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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-09-06, Page 1Former Centralia officer with Hawks here Saturday 11,CAF's famed Golden Hawks again will be the feature Centralia before joining the team for the first time attraction of Air Force Day at Centralia this Saturday. this year. Members, from left, are FL's J. L. Frazer, The 1962 aerobatic team includes Fit. Lt. E. J. Mc- N. J. Garriock; Sqdn. Ldr. L. J. Bubbard, leader, and Keogh who spent two years on the flight line at FL's A. F. MacDonald, G E Miller and McKeogh.—RCAF House class in library basement until separate school completed c:.ex..fer;Tiimesativecafe Eighty.Eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 6, 1962 Price Per Copy 10 Cent* , Nfayor breaks deadlock UNCIL OK's LIQUOR VOTE ri Divers join flyers' for Centralia show SHDHS was up slightly over nical wing is not expected to last year despite the fact that be completed until next year. 82 students are being transport- ed to schools at Clinton and Down at CE London. One of the few area schools not reporting an increase in student enrolment is J. A. D. McCurdy public school at RCAF Station Centralia where 503 attended Tuesday. This was down 17 from last ye n ar, but principal total students in the school King pointed out tha Henderson t e figure area to 820. could vary later due th to the Mr, Sturgis also reported that fluctuating population at the lie had heard that 22 youths air station. from RCAF Station Centralia However, past figures indi- were being transported to cate that the highest number Catholic Central in London, is usually in September and it "This has been a life saver decreases 'throughout the year. for us," he reported, '`I)cmise w would have been definitely overcrowded," f L5a2sot year's students September dropped to figure 470 in. June the principal pointed Although the attendance is up ou t. slightly over last year, the principal stated that all the classes were a very good size Principal A. B. Idle reported and none was too large. this week enrolment at Exeter "It's better than last year," Public School dropped to 493 on he reported, pointing out that opening day, However, he ex- the establishing of an extra poets it to increase to 500. Last grade 10 course had helped year's enrolment was around the situation. 550. Crowded at Clinton About 15 children have left for the separate school. In ad- 60 students to Clinton has been While the transporting of the dition, there have been 32 trans- a big help to the local school, fors from the school and only it lies caused overcrowding 18 new admissions, not includ. conditions in in the northern co- ing kindergarten. = nity. Tire kindergarten classes tot- The Clinton school had an ailed 55 opening day, five less identical registration of 760 for than anticipated. their first day, but this Was No assembly was held on an increase of 130 ever last opening day, although the prin. year. cipal did give a brief address It is reported that a tempor- of welcome over the PA sys- ary classroom has been Set up tem. Following regular classes, in tire gyninaaitittt to hetiSe the there was a staff Meeting at record number of students. which some new procedures Construction of the new tech- were outlined. The number of students at the school is 760, an increase Of four over the opening day registrations last year. Sixty more students are be- ing transported to Clinton Dist- rict High School, bringing the Enrolment down Besides going tip in the air to entertain their guests 04 Air Force Pay this Saturday,. RC- AF station .Centralia will also go under water,. Along with the .Golden :Hawks, Smoke.paters and other features of the annual air show, the pro- gram will highlight skindiving by members of the Centralia and Clinton stations' Scuba plebe, The divers will perform.on specially-erected tank between hangars No, 2 and 3 .hangars to snow how they lift heavy ob- jects and recover equipment from seas and lincps, The club's activities. are encouraed by the RCAF because of their value in. rescue operations, Gates of Centralia wilt open at 12,30 and, providing the weather is good ,another crowd of 15,000 is. expected from a wide area, Group Captain L. H. Randall, CD, DFC, will wel- come the visitors at 1;30 p.m. Among the new aircraft on A delegation representing the lakeside subdivision of Norman Heights appear to have failed in their efforts to get fire pro- tection from Grand Bend rather than the Hay township brigades in Zurich and Dashwood, They met with Grand Bend council Monday evening in an effort to set up a fire agree- ment with the resort, but they were advised that they should contact the Hay council in re- gards to the situation. The delegation met with Hay on Tuesday, but apparently failed in getting the township to pay the $200.00. retainer fee to Grand Bend that would set up protection for the township. The Times-Advocate learned that no motion had been pass- ed at the Hay meeting and reeve V. L. Becker wou'il not comment on the meeting, tell- ing the newspaper to contact the cottage owners to find out what was discussed, Unfortunately, none of the cnttage owners present at the meeting could be contacted. Didn't know situation Mrs. 0. H. Banks, one of the her representing the Associa- tion of 50 cottage owners in the subdivision, reported that many did not know they could not receive assistance from the Grand Bend brigade until they had read an item in the Grand Bend. Holiday. Reeve Bill Sturdevant told her that the protection had only been discontinued this year be- cause Hay had not paid the 8100.00 retainer fee that had been set in a new policy that the resort had set up with neighboring townships. He explained that Bosanquet and Stenhen had paid $300.00 each and the brigade could not answer calls in. Hay as it would be unfair to the other two after they had paid the fee. The delegation pointed out they desired to have protec- tion from Grand Bend because it is closer than either Dash- wood or Zurich. "We're nine miles from Zur- ich and only three miles from Grand Bend," Mrs. Banks pointed out. Rufus Turnbull, who acted as spokesman for the delegation, pointed out that it could mean 10 minutes difference duo to the extra mileage. Would pay The Norman Heights owners reported that the Association would gladly nay for the pro- tection, but Sturdevant pointed out it would be unfair to ac cept it after making Bosanquet and Stephen pay. However, Councillor Stewart Webb said he could see no reason why an agreement could not be made if they paid the $200.00 retainer fee that had been set for Hay. Mrs, Banks reported that it would not cost any owner too Much as other cottage owners in neighboring subdivisions Would probably be willing to pav for the protection, All the councillors stated they Were actually on the side of the cottage owners as they pointed out they were 'closer to Plaque rite this Sunday On Sunday, September 0, commencing at 2:30 park core- monies in connection with the Unveiling of an historical plaque to commemorate the late Honourable James G. Gar- diner Wi11 take place on the grounds of Thames Road United Church. • The plaque is one of a series being erected througheut the province by Vie Department Of Travel and Publicity, acting on the , advice of , the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of On- tario, -Sunday's'ceremony is being arranged and sponsored by the the 'Osborne Township Council hi conjunction with Thames Road United Church and the Ilurotidale Women's Institute. Garnet hicks wilt act as pro- gram chairman. Among those taking Dart will be: the Rev. Hugh C. Wilson, 'minister of Thames Road Uni- ted Church; Mrs. J. PM- cher, a member of the Prow rote's historic sites board; George Frayne. Reeve of lise borne; George McCutcheon, warden of Huron County; and Nathaniel Benson, a friend and biographer of the 'statesman being commemorated, The plaque Will be unveiled by Mrs 'Geer& Allen, sitter of the honourable Mr, Gardiner, display this year Will be the four-engined N'405011„transpori, weighing 155,000 pounds, which is the largest plane ever built in .Canada, tt can carry pay- loads of 15 tons up to 4,000 mites, Also. new will. be the Cosmo- Ohtan i a new domestic trans,, port aircraft Which came into service about a year ago, The rest of the air show feat- ures fermer favorites: Golden Hawks, Centralie'e Chipmunk Smoke-eaters (FL Ron Donovan and FO 'Vernon Peppard), jet- assisted takeoff by the Alba- tross, the Red Knight, a heli- copter display and fly pasts. Sgt Electra, the electronic man will be back in action this year to feature the ground .dis. plays,, which also will include a demonstration of the guided missile setup in the RCAF A helleopte- display will use mechanically operated models to show how the machine func- tions in the Arctic, many of the large subdivisions along the lake, "If I owned a cottage up there I would want protection from Grand Bend," Councillor Rollie Grenier commented. "We're actually on your side," Reeve Sturdevant stat- ed, but pointed out the delega- tion should meet with Hay township council in an effort to have them pay the retainer, Showing disapproval of the situation, one of the delegates pointed out that they paid taxes to Hay but didn't receive the benefits that the taxes were supposed to bring," "I can't figure things like that out," she stated. Other members- of the dele- gation at the Grand Bend meet- ing were Mrs. Dorothy Thomp- son and Mrs. Wright. In other business, Grand Bend council: Decided to send a letter to G. N. Scrogge of the dep't of public works in London tolind out what is being done about the proposed dredging program for the harbor. Authorized Murray A. Des Jardins to apply for interim road subsidy on the $3,200.00 spent to date. Received a letter from Cpl, Art Campbell thanking them for their letter of thanks for the co-operation and calibre of the men on the summer staff of the local OPP. Learned from the clerk that 61 units are now signed for in the proposed water system as opposed to 66 units that have been turned down. Authorized Mrs. Rosie Grigg to use her own judgment in opening the bath house at the beach during September. Paid accounts totalling $2,- 373.71. Graduates Bonnie K. llogarth, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Hogarth, Senior St., recent- ly graduated front McConnell Air Lines School in llinneapol- is. Minn,, with an average of 96%. She plans to Work With a U.S. airline. • it is expected that they will also have to be used in the other room when the students move in next week. "It will probably be Septem- ber 15 before everything is organized," Lachine reported, noting that the 41 students who enrolled was an increase of three over the number expect. ed. Tire official opening of the school is not expected to take place until the beginning of 1963 as Bishop Cody, London, who will officiate, is going to Rome and won't be back be- fore December. Relief for SHDHS Principal H. L. Sturgis re- ported that the enrolment at HS awards $3,650 Graduates of SHDHS again are winning their share_ of scholarships and bursaries. This year's class has already been awarded $3,650.00. Sandra Snider, Exeter, who topped her class, is also top- ping the award list with $700,00 to date. Western the University of Western Ontario award worth $200.00 that was announced last week, she has been named recipient of a $400.00 Ontario scholarship and the $100.00 student 'mitten award at 81-1- nits, Judy Tennant and . Mary Shaw, both of Exeter, who were runners-up, Kaye .each been awarded $600.00 to further their studies.Judy won ,the paper staff scholarship of _ $104.00 .and Mary won the staff award of a similar arivinnt, Both girls have also been given $500.00 dominion-provinc- ial bursaries as have John Htherington, Barb McDonald and Joan Westeott. Rounding out the list is Robert Schroeder, who, has been awarded a $2.50.00 scholar- ship by the London Free Press as well as being assured of a simmer job with the daily which also carries a stipulated salary of $1,000.00. Principal H. L. Sturgis re- ported that several other bur- series arid scholarships were still to be announced. Where to find it With Mayor Eldrid Simmons casting two deciding votes, town council Tuesday night passed a motion requesting the Ontario Liquor Licence Board to conduct a vote on outlets here, Council was split right down lie middle on the question. Four members felt a petition of 25% of the electors was required to justify the need for a vote; four others did not think such support was necessary. According to the application To; a Note, made in August by Mss Amelia Acheson owner of the Central Hotel, all types of outlets will be voted upon. These include men's and la- dies' beverage rooms, dining room and lounge facilities. Mayor Simmons, who empha- sized that council was not de- ciding on the merits of outlets, said: "Let the taxpayers de- cide what they want. This ques- tion has been kicked around long enough." Councillor Claude Ferro w, who claimed there was little evidence on the desire of the community for a vote, pointed out to the mayor that he was assuming the responsibility "for forcing a vote on the people." Miss Acheson's application, made through her lawyers, Bell and Laughton, was presented to council early in August but de- cision was postponed because a number of members were on vacation. All were present Tues- day night, when a second letter was presented from the legal firm requesting a reply to its original application, Councillor Bill Musser moved that a vote be held. "I don't see any reason why we should- n't have a vote," he said. His motion was seconded by Reeve Glenn Fisher and supported by Councillors Jack Delbridge and Ted Wright. Farrow and Councillor Ralph Bailey presented an amendment which would have required a petition. They were supported by Councillors Ross Taylor and Joseph Wooden. With the 4-4 division on the amendment came, the mayor voted against it. After the same split over the motion, he voted in favor. No objection to vote "There haven't been any ob- jections to a vote placed before council, and there hasn't been a vote on outlets in this town for many years," said the mayor. He pointed out that the industrial development corpora- tion had spent considerable time on a survey of neighbor- ing municipalities and had de- cided that outlets would bene- fit the town. He noted that the corporation's finding had been presented to the businessmen's association but they had de- clined to take a stand on the question. "We may as well have It set- tled one way or another. Let the drips fall where they may." Musser: "If we go wet, the town will benefit assessment- wise," Clerk C. V. Pickard, acknow- ledging that he did not have a vote in council's decision, said he personally was much against it. "I don't think anyone can drink themselves rith, and that for a town 'as Well as a Wright: "This question is go- ing to keep coming up again and again. We may as well go ahead with it now," Delbridge: "We could use a dining lounge in the town for banquets and meetings, The Lions and the Kinsmen need a place to hold their dinner meet- ings and so does the industrial development board," (The lat- ter, holds dinner meetings at the Dufferin, Hotel, Centralia.) No evidence of support Wooden'. It's true that we haven't had, any objections to a vote but there hasn't been any strong agitation for one either, Council has had no indication that there is any organized move to have a vote." Farrow: "This town won't be any better if it has beverage rooms on the Main Street. We are catering to a request made by one ratepayer through a lawyer and we have no other evidence that tire town wants a vote. Council itself is equally divided on the question, which shows there is no great convic- tion on the part of the public representatives," Musser: "You've been in many a town where there was a beverage room, Claude (Far- row). Did you feel out of place there because there was one?" Farrow: "My personal opi- nion is that the town will be a poorer place in which to live." Doesn't think it will pass Delbridge: "I don't think Charlie (brother of the hotel owner) or ,Amelia will have any trouble getting a petition of 25% of the voters, Besides that's just passing the responsibility on to omeone else. If we can't settle it then we shouldn't be here. ',don't think it will pass anyway and even if it does I — Please turn to page 3 A prank by diesel? Was it a prank or Pan -,f ddesel tractor, start itself? That's tire question being con- sidered by H. R. Sherwood, lo- cal farm i mplement dealer, and Exeter police after one of the former's tractors was found Friday night running against the side of the dealer's build- ing. The diesel was in reverse gear and the rear wheels were turning against the side of the building and the edge of the sidewalk alongside, David John- ston, a neighbor's boy. dis- covered the unusual situation. Damage was estimated at $180 One of the tires was badly chewed up and the building, which recently had been coy- ered with a concrete coating, was marked by the rubber. There may have been sonic dan- ger from fire, had the tractor continued for a longer period. Dealer Sherwood said there is a possibility that the diesel started itself. Ile indicated an- other dealer had found a trae. tor in his showroom running, fortunately out of gear. The 20 members of the sen- ior grade at the new Precious Blood RC separate school set up temporary accommodation in the Exeter Library Tuesday as their room in the $55,000,00 building has met with un- expected construction delays. Harold Lachine, chairman of the board, reported they would probably have to stay at the library until the middle of next week when workmen are ex- pected to complete their per- manent facilities, Although the 21 members of the junior class moved into the new school they have also been forced to set up improvised seating arrangements and their room is not completed either. Lachine stated that. the floor had not been finished in the junior room as workmen bad to complete the senior room before the floors should be laid throughout the building. He said workmen were ex- pected to complete the work in the senior room this week- end so the floors could be laid at the beginning of next week. The board chairman repented that a three-week delay in the erection of the steel decking and a one month delay in the steel door frames had been re- sponsible for the school not be- ing ready. Use benches The board received word last week that, the firm supplying the desks for the students could not meet their original deadline and they would not likely arrive until. September 12 at the earliest, tenches and tables hove been set up in the junior room and AN INVITATION The Royal Canadian Air Force invites you to visit RCAF Station Centralia on Air Force Day, Saturday, September 8. Air Force Day is presented annually to give you all insight into RCAF activities and progress. We, the personnel of Stations Centralia and Cling ton are proud of the part that the Air Force plays in the maintenance of peace and freedom in the dangerous times through which we are passing, and we are proud of the part we play in training .. officers and airmen to take their places hi this difficult struggle, We are delighted to have the opportunity to show you something of our activi- ties, The gates of the station will be open at 12:80 p.m, There will be an opening cerenion3r at 1:80 p.m., and the flying display, featuring the Golden Hawks acrobatic team and other currently used RCAF' aircraft, will commence at p.m. Iii addition there will be a series of ground disk plays designed to acquaint you with the day to day work of the two stations. At the conclusion of the flying display at 4:80 p.m. Air Force Day will close, Welcome! G. C. ell, Wing Commander, Acting. Commanding Officer, RCAF Station. Centralia, Owners fail in bid for fire protection ,Announcements . 17 ehurcli Notices , 17 Coming . Events 17 Editorials 4 Farm News II Feminine 'Fade „ 14 Heneall S Luton Sports Want Ads " Damage slight at Simcoe St. fire Hydro assures no staff transfer staff at the sub-station here will be erected near Centralia on area. not be transferred from the No. 4 within the next year or sured local officials that the at the new transformer site to Ontario Hydro this week as- given to establishing an office two. Hydro's regional office at Lon- The assurance followed what don, however, indicated that was felt to be fairly reliable re- sonic consideration is being ports that the 18-man staff here would be transferred to Clinton, London or Strathroy and that the local sub-station would be closed and put up for sale WS. "to 'm Re. 10 'el cast, Friday afternoon. Exeter firemen e blaze outs although quickly gut th - they Dared, he stated, valved." 'had to Chop holes in the roof to get At the fire which had -reached 1114 rafters, It every effort tei prevent a trans* started :at the back of the learke which 1'8 occupied by. tritest Coo 110ti fel' on behalf evtryone Last week Exeter Industrial Development Corporation agreed to protest the reported plans and planned to secure support in its efforts from a. number of local organizations, However, the assurance that there will be no staff transfer came both by telephone and by letter before the protest was presented, Plans were being made to arrange a meeting with , hydro officials. The regional office al London said there "definitely" is no thought of incorporating the E,xeler district into the Clinton, area. It also staled: "Some fur- ther consideration is being given to Me advisability of es- tablishing the new office at Centralia but other than this there is no change in the situa- tion." It's known that -this inform- tion tame direct from an offi- dal 'of the provincial <commis- Si611.11: Boss Turkey, chairman ot the industrial devtloptutot tore poration, said this Week the as stirenee was "most Welcome". lie indicated that the earlier reports had caused consider. able concern among hydro per- 76 as well as among minuet* 16 Damage WaS hot severe at this fire in the home of Ezra Robinson, situeoc St, Pal pfficials, "We vere Pre'