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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-12-31, Page 2Page 2 The Times -Advocate, December a1, 1959 „WINS $500 CHRISTMAS JACKPOT—Big winner in Exeter merchants' Christmas jack- -pot this year was Mrs. Ken Wildfong, Carling St., who was presented with a $500 check by Mayor Ted Pooley, above. Assisting is Murray Greene, president of the .businessmen's association, Mrs, Wildfong is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Percy Web - iter, Hensall. —T -A Photo Fete couple Liquor vote, crime, progressRuns for warder's seat 'among highlights of 1959 What was the particular high, light of 1959 in this district? You can take your choice of quite a number, considering year point of view end your residence, You ;night pick the repeal of the controversial Canada, Tem- perance Act, the opening of the provincial park in the Pinery, the reopening of the canning factory, the provincial election. Or you select crime—the teen- age sex slaying near Clinton, the hit -run car killing of a Goderich youth on Highway 21, the arson attempts which sent a young father to jail. If you're a farmer, you may choose the introduction of de- ficiency payments, the rabies epidemic, the winning of the Hereford bull championship at the Royal by Whitney Coates, the selection of Middlesex's Doreen Garrett as Ontario Fede- ration of Agriculture princess, If you live in Exeter, your choice might be the building ACCLAIM STEPHEN COUNCIL—Not a single name was placed in opposition to Ste- phen township council at its recent nomination meeting. Reeve Glenn Webb, seated centre, was named to his second term. Beside him are, left, Deputy -Reeve Edward Gill and, right, Clerk James Mawhinney. Standing are councillors James Hayter, Ed- mond Hendrick and Stephen Dundas. —T -A Photo States loss heavy \'Vin prizes Continued from page 1 poles were down in the Kirkton Area. Roundell judged this week's storm to be• as extensive as the big one four years ago. Hope to restore Hay nines soon Eighteen poles were broken and at least 25 circuits put out of order in the Hay municipal telephone system, Foreman Har- old Zehr reported Tuesday. The foreman said he expect- ed temporary repairs could be completed in time to restore service to all subscribers before the new year, providing no fur- ther damage is done,. He estimated it would take his crews another week to make permanent repairs to the system. "Our damage wasn't too bad considering, the amount of sleet on the lines. We had a number of breaks in the wire. Some, areas were hit fairly heavy but Grand Bend wasn't hurt at all." Zehr said the damage from Monday's storm wasn't nearly as extensive as that from the storm four years ago when it took the crews two weeks to restore ser- vice to all subscribers. "It was several months before we com- pleted permanent repairs that! year," he recalled. The system has three crews working on the damage, includ- ing some extra help. Buried Bell line suffers no injury Underground long distance cable installed this year was a "lifesaver" for the Bell tele- phone system in this district, said regional manager W. W, Haysom, Goderich. "Telephone service was main, tained throughout the storm;. We had very little trouble," he stated. "There was the odd bit of dif- ll.culty here arld there but, on at Hensall Over 20 shoppers at Hensel] stores won prizes in the Christ- mas draws for merchandise. Nine of the winners were from other centres including Exeter, Cromarty, Zurich, Staffa, Kip - pen, Varna and Chiselhurst. A mother and her son were both lucky winners in one draw. They were Mrs. Bob McGregor, Kippen, and her son, Grant, of Hensall. The list of stores, prizes, win. ners (and persons who drew the tickets) follows: Al's Super Save—Deep freeze, Mrs. Bob Baker, Jr., Hensall, (P. L. McNaughton). Wilson's Drug Store — Movie outfit, Mrs. Keith Love, RR 1 Zurich; camera outfit, Dargan Burns, I•Iensall; gadget bee, Mrs. Charles Eckel, Hensall, (Wilfred Mousseau). J, Bonthron and Son—Rocker, Miss Audrey Duizer, Hensall: radio, Gerald Prout, Exeter; TV tables, Percy Johnston, Varna, (Cecil Vanhorne, Lucan). Crest Hardware—Food mixer, Alphonse Jeffrey, Zurich, •(A. Woodiwiss, Chatham). T. C. Joynt and Son—Made-to- measure suit, Jerry McClinchey, Hensall: ladies' luggage, Mar- jorie Glanville, Staffa, (Mr. and Wilmer Ferguson). Goodwin's—Blankets, Mrs. A. Clarke, Hensall; Mrs. Robert McGregor, Kippen: club bags, Kenneth Reichert, RR 2 Hensall; Grant McGregor, Hensall, Trwin's—Blankets, John Chan- nel, Cromarty; sweater set, Mrs. Nenoleon Bedard, Zurich. Christie's=Gift certificate, Bill Riley, Chiselhurst, the whole, our plant withstood the storm very well." Mr. Haysome felt considerable disru'tion would have resulted had the company's trunk lines still been en poles. However, the underground cable from London to Gederich was completed ear - Tier this year. HAPPY Wuerfh's Sh:oes. :P drill; 252' Geld gond 5liwrtlpi% Fiero Toll of highways — Continued from page 1 Exeter, plunged into the ditch on No. 4 highway about four miles south of Exeter. Hunter- Duver was attempting to over- take a northbound car when it signalled for a left hand turn. When he .applied his brakes, one of the rear wheels seized. Monday afternoon, on the Crediton road," Mrs. Annette Cavan, •34, Grand Bend, skidded out of control and -her car went through a fence into a field own- ed by Gordon Ratz. 'Damage ryas about $100. Police Chief C, H. MacKenzie! described the holiday as "very very quiet" in Exeter. "Local drivers should be complimented on their excellent record this year," he said. ATTENDS OHIO SESSION ... Walter Creery Walter Creery UWO delegate 9 Walter Creery, son of Mr. and ; Mrs. Theron Creery, RR 1 Woodham, is one of six dole -1 gates from the University • of Western Ontario attending the 18th ecumeneial eonfereice of the Christian Mission in Ohio this week, The conference, at which 3,000 are enrolled, brings together representatives of university stu- dent Christian movements and student Christian federations ]n N'or'th Arr'lerica to discuss prob- lems facing both the ehdreh and college students. tiseussions are ,being held on problems of racial tension, idea logical conflict ,and the nature of the Christian church in an expanding teChrtelogical .society, Monibers of all' creeds and faiths ere taking part in the Confereht:e, Mr. Creery le i+ ?mirth year honors philosophy student and 11 graduate bf $HD114. at Goshen On Wednesday, December 16, a social evening was spent in the basement of. Goshen United Church when friends and neigh- bours of Mr. and Mrs. Will Clarke gathered to honour them with a farewell party, They have taken up residence in Bruce - field. During the evening, William McAsh showed some coloured slides of Florida and Algonquin Park. Mr. and Mrs, Clarke were called to the front and Mrs. Allan Armstrong read a fitting address after which Mr. Orval McClinchey presented them with a large wall mirror and Roy Mc- Bride presented them with • a turquoise occasional chair on behalf of their friends and neighbours, Mrs. Clarke, a valued mem- her of the Woman's Missionary Society, was presented with- a vase by Mrs. Elmer Hayter, MIS president, following an ad- dress by Mrs. Elgin McKinley. Mr. and Mrs. CIarke respond- ed graciously and invited every- one to their new home. Mission Band present program A Christmas program, sponsor- ed by the Goshen Mission Band, wa,s held in the Sunday Schdol on Sunday evening, December 21. Donna Peck conducted the worship service assisted by Judy McBride,. Mary Margaret Arm- strong, Dianne Peck, Fred Eckel, Larry McKinley, John McKinley and Bob McBride. Recitations were given by Fred Armstrong and Irwin, Keys. Mary Margaret Armstrong read the minutes in the absence of Jacqueline Peck due to illness. Thirty-two children an•swerc 1. the roll call, Larry McKinley, the treasurer, gave a report, stating. the Mission Band had raised over sixty dollars this year:. Bob. McBride and Wayne Pack took up the offering. "Away In A Manger" was sung by the tiniest members,. Tommy Robinson, Brian Peck, Sharon Keys, Ann. Hayter and Cheryl Peck, , accompanied by Dianne Peck. Bob McBride sang a solo aceompanied by his mother, Mrs. C. McBride. A play, "They Come Bringing Gifts" was presented with Brian and Cheryl Peck as Joseph and Mary at the manger. The shep- herds were Larry and Terry Mc- Bride and the wise menwere Ronnie McBride, Irvin Keys and Larry Peck; nurse, Cathy Mc- Kinley; scientist, Raymond Eckel; farmer, . Bob Hayter; bricklayer, Wayne Peck; singer, Gerald i•layter; rich man, Greg Armstrong; aunt Mary, Donna Peck; narrator, Mrs, C. Mc- Bride; organist, Mrs. Bruce Keys. At the close of the meeting, Rev. T. .1. Pitt showed some coloured nativity slides and also pictures of local children taken at Vacation Bible School held at Varna in July. Personal items Mr. and Mrs. James Dinsmore, Ron and Bob, Windsor were weekend visitors with Mr, and Mrs. Tom Dinsmore. Mr. Tom Robinson,, Egmond- vilIe, Mrs. Margaret Erratt, To- ronto, and Mrs. Bob Robinson, Hensel], spent Christmas Day with Mr, and Mrs. Richard Rob- inson, Mr. and Mrs. Ray )McBride held Christmas with the family all at home. Mrs. Margaret Erhart is spend- ing a few days with Mr, and Mrs. George Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. Clare McBride spent Christmas at Hensall with Mr. and Mrs. Orval Rapson. With Mr, and Mrs. John Rob- inson on Saturday were Mr. and Mrs,Elmer I-layter, Mr. and Mrs, Will Rohl:nsen and families, Mr. and 1VIrs, Richard Robinson and Mrs. Margaret Erratt. With Mr, and Mrs. Melvin El- liott were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pfaff and family, St. Marys, Mr, and Mrs. Lee Hoffman, Miss Tane Lamont, Mrs.. Jean Mc- Kinley, Mr.• and Mrs Hilton Laing and Danny, Exeter.. With Mr, and Mrs. Elgin Me- kinley en Christmas eve were Mr. and Mrs. Anson McKinley, Mr. end Mrs Bob McKinley, Mr. and Mrs. Berne McKinley and Mr. and Mrs, Kenneth Fan. son and families, and Mrs, Jean McKinley. • • Mrs, Jean Mt:Kinley was e Christmas dinner guest with Mrs. Lydia McKinley at the hos- pital in C1intote Mr. and Mrs. ;heat McBride and faiitily spent Christmas Day with Mt, and Mrs. Karl Decker, Zarith. Rieke Veildriek it spending a few nava with Mr, and Mrs, Bob McKinley, boom and the opening of new subdivisions, t a negotiations with Canadian Canners Ltd. to- ward major expansion of its plant here, the sewage and pot - leder,. problems. In Hensall, you'd recall the firing of village clerk J. A. 'Paterson and the resignation of former reeve Norman Jones, the erection of the new post office, establishment of a new news- paper, the fight to keep No, 84 a provincial highway. Zurich has no difficulty. Its outstanding development t hi s year was incorporation, Lucan voted in a liquor store, moved its dump; Grand Bend had its harbor dredged, con- sidered water supply and sew- age problems; Usborne bought a new grader, Hay had a big election, If you're interested in educa- tion, you might select the open- ing of the district's central pub- lic school in McGillivray town- ship, the construction of the Roman Catholic school at Zur- ich, the success of the SHDHS graduating class. There were accomplishments in 1959, many of them, in this district but there were import- ant - developments too which could overshadow the actual achievements. • Exeter council requested plans for a sewerage system and over- haul of its drainage network, received reports on a $60,000 drain to open up residential con- struction on the east side of town, took preliminary steps to- ward municipal planning. A big American corporation purchased control of General Coach, Hensall; in. a move which may develop into production in- creases. A large retail merchan- dising company optioned three acres of land at the north end of Exeter as part of a district expansion program. The "1•laymunicipal telephone system began work on a new dial system for Grand Bend. SHDHS and • Exeter Public School boards launched plans to build $160,000 and $60,000 exten- sions respectively. South Huron Hospital considered construction of anew wing. . If you're interested in the weather, you'll remember a cold winter and a hotsummer, both of which set records. A tornado damaged the Hurondale Dairy plant in Hensall and, later, an- other storm damaged barns. in Stephen :townships. Ninepersons were killed in district accidents •in 1959, three less than last year. Four of the victims were servicemen and two of them were children rid- ing bicycles. RCAF Station Centralia cele- brated the golden anniversary of powered flight in. Canada and the thirty-fifth birthday of the air force with a sensational open house program in :September,. Churches continued to keep pace with the progressive com- inunities they serve. A number undertook large renovation pro- jects and discharged financial obligations, Several communities, includ- ing Exeter, Grand Bend and Hensall, installed rew street lighting, The fepartment of Highways removed some landmarks in the area to improve visibility at in- tersections. These included the hotel at Sarepta and the Kyle general store at Kippen. District Scout organizations enjoyed one of their most active and rewarding years, reflected in the number of awards pre- sented to members. The SHDI-IS graduating. class set a record for the value of scholarships it won. Top entertainment features in- cluded the SHDHS commence- ment show, the public school operetta, skating club carnivals and the Joyce Hahn day at Grand Bend. Editorial views Scott's challenge Novel description of James Scott, new federal Liberal or- ganizer, was provided in a re- cent edition of the Montreal Financial Post: • The Liberals' answer to super huckster Allister Grosart is James Scott, author, antiquar- ian, newspaperman and ex -Grit candidate. Note, it is no longer Diefen- baker versus Pearson. Fellow citizens, we are in an age where political fights are settled by two. guys in "sincere" ties, squaring off to fight each other in a battle of pat phrases, against an obligate of ringing door bells. 6, A 4, Never mind the issue, the plat- form, the integrity of the lead- ers. What does Grosart say? What does Scott proclaim? With more or less open eyes and a raised eyebrow, we greet the Challenger, Grit Huckster Scott. Born in Seaforth, Ontario, • at Mile 113.4 on the Toronto-Gode- rich line of the CPR, a brain, after getting his B.A. at Toron- to, he secured a master's hood, then picked off a Harvard A.M. IIe was successively at the University of Toronto, and at University of Western Ontario, before he became book editor of the Toronto Telegram. • `Teens enjoy• Then he was in charge of Lions dance talks and public affairs the CBC. Meanwhile heehas become the historian of Huron Codnty, and a book is being written on Huron County. (Huron, once Grit, is main Tory these days.) He ran as a Liberal candidate in Huron, and got beaten. ' He has been provincial organ- izer for the Liberals, in Ontario but, on the first of January, 1960, he moves to Ottawa, he dons Liberal armor, and. Sir Grosart takes on the redoubt- able foe. About 100 Exeter and district teenagers attended the dance sponsored for them by Exeter Lions Club Tuesday night in the Legion Hall. Ten spot dance prizes were awarded to Jeannette Wedge and Steve Benning, Ted Sanders and Sharon Hugill, Zurich; Anne Hockey and Gaii -Waldron, Barb Hodgson and Doug. Busche and Ross Rowe. The youths 'danced from nine until 12.30. Refreshments were . provided. In charge of the evening were Sandra Snider, Martha Cochrane and Barb McDonald. Lion chaperones included Mr. and Mrs. Larry Snider, Mr. and Mrs. Tom MacMillan, Mr. and Mrs. Bill McKenzie and Mr. and. Mrs. Russ Snell. About 75 ratepayers attended the nomination meeting. News Of Your • LIBRARY° By MRS. JMS Are you planning on taking up a hobby this winter? A book Ln loan from Huron County Library tolls about the restoring and decorating of old chairs or fin- ishing new ones in antique style. How to Restore and Decorate Chairi Whether you intend to do the actual work or not the book is interesting in that it describes different types of chairs and there is also a chapter on "un- classifiedtypes of chairs" chairs that one might find ,in the attic but are not old enough to fall into the group of named antiques. Besides the step-by-step direc- tions for restoring and finishing the 'chairs there are 16 detailed patterns, 35 photographs and 60 separate sketches giving all the essentialinformation needed, ' The art of gold or bronze sten- cilling and painting as well as instructions for 12 background finishes such as imitatidn rose - Wood, Walnut, mahogany, are given, ' It reads like an interesting hobby to refinish a ,half dozen mismatched chairs or restore the worn gilt decorr,tion on an olcl chair found in' the attic The Rise of Scotland Yard The' melt -rode of law enforce- ment used by Scotland Yard have Tong been the model Tor police forces efotmd the 'world and its, history is interesting and color- ful as told by Dostglas Browne in his book "The Rise of Scot land Yard." ' Affected in some degree 'by every change of government and constantly improvising CO meet Changing Conditions Scotland ;Ward still maintains the ttadi- tions et public tervice imtiressetl upon• it'126 .years ego by Rob - ere Peel. Resolve, In 'teed •mate books from; your library in Me. Name plays at Stratford "Romeo and Juliet", "King John" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" are the three plays which will be presented at the Stratford Shakespearean Fes- tival during the summer of 1960. As has been announced pre- viously, Julie Harris, noted U.S. actress, is to play Juliet. Her Romeo, it was made known to- day, will be Bruno Gerussi, young Canadian actor from Van- couver who has appeared in. several previous Festival pro- ductions and who is currently on tour of the U.S. and Canada in ",Mary Michael Stuart",angham, artistic director of the Stratford Shake- spearean Festival, will stage "Romeo and Juliet", with cos- tumes by Tanya Moisewitsch. Tyrone Guthrie will direct "King John" with a cast yet to be chosen. Miss Moiseiiwitscb will provide the decor for this production, too. The third play, "A Midsum- mer Night's Dream", will be directed by Douglas Camebell and designed by Brian Jackson. WINS FREE SUIT Harry rrayne, cone. 2, Us - borne, wno the free made -to- measure suit given away by Gould and Jory in a Christmas draw. Thank You We appreciate the 'generous patronage given us in the past and solicit the eppoe, tunity to serve you again in 1960. We pkomise the same CoUrteoUS service, MAY 19611 RE' WHIR HAPPIEST AND MOST PROSPEROUS YEAR MURRAY SCOTT' Supertest Farm Agent Phone 478 Exeter° after Biddc, I e made-t Austin Hodgins entered the The department of higliv,ays race for the wardenship of Mid- has indicated it is studying the 1 dieser county this week after px�oposa Reeve iiodgtns did not foi'e- being elected to his ,sixth terns see any ;major expense during as reeve of Biddulph township, ,the eonirng year. An extensiye A memof the Biddulph replacement program has been council sinceber 1948, Itir. Ilodgins ch sed tea and ne �vthe graderssseveral received an :acclamation Mon- y.eai's ago. day. Neither he nor his .council Council ;numbers who were re- nieiubers were opposed. turned include Harold Wallis, Reeve Hodgins will oppose a who will start his. twelfth term; number of aspirants for the Joe Haslcett and Lorne Barker, both of whom have served two years, and .lames hyla, who .has completed his first year, John .Gillies, London township. Despite his late entry, some ob- servers give the Biddulph gffi- cial a good chance to take the honor, Lower tax rate? Looking ahead to 1960, Reeve Hodgins said there wasa possi- bility the township tax rate may be lowered next year since there are no major projects pressing the municipality. Snowplowing costs may also be down since expenses so far this winter are a mill 'less than last year, Although be doubted if action would be necessary for several. years, the Biddulph reeve said the township will soon have to consider new school facilities, since many of the existing build- ings are old, No area has been formed in the township, and each school section is administered separate- ly. Establishment of an area would be necessary before cen- tral school could be considered, I•Iighlights of council work in 1959 included moving of the mu- nicipal dump from beside No, 4 highway to a new site about one mile south. Operated jointly with WINS SIXTH TERM . Austin Hodgins Lucan, the supervised dump is — open three days a week. The township also shared with Lucan and McGillivray township the purchase of a new $18,000 fire engine whcih will serve about two-thirds of Biddulph, Seek development road Council has requested the pro- vincial government to take over a stretch of road between Wha- len and Granton as a develop- ment road under which it would be paved at provincial expense. This action was taken after the township was requested by rate- payers to improve the route, etroit canines found in district Two black and t tan hunting dogs, with Detroit tags, have been turned over to the local OPP detachment. The dogs, apparently lost, were in the St. Joseph's area for about a .week. They have been lodged in the' pound of Dr. R. F. Roelofsod here. Three out of five Canadians now have natural gas services • • Qur wish New May the coming year bring a host of good things your way and may the season's joy brighten all your days. George Vriese "Your Imperial Oil Agent" PHONE 110 EXETER SALE You ' are cordially invit- ed to attend a 'Last Lengths' Sale of import- ed suitings custom tailor, ed to your . order at a very substantial discount; Ever suit sold in this sale is hand -tailored and finely detailed to the Warren K. Cook high standard of quality. Choose from this wide range of luxurious fah, ries now PHONE 18 OXEtER