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WiNDS WRECK HIRTZEL EROS. BARN; CATTLE ESCAPE INJURY
MRS, JACK GALLOWAY AND NEIGHBOR SURVEY DAMAGE TO BARN
Darnage $24,000
Mother saves girl, self
from twister wreckage
A quick -thinking Crediton dis-
trict housewife prevented per-
sonal tragedy adding to the
324,000 property damage ereated
by the baby tornado which blast-
ed its way through two farms
Saturday noon.
Spotting the storm through her
kitchen window while she was
washing dishes, Mrs. .1. E. Gal-
loway rushed her 12 -year-old
daughter, Marilyn, into the base-
ment and followed her to safety,
Seconds later, glass from five
large windows, shingles and
boards crashed into the house
as the twister churned its dam-
aging way eastward.
The Galloway and Hirtzel Bros.
farms, a mile south of Crediton,
took the brun•t of the freak twist-
er in this area. Another wind-
storm damaged farm buildings
in the Milverton area at the
same time.
On the Galloway farm, part
of the west side of the barn, the
roof. and a chicken house were
blown away and the summer
orrn clue
of Shriners
kitchen at the rear of the ']itaiis•e
was demolished.
Main barn of the Hirtzel Bros.,
prominent Hereford breeders,
suffered severe damage and
boards pierced the metal sheet-
ing of a new quonset-type been
,like arrows.
Only other buildings affected
were barn owned by Lloyd Lam•
port, concession eight, and Wil-
liam Schroeder. concession three.
Minor roof and siding damage
was done to these buildings.
The Galloways and Hirtzels
got beip from neighbors.
A numberquick staged a clean-up bee
Saturday afternoonand on Mon. -
day and Tuesday upwards to 100
men pitched in to make short
work of clearing away the re-
mainder of the debris at both
farms. it was one of the largest
bees ever seen in the area
After striking the Lamport
barn, the twister knocked. down
some grain on the Galloway
farm before it hit the sturdy
80x50 L-shaped barn, ripping off
the siding and roof and whisk -
tog away a great cloud of straw i
and hay which formed a black
mass in the sky. •
A manure spreader. side rake
and drill were partially dam- ;
aged.
A colorful Hitting the house, the, wind
parade and. celebra- i
tion at Grand Bendlater this i blew down the summer kitchen, t
will which Mr. Galloway described I Pat Marshall wins county title
seasomoven madeh Tuesday nighresult t to r as "solid", smashed the win -
form a Bluewater. Shrine Club, 1 Bows, one of which had a lead-
form
group of district Shs I encased: colored upper .section;
set a tentative date of Wednes-
day,
knocked off a door, blew down a
day, September 3, for the gala
event which wilt precede organ-
ization eer.emonies for the club.
barn was pinned by the debris.
Two thousand hales of hay in
the new quonset building were. Would slow down?
shifted but the structure was Simmons: "f think myself peo-
not damaged except • for the ple would slow down to 40 if that
piercing boards. was the speed limit."
The Hirtzels were at dinner Mawhinney: "We could just as
when the wind struck andthey
saw it coming through the house
windows. A nephew staying al
the farm, Morris Bonney, De-
troit, described. the scene as a
"black cloud roaring across the
farm."
"You cordd hardly see any-
thing for straw and stuff from
the Galloway place,"
The distance debris was strewn
by the wind didn't: surprise the
Hirtzeis because several. years
ago they found papers on their
farm from Flint, Mich., after a
tornado hit there several years
ago.
Ironically, while Mrs. Gallo-
way and her daughter were
scrambling for safety, her bus- six, Stephen, had four yearlings
band and two sons were welcom-
ing the storm at the farm of her Dashy'ood road during the same
brother, Ray Morlock, about storm. The :four were found be -
two miles away. neath a tree all touching one an -
The men had just, finished hay-
ing there and were eating dinner other. There were nine others
Eighty -Second Year
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E(ETER, ONTARIO, JULY :22 ,1959
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POTS
IN SAMPLE OF CREEK
Agree on compromise No edition
next week
in raising speed limit
'Gown council agreed upon a
compromise Monday night when
it decided to raise the speed limit
on No. 33 highway,
At the suggestion of Pnhee
Chief C. H. MacKenzie, members
approved 40 and 30 m.p.h. ?ones
inside the town rather than the
50 and 40 areas suggested by a
traffic analyst of the Ontario De-
partment of Transport.
The new proposal would raise
the limit to 40 from tate wester-
ly .limits to a point 200 feet east'
of the railroad tracks and from
the easterly limit to a point near
Andrew street. The area between
these zones will remain 30.
At present, the entire stretch is
a 30 m.p.h zone,
The compromise carne after an
argument between Councillors
Simmons and Reeler who look
extreme positions .Simmons sup -
parted the department's proposal
of 50 and 40 while. Rather favored
leaving the limit as it stands,
Shaw not present
George Shaw, whose house is
on the west end of the stretch,
was not present for the discus-
sion. He said in a .letter In coun-
cil earlier that he was legally
entitled to a 30 zone, It would
be raised lo 40 in front of his
home under the .new eornp:romise
.proposal. •
In a survey of the area, pro-
vincial officials found that cars
average over 50 entering the
town remain above 40 for fhe en-
tire stretch. They feltmotorists
would slow down In the 50 and
40 rates, if established,. because
they were more realistic than
the present 30.
Simmons: "I made it a point disputes
•
ing into town and they're- doing o in
Councillor Taylor pointed ort
there was only one house
(Shaw's) at the. west ,end,"
Simmons, "1 can't see an,
cars cooling into Exeter at 30
miles an hour wilco the area
isn't built up."
Pother; "To increase the .speed
limit is very,, very foolish. You
only encourage the traffic to go
faster."
Can't enforce law
Reeve McKenzie: "Police can't
enforce the. 30 m.p.h. limit,. Why
have .a law you can't enforce,°'
He suggested it wouldn't be safe
to drive at 30 in this area when
a
The Times•Advocate will not
be published next Thursday,
I July 30, in order to ?How
members of the staff to enjoy
their annual holidays.
1" The office will be closed
front July 27 to August 4,
Because of Civic Holiday on
Monday, August 3, the next
edition will not be in the mail
until Friday, August 7.
Correspondents and contri-
butors are asked to submit
their news as early es possible
next week in order to give the
staff the opportunity to include
an extra week's news in the
August 7 edition.
Shows in steer, water,
council seeks source
Confronted with a report that.
arsenic .had been found .in drain-
age water :from the town, coun-
cil Monday night requested the
Huron County Health Unit to de-
termine the source of the poison-
ing, which has already killed
one cattle beast.
Council agreed to reveal the
condition to the Ontario Water
Resources Commission which is
making a study of the town's
sewage.
Preston Dearing, prominent
Stephen 'township sheep farmer,
reported an OAC analysis of a
steer which died in May reveal-
the cars were going .50 or more. -
T► 'sl
Taylor: ow moving traffic
on the highway is the worst
ha -
'Mayor
Pooley supported the
Nbtsrvoold make uniform speed
boy,
'hit
by
pellets
io solution, g
limits on all highway approaches
to town. "The limit drops from London OP's' said Wednesday ; London.
50 Io 40 to 30 at the south and' no charges win he laid over the Mr. Northgraves and his sis-
north end — why not do the same i shooting incident at Clandeboye !ter, who retired from a MCGilli-
at the past and west?" when a 13 -year-old boy was vray .far.ni to their 'house. in Clan -
Clerk Pickard pointed out the i wounded with shotgun. pellets ldehoye over a year ago, told The
transport department planned to after getting caught. early Sun -,Times -Advocate Sunday night
raise the highway limit to 55 in 1 day night in a trap" set for i happened after they had "set a
the f t d til •1 j p n effort t t h
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near ui ure-
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mar en eves )1/a nerdhbor. tri " in a•
Gary Cunningha. son of Chief McKenzie, who 'brought{.Cunningham, was ii struck in the' andtees l dollars worthwho badplof "Jarsnfruiil and
in the proposal at the rcouest, of back and neck by :five pellets of • vegetables" from the retired
the mayor, said he felt the limit a No, 6. shot. Injury was .not se- couple's garden,
should be 30 from the railroad rious and the. hay is reported 'to ? Miss Cunningham drove the
to No. 4 "because it's a heavier be "doing fine." 1 car.away from ftp house to
populated area "
Council decided to forward its William. Billy Northgraves, left the residence, Mr. Cunning-
• The man who shot the gun, !make it appear the couple had
decision to the department: of; visited the youth Monday an -'ham, however, hid in the house
transport.
Attempt settlements
!Tuesday in St, Joseph's :Hospital,' beside a window where he could
• watch the garden.
"A little while later 'f heard
someone nul there," Mr, North-
g5'aves stated, "1 went nut the
front door and around to the
back with the gun and hollered
at them to stop, When they
didn't, I fired one shot into the
air. They still didn't. go, so T,
to check the speed of cars coin -
between 55 and 60.
e
Efforts are being made in Officials, including the hanks fired. lower a second. time." He
lttusser: "Lots da more than Hensall tilts week to ;find agree- I architect and the district en t said was about 85 yards from
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that," g ' the tree.
mens on two controversies—the i freer of the department; met. at
Berbera::"%Ve should•try to keep union -contract at General Coach the site, the former bowling The retired farmer said he
it down as enrich as possible. and the location of the new I green property. Results of 'the didn't; know he'd hit. the boy un -
tit a few minutes later when he
caught two y o u[ •h s coming
around the schoolhouse property
several lots east. He hit in. the
grass by the road until they ap-
peased,
Bank of Montreal building: ' talks weren't available at press
Conciliation starts I time,
A. concillla•tion officer of the ff Bank and village officials are
Ontario Dep't of Labor will re. -I asking the dept to revise its
surnne company -union talks at,' ruling that the building must be
well leave it as it is west of No. General Coach, Hensel], Thurs ! Placed 17 feet back from the
4 and change it on the east side." day, in an attempt to .reach an. ! sidewalk. The .restriction was
agreement. in the five -week-old j specified on the building permit
dispute over a contract. ' issued by the dep't..
Norman C, Soady, Toronto, Construction, which was to
will meet with 'negotiating con- -- Please. turn to page 3
mittees starting at 10:30 a.m.;
The. meeting .is expected. to con-'
time well ,into the afternoon.
Lightning kills
thirteen cattle
Wally Wein, of Dashwood, lost Talks broke off June 29, three
five head of cattle, averaging weeks after the union was • t
9 pounds, by lightniter
ng during tified by the Ontario Dep't of
the thunder 'storm that passed Labor. Spokesmen of both, sides
over the district Saturday after- indicated„ ,
noon, The cattle were lying be- 'they were far apart”„
articularly over wages,
neath a tree and all touching particularly
one another. There were 31 Union is demanding a 40 -hour
h
k
tae-ome pay
head 'in the field. at the time, week with same
plus a 20 percent increase, clos-1
Clarence Falmer, concession ed. shop, seniorit3r program of
promotion. and layoffs and other,
minor benefits.
Discuss bank site
Attempt, to reach an agree-
ment over the location of the
new Bank of Montreal building
when the rain started." We were on the farm that escaped, in HensaB was made Wednesday
just talking about how :much Arthur Lightfoot, concession 11, afternoon at, a meeting arranged
good, the rain would do when McGillivray Township, had four by C. S. MacNaughton, Huron
---Please turn to page 3 of his Cows killed. MPPP.
Child wanders
two miles away
A three-year-old Kippen dis-
trict girl, missing for several
hours, was found sleeping en,
the beach ac two miles from where
she had disappeared, police
reported Sunday
Jean Bears, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. T, W. Beers, RR 2
Kippen, felt asleep in front of
the Maple ' Greve subdivision,
just north of Grand Bend. She
was taken ter a cottage by one
of the residents, who notified
police
The girt had been swimming
at Turnbull's Grove.
The Cunningham boy stopped
at the man's shout hut the sec-
ond boy, Neil Newman, 18. kept
running, according to Mr. North -
{ erl. arsenic had been found in eller
! beast's liver and stomach, as
well as in :a sample of water
taken .from the creek, which
flows through the Dearing farm..
Mr, Dearing also revealed he
had Jost a sheep last. week. 14
died in the sanl,e fashion. As the
steer. The Stephen farmer has.
won for ,many years top Caned -
Ian awards for Dorset :Horned
sheep,
The fcreek through Mr, 'Dear,
ing's arm is an extension of the
Anne street drain which runs
from the southeast corner off
town. It is covered from Andrew
street' to Carling. At the corner
of Marlboro and John, a pump.
ing station carries the drainage
into the William street storm
sewer.
The creek, said Mr. Dearing
"is a dirty mess—don't: think it
frogisn't, in Weit',re" taking a. lot of crap
from the town. I cdon't. think ,you
fellows would stand for it if you
were me. There isn't a living
Every Monday, he said, the
water is white with soap suds,
In the fall, his well smells se
badly he can't use the water for
about: three weeks, For the last
three falls, it's been the same
story,,,
Reeve McKenzie said the are
senie may come from the soap
suds, Mr. Dearing wondered if
it came from the hospital or a
garage. "They tell me there are
a number of sources of arsenic,i°
he said,
The Stephen farmer said nue
merous drains emptied into the
creek and felt some property
owners were putting sewag
directly into the creek instead
of feeding it through a septic
tank system,
Mayor Pooley pointed out: thief
was illegal 'but there were aleways some people who didn't
obey 'the laws.
Drains chairman Ross Taylor
suggested it might be possible
to dam the creek at the pump-.
ing station and send the water
up the William street storm
sewer, Mr. Dearing felt this
would help but thought: there
were outlets into the creek from
houses below the pumping stat
tion.
MMayor,Pooley said the town.
was waiting for a report, on sew.
age from the b WRC and prom*
sed that a special meeting would
he held with. Mr. Dearing as
soon as that report was avail.
able.
Reeve 'McKenzie suggested the
,health unit he requested to inn
vestigate the arsenic poisoning
immediately 'because It should
be eliminated. "I've seen kids
playing in that creek ---a child
could be poisoned just like at
cattle beast,"
graves.
The farmer reported the in-
cident to police.
The Cunningham hey was
taken to St. Joseph's Hospital
after being treated by a Lucan
doctor,
OPP Constable Bob Madill.
who investigated, confiscated
Mr. Northgrave's gun.
The retired fanner and his
sister have grown considerable
produce for stores and customers
in the area for the past two sea-
sons. Thieves had take or des-
troyed. a considerable amount of
it both seasons,' they stated:
Mr, Northgraves indicated
much of the loss was just wan-
ton destruction, "If they had
taken it to eat, it wouldn't have
been so had but. they just left it
to rot, It takes a lot of 'work 1.0
keep a good garden," he, added.
cement block verandah siding
and took shingles off the roof.
Metal siding from the barn
Shriners comprise a branch of caeght in the maple trees -.lining
111asnnry. Only menthes with the drive. Limbs from:the trees
the top degree, Ancient Arabic; were strewn from the house to
Order Nobles of ° the Mystic the road, some. 300 .feet.
Shrine, are eligible. The Mocha ; Crossing the road to the Hirt -
Temple, London, is headquarters ` zel place, the wind twisted one
,for the western portion of On- tree to the ground before tack-
fario. ling doors on a driveshed and
Where are 67 members in the lifting racks of a farm wagon
Bluewater area, which includes as high .as the roof of the .house.
Exeter, Grand Bend, Crediton, The wind mangled the Hirtzel
Hensel 1, 'Dashwood, Parkhill, barn to such an ektent it can't
Brucefield, Clinton, Goderich arid be repaired. It shifted thousands
Seaforth, of bales of hay in the loft as it
Sohn Harker, Clinton, a mem- pulled off the siding and roof
her of the Mocha Temple divan, but fortunately none M the 1 -fere-
chaired the Tuesday night meet- ford bulls in the building were
ing et the summer home of injured.
Rbberi Drysdale, at Norman Two older buildings be either
lfeights, north of Grand Bend. side oft the barn, both rather
;About 20 Shriners were present. flimsy and. only 200 feet apart,
, ]turbo were hardly touched he the wind.
C, S. MacNattgh'ton
barn were strewn
' Pr, and Andrew Seelgrove, Parts of the.
across fields for over
Exeter, wore appointed to Ar -
ratio 'publicity. mAr thretihing Ynachfntr in the
The celebration al Grand tient]
Will he under the direction of
Williem Cochrane, resort coun—
cillor. (His Committee 'includes Where to
Clayton. Mathets and Peyer
`Sisenbafh
Shriners expect a tttrtnber of
bands, including their own from find it
London, oriental and trunTttet
hand, as wellas a precision Announcements , 11
marching group, * niatorcycle Church Notiees Ts
and provost Corps touring Events ii
Several hundred Shriners frbt t 1l diteriati.. 4
Clubs Throughout western On. Faem Ni6ws , 9,' 16
ltitio will baled, Feminine `Fat .. It
Shtiriers operate 17 r'ripplr d , Hen3+tft
thildten's hospihis in North L4akitIet 1n 'w1flhi Liz ,..
Attierira, iiirludintt fiane iia On- Llan 141,i
Cate fait` Pei/mita is pro $bertx .. ,...• .... ,. ;I
6d without charge, want
g Nclz 11
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Kirkt�n girl
Huron county picked a "nat.ur-
al" for a dairy princess Tues-
day night.
"she's attractive Pal Marshall,
18 yeas -old daughter of Kirkton
dairy farmer Ross Marshall, the
county's top Holstein breeder.
"Pat herself last year won the
trophy for the highest number
of points in the Huron 4-11 pro•
gram—a 975 she scored its the
Exeter dairy club which she has
led for a number of years.
"Crowned" before a erowd of
800 at the twilight meeting of
Huron Soil and Crop Improve-
ment Association at CI i n 10 n
Tuesday night, the Marshall girl
will represent the county in a
province -wide dairy queen com-
petition, at the CNE this fall.
The Ontario winner gets a free
trip bverseas,
Pat, who was staking her
second hid for the 'title, won
over three ether girls Doris
Cornish, 17, 'R"'R, 1 Woodham;
Yvonne Snarling, 1.6, BR. 2 Gor-
rie; and Sandra Wright, it, ER,
1 Clifford.
County warden, "William Jewitt
placed the banner on. the winner.
who Was presented With a tra-
vellirig bag and eash award.
A rnenibef of this: year's grad-
uationerase at S1ID.I S, Pat is
serving as a leader at Cattip
Bimini near Stratford before en -
telling at 'Victoria llbspital, Lon-
don, to start a nursing Career.
Besides being a first_ Hass
hbnbr slt.tdent . at. S1•11)118, She
ori herths .orf the volleyball And
ea Plebe HMI to page 3
'natural' for dairy princess crown.
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KIRKtON GIRL DAIRY .0
A �Y Q ��N Pat Mai'8ha.11 one of
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tilt, s rut;fi�tidlHr �• �' mtim�ler.
Y �" 5, Was Chosen
Dairy , id
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Y a , the, fwlh>rli, 7r1 ,r, ,ln>; of the lWren Kofi
and Clop itepr(1vet`eeht Associatiotn 'host ty night, Shit's
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5iiutvri,, slated ,right. with thre ,•
i� � other girls .from the
cruhty who tom etrd. .for the title. Prom
... , .. � _ >`ortt :left 1S Marls
Corhls t, �;It, Woi dh.a.iti; Svetthe x .. a1•iin . i!t, , ~ .,tie;
Miss Marshailt and Smith'*; WVrightr R t C1itl tiJr
Joyce
stars at GB
Grand Bend toasts TV cel*
brity Jaye(' }laln today,
The petite star of "Cross Cane
aria Hit Parade" will be guest
of honor in a mammoth parade
and variety show on the beach
this afternoon.
Tonight, she'll sing for Ike.
annual "Holiday Ball" of Grand.
BendLions Club,
Bryan L. Cathcart, Ontario'
minister of travel and publicity,
will be guest speaker at eh*
afternoon beachreception drive,
ing which Miss Rahnwill re.
Ceive a key to the resort, Thi*
is the first time in many years
that a provincial cabinetministet
hasficial visitCapaced ittyhe, .(lend in an of
Camp Ippei.•wash cadetband..
and probably several other mu«
steal organizations, will lead a
parade of floats to the beach,
CGJT girls, Boy Scouts, bicycles,
downs, saddle horses evert
mules will be included,
'F'he procession will start a4
Oakwobd 7.nn, then travel to the
bandstand on the beach'wher*
Miss }:Jahn will receive her key4
The free variety show in the
afternoon will feature a fire-
eating, sword swallowing anti,
rock and roil guitarist, rhythni
group, pianists and Mlle talent,
Lionel Thornton, leader of the
Lakeview Casino hand, will be' •
emcee. -
Post notice
r
for petition
Notice. of posting of the peg.
tient requeettttg x vote on thlf
CTA appears this "week iii eorintir
newspapers.
The Huron Coufity Legal Gbit-
trot Comt'nittee says the petitioik
will be available for nn5pectioit
At the registry office, Gederich,
foe 10 days follouting August 13.
Cliairni,an .11, E. 11riekiiha ait�
nntifi8ed this week over 1,664l'
mines had been etettl'ed and
that Canvasses will eonitytic tett
Celledsignatufes until July 3i,