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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-01-23, Page 1NEW WARDEN SWQRN IN—Stephen reeve, Jack Morrissey, takes the oath of of- fice from Judge Frank Finglsnd following his election as warden of Huron County Tuesday afternoon.. The Stephen official, first warden from that township since 1935, won the six -man race by a one -vote margin after five ballots. He succeeds Harry Gow- dy of Wroxeter. —T -A Photo RUMMAGE SALE HELPS SPONSOR TRIP—Buyers scooped up L a bizarre 'array of merchandise .at the 10 cent rumimge sale ,sponsored by the SHDHS Travel Club dur- ing the annual skating 'party of the school Friday night. Articles, donated by students, ranged from Elvis Presley records to cameras. Proceeds will help pay expenses of a group of students who will take a trip to Ne* York during Easter week.—T-A'Photo *cafe EightySscond Yuur. XETRR ,QNTARIQ.„ JANUARY 21, 1958 orri ssey investi Study y Costs Of Indigents Huron county council will con- sider the addition of a hospital wing to its home for the aged in an attempt to reduce hospital costs for indigent patients. A special committee, .headed by Warden Jack Morrissey, was appointed Tuesday to study the proposal and bring in a repport at the ,June meeting. The committee was also autho- rized to investigaae other ways of reducing hospital costs for in- digents. E. C. Fisher, former Gode- rich reeve, told council there are 57 patients in hospitals or nursing homes for which the county is paying full cost. lie suggested it might be more eco- nomical to keep these people in a hospital wing at the county hone, Clerk A. H. Erskine noted that indigent patient costs for 1957 amounted to $102,000 or appro- ximately two mills of the county rate. Members of, the committee in- clude Nelson Trewartha, Clin- ton; Roy Adair, Wingham; and Harvey Erskine. In a recorded vote of 25 to eight, council approved an in- crease in the charge against re- sidents of the county home who pay their own way from $60 to $75 a month, The raise, which is proportion- ate to the increase in ole{ age pensions from $40 to $55, was recommended by the home com- mittee. The committee noted that re- sidents who are not able to pay their own way but who re- ceive old age pensions are con- tributing $50 of the $55 for their keep at the home.. Name Committee Chairmen Reeves from Exeter, Hensall and' Usborne were named chair- men ,of committees in the report .0f 'the striking committee at. Huron County Council Tuesday. Reeve, Bill McKenzie. E,fieter, will .headthe agriculture 'corn- mittee•: and DeputiyReeve Ches. ter Mawhinney will preside over the historic committee. Reeve Norman. Jones, Hensall, was named chaiman of the con- sultative committee and Reeve Clayton Smith; Usborne, will m chair the equalization committee. Ca .19 Special Police Session Over complaints, Salaries Town hasspe- cial called a s e- cial. meeting for Monday after- noon, January 29, to deal with the pollee situation following the airing of new complaints and re- quests fon higher salaries. Council heard a written Com- plaint from a businessman pro- testing a delay in laying a char; e against a hit-and-run driver who damaged the complainant's ve- hicle on the town's main street on December 21. The complaint came from Arnold Gratton, Grand Bend. The charge was not laid until after the complainant himself found out the owner of the car and appealed to Huron Crown At- torney H. , Glenn Hayes for ac- tion. The letter indicated two li- cence numbers had been given the police but only one was in- vestigated until the victim of the accident took action him- self. Councillor Ralph Bailey, new chairman of the police commit- tee, said some confusion had re- sulted because the car had been painted a different color since it was registered. Other complaints aired con- cerned . cernecl constables being out of town while they were on duty. j At the sante time, Councillor 1 presentedthe police de - Bar Bailey partment's request for increase in salaries which had been made at a recent meeting between the constables and the committee, 1 Since the hour was late when ; the report was aired, members decided to discuss the issues ata I special meeting. • Protest PO Smoke Council authorized a second letter of protest to the federal government concerning soft -coal) smoke from the post office build- ing. '1 Councillor Murray Greene said the dirty smoke infiltrated into nhan9 stores in the area to the point where merchandise was i soiled. lie also said there was a fire hazard because sparks fly out of the chimney. The town fire.brigade an - w g swered a call to the post office last week when the chimney b caught fire, Last fall, council sent a letter of protest to postal authorities Charge Two 'v Li i 1 s Ltd. store, and to ndenf e d o Max Harness, Huron street, for a $1,500 addition to the' rear of his home. Councillor Ross Taylor pre- sented the financial report of the recreation council which, he said, was in "good shape," Town Lady Reaches 95 Mrs. Hannah Taylor, Andrew street, celebrates her 95th birth- day today (Thursday). She Jives alone and scoffs at the idea of not being able to do her house- hold chores herself. She reads, sews and crochets and loves to entertain her friends — in fact is the "life of the Party." On Monday evening, neighbor ladies gathered at her home and enjoyed a social time in honor of her 'birthday. They took with them a birthday cake profession- ally decorated for the occasion. One lady said "We were all pleased to go to her home and she was pleased ' as punch to have us." - Under Fire In Lucan, Yeggs Robb Dorchester Police believe the Yeggs who �verc scared off the Lucan CNIi, station by ' gunshots Tuesday night fled to Dorchester where they cracked a safe several hours later. Their risky night's escapade was •hardl4 worth the' trouble, however. Their loot. amounted to $7.00. Lucan Chief Dennis Atkin sant `Wednesday afternoon police liad but received no answer, Councillor Farrow suggested the post office would be respon- FireRates Bible for any damage caused by '" the smoke. C:ouneil indicated it was keep- ing in touch with Canadian Can- ners Ltd. in an attempt to •ensure that the proposed extension of fa- cilities at the local factory will be carried through as promised, Councillor Greene, head of the industrial promotion committee, suggested that members visit the n rice in Hamilton to en• bead ofI quire into the company's plans, Mayor Polley said contact had been ,made with scthior officials and, While no decision has been made yet, plans ar•e 'expected to be announced shortly, lin did not feel council eottid do any Snore than that at the present, time, One of the main reasons for construction' of the Morrison DAM was i:o ensure adequate water supply for larger operations at the canning factory. Council approved a $25 grant to the Hur'ott Soil and'Crop Inh- iitovenicnt ASSociation to assist t in ,ponsoring is annual .eel fair. 13uildin 5er`rtits were issued to Llo'd gLiridenfield,. tel' a $4;500 addition to the north section of 1 Increase. Usborne and 1libbcrl: Mutual hire Insurance Co., which for a long time has charged what is believed lo be the lowest rate in Canada, announced this week it has been forced to raise its prices to meet "continuing heavy losses, Effective Monday, the rate per , $100 of insurance on rural pro- perty was raised from 15 to 20 cents yearly, 14Iinrliitiiti yearly premium on rural risks was increased 'from $2.00 to $2,00, Tlierc,is no change in the rate lief'. $100 of 15' cents .yearly on clwelhngs, churches, schools, halls and oilier buildings hi towns and villages with fire tiro- Ier:tiin. Annoufeetrirni: of the increases was ni'adc this week by E. Claytnti Coltiulhnun, president, and •Arthur Fraser, srecretary x treasurer, 4 Imi pa i red Roy Edward Paulitzki, 24, of Sarnia, whose: Car smashed into the bridge at the junctign of highways 81 and 21 at Grand. Bend early Sunday morning, pleaded not guilty to a charge el impaired driving in Forest magistrate's court Tuesday, The ease was remanded to February 4. Two brothers, Matudee Des. jar(linc, 24, and Willis, 17,• both of R,R. ,3 Parkhill, were admitted to South Huron Hospital with lacerations, brush burns and bruises as a result of the and - dent, They. were' passengers in the Pauitzki vehicle. The car, valued at $1,500, was wrecked and the bridge suf• fered extensive damage,... ,. Russell McGregor, iz,Il`., 3' Parkhill, pleaded not guilty to a charge of impaired driving resultingfrom an aecident at the school road, Grand Bend, On NoVelt her 27, Ibis ease Was re- 'n'tethded until Fehuary 4, O'PP f or poral .1V'cil 'Clra niber- lain; Grani investigated both actilkiitt. established a definite tie-in be- tween the two break-ins. The crowbar used to enter the Lucan station was found at Dorchester. The yegg s fled Lucan under gunfire from Chief Atkins and station agent, C. W. Van Horne, Hensall, who moved in on the two as they were trying to break into 600 -pound safe, One of the thieves smashed through a window to get out of the building and was fired at by agent Van Horne, Chief At- kins fired a shot -gun into the ; air when he saw a roan in the shadows of the bay window, Van Horne discovered the break-in when he returned to the station at 7,30 p.m, He sum- moned police. This was the second break-in � al: the station since Novemher, when thieves made off with a ' 600 -pound safe and took three blank money orders from it which they cashed in the U.S.. for $1,00 oath, Police are searching for a 1950 Meteor car with a white top and J dark bottoin, Several Lucan residents saw the two ince race to a car of this description and roar away INDEX Announcements 11 Church Notices i5 "Coining EVentir 15 Editorials 1 Entertainment , 15 Ne 9 Farm 1 eiiitn ne e Facta 12 Hetia a I I 6 Lutea , 14 Sports 4 Wei,, Atha 11 ZtteleYt 1, i` ate uron lospita' Price Per Copy 10 Cont. ■ wing Fifth Ballot /ote Margin '1Victory On r SingIe-t CONGRATULATES , WINNE-R -- Reeve Bill McKenzie, of Exeter, who lasted until the fourth ballot in the warden's race, congratulates the winner, Jack Morrissey, following the two-hour election at Gcderich Tuesday. -T-A Photo Wins Huron Election Stephen Reeve John Morrissey won the toughest election battle in Huron County's history when he became warden Tuesday, • The 48 -year-old farmer, one of the county's youngest wardens, scored a 17-16 vietory over John Durnin, West W,awanosh reeve, on the fifth ballot of the contest in which six candidates partici- pated, Morrissey tied with two others, ( including Reeve Bill McKenzie, Exeter, for the lead nn the first ballot, slipped to third place on the second vote, jumped into the lead again on the third ballot and held a slim margin on the last two votes. Reeve McKenzie lost out on the fourth ballot. The other three candidates were eliminated in this order: Orval Taylor, East Wawanesh; John Deeves, Gode- rich Township; William Merritt, Blyth. The new warden won the top county post on his second try. He lost to John Fisher, Turnber- ry, by a narrow margin in 1956 when the contest was almost as keen with five candidates run- ning. The •drama -packed election for warden set the pace for the other major contest of opening day, for a seat on the roads •commit - u May Lose Mo n ey. tee. Five men ran for this post and it took seven ballots to de- clare the winner — George Tice Jack Morrissey will probably lose money because he won the warden's chair for Huron on Tuesday. Although the county will pay him about $3,000 for his services, it's generally agreed that it will cost him more than that to do what's expected of him. Past wardens maintain the post is far from being a profitable one. Besides presiding at. the three council sessions during the year; the new warden, will be expected to attend nearly 300 meetings of various kinds. They come in the mornings, afternoons, and evenings. .As warden, he automatically beco: fes member of 17 standing committees of the council, as well as any special committees which may be appointed. In ad- dition, he must attend many other functions throughout the county and province to repre- sent Huron in an official capa- city. "It's going to be a busy year," he sums up. The Stephen reeve's election as warden ori his second try is ty- pical of his 11 -year political career. He's always been a sec; and -time winner. • Warden Morrissey lost his first bid for a seat on. Stephen township council in 1945 but he captured it in 1946. He became reeve in 1951 but not before he tasted defeat again at the hands o f Stephen's veteran cam- paigner, Alonzo McCann. Alter -those experiences, the new warden was prepared for his defeat in the wardenship contest of 1946. He was the favorite in that election but lost by a very slim majority. For this year's elections he workedharder than ever and, shrewdly concentrated on get- ting support for the fourth and fifth ballots of the closed elec- tion. His efforts showed results when, after a mediocre showing in the first two ballots, he jumped into the lead on the third one and held it to the finish, ' "I had it figured that if I won, it would be with 17 ballots," the said "I. couldn't see how 1 could get any more." That's exactly how he did it. His victory in the warden's race climaxes a county career in which he has• won all the im- Enthusiasm Grips Grits Observers fioni this area at the Liberal convention in Ottawa last week, at which Lester B. Pear- son was elected leader, were strongly impressed lly the en- thusiasm shown by the "terrific crowds" which jainined the 'capi- tal's Coliseum for the sessions. B. W. Tuckey, Exeter, report- ed the active campaigns of Pear- son and Paul Martin for the lead- ership kept interest at its peak throughout the, four -clay session. The former Exeter player said last week's convention was "en- tirely different" from the one which he attended in 1948 when Louis St. Laurent. was chosen to lead the party. "There was mucin more Color, more get-up-and-go The bands this time,"he said,, placards, and Other campaign aC- tiVities ,added to the excitement, Mr. Tuckey said the members of the Huron delegation spoke personally with Mr Pearson and Mr. Martin during the campaign. "This was my 'first tonventtian of this kind x WAS thoro u hly inn ressed with the enthusiasm and good feeling that prrevdiled throughout the convention and cartirularlr between en the t vo caied,datessaid W. i. Cecl. portant county posts. He served three years on the roads com- mittee and was chairman during his second term. (It was in that year that the new bridge was constructed at Crediton.) He's also servedon the county home, agriculture; consultative and two or three special com- mittees. He was on the striking committee last 'year. 'The Stephen reeve farms 750 acres near Mouht Carmel, most Of it pasture on which •he is feeding 30.0 fat cattle. He also consigns cattle. He was born on lot 16, south boundary, beside his present farm and has lived in the area all his life with the exception of two years in Detroit and Chi- cago. He is married to file former Angela Mulligan, Dublin, and they have eight children. I•Iis hobby is harness horses and he's enjoyed success in this field. He now has six thorough- breds, two of them racing- One colt is named, appropriately enough, "Huron's Boy." Last week he was named a director of the Canadian Trot- ting Association and was elected to the executive. "I wish I didn't have that job now," he said Tuesday. "I'm going to be busy enough as warden." ser, now residing in Grand 'Bend, was the last warden elected front. Stephen. 1 -le presided in 1935, • Warden Morrissey is starting his'seventh year on county coun- cil, as are .two other candidates, reeves McKenzie and Taylor, William Morrill has served 12 years on council; Durnin four and Deeves, three. in their election speeches all six candidates indicated their municipalities had not had ward* ens for many years. The election was conducted b9 Clerk Harvey Erskine. It took five ballots to complete because the winner must have an over- all majority. The councillors left the room one by one to east their ballots in the hallway, Following the election of ward- en, council divided into political 'caucuses to conduct other elec- tions, It was in the Conservative meeting that seven votes were required to pick the member for the roads committee. Three of the ballots resulted in ties. Reeve McKenzie became s last-minute entrant hi this eon - test after he lost the wardenshp. Iie didn't have much of a chance, however, because many of the councillors were .committed to the four candidates who have been campaigning for the post since November. Nevertheless, the Exeter reeve lasted until the fifth ballot before he was elinin- nated. Besides McCuteheon, who won Cutclieon, Brussels. Th new warden took his oath the seat, and Mckenzie, the can - from e k Find didates included Roy Adair and accepted Judge the Franwarden's nglakey, chainand Joe Kerr, Wingham; and Norman of office and gavel from his pre-. Scoins, Seaforth. decessor, Harold Gowdy, in im- On the first ballot, Scoins and pressive ceremonies. Kerr were tied for last place and in the vote to break the deadlock, Kerr was eliminated. Scoins tied with McKenzie on the next ballot and ;the two dead- locked again on,, a . tie -breaking. vete. In a second Ballot between the two men, McKenzie was .elim- inated, • Scoins was the next man to go and Adair followed him. Mc- Cutcheon is only a second -year man but he has already gained the reputation of being one of the most hard-working members of the council. The criminal audit post, also selected in caucus, went to .John Durnin. Valentine Becker, Hay; Burt Stanley, Clinton; and Mc- Kenzie were elected to the strik- ing committee. Conservatives again dominate county council by almost 2-1, They have 21 members to the Liberals' 11. "I'm very proud of the honor which has been bestowed upon me and upon Stephen Township," the new warden said in his ac- ceptance speech. "I hope and trust that I will be proud of everything I do as your warden 'in 1958." • Warden Morrissey introduced members of Stephen council and township officials to the county representatives following his election. They included Deputy -Reeve Glen Webb, attending his first county council session; Council- lor Steve Dundas; Clerk James Mawhinney and his predecessor, Freeman Moriock; and road sup- erintendent Lawrence Hill, all of whom attended to back up their candidate, One of the new ward- en's eight children, Bill, was also introduced. Gordon Ratz, former deputy - reeve of Stephen, expressed ap- preciation to council members on behalf of his township for electing their reeve to the ward- en's chair. He recalled that William Sweit- • • Gov't Views Aid To ARA e Rp Outlook for federal financial Kins11 /en Aid Resi, enc6w aid toward conservation projects of relatively srnail authorities * is "not encouraging," officials Cance! JuYI 1 estal Exeter Kinsmen voted Thurs- day night to make a $250 done - Lion to South Huron Hospital in order to furnish a room in the nurses' residence now under construction. The contribution was Tilade on the recommendation of Bud Preszcator, service committee chairman, who said the hospital officials hoped a number of organizations in the area would assist in providing furnishings for the residence. The club decided not to hold its annual Dominion Day Cele- bration this year because of the difficulty in providing an attract- ive program for the public and at the same time making a profit for service work, • The club sponsored the holi- day festival for seven straight years but crowds have dwindled recently because of lack of pro- gram. In its first few ,years, the celebration was highlighted by a number of novelty contests dur- ing the afternoon, including the humorous egg -throwing contest, in which district reeves partici- pated and which drew nation- wide publicity. Other contests sponsored by the club included catching of greased pigs, barrel g, P rolling, ie -throwing g and similar antics. • It was through this venture that: the club raised funds to establish and operate its sum- mer playground which has proven quite 'popular. K i n s ni en discussed several other money -raising projects to replace the holiday program, The meeting was vice-presi- dent's night and Gord Bavnhani and Cal Wein were in charge. George Rether was 'sergeant -at- arms. of the Ausable b Aur hoist y re- ported this week following inter- views in Ottawa. The government, however, is prepared to consider the Aus- able's request for grants on flood control measures •and has asked the Authority to submit cost -benefit analyses of its pro• posed pragram. The Authority will probably take steps to get such analyses this week. The executive may request the Ontario Department e£ Planningand Development pm ent to conduct the surveys. Larger authorities, such as Upper Thames. where projects affect greater density of popula- tion, were given more encou- rarement. Meanwhile the Ausable is pro- ceeding with plaits for the Park- hill Dam and has called a spe. cial meeting of municipal re. presentatives for next Wednes- day, _January 29, when the pro- posed breakdown of costs among municipalities will be presented. ' S-- ltnlriri link df the first bons )Yet sponsorediter l�C1lV5MsIM:L .r -Winning `� � l � by Curling Club this ;year was skipped by A it Cann, centre, who is flanked. by mein berg , Orf the left is Abner Passinne);'e, vice= skip, and t or'nice Cann, wife of the skip s ' 1 right ht ren er.'iiie Corse iC; si 'end; and truce Tuckey, alternating 'vice• and leach at the 1'lg t o t Y � s1+117. T'A Photo.