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OVER 300 MEMBERS OF DISTRICT WOMEN'S INSTITUTES ATTENDED THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT EXETER LEGION HALL.
PRESENT OFFICERS PLANNED CELEERATION—Chairman of the anniversary dinner was Mrs.
Harry Strang, left, district president. Mrs. A. G. Hicks, is district secretary and Mrs. W. D. Mack
presented the 60-year history of the group. The anniversary cake was prepared by Mrs. Edna
Pa.ssmore, town.
Ninetieth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JANUARY 31, 1963 Price Per Copy 10 Cents
Start work this spring
CENTRALIA TO BUILD ARENA
oard uses 'discretion'
ranting of licences
HONOR FORMER DISTRICT INSTITUTE OFFICERS--Former presidents and secretaries of South
Huron District WI were recognized during the celebration. Past presidents, standing, are Mrs.
Arthur Rundle, Hurondale; Mrs. John McLean, Seaforth; Mrs, Emery DesJardins, Grand Bend; Mrs.
Gordon Papple, Seaforth, and Mrs. Harry Hess, Zurich; Secretaries, seated are Mrs. Alvin Moir,
Hurondale; Mrs. Alex Hamilton, Grand Bend; Mrs. Emery Fahrner, Crediton; Mrs. Go r don
McKenzie, Seaforth.
each case on its individual me-
rits and considerations".
"The board simply exercises
the discretionary powers pro-
vided in the act. Naturally it
"Sixty - rare is a 19,Pg,. long
,tune to have ,been..4P-Pentinning
nieinherehip IVA not the.,
length, ,of tiTne, Ws what we
put into it" said Mrs. . Lorne
,1,4111don Area WI chair,
man, 1p greetings. to
_Routh. Huron District WI, ae it
Merited its. '6014, anniversary with a hpqgpt :arid prevent in
the Legion Hell Monday evening,
Attending the pangtet were
lagq members. from .the nine WI.
branches and two junior greelas
th,Smitti Huron .as -Well as .many
past rileiellepre.. Eight paet.pree
siderite and six former secre,
taryetregeurere were in atter),
da,nce„. • • Guest speaker was
:Lyinburner, Port .Colborne,
past president FWIO, who. said
"Now is the time for South
Huron to take stock -, to take
a good long look at its efforts
and promote what is good and
discard. that which is not worth,
t
,.No other women's orearlieee
Hon has so much influence and,
if our program le carried out,
we could wield a great influence
toward peace instead of expen-
ding_ outselves in bite and pieces
as we do," said Mrs. Lym-
burner. She showed pictures
taken on her trip in September
to the ACWW in Melbourne,
Australia stressing the fact
"the world is small and miles
today have no meaning." Mrs.
Lymburner carried with her and
presented $4,000 in 'pennies
for friendship' from the Instie
tutes of Ontario to the Institutes
of Australia who were so ape
preciative. She was introdeced
by Mrs. Harold Wolper and
thanked by Mrs. Harold Taylor.
In proposing a toast to South
Huron district WI at the banquet
Miss Helen McKercher, direc-
tor of the home economics ser-
vice, Department of Agricul-
ture, Toronto, said "The WI
aims and interests of 60 years
ago are still the same today.
While the farm women are not
so isolated as then, they still
like to get together and do
things together; they still study
homemaking; they still ask for
courses to develop leadership
and they still do community
work although the community
has broadened to include the
world." Mrs. Arthur Rundle.
replied to this toast.
Mrs. W.D. Mack, Crediton,
FWIO historical research con-
vener, gave a resume of the
history of South Huron WI which
will appear elsewhere. Mrs.
Mack said in reviewing the his-
tory "I am amazed at what was
accomplished and if there had
been as many push buttons then
as there are today, they would
have worked miracles."
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Approval has been received
by Group Captain L.H. Randall,
commanding officer of RCAF
Station Centralia, for the con-
struction of a winter sports
arena at the station.
Construction will commence
in early spring, to be in use
by November 1963. The buil-
ding will be of similar con-
struction to the RCAF Clinton
arena.
The addition of several hun-
dred young trainees to the train-
ing load of the station has
made it necessary to expand
recreation facilities. The extra
officer trainees and their re-
quired training program, as
well as recreational hockey,
applies the rules of common
sense to each situation."
"Anyone," he continued,
"may make application for a
licence. Each applicant is in-
vestigated thoroughly before the
preliminary hearing is held by
the board, and further inves-
tigation is made before the
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Corp'n backs
licence vote
Car-plow crash suit
set over until spring
MEMBERS FOR HALF A CENTURY RECOGNIZED—Two WI members were recognized for their
long association with the Institute. Mrs. Willis Powell, Exeter, joined the group 50 years ago and
Mrs. Nancy Koehler became a Zurich member 49 years ago, Above, from left, are Mrs. W. D.
Mack, historical convenor; Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Koehler, Mrs. Emmery Fahrner and Mrs.
Alvin Moir.
broomball and skating, have
made past arrangements in-
adequate. Transportation of this
number of personnel to and
from facilities would be im-
practical.
This arena will increase the
local area's hockey, broom-
ball and skating facilities and
should assist with local com-
munity winter sports programs.
The arena, as approved, will
be built entirely from non-
public funds or in other words
from the airmen's ownpockets.
The project has been financed
so as to be paid for in the
next five years from the funds
or profits from all messes and
institutes on the station. No
government funds are available
for this type of undertaking.
Commenting on the station's
use of Exeter arena in past
years, Group Captain Randall
said:
"The town of Exeter is to
be commended on their past
co-operation and assistance. A
winter recreational program
for youngsters on the air base
would have been almost impos-
sible without their kind consi-
deration. The station personnel
have expressed no dissatisfac-
tion with past arrangements at
the Exeter arena. However, the
number of skaters and hockey
players now on the unit make
satisfactory arrangements im-
possible. It is to be hoped that
it will give a boost to all winter
sports activities in the area,"
Hensall mothers
march for $212
A canvass of the village of
Hensall by 26 volunteer mothers
for the March of Dimes cam-
paign realized $212 Tuesday.
Sponsored by the Kinette club
this is the third consecutive
year that the mothers of Hensall
have volunteered their services
for this project.
Marching mother was Mrs.
Orrin Williams; campaign
chairman, Mrs. John Baker,
recruiting, Mrs. Robert Baker,
publicity, Mrs. William Fuss;
supply, Mrs. William Clement;
finance, Mrs. Homer Campbell.
No hard and fast policy has
been set by the Liquor Licence
Board of Ontario in regard to
the establishment of outlets in
"wet" communities, The
Times-Advocate has been in-
formed.
The board, according to one
of its officials, "exercises its
discretionary powers" over the
number and type of licences
which it issues in any munici-
pality where outlets have been
approved by the electorate.
The information came in res-
ponse to a T-A enquiry In con-
nection with the forthcoming
vote here February 11 on
beverage room, dining and
cocktail lounge licences. The
newspaper requested an outline
of the board's policy to en-
lighten voters about the con-
ditions which could prevail if
a "yes" vote won.
The registrar of the board
Hugh J. Browne, revealed there
is no established policy affec-
ting the issuance of licences
in municipalities of any par-
ticular size.
"We have no hard and fast
policy in regard to the type
or number of licences the board
may issue," he said. "What
applies in Exeter might not
apply in another community in
Ontario and the board judges Missile unit
to Centralia
short distance west of the trucic,
with strong lights on.
Mrs. A. Leslie Richard
claims as executrix of Leslie
Richard, and in her own per-
sonal capacity, for personal
injuries, damages on behalf of
the estate, and for loss of
support.
'Greta Jean Richard, Us-
borne, administratrix of the
estate of L. Allan Richard,
claims for property damage and
funeral expenses. Susan Bailey,
by her next friend, Turner Bai-
ley, claims for injuries.
Negligence attributed to Har-
ness and Wilker in the state-
ment of claim is deniedby them
and they allege negligence in
several particulars on the part
of L. Allan Richard, They also
attribute negligence to Morley,
who in turn blames Harness
and Wilker.
Solicitors for Edith Richard
and Susan Bailey are Shepherd,
McKenzie and Plaxton, London;
for Greta ; Richard, Bell and
Laughton, Exeter; for Harness
and Wilker, Richards, MacMil-
lan, Rooke and MacLenna, To-
ronto; for Morley, Donnelly,
Donnelly and Murphy, Goderich,
A damage case resulting from
a fatal car-snowplow crash here.
over two years ago has been
set down for spr i n g assizes
commencing March 18 in Lon-
don, it was learned by The
T-A this week.
The action was scheduled ori-
ginally to be heard at the Ja-
nuary sitting of the Ontario
Supreme Court in Goderich ear-
lier this month.
The case arises from motor
accident on Highway 83, about
five miles east of Exeter, on
the night of Dec. 9, 1960. A
car driven by L. Allan Richard,
of Usborne, was in collision
with the rear of a highways
department truck, parked in the
right lane. Allan Richard and
his father, A. Leslie Richard,
were killed; the mother, Edith
Richard, and a niece, Susan
Bailey, suffered injuries.
Defendants are Harold Har-
ness, said to have been in
charge of the truck, and Nelson
Wilker, dep't of highways
mechanic at Stratford; also
Gordon Morley, Palmerston,
described as owner and driver
of an automobile parked on the
north lane of the highway a
Exeter Industrial Develop-
ment Corporation, at a meeting
last week, agreed to support a
eyes" vote across the board in
the forthcoming referendum in
connection with liquor licences
for the community.
The group felt the establish-
ment of liquor outlets here
would increase trade, provide
more employment, result in
increased assessment for the
town, and attract more tourist
and commercial traffic to the
area.
The corporationsuggested
that, while there are excellent
restaurants here, the commu-
nity would benefit from dining
facilities which could be pro-
vided as a result of the approval
of dining lounge licence.
(A statement by the corpora-
tion appears as a "Guest opin-
ion" this week on page 2.)
President Ross Tuckey said
the corporation plans to arrange
a meeting with the executives of
the businessmen's association
and planning board to study the
parking situation in the com-
munity.
The corporation authorized
the sending of two delegates to
the Manufacturing Opportuni-
ties show which will be held in
London next week.
Peter Raymond, of MacKen-
zie and Raymond law office
here, has been appointed sec-
retary of the orgabization.
ARCA begins work
on winter program
The guided missile and
space technology indoctrination
course which was given pre-
viously at RCAF Station Clinton
has been moved to RCAF Sta-
tion Centralia.
The move is in line with the
present policy of centralising
all officer training at Centralia.
Director of training for the
school is Squadron Leader R.
Waters.
The course has been in opera-
tion at Clinton since 1946 and
some 3,000 officers have com-
pleted the training.
The course is designed for
indoctrination training of offi-
cers of the Cenadian armed
forces and members of the
defence research board
DASHWOOD LADIES PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT—WI members enjoyed the fun provided by the
Dashwood group, whose skit humorously depicted what went on at home when mother attends WI
functions. Mischievous "children" above are Mrs. Gordon Bender and Mrs. Ken McCrae, while
mother and father are Mrs. Harold Radet and Mrs. John Rader. One of the "children" expressed
her annoyance at a 'eV canieram an by throwing checkere at him as he took pictures,
ue t 'early approval'
of Parkhill dam pr dept
Car here stolen
for second time
For the second time in re-
cent weeks, the car of Elmer D.
Bell, QC, was stolen from Maid
St. here Tuesday*
Not long after it was
covered missing, the Oar was
found by Chief C, H, MacKenzie
oh William St., just south of
Victoria,
At ati executive meeting last
Week, Atieable itiver Conserve-
tion Authority decided to petie
Heel 'the Critelli) lel ri 'dip el
Board far "eatly appeoVal" of
the, Parkhill Dam project.
The board's approval is re-
quired under' the conservation
authorities act before work can
proceed with the project, since
expenditures Will be made' over
a period Of timed than one years
The authority cannot berrOW
ptle to start the scheme until
tine app?oval is secured,
The reitelieletai board also
firing approve the participating
mu'nic ipalitleaw tnetheda of
ramps will be constructed in the
river at Port Franks, and ex-
tension and improvement to two
others is included in the pro-
gram. A new parking area will
be levelled.
At the Morrison dam area,
some stream bank erosion con-
trol work is planned below the
dam just beyond the wingwalls.
Improvements will be made to
the parking areas, tree and
grass planting is included along
with a number of other minor
projects.
At Rock Glen, the authority
proposes to build a new road
through the picnic area in the
east part and to construct a
pareing area near the shop. A
wind-break will be planted along
the south property boundary.
In the west park, a look-out
over the waterfall will be con-
structed and theboundaries will
be fenced,
At Thedford, some erosion
control work is Slated to pro-
tect the look-out; to Which steps
will be constructed. A hill-top
picnic area will be prepared.
A new road will be built along
the highway boundary.
Au sable authority has begun
work on a $10,000 winter works
program, which was approved
by the executive last week.
Labor costs of the program
have qualified for the federal-
provincial assistance regula-
tions, under which three quar-
ters of the expenditure is borne
by the senior governments. Ma-
terial costs must be approved by
the dep't of lands and forests,
which contributes 50% of this
expense.
The program includes site
improvemente at the Morrison
Darn, Lucan, Rock Glens Thed-
ford and Port Franks conserva-
tion areas.
Major items on the list are the
installation Of gabion basket s
for stream irriprriveMent in the
Lucan area and bank protection
at Port Pranks. The baskets are
Made out of rock, held together
by heavy wire mesh, to resist
Water pressures.
APproxiMately $1,000 is bud-
geted for baskets, eqUipment
rentals etc. for stream im-
provement in the Lecan con-
servation area. Other work
planned in this section includes
road improvement, removal of
dead trees, and planting of dont-
feretia trees alining the hard-
Woods,
At Port Franks, a gabion
apron will be constructed to
Protect I/0 feet of bank froni the
south ramp along the river
bete toWardS the workshop. A
gabion basket "revetment will
also be constructed along the
bank of the +tient° to protect the
peninsula forrned by the north
hank of the lagoon. Tette cost
of Materials far the bank Work
Will be over $3,000.
TWo hOW beat 1eunching.
The resolution draws ellen,
thin to the fact that these de,
tergenta cannot be broken down
and purified by natural or arti-
ficial purification. Methods and
have a cumulative effeet i dada-
ing serious problems in inaily
lakes and Other IMAM waters.
The resolution Abet that the
government Of the Peoeitieeteice
steps to pass legislation WhiCh
Will prohibit the use and side
of mineral-based detergents in
Ontario and that the citizens of
the province be made Were' of
the seriousness Of the deteiteet
peletieri in Ontario waters
iiwithait further delaY".
Correctieet please
In the account' of the court
case against Etictierd Etheringe
ton, AR 1 Hensall, Who isobar-
ged With Wounding a dog OWned
by Jane Hillman, also of Hit
1 liensalt, Thertimes-Advoditte
erroneously reported that Mr,
5therington drove to the let.‘
ter's hi:rm after discovering
that dog or dogs had been
Clerk C, V. Piekard, left, administers oath of Office to Eketeros new Pop Which Will hold office for molesting his sheep. the eviA
1063.64, -Commissioners are Mayer W. E. Siriirnoria, fernier mayor tt, 5, thooley, who Wee elected dened Was that Mr. Etheringbari
chairman, and Murray Greene, named vice-Chairman, The PDC is planning Major installation's oti walked thrtnigh the fieldg to
Main St* south in preparation for the highway "re-paving there. T-A photo the 13reginati
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raising funds to meet their as,
sesselerite toward the cost.
In the Meal:thine, the execu-
tive gave authority to its eie,
gineers, M, M. Dillon and Co.,
London, to review the preligiin,
ary engiteerieg and bring it hp
to date 4 80 Chet when eiitheritae
Hem is received they cad pro-
ceed with the final eegiheer,
leg."
BACK RESOLUTION
The authority endorsed
resolution from ,,the ttiliety of
Wentworth regarding pointion of
freah Waters in theproVince by
the lied -of inineral,,baSed 'de-
ter-0MS.