The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-01-30, Page 1REVISITS CENTRALIA—Wing Commander C. F. Wattie, DFC, CD, former officer
commanding Pre -Flight School at RCAF Station Centralia and a former resident of
this: area, returned to visit his old command on the occasion of a recent graduation
parade. W/C Wattie was congratulated by numerous friends on his promotion to
that rank since leaving Centralia. Shown chatting after the graduation parade are,
left to right, W/C E. C. Likeness, CD, present officer .commanding PFS; G/C A. G.
Kenyon, C.D., commanding officer of the station, and W/C Wattre, —RCAF Photo
RESIDENCE PROGRESSES—Ctinstruetion work on thenurses' residence' for South
Huron Hospital is woceeding ahead of schedule, officials of the board reported this
week. The building, which ,will house 1.4nurses, is being erected on Huron street op-
posite the hospital. Contractor is .Clarence McDowell, Centralia. —T -A Photo
Council Endorses Police,
Grants.Increase To Chief
'Exeter Police Chief Reg Tay-
lor ordered a new uniform for
hiniself Tuesday .morning.
This action signified the end
of a four-month investigation
into the police department by
council and reflected the final
outcome,
At a special meeting Monday
afternoon, council gave the de-
partment a unanimous vote of
confidence, granted the chief
constable a raise in salary and
determined to adopt a new at-
titude towards the town force.
The new attitude, as expressed
by some members, will be to
stand behind the department in
the face of petty public com-
plaints, seek co-operation be-
tween the police and the council
and forget about past differ-
ences.
At the end of the two -and -one-
half -hour session, councu voted
unanimously to give Chief Tay-
lor a raise in pay from $2,800
to $3,000. Several members in-
dicated they might be prepared
to increase his salary still fur-
ther another year if certain
problems of administration were
solved during the year ahead,
Council also rnet the chief
constable half -way in his request
for additional manpower for the
force. It authorized the employ-
ment of a part-time constable
for the corning year to assist
during busy periods. This type
of operatiOn has been in effect
on a temporary basis since De-
cember.
Chief Taylor, who had request-
er a salary .„
ad-
ditional full.time man, said Tues-
day he would accept the council
decision and agreed to work t�-
vards reorganization the dd
pertinent in co.operation with
the police tonimittee.
Thus ended the controversy
which began in October when
council decided to seek applica.
Lions for a new chief of pollee,
This move was abandoned when
council learned :it could not dc.
mote the present thief witliont
a hearing, The issue was left to
the 1958 mind] and wee 1 •
embroiled by the ajring Of bete
complaints at the last collar:II
meeting.
Chief Taylor, Called in te
answer the chargee at MOliclay's
meeting, admittod neglect in
two of the three specific ta!in;
plaints )tit. •state( ill tether
had beet taken h both
Cases.
Satisfied With the elliers
planations, Council Moved to
clean up the Sittiatibil as seen
its possible, MemberS veted tin-
aniin�usly In support of a trietion
bY Deplity.lteeve Chetter Ma.
'01111110i and' Councillor RaIpli
13ailey to reappoint Chief Tayler
thd Constable Min A. Mean
And giVO authority for the hiring
e
of a part-time man.
Council split, however, on the
question of a raise in salary.
Councillor Bailey, new chairman
of the police committee, request-
ed that decision be postponed
until the next meeting in order
i that he might meet with the
chief. His request was support-
ed by Councillors Ross Taylor
and Murray Greene. Three other
members — Deputy -Reeve Ma-
whinney and Councilors Claude
Farrow and Glenn Fisher —
wanted the issue settled im-
mediately and deadlocked the
vote, thus defeating it.
I All members supported the
final motion to raise the chief's
salary.. Constable John Cowan's
the rate of pay for the part -
salary will remain at $2,600 and
time man, Ernest Wells, was
raised from 90 cents to $1.00 an
hour.
Reeve Bill McKenzie, who had
a county council meeting the
' same day, and Councillor Bill
, Musser, who was out of town,
were absent,
Major complaint considered by
council was one from Arnold
Gratton, Grand Bend, who charg-
ed in a letter that police had
been reluctant to act on a hit-
and-run incident which occurred
on the Main street on December
21. He said charges against the
negligent driver had not, been
laid until he had gone to the
county crown attorney himself
over the incident.
Council did not review the
case, which had been explained
at the last meeting, but accept-
ed Chief Taylor's admission that
the department had been negli-
gent. "We made a mistake on
it," the chief said, "but I think
you'll agree that anyone can be
wrong once in a while,"
The chief reported that Mike
Kelly, of Brucefield, had been
charged with failing to report an
accident.
He said Constable Cowan had
been reprithanded over another
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Eighty.Socond Year
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EXETER 'ONTARIO, JANUARY
Price Per Copy 10
See P.ryc e 1.1ospital Cortaint
....,
Option Land Near
I
doubt that the provincial hospi- heart condition in January. A
tal.school for retarded children , was reliably reperted here that
for which the late Tom Pryde I Premier Frost, Wile eonsidered'
pressed so hard, will become a !Mr. Pryde a persdnal MOO, told
reality.
There appears to 'be little'Prycle who eaccumbed. to 1.
1 riding officialthe hospital
And the building will Probably ' would be erected in Enron as ea
late MFP who represented this Originally, t h e Meriting?*
be named as a memorial to the tribute to the MPP.
riding in the legislature for a i planned one large hospital.schoet
Close to 200 municipal offi- flat refusal to pay its assess- Through the Ontario Water Be- decade. i but so many areas pressed for,
eiala in the Ausable watershed ment but questions indicated at sources Commission, it is xnak. Reports which circulated- a- it that the geVererneet reviewed'
beard Authority officials Pre- least some officials felt it. was ing other plans to get water. maim top government officials , the Project and decided •i,f.
sent a breakdown of costs for out of their reach. The Authority p r o p o s e s to at the time of Mr. Pryde's lune- ; would be better to build three
ritiolema good one and that it would be
proposed million -dollar dam Everyone seemed to be agreed,
' t
was
jec spread payments over a three- ral here were strengthened con-
smaller hospitals in ordert
year payment.
There is also a siderably this week by confir- , spread them out through the; .
in Parkhill Wednesday after- however, that the proall
distinct pos. matron that between 10. to 200 'province so children could bit
ment will provide financial as- near Goderich had been op- I iNir.
Huron ; closer to their parents.
The breakdown, which assesses of tremendous benefit to the sibility that the federal govern- acres of land along Lake
individual municipalities as meal area.Pryde enlisted the sun'.
as $137,775, is to be considered by The proposed dam, over 1,000 sistance, which would lower the tioned by Department of Labor .port of many organizations lit
ially. it is riot expected, how.
cost to municipalities substant- officials for the government.
The site is about three miles 1 the county in his active .canee
town, village and township coon- feet long, would be built just
ells, who have until February north of Parkhill and would , paign for the school, Re rei
acres. ever, that the federal decision south of Goderich.
11 to decide if they wish to pro- create a reservoir covering
will be made in time to meet
482
One report •suggested the hos- ,
1 ceived petitions from .ceuntx:
teed with the plan. and municipal councils and . ve.
Reason for the urgency of the the deadline set by the depart- pital may cost in the neighbor -
it was difficult to determine how
fare, No municipality gave a
the conservation project will Highways must build a bridge
From the immediate reaction,
, project is that the Department of
over the river and is prepared
to contribute a substantial sum ties:
ment of highways.
Allocation of Costs
Chief benefiting municipali- hood of $2,000,000.
ment of Health announced that '
three hospitals for retarded chit- it.
Last year the Ontario Depart-jrious private groe.;,s. Hurei
! Junior Farmers circulated
tition throughout the county and.
secured thousands of names tor!
Following Mr. Pryde's earn!
.,.,.
towards the dam if a road is Bosanquet chil-
dren will be built in the prO- .
Grand Bend ..... .„ . 137,775.75 vince. An area near Chatham ' •
Stores Alter b . over
.
The highways department will McGillivray , has already been chosen as a , pressed for the school. 'London'
„.
. 3,817.00 paign, other neighboring areas •
contribute $248,000 to the pro- Parkhill 65,327.50 site for the first hospital.. Stratford and other cities 'sent
;
61,710.25 At that time, Health Minister petitions to the government: ..
Night Hours. jeet, which is its estimate of Stephen
how much it would cost to build East Williams 35,357.00 Mackinnon Phillips said one of
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7,633.50 the other hospitals would probab- The Midwestern. Ontario De.
Twenty merchants in Exeter -
West Whams 8 722 00 y • • ' velopment Association, wnose.
have agreed to open Friday
•
nein aining municipalities :
2 068 Huron region. , head office is in Stratford, for-,
l warded a recommendation fe
nights and close Saturday nights Adelaide 50
1,029,00 Healsotold Huron del da- ,
the government to build the hos-
Arkona 756.00 tion that if Huron was selecred pital somewhere in the four.
Ailsa Craig
for the months of February and
March only. as a site the hospital would be '
county arca of Perth, Enron;
Starting . this weekend, the Here are the cost estimates: Blanshard 3,207,75 designated the "Tom Pryde
Wellington and Waterloo, which
100,000 Hay . 5,869.50
288.75 Memorial Hospital" as the group
,
stores will stay open Friday eve-
nings until nine o'clock and Land.
close Saturdays at 6. p.m.
Dam & Structures
10,000 Hensall 1,764.00 had requested. it services.
On Saturday it was ,reported
$760,750 Exeter
Fencing 1.806.00 There was no further specu-
that owners of three farms on,
Contingencies 77,250 lation over the Huron hospital
A spokesman for the group said Highway 21 had received $301
the move was taken to give —Please Turn to Page 3 until after the death of Mr.
each for signing options on their
merchants a Saturday night Total properties. The three were 'deter
$948.000
"holiday" for a brief period • , tified as Kornelle Vandenheuvel,
"We feel we give our custo- Don't of Highways $248000 IF
.our Make Donations tilers all of R.R. 2 Goderich. . '.
during the year. Grants expected are:
: Otto Fangrad and Charles Mi.
niers gond shopping service
.1 . Mr, Pryde originally pressa
during the, rest of the year and for a location along the Blue:
that they. won't mind lettine us $598,000 0 Nurses esi ence i water Highway in the vicinity dt
Total .
spend Saturday nights at home This leaves $350,000 for the :St. Joseph but engineers front
with our families for a couple municipalities in the watershed
of months.'" to raise.
of schedule on the $60,000 nur- other organizations who indi- area near Goderich more suit
As construction proceeds ahead has been approached by several : the health department found the
The stores intend to return to Five minicipalities, judged to
ses' residence for South Huron, eated they are planning fund- 1 able.
Saturday night opening at' the receive direct benefits, will bear
Hospital, four organizations have raising projects to make simi-
85 percent of this cost under the
first of April.
agreed to furnish rooms and lar donations.
proposed breakdown, These are
others are seriously consider- Each organization who con-..,
Bosanquet, which has the lion's; UneMPIOYMent
ing the project. Board Chairman
A. J. Traquair announced this • through the erection of a pia-'
will be recognized 1 •
US Hunters share of $137,775; McGillivray
($65,327), Parkhill ($61,710), Ste- ' Down Slightly
phen ($35,357), East and West week.
The four groups who have don- pleted.
quo when the building is coin-
'Bag' Counts Williams and Grand Bend.
The other 15 percent has been aced $250 to buy furniture for There are 12 individual nurse's : slightly since the beginning of
I Unemployment has dropped
the rooms are Exeter Legion, building in ad.: the year in the area served by
spread over all municipalities of
Legion Auxiliary, Exeter Lions quarters in the
the watershed on the same . dition to accommodation for the ' the National Employment Seri
population -assessment ratio on and Kinsmen.
which the annual Authority levy Mr. Traquair said the board ant. ' On Thursday of last 'week the
superintendent and her assist- vice office at Goderich. . . .
I
is collected, The Hospital Auxiliary has as-, total seeking employment stood
would be freed relief for the Bank Manager ing the living room in the build- !beginning of the year was 1,119
sumed responsibility for furnish -1 at 1,038 whereas the total at the
Major benefit from. the dam
valuable marsh lands in Bosan- . This is a drop of 80.
ouet, whose vegetable- growing ' Assumes Duties ing at a cost of $1,500.
The building, which will cost Among those listed as uneme
.
day. areas are developingrapidly.
$60,000 before completion, meas- ploycd are 24 machinists; 25
The hunters — some of whom Other benefits include those of New manager of the Bank of
drive here in Cadillacs — drew recreation, wild life, water table Montreal here, Charles L. Smith, ures 56 feet across the front and welders; 60 carpenters; 119 sea!
protests from farmers in the etc. . men; 61 truck drivers; 200 e'en,
. . . . commenced duties Monday. He extends 103 feet.
Parkhill, who at one time con- has been transferred from theConstruction has reached the struction laborers; 52 food pro
district because they came in lumber in -
such large numbers. sidered the dam as a source of Blenheim branch, where he was plastering stage. Contractor is cessers; 27 unskilled
conservation officer, of Clinton, from that aspect at the moment. ceed the late Cedric E. Shaw. C. A. McDowell, Centralia, I dustry employees.
. ..
Roy R. Bolinger, Huron County water supply, is not interested manager for six years, to sac
said he clid not know how long a e
area but he has received a Zurich Accident of a staff of 19 at the local trstWomanCandidate
they have been coming to this ' Mr. Smith will be in charge •
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number of complaints this week. branch, one of the larval' rural
He has charged the hunters n
with infraction of a section which r
prohibits more than 12 persons
from hunting in a party unless
written permission is obtained
from the fernier on whose land
they operate.
Mr. Belinger said he did not
count the number of rabbits they
had bagged when he found them
but he intimated the hunting
was good. A number of foxes
bacl been shot.
The group, which hails from
the Detroit -Dearborn -Farmington
area of Michigan will appear in
Exeter court on February 5. The
section provides a minimum
fine of $10 and costs and a maxi-
mum of $100 and costs.
Study .Cost Breakdown.
Of Million Dollar -Dam
•
a bridge. Authority engineers
say it will only cost $100,000 to
erect the road over the, dam,
so the other $148,000 would go to-
wards lowering the cost to the
authority. Biddulph
Ontario Gov't 350,000
United States sportsmen have
been making regular visits to
north Middlesex and south Hur-
on areas to shoot rabbits and
foxes, it was revealed this week
after 17 American hunters were
charged with infraction of a
Game and Fisheries Act Tues -
T -A 'Champion Spelldown'
Open To Seventy Schools
Although there'll be no pro- Inca of Webster's New Interne- the number of contestants to a
Lionel Dictioeary, imanageable size.
All school winners who enter The oral competition will be
the competition will be awarded
a sleek black.ancl-silver Script('
push-button ball point pen with
the engraving, "Sehool Chain.
-pion, The Exeter Tinies-Advo-
cate Spelling Competition."
Inspector Goman announced
the competition in a memoran-
dum to all principals in the dis,
ti:ict-last week, in which he in.
vitecl entries to the monster bee.
In order to simplify adminis-
tration, the entire competition
will be confined to ono big eve-
ning. No elimination contests will
be held ptior to February 11 eX-
cent in the individual schools.
1( entries arc heavy for the
"Champions' Spelldown", there
will be a weilien competition at
7,30 p.m, February 11 to trim
vin clal spelling competition this
year, public school children in.
this district will still be able
to match their wits in a local
contest in February,
The Times.Advocate, assisted
by Exeter Home and School As-
sociation and Public School In
-
Spector G, .1. Gornan, spon-
sor on February 11 a "Cham-
pions Speidown" to determine
the public school winner in the
district,
I Eligible for the competition
will be students of /0 public
sailor& in the district, including
those in eight surrounding town:.
ships and six towns and \all -
Nos.
Each school will declare its
own winner end the champions
will. slash in a monster
down in Exeter Public School.
Al, stake is over $100 worth of
prizes ;arid the Times -Advocate
championship shield which the
1 a 11 l• • for
p.
Present holder is AIM Ethering.
tee, of Ilsborne.
In 'additien to the shield, the
district amnion. reediVe
for permanent possession a
world.globe valued at $11,D5
Meng with a 90 -page booklet en.
1 titled "See the World MI a
Globe."
Autinergni Will reeelve a• $1,93
copy Of Webster's Dietionary, an
illustrated 1,2OO•pago abridge.
Church Reports
Show Progress
Mott churches this dis.
trict are faring better than
they ever have before.
This is evident. in the Mini.
°tons reports congrega.
lienal meetings whieh appear
this week's edition.
AlMost all elittreheS
port a suddosstuf yoar, both
financially arid spiritually,
rompts Charges
operations of the bank! .
In Huron Park Election.
The new manager, whose home
is Waterford, has had 33 years
Russell Manson, 45, R,It, 1 experience in banking and served
Zurich, has been charged ' with as manager at Athens and Luck- A woman is running for a man Bray, following tabulation „,
careless driving as a result of now in addition to Blenheim, park -wide r kw- \i'l;icdhe each nominationadult rperso;
council post in Huron Park for
gofraian
an accident in Zurich Saturday He is immediate past presi- the first time in the RCAF coin -
which caused $300 damage. dent of the Kiwanis Club in munity's history.. dent was asked to name fou.r
Mr. Manson, who had parked Blenheim and was a member of Among the 24 candidates seek- persons for the posts.
on the south side of No 84 high- the board of managers of theW/C Bray said he was please ing office is Mrs. D. 1-1. Wood,
way to allow a snewplow to Anglican church there. His in- wife of a flying officer, who has to see a woman m the field
pass, made a U-turn across the terests include skating, curling been at Centralia nearly three wives on the station had- been
road in front of a vehicle driven and golf. ,years, She is women's editor of urged to take a keener interest
by Grant Smith, 28, Hensall. The Mr. and Mrs. Smith have one the Coronet, the station's monthly in the council.
Smith vehicle' skidded into the daughter, who is teaching school magazine, Four candidates have been.se-
lural mail delivery vehicle two
man skidded into the rear of a
miles north of Exeter Saturday,
Zurich.
causing $650 damage.
east 'of the main intersection ini
The mail car,
Manson car. driMrs, i
The accident occurred just main in Blenheim -until acco- 1 Wednesday by the in the park. Each ward is ret
A car driven by a Michigan
. I in Paris. Mrs. Smith will re- Names of the candidates were lceted for each of the six ward.*
modation is arranged here,
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mayor,
Ving Commander Nor- presented by two persons .on OA
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February 11 and the established
custom at Centralia of taking
the ballots to the voters will pre;
veil, The ballots will be
ven by
up the following day for tabula,
The election will take place ort
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Murray Scott, Exeter, had stop.: tion.
Afich., was proceeding north be- ... ' 'APVPAIS,
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• . , .• - •-•,?: ::. ..„.•,.,..,........›.:?:.• Candidates were selecteil frOnl
ped to deliver mail to a box on '
James J, Woods, of Ypsilanti, • . --"'"'''a':l,';4',.'-:0001!1!te
. . voters. Except in the case where
the east side of the 'highway. i , 7, A:- '...:-, ,.., the nominations filled by the
IWAii:*;A
hind the Scott car and \vas un- awi,,,,,,--,:,,,
post for personal reasons,. this
a person could not accept this
able to pass because of on, ...
keN• .• four who received the maid
Mrs. Scott, who delivers R.R. 1
Centralia's council is not; t
coining traffic. neminationS were ehosen.. .
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municipal body and does not
,tarhandle public funds. It raises
its own finances through \loin&
y activities.
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Candidates are: a.
Ward one— Flt. Sgt. R. .T. W.•
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Banks, Fit. Lt. J. 13.. Leach, PO
damage in Exeter Friday when
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D, Y. SnOgroVe, eFlt, Lt. .T
Ward two—FO D. roadbenti
it collided with the reer of a N..
J. Losnick, W02 T. J. O'Reilly.
Walker,
W02 J. A. X. Burnett, W02 E
Ward three — PO A. J. Ayr*
PO A, E. Birkett, Fit. Sgt. 41, Ki
Lowry, Mrs. D. H. Wood, -
Ward four — Sgt. .1. W.Bradt
ley, LAC R, L. Dtincas Sg,t.' Ar
S. Garner, Sgt. b. P.' L. no*
bins,
Ward five — Sgt. :11.• W, Colei
Sgt. E. N. ifenwood. Sgt, L.
Mountford, Cpl, 'r. A. Teuthette;
Ward six -- LAC G. 'F. tn.
than, Sgt, M. W. Fergustni, Sgt.
N. IL Kay, Cpl, G. 13-. Nose4
worthy.
Fit, LI, it. E. Welker is 111
thargd of the tleetien.
Among the candidates conatai
pitting terint Oh douneil art
Pit, LI, Walker, W02 Losnick,
Heniall ,. . .: .. ',',7" 6 ill chaigo of the BlenheiM branch for six yoars, this ,rvook Fizi. nitkott, Pit, Sgt .T X Lore
Leaking In With Liz 8 n ssunied, — . 6
duties as manager of the txOttr branch Ot tho 1yl Sgt. A. S. Ciaranpr.„.Bgt. Pi
Loan A 11 tank of Montreal. tie succeeds the late Cedric. 1, Shaw 11,,,...)Ithwooti, Iffid CO" "NaeW01"
• SPOrt§
Went Adi .
/with ... ..11 *all " a a 1 °Y 0 , ',. is1 Campaigning ia eXPetted • ti
' — d will had 8t. ft Of 10 el* e s here Ile si own *"
with accountant Don Itobertson, -TA Photo matt mom,
held in conjunction with the 1 Exeter, has not been involved
meeting oExeter Bonn and 10 an accident in 12 years as
f
School Association and the pro• mail courier.
gram will be open to the public, ve0srigPateCdontsitiaeblaceelTidaennkts,Reid in-
ti1
Schools eligible for the coin-
etition includethose in the A car owned by Jacob Reeder,
townships of Stephen, Usborne,
Tuckersmith, Stanley, Rib-
bert. Biddulph and McGillivray
as Well As those in Exeter, Hen-
sel', Grand Bend, RCAF Station
Centralia, and Lucan,
R.R. 1 Bayfield, suffered $250
a The provincial spelling bee,
\vhich has taken place for the
past tWO years, was sponsored
by the Ontario Educational As-
sociation and The Toronto Tele -
I gram. The competition has been
caneelled, it is understood, be.
cause the OEA plans to 0111'
bark on a project of a different
nature.
Interest in spelling competi-
tions in this area WAS meting
the highest in the nebeitlee.
be'," o.t. The Tinies-Advocate
shiold 1956 was Carol Gib,:
bens, Exeter, who was succeeded
by john Ettieringterilast year.
Both winners entorod zone
Toaehora and parents agreed
that the dOnipotitieri WAS att
&Merit Mit And niatty were
415'
appointed to Team that it had
been cancelled.
Department: of Highways truck
driven by Harold Harness, Ex-
eter, Both vehicles were travel-
ling South on Main street when
the truck made a left hand turn
onto Alexander street.
Chief Reg Taylor investigated.
Where To,
Find It
Announcements 1
Church Notices 15
Coming Events , 15
Editorials 2
Entertainment , 15
Filrill News „ , 9, 10 NEW BANKER—Charlos L. Smith, seated, who has been
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