The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-05-11, Page 1,40
RUNNER-UP AT TORONTO—Bonnie Doerr, 17 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Doerr, Exeter, is shown receiving one of the runner-up trophies in the an-
nual
Miss Correct Posture Queen contest from Dick Shatto, Toronto Argonaut foot-
ball
star. The grade 12-B SHDHS student placed fourth. among the 37 entries
representing schools from all over the province in the contest staged by the On-
tario Chiropractic Association, Saturday. The local miss also received a rhinestone
tierra and a fan of roses. Ronnie was named SHDHS Posture Queen last week and
received the G. W. Webb trophy. —Photo by Gilbert A. Milne
TriieveI co-operation
lauded at dam signing
The entire student body at
North .Middlesex District High
School, Parkhill, watched "his-
tory in.; the making" Wednes-
c'a,y when they sat in on the
signing of the agreement for
the construction of the Park-
hill Dam.
Hon. William M, Nickle, min-
ister of' -commerce and develop-
ment, signed the agreement on
behalf of the Ontario govern-
ment and Freeman Hodgins,
chairman of the Ausable River
Conservation Authority, per-
formed the duties for his or-
ganization.
Speaking to the student as-
sembly, government/ and local
officials;•Nickle paid tribute
to the vision of the Authority
for undertaking project.
ertakin' this'
Ill''l -ie also complinnented:,his col-
elbagues and friends, C. S.
o
elacNaughton, 'MPP Huron; W.
H. A. `Bill" Thomas, MP
Middlesex West; William Stew-
art, MPP Middlesex North, and
C. E. Janes, MPP Lambton,
for the tremendous amount of
time they put into the project.
The minister commended Hal
Hooke,, the authority's field-
man, "as the co-ordinating
force betweengovernment and
the authority".
"When you have three levels
of government to contend with
you have to have someone to
do considerable spade work,"
he said.
Speaking particularly to the
students,
Nickle outlined the
history of the authority, the
first to be established in the
province.
"The signing of the flood
control scheme agreement by
the Hon. Walter Dinsdale on
May 5, 1961, culminates almost
eight years of negotiations
since the pioposed dam was
accepted as a scheme by the
authority in 1953".
He pointed out that the auth-
ority was made up entirely of
lural: communities, but had
carried out more ambitious
flood control schemes on a
population basis than any
other authority.
He told the audience that
the cost of the $1,073,000' dam
would be shared by ,the author-
ity, the dep't of highways, the
province of Ontario and the
gov't of Canada.
Completed in 1963
"The construction of this
dam, which it is anticipated
will be completed in 1963, is
one more example of the re-
sult which can be attained by
initiative on the part of local
people working through their
PC's attend
area rally
A host of Progressive Con-
servatives
from this area at-
tended the party rally in Lon-
don Saturday to hear .Prime
M i n is t e r Diefenbaker and
Premier Frost.
Both leaders cited the chal-
lenge facing Canada to expand
industrially to provide more
jobs for a growing population,
Mr. Diefenbaker attacked the
Liberal party for lacking faith
in Canada with its reckless
charges of unemployment and
"doom," He predicted the re-
turn of his govt in the next
federal election:
C. Van Laughton, QC,was
elected a vice-president of the
WO ass'n.
Among the. many who et,
tended from this area were C.
S. MacNaughton, Huron MLA;
Ruler D. Bell, QC; .•Fred
Dobbs; Eldrid Simmons, 'Clark
Fisher, Glenn Fisher, Glenn
Webb, Jim Hayter, Mr, and
Mrs, Whitney Coates, Harry
/ qii
it
Coates,Mr and Mrs, Bi 1
Fl
leiina ills
g
on Garnet Mel~
Otto Willem, lleinitalcl, Millet,Ch'
axles Thiel, Lous Thiel, 1 i' 1, • Mre
,
and Mrs, Edwin Miller,. along
With others.
conservation a u t h o r i t y, co-
operation between the author-
ity and the government of
Ontario as represented by the
clep't of highways, and com-
merce and development and
assistance from the govern-
ment of Canada.
Te help economy
Nickle stressed the fact that
the undertaking of the dam
would be done by Canadian
labor using Canadian material.
"We anticipate this project will
have a stimulating effect on
the Canadian economy," he
said.
Following his address he
They
DID
take heed!
How well did Exeter young-
sters heed the warning no to
associate with strangers?
Apparently, very much!
One little girl was stopped by
a "stranger" at the school,
Tuesday, .and asked if she
would like to have her picture
taken.
, Following instructions, the
youngster turned down the of-
fer and went immediately to!
her home and informed her
mother of the incident.
Principal .Arthur Idle and
the Exeter Police Dep't were
then informed of the fact that
a "stranger" had talked to the
little girl. She also furnished a
description of the "culprit."
but did not have his car li-
cence number
However, the search was
called off when. Principal Ar-
thur idle realized who the
"stranger" was.
It was T -A sports editor Bill
Batten.
He was at the school getting
a picture of a tree that had
been destroyed by vandals
over the weekend, and was
trying to get some of the stu-
dents to pose for a picture
around the tree.
However, he returned with
his picture — of three smell
boys, Who recognized the
"stranger" and were eager to
have their photos taken,
signed the agreement with Mr,
Hodgins. W. IL A. Thomas and
William Stewart acted as wit-
n_esses to the signing.
Mr. Nick le presented the
pen and holder used in the
signing to the Ausable Chair-
man Freeman Hodgins for his
personal reminder of the occa-
sion.
The other area gov't offi-
cials followed this gesture by
stating they would present Mr.
Hodgins witha plaque for his.
holder. The holder was made
of a fossil from the Rock
Glen area, a part of the autho-
rity.
Hodgins thanked the minister
for his assistance in the sign-
ing and .said. he knew the un -
de •t
r ak ng of the dam would be
of great benefit• to the whole.
Authority from one end to the
other.
Guests speak
Words of greeting and en-
couragement were also heard
from the other three gov't of-
ficials present: C. S. Mac -
Naughton, W. H. A. Thomas
and William Stewart.
The delegation was welcomed
to Parkhill by Reeve Fred
Wasnidge and North Middlesex
board chairman Rev. J. Gil-
christ welcomed them to the
school.
The gov't officials and Aus-
able authority members en-
joyed a noon luncheon at the
Green Forest Lodge, Grand
Bend, before the signing.
Earlier in the morning, Nic-
kle, A. H. Richardson, chief
conservation engineer; a n d
John Murray, hydraulic engi-
neer, toured the site of the
dam. •
Where to
find it
Announcements 17
Church Notices 17
Coming Events 17
Editorials 4
Farm News ...........:...........e 11
Feminine Facts 14
Ffensa II 5
ucan . 16
Sports 6, 7
Want Ads , 12, 13
Eighty -Eighth Year
EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 11 ,19¢`1
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BO ' DS S°° EFUNDS
FOR VOC ZONAL HS
Area fire truck
Now within r/o
of agreem n t
Area municipalities are with-
in 2% agreement on sharing
the cost of a $16,000 fire truck.
' Agreement may be reached
Thursday (today), in which
case an order for the machine
willbe placed immediately..
The four municipalities—Ex-
eter, Usborne, Stephen and
Hay—had 98% of the cost pro-
vided for Friday night after
representatives met in the
town hall.
Exeter and Usborne had
agreed to pay 40% each, and.
it was proposed osed that Stephen
pay 12% and Hay 8%. P
Reeve Glenn Webb, the only
representative from Stephen,
said. his council had ad authoriz-
ed him to go to a maximum of
10°'x.
Reeve V. 1,. Becker, Hay,
said his township would accept
the 8% but only on the condi-
tion that Stephen accept 12.
This was tentative, he said,
since two members of his five-
!man council were not able to
attend.
Based on $16,000 cost
Based on $16,000 cost for
truck and equipment, the pro-
posed breakdown oncost would
be: Exeter and Usborne, $6,400
each; Stephen, $1,920; Hay,
$1,280.
Exeter would be responsible
for housing,• maintaining and
Seek more
applications
ic'
I �
t ons•.
Exeter Industrial Develop-
ment Corp',n has received only
50 applications for employment
in the prospective industry
which may establish a plant
here, . Chairman W. G. Coch-
rane announced Wednesday.
{We hope to . receive con-
siderably more in the next
• week," he said.
Mr. Cochrane said decision
of the unidentified U.S. firm
to locate here hinges on the
condition that the area can
provide at least 200 women for
full-time employment.
While the firm will not re-
quire this many at the start,
it would expect to increase its
staff al ter several years'
operation. Company officials i
say they must be assured the
potential labor supply is here
before they will commit them-
selves to location.
The request for applications
points out that it ispart of a
survey to determine labor sup-
ply and does not constitute a
normal request for employ-
ment. However, if the survey
is a success it would help to
convince the industry to locate
here.
Mr. Cochrane said the cor-
poration does not want resi-
dents to make applications Un-
less they are definitely inter-
ested in full-time employment.
On the other hand, he stressed
it was most important that
those who would be interested
in work forward their applica-
tions immediately.
manning the truck with it
volunteer brigade,
Neither of the three town
shlps would be assessed a re
taming fee but the cost per
run would be assessed :on the
basis of $60.00 for the first
hour and $35 for each addition-
al hour to * cover firemen's
fees, This charge would be
subject to adjustment by mu-
tual consent at the end of
s
each three-year term.
The contract would extend
for a period of 15 years,
Mayor Pooley, who chaired
the meeting, pointed out that
the purchase assessment for
Stephen and Hay amounted to
verylittle, if
any, more than
the townships would pay in re•
! taining fees over the 15 -year
'period. in addition, at the end
;of the 15 years, the townships
would retain an equity in the
equipment,
Limited area to protect
Reeve Webb said Stephen al-
ready was paying retaining
fees •o our brigades and
Five district high school,boards in Huron agreed Tues -
ay night to .apply to the pro-
vincial govt for funds to erect
vocational education failities
in the county,
The application, however,
will not commit the boards to
any project of epnditure at
the moment,
It is designed solely to en-
sure !that Huron will be Able
to share in the benefits of the
new federal -provincial grant
program whet finances the
entire cot .of erecting voca-tional education facilities.
Although agreed in principle
on the program, the boards
still are far from reaching :a
decision •on any of the major
problems to be solved, These
include:
(a) location and size of thfacilities;
(h) type of cour
will be offered;
FELLOWSHIP —Waitr Creery! (c) method of assessing ope-
ltas 'been awarded a fellow -t rational costs among the par-shi of $3 000,00 to study for, ticipatin boards;hisp doctorate degree in philos-(d) providing transportation,
ophy at Rochester University, Actually negotiations haven't
Rochester, N.Y., for the com- even begun, primarily because
ing term, He will graduate board members themselves arfrom UWO London tl 's s rut confu e a tu p s d bout he program,
with his MA degree, Walter is tHowever, 'the decision to ap-
the son of Mr. and Mrs. TheronI' ply for funds indicates the ex-Oreery, RR 1 Woodham. istence of strong support for
Suspends sentence
1on
bigamy�!hcharge
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limited. He conceded, however,
that some of the other equip-
ment could not provide the
protection this new truck
would,
Hay council, represented by
Reeve Becker and Councillors
John Corbett and John Soldan,
felt • its corner bordering Ex-
eter was considerably smaller
than Stephen's and it could not.
accept 8% if Stephenwould not
accept 12.
Reeve Becker, asking for
clarification on a number of
points, was assured that the
truck would answer a fire call
in any part of the township
instead of being restricted to
any particular zone. Reeve
Webb• was also opposed to any
zoning program.
The Hay reeve also suggest-
ed that arrangements should
be made whereby the fire
chief be authorized to collect
charges from any motorists
who called the brigade to ex-
tinguish a fire in his car.
Insurance contribution
The townships also discuss-
ed the amount of contribution
mutual fire insurance com-
panies should make toward the
cost of fire calls to properties
nsured by them.
It was revealed that cost of
calls in Usborne and Stephen
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Army receives
gift of $4,000
The Salvation Army will
receive a gift of over $4,000
from theestateensell
of a H
man who died several years
ago, it was announced this
week by Bell and Laughton
executors, Exeter.
The late William Edward
Foster, Hensel!, bequeathed.
$4,386.55 to the Army.
Mr. Foster died in Septem-
ber, 1954. His wife died a
short while ago.
Provide 1,100 camp sites, new services
Park develops into summer 'town'
When the gates are officially
opened at the Pinery Park,
Saturday, campers will have
the use of many, added facili-
ties, that superintendent Gar
Myers "hopes" will take care
of the capacity crowds expected
to return for the 1961 season,
An entirely new camping
area has been opened up and
500 camp sites have been built
during the winter. The new
area is on the east side of the
river, approximately ,half a
anile from the camp office.
A new comfort station is
presently under construction'
and is expected to be completed
before the summer rush. Addi-
tional stations will be built for
the use of the campers in the
500 sites.
The park now has a total of
over 1,100 camp sites,
New venture
A new ice house has been
built in the general area of the
new camp site and campers
will be able to purchase their
ice at the park this year. In
previous years, ice has been
delivered. by private concerns,
but it will now be possible for
the campers to buy ice when.
ever they need it,
Myers said it Wes the first
of a nunntier of concessions that
ere expected to be put up in
the popular park. Plans call
for the erection of a store for
the park and two smaller shop-
ping areas near the main camp-
ing spot.
The superintendent said they
would be erected as a conveni•
once for the campers. "After
all," lie said, "this is actually
a small town of 5,000 people
during the summer."
The 30 -man work crew em-
ployed during the winter months
have also erected a now hoose
vincial Police Constable as-
signed to the Park.
It is situated across the road
from the park, on highway 21,
in ' the same area that the
superintendent and his family
reside. The new house is ex-
pected to be completed by June
The OPP constable is sta-
tioned
tationed in the park luting the
summer months only.
for the use of the Ontario Pro- The park staff also improved
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over misappropriation
A leading aircraftsman at RCAF Centralia
was found guilty of misappropriation of approxi-
mately $3,500 nl RCAF funds at a court martial
hearing on the station Wednesday.
LAC R. R. Currie, who lives at 134 impress
Ave., Huron Park, was sentenced to six ' months'
hs'
detention.
RCAF officials declined: _ ,
to release details
concerning the misappropriation.
It
as indicated, however, ve ers that t furt
er pro-
ceedings
niay result
Wil; CindyI, Caee
n RCAF
Station n Ce11t
t�alia, Was presiding bilker of thetcourt martial.
'y eeeeH �.ko'a•.lits%vr i `inv:VW,=e.''Y eieMenI wkz .•' 1+.9C'fn`et V. e,e eeee• . ;
boat docking facilities at the
lake. A type of chain -mail has
been laid on the beach for the
cars to drive onto when they
unload their boats,
"We shouldn't have a n,y
cars getting stuck in the sand
this year," Myers said,
Hike permits
For the second year in a row,
the admission to Ontario's
parks has been raised. A year-
ly permit will cost $3,00 in
1961, compared to the $2.00 cost
of last year. The single day
permit is 50 cents.
Campers Will pay $7:,00 per
day for their sites,
Myers said that the number
two camping area would not
be opened up until July :I, to
give the trees and grass a
chance to grow up, He pointed
out that a camp site could only
be used for between two and
three years before it had to be
given a rest.
Tho areas are planned in
such F a way that this is easily
handled without much work or
cost. A buffer zone, the,. same
Stye „as the camp site, is left
beside
each existing anti) site
and also immediately across
the road from it,
When
e cilli1
i site a has to
be
abandoned, the tempers are
merely transferred to the buts
P1easo turn to pago 2 n
A 19 -year-old expectant mo-,
thee, 'Myrna Magoffin (nee!'!
Murphy), Centralia, was given!
a two-year suspended sentence
after pleading guilty to a!
charge of bigamy in Exeter:
court, Tuesday.
Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC,
told the girl, "this case gives
le difficultyas
me considerable
far as punishment is con-
cerned," He pointed out that
she could be sentenced to a
term of up to five years in
jail.
The magistrate imposed the
suspended sentence after learn-
ing that she was returning to
live with her legal husband,
Ernest Albert Magoffin, now
1 living in Toronto.
, "You would have had a jail
sentence had I not ascertained
that you were going to return
l to your husband," the said.
The w man was also ordered
a a e
to post a $500 bond with the
court to keep the peace and be
of good behavior for the two
years. The magistrate also sti-
pulated that she was not to
communicate, or attempt to
communicate, with William
Whetstone, RCAF Station Cen-
tralia, who was her "second
husband," or other associates
of the Exeter area.
She was .further restricted
not to live with either her mo-
ther or grandmother other or reside Theft o f jewelieryhere
withinaareaof25 mies of
Exeter. •
that he married Myrna Mildred.
Murphy on August 20, 1958, in
Sunnydale, P.E.I. They -sepa-
rated in May, 1959, were .later
reunited, but finally separated
in January 1960.
The couple had one , child,
born in January, 1959. The in -1
fent lived for only three days..
On November 25,
m r1960,
couple considered ivorce pro-
ceedings, but they were noti
formally commenced, because
Magoffin did not have the
necessary money.
Second ceremony in Exeter
William • Karl Whetstone, 24,
RCAF Station Centralia, told
the court he married the girl
in Exeter on November 26, ,
1960. The couple had lived in'
an apartment on Main •street i
for one month prior to the ce-,
remony.
Whetstone denied knowing
the girl was married or that
she had had a child. j
However, defense lawyer,
Samuel Lerner, of Lerner,
Bitz and Bradley, London, pro-,
duced a letter written by;
Whetstone to a former fiance.
Addressed. to "Gloria," the
letter said, "I still love you as
much as ever," j
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development of preetieal train-
ing courses for the benefit of:
those students who are not
taking advantage of the aca-
demic education now being of-
fered in secondary schools in
Huron.
To advance their aim, the
boards established a 15-rnan
committee to continue discus-
sions with the dep't of educe -
tion, The committee, to be
composed of three representa-
tives from each school, was
directed to arrange an inter-
. immediately with. Dr. S,'
D. Rendall, sup't of secondary
education for Ontario.
When details ;have been
ironed, out, it's suggested that
the committee will ,submit its
recommendations to a county
meeting of school board and
municipal officials in Huron.
Support evident
The Huron unit of, the Onta-
rio Farm Union again spear-
headed Tuesday night's discus-
sion
but the boards learned
they have support from other
quarters.
Deputy zone commander of
the Royal Canadian Legion,
Eric Johnstone, histone Goclerich, an-
nounced the veterans' organi-
zation
rgani
zation was "100%" behind the
program.
Huron. Federation. of Agricul-
ture president, Warren Zur-;
brigg, announced that county;
directors who met that same
night had. endorsed the propo-
sal unanimously, They urged
that agricultural 'training be
included.
(In .this area, the Exeter In
dustrial Development Corp'n
hays given full support to''the
South Huron board, urging it;
to proceed with negotiations.)
Urges application
Chairman of the OFU .educ�a-
tion committee, Robert Welsh, •
who chaired the meeting, was
among those who urged imme
diate application for funds,
Said he: "The Farm Union is
vitally concerned•over the inee ,
quality of
q y opportunity being of.'
lered. eo rural students ionic;
pared to those in the .cittes,1
We should not miss. tette golden'
opportunity to pr W4i seellee of
the practical training Which is
being offered in the larger
centres."
He pointed out that tax dol-
lars from Huron c i ti z e n s
would be contributing to the
federal -provincial program sand.
that Huron should gain some
of the benefit by applying for
the grants.
One official named about a
dozen boards in Ontario which.
already have a p p l i �e d for
grants. Fears were expressed
that unless Huron • acted imme-
diately the fund -might be ex-
hausted and the county would
not be .able to take advantage
of the assistance.
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"This is not to be a con-
demnation of your mother or
grandmother," he said, "but
just to ensure that you get
new surroundings 't0 help you
along." The girl will be al-
lowed to visit her relatives and
communicate with them.
Ernest Albert Magoffin, 22,
now living in Toronto. testified
similar to S
• • •
Tactics employed in an $800
jewellery robbery here recent-
ly were similar to those used +
in a $2,000 jewellery theft in
Sarnia this year, Chief C. H.
MacKenzie reported this week.
arnia case
The robbery here, som $800
in diamond rings taken from
S. B. Taylor's, occurred seve-
ral weeks ago. Informationhas
been withheld during investiga-
tion.
A well - proportioned, blonde
woman, in. her early 20's, ap-
pears to have been involved in.
both robberies. Her description
in a Sarnia police bulletin in-
dicates she was "well-built",
has dirty blonde hair, wore
plaid slacks and a long beige
coat of imitation fur".
It was a sirniliar woman who
was involved in the Exeter
theft, according to police,
Chief MacKenzie said a man
accompanied the woman into
the store and asked to see the
chinaware at the back. The
man remained at the front of
the store, stating that he would
"watch for mother"..
A few minutes later, he said:
"There goes mother—I'll get
her". The woman lingered for
a few minutes, then left say-
ing she'd better get her :nto-
thee to look at the china. •
Later, the store discovered a
tray of diamond Wedding and
engagement :rings, which bad
been on display in the ;front
Window, was missing.
The m e t o d wes almost
exactly the same as that em-
ployed iii the Sarnia store,
except; that two men adeOln=
' ponied the woman,
V' ort advances
,..ander. oder St.
Work is proceeding on eon-
struction '0fSanders St, east,
in the Whilsrith subdivision,
following the request from
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