The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-12-05, Page 11;1
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GRAND BEND WINNERS—In one Of
of this year's council were returned.
newcomer to municipal politics. Reeve
second election. Victorious councillors
rane, Wellwood. Gill and Cam Chapma
the liveliest elections At drand Bend, only two
Voters ,chose two forrner councillors and • a
James Dalton, seated, Won his fifth term and
are, left to right; Eric Mellroy, William Coch-
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BIG CHANGE IN HAY --Three new councillors and a new deptity-reev,e will sit on the
1958 Hay Council: Alex Mousseau, seated right, a councillor this . year, won the
deputy's Chair. Three new councillors, standing, are William Davidson, Karl Haberer,
who headed the peals, and John -H. Soldan: Reeve V, L. Becker, seated left, won his
third term by acclarnation. —T-A!Photo
Sunday Parade Boosters
Voters th•Exetei.Eletion'
Oppose Closed Sessions
Exeter ratepayers gave the
same verdict about secret coun-
cil sessions as Uhl voters in
nearby London, in elmiday'A
elections.
They returned all councillors
but the one who initiated a
meeting to dismiss the explosive
closed committee -of -the -whole
police question.
Victim in Exeter was Alvin
Pym, two-year penciller wbo
was chairman of the police cornnittee this year.
The town situation rivalled
that of the Forest City. Al-
though Other members of coun-
cil supported the closed sitting,
it was the committee chairman
who took the rap.
In London,. Mayor Ray Den-
nis, who was defeated in a land
slide vote over secret council
meetings, said it was most
fair that he should carry the full
burden of blame. In post-
election • comment, Councillor
F'ym indicated the same feeling
bet he was -fully prepared to
accept responsibility.
"All members of the council
supported me," he said, "It was
not my idea, alone to hold a
closed session. I have no re-
grcts, however, over what has
happened. "I fell I acted in the
best interest of the town."
Claude Farrow, oil agent, who
is completing his eighth year on
the sche61 board, will replaee
Mr. Pym on the 1958 council,
The trustee was the only one of
three new candidates who was
elected.
Glenn Fisher, who shares the
distinction of being the young-
est member on council, headed
the polls to win his third term.
The 28 -year-old hardware mer-
chant received 581 votes, repre-
senting support from 71 percent
of the'ratepayers who cast their
ballots.
A close second was Murray
Greene, variety store owner,
who was elected to his first
term by acclamation last year.
Although in town only .a short
time, he filled a vacancy at the
last motnent last year to save
the town frone a second nemitie
eek More Protection
andalism Increases
Police committee of town coun-
cil was given authority Monday
night to hire a part-time con-
stable for special duties from
now until the end of the year.
Request came from Chief Reg
Taylor who said it was impos-
sible for one man on duty to
police dances, hockey games and
the busy downtown shopping dis-
trict clueing weekends.
The request was supported by
Mayor R. E. Pooley who noted a
ef-YettY crimes: had ,etee
OVe-‘0.14.• Weekend,- e ee
Wreathe ' at the cenotophe had
been' kicked about, bull's broken.
and wires, removed from the
town Christmas tree, a pole bro-
ken at the corner of John and
Andrew streets, a gas pump
ktiocked over :at Snell B,ros. Ltd.
and several break-ins .were at-
teinpted.
,ph..„ police eOMmittee, folow-
ing council meeting,decided to
i
hire. extra help if t is avail-
able, •
Consideration of the addition
of. a - lull -time man to the two,
inae force will be left •to the
1958 council. •
in Seats At.Grand Bend
Seek Removal Of Building
tit .
Although the Sunday Parade,
question Wag not publicly de
clared an issue in Monday's
election at Grand Bend, rate-
payers at the :resort left no:
, don
ubt about how they felt o
4 the matter.
Voters ousted two strong oP-
poneetsa of Sunday processions
and eleete'd men who have sup-
ported' weekend attractions for
summer crowds.
Reeve J. H. Dalton, facing his
second test at the polls in five
years, defeated councillor Nor-
ma Turnbull, 194 to 136. Mr,
Turnbull, who served two years
and led council in banning
parades this summer, was mak-
ing his first bid for the chief
Magistrate's chair.
Heading the polls for council
was C. P. Chapman, insurance
fl agent; .who Was returned to
council after an absence pe one
year. He served for three yeare,
1e54 to 1956, and was lop cande
date in a former eleetion.
Others elected were Wellwood
Gill, running for the first time;
Crime Spree
Nets Charges
Police have charged two Port
Burwell youths With a three-day
crime spree which spread from
Tillsoriburg to Peterborough and
ineluded breaking and entering
five •Lake Huron cottages near
St, joseph,
The youth, Robert Foote, 17,
and Ralph Stanton, Oa fade three
charges of break, miter and theft
nd thred of break and enter
with intent At St. Joseph. They
aro also charged with Stealing
two ears and other thefts et
Guelph and Peterboretigh.
The escapade started, police
allege, the day Foote was re-,
leased from the Ontario Reform-
atory at Guelph. They are said to
have. stoke a ear at Tillsonburg,
driven to St. Joseph Where they
smashed glass doors and foreed
locks to gain entry into the cot.
tages, abandoned the Tillsohburg
tat and took one owned by Net -
son Bedard, Drysdale.
The two were arteeted Monday
in the Bedard ear at Peterbor-
ough aiid eharged with thefts
there„ and at Guelph.
Cash, shirt e and food were re-
ported stolen NM the cottages.'
T. he break -IM were discovered
by a Lontlon man who rettireed
to his cottage to reMOVO a TV
antenna over the weekend,
OPP Constable Halle Reid,
rxeCet,,itivotiga4 the St. Jo
*Oh throes,
William Cochrane, who won his
second term, and Erie Mcllroy,
who served on the first two'
councils after Grand Bend was
incorporated.
Defeated were Herbert Pfile,
.another Sunday, parade oppon-
ent, and Herbert Wainwright,
former village clerk who retired
because of ill health this year.
Both members of this 'year's
Council who were returned. —
Reeve Dalton and Councillor
Cochrane — voted against ban-
ning civic processions on the
Sabbath. The issue • arose this
Car Hits. Tractor,
Injuries Minor
A Dashwood area woman suf-
fered only. a fractured anklc.
when the tractor she was driving
was hit broadside by a car Tues-
day at 6 Pam -
Although she was thrown into
the ditch and her tractor
smashed to pieces, Mrs. Elsie
Volk, of RR 1, .Dashwood, re -
Caved relatively minor injuries.
Travelling caste on No, 83, the
car hit the tractor at the Inter,
sectiOn of eoncessima 1647 Ste-
phen, two miles west of Dash
wood. Mrs. Volk was travelling
north on the concession road.
- The ear, a 1957 Model driven
by Charles D. Rhode, RR 3,
Mitehell Suffered over $1,000
damage, Two passengers were
not injured.
The tractor was smashed into
Lour seetiOnS,
OPP Constable Harry Reid,
leeeter, investigated,
summer when the promotion
committee proposed a parade of
convertibles, carrying contes-
tants in the Miss Grand Bend
beauty contest.
Erie .MCIlroye chairman of the
promotion ' committee which
sponsored the contest, appealed
to council to rescind its ban but
he was not successful, McIlroy,
owner of Lakeview Casino, Was
elected president of the Cham-
ber of Commerce which was re-
organized at the end, of the
sum in er
Earl Thompson, a new candi-
date, was top man in a three-
man race for PUC seats. He
polled over 100 votes more than
his closest rival, incumbent
William Love, who was returned.
Williaxn"Rendle was the third
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man.. .
° Acting on numerous corn -
plaints, council has 'requested
the county health unit to inves-
tigate the wreckage of a barn
on .Wellington street which, it is
claimed, is a breeding ground
for rats.
The Mayor was delegated to
see the owner to request removal
of the building.
Council indicated it would draft
a set of regulations outlining the
calls which the fire department
should answer. This resulted
from a review of the year's ac-
tivities of the brigade, which
showed that it had been called
out to two car fires for which
it received no remuneration.
The brigade answered 14 calls
during the year. Total payment
to the members amounted to
$1,628.
Council, after some debate, de-
cided to provide holiday pay for
its public works staff for Christ-
mas and Boxing Day. Decision
remitted from complaints from
the men that they were not re-
ceiving remuneration for statu-
tory holidays.
Decision 'on next year's policy
was left until the first of the
year.
Boxing day was ,declared a
civic MilidaY.
Judging ed the home decora-
tion contest, for which councileis
vrovatinr-three turkey prizes,
will take place on,December 20.
Ken Campbell, who has con-
structed a home on. Highway
83, was allowed $50 towards the
cost of a house draM. His case
was, given special consideration
because there is no town drain
in front of his house.
Building permit was granted
to building inspector Walter Cut -
bush for repairs to a home on
James St. Mr. Cutbush, who
was appointed inspector earlier
this year, ,was given $106.50 for
his services. This amount repre-e
Kilts the total received in per,
mit fees since he assumed was
appointed.
Schools Provide
Christmas Carols
'Stephen and Usborne Town-
shipschools encouraged the
Christmas spirit during the Yule-
tide opening in Exeter Saturday
by singing carols in front of the
post office.
The senior room at Crediton
Public Scheel, under Mrs. F, W.
Morlock, and S.S, 7, 'Osborne,
under Mrs. All Eisen, were
the entertainers.
This Saturday, another room
at the Crediton schbol and Fair-
field school, under Mrs. Jessie
Carter wiil contribute carols.
The schools receive $5.00 each,
donated by town council to
assist the Christmas program,
organized by Exeter Business.
nfen's Assoolation.
• All but several front seats at
Choos.e Two -Cousins zrheatree,
frergatu=
New Zurich Trustees
Leroy Thiel, young Zurich
store clerk running his first erne.
tip, topped the polls in the po-
lice' village election Monday as
voters named two cousins, both
newcomers to municipal politics,
to their three,man board.
Thiel received 203 votes, one
more than Lloyd O'Brien, trustee
for eight years and chairman this
year.
Harold Thiel, a eousin of Leroy,
edged ineumbent John Turkheim
by three votes to Win the third
seat. He polled 121 votes to Turk,
118.
HS 'Grads Set Record,
Win AllHuranAtvaids,
South littimi District High
School and Ilarboatd Collegiate
Institute, Tote:Ito, have. set
jointly a reebrd for academie
standings by winning all three
Carter scholarships for their it-
Speetive areas this year.
This is the first time sinee the
Carter awards were established
in I'913 in 25 Ontario counties
that three, have been won by
one school.
The scholarships for Huron
watt to Valdeinars Gelena, Dash-
wooti;„ Beverly Maori, teeter,
anti Don Petersofir Daeliwood,
Guiens and McLean arc efirelled
at University of Tereete; Pe.
lefeen is studying At UWO, Lon-
don*
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blished 'under the Will .of the late
,T, 1.,•-Cartei, Sarnia. Three scho-
larships of $100. $60 and $40 are
atearded annually hi 25 colinties
heed on results of amend de-
partmerital grade 13 examine -
tions. Students with the highest
aggregate marks in each county
receive the awards.
Nin e papers are torisideOed in
a candidate'S aggregate and
must ifielude English composi-
tion, Efiglisli literature and any
two of algebra,. geometry and
trigoeometry and -stades.
Gulees• received an average or
86 marks in his pliperct, McLean
averaged 82 percent and Peter-
son .111 ps,reent.
Thomas Myers, oldest of the
candidates, placed last but his
total was only nine less than
Turkheim's.
11 vas the first—election in Zur-
ich since 1950.
Although no issue was apparent
in the election'Chairman Lloyd
O'Brien said there had been
some criticism over the purchase
of a $12,000 fire engine. The for,
mer one, however, was 16 years
old and rated Obsolete by the
fire marshal's department.
Mr. O'Brieii, Speaking at the
post-eleetIon meeting in Zurich,
gave fair warning to new mem-
bers of Bey Township Council
that the trustee board would he
fighting , harder than ever next
yeAr to get the township office
removed from the village road
allowance en which it is now sit-
uated,
All of Zurich's streets have
been paved but this oris and the
hoard wanted the office removed
to complete the job. Trustees
have been trying lo get it Moved
For eight years but the township
nulled has not agreed on a OW
location. # •
Mr, O'Brien wag stipPerted be
At leaet on of the new trustees,
Harold Thiel,
Lloyd O'Brien is a plumber arta
tinsmith; Harold Thiel is a truck-
er.
.Tim Hare, .ehairmen of Dash,
was a good idea to litive an ,dee.
don freoutetly. Theft has been'
tont iti.Dashweed Since 1011, he
revealed.. int Adi
wood tru eta, said he thOught it
afternoon show sponsored by
merchants. Movies will be pro-
vided every Saturday afternoon
until Christmas,
*Finance Company
Takes Too Much
An over -zealous finance com-
pany representative came close
tb facing a theft charge this week
when he seized mere than his
firm was entitled to.
A woman visiting at Crediton
reported to police that the man
had taken the keys to her London
aoartment, bedding, kitchen uten-
sils and personal effete along
with. the car on which she had
hegleeted tb Make payments,
After locating the woman at
Crediton, the man denlandeci the
keys .to the ear, thee drove off
with all its et:Menet.
The. Prepany returned her be-
longings the next day.
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Peminhia Fade $,
leentill
Mont Hlitery 6
LOdad , 14, IS -
trio 4, $11'3
nt, It
atien meeting. leis total:was 513.
Councillor Rees Taylor, wile
guided the town through its con
troversial dump problem as
chairman of the sanitation com-
mittee, placed third with 480
votes. Only two ballots behind
Was Councillor Ralph Bailey,
who initiated the street oiling
program as chairman of the road
committee. *
Finishing fifth was Councillor
Bill Mueser, who is the same
age as Councilloi• Fisher and
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Rae Councillor Leonard Orel),
defeated in MendaY'S, election,
charged Wednesday be was the
victim ef false rumen which
he said was 'lilting his pockets"
through his activities in.opposi,
eon to the Ontario beg market.
ing hoard.
Flatly denying the accuse.,
tips, Councillor Greb said: "lt
is these false rumors, so ,Gliffi-
cult to track down and establish
responsibility for, that make a
mockery of our free elections
and democratic system."
Suggesting the rumors might
have been started by another
candidate in the election, Greb
charged: "This is the coward's
method of campaigning in an
election where he has not truth-
ful fault to find."
"I challenge the perpetrators
and' spreaders of these cheap
and irresponsible rumors to
CLAUDE FARROW
... new councillor
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GLENN FISHER
. . . heads the polls
Elect New Co un ciiJors
epu y- eeve In1-lay
Hay Township Couheit, for 1958
will exclude three new councillors
and a new deputy -reeve as a re-
sult of Monday's election.
Alex. Mousseau, a two-year
councillor -ea the fourth conces-
sion., ousted veteran Oscar Klopp,
Zurich, as deputy -reeve 1 a nar-
row margin of 39 votes. Mousseau
polled 466 to Klopp's 427..
Karl Haberer, Williain David-
son, both of the Zurich district,
and John Corbett, RR 1, Exeter,
won first terms on council by de-
feating incumbent Leonard Greb,
RR 1, Exeter, and John Soldan,
RR. 1, Zuricle who had suggested
at the nomination meeting that
the 1957 council had not been
honest,
Haberer, tall young farmer,
piled up, aii impressive lead in
heading the polls. His 687 was
over 200 more than that polled by
William Davidson, who placed
second. Both men: former preet-
dents of Hay Federation of Agri-
culture, received strong support
at the 'Zurich polls. •
Mr. Davidson is president of
Zurich Agricultural Society.
John Corbett, who placed a
close third, topped his home will
at the residence of Stewart Bell
and received strong support in
No. 1 and at Zurich. His total
was 454, 12 less than Davidson's.
Losing candidate John Soldan,
who ran for the first time, led
his own poll at SS No. 3 and was
strong in Dashwood, He slipped
badly in Zurich, however, where
he 'teetered only 62- votes. ID'S
total was 365.
Leonard Grebb, who is com-
pleting his third term on council,
placed last with e67 votes. Run-
ning in an, election for the first
time,,he topped his poll at SS
but trailed in all the other sec-
tions. In No, 7, at the other end
of the township, he received only
two votes.
Grebb has been in the limelight
recently as a member of Theo -
dere Parker's five -man commit-
tee organized to dissolve the On-
tario hog marketing board. He
organized the protest meeting at
Hensall several week e ago.
Reeve V. L. Becker was re-
turned to his third term of of-
fice by acclamation. He was
chairman of a poet -election meet-
ing in Zurich Monday night when
the winners were introduced.
come forward end, give at to
a little substantiatingevieletten •
in backing them up.'
Greb, running his first election
after being acclaimed, to Wien ,J
three times, placed last in .0.
five -man rate for three seats.
Ile polled 161 votes, compered VP
687 received by the man Whit
headed the Pills, Karl liabererp
Zurich, . -
A member of Theodore Pare
ker's five -man committee pled,.
ged to dissolve the hog hoped;
Gra Said; "I want to state,
that I have never received eV
money or ,consideretion of an?
kind as a payment for MY thee,
work, gar expenses and mile.
age .over SW hog board ,activie
ties. All of these things batre,
been contributed by xne out 61
my otvn pocket,"
While he denied his own pee
kets were being lined. Greb sege
rested others may have been
through the hog marketing pro-
gram. "During the past foUr
years," se said, "I have bene
illegally forced to pay sums of
money toward a hog board out
of whose total fund of :marl)!
half ,g million a Year, various
pockets, had ample opportunity
to be filled since I haven't beard
of such money being burned as
yet."
Lauds Town
ecorationse;-
"Exeter's main street is One
of the best decorated businese
sections I've seen this season,"
a commercial traveller told The
Tines -Advocate this week..
"Your businessmen should get
a big pat on the back," said
George P. Sanderson, 'Toronto,
a food products salesman. "The
decorations einn,pare with the
hest in larger cities. Your steeet
decorations are excellent, too."
This was one of many coinments merchants and the PUC
:were receiving this week about
their efforts to brighten up the
business section for thristmae.
dollars and hours of tirne on the
;decorations.
Bteree have spent hundreds of
PUC erected' nine strings of
lights across the main street ,
last week, Besides colored bulbs,
they feature alternately Santee
and stars. .
Merchants are •competing for
$50 in prizes for best looking
stores, but that's just incidental
to the main objective, according
to Andrew Johnston, -president
of the association.
"We hope to keep improving
our decorations each year until
the town becomes noted for its
Christmas spirit. We Made scene
progress last year and. nuich
our objective."
more this year. If we can cop-
tinue to improve each Christ-
mas, it won't take long to reach
Besides the contest among
merchants, there is another com-
Petition for borne decorations.
This one is sponsored by omen.,
Oscar Kleppe who returned to cil, and prizes are turkeys.
council as deputy -reeve last year
Town Lady
after several years' absence, T
stated that electors "probably
did the right thing in electing a
eating for some thne that we
ygSees Fireball
ouner man I've been advo-
need younger 'nen on. the coun-
cil "
Showing he wasn't bitter over
his defeat; Mr. Klopp told sever-
al jokes to the crowd and spoke
in a humorous vein.
H. W. Brokenshire, township'
clerk a n d returning officer,
urged ratepayers to check their
assessment notices to see that
all eligible voters in their house-
holds were listed.
:re
eeenefelelle,
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mas jackpot sponsored by Exeter Businessinefil'Ittsoeht.
Oen was Mrs, Ponald Itelph, Exeter, who received. $130
Saturday night, Presenting the prize is Mrs, Edith Doyle,
chairman of the jaeloot committee, Prise this Saturday
night will be $100. Mrs, Ralph piano to use her r000ty
to tako a trip to the wost nos( yoar to visit relatives.
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At least 'one district woman
saw the '"fireball" which was re-
ported over Western Ontario
over the weekend,
Mrs. Eunice Stone, Andrew St,
saw the object about 5:80 ,p.the
Monday from her home,. -
"I happened to leek out the
east window and 'spotted it a
little to the northeast," she
said. "It was a round red ball
with a tail of fire which looked
to be abut six feet long.
"It appeared to be quite close,
about as high as you see plants
flyng It looked like there was
something moving on the thing,"
Later she noticed the object had
ombosveuedredno,bryth abuctlouitd.was partly
About the same time, two St.
14arys youths saw a two foot
ball of fire pass overhead when
they wore standing at the main
cotter ni Eirkten. They said it
WAS about a half mite up, tea -
Veiling north to south at a 45.
degree angle to the ground.
.A Glencoe woman said ttri
Jett emir: within 15 feet of het
eat Friday, She described it a
a round ball abed It to eigli
inches in diameter and aglow
with a fiereely bright whit,
light.'It had a tall of light tee° to
three feet long and it was spin.
ning as it moved le An orbit
twenyt or thirty feet acress. •
She said it hovered, about
toot above ute road just ahead of
her ear as she was delving on
No 80 highway about two mil*
north of Gleneee.
Officials at RCAP Static:01N CO*
tralia said Wedtiesday they heti
received 06 reports toncerning
such obleete.
BibleCampaign
R hes $460
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Exeter unit nf ties British* an
WINS 00 IN: JACKPOt'-4'irst winner In the $800 Christ.ttd
Foreign tibia octet" has ta,
$460 in hie door-to-n*Or ecu
to Cate, PresidCnt G. A.
said Ttiosdwa
Last Veer., the unit It*
for its Activities.
This yesnee
cor1titht ter
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CaPip tated,