HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-08-14, Page 1JANE FARROW •
Needs Graduates
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Jane Farrow Top Grad;.
tlass $cores. 86.13%
Eighty -Second Year
Jane Farrow, chosen this year 75, Eng. Lit. 72, Hist. 68, Bot.
• as SHDHS's outstanding girl, • 63, ' Zook 77, Lat. Auth. 69, Lat.
• proved this week she deserved CoMp. 08, Vr, Auth. 69, Vr.
! the honour when upper school Comp. 50,
• results revealed she received Marian Rader -Chem. 54,
top marks among the 1958 grad-. Fr. Auth. 55.
uating class. i Marilyn Ross - Eng. Comp.
Jane, 18 -year-old daughter of 77, Eng,, Lit. 70, Hist. 65, Bot. 68,
Mr. and Airs. C. M. Farrow, .of Zool. .50. Lat. Auth. 72, Lat.
}Exeter, led the graduates with Comp, 63, Fr, Auth. 69, F.
I an average of 82,7 percent in Come, 53.
nine papers. ' Marilyn Strang - Eng. Lit,
80Alg. 70, Chem.
Two other students scored an , 61, Fr, Auth.
average of first eiass honors in 62, Fr. Comp. 63.
Helen Taylor -. Eng. Comp.
nine subjects and. they tied for
second place. Helen Taylor, 80, Eng. Lit. 58, Hist. 72, Bot, 81,
Zook 83, Lat. Auth. 81, Lat.
daughter of Mrs. James Taylor, ,
Exe‘er, and Rowland Tinline, ,,c011113. 76, Fr, mita. 7, Jr,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Tin-; k4°mP.
69.
line, RCAF Centralia, both av- Kathleen Webb - Eng. Comp.
eraged 75 per cent in nine 50, E'ng, Ltt, 79, Hist. 50, Chem.
papers. 51, Bol. 61, Zoo], 60,
HELEN TAYLOR
... Ties For Second
q Principal H. L. Sturgis, who l .
announced the results TuesdaY,1
•••1 reported the class was 86.13 per ' Pipeline To
i cent successful on ail papers,
..• written,slightly higher than the
ini'
provcal average which as Decide Site
been reported at 80 per cent.
ROWLAND TINLINE
... Also Runner-up
Alter Rooms
At Arena
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Extensive changes of rooms
.are takingplace at Exeter
Arena this summer to improve
facilities at the community cen-
tre.
Major alteration is the mov-
ing of the snack bar from its
present location in the gymnas-
ium to- one of the girls' dressing
rooms, next to the, office. With
counters both north and south,
it will serve. customers on the
rink side as well as from the
,gymnasium.
The centre portion will be en-
larged,-
wfrontl
with a glass ook-
legout over the rink, to serve
as a lounge. A large dressing
room will be created at the east;
end.
A cement -block lean-to will be
added to the west side of the
building to provide for two' rest
rooms and an oil -burning healing
system for the front part of the
building. The present furnace
vili be removed from the bese-
t:lent, which will be converted
into changing rooms,
The Exeter Community Cen-
tres Board this week called for
'tenders for supply and installa-
tion of the furnace.
Manager Alvin Willcrt has
done practically all of the car-
pentry work required for the
changes.
He states the new layout will
provide more room in the gym-
nasium for indoor sports and
dancing, The re -location of the
snack bar will allow activities
to take place in both the gym.
and the rink at the same time
and \'ill also 'make the bar
easier to supervise from the •of-
S'on Of Victim
Fractures Arm
Misfortune fell again this week
on the Stewart. Dykstra family,
formerly of Exeter, whose fa-
ther died last week from injuries
received in a lumber mill acci-
dent,
Eddie. Dykstra, A 10 -year-old
son who attended Exeter Public
School, broke leis wrist while
playing on Edward street Tues-
day afternoon. :He was taken to
South 1-luron Hospital by jack
Fuleher and treated by Dr, M.
Gans,
The boy had been visiting with
Mr, and Mrs. Lowell Dykstra,
Anne street.
Lowell Dykstra, a nephew of
the late Stewart Dykstra, has
accepted the letteri,s position with
the Turkstra Lumber Co., Ham-
ilton, He has been employed at
Guenther -Tuckey Transports Ltd.
for a number of years. The fam-
ily Will nave Hamilton as
soon as accommodation an be
found.
110010 TO OEtiMANY:
Sergeant flud Wilds, Crediton,
has joined 'the 'ground control. ap-
prod. Wilt Of the RCAF'S No.
Fighter wing in Zweibrucken,
Germany,. where he will serve
a three-year tour.
SgtWiId, whose parents, Mr
and Mrs. Clarence Wilds, live'
In 'Crediton. Was nested front the
Ti.CAP's Maritime teatue to•or-
4111010 'Centre in Ratak, N.
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• In four subjects, there were no
failures among the SHAHS stu-
dents. •
Although no official announce-
ment has been made, Jane Far-
row will win the $100 student
council scholarship for winning
the highest marks of the gradu-
ating class.
Helen Taylor and Rowland Tin -
line will probably share the
paper staff award of $100 for sec-
' ond highest.
Although this is the first year
Jane Farrow has led her class,
she has been an honor student
throughout high school and has
won two Board of Education
awards for highest honors in
English a.nct history.
Besides being a member of the
senior girls' championship bas-
ketball team for several years,
she has served as vice-president
of the Athletic Society.
Outside of school, she has been
active in youth groups at James
Si. United Church. This past
year she was a CGIT leader and
president of the Young P'eople's
i She hopes to enter University
of Toronto to study historyj lit-
erature and language. Her mo-
ther is on the teaching staff
and this coming term will serve
as head of the English depart-
; ment at SHDHS,
Helen Taylor has served on
the student council and in .1957
edited the "Ink Spot", the
school's year book. She also was
a member of the basketball and
teams, and, participat-
ed in track and field, glee club
"Ultra group. She plans to
enter London Teacher's College
this fall,
Rowland Tinline, who will en-
ter Queen's University to study
chemical engineering, played
football and badminton at
SHDHS,
Don Ballantyne -Eng. Comp.
55, Alg. 50, Geom. 60, Trig. 61,
Phys. 72, Chem. 60, .Fr. Auth.
51.
Jim Dougall -Eng Comp.. 55,
Eng, Lit. 50, Trig. 55, Chem. 63,
Fr..Comp. 50. '
Harold Eagleson -Eng. Comp.
65, Eng. Lit. 50, Phys. 57, Chem;
52, Fr. Auth. 50.
Fred Hunter -Eng. Comp, 51,
Eng. Lit. 66, Geom. 60, Trig. 60,
Phys. 54, 'Chem. 62.
Don Jackson- Alg. 58, Geom.
73, Chem. 72.
Ron Klopp-Eng. Comp. 54,
Eng, Lit, 75, Bot, 68, Zook 68,
Lat. Auth. 53, Lat. Comp. 60,
Fr. Auth, 50, Fr. Comp. 57.
John Miller-Alg. 55, Geom. 67,
Trig. 64. Phys. 77, Chem, 63.
Don McLaren -Phys, 50,
William Pollen -E n g . Comp.
, 63, Eng. Lit, 61, Alg. 50, Geom.
66, Trig. 70, Phys, 78, Chem, 67,
I Fr. Auth, 66, Fr. Comp. 58.
Allan Taylor -Eng. Comp. 56,
Eng. Lit. 51, Bot. 56, Zool. 66,
Lat. Audi. 61, Lat, Comp. 70,
Fr. Auth, 50, Fr. Comp. 51,
'Donald Taylor-Alg. 85, Geom.,
79, Trig. 62, Phys. 72, Chein. 71,
Fr. Atith, 61, Fr. Comp, 61.
Roland Tinline - Eng. Comp.
68, Eng. Lit. 72, Alg. 79, Geoni.
89, Trig. 73, Phys. 88, Chem, 88,
Fr, Auth, 60, Fr. Comp, 58.
Kenneth Weiclo - Eng. Conip.
51, Eng. Lit. 50, Phys. 73, Chem,
80, Bot. 75, Zool. 67, Fr. Auth.
50, 'Fr. Comp, 50,
Jane Farrow - Eng. Comp,
75, Eng, Lit. 77, Hist, 87, Bot. 89,
Zool. 84, Lat. Auth. 92, Lat.
Comp. 89, Fr. Auth, 72,• Fr.
Comp. 79.
Marian Gill - Eng. Comp, 50,
Eng. Lit, 77, Hist. 67, Bot. 73,
Zook 77, Lat, Auth, 75, Lat.
Comp. 79, Fr. Auth, 73, Fr.
Comp, 67.
Julija Gulens - Eng, Comp.
71, Eng, Lit, 66, Alg. 64, Geom.
83, Trig. 77, Phys. 72, Chem, 78,
Fr, Auth, 67, Fr, Comp. 67.
Mary Ann Hall - Eng, Comp,
Mercury Hits
High Of 86
Hottest temperature of a hot
week 'was 86 degrees -recorded
on Tuesday at the metefirlogical
section at RCAF Statioii Cen-
tralia,
Maximum during the past
week hasn't fallen below 75 de.
greca and was in the 80's let
five of the past Nem days.
Monday, the MAXIMUM hit 84
and on Saturday it WAS 82,
Lowest minimum was 50 it -
corded on Saturday.
During the week, 1.04 inches
of ram ti fell, .3t of it early Wed.
nesday morning.
Mean temperature for
reveals the Met aeetion, waa
60.3, appreximately two degrods
blow normal,
Total rainfall Wes 6.24 inches.
described AS normal, but it WAS
erelideettated Wetly .U1 throe
days, AO 2, 3 aud4, over tour
Location of the proposed pipe-
line from Lake Huron. to London
will probably decide the site of
the new central school for Mc-
Gillivray Township, Board Chair-
man Kenneth Sholdice said this
week, \v
"We're ailing to see where
the pipeline goes," Air. Sholdice
stated, "and we'll likely build
the school as close as, possible
to it. It would save us consider-
able expense in drilling ,for
water."
Township authorities have
been told that a definite decision
an the pipeline will be made not
later than September At the
moment, London city council and
te PUC are feuding over the
ptiiject.
McGillivray hopes to call
tenders for its consolurated
school, which was approved by
the ratepayers 'in a referendum
in July, early in January in or -
der to complete construction be-
fore Sept. 1, 1959. Organized In 1873
Reeve Earl Dixon stated that
while the pipeline project might
Dashwood Church Marks Anniversar
EXETER, ()WARM /WPM 14, 1950, Price Per Copy 10 Cc*
FIRE CAUSES $30,000 DAMAGE -Fire started by light-
ning destroyed two large barns, over 2,000 bushels of
grain, 4,000 bales of hay and considerable machinery on
the farm of James Gardner, Thames Road, early Wednes-
ctay morning. The loss included a- pick-up truck, tractor,
[manure spreader and loader. Torrents of rain during the
thunderstorm failed to check the blaze which was well
under way before being noticed. -T-A Photo
cause some delay, township of,
ficials felt. the risk was worth
taking if adequate and satisfac-
tory water can be secured for
the school,
Cha irm a n Sholclice reported
considerable damage this sum-
mer to No. 4 school by vandals.
Thirty-seven window panes in
the school have been broken by
stones,
The damage occurred (be day
after the janitor had completed
aethorough. cleaning.:.0L.the
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Zion Lutheran Church, Dash-
wood, will celebrate the eighty-
fifth anniversary of i.ts founding
and the fiftieth anniversary of
its present church dwelling with
special services this Sunday and
next.
The anniversary also marks
the coix1pletion, .of a two-year ren.'
• avation-program. to prepare .the
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH TO CELEBRATE
Mother Improving'
Following Car Crash
Hospital authorities say the
condition of Mrs. Charles Glen-
ville, 11.R. Bengali. who was
injured in an Usborne aceident
Friday, is "improving." She is
Suffering retell a fractured arm,
serious chest and scalp lama, -
tions and rib injuries. '
Her nine -month-old son, Ilya,
is also in St. Joseph's Hospital
With head injuries.
The two were passengers in a
CAP driven by another on, Ger-
ald, 16, which collided with a tar
driven by George J. Lefebvre,
24, of Clinton, on the eighth con-
cession. Lefebvre, his wife and
three children were not injured.
The Clinton car WAS travelling
north and the vehicle
waS eastbound when they niet at
the intetaection, PC Harry Reid,
Exeter estimated da maga at
$1,200.
Two Hit From Behind
Two fail -end collisions were re-
ported by provincial police this
week,
Sunday, ear driven by An.
thaw TiyilaStOn, 27, RCAF Clin-
ton, clipped the rear end of a
small foreign car driven by Ar
thur Pagiletle, 31, Weeldsteek on
No. 83 highway two nines west ot
tgeter,
ilotti cars Wert travelling tag
and one-quarter itches fell due. Om Paquette slowed down In
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turn. Kynaston attempted to Pass
and bit the left rear corner.
Damage amounted to $500.
On Thursday, a car driven by
Sandra Blowea, 18, Preston, hit'
tht
e ar a enther driveti bY
Clayton Sankt's, 37, R.R. 3 E$0.1
ter, who was attempting to make,
a turn at the intersection of Nos.
4 and 84,
Damages totalled $250. ()Pl'
Constable Harry Reid investi-
gated.
Folds Like Accordion
Police said an older model car I
"folded up like an accordion"
Sunday night when it 'omid itselfi
in the middle of a four -ear Pile-;
up on Exeter's main street about;
7.45 p.m.
The ear, owned by George T.
Atkins, 53, SttathrOY, Was third
in lin e of a stream 111 cars
travelling smith which Was sud-
denly balled when an unknown
elit Made a sharp Ieft hand turn
0ft the highway onte a town
Street. Rebell; E. Shortridge, 30,
London, managed to stop in time,
but he WAS hit front behind by
,L If. Ilornad, 32, London, Next
eget Atkins and finally Gary
Colitis, London.
The Atkins car, written off as
A wreck, was valued at 8800. The
Wins ear suffered $400 damage.
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church building to embark on
the second half of a century of
service to the congregation.
Special speakers include two
former ministers, a son of the
congregation and the president
of the. Ontario District; of the Liu.
theran church. The pastor, Rev.
K. L. Zorn will be in charge. of
the services.
This Sunday,illev. L. Higenell,
now of St. Catharines, who
served a decade from 1946-56,
will preach during the first of
the four services at 11 a.m. At
a 3 p.m. service, Rev, W. Rathke,
Waterloo, provincial president,
will be the guest speaker. The
church choir will provide special
MUSIC at both meetings.
Next Sunday, August 2,4, the
speakers, will be Reg, T. Luft,
Kitchener, who preceded Rev.
Higenell. at Zion, and Rev. Er-
nest Mueller, Sawyer, Mich„ a
native of Dashwood. At the
morning service, the male choir
of St. John's Lutheran Church,
iSneubsritne.gville, will render the
Since 1957, the congregation
and its various organizations
have been active in an extensive
program to rennovate and rede-
corate the church. Renovation
of the basement, in.eluding en-
largement of the kitchen; is
being completed this week,
Major achievements in 1958 in-
clude the painting and rewiring
of the basement; red altar. pare-
ments donated by the Ladies Md;
curtains for Sunday School rooms
made by school teachers with
financial assistance from the
Ladies' Aid; an altar and lec-
tern for the basement made and
donated by the men's Club; in-
stallation. of a platform in the
basement by the Walther League.
Carpeting for the choir loft was
donated by the family of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Becker, Sr.
ln addition, this year the La,
dies' Aid provided support for
a seminary student in Formosa
for one term and the Sunday
school provided $50 for books
for mission schools in New Gui-
nea. and assistance for building
chapel for Atillneck Manor School
for the deaf. The congregation
pledged itself to contribute MO
a year to any member who en-
ters preparatory school for full-
time service in the churth.
In 1957, violet' altar paraments
and complete set of stoles were
donated by the Ladies' Aid: re-
ceiving basin for offering plates'
WAS donated by the William Bec-
ker famfly; floors were sanded
and refinished, a new oil heating
system installed and the build-
ing insulated. The Ontario dis-
trict convention was hold at Zinn ;
and the Walther League Cara-
vaners visited with (he congre.i
gatioe. The. fits( vacation Bible!
scahrol,rscaenniztiendi..ied this surnmero
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The history of the congregation:
dates back almost a century when •
pioneer settlers from various!
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Church Notices .. ,, .. .... . 15
Coming Events ....... . IS
Editorials 2
Entertainment . 15
Terni News 1, '10
Feminine Facts 7
Hentill 6
laical* 14
toots , 4
IN tit Atli ,,,.,.. 11
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parts of Europe flocked to this
area. Several simple log houses
of worship were erected for use
' whenever a pastor was available
and the people of Hay township
held occasional church services
as early as 1858.
In 1861, a congregation was or -
I ganized th Zurich know,n as the
1St. P'eter's German Evangelical
Liithera.n and Reformed Church
and its first pastor, Rev, I. Muen-
zinger, also organized a Luthe-
ran congregation on the Bron-
son Line, near Dashwood, where
the church's cemetery is now
located, Date of erection of the
church .is not known but ser-
vices were held as early as 1864.
Site for the building was donated
by the pioneer Waiper Family.
The church, then known as
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran,
continued under the Zurich
charge until 1873 when a new
congregation - First German
Evangelical Lutheran Zion's eon.
gregation in. Hay Township -
was founded. First trustees were
Louis Walper, Jacob Kuntz and
Lorenz Decher. The board of
the former congregation - in.
eluding Christopher Mueller, Er-
nest Restemeler, and Carl Wil-
lert signed over the deed to
the land and church.
In, 1874 a frame church was
opened for public worship at a
cost of $1,150 and served the con-
gregation until the present build-
ing was erected in 1908.
Rev. Daniel Graef was the
first pastor of the new congrega-
tion and he was succeeded by
Rev. John Himmler, who organ-
ized a "Saturday School" and
also conducted confirmation clas-
ses.
During the pastorate of Rev.
Friedrich Schroeder, who served
from 1880 to 1886, the first organ
was purchased.
Succeeding Rev. Schroeder
was Rev, Reinhard Eifert of
Pembroke who served for 19
years and led the congregation
through rapid progress and
growth. •
In 1898, the Ontario district
convention was held at the church
for the first time, Pastors came
,by train as far as Exeter or
[Parkhill and were inet by mem-
bers of the congregation with.
horse and wagon or with the
popular "democrat" which was
the height of luxury in those
days.
In 1906. Rev. Gustav Thun be-
came pastor . and the congrega-
tion immediately began plans to
erect a new building. Early in
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Hit early Wednesday morning
with a $30,000 :ire boss - his
second in 13 years --- Jim Gar-
diner of the Thames Road takes
his misfortune in stride.
"Something worse might have
happened. 1 figure some other
fellows have had a tougher time
than 1 have. The only thing you
can do is smile and keep going,"
The 42 -year-old Vsborne" far-
mer, one of the larger opera,
tors in the township. lost two
large barns filled with a heavy
erop of grain and considerable
farm machinery when lightning
struck during a rainstorm. In
1945. his house burned to tke
ground in a fire of unknown ori'
gin.
Wednesday morning's loss Inv
eluded:
Two substantial barns on stone
foundations, measuring 50x60
and 32x62;
Two thousand bushels of grain;
Four thousand hales of hay
and 700 bales of straw;
A half -ton truck, three -plow
Lractor, large manure spreader
and manure loader, a two -row
smaller, an elevator and a wagon
containing 200 bushels of grain,
Partly damaged by the blaze,
but in the main saved by Exeter
and Mitchell firemen, were an
d18rxiv4e0shheedn. house and an 18x30
Also threatened were a metal.
covered driveshed, 28x70 and *
corn crib, 22x60.
Tip group of buildings, one of
the most impressive along the
Thames Road, was among the
;largest in Usborne. Mr. Gardiner
!farms 490 acres, raising nearly
300 head of cattle.
The Tjsborne farmer reported
the bolt of lightning which he
believes hit his barns "nearly
knocked me out of bed." He
got up to look at the barn through
the window, didn't see any
trouble and went a bed.
Moments later a neighloor,
Mrs. Herb Bibby, called on the
telephone to tell him. to look at'
the barn,
"I jumped into a pair of over
alis and went out to the barn
bare-footed. Even at that time
it was all aglow with flames and
much too hot to go near. I
thought about trying to get the
truck out but saw it was no use."
Two youths were driving by
the Gardiner farm when the bolt.
struck. They, too, feared trouble
but didn't, notice any until they
got to Russeldale when they
could see the glow,
Mrs. Gardiner called the Exe-
ter brigade and later her bus
hand asked far assistance from
Mitchell.. The crews staYecl seve.„
ral hours protecting adjacent
buildings.
"We would have lost at least
two more buildings without the
work of the brigades," be said.
Fire did considerable damage to
parts nearest the blazing barns
but the rest of the buildings were
not harmed.
When the Exeter truck ar.
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Sale Of Former School
Lowers Hensall Taxes
Sale of the old public school at
Hensall has lowered village taxes
this year by almost two mills.
The 1958 levy was set by
council Monday night at 63 mills
for residential and 68 for com-
mercial. This is one mill more
than in 1957 but the increase
might have been three if coun-
cil had not been able to lower
the village rate because of the
revenue received from the
school,
The school, located at the west
end of the village on No. 84 high-
way, has been 'sold to Fred
Haist, -London, who will estab-
lish an implement agency there.
The new owner is a son of Wel-
lington Heist, former Stephen
Township deputy -reeve,
Responsible for the increase
were higher county and public
school levies. County rate for
Hensall is up one and one-half
mills and the school rate
jumped 1.4 milts.
A breakdown of the rate in -
eludes: County 13.3; library, .7;
fire engine debenture, 1.1; wet-
erworks debenture, 2.3; artificial
ice debenture, 2; hydrant rental,
2.7; high school, 7: public. school,
13.2; public school debenture,
5.3; park, 1.
Assessor D. E. MacKinnon,
presenting his roll for 1958, re-
ported a total taxable assess.
ment of $842.517, with exemp.'
lions of $96,200 bringing the total
to 8938,717.
Total population was recorded
at 783,
Assessment inereased slightly
but population showed a minof
decline from last year.
Council discussed several of
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"LAST OASIS" bIZIES UP -Brewers' retail store at Grand tend was the last in West.
ern Ontario to close after a provirice.wide strike created a boor drought this week«,
The resort store, which is non.union, held out until Tuesday at 1,30 when the lad
of its stock was &pitted, Manager Fred Wi1irt,above, .points to the closed sign, The
store has two permanent employees, three parkirrit duriu the summer. T.A Photo,