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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-12-23, Page 3: a 4 4 4 ,r4 44 SAINT NICHOLAS DONS OFFICIAL:ROBES—Children of see Saint NiCholas at their Sunday School concert in his of Myra in Lycia in- the third century. The long, floor - book were loaned to, him by Dick Goemaat, a former years ago. Mr. Goemaat's son, Peter, is establishing a ing his home there too. Surrounding, St. Nick, above, are Jr., Daisy Goemaat; rear, Donna Sturdevant, Dianne Shaw, Grand, Bend United Church' were thrilled last week to fMlnal garments—the type he wore when he was,Bishop length velvet robe, lace trimmings, bishop's hat, staff and Netherlands textile merchant who carne to Canada eight European art gallery at the resort and the father is mak- in front, Susan Ann and Mary Sturdevant, Dick,Goemaat, Jimmy .Desjardine, Neva Johnson and Wallace Desjardine., Another Sequel to Yule Letter New Gift To Elizabeth Gges To Lepers c Still another sequel has devol- sister, Diana, has forwarded Elizabeth selected a missionary sno to the nine-year-old. Exeter to ,a leper colony at Palabar, die, who impressed the girl when he visited Trivitt Memorial Church last month. The minister, oped from Elizabeth Knox's let- ter to Santa Claus which ap- girl for Christmas presents. peered in last year's Christmas . And Elizabeth Knox, who first edition of The Times -Advocate. attracted her namesake's atten- "Another Elizabeth," the still tion by her unselfishness, has anonymous lady who last year decided to donate $100 of it to a purchased "Molly Moo -Mod" leper colny in India. With the dolls for Elizabeth and her twin other $10, she plans to buy plas- tic building blocks for. Diana and lierself, The girls, d , daughters 'of Rev.' and Mrs. N. D. Knox Trivia Memorial Church, are in grade four •at Exeter Public School. ,"Another Elizabeth" donated the $110 to The London Free Press, which she contacted last year because she did 'not know the newspaper in which the let- ter appeared. Her, instructions were that $10 be used for gifts Over the weekend, the weather was anything like•Christmas. for the twins; $50 .to go to a cha as - rity Of 'Elizabeth's choosing and the mercury • soaredint l the $50 for Elizabeth to buy a Christ - 50's. About •two weeks ago it mas gift for :her family. was down to zero. ' For the charitable donation; • Rains this past week swelled rivers, drains and cellars to peak proportions • as the snow melted with them. The reservoir Fa er- ins at Morrison Dam surpassed its of the. Hagmeier farm, •near This Ciontest i former height and the lowlands Grand Bend, were hit, heavily. Town officials were deluged with complaints over drains. Temperatures t his month have ranged 55 degrees. Coldest day was December 12 when the mercury dropped to 0.7 degrees. Warmest was Thursday when the • thermometer hit 55.3, de- grees. Both extremes are within seven degrees of an eight-year record for this disti•ict. Combined snow and rainfall for December is 29.1 inches, still far off the record of 49 inches set in 1949. Sunny This Christmas?. Sunny Christmas? Could be a mild one, forecasts received by RCAF' Station Cen- tralia indicate, but it's more likely to be colder. OK Contract For Dredging Dredging of a seetion of the river at Grand Bend is expected to start early in the new year, Ausable Ailthority' fieldnian H. G. Bodice said'FridaY, Federal department of public works has given its approval to the project and the contractor,. Storiehotise Construction Co., of Sarnia, has been given the green light to start werk.. The Sarnia c 0 ni p a it Y sva's awarded the Contract in Nevem- ber pending approval froth var.; iOus government departinents which has noW been reveivedl, Stonehouse tender of $23,780, was . the loWeit of bye bids. The Work calls for renioval of Approximately 20,000 cubltt yards of earth and. Stone front the BluelVater 'bridge to the portion of mouth under federal re• sponsibility. it will provide a six -feet channel up the Middle of the Elver. • Grand iien d Village, will eon - tribute brit -half the Ott; the other half Will be bark by the Ontarier goVernMent‘ through grant t� the Authority, Lice#10 Miniefer Stanley -Sander was licenced at minister of Thames Road Mentionite Missien diking a ote:tSUlul y. i service at the Miura • Seo,„etary of the etinferenee, tithOf ytitii, pertained their ' the :eitiony. Albert Martin, pastor of Zurich chard, Wat fl A11410 (putrid of Newel Geigeri Irvine Martine, Eloyd Bueltleit and Stanley Oirigerieli /agog 'several numbers. The Sweitiers have done it again. This time, hoWever,. it's A. .1. Sweitzer who won first prize in the home decoration conteat sponsored by Exeter Council. Jake is the father of Ralph Sweitzer, who won the 'first Christmas competition. Two other prizewinners are J. W. Weber, Senior St. aand Allen Fraser, Main St. The three will receive: turkey prizes. Salm, Sweitzer's •Winning dis• play On Victoria St. features a mural of the nativity scene illu- minated by spotlights on the ground. The mural has a tree.at either side. and there is straw at the base. The Svveitzers have Chrittinas lights running across the top cl their house and a Christmas tree showing through the window. Santa and his reindeer are prancing across the colorfully - lighted lawn of Mr, and Mrs. ,Thelc Weber. Like the Sweitter's, this decoration is shown off by spotlights. The Webers have co- lored lights in their hedge and candles and Christmas tree •at•e shown in the windoWs. The decorations of Mr. and Mrs. AllenFraser carried out a poinsettia theme, IVIrt, Fraser cut a flamer pattern leoni last year's Christmas cards •and mounted it on foil in a picture fraine which hangs en the clOot. Evergreent and poinsettias decorate the woodwork, highlighted by color - •ed lights. Judging was done rriday by three local persont. In charge Of the competition WEIS Councillor Ralph Bailey. Where to Find It • Ahnotameamanta 5 Church Nefiess it Coming kvents •ill Editorials 2 Interfainnienf it Firm News 12 Pominine Facts i Mensall II, / Latin 1, 11 Sports Welt '13 .1141.111/11114.1.11,{114114.11.41,1 New Award For SHDHS The Christmas spirit at SHDHS has established a new s•cholar- ship for graduates. Instead .of giving a turkey dinner to the students, which has been the custom, the teach- ers this year pooled their ' con- tributions to provide • another $100 award for a deserving stu- dent. Two other scholarships of $100 have already been Astab- lished by student organizations. For the second straight year, students have donated the money they would otherwise use for teachers' gifts to a charity. This season their contribution amount- ed to $101.07 and it went to Ex- eter Fire Brigade to swell its fund for muscular dystrophy patients. • Last year the students donat- ed a similar amount to the Hungarian relief. School for 1957 came to a close officially Friday night following the second ' performance of the commencement show. he exefer hies mak Itiphfy4oconal Voir EXETER, MARIO, DECEMBER 20.1957. Price Per Copy 10 Cinti Present $4,000 $4,000 In, Awards During Lively SHDHS Show Best Christmas Ever For Huron .01d., Youn, The young and the old being folks have been showered With' cared for by Huron county's treats, welfare institutions are having Latest group to visit the home •their best Christmas ever. was the First Pack of Hensel! Mrs. Mary P. Chaffee, Goderich, reports; "We've had direc. Brownies who d i s t r i b u t ed for of the children's Aid Society, , Christmas stockings filled with more help than ever this year, You should see our Christmas room — people have been very generous." Harvey Johnston, manager of the county home at Goderich, says the same yuletide spirit exists there. "We're having' a wonderful time, thanks to many organizations who. have taken • the time to bring cheer• to older folks they don't even know." Mrs. Chaffee and her assist- ants at the CAS are busy pre- paring presents from white gifts and donations to take to child- ren in need throughout the county. "We try to make as helpful a' Chirstmas basket as possible with the donations we receive," she said. This work goes on in the "Christmas room." The CAS has 80 children in Rev. E. Davis, described his work ainong the lepers when he was guest speaker at a Sun- day service. "Rev. Davis needs money' to help those people," says Eliza- beth. "Some of them have lost their arms :and their legs." ' Rev, and Mrs. Knox decided the other $50 should go to the missionary, too. "We wanted to. give more to the mission when Rev. Davis was here," says' Mrs. Knox, "but we couldn't af- ford to." The letter from "another Eli- zabeth" came from Toronto and its contents indicated 'that she was in hospital. Apparently not in good health, she said this was . one of the last chances she'll have to send a gift to the young Elizabeth. • The Free Press has invited the Exeter girl to London Monday to choole the gifts for Diana and herself. . • According to Diana, it was a Brownie Elf who reminded Eli- zabeth that she should not be selfish when she wrote to Santa Claus. Diana's story of how the. Elf influenced her sister re- ceiVed third prize in a nation- wide essay contest sponsored for Brownies by the magazine, Cana- dian Guide. Diaria's story, entitled "The Song of the Elves," appears on page 8 of this week's edition. care and about 180 more in the county in which it has an in- terest. "Almost 300 children are' being looked after this year," Mrs. Chaffee states. Highlight of the Christmas sea- son was the party given the children Wednesday afternoon at RCAF Station Clinton. The child- ren were taken to the station in cars, 'entertained by a band, magician and movies, given a box lunch and a generous gift from Santa. A little seven-year-old girl was heard to exclaim: "I have such a beautiful gift that I couldn't want anything more from Santa. I'm going to write to thank him and tell him to give any other present to a boy or girl who nevvedhs6lit,'a' little Hungarian girl, who came to Canada recently, arrived home and showed her gift, her mother was so pleased that she, threw her arms around the driver of the car and kissed him. • "The children, were all so pleased —pathetically so," Mrs. Chaffee said.. "It's such'a privil- ege, to •be able to make these children happy." Many Groups -Entertain Over a dozen groups enter tabled residents at the county home this season, M an ager Johnston reports. The elderly ay JIM ETHIERINGTON radar side of the show. A rather School's annual commencement game gave a comical lift Ito exercises, which played to a IBArb leriek's .430401-Ogkle, Still Nil bOtil niglltS, NSW Fri-itt the eerliedY vele' the grade $4,325 worth of scholarships and 1:41,nt',1,' its $et,t:ingt,P131'ect fin!, bursuries to last year's grads. E"xet..`e'ite;e10.$0'thoPiee'd S=neltess. Ta , The program itself was a de- oZ From the opening selections th, ah leeenbt eec lac: to oft:o reb kitthatotvelChnalended'set light to everyone with fairyland dances and musie unlimited. in a . spontaneous approval at by the school orchestra under s ' woli4ht a south Enron Eigh rustic view of a, college foga) nouse day night's presentations of sidt as with the "JerkelY Bestow. favors and sang carols. the direction of Mr- C. Wilson, tcreshinowusecdulatib• esiert opfowSeoruetshs District Co -Op Chooses Keys "It was really worth While,,, to the final massed lace -club, , ,, „ boys Rowe. The inmates were over- music and spirited dances. G. M. Mickle, joyed ,t.e. see the young girls and The different .sections of the they'd like to have them back school glee -club provided the ma. g100:eictdOur:eirtlisie af.siersyber:clasha:-. next year, the girls with gic introductions for the whirl- of Rosemary. Dobson flew in Mrs. Rowe were Mrs. R., H. finugl Gbaylplrsoyomdatieveasltzaentd tthbeetVw.accree- waYs, tapped out a fast 'dance The 93 Christmas s t o c k i n g t which werethpee r lesa dee rns t ea nd d w tchr ee of Oklahoma sent up the curtain outdone, put on a play entitled on a rac3. tap daneing routine "Ruffles and Skates.' Directed' s The male quartet'rendition The drama club, not to be Co the tune of "Chicago, Middleton and Miss Pat Rowe. arranged by Miss L. Siegner, Binraodweni ebsy. of maids in western attire that by M. C. Saunders, the charni..;' Among the groups which have would have lured any cowpoke ing one -act play portrayed what visited the home rre Clinton from the range. .A line of flash- could be the household, of a great CGIT, Clinton Dutch choir, seve-, ing legs from the grade 11 girls 'many families blessed with that. ral RCAF groups, fish and game kickline dispelled any lingering strange affliction — teen•agers, club, OKNX, Seaforth Lions, doubts about the high school A father put his foot down and , Goderich K i n s m e n, GoderGoderichgirls' charm. - refused the family- car and a Salvation Army and the Baptist Nine majorettes led, by Diane mother saw her daughter off' Thiel and trained by Mrs. Ni. on her first date. A unique km- vation this year was the train. ing of two entirely different casts; one acted on Thursday -- night, the other on Friday, . J, The excellent nIllSic, which in'» • eluded popular, semi -classical Receive F•rt Donation and spiritual members, was pro- vided by the grade 9 glee club, mixed quartet, Male quartet, For Nurses Residence tsifiogniegleuuba 125 u.(e)izist Albert Keys, R.R. . 1 Exeter, was elected president of Exeter District Co-operative at a board of, directors' meeting Thursday night. He succeeds Ed Hendrick, Crediton, who retired as a direc- tor this year. • First vice-president is R. B. Williams, R.R. 3 Exeter, and Ralph Weber, R.R. 1 Exeter, was elected second vice-presi- dent. Directors include Lloyd Mor- gan, Harold Fabner, Ray Jones, Theron Creery and Walter Mc- Bride. , Legion Installation Team Gains Fame In District 9 Exeter Legion's installation team, whose fame for conclud- ing an impressive and colorful ceremony is spreading thrptigh. out Legion circlet, inducted 1958 officers of the branch and its auxiliary Thursday night, Led by Past • President Andy Bierling, the team outlined the duties and accepted the pledge§ of the branch's new president, Graham Mason, and his exec- utive and the auxiliary officers Under President Marion Frayne, Nearly 200 members 'of both groups witnessed the ceremony during Which, nienibers of the branch'S band "piped" in the candidates for their installation. The installation team, only _ More .Relief This- Season • Relief and unemployment is slightly higher this Christmas then last 'but officials say neither situation can be termed serious, Almost every municipality hi South Huron And North Middle - one in the district,. has already performed at Gerrie before the Provincial president and dist- rict Legion officials Who were quite impressed with the cere- mony. The team has four other installations booked for Janu- ary. f Members include past presi- dents Reg McDonald, Bert Ost. land, Harvey Pfaff and Harry Holtzman; President Graham Mason and Second Vice-Presi- Special Features In This Edition \ Here are the special features which highlight this Christmas edition of The Thnes-Advocatei CH RI StMAs M MAO —Rev. It J. Snell, Exeter, president of of the London Conference, 'Unit- ed Church, outlines "The Mean- ing ,.Of Christmat" in a guest editorial Page 2 HENSALL LETTERS-11mgal' school children write to • Santa Page 7 EXETER LETTERS — Among the requests to Santa frons ii - sex reports one person or family der Children is one for Bible on relief. Only a few have more Page 10 than NC.' HIGH SCHDOL FICTION— Last Christmas no family was PriZe.Wirining entries of a Christ - on relief in the arm *nag 'short story contest Meng At the national employment SHIMS students Page lir service in Goderich, Manager FUN FOR CHILDREN—A full 3. 1Y. liteLeod reports nearly 900 page of pilules, .gazires, stories persons are uneiriPloYed in the and other entertainment for kids county, Mao than double the • Pato 14 This year's tote is egaggerat. ta'S history through the years is i HISTORY OF ST, NICX—San. Athena last year, ed, Mr. McLeod said, by 156 depicted in pictures Pato 11 persons who are temporarily MIERRY40,11tOUND — D. I. laid' Off for two weeks. 'Hooper tells about the delightful Prospects for work in the now heetlatheS Chrittitat for pat. year are brightening with a tilts . Pato 12 number of contractors preparing TV STARS' YULE—Liz Touch - to start Mailttrtittioil and a ' ettet Continues Christraletremifl- ifichisttY corning to the county, itetticet of Canadian %V stars dent terry Campbell: Herntan Young, past vitae commander and mayor of Kin- cardine, assisted with Thursday night's ceremony. Sgt, -at -arms Garnet Shipman marched the of- ficers in for installation. At its meeting preceding the ceremony, the branch donated $200 to last 'year's Exeter MO - hawk *Bodskr Club and $10 to the hospitalized veteran's Christ- mas furid, The Legion auxiliary approved a donation of $250 to furnish a room at South Huron lkspital. The members exchanged Christ- mas gifts. The men served "beef burg- ers". to Auxiliary, members fol- lowing the installatiOn. Church. The home has a new TV set chols put up a dazzling whirl p presented by the county home Spinning batons, committee,. But this was only the specta f At least one district organiza- tion has responded quickly to South Huron Hospital Associa- tion's appeal for assistance in furnishing the new nurses' red- dence. Ladies Auxiliary to the Cana- dian Legion has donated $250 to furnish a mein in• the building, now under construction on Huron street. The Auxiliary presented its cheque to Chairman J. A. Traquair on Saturday. C. S. AfacNaughton, who made an appeal recently to some 24 groups in the district on behalf of the Association, said several other organizations were giving the . project "serious considera- tion," There will be 12 nurses' rooms in the residence and the Asso- ciation has set the cost of fur- nishing each at $250. Each group which contributes that amount will be recognized by a plague Town 'Groups Cheer Needy This part of the program was in the new building. under the direction of Principal In addition, there are two two- a L. emgis, room apartments for senior nur- Recipients of awards Were; ses, a living room v and a kitchen ,. oldemars Gulens, Beverley Mo- to furnish. ' Lean, 'Bill Pollen, Beverley Stu... Groups to whom the hospital gis, Lorraine Taylor, Ted: Nor - made its appeal include women's minton, Jim Crocker, Helen, institutions, Lions, Kinsmen, LeTaylor, Jules Desjardine, Donald - gion, fraternal organizations and Peterson, Bob Clarke, Bill La - =en's clubs. vender and Alma Hera. Entertain Nursing Staff Production credits included: The hospital association and Advance ticket sale, Miss Da ladies auxiliary entertained the ris Schwartz; program and a- hospital staff at a Christmas wards, E. D. ,Ilowey,W. 'Lloyd Henderson, Mrs. A. Dixon; 'Tua esdy night. About 40 were ushers, J. Wooden; stage pro-; party at Armstrong's restaurant present. perty, J. Mahon, G. Koch; light - S e c r et a r y Maxine Reeder ing, K. ,Ottewell, C. Porter; sets ren der ed Several sings and G. Koch; costumes, Miss Bow. carols were enjoyed. Gifts .were man and Miss Siegner; make-up, exchanged. Mrs. Farrow, Mrs, Wilson, Mrs. -Baskets of fruit and candy Dixon, Mrs. Mahon; Miss Ar. were distributed to patients at nold, Miss Goldstein, Mr. Perry, the hospital by CKNX Wingbam Mr. Dixon; curtain, Mr. Dixon; this week. The treats were pro- I rehearsal pianists, Jocelyn }Ie. vided by program sponsora. wey, Sandra Wainer. • A Minitel. of Exeter Organiza- tions are Making, sure that the needy enjoy a merry Christmas. Exeter Legioit has prepared 25 baskets of feted and fowl which it distributed to veteraes' fend - lies ever the Weekend. Value of the gifts amounted to over t300. The project was under the (tree - (ion of Secretary. Reg McDonald. Exeter Limit pian ;) distribute several food panels and a nunt- ber of Christmas dinOrs, at - cording to Dr, R. W. Read, who is in charge of the p °grain. Instead Of tiehaeging gifts! tXeter Scouts will debate feed for the needy at their Christmas party. Monday • night, 'Week • will be made up and distributed before Wednesday. Many other town groups, whose activities have boon repoited elSeWhere, are alsohelping the the NES °Meer Said. Pio Illitutfortunate'. vuo, INSTALLATION TEAM POPULAR --Exeter Legion's inStallatioil team, seen here wel. coming Graham Mason as president of the branch Thursday night, has received nurrie* rous invitations to induct officers of other branches in the, district during January. Pipers of the Legion's band march the candidates to the front for installation during the colorful ceremony. The team recently performed at 'Gorrie and won praise front provincial officers. Past president Andy Bierling, the chairman, inducts the nevt, Exeter president, above. T -A Photo MAJORETTES PERPORM—SIIDIIS mojorettes helped to entertain comity audiences'. at the annual Commencement variety show Thursday and Priday nighl. The girl* Anne Itothler, Ilze Gitions, Joan Guenther, Dianne Thiel, loader; lOry Amt TIA Istro Rosemary Smith, Carol Ileeker and Jane Restemayer. altS.Eriligralit4.61.1"="' • ---"'"*"'"'