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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-09-21, Page 11, 1, wt -,„.„40.44,40sitv, t 4 tr,xt--46 to: trtirat*ft:. tgo fgt. Aug -4 t 41, *".10 4 *, 4. '4.4' °410' 4 # # 4,,,tirt.,04,4t.ti.,,i, „„ it, TRAINED PETS ENTERTAIN—Children performing with their dogs in the trained pet division of Hensall School Fair provided one of the top attractions during the Tuesday night program, Above, Arlene Chipchase gets her dog to respond. Exasper- ated boys and girls found their dogs, who no doubt performed perfectly at home, weren't as happy about entertaining when they found themselves in the middle of the crowd. —T -A photo SHOW NEW MOBILE HOME MODELS—General Coach Works of Canada Ltd., nen- sail, unveiled its new 1962 line of mobile homes to dealers across Canada at a special pre -announcement showing in Hensall arena Monday. The handsome new homes feature new roof lines, such as the V -design shown above, extend -out models to prdvide 16 -foot width accommodation which, can be folded to 10 -foot widthsfor transporting, new floor plans and new interior decorating. Seven of the new models were on display, .from 42 to 50 feet in length. Dealers from Halifax to Winnipeg attended the showing. Above, from left, are General officials Bill Smith, Eugene Ducharme, Charles Fiford, Fred Broadley, Jim Taylor and Hensall bank manager Kenneth Christian, —Doerr, photo et* Imes* Eighty -Eighth Year EXETER, ONTAR104 SEPTEMBER 21, 190 voca e . pp., Copy 10 Cent* firm di.stributi-on. 'here, • Army seeks .:local .site • for city..terget area H Negotiations are being made for the acquisition of property in the immediate area to serve as target headquarters for the Western Ontario survival pro- gram being established by the army, it was indicated this week, No details of the negotiations have been released but it's known that army personnel have inspected available build- ings in Exeter and district, Brig, K, H. IVIcKibbin, West- ern Ontario Area commander, confirmed to The T -A Tuesday that "the Centralia area is considered a desirable loca- tion" for target headquarters for London, He indicated a staff of about 16 or 17 would be attached to the headquarters, including signals personnel and alternate area headquarters staff. To establish soon Date of establishment of the unit here will "depend upon finding suitable accommoda- tion in the general area," the brigadier said. "We are talk- ing of getting the headquarters Esther here for fall fair? Esther, in one form or an- other, is expected to visit Exe- ter Fair tomorrow, Fair officials hope they don't see too much of her. Met section of RCAF Station Centralia indicated there were possibilities of rain Thursday as Hurricane Esther moves up the Atlantic coast. Teniperature is expected to be much the same as Wednes- day but the chances of. show - e$ will increase as the hurri- cane's effects break over the Appelation mountain range, said the forecaster. Nevertheless that won't pre- vent the fair from boasting some records which were set Wednesday when a record i number of entries were re- ceived, according to Secretary - Treasurer A. G. Hicks. "We have a wonderful dis- play of flowers and an excel- lent exhibit of vegetables," he indicated. "In the ladies' de- partments, the entries are grea- ter than ever." He indicated there were 38 entries for the baby show by late afternoon, more than last year's big competition. "From all indications and Pee had a large number of enquiries — our competitions on Thursday will be big," pre- dicted Hicks. Features of the Thursday program are the horse show, an exhibition on the trampo- lines by two of Ontario's fore- most gymnasts, 4-11 and live- stock competitions. Reports indicate there will be more than the usual number of decorated floats in the early afternoon parade. established some time next inonth. If by that time we have not found accommodation in .the area of Centralia, we will start to set up the head- quarters in London." The building required, he said, must be large enough to accommodate personnel and. be capable of expansion to provide finessing and sleeping facilities Lor the staff. The target area headquarters here end oe one Of two esta o- usned in we western Ontario area to serve Inc Lwo ewes, London and Windsor, which have been uesignated as target centres. The proposed Cent- ralia 11Q will serve the London area; another is being estab- lished at Chatham to serve the Windsor area, The target area headquarters will. plan and control xe-entry and rescue operations if either or both of the cities are hit in the event of nuclear attack. Supporting groups Each or 'the target area head- quarters has been given two mobile survival groups, made up ol militia and regular army limits, which will 'thee separate headquarters to control opera- tions in their sectors. East Lon- don sector headquarters will be located at St. Marys while the West London sector headquar- ters will be established in Strathroy. Each of the mobile survival groups have been allotted a number of rescue unit; and sur- vival columns. The counties of Huron, Bruce and Perth, which are considered a "Random Bomb Area" will be covered by the Wingham-based 21 Field Artillery Regiment. Increase in strength, l'aiost Major units, such is militia infantry battalions, are to proeide two Mobile Support Columns, Brig. licKibbin said. This will entail an increase in strength in line with the policy of enlarging the militia recent- ly announced from Ottawa, he added. The brigadier said, however, that just what share of the proposed. 100,000 -man increase will be expected of Western On- tario Area has not yet been re- leased by army headquarters. Announcement of the proposed strength for the area and for individual units is expected Where to find it Announcements 2 Church Notices IS Coming Events 13 Editorials 4 Farm News 9, 10 Feminine Facts 13 Hensall . ,, S Lucan 14 Sports 6, 7 Want Ads 11 Former resident wins $25,000 model house Likes Kenneth Cudmore, London, winner of the $25,000 Shrine home given away at Western Fair, plans to sell his handsmin prize to pay off the mortgage on the new home he purchased two years ago, "I had 23 years of paylnents left to make on our present house and it looked like a long dine to go," he told The T -A this week. "Now it will be only a month or so before I get it cleaned up," The former Exeter man also thinks he and his family Will be able to take a trip to Calgary next summer to visit his sis- ter, Mrs. June Kennedy. They'd hoped to Make the trip this year but felt they couldn't af- ford it. Ken, 32 -year -Old telt- ere- ployed carpenter currently working at 'RCAF 'Statitni Ceti- tralia, is the see of Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Cudinord, Sini coe St, His Wife is the farmer Blariehe MacLareh,daughter of Mr, And Mrs, Keith MacLa- ren, Cromarty, and grand- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sat Jory, Simeoe St, The couple have three chil dren — Peter, 9, Gloria 6, ,and Wanda Beth, 2 — and they live on Blexam Ave. in the South - crest Estates stthdielsion, Ken revealed he hadn't any l'ernonitioe of his good. for - Ab. In feet, he missed aeeing the annOtteeetrient de TV Sat. Urday eight because he didn't show home but prefers his own expect to win. He and his wife Was it a joke, he asked him - had watched the show until the two cars were drawn for, then he decided to go to bed and his wife turned off the set before the house ticket was drawn. Minutes later, telecaster Hugh Bremner called with the news, self. Then another tall from Western Fair officials, He hus- tled down to the fair ,to iden- tify the ticket he'd purchased Friday night when he and his wife were celebrating their 10th anniversary DASHWOOD MILL EXPANDS Dashwood Planing Mills Ltd is erecting a 12,000 square -foot assembly and shipping centre to facilitate expansion of its mantifacturing opera- tion at Dashwood. The building, which will be of unique all - cement construction for fire resistance, is being located north of the present plant. Footings for the Structure already are in. "We bxpdcf, the new plant will give us much greater efficiency and speed in both assembly and shipping operations," Howard "Boots" Klumpp told The T -A this week. The expansion program indicates the success of the firm's decision several years ago to concent - ate production on pre -fit windows, It now offers the most complete line in Canada. Mr. Klumpp indicated the new Strtlettire increase production space by 50%, An assembly line will be erected in the quartet% and shipping and storage facilities will be provided. The new building, which will measure I26x88, is completely independent of the present plant, but will be connected in the future by an enclosed corridor, The joke was still to come, however. The phone calls star. led pouring in and at three a.m. came bad. news, apparent- ly. A man informed Ken there'd been a mistake and asked him to go back to the fairgrounds immediately. Turns out to be prank Back he went, disillusioned, only to find everyone had gone to bed except one fair official, Who confirmed the call had been a phony, "We had a big laugh about it," recalls good- natured Ken, He estimated Tuesday night he'd had about 150 telephone calls, most of them from sin- ceee well-wishers. Surprising- ly, only one was from a real estate. Mail, although he re- ceived eeveral offers to pili -- chase his present home or to rent IL "it's a lovely Mite right," he said about his pried, "but we think We'll be hap -pier in our own, We need three bedrooms for otir faMily and the new one only has two, Be, sides, the Shrine house IS going to be erected in a ritzy sub. division of $25,000 to $30,000 Mites which have a couple of Cadillacs in the &leeway. We den% belong le that league," "Woinierful neighbor's" "We. have wonderful neigh - bars around Us note, We're a block from the public school and they're going to build a lieW thigh school just two blocks away. We're happy to stay where we are," Ken will pay exactly $1.03 , for his house when it's moved from the fairgrounds to its lot in Lor Woods. The $1.00 is for the key, The three cents? You guessed. it — sales tax! Ken and his wife have al- ready selected the furniture from the new house they plan to move to their own, The rest willbe pia in storage for him to dispose of. Work has already started on dismantling the show home to Move to its lot where i1 will be completely landscaped and serviced. Needed only tine ticket Ken revealed he bought One single ticket on the liaise — from a friend who had "been bugging in all week to buy it." He premised the friend he'd make the purchase Friday night when he and his wife, on their anniversary night, planned to go to the fair with another couple. A carpenter Who also deee office maintenance and repair Work,. Ken is currently \yak- ing on a contract to install ale-, minum doors at RCAF Statioe Centralia, He's lived In London nearly all of the 10 years heS been 'Married, Ken's parent, 11r, and Mrs, Gordon Cudinore, town, visited the couple Sunday to share in the excitement, within a few days, he said. Two Mobile. Survival Groups, made up of eight Mobile Sur- vival Columns, provided by Third Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, the Perth Regiment, of Stratford, lst Hussars, RCAF Station Cent* retie, and theWestern Ontario Area Instructional Staff, have been allocated to the London area, The city and area has been divided into east and west sectors with each of the Perth Regiment, 3 RCR and 1st Hus- sars, providing a column for each of the sectors. RCAF Sta- tion Centralia will operate in the East London sector while the Western Ontario "I" Staff will operate in the West Lon- don. sector, The former North Land Hatchery Lt. bad,. ing on No, 83 highway has been sold to Danish manufacturer of farm equipment, it was announced this week by W, G. Cochrane, ,chairman of Exeter Industrial Development Corporation. The building will be used as an assembly plant and distribution centre for sales in Canada and the Eastern U.S. by Kongskilde XaSkinfabriir, of Soroe, Denmark, Negotiations for the pur- chase were completed this week by the office of Realtor John Burke, Mr. Cochrane re- vealed. The deal has been pending for over a month. It is not known /when the Denmark company will begin operations here or how exten- sive its plans are. Besides ma- nufaeturing light cultivating and tilling equipment, it pro- duces grain blowers, grain Gravlev also represents JF conveyers, chopper blowers, Feb/Ikea, of Sanderborg, Den" and a complete line of spark- mark, which produces binders proof mufflers. It's expected and swathers sales will be confined to the Original contact toward the cultivating and tilling mach'. pprchase of North Land. was eery for the present at least, ;made by Gravlev with R. D. Jermyn, owner of Exeter Farm Milverton agent Equipment and a member of The Denmark firm has been the industrial development core represented in the purchase bY poration. Jermyn has sold pro- ducts of both Danish firms' through Gravlev's distributor - Legion considers just returned from a success - At that time, Gravlev had ship, ful sales trip through the East- ern U.S. and was looking for a plant in which he could a.sserne ble his imported machinery. Exeter Legion is seriously Approve drain repairs Jermyn arranged for him to considering erection of anwhich has been vacant since . Drain. repair work in three view the North Land building tizens, it was revealed at coun- cil in conseltation with works coun. the hatchery declared bankrup- apartment house for senior ci- areas was approved by tcy three years ago, cit. meeting Monday night. foreman Gerald Cornish, United Co-operatives of On-' Several other members of the The areas include a portion industrial promotion group ak- tario, whic,h finances erection of Andrew SL, north of johnsisted in providing information of the buildings through its Carling St, near the intersec- required by Greeley. subsidiary, Twin Pines Apart- tion of John, and Math St., near The large L-shaped building //lents Ltd., indicated in a let- Snell Bros. Ltd., where the was erected in 1958. A cement ter to Council. that it was pre- foreman indicated several tile block storage structure to the pared to proceed with the pro- running south from the Anne south of the main building is led as soon as the Legion ap- St. dram had caved in, included in the purchase. Councillor Claude Farrow The purchase ends extensive wondered if the engineer should efforts of the industrial corpo- not be asked to inspect the ration, the Burke real estate Main St. drain because of its , office and others to. sell C e importance. He felt council North Land. property to Indus - Erik Gravlev, of Mllverton, its Canadian. agent. Operating ue- der the name of JF Machinery Distributor, Gravthe has been selling Danish equipment in. Canada since be emigrated here four years ago. He recent. ly returned to Denmark, pre- sumably to discuss plans with the company for its operations here, apartment project proved sponsorship. Mayor R. E. Pooley con- firmed that the veterans' or- ganization was giving the pro- ject serious consideration. Receive plumbing bylaw should avoid patchwork re- try. , Council reviewed the new pairs, particularly if new in- Said Mr. Coc.hrane: "We are - - lumbing bylaw, recently pas - —Please turn to page 3 t — Please turn to page 3 sed by Huron county council, which sets out payment of fees for compulsory inspection of in- stallations in new construction rads earn $3 000 The fee schedule is based on in wa 50 cents a unit, with the various bursaries, ar d s types of plumbing installations rated by units. For the aver- age new home, it's estimated, the inspection fee will run from $7.00 to $10.00. Sanitary inspectors of Huron County Health Unit will carry out the inspections. Appointee in this area is James Pinder, Sanders St. Approve tender call Drains committee chairman Ross Taylor received council's permisison to call for tenders for the installation of three catchbasins and drain laterals on the north side of Huron St. to connect this section to the new drain installed last year along the south side of the road. Council decided to get prices on two methods of installation for the laterals — digging across Huron SL at the three locations indicated, and dril- ling under the street to prevent tearing up of the road. If the expense of the latter method is not exorbitant, council indi- cated it would prefer not to tear up the paved street. Some $3,000 in awards, bur- saries and scholarships has been won by the graduating class of SHDHS, it, was an- nounced this week by Morley Sanders, vocational guidance director. Seven students have been awarded federal -provincial bur- saries totalling $2,300. David Noakes, Hensall. and Ralph Wareham, Woodham, both of wham enrolled at the University of Western Ontario this week, have received bur- saries of $500 each. In addi- tion, David Noakes has won a UWO board of governors' en- trance scholarship for highest standing in physics and chem- istry, Keith Hodgin s, Centralia, has been awarded a $300 bur- sary for study at Ryerson In- stitute of Technology, Toronto. Teachers' college bursaries, valued at $250 each, have been won by Mary Creces, Norma Passmore, Monica Charrette and Norma Geiger. I The Canada Packers award 1 of $100, for proficiency in math and science, has been awarded to Robert Skinner, Exeter, who has enrolled in the engineering l course at the University of . Waterloo. Each of the top -three stud- ents in the class has received $100 awards given annually by i school organizations. Mary Cre- ces won the student council prize for highest standing and , David Noakes has been given the paper staff award for run- ner-up. The $100 award given by the high schwal teaching staff to a versity has been presented to versity has been presetned to : Ralph Wareham, son of Rev. and Mrs. J. Wareham, Wood- ham. He has , enrolled in the Iscience course at Western. The Beta Sigma Phi Sorority , $50 scholarship for the gradu- ate entering nursing ahs been awarded to Peggy McLaugh- lin, Exeter. MR. AND MRS, KEN CUDMORE EXAMINE THEIR NEW $25,000SHRINE H ME ese