The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-08-07, Page 1WHO'S HOT? I'M NOT—Curley-haired Shirley Marie Smale, four-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Srnale, Hensall, displays an easy solution to the heat problem
which embroiled this district this week. Enjoyinga loll in Lake Huron, she's one of
the 80 youngsters from Hensall who are taken tTurlbull's Grove every Wednesday
for a swim, part of the summer playground program sponsored by the Recreation
Council. —T -A Photo
HENSALL CHILDREN LEARN TO SWIM—Supervisors Dianne Ronnie and Gwen Chap-
naninstruct Linda Noakes on swimming techniques while Hensall playground director,
Robert Reaburn, and a group of children watch. The swim classes, held at Turnbull's
Grove, on Lake Huron, are part of the playground program sponsored for" the sixth
consecutive yeah• by Hensall Recreation Council. Mothers drive the children to the
lake every Wednesday .to make the swimming sessions possible. —T -A Photo
ANOTHER GONE—One of the last remaining steam engines in this area has been
sold by William }I, Smith, Crediton, to Hugh Adams, a I{itchener pian who now has
three of the big machines. The engine, purchased by Mr. Smith in 1919, has been
used for threshing and saw mill work in this arca for many years, On Civic Holiday
t Smith 'en enginewas used in a thres`hin� � exhibition ition near Kitchener • which was featur.
I>e.Sm g g b ,
ed 1n a TV newscast the Sarre evening.—T-.A Photo
Gay Tee.nagers; Creme GB 'Drama'
Lon-
don
oil
Three teenage girls ft i
don thought they were having a
whale of a time at Grand Bend
last week but the whale turned
into a wail before the party
was a5 Over, „
The. girls, all 17, created a
small riot in the resort for seve-
r'al hours but it all carie to an
end its the courtroom and, later,
the woodshed. In the courtroom,
llfagistritto., J. C. Dunlap gave
thema 12 -months suspended
sentence to keep the peace.Iii
the woodshed..father administer.
ed. own sentence.
The ball started when ono of
the girls raided
dod father's ,s li
no4
cabinet when he Wesel around
oind the three began imbibing.
Quickly getting into high gear,
the then created a three -act station, The girls march gaily
play which ended with a police- in. One'sits on a constable's lett,
man's wife proving she can another takes his hat, the third
handle law enforcement, too. a record book. Quick exits.
First act. Scene, the pelted Act two. Scene,, several local
.. __.,.. _ ._.._.
snack bars. The girls play
havoc
with potato chip racks, guns
Big G Crowd
machines, etc. More quick exits.
B
C Act three,Scene, the back
• yard of o
ne of the OPP
con -
Nears Record stables whose Wife just hung out
her washing. The girls rush inti,
Grand Benet played host ;to ono pull down the washing, 1011ve it
of •the largest •crowds in its
lying the dirt, Another quick over the hot Civic Itoliwexit
attempted but this time the
policeman "s wire is hot on their
trail. She proves faster than the
girls, nabs them, and delivers
to husband who Mill fee aCvay.
The girls were charged with.
'creating a disturbance.
day weekend.
Although theresort t la
-
mid, re oris e a le d the
erowds Wert; p rowdyism
attd police
,.
kept roWcl ism well under ton.
trol.
gimes-fib
Eighty -Second Year
EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 7, 1958
Price Per copy 10 ;Gents
river Gets Five A
For Inluring Man, Woman
Traffic Victim Negligent
Coroner s Inquest Finds
A Centralia airman, killed by
a. car near Shipka on July 25,
was found negligent in walking
"with the traffic on the wrong
side of the highway and creating
a hazard to motorists" by a cora•
ner's jury at an inquest in Exe-
ter Wednesday night.
LAC Joseph A. A, Begin, 18,
died from a massive brain hem-
orrhage eight hours after he was
struck by a car driven by Albert
Gibson, 36, R.R. 2 Dashwood.
The jury said Gibson's car was
being operated with the left head
lamp out but it did not attach
any blame to him for the fatal
accident,
Police said Thursday Gibson
will be charged with careless
driving;
The verdict said "the deceased
was hitchhiking at or near the
south edge of the travelled por-
tion of the highway When struck."
A friend, LAC Joseph Berube,
18, alsu of Centralia, who was
hitchhiking with Begin, .saw the
approaching car and stepped
back to avoid it but the other
youth apparently was not aware
of the danger.
Berube told the jury that he
and Begin, unsuccessful in ,get•
Ling a ride, were walking east
on the south side of the highway,
approaching the Starite Drive-in
Theatre, near Shipka. Berube
said he looked behind. him, no-
ticed the Gibson car approaching
with one light, stepped off the
pavement, but .did not say any -
Load Slidei
Injury Fatal
Stewart Dykstra, 37, a former
Exeter .resident, died Tuesday
evening In Hamilton General
Hospital. from severe head in-
juries received in a lumber mill
accident on. Saturday:
He is survived by his wife and
lour children, two of whom at-
tended Exeter. Public School for
several. years, three brothers
and two sisters.
An employee of the Tnrstra
Lumber Co.; Hamilton, the vic-
tim was injured when a load of
lumber on a truck slid on top
,of him. Mr. Dykstra was on top
of the load when a quantity was
pulled out by a :fork truek and
the remainder of the lumber
slid.. He never regained con-
sciousness. after the impact.
The Dykstra faintly moved to
Hamilton in November, 1957,1
after living in the Exeter district
for six years, 'during most . of 1
which time the father was ens-
ployed at Cann's Mill Ltd.
Emigrants from Holland, lilr.
a.nd. Mrs. Dykstra received their
Canadian citizenship papers on
the day of the June federal elec-
tion last year and cast their first;
Canadian ballot in that vote.
Before coming to Exeter, the
family lived in the Brantford,'
and Oshawa district. 1
Their children include Eddie, j
10; Thelma, 8; Lowell, 6; and
Harvey 3.
Mr. Dykstra's brothers and
sisters incl tde Fred, ui Oshawa;
Greta, •Bosemanville; Martin, in
London; and a brother and sister
in Holland.
The :funeral service will he
held Friday at 2 p.ni. in First
Reformed, Church, Hamilton.
Wedding Car
In Accident,
Property damage exceeded
$5,000 in accidents in this dis-
trict since July 25.
A Kitchener man, Adam Wag-
ner, 34, has been charged follow-
ing a collision on. No. 83 Sunday
when his car struck the rear of
a rented car driven by Herta
Zell.e, 29, of New York. Both
cars were travelling west and
Wagner failed 10 stop in time
when traffic slowed down to al-
low a lead car to turn off the
highway. Damage was $650.
Two cars in a wedding party
failed to reach their destination
when they collided on the fourth
concession of Tuckersmith, north-
east of Kippen, Saturday after-
noon. Minor injuries were re-
ceived by five persons, including
three children.
tour cars were in the pro-
cession when one driven by Taon-
ald Koehler, 22, A.R. 4 Hamilton.
fotrherly of Hensall, turned off
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Where
y
Find
Annountements 11
Church Notices 3
Coming Events is.
2
Entertainmenti5
Farm News 9, tri
Women's Pigs ,,...,...,., 12, i3
Hensall 6, 7
Luton 't4, 15
:Sports 4, 5
Want. Ads . ..... 11
Zurich.................. .... 5.
Looking fit With refit $
thing to Begin, whp was walking
ahead of him. Begin retrained
on the pavement, near the edge,
and was struck in the back.
"I saw the car hit him and
throw hint into the ditch, bead
down," the airman testified.
Gibson said two cars were ap-
proaching from the west and one
had failed to dim its headlights,
momentarily blinding him. He
saw Berube, who was wearing a
light shirt, but he,, didin't see
Begin, who wore a dark shirt.
until "1 was right on top of him."
"1 tried to swerve to the left
but 1 couldn't go out very far
because of the oncoming ears."
Berube said he did not see any
approaching traffic.
Questioned about the head lamp
which was not operating, Gib
son said it had been damaged
earlier the same day in a mi-
nor accident at London. He had
planned to get it fixed the next
day at the garage in Shipka
which did his repair work.
Crown Attorney H. Glenn
Hayes, QC, who conducted the
inquest, asked: "Don's: you
think you should have got the
light fixed before driving at
night?" Gibson: "Yes, but 1
wanted to get it done at the
Shipka garage."
1t was also revealed that the
emergency brake 'on Gibson's
car was not working. The owner
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Court Fines Youths
For Throwing Bottles
Throwing beer bottles on Exe-
ter's main street cost two dis-
trict youths $50 and costs in
court here Wednesday afternoon.
,lanes Jasney, Crediton, and
Donald MacDonald, Exeter,
were each fined $25 and costs
for throwing bottles from a car
Saturday evening, July 12. Jas-
ney was also fined $10 for unnec-
essary noise. Constable John
Cowen laid the charges.
Over $200 in penalties, mostly
for traffic offenses, were as-
sessed by Magistrate Dudley
Holmes during one of the long-
est court sessions this year.
Alice C. Kent, 48, London, driv-
er of a car which was • respon-
sible for a three -car crash at
Devon corner on July 23, was
fined 525 and costs for careless
driving.
The Kent car, travelling east
on the Crediton road, failed to
stop as it entered. No. 4 highway
and struck another car driven
by Rayinnnd Cooper, Exeter,
The Cooper car veered into the
service station of E. L. Chaffe
and hit a parked vehicle owned
by Clifford Ersman, Exeter.
Injured in the crash were
Mrs. Cooper and son, John, and
Mrs, Erman: Constable C. E.
Gibbons• investigated,
Convict Kirkton Man
Edwin Ross Ballantyne, 22,
R.A. 1, Kirkton, paid 525 and
costs for careless driving on
Saturday, July 26, when his car
collided with one owned by John
Hendrick, Exeter, at the inter-
section of Highways 21 and 83.
Damages totalled $300.
John Brown, Zurich, who failed
to stop before entering a through
highway in Stephen Township on
July 18, was fined $20 for failing
to obey the rules of the road. PC
Harry Reid investigated.
John Edward Likins, Jr., West.
Elora, who collided with a ve-
hicle ahead of hini while travel.
ling west on No. 83 highway,
paid $20 and costs for careless
driving.
A line of $10 and costs was as-
sessed against Philip Howard
ince, Exeter, for failing to obey
the rules of the road, resulting
in an accident at the corner of
'Carling and Gidley streets, Exe-
ter. Chief Reg Taylor investi-
gafed.
.Neil Stapleton, Dublin, was
convicted of careless driving on
July 13 when he made a wide
sweep while turning off No. 21
onto No. 83 highway and hit a
car which had stopped at the
intersection, PC George Mitchell
said Stapleton had been drinking
and was driving dr �mg in bare feet. He
was fined $25 and costs.
The magistrate warned Charles
Monteith, Exeter, that his driving
rights would probably be per-
manently suspended following
his conviction of failing `to obey
the rules of the road. He was as-
sessed $10 and costs as a result
of an accident on June 9. He has
not been able to secure insur-
ance.
Lee Learn, Exeter, paid $20
and costs on a careless driving
charge resulting in an accident
on July 29 in Hensall when he
failed to stop and drove into the
rear of the vehicle ahead. Dain -
ages totalled 5650,
Speeding fines included $15
each to Albert Donaldson, Strat-
ford, and Kenneth Scott, Toron-
to, and $10 to Elsie Brown, Lon-
don,
Princess Visit
Issue Feature
Special feature on Princess
Margaret's visit to Western
Ontario apears on page 12
of this issue.
Comments. of a number of
district persons who saw the
princess are included in a
story of her visit by Eliza -
both Touchette, editor of
Grand Bend Holiday.
Exclusive pictures by Jack
Doerr are also featured.
A 2: -year-old Londoner, father
of two children, was sentenced 1
to five months in jail Wednesday ;
after being convicted of criminal
negligence, driving while prohih-1
ited and leaving the scene of an
accident in which an Exeter
couple was injured,
Harry J. Hickson, who has al-
ready spent a month in county
jail, received five months deli.;
nite, six months indefinite on two
of the charges and four months
on the third, all to run concur -1
rently.
Hickson was the driver of the
car which struck Ernest Cooper,;
58, and his tome-ion-lawwife,
Miss Geraldine .�ildis, 41, Exeter,
after he bad pickedthem up
while they were hitch -hiking
near Lucan. The two Exeter
people were knocked into the:
ditch following an argument on
a sideroad near Centralia.
Witnesses said Hickson, an -
gored when the .couple (left the
car to walk to the highway.
drove up behind ' them and
swerved off the highway to strike
tlieni with his car. He drove an
to RCAF Station Centralia to let
off another hitchhiker and re-
turned to his home in London
where he was arrested by police
the following day.
Pte. Edwin Serroul, 18, a
member of the CNE tri -service
drill squad training at Centralia,
told the court. Hickson planged
to get rid of the "old guy" to
"look after" the woman after he
had picked up the couple near
Lucan. The argument developed
when Cooper refused to leave the
carHickson. after being ordered to by
-
Serroul said he was picked
up outside Stratford by Hickson
and Donald S. Watson, 18, also
of London, who was the owner
of the car but was not driving.
When they arrived at Elginfield;
Hickson decided to drive the
soldier to Centralia.
Just outside Lucan, Hickson •
picked up Miss Aldis and Coop-
er. While they were travelling!
north on No. 4, the driver told
Serroul. and Watson what he
planned to' do with Miss Aldis
and Cooper. •
Near Centralia, Hickson turned
into a sideroad, said the car was
out of as and ordered Cooper
to walk up the highway to get
some. The Exeter man, who had
overheard Hickson's plans, got
out of the car but refused to
leave without the woman.
Cooper told the court that as
he walked around to ,the back of
the car to get the license rums
her, "Hickson grabbed me from
behind and the fight started.,'
The soldier broke up the tussle
and the Exeter couple began.
walking to the highway.
Serroul said Hickson got back
in the car, vowing to "get the
old pian". As he drove by the
couple, who were walking in tall
grass beside the road, Hickson
swerved toward them. Serroul
said he felt a bump and he saw
Cooper flying into the ditgh.
After he had been ta1en to
Centralia, Serroul called OPP
Constable George Mitchell, went
with hint to identify the Exeter
couple at Cooper's home, then to
the scene of the accident where
they found a parcel of meat the
woman had been carrying.
Watson said he and Hiek:an
had been drinking most of the
day in Kitchener. Watson be-
came ill and went to sleep in the
car.
After the incident. Hickson
threatened to "get" Watson if lie
"squealed" about it. The youth,
however, contacted London po-
lice next morning after urging.
Hickson to give himself up.
Cooper, who suffered a frac-
tured right leg and a number of
bruises requiring three weeks'
stay in hospital, said both he and
the woman were unconscious for
a short time in the ditch. Later
they walked to the highway and
were able to get a ride to Exe-
ter.
The Exeter couple had been
drinking in a London hotel dur-
ing the afternoon and evening.
Defence Counsel James Donnell,
ly, Goderich, argued that Hick-
son had been drinking to such
an extent be was not responsible
for his actions.
Magistrate Dudley Holmes
presided and Glenn Hayes, QC,
prosecuted.
Request Co-operation
Over Parking PProblem
At council meeting Moiiday
night, Mayor R. E. Pooley niade
another strong appeal to town
citizens to refrain from parking
their cars on Main street Satur-
day night to relieve the parking
problem for district shoppers.
"I would personally make a re•
quest to our citizens to leave
their car- at hone Saturday
nights in order to give our rural
friends as much parking'space as
possible. Citizens should know
that this town depends on the
surrounding agricultural area for
its livelihood and we should make
conditions as convenient as pos-
sible for then," said the mayor.
The inayor reported that last
Saturday night there were at
least 10 town cars occupying
spaces all evening. Sleeve Mc-
Kenzie wondered if they Haight
belong to the merchants them.
selves. The mayor replied he
didn't know whose they were
but he saw no necessity for
SECOND BAND TATTOO—Three bands participated in Exeter Legion's second annual
band tattoo at the community park last week. The newly -formed senior band mad
one of its first public appearances and was well received. Above, Bandmaster Ted.
Walper lead massed bands in finale: -T-A Photo
Three Towri Ban
Itevival of band interest in, of .its first public nertorniances
Exeter was displayed last week
In no Uncertain terns.
The town,. which for some
years had to band, wasrcpre-
sented by throe of theta at Ex-
eterLegion's second anneal
band tattoo at the contintnity
park Friday night.
Le..
Along. with the ion's color-
ful pipe band, which staged its
best performance to state, the
newly -reorganized: senior eiti-
zeits' band anti the up.and'•eolin-
ing ',Milk" band ,contributed to
the. musica: Regain.The seaior band, making one
since reforming,
fs e c e i v e
d a
hearty reception l, the, rra!d
.
SO did bandmaster, Ted alaer.who was sponincnt in the pro.
was,
ucst-conduci
g
the foutred Sarnia Citizens
handat, Mr. Wainer Jed the mass-
ed bands at the conclusion of•
the evening,
Ieven bands participated in
the tattoo, which drew a slight-
ly smaller crowd that; last year
because of a 'COM everting . Past
g..
Legion president hied Darling.
was nnasler of rerentotiies.
in addition to the area T;x-
eteir sands, this area wan also
represented by the Dashwood
band under the leadership of
;;Tarry Hoffman,
Other groups Intl tr c1 o d tlw
Goderich, Brussels Legion and
Bannockburn pipe bands,. the
Camp Ipue.rwash. CadetllugIe
hand, Which performed a drill
demonstration, '.rhedford Silver
nand, and the Forest Excelsior
nand with its young drum
majorettes.
A ;feature of theevening was
a Scottish dance by Mix•tear=old.
Lillian iirael)nixald. of Goderich,
who wan accompanied by her
brother, he. seven, playing .a
miniature set of pipes.
them being there.
The discussion arose from a
letter from the Department of
Highway which stated, in reply
to an enquiry from council; that
parallel parking on both sides
of Main street would he advan-
tageous. "Parallel parking," the
letter said. "will not only eli-
minate a traffic hazard caused
by vehicles backing out from the
curb, but will also permit addi-
tional right-of-way width for the
passage of vehicles through the
town.
Deputy -Reeve Mawliinnegt
agreed parellel parking was "the
right way all right -but we'd lose
a lot of parking space,"
Reeve McKenzie, who attended
his first council meeting since
becoming i11 a month ago, said
he did not fear disastrous re-
sults if the highway was re-routed
around Exeter rather than
through it. "All the towns in the
United States report it's the best
thing that's ever happened to
thein," the reeve stated.
Other councillors felt consider-
able. 'tourist business would be
lost. however.
No action was taken on parellel
parking since lines have iust
been. painted on the Alain
street,
Police Question
Councillor Ralph Bailey, ehaire
pian of the police committee,
made a brief report on his meet-
ing with town police. over recent
complaints. "They answered our
questions quite satisfactorily, Ir
think, and they are going to be
a little extra cautious on some
of these problems," he said.
Mayor Pooley reported the
Morrison Dann had been opened
up to allow water from the reser.
noir to flush out the town pond;
After considerable discussion,
council approved a request for
permsisinn 10 locate two mobile
honks on town lots, providing
facilities met. with Huron County
Health Unit standards.
The request came front two
Centralia personnel, Fit.. Sgt.
Douglas Bobbins and LAC Gil-
bert Wells, who said they wished
to locate two $8,000 hollies, vitas•
uring 10x51. feet, in the town.
Still undecided about location,
the two men indicated they would
attempt to find a district where
objection from neighbors was
not strong and they stated they
planned to make `showplaces"
of the mobile dwellings.
Councillors bad already dy re-
ceived several complaints arising
from rumors Of the location of
the homes but indicated they
had no power to prevent locax
lion of mobilo homes in any
arca within the town.
Council did raise the licence
fee for mobile. hnnics, however,
from $6.00 to 58.00 a month. The
fee, Haid in lieu of taxi`s, Is tie -
signed to offset expenses of
school and rounielpat services.
whirls mobile hone owners re•
Ir
e..
In O11ner husiness, enutri1:
Asked engineer B. M. flags to
inspect no corner of tdward
and Huron streets to advise -en
the lotatinn of sidewalks xnd
,drainage rirttblenns. :4ir+rriber ,
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