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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-10-05, Page 1Yi99°fi]gg" yA' >i g rY •J tiiy¢ ,b� r,/YyYay"''Y: $.. J. y „ / y . / �ry f: F g64- r:.....: , ..;;y: � ;; :/,K.. :,.. 1/Ji°,,,'.,... .. .;:; �3%�ssfss�c�ao''�'r�i%'�r'r'1F..,:, �z% : '/�..�.f ,7i� .,• J "�J✓.,`.'G3itE�dnoL :;dri /llSf' ,w .�/1 yp �i%// s .:i.:G<,ii%if /%J/.u3:A° Iiti FOURTH LOSS — ,James Gardner, Thames Road, suffered his fourth major firein 7� yearswhenalar epoleba�nwas destroyed, Fridayafternoon, Fire is believed .to have started in an electrical receptacle and raced out of control in less than minutes. The Exeter1- Fuc Brigade arrived on the scene but saved, their water sup- ply ply to dampen down adjoining buildings, The Usborne farmer is p g shown here talk- ing to Frank Creech and Wes Ryckman, members of the brigade, as theywatch. g i._ the flames destroy the building and its contents. The owner estimated his loss at nearly $20,000, part of which was covered by insurance. —T-Ahoto 4 X• 41ser ,,x, L.Sae,,;ym ,,,,...:*99a!IALVV NAM,ueua.•/, 4b. - ---- -- - ---- –. — – p Eighty -Eighth Year xefer 4 ,EXETER, ONTA,RI ,PCIPBEItS, 1961 Price Per cepy 10 enf it by rock in horseplay, district laborer `critical' Debate Nov. 11 proclamation Town council debated again. Monday night whether Remem• prance Day should be observed for a full day or fora limited. period during the forenoon. It tabled a decision until the :next meeting. Legion President Peter Dur- and and Vice -President Eric Heywood presented the branch's request for .a full day's observ- ance. "The day should be an important one to all of us in this county," President Durand said, , He reported that branch NEIGHBORS HELP —. Many district farmers' raced to the scene of James Gardner's barn fire,: Friday, but there was little they could do as the fire was well out of control when they arrived. Besides losing the $10,000 structure, the hard -luck farmer had his entire crop of hay .and straw destroyed as well as three steers that were caught in the blaze. Men are shownabove hooking the tractor onto a feeder that was in front of the barn and they pulled it away from the flames, although it was badly charred. T -A photo Loses new $X0,000 barn, cattle in fourth blaze over 16 years James Gardiner, 48 -year-old Usborne township farmer could hardly be blamed for saying. "I think I have had more than my share of bad luck as he watched a large pole barn burn to the ,ground at his farm, Fri- day afternoon. It was the fourth major fire that he has had during the ,oast 16 years. Besides the 510,000 structure which burned Friday, he lost two other large barns in a $30,000 blaze three years ago, a house in 1945 and another log house that was set an fire by arsonists. "However," he said philos- phically, "it's not so bad yet that it couldn't be worse I guess," b ;je The spectacular: blaze broke 0 1 it as Gardiner's two sons, 5aa 15 n Ale 11,were manes and c `�iutting a .load of straw in the 56'x124' 'structure, It was the second last load of this sea- son's crop, and the last load was sittingbehind the barn ready to be stored away: "My brother and I were put- ting the straw into the eleva- tor when I smelled smoke," Charles said, "and then the elevator stopped." The youth said he looked up and saw smoke pouring out of the straw near the electrical receptacle into which the ele- vator was plugged, "We got some water and threw on the fire," he said, "but the more water we added the harder it burned." Turns in alarm Their father, who was work- ing near the barn, saw the Fire brigade plans checks Exeter- fire brigade plans to conduct spot cheeks for haz- ards during Fire Prevention Week October 8 to 14, As in past years, the brigade will call on a number of ou- ses and inspect some build - nits in the community to en, courage clean tip of rubbish and other conditions where tires s inigitt start, public hasbed asked ;lice be �, ._ to making, n ln• A40, , co-operate by � dpection of fire hazards in their homes, smoke and ran in and told his wife Lo turn in the alarm, and thenwent out to help the boys try to extinguish the blaze. "The boys y were doing what they could," Gardiner stated "but if it had been covered with oil and, gas it wouldn't have gone any faster," He es- timated mated that the fire was out of control in less than 15 min- utes after smoke was first noticed, The entire building was a ra- ging inferno when the Exeter fire brigade arrived. with the new pumper, and they saved their water supply to dampen down adjoining buildings on the farm. Didn't see fire Gary Middleton, a member of the brigade, was delivering a, s in the area and d had passed the Gardiner farm minutes be- fore the fire truck arrived, but said he noticed nothing amiss when he passed. He was less than three miles clown the road .when he saw the truck coming and pulled off and jumped in with another fireman to get a ride back to the blaze. Cattle burned Besides the barn and the season's supply of straw and hay, three Hereford steers were also lost in the blaze. They were part of a herd of 30 that were in the yard . when the blaze broke out anc many ran into the barn. The Gardiners managed to get most of them out before they were burned, but several were scorched and two others had to be destroyed because of their injuries. The cattle were inspected by Grand Bend seeks 1966 international Nearly 200 people are expect- ed to represent Huron county at the International Plowing match at Belleville this week- end, in an all-out effort to .have the :1966 match staged at Grand Bend. The Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce, who initiated action to have the Match staged in their area, will be represented by at least seven members, and there is a possibility the number may be doubled before they leave Thursday. In conjunction with Huron Plowmen's Association and Hu- ron County council, the C of C will decorate a wagon and will parade around the grounds at Belleville to extoll the merits of their area. The Seaforth .1-ligh School band Will also be in attendance to lead the float. Ory Wassmann, president of the Grand Bend group,stated they had, received "lovely co operation" from groups through- out the county who Were back- ine them in their 'efforts. Here reported that to g tou s frorri Zurich, Seaforth, Goderich and Clinton wool tee d attend. d, Clinton promoters will all wear special. hats with banners,' The hats were donated by Eric 1llcilroy, Grand Bend, and the stickers were donated by the Zurich Citizens News, Decision later The float will only be the first part in seeking the match, The group will have to .make formal presentation at the in- ternational's annual meeting which will be held in February, Those expected to attend from Grand Bend includet Ory Wassmann, Cain Ch a p: m a n, Harold Klopp, Earl Datars, BrUce Bisaillion, John Young and Maladie Macdonald. x9: • t err srbw`3 •,. t a .. »? �,,. .: i L. £. ,.:. - ' ta.w....�iF}3 C: x. )... .w.i+3.ti�v"�r.•tVT" Where to, find it Announcements 19 Church Notices 18 Coming Events 18, 19 f=eminine Facts ,,,,,, 14, 15 Hensall , • 5 Lucas' ,.,.,.,,,,,,..„,:,:.nr.... 16 17 Sports ,._ 6, 7 Want Ads • 12( 13 veterinarians Dick Roelofson, Exeter, and Norman Amos, Kirkton, and they were taken to another barn a rn andsh t 0 un- der the supervision of OPT Constable Don Westover. The hard -luck Usborne far- mer estimated his loss at close to 2 0 0 0 00 n the three-year-old e ea.r•o.ld. Y building and its contents. He said he carried insurance "for around $5,000.” i Plan second auction ction usale Walper's Men's Wear plans to stage a second auction sale this Friday night at Exeter Le- gion Hall to dispose of mer- chandise which was not sold; last week. Only about one-half of the items were knocked down be-; fore the auction closed at 11 o'clock, A crowd of several hundred attended, anti many of them walked out with an armful of bargains. Assortments of most types of boys' and inen's clothing re-; main to be sold • members, at a re_. c ent m ee t. u n g requested the "l? a very large majority vote' Mayor REPoole yre•ele d that a quick poll taken of town businessmen last week indicat ed they preferred the limited observance by a vote of 27-2 (This position was confirmed Tuesday morning at a business mens meeting when a majority decided to request that stores be closed from 10.30 a,m, to 1 p.m.) Council. debated 'the issue twice during Monday night's meeting, discussing a number of considerations. Mayor Pooley, who has strongly backed the full holi. day in the past, said he had been disappointed at the small crowds which have attended church and cenotaph services. ".More people might take part if we declare a few hours' ob- servance," he stated. It was pointed out that town merchants have supported the fullholiday in the past but that few other communities have done so. Last year, Exeter was the only centre in the district which declared the holiday.l Others had limited observ- ances; some had none. Local businessmen, it was suggested would continue to support the fullday if this was the general practice. It was revealed, too, that the Legion organizationitself has not reached agreement on the observance. While a num- ber of branches are in favor of the full day, this has not been endorsed by provincial and dominion commands of the organization, Legion Vice -President Hey- wocl pointed, out that if it weren't for -the men whp -.1 ad., fought overseas, some of ;'the town buildings might not be standing today. "It shouldn't be asking too much of the merchants to give up the op- portunity to make a few dol- lars in order to remember those soldiers who gave up their. lives." Heywood pointedout that there are two aspects to the observance from the veteran's point of view—the solemn ser- vices paying reverence to the dead and the more informal get-togethers recalling the com- radeships of the war. Part of the day should. be spent in,ser- vices, the other part in enjoy- ment, he felt, and this was the basis of the Legion's program, A Zurich laborer, 1111)7114111111)711411Howald, about 60, is in critical condition in St. Toseph's Ties pital, London, with injuries sus- tained when he was hit on the head by a reek Monday after- noon. Late Wednesday afternoon, he was still "deeply uneons. cious" in the recovery rporn following an operation on the , brain 7 uesda , Y y He has oat gained conscious- ness since the surgery, 'requir- ed to relieve a blood clot on the brain -caused by hemorr- -,haging, His skull was fractured `by the blow. Police said the accident re- . suited from "horseplay" among , a group of men harvesting beans on the farm. of Ivan alb elect), two miles south. west of Zurich. Apparently, Howald and an - ,other man in the group became involvedin a friendly . argu,- nent. Howald stooped over to 'pull some beans and the other man threw a rock, aiming it above his head, Just as the throw was made, Howald stood erect and the rock hit him on , the temple. Name of the person who + threw the rock has been with - Oleic' by police, who do not be- lieve there was any,, "criminal intent". However, investigation is continuing. The incident happened about 4.30 p.m. Monday. Dr, J. C. Goddard, Hensall, was called later that day and ordered Howald to South Huron Hos- pital. Tuesday he was taken, by ambulance to London hospital. Unmarried; the man lives with his mother, Mrs, Mary Bey, in Zurich, He has one sister living in London, Divide fees at Ilea aII Hensall council decided Mon- day night to divide the com• misciss from the insurancemonPlan c o l,1 rs e'+ policies under its control among thevillagethree local agents in. the .r Council ordered the commis n f r t aid sions shared by P. L. Mac Naughton, James A Paterson and Don Joynt. Date for reversion to stand- ard time was set for Sunday, October 29. Almost allmuni- cipalities in the area will change at this tun period. A $60 grant to Hensall school fair was approved, following tepresentation by Wilmer Fer- guson, er- us n o a member of the , board. Date for nominations was set for November 24 at 7 .p,m. in the town halland elections, if necessary, will be held Dec- ember 4, Ask fc:rtr nfer of GB corporal Grand nd R end o uncl i Monday . ay night requested the transfer of OPP Corporal Neil :Chamber- lain, who has been in charge of the summer resort detach- ment for the past eight years. Reeve Jim Dalton, when contacted atter the meeting, said the request "carne as a surprise to me -- I was not in favor of it myself." Councillors Stewart Webb, William Cochrane and Emmer- son Desjardine supported the resolution, Councillor Earl Da - tars said he was not in favor. Councillor Webb decline d comment on the move, "There are reasons for it but I don't think it would be wise to re- veal them at this time." Councillor Desjardine also declinedcomment and Coun- cillor Cochrane could not be reached for a statement. Said Councillor Datars: "I certainly wasn't in favor of it. They're going about it in the wrong way. Nobody can deny that Corporal Chamberlain has of council have complained that the summer staff of five was too large. A number of argu. ments have arisen over strength in the past year, Cpl. Chamberlain declined to comment an councils move except to give reasons for this request for more personnel, He said it was the result of the large increase in prosecutions handled by the detachment this summer "and also from the amount of work that should have been done but wasn't be. cause of insufficient staff," Toward the end of the sum- mer, council refused the cor- poral's request for the services of a stenographer to handle of- fice work during the last two weeks of the vacation period, However, a group of merch- ants came to the . support of the corporal by voluntarily don- ating funds to employ the ste• nographer in spite of council's ruling. —Please turn to page 3 done a good job for Grand Wife Send." killed When informed. that Reeve Dalton and Councillor Datars . t had said they were not in favor of the resolution, both. Council- lors pinned � din . Webb and Desjardine pointed out that neither of them requested a recorded vote against it. The move followed a recon-- mendation from Cpl. Chamber- lain that the size of the de -I tachment during the summer' be increased from five to se- ven men and that a stenogra- pher be hired to handle office work. Earlier this summer and in previous years some members Mrs. Anson Fullard, 31, of Thamesford — a daughter-in-- law of Mr, and Mrs, Harry Ful - lard, Huron St. — was killed in a two -car crash on Highway 2, a mile east of concession 5, West Nissouri, over the week- end.' The victim's daughter, eight- year-old Maureen, is reported in. critical condition in London hospital. Also hospitalized, but +in satisiactry condition, are sons David, 6, and Peter, 2, and, MLS '. ullard'S.''.husband. M who suffered 'a*Niroken reg; And broken upper jaty.• Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fullard 1j attended their daughter-in-law's funeral at Thamesford Wednes. day. The Fullards, senior, moved to Exeter five or six years ago. Their son is en- gaged in construction work. Pinned under car St. John Ambulance will be- gin .a seven -week course in first aid training here begin- ning next Thursday night. The class will be held every Thursday night for seven weeks followed, by an oral and prac- tical examination in first aid on the eighth night. Successful candidates willre- ceive the St. John Ambulance certificate in first aid or the next higher award to which any may be entitled. The course will be conducted in the town hall Cheerleaders, athletes • win HS student posts If an abundance of energy is a prime requisite of leader- ship, the students at South. Hu- ron District High School made a .wise decision in the five youths they chose to lead their student council in an election, Tuesday. Three of ,the youths are atnong the top .athletes in the district and excel in at least four sportseach. The otherr two have been cheering them on in their endeavours as members of the school's cheer leading squad. Peggy Goddard 17-year-oldld daughter of Dr. John Goddard and Mrs, Goddard, Hensall, was elected president, to be- come the second girl from her community to hold down the top student post, • The grade 12-A student was a member of the SHDIjS cheer leading team that won the • P'erthex championship at the annual fall track meet last year. Peggy has been a popu- lar entertainer at several of, the "Hi -Time Revues" with her tap dancingabilities. As vice-prsident of her class' last year, she was a member of the staff of the Ink -Spot.' The new president is active in the YPU at Hensel]. United Churchn a d is also an honor student. Also from Hensall Another Hensall youth, Den- nis Mock, ' e is vice-president president of the student adminis t r a t i o n group. It was the second year in a row that he has received a top honor. from his fellow school mates, as he was presi- dent of the Boys' Athletic So- ciety in 1960-61, An honor student, Dennis is also a top .athlete and com- petes • for two -teams •in his home town as well as on two school teams. He was a mem- ber of the Hensall minor base- ball team that has brought home an Ontario championship for the past two years and he plays goal for the hockey squad that is always +a top con- tender. The lankywas youth a back field stalwart with the Panth- ers junior football squad last year and was captainof the junior basketball entry. The hard working guard and wa•s moved into the senior lineup near the end of the season and took the move in full stride, He wasintermediate chane - pion in the school's recent track meet. Two special commercial stu- dents will handle the jobs of secretary and treasurer for the student council. Cathy Hodgins, 17 -year-old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Ken Hodgins, Centralia, will act as secretary, while Mary Jane Hoffman, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Harry Hoffmann, Dash• wood, was selected as treas- urer, Winner of the Exeter Credit Union's queen title last year, Cathy it one of the top ath,- etes at SHIMS, She was s de; Pensive star for the Pet•thex champion basketball t e a in whichwas ousted in the WOS- SA semi-finals last season, She was a member of Meg r`erthex champion volleyball cam, played softball with the Exeter Greys this past sum- mer andwon the senior track cShlcaDHmpiontshipS at the 'recent SIit»eet. e also takes sir active part it the ytii'ith wort: at Celittralia United Church, Another cheer 'leader The 17 -year - old :Dashwood nisi, who will act as secretary, t another member of the chool, -- s Plcheerease turleadin to ng Hastlgeuad3, t •3 1 STUDENT LEADERS—nose five Active youths were elected to the top positions; tn'. the SHDHS student council in an election conducted among the students, Tues. • ..r All l: take an active interest in their school's , s I day, AlI five 1 exti a �uiriculat activities" as well Mary Jalto loffma secretary; Peggy. Goddal�i pr r i ent; Cathy Ho dgi118Y tl eastli. e 1as in their home communities, Theyarc, left to right, Dale Turvey publicity t; iI I and Dennis Mock, vice°pr°esidcnt. ,•: T -A photo Douglas •Mawson, 21, RR 8 Parkhill, is in St. Joseph's Hospital with a dislocated hip, broken arni and fractured ribs suffered when his car left Highway 81 at a curve north of Parkhill Saturday night, He was found Sunday morn- ing pinned helpless inside the vehicle 10 hours after it had left the road, catapulted over a fence and came to rest in a farm. field, 25 yards from the highway. Neighbors said they heard a crash about 10 p.m. Saturday but didn't think to investigate because of the frequency with which tires squeal as cars ne- gotiate the highway curve. Mr. ¥awson was found at 8 a.m. Sunday by Earl Eagleson, and Roy Young, also of RR 8, Parkhill. • He told his rescuers that he "called. for help all night long, but nobody came." Rear -end collision Sunday, cars driven by John L. Stevenson, 39, RCAF Cen- tralia, and Adrian F O'Toole,. 17, London, crashed on No. 4 near the Centralia sideroad, Both vehicles were travelling north when Stevenson, iii the lead, began to make a left; hand turn and was struck from the rear. PC GeorgeMitchell t 2 tache 11 estimated damage at $250. Thursday a 65 -year-old Chat- ham than, George Meyers, failed to see a detour On No. 21 at St. Joseph in time to avoid the barricade. His car came to rest in the west ditch, just north of a culvert under construction, Damage w a $ $400. Bell to air convention l:Infer D. Bell, QC, Exeter, president of the Ontario Pro. gressive Ass o c i a ti o n, will speak on the forthcoming lead- ership convention in a radio address on the CMseries on "Provincial Affairs" Monday, October 9. The broadcast will originate from station CBL, Toronto, and will be heard over a provineiai radio network. It will not be carried by London or Wingham stations but CHLO St. Thomas, CBE Windsor and CHOlr Sart'- nia Will broadcast it from 8:00 to 8:15. p.m. Mr, dell will preside ,for the readership tom/oration to be held in. Toronto October.' er 23, 24 and 25. The ^oon'ventioti is ex. petted to be the biggest in his tory and, wittt,:nt• least Si tan. ditlatts in the tinning/ .should be .oneof the iivoliest.