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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-12-07, Page 1
Seventy-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1950 Single Copy en A strong agricultural federa tion, compatible in power to that of labour unions, must be developed if the farmers’ voice is to he heard, Roy Jewell, Lon don Free Press farm editor said Tuesday night at the annual meeting of the -Stephen Federa tion of Agriculture, Such an organization, the speaker said, could promote bet ter marketing facilities, more favorable legislation and greater •efficiency in farm, production. “Sometimes,” are inclined to but we could from them. If tions can do so much for their members, surely we can learn from them. If labour organiza tions can do so much for their members, surely we can learn some valuable lessons from them.” They have set up an organiza- to sell the services of lab ile said. Agriculture must the consumer informed value of the products he stated, “we criticize labour learn something laboui* organiza- holding of The Legion the funds borrow suf- Sale Of Farm tion our, keep the sells. Stressing the importance produce marketing, the speaker said “We are keeping up to date With progressive production me thods 'but we must also keep up with progressive marketing me thods.” Referring to the advertising campaign , now being sponsored by the dairy industry, Mr. Jewell said it was an important develop ment in farm marketing, marks a milestone in that field.” Reason there is agricultural union, ■said, is because “we’re not pre pared to pay the shot like lab our is”. Union members pay a high fee to maintain their organ izations but farmers, he said, are reluctant to assess them selves for expenses of such a union. , He encouraged support of the ■Ontario Federation’s request for increased revenue to carry out their objectives. “We still have mot got satisfactory marketing legislation in the province,” he •said. “We would have a better chance of getting favourable legislation if we were a stronger •group.” Mr. Jewell was not in favour of the ban margarine campaign being carried out by Huron County Federation. This cam paign, he said, gives free and valuable advertising to the mar garine interests. Charles Coultes, president of the Huron County Federation, said “More and more, the gov ernment is looking to the Fed eration of Agriculture for advice in the field of agricultural legis lation.” He stated more legis lative control is needed to regu late marketing methods. Increased costs of the Ontario Federation, he said, means an additional $30,000 to $35,000 would be needed in 1951, Huron County would be asked for an increase of $500 to $800. He hoped Stephen Township farmers would support the 2/5 of a mill levy for federation pur poses. Stephen, he said, was one of the few townships in the county who weren’t carrying out this program. Gordon Grieg, county field man, spoke briefly. Chairman of the meeting was retiring president Ted Chambers. Earl Shapton was secretary. Vice - president Jack Quinlivan thanked the speaker. Following election officers, a delicious lunch was served by the ladies. Those elected were: President, Gordon Ratz; vice- president, Steve Dundas; ladies’ representative, Mrs. Ross Love, School section directors: One, Allan Richards, Mrs. Ted Lam port; Two, Lloyd Lamport, Mrs. ■Wilfred Mack; Three, Harold Fahrner, Mrs. Winston Shapton; Four, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Krue ger; Five, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Finkbeiner; Six, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Weber; Seven, Albert Gaiser; Eight, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gill; Teh, Paul Eagleson, Mrs. William Love; 11, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Willett; 12, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Webb; 13, Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Ford; 14, Gerald Godbolt, Mrs. C. McCurdy; 15, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Miller; 16, Melvin Stade, Mrs. William Stade; I1?, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Isaac; 18, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brophy; Six, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morrissey. Auditors; Arthur Amy, Win ston Shapton. of it of “It of progress no strong Mr. Jewell Vets Need Funds, Clothing For Kids The Exeter branch of the Can adian Legion held their first meeting in their new Memorial Hall Thursday evening last when seyeral new members were initi ated followed by lunch. While the new building is far from being completed sufficient progress has been made for the the regular sessions, have now exhausted available and have to ficient money to complete the work. In order to raise the neces sary funds a television set will be drawn for at Christmas and the public are urged to support this worthy cause. Several citi zens have signified the desire to make personal contributions and such will be greatly appreciated. Any others desiring to imitate their example either from town or country will confer a favour on the Legion. An official receipt will be issued foi* all donations and contributions will be ac knowledged through the paper. If interested contact the presi dent, Bert Ostland; secretary, Bill Chambers or building trus tees Ted Pooley, Scotty Easton and Reg. Knight.” Need Clothing The Legion for some good children from needy family. Parcels may be left at Chambers and Darling meat market or with R. E. Pooley. are also looking used clothing for four to 14 for a H & S Hear Early History The Home and School Asocia- tion met Wednesday night in the James St. Church with Claude Farrow, vice-president, as chair man. The committee on safety re ported that stop signs and safety standards had been placed on the highway where pupils cross on the way to school. Mrs. M. Porter reported for the Unitarian committee. A let ter has been received from a Greek mother who had received clothing from the bale sent by the H and S association. Public School pupils will send further gifts of clothing to Greece in place of having theii* usual ex change of Christmas gifts. Miss Helen Shapton sang two solos accompanied by Miss Nancy Wright, which were well receiv ed. Mr. B. W. F. Beavers gave an interesting talk on the early his tory of Huron County of which Exeter was settlements, pressed Beavers. A social meeting. one of the earliest Mrs. W. Banders appreciation to ex Mr. hour followed the Mrs. Dan Dew As we go to press we learn of the death of Mrs. Dan Dew which took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Sims, of Usborne, Wednesday night. Mrs. Dew suffered a stroke Monday morning and had the misfortune to fall spraining her arm and in flicting a nasty scalp wound. She was brought to the office of Dr. Fletcher for treatment. Last evening she passed away. PRESENTS CHEQUE — Presenting a $600 cheque to II. N. Creech, treasurer of the South Huron Hospital Association, is Mrs. William Johns, directress of the play “Coveralls”, which raised the money. It will be used to furnish a room in the hospital. Tom Pryde, M.L.A., and Mrs. Kennetji Johns witness the transaction. The play was sponsored by Elim- ville W.I. and has been produced 33 times.’ —Jack Doerr Careful Planning In Cafeteria Provides Good, Cheap Meals Considering present high costs. two meals are eggs, of food and the price of meals in restaurants, this fact may amaze you: students at the South Huron District High School, pay only 2 5 cents for their noon meal yet, over a period of a month, that income ’ more than meets the expense of the food. This was revealed when mem bers of the high school board met for their December meeting. They compared figures during the month of November and found theii* cafeteria operations showed a ‘balance in the bank. Every day more than 200 students eat their noon meals in the school’s lunch room. Only 14 carry dinner pails that once were as much a part of school equipment as 'a text book. Not all the expenses of the cafeteria are paid from the 25 cent fee. Help in the kitchen is paid on a salary and hourly basis „ out of maintenance funds of the school. Yet the students contribution pays for the cost of the food and minor expenses in the kitchen. This is accomplished by care ful planning of meals and .by buying supplies on a bulk ibasis. Responsible for this are E. D. Howey, secretary of the board, Mrs. Bert Ostland and Mrs. George Davis, the cooks. Students eat a bag of .potatoes or a bushel of turnips a day. They drink 240 pints of milk, eat 22 loaves of bread and five five pounds of butter. Although they have no choice in their meals, since the menu contains only one plate, they are definitely satisfied with the food. If it were otherwise, there would be more lunch pails around the school. Three meals in the week con tain meat—either sausage, ham burg, cottage roll, hot beef sand wiches or Irish stew. The other Preparing Comedy Starting their fourth year as a musical organization, the Hur- onia Male Choir" will shortly appear in new blue blaziers. The choir have made several public appearances recently. Their last appearance was at Alvinston Fri day evening last. Previous to that they were at Londesboro and Wellburn. The choir now comprises thirty voices under the direction of Mrs. Alice Sturgis and hold practice once a week. They are comedy 1 Sullivan 'Huronia of the formed which Mrs. Sturgis was a "direc tor. Lions’ Play In District Tour The Exeter Lions Club present ed their ininstrel show "The Showboat” at the Babe Siebert Memorial Arena at Zurich Thurs day evening of last week and at the Hensail Town Hall, spon sored by the Chamber of Com merce, Tuesday evening. They were greeted with full houses on both occasions and were royally entertained following the per formances. macaroni, cream salmon or spaghetti. For dessert the ladies serve puddings, jellies, ice cream or cake. Each Wednesday dessert is an ice cream bar. Needless to say, Wed nesdays are the most popular days in the cafeteria. Two shifts are required to handle the students. Each shift is allowed half an hour to eat their meal. For Mrs. Ostland and Mrs. Davis, the rush of pupils at noon hour is no longer a harrowing experience. They get help from Mrs. Elmer Reeder and Miss Marion Smith. Two students as sist each and, in return, they receive a free meal. Orderliness is assured since teacher-super visors are on hand at all times. Economically, organizationally, or appetizingly speaking, the school cafeteria is a success. S.H.H.S. Board Refuses now preparing the operetta of Gilbert and “Trial by Jury”. The Choir is the outgrowth Recreational Council several years ago of Twenty Cadets Receive Wings Apd Commissions At Centralia Pilots* wings and the King’s Commission were presented to 20 R.C.A.F. flight cadets at the Flying Training School at Cen tralia. In addition to the 20 new pilot officers, wings were pre sented to a Royal Canadian Navy lieutenant, and a midshipman. The course was the seventeenth group of pilots to leave Cen tralia in peace-time. Presentation was made by Air Commodore W. E. Kennedy, A.F.C., of Air Material Com mand, Ottawa. Immediately after the wings presentation, AC Ken nedy presented the scroll of honour to Flight Cadet Robin B. Mackie, of Vancouver. The scroll is awarded to the graduating Cadet who has exhibited greatest qualities of character and leader ship throughout the intensive 40- week course. The Siddeley Jun ior Pilots’ Challenge Trophy, which is presented to the cadet attaining highest results in fly ing tests, was presented to Flight Cadet Ronald T. Whitman, of Bridgetown, N.S. Graduates Those presented wings were: Lieutenant P. C. Berry, 27, Ot tawa; Midshipman A. O, Ox holm, 22, Seven Sisters Falls, Man.; Flight Cadets L. X Bent ham, 23, Windsor; R. R. Big gar, 23, Midland; D. G. Cinna mon, 24, Delisle, Sask.; H. A. ■Clements, 21, Warsaw, Ont.; J. L. Den Ouden, 23, Chippawa, Ont.; J. D. Donald, 19, Wyom ing, Ont»; D. O. Evjen, 20, Swift Current, Sask.; R. J, Gilmour, 20, New Westminster, B.C.; J. R. Grant, 20, Sexsmith, Alta.; R. B. Mackie, 20, Vancouver; R. G. Morgan, 19, Vancouver; W. X A. M< T, G. Morgan, 19, Vancouver; H. McEwen, 21, Montreal; Pannell, 19, Melfort, Sask, M. Robb, 22, Winnipeg; Robert, Rogers, ver, 22, Smiley, an.xs.; H. Tyson, 20, Dorchester; R. T, Whitman, 21, Bridgetown, N.S. B, *> X K 19, Melfort, , 22, Winnipeg. 20, Yellowknife; 20, Victoria; D. J, Sil- Nattaimo, B.C.; A. W. 21, Brooklyn, N.B.;a School Debenture No action was taken by the South Huron High School on a request by the Exeter Public School Board to split costs of a debenture on the 1938 school. The debenture came due in March, 1949, shortly after the high school moved out of the building into their new home. However, official notice of evac uation was not given until after the debenture was due. According to an agreement between the two boards, the pubblic school was to’assume all payments after they took pos session. The debenture came due between the time of the actual vacating of the school and the official notice of possession. Exeter council paid the deben ture, then billed the high school •board who refused it. It was refused by the public school board. Council called a meeting of representatives of the public school board and Exeter repre sentatives on the high school board. They proposed a compro mise which would require each board to pay half. This was the proposal which the high school board refused at their regular meeting Tuesday night. Chief opponents were A. W. Morgan, of Usborne, and Laird Mickle, of Hensail. They pointed out that the area board was ob liged to pay a debenture on the 1938 school shortly after they assumed control. They felt that since they paid the ture, Exeter should one. “Substantially, it group of ratepayers in the first Instance and who want to benefit in the last in stance. That isn’t fair play,” Mr. 1 Morgan said. A motion by Mr.____ no action be taken was passed unanimously. In other business, Authorized purchase of bee keeping equipment for the Agri culture course from Darrell Par ker. The equipment, according to Teacher A. Dixon’s report, was considerably cheaper than new equipment. Authorized purchase of an adding machine for the com mercial department. Found several items, such as a sink, cupboards, which were included in original plans but had not been installed in the buildings. Authorized storage room ment. Appointed mittee of A. W. Morgan, Edward Chambers and Laird Mickle to meet with the principal and agri culture department to determine the content of the agriculture course. Declared Void An auction sale of a Stephen Township farm more than eight years ago was declared void by Mr. Justice Kelly at High court sitting in Goderich last week, Mrs, Florence Mitchell, widow of William H. Mitchell, was given possession of lot 3, con cession 3, Stephen, when she denied giving authority for sale of the land willed to her by her husband. ‘' ■Garnet V. Hill, Stephen, and Otto H. Brown, Biddulph, who occupied years, were ordered to .pay rent al, but will get credit for mort gage and interest 'Payments and all permanent impi'ovements on the farm. No blame was attached to Brown or Hill. The justice said it was a “misfortunate under standing”. He assessed no court costs to either party. The defendents, represented by E. D. Bell, K.C., counter claimed to get a claim of a property in Biddulph Township and to get a conveyance of the Stephen farm. Mrs. Mitchell did not oppose the claim on the Biddulph property and was ordered to execute the deed within one week, otherwise defendant Brown will ibe entitled to costs of his counterclaim. Regarding the Stephen pro perty, plaintiff claimed she never conveyed the lands, nor caused them to be registered to satisfy debts of the- estate, that she had been in possession of the house since her husband’s death; that the defendants pastured cattle and harvested crops and timber on the land. The defendants claimed that the plaintiff offered the farm for sale at public auction by auction eer Frank Taylor on March 27, 1942, subject to a reserve bid, but received no offers; that, sub sequently, on April 4, 1942, upon the instructions of .the plaintiff, the auctioneer, Frank Taylor, sold the-farm for $2,500 to Garnet Hill, who purchased one-half for himself and one-half for Otto H. Brown. Mrs. Mitchell stated the auc tion sale was held of her hus band’s chattels to meet debts; that she did not know what money *was raised. A month after the sale, the defendants told her the place belonged to them. When they took over the farm, the defendants allowed her to live in the house and she had a garden and a cow. Her three children are living with her. The farm was mortgaged with the Commissioner o f Agricultural Loans. She didn’t know how much was owing on it. Russell Huxtable, brother of the plaintiff, said the property was put on the sale bill for valuation, and his sister was ad vised by her solicitor, J, W. Morley, not to put in a bid, Auctioneer Frank Taylor stat ed he sold the farm after the sale for $2,500 to the defend ants. He claimed he had done so on the advice of Mrs. Hill “to go ahead”. Other witnesses were Otto H. Brown, Garnet Hill and George Hicks. first deben- pay the last is the same who benefit I •• the farm for eight Stephen Slate REEVE Beaver, Henry C., R.R. 2, Crediton, farmer, deputy-reeve for past six years. Lawson, Elmer, R.R. 2, Credi ton, farmer, reeve for three years. McCann, Alonzo, R.R. 3, Dash wood, farmer, former reeve for six years. Morrissey, John, R.R. 2, Credi ton, farmer, councillor for four years. DEPUTY-REEVE Gill, Willis, R.R. 3, Parkhill, farmer, first bid for office. Schenk, Nelson, R.R. 2, Credi ton, farmer, former for six years. Swartz, Roy, R.R. 2, farmer, councillor years. COUNCILLORS Bestard, Isaac, R.R. 3, hill, farmer, first bid for Haist, Wellington, R.R. 2, Cen tralia, farmer, first bid for fice. MacGregor, Charles, R.R. Parkhill, farmer, councillor two years. Tieman, Addison, Dashwood, butcher, first bid for office. Webb, Stewart, R.R. 2, Dash wood, landscaper and farmer, first bid for office. councillor Centralia, for three Park office. of- 3, for was cut Boxing Day To Be Observed Boxing Day, December 26 officially declared a civic holiday by the Exeter council at t heir regular meeting on Monday night. The tender of Clarence Reid for snowploughing streets at the rate of $5.00 per hour was ac cepted. Mr. Ward Fritz waited on council in regard to flooding of his property in the north ward. The clerk was instructed to write county Engineer Paterson in re gard to the matter. By-law No. 18, 1950, provid ing for nominations and polling, if necessary, was given its three readings and passed. Charges for laying sidewalks were reviewed and the clerk was instructed to render accounts to individuals involved. A wide-open election race ia underway in Stephen Township following a spirited meeting in Crediton Monday afternoon, •Four are running nomination town hall for reeve, three for deputy-reeve and five for council, Voting will take place next Monday, December 11. This is the slate in the order they will appear on the 'ballots: REEVE—Henry Beaver, Elmer Lawson, Alonzo McCann, John Morrissey. DEPUTY-REEVE—Willis Gill, Nelson Schenk, Roy Swartz COUNCIL—Isaac Bestard, Wel lington Haist, Charles Macgregor, Addison Tieman, -Stewart Webb, (three to be elected). Campaigns by the scandidate are well ' ~ • • - Tuesday it looks in many Trustees Elected by acclamation as school trustees in the township are Roy Mason, Wellwood Gill and George Clark. Police trustees for Crediton are Phillip Boullianne, Roland Motz and Oscar Pfaff. James Dalton replaces Alvin Bossenberry as trustee for Grand. Bend. Others are Harmon Gill and Clayton Mathers. Another nomination meeting will be re quired in Centralia to fill the positions of the trustees. Other nominations and elec tions in the district were: McGillivray Reeve—David Morley; council •—.Freeman Hodgins, Benjamin Thomson, Fred Heaman, Earl Dixon; school trustees—Norman Mollard, Peter J. DOyle, David N. Henry (all by acclamation). Parkhill Mayor,—S. M. Emery (237), (237), W. P. Thompson (208). Nominations will be held on December 11 for three council lor and one member of the utili ties board which are still re quired. Further nominations are also required at Nissouri West Reeve—Milton Ernest Budden Reeve, Ross Elgie D501), Robert J. Risden (354). underway. Some started morning. Residents say like the “hottest race” years. Ailsa 'Craig. Brock (536), (436), Deputy- s Lodge Room Redecorated • The lodge room of the I.O.O.F. is being redecorated, the contrac tor being Mr. E. E. Alston, of Ridgetown. Miss Greta Harness of Bank of Montreal staff is holidays. the on Dashwood Native Is Named Fellow Graduate of University of Western Ontario and a former doctor at Victoria and Westmin ster hospitals, Dr, Donald L. Oe- streicher has been named a fel low of the , Royal College of Physicians. Dr. Oestreicher moved to Osh- awa last week, where he will work in a clinic. He is a native of Dashwood, being a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Oestreicher. He is a graduate of the Exeter High School and a 1943 graduate of the U.W.O. Medical School. He entered Victoria Hospital, later spent two years in the army and was at Westminster Hospital until last week. He did post graduate study at the medical school.Qualification for the F.R.C.P. requires five years of post-grad uate study. Dr. Oestreicher took examinations in Montreal Tues day. A sister, Dr. Eunice Oestrei cher, is at Victoria Hospital and is also a graduate of the Exeter High School. Tracks Crash, Blast Feared A serious explosion may have occurred when a Blyth transport truck crashed into the rear of a stalled oil truck, loaded with 1,750 gallons of gas, late Friday afternoon. As it was, the Blyth truck demolished and its driver was hospitalized with chest and in ternal injuries. Over $1,000 worth of sheep hides littered ovei* the highway atfer the im pact. The accidents happened several miles south of Exeter on No. 4 highway. Milne Cole, of Blyth, who at first believed he wasn’t hurt, was later rushed to Clinton hos pital after examination by Dr. F. X Milner, He is expected to be released shortly. Driver of the stalled truck, •which was parked on the high way without lights, was Douglas Walters, London. Damage to this vehicle was $300. PC Elmer Zimmerman, who investigated with PC William Coxworth, regarded it as fortun ate no explosion followed the crash. Charges were laid against Loth drivers. i Mickle that the bound: construction of a for rugby eqquip- a three-man com- Medical Co-op Officers Elected At a meeting of the Huron Co-operative Medical Services held in Clinton, Harvey Johns ton, of Blyth, was named presi dent for the forthcoming year. Other officers elected are: Earl Whiting, R.R. 1, Centralia, : R. T. Bolton, Elmira Businessman Purchases Lakeview Poultry Hatcheries Mr. A. B. Quennell of Elmira. a number of creditors, has purchased the Lakeview He has appointed S11 eld o n,. rjiUl wuhiuh, Poultry Farms and Hatcheries the younger brother, as managerjvice-president; xv. a. dvhuu of Exeter, following an assign-, of Lake view Poultry Farms j^.R. Dublin, Mrs. O. G. An- ment made recently by Sheldon Limited, and Kenneth, the elder, derson, Wingham. D. and Kenneth H. " ’ ’’ T• *”* . — . former owners. Mt. Quennell, a successful R.R. 1, Dublin, Mrs. 0. G. An- ... I uou «««««, —x derson, Wingham, Mrs. Lloyd Wein, the ! to take charge of Lakeview Tur-1 Taylor, Exeter, Gordon Kirkland, ikey Ranch Limited. * J Lucknow, Fordyce Clark, Gode- ~ ______ According to the inspectors’ businessman and a creditor of investigation, t h e reorganized Wein Bros., plans to form two firns will be backed by suffi- separate limited companies, both ciuht capital to enable full ©per* on a sound financial and basLjation business on a sol- nesslike basis With in Exeter. Purchase of the which includes real ment, cars, trucks, was approved by three inspectors | appointed by creditors at a meet ing held In London Monday afternoon. These inspectors were William Oesti'icher of Exeter, W. L. White of Seaforth, and H. IL Fritz of Listowel, who in conjunction with Mr. F. O. Kime, trustee, L o n d o n, h a d charge of the estate. W. G. Cochrane, E. D. Bell, and C. V. Laughton appeared on behalf of Wein Bros., home offices business, estate, equip- and livestock vent basis. Adverse market conditions, unwitting purchase of a quantity of bad feed and losses sustained in a Michigan turkey venture were held responsible for the setback of the Wein Bros, part nership which was started 18 years ago. Poultrymen said it was one worst years in the history of the poultry industry, Miss Janice Carman of Cen tralia, had her tonsils success fully removed at the Hooper I Nursing Homo this week. rich, Walter Forbes, R.R. 2, 2. Clinton, Roy Strong, Gorrie, Clayton Elliott, Varna, Henry S c h i 1 b e, Dashwood, directors. President, vice-president and sec retary also serve as directors. Re-appointed as secretary was Bert Irwin, R.R. 2, Seaforth. Mr. Johnston, the present reeve of Morris Township, suc ceeds Russel T. Bolton, R.R. 1, Dublin, who is retiring from the position he held tor three suc cessive years. The services have coverage of more than 9,000 persons for hospitalization purposes In Huron County. Mr, and Mrs. Harry Parsons of Detroit, spent the lattet pari of the week visiting in Exeter,