The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-11-15, Page 1*
Eighty-Second Year
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EXETER, ONTARIO NOVEMBER 15, 1955_______ ____________ Price Pt Copy 7
Ontario Co-op Backs Huron
In Open Market Campaign
REMEMBER THE FALLEN—Impressive remembrance services were held, throughout
the district Sunday, marking the thirty-seventh anniversary of the first' world war
armistice and the tenth anniversary of the end of World war two'. Above, members of
Exeter Legion March through the flags to attend a special service at Caven Presby
terian Church. The local branch was joined by its auxiliary, Scout organizations and
the RCAF in its observance. ‘ . —T-A Photo
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Start To Work In Pinery
Finish Projects In Spring
C. E. Janes, MLA for Lamb
ton East and chairman of the
'Ausable Authority’s parks and
recreation advisory board, an
nounced last week that the pro
vincial government has started
work on the development of the
public park in the Pinery.
Mr. Janes said the govern
ment has already purchased a
truck for the park and that
cleaning up operations have
started.
By next year, he said, some of
the projects for the major pro
vincial park will be’ completed.
Contrary to original plans, no
lots ‘will be leased in the park,
Mr. Janes announced. -The de
partment has found, he explain
ed, that it cannot mix leased
lots with public parks without
getting into difficulty. The entire
recreation area Will be left open
to the public, he said,
Mr. Janes said recent pro
vincial legislation exempted all
parks from paying municipal
taxes, thereby denying Bosan-
quet township any revenue from
the Pinery. Mr. Janes said he:
opposed this move and Was
working to get it changed. |
Mr.' Janes’, report on progress
at the Pinery was given at the.
annual banquet of the Authority:
in Lucan on Wednesday night.
Wives of Authority members
were guests.
The Lambton East MLA was ;
one of a number of speakers
Who paid tribute to Authority |
Chairman J. A, Morrison for
his keen interest in conserva
tion and his enthusiastic leader
ship. “The Ausable Authority, is
Oiie of the most active in On
tario, thanks to Mr, Morrison’s
efforts,” he said. I
Huron MP, Tom Rryde, de- j
scribed the rapid growth of the
Department of Planning and De- j
velopment, which guides, con
servation work in the province, >
and he predicted it will soon be i
the most important department,
ip the government.-
Guest speaker at the banquet
was Len Johnson, fieldman of
Tired of waiting for a decision
on marketing legislation from
the Supreme Court of Canada,
Ontario- hog ” producers decided
Monday to go ahead with their
direction program aimed at get
ting pigs op the open market.
Huron producers’, president,
Bert Lobb, of Ilderton, who at
tended the special meeting in
Toronto, told “The Times-Advo- . , ___, __ RH „H„V __p«, cate Tuesday: “We’re going to
done in his watershed, in wild-[proceed' with the open market
life preservation, historical sites, campaign across the province, and Varm planning. j it will take us considerable time
Mr. Johnson revealed plans to : to' get it in operation but we sJUXwzi I F*** 1 n:rltr ef*<5y*Fr!»rl
a pioneer farmstead at. Fan-! work. We hope the program .will
Janes said recent pro-
Receives Watch
At Awards Night
William Batten, son of ’ Mi*,
and Mrs. Ralph Batten, Andrew
St., and? an employee of The
Exeter Times-Advocate, is the
proud possessor bf a gold watch
presented 'to him during Awards
Night at Ryerson . School - of
Technology, Toronto, Some4 $20,-
000 in prizes were presented, to
studepts in the. various courses
ht the school.
Bill graduated . from ; the
graphic' artsJ'4?i>artoen't?iiL'l\(gy,
after three years of tramihg, and
was awarded a watch donated by
the Charters Publishing Com
pany, Brampton, for general/
proficiency in printing manage
ment.
Winner of awards in 1955 and-
1954, Bill . becomes . the first
graduate of graphic arts to re
ceive special honors’ each year
of the three-year, course.
Find Body
In Pinery
I Missing since September . ,
Arthur Bloor,. 40-year-old Lon
don man, was found dead Satur
day in his late model car, parked
in the bush about six miles from
Grand Bend. He is .believed to
have been dead for a number of
weeks. v(
His body was identified by
the deceased’s brother-in-law,
Hugh Ramsay,, of R.R. No. 10,
London. Mr. Bloor lived at 122
Egerton street, London, and was
employed in. the city works
department.
Cpl. N. R. Chamberlain, Grand
Bend, investigated. Coroner Dr.
A. M. Calter, of Forest, 'said an
inquest4 ^as-” unnecessary.
The. bpdy was found in th.e car
ojiT'a. seld om-used .trail in the
Pldpfy"' By. “Wjlliahv -Michielson-,
19, of R.R. 2, Grand''Bend, who
came upon it as he made his
way home throUgli the bush.
4 Mr. Bloor’s wife, expecting*
a baby in January, reported
his disappearance to police after
he left home in his car -and did
hot return, 'but no trace had
ever been found of him. Police
Were told Mr., Bloor had been
in a despondent state of mind.
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t the Upper Thames Authority,
I who described the work being
:/ ..life preservation, historical sites,1 campaign across the province.
I and farm planning. j it will take us considerable time
I Mr. Johnson revealed plans to : to' get it in operation but we
j establish a pioneer village and have already started the ground
a pioneer farmstead at. Fan-! work. We hope the program will
shawe Lake, near London. He; be working successfully within
jrlso said the Authority w^.s <!oh- » vaot- ”
sidering the establishment of an
old Indian -village.
i Over 50 farms in Middlesex! move' by Huron producers who
are now operating according to ‘ '
long-range plans drawn up by
O.A.C, specialists, he said. In program going- in. this county,
19ol,; only one farm m the Producers will ’pick up their
county had taken advantage of organizational plans from where
this ■ service. • ■ . - • - v .
Mr. Johnson described experi
ments undertaken by the Upper
Thames to find out how much
rainfall remains in the land, how
much is absorbed by plants and how much goes down the river.
The fieidman saia conservation
and improvement of farmland
was vitally important because
“in 10 years we have to produce
twice as much ■ on one acre as
we do noiv.”.“I foresee a great future for|bounced this part* or the country after! - ” •
the St. ’
built,” he
Andrew
chairman’
conducted
ed by Walter Fcasy and Mrs.
Morrison.
. Among * the, speakers were
Reeye Cecil Lewis, of Lucan;
Fred Hearn an, McGillivray reeve
who represented Middlesex
county; and Charles Corbett,
Lucan.
also said .the Authority was con- ’ a year,
Tt’he provincial association’s de
cision, strengthened a similar
almost unanimously agreed at a
meeting last week* to get^ the
Producers will ’pick up their
Lawrence Seaway is
said.
Dixon, Exeter, was
for the meeting and;
entertainment, assist-
I they left ' off last' spring when
the marketing question came be
though the direction program
fore the Supreme Court. Ab
had been announced,. producers
agreed to postpone putting it
into effect until the court ruled
on the validity of Ontario’s
marketing 1’aws?
The court hearing was held
over four months ago and pro-
, ducers have become impatient
I waiting for a decision. The court
.. I several weeks ago
i,that it would have to hear more
evidence before making a ruling.
Armed with promises from the
Ontario Government that it will
! revise ‘ its legislation to make
the marketing plan . possible if
the court rules against present
laws,' the producers have decided
to go ah£ad.
At . Clinton .Thursday- night,
nearly 200 farmers voted in
favor of. establishing the open
j market program in Huron. In a
Put Reason In Saddle
Urges Caven Minisier
SORORITY SWEETHEART—Mrs. R. C. Dinney was crowned ’ Sorority Sweetheart at
Beta Sigma .Phi’s annual .dance .last week., An active member in the young ladies’
organization, Mrs, Dinney succeeds Miss Jean Taylor, last year’s queen. Those who
took part in the presentations were, standing left to right, Mrs. Don Gaiser, immed
iate past president and 1954 sweetheart; Miss Taylor, who ' crowned Mrs. Dinney;
and Mrs. Ted Jones, president and another former sweethe’art. —Jack Doerr
Auxiliary To Hospital
Ends Successful Year
Mrs. C. S. MacNaughton-'was
elected president of the Women’s
Auxiliary to South Huton Hos
pital at the meeting af. the Aux
iliary room's on Tuesday after
noon. Past president ;is Mrs. R.
E. Russell and honorary presi
dent is Mr?. E. Irwi/i.
The vice presidents9 are Mrs.
Elmer Bell, Mrs. ‘Vernon Hey
wood -gnd Mrs. W.'G. Cochrane;
recording secretary, Mrs. Fred
Dpbbs; asst., Mrs. Lawrence
Wein; corresponding sec’y, Miss
Margaret Brown; ass’t, Mrs.
Richard Dickins; treasurer, Mrs.
R. E. Pooley; ass’t, Mrs. Mer
lin Mode;
Historian, Mrs. Janies Smith;'
JUNIOR BAND STARTS PRACTICES—-Exeter’s new junior band has started its prac
tice sessions under Bandmaster Jim Ford, London,'left. Three of the young musicians
are, left to right, Paul van Goos.en, Brian Sanders and Larry Brintnell. Cecil Wilson,
chairman of the band committee, is at right. Over 25 boys and girls have joined the
—T-A Photo
Fear For Relatives In Hungary
Communists Quell Uprising
* itear for the safety of rela
tive? in strife-torn Hungary was
exprcsed4 this week by Exeter
residents, anxiously following re
ports of Russian, suppression
there.
Mrs. George Rather, Sr., Main
St., has an aunt living in Buda
pest, centre of last week’s up
rising and subsequent Russian
retaliation. Her mother, brother
and two -sisters live in Sibui,
capital of the province of Tran
sylvania. ,
When the Hungarians revolted
against the communists in Buda
pest last week, Mrs. uRethei\ ex
series of uprisings m red-
dominated countries of Europe.
Her hopes have been dashed
however, since the Russians
launched a vicious counter-at
tack and recaptured the’ Hun
garian capital, killing hundreds
of its citizens and destroying
many buildings.
Mrs. Rether said* she had
anticipated her people’s revolt
because of the mounting antag
onism against Russian oppres
sion, In letters from members
of her family, she learned that
more and more Hungarians were
being sent to work camps m
wet e worsening.
“In the last letter from my
aunt, she said there were as
many as eight people in One
room,” Mrs. Kether said. “You
wouldn’t believe the terrible
conditions existing today,” she
Wrote,
Mrs/'Kether has been trying
to get her aunt, who is 69 years
old,, out of Hungary for the past
three years but the Russians
won’t lot her leave.
Two of the Exeter woman’s
relatives have' been sent to
Siberia to work in the mines.
Mrs. Rather*s sister was given
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my
<A truck was stolen from
Exeter lot and a Woodham store
was broken into over the week
end. ,
The truck, a pickup, was taken
from the lot of F. W. Huxtable,
local implement dealer. It has
not beep recovered. . •
Mills’ Store, Woodham, was
■broken into Saturday night but
the owners report they have dis
covered nothing missing.
The safe was -ransabked but
no documents taken. There was
no cash in it.
The store was entered through
a cellar .window and the thieves
escaped .through the back door.
The Store, is operated by Wil
liam Mills. His brother, Ray.
Who was formerly associated
with the business, is now in Ex
eter. The two are members of
the popular Woodham quartette.
Catch Fugitive
A Bashwood district resident,
Edward Willcrt, nabbed an
escapee from Guelph Reforma
tory last Wednesday while he
was trying to steal gas from the
farmer’s pumps. He was turned
over to1 police and returned to
Guelph,
OPR Constable Cecil Gibbons
said the youth, who was serving'
a, term for car theft, escaped
from the Reformatory on Tues
day, November 6«
He stele a car at Guelph,
abandoned it at Listowel and
took another. Heading for the
border, he ran out of gas on
No. 83, west of Dashwood, and
went into the Willett farm to
take gas from the pump m the
yard. He was caught about 8:30
ami. :Constable Gibbens said * the
an
auditors, Mrs. S. B. Taylor and
Mrs. W. C, Allison;
resentative, Mrs. J.
'staff representative,
Claypole and cancer
Mrs. Gordon Koch.
Convenors of committees are:
nurses, Mrs..H. H. Cowen; so
cial, Mrs. R. E. Russell; ways
and' means, Mrs. W. G. Coch
rane; tray, Mrs. Allan4 Fraser
sewing, Mrs; Vernon Heywood;
cutting,. Mrs. Arthur Fraser;
buying Mrs. Ralph Hicks; mem
bership, Mrs. Harvey Pollen;
nominating, Mrs, James Smith,
Mrs. W. Witmer and Mrs. Mer
lin Mo'de; pianist^ Mrs. M. C.
Fletcher.
The. annual financial report,
given by treasurer Mrs. R. E.
Pooley showed $2,137 raised dur
ing the yeah. Mrs. C. S. Mac-
Naughton, chairman of the Ways
and Means committee gave the
amounts raised by various pro
jects during the year as: rum
mage sale, $625; tag day, $528;
bridge and euchre party, $180;
blanket draw, $150; sale of
Drama Club tickets, $113; Hur-
onia Male Chorus concert, $82.
Convenor of the buying com
mittee, Mrs. J. G> Dunlop re
ported $729 spent for hospital
supplies. Mrs. Vernon Heywood
reported 454 articles made dur
ing the year. These articles word
cut by Mrs. Arthur Fraser and
her committee. The tray com
mittee convened by Mrs. Allan
Fraser provided favors for t pa
tients’ trays on every holiday
and looked after Christmas dec
orations throughout the hospital;
Mrs. H. H. Pollen reported a
membership of 109; Mrs. Harvey
Cowen, nurses’ committee chair
man, reported the nursing staff
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board rep-
G. Dunlop;
Miss Alice
society rep-
’Peg 'O My Heart'
Club's New Play
At 8.30 p.m. oh Wednesday
and Thursday nights, Nov. 28 and 29, th"C Exeter Drama Club
will present Hartley Manners’
popular comedy., “Peg O’ My
Heart,” in SHDI1S.
Sponsored by several local and
district service clubs, .the play,
which is being directed by Mr,
John Goman, the district public
school inspector, stars the fol
lowing people in the cast: Mar
jorie Dllkos, Jack FUlcheti Aud
rey Bentley, Jim Carter, John
Hendrick, Jerry Godbolt, Edna
Glaab and Bob Russell. The part
of ’Reg will be recreated by n.-.dx ............
Paramount need in the world
today‘is iO “put reason m the
saddle,” Rfev. Samuel Kerr de
clared at the Remembrance Day
service at Caven Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning. Mem
bers of Exeter Legion a'nd Ladies
Auxiliary attended the service.
Believing that mass hysteria
could bring disaster to the world.
Rev. Kerr stated this was- a
challenge for all men to work for
peace in a troubled world.
“If we could bring men and
women to the place where they
would take five minutes a day
to think ’about God, we would
witness an amazing transforma
tion in the world, Jhe need in
this challenging hour is to bring
reason to the world scene.”
Rev. Kerr said the world needs
wise meh an’d women to prevent
the world from coming to com
plete'destruction.
He quoted Winston Churchill,
who years ago said .that human-,
ity, which has made little
progress morally, now has the
tools by which it can bring about
its own destruction. The words
were spoken .before the atomic
or hydrogen bombs were in
vented.
Rev. Kerr described two of the
tragic aspects of war — its
1
as providing countless libraries
and colleges for these countries.
The toll in • lives ' exceeded
30,000,000.
“Is this not a challenge for
all of us to work for peace in this
troubled world??’ Rev. Kerr
asked. His theme was “Blessed
are . the peacemakers for they
Shall rbe called the children, of
God.”
Paying tribute to the. fallen of
two wars, the minister said:
“We owe a debt of gratitude to
those men we can never repay
— we might be slaves but for
them and the sacrifices they
made.”
Legion President Reg McDon
ald read the Scripture lesson.
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standing vote, only six opposed
the plan.
At the meeting in Toronto at
which producers from 10 coun
ties were represented, decision
to go ahead was enthusiastically
endorsed.
To operate their open market
campaign, producers will require
truckers to take their hogs to
co-operative yards ip London,
Kitchener, Stratford or Toronto,
where they will be sold to the
highest bidder. The co^op be*
lieves farmers will get a higher
price on a competitive market
than they do now bv taking their
hogs direct to packing, plants.
The marketing board, which
first planned to' take severe
measures fo make truckers co
operate, now' has decided to
tackle‘the problem from a dif
ferent approach. * " •
“We don’t, plan to take any
drastic measures,” Mr. Lobb
said. “We will seek* their co
operation in a friendly way -and
attempt to be fair with. every- <
body.”. ' ■
“We’ll have special truckers*
meetings to explain our plans
and to give them an opportunity
to express their views.”
Mr, Lobb' said he ,felt many
truckers would stop their oppo
sition to the plan when they
learn how it will work. “J have
found that a number of truckers,
who opposed the program
strongly at first, are talking
quite favorably about it now.
They just didn’t know where
they stood.”
Tentative plans are to contact
all truckers to determine -those
who will co-operate with the
program. Names of these men
will be distributed among pro
ducers who will be encouraged
to patronize them. Farmers will
be discouraged from hiring
truckers who won’t co-operate.
“As long as they’re willing to
go along with the co-op,” Mt.
Lobb said, “they’ll get the busi
ness. If some of the truckers
fail to come into line, we’ll have
to apply pressure.” •
Huron will be the fifth county
in the province to undertake the
open market program. Grey and
HrtUSe" counties lravq. taken thb
lead in the organization, and
now have over 80 per cent of
their • hogs going to the open
market:’ Before the year js out,
they hope to have all their hogs
going to co-op yards. ‘ :
Alfred Warner, Bayfield,’ sec
retary of*.the Huron group, said
all sections of. the county wer®
well represented at last week’s
meeting. “.We had a very ,good
representation from South Huron
and from the north part of th®
county as well. * .We' were en
couraged by this because at
former meetings, the majority of
the producers were from' the
central portion only ”
Speakers at the Huron meet
ing included Gharles McInnis,
provincial president; Eldred
Aiken, chairman of the market
ing board and representative for
this, zone, and Jake Koehler,
general manager of the co
operative.
Albert Bacon, Belgrave, chair
man of the special committee
set up to investigate the estab
lishment of assembly yards in
Huron, presided for the meeting.
Mr. Lobb said the plan for a
co-op yard in Huron was dis- •
carded because it. would not be
ruination of the economic $ys- many. years, yv^tern of nations, which demoral- nearly two-thirds of the total
izes the character of men and. receipts which will go to a fund
'Mr. Poppy'
in
Fred Wells, Exeter Legion’s
“Mr. Poppy,” again led local
sellers in the Poppy Day cam-
Wouldn’t buy ’ hogs here on an5 SnKn? f-o.b.' basis and we would be left
salesman of the lcmal branch^foi (^hout a TOarfcGt: Besides, most
JZ.CO vx M . The A.O.T.S. Men’s Club of
women, and its destruction of I to; aid needy veterans and their |james st. United Church met
youth. 4 - j families. Total collected for the. Monday .evening and made pro-
The money which was spent to oay amounted to $340. j vision for a supper 'they intend
finance the Second World War Roy Brock was in charge of serving on November 28th.
would have built homes for all the campaign. He was assisted Garnet Hicks was elected4 Second
the families in Canada, United by Corporal George Noseworthy, vice-president to fill out a slate
States, United Kingdom, France,! at RCAF Station, Centralia, and of officers. Shuffle-board was
Germany and Holland, as well I Exeter Cubs. | enjoyed at the close.
OFF TO EGYPT—-Queen’s Own Regiment medical officer, Capt Grant Mills, right,
of Woodham, inoculated more than 900 men over the weekend as the regiment pre*
pared to depart for^Egypt to join the UN police force there. The son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Mills, Captain Mills will accompany the regiment to the Suez; zone. Ma