The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-06-19, Page 1Students from the Hensalldis-
ap uits :Uireeof the foul
lop S1 -PUS academic .aWardS
this year. ,according to results
eneounced Wednesday by Priti-
viPai FL L. Sturgis.
Thirty *. six students in 011
grades but 13 were Included in
the .anneat hollers list naming
winners .of Exeter Lions Club,
Board• of Education and academ-
shield awards.
Except for repeat winner Dick
Charrette, RR 1, Dashwood, who
Id the grade 12 class, all of the
Lions Club .awards for „highest.
s aggregate marks in each grade
went to Hensall district pupils.
1, Deemed. •
Grade as --Dick Charrette, 1111
Winners were:
Grade 11—Jane Horton, liens
Grade 10—David Noakes, Hen.'
sail, and Sharon Snthlie, RR 2, ;
Hensel]. ((ied).
Grade 9—John Etherington,
1, Hensall.
Dick Charrette, 17 -year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Char-
rette, topped two other boys in
his class who werc runners-up
for the honor—Bill Etherington,
RR 1, Hensall, a brother of John
Etherington, the grade 9 winner;
and Paul Wilson, who won a
Lions award two years ago, in
fourth place was Allison Clarke,
Centralia,
Jane :Horton, 16, daughter of
lir. and Mrs, Bert Horton, and
a Gold Cord Girl Guide, - cap -I
turd a Lions award far the third t
bier class since starting high
school and was secretary of thel
Athletic society this year.
Rill Marshall, Kirkton; Marion I
ITurkhein, Zurich; and larilyri
Hamilton, Exeter, placed. next tO
•• Jane in this grade.
First Tie In Years
Tie for hop honors in grade 10
was the first in a number of
years at SliDIIS. Days(' Noakes,
15, is the son of Mr. and Airs.
Leonard Noakes, elensali, and
was a Member of the midget
hockey club in Hensel! this
winter ells father is rnaintenance
foreman at General Coach.
Sharon Smillie, 15, is the
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. C.
and has advanced to
grade eight. in musie Her father
is a member of the high school
board.
Runner-up honors in this grade
went to Steve Renning, Huron
Park, RCAF Centralia; Norma
Geiger, Zurich; and Ross Rowe,
RR 1, Woodham.
John Etherington, the grade R
winner, showed his academic
Prewess lastyear when he won
The Times -Advocate shield for
the spelling -championship af
Huron No. 3 -public school inspec-
tante. Hes also Active in 4-11. 1;-• •
work and showed the reserve le•
chanspion van' at ilensall Feeder
Calf Club Friday afternoon.. The
14 -year-old 'Liebe= student is
the son .of Mr. and Mrs. Archie
therington.
His closest rivals were Bill
Systrna, Dashwood; Robert
Schroeder, Exeter, and 'Sandra
.Snider, Exeter.
Three of this year's winners
came from large families. Dick
Charrette is the third eldest of
seven; David Noakes is the
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Awards
PUC 'Improvements
VY C
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Cost $1 8 500
Improvements to the. electrical more efficient service' and, at
distribution and street -lighting the same time, meet the grow -
systems are included in the ing needs of the community.
!hydro program undertaken this
year by the Exeter Public Utili-
ties Commission,
Luther J. Penhale, the chair-
man, said that the expenditure
of $18,574.00 approved by Ontario
Hydro for this work and for the
purchase of utility equipment,
is being financed from available
funds.
Commenting on the program,
he said that it would help the
local commission to provide still
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"YOU'RE A BIG FELLOW"—Pauline Maguire, two-year
Old Stratford girl, makes a critical inspection of "Sgt
Electro", the mechanical man who featured the ground
displays at RCAF Station Cenralia Saturday. The "Sarg",
who walks, talks and winks, attracted big crowds all after -
/loon. He goes to BC soon to take part in the centennial
celebrations out there. —RCAF Photo
inyk's Flying
Such undertakings are part of
a long-range expansion program
under way in the province to
provide improved service for
both urban and rural hydro cus-
tomers, who are depending more
and more upon. electricity for a
wide range of conveniences to
enable them to "live better
electrically."
Most of the work has been
completed. It includes William
street lighting, hydro better-
ments on William, Gidley and
Victoria streets; extensions on
Sanders east and to the new
Simmons subdivision, and a. corn-
plete rebuilding of James street
line.
Work is in process on improve-
ments on Huron and Market
streets and poles will be re-
placed on Wellington.
The total improvement budget
also includes purchase. of a new
truck and office equipment,
'Liz' Edits
GB Holiday
JOHN ETHERINGTON
SHARON SMILls I E
...heads lergest class shares grade 10 award
DAVID NOAKES
... tied for honor
JANE HORTON
winner third time
PICK CHARRETTE iet'"
..*wins second award ,
Zhe ExeferZitnessakoscate
Eighty -Second Year
EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 19, 1958
Price Per Copy 10 Cents
urve Reveals Pollution;
ill investigate e
County Rejects Request
writer and. T -A columnist, has • -
Elizabeth Touchette, freelance or Actili Against CTA
cen appointed editor of Grand
Bend Holiday this summer.
Mrs. Touchette, who lives at
Huron Park, RCAF Station Cen-
tralia, will be responsible for
10 issues of the weekend publi-
cation during July and A.ugust.
Besides writing the T -A column
"Looking in With Liz," Mrs.
Touchette contributes a weekly
creldren's story to The Western
Producer and has sold a number
of articles to The Toronto Globe
and Mail, Canadian Home Jour-
nal and other publications. •
Before her marriage to Cpl.
T. A. Touchette, she was, on the
advertising staff of the Ottawa
Journal and later served as
women's editor of The Trenton
Courier -Advocate.
Grand Bend Holiday, a tabloid
-
size paper, was founded by The
Times -Advocate last year. It re-:
ceived enthusiastic response
from civic officials, businessmen
as well as holidayers, who re-
ceive the paper free.
Charges Thief
After Accident
George Knapchick, 19, Lon-
don, pleaded guilty in London
court Monday to ear theft fol-
lowing his arrest Sunday when
he rolled the vehicle on the Cre-
diton road.
Knapchick lost control when
he hit loose gravel on a portion
of the road which is being re-
paired. Damage to the car was
$1,000.
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OPP 'Constable Harry Tteid ar-
rested him after he was treated
for lacerations at South Huron
Hospital. The incident occurred
at 3 a.m.
The vehicle 'was stolen Irons
a London home. .Knapchick will
be sentenced next Monday.
Ivan Coleman, 18, Stanley
township, suffered a fractured
nose Friday night when his car
smashed into a tree on the
Goshen line. He l
Mrs. Melost control when
a tire blew. OPP Harry Reid,
Exeter, said damages were $350.
Ends With AFD Solo' Rapson •Resgns;
FLASH—Dep't of National De-
fence, Ottawa, announced "re-
luctantly" Wednesday it could
riot •accept Mrs. Julius Melnyk,
62-yealeold flying protege from
Lucan, as a pilot trainee in the
RCAF.
"Unfortunately," the comm.
nique stated, "our selection board
finds that Mrs. Melnyk does not
possess the qualifications neces-
sary for an officer in the RCAF
nor can she pass the physical
standards set .for aircrew. We
also find she did not submit her
correct age, ,she is Already J70-
ceiVing the pension for the
aged."
"To preserve the safety and
reputation of Canada's arthed
forces, we have. reluctantly de-
clined her application."
'Contacted immediately, Mrs.
Melnyk scoffed at the decision,
"Them brass hate le just jeas
los cause 11 showed 'cm up Sat-
urday. I been discriminerated
Against, I say, It ain't what you
know; it's who you know, these
days. I'm gonna see My member
ef parlyment."
Thus ended the brieft but See-
eatioeal, flying Career of "frail"
little Mrs, Melnyk, whose first
"sole" during Air Force Day
at Ctedralia Saturday brake up
a carefully Maimed , air and
ground show.
Won Free Flip
MTS. Meleyk was One of So
lucky individuals who weel tete
plane rides during Centralia's
Opel hated. The Other 40 Tat a
pilot fly them •Around the Air
bast; Mrs. Melnyk took her 'Own
trip.
Until she •got Inside the Chip.
'slunk, Mrs. Melnyk appeared
timid and frightened. Once they
set her behind the controls, how-
ever, she turned into a Lind'
burgh, When her would-be pilot
— FO J L, Agar — left her for
a minute ts) put on his pares
chute, she seized the controls and
flew away. By tthis time, 10,000
spectators were watching her.
Everyone became disturbed
about the incident 1),v• Mrs. Me-
nyk, who doesn't understand ,ir
fore red tape anyway. She
confided later the only difficulty
she had was keeping the ma-
chinc tinder control while ad-
justing her girdle. "The silly
garment kept climbing tip on
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Where To
Find It
Annouetternenfs
Baby Winners 14
Church Notices 11
Coming Events 17
Editorials
Entertaining:tot
"Farm News ..... 11, II
Feminine Facfs 14, IS
Hensel' lis
Hontati Pair ..... 11, 12.
Looking In With Liz ........5
Lucan 16, it
Perlierrient
Sports
Wanf Ada .... . ...
Zutich
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Induct De Vries
One Exeter minister resigned
his charge and one was inducted
Ibis past week.
Rev. Alexander Rapson, Main 1
Si, United Church, accepted a P,
call to Hyatt Ave, United Church,
London, on Sunday. His resigna-
g
C
tion was received by the kcal
board Monday night.
Rev. Bret do Vries was
ducted as as minister of Trivitt
Memorial Church, Exeter, and li
St. Nut's Anglican Chureh, Hi
en- li
By the close margin of 18-15, . was rejected by 18 votes against,
on a recorded vote, Huron to 15 in favor. lt r"Bead: ' it
County Council declined, Thurs- resolved that the County Council
day, to put itself on record as of the County of Huron does pro -
protesting against the Canada test the continuing in force of
Temperance Act. the Canada Temperance Act, and
Albert Kalbfleisch, Zurich, and respectfully request the Parlia-
George Armstrong. Hay town- ment of the Dominion of Canada
ship, appeared before Council, to bring about thet repeal of the
and asked for support for a move said Act."
to end the application of the Huron and Perth are the only
CTA to Huron. 'counties in
Ontario in which the
• Mr. Kalbfleisch and Mr. Arm-
strong said they appeared as '
private citizens, interested in
the welfare of the •county, and
not as representatives of eicISS'l
organization,
Our feeling," they said in a
written submission to Council,
"is that we have suffered too "Hi Neighbor" week in
long under this Act. We see no Exeter ends this Saturday
reason why we should go to the with band concerts and a
expense of a canvass, as we are street dance.
convinced that public opinion
would agree te rescinding. this
Act."
The application of the CTA to
Huron, they - said, leads to
IC— honest citizens breaking
the law each day, because it 15
not legal •to bring in your own
liquor supply." The CTA, they
argued, is ". . . a most ineffects
ive and unsatisfactory method of
controlling the sale, disposition
and consumption of alcoholic
beverages."
Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Kalb-
fleisch submitted a form of mo-
tion which they asked County
Council to endorse; with a full
turnout of councilors, the motion
End Week
With Dance
Fine Youth
For Damage
Two Lucan district youths
were fined $15 each, ordered to
repair damages and to stay nut
of Exeter for one year by Magis- ,
trate Dudley Holmes in Exeter ' -•- i - — •
court Wednesday. ' Fnd 5oldier
Cecil Hodgins, Lucan, and
James Ryden, Elginfield, pleaded
guilty to causing $10 damage to! n Florida
a fence and being disorderly at ;
Exeter Roller Rink the night of 1 Case of the mysterious disap-
May 30, . pearance of the ipperwash sol -
.Evidence revealed the two• (nee and els sunny
were drinking and proceeded to solved,
has been
break slats in •a snow fence.1
They also eaused a disturbance , r) aPooklaic, e h islocatedwife andP
by swearing and shouting with
.th.a hs1.1, °Ielvehrot
u len nearby. Bend apartment on January 25,
,inaI1. disappeared. from their Grand
Police said Hogins had been in Jacksonville, Florida
. !
n a tussle with the rink owner f Investigation revealed that
week before the incident and;
Decks' real name is Joseph Cas he had gone back (0,serly
m
et even. . , and he is an Aerican
1 citizen. He has used
George Smale, 76, 11ensall. ' dia n army.
1name since lit joined the Cana-'
the Dacks'
areless Driving
eyeless driving , Because. he is a 'U.S. eitizen.1
leaded guilty to a tharge oC
ensall when he made a left.
0° '1011e 10 In he wilt not be brought back to '
Canada to face desertion eller-
and turn on No. 4 highway in gcs,
I
•ont of another vehicle 1-1 was
More bargains and special
values are offered to district
shoppers in ads this week.
Nearly every store will
feal-
nre "Hi Neighbor" buys for
the weekend.
Music by the Exeter Dis-
trict Junior Band, and pos-
sibly Exeter Legion Pipe
Band, will be a highlight
Saturday- afternoon,
Saturday night, starting
around 9.30, a street dance
will be held on Sanders
street, opposite the public li-
brary, An orchestra has been
secured by the businessmen
and the dance will be free to
shoppers.
'Merchants and clerks We
reek are wearing "Hi Neigh-
bor" identification badges,
indicating their first names,
to encourage more friendly
relations.
Bargains are offered in ads
throughout this week's edi-
tion of The Timesetedvocate.
Look them over, •neighbors,
Canada Temperance Act applies.
In all other Ontario counties, the
Liquor Control Act of Ontario
applies. Huron and Perth have
no beverage rooms and no liquor
stores, because the CTA pro-
hibits the buying or selling of
liquor.
In Huron and Perth. the equiv-
alent of a LCA beverage room
is the "bottle .club", in which
members prestimably do not buy
what they drink, but drink beer
or liquor which they own them-
selves, and, keep stored on the
club premises.
Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Kalb -
flesh, in their appearance be-
fore County Council, argued that
the CTA hurts the tourist trade
in Huron, because there. is little
encouragement to hotel owners
to provide good accommodaton;
that it hurts retail business, 'be-
cause shoppers go outside Huron
to towns which have government
liquor stores; that it breeds dis-
respect for law, because orclin.
ary citizens are led to. consider
it normal practice to circumvent
t e
"Enforcement of the provisionsl
of the Act has become virtually
impossible," said the Kalbfleisch-,
Armstrong submission, "in. spite t
of repeated and persistent ef-
forts on the part of both police!
and the courts . . The Act has
serves the purpose for which
become antiquated, and no long-
er
it was originally created."
Town council Monday night !age projects. The Commission
appointed a committee to inter- J will lend money, at a high rate
view the Ontario Water Re- ! of interest, over a period of 30
sources Commission regarding i years.
Exeter's sewage problem, I Comes From Business Section
The action resulted from a re- 1
I Most . of the sewage which
port from the commission which reached the river. it was agreed,
came from the business places
and apartments on the main
1 street where there wasn't suf-
ln a letter •acconipanying the 1 ficient land for proper septic
report, the Commission asked '
! tank operation. Reeve McKenzie
council what it was prepared to T suggested that not a small part
do to alleviate the condition. of 'the sewage was comprised of
Two years ago, council receiv-
a soap and detergent water which
ed a report recommending went directly to drains, contrary
partial sewerage system anda to regulations. . •
treatment plant. The report was
Councillor Taylor: 'Can we
forwarded to the OWRC but no -
1 trace this sewage down to find
thing has been done since.
Reeve McKenzie, who conduct -I out where it's coming from?" `
ed the meeting in the 'absence' McKenzie: "Yes, but what can
of Mayor Pooley, urged a con- I you. do after you find out?"
Iference with the Commision. "I. Taylor: "We've • got to do
said. It
we owe it to the citizens something er we're going to get
of,this town to investigate," he into trouble again:"
It was noted that a number of
municipalities have ignored re -
Should Stall Project? quests from provincial authorie
Commenting on a suggestion ties for action on sewage,
that the town should wait for 10 McKenzie: "There's no 'ties
years until it is in better posi- bucking those fellows in 'Throne
Lion financially to tackle a major to. We should co-operate with
indicated the town was polluting
the Ausable river with indust-
rial and domestic -sewage.
1 project of this nature, the reeve
said:
"Are. we doing right by the
town by•stathng it off or are we
j holding the town back? We're
t talking about getting industry
here but the first question in.
dustry asks is about sewa.ge."
them."
The reeve suggested installa-
tion of the sewage system would
add at least 12 mills to the taxes
and there would be, on top of
that, operational charges assess-
ed against each owner.
Deputy -Reeve Maeshinneys
Councillor Bailey supported an "When taxes get Lip. that high,
investigation. "We can't get the .town is practically broke:"
away with it (the pollution) for- pay According Te Use
ly do something about it."
information on it—and eventual-.
ever. We should get started—get
taxCpoatligns61-:voFualdrrobwe arseltgenteild allt
The OWRC indicated it was pay for a system to relieve the
prepared to assist the town with condition in the 'Defences section.
its problem but Clerk Pickard The reeve said charges would be
pointed out that the province made on those elm receive the
provided no grant towards sew- service.
It was suggested a public
uron Countys Clerk11taxpayers of the situation.
Members of the committee
are the mayor, reeve, deputy -
Dies Of Heart Attack• ;111.atireienan of the sanitation com-
reeve and Councillor Taylor,
meeting be called to inform the
A. Harvey Erskine, Goderich,
died in Hespeler Tuesday eve-
ning.
The well-known clerk -treasurer
of Hum County was attending,
along with his wife, an inter -
county meeting there. They
were at the Mime. of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Feager, Hespeler,
when Mr. Erskine suffered a
heart attack. They had planned
to be present at the opening of
Wentworth County courthouse
Wednesday.
Air. Erskine was horn in At-
, wood, the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William Ralph Erskine,
and lived Myth before mov-
ing to Goderich.
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gall, in a ceremony at Trivia
Church Wednesday night,
Rev. Rapson, who came to
Exeter three yeare ago, is sec-
retary of the South Huron
Mini-
teriai Association. He limed
here from Sarnia sviiere he
served with industry for four
years and was a city alderman
for three,
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fined $25 and costs.
Fines paid out of court in;
eluded:
Speeding — Peter Christensen
and Frank Kling, Seaforth, $20
each; Renry Darrell, Leaming-
ton, and John Wilson, Clinton,
$10 ea ch.
Failing to stop — George Tenor -
Duthie world wee tw(:), he was tinge,Kirkton; James B. Gar-
diner, London: Harry Armstrong
chaplein to the 98th Highlanders, txattr, $10 onach.
.0 His charge here included•Cre. •
Toronto. • Donald flirted. Crediton,fail
ing to produce tit oleo
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diem arid Shipke churthes:
Clergy from 'NW neighboring
counties attended the induction
service Of tie‘c de Vries- last
week. The Vele F. G. Hardy,
arch.deacon of tanibton, pre-
sided for the ceremony.
Mr, de Vries tame to Exeter
from. the tlyth‘AuburrAelgravo
charges
Attend Credit Union School.
orb 13toom, Doug Sweet and
Ted Shns roototly attended
6, 7 Credit. :Union school, • sponsored
by the Leh er reh o tor. r filo
(?).11 arks Agricultural Collogo,.
4, Guolbh
District Chooses
Two Locai Men
Fred R. Dobbs, 'Oast presideit
Canadian Cancer Society at a
M Ch Exeter branch, was elect-
ed prosidoot of District 9 o.t tho.
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in Ontario.
meeting in Xitchener last week,
layor it, r,, rooky, who has BROTHER PILOTS UNITED AT OPEN HOUSE tarry kinhig Neptuno to Ctiltratia for the show.. Although
served as campaign manager of snidor, Exdttr, flev, his four.passenger raft out to RCAF Larry's plane is a larger than average private aaft, is
narmi unit durni,k nit past s,tar,
was named to the elsthet earn - . .
. . Station Centralia Saturday to meet his brother, Sqdn. Ldr. completely -overshadowed by the big wingspan of thti
paign post, c. t, Studer, Greenwood, MS., who piloted the big, sub Neptune.
He had been clerk -treasurer
of Huron County since 1934.
When in high school in Lis-
towel, Mr. Erskine jellied the
armed forces during the first
world war,
He was aleo secretary or Hu-
ron County Children's Aid So-;
defy, secretary of the Huron
County Librarse and co',-;
treasurer of the Huron Count
!Health Unit.
Mr. Erskine was an elder of
Knox Presbyterian C h u r c h
1 Goderich. and treasurer of the
j church for the past 17 years, a
; position from which he resigned
tin January. At this time he was
'presented with a gift, from the
congregation for his long and
, valuable service.
I He was a member of Maitland
!Lodge No. 33 A.F. & A.M. and
; past president of the Limn Club
of Goderich.
He is survived by his wife,
I the former Alexis Easson; two
; sons, Harvey Bruce Erskine and
;John MacGregor Erskine, both
j of Goderich; one daughter, Mary
Anne Erskine, a teacher in Cen-
tralia; two brothers, Jetties Ers-
kine of Atwood and William
I
Erskine of London; two sisters,
Mrs. Anne Tatham of Midland,
and Mrs, George (Helen) Rei-
gn, Detroit; four grandchildren.
The remains Are resting at the.
Lodge Funeral Home, Goderich.
The OWRC report said: "Ale
' though no specific premises
• were reported to discharge eau,
- tary sewage to the municipal
, sewer system, there was eel*
dance of what appeared to be
septic tank efflueres discharg-
' ing in large quantities front
several of the storm sewer out. lets.
'The result e of analyses in-
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Clerk Swears In
New Huron MPP
C. 5. MacNaughton, Huron's
!new MPP, took his oath of ofe
flee before Roderich Lewis,
Q.C., clerk of the Ontario legies
lature, during a ceremony in
Queen's Park last week,
He was one of Reif new mem'
j bers sworn itt
t Premier Frost spoke during
the ceremony, which a, number
j of government officials attend.
led.
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"t dtN',4441ka'VtoKi,
, ressesseseesi tZro.
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