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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-12-17, Page 1SANTA WARMS UP—St. Nick has been getting practice for his big run Christmas eve by presiding at many district parties for children. The jolly old gent, above, is surrounded by eager children who attended Exeter Kinsmen's annual family cele- bration Sunday in the Legion hall. Santa will be in Exeter Saturdayfor the annual parade and show.g —T -A Photo Police ;plan crackdown on yule drinking drivers Exeter detachment OPP and Lown police plan another all-out c:rive this Christmas in an ef- fort to prevent tragedy over the highway. PC Cecil .Gibbons said detach- ment officers will be on conti- nuous patrol curing the festive season. They'll be watching par- ticularly for drinking drivers. "If you plan to attend a party, leave your car at home and call e taxi," advised Gibbons. Exeter Chief C. H. MacKen- zie also issued a -warning to c_rinkers, "Intoxicated drivers won't be tolerated on our streets aver the coming holidays," he said. "My men have been instructed to b:e tough with those who 'mix alcohol and gasoline We will do all L. our power to prevent irre- sponsible drivers from creating ',tragedy over the Christmas sea- son." The chief :dd.ed, however, that his departmen•t}yas prepared to co-operate with the''! public. If drivers found themselves under the influence or in extreme _cir- cumstances,they could call _the police for assistance, he said. A province -wide highway safe- ty campaign aimed at reducing traffic fatalities andinjuries during the notoriously hazar- dous Christmas and New Year's holiday season has been an - no, Ontario's Minister of Trans - New record for awards This year's graduates of SH - DHS have established a record for academic awards. The '59 grads received 22 scholarships, bursaries and other prizes with a total value of $5,790. Previous high was $4,425 won by the 1957 class. Top winner this year was Paul Wilson, whose awards totalled $1,300. Dick Charrette won $1,000. The list of graduates- and their awards include: Paul Wilson—Victoria scholar- ship, $700; Ontario scholarship, $400; student council scholar- ship, $100; Carter scholarship, $100. Total, $1,300. Dick Charrette — Dominion - provincial bursary, $500; On- tario, $400; paper- staff, $100. Total, $1,000. Bill Etherington—Dom, - prov., $500; University of Western On- tario, $200; Canada Packers, $100; Carter, $40. Total, $840. Allison Clarke --Ontario; $400; Dom.-prov,, $250; staff award, $100, Total $750. Ross Christian — Dom.-prov; $500. Mirdza Gulens—Atkinson burs- ary, $400; Legion Auxiliary, $100, Total, $500. Joyce Hamilton — Dom.-prov., $300. Eleanor Hodgins—South Huron Hospital Auxiliary, $300. Pat Marshall Beta Sigma Phi, $50. Glen Greb—Huron County Ag- ricultural Scholarship, (WOAS), $100. Gerald Houlahan—Legion Aux- iliary, $150. Santa's deer at Parkhill Santa Claus has stabled his reindeer at Parkhill this year. The merry team — including "Cupid" and "Dancer" with their antlers, are being cared for by Henry Wall, Parkhill, who takes them to various centres to ac- company Santa in public pa- rades, The deet` came originally from North, Alberta, where they were raised end trained by John D alke, They have travelled from coast fo coast and have starred in a HollyWood movie, "Road to Utopia", featuring Bob Hope atld Dorothy Lamour. In recent weeks, the team has been in St, Thomas, Grand Rend and' Woodstock.• Lest year, they stole the shave At Hariiiltoit and Orillia, 4 nounced by Hon, John Yarein- port. • "There has been an eight per cent increase in the number of traffic accidents resulting in a five per cent rise in the number of people killed or injured dur- ing the first 10 months of 1959 compared with the same period last year," the minister said, "Our aim is to try to reverse this unfavourable trend during deadly December which has the uneniable reputation of being "DEDICATION TO DUTY" ... Sarah Nott, Egmondville the worst month of the year for motor vehicle accidents." The campaign will strengthen the holiday safety programs con- ducted by municipal police authorities and local detach- ments of the Ontario Provincial Police in many parts of the pro- vince. Many police departments are planning to step up their traffic law enforcement activi- ties and to increase their ef- forts to impress on the public the need for extra care, cour- tesy and common sense while walking and driving during the perilous holiday period. Police safety work will be sti- mulated by a broad advertising and publicity program using every appropriate medium of public' information including daily and weekly newspapers, radio and TV stations, bus and streetcar cards and outdoor bill- boards. Advertising will concen- trate on alerting motorists . to be on guard against the dangers of increased hours of darkness, ri- gorous weather conditions, drink- ing' and driving, and t' hurry and excitement of shot , J and holiday festivities. "The records show' that the three • main causes of accidents that make December the dead- liest month of the year are speed too fast for conditions, in- attentive driving, •and failure to yield the, right of way," com- mented Mr. Yaremko. "We in- tend to • concentrate all our ef- forts on diminishing their ef- fects during the critical year- end period." PC lauds injured nurse for assistance at crash A 20 -year-old student nurse from Egmondville, who disre- garded her own injuries to ad- minister first aid to other vic- tims, has been lauded for her efforts by PC D. M. Westover who investigated the recent ac- cident in which she was involv- e . nvolv-ed. "I thought her spirit was ter- Exeter on Wednesday, Decem- rific," said Westover of Sarah ber 9. He lost a finger and suf- Nott, who is in her last year of fered other injuries. training at Victoria Hospital, Palethorpe's car skidded into the west ditch prior to the ac- cident and a wrecker had ar- rived to pull it out. While this was being done, the Exeter man walked onto the road in front crash south of Exeter seconds of a southbound car driven by after it happened. Jessie David Thompson, RR 1 "I just.opened the door of the Centralia. The Thompson car cruiser when I saw this girl struck Palethorpe, then skidded running toward , me, her face out of control into the path of covered in blood. She had a bad a northbound car driven by Miss gash on her nose." • Nott. Then it hit another car, "I thought she was coining to driven by Albert Marreel, 42, me for first aid but was I sur- RR 1 Centralia, which was turn - prised! Her first words were: ing into the ditch to avoid a 'Can I help in any way? I'm a collision with the wrecker. nurse.' " Mrs. Thompson suffered a "She did, too. I brought some broken leg and multiple abra- sions, Others received minor in- juries of the other passengers to her in my car and she did what she could for them." "That girl deserves credit," he concluded. Driver in hospital Joe Palethorpe, Exeter, is still in London hospital as a result of the multiple -car crash south of London. "It really showed her dedication to duty." Westover, who was on patrol at the time, revealed he came upon the scene of a four -car Mauling by cows fractures ankle Harold Hunter, RR 3 Exeter, suffered a broken ankle Monday When he was kickedby several cows while milking, in his barn. Mr, Hunter was putting the milker to one cow when she kicked him into the next ani- mal. He suffered a number of bruises in addition to the frac- ture, on which he will have a cast for a month. Where fo find it Announcenienf5 12 Church Noticed 1!1 Coming Event! 1t Editorial! 4 Fenn MANS 11 eemitiftio Pack .,..,..,,,., 14, 15 Hon3a11 6 Looking In With Liz 12 Lue6rr+.1A Sport. 1' 13, . Want Ad ,;,,, 13. Total damage was estimated at $2,200. Eighty -S cond 'Veer • e eideame.saboocafe, 'EXETER, ONTARIO,, DECEMBER. 1Z 1959 Pricy Por .Copy 10 C011/0 -1 -- IN :'� IN OPTIO Two rnen found guilty of Dashwood break-in Two London youths were found guilty of breaking into the ga- rage and implement shop of V. L. Becker, Dashwood, in magis- trate's court here Wednesday, Robert Burden, 17, and Donald Kubeshkie, 20, were remanded in custody until December 29 when they will be sentenced in Gode- rich court. Burden was on parole after having served a term in prison for another crime. The first witness to be called was Mr. Becker who testified be had been in the building about 1 a.m, and saw nothing unusual. On returning about 2 a,m. he dis- covered a pane of glass had been broken in a side door. He had been alerted by telephone and along with James Hayter gave chase to a car, the taillights of which they could see in the dis- tance. They apprehended the ac- cused a short distance from No. 21 Highway and took them to Grand Bend when Constable Neil Chamberlain and later Geo. Mitchell arrested the two men and returned them to Dashwood and later to Exeter and from here to Goderich, where they have since been in custody, un- able to provide bail, James. Hayter corrobrated the evidence of Mr. Becker Mrs. Gloria Hayter, who lives beside the garage testified that she had seen a car stop near the garage and one of the men got out and went to the side of the garage. She heard a smash- ing sound and saw one of the men walk away from the garage, enter a car and proceed east- ward, Mrs. Hayter described the car and the dress of the man she Organ debut at HS show A new electric organ, purchas- ed with student funds, will con- tribute a new flavor to the musical entertainment in this year's SHDHS', "Hi -Time Revue" next week. Although it–was just• delivered this week, school officials plan to use the $2,400 instrument to accompany several of the glee club numbers. Solos may also be presented on it. The organ was purchased by the student council with funds raised throughthe annual sub- scription campaign aswell as other projects. While, its first public use will be in commencement, the instru- ment will be given a more form- al christening at a recital being planned in January, An inter- nationally -famous organist from Detroit will be the artist. Variety program This year's revue, which will be staged Monday and Tuesday evenings, will again feature a variety of entertainment, similar to other years. Besides group singing in many different forms, • there will be a number of girls' dances in- cluding a solo in ballet. The orchestra • will also perform. Acrobatics, dram a, baton twirling and the •traditional un- supervised skit by grade 13 will also be featured on the program. Thief takes cash from Hensall cars Police Chief Ernest Davis this week warned Hensall resi- dents not to leave money in their cars following reports of three thefts this week. About $100 in total was stolen from purses in three cars in the village Sunday and Monday. One car was parked near the rink, another near the church and the third in the shoppifg district. One man found a stranger, about 25 years of age, in his car when he returned to it but was satisfied with the person's explanation and let him go. La- ter, however, his wife found that $25 was missing from the purse' she had left in the car. No LCA 'till February; denies plans for stores The Ontario Liquor Control tail outlets in Exeter, Blyth and Act is not expected to come into Seaforth. "That's something they force in Huron and Perth coun- have dreamed up themselves," ties until near the end of Janti• he stated. The newspaper, in its issue of December 5, listed proposed buildings at Exeter, Blyth and Seaforth. They included both a brewers' warehouse and a liquor store for Exeter. "The Ontario board can take no action until the proclamation I'S issue d," he emphasized. "When that, time conies, the board Will make it planning survey of Huron and Perth counties to determine where it will put stores, There are some communities, of course, Where no stores can be erected until there iS a further vote." Two municipal . Minds in Huron have already passed re, solutions requesting establish- ment of stores in their cosi!. munities, Both Seaforth and Whghanl councils iicted last Week. ary, This was indicated . by Col, C. E. Woodrow, LOBO solicitor, who also. denied that plans have been made already for the erec- tion of retail stores, Col. Woodrow explained the CTA would not be repealed until the governor general issued a proelaniation in the Canada Gas- ette, "I don't contemplate that pro- clai cation will be published until the Week of January 25 at least," he said, No action can be taken by the federation government Until 30 days after the Vote and parlia- Ment Wont reconvene until Jan, nary 14, .he!toted, The solicitor 'said there Was no foundation for reports in the Dail Coiiinierelai News and Building G•gide 'of proposed re, saw running from the garage. Wilfred Becker, son of the pro- prietor, testified that several drawers in the office had been rifled and that a fountain pen and some five cent stamps were. missing, Later in the morning on examination the gas tank of the car owned by one of the ac- cused was found empty, Cpl. George Mitchell testified that he had been called to Grand Bend and with James Hayter had escorted the accused to Dashwood and afterwards brought them to Exeter. Search- ing Burden he found 13 5c stampsoneatly folded in his wal- let. He also testified that the rubber boots worn by Burden fitted marks in the snow lead- ing to and from the Becker ga- rage. A fountain pen claimed to be owned by Wilfred Becker was found in front of the Hayter resi- dence. Constable Lloyd Hodgins stated that in searching the men at Exeter he found only 13c be- tween them. Magistrate James Rennick, of Toronto, presided. Truscott appeal set for Jan. 12 The appeal of Steven Truscott, 14, sentenced to be hanged for the rape -slaying of a 12 -year-old girl, will be heard by the On- tario Supreme Court ,Tan. 12 He was found guilty Sept. 30 at Goderich, of the June 9 death of a Clinton RCAF station play- mate, Lynne Harper. Justice Minister Fulton has said there is no possibility the boy will be hanged but added it would be "very improper" to announce commutation of the sentence when the courts might grant a new trial. Paper early next week The Times • Advocate's an - nue Christmas greeting edi- tion will be published a day early next week. The issue, which will con• fain a number of special fea- tures, will be in the mails Wednesday, instead of Thurs. day. Co-operation of correspond- ents and advertisers will be appreciated in helping The T -A meet this advanced deadline. FIRST ZURICH REEVE ... Lloyd O'Brien A large retail organization has taken an option on approxi mately three acres of land at the north end of Exeter, it was confirmed Wednesday. The transaction is part of a half -m ll on d o 11 a r 'expansion program undertaken by the firm in this district. Preliminary plans are to erect a building of about 20,000 square feet on the site. Local re a l t or John Burke, through whom the option was taken, said no further details could be disclosed, Officials of the firm have requested that its name, the nature of its operation and the location of the site be withheld until plans are com- pleted. Mr. Burke said Jack Weber, of J. W. Weber Ltd., was instru- mental in arranging the option, although it did not involve his property. A further announcement is expected early in the new year, Zurich voters acclaim first council of village The man who officially led Zurich to its incorporation will be in charge of its organization as an independent municipality. Lloyd O'Brien, chairman of the trustees for four years and amember of the board for 11, was elected reeve this week without opposition. Zurich's first council and school board were also elected by acclamation, following a no- mination meeting •which at- tracted "the biggest crowd in Zurich's history." Council members are Harold and Leroy Thiel, current trus- tees; Hubert 'Schilbe, a soft drink salesman, and William Siebert, postmaster. On the school board will be Rev. W. P. Fischer, pastor of the Lutheran church; James Parkins, partner in a service station; Herb ' urkheim, haat,. ness manager of The Citizens' News; Keith Westlake, furniture store owner; Douglas O'Brien, bookkeeper and Donald Oke, contractor. Over 100 people attended the nomination for the . first village officials and remained for a short public meeting. "Our big job next year will be to straighten out the ownership of public buildings and other matters relating to the separa- tion from the township," he said. A number of officials must be appointed, too, including clerk, treasurer, assessor and tax col- lector. Electors vote Monday to complete council After naming five of their councillors by acclamation, Exe- ter electors will go to the polls Monday to choose the sixth man. In the race for the remaining council seat are Douglas Brint- nell, a carpenter at RCAF Sta- tion Centralia, and Jack Weber, president of J. W Weber Lt. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mr. Brintnell, who qualified the night of the nomination, in- dicated this week he did not stand on any particular plat- form for election. "I'm not too familiar, with council work," he Stated. "My objective will be to learn what's going on and to serve to the best of my ability." Jack Weber told The Times- Advocate his principal aim, if elected, would be to attract in- dustry to the town. "We are losing a lot of our young people because there's no place for them to work in Exe- ter. We also 'have quite a num- ber of retired farmers who would like employment. I think we have a good town that can offer many advantages to in- dustry and I think we can at- tract them here if we try hard enough." Only a handful of people at- tended the nomination Wednes- day night, Two other persons were nominated -- Dalton Fink- beiner and Eldrid Simmons — but they did not qualify. Mr O'Brien again stated he did not foresee any reason for an increase in taxes in 1960. "I think we'll be able to keep 'them down," he said. One benefit of incorporation will be the receipt of uncondi- tional and other grants from the province which the community has not received as a police vil- lage. These went directly to the township. The unconditional grant is expected to be in the neighborhood of $3.00 per ca- pita. Five other persons were nomi- nated for council posts but did not qualify. They were Leroy Thiel and Albert Kalbfleisch, both nominated for reeve, and Earl Zimmer, John Turkheim and Clarence Geoffrey, for coun- cil,. CE spreads yule cheer Although busy preparing for their own -Cl istmas activities, personnel at RCAF "Station- Cen- tralia are again contributing to the yuletide happiness of others. Course 5915 took up a collec- tion to buy gifts for inmates of the Salvation Army's Children's Village in London. The women's association helped to wrap the toys. Firemen are againrepairing and repainting used toys for dis- tribution to orphans and other needy children in the district. Families of Danish and Neth- erland NATO students still on the station will hear their sons' voices at Christmas. Greetings have been tape-recorded by of- ficials and sent home. Annual school children's party will be held on Wednesday, November 23, and Santa Claus will be the star attraction. Tighter regulations on liquor consumption will be enforced on the station during the holiday season. Drivers will be checked for impairment b e f ore they leave the station and other measures are being taken to prevent accidents. Tuesday night the annual tur- key bingo was held in the station drill hall. The $50 cash prize was won by Jack Cough- lin, Exeter. Traditional New Year's dances are being planned for the messes and the annual New Year's day levee will be held in the officers' mess. STUDENTS BUY ORGAN- This new �'. electric Organ, beingplayed above byPrincipal L. Sturgis, has been purchased by sr �S Students' Council out of funds raised the subscription jcampaign and other rejects. It is valued at 400, Organ nittsi4� by� J �> g will be natured iii tote of the ebrlimeileement numbers next week. TA photo' Cars smash poieS, trees Trees and hydro poses 11,0041 a beating tihis week as cars coo tinned to skid off icy payment* Sunday at 4;30 'a.m. Donald A. Nelson, 18, RCAF Clinton, but ,# hydro pole beside No, •4 wheat his car careened into the ditch two miles north of Exeter. N son suffered .a severe cut neat• his left eye and his car wags. damaged to the extent of $390, Two hours before, another cat driven by Marvin Allan Million, 19, Goderich, hit a tree :beside No, 84. Damage was $400. -.- Three hours earlier still, an. other car struck two poles be. side No, 4 at almost the sa'nie spot where the Nelson net crashed. Maynard G. Hymers, 16, Clinton, lost control as lie was driving north and hit the west ditch. Injured was Barbara Layton, 16, RR 3 Seaforth, who suffered several abrasions. William Harold Walper, . 39, Detroit, hit a tree along the second concession of Usborn' two miles north of No. 83, S. urday. Damage amounted _t $130 Monday vehicles driven by R chard E. Knight, 22, RCAF Cetsr tralia, and Donald Hooper, 33&� Exeter, collided at the •cornet of Main and Gilley streets. The Hooper delivery van wall making a left hand turn on* Main when it was struck by the southbound. Knight .car, Da:mags totalled $200, Big jackpots - • comingup Two big cash prizes in Ex ter's Christmas jackpot are coming up. The $200 award will be draw; for this Saturday night and the big $500 prize will be givers. away Christmas eve, Winners to date have been: Mrs. Helen Rivers, Exeter, $1504 Shelley Illingworth, RCAF Ceti. tralia, $100, and Mrs. John Bate ten, RR 3 Exeter, $50. Exeter stores will be open Fri. day as well a's' Saturday night this week. For last minute shop. pers doors will be open until ! p.m. every evening next week until. Christmas. Santa, floats will parade Several floats will be added this year to the annual Santa Claus parade in Exeter wide* will be held this Saturday. Exeter Kinsmen Club officials, who are in charge of the pro. gram, have indicated that $ number of businessmen will dee. orate vehicles for the proems. sion. Two parades, one at 12.45 and the other at 2.45, will take child, ren from Snell Bros. Ltd. parley ing lot to the Lyric Theatre where free movies will be pro. vided. Both town and district children are invited. Safe drivers willY a less P Exeter and district insurance agents this week welcomed the announcement of lower rates for accident -free drivers, begin. ning in 1960. ` "It's good news," said ont agent. "The careful driver de• serves special consideration." Benefits already in effect foto safe drivers will be extended and rates on smaller cars will be reduced because of the lower cost of repairs. Drivers with a five-year oaf: dent -free record will pay a little more than half of the basic rate, according to the new terms, an. nounced by All -Canada Insuti. ance Federation, The five-year safety discount will be 48 per cent off standard rates provided the insured car averages less than 10,000 miles annually,, is not used for busi• ness or is not driven by anyone under the age of 25, If the co is used to drive to work. there will be a 45 per cent discount provided the driver is 25 years of age or over. I Other accident -free discount!, are 10 per cent for the first year, 20 per cent for the second year and 35 per cent for the third successive year without an accident. E Using $100 as an example o a driver's basic annual rate, the .1960 rates would work out thin' way: After one year without col• lision the driver's insurance would cost 890; after two years, $80; after three ,years $5, and after five accident -free years his insurance would cost $52 if the car averaged less than 10,009 miles annually, or $55 if the car ' were used to drive to Work, 1 The federation said I ow e'# rates on ears that prove to be less costly to repair' Will he pint into effect as soon as Possible. It indicated this, would applli' mostly to the smaller models. The federation said, however; that the new rates would be based on past repair costs of the ear and not on expected OPeritsHomo F �.