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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-03-20, Page 1111 ti rzryrzovv,,SW.V(110fIrrlffIrnrAVYWVIV1441 PRIZEWINNING VERSE SPEAKERS—Donna Desch, Zurich, second from right, de- monstrates her delivery of the speech which won her first prize in the dramatic divi- sion of WOSSA verse speaking competitions at UWO Saturday. Allison Clarke, Cen- tralia, right, won second prize in the same division, Dick Charrette, St. Joseph, and Paula. Boulianne, Crediton, tied for second place in the lyrical verse division. For all but Allison Clarke, it was their first competitive speaking. The SHDHS showing in the'contest was the best of any school, —T -A Photo eseee•reei;eleatite.,7en'' efer .e.s-7,AiSvocafe. Eigh ty.Secontj Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 20, 19.58 Price Per Copy 10 Cents May. .. es 1 till Expand Plant 1958 Shutdown:. Express .Concern !HS Verse Speakers Over Can Imports Speculation over the future of Refuse Permit Third Time el` Wait For Drainage Report Monday night, for the third time, :council turned down a re - Guest fromcontractor Arthur Whilsmith for e. permit to build houses in the proposed new sub- division on the east side of town. Although divided 6-2, the town fathers agreed to stiek to an earlier decision not to take any aclon until it had received a report, on drainage of the arca from the .municipal engineer. Council, acting as a committee . of the whole, surveyed the area lest week with engineer B. M. Ross, Godcrieh, and decided an extensive survey should be made on the drainage problem before construction. commences. Contractor Whilsmith appeared beedre council for the third suc- cessive meeting •to request per- mirsion to proceed with construc- tion of two to four basementless housescast of Simmons' apart- ments,'He agreed to pay for the cost of extending Sanders street cast himself. Couneil's refusal was based on the reluctance of engineer Ross to slate that the construction of these homes mould not adverse- ly affect drainage of the area and particularly the apartment building. The engineer agreed, ' however, that the homes could be built in order -to conform to a proposed --etieet layout; which he was instructed. to prepare for Ike whole area, --- The, contrctor, Mitt has erect - el about 20 houses in the town in recent years, said it was impor- tant that he be allowed to start construction immediately. Sev- eral clays before the meeting he distributed letters to mem.bers of council outlining his request. Mayor R. E. Pooley curtailed discussion on the question be- cause it had been studied at, two previous meetings and at the COMmitlee meeting. Two members who supported contractor Whilsmith were Coun- cillors Glenn Fisher and Ross Taylor. Councillor Fisher asked: "Is there any harm in building two houses there?" }Ie was told that the engineer would not com- mit himself in regard to drainage. The drainage report is not ex- pected gall some time in April. Council has received.. no word from the Department of Planning and Development concerning the regutatione in opening up a new subdivision. - District Fire Aid Pact? A suggestion that a mutual pact -for protection against fire may be considered by .municipal - Hies in the Soitth Huron district was advanced by Councillor Ralph Bailey when he reported on a recent. meeting of district officials in regard to the pro- posed county agreement. . Councillor Bailey said he had since been approached by Credi- ton officials who said they would be interested in joining a district. •organization. The municipal officials met two weeks ago with representatives from the Fire Marshall's office in Toronto who explained that the townships must have their own fire fighting equipment be- fore they could participate in the countyorganization. The repre- sentatives agreed, however, that t be agreements already estab- lished among the local municipal- ities indicated that the arca was better organized than other districts, The question is now left with the townships to determine whether they wish to take any action in regard to procuring their Own fire fighting equipnient, Praise Progress Of Junior Band Council conn -tended the prog- ress being Made by Exeter Junior Band, following a report on les activities by Carl Wilson, chairman of the band ,committee. Mr. Wilson revealed the band planhed to enter the festival at Waterloo in :Nee and to present a concert of its Own this sus Altlieugh only organized a little more than a yeer ago, it lies already made eight public AP- peataiidos. Mr. Wilson Mtn -tested, ancl rt. edived, peinthesitini ftoM ecenleil for Bandmaster James Ford •to ttso the town hall for instruction And to trade iti st f the older Menem -elite owaed by the town tor mem; ooes, 1te wee also aulhOrized t Were several sti•utnellte in- usd by the former Own bend which hAd het been turned over to the file Math - Enter Ontario Finals the canningindustry arose this week following the general an nouncements by processors that ;production would be cut back ! severely this season. Main reason for the curtailej stent is the heavy stocks of ; canned goods which processors I have carried OM from last year's bumper crops, There is an additional em- blem, however, in the growing number of imports' from the 'Hefted States which are taking a big slice of the Canadia mar- ket, In February, an urgent appeal was made to the federal covern- aation, al of the building inspectomen r. peas bcine chi ed into Canada t to hike 1ar iftfs on frozen Mr. Wilson said the junior band now had a membership of about 30, and that 80 per cent of the; musicians now own theer instru- nients. In 1957, he said, the band had spent $1,500, of which $1.,037 had been contributed by parents for instruction and instrumental ren- tal, The band had raised sonee money by concerts and a"tag day and had received a $500 grant from the town. Consider Anne One -Way Street ' Council decided to test public reaction concerning the establish - meet of Anne street from Main to William as a one-way street going west. Members have dis- cussed this action on two occa- sions but have not reached agree- ment. Some members 'consider the street too narrow for two-way traffic and contend the entrance to Main street is a hazard. It was also suggested that enforcement of one-way traffic would help to control speeding around the hospital. Police Chief Reg Taylor agreed that one-way traffic might im- prove the situation, but he point- ed out there had only been one accident at that corner during the six years he has been on the force. Councillor Farrow objected to the move because since John street is also a one-way street going west, there would be no access. to Main street from Wil - Liam, from Sanders 'to Huron streets. If established, the regula- tion would provide an additional problem for the police in enforce- ment, he added. Reappoints Representativet Although council has not yet paid its 1938 fee, Reeve McKenzie and Councillor Greene were re- appointed the town's representa- tives on the Mid -Western Ontario Development Association. Asked if he would continue to act, Reeve McKenzie replied: "Yes, if there's anything to do." At least one municipality in the area has decided not to maintain its membership in the four - county organization. Installation of a new furnace or extensive repairs to the old Otle in the local arena will havp to be considered. this year by the community centres board, Reeve William McKenzie reported. He asked council to inspect the present heating plant which, he said, was in a "dangerous con- dition." "Our finances ayen't 100 per cent as usual," he reported, The board hopes to hold a joint meet- ing .with the recreation council soon to discuss financial prob- lems. An analysis of the board's revenue during January revealed that public skating brought the best return of $10.50 an hour. Other sources and their returns included: RCAF Centralia, $9.60; Mohawks, $7.77; broomball, $7.00; minor hockey, $4.70; curling, $4.60, and figure skating, $4.10. Council agreed to the granting of a building permit for an ex- tension of 20 feet to the Buckley restaurant subject to the approv- Date for the next meeting was from CaliArniaP.PTIle government set for Tuesdey, April 1, — Please Turn to Page 9 REACHES 90 YEARS—Joseph Davis, north Exeter, cele- brated his ninetieth birthday this week. A former council- lor and foreman of flax mills in the area, Mr. Davis Is still hale and hearty. Photo Former Flax Foreman Celebrates 90 Years A former councillor and for many years foreman of the flax industry in this community, Jo- seph E. Davis celebrated his ninetieth 'birthday on Tuesday. Mr. Davis was born on the Hibbert boundary on the farm now owned by Mr. Almer Ste- wart. Early in life he became in- terested in the flax indstry and for 31 years he was foreman of the flax mill, Exeter North. He tells of the days when bus loads of men and women and boys and girle, left at 7 a.m. for the fields and pulled flax till sundown for 25 cents a day, On January 8, 1889, he mar. tied Sophia Steinhagcn of Dash- wood. They were one of the first couples married in the new Truitt Memorial church by Rev. S. F. Robinson. In 1949, Mr. and Mrs. Davis celebrated the dia- mond anniversary of their mar- riage with an family of four sone and two daughters. Mrs, Davis died Anril 2, 1953, and a daughter (Lillian) Airs. Theodore Burkhardt, Cleveland, Sons are Gordon, Toronto; Clifford, London; Rov Mt, Eula, North Carolina; and Charles, who died two years ago, lives with his father. Mrs, Philip Stephenson, Windsor is a daugh- ter. Mr. Davis served on the town Explain Service Work By Cancer Committee Women of Exeter and the sur- • firm foundetion — the love of rounding district heard of the one's fellowman and 0011e0111 tor services that. Are given to can- one's neighbor" said Mrs. Beech- cerpatients bah locally tied at ler. She referred to the different clinic level at the daffodil tea Channels service Wethiesday• afternoon iii James ' Transportation — you; want Street United ehurch, to become interested In this Mrs. I', A. leeskard, London, —Neese Turn TO Page 7 chairman of the wornen's sci vice committeeM Loncitie and Middlesex Unit Of the Canadian VVhere To Cancer Sodiety; Mrs. Con Beech - Thr, thairman of the Med torn - AIM D. G, Ness, Leedele. who Find It Mince in the Huron unit, and superintends thenew service room at the London were the guest speakers. Mrs, 6, Dunlop, -chairmen of the teethe and district braiich presided And told tif the origin of the daffodil teas fr0111 small teas ifi the home to the Minuet affairs Which Are a prelede 10 th tafteet campaignI+ptiI, Lucart . rTtjo smite 1%,ork dello by Sports the sorviet 'committee aria vol. Want Als. weer Ilvorken is 'founded ilii a Zuritii Announcements , IS Church Notices IS Coniine Events IS Editorials / Enterteinment IS Pares News 9 Femielett Filets I/ 'Relish 11 . 6 10 council for eight years heading the polls in 1917 and 1921. The nonagenarian is young in appearance and actions consider - :big his years. Even though they didn't have much time for preparation, SUDIIS students captured the lion's share of prizes at the dis- trict verse speaking competitions al the University of Western On- tario, London, Saturday. Iii the dramatic division, Donna Gesell., of Zurich, and Alli- son Clarke, .of Centralia, won first and second, rendering ex- cerpts from Shakespeare plays. Both girls are in grade 12A. In the lyrical division, Dick Charetle, of St. Joseph, another grade 12A student, and Paula Boulianne, of Crediton, who is in 11A, placed in a three-way tie for second place. The four Si -IDI -IS students won the right to advance to the pro- vincial verse speaking finals in Toronto during Easter week. For three of the four, it was their first competition of this kind, and none of them had much of a chance to prepare for it, since they were.. writing exams up until the day before the com- petition. Principal H. L. Sturgis, who coached the students, de- scribed it as a "successful. last- minute effort." Donna Oeseh gave a rendition of the queen's speech from Shakespeare's "Winter Tale," and Allison Clarke chose one of Portia's orations in "Julius Caesar." Dick Charrette's selection was "The Listeners," by Walter de la Marc, and Paula Boulianne re- cited "The Shell," by James Stephens. Purpose of the contest is to promote an appreciation and oral interpretation of poetry among high school students. Adjudicator for the London competition was Prof. C. E. San- born, of the English department, LTWO. Students from Sarnia, Lan- don, Chatham and Dublin com- peted. Lions"Blitz' Nets$1,350 In a blitz of the town just be- fore their supper meeting at Armstrong's Restaurant. Thurs- day evening, Exeter Lions club raised $1,350 for the Red Cross according to a report by Lion C, V. Pickard who was in charge of the .drive. The members of the club were divided into teams and allotted districts to canvass and the • whole town was eovere in the matter of a couple cd hours. The response was most encour- I agine. raising as much elf not Court Fines Three Here Three Dashwood area people were fined for careless driving and creating a disturbance in Mac.dstrates court here Wednes- day'. Lorne Genttner, Dashwood, paid $15 and costs after plead- ing guilty to careless driving which resulted in an accident on January 16 on No. 4 highway south of Exeter. He was repre- sented by E. D. Bell,. QC. Mrs. Elsie Volk, R.R. 2 Dash- wood, was assessed $10 and cots on conviction of a careless driv- ing charge resulting from an ac- cident on No. 83 highway on Dec- ember 3. She pleaded not guilty and was defended by James Don - city, Goderich, Evidence revealed Mrs. Volk, who was driving a tractor, came elite) the highway from a township road and was struck by an eastbound vehicle driven by Charles D. Rohde, Mitchell, The car suffered $1,558 damage; the tractor was demolished but Mrs: Volk suffered only a broken ankle. Magistrate Holmes said Mrs. was "a lucky woman" to escape more severe injuries. Richard Hartman, 18, R.R. 3 Dashwood, paid $10 and costs ;salter pleading guilty to being drunk and creating a distur- bance in a dance hall at Zurich. a little more than was raised ; last year. More money has been coming in to increase the total. During the business part of ,the meeting if was decided not to sponsor a May 24 celebration but to concentrate on smaller Projects during the year. Escape Injuries In Ditch, Crash Mr. and Mrs. Pierter Goe- meat, Grand Bend, escaped in- juries Friday when the car in which they were riding Tolled1 over in a ditch near No. 83, west of Dashwood. The car, travelling. west mil the highway, was making a left hand turn nolo a township road when it skidded on' the gravel : and rolled over the steer) benk. Damage wee estimated at M00.1 TWO ears collided nn No. 4 about a mile north of Eveter on; Thursday. A Mid -Town Cleaners: truck, :Sri V en by Gerald Mc-; J C. 4 Exeter, was attemnting pass a car driven by Robert 1 Ileayere., 11,11. 1 Kirkton. When the letter made a left hand • turn. Damage amounted to $100.: Mr. and Mrs. Herman Powe returned from Florida on Sat- urday to the home of their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Don Mc- Gregor, Parkhill, and arrived home on Monday. . Despite disappoietment over rison darn in Usborne, nen* the shutdown of the Exeter can- cipally to augment water supply sting plant this summer, Mayor for the proposed expansion at R. E. Pooley said :Wednesday he the factory, was a waste of mo - was still optimistic that Cana- ney. "Construction of the dam than Canners Ltd, would retain ' was necessary from the overall its plans to expand the factory picture;in the district to provide at a later date, adequate water reserves for "I am hoping that after the future development, whether for proposed experiments are made canning or industrial purposes." this summer to determine the ; Closing of the -plant will mean productiveness of the area and climate,exTheti-iel t, the ee isleuilvtabeleliettypehoyfa los10grrsossefreevveenrue j50020ik. pension program will include our from the loss of seasonal ern - community will also suffer factory at Exeter," he said. :ployment which reaches a peak The company's decision to of 150 during the summer, close the plant this summer is Loss to farmers will be corn, a great disappointment to the petnsated, in part at least, by PUC, the town and the growers returns from other crops whicle in the surrounding area," thc , will be grown in place of the mayor continued. "It is very canning vegetables. unfortunate at this particular , as. t year it was estimated the time but conditions prevail over1 " company contracted for 1,000 which we have no control." • As a result of his talks with acres of peas, another 1,000 of corn, about 250 in green beans company officials, who were in and 30 to 35 in cabbage. town Monday, Mayor Pooley ; The announcement by the coin - said he expected the plans for expansion in Exeter were being 'pany spokesman at a meeting here Monday caught local offi- reviewed by the American come • • Mayor PanY, California Packing Corpo- ' -ts • Pooley said he expected the an - ration, which recently purchaser! Canadian Canners, We nouncement Would concern the have to wait until such time as expansion of tbe local plant, C. A, Smith, supervisor of pro• they determine what their pol-:perties and construction of Cana. icy will be," he said. dian Canners Ltd., Hamiltan, re. "I can't possibly see where vealed the company's decision there is in Ontario any more pro- to a group of growers, town of- ductive area that our own which ficials and others concerned is open for large expansion in 'with the operation of the plant. the growing of canning crops , "It is indeed with regret that which would not conflict with we are here to inform you that dustry." other operations in the same in - the plant will not operate," Mr. Mayor Pooley did not agree Smith said. Exeter is not the only area af- with those who are now saying fected the severe cutback in that the construction of the Mor - production, which is general • across the country. In Western Ontario, it was learned, only two plants will operate. Mr. Smith's statement follows: "The municipality of Exeter, the growers and our employees have co-operated with us for many years in building up and extending this company's opera- tions here, all -of which we ape predate very much. "The canning industry finds itself with unusually heavy in ventory of manufactured goods, which necessitates that we re- duce our 105e pack allotments. "This company has explored every possible effort to Operate the Exeter plant for this coming season, and it is indeed with re- gret that we are here to in- form you that it will not operate. The labelling and shipping des partments will continue to pre- pare and ship the goods now in stock. "This company has planned, and will carry out a very extene sive agricultural research pro- agrreaam fhanid958s.tudy in the Exeter RCAF Centralia firemen took The production department of only 15 minutes to extinguish a ' this company is planning to use blaze in a Huron Park home :key employees at other plants Saturday. ;where mutual arrangements can Damage to the home, occupiedI be satisfactorily completed. Fast Time Here Ends Sept. 27 Town council will not fol- low the trend in other centres to extend daylight saving time into October this year. Monday night, council agreed to start fast time mid- night, April 26, and revert to standard time at midnight, September 27. A number of towns will continue DST until the end ot October, but there has beep, s rong o jectiort against this from parents of high school students who use the buses. Council hopes the remain- der of the area will adopt similar hours in order to avoid confusion. Damage Slight In RCAF Fire by Cpl. and Mrs. T. A. Touch- "We wish to extend to the ette and family, was estimated :municipality as a whole, the at $500. I growers and our employees, our Smoke caused most of the :thanks for their splendid cce damage. The blaze apparently :operation over the past years started in a chesterfield on the 1 and our sincere best wishes for main floor the future." Find Celebrities Everywhere Lucky Irish Fill Auto Lucan Lcpreehauns are trying to get their eyes off their auto- graph books and back to their' • school books after their exciting air attack on celebrity -studded - New York over the weekend. With the luek that every good Irishman should have on St. Pa- trick's day — guaranteed by a shamrock and shillelagh which they took along with them ' the young pee wees met more famous people in 40 hours than many people it a lifetime. They have authentic signatures to prove it. prom the. start of their alt, trip, when they encountered 'NHL referee Red storey, to the end, when they found former ITiyorotto, Leaf owner Conn sn covered celeliritiyoungstersc s, And, of course, they became celebrities itt their own right When they appeared on stage of the Ed Sullivan show before an estimated Audience of 50 minion Sunday night, Although their appearance on television was a short one, they made the best of it by rushing ado the stage, in such a fashion , that the fatuous TV -emcee had to Menge there from taking the platform away from a group of Irish dangers who Were fee- tueed on the show. Sullivan introduced them as the "happiest group Vi•e ever soon," here's what he said in his famous broken style of speech: "And here, swarming over 1,11C Canadian border, aro some of our younghoekey fans frons the berth — the, Pee wee Leprechauns ot Lucan. Is that the way yon pronounte tt, he asked ail of theni, "Leiche. They're a happy group, the happiest I've ever 5000. "Now hoe are' the Irish den - etre 10 Peeferm it number jot for you," he told the kids. And Met Was the Old Of their appoar. Looking In With Liz 16 AIWO., 4' Si w "" TI"'0 mhsoll‘ wh° w" r°' the LI= pot wte hockey team which flew to New York 1116111 611 the trip. • raph Books In NY well-developed vocal chords were in their autograph books. The Montreal Canadiens hoc - heard across the nation. Back- : There's movie star Maureen :key players whom they met in stage, Harold was trying to lo-, O'Hara who also appeared on :the dining Mom of their hotel eate by phone the Associated Ed's show. She stayed to talk and who went with them to Press photographer who was to the kids for half an hour. (It ;Times Square for pictures; going to take a picture of the :developed that Team Manager And New York Rangers, who team with movie star Mitzi Gay- : Bill Smith's daughter was named ;came into Madison Square Gar - nor. Mitzi was already behind:after Alaumen and the theldens while the Leprechauns were schedule and Harold talked a bit maiden name of Ed Sullivan's touring the building; too loudly in his attempts to mother was Maureen Smith —; They also saw Argentine Roca, hustle up the photographer. Dis jusi another of the many cointhe wrestling star; Ellen Fair - voice carried through the cidences of the trip.) clough. Canadian secretary of crophones on the stage nearby. And Jesse Owens, the Olym- state. Somebody famous always But back to the celebrities pie star; Pier Angell, Peter Lind :turned up wherever the Lepre- whom the kids met during their :Hayes and 20 other names of the chauns went. visit, Who were they? Let's look ' screen and stage; The kids have a lot to tell labout their trip — and they're :going to next week When their own descriptions of the weekend willeappear in The Times-Advo- I iarold Ribson says the Lepre- chauns — which include three girls — were "terrific" on the (rip. "There wasn't a tear the whole weekend." Ile and his wife, Lila, and team manager Bill Smith had their hands full ;looking after them but the kids were as co-operative es any kids could he. —Please Turn To Page LEPRECHAUNS INVAOE NEW YORK--bhown as they ap. they wont and collected a largo 14, 1$ Although tucati Armin IMP' neared with Ed Sullivan on TV Sunday are members of Mr. and Mrs, Harold Itibson and • ' ' ' fl. sooesible for the extuttoo, 3 kneel: Apeat' ot tea show his over the weekend. The children mot celebrities wherever number ot antographs. till Smith accompanied -Steve Oro z$ NY 5' ih:Aon 1411.-tia 1