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EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 30, 1961
GROWERS, PROCESSORS. ENJOY GET,TOGETHER
Described as one of the best examples of grower -
processor co-operation is the annual can crop dinner!
attended by area growers and officials of Canadian,
Prico Por Copy 10
IDDULPH BACKS
REA- PS BOARD
f School trustees in Biddulph township voted
rea, en action .
h , amanirnotisly Monday night to form an area board,
1 with the intention of constructing a central school.
., Twenty-one trustees from the seven public
school sections approved establishment of the board
it) Hensal road at a special meeting with the township council,
. Also in favor were three trusts from the section
I 1 which is united with Whalen -'school in Usborne
Henselj c o u n c i I has been' vane Exeter township.
threatened with courtaction ' The
eeve also revealed that
unless it rescinds the bylaw a previous council may have
closing a portion of York St., given a verbal promise to the
Reeve John Henderson reveal- two }Jensen firms that the por-
ed this 'week, ' lion of the York St. in question
The reeve said he has re- would be opened to allow ac
-
ceived a letter from a legate' cess to No. 4 highway.
firm representing W. (1, ThomP-: The portion in question is
from the west side of No 4
son and Sons Ltd. and expects;
m ensa highway to Albert St ., one
another from le II District
Co-op, both ot whom obiect.ed
block west, It has never been
to council before the 'view constructed as a road but the
was passed, allowance has always been j
The letter on behalf of , provided for on the official
Thompson's objected to the
Canners Ltd. It was announced at this year's fete, Fri -i
day night, that the local plant will have the most modern:
pea -processing line in Canada when present improve-
ments are completed. —Jack Doerr
op pea-pocessing lineT• •
Reeve Harold Wallis told
The Times -Advocate he was
Pleased with the co-operation
and interest shown at the meet-
ing. There was no bickering
or evidence of ill-feel:vier, he
stated.
"It was a very nice meet-
ing," the reeve reported, "A
number of questions were dis-
t cussed in a friendly way but
there was no serious eontro-
' versy,"
Following the special Meet-
ing: council authorized prepa-
ration of a bylaw for the es-
tablishment of a five -man
township board to take office
January 1, 1962, The board will
handle administration of all
the sections.
Sections favor area
Monday night's vote reflected
the opinion of ratepayers ex-
pressed at section meetings
held throughoui the township
during the past month.
In every section, the forma-
tion of an area board was ap-
proved, sometimes by near -
unanimous decisions. However,
in one section, a tie vote devel-
oped with the chairman cast-
ing the deciding ballot in fa,
vor,
manner in which the bylaw
was passed and charged that cl
Inap.
osing of the road was; •
the council had
disregarded quested by Councillor Ldine'
the complaints.
Hay and Harold Bonthron. de-,
Reeve Hendersosaid the velopers of a 27 -lot subdivision:
n in the area, Councillor Hay re-
Jetter had been referred. to the efraineci from voting when coun-
cil solicitor, W. G. Coeh- i di passed the bylaw at a
1
;special ineeting, March 13.
under construction here Drop charge
Canadian Canners' Exeter which we'll all be proud," Mr. 1
!plant will have the most mod- Creech told a crowd of 250 gro-'
$eek licence gnnaj,:c;eaa-wpiiloecaesesiunrgreafcinliitpiersevien. wwe and their
district swuipveeise;isor gave!
a . ments are completed, District the town a pat on the back for
at CentraiiaSupervisor Ray Creech an- its co-operation. "We have re-
nounced at the second annual ceived the best co-operation
. .
. .
Application is being made by
liargaret and Jame e Cook,
owners of the nufferin House,
Centralia, for liquor licences,
it was revealed this week.
The owners seek permission
to operate a dining lounge and
a beverage room for ladies and
their eseorts.
The Application, beieg filed
through W. G. Cochrane Ex-
eter lawyer, will be heard by
the board at its May sitting in I;
Kitchener.
can crop banquet F r i a -a y and the best service from Exe-
night. ter of any place in which, our
Extensive rebuilding of the plants are located," he said,
pea line has been under why „exPreeeing appreciation to
for several Months and is ex- r...ayor R. E. Sooley.
peeled to be completed 'before There were other pats on
the '61 pack begins around the the back, too. Jack Howard,
first of July. secretary of the Ootario Vege-
Thi.s isthe second year the table Growers' M a:1.k e t i n g
company has undertaken ma- Board, lauded the co-operation
jor improvements to the local between area growers and the
plant. local plant, as exemplified by
"We expect to have the most the banqutt, th,e only one'eof
up-to-date pee. p .r o c es s i n g its kind its the Ontario indus-
plant in the countev — one of try "This area has a better
relationship between' growers
•
Crediton bootlegger
receives $150 fine
Carl Lippert, Crediton, 27-
year-old father of four young
children, was fined $150 and
costs of $41.40 Tuesday after
being convicted of keeping le
quor for sale.
Because he i s unemployed
And his wife was expecting a
fifth child in a month, Magis-
trate Glenn Hays, QC, gave
Lippert three months to paY
the fine, which is the lowest
:H
the uron county cadi has im-
• posed' for bootlegging since
LCA came into force.
The magistrate acceded to
the accused's request for len-
iency because of his family
but, he said: "You have not
been very lenient, to the wives
and children of other men who
have come to you for liquor.
Cacil acquits
army driver
Charges' of careless driving
and making an. improper left
hAnd turn against Pte David
R. Matthews, 19, Camp ipper-
wash, were dismissed be 'Meg-
istrete Glenn Hays, QC, Tues-
day.
The actions remitted from an
.accident January 31 during
the army's "Operation Snow-
foot"in this area,
Matthews was driving a
troop carrier which was struck
by a car driven by Allen Hem-
ingway, Grand Bend, as the
t p
s b
t T
0
. A
c
e w
h
artily truck was masking a lef
turn off highway 83 at Sarepta
COL Ralph Ertnnon, who wa
in the Cab with Matthew § a
Ibe dem stated that, the Creek
had partially made RA turn be
fore he saw die lights of th
onterning tee,
"E told him (111AttheWel
weren't going Umake it be
eattee, the other car Wes coin
ing too fast".
He said there Was no traffic
visible as the truck Approached
the corner and that Matthews
was only going about' three
miles per hour ae he negotiated
the turn in the Six-ton tritek.
The only other witness tailed
was OPP Constable Don VVeete
over Who MeSented meesuece
menta ef the locAtien Of the
Uteti vehicles When he Aitived
Me the sone. He also. pre:tent*
ed several pictures of the teed
Neither �f the two
was Oiled te, testify. Hein-
ingveeee Weit knocked nn
eoneeletigy aft eftrit remember
what liAppailed, inetnediately
MO CO the trAele
1VIA eVeS s tepreedited
leV 'r -r 1..(14r
Leiter, ,AriellradleyF hat -
:04W i4 • re'Sk:t4WPAPROP.P.:..:..tiMMAX1
When men buy liquor from
such a source it generally
brings a lot of unhappiness
and tragedy. I suggest that. you
should look in the mirror and
ask yourself if you've been
considerate of the people who
have come to you."
PC's D. M. Westover and H.
C. Reid testified that during a
raid on March 5 they seized
eight cases of- beer, a small
quantity of whisky, five gal -
Ion jugs and one five-gallo
keg of hoene-made wine, foun
and canner e than, any other,"
he stated.
Best pea yield anywhere
Plant Manager Don Graben
reported the 1960 pea crop in
this area recorded "the best
yield of any place in the coun.
try and we had top qualityl
along with it.'.'
•
Murray Greene
over fatality zone chairman
The 1960 pack. which .
stretched from July 1 to Awl -
Charge of criminal negli-
ptistni,9?s ‘hvaisstoirhy, he revealed,
in the gence against Beverley W.
la
revealed, ' Morley, 22, Ailsa Craig, was
He warned, however, that t dismissed Tuesday because
the pea yield has been "just: of lack of evidence.
a little too far above average Middlesex Crown Attorney
for the past two years." Grow.; C. C. Savage requested dis-
the yield dropped from its" produce sufficient testimony.
missal because he could not
ers shouldn't be surprised if
y"ePainrsk cloud"iplated in the case, he said.
level one of these
No further action is contem-
This spring, the company The charge developed from
plans to start growing peas as, a crash at Cfandeboye almost
early as pos,sible. 1 one full year ago in which
No decision on acreage •• '
• two area young people were
col'Illpeana.yinototwill of. c- 0Anecrle. aaegte theor , oiknif 1 I eccionn eMcotiroineywith the death
was accused
could not be reveal0e Distekt , James F. Harmer, 19,
SupeWistie •"' 'Creech: -' inclicetede,e,,yele leen
Mitchell. -The other victim
The-cotnpa`ey would not decide), -', The hearitiagunwg;s17PosEtpxOenteerd.
on its acreage entil the pea five, times pending recovery
corn- price negotiations were co-
pleted. of Jean Anderson, 17, Exe-
ter, 'one of the passengers of
Mr. Graham said the corn r, the car who was severely in -
production last year had been '„ jured. She has been in hospi-
below average because of the tal all but three months
drought but the quality had re- since the accident occurred
mained high. In cabbage. also on April 1, 1960.
affected by the dry summer, Also injured in the crash
both yield and quality had were James Glaab, 20, Exe.
—Please turn to page 2 ter, and Morley himself.
Beef producers reject
compulsion program
Murray Greene, Exeter, was
elected chairman of the Huron
County zone of the Mid -West-
ern Ontario Development As-
sociation at a meeting held in
.Stratford, Wednesday.
Vice - chairman is Howard
Aitken. Goderich; secretary,
Mrs, Minnie Noakes, Hensall;
directors are L. C. Winter,
Clinton; Earl Campbell, Hen..
sill; Ross Savauge, Seaforthe
Most of the sections, too,
approved the proposal of a cen-
tral school. However, No. 6
near Lucan, whose students
are now enrolled in the village
school, expressed some opposi-
tion because it would be more
Hospital assets
mihion
Assets of South Huron Hos-
pital Association now total over
half a million dollars, Treas-
urer Charles Smith reported at•
the annual meeting Monday
night.
"The hospital has become ae
valuable enterprise to the town
and the surrounding a r e a,
;bringing as it has nearly $200,-
1000 into the community over the
!nest year," Mr. Smith stated,
• "A very large percentage of
this amount remains in the
2om in unity."'
"This is becoming a sizeable
;organization, thanks to the men
who originally sponsored it and
to the, generosity and support
f Rio nnnnlnin th ."
,rating deficit of $2,744 was de-
clared. However, the board ex -
'peels an adjustment from the
Ontario Hospital Services Com-
mission which will offset this.
n Area beef producers want, no,ried was one Vut by George be lowered to three cents a Mr. Smith reported the work -
d truck nor trade with any com-ISummerville, Middlesex, sug- head was proposed by Donald uij capital position at over
to have an alcohol content o
between 14 and 15%.
The liquor was ordered con
fiscated and the Lippert resi
dence declared a public place
Lippert, who conducted Ili
own defence, argued that tb
crown had not proven that an
`money had been paid fpr th
beer nor any beer actuall
sold. The magistrate pointe
out, however, that under th
LCA evidence of an actua
transaction was not required
"I am convinced that the type
of liquors and assorted varie
ties that were found In you
home is proof that you wee
keeping for sale."'
Four testify
f pulsory marketing program gesting a voluntary contribie Waters, Parkhill, who felt the '$30,000; investment assets, in,
such as hog growers have. tion of five cents a head on all contribution should be kept to the form of marketable bonds!
h' c eai 3 evident cattle marketed through recog- a minimum, earmarked for expansion, at
when Huron, Middlesex and nized outlets. It carried 18-7 Huron .FA President Warren 576,000 and net investment at
Perth delegates met here Mon- but there were a number of Zurbrigg warned the producers $423,397.
; day night to elect district offi- producers who abstained in not "to start too cheap" and ' Expenditures for 1960, includ-
' I of funds urged them to study the differ- ing,depreciation provision of
ent -types of marketing boards $15,141, totalled $190,161. With
the levy
e favor of direct canvass
Most of the producers agreed from members,
e some promotion program was An amendment that
necessary to sell more beef
d but most were stoutly opposed
to any comptilsory scheme of
collecting funds to finance it.
Even though the group en-
dorsed a five -cent per head vol-
s
untary contributing scheme by
✓ an 18.7 margin, some were still
e skeptical.
Warned Robert McCtibbin
former parliamentary assistan
to the federal minister of agri
• ciiitute: "Let's be careful. We
are walking ourselves right in
to a marketing board." He felt
grants should be secured from
the gov't, and the federation or
money could be raised. through
Voluntary membership fees.
The former Liberai gov't of-
ficial, when he learned the fe-
- deration could not provide sub-
stantial support because of its
own lack of funds, suggested
he would take his name off the
assessment list for the federa.
tion levy and donate the amount
to the beef prodticers.
Outlines proposal
Ted Ba terria re Middlesex,
seeeetAty ef the Ontario assei
outlined the voluntary contribie
tion plan, indicating the prov-
incial board "didn't feel any
compulsory plan would be very
*gable," Ile explained that
a generate form Could he at.
tached to the hill of lading by
Which the 'preclecer would auth-
oeize a deduction for the ass'n,
Chairman Andy McTavish
Paisley, explained that legal
technicalities had forced the
board to drop other proposals
for A Voluntary levy, originally
auggested at, 10 cents for steers
five. TOMS for -pMex and eelvee,
In feeent'months, he said, the
promotion had been deferred
because of "the turmoil in hive -
tock mArketitig,"
"'Mere is a great debt of he-
Itancy no the part tr. 00(1116
rs to grant. the aeelii eompui:
ory poWeee because or the fear
1 AY nift41$$ leki to regulation or
i!-Wijhlith maa
any intentleiV
Four men from the Hensall
&rich arca testified that they
had been to Lippert's on March
5 to get a case of beer. How
ever, none of thein knew how
much they had paid and stated
they had not seen Lippert take
the money for the beer.
Maxim Ducharme, B o b
Campbell, Jim Price and Nel.
son Bedard arrived at. the Lip-
ert home during the after-
oon and opened the case of
eer on their way to texetet,
hey were apprehended by
PP .constable George Mitchel]
nd Campbell was charged
illi unlawful possession of al-
ohol.
•
t.
Constable Renr fled told the
Owl, that the Leppert house
ad been tinder "liquor 61)50-
Vatton" during February and
Please turn to page 2
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Feminine Facts „,„.„„ T4, 11
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—Please turn to page 2 revenue at $187.417, an ope-
ampalgnposp0ned
Elgin Rowcliffe, chairman of
the special funds committee,
revealed the campaign for
$35.000 toward the 16 -bed addi-
tion already under construe -
tion, has been postponed until
the new county grant system is
worked out. He revealed some
54,000 had been contributed dur-
ing the limited appeal at the
first of the year.
Property Chairman. Albert
Traquair said, he expected the
new wing would be completed'
about the end of May. The ad-
dition will contain four wards
of four beds each with servic
facilities.
Substantiating the need fo
the addition Sup't Alice Clay
pole revealed that the average
monthly occupancy on the me
icat ind sui „ice!. floor had
been 124,6% of the rated bed
capacity during the past year
e
convenient for their children
to continue at Lucan, rather
than be transported to a cen-
tral school several miles away.
Negotiate union sections
' Clerk Misfit' Hodgins said
negotiations will have to be
made with union school ,sec-
tions before the bylaw can be
passed by council. It will have
to be- determined if sections
linked. with Whalen and Clan-
deboye schools will come into
the Biddulph area or continue
under union agreements,
Before council can give final
Posing to the bylaw, it must.
authorities
Most
by Pr°viaCial
The area board will be elec-
ted at the municipal nomina-
tions in December. On January
1, it will take over assets and
administration of all the pub -
tic school sections in the town-
ship.
Study action
for Usborne
Following the final informi-
don meeting on a central school
at Plugtown Thursday night,
Usborne School Area Board
plans to hold a special meeting
to assess reaction of township
ratepayers, Chairman Harry
nougat] announced Wednesday,
"We haven't made any de-
cision on what; our next step
will be," Mr. Dougall said.
"We plan a complete discus-
sion of the results of the meet-
ing before we take any further
action!'
The board may schedule ad-
ditional information meetings
at other sections if interest
warrants them, he added.
Chairman Dougall said at-
tendance had been good at
both meetings held this past
week at Whalen and Winchel-
sea.
A ballot taken at the Whalen
school, where about 30 were
present, indicated about 70% of
those who voted were. in favor
of the central school.
At Winchelsea, h 0 ere v e r,
where there was a larger turn-
out of about 40, central facili-
ties were approved by a rnar-
gin of only one vote with A
number abstaining,
A question arose at Whalen
over the status of the union
section . which includes part
of Biddulph township. These
ratepayers wilt probably join
the new area board being form-
ed in that townshio.
Information meetings now
have been *held ' at Bissett's,
Hurondale, Whalen a„nd
Win-
cliclsea, The final one in the
present e
Thursday, March 30, at Plug-
, town.
She reported admissions at;
eele 1,402, an rfitrease of 5.6% over s
1959; total births at 340, the d
same as 1959; total, patient'
days, 12,930: patients x-rayed, r
e 2.279; fluroscopic examinations. s
101.
Salaries over $100,000 ; t
There are 57 employees on 8
the payroll, the sup't stated, a
and the salaries for 1960 to -
Jailed $119,212 or 63.4e, of the „P
total expenditure.
The kitchen saff prepared ,t
60,006 meals at a meal cost per,
'day of 60.5 cents. The provime
tial commission allows 90.
cents.
Result of the vote at 'Big-
ett's was 8-2 and at Huron -
ale 14-5 in favor of the school.
At Hurondale, however, the
atepayers requested a town -
hip referendum.
chairman Dougall indicated
he trustees will take into con-
ideration the genera] reaction
s well as the unofficial votes
aken at the meetings. Ha
ointed out that following each
iceting, ratepayers enntinued
iseussions on the question With
rustees and others.
Daily costs included: gaS
.52,12: electritity, $2.72; water,
$1.25; oil, 8.19,
The laundry worked 365 1/2
days during the year.
Per diem rate for the home'.
established by the Onterier
eommiseioe, is $13,95.
Pays tribute) to staff
Elmo' D. tell, hAirman
the administration committee,
revealed its problems had been
ifeW during' the year, thanks to
the esfifeletti,ent work of the stp't
;atfc
Mee. Gerald Godbelt repotted
for the wonien'e auxiliary.
toard Chairman W, G. Cnch-
rane,
''ho presided for the.
Meting, expreed Aperecia-
!Heti to the member, Matt, MIX-
- Mete and other e Who contri.
bitted to the institution's 'Atte.
nssfui year,
Elected In succeed Mr. Ceell-
tithe. WAS 'flay 1\107160k.
Crh-
ton, Viet.ehairriThri,
ItUSS(II; tetestiter, Charles
SmiIhi:secretary, Mies MAX -
Me Reeder.
Only one change was made.
irt the 'election Of directors
Velter -Spencer succeeds Dee*
f1 C6okas the Hensall repro,.
etitatiVe.
'Matted ;Meted Mr. Cotti.
was mado in the 'election
f directors. Walter gOefiter
Pleasettir1 to :Page
HOSPITAL "BIG BUSINESS"---ASSor *South T11111)11 TIOSpitill, 110W tag over 1410
million dollars, it was reperted at the annual mooting., Monday night. The new' s
1.6,bed addition i§ 'expected to be completed by the end or May, vievybig plkon with!,
SCIP1, Alice C poT 1 f10111 latv y Mel oCk, thellOw chairman, Albert Trt.:;
.ttuatto property hain uci si1gitRoweliffey tpeetal turids haititam
PJan Easter
celebrations
Special church services will
he conducted throughout the
reeve during Good Friday and
Easter Sunday and spetael
m lisle Will he presented fet
herald the. Beeler message,
Worshippers Wilt attend Geo('
Friday services throughout the
area and A community service.
will be held h rarnes Street
lenited Church, sponsored by
the Exeter Ministerial Associa-
tion.
A cantAtA, petaled "The Red
Of the DaWil", will he preeent-
ed by the choir at tion Min
;church. tredlion. I1 will conn.
mcnce at 8:00 limn,. Friday,
ehureh will also conduct A.
s nris0 Scr‘Itte at 6:30 A.M..
EaStOr Sunday Rev, R, S.
'Witt will he the speaker and
'breakfast will beserved by
the VOIlth FellOWship.
8peciat 1ttuSi Will he pro.
\Idea elioirs.throughout th
area on taster Stoldoy,
,J61N CONtEitVATO1tY
Mr. bwaytte Tinhosr 1ttt
'tented; it Peeitleti with the Volt.
;don toriSerVittOry "Of