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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-08-30, Page 9THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1951 9 82 Years Celebrated By Stephen Woman Mrs. Maxine Desjardins of Stephen celebrated her eighty- second birthday at the home of Iier daughter, Mrs. Berne Ridley when members of her family and friends gathered to honor her on the occasion. The evening was spent listen­ ing to music and singing. Pie and Ice cream was served by the hostess and the table was centred with a two story birthday cake, Mrs. Desjardine received a number of useful gifts besides a beautiful basket of flowers from Mr. Parry Thompson, Parkhill, florist. A pleasant evening, was brought to a close with wishes t,o Mrs. Desjardine for many more happy birthdays. Those who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Parry Thompson, Paul and Ross of Leury, Mr, and Mrs. Gerald Snider of near Zurich, Mr., and Mrs. Orval Farrell, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Desjardine and fam­ ily, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Des­ jardine and family Mr. Everett Desjardine and Alex Desjardine. On the eve of Ronald Mason’s first birthday and Mrs. Maxine Desjardine’s eighty-second birth­ day which both fall on August 25, a joint birthday party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mason, Dashwood. Twenty relatives gathered to celebrate the occasion. The pret- Pastures continue to make excellent growth for this time of year, • with all cattle in very good condition. Continuance of wet weather the beginning of the week held up harvesting operations con­ siderably this week. Most farm­ ers in the Southern part of the county have completed thresh­ ing, while others in the Central and Northern sections still have some grain to cut. Considerable plowing has been done in pre­ paration for fall wheat and we have been receiving a number of inquiries concerning fall wheat for sale. Soybeans, turnips and field beans in the county look very good and good yields are expected. tily decorated table was centred with one candle for Ronald? Home-made ice cream was serv­ ed in the form of a banana split after lovely gifts were epened. All those present wished both the celebrants many more happy birthdays. “If you try to kiss me, I’ll call mother.’’ “What’s the matter with your father?’’ “Oh, he isn’t as deaf as moth­ er is.” Business Directory DR. H. H. COWEN ; L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON Main Street, Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoon Bus. 36-W - Phone - Res. 36-J DR. J. W. CORBETT L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON Bell Building Phone 373 Exeter JOHN W. ORCHARD OPTOMETRIST Main Street, Exeter Open Every Week Day Except Wednesday For Appointments Phone 3 55-J E. F. 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Ballantyne R.R. 1 Woodham Alvin L, Harris Mitchell E. Ross Houghton Cromarty Solicitor W. G. Cochrane Exeter Secretary-Treasurer Arthur Fraser Exeter on the second concession of Stephen ’things are pretty quiet. All the harvesting is done, the fields are ready for fall sowing and the hogs and hens are sold and out of the way. That’s the way it is on the Dearing farm every year at this time. Preston and his son, Ger­ ald, start their annual collection of ribbons and prize money for showing the best Dorset Horned sheep in Canada and probably North America. Their first major exhibit is at the Ex. They have an eight-day stand there and it’s something of a holiday. The show provides free lodging for the men and their sheep. The Dearings get free access to most of the con­ cessions so there’s little of the big exhibition they miss. After the CNE they go to Western Fair in London, then to Stratford, Galt, Exeter, Kirkton and other smaller fairs and fin­ ally the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Preston has a flock of 70 sheep, all registered. From these he picks his best 14, pens them up rn his barn about two weeks before the Ex opens and starts preparing them for the show. The sheep are sheared to square proportions on the body. They must, of -course, show “a good leg o’ mutton” to be cham­ pions. Whatever- else they have to show, it’s a cinch the Dearing sheep meet the qualifications. We had a look at those sheep last week. * We arrived at the farm when the Dearings were moving a sheep shelter. When that was completed we were tak­ en for a tour of the barn. We looked at the ewes first. Un­ fortunately we couldn’t follow Preston as he pointed out this Grand Champion and that Grand Champion, the reserves of this and winners of that. It was the same way with the curly-horned rams. Each had a distinction of some sort. “Popeye" Preston has a soft spot in his heart for “Popeye”. He’s eight years old, a little past his use­ fulness, but he’s built up quite a reputation. He’s been a Can­ adian grand champion in his time and he’s fathered many champions since. Pres is taking no chances of losing grand championships for years to come. He has several different families of champion Dorset Horns which he keeps inter-breeding to ensure high quality. None of the Dearing sheep have ever been entered under that name in the U.S. But one sheep which he sold to an Amer­ ican took top honours in the Chicago fail’ and he wasn’t good enough to be a champion up here. Preston says the weather in Canada is better suited to the sheeps’ health. He doesn’t claim his sheep are the best in North America but it would certainly appear so. Preston doesn’t take all the Dorset Horned prizes at the fairs. He figures that maybe the judges deliberately put other sheep in front of his own to give their owners encouragement (a practice which, incidentally, Preston doesn’t mind in the least). Judge’s Blush But just to satisfy himself this was the case, he pulled a trick one year which made the judges blush. Pres got a friend to show one of his rams. He and Gerald picked out the ram each thought was best (Pres admits that Ger­ ald’s been the better picker late­ ly) and let the friend show the third ram. The friend was not Reduced Prices on McClary Refrigerators 9-1 Delux New Price $419.00 7-5 Delux New Price $366.00 7-1 Monarch New Price $239.00 quality sir fam p/eze^js . . .* PHONE 27 x EXETER Dearings to make any indication that he knew the Dearings and he was separated from the owners in the showing. The judges placed, the two Dearing sheep in front during their judging and the third sheep was moved along until it was in third place. Preston be­ came supposedly irritated at this affront to his supremacy so he started “showing off" his sheep enthusiastically, indicating h e was afraid he might lose second spot to this newcomer. The judge, to Preston’s satisfaction, did move the sheep into second for the final placing. According to Pres, it was a sight to see the judge blush when the winners were announced and the Dear­ ings captured all three prizes. Little Competition Preston will admit, modestly, that there isn’t much competi­ tion in the country for him. He’s even asked judges to give the othei’ fellow a prize so the latter will show his sheep at another fair. While her husband and son are at the exhibition, Mrs. Dear­ ing looks after the farm. As we said at the first, most of the work is done. She just has a few cows to milk with the electric milking machine so it isn’t too much of a burden. Preston’s farm is as much a model as his sheep. He keeps his barn and sheds well-painted. His implements are kept in the pink of condition inside a shed (they looks as if they’re all new) and the house and grounds are as nice as any intown. The above is part of the story on the Dearing sheep. The rest will come next week and in the weeks and years hereafter as Preston and son, Gerald, bring home the blue ribbons. * * * * Park Muddle Hon. William Greisinger, On­ tario minister of planning and development, has finally steered London enthusiasts for a park in the pinery in the right direc­ tion. He told that city’s council that the Ausahle Valley Con­ servation Authority had the authority" to establish and con­ trol such a park. The establishment of such a park was recommended by the minister’s department when the Ausahle report came out in 1949. These facts seem to have been totally ignored by the London Chamber of Commerce in their zealous bid to promote a park in the large pinery area. It’s unfortunate that Mr. Grei­ singer didn’t speak up before. Now- it would seem that the sit­ uation is a little complicated. Officials of the London Cham­ ber of Commerce are in the pro­ cess of getting a price on the property from the Canada Land Company whose headquarters are in England. They were acting on the advice of Hon. H. R. Scott, minister of Land and for­ ests. So now it seems that we have two provincial departments — and two bodies—Ausable Valley Conservation Authority and the Chamber of Commerce—working on the same thing. Let’s hope they can all get together and work out a satisfactory solution. * * * * The schools will reopen in Exeter Tuesday, September 4. Three new teachers have been added to the public school staff, taking the places of three who have resigned. The new teachers are Mr. Clifford Reeves, of Stratford; Miss Siep, of Clifford; and Miss Kathleen McGill, of Clinton. Those who have resigned are Miss Marion Scarlett, of Sea­ forth; Mrs. Porter, who has been granted a leave of absence for a. year; and Mrs. G. Arm­ strong, who has accepted a posi­ tion at Wallaceton. Former teachers who are re­ turning are Claude Blowes, prin­ cipal; Craig Wilson, Mrs. Hugh­ son, Mrs. Jamieson, Mrs. Turvey and Mrs. Jermyn.♦ * . ♦ • » Dawn’s Early Light One of the young men-about- town had a rude awakening last week. After some sort of cele­ bration at Grand Bend, .he fell asleep in the ear when return­ ing home in the wee hours of the morning. The driver didn’t wake him up when he got home so our hero slept in the lane all night. (Don’t, feel sorry for him, because he pulled the' same trick on another fellow the week be­ fore.)♦ » ♦ ♦ Miss The Best It’s unfortunate that Princess Elizabeth and her celebrated sailor won’t see the best of Can­ ada when they make their tour in the fall. Their intiiiery doesn’t include this district. We hope the rest of Canada will give them as good an impression as South Huron would have. Zion Goose Leaves Home The wild geese that have been in the orchard on the farm of Ross Hern for the past three years, took to the air on Wed­ nesday and one of them has not returned. Last winter the same goose took a two-day trip by air but returned the second night at feeding time and has been quite content since. If any­ one happened to see it in flights or knows anything about its whereabouts, Ross would appre­ ciate hearing from them. Mrs. Will Tookey, Mrs. Jack Box, Lynn and Gordon of Lon­ don visited on Tuesday «th Mr. and Mrs. Allan Jaques. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton of London visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hern. Mr. and Mrs. Quinn, Mr. and Mrs. Currie and Bryan of New Brunswick, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Passmore of Exeter visited on Monday with Mr. and. Mrs. James Earl. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Brown and family of Windsor spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs, Welling­ ton Brock. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mardlin and Gale of Denfield were Sun­ day visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hern. Miss Geraldine Smith of Peter- boro visited on Tuesday with Mrs. Allan Jaques. Mr. and Mrs. We 11 in g t o n Brock and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brock spent a few days travel­ ling in the States. They returned home by way of the Thousand Islands, and Toronto. Mrs. George Marldin of Den­ field and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kellar and family of Exeter visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Allan Jaques. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Culbert of near Lucan and Mrs. Annie Brander of Pickering visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Eph­ raim Hern. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hern visit­ ed with relatives in Woodstock on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Hern, Leroy and Vernon were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brown of Cairmgrom. Memorial Service A very successful Memorial Day service was held in the church here on Sunday last. Rev. Anderson of Kirkton was the guests speaker and his message was very appropriate. A men’s trio from Granton, consisting of Messrs. Clare and Mel Westman j and Bill Parkinson, with Mrs. Tom Gunning as pianist, gave two very suitable numbers and were greatly enjoyed. A very generous offering was received from the many present from different parts of Western j Ontario. ELIMVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Cooper and. Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bell and, Carol Ann, Mr. Laverne Skinner spent a few days with Mr. Harry Murch of Owen Sound. Miss Betty Ann Stephen is holidaying with her sister, Mrs. Jack Robinson of Ranpock. The community expresses its deepest sympathy to Mr, and Mrs. Philip Murch since the passing of Mrs. Harry Murch sr. of London. Mr. and Mrs. Russell King and family of Crediton and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kerslake and Edwin are spending holidays in the northern points of Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Vogan and Sharon of Molesworth visited over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cunnington. , Mr. Philip Murch is spending a few days with his brother, Mr. Harry Murch sr. of London. A number of young people are attending Ryerson Camp this week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stephen visited on Sunday with Mr. Lewis Woods of Stokes Bay. Lad: “Say gramp, how do they catch crazy men ” Grandad: “That’s easy. They use a little rouge and lipstick, a cunnin’ hair-do and a pretty dress.” THE Best Car Repair Service backed by THE Greatest of the Car Builders ★ YOURS AT Snell Bros. Ltd. Phone 100 Exeter 3 Full Stocks of GM Factory-Approved Parts and Accessories . . . backed by GM integrity. Save and Be Safe assures ter and toward ORDER NOW ... A BIN FULL OF COAL you security of home comfort for next win­ saves you money. Coal prices will again move winter levels soon.We have in stock: Stove Anthracite Pea Anthracite ® Disco Coke • Nut Anthracite Pocohontas Stove • Stoker We Are Expecting a Car of Alberta Lump Coal About September 10, So Order Now! Phone 33 Jas. P. 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