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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-11-01, Page 1CELEBRATE ALL SAINTS' DAY—Thousa nds of children in this district celebrated Hallowe’en Wednesday night at community parties sponsored by service clubs and other organizations. Two costumed girls above are Carole Hogarth, left, and Helen Krause who were prizewinners at a CGIT party at Caven Presbyterian Church. Police reported some vandalism throughout the district. x —T-A Photo ”f—■ ktjnies-jiouocare copy EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 1, 1954 no was grants from the department more nursery equipment. .'W ' r-sE: v®-*-'A''-. EXETER NUMISMATIST—E. Warren Sanders, Exeter CNR freight agent, has collect­ ed over 1,000 coins since he began, this hobby 10 years ago. His collection' includes tokens from 52 different countries and they date back as far as the 1600’s. He is a member of the Canadian Numismatic Society. / —T-A Photo Finds Coin Collecting Hobby Easy Way To Learn History Collecting coins is a fascinat- ng way of learning geography ind history, says E. Warren landers,' CNR freight'agent in Sxeter, whose collection is prob- tbly the largest in the district. The local numismatist (that’s he technical term for coin col­ ector) has amassed a total of veil over 1,009 monetary- tokens rom 52 Countries in the 10 years’ Le’p been active in this relativc- hobby.Svb discovered countries I knew existed before I tarted my collection,” Mr, landers says, “and I’ve learned lot about their history, goo- raphical features 'and customs rom the scenes and faces de­ leted on them.” i National Hobby Coin collecting became a na- ional hobby in Canada only 6 ears ago whefl the Canadian lumismatie Club was formed i 1950. There are now /over ,ooo members ift the dominion. Besides being a member of io National organization, the ixoter collector belongs to the ondon Numismatic Club which-third Wt organized and is now one of 84 members, 'ranging from Wood­ stock to Sarnia, who meet reg­ ularly to "swap” coins and dis­ cuss their collections. Oldest Coins The oldest co'ih in the Exeter man’s collection is an English piece that dates pack to 1600. His oldest Canadian coin is an Upper Canada token minted in the 1700’s. 4 But age isn’t^thc principal fac­ tor that makes a coin valuable— it’s the rarity that counts. There are Canadian coins only 25 years old that are much more valua­ ble than the 1600 English piece in the Sanders collection^ The Exeter collector’s most valuable coins are adiah nickle and about $30 and $20 Only a few were year, Another valuable by Mr. Sanders is------ penny with the letter “H” under the date, Up until 1907 all Can­ adian coins were made at the Heaton mint in England. A few pennies wore minted there m ittiW UofAi’iS thfl Canadian an 1874 Can­ dime, worth respectively, minted that piece owned a 1907 large f the “H” was imprinted beneath the date to' distinguish the Brit­ ish coins from those made in Canada. Oddities In Collection ■ Among the oddities in the freight agent’s collection are a, series^ of Irish coins which de­ pict a horse, salmon, bull, pig and other animals. The smallest coin he has is a silver piece from Travancore which is about half the size of the small Can­ adian hickle. He has scdlloped coins from Iraq, coins from thO Belgian Congo with holes in them, oblong' Chinese pieces with squares, cut out of the cen­ tre, two-headed coins from Italy, square coins, and wooden coins. The freight agent started his collection 10 years ago when he went into a local bank to find out when the U.S. stopped mint­ ing the large penny. When he couldn’t find out, ho wrote the curator of the Chase National Bank in New York, who Return­ ed a pile of literature which started him on his hobby. Many of his coins he picked up while cashier at the: local .hranck ..ta. Eighty-Second Year Throw Caobage Through Glass Except for one incident, pre­ Hallowe’en pranks weren’t ser­ ious in this area, police report. Tuesday night a cabbage was thrown through a window in a house occupied by Mrs. John Taylor, Nelson ' St. Said Mrs. Taylor: “You’d think they could find a better use for cabbage than to.throw it through a wo­ man’s window” Several farm implements were moved across town but damage of a serious nature reported.' CNIB Drive Needs $250 Fund-raising campaign for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind is still $250 short of its objective in this area, Chairman S. B. Taylor said this week. Total collected to date is $513.30. Last year nearly $800 was raised. Contributiqn totals by commu­ nities at the end of the week were: Exeter $381.15; Centralia $65.00; Crediton $35.00; Dash­ wood $23.15; Woodham $5.00; Granton $2.00; RCAF Centralia $1.00; Kirkton $1.00. Youth Class Stages Quiz ■ At the Sunday evenng service in James St. United Church Mrs. M. C. Fletcher and her Sunday school class “Learners of God,” provided the program. A Bible Quiz. similar • to the Twenty Question program was. participated in by the entire class with Mrs. Fletcher as in­ terrogator and Marilyn Penhale and Beth Sims as .announcers to the audience. Jane Farrow, •py^ident of the class;..- pro,sidgd;> (Avlfh? Michael Farrow.dt'the organ and Marilyn Bissett at the piano. Helen Down, class secretary, read the Scrip­ ture and Iris Tomlinson, class treasurer, led in prayer. The class members occupied the choir seats and sang the anthem. _ Musical numbers included an accordion solo by Marilyn Bissett, a quartet number by Jeanette Taylor, Marilyn Bissett, Bob Fletcher and Bill Batten, a piano solo by Michael Farrow- and an. offertory duet with Michael at the organ and Marilyn at the piano. Mr. Carfrey- Cann explained the class project: .“Money for Lepers,” and the .offering for the same was taken by the ushers: Misses Wilma Coates, Lorna Tay­ lor and Joan Batten, Messrs. Bev­ erly Sturgis, Bill Pollen and Hugh Rundle. Bill Batten, in place of Don Welsh, past president, made courtesy remarks and bespoke support for the new president of the class, Jane ‘Farrow. , Following the service the class met in a social get-together in the church parlors. Rev. C. W, Down conducted the morning service, in the ab­ sence of the pastor, Rev. H. J. Snell, who is conducting a preach­ ing mission at Pilot Mount, Mani­ toba. Ausable River Conservation Authbrity officials said this week they would not be able to make a second call fpr tenders for construction .of ' the Morrison Dam until the end of November, Secretary-fieldman H. G. Hooke said he would have to wait until the Authority held its annual meeting, tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, Nov­ ember 28, before getting . per­ mission to call for tenders again. He felt, however, that the de­ lay would not adversely affect the project since he had been advised by engineers that little construction work could be un­ dertaken until next spring. The engineers also advised him that the Authority would probably get more tenders if it waited until contractors had completed their fall work and- were making plans for next year.’ Exeter council and public utilities commission, at a special joint meeting Wednesday, '"flatly rejected the • latest bid- from Toronto Contractor R. A. Blyth and requested the Authority to make another calp for tenders immediately in the hope that a contract could be let in time for work to be started this fall. Town officials felt that if the contract was given to a firm in the district. it would be able to clear the land and do other pre­ paratory work before winter sets in. , Town officials were unanimous in their rejection of Blyth’s lat­ est offer to build the dam for $201,000, almost $40,000 more than the amount of .his original tender which was submitted in August. They felt the bid was’ too high- and contained condi­ tions .which were not satisfac­ tory. The Blyth tender would have raised total cost of the dam to $225,000. Of this amount, Exeter pay $93,000. PUC Chairman L. j. Penhale sparked the . move for another call for tenders. He felt that while new tenders t might be higher than Blyth’s, it would be worth the gamble to see if low­ er bids could be secured. Mayor R. E. Pooley and Reeve William McKenzie thought it would be possible to get dist­ rict construction firms to bid on the job. Once again, officials express- UC Laymen Attend Rally Dr. L. H. Craig, of Hamilton, in addressing a rally- of the men’s council of Huron Presbytery at Wesley-Willis United Church, Clinton, Sunday evening, sM: “It is important to realize that the church is not our creation. It is God’s plan. His creation. The church is made up of- a company of God’s believing people. Christ is the head of the church. The church is the body by Which he continues his saving grace in the World.” “The church is not the building, it is the people, and goes beyond the local congregation. We have the church to preserve the gos­ pel but the most important job of its members is to share its evangelism by bringing in others to share its fellowship,” Said the speaker* Speaking particularly to a rep­ resentative group Of elders' he said: “The session is a group within the church whose respon­ sibility it is to -have the over­ sight of4the congregation. Tem­ poral things are essential,' but are not the heart of religion. The session should see that the work, under the guidance of the min­ ister, is fruitful.” Elgin McKinley, Zurich, presi­ dent of thd men’s council, was in the chair. they nb longer have any use for. The value of old Canadian coins is increasing gradually be­ cause of the expanding interest of American collectors who arc reaching further afield to add to their collections. Several hundred of Mr, Sand- .....n-k. .............. .... . Price For Copy T To Debate Entry Into OHA Loop Public meeting will be held in the town hall Thursday . night to decide whether Exe­ ter Mohawks will apply/ for entry in the district OHA , Senior "B" league this win- -ter. • . President W. G. Cochrane, who called the emergency meeting ..Wednesday ..after­ noon, urged all hockey sup­ porters to attend. Officials began considering the senior league when it be­ came evident Mohawks will have difficulty in getting competition in the WOAA. Details appear page four. ed strong support for the vital water supply project. Commissioner W. G. Cochrane felt the expenditure on the dam was justified since the PUC had already spent $10,000 tryiijg to find water wells without suc­ cess. The guarantee 40 million It was Canadian pared to tion to the local factory as soon as it is assured of sufficient wa­ ter. If more water isn’t provided the local plant may be closed in favor of an addition some­ where else. Deputy-Reeve Chester Ma- whinney said: “We’re trying to get new industry but I think it’s more important to hold what we’ve got.” ARA Chairman Tells Problems Future of the Ausable Author­ ity’s dam in Usborne township “remains in doubt,” Chairman John Morrison - told the con­ servation authorities conference in London Wednesday. “If Exeter -feels that the dam and reservoir is still the most economical source of water the Authority will undoubtedly pro­ ceed with the work. If, on the other hand, town council feels that its share will involve too great a tax burden, the author­ ity will probably retender 'early .in 1957 with the hope that a more reasonable bid may be re­ ceived at that time.” ' ' Mr.. Morrison was. reporting on the problems of the Ausable dam to provincial conservation? ists who attended the three-day convention ' marking the tenth anniversary of the passing of the Conservation Authorities Act. -Mr. Morrison' said construction of the dam and reservoir would be justified for four reasons: it it would assute a supplement­ ary source for water supply for Exeter; 'it would provide a measure of flood control; it would increase summer flow dam, he said, would the town a supply of gallons. confirmed again that Canners Ltd. is pre­ make a major addi- and raise local water tables; it would reduce pollution caused by wastes from the town, The Ausable chairman told how costs had risen from the original estimate of $141,000 to the latest figure • of $225,000 in­ side of a year, Attending the conference from the Ausable Authority were Andrew Dixon, Exeter; C. P, Corbett, Lucan; James Pater­ son, Hensall; Roy Bell', Tucker­ smith; John McPhee; Bosan- quet; John Manore, Grand Bend; M. M. Pennington, Parkhill; and Fieldman H. G< Hooke, Hospital Nurse On Baby Course Mrs. Marion Learn, of South Huron Hospital, is attending a six-week course on baby care at the School of Nursing in Toronto this week. The course is sponsored by the Department of Health as post­ graduate training for nurses in hospitals which specialize in ma-' ternity care. South Huron Hospital was one of a ‘limited number of hospitals in the province permitted to send a member of the staff to the course. The hospital has also been notified that it will receive grants from the department for Juniors Debate Farm Groups Huron junior farmers’ debating team Will .tackle Waterloo ora­ tors in an inter-county prelim­ inary competition, on Nov. 23 in Seaforth high school. The juniors will argue over the question; “Resolved that a re­ duction in the number of farm organizations' in- Ontario would be In the best interests Of On­ tario farmers.” The Waterloo affirmative team will meet the Huron - negative team in Seaforth while the Hur­ on affirmative team will' travel to Waterloo • Forester Plants 45,000 Trees Plans for establishment of as Ausable Authority roadside park in the Hensall area have- been shelved for the present, Secre- tary-Fieldman H. G. Hooke said this week. The parks and recreation ad­ visory board have postponed the project because the land select­ ed for a park is not availably The board authorized' further development of the Authority’* park at Port Franks, Additional landscaping will be undertaken and 30 new picnic tables will be added to the site. “This park will be one of the nicest in the area next year, Fieldman Hooke predicted. It is located on both sitjes pf th® river, west of the bridge on the Bluewater Highway. H. H, De yries, zone forester for the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, announced this week that 45,000 more trees have been planted in the Author­ ity’s land in Hay Swamp. The varieties include red pine, white pine, spruce and European larch. The authority reforestation boapd recently accepted options on 600 acres in Bosanquet and West Williams Townships for re* 'forestation purposes. Police believe the headlights of the car of CNR Agent Bruce Joynt, who went up, to the Cen­ tralia station' to check the. fur­ nace, frightened away thieves who removed .the safe ffom the - depot Sunday night. The agent discovered the ' break-in about 9.45 p.m. when he. went in to fix the fire in the fur­ nace. The thieves gained entry through a window. Police found the safe, which contained about $200 in cash, in a patch. of weeds about 50 feet West of the station on the oppo­ site side of the tracks. .It was- un­ damaged, GPP Constable Cecil Gibbons estimated the. safe could have been carried by three or four .men. Constable George Mitchell as­ sisted in the investigation. Lack of accomodation and shortage of nurses were cited by South Huron Hospital As-' sociation as major reasons for its decision to' postpone the ad­ dition of major surgery facili­ ties to the local institution. In a statement made public this week, the board said the hospital is taxed 'to; capacity and the addition of surgical pa­ tients might require the con­ struction of an addition. It said the present nursing staff, already overworked, is not sufficient to handle surgery and that specialized nurses required for surgery are difficult to ob­ tain. Additional quarters would be necessary to accomodate more staff. ^The board also sdid the cost of providing surgical services 'would incur operating deficits which would have to be met by subscription or taxation. Explanation of the board’s de­ cision was made public this week to answer criticism of, its failure to provide the facilities requested by several local doc­ tors. Reports, not confirmed, in­ dicate that at least one doctor is planning to leave town be­ cause major surgery is not permitted here. •. < • In its- statement, signed by Chairman Elgin Rowcliffe, R.R. 1 Hensall, the board said it welcomed the “progressive spirit” of the medical profession but it asked doctors and the ... ' A 5 * HALLOWE'EN WINNERS—-Winners of costume prizes at Exeter Legion’s Hallowe’en party Tuesday night were: back row, left to right, Bill I-Iiggins, Mrs. Tom Mac­ Millan, Mr* and Mrs, Fted Darling; front row, Mrs, Jack Cutting and Mrs. Hubert Scfhroeder, Over 100 members and their wives attended the party, oijmniml by Hast public “to bear with Us while we work out answers for our problems.” _ ■ “We cannot promise their im­ mediate solution,” it said, “but. will work diligently in that ' direction.” The statement' read: Public Report Now Due . “Your hospital has now been in operation for several years and the board feels that a report to the public is now due. When the people of this area were ask­ ed to subscribe until it hurt in Order to raise the large sum necessary to build the hospital, the board at that time promised that it would endeavor to so operate the hospital that no re­ quest for a mill rate from the municipalities would become necessary. Careful administra­ tion on the- part of the hospital staff has made possible no de­ mands upon the taxpayer to date. “When the hospital opened the medical association suggested to the board that only minor surg­ ery be permitted in the hospital and that policy has been follow­ ed by the Board up to the pres­ ent, There are a number of reasons for this policy. The initial reason is, of course, the difficulty in a small hospital of obtaining a qualified nursing staff to make major surgery Safe for the patient, the doctor and.the hospital. In other words, the obtaining of trained surgical nurses in addition to the present staff. No one is unaware of the shortage of nurses throughout Ontario, and indeed, apart from the surgical nurses, oUr hos­ pital has been operating with A minimum of Registered NurseS and has only been able to cope with the heavy occupancy by overworking our staff and by the employment o f nurses aids trained by Miss Allee Claypole and her staff, who have given invaluable service. Occupancy Rata High “Our occupancy rate in the - last four months has been very high and has occasioned a short* age of bed space on a number of occasions. This occupancy rate may be abnormal and may drop by a substantial figO but it has been cpfisidtehtly high how for softie time. We do have a number oT . nWnh patients who conWmusly octrnpy bed space. Apart from our mbral duty toward these cld'eriy WO« pie .in our community, we have a legal obligaticm under the.> government grants., ...