The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1948-06-03, Page 1Seventy-Fifth Year
District Pupils Win
At Mitchell Festival
Miss Margaret Dougall, local
music teacher - and supervisor of
music for schools, had an im
pressive list of winners at the
Mitchell Music Festival for Rur
al Schools held last Thursday.
As one of six rural supervisors
who participated in the event,
she entered her students
classes that
strong. Mr.
Director of
partment of
adjudicator,
arded in the festival was eigl
six. The list of Miss Dougall's
winners were as follows;
solo, 8 years ;
Mary Lane, St.
ar ate .School,
solo 11 years
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 3rd, 1948 Single Copy 6 cents
LT. H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH looks thouglxful as he
works out a problem in the staff college study at the Royal Nav
al College, Greenwich, London. The course lasts until the middle
of September and is designed not only to qualify officers for the
performance of staff duties, but also to carry a step further the
studies of history, strategy and the art of war.
Hensail Church
Organ Dedicated
(Hensall Correspondent)
Services of dedication were
held in Hensall United Church
on Sunday when the church or
gan was dedicated at the morn
ing service by the minister, Rev.
R. A. Brook. The organ key was
handed to the organist Miss
Greta Lammie 'by Mr. James
Smillie, clerk of session. The 'in
troductory statement was made
by Mr. G. M. Drysdale, clerk of
the official 'board. The choir,
under the direction of S. G-.
Rannie, rendered two anthems.
Soloists S. G. Rannie, T. J. Sher-
ritt, Mrs. Hugh McEwan, Mr.
and Mrs. H. Pfile, J. Horton
and Mrs. Maude Hedden. The
organ chimes were dedicated at
the evening service, the gift of
the Passmore family. They, com
memorate a son, F/O Gerald
LeRoy Passmore, who gave his
life during flying operations
over Germany. The unveiling of
the plaque was by Carl Pass-
more. Rev. W. E. MacNiven,
B.A., D.D., of Metropolitan Unit
ed Church, London, was the
guest speaker, delivering an in
spiring message from the text
“O that 'I knew where I might
find Him” (Job 23:3). Mr. S.
G. Rannie sang a solo and a
male quartette, comprising T. J.
Sherritt, Henry Pfile, S. -G. Ran-
nie, Bill Mickle, contributed a
selection.
Graduate From
Western
Raymond Stewart, Donald
Traquair, Joseph Creech, Nor
man Jolly, Dawson Goulding,
Norm Hannigan, Helen Snell and
Patricia O’Dwyer took part in
Western’s convocation at the
University Wednesday. The an
nouncement of the success of
the above students came last
week from the school in a list of
a record number of graduates
who finished up this year. Ray
mond Stewart, of Kirkton, ach
ieved second class honours in
getting his Bachelor of Science
degree in Chemistry and Phy
sics, an honours course. Donald
Traquair receives his B.A. in
Economic and Political Science,'
an honours course of the depart
ment of Business Administra
tion and Secretarial Science, at
taining an tFverage of second
class honours. Joseph Creech
took first class honours in his
honours history course, an ad
dition to his Bachelor of Arts
degree. Attaining their Bachel
or of Arts degrees in the gener
al course are Norman T. Jolly
second class honours; Dawson
Goulding. and R. Norman Han
nigan, with third class honours.
Helen Snell gets her B.Av
through a Secretarial Science
course with third class hon
ours. Patricia A. O’Dwyer, of
Zurich, won her Bachelor of
Science degree in Nursing.
Ontario will go to the polls I announcement. Mr. Pryde named next Monday in a provincial elec-| Mr. R. N? Creech, of Exeter, as
tion. In Huron County it will.............
be a straight two-party contest
between Tom Pryde, of Exeter,
Progressive Conservative, who
was elected to the legislature in
the by-election last February,
and Frank Fingland, K.C., of’
Clinton, the Liberal standard-
bearer,
At a meeting in Hensall Town
Hall Moixday afternooix the
names of these two men were
officially placed in nomination
with the Returning Officer, F.
R. Darrow, K.C., of Goderich,
presiding. Before a small crowd
aftei’ the one-hour period had
expired, Darrow made his
his official agent, while Mr.
Fingland named Mr. J. K. Hun
ter, barrister, of Goderich, as
his agent.
The returning officer announ
ced that at the request of Mr.
Elmer D. Bell, president of the
Huron Progressive Conservative
Association, he would
Mr. Albert Kalbfleisch,
ich, president of the
Liberal Association, to
chairman for the meeting.
Kalbfleisch called the
dates to the platform,
was agreed that
hex* students in
were front 26 to 3 8
G. Roy Fenwick,
music for the De
Education, was the
Highest mark aw-
__ eighty
Girl’s
Rose
Sep-
Giri’s
Part
4 , HUP
and under,
. Columban
first, 86;
and under,
1, Faye Ross, S.S. No.
bert, second, 83; Girl’s solo, 11
years and under, Part 2, Rose
Marie Ducharme, St. Columban,
first, 85; Girl’s solo, 14 years
and under, Given Britten, Dub
lin, second, 84; Boy’s solo, 14
and under, Edward Rowland,
St. Columban, first, S3; Open
duet, Kenneth Lane, Gordon
Kennedy, St. Columban, second,
84; Unison Chorus, U.S.S. No.
2, Hibbert (Dublin) third, 84;
Double Trio, U.S.S. No. 2, Hib
bert, third 81; Choral reading,
U.S.S. No. 2, Hibbert, first S3;
S.S. No. 8, Logan, second,
Al-
82.
Huron-Perth Baseball
On Wednesday evening,
2nd, Exeter and Clinton Radio
played to a tie 5-5. Game was
called at end of the seventh.
June
Fifty Homes for
Centralia Station
R.C.A.F. Station Centralia
will receive fifty dwellings this
summer. The houses will come
under the $ 2 0,00 0,000 nation
wide service personnel housing
program announced in the House
of Commons at Ottawa by De
fence Minister Brooke Claxton.
The announcement came last
Thursday. The ultimate finish
ing time of the dwellings will
depend largely on supply of
materials and labor hut the de
partment hopes to have them
completed before whiter. The
announcement came after an in
tensive survey of the critical
situation had been taken,
lo-tment of the houses will be
made, irrespective of rank,
the basis of
ily and the
rental rates
al quarters
to rank or
be constructed will vary in size
from four to six rooms and in
cost from approximately $6,-
500 to $8,000 each, apart from
the costs of services. They will
be permanent st: uetures of dur
able materials and designed to
provide maximum] comfort with
in the price range. The homes,
while alleviating the situation
to some extent, will not appre
ciably alter the desperate hous
ing shortage at the airport. Clin
ton Radio Schoo-’ will also
ceive fifty house .
, on
the size of the fam
need existing, but
would be the norm
allowance according
position. Houses to
Former High Sch ool
Students Win Awards
Peter Fraser aud Marjorie
Klopp, graduates of Exetex' Dis
trict High School received
awards from the University of
Western Ontario for their work
in the past semester it was an
nounced last week, Peter Fraser
won the Huron County Scholar
ship for highest man, the John
Gordon
Second
matics
Kappa
Award
matics.
Peter xs ’not entitled to
both the McIntosh and the Hur
on County Scholarship). He ac
cepted the Huron Award which
he also won last year. The
Board of Govenors’ scholarship
foi’ Honours French and Latin
went to Marjorie Klopp, of Zur-
McIntosh Scholarship for
Year Honours, Mathe-
and Physics, and the
Tau Sigma Fraternity
for Second Yeax’ Mathe-
(By a standing rule,
accept
T.B. Survey Very Good
Two thousand three hundred
persons took advantage of the free
tuberculosis X-Ray held in Exe
ter the forepart of this week.
The survey comprised Exeter,
Centralia, Usborne and Stephen
Townships. The unit will move
to Dashwood for Thursday and
Friday, June 3rd and
Zurich June 7th and Sth;
Hensall June Sth and 10th. Mr.
Gordon Dawe and Mr. William
Kennedy,
operators
ladies of
voluntary
administration.
commenting on the survey said
it had been “very good”. Funds
for this survey come from
sale of Christmas seals.
4 th;
and
of Toronto were the
of the instrument. The
the Red Cross gave
help to assist in the
Mr. Dawe, in
Tragedy struck at a quarter
after seven, Saturday night,
when Harold “B.ung” McDonald
truckex* at the Canning Factory,
and his wife, Jean Emiline
Baynham McDonald were fatal
ly injured in a car accident at
Mooresville. Both persons were
rushed to St. Joseph's hospital
in the Hopper-Hockey ambu
lance where Mrs. McDonald died*
of multiple injuries one' houi'
after admittance and her hus
band, on Sunday, without re-,
gaining consciousness. They
leave one daughter, Marcia, ’ age
six. ~services
the
Opening Tournament
The opening tournament
the Exetei* lawn bowlers
held Wednesday afternoon
evening of last week with a
attendance. The weather
ideal and the greens good,
dividual scores were
ners for the ladies
V. Rutherford first;
Cann and Mrs. R.
tied
the prize went to Mrs. Dinney.
For . ” " - -
was first and S. B. Taylor and
Ross Taylor tied for second, the
former winning the prize. The
ladies that did not bowl played
b.ridge. Supper was served by
the ladies.
Rutherford
and Mrs.
for second and
!
of
was
and
fair
was
In
kept. Win-
were
Mrs.
C.
in
Mrs.
Art
Dinney
a draw
men, Mr. Vern Rutherford
First Draft of Pastoral Moves
Among the., pastoral changes
listed by the settlement commit
tee of the London Conference
in its first draft Tuesday are
the
will
For
rie;
Bright; Ailsa Craig, Rev. W. 0.
Mather, B.A., B.D.; Lucan, _Rev.
R. D. Cumming, ‘ ~
Thorndale, Rev. F. E. Clysdale;
Fullarton, Rev. E.
Th.; Kirk ton, Rev.
B.A.; Woodham,
Wanloss; Salford,
Passmore, B.A., B.D., who comes
to the London Conference from
Manitoba.
following. The final draft
be made later in the week.
Crediton, Rev. H. F. Cur-
Dungannon, Rev. James
B.A,, B.D.f
G. Dale, B.
Homer Dean,
Rev. T. A.
Rev. R. A.
Close for the King’s Birthday
Monday, June 7th, is the
King’s!1 birthday and a statutory
holiday. The schools, bank and
post office will be closed for.
the day as ■well as the Centralia
Airport. Quite a number will be
on a long week-end vacation
and more than likely will not be
on hand to vote that day. Those
returning early may vote up un
til seven p.m.
To Re-Surface Highway
Word has been received
the highways department in Tor
onto that No, 4 Highway is to be
fre-surfaced in the near future
for several miles north and south
of Exeter.
Elimville Tea
from
Attend Bakers’ Convention
Mr. Dorey, Mrs. Maybe
Mr. and Mrs. Jenson, from
Mayfair Bakery and
and
the
and
Mrs.
Mr.
■Mrs. Roy Brock, Mr. and
Schwalm,Les Sims and Carl
.from Brock’s Bakery attended
the Bakers’ Convention at Lon
don Wednesday afternoon and
evening. The program consisted
of displays in the afternoon,
suppei' and entertainment
night.
Mrs. Everett
Arthur Kers-
in the church
as
at
Barn of Clifford Keys
Destroyed by Fire Sunday
A frame barn, owned by Clif
ford H. Keys, of Varna, was de
stroyed by fire at midnight Sun
day. A corn binder, 2 seed drills,
some wagons and a quantity of
hay and straw also were destroy
ed. The barn is on the Robert
Elliott place, about three miles
south of Varna, on the Babylon
line. Bayfield fire department re
sponded but the fire had too ear
ly a start. Cause was not known.
Loss was estimated in thousands
of dollars.
I
to take
will be
field the
has been
Miss Helen Anthony
Appointed toO.R.E.C
Miss Helen Anthony who has
been offered an interesting posi
tion with the Ontario Religious
Council, has resigned from the
staff of Alma College
up this work, which
I sponsoring in a wider
fine type of work she
doing at the college, where she
was in charge of religious edu
cation as well as being assistant
to the Dean. Miss Anthony,
daughter of Rev. James and
Mrs, Anthony, of Exeter, has
been appointed Children’s Work
Secretary of the O.R.E.C., with
headquarters in the Wesley
Buildings, Toronto. She will
work with Conferences through
out the province, give leadership
to vacation Bible schools and
religious education camps
extend children’s work of the
O.R.E.C. Miss Anthony takes
over her new duties at the first
of September, but will also at
tend the Audio - Visual Confer
ence at McMaster University,
Hamilton, in June and the re
gular Ontario Religious Educa
tion camp on Lake Simcoe in
August.
I
and
Splendid Event
Bouquets of tulips and apple
blossoms formed the setting in
the basement of Elimville
church for a delightful tea and
cooking sale arranged by mem
bers of the Elimville Institute
on Wednesday, May 26th. Mrs.
Kenneth Johns, president and
Mrs. Wm, Johns, secretary, wel
comed the guests.
Upon entering the auditorium
of the church each guest was
presented with a corsage of Lily
of the Valley by
Skinner and Mrs.
lake.
A program held
with, Mrs. Harold Taylor
chairlady, was as follows; vocal
duet
Mrs.
duet
Mrs.
nett,
ful address on the Institute
Creed; Miss Anna Brock gave
a reading; piano solo by Mrs.
Philip Johns; vocal duet by
Mrs. Harold Bell and Mrs. Ed.
Johns and the National Anthem.
They adjourned to the base
ment of the church where tea
was served.
The Tea Table centred with
red roses and forget-me-nots
formed a beautiful setting
the event. Mrs. Thomas
and Mrs. Roy Johns poured
Serving the guests were
Wm. Ellerington, Mrs. W.
Bride; Mrs. Ross Skinner,
Gilbert Johns, Miss Ruth Skin
ner, Mrs. Alvin Cooper and
Harold
Mrs.
mittee
cacies.
by Mrs.
Horace
by Mrs.
Norman
of Exeter, gave a wonder
Jud Dykeman and
Delbridge; piano
Harold Hern and
Brock; Mrs. Bur-
Bell.
Alvin Pym and her
sold home made
for
Bell
tea.
Mrs
Mc-
•Mrs.
Mrs.
com-
deli-
Private funeral
were held yesterday (Wednes
day) at 2 o’clock from the
Hopper-Hockey funeral home.
Mr. Harry Lewis, of Crediton,
drove his car out of Wm, Seib
er’s garage, six miles north of
Lucan, onto No, 4 highway,
travelling north. Harold Shaw,
driving his 19 34 two-door Chev
rolet, in which the two
were riding north, came
hind the Lewis car and,
to stop in time, pulled
pass. The car struck the
end of the Lewis vehicle,
collided h§ad-on with a
Oldsmobile driven by Mr.
ford Putherbough of 869 Water
loo Street, London, coming from
the north. Shaw’s car careened
to the east side of the road
standing perpendiculai’ to the*
highway with its nose against
the fence. The Oldsmobile,
which -was pulling a trailer and
boat, made an about face with
the boat jackknived to it on .the
west side. Both vehicles were
badly damaged. The victims
were hurled from the car. Har
old McDonald, sitting in the
j front beside Shaw was thrown
' to the west side of the road.
Mrs. McDonald .was sitting dir
ectly behind her husband and
was thrown forward. Mrs. Shaw
was in the back seat but she re
ceived only laceration of the
mouth and nose. Harold Shaw
I suffered a cut above his eye.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonalds had
been living in the corner
on the west end of Anne
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw live
Irwin apartments on
Street. He is a member
fire brigade at the airport and
comes from Temagami, Ontario.
He was co-captain of the local
hockey squad this season.
In the
Mr. and
erbough
suffered
bruises,
is were
Cornish
driver’s
the Beiber
fan belt of
Dunlop administered first aid at
the scene. Dr. A. R. Routledge
is the coroner, police constable
Reilly would disclose
ation. Reports caxne
• witness accounts.
Harold MacDonald
—'Please Turn to
victims
up be-
unable
out to
rear
then
new
Clif-
house
Street,
in the
Huron
of the
Putherbough car, were
Mrs. Clarence A. Puth-
and Mrs. Putherbough
a sprained ankle and
Riding with Harry Lew-
Calvin Cutting,
and
son.
Gerald
Heber Lewis, the
He had pulled into
gargare to fix the
the car. Dr. J. G.
no inform-
from eye
was in his
Page Seven
GEORGE A. DREW
Premier of Ontario
request
of Zur-
Huron
act as
Mr.
candi-
when it
each speaker
would be allowed twenty min
utes to speak, with Mr. Pryde
to have five minutes to reply at
the close.
Explaining the poor attend
ance at the meeting—-there was
a mere handful when the meet
ing got under way but increas
ed as the meeting progressed,
remarked that
farmer was
something and taking
nice weather
half of any cause more to my
liking than this one. The govern
ment has a record of which we
can be very, very proud.”
Mr. Pryde stated that the
government’s educational policy
had been implemented to the
full and that it had leaned over
backward in its generosity. Nev
er had a government in the his
tory of Ontario done so much
for education.
The speaker averred that the
tax rate of the town of Clinton
would have been 41 mills high
er if it had not been for provin
cial grants;
direct aid to
The three
county had received
receive $75,000 toward new hos
pital construction, and the gov-
they had beeix a
property owners.
hospitals of the
oi’ would
as the meeting
■the chairman
practically every
sowing
advantage of the
to prepare for Monday.
Thomas Pryde
Thomas Pryde, Progressive-
Conservative candidate, thanked
all those who signed his nomin
ation papers. He stressed the
fact that it was necessary to
get out the vote, and declared
that we should not miss any op
portunity to vote to decide the
government of the country.
“Mr. Frank Fingland and I
have been
years and will remain friends
after this election is over”, he
said, “The only trouble for him
is that he is defending a bad
cause. For my own part, I nev
er took Up the cudgels on be-
friends foi*many
THOMAS PRYDE
P.-C. Candidate
ernmCnt had
maintenance
to $2.75 per basic bed, an in
crease of 275 pex* cent. This was
being accomplished by the On
tario
the amusement tax of 20
cent. He charged that the Liber
als had supported this principle
in the House but now were talk
ing against it on the hustings.
Mr. Pryde stated that 150
miles of rural hydro lines were
being built this year, a record
of which to be proud. “The
change-over won’t cost you one
cent out
Dr. Hogg
going to
you,” he
stated that they would reinstate
Dr. Hogg as chairmaix of the
Hydro Electric Power Commis
sion.
In deciding to call an election
the government contention was
that a great plan of that kind
should be endorsed by the peo
ple. It would cost $600,000,000.
He charged that the Liberal
government, did not do one sin
gle thing to look after the shor
tage of power. Farquhax* Oliver
and the Liberals didn’t say one
thing about it when they were
in power.
“Why not explaixx what Mr.
Drew has done?” piped a voice
from the audience.
Mr, Pryde declared that the
report on education from the
Royal Commission was not ready
yet and would be tabled at the
propei’ time, There was nothing
in it to hide.
Frank Fingland, K.C.
Frank Fingland, K.O., said it
was a great honor for him to be
the Liberal candidate and he
was very happy his opponent
was worthy of his steel.
decided to-increase
grants from $1.00
government taking . ovei’
per
of your owix pocket;
had a plan which was
cost every last one of
said. The Liberals had
tax
tion, -When some Conservatives
-had suggested that the govern
ment candidate be unopposed,
Mr. Fingland recalled precedent
in the case of the by-election
following the death of Thomas
McMillan, the Liberal member,
when Mr. Golding was opposed
by the Conservatives.
Regarding the Clinton
rate, Mr. Fingland said that Mr.
Pryde, had forgotten all about
the $15,000 required for trans
portation of pupils when talking
of increased grants.
If the government has plenty
of money to spend, the speakei’
did not see why it could not
spend some on roads. As every
one knew, some of the highways
and especially number 4, were
Discussing the recent by-elec
FRANK FINGLAND
Liberal Candidate
in a disgraceful state. I
Mr. Fingland stated that last
year there were almost 900 pa
tients in Clinton Public Hospi
tal, and the government grant
was just undex* $900, or about
$1.00 per patient. He thought
that was a pretty measly grant
to make for hospitalization by
a government which claimed to
do so much along this line.
The speakei’ maintained that
the hydro change-over was not
an issue, but when Mr. Drew or
Mr. Pryde' or anyone else states
that it is not going to cost the
people any money they must be
badly misinformed. “Despite the
fact that Mr. Drew moves in a
mysterious way,
come from you,
this province!”
Mr. Fingland
length with the
Dominion - Provincial Conference’
through the withdrawal of Mr.
Drew and his pal, Mr. Duplessis,
the Premier of Quebec. This
failure of Mr. Drew to coonerato
with the Dominion Government
in its forward-looking program
was costing the people of On
tario a tremendous amount of
money. The Provincial Govern
ment was not fulfilling its obli
gations.
Succession duties were a field
in which there was nothing but
grief because the Ontario Gov
ernment would not cooperate
with the Federal Government in
arriving at an amicable s.olution
of British North America Act
differences.
"Our forefathers did a titanic
job in 1867 in moulding tills
Confederation of Canada, hut
we must keep pace with them,”
Mr. Fingland declared. “It’s
time we sat around a common
council table and attempted to
the money must
the taxpayers of
| solve our mutual problems.
“We’ve got to think national
ly and forget about our provin
cial differences” he continued.
“A rich and prosperous country
like Canada should not be allow
ed to neglect the health of its
citizens. We should raise our
sights, and not talk so much
about provincial rights, but do
more for the national health, as
proposed by the Liberal Govern
ment at Ottawa.”
Mi*. Pryde Replies
Mr. Pryde, in his five-minute*'
‘ reply, declared it was on the
’ public record that the Dominion
Government itself brought tpe
; Dominion - Provincial Conference
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dealt at some
wrecking of the.
FARQUHAR OLIVER
Ontario Liberal Leader
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