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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-06-28, Page 1akwocate Eighty-Eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, 23, 1942 Price Per Copy 10 Cent t here buying auto, 1aces- murder charge a- t AWARDS LIST GRADE 12 Shield — Janis Gulens, Gail Farquhar, Ausma Gulens, Ruth Miller. Board a. wards — English, Ruth Miller; history, Jerry Drysdale; geography, Bonnie Hogarth; mathematics, B o b Mickle; science, Dale Turvey; French, Ross Desjardine; La- tin, Ausma Gulens; Spanish, Frances Johns; commercial, Andy Desjardine; shop, Gerald Shantz; home economics, Ilea- ther McConnell. Student council awards — 12A, Gail Farquhar; 12B, Dale Hunt; 12C, Pat Crosby, GRADE 11 Shield — Mynie Verkerk, Sha- ron Skidmore, Sandra Jory, Ruth Anne Salmon, Board awards — English, Ruth Anne Salmon; history, Betty Lou West; geography, Linda Westcott; mathematics, George Godbolt; science, Gary Wedlake; French, Grant Schwartzentruber; Latin, Ted Wilson; Spanish, Larry Weido; commercial, Lisbet Gravlev; shop, Paul Turnbull; home ec- onomics, Joati Francis, Student council awards — IIA, Sharon Skidmore; 11B, Carol Allen; 11C, Grace Allen; 11D, Janet Jenkins, GRADE 10 Shield — Judy Finkbeiner, Jim Carscadden, Tinie Vander- lam John Loch, Board awards -- English, John Loch; history, Elizabeth Chapirran; geography, Celia Stock; mathematics, Tinie Van- derlaan; science, Lyle Chris- tian; agriculture, Keith Hey; French, Elaine Powe; Latin, Bob Bennett; commercial, Ver. la Smith; shop, Dennis Lam. pOrt; home economics, Barbara Mellin. Student council awards-10A, Jim Carscadden; 10B, Janet Betts; 10C, Brenda Bochek; 10D, Frances Skinner; 10E, Martin BroWn, GRADE NINE Shield —Iris Marshall, try- iii Baynhani, Bob StOtie, Judy Boulianne, 'Board,awards English, Mary orbett; history, Aim Pairbaitn; geography, Hank Gosat; thathentatie is Karen Jerenyn; ediehee, Bob Stotie; Antiebriceineets 17 agemultlite, Keith Str a n g; Church Notices French, Pat McCoy, ceitnin dee Coming Events „ 17 eial, Jacqueline Sharpe; shop, Editorials Earl Reichert; home etenetnice, Farm News .. Elaine Green. Peeithine Fads Student council awards — Oiss Heesall Bryan 1101'111am; ,01j, Judy Bet'. eueee 16 panne,; 90, 8ric Res% 91 le Ma- torts rion Carseaddens Marilye Want Ad .. il2, 13 tiehhA; W, Marlene flatness; DO, Douglas EVana; Joan lliAaaughton, a:4 1411a6;,.,; S A match which fell out. of a. jacket pocket is believed to have started the $15,000 fire which destroyed the large 36 x 72 barn and an implement shed on the farm of William Schroeder, Crediton road, Sat- urday afternoon. The loss included 53 pigs, 600. bales of hay and some machinery. Two young grandsons of Mr. Schroeder were playing in the barn when. one stepped on a match and it ignited. The boys, 10- and seven-years old, ran for 'water but the 'fire spread before they could contain it, The match, it's believed, fell from the pocket of a jacket worn by Mr. Schroeder seve- ral days previously when he set a bonfire. He later left the jacket on the tongue of a wagon in the barn and the match may have fallen from the pocket when it was moved. just -A few minutes before, Reg Schroeder, a son, had left the barn to scuffle sugar beets in a nearby field. By the time he got back to the barn, the blaze was out of hand. :Roasted alive were two sows with 15 weaners, 32 pigs at about 90 pounds, and five ready for market. Some were in the yard and ran into the Kirkton youth on honors list Bill Marshall, Kirkton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorhe Mar- shall, was named to the dean's honor list at the University .of Western Ontario for achieving an "A" average during the past, year. The SEIPHS graduate, and former student council, presi- dent, completed his second year in honors mathematics, ATTENDS COLOR COURSE Jack Doerr, spent two days attending a photographic oil painting 'course hi Brampton, sponsored by the Professional Photographers of Ontario, Inc, ... Where to find it HEADS GRADE 12 BEST IN GRADE 11 , Janis Gulens Mynie Verkerk GRADE 10 WINNER TOPS IN GRADE NINE , Judy Finkbeiner Iris Marshall Boy steps on match, sets area barn afire i*ii:nK • Possers.by fear out shed wall to save .machihery from tire A group of met start, tearing out on the farm of William Schroeder, spreader before flames enveloped math. 8c3 72 barn which wed up hi shed in front of it is ,1,116 011 .6 which the wall of an implement shed Croditoti, to remove a manure the building. Inset shows the smoke Saturday afternoon, The the men above are working BB, It too was destroyed by the blase, Loss included 506 bales of hay, 53 pigs and some machinery. The fire is believed to have started when A grandson of Mr. Schroeder stepped on a match on the, barn floor and it ignited, ranter at tight, above, is Garnet Wilson, Noble photo Grand Bend season off to 'flying start' Stephen township students have been awarded three of the four top academic awards in grades nine to 12 At .StileieS this year. The fourth went to an Usborne township girl The honors list, announced by Principal 11, Sturgis, ,in- cludes the names of over 50 -students from the four grades. The Stephen winners are Tanis Gulens, Dashwood, who was top student in grade 12; Mynie 'Veriserk, Crediton, high- .est in grade 11; and Jedy beiner, RR 2 Crediton, who led the grade 10 students. Iris Marshall, RR 1 Kirkton, won the award in grade nine. .Family winner This is the second top award for Janis Gulens, 1.7-yeer-old son of Dr. and Mrs. Valdemar Gulens, ;Dashwood, who is a member of the school's basket- ball and football teams. The Daebwood youth was tops in grade 11 last year, Janis' sister, Ausma, placed -third in grade 12 this year, maintaining the academie re- cord of the Dashwood family. An older brother, Valdemar, was also. an award winner, Runner-up in grade 12 was Gail Farciuhar, Exeter, The fourth highest aggregate was posted by Ruth Miller, RR 1 Woodham. Another family win Verkerk, one of 10 children of Mr. and Mrs. Cor- nelius Verkerk, added to her family's record by scoring the highest marks in grade 11.. An older sister, Cornelia, also was an award winner and another sister, Audrey, was one of the two top students in special commercial this year. Mynie, who sings in the school glee club and is a member of the young people's group of Christian Reformed Church here, has climbed to the top of the academic lad- der since she, started at SH- DHS. She placed third in grade nine, was runner-up in grade 10 and reached the top rung this year. Runner-up in grade 11 was Sharon Skidmore, Hensall, a previous shield winner, Sandra. Jory, Exeter, placed third, and Ruth Anne Salmon, Dashwood, who led grade 10 last year, came fourth. Musician wins The grade 10 winner, Judy Finkbeiner, is a talented mu- sician as well as a proficient student, The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Finkbeiner, she plays the organ for Credi- ton EUB church and the piano for the church school. She has passed her grade eight piano. Judy, who is the only girl in a family of five, jumped to the top from 'fourth position last year. Her favorite subjects are French and Latin. Runner-up in, grade 10 was Jim Carscadden, Exeter, last year's winner. Tinie Vander- lean, RR 3 Exeter, placed. third and john Loch, RCAF .0entratia, was fourth. Marshall, the. grade nine leader, is an award-win- ning club member, too. She scared top marks in Ex, Mer calf club last year and tied for second. highest in the county among ,dairy members. iris i.s the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Marshall, Kirk- ton's well-known Ho I stein. breeder, Renner-Lip in grade nine was Bryan Baynhain, Day. Third Place was won by Bob Stolle, RCAF Centralia, and fourth by Judy ,Boutianne, Crediton. Win commercial awards Wendy 'Vanderlaa.n, who is now employed at The Tunes- Advocate, won the stenography award in the special commerc- ial Audrey Veekerle, the accounting Winner,. has secure ed a position with London Life Insurance Co. This year's awards list has been. substantially increased by An expansion of the board of education awards and the ad- dition of s t u dent council honors, The hoard awards, previous- ly classified by groups of sub- jects, now are given to the highest student in each slabs jeet. There are now 10 and 11 awards in each grade, instead of six previously given, The student council awards are given to the top student in each class. fire. One sow and a small pig were saved. A .two-furrow plow and a garden tractor were also lost. The barn. is located on the north-west corner of the inter- section of the Crediton road and concession 2.3 Stephen. Mr. Schroeder lives on the south-east of the corner, The boys were the. sons of Leroy Schroeder, Sarnia, oldest of Mr, Schroeder's family. Call tenders for paving Honn G. S. MacNaugliton an- flounced this week that twine are being called for hot mix paving of the Bluewater high- way. The 7.4-mile stretch from Grand Bend to St. Joseph is in- volved in the call. Preparation for paving of the stretch north of No. 83 was done last year, and consider- able work on the highway north of Grand. Bend has been done this spring. Kills beagle, pays $75 A 25-year-old silo builder was fined $75 in Exeter court Tuesday for shooting a dog owned by Charles Miller, Hur- on St. Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC, who levied the fine against David B.. Livingston, called the offence "a .callous shocking thing", The 11 - month - old beagle hound, which carried a collar and dog tag, was shot through the head with a .22 bullet, The animal was found in a ditch on the farm of Carfrey Cann, Huron Sf. PC Cecil Gibbons told .the court that. Livipgston and some of his companions who were building a silo on the Cann farm had been throwing stones al; the doe b on June 4. When the dog refused to run away, Livingston produced a 22 rifle from his can and shot the dog in the head, • Livingston said the had shot; in front of the ,dog' to , frighten it but the dog had run into his line of fire pet as he, pulled the trigger. Magistrate Hays pointed out that persons become extremely attached to dogs and felt that Livingston was simply trigger happy. First accident in 30 years In other cases, Kenneth McCrae of Dashwood was fined $10 for failing to yield the right of way which ended in an accident. McCrae stated this was his first accident. in 30 years. Gary Laverne Heywood, 16, Exeter, was fined $20 for hav- ing liquor while, udder age. Alphons Jules Creces, Hay township, was wined $20 for failing to stop at an intersec- tion, causing an accident. Grand Bend's 1962 season got off to a "flying start — Satur- day when close in 40 planes and 107 plots and passengers participated in the overnight fly-in sponsored by the Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce at the local airport. The numbers were smaller than anticipated by local C of C officials, but they were still quite pleased with the showing on their initial effort and com- ment. from most of the pilots was very good regarding the 'royal treatment" they received as guests in the resort. Representing clubs from 13 Ontario centres from as. far away as Oshawa and Windsor, the planes started to arrive shortly after noon and the RC- AF relief airport .situated east of Grand Bend was a bee-hive of activity throughout the re- mainder of the afternoon. The pilots were given landing instructions from a mobile ground control unit supplied by RCAF Station 'Centralia and as they landed they were directed. into parking stalls by members of the London Flying Club, headed by Harry Mitchell. The pilots and crew then reg- istered at a booth at the station manned by two RCAF person- nel from Clinton and their names were radioed to the. Chamber of Commerce office in the sue mer resort by 'three members of the army camp at 1pperwash who had walkie-talk- ies set up at the airport and the C of C office, The 'visitors were then loaded onto a bus rented from. Exeter Coach Lines Limited and driven to Grand Bend, where. assistant. C of C secretary John Macdon- ald had, already arranged ity acs eseimmodaton for them in one of r 'the hotels, picked by the visi- tors as. they registered at the airport. The bus service was proVided throughout the afternoon for any persons wishing transpor- tation. either to or from the air- port. Enjoy luncheon After all the planes had landed, 'the visiting crews con- gregated at the Legion Hall where they were guests at a :luncheon prepared by the Le- ;ion Auxiliary and sponsored jointly by the Chamber of Com- merce and the owners of the hotels and motels where the master of ceremony for the pro- visitors were registered. John Macdonald acted as ceedings at the dinner and en- tertainment was proviled by Danny Coughlin and the 2 plus 1 trio from the Imperial Hotel, The Laurentians from the Chic- ken Terrace and Marty from the Colonial Hotel. (I of C president Ory Wass- niann welcomed the visitors to Grand Bend and a key to the village, was given by Reeve Bill. Sturdevant to Laurel Gates, a pilot from Oshawa. Wassmaim also paid tribute , jack Hood, a director of the Chamber of Commerce. who had planned sthe majority of the fly-in with 'the assistance of F/L Don .Rullens a member of the Centralia Flying Club. Bud Ullman, a member of the London Club, thanked the sponsors of the fly-in on behalf of all the flyers present and said he was sorry that more pilots had not attended. "You can be sure that we will act as good-will am -bassa. dors", he assured the members of the Grand Bend group, "and there'll he more 'here for the next one". Pilots were present from St.. Thomas, Hamilton, St. Cathar- ines, Niagara Falls, Owen Sound, Centralia, London, Osh- awa, Sarnia, Kitchener, Guelph, Windsor and. Goderich. A heavy fog which settled over the airport on Sunday morning delayed departure for the pi- lots until shortly after noon. St, t'ail's'" Church, Kirkton, will celebrate its centennial with special services Sunday and Monday: Rt. Rev, ef, G. Appleyard, bishop of the Georgian Bay area, will 'be the celebrant for communion at 8:30 a.m. He will also speak at the 11 a.m. service, following which a fel- lowship hour will be held. On. Monday, members and friends will gather at, the church for a reunion. A beef barbecue will be held begin- ning at 5 p.m. First services were held in a small log schoolhouse in the Kirkton area and in the fall of 1862 a frame building 'was erected. The first minister Captured in Exeter at, noon Tuesday, 16-year-old Paul Da- vid Franks of Strathroy ap- peared in London court Wednes- day to be charged with the mur- der of Cecil Carter, prominent Clandeboye area farmer, who was found fatally beaten in his farmyard. The youth, a parolee from Bowmanville training school for boys, was remanded in custody until Wednesday, July 3, after appearing before Magistrate G. G. Ma rsh m a n, Franks was arrested here fol- lowing a brief chase, a short time after Mr. Carter was found unconscious by his wife, Mary. She went to look for him and heard his moan's, when he did not come to the house for lunch . The Strathroy youth had been employed by the Carters as a farmhand since about March. was 'Rev. Edward E., Newman The bell which hung in the little belfry of the church was donated by friends soon after the opening of the church and is still in use today. The present. church was erected in. 1900. Rector who served the long- est at St. Paul's was the late Canon R. W. James who was the minister from 1941 to 1952. during which time he celebral- ed the fortieth anniversary of his ordination. Present rector is Rev. Lyle A. Bennett, The interior of the church has been redecorated and a number of improvements made in preparation for this week- end's activities. The youth was in the process of buyng a $100 car from Lain.; ry Snider Motors Ltd. when he was spotted by PC Bob Abra, Lucan ,and Charles Coughlin, a neighbor to Carter.. The men. were driving north in the police cruiser in search of Franks. According to Abra, Franke seemed to spot the police cruiser at about the same time he was recognized and ran through the lane between the Snider and South End Service garage, Abra followed with Ilia revolver drawn. The constable called to him to halt and fired two warning shots in the air but the youth proceeded through the large evergreen windbreak on the Wildman property. Franks was arrested and hand- cuffed on the porch of a home. on Simeoe Larry Snider, the garage own- er, was just leaving with Franke to get the licence for the car, Franks had agreed 'to get some- thing to eat, then call back for the licence. Snider said the youth wanted a 5100 car in a hurry because he had to drive his mother in Strathroy to the hospital at 3 p.m. A deal was arranged and the youth produced cash from his pocket: '.'He didn't seem nervous," recalled Snider. IL was learned that Franks had tried to purchase another car from a Clandeboye man, a Mr. Beck, earlier but the seller had become suspicious when Franks produced the driver's licence of his employer The man let the youth out at Mooresville and went to the Carter farm to enquire about the situation. According 'to police. Mrs, Car- ter said the farmhand came. into the house shortly before 12. went upstairs and told her he had to go to Clandeboye on an errand, She searched twice for her husband before hearing him moan and finding him lying be- side a forage harvester near the silo at the side of 'the barn. She tried to telephone for help but tic wires were cut. She jumped into the, car and drove to the farm of Allan Hill, where the police were called. Charles Coughlin, who wee at the Hill .farm at the time, went with PC Abra to look for Franks because he could iden- tify the youth. Inspector j. 1... McDermott, of the criminal investigation branch, OPP, Toronto, took charge of the investigation Tuesday. 'Police said Mr. Carter's, wal- let, containing about $150, was missing. Funeral Friday for area victim Funeral service for the late Cecil G. Carter, CO, who was fatally beaten in his barnyard, Tuesday, will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. in St. james Ang- lican Church, Clandeboye, In- terment will be in the church cemetery, He was the son of the late Richard .1. and Annie Carter and was born on concession nine, later moving with his family to concession four. He attended Merr's School No, 40, was a member and former warden of St. James church, a former school trustee and past master of Irvin Ma, sonic Lodge, Lucan, He is survived by his wife, the former Mary O'Neil; two half-brothere, Murray and Jo- seph Carter, McGillivray;. two half-sisters, Mrs, Glen (Hazel) Hodgine, Scarborough, and Mn,s Clifford (Pearl) Schoot, London. One brother, Austin, and our sister, Merna, predeceased him, The body is resting at the Murdy funeral home. Will report on drainage A report on the Vetches of the special drainage commit, tee of the Ontario government will he given by Hon. C. S. MecNeughton, Huron MVP, during the provincial tilt drain. age day program Wednesday, :tidy 11, on the faint of 'Wile Hem Allen, near Kirkton Mr, MacNaughton is than., Man of the committee and has indicated he will review some of its findings and the outline of Ile investigations in a report Ilie program • rommittee has been eisihle for some changes in tee the drainage act. tD VISIT HOLY LAND Or and 1\tre. It II Cowed leave on Monday to attend a denial convention tin Cologne, Germany Front there they, Will visit Jereealenl, Lebellett, Dan- ;4Se0S and Egypt. They expect to be, away about five weeks and will travel by jet, Students fr• m Stephen top SH0115 aw .rd list Service vote backs Fisher Service vote in Huron swung more than two-to-one for Lib. eral candidate Ernie Fisher over winner Elston Cardiff, PC. Fisher was given 332 votes, compared to Cardiff's 145. NDP candidate Carl Homing' way received 18 votes and Earl Douglas, Social Credit, 10. Final returne left Mr. Car- dill with a plurality of 2,406 over Mr. Fisher and 792 votes more than the total received by all three of his candi• dates, Church at Kirkton to mark centennial