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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-09-03, Page 1ii llty-1 oo0 FAiL TO REVIVE NURSE—Althoughlifeguards and volunteers applied artificial respiration for over two hours, 'they were unable to revive a nurse in training at Stratford hospital who was swept beyond her depth at Grand Bend late Monday afternoon. —T -A Photo • WOULD-BE RESCUERS HAVE DIFFICULTY—Raging water near the north pie.r at Grand Bend, responsible for the resort's first drowning this year, gave rescuers dif- ficulty when they formed a .human chain in an attempt to locate the body. One of the men dropped into a hole and, had to be helped ashore. A boat attempting to help at the scene was swamped. —T -A Photo Nurse drowns in swirls, waves endanger rescuers A fiendish storm of waves rag- ing around the north pier of Grand Bend harbor took the We of a 19 -year-old Stratford nurse and endangered several would- be rescuers who got: caught in the raging waters late Monday afternoon, Non -swimmer. Alice II a y s, whose home is in Burvie, near Kincardine, b e.c am e Gr and Bend's first drowning victim this year when she was swept beyond her depth by an undertow which rescuers described. as "terrible," One other Stratford nurse. one of four friends who accompanied the victim. to the resort :for the day, had to be helped ashore. Two near -accidents threatened the lives of volunteers who were trying to find the body of the victim, The end man of a human chain got in difficulty in the waves and a s a i 1 b o a. t. was swamped when it came to the scene to help. . Miss Hayes' body was found over an hour after she went down and she was pronounced dead after nearly two hours of artifi- cial respiration. The victim and two of her friends — Edith .l�feilile, 19, and Gloria Windell, -..ere 'play- ing in the water near the end of the pier. Two others -- Marie JarroM, 16, and Lois Groes, 19 were on the beach. Miss Merkle, who w,as nulled ashore, later described what happened: "We were wading cell; tin. the Scalded trio improving Three employees of Canadian Canners Ltdlher.•e are making "sa- tisfactory progress" recovering fromdeep second degree burns sustained. early Saturday morn- ing when they were scalded by steam, Medical authorities; ex peel., however they willbe in hospital for "a considerable time." Some skin grafts will be required, In St. Joseph's London. are Robert Preszcator, 25, with: shoul- der, chest and arms burns; and Tony 'Mattucci, 26, who was scalded in the lower abdomen and legs. Both are from the Exe- ter area, Ambrose Koeieiha, 19, RR 1 Clandeboye, is in South Huron Hospital with burns on his arms, legs and stomach. Plant manager Don Graham said cause of the aeeident has not been determined but investiga- tion le continuing, Canned corn ie a large press rare cooker, termed a "retort," had completed. the cooking cycle rod the men apparently were in the process of disengaging the steam pressure, Instead of the steam releasing through sal. escape valve in the bottom of the retort, it shot out fret tinder the lid at the three Mon around it. Two clamps on the lid were broken by the :prey. SUM. rriaintained at 14 pounds. Dr._ D. A. Acke', Exeter, and Ili, .>irhn A, McCredie, London surgeon, attended the men. An earlier report that the boiler. Al the plant had exploded was false, The; boiler W s inspected this epring by govt personnel 11,14 ions fottlld eatfsfahtorSt. water when all of a sudden we went. down into a hole. A. wave swept' us out and I could.n't touch bottom. Alice gra b h ed me around the neck and held on for dear life, I had to fight her off because she was choking me. I tried to grab her hand but she was swept. away." Gloria Windell, a good swim- mer, said: "I got hold of Alice once but she got away. She kept grabbing me and Jetting go. I lost her. Then I went in to help Edith." Lois Cross ran into the water to help the swimmers and Marie Jarrott rushed to get help. First: on the scene were Jack Barnhardt, . Kitchener, and Torn Kyle, Waterloo, who saw the girls as they parked near the beach to go swimming. Kyle helped Windell and Mei- kle get a.shore while Barnhadt went after the Hayes girl, "l saw her head several times while we were running to the water," said Barnhardt, "but I couldn't see for the waves when I got out there. I went to where I first saw her but others waved me closer to the pier. Then I saw her arm go down about 3 feet from me. I dove into the water but couldn't find her. I was out over my depth then and I had to swim back to catch my breath." "The undertow would just i knock you right off your feet," he �y stated. Lifeguard Larry Gaynor, who was just leaving the centre stand -- Please turn to page 3 akrvocafe EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 3� 1959 Teves hit area, zen th" th Pricy Por Copy- 10 Cords small loot includes guns Popular singer dies Charge 19 -year-old over Sunday fatality A Granton district teenager! has been charged with careless; driving over the two -car crash Sunday which killed Mrs. .Ron- ald Squire, 34, popular district. musician, Police allege Lawrie McGill, 19, RR 2 Granton, was the driver of the car that •struck the Squire! vehicle near the brow of a hill about 50 rods from the Squire' farm, concession. 10, Blanshard, McGill and his passenger, :Druce' Nixon, 21, also of RR 2 Gran- ton, are in London/hospital with multiple injuries. Mrs, Squire died insi Riellyfrom the almost head-on col- lision which demolished both cars,, Police believe the impact threw her out the windshield, then back into her seat. lfer husband, Ronald. Squire, 37, suffered head lacerations which .required over 50 ctitches lo close. His :right knee cap is in a cast. He was released from hospital. Monday. Police said the Squire car was travelling east when McGill SH hospital overcrowded South Huron Hospital, in. com- mon with many others across the province, is having difficulty meeting demands for accomnio- dation. One official said occupancy rate has averaged well over 90 percent during recent months. Patients have had to be put hi the corridors most of the summ er, This week 45. of the 50 beds are. occupied, the five empty be- ing in the children's ward. The hospitat has a waiting list of five. The official said further over- crowding 'is expected this winter when. the number of admissions normally increases. Saturday when three employ- ees at Canadian Canners were hospitalized with burns, two of them. had. to be transferred to London. because of lack of ac- commodation. here. Fine CE airman $100 in crash killing cadet LAC Kenneth. R. Meiklejohn, 24, Exeter, was fined $100 and. his licence- suspended for six months in magistrate's court here Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to careless driving in connection with the rear end collision August 7 which killed. a Norwegian air cadet at the .intersection of No. 21 and the Crediton road. Mayer Lerner, QC, London. w h o represented Meiklejohn, said the airman was blinded by lights of an oncoming car which he met shortly before the crash, The Meiklejohn car struck the rear of another which had stopped at the intersection. Tore Kills, who was killed, was one of five eadets trying to push the ear whose battery had gone dead. Gerald Gilmore, 26, of Clan- deboye, was fined. $50 and his license suspended for three months on an impaired driving eharge, Constables Floyd Hod- gins and ,lohn Cowan laid the charge after following Gilmore down through Exeter on Aug- ust 1. "What; a .foolish boy, who drives a truck, to risk his license by drinking," said Magistrate Dudley Holmes, Gilmore was defended by Edward Hunter, of London. Arnold Kneeshaw, of Exeter, vas :fined $1.0 for following too close to another ear and causing an accident. Brian 13. Ainslie, of Goderich, paid. $15 on a careless driving •charge. Ainslie was .inan acci- dent .near. St. Joseph on July 26, when he ran into a temporary bridge in course of eonslructton. Ainslie was hospifaIiZerl and damage to thee car was esti- mated at $1500. James honeily Goderioh, defended the case, Walter Beydon Raid, 31, Pais - in chare. rhe truck he was driving. Went, out, of control July 15, about one halt toile south of Hensall, jumped a ditch, hit a hydro pole and landed in a farmer's field. David Schroeder, Exeter, was fined $25 .for careless driving, Hes drove through: a flower bed in town Creating about $35 dam- age ,l M. Sttibbs :paid $Th on a Charge of Speeding. lie went through the business section of town at from 40 to 50 miles an hour, Bruce Floyd, Blyth, was fined $25 on a speeding charge. Don- ald Alex House, London, was fined $15 on a similar charge. David Clifford Cotte), 21, Cre- diton, was given a six months suspended sentence on two char- gesc of theft. Cotte) was con- victed of stealing bwo car mir- rors from ,the car of George Hepburn: and a ear radio from Kenneth Locke. ame board for General Members of the concillia4ion board which will investigate the dispute at General Coach Works, Hensall, have been appointed, it was revealed this week. Date for the board's first meeting has been set for Thurs- day September 17, at 10 a,m.. in the Hotel London. Chairman is Leo McLaughlin, Toronto, ;appointed by the Onta- rio Dept of Labor. Company's represetibaitive is J. W. Henley, personnel manager of Westing- house, .Hamilton; and the union's appointee is Robert Stewart, London, international represen- tative of the chemical work- ers' anion. If has been reported that the company has hired a legal ad- viser who will attend the hear- ing. came over a .rise in the road from the opposite direction. The collisionoccurred about 7.55 P.m, three miles southeast of Woodham. McGill is being treated for multiple abrasions and possible internal injuries. Nixon received facial lacerations, internal in- juries and a fractured right wrist. PC Lloyd Weitzel, Sebringviile detachment, who investigated, said Tuesday there would be no inquest or post; mortem examine. - don. Mrs. Squire, widely known as a soloist and. active in community and church. affairs, was the for- mer Sara Fitzgerald, daughter. of Mr, and Mrs, E. Fitzgerald, London. She was born. on the town. line .of West'Nissouri, near Devises. Since her marriage in 1948, she has lived in. Blanshard township. She sang at many community and church functions and was also an accomplished flutist. A member of Whalen United Church, she was active in all of its activities, and also served in numerous capacities in the Exe- ter chapter of the OES and the Court Valentine COF, Granton. Both groups conducted special service for her at the Marriott Funeral Home, St. Marys, on, Tuesday, Funeralservice will be held Wednesday, Sept 2, at 2,30 p.m. in the funeral home. Interment will he in St. Marys cemetery. Surviving besides her husband and parents are two sisters, Mrs. William. Walls, and Mrs. Floyd Flannigan, both of London. An- other sister, Mary Kimball, pre- deceased her, Mr. Squire':c parents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Squire. Prospect Hill, Mrs. Squire is The Times - Advocate correspondent for the Whalen, area, Zurich asks • incorporation Zurich mai' start off. the next decade as an incorporated vil- lage, Trustees at a meeting Mon- day night passed a bylaw peti- tioning the Ontario Municipal Board to give the .police village corporate status, Barring serious difficulties, the change may be- come effective January 1, 1960. Pr es e n t; boundaries of the t police village will be retained! under the proposal. Next step is up fo the muni- cipal board which has discretion- ary power to deal with the peti- tion as it sees fit. Several alter- natives may be taken. The board may request that the petition be advertised and/ or conduct a public meeting to determine if there are objec- tions. if there is serious opposi- tion, the board may order a vote. If not, a referendum may ndt be necessary. Elmer D. Bell., QC, Exeter. is the trustees' advisor. He assist- ed Grand Bend when if. :incor- porated around 1950. Legal pro- cedures for incorporation have since been changed ACCIDENT VICTIM . . . Mrs. Ronald Squire Brazen. thieves broke into five: been drinking, gained entity. business places in Exeter, Hen- through the front doors, and salt and Zurich Wednesday mor-! windows of four gas stations on ning but their loot was small. provincial highways and one Loss totalled about $20 in hardware store in the Zurich change, two guns, ,$15 worth of business section. Night lights , cigarettes, and some candy. were on in nearly all of the The thieves, who may have places, Apparently, they were only discovered once. They were Considerfrightened fenders ware store of Rader and Middle.ened away from the hard. for Hensall 5reet holtz, Zurich, when people living above the store heard them. Tenders for widening of lien- Several men took off in a. eat sill's main street were opened after Mrs. Lorne Rader, wife of by council at a brief special ses- one of the owners, tapped on a Sion Tuesday night. window in the'upstairs apart- Bids have been forwarded to mens. One of the men carried the Ontario 17ep't of Highways' an article resembling a whisky which has jurisdiction over the bottle. awarding of the contract. ! he ;urs wore taken from the Work will entail ripping up of , hardware. which was entered the existing curb and boulevard • through the front door .after the on the north side of the street lock was jimmied, and paving the road to the edge • The front door was also forced , of the sidewalk. This will widen al Klapp's Super Service, Zure ' the thoroughfare by about four ich, from. where 510 in cigar. feet. ettes and $1.50 in pennies was Full cost of the project will be taken. underwritten by the depart -,Two neighboring gas stations ment, . at Hensall were hit. At John !Reid's Texaco Service. where • • . , entry was gained by breaking lo t+ a window and turning the door Jj ig • lock, some cigarettes. chocolate bars and $2.00 in pennies were • . taken. Huron MLA against dril Huron MLA C. S. MacNaugh- ton has joined the fiEht: against oil and gas drilling in Lake Hu- ron, Mr, MacNaughton was a mem- ber of the delegation to Queen's Park last week which protested the proposed drilling• "It's my intention," Mr. Mac - Naughton said, "to oppose in the most vigorous terms possible any form of drilling .in Lake Hu- ron which will prejudice the in- terests of residents, property owners and any other interests as far as the riding of Huron i s • Mr. MacNaughton said Huron is vitally involved with the prob- lem because of its 48 miles of beach. Any pollution or contami- nation of the lake by oil or gas drilling could seriously affect the riding's tourist industry as well as the recreational area for many of its citizens. The Huron MPP said the dif- ficulties which can result from oil explorations on the lake would directly concern the high- ly developed resort areas, the fishing .industries at Goderich and Bayfield, the recreational areas of all descriptions and the general public. "Inthe interests of all con- cerned, 1 .intend to oppose it in the most, vigorous and effective manner possible." Mr. :MacNaughton said licences of occupation had been granted by the provincial government as far . north. as Rantoul. He ex -1 plained, that such licenses per To erect bridge !near St. Joseph 1 Contract for construction of a bridge, backfilling and paving (near St. Josephhas been let by ; the highways department to Loo- by Construction Ltd., Dublin, it was announced this week by C. !S. MacNaughton, Huron MLA. ; The structure will be 114 feet long, 12 feet wide and six feet high. It is 5.5 miles north of Grand. Bend. Amount of the award is 553.000, ling on 1 aThe men couldn't open this door of Ferg's service station, i mitted geophysical surveys whieh , They broke a window, took only make it possible to detect ano- . several boxes r In -cent cant malies which may or may not • There was nn money in the ti>l.,- i indicate that oil is present, The I Johnny's Fina Service, Exeter, I iicences. do not permit drilling, ;lost $14.65 in change from st however. 1 cash register in the stock room. The Huron MLA said he had 1 Three or four pairs of. sung I presented the riding's objee- I glasses were also stolen. They !eons to Mines Minister Hon.; entered through the front door James A. Maloney, QC, during I of the station on the well -lit in. the meeting at Toronto. tersection of Nos. 4 and 83.. Tuesday, it was announced by ,T. W. Murphy, Lambton West ; L I MP. that. the operations of Min Trot cal 1=11 1`Tlldl#' Mir— ; eral Exploration Corporation t Limited of Toronto will he at! •J ; least temporarily hailed heca.use t'IY n ea t�ra_rd the company leeks a federal' A cooler air front from the I permit i place its rig in the 'west has pushed eastward hupnie lake.. The company already has ' dity-laden tropical air which on the water near ; has beseiged the area for nearly Sarnia.two weeks. Murphy also said he has been! Temperatures. in the 80'-8 assured that no such permit , since August 13. dropped to a. would be granted to the cern' high of 75 Monday, then crept pang. 1 up to 79 Tuesday. I Observers suggest that while Five - day forecast indicates this delay may only he tempo- temperatures at near-normal of rary it will give municipalities ; 55 to 75. warmer on Friday, opposing the exploration time to !turning cooler Saturday or Suns organize a fight. 1 day with possible showers for Municipal officials fear the the holiday weekend. digging will pollute and coated' Highest for the past week wag urinate the lake and its beaches. 1 an 87 on Friday See vote in Novernber, group to fight repeal Huron Citizens' Legal Control Committee said this week, fol- lowing an interview with the se- cretary of state for Canada, that it expected a vote on the repeal of CTA wall he held near the end of November. "It's quite possible both Hu- ron and Perth will vote on the same day," said John S. Buc- kins, Goderich, chairman. Meanwhile temperance forces indicated they would continue to press for amendments to the act. rather than repeal. "We are not going to take it silting down," stated Howard Pym. RB 1 Cen- tralia, president. of Huron Coun- ty Temperance Federation. Mr. Huckins said he and Hu- ron MP Elston Cardiff last week Seaway father's dream Huron -to -Ere canal busier than Suez? Opening of the St. Lawrence seaway has revived .interest: in the remarkable dreams of Nai'- cisse M, Cantin, founder of St. Joseph, and his vigorous promo- tions of a "Great. Lakes to Ocean Route" about the turn of the ' century. He is now being hailed 1 "the father of the seaway." Little has been said, however. about one portion of Cantin's huge project and one which he considered most: important — a canal linking Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Hie resolute :faith :in the success of this project re - stilted in his ill.fa'ted establish- ment of St. Joseph, This proposed. waterway, 43 nautical miles long, would start ;jest south. of Grand Bend and enter Lake Erie near Port Stan- ley, Ca:Min's engineers estimated ii would shorten the seaway route by over 200 miles, of c't: r'. wasf rs e 1. Actually, , t h,. io ,c whieh slanted Canthi on hissea- way acheme, Hie first efforts were directed toward the con- struction of this c n 1 a a. 1n his ".Historical Sketch," published io 1919, Oantith writes! In the year :1896, a genuine. start vas made to connect Lake. Huron r to Lake Erie at. their nearest point. and to that end the services of some of the most eminent engineers of America were secured fo prepare plans and Maps from surveys and data obtained by them at great cost tie..the promoter." The "prtttiot.er'rr of course, was Cantin himself. In 1002, 1903 and 1904 Cantin. made applications to parliament for a charter to build the canal but each time it was 'withdrawn after first and second readings. His ;sketch reveals that in 1904 the withdrawal was made at the personal suggestion of Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier, who feared the project would hamper financing et "a vast national railway enterprise," presumably the CPR. By 1911, Cantin had broadened his plans to include the work which has just been completed an the seaway as wellas other waterways, The "Great Lakes and Atlantic Cabal and Power Company" was incorporated in 1914 but war was declared "and the proposition bed to he held Where fend it Announcements 13 Church Notices 13 Coming Events - 12 Editorials 4 Form News 1' Feminine Facts ,., 11 Hensall . .. ............. 3 Locking In With Lig t Luton ,. 12 Sperta Il Went Ads ,.,.,..:,...,,......4,,,..,, 16 !in abeyance temporarily," ' Lake Huron was the focal point:, of Cantin's vast project be- cause, he said. it, "is actually' the. hub of the wealth of the North. American continent, and the heart of the greatest activi- ties of the United States and ,Canada," His waterway improvement "will start en the Eastern share. of Lake Huron, from the deep, circular bay lying between Gode- rich and Kettle Point, It will pass within a short distance of the cities of London and St, Thomas. It will enter Lake Erie near Port Stanley," "Eventually, the section of canal between Lake Huron and Lake Erie will become the hub of the North American continent, as a receiving and distributing channel from ocean to ocean, via the St., Lawrence. the Hud• son and Mississippi Rivers and the Pacific sections of trans- portation and of other railways." "'Rhe reader," wrote Cantin, "is invited to consider the fol- lowing statistics: that within a radius of only 270 miles front the eastern. ,shore of Lake Huron, where the entrance of this Canal IS Id be, there is at the ptesettt time a population of over 15 fnillions and. within this Area is produced a'. greater quantity of gold, silver,, pielret, copper, iron. er,, c Ottoal, fii1, salt, timber and prochteits, toneerttihle in annual cash value. than from am Please turn to page 2 5 MAP SHOW LOCMTION OF CANTIN 'S CANAL 1 ;presented the petition for a. !vote to the secretary of state, i Hon. Henri Courtemanche. and had since been advised that the ;document has been forwarded to 'the cabinet. IMr. Huckins said he expected it would remain with the cabinet for 30 days. then he turned over to the chief electoral officer ' who will make arrangements for the vote. The Huron chairman revealed that both he and the chairman of the Perth campaign. James 5. Timms. St. Marys, had agreed to have the vote in both counties on the same day. Mr. Huckinc sari a period of se days must elapse from the time the proclamation is issared until the vote is taken. This would mean that if the order is made at the end of September, voting day could be Monday, No• vember 30. Temperance federation chair. pian Howard Pym said his group has taken no action yet but Plans were being made. A meet* ing of the executive of the group, along with a number of invited clergymen, will take place next week. Mr. Pym said the group would oppose repeal of the CTA but it did reeogniv, that amendments were necessary. These have been requested by Huron presbyter of the United Church, "We feel that if the CTA is re• pealed. we are letting the tagee out." said Mr. Pym. "We stip think it is better than the Onta- rio legislation." The group's ;position has bee* set out in a current advertise- hent, "There are defects," the ad states, "hut the law can b.6 amended. This has been 'estate. lished hr careful study and Conti, sultation with eminent lega;'t authorities. They hare helped frame the fallowing amends intents, whi It are at present under study by the dominioat cabinet: "1. That the possession of 1>tv sealed enntainers of liquor 1*- public places he prohibited. - "2. 'Thal the consumption of e possession of liquor brought into the county be limited to one'g resiclette y. 3. That the supplying te use by persons under 21 be prt a hibited. "4. That the right to appeal to a higher court be provided for. That the provision fotr seareh warrants be extended motor vehicles