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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-07-14, Page 1EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1949 i District Brigades Control Severity-sixth Year Single Copy 6ft “A”, Mur- High type Butler an ac Sunday Orville was in Cars Crash At Crediton Provincial Constable A, of Goderich investigated cident at Crediton on morning. A cai’ driven by McGussin, R.R. 1, Arva, collision with one driven by Em­ erson Wein, Crediton, when the latter pulled into a laneway in front? of the McGusson car. Dam­ age to the latter was estimated at $3'00 and .to the Wein vehicle at $200. No one was injured. butcher Tieman, the fire A strong southeasterly wind blowing through Dashwood 'early Friday morning fanned a hot barn fire in the centre of town and threatened many frame structures around it. The intense early morning blaze razed a part frame barn, owned by Milfred Merner, situated at the rear of his home on the iffain street, but fire-fighting ef­ forts of the local brigade and the Zurich fire department saved other nearby buildings’ from the leaping flames'- And scattering sparks. Had that southeasterly wind been blowing north, residents say the blaze might easily have swept through part of the main street. Noticing smoke when she got out of bed to check the lock on the door, Mrs. Ross Guenther awakened her husband and he ran down the street to put in the alarm. \ Mr. Guenther informed ' the local telephone operator on duty, Miss Pearl ’Kraft, who notified Zurich, Grand Bend and Cen­ tralia fire departments. The .barn, near the shop owned by A. V. was ablaze by the time brigades arrived. In a few min­ utes, hundreds of citizens had jumped from bed fire. Mr. Tieman’s ten feet from the ing, was scorched as were some other buildings. ' Firemen sparks would sweep across the structure and spread to the rest of the village, but while adjoin­ ing homes were being dampened by hose, the fire was brought •under control. ■Cause of the blaze was un­ known. •Some corn, owned by the Tie­ mans, garden tools, owned by Mr. Merner, and his son’s tri­ cycle were destroyed. The Grand Bend brigade arrived, as the fire was well under control. Fire trucks from Centralia were on the alert did not go to the Kitchen Gutted Fire gutted the brick farmhouse . _ Orville Beaver, R. R. 1 Hensall, Friday afternoon but a fight by neighbours prevented it from ravaging through the house. Damage was estimated at $500. While .Orville and other men were in the barn laying a cement floor, and his wife and children were hoeing in a nearby field, the fire, believed caused by a short circuit in an electrical wall plug which served a kitchen hot­ plate, started. Earl Dick, barn, spotted the smoke within a few minutes help rived to fight the fire and move furniture. A hose was attached to near-by cistern to spray house and a bucket brigade formed from the pump to farmhouse.Although dining-room furni­ ture was destroyed, furniture in the rest of the house was saved. Heavy smoke damaged the upper storey above the kitchen.Fire brigades from Hensall and Exeter responded to the call. Hensall chemical tanks were used in the kitchen.On Friday night, relatives and friends from Exeter and district helped to clean up after the fire. The Beavers have five child­ ren, two girls, Norma and Irene, and three boys, Lloyd, Bobby and Garry. to rush to the garage, some flaming ibuild- from the heat, nearby feared the blaze. but kitchen of •occupied working in the by the and ar- re- Top Racers Here For July 20 Meet Nine of the best three-year-old pacing colts have entered the three-year-old stake race to .be held at Exeter on Wednesday^ July 20. The entries are Barry Herbert, Danny Herbert, Little Bill-» Dillon the Great, Mary-A. Scott, Buddy Gratton, Bloomer Girl, Henley Wilkes, Pine Ridge Van. At the Norwich races, Dillon the Great and Barry Herbert each took a ’heat—the latter turning in a mile in 2.15, the fastest heat among the colts. At Strathroy, Little Bill took all three heats^his fastest mile be­ ing 2.13. Besides these three colts especially mentioned, the other six are all good pacers and the results will be in doubt till the last heat of the race. In addition to the thrfee-year- old pace, there is a 2.2S, 2.22 and 2.17 class. Mr. Frank Taylor has his fine pacer Huron Express entered in the 2.28. Huron Express took two firsts and a third at the Strathroy races. There is a large entry of horses in this race. There are many good horses entered in the 2.22 and 2.17 class.. There are such outstand­ ing pacers as Amber Gratton, Silver Peter, Miss Corporal Grat­ ton, Della Axworthy and Tony Mac. Anyone who saw Amber Gratton'“(owned by Tom Yearly) and Silver Peter (owned by Eric McIlroy) go at the Strathroy races on July 1 will remember the thrilling race, that took place between these two grand pacers in the three heats -of the 2.22, going the mile in 2.10. All the other entrants are fast and will give plenty of opposition to any favourite. The open rates close on Satur­ day, July 16, and a large entry is definitely -assured. The track is in wonderful condition,* being one of the fastest half-mile tracks in Western Ontario. The roof on the grandstand will be completed, the stands giving ac­ commodation to over 1,500 peo­ ple. the the was the inPLANE WITH EYES THAT'SEE IN THE ‘DARK — Capable of flying and fighting pitch darkness, U.S. air force’s new Lockheed F-94 is a two-seat, radar-equipped, 24<-hour jet night fighter. The plane, designers say, .can" fly and fight under conditions of weather and visability that would ground standard jet fighters. —Central Press Canadian .. ..................................................... ............. ............................... ................................................................................................ .................. '■____—.......................................- .......................................................•' ’ flIssue Fall Fair Dates Here is a tentative list of dates for fall fairs in this dis­ trict, as issued by the Agricult­ ural Societies’ Branch of the Ontario Department of Educa­ tion: Exeter, Sept. 21, 22; Kirk­ ton, Sept. 29, 30; Zurich, Aug. 3'd, 31; Thedford, Sept, 28,29; Mitchell, Sept, 27, 28; Seaforth, Sept. 22, 23; St. Marys, .Sept. 19- 21; Parkhill, Sept. 2i3; Ilderton, Sept. 28; Bayfield, Sept. 27, 28. Centralia Head Garagemen Decide On Half-Holidays Exeter Garage Operators Gets Promotion Wing Cmdr. W. F. M. Newson, D.S.O., D.F.C., and Bar, newly- appointed commanding officer of the R.C.A.F. base ,at Centralia, has been promoted to the rank of Group Captain, regaining the rank he held in the .war-time force when he flew famed Canadian Squadron. The large training Centralia calls for a commander with the rank of group captain, and regains this flag standard lost with the posting of Group Captain M. D.. Lister. In the interim Centralia was under the command of Wing<Cmdr. W- C. Van Camp, D.F.Cb o Group Captain Newson now is senior officer in this district and the only officer to receive this rank in this area in the summer promotion lists. Also at Centralia, Sqdn.-Ldr. A.^R. Holmes has been promoted to Wing Commander. He was of­ ficer commanding the School of Flying Control.. He becomes head of the Instrument Flying School at Centralia, replacing Wing Cmdr. Jack Roberts wh0 has been posted on course to the United States Air Force Uni­ versity at Maxwell Field, Alas- bama. Group Captain Newson over Centralia June 4. During the war he was decorated for his work in flying master bombers against heavily-defended German targets. Exeter Garage Operators met last Thursday and decided ' they would close their shops on Wed­ nesday afternoons. However, one station, the one that is open the Sunday before, will remain open Wednesday afternoon to serve the public. ■Secretary Russ Snell said signs would fee posted in each of the garages indicating which service station will be open on Wednes­ days and Sundays. “This way,” Russ said, “each of the operators gets his fair share of the busi­ ness and we all get holidays.” Graham Arthur is president of the. operators, <and Fred Newton is- vice-president. Suffers Compound Fracture Nancy Webber, 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Webber, of Varna, and grand­ daughter of Mrs. Valeria Arid- strong, of town, had the mis­ fortune to fall from a tree at her home Tuesday and suffered a compound fracture of the .right arm at the wrist. She was brought to the office of Doctor Dunlop. with the Pathfinder station at took Two Receive Certificates Among the results announced by the Ontario College of Edu­ cation last week, Joseph "Creech was awarded a High School as­ sistant certificate, type specializing in history and ray Moore received his School assistant certificate, "B”, Bis hop Dedicates Church Tro unce North The South All-Stars ^pounded four, pitchers for fifteen hits and took advantage of nine bobbles in the field to trounce the North 15-6. The game was played on the Hensall diamond, Wednesday night. The winners started their rally early in the game collecting seven runs in the second frame and from there on in easy victory. The in but four innings, in in the second added in each of seventh with another the plate in the eighth. Ray Yelle Dashwood ace, start­ ed on the mound for the South. In his three frames he allowed but one hit and one run. O’Brien of Zurich took over in the fourth and held the losers scoreless un­ til the sixth. Two runs came in in that inning. Denboer from .the Airport finished the game and gave Up the other three tallies. ~ ~ Five coasted to ,an North scored One run came and two were the sixth and crossing Pea Crop 80 Per Cent Below Previous Yea rs The local branch of the Cana­ dian Canners reports an eighty per cent slash from a normal crop of peas. iForty per -cent of the crop has been plowed down as a result of the drought condi­ tions existing during the month of June and only twenty per cent is being harvested. Branch manager, E. J. Green, expects an eighty-one,;’/pen. cent crop of beans, coni’ anti cabbage after the heavy rain over the week-end. The corn crop. will bo of the instead loss of Africa. The east side of town is expected to yield year, since ed. yellow variety this year of white, because of the export markets to^ (South factory orchard on the 1,500 -bushels of pears this It will be the first harvest the 2,700 trees were plant- Bawden Trophy Brought Home The Sandy Bawden trophy sits complacently in the Hopper- Hockey store window, Exeter, after it had rested abroad for its first year. The Exeter rink of Ken Hoc­ key, Ulric- Snell -and Lex Mac­ Donald nosed out the trophy de­ fenders, Mert Reed, Harold Free and Bill Duifean, of Seaforth, to bring the large silver cup back tb its birthplace. Piling up a score of 3 wins plus 41, the Exeter trio defeated last year’s winners by thirteen points at the local Sandy Baw­ den Trebles Tournament , held last Wednesday. Bowling was held up for the first half-hour by rain. Twenty- two rinks, frpiprthe-s^i^rl^ppm^ peted tbrutha trophy ”amT “dthdr prizes. Skip winners were as follows: K. Hockey, 3 plus 41; M. Reed, Seaforth, 3 plus 28; E. Piper, Parkhill, 3 plus 19; P. McCal­ lum, London, 2 plus 24; W. Mil­ ler, Wingham, 2 plus 21; ” Christie, Seaforth, 2 plus 18. B. Enjoy Musical Evening A number of relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Sillery on Thursday eve­ ning of last week to bid farewell to Mr. ahd Mrs. John Allison, Mr. and Mrs. Allison of Roland, Man., and Mrs. C. Johnston and daughter Allison, of Winnipeg, who left for their homes day. During the evening piano selections iby Mrs. ton and Allison and cornet by Mr. Milton Allison were enjoyed. A lovely lunch served by the hostess. x on Fri- several Johns- solos much was Plane Used To Spray Insects Residents .of Port Frank are hoping that fly swatters and mosquito netting can be put away for the rest of the season, following a spraying operatidn carried out by the .pilot of a helicopter plane. Early Monday m o r n i n g while the dew was heavy, he flew low over the resort section, and .sprayed all trees and vegetations with a fine mist of spray poisonous to all insect life. Mosquitos and flies were an especial nuisance in recent weeks, and the pest spraying was made possible by efforts of local and summer residents. Names Omitted Due to an error in the .report of the entrance results last week, the names of Margaret Wilson and Barbara Wright did not ap­ peal* under the Exeter list and Graham Truemner, Carl Turn­ bull, and Philip Walker were not listed among Dashwood students. All the above pupils were cessful. Judge Hears sue- Aphids Damage Local Turnip Crops Sucking aphids are badly damaging local turnip crops and only cooler weather will stop them, Seth Winer, manager of the Exeter Rutabaga Company, said Tuesday. Many farmers have replanted several times""ibut the small, green insect, thriving in the hot, dry weather, keeps de­ stroying the Vegetables. Although spraying and dusting of preventatives have been tried, it has little effect on the aphids since they cling to the underside of the leaves. As yet the Depart­ ment of Agriculture has found no guaranteed cure. Manager Winer said there is still time to plant new crops and, although yields may not be heavy, prices will probably be high because of the shortage. The ruin appears general over the country and means a terrific loss to many farmers. Small out* breaks of the insect have been noted other years, but never have they been so general or so serious.The small insects get on the underside of the leaves and suck the plant juices. They are like the small Insects which kill rose plants.Sugar bests in this area, how­ ever, ate hot badly affected. — Continued on Page Father, Three Sons Drilling For Oil Oil drilling on RoSS Oke's farm, Usborne, has been fairly slow .because of large stone haz­ ards. The pipe has been lowered about 65 feet. William MacGregor and his three sons, Ronald, Bruce .and Wilmer, of Kippen, are drilling the pipeline in tlieir spare time. They estimate the Well Will have to .be l,50i() feet deep and al­ though progress is slow, 'Mr. MacGregor says “We’ve got five years to get down there.” “We’re our own .geologists,” he states, “and we figure there’s a pool of oil under here”. Other men seem to think there is oil in Western Ontario too., other wells, one six miles of Lucan, and the other Clinton, are being drilled hopes of striking a pool. TWO west near with Exeter Rink Wins Doubles Tournament A Scotch Doubles tournament was held on the local greens, Monday evening, with rinks from Listowel, Blyth, Seaforth, London, Mitchell, St. Marys .and Exeter taking part. Three 10-end games were played. Two of Exe­ ter’s veteran bowlers, W. E. Sanders and R. G. Seldon, skip, defeated r i n k s from Seaforth, Mitchell and St. Marys to win first prize with three wins plus 23* J. Hooper, London, was sec­ ond with 3 plus 20; Vodden, of Blyth was third With 2 plus 18. Ulric Shell and H. C were tie with Jermyn, towel, for fourth prize, the latter- in a draw. Rivers of LiS- won hy Reunion Held For Mrs. Amy Ryckinan A reunion was held for Amy Ryckinan, of Moose Sask., at the slimmer home of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Moorhouse, Hillsboro Beach, Forest, on Sun­ day afternoon. Those attending were Mrs. George Van Horne; Mr. and Mrs. John Nediger and" family; Mi. and Mrs. Norman ,Couhter and family, all of Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Van Horne and fam­ ily, of Dublin, and Mr. and Mrs. Will Ryckman, of Exeter. Mrs. Jaw, Gets Safety League Award Russell Hedden, son of Mrs. C. M. Hedden, of Hensall, was among 23 Brewers Warehousing Company drivers to be awarded Ontario Safety League .certifii- cates and checks for $25 accident-free d r i v i'n g over a 12-montli period, Holds Picnic Janies St. United for records Choir v The choir held a picnic at the of Mr. Lawrence Wein, the choir­ master, at Turnbull’s Grove, Thursday. Choir members, their wives, husbands, or friends played ball, enjoyed games sat down to a lovely lunch. Church cottage and No Address Given The Times-Advocate Is in ceipt Of two subscriptions, from Trenton, Mich., and other from Denfield. We have been unable to trace the senders as ho address was given. We would be glad of any informa­ tion. re- one the 3 Centralia Co-op Safe ‘Robbed Of $25 The Farmers Co-Operative and Supply at Centralia, owned by Bill Elliott, was broken into Sat­ urday night and the safe stolen. The safe was taken to the \ fifth concession of Stephen and opened, The thieves got away With only approximately $25 in sliver. They also took a quantity of cigarettes, tobacco, and choco­ late bars. Provincial Constable E. Zimmerman? of Exeter, and Provincial Constable H o 1 m a r , Snell of Seaforth investigated. Labour Dispute* Conciliation Board set up to hear a wage dispute between Canadan Canners, Exeter, and workers at the plant completed its work in morning and after­ noon sessions at London, Tues­ day. Decision of the board will be - sent to the Ontario Department of Labor and will be released at a later date. Judge Ian McRae was chair­ man with W. R. Beatty, Pem­ broke, representing the company, and H. J. Budget, Toronto, the union. Conflicting claims aired before the board were reported to be five cents an hour wage increase offered by the company, 15 cents asked by the union; 2 statutory holidays offered by the company, four asked by the union; and two weeks paid holidays after 10 years service offered by »the company, two weeks after five years asked by the union. Union local involved in the dispute is Local 286, Amalgam­ ated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of America, A.F.L. Bend In a simple service, in a humble setting, Bishop G. N. Luxton, of Diocese of London dedicated the newly-built church of England at Grand Bend, as “Saint John’s by the Lake” Sun­ day evening. ' The plain white church, ,ated on .the east side of the Water Highway, near the rance to Oakwood, was completed on the week-end, built in a re­ cord time of 29 days. The building of the church has been a combined effort of the bishop, the residents of Grand Bend and summer visitors of the village and the adjoining arqas of Beach O’ Pines, Oakwood, Turnbull’s Grove, Maple Grove and Kingsmere, Attendance .at the service was ■over two hundred and the over­ flow from the l(30-seat building was seated on chairs outside and nearby cars, hearing the service through a loudspeaker system. In charge of the church for the summer months will be Rev. Gordon Houghton, director o f the Huron Diocesan camp at Bay- field. Preceding his sermon Bishop Luxton asked every mem­ ber of the congregation to .sign the register at the door as they left. “I want each and every one of you .to consider yourselves to be one of the of this new Church. In time the church woul$ expand and some■pariSh^]?alBf.;sUh.^a.y‘. ^chpoU and rectory could be built. Bishop Luxton’s theme was “Work, .Worship and Worth”, three words which have import­ ant meaning for the small new church. Recalling his younger days, when he worked in a small church as a boy, he bishop re­ lated how much more the church meant to him because of these labours. M‘We came to love the church in a way which city folk miss because their religion is parcelled out to them” he said. “The happiest service of life is in the service of God. Wlwn you are working in the church you learn to love it. Many people now take their religion too easily, they let it become luke­ warm and inefficient and they don’t love it as they ^should." Bishop Luxton said that cut­ ward work from God’s Kingdom leads to the inward citadel of truth, which ,is worship. “Through God’s work aud worship, you will find life at the spiritual level and this Will give joy to .the existence,” he said. He pointed out that church had not been steal sheep from the other churches. “The reason we are here is because we feel that there is a need for a more in­ tense approach to ‘Chrisianity* by spiritually-minded persons,” said the Bishop. There should be a, force flowing from the churches which would turn men away from strife to faith and witness in God,” he added. / Assisting Bishop L u x t o n in i the service were Archdeacon L. » G. Clarke, of Brantford, and Rev. •Mr. Houghton and Rev. Canon ■ A. A. Trumper, of London. Bishop Luxton thanked all • who were present at the opening • service, especially friends from the United States. He said it > wasn’t possible to consecrate the i church until it* was free of debt and suggested that members of ' the church practice a little self* ■ denial in order to clear it of ’ —Continued on Page Ten May Post Nurse Here Dr. R. M. Aldis and Miss Norah Gunningham, public health nurse, of the Huron ’County Health Unit, were in Exeter Tuesday seeking a location for one of the five nurses which will be established in the county at the present time. Exeter, it is expected will be one of the centres, Please Note! The Times-Advocate will be closed from Saturday noon, July 23, until Tues­ day morning, August 2. Please place printing ders tills week-end for livery before July 23. or* de­ Sun- situ- Blue ent- spiritual founders flock’ -of Christ's bishop hoped the There definitely was an earth­ quake here at noon Friday. And those questioning citizens and reporters who doubt it can feel they missed something. Dominion observatory officials said Monday that the develop­ ment of the seismograph record for Friday showed there* was a “slight disturbance” in a direc­ tion somewhat south of Ottawa. The disturbance occurred at 1:26:Q9 E.S.T, (12:26:09 Day­ light Saving Time) but was so mild that its exact distance from Ottawa could not be traced. Dr. E. G. Pleva, head of the department of geography at the University of Western Ontario was more definite when contact­ ed Wednesday. He is quite satis­ fied that there was a tremor in the district. Dr. Pleva termed the disrup­ tion a “minor earthquake—a vib- discovery drabbest the new built to folds of “p’ation ‘of rock which disturbs loose soil and causes buildings to shake and windows to rattle.” The university professor has received reports from Exeter, St- Marys, London and Dashwood and said he felt quite “satisfied there has been a definite dis­ turbance since all reports coin­ cided”, In explaining the quake, Dr. Pleva commented: “There may be a certain amount of slumping or collapse of strate from which oil, gas tracted. satisfied There the earthquake and recent hot weather, the professor added. “An earthquake moves across the ground in a wave motion— just like a wave from a pebble which has been thrown in water,” he said. The tremor moved through town at noon and residents felt buildings sway, windows and dishes rattle, and heard low sub­ terranean rumbles. No damage was reported. When villagers met after the noon meal, discussions arose as to what had happened. It was thought oil drillers in ‘Usborne may have set off inquiry. (blasting during the' Others thought planes, trucks, and explosions, but upon investigation they found no support for their the­ ories. O Doubting Thomases called the reports a “fake” and looked upon those who felt it as being a little off line. There were many who didn’t notice the tre­ mor: in fact, the results of an unofficial poll show that approx­ imately fifty-seven per cent of local thing told. At from dents Centralia, Road, London called or wrote to The Times-Advocate office to say they had heard the rumblings too. Mrs. Ernest Hord of Ilderton wrote a typical account of the shake: “We have heard over the radio that the earth tremor at —Please Turn to Page Five ...........-.......-__- I or salt have been ex- T 'h e s e conditions are in Western Ontario.” is little relation between a dynamite - showed no day. « of jet air- residents didn’t know a about it until they were first the report came only Exeter, but later on resi­st Woodham, Elimville, ,, Dashwood, Thames Ilderton, St. Marys and Majority Isn’t Always Right Results of an unofficial T-A poll showed 57 per cent of local residents weren’t disturbed by the earthquake on Friday. Of 118 persons asked ih the .town, 67 said they hadn’t noticed it and 51 ’were positive they were shaken by the tremor. Dry Weather Affects Huron Cattle Trade Cattle have gone to market from Huron county in the past two weeks which ordinarily would not have been marketed for a month yet, it is reported by Gordon Bennett, agricultural representative for Huron. Dry weather and shortage of pasture has compelled many beet cattle farmers to shorten their feeding programs, and move out their market stock at less than normal market weights. & Hay lug in Huron is in full swing with the yield, medium to light. Spring grains are making better progress than was expect­ ed, in spite of extreme heat and dry now weather. Winter wheat is ripening rapidly. Crediton Motorist Injured In Accident Charles Anderson, of Credit* oil, better known to his friends as "Tupper” was the victim of a freak accident while motoring through Lucan, late Monday afternoon. He was rushed to St. Joseph’s hospital, ^London, suf­ fering fro m a fractured left shoulder, a bad cut on the arm, facial lacerations and shock. According to the police a heavy compressor, towed hy a south-bound truck, broke loose and rolled into the path of the car Anderson was driving north, Weight of the compressor on its wheels was estimated at from two and a half to three tons and in the impact the car was badly demolished. The truck was owned by the Graham and Graham Construct­ ion Company, of London, and was driven by James E. Farr, of that city. Mr. Anderson was alone in the car. He V?as treated by Dr. E. R. Patterson and vms taken to London In a C. J. Murdy ambulance. He was con­ scious at all times. At London he spent three hours on the operating table. His condition is serious but favorable and his many friends will hope far a speedy recovery. The accident was investigated by Provincial Constable Bob White, of Lucan.