The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-10-30, Page 1P „•a � Fes,.:,
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INCOGNITO TiME—Friday night it will b difficult to recogniz; majority of the
people in this area as young and old 'alike will participate 'in costume activities on
All Saints'. Eve. Masquerade. dances for the grown-ups and costume parties for the
,kids will be held in most communities,"Above, these four girls were prizewinners .at
the .James Street CGIT Hallowe'en party Tuesday night. From left are Bonnie Turvey,
.Diane Delbridge, Mary McBride and Linda Johnston.. --T A Photo
PRANKSTERS' PENALT's-These two boys, Ricky Boyle and Terry Fisher, were
among a group of youths Who were busily engaged in washing Exeter store windows
last Saturday. They'd been caught by town police the night before appl"ging soap to
the glass to herald Hallowe'en. The boys seemed to enjoy their "punishment" as much
•as their misdemeanor and the Saturday morning shoppers in town were :amused by
the sight. —T•A Photo
Increase Social Activities
In Church; Urges CYCC
Resolutions urging more social
entertainment within the church,
more activities for the family to
enjoy as a unit, and encourage.
Ment of abstinence among teen-
agers were passed by delegates
at, the ninth annual midwestern
zone, Christian. Young Colon.
enters' Convention here oder the
weekend,
Youths also asked both church
and school to give guidance "in
the right Christian job; and be
definite about jobs which are not
Christian," and resolved that
"our creeds be. more personal,
ized by careful study of the
ancient_ creeds,.,of the Christian
Church and by testing these
creeds in our own experience,"
' The convention resolutions will
go before the Ontario Older Boys'
Parliament, which meets during
Christmas holidays,
The three - day convention,
which attracted 42 d legates front
as far as Owen Sound, Was high-
lighted by 'a deluxe tour of RCA1t
Station, Centralia, including
special acrobatic_ 'display, and.
• talks by Rev. 13ren de .'Vries;
Exeter, and Rev. Arnold Foster,
secretary of the Ontario Boys'
Work Beard,
A fen . program, discussion
sessions, and a public speaking
•contest 'completed the agenda,
Exeter youths figured pronni-,
nently,in the convention, chaired
by President Bill Batten, Sanders
street.- Eluted to succeed him
was a#IIC. i'ollen, .Huron street,
and Paul Wilson, Edward street,
Was named Bobice-president.. New
secretary is Bi! heehtei, Water,
Ion.
Patten tvnti the public speaking
e;orstrst with a talk mf choosing
friends, I•fls competitor:!, who
tied for second, were Pollen and
Wilson,
These three, ding with Donald
Taylor, led in devotional periods
during the convention.
Local groups which provided
meals, and luncheons for the
delegates included. Alain Street
United Church Women's Associa-
tion, and James Street *AOTS,
The youths' meals were provided
at district• homes where ,they
were billetted Friday and Satur-
day nights,,
Rev. Brea de Vries' tales of
underground. activities in Holland
during world war two, climaxed
the convention banquet in Jaines
Street Church Saturday night,
Mayor R. E. Pooley extended a
civic welcome during the same
program.
Distriet girls joined the con-
vention for Saturday night's furl
program, conducted by Rev, 1.1,
J, Snell. Sing songs, humorous
games and films provided enter-
tainment.
Where To.
Find It
Annouritements 15
Church Notices 15
Coming 'Events 1$
Editorials .. 2
Entertainment 15
Firm News 9, 10
Femlhitne Fatf3 12
Hensb ll 6
C,00k'inn In With Lit ,1$
(Aldan .. 14
Sports 4
Weiif s d 11
Zurich.....,..........un.o............. 5
Considerable humor during the
Convention was provided by Rev,
Foster, who organizes the
con-
vesti s and older boys's'parlia-
ment
t
lia-
ncdt iDr the Ontario Boys' Work,
Board. Extremely popular with'
the youths, he kept the canven,
tion rolling in good spirits,
Alter several of the delegates
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Collection At CE
Aids. S rin hill
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A former Springhill, N.S., resi-
dent, now at RCAF Station Cen-
tralia, was presented with .a gift
foe the mine victims' fund
Tuesday by the staff of the of-
ficers' food services.
Sgt. A Crossman, who, was
raised in the area of the mine
disaster and who now calls
Halifax his home, has• forward-
ed, $35 to the furnd.
The collection was made by
Don Cowan and ]toy Ewmett,
two civilian workers from Ex-
eter.
Two Here Share
$1;000 jackpot
Two Exeter people shared in'
the $1,000 jackpot offered by
London Kinsmen un their latest
home binge project,
Mrs. Har Br1'ntneiI, Main
street, and Mrs, hila I eay, of
Thomas street, received $250
etch in a four.way dlvisidtt.
Home bingo cards in this area
are being sold by Exeter ]tins.
Ment who', share the proceeds
with` the London club,
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Eighty SecondYe. EXETER, 4NT,ARIOr OCTO E 30,, 1958
Price Per Copy 19, Cents'
est 40 Huron Suspects,
Still No Rabies Evident
Warn Youths
Over Pranks
A warning that "we'll get
tough" was issued by police this
past week to youths' who may be•
thinking up pranks for Hallow-
e'en, •
OPP Constable Jack ll-odgins,
temporary chief of the town
force, promised court action'
against pranksters who cause
property damage or endanger
lives by pulling foolish stunts
over Hallowe'en,
To illustrate that he meant
business, Chief Hodgins put five •
boys to work Saturday mgrning
cleaning ' windows which had
been soaped the night before,
The youths had been caught in
the act. •
Though this wasn't a serious
offence, the chief indicated Ilan-
lowe'en pranks often lead to dis-
astrou.s results.
Another group of youths caught
soaping Exeter public -school
windows found themselves using
water and soap the next day.
Hodgins announced members•
of the volunteer fire brigade will.
be sworn in as special con-
stables for the night and that
all three town constables will be
on duty.
"We can be just as nasty with -
our punishment as some of these
fellows are with their pranks,"
he stated.
Residents' Sight
Sputnik Rocket
At least four persons in this
community reported seeing the
sputnik rocket which passed
over southwestern Ontario Mon.
day around 6:15.
Rufus Nestle', • Andrew street,
who watched it with his wife
and a neighboring couple, Mr.
and Mrs. Hector Heywood, re-
ported the rocket gave off a
bright light internmittently,for a
few 'moments.
"It went dff and on every 30
seconds or so," he recalled.
The object was not the sprit.
nik itself but its discarded and
useless rocket tumbling through
the heavens, 200 miles above
the earth.
Authorities said the rocket
was visible 450 miles each side
of its course, which was esti-
mated directly over Toronto.
Truck Kills
Five Calves
Five calves were killed about
3;30 a.m. Wednesday morning
when they' jumped- out in front
of a truck, driven by Harry
Armstrong, 31, R.R. 1 Exeter,
on the second concession of Hay
about one mile north of No.
83.'
• The calves were among a herd
of 20 in the west ditch and ran
in :front of the truck, apparently
frightened by the lights.
The animals were worth about
Expect Faster Spread
With Colder Weather.
Although 40 suspected animals lively identified within liuroa
have been tested, there has still borders,
not been one confrmed case of Middlesex county, led by .age.
rabies in Huron county.
The virus has been located in
' several neighboring counties.
ricultural committee chairman,
Austin Hodgins, Biddulph, took
emergency measures Monday. • A
however, and officials . doubt if meeting requested animal im-
Huron .can escape it,With cold munization. clinics set up in the
weather coning on, the disease
is expected to travel twice as
fast as it has in the past month.
Fleaith of animals division vet-
erinarian, Dr, J. L. MacLennan,
Seaforth, reported Wednesday
all tests taken so far have proved
county and urged schools to warn
pupils to stay away from stray
animals. Mass fox hunts are bee
ing arranged.
1'n Lambton county, fox bounty
has been raised to $5.00 for
adults, $2.50 for pups.
negative. He's sent in fox, coon, Premier Frost has announced
cattle, dog and deer heads for the provincial government will
analysis. pay a $2.00 bounty, providing it
What doesn't mean that we is matched by the municipality
don't have rabies in. Huron," Dr.
MacLennan warned. "We must
be extremely cautious absout it
and report every case which Overseer Bellinger, who says a
might indicate rabies," So far; group of men on a drive seldom
he said, Huron farmers have
been quite co-operative.
Game overseer, Roy Bellinger,
Clinton, doubts if Huron can es -
or county.
Mass fox hunts may not be
practical, according to Game
net many animals, Trappers, he
noted, do the best job and he
cited the work of a Clinton trap.
per who was getting from seven
cape We disease because con- to 17 foxes a day.
firmed cases surround the corn- Reeve McKenzie said author'.
ty. Rabies has been discovered.
ties. had indicated to him ,than
in Bruce, Perth and, to the south, foxes were not necessarily thb
Kent county. "It's unusual that main carriers of the disease.
it should go around us," he Mice and coons can spread it,
stated, All communities are urging
As alarm grows, particularly pet owners to have cats and
among farmers, . suspect cases dogs vaccinated immediately.
are reported in increasing num- District veterinarians report
ber. Latest cases: many residents are having their
Monday, a fox which ran to-' pets treated.
ward Ivan Sharp on his farm (For an expert analysis of the
near Shipka was killed by Glen rabies situation see the Farm
Pickering. Page, second section.)
The same day, PC Cecil Gib- .
bons Asst genie overseer Hank
Green both'of Exeter, and Milt Costume Parties •
GAS HEADS LIKE THIS .KEEP WELL HOPES ALIVE Deitz, Zurich, conducted a fu-
.. , Still digging near Crediton after nine years tile.search for a deer in the For Adulfs,Kids
9g J Zurich area re orted to be act -
Plan 'Do -Or -Die' Drill
On Nine -Year-old Well
Other 'oil companies have long
since dug and gone ,from this
area hut the Jul -Du -Mar Oils
Ltd. keeps plugging away at its
well near Crediton,
After nine years of drilling,.
most of them fraught with frus-
tration. the company still holds
hope of success,
The exploration will. soon end,
however. The company plans, a
"do or die" move this fall that
will tell the tale, according to
driller George McMaster, who's
been an the job for seven years.
• McMaster said the cable, tool
rig, which has been working on
the well since 1949, will be re-
placed by a diamond rig soon.
"W h old b bl t f' t 't
up in two or three months," he
'-eral Hundred feet — it conies u
in heads every now and again.'
I , The well is on the farm of Nel
son Schenk, about a mile north
of Crediton_
George McMaster is the, sec-
, and driller on the well.. He sue
' ceeded the late Harry Evans,
Tillsonburg, who died two years
after the project was started.
McMaster, who comes. from
' Brantford. plans to remain on
the job when the new diamond
drill comes in. "After working
on it for seven years, I'm not.
going to give it up now," he
states. "I'll stay until she's fin-
ished."
His helper at the moment is
,Tim J'esney, Crediton.
ing queerly; At least two communities %a.
Bank Green killed a fax in the district are organizing , Hal'
Hay swamp Tuesday but it i ]owe'en parties, for children this
showed no symptoms. wear and there'll be two' mese Last week at least two alarms , yueracle dances at which adults
were reported in the district, can celebrate All. Hallows', Eve.
Philip Hero killed a fox 'which k:seter'•Lions' annual event at
had been disturbing cattle on the arena will provide prizes for
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