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No other province or state caniabout by the dedicated, .con
Match the record of Ontario in; scientious effort of supporters of
the .electrification of its rural! the Frost administration."
areas, North Middlesex PC can-
didate Bill Stewart stated in a
TV broadcast Monetay night.
"in the corepa atively short
span of 10 years, the number of
rural power .customers has been
more than. doubled—from. 22,000
to 473,000," .he stated. "By the
end of this year half a million
rural customers will he obtain-
ing electric power from Ontario
hydro."
"No other advance has more
greatly increased the standard
of living of .rural people than
the electrification of rural On-
tario, •noted throughout the world,
having been brought into effect
with the lowest rates anywhere,
aided by a contribution from
the provincial treasury of $100
million."
Mr, Stewart eited numerous
other examples of Ontario pro -
gross "which has been brought
Acquit man
in fatality
Charges against Emerson L.
Rogerson, 27, RCAF Clinton,.
over a quadruple fatality south.
of Exeter December 20, were
dismissed by Magistrate Dudley
Holmes in Goderich court Thurs-
day.
Giving judgment on the pre-
liminary hearing here in con-
nection with a charge of crimin-
al negligence, the magistrate
ruled there was not sufficient
evidence to send the case to
supreme court.
He then acquittedthe accused
of an impaired driving charge.
Rogerson was the driver of the
north'. bound car whichcollided
with a southbound. vehicle driven
by LAC K. C. Sorenson, who was
killed along with three airmen
in his car. Three others involved
inthe crash were injured.
Lawyer Sam Lerner, London,
was defence counsel.
Survives
train crash
John Bell, 21, :Huron Park,
escaped from a train -car colli-
sion Saturday morning without
injury, His car suffered $500
damage.
Bell, who lives with' his brother
atthe airport housing park and
inExeter,was travelling
works g
west on the south Centralia road
as the train approached. He put
on his brakes and skidded into
the engine.
The train, CN No. 343, suffered
$25 damage, ,according to PC
Harry Reid.
A vehicle driven. by Howard
Thompson,* 49,.:..Rlt 8 v Parkhill,
suffered $80 damage then its
front: wheel got off the asphalt
and pulledthe ear into the west
ditch near the second bridge on
No, 83, west of. Exeter.
OPP Constable Don Westover
was right on the spot to investi-
gate an accident involving Otto
Willert, 65, RR, 3 Dashwood, and
Gerald. Broderick, 16, Exeter, at
a Dashwood intersection Friday.
The 'constable had stopped his
vehicle at: the corner when the
accident happened in front of
him.
Both cars were travelling west.
Broderick struck the Willett car
in the rear after the latter had
made a turn onto the highway.
Damage totalled $140.
Cottage loss
near $500
Furniture valued •at nearly
$500 was reported stolen from
the cottage of. Miss Mary Gardi-
ner at Poplar Beach, on No. 21
highway, over the weekend.
Miss Gardiner, who lives in
Londonand works in Exeter, dis-
. covered thieves had entered by
breaking a window.
Their loot included to glass
heater, four chrome kitchen
chairs, a valuable table and a
refrigerator.
Hear bishop
a H
de ner
at
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B1. Rev, Thomas Greenwood,
bshop of the Yukon diocese, gave
an illustrated address of his
work at the spring meeting of
Huron Deaners in Trivitt Mem-
orial Anglican Church Thursday.
He spoke at a joint meeting of
the woman's auxiliaries and the
clergy in Huron.
Bishop Greenwood pointed out
the, scene on the back of a $5.00
Canadian bill was an authentic
picture of the Yukon and showed
a picture which resembled it
closely,
Archdeacon Carmen Queen,
diocesan commissioner, intro-
duced the bishop. He also in-
stalled the officers' of the WA,
who were elected at the morn -
'big session.
The meeting began with com-
munioe at 10 a,m.,,. celebraled by
Rev. Brom de Vries of. Trivitt,
assisted by Dr. Kenfieth Taylor,
rural. dean,
Mrs, Fred :Bunt, Goderich,
theselection. r Theral WA tmete all se itt
financial comniititents for the
;Year and made a donation to the
Work of Bishop Greenwood.
Speakers included Mrs. A. C.
Calder, London, diocesan, presi-
dent, aril Mrrs', R. M. Weeks,
also bf London, deaneries coni-
venae.
Nis. lttunt was re-elected pre-
aident. Mrs, William Middleton,
eter is ;first vice-president,
end Mrs, tt, 1). Riegle, Bayfield,
reiftain5 secretary-trea.51.trer. i,.V
Dinner. was served by the Tule
inti: ladies to about 15 from "a.s
Mi' north as Winghant.
"Mighty strides have been
made in all phases of education
—elementary, secondary and uni•
varsity, A new school, or an ad
ditioe to an existing school has
been built in Ontario for every
day during the last ten years,
including Sundays and holidays,
"Unparalied advances have
been made in the field of health
and human betterment, which
has been, and will continue to
he, the prime consideration of
the administration of Premier
Leslie Frost and his government.:
"The task of raising living
standards and isromoting general
welfare is challenging and es-
sential. Ontario's progress need
not be added up in huge columns
of figures and assessed in brick
and mortar. In can be assessed
in the betterment of our people.
"In these last ten years, since
Mr. Frost assumed the leader-
ship of our party, our investment
in the betterment of the people
in education, in health and wel-
fare has increased from 104 mil,
lion • annually to 329 million
three times as much.
"There has been .a broad im-
provement of social service in-
cluding mothers and disabled
persons' allowances. As a result
of the federal -provincial partner-
ship pensions are now $55 per
month. It is safe to say that
about one-half of the total re-
venue of Ontario is devoted to
human. betterment."
New minister
here Monday
Hon. Robert Macaulay, new
minister of energy resources in
the Frost gov't, will speak in
Goderich Monday, June 1, on be-
half of C. S. MacNaughton, it
was announced this week.
:He is the youngest member of
the gov't and Canada's only min-
ister of ,energy resources.
Prior to his recent elevation,
Mr. • Macaulay was minister
without portfolio and vice-chair-
man of Ontario HEPC, a post he
retains.
Call highway tenders
C. S. MacNaughton announced
this week tenders have been
called for the hard surfacing of
No. 21 highway from St. Joseph
t.n the. Bayfield. bridge.
Organization progresses
Mr. MacNaug4iton ,said Wed-
nesday he hopes to have his or-
ganization. meetings completed
within the "next few days."
PC meetings have already been
held in 'Usborne, Stephen, Stan-
ley, Hay, Goderich and Goderich
township.
"The work of organization has
been proceeding Very well," the
candidate indicated. "We expect
to be completed within a few
days,
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weekly 'first
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Eighty -Second Yedi'
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EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 28, 1959
Pric�t Per Copy 10 Comb►
KEEN COMPETITION—Students .at ,Exeter Public School vied vigorously for laurels
in the athletic competitions held this past week. Above, Eleanor Stanlake, who event-
ually won this contest, throws 'a bean bag while other competitors watch intensely.
Teacher is Mrs. Triebner. Results are on. page 11.", —T -A. Photo
Extend agriculture benefits
Liberals'
The- Liberal -farm 'prograrre
with major emphasis on develop-
ing markets—was outlined in: de-
tail. Wednesday night by Huron
candidate Harry Strang in a TV
appeal.,
The agriculture platform, he
said, included the establishment
of a • department of marketing,
extension of credit for construc-
tion of processing plants and
storage warehouses, and to the
individual. farmer, .removal of
gasoline tax for farm use. re-
duction in hydro rates and. elim-
ination ,of the confusion in day-
light saving time.
"The main farm policies of a
Liberal' gov't will. aim at assur-
ing •the farmer of a market for
UWO GRADUATES—Alexia•Lostell., left, daughter of 1VMr1
and Mrs. Frank Lostell,
RR 3 Exeter; and Kathryn Klopp,
right, daughter of Mr..and Mrs, Bert Klopp, Zurich, will.
ofp
graduate Saturday from the University Western On-
tario. Miss Lostell has completed a general science course,
majoring in. biology; Miss Klopp received anarts degree
in French and history. Both are graduates of SHDHS.
eer
GRADUATES -FROM VICTORIA .- � Mary Flier Kerr, left,
daughter of Rev. Sain.uel and Mrs. Kerr of Caven Pres-
byterian Church, Exeter, and Arlene Haberer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ferd ,Haberer, Zurich, graduated from
siLondon,on Thier da
Victoria Hospital school of nursing. . s y
p_g .,.Roth
..
in.,.n'.. at Thames Hall UWO, Both are graduates
a celemo
. ,fY� � g
of SHDHS, Miss Derr plans to nurse at Lindsay hospital
and later' Montreal. She holies to travel in Europe and
the United Kingdom next star.
program: Stran.g
his ,.products, -by fieveloptng 'it,Y;.-'Dep't, of *gricnitere and only
tending, finding and proinoung," half of that. for, direct aid. to
he stated. farmers.
"We will establish a depart- "Tractors a.nd other vehicles
ment of marketing and will sup- have replaced the horse on to -
port producer marketing organ- day's farm and should. be free
izat]ons which have beenap- from considerationas transport.
proved by ithe .required majority The Liberal party proposes to
of producers voting -by ballot, throw out the red tape of col -
."This is- especially important lecting taxes on gasolines for
in view of the unbelievable mess farm use, then rebating it: it
the 'gory administration got into will. simply not collect. the tax.
in the matter of ]dog marketing. "And it will initiate a nominal
"Marketing is not the only .licence fee for trucks used only
problem," he continued. "The for farm work.
Liberals are prepared to face an- "The Liberal government will
other problem, that of surplus reduce hydro rates on farm,
crops, by extending the domes- hamlet and ruralcustomers by
tic market. This we will do by 25 percent. It will ,set up equit-
making credit available for the able compensation to farmers
construction of processing plants for easenients on highways, hy-
and . storage warehouses. Such dro lines and pipelines. And it
facilities will mean . that the will end the confusion now cur -
farmer will be able to sell his rent in daylight saving time by
seasonal crops on a year round establishing uniform standards."
basis.
"Finding a nd promoting—these
are also a part of the Liberal Two receive
farm platform — the finding, of
new products through extensive
research and the promoting of arson term
new uses of farm products."
But the greatest need for re- Two young men convicted of
covery of the agriculture indus- setting fire to five district build -
try was capita], the Huron can- Ings on an April Sunday were
didate maintained. His party sentenced to three months de -
would greatly expand credit finite andsix months indeter-
facilities to the' farmer. minate by Magistrate Dudley
"Age will no longer be a con- Holmes in'Goderich last week.
sideration and farm loans will Albert John Pearce, 23, Exeter,
be available regardless of the and Glenmore Clark, 20 London,
fa rmer's age, The loans will be will. serve the time.
available up to 80 percent of. was Thepenalty imp
osed for
the appraised. value of lands and P
buildings, and also in equipment, the burning of a vacant house
the latter to a maximum of near Farquhar owned by James
$5,000. Gardiner:
"Plainly this is a different
outlook from that of the Con-
servative gov't which :makes only
$16 million of a .$950 .trillion an-
nual budget available to the
Little change
in GB taxes
Grand. Bend tax rates for 1959
show slight changes from last
year,
County rate is up 2.1 mills but
the public School levy is down
two mills. On the north side, the
SI-IDHS levy rose from six to
seven mills while on the south,
Forest school. rate dropped from
2,5 to 2.3 mills,
On the north: side, residential
is 50,1. mills (compared to X50
last year), while commercial
rose to 54,1 ,from 51.
South side levies are 45.4 and
49.4 compared to 46.5 and 47.5.
Where fo
find it
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Church Notices
Coming Evente 17
Editorials
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F'ar'm News ... ' . esti:
Fem,nine Feels 11, 15
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Hensall . s
i.ucan ,.. 16
Went MR ,.,., ....... ........ 11
Zurich
On four other charges involving
Thames Road, school house, Kip-
pengun club and two 'Osborne
dwellings, a concurrent sentence
of two months definite in jail
and six months i.ndeterinmate
was given.
ack committee
i�nati
Following a session in caucus! has been :assured, he indicated.
from which the press and public -Mayor Pooley stated the inci-
were excluded Monday night, dent strengthened his personal
town council approved the police; convictions that :a county police
committee's acceptance of the i force would solve many of the
resignation of Constable Robert, problems which are now eon -
Aitken, ' fronting smaller municipalities
The motion to ratify the corn- ;In regard to policing.
mittee's action, which was slues- i "I think it would he .a whole
tioned at last week's regular lot better for the towns and for
meeting, passed without oppose' the men. They could be assured
tion and without comment follow- of a worthwhile career and could
ing the closed meeting. be given adequate and qualified
Mayor R. E. Pooley declined 1 training."
to comment on the resignation; He felt the work of policemen
afterwards. "The least said the would continue to increase he -
better for all concerned," he; cause of the constantly growing
.suggested. 1 number of cars on the road.
The mayor said the police; Effective date of Constable
committee hoped to secure a ' Aitken's resignation was not set.
young man without experience: Police Chief C. H. McKenzie
who could be trained for the i sat .in on council's caucus meet -
position. The co-operation of, ing Monday night. Constable
other police forces in this regard f Aitken was not asked to appear,
Council seeks plan
for Huron St, area
During another controversial pality for reduction purposes.)
council meeting Friday night, Mayor Pooley said there had
Mayor R. E. Pooley was request- been provision for a 10 -foot walk
ed to submit a registered plan from Huron 'St. to the proposed
of his subdivision on the east first street north. Councillor
side of town. Simmons suggested this was not
Council ruled. that it would not enough since Whilsmith had been
grant any further building per- required to donate a full 67 -foot
mits for this section until the plan lot and his land was less in area
was presented and approved. than that of the mayor's.
The mayor indicated he had "We intend to comply with the
been trying to get such a plan regulations 100 per cent," said
for six years. "1 will comply to the mayor.
the regulations 100 per cent," he At one point in the discussion,
told council, the mayor asked if council felt
Question of the mayor's sub- he (Pooley) was attempting to
division arose following a deci- do something underhanded.
sion to approve a proposed street Simmons; "No, but we think
layout plan covering the east side one should have to do the same
of: town from Huron. street to the as the other,"
river. Minor changes were sug- Reeve McKenzie said he felt
gested but the general layout, some construction along Huron
drafted by town engineer, B. M. St, was permissable but felt
Ross, Goderich, was approved. there should be •a plan for the
Also approvedwas' the 18 -lot area east of the first proposed
subdivision of •Arthur Whilsmith, road and north. of Huron St.
drafted by Ross. It extends from, Councillor Simmons' argument
the present houses on Sanders! was supported. byCouncillor
St. east to the easterly limited. George Rether and. by Contractor
Council then was asked to con- Whilsmith, who was present.
sider building permits for Mr. Before the council session,
Whilsmith ' and Harvey Pollen, property owners, members of the
who proposed to build on a Huron PUC and the proposed planning
St. lot which he had purchased board looked over the street
from Mayor Pooley. layout plan.
Councillor Eldrid Simmons
asked if a plan :had been sub-
mitted for this area. There was
none.
"If. council requires that Mr.
Whilsmith must have a plan,
then I think we should have one
for this section, too. We should
treat everyone alike," said Sim-
mons.
The mayor pointed out that
these lots were adjacent to a
built-up road and that town serv-
ices were already provided. It
had been council's practice, he
stated, to approve building under
such circumstances without a
plan.
"How do we know the lots in
this area are conforming to the
overall plans of the town?" asked
Simmons.
The mayor said they had been
surveyed. by Engineer Ross
according to the plan which he
had drafted and which had been
approved by council.
Simmons suggested.: "We're
missing this five per cent stuff."
(In both the Whilsmith. and Sim-
mons' subdivision, the owners
were required to donate five per
cent of the land to the mu.nici-
Hall gets
face-lifting
Hensall's 45 -year-old town hall
is receiving a face-lifting.
Charles Stephan, RR 3 Exeter,
is replacing broken and crumb-
ling brick which have become
loose, particularly on the east
wall.
In the ladies' dressing room,
the crumbling' fireplace has been
removed and filled in a n d
covered.
The fireplace in the library
is to have a new face.
PROMINENT FARMER
. A. W. Morgan dies
District transfers
for two ministers
Crediton. and Dashwood mini-
sters were involved in transfers
approved by the Ontario confer-
ence of the Evangelical United
Brethren Church held in Water-
loo this week.
Rev. G. R. Strome, who came
to Crediton four years ago follow-
ing his ordination, will move to
Milverton. His successor at Cred-
iton wil.1. be Rev. A. M. Schlenk-
er, of St. Jacob's, in the Kit-
chener area.
Rev,
S v
Rei, W. Y. I�'i•ofa., Dashwood,
,
will exchange pulpits with Rev.
J. W. Gillings, Golden Lake.
Rev, Krotz was namedtrea-
surer of the board of missions
for the conference.
Mayor Pooley opened the Meet-
ing by indicating it was called: to.
discuss the police .committee's
action in regard to Constable Alt-
ken. lie then asked for a motion
permitting .council to meet is
caucus.
Questionedas to his intentions
at this point, T -A reporter Don
Southeott indicated that it council,
wished the press excluded it
should pass a .motion. to that
effect,
The mayor indicated the reef
porter might remain at the meet-
ing but was "on his honor" not
to publish anything whichwas.
said during the caucus session,
Authority for the procedure
taken by council .came from the
booklet, "The Municipal Council
and Councillor in Ontario," pub-
lished by the Institute of Local
Government, Queen's University.
Under the heading, "Caucus," it
reads:
"A caucus is merely an line
official meeting of the members
of the council. A caucus meeting
has no power to make any binding
decisions and is not recognized
by law. It is usually held to en-
able the members to discuss
freely amongst themselves some
matter which is, or will be, be.
fore the council.
"Because it is unofficial, the
public and the press can be ex-
cludedand members may express
themselves freely and frankly
without danger of being quoted.
Quite frequently a secret ballot
is used in arriving at decisions
in caucus.
"A. caucus is a device used in
the consideration of matters which
it may not he expedient to disw
cuss in public or for the purpose
of saving embarrassment to in.
dividuals as when a choice has
to he made from among a, num-
her of persons in making an
appointment. A common practice
is that the members of council
agree in advance that they will
not reveal publicly the discussion
which takes place incaucus and
it is sometimes also agreed in
advance that all will support in
open council the decision finally►
arrived at in caucus.
"In principle ail the publ'ic's
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Active man
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dies �nda
y►
A life-long resident: of Usborne
Township, Archie W. Morgan.
63, died in St. Joseph's Hospital,
London, on Sunday, May 24,.
after a lengthy illness.
A son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Morgan, he received his
education at Thames Road pub•
li.e school and Exeter High
School. In 1921 he married jean
Allison, Thames Road, and they►
farmed in Usborne until retic.
ing.
Always interested in church
and community affairs he was
a member of Thames Road
United Church and. superintend•
ent of the Sunday School as long
health permitted.
He served as clerk of this
municipality for 11 years, 1936•
1947. He was a member of
South Huron District High School
Board. from its inception till five
five years ago. For several
years he served as vice -chair
man.
Active in the Liberal Associas
tion, he was also a member of
the IGO? and the Canadian tee
gion who held a service at the
fnueral home Monday evening.
He is survived by his wife;
three sons, Allison, London:
Beverly, 'Osborne, and Grant, of
Toronto: three daughters, Mrs.
Fred Ellerington (Helen) and
Jane, London; Mrs. Carey Joynt
(Ann) Bethlehem, Penn.
The body rested at the Hope
per -Hockey funeral home, Ex-
eter, where a private funeral
service was conducted by Rev,
H. C Wilson an Tuesday.
May
26. Interment was in Exeter
cemetery.
Pallbearers were John and
Floyd Stewart, James, Williadt
Robert and Ronald Rowcliffe.
LA' E...,AT GRAND BEND 0"VER?URNS>– This Stiff sofa
'p N,
aircraft did a: nip -over Thursday morning when its throttle
becalne )tuck as it was taking, off on the landing strip
a and Rend.
on the farm of Mrs. Carlyle Taylor/ tat Grand
. r. Cole ami Chethel i and his passenger were
Pilot Le.oy m , , � g
'damage was nst ,....e..
the plant imat d
flat injured but _the dalxlage to 1
at around Z 0b0. Looking it over aro 1tussell,l)es'ardinMa
Larry Taylor Ray Desjardine And fob Gr'attaiti