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And away they R0.1 Frolicking calves hit wide-open spaces
It wasn't too hot. Tuesday for these Angus calves to celebrate their several mock. races before the young legs were tired after the hat
freedom when they were let out to pasture at the "Palangus" farm day, The registered herd is owned by G. K. Crocker, who also has
on No, 83 between Dashwood. and Exeter. The lively calves staged a pond. on his farm which is stocked with thousands of goldfish.
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EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 17, 1962 Price Per Copy 10 Cents
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Eighty-Eighth Year
Rob Dashwood store
TV, RADIO LOSS $2,400
manent roads, He said many
towns throughout the district
are suffering from similar
dust nuisance.
Grader work on town streets
Monday and Tuesday aggra-
vated the problem locally,
Sanders St.—the road oiled by
residents at their own expense
—was among those worked up
by the grader and the dust is
back in that area.
There has been no indication
of riots yet nor has any local
doctor reported a serious case
of suffocation.
Area papers
win awards
Three Huron .newspapers
have won awards in the better
newspaper's competition sport-
sored by the Ontario Weekly
Newspapers Association,
The Times-Advocate 'placed
second, for best: all. - around
newspaper printed in towns of
under 3,500 population. Clinton
News-Record placed third in
the same division, which was
won by the Blenheim News-
Tribune,
Two awards were won by the
Zurich Citizens News. It plac-
ed third for papers printed.
the under 1,000 'population
class and third for papers
showing greatest improvement
over last year.
These and a host of other
awards will he presented at a
luncheon Friday during the an-
nual convention of the Ontario
group at the Hotel London,
London,
Guest speaker al the lunch-
eon will be Hon, John Roberts,
QC, Ontario premier.
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SUFFERS THEFT LOSS
, Joseph Zimmer, Peshwood
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Commence work .on $55,00 0.00 separate school in Exeter
Sisters :perferni-
Moving into the era of great
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hands and vocal: groups, 'the
three McCarron sisters gave
their version of an old favorite
made popular hp the Andrew
Sisters, "Apple Itilossom
Reminiseent of the tarlr
1.1 bands of Harry Janie& "Bono
Goodman, -and Arlie Shaw, the
T.tarmototies band set Tett -dant.:
ing 'with "Sweetheart of Signet
14 Chi", "Tenderly' and "Beer
Barrel Polka" 'which teetered
4 accordion plas-er Arian Haber.:
Doh Storie, on trumpet, gave a
01 10 smooth professiona l pertorm-,
16, 17 Ajict of "Tammy,' as did Don
Kemple, on clarinet, with hid
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Ready -for Jong sitting
on Parkhill dam issue
CIRCULATION
First Quarter '62
3 ,606
More 80's
for holiday
Up patrols
for holiday
Hear arson charge
at Goderich today
New tender call
delays road work
At the spring assembly of
FWTAO for this region held in
Sarnia High Park School on
Saturday Mrs. Clifford Jory
was elected as one of three
directors to the Provincial
Board of FWTA.0 for a term of
two years=
The other two named were
Miss Edith Tomkins, London,
and Miss Tna McKennitt of
Owen Sound.
Mrs. „Tory attended. the all-
day session culminating with a
banquet in Central Baptist
Church.
A capacity crowd filled the
TAM, McCurdy School audito--
num on Saturday, May 12, for'
the third annual Spring Revue,
presented by the girls' glee
clida, the Harmotones band and
the pupils of the school.
This year "Spring Revue for
'62" presented a show entitled
"'Through Th e Years". The
audience was taken back down
memory lane in song and dance
which showed nothing short of
professional calibre talent.
The fastmoving, two - hour
Another call will be issued
for tender's on the proposed
colas and chips -program for
Exeter streets, Councillor
Ralph Bailey revealed this
week.
This will delay application.
until well into June, it was in.-
(neater!.
Roads Chairman 'Bailey said
not a single tender had been
received from the, original call
which was made in a daily
newspaper. The notice now
will be placed in a commercial
publication which will reach
more paving firms,
District OPP and Exeter Bailey said the highways
Chief. C. if, MacKenzie this dep't recently changed the
week warned, motorists :to drive specifications for application of
carefully over the first sum- colas and chips, requiring the
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men holiday weekend comings'nse of expensive machinery in
up, laying down the crushed stone.
Theresa :lane Carey, daughter PC Cecil Gibbons in charge This restricts the number of
of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Carey, of the local detachment said companies able to handle the
Mt, Cannel, was one of 76 police will concentrate on pat- work. nurses who receive d their dip- rolling district roads over the Tuesday, Engineer C. it
lomas at the graduation exer- weekend and that the OPP Neilans of the dep't of high-
cises of St. Joseph's School of traffic squad may he in the ways district: office at Strat-
Nursing, London, Friday night. area with radar. ford inspected the town streets
Chief C. H. MacKenzie has with members of, the roads
ordered his men to watch for committee. Chairman Bailey
tr al (I c violations on town reported the engineer was
streets. There have, been ac- "quite pleased" with, the. con-
Mehl-free recordshere over dition of the roads here.
the two previous Victoria Day Asked about a solution to
weekends and, the chief hoped the dust problem, Neilans in-
this performance could he re- dic.ated there :was none, except
peated.. for the construction of per-
The high 80-degree tempera•
tures prevalent the area for
the past three days that have
sent kids flocking to their
favorite swimming holes are
expected to remain for most
of this first summer holiday
weekend..
The met section at RCAF
Centralia reports the five-day
forecast calls for the warm
weather to remain through
Thursday and Friday and cool-
ing slightly on Saturday and
Sunday.
The cooling break will be
ushered in by intermittent
rains on Saturday and Sunday,
but these are not expected to
dampen holiday activities too
much as only one-quarter to
three-quarters of an inch of
rain is expected in the widely
scattered showers,
Ties record
An 88 recorded on Tuesday
tied the previous high record-
ed by the met section since
they started tabulating district
weather figures, The existing
mark was set on. May 5 of
1949.
Wednesday's tem p e rature
was expected to reach the 88-
degree mark as well, and
there was a possibility that it
would eclipse the mark,
The high temperatures eras-
ed previous all-time records
when it, hit a sizzling 92 at To-
ronto airport on Tuesday.
The lows recorded during the
night also broke previous
marks as it dipped only to 60
on Tuesday night,
Charge of arson against
Nathan Silver, 47, in connec-
tion with the fire at his .dry
goods store in Hensall, will be
read in Goderich court Thurs-
day, PC Cecil Gibbons in-
dicated this week,
The case is expected to he
remanded to 'Exeter court,
Fred 'Hunter, son of Mr, and Tuesday, May 24,
Mrs. Harold Hunter, ER 3 Ex- Silver was released from
der, graduated, in chemica I Huron county jail Thursday,
engineering technology from May Ill, after posting a $10,000
Ryerson Institute of Technol- property bond,
ogy, Toronto, Friday. lie leaves lie was arrested at his home
next week for Kingston where in Toronto about 1.1 a.m, May
he has accepted a position 10 by PC Gibbons and inspee-
with 'Du Pont of Canada Limit- for Robert Kaufman of the
Ontario fire marshall's office
'Rawlings Construction Company,. Aylmer, started excavating for the.
new separate, ;school in 1111 ater. Monday, and plan to have, the two.
morn 1.1:fittitibri s ompided for September opening. The school, to be
limed the "Preeious :Mod Separate .School,'' has already two
Ontario Municipal Board ef.
fit:leis are expected to spend
most of next week here listen'
hag to the dispute over assess-
merit for costs toward con-
strnetiell of the AusAble Autb.
ority's Parkhill Dam.
The hearing will start Tues.
day, May 22, at p.m. in Ex-
eter Town Hall. It's expected
to last at least three days and
perhaps will extend into the
fourth,
The hearing comes more
than a year after the original
assessments were sent to the
member municipalities by the
A -usable authority. The appeals
:by Bosanquet and Stephen
townships were lodged before
June 1, 1961.
Since then, there has been
scheduled an examination for
discovery, followed by three
exchanges of legal correspond-
ence outlining the disputes
The appealing municipalities
first outlined their grounds for
objection, after which the
authority and other muncipali-
ties filed their rebuttals, The
appellants' answers to the re-
buttals followed that.
The hearing was originally
scheduled for April 9, but it
was postponed after a three-
hour session. Nine lawyers and
two engineers representing 12
of the member municipalities
And the. authority itself were
present: for the hearing hut
only one witness had been
called before adjournment was
made,
Both Stephen and Bosanquet
townships have requested 50%
reductions in their assessments
toward the cost of the dam.
On the basis of present esti-
mates, Stephen's share of the
cost is $11,230 and Bosanquet's
$43,851, If their claims are up-
held, half of these amounts
or a total of $27,500 would he
distributed over the remain-
Lodge gets
new collars
Exeter Lodge No. 67, 100E,
held an open meeting with
members of the Pride of
liuron Rebekah lodge and
friends in the. Exeter Commun-
ity Centre Saturday evening
with about 175 persons pre-
sent.
Highlight of the evening was
the dedication of new collars
for the, officers of the Exeter
lodge by Charles M. Ga.y,
Grand High Priest of the
Grand Encampment, assisted
by Oddfellows from Moore-
town, Brigden, Oil Springs,
Wyoming and Sarnia, who
came to Exeter by chartered
bus.
The visiting :team, dressed
in colorful costume, presented
18 new collars to the Exeter
brethren,
'Noble Grand Harold. Rowe of
Ihe Exeter lodge presided. A
short program opened the
meeting with musical numbers
by Wayne Rowe, William Stan-
lake and Ross Taylor, with.
Ross Rowe at the piano. Miss
Kathy Hern sang a solo •and
Miss Glenda Fisher favored
with tap dancing.
Add boiler
at canners
Construction of a boiler
building on the west side of
the, Canadian Canners Ltd,
plant here is under way,
The building will. house one
medium-size boiler and pro-
vide space for an. additional
one to be installed at a later
date.
The structure will measure
52 x 39 and the contractor is
Clarence McDowell. Construc-
tion Ltd.
The new . boiler will he cons
tinted with the present boiler
plant on the west side of the
building. 'Both will be used in
the operation.
Lions elect
Darling
Exeter Lions Club, meeting
at the Dufferin Hotel, Centra-
lia, Thttrsday electea 'a new
slate of officers for the new
year, beginning July 1.
President is 'Fred Darling;
past president. Andy Sneigrove;
vice - presidents, Tom McMil-
lan, John. Gornan, Herm Detts
met': secretary, Gerald God-
bolt; treasurer, Ken McLatigh-
lin.
Lion tamer is E. B. Hopper:,
tail twister, Mel Gaisen dieet-
tors for one year, Jack Doerr,
Harry Strang:, directors for two
years, Bob Middleton, Sorry
Webb,
Dedicate organ
at Main St..UC
A new Sunday Scheel organ
wa' dedidated Monday night
during a tinnily program at
Main Street UC,
The Chord organ, a gift of
Mrs. Noble Scott in memory of
her husband, was dedicated by
the Minister; Rev. P, S, MRS.
The family night prograni fol.
lowed, with organ selettittris
given by Malcolm and
DotiglaS Insley. A duet Was
sung by Christine 'Rickey and
Miriam Mt. David Grainger
introduced the selections.
A film- "The hiving Stone",
was shOwil depicting the life of
an Eskirnet fatnily,
bundh COMmittee included
Mrs. Percy Met Mrs. ft,
mcKnig,lrit, Mrs. L. Porter and
, Grainger:
ing 111.Unicipalities in the water-
shed.
Total cost ,of the structure
is estimated al over $1.200,000,
but the federal and provincial
governments will pay 75r;. of
the cost. In addition, the stee'i
of highways will contribute- a
portion for construction of a
road .over the dam. The re-
inanities' has been ,charged
against the municipalities in
the watershed.
Graduates
Alarilyo Strang, eldest daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. tf, ii. G.
Strang, RR 1 Hensall, gradu-
ates in household science on
Friday from Macdonald Hall,
Guelph, with her BLISe, de-
gree. She plans to intern at
Montreal General Hospital in
the fall. Meanwhile she will be
with Victoria Hospital for the
summer,
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PC D onald Westover is be-
ing assisted in the investiga-
tion by the identification
branch of, the OPP at Mount
Forest ,
PC Westover said the rob-
bery was similar to one in
Wingham about a week ago
when an estimated $1,250 of
merchandise, including re-
cords, was taken :from the
Cruikshank store 'there.
Several other break-ins of
the same nature have been re-
ported in other Ontario stores,
indicating there may be an
organized operation in this
field,
Zimmer graduated with his
BA from University of Western
Ontario in 1960. Be had been
running his TV store on a
part-time basis before that to
help finance his education, His
father died several years ago
and his mother assists him
with his shop in Dashwood.
This September, Zimmer will
join the staff of Beal Technical
School, London, to teach math
and science,
performance, which was di-
rected and produced. by George
Shippey, music supervisor for
the school, was filled with songs
and dances ranging from early
minstrel favourites, nostalgic
vaudeville song s, vivacious
Charleston dancers, down to
the present day show tunes
from broadway musicals such
as "Oklahoma!" "Carousel,"
and the current hit "Wildcat"
Covering the years from 1848
to 1962, the show. from its open-
ins, moment to the final curtain
call, was a colorful, scintillat-
ing extravaganza,
The- opening curtain proved
to be a show stopped when the
sixty-voice girls' glee club ap-
peared in ea:tidy yellow blouses,
black slims, enormous purple
bow ties, and yellow skimmer
hats. ReMiiiiscent of old min-
strel days they sang such old
:favourites as "Old Folks at
Home", "My Old Kentucky
Home" and a medley of many
Others.
Model tOstuines
In keeping with the theme of
the chow, models appeared
throughout the evening showing
costumes of an earlier era,
ranging from a champagne-col-
ored gown, fully equipped with
bustle, to 'Boardwalk bathing
heauties of the turn of the coo-
tury, to an elenzant burgundy,
c'hif'fon dinner gown of
the 1030's.
Where I.
find it
Crime reports
double in '62
Number of crime reports
filed by the Exeter detachment
of the OPP has doubled 'thin
year over last, it was revealed
by PC George Mitchell this
week.
A total of 28 have been filed
since the beginning of 1962.
Contributing to the total is a
rash of hreak-ins along lake,
shore summer properties north
of Grand Bend.
PC Mitchell zep,Orte'n three
cottages al. Cantin's Beach,
St. Joseph, had been entered
last week. About $60 worth al
household articles, including a
floor scribber, electric blanket
and bed lamp were stolen,
Loses tool box
A tool box containing $20(1
worth of wrenches and repair
equipment was reported stolen
from :the Taylor Motors Ltd,
lot at Zurich Saturday by Giles
Pelletier, Nelson St., Exeter.
Pelletier said he left the box in
the used ear repair yard for
about, two hours before he dis-
covered it missing.
F/O R. 1). M.cCallum, script
writer and narrator for the
show, provided an interesting
a n d humorous commentary
through the entire perform-
ance. He described the cost-
umes worn and gave pertinent
facts which occurred during the
years presented.
New York's Central Park was
never so colorful as when the
glee club presented their' "Scene
in The Park". Joined by the
"B arbersh n Boys" they
brought back such old favor ,
ites as "In The Good Old Sum-
mertime", "Sweet Rosie
Grady", and "Sidewalks of New
York."
Comedy interspersed
Comic relief at just the right
moments was provided by the
"Barbershop Boys" as they
marched on stage giving an
idea at what the well-dressed
troops wort during the 191.4,
1918's. Their "Over There" and
"Kathy" brought the house
clown
Gordie Greenwood's: letter in
leis buddy from. "sosnewhere in
Fraece" gave ari insight into
sus( how the war was won.
A syncopated v c rsion ilf
"Five Foot Two" by the band
provided enough encouragement
for the boisterous Charleston
dancers,. attired in flounced
dresses, complete with black
earters and headache bands, as
they shim rut i e d their way
through a rousing version of
t110 •CMtle.goil of the 1020's.
io Lon.d on ,
Mr, Silver operated the Silent
store in Hensall in the build-
ing recently sold tn Alf. Scholl.
it formerly was owned by W,
0, Goodwin,
He also operates one at:
Parkhill and had. another at
Dresden, which is now closed,
Silver publicly criticized the
district fire departments for
the manner . in which they
handled the blaze at his store
on April 5.
Three fire. departments —
Hensall, Exeter and Zurich —
fought the fire which threaten-
ed to destroy a large business
block.
Tonight!
Exeter Kinsmen plan a
house-to-house canvass to-
night (Thursday) on behalf
of the Salvation Army.
Members will call door to
door starting about 6 p.m.
teachers under contract and the board is presently in the process of Lucio
compiling the assessment list, which IS expected to be approximately sorts ......
$150,000,00, The atchitects" drawing by `Nolan and Glover, London, Want Ads —
is shown, here. Sod,turnirig rites will be held Sunday, . 4
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Hensall • 1., • .•
A 23-year-old university graduate. Joseph .Zim-
mer of Dashwood, suffered a $2,400 loss over' the week-
end when professional thieves broke into his TV and
radio store.
Stolen were more than 400 TV tubes, valued at
an average of about $4,00 each, as well as a portable
television set, three radios, two record players and a
"tube caddy" repair kit containing about $500 worth
of tools and tubes.
Zimmer discovered the
break-i.n about 10:30 a.m. Sun-
day,
Entry was gained by smash-
ing a small rear window which
allowed the thief or thieves to
open, the lock on the inside of
the hack door,
Span musical memories
at Huron Park PS revue