The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-07-11, Page 11:4
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BUY RESUSCITATOR FOR COMMUNITY—Members of Exbter Fire Brigade attended a
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special de oust "at'on Tnew
p m �, t Thursday night to learn how to use the resuscitator Pur-
Chief Irwin Fordo operates the oxygen-givinggmachine .on the r y Holtzman, egion, Fire
chased by Exeter branch. of the Canadian Legion for
p 1'I�rry Legion Presi-
dent. Proceeds from the Legion's band tattoo on 'uesday 'July '30, will be. used .to
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BURNING CAR ATTRACTS. CROWD—Hundreds, of district residents, seeking excite-.
ment.after a hot Sunday,, rushed out during' the evening when ,an alarm called Exeter
Fire Brigade to this burning car one mile west of town. The vehicle was destroyed
but the occupants, Eugene' Kirk- and Calvin McKerral, both > of Exeter, were not in-
jured, On their. way home .from Grand Bend, they sthelled . smoke coming from the
trunk, removed, :the burning back seat, but couldn't stop, the blaze: Car was owned by
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CAi S�ud�es"Near. B.eer.—
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Huron. County Crown Attorney
H. Glenn Hayes said; this week
he has : "under consideration"
the , legality of near . beer sale
under the Canada Tehiperance
Act .
"I 'don't know the:. answer at
the•moment," he told -The Times -
Advocate "but I' am .considering
RCAF. Principal •
To Take Voyage
.John Butler,principal of the
J. A. D. McCprdy • School for the
past seven years, is taking a
year's interlude from, it teaching
career. •
Mr. 'Butler was born in Lorne-
ville, near ..Lindsay. Graduating
from Lindsay High School as
top grade 13 student he attended
Peterboro Teacher's College. Ile
attended courses at Ontario Agri-
cultural College, the University
of Toronto and University of
Ontario; Westernn nt rio wherere-
ceived his BA.. specializing in
English and Psychology,
Ile was principal of Baysville
Public School for 11 years until
4 hejoined the army . and saw
action on the Normandy beaches.
He remained with the occupation
troops in Germany for another
Year following the defeat of Nazi
Germany in 1945.
In 1950 when Mr. Puller came''.
to Centralia there were .only 5o;
P.M,Q.s : built. In the seven -
tooth school much needed To be
done in the way of ecit ipment
and supplies. He was assisted by
teachers Mrs, M. Whitmore and
Miss Adams. •
in September .1:951, Mr, Butler
end his growing staff moved into
the new J. A; l).McCurdy
schtiai,NaW'there are a.6° teachers
and 393 students. "
Mr. Butler and his wife have
laiiglooked . forward to a trip'
and in the hall they. will travel
tb the southern states end Merti-
co, cross the continent ;end travel
north Aleng the Patiific coast,
returninghome Hell year to
Crediton where they, have lived
since 11150,
the question:" '
The temperance act, Which ap-
plies in Huron and Perth, differs
from the Ontario Liquor Control
Act in its interpretation of in-
toxicating liquors, Mr,. Hayes
said.'
While the LCA defines a drink
with 2.5 percent alcohol as in-
toxicating, the Canada Temper-
ance Act prohibits the sale of
any drink .that is,. .simply, in-
toxicating. •
The CTA definition of liquor
reads:
"Intoxicating liquors includes
every spirituous or malt liquor
and every wine, and any and
every combination of liquors or
drinks' that is intoxicating and
any .mixed liquor capable of
being used as a beverage and
part of which is spirituous or
otherwise intoxicating.
No poll has been taken of local
stores to see if they would handle
the near beer now on the Market
even if it is legal tb sell it under
CTA'.
' Dns Dieter however,
grocer,
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PRINCIPAL, R1Jnlit
said. he doubted if any- of the
local food- merchants would'
stock .the new beverage, even
though it is selling well in other
centres. -
"There would be too much
opposition," he said, "Besides
I don't think people would buy
it."
Already more than ' 200 stores
in Toronto are. selling near beer
across - the counter, Hamilton,
Brantford and other centres
expect to have it for sale im-
mediately.
Near beer has an alcoholic
content of 2.4 percent. The
Liquor Control Board has labeled
a drink with 2.5 per cent in-
toxicating. .
Early reports on the taste of
the drink: have not been favor-
able.
en . SatOrd ay Evenings
ome To Try Two •1Mighfs
Ex et e r merchants decided
Monday to switch ,from Friday
to • Saturday night opening this
week. Some stores, however,
plan to stay peen both nights.
In a close ballot, merchants
voted 21.19 to change nights for
anundetermined length of time.
Stores will be open this Satur-
day night for the first time since
Christmas.
At the ,present time, it appears
that all merchants will agree to
be open Saturday night until 10
'o'clock. There is disagreement,
however, over Friday night .clos-
igg,'
At least a dozen businessmen
Seek e
Thie v. s
Of' $16,000
London .city °detectives are
working with district police in
an attempt to recover the $16,-
000 in bonds and securities which
were stolen in va safe -robbery
from a Hensall home last -week:
F'olice are looking for a gang
of workmen • who repaired the.
home several days before the
theft buti have not been able to'
locate the crew.
Most of the valuables in the•
safe, consisted of non-negotiable:
securities, There was about $90
in cash.. -
• Thieves gained entrance to the
home of Mrs. Alice Joynt' .on
Main street during . the early
hours of Friday•morning, cut her
telephone wires,and' carried
away the safe.
Entry' to the house was made•
thr ugh, the kitchen window and
the '-safe taken out through
the kitchen door,_ would require
two or three ,nen to lift it. Mrs,'
Joynt who. lives alone was sleep-
ing in the upstairs.;6n the other
side of the house- and the ;'safe
was in the dining room down=
stairs, and did not discover the
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robbery until she came down-
stairs between seven and eight
in the morning. -
She ,•reported it to Constable
E. R. •Davis, who called O,P'.P.
Cecil Gibbons of Exeter to assist
him on the case. All the money
in her change purse in .a large
-purse lying on the table was
taken.
The safe Jias been located in
Westminster Township with
money and papers all removed.
Over 100 Attend
Vacation School
• Over, 130 children are attend-
ing the fourth annual vacation
Bible school conducted by the
Thames Road Mennonite Mission.
There are 11 on the teaching
staff.
The two-week' school, which
started July. 1, will come to an
end with a program ' in Exeter
Coach Lines garage Friday eve-
ning. Teachers and pupils will
display what they have studied.
All of the classes are held in
the mornings and handcrafts and
recreational activities are con-
ducted in' addition to Bible in-
struction.
The school is non -denomina-
tional and children of at least
nine different faiths are attend-
ing. All of them are from -the
local area..
Stanley Saucler, Zurich, is in
charge of the school; His teach-
ers include: Alvin' Gingerich,
Mrs. Emerson Erb, of Zurich;
.Lewis Gingerich, Rebekah Steck-
ley, Mrs. Harvey Martin, :Rita
Martin and Pauline Steckley,, all
of Bayfield; Mrs. Pete Gingerich,
Joy Erb and . Mrs. Kenneth
Gingerich, Blake.
Classes range from kinder-
garten, of which there are two,'
to grade nine.
New Vio.Iaiion Tickets
incorporcite Summons,
Police in this district began
using the new Ontario violation
tickets with the, "built-in" court
summons for traffic law violators
Monday,
The new tag, now fairly general
across the province,, allows police
to serve offenders on the spot
with information regarding the
charges laid against them. The
new procedure eliminates sevcra1
steps which had to be Taken under
the old system.
The compact, carefully design•
ed form allows,police-to indicate
the type of offence quickly and
gives then', space to state the
time and place of the court at
which it will be heard,
The new fora also providee. a
tear -off portionwhich may be
sent ,in to register it p ..leap of
guilty so that the fine may be
paid out of count.
Under the Old system, summons
were tent out., by mail and if the
violater. failed to appear;; police
would be (rgnired to deliver the
summons.;. to the offender per-
aona.IIy, Thls• Will be eliminated•
by the new system.
OFT Constable Cecil Gibbons,
head of the local detachment,
said: "Because the new form of
smite -tit is served personally
by police, the magistrate may
hear the evidence and issue 'a
bench warrantif the offender
fails to appear in court."
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Where To
Find if
Arinounwniients ., IT
Building Page s 14
Church McBee" ' 13
Coming livInti 110 13
Rditorials ' '2
Rittert.ln nf T nr. 13
Pare Nowt ei 10 .
Feminine Peet* 1
Neeitilt
Imam .
SOWN
Wrilf Ads
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are advertising in this week's
Times -Advocate- that they will
be -open Friday night as well as
Saturday night, There may be
others. who will follow .suit,
For .these places of business,
the two -night shopping will re-
quire them to be open roughly
62 hours a week. Owners are
making plans to shuffle their
staffs,.
The swing toward Saturday
night came because of requests
from farmers who want to shop
Saturday night rather than Fri-
day night..They have complained
they do not like the Friday
night hours.
it would appear from the close
split in the vote, however, that
this feeling is not universal,. A
num er
of
b merchants favoring
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Friday night business report
their sales up `while others say
they have dropped.
At' the meeting iylonday, a
Vote of 26-13 opposed, two night
opening but .this, apparently was
unavoidable after the close mar-
gin in the voting for one night.
The division of local hours re -
Cancer. Fund
Over, Target
District campaign for the Can-
adian Cancer Scoiety has shot:
well over iLs objective, it ,was
revealed' this week.
Treasurer K. W. McLaughlin,
Exeter, reported, the fund total
at $3,750. This year's target was
$3,500.
Mostrecent contribution is a
'$300 grant from Hay Township.
Amounts from other centres
total Exeter, $1,317; Usborne,
;$603'k4a.t Stephen;: -$503.55; :Cen-
tralia -RCAF $30014C".' .Hensall,
$280.75; Zurich '$218.50;, Dash-
'wood,
ash-•wood, $152.50.
Mayor R. E. Pooley was chair-
man 'of the campaign. Fred
Dobbs is president of the Exeter
branch, i
Shun 'Union
At General
Attempts' to. organize a car-
penters union at. General Coach
Works of Canada Ltd., Hensall,
have not been 'very successful,
according to independent ob-
servers who are watching the
labor situation at the largest
mobile home plant in Canada. -
One' village official reported
only one worker attended the
third in a series of meetings
which .was held in the village
hall .oil ,Friday night. Other
meetings were held on June 17
and July 8.
John, A. T. Pirie, df Goderich,
organizer for the United Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America, verified that meet-'
ings had been held but he did
not say how successful they had
been. He did .not disclose how
manyhad agreed' to join the
union.
Piriesaid the union must have
55 percent of the workers\before
certification can be requested.
The plant is employing about 200
during its' peak summer season.
There was no comment on the
situation frons company officials..
Another' attempt, apparently by
a different -union, was made' to
organize the plant in the spring
of 1956 but it was not success-
ful,
Scouts uts And Cubs
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Four nienibers of the Exeter
Cub Pack, Bobby Higgins, Fred
Learn, Larry Johnston ai,d Bar-
ry Willert, • have joiiied with
members from the. RCAF' Cen-
tralia Cub Pack to enjoy an out-
ing at the Boy Scout camp near
Guelph. There will be approxi -
Mainly 60 members, including
the leaders,. at this camp.
On Saturday about 30 Sco'its
from Exeter, Centralia and Olin•
ton will leave for' the London
Bey Scout camp in the Pinery.
south of Grand Bend for a week's
outing. The boys will be in
charge of '.Gerry Lawrence, Jack
Corless, Ted Chambers, Ralph
Switzer and Harold Hooke.
New
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To Detachment
�t'achment
OPP Constable Henry Reid
Kitchener, has 'been appointed 'to
the local Yd'etachment to
replace
Constable John Porde, who
been transferred
tb° Walkerton,
A member of the force for five
year,', Constable Reid servedin
Thornhill. before moving, tb Kit-
chener. His home is Collingwotid.
Mrs. Reid and six-year-old Bar-
bara, no ,in "
b new Kitchener, plan t
nteve to Exeter as Obit as 'a
Koine :it located,
e y,
fleets the disagreement which
exists throughout the .district.
The towns of Clinton and St.
Marys remain open Friday
nights and closed Saturday
nights but Seaforth and Mitchell,
who ,tried Friday night opening,
have switched back to Saturday
night, , .
Ilensall stores have been open
both nights for, several 'months:
They close all -day Monday.
Throughout the province, there
is general disagreement over
hours. Sone areas .are .switch-
ing to Thursday night shopping
according to a recent pollby a
business newspaper.
Monday's ,meeting 'in Exeter
was conducted by Fred Darling,
president of the Exeter Business-
men's Association. •
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A courageous rescue party,
led by veteran fisherman• Hank
Green, rescued two men from
a 'battered, floundering sloop off
St. Joseph • in extremely rough
waters early Wednesday morn.
lug,
The .dramatic rescue lasted
nearly ,six boars from the time
Green's fishing tug, °Betty J",
:fought its way out of Grand
Bend harbour until the . boat
reached safety. at Bayfield.
Mrs. W. J. Carling
Marks 96 Years
",Mrs. W. 3', Carling, of Carling
street, quietly celebrated her
ninety-sixth birthday, Monday.
On Sunday, Mrs. T. Carling,
Mr. and Mrs. William .Jarvis and
two daughters, all of London,
visited Mrs. Carling, bringing a
birthday dinner and cake with
them.
She received litany cards and
flowers and two birthday cakes.
The .celebrant is in good health
a dis stillquite active.
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ENJOY SUMMER PROGRAM—Three youngsters obvious-
ly enjoying the playground program provided for five
weeks duringthe sumer at Hensall arhere with
shown
Director Robert Raeburn. Oil the slide are, top to bottom,
Pamela Taylor; John. Joynt and 'Mary Sawyer, Slides,
swings and teeters ate provided for the youngsters. t
Hensall Rec Program'
To Feature Swimming
Swimming classes in • Lake
Huron are expected to feature
this year's summer playground
at Hensall, Director Robert Rae -
burn said this week following
the opening of the program.
Officials are planning to take
the children to St. Joseph's every
Friday aft
ernoon during
the five-
week
program. Instruction will
be provided and swimming will
be supervised.
The committeel
. plans to seek
the co-operation of parents in
providing transportation for the
ehiildren, Parents will be asked
to take turns in driving cars
to the beach.
Director Robert Raeburn, rvlio
is principal of Hensall Public
Schbbl, said over 60 children re;
gistered Monday for the opening
day of the progratn. Another 30
attended Tuesday.
Assisting supervisors are Gwen
Spencer, who is starting her sec-
ond year on the playground, and
Dianne Itannie, a leader for the
first time. c. attended Both t
t Bed i'e adei-
shill camp early in the summer,
Thea re ram Opens sash da
with devotional period con
ducted.'by Rev, D. MaeDonald,
Carmel Presbyterian Church,
Crafts, music, sports and other
activities fellow.
Children are divided into three
ago groups; four to seven, eight
to 11 and ever 12,
Sports include volleyball. 'bas-
ketball, archer and shuffleboard,
"We hope to add badminton and
,tennis Tater," Mr, ltaeburn said.
The 5roung, ones 'Can enjoy the
swings, slicks and teeth` totters
et the Carlin -utility 1'arkw
Contributing in large measure
10 the success of the program is
the floor which Hensall Kinsmen
installed in the arena, "We are
able to conduct many activities
which would not be possible with-
-out,thc floor," points out Director
Raeburn. "The arena is -a won-
derful asset to thep 1aYg round,
"
The program will be conducted
until the end Of 'the first week
in ,August, .
Frank Ellwood, station agent, is
chairm of the +r ti ri l
an he ret. ea n al conic
puttee.
Induct Minister
At Thames.�o
R ad
induction service for 'Rev,
Hugh C. 'Wilson was held Thurs..
day evening in Mantes Read
Clnit'ed„ Ciiurcli.
Rev, Harold Snell, president
of London. Conference,. was
chergo and PAW. A. E. .Holley,
Grand Bend addressed the con-
gregation.
renewing the induction. a so-.
cial hour was spent during which
i3Ir. and Mrs. Wilson were intro -
clued to their now parishioners:
by William I outly and ''Wiiliani
Elford. Lunch Was servedby
the ladies,
Rev. Samna Kerr, Cavort Pres-
byterian'Church, Exeter, it friend.
of long standing of if'r, and Mrs;
Wilson, Wee present and gave
e short address.
Rev. Wilson rrcplxees Bev, W,
J. Moores • en the Thames Road.
ElitrtvilIt 'Charge.'
Every .inch of the Kay the res-
cuers battled pounding. wavel
and biting winds.
gen,
Ii,escu,esl 'of were London• Johnnd MGGugAlfred-
.29 .s
Searle, 41, Stratford, who were
transporting a 43 foot cabin
slopp from fort Sanilac, Mich.,.
to Bayfield. The boat's tiller
broke in. the rough sea and they
had to drop aacher .off St. Jo-
seph,
People on shore caught distress
signals from the boat and notia
fled OPP Co}istable George Mit-
chell, Exeter,,Who rounded. 'up
the rescue party.
In the '.crew were •Green, ski -
per .of .his 38 -foot fishing tug;
John Butuk; Lawrence Mason.,
Grand Bend fire chief; OPP'.
Constables Hugget and r McF'arI •
gen, •Grand Bend; Mitchell and.
George Noseworthy, Centralia,
photographer,
The tug experienced extreme
difficulty getting out into the
rough lake through shallow
Grand Bend harbour but it head-
ed north about 10;20 p.m. It
reached the sloop ,about 12:304.
Several attempts to rescue the
men from the sloop failed be-
cause huge rollers and ...rising
velocity made the opera
tion extremely hazardous,
The men were finally taken
aboard the tug from the sloop's
dorry, The rescuers tied a ,log
to the end of •a rope, threw, it
to the men in the dorry and
pulled the small vessel to the °
tug,
Because of the heavy .sea --
waves were bouncing over .the
fishing tug —; the party contin- .
ued to Bayfield which was
reaches} about 3:30 a,m. .rather
than return to Grand Bend, ,
Festival Act.`.
Off On- Tour
The Hanson Sisters, Toronto,
who were •booked as one of The
outstanding evening acts ,at. the
Ontario Bean Festival oil•:Labnr '
Day, have 'asked to be released
fromtheir.eontraet as they have
an offer to go with Guy Loni-
bardo and his orchestra to Las
Vegas, Nevada, and make a
tour of the United State's.
The violin -playing sisters were
winners on Pick The Stars 'and
have appeared on on several, TV
program's.
The Kinsmen, who are. spon-
soring the Festival, are booking
another top 'act for the evening
program.
Hay Delay
Said Critical
Huron. Ag. Rep. Douglas H.
Mifes said Wednesday w e t
weather has put haying opera-
tions in the "critical . stage. "
"Every day that ,hay has to
be left -now 'will decrease Ate
quality," he said.
"I find as I travel throughout
the country, farmers have just
barely been able to start' haying. •
They haven't been able to do
anything this past week"s '
Wet weather, he said, was not
adversely affecting other crops
except for corn whose growth, he
felt, has been retarded, A 'good
hot, • dry spell is heeded for .corn,
To Lay Charges
Wer O r Accidents
Charges are pending in connec-'
tion with a two -car accident in
Dashwood Sunday which caused
nearly $1,000 • damage.
Gordon H. Kerr, 17, Dungan-
non, was travelling west through
the village when he struck broad-
side a car driven by Howard
Fisher, 21, R.R. 1, Dashwood,
who had pulled out of a side.
street,
Donald F. Bremner, 24, RCAF
Station 'Centralia, lost control' of.
his oar Saturday south
ofEaetel
on No. 4 when Aft unknown veh-
icle pulled
out of a driveway in
front of him', The car crashed
into theitch andr11
d rolled over:
Damage was estimated at $400 by
OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons who
investigated,
Constable John Cowan investi-
gated three minor accidents in
town Saturday. Two of then, in-
volvedrive
di rs pulling out of
parked positions.
Backing onto Main street near
the Sanders street intersection,
Mrs. 'Clarence Routley,
Woodham, struck a 'Car driven
by J. M. Gibson, Exeter, about
4.I5 p.m, No charges were laid.
Leslie R. " Lehman, R.R. i,.
Gowvanstotvn, 'pulled out from •ai.
parallel parkingposition at
James street an:Meaught the sideof a ear driven by Start Sinip.
son, R.R. 1, Cl'andebbye,who wait
travelling north on Main strait.
Charges are pending in come&
lion with anaccident sift
when Donald Smith,
Creditors.�'�itruck a oar 'drk'e
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Street, ken ie Y
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bitlith� ' **end of 'hYilti" '
Neil . out to ..,sa
cat',' mead of if"rrYi he
eel.
lai cdwith Neil whe was Making
left hand turn after aglng
with lights,