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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-09-28, Page 1I POLICE CLOSE MIDWAY CONCESSIONS— Ona operator Was fined for having beer in his booth and three other midway concessions were closed down for question- able operations at Exeter Fair last week, Despite this, the midway was jam-packed with kids ,and adults. It was sunny and hot for the fair and concessions missed a bet—there��asnt t a booth on the entire grounds which had stocked ice cream for the day, —T A photo "MR. POPPY" TAKES A "FLIP"—Fred Wells, Gidley SL, who at 88 is still Exeter Legion's top poppy salesman each year, enjoyed his first plane ride at Exeter Fair last week, George Glendinning, left, a Bell Telephone repairman, accompanied the veteran on a sight-seeing tour of the area in this helicopter which was kept busy providing rides for fair -goers.. Fred liked his "flip", said he'd like to do it again sometime. —T -A photo midwaye a r . . r liea` a tr Locai fair one of best despite gate loss, dust. Gate, receipts were down in- dicating a smaller crowd than in previous years. One midway operator was fined and three others ordered off the grounds because of "questionable" operations, Dust from a dry track blew up in waves engulfing people on the grandstand. Sounds like a poor fair, doesn't it? Well you'd be wrong if you drew that conclusion. Despite these detriments, the general consensus was that it was one of the best. Gate receipts were down about $200 Thursday afternoon, according to Secretary-Treas- tirer A. G. Hicks, but there was a big crowd nevertheless— not far off 4,000. A number of observers said it was "one of, the biggest", Financially the fair didn't suffer, according to, Secretary Hicks, because the big crowd Wednesday night made up for any losses in ,receipts Thurs. ay. The baby show and bingo night attracted close enihtb before U to 1,000. One operator fined Although seam of the mid- way o erators were called "the. worst group we've had here in 10' years" by Cpl. Joint Cowan, it didn't affect crowds. The midway was f `jammed. most o the afternoon One operator—Modeete Pee linin, 35, Sherbrooke, Que, -- Was Was .fined $27.60 when he plead - New cars on display New car parade gets official- ly launched in this week's T -A, Town and area dealers an- nounce showings of eight 1962 cars and their various models, More are expected next week. New Chev, including, the brand new Chevy 1i, and the 1962 Oldsmobile, are being Shown by Snell; Bros. Ltd, Larry Snider Motors Ltd, will have the 1962 Galaxie and the Falcon on display. la p y Exeter Motor Sales an- nounces the new Dodge ,Dart and Mathers Bros. Ltd, is showing the 1962 Plymouth, Pearson Motors Ltd. will dis- play lite1962 Buick this wccic'r - at its Zurich and 'Exeter loca- tions. Pearson introduced the first 1962 car in this area, the Pontiac, last week at E °ter Fair. i i he rc ur delis w NwMe v mo e tilnown by Lucan Motor ales mind South End Service this weekend, ed guilty before Justice of the Peace E. H. Beaver the same afternoon for having beer in! a place other than his resi-! dente. Constable Lloyd Hodgins found seven full and two empty bottles in his booth.. Two women posing as for- tune tellersand palm readers were closed up by Cpl. Cowan on suspicion of theft and fraud.. Two ball -throwing conces- sions giving away teddy bears and dolls were ordered off the grounds when it was found the targets—stuffed cats—were rig- ged. One operator was caught by B. W. Tuckey, grounds di- rector, manipulating a lever which prevented the cats from staying down when, they were hit, Despite the dust from the race track, stirred up by the horse events, a good. crowd re- mained mained on the grndstand most of the afternoon to watch pro- ceedings. They were entertain- ed by the Exeter and district junior band, a trampoline act and such popular events as musical chairs with saddle horses, calf race and tug of war. Enjoys helicopter ride A helicopter giving rides had a bUsy afternoon and one of its most enthusiastic customers was "Mr. Poppy" -88 -year-old Fred Wells of Gidley St. It was the first time the popular vet- eran had been "off the ground',, as he put it, and he enjoyed it so much, "I'd like to do it again sometime". P outstanding arpde o s g The parade,led by horse- men and the junior band, was. one of the biggest and best. It wasestimated that nearly 1,000 children__ marched in the procession with prizes going to Whalen and Thames Road schools, Most of the Usborne schools, one from Hay and all of the rooms of Exeter Public School joined the parade, Winner of the decorated car class was Mrs. Russ Broderick and Mrs, Jack Weber, whose Where to find if Announcements 17 Church Notices , 16 Cemi_g Everitt ,.......z i7 Editorials 4 Farm News ............... 11, 12. Feminine Facts ..,.,,.. 14, 15 iioutsell ..................... 5 Luten „Nn 1ti, 19 6 Sports ................ 7 , . Want Ads 12, 13 ONSIGUOMMIOMOKOMIO car was . accompanied by six little girls in costumes of dif- ferent nationalities, The girls, all dancing pupils of Mrs. Broderick, . included Jane and Christine Tuckey, Cathy Mc- Donald, Judy Este y, Judy Smith and Glenda Fisher. Lloyd &filler's "animal ex- press", composed of David Mitchell, Elizabeth and Tom Ellerington and Randy Miller, won first place .for freak out- fits, followed by the Beta Sig- ma Phi Sorority's caterpillar, formed. by, Mrs. William Schaef- fer, Mrs. Norman Amos, Mrs. Joseph Wooden, Mrs. R. W. Read, Cathy Amos and Mrs. Leonard Veri. Please turn to page 3 Eighty -Eighth Year eucxefer Zyme$ EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 28, 1961 Price Per Copy 10 Cants an survive fallout here in basements: Zurich horse show tops Rain drenches parade but falis to stop fair The rain came out " .to see Zurich Fair Monday afternoon and there couldn't have been a more unwelcome visitor, It began pouring by the bueketsfull just as the parade was coming to the fair grounds. School kids, floats, and decor- ated vehicles were thoroughly soaked. But it didn't dampen spirits, nor discourage the fair board, They carried on with the pro- gram, mostly inside the arena, and a good crowd stayed. The horse show at night attracted over 1,000. President Vaily Becker wasn't pessimistic about the End record corn pack Canadian Canners Ltd. here finished packing the biggest corn crop on record Wednes- day. Yields have been the highest in the company's history of operations in this area. Some acreage had, to be dropped because the plant couldn't handle it. Farmers were paid for their crop in its green state. The lima bean pack is ex- pected to be completed early next week. It''s been running for about the past.. 10 days. Manager' Don Graham said the plant will start into car- rots next week and sauerkraut, some of which . has been done, will. be resumed later- on. 0 a of Ou jail, sent back in ' A California youth, 17 -year- old George McNairn, was sen- tenced to 60 days in Huron county jail Thursday after be pleaded guilty to stealing valu- able . photographic equipment from a cottage at Oakwood Park, Grand Bend. After serving his sentence, McNairn will be deported to the U.S. and handed over to the U.S. army from which he is ab- sent without leave. The youth was arrested by PC D. M. Westover, town, Thursday afternoon after serv- ing ereing a 14 -day jail sentence in Sarnia for a theft at Grand Bend. McNairn admitted breaking into the cottage of William Duf- field, London, and stealing camera equipment. Would -.be lawyer didn't know law A 20 -year-old. Parkhill area youth was fined $15 and costs i in magistrate's court in Exe- ter, Tuesday, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving. Keith Rock, an employee of McDowell Construction Com- pany, Centralia, was travelling south on highway four when he smashed into the rear of. an automobile driven by Herb Broom, 31, RR 1 Exeter. Broom had stopped on the highway to allow a tar driven by Ron Wareing, Exeter, to back out of Broom's laneway, E. D. Bell, QC, who .repre- sented Rock, termedthe charge a "borderline case." "There was seine negligence on his part," he stated, "but it wasn't great." Fine GB driver Magistrate Glenn 1fays, QC, levied a fine of $15 and costs against Burton Gree n, 40, Grand Bend, who pleaded gull- ty to a charge of making An improper left hand turn. Green was involved in; an accident in Zurich that re- sulted 1e $2,500 damage to his car and one driven by Michael T. Murphy, 19, Arva, ;The Grad Bend man had been Grand travelling east when he pelted across the highway to turn into a lane, "This is a rather deceptive) s oto' 1J'. D. Bell,_. QC, 'pointed o' ''e 'difficult to 'see i "as it le cars a roachin over a short pP g i theroad, rise in In handing down the .fine, the magistrate1st rate said, r whe ridli F 1 shudder about, oncoming traf- fie making Such a manoeuvre. A charge of failing to refiert CEexpert CE expert Basements of most houses in affected by fallout if prince Exeter and area should pro- target areas in the United vide families with survival pro- States were hit, he said, tection against fallout rn the Again as an illustration, he event of a nuclear attack, a said ai 10 megaton bomb drop- nuclea fence expert at r de t A RCAF Station Centralia told Exeter Kinsmen Thursday night, Cpl. Lyle Riddell, an in- str cto in the central off u r r 1 ice rs school, indicated that even if the London target area was hit families here would be able to survive without specially -con - financial results. "We should tition, first prize went to SS 15, structed fallout shelters, pro- be all right with the big crowd with SS 8 the runner-up, never- . viding the basement walls are we had at night," .he stated. sing the placings of last year, at least a foot thick, Firsts in the parade were won "If such ;a blast took place," by Zurich Lions Club, }fay Mu- he said, "our basements should nicipal Telephone System, Night protect us providing we know Hawks bowling team, Allan :Hui- enough to go to them and we The horse show by far the biggest in the district at- tracted another large entry which provided keen competi- Pued onLondon1 wo deet a rite crator of 250 feet deep and 2,500 feet in circumference. Almost all of the tons of earth swept out would become radio- activeal creating lout, creat ng a cloud seven miles high and 65 miles wide, Such a cloud would take 10 hours to pass over Exeter at average wind speeds, he estimated. Reports confusing The RCAF instructor suggest- ed recent news reports about increases in radiation count in Canada since Russia resumed Lion in the evening, Besides bert and • Rudy Beierling, have sufficient supplies. tests have tended to confuse Prize horseflesh and glittering G d d i Cpl. Riddell indicated, how- and alarm the average citizen.. oo rnoor show harness, the crowd was enter- I ever that a fallout shelter His attention was drawn to tained with exciting features . Som.e of the keenest eontpe- such' as the one recommended one report last week which in- such as the senior and junior tition came in the indoor claw 1! by the government would pro- dicated the radiation count was musical: chairs, won by Eric sea including cooking, ladies vide better protection and 1,500 times greater than any Swartzentruber. and Junior tiler- Wo•rk, vegetables and the school would be essential in the event previous count recorded in the ner; the flag race, won by John Geiger and the jumping stakes won by Larry Merrier. 4-H champions The Zurich 4 -II calf club — growing every year — was a highlight of the livestock show. Robert Hoffman, Dashwood, won showmanship honors and the Chamber of Commerce Tro- phy. Major calf winners were Audrey Eckle, junior Holstein; Raymond Eckle, senior Hol- stein; Donald Weigand, beef heifer; Jeff Dietrich, steer, For Milton Oesch, director in charge of the baby show, the results proved a bit embaras- sing. His granddaughter, Pam- ela Dawn O'Brien, daughter el; Public School Principal Donald O'Brien, won first place in the six months and under class. Be- fore announcing the winner, however, Mr. Oesch made sure the judges were "prepared to swear" they didn't know it was his granddaughter they had se- lected. Winner in the 6 -to -18 months class was Brenda Sue, 11 -month- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gingerich, RR 2 Zurich. Pet show winners included .pebble Locicie, .. with the .best r`dog, and Allan Hay, with the ii best Persian cat. The classy Seaforth high school girls' .trumpet band en- tertained both inside and out- side the arena in the afternoon. The sun came out later on to allow' the midway to operate in high gear. In the school, parade compe• an accident was dismissed by the magistrate Robert D. Black, St. Pauls. Black admitted being the driver of . a car that knocked down two mail box posts at a subdivision near Grand Bend on Sunday, August 21. How- ever, his defense lawyer, D, T. Murphy, contended that the charge had been laid under the wrong section of the highway traffic act, "It is possible for a court to record a conviction that is dif- ferent ' fere nt than described bd m the charge," the magistrate con- tended, "but I don't feel I should or can do that in this case," However, he warned Black that he should not walk out of the court room thinking that he wasin the right, "You did wrong,! Ma gis tr a te• 1-Iays stated. law, not only broke the betou. did a rather sneaky y,, thing, he told the youth, Law student pays Robert Karfelt, a law sttt dent from Hamilton, was fined $10 and togs after pleading carty to a charge within 100 feet ppassingf of anintr-- section. He had beenpassing a car pulling a trailer near Grand Bend, when the car turned crashing the two vehicles to- ether. Karfell told the court that h did not .know there was t; . he an intersection thele, and. did not know it was against the law to pass within 100 feet. of an intersection. "There s seems Lo be a gene- ral ral ignorance about this Sec- tion," magistrate hays pointed. out, Fair', match this week Last of the major farm ex- hibitions in this • area will be staged this weekend. Kirkton Fall Fair, which fea- tures a four -county 4-H com- petition, willbe held Friday afternoon, September. 28. A school parade, pet show and l i v e s Lock competitions are among the highlights, Saturday, the Huron county plowing match will be held on the farm of Tom Desjardine, east of Grand Bend. The Grand Bend location was selected ,this year at the in- vitation resort's o f the sum chamber of commerce Talk theft protection A London police official will give townauthorities and mer- chants advice on methods of preventing robberies at a Special . meeting Thursday :night. Inspector Walter Johnson, London, wilt be guest speaker at Exeter Lions Club, which will be host to council mem- bers, police dep't and town merchants. The meeting, arranged by Mayor R. E, Pooley, stemmed from the two robberies suffer- ed this year by Walper's Men's. Wear, which lost over $7,000 in merchandise. The Walperstore announced this week it will hold an auction sale in Exeter Legion Hall Friday night to raise funds to cover its losses, "I aim happy to learn that a meeting has been arranged to discuss protection against theft," proprietor Norman Wal - per Bald when he was inform- ed about the meeting, "1 don't think many persons realize how disastrous a major rob- bery can he to the victite, t.t) t" .of particularly, if he s np insurance, We can tested byns all benefit if the town works together to prevent this kind of loss," Walper said he lied been warned recently by one of his Major suppliers that several other clothing stores in the Province have been bit recent• ly by thefts similar to his. were 1 i he 'h 1 ere indicat ons There , said that the tileves poin e• times strike the 'ante firm three or four times. air, that a stray bomb should fall Toronto area. Asked what ef- Tn ladies' work, Mrs- Delmer directly in this area, feet this would have on. the Skinner of RR 1. Centralia led The corporal said it was' people in the area, be said he winners with seven firsts and doubtful, because of prevaii.fhg could not assess the informa- tion because no indication had beengiven as to the basis of measurement or the instru- ments used to record it. "Certainly from the readings we have taken in this area, we have found absolutely no- thing which should cause con- cern", He felt the emergency mea- sures organization should under- take a public education pro - He indicated that the area ; gram to explain the dangers should have a reasonable involved in radiation and the amount of time tore are effect of fallout to help citi- zens understand the problem. against fallout. In the first place, he saidthere should be Destruction tremendous some advance warning of. an Cpl. Riddell suggested the attack through the radar sys- devastation from the immed- tems which ring the continent. iate effects of blast and heat In addition, it would take at caused by today's nuclear least an hour for fallout to bombs can not be .overestimat- reach Exeter from any of the I ed. The newest bombs are 500 proposed target areas. times more effective than the The Exeter district could be one which killed 367,000 people ` in Hiroshima near the end of World War two. The bomb —Please turn to page 8 northwest winds, that Exeter - •-^ would be in the direct line of fallout if the London target area was hit. However, to 11- lustrate the speed with which fallout travels, he said it would take approximately one hour for fallout to reach Exeter from a point 30 miles away if the average wind speed was ap- proximately 15 mph, Should get warning Wallets stolen during service Members of the Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church choir reported thefts of about $5.00 in cash and sev- eral wallets during the spe- cial "Prayer for Peace" ser- vice Sunday night. The cash and wallets, con- taining licences and other important documents, were taken from garments hang- ing in the cloak room beside the loft. Cpl. John Cowan, who in- vestigated the , losses, said the thief or thieves left no clues as to their identity. Must OWE used. at that time by the U.S. ower stana ara s was equivalent ' to 20,000 'tuns of TNT. Todays blasts aqua/ that of 10 million tons.. e The corporal stated ` the in- [� �j d deVries""'"���'"se nuclear detonation was "many Rev. Brei deVries, speaking amongst ourselves on how to dol noontimes hour'gre"ater. Thisthabnlindingthesun light'at, at the Prayer for Peace service- it," he said, "but we must unite he said, was'the key character - at the Anglican Church, Sun- and do it now." I istic • by which any observer d, told , ' 200aythat "wean willaudience have toof lowerover have to become first and fore- I could recognize a nuclear ex - Plosion, It is followed by the He said that the churchwould our standards if we are to win most in peoples' lives and they' formation of a tremendously the battle against communism." would have to return to the; large, mushroom -shaped cloud. "Too long we have been look- teachings of the Bible and at -i Should stock food ing at our own back yards and thanking God for our many be- nefits," he said, "while the ma- jority of persons in the world are faced'with poverty, disease and ignorance." The Anglican clergyman stated that the concentrated ef- fort to aid the world's needy would be a big step in fighting communism. "This is preach- ing the gospel," he said, "and we have the means to do it, but we have to tighten our belts." Face dark hour tend church regularly, conduct family prayer and devotion and show a true love for their neighbors. "We have to be prepared to make sacrifices," he said, "and. it is time we looked at our own life to see what has been amiss. It's going to be hard on our pocketbooks, but we must start sharing our wealth by feeding the hungry both bodily and spiritually." "This is a dark hour for our country, our. Christian church and the world," he asserted. "We and our powerful enemies are facing each other and, are drifting towards war. In fact, we are on the brink of world destruction." He warned that it was a "ter- rible illusion" that either side should thinkthat they could win any war. "We have such pow erful weapons that wevili des- troy both civilizations,, he said. Rev. deVries stated that the present world situation was a struggle between two ideolo- gies—communism and religion. He explained that the commu- nism doctrine developeda man with no soul, and one that was used only for the glorification of the state, "On the other hand," he said, "religion teaches that man was 1' created in the image of u. ! 1 Creator and for His glortfica• tion. E' � �be�hC�►t'��'1nTh Iie .labelled the communists "arrogant . violators of the baa sic rights of men" whit were in. terested in the "complete des- truction of religion and con- plete domination of the world," Christians must unite Mayor commends group Mayor R. E. Pooley com- mended the Exeter Ministerial Association for arranging the service. rvice. "I . speak to you very humbly," he said. "Humble be- cause I feel I have left undone some of the things I could have done to help the world crisis." "Our freedoms have cost us a great deal," he stated, "and we should ask God to show us and our leaders what we can do to preserve world peace." The service was conducted o ducted by Rev. Richard Van Farowe and the prayer litany was read by Rev. A. G. Van Eek. Other prayers were offered by Cecil Wilson, Robert Southcott, Joe Wooden, Rev, M. W. Holmes am) Stanley Sauder read the Scripture. To survive, the corporal said in t • area should each family •his stock a sufficient supply of canned. food and. water in its basement to last from seven days to two weeks. addition, it would need cooling equip- ment, other than, that which requires electricity, bedding, battery-operated radio, plastic bags for waste, first aid: ,kit, reading material and games for children. Cpl. Riddell showed two films on. nuclear explosions to the Kinsmen officials Lions at Bend school. An officers' school for exe- ins Clubs ' e of18 districtLions Liv s was conducted at the Green Forest Motor Hotel, Grand Bend, recently. 60attended Approximately from Region 3 of District A-9, comprising clubs from Goderich to Grand Bend. ' conducted The sessions were co d by three international counsel- lors ounsel- lors-- A. J. Sweitzer, Exeter; Ward Bolton, St. Marys, and Rae Watson, Lucknow. Win movie cameras The speaker stated that the! Christian membership around; the world would be a mighty force against communism, but warned that they must unite toy gether against the athoism of imperial con inunislit, "With the world .ready to burst into flame we can't argue hear S�DHS to band o cnand m RCAF Training Co n in a n d t Band from Trenton will enter• fain SHDIIS students to a eon- cert in the auditorium Monday afternoon, This is the second year in a r'ew the band has performed' for the students, presenting a variety of numbers including g vocal selec- tions'. and s tions'. It was Well received last Year, 4 all over the district r Making home movies should i, and Appliances; become a more popular hobby! Mrs. Lynn, Lathier, Zurich, in this area following the a i by Doerr's Food Market, Zur- warding of 18 movie cameras !! felt; by merchants participating in! Mrs. Daisy Etherington, RR the recent T -A Home of the1,1 Hensall, by Gingerich s Sales Week" .feature, { and Service, Zurich; The winners, as reported by, Harold Ke 1.1 e r ni a n, Dash - the stores who Have made indi- wood, by Tieman's Hardware vidual drawings during the past, and Furniture, Dashwood; few weeks, include persons. Joe Pavkele, Centralia, by all. over the district, I Centralia Farmers' Supply; tion• ji Each receives a brand 'neW i Don Brown, St. Marys, . by Brownie 8 movie camera, made Osbiirne's General Store, Cen- by the Kodak people, tralta; litre are the winners, and Carl Vincent, Grand Rend, the stores who' awarded the ca- by the Surplus Tool Store, Grand .l3cnd; merits: , Gerald Proul, RR 3 Exeter, Bert Neilson, Grand Bend, by if in t u'. ir.e by Exeter Electric; drfin n Thomas 11" tt t z r Barbara Palmer, South ;Hu- Grand Rend; non Hospital, Exeter, by Mae- Janet Traversy, .uca.il, 'Cly .. Millaii's; Radcliffe Drugs, Lucan; Mrs. Gordon Perrott, Andrew Mrs. Mary IT, Gunn, C.redi= St., by Silhouette Beauty Sa- ton, by Radford's Store, Credi- ton, tori; Gorden Smith, Main St, b y {u Kraft, Dashwood,bZin- Dinney Furniture; mer TV and lilt°frit, Das]n• Matfett Lee, RR 2 Ailsa wood Craig, aig, byErsnan s Bakery; Miss Helen Mailer, V tch John I{un PaiRR 3 Exeter, ell, by the Villege• len, Geoid by Sandy Ellotta ]! ur'niture Bend, Ir