when producers vote in the spring. "We have given them the privilege of . drafting the question which will appear on the ballot," he stated. This means the board can as producers to ratify its present marketing plan or it can draft a new scheme ler presentation to farmers. The Minister said the mark- eting board had until the spring to put its plans into shape be- fore the vote is taken. The vote will he donducted by The estimate and a brief Out- reservoir at Parkhill, whith will the Ontario Farm Pr odu c t s lining the proposed work has strVe as a Vint water supply and Marketing I3oard and it will be been submitted to the Ontario flood centrol project similar to taken by seeret ballot. Denartment Of Planning and De- the Morrison dam in Exeter. In his ftnnouncement of the velopment along with a request Reservoir plans and data are vote,. Mr, Goodfellow east set, for a grant of 50 per cent Of the in the hands 'of the Ontario Gov- lofts doubts on the validity of ost, 0111110A and the engineers CX* the scheme when he stated that If the plan is okayed, tenders poet to haVe a report ready for the, nei,v powers incorporated will be called immdiately. the year-end meeting of the Au- into the. Marketing act had not The estimate IS Much higher thority, which is scheduled for reetived the approval of the than the Authority hopes it will November 27. producer. His statement is have to pay for the Joh, Feld- Work has started on the survey expected to Make it difficult for man Hooke said, The figure it a of the mouth of the Ausable at the hog producers to tarry on maximum. Port Franks to determine the with their compulsory program ,Discussions with contractors, Most economical solution to the during the next six Months mete contacted before the estimate problem of providing cettagers opponents of the saltine will Was made, indicate cost will be with oceess to their holdings ill probably violate the orders with - considerably less. the old river bed. The survey is out fear of prosecution. Under the plan, the 011E4110 b I done by Department of , However, Meer& told The Government and the Village of Grand Bend will share the cost. nagineers estimate approxi- mately 20,000 ouble yards of earth and stone will have to be removed to provide a sixtfoot channel up the Middle Of the river, This ‘vill include the area font the point where federal Planning and Development etigi- T -A Wednesday the scheme ap- neert, proved by farmers in 1045 gave Fieldintin Hooke said lie ex- the board power to direct the pectcd construction of the Mot- Marketing of hogs. He felt the risen Dam in 'Osborne Township beard was entirebt within the will he virtually completed he- li imita Of the act at t was writ. We the encl of the year. The ten at that time. workhasram.s btettriheld up in recent The board, be said, intended weeks b to proceed with its court talon REV. DR. B. V. FARRIS US Leader For Mission said, "artIcularly when the ap- proval of the farmer „majority required under the act has not .been obtained before plans of this type become effective . ." Mr. Goodfellow pointed out the plan now being criticized was itself the product of criticisms levelled•at a previous scheme. Some held the new scheme to be a model, in the field of com- pulsory firm marketing, "but it now develops there is consider- able opposition to the program," he said, "The approval of producers, as expressed by their ballots, is a fundamental part of our legisla- tion.* The validity of objections that thit program is being put into force without a vote is over- whelming." Theodore Parker, at a protest meeting in Aylmer Monday night, Old Elgin producers they could deliver their hogs direct to processors and nothing would happen to them because the act is invalid. Parker contended no legal vote had been taken on the act and that a majority of Ontario • —Please Turn to Page 3 The Rev. Dr. B. V. 'arri.S, Director of District Lyange- listn„ Methodist Ghureh, 'U.S.A., will be in Exeter nextweek, Sun- day November 3, to Sunday, No- vember 10, to Preach at the Spi- rituel Life Mission 'Wog held in Jahns' Street United Chun!) un. dex the auspiceS of Huron Pres- bytery. • Dr. Farris came to NeW York from the .California -conference of the Methodist church to direct for four years the whole evan- gelistic .clteige of the National Council Of 'Churehts in the Uni- ted States, His efforts were so. suctessful that in large 'and small congregations across tht country ' hundreds of people were led into the fellowship of the Christian Church. "Dut," says De. Farris, "it Is not the man or the evangelist who should reteive the empha- sis. lit a ThiStiOn of the kind we arc to conduct in Zgeter it is the Evangel or the Gospel that is important.". 116 has 'asked ali .congregat tient participating in the mis- sion to read the Gospel of St. Luke, from Which elf his ser - moo texts are chosen, - Prayer time IS at 1:30 each night ineluding Saturday. The hymn sing begins et. 1:430. Need Flexible Power To Succeed: McInnis In its fight for a successful! marketing program, agriculture must gain the right to adjuit its policies to meet changing conditions, Charles'lVfeInis, president of the Ontario Hog Producers Marketing Board, in- dicated at an information meet- ing here Wednesday night. 'The futUre of agriculture as Well as the future of the 'hog producers is going to depend upon their united effort to de velop a marketing program ad agency whose policies can be adjusted from time to time to meet the producers' needs," McInnis said. His statement was a direct reference to the recent action of the Ontario government in call - big for a spring vote on the compulsory marketing prograln. MeInnIS inferred that no mar - Hu Cancels Kids Party Exeter Lions 'Clitbs annoat EalleWeen party, slated for Thursday nigh, hag been cancelled, Club SeeretarY Andy 'Snelgtove announced Wedneday. The titeisiOri retulted 'beet requests front numerous parents Whose children have just teeovered front the. flu. 14r. 8fie1groVe said that the children might have 're. pereittssions from the dis- ease if the :PartY was tea - This was the first year in, ever a tleearle that the Lions haVe,110t heldthe event, • , • keting program could be sues cessful if it had to submit ite policy to a vote each time it change was necessary. t - The hog pr o du c er official charged drovers were respons- ible for the present low prices of hogs and that they have hindered the organization of the marketing prograin from the beginning. "The present prices of hoo are lower than they should be in comparison to the volume of hogs that is going to market end it is due entirely to the fad that a group of drovers hat/ Prevented us from carryirtg out our program at an earlier date, "The loss which farmers Will be taking in the next three months will have to rest solelY upon the shoulderof these drovers whose loyalty has been to the processor rather thau tO the produer. "The hog produters organize, - tion," McInnis sid, "was born out of necessity due to prac. tices adopted by the trade In seeming the farmers produet. "We have been hindered Itt ette program by the continuo* efforts of a small group of largo drovers most of whom havO been reeeiving payments f processors for deli,vering direct to the plant." ' A large crowd of producep attended the meeting and lively discussion resulted when questionWere presented ft the floor. Bert Lobb, preOlderit of Muni County Rog Produeers, condebt. ed the meeting. int Beyntotto steretary of the proeitmill or* genitalia, also spoke.,