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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-05-28, Page 1Extra!Coronation!Extra! Vbe (fxeler^imes-Aimocafe THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1953 Price Per Copy T{ if Eighty-First Year and attended the opening of the Metropolitan Opera there. They will be overseas for a month. Bill Brock will write a OFF TO THE CORONATION — Bill Brock, I-Icnsall, ancl 16 years old, they met for the first time in Toronto Monday Virginia Kaimakoff, of New Westminster, British Columbia, and attended the opening of the Metropolitan Opera there, flew to London Tuesday to represent the 1,027,898 members of the Canadian Junior Red Cross at the Coronation. Both daily diary of experiences exclusively for The Times-Advocate-. Two Tornadoes Miss District Ravage Farms North, South / Three Writers For T-A Tell Coronation Story Largest Calf Club In Ontario Features Hensall Spring Fair de- Bill rep- Red Three writers, two of them local residents, will provide The Times - Advocate readers with first-hand reports of the Coro­ nation. The three are Bill Brock, Hen­ sail district youth who is one of two Canadian Junior Red Cross delegates; Mayor W. G. Coch­ rane, Exeter; and R. G. Simpkin, special Ontario weekly news­ papers representative. All of these observers have privileged seats near Westmin­ ster Abbey for the spectacular Coronation parade and ceremony on June 2. From their vantage points, they will be in a position to give Times-Advocate readers a, complete and accurate account of the event. Bill Brock, one of two youths chosen to represent the Canadian Junior Red Cross at the Coro­ nation, will write a daily diary of his experiences exclusively for The Times-Advoate. As guest of the British Junior Red Cross, he will visit many parts of England This year's Hensail Spring Fair will feature the largest calf club a novel another exhibition in Ontario, night horse show, and popular baby contest. The horse show is being tonight (Thursday big day of the fair day. The largest calf province will hold ment day at the fair, young farmers from Huron district will calves and then sell monster auction sale in the after­ noon. This is the second year for the feeder club which is sponsored by the South Huron Agricultural So­ ciety. It has twice as many men bers as last year. The boys received their calves in November and have cared for them during the winter. On Fri­ day, the calves will be judged for gain in weight, finish and quality and the boys will get marks for their feeding imogram and showmanship. After the prizewinners are named all 76 head will go under the auction block. Tonight’s horse show will be something new in this district. It 'I night). will ’be held The Fri- club its thein achieve- Seventy-six the South show their them at a fif- W. G. Seldon Lions President The Exeter Lions Club teenth annual “Ladies Night” at Monetta Menard’s Friday eve­ ning last was a very . popular event. On entering each lady was presented with a rose corsage and the gentlemen with a button- aire. A Tamer Walper The introduced by W. G. Seldon and included Ray Frayne, president of the Kinsmen Club and Mrs. Frayne; Vernon Heywood, presi­ dent of the Exeter Legion and Mrs. Heywood; Deputy District Governor Ray Dennis, of London, and Mrs. Dennis. A toast to the visitors was proposed by C. V. Pickard and responded to by Ray Frayne. A toast to Lions International was proposed by A. O. Eilliot and responded to by the deputy dist- trict governor. A toast to the ladies was proposed by J. B. Creech and responded to by Mrs. W. G. Seldon. Each lady was presented with a silver spoon replica of the spoon that will hold the annoint- ing oil at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth. A history of the spoon was given by Rev. H. J. Snell. Following the program enter­ tainment was provided by the Paul Brothers, of Kirkton, and Jean and Grant E. R. Hopper as monies. The new slate presented by E, adopted as follows: president, W. G. Seldon; past president, A. J. Sweitzer; first vice-president, j. B. Creech; second vice-president, W. G. Cochrane; third vice- president, Jack Doerr; secretary­ treasurer, Claude Blowes; Lion tamer, E. II. Beaver; tail twister^ BeriSOn Tuckey; pianist, Norman Walper; directors for two years, L. Snider, E. Brady; directors for one year, II. 0. DlnnOy, Fred Darling. z sing-song was led by Lion Elmer Bell with Norman at the piano. head table guests were McDonald With master 0£ cere- of officers was R. Hopper and will be under the lights sail arena. In addition to the in Hen- regular showing of heavy, light and pony horses, the unique night show will feature professional enter­ tainment. For the show is a ed several has grown to be a big attraction. Last year, there were over 25 babies entered in the show. ladies, the annual baby popular feature. Start- years ago, this contest Queen Will Hear Fiddler A feature of Western Ontario Championship Fiddlers’ Contest, to be held June 5 in Hensail, will be a recording of a selection by the champion fiddler to be sent to Queen Elizabeth in honor of her Coronation. Sponsored by the Hensall Chamber of Commerce, tests offer prize money One of the most eager ers for William prowess lessened his many years of competition he has won 53 firsts, nine seconds, seven thirds, eleven cups, two medals and many other prizes and awards. Mr. Hyde, who will be 89 years of age July 23, has played at contests at Hensall, Exeter, St. Marys, Thorndale, West Lorne, Stratford, Seaforth, Ripley, Wal­kerton, Blyth, Clinton, London, Toronto, Grand Bend, Mitchell, Goderich, Kirkton,■ Zurich Kippen. the con- of $250. contend- will be whose fiddler honors Hyde, Hensail, with the bow has not through the years. In Officials of the South Huron Agricultural Society, sponsors of the show, predict this year’s fair will be a record breaker. George Armstrong, president of the fair, and Dick Etherington, secretary-treasurer, said this week they had received more en­ tries for the competitions than ever before. They said the calves in the feeder club were making excellent gains and the enthusiasm of the members is creating a of interest. Many entries have ceived for the horse for the cattle classes.’ include competition for Angus, Shorthorn, Hereford, market and Holstein breeds. Another feature of the fair will be the school parade led by a band. The children are admitted free to the fair and they are en­ titled to cash prizes for lucky draws which will be held during the afternoon. W. P. Watson, livestock com­ missioner for Ontario, will offi­ cially open the fair Friday after­ noon. Another guest speaker will be Rev. W. A. Young, chaplain of O.A.C., Guelph, and a former Hensall minister. The Maple City Shows of Lon­ don will operate a midway Thurs­ day night and all day Friday. great deal been show The latter re- and and haveHog producers in Ontario been asked to hold their animals off the market in a battle to maintain prices which their lead­ ers charge were being pushed down by packers as a result of the recent outbreak of hog cholera in the province. District Receives Telephone Books Every Exeter subscriber of the Bell Telephone Company is get­ ting a bonus with the new tele­ phone directory, being delivered here this week. Along with the perennial “best-seller” goes a blue - covered “Telephone Num­ bers” booklet, C. B. Symonds, Bell manager in this region, said Wednesday. The booklet is to enable the subscriber to compile a handy list of names, addresses and numbers of both local and out-of-town residents he calls frequently. W. I. Honors Youth The Kippen East Women’s In­ stitute presented Bill Brock with a gift of $25 prior to his parture for the Coronation, was the one boy elected to resent the Canadion Junior Cross at the crowning ceremony. In presenting the gift, the In­ stitute said: “To be chosen to represent the Junior Red Cross at the7 Coronation is indeed a great honour, and we, the members of the Kippen East Women's Institute, < are proud that you are from our commun­ ity. Although you haven’t been with us long, we know your in­ fluence is felt wherever you go.” Receives His M. A. Degree Donald A. Traquair, of Exeter, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tra­ quair, has been awarded his Mas­ ter of Arts degree in economics by the university of Western Ontario, it was announced Sat­ urday. He was one of four to receive an M. A. degree. It will be presented at Convocation on Saturday, May 30. Wet Weather Halts Ball Play Cold, damp weather this past week brought play to a halt in the Huron-Perth baseball league. Seven games in the schedule have had to be postponed. Only regular game played to date is the opener at Dashwood on May 18, when the Tigers edged Exeter Legion Mohawks 3-2. Three exhibition games have been played. Mitchell Legionaires defeated Strathroy Royals 7-6 on May 18. Both Dashwood and Exeter Flyers and Scotland and take part numerous ceremonies there, left Sunday with his parents Toronto and from there jour­ neyed to Montreal and flew to England. His personal reports will represent a youth’s bird’s- eye view of the great ceremony. Mayor W. G. Cochrane, who left two weeks ago for an extend­ ed visit to the United Kingdom and Europe with his wife, will write of the Coronation from a tourist’s viewpoint. The mayor arranged for his accomodation early and has seats close to Westminster Abbey. R. G. Simpkin will represent The Times-Advocate and other member papers of the Ontario Division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association in Great Britain during the Coronation. He will air-mail to Canada first-hand reports of particular interest to readers of weeklies during his touring. He sailed from Montreal on May 18 and took delivery of a car on arrival in England. It will be his second trip overseas, having served in World War I. Mr. Simpkin has been a re­ porter for one of Ontario’s larg­ est weeklies for 25 years and is particularly well versed to speak on the rural scene. The first of his articles ap­ pears this week. in He for Two battering tornadoes which ripped through Western Ontario this past week failed to cause much damage in this area al­ though districts to the north and south were severely stricken. Farm houses, barns and trees tumbled before the fierce wind­ storms that lashed through South Middlessex and Perth counties last Thursday night and North Huron Monday night. Damage toll of the storms was in the many millions of dollars. Foui* were killed and scores in­ jured. Hundreds of people from this area visited scenes of the wind’s destruction in Middlesex county over the weekend. Truckloads of men have swarmed to the area to assist in the clean-up of the debris. Freak winds tore through the northern part of Huron county at midnight Monday and levelled farm buildings, telephone and hydro poles, orchards and shade trees. The storm, whipped up over the lake, raced inland, striking Blyth, Brussels, Belgrave, Car- low, Nile, Ethel and most areas south of Wingham. A. Y. McLean. MP for Huron- Perth, wired Acting Prime Mini­ ster Brooke Claxton for help, stating the storm was equal to the one in the southern region. Thursday's storm wrought comparltively little damage in this district although it felt the heavy winds and rains of the tornado. Several buildings north of Hen­ sall suffered from the blasts. To the south, however, the damage was heart-rending. De- ■ struction to buildings and farm stock was tremendous, tornado took three paths Middlesex and Perth. One cut right across No. 4 highway and all concession roads in the area. A second was east-south- east about one mile north of the first and a third was one mile still farther north in a north­ easterly direction. Three in East Williams town­ ship were killed, including Reeve Simon Thomson and his 10-year- old daughter, Dorothy. A relief fund has been set up in London to organize aid for On Wednesday afternoon a group of citizens left by motor for the storm stricken area to give friendly aid to the unfortun­ ate victims. The drive was organ­ ized by E. Lindenfield and John Willis. The in was to South Huron Institutes Support Many Projects ■have whipped Centralia in exhibition tilts. Fred Dobbs attended theMr. Mayors and Reeves Association convention in Toronto last week. Mrs. Dobbs accompanied him. Bob Hern Wins Trophy For Livestock Judging Bob Hern, of R.R.l, Granton, bested over 160 candidates Sat­ urday to win the trophy for the animal livestock judging com­ petition at the Huron County Junior Farmers' achievement day in Seaforth. The young South Huron farmer scored 615 out of a possible 7'00 points to win the honor. Hereford breeder in his own right even though he is still of junior farmer age, Bob proved his eye for good livestock is not restricted to white-faced cattle, when he turned up the best total score afer judging classes of dairy cattle, beef cattle, horses and sheep. The son old Hern, Guineas in Alvin Cudmore, Hensail, was high man in the special class for novices at livestock judging, with 575 points. of Mr. and Mrs. Har- lie won the King’s 1951. Floor Fund Reaches $2,000 The campaign for the trap rock floor in Exeter Memorial Arena passed the $2,000 mark Wednesday. Over $1,000 was collected on ‘‘blitz’’ night, Monday night, when almost 100 members of the Exeter Legion, Lions and Kins­ men made a house-to-house can­ vass of the town, On Tuesday and Wednesday, the business section was can­ vassed and another $1,000 was received. Returns from the rural canvass have not come in yet. A number of persons in Exeter were not home Monday night when the “blitz” was made. Cam­ paign chairman Len McKnight announced this week that those who were missed may make their contribution to McKnight and Walper’s Men’s Wear or -The Exeter Times-Advocate. Members of the organizations participating in the Monday night campaign, canvassed the town in pairs. The area was divided into sections and each pair took one section. Jack Weber and Andrew Bierling organized the drive. Verne Pincombe, Preston Dear­ ing, John Morrissey, and Harry Swartz were in charge of rural canvass. Pour Floor the Attend Legion Rally Fifteen members of the Exeter branch of the Canadian Legion, headed- by President Verne Hey­ wood, attended the spring meet­ ing Of District C at Goderich on Sunday. Guest_ speaker at the meeting was Hon. Hugues La­ pointe, Federal Minister of Vete­ ran’s Affairs, it Was the largest gathering Of veterans ever held in the district. In 19 Hours The trap rock floor for Exeter Memorial Arena was laid Tues­ day in a maze of activity which lasted from 8 o’clock in the morning until 3 a.m. Wednesday morning. Thirty-five men worked on the floor continuously for 19 hours. Over 1,200 bags of cement Were used to lay the four-inch slab in the 170'x 70’ surface. The work Was Dafoe Metalcrete Toronto, and the struction Company, Port Dover. Before the sand cushion levelled off at and-one half bottom The surface for the The concrete slab continuously until completed. While the base slab was in a plastic condition, a aggregate was forced into cement with heavy rubber ers. This rock surface is about three-eigliths of an Inch thick. the rock floor was laid, a was provided and a distance of one- inches below the artificial ice pipes, board around the removed to allow of the puck was pouring of the concrete, was poured Grinders were used on floor to smooth off the finish. done by the Company, of Sttihrt Con- still rock the roll- Tornado Rips Jewelry Front Mr. and Mrs. William Sweitzer visited With their Son-in-law and daughter, Mr, and Mrs. D. A. Barr, of Sarnia, on Sunday. Mr, Barr, who conducts a jewelry store On Front street, had the front o£ the building blown out and >the entire window display Of jewelry disappeared. Mr. and Mrs, Barr took refuge in the vault until the storm passed over. The championship awards were announced Saturday night at a ■banquet in forth, after members of day judging strating There were 162 boys at the event and 230 igirls. Special honors homemaking club presented at the teen received county honor cer­ tificates for completing six club projects. These included Marion Creery, of Elimville. The Elim­ ville club demonstrated the pro­ ject “Packing a Week End Bag.” Elaine Hern, of Elimville, was awarded a trip to Eastern Can­ ada. The Junior Farmers travelled to five different places in the Seaforth area to see and judge top quality livestock. Classes judged by the boys were: horses at the James M. Scott; Hereford, at the farm of Ephriam Haase; Jerseys at the farm of Irwin Trewartha; shorthorns, at the farm of Dr. M. W. Stapleton; dual-purpose Shorthorns, at the farm of J. M. Scott; sheep, from the farm of Ephriam Snell, Clin­ ton. No swine classes were judged because of the recent out­ break of cholera. Trophy for the three classes of beef cattle judging went to George Turner, Clinton, with 194 points out of a possible 200. Tom Easton, of Exeter, placed second in the intermediate class. Bob Broadfoot, Brucefield, was fourth in the novice class. In the junior class, Hugh Rundle, R.R. 3, Exeter, placed second and Bill Pincombe, Of Exeter, was tenth. Tfophy for the dairy cattle judging went to Maurice Halla- han, Beglrave, with 191 points out of 200. Among the seniors Winning high honoi*s was Carl Willert, of Zurich. G. W. Montgomery, County agriculture representative, an­ nounced that this year’s achieve­ ment day drew the largest num­ ber ever to take part in livestock judging competitions in Huron County. He said also that, there are loo more boys and girls on* rolled in club work this year than last. Cardno’s Hall, Sea­ junior farmers and girl’s clubs spent the livestock and demon­ homemaking projects. for 16 of the members were banquet. Four- farm of beef cattle, South Huron district Women’s Institutes reported an impressive list of “For Home And Country” service projects at their district meeting in Hensall Wednesday. The organizations these Insti­ tutes supported during the year included the South Huron Hos­ pital, War Memorial Children’s Hospital, cancer fund, polio fund, C.N.I.B., Overseas Flood Relief, Red Cross and Mental Health In­ stitute. Aid has also been given to Girl Guide and Boy Scout groups and to local community centres and libraries. About 150 Institute members, comprising branches from Credi- ton, Elimville, Grand Bend, Hen­ sall, Hurondale, Kippen East, Seaforth and Dashwood, and Jun­ ior members from Seaforth and Exeter, met for the District An­ nual meeting. Mrs. R. H. Middleton of Hen­ sall welcomed the visiting dele­ gates and said Hensall branch felt honored to have the meeting in Coronation year. Mrs. Geiger of the Zurich branch responded and thanked the Institute and of­ ficials of the church for provid­ ing a place for the meeting. Mrs. William Johns reported on the District Annual held last year in Kippen. In giving the president’s report Mrs. Kenneth Johns welcomed the recently organized Dashwood branch. During the year she has visited five branches in the dist­ rict. She thanked the members for their support of the work of the Children's Aid Society. Her closing remark was, “Let us strive to live up to our motto, ‘For Home And Country’, in big­ ger and better ways.” Mrs. Norman Keating, provin­ cial director, was in charge of the ratification of the district directors. The following reports of stand­ ing committees were given: Agri­ culture and Canadian Industries, Mrs. H. H. Strang, Hurondale; Citizenship and Education, Mrs. Robert Elgie, Kippen; Commun­ ity Activities and Public Rela­ tions, Mrs. E. DesJardins, Grand Bend; Home Economics and Health, Mrs. William Bell, Kip­ pen; Resolutions, Mrs. A. Rundle, Exeter; Historical Research and Current Events, Mrs. P. Doig, Seaforth. Coronation Interest Miss Edith Collins of Toronto, department representative, who is in her forty-first year of In­ stitute work, remarked she feels at home in Huron County for it was her mother’s birthplace and she has relatives here. She said the Coronation holds special in­ terest for Institute members be­ cause Queen Elizabeth, her mo­ ther and her grandmother were members of the Women’s Insti­ tute in England. She outlined the objectives of the Institute; first, to help wo­ men to acquire sound and ap­ proved practices for greater home efficiency; second, to discover, stimulate and train leadership; third, to develop a mdre abun­ dant life in rural communities and to develop better, and more useful citizens. She suggested more made of the extension —Please turn to happier use be services page 7 Storm Damages Buildings, Trees In the wind and hail storm which hit Hensall and district Thursday night, Elgin Rowcliffe, one and a quarter miles south of Hensall on Highway 4, had three trees uprooted, including a large tree, a landmark, which fell in his driveway. Jim Venner, two and half miles east of Hensall, reported that the roof of his garage was split in two and lifted and fell back again. Grant Ryckman also had a number of trees ui>rooted on his farm east of Hensall. A house on the highway, owned by Mrs. George Smale, of Hen­ sall, in the course of being dis­ mantled, was leveled to the ground. Farmers in the district report shingles taken off barn roofs but no windows were reported broken during the storm. Floods Cellar Of Hospital The basement of the new South Huron Hospital was flood­ ed from the heavy downpour of rain that visited this section on Thursday evening at the time the tornado passed through a few miles to the south and left such terrible destruction in its wake. Shortly after six o’clock in the evening the rain fell in torrents accompanied by some hail. The water ran down Main street and at Ann street turned west and isoon the property sur­ rounding the hospital was like a mill pond. Soon it found its way into the back entrance of the hospital basement and ran down the corridor into the furnace room. The hydro power went off with the storm and the sump pump in the furnace pit at the hospital was out of commission. The nurses and staff at the" hospital, standing in water, tried to sweep the water clear with brooms. An auxiliary pump was brought into action to pump the water from the furnace pit and Larry Snider with his tractor dug a passage across Ann street to free the water from the hospital property. Two catchbasins have since been installed to prevent a repiti- tion of the Thursday storm. A new sidewalk on the south side of Ann street needs to be in­ stalled as it is now in a poor con­ dition and when this is done it will further relieve the situa­ tion. Celebrate Coronation At Centralia, Exeter Residents of this district will celebrate the Coronation Queen Elizabeth Station Centralia Community Park, June 2. RCAF Station TELLS OF CORONATION G. Simpkin will represent The Times-Advocate and other mem­ ber papers of the Ontario Divi­ sion of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association in Great Britain during the Coronation. He Is one of three Writers Who will tell the story of the crown­ ing to T-A readers. Mr. Simpkin’s first report appears on page two. of II at RCAF and Exeter next Tuesday, Centralia has invited all the neighboring muni­ cipalities to attend its special show in the afternoon, munity program will be Exeter In the evening. The show at the air will include a full-dress precision aerobatics, broadcast of the Queen’s Coronation message, and a carnival for the children. Branches of the Legion in Exeter, Hensail, Grand Bend and Lucan will march in the big parade, as well as bands from Exeter and Dashwood. Invitations were sent out to the councils Of Stephen, Usborne, Hay, Biddulph and McGillivray townships, Exeter, Hensall, Lu­ can, Grand Bend, Orediton, Dash­ wood and Zurich, to attend this program. The Women’s Auxiliary Of Huron Park, the station’s hous- A com- held. in station parade, ing site, will Operate a nursery for the entertainment of small children. Free bus transportation is be­ ing provided for Exeter residents. The busses will leave the town hall at 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. and return from the air station at 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. The trans­ portation is sponsored by town council. At night, a huge $1,000 fire­ works display will be presented in Exeter Community Park. Included in the colorful fire­ works show, largest ever pre­ sented in this district, will be a fiery portrait of Queen Elizabeth and a replica Of Niagara Falls, siren wheels, royal plumes, triple daredevil wheels and many other colorful kinds of fireworks. This display is sponsored by Exeter, RCAF Station Centralia, Hensail, stephen, Hay and tls- borne. In addition to the fireworks display, the South Huron District High School bugle band and the Exeter Citizens Band Will present a concert. The Queen’s message Will be rebroadcast.