The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-10-09, Page 1TURNIP PLANT BURNS—Sparks threatened a full block of buildings in Centralia
Village Wednesday morning when a $20,000' fire destroyed the Exeter Turnip Sales'
plant there for -the second time in less than than four years. Firemen worked for four
hours to prevent the blaze from spreading. —T -A Photo
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See Vote On Union 'Soon'.
,At General Coach Works
A vote will be held on the'
certification of a union at Gene-
ral Coach Works of Canada Ltd.,
Hensall, ,The Times -Advocate
Ban Non -Students
From HS .Events
School :functions, other than
'the annual At Home dance and
alumni events, will be limited
to students only in the future,
SHAHS board ruled . Tuesday
night.
Non ;students will be barred
from regular school dances and
other social activities in the
building,
The board gave several reasons
behind the move, first, restric-
tions of its kind placedon stu-
dent functions. Main one is that
the enrolment has reached such
a. peak that the gymnasium can
hardly provide accomodation for
the students themselves,: without
bringing in outsiders.
It was also 'felt that, while
such incidents were not frequent,
the disturbances which have
been caused at school dances
have, involved non -students,
In another innovation approved
by the hoard, parents will re-
ceive an interim report on the
progress of their children early
inthe., school year to give then
an Opportunity to, assist in •cor-
recting any shorteomings before
the term is too far advanced.
The report, which will show
students' progress in subjects
by ratings rather than marks,
will be issued this year on Oc-
tober 24.
First report card showing ex-
amination results is not issued
until the middle of December
and some parents have com-
plained that this .allows half of
the• year to pass before. the stu•
dent's standing is 'known.
Another report card is issued
at the end of March.
Blind Total
Now $350
Campaign for the blind now
totals $356.50 in the Exeter area.
chairman S. B. Taylor said this
week,
"Returns are coming in slow-
ly." Mr. Taylor stated. "We're
hoping contributors will make
p g c for
their donations as soon as
pos-
sible to hel -.
us meet ourt ob-
jective of $800, which is still a
long, way off,"
The total by communities.
Exeter • $305,00
Creditdn 5.00
Centralia', 7.00
Dashwood , 9.00
Granton '"00
Woodham ,,,., 25.00
Kirkton 1.50
Total . $356,50
'No More
Warnings
"No ,more warnings," said PC
Jack ltodgins this week as he
indicated the local police force
would start laying t r a f f i c
charges over the infractions
which have been drawing warn-
ings for the past week,
The nett/ temporary force has
already issued over 100 warn,
ings during the 'past week in a
campaign which has set the
town buzzing. A number of
charges have also been laid,
Major action took place at the
Kinsmen Harvest Jamboree Fri-
day night when two youths were
booked on "drunk and disorder-
ly" charges and a car. impound-
ed for 'being in dangerous con-
dition no brakes, The car,
driven by Allan Thornes Lowes,
17, of Clinton, struck two other
vehicles near the perk gates,.
Meanwhile, investigation is
continuing into the attack on a
15 -year-old Exeter girl early
Saturday morning as she was
walking home from the dance.
The girt was struck oil the
head with a heel` bottle by an
unknown atteeker, Tle tried to
drag her into a field but she
escaped and ran to her horde
nearby,
Police were called and Kilts -
hien Gord Bonham and Ross
Tuckey took the girl to' hospital;
Six youths Wore booked by
pellet for being disorderly .. but
four were later released.
.,
who have been in Goder,ch jail
since, .will appear ifi MK there
Thursday.
learned from a reliable source
Wednesday.
Although Ontario Labour Re-
lations Board officials 'were not
available to confirm the report,
it is believed the vote will take
bonuses based on production, an
annual •share -the -profit bonus,
free .hospitalization and free life
insurance,
Starting wage at the plant is
95 cents an hour
place "within the next few
weeks.
It was also learned that group
leaders will not be allowed to
participate in the ballot.
-The carpenters' union .has•
been working on the plant for
several years but reports in-
dicate it has not been loo suc-
cessful because of the generous
benefits provided by the com-
•pany. These include weekly
Usborne Dog
Big Winner
St. Aubreys Kuan - of -Elsdon,
the nine -month-old male Pekinese
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Walters, Winchelsea, swept the
breed prizes in the dog show at
London on Saturday.
The puppy won all six of the
classes in which he was entered,
including senior puppy class,
open class, best of opposite sex,
best Canadian bred in breed,
best of breed and best of win-
ners. The wins gad a him three
points toward his championship:
He was -shown by Mrs, Fred
Walters.
Wagons Hit
In Crashes
Farm wagons were involved in
two accidents this past week
which caused over $1,000 dam-
age.
Police said four youths from
RCAF Clinton miraculously es-
caped injury when their car
struck a wagon hauled by a trac-
tor driven by Jim Prout, 21,
R.R. 1, Centralia, on Saturday' at
8:50 a.nt.
The car, driven. by Robert
Major, 24, was northbound three
miles south of Exeter, when it
hit the wagon 'from behind,
shearing two doors. The vehicle
passed the tractor, then swerved
into the east ditch where it
turned over. Damage to the car
o
g
was $500, according to PC
George
Mitchell.
Miis
A pickup truck driven by John
Marks, 46, Bayfield, suffered
$500 damage early Monday
afternoon when it collided with
a trailer loaded .with sugar beets
on No.'4 highway, one-half ,mile
north of Hensall,
William Westlake„ R,R, 3,
Exeter, was the driver of the
tractor hauling the wagon, which
suffered only, $40 damage.
A Clinton Laundry and Dry
Cleaners truck, driven by Clar-
ence Denomme, 27, Clinton, suf-
tered $190 damage Friday when
It was hit from behind: by Don-
ald P, Hohner, 18, Stratford, on
William street,. Exeter,
The truck had stopped, wait-
ing to back into a lane when the
collision occurred PC Bruce
Chow investigated.
A careless driving charge has
been ]aid against Maxim Du.
char.me, 34, R.R. 2, Zurich, who
rare into the rear of a car driven
by Elmer Powe, R.R. 1, Ceti-
tralia, at the intersection of the
Crediton and 1.CAF 'Centralia
reeds,
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EXETER, ()NTARIO, OCTOBFR 9, 1958
rice, Per Copy 10 :Ce t
urnip Plant,
reatens Entire Village
/.sk Council' Backing
For Petiticn OnCTA
Towncouncil decided Monday
night to ask for support from
municipalities in Huron and
Perth counties for its petition to
amend the Canada Temperance
Act.
Twenty-four councils in Huron
and 15 in Perth will be requested
to endorse the resolution urging
the federal government to pro-
hibit drinking in cars and pub-
lic places under the CTA.
The resolution, drafted by
town solicitor W. G, Cochrane,
says in part;
. , , whereas the CTA con-
tains no provision which would
constitute as an offence the con-
sumption of intoxicating bev-
erages hi automobile and other
vehicles, or upon the streets or
public places in Huron,
"And whereas the law enforce-
' ment agencies in the said coun-
ty are rendered powerless to
cope with public drinking par-
ticularly as aforementioned;
NEW HOOP RECORD? — Karen Heywood,; 10 -year-old
daughter, of Mr. and Mrs.' Eric Heywood, Huron street,
borrowed a hula -hoop last week and twirled it 16,160
times for what may be a new endurance record with the
new play sensation. Starting at 4.45 p.nl. on her front
porch, Karen swung the hoop for two solid hours and
ate her supper in the process. Above, she eats a banana
for dessert. Inspired by a news report that an Ingersoll girl
had twirled the hoop some 15,000 tithes, Karen determined .
to better the mark. —T -A Photo
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!Seek Clubs Support
For wimm:ng Pool
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Exeter's swimming pool pro- outdoor pool approximately 100'
ject will be presented to three x 40'would cost in the neighbor-•
service organizations- this month hood of $40,000.00 while con -
for discussion' and support, it , struction of an indoor pool of
was announced Wednesday by sante size would cost roughly
double that amount.
Location of the prospective
pool was also discussed, In the
event that an indoor pool is
built, consensus was that land
should he acquired from the pub•
lic school board to permit con-
struction of the pool at the
western end of their property.
This 'location would make the
facilities easily accessible for
use by both local schools. The
J. G. Goman, chairman of the
investigating committee.
Initial meeting of the swim•
tuirig pool committee formed at
last week's informal gathering
of representatives of town coun-
cil, the Canadian Legion, 'the
Kinsmen, and Lions was held
Tuesday evening in the Legion
building.
All groups, with the e,ception
of council, were again repro.
seated. 141embers,of council were aforementioned site and River-
busy screening applications for view Park were discussed as
the vacancies on the police force. possibilities for locating an out
Considerable discussion took
place over the advisability of increases from all over Ontario.
building an indoor or an outcioaihavesl'` "We have orders for 300,000
committee now been a
pool, Figures available from ed to discuss the -project with points this fall," said lllanager
other centres indicated that an
the members of their particular veil Campbell 'Tuesday, Al-
organizations and seek [heir sup• tliougli the hatchery isn't
door pool.
Members of (he swimming pool
"Therefore , the town of
Exeter herewith petitions the
minister of justice to bring be-
fore the parliament. of Canada
amendments to the CTA which
will constitute as an offence the
consumption of alcoholic bever-
ages in all vehicles and in all
public places in which the CTA
is in force,"
Some doubt as to whether the
resolution would bring about
changes in the act was cast
during the discussion, Mr. Coch-
rane, who was one of the insti-
gators of a county council peti-
tion seeking the withdrawal of
the CTA several years ago, said
the problem had been discussed
by a number of lawyers in the
county and many felt the act
would not be redrafted because
of its many complexities.
Councillor Claude Farrow said
many resolutions have been
passed by various bodies over
a period of years but they had
not been successful. "The way
to correct it is to throw it out
and adopt the Liquor Control
Act of Ontario," he stated.
However, he supported it as
a means of "indicating our dis-
satisfaction with the CTA."
Councillor Bailey, who sug;
gested the resolution al the last
meeting, still felt results could'
he attained if sufficient support
WAS received from other muni• ForiVew Classrooms
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NEW HARVEST QUEEN — Kinsmen President Gordon
Baynhamcrowns Phyllis Merkley, 16 -year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Merkley, Exeter, queen of the Harvest
Jamboree Friday night. Phyllis was chosen over six other
candidates for the crown by a panel of three judges.
—T -A 'Photo
SHDHS Begins Plans
"If we were left alone, the
CTA would be fine," Bailey
stated, But neighboring counties
were under the LCA which made
it easy for liquor to be brought
into, Huron.
Deputy -R e e v e Mawhinney:
"They have put liquor stores
right on our borders,"
After some deliberation, eaun-
ell decided not to support a re-
solution drafted by the Huron
Presbytery Men's Council of the
United Church which asked for
five amendments. Officials of
the church group asked for
council's support of their reso-
lution'when they heard the town
intended to petition the govern-
ment.
Asked his opinion of the pres-
bytery resolution, town solicitor
W. G. Cochrane said he felt that
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Brother, Sister
Ticket Winners
rs
A, brother and a sister,
proud of their mother's cook-
ing, have been awarded the
first set of. complimentary
'theatre tickets by The Times -
Adv Cate for the best news �•
tip of the week.
The award went to :Ernest
and June Morenz, R.R. 2
Dashwood,who tried to beat
each othr to tell The T -A
about the picture of their
mother, Mrs. Roy Morenz,
which appeared in a national
magazine feature article re-
cently,
Five other readers sub-
mitted news _items which The
Times -Advocate appreciated.
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SHDHS board made its first
move toward construction of ad-
ditional accommodation for its
crowded school Tuesday night..
The board will ask architects,
Page and Steele Ltd., Toronto,
if it can build a five- or six -
room, addition to the school and
where the rooms could be con-
structed. . .
Members also discussed the
possibility of erecting •a second
school at Zurich or Dashwood or
of creating a new school area
along the Bluewater highway
composed of sections of South
Huron, Clinton and Goderich
districts. No action was taken on
any of these -possibilities.
Chairman Larry Snider, who
launched the discussion by em-
phasizing the need for the hoard
to act soon, said anticipated
enrolment next year was 685,
approximately 75 more than are
enrolled this year. Every avail-
able rom is being used for a
classroom except one home econ-
omics room.
By 1962, enrolment is expected
to hit the 800 mark.
Oscar Grebb, Hay township
representative, gave notice to
the board that Zurich and dist-
rict to cam-
paign
planned rict officials is
p
for a new school at Zur-
ich. Enrolment from 'Hay is now
148 "and the population is going
to increase in the township,"
Mr. Grebb said.
aid.
Mr. Grebb emphasized that
the • Zurich proposal was riot
meant to split up the present
school hut it looks ahead to the
time when two schools are
necessary.
Several members suggested
that Dashwood was a more cent-
ral location for a second school
but a further suggestion was -
advanced that some of G-oderich
and Clinton's districts in the
Bluewater area could be added
to Hay to form a district there
which would centre around Zur-
ich.
Usborne township representa-
tive Bill Ellerington felt certain
that some day a second school
would be required in the South
Huron district.
At the moment, however, the
board seemed to lean toward an
addition to the 'present school
because of `the Department of
Education's recommendation that
it would be uneconomical to
build a second school until the
enrolment surpasses 800, which
is considered the maximum for
efficiency in one building,
Principal H. L. Sturgis, out-
lining the department's recom-
mendations, pointed out that the
facilities which would have to be
duplicated in a second school in-
clude shop, home economics,
gymnasium, physical education,
library, science and cafeteria, all
of them costly items.
Carfrey Cann, Exeter repre-
sentative, indicated that sewer-
age at the present site would be
a problem if' an addition was
built He suggested the board
meet r'ith town
council to dis-
cuss this problem. "Exeter must
conte to sewerage sooner or
later," he said.
Two considerations which
,night: heavily influence the
board's planning, but about
which facts are not available,
are the number of students which
will be coming from RCAF Sta-
tion Centralia and the effectt of
the population along the Blue -
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Fire destroyed Exeter - Turnip
!Sales' waxing plant at Centralia
for the second time in less than
four years Wednesday morning
and sparks threatened more than
a block of buildings in the
police village.
Fed by five tons of wax and
fanned by a strong . south . wind,
the roaring blaze sent sparks
, drifting through 400 feet of build-
ings to the north. At tunes they
reached the Centraila United
Church, a block and a'half away.
Exeter and RCAF" Centralia
fire brigades, assisted' by local
volunteers, kept close guard on
adjacent buildings as they at-
tempted to contain the blare,
Most seriously threatened was
the Centralia hotel, about 60
feet from the plant, whose roof
swasparks, cstantly littered with live
on
Loss, which may include all
contents except a weigh scala,
is expected to exceed 520,000.
Flames destroyed an'estimat-
ed. 5,000 bushels of turnips, 10,-
000 jute bags, waxing and wash-
ing equipment, elevators and a
number of other machines. It Is
not known if the plant's boiler
is salvageable.
The plant, co -owned by. Mayor
R. E. Pooley and Seth Winer,
Exeter, was completely rebuilt
in 1955 after it was destroyed by'
fire in January of the smite
year. The owners invested con -
considerable money to double rte[
capacity when it was rebuilt.
The 'fire. hit the firm at the
"worst possible time," said
Mayor Pooley, "because farmers
are anxious to sell their tur-
nips." He and Mr. Winer were
negotiating Wednesday for the
use of other buildings in the
community. The firm is also.
operating the Canada Packers'
plant near the Exeter CNR sta-
tion, which is working to capa-
city •and cannot take more.
The Centralia plant was one
of the largest in the district,
which supplies over one-third of
the export from Ontario to the
U,S. The firm expected to handle
200,000 bushels this year.
Tuesday , afternoon and eve-
ning, three large transports was
loaded with turnips. for the".
Smell of smoke alarmed Mrs.
Laura Little, who lives hearty a
block away, and she sent her
teenage son. Ross. to investigate.
He spotted the blaze but thought
first it was at Centralia Hotel,
just north .of the plant. He put.
in the alarm about 2 a,m.
Firemenpumped. water from
large storage wells established
by the trustees after the turnip
plant fire in 1955. When supply
in an adjacent well became low,
Exeter firemen pumped water to
it from a second well toward the
CNR station.
• Much of the firemen's efforts
were devoted to protecting the
Centralia hotel. Fred Simmons,
a member of the town brigade.
remained on the roof of the hotel
throughout the blaze, checking
for outbreaks.
Firemen remained at the scene
until 6 a.m. •
Lift TV, Cleaner
From B Cottage
A'London woman lost a port-
able 17" TV and a vacuum.
cleaner Thursday night when
thieves entered her cottage in
Cedarbank, four miles north of
Grand Bend on the lake shore.
Loss was set at $300.
Entry into the cottage, owned
by Mrs. F. V. Granger, London,
was gained by breaking a lock
on a window. The theft was nbt
discovered until Friday night,
Set 25,000 Eggs
orth Land Launches Operation.
While construction progresses
rapidly on two other buildings
on the site, North Land Turkey
Hatchery has already swung into
production of poults as demand
Narrow Applications
For New Police Force
Town council narrowed a list
of 73 applicants down to 10 for
serious consideration as pollee
force appointments at a special
meeting Tuesday night,
"We're pleased with the type
of applicants we have received,
said Police COM mitt.re Chairman
Ralph Bailey .following the meet-
trig, "A number had excellent
gtialifieatieet,"
Council Wails to investigate
the background of ten of the ap-
plicants before ,it asks for per-
sonal interviews. The process
`may take one 'to two weeks.
Presunting that notte of the
applicants can accept the poli•
tion without giving two weeks'
Millet, it may be a month be-
fore the new chief and constable
come on the Joh.
• For the chin's position, Conn -
tiller Palley said council favors
a Man under 45 years of age
with a fair number of years' ex.
prime, The constable should
be younger than that, he said.
Applicants came front many
centres in Ontario and some in
Quebec, They included RC]41P
and OPP constables and chiefs
of police front other Centres,
Ages ran from 23 to 55,
"I feel we will be able to.
choose a gond titan judging from
the applications we have con-
sidered," Councillor Bailey said.
The OPP constables who are
on temporary duty have been
loaned to the town for a period
of fotir weeks,
Council Lauds Polite
("ounril Monday night .raised
the pollee work of OPP Officers
en temporary duty in town,
it -also expressed its appleela'
Cion, in a formal .resolution, of
the services given by retired po-
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poet. It is anticipated that this pieced yet, we're doing our best
support will be sought at the 10 fill them,"
Lions meeting this :Chursday, at The firm set its first batch
the Kinsmen meeting on Octoberaof eggs--40,000-4st week and
16 clic' the Legionmeeting on another 15,000 went into the in-
Oetober 23. cubators Monday
11 sufficient support is forth- wean full production is reach -
coming, the swimming pool cont- ed, North Land . will set 40,000
mittee will then be officially weekly with a resulting hateh.
constituted and will be able 10 of about 27,000 or nearly a Mil -
proceed withmore definite plans lion and a half poults a year.
both forconstruction and. for Some. $30,000 worth of equip-
raising the necessary funds. ment, including six l,obbins in-
cubators and three. Welters,
has been installed and is now be-
ing put to use. Another shipment
of the sante she is expected in
necenibet front tate Denver,
Colorado, manufacturer.
While most of the interior con•
emotion of the Hatchery is eont-
Aiinouncernents 15 pTeted, sante exterior work and
Church N;btices 15 the offices are still to be finish.
Coating Events , 15 ed, Workmen have swung over
Editorials 3 to the other built/Net to get belt,
Entertainet 15well under waybefore winter;
rn n � .. arid
Farm Naves _. 9 10 Foundation bee been laid a
Femit+lritl sits ... 12, 13 construction i5 starting Ellis week
Hensall .. 6, 7 no the walls of the, I20 x30
Loon .................................... 14 cement block :storage building
4 n:tt lite West s' f the site be-
5parts ... ......... ,te est side o ,
Wefit Ad's' . .,..... ., 11 hind the main hatchery..
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Where To
Find it
HATCHERY SWINGS INV) FRoDUCT ....... _ g o - 2
iJ 1�1N nIr-hough construction of�its new �0 x34 .
building has not been completed, North Land r,t'urkey Hatchery has already set 25,000
eggs in incubators in all effort to meet demand for poults from Ontario and Quebee4
Six incubators are ,now in operation and another six art eX 14ctod early ilM December,
Above, Murray Mcllaiy and Maurice Taylor, two of the firm's employees, prepare
eggs
for inncubatioll, -Jack Doerr