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WONDERFUL WINTER—Children have been .enjoying the crisp, bright winter days
of the past week at sleigh and ski hills throughout the area. Three eouSins, .above,
itho are about to take a ride down Dow's hill are, left to right, Linda, Pauline and
arbara Wells. —T -A Photo
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:EXITat ONTARICto..4ANUARY 10, 19.51
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state Of Former Stanley Reeve
ins $8,500 Crash Judgement
Usborne Board
Names Dougall
Harry Dougall, R.B. 1, lien.
sail, was elected chairman of
Usborne ,Township School Area
Board at its inaugural meeting
on Wednesday.
Gerald Hern, R.R. 1, Granton,
Torrid Warden's Contest tar.flet }jicks y -treasurer. as n ,s
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/Township Clerk H. H. G.
Heads Info Home Streit Strang administered the oath or
One of the hottest election I
Paces in Huron county council
history appears to be heading
for a neck and neck finish as it
turn a down the final stretch this
week.
Six candidates, largest num- •
her for some years, are battling I
for the warden's chair and it
appears that any .one might be
a winner,. Observers say all six
are strong and that bets on a
winner would be foetid).
• Adding exciteMent to the con-
Iest, for wardenship, which will
be deeided' negt Tuesday, is the
fight for a scat on the good
roads committee, which is open
to an urban member this year.I
Four men are campaigning for ;
this post.
This means that 10 of the 33
members are jockeying for posi-
tions.
The other 23 men report they
are being swamped with re- I
questa for votes..One member
was tackled by four candidates
during a single morning.
''It's impossible to tell how
the warden's race stards," said
one reeve who isn't running, "It
seems to change every day." I
In addition to Reeves Bill Mc-;
Kenzie, Exeter, and ,Jack Mor -1
risey, Stephen, the candidates
for the county leaderahip are!
john Deeves, Goderich township;
Orval Taylor; East -Wawariash;
John Durnin, West Wawanosh;
and William Morritt, Blyth.
'Whatmakes the fun in the
contest is the regulation that
the winner must have a major-
ity of the votes. Until a winner is
declared, the bottom man is
dropped after each ballot,
So candidates who can't get
first votes are jockeying for
second, third and forth choices.
It might easily be that the
field would have to be narrow-
ed down to two men before a
winner could be declared. This
would take five votes and there
could be more if the bottom two
men should end up in a tie,
which is a distinct possibility
with only 33 votes to spread
over six men.
All six of the candidates are
GB. Dredging
Under Way
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Work on the Ausable Authority
'project of dredging a section of
the river at Grand Bend was be-
gue Monday by the F, A, Stone-
house and Son Construction Co,
of Sarnia.
The company has built an ac-
cess road along the south river
bank for trucks to haul away the
fill, which is being taken to the
ipery for construction of roads
4"the public park.'
h. then and ciraglitie are being
used to take the silt but of the
water.
Conservatives, in keeping with
Huron's long-standing tradition
that the wardenship should alter-
nate between supporters of the
two major political parties. Hu-
. ron always has a Conservative
warden in even -numbered years,
and a Liberal warden in mid-
inumbered years.
in the present cduncil, Tories
outnumber Grits by about two
to one and that's the reason
there are so many in this year's
contest.
Three of the candidates—Mc-
Kenzie, Morrissey and Taidor—
Yvere candidates in the 1956 elec.
ticm,
I All siX. have served three or
. more years in coancil, 'Longest
I office -holder is Morritt of Blyth
i who is entering his ninth year.
lq.cKerizie, Morrissey and Taylor
' are in their seventh year; Dur-
nin is in his fifth; and Deeves,
his fourth.
Four men running for the
roads chair, considered the next
best position to the warden, are
Roy Adair and Joe Kerr, both
of Wingliam; Norman Scoins, of
Seaforth; and George McCutch-
eon, Brussels, An urban member
is elected to roadevery third
year.
Campaign for both the warden -
ship and the road position start-
ed in November when the 3957
council dissolved. Interest has
reached such a peak that it's
expected the council chambers
will be jammed on Tuesday,
Iwhen the warden is chosen.
office to the members, who in -
elude Delmer Skinner, Walter
McBride and Kenneth Simpson
The bbard decided to affiliate
with the Ontario Trustees and
, Ratepayers' Association. It also
renewed its public liability and
medical insurance policy with
W. H. Hodgson, Exeter.
I Tom MacMillan, Exeter, dis-
cussed supplies with the board,
and it was agreed to purchase
them from him.
Considerable correspondence
was read, and much new busi-
ness discussed.
Phone Rates
Up Jan. 31
Increases in Bell Telephone
rates will go into effect on Janu-
ary 31, according to W. W.
Haysoni, Goderich, coin p any
manager for this area.
Increases ip the Exeter and
Crecliton exchanges include 10
cent a per month for two-party
residence telephone service and
20 cents for one-party residence
lines.
Business rates will increase 20
cents for a two-party line and
35 cents for a one-party line.
For subscribers on the Hen -
salt exchange, the increase will
be slightly lower in some cate-
gories. The one-party line resi-
dence tate will go up 15 cents
instead of 20 and busineas rates
will increase 25 and 15 cents for
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A judgement, handed down bY I
an Ontario Supreme Court jury I Four From Area
in Goderich Wednesday awarded
estate of Alvin S. McBride, Ex-
eter, $8,500 and costs in an At. Liberal Rally
action against Glen Nixon, 25,
Seaforth, who was involved in Four party members from
the accident in which the Ex- Exeter and Zurich are attend-
eter man was killed. ing the national Liberal conven-
In a counter -suit, Nixon was lion in Ottawa this week,
awarded $300 damages. B. W. Tuckey and W. G. Coch-
The a c c i d e n t happened on rane, of town, and Ivan 'Kalb -
February 26, 1957, when Nixon fleisch and George Deicherl,
pulled out to pass a truck and Zurich, left Monday for the
struck the McBride car on high- three-day convention,
Other Liberals attending from
way No. 4 north of Exeter.
The Jury found the Seaforth Huron riding are A, Y. McLean,
because he failed to determine • gesanfloerstii;eQantdaBndill ilston,1%Iabrintge-'
if the road was clear before he ham
pulled out to pass the truck.
Mr. McBride was assessed 15
percent of the damages on the
ARA Seeks
cparking lights on atHilleitnebalisf
the accident and the defence
argued they should have been Federal Aid
on full.
Evidence for the plaintiff re -
Delegates from the Ausable
vealed some drivers had no
lights on at the time. and Upper Thames authorities
Mr. McBride, who died on the will request financial aid from
way to hospital, was a former the federal government from
reeve of Stanley township. He conservation projects during an
and his family moved to Exeter
interview in Ottawa Friday.
shortly before the accident.
Mr. Alsace Daniel Kelly pre- Amount of assistance which
will be requested is not known
sided, Acting for the plaintiff will
t tirequested
was George Mitchell, QC, Lon- authorities
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don, assisted by C. V. Laughton, percent towards flood coil-
7trot two years ago. The plan at
Exeter. James Donnelly, Gode- that time was that the federal
rich, acted for the defence. contribution would be matched
by the province, leaving 25 per -
Build Culvertcent to be raised by the atitho-
s rity.
The Amble authority feels it
would be able to finance con-
struction of the $800,00 F'arkbill
dam if the federal. government
will contribute to the cost.
At the present time, the pro-
vincial government pays 50 per-
cent of the cost of such pro-
jects and the authority must
raise the other half. The Aus-
able delegation includes Chair-
man John Morrison, Vice -chair -
plan Freenian Hodgins, Cliff
Henderson and Fieldman H. G.
Hoke. The conservationists meet
with Hon. Howard Green, min-
ister of public works, on Friday.
'outh 10 be t wr
On Blue Water
Construction of 26 culverts, re-
quired for paving of the Blue
Water Highway, is progressing
favorably, according to officials
of the Keillor Construction Co.,
St. Thomas.
Five of the culverts have been
completed arid three m o r e.
opened up. Further. progress will
depend upon the weather.
The St. Thomas firm has a
T 603,000 contract for paving the
10 and one-half miles from St.
Joseph to Bayfield. '
Over 44i00.o. worth ,ot seed
grain, 25 Hereford 'steers and a.
• large bank barn on the farm •of
all. H. G. Strang, Osborne town-
ship ,elerk,were destroyed by
• tire Wednesday morning.
The grain, over 5,000 bushels,
represents most of the entire
crop .of top quality seed har-
vested in the tall by Mr. Strang,
an elite grower. Be is first .vice.
president of the Ontario Soil and
Crop Improvement Association,
Included in the loss, •estimated
at $20,000 or more, is extensive
seed cleaning equipment which
n arge Mreal
Of Inspector
G. A. Pearson, superintendent
of elementary education, has an-
nounced a change in the terria
tory covered by public school
inspectorates Huron No. 3 and
Perth No. 2.
Effective immediately, Huron
No. 3 with its office in Exeter
under the supervision of John
Goman, will be enlarged by the
addition of the township of Hib-
bert, formerly included in G. N.
Edward's inspectorate of F'erth
No. 2 with its office in Stratford.
Although the superintendent
did not mention any specific
reason for the change, it is
presumed that the change is be-
ing effected to offset the increase •
in the' number of classrooms in
Mr. Edward's inspectorate owing
to the growth of the city of
Stratford,
The enlarged are,a served by
the department of education's
Exeter office will in future be
known as "Huron No. 3 and
Perth No. 3". With this change,
Mr. Goman's territory will con-
sist of 57 open schools operated
by 27 school boards and a total
of 113 full and part-time teach-
ers.
J.A.D. McCurdy School. itc,
A.F. Centralia, . and the Exeter
Public School, with a staff of 15
and- 14 respectively, are the
largest schools 'in the area. In
addition to thew- two schools
and the township of Hibbert, the
new designated inspectorate
includes the municipalities of
the village of Hensall, the town-
ships of Hay, Stanley, Stephen,
Tuckersmith and Osborne.
Mr, Strang used to prepare Ills
grain ler distribution to regkag
tered greWers.
Saved were 22 of the 47 steers
in the barn and over 610,000„
worth of machinery, including.
a Combine and two tractors. -
The fire was not discovered
until It had made considerable'
headway inside the ham nue,
steers were down from the silloke,
and the 22 which were saved:
were literally dragged out of the.
building by neighbors.
The L shaped barn, built osi
a stone foundation, measured"
40x90 with a 40x32 leg. A smaller
and older building at the rear'
also caught fire but most of :it
was savad. •
Origin of the
be determined
had not been
hours and Mr.
able to get into
WAS discovered.
blaze could not
since the barn
entered for 12
Strang was not.
it after the fire
Mrs. Strang noticed wafts of
smoke coming out of the barn,
door about 8:40 ,a when the -
children left for school. She first,
thought it was steam fronl the,
cattle or blowing snow.
When Mr. Strang went to in..
vestigate he couldn't get inside,
the building because of the heat
and amoko.
Neighbours tore off doors and
siding at the opposite end pf
the building and tried to rouse
the cattle.
Exeter Fire Brigade went fo
fight the blaze but it was out.
of control.
The owner had not been in.
the barn in the morning. He had'
cleaned seed in the building untile
7. p.m, the night before but
had not returned. • a.
The building was re-wited a.
year ago and the work had been'
inspected.
Mr. Strang is assessor as well
as clerk of Usborne. He was the -
first president of Huron Soil and
Crop Improvement Association -
in 1947 and has served on .the
provincial body for many years::
He is expected to be elected -
president of the Ontario group.
at the convention in Toronto
later this month.
AsStrang stnakeselbitreeedrwerM
stock seerd:
from develonmept farms such.
as those at (0.A,C.. Guelph, and
propagates it. Ms crops this
year consisted mainly of Brant
and Parkland barley and Garry
oats.
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A Photo Story On Centralia's
IN • CHARGE — Senior meteor The aviation forecast office at
ologist at RCAF Centralia is
George M. Bushe, right, who
has been at the station sihce
early 1953. He has had 17 years'
RCAF Station Centralia is typ.
ical of some 35 similar offices
across Canada, together with
experience with the department four Canadian -operated offices in
of transport in various parts of Europe as part of the Canadian
the country, including four years
in Calgary and five in Edmon-
ton. He was born in Saskatche.
wan.
WEATHER MAP — Cp1/ D. W.
Raust, far right, is receiving
we a t h e r map from different
points across the continent. This
valuable piece of equipment is
called the Facsimile Receiver.
BRIEFS PILOT — FM F. G.
MacIntyre, senior flying control
officer, receives a weather brief-
ing from forecaster W. 0. Mur.
den (bottom right).
Air Divisions Overseas. •
Majority 0.f the A.F.O.'s are
located at Department of Na*
tional Defence establishments.—
the RCAF' having the "lions
Met Section
tirne. His report is Coded for the
sake of brevity and transmitted
• via teletype to ail parts of Gan.
ada and a portion of the United
States at least.
Imagine a similar job being
done by hundreds of observation,
!stations and you will have a pica
ture of a vast amount of "raw
material" pouring into a fore.
cast hour after hour.
When this material is plotted
on the proper maps and charts
it is then interpreted by the
:forecasters and a "forecast"
:comes into being.
Don't ever say again, "Every-
body talks about the weather.
.but no one does anything abolit
it The men and avomen who
staff these posts are doing some-
thing about it 24 hours per da.
The main teak Of the duty
forecaster at RCAF Centralia. is
to brief pilots and student pilots
regarding the expected weather
for the next fe'v hours. This en.
tails a knowledge . of. future
cloud, fog, thunderstorm, wind,
icing and air turbulence, It is
not uncommon for other mein.
hers of the community to phone
the A.F.O. for information which
may be used for harveatin ,
planting, drying the family waslt
or maybe just to settle a bet on
the temperature at 230 Lin.
last June 25.
The government observation
stations which more or less ea.
circle Centralia are Wiarton,
Musktrica, Toronto, Clear Creek,
Windsor and London. Weather
reports from these stations are
read and studied as diligently
by a forecaster at Winnipeg as
by one at Toronto or Centralia.
in turn a series of reports from
Greenwood, Nova Seetta, can be
of great concern to the lore.
caster at Centralia who is pre-
paring to brief a ilot to the
metal:nesunder conditions of
an Atlantie storm dominating
the eastern part of the nation.
A fairly new and exciting toot
ilOW in coronion use is the Fac&
simile Reetiver,'A weather Map
can bc compiled in Montreal and
transmitted electrically to ail
ferecaat offices �iu tile facaimile
cireuit, For example, a map
covering the area front, ball -erne
ea stet n Itusaia to Betilindaa
from the Arcile Wands to the
Guff of Mexico can be tran4.
milted across the entire
tinent te. all forecast °Meta -itt
the short spate Of 24 Mintitea. •
Yet, torilethitig is being anai
about the weather. The inetedre,
logical staff at 'RCAF Statitie
Centralia is part �f huge,
system which Is net juat • tri
Iitbron COtitlty OL Ontario or
Canada, but there correct IS0
hemitphoricat in nature. Th16
far as military totiunitmente
will permit, the forecast offiee
it established to serve tift
civilian or Menthe Of the RCAF
share".
On a military station in Cana-
da
the officer -in -charge of the
forecast office and his forecaster 1
staff are Department of Trans.;
port employees on loan to the
Department of National Defence.
The assistant staff are members
of the military service concern-
ed. At RCAF Centralia the staff 1
TELETYPES—Sgt. J', A. Pepein, is made up of three civilian and
eight RCAF personnel. •
non-commissioned of f i c e r in
charge, left, and Cpl. D. W. The main function of any fore -
Faust check weather ifortna. east is to supply consumers with
tion coming through on, teletype as accurate a weather forecast
at Centralia, Every met section as possible, To do this job the
office must have a cess t o
across Canada and the U.S.
sends weather conditions every weather reports from hundreds
hour on the hour. By this me- of observing stations I o c a t e d
thod, forecasters are able to anic areas, in -
over the tinental and oc•vast expanses of con -
give a fairly emirate report of e
the weather in the next 24-hour.
period (bottom left).
Photos by • the Photogranhic
Section, RCAF Station Centralia.
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eluding a large section of the
Arctic.
Since weather systems eon-
aistently fail to recognize filter-
, amount. of inter country to -
national boundaries, a great
.1; operation is required. This is in
part accomplished by an later-
,
national exchange or weather
•;; observations. These weather ob-
scrvations are the 4'rg..w mater.
ial" from which a forecast is
"manufactured".
The A.F.0, at RCAF Centralia
is a combined forecast and rib
• • Serration station. Every Mut of
the day every day Or the year a
:; RCAF In eteornlocieal observer
compiles the official weather re,
pori of the actuat weather at the
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