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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-04-05, Page 3SKATING STAR DON MacKELLAR IN JUMP , local performer featured in club's carnival Circus skaters delight crowd HENSALL COUNCIL New crown? We've added another machine to serve you! NEW BACKHOE * EXCAVATING * DITCHING * BULLDOZING Gravel, Fill and Top Soil Becker 'Construction GENERAL TRUCKING AND LOADING Phone Lone R. Becker' DAshwood TRACTOR FUELS, TED HOLMES 145 Deer Park Circle, London GE 4.95t2 or Enquire at The Times- Advocate Do you know ., . That for as little as $1,000 you can be- come a part owner of all the best in' dustries in Canada and USA by invest- ing in one of Investors' three Mutual Funds? 461p investors o3vncloolts OP CANADA, kIPPITtO TWO TOP PERFORMERS Off the track you'll have a sure winner for power and efficiency with Esso Tractor Fuels :Wyatt. are looking for ways and means to lower your operating costs and increase your profits, don't overlook Esso Tractor Fuels. 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Two young stars of the local club, Donald .MacKellar and Judy Estey, were among the .featured performers and their two well-timed duets were en- thusiastically received, MacKellar, a 13year-old :Hu- roil Park youth, also. performed a solo routine complete with several spins and jumps that were executed almost flaw- lessly to show that the area. youth was well on his way to becoming a star in the sport. The circus hand of Kathy Read, Denise Shane, Lorna Corbett, Lorraine 'Ventin, Ca- thy Holtzman, Allison Fiford and Marnie Morrow started the show off in spirited fashion with their intricate marching maneuvres in brief red and white costumes, Naturally, the highlight of any circus is the appearance of the clowns and the figure skating show had this aspect, well looked after by six tiny young ladies in most appro- pirate dress. The small fry didn't attempt any zany tricks as they were a little ton wobbly on their skates, hut they were one of the most pleasing groups on the ice all night. The youngsters included Gail Ful.ler, Pattie Parker, Cathy Ecker, Mary Southeott, Hea- ther Sturrock and Lynne Far- quhar. Following them into the main ring were the dancing poodles in their pastel-colored outfits and the six young ladies step- ped up the tempo of the show with their spirited routine. The poodles included Latina Fuller, Debbie Fite, Brenda .Brintriell, Janet Ecker, Tryann Bell and judy Harrel The graceful skating of ;Judy Estey, Penny Preszcator, Mar- garet May and Ingrid Thean- der was. featured next in a dis- play of team work and again. the show was quickly speeded up with the appearance of the popcorn halls. These were Brenda Birninell, Cathy Holtzman, Jane Smith, Judy Harrell„lanet Ecke.r and Troyann Bell, Eight gaily clad gypsies skated onto the ice in the next, act and not only skated well, Town topics • • • Miss Heather MacNaughton, daughter of Hon. C, S. Mae- Naughton and Mrs. MacNaugh- ton, Exeter, was one of 100 of the graduating class in the arts course of the University of Western Ontario, who were honored at. A graduation ban- quet Tuesday evening, Mrs, J, W, Powell was in Wiegha in Monday attending the funeral of her sisler.ln-law, Mrs, Ed, Nash. Mrs. T. A. Fowles, St. Thomas, is the guest of Mrs. Powell, Mr, Dalton Skinner, Hensall, has purchased the Edward street home of Norman Martin through W. 11,. ilodg.,,,son Red. Mr, Martin has moved into the new home of Harold Taylor,:Moron St. WILL CRITIC-TEACH (leography specialist of SIT. hut. provided some enjoyable musical entertainment as they each carried a touthorine. Members of the group in- cluded Judy Estey, Pa tsY Bridges, Penny Preszcator, Cathy Corbett, Margaret May, Elizabeth Cochrane, Sharon Kelly and Ingrid 'Meander, Bringing the show to inter- mission time were nine hungry- looking lions who s t a l k e d around the ice surface with the sounds of jungle music playing in the background. The lions included Susan Broadley, Christine Price, Sheila Willett, Carolyn Cook, Vivian Powell, Linda Lowery, Judy Estey, Ann Marie :Hornell and Pauline Bell. Repeat performance Most of the young perform- ers were featured again in the second half of the show, but it was mainly taken up by the crowd-pleasing acts of the four visiting skaters and a comedy number by instructor Arthur Bourke. Several of the guests had difficulty adjusting to the ice surface in their appearances in the first half of the show, but they all came back with flawless performances in their second attempts, The guests were all cham- pions and were among the best to ever appear in a local. show. They included: -John Hubbell, juvenile champion; Judy Harmsworth, juvenile; Ro- bert McCrabb, junior and Carol Kaiser, senior. Hubbell amazed the crowd with his performance after they were told by MC W. 0. Cochrane that the youth had been skating for only two years, Instructor Arthur Bourke kept the audience in continual laugh- ter with his act as he skated around the ice in a dance routine with a flimsy female dummy. He had the dummy tied to his skates and manag- ed to get it tied up in some very awkward looking posi- tions. Everybody twists The show Caine to a lively halt as all the skaters return- ed to the ice to perform the twist on their skates, Most of the youngsters had the new dance craze well reheased and the young clowns were among best on the ice. Owner marks quarter century To celebrate the 25th anni- versary of, his business in Exe- ter, Alfred E, Wu.erth enter- tained members of his family to dinner at the Murkley Res- taurant . Saturday evening. In addition to Mrs, Wuerth, the party included Mr, and Mrs. R. M. Long and family. of Royal Oak, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs, Reg Witerth and. fam- ily, London; Mr. and Mrs. :Reynold Wuerth and family, town; Mr._ and Mrs. Edgar Wuerth, Zurich, and Lloyd Swartsentruber, a member of the Wuerth staff. Monday, George 'Pinney, Hu- ron St., won the "spot" spe- cial at th store which entitled him to $10 in' merchandise. N117, Gordon Appleton return- ed home on Sunday from St. Joseph's Hospital, London, aft- ter undergoing surgery, Gov't lauds .seniorsi.club At the meeting of the Senior ('itizens Club Tuesday night, Mr. Hilton Ford read a .corn. munication from the Minister of Welfare expressing interest in the ,club and offering con. gratutations on its success. A variety program, chaired by Ed Westcott, featured the evening. Choruses were sang by the Pesky Six composed of Helen, Marlene and. Darlene Frayne, Carole Hogarth, Joyce Dower and Mary Mathers, costume, Other numbers included .ae, cordioo solos by Jim. Neil; reeding by Kathy Boulianne; piano solos by Elaine Powe and Mrs. Harold Jeffery; duets by Marlene and. Darlene ,Frayne accompanied by Mrs. Freeman. Horne; instrumentals. by Bay and Andrew Dougall on violins and Maurice Love on the guitar; solos by Joe White and Mrs. Bruce Cann; mouth organ selection by Maurice Quance accompanied by Gordon -Smith. on the guitar. The. program opened with a singsong led by Walter Cut- bush with Mrs, Frank King at the piano. Caven ladies served lunch. .Mr. and Mrs. William Marshall, Messrs. o r o n Smith and Donald McCurdy furnished music for the dance, Committee for the May meet- ing includes Mr. and Mrs, Wit- liam Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs, Clarke Fisher, Luther Row- cliffe, Mrs. T. C. Coates, Mrs, Fr a n k King and Maurice Quance, — Continued from page 1 of highways in an effort, to have a traffic light placed at the intersection of highways 4 and 84 in the village, Reeve Norman Jones report- ed he had been talking with MacNaughton and had been told to take this action. Mac- Naughton told the reeve he would do his best in an effort to have a light at the danger- ous intersection. Jones pointed out they hail tried before but the department turned it down. "Apparently they wanted to wait until some- one was killed there," he said, Two persons have been killed. in accidents al, the corner and several other serious accidents have occurred, Consider drain Bill Mickle appeared before council and requested the con- struction of a drain north of his firm's bean plant to allev- iate the drainage problems. "We want to put more ex- pansion there," he told coun- cil., "but: we're into a water problem." He said they were _forced to drain north because of. the fall of the land. Reeve Norman Jones report- ed he had been talking to a drainage engineer who had ad- vised the construction of a drain from highway No. 4 along the northern boundary of the village. He said the cost had been estimated at between $1,700 to $1,800 and would be a 12-inch tile. Councillor John Henderson pointed out that the cost for such a drain could he shared by Hensall, the townships of Hay and Tuckersmith as well as the department of highways and the, CNR. However, council noted that all the drainage from Hensall properties was going south through the village, while the water along the north was actually draining in from Hay township, Clerk Earl Campbell com- mented that he thought it would be up to Earl Soidan, who owns the property north of the village, to build. the drain and, then bill Hensall for their share if Mickle's tied into it. Object to bill Clerk Earl Campbell, .report- ed that the bill from Montieth and Montieth, Stratford, the village's auditors, had been re- ceived for the amount of $425, which was $75 higher than the council had thought they were to pay. Campbell stated that the bill had been $42.5 the year before, but the auditors had charged the extra $75 to assist the clerk in setting the mill rate, He reported that he had re- ceived no help last year to set the rate and told. council he would contact the Stratford firm to see why the amount had been increased. Complain about chaff Councillor M n n i e Noakes handed in a complaint to coun- cil that she had received from residents in the Brook street area over the amount. of chaff that was blowing onto their properties from the coop, She .reported .that the resi- dents had asked the manager to rectify the situation, but nothing had been done. "It's a terrible mess," she said,, "And not only Jays on their lawns, but even blewS right into their houses," "It's an awful. Mesa," Harold Knight: added. drove by there, the other day And won- dered if the snow had gone.". In Other business, eMincilt Authorized Ernie DaVis to purchAse needed materials to repair any damaged roads and noted that most had, come Carling. SL, near Sanders. Cliff Brintnell cOnstruct a home for Mrs, Lea Richards on Huron St, west. Milton Keller Construction will erect a house en the West side of Marlborough St. Other building permits were granted for an addition to the Anne St, home Of Bog Me- DOnald and for the ren0Vation and re-roofing of the Marl- borough Si, house owned by Mayor SnItitions, -- Continued from page 1 simply was looking for 'Ways to spend money to. justify main, taming the tax rate. "We will never have a re• duclion„in taxes if we don't do it this year. Governments are always looking .for ways to spend money and I disagree with. that," Chided the mayor: "Don't YOU believe in looking ahead until next year, joe?" "Dut we have DO figures be- fore us to show where that money will go," Wooden re- plied. "We are governing on the assumption that there will be some expenditures at some future date." He particularly objected to. this year's drain budget ..of $10,000. Council has not .ap. proved any drain work; the chairman of the committee has not presented a budget. Both, Farrow and Wooden _in- dicated they were particularly opposed to a proposed $4,700 drain for George St. which had not been approved last year and which, they suspected, might be undertaken this year without approval of full coun- cil, Will need $10,000 Drains Chairman Tayier; "if we're going to fix Main St, drains, we're going to need. $10,000." There were many drains which could be fixed, he suggested, if funds were available. "I don't like to pay taxes any .more than the rest of you but don't want the rate to go down four mills one year and up six the next." He through the winter in very good shape. Learned that their levy for the Ausable Conservation Auth- ority was raised to $793.20 this year over last year's figure of $686, Re - appointed Ernie Davis weed inspector, Decided to build a new sep- tic tank at the village hall, Granted permission to the MK to build a rack for their poles af: the north end of Nel- son street. Set the dale from Saturday midnight, April 28 to October 27 as daylight saving time, Paid accounts totalling $4,- 535.17. Letter. from Kirkton By MRS, HAROLD DAVIS rftW:g:P.v.P94.ftirigg.M.W.,"..,..,. • ' Officers elected The second fellowship meet- ing was held in St. Paul's Church Sunday evening, open- ing with an evensong service in the church proper and in- stallation of offficers, Bill Wag- horn read the lesson. The members then adjourned to the basement for the busi- ness meeting following which Rev, Lyle Bennett introduced the guest speaker, Rev. Bren DeVries, of Exeter, who gave an informative talk and one of great interest. A social half hour was spent during which lunch was served. President for 1962 is John Roundel! Sr.; vice-president, Mrs. Bill Schaeffer; secretary, Mrs. Harold Davis; treasurer, Mrs. Gerald Paul; refreshment chairman, Mrs. Mains; mem- bership, Bill Waghorn; devo- tional, Garth Blackler; trans- portation, Burns Blackler; special events, Gerald Paul; auditors, Mr. and -Mrs, Alex Irvine. Personal items Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Scott. and Jo-Anne were Sunday eve- ning guests with Mr. and Mrs, William Ward of .Monkton. Rickey Scott spent the week- end with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Irvine visited Sunday with Mrs, Bob Read of St, Marys, Mr. and Mts. Charlie Atthill and family of Exeter, Mrs. Wilfred Soucie, Christine, Mike and Jeanie of Burlington, Mr. and. Mrs, Norris Atthill and family visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jarvis. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Spear of Harriston spent the weekend This week in Winchelsea By MRS. WILLIAM WALTERS Mark anniversary Mr, and Mrs, Newton Clarke were entertained by members of their families Mr. and Mrs. Beverley Morgan and family Thames Road, Mrs. Jean Morgan of Exeter and Mr, and Mra. Harold Clarke nad boys of Winchels:n to a wedding an- niversary dinner at the Domi- nion Hotel in Zurich on Friday evening, They were later en. terthined at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Morgan, Personal items Mr. -and Mrs. Bob :Bibby and family of Kirktott visited, on Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Jahn Coward, Mr, and Mrs, Newton Clarke And Mrs. William WA it ei'S at- tended the fiftieth wedding an- niversary party for Air, And MPS, Simpson of Sunshine which was held at Vllimville Township Han 'Oh Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs, Harvey Smith and Penny of Creditor( visited SuOdayOrr with Mr. and Mrs. Colin Gilfillait and Mrs, Garnet Miners visited Mr, and Mrs, Erie CArseaftden And fancily in Exeter On Sun- day. revealed he didn't .vote for the budget when it was proposed in finance commilee but ho changed his mind. Councillor Bailey said the rate could he decreased eight mills this year,. but he did not favor it. "The only reason approve the budget is that it will give us .4 chance to Pot in some more sewerage later• als and permit us to hardtop some of our roads," Clerk C. Pickard,. Although. he pointed out the budget was presented by the finance mittee .and not by hi0.18elf , noted that councils in the past had more often been criticized for what they had not done than for what they had done. Ile felt the excessive. costs of raising funds by debenture should be avoided whenever. possible. Both. Farrow and Wooden ob- jected to the FLIC'S. proposed streetlighting program, They said it was a luxury in view of the essential sewerage ser- vice required by the town. "The PVC is doing a darn good job of running us," said Farrow, again objecting to the increase in mill rate rather than on water rate in the proposed charges for sewerage. Couecillor Wright felt some of the $12,000 surplus fund for roads might well be earmark- ed for drains, "I don't, think we've been spending enough on the repair of our, drains," he said, Reeve .Fisher supported the estimates although he admit- ted "it certainly isn't a vote- getting budget," Can't lower age limit Council discovered it couldn't lower the age limit for the pool room, even if it wished to, because of 'provisions in the criminal code, This was revealed after a re- quest from local operator, Russ Broderick, to permit boys 16 and over to use the pool hall on Main St. His request came in response to recent notification. by Chief C, H. MacKenzie that the 18. year provision would have to be enforced. Broderick admit• ted that 50(' or more of his business came from youths be- tween 16 and 18, many of them from the high school. Council promised to consider. his request but later learned they could not change the by- law because of the code, Broderick protested I, h a t youths under 18 were allowed. at Seaforth, where he. operates another pool hall. Police there, often visit the hall and co- operate with the owner in main- taining order. He said he'd welcome advice and assistance from the local police and from school officers. "I operate a respectable place and there isn't a more honest business on Main St., he said. Deputy-Reeve Farrow said. he had visited the pool hall on several occasions and he felt it is being operated in a bet- ter manner now than, it ever has been.. Broderick said he planned to put in a lunch counter to try to make his business pay. ''I don't want to be running any- thing that isn't legal," he stated. Council also: Approved a grant of $100 to the lawn bowling club at the request of its president, Coun- cillor Ross Taylor; Learned through Reeve Fish- er that three more sheep on the Dearing farm have died and that autopsies had shown the cause to be a liver disease; Agreed to advertise a re- minder concerning the pur- chase of dog tags and tying up of dogs; Ordered the property com- mittee to inspect a barn on Gidley St. east said to be in a dangerous condition because of its lack of repair; with Mr. and Mrs, Fiber Shute and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lou 'Walker and family of Fanshawe visited. Sunday evening with Mr, and Mrs. Bill Scott. WI euchre The Women's Institute held a progressive euchre in Aber- deen Hall Monday evening, April 2, Prize winners were: ladies High, Mrs. Cliff Scott; lone hands, Mrs. John McElra; men's high, John Witteveen; lone hands, Lloyd Cowdrey. Lucky draws, Mrs, George Davis, Harold Davis; birthday prize, Mrs. Wilfred W. Cochrane, QC, is ex- pected to he appointed crown attorney of Huron County to succeed the late J. W. Bush- field. lie is currently serving AS PVC chairman and presi- dent of the industrial promo- tion corporation, posts he may have . to relinquish following his appointment, Court dislikes. bumper riders Joseph Camille Roger, RC- AF Clinton, was fined $25.00 and costs when he appeared before Magistrate J. C. Dun- lap, QC, in Forest Tuesday, following charges laid by Cpl. Neil Chamberlain in Grand Bend on Sunday, March 25, The police officer stopped the young airman as he was driving along the streets with. people sitting on both the front and hack bumpers of the car. "He' t old me to send the summons to his father because he owned the car", Chamber- lain reported, However, the youth received the summons. In other charges laid by Cpl. Chamberlain, Clifford Reyn- olds, Thedford, was fined $5.00 and costs for driving with only one headlight and Clarence Stone, RR. 3 Parkhill, was fined $20.00 and costs for speeding, Harry Trebner Stephen native Harry Triebner, 69, Corn- wall, a native of Exeter and brother of Frank Triebner, died suddenly on Thursday, March 29. Born in Stephen Township he was the son of the late Mr, and. Mrs. Frank Triebner and was educated in Exeter School and Chath.am Business College. Be went to Cornwall 45 years ago where he taught in Cornwall Business College. Hs is survived by two sons, Gordon, St. Ca therines and Ross at home, Service and burial was held in Cornwall on Saturday, March 31 from the McCarther Bros, funeral home, Treasurer, wife feted by family Mr. and Mrs. New ton Clarke, Usborne, were guests of their family at the Domi- nion Hotel at Zurich, Wednes- day, March 28 on the occasion of their 45th wedding anniver- sary, Mrs. Clarke's maiden name was Reta Dobbs, They were united in marriage at St. Pat- rick's Anglican Church, Saintsbury, by Rev. M. Ryatt, They have one son, . Harold, and one daughter, Mrs, Bev (.Burcline) Morgan, both of Us- borne; five grandsons and one granddaughter, all of whom were present for the occasion. Mr. Clarke. treasurer of Us- borne Township, has served that municipality for 31 years, and never once had an auditor had to change a figure in his. books. One thing about the good old days—if you bought a horse you could be fairly sure that the next model wouldn't have the tail moved around in front. A surplus of $.17:,6a5.5: on the town's ]961 operation was re- ported to council Monday night by Auditor A. Al. Doper, Go- derich . It's the largest balance ever accumulated in any one Year oy the municipality and. is in sharp contrast to the deficit of $2,870.24 reported last year. Biggest portion of the sur- eltis results from the last year's economical road pro- grain. Only .$8,000 of a $21,0110 budget was spent, leaving a balance of $13,000 in this ac- count alone. Expenditure on recreation and community services was $4,000 less than the total esti- mated. The surplus also includes EXPENSES — Continued from page 1 02,400 i; sidewalks, $3,000; re- moving snow. $1,300 ($2801; town hall, $3,000 ($7.0001, gas and oil and equipment repairs. $2,800; trimming trees, $1,400; factory spray system. $600 (51,2001; sundry, $3,000 ($2,2501; Sanitation and waste remo- val — Garbage disposal and dump. $8,800; cleaning streets. $2,500. Public, welfare — Nursing home care $5,100; relief, $2,500 152.0001, Education — SHDHS. $25,500 ($19,000); public school, $61,500 ($60,0(10); Debenture payments $86,- 100 ($86,7674 Recreation and community service — Li h r y, $2,100 1$2,500i; communit,_ centres board, $3,000 ($4.000i; recrea- tion, $3.800; parks, $1,700, Other — County rates. $39,- 548; cemetery board grant, 31,000; share of Parkhill dam, $4,000; special fund for streets, $12,000; surplus, $5,1,50. $2,0e0, set. aside toward the town's share of the cost of th e ra rk dam. All municipal bodies but 'the two school boards reported sur- pluses on their 1,901 operations, according to the report. In the ITC. the hydro ac- count showed a $15,755.80 sur- plus and the water. a $5.474,04 balance, Surplus on the cemetery board's operation was $2,993- .26; community centres board, $2,600.20; recreation commit- tee, $1.491 08; librarY. $883.30. The high school's operational deficit was $13.744.48, a loss budgeted by the board to re- duce its balance. The public school's deficit amounted to $489.53. Council adopted the report and agreed to have copies pre- pared. as required by bylaw, In addition. council will pre- sent the statement to the news- paper through The T-A under a special arrangement with the newspaper. .1111.111.1111111.11111111111.1.11111111111.1111111.11111411011111110 HOFFMAN Ambulance Service DASHWOOD 3 Ambulances 2 Stationed at Dashwood I at Grand Bend Drivers holders of Si, Johns' Ambulance Certificates Properly Equipped ALSO PORTABLE OXYGEN Phone Dashwood 70W or Grand Bend 20W 'The liniwA4v9catg, April 5, 1941 Page 3 Report' '61 surplus .at over $17,000 Grant permits for six houses Local construction industry should have a busy year if building permits granted by council Monday night are an indication what's coming, THIS, J0800 Wooden. Council approved construe- accepted an invitation to ell - lion of six houses in variOUS lie-teach Ontario College o f sections of the town. Educationstudents to, London Two homes are being erect- this summur al the 0. A. Min- eel in Riverview Heights, ili ble Collegiate Institute. addition to the one Meekly SPEAKS ON CANCER started there, Mayor Simmons Dr. 'Hugh Creech, and NMI cyill build A house on River. Richard, who is a medical Stu- side Drive tied his brother, dent. both of Philadelphia, ?a., pfcci si ttimobg, will oat an. N. Creech, will speak at an other On the west side of An- American Association Of Can- drew St. in their subdivision, cer Research in Atlantic City Nttway Ltd„ Loti- on April 13. dory, will Oat Dr, Creech expects to attend hone. for Robert *Oki° on the International Cancer Con- Prydo BouleVard in the Dow press iii Russia on July subdivision, ',ward Gaekstetter, Main Chester A Bunn, Stephen., who Si., has returned home. from sold his faro' on }Anton St, fp Millen hospital whore he tin. enittly, having a home built dement an operation last by &W KS teach er Kenneth week4 . „ , - eme on e lc