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top badge
In a ceremony believed tinpre-
cedented here, four members of
PXeler Joy &Pets were present-
ed Monday. night with the move-
ment's highest award, the
Queco's Scout badge,
Recipients were Troop Leader
Doug Jerdyn, Petrol Leaders
Douglas lieclgsoe and Jim Sweit
zer, Second Pale Turvey, all of
the "A" troop.
The badges were presented
by Scoutmaster Ralph Sweitzer
following the •regular troop meet-
ing. He lauded the four for
reaching the "top goal of Scoet-
ing."
'Terrific reputation'
District Commissioner Glee
.Lodge, Goderich, told the youths
they had a "terrific reputation
to live up to because Queen
Scouts are regarded as outstand-
ing citizens an their communi-
ties."
The award is given to a Scout
who has worn his first class
badge .for at least six months,
has passed four proficiency tests,
two of which must be ambulaece-
man's and pathfinder's, Others
include fireman's, despatcher's,
signaller's, camper's and res-
cuer's.
In order to keep the badge,
•the Scout must pass the require-
ments for the ambulanceman's
badge once every year,
Two of the four—Jim SWeitzer
and Dale Turvey—were present-
ed with "B" cords by Assistant
Scoutmaster. Hal Hooke for hav-
ing passed 12 proficiency badges.
Present other badges
Three other Scouts received
proficiency badges. George God -
belt received his swimmer's and
Cub instructor's badges; John
MaeNaughton h i s camper's
badge, and Ted Wilson his Cub
instructor's badge.
R is not known if any Scout
In the Jong history of the Exeter
troop has won the Queen's Scout
badge because the records have
been lost, The troop holds the
province's first charter
The four boys joined the -troop
in 1955 and 1956, at the same
time SM Sweitzer became a
leader.
Scout leaders from RCAF Cen-
tralia witnessed the ceremony.
The Exeter troop is one of the
most active in the district.
Zhe exeferZitnesatwocafe
Eighty -Second Year
BECOME QUEEN'S 'SCOUTS—These four members of the Exeter troop were pre-
sented with the movements highest award, Queen's Scout badges, .Monday night, dur-
ing a special ceremony here. Troop Leader Doug Jermyn, Patrol Leaders Jim Sweitzer
and Douglas Hodgson and Second Dale Turvey earned the honor by passing stringent
tests in proficiency work. Scoutmaster Ralph Sweitzer made the presentation of the
badge, an illustration which is inset. —T -A Photo
Surplus, road budget cut
helps town hold tax line
Exeter's tax rate for 1959 is Manager Dr. A. E. Berry indi-
the same, practically, as last
year.
Commercial rate remains at
71.5 mills; the residential is 67.1
compared to 67 last year. _,..
Residentiai is up one -tenth: -of a
mill because of an increase in
assessment, over 1958. •
"I'm happy with the rate,"
said Mayor R. E. Pooley follow-
ing council's decision Friday
night, "We are well in 'keeping
with towns our size, Some of.
them have shown increases as
high as 12 mills this year.".
Council was able to hold the
Exeter rate by virtue of a large
$16,000 sdrplus from 1958 and by
trimming its road budget $3,000. aur celebratet
This absorbed increases of:
$3,000 in the county levy;
$1,000 in public school operat-
ing budget; Mr. and Mrs, W. . J. Smith,
$800 in salaries and allow- Andrew Street, quietly cele.
ances: brated their gelding wedding an.
$1,000 in police and fire pro- niversary on Tuesday. Friends
tection expenditures; called during the afternoon and
$600 in parks; evening.
$500 in the Ausable Authority
levy and an additional 4500. pay-
ment toward increased costs for
cated" at a recent meeting that
construction may be possible in
a year or two,
Other points about the 1959
budget:
Estimated receipts on dog tax
was lowered from. $250 to $150
because dogs are being disposed
of in view of the inconveniences
caused by the rabies threat.
Police department expenditure
is estimated to hit a peak of
$10,000 this year, It jumped from
$6,400 to $9,500 last year when
resignation of Chief Reg Taylor
50 years wed
the Morrison Dam.
Also absorbed were new ex-
penditures of $3,000 toward a
sinking fund for purchase of the
Fr
ayne property in 1960; $2,000
for the repair of the sewage dis-
posal lagoon at the canning fac-
tory; and $1,200 for sewerage
survey costs.
There were few other changes
In the 1959 budget.
The large surplus from 1958
was due to a better return on
'58 taxes than was forecast in
last year's budget. Council esti-
mated tax arrears would be up
because of the shutdown of the
canning plant.
Possibility that construction of
a sewerage system may be un-
dertaken within a fete years
prompted council to cut down the
annual provision for paving from
the road budget. Council has
spent $3,000 to $4,000 in the past
two years on hardtopping side
streets.
Council bega,n its paving pro-
gram with the idea that construc-
tion of sewers, 'which would rip
up roade, was at least 10 years
Hospital sale
'biggest ever'
"The biggest and best yet"
was the general verdict in re-
gard to the annual spring runt -
:nage sale sponsored by the
Women's Atixiliary to South Hu-
ron Hospital in the Legion Hall
Saturday afternoon.
Articles for sale were general-
ly itt good condition and buyers
were numerous and eager. Tic.
kets were sold or a number of
donated items including a carv-
ing set, a drink cooler, Si, fur.
keys, A hair -do by a local hair-
dresser and a cake. This netted
over $50.
The hint of the group for the
Past two or three years has
been to reach the $1,000, mark
in Proceeds from the sale and
oil Saturday that aim was rea-
lized with six or seven dollars
to spare,
An innovation this year was
a telephone committee who. call.
ed every home hi town early in
the week.
Mrs. t.President
of the aiiXiliary and Mrs.
Etlgette Ilovirey itt etifiVentir of
the ways and means
The family were home on Sun-
day,
required the temporary hiring
of provincial police constables.
This will be the first complete
year with three full.time men on
staff.
Budget for sidewalks is $3,000,
which will provide for repairs
and lit w construction to the same
extent as in '57 and '58,
Parks budget, including the
river pond, is $2,000, the same as
it has been, but only $1,300 -was
spent last year and $900 the year
previous.
Trimming of trees cost the
town $400 this year.
Garbage disposal and dump ex-
pense is estimated at $5,800 com-
pared to $5,500 last year and
$6,300 the year before. Clerk C.
V. Pickard told council he esti-
mated this cost the taxpayers
considerably less, on the aver-
age, than in towns where gar-
bage collection is a commercial
service provided by a private in-
dividual.
New provincial hospitalization
insurance and grants toward in-
digent care will reduce this cost
to the .municipality by about
$500. • , • .
Except for the $1,000 increase
in the- public school. budget, edu-
catiofi costs remain the same.
Total is $61,000,
Major increase .the school
budget is seen net nar when
new salary schedule takes •ef-
feet for full year.
Debenture charges, :which rose
by .$6,500 in 1958 because of the
Morrison. dam construction, will
remain about $66,000.
Recreation a n d community
service budget also holds at the
'59 figure of $11,800, which was
an increase. of .$2,000 over '57.
This provides for grants of $S00
to the 'band, $2,300 to the library,
$4,000 to the community centres
board (arena and park), $2,000
to the recreation committee, plus
the provincial grant of $3,000 to
the recreation committee.
The cemetery board receives a
grant of $1,000 for the second
year in a row.
, Industrial. promotion budget
was set at $500. Last, year $350
was spent; the previous year,
$190.
EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 30, 1959 Price Per Copy 10 CAMS
N DIAL PH
FOR BEND DISTRICT
Zurich moves to study
village incorporation
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Trustee chairman Lloyd 0'. supply and installation of two ex -
Brien said Wednesday he holed tensions to the water system;
Zurich would become an STICOr- one of 53 feet of two-inch pipe to
porated village during the eom- the new separate school location;
ing year "hut we have a lot to the other of 175 feet of two-inch
find out about yet," pipe and 53 feet of one -inch pipe
to the new home of Mahlon
Sauder beside the Lutheran
church shed,
"We're not fully decided on in-
corporation," he said."We have
ft jorstf.ip,d out what it's all about
Monday night the trustees ap- Hay area awaits
Pointed Me legal firm of 13ell
and Laughton, Exeter, to inveS-
tigate the move.
"We feel we are going to be
incorporated some time but
there may be a lot of things crop
up before we can get started.
We'll have to wait to find out."
The incorporation question
was discussed at length during
Monday's special meeting when
it was decided to proceed with
the incorporation enquiry.
At a meeting Thursday night,
the. trustees authorized payment
of. fees for firemen who wished
to enroll in the St, John ambu-
iance course w'hich will be con-
ducted this year.
Tenders are being called 5,or
Laymen rally
at Dashwood
Rev. H. H. Erdman, Kitchener,
executive secretary of the On-
tario District of the Lutheran
Church --Missouri Synod, address-
ed members of the Lutheran
Laymens League of the Strat-
ford Zone Sunday hi Zion Luthe-
ran Church, Dashwood.
Rev. Erdman outlined the
church's missionary work in the
Ontario district. He told the as-
sembly that of the 108 congrega-
tions within the Ontario district,
44 of them were 'mission -con-
gregations which were just be-
gun in recent years..
Rev, Erdman showed pictures
Which he had taken of these var-
ious mission. congregations.
During the rally a 'moment of
silence was observed in me-
moriam of the former president
of the zone, the late Martin Laub
of' Exeter, who died suddenly
several weeks ago.
V, L. Becker, reeve of Hay
township, was elected president.
ler, Monkton; secretary, Joe Ditt-
mer, Monkton; -treasurer, Leo
Gibson, Dashwood; anembership
supervisor, William Palmer,
Stratford; pastoral advisor, Rev.
Eifert, London,
The rally was closed with a
worship service during which
Rev, Eifert of Our Saviour Mis-
sion, London, spoke on the words
of Mordecai to Queen Esther,
"who knoweth whether thou art
come to the kingdom for such a
time as this,"
NEARLY ZOO OWE BLOOD--bistriet Red Cross officials
said they were "quite pleased" with the results of the
first blood clinic here Tuesday, A fetal of 105 persons
Contributed to the free Wed batik ROW established in the
area by the Rod Cross, Above, two first Contributors were
Duncan MeCaffery, general manager of t keter Furniture
Ltd., left, and Charies*Poorel, OW superintendent of the
s
same firm. Roth are experien' ced donors having given 14
and 19 times respectfully. With them are Red Cross
nurses, left, Miss Dorothy Somervill) Mis Gloria Scott
and Mrs. Phoebe Semple, London. tighteeii members of
the Legion Ladies Auxiliary under President Mit. Gerald
Campbell) assisted with the afternoon and evening
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contract returns
Ray Fisher, chairman of Hay
township school area board,
said Wednesday there has been
no indication from teachers yet
regarding acceptance of con-
tracts for the coming year.
The. board has offered teachers
the same salaries as last year,
resisting the current trend to'
annual increments.
"We were paying the highest
in South Huron last year," Mr.
Fisher said.
"We treat all of our teachers
the same, except for the prin-
cipal. They are all paid around
$3,300,"
Offers to renew their contracts
were sent out to the teachers
this week with the request that
they be returned as soon as
possible.
The board has 12 regular
teachers and two part-time on
staff.
To sell Babylon school
The board decided at its last
meeting to sell the Babylon line
school on concession nine. Wir-
ing and fixtures will he removed
from the building first.
ASS'T AG REP — Donald G.
Grieve, now of Elgin county,
will become Huron county's new
assistant agricultural represent-
ative on June 1, succeeding A.
S. Bolton who has resigned.
Loss said $160
in cottage theft
Loss was estimated at $160
this weekend in the second theft
in less than a year from 'the
same cottage at Cedarbank, two
miles north of No. 83 highway
on Lake Huron.
Owner Mrs, F. V. Granger,
who discovered the break and
enter Sunday, told police a chest
of drawers, large arm chair, bed
clothing, scattermats and silver-
ware were missing this time.
Last fall, a table model TV
and vacuum cleaner were taken
from the cottage, ,
Transfer CE officers
to Franc E
Hay township council has do.
cided to install dial telephone
service for Grand Bend.
In an announcement in The
Times -Advocate this week. the
system releases details of its
application to the Ontario Tele -
Phone Authority for new =tee
in the Grand Bend area to meet
the costs of dial.
If the rate is approved, cute
over is expected in about twill
years.
The announcement says the
township council, which governs
the telephone system, will spend
a quarter of a million dollars
providing service and toll facili-
ties.
"Of this amount $100,000 will
be needed over the. next year ,te
provide the necessary long dis-
tance facilities and additional
cable and wire plant for local
service."
"Since an expenditure of this
size cannot he undertaken with-
out sufficient revenue to retire
the debt in a reasonable period
of time . . rates must be re,
wised in the Grand Bend area,0
the report states.
Secretary Reg Black outline,
the plans to have. the area ser.
vice divided into three zones,
with the base rate area being
approximately the limits of
Grand Bend itself. Other zones
are. to the north and south of
the village, and there is a rural
area to the east.
New rates, which will become
effective when the cutover is
made, range from $2.35 a month
in the rural area to $8,05 in one
of the zones.
Secretary Black said the sys•
tem has been quoted delivery
dates of 16 months to two years
on dial equipment from sup.
pliers.
The secretary said the council
considered three proposals to
improve Grand Bend's service:
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extension of the magneto switch.,
hoard; installation of a new com-
mon battery switchboard or
purchase of dial.
"Conversion to dial central
eP gypt posts equipment would be somewhat
. expensive 4give!
Three Centralia officers have in November 1954 and received more but*ould
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been posted. overseas to NATO his pilot training in westernthe best possible service to the
and 1J14 forces in France and ada. He was selected for " Cant i
users apd would.ehminate heavy
Egypt, •• • instruction duiies after gradui.
flying' .costs of operator'. salaries," the
' explanation said
S/TA 5. J. Grandin, chief, of
school services. has been trans-
ferred to SHAPE headquarters
in France. He will take up his
new duties in July.
F/O's L. F. Yerxa and D. T.
Thoburn will proceed to Egypt
for flying duties with the United
Nations Emergency Force after
they have completed a flying
conversion course on other air-
craft at Trenton.
S/L Grandin came to Centralia
In 1955 as chief flying instruct-
or. He graduated from RCAF
staff college in 1954.
S/L Grandin enlisted in the
RCAF in 1940 and served in
Australia and Ceylon during
world war two. On his return to
Canada in 1944 he was transfer-
red to various stations in West-
ern Canada and then to air force
headquarters in Ottawa.
S/L Grandin and Mrs. Grand -
in, who live in Huron Park,
have one daughter, Annabelle,
who is now living in: Denmark
with her husband, a member qf
the Rolal Danish Air Force.
F/O Yerxa joined the RCAF
in .Tanuary, 1955. He undertook
flying training in western Can-
ada at Moose Jaw, Sask., and
Gimli, Man. After receiving his
pilot's wings he was transferred
to flying instructors' school at
Trenton and then to Centralia
for duties at the primary train-
ing school in October 1956. He
is married and his wife resides
in London.
F/0 Thoburn started his
RCAF career in Montreal ie
Guelph students
complete courses
Miss Marie Hodgson has com-
pleted her course at Macdonald
Hall, Guelph, and. is visiting at
the home of her parents, Mr,
and Mrs. W, H. Hodgson, She
will attend graduation exercises
on May 15. She plans to spend
the stimmen as cook in a fish-
ing camp ob. the French River.
Marie expects to go to England
in September.
Miss Joan Thomson, who also
graduates this year, will attend
graduation ceremonies on May
15. She is at present visiting at
her home. She plans to take a
summer course 10 teaching and
will teach at Niagara Falls next
term.
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Editorials 4
Fm News li
Feminine .Fiteft, .. 10
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Lutan .. 16, it
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Want Ads. IS
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tion and came to Centralia an
October 1956. F/O Thoburn's1 "In the past it has been the
wife and infant son. reside in:policy of this municipal system,
Huron Park, to furnish the best possible her.
The two men posted to Egypt, vice at the lowest rate possible,
are allowed to take their fami- Unfortunately this has not pro -
lies with them. duced a surplus from which we
may draw funds to modernize
and improve. our system extens-
ively, It will be necessaryfor
thme township of Hay to issue
debentures to finance the im-
provements."
S/L S. .1. GRANDIN
... to SHAPE headquarters
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F7D D. T. THOBURN
... to United Nations force
r, t. YERXA
4 fit Egypf with UNEP
Another district municipal
system, Blanshard, received per.
mission from its township icouo,.-
cil to issue debentures to nstall.
dial in the Sebringville exchanee.
Chairman John Stephen. said' a
survey is now being made by
the Ontario Telephone Authority'
which would. provide the basis
for plans to convert all of the
exchanges of the system, includ-
ing Kirkton and Grantor, to
dial.
Blame crash
on frost boil
A frost boil in an I.Isborne
township road caused Mrs. Gladys
Janke, 33, Sanders street, to
lose control of her car which
rolled on its side Monday after.
noon.
After hitting the boil, the car
started to skid, turned over when
it hit; the. shoulder. Mrs. Janke
was shaken up.
Damage to the car was $125,
The accident happened about one
mile east of Exeter o,n Huron
street.
'59's suffer damage
Two 1959 models, one a truck,
the other a station wagon, col.
lided near Zurich about 3.20 a.m.
Sunday. April 26, causing $37$
dam age.
The truck, owned by Mahlon
Saucier, 28, Zurich, was parked
on the shoulder of No. 84 high.
way when it was struck by the
station wagon, driven by Lorne
Rader, 39, Zurich, who was
travelling east.
Polite have charged John
Regier, 21, RR 2 Crediton, with
careless driving as a result of
a 51,000 accident in. Crediten
Wednesday, April 22.
Regier was pulling tante the
road front a service station,
west of the Main intersection,
when his car was hit by a west.
bound tar driven. bY Donald Mc.
Kay Stephenson, 23, London.
Damage totalled $400 when
cars driven by Rev. Kenneth
Zorn, Dashwood, a n d Mike
Dzieba, William street, collided
M the intersection of William and
Wellington streets, Thursday
morning At 7.30 a.m.
Itev. Zorn was travelling north
on William; the other ear was
eastbound on Wellifigton. Chief
C. It MacKenzie investigated.
Tway ears crashed on Main
street during the heavy dowti.
pour Tuesday morning with dant.
.-os totalling OW
Gerald B. WilsOn.Tornritot
was pulling out of Callft'S milt
yard when be was struck by a
southhound ear driven by Russell
IToperoft. Dashwood.
gaCtlie,f C. /I. MeXenzie iiivesti.
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