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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-03-01, Page 1Eighty-Second Year EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1956 Price Per Copy 7< Spur Bend Court Appeal 'Grand Bend’s liquor position is going to be decided once and for all. The Ontario government, baf­ fled with the confusing contro­ versy over the dividing line between Liquoi* Control Act and Canada Temperance Act, will re­ quest the Ontario Appeal Court to settle the issue. The summer resort-has been operating entirely under L.C.A. since it was incorporated in 1951. Now it appears the government isn’t convinced this is legal. Attorney-General Kelso Ro­ berts has been given authority .to ask the court if 'the north half of Grand Bend is still under the jurisdiction of C.T.A. The govern­ ment hopes to put an end to what one official described as a •“crazy, miked-up affair.” Believed behind the move is the 'pressure of hotel and restaur­ ant owners in the summer resort who are seeking licences to serve liquor to tourists who invade •Grand Bend 20,000. at a time in warm weather. Dozen Apply For Licence At least a dozen owners are believed to 'have filed applica­ tions three years ago for cock­ tail anl lounge .permits. They’re anxious for a decision. The fact that the issue has been sent to the Appeal Court will not change the enforcement of L.C.A. in ■ the -meantime, ac­ cording to OPP Constable Neil Chamberlain, who is in charge of the detachment there. “Our instructions are to en­ force the L.C.A. and we will continue to do so until notified differently,” the corporal told The Times-Advocate. Hundreds of offences have 'been prosecuted under the L.C.A. since the village was incorporated. Proof 'that the Liquor Control Board of Ontario believed the ■north half to ibe under its juris­ diction is contained in the fact it (has issued banquet permits for serving of liquor in one of the hotels on the north side of the street. The combined liquor and beer store, which was erected last year, is on 'the south side of the main street,' however. Some ob­ servers think it may be possible ■this store -will have fto be re­ moved if court decides in favor of C.T.A. Grand Bend Reeve Jim Dalton says he’ll be glad when the- question is settled. “We might as well get a decision sooner or later.” Argument over the liquoi* posi­ tion hinges on the fact that the main street of Grand Bend was once the dividing line between Lamibton and Huron dbumties. In Lambton county the O.T.A., ■a federal act, was voted out in favor of hhe provincial Liquor ■Control Act under which it is possible to vote /or liquor outlets. After Grand Bend ed, the village had to Lamb ton or Huron; it decided to go to Lambton and be under L.'C.A. so that it could vote in Jiquor. This, it was felt, would attract American tourists who were used to easy access to liquor at home. But the argument remained that since the Canada Temper­ ance Act was federal legislation and the changes made by Grand Bend involved only provincial law, the C.T.A. still prevailed in the north half of the village. Now it’s up to the count to decide which argument is right. ■One Leap Year baby was born in iSouth Huron Hospital, at least three people in the district cele­ brated Leap Year birthdays and one couple celebrated a Leap Year anniversary Wednesday . The February 29 child is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ingram, of Hensall, their first. He x weigh­ ed seven pounds, two and one- quarter ounces, was attended by Dr. J. C. Goddard, Hensall, and All Weather On Saturday Just about every ' kind of weather came on stormy Satur­ day, .the meteorological section at RCAF [Station Centralia reports. The wild, (blustery day brought the worst snowstorm of the winter .to this district. Gusts of wind were reported up to 75 miles an hour. Here is how the met section describes the day: “.Saturday began with thunder­ storms during 'the early morn­ ing, with visibility near zero with fog 'until 10 a.'m. A 'cold front passed the area shortly -after 1.0 a.m. Light, southerly winds shift­ ed to northwesterly direction at 15 to -2'5 miles per hour and soon increased to 35 and "50 m.p.h. with gusts up to 60. A few gusts were recorded as high as 75. “As temperature decreased; the rain quickly changed to snow with 'blowing snow. The strong •winds gradually decreased dur- -ing the night to the west at 15 m.p.h. iby 4.30 a.m. Monday. ■Types of precipitation reported on Saturday included rain, ice pellets, snow pellets, hail and snow with dust aloft reported at 11:15 a.m. and lasting for 15 minutes.” „ The dust was iblown up from Texas, 'according to the met section, and gave the sky a brownish color. Maximum and minimum tem­ peratures for Saturday were 40.4 and 24.2 with .19 inches of show and .15 inches of rain recorded. Traces of more , snow were re­ corded every day during the past week except iSunday. A light freezing rain fell for four hours and 42 minutes on Friday. Coldest temperature of the week was recorded Wednesday when the mercury dipped to' 4.6 degrees. 'Cuke' Growers Urged To Vote Vote on the Ontario marketing scheme for cucumbers was light on Tuesday, the • first balloting day, according to Agricultural Representative G. W. Montgo­ mery. The vote is on a petition re­ ceived from the Ontario Vege­ table Growers’ Marketing. Board •that cucumbers for processing be designated a regulated crop un­ der* the provisions of the Ontario Vegetable Growers’ Marketing- for-Processors scheme. ■Each grower who contracted for the sale o"f cucumbers for pro­ cessing in 1956 is entitled to vote. The agricultural representative urged growers °who did not vote Tuesday to cast their ballots on Friday, the final day for ballot- was born at 7 a.m,„Mothei* is the former Pauline Rock, of Parkhill. Twins Were among the four who celebrated birthdays. They were Marlene and Darlene Fray- ne, popular young entertainers from Usborne Township, who marked their third official birth­ day. The 12-year-old twins sing and play the piano at many com­ munity gatherings. ■Frank Taylor, Exeter, another, popular “entertainer”, celebrated his nineteenth birthday Wednes­ day and the occasion was high­ lighted by the presentation of a television set from his family. Frank is president of 'Senior Ci­ tizens, chairman of the Exeter Turf Club, and an active auction­ eer. Despite his 7'6 years, he claims he’s never taken medicine in his life and feels as fine as he ever did. He exercises his race horses every day on the local track. Frank entertains by singing and telling stories. Ralph Genttner, partner in Middleton and Genttner, oil 'dis­ tributing firm, marked the tenth anniversary of his birthday 'Wed­ nesday. He • is a past president of Exeter Kinsmen Club. Mr. and Mrs. Keith McLaren, of Cromarty, celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary at a family gathering at the home of Mr .and MrsjSam Jory,.Exeter, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Mc­ Laren were married on February 29, 1928. ineorporat- join either freer T She's Top Speller j BEST SPELLER—Carol Gibbons, Exeter was de- .« dared the best public "School speller in South 4 Huron Wednesday night when she won the final \ inspectorate match at Exeter Public School Wed- nesday night. She received The Times-Advocate shield and a $10 cash prize. Among the five j finalists who competed were Roberta Bird, left, | and Martha Cochrane, right, both of Exeter. The j winner goes to the zone finals at Stratford for • the right to compete in the Ontario Spelling Bee PLAN RECORD Carol Gibbons Wins T-A Trophy, Will Represent Area At Carol Gibbons, 13-year-old’district for the privilege of com- . 4" zsn H wx jm 4- Tv 1 **\zviq**rv <• v* _ n <->4. ft <• 4- & « »daughter of OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons and Mrs. Gibbons, Marl- borqugh St., Exeter, won The Times-Advocate shield for the ’best speller in South Huron at" the bee in Wednesday A grade eter Public ed 11 other finalists from the Exeter (Pulblic evening. eight student School, Carol School at Ex­ defeat- 1'4 <■T '■ < * * CELEBRATE LEAP YEAR BIRTHDAYS—Here are three people in the district who cele­ brated their birthdays on February 29. The girls are Marlene and Darlene Frayne, twins of Mr. and Mrs. George Frayne, Usborne, who have had only three official birthdays. Frank Taylor, president of Senior Citizens and chairman of Exeter Turf Club, marked the nine­ teenth anniversary of his birthday. Another Leap Year birthday was celebrated by Ralph Genttner,. of Exeter. ' —T-A Photo For South Huron 4-H YEAR RCAF Station Loses Planes RCAF 'Station Centralia is los­ ing its 'twin-engine Expediters and is expecting a return of the light training craft, Chipmunks. The Expediters., used in con­ nection with Instrument Flying School which was recently, trans­ ferred to Saskatoon, are being shipped to various stations. Some are still in process of departure and others are going into stor­ age. Of the 24 'which were on the station, only six Will remain. These will be .used to keep Cen­ tralia pilots up to instrument standards. Unofficial reports indicate the low-wing, single engine Chip­ munks will arrive soon to comple­ ment the Harvards in the Flying Training School. It is expected trainees will start flying in Chipmunks, then transfer to Harvards for completion of their training.Sr peting in sone finals at Stratford. [She is a pupil of Principal A. B. Idle. The T-A shield, donated by the newspaper for annual competi- . tion .in connection with the On- ' JTario Spelling Bee, was presented Iby Robert Southcott, son of Pub­ lisher J. M. Soutflicott. “Apparel” was the word which won for Carol 'her award and a $.10 cash prize. The word was missed by Marion Bell; the runner-up, a grade eight ptipil of Mrs. Sara Simpson, No. 1, T.S.A.- Tuckersmith. ■Ruling on. the final decision was that the winner must spell the word that her opponent miss­ ed as well as the next word on the list. The 12 inated ito a pupil of at No. missed the word “kink”; Marlene Tanner, a 'pupil of Mr. George Farnell, of the J. A. D. McCurdy School, RCAF Centralia, who tripped on the word “frequently”; Dewayne Elliott, a pupil of Mrs. (Margaret iRogerson -at S.S. 3 'Tuckersmith, who lost on “con­ tagious”; Martha Cochrane, a pupil of Principal Idle of- grade eight, for whom “feasible" was the unfortunate word; Marion Bell and Carol Gibbons. Twelve Win Semi-Finals Twelve contestants came the semi finals held previously at Exeter, Hensall, and RCAF Station Centralia and six of these were eliminated first. They in­ cluded David Noakes, pupil of Mr. Robert iReaburn, Hensall, who lost on “substitute”; Rob­ erta Hird, of grade eight Exeter, “applicant”; Mary Ann McCann, a ’pupil of Mrs. Ada McDonald, of No. 6 T.'S.A. Stephen, who missed “mattress”; David Plum­ mer a pupil of Mr." George Farnel who misspelled “yawl”; John Etherington, pupil of Mrs. Jessie Carter of No. 1 T.lS.A. Usborne, for whom “ninetieth” - was the obstacle, and Malcolm Boyd, a pupil of Mr. G. N. Moses of J.A.D. McCurdy school, who did not spell “flexible” correctly. The judges were Mrs. M. C. Fletcher and SHDHiS Principal, H. L. .Sturgis. ’Public School In­ spector John Goman conducted .the contest. A great deal of in­ terest has been shown in the spelling as was evidenced by the attendance Wednesday evening. All contestants were presented with ball point pens Which were donated by the Exeter Kioettes the Beta Sigma Phi .-Sorority and Lion’s Club and $5.00 was given to Marion Bell as the second best speller. Members of the Home and .School Executive and teachers of Exeter Public School also com­ peted in spelling when Mr. Go- man gave the words to be spelled of Stratford list itself misspelled three them. It gave rhinoceros as rhino- cerous; diphtheria as diptheria and reminiscence as reminscence. Musical numbers, under the supervision of Mr. Lawrence Wein, were interspered with the spelling contest. They- included choruses by Zurich (Public ISchool (Grades 3, 4 and 5) and Exeter Public ISchool ('Grade 8); solos by Marion May, No. 4 Usborne, Anne Koehler, Dashwood Public School, and 'Bob Lammie, No. 14 Stephen; - Duet, by M. May and ,M. Ven­ tin, No. 4 Usborne, trio by A. Koehler, A. Egas ‘and I. Gulens, Dashwood Public School and a double duet by SB. Lammie, K. Hodgins, J. Essery and J. Essery. Huron club leaders met in Clinton Monday to plan the larg­ est 4-H program in the history of the county. Directors of 'the 44H program, Agricultural Representative G. W. Montgomery and his assistant, Art Bolton, revealed arrange­ ments for organization of 33 clubs for 1956—three more than the record high ,of ,Jast year. Growth of the program in Huron parallels similar development in 4-H work across Canada. Total enrolment last year was 505 with 418 completing their projects. It is expected there will be a substantial increase this year. Huron ranks among the top five counties in the province in 4-H work. Grey is the leader with some "40 clubs. Two new clubs will be organi­ zed in the South Huron district— a corn and a sugar beet club. This will bring to eight the num­ ber of 4-H clubs operating in Exeter, Hensall and Zurich. contestants were elim- six: Jean McClinchey, Miss Margaret Collins, 10, T.'S.A. Stanley, who from I backwards. Mrs. John Schroeder, MARTIN VISITS DISTRICT—Hon. Paul Martin, npnister of national health and welfare,Ws- William Huntley, Mrs. Wil- addressed the annual meeting of the Huron Liberal Association at Zurich Friday evening after inspecting hospitals in the area. Despite stormy weather, Zurich Memorial Community Centre was packed for the banquet with couples coming from all over the county. Mr. Martin is shown with three women who were in the limelight during the evening—Mrs. A. Y. McLean, wife of the Liberal candidate in last election; Mrs. H. H. Cowen, whose father, Charles Fritz, was treasurer of the riding association for 40 years; and Mrs. Jack Pearson, whose father, Pat Sullivan, is an honorary president. —T-A Photo 11am ahd ____ __ ______ Mrs. Lloyd Turvey, Mrs. Cliff Jory, Mrs. R. D. Jermyn, Miss V. Deichert and Mr. Arthur Idle. The decision was in favour of the teachers. To indicate hbw tough some Of the words were, the official Page, Mrs. Morley Sanders Mrs. Del Mooney opposed Mrs. R. D. Jermyn, Miss Tribe Ready For Finals, First Tilt On Thursday Eager to get rolling after a two-week layoff, Exeter Mohawks will open their playoff schedule Thursday night against Rockets ■in Strathroy in the first game of a home-and-home goals-to-count series for the group champion­ ship. Second and final contest will be .played here Saturday night. This will 'be the first playoff game in the local emporium this winter. Rockets edged Milverton Royals by one 'goal in their two- game series this past week for the right to meet Mohawks for tlie group title. Don Emm’s crew edged Doug Thiel’s six 3-2 Tues­ day night after the clubs battled it out to a 2-2 tie Thursday night. When the group in Milverton playoffs are Speaking Contest In SHDHS Friday Final competition in public speaking for Western Ontario se­ condary schools will 'be staged in .South Huron District High School this Friday but none of the local students will be in it. All SHDHS contestants were eliminated Friday in the district finals at London which attracted record competition. Highest placing, scored by South Huron was a second won by Marion iCreery in the senior class. Others who competed were Jim 'Carter, senior; and Allison Clark and 'Calvin McKerral, jurii- ots. Mrs. Claude Farrow, English teacher, accompanied the South Huron competitors. To Visit London Office K On Saturday membess of the special commercial class and stu­ dents in Grade 12 taking com­ mercial options plan to visit London Life Insurance Co., Lon­ don, to see the modern business methods employed there. The group will also Visit Louden Free Press. In charge of the tour are Teachers E. D. Howey and Mrs. S. P. Bunton. over, Mohawks will enter the WOAA Int. “A” series. Manager Bruce Biiggart announced Wed­ nesday the club will exercise ifts bye for the first round while Strathroy plays the winner of the Goderich-Port Elgin series in a best-of-three set. The Tribe will meet the winner in a best-Of-five affair. MOhawks will • be at full strength and in top shape for Thursday’s contest in Strathroy. ■Larry Heideman has recovered from his leg injury and is back working between Boom Gravett ■and “Bill Wharnsiby. •Revamped front line has been flying high in practices. Coach Red Loader has moved into centre slot and John Trendell is at right wing with Bill Oberle remaining -at the left wing spot. Tribe’s rearguard strength is ■bolstered by the return of Barry Doak to the -squad. Loader says Doak “looks good out there— he/s really practicing and I think he’ll help us.” The addition of Doak gives —Please turn to Page 3 ■Over 100 farmers who donate their time leadership guests of Agriculture day. They cussed plans for the coming year and received an outline of their responsibilities. New president of the leaders is Bob Allen, of Brucefield, who succeeds William Turnbull, Brus­ sels, president for the past two years. Vice-President Resigns A relatively new member of the association, the Brucefield ■junior farmer agreed to take the position after Vice-President Bob Hern, of R.'R. 1 Hensall, re­ signed because he is leaving the county. Vice-president will be John Strong, Howick Township, and Maurice Hallahan, ®lyth, will re­ main secretary-treasurer. Plans for the^ year include an educational tour to the Nia­ gara Falls area sometime in July and the annual achievement night to be held in Exeter on Decem­ ber 8. Directors will be: beef clubs, Tom Todd, Lucknow; dairy, Simon Hallahan, Blyth; s'wine, Ken Stewart, Seaforth; tractor, Larry Wheatley, Seaforth; forest­ ry, John Jackson, Wingham; poultry, Jim Scott Seaforth; grain, Norman Alexander, 'Clin­ ton; corn, Ken Hern, Granton;' sugar beet club, Bill Turnbull, Brussels, who will 'be club leader and representative to the Huron Federation of Agriculture. 'Introduced by 'G. W. Montgom­ ery, the guest speaker, Vic Lang­ ton, Elgin County agricultural representative/- spoke on the re- sponsibilties of 4-ffiE 'Club leaders. Require Leaders For Program “The need for agricultural rep­ resentatives Is great today—for men to accept the responsibilities and to discharge the jobs. “A good leader has vision; he takes every opportunity for serv­ ice that comes to him. A good leader develops other leaders. “In Elgin County we stressed ‘safety’ grams,’’ Each four to safety.“Wo " to provide voluntary of the clubs were the Department of at the meeting Mon­ elected officers, dis- in our 4-H 'Club pro­ said Mr. Langton. 4-H Club meeting has five minute talks on “We have to admit that farm- —'Please turn to page 12;* Federal Health Minister Backs Mass Huron people wei*e urged last week by Hon. Paul Martin, Min­ ister of Health and Welfare, to take advantage of a campaign to have all persons in the county chest x-ray survey as well.” He This campaign is scheduled to take place beginning May 14, under the sponsorship of 'the Huron 'County Tuberculosis Asso­ ciation. In this area to attend a Liberal organisation meeting in Zurich, Mr. Martin visited hospitals in Exeter and Clinton and while in­ specting the new nurses’ resi­ dence in 'Clinton, Mr. Martin pre­ dicted “substantial control of tuberculosis, perhaps within a de­ cade.’’' He said that if the tempo of TH control continues, this dis­ ease which 2B years ago was con­ sidered to bo the foremost, would bo well on the way to being con­ trolled. TB X-Ray “Huron 'County,” said Mr. Martin, “has gone over the top in other matters, and will no doubt go over the top in this.TB chest x-ray survey, as well.” He remarked that great strides in medicine in Canada have been made through the co-operation of the various levels of govern­ ment and other organizations Which do so much to contribute their time and efforts. .Speaking in general of hospi­ tals in this area, Mr. Martin com­ pared them to those he has seen in other parts of Canada, and said that this part of Western Ontario has very fine hospitals “Though you will always have pressing and new problems even, (here,” said Mr. Martin, “there are not many areas in Canada as well served by hospitals, doc­ tors and nurses.” -.See pages 10 and 11.