HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-05-15, Page 1Eighty -Second Year
EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 15, 1958
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CONGRATULATIONS FROM PREMIER—Shortly after Charlie MacNaughton's. by-
election victory was assured Monday night, a call came through from Premier Frost
expressing congratulations to the new member of the legislature. Mr. MacNaughton
later toured the riding to be cheered at celebrations in Hensall, Seaforth and Gode-
rich. His majority was 1,167 in a light vote of around 60 percent,. —T -A Photo
AMATEUR CONTEST WINNERS—Linda and Karen Russell, Russeldale, who won first
prize in the junior division of the amateur contest at Lucan Trade Fair Tuesday night,
,are given a boost by Allan Sherwood, Exeter, who captured second prize in the senior
division: The girls, pupils of Mrs. Russ Broderick, are tap dancers. Allan Sherwood,
who came to Exeter :from New Brunswick recently, sings and accompanies himself on.
.the guitar. The contest attracted ,a record crowd to the fair. —T -A Photo
'No Senate Seat For Me'
Cardiff Squelches Rumors
Speaking by telephone. .from pointed chief whip in June, when
Ottawa Wednesday, Huron MP
E.istoti Cardiff squelched rumors
circulating here that he would
be appointed to the senate.
"Why, that's ridiculous!" ex-
claimed the veteran member.
"If there was any truth in it,
I think I'd know about it, 1t
won't happen during my life-
time."'
Mr. Cardiff suspected the re-
port ,night have conte .from the
Liberals, "It's just another trick
to try to get rid of me."
The rumors gave officials of
both parties here a few anxious
moments in fear that another
election would be called, the
third since March. Their wor-
ries, however, were in vain,
The reports s uggested the
Huron MP would be 'moved to
the senate to make way for a
hi -lingual whip on the govern-
ment side. Mr. Cardiff was Ale
'No pians Yet'
winner or euphonium s o,
ears and under,
These winners performed at
Diefenbaker first formed a gov-
ernment, and still holds the post.
He indicated Wednesday his
task in looking • after over. 200
members of the government
Local Musicians
Win At 'Festival
Winners in brass and reed
classes at the last day of the
Huron County Music Festival
held in Exeter 'i-cluded several
young Exeterites.,
Bruce Van Goozen won first
place for coronet solo, 10 years
and under; Larry Johnston was
winner in 12 ,years and under
with Ted Wilson, rum -ice -up;
Catherine Hedgins and Evan
Jones won first place in a cornet
duct,
Douglas Huntley won first
place. for clarinet solo, 1.2 years
and under, and Anthony - Aquiline
won first in the clarinet open
class. George Godbolt was the
party wi,s far from an easy one.
Its the worsts job on: earth,"
he said.
Biggest 'problem for Mr. Car-
diff was allocating the offices to
the members, "Lt's difficult to
satisfy everybody."
.He's also had a time provid-
ing stenographic staff for the
members.
"Once we get this week over,
I think things will settle clown,"
he said.
Parliament opened Monday
with the speech from. the throne
presenting a government blue-
print for an anti -recession pro-
gram of public works expan-
sion and northward development.
Major accept was on job•crce-
ting projects ranging from pub-
lic works to' housing, from air-
port and harbor improvement to
northland development.
111r. Cardiff indicated at least
sonic government aid would be
provided for improvement of the
harbour at Goderich.
hone Wires
URIC
Prim Po
opy :1:0 ,Cott:*:
HEFT
For the recond.. time do .less.
/ than a sear, thieves attempted
acNau ...� •hton Wins Pryde s Sea( to rob the safe at the office of
O .rien s produce, Zurich, early
Wednesday .morning,
.'eggs e :t the telephone wires
• lintlding safedoset or.
of three residences to w rk den.
it ' By -Election M
the .building by breaking the
Toni Pryde's seat in the legis-
lature will be t-cupied by a
neighbor when the next Ontario
parliament opens.
0ha r 1 i e I11acNaugltton, who
lives about a block from the
residence. of the late member,
won the scat in Monday's 1»'
election by a comfortable mar-
gin of 1,164 .over Dr, Alex Ad-
dison, Clinton .Liberal.
"I "'consider it a single honor
to follow 'tom Pryde, whom 1
considered a close, personal
friend,• as the provincial repre-
sentative of this riding," the
victorious candidate :said follow-
ing his election. "I hope to be
able to continue the good work
he did for Huron."
Although not yet sworn. in,
Mr. MacNaughton performed his
first duty as the new Huron
member Wednesday night when
he assisted at the opening of
the new addition to the Alex-
ander and Marine Hospital, In
Goderich. He received a warm
welcome there from the county
town, which.-, gave him an im-
pressive majority in Monday's
voting.
Air. MacNaughton indicated
Wednesday he would waste no'
time in assuming his responsi-
Road Oiling
Nits Election
'Gown streets were oiled Mon-
day.
And so were.children going to
school.
And mothers and their child-
ren who attended the pre-school
polio vaccine clinic at James.
St. United Church.
And so were cars hauling in
voters to the polls. •
Unfortunate t• , ming of the
str.cet work' raised the pre ,of pot,
a few citizens on election day
batt the anger most
subided. By
Wednesday, most had cooled.out,
Oil was poured on streets
near the two schools just before
children set off for classes Mon-
day morning and the kids had
to walk through it.
Because of difficulty in sand-
ing operations, many of the
coated streets weren't covered
with sand by'noon and the child-
ren went through it again.
At the public school, shoes
piled up the entrances as child-
ren went to classes in their bare
feet.
One pre-school youngster stip.
ped. in the oil and landed in a
pool of i.t.
Mothers and pre-school child -
ten attending the polio vaccine
clinic sponsored by Huron County
Health Unit had to cope. with
the problem, Ladies with open -
toed slides were in misery.
,Party whor driv-
ing 'voters to the polls weren't
happy. Their ears got -loaded.
Although threats and oaths
were strong Monday, there were
few complaints left by Wednes- I
day. Many were happy to see
the work done and the dust
problem eliminated.
Councillor Ralph Bailey, roads
chairman, said he received few
complaint's about• the operation.
1-fe said, however, that he had
not expected the work to be clone
until Tuesday. Riverside Con-
struction Co., who applied the
oil, had to rearrange its schedule
and arrived Monday with 17,800
gallons of oil,
Councillor Bailey explained
that sanding operations 'ere de-
layed because town equipment
would not do the job as original-
ly planned. However, a make-
sbift arrangement was worked
Mit and the public works truck
got on the streets as soon as
possible. Last,year the construc-
tion company applied the sand
following the oil trucks. This
year, the town decided to do the
job to save money,
"We'll• save at least $12.00,
aid Cotutcillor Bailey, "Anti thr
oiling will cost us $2,000 less be
cause we spread it thinner this
Year."
bilities. He plans to visit Queen's
Park this week to become ac-
quainted with his duties. Then,
he will take a short vacation
over the holiday weekend to re-
cuperate from his strenuous
campaign.
Although his majority wasn't
as high as predicted by some
observers—including this news -
a er--•M
p P i. MacNaughton's 1,100 -
vote vote margin was impressive for
a first run. His 'two predeces-
sors, both Conservatives, receiv-
ed less than '700 majorities ill
their initial- victories,
His edge was less than Tom
Pryde received in the general
election of 1955 when the latter
- defeated James R, Scott by 1,-
505. Balloting this time was
light, however, with a total of
12.681 cast, compared to 14,275
in the former election.
x11'. :1iaeNau;hton's bid was
his first for any elected public
office—municipal and provincial.1
He's no stranger to politics,I
however, since he has been;
active in PC campaigns, both
federal and provincial, for the
pa`I decade.
His strong support, for Tom
Prydr in previous elections was
reciprocated in an indirect way•
Monday. The hospital for re -I
Larded children which Mr, Pryde'
brought to Huron was a major
factor in Mr, MacNaughton's
strep!, run in Goderich, largest
municipality in Huron. !
The county town gave the
'Exeter candidate- a resounding
033 majority. compared to the
175 -vote margin Mr. Pryde re-
ceiver! in 1955. The • result ob-
viously indicated Goderich's ate
predation for the $10 million
hospital the government plans to
erect near the town. I
Charlie MacNaughton's hone
town also gave hint outstanding
support,. a vote of confidence
which he acknowledged grate -
Wily on numerous occasions
.election night. His majority- in
Exeter was 519 which compared
favorably to the 572 margin !dr.
Prycde received in 1955.
Mr. MacNaughton also made
gains in Stanley, McKillop and
Seaforth, although the latter two
gave Dr. Addison majorities.
The Liberal edge in McKillop
was cut from 190 to 79 and Sea -
1 forth gave the Liberals a one -
I vote edge, compared to 237.
The PC candidate received
majorities in Usborne, Stephen,
Goderich
ldoftGwhich weeleConservative
the last election,
Dr. Addison's
i. personal popu-
larity was strongly .indicated in
the gains he made in his home
t town, Clinton, and in Hay, where
he formerly practiced. He turn-
; ed Clinton from a 347 PC major-
ity to a Liberal margin of 67
and boosted the Liberal edge in
l Hay from. 146 to 402.
The doctor also won major'-
; ,ties in McKillop, Hensall, Hul-
lett and Tuckersmith.
An opposite trend in returns
gave both parties cause for
optimism soon after the polls
1 closed Monday night, At the PC
headquarters in Exeter, the In-
coming results showed Mac -
WINS FIRST ---Elaine Powe, 10,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eimer
Powe, Centralia, won top honours
in the piano solo class. under 11
years, at the Kiwanis Music
Festival in Stratford last week.
—B-H Photo
Recent SHDHS Grad
>�►nong 1 few 1 earners
A recent graduate of SHDHS William F. C. Titotupson,• Lan -
will be one of nine new teachers I don, French; hiss Vera Tym-
which have been hired by the chuk, R.R. 2 Newbury, English
board for the '58•'59 year. and history.
Miss Bells Taylor, R.R. 3 Exe-
ter, a former queen of,,the annual
high school dance and who is
graduating from MacDonald Hall
this spring, will teach home eco-
nomics.
All but one of the other eight
teachers are '58 graduates of
university. They will take sunt -
mer courses in teachingtech-
niques. niques. '
Seven of the new staff mem-
bets will be replacements for
those who have resigned; two
additional teachers have been
hirecj to bring the number to
24.
Mrs. Edna A. Busche, who has
been teaching at Dashwood Pub-
lic School, will be a history in-
structor.
Others include:
Miss Berbera. Baker, London,
and Miss Dora Christoff, Nia-
gara Falls, English,: Paul Ham-
ilton, Toronto, English and his-
tory; Thomas W. Kerr, London,
eheuiistry; Joanne Mayhew, It.R.
3 Comber, Latin and French;
Observe Day
For Mother
In local and district churchr.s
the themes in song and messages
for Sunday services was in keep-
ing with Mother's 1)ay.
Main Street
lis Main Street United church
Says Addison . y C Congregations Honor
the Sunday evening concert pre
seethe e Exeter Junior Band Restorahon Sparkplug
Rev, N, D. Knox, sparkplug each presented with a book as
behind the restoration of, Trivitt a farewell token from t h e
Meimbrial Anglican Chute h, school.
preached his farewell sermons Rev. Knox carne to Exeter
Sunday, He moved with his fam- from New Liskeard` in 1954 and
ily on :Tuesday to his hew parish almost immediately began the
at Lambeth. restoration work which has
Wednesday evening, members transformed the h'alf•closed, par
of the two congregations he has tinily condemned church into
served for four year — 't rivitt the crowd building it used to he.
and St. Paul's, .Hensall joined tinder his leadership, new
together to ptcsent him With a lighting and wiring, a kwheal-
leather lounge their'. Mrs. Knox ing plant, beautiful stained glass
was presented with a set of windows and many other re'
travelling luggage.pai s were effected,
Tributes to . tate couple were The congregation has grown
paid by Mrs, Thomas Lavender, front .12 fantilias to 200.
for the Itcnsall ladies; Mrs. 0. His work was done despite the
r r Trivitt WA.; Mrs. handic of the ,
%loclgi is, fo X11 v tt, ap o effects of an
Heiner Russell for Trivitt Guild' attack of `olio which put -iii
Heiner � . , p � him
John ilehderson, St. Paul's ,War- into, hospital. tor.five months
den, and Barry Page, rector's while he Was • an RCAF chap-
Watddn, lain xt �'rentotm. .
At SUrirla3' school Sunday ills stiteessor, Il eV, T3t'ae de
morning, Norman Petra, l lata• Vries, And his faintly will Move
beth, Diane. andRuth Knox were into the rectory'Thursday,
l�1 � on T ttilstlay,
Dr, J, A. Addison, defeated
Liberal candidate, In Monday's
by-cloction, said Wednesday he
has "no political plans for the
future," at the .moment.
The doctor states he will spend
a few days fishing before con-
eideting his political future.
"I was quite well satisfied
with the response I received
throughout the riding. The sup-
port I received frohi Clinton and
Hay -- 'where :C was well known
was guile et couraginf;.
"1 was rather disappointed in
Goderich. I* feel the hospital had
quite a bit to do with the vote
there, however, t still haven't
Reed any signs of a contract or
of,. any post holes being dgne,"
Dr. Addison felt his campaign
hacl beep handicapped because
tate bete. leader Of the Liberal
party, . John 1'Vinterrineyer, had
riot had time to draft his plaid
form. "Fol sure the party will
stared a better chance next time
When We will be able to pteselit
kat policy to the public,"
Over 100 attended the event.
Guests artists included James
Cook and James, Ford, con-
ductor, London,
Where To
Fin.. 11
Announcements 13
Building Page . 9
Church Notices 17
denting _Events 11
Editorials . 'f
News ,... ,
Entertainment 17
Farm 11 12
.
Feminine Facts 14, 15
Hnsail ,..,. 8, 12
Olean 16, 11`
Sports,._ 6,_ t
Want Ade ... .......... 11,
Looking' In With 'Lit .. 1
Zurich.........., 4, IS
it was observed in the form of
a Christian family service rv.ith
the Sunday School and church
yiletting together,
The primary depat•ttnent of the
Sunday School of which Mrs. A.
J. Sweitter is superintendent
sang two selections accompanied
by ,loeelyn Howes, Paul Wilson
read the scripture lesson and
'Alis. A. Rapson, superintendent
of the Sunday School, told a
story.
Rev. Alex. Rapson performed
the rites of baptism for lleidi
Margaret, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, S. G. Klatt and Joanne
Elizabeth,' daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Northcott.
Janes St, Church
In dailies Street United church
Rev, H, J. Snell'§ ritesssgc was
"The ~Character of s Christian
loom&~and Mrs. Clare Green
sari�
n Pb tr nate solo.
a a p
p U ..
Rev, Snell 1 aerforniec the rites
of baptism .fol'. Wayne truce,
Shale
soil' 'Of 5 'ne 51a
i4lr. And Atte. I3.r. c
a c ll
ton; M.ar, aret Alien, datrgihtc
or Mr•, encl.111re. lrayne Parsons,
He ther en.,
MeFallfi, daull•
,
Please Turn To Wage 3:
All but one of the 24 on staff
next year will be full-time teach-
ers. Mrs. Cecil Wilson, who in-
structs in Latin, will be a part-
time ineniber,
The board,which met last
week, appoited
Kenneth H.
Johns of LTsborne as its delegate
to the convention of the Asso.
dated Hlr h School Boards of On-
tario in London next week.
Principal H. L. Sturgis re -I
ported that the May exams will
start next Wednesday. The re-!
cent music festival, he said, had
been an outstanding success.
Naughton in the lead all the
way. In Clinton, where the
Liberals waited for totals, early
reports indicated an impressive
lead for Dr. Addison. The doctor
conceded, however, less than
two hours after the polls closed.
in a telephone call. to his vic-
torious opponent, Dr, Addison
said: "Congratulations, Charlie,
I know you'll do a good job."
Replied MacNaughton: "Con-
gratulations to you, too, Alex,
and thank you for a decent cam-
paign, You certainly conducted
it on a high level." Dr. Addison
returned the compliment.
A few minutes before, the PC
candidate had received hearty
congratulations front Premier
Frost, whose government was
sustained in all four 'by:elections.
Mr, Frost was keenly interested
in the breakdown of results and
was pleased to hear of the sup-
port his candidate had received
in his home town.
The PC celebration, which
moved from Exeter to Seaforth
to Goderich, lasted until early
in the morning. The Exeter
Legion Pipe Band paraded
through town, leading the town
fire truck on which the victor-
ious candidate was perched.
Another pipe band met the
winner at Goderich.
lock on the front door.
11 was still not known Wearies -
day afternoon if the yeggs had
been successful since the safe
door was jammed shut. Experts
from a safe manufacturing firm
were expected Thursday to .open
it.
Amount of cash inside was
not revealed.
Three neighbors whose wires
were cut included Mrs. E. Hay,
Inez Yungblut and Mrs. M. Mac*
Kinnon.
On September 11, 1957, thieves
made an unsuccessful attempt
to crack the produce company's
safe,
k
Policeh
Check
200 �® AutoS
Provincial p o t i. e e laid 13
charges as a result of safety
checks and a radar unit operat-
ing in the area Tuesday.
Offenses consisted mainly of
speeding and defective equip-
ment, including hand brakes and
signal lights on trucks.
Road checks were set up near
Exeer and Zurich and the radar
unit operated near Hensall. Sgt.
LRLI f d Kit 1
ohne u ter or 1 c tenet,
was in charge of the squad,
�l ' 1 totalled 1
INewJc
rtuc t 10 men, int udtng
e► rn a area constables,
Over 200 cars were tested dur-
ing the day.
For Reservoir
A. new assessment of costs on
the propasccl. Parkhill d a m,
i based on ,-roviding water supply
for Parkhill, was approved last
week by the executive of the
Ausable River Conservation
Authority..
The town of Parkhill will be
asked to pay an additional $90,-
000, bringing its total share of
th.e cost of the .$900,000 dam to
$150,000, Load on other munici-
palities was proportionately les-
sened..
Fieldtnan IT, G. Hooke said the
new assessment for the town,
was not based on the gallonage
it would use but set at a figure
which the Authority officials felt
would make financing of the
dant a distinct 'possibility with-
out burdening Parkhill exces-
sively.
11 t1te dam went through, cost
of a filtration plant would be
another $50,000 or $75,000. Even
with this additional. expense, how-
ever, the total project would not
cost Parkhill as much as the
estimated $250,000 plant needed
to purify the sulphur water
there.
The new assesment has been
forwarded to Dr. A. E. Berry,
secretary of the Ontario Water
Resources Commission, for Itis
approval.
The ARA executive also ap-
pointed an advisory board of
three of the province's top water
engineers toinvestigate claims
of damage from cottage owners
in the Port Franks area affected
by the cut put through by ARA
a number of• years ago. The
board will' have to be ratified
by the full authority before its
Nab Huron Man
Over Auto Buy
Exeter Police Chief Reg Tay.
for arrested a Goderich district
man in Listowel Saturday and
charged him with false pretend
ses over the purchase of a late
model car from a town. lot.
Chief Taylor says • the ,man,
Ronald Young, 1:7, R.R, 5 Gode
rich, gave the local dealer a
$2,500 check for a 1956 model but
he didn't have an account at the
bank,
He arrived at the lot by taxi,
drove away with his "purchase.'
He was picked up by Listowel
police on a warrant issued by
the Exeter office two weeks ago.
He will appear in Goderich court
Thursday.
Move Personnel
To Aylmer Plant
Harry Penhale, manager of
the Exeter branch of Canadian
Canners Ltd., has been trans-
ferred to Aylmer, it was an -
flounced this week,
Miss Alice Pfaff, bookkeeper,
has also been transferred to
Aylmer.
Johnston, W. C. iplant superin-
tendent here for number of
years, will be in charge of the
skeleton staff at the factory this
um
s inch.
The company announced earl
er this year it would not can
any vegetables here this year.
appointment will become effete
Live.
em«
xax .ray. gY:•
THOiJSAND DOLLAR SNILES -Cla t Petrie, S5 -year-old Exeter barber, had to
sit
down in his customers chair to make sure he wasn't dreaming when Exeter r<insi len
g 1, .
presented hini with the 1000 bill he wort at the clubs stag 1?iida y, President Iry
Y 'P r �. .J
Armstrong hands the rare bill to the winner while treasurer Bell Robertson `\ratcihet
Cla t says he'll buy a new of CilZorsiamong other t111
s, with the Money,
"There are lots of places for it when you have
a wile and L41,611, children," says he,
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