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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-05-14, Page 1777 7 SURVEY TORNADO DAMAGE—Owner Ron Mock, Doug Cooper and John Taylor, employees at Hurondale Dairy, survey part of the damage done by the Monday morn- ing tornado which took the roof and part of a wall. The two employees were in the building at the time but weren't injured. —T -A Photo 11737 Eighty -Second Year cs-ruocac EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 14, 1959 Price.Por Copy 10 Cenr PARK IN PI OPENS- THIS WEEKEND Dashwood boy dies in accident A six-year-old Dashwood boy, Charles George Irwin, died early Wednesday afternoon after he was struck by a car while rid- ing a bicycle home from school. He was the son of the man- ager of the Dashwood bank, J. Clair Irwin, and Mrs. Irwin. Two older brothers survive. Police said the boy was going STAGE BIG ,CLEAN-UP—Members of all community or- ganizations, residents and farmers joined hands to clean up the debris at the Hurondale Dairy plant following the tornado Monday. Over 150 participated in the bee. Owner Mock hopes to get plant rebuilt as soon as possible. He is presently using the facilities at Exeter Dairy: T -A Photo Mass bee cleans up debri after tornado hits dairy Owner Ron Mock said Wednes day he is making plans. to rebuild immediately his Hurondale Dairy plant which was ravaged by a tornado at Hensall Monday, "We hope to be back in opera- tion spon," .he stated. Major clean-up bee, staged Monday night by 150 men of the community, got the reconstruc- tion project off to a fast start. The big gang of men made short work of removing the debris and tearing 'down weakened brick walls. • The tornado, which hit without warning about 11.45 Monday, swept off .the roof and top hall - storey of the plant and blew in the east wall. Only three rooms of the building are now standing. Major part of one wall fell in on a European -made delivery truck and a horse-drawn milk wagon, causing extensive damagemage to. both. Quite a few milk bottles were smashed and some machin- ery damaged. Roof of the plant was carried through the end and roof of a frame barn just east of the plant, and battered pieces were strewn up to 300. yards. A considerable portion of the roof wrapped itself around a tree about 100 yards from the building. Two employees in the plant — John Taylor and Douglas Cooper escaped without a scratch, John Taylor said; "It only 'took half a second, I heard some wind but 'by the time d realized it, it was over. All I could hear was bricks .falling," Said Doug Cooper: "1 was wheeling bottles in the plant when all of a sudden the bricks started to fly," Owner Ron Mock: "1 feel we Were really fortunate that neither of • the boys was hurt, It could hove been, a lot worse." Mr, Mock was in the kitchen of his home nearby when the for • nado hit. "1 was watching the Storm come up from the west but it didn't look like a twister to me. The first think I saw was the roof going by the window." Mrs. Archie Noakes, who lives next door, saw the twister. -come up and nearly lost her clothes in It, She was trying to bring in her wash When the wind blew clothes o the line and dumped most of theni in the neighbor's yard, Ono 'sheet lodged itself at the top of if pear tree, The tornado dipped once more In Hensall and then near Chisel- herst before doing more damage in Perth. Nonagenarian falls Mrs John Fletcher, Albert St., who is in her 'ninety-fourth year, fell at her home on Friday Mein., ing Cutting a gash in her fore- head Which necessitated 12 stitches to close, ti She 4s progressing 1'a:vot ably in South Huron_ Hospital and expects to return to her home Vat week, , At Bob Caldwells residence, in Hensall, it knocked off the chim- ne- and TV aerial and split a pear tree. Half of the roof of an L-shaped barn, owned by Ted Taylor, Chiselhurst, was ripped off, and the chimney was knocked off a house occupied by Mr, and Mrs. Bill ,Riley, on the opposite side Choose best speakers at Exeter public school Winners in public speaking in grade's 7 and 8 of Exeter Public School were determined at the Home and School Association meeting at the school Tuesday evening. In grade 8 Robert Shapton was the winner, speaking on Farming Yesterday and Today. Carolynne Simmons was runner- up, choosing Making Maple Sy- rup, p and Donald Wright spoke on the Prevention of Fires. In grade 7, Helen Hendrick was the top speaker on Canada's Indian Princess. Runner-up was John MacNaughton who spoke on Stamp Collectors and Their Stamps. Bonnie Turvey's subject was A Sea Route of the Future. Inspector G. J. Goman pre- sented silver cups .to the winners and a silver dollar to each of the others. Judges were Mrs. R. Molitor, Crediton, G. J. Goman and A. E. ,,Nelson, Stratford, retired Perth county inspector, who was introduced by Principal A, B. Idle, and who gave the ;results of the judges. Previously, elimination tests had been held, On Friday three finalists were chosen from 18 entries in grade 7 with 11'frs, M. G, Fletcher, Mrs. J. G. Dunlop and Mrs. R. Van Farowe as judges. On Monday, from 30 speakers in grade 8, three final- ists were chosen with Mrs, Lloyd Taylor, Rev. A. G, Van Eek and Mr, Stanley Saucier as judges. Rev. H. J. Snell installed the officers for 1959.60. President is Mrs. R. C. Denney; vice-presi- dents, Mrs. Peter Durand and Mrs, W. G. Huntley, Mrs, Ward Kraft; secretary, Mrs. Ken Mc- Laughlin; Corresponding secre- tary, Mrs. Harry Cole; trea- surer, Mrs. Glen Mickle; prin- cipal, A, B. Idle; staff repre- sentatives, Mrs, Douglas Hugh - Where to find it Announcements 13 Church Notices 17 Coming Events 11 Farm News 11 Feminine Facts ..... 14, 15 Menial! Liman .. , . ,... Sports Want. Ads Zurich son and Miss Betty Goudie. Elected members are Mrs. Murray Greene, Mrs. Eugene Beaver, Mrs. Arnold Linden - field, Mrs. John Burke, Mrs. Clarence MacDonald and Mrs. Robert Hilti. Mrs. Harold Broderick pre- sented the slate of officers. Other features of the program were a girls' chorus in which Elsie Gosar, Kathie Smith, Lydia Roelof, Marion Walker, Norma Young, Susan Dinney and Bar- bara Janke took part, and a boys' chorus comprising Bob Broderick, Bill Heywood, Brian Wedlake, Freddie Smith, Philip Dzioba, George ,Tryon, and, a piano solo by Carolynne Sim- mons. Mrs. Gerald Godbolt chaired the meeting. of the road. "I've never geen such a wonder- ful thing," exclaimed a grateful Ron Mock Monday night after 150 mengathered at the plant to stage the clean-up. With tractors and trucks, they cleared away the debris and tore down the dam- aged brick walls. Members of the Legion, Kins- men and Chamber of Commerce, village residents . and nearby farmers pitched in. • Mrs. Mock, helped 'by women of the community, served lunch to the men. The dairy continues to serve its customers throughthe services of Exeter Dairy Ltd. Milk is be- ing processed at the Exeter plant anddistributed by Hurondale drivers. • Loss is covered by insurance. Damage McGillivray school Heavy winds- blew over two cement -block corridor walls in the new central school, under construction in McGillivray Town- ship the same morning. One of the 160 -ft, walls had been completed, the other was about hall up. The big one fell on the smaller. None of the workmen was hurt but several had been working beside the wall just a few min- utes before it went over. home from school when he entered Highway 83 from the southsection. at the planing mill inter - He was struck by a small Volkswagen car, westbound, driven by Gordon E. Tullock, 34, RR 1 Dorchester. Dashwood physician, Dr, V. Gulens, whose office is less than a block from the scene, was at the boy's side immediately. A resuscitator was rushed from Grand Bend and used on the boy but hedied about 30 minutes after the. impact. The boy was riding a junior - sized bicycle to his home, which is less than 100 yards from the intersection, His mother heard the crash. The victim hit the windshield of the car and fell to the pave- ment, Mr. Irwin was transferred to this district from Niagara Falls about three years ago, The boy is survived by two brothers, Peter, 19, who is in a Hamitlon bank, and Paul, 15, a grade nine student at. SHDHS; and three grandparents in the Gananoque district, The boy, who would have turned seven on July 28, was completing his first year at Dashwood public school. 'Ironically his class had just received an illustratedlesson in traffic safety before being dis- missed for noon hour, Coroner Dr, .1. C. Goddard, Hensall, was called to the scene. OPP Constables Cecil Gibbons and George Mitchell are in charge of the investigation. The body is resting at the T. Harry Hoffman Funeral Home, Dashwood. Funeral arrange- ments were not available at press time. Two accidents at area bridge Two accidents this week oc- curred at bridges. Cars driven. by Gordon Mc- Ta,vish, Exeter, and William Coulter, of Crediton, sideswiped each other on the concession two bridge, Stephen, Tuesday morn- ing. Total damage was $135. The bridge is about a mile and one-half north of the Credi- ton ,road, The McTavish vehicle, carrying four passengers, was travelling south. Cars driven b`y William O'Brien, RR 1 Granton, and Mrs, Elsie Mae Wells, Dublin, collided near a bridge south of Winchelsea. Monday morning, Mrs. Wells, who was travelling south, just crossed the bridge when the accident occurred. A '59 Volkswagen. suffered $900 CHARLES GEORGE IRWIN . , Six-year-old traffic victim Plan to pack carrots here Carrots will be packed at the local plant of Canadian Canners Ltd., Manager Don Graham an- nounced this week. Some. pea and carrot mixtures will be canned during the pea. pack but a separate, full pack of carrots will be undertaken in the fall following the corn. The carrots will be trucked to the factory from growing areas. Planting of canning corn will start as soon as weather clears up, Mr. Graham said this week. "We had planned to .start Tuesday but the wet weather has postponed it." "Peas are going along on schedule. Planting should be' completed by the end of the month." Controlled planting programs -- designed to level off peaks a,t harvest time—are being used on both crops, Considerable machinery has been moved into the local plant from other factories' in recent weeks, in preparation for the packs. Staff has now increased to 30. No more employees will be. taken on. until the packs start,1 Paper early next week Monday, May 18, is • being celebrated as a holiday in- stead of the regular May 24, Correspondents and adver- tisers are urged to get their copy in early for our next issue in order that the paper may come out on time Thursday morning, Unofficial opening of the Pine Nine Vas will supply wetei ry Pa" -k, expected to become one for the picnic area. of the finest in the province, In the camping area, which will be held this holiday week- will be restricted to campern end. only, there are 153 lots measur. ing 50 -feet square. Table and fireplace is provided for each lot and the park will supply line wood. A group .camping area, avail- able only to organizations such as Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, separate the two sections. Canoeing willbe allowed on the old bed of the Ausable river, No power board boats will be permitted. however. A boat launching ramp is pro• videdat the north end of the park for lake boating. "Saturday will: be our first day open," announced Park Sup't Gartland Myers this week. "The public may pitch a tent in the camping area for the big weekend, or come in by the day to picnic along the beach." Park officials will manthe two information centres, the fire tower and supervise the general area. Entrance fee will be $1.00 per car. This will allow the vehicle to enter any of the, province's parks for the remainder of the Year. Camping fees will be 75 cents per night per lot or $4,00 a week. Minimum length of stay is 28 days. Official opening of the 4,200 - acre natural paradise on Lake Huron will be held in July. Premier Frost may officiate. There's plenty of accommoda- tion for this weekend's campers in what is likely to be a "dry run" for much larger weekends ahead. Thousands are expected at the park this summer. Parking lots at the beach will handle 800 cars. Nine adjacent lots will provide room for 200 each. Four bathhouses and comfort stations are provided. Total for cancer exceeds $3,400 Cancer campaign for Exeter and district has passed the $3,400 mark, treasurer K. W. McLaughlin revealed Wednes. day. This is still $300 short of last year's total. Stephen township made a re. cord contribution this year through the efforts of Federao tion directors and the Crediton WL All told, the township has coif tributed nver $600. Election activity slow; Stewart predicts fight Except for an enthusiastic nomination meeting in. Middle- sex north, the election scene in this district remained fairly quiet during the past week, A packed Progressive Con- servative crowd at Medway high school, Arva, heartily affirmed Bill Stewart as the party's Can- didate in that riding. Speakers said the former county Federa- tion president was "certainly future cabinet material". In Huron, both parties began setting up campaign headquar- ters and strengthening organiza- tions throughout the riding. C. S. MacNaughton, PC can- didate, announced this week that Premier Frost would speak in Wingham Wednesday night, May, 20. He will visit Exeter the next day but he won't make a formal speech here, PC's expected to ?pen their Exeter headquarters in the El- liot block Monday. The Liberal organization be- hind. Harry Strang opened its riding office in the second storey of the building opposite the post office Thursday morn- ing. Riding officials met at Arm- strong's Wednesday night to plan the campaign, Liberal Leader John Wintermeyer, who reveal- ed his full platform Monday, is expected to speak here at least once. The PC party began its news, paper advertising campaign this week, with radio and TV broad• casts scheduled to start next Wednesday. First. Liberal tele• cast is tentatively set for May 27. Sees tough fight Although most of the speaker* at the Middlesex north PC nom. ination meeting oozed confidence about the campaign, Candidate Stewart showed no signs of com. placency. "Let us not fool ourselves," he told his supporters. "We have a real scrap on our hands 1.n North Middlesex," His Liberal opponent is UWO professor Dr. John Paul. A neighboring MPP, Harry Allan of Middlesex south, de. scribed Stewart as "one of the best speakers in the house." It was the guest speaker, Hon. George C. Wardrobe, Minister of Reform Institutions. who refer- red to him as "certainly future cabinet material." Similar sentiments have also beery expressed by veteran press correspondents , at the legislat. tire. The minister outlined the record of the Frost administra. —Please Turn to Page 2 damage Saturday night at 7.45 when it rolled over in the ditch beside e 83 highway, about 13/a � e �' �' miles west of Dashwood. Y `�,. _ Robert Douglas, 17, Grand Bend,travellingeast, pass- ing was g nother car on the highway, when a motorcycle came from the west. Douglas took to the ditch, went into a skid, rolled over. A minor hit and run was re- ported at Crediton Saturday night when the car driven by John D. Lowher, 21, Crediton, was damaged to the extent of $15 when it was parked in front of the post office there. to fly airlift to Portugal tors, small, twin -engine communi- cation and training aircraft with a normal flying range of seven hours, is scheduled to be made across the Atlantic late in May, it was announced by RCAF head- quarters. The operation, which will see 19 Expeditors going to Portugal and six to France under Cana- dian mutual aid arrangements, will mark the first mass flight of Expeditors front Canada to Europe. Only once before have RCAF Expeditors flown the Atlantic. In 1953, the RCAF flew eight of the PINERY PROV/NCIAL PA -K Lt k iii tl MAP SHOWS LAYOUT AND FACILITIES OF NEW PINERY PARK WHICH WILL OPEN UNOFFICIALLY TO THE PUBLIC THIS WEEKEND 4 4' aircraft to Canada's NATO Air Division, The operation was car. ried out in four flights. For `Operation Beechflight," as the forthcoming crossing has been designated, the Expeditors will be equipped with overload fuel tanks to increase their range from seven to ten -and -a -half hours flying time. Seven aircrew officers front Centralia have been selected to fly to Portugal on operation ".Beechflight." Included in the group are both pilots and ob. servers. They are F/L A. R. Rosengren, F/L H. E. Matties, F/O F. E. Sibley, F/O P. T. Dowd, F/O P. N. Priske, F/0 P. D. Giles, and F/0 J. C. E. Morin. Leading the flight will be Wing Commander Harry C. Forbell, of Saint Jovite, PQ. Squadron Leade er Brian H. Marfleet, of Edmond) ton, Alta., will be deputy comm .ander, and Squadron Leader Lorne S. Deyell, of Lacombe, Alta., flight navigator, The Expeditors, which have been used by the RCAF to train students in aerial navigation, will assemble at Trenton, Ont., about May 20 for ferrying to Chateau, dun, France, and Lisbon, Portu. gal, They will fly by way of Goose Bay, Labrador; Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island; Sondestront Greenland; lreflavik, /eel and t, Prestwick, Scotland, and Mar. Ville, France. As hi previous ferry operations flying support will be provided by the RCAF's Transport Com. Mand. A North Star, with about 33 ground crew aboard along with ground handling equipment will precede the Expeditors on each leg of the trip. Longest leg of the flight will be the 320 -mile hop froln Trenton to Goose Bay. Included with the aircraft �vilf be i0a e engines six to France andetoter to 1?ortugal) to. other With a: bite•year supply lit other associated tultdj liienti