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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-09-10, Page 1It's too hot for studying NOT PLAYING HOOKEY—These Hensell boys attended opening school classes Tues- day but it didn't take them long to switch from school to swimming togs. Weather for opening day. was stifling hot and thesb youths sought relief at the "Black Hole" on the Mel3ride farm near Kippers. From top to bottom, are Harry Moir, Bill Harburn, Bill Noakes and Bob Smaie. OPEN NEW. ZURICH SCHOOL—While workrnen were still .hustling with finishing touches,- children began classes at the new St. Boniface Separate1 School in Zurich. Two classrooms were ready for Tuesday and the third .was put into use Wednesday. Work will. co.ntin.ue on the building for several weeks, Members of the staff, shown outside the buil.di:ng,. are Mrs. Evelyn McKeever, James Carey and Miss Mary Shea. Urge use of nursing homes to relieve hospital pressure Town enirncil hopes to relieve congestion al South Huron Hos- pital by seeking increaseduse of local nursing homes for the care of chronic patients. Council. appointed a committee Friday night to request co-opera- tion from. the hospital board.. Root of the problem is the new Ontario hospital insurance pro- gram, which underwrites costs for patients in hospital but not those m nursing homes. One council member estimat- ed there were at least eight patients in hospital who could F. A. May prominent Frederick Austin. 'May, who for more than .forty years was actively associated with the busi- ness interests of Exeter, died Tuesday in South Huron Hos- pital following a lengthy illness. Mr. May was born in Mitchell where he was associatedwith the drygoods business and•'rvhile there was united in marriage with. Miss Gertrude Davis. In 1915.the :family moved to :Exeter and Fred enteredinto partner- ship with the. late .1. G. Jones and his late brother, William May, the firm being known as ,zones <V May. The firm at that time handled ladies` wear, gents' furnishings, boots and shoes and groceries. William had joined the firm eight; years earlier. In 1948 Warren May became associatedin the business and. in 1953 the partnership was dis- solved, the Mays taking over the clothing and the dry - goods business. The grocery business was taken over by J. Hubert Jones and. the boot and. shoe business was sold to A. E. Buswell, 1n addition to the gro- ceries J. IJ, ,Tones operated a seed business And the alsrt1e .Jones do May was favorably known over a. wide Area for many years Mr. May was actively Associ- eted with the James Street United Church and the :Exeter. Lions Club Owing to failing health he. .retired front business early in 1958, Besides his widow, he is sur- hived by one daughter (Mar• jade) Mrs, C. 1), Richardson,. Sarnia, And one son, Warren bavis May, o{ town. The funeral, private, will be field Prem the Tt,. C. Dineey fithe- bAl home Thursday eff:ernoofl tii'it:h :Rev. S, 'F;, Lewis o.fficifte g, ltaterment will be in the tetet cemetery, y be cared for adequately in nurs- ing .homes. The patients won't move, however, because they wouldn't get insurance benefits if they slid. As a result, local. nursing homes are finding it diffi?uit to secure patients, Mayor R. E. Pooley aired the problem in council. He recogniz- ed that council has no jurisdic- tion over hospitalization but he felt it should assist in finding a solution. "I understand people are con valeseing at the hospital who could be adequately cared for ina nursing home. Even though their doctors have said they could move, I,hey haven't done. so. According to an article in the newspaper :last week, the hospital is overcrowded. This problem might be overcome if we could use our nursing homes," Reeve Bili McKenzie pointed out that no patient would go to a nursing home if he can stay in hospital because of insurance. The solution, in his opinion, was the licencing of nursing homes by the provincial hospital insur- ance eontmission to permit them to receive 'benefits for care of chronic patients. The reeve pointed out that council had passed in the spring a resolution urging the provinc- ial govt to licenec these homes and this resolution had been sup- ported by ]-Turon county council. He suggested council invite an official of the commission to visit Exeter in order to show hi.in the problem which exists. Mayor PooleT and Councillor Taylor felt the hospitalboard should be consulted, before pro- vincial authorities were contact- ed. Councillor Sirnniot'is suggested the hospital might he elite to make use of the homes es satel- lite accommodation for chronic patients. Seeks map of a- of drainage Drafting of a map showing the loCAtion and size of town drains was advocated by Couriciller Ross 1aylor, chairmen. of this department, Friday night. "t think council is working in the dark in regard to drains because it has nothing to go by," he said. There Are A few people aroud whoow uteri n kn ; .ra, the dins ar'e lorated but even they Aroti'1 too Suire at. tittles, Tiesides those' people won't al. WAYS be with us. Itniat will we do then?" Ile announced he had asked works sup't Gerald Cornish to start preliminary work on such a map. Other members of coun- cil supported the move. The matter arose out of a• lengthy discussion on a number of drains and the work which council proposed to do this year, A considerable portion 'of the budget is unspent because the town has been waiting for a re- port :from the Ontario Water Re- sources Commission which has promised to make a survey of the local situation. Councillor. Taylor reported his committee had viewed the Anne street west area and decided —Please turn. In page 3 Eighty -Second TOW (lifir zillies-Atru EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 10, 1959 .1'X s IF'e c 1 Two new. schools open, enrolments force changes Appoint issuer in Zurich area Leland Willett, owner of the variety store in. Zurich, has been appointed licence issuer for that district by the Ontario Depart- ment of Trasnport. He began approving licences this week. The appointment, announced by C, S, MacNaughten, Huron MLA, follows a request from the Zurie.h Chamber of Commerce for a second licence office in South Huron, Previously, the Exeter office had been the only one in the area. Crash -free weekend ! Labor Day weekend, normally one of the most. accident-prone of the year, turned out to be one of 'the safest traffic week- ends in this area. OPP's Exeter detachment re- ported only two minor collisions, both non -reportable, Police at Exeter and Ilensall were not called to any accidents. Although a record number of l 800 charges was laid in three Western Ontario districts, police issued– less tickets than usual. here despite increased highway patrols. A radar speed trap operating on .Highway 83 Labor Day after- noon caught only one driver exceeding the limit. A special motorcycle patrol in the area found traffic well- behaved. "We were certainly pleased with, the driving record in this area," stated Constable C. E. Gibbons.. "It shows what people can do if they try." He felt re- cent publicity and warnings about holiday accidents helped to encourage careful driving. A mobile hailer device was used. in Grand Bend and Pinery provincial park are'asrLe oe Day to warn motorists of holiday hazards. Police went on the beaches with the hailer to warn the crowds to drive carefully to "arrive home in one piece." On Sunday, a minor collision occurred in Norman Heights in- volving ears driven by G. C. Fitzgerald, London, and E. C. Evans, Chatirani, Total damage amounted to :575. A car operated. by James Bur- well. RR 2 Hensel], lens suffered $75 damage when it went out of con- trol in loose gravel and struck the ditch beside Huron street, three miles east of Exeter, Mother injured Mrs. Peter Culp, 22, Toronto, daughter, of a former Exeter resident, is in "fair" condition .in St. Marys hospital suffering 'from injuries received when her car left the road and struck a telephone pole on the county road south of Weiburn. Mrs. Culp has a severe back i n j u r y; her seven -month-old daughter, Linda .Anne, suffered shock and her husband was treated. for a forehead. laceration. Police said Mrs. Culp was driv- ing the vehicle. Mrs. Culp is a daughter. of Mt. and Mrs. .Frank .Johns and niece. of. Mrs, Percy McFells, town. NEW GB QUEEN—Marilyn McFadden, 22 -year-old nurse whose father operates a farm near Ridgetown, was chosen Miss Grand Bend in a beauty contest Labor Day. She competed for the Miss Western Ontario title Wednesday in Windsor. With her, above, is runner-up Joan Ravelle, Grand Bend. —Vorheis photo GB crowns farm girl second straight year For the second year in a row, a. farm lass has outshone her city cousins in the "Miss Grand Bend" beauty contest. A Ridgetown district farm.er's daughter, 22 -year-old Marilyn McFadden, won the r es ort crown at another 'successful La- bor Day beach. show. Although she's now a nurse, Marilyn knows all about milking cows, looking after livestock a n d bringing in the hay. The ash -blond girl with a 36- 25-36 figure was crowned by last year's queen, Pat Lovell of Kip - pen, who can also handle the chores around the farm. Pat's been Grand Bend's best beauty ambassador yet, having cap- tured the "Wee Western Onta- rio" crown last year. Pet's successor is a real GB booster. "Even Bermuda doesn't 'compare with, this resort," says EXETER WOULD SE 'WET' Official explains new regulations resulting from ousting of CTA Official interpretation of liquor regulations which would become effective if the C'i'A is with- drawn has been released by C. S. MacNat.ighl.on, Huron MPP. At the request of a number of constituents, the MVP sought clarification of the situation from Col. C. E. Woodrow, solic- itor for the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario, Col, Woodrow confirmed that those municipalities which had not passed prohibiting bylaws prior to the introductionof the CTA will be able to secure gov't liquor and beer stores without further_ votes, 1n none of these areas, however, can .licences for sale of alcohol be issued with- out a referendum, One surprise in the solicitor's report was that Exeter apparent- ly never did pass a prohibiting bylaw although at least two votes were taken. Newspaper" files indicate the vote for pro- hibition secured a anajority on both occasions but not the re- quired 60 percent. in this arca, only '[Jsborne, 'ruekersmith and Stanley tont- ships passed prohibiting bylaws. 'Phis nteaiis that stores could be eetabIishecl in any of the other municipalities in South Huron without a' further vete. Col, Woodrow's Statements al- so reveal that pe riolie organiza- tions such As the Legion may secure liquor and beer licences without' a vote in 'wet' muni- t'iptalitiee if they 'anent required. standards. The solicitor's interpretations are published below; "Should that petition (for re- peal of. the CTA.) result in a vote being taken in accordance with The Canada Temperance Act which vote had the effect of re- pealing The Canada Temperance Act in the County of Huron. then Section 67 of The Liquor. Licence Act would become the effective liquor legislation insofar as the county was concerned, "That section provides that. when The Canada Temperance Act ceases to be in :force in any area, The Liquor Licence Aet. shall apply in such area pro- vided, "(a) in an area where a by- law prohibiting the sale of liquor by retail passed under, any act of the legislature was in force when The Canada Temperance Aet or The Ontario Temperance Act came into force, no govern - Here ro find it Announcements 7 Church Notices 7 Coming Events 13 Editorials 4 Farm News 9' Feminine i er n oak Ei1'ets 1J Loco.. ..... 1t, r11 Sports b 1 Warm AAS 10 ment stores for the sale of liquor or for the sale of beer only slta'I.l he established, no Ontario wine stores shall he authorizedand no licences shall — Please 'turn to page 3 Miss McFadden, who recently spent six months on the nursing staff of a Bermuda hospital. "They don't have beauty con- tests there either." Marilyn, .who received her edu- cation at Ridgetown, Dresden. and Chatham, likes to play the piano, water ski, and skate. She placed second in a contest for the Coronation Queen at Dres- den, .1[er GB sponsor was the Starlite Theatre. Second place went to a home- town girl, Joan Ravelle, 21, who was crowned ":Vries Labor Day." She has 36-24-36 curves on a five- foot -seven figure, topped by light brown hair. A favorite with the crowd, she represented. Wonder - grove Roller Skating Rink and Cabins. Appropriately enough, one of her favorite pastimes is roller skating. A green-eyed, black haired To- ronto gut Dorothy Hoist, 28, won. third prize and the "Miss Civic Holiday" tale, She has a 35-25735r figure re �n a d stands Aiv e- g foot -three, Nine other contestants in- cluded an Exeter girl, 17 -year- old Marjorie Hodgert, whose list of talents included sewing, piano and guitar playing, and a croba tics. The others were: Karen Joan Eckhard, Byron; Gloria Lesper- ance, Tecumseh; Marilyn Ann Wilson, London; Earlene Eva Joanne ?arsons, London; Hilda —Please turn to page 3 Unexpected increases in. en -r we can handle the increase ish t rolment, opening of two new a re -arrangement of classes." schools and simmering weather ! A number of hoard members .marked the resumption of elas- were present to assist with #t4 ses in this area,opening. Classes were dismasased Exeter and Crediton public at 11:30 and 3:30 because of 1 schools face crowded conditions hot weather and the conftteree which are forcing changes in or-, created by the extra studesrte. ganization. Hensel', too, has had. • to re -arrange classes to accom-; McGillivray school opens mosaic heavy enrolments in rex New central school in McGil!/e twin. grades. ! yrtownship received its chrisee Classes began in the new ren ening Tuesday when 245 ,eines tral Schaal an McGillivray with-, dents filled the hiulding, out difficulty but students could! Board Chairman Kenneth ;► use only two of the three class-' liday reported classes got imdeS rooms of the new separate,.!way s'mootltly. school in Zurich ,which is still Some work is ,stilt required act under construction.the building although clasert/ea* Classes were established in the interiors have been completed. arena at Lucan because the newGrounds of the school act two -room addition is not ready. being prepared for seeding. . It shouldn't take long, however. ! Hensel! shifts clu►.sses The weather didn't cooperate for the opening. Temperatures . Heavy enrolment in grad+ in the nineties made children —, five enc six has required chat 1 and teachers, ton feel more gee in classroom organizataoA like swimming than sludying. i Ilensall public school, Tuesday, ' the mercury hit i Forty six students registered m five and six. To relieve e Tuesday, the mercury hit 89.9 congestion. six of the grade six and Wednesday's high equalled It. pupils were accelerated to the grades seven and eight class 4 Accommodate transfers !Principal Robert: R,eaburn, 0 n 1 y enrolment. difficulty , Both •the senior rooms nom• faced by SHDHS Tuesday was have enrolments of 40 studetifi the placement of students trans- ` Workmen attend tee jeering here from overseas and While construction men .contig from other provinces. . nued. to work on the buildisr Two students from Germany, : classes began Tuesday at the one from England and a. num-! Boniface Separate School stt ber from the western provinces !Zurich; registered on opening day. They Only two classrooms could '1101, are from RCAF families who ' used opening day but the third have been transferred to Centra- i was ready for Wednesday's meg- ',Ha. t. i siora5. Enrolment of 615 was antiei . Considerable work remains .'urs pates by the staff; there were , be done on plumbing and ink no accommodation problems. i rior decoration. In opening assembly, Princi-. Enrolment totalled 101 with pal H. L. Sturgis praised the more expected. This is lard high standing achieved. by the , than the board had anticipated. 1959 graduating class and hoped No problems confronted Hay it would serve as an example to township school area following the entire school. E Tuesday's registration. Enrols. Mr. Sturgis t o I d students ment was about the anticipatted school should he'viewed as their figure. yeors of opportunity to be gras- Work is being done on orgn +sis ped eagerly because time rear- zatian of hone economics and ches swiftly. Many adults of to- industrial arts classes for the day now regret That they did not area and surrounding schools. take full advantage of the educe- Usborne sees increase tional opportunities which. they Secretary Garnet hicks 'No had been given earlier in life, ports enrol/neat; in. Usbornet he :stated. I schools is also up but none ed Staff members were intro -,.fie sections is crowded, diced, ! On Tuesday, 220 pupils *he Classes were dismissed at; tended compared to a l»i,al este noon. to permit a staff meeting !raiment of 212 last year. 'Nil in the afternoon. All teachers ' increase is general throughout were present with the exception! the area, said Mr, Hicks. Three of E. D. Howey, who was ill. 1, schools, however, have expo. Reorganize classes I rienced a drop in attendatrce. School have to be re -organized.' Stephenschool area board Classes at E x e t e r Public !Stephen seeks solution to accommo •at the d e influx of, hopes opes to meet this week to die -- students which crowded the i cuss methods of relieving cone school Tuesday. ! gestion at the Crediton sehool, Principal Arthur B. Idle said i whose enrolment jumped to 115. a number of split -grades will! "The school was jammed to this have to be eliminated to provide doors," reported Secretary Wile single grades for teachers with! mar Wein. large classes. All grades from! The increase, brought about eight down may be affected. by property changes and .intilult Mr. Idle said the classes ' of air force personnel, puts en. "bulged" with 46 new regestra-e rolment close to 40 students i tions which were not antici-' each of the three classrooms. paced. Total enrolment is 510, Dashwood school: increased 141 compared to 478 last year. students. bring its total 10 Pe. Kindergarten enrolment has in-. However, these can be sprees, creased to 60. ! over the three rooms without Mr. Idle indicated considera- difficulty. tion will have to be given to the ; in a majority of the rueaa establishment of an additional i schools. enrolment dropped :m elassroo:rleet year. "We could or two pupils, Mr. Wein use it now,"he said, "but I feel !ported. '„a Charge two youths with area break-ins Two youths, apprehended oear store,r e are alleged tohav bee for break and entry with found in the youths' car, whiete violence, have been charged with answers to the description of the five minor robberies cont- the one seen in Zurich. by the' miffed September 3 in this area. owner of the storee and has wife In jail at Collingwood are Three men fled from the ctoe Frederick Paul Cook, 19, Wing- when the owner's wife, M. ham, and George Wilson Mason, Lorne Bader, tapped on t+lte 20, St. Catharines. Police are window of the apartment artnrent evert' looking for a third youth, be - the store. p lieved to be living in the Brus- Other area break-ins occurred sets area, at Klo 's service station, o' Two guns, identified as those i pp h taken from a Zunch hardware ch, two 2?ensalT garages opera ed by John Reid and B•laghtoet Ferg; and .Johnny's Fina Sta. t tion, Exeter. Loot; consisted e petty rash• cigarettes and, candy'. PC''s Cecil. Gibbons and. Georgi :Mitchell, Chief. C. H. McKenzie., Exeter: and Chief Ernie Davie; Trensall, investigated the ares • thefts. PIPE RAND EWE -RUINS B CFi _4)ctcr Legiontors hathl'beauties to the brach at Grand 'fletd 1ltotcay head enht �t. r. .r :V �� Above., the band is Men pert'orrrtlh for gathorod 'tyik tela boach dbspitc tho hot woothCre Plan to enlarge Pinery facilities Six hundred snare eatnping lots may be developed in the Pinery provincial park this wire ter as a result of the surgint popularity of this new recur uta tional area. Officials also revealed pa:tk. • ing :facilities nn the beach rtra! be enlarged and more cont stations constructed, A new Al** tion is already being erected. Over the weekend the 154 cern*” " : ing lots at the park were titled and others ter were r eslA.Izslt k ;u lr ed 3. ether sect;,ons to Make .prbrvisiers for the crowds. Over 500 camping permits hove beenissued by park authorritett Pi . 'Aaftd IM tho parade of i sinci` the park opened in ,June, for the annual tabor nayE ?�rearly 2(1,6(10,1'6166 permrllt ,.6°8°' , ,were pCtt'ctlase. lilt C10 tt)' ,Obi p7'tlp t Wt1h i . ()ft.;i is t}st a ie t 4 '(16" ?bulbi i have visited the i'ark,