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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-08-28, Page 1'• 4, -.41, • - ,ft 4:4 t .40, fp,- • • rr r . • :-747.7171777:- TAKES S25 TRIP TO COAST—Billy Gossman, Dastwood, recentlyreturned from a month and a half trip to the west . coast which cost him less • than $25. His scissor hharpener, left, helped him moot expenses,. —Jr -A Photo Takes $25 Trip 'Banker' Hasn't Heard If High Travel Costs One manwho hasn't heard. of •toclay's high cost of travel is Dashwood's inimitable and ir- repressible :Billy Gassman, a character 'with a far-flung rePu- tation. "Banker"—thars his ironical nickname — recently returned from, a 3,000-m11e trip to the west coast and it cost him less than $25. He saw all the sites, too, in- c'uding the Calgary Stampede, the tourist attractions at wealthy Banff resort and the B.C. cen- tennial, Bill's formula for economical travel is a sense of humor and a 20 -pound scissor sharpener which he .carries in a leather ba u. "They've never seen a scissor sharpener o ti t there," says Banker. ''1 didn't 'have any trou- ble getting :business." The :ma- chine -A -Bill's had it for years— paid •almost all of. his expenses. He started out from. Dashwood with $25 in his pocket and still had some spending money when he sot :home. The Dashwood. traveller left home on July 2 in his 1950 Dodge..He drove it to Lethbridge, Alberta, the home of his sbn, Kenneth, -then he • thumbed his way to the coast. .started sharpening scissors et Tobermory: :How much does: he charge? "'From 75 cents down, depend- ing on how rich they are. Wom- en in big homes will pay me 75 cents like nothin' at all. But sometimes; for poor peaple, I do it for nothin'. They usually give me'a free meal." Banker's stock supply of anec- dotes helps him to get along with even_ the. wealthiest tourists. in the ritziest resorts. His fa• vorite is; "Have you ever seen a horse with a wooden leg?" "Nobody out west has ever teen one," says Bill, "I get 'em every time. They ask me where it is or what happened to the horse's leg," (In case you haven't heard, Bill saw the horse on the merry- go-round.) ' The Dashwood character tells about the time he entertained a crowd of tourists at the chair lift at Banff. "There were a lot of fancy dressed people around -and nobody was sayin' anything. S 1 steps • up to this old lady and 1 asked her if they grew strawberries where she came from. 'Oh, yes,' she says, have a big patch in my own gar- den'. 1 asked her what she put on them. She said, 'manure and fertilizer'. I told her that I always pet dream and sugar on mine. They all laughed." Last week BA 01:017 dropped into The Times -Advocate to de. scribe his trip, armed with hun- dreds of postcard. scenes, Some of the highlights: The chair lift, ' which takes tourists sonic -1,300 feet up Mount Norquay: "Ill never do that' again. Was 1 scared! Sweatinl like ahorae 'when.. I got to the lop, They stepped me halt way up and there t was swingin' back and forth in mid-air. Banff didn't look any bigger* than a bathroom," The Taliahlac Falls, 3,345 feet high, in Yoko Valley, B.C.: "I tell ya, I couldn't look down, 3 — Please Turn To Page 3 • • 's TEACHER—Jim Sturgis, son of Kr. and Mrs. 11. L. Sturgis, Este: - ter, has graduated from 'Univer- sity of Western Ontario with his B.A. in honours history. sHe will r leach history and sociastudies at Red Lake high school this coming year —Jack Doerr Eighty-Second Year OXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 28 1958 Price Per Copy 10 Cent* Injuries Mother Pian Inquest Into rea Drunks Drink Church Wine Police believe two drunks may have been responsible for drink- ing the sacramental wine and. damage to choir gowns al St, John's - 13y - The - Lake Angli- can Church, Grand Rend, Satur- day evening, When the rector, Rev. A. E. Bowker, arrived to prepare for the eight o'clock communion service Sunday morning, he found the wine had disappeared and the bottle broken. Coffee had been made in the kitchen and slopped on a num- ber of choir gowns which were stuffed in a refrigerator. Entry was gained, apparently, through an unlocked door in the church, OPP Constable Hank Reid is investigating. Rowland Tinline Cops 'U' Award Rowland Tinline, son of Mr. arid Mrs, W. D. Tinline, RCAF Station, Centralia, has been awarded the University of West- ern Ontario admission scholar- ship for SHDHS graduates, it was announced this week, The scholarship, valued al $200 and provided by the University Board of Governors -,is awarded to applicants with the highest standing from each high school or collegiate institute in South- western 'Ontario. Highway Readies Storage Grounds -PLAYGROUND ROYALTY—Gary Ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ford, and Honey Wein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Wein, were crowned king and queen of Exeter Kinsmen's' sixth annual playground Friday night at the bonfire and `bunfeed' celebration which brought the summer program to a close. The two, being chauffer- ed in the parade by Recreation Director Larry Heideman, were chosen as the hest all-around participants of the playground. —Jack Doerr ground for the Grand Bend de- tachment of the Ontario Depart- Tours Gay Nassau Clubs Preparation of hew patrol . . _.... ment of Hi ways is under way ---- - - Highways -at the inter eption of Highways . n - 83 and 21 north of Grand Bend. AirVisit To Bahamas A gravel pad to form the base for a sand pile is being Jaid and the department hopes to con= struct a 20x40 salt shed, Also on the planning board, but not expected to ' be erected. this year, is a machinery stor- age shed, measuring 100x40. The department is now renting quarters' for its machinery in Grand Bend. The new premises will consolate storage facilities for ,the patrol. Bonfire And 'Bunfeed' End Kin Playground Exeter Kinsmen's :fifth annual crowned king •and queen of this stunner playground — and one summer's playground. They were of its most successful — nine to selected by the supervisors as an end Friday night with a gun- the best all-round participants in totin', arrowsslingird cowboy and the program. Indian campfire ceremony, With playground director Larry Over 150 boys and girls — and Heideman chauffering the king more adults — joined in the :fare. and queen in a convertible, the well festivity, which included a children•paraded up Main street musicat program, sing song and in a tractor and wagon and on hot dog'feast. trucks behind Exeter Citizens', Reigning over theoprogram Band and several members of were Indians Gary Ford, son ,of the local saddle club, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ford, and 'rhe cowboys and Indians joined hands in a huge circle around a tee pee and fire while boys with drums pounded out a war dance. Supervisors introduced 11U111- bors of the talent show, which included Roman Orenchuk, play- ing an accordion; solos by Jo- anne Killeen, Bruce Fuleher and duets by Linda. Wells and Elea- nor Stanlake, Danny Laing and Honey Wein, Janet and Susan Davis. After .a sing song, Kinsmen served hot dogs and chocolate milk, the latter donated by Ex- eter Dairy. Supervisors for this summer's program included Bonnie Doerr, Bernice Strang, Donna Wells, Eleanor Heywood, Marilyn Jory and Shirley Merkley, Honey Wein, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Sheldon Wein, who were Car Hits Bridge Driver' Uninjured LAC .Norman Loiselle, Exeter, escaped injury when the' car he was driving struck a bridge on No, 83 highway, three miles west of Exeter, during the severe rainstorm on Thursday, evening, Eastbound, the car suffered $90 damage and ended up in the south ditch. Driver Loiselle was taken to RCAF Centralia hospital for ex- amination hut no serious injuries Were reported. OPP Constable. George Mitchell investigated. Children ,attending the swim. Hansen Sisters Star In Hensall Kin Show It's definite this time — TV's Hansen Sisters are coming to Hensel]. The pretty blonde violin virtu - uses, popular guest artists On a number of CBC shows, will head= tine an all starvariety show And (relit sponsored by Hensall Kins- men Labor Day evening, This IS the second tinie the Heiman service club has booked the popular sisters but it will be the first time for them to ap. pear. The Kinsmen planned to Fractures Ribs In Stairway Fall G. "Pete" Crcleker, 11.11, 1 -lav, is in St, Joseph's _tinsel- lal, London, suffering front three fractured ribs, one of whin ptuutut.od his lung. The injuries were reeeived in fall down a flight of stairs at his home on Friday evening. Ile slipped near the top and fell to the bottom, his beak Striking a neat. M. C M1* rocker, who 'operates a farm CM the lake road RS Well as Itis refrigeration business, is ''toming along well," his Wife teported WednesdaY. feature the girls at last year's Ontario neat Festival but they had to break the engagement When. they signed a contract to perform with Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians, ivho were playing in Las Vegas, Nevada. "We think the Hansen Sisters are top entertainers," says. out- going Kin President Jack Drys- dale, "and. we Were pretty dis- appointed last year when they couldn't; tette. They've promised ti8 faithfully they'll be here this year and we know they're going to put on a big show." Appearing along with the. fe- male violinists in the professioe- al seine will be heti Bateman, the comical magician; Bills, Neck, a Toronto •comedian who has been a favorite at Riekton Garden Party for .several years: anil Penny Nichols, ap dancing KM Ad:MIA:tic star, who's an eye - Stopper for looks. Preceding the entertainelefit, 11etisell Kitisiten wilt ran a instil - her Of - games, including :bingo and crown and anchor. After the show, there Will he deriding to the: Deajardiet •erehestre. The show will be held 1 -len - sail Arena and proeteds will An to the Xifismen's service club work. ming classes at Riverview Park are undergoing Red Cross tests this, week. Grant Licences At Grand Bend Two more liquor. licences have been granted by LOBO in Grand Bend. A club licence, effective Tuest. clay, has been issued to Grand Bend Legion. A licence has also been ap- proved for the Brenner Hetet, attbject to renovations. The hotel plans to Start. this fall to provide facilities for serving. Where To. Find It Announcements .. 3 Church Notices 3 tainirtg Events . 13 Editorials Entertainment Farm Newt 9 Feminine Farts By FIC JIM ETHERINGTQN "Our estimated time of arri- val at Nassau is 1820 local time. Destination weather is good — temp. 89.'.! This was the note that the navi- gator passed back to myself and the rest of the crew of the RCAF North Star flying over the At- lantic at 10,000 feet somewhere south of Bermuda. It was one of the most .welcome pieces . of paper that I'd seen for a long time. The four Rolls-Royce en- gines that powered our aircraft had been howling steadily away for roughly 9 hours already and actually doubted. if I'd ever be able to., hear anything again. The question of what I was doing flying towards the Carib- bean in an airforce aircraft is easily a.nswerect, ,. it's part of my job. As a flight cadet with the. Uni- versity of Western Ontario squa- dron working out of Air Trans- port Command Headquarters at Lachine, Quebec, (Public Rela- tions Branch), I had been lucky enough to get assigned to do a feature story on 4 (Transport) ; that was visible from the air Operational Training Unit sta-i were startlingly white patches of boned at Trenton, Ont. part 01 coral and the rest was forested. my assignment included going: Tho roads were a mixture of on a training flight to Nassau. -black asphalt and white coral, in the Bahamas by way of Ber-'Here and there among the trees muda and returning by way of ; of the slightly rolling landscape Washington D.C. 1 must confess I were the great mansions of the that the whole thing didn't pain ; tax -evading Britisher. T h e too much at all. !whole island of New Providence, Actually 1 guess we all asso. 1 of which Nassau is the capital, elate Nassau with rich winter 1 is only 21 miles by 7; that vacationiSts or secretaries taking I doesn't leave much room for a a long -saved -for two week sum- i b"Pling metropolis. There cer- mer fling. It therefore took me 1 tainly weren't the sprawling set,- just a little while to adjust and i Llements that 1 at least, asso- fteailizewttoeI was. 1 suppose , elated with Nassau, the Mecca get used to theblanched seasier and ulcereci busi- idea if you drift southward 011•nessmen, the haven of frustrated a cruise trip. 1 however. had !and unsuccessful maids. climbed, into the North Star in; We opened the door of the air Trenton at 9:12 on the. morning !craft and were met by a blast of of August 6 and by 8:00 that ': ho tr muggy air that fairly took night I was sauntering down the I our breaths away. We had darkened sultry streets :of Nas- I parked a goodly distance away sau. from the terminal so as we prAepsorstyyto1 an.di ngiI e. hadi cleledlte isibMaiddi looked out we could see plumes i of coral dust rising into the air expected to see shining brick i as taxis roared toward us. and aluminum hotels all over I Later as we rode toward town the place. On the contrary; all lin the taxi that had won the Inquest into the death of Mrs. Charles Glanville. 37, of R.R. 1. Hensel, who.died Sunday from injuries received in a traffic ae. extent on Friday, August 8, will be held in Exeter Town Hail Thursday night. Coroner Dr. 3. C. Goddard, llensall, will pretdde over the hearing, ordered by Crown At- torney H. Glenn Hays, C.C., of Goderich. Mrs. Glanville, who had been in London hospital since the ac-' cident, suffered serious head and chest injuries, nine fractured ribs and a fractured right arm when site was thrown from the car after the impact. She landed on the shoulder of the road. Alsoinjured was her eight - Pick GB's Prettiest Grand Bend Chamber of Com- merce plans to pick the prettiest bathing beauty on the beach again this year in another "Miss Grand Bend" contest. Although announced only last weekend, the contest has already attracted seven entries 'and the Chamber expects more.. "We a1:1 ways have a last minute rush," says President Eric Many. "1: wouldn't he surprised if we have 24 by Monday." In addition to the beauty con— test, the Chamber will present a variety show. parade and raffle for "Clarence", a beagle puppy. The holiday celebration gets underway at the midnight dance at Lakeview Casino where the contestants will appear in cock- tail or evening length dresses. )11onday, a convertible caravan will carry the curvacous cuties to the beach for the variety Show and contest finals. Fifteen of the girls will re- ceive a "Miss Toronto" swim suit and the .four winners get cash prizes of $50, $25, $15 and $10. Assisting the beauties for the contest will be Pat. Hummell, "Miss Grand Bend" of 1956, now a professional model in Kitchen- er. race we .plied the amazingly soft spoken Bahamian driver with questions galore. The drive it- self was kind of shocking. We kept going around these curves and meeting cars on the other side. Instead of swinging to the right as any self-respecting dri- ver in Ontario would do, we swung to the left. It seems to be a distinctly British local cus- tom. Actually we all knew that they drove on the wrong side of the road down there but it still never failed to unnerve us all the time we were on the island. 'Supermarket' Hats The road twisted and turned among the different sized palm trees and the vividly coloured foliage. Every now and then we'd meet a tall, dark brown Bahamian woman in glaring ca- lico striding along the road; on her head she'd have balanced everything from the family wash to the supermarket basket. In- varibly there'd be two or three —Please Turn To Page 14 eath month-old son, RAY, who is stilt in London hospital receiving treatment for head injuries. The two were passengers In a car driven by another son, Geraid, 16, which collided with a car driven by George 3. Lefe. byre, 24, of Clinton. on the eighth. concession of 'Llshom. Lefebvre. his wife and three children, were not' injured. The Lefebvre ear was travel, ing north and the Glanville ve. hole was eastbound when they met at the intersection. Police estimated damage to the cars at $1.200. 'Mrs. Glanville., of Lumley, three miles north of 'Thames Road 'United Church, was report-. ed improving when death came unexpectedly. Mrs. Glanville was the former Greta Evelyn Robertson, of Mitchell. She was a member of Thames Road United Church, Surviving are her husband, four sons, Gerald, Graham. Mur* ray and Ray. and two daughters, Lynda and Dorothy. all at home; one brother, Leonard Robertson, Mitchell; four sisters, Mrs. Eleanor Campbell, Stratford, Mrs, Harold Skinner and Mrs. Arthur Knight, toil of Sarnia, and Mrs. Harvey -Garness, Blyth, The funeral service .was con- ducted from the Hopper-Hockef funeral home by Rev, H. C. Wils son on Wednesday. August 27, with interment in Exeter Ceuta,' lery. se - SIGHT -SEEING Flight Cadet Jim Etherington of the RCAF, son of Mr. ..nd Mrs. Archie Etherington of Hensall, accom. ;milled a training flight by the 4 (Transport) Operational Trains ing Unit to Nassau in the Be.- hamas. A member of the Mils- versity of Western Ontario Re. serve Squadron, F/C Ethprington is, undergoing summer 'training with Office of Air Transport Command Headquarters at La- chine Quebec. RCAF Photo Hsal Liman 6 eei" MEBRATIGN MARKS PINAL WEDOING--Over 300 people attended!which 17 of his brothers and sisters Attended. The couple aro sedn Aoki Mafamily t)f St. Joseph. Peter Masso, PA, youngest of 21 children,: Joseph parents now have nearly 100 grandchildren, tuticti ,,,, ,, took as. his bride Joan MacPherson, of Nva Scotia, a cerm eony atl 4, s the reCeptiOn and dance whiell followed the marriage of tho last of the in a lively square. dance at Zurich Community Centro. The flan.Aioz:toti, sows '"'"" • •-• - 1 41,11,,Z titr!, -1, „„