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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-09-12, Page 1BRENDA DENNEY MODELS POPULAR NEW CULOTTE MacNaughton hints . . • more municipal aid Ninetieth Year gNTARip, sErrEmAER. 12, 1963 Price Per Copy 10 Cents. Ontario's new program of greater assistance toward mu- PlciPal read costs will not only be Maintained but Increased under a progressive conser- yative goVernMent, Highways Minister Charles MacNaughton told a crowd of 500 in Barrie Friday night. Huron's representative in the last legislature, who introduced higher read grants to muni- cipalities earlier this year, de- scribed 1963 "as a transitional year — a year marked by a major shift in our highways programming and budgeting. "Out of a total budget of $275 million — the largest bud- get in Ontario's history al- most $100 million will be turned over to our municipalities in road subsidies and direct as- sistance. "When added to the amounts spent by these local authorities it will result in more money being spent on streets, county and township roads and the like than on our own provincial pro- gram." "In other words, we believe we are being no more than fair and realistic in our approach to the overall needs of our peo- ple and I can tell you that this realistic program will not only continue, but will be intensified under your Progressive Con- servative government." The former Huron member was guest speaker at the nomi- nation meeting which selected Arthur Evans as the PC can- didate in Simcoe Centre riding. MILES TOTAL 160,000 FOR YEAR MacliaugntOn said: ,Ontario's road system "Is not only the equal of the finest to be found anywhere but Is actually the envy of road authorities around the world," He attributed this to the PC government's philosophy that "a truly great road system is one which recognizes need for close integration of our pro, yincial and municipal road fa, "The same," he ,stated, "can be said about the entire philo sophy of your government, as it affects the lives and future of the people in health services, hospitals, schools, universities and many other programs." HS bus cost hits $70,000 Takes to air for campaign With the new service to the Vocational school at Clinton, high school transportation costs will rise to a record $70,000 this coming school year. Tuesday night the board ap- proved a contract with Exeter Coach Lines Ltd. which will All set for fair total $73,260 for the next 10 months, c ompar e d to about $65,000 last year. About $1,800 of this will be recovered from the Precious Blood separate school here for transportation of some 21 students. Under new regulations, how- ever, the total remaining will not bepaid by the district board. RCAF Centralia is now required to negotiate a separate contract for transportation of itspupils and it will pay an estimated $7,750 direct to the bus firm. No meetings for Liberals Arrangements are completed for Exeter Fair next week and early indications are bright, according to Secretary A. G. Hicks, Baby contest again will fea- ture the Wednesday night show, which also includes a variety program and monster bingo. Thursday's features are a parade, grandstand show, calf race, 4-H contests, livestock parade and horse show. Dashwood and Lucknow bands will be in attendance. Steve Stot he r s, Lucknow, Huron county's first ag rep, will officially open the fair. The exhibition closes Thurs- day night with a dance in the arena. Carry on girls! Board rules culottes OK' Firemen haul charred farm wagon from blazing straw Bill Tuckey, Exeter, was driving merrily along on his tractor Tuesday afternoon pulling a load of baled straw to his farm north of Exeter. A neighbor tried in vain to call to him from a field along- side. But it wasn't long before he felt an unusual warmth on his back. The load had caught fire; how, no one knows. Firemen were called to extinguish the blaze and the grass fire which resulted. Above, a group of them pull the wagonout of the burning load. The fire occurred a mile and a quarter north of Exeter, beside the Sillery farm. --T-A photo Highways Minister charles MacNaughton took to the air this week to meet his public speaking commitments throughoutthe province. The Huron PC candidate was in Niagara Falls Wednesday and flies to Algoma county Thursday for two days of meetings in that riding which includes Manitou- lin Island. Then he goes to Sault Ste. Marie and Wawa for the weekend. Monday he returns to this part of Ontario' to speak in Huron-Bruce riding. Wednes- day he visits Cochrane riding, bordering James Bay, and Thursday, Sept. 19, returns to Kitchener for two official open- ing ceremonies there. Piloting the highways minis- ters to his engagements is Keith Hopkinson of Sky Harbor Air Services, Goderich. Hopkinson picked up the minister Tuesday in Toronto. At Niagara Falls Wednesday, Mr. MacNaughton opened No. 405 highway which connects the Garden City Skyway and the Queens to n-Lewiston bridge over the Niagara River to the New York State road system. Next Thursday, the minister represents Prime Minister Ro- berts at the opening of the water polution control plant at Kit- chener and in the afternoon officiates at the opening of the Freeport Diversion on No. 8 highway, south of Kitchener. HSDI-IS board became en- tangled Tuesday night with that most inexplicable but intriguing subject for men — female fash- ions. The topic was the culotte — a full, divided skirt now becoming popular among the younger set. The all-male board was asked to rule on t heir admissibility as proper school wear for district co-eds. VOTE FOR APPROVAL The board finally did approve the split skirt but only after con- siderable difficulty — mostly in Lyric Theatre will not oper- ate this , winter, it has been learned. The owners will put the building up for sale. Board to study further school driving course Blanshard Municipal Tele- phone System, which operates Kirkton exchange, gives notice this week of an application for increase in rates to meet the expense of converting the ex- change to dial operation. * * * Two busloads of Charlie Mac- Naughton supporters from Hur- on riding attended the nomina- tion meeting for Prime Minis- ter John Robarts and PC can- didate John White in London Thursday. Displaying "Huron's for MacNaughton" banners, the riding crowd filled the balCony of the auditorium in Central Collegiate to hear the prime minister give his major cam- paign address on pensions. This leaves the amount to be paid by the district at a net of about $65,000, NO CHANGE IN SYSTEM The change in regulations, however, will not likely affect the present bus operation. RCAF students will probably continue to be transported on the same busses as other child- ren coming to Huron South. The changes in bookkeeping and other arrangements involv- ed in the separate contract for RCAF students consumed a ma- jor portion of the board's meet- ing Tuesday night. The board discussed the change s with RCAF representatives Carl Ross and Leo Page. Twelve routes continue to operate in the district with a total distance of 350 miles. Three busses are required to transport the Clinton children, an additional 57 miles per day, 19 for each bus. Total mileage is 407 one-way or 814 return. For the 200 days of opera- tion during the year, the busses will travel in excess of 160,000 miles. Cost to the board remains 45Q per mile. A total of 818 pupils are being transported, with 153 of these going on to Clinton. CLINTON UNCOMPLETED Shops at the new vocational school at Clinton are still not completed, representative A. G. Hicks reported. They are ex- pected to be finished by the end of the month. A total of 1,243 are attending Clinton with 363 boys in shop classes, more than capacity. However, a number of drop- outs were expected. Mr. Hicks said he expected the board would make a recom- mendation that all grade nine students remain in their own schools and that transfer to Clinton be permitted for grade 10. Liberal candidate Harry Strang said this week he was not planning any public meetings in connection with the campaign. "The time is too short to ar- range anything," he stated. His campaign, he indicated, will consist mainly of visiting electors in the various com- munities in the riding. "We hope to get around to all the municipalities," he said. "We'll also try to visit all the fairs next week." The party has not opened a committee room here yet but Mr. Strang indicated that one probably would be operated here the last week of the campaign. Hay debates school crisis The board decided to prepay its frontage charge for sewage service from the town, a sum of about $2,500. Annual charge for 30 years is over dOuble. HSDHS board decided, rather reluctantly, Tuesday night to in- vestigate further the establish- ment of a driving course for students. A committee was appointed under Chairman Larry Snider to visit schools in Goderich, Listowel and other centre s which operate the courses, set up by the department of trans- port and approved by the de- His premium saving went to the courts partment of education. The decision, however, was reached after some hesitation. The program, originally pro- posed by Mrs. Joan Harness, was discussed at several meet- ings earlier this year without conclusion and the board ob- viously is still lukewarm about it. The question was re-intro- duced by Mrs. Harness in a letter to the board. She said she had received a number of enquiries about it, particularly from department of transport officials. Principal H. L. Sturgis spur- red action when he said the course definitely merited full investigation at least. Results in other areas have shown that those who graduate from the course have much better traffic records than those who are not trained. Roy Morenz: "They keep blowing about it on radio as a good thing but I can't see the need for it myself." Ken Johns; "It's been 'men- tioned so often, I think we should investigate". Chairman Snider said the cars for instruction would be provided free of charge, with the school being responsible for gas, insurance and instruction. The classes take place either during activity period or after school and do not conflict with the regular timetable. Secretary E. D Howey, who earlier had tried to obtain some information from other schools by telephone, said: "The cost scared me. I thought our taxes were high enough," He felt the rate of pay proved to be a "little bonanza!' for an instruc- tor. Lack of nurses crisis attempting to picture what they looked like. Much to the regret of several members of the board, there were no models present to dis- play the garment. Principal H. L. Sturgis did his best to describe culottes, though he admitted he was not qualified in this field. Several members of the board were ac- quainted with them, which help- ed. The problem, the principal explained, arose shortly after school opening when it was re- ported to him that several girls were wearing culottes. Since the board's policy is that girls must wear skirts, he called the wear- ers to his office for an inter- view. At first, he admitted, he could not tell but what the girls were wearing skirts. But, a board's ruling must be reckoned with and he requested the girls not to wear them again until he had clarified the ques- tion. "NOTHING IMMODEST" "There's certainly not hing immodest about this type of dress," said the principal, at the same time conceding that he, as a mere male, couldn't "see what purpose they serve". Grand Bend representative W. F. B. MacLaren couldn't quite picture the garment in his mind but he thought the point was: "Are they more revealing than a skirt?" Said the prinipali""No, less if anything, I would judge." Roy Morenz of Stephen felt however that the girls were "getting their foot inthe door", so to speak. "The problem is whether they will start slim- ming them down until they look like shorts." The principal felt this could be avoided by classing the culotte as a divided skirt, bring- ing it within the board's ruling. If they were slimmed down, they would become a pant — or what- ever women might term them — which would contravene the re- gulation. Rev. John Boyne, minister of Caven Presbyterian Church, gave ecclesiastical approval to the garment by moving that it be permitted. Several members still had their doubts, however. The mo- tion did not pass unanimously. An RCAF Centralia man who didn't pay his insurance pre- mium because he hoped to sell his car in a week or so found in magistrate's court here Tuesday that he didn't save any money. Raymond Johnston, 28, paid $50 and costs of $2.50 for being unprotected. He also paid $2.50 for failing to stop at the Crediton road when he was pro- ceeding north on the airport road. The charges resulted from an accident August 2'7 when John- ston passed a car, missed the stop at the intersection and lost control of his vehicle. It went into the ditch, throwing both Johnston and a passenger out of the car. RESERVES JUDGMENT Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC, reserved judgment on a hit-and- run charge against Murray Bud- den, 22, Stratford, after hearing the evidence which involved an accident on No. 83 highway near Farquhar. The magistrate r e qu ested written arguments from Crown Attorney W. G. Cochrane, QC, and C. C. Misener, Stratford, defence lawyer. Robert Lang, St. Marys, said he was struck by Budden about eases at SH hospital Several times beds on the me- dical floor have had to be used for maternity cases. On top of this, the hospital commenced surgery in July. There have been 11 operations undertaken including several Caesarean births. All were suc- cessful. During the period when se- veral rooms had to be closed, Miss Claypole said the hospital did not turn any patients away. However, doctors were asked not to admit patients unless the necessity was great. Miss Claypole said she ex- pected some relief of the staff shortage in November when the first class of registered nur- ses' assistants graduates. An- other class is expected to start in February, for which the hos- pital already has received a number of applications. One cause of the nursing shortage across the province, she indicated, was the move- ment of young graduates to the U.S. where higher salaries are paid. Hay township council met in closed session last night with its solicitor, James Donnelly, Goderich, and Public School Inspector J. G. Burrows. Council set up the meeting to discuss its position in con- nection with the township school area crisis. Following approval by a slim margin of the school board's request for an $80,000 deben- ture for an addition to Zurich school, council received peti- tions from four sections for re- lease from the school area. As of Tuesday, the school area board had not been invited to sit in on the meeting and Chairman Ray Fisher, RR 3 Zurich, said the board will not likely get together until its re- gular meeting next week. Although he was reluctant to comment on the situation in advance of the board's meeting, Chairman Fisher saidhe doubt- ed if any action would be taken to construct the addition if the four sections were released. "There's no sense issuing de- bentures if they put those sec- tions out of the area," he said. He found it difficult to under- stand the reaction to the vote. "The way I look at it is this. We're having a provincial elec- tion here September 25. If our party doesn't win, we can't go to Toronto and say we won't pay the 3% sales tax. You just can't operate like that — the majority rules." Tailor completes 60 years here Frank Sheere, tailor at Walper's Men's Wear, was back on the job Monday following a dinner Saturday night which marked the completion of 6G years at his craft, and all of them in the same shop. He started learning the trade when he was 14 in the haberdashery then awned by W. W. Taman. Story on page 7. This summer's crisis over a shortage of nurses at South Huron Hospital is "more or less' over but the situation will continue to be difficult, re- ports Superintendent Miss Alice Claypole. She revealed at the hospital auxiliary meeting Tuesday that two rooms or four beds were closed this summer because of the shortage. They are now re- opened. This experience has been typical across the province. In London, one city hospital had to close 30 beds during the sum- mer. Miss Claypole said the short- age had been compounded by ill- ness among members of the staff, by holidays and by an increasing number of mater- nity cases. She revealed the hospital has had to arrange for 162 weeks of vacation so far this summer and still has another 24 weeks to give to staff members. Occupancy on the maternity ward has been 98.3%, the high- est in the hospital's history. Trivitt receives anniversary challenge Paganism greater threat than Communism Paganism poses a greater threat to civilization today than does communism, Rt. Rev. Wil- liam A. Townshend, LLD., suf- fragan bishop of Huron, told a large congregation at Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church's 75th anniversary service Sun- day.rnorning. The bishop said the consum- ing desire of materialism will ultimately destroy the world if it is not curbed, "There can be no lasting peace in the world until all nations and peoples come to accept God." The World has known 22 civi- lizations in the past, all of which have perished. "The startling fact that We haVe been able to discover about these civilizations is that their down- fall has been due not to tary oppression, hit 10 the Metal and spiritual dlaintegra.- lion of thepeople." Canada itself poses a special challenge to Christians. "The greatest menace to our national For both morning and even- ing services marking the an- niversary, former parishioners and community friends joined Trivitt congregation to fill the church. The morning service was broadcast over Wingham radio, ESSENTIAL BELIEF The question of whether or not Jesus Christ was in fact the son of God or merely a great philosopher was dealt With by Rev. Derwyn D. Jones, Windsor, lift is the people who theore- tically are Christian but prac- tically are non-Christian— people who recognize the value of prayer but never pray, We need to lift our people from the slough of being served to the glorious heights of giving ser- vice." The bishop made special re- ference to education, in which sphere he has been prominent in London for many years, "The chief Weakness of our edu- cational System in that we have been putting the emphasisonthe wrong thing — the stress has been on getting: rather than giving." "Let the objective be more and Mere education in order to give Mere and more to our God and our felloW man." . feature of the morning ser- vice was the presentation by the bishop of a prayer book to Mrs. Garnet Ceekwill, RR 3 DashWood, Who was the first baby baptized in Trivitt 75 years age. -4-A photo Bishop presents prayer book at Trivitt service Mrs. Garnet CeekWill, RR 8 ljasliWOod, Was presented with a prayer book by 131ShoP W. A. ToWn, Shend, London, in one of the feettireS Of the Trivia anniversary. MrS, the former Annie Maud Davis WAS the first baby baptized in Trivia '75 years ago. She was baptited, confirmed and Married in the church. At right it the rector, Rev. a, Philip bandori, the rural dean of Essex. Rev, Jones said the question was an essential one to faith and one which quite properly should be asked on a significant anniversary of the church. Many people, he suggested, take the position that Christ was a great man who espoused the "highest philosophy of any man who ever lived" hut denied his connection to God. Christ himself, however, gave his people no alternative, instructing them to worship him as the only begotten son of God "the light of the world", Any man, said Rev. Jones, who made such "fantastic Claims" for himself would have to be classified either as a lunatie, a fraud seeking per,, sonal gain "Or else he lutist be exactly what he says lie is", Silidb the record of his life inclidated he was neither men- tally deluded nor deceitful, he proved he was the son of Ged. "We cannot merely tolerate him or admire him, we must Announcements 14 Church Notices .** . 14 Coming Events .4 14 Editorials- a, r 314 ,104' 4 Feminine Facts 'N Fancies £1,"9 Hensel ~ ,* V v 0 5 , * v * 13,15 ts Spur Want Ads .* 10,11 fall down and worship him. We must place our lives at his dis- posal," the rural dean conclud- ed. Assisting at the evening ser- vice were Rev. II. Donaldson, SeafOrth, rural dean of EUron; Rev. Norman Knox, Lambeth, former rector of Trivia; and Bev. LindSay, a student atlitir,, on College, Solo parts in the choir's spec- ial contributions to the services were taken by lathy Bentley, Bonita Greene and Harry Page, the choir leader, organist of the church is Robert Cameron. F011oWing the evening ser- vice, the ladies of Trivia Child held a reception for visitors In tire parish hall, INbUOt PASTOR Tuesday night an induction service was held for the rector, Philip Garden, who becomes the.sixteenth to serve at Tri. vitt. Right Rev. IL Ff Appelyard, DD, lord bishop of Georgian Bay, conducted the riteS. 7 p.m. August 4. The Budden vehicle left the scene, followed by another motorist who later returned with the accused. Lang said Budden asked him not to tell police that he (Budden) had left the scene. J. B. Somers, Stratford, tes- tified he followed the Budden car over several concessions before Budden stopped and the two of them drove back to the scene. Damage to the Sudden car was about $250, according to PC Harry Reid. The defence argued against what was termed a duplicity in the charge. DISMISS CHARGE Marcus Meed, 32, RCA F Clinton, was acquitted of hav- ing liquor in an unlawful place after claiming he was trans- porting the booze between two residences. PC George Mitchell found two bottles, one part empty and one full, in Meed's car after it had rolled over in a ditch east of Zurich on No. 84 highway. He later found Meed, who ap- peared to be under the influence ^and somewhat injured, walking up a concession road about two miles from the car. Meed said he was taking the liquor from his apartment in Grand Bend to his house at Clinton. He did not know one bottle had been opened, Crown Attorney C o ch r a n e, who pointed out that liquor in residence at the station was discouraged if not prohibited, suggested the bottles were in the car for the purpose of drink- ing, SUGGESTS EYE TEST Magistrate Hays suggested Gerald Cooper, 19, Williamg., have his eyes tested after giv- ing him his third conviction of failing to give the right of way. Cooper, fined $22.50, pulled out from a drive-in restaurant near Grand Bend in front Of another car, causing an accident in which damage totalled $1,000 August 4. Donald Clark, 20, RCAF Cen- tralia, paid $27.50 on a care- less driving charge Which arose from an accident August 3 Oh the Crediton road. Clark said he was talking to apassenger when he lost control of his car, Which went into the ditch and caught fire, Failing to give the right of way When he was corning onto No, 4 from a laneway August 16 cost Jack Faber, 58, RR I Hen80.11, $17,50. Faber, whose actions caused' an accident, said he misjudged the speed of the car on the highway.