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Eighty-Fifth Year
Decorate For Christmas
Council Offers Turkeys
Encouraged by the project of Exeter Businessmen’s As
sociation to decorate the main street for Christmas, town
council decided to stimulate outdoor decorations in the resi
dential section at a meeting Monday- night.
householders to bedeck door-Council is requesting all
ways in the Yule spirit and .is
offering prizes for the best de
corations.
Three prizes of turkeys will be
.given to. the three homes judged
to present the most beautiful
'Christmas doorways.
Results of the judging will be
announced on Saturday, Decem
ber 19.
One of the rules of the contest
•states that “commercial-type de
corations will not be a deciding
factor in the judging”. The coun
cil emphasizes that the ornaments
need not be expensive to be con
sidered for prizes.
Mayor W. G. Cochrane, Coun
cillors R. ’ D. Jermyn, Edward
Brady and Earl Witmer are in
•charge.
License Bicycles?
A by-law to license bicycles in
the town was considered by the
council,
used in
by the
50-cent
Decision
postponed.
Investigate Parking
The street committee was ask
ed to again investigate street
parking in congested areas.
The clerk was instructed to
write the Exeter Branch of the
Legion, requesting the members
to consider their own property
for parking purposes in order to
•ease the congestion in that area.
Council confirmed the appoint
ment of Lionel Kendrick as part-
time constable and his wage was
set at $1.Oi0' per hour.
Parking fines may be paid at
the police office in future, ac
cording to a'council decision. Up
to now all fines have" had to Ke
paid to the clerk which has made
it inconvenient for offenders who
cannot reach his office during
business hours. Fines collected
by police must be turned over
to Clerk C. V. Pickard at least
A by-law of this type
Goderich was reviewed
members. It required a
fee for bicycle licenses,
oil the question was
W.
day is
little in-
the elec-
for re-election in their
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as elec-
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 1953
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Price Per Copy 70
Elderly Man Struck By Car
First Traffic Death In Year
once a week.
School Trustee
C. S. MacNaughton was
pointed the town representative
to the South Huron District High
School Board.
Boxing day, December 26, was
proclaimed a public holiday.
Mrs. Ann Carling was given
permission to remove a tree from
in front of her Carling St. resi
dence, subject to the approval of
Deputy - Reev e William McKen
zie.
Next meeting will be held on
Tuesday evening, December 15.
Picture Unchanged
In Local Politics
No change appears
town’s political picture
tion time draws near.
Although nomination
less than a week away,
terest is being shown by
. tors.
. There has been no indication
of any opposition to the sitting
members or of any new faces
who will run for office.
It was announced last week
that Mayor W. G. Cochrane,
Reeve R. E. Pooley and Deputy-
Reeve William McKenzie would
stand
present posts.
. Councillor Ralph Bailey will
also let his name stand again.
The other councillors have not
committed themselves.
Nomination day is Monday,
December 7. If an election is ne
cessary, it will be held on Mon
day, December 14.
Stephen' township will nom
inate on the same day as Exeter.
CHRISTMAS DECORATION Exeter businessmen staged
a town decorating bee Wednesday afternoon to open the
Christmas season. Lamp standards were decorated with ever
green boughs, big red bows, and large candy canes. Howard
Holtzman, top, and Don Bygrove, bottom, erect ornaments.
Damage Set At $5,500
Ln Rasti Of Area Crashes
O^er $5,500 property damage was caused by a rash qf
accidents in the area this past week.
The first traffic fatality of the year was recorded Wed
nesday when a 76-year-old Blake man died from injuries of
an accident near Zurich.
At least one other persons was seriously injured in other
accidents. “ '------------------------------------------
Condition “Serious”
Fred Peters, age 53, was tak
en to Victoria Hospital, London,
Monday afternoon suffering a dis
located hip, several fractured ribs
and a fracture at the back of his
neck, received in -an accident
when his truck skidded on a slip
pery road and caromed off three
trees.
The accident happened in front
of the farm of-John Selves, seven
miles east of Hensall, on the
boundary.
Peters, trapped behind the
steering wheel of his wrecked
truck, was freed by Mr. Selves
arid taken to London by Dinney
ambulance of Exeter. His condi
tion is considered serious.
Dr. J. C. Goddard attended.
P.C. Cecil Gibbons of Exeter in
vestigated.
The truck was completely de
molished.
Hit From Behind
Last Thursday, $700 damage
was incurred to two cars belong
ing to personnel at R.C.A.F. Sta-
tion Centralia. One, driven by
Sgt. Thomas Walls, was making
a right turn onto the Crediton
highway from the airport road
when he was hit from behind by
the other, driven by F/O Roy
Lake. The Walls car was driven
struck aacross the road and
telephone pole.
Ditches Car
Dr. Norman Amos,
ian of Kirkton, was
William Rennie, 76, of R.R. 2, Zurich, died Wednesday
n-orning from injuries suffered when he and his wife were
struck by a car on the Goshen Line near Zurich.
Mrs. Rennie is in “fair” condition in St. Joseph’s Hos
pital, London. She received lacerations to the face and ankle
and possible fractures.
The traffic fatality was the
first in this district this year.
Struck Grader Blade
The elderly couple were driv
ing north when their car struck
the blade of a south-bound Hur
on County road grader operated
by George Clark, R.R. 3, Dash
wood. Mr. Rennie stopped his car
and he and his wife walked back
to talk to the operator.
They were hit by a north
bound car driven by Russell Hay-
ter, of R.R. 1, Varna.
The couple were rushed to
London in the Westlake Ambul
ance from Zurich. Dr. St. Pierre,
Town Restaurant
Changes Hands
The Avalon Cbffee Shop which
for the past nine years has been
•conducted by Gordon Appleton,
has been taken over by Messrs.
Wong and Lee, of London. The
restaurant is being closed for
several days for redecorating.
Mr. Appleton has purchased the
general store business of Mr.
Frederick, Grand Bend, together
with a couple of summer cot
tages.
Friends
and Mrs. Fred J.Hill, of
Mr. and
Central
Visits
Mr.
Toronto, accompanied by
Mrs. Frank H. Ford, of
Butte, Sask., visited with friends
in Exeter the forepart of the
week. Mr. Hill, who served his
apprenticeship as a printer with
The Exeter Times over 50 years
ago, recently retired from the
staff of The Toronto Tele
gram. The Times-Advocate was
pleased to receive from Mr. Hill
two typesetting “sticks” that he
used for almost 5'0' years in the
Telegram office.
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SANTA CLAUS? Despite the
Christmas decor, this isn’t Santa
without his beard—but it is one
of his helpers. Councillor Ralph
Bailey, who engineered the town
decorations, prepares material before it is erected*on posts.
New Men Elected To Offices
In Hay, Hensall, Grand Bend
Hensall, Hay and Grand Bend municipalities elected their
councils and school board trustees by acclamation this week.
New faces will appear on almost all of these 1954 gov
erning bodies.
> Reeve A. W. Kerslake, of Hensall, and Reeye E.arl Camp
bell, of Hay, were returned. In
Grand Bend, the new chief mag
istrate will be Jim Dalton. He
succeeds Harman Gill, first reeve
of the three-year-old village.
Warden Re-Elected
This year’s Huron County
warden, Alvin W.
returned as reeve
his eighth term,
been opposed.
Members of the council
re-elected by acclamation
They are Harry Hoy, William
Park, Norman Jones and Lome
Luker.
Others nominated but who
failed to qualify were William
Park, fqr reeve,* and R. E. Shad
dick and Edgaff Munn for coun
cil.
Another nomination is neces
sary in the police village of Zur
ich. Only two of the required
three trustees were elected. Nom
inations for the third will be re
ceived at a meeting on Monday,
December 10.
1950 was 45. In 1951 it was
reduced to 37. This year the rate
has been again reduced to 35
the north side of town and 32
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veterinar-
uninjured
when his car struck the ditch and
crashed into a pole on an Us
borne Township road four miles
southeast of Exeter.
Police said Dr. Amos, fearing
collision with a truck at an inter
section, took to the ditch,
truck stopped at the corner.
The car was damaged to
extent of $250.
Occupants Shaken
Mr. James Mustard Sr., accom
panied by Miss Cassie Dougall,
both of Kippen, escaped with a
shaking up when their car left
the road Thursday night and
struck a tree on No. 4 Highway
just outside Clandeboye. Damage
was approximately $800.
Provincial police said Mustard
was northbound when he pulled
out to pass a tractor drawing a
wagon. The car continued across
the road and struck the tree.
Hits Gas Pumps
Rita Theresa Harris, of Brook
lyn, N.Y., who is staying at Grand Bend, missed the turn
from No. 4 Highway onto the
Crediton road early Sunday mor
ning and sheared off two gas
pumps at the service station of
E; L. Cliaffe & Son. Damage to
at
Caven Pastor
The
the
Kerslake, was
of Hensall for
He has never
were
also.
Players Fight Referees, Fans
During Lucan Hockey Game
Hockey played 'second fiddle to the fights Tuesday night
when Lucan whipped Exeter Mohawks 5-2 in the Irish arena.
One player was suspended and another thrown out of the
game in two frighteningly sensational fiascos which took the
spotlight off ice play and focussed it on player conduct.'
Bob Brown, Irish defenseman,
punched one referee to the ice,
traded blows with the other, de
fied a policeman with a billy to
take him off the ice and remained
uncontrollable for several min
utes.Brown received -a match penal
ty Which suspended him from the
game and from all further hockey
until his case has been dealt with
by the W.O.A.A. executive.
Swings Stick
Frank Anderson, negro centre
for Mohawks, burst into a wild,
stick-swinging frenzy in the pen
alty box after being provoked by
slurs of a fan. Anderson was giv
en a-match misconduct
suspending him for the
the game.
Big Bob Brown, who
his disrespect for sports
■this sutamer when he
baseball umpire while
with Dashwood Tigers,
his melee after Referee
Higgins thumbed him to
bln for tripping. Brown
................................. ““‘g*
penalty*
rest of
showed
Officials
battled
with a
playing
started
"Mush”
the Sin — „
protested the call and, When Ilig'-
gins ignored him, the defenseman
rushed the official, pushed seve
ral times, then threw
punches ivhich sent
sprawling on the ice.
Trade Blows
The other official,
a flurry of
Higgins
Bdb Blox
om, rushed In and he and Brown
traded heavy* blows before play
ers separated them.
Meanwhile, Lucan policeman
Gordon Whitehead came on the
ice to
player
others
rushed
swinging. After another short in
terval of peace, Higgins, searing
from the knocks he had taken,
caught Brown with a surprise
blow to the mouth.
By this time, the policeman
had his “billy” out and was
threatening Brown but the play
er wouldn’t subside. He attacked
Higgins again in a final flurry
of fisticuffs. Eventually, Brown
left the ice with the constable,
in Third Period
This incident occurred in the
early part of the third period.
Brown’s penalty was officially
recorded at 4.56 but the official
timekeeper, in the excitement,
had allowed the clock to travel
for almost a minute after play
stopped.
The Anderson ftffair came in
the second period. Exeter's first-
string centreman took a penalty
for boarding at the 8.30 mark.
Anderson went to the box quietly
and play resumed.
A fan, George Cunningham, of
Clandeboye, taunted the player
from behind the penalty box with slurs and oaths. Anderson jumped
at him in a rage and, when he Couldn’t reach him for the heavy
wire cage which surrounded the
section, started flailing his stick
Viciously. He splintered the stick
take Brown off. But the
was defiant and when
failed to guard him, he
Bloxam again with fists
against the sides of the press box
suspended above before he could
be controlled.
Exeter players escorted him to
the dressing room after Higgins
ordered him out.
Team Leaves
At that point, the whole Exeter
team threatened to leave the ice
in protest but reconsidered after1
Higgins warned the club would
be suspended for the season.
The hockey game itself wasn’t
particularly rough. Ten other
penalties were called but they
were all minor. Only two result
ed from roughing. Nothing more
than normal irritations were dis
played by players on both sides
and there were few, if any, signs
of intense temper outside of
these two incidents.
Harry Beaumont, manager of
the Lucan Irish team, stated
Wednesday: “I am very disturbed
that one of our teatn should dis
play such Unsportsmanlike tactics
as to strike a referee. We try to
promote clean sportsmanship and
We hope we will not be branded
as a roughneck team through
the excited actions of one player.
“Furthermore, it is regretted
that one of the spectators in the
rink made uncomplimentary re
marks to Frank Andersen, who
is very much respected for liis
hopkey skill, especially by those
who played with him during his
high school days,”
his
Leaves For Halifax
Ross Parsons, H.M.C.S.,
hoc, left on Wednesday for
fax after a month’s leave,
With his family. He expects to
leave for Korea soon.
Quh-
Hali-
spent
R. E. Shaddick was returned
as a member of the Public Utili
ties Commission.
Three new members were
elected to the Public School
Board—.Harold Bonthron, owner*
of a funeral home and furniture
business’; Peter McNaughton, in
surance salesman, and Lorne
Hay. Mr. McNaugton served on
the school board previously.
The three retiring trustees are
Ron Mock, Byron Kyle and Jack
Traquair.
Two Retire
Two new members will sit on
the Hay township council next
year. They are Leonard Grob, of
near Exeter, and Delbert Geiger,
of Zurich. Ervin Willert, veteran
10-year member of the council,
and A. J. Roche, who was a
councillor for five years and now
lives in London, resigned.
Reeve Earl Campbell was re
turned for his fifth term as head
of the municipality.
V. L. Becker, popular Dash
wood businessman, was elected to
the new post of deputy-reeve. He,
along with Reeve Campbell, will
serve on Huron County Council.
This is the first time a deputy
reeve has been elected in the his
tory of the township. Mr. Becker
formerly served as a councillor.
L. H. Rader, of Dashwood, an
other incumbent, was re-elected
to the council. a
Ray Fisher, chairman of the
school area boards and William
Haugh, another sitting ’member,
were returned for two-year terms.
Two trustees elected for the
police village of Zurich, are Mil-
fred Schilbe and Lloyd O’Brien,
both of whom served last year.
The other incumbent, R. W. Ills-
leyf< was not present at the nom
ination meeting.
On Monday, December 7, an
other meeting will be held to
name a third man to the trustee
board.
New Councillors
Besides a new reeve, Grand
Bend will have two new council
lors and two new school board
members next year.
Two retiring school board trus
tees are the new councillors. They
are John Manore, chairman of
the board, and Cam Chapman,
secretary. Other two councillors
who Were returned are Jack Hood
and Clarence Green. A member
of this year’s council, Merton
Thompson, resigned.
New members bn the school
board, elected for a two-year
term, are W. F. B. MacLaren and
Kenneth Young. Mr. MacLaren
has served as a member of the
South Huron District High School
Board.
Lawrence Mason was returned
to the board.
Reeve H. Gill Retires
Grand Bend held nominations
for. municipal offices oh Monday,
November 30.
Mr. Herman Gill, who has
been reeve for the best seven
years and Is now retiring, gave
a full report. The mill-rate In
M.P. Inquires
Into Stores
L. Elston Cardiff, Progressive-
Conservative M.P. for Huron, is
investigating the operating of
stores at airports.
Last week, he put a question
before the government which was
passed as an order for return.
According to Hansard, the
question reads:
1. Does the government oper
ate stores at any airports?
2. If so, (a) what mark-up Is
made on the goods sold? (b) Is
the sale restricted to the person
nel of the airport? If not, who
can buy at the store? (c) What
salary does the operator of
store receive?
3. If the government does not
operate the store, (a) Does
government own the building?
(b) Is the building rented to the
operator of the store, and, if so,
how much rent is paid by the
operator? (c) Does the govern
ment supply the electricity, heat
ing, etc? (d) Has the store oper
ator a contract with the govern
ment? If so, does the contract
specify what goods may be sold?
(e) Has the government any con
trol over the prices charged? (f)
Is the sale of goods restricted to
the personnel of the airport? (g)
Does the store operator pay in
come tax on the store’s opera
tions? (h) Who decides the loca
tion of the store? (i) Is the store
intended to be on the main road?
the
the
El L. Cliaffe & Son. Damage
the pumps was estimated
$1,200 and to the car $500.
Turns Over
Gerald Ballantyne, 16, of R.R.
1, Kirkton, rolled his father's
truck over on Huron road, eight
miles east of Exeter on Sunday,
causing an estimated $500 dam
age to the truck.
Provincial Constable Elmer
Zimmerman and Cecil Gibbons
investigated the accidents.
Start Carols
This Friday
Outdoor Christmas carol sing
ing in Exeter will start' this Fri
day and continue until December
24, officials of the Exeter Busi
nessmen’s Association announced
this week.
The schedule for singing
Friday, December 4, Exeter
Public School, C. H. Blowes’
i;oom; Monday, December 7, RC-
Af Public School; Tuesday, De
cember 8, No. 5 Usborne (Mrs.
Ruth C. Mallon) and Mrs. Helen
Jermyn’s room E.P.S.; Wednes
day, December 9f Clifford Reeve’s
room E.P.S., No. 11 Hay (Mrs.
DesJardin); Thursday, December
10, No. 10 Usborne (Mrs. William
M'air); Friday, December 11, Mrs.
D. Hughson’s room E.P.S., Miss
Doris Robinson’s room.
Saturday, December
Public Scool.
Monday, December
Gunn’s room E.P.S.
., E.P.S.;
12, RCAF
14, John
and Eaton
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Accepts Call
At the regular meeting of the
Presbytery of Huron - Maitland,
held in St. Andrew’s Church,
Wingham, on Tuesday, a call was
received, and accepted, by the
Rev. Donald R. Sinclair, of Caven
Church, from the congregations
of Erskine Church, Dundalk and
Knox Church, Ventry. Mr. H. H.
G. Strang, representing Caven
congregation, addressed the Pres
bytery briefly in commendation
of the work of Mr. Sinclair dur
ing his five and a half years as
minister of Caven Church.
Mr. Sinclair, son of Rev. and
Mrs. N. R. D. Sinclair, of Ottawa,
was born in the manse at Bel
more—just across the road from
Huron County—and spent
childhood in Tiverton and
rie, He graduated from the
versity of Toronto and Knox
lege, Toronto, and came to
eter, his first charge, in
spring of 19 48. Later that
he was married to
Helen Nina Scott,
and they now have
ren.
While in Exeter, __
was secretary-treasurer
South Huron Ministerial Associa
tion for three years and president
for two years. He has also served
as Moderator of Presbytery and
convenor of the Presbytery’s
Stewardship and Budget Commit
tee. He is at present convenor of
the Committee of Students and
Colleges of the Synod of Hamil
ton and London and a member of
the Exeter Recreational Council.
Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair and
family plan to move to Dujidalk
shortly after Christmas. The Rev.
D. Glenn Campbell, of Seaforth,
was appointed interim-moderator
of Caven congregation during
the forthcoming vacancy.
of Zurich, attended them.
Mr. Rennie received head in
juries and a compound fracture
of the right leg.
hospital at 4:30
Total damage
was about $600.
Retired Farmer
A retired farmer, Mr. Rennie
and his wife live in Blake. They
have no children.
Surviving besides Mrs. Rennie,
the former Laura Broderick, are
three sisters, Mrs. Ed Broderick
and Mrs. Annie Rose, both of
Exeter, and Mrs. Tom Cane, of
Chattanooga, Tennessee; and
three brothers, James, of
and Arthur and Leonard
bisher, Saskatchewan.
The body is resting
Westlake Funeral Homer,
where public services will
on Friday at 2 p.m. Rev. H. J.
Snell will conduct the
Interment will be
Cemetery.
Provincial Constable
bons is investigating.
He died in the a.m. j
to the vehicles
Zurich,
of Fro-
at the
Zurich,
be held
ceremony,
in Exeter
Cecil Gib-
IVisit Celebrants
year
the former
of Toronto,
three child-
Mr. Sinclair
of the
Mr. and Mrs. Frank MacKen-
zie and family, of Lucknow and
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Rowe and
family, of Port Huron, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Rowe who celebrated their thirty
fifth wedding anniversary.
College Students
Conduct Service
Fourteen students of Huron
Theological C o’l 1 e g e conducted
last Sunday morning’s service at
Trivitt Memorial Church. One
student presided at the organ,
another preached the sermon,
while the rest sang in the choir.
Following the service, ladies
of the church served dinner to
the group in the parish hall.
ASSEMBLY LINE —- Preparing Christmas decorations for the town are businessmen Car-
frey Cann, Reg Beavers, Len McKnight and Andy Sneigrove. The men decorated 100 posts
Wednesday afternoon. Another portion of the Christmas program of the merchants is out
door carol singing by public school children. Schools will sing in the afternoons starting this
Friday oh the lawn in front of the post office. T-A l’hoto
TRIVITT RECTOR — NeW rector
for Trivitt Memorial Church, who
will assume his duties on Janu
ary 1, is Rev.
B.A., L.Th. He
New Liskeard,
was chosen to
ber of the Cathedral Churches of
England following the Corona
tion this spring.
Norman D, Knox,
•comes here from
Ont. Rev. Knox
speak at a num-
Fine Youths
For Driving
Astounded at what he termed
a “disease” of “show-<?ff driv
ing”, Magistrate Dudley Holmes
convicted two local yo.uths of
careless driving charges Tuesday.
Although the young men were
involved in separate instances,
both were found to have sped up
township roads in excess of 70
miles per hour. One had dragged
50 feet of snow fence behind his.
pickup truck at that speed, while
the other had towed a- buggy.
“There must ibe a disease of
this type of nonsense’ around
here,” the magistrate said after
the second charge was heard.
“This is going a little too strong.
I’ve.never had two cases' like this
before.”
Both youths were fined $10
and costs and their licences were
suspended for 30 days. They
pleaded guilty to the charges.
Crown Attorney I-I. Glenn
Hayes said provincial police no
ticed John Parsons, 18, of Us
borne, dragging snow fence be
hind his truck when they were
patrolling the St. Marys road On
October 31. When the police tried
to follow him, he led them a
chase up township roads at speeds
of 70 to 80 miles per hour.
Buggy Smashed
An unidentified driver who
caught the other youth after a
race was commended for his
action by the magistrate. The
motorist was behind the truck,
driven by Jack Prout, also of
Usborne, when the buggy it was
towing
oh the
her 1.
out of
chased
speeds
finally caught up with the car he
took the keys from the youth.
Careless Driving
Henry Hoggarth, 80, of Hay,
was fined $5 and costs after be
ing convicted of careless
ing on November IS. He
onto No. 4 highway from a
ship road, struck a bus which
veered into the ditch. The bus
was loaded with R.G.A.F, per*
sonticl.
Robert Davis, of London, was*
convicted of c o m m o n assault
against his wife, Adrianna Davis,
of Centralia, on November 30.
Sentence was remanded until De*
comber 15.
smashed against a bridge
Crediton road on Novem-
After the driver swerved’
the path of the ruins, he
the car up side roads at
of 75 m.p.h. When he
driv-
drove
town*