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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-10-08, Page 1Engbty-First Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1953 Price Per Copy 70 Threaten To Charge Owner Of Tall, Dangerous Chimney Exeter council threatened court action against Sylvanus Cann, owner of the large apple cider building at Wellington and Main corner, unless he removed its tall, cracked chimney within 10 days. Council requested the circular cement chimney be re­ paired earlier when complaints were heard but no action was taken. Deputy-Reeve Bill McKenzie and Councillor Earl Wit? mer, who inspected it recently, declared it was a menace and might fall any time. Suggests Police Action Mayor W. G. Cochrane suggest­ ed police action might be taken and the council moved to threat­ en the owner with court charges if the chimney isn’t removed within 10 days. Stanley Frayne, secretary of the Exeter Legion, told council a banquet is being planned to honor the Mohawks, intermed­ iate baseball team which cap­ tured the Huron-Perth “C” title this summer. He wondered if council would contribute towards recognition. Members authorized a commit­ tee to meet with the Legion exe­ cutive aqd spend-up to $100 but not before considerable discus­ sion took place. Councillors A. L. Snelgrove and It. D. Jermyn wondered if a large contribution from the town might not set an embarassing precedent. The town purchased jackets two years ago for a midget team which won a WOAA title and reached the OBA ,1'inals. It has never donated before to a club which just won its own grouping. Reeve R. E. Pooley suggested the town should show it was be­ hind sport efforts. It was noted that the ball team had never been recognized in the past while several hockey teams had been banqueted and presented with gifts. Several members felt they might agree to jackets for local players who were not paid. They feel that should not receive more. Deputy-Reeve William Mc­ Kenzie, who sponsored and man­ aged the girls’ softball team this year, said nothing has ever been done to recognize that team and it had won group championships in the past. Mayor Cochran© summed up the dilemma: “Most towns recog­ nize champions. Of course, our team wasn't a very large champ­ ion.” The banquet is being held on November 11. T. O. Southcott is donating the meal to the ball players; Jack Doerr and R. C. The Solution: Reeve Will Move Hens Problem of the reeve’s hen house has been solved. Reeve R. E. Pooley announced at council meeting on Monday night he wouldn’t raise any more chickens in the Albert street barn and intended to move it to the outskirts of town shortly. He decided last week that if 24 people were suffering from the odors of the building he would move it. “We don’t want to bother them,” he said. Petition from 24 residents in the area of the hen house on Al­ bert street was presented to council at the last meeting, de­ manding removal of the barn. They claimed its odor was ob­ noxious and it was a. breeding place for insects. . Satisfactory Council had no power to en­ force removal of the building and the Huron County Health Unit, upon inspection, had found it in satisfactory condition. Reeve Pooley claimed that every effort was made to keep it sanitary and that it was in much better condition than when he acquired it. He didn’t commit himself, then, as to when he would move the barn. Main St. Church Marks Birthday Anniversary services at Main St. United Church began with promotion exercises in the Sun­ day School carried out by the superintendant, Mr. Reg. Bea­ vers, and the teachers. Children from the primary were presented with New Testaments as they were promoted, Secretary Mr. A. J. Sweitzer showed a film on the life of Joseph. The Kumjoinus Class was well-attended. Rev. C. J. Scott, B.A. B.D., of Blyth, guest speaker for the day, took as'fiis morning theme “I Be­ lieve in the Church,” The speaker emphasized that the memories of his early years go back to Sun­ day School days. Seeing the need for young men in the ministry, he entered university and became a minister. Special music by the choir under the leadership of Mrs. A. Willard, solo numbers by Mr, Allan Elston and quartette selec­ tions by Messrs. Harold and Ger­ ald Skinner, Bob Rttssell and Sterling Ince added to the ser­ vices. Dinney are giving framed pic­ tures. Mr. Frayne also requested, on behalf of the Legion, that No­ vember 11, Remembrance Day, be declared a full holiday. Be­ cause it falls *on a Wednesday, it will be a half-holiday for mer­ chants in any case. - Members voted for a full-day civic holiday, although mindful of the confusion and difference —Please Turn to Page 12 Kin Landscape School Grounds Exeter Kinsmen staged a farm­ type bee at the public school grounds Wednesday to prepare and seed the ground in the west section of the area. Three tractors and about 15 men, including Carfrey Cann of the board, completed the job during the afternoon. The area is where the old pub­ lic school building was located. Many cement blocks and bricks from the building, which was torn down two years ago, had to be removed. The Kinsmen stage their sum­ mer playground on the yard and are cooperating with the school board to landscape it. Assess Bottle Business; Unique' Sewer Plan? Despite a rather full agenda of di&cussion, Exeter council had time for some humour on Monday night. When Assessor Eric Carscadden presented his report, council noted the increased assessment value with satisfaction and fired questions on improvements and changes in the town during the year. Dashwood Within One Win Of Provincial Championship Dashwood Tigers are within one victory of their first Ontario Intermediate “D” championship. The fighting Tigers trounced Orono 9-4 on the.Dashwood square Wednesday to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three fin­ als. They could take the title Monday when the teams meet on a neutral diamond at Milton. Kirkton Fair Draws Crowd Excellent weather favored the Kirkton Fair last Friday and one of the largest crowds in recent years was on the grounds to en­ joy the exhibits and the enter­ tainment. The fair opened with a parade of school children headed by the Bannockburn Pipe Band from Varna which provided music during the afternoon. President Newton , Clarke in opening the program welcomed the visitors and stressed the fine co-operative community spirit which made the fair possible. Lee Paul was mas­ ter of ceremonies. There was a splendid showing of beef cattle featuring the achievement. day program of two 4-H clubs with beef and dairy cattle. Contest Winners In .a public speaking contest in front of the long, open stands, school inspector Gardiner an­ nounced- the following winners: recitations, Marlene Stone. Joyce Dickey, Marlene Frayne, Mar­ garet Brock; public speaking, Grace Routley, Doris Brock, Billy Marshall, Jackie Rondell. Featuring ' the entertainment was Miss Anna May, of Hyde Park, with her performing coW and palomino ponies, concluding with an exhibition of rope twirl­ ing. A tug-of-war brought out four teams. Woodham eliminated Kirkton and Third Line elimin­ ated Fourth Line. In the finals Third Line eliminated Woodham. The domestic class attracted attention with a large display of cakes, pies, bread and rolls, pre­ serves and canned vegetables. A display by pupils of Mt. Pleasant school “Feeding Our Bird Friends in Winter” showed bird feeding -stations in a setting of pine boughs and artificial snow. A special prize was award­ ed this splendid exhibit. Prize winners were: —Please turn to Page 5 Club Not Assessed One member posed an interest­ ing inquiry: “Did you put a busi­ ness assessment on the bottle club on Main Street?” , Assessor Carscadden answered with a grin: “No, I didn’t know what to do about that.” The town of Berwick, N.S., wanted more information of Exeter’s “unique sewerage sys­ tem.” A councillor from the Maritimes town told its council Exeter had a special system “of private septic tanks with, town drainage taking care of the ef­ fluent from these septic tanks.” Members of the council, who have been suffering persistent headaches over sewerage and drains, agreed that perhaps “unique” was the word. ' “He's probably not too far wrong in his description of our ‘system’," Reeve Cochrane chuckled. Council has been frus­ trated at times in its attempts to keep sewerage out of drains. Good Suggestion Council also enjoyed an en­ quiry from the City of London, wondering if Exeter would de­ clare its civic holiday on the first day of Western Fair instead of in August as is the practice. The letter, shrewdly worded to avoid any suggestion of benefits to London merchants or its fair board, did not fool the council. One member’s suggestion: “Sure we’ll change our holiday, providing London reciprocates and declares a civic holiday on our fair day.” , Team Installs Officers D.D.G.M. Albert Keys and his installing team from the Exeter Lodge of the I.O.O.F. visited the Goderich lodge Monday evening and installed the officers. This was their first outing and during the next few weeks they will visit all the lodges of the dis­ trict. Members of the team are: Garnet Hicks, Gerald McFalls, William Cann, Arnold Cann, W. C. Allison, Les Gibson and W. Etherington. On October 16 at a banquet in Bingo Climaxes Drive To Pay For Rock Floor Exeter Arena’s trap rock floor is paid for—thanks to the cooperative effort of five organizations and the donations of citizens, bingo players and buyers of raffle tickets. Climax of the fund-raising campaign came Friday night when over 2,000 bingo players donated more than half of the $8,600 needed to pay for the floor. Spend $10,000 That crowd spent close to $10,- 000 trying to win $5,00-0' worth of prizes including a new car, TV sets and cash. The winners came from a wide section of Western Ontario, including Lon­ don on the south, Waterloo to the west and Lucknow to the north. Around $3,000 was raised last spring ill a house-to-house can­ vas of the town and surrounding county. Balance of the money was raised by two bingo nights held earlier this fall. Four Share Oar Feature of Friday night’s bin- go, a new 1953 car, was shared by four winners whose shrieks cut through the air of tension wheh the final number was Call­ ed. Kay I-Iay, Exeter; Thelma Forbes, >Seaforth; Gordon Clark, London; and Albert Druar, of Waterloo, each took home $485 after the car was sold by auction. Fred Darling, master of cere­ monies, called tor the bids and Ross Shannon, of Chesley, was the highest bidder with $1,950. Carmen Nixon, of Lucknow, and Jack Kent, of Mitchell, won two of the three $150 specials. Harry Lowery, Hensall, and Lois Spieron, of Grand Bend, split the third one. Invalid Wins TV Albert Tougheed, of Watford, a wheelchair invalid, won the major draw prize—a 21”-screen TV set. Winners of the 17” sets were Carl Theander, Centralia; R. L. Motz, Crediton; H. L. Wat-’ son, Goderich, and George II. Smith, of Thedford. Lucky Mr. Smith captured the $1,000 jack­ pot prize at the previous bingo. The bingoes were conducted by members of the Legion, Lions and K i n s m e n. Andy Bierling, Vice-presideht of the Legion, or­ ganized the events. Chairman of the trap roclt floor fund committee was Len Mc- Knight. Members were Andy Bierling, Ed Brady, Eugene Bea­ ver, Andy Snelgrove, Ralph Genttner, Lloyd Eord, Verne Pin- combe, Larry Taylor and Frank Taylor, Organizations represent­ ed in the oampaign included Le- gien, Lions, Kinsmen, Agriculture Society and 'turf Club. WINS TITLE — Ruth Soldan copped the intermediate girls title at the tri-school meet Friday, outpointing athletes from Mitchell and St. Maryso high schools. Ruth’s victories helped S.H.D.H.S. recapture the track and field meet title after los­ ing to Mitchell last year. See Page 10. —Jack Doerr Loeb I Hockey Starts Nov. 16; May See Nine Teams In Loop This year’s Cyclone hockey will start on November 16, earlier in the league’s history. Officials of the district teams decided on the early start to allow for a lengthy playoff season. The November date is possible because of five artificial ice arenas in the league. Mohawk Club Seeks Coach Executive members of the Mo­ hawks Booster Hockey Club are negotiating for a player-coach to form the backbone of a winning team. “We’ll be able to make an an­ nouncement on our choice short­ ly,” club president W. G. Coch­ rane said. “We think we’ve got a terrific man. AU we need is his signature on the dotted line and we should get that Thursday or Friday.” Cautious With Contracts As soon as the coach is signed, executive members will work with him to build the team. Other players have been ap­ proached but none will be signed until the coach has watched them work. Business manager Charlie Acheson has ordered new uni­ forms for the club. Ice will be installed in the arena next week, so the executive hopes to get workouts started early. More funds are needed to fi­ nance the club, executive mem­ bers stressed. As soon as they can announce a team, there will be another drive to secure mem­ berships. Play Single Schedule The group will play a single schedule during the regular sea­ son. Officials first voted to play a double sked but last reversed their decision when they recon­ sidered the number of games that would be necessary. After the schedule is played, .group classification winners will be declared in playoffs, then the six top teams during the regular season will fight it out for the league championship in a set of three playdowns. The schedule will be drawn at a meeting on November 4. Nine Teams? The possibility of a nine-team league was created when offi­ cials accepted a Strathroy bid to enter the loop. Dashwood may not ice a team this year, how­ ever, and that would drop the number to eight, same as last season. The other teams are: Exeter, Forest, Hensall, Zurich, t. Marys, Ilderton and Lucan. Derry Boyle, last year’s con­ venor, was re-elected. Drivers, Thieves Pay Court Fines Robert Campbell, 19, London, convicted of driving a car while his ability was impaired, resulting in an accident at the north end of Exeter, was fined $50 and costs by Magistrate Dudley Holmes on Tuesday. Paul Vetter, R.R. 1, Kirkton, in Canada from Germany eight months, through an interpreter, pleaded guilty to theft of a wheel and tire belonging to Stuart Broadfoot, R.R. 5, Clinton, which he removed from Broadfoot’s car while it was parked at a farm where Vetter was working. A fine of $25 and costs or 10 days in jail was imposed. Gives Evidence Roger Bedard, Hay township, accused of failing to.file income tax return, gave evidence on his own behalf. He had had assist­ ance in filling out the form and had mailed it from his home mail box but it did not reach the office of Income Tax depart­ ment. A minimum fine of $25 and costs was imposed. Stephen Scopus, duty cook at RCAF, Centralia, pleaded not guilty to charges of theft of tools and other equipment belonging to George McMaster, driller of the Jewel-Dumar Oil Company. Charges were laid by P.C. Cecil Gibbons who found the articles in Scopus’ car. Magistrate Holmes ruled that if stolen goods are found in a man’s possession and he can not give a reasonable ex­ planation for it, he may foe found guilty of theft. He im­ posed a fine of $25 and costs or in default, two weeks in jail. Scopus was defended by W. G. Cochrane. Arthur Anderson, Kippen, who was involved in an accident at Kippen intersection, and Louis Masse, Dashwood, driver of a dump truck which caused $1,000 damage to a car on 83 highway, were convicted of driving without due care and attention and paid minor fines. Convincing Win After coming from behind- to tie the first contest in Orono Saturday, the Tigers moved into the lead Wednesday with a con­ vincing win. Sparked by the hitting of Jack Gaiser, Lome Kleinstiver, Dick Regier and Jim Hayter, Dash­ wood chalked up a total of 14 hits and 14 stolen bases during the nine-inning contest. The cats took a 3-0 lead in the second in­ ning arid never looked back. Robbie Wein, whose playoff pitching has been stellar, allowed Orono only four hits and whiffed 12 over the route. Orono’s foui’ runs were all unearned. Gaiser smashed a double and two singles for the Tigers; Klein­ stiver and Regier three singles; and Hayter a triple and a single off Edmonds, the visiting hurler. Dashwood scored in the first inning when Regier drove home Raymie Wein after the latter belted a safety. They added two in the second when Kleinstiver and Gaiser, who both singled, romped home on Jim Hayter’s triple. Three Runs The Tigers splurged for three runs in the fifth. Carl Wein walked, Bob Hayter reached first on an error and a single by Kleinstiver drove Wein home and put Hayter on third. Jack Gai- ser's double brought Hayter and Kleinstiver around. Carl Wein scored an unearned tally in the sixth. He got on with a fielder’s choice, stole second, reached third on a passed ball and touched the plate on an er­ ror. Tigers added two more in the eighth for insurance. Regier sin­ gled and stole second. Corriveau, pinch-hitting for Carl Wein, drove him home and came in on Bob Hayter’s smash. Ice In Arena In Week; London To Train Here Ice will be installed in Exeter Memorial Arena in a week, Board Chairman Ed Brady announced Wednesday. A number of teams from London, including the city’s Senior “B” club, have contracted to practise here until the first of November. the Exeter Legion Hall the Grand Master, R. K. Williamson, Lon­ don, will pay his official visit to the district. Plan For Hallowe’en At the Exeter Lions Club on Friday evening plans were set on foot for the annual Hallowe’en frolic for the children. A com­ mittee under the convenorship of E. R. Hopper was appointed to arrange for inter-club visita­ tion. S. B. Taylor reported that donations for the National In­ stitute for th© Blind had reached about half of the allocation. Receives Burns Fighting Blaze Injured in his efforts to save his father’s barn from fire, 17- year-old Donald Koehler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Koehler, two and one-half miles west of Hen­ sall, was admitted to South Hur­ on Hospital, Exeter, last Wednes­ day night suffering burns to his hands and back. Donald noticed the shed on fire and called his father who brought out the lawn hose at­ tached to a pressure system which leads to the barn. While Mr. Koehler went into the barn to beat out flames that had spread to the hay mow, the boy concentrated on the shed. One end of the shed was burnt. Fire Chief Milton Deitz, of Zurich, said the barn and shed would have been lost but for the efforts of father and son. Early Start Possible The board originally planned to put in ice around the end of the month, Mr. Brady said, but the contract with London teams will make it financially possible to open the season earlier. Officials of the local hockey club, Exeter Mohawks, said the early start on ice would help them in their efforts to build a strong team. Imports must be resident in the town by November 1, accord­ ing to O.H.A. rules, so club of­ ficials will be able to try their prospects on the ice before con­ tracts are signed. The arena board met Tuesday night to make plans for the sea­ son. A seating plan will be worked out in the arena so that reserved seating can be sold. The snack bar will be improved to render quicker service. The arena will operate the bar this year instead of tendering it to an organiza- SETS RECORD —- Bill Pollen, young S.H.D.H.S. athlete, Captured the junior boys championship for the district high school at the tri-school meet in Mitchell Friday. Bill set a new record for the junior division with a 100-yard dash in U.S seconds. —-Jack Doerr tion. Winners Of South Huron Plowing In International Winners at the South Huron Plowing Match near Bruce- field Saturday are competing in the Internatioal Match at Cobourg this week. Lome Passmore, veteran Huron County champion who took prizes for the best crown and finish of the 34-entry field, is seeking honors in senior competition. Top County Plowman Lome was top county plow­ man at the South Huron match but was ineligible for the championship because he won in the North Huron match last week. “■ Lome Ballantyne, winner of the junior farmers’ plowing com­ petition for the second year in a row, will represent Huron county juniors at the International. Emil Hendrick, who took first prize in the open mounted plow class, is also at Cobourg. Two plow jockeys from S.H.D.­ H.S., Robert Dobson and Alex Meickle, both of Kirkton, will represent the school in provincial competition. Eight plowmen from the high school bolstered the entry list at the South Huron match. Bruce Shaptott, secretary-trea­ surer of the match, said the entry list was the largest in fecent years. All classes were filled, ex­ cept for the horse division which was cancelled. Weather was per« feet for tlie match. The South Huron Junior Farm­ er Machinery Club held its achievement day at the match. Hugh Rundle, of Exeter, cap­ tured first place. John McGavin, of Walton, was named Huron county champion at the match. He won th© Esso Special for’the best tractor plow­ ing of Huron County residents. Robert Tuckey, of Komoka, won the open tractor class. Carmel Presbyterian Church, Hensall, provided refreshments for the plowers and spectators. Junior Farmer Machinery Club: Hugh Rundle, Exeter; Maurice, Love, Exeter; Murray Dawson, Hensall. Open Tractor: Robert Tuckey, Komoka; Lome Passmore, Exe­ ter; Donald Easton, Exeter. Huron County Two-Plow Trac­ tor: John McGavin, Walton; Art Bolton, Dublin; RosS Corbett, Exeter. Open Tractot Any Plow1: Wayne Shackleton, Stratford; Ron Rae, St. Paul’s; Frank Whaling, St, Paul’s. Huron Junior Farmers ’Trac­ tor: Lome Ballantyne, Exeter; —Please Turn to Page 12 A crowd of 400 watched the match. Dashwood school children were dismissed at 3 p.m. to wit­ ness the tilt. V. L. Becker, Dashwood imple­ ment dealer, treated the team to a hot beef supper after .the Victory. Tie In Ninth The Tigers squeezed home one run after two were out in the ninth to gain a tie with Orono in the first game of the series Saturday afternoon. Carl Wein wrapped a double to set up the tying run. Bob Brown came through in the clutch after two were down to single Wein home. —Please Turn- to Page 12 Kindergarten Entertains 60 Mothers At a tea arranged by the Home and School Association, mothers of the kindergarten pupils were entertained on Wednesday after­ noon in the kindergarten of the public school. The afternoon group of kinder­ garten pupils led by their in­ structor, Mrs. Howard Pym, pre­ sented a program of songs and every day activities beginning with the “Hello” song to greet their mothers. Sitting in a circle in the gymnasium which is now the kindergarten classroom, the children entered into action songs and unison recitations. Mrs. R. D. Jermyn, vice-prin­ cipal, spoke briefly on the origin of the kindergarten in Exeter. Forty-two pupils were enrolled the first year and some doubted if a sufficient number would en­ ter to continue the classes. How­ ever, the present enrolment is 72 and prospects are that attend­ ance will not decrease for some time. Mrs. Jermyn introduced Mrs. Pym, who expressed her appre­ ciation for the cooperation the mothers have given her and sug­ gested ways in which they could give her assistance ' during the winter months. Mrs. Pym also spoke of the close cooperation given by the Home and School Association and urged kinder­ garten mothers to join. Vice-president of the associa­ tion, Mrs. E. H. Jones, thanked Mrs. Pym on behalf of the mo­ thers. Mrs. Morley Sanders and Mrs. H. D. Mooney poured tea and Mrs. Eugene Beaver, Mrs. H. J. Dettmer, Mrs. M. Ryckman, Mrs. Glenn Fisher, Mrs. G. McTavish, Mrs. J. Hall and Mrs. J. Schroe­ der assisted in serving. Mrs. N. Walper and Mrs. Jack Smith were co-conveners for the tea. They were assisted by Mrs. R. S. Snell —and Mrs. C. Cann of the membership committee, Mrs. C. Farrow and Mrs. J. G. Whilsmith. Secretary Retires After 16 Years Mr. Hugh Berry, who for the past 16 years has been the effic­ ient secretary of the Kirktori* Agricultural Society, has an­ nounced his retirement after finishing up the business of the fair last week. Hugh has been a prominent figure in Us borne township for many years. » As a young man he played baseball and for years afterwards umpired th© .game. He is a past warden of the County of Huron,” climaxing 20 years in municipal life, first as councillor and then as reeve. At the age of 72 he intends to take life easier and assist his son on their 3'0d-acre farm. Contemplate Night School First discussion on night school classes this winter was heard at South Huron District High School Tuesday night. The school has been conducted for the past two years and may be continued this year if suffi­ cient interest is indicated. Prin­ cipal H. L. Sturgis said an un­ official survey is being made to determine the demand. The principal reported enrol­ ment at the school had settled, at 399. School athletes won the tri-school track and field meet championship at Mitchell Friday. First game of the rugby schedule will be in Lis towel Friday night. The first home game will be Fri­ day, October 16, Board approved purchases ot records, shop equipment and French texts.