HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-06-25, Page 1Un�on demand
wage increase
The new union at General.
Ceaeh Works of Canada
ltiensall, is demanding a 20 per-
cent increase in wages .and a
reduction in working hours from
471-2 to 40, it was revealed this
week.
Negotiations for a contract
were .resumed Wednesday after.
noon when the groups met for
two hours.
Union organizer 'Tom Harkness
disclosed to The Tiles -Advocate
the upion has asked for;
An increase of .120 percent in
wages;
Reduction in working hours
from 4714 to 40 hours a week,
along with the increased pay;
Eight holidays with pay ra-
ther than the .present seven:
A plant wide seniority program
effective for both promotions
and layoffs;
A union security clause;
Plus other minor benefits, not
dieclos ed.
Harkness revealed the com-
pany's, counter -.proposal offered
to enter a contract on the basis
of present wages, benefits and
working hours.
1t was ]earned reliably this
week that the .company granted
its .employees a 1.0'percent
.crease this spring. It also in•
creased the number of holidays
with pay from six to seven.
Meanwhile, members of the
same .union staged a strike at
the Twentieth Century Mobile
Heroes Limited Monday with 24
workers walking out. Tuesday,
all but six or seven returned to
their jobs.
The strike began early Mon-
day morning when a number of
union members remained out-
side the plant's doors telling
others of a ;meeting at London
Labor Temple. Aptiroximately 19
attended and eventually 24 of
the total staff of 75 went off
the jab. Pickets were set up at
the plant,
An early report in The Lon-
don Free Press quoted Harkness
as saying the strike was illegal
and he refused to identify him-
self with it. Later, he denied
making the statement.
"The union realizes the posi-
tion of the employees," he was
quoted as saying. "It's a mat-
ter for the labor relations board
to decide whether or not the
strike. is legal."
The local is 3054 of the car-
pentersunion,
Scout camp 'best yet',
Centralia patrol tops
"This has been by far the trooped out — gear stacked head-
best camporee we've had yet. It
was terrific!"
That's how Camp Chief Ben
Cooke, RCAF Centralia, des-
cribed the three-day outing en-
joyed by 100 boys from 10 cen-
tres in Huron District.
Sixteen patrols .marched into
the new Pinery park late Friday
afternoon to set up camp. They
pulled stakes Sunday about 4
p.m, after spending two nights
in tents beside Lake Huron.
"The standard was much bet-
ter than last year," Chief Cooke
enthused. "The boys showed a
great. improvement:."
Scored for all of their, activities
during the three days, the pa-
trols strived • to .reach an "A"
rating for their camping prowess
but none made it because of a
tough marking program that
would have tested a group of
Queen Scouts.
Twelve of the 16, however, won
"B" rating.
Highest; marks of 828 went to
the "Chipmunk" patrol from
RCAF Station Centralia, under
Patrol Leader. Ken Miles, Insec-
ond place came. an Exeter patrol
]ed by Jim Sweitzer with 814. A
Bayfield group placed third,
Three Centralia .patrols, two
from • Exeter, two from Gode-
rich and ones from Hensall,
Clinton, Clinton. RCAF, 'Ailsa.
Craig and Bayfield won "B"
ratings.
Five special. projects at this
year's camporee 'included sig-
nalling — reading and sending a
15 -word message in semaphore
or Morse code; campfire lighting
— starting a fire with two mat-
ches and gathering enough wood
for a meal inside of 10 minutes;
distance estimation — gauging
the height of .an object; tree
identification — naming six dif-
ferent varieties; and a compass
exercise.
After setting up camp Friday
night, the boys spent Saturday
morning dressing up their quar-
ters by making useful house-
keeping gadgets out of sticks
and stones. The special projects
were undertaken in the after-
noon and, after 'a swim, the pa-
trols and leaders presented skits
in a campfire program.
Sunday, the Scouts held their
own worship service in the
chapel they .erected. Speaker
was District Commissioner Glen
Lodge, Goderich.
The camp flag lowered •at 2:30
pan. Sunday and then the boys
high on, their. backs — to the
park headquarters.
Deputy camp chief was Bill
Humphrey, Centralia, D a h e r
leaders included Cliff. Seigle,
Jack Brock, and Don Wooden,
Centralia; Ralph Sweitzer and
Hal Hooke, Exeter; R. J. Brode-
rick, John Baker and Eric Mans-
field, Hensall; Keith Frost, Lu -
can; J, N. Knox and Robert Mit-
chell, Clinton; John Barrett,
Clinton RCAF; Jack Norris, Ail-
sa Craig; Carl Reid and Den-
nis Steep, Goderich..
V i s i to r s included district
chairman A. .T. Sweitzer, Exeter,
and assistant district commission
for training, Ernie Dempster,
Centralia.
"Co-operation of the leaders
was outstanding," said Chief
Cooke, "Their work made a big
job a Jot easier,"
"The boys are so enthusiastic
about camping we're hoping to
hold another one in the fall," he
concluded.
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tiles -Abu cafe
EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 2S, 195'
,Price: Per Copy IQ. Cent
TRANQUILIZER GUN HERE — Police Chief C, H. Mac-
Kenzie practices shooting with the new tranquilizer gun
recently purchased by town council to help police control
stray dogs. Veterinarian Dr. R. F. Roelofson, with the
chief above, says pellet will put dogs to "sleep" for 15
to 20 minutes to give police a chance to impound it,
Chemicals inside the pellet, shown at bottom, expand on
impact to force serum into animal. Council approved
method of capture in view of serious rabies epidemic,
expected to last at least a year. Chief MacKenzie says he'll
start to use gun immediately. —T -A- Photo
Partially blame driver
in Kirkton girl's death
A. coroner's jury investigating heading south for their' own
the death of eight-year-old Charon • homes but were going to stop
Marie McElrea, RR 1 Kirkton,
Monday found the driver of the
truck which' struck her partly
to blame for "failure to main-
tain ,a proper lookout."
The jury said the girl, who was
riding a bicycle, "may have been
a little at • fault at entering the
intersection."
The driver of the truck, Wil-
liam Simpson, 60, RR 1 Science
Hill, has been charged with care-
less driving. He will appear in
Exeter court August Z.
The jury found Sharon died as
a result of injuries received at
4.40 pan. on May 29 in an ac-
cident at the intersection ok
Huron street and the twelfth con-
cession of Usborne.
Dr. William' J. Davis, St.
Marys, first witness, said death
was due to skull fracture. The
girl died about 6.30 p.m. the
same day after she was taken to
London by ambulance,
Ellen Simpson, eight, (no re-
lation to the driver of the truck)
'said she and Sharon hadridden
on their bicycles to the McCurdy
and Fletcher farms north of the.
intersection. They were then
Queen, Prince Philip.'
tour area next week
Her. Majesty, the ,Queen, and to sign the guest books of the
cities of Kitchener and. Water-
loo. Presentations of gifts from.
cities of Kitchener and Water-
loo, •
5.50 p.m.—The Queen leaves
City Hall for CNR Station via
Weber Street, At the station, the
Queen is asked to present one
Guide Gold Cord and one Queen's
Scout Badge.
5.55 p.m.—Royal train leaves
Kitchener.
STRATFORD, ONT.
Thursday, July 2
8.00 pan.—Royal train arrives
CNR. Station, The Queen and the
Duke of Edinburgh descend, ac-
companied by the minister of
national health and welfare. The
minister presents the mayor of
Stratford, the warden of the
county and their wives, The
mayor presents members of the
council and their wives and the
colonelof the county regiment.
The Queen is invited to sign the
city guest book.
8.10 p m, -=The Queen and the
Duke of Edinburgh leave for
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1 -lis Royal- Highness, the Duke
of Edinburgh, will attend the
Stratford festival during their
`two-day tour of south-western
Ontario in July.
Her Majesty will arrive at
Brantford by train at 1.45 p,m.
on. Thursday, July 2, and visit
Galt, Guelph, Kitchener, Strat-
ford, London, Chatham, Windsor
and Sarnia, with slow -downs at
llespeler and Glencoe, before
embarking in the royal yacht on
Friday night for a trip to the
Georgian Bay and Muskoka dis-
trict,
During the first part of the
tour of• south-western Ontario
(Brantford through Kitchener),
an Thursday afternoon, the
Queen will not be accompanied
by the Duke of Edinburgh who
will be on a special visit to
London, presenting new colours
to the 1st and 3rd Battalions of
the Royal Canadian Regiment of
which he is Colonel -in -Chief,
Prince Philip will rejoin Queen
Elizabeth On her arrival at
Stratford.
KITCHENER, ONT.
Thursday, July 2\
5J5 p ni,—Royal train arrives
C,NR Station. Her majesty alights
from train, accompanied by the
minister of national health and
welfare. The minister presents
the mayor of Kitchener the
mayor of Waterloo and their
Wives,
5,46 ei,m,eeThe .Queen leliees•
for City Hall. Route: (slow'
drive) Web et Street, Water
Street, King Street, Frederick
Street.
5,46 li.i1.--AI'rive City Halt, At'1-
tlressWelcome presented to
,.o.f
the Queeli . by the mayor of
Xitclteritw. The Queen is invited
Where to
find it
Announcements 3
Church Notices ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 19
Coming Event3 19
Editorials 4
Farm News 11
Fentintne Fects 14
Hensall 8
Looking In With Lit 16
Lueon 1t!
Sports, Y
Went Ads 13.
for a drink of water at Plug -
town school, on the southwest
corner •of the intersection.
As they approached the inter-
section,, Ellen, who was behind
Sharon,' saw the truck coming
fromthe east and got off her
bicycle into the ditch, thinking
the truck was going to turn. :El-
len told Sharon to stop but she
kept on going and was stilt on
her bicycle when the truck hit
her.
Mr, Simpson said he looked
both ways as he apprhaehed the
corner but did not see the gir'l.
until she was three feet in front
of the truck. He was driving
between 25 and 30 inph, he said.
Mrs. Simpson, who was with
her ]htsband, said she didn't see
the girl until she appeared in
front of the truck.
Mrs. ‚Jean Keith, Plugtown
school tacher, believed the chil-
dren left the school about 4.20.
She identified the girl when Mr.
Simpson came to the door and
directed him to her parents'
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errect' collie case
shows rabies threat
Wicked fairy, . cobbl er
capture PS awards
The wicked, fairy and thel
cobbler in this year's popular
operetta have won Exeter Pub-
lic School's academic awards
for the graduating class,
Linda Walper, daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. Norm Walper, I
and George Godbolt, son of Mr.
and Mrs, Gerald Godbolt, scored
highest aggregate marks of the
34 ;students who have success-
fully completedgrade eight.
They were presented with their
awards Wednesday night by
Wallace G. Seldon, school board
chairman, during the graduation
banquet sponsored by the Home I
and School Association.
Both students played prominent!
parts in the successful operetta,
"The Cobbler anof. 'Fairyland,"
presented by the school in
March. Linda shared the role off
"Vengefuletta," the scheming
To publish T -A
on regular date
Although the Dominion Day
holiday falls on a ,Wednesday
next week, The Times -Advo-
cate will retain its regular pub-
lishing schedule as a service
to readers and advertisers.
The newspaper will be dis
tributed on Thursday as usual.
Normal deadlines for both
news and advertising will be
maintained for this issue.
Pea pack
under way
Pea Pack at the localplant of
Canadian. Canners Ltd, began
Wednesday, with a short Tun.
Full production is expected to
start at the first of next week,
according `lo' Manager Don Gra-
ham.
About 100 people will. be em-
ployed during the season, which
is expected to last until the end
of July.
Mr. Graham described the
yield as average. "We'd like to
have some rain," he said.
In quality, the plant hopes to
maintain r fancy a n d choice
grades throughout the pack.
Mr. Graham indicated it was
too early to determine the pros-
pect for•the corn crop but al the
moment it looks "pretty good."
fairy, and George played the
party of the shoemaker who
plotted against the queen.
Both students are active in
other fields. Linda is a prize-
winning pianist and CGI.T mem-
ber, George plays in the junior
hand, which performed at the
banquet, and belongs to Boy
Scouts.
All graduates received diplom-
as and pins. Principal A. B.
Idle and Mrs. R. C. Dinney,'
vice-president' of the association,
made the presentations.
Guest speaker was W. J, j
Cowls, an official of the Mutual,
Life Assurance Co. He was in-
troduced by Gerald Godbott.t;
Mrs. Godbolt, president of the
association, was chairman for
the program,
Class valedictory was given
by Helen Hendrick. Toasts were
proposed by Inspect -iv John Go -
man, to the graduates, and Mr.
Seldon, to the staff. John Mac-
Naughton and Mrs. Cliff Jory
replied.
Vice -Principal Mrs. R. D. Jer-
myn expressed appreciation to
the Honie and School Associa-
tion. Music was provided by
Lawrence Wein.
Rev. Bren DeVries gave the
invocation.
In adicltion to those already
nientioned, the graduates in-
clude: Pauline Aquilina, Robert
Broderick, Joan. Dettmer, Philip
Dzioba, Th o m a s Ellerington;
Donna Ersman, Anita Evans,
James Gould, Helen Haley, Caro-
lyn Harris, Helen Hern, Bill
Heywood, Margaret Howey, Lin-
da Johnston, Diane Jory, Sandra
Lee .tory, Mary Killeen, An-
marie Kraft, Kenneth McCarter,
John Nagel, Alice Nyhuis, Con-
nie Rumpel, .Ted Sanders, Verla
Smith, John Snell, Bonnie Tur-
vey, Angela Webster, Gary Wed -
lake, Ted Wilson and William
Wright.
Tag day Saturday
to aid junior band
Members of Exeter and Dist-
rict Junior Band will hold a tag
day this Saturday to raise funds
to carry on activities.
"We hope to see everyone on
the streets of Exeter wearing a
tag on 'Saturday and all the
honkies will he contacted" said
the president of the Band,
Gerald Godbolt.
Development here last week the dog's actions could fool do
of a "perfect picture of a clinic- unsuspecting child. "When I
al case of rabies" graphically brought the collie from the run
illustrates the potent danger of to the kennel, it came meekly,
wagging its tail, as calm as the
most gentle pet. As soon as. I
shut the kennel door, it turned
and a LI, a eked the barricade
fiercely."
Any child, he said, might
have mistaken the animal for
a friendly pet when it was calm.
The Jeffrey family is under-
going preventative treatment at
the present time.
Dr. MacLennan said few People
seem to recognize the serious-
ness of the situation, "If we
had had one-eighth of the cases
a year ago, it would have been
somewhat strangely, but it was considered alarming," he said.
only noticeable to the owner "Now we hear of many people
himself, not even to the other who haven't even bothered to
members of the family. In the have their animals vaccinated,
morning, Mr. Jeffrey brought it despite the free clinics which
to the clinic of Dr, R, F. Roel- we're held throughout: the area."
aeon, town, but it wasn't show- In the month since May 15,
ing any 'signs of viciousness. By he pointed nut, rabies has been
3 p.m. the same day, it was confirmed in one horse, three
lunging at the kennel door with rattle, one pig, a dog, and two
the ferocity of a raging wild cats "not to mention innumer-
animal whenever -a person walk- able fox, skunk and coon, most..
ed by it. , ly fox."
June 20—The collie died. Meanwhile, the town of Exeter
Dr. J. C. McLennan, of the this week recievcd equipment, to
federal dep't of agriculture. help clean up the stray dog
Seaforth, said Wednesday results problem. Police now have e.
of laboratory tests have not tranquilizer gun to capture ani -
been returned yet but were ex- mals,
petted shortly. Returns were be- The gun shoots a metal pellet,
ing delayed, he said, because of slightly larger than a shotgun
the large number being sent in shell, which contains a tablet,
for diagnosis, solution and the tranquilizer
Rapid effect of.•the disease on which puts animals to "sleep"
the collie was surprising, said for a short period of time, en -
Dr, McLennan, He felt the dog ablingtheir capture. On impact,
must have been bitten near the the tablet p
blet and solutionreact.. to
brain for such fast development. form a gas which forces a rub -
This, he expects, is the rea- tier plunger forward to drive the
son why the vaccination had not tranquilizer into the animal. It
worked. The treatment, he ex- takes only two to three minutes
plained, was • a neutralizing to become effective.
agent which t r a v el s slowly Police Chief C. H. MacKenzie
through the animal, 0 it does announced he would start using
not reach the brain before the the gun on stray dogs as soon as
disease virus does, it has no owners were warned, through
effect. this newspaper, the equipment
Dr. Roelofson pointed out how had been secured.
the present situation, say of.
fielals,
The - victim was a "gond"
collie dog owned by Harry Jef-
frey, concession two, Usborne,
which had • been vaccinated be-
fore it was attacked by a rabid
fox,
Here's what happened:
June 4 --- The two animals
fought near the Jeffrey home.
The owner ran down and killed
the fox, which was found rabid
in laboratory tests.
June 18 — The collie acted
GB honors graduates
at Home & School e e
Rev. Bren Devries, Exeter,
guest speaker at the Grand Bend
PS graduation banquet Tuesday
night, saidthe fortresses of Can-
ada's strength, its homes, are
being weakened by a lack of love
disclipline and religion.
"Every day one reads that our
strength lies in our air force,
army or seaways. J challenge
that statement. 1 think our
strength lies in our homes. The
character of the home forms the
HS names top students
ueen Jane
SHDHS Queen Jane )Horton has
captured her fourth straight
academic award for outstanding
student in her class, it was re-
vealed this week in the schoot's
annual achievement list an-
nounced by F'rincipal H. L. Stur-
gis. ,
The pretty 17 -year-old Hensall
girl was one of. 33 winners of the.
annual. Exeter Lions Club, board
of education and academic shield
awards for students in grades
nine to 12.
By capturing the prize for
highest aggregate r arks in grade
12, Jane completed a "grand
slam" in this field. She has won
the honor in each of the four'
years it is awarded.
Few, if any, SHDHS students
have duplicated this feat.
She also helps to retain the
supremacy of the Hensall district
students in winning the Lions
club awards. Three of the four
winners have Hensall addresses.
David Noakes, 16, son of Leon-
ard Noakes and Remit council-
lor Minnie Noakes, led grade. 11.
John Etherington, 15, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Ethering-
ton, RR 1 Hensall, was the grade
10 winner.
An Exeter girl, Judy Wilson,
14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James A. Wilson, 437 Carling
St., scored top marks in grade
nine, the largest group at the
school.
Another star for crown
For Queen Jane, the triumph
added another star in her al-
ready studded crown. Besides be-
ing
elected by
her fellow students
to reign over the At Home dance
in February, she was chosen
president of the athletic society
earlier in the school year. She
plays on SHDHS basketballand
volleyball teams and has repre-
sented the school at a provincial
ath:letie training camp. She's also
active in church and Girl Guide
groups at Hensall.
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Horton.
liunner;up in grade 12 was Bill
Marshall, Kirkton, this year's
president of the student council,
In third and fourth place, came
Marion Turkheim and David Du-
charme, of the Zurich district.
Wins second award
The grade 11 winner, David
Noakes, has won his second
Lions club award, He tied for
the .honor last year.
In second place came Cornelia
Verkerk, Stephen township, who
jos fourth' award
was a 1957 award winner. Peggy
McLaughlin, Exeter, and The
Gulens, Dashwood, came third
and fourth.
Another repeat winner
Grade 10's John Etherington is
another two-time. winner, having
topped his class last year. He
*as publicity director for this
year's student counciland played
on the Panthers' football team,
John is a prominent partici-
pant in 4-H activities and in :his
final public school year won The
Times -Advocate spelling compe-
tition.
David O'Reilly, Huron Park,
was grade 10 runner-up; William
System, RR 1, Dashwood, won
third place and' Ann Grayer,
Huron Park, fourth,
From Wingham district
The grade nine winner, Judy
Wilson, canoe to Exeter from the
Wingham district two years ago.
Her father is a stationary engi-
neer at Hotel London.
Active in Caven Presbyterian
CGIT, Judy is the second oldest
in the Wilson family of five and
the eldest of ••i:hree girls,
Robert Mickle, Hensall, was
the runner-up in this grade, fol-
lowed by Attsnna Gulens, Dash -
HEADS LARGEST CLASS'
F Judy Wilson, Exeter
WINS SECOND TIME
John Etherington, iJsbortts
GRADE 1:1 WINNER
a w David Noakes, Hensel!
wood, and Ruth Miller, RR 1
Woodha in.
Of the 33 student's names in
the awards list, 20 were girls.
ACADEMIC SHIELD
(Names of students with the
four highest aggregate marks in
each class are engraved for per-
manent record on the SHDHS
academic shield.)
Grade 12—Jane Horton, William
Marshall, M a r i o n Turkheim,
David Ducharme.
Grade 11—David Noakes. Cor-
nelia Verkerk, Peggy McLaugh-
lin, Iize Gulens.
Grade 10—J o h n Etherington,
David O'Reilly, Williami'Sytsma,
Ann Grayer.
Grade nine—.Judy Wilson, Rob-
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'QUEEN dAPTURRS E'oURT PON'S' AWARD
,• Jane Horton •Ne ssr toot �`t1d1!Class
character of the nation. Home*
ar.'e disintegrating for a lack of
love, discipline and religion."
In an address that carried a
sugar-coated message to the
"adults of tomorrpw," Rev De-
vri es alternately sparked laugh•
ter and serious thought. Hie
theme was: "wherethe spirit of
the Lord is, there is liberty."
Mr. David Stanton, retiring
principal, was chairman for the
event, held in the United Church.
"It is a credit to the home
and school organization that each
year the graduation dinner gets
better andbetter," he said. "1
have enjoyed working with and
for these graduates and extend
best wishes for their future.
Even though I am leaving the
area, I will always be interested
to hear how you progress."
W. F. B. MacLaren, chairman
of the board, brought greetings~ ,
and "sincerest best wishes" to
the graduates. "We will miss the
guidance of Mr. Stanton," said
MacLaren, "but he is a young
man and haw to go onto higher
things."
Rev. A. E. Holley welcomed
the gathering to the church and
hoped the graduates would grow
up to be the "thinkers" of thio
world.
Mrs. Thomas Semple, co -pre-
sident of the H&S extended con-
gratulations to the graduates and
also wished Mr, and Mrs. Stan-
ton much happiness in their new
home.
Mr. Stanton introduced the
guest speaker, who was thanked
by co -president Mrs. M. Tewer.
H&S graduation pins were pre-
sented by Mrs. Semple..
Those receiving honors were
Janice Gill, Jean Kennedy, Ada
Plumb, Richard Upson. Gradu-
ates included Nancy Chamber-
lain, Hubert Gratton, Linda
Hamilton, Dianne Hood, Fred
Negryn, Robert Robischaud, and
James Semple.
The TWS group of the 'United
Church served the dinner..
Dry weather
nears recor--..
Holiday weather this month
has established almost a record
low for rain, according to a re-
port from the met section At
RCAF Centralia.
Rainfall to the present time
has been .09 inches but the pros-
pects for widely scattered show'
ere and a few thunder showers
are predicted before' The Times-
Advocate will reach its reader*
Thursday morning.
The rainfall Measured ,05 in-
ches on June 11 and 01 inches
on June 21. The minimum Fall
for rain its .lune since 190 was
60 in 1952 and the niaxiniun
Amount of rain was in ion, 5.IS
inches.
Gerald it, Gedbeit. CLU, hag.
just; toinpietecl the first; half" of
if two-year Life Und`erwrite>=s
training ioursa ib "Stratford+