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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-02-27, Page 1CANDIDATE MEETS VOTERS—Huron's new Liberal candidate, W. G. Cochrane, be- gan to meet the voters in his riding right after his nomination in Clinton Monday night He shakes hands here with Jim Taylor, Hensall, while Martin Feeny, Dublin, looks on. The Exeter lawyer won over Col. S. Wt Archibald, Seaforth engineer, in a two-way contest for the nomination after Andrew Y. McLean announced he would —T -A Photo not run again. SEEKS SIXTH TERM—L. Elston Cardiff, second from right, was unanimously chosen as a Progressive Conservative candidate for the sixth time Friday night when lie receiveda. unanimous acclamation at the Clinton nomination. With him are three officials whopromised him support—Huron Warden Jack Morrissey, Stephen town- ship; John R. Hal121.10,11..as,§ktant to,the,,nliDiater,. Of ',citizenship and iromigrai,1011, who 'was guest'.givaker at the meeting; and Exeter .Mayor • R. E. Pooley, who nominated Cardiff. Photo New Fire Loss Three Hit in Fire, ,which set a record :for dama„aein this rural area in 1957, has already taken a heavy toll in 1958. In two days last: week, it destroyed three barns causing . damage estimated at over $30,000 including loss of livestock, poul- try, grain and implements. An L-shaped barn in Centralia, I owned by Kenneth Hodgins, burned to the ground Saturday 1 afternoon. With it went one pony, two sows and their litters, 300 bushels of grain, hay, stray, and a fertilizer drill. The barn was one of the largest in the district. A two-storey frame building , housing 450 pullets owned by El- zear alousadau, Kippen, went up in flames the same day.: Early Friday, Gerrit Brandon - horst, R.R. 1, Hensel], lost an 80 x barn, containing pigs, grain and implements. District brigades had no chance to save the buildings. The fires were well advanced before being discovered. Praise, Fire Brigades Three brigades who worked on the Centralia barn fire .were credited with saving two adjacent homes by owner Kenneth Hodg- ins, who was enthusiastic in his praise for the departments, "We certainly would have lost the houses if we hadn't had good protection'' he said. "The wind ,was blowing the fire right at the :huildings." The hornet were Mr. Hodgins' own and one owned by Harold Tripp. The pumper at Centralia vi1- 200 Loads Of 'Flurries' Over 200 loads of snow vere removed from Exeter streets clur. ing the most extensive "clean-up" operation in the town's history following °the three-day storm laat week. Nine machines were involved In the job, which was completed in two days. The snow Was dunned in the river Hata below the dam. Over 15 loads Were removed from one side of one Of the heavi- est filled blocks on Alain street, between Anne and Huron, The Snow -blowing attachment on the front end of a tractor driven by Larry Snider was fill- ing dump 1ttk Ji trackstwo mitt:it:ea of less. Three and :foue trucks were roottited to keep up to the Ma thine, Also working on the streets vete the grader, sidewalk OW, and the Jeep plow owned by LOU Palley. Sam gweitZer oildfated the hon. dont ift the riVer flats to Spread the snow, Ti* etwation WAS Organized by Ralph Bailey, chairman of the toad a cOritinittee. ecord? w� Days lage, a truck from RCAF Station Centralia, and the Exeter brigade kept the houses cooled off while the barn fire was raging, The L-shaped barn was one of the largest in the district and was originally built by the late Wil- liam Caldwell, who used to bring eattleand horses from the west. The straw barn measured 50 x 30 and the other section 54 x 34, Cause of the fire is still unknown. The blaze was noticed by a passing lady motorist and Mr. Hodgins' daughter, Eleanor Mae, about the seine time. When the alarm went* out, neighbors and district farmers, rushed to the scene to help. Two of the three ponies in the building were saved, as well as a cow, a calf and about 10 pigs. The rest of two litters was lost. Also destroyed' were 300 bush- els of grain, hay, straw and a fertilizer drill. The blaze started shortly after two o'clock, Mr. Hodgins' son, Keith, had been in the building about 12.30, The owner is the buttermaker at Canada Packers creamery, Exeter. He described his farming activities as a "hobby," Hose Saves ,Buildings Mar Mousseau, Kippen," used a garden hose to save two poul- try. buildings Saturday afternoon, while a third burned to the „ground, destroying 450 pullets, nine to 10 weeks old. Loss, esti- mated at $2,000, was Covered by insurance. Mr. 1VIousseau, who lives near the village, learned of the fire in Dickert's store, where Mabelle Whiteman, who spotted the blaze, phoned to give ,the alarm, The owner rushed home and tried to open the door of the burning building, but was driven away by the heat. Ild and Kenneth McLellan hooked up the garden hose to the pressure systeni and PlaYed Water on two adjacent pens, one housing 3,000 chickens and an- other with 900 birds, Hensel, iiiid Brucefield &mono; rushed to the scene, but couldn't get near the buildings because of Mousseau planned to ship the pullets to district fanners on Monday. Cause of the blaze is still not , known, There was net electricity in the 22 x 24 building. Children Spot Blase Neighbors' children, u'lin had tO, got up during the night, dia.! aevered the fire on the WM of Gerrit Brandenhorst, 1,! whin destroyed 12 sows, 22 week-old pigs, grain, hay, straw and implements, '11 ' . 3olin Lowery spottedthe blaze about 4 a,m, Friday and wakened their Atha and an (Melt. The two Men, after falling to rouse any - Mid at tho Brandenhorst lam Eighty -Second Yeer EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 27, 1954 Price Per Copy Ton • *throne Pledges Cardiff Sees 150. Seats Lawyer Scores Early Election Buoyed, with personal enthti- siasm and the well wishes of local friends, Huron's new Ube - rat candidate, W.G. Cochrane, set out with' vigor Wednesday to meet the people of the riding. Faced with the formidable task of visiting voters in 22 Mu- nicipalities in almost as many days, the former Exeter mayor launched his . campaign this week with a determined attitude of '.we'll give it everything we Since his nomination at: the Liberal convention in Clinton Thursday, the town, lawyer has spent several days cleaning up the work of his practice and, pre- paring for his campaign. Monday he spent in Toronto with Liberal officials determining 'party stra- tegy and arranging speakers for meetings in the riding Tuesday he was in Exeter making plans for his tour of the riding. Ile said he will 4oncen- trate his campaign of meeting the people and talking to them by means of radio and. TV. The lawyer has named James A. Bisset, Goderich, his official agent and Hugh Hawkins, will :be his campaign manager, A Liberal rally has been plan- ned for March 8 in Seaforth at which when former minister of fisheries James Sinclair will be the guest speaker. Mr. Cochrane will make his first radio broad- cast over CKNX at noon, March 4. Outlining his appeal to the voters, Mr. Cochrane said one of the main issues was the cal- ling of the election itself. "The dissolution of parliament was en- tirely uncalled for at this time," he stated, "particularly in view of the serious economic situa- tion and the fact that there was no demand for it by the opposi- tion." "Our platform," he said, "em - graces substantial tax reduc- tions and alterations whicli will bring benefits to all, particular- ly the young people." • To alleviate the farm situa- tion, the Liberals; were prepared to bring grains under definite support at a minimum level ler 1957-58 grain of $1.50 a bushel on the basis 'of No. 1 northern, at Fort William. Butter support, he said, will be increased from 58 to 63 cents and similar floor —Please Turn to Page 3 went; to the residence of Glenn Bell, where the alarm was given over the telephone. Meanwhile, the Exeter brigade, which had been called to a chim- ney fire at the home of Frayne Parsons, about a mile away, saw 'the blaze and went to help but couldn't get in the lane because of snow drifts. The fire was out of control 'by that time. None of the Brandenhorst fam- ily, which lives on three farms in the arca, was aware of the fire until some of the .members awakened at 5 a.m., to do chores. One son, Gary, who lives opposite the parents' tesidenee, discovered the blaze when he -got up to milk cows.,He rushed to the home beside the burning barn and roused his brother Bert, and his wife, who had slept through the ..The father, 'Gerrit Brat -Oen -1 horst, owns three farms in the area. The one on which, the blaze —Please Turn. to Page 3 Wingham Editor Presents Awards Bariy, Wenger, former em- ployee of The Times -Advocate and noW publisher of The Wing- hain Advance -Times, presented the T -A with the two awards it won recently in the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association e9mpetitions at the annual con- vention in Toronto Friday. The awards incinded the M- bert V. Nolan trophy for best - all -round paper -published in towns between 1,400 and 4,500 population and second prize in the E. T. Stephenson trophy com- petition for best front page among all Ontario weeklies. Robert, M. S,outbcott received the honors on behalf of the news- paper. Mr, Wenger, is first vice- president of OWNA. The Huron Expositor, Seaforth, won top award for the best use of pictures among all papers. This paper is edited by A. Y. McLean, former Huron MP. Plan New Dial exchange To Serve Centralia Area A new dial exchange will be cut into the Centralia area late this year, W. W. Haysom, Bell Telephone manager for this- re- gion, announced Wednesday. The exchange will service Hu- ron, Park, RCAF Station Centra- lia, Centralia police village and the surrounding rural area, now serviced by the Exeter sys- tem. The unattended dial system will be housed in a :new building to be erected near the air sta- tion. The new exchange will be known as "ACademy §." Mr. Haysom said all work is subscribers in the arca to be ser- viced by the new exchange. The company expects to add another 100 before the changeover date, Mr, Haysom said the change was required to provide better service for the 360 homes in the permanent .married quarters at ;RCAF Station Centralia and the 'urban dwellings in Centralia pa- ; lice village all of which are now on Multi-party service. ; Contract has not, been. let for ; the new building which will house 'R oof Falls, expected to be completed and ; the new system put into opera- , tion by November 15 of this year The area covered by the new system will be bounded by No. 4 highway on the east, the Aus- ab]e river to the west, the Cre- diton. road on the north and a line just south of the Middlesex boundary. This section is now in- cluded in the Exeter area, Huron Park and. Centralia po- lice village will he given indivi- dual line and two-party service and the rest of the area will re- ceive multi-party service. There will be no increase in rates, No toll charge will apply be- tween the new exchange and Exeter or Crediton There are approximately 400 LOL Urges British Ties Resolutions requesting the ,re- tention of British ties in Can- ada were passed by South Huron Loyal Orange Lodge at its an- nual meeting , in Exeter Satur- day afternoon. The resolutipns urged; "That the Union Jack, be re- tained as the national flag of the Dominion of Canada; "That the Union Jack be flown atop all federal and provincial government buildings and insti- tutions, public schools, district high schools and collegiate in- stitutes on each and every day of business and dominion. holi- days, from the hour of sunrise to the hour of sunset and that this ruling be enforced; "That the word "Dominion" be, reinstated to its former use in the identification of all gov- ernment buildings, departments . and documents: "That `God Save The Queen'i be retained and be the only re- cognized national anthem of the dominion; "That it would be unfair to th. other religions to send an envoy from Canada to the Vati- can." Past president: J. Caldwell, Grand Bend, presided in the ab- sence of the president, Ken Bet- ties, Winthrop. Officers elected included: Coun- ty Master. Ken Betties; deputy master, Borden Brown, Sea - forth; chaplain, Oliver Jaques, Hensall; secretary, William Richt, Clinton: financial secre- tary, Harry Crich. of Clinton, treasurer, Frank Falconer, Clin- ton; Auditors are Asa Deeyes and Norman. Sly, both of Clinton. Elect Five New Directors To Hay Township Mutual A keenly -contested election at- showed the iecord loss of $84,113 traded a record crowd of over 200 policy -holders to the animal meeting of Hay Township Farm- ers' Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany :Monday, afternoon, Three new directors were chosen and two returned in two elections in Aihich 11 candidates par tiei pa Led. 'Winners of three-year terms were Fred liaberer, Zurich, who was later named president of the mutual; Ezra Webb, Gt'and Bend, and Edmond Hendrick, R.R. 2, Crediton. Both Mr, Ilaberer and Mr, Webb served On the board betore; Mr. 'Hendrick is a iieW director:. Elected to complete two-year terms were Albert Keys, R.R. Exeter, and Max Turnbull, R,R, 1, Dashwood. They replaced Wil- liam Haugh, who has been named agent, and the late Oscar Klopp. Others who rah for the posi- Gong were Ray Fisher, Zurich; Henry Becker, Dashwood; Ted Steinbach, Zurich+, Tack Scotch - 1110V, tayfield; Ed Schroeder, 'Zurich, and Robert Stirling, Goderieh. Mr. }laborer succeeds Reinhold DashWlied, asptesklent, and William 11, Love, Grand Pend, is the now Pitt vice-presi- dent, Reginald G. Black remains secretary -treasurer. Other direeterS on the board, Whose tering have net Wired aro Harvey Taylor, Dttieefied, and Otto Willett, Dashwood. Financial statement presented by Secretary treasurer Pia& in 1957 resulted in a decrease m surplus of $24,588. The surplus now totals $34,583 as compared to $59,171 a year ago. A breakdown of the losses shows that 538,400, or nearly half, resulted front fires in barns, im- plement sheds and farm ma- chinery, Fire damage to dwell- ings and contents totaled nearly $8,900. Lightning damage to dwellings and contents amounted to 5600; to out buildings and contents, $8,000; to livestock, $3,600, As a result of the lesseS, the rate for out buildings and con- tents has been raised from 20 10 25 cents per $i00. Rate on dwell- ings remains at 20 cents. Reports showed the new supple. mental contract, covering both fire and Wind„ has been well re- ceived ghee it was introduced last year. Over $1,500,006 .eover- age VAS been written, Where To Find It Adififoiiiifiriti , .... ., . dwell Notices Editorial's 2 Enterteinment 13 Feminine Pacts 7 Hensel' 6 Looking hi With Lis I Luton 12 Sports . , 4, S Want Ada it Zurich 4 This development has helped to give Ray Mutual one of the best records for expansion among all,provincial mutuals during the past decade. Coverage has in- creased by $17 million, and the company has added nearly 400 policyholders since 1948. Pates for the new supplemental coverage are eight cents per $100 on buildings and five Cents on chattels. Although no decision was made at the meeting, it was the con. census of the policyholders to continue the fire inspection pro- gram which was started four years ago. The inspector, Arthur Gaiser, Shipka, reported he has completed inspection of almost all of the buildings insured by the company for fire risks, Cost of the service in 1957 was $6,990, Mr, Gaiser reviewed the major causes of fire during the past year, and urged farmers to be particularly careful Of brooder lights and wiring. Two agents of the. company ere William Haugh, Dashwood, who covert the area south of Highway NO. 84, and Clarence Parke, Zurich, who ServiCeS the north arca, The mutual's coverage eX- tends from Goderich in the north ttloitMsottGaihilivray and Biddulph in The company's assets Are list - Aare a‘48$4818,3,4a, and its liabilities its cash receipts during the veal' totaled $108,900. Expenses' included $13,383 for management, Auditors are Jacob Haboter and Gorge Peichert, Zurich • the dialing centre hut it Is ex- pected it will be awarded soon:, Mr. Ilaysoin said. Exeter experienced the largest telephone expansion of any com- munity in the region during 1957, the manager reported. One hundred and twenty-two tele- phones were added here, which was more than the increase in either Goderich or Clinton,' the other two major centres of ,the region. Number of phpnes serviced by the Exeter exchange now totals 1,676 including 104 of the Thames Road system. Three telephones were added s I to the Crediton exchange which N1115 Youth enjoys free service with Exeter subscribers. The Crediton total is now 91. During 1957, there was a net increase of 188,731 telephones in service in the Bell's Ontario. Quebec territory. This brought the year-end total to 2,954.884. Bell spent $177,300,000 on new construction, an increase of $37,800,000 over the previous year. By far the greater part of the construction effort was de- voted to providing more custo- mers with local service, and im- provement that service. I David Bjurstrom, 14, former I Boy Scout at RCAF Station Cen- tralia and active participant in minor hockey here, was Rifled in St, John's Que., over the weekend when a wooden arena collapsed during a boy's hockey game. 1 The youth died in hospital ' early Sunday from injuries sui- t feral when the roof fell in. He had been watching the game with his father, Cpl. Robert J. Bjurstrom 39, who suffered serious back injuries but is not on the danger list, A Canadian Press report in- dicated about 100 persons were Mayor, Warden Predict PC Win Huron MP Elston Cardiff, who Was one of the few to predict the surprise result of the last federal election, says the Conservatives will go back in power with more than 150 seats after March 31, The Conservative stalwart made his prediction at Clinton Friday night when he was unanimously accorded his sixth nomination by over 200 people in Clinton Legiert satisfied we'll „go back with at least 150 seats, he said to applause. "Our gains will not be drawn from any particular province but from all sections of the country. There will be at least 25 Conservatives from Que. bee and a few from eaclm of the 1 other provinces.' Cardiff,. regarded by the lead- ; ers of his party as one of the .most reliable interpreters of the "grass roots," foresaw last June the election he's now engaged in• ; He predicted the 1957 campaign 1 would end in a stalemate and ;that a new vote would be held. 1 after a few months. The veteran MP wasn't the only one making predictions at the PC meeting. Exeter Mayor 11t. E. Pooley, who nominated the candidate, said he believed that t even though the new Liberal ; candidate came from IiIxe‘er, "Mr. Cardiff will receive the ! same if not a larger majority than he did the last time from. —Please Turn to Page 3 in the arena, originally a war - Press Flarbor Project time drill: hall, An RCAF officer said none of the players was injured because play was in the opposite end of the area to the section of the roof which fell. "The goalkeeper at the end that collapsed had the presence of mind to jump into the net to save himself." David Bjurstrom attended South Huron District High School this fall before his family moved to St. John's where his father was posted on November 30. The Bkirstroths 'lived at 108 Empress Ave., Huron Park, for over three years. They came to Centralia in July, J954. David was a member of the Scout troop and was active in sports. He was popular with the children on the station. Cpl. and. Mrs. Bjurstrom haye three other children—Viyan, 12; Kenneth, 9, and 'Ronald, 5, For Summer Resort Grand Bend officials +interview- ed ,J. W. Murphy, Lambton West MP, Wednesday, to press for construction of steel piling on the south side of the harbour at: the summer resort. The delegation included Reeve 1 James Dalton; Eric Mcllroy, Chamber of Commerce presi-; dent; John Manore, Ansable' Authority representative; a n d Henry Green, representing the fishermen. Officials believe the. extension of the piling from the present pier up the river to the fisher- men's shanties is the only solu- tion to the problem of keeping the harbor free of silt. This would cut off the large bay near the mouth which slows the flow of the river and allows sedi- ment to settle. The federal government let a contract for dredging the mouth last fall but the sands sifted. back in numerous times. The bar at the harbor was so large at times it prevented fishing boats from getting to the lake, Meanwhile, continuing their improvement program for the resort, Grand Bend leaders plan to meet soon to begin work on development of the beach area for more convenient public use. Council discussed the project with officials of several organiza- tions at a recent meeting. The plan includes erection of more liie-saving equipment, benches, and public rest rooms.. • t. HeNsAil KINSMEN Give BLOOD—Eight inernbem of the Hermit KinSillbil Club journoed le Stratford Monday evening to° donate blood to the Stratford General Ms, pital blood bank. The dothttiens \WO made as part of the observance if Eih Week celebrated by XinSilleri clubs across ,Canada last week. Ire, till Clement makes hig donation while club president Jack Drysdale .and nurse tlizabeth Ferguson, $tratforde look on, ?hot