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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-07-14, Page 1• Eighty -Second Year :FIRST MIXED GRAIN CUT—Among the first to cut mixed grain in this district were Mr. and Mrs. Harold .Jeffrey, Con, 0, Usborne, who began harvesting Tuesday, They expect a good yield, from their 10 -acre *crop, Hot weather has ripened grain quickly and although yield is .down in some sections, others report good stands. First cutting of wheat was done last week in Ow Grand Bend area and is now a eomnion sight. —T -A Photo ., DIG FIRE WELLS AT CENTRALIA- Five water storage wells are being constructed at the village of Centralia to provide a supply for fire protection. The: wells are 10 feet deep, and 14 feet in diameter and will hold about 11,000 cubic feet of water. Police trustees .hope: the wells will help prevent serious fire losses like the destruction of the turnip plant last winter. Working on the well are, left to right, ..eg`Carr, St. Marys; Vincent Bryans, St. Marys; Frank Smyth, police village trustee, and Mery Martin, Science ,Hill. —T -A. Photo Open Pool In:Vict�ri,a Park At Ceremony Wednesday Official opening of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority wading pool in Victoria park will be held on Wednesday afternoon, July '20, at. 3 p.m. Tom Pryde, Huron MLA, and Mayor R. E. Pooley will Out the ribbon on the new ,gement • pool. Sorority President Mrs. D. Geiser, Kinsmen President Sheldon Wein and Rev. H. J. Snell, minister of James • St. United. Church, will take part in the ceremony,,. Final construction of the pool, pouring of the cement apron, was completed Wednesday afternoon. District Motorists cik Drive Carefully People around here are driving carefully. For the second consecutive week, police -report report only minor accidents of under $50 damage. There were no fatalities, no in- juries. Both' the Ontario Provincial Pollee detachment here and the Exeter Police Department said "things were remarkably quiet over the •Weekend." The OPP de- tachment had only one call and It was for an accident under $20 damage. Exeter Constable John Cowan investigated a $40 mishap on Andrew Street Friday evening. Mrs. Doug Triebner, Exeter, and Daryl Mann, of RCAF Station Centralia, collided. Chief Reg Taylor reported only one minor call. Mercury Drops, s Y P i But Jumps Again Temperature• dropped on Sun - .day to provide some relief from the heat but the mercury climbed bank up on Wednesday for what looked like another hot spell. Mercury dropped trent 90 de- green on Friday and Saturday to a :high of 78.7 on Sunday. On Monday the minimum slid to 5'5 degrees, the coldest its been Since June 25. Tuesday the high was 82.0. Meteorological section at RC- AF' Station Centralia reports the temperature has .been ,above nor- mal trout June 27 to Jniy 10. Um until Monday, thermometers had not dropped below 86 degrees, and reached as high aS 91.6. Precipitation was negligible. Playground Director Doug Smith said he hoped _to have the pool in operation 'on Monday. The cement was -poured ,by Ted West Stars Win Classic The West All -Stars, from Dash- wood, Zurich and • Auburn, edged their eastern rivals, from Exeter, Mitchell and 'Clinton, 4-3 in the Huron -Perth's annual classic at Zurich Wednesday night. The east tied the •ball game in the ,eighth inning but the run wasn't counted since the game was called for darkness before the frame was over. Winning pitcher was Jim Att- rill, of Zurich Lumber Kings. He received help from Gerry Guen- ther of Dashwood Tigers, . Scores Winning Run Lyn Sanesao, also of the Tigers, scored the winning run in the fourth, inning. 'reanimate Ray Wein drove him home after he had clouted a 'sharpsingle' off Ken Saxton, of lbceter Mohawks, lasing piteher of the eastern team. Jerry Bell, of Zurich, started the winners off to a three -run rally In the second by driving home Bob Stormes with a single. An infield error on Ray Wein's grounder scored two more runs. The east took a short-lived lead of 2-0 in the first inning. Bob . Sadler, of. Mitchell, cracked a double an4 scored on , team- mate Bill Gatenby's Single. Linc Rohrfritsch, also of Mitchell, stole home with the second run after receiving a free pass. John Hartley 'of Clinton scored •tho east's third tally in the fifth inning afterhitting a single. Ex- eter Mohawks' Bob M e h a r •g. :-daunted the tying run in the eighth which did not count. Saxton Mein* Citi k Wheeler started onthe mound for the east, Saxton, who is Mohawks' catcher and has hurled only one game this sea, son, Came on in the fourth but had to be relieved by !tick Elliot, of Olinto'rt, Who finished the genie. Carl Wein, of bashwood, man- aged the Winning club; •Jim Pair - bairn, Exeter, and •Voss Wright, Mitchell, handled the losers. Proceeds, went to the injured players' fund, Stanlake, •of Grand Bend, Thurs- day. The pool' is 24x40 and the •depth slopes' from • four to 16 inches. All youngsters' eight and under will be permitted to use the pool which will be supervised under arrangements with the Itinsmen playground program, Members of the committee which supervised construction in- clude Cliff "'Brintneli, mr. and Mrs. Glen Bonnallie, Mrs. Lou Bailey, Chuck Snell, Alvin Wil- lert, Jerry Campbell, Mrs. Don Geiser, president of the Sorority, and Rec. Director Doug Smith. Most of the work was done by volunteer labor. EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1955 P a P Cc y wners Threaten Court Fig If Town Dump Not Improved Dend Campaign _Success, To Purchase R esusc,tci tor Barely a week after it began, the campaign to buy a resusci- tator for Grand, Bend and district• is almost over .the top.' •Ontario Provincial Police Cor- poral Neil Chamberlain, who or- ganized and conducted the eam- paign, said Wednesday he was assured of over $700 already and. the canvass had hardly started. Cost of the machine Is $782,50, "Public response has been un- believable," the corporal said. Merchants and cottager§ alike have contributed generously. Purchase of the machine, Which has Veen on demonstration in the summer resort since Monday, is assured. Merchants have donated over $300; cottagers in •the•Beach 0' Pines have guaranteed a $200 donation and residents in Oak- wood Park have promised a sim- ilar amount. If the campaign is oversub- scribed, the balance of the funds will be used to purchase life sav- er rings for the beach, A public demonstration of the resuscitator will be held on Tues- day evening at 7'.30 in the town hall. The machine is capable of ad- ministering aid to two adults and one child at the same time. A number of people will be trained New Factory Pipeline Meets !Nater Demand Without the construction of the temporary supply line from the river to Canadian Canners" Ltd„ Exeter Public Utilities Com- mission would not have been able to meet water demands during. the peak canning period, Man- ager K. G, Lampman disclosed' Wednesday. "I don't know what we wou140 have done without it," be said; Some days the canning factory has taken all the water the pips RCAF Planes Assist Search Planes from RCAF Station Centralia have joined in the search for two Kitchener area young peoplewho are believedt drowned in - Lake Huron near. Ipperwash. The planes flew low over the lake for several hours Wednes- day in the hope that the vibra- tion would raise the bodies to the surface. Dragging operations for the pair, lost instormy waters Sun- day,, . were resumed Wednesday after vain searches on Monday and Tuesday. Police have been hampered in their efforts by rough water and strong winds in the afternoons. OPP Constables Jack McDon- ald, Ipperwash; and Richard Dawson, Forest, have been in charge of the dragging operation. Monday, a fishing tug owned by Mac Harrower, of Port Franks, dragged the bottom of the lake for . about two hours until forced off the water by waves. Two friends of the lost pair have been- assisting with the search. The victims, Ervin Seyler, 20, of Petersburg, and Lenore San- der, 14, of St. Agatha, were mem- bers of a party of seven persons from the Kitchener area who had been •swimming in the lake. Another girl of the party was saved from a similar fate when she was rescued by two mea. "end Growers' Co-op Protiotes 'sold Rush' To establish "Gold Rush" brand as the stop quality vegeta- ble from the Klondyke gardens near Grand Bend Is the objective of the newly -formed New Cana- dian co-operative now in its sec- ond year of operation. The growers are :starting to package •their vegetables under the "Gold iItush" name in bright bine and gold p'olyethelyne bags. It's the beginning Of their pro- gram to build .the reputation Of the marsh vegetables. "The produce we're growing is the best in the country," Manar ger Bill Blewett says. ';Our job is to tell people about it." Chief Products Carrots, potatoes, head lettuce and'cookingonions are the chief products of the Klbndyke Gardens Co-operative, Ltd:, on the B1ue- water hig.hwAy.'Eight other vege-• tables—beets,,"cabbage, cauliflow— er, celery, ;Lnion sets, spinach, radishes and turnips—are grown in lesser amounts. In •the week July 2 to July 8, the co-op shipped over 120,000 heads of lettuce to retailers in Toronto„ Detroit, Chatham Lon• tion and other Western Ontario cities. Produce has 'been shipped night and day from the new •stor- age and processing plant on the 13luewater Highway since May 3. • a year,the co -o acid over L s't p 2,000 tons of arras and grow- ers expect to produce. more this year, Head lettuce production has been stepped up, too. The total Acreage sown by the 26 -member eo-op is 1,000. Car- rots, potatoes and head lettuce take up 200 acres each. •The 40x100 plant, !built last year, houses •a 40x60 cold stor- age room, vegetable washer, car- rot arrot grader, automatic bagger, powerlift cart and truck. The complete plant is valued at $50,- 090. Almost all the growers and members of this co-op are New Canadians 'of Dutch or Belgian descent. Many of thein were veg- etable fariners before Coming to Canada --others were general farm., era, The co-op can compete suedes. dully With .other producers In the province because members are willing to do the processing and packaging themselves. Ink stead of paying help to get ,these jobs done, the families come in to the plant after the sun forces them out of the fields and wash, grade, and pack the ,produce. Higher Prices Manager Blewett, who has worked with Co-ops for 22 years .l says the Klondyke growers have been able to secure higher prices for their , produce since they or- ganized. Buyers are more easily attracted, too, because they like to buy in quantity through one office rather than with individu- al farmers, !Before assuming the reigns of the Kiondyko co=op, Blewett worked with the fruit co•operet- could supply in addition to all the domestic water the commis- sion could give them, Overall consumption has •sur- passed 800,000 gallons on certain days, establishing a new record for the town. Over two and one-half million gallons have been pumped through the temporary supply line. This chlorinated waiver was used • for maintenance and cooling at the factory. Supply of water is still •limited and the commission continues ,to ask users to refrain from wasting it. The Moody well in Usborne township, one of the main sourc- es of supply, has been holding up well during the hot weather, Mr. Lampman said. If it starts to dry up, however, the situation may become serious. Banking On Usborne Dam • The commission is banking on the Usborne dam 'project to re- lieve the supply shortage in the near future. The proposal, which would create a reservoir in Us - borne for the town to draw 'on during the summer months, is being submitted -to government departments for approval. Even if it approved this summer, the dam, will not be built until next year and it will net be until 1957 when the town can use it as a source of supply. If the dam project does, not go through, the alternatives alailable to increase water sup- ply are few, Manager Lampman said Wednesday. A well could be established at Cudmore's gravel pit in Usborne but the cost to pump water to town would be, expensive. Similarly, drilling of small wells in town would be costly. Build • Wells At Centralia Five water storage wells, with acapacity of 11,000 gallons each, are being constructed in the pol- ice village of Centralia for fire protection. Trustees hope the reservoirs will • help to prevent disastrous fires like the one this winter which destroyed the Exeter Tur- nip :Sales plant. Firemen were unable to fight the blaze because there was no water supply •ex- cept for private drinking wells. The trustee board, which In:- eludes nreludes Frank Smyth, Chuck Rowe and Neil Wilson, estimates the wells will cost about $450 each. Ten feet deep and 14 feet in di- ameter, the cement encased holes are being constructed by .Reg Carr, of •St. Marys. Strategically Located The five wells are ,strategically located to protect all buildings in ,the police village. The sites are near the Central : • armers' Supply Mill; Osborne's ,General Store, the United Church shed and the properties of Arthur Me - Falls and :Fred Howe. Three of the reservoirs will be filled with water pumped from deep wells; one will be 'filled With rain water Off the chu-rch shed and the ether by a ditch which flows through the 'Bowe ;property. tine in Elgin •Coufty and the veg- etable co-op in 1hedford, President of the R.R.c'o.op is 0,. Stox-kermans, of R 2, ,Grand Bend;. vice-president Is B,obert Love,• Parkhill arid directors are Theo 'Kelders, Gerry Back and Peter Mennen. 'the growers include C. itood,. C. P•ullens, Martin Martens, J. Van Leuween, Henry VandeStirgt, T. Soudant, T. Uieminix,. F: dao- val+ta, ,li. ,Orates, W. Vandenberk, Jehn Kelders, Alphons /pent and M. Colle& f4 uv., to operate it by the company from which it is purchased. The resuscitator will be avail- -Please Turn to Page 12 Farm Events Next Week Two highlights in Huron's farm year wilt take place next week. • On Tuesday, over 500 4-H members . and club leaders will invade Toronto by train on the annual one -day tour. They'll visit packing houses, parliament build- ings, ride the subway and see a ball game, It will be a big day for the young farmers—they'll leave at 6 o'clock in the morning and get home at 1.30 the following morn- ing,. The annual Huron County Soil and •Crop Improvement Associa- tion twilight meeting will be held Thursday night, July 21, at the Huron County • Home. The pro- gram will include a series of speakers from Ontario Agricul- tural College, Guelph, as well as talks on the demonstration plots at-' the county home of oats, barley, white beans and corn. ' Mrs. Howard Filsinger, new home economist for the county, will be present at the meeting. Threats of court action and Petition to the Department of Health over the condition of the Exeter dump were aired this week by ratepayers who live near it, George Shaw, of Thames Road, said the Department of Veterans' Affairs, which holds the mort- gage on his property, is taking court action against the town. He said some action must be taken by Friday or a damage,ruit will be tiled, Town Clerk 0. V. Pickard and 'Councillor Ross Taylor, in charge of the dump, said they had heard. nothing abut court action or an ultimatum to clean up the area. Councillor Taylor said; "We're trying to do something to relieve the condition there but it just can't be done over He said he and. �Couneillor Ralph Bailey, a .member of the committee, had had several con- ference since Thursday but they had not decided on any course of action. They are considering con- struction of some kind of inciner- ator to burn the refuse and in- tend to get an estimate on costs. A petition from 25 ratepayers demanding improvement in the condition of the dump was pre- sented to council at its meeting last week. The ratepayers said the odor was intolerable—a dan- ger to health—and demanded council cover the refuse. The complaint was left in the hands of the dump committee. Mayor R, E. Pooley said: "Councillor Taylor has, done a good job with the dump. It has been a lot worse than it is now. The smell •comes from the can- ning factory, not the dump."• E. W. .Senders, who lives across the highway from the dump, charged council was ignor- MARRIED 50 YEARS --Mr. and Mrs. William Homey, of town, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Tues- day with a family dinner in James Street United. Church and an evening program of entertainment in the Legion Hall. They lived in the Kippen area' for 45 years before retiring to Exeter nine years ago. . -Jack Doerr Photo BUSY VEGETAK.E SEASON --Elsie Goovhrt, 17 -year -Old daughter of one of the growers of the Klo idyke Gardens Ca -operative Ltd., displays •a few bunches of the tons of car- rots this New Canadian organization has shipped from its Grand Bend. storage plant this summer. The eo-op is attempt- ing to spread the reputation. of the top-quality marsh 'vege- tables through the use of the brand name "Gold Rush". Grow- ers clean and pack their own produce. —T -A. Photo Ing a serious problem of :sanita- tion. He said members were "making light"' of the condition• at the dump which is "three times as bad as it was last year." M. Sanders threatened that ratepayers would "go over coun- cil's head?' .and .complain to the Ontario Department .of Health if action was not taken soon. Original .complaints over the dump were made by George Shaw who Objected to smoke from fires In the area. He demanded the burning atop and the refuse be cleaned up. "We've done pretty nearly everything Mr, Shaw has asked us to do this year," Councillor Taylor said. He referred to the fencing and padlocking of the area and council's campaign to prevent fires. Re said the area has been bulldozed three times this year, The complainants say the hull - .dozing has only piled the garbage since there is no dirt left on. the grounds to cover it, They want council to bring fill to the site to cover the refuse. Biggest Pack Ends Friday The biggest pea pack in the history of the local factory of Canadian Oanners: Ltd. will end Friday, Manager H. K. Penhale said this week. The pack, which started June 17, has run almost a month. The acreage was the largest ever con-• tracted by the local branch and yield was above average. Growers harvested up to •three tons to the acre. Quality of the pack was de- scribed as "very .good", Processing of beans .will start. the end of next week. The crop appears to be "pretty good," Mr. Penhale said. "It could 'stand a little rain but it seems to be holding its own." About 150 are employed at the plant. Drive By Police Curbs Rowdyism Provincial Police crackdown on rowdyism and unlawful drinking at Grand Bend over the July 1 holiday paid off this weekend. ,Police reported a decided de- crease in street disturbances and unruly cottage parties over Satur- day and Sunday despite another tremendous crowd which invad- ed the resort seeking relief from the hot weather. Over the July 1 weekend, police Iaid 35 charges against of- fenders in a drive to stop rowdy- ism at the start of the season, Corporal Neil Chamberlain. in charge of the detachment, said he believed this campaign helped to curb noise -makers the follow- ing weekend. Soft Drink Sales High. Prolonged spell of hot weather has meant record production at Tuckey Beverages, Main Street, bottlers of soft drinks. "This is by far the busiest we've been since we started in business in 1948," Manager Ross Tuckey said Wednesday. "This even surpasses the exceptional run we had during the hot sum- mer of 1949," The plant, which employa 14 in the summer, has been running at capacity to meet the demand but a shortage of bottles has hindered production. Several nights the firm has worked right through to keep outlets supplied. Six Tuckey trucks supply Kist beverages, Pepsi-Cola and tures. Root Beer to summer resorts on Lake Huron from Grand Bend to Kincardine. The firm services as far east as Listowel. • Celebrates 94 Years Celebrating her 94th birthday with all her fatuities intact and with a keen interest in all phases of life, was the rare good fortune of Mrs. Ann Carling, on Friday of last week. 'Burn In England In 1801, daughter of the late Thantas Fitk ton, she came to Canada at the age of two and after fear years in London• the family well d to Exeter where Mr, Fitton conduct- ed a jewellry store and was ex - titer's first telegraph operator. Her husband, the tate Win. J. darling, with his brother Themae, conducted a getteral store In. Ex- eter for any years. There .are two In the family, Mrs. Louise Craig, who resides with. her mother, and Thomas, of London,_ who with 14irs. carithit and their ion John and wife, of Weston, *ar4 hero on &Al:t daj'.