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20-Montft.QId Boy
Funeral service for 20.mouth•' and sister, Garry, live, and
old Bryan i-larry Alderdice, son :Lynn, three -
of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Alderdice, A painter, ''Doc" Kyle of Hen E' h� $ year'
a 1 to da) at Ills+ home, . Gn the >anornieg and airs. Alder -
lot .eight, concession. 12 Tucker dice had sent the ehiidren out-
iinittit, ; si.de.
Auried under a one anti ,one -i
itall' feet of straw whack fell .out 3 itcrtsali ela.t ended .an Pfd Cee l
'of the loft, the boy died of sttt ,Gibbons, Exeter;,. was coiled. No
lunation in ills -father's barn.: inquest will he held.
sonmetinte Tuesday morning. € Mr. and Mrs. Alderdice moved
Rev. D. A. MacMillan. alt,in- to the farm, which they pur-
tster .of 1Cippen United Chuu'eh,' chased front :firs, Alderdiee'a
will conduct the service and bu• father, six years .ago after their
riel will be in Egmaudville ie -,marriage. Mrs. Alderdice Is. the
inelery formes Mona Caldwell, ctaugh-
'1'he boy's parents discovered ter of Air's. Harry .Caldwell,
.the tragedy at noon Tuesday' I'ucker'smith teacher, and the
after .lar failed to appear for tate Harry Caldwell.
dirnter, Searching for him, AIr. Mr. Alderdice's parents live
Alderdice spotted the straw ,pile at Red Wing, :near Owen Sound.
on the barn floor, found his ,son lie was born at Meaford.
Lace down beneath it,
"if he hadn't been knocked
down by the straw, it wouldn't •
have happened," the father 1'�! o M i t�,,," h
said, ""He was taller than the
pile," •
"He must have been standing n w i tc .
there or just walking underneath
, when the straw fell.", 1'le didn't Ilial telephone service came to
know what caused the straw to RCAF Station Centralia over
' come down. the weekend without a hitch.
"I had been out working at a
fence behind -the barn. When I
came in to dinner, I asked my
wife where Bryan was. She
thought: he was out with nic and
I thought he had been in the
house all the time,,,
I
a t,ft. 2 l�i,itpen, will be Reid to• , eGgn.
day t.,l r� �, salt, was decorating the kitchen iS Y. _..,.,..,_.....,. ..:,....,..• .... _....._ � � . N i/ E
EXETER, ONTARIO, O Elkl� ;
The Bell telephone company's
new exchange opened early
November 16, serving 450 cus-
tomers — on the station, in
Centralia village, Huron Park
and in the surrounding rural
area.
Although they don't know the Telephone users served through
exact time of the accident, the the Centralia exchange now
parents estimated it occured have telephone numbers consist -
about '10 a.ni. ,ing of the exchange designation
Earlier that morning he had ACademy 8 and four other
been playing with his brother figures, 'These are listed in a
pink supplementary directory dc'
signed for use until the regular
directories are distributed.
The opening of the new ex
change climaxed an extensive
construction project that has
been under way since spring.
The work included construction
As a move to check the spread of a modern exchange building
of rabies, the bounty on foxes on RCAF road opposite the sta-
has been increased by Huron lion, burying and stringing of
County Council :from $1.00 to miles of wire and cable, and
$4,00, effective Monday, Nov. the installation of new telephones
17. The increase matches simi• and modification of some ex.
Jar action taken a week ago by isting ones. -
Perth County Council, Persons served through the
Jo Huron, claims for fox Centralia - telephone exchange
bounty must he presented to have toll-free local calling with
municipal clerks, accompanied Crediton and Exeter telephones.
by the two ears clipped from They dial 234 to reach. Crediton,
the fox. and 233 to reach Exeter.
The bounty will cost the For local calls within the Cen-
county $2.00 for" each fox; a Pro- tralia exchange telephone users
vincial government subsidy will can dial either the full number—
reimburse the county to the ex- two letters and five figures —
tent of half of each $4.00 pay- or the last four figures. On long
menti distance calls, however, the full
number is required,
Fox Bounty
Now $4.00
Anniversary
Fills Church
.James Street United Church
observed its -.06th anniversary on
Sunday with Rev, Charles Scott,
of ,*St. Paul's Church, Sarnia,, as
the special speaker. rhe church
was packed fon the morning ser-
vice and a large congregation
was present for the evening ser-
vice.
Special music was provided by
the regular choir at the morn-
ing service and in the evening
by the Wein
choir, Mr. Law-
rence \'i ein a t the organ was as-
sisted at the piano by Mr. Gor-
don Koch.
Grant and Jean McDonald,
formerly of Exeter, sang spe-
cial numbers at both service's.
At the morning service, Mr.
Scott made , an appeal for re-
cruits for- the ministry, empha-
sizing the importance of the
Christian eating. For his ser-
mon he used the text, "How
Does God Reveal Himself To-
day?" and in the evening his
text was "The Christian Walk."
BOY HIT, BUT UNHURT
An unidentified boy was struck
by a stake truck at the corner
of Main and Anne streets Fri-
day morning around 9 a.m. The
boy left the scene, apparently
unhurt,
• Three Features
In This Edition
,This edition of The T -A
carries three special fea-
tures:
ea-to es:
Announcement . of the re-
opening of The Burkley Res-
taurant is contained on pages
18, 19, 20.
A new SHAHS feature re-
port appears on Hage 7',
Winston Shapton, OFA presi-
dent, reports on the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
meeting at Toronto on page
12.
Next week, The T -A will
publish its annual Christmas
Opening edition, Watch for
this gift guide. which will
make your shopping much
easier.
20, 1958
Piric..+t Pott toot hp
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:ourt Acquits
BRYAN ALDERDIC-E DiES UNDER STRAW
Tuckersmith boy,, 20 months, found in 1barn
Council Orders Survey
On Cross -Town Drain
Town council has ordered an
eu gineering survey on the drain
which cuts across the southern
part of town after abandoning a
plan to enlarge the culvert near
the intersection of Albert and
Huron streets,
The survey may include parts
of Usborne and Stephen town-
ships which are affected by the
watercourse.
The ditch comes from Usborne
from the south then swings west-
ward across the town. It passes
Main Street under Snell Bros.
Ltd. property.
By ordering the survey now,
council hopes to he prepared to
take action in the spring to al.
leviate flooding conditions in the
south section east of Main street.
Engineer l'3. AI. Ross, Goderich,
has been appointed to make the
survey,.
The move came after council
rescinded a decision made two
meetings ago to install a- 42 -inch
culvert under Andrew street to
replace' the 36 -inch one there, At
the last meeting the project was
delayed to allow chore' investiga-
tion and Monday night it was
revealed thatunderMain
the e tile Aia n
street was only 36".
For a number of years, coun-
cil has received deputations and
complaints over flooding caused
by lack of adequate outlet.
Criticizes Lighting
Reeve William McKenzie, who
chaired the meeting in the ab-
sence of Mayor R. E. Pooley,
expressed criticism ,of both the
PUC's street lighting program
and its Christmas decoration
LARGEST MOBILE UNIT—General Coach, 1etrsall, has produced what is believed
to be the largest mobile unit in Canada, a 55 -foot long, 10 -:foot wide Roman Catholic
chapel which wilt be used in Montreal. Pour men working on the unit above are, left
aside, Ernie Chipchase and Bob Norr"is, right, Carlisle Wilkinson and •John Baker,
General's Chapel Largest Trailer?
What is believed to be the
biggest mobile unit ever pro-
duced in Canada will leave the
General Coach plant, Tlenital,
Thursday morning on a police.'
escorted trip to 11fontrcalr
The plant eotpleted construe -
tint this week for a io400't
wide, 33•foot long, eight -wheeled
trailer which will serveLas a
"Taxitltan's Mobilo Chapel" in
the Quebec city,
"We thunk it. the 'Iiifigtest unit
...
madeltr. ,Canada and perhaps
the curly" said herr -IMMO'i,
•4S0r1s1 dales *auger,
during the meeting.
a in programs, sent at the nomination meeting,
some sections of town were re -
,
e his nomination paper will not be
cei.ving better treatment than valid unless there is attached
Christmas lights were concert -
others, He complained that: the the returning officer that the
tion and that the corner • on thereto, evidence satisfactory to
.
traced in the main business sec- proposed candidate consents to be so nominated; and also that
which his business stands, Wel- if a candidate is nominated for
iington and Main., was being
ignored. He felt all of Main hsnore than one office til i ' I k'that he
th t re
Re felt that both
river,
►f Fatal Accident Char
No Hint Yet
Of f Election
Exeter will need at least one
new trustee for its public school
board next year.
Warren May, who is complet-
ing his second term, has an-
nounced he will retire at the
end of the coming year. He is
chairman of the property com-
mittee this year.
Town •nominations will be held
Friday night at the town hall.
To date, there has been no hint
of a challenge at the polls of
either council or school board.
Wallace Seldon, chairman of
the board, and a trustee for 10
years, has not decided whether
he will seek re-election or not.
"I haven't made up my mind,"
he told The Times -Advocate.
Reg Beavers, completing his
first two-year term, said. he
would allow his name to stand
hut indicated he might recon-
sider if other ratepayers sought
the position,
The other three members of
the hoard have another year in
office before' their terms expire.
Nomination will take place be-
tween 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Friday
and the election, if necessary,
is called for December 1.
Returning Officer C. V.' Pic-
kard points out the usual rules
concerning nomination,
"It should be noted that when
a proposed candidate is not pre -
street should .be decorated.
"I think the public should be
used alike. They all pay the
same," he said.
He also complained about the
street lighting. 'I think Qrediton
and, Dashwood have . more of
these new fluorescent lights
than we have,"
McKenzie's - remarks (allowed
a request :from the PUO; asking'
ping to resign from any one or
more of them and that if he
does not do se he will be deem-
ed nominated. for the office for
which he was first nominated."
elle
the council to pay :for the cost At
of power used by the Christmas
decorations. The PUC has pur-lowed to ante the power A building which has housed
chased the lights but is not a general store at Woodham for
Store
ooanam
also. well over three-quarters of a
Council accepted the responsi- century will soon be, torn down
bility and' appointed a committee by the Ontario Department of
to see the PUG n - spreading highways to -reduce traffic haz-
outtine decorations. PUGghtaid at the .intersection on No.
Most of the lights were erect- 23 high the there.
ed last year -through the main Mills' General Store has been
business section. This. year ad- moved from the building, on the
dations are being made at the southeast cornerr, to the resi-
north end.
Discussion with the Ontario dence on the northeast corner,
W a t e r Resources Commission where the business was first es-
tablished in 1887.
over• Exeter's sewerage problem
has been postponed until the
new year. Attempts to set a con-
venient date for the meeting in
November failed and it was felt.
the problem should be laid over
until the new council is elected.
Despite a reliable report last
week that three members of the
Community Centres Board plan-
ned to resign, all members were
re-appointedfor another year by
council Monday night.
The hoard includes Garnet
licks, representing Exeter Fair;
Harry Swartz, Exeter Turf Club;
Russell Snell. Andrew Snelgrove,
Toni MacMillan, Reeve McKen-
zie and Councillor Bailey.
Building permits were issued
—Please Turn to Page 3
Miss Blanche Mills and Mrs.
Ray Mills- operate the business,
which has been in the Mills'
name for 71 years.
James Mills established 'the
store on the northeast corner
and 51 years ago bought the
building on the southeast corner
from Jack Roy, who started in
business before Mr. Mills.
Mr. Mills' sons -- Ray,, now
of Exeter, and William, who
died in a traffic accident a
number of years ago •— operated
the business following the death
of their father.
The store will be sold by the
department to someone who is
prepared to tear it deft. -
Family Of 18 Attends
Huron Warden's Fete
The annual warden's banquet' Mrs, Catherine Morrissey:
his brother B e n e di c t and
Mrs. Benedict Morrissey, Lon-
don; his sister Mary and her
husband Denis Bedard, of zur
; his sister Winnifred and
her husband Hubert Desjardines,
of Aliso Craig. The only mem-
ber of his immediate family un-
able to attend was his brother
Andrew, of Chatham.
Warden Morrissey and his
wife were presented with a
chest of silver by Reeve George
MCCutchean, Brussels. Toast to
the warden was made by Reeve
James Donnelly, Goderich,
Minister Speaks
Principal speaker at the. ban•
quet was Rev. R. (..MacMillan,
minister of Knox Church. He re-
viewed the New Testament doc-
trine of the separation of powers
of Church and State, the highest
form of public service in gov,
-*Please Turn To Page 3
at Goderich Thursday night eras
made the occasion of the presen-
tation to Huron county ,of a 65-
year•old chair from the Ontario
Legislature's chamber.
The chair is the one in which
successive members from Huron
sat in the Legislative, during
the years- between 1893 and the
present, `
Warden John Morrissey re-
ceived the chair from Charles
MacNaughton, MI'? for Huron.-
Mr.
uron.Mr. MacNaughton explained that
refurnishing of the Legislature's
chamber Made the old chairs
surplus, and brought the oppor-
tunity to bring from Toronto to
Goderich the chair that had been
used by members sent from
Huron to Toronto. The chair has
been fitted with a brass tablet
incribed to show its history, and
the date of presentation,
Dinner was served to 325 at
the 1058 warden's banquet,held
in the auditorium of Knox Pres-
byterian Church. Rows of -din-
ing tables filled the auditorium
to capacity, and extra tables
Were set up in the Sunday school
rooms of the church,
The Roman, Catholic chapel, sites, an exterior° public address
designed by a Montreal priest, outlet, and enough auditorium . Family Gathering
will be used to bring services space to provide pews to seat ; A teatttne of the occasian Was
to the , 0 on ' the attendance of ti members
e airy s taxi drivers, Tt pers s 7 , 8 ret
wilt be moved i'egufary to tiff -
'croft!, sections of the City,
The mobile chapel has four
axles and its heavy frame is
supported by two specially
constrtetot bridge frames.
An altar and dais' will he:of Warden Morrissey's Immo-
erectecC in the front end, under
diatefamily, , Including tall of
a large spotlight. The glass ! his eight children. The 111'orris-
front will allow spectators out-; say fen-iily group ineititled the
side to witness the services. ; warden Abuhis wife; their soh
The unit has beett built for David and Ihi4 wife' their
Father Paul Atluin, for whom d a tt ix h t: e ;r Nancy and her
General built a. 45'.x$' mobile husband borrald Regie ry of
chapel two. ;vear.s
ago. It opr Taltedstri�their other chit
t th5 n Montreal, moving once, Robert, lanes, Deits
,
every 24 hours on regular Angela 1tary,
-and Aiin C'atlre-
schedule, rine; the warden's ilii a -t h e rf
•
Ilieattires cif .the unit, Maude
a glassed•in front end . which
hotrses_,the altar and speakers
dais, 52 stained glass r't>hid oivs
which Lorin crosses along the
Where To
Find It
Atinet rkinir nts , 9
Burktey Opening ..,, 18, 19, 10
thutch Notices ..- 3
Coming Events
Editorials /
Entertainment ,. . 17
Ferro News IT, I3
'Feminine Facts 14, 15
Hensel! • b'
Luci,n ,. . 'tb
Sports 6
'phis Week At 'SHOWS ..:.,,., 7
Want IAds , VI
Zurich gYl,ironiYY'rHf.YYrY+YG, .�
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PC's Memory
Locates Girl
Today's teenagers May not
be as disobedient as some
parents lea.: one Exeter
mother learned to her em -
harassment Friday evening.
She instructed her daugh-
ter to' come home early
from the SHDHS Sadie. Ilaw-
kins dance. She waited for
the girl until 3:00 .a.m., then
called police for assistance
in locating her.
Constable - John Cowen
scoured the town for three-
quarters of an hour, then
he remembered an incident
which happened to him. in
Blyth a number of years
ago.
He called the anxious mo-
ther, asked her to check her
daughter's bedroom. There
was the missing girl, fast
asleep. She'd come hone at
10:30 and gone to bed while
her mother was in another
partofthe house.
Constable Cowen recalled
he once organized a posse
to scour the countryside
for a young boy who was
later found in his bedroom.
Dark Horses
At Mensal!?
Reports from Hensel indicate
there may be several "dark
horse" candidates seek seats on
the village council.
One of them may be a woman,
the first to stand for a municipal
office in the village.
Hensall Chamber of Commerce
officials have been encouraging
ratepayers to become candidates,
They believe a lively interest in
municipal affairs is healthy for
the community.
Another incumbent, this time.
from the school board, has in-
dicated he will not seek re-
election. Doug Cook, who has
served ' two terms, told The
Times -Advocate he would not re-
turn. -
Last week it was reported that
Councillor Lorne Luker has an-
nounced his intention to resign.
Two other members of the
public school board who are up
for re-election may seek an-
other term. Howard Scone said
he had 'not decided on - running
again. It is believed, however,
that Roy Campbell has indicated
he is willing to remain on the
board.
Nomination 'in Hensall will be
held this Friday night. ,
F_. i ri_ e ft ;•
Fights MD
Exeter Fire Department are
again campaigning to raise funds
to battle the dread disease of
Muscular Dystrophy.
Cannisters will be 'placed in
local places of business, Litera-
ture will be delivered to house-
holders next week and donations
may be sent - direct to Toronto
or left at Lloyd Ford's Men's
Store.
Through the co-operation of the
public, the High School and
various local organizations, ap-
proximately $275.00 was raised
last year.
William M. Thompson, 19,
R.R. 1 Clandeboye, was acquit.
led Wednesday of the charge of
careless driving resulting from
the fatal Usborne accident in
which Thomas Easton, 25, was
killed in September,
Magistrate Dudley Holmes
ruled there was not sufficient
evidence to warrant a convic-
tion. "The old rule applies that
no 4nan shall be convicted as
guilty until he has been proven
guilty beyond any reasonable
doubt."
"There was no evidence," the
rpagistrate said, "that Thontp-
son was impaired or driving ab-
normal; no evidence to state
RUNNER•UP — Doreen Garrett,
of the Lucas area, who repre-
sented Middlesex county, was
runner-up for the title of Prin-
cess at the Ontario Federation
of. Agriculture meeting at Tor-
onto last week.
that Easton perhaps wasn't OM.
ing along the wrong side ot the
road .and something 'caudad'
Thompson to veer over 10 the
left side of the .road,"
The ,accdent occatrred, Septet*.bee 18 on Huron street, about
1?a miles east of Exeter,'. the.
night of :the town fair. Both, -driva
ers were alone and there were
no witnesses to the crash.
Bob (laugh, who bad bee4
with Thompson the day of the
fair, admitted buying liquor. its
Grand Bend but did not biw any
for Thompson, he said. lie did
not see the accused ewith any
liquor and he wasn't with tut»
when he had any drinks.
Harry Wolper, 'of the Thames
Road, whom Thompsonhad
visited shortly before the .acct
dent, said the Clandeboye youth
had one shot of rye from his
own bottle, •which was stili
wrapped, and :he took. the bottle
with him when he left: Wolper
said he watched Thompson dr -ave
away and he didn't show ant
ill effects from the liquor.
Thompson, defended by Jams
Donnelly, Goderich, did not tea.
tify, He told an inquest Jury
last week that he could not re..
member any details about the
accident.
Other witnesses included Miss
Adele McCurdy and Constable
Harry Reid.
Two Playing Car Games
Douglas E. Sillery, R.R. 1
Exeter, and David Allen Gan..
derton, RCAF Station - Clinton,
were fined $15 each, for care=
less driving on November 10.
Evidence revealed the two were
playing a game, on No. 4 high:
way in which one would pass
the other, then brake the car;
the other would pass, then brake
his car. Police caught the pail'
at the Mt. Carmel sideroad. •
The magistrate warned them
that a repeat offence would brill
a three-year suspension 'of li.
cence.
Erie Smale, Hensel', - who 'kit
a hydro pole near Zurich and
failed to report damage amount;
ing to $29, was fined $10 ,and
costs. He told police he took leis
car to the hush and hid it for
several days after the trash,
County Favors LCA
To CTA Amendments
A stand against proposals 10 The Seaforth resolution said4
amend -the Canada Temperance "We respectfully suggest that the
Act, and a stand in favor of Huron County Council appoint a
seeking to have the Ontario Li- committee to seek legal advice,
prior Control Act made effective and investigate the desirability
in Huron, were taken by Huron of petitioning the Dominion Gov -
County Council Friday,. on the ernment -to withdraw the Canada
closing day of council's Novem- Temperance Act, and adopt the
ber session. -, - - . Ontario Liquor Control Act:"-
By unanimous vote, Council Nursing Homes '
disagreed with a resolution for- Licensing of nursing homes-in
by Huron Presbytery Huron county is to be. Over/fed
Men's Council, asking for amend- — Please Turn To Page .2
stents to the Canada Temperance
'Act to tighten its control of li-
quor sales; also by unanimous Second Bursa.ry�
vote, Council agreed with a res-
olution forwarded . by Seaforth To U WO Student
Town Council, asking' for -the
LCA to replace the CTA in Don Taylor, son of Camellia
Huron,
The two decisions by council
came in the vote on a report of
the legislative committee, of
which John Deeves, reeve' of
Goderich township, • is chairnan.
The resolutions had been refer-
red to the committee Wednes-
day; the committee's report was
passed by Council, Friday, with-
out a dissenting voice,
Ross Taylor and Mrs. Taylor,
Haim street, has won his sec.
and bursary this year,
The SHDHS graduate was ret.
cently awarded a '$400 Atkinson
Foundation -award. He earlier
received a dominion -provincial
bursary valued at $500.
He is taking the business ad.
ministration course at Universi-
of Western Ontario.
PLACES FRT DIAL CALL—Mrs. • A. G. Kelt ort, wife of the commanding effieer o '
RCAF Station Centralia, receives helpful advice front W. W. 1aysolli, Bell manager
for". this area, a$ she laces the first call on the new dial exchange a for the station and
surrounding oundiltg area, Switchovel to the new system was effected early Sunday morning,
without a hitch, RCAF Phot.G