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least one women’s group
each churelujn town has
on the project and it will
canvassers in conjunction
the coming T.B. mass X-
Eightieth Year EXETER, ONTARIO. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1952
District Mass X-Ray Next Month
Sponsored By Huron TB Ass‘n
...
PROBE AIR CRASH Investigations into this plane, crash in which “a student pilot was
killed .ire being conducted by RCAF Station Centralia and the Accident Investigation Dir
ectorate of the RCAF in Ottawa. The plane plunged to the ground on the farm of Roger
Bedard, one-half mile north of St. Joseph. Flight Cadet P. R. M. Langevin, of Montreal,
was the pilot killed. The accident occured last Wednesday. —Jack Doerr, Exeter
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Figures Delay Ice By-Law,
Four Taxpayers
Town council was forced to
postpone reading of a by-law for
the. $60,000 debenture issue for
artifical ice Monday night since
estimates from the contractor
haxi not arrived.
Four interested taxpayers were
on hand to comment about the
project: Two were against, one
for and another requesting local
contractors on the job.
Noble Scott and Oliver Fee
protested that drains and sewer
age system were more essential.
Mr Scott asked council: “Do
you think we should raise our
taxes for ice and let sewers and
drains go?” Mr. Fee stated,
“Drainage should be looked
after first.”
Irwin Ford, speaking in favor,
said the arena has been running
at a deficit for the past six years
and artificial ice would put it
that
on a paying proposition.
“Natural ice is only good for
about a month and a half, but
we can get five months revenue
from artificial ice,” he said.
G. K. Crocker felt the project
should -have more community
spirit behind it. “Local contrac
tors should get some considera
tion in the building”, lie said.
“If there isn't community
behind this thing, I dont
where you’ll come out on
Reeve Pooley said the
Hipel firm would be employed
as a general contractor but they
they had agreed to let local men
do whatever work they could.
Mr. Pooley, presiding for
Mayor W. G. Cochrane, stated
that any further discussion
should be made at a public meet
ing called for the purpose.
Members or -council _ .
hosts to officers of the council
of Huron Park RCAF
Centralia’s
sat through
lunch with
was over.
Purchase
house* from ___- ___
and, Housing Corporation
spirit
know
it.”
N. O.
played
Station
They
meeting and ate
council when it
housing site,
the '
the
of
Pastor, Glasses Intact
After Car, Eggs Smash
A badly smashed car and two
dozen crushed eggs belonging to
the Rev. A. ,E. Holley, pastor of
Main Street United Church, re
sulted from a head-on collision
on number four highway Thurs
day night.
Mr, Holley was shaken but un
harmed when anothex* car collid
ed with him on his way from
Exeter to his home in London.
His glasses, although thrown
by the impact were found later
without a scratch on them. “It
was almost too much,” he said,”
to expect to see the eggs whole
too.”
Beginning May 12, every home
in the Exeter-Zurich district will
receive a visit from one of many
lady
with
Ray.
At
from
taken
be .each canvasser’s job to visit
four oi’ five homes and distribute
literature and a registration
card to every person over twelve
years in the household.
The canvass has been arranged
to make the people more aware
of the need for X-Ray for every
adult. At the last clinic in 1948
only 40 percent of the district’s
residents eligible fox* X-Rays
took advantage of the service.
There will be no charge to the
individual for the X-Ray and
everyone ovex’ twelve is urged to
take the step to help the com
munities around safer from the
health standpoint.
Public school children will not
be X-Rayed. From some 100,000
public school -children
-found that none had any signs of
the disease.
In charge of the Exeter dis
trict and outlying townships is
J. B. Creech and R. Illiley is in
charge of the Zurich district.
The Lions Club will look after
the canvass there,
In the district outside of Exe
ter, the canvass will be conduct
ed by Elimville, Hurondale, and
Crediton W o m e n’s Institutes.
Greenway Church ladies, Grand
Bend Church of God ladies, Cen
tralia United Clxijrch ladies and
the W.A. of R<JAF Centralia
it was
Juniors To Name Mail Boxes
On Usborne Township Farms
P.M.Q’s.
The clinic will be in the town
hall in Exeter and high school
students will receive X-Rays at
the school.
A full schedule of times and
places will be published at a
latei’ date.
The following questionaire ex
plains the project,
1. Is chest X-Ray in this sur
vey compulsory?—No, entirely
voluntary.
Warm Weather
Floods Bend
Grand Bend was taken un
awares by the early rush of
tourists who sought relief from
the heat Sunday.
Most of those booths that were
open sold out by early evening.
The roller rink was open for the
first time and was well patron
ized.
A record crowd lined the beach
and streets—some even made a
start on their summer tan.
Some prankster added to the
excitement by turning in a false
fire alarm.
2. Will there be any charge?
-—No. The cost of the survey is
financed by the Christmas Seal
Fund and subsidized by the Pro
vincial Department of Health.
3. Will it be necessary to re
move clothing’?-—No, Men will
be X-Rayed after removal of
coat and vest only. Women
should wear light clothing which
need not be removed.
4. ‘If I miss my appointment
may I be X-Rayed without mak
ing further arrangements?—Yes
Report to the nearest X-Ray
station and you will be X-Rayed
without appointment but it is
desirable to keep your appoint
ment.
5. When may I expect to hear
the result of my " ‘ “
taken each day
immediately and
specially trained
reports are made
whose chest film
normality. If you
port within several weeks fol
lowing the end of the survey,
you may be assured that no ab
normality has been found.
6. What happens if my chest
shows some abnormal shadows?
— (a) A number of peffeons will
show abnormal shadows which
are of no serious significance. In
such cases, a letter will be sent
to the individual advising him
of the findings and recommenda
tions. (b) In every case where
the X-Ray shows indications of
tuberculosis either active, in
active, or suspected, or where
there are indications of disease
—Please turn to Page 12
X-Ray?—Films
are developed
interpreted by
physicians. No
on individuals
shows no ab-
receive no re
Steal Over $200
From Show Cast
Thieves took over $200 from
performers of the Huronia Male
Chorus' “H.M.S. Pinafore” when
they presented the show for the
third time in Exeter Friday
night.
The money was stolen from
the clothes of the men aftei’
they had changed into costumes.
The clothes were in a classroonx
at the high school.
Between 400 and 500 attend-
performance,
to over
show in
ed the
the total
seen the
ances.
The Women’s
Centralia United
sored the operetta on Friday
night.
bringing
2,000 who have
its five appear-
Association of
Church spon-
Mystery Craft
Earth PI ane
That mystery sky trail
caused a lot of excitement in this
and other parts of Ontario Sun
day wasn't anything from Mars
or Jupiter—it was -from Britain.
Defence Minister Claxton re
vealed in the House of Commons
Monday that the speculative
vapor trail was caused, by the
■Canberra jet bomber-—one oi
the fastest planes in the air.
It was carrying Air Chief
Marshall Sir Hugh Lloyd, Chief
of the Royal Air Force Bomber
Command, who was flying from
Montreal to Omaha.
But many wondered if the
streaking object wasn’t one of
these inter-planetary objects
that everybody is speculating
about these days.
Observers estimated the craft
was going “in excess of 1,000
miles an hour”. Fighter aircraft
from the City of London Squad
ron tried to intercept the “thing”
but couldn’t come “anywhere
near the vapor-trail origin, al
though they pushed their planes
u-p to 450 miles an hour.”
Several persons in Exeter
district saw the vapor ixi
skies. It was reported to be
ing at about 30-.000 feet. Clar
ence McDonald, of Exeter, saw
the trail and the streaking
craft. So did Miss Donalda
Adams, a school teacher at
RCAF Station -Centralia, who
lives in town. Mr. McDonald was
north of Exetei’ when he noticed
the craft. Miss Adams saw the
vapor home, north of
Clinton.
and
the
fly
another wartime
Central Mortgage
' ’ l was
announced. Forty-eight out of
5 0 houses have now been sold.
Building permits were granted
to Douglas Harness, house on
Huron street; addition to Trivitt
Memorial Parish Hall; George
Douglas, house.
Council joined the Huron
County Municipal Association.
Drains, roads and parking were
discussed. „
South Huron Junior Farmers,
will tackle the big job of paint
ing and placing owners’ names
on all mail boxes in the town
ship of Usborne this spring.
Around 44 boys will take part
in the project, the first of its
kind in this district. If it's a
success, they’ll do the same job
in Stephen township next year.
The juniors will undertake a
canvass shortly to find out how
owners want their names print
ed and to explain the project.
Names will be printed in lum
inous letters on a black back
ground plate which will sit on
top of the box. Boxes will be
painted white.
The identification plates won’t
cost Usborne taxpayers a cent.
Grants of $150 have been don
ated by both the Usborne coun
cil and the Federation of Agri
culture and the boys will finance
the balance themselves. Cost
doing the job is estimated
$500. Over 400 ‘
treated.
Persons along
of the township
be
boxes will
the boundaries
who are
assessed
RCAF Forms Observer Corps
To Watch For Enemy Planes
R.C.A.F. officials are busy
organizing the Ground Observer
Corps—a civilian aircraft spotter
network—in this district.
The Corps, a volunteer group
of men and women administered
for the purpose of reporting the
presence of hostile or unidenti
fied aircraft, is designed as a
supplement to radar defences.
Chief observers in this area
are: Harold Bonthron, Hensail;
Howard K1 u m p p, Dashwood;
Herman Gill, Grand Bend; Jolin
C. Juul, Granton; E. Doyle, Mt.
Carmel; Major Jack Dawson, E.
D. , Parkhill.
These key men are to organize
a grouj) of 20 personnel under
them to lnan the posts. When
the district is organized, mock
manoeuvres will be made to test
effectiveness and aid training of
the personnel of the posts.
Watching and reporting
observers provide the advance
warning necessary for defensive
action. The work is of such a
nature that it normally will not
interfere with the observers’
regular occupations.
The GOC Observers report
their observations to Filter
Centre in London. This informa
tion is recorded and plotted on
a table, representing the area,
to indicate the reported position
and track of the aircraft. The
filtered information is
passed to -an apprdpriate
Defence Control Centre for
necessary action.
A.
by
then
Air
the
Mrs. Edgar Cudmore attended
the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. S.
C. Rothwell, at Lucknow on Fri-
taxpayers will
cents.
The juniors
township into
two boys are responsible for
section. They hope to start
ting the names up about
middle of May.
A committee of Glen Stewart,
Douglas May and Robert Hern
are in charge. Howard Pym is
president of the club.
The junior farmers are hoping
for the cooperation of Usborne
taxpayers to complete their
bitious project early.
liave divided
22 sections
COMMUNITY HALL Work on Stephen’s new community hall at Crediton is progress
ing rapidly. Men are laying brick for the 31-foot entrance addition tortile building. The
main hall will be divided into two floors to make twice as much accommodation as be
fore. Left to right are Ed Reu, Harold Gower, Joe Bullock, H. Schenk, Pat Page and Well
ington Haist, deputy-reeve of the township. —Jack Doerr, Exeter
each
am-
Fund Raises $2,100
Final total of the Red
campaign in this district is
$2,100, .slightly higher than last
year, Vernon Heywood, cam
paign chairman, announced this
week.
Original objective set by na
tional headquarters was $3,000.
In view of the numerous appeals
made recently, however, the local
committee is pleased with
results of their campaign.
Cross
the
Turn Clocks Ahead
The town of Exeter
its clocks ahead one
midnight this Sunday, _ ___
to a council proclamation.
Daylight Saving Time will
continue in force until midnight,
Sunday, Septemper 28.
turnwill
hour at
according
Herb Turkheim, manager; Harold Stade, coach; Don Hess.
Back row: Bill Merner, George Coleman, Don O’Brien, Gord
Baird, Bill Yungblut, Fete Gundy, Carl Decker, Glen
Doug O’Brien, and Jake Barnes. Junior Barash was
- ■■Jack Doerr,
ZURICH FLYERS Group Champions and W.O.A.A.
Fima.list.Sj Zurich Fivers pose for their official photo with
the “Albert Hess” trophy. The team lost the W.O.A.A, "B”
title to Milclmay Monarch in a liard-fought scries. Front row:
Ben (rigxxac, Bob McKinley, Ivan K-dbfleisch, president;
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Wcido,
absent,
Exeter
Town, RCAF Councils
Discuss Stray Dogs
Town council played hosts to
councillors of Huron Park, R.C.
A. F. Station Centralia’s housing
site, at the regular meeting on
Monday night.
The RCAF council, although
not operated under the regula
tions of a municipality, was on
hand to see how the local coun
cil handled town business.
Afterwards the local council
treated the airmen to lunch at a
local restaurant.
A mutual problem the two
councils discussed informally
was: Stray dogs.
No Increase In Rates Expected
After Fire Protection Inspection
The Canadian Underwriters’ | from a hydrant neai’ the fire hall
Association has intimated fire •
insurance rate for Exeter will
not be raised due to general
satisfactory conditions of fire
protection in the town.
Report of the inspection made
in January by the association’s
engineer indicates no serious
deficiencies, although several re
commendations are made.
In a test run called by the
inspector, the local brigade was
on the job in less than two
minutes and was hosing water
Flying Dutchman Hockey Star,
Sportsman G. Cochrane Dies
John Goldie Cochrane, 70, star
of Kitchener's Flying Dutchmen
in the 1905 era, died Saturday
afternoon after a lingering ill
ness.
He captained
with Kitchener
turned professional
Houghton, Mich
Cop-pex* League,
sional leagues. He played briefly
with -Montreal -Canadiens when
that team was formed in 1910
and
team, which twice won the title
in the Trolley League.
After his return from everseas
in the First World War, where
ho was wounded at St. Eloi, he
settled here where he was man
ager of Leavitt’s- theatre,
coached an Exeter-Zurich team
to the OHA playdowns which
included among its stars, the late
Babe Seibert and the Hoffman
twins.
At the opening of the new Kit
chener arena last year, Goldie
was named in a poll of fans as
one of four all-time stars this
great hockey centre had pro
duced, the others being Milt
and played rover
teams and then
with the
, team of t he
first of profes-
later captained the Galt
Sclunidt, Art Hillier, Jim Cole
man. It was on this occasion,
too, that Franke Selke, general
manager of the Canadiens and a
Kitchener product paid tribute
to Cochrane and Coleman as
having been his main inspiration
in his early hockey career.
Mr. Cochrane was a member
of the Exetei’ Legion branch and
of Caven Presbyterian Church.
He leaves his wife and one son,
W. G. Cochrane, who is Exeter’s
mayor,
Surviving are his wife,
nierly Pearl Leavitt, his
Mayor W. G. Cochrane;
brothers, Douglas and Leslie, of
Kitchener; and two sisters, Mrs,
Charles Ellis, Moose Jaw; and
Mrs. Frank Rooney, Toronto.
Services were conducted at
the Hopper-Hockey funeral home
on Tuesday under the auspices
of the Canadian Legion, Rev,
Donald Sinclair officiated. Inter
ment was made in Exeter ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were W i 11 i a in
Chambers, Reginald Knight,
Thomas Pryde, Harry Strang, R.
E. Fooley and William Sillery.
in three.
The report says the source of
water supply is sufficient, hut
reservoir capacity is 60% short
of standard requirements. Among
the recommendations made are:
Increase of brigade from 16 to
21; purchase of a ladder truck;
closer spacing of fire hydrants;
replacement of four-inch mains
by six-inch; increase storage
pacity from 250,000 gallons
625,000 gallons.
Since 193|». the numbex*
hydrants has increased from
to 44. Water mains are made _
of 20 percent eight-inch, 34 per
cent six-inch and 46 percent
four-inch.
The report also recommended
that arrangements should be
made for three or four of the
volunteers to sleep in the fire
hall at night and that an opera-
toi' should be on duty at all''
times at the pump house.
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Ondatra Disgusted At
Store Hours, Parking
If any of Exeter’s stores on
the west side of Main Street had
been open Tuesday night they
might have had. a novel custo
mer.
Little Ondatra Zibethicus
waddled up two blocks of busi
ness section but all he could do
was window shop. He tried every
door, but none were open.
Ondatra—a muskrat—^paddled
Up the sidewalk as If he owned
it. Although several people gave
him dirty looks axid impolitely
avoided him, he wasn’t disturbed
In the least. Finally, he dis
appeared down a side street.
Oixe local wag suggested the
little follow was disgusted be
cause he couldn’t find a parking
place. . ■