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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-05-15, Page 1Eighty -Second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 15, 1958 Jut 1.. elgf�bors' Tele 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, •