The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-08-24, Page 1EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1950Seventy-sixth Year
GROWING UP Within a few months,” R.C.A.F.
officials, these houses at Centralia’s housing site will be oc
cupied. Started over a year ago, this project will eventually
become a town of 3,60 homes, and will include a fourteen-
room public school. Fifty houses, shown in the middle bot
tom, were occupied last fall and 135 others are rapidly
reaching the completion stage. The site incorporates the lat
est ideas in town planning, as evidenced by horse-shoe and
winding crescent designs in'the overall plan. Sidewalks run
across the fronts of the houses while the roads go behind.
Already work is being done on landscaping the area which
will include parks and playgrounds. —R.C.A.F, Photo
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Truckers Keep Local Supply,
While members of parliament
fly to Ottawa to tackle the na
tional emergency, Canada’s first
major railway strike started to
hit hard into the normal life of
the nation.
The crippling hand of the
country-wide strike by 124,000
employees gripped Canada’s rail
ways early Tuesday morning af
ter a three-day effort to mediate
a multi-million dollar wages-
qpd-hours dispute collapsed.
Latest attempt to settle the
dispute is the recall of parlia
ment by Prime Minister St. Lau
rent. All M.P.s including A. Y,
MacLean, Huron-Perth represen
tative, are on their way back to
the nation’s capital but observers
don’t believe parliament will be
able to make any decisive act
for two weeks at least.
Only railway unit connecting
Exeter and district directly is
the London, Huron and Bruce.
While mail, grain, oil, coal and
lumber traffic is affected, the
major portion of supplies to the
district are carried by truckers.
However, serious consequences
may develop if wholesale sup
plies in the surrounding centres
dwindle and cannot be kept up
to normal.
Huge rail centres throughout
the dominion lie idle and major
industries have begun to shut
their doors in the wake of the
walkout.
Meanwhile the disaster “which
couldn’t happen here” came with
all its force, despite the fact
that most people expected the
strike would be averted before
6 a.m. Tuesday.
Railway cars, both full and
empty, stand idle at stations
along the London, Huron and
Bruce. Railway depots at Cen
tralia, Clandeboye, Exeter and
Hensall have been abandoned by
strike in the near future is dim
station agents.
At Hensall, grain mills have
been forced to close down be
cause there are no rail cars to
take away produce. Tuesday and
Wednesday, the mill operators .
used tractors and trucks to
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Council Passes By-Law Giving
Legal Authority For Fire Brigade
A by-law establishing legal
authority for Exeter’s volunteer
fire brigade was passed by vill
age council Monday night at the
regular meeting.
The new law replaces the un
written understanding that the
fire brigade has certain privil
eges in time of emergency. It is
now required of municipalities
before they can receive grants
for fire protection from the De
partment of Municipal Affairs.
Fire Chief Bill Chambers has
authority to inspect buildings for
fire hazards; to tear down fences
and out-structures necessary to
prevent the spread of fire; and
to suspend officers or fire
fighters who are not performing
their duties.
The by-law also makes pro
visions for fines and jail terms
against those who impede or ob
struct firemen from getting to
the scene of a blaze or from
fighting the fire. A maximum
penalty of $50 and 21 days in
jail is provided.
Mr. Charles MacNaughton and
Mr. John Pryde of Exeter Lions
Club waited on council and pre
sented a report in regard to the
erection of street
and asked that the
$300 toward the
amount is less than
actual cost of the signs (not
eluding the labour).
Members of the council
pressed appreciation of the fine
job done by the Lions Club in
erecting the much needed street
name signs.
It was moved that the sum of
$300 be paid toward the cost of
the street name signs.
It was moved and seconded
by Deputy Reeve Snider and
Councillor Webster that the de
benture item be removed from
the district high school account
and that the board be advised
as to the method of assessing
auditing costs.
It was reported that several
drainage troubles had been
cleared up and that others were
being looked after as quickly as
possible,
It was moved and seconded
by Deputy Reeve Snidet
Councillor Lindenfield that
taxi stand sign be purchased
that a taxi stand for one
be established, for the use of
Clifford Watson, on the west
side of Main Street, south of
the bus stand.
Mr. Everett Sims appeared be
fore council • asking that the bal
ance of his account for digging
drain from his property be paid,
Mr. Sims was paid $14,40.
The following accounts were
read and ordered paid on the
motion of Deputy Reeve Snider
and Councillor Webster: Exeter
Public School Building Fund re
August commitments, $15,000,-
00; H. Erskine, County Treas*
urer re county rates, $9,449.19;
W. H. Hodgson, Treas., Exeter
Public School Board re part re
quisition, $l,500v00; The Exetei’
Times-Advocate re printing, not
ices and supplies, $19 7.10; Lar
ry Snider Motors re new motor,
parts, labour on truck, gas and
oils, $298.68; Bell Telephone re
J. Norry and fire hall, $8.98;
Exeter Motor Sales re gas and
oil, $6.09; Everett Sims re bal
ance of drain account, $14.40;
Huron Lumber Go. Ltd., re side
walks, $191.02; Mr. J, Bowey,
Treas., Lions Club re share of
street name signs, $300.00; lab
our re garbage collection and
disposal, street maintenance,
road maintenance, drains
ditching, $198.04,.
Kids Pay For
and
name signs
council pay
cost,
half of
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No Rail Cars, Elevators Filled,
Hensall Mills Force^to Close
Two-Hour Spree
Two Parkhill youths who
found $97 at Grand Bend and
went on a two-hour spending
epree know now there’s no such
thing as "finders keepers". The
case was heard in juvenile court
at Exeter Tuesday morning.
The youths found a wallet
containing the large sum and
before police caught up with
them they spent 57. Their two-
hour spree included severat steak
dinners, souvenirs, candy and
fun at the Penny Arcade.
Magistrate Dudley Holmes or
dered the two to make restitu
tion and placed them on probat
ion for two months.
Checking Up
Provincial Police have been
bearing down on motorists ex
ceeding the speed limits and
failing to observe stop signs.
They have collected many fines
from violators.
Laying Black Top
On Dashwood Road
The work of laying a black
top on Highway S3 is now well
under way. Beginning at the
Blue Water Highway, hard-sur
facing of this much-travelled
road has been undertaken by
the Department of Highways.
Thousands of
have been piled in
in preparation for
paving consists of
mulch.
The work will
from the Blue Water Highway
through Dashwood, Exeter to
Russeldale, where it will join
Highway 23. The distance is
about twenty-three miles and is
a straight road without a single
turn, something rare in the pro
vince. The highway has been
widened, new bridges and cul
verts built; the road-bed has
been raised in many places,
young evergreen trees have been
planted along a portion of the
west end of the road and wilt
be continued throughout. When
completed it will be one of the
finest stretches of highway in
the province.
, of
tons of gravel
several stacks
the work. The
a dry asphalt
be continued
Five Join
Special Force
Five Exeter men have enlisted
in Canada’s special United Na
tions brigade for Korea. The
first to join up from this dist
rict, they have left for Petta-
wawa for training. The men are
Robert Nicol, Carl Schwalm,
Lome Lamont, Dick Watson and
Charles Seymour.
According to a Canadian Press
despatch, recruits still are pour
ing into Canada’s special force
for duty in Korea or elsewhere.
An army spokesman said the
force, which hoped to get about
4,000 or 5,000 men, now has re
cruited 6,899 and it appeared
likely that it soon will reach
yond the 7,000 mark.
The nation-wide railway strike
caught Hensall grain elevators
right at the peak of the thresh
ing season. All mills will be
forced to close before the end
of the week.
Although C.N.R. trains made
special shipments of empty cars
to the mills on Saturday and
Sunday, the supply has dwindled
and elevators are rapidly reach
ing their capacity.
The George T. Mickle elevator
expected to close operations on
Wednesday, while Thompson’s
and Cook’s will be able to han
dle grain for a short time only.
Last week the mills were
forced to turn away farmers’
grain because of a shortage of
railway cars. Over Saturday and
Sunday, however, the C.N.R.
made special evening runs to
supply more cars.
More than 2,000 tons of bar
ley and wheat have been shipped
from Hensall elevators during
August. This amount is far above
last year’s movement from
grain centre.
Wheat production is down
to grain sprouting in the
weather but this year’s crop of
contract barley may show a re
cord yield. Mill owners expect
an increase of from 100 to 150
percent in barley.
The bean crop is due in three
weeks and if the railway strike
continues farmers and mill own
ers will find themselves in
serious situation.
Laird, of Hensall and two daugh
ters, Mrs. Margaret Stump, of
California and Mrs. Ida Rhodes,
of Toledo, Ohio, one sister, Mrs.
Ida Tolson of Alberta, ten
children and nine great
children.
Funeral arrangements
i not yet been completed.
grand-
grand-
have
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Ceci I Kipf er New
Hensall Postmaster
Cecil Kipfer, 27-year-old
veteran, has been informed
the Civil Service Commission
his appointment as Postmast-
for the Village of Hensall,
Hen-
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be
the
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a
Elevator Owner
Mr.
ent a
pital
treatment.
Laverne Wells is at
patient at Victoria
where he
pres-
Hos-
is undergoing
Lions To Raffle
Raffled Car
A child’s Austin car will
raffled off by Exeter Lions Club
at the fall fair in September in
aid of the South Huron Hospi
tal Fund.
Miss Julia Dunlop, daughter
of Dr. J. G. and Mrs. Dunlop won
the car in a draw at Thedford,
and donated it to the Lions club
to raise funds for the hospital.
Dies Suddenly
Mr. E. L. Mickle has received
word of the death of his father
Mr. George T. Mickle of Ridge
town who died very suddenly at
his home on Wednesday. He was
in his ninety-third year.
Mr. Mickle had been in good
health and he attended his of
fice every day. He owned grain
and bean elevators at Hensall,
Kippen, Brucefield and Ridge
town.
He is survived by two sons,
Frank, of Ridgetown, and
Showered In Hamilton
Miss Laurene Zurbrigg, R.N.,
who has been on the staff of
V.O.N. in Hamilton for the past
three months, has returned to
her home in Exeter. Before leav
ing Hamilton Laurene was the
recipient of two lovely showers
in honour of her marriage to
take place early in September.
Fiftieth Anniversary
Congratulations to chief John i
Norry and Mrs. Norry who are
this week observing their fiftieth
wedding anniversary, Mr. and
Mrs. Norry are celebrating the
event with a week’s holidays,
visiting with their children in
London,
all
by
of
er
and commenced his duties Frid
ay. Mr. Kipfer was selected by
the Commissin as the result of
competition held some time ago.
Born in Saskatchewan, he re
ceived his education at Hensall,
and has been a resident of Hen
sall for 23 years. He is married
with one son, Donny, 2. He suc
ceeds Fred G. Bonthron, postmas
ter for the past 14 years, who
has retired.
shunt the cars back and forth
until they were loaded. Now
elevators are filled to capacity
and farmers will have to keep
grain in their barns.
Lumber, coal, oil and freight
supplies are dwindling fast. Oil
distributers in the district are
making arrangements to truck
gasoline from Goderich, Claxton,-
Port Stanley and other lake
shipping centres.
Only first class mail is being
handled by post offices. News-*
papers, magazines and parcel,
post are being stored in mail
centres until the strike is over.
The Times-Advocate will be de
livered by car to nearby centres,
but subscribers outside the area
will "not receive their copies.
Guenther Transport of Dash
wood has taken over mail routes
from London to Kincardine, Lon
don to Toronto, and London to
Sarnia.
While Exeter and district are
not too badly hit by the walk
out, other centres whose main
supply line is the railway are in
bad shape. Guenther Transport
received an emergency call Mon
day to haul 12£ tons of flour
from Goderich elevators to Sud
bury. Trucking firms across the
dominion are working night and
day to supply essentials to cen
tres relying on the railroad.
The strike has caused in
creased pressure on telephone
lines, too. With mail and tele
graph communications disrupted,
residents have turned to the
telephone to send important mes
sages.
The big bone of contention in
the strike is a 40-hour week, ac
cording to Ernest Gerson, station
agent at Exeter depot. “Pretty
nearly everyone has a shorter
week now,” he said, “and rail
way men should be entitled to a
40-hour week with the rest of
them.”
“We work overtime now (more
than 4.8 hours) on our job to
keep things up-to-date without
any consideration from the com
pany." Bill Riehl is the assistant
at the station. .
“Naturally we'd like to get
back to work but all we can do
is await developments. We don’t
want a strike anymore than any
one else.” Terse indication of a
strike at the local depot is a
message in. chalk on the bulletin
board. It reads “Closed account
of strike 6 a.m. August 22".
Mrs. Joan Butterfield Committed
&To Trial By Judge And Jury
Sufficient evidence to warrant
sending Mrs. Joan Butterfield,
19, of Exeter, to trial by judge
and jury on a charge of motor
manslaughter was produced at
Middlesex County court last
week, according to Magistrate E.
J. R. Wright.
The charge resulted from the
highway death of a Port Stanley
hitch-hiker, Joseph Mitocher, on
July 14 when five ears were
on $2,000 bail.
Three crown witnesses were
heard and one witness was called
■by Defence Counsel H. W. Hoc-
kins.
John Hunter, London truck
driver, testified Mrs. Butterfield
was the woman to whom he ad
ministered first aid. He said she
was alone in her car.
Cyclist Testifies
Lillian Laakso, of 494 TeCutn-. __ ...I Lillian Laakso. of 494 Tecura-
piled in a crash and seven othet |seh Avenue, said that with un
persons injured. ‘other bicyclist, Brenda Ham-
Committal by Magistratei’^md. of 38 Briscoe Street, she
Wright to higher court followed j was riding north on No. 4 High-
completion of the preliminary way at the tenth concession
hearing that bogged down July i when the accident occurred.
29 when crown witnesses failed | Miss Laakso said she went to
to identify Mrs. Butterfield as!the Butterfield ear immediately
driver of the car involved in the i after the crash. She identified
fatality. * Mrs. Butterfield as the woman
Mrs. Butterfield was released X1*6 saw alMie itt tlie at
time.
Miss Hammond saw a woman
in the ear. but was unable to
:say whether she was Mrs. But-
'ter field.
Describes Position
’ When called by Mr. Hockin,
;Provincial Constable William
Laughy described the location of
.the five vehicles eventually in
volved in the accident. During
cross-examination by Crown At
torney C. c. Savage, K.O., the
constable said he accompanied
t Cpl. Floyd Haight who inter
viewed Mrs. Butterfield July 15.
He said she answered. "Yes. I
was.” when the corporal asked
her if she had been driver of
ear bearing licence 1V747 (the
Butterfield earn
I The accident allegedly hap
pened when the Butterfield car
turned on No. 4 Highway, three
miles north of Arva. to pass the
'two girls on bicycles, sideswip
ing an oncoming ear and throw
ing both cars out .of control
5 Three other cars subsequently
I were involved.
I Magistrate Comment
Magistrate Wright noted that ’ idetitifcatioii of Mrs. Butterfield
as driver was “so shaky" that
an outright denial by Mrs. But*
terfield might cause the crown
ease to collapse, but that he felt
there was sufficient evidence to
warrant sending her to higher
court for trial.
At the earlier hearings, Mr,
Savage said he might have to
send to Winnipeg for one of his
witnesses in the effort to iden
tify Mrs. Butterfield as driver of
the. car, but this has not yet
been done,
FIRST RECRUITS GET TASTE OF ARMY LIFE — First
draft of Canada’s special force for the U.N. is goiiYg through
induction routine at Camp Petawawa, Ont. Group shown
entering (trucks at Petawawa station platform is on its way
to learning the routine that means "you’re in the army now.”1
Typical recruit is Grant Ilarding. 19, Toronto, shown draw
ing his kit nt army store. Volunteers will have to learn how
to take care of their gear« wear uniforms properly, carry
themselves well on and off the parade square before the
serious business of rigorous training begins. —CPC
Mrs, s. pollen of Flint, Mich,,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Sid
ney Davis.
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