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CHRISTMAS CONCERTS REGINA ---Among the .first in this area to present, its Christ-
mas• conceit was S.S.• No.• 7 Hibbert. This rhythm band (top), led by Carole Howe,
left, helped to entertain: a packed house despite the now storm. Tuesday night- In
front row are Reg Dick, Peter Fairclough, Adeline Chappel, `Patricia Harris, Teddy
Stoneman; back row;. Verlyn Miller, Margaret Hoggarth, M a r g a r e t Boa and Bob
Munn, Who was master of ceremonies: Bottom picture shows the chorus . in action.
The program was: under thedirection of teacher Mrs: Rena Caldwell and, the music
instructor, Mrs. H. L. Sturgis. - —T -A Photo
BuildEighf Mil�s0f.Roa
Two Buildings In Pinery
Work on the new ptiblic park
in the Pinery 'is, progressing
"favorably', Superintendent
Keith Cameron told The Times -
Advocate .this week.
Eight miles of road in the
4,000:acre tract have been cut
and three miles have been
reasonably well completed.
Two: buildings -- the superin-
tendent's residence *and the
maintainance building'— are
nearly finis'lied.
Five miles of beach have beer.•
Cleaned tip.
Sup't Cameron doubted, how-
ever, that the park would be
,opened up to, the public next
suminer. A considerable amount
Weather Hinders
Dam Completion
Winter weather wilt prevent the
completion of Morrison dant this
year although the •road will be
opened.
Pearce Construction Co. has
indicated it will wait till spring
before finishing some of the final
portions of construction,
The road will be open soon but
there will be ito guard rails
erected along the sides until
• spring.
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You'll save money, save
tithe end save steps,
of construction is still to be done
including the erection of ad-
ministration, in u s e u m, ware-
house, bathhouse ..`and comfort
buildings.
Camping .lots and parking lots
will be cleared next summer.
The park may be opened for
limited use in 1959.
A crew of 85 hien has been
working in the area since early
in October . on the provincial,
park development,which is ex-
pected to take five years.
The superintendent's building,
a •30x52 rustic Structure, is • io-
WINS LI ENCS Vlliliiaan bless,.
SO of Mr. and Mrs. Albert G.
Has, Zurieh, has received his
embalmer's licence_ front the
Ontario Embalming School, To-
ronto, and is now with afuni'ral
home in "Woodstock. Ile is a
,gradtilte oC SliDIIS,
rated at the entrance to the
park on the opposite side of the
road. This land was purchased
from F. W: Walker, Grand
Bernd.
The in•aintainance building has
been erected near the centre of
the park, ,about 'three miles from
the lake. 1twill house equip-
merit.
The roads, which will event-
ually be paved with an 18 -foot
'surface, follow contours of ,the
land into the ,park. The main
thoroughfare from the entrance
runs to the old river bed, then
swings to either end of the park.
Temporary bridges have been
erected.
'Department of Lands and.
Forests, which is in charge of
the development, says the park.
will rival the best in Ontario
when it's contpleted. It will be
similiar to Rondeau Park, feat-
uring nature trails, picnic tab'cs,
roads and campsites.
But there will be no cottages
in the Pinery, Under a new
polio', laid down by the rlepart-
tmenti,steps are being taken to
reclaim the parks across On-
tario from civilization, At the
Pinery, official's hope to keep
civilization out altogether except
'As invited guests,
Sup't Cameron, an 11 -year
veteran with the lands and
forests department, was assist-
ant at Rondeatr before his ap•
pointnent to the Pinery.
Brigade Captain,
New Constable
Ernest Wells, captain of Exe-
ter hire Brigade, has been hired
by town council as a part4time
police constable until the end of
theayear,
Ole begalt his duties Friday
Gaaplralto night..
iepnone y
lana 1958 Rate Increases
New HensiiI Councillor
Believed Youngest Yet
Jack Lavender, 26 year .- Old Other members of council,
mechanic, will become the young, ' elected by ,acclamation at an
est .councillor in Hensali's• his- earlier nomination, are Reeve
tory when he is sworn into .of- ° Norman Jones, Councillors Lorne
fiee after the new year, l Luker, John Henderson, and
lie was elected by acclaina; Schwalm. °
tion to fill the vacant council "It was a sneaky way to get
seat at the village's second none elected," Lavender said after
ination meeting Monday night:1 the meeting. "They couldn't get
Only a dozen ratepayers attend- i anyone ; else to run. However,
ed the meeting. if the ratepayers aren't satis-.'
The young mechanic, who bled, I guess they'll let me know
works in his father's garage, l at next year's nomination,"
will succeed ' Councillor, Jim 1 The new councillor describes '
Sangster, who has retired be himself as a "home -loving man."
Cause he expects to leave the His hobby is carpentry. and he
community. Councillors Swigs.; has spent most of his time in re-
ter and Gordon Schwalm mate I cent years .remodelling his home
the nomination, on Queen street. Be and his
wife have a 2i -year-old daugh-
• i ter, Brenda Jean.
MasonHeadst Among the pieces of furniture
he has built are two table lamps.
i with bases made of transmis-
Town:. Legion ' sion gears painted gold. • I
Jack attended Henscll public•
New president of Exeter Le -1 school, continuation school and,
gion is Graham Mason, journey-
man lineman with Ontario Hyd-
ro, who was elected at the an-
nual meeting recently.
A :member of the air. force for
over: four years, Mason served
with bomber and fighter' squad-
rons in England .and' Germany
during the :war. He: is a 'native
of Grand Bend
' Vice presidents4of'''the'ki1`nnchf
are Lloyd, Reynolds;. It R, 3 EXe
ter, and•"Gerald Campbell, town.
Two former presidents, Bert
Ostland avid Reg McDonald,. will
serve as treasurer and secre-
tary.
Garnet Shipman was named
sergeant -at -arms and chaplains
are Rev.. N, D. Knox. and Rev.
Alex'r Rapson;
Executive, members include
Cliff Brintnell, Fete Durand, Bob
Sanders, Lorne Kleinstiver, Ted
Pooley, Harry Page, Bi11 Johns-
ton,. Doug Brintnell and Bruce
Biggart.
Past President Andy Bierling
presided for the election. A joint
,installation of Legion and Legion
Auxiliary officers will be held
on December 19.
South Huron District High
!School, He '-received his class
• "A" mechanic'
His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Lavender and twins Tom
and "Bill Lavender, who have
won several awards since gra-
duation from SHDHS this year,
are his .brothers He has has , one
sister, Jean, 'now teaching in
dlankilton,
NEW COUNCILLOR—Jack La-
vender, 26, will be Hensalis
youngest councillor when he
takes office in 1958. He was'
elected by acclamation Monday
to fill the seat left vacant by
the retirement of.John Sangster.
s• papers in 1953.
—T -A Photo
Plan Special
Yule Edition
The Times -Advocate is. .plan-
ning another feature -packed.
Christmas' edition this • • year
which will be highlighted by a
four=color front page and special
articles. •
The Christmas issueis to be
distributed to subscribers on
Monday, December 23,' in order
to reach them before the holi-
days:. A regular edition will be
published next Thursday.. -
Among the features of the
yule number will be three prize-
winning fiction pieces by stu-
dents at South Huron District
High School. The T -A is provid;
ung cash awards for a contest
conducted by C. J. Porter, head
of the English department.
Children's letters to Santa. and
special Christmas puzzles for
children will be .included.- -
-A religious loos messy e will be
b
contributed by Rev. H. J. Snell,
pastor of James St. United
Church, who is president . of the
London Conference for this year.
The T. -A New i'eai s edition
will also be published early the
following week. The paper will
return to regular Thursday pub-
lication on January 9,
Hay Municipal Telephone;
System has made application for
an increase in rates from 20 to
100 percent.
Individual line rates will jump
from :$18.00 to $36.00 and party ;
line service from $18.Q0 to
$22.00, if the application 15 ac-
cepted.
Even with the increase, rates
of the Hay system will still be
lower than those charged by ,
other systems operating in the
area, :Secretary -Treasurer Reg
Black, Zurich, said Wednesday.l
Replacement of cable along;
No. 84,. and 21 highways and im•
provement of .the exchange at
Grand Bend were given as
i
reasons for the increase.
New •cable has already been
erected along No. ,8a and the
system expects to make a simi-
lar installation • along No. 21
next year when repairs to the
highway are being made.
Officials hope some improve-
ment can be made at Grand
Bend in time to meet the heavy
demand next summer.
,Besides serving Hay township
and its villages of Zurich' and
Dashwood, the system also ope-
rates in Stanley, Stephen, Mc-
Gillivray and Bosanquet town-
ships. It is one of the largest
municipal systems. in Ontario.
International'Goo'dwill'
Dpp�rtunity Fir Girls
Girls:, . i lowed. They start at 8:30 and
Like to create international
good will for Canada by having
fun at a 'dance?
Like to meet some cultured,
refined, handspme men from
the continent, Or Canadian boys
from distant parts of the coun-
try?
Costs you, nothing and a good
time is guaranteed.
RCAF Station Centralia, pre-
paring to entertain its NATO
students for ;the holidays is ap-
pealing. to girls from this dis-
trict between . the ages of 17
and 21 to attend a Christmas
dance next Wednesday night.•
The station provides transpor-
tatien. All you have to do is
phone 721 Exeter, local 298.
Squadron Leader G, J. Swea
nor, in ,charge of the entertain-
ment, says: "We think the girls
in this district are missing a
wonderful opportunity by not at-
tending otir dances for NATO
students. It's a chance for them
to meet' some of the best young
men from the continent and
from Canada. We canguarantee
time because
them a goodcause there
e
are always less girls than boys."
London Council of Women has
been providing partners from
the city for NATO students but
aren't them
thereie n t enou It of and
some younger girls are wanted
for the cadets.
The dances are supervised and
no alcoholicbeverages are al -
end at 12;30. Lunch is provided
and the students often present
entertainment. For the Christ-
mas party, students from a. num-
ber of different countries will
present •an appropriate skit.
,Some of the girls, SIL Swca-
nor confides, have been quite
impressed with the politeness
and polish of the European stu-
dents. One girl told hint: "I've
read many articles why Cana-
dian men prefer European
women but I think I'h write one
about why Canadian girls pre-
fer European men. They're won-
derful!"
Among the NATO .countries re-
presented at Centralia are Ger-
many, 'Belkuni,.i Turkey, Nor-
way, Holland.
"We :hope to see more girls
out to our December 18 dance
to show these chaps some real
Canadian hospitality, particular-
ly at Christmas time," said
SIL Sweanor.
Families in South Huron caw
show their hospitality, too, by
inviting NATO students to their
homes over the holidays. Some
will be guests of embassies over
Christmas but Were are many
who will spend the festive days
alone on the station,
One Toronto restaurant has
invited representatives from
seven countries to a yule cele-
bration on December 19.
HEADS LEGION --- Graham Ma-
son, air force veteran, is the
new president of Exeter Legion.
Ile succeeds Harry Holtzman.
--T-A Photo
Report ryde
'Very Critical'
Toni -Prycle, following
several weeks of encourag-
ing recovery, suffered an-
other setback in London
hospital last week,
lie has improved slightly
this week, his physician said,
but his conditionris described
as "very critical,"
Where To
Find it
Announcement* S.
Church Notice* 17
ferning Events • 17,
Editbr•ieis 2
Enter$ainment 11
prrn News 11, 12, 14
Feminine ''Facet
Henscll • 6
uta CeYt - 16, 1t
Saari' sr S
l�
Went Ads, 13
RECEIVEATCHESr TROPHIES—Receiving themost'. honors at Huron count 4-H
achievement night inWin hani Friday wore -Patsy Marshall, RI. 1 Kirkton, .and
Gerald Vallis, R.R. 1 Granton. Both were presented, with a watch and .a trophy;
among other awards. Gerald scored the highest marks In the county and Patsy Was
tops 111 the dairy clubs. See story on page 11. ....,.T A. Photo
New monthly rates applied foe
are:
Individual line: business, .$J.011j
residence, $2.75.
Two-party line: b u s in e see
$2.50; residence, $2.75.
Party line,• three to 10' tele'
phones, business and residence
$2.00; 11 or More telephones,
business and residence, .$1.75..
These proposed rates are for
old subscribers. New subs,eribers'
will pay a ,premium of:an, ad-
ditional $1.50 a month for 19
years.
Pay station calls will he rail -
cd. to 10 cents each,
In a letter to subscribers,
Secretary -Treasurer Black said:
"In the past year the system
was required to move all lines
along highway 84 due to new
construction between Zurich and
Hensall. These lines for The
most part, due to their age,
were replaced with new cable,
During 1958, the same type .gg
work is expected to take place
along highway21 from 1St.. Jo.
seph to Bayfield. Soon there
after it is anticipated a like pin.
jeCt will take place from At,
Joseph to Grand Bend.
"In recent years, toll .business
out of Grand Bend central has
increased veru rapidly to the
point that at this date it com-
prises a very substantial per!
tion of the company's revenue.
We are aware, . however, that,
business at this central has to
some extent grown beyond the.
scope of the present facilities
and it is.the desire of the system'
to improve our plant at Grand
Bend; so that we might improve
the. service and the revenue at
that point. It is hoped that some
in!•provement can be completed
in time for the 1958 season."
Application for the rate in.
crease has been made to the
Ontario Telephone Authority to
b e c o m e effective January • 1,
1958. Any objections to the new
rates must be submitted to the
authority before December 22.
Judges Laud
Decorations
Judges, who this week aa'
nounced .the winners of the :store
decoration contest, described the
town as "almost like a fairy-
land" after spending over five
hours viewing the. Christmas
scenes.
"We think the town is beauti
fully decorated," said one spokes.
man. "Every merchant has en.
tered into the spirit of the :con-
test and many obviously have
spent hours in decorating:"
Judging was based on three
parts: Window, exterior and is-.
terior. Prizes totalled $50.
Winner of the first prize of $s
was the Burkley Restaurant. Sec-
ond prize of 515 went to Russett
Electric and the $10 third prize
was awarded to Jack Smith Jew,
eller.
The 'judges, who wish to re-
main anonymous, 'also, picked the
three best. windows: The religi-
ous scene at. Cann's. Mil Ltd:;
Dinney Furniture, described as
the prettiest; and Brady Clean*
ers.
Honorable mention went. to -the.
Go By Beauty Salon, 1 • A,
May and Son, Choosy Rook Shop,
Lloyd Ford's Men's Wear, Wale•
er's Men's Wear and The 'nines -
Advocate.
This is the first year. the mer
ehanls have eompcted for deco?-
-ation prizes, Exeter` Business*
men's Association, sponsor&. of
the contest, Hope to Continue the
competition. -
A borne decoration contest it
being sponsored by town council,
Turkey prizes will be given tr1
three householders with the best
exterior decorating.judging will
be done December 20.
New Barrel
For' Jackpot
Officials of Exeter tusinesiw
men's Association decided feat.
week they will have to build a
new barrel'lo hold the mountin
pile 01" Pickets for their $800.
Christmas jackpot,
Two weeks' coupons have fill•;
ed the revolving cage, donated
by Exeter Legion, and officiall!
expect the next two weeks'r
tickets will double the present -
amount as the district begins itliC' r
Christmas shopping in earneet
Lest Saturday's 'winner of S1 i
was J, J. Stevenson, Ca
street, An airnian at RCAF'
tion Centralia. Ills covpen
drawn, by Ebner" D. •BcIJ
First Winner Was Mrs, Don i
Ralph, Eketer, who re'oeive
450 when C, V. l eugihtea are*
her ticket.
!Chis Saturday. $1.50 will.be tri`
prize and W. G. Cochrane w
cliooe the lucky piece •nf pi ; r
f ,