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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-12-31, Page 1..... Price Per Copy 10 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 31, 1964 Ninety-second Year SCHOOL BUILDING BOOM FOR '65 Businessmen elect, choose store hours Thanks to his resourcefulness, Santa Claus didn't have to miss any child- ren on Christmas Eve despite the fact his sleigh had trouble in the fog and rain. He had a real problem when he came to Pryde Boulevard, but as this photo indicates, he wasn't stopped. The street was completely flooded, but Santa grabbed his rain- coat, hip rubberboots and an um- brella and jumped into a sailboat to navigate the stream. With a good breeze and as much as six inches of water in spots, he made it to all the homes. Despite the fact Santa had to remove his customary cloth- ing, he maintained his normal color scheme as the sails on the boat were red and white. The reflection in the water of the boat and the decorated homes in the area made his trip even more colorful. --T-A photo At a meeting of the Exeter Businessmen's Associ ation, Monday, Reg Beavers was elected president to succeed R. C. Dinney. Jack Smith was named vice- president and second vice-pre- sident is Iry Armstrong. Earl Russell and Bill Batten were returned as treasurer and sec- retary respectively. The board of directors of the group includes: Doug Gould, Bill Huntley, Glenn Fisher,Bob Russell and Mrs. G. Glenn. Membership will be in charge of Russ Hopper. At the meeting, which was chaired by Warren May, the 25 members present decided to conduct a ballot of all members to determine store hours for the coming year. The balloting was left in the hands of Jim Glasgow and Ro- bert Russell and tabulation showed a majority of members in favor of closing Friday nights in January, February and March and remaining open from the first Friday in April through to the end of the year. However, they decided to re- main open only until 9;00 p.m. on these Friday nights. The year 1965 has every indication of being a year that will see considerable construc- tion of education facilities in South Huron and may well bring to an end the lengthy era of the one-room school. That's the hope of Gil Bur- rows, area public school in- spector, and his hopes at the present appear to be shared by the men who will have the auth- ority in the matter — the area public school trustees. An extensive addition of course is already planned for SHDHS and by the end of the year there may well be new schools constructed in Stephen, Stanley and Tuckersmith Town- ships, as well as additions to Grand Bend and the two Hay schools in Hensall and Zurich. The new year of course will also bring giant changes in edu- cation administration as the GEORGE GODBOLT . . Huron rep SHARE CHRISTMAS The names of five area resi- dents were picked by the Exe- ter Businessmen's Association to become the official sponsors of five underprivileged children in various lands. The five children were adopt- ed under the "Share Christ- mas" campaign conducted by the Businessmen's Association through their donation of $300 — Please turn to back page Local youth attends church parliament food to feed the world if shared properly. The young parliamentarians will also study the present situation of C an ad i an Con- federation and possible ways for responsible Christian citizens to "temper emotion with rea- son, to turn disunity to unity — Please turn to back page Politicians are sympathetic Drivers had safe holiday Farmers cite many problems HFA MEETING "It's a source of amazement to me there are any farmers left in the country at all," stated Marvin Howe, W ellington- Huron MP, at the annual Huron County Federation of Agricul- ture meeting in Clinton with area members of the federal and provincial parliament. smallest group provided under the new legislation of the de- partment of educationis a town- ship board. This will create changes in Stephen, Stanley, Hay and Tuck- ersmith Townships and will, af- fect all villages within those municipalities. Exeter and Us- borne Township will be the only ones who will remain unchang- ed. The Stephen Township board will be composed of three men from the township, H ar old Fahner, Ralph Weber and Ross Brown, and they will be joined by Grand Bend's two repre- sentatives, W. F. B. MacLa.ren and Don Flear. The five-man board will operate the seven-room school at Grand Bend, the four-room school at Crediton, the three- room structure at Dashwood and the four one-room schools at sections 4, '7, 14 and 11. Close to 500 students will be under their jurisdiction. About 190 pupils attend the resort school, which includes a kindergarten, and among the total are about 35 students from the township who take a bus to the Grand Bend school. Plans for 1965? Burrows said he and the present Stephen Board envisage a central school to accommodate all students in the township — about 300 — who are presently not at te nding Grand Bend. "The need for a central school is obvious if the rural children of the township are to have the same education benefits as those in Grand Bend," Burrows stated. He said the board has been asked to take "positive action" in January to take advantage of spring construction possi- bilities. Burrows explained the Ste- phen board has already indicat- ed they are in favor of a central school, and the major problem appears to be the naming of a suitable location. And apart from the central school, it has also been sug- gested that an auditorium be added to the Grand Bend facili- ties. Howe made the statement in his introductory remark to the gathering of politicians and commodity group chairmen Monday and complaints later aired by other speakers sup- ported his contention farmers are finding things tough. He said farmers were complaining more than at any other time More inmates would help ? ? Speaking in Clinton Monday, Huron Warden Ralph Jewell in- advertently found himself al- most recommending that more inmates be kept at the Goderich jail. He was reviewing for mem- bers of the Huron Federation of Agriculture the talks in regard to regional jails in connection with other counties, and to back up the argument for such a move he noted that the cost per in- mate at Goderich was $12.91 per day. However, he said it cost only $4.31 per dayl to keep an inmate in the Middlesex County jail in London, due to the fact there were more of them. "I'm not suggesting we fill the jail to get lower costs," Jewell quickly added after not- ing where his line of reasoning was leading. He concluded by explaining it was costly to keep a staff on hand of between eight and nine when there were as few as four inmates at some times. Over Christmas, there were none. In his brief address, Jewell called for consideration of a County Planning Board, which, he noted, "could make prepara- tions before various planning problems came up." He said that such a group could only work with the full support of all communities. Stewart defended by MacNaughton States dam won't falter HFA MEETING The plight of the Bean Grow- ers' Marketing Board following orders they have to separate from their London processing plant was aired by Bob Allen, Brucefield, and he took averbal swing at Agriculture Minister William Stewart over some of his recent comments on mar- keting. Allen charged that Stewart obviously doesn't know anything about beans to make a "ridicu- lous statement" that the price for the Ontario crop should be set in April so buyers in Great Britain can know at what price they will be able to buy them. Allen pointed out bean grow- ers had to figure on losing one MOVE ALREADY Things have already started to move in Hay township where a contract for a three-room ad- dition and several improve- ments to the Zurich school have been approved. Members of the new Hay Township board will be Dr. Leitch, representing Zurich; Elmer Rowe, Ian McAllister, Carl Oestricher and Ross Turn- bull, representing the township; Clendon Christie and Robert Rowcliffe, representing Hen- sail. This will be the largest board in the area. Total cost of the Zurich ad- dition, which includes two classrooms, an auditorium and major changes to the beating system and other improve- -Please turn to back page District farmers receive payment Representatives of the On- tario Water Resources Com- mission are engaged in distri- buting cheques to farm property owners between Grand Bend on Lake Huron and Arva, north of London. This is the route of the pipe- line involved in the Lake Huron Water Supply System being built by the OWRC to supply London and interested municipalities on the pipeline route. These payments are for pro- perty easements negotiated be- fore Christmas. The Commis- sion had started the optioning phase of the work late in Oc- tober and had reached agree- ment with about half of the 130 owners concerned. More than $6,500 was being distributed to 10 farmers be- tween Christmas and the New Year with the balance who have reached agreement with the OWRC to receive their money early in January. Work on the pipeline portion of the project is expected to get underway in the early spring of 1965. Installation of the intake, lo- cated in the vicinity of Grand Bend, was started in late sum- flier, but has been suspended for the winter. George Godbolt, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Godbolt, Exeter, is this week attending the 44th annual On- tario Older Boys' Parliament at Waterloo Lutheran Univer- sity. He left on Saturday and will depart on Thursday with the other 121 delegates from Pro- testant groups across Ontario. Godbolt, a first-year student at the university of Western Ontario, won the Huron seat this year by "acclamation" as no other candidates were named. Last year, another Exeter youth, Don Cann, had to defeat two other Huron lads before winning the honor of attending the church parliament. It was the first vote in several years. This year's member is an avid musician and is one of the popular Devonshire Trio. He is a member of the Learners' of God Sunday School class at James Street United Church and sang in the senior choir until he attended UWO. At one of their opening ses- sions, the delegates at Ontario Older Boys' Parliament cleared the way to have. RomanCatholic and Jewish boys attend next year's parliament as observ- ers. The boys urged spiritual leaders of their churches to disregard petty differences of church doctrine in an effort to understand and convey the full meaning and impact of the message of Jesus Christ. Greater help for under-priv- ileged countries was suggested in the speech from the throne at the opening session satur- day. The parliament was asked to consider the "fact" of a starv- ing world, and that in North America alone there is enough in the past 11 years. Howe stated that the "cost price squeeze" is catching up to farmers as they still receive low prices for produce and con- tinue to pay high costs for pro- duction and the services and goods they receive. He said city folk may not realize the problem due to the fact statistics show the gross income for farmers was greater in the past year than it has ever been, This is due to their increased production however, and does not reflect net income. Murray Gaunt, Huron-Bruce MPP agreed that many prob- lems confront those in agricul- ture. Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, the other parliamentarian present, noted that agriculture in some sections had a good year, but this was not prevalent through- out Ontario. He said Western Ontario far- mers had enjoyed a good year, but noted such was not the case in E astern Ontario where droughts had taken a heavy toll. Huron Warden Ralph Jewell poked a bit of fun at his fellow toilers of the soil When he remarked that there was no other business such as farming, in that a man could lose money for 30 years and then retire. Bob Allen, 13rucefield area farmer, received much support for his contention that labor unions got prices so high they were priced out of world mar- kets and the country had to take the farmers' dollar to balance world trade by offer- ing produce at low prices. Past year in Biddulph had 'fumbles, confusion' A note of optimism was struck by Gordon Hill, Varna, a member of the Farm Products Marketing Board, when he said the great number of problems will best be solved in market- ing. "Somewhere there's an ideal plan that will work for the mutual benefit of all groups concerned—the producer, transporter, processor and re- tailer. "It will take a lot of planning to arrive at this happy spot", he advised, adding the FPMB were always pleased and willing to listen to representatives from various commodity groups. Marketing was later men- tioned by Alf Warner, Hayfield, who said he believed the OFA should set up a marketing de- partment and employ an econo- mist to study the various situa- tions so he would be in a position to help commodity groups draw up plans for mar- keting schemes. "This is essential today," he stated. Warner was advised by Bob Eaton, OFA fieldman, that a proposal for such a department was already being considered. Those present enjoyed a live- ly debate on many subjects and due to the limited time, F of A president Alex D. McGregor apologized several times for cutting discussions off so all groups would have an oppor- tunity to speak. At the conclusion of the meet- ing, a suggestion Was made the annual event should start in the morning so all topics could be completely discussed. Biddulph Township Beeve Wilson liodgins received an ac- clamation for his second term At the nomination meeting, Mon- day, but township voters will go 10 the polls to thoote their four council members and thr members for the tOv,-tinthip school area board this coining Monday, Over 60 people crowded Into the township hall and the crowd Should get Disney to open plow event No major accidents spoiled the Christmas holiday in the area, despite heavy fog and heavy travel Christmas eve. Area police hope drivers con- tinue to show the same care over the New Year's holiday, which promises to see similar weather conditions. OPP Constable John Wright investigated two accidents early Christmas eve during the foggy conditions. The first happened near the Dufferin Hotel in Centralia at 6:30 p.m. and involved cars driven by Robert Earl Cook, Motherwell, and Sam John King- ma, RR 2 Dashwood. Cook had been backing out from his parking place in front of the hotel and was not seen by Kingma, who was pushing another car south at the time. Driver of the car being pushed managed to avoid the collision. Damage to both cars was esti- mated at $400 each, About 15 minutes later, two cars collided on Highway 84 about two miles east of Zurich. The vehicles were driven by John Arthur Francis, London, and William Robert C oope r, Kippen. They sideswiped in the heavy fog and the Francis car ended up in the ditch and went through a farm fence owned by Elton Bender, causitig$25dam,- age to it. Damage to the Francis car was estimated at $300 and$150 to the Cooper car. About $850 damage was caus- ed when cars sideswiped on Highway 83 on Christmas Day at 2:25 p.m. OPP Constable Harry Reid reported the Oars were driven by Glenn Walper, RR 1 Dash- Wood, and GiUseppe Z or o I a, London. Both were proceeding West and as Walper slowed down to turn into his laneWay, the London man attempted to pass and the vehicles collided. A total of $450 damage was sustained by the Walper vehicle and $400 to the Zorola car. Joseph Bryan, Biddulph re- presentative on the A u s able River Conservation Authority, reported at the nomination meeting Monday that he did not think the movement to block construction of the P ark hill Dam would succeed. Bryan said he did not think the governments would allow the dam to be blocked, and that the recreational and park needs of the region justified the dam. He told the ratepayers that One of the main reasons for the delay and the resultinginCrease in costs had been brought about by Bosanquet Township, one of the six municipalities he said had originally petitioned for the building of the dam. Bosanquet appealed their as- sessment to the Municipal Board along with McGillivray and Stephen and this was one of the reasons for the delay in starting the project, Bryan, also a member of the Upper Thames Valley Conser- vation Authority, said the two groups Were experiencing more troubles and problems than they had since their inception, TWA MEETI,NG Will Walt Disney open the 1966 InterhatiOnal P 1 o wi n g Match slated for Seaforthl The suggestion that the ferried desdendent of Huron residents could be Considered was Men. tfoned by Gord It cGavini CO chairman Of the local committee in charge Of the match MCGAViiinoted there Were other lenient Htiten*qiid- boys" who could be tonsideted. The Walton area ImPlinient dealer told the HFA that the 1966 match would be bigger than the 1946 Match held at Goderich "ever thought of being". He noted the biggest gain for Huron may come about if some Of the exhibitors at the match realized the opportunities of the county and started induttriet here. He said there was such a possibility. *Gavin also explained the "Farmstead Improvement" ptogtain carried on With the match tetildhaVe ia'Whg effect AS people competed for the i 1,500 in trite Money to be offered, lti asking for the full 'co- oPeration Of everyone in pre= meting the metch,, the Walton Man noted the 1946 Mitch at t Merlon was billed as the avid, tort' match" after the war and thiS bile could well mark 20 years of Peace:. Norm A I O an deri'Lolidet, bolt, president or the Soil and crop Improvenient Attatinfititt, explained his group Walla have a special project in regard to the Match and asked for any Stiggestierie tO Whet could be dene. Presents idea to reclaim swa mps HFA MEETING In his brief report,. Norm Alexander, President of Huron Soil & .CrOp Thiproveinent At- t odiatitni, mentioned the pot- tibitity of adding several acres of tillable land thittironthtoUgh development of its three major swamp areat, !minding Hay twarrip. HO said the water table *Mid not necessarily' be adversely .affected if Water management practices were followed hi the Creation of inland lake areas Which could provide recreation sites. Said the reclaimed land would pot siblybe good for vege-t tables, sPeCialiied crops Of pasture linproveinent, "It Wetild be a help for the surrounding communities,'' opined, The .LeildesbOte .,Seed dealer also cited the need for' control measures 'th regard to erosion of streams leading into Lake lake kits going into the lake Are gone forever," he exPlainedi in Calling for :Seine Pitied to rectify the 'probletn. Elmer Bunter said he had been interested in such a scheme, but added farmer Wanting- to "control erosion On their latide, needed ekPett bet to tell them what to do. it was suggested that eta h elp *ag not accessible, not even from CorieekVatiOn britieki AtihouneententS Wit • 4 • • 10 Church Notices , Corning Events Editorials 4 * .44 4*** Feminine radt :Fancies 4 Ltican ,4 int .11 V S. 11 SpOrts 4-* 6 Want Adt iiV•4 4 *V W91:111,, '7 crop in four and beans were a crop that couldn't be counted on until they were in the bin. The Brucefield area farmer noted bean growers had a most successful year with record crops, good prices and a won- derful export market, and noted "it's too bad the government and the dealers are going to force us to get rid of our com- pany". He said all growers were satisfied with the present setup, and added he didn't know what the feture would be. Murray Gaunt asked if the Farm Products Marketing Boatd had ordered the Sepata- than of the Beard trim their Linden company, and after be- ing told this was true, asked Gordon Hill why this was. "Because What has been 0* ing on IS illegal," Hill, a Mein- bet of the FPMB, replied. He said the bean growers were being subsidized by money from the Provincial levy and the Marketing Act doesn't allow for such action, Hill said he was "disturbed'' over the lack of CO-Operetion from the Bean130atd and Said the Board had knOted the OtOb= lem until the F.PMB had been kited to issue an ultimatum: "If the company is Malting a profit, why can't it stand on it's OWn feet without requiring A subsidy or under-the-table payttients?" he questioned, add- ing the growers could hardly expect any private concern to compete with a plant that could citaW on the resources of all the bean growers in Ontario. Charlie Thomas, F of A vied,' president) said the situation appeared to be vertical gratiMi in reverse to him, and eniettioned why it couldn't be Allowed. "We're not saying the plant must be dissolved," Hill re, plied, He said the farmers could keep It if they Wished and could Make levies tthvardt It. MacNaughton explained that regardless 'of whether the tittle, Lion was right or Wrong, it was in violation of a statute and ageing the law of the land, lie tuggetted the Minister of Agricuittire probebly be ready to entertain anYpropotal from the bean greiWert on .116W the Act COtild be changed and Parlianient could` 'de so if they turn to 'back- page 'Present 'five with life memberships thd ticker Branch Of the Boyat Canadian Legion presented five of their members With life nitinber. ships hi a Impressive service Tuesday. Heating PreSidentPerae Noels is shown above putting the tin Williatti Middleton. .At the e*trettie left is ,Jackson Woodt, While The two veterans on the right are Mali `rice Otiande anti CharleS tattett, plieto The Biddulph school, which is in its second year Of Opera- tioh, is "running well" Crozier reported, although he mentioned the recent vandalism which re* Suited in the theft of the school bell, "The Students are adapting to the built-tooth s chool well," he Added, and said he had been told by a London Teadher's College Matter that it was "as well equipped as any in Lon- don". Crozier Stated that when all the -work has finally been Cott- pleted the total cost will be $210,000, in his brief address, Gagon remarked on the 'remarkable success" of consolidation, L eonard Xiiight told the "rate- payers he would oppose ilirther enlargement of Sdlitielar at and admitted he deplored the pre sent change: O'Neil, Stepping .doWri due to health reasons after 10 years of Service, :reported the board held 36 meetings in the past year, 'INCUMBENT CRITICAL John Bryan, only member Of Council Who had a prepared speech, told the ratepayers that 1964 had been year Of fumb- ling and confutien", He Said things were At a Standstill, except for the "pro,, pagarida Bryan repotted that council had presented a Motion at their detober meeting calling ter the dismissal of road Stinerititen 'dent ;Tames O'shea. Bryan said he 'did not support the motion :since there WAS -- Please turn to back page spilled out into the garage area Outside the meeting room. Standing for council will be Lorne Barker, Charles Boll, ings, Joseph Hatkett, johri Bry- an, deities Ryan and Jac Van Geol. the first tour are sitting members, Ryan was defeated islet year in A.bld for the reeve's P while an Geel is a new candidate. Candidates for the thr e School board positions are Or- ville Langford ) ItonaidCrosier) Tom Gagori and Lebilard ithight, The four, along with veteran trustee Joseph O'Neil, have been members of the Biddulph board fOt the past year, The number from the township will be reduced to three in 1965 due to the fact two members from ttiden will join with theta hi the 'expanded board under the :new department of education regulationt, Crozier, present Chaltinali of the board, reported to the rate= payers that both 1;0a:hand:Bid, tiulph boards had protested the Move into one board, but their protests had resulted in no Action. commented On the loss of more and more local responsi- bility to the 'provitite, depler,, big the increased COlittel over local matters by the provitiCial government. 110Wever) Crozier predicted the change would affect than taxpayers More than Bitkitilpii, As the township VOUld 161ii the area with A 19-year &belittle on :their new tentral school, While Lucan has only five yeart remaining on the 'debenture of their school.