HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-09-04, Page 1Farrn iris T.op .0eauty .,Contestants
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KIPPEN GIRL WINS BEAUTY CROWN—Pat Lovell, centre, 17 -year-old daughter of
Mr, and Mrs, Lloyd Lovell, R.R. 2 Kippen, won the "Miss Grand Bend" title at the
resort's -Labor Day celebration Monday. Yourfgest of the 15 candidates, she was a
favorite with the crowd of 1,500 which. jammed Lakeview Casino to see the contest.
Runner-up and "Miss Labor Day" was Pat Finlay, right, of Thedford, and third prize
went to Sharon Swartz, Detroit. . —T -A Photo
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HOW'S THE VIEW, FELLOWS? —Hensall Kinsmen Jack Dietz and Bill Mickle seem
to enjoy taking part in the acrobatics performed by pretty Penny Nichols, Toronto,
one of the professional entcrtainers at the club's Labor Day show. Penny, a finalist
.in "Miss Canada" ,and "Miss Toronto" beauty contests this year, is the daughter of
'a fanner in weStern Catiada. "It's a. long way from the farm to night club work in
.Toronto but 1 enjoy it," says Penny. —T -A Photn
Kippen SHDHS Student
Wins GB Beauty Coptest.
later was posing happily for iastie player on the school's
pictures. • basketball and volleyball teams.
At SLUMS, Pat is an enthus-I The win :was a popular one,
One or, the largest crowds to
jam Lakeview Casino for a boll.
$25 Ines Youth idar celebration cheered for her
lustily throughout the contest.
Over Grill Rowwas employed at the
Shop at Grand Bend during the
She Surf
:Irritated at the frequency of sunilper-
disturbanee emanating from Exe- ller statistic s: 5' 6", 132
ter Grill, Magistrate Dudley pounds, 38-251A-38:4, browridtair,
Holmes Wednesday ,levied a fine blue eyes,
of $25 and costs ' against Roy Ituener-up and winner of $25
Bullock, 18, of R.Tt. 8 Parkhill, and thd "Miss Labor Day" title
oe a charge of beteg disordeely. was talented Patricia Finlay, 21,
Police said the teenager pulled of Thedford, who was a finalist
down signs ors the wall, disturbed in a previeus eontest. A 32-22-34
customers and, as he was leav- blue-eyed blond, Pat is an out-
ing the grill, took a knife from standing singer who had daotur-
the counter. ed a host of prizes at music
Police chased the youth into festivals in neighboring tities.
in ilkvclose whOro the te• Third prize, $1.5, Anti the title
eused feigned steep and laid or "Miss Civic lieliday" went to
A 17.yeer-old Kippen farm girl
and popular SHDHS student, Pat
Lovell, scored an upset victory
over a bevy of city beauties
Monday to win the "Miss Geand
Bend" title at the Chamber of
Commerce Labor Day celebra-
tion at the resort,
Pretty Pat copped first prize
Of $50, a handsome trophy and
a chance to compete in the
"Miss Western Ontario" contest
is Windsor Wededsday when the
judges picked her over 14 other
girls for the title.
Entering her first bettety eon -
test, the Kippen district teen-
ager competed against Toronto,
London Hamilton, Windsor and
Detroit:girls, Settle Of whom had
won impressive beauty titles in
other contests.
• The vietory overwhelmed l'at
for a inentent when the judges'
deeigien was annOttneed by
Chamber of Commerce Presi.
dent title Mellroy after A sus.
pefisefid period during which
the three top contenders held
centre gage, For a second, the
tarstarted coming, but she
4U1tad,If recovered and seconds
down oh the ground, Sharon Swar14 10. of Detroit,
Constables Reg Taylor '.and who has •w•Oti 'number of toe-
Erittat Wov
ells reeeeett the knife, tests io• Michigan Including
It Was reveated that littllock had "Miss Photo Mash" and "Miss
titkeft a dislike to the •Chillse Thoroughbred". .She's a spark -
proprietor from an Illeident the hog brown-qtd brunette, with a.
veek before .and had returned t11.25.37 figure,
to get .evert. —Please. Turn To Page
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km Sewerage Meeting;
.ectuest Canners' Plans
Special committee appointed, town of Exeter."
by town council to investigate I "In the summer months, the
the sewagt problem in 'town will 1 sewage in this ditch is stagnant,
hold its first meeting this week,the rate of flow is negligable
it was revealed at Monday's and the odor is highly objection -
council meeting,
1 Mayor Pooley reported that all
The committee, formed in
-
June, has been delegated to dis open ditches are being cleaned
of
cuss with the Ontario Water Re- out to accelerate flow of water
sources Commission methods
satnadndinpgre‘inenpt pools, . water from
alleviating unsanitary sewage.
.Anxious•
to leain of the plans
are Mayor Ted Pooley;
Members of the committee'
Reeve contemplated by Canadian Can-
'ners Limited in regard to the
P,111 McKenzie, deputy - Reeve
Exeter plant, council. au
Ross Taylor. thorized
(hes Mawhinney and Councillor a letter be sent to the head of-
fice of the parent company,
Mayor Pooley called the meet- California Packing Co to en-
ing after referring to a corp,, quire about the situation.
munication front the OWRC an Couneil also registered its
regard; to consideration of con- third com taint with the post
struction of sewerage system ler office department concerning
the town, sooty smoke from the town post
At the same meeting, Jack S. bffice which infiltrates into main
Fulcher of Edward street sub- street stores and adjacent houses.
milted a written request to have Council has complained twice
samples of sewage in an open before but no action has been 1
ditch near his home "tested un- taken.
mediately ,in order to ascertain in other business council:
the danger to health of such Agreed to send members of
open sewage," the industrial promotion com-
Mr. Fulcher said the ditch, i
mittee to a development confer -
which borders the south side of ence sponsored by the Ontario
his property, near Huron street, Department of Planning and
"provides means of disposal for Development.
a large percentage of the storm Advised county ..officials that
there are no nersing hornes in.
sewage and surface water drain -
town at present time which would
age from the south end of the
be able to qualify under the new
regulations laid down by the On-
tario Department of Health for
grants and asked that, a county
representative of the health unit
contact the homes lo explain to
them the changes they would
have to make in order to qualify
Hay township council is still and the advantages that would
debating . the location of its of- accrue to them in doing so.
Tice, now ?situated on the allow- Turned down a request, from
mace of a Zurich road. • Charles Pinder School. of Music:
Council discussed the move at to rent the town hall because it
considerable length 'Tuesday was not available at the neces-
night and decided to employ C. sary times.
.
P. Corbett, Lucan engineer • to Heard a report
on the construe -
survey property an which town- tion of drains on Sanders street
ship hall stands to see if there and at the south boundary from
is room for the office there. I Deputy -Reeve • Mawhinney.
A grant of $100 to the Zurich Empowered the streets coin -
Agricultural Society was 'ap• ,,mittee to secure gravel for stock
proved and the council will pay, pile and to arrange for further
$4.00 towards prize money for cutting o.t grass where neces-
each exhibitor of the calf club sary.
from Hay township.
solicitor, W.
Assessor George Arnistrong Requested him.
has returned the roll for 1959
and court of revision will he held
on Friday, September 26 at 8
p.n.
Application has been made for
the interim road subsidy from
the Department of Highways.
Having received a request .
from ratepayers in the vicinity The Hansen sisters made it to
of the well on the sideroad be- Hensall Kinsmen's Labor Day
tween lots 10 and 11, concession show Monday evening hut it was
13, to have the well left for use, nip and tuck,
council rescinded a former mo-
tion to close it and authorized
that it be preserved for use
under • the condition that the
group interested place a rein-
forced cement Lop on it and do
other repairs to reduce hazard ,
to traffic. The work must he
done by October 15 and at the
expense of the, ratepayers con-
cerned.
Application for further tile
drainage assistance front Lloyd
Lovell was approved.
Hay Debates
Office Site
G. Cochrane, to search land title
to indicate right of way on Water-,
too street west of .CNIt tracks
on south boundary, and to se-;
cure easement for C. M. Hall!
Inc connection into the Webber
drain from the south boundary
of town.
Approved a bylaw to provide.
payment of $1,035 to cover the '
town's share of the work done
on. the Webber municipal drain:
by the township of Stephen. •
Granted building permits to
Milton Robbins, for construction
of a shop at the rear of his
Main street premises; Gerald
Northcott, a home on Witham
street; Arthur Whilsmith, a
home nn Huron street; Douglas
Hughson, Andrew street, renova-
tion; Carl S. Stire, Williani
street, and Louise Mitchell, .
James street, shingling,
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TRAFFIC VICTIM Mrs. Ross
Riley, R.R. 1 Cromarty, who
died in a one -car accident Wed-
nesday, is shown here in a Christ-
mas photograph with her daugh-
ter
HS Adds Ninth Bus;
Enrolment Hits 612
A ninth bus has been added to,
the fleet of Exeter Coach Lines:
serving SHDHS as enrolment
surpassed the 600 mark, as
expected. •
The nine routes, temporarily'
established at the moment, will;
be discussed at SHDHS board'
meeting next Tuesday night. j
Principal H, L. Sturgis report-
ed Tuesday's enrolment at 612:
and there may he a few more to
come. The school has two addi.
tional classes this year, a fifth
grade 10 and a third grade 12.
Despite the increased enrol-
ment, individual classes have!
not exceeded 40. The largest'
grade has 38 and the smallest, a
grade 12, has 19.
"I'm very happy with 'out or-
ganization which has worked out
nicely," stated Principal Sturgis.
"The numbers pretty well ;his-
tify the arrangements which
have been made."
This year's grade 13 is one of
the largest classes in the school's
history. Thirty-five students are
Expectant Stage. Star
Keeps Henson Kin Date
Three Accidents,
One In Hospital
Over $700 damage resulted
Sunday when cars driven by
'William Mason, 70, of Dashwood,
and. William J. Grasby, 47, R.11.
4 Brussels, collided on the main
street Dashwood.
Grasby, who. was eastbound on
No. 83, struck the Mason ear
which had been parked facing
east on the south shoulder and
then proceeded to make a "U"
turn on the highway.
• OPP Constable George Mitch-
ell investigated.
Charges have been laid as a
result of an accident Saturday
near the intersection of No. 4
and 8:3 highways in which one
man. was Injured and damage
exceeded $100,
Chester Cornish, Exeter, told
pollee the lights of an eastbound
car confused him and the car
he was driving went off the road
and bit a hydro pole.
Clifford htitchelt, Exeter, own-
er of the car, is in South Huron
Hospital with injuries,
On the same day, cars driven
by R. Camobeti rullarton,
and Erie Fritz,' Exeter, collided
at the Oilier of James and Main
streets.
Constable John Cowan investi-
gated both town aceidents,
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Where To-.
Find It
Announcements . , ... 11
Church Nolitfts „ 13
Coiling Event . .. „. 13
Editorials
Entortelornotif . 13
Farm New 9
Forninind Faaft li
Houten 1
LuteO 11
Sports , S
Wehl MS
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torldli 4
The blond, violin -playing TV
artists, who couldn't make last
year's show because of an en-
gagement in Las Vegas. enter-
tained 500 people in the arena
as headliners in the profession-
al show but motherhood almost
Four Win
`1.1' Awards
The 1958 graduating, class of
SHDHS has won two scholar-
ships and two bursaries to date,
Principal It L. Sturgis announe-
ed this week.
Jane Farrow, Exeter, who led
the class, has been awarded a
University of Toronto admission
scholarship to Victoria College.
Rowland Tinline, of Centralia.
won. • a $200 admission scholar-
ship front University of Western
Ontario for highest standing
among applicants from SHDHS.
Minimum standard is first class
honors.
Two grads, Don Taylor, Ex-
eter, and Mary Ann Hall, R.R.
3 Ailsa Craig, have been award-
ed $500.00 dominion - provincial
scholarships to enter U.W.O.
prevented their appearance.
One of the sisters, married to •
a Toronto lawyer, expects to
enter hospital this week to give
birth to her second child. "1
wasn't sure at the last minute
if she could make it or not,"
confessed a ielievedL Paul
Kirkton entertainer who arrang-
ed the show, after it was over.
Few, if any, of the crowd
realized one of the pretty mu-
sicians was expecting.
Kinsmen officials, somewhat
disappointed at the crowd, blam-
ed cold weather for the light
attendance. Bingo, games and
dancing to the Desjardme or-
chestra completed the program.
Sharing the spotlight with the
Hansen sisters on the profession-
al show was a 23 -year-old acro-
batic dancer. pretty Penny
Nichols of Toronto, a finalist
this year in both the Miss Cana-
da and Miss Toronto beauty
contests. A friendly western
farm girl from north of Calgary,'
Penny has been in professional
show business for two years and;
loves it.
She makes her own clothes
for her trim 36-21-35 figure and
studies singing when she's not
on stage.
Other professionals were coin-
edian Meek and magician'
Jack Bateman.
Kinsmen 'President Harol&
"Coog" Knight introduced the,
show.
studying upper school work. The
special commercial class of 24
is also large this year.
Students had a short day Tues.
clay. Assembly opened the year
with the principal welcoming
the grade nines and introducing
the new teachers. In classrooms.
the •timetables were distributed
and the children were out at
noon.
In the afternoon, the teachers
tnet to discuss details of or.
ganization.
The :nine new teachers this
year include;
Miss Barbara Baker, London,
honor English graduate of UWO,
who will teach English.
Mrs. Edna Busche, Centralia,
an experienced teacher who will:
give instruction in 'history.
Miss Dora •Christoff, Niagara!
Falls, another UWO grad, who!
will teach English.
Paul Hamilton, Toronto, UWO
grad, •teaching English, math and'
history. •
Toni S. Kerr, '57 UWO grad,
who will instruct in chemistry,
and math. He and his wife have
moved to Exeter. '
Miss Joan Mayhew, Comber,
honor graduate who will teach
French and Latin.
Miss Beth Taylor, R.R. 3 Ex.
ker. a graduate of SHDHS and
MacDonald Hall, who will be in
charge of home economics.
W F. C Thom son London,
honor language grad of UWO,
who will teach French. He has
spent the past year in France.'
Miss Vera Tyinchuk, Newbury,
another 1TWO honor grad in
modern languages, who will;
teach English and French.
Remainder of the 24 staff
members, and their subjects,'
are: a
Principal Sturgis, music and
math; Andrew Dixon, agricul-
ture. science and agriculture; !
Mrs. Edith Dixon, special com-
mercial; Mrs. Mary Farrow.'
head of the English department;
W. L. Henderson, mathematics;
E. D. Howey, commercial; G.
C. Koch, upper school biology
and commercial; Mrs. M. E.'
McPherson, the :former Mary
Arnold, m a thematics G. M.,
Mickle. physical education; Ken-
neth Ottewell, industrial arts; B
D. 'Perry, agriculture and agri:;
culture science; M. C. Sanders,
history and guidance; i. GHFalse Alarm Blast
Siegne r, physical educatioe:.
Mrs. C. L. Wilson (part-time), Awakens Town
senior Latin; J. L. Siooden, geo-
graphy. 1 Long blast .of the fire siren_
Social studies courses et : woke up most residents of the
SFIDHS will be discontinued this, town about 6 a.m. Tuesday but
year and history and geography ' it turned out to be a false alarni.
nurses .will return to the cur.; The alarm was touched off by
riculum. This trend is expected faulty mechanism in the spriitki-
to be adopted by the department 'ler system at the canning fag,
in the near future. 'tory.
Mrs. Ross Riley. 22, was 1411.i4
instantly at non oWednesday
when her car crashed. into 4. tree
south of Chiselhyrst.
Her 15 - Month - old daughter,
Cheryl, suffered a fractured arm
but was not believed to be
serious condition.
Coroner Dr. Gilbert Jarrott.
Stratford, empanelled a jury'
Wednesday attention to view
the mother's body at Stratford
General Hospital for an inqueat,
Date for the hearing has not
been set.
Reports indicate Mrs. Riley
was returning home front Hen -
sail with groceries when a front
tire blew and sent the • r crash-
ing into a big maple tree on the
fence line of concession 12, Hib-
bert, about two miles south east
of Chisellnirst.
Steering post of the vehicle
was driven up to the roof as the
front left side of the vehicle was
crumpled by the tree. T.1* right
half of the car protruded beyond
the maple.
No one saw the crash. Mrs.
Carl Stoneman, R.R. 1 Cromarty,
who lives nearby, was attracte4
by the constant barking cif her
dog. She ran to the car, return-
ed to her home to call Dr. John
Goddard, Hensall. She then tele-
phoned a neighbor, Mrs. Percy
Tippett, who look the child out
of the car and brought her to
the Stoneman house.
Early reports indicate the child
has a fractured arm. She is
believed to have been in a baby
seat strapped to the back of the
car seat,
Mrs. Riley, who was travelling
southeast, was only a mile from
her farm home where she and
her husband moved three years
ago following their marriage.
The farm was formerly owned
by Alex McLaren, now of Exe-
ter.
Cheryl is the only child of the
couple.
Mrs. Riley was the former
Anna Grace Forrest, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. WardForrest,
Parr Line, Hay Township.
Besides her parents, she is
survived by one brother, Don-
ald, and two sisters, margaret
and Marian.
Provincial police' at Sebring-
ville investigated.
Find Teacher
For Zurich
Hay township school areal this
week secured an industrial arts
and crafts teacher for the Zur-
ich school and classes will'
probably start -next week, ac-
gording to Secretary -Treasurer
H. W. Brokenshire.
The teacher is Ron Skinner,
who lives east of Russendale. He
WiiJ succeea victor
has taught the classes since
they were established in the
township area.
Other schools which are taught
industrial arts at Zurich include
Stephen area, Grand Bend, Stan-
ley area and Union No. 9 Stan.
Airs, Nornia Seibert, who cont.
pleted a course at Toronto this
summer, will be the home
economics teacher,
in other teaching changes ana
nouneed by Mr. Brokenshire.
Mrs. James McNaughton wili
supply for five months for Mrsi
Audrey Haberer, room one, Zur.
ieh school.
Mrs. Phyllis Deichert has been
hired to -teach No. 4 school, on
the Bronson line, in the place
of Mrs. Jessie Desch,. who is
confined to her home 'through
illness,
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HISBERT MOTHER blES IN CRASH—Mrs. floss Mity, 22.1hor car, above', hit this fret on Coo.cession 12, Hibbort,
R.11, 1 Cromarty, (Hod. ihstantly Wocloesday noon who • 1341 Photo