The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-12-10, Page 1Eighty-Fifth Year
Groups Back
Hensall Ice
Three community organizations
in Hensall have officially sup
ported a move to install artificial
ice in the arena.
The groups presented resolu
tions favoring the project to the
council at its meeting Monday
night.
Organizations which are back
ing the project are the Hensall
Branch of the Canadian Legion,
the Legion Auxiliary and the
Hensall Chamber of Commerce.
R. E. Shaddick presented the
Legion resolutions to the council.
A by-law was passed changing
the name of the Hensall Com
munity Park Board, which gov
erns the operation of the arena,
to the Hensall Community Park
Board.
Council members approved a
$200 donation 'to the village’s
Recreational Council.
E. L. Mickle was reappointed
to represent Hensall on the board
•of the South Huron District High
School.
Clerk J. A. Paterson reported
that only $1,200 of 1953 taxes
were outstanding. This represents
'.about three percent of the total.
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EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1953 Price Per Copy 70
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Interest in Exeter municipal affairs dropped to an all-
time low Monday when the council, school board and P.U.C.
posts were filled by acclamation.
Striking- proof of the apathy toward election was revealed
Decorate
Hospital
The pupils of Exeter Public
School are shoeing the real
spirit of Christmas by decorat
ing the children’s ward of South
Huron Hospital. The windows
and walls bear symbols of the
Christmas season, the work of
the junior classes.
> Pupils of Mrs. L. Turvey’s room
made poinsettias for the win
dows and candy canes and chain
decorations for the Christmas
tree. Mrs. W. Mickle’s pupils
made a clever wall panel of choir
boys against a background of
stained glass windows.
Cairollers
On the windows are lampposts
with caroilers standing beside
them, the work of Miss Lois
Porterfield’s class. Mrs. Jermyn’s
pupils’ work, Santa, his sleigh
and reindeer, decorate the north
wall of the ward. Even the little
kindergarten pupils have done
their part by decorating a small
Christmas tree with their own
handmade ornaments.
Mrs R. Jermyn, vice principal,
said one boy was heard to say he
wouldn’t mind being*• in the hos
pital at Christmas time, while
another,
undergo a tonsil operation soon
after Christmas, is looking for
ward to seeing the decorations lie
helped
are all
ward.
The
South Huron Hospital,
William St., has taken
Christmas air.
Paints Manger Scene
Murray Stephen, an employee
of Lindenfields, has painted
the manger scene on the large
west window.
Several hours of work went
into the decoration.
who is scheduled to
to make now
in place in the
nurses’ dining
that they
children’s
room
facing
on
at
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ENJOY MODERN DESKS — One of the features of the rennovated school at Grand Bend
are the one-piece, adjustable, plywood and tubular steel desks the children are sitting in.
The new rooms arc highlighted by large windows which allow plenty of daylight to reach
the desks. Sitting, in the back row and pupils Betty Finch and Melita Coulter; in front are
Aleda Shaw and Gail Waldron. Principal Gordon Campbell, right, and teacher, Orval Ulle
rick, admire the desks. —T-A Photo
Officially Open School
At Grand Bend Friday
The new Grand Bend Public School? will be officially
opened Friday evening.
Guest speakers at the ceremony will include IL J. Carter,
inspector of public schools for Lambton; Thomas Pryde,
M.L.A. for Huron; and C. E. "Zeb” Janes, M.L.A. for Lamb
ton.
An open house will be held
following the ceremony.
Thfe two-room addition to the
school was completed in Septem
ber and the older part of the
building was renovated through
out.
Bright interior decoration,
modern-style desks and a com
plete new lighting system high
lights the improvements. New
construction materials and inter-'
ior finishing products have been
used.
Individual Lockers
One of the features of the new
part is individual students lockers
which have circulating fans to
dry out and air children’s outer
garments.
Rev. J.
be chairman of
monies. School
the direction of
render musical
John Manore is chairman of
the School Board and Mr. Gor
don Campbell, of Parkhill, is
principal.
'• Members of the board are
Campbell Chapman, secretary -
treasurer; Herbert Pfile, Alvin
Bossenberry, Lawrence Mason
and Stanley Gill.
The teaching staff includes
Orval Ullerick, of London; Miss
Edna Rivett, of Dungannon; and
Miss Ruth Sutherland, B.A., of
Parkhill.
Houses 150 Pupils
The school, which houses some
150 students at the present time,
has fpnr classrooms and a large
playroom-basement which can be
converted into classrooms if the
need arises.
Before the addition was com
pleted. the board was forced to
hold classes in other buildings in
the village.
Five-Cent Postage
Effective In April
Postage rates on letters will
be raised one cent, effective April
1st according to an announcement
from Ottawa. First class letters
will
and
four
will
costs
week for ‘post office staffs.
be boosted from 4c to 5c.,
local letters from three to
cents. The increase in rates
help pay for the increased
of the five-day, 40-hour
Brown Out
Until Meet
F. G. Houghton will
the opening cere-
children, under
Douglas Gill, will
numbers.
Shows Pictures
At the Lions Club supper meet
ing Friday evening Mr. Bruce
Biggart entertained the members
with a moving picture of his re
cent trip to Los Vegas, Arizona,
where he and his family spent
their vacation visiting with
friends. Vice-president J. B.
Creech was in c harge of the
meeting.
Around 1,000 4-H Club members attended theRECEIVE AWARDS4-H MEMBERS______________ 4 ,
huge Huron County Achievement Night in South Huron District High School Friday night.
This picture shows just a part of the crowd which filled the large auditorium. Representa
tives of 24 clubs in the county, consisting of 347 members, received close to $2,000 in cash
prizes and crests, trophies arid certificates for completing projects, I'-—
Bob Brown, Lucan Irish de
fenceman who was given a match
penalty last week for attacking >*
referee, will remain suspended
until the W.O.A.A. executive
meets, "Tory” Gregg said Wed
nesday.
The manager of the Associa
tion stated the suspension would
continue on the order of Harry
Doughty, of Walkerton, president
of the W.O.A.A.
"We don’t intend to call a spe
cial meeting to deal with this
case.” Mr. Gregg announced. Date of the next regular meeting
not been set.
First In W.O.A.A.
The penalty to Brown is
first match penalty handed
this season in W.O.A.A. hockey.
Mr. Gregg, who is also presi
dent of the O.H.A., said two
match penalties had been dealt
with by thb provincial organiza
tion. In both cases, the player
was suspended for the entire sea
son.
The hockey official said execu
tives were "getting tough” with
players whose actions warranted
match penalties.
Brown received his penalty at
a game in Lucan Tuesday night,
December 1, when the Irish de
feated Exeter- Mohawks 5-2.
Contrary to rumours, the Ex
eter club did not enter a protest
on the game.
Find Improper Lighting
Causes Traffic Fatality
A. coroner’s jury, investigating the traffic death of Wil
liam Rennie near Zurich, blamed improper lighting on a road
grader for the accident.
’ The jury recommended that "graders and similar vehi
cles” be equipped with two headlights and clearance lights
on the • side.
It also strongly recommended
that road machinery be not oper
ated after dark ‘‘as they are a
real danger on the road”.
Mr. Rennie died in London
Hospital, on Wednesday, Decem
ber 2, of injuries suffered when
he was hit by a car driven by
Russell Hayter, R.R. 1, Varna.
No blame was attached to Mr.
Hayter.
Mr. and Mrs. Rennie were driv
ing north on 'the Goshen line
when their car struck the blade
of the south-bound Huron county
grader, operated by George Clark,
R.R. 3, Dashwood. Mr. Rennie
Stopped his car and he and his
wife walked back to talk to the
Operator. They were hit by the
north-bound car. Mrs. Rennie is
Still in London hospital.
Inquest At Zurich
Coroner Dr. J. G. Dunlop, Ex
eter, and Crown Attorney Glen
Hays, QC, Goderich, conducted
the inquest which was held in
Zurich Tuesday afternoon.
Questioned were Russell Hay
ter, Dr. St. Pierre, physician who
attended the accident; Keith
Westlake, Zurich undertaker;
George Clark, and Provincial
Constable Cecil Gibbons, who in
vestigated
Forman
Steinback,
Members
Herbert Mousseau, Herbert Neeb
J’and Milton Dietz.
The jury’s complete finding:
- “We find that William Rennie
died as a result of injuries suf
fered the night of December 1
when he was struck by a car
driven by Russell Haytei’ on the
county road some two miles north
of Zurich while standing on the
road after an earlier accident be
tween Rennie’s car and a county
.road grader operated by George
Clark.
“The two accidents are closely
related and both were due to a
blinding light on the grader that
obscured the danger from the
cars meeting the grader.
Lighting Improper
"We consider the
the grader improper
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the accident.
of the jury was Ted
of R.R. 1, Zurich,
were Arnold Kuntz,
Numbering
Complete
The new system of house
numbering, which replaces the
one formerly used, was completed
this week by Municipal Services
Ltd.
L. S. Mannell, manager of the
firm, left town Saturday after
the last house had been num
bered. He will return in several
week to make any corrections or
adjust numbers which have been
found faulty.
An official map, which will re
cord all existing numbers, and be
the basis for numbering new
buildings, is being
Explains System
To explain the
Mannell prepared
outline for The Times-Advocate:
"All the houses and business
firms in Exeter now have their
new numbers installed. For the
time being this may cause a lit
tle confusion until the residents
familiarize themselves with the
new numbers and notify anyone
doing business with them as to
the new numbers. Once the new
phone book is published listing
all the new numbers, most of the
confusion will be eliminated.
"The system of numbering .is
what is known as the Uniform
Please turn to Page 16
R. E. Russell, was re-
along with sitting mem-
M. Farrow.
election of Mr. Southcott
school board reverts it to
Andrew Snelgrove by Harvey
Pollen and W. G. Seldon; EarJ
Witmer by Luther Penhale and
J. M. Southcott,
Public School Board. R. E.
Russell by Harvey Pollen and W.
G. Seldon; G. M. Farrow by W.
G. Seldon and R. E. Russell;
Robert Southcott by R. E. Rus
sell and C. M. Farrow.
P.U.C.: Luther Penhale by W.
G. Cochrane and R. C. Dinney.
All the nominators except one
occupy municipal offices of the
town.
One To A Post
The fact that only one person
was nominated for each post is
also surprising. Even when coun
cils are elected by acclamation,
there are usually more nominat
ed for the posts than are re
quired. This is to ensure that, if
some persons do not wish to
qualify, there will be at least
enough to fill the positions.
To get the required number of
nominations, one councillor had
to be called out of bed. He had
worked late the night before and
was asleep when he was called
by phone.
prepared.
system, Mr.
the following
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DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY — Congratulatory messages from
Queen Elizabeth II and the Governor-General of Canada were
received by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Baynham, of Crediton, when
they celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary Saturday.
Both of the celebrants were born in McGillivray township and
they attended the same public school. —T-A Photo
Over 400 Huron 4-H Club Members
Receive $2,000 In Prizes, Awards
a,^%a-
Hundreds of parents and friends of Huron County’s 4-H
Club members filled the auditorium of South Huron District
High School on Friday night for the annual Achievement
Night program.Several hundred club members occupied the front of the
auditorium while agricultural re
presentatives, club leaders and
prominent county officials were
seated on the platform. In the
background, a large club emblem
displayed the motto: "Learn To
Do By Doing”.
Mr. Charles Coultes, president
of the club leaders association,
opened the meeting and introduc
ed Dr, H. H. Cowen, president of
the school board, who welcomed
the clubs and their friends to the
school for the second year.
G, W. -Montgomery, county ag
ricultural representative, spoke
on the growth of 4-H clubs from
14 in 1951 to 24 clubs in 1953
Free Ih’css Photo! six weeks.
Strathroy’s Garvin Injured
Ah X-ray taken at Strathroy
General Hospital Wednesday mor
ning confirmed that Ted Garvin,
Strathroy playing-coach, had bro
ken a bone in his right ankle in
the game with Forest.
Handicapped by his injury, he
still took his turn throughout the
third period, scoring Strathroy’s
only goal in the lust 20 minutes
of play,
Me may not be able to play for
with a corresponding increase in
membership from 188 to 347
members.
Complete Projects
The 24 clubs are made up of
13 calf clubs, six swine clubs,
two grain clubs, one tractor, one
forestry and one forage club. Of
the 347 members, 323 completed
their project and 14 clubs had
10i0'% completion.
M r. Montgomery announced
that besides the special prizes and
trophies, $2,080 would be paid
out in prize money. Each mem
ber completing his project re
ceived a check for $4.50.
Miss j“ean Steckle, home econo
mist, speaking on the work of the
girls clubs, announced that mem
bership in .garden and home
making clubs in 1953 had been
371, an increase of 40 per cent
over 1952. Fourteen clubs were
formed and nine clubs had 100
per cent completion of
ject.
Mr, 0. D. Graham
county honor pins to
who had Won them on the com
pletion of six homemaking club
projects. District girls receiving
them wore: Marie Jarrott, Lois
McLellan, Yvonne Kyle, Elaine
Bell and Ann Sinclair, Kippen.
Several garden club girls in
cluding Marion Creery of the
Elimville club, told of the value
of beautifying farm home sur
roundings.
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their pro-
presented
166 girls
by:1. Only one person was nom
inated for each post.
2. Nominees themselves were
forced to move and second names
for the offices.
3. Less than 25 attended and
many of these just dropped in
for a short time,
4. T h e ann u’a 1 ratepayers
meeting, always a highlight of
elections, was cancelled for lack
of interest.I All Returned But One
All the incumbents were re
turned to office except for one.
Robert Southcott was elected to
a two-year term on the Public
School Board. He replaces Mrs.
Warren Sanders who resigned.
The council remains: Mayor,
W. G. Cochrane; Reeve, R. E.
Pooley; Deputy - Reeve, William
McKenzie; Councillors, Ralph
Bailey, Edward Brady, Robert
Dinney, Richard Jermyn, Andrew
Snelgrove and Earl Witmer.
Chairman of the Public School
Board,
turned
ber C.
The
to the
an all-male body again. Foi' a
number of years, Mrs. Sanders
was the only woman on the board.
Mrs. Amy Milner replaced hei*
two years ago but when Mrs. Mil
ner left town, Mrs. Sanders re
turned to the board to complete
her term.
Other members of the board,
who were elected last year, are
Harvey Pollen, Carfrey Cann and
Wallace Seldon.
Veteran Re-elected
Luther J. Penhale, veteran
member of the Public Utilities
Commission, was returned for his
ninth term. Mr. Penhale has been
chairman of the Commission
since he was first elected in
1935. '
Disappointment
Mayor W. G. Cochrane ex
pressed disappointment at the
small crowd.
"The indication is either one
of satisfaction with the present
council or apathy,” he. said.
"However, we will be foolhardy
enough to accept it as a vote of
confidence.”
„ "Perhaps the hour of nomina
tions is not good,” he comment
ed. "Possibly it could be held in
the early evening.”
To show how it was necessary
for the municipal officers to
minate each other, details of
nominations follow:
Mayor:
William
Pooley.
Reeve:
Southcott
Deputy-Reeve: William McKen
zie by R. E. Pooley and J. M.
Southcott.
Councillors: Ralph Bailey by
W. G. Cochrane and E. W. Brady;
R. C. Dinney by C. S. McNaugh
ton and Robert Southcott; E. W.
Brady by R. E. Russell and C.
M. Farrow; R. D. Jermyn by R.
R. Bailey and R. C. Jermyn;
W. G. Cochrane
McKenzie an$ R.
no-
the
R. E. Pooley by J.
and Harvey Pollen.
M.
Zurich Flyers
Jump To Third
Zurich Flyers won their second
game of the season Wednesday
night, defeating Ilderton 8-4 at
the Exeter Arena.
The victory puts Zurich in a
third-place tie with Exeter, Ilder
ton and St. Marys.
Roger Fortier performed the
hat trick for the Flyers. Single
counters were scored by Joe
Maisonville, Junior Barash, Bob
Rawlings, Jim Hayter and Don
Hesse.
Ilderton goals were notched by
M. and S. O’Neil, Evans and
Flannigan.
Zurich was in command all the way, leading 2-1 in the fh'st and
6-2 in the second. J .,^^1
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Council Back
In Stephen
Re-elected in Stephen Town
ship this week were:
Reeve: John Morrissey.
Deputy-Reeve:
ton Haist.
Councillors: Edward Gill, Ed
ward Lamport, Gordon
School Area Trustees: Gerald
Gpdbolt, Lloyd Lamport.
0 Stephen township naminations
at the Township Hall, Crediton,
on Monday afternoon, passed
quietly, the old council being
elected by acclamation.
Three names were placed
nomination for the reeveship, viz:
John Morrissey, Wellington Haist
.and Elmer Lawson. Wellington
$aist and Elmer Lawson were
also nominated for deputy-reeve,
while Edward Lamport, Gordon
Ratz, Edward Gill and Steve
Dundas were nominated for
council.
Lloyd Lamport, Gerald God
bolt, Ross Krueger and Harold
Kellerman were nominated for
the School Area Trustees.
Lamport replaces Harry
herd, retired.
Anxious To Return
Reeve Morrissey gave a
of the work of County Council.
"The first year at County Council
I more or less listened to what
was doing, but the second year I
enjoyed the work and am anxious
to return as there is some im
portant work to be done” said
Mr. Morrissey. Mr. Morrissey has
served two years as reeve and
previous to that he was for five
years a member^ of the council.
Wellington Haist reviewed
some of the work that had been
accomplished and stated that he
would not cause an election, but
if there was to be an election he
was going to move up or out.
As none of the new nominees
qualified for any of the offices,
the old council was elected by
acclamation.
Welling-
Ratz.
off
re
in
Lloyd
Shep-
review
Zurich Elects
Third Trustee
The police village of Zurich,
elected its third trustee by ac
clamation this week.
John Turkheim is the new
member of the council. He will
sit with Milford Schilbe and Le
roy O’Brien who were elected at
the nomination meeting last
week.
R. W. Illsley, who was a trus
tee last year, was nominated on
Monday but he failed to qualify.
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OFFICIAL OPENING FRIDAY — The new addition to Grand Wend Public School will be
officially opened at a ceremony in the building this .Friday night. An open house will be
held so that patents may inspect the school, The two-room addition and renovation of the
older part of the building were completed this September. Board Chairman is John Manors