The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-08-17, Page 1score 84% •
Akin .k.4pper school tests
Over .1111.0 -half � ths Year'e,
Grade .16 StiDliS .Stkiderite, eue-
geeeftelly passed. .4 ,sethjeets„
was .annetweed thisweek by
Pinwa'1 i- L. Sturgis.
Of the 46 etedents who tried
the ..lrecter school exemieetione,
26 were successful in all of
them while the overall passing
evera.ge for the class was 84%.
This IS 10Wer than lest year's
everege wilieh, was over 0.0%
nd wes, the highest in recent
yeArs,
Tele student was Mary ,CreCeS,
of RR. 1 DashWeed. who
wan:piled an average mark el
77.6! .tin eight papers, The
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, RicL"
.Ard...Creces,: it was. the first
time in her five years at
.SHT1116 thatshe has :led the
c'ess,
R0.000rd4P was David Noakes,
elensall, with an average
of 75,8 in eight papers, A for-
mer award .winner n grades
10 and 11, he is the -son of Mr.
.and !Mee, Leonard, Noakes.
Third place went .to Ralph
Plan drive
for tourists
War-Oka:11, Weedhain, son of
Rev. and Mrs, John Wareham,
who ..averaged 70 eight pa-
pers,.
Miss Creces automatically
wins the student. couneil .schol-
Arship of $100 and David
Noakes wilt receive 'the paper
staff award of .eqeel, value.-
, Students passed all examina-
lions in one subject, .algebra,
taught by Lyle Little, liowever,
over 90% passed. Ie. six other
subjects,
Miss .Creces plans to enter
London. Teacher's College in.
the fall where ;she will study
to become a public school
teactier„
Ralph Werehem. plans to en-
roll in a general science course
At the Tiniverstiy of Western
Qatario this fall where he will
pursue An engineering voca.-
The 'highest student in each.
subject was
was:
' English literatere. Ilze Gu.
lense. 85,
English .composition — Mar-
tha 10ochrane, 86.
History — 0 p n n a Bridges,
81, •
Algebra Robert Skinner,
90,
Geometry Mina liodginS,
85.
Trigonometry Robert:_
Skin
ner, -
88
Physics — David Noakes, 89,
Chemistry David Noakes,
86,
Botany ee- Jean Henderson.
80, -
Zoology — Eunice Thiel, 81.
Latin authors Cornelia
Verkerk, 83.
Latin composition. — Cornelia
Verkerk 84,
French e u th o r s •— Mary
Creces, 83,
French composition — Don-
na Bridge's, 75,
Complete results appear on
page 8.
Ory Wassmann, president of
4"e Grand Bend and Area
,amber of Comnierce, told his
roup Monday that over 60 dif-
ferent groups had made known
their intention of joining the
new Mid - Western. Regional
Tourist Council,
He also said it was "practi-
cally assured" that. the new
group would be eligible for a
55,000 grant from the govern-
ment for advertising the area
-Inch takes in groups in Hu-
nt:, Perth, Waterloo and Wel-
The grant will be given to
the new group in the fall if
they can prove that the total;
the members spent on tourist
promotion reaches an idente
cal $5,000.
"We only had 11 municipali-
ties present at our organize -
tonal meeting in Milverton" he
pointed out, "but it was felt
that even that number had
mein. $5,000 between them for
towest promotion.
The new organization is open
to any civic group in the four
cewities, but individual enter-
prises cannot join.
Aithough it is still not known
what the cost will be entailed
fir Grand Bend, Wassmann
said, "I don't believe. it will
be an expensive organization."
"With 60 communities shar-
ing a cost of $5,000, it shouldn't:
cost anyone too much," he said.
General benefit •
None Of the government grant
will be returned to any group
for their own disposal, but
must be spent through the or-
anieation as a whole.
This will mean that bro-
chures, •maps, ifighWay signs,
newspaper advertising, etc.,
will expound on the whole area
in general and point out, the va-
rious attractions in the four
counties.
Members present were very
enthusiastic over the idea of
the group, noting that with the
world-famous Stratford Shake-
spearean Festival advertised,
Grand Bend would receive
many benefits from b e i n g
joined with it . in the new
group.
Wass/num also pointed out
that Grand Bend could pos-
sibly join a similar group if
it is formed in London and also
in Sarnia, because Grand Bend
is in the tip of all three sec -
Lens, •
"If •these other two groups
are formed," he said, "we
can get advertising benefit
from this whole section of
Western. Ontario.
Delinquent camp
'real challenge'
A "real challenge" was the
way Stanley Sauder, of the
Thames Road Mennonite Mis-
sion, described his•recent sum-
mer duty as a counsellor at a
camp for delinquent boys from
the city of Toronto.
Mr. Sauder •spent a week at
pe, i• camp for 10- to 13 -year-old
.ys, operated by the Mennon-
church Al the request of the
city welfare board as an ex-
periment in the rehabilitation
of frequent offenders. The camp
was held north of Bancroft,
"It was not an easy job," the
counsellor said, pointing out
that the boys all came from
broken homes and had been in
difficulty so often that punish-
ment no longer had any effect
on them.
Counsellors were responsible
for four boys each and their
objective was to provide them
with a completely different en.
vironment in which they would
receive individual attention and.
consideration. The program in-
cluded sports and crafts of
various kinds, in addition to
direct spiritual approaches.
"Even t h o i gh we were
warned not to expect any inn -
prevenient in these boys during
the short period we were with
them, T feel that more has been
Alcomplisbecl t 11 a II perhaps
shows on the Surface,"
This te the second year of
the ceperiment, Last year, au-
thorities reported that one boy,
who had had 10 charges against
him in five months, has had a
(dean ecord since returning
from the camp, This was an
ereeption, hoWever,
Gerry Vandcrworp, t o w n,
also serVed as a counsellor at
the same camp,
WINS CONTEST PRIZE
Mrs. Merman Norry, tOWA:
oni a cash Mite a $27,42 in
he Millioneitet Holiday Con•
et sponsored by the Stat
eeldy, Over 60,000 competed
Canada end the US.
Drive -In services
remain popular
Splendid crowds continue to
attend the Starlite Drive -1n
gospel services five miles east
of Grand Bend.
Sunday evening last guest
speaker was Mr. Herb GiLroy,
personnel director of the Auto
Lite Co., Port Huron. Rev, T.
Wattani, travelling evangelist,
ated former pastor of the
Church of God, Grand Bend,
for a number of years assisted
with the service. Music was
provided by Langolf Men's!
Quartette, of Port Huron,
This Sunday, August 20,
guest speaker will be Rev, A.
J. Haughey, of Pontiac, Mich.,
with music by McDonald Bro-
thers, of Ailea Craig, soloists
and a mass volunteer choir.
Services commence at 8:30
p.m.
Eighty-lEighi-h Yalir
HEADS GRAD c.LASS
I ! Mary Creces
SHDHS RUNNER-UP
...David Noakes
THIRD HIGHEST MARK
... Ralph Wareham .
. .
Has tree at Hensall,
boy, 13, wrecks car
•
T hr e e teenagers required
hospital treatment Monday af-
ter a 13.year-old boy "bor-
rowed" a car for a joy ride
in Hensall.
The ride lasted about two
blocks with the car crashing
into a tree, a total wreck.
The driver, whose name was
withheld by police because of
bis age, and two girls—Elaine
Dietrich, 16, Centralia, and Ly-
dia Roelofs, 15, Andrew St.,
Exeter — were (treated in South
Huron Hospital for facial lace -
„nations and bruises and re-
leased.
According to police, the 1951
model car in which the girls
were passengers was parked
in front of a, Hensall restau-
rant by Henry J. Koopman,:
Exeter. The. 13 -year-old lad,
who had been standing nearby,
told Koopman he was going to
take the car for a ride,
Koopm.an, apparently think-
ing it was just a joke, replied:
"Go ahead!” And the boy did.
He proceeded north on Nel-
son but lost control when he
turned onto Richmond St. and
struck the tree.
The car was valued atabout
$200. The accident occurred
about 11 41,111,
PC Cecil Gibbons, who inves-
tigated, said .charges are be-
ing considered.
south of Hensall.
1 A northbound vehicle driven
1 by Roelf Linstra, 59, Henan,
slowed down to stop at a mail
1 box when it was struck from
behind by Hesseltje Wynja, 18,
London. The Wynja car
, bounced into the southbound
1 lane. forcing -Ivan Edward
' 13arris, 33, Huntangton, Mich.,
into the ditch. There were no
injuries.
1 Car hits culvert
Saturday night, a car driven
1 by Gilbert Davey. 30, Walker-
ton, suffered $2,100 damage
when it left :the road, hit a
guard rail and culvert about
three miles south of Exeter ori.
No. 4.
Davey required. h o s p ie a 1
treatment for facial lacera-
tions and rib injuries. PC Hare.
19 Reid investigated.
•
1 Last week, Gerald MacLean,
Exeter, 24 -year-old bread truck
' driver, required hospital tre,at-
ment when his vehicle was
struck on the Goshen line
1 about four miles north of Zu-
i rich.
IMacLean, d proceedinnorth
on concession 10-11 °Stanley,
was making a left hand turn
onto the sideroad when Mrs.
Charles Eckel, 21, Hensel!:
came over the hill on the con-
cession road and struck the
truck.
Damage was estimated at
about $1,300 by PC Cecil Gib-
bons.
Rear -end collision
Cars driven by John P .Ash-
more, 19, London. and William
ICnight, 42, St. Thomas, were
involved in a rear -end colli-
sion just south of Exeter on
No. 4 late Monday afternoon.
Both were travelling soldh when
the Knight car hit the rear
of Ashmore, who had slowed
down for traffic in front.
Damage was estimated at
about $600 by PC Gibbons,
Three cars suffered damage
amounting to $400 Sunday af:
ternoon on No. 4 about a mile
Bowlers enjoy
more tourneys )
The Exeter Lawn :Reeling
Club continues to be favored
with good weather as both
Saturday and Tuesday night
matches Went on as schedule:id
for the seventh straight week.
Winners of Saturday dee-
ning's jitneY Were Betty Tilley
and Bill Lamport who poSted
two ths and a plus of 15
while second •spot went to flay
Smith and Warren Broek with
two wins and a plus of 14.
On '1'11 e $ d a y night, Russ
Snell, Luther Reynolds and
Mee. Len McKnight took hest
prize with two victories rend A
plus of 10 end Ray Mille and
Ted Pooley copped second
position with two Wins 'and A
plus of three.
100 attend
Bible School
EXETER, ONTARIO, AVG1.4Y 17, 1961
istrict acci
but no fatalities here
Winds down
trees, wires.
Freak hurricane - type winds
which attacked Hensel1 for a
short period Tuesday after-
noon knocked down at least
two large pine trees and cut
hydro wires which burned holes
in the village arena.
The heavy winds, which
brought a deluge of rain,
seemed concentrated in the
Hensall area, although adja-
cent communities received
downpours.
Wires carrying 550volts into
the artificial ice plant were
cut when flapping sheets of
metal caused s h o r t s. The
sparking wires, blowing against
the building, burned a number
of holes in the metal, some the
size of golf balls, according
Jim Clarice, Hensall PUC.
Neighborhood children not-
iced the ,dangling wires and in-
formed authorities. •
One pine tree was blown
'near the W. -G. Thompson and
Sons Ltd., office at Hensell and
fell across the roof of a car,
causing some $100 damage, An-
other blew down across No. 4
highway, two miles south of
Hensel], bringing live hydro
wires down with it.
Howard Scene, at Thomp-
son's said the winds reached ,
at least 60- to 70 -mph. "It was
blowing water througthe win-
dows into thd office," he said.
• The tree, about 50 -feet high
snapped about six feet off the
ground and fell onto the roof
of a car owned by Harry Arm-
strong, RR 1 Exeter, its limbs
resting on the ground on the
opposite side. "The Tool of the
car was, caved in like a dish,"
said Scene •
An unidentified truck driver
cleared the tree from No. 4 to
allow one lane ,of traffic to
t pass. Later, PC- Donald West -
overtook an axe to the limbs
to help clear the road until.
dep't of highways crews could
remove the tree. 4 --
Glaharo Mason- A‘TiCi kiarrYI
Page. of the area HEPC, re-
stored the service.
strecetsfill Bible Vacation
school with a daily .attendance
of over 100 was held in the
Pentecostal Tabernacle for the
past two weeks concluding with
a program b3r the participants
Friday evening.
Leaders for the school were
Ilev, and Mrs, M, W. Holmes,
Miss Wanda MacLaren and
Mise Norma RoadhOuse, Hem:
iltore who lige had cteneider-
Able experience With vacation
.schools.
Others, who taught classes,
wee Mrs. Cecil Kiefer, lien -
eat, Mrs. Garfield Thomson,
Mrs,: Keith Maclaren, Mrs,
Brea Cann and Mist Verlyn
Milier
On FriCIAY evening the boys
And girls sang lir toles and
diereses and recited memory
work learned at sehoel, Mist
MadLareti told stay and
Miss Roadhouse sang itele&
lion. Her mother, Mrs, Reed-
lionse WAS A061110AlliSt for
Friday evening hut Mies Road.,
house played the aCcenipani-
ment previously.
Goderich safe
found near lake
Thieves got exactly nothing
after they went to the trouble
of prying open a safe stolen,
from the Sunset Hotel, Gode-
rich, early Tuesday morning. 1
Clayton 13ossenberry, RR 2,
Zurich, discovered the safe
Tuesday afternoon about 1'%
miles north of St. Joseph near
a sideroad leading to the lake,
His attention was first attracted
by a chisel lying on the road.
The 300-1b. safe, .pried and
smashed, was found in the
ditch.
Hotel officials said the thieves
had to manoeuvre the heavy
safe out a side door. There;
wasn't a thing in it.
Goderich police, assisted bY
PC C. E. Gibbons, investigated .
the incident.
Price Per copy 10 Cent!
•
TORM BLOWS DOWN TREE — A wind and rain storm which blew up quickly
Tuesday afternoon felled this large pine tree across No, 4 highway about three miles
north of Exeter. An unidentified truck driver cleared the obstruction to allow one -
lane traffic and PC Don Westover chopped off limbs to make more room for heavy
traffic until the dep't. of highways was able to remove the obstacle, It brought
down hydro wires with it. Harry Page, right, of the HEPC, restores service.
—T -A photo
Cornerstone laying
Frost will fulfill promise
in September ceremony
A promise made several
years ago by Premier Leslie
Frost will be carried out in
Goderich on Wednesday,' Sep-
tember 6.
That promise was that Mrs,
Thomas Pryde, of Exeter,
widow of the late MPP for
llimun. who was instrumental
in having the $3,500,000 On-
tario Hospital. built in Huron
County, would lay the coner-
stone of the new 'building.
his she will. do. And she
will be assisted in the ceremony
by Premier Leslie Frost and
C. S. MacNaughton, Huron.
MPP.
Present at the ceremony also 1
will be Hon. Dr. M. B. Dy-
mond, Ontario Minister of !
Health, and Hon, T. Ray Con-
nell, Ontario Minister of Pub-
lic Works.
The ceremony will be pre-
ceded by a luncheon at Har-
bourlite Inn at 12,30 p.m. on
September 6, arranged jointly
by the County of Huron, the
Town of Goderich and the
Township of Goderich.
The chairman will be Charles I
5. MacNaughton.
Reason for the laying of Hie;
cornerstone in September rath-
er than next fall when , the.
buildings are completed may
he for the purpose of permit-
ting Premier Leslie Frost to
carry out his promise. Premier
:e !Frost has announced his re-,
tirement as leader of the Pro-
gressive -Conservative party of
1 Ontario :and will likely be in
retirement by this time next
year. He has been quite , in-
terested in the hospital ,project
1 at Goderich and also in carry-
ing out his promise—that of
seeing Mrs. Thomas Pryde lay-
ing the cornerstone while he is
premier of the Province.
To unveil plaa.ue
STUDIES OVERSEAS —James
Sturgis, son of Mr. and Mrs,
If. L. Sturgis, loWn, is taking
a post -graduate course in hie -
tory at the 'University of Lon-
don. Mr. and Mrs. &Lillie. left
by plan.e August 14 to go to
Scotland where they will at-
tend the Edinburgh festival, Af-
ter a tour of that, country, they
will take up residence in Lon-
don, Eng, —Doerr
leelieettan:e3e!teeretnee......„.e..! .1.
Where to
find it
Announcements 4
ChOrth Notices 13
Coming Events 13
Editorials , 2
Facts 14 Fancies 10
Hensall 8
Lntan 12
Want Ads 10
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Inaddition to the ceremony
of the laying of the corner -
atone there Will be the unveil-
ing of a plaque, This plaque
will later be placed in the re -
cootie!: area of a building yet
to be built.
Although completion of the
building of the entire hospital
is scheduled for January, 1063,
it is believed that the hospital
will be ready for occupancy
late in the fall of 1962.
At the moment, the workthe,
force is running at about peak
eniployrnente There is a total
of 150 men working on the hos-
pail site. Of this number about
75 are working on sub trades,
This number keens fairly con-
stant since as men on eub
trades complete their work,
men on other sub trades move
A pipe is being laid 720 feet
ou'e mth the lake to be used
as an outfall from the lagoolt
inland where the sewage will
be treated before being put into
the lake, Living in a tent at
the lakeside a diver keeps a
24-hour vigil for Win weather
during which he can go out
On the lake bottom and book
tip the pipes.
Wet grounds
Grading of the h ospi 1 al
grounds is progressing well al-
thotigh the unusually wet lend
in the ares has caused sone
diffieulty, This will be Or -
rected when the entire draining
system is in operation.
People pacsing along High-
way 21 may :observe that the
number of buildings uo or in
the course of being erected is
small in comparison. to the
number planned on .completion
of the project. HoweVer much
work has been done which does
not appear on the surface.
This inclu d es underground
work in connection with plumb-
ing, electrical conduits, sani-
tary and water and storm
I sewers, heating lines, etc,
When :work turns more to the
actual laying of brick over
these completed areas the work
will appear to be making more ,
• progress than it is at present.
At the moment, the trades,
laundry and power house build-
ing is in the most advanced4
stage of construction. The ac-
tive treatment and administra-
tion. buildings will be the next
to go up.
Huron spends money
.1
on tooci, autorno�iies
Special to The T.A.
With changes taking place in
the way the average family is;
handling its household dollar,
questions arise as to "How 1
much are Huron County fame
lies spending per year?" and
"Where are they spending it
and for what?"
The answers are provided by
Sales Management in its an-
nual buying power survey, a
voluminous market data re-
port that covers all of Can-
ada.
In it, each community is amuied with respect to ite pur-
chases of food, merchandise,
automobiles, furniture and and
other items.
In Huron County, it appears,
much of the money that was
spent in retail stores went to
those selling food and automo-
tive equipment.
These Iwo attracted 32 per-
cent of all retail business lo-
cally.
The breakdown shows that
total food purchases last year
in the county's bakeries, gro-
cery stores, supermarkets, but-
cher shops and the like came
to $8,017,000, a rise from the
previous year's $7,646,000,
This amoent, which repre-
sented nearly 14 Percent of all
retail sales, was for food
bought for home consumption.
not included was money spent
for outside eating and drinking.
Food buying in Huron Coun-
ty was equivalent to $513 per
local family, determined by
dividing the total nurebases by
the number of houscholis.
Outlets for cars and other
automatic equipment, such as
Charges follow
Zurich 'dare'
An :t8 -year-old Zurich youth
was charged with wilful &n -
age Mk week eIter a window
in the DUB Church at Zurich
was broken with a beef bottle
Saturday night.
PC C. E, Gibberre said the
damage apparently resulted
from a dare issued by a friend
following a Saturday night
dance.
A witness sant a tar stopped
in front or tlie imith, a. youth
jumped out aed tossed the bot-
tle through the eeneritiet beV•
glasswindow*
motorcycles, boats, batteries
and tires, accounted for $10,-
883,000. They garnered 18 per-
cent of the retail dollar.
Sturdy sales volumes were
recorded by other retail lines
as well, despite the sag during
hes 96 •
part of the year due to the re -1 ' Reac
cession.
Department stores and va-
riety shops selling general
merchandise grossed $7,241,000
which amounted to 12 percent
of the retail dollar locally.
Sales in apparel shops, in-
cluding those selling hats,
shoes, miderwear and other
clothing, came to $1,831,000, or
3 Hpoemrceente
furnishings stores had
a sales volume of $1,472,000,
equal to more than 2 percent.
on Monday
Mrs, John Fletcher, Albert
St., will celebrate her 96th
birthday on Monday, August 21.
'She is in remarkable health
and Is able to look after her
own home. She visited with a
niece, Mrs. Arthur Rundle,
Woodham, a few days last
week.
Modest CE corporal
saves two from lake
The modest RCAF corporal
who was credited with saving
the lives of a ten -year-old girl
and boy who got it trouble
trying to hell) her at Grand
Bend, Saturday, was identified
as Cpl. Allan Harvie, Centra-
lia.
Harvie, a medical assistant
at Centralia, stripped to his un-
derwear and jumped into the
water off the tOttal pier to pull
the two youngsters to eafety.
'l'1i giri, Beverley Ann Ho-
rell, Kitchener, was minimillg!
off the south side of the pier
when she WAS trapped in an
undertow and swent around the
end of the pier, 'Che boy, whn!
was not identified, was ALSO
taught file undertow when
lie leaped in to help her.
Ilarvie pulled the Pair le
safety and with the essietence
of Homed Vellane and Gary
Mallet's, Grand Bend, revived
the girl with artificial tespi-*
ra ti on ,
Howe -Vet, at the made her
WAY up the hill toward her
cottage, she collapsed again,
and an inhalator was rushed
to the scene by Cpl. Ne.0 Chant.
berlain.
Chamberlain, with the. ta,
sistance of lifeguarda, Law-
renee Howard and Sheryl Ai-
ley worked ort the girl for
nearly 30 minutes Were she
was Wen hand.
Dr. A. E. McMaster super-
vised the resuscitation,
Remains unknown
Cpl. Harvie remained lute
known following his rescue and
would not 'reveal his name to
area. newspapers and radio
stations because he said he had
been involved in a similar
rescue and the resultant pub-
licity embarrassed hire.
F/0 N. O'Connell, public re -
'Wiens officer at the station,
Said Cpl. Harvie had previous-
ly rescued a girl in Penhold,
Alberte, for which be had re-
ceived the bronze medal.
The FRO explained that liar -
vie had been labelled a "hero"
and unkindly "kidded" by
friends.
O'Connell gated that the cor-
Poral was a good swielmer and
was Well-otialified in ariminis-
tering first aid and eletifierat
respiration due to hi$ :training
aS a hoSpithl Astistant,
The Centralia tortoni is the
father of oieht 'children and his
superior officer described hint
AS ^A. "very oltY man,"
However, his Ottiek tati�if
averted the drowning of two
young (rand I -lend vocational
mid will tertoinly be A "ttlit
11.01)" iti their tyres, although
010 novo- hgd the eppotltunity
14 meet Win Ond give biro 01W
thanks,