HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-08-20, Page 1WATER SAFETY TESTS—Red Cross water safety .officials proved to Exeter and area
children Tuesday that its lifesaving program isn't one to"'be taken lightly, y, Examiners.
Don Hickey and Marg Little, RCAF Clinton, failed to pass quite a number of children,
as they have in other centres, because they'd forgotten some of the fundamental•rules.
Eighteen juniors passed, however, and seniors and intermediates will. be given another
test later. Above, Marion Carscaddengivesgives correct aid 'b' g leg,rather
J extending
than jumping into water, to "save" Miss Little. T -.A Photo
Council, canners seeking,
drainage, odor solutions
Town council and. Canadian
Canners Ltd. are taking steps to,
correct drainage problems and
reduce odors before another, pea!
pack rolls arou;nda'+ it was re-:
waled at council. meeting Mon-.
clay .night,.
Mayor 11. E. Pooley and Coun•'
chlor Ross Taylor, drains chair
man. met with plant manager,
Donald.Graham this week. to dis-i
cuss minor improvements to the
drainage, The lagoon and sprinkl-{
ing system installed this sum-
mer proved satisfaej,ory but
some adjustments appear desir. t
able, it was indicated.
It was also revealed that some
drainage from the pack has been!
going directly into a creek un-
known to plant officials. Council
felt this could be remedied with-
out difficulty.
ei•ing methods • of reducing the.
I smell, he said.
Mayor Donley stated companyI
officials were "well satisfied"
with the co-operation. provided
'by council this sum mer and he:
contended that the amount of
revenue the district received.
from the .operation of the plant'
fully ;justified council's expendi-i
Investigate arsenic
cHires.
Two governmentagencies are
making separate invest.iga.tions
of the reported presence of ar-
senic in the Anne street ditch,
which caused the death of a cat-
tle beast this spring.
Huron County Health Unit re-
ported it had taken samples for
testing and, if the arsenic is
found to he still present, would
take immediate action to deter-
mine its source. However, unit;
officials fell: the condition was
only a temporary one which
could have been caused by a
number of different sources.
The. Ontario Water .Resources
Commission. informed council. in
a letter that 11 had instructed itk
industrial waste branch to con.
,duct an investigation of the poi-
soning.
Take action en weeds
The mayor felt drainage im-
provements could he made to
reduce the smell of the. pack,
"T.here will always he a slight
odor from the peas but. I don't
think it will be as offensive an-
other year,"
He indicated the field on whi.e
ci
the effluent has been sprayed.
will be plowed and. grassed this
fall to improve absorption next
year. Be also felt most of the
water could he disposed of
, through the sprinkler, thus avoid-
ing stagnation in the lagoon.
The company was also consid-
Celebrates
94 years
Mrs. John Fletcher, Albert Si.,
will. be 94 years of age on Fri-
day and has begun to celebrate
early,
On Sunday, accompanied by
her son, Ray Fletcher, and
gra.nddaughter, Mrs. D o n
Hooper, Don and. sons, Grant
and. 'Bill, and Mrs. F. Cornish,
she visited her brother, Mr. :Ed
Francis, in. Croswell, Mich., and
was honored at a family gather-
ing,
Monday evening, her im-
mediate family gathered at her
home and. 'spent the evening
with her. Guests included Mr.
And Mrs. Clarence Fletcher, Mr.
and. Mgrs. Melvin Gardiner and
Marilyn, Mr. ,and Mrs. Murray
Gibson, Margaret Jean and
Marion, of Bryanston, Mr. and
'Mrs. Clarence lliawkins and
Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Ron
Fletcher and fani:i+I.y, and Mr.
and Mrs. Don Hooper and sons.
Mrs. .let
F cher is
in good health
and. maintains a keen sense of
humor. :in spite of the fart that.
she fell and broke .her hip . two
years ago,
she is able to get
around vers' well.
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Santa Cu
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dons s str
i'Pes .
Children from the Salvation
Army village in London were
treated to a "Santa Claus picnic"
hrf: th.e Pinery Park Saturday by
members of the Corporals Insti-
tute, BCAF Station, Centralia.
Over 50 kids were presented
toward the cost, Transportation
had enjoyed two picnic meals,
swimming and contests.
Over 100 corporals contributed
toward th ecost.. Transportation
was provided by 12 volunteers,
In charge of the event were Cpls,
Adams Carter and Penner,.
Local. firms contributing to-
ward the treats were Exeter
Dairy Ltd. and Tuekey Bever-
ages Ltd,
11 Was the first such project
sponsored by the corporals,
coac group
off to Hawaii
Council promised i.mmediate
action to destroy weeds on prop-
erty adjacent to J. "alethorpe,
William street north, who told
members goldenrod, particularly,
was affecting the health of one
of the members of his family
who suffered from hay fever.
Building permits were issued
to Ronald Heimrich, for a house
on Sanders- St. East; Mrs. Jean
White, Main street, shingling
roof;' William Desjardine, Wil-
liam street, installation of a sep-
tic tank.
Investigate agreement
Council decided. to investigate
reports that other municipalities
Flyers prep
for air show
RCAF Station Centralia's
smoke -writing andaerobatic
teams are polishing up their
"acts" for the CNE international
air show next month.
The two crowd -pleasing forma'
tions will perform along with
the Golden Iawks and planes of
other principal NATO countries
before thousands of spectators
on September 11 and 12.
The
per -
'formed have aheadv err
pilots
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in various centres
throughout Ontario this summer.
and have won praise for their
precision aerobatics and smoke -
writing displays.
The smoke -writers u'llspell a
"35" and a '10" to mark the
thirty-fifth anniversary of the
RCAF and the fiftiethof powered
flight in Canada. ..
The aerobatic team will create
sky
patterns by trailinging
smoke
while they're doing loops, spins
and other manoeuvres.
Officials at, General , Coach
Works, fensall, aid 40 Canadian
dealers from coast to coast. will
be off next week tin a vacation
to 'Hawaii following a successful
sales promotion campaign this
,year.
Manager Bills 'Smith and his
wife, and Ben Johnstone, gene-
xal sales manager, are aecompa-
arying the dealers who achieved.
sales quotas entitling them to'
the all•expenses-paid trip,
They'll be with officials and
cern an • in. Michigan.
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islands by air end botit,
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Tropical weather
not much comfort
Some people, mostly wealthy
ones, enjoy tropical atmosphere
in the proper season but, it pro-
vided considerable discomfort
for bothrich' and poor during
the past, week,
Humidity -laden air from the
Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico,
hovering around the 90 -degree
mark, sent crowds to the
beaches for relief.
•Met section at RCAF Station
Centralia indicates , the tropical
air will continue :for a few days,
High during the week was a
90,5 on :friday, Saturday hit 89.7,
Friday 84.4 and Sunday 83.6,
Low for the week was a 62 on
Tuesday.
Nine•tenths of an. inch of rain
fell Saturday in a brief storm
and Sunday's drizzle.% tot.alled
one-quarter of an' inch.
Where to
find it
Ar noun -crams Iii
Church Notices 13
Coming Events 13
Editorials 4
Farm News ,,.
Women's Page ..,,,., 11
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Snorts 6
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were receiving greater assist-
ance in the maintenance of pro-
vincial highways inside limits
than was being offered by the
department to Exeter in a con-
nection link agreement.
Under the department's offer,
the town pays 25 per cent of the
cost of maintenance of the cen-
tral 48 feet of the width of the.
highway,
.Several councillors understood
some. municipalities were not
being required to pay any portion
of this cost.
EightrSecond. Yea.
(EXETER, .ONTARIO, "AUGUST 1959
Price ;Per Copy 100
Boom in house building
nears half million mark
GB .crackdown
nets big docket
Grand Bend court docket was
loaded with 60 cases Tuesday
afternoon.
Majority of them dealt with
highway traffic act offenders as
a result of police crackdown on
driving during recent busy week-
end.
A number of drivers were con-
victed for squealing wheels on
.theatement and offenders
found this display of power cost-
ly both in dollars and points.
Fines, including costs, were $7,50
and drivers lost two points on
the merit system for each' of-
fense,
ffense,
Sentence for. two Sarnia youths.'
convicted of stealing fender
skirts from cars, was remanded
until August 26, pending the
court's receipt of their proba-
tion reports,
Three charges were heardun-
der the master -servants act un-
der
paida whichwages.. mployees claimed un -
Cases of 14 persons, charged
with making unnecessary noise
during a cottage party, were laid
over until the next sitting.
Magistrate .J. C. Dunlap, Sar-
nia, presided,
Know the
figure
on this
statue
Many Exeter and dist-
ri.ct people should know
the man on this statue
but they may not be able
to recognize him. Who is
he? Why . was he thus
honored? W h ere does
the monument stand'?
When was the picture
taken? For the ' anwers
Turn to
page 3
Even though there's no MASeft
*• Jndustrial, commercial or pub.
Makes PC off road,
driver ps 150
i
fines
Kenneth Victor Landers, '24,
Stratford, was fined $50 and
costs and his license suspended
for two years when he appeared
in magistrate's court Wednesday
morning on a careless driving
nalso.] 0
e fined .0
char He wasn
$
and costs or one month in jail
on a charge of wilfully obstruct-
ing a police officer.
PC D. M. Westover testified
that while in Dashwod be heard
a car proceeding west at a high
rate of speed, He stepped to the
centre of the road and raised
his hand and had to :jump back
out of the way for fear of being
struck down. He pursued the car
in his cruiser and overtook the
driver. Estimated speed was 75
10 80 miles.
.T. M. Tiernan and Ken Mc-
Crae, hath of Dashwood, testified.
that Landers passed through the
village at a high rate of speed
and saw the constable raise his
hand and then go off in pursuit,
Landers' record of previous con-
victions was read in court. He
was defended by Chester C,
idisener, Stratford.
Hilton Donaghue, of Montreal,
charged with careless driving,
was fined $45 and assts, Dona-
ghue was travelling east on
Highway 83 when he was in col-
lision with a car north hound,
Expect 500
ata 1playdayf
It's expected thatclose to 500
childrenwill be participating in
the ,Lake Hurop. Zone Recreation inquest Friday
Council's first annual "Playda.y"
driven by Huron MP Elston Car-
diff.
Beverley H. Hillis, London,
pleaded guilty to a careless driv-
ing charge and was fined $15
and. costs. He was in a rearend
collision with another car
on
Highway 21 about a mile south
of 51. Joseph.
Thomas Graham Arthur, 17, of
Exeter, was fined $15 and costs
Up toll° lines
for GB area
A $20,000 toll cable, which will
give Grand Bend residents bet-
ter long distance service, has
been erected by the Hay Munic-
ipal, Telephone System,
The cable stretches from the
resort to Dashwood, where it
links with the Bea. • system to
London,
The cable increases capacity
by 50 per cent, according to
Harold Zehr, plant manager. The
systemnow has nine toll. cir-
cuits, three more than before,
1f demand warrants it, more
circuits can be established, ¥r.
Zehr saidthere was a possibili-
ty this wouldbe done next year.
This is the second major im-
provenren:E made by the system
for the Grand Bend exchange
this year. An additional. switch-
board — the third one — was
installed earlier this year.
The system is also continuing
Us preparation for installation
of dial about 1961...
that will take place in the Exe-
ter Park, Wednesday, August 26.
The Zone Council.and the Direc-
tors of. Recreation have decided
to offer a Zone "Playday" to
end the playground season in
the 'corninunities throughout, the
zone, Although. zone towns have
had. track and field. and swim
meets, the Zone Council. and
Directors of Recreation felt that
there should be .a program de-
veloped for the large numbers
of children who come to the
playgrounds and participate in a'
local program but who might
not have the skill to enter or-
ganized meets.
Age elassifications will. be 11.
and under, 13 and under, and
16 and under.
Events to be held in the "Play -
day" programwill he dodgeball,
arch ball rounders, beanbag
baseball, volleyball. baseball, vol-
leyball (with a beach ball), tug-
nf-war, basketball, soccer and
relays.
This Is the. first: of what is
hoped to be an annual affair an
is slated for Exeter on August
26,
Teacher visits area
Firsthand 'Iook.at Springhill
brine surjarises, chagioin •
By MRS. MELVIN DESJARO!NE Unit groups like she belonged to, iSpr
(A. resident of. the Grand.
Bend. district, Mrs. Desjardine
um -
has been a teacher for a num-
ber of years in the area. She
will join the staff at Exeter
Public School this September.)
Having recently arrived home
from an enjoyable trip through
Eastern Canada and the New
England States. we could de-
scribe at length rile condueted
toi.irs of the famous old histori-
cal cities of Montreal, ( uebec
City and Halifax, also the Thou -
Sand .Islands cruise and the ferry
trip across the Bay of. Fundy,
where the highest tides in the"
world can be seen, rising le a
height of 40 to 60 feet, as well
as the quaintness of the well
kept Prince Edward Is. farms.
and the natural beauty of New
Brunswick, Maine New :tramps
shire and Vermont. But we feel
that we would like.to share our
visit to the Springhill Mine with
the general public, because.
many of you shared in is aid.
"We have two reasons for this
desire to share with you, what
we saw and learned there. One
is, that„ after (his early fall
there will be nothing left. to' see
at .Springhill as, far as the mine
is enncerned. The other reason
is, that. we would like to let you
know of the hospitable, apprecia-
live spirit that envelops you as
you. meet- and talk with those
people.We were reminded of
the • scriptW'e where 11 says,
"Essen a cup al cold Water in
MS name shall be ]rewarded,"
and ea :forgotten.
We stayed ie Moneta the night
before, and .it so happened, that
]lie. lady Who operated the tourist:
court, wilt a past resident of
co . p p_
e It
til r, there, the Women's lnstr . i
ed
wag (roto her that we learn
Seinething 'et the ,fend. that of
Morse, we would have never
Muted out in Spr'iiigbi1l, She said
inghit had .toned near and
and many; many others, went far., relating to groups of. pec-
an. out -to aid the Disaster 'Fund. ! p.le, the distress of Springhill
in he' bad
• with much disappoint.. people, and on returning :EIowev'eh, Pp , p P
ment and. indignation, she told' a nervous break -down and was
us that the widows had .just re hospitalized for,quite some time.
ceived their first portion of the This she felt should definitely
fund, and that $350,000 of that' have been taken care of by the
fund had been spent, setting fund, but the huge stun of $350,•
the executive to distribute deep concern to those
widows' small portion to then. d' who
She did that the Mayor of — Please 3
say
up
the
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groups in a latent towns,
turn to page
in cadet death
An inquest will be held Fri-
day afternoon into the death of
Norwegianair cadet Tore
Kjus, 20, who was killed in a
car accident at the intersection
of No. 81 and the Crediton road
on August 7.
Huron Crown Aftroney Glen
Hays, QC, said the hearing
will be held in Exeter town
• hall, starting at 2 p.m.
Kius was one of five NATO
students pushing a car' when
it was struck from the rear
by another driven by LAC
Kenneth R. Mieklejohn, Exeter
One other cadet suffered severe
leg injuries when his limb was
caught between the two
• vehicles.
Lake alarms
turn out false
OPP detachment at Grand
Bend has appealed to cottage
owners north of the resort to
take a second look at would,be
lake disasters before they call
for police assistance.
Cpl. Neil Chamberlaiin revealed
called
has the OPP (' boata. been c
out on a number of :false alarms
recently. These might have. been
avoided, he felt, if observers had
taken closer looks at what they
,
thou�dhi. was distress.
One recentalarm turned out
to be seagulls sitting ,on a log.
A number of boats, said to have
been in difficulty, were not in
danger.
Cpl, Chamberlain pointed out
jurisdic-
tion
s
that the detachment's
does not extend up the lake
but it will assist with water
safety, Were quite willing to
go out on legitimate calls," he
stated, "but we don't like to
send our men out, particularly
in rough water, when there is
no necessity of at.
on a careless driving charge. Ar-
thur took to the ditchnorth of
Hensel] and broke off thebrace
of a pole. Ile was following an-
other car which he thought in-
tended to turn left hut which
turned right ahead e
ad of him.
m
Arthur, B. Smith, RCAF Cen-
tralia, was fined $25 when he
failed to give right of way at the
intersection of the Crediton Road
and Highway 4, He was in colt',
sion with a car going south.
Damage was estimated at $350.
Gordon Keith Butler, London.
was assessed $15 on a speeding
h.
car ge. He was c]ocked at 70 to
75 miles an hour going through
Dash wood.
Earl Munroe, Wilton Grove,
was fined $2.5 for speeding. He
was clocked: at 55 miles an hour
while going through Crediton.
William Karl Whetstone, RCAF
Centralia, was fined $15 and
costs for. speeding, He was
clocked at 68 miles an hour on
the Crediton Road,
Peter Wilfred RavelJe was
fined. $20 for speeding. He was
travelling from. 70 to 75 miles an
hour on the Crediton road.
Several, whose names were
called but who did not appear,
will be served with summons to
appear at the next court,
lie building this year, the town's
construction industry is enjoy
ing a third of a million della(
hinge as demand for housing re•
• mains high.
1 Twenty-four homes are going
up—some of them have been
completed—in a d d i tin .n to a
$30,000 apartmentt house for elder,
;ly people.
lWhat's more, builders are cos*
fident of a good fall. A number
plan to roughup frames for
!houses they'll complete in the
winter.
I
,Estimate of residential co>7r
struction under way this year
:hits the 3350,000 mark. 11 may
reach half a million before the
!year's out.
'It's been one of the best yearn:
we've ever had," said Building
Inspector Walter Cutbush this
week.
Largest structure is the 10 -
unit apartment building for eld-
erly people being erected 1,
Arthur Whilsmith between An-
drew and Edward streets.
Mr. Whilsmith has already
completed two homes for Alvin
Pym. on Huron street and is now
working on a residence for Len
Veri, manager of Exeter Produce
and Storage, in his Orchard Park
subdivision.
Teacher Ronald Heimrich
starting work nn a pre-cut !house
which will be erected in the Whit
smith subdivision, in which sev-
eral other homes will, be 'started
this fall.
Three homes are going up and
one coming down in BivervieW
Heights. The Simmons brothers
have roughed up two which they
will compli+te in the fall. Cliff
Salmon has started work on
Ward Kraft's house. 'Work may
begin onseveral others in this
subdivision this fall. The large
brick house in the centre of that
property is being demolished,
Stan Whiting is working on
two houses on Carling streets
near Victoria, for Donald Steph
ens and Norman Whiting, a,broth-
er of the contractor. lie has also
erected a new home for Harold
Harness at the corner of Wil-
liam and Alexander and has
completed the home of Charles
Snell, Victoria.
Milt Keller Construction has
completed two homes, one of
which will be open for public
inspection this weekend. It's the
first electrically -heated house ht
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Ransack home,
discard pennies
An Exeter home was ransacked
over the weekend while its occu-
pants were vacationing at, Grand
Bend.
Would-be thieves entered the
Andrew street home of Ed West-
cott through a kitchen window
and rummaged through drawers
upstairs and down.
Nothing is believed to have
been stolen. A door was broken
in the china cabinet and a box
of pennies removed but; the
carton was left on the chester-
field.
A neighbor, Mrs. Gerald Law-
son, discovered the break-in.
Zurich area man s. case
k •
rocs insur
A precedent: -making decision
by the Ontario Supreme Court on
an accident case in which Zur-
ich district; farmer Harold Finlay
was involved "has rocked the
ranks of the nation's auto insu-
rers," the Financial Post states.
The decision "will likely result
in early re -drafting of most auto
insurance policies used in Can,
ada," says the paper.
The court ruled that an in-
surance company's liability ter-
minates on the death of the
policy bolder.
Mr. Finlay, whose wife died
in the accident, sued the Global
General Insurance Co., which
held. a policy on the car which
collided with Mr. Finlay's car
near an accident ne r J= l a o x Hill
P
April 20, 1958.
The case eras complicated by
the :fact that the driver M the
+ C
hadborrowed e it from his
car a d
sister, who had been given if
by a deceased aunt„ the original
policy holder.
' The company refused to ac-
cept responsibility on the con-
tention that the policy expired 1
e holder.
with. the death ofthe der.
This was upheld by Justice W.
F. Spence.
Justice Spence said, however.1
"I do not think it would be
proper to leave the case with-
out expressing the view that
there is a very dire need for.
statutory amendment of this sit-
ance iirms
uation."
The Postt indicated this wag
one way the decisioncould of
feet a policyholder:
"Let's assume you have as
auto insurance policy issued its
your name which also covers
your wife while she is driving
the family car.
"If you were to die at the of
fice while your wife is driving
about town, she would not bet
covered in the case of an and.
dent that takes place after y'otur
death.
"This is in spite of the fact
that she would be covered in this
same accident, provided that you
are healiPveos."continues: coots es
:
"In sura nee industry circler
note that. until now. Canadian
insurers had assumed an auto
i
rn.s
uraneeol]cv collo
P
continued in
force until the estate was settled
or the policy expired.
"They have been paying—and
were expecting to pay— .anit
legitimate claims after the polo
i.cyholder's death.
"General theory was that: if
suchclaims would haw been
payable were the person; ter
whom the policy was issued
alive, they would be equally pay-
able after his death.
"This belief was reinforced by
the fact that most auto insur-
ance policies state "the insurer
agrees to indenmify the insured,
his executors or administators
against the liability
r posed by law , , , on the in-
sured: , "
i "In the Ontario case, Global
General Insurance Co. denied
liability in the case of an acci-
dent involving an automobile
belonging to an estate.
'Company contended that th1
contract for insurance, so far as
it was a contract of indemnity
against third party liability, was
a personal contract and termi.•
noted on the death of the named
insurctL
"This contention was upheld
in the lower roust and confirmed
by the Supreme Court: decision.'
"Canadian. ifsiirers will likely'
seek amendment of present
polio' forms to create a Similar
provision. A three-month extena
Sion is being mentioned widely'
in industry tittles.
"Insurance men note the On.
tarin Supreme- Court deckle?''
could stilt be appealed to it;
higher court.
•"'here is no indication lit
present whether such an appeal
will ire launnhi±d.
Most duectly affected, at
course, is Mr. Finlay, ra11ti in stall
seeking the 831,485 in don agee
awarded to 'hitt] by a jury.
11 stated this Week ;hie 1,a.'
filen in London. London. Lerner, Lerner•
andrs r± si
Bits: hoderina na,
peal a well 13,4 either action.
Detifii0 i is el;pected to bk iilsd*
this month.
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international lir show oto Septehibtr 11 mid 12, with
fimoke wrlti kg aetoaaf,io displays. They've already per.
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