HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-10-16, Page 1•
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Eighty -Second Year
KIPPEN FATALITY—A Seaforth man was killed and a London man is in critical
condition resulting from this two -car smash Wednesday at the Kippen intersection.
The cars, identical medium-priced models, were wrecked. The crash occurred .about
9 a.m. Only the two drivers were involved; neither carried, a passenger.—T-A Photo
RECEIVES 60 -YEAR JEWEL—District Deputy Grand Master•Rt.' Wor. Bro. David C,
White, . of St, . Marys, presents 60 -year -jewel and 50 -year past master's jewel to V.
Wet Bro,- W. W. Tarpan of Lebanon Forest Lodge, A,F. 4SF A:lvi Monday ,..evening,
While Wor. Master B Corson and Bro., Ted Taman, Listowel, look on. — T•A Photo
uspend Licence 3 Years,
Assess Driver, 17 $124
A 17 -year-old Stephen town-
ship youth, Robert J.
prohibited, tailing
to report the accident and care•
less driving. He had previously
been convicted of impaired rlriv
tug and careless driving charges
in 1357 and early in 1958,
On the night of Exeter fair
Glance, Morrissey crashed into
a pole, while making a turn at
the main intersection at Credi-
ton and his passenger, Doris
Scott, Exeter, suffered a broken
leg. Police :said a phone call
carne to the station but the caller
identified himself only as Rob-
ert, They searched from 2 a.m.
to 4:30 but could not locate him,
Next morning he came to police
with a full confession.
Earlier the same night he was
stopped by police in Exeter for
driving fast and making unneces-
sary nonce.
Magistrate Dudley Holmes
the youth there • would
be no fine on ,his next offence;
he would receive a jail torch.
James Donnelly, Goderich, re-
presented Morrissey. Constable
Flank Reid investigated.
Steals Theatre Speaker
Morrissey,
was assessed $120 in fines incl
his licence was cancelled for
three • years when he was
:con -
accident
of three charges over an
accident in Crediton on Septem-
ber 19. •
Morrissey pleaded guilty to
driving while
A Thorndale man was fined
$50 and costs .for thefts of a
speaker from the dio f o Theatre Under \ A / a"
Shipka, and a radio from a car r � 7
parked al Mathers Bros. garage,
Exeter. The thefts ocburred in
August..
Numerous` thefts of speakers
from the Shipka drive-in have
been reported to police, who are
on the lookout for them. Several
more charges are expected to
be laid over them,
Albert, Gibson, 36, R.R. 2 Dash-
wood, was acquitted of a care-
less driving charge.over a fatal
accident near Shipiia in July. in
which a Centralia airman was
killed.
"I really can't see that the
negligence is such as to render
him guilty under the section as
charged," magistrate Holmes
ruled in a postponed decision.
"lie was tenable to see the pedes-
trian until he was too close to
do much about avoiding the un-
fortunate man."
Evidence revealed the '+irman
was • walking on the road in dark
clothing.
Gibson was found guilty • of
driving with only one light and
was.fined $5.00 and costs.
Fines Young Driver
A fine. of $20 and costs was
levied against Kenneth Milton.
17, R,R. 2 Crediton, who pleaded.
guilty to careless driving en Sep-
tember 21 in Exeter.
Police' reported several Main -
plaints from Andrew street resi-
dents who saw him narrowly
miss another car and screech
iris tires excessively, On another
Hansa]] PO
Malcolm E. Lewis, 23, pleaded
guilty to the charges. He is under
probation from London over a
theft in December, 1957, of two
turkeys. '
Value Rises
In Stephen
Stephen T'ownslitli's assessment
has increased by $34,890, it was
revealed at a council meeting
last week vvheii the roll was re-
turned by Assessor Donald
Geiser.
The total assessieent is now
$3,646,290, which may be .the
largest of all townships in Huron
County. Last year, Stephen Was
second to llowick, whose assess-
ment was ;3,638,814.
A municipal drain petition,
signed by William Schwartz and
others, Was accepted by couiicil
And forwarded to James 1•lowes
s the mum ei. ai
O.;t,.;S., Listowel, l p
r
emincer.
Next re ular" couiicil meeting
hill be held on NOVehbr r 4, at
1 p,dit,
Workmen began excavating
the basement for a new post
office building in Mensal] Wed-
nesday morning.
The one -storey, brick venter
strtietul•e, which will measure
38' is 28, will be. built on the
corner of Wellington and Queen
steets, opposite the CNR station.
11, H. Middleton, former 1•Ien-
salt druggist, is . erecting the
wills1
building and lease it to the
t g
goveinmenl•, lie has let the con.,
tract to Cale Doudette, Clinton,
It is hoped the building can be
ebmpleted before winter.
Buy An: Apple '
This Weekend
Four toy .Scout troops in this
district will be holdingtheir
annual apple day campaign this
Weekend,
Meter, Loon and Hensall
Scouts will be selling apples on
Saturday,
MAP Stetiott Cotitralia troops
Fri-
day, r.
Will Coticlitct their drive on ]wit•
day,
Proceeds assist alt financing;
Soottting aefivifies for" the id•'
rlividual troops,
•
occasion he was chased through
Crediton at 70 m.p.h.
Chester Cornish, Exeter, was
fined $15 and cost's on a care-
less driving charge restiltin, aia.Y you teach your child is the
ova, e vvi 'each i. chi r
EXITIER, ONTARIO, .QCTQaER ib,. 19SS
Para, Per Copy %! ,Cant,
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rom Smash it Kippers
Auctioneer 50 Years
'Finds It 'Lois Of hurt'
Frank Taylor, Exeter, who
Wednesday celebrated e0 years
of auctioneering, may have re-
corded the longest period of
service in the prdfessiou in Can-
ada.
It was on October 15, 1908, that
jovial Frank conducted his first
sale in Centralia, and he's been
going strong ever since. In his
heyday, he handled up to 200
sales a year, and he's still at it
at the age of 78.
"I'm not afraid to go into the
ring to sell against any man,"
says Frank, "My voice is just as
good as it used to be."
Recently when he applied for
his fiftieth licence to practice in
i.lurbn County, officials told him
they dirin'l know of any man in
Canada who has been auctioneer-
ing as :long as he has.
""In 50 years I've had a lot of
fun et auctions, and I've sold in
some pretty terrible weather,
too. I can remember one sale in
the winter when the snow was
blowing so hard you couldn't see
a man six feet in front of you.
Many a time I've stood in the
rain, with mud half • Way up to
my beot tops, to finish a sale."
Frank's first auction was a
community sale in *Centralia
when neighbors got 33 head of
cattle together and hired him to
Stress Valu
Of Reading
4ell them.
Two weeks later, I was out
almost every day."
He -still prefers selling stock
to anything else hut he'll tackle
• anything, and in 50 years he has
put many unusual items on the
bdoek. Now, many of the items
from older farm homes go as
antiques and at good prices.
• Recently he sold a hanging lamp,
• • which most people wouldn't
store in their attic,"• for the
princely sum of $40. Antique
plates often go as high as $13
and $14, and cruet stands go
from $10 to $12.
A Lucan auctioneer, Jim Stan-
ley, got Frank interested when
was in his 20s. "lie was a good
auctioneer, and I used to follow
him from sale to sale just to
lisieu to him. Then he took a
stroke and lost his voice. I de-
eirted to try it, and I've been
going ever since."
In his e. Fly days, he used to
sell considerable cattle for local
buyers, 'including the tete Byron
Dicks in Ushorne, and Dolt' Alien
and Hugh Brown, in , Parkhill.';
lied auction 200 to 225 cattle a I
clay.
For four ninths of the year
March, April. October and No -1
verehcr — "there was hardly a
clay 1 didn't have a sale." in
addition. he'd have a number
• during the summer and winter,'
in'i.
Always fond of telling stories, P,
Frank often user] them t'o put
come humor into his seLrig. 1•Ie'
recalls one auction in Elimville
when he stopped ,selling for 15
minutes because of a series of
humorous incidents which had j
the crowd in an uproar. •
"I feel grateful . to the people
in the district because they've,
always used me.. right," says
Frank. "I've had a lot of fun!
and some wonderful sale`s, and'
the people have always stuck
with me like a brick all these
years,"
Frank has contributed over
P,000 in lisence fees during his
career.. He was only asked to,
produce it oece was,
on that oc-
casion he mistook the police of-
fie is attempts to get his atten-
e
tion as bids on themerchandise
he was selling. The 'officer fin-
ally had to get up on the stand
with Frank to indicate what he
wanted, Frank produced his li-
cence and the policeman • left
with the laughter of the crowd
Guest speaker for the October
meeting of the Home and School
Association on Tuesday evening
was Miss Wilheniina. Pauli, of;
Stratford Teachers' College, who'
spoke on the importance of rea:d-'
ing in the child's life, and. the.
need • for creating a literary en-
vironment for the child in the'
horn e:.
"`Can you think of any school
subject that does not require
reading?" challenged .Mien Pauli,
'"Reading is the ba'sie require.
meet for all school subjects and
there are very few jobs which
do not require some reading
ability and they are becoming
fewer all the time."
"Have you formed a literary
environment for your children?"
questioned the speaker. ""Abra-
ham Lincoln lived in a loo cabin
but he had a literary environ -
FRANK TAYLOR
.. auctioneer 50 years
A Seaforth man was killed and ' went emergency operation in at.
a London man is in critical cone 'Joseph's Hospital, London, Pe
di.lion from injuries of a two : the .afternoon, lie was suffering
car smash at the Kippers inter• from two leg fractures in asddi-
section Wednesday morning tion to other serious injuries.
William Sommerville, 78, died Spurrell was driving north op
in hospital at 4 p.m., seven hours • No. 4 when he collided with WU'
after the crash. A former Mchil- Liam. Sommerville, Seaforth. who
lop township farmer, he. retired was eastbound on' the Kippers
to Seaforth one year ago, county road.
Baxter W,'Spurrell, 46, under- The cars, both '53 Oldmobiles,
-• were extensively damaged in
front. The London vehicle ended
Turnip ire'LOSS up facing south on the west side
Over $25`000• of the road; the Sommerville
car came to rest in front of the.
Former Jaippen hotel.
Loss at the Exeter Turnip PC Gibbons estimated damage
Sales fire in Centralia last week at $2,500.
has been established at over A number of persona in l)ie-
$25,000, co-owner Mayor R. E ke_.rt's store heard the crash and
Pooley said Wednesday• rushed out to find Mr. Sommer,.
The firm plans to rebuild the' villa thrown out beside his car.
plant, he said. providing a sat ; Spurrell remained in. his vehicle.
isfactory settlement ds made There was a heavy fes; earfly•
with alae insurance company. ; in the morning but most of ' it;
Considerable work has been, had lifted by the time of the
done in cleaning up the debris. ` accident.
The fire necurred early Werinea-{ Dir. Soinrttei°villa and his wife
day morning and destroyed all: celebrated , their geldeii wedding
but the cement block walls. j anniversary tw•o years ago.
Much improved
Present 60 -Year Jewel
To Lodge Past Master
V. Wor. Bro, W. W. Taman, of
Lebanon Forest Lodge, A.F. &
A.M., was presented with a 60 -
year jewel and a 50 -year past
master's jewel Monday evening
by the D,D.G.M, Rt. Wor. Bro.
David C. White, of St. Marys, on
the occasion of his official visit
to the lodge.
The work of the second degree
was ably exemplified by Wor.
Master Bro. E. Cerson and his
officers.
1' ollowing the work of the eve-
ning, the brethren adjourned to
the rooms .p1 the Eastern Star;
for a fourth degree, presided over!
by Bro. Cerson. A toast to Grand,
Lodge was proposed by Past!
D.D,G.M, Rt, Wor. Bro. W. M. •
Cann, and in his reply, Mr
White referred to some of the!
landmarks of Masonry as they
referred to our every day lives,
C. S. MacNaughton proposed
a toagt to the 'visitor,, respond-,
ed to by Past. D.D.G.M. Bro. L.
R. Coles, of Listowel. Among the l
ruling masters present who:
g pe
brought greetings from their;
lodges were: W. McBride, Hen
sail; Ernest Allen, Mitchell; i
Wally Becker, Parkhill; James!
Mrs. William Balkww'ell, 80, of
John St. east, is in South Huron
Hospital suffering from a frac,
lured pelvis received in a twr
car sideswipe on No. 4 high,
way Saturday night. Hospital
authorities said Wednesday she
,composed of Mr. Cerson, Mr. was "much improved". Q
Tamon, E of ald and Ken Mrs. Baikwell was a passenger
in a northbound car driven by
Lampman visited Mr. Creech at Miss Geraldine Ford, 17, Hari -
his
.honie on October 2, and made over, which collided with an,
the presentation. Mr. Creech was other vehicle driven by Donald
secretary of Lebanon Forest Hulley, 18, Seaforth,who was
Lodge for 21 years, the 'longest travelling south,
of any officer. He also wrote the Damage exceeds • $3,500 in the
history of the lodge for its 75th crash which took place, two and
one-half miles north of Exeter.
PC George Mitchell investigat.
ed.
A. tractor -trailer truck loaded
with cement blocks crashed into
the ditch on No. 4 highway south
of the town line Wednesday
morning when its rear wheels
Tote on the certification fell off. Damage amounted to
of a union will be held at $600 but the driver was net in.
General Coach Works of Can-
ada Ltd., Hensall, this Fri- A dog, caused an accident or.
day at 1 p.m, No. 4 highway south of Exeter
on Saturday.
About 80 workers will east The canine walked onto„. the
their ballots. highway and a lead car stopped.
The vote will be super- to avoid iat A second .ear. tdogellt
vised by the `Ontario Labor by Bruce Yeoman, 24, London,
Relations Board. assn stopped, but ilia third,
The carpenters and Join- , driven by Mrs. Margaret But.
era
union, affilioted with A.F.?;Fledge. 3... Clinton, hit Yeoman.,
of L., and with regional causing about $600 damage. Con -
headquarters at Goderieh, stable Cecil Gibbons investigat..
are seeking the certification. ed.
anniversary.
Coach Vote
e
On Friday
'ay
Miller, Granton; Don lileLeod, .
Ailsa Craig; Murray Hodgins,'
Lucon, l Ted Taman, Listowel,
anent. Make reading real to your in his ears.• spo
of , ane e m
ke Urdefly.
boys and girls. Read the road For 50 years, Frank has been In referring to the long record
signs, the store posters, the paying $25 a year to both Middle- of W. W. Taman, . Mr. Cerson
church bulletins. Remember, the sex and Huron for his licences. said that he had joined the Blyth
from an accident on August 30 v h 'll t cl 1 is 1 it Iren —
in Exeter. in truth you• are building lot
Allen Lightfoot,. 19,I3,R, 2 , those who follow after you," said
Ailsa Craig, was convicted of miss Pauli.
Mi, P 1' t d d 1y
Mr. Carl ]]ills and thanked by
, making unnecessary noise in : lT 155 au t was
ut to uce t
Exeter on October. 3 and wase
� chd.ldre.n's books from the public
Bruce Creat said the youth blew library was featured. Mrs. Hit -Delays'
his horn continuously for one- , ton Laing,librarian, spoke brief -I r Call
c carter of a bloc n 1 t r p
It i k a d atghed'dv, urging parents and boys and Break in a telephone cable
a :the constable when he was girls .to use the library. years he has been the chairman
r stopped. g required manual operation of
President :ears. Gerald Godbolt the fire alarm Wednesday morn- of the hoard of general purposes.
He intends paying some stole, Lodge do 1898 and transferred
too, because he still likes to to Exeter in 1902. He was master
swing the cane and yell "Soleil of the Exeter Lodge in 1907, and
To the fella over there in the for many years he was the active
red shirt." installing master, not only for
his own lodge, but for other
lodges in the district. In 1930,
he was elected treasurer, a posi-
tion he held for about 12 years.
In 1931, he was appointed Grand
Steward with the title of Very
Worshipful, For a number of
•
Mrs, Will Huntley. A display of
fined $5.00 and costs.Constable TelephoneBreak
In • Goderich court Thursday, chaired the meeting. Me. Nor• ing but the blaze was not ser- Mr. laemirs Itis not only been
Gerald Wither pooh, 24, :0,.11. 3 man Walper led in a sing song, ious, regular in his attendance at the
Ailsa" Craig, paid $23 and costs! with Mrs. Lorne Klei.nstiver at meetings, but he has taken an
for creating a disturbance in a' the rano. The g • A ]tet ironing board at the active interest .in rehearsals, a
public 1 p prize-winning puri s Home of FIG and airs. Donald guiding to the younger
p ace, The charge was work of the pu.blie school pupils Cameron. 128 Main. St, south light5 g
laid by PC ,lack Hodgins, in i at the Exeter Fair was on • officers,
s
charge of the Exeter force. ! display. caught fire and damaged part Another member of the lodge.
of a wall but the blaze was ex- rylr. R. N. Creech, leas receI'ed
tinguished before the fire de- his 50 -year medal. A delegation
pertinent arrived,
The home is owned by Stephen s i
i l/an For Developt Orensch t t Dr. and IIx.. .I. C. Tletcher
uk, town, The Camerons
moved in recently. returned Thursday from a trip
• through the Gaspe pennsula and
The 'telephone cable was r
( Morrison Sanctuary
broken behind the town hall at Ilse 1faritnne p ovirices. 1
es r Seek5 Publicit
rom Provincral_.ov t
Concerned over the lack of
recognition from the Ontario De-
, pertinent of Travel and Publicity,
Grand Bend Council lase week
made a formal request for con-
• sideration in publications distrib-
uted by the department to tour-
ists from the L.S., as well as
from other parts of the province.
A delegation from the council,
!Reeve James Dalton and Coun-
cruor Eric Mcllroy, interviewed
the minister, Hon. Bryan Cath-
• cart, in Toronto, Thursday.
Reeve Dalton said the delega-
; don received a "cordial 'recep-
tion" and was promised con-
sideration.
I The delegation also proposed
' the erection of a sign two or
three miles west of Forest to
•inform tourists they were enter-
, ing the Bluewater tourist area.
Survey Completed
`Reeve Dalton announced this
week that a survey • on sewerage
and. water supply the sum -
9.30 a.m. by a digging machine
and 35 lines, most of therm to
business phones, were put out of
order. The service was re-�
instated at 2:15.
Local Bell supervisor, Mary
Wells, said such disturbances
could be avoided if the company
was notified of digging opera-
tions in advance. The company
Plans for development of a
wildlife sanctuary, trout .fishing
and limited picnic facilities
around Morrison Dam were laid
at a joint meeting of, Exeter
council, .PUG and a. conunrttes, of
the Ausabde Authority Tuesday
night.
"We expect to see some day a
solid forest area around the pond,
which will become established as
a waterfowl flyway; there will be
unrestricted fishing in the pond
and natural sites for fantilyl•size
picnics, but not a commercially
developed picnic area,'lesaid An-
drew Dixon, Exeter, spokesman
for the meeting and the public
relations chairman for the Auth-
oritye,
Thentire area owned by the
Authority around the pond will
be posted to prohibit hunting. Co-
operatioii of the public will he
requested in observing this i'egu-
tation batt eventually some kind
bf policing may be necessary.
legal size speckle trent
this spring, and received ,reason-
able assurance from the Depart.
merit of Lands and Forests that
from 3,000 to 5,000 trout will be
available. The public will be
allowed to fish out the trout
using flat hottortt boats or canoes
but no powered vessels will be
allowed on the lake,
The trout Will be stocked on .a
temporary basis since a wildlife
survey made this summer re-
vealed the water was In warns
for fingerlings to survive. 'How-
ever, it was found ideal for black
bass and possibly pike and,
through spawning, it is expected
that the pond will .develop into a
geed] spot for black bass hi future
years.
To encourage wild itfe, the
feeding plots being established
will be maintained but the rest
of the area will be reforested as
quickly and 'completely as poss-
ible. Several restricted areas will
be developed near the road where
cars can drive in for parking and
a few tables will be provided
but picnics will not be encour-
aged on a large scale.
While the Authority has no will send a man to locate the
particular ob,iectiem to swimming cable in order to avoid damage,
in the pond, ale. Dixon saint that
"No Swimming" signs will be
erected o prated the Authority A A c j I �vra
case of accidentmeeting . /Y1 ,/
attended Members the the ttotity includho ed
!,1. A. Paterson, Hasa, of the tests a e r
parks and recreation hoard; and
I Wellington Brock, of the refores-
tation board. Mr. Dixon rem•e-
sen'ted the wild life board. All of
the member's of council and PUG
were present. Roy Bolinger, of
the Department of Lands and
Forests, also attended.
Where To
Find It
Announcements ..,... 1$
Church Notices 15
Coning Events Is
Editorials 2'
nter'tainment` ................. 1S
Farm Nett% 9
Fetiiinhie 'Nati .:. 'I2, 131 15
Reinsch '7
Lucas
Spotlit
Went Atli
14, 15
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Discovery of a "good supply"
of water, which appears to be
relatively free of sulphur content,
may permit 'McGillivray Town-;
ship Sehool Area Board to pro
nod with construe[ion of its new r
central' school without wailing
for the proposed pipeline front'
Lake Huron to London,
Chairman Kenneth Sholdice,l.
R,11, 2, Ailsa Craig, said the dr -t
vision will probahty depend on
the analysis of wattee samples.
"If it is satisfactory, the next'
step will be secuting an archi-
tect."
The drilling was done on lot 18,1
concession 14, just south of the
1Vest McGillivray intersection,,
where the board has optioned a
piece of land. Driller Bill Dale,
Belmont:, found water at 133 feet.
Officials still hope that tenders
can be called for the building(
early in January in order to tom.;
plete construction in time for the'
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beginning of school in 19aJ.
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sc o
The school will replace the 10
otieliteetl buildings now in tree,
one .. .
ate ol" whin hes s Dern sold to the
ctla
Department of
Highways,
mer resort has been completed
by Col. 5. W. Archibald, London
engineer, and that a report is
expected soon.
The decision of London- authori-
ties to construct a water pipeline
from Lake Huron, has not been
considered yet, the reeve said,
but he expected it would be as
soon as details of the London
project become available.
Rename Two Streets
Two of three streets in the
summer resort, which all bore
the name "River Road," have
been renamed to avoid confusion.
The street on the east side of the
river, from Highway 81 south
will be known as "Sauble Road,'`
and the school street, further
east, has been named "Gill
Road," in honor of the first reeve
of the village. Harmon Gill,
The road which runs along the
south side of the river, from the
Bluewater to the fish shanties,
will remain the "River Road."
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hogti from the federal experimental erimerttal farm in Alberta, Emerson Penhalc is probably
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the luckiest farmer in Canada, Last year, he was one of six in Ontario who was able
'to buy one at1tl this, year his name was selected again from a list of 1,000 applicants
for the purebred stock, (See story on page nine.)' I A rho)
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