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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-10-25, Page 1iV RESCUE SCENE—Due to the quick actions of Mtrs. Peter Spooner, Grand Bend, and her four-year-old daughter, Marieve, young Stellman Harris Jr., 4, is able to view with them the spot where he fell into the Ausable River, Wednesday, After trying unsuccessfully to pull her young playmate out of the water, Marieve ran to get her mother who. found the lad floating face down. However, she was able to revive him by using mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration, although he "was al- ready blue" when she reached him. —T-A photo Recalls demonstration, revives drowning boy With current winter weather providing an appropriate introduction, Exeter merchants are preparing to launch the Christmas shopping season next week, Town-wide yuletide opening will 'be held Thursday, November 1. Features include a week- end treasure hunt, the distribution of tickets for a seven-week "Christmas Bonus" draw, and yule window decorations. Next week's Times-Advocate will herald the opening with a special Christmas shopping edition that will have wider circulation than usual. Earlier opening of the season conforms with moves in other centres to develop a "shop early" consciousness on the part of the public to relieve last-minute 'buying when stocks are low and re- placements difficult to secure. • Exeter Businessmen's Association, at a re- cent meeting, decided to repeat last year's treasure hunt which features the posting of over 300 dist- rict shoppers' names, chosen by lot, in store windows, Each will receive a gift from the store on whose window the name appears. The "Christmas Bonus" plan, which differs from former years, offers $650 worth of merchan- dise certificates, in $5.00 amounts. Winners of draws on Friday nights, Nov. 9, 16, 23 and 30 will receive 10 $5.00 certificates for a total value of $50 each. Winner on. Dec, 7 receives 20 certificates or $100 value; Dec. 14, 30 certificates or $150 value; Dec. 21, 40 certificates or $200 value. The Christmas promotion also includes free Saturday afternoon matinees for the children dur- ing December. In charge of this year's program is Mrs. Edith Boyle. President of Mlle association is War- ren May. y 47 • ing•••••a• los, • -•'. ^ EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER. 2.$, I.942 Price Per Copy 10 Cent; ..... . ... . „ . • EightyTighth Year .6. ... • entralia ove austerit The quick actions of a Grand Bend mother and •her four- year-old daughter were credit- ed with saving the life of a four - year - old neighbor when the youngster fell in the river on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Peter Spooner, 44, was alerted by her daughter, Mari- eve,' that Stellman Harris Jr. had fallen from a small dock where the two had been play- ing and was in the water along the river behind the Spooner home in the summer resort. The mother of three children ran to the top of the hill and when she didn't receive any reply after shouting to the Harris lad, ran down the bank to find him floating face dOwn in about 18 inches of water. She kneeled down on The dock and pulled him towards her by his hair and then pro- ceeded to give him mouth-to- mouth artificial respiration. "He looked gone," she stat- ed, reporting his face was blue when she started her rescue attempts. Although she had taken a St. Johns. Ambulance course 25 years ago, Mrs. Spooner had never practiced the new mouth- to-mouth method before. "1 just remembered what I had seen and heard on TV," she stated. She explained that she was Kin support pool project breathing as fast as she could into the boy's mouth, although she knew she should have been counting and going slower. "I was too excited," she re- ported, "and I couldn't slow down," Mrs. Spooner stated she didn't know how long she worked on the boy before she heard his first groan. "I was so excited it seemed like only a second," she said. However, she said she must have worked for several min- utes before noticing the first signs of life in the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stellman Harris who live in Griff Thomas' apart- ments. Dr. E. A. McMaster, who was summoned to aid, com- mended the lady for her quick action. "The boy would have been dead without her," he reported. "She deserves a lot of credit," the Grand Bend doctor added. Credits daughter However, Mrs. Spooner gave much of the credit for the rescue to her young daughter.. She reported that Marieve ap- parently tried to pull the youngster from the water, but when she couldn't reach him she ran directly to her mother at the house. "She looked so calm that I thought he must have only been playing in the water when she told me he was in the river," Mrs. Spooner stat- ed. Mrs. Spooner commended her daughter for bringing help, as she ran to find the boy's mother and then his father, "I knew the way I was breathing I couldn't last very long in my reviving attempts," she pointed out, "and r. needed help." The Grand Bend mother said she had made up her mind as she slid down the bank behind her house that she couldn't go into the water to get the boy because' she couldn't swim. However, he was floating in only 18 inches of water, hav- ing been blown back into shore by a stiff breeze on the river. The river bank slopes steeply near the small dock and she said she thought the Harris boy must have slid out over his depth and couldn't get back up the muddy slope. Mrs. Spooner explained she held no fear of the water her- - Please turn to page 3 With the world situation such a critical phase, represen- tatives attending the annual meeting' of the Huron County Municipal Officials certainly had a tinrely address in Exeter, Wednesday, Murray MacDonald, Goderieb, Emergene„ Measures co-ordin- ator for the county, was the main speaker during the after- noon sessions and outlined the work and progress of his group. About 140 officials from muni- cipalities throughout the county were present for the sessions which were held in the town hall in the morning and in the Legion Hall in the afternoon, A. W. Reeve, representing the dep't of Municipal Affairs, ad- dressed the group in the morn- A strong recommendation that private incline lifts or elevators be brought ender government supervision and inspection was made by a coroner's jury at Zurich Friday morning. The recommendation came af- ter witnesses testified that the incline lift at the cottage of John H. Samuel near St. Jo- seph, which was responsible for the owner's death this August, was poorly designed, badly constructed and "definitely not safe", Mr. Samuel died August 11 St Joseph's Hospital, London, four days after he had been in- jured on the head by his home- made lift. Actual cause of death, it was revealed, was suf- focation. from vomiting caused by the injury, Samuel, a first class engineer in London, constructed the lift himself with the help of Lon- don friends and a Zurich ce- ment contractor in the spring of 1961, Although one man was at the top of the 45-degree lift, which stretched some 65 feet down the cliff to the Lake Huron shore, no one actually saw how the vic- tim was injured while he was attempting to make repairs to the construction near the bot- tom. It's not known, whether he was struck by the lift car or fell against the structure, which included a three-sided cement landing. "Never felt it safe" Although it appeared Samuel himself used the life fairly fre- quently, his family and friends ing in regards to the new On- tario pension plan for municipal employees, Jack llempsecd, London, a representative of the Zurich In- surance Company outlined a group insurance plan his com- pany offers for municipalities. Mrs. Edith Cardiff of Ethel, clerk- treasurer for Grey town- ship, chaired the meeting. Greetings were extended to the officials from Exeter mayor Eldrid Simmons and. Usborne reeve, George Frayne. Warden George McCutcheon also spoke briefly, The opening devotions at the meeting were conducted by Rev. John Boyne of Caven Presbyte- rian Church, Exeter. seldom rode on it. One neigh- boring cottage owner testified he didn't consider the equip- ment ever was in proper ope- rating condition and Mr. Sa- muel's wife told the jury she "used it only on rare nee,- sions." "We never felt it safe,'' she said, "although Jack liked it". A. E, Levey, London, a pro- vincial inspector of elevators, who said the lift was "very, very poorly designed", esti- mated its construction would costbetween $4,000 and $5,000. He felt that close to double that amount would be required to construct one which met the standards set by the elevators and lifts act of Ontario. Pressed by Crown Attorney W. G. Cochrane, QC, Levey said he felt it was almost im- practical to provide any type of elevator for such a situation, particularly because of the ero- sion at the bottom of the cliff, caused by the waves on the lake. "1, wouldn't consider it myself," he stated The inspector said the only mechanism provided to stop the car was a 'terminal switch to cut power to the motor. Under regulations, three more safety devices would have to 'be pro- vided for stopping the vehicle, No permit required He revealed 'that present reg- ulations did not require the is- suing of a permit for a private lift and the department of la- bour inspected 'such equipment only at the request of an owner. If 'private lifts came under the regulations, the inspector said, .plans would 'have to be submitted to the department of labour for approval, before con- struction could begin. Installation of the equipment was "poorly done", according to Levey. The railroad track was fastened to ties imbedded in the bank. At the bottom, how- ever, the rails were supporting the ties. The bank had been washed out from under them. The car, which ran on wheels taken 'from a railroad "jigger", was constructed of welded an- gle iron on which was placed a wooden platform. The inspec- tor indicated there was no 1.11n• due strain on the cables which. lowered and raised the car. Trying to pry car Erskine Evans, St. Marys, Who owns the cottage to the south, of the Samuel property, described events immediately before and after the accident A cutback of in expend- itures is being effected at RCAF Station Centralia as a result of the federal govern- ment's austerity program. The curtailment affects fly- ing time, construction projects, messing services, travelling and almost all operations et the station. Civilian employees on casual. jobs have been laid off but no civil servants or civilians with regular positions will be die charged. However, there will be no replacements when civil- ians leave their posts until the 15ee reduction is achieved. All building programs have been shelved temporarily, ac- cording to a station. official. Plans for alterations to exist- ing buildings also have been laid aside. No new work of any kind will be undertaken. This means that the con- struction engineering section is the hardest hit on the station, since its work now will he limited to maintenance and minor repair work. Overtime is being cut to a minimum. This particularly af- fects the messes, where table servkpe will he reduced in favor of cafeteria-style serving of meals. The supply section has been limited in the amount of ma- terials they may purchase, in- eluding supplies for the con. struction engineering section. Flying hours per aircraft have been reduced to a mini- mum and crews are permitted to fly only the minimum re- quired times, There has been a. curtail- meat of all travelling and travelling allowances in an ef- fort to reduce the expenditure in this department by at least 15%, Firm happy with homes Divco-Wayne Corporation, owner of General Coach. Works of Canada Ltd., is in • the mobile home business to stay. This was indicated Monday by Raymond E. Miller, New York, vice-president in charge of marketing and sales, when he spoke to eastern Canadian dealers during a preview of the 1963 General and Zephyr models coming off General's production line. Divco-Wayne has not active- ly associated its name with the mobile home industry since it took over a number of American and Canadian com- panies last year. Monday, how- ever, Miller indicated the cor- poration has been pleased with the results of operations dur- ing the past year and left a positive impression that the company now considers mo- bile homes a major part, of its operations. Divco-Wayne primarily has been producers of specially- built milk trucks, school busses, ambulances and hearses in the U.S. on August 7. About 7 p.m , Sa- muel asked him to stand at the lop of the lift and stop the mo- tor when he ((Samuel) signal- led from the car. Samuel went down on the car e which: stop- ped near the bottom, and 'be- gan prying at the equipment with an angle iron. Evans said his attention was drawn for a moment by Mrs. Samuel when she came out of the cottage and spoke to him. When he looked back, Samuel had disappeared. He did not answer the calls of either Ev- ans or Mrs. Samuel and it oc- cured to Evans that lie may have been pinned by the car. — Please turn to page 3 Inquest into Lake Huron death Urge gov't inspection of all rivate elevators Exeter Kinsmen. Club Thurs- day night endorsed the cam- paign for funds by the. Exeter and District Swimming Pool Committee. The club unanimously agreed it would support the committee in any fund-raising projects. Kinsmen are the first of three town organiations to consider the project. Legion and Lions will be asked for support at their meetings this week. Vice-president Jim Carey re- ported proceeds from the Har- vest Jamboree will amount to over $700. The club approved purchase of sweaters for the midget hoc- key team at a cost of $130. Members agreed to back the team financially if required, The Meeting was vice.presi. dents' night and first vice Joe Gunn presided. Timely talk for crisis Dashwood launc, Setting their sights on an other smaller communities in been working on the construe- objective of $5,000.00, canvas- the area. tion and not shown in the ace sers for the Dashwood Corn- Kleinstiver also pointed ou t companying photo are: Lorne munity Centre plan to start that an y persons wishing t o Becker, Emil Becker, Harold Monday in a door-to-door area contribute could send their Stire, Albert Miller, Charles appeal to raise funds to finish money to him at Box 86, Dash- Snell, Elmore Rader, Edward the building, wood, Stire, W i 1 I i a in Wein, Jack Geiser, Hugh Boyle, 7elerVin Work on the $20,000,00 struc- Give receipts Webb, Oscar Miller, Charles Lure is advancing rapidly and the men hope to raise enough All persons making done- Martene, Halm Ford, Ervin funds to complete the outside Lions to the building campaigngn Devine, Ervin Schade William work d uri ng th e finer wea ther, will be issued withinterim re- Ilatigh, Hilton Haugh, George The walls al rea dy h ave b een eeipts and then official re- Tiernan. erected .The trusses have been '"e6-4 ‘15 ntastior to the u:ioiailfeutiod let:rro, crRaeonaldchaArskinerl,,ieroKacon, iiilnlectit built and are ready, to be put eligible for income tax deduc- Webb, Ernie Miller, Robert into place by the 75 Men who have been donating their time ll°118. It a y t e r, Roy Motenz, Joe to the job, Chairmen of the teams arc Britee, John Snyder, Melvin Secretary-treasurer L o r n e as f ollows: A 1 b e i t Miller, Restemayer, Alex Becker, Joe Pool i Kleinstiver reported the seen Charles SuelL Harold Sehro.e' Dietrich, Hugh Mere:1z, ?Ray _ hope to haVe donations the canvass cote. der, Harry Hoffman and Cliff Sweitzer, V. L. Becker Lea- pleted within two weekt, an d Salnion. Assistant eaptains aret land Restemayer, Karl Keller, safe from taxes look for sufficient support to Stuart Wolfe, Harry Hayter, Joe ',Verner, Elgin Kiefer, . complete the centre. Lorne Kleinstiver end Sydney Elgin Adam, Wayne Sweitzer. Donations to the forthcoming The canvassers have been Baker' Ed Ileedrick, Harris Wei- swimming pool campaign will divided into five teams and Por the past few weeks the gand, Jacob Schroeder, Irvin be tax dedectable, Chairman will cover the entire area. then have been working eve- Eckstein, Ivan Miller, Peter John Gonian revealed this Their tentative boundarieS run nings and during spare time Kraft, Peter Crocker, Ken Albert Rader, Glen Week. front Lake Heron to about four throughout the daet TwentY• Gregg, Approval already has been Miles east of Dashwood and five percent ef the value of the Rader. . from No. 84 highway to the labor will be returned in a The building, 36x70, will pro-received from the department of national revenue to permit Mount Carniel Road. grant. vide an auditorium and ban- the committed to issue receip Cliff Salmon bee been acting quet hall, with a kitchen and They p 1 a e cafivasses in which will be recognized by Grand tend, Daehwood, Zuf 7 as llule''keePer. committee roost in the base- Ile income tax division. , , idh, Creditors and Shipka and Among the men who have Ment. The approval is conditiona l Upon the town assinning owner- ship of the property. Negotias. r tions for ownership of the site are underway. teele:grere.e"eree°: pm AMIZ74.28 Miller said the past year's operation has been the best in the industry since 1959. He re- vealed the corporation expects a static year for 1963 in the U.S., with no appreciable gain in sales but no fall-off either. In Canada there is some in- dication that sales will in- crease. Manager Bill Smith, of 'the Hensall plant, was host for the show, which included luncheon at Hensall Legion Hall and din- ner at a London restaurant. Some lin dealers and their wives, from Port Arthur to Halifax, attended the preview. Ten General and Zephyr models were on display, in- cluding a new luxury unit which expands to 16 feet wide. Major changes are in interior decoration with the introduc- tion of new lighting, new floor- ing and new furniture in the N models. 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