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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-09-07, Page 1Seventy-sixth Year PLAN OPENING FOR NEW YEAR Public school pupils are eagerly awaiting comple­ tion of their new school, shown here in the midst of construction. Board officials hope to occupy the building in January, 1951. Ceremmies for the cornerstone laying will be held on Wednesday, September 27. . —Free Press Photo EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1950 ‘TWIN GRAND CHAMPIONS These twin Dorset sheep, exhibited by Preston Dearing (right) at the C.N.E., won the grand championship for rams and ewes of their breed. Ephriani Snell of Clinton helps hold the champions. Mr. Dearing also won the Freyseng trophy, awarded for the best flock of sheep on exhibit. —Toronto Globe & Mail Plan Sewage Disposal System At Resort Plans for a satisfactory sew­ age disposal system for Grand Bend are being worked out by the Ontario Research Board, it was learned this week. Ontario Department of Health officials, who investigated con­ ditions at the resort this sum­ mer in co-operation with the Huron County Health Unit, have turned the problem Over to the research board and are now waiting for a solution. Pollution of a creek east of the Blue Water Highway, and dangers of ease from causes of years. In July large property owners were asked to stop emptying sewage into the creek. The owners have ex­ pressed willingness to co-operate as soon as the Research finds a solution. an outbreak of dis- sewage, have been controversy for two of this year, several Board Injured In Fall To Cement Basement Mr. Emery Desjardine, Bend, while working on house in the SoUthcott met with an unfortunate acci­ dent Wednesday of last week. A sheet of iplywood had been placed over a cellar opening and in walking over it, the plywood broke and Mr. nine feet to below. He received ture and was ious for a time. He also received an injury to his hip. After being laid up for _ a few days he is again able to be around. Grand a new Pines, Desjardine fell the cement floor a nasty skull frac- rendered unconsc- Council Applies For Road Grant Exeter council made applica­ tion for an interim road subsidy at its regular meeting Tuesday night. Council met in the town hall with Reeve Sweitzer, Deputy Reeve Snider and Councillors Lindenfield and Webstei' pres­ ent. More than $2,800 have been spent on roads in the village since the first of the year. De­ puty Reeve Snider and Council­ lor Lindenfield moved that ap­ plication for a grant be forward­ ed to the Department of High­ ways. The clerk was instructed to write the Bell Telephone Com­ pany of Canada in regard to moving a telephone pole at the corner of William and Welling­ ton Streets, the pole being in the way of new sidewalk, The following applications for building permits were granted on the motion of Councillors Lindenfield and Webster: James Street United Church regarding shingling roof, and John M. Mahon regarding a garage. The following accounts were read and ordered paid on the motion of Councillors Webster and Lindenfield: Tuckey Trans­ port regarding parcel delivery and return, $1.00; Exeter P.U.C., hydro re: street lighting, town hall and town clock, $3 21.10; Township of Usborne re: grading streets, $86.25; Exeter Public School Board re: part requisi­ tion, $1'500.00; Exeter Motor Sales re: gas for truck and trac­ tor, $12.79; Receiver-General of Canada re: income tax, $22.90; F. W. Huxtable re: repairs to tractor, $79.55; labour, $228.71. Walking With Friend On Road Youth Killed Near St. Joseph A nineteen-year-old London boy was almost Instantly killed when he was struck by a car., while walking with a girl friend along the Blue Water Highway near St. Joseph Friday night. Provincial police said the car, driven by Bert Bossenberry of Detroit, turned out "to pass an­ other vehicle and struck Leo Laur, 613 Hamilton Road. His hody was thrown into the ditch and he was dead before medical help arrived. The girl, Georgina Corriveau, whose parents live near the scene of the accident, was unharmed. Bossenberry was arrested and charged with dangerous driving by Provincial Constable Helmar Snell of Seaforth. He yvill appear in Exeter court next Tuesday, The two were walking north on the west side of the highway. Laur was pushing a bicycle at the time. The girl’s screams at­ tracted occupants in the other car, Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso Jef­ fries, who returned to help. Mrs. Jeffries is a sister of Georgina Corriveau. Dr. E. P. Keast of Zurich was called to the scene 'but the youth ■died before he arrived. Coroner Dr. McMaster of Seaforth also attended. Surviving Laur are his par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Laur, ■of St. Thomas; five brothers, his twin, Lee, of London; Harry and George, of St, Thomas; and twins, Solin and Colin, of Bel­ mont; and six sisters, Mrs. Roy (Mabel) Lucas, Mrs. Harold (Maude) Johnson, Mrs. Bill (Stella) Redman, Misses Ella and Irene, all of London, and Mrs. Richard Rowe and Mrs. Gordon (Blanche) Cook, of St. Thomas. Single Copy 60 Dearing Sheep Capture Highest Award At CNE I Sheep owned by Preston Dear­ ing of Exeter won the covetedT-A Sponsors Contest ' The Times - Advocate fictional! Freyseng trophy, highest award contest will be held in connec­ tion with the Exeter Fall Fair on September 20 All contestants try forms from treasurer, Clark are $5, $3 and $2 for best fic­ tional articles under J,000 words written by district residents. Articles will appear in paper after judging. and 21. should get en- the secretary- Fisher. Prizes the New Teaching Method Started Disposal At Factory / Enter Hospital For Training Five district girls will enter Victoria Hospital for training as nurses. They are Eleanor ’Cook, Patricia Mitchell and Velma Fer­ guson of Hensail, Mary * Anne Dow of Cromarty, and Alice Miller of Dashwood. Car Ditched Six Girls Hurt Six young Hamilton women on their way to Grand Bend for the holiday week-end ended up in London hospital after their car crashed into a deep ditch two miles oast of Dashwood on No. 82 highway Friday night. None was believed seriously injured. They suffered minor fractures, cuts, bruises and shock, and were rushed to Lon­ don by Hoffman’s ambulance. The girls are Margaret Mc­ Gann, Elsa Winsa, Murial and Doris Dungworth, Mary Foley and Ruth Brown. Police said the car hit the right shoulder of the road, was pulled back onto the pavement by the driver, Miss McGann, and then swerved into the ditch on the opposite side, coming to rest partly on its side. The vehicle was owned by a ear rental service in Hamilton and was considered a total wreck. Provincial Constables El­ mer Zimmerman and W. Cox* worth investigated. Best System Evolved' Disposal system at the can­ ning can be time”, County nesday plaints ant odors. Sanitary engineer Dr. R. Gib­ bons told The Times-Advocate that everything possible has been done by the factory to dispose of the odors. The disposal system is con­ structed according to plans laid out by the Ontario Department of Health. Mr. Gibbons asked for the co­ operation of the residents during the busy season at the factory. "We feel,” he said, the situation is unpleasant, it only lasts for several weeks in the year and we would appre­ ciate the indulgence of the peo­ ple. The odors cannot be elim­ inated entirely.” Mr. Gibbons said that similar conditions exist in all canning factories throughout the. vince. factory is evolved officials Health after investigating by residents of unpleas- the at of Unit “best that the present the Huron said Wed- com* “that while pro­ Day Snell’s Goderich Gals Take Tourney Goderich ladies won the soft- ball tournament at Grand Bend on Labour Day. They defeated Hensall in the afternoon and edged Exeter Greys 5-4 in the evening. Exeter defeated Forest 5-4 In the other afternoon game. Dr. and Mrs. A. J. MacKinnon of Galt spent the holiday with Mrs. Rose Russell. Mr. C. H. Russell, K.C., of Wetawaskin, Alberta, visited last week with Mrs. Rose Russell. Mt. Pat Tyler, operator of Pat’s Shanty in the Pines, south of Grand Bend, was taken to Westminster Hospital, London, in the T. Harry Hoffman ambu­ lance where he will undergo treatment. Visitors over the Labor week-end at Mrs. Milo cottage, Grand Bend, were: Mis­ ses Mabel Selves, Betty McDoug­ all, Alice Passmore, Agnes and Margaret Bray, June and Lab- elle Coward, Kathleen May, June Borland, Margaret CaUtt and Bel­ ey Mair. Rev. A. B. and Mrs. Irwin of Sarnia visited with Mrs. D. A. Anderson and attended the ser­ vice in James Street Church on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Snell and tliree children, of Waterdown, Ont., are visiting for a few days With Rev. H. J. and Mrs. Shell at the James Street United Church parsonage. Mr. and Mrs. W. Mrs. A. Schwalm and Moorehouse attended _ ___ house re-union at Shetland on Monday, Rev. IL J. and Mrs. Mahoney and family have returned after spending a month at Doe Lake on Parry Sound. C. Pearce, Mrs. C. J. the Moor- A new department of agri­ culture “designed to fit needs of this community” has been esta­ blished at the fexeter District High School under the direction of Mr. Andrew Dixon, Mr. John M. Mahon, a new teacher at the school this year, w’il be the assistant. The new department will com­ bine a practical agriculture course with the agricultural science already established. Boys in Grade 9 will be the first to enroll in the new course. It will be expanded in succeeding years. Authorized by the Ontario De­ partment of Education, the new plan allows the boys two hours a week practice on “down to earth” agriculture. First project this year will be landscaping the school grounds. Students will be instructed in the use of fertilizers and seed. Another project called for is the building of a barn for future needs. The structure will be a combination implement shed, hen house, and vegetable storage barn, and will serve for future projects such as raising stock. Mr. Dixon, who staff at Hagersville first agriculture tario was on when course in was established in 1 tohopes to expand the course include rod row test plots and the study of varieties of field crops, practical livestock instruc­ tion, raising poultry, and caring for small orchards. Another sub­ ject which Mr. Dixon feels is important is farm arithmetic and accounting. Last year Mr. Dixon pioneered in school agriculture work when his class raised and sold turkeys. Agriculture science, which studies the theory of agriculture production, will be co-ordinated with the practical course. At Public School A new system of instruction for pupils in the lower grades is being tried this year at the Exeter Public School. The new method, akin to a revised policy outlined one ago by Hon. Dana Porter, Minister of Education for tario, combines some of pupils from each of Graes | H and 3 in one classroom accord­ ing to ability. Each classroom contains excellent, good and fair pupils from the three grades. Purpose of the new policy is to allow students to advance ac­ cording to their capacity for learning. Enrolment at the public school is 330, which is 45 higher than at September, 19 49, according to Principal Claude Blowes. Thirty­ seven pupils have enrolled in kindergarten under Mrs. R. Jer­ myn. Sixty-five are registered in Grade 1. On the staff, Miss Marion Scarlett of Seaforth will replace Mrs. Reg Hodgert and Mrs. Craig Wilson will replace Miss Grace Pepper, who is art supervisor at RCAF Station Centralia school. Mrs. Lloyd Turvey will teach year then On- the 1, 2 i for prize sheep in Canada, and carried off 21 ribbons at the Canadian National Exhibition this week, Preston’s display was an ex­ hibition in itself and his animals swept the Dorset Horned class competition and won highest hon­ ours among all breeds. The beautiful Freyseng trophy is awarded to the owner of the best pen of four lambs at the fair. Last year Mr. Dearing plac­ ed second in the competition. A pair of twins owned by Mr. Dearing went into the sheep show ring at the C.N.E. and set something of a record in sheep circles by winning both grand championships for their breed. One was judged best Dorset ewe, the other best Dorset ram. Twins in the sheep world sel­ dom end up in the show ring and seldom come off with grand championships — .at least not double grand championships. Breeders claim that, as is often the case with cattle, sheep twins or triplets are frequently sterile and thus unsuitable for breeding stock. The twins have respect­ able parentage. Their father and mother were both champions at the Royal Winter Fair in 1947. Dearing entries swept awards in the Dorset class, winning nine out of ten first place ribbons besides the awards for best ram and best ewe and reserve best ewe honours. The fifteen sheep on display by the Dearings car­ ried away 21, ribbons in all. ■Preston Dearing has been breeding prize sheep for nine­ teen years. His 60-head flock are almost all sired by an im­ ported ram from States. Mr. Dearing’s son exhibit the sheep Fair in London next week. Gradel; Miss Scarlett, Grades 1, 2 and 3; Mrs. Faye Jamieson J i~ -Grades 1, 2 and 3; Mrs. Doro thy Huston, Grades 1, 2 and 3; M. Porter, Grade 4; 5: 7» and S Mrs. G- Armstrong, Grade Wilson, Grades 6 and Mr. Blowes, Grades 7 live- Honeymoon Pair Involved In Crash A head-on collision between two cars in Cromarty about 8; 30 p.m. Monday night resulted in injuries to three persons and heavy property damage. A couple just back from their honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Gaiser, London, were the occup­ ants in one of the cars involved in the crash. Travelling south on the centre Perth County road, the auto driven by Mr. Gaiser collided with a ear driven east on .Con. 10 and 11 Hibbert, by Thomas Laing, Cromarty. tMr. Gaiser suffered abrasions of the forehead and shock; Rob­ ert Coleman, a passenger in tlie Laing car, a fractured left rib; and Mrs. Gaiser, the former Don­ na Parker o f Staffa. numerous brusli burns and shock. The Gaiser car travelled south for about 50 yards after the im­ pact and turned upside down in a ditch. Damage to the vehicle was extensive. The front of the Laing car was damaged. Con- stabe Lloyd Weitzel of the Strat­ ford detachment of the Ontario Provincial Poiice investigated. Mitchell Gains Lead In Series With Dashwood Mitchell took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series with Dash­ wood with an 11-3 Victory at Mitchell Wednesday night. The fourth game will be played at Dashwood on Friday at 5 p.m. Hulley, on the mound for the winners, had twelve • strike-outs, Dashwood 000 000 030—— 3 5 4 Mitchell . 110 210 15x— 11 11 2 Yells, C. "Wein, R. Hayter and J. Hayter; Hulley and Costello. ■ • ‘ ' ..........................n—l— the United Gerald will at Western Goderich Flyers Eliminated In Playoffs Goderich Flyers, Huron-Perth ”B” group champions, were elim- two straight by the Listowel Legionnaires i in their first semi-final round of the O.B.A. playdowns. 1 Listowel took the return game in Goderich 15-5 on Wednesday night after Schuett tossed a no- ; hitter at them on the holiday at ; Listowel.I . Cliff MacKenzie was the win- ( wing tosser while seventeen-year- old Craig Costello toed the • mound seven innings for Gode- i rich. Frank Young relieved him {in the eighth. IMrs.!Mr. i mated in ana i powerful i Grow King-Sized Spuds The Times-Advocate have on ■display in their window five large potatoes grown in the gar­ den o f Mr. and Mrs. Edward Neil, Wellington street. The 5 . potatoes weigh 6 lbs. lft ozs. ! and the largest measures 14 ins. ' in circumference. The potatoes • are the "Wonder” variety and High School Staff Increased By Two Staff at Exeter District High School has been increased by two. Mr. R. S. Scott of Stratford __ ____ __________ will teach junior English and ’ are an excellent crop averaging John M. Mahon of Stirling will assist Andrew Dixon in the agri­ culture department. Miss Bernice Leckie of Sarnia will replace Miss Dorothy Ferguson, of the' home economics department. { Enrolment remains about the ’ same this year, with 308 stud­ ents registering. Pupils who at­ tended last side of the have been high school A heavy enrolment in Grade 9 necessitates four classrooms for the beginners. More than one- third of the enrolment, 131, are starting high school education. Comprising the staff under Principal H. L, Sturgis, Who will teach French and Commercial, are Mr. Joseph Creech, Latin; Andrew Dixon, agriculture; E. D. Howey, commercial Mrs. Ernest Jones, Mr. G. C. Koch, Leckie; Meek, Mickle, educa- Seigneur, from 30 to 38 to a hill. The Neils have 32 rows in their gar­ den. Monday being Labor Day and a holiday, The Times-Advocate is a day late this week. year from the south rtver at Grand Bend transferred to the at Forest. Mt. Mt. E. D. and English; commercial: Mr. G. C. science and library; Miss Mr. Mahon; Mr. Fred, mathematics; Mr. Glenn geography and physical tion; Miss Lauretta English and physical education; Mr. W. A. Ness, shop; Mr. Mor­ ley Sanders, history and guid­ ance; Mr. Cecil Wilson, French and English. A change in the timetable will allow three noon-hour shifts for meals. Periods have been length­ ened to 35 minutes. Mrs. Bert Osland and Mrs. George Davis are in charge of the cafeteria. Charged With Assault At Bend Londoner Released On Bail Charged with assault aecasion-lof Detroit was rushed to St. Jo­ ins bodily harm in connection | seph’s Hospital, London by Hoff- with a beer bottle slashing of a I uu.n 8 ambulance over the week* , I end. He was released on Tues- Detroit man in Grand Bend on : ^av i ues Saturday, Austin Hodglhs, 21, of ". i London, was released on §10,000 day at his home in London and I property batt In Exeter rout", twas lodged in Huron County jail ’Tuesday. I« ! The case was adjourned to J September 11 by Magistrate Dud-’ ley Holmes. Accused did not! plea. Gouged iu the stomach with a broken beer bottle, Walter Waldo Hodgins was arrested Satur- Lions Club Holds Goderich. Police said they knew Waldo- was slashed with a beer bottle Mause they pulled from his abdomen a piece of glass to which part of the bottle’s label was still attached. Police said the fight apparent­ ly resulted from an earlier beer bottle assault. An unidentified man, they said, was hit over the head with a bottle during a party in a cottage. He left the party and told his friends, who decided to have re­ venge. The injured man and his j friends raided tlie party and dur­ ing the resulting battle Waldo I was slashed. Resume Regular Services Following the holiday season the churches of Exeter will re­ sume their regular services Sunday, next Workers Killed In Crash Two construction company workers at Centralia were killed early Tuesday in a car-truck collision near Thamesville, The men, Howard Hill and T, Bene­ detto, lived in Windsor. Their east-bound car crashed head-on with an inter-city for­ warders transport The truck was driven by George Teepl of Toronto. He could give ho ex­ planation for the accident which occurred on a banked curve. First Meeting After being closed for the summer season the Exeter Lions Club met Friday for their supper i meetins nt the Central Hotel H8 with the newly elected president,! Other* Court Cases Charlie MacNaughton, handling I R. Glenn Nichols, owner of the .gavel and with D. O. Fairway Driving Range at Grand Knowles as Lion Tamer and Bend, was fined §80 and costs Andy Snelgrove as Tail Twister}at Exeter court Tuesday for -—all doing an exceptionally good | operating on Sundays, job. ““ ~ " W. G. Cochrane moved a vote of thanks to Jack Pryde and his committee for the excellent job in erecting street signs in Exe­ ter. The president paid tribute to the Municipal Council the Chamber of Commerce their assistance. A. J. Sweitzer spoke of Glen* Desjardine, who appeared pleaded July 23 assessed and for his visit to the Lions convention in Chicago and presented a picture of the Secretary-General Melvin Jones which was accepted on be- ihalf of the club by the presi- i dent. | It was decided to hold a min* | strel show with Doug Knowles acting as chairman, assisted by G. Koch and C. Blowes. B. W. Tuckey requested a one hundred per cent attendance at the next meeting to qualify for J attendance pins. on behalf of Nichols, guilty to being open on and July 30. He was $40 on each count. Charges against John owner of Lawman’s _____ Alleys at the summer resort, for operating on July 2 and July 9, were adjourned one week due to illness of counsel. Charges of drunken driving and careless driving were against Lome Finlayson of kersmith as a result of an dent on the Kippen toad the holiday. u Police say Finlayson struck a car driven by Mrs. Robert Mc­ Lachlan, also of Tuckersmith. Both cars were extensively dam­ aged but there were no injuries. Finlayson will appear in Sea­ forth -court on September 20, Lauman, Bowling laid. Tuc- accl- over . ........