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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-07-03, Page 1. 1, :U.; 5 • I r$., r ..Fr,1,TTONt1 1a MR*tattt.t. P5 Banque 1 Honors n erg4rt First. elass -to • take kinder- garten instruction at Exeter Pubbe Schol graduated Wed- nesday night at the annual ban- quet; sponsored by the Exeter genie and School Association. The• kindergarten. .class was. tarted iri 1948 and its first teacher was Mrs. R. D. Jermyn, now vice-principal, who deseribed A number of the experiences she And the graduating class enjoyed In that first year, Referenceto the inauguratien ot kindergarten was also made by Judy Snelgrove, valedie- torian, who expressed during her remarks the appreciation of her class for this additional training. Academic awards, presented by W. G. Seldon, chairman of the board, went to Judy Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Wilson, and Douglas Hodgson, son of Mr. and Mrs, W, Hodgson, who headed the class, Besides being feted, members of the graduating .class received ,, en G ra s were: Rev. IL J. Snell, invoca- I tion; Mrs. R. D. Jermyn, appre- ciation to H. & S.; Inspector J. G. Gowan, toast to graduates; Bonnie Hogarth, reply; Wallace Seldon, toast to staff; Miss Betty Goudie, reply; Mrs, Clifford Jory, :ntroduction of speaker; Mrs. Gerald. Godholt, apprecia- tion to speaker and presentation of pins; Principal A. B, Idle, , presentation or dipierhas4 Members of the graduation class include: Sharon Appleton, Marie Brint- nell, Donald Cann, Roger Cann, Marilyn Frayne, Arlene Glover, Linda Glover, Lavern Gould, Anne Hockey, Beverley Irvine, Marion Kerslake, Bruce Lock - hard, Peter McFalIs, Thomas Robert, Eddy •Eorloffs, Brian Sanders, Wesley Sims, Gordon Snell, James Sweitzer, Mervin Taylor and Dianne Willert, Urges Curb V ,latter came from SHDHS princl; andalsm diplomas, pins and advice, The i pal, H. L, Sturgis, under whose jurisdiction they will come in the fall, As guest speaker, Mr. Sturgis told the students they were entering a "new adventure in thinking" when they graduated into high school. They would ha.ve new freedom and new responsibility, He outlined some of the qualities they should strive for and warned that there is "no royal road to learning." The Exeter and District Junior Band played, several _numbers, including •the• pieces it was to play at the Woodstock festival on Saturday. Mrs, William Huntley, H. & S. president,. presided for the ban- quet. Tables were artistically decorated by Mrs. Wilbur Mar- tin, ‘vho has performed this task since . the banquets were in- ugura (ed. Parents did not attend the banquet, but came for the pro - grain afterwards, ,Taking part in the program Presents Papers To New Citizens Judge Frank Fingland. admin- istered the oath of citizenship to nine new Canadians from this A plea to youth—and to par- ents—to curb vandalism at Ex- eter's parks was made this week by Recreation Director Larry Hiedeman as the summer play- ground opened, The director revealed consider- able minor damage has been dime to buildings and equipment in the parks in recent weeks. '`We appeal to the youngsters and the parents to help us stop this destruction," he said. ,"The equipment has been provided by the town and by sbrvice clubs for the benefit of the young people in the area and it's a shame there are a few who want to deprive them of their fun by damaging it without any appar- ent reason," Some of the damage inaludes: Locks broken on the bath house, Boards broken in the booth. Buoy lines taken out of the water and tangled up on shore. Screen ripped off the new boys' bath house. Slide at Victoria Park pushed over and the steps broken. Glass broken In the telephone booth at the arena, - Pollee have been notified about the damage and are investigat- ing, - . . Eighty -Second Year EXETER, ONTAR10,-4tAY. 3, 1958 Price. Per ;copy 10' 4ents, , • rge McGillivray Back New School In a joint statement issued this week, . McGillivray township council and school area board 1 urged electors to vote "yes" on the central school ballot which will be held Monday, The statement, signed by Reeve Earl Dixon and School Board , Chairman Kenneth Shol- dice, indicate there was no prac- tical alternative to the erection of a eight -room central school. to replace the worn-out one - room schools in the township, The vote will be held Monday ovith all electors in the school area eligible to cast a bollot; The statement follows: • To the electors of McGillivray Township School Area: • Next Monday, July 7, an im- portant vote will be held in the township school area to deter- mine the future of the educa- tional system which we provide YOUTH DROWNS AT BEND —A 14 -year-old Parkhill youth, one of three swimming near the mouth of Grand Bend harbour, became one of the nation's 100 holiday weekend accident victims Sunday afternoon, A huge crowd gathered on the pier while would-be rescuers, including skin diver above, attempted to find the youth. Paver is Don Pittaway, 27, London. —Noseworthy Record Weekend Toll Includes Swim 'Victim This district contributed one victim to the record accidental death toll in Canada over Can- ada's birthday 'weekend. A 14 -year-old Parkhill youth, Allan Haney, drowned -near the mouth, of Grand Bend. harbor Sunday while he and two friends district in a ceremony at the courthouse, Goderich, Thursday. ears Bridal Gown The judge congratulated each of the citizens personally as he The group included Hendrik For Golden Wedding presented the papers to 39, a.nd Greta De Vries, George Aisenschink and Joseph Schla- geter, Exeter; Joseph, Petrus and Mina Van Dorsselaer, Hay township; Johanna and Arie Bin- nendyk, The cereinonty look place in the courtroom of the new county building. On Monday, June 30, Mr. and Mrs. Wes Morley (nee Gertie Ackin) celebrated itheir golden wedding anniversary. On June 30, 1908, wedding vows were exchanged in Man- dawmirt Church near Sarnia by the Rev. J. Burkholder. The MARRIED 56 YEARS—Mr. and Mrs. Wes Morley, West McGillivray, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary Monday, June 30. The couple entertained friends at an open house and received congratulations from many well- wishers. —T -A Photo PS WINN5AS—Douglas for and Judy Wilson were presented with certificates for, top academic standing at the banquet 'Wednesday sponsored by txeter HoMe" And School Association for the graduating class of /Neter $iublic school. ZA Photo couple then settled on 'the groom's farm near .Ailsa Craig, where they resided until a little over two years ago when they moved to West McGillivray. On Sunday, , a turkey dinner was held by the immediate fam- ily for the couple and relatives from St. Catharines, Sarnia, Corunna and Courtright. Open house was held on Mon- day when quite a number of friends and relatives called to offer their congratulations and best wishes. Those who poured tea were Mrs. George Chesher of Corunna and Mrs. Andy Gilbert of Sarnia, sisters of Mrs. Morley. Guests present for the occa- sion were Mrs. James Maitland of St Catharines and Mrs. Wil- liam Beattie of London, who, except for the sisters were the only ones present at their wed- ding 50 years ago. Airs. Morley wore her original wedding gown. Mr. and Mrs. Morley have five children, 10 grandchildren and one gr,.."44.t.Pr. grandchild. The family includes Harvey, Marjorie (Mrs, Stanley Steeper), Jessie (Mrs. Earl Lewis), Mar- ion (Mrs. Jack. Hodgson), and Edwin, all of Ailsa Craig. Junior Band ,At Festival Exeter District Junior Band received a score of 77 in the junior competition at the Water - `loo band festival on Saturday, June 28. group competed against seven other bands, all with con- siderably more experience. A Lindsay band won first place with a mark of 84, Altho gh the band was not among the winners, parents who accompanied it were "very pleased" with the showing. Two numbers were performed, "The Little Classic Suite" and "Mis- sion Choral." • Conductor James Ford was in charge of the band, which tra- velled to Waterloo by bus. Adults who made the trip included Cecil Wilson, Tony Aquilina, Mr, and Mrs, John Vangoozen, gra. Lloyd Lamport, Mrs, Bill McKenzie, Mrs, Gordon Prance and Mrs, Norman Stardake, Pair Celebrates Silver Wedding Mr, and Mrs, Tom Smith, Car- ling St, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Monday evening with friends from Lon- don, Lucan, Walkerton, Centra- lia and this eommunity, Their attendants of 25 years ago, Mrs. Clayton Flynn and Mr. Melvin Edwards both of txeter, were present. A three -tiled wedding annl- Versary eake centred the dining table. Mrs. Lloyd Ford and l‘trs. 'Ray Rader, Metes of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, assisted in serving. The celebrants received many gifts in silver, School Prineipal A, 11. Idle, Mrs. Idle and family,. visited relatives M Collingwood and Peatord this week. Don Idle, who has been teaching at Elam - no, new to Montreal for soy - oral days' VileatiOn there.- were swimming between piers His body was recovered Mon day. .Across Canada, over 100 were killed -in road, water and (Abet accidents during the four-day I holiday weekeed. Forty-eigh were killed in traffic and 45 drowned. Five. traffic accidents were. re ported in this area but there was noGornaleldBendiniured: police attributed the Parkhill, youth's drowning Sunday • to exhaustion and not to the undertow as previously reported. Haney and his two friends had swum from the north pier to a sandbar in front of the south pier and were returning when the victim went down, Jini Richard- son, 3,4, had already reached the pier but was exhausted. The third youth, Allan Gibbs, 13, was slightly ahead of the Haney boy and ,he was pulled under several times by the victim who grabbed him when he was strug- gling to stay above water. All three youths were from Parkhill. Allan' Haney was the son of Mrs. Margaret Haney, The victim's body was ,dis- covered at 3.45 p.m. Monday off the end of the south pier by Har- old Knight, Stratford, who was fishing there. At the time, Cpl. Ned Cham- berlain, head of the OPP de- tachment, Fire ,Chief Lawrence Mason arid Emerson Desjardine were searching the beach from Grand Bend to Ipperwash by jeep. OPP Constable Cecil Gib- bons, Exeter, gave assistance until the search party returned. Traffic Damage Over $2,500 Eight cars and one truck were damaged and one steer killed in.five district accidents. Dam- age exceeded $2,500, Walter Tiedeman, 16. Grand Bend, killed the steer, which had wandered into the middle of the road, while he was travelling on Highway 83 towards Grand Bend. The steer was valued at $125 and the car suffered $75 damage. Three accidents resulted from rear -end collisions when the following failed to stop in time for traffic ahead of them. •Oliver Fee, Exeter, was hit by John Likens, R.R. 5 Embro, on highway 83 as both cars were . travelling west. Damages amounted to $170. A truck driven by Marcel Col - 1z, R.R. 2 Grand Bend, ran ' into a car driven by Gerald Des- , jardine, R.R. 3 Ailsa Craig, on 1; the Crediton road, eight miles west of Crediton. Col]ez tailed to stop as Desjardine decreased - his speed. Damage: $500. Narne Winners At Celebration :Hundreds of people visited ne- ther's Restaurant Friday to join in the grand opening and twelfth Anniversary celebration of the firm. Extent of the renovation Sur- prised most customers and the owners received congratulations on all sides. MaYer R. E. Poky, who made . the draw for door prizes, said the new restaurant was " a valu- able credit to the town." Bob Skinner, Exeter, and Lend Draw winners included: Leo- na Cottle, R.R, 1 Woodham, cool - ors; Mildred McDowell, gift box; Mrs. Rhoda Shapton, Paul Boulianne ,And Mrs. Margaret Carlile, hams: BM Dinney, cho- colates; Bobby Dobbs, Betty Coates, Pam MacMillan, Jack Fulcher, Phyllis Cann, George :I Mitchell, biscuits. North of Hensall on No. 4 • Lee Learn of Exeter struck LAC Ray Allan Etter, RCAF Station Clinton, when the latter stopped to avoid hitting the car in front 1 of him. Damages $600. OPP Constable Harry Reid in- vestigated. Damage amounted to $1,000 in an accident Saturday when cars driven by Stan Whiting and How- ard Ince, both of Exeter, col- hded at the intersection of Gul- ley and Carling. I Whiling, who was travelling east bit a tree head-oti after be- ing struck by the southbound Ince vehicle. Chief Reg Taylor investigated. Driver. Gets Jail Term George S. Habkirk, 35. Sea - forth, was sentenced to two weeks in jail and his licence as suspended for one y'ear in court here Wednesday after he was convicted of impaired driving. He was also ordered to pay costs or, in default, spend an- other sevendays in jail., Habkirk was involved in an accident in Hensall on June 1. He drove his truck across No, 4 highway in front of a south- bound ear driven by John Rob- inson. London. Robinson, Police Chief E. R. Davis, Hensall, and OPP Con- stable Hank Reid, Exeter, testi- fied the accused was unsteady on •his feet and his speech was slurred. Milton Lavery, •Hensall, said he had watched Habkirk pull into his service station and then turn around to get back on the high. way. The Seaforth man admitted he had four bottles of ale during the afternoon but said his con- dition after the accident was due to shock. He was defended by Elmer D. Bell, QC, who pointed out, that the accused bad received head injuries during world war two. Alfred Grummelt. 19, R.R. 4 Seaforth, was fined $11.50 for having no hand brake on his Magistrate Dudley Holmes pre- sided; Crown Attorney Glenn Hays, QC, prosecuted, r for our children. You will be asked to vote "yes" or "no" to the question: -Are you in favor of building a central c tsioljolVisee u. rrigoeu sY acljenisoidgeirvaetiotinilsbilefuoers- e casting your ballot. As your representatives, we have given this problem careful study for several years. The condition of many. of our one - room schools is much worse than many of you perhaps realize, and the time has come when tsaokmen.edefinite action must be Up until this year, the cost of a central school. appeared to be, to some of us least, prohibitive. However, increased grants pro- vided by the provincial govern- ment have changed the picture, and we now feel it would be practical, economical and bene- ficial to our township to proceed with the erection of a central seiZcli:rding to the information we have received from Depart- ment of Education officials, we can build, operate and retire de- bentures for a proposed $160,000 eight -room central school with- out raising the present school tax rate. Those of you who attended the information meetings which were held throughout the town- ship recently, heard a detailed explanation of how this could be done. The principle reason is that the provincial govern- ment will pay 55 per cent of recognized costs, including sal- aries, transportation and deben- tures, as well as increased grants based on average atten- dance, for a central school. There is also some economy effected because we ,,will need only eight teachers in a central' school instead of the 10 teach- ers now required for our one - room schools, A complete explanation of the financial consideration involved is too difficult to attempt here, but an outline of the proposed budget for the central school can be secured from members We're Sorry! Because ' of the Dominion Day holiday Tuesday and the' number of promotion reports Iran district schools, consi- derable correspondence and other news has had to be omitted from this edition. Reports which do not ap- pear this week will be in- cluded in next week's issue. of the school board if any el the electors wish to see it. Not only do we think that central school is more econonts ical, but we also thin ic it will provide advantages for our chit- dren which they are not novt receiving. They will be given instruction in a more pleasant, more bealthful aiid more rnod. ern atmosphere, and we will bo able to provide them with facili- ties that our one -room schoolf cannot have. It will be less diffi• cult to secure capable, qualified teachers, and we will be able to operate a transportation syst• tem which will pick up our chit. dren at their own farm gates. What, is the alternative to building a central school? Be- cause of the condition of otir piesent schools, a costly renova- tion program would have to be undertaken for which we will receive only one-half of the grant which would be available if the money was spent on central school. Because the Department o? Highways has negotiated tho purchase of No. 15 school, a nevi one must be built in that section immediately. No. 4 and No. 10 schools have to he rebuilt 00 locations where water can be obtained. These three schools would cost at least $60,000. We would have to engage in a prolonged program of repair. ing and adding to old schools to provide better sanitary con- ditions, better heating, lighting and ventilation. This cost has been conservatively estimated at between $40,000 and $60,000. Our present unfair system of providing bus transportation for some pupils ane none for others would continue, These considerations indicate that. a renovation program could not be undertaken without a considerable increase in taxa- tion and that, when completed the system would not be as efficient or as beneficial as this central school. We feel, then, that the electors might well be voting on this question: "Are you in favor of1 erecting a modern, fully-equippedl central school at the present' rate of school tax or do you wish to renovate the present schools by increasing the school levy?" The answer would appear to be obvious. As your elected representa- tives, we feel it is our responsi•-• bility to urge you to vote "Yes" on Monday. EARL DIXON, REEVE, KENNETH T. SHOLDICE, CHAIRMAN. RCN Ship Anchors Off Grand Bend CHAMBER PRESIDENT WELCOMES NAVY—Itric McElroy, president of Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce, extended civic greetings to the HMCS Sault Ste. Marie which dropped anchor off Grand Bend Monday n ight. Above, Comanding Officer Lt. -Cdr. W. V. A. Lesslie shows Mr. Mcilroy points of interest in the wheelhouse. —Noseworthy •• • Where To Find it Announcenients 3 Church Notices Corning Events Editorials 2 E nteetainment ein News Ferbitanit tft 1-tonsall Locati 10 80Orla , 4 9 WOOMS arto1.4410;,4*.4**1011101***54111m. tt• • "•• „ • . "- . i...r*ik•,:" • 401. • ita • .* ' ..• A 'visit from an RCN warshiP highlighted the record boating activity at Grand Bend over the Canada Day weekend. I-IMCS Sault Ste. Marie, an Algerine class escort vessel and the largest type of Canadian warship which can enter the Great Lakes. dropped anchor off the resort Monday night on its way to Goderich. First large naval vessel ever to anchor at Grand Bend, the ship was officially greeted by Eric Mcliroy, president of the Chamber of Commerce: who was taken out by the OPP boat te meet the commanding officer, Lt. -Cdr. William V. A. Lesslie, CD,RCN, formerly of Goderich, Lights of the 235 -foot warship attracted thousands to t h e beach. Launched in 1942, the Saint Ste. Marie served on escort duties in the Atlantic. She dis- places 1335 tons' and has a breath of 35 feet, She carries one four -inch gun, small anti- aircraft weapons and hedgehog and depth charges. Her speed is 16 knots and she carried a cont. piement of 90 officers and men. Boating activity, which has in. creased measurably since dredg- ing of the harbor and installation of docking, reached a peak over the weekend. The harbor was full of vessels of all kinds. Police report crowds were "fairly orderly" at Grand Bend aver the holiday weekend as 85* degree temperature attracted thousands for the opening of summer. Cpl. Neil Chamberlain, detach. anent head, said 11 youths were given "free transportation" to Sarnia in the new paddy wagon ,--Please Turn to Page 3 NAVY VISITS GRAND BEND—IXMCS Sault Ste Marie, an Algerine class escort vessel, brought huge crowds to the Grand Bend beach Monday night when it dropped Anchor off shore /6r a brief stay on its trip to Goderich, The I t vessel is the largest typo of Canadian warship which can clear the St. Lawrence river canals tb enter the Great Lakes, The ship is 285 feet long, 35 feet wide, has a speed of 16 knots and carries a crew of 00 officers and niece