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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-09-04, Page 1} One Hundredth Year Whole Number 4777 -SEAF'ORTII ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER '4, 1959' Single Copiee, 5 ' Cents $2.50 a Year in •Advance o ar ea Events . There is' no lack 'of .engagements for. the Seaforthe District High . School Trumpet "Band, according to band officials Highlight • -of , theen a ements g g -that liave-`beeri accepted` for -Sep-'' tember and October is an appear • ance .at the International; Plowing' Match. Tlie:;'band, will• travel,to Dundas, ' where the tented city' housing the International event'is: located, 'on Thursday, October 15. Other, engagements include Mount. Forest, Ripley;e' SSeaforth, Zurich,. Brussels, Strathroy and.St, Marys, and a number of other engage=` menes are pending, eccording•to, tie band'' leader,:. George Hilde brand. Already 'several iiivitataons have. been refused. Now composed of 40 SDHS stu dents, the, band had its ;beginning in September; 0 948, when: the sole' instrument was ansnare' drum 'During the •following year, through assistanee from 'the board, three snare drums, a bass drum and 16, bugles were purchased The° players—all_boys-:re ceived, insttrle ,tions from,;Bandmaster E, H. Close, who continued to lead the band for several years. `, ' As the years passed- graduations took their toll of : original players who, in°many,cases, were: replaced by, girls. ;;Today, the band includes" 38 ,girls and bass drummer Bill. Each year saw the addition of:; •.several new instruments. -The band ,nowmcltides among itsinstrunients:. a number of marching .lyra and single' valve trumpets, permitting 'a wide range of • music. ,New uni= forms were purchased' in, 1957 and •included•capes made by staff mem- bers and mothers of the "girls.''•'A -., dolor, ':' party -and ;majorettes -were. 'added--in:195S .eand thi :yea r band appeared ,�ther for- •the first timet •iii ''pillbox caps. There; is no, lack- eof ,'students, anxiousthe bend; play lay in ..,b •. ac- cording to, Band, Leader Hildebrand who has-been in charge:since 1957: tot onl 'is :there the -o• ertu it Y Pp .n,y to learn to; play• ;an` instrume t, :but .; ._._there is the fun andex e iece. which • come with ..trifill ; Ps to en- gagements, n- a ements. But::ever bod g g. Yb Y, can't P,la... y , he-Who,. play ••'m - the e ba d nnustmaintain,hi hacademic stan- `dards," "'Mr,. Hildebrand `said. "If theme:-don'-,=-they-have-to'-give;.. up the band. Sometimes' .some who ' want to 'join haven't kept; up with their studies, so°. we .can't use, them .� The ' same • consideration- applies` to 'engagements. In accepting out- of -town._. -en a ements, ; Preg ress of g g. members at school given is ' 'veli'Piece' :dence :For=thi`.re' s iron` :it i` :n c-< . : • ... r , s e 'esear to •refuse' -man.- in 'tations. y y v�, e ac year. .ear . istric - Man t IVIn 1 •res nt•:. Huron ep....e s r A group of40 men,representing as many counties in Ontario, is' currentIy.passing 'thiough Middle- sex, Huron'' and .Oxford„ as part of the four-day "Soils day and Land Use' Tour" being sponsored by the ex- tension braneh of the Department' of Agriculture. -Representing nting Huron county ntY o. n the tour is .Ke Kenneth •Ca Campbell, 1, ,Dublin. The'' tour Will conclude on Friday. I T WAS.SWIMM ING MEET DAY at the LionsPoolt a aids ha i iy. C m n in. a num o s rof he :. Y be t classes are'shown as' they gathered after --the 'meet with LAC Don' Hickey and • Flight Cadet .Mar- garet Little, recreational specialists at RCAF Station ':Clinton, Who assisted in the meet Leftto right, front, Linda "Powell,' Cheryl Moore, Mary Eckert, F/C Little; (rear) Bill Rowat,,,LAC Don Hickey, Tom Silrs and 'RonHildebrand. .,(Expositor photo by Phillips) ecords fall ;wimmers esn Largelyr attended funeral services were held Sundayafternoon for Edwin Pearson ,Chesney,- clerk- `treasiirer df Tuckersmith township. 1VIV."Chesney... -died suddenly. early- Friday morning'., at his home on the', Kippen road in .Tuckersmith He was 52 The short Simple;.'service was. 'conducted by his: inister .Dr. J. Semple Basing -his remarks ,ion Acts 13-36, "and David having serve `his owngeneration, b the. . d w . y. will ::of. God e on 'sleep.". • £ 11 e Dr. 'P.,. Semple referred to the;;selfless ser viceMr. Chesney had rendered the people of. his . municipality and others who benefitted from his help. Born in Tuckeramith "township:. the son of the late Pearson M. Chesney, and Annie May Straiton, Mr. Chesney received his educa- tion at township schools and at, the, Seaforth Collegiate Institute. Show- ing an early interest in municipal -affairs, 'as`a-youth he became'. as sociated with. -;the township which he served for thirty years -in ,var- ious capacities. •In the'•midthirties he was named township_tre.asurer, and in 1944 " when .the office of clerk and treasurer .were joined, he became - the first to,act in that capacity, He- was also"tax. collec- tor and- relief r f officer:. `A student of allha t t was irivoiv- ed_ in holdinoffice as aservant s a of a • municipality, .,.Mr. Chesney,. was .recognized as an -authorityin his fieldes He was , er Vice-president- of ',the Seaforth Lions Club and a ,mean-,. ber of the .I.O.O.F. Ile was in charge of adm'inistration at Hen- sel]. Sales . and had been active at the Thursday`: afternoon sale '• a short time before his death. . Mr. Chesney'is''survived by his wife, the former Cora: Sherwood, to whom he was anarried'�in'Te on- to,• March 31, 1943. He' is 'also •sur-' viveC; by a brother, W. •James Chesney, Ottawa, and four,sisters, .Mis: Janet Chesney and.Miss Ber- tha Chesney,; Highland Park, Ill. Mrs. Jessie , e Walker, lker Rochester,'- N. Wa Y and Mrs.' W. K. Ament, it- • chener Mr. • and Mrs. Ch • Y ,had d re- turned early in the month follow- ing a six, weeks' motor -trip "to, the vest coast, _a tri eto-•which-he had been lookingforward- for some The remains rested at the Box :Funeral Home; where services were .held on Sunday:_' Attendance at the services taxed the capacity of the chapel and large numbers' (Coiitinued.on-Page 4) D. eficienc a menta would be of ,y,P Y little benefit to hog ..-:producers': fi, Charles-McGinnes, president of the 'Ontario Hog Producers told a m eet= a at Holmesville Tuesday night, The affairr, in Holmv es. ille United Church,c'included. _ a •^ n er _and a PP r & wassponsoredby the Huron Hog Producers to provide information on the hog situation. Mr. McGinnes was answering a question posed by . Robert • Taylor., president of ' the Huron Farmers' Union. While deficiency, payments may not 'be • wrong in all ,respects, he was opposed to.them,for a'num, ber' of reasons which he set out:.: Explains Reasons Deficiency payments ' would amount to the difference between' a set price and the price received by a producer.for• bis hog. This' would bepaid en a. yearly basiss, and it would,' leave the. smaller 'farmer short at the" end of the •year as the payment would notlikely, be made Until' three months of the following -year had • elapsed. This, xnig'ht cause some- to go into con - Set Dates For Bayfield. Fair The annual fall fair of the BaY- field Agricultural Society is being, held this• year on'September 25-26, according to Mrs: Alma Bassett, secretary of. the fair: •'it is the first., time the society has sponsored the main day of the fair on a Satur- she <said, kyr tract farming, which the associa- tion-•was.trying to: avoid. • Deficiency a t would be .PY m en made: to each producer on a cer- ber of tain:num hogs andthis , . t s would' mean that' the large producers •would ---be producing • the over -run of thie. lizint at .a loss, and ' the smaller producers; seeing that there is a profit, would increase their production. Mr. McGiiiies said that, self-help in marketing was much better' than; a government handout He; 'Men - Ilona that men-taoned'that when the Poor Law was' introduced in England, the people received poorer .wages, and the government paid the • remainder:: This would occur if the deficiency payments were brought into, being. • The: payments would. ,also do away with a Tot of: butchers; Mr. McGinnes ' claimed, since, 'lie • said all the hogs would have to go through a registered packing' plant., The most tragic result of defici,. ency payments, .as Mr. McGinnes saw it, •would be that the public: would expect to get cheap meat' and would show resistance to pur- chasing, When. the 'cost went•. up. He told the'' meeting economists. have looked info the situation and they ,agree that a- •deficiency pay-. trent' policy would not -be the best „Mr,.. Taylor suggested that if government offiicialh were to really' look .into the situation ,and were concerned • about keeping t he "family farm", they would develop a defieiency,.payment program. *pe, king' agar � a in - M McGinnes pointed,. out that if deficiency pay - menu :were made on :hogs,- farm ers would •expect to -receive' -;these payments on all produce. He said that in the first lace nient l�! r . govern handouts should not be , made. If the ro .prices of duce ere to be P produce kept at a good level, no deficiency ed.on Pae 5 ( Contin u g ) Compefe erg�H . Records 'fell, across the board as. Seaforth _ swimmers competed - at the Lions ,Pool ,Saturday. In all there were eleven' records broken, and Tom : Sills and Cheryl Moore shared honors by each 'setting four new -marks Others, who broke re- cords were Mary Eckert, Joan Teall and Don :Hickey,. . The eve nts.'in:-which the rec ids were broken and 'the previous holder are as follows•: , Intermediate girls, 100 ft-. re e old -record, 30 seconds (Jeep Teall, Cher l Moore, '25-8 seconds; 195s9_ ri Senior girls 100 ft:;free style, Cheryl ' Moore, ' 24:9 seconds; old record, 31.5 seconds (Cathie Eck- ert, 1958). Senior boys, 100 et. free style, Tom Sills, 17.0 seconds;. old record, 18.8 seconds (Tom Dick, -1958):- Junior 958):•Juinior girls," 45 ft. free style, Mary Eckert, 11.1 seconds;. old re- cord, 11.8' seconds (Kendra'Moore, 1957)9 Interediate s,100f t. back ae k smit g1 stroke,, :Jea Teall,31.2 seconds. old .record,.33,3 sconds`. (Phyllis 1957).Bryaris,; Senior 'bo back stroke, 100 ft., Tom Sills, 24.6 seconds; old -"-re- cord, 26.1 seconds Teen, Teenr1 • 958). Intermediate irls, 100 `t. breast stroke,Cheryl.Moore, 34. seconds; old rcord, 8.5'sconds (Phyllis Bryans,' 1958')_ . Y breast' sk Senior � boys' ' stro a X100 ft,, Tom, Sills," 26.8 seconds; : old record, 32:2. seconds, : (Tom Dick, - 1957), ick,1957),'• Adult :women s 100-ft.rea b st strojz, e,_C1tery) ,Mvo e,:34:0: seconds;. old time,. 35.2, (Marion IticLlwain, 1956)7'. - Adult men's 100 -ft. breast stroke, Don Hickey, 23;0 seconds; old time,. 29.2 seconds (Don Hickey,` 1958)). ;Senior ,boys'' .butterfly breast stroke, 100 ft., Tom Sills, 25.5 sec onds;•'old time, ;31.2. (Tom Dick, (See 'Page 6 ,for further details. of the stemming. meet).. They were snuggled together on the sofa. The lights were lbw, the phonograph -played softly. He whis- pered: "What are ;you, thinking about, darling?_-" - "The.same thing ingy ouaxe, -sweet: heart,"she giggled. "Good,". " r o -e he . shouted. ' 111 rac you to the refrigerator:" Attendance ' in Seaforth' schools will :b'e' up slightly when the bells, ring -Tuesday morning. A total in, crease ', of 40: is expected in the four schools. Seaforth- District High ;School -will welcome' about 15 morePi ii ils P this' year, to Bring.;, the total en- rolment to about 380, Seaforth Public School and St. James' Sep-- arate School:'both expect increases of 10 to 15 .'pupils.: Egmondville School will remain 'about constant` at 57-60 Little -work was parried -out. at. the high school this ',year. Several of the rooms were repainted. Two new teaehing faces,: will greet the high school pupils when, they "check 'in Tuesday. The new members will be Miss D. Matalon, who, will "'be' teaching French, and Donald Pullen, who will beteach- ing `:English.: Other ''teachers re- turning are: L. P. Plujnstee1, prin- cipal. F. A. Dobson J. Le Slat` ancer. Drive eObjectiveur Final campaign returns of the. Huron Unit of the Canadian'' Can- cer Society indicate the county's 1959 :objective was exceeded by over $2,000. Treasurer Mrs. Beryl A. Harper, `. Goderich; announced' this -week con tributions totalled $15,263.75. Ob- jective for the unit, now in its sec- °,ond year, of operation,, was. $13,000. An. additional $806.20 has . been raised this' year through the pur- chase of ,ii memoriam cards,: boosting the <°total county fund to $16,069,. The cards,;; available at> funeral homes thrrughout the coun- ty, recognize"'contributions made to the ,society in memory of deceased tery, Miss 'Jean`.Maclntyre, B. V. Whitely, Miss Nan Taylor, Miss Florence' -Elford., F. S. Cosford, William Nedigar, Mrs. Donna Han- non, ' Frank ' Godin;' Miss Gladys Miller and William_-Mu_rdie ` The high school buses will'op- .erate over the same routes this year as they dids last year,. until registration is completed..' 'The routes will then be, reviewed, ac- cording to an ;;advertisement on Page 3 ..-of this issue.. The 'buses will leave' at 8:30 A.M.T�i',esday morning and after that 7,30a:m. One Change At:SPS Only'; one change' was made on the teaching 'staff of Seaforth .' Pub - Tic School. Mrs. Thomas Kay, Sea - forth, will: teach: grade 4 when school opens next week. Other teachers are John W. Talbot, prin cipal, grade 8s Miss Ella' Elder, _grade- 1; Mrs. H. Mason;, grade 2; Mrs. Elva 'Ellis, grade 3;_^ Mrs. T. Kay, grade 4; Miss M. E. Turn- bull, grade 5; : Mrs. R. ,Boussey, grade 6; ' Doug Widdis, grade. 7; Donald Morton, :;grades .7 and 8; Mrs. E. C. Boswell and, Mrs. J. W. Talbot, kindergarten. According to Principal -J. W. Tal- bot, the interior.woodworkof the: school was varnished and new drapes were installed in two class- rooms At lass-roomsAt St. James' School, all the floors' were, refinished during the summer' lull. ' Desks in one of -the rooms' weree also refinished;: The area where fire broke out last week will -be cleaned. up and paint- ed. ain ed.before, st chool opens Tuesday morning. The teaching staff will remain 'the same under the: guidance of the .pirincipal,; Sister Olivae, teachers will be Sister- Charlet �e.. Mrs. Ken Etue. and. Mrs. E Rowland. Biggest repair job was at Eg ;. mondville, where the building was'' reroofed and the upper portion of the chimney r laced.. Teachers will. be. Arthur Finlayson and; Mrs ,+ Ross Alexander. `.`We are most grateful for the support we have received from the citizens of 'Huron in our -fight against one ..of mankind's most tragic ,and baffling ;diseases,"" said rsM.Ken et. h John s R.R. 1, Wood- taan''Chairman f the unit. "The success of theca' as gn has• enabledx us:to- extend '' theser- vice d _ s r,_ vice` we .provide local -patients as well as to increase.; our . contribu- tion toward the • nation -Wide re- search program .sponsored by the society.„ Contributions by districts to the 1959 campaign•were:' •Exeter, $4,, 194.46; ,Goderich,$4,854.54;` Sea - forth,.. $2,687.70 Clinton, $2,203.30; Wingham; $1;527.25; Blyth, $296.50. A grant of -$500” wa .rrec ive ;from Huron -count council. In.:;menioriam contributions to -date for the' year are: Goderich, $332.25; Exeter, $192.25;' Seaforth` $150.85e Clinton,, $125.35;: Blyth, r The s c'et annual campaign,• o iy,s n at. which -.time .educational litera- ture , is distributed, ':is , conducted during ' the month of -April. 0 OWi �Co 5" _ i'i'i etc For .• Honors Here Eighteen grous_partici ated in. a trebles bowling tourney • at the local greens Tuesday..A Goderich trio teok'top spot with• -3 wins plus: 27. The group Were IMr:. and Mr`s.; A. Townsend , and S. 'Robinson Mr: and ' Mrs P. Price and P. Bisset, also of Goderich, came second, with.:3 wine plus `16. A Seaforth entry placed third,, with. 3 wins ,plus 10. They were B. F, Christie, Mrs ,-Elmer Larone and "Robert. Doig. Another ,Goderich entry, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Sale and Tim. Sale, were fourth, with 2 wins plus 18. Other rinkswere' HScrimgeour, ur, S. - -McLean, Westbrook... R.--Sper- ling, ar-• M , P li Goderich;. Mr. Laurence,For- ng,. ,., For- est; Fred • Elliott,' .:Clinton, and Lorne DaeDon: ale Harold Con- nell, William Ball,, Clarence Wal-` pIRM N..' R OMSEA Q R TH, B.xucefxe, ld a nd Clinton linton succee e. dm rev 'ntin P i nfila,i .mes .fr o , ,'spreading-to,nearby, buildings whenfire•"egmpletely destroyed a;large barn east of BrucefieId.Iate4' • SundaY a ternoon. Owned bYMrs; W.Haugh and.Sons he building was discovered to:be onfire;NeilHatgh.Cause of' the fire has not been determined: (ExFositor,photo l , .,: A $32,000 fire Sunday; night com- pletely ;destroyed a large len and contents near the village of Bruce- field About 5:30 pen'. the fire broke is -out. in the : barn -oni'the Haugh -farm.. a -mile east -of the village.The • 56 `' b 80 -foot rot structure was :completely gutted. The loss in. theblaze was esti- Mated at between, .$36,000 • and ,Seaforth $8'2;60C -BY S aforth FireChief Ch of hn F.'' co Jo Scott The • outbreak?. was ' spotted `.by. NeiliHaugh,--'younger : son of '.Mrs. Wallace' Haugh,, W•allace 'Haugh, •'family, were` in the nearby family 'home. He noticed the corner of the barn on fire near the spot ;where elec- trical wires enter the .barn.. He and his brother;Allan, raced to the scene,`and entered the upper portion> -of, the 'building, but ,-were unable to ; save-- anything. As. ,they .dame • down the stairs the' whole upper portion broke into flames' They tried to save the livestock, but were ,forced back by 'flames and •smoke which soon enveloped the 'whole strueture, •' Fire departments . from Bruce. field, Seaforth arid Clintonanswer- ed the alarm and worked to pre- vent the spread of the fire, They were successful in saving - an "ad-. jacent anar .•. enholase nd-d drive g'r' Yr,ia ".a ri e shed. The house, southeast of the barn,. was never endangered by the blaze, ze An estimated. 1000 hens and d ,were e Hays' a . Most of .,: o .300pies' deny George Ha.:...,,Y r_J Jack Mi" ..._u r and....... _.,_....._ a" herd.t _.. b Rev. J., C. Britton. lost in the blaze. •Several of the FIFTEEN GIR S'`meinber's of 4 H Clubs in. Huron. Count - re- . Y, coved .county.;:honors . certificates Thursday,: in recognition of suc.- cessful contpletien of six 4-H club projects, -Front o* from the left: Car oline Ross, Seaforth; , Lynda Tieman, Dashwood; Mary Jane' Hoffman; Hashwoodr ,Mary _MacGregor, „Seaforth;Helen ;Rader, Dashwood. Second row: "Sharon . McBride KiPPQ n° Ruth '•Jarrott Kip .pen:.. Dashwood. , Joan . ... Westcott'Huronda le;,Carol Becker, ecke ,;Dashwood; Mar - • garetMacGxegor,Seaforth. Third rdv: Antoanet�eJVa Den Henget, Seaforth; Eleanor Keys; McKillop; ,Connie Eckert, Seaforth; 'Freda Hunt McKillop. . Cathy Eckert, Seaforth. , .• pigs were: freed '':from the barn; but "some;,scrambled- back into the blazing inferno,__ while: others :had to ,be -destroyed later.. Also ' lost was a °quantity of hayarid straw': and. a number, of impleme nts. The loss- waspartially co e ed bY surance. •= ' Firemen, who drew water a large well on the -f " coultl:_ds' g ar41r little but wet down the ruins ,and play water on nearby buildings.' 4 , Ju,ior,F:r ri a mer S Have ar - i-�1 e E � ,Start .B, RYAN). Y ( Y KEN AIT ' . It was an early rise for 37 Hur-. on' County •Junior Farmers last Saturday morning -for a trip to Manitoulin >Islnnd:_ .The'. bus start- ed, its pickup about 2:15,? and are rived at Tobermory about 6:45. Due to dense fog, the ferry was' late arriving at port, and it was about: noon .when the group arriv-, ed at South Baymoutla . Boardizig:.the b'us, • they drove 30 miles to':Mindemoya, 'Where they had dinner. Because. of the late- ness in, starting, the Dominion Ex- perimental Farm -w iswas p 1. h hta.be ., visited,.was 'poly briefly looked ' .ray o dat from the bus, Later on that after- noon the group visited a turkey ,acessng plant_at Gore Bay after lookin over�the:d'ock where much h pulp wood was•waiting to be trans- ported by ;barge to Detroit for pro- - (Continued on Page 5) , • Cause:; of the outbreak. has not been determined.:' The Haugh family, assisted by,' -neighboring farmers and .friends, are busy cleaning up ',the' :debris; left by the fire. :Earlier this week some r Of the gainwas salvaged b . gged Y. their' 'c combined efforts A ractor :rushes McKiIIopFarrner Jo h 'Ec , ckert 59, i s in- Scott'. rep -Memorial Hospital.. here . with, a crushed ' chests' The ac ident oc- c eurred when he .sli�ed and. fell pP from the tractor he was operating, and the -tractor and a mower pass-, ed over him. Dr. E. ,A, McMaster, who is attending him, -said. Wed- nesday his `condition; was . serious. Mr. Eckert was , preparing to mew,a field at the rear of his .farm,'.lots 5 and 6,'4oncession 9, Mcltillop. He` was alone, George: Rock, who was in 'the area, saw the accident and assisted the in- jured man to his' home. Later he .,.es `rem, ved hospital... . iva o be Warden's .• .' arden Son Hurt a Master Larry Jewitt, son of Mr. -' and Mrs:_ Wm J 'tt had the Mis- fortune. to be kicked in' the faee by, a''-coty Monday, and although Me improvedmorial i still Hospitala , patiSeaforent'th. in Scott `UC•I ERSMiTH GETS . CLEARAN FOR WORK NEAR STATION . CLINTOI 'Tuckersmith' township "council, meeting in the, Tp»n Tull here Tuesday evening, named Mrs. E. P. Chesney acting clerk and treas- urer. , Mrs. Chesney 'succeeds her husband, -who died suddenly last week., She was also appointed tax cdllector•,;relief administrator and clerical:. assistant to the roadesup- erintendent for .the.balance;of 1359. A covering, byelaw will be pre; pared, Mrs.' Chesney was authoriz-. ed,:t0 hire necessary clerical assist 'ince to the end of 1959'at the rate of $1,00 per hour. Tile Drainage By -Law No. 6, 1959, was given its required reed,. ings and 'finally' passed. ,.Wilfred Tremeer was paid $34.40 for Chick- ens killed by dogs and valuator; fee= of$4s ordered Paid, :wa w The Clerkas instructed ed to ap- ply for interim road subsidy' 'cov- ering road expenditures frons Janu ary=-1 to August 31, 1959; to, return 'Laois Contracting Company -bond 'covering gravel contract in the 'amount . of $300; to purchase an. addinlg machine at•a-.price of $110, :! less $15 allowance. for illi -machine; to reply to Departanent•of National !. Defence letter advising that. auth, ority had been received to proceed with' reconstruction of township road along the Ninth boundary of RCAF Station, Clinton; to notify terested` parties on the Soldan, atars and Stewart brains. of the ; reading of the reports on the afore- •, mentioned at the Town Hall, Sea - forth, on Sept. ! 15, 1959. Accountspassed included: - sup- plementary- allowance, $25; Receiv- er-General, $9.15; advertising;: $4; hospitalization, $18755; d n in p, $22.50;. Box' Furniture, $15; fire a' protection, $332;; ' relief; $10513; drains,`'S275 Seaforth, Agricultural Society, grant, 8225; bond rot • , $800; .. - ... ':cls' acke s ` killed,' 3,1:40'.*'sa ary and allowance, $241.63; *Ott. age, '$5; roads, $1,210.93., Cotten adjourned to Meet Oct. 6 at 8 p.m.