HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-06-23, Page 4New .Office
in
Grand Bend
We axe pleased -to announce
the opening of our new branch
;office in Grand Bend, on the
Bluewater Highway north, of
the :main intersection. All
Grand Bend residents and ,dis-
triat people who Vacation, there
are invited to take advantage
of the complete laundry and
dry cleaning facilities avail-
able. We can offer same-day
'Service through this new office.
Phone 95
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For Pickup and Delivery
in Grand Bend
BRADY
CLEANERS AND
LAUNDETERIA LTD.
Exeter, Ontario
Leading
outdoors
authority
King Whyte
writes—
""Something for Overyone
"It has been nty good fortune
to have fished and hunted
from British Columbia zo
Newfoundland—from the far
north to the Golf 0/California
and central Mexico .
Nowhere have r had it.better
than right here in our own
Prortnee of Ontario."Outdoor
Ontario has something for
everyone".
' Why not become a
'tripper"? Pack the family
in the car and set off on
it two or three day
pilgrimage to places
you've heard about but
• likely have never seen
—in your own Province.
You'll find it a rich
profitable experience and
you'll "Know Ontario
Better".
Accommodation is
abundant Rates are
reasonable.
Send the coupon below
and plan now your
4njoyment throughout the
year.
ic KNOW
THE TIMES -ADVOCATE, EXETER, "ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1055
Stress Proctkol Work
At HS Agriculture Dep
Over 90 major eXtraCurricular heavy fall rains but another Piot
projects in practical farming were of elite bean seed hes been
tackled by the Province a most planted again thin 3,111ar.
active high se1001 agricUlture de-
partment during 195445an an-
nual report iSsed this week
sbows
Twelve registered is were
raised by the school sow and Sold
to students or local breeders.
This program has been eonducted
Air ead y recognized as the for several years and• will be ant-
lea,der in its field, the agricultnre tinned.
department at $31•D•H•$• has The school vegetable garden
increased again its activities dur- produces potatoes And Cabbage
JIM the past year, Practical prO- for the cafeteria, and Produce its
jeats, with •empbasis on cash, .re- shown in the fall fair, Dividends
turns, are favored. are paid to the students from the
Tinder the directiOn of Andrew revenue.
Dixon and Sohn. Xenon, students Stndents participated in plow-
ing =Itches and the seed fair.
have engaged in poultry experi-
Inents, rood row. test plots, Pure-
bred swine raising, registered
seed growing aneroany other ac-
tivittes ranging from nut plant-
ing to grafting.
The department attempts to
finance its own proJects. ,Durlu%
the past year it spent $1,606.69
and raised $1,572.23.
Poultry Project
Poultry raising in the sclusol
barn remains one of .the major
activities of the department. in
1954-55 it conducted an experi-
ment to •compare three types of
pens—individual ,cages, en en-
closed pen with 24-hour light,
and a normal pen with windows.
Baby chicks were raised for a 4-
11 and the poultry barbeeue,
one of the highlights of the school
year.
In rod row test plots, the de-
partment compared growth and
production a eight varieties of
cern. A similar test has been
started this year.
An attempt to grow registered
beans 'not year was foiled by
'54 METEOR TVDOR, green
top, white 'body, exec 11 e n t
shape, 20,000 miles, one -owner
car. Licence No. 692.856. Spec-
ial Niagara.
'59 FORD SEDAN
•CHEV COACH, clean as
a pin. Licence No. 49.585.
'51 AUSTIN SEDAN, dark
green, a real sharpie, Licence
No, 691.944.
'47 STUDE)3AKER TUDOR,
overdrive. Licence No. 692.268.
'46 PONTIAC SEDAN'
42 MERCURY - TON, in
excellent condition, all new
tires. Litertee No. .4•8033.
Anybody wanting a. real buy
•on a new pickup, call in,
South End
Service
RUSS & CHUCK StIELL
Phone 328
The beekeeping program suf-
fered daring the past year be -
canoe of queen bee trouble but
two queens were purchased dais
spring to reorganize the colonieS.
Students are required to make
an insect collection consisting of
25 specimens,
A propagation bench selves as
a means of teaching horticultural
procedures such as coniferous cut-
tings, hardwood cuttings, soft-
wood cuttings, forcing bulbs,
propagation by seed and general
cultural practices.
A hot bed was constructed early
in April and plants were trans-
planted to the garden and flower
boxes or sold to students.
Bach student in Grade 10 was
given a daffodil bulb which was
planted at the school and taken
home to force, The results aver-
aged 2,3 blooms per bulb with,
one producing six blooms.
All er the grade 3,0 classes
made a trip to a -wild apple tree
orchard to practice grafting.
Pheasant eggs were latched in
the school incubator for the local
sportsmen's club. ,
Work In Orchard
The school orchard provides
facilities for complete instruction
in this type of work. The students
graft, prune, spray and protect the
trees against rabbits and mice.
The orchard contains dwarf ap-
ple, pear, Peach and plum trees
and vines.
Sixteen two.- year , old English
walnut trees grown from seed
were distributed among boys, One
hundred more nuts, have been
planted and will be distributed
later.
�n addition to the school activi-
ties, students in grade 10 are re-
quired to complete a home pro-
ject before being granted promo-
tion, The projects are selected
lust before taster holidays and
written and Oral reports on their
success are given. The instructors
visit the horne during the sum-
mer to -view progress on the pro-
gress on the projects.
The activities include construc-
tion projects, livestock, ,poultry,
accounting, fertilizer experiments,
field crops, gardening and tan-
ning.
Agriculture is taught in grades
nine •and 10 and agriculture
science in grades nine to 12.
Concert, Supper'
At Garden Party
The weather was ideal for the
annual ,garden, party held on the
Trivitt Memorial Church lawn on
Friday evening. F allowing a
strawberry and ham supper, Mr.
N. D, Knox presided for a pro-
gram of selections by the Exeter
Legion Pipe Band who played. be-
fore and during -the .supper hour,
violin selections by Mr. Howe,
two solos by Alan Elston, accom-
panied by Mts. Elston, acts by
Cpl. Hockaday, veattriloquist, and
Cpl. tan 1Fenning, •entertainer,
and numbers by the Huronia
Male Quartet—Messrs. 'W. Coch-
.rane, X.- 'Wolper, Harold and
Gerald Skinner.
Mrs, Milton Pfaff won a hand -
tooled leathei'purse in the bean
-
guessing contest. Shirley Wurm
won a beautifully -dressed doll for
Exeter guessing its name.
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• That's the verdict of those who know comhhaes. If
you always have clean, upstanding crops, you may not
really neett a combine so upside es the Cate "A.” But
for smolt seeds like clover, that take rest rubbing so
thresh out .. or a brittle crop like brans « or fine,
fluffy seeds like some of the grasses « or even grain
that id tough to thresh, the "AP ;a itt +it by knit,
DUTCHWOMAN, 23 DOGS ALIGHT IN N.S.—While 2,500
people jammed the airport at Sydney, N .S., this 47 -year-
old Dutch spinster alighted from a chartered transatlantic
-plane with her 28 much-pUblicized dogs. Mins Jacobs, Bregman
became a "cause celebre" when the offieials prevented her
from bringing her whole menagerie, including pony, donkey
and three horses, by air to Canada. They will arrive by ship
and will join Miss /3reginan on' the 192 -acre farm, she bought
on Cape Breton. Clad. in riding breeches and boots, the Dutch
enngrant woman. is Seen 'abovewith two of her dogs,
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Down
to
Earth
By D. 1. HOOPER
Go Fishing And Relax
411 Fisher's Hardware window
is a grand display of fishing tack-
le. It's the raffle prize of L0.0.10.
ticket draw, in their eampaign
for the Cancer, Polio and Tuber-
eulosis Fund. Some lucky so-
and-so is really going to get a
complete set of equipment,
and net along with a whole tackle
box, full of lures and gadgets.
This all brought to min•dan ar-
ticle in the May issue of'Coronet
"Who took the Fun out of Fish-
ing?"
Man, did this article hit ,home.
Going fishing to -day has .become
Big Business. Some Isaak Waltons-
feel that -they must gather to-
gether snore than 000 -worth of
equipment, a boat' and outboard
motor, eliinb into a car, drive
100 miles or more (eaeh way)
Plat to fish. Maybe they do enjoy
it, but
We (the boys and I) think that
the creek is still the best, just as
they said in the article. "Cut a
pole, tie -on a piece of line, a float,
sinker and hook. 'Grub a few
worms front under the woodpile
—and catch fish. You don't get
ready to go fishing, you just go
You don't 'swallow the exhaust
fumes of all the other guys who
are rushing up to that lake that
so-and-so fished last summer.
Fishing? It's a disease. To sortie
people it's like narcotics. We've
jigged for cod in Nova Scotian
bays and we caught fish in most
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salt waters of the northern hem-
isphere from the salmOn of 'Alas-
kan coast to eels of the Bay of
Bengal, Fishing then :was a pas-
time. A relaxation in a war torn
world.
Today fishing is still an en-
joyment. Try lying on a creek
bank, Pull your hat down over
yohr eyes to keep out thesun
peeking through the tree. Hear
oethe shout of the boy or girl who
landed a sun bass. To them it's
*poi -They caught it. It's no good
to eat but the cat will enjoy a
treat. And you? You -went fishing,
you relaxed and broused In the
sun, and when-th.e sun started to
lengthen the shadows, you wound
up the line and walked up through
the pasture, Listening to Junior's
chatter -of estatement, you make
a resolve,—"I'm going fishing
oftener—in the same place."
The Story In
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Saintsbury
By MRS. H. DAVIS
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There Was no service in St.
Patrick's cburch on Sunday.. It
was cancelled for anniversary
service in St. Thomas chttroh,
Granton.
The Diekins Reunion was held
on Saturday at Springbbnk Park.
Those who attended from the
community were: Mr: and Mrs.
B. Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. D.
Maguire and boys, Mr. and Mrs.
H. Latta, Carol and Denny, Mr.
and Mrs, B. Greenlee and boys,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Barker, Joan and
Garry, Air. and Mrs. jack Dick-
ins, Ma„ and Mrs. M. McDonald,
Howard, Joyce and Hazel, Mr.1
and Mrs. Heber Davis, Almeria
,and Alexia. The next reunion is
planned for the same Saturday
it June. Mr. and Mrs. M, Mc-
Donald and Mr. and Mrs. Dink-
ins were in charge of sports.
Mrs. F. Davis spent the week-
end with her sister, Mrs. W. J.
Davis,
Mr. and Mrs. 0. Davis of Lon-
don were Sunday visitors with
Mr. and Mrs. C. Abbott,
Mr. and Mrs, M. Abbott spent
9. few days visiting relatives on
Manitoulin Island. .
Mr. and. Mrs, Hugh Davis at-
tended church Service at Forest
on Sunday and Heather visited
with her aunt iVliss Joyee
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Nothing ehatiges the line of a
man's tliskight quicker than spad-
ing up fish 'worms while digging,
in the garden.,--Moronet."
THIS 'WEEK ' 0
School's out
°Canning time '
Keep after flies
$pray Weeds in corn ,
pub those hogs, price may not
last. ' .
Put plenty of ,peas in the deep-
freeze.
Beef Calf Club
Inspects Cattle.
The ,Bbteter 441 Beef Calf :Club
.fl lat :Friday, June 17, at the farm'
of man: .Jackson, aontozak. A ,01%ael:
of four yearling hereford hulls
Were- Judged end reasensheard.
by club leaders Bob Bern and
Nirinstoo -Shantou. Ifr, Jackson
displayed his hall and pointed,
out the Manz beef feints.- Norman
Hyde thanked Mr, .1arson tor
his assistance.
rrom here the beef club me*]
hers
.it to the farm .of (111
Dow, Bgeter, and • joined tha
Dairy Club, Pr. Norm .A -u100 of
Kiritton gave an interesting, talk
On some •of the common liverstoek
diseases such .4 TaL, naastitna,'
foot and mouth diseases, etc. Xer,
Amon WAS thanked by Thigh
Auedie,
Joan Schroeder
Ties For Award
J.0411- Schroeder, daughter of
Rev, and Mrs. Carl T, Schroeder,
William St., has been named co
whiner of the Exeter 1.40ns Club
award for highest academic stand-
ing in grade 11 of South Huron
District High School, Principal H,
L. Sturgis announced this week,
Mita Schroeder placed only one-'
half percent below the mark at-
tained b voldemars Gulens, son
of Dr. and Mrs, V. Gulens, Dna-
wood, who was named sole win-
ner last week. In, reviewing the
awards, the SHIMS staff decided
the standing was so close Miss
Schroeder should_ receive equal
recognition,
- The Exeter lAons Club will
duplicate the award to honor'
both students.
In The Thues-AdVocate account
last week, the name of Frances
ostell appeared In error as one
of the winners of the grade 1.2
awards. Her sister, Alexia, re-
ceived the honor,
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payments and collections—market information
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'whole trade picture. Through their foreign •
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centres around the *all -
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