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EXETER, ONTARIO,. APRIL, 24, 1955
• Price 'Per ., opy 10 Cents
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to
Pro ose
Mayor R- E. Pooley said Bngineelr Ross estimated the
Wednesday the finance comit- cost of the sewer at $42,500.
tee would recommend to coup- The plans were accepted by
Co- rdin:ate Farm Bills
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cul .that taxes be raised two the council for future considers+
mills for 1958, tion.
This would put the commercial Re•Organize Town Band
acN�u
e rate at 72 mills and the resi-
dentias levy at 67.5. e . Don Easton and Bab Russell
t
a.: increase,
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Obiective
MacNAUGHTON SCORES UPSET—Charlie MacNaughton, Exeter seedsran, surprised
a packed hall at Clinton Last week by winning the PC nomination .on the first ballot
in a five -man race. This post-victorypicture shows, from left, W. A, Stewart, Middle-
sex north MPP; the Huron candidate, rs. Mac MacNaughton, Elsner D. Bell,Exeter,
N bQC,
Who nominated the winner. Announcement that a 1,300 -bed hospital will be built in
--Iuron as a tribute to the late Tom .Pryde climaxed the convention, —T -A Photo
LOSERS SUPPORT LIBERAL WINNER—Harry Strang, Usborne, left, and Jim Doig,
Tuckersmith, right, indicate their wholehearted -support for Dr. A. J. Addison, Clin-
ton, the roan. who defeated them. for .the Huron Liberal nomination at Hensall Monday
night. Jolru Wintermeyer, second from left, turned 'the- meeting- into one of the most
enthusiastic he party has lad in many. years by
delivering. afighti
fighting speecheeclas the
new leader of the party. Dr. Addison, second from right, wonthe nomination
on
the first ballot. —B-H Photo
Liberals' New Candidate
To Seek More Doctors
A man who wants to bring
more doctors to Huron and who
is "terribly, terribly disappoint-
ed with our educational system"
was chosen the Liberal candi-
date for the May 12 by-election
..1onday night.
Dr. A, J. Addison, Clinton,
,von the nomination over two
other carididates on the first bal-
lot at a meeting attended by
over 250 enthusiastic party dele-
gates who crowded into I-lensall
town hall.
The 47 -year-old physician said:
"I'd like to get in the legislature
to get more practitioners for
Huron. You just, can't get any
more doctors to come ne here—
theY don't make general practi-
tioners any more."
He would campaign, he stated,
to have general practitioners
given nen e ua
! recognition to spe-
cialists
e-
cialists in medicine. :He also felt
that GP's should be given a
chance to work in city hospitals
or they rvill lose interest in their
work He paid tribute to the "five,
good hospitals" in Huron,
A member of the Clinton Col-
legiate Institute Board, Dr. Ad-
dison deplored the fact that only
a few graduates of that school
planned to enter the professions
in medicine or law. If a student
has the necessary ability, he or
she should be able to enter uni-
versity regardless of financial
standing.
Would Seek Form Views"
Referring to agriculture, the
doctor said he knew little of
the problems' facing farmers but
he realized that "when the farm-
er is well off, everyone is well
"I tel it ' is the duty of the
representative of this county to
get together.- with farmers to
present their views," he stated.
"I recognize that it is a chal
lenge for any Liberal to Cry to
defeat a Conservative in this
riding, It is no sinal' job but
1 wilt do niy best to make it a
Vi etery,"
Dr. Addison, who has practiced
medicine in Huron for 20 year's,
defeated Harry Strang, Usborne
township clerk, and ,lim Doig,
former Tuckersntilh • reeve, for
the nomination. Three others
Were nominated -•A. Y. McLean,
'a`caforth; ,lack Armstrong, Lond-
esboro, and *Gordon I\IeGaVin,
McKillop -:bus Withdrew from the
Contest,
In making his bid lot the post,
Harry Strang said: "1 ani in -
in ons bee thhi -1
tei•ested y
believe this le one of the most
important electrons we have
ever had in (Enron and the Iib -
Kral party ;should pick the; best
'possible candidate."
"Somemile believe that whet
+� p 1.
I brit end What t Have Can be an
asset ttr the Liberal party, You
know what 1 in. 1.f you think
1 hale the kind ti( thither in
114c, t will do everything possible
to bring a" Liberal victory to
Huron. •
He said lie deplored the tend-
ency of candidates to withdraw
from a contest when the odds
are against them,
Mr. Strang was nominated by
Hugh Hill, a former Liberal
,candidate from Goderich, and
Garnet Hicks, Usborne,
Government Stagnant
manager of Canada's entry in
the world plowing match in Get -
many this summer, stated: "I1
will be my pleasure to unveil a
stone donated by Mr. ?ryde's
family which will represent
Canada in the monument to be
erected at the site of the plow-
ing match in Germany. 1 didn't
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set the rate A. special meeting of council told council there was a desire to
a as held. Wednesday night to re -organize the old band and
w
A pledge that, if elected, he the working man shall be remun-
requested the return of the in
ber of the agricultural sub- The mayor said the increase • struments, music and stands
• committee which reported to was due to a one -mill hike in; whlch have been turned over to
the general committee on policy county rate and smaller in- the junior band. They also re-
' and resolutions at the PC con- creases in a number of general , quested a grant.
vention which chose John.G. Die- expenditures. i Mayor Pooley stated that the
fenbaker as the party's federal First debenture on the Morris! junior band was arranging for
would work for co-ordination of crated but 1 fail to see why.the
marketing legislation at .the pro- farmer should not have a siml-
vincial level with the new fele- lar collective voice in determin-
ral price support bill, was made ing the value of what he pro -
by lluron PC candidate C, S. duces.
MacNaughton during his nomina•, "1 do, however, believe this —
tion speech in Clinton Wednes- that no: legislation or set of mar -
day night. kcting regulations will. succeed
MacNaughton said he recog- unless it comprehends the inter-
nized that marketing was the ests of producer, processor and
"greatest single problem confront- consumer alike. Nevertheless
ing agriculture today" but stated . , , no problem should be eon -
"a great deal of work is yet to be sidered incapable of solution.
done before we can safely say where men of good intention are
we are close to a solution -to the involved,
many problems which affect "1 should like to assure you,"
this phase of the farm economy," be continued, "that if I am the
The Exeter businessman, who choice of this convention, I will
is managing -director of Jones, direct whatever energies and. tale
MacNaughton Seeds Ltd., said he enls 1 possess to the end that in
felt qualified. to speak on the the shortest possible time market -
issue "because marketing, both ing legislation at the provincial
domestic and exports is the very level can be cor•ordinated with
essence of the business with the provisions of our new federal
which I am associated." bill which will eliminate or at
."In fairness to the present pro- least alleviate the present inse•
vincial administration, let me curity which attaches to so many
say that the Farm Products Mar-
keting Act has at least provided
the authority to proceed with
measures designed to improve
the system of marketing farm
products."
Backs Collective Voice
"Practically everything t h e
farmer has to buy is produced
by organized. labor, I endorse
the right of labor to bargain col -
leetively with management to
determine the basis on which
Broom Blitz
This Evening,.
Exeter Lions' "clean sweep
broom blitz" in. Exeter will take
place tonight, Thursday evening.
Members will canvass the
town thoroughly in an effort to
reach their objective to sell
1,000 brooms in aid of welfare
work.
Project chairman Charlie Mac -
Naughton points out that local
householders will benefit three
ways from the purchase of a
broom:
1. They'll help the Canadian
National 'institute for the Blind,
whose members manufacture the
quality brooms.
2. They will provide funds for
Lions' welfare and service work
in town and district.
3. They will get a quality
broom at normal retail price.
"We're hoping for full support
from the ci.tizens," Mr, Mac -
Naughton. said.
Jim Doig, who was supported lby Reve Ivan Forsyth of .fuck-vIlCriticizes
�s,r� ca fi
.mj h d former varden Zwa 1 A oses t an h
Campbell of Hay, said the Frost
government "has become very _ Farm Indecision
stagnant --that they hate to Mi.
plement any changes titat would
co
J
'
'ardize their seats." p
1 Ic zavi of McKillop
Gordon 1! C n, p
township, paid tribute to the
late '.Com Pryde after he had an-
nounced his •withdrawal. "We
whenlost
statesman we
'Com Pryde," he said.
Mr. McGavin, who will be
Speak
Leaders 5
R .
For By -Election
1
• The May 12 by-clect.ion in
Huron will bring leaders of
both politieal parties to the rid-
ing to speak at public rallies, 't
was revealed this week.
PC candidate Charlie Mac -
Naughton announced that Prem.
ier Frost will be guest of honor
at a reception in Goderich on
May 8.
New Li b a 1 leader John
Winternteyer indicated at the
party's nomination Mond a y
night that he would return later
in the canhpaign to address a
pubije meeting. He did not in-
dicate where or when the rally
be held.
John Wintermeyer, ncYer making his
first campaign speech following
his election as Ontario Liberal
lea de r, promised a packed
crowd at Hensall Monday night
he would formulate a strong
agricultural policy for the prov-
ince,
Criticizing 'the Frost govern-
,nrt
ment's stand on marketing, he
said: "By their indecision or by
their lack of decision, they have
put the farmer in a position
where She cannot help himself
and where his farm organiza-
tion cannot help hint,"
"This must be relieved. To-
ward this end, our policy will be
formed."
The 41 -year-old Kitchener law-
yer drew a number of bursts of
applause as the promised en ac-
tive fight to restore the Liberal
party to power in Canada. He
outlined his plans to "survey the
entire province to determine the
needs of the people in this prov-
ince,"
"After we have made this sur-
vey we are going to build e plat-
form On which we can set sail
and which will be ofass
assistancelance
to all people in the province,"
Mr, Wintermeyer criticized the
Frost government's indecision in
the educational :field. "It's high
time they determined what they
are going to do. They've had no
policy."
"Our platform will be that any
child given the ability to absorb
education at higher .levels, will
have tile opportunity to go to
ui it h can
ni ' r.t h h rnot
vets � tvete orhe
afford it."
"We will definitely undertake
a solution to the teacher short-
age,
"The philosophy of the present
government is one of spending.
This philosophy of spending for
the purpose of buying power. is
not good enough for Liberals. We
are not a party of cult leader-
ship, We believe,that each per-
son is as important as the next."
Ile criticized the Frost gov-
erninent for its utiability to get
close to the people. "We are
going to ntake the individual the
master of government," he said.
James Scott, provincial organ-
izer for the party arid :former
candidate for the provincial
seat, introduced Mr. Winter -
• Meyer as it malt of "outstand-
iDngntclleettlal ability," He rtes
I I \.rte embed the Toronto convention as
"the ntost enthusiastic the Libe• i
Birings F 1iceA/arr M tial parCochrane, Liberal candidate
d hes ever had.
A fine of. $50 tan be imposed town this week. •
branches of the agricultural. in-
dustry."
leader, The recommendations of son !Dam, amounting to $6,600, ( new instruments and stands, and
that committee became the basis comes due this year. It will be } the ;eld instruments would be
.for the far-reaching Prices Sup- paid directly by the PUC. available. A resolution was
1 pert bill recently introduced by 1 passed that the council would
if
the band is re.
f havebeent
Turning education, ion,
ion PC candidate said: "I sup -
under which a number of sup- D f c"] (n c3 g e System ; organized.
port prices set.
��
T g tod t" the Hu- $4i
laying sidewalks. A ,
Gerald Cornish requested the
purchase of a cement mixer for
1 i g side va . `(This was
of 2 5
re=
'port the views of the Frost ad. Plans for street layout in the (erred to the roads and side.
eastern section of Exeter and a : walks committee.
drainage systenh, estimated 10' A letter was read from the
epst 542,500, tvei a presented
leo! clerk of Usborne Township of•
council Monday night by' fering the retaining fee of $150..
Goderich engineer B. M. Ross, 00 for fire protection for the
The street layout plan calls township. The offer was accept.
for two' main roads running from ed: by council.
Huron street to the river, one; The auditor's report for 1957
near the eastern end of the fair was received and adopted.
grounds and one near the eastern I A cheque for $3.323.30 was re•
limit of the town. Main east -west ceived from the Dept. of High•
arteries would be Hill, Sanders" ways, the balance of 1957 sub.
and Huron streets. sidy.
, ministration that equal oppor-
tunities for education. should be
i available in rural as well as
urban centres and that the cost
of providing these advantages
'should not all be borne by reve-
i nue from municipal taxes."
MacNaughton joined all of the
speakers at the convention in
!paying tribute to the late Tom.
!Pryde. He described Mr. Pryde
as a man who devoted his time,
energgies and talent in the Inter -
On Agricu.itural Committee
Mr. MacNaughton made refer-
ence to his experience as a mem-
Renew Plea
or ancer
Another appeal to Exeter citi-
zens who have not yet donated
to this month's cancer campaign
was made this week by officials
of the local branch of the So-
ciety.
"We are still around $500 short
of last year's total for Exeter,"
said, Reginald Knight, chairman
of the district campaign.
"We
need the support of those people
who have not yet been contacted
to contribute to the fund."
To make it easy for those who
wish to donate, officials volun-
teered -to pick up contributions
at the homes of those who in-
dicate by telephone they will
come to the aid of the campaign.
Citizens may call Mr. Knight
(493-W), Mayor R. E. Pooley
(641-J), Fred Dobbs (200), or
The Times -Advocate (770). Or
they may make their donations
to either of the local banks.
Mayor Pooley, who is in charge
of the campaign for all of
Huron county, said he was dis-
appointed the local. contributions
were not up to last year's but
he was optimistic that more
would come in. "1 know the
citizens of this town realize the
importance of the • work being
done to fight cancer," he said•
An all-out effort was made by
a number of members of the
Ladies Auxiliary to the Canad-
ian Legion in their house-to-
house canvass on Monday, April
14, but they found many people
not ]home. The drive was origin-
ally scheduledfor
Friday, April il
11hut had to becancelled be-
cause of rain,
About $990 .has beers ,raised to
date. Over $1,400 was collected
last year,
Morning Catch
Suckers
415 ckers
,
Three Itensall men literal-
ly dragged in suckers by the
bagfull from Lake Huron
Wednesday morning,
After a short morning's
work, George Beer, Ed Funk
and Stewart 13e11 came home
with 415 of the fish.
"Tom Pryde, in every sense of
the word, dedicated the last 10
years of his life to the welfare
' of Huron and its constituents.
His legacy to Huron will be cul-
iuinatecl with tlhe erection of a
hospital for retarded children on
the shores of Lake Huron , . .
.1 was privileged to sit down with
him on many occasions and as-
sist preparation with the re.P
aration of briefs
and material with which he lite-
; rally bombarded the premier,
From these main arteries, the' A request was made for a new
plan proposes .a number of "U" hath house for boys at Riverview
sections of street. 1 Park, Building permits for car -
Proposed storm sewer layout port and sunporch were granted
on the cast side would provide George Vriese and to Mrs. Ethel
for drainage of the new area Derr for repairs to home,
and also divert a large portion!
of the water that now taxes the
drainage system in the south-
east section of town into the new
syste.
Themproposed sewer would run
parallel to the road planned foi
Huron street to the river and its
depth would range from six to
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Cost Of New Hospital
Around $10 Million?
Estimates of the amount of two RCAF stations in Huron as
money which will be spent in I a source of employment and a
the erection of the Tom Pryde market for all kinds of materials
Hospital for Retarded Children; and supplies. While Goderich
in Huron range over $10 million, will receive the most direct ben -
it was revealed this week. ' efit, it is expectedthe entire
Department of Public Works county will be affected indirect -
has not prepared official figures ly.
yet but indications are that the Announcement of the impor-
1,300-bed institution will be tent project came last week at
among the largest hospitals in the PC rally in Clinton but it
the province, was almost forgotten in the en -
Even though it's the first pro- thusiasm and excitement of the
vincial institution to be esta- k e e n l y -contested nomination
blislled in Huron, it appears the race.
county has received a large -size Hon. W. A. Goodfellow, minis -
plum, thanks to the efforts of ter of agriculture, brought the
!the late Exeter MPP, announcement direct from Pre-
! No details have been released mier Leslie Frost. It was con-
tained on a special note in his
pocket.
i yet as to when construction will
start or what the size of the hos-
t pita' will. be, It has been sug-
gested in some quarters that it
will • be erected in sections of
400 to 600 beds at a time but
this could not be confirmed.
In any case it appears the hos-
pital will be second only to the
Horne Permit
Contentious
Contentious problem facing the
town council. Monday evening
was the granting of a permit to
Art Whilsmith for the erection
of two dwellings at the east end.
of, Sanders street.
• Crux of the situation was the
tact that the present road does
not extend to the proposed loca-
tion of the two new dwellings
and the possibility of damage to
the nearby Simmons apartment
building by water from the roofs
of the proposed dwellings.
e
After considerable a discussio n,
a resolution was passed that a
permit would be granted to Mr.
Whilsniitli provided he agreed to
build a road and culvert accord-
ing to the specifications of B.. M.
Ross, Goderich engineer, and
accept responsibility for the di-
version of any water upon
private property. The engineer's
plan calls for raising the road.
one loot above the present level.,
Fred and Eldrid Simmons were
granted a permit to erect a
dwelling on a proposed sub-
division in Exeter north on the
cast side of Main Street, and
north of the Ausable River.
Attempting to cut his speech The plan for the new sub -
short because of the lateness of
the meeting, Mr. Goodfellow for-
got all about the note. He had
sat down and was being thanked
by Jim Donnelly, Goderich, when
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division which comprises some
twenty or more lots, is now be-
fore the Dept. of Planning and
Development for approval. The
proposed sub -division was laid
out by Mr. Ross.
Mourners .Crowd Church
For Traffic Victim's Rites
Mourners crowded the Evan-'
gelical U.B. Church,
Zurich,'
Wednesday afternoon to pay last
respects to Mrs. Harold Finlay,
R.R. 2 Zurich, second victim of
Sunday's two -car crash email
PoMrslar. Fin1-1111, 1
lay, mother of six!
children some of whom are still
in serious Condition i i as a result
' u c
of the accident, died Monday in;
Strathroy hospital of injuries re - Mrs. Finlay, The Times -Advo
ceived in the crash cate correspondent
for Blake
The crowd of mourners was was active in a number of
one of the largest to attend church organizations and in
services in the church, Rev. A," Zurich Women's Institute.
111. Amacher officiated assisted ! She is the former Annie EIiza
by Rev. Albert: Martin and Rev.; Jarrolt, Hillsgreen.
Ephriam Gingerich, all of Zu-r The octette of the E.U.B.
ich, 1 church sang two numbers.
It term e:n t was in Exeter Her husband, who suffered a
cemetery. fractured skull in the crash, and
res•
r¢:
on persons wiho leave dead Jive. Part of the reason for the
stock on t'pedsiiies, warned OPI' lst•ge number of carcasses whirli.
Constable Ceell' Gibbons, Exeter, have been found is probably be -
this week, as reports of Carcasses cause dead stock buyers have
found in this area increase. Set a weight limit oh the aniinals
Constable Gibbons sa, s the they will tame, They have found
profitable to handle small
up to $50 for Anyone caught hvestoek,
(raffle act provides a penalty of It uh
clumping near high viys This in'• Veterinarians 'lit the area 4on't
eludes township and County as believe there is ante clshdemio
, 4h
crit roads, to said, ani -
well rvn
r
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4
A. L,
1Seacl calves, pigs ch'ckells teals, Iiotvever, Dl,
be Mae -
killing tete ens
which ins
1 1 d 1 d y
tv
plats,
of the health sand
and oats 1ia've been botuid �tloing
anjntais branch, departittelti of
roadsides slid 'n area woods. a riculture :Seaforth r o oris
,lass Yoatl su orin• thatr
J'arrits e, p a new type of Sudden
sentient of stay Township, be ietl - e h sickness 'n young lio � s
. c1 at i� but three calves left 10 ditches has been noticed this year •but it
recently, le alit enntagious. The sickness,
District game overseer Hank so nese :it ilesit't been harried vet,
Game, Exeter, discovered 10 is being investigated by OAC,
pig carcasses In a bush west of Guelph.
in the .fedet'a1 eleetiot,
Where 7�
Find If
l nnouniiTtenits ..
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Editorials 2
PEN GRANTON MASONIC TEMPLE New temple. of the Granton Masonic Lodge,
14'15
• tonstlucted • mostl h . volunteer labour, will be officially opened! by district officials
9 9 y Y ... .,
t there next p"rida night. The 60x30 'Cetllettt bIbek building has beets
..� during � banquet �''(� � � .: ill
1�r �., extensively decorated inside and has been termed as one O.0 the finest �1f its kind
1.CiiS district, The lodge is about 80 members strong and. its master is James Miller,
1 . , ... g"-Nosewor`thy'
Ctr altti511w
Entertbinii'ient
Farm NeWis ..,,
Vetnntlne Pacts .........
Henson '
'Looking In With Lir .
LIAM
sport'
Watif .Ms ,
11 y ear old son, ,
been operated on for a ruptured
spleen and internal injuries, are
still considered serious by hos-
pita] authorities in Strathroy
and London hospitals.
Einma, 13, who has two broken
legs, was described as "im.
proved" Wednesday.
Three other children, Eliza.
beth, 171 John, 16 and Mary,
15, have been released froth
hospital.
A London decorator, Sidney
Snaith, 57, was fatally ihjured in
the crash and died shortly after
wards. A passenger in the Stnitlt
ear, Ivan Laing, 23, Denfield,
suffers from serious head latera,
Liens.
All 11. persons involved iti the
accident were thrown out of the
vehicles. Some landed no the -
road, some in a ditch and tear-
by..
ear-
by :field,
The accident took place~ at the
intersection 'of . Concession 12,
Lobo, and the Popplar h1i11 side.
roar(, Police said .the Irinlay ear',
driven by the father, was travel-
ling south on the sider°oad and
the other ear, driven try Long,
was westbound on the conces-
sion road.
James who l
/mod sent both eats across
a ditelh and through a wife •
fence into a field. The vehicles,.
valued at about $I,500 Cat ih,
were deiiiolished.
The Finlay family had beeti
visiting in the Ailsa Cg raig area
nod 'were goirtg to visit'olive
relatives when the crash oey
entr ed r