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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-02-26, Page 1A A Approves' Park Purchase The IRiverview Park erOjegt geceived a major boost this week .when the Ausable Autho- rity .agreed Lo .purchase the Ray 1.1%.'sytie properly: •agtd assist .the town in •development •of the area: ARA has agreed ta: pay $10,000 Loi the !ruse, which will be Ingle - tamed as a. home for its field - officer, and $4,000 for the land which the town will he allowed to develop alcng Avith its present Park. ARA bas offered .is ASSIS- wine in developing the area. The, :move is subject to the ap. poral of the •Ontario •Denart- ment of Planning and :Develop- ment. but. :no difficulty is antici- pated. Lay Charge After Raid • A charge of keeping alcoholic beverages for sale has been laid against Mrs. Dave Field, wife of the alleged owner - of the Maitland Social Club, Hensel], it was announced Wednesday hY Sgt, C. H. Anderson, Goderich. The charge. will. be read in magistrate's court here 'Wednes- day, March 4, This is the second time the operator of this club has been charged within the past four years. 'Five men seized over 1,000 - pints of beer in a 10:30 pm, raid which caught seven people in the club, No arrests were made. Dave Feild, alleged to be the owner of the club,' is recuperat- ing from a fractured hip in St, Joseph's Hospital, London. Ffe suffered the injury in a recent car accident, Sgt, C. N. Anderson and Con- stable Jack Parkinson, Goderich, assisted • PCs Gibbons, Hank Reid and Hensel] Constable Ernie Davis with the raid. The same building was raided: in 1953 when it was under dif- ferent management.. The owner! was. prosecuted and fined. • Town •council a month ago agreed to purchase the home and lanci at a. cost of $14,00.0. The town. had hoped for assis- tance from the 'Authority but was .preparedto purchase the area by itself f necessary to prevent it fromhevoming dent. opcd AS private subdivision, grader the new prop:nal, if approved, AAA viJ1 coetribute the $10,000for the cost of the house; of the remaining $4,000, ,50 percent' will be•provided by gev't grants, $500 by the Autho- rity and the remaining $1,500: by the town.. Authority officials suggested :neighboring municipalities might wish to contribute toward this latter portion of the cost. A. five -man committee from the Authority under Chairman :Freeman Hodgins met with .members of council to discuss the proposal, Members tf the .ARA c om- mitlee were Andrew Dixon, Exe- ter; Wellington Brock, IL/shone; C. P. Corbett, OLS, Linen; and Field Officer :Hal Hooke. Numerous ideas regarding de- velopment of the area, including extension of land to the high— way, were expressed at the meeting and it was agreed that, an overall. plan for the area should be prepared. Mayor R. E. Pooley paid tri- bute to C. S. MacNaughten, Hu- ron MLA, for his assistance with , the project. He has been instru- mental in gaining the support of gov't officials. Fall Paralyzes Usborne Youth Paralyzed from the waist down in South Huron Hospital is Wil- liam Ellerington, Jr,'16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, William Ellerington, Usborne township, who injured his hack in a fall Sunday. He fractured a vertebra when he fell from the loft of the barn on his -father's farm. The victim and several friends • I had been swinging from one • mow to the other on a rope. The • rope broke when the youth was in mid-air. Fails To Approve Subdivision Plan Plans for an inside -block sub- division in .town may have to be Lad. dropped because of inadequate les Plan access, Wilson Morley, Andrew • street, indicated this week. ! Bursaries "There is a possibility that we will submit another plan, but .1 have not decided on it yet," he stated. Municipal engineer B. M. Ross, Goderich, in a report to council at its meeting last week, said he could not recommend . the de- velopment because the lane lead- ing to the •subdivision was only 35 feet wide. He also felt the proposed lots inside the block were too small, The area is inside the block bordered by Andrew, Gidley, Ed- ward. and Sanders streets. Only access, is a 35 -foot lane between the properties of Mr. Morley and Emerson Cornish. "We feel the proposal was a good one and that council should approve it. We could lay it out to make the .lots larger, but there is no way we can get a wider read to the area." Indication that further :develop- ment to the east of town is being considered was revealed at the council .meeting. Melvin J. Geiser and Don Southcott requested information on council's plans for drainage in the area east of the public and hig.h schools. Engineer Ross, two years ago, A proposal to donate $250 in bursaries to South .Huron Dis- trict High School, graduates, to I be. awardedannually by the Ldies Auxiliary to Exeter Le- gion, was given. unanimous ap- proval at the February meeting Monday night. • Appointed to the committee to administer the auxiliary bur- saries w e r e, Mrs, Clarenc,e Knight, Mrs. Max Harness, and Mrs. Gerald Campbell, auxiliary president. Arrangements •were completed for the past officer's banquet to be held Friday, February U. Past president Mrs. Stan Frayne and past treasurer Mrs. Doug Triebner svill be honored with presentations for the services on the auxiliary executive. Featured speaker at the banquet will be Hugh, Bremner, news editor of CFPL-TV. The auxiliary volunteered to as- sist the Red Cross with its blood donors clinic in the Legion:- Hall in April. It was decided to begin the March meeting with a pot luck supper. gighty.SOcond Year exeferZimes-Abuocafe EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 26, 1959 Price Per Cepy 10 Cents ion Not Invalid o -op Carries On 'As Usual' Charlie Mclonis said the hog he stated. Let This Sunny Scene Take Your Mind Off The Long, Cold Winter . , -• ••••• •••• " • This week's award-winning entry in The T -A's snapshot contest will help you take your mind off the long, hard winter. It shows Bobby, four, and Johnnie, two, sons of Mr. and, Mrs. George Dobbs, Exeter, on. the -1 beach at Grand Bend on one of those beautiful summer days. The picture was taken by Mrs. Dobbs, who submitted last week's winner showing the ice -covered tree, MPP Predicts Growth Urges Sugar Refinery For District Charles 1VlacNaughton, Huron MLA, advocated the establish- ment of a sugar refinery in the Exeter district during his maiden speech. in the Ontario legislature Friday - "1 believe the southern part of Huronhas an acreage and pro- duction potential for sugar beets, sufficient to maintain complete processing and sugar refining fa- cilities, particularly when it is recommended that a $42,000 Establish New Poll iFor Northern Area trunk drain to carry surface water to the river should be con- structed before the area is developed extensively. Council indicated it had no plans to construct the drath at the present time, and that it would not be able to consider any drainage relief for the area until it .had interviewed the. Ontario Water Resources Commission in regard to sewage problems, which might monopolize major expenditures for some time. Council indicated, as it; did last year, that persons opening new subdivisions would be responsible for roads and services. main unchanged. Creation of the new poll will mean that residents of the north portion, sometimes known as • Francistown, will not need to Voters north of •the river will have their own polling booth in the next municipal election. I Council passed a bylaw Wed- nesday night creating a fourth subdivision of the entire area north of the river. This was, formerly part of poll three, which was split to form the new subdivision. - The other two subdivisions re -i YP Rally Held Here Bethel Reformed Church 'Young People's Society held its annual meeting and presented the san-I heal prograin Saturday night in the SHDHS auditoriont, Abed' visitors and delegates from Hamilton, 125 attended, theludirie, London, Strathroy, Guelph, Galt, Clinton, RidgetoWe and tither places. Bert Braed, president Of the, Exeter group, presided for the: program which consisted of scripture meditation by Hans Brand and reports fot the year' given by Secretary Albert Vande Weep and Treasurer art 'Brand. 'Th ff meethership of n had a budget of abut $200 for the past year, Heath Wyeja gave a recitation Slid musical nuhibers were pre - seined by two geoups, eOrisisting of vocal duets by Atin Hobnaard and Elsie Kingma, •aceoMpanied by Harry Kiegma at the piano, and of vocal nunthers by Wil- liam Vander Worn, Cleni arid Ann HOOtiaatd, t rand. AC. contemned on this:orgall by 8ini- on Brand. A hip -Menus Diktat play was also Thnst' taking part. wee Beet 13rlic1f Heqsie wynta, Mak. Kiegma, Amir Vander Wore and Gaey Vari•Stee,g, and directed by Harty DeVriea, During Aft littereiliSaioe, item - beet: Of the Ladies Aid of the liurh serVed a lutith provided by, tilt Meg peOrik. , PM'!tf the neegraill teitialated greetitres Imre Other grOnpa -.Please Turn te Page 3 travel south of the river to vote. In reply to an enquiry from ' the Department of Highways in regard tO speed limits .on part of '11.11,1,0"7"0` MRS. HANNAH CHATTEN #. reaches 92 years Woodham Lady Celebrates 92 WOodhare's oldeAl rtaiderit, MrS, Hannah Chatteii, WAS at borne to her filo-Ida On her 92hd birthday on Wedneaday, rr bearitig is gOnd and bee stink Was bright aa she eiljeSted a cup of tea afid A piete of birth- day take with her friend, Vietoe Chatten helped 111 re- etiying and serving the guests, Mrs. Cliattefi'S Son Frank liVeS With his tetether,, No. 83 Highway in Lown, council requested a representative to con- fer with the Streets committee. The department suggested that the 30 mph limit be moved to- ward the built-up area, Councillor Murray Green, chair- man of the industrial promotion committee, reported that he, Reeve McKenzie and John Burke had attended the general zone meeting of the Mid -Western De- velopment Association which was addressed by Jack Pearson of the Department of Planning ancl Development. Reeve McKenzie was re-elected zone chairman. Contribute to Signs Council agreed to grant ap- proximately 5300 toward the year's cost of erecting large signs advertising the shopping area and industrial possibilities of the town. Councillor Greene, speaking as president of the Exeter :Business- men's Association, revealed the. group planned to erect two at a cost of $672 per year and request- ed couneirs help. Council agreed to make it contribution, providing industrial sites were advertised ori the signs. The streets committee reported no parking signs had been placed oil the south side. a James street, and numerous trees were being removed. Councillor Ross Tay*, lieetity. Reeve Mawhinney reported on — Please Turn To Page 3 Where To Find It AnneUneetiltrifs. -thurth Notices . 15 Corning Events . . 1.5.• Editetialt. 2 Enterta tens tilt 15 Fates News . 9:i: in Fee:nein. Facts . 12, 13 Heniall 6 Lookiri§ In With Liz 15 lateen '14 littirtS. -4,..$ Wen, Ads .. . 11 tolth t „. ,,,, ....... .,...,.. / recognized that Canada produces only from 20 to 25 percent, of its sugar requirements." He suggested "this potential opportunity is worthy of exhaus-• tive investigation" by both the agriculture and the planning and development departments. "I would point out that Exeter seems to offer complete services required for this type of indus- try. The Morrison Dam ensures an adequate supply of water, I both rail and truck transporta- tion facilities are available as! well as new modern and secon- dary schools, new hospital, and! more important, a stable labor ni t.". The new Huron MLA empha- sized strongly the industrial po- tential in the riding. "While industry has been some- what slow to recognize the many advantages offered by Huron, there has been considerable evi- dence in recent years that this : trend is changing," He referred Lo Goderich with its extensive grain storage and shipping facilities, likely to be enhanced by the advent of the seaway; the new salt shaft, which will make the county WWII "Canada's salt capital," j He noted the major expansion . of Seal ort h Shoes Limited, "was in large measures 1 due to the foresight and co-ope- ration of the council and people of this thriving Huron commu- ."Industrial expansion in Exe- ter has been marked recently by the location of a now modern plant and warehouse for the Can- adian branch of one of the lead- ing manufacturers of poultry and animal feed additives and I medicines and is adjoined by the new modern premises of what is acknowledged to be On- tario's largest turkey hatchery, "Clinton and Exeter have long benefitted- and com- tncreially from the proximity of RCAF stations. During and since the second world war, many thousands • d their families have made their home among. us. Attesting to Huron's hospitality, is the fact that many ; have, upon retirem cut, remained in our various communities. "The village of Hensel), by virtue of its particularly effi- cient handling facilities, has : long been known as the bean capital of Canada. It is a matter of .fact and record that more white beans clear the elevators of this prosperous village. than any other village, town or city • in. Canada. "Henn]] 18 also the home of General Coach Works, manufac- turers of mobil homes who re- cently transported by air, a pre- fabricated trailer h o m e, to- gether with a crew of workmen. to Goose. Bay, Labrador. Tile home was delivered, assembled a n d the workmen returned horn e, in a matt er of a few CA Watches Stamp Case ' Hurn Crown Attorney H. Glenn Hays, OC, said Tuesday he will be "very interested" ni the outcome of charges laid against two London firms for dealing in trading stamps, I "1 have been looking 1010 the matter for o ti 1 " Hayes stated. "I shall follow the proceedings • in London with a great deal of :interest." The crown attorney said he, has already instructed police to • investigate one complaint that, WAS received from this area. I Stamps !MVO hcen handled! here for several years; late in: , 1958 a new grotty or rive bust- !flosses 111 Exeter and one in Lu can began giving out the. usu.! pons With purchases, , Two Londen firms have :seen: charged with dealing in trading stamps in whet are described as I test eases. 'Tice' prosecutions were launch cd f011OWing a decision by the attorney - general's department that the use of stamps was he- tOrtling tho prevalent throughout the province. CIiargd tu'e tht P. 51,• It grocery 0011:1PatlYi aligned with. IGA Foodithers, •and a LoridOn hardware alleged to have pug - Oland stamps front -the Escott Consumers' associations have WSW-M.10y r o u g h t trading, stattrit, &unending they raise Pries. The technioues vary 'CrOln store *to store, hilt the haw Please Turn .to rage 3 Mr. MacNaughton took advan- tage of the opportunity to boost the agriculture production of the county. "Huron ranks first in the pro- duction of barley, second in dry • beans, and third in mixed grains. Huron combines' with its neigh- bor Perth to lead by a wide mar- gin in hog production. "Huron ranks first in the pro- duction of cattle for beef. The town of Exeter and the surround- ing area lead in the production of Rutabagas. The area has long, been among the top producers of poultry in Ontario, "In short, Huron by virtue of the volume and variety of pro- duction of farms products might well be considered a pattern for agriculture for all of Ontario.: which attests to the industry and efficiency of its farmers. We in Huton are proud of the accomplishments of our farmers arid particularly proud that. in 1958, Mr. Robert Allen of Bruce - field, captured two world chain - plots -lips at e Royal Winter Fair. hours. CE Photograph Best Of Month Jack C. Vali Goose% RCAF Station Centralia. has been awarded the first of three mammy cash Awards of ggAi in The Times -Advocate's cur- rent snapshot contest. Van Goozen's winning Pilo' fograph showed his sons feeding the swans on the Avon river at Stratford. Judges Jack Doerr, fIr0- fesSiOnel photographer, and LII e T•A's 'Robert Southcott praised the composition of the pietute, particularly the skilful use 'S' curve s, Technically, the nettativO was eXtellerit, they said. ' Eight more weekly prizes nt $2.m two more Mottlily 1111zeS of $5,00 eaeli and Mtn grand ow of Ale Alit\ stilt JO be awarded th the .eompt. HUM. teteida are still being at - toted aed Will be ;MOM Agatha diose already subtrot- ted Shied th0 contest began. early IP February, a co-op will' continue "business as usual" despite the court rulling l'oesclay which declared the duly 1958 vote "Pull and void." "We will continue to assemble and sell hogs to the packing in- dustry in exactly the same fa- shion as we have been using during the past year, under the official authority vested in us through the Farm Products Mar- keting Aet," stated :McInnis, pre- sident of Ontario hog producers. "This latest court decision, I suggesting that the 1958 vote by farmers wasn't efficiently han- dled by gov't officials, has no real effect on the present mar- keting plan." Mr. McInnis also pointed out that the plebiscite taken in July, 1958, when Onta- rio farmers voted 68 per cent in . favor of the scheme, does not , affect the validity of the pre- sent operating methods. It was declared valid by the.: court of appeal of Ontario in January. it also does not affect the co-op's regulations or the orders directing farmers to take hogs to assembly yards. "We are operating as usual," said Mr. McInnis.. Another hog co-operative offi- • cial suggested a new vote on the hog plan was unlikely but this is exactly what was expected by Charles R. Coultes. Belgrave, secretary of the group which ap- pealed to the court to declare the July vote invalid. "The next step will he a new vote," he fold The Times -Ad- vocate Tuesday evening. He promised his group would put up a "really active fight this time," Mr. Coultes is a past president of Iluron Federation of Agricul- ture but he is no longer active in any of its organizations. "They don't want me around," , • Obviously pleaaed with the • court decision, Mr. Coultes said the gaol had refused to discuss the vote irregularities with Itio group, forcing them to go 18 court. At the head of the free enter- prise group is a committee of 10 appointed at a meeting of farmers opposed to the scheme before the last vote. Theodore Parker, Sebringville, is a mem. ber of the committee but "ho has done very little," said Mr, Coultes. Bert Lobb, president of Huron County Hog Producers, said Wednesday he felt farmers would give the scheme greater support than before if a new vote weil held, -I certainly think it would go over better than it did last year," he said. "Everyone seems well satisfied with the opera! tion." Mr. Lobb said Jake Kohler, sales manager of the co-op, was at Clinton Tuesday when the news came through about the annulment. He arranged im- mediately the meeting with Premier Frost and other members of the cabinet, Belongings Lost In Storage Fire Belongings of at least twes families, who were transferred from RCAF Station Centralia to Europe, were destroyed in this fire at the F. B. Dixon ware- house in London Sunday. • Possessions of Cpl. Lorne Ford and F/0 Victor Jewitt are known to he lost. That of other families wilts were at Centralia may also be destroyed. Orga To Aid :e Campaign Fire Victims A campaign for funds and clo- thing for a young Stephen town -I ship couple, victims of a fire Saturday, is receiving a "very good" response, according to or- ganizers, Four teams have been out col- lecting contributions for Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wilhelm and their 18 -months -old girl, Caroly n. Their two-storey brick home on concession 13, about. three. Imiles south of Dashwood, burned: to the ground shortly after noon., The home was valued at $10,000. Neighbors were able to save •a few furnishings but all of the • family's clothing was destroyed. Pius Dietrich, who lives across the road and is one of the cam- paign organizers, said Wednes- day donations of any kind are welcome because t h e family "has to start from scratch." Other canvassers include Ge- rald O'Rourke. Clem McCann, Wes Adams and Lorne Devine. The ladies of Zion Lutheran Church, Dashwood, are a is o making a collection. Wilhelm, or Williams as he is • known, had just left the 'home 15 minutes before the blaze was ' noticed. "1 heard a -thump •upstairs,'' said Mrs. Wilhelm. "When I. looked all the walls were on 1.1"e called neighbor Dietrich who tried to get into the house to save the furnishings but was forced back. A few clothes and furniture Was rernOved. The home burned in less than an hour. Dashwood and Zurich brigades were called but could do little because of lack of water. • No other building on the fart was threatened. The home was purchased by the couple about a year ago from Harold Peterson. They had I installed a new furnace, chimney 1 and a freezer which was "full :of meat." Undaunted, the couple were :planning Wednesday to rebuild again as soon as the weather warmed up. They are staying at the home of Jack Wilhelin, father of the husband. AreaJinx Carr Hits Snowbank Lorne Dundas, 21, RR. 2 Cret diton, described his 55 -model se- dan as. a -jinx car" Sunday morning after it suffered 8650 damage in a rollover on the sixth concession of Stepen, about a mile south of Crediton. • - This was the same vehicle in which a gunman -hitchhiker, Jack Harness, forced Lorne and •a. friend to drive to Toronto be. fore Christmas. The car was later picked up, along with Har- ness, in the capital. Sunday morning the Crediton youth lost control of the vehicle when an oncoming car threw snow on the windshield. The car climbed a bank and rolled over on its side. Saturday night at 7:30, on the Crediton road, a ear driven by Flt. Sgt. William 'Fletcher, 34, Centralia, skidded into a hydro pole about one mile west of No, 4 highway. Damage was esti. mated at $200 by PC Hank Reid, LUCAN HONORS HAROLD WHYTE FAMILY Mr, and Mrs. Ilatoid Whyte and David, who move to tracebridge soon, were honored by the Lucaii community at it presentation euchre And dance last week. Mr. Whyte served 1 years as hydro InA11. Apr in the 'Irish town Atter serving 4 number of year in Exeter with the HMV. In bothplaces be was instrumental in organizing active toy 8couf troops. Its move tt the tracaridge arca is significant promotion. Mr. and Mrs. Whyto have two other sons, Jim And Jack. —Grattent