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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-02-02, Page 1Eighty-Second Year w■<% EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING* FEBRUARY 2, 1956 ..............................................................ji Increase Conservation Grants MAY SAVE $30,000 ON Exeter Club Loses Bogal Oust Strathroy Protest 4 DAM ’GUILD PREPARES COMEDY—Exeter and District Players’ •Guild has reached the final "stage of preparation for the presentation of its first three-act comedy “No Rhyme or JReason”. The play will be sfaged in S.H.D.H.S. auditorium Wednesday and Thursday, February 8 and 9. One of the hilarious scenes in the play is demonstrated by three of the players. Betty Link and Ralph Sweitzer, who are former sweethearts in the play, are testing to see if they still have •any love for each other but neither realizes that watching them is Ralph’s wife, played by Audrey Bentley. The play is directed by Mrs. N. D. Knox. —Photo by Jack Doerr District School Pupils Enter In Spelling Bee Public school children in (South Huron will participate in the first Ontario iSpelling (Bee being sponsored 'by the Ontario Educa tion Association in co-operation ■with the Toronto Telegram, 'In spector John ’Goman said this week. I Township and urban school ■winners will compete in three semi-final contests starting Feb- ' luary 20 from which 12 will be ■selected to vie in the final for the inspectorate division in Exe ter on February 2,9. Best girl and boy spellers from the final will be sent to the zone 'division competition at Stratford / Teachers’ College in March and winners there will compete in.the •provincial finals; in* April. ■ Trip To Calgary Stampede Top prize for Ontario is a 10- -day-ali-expense trip to the Cal gary 'Stampede. Zone division winners will gelt encyclopaedias, .a trip to Toronto and watches. Winners in the inspectorate get iramed certificates. 'Inspector Goman said the spel ling bee competition 'has spread to Ontario from the United States ■where a national competition at tracts considerable interest. Some competitions have al ready been held in (Huron and have .drawn excellent crowds. District township winners will (foe decided at the" following places •on the dates indicated: Hay Township, Zurich, Feb. 9; ©banley, Bayfield, Feb. 13; Step- hen, Crediton, Feb. 14; Tucker smith, Egmondville, Feb. 15; Us- borne, Winchelsea, Feb. 16. These contests will 'be held at 3 'p.m. (Dates for Exeter, RCAF Cen tralia and Hensall competitions have not been announced. Each of these divisions Will be allowed one winner per 100 pup ils to compete in the three semifinal's. Hensall, Stanley and Tuck ersmith winners will spell at Hensall on February 20; .Step-’ hen and RCAF Centralia winners will compete at the RCAF school on February 21 and Usborne, Exeter and Hay spellers will vie at Exeter on February 22; all at 3 p.m. ' The inspectorate final will take place at Exeter on February 29 at 8 p.m. Four contestants from each semi-final will enter this competition. Tops $4,000 For Missions The annual meeting of the .James St. United 'Church was "held in the church parlors Mon- ■day evening when about 125 per sons sat down to a pot-luck sup per served by the ladies of the •congregation. Following devotional exercises a resh,me was given of the work of the various organizations and ■revealed a -busy and successful year. For the first time tire giv ings to the Missionary and Main- tainance fund had exceeded the $4,000 mark. $11,562 were rais ed for the Sunday (School building fund. Sixty-eight new members were added to the church roll, 34 on profession of faith and 34 by transfer; 23 were removed by transfer and niiie by death. Total ■membership is 1016. There were 19 funerals, 17' weddings and 38 baptisms during the year. ■ A resolution expressing appre ciation of the splendid work of the minister, Rev. H. Snell and Mrs. Snell was received with a standing ovation. ■Reference was made to the ser vice rendered by Mr, Lawrence Wein the senior and* junior •choirs; to Mr. Carfrey Cann and Miss May Jones, superintendents In the Sunday school and primary -departments. ■ Elected to the Session for four years were Arthur Gann, Mervln Gudmore, W. H. Hodgson, Percy McFalls, A. J. Penhale, Robert ■L 'Southcott and Bruce Shapton. Wf To the Board of (Stewards, Harry Cole, Allan Fraser, Ger ald GodbOlt, Len McKnight, Eafl ■Shapton and Herman Powe. Auditors, G. 0. Koch, W. L. Hen derson. Nominating Committee, Robert ■Southcott, Mrs, A Fraser, Mrs. R. E. Pooley and Garnet Hicks. A resolution was endorsed that with the exception of a few mem bers holding official positions, members of the session and Of the board of Stewards whose term of office expires foe Ineligible for re-election until after One year, PO Estimate Is $50,000 Proposed addition to Exe Post Office will cost in the neighborhood of $50,000, ac cording to an estimate placed before the House of Commons foy the Department of Public Works last week, z Other details of the con- ” sitruction are not available. Plans for an extension to the rear of the building were (received by Postmaster Har vey Pfaff several months ago but municipal officials felt changes were noit sufficient to cope with present and fut ure needs. They asked the department to reconsider the plans. Alt a special meeting with Huron MP Elston Cardiff and Exeter Reeve William McKenzie in December, the department agreed to see if a better arrangement was possible. ■ ' No word has been received since. with London and that make him a Senior “B” signed would player. Past who left the meeting moved that Bogal be declared ineligible but that Exeter be al lowed to get a replacement with in seven days. This motion was not seconded. Lockridge felt the Exeter, club should be penalized and moved that Bogal be declared ineligible. "This move was seconded by Merv Hord of Ilderton. Lucan’s Harvey Langford said he felt Exeter should be allowed a replacement and would not vote for the motion until he was assured the W.O.A.A. would see president Hugh Hawkins, early, call- the the Exeter Mohawks will lose cen tre Ted Bogal but will retain their three .Stratford imports as a 'result of protest decisions reached by "the W.O.A.A. exe cutive Tuesday night. The executive ruled that Bogal, a special replacement for Cap tain Harry MctEwan, was regist ered with the (Senior “iB” Lon don Briggs team and was not eligible to play for Exeter. The original concession grant ed by clubs in the group stip ulated that (the McEwan replace ment had to fee of Int. “A” cali bre or lower. Mohawk officials argued that Bogal played for the Intermed iate “A” Strathroy club last year and that although he played for London this year, he had been cut from the club and there fore was not of Senior “B” bre. The W.O.A.A. disallowed Strathroy protest against three 'Stratford imports because it ruled its evidence was “insufi- cient.” Strathroy based its pro test on an affidavit from a pri vate detective who said neigh bours and relatives told him the three Stratford players continued to live at their city homes instead of in Exeter as the regulations require. The W.O.A.A. ruled that this conversational evidence was not sufficient to grant a protest on, particularly in view of the fact that the Stratford players were (prepared to take an affidavit they remained in Exeter four- nights a week. So wassMayor R. E. Pooley, in whose -home the players stay. Press For Replacement Mohawk officials said .Wednes day they would press W.O.A.A. for a replacement for Bogal. The executive took no action on' a replacement Tuesday night 'be cause wAntedt to be certain that' such a replacement would be approved by the Ontario Hock ey Association if the team en tered provincial play downs. W.O.- A.A. President Nelson Hill, who is on the O.H.A. executive, was the instructed (to bring up the case before the Ontario foody at its meeting this Friday. Evidence for both protests was presented at a special meeting of the executive in Exeter after the hockey game Friday night. The W.O.A.A. postponed its de cision until Tuesday night when it met in Olinton. Main reason given for the post ponement was that only six of the 12 members of the executive were present Friday night. In Clinton, however, only five show ed up. The protest against Bogal, submitted by the Forest club, was (biased on a letter from W. A. Hanley, secretary of the O.H.A., which said Bogal’s name appeared in the lineup of four London Briggs’ games. Regula tions provide that when a player’s name appears on * the referee’s report he is automatic ally registered with, that team. At the meeting Tuesday night, W.O.A.A. Manager Alf Lockridge accepted blame for the Bogal case. He said he should have in vestigated Bogal’s status before giving Exeter permission to play ■him. Nevertheless, he felt the Exeter club knew Bogal had Correct Errors In Permit Story The Times-Ad vacate wish es to correct two errors which appeared in the article concerning an application for building permit from , Exeter Council last week. The story feaid the build ing was to be 24x45 and of •cement blocks. The applica tion actually called for a frame house, 25x45, erected on a‘ foundation of cement blocks. The one error was a typographical mistake; the other a misunderstanding. The editors regret the •misrepresentation. , Youth Form Teen Club Betty (Brady was elected ident of “Jute-®ox iCorners”, Ex eter’s new teen-age club, at the organizational meeting in ithb’’ arena -this week. Recreation Dir ector Doug Smith conducted (the election. 1 Vice-president is Uy Blom- maert; secretary, (Pam MacMil lan; treasurer, Jane Harness. Honorary members elected .by the -teenagers included Director Smith, Al Willert, John Ford, Ian Fenning, 'Bill Waghorn and Judy Ross. The committees,, with chair men first named, are: Entertainment—Louise Hock ey, Mickey, MacMillan, Margaret Francois, Glen 'Hodgins, Ken Jackson. Food—'Marion May, Wreatha Slioldice, Leona Gould, Murray Bell, Pam MacMillan. P u b 1 i c i t y—Ron Horn, Jim Hennessey, Stan Johns, Brian Fisher, Betty Brady. House-conveners—Sibyl Gross man, Glenn Irvine, Mary Page, Jane Harness, Allen Rundle. ■Sports, hobby and crafts— Doug Wein, Jim MacDonald, Helen Walls, iCy Blommaert, Peter Frayne, Ron Crawford. pres if the O.H.A. would allow one. ,I-Iord also thought the W.O.A.A. should investigate the possibili ties of a replacement. Mohawks Manager Bruce Big gart said ‘Bogal had been ap proved by both the W.O.A.'A. and the O.H.A. and he felt the club bad every right (to use him. Big gart has maintained throughout the season that the Exeter -club would operate legally and that, to (his knowledge, every precaut ion had been taken to do so. The affidavit submitted by the Strathroy club in the import case was sworn by J, Howard Fitzallan, a retired member of the Royal 'Canadian Mounted Police now living in London. On January 23, at the instruction of the Strathroy club, he talked to relatives and neighbours of Earl Barton, John Dwyer Richards, the three imports. Fitzallan’s affidavit grandmother, uncle, and nearby barber of the boys told him they were still living at their homes in Stratford although they knew they were supposed to live in Exeter because were playing hockey there. At t'lie protest meeting Friday night, the players plained to the W.O.A.A. executive that it was quite possible each of the four persons to lieve they still lived at home various reasons. Because 'boys still work in Stratford, visit their homes often on way to and from work. •Appearing separately before the W.O.A.A. executive, the boys said they remained in Exeter an average of four nights a week and this was confirmed by Mayor Pooley. Commenting on the genera] situation in the iW.'0.A.A. Major Group, Merv Hord said Tuesday iyght..he wondered how/many of "tlte. clubs would be found to be legal upon close inspection. “The Major Group is one of the worst offenders,” he said, “and iStrath- roy started it going that way.” Bogal was supposed to have been an. import with Strathroy last year, Hord said, but he believed that the London player didn’t stay one night in Strathroy dur ing the entire season. Protest For Spite? The protests, he suggested, came as spite from the other •clubs, who don’t like the way Exeter has beaten them this year. “A couple of years ago, Exeter was--«an easy club for all these clubs to beat. They never thought Exeter could build up a good ■team so fast. Now that they have a winner, the" other clubs ‘don’t like it.” Harvey Langford confessed he lost sleep over the controversy. He contended the rules were so complicated they made “fools” out of the men of the executive because it takes a Philadelphia lawyer to interpret them. said a neighbour they and Ray Mohawk 1 here ex- for be- for the they their AIRMAN WINS CAR—LAC William G. May, R.C.A.F. Station Centralia, recently received custody of the keys for a brand new 1956 Ford from Sheila Billing, Miss Toronto of 1956. A native of Ottawa, LAC May was named winner of the new car by State Vacuum Stores of Canada* Limited. He competed with 80,000 other entries in a Ration-wide “Count the Fords” Contest. Disagree Over Value Of Horses Two district officials who spoke to Exeter Agricultural Society at its annual meeting on Wednesday afternoon differed in their opinions on the merits of horses on the prize list. District Director Sid Harlow, of St. Marys, disagreed with the trend -toward discarding horse’ classes; he advocated light horse and pony competitions as an at traction. G. W. Montgomery, county agriculture representative, said he couldn’t agree with Harlow. He suggested the directors look into horse prize money with com mon sense and decide if horses, as an- attraction, are giving the proper returns. Most of the prize money for horses goes out of the area, he said. If the members intend to con tinue with a horse show, they should limit it to. the classes which appeal most to the area. Mr. Montgomery suggested that the fail* would be improved if the cattle show were moved to the field inside the track where they would be more easily seen by the spectators. He announced there would be a new 4-I-I club for corn. The society agreed ’ to sponsor three G. of re 4-H clubs—beef calf, dairy calf and corn. Junior Farmers will sponsor a grain club and it is expected Exeter Kinsmen, -will back the poultry club again. Retiring president H. H. Strang came to the defence the small fair in his annual port. Although some people con tended there are. too many fairs, he believed tire local fair should be an achievement day for the community it serves. He said it gave junior farmers a chance to display their work. that'" the small fair was needed District Director Harlow agreed to encourage young' people. Victor Jeffrey, reporting on the school fair, said it has grown from 500 entries to 900 in re cent years. He thought the school fair should be encouraged. Mayor Elected President Mayor .R. E. Pooley was elected president, succeeding Mr. Strang who has headed the society for two years. Vice-presidents are Victor Jeffrey and William Mc Kenzie. Clark Fisher was turned as secretary-treasurer, Directors for the Society are: hor.se, Dalton Finkbeiner; cattle, Harry Coates; swine, Winston Shapton; sheep,- Donald Deer ing; poultry, Lloyd Gushman; flowers, Ralph Bailey; horticul ture and commercial, William McKenzie; grain and seed, Doug las May; school exhibits, Victor Jeffrey; arena, A. J. Sweitzer; entertainment, E. S. Steiner; 4- H clubs, Howard Pym; grourfds, Garnet R. E. Exact Details Kept Secret The Times-Advocate learned from an authoritative source Wednesday that the Ontario gov ernment has decided to increase its contribution towards conser vation projects. Although the extend >of the in creased assistance isn't officially known, it may gave Exeter as- much as $30,000 on the cost of the Morrison dam in Usborne Township. The new government policy will be announced by Hon. W,. M» Nickle, Minister of Planning and Development, in a ’speech at Kingston Thursday night, Details of the announcement are a care- fully-guarded secret, The, ,T-A learned. .' \ Present government assistance is mow based on thirty-seven and one-thalf percent of the cost of conservation projects. Strong rep resentation hag been made’ in (re cent years to raise this percent age. Will Probably Be 50 Percent General opinion is the ■ gov ernment will agree to increase its grants to 50 percent. In the case of the Usborne dam, this would mean a saving of $'20,000 to the town of Exeter. Some officials are hoping.* how ever, that the assistance will be 60 percent. This would mean a saving of $30,000 to the town. Under the present regulations, cost of the z$140,000’dam will be distributed in this way: Ontario $52,000; Exeter $69,000; Usbor ne $15,000; Ausable Authority $5,000. If the assistance is raised to 50 percent, the distribution would be: Ontario $75,000; Exe ter $50,000; Usborne $15,000; Ausable Authority $5,000. Usborne’s cost in the -scheme will remain constant sinct the township pays for the bridge on the dam only and conservation grants will not be given on this portion. The Department of High ways contributes 80 percent of cost of the bridges. The Authority will study the new policy at its annual meeting next Wednesday. The extent .of work which the Authority can do in the by the ered. The be given towards all types of maldr conservation measures. future will amount of assistance re be determined assistance off- will probably Plan $25,000 Addition To Vets' Memorial Hall Exeter Branch of the Canadian Construction is expected t*c Legion voted Thursday night to go ahead with plans to erebt a $25,000 ....................hall on The will be addition to the memorial William Street. 32x74 addition, which erected to the rear of the present building a “T” shape, will value of the hall $100,000. to make it bring the to nearly / Get Better Price For Rolled Paper Scoutmaster Hal Hooke said the Exeter troop collected a ton and one-half of rolled paper dur ing their paper drive Saturday. They also received' nine tons of baled paper. ’Scoutmaster Hooke said his assistants and members of the •tfbop committee were delighted with the response to their appeal for rolled paper, for which the •Scouts receive some $20 a ton instead Of the regular $10 for haled paper. This is the first time the troop has asked for the paper rolled. The Scoutmaster said' he hoped residents would make It a habit to roll the paper as they saved it since'It is so much more valu able. The Scouts plan a paper drive every month. eXpe<to Start in March and the branch plans to get volunteer help from its 180 members. The addition will be liiade of cement block, similar to the present building. The additional space will pro vide a larger banquet hall, an upstairs kitchen 'and more stor age facilities./ .At the same meeting, the branch decided to discontinue sponsorship of the intermediate Mohawk ball team. President Reg McDonald said that it had cost the branch $2,200 during the past two years to field the club. Decision to drop the club was taken in view of the fact that no younger players appeared inter ested in joining the team and because of the costly building project. The branch has issued n warn ing to district residents that no magazine. salesman has authorized to sell under Legion name in this area. Officers pointed out that year the salesmen Used (been tile last .. ____ ___ the Legion name but they weren’t connected with the local branch. This year the branch has bidden them to come Into territory. A past president’s badge was (presented to Max Harness by Ted Pooley, for tlie INDUCT NEW REEVE WITH HENSALL PUC—New Hensall Reeve Norman Jones, second from right, was sworn in to office shortly after his election Monday night when he attend ed a P.U.C. meeting the same night. Sworn in with him were R. E. Shaddick, a veteran P.U.C. member and former reeve, and Walter Spencer. Clerk James Paterson performed the rites. P.U.C. Manager Jim Clark, left, looks on. —T-A Photo Hensail Voters Acclaim Two In a record 80 percent vote at Hensall Monday, veteran Coun cillor Norman IH. Jones won a thumping victory in his first .bid for reeve by scoring a double majority BaVid R. _______ Jones, a member of council for eight years, polled 264 votes to his opponent’s 113, The re sult reversed the standing of last year’s election when gang ster headed the polls and Jones over his challenger, gangster. years, polled 264 votes placed .second in a five-man race for council seats. Sangster served one year on council and then resigned at November nominations. He chairman Of the patks boatd. The now reeve, who succeeds the late William Parke, began his duties shortly after the re sults wore 'tabulated by Return ing Officer James Paterson. He presided for the ,PUC meeting. Produce dealer John Hender son Scored a landslide victory In the is the four-man election for the council seat vacated by Jones, He polled more than the com bined total of his three rivals, Thomas Lavender, Ed Fink and Robert McKenzie. The results were: Henderson 189, Lavender 95, Fink 60 and McKenzie 33. Returning Officer Paterson said the total vote waB only one Shy Of 80 percent of the 484 Olig* ibid to vote, B. W. Tuckey; tickets, Hicks; director-at-large, Pooley. Auditors are Eugene and W. H. Hodgson. Beaver Gilbert Dow, Exeter, and Em erson Erb, Zurich, were elected directors of the Huron Whole Milk Producers’ Association at its annual meeting in Clinton on Tuesday. ■ ,...8.......... .............................. ■ .............................. Name Slate For Survey Committee which will spear head organization in -this dist rict for the Huron County TB Mass X-ray in May was announc ed this week by Chairman E. R. Hopper, of Exeter. Municipalities included in the district are Exeter, Hensall, Hay, - Stephen and Usborne each of which is designated as an area. W, H. Pollen is deputy-chair man; Gerald Godbolt is in charge of area organization; -and Rev. Alexander Rapson will look after the professions. Under the training committee, headed by Ken Lamp-man, are: Thomas McMillan, in charge of the census poll; S. B. Taylor, clinic; C. E. Shaw, supply; and Don iSouthcott, publicity. Herman Hodgson will head the projects division. Ralph Hicks will be in charge of recruiters; Van Laughton, industry; and Cecil Wilson, schools. 'Reeves of the local municipali ties will be in charge of the areas. They include Jack Morrissey, in Stephen; Bill McKenzie, Exeter; V. L. Becker, Hay; Clayton Smith, Usborne; Norman Jones, Hensall. Teaches Judo To Girls To Handle Attackers An ex-British Commando, who u§ed judo to escape from con centration camp twice during World War 11, plans to teach the art to girls and young women in this district to they can pro tect themselves against attackers. John Rylko, 39, a husky sculp tor who fought Hitler’s forces in Poland, the middle east And Italy, has announced that he will start the classes next week. I’ve had a lot of requests from girls and young woman Who want to know how to handle these sex fiends we read about in the pap ers,” he says. “If a girl knows judo, she can throw a man with little effort or can easily make him release his grip.” Mr. Rylko, who moved to Exe ter in 1954 to continue his soulp- toring career here, said he hoped to get the co-operation and sup port of parents tor his classes. Ho plans to .give two two-hour sessions every weak for six weeks, Separate classes will foe held for teenagers First lesson will be day night in Exeter “Once they hear judo course going those felloes won’t ___ _ T_„ girls around here,” the sculptor? predicted. and adults, given Tues- Town Hall* we have a in Exeter, attack 4ny Impaired Driver Gets $50 Fine FO. Robert B. McKee, of RCAF Station Centralia was fined $50 and costs when lie pleaded .guilty to impaired driving in 'Magis trate’s Court, Exeter, on. Wed nesday. McKee was involved in O ac cident on Main (St, December 22 when he backed from the west side Of the strhet into a south bound car. Constable John Cowen laid the chatge,