HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-09-06, Page 1FIRST ONTARIO BEAN QUEEN—Greta Pfaff, 16-year-dld daughter-of
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THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATJE, SEPTEMBER S, 195S
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SHDHS Grads Top County
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TWO WIN $500 AWARDSf
and Mrs.
Nelson Pfaff, B..R. 1 Cromarty, was chosen first queen of Ontario Bean Festival Mon
day. Selected from seven candidates for the title, .Greta Avas crowned during the
evening show of the Festival, sponsored by Hensall Kinsmen, A square dancer, Greta
is a member of the set Avhich appeared on the Aylmer show over CBC television last
fall. —T-A Photo
Television Performer At 16z
Square Dancer Bean Queen
A pretty 16-year-old square i 1. __ _______ ___ ___ ____
dancer, who enjoyed a five-week ; cut down the Festival cr’bwd to
stint on television this fall, as “ " ' ' '
a. member of the Cliff MacKay
show, became the first queen of
the Ontario Bean Festival on
Monday.
Greta ; Pfaff, v a cu'rly-haired
brunette who "smiley Avith spark
les in her eyes, was-terowned by
Hensall Kinsmen President Bill
Mickle and Contest Chairman
Bill Smith during the evening
show on Labor Day,
She’s a member of the Cro
marty square dance set which
appeared on the Aylmer TV
show'this fall. '
Daughter of Mr!
son Pfaff, R.R.’
Greta is a grade
Seaforth District „
During the summer, she helps
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i It was the gojod weather which
j 2,500 from an expected 4,000. The
warm day, second in a row after
an unusually wet week, was too
nice for* farmers. They took ad
vantage of the holiday to catch
up .on their late harvest,
Hensall Kinsmen and Kinetles
served over 2,000 bean suppers
on the holiday, almost as many
as last year. They were assisted
by Exeter Kinsmen.
The crowd invaded the grounds
after watching the mile-long pro
cession of floats parade through
the town early in the afternoon.
Hensall Reeve Norman* Jones
and Elston Cardiff, Huron MP,
assisted President Mickle and
Prof. Steckley with the opening
exercises;
Spectators watched a close
girls’ softball game between
Stratford Kroehlers and Goderich
Dodgers (which, ended in a 3-2
win for the Classic City team).
and Mrs. 'Nel-,
1 Cromarty,
10 student at
High School.
on her father’s 50-acre farm
which he works1 in'addition to be
ing a plumber at RCAF Clinton.
She hopes to take a commercial
course at Seaforth and become
« bookkeeper.
. What does she plan to do with
her $50 first prize? “Buy some
clothes, I guess.”
Selection of Greta as the Bean
Queen proves the Baker brothers
of Hensall. have mighty goo,d
taste when it comes to picking
<” girl friends. The Cromarty lass
is “going steady” with Murray
Baker, a brother of Bill'^Baker,
who escorted Margaret' Wood
burn of Greenway when she Avas
crowned SHDHS queen this
spring.
Second prize in the Bean Queen
contest went to Francis Morris,
17, of Goderich, and third prize
went to a. 17-year-old Hensall
girl, Gladys Baker, who attends
SHDHS.
Other contestants were Phyl-
- lis Lostell, 17, Kippen; Kathy An-
.derson,' 15, Hensall; Katherine
Doig, 15, and Joan Morris, 18,
Goderich. Each of the girls re
ceived a prize. , I
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Jones, of Hensall; ... ...Lean, Seaforth; and Don South-' who crowded Grand Bend for the
cott. • , ' * ’ " 1 “
Calls Hensall
Bean Centre
The Ontario Bean Festival, al
though only three years old, has
moved the capital of the prov
ince’s bean industry to Hensall,
Prof. J. C. Steckley, director of
the Western Ontario Agricultural
School,’ Ridgetown, admitted
Monday in opening Hensall Kins
men’s third annual celebration. .
“We used to think of Kent
county as the centre of the bean
industry but the Kinsmen have
moved it to Huron,” observed
the farm school principal, who
congratulated the club
cessful promotion of
Vai.
Actually, according
Steckley, Kent still , _
.more beans than any other coun
ity in Ontario but Huron runs a
The horseshoe pitching tourney
attracted considerable attention
and the midway was crowded
with children. Band concerts
were also on the program.
Inside the arena, there were
numerous displays and kids en
joyed free movies.
Th? evening show, during
which the Bean Queen was
crowned, attracted, a crowd of
1,500. The Goderich Girls' Trum
pet Band, a troupfe of vaudeville
artists, and Cliff Scanlon-and his
orchestra provided entertain
ment.
Gate prize winners included
Wes Ryckman, Exeter; Gerald
ine Parker, Hensall; Max Hud
son, London; Bill MacDonald, Goderich; Dennis Mock, Hensall;
June Loraine, Hensall,
The 400-pound pig, donated by
Harry Field of the Maitland So
cial Club, was won by Mrs. By
ran ‘Kyle. R. H. Middleton won
the door prize at the arena.
Lawsuit
Set For This Month
Suit for damages over the
operation of Exeter’ dump is
expected to be heard during the
fall assizes of the Ontario Sup
reme Court in London near the
end of this month, council learn
ed Tuesday night.
The suit, in which George
Shaw and Rhiney Keller are
seeking $2,000 each for incon
venience caused from fires and
smells at the refuse ground,
was originally scheduled for the.
spring assizes but had to be
postponed because of a heavy
docket.
Although there was a suggest
ion made, in the spring that the •
parties might attempt to settle i
the issue out of court, no nego
tiations have been made.
Councillor Ross Taylor, chair
man of the dump committee, re
ported at Tuesday’s meeting
that he had been in London last
week for an examination, by the
plaintiffs. Shaw and Keller ap
peared for a similar examina
tion earlier in the spring.
As soon ’as reports ’ of both
examinations are available,' L „council plans to hold special j ]t would take a while yet before
meetings with its solicitors to! the gravel worked into the oil.
review the case in preparation j Other councillors suggested it
for the hearing. ' wo”ld take several days of hot
Councillor Taylor reported j weather to work the. gravel
that the insurance company down.
which handles the town’s liabil- j A fran? $3,036.20 was re-
ity policy has indicated it will I ceived from the Community
pay $250 towards court costs of ■ Program Branch of the Depart
ure case. It .pointed olit, how-1 ^ent of Education towards cost
ever, that its contract did not i °f the town s recreational pro
include coverage on the dump.
Councillor Taylor also report
ed that dumping has not started
on the new’ ground, in Hay town
ship yet because garbage has
been used for fill on the old
town, asked the protesters to put
up with the disturbance until,
the present flock is marketed
near the end of September.
Mayor Pooley, a former
poultryman himself, said the
flock’s egg production would be
seriously cut if any change in
their handling were effected
now. The mayor felt the trouble
lay in the use of all-night lights
in the barn. He said the owner
promised to use a different
method with his next flock.
Neighbours presented a peti
tion to council last meeting ask
ing that it curtail the noise
because it was keeping them
awake at nights.
Councillor Alvin Pym, one of
; the persons affected, said he
i thought the petitioners Avould go ! along with the disturbance until
I the flock was sold,
| Complain About Dust
I Councillor Taylor reported
I complaints about dust from the
i gravel on roads which were oiled
‘ this summer. Councillor Ralph
Bailey, in charge of roads, said
, SHDHS graduates won two of
; the four Dominion-Provincial
f bursaries awarded t o Huron
County this year, principal H,
L. Sturgis announced this week.
Katherine Ondrejicka, of R.R.
1 Centralia, and Alexia Lostell,
of Usborne, will receive $500
each toward university educa
tion.
Only four such awards are
made to upper school graduates
in the county.
Two SHDHS scholarships, cre
ated by the students themselves
and awarded for the first time
this week, were won by Miss
Ondrejicka and Phil Charrette,
of Stephen, who placed first and
second for aggregate marks
among the graduates.
The Centralia girl receives
the Student Council Award, valu
ed at $100, and the Stephen boy
has been awarded the Student’s
Magazine Award, also valued at
$100.
So far, Miss Ondrejicka has
won three awards. Last week it
was announced she had been
selected for a $200 tuition
scholarship at U.W.O.
Principal H. L. Sturgis said
other awards would be an
nounced later.
gram last year. The check was
turned over to the rec council.
Council members on the rec
council and the community
centres board said no decision
has been made yet on a re-
ground to level it for seeding.] placement for Director Doug
____. ...m 1. . i ~ — 1 Smith umA ic TAhrino* or thaTopsoil will be brought in from 1 Smith who is retiring at
the new ground when disposal; end of this month,
trenches are dug. i
Council authorized construe-1
tion of a road into the new j
ground and the planting of a,
row of trees along the front of i
the 100-acre farm which it pur-!
chased this summer. . !
Praise Debenture Sals
Letters from inyes tm ent
brokers concerning the sale, of
SHDHS debentures at 97.7 last
month indicated the town -had
received a favourable price in
view of the fact the interest rate
was only four and three-quarters.
One, company said: “In the present' highly unsatisfactory mar
ket especially, this is a very
favorable reflection on the credit
of Exeter.”
Reports On Chickens
Mayor R. E. Pooley, who was
instructed to investigate a com
plaint about a noisy henhouse
in 'the south-west section of
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Mother Launches Career
After Winning CB Crown
A new and exciting career was
launched for a pretty 22-year-old
Kitchener housewife over the
weekend when she’ won the “Miss
Grand Bend” beauty contest
sponsored by the resort’s pro
motion committee.
Mrs. Pat Hummell. mother of
two young girls, said Tuesday
she plans to become a profes
sional molflel. Already she’s ac
cepted two offers from agencies
in Kitchener and Toronto which
came as a result of her popular
Avin in the summer resort com
petition.
_____ I The 5’5” brunette, was chosen
Judges were Reeve Norman!for the title from among 23 girls
mes, of Hensall; A. Y. Me- by thousands of weekend, tourists C? X 4-1a * A M J Xm C? 4-h A Jn J M A M J T) zs *
A crowd of over lOjOOO warned
the girls ride down the resort
highway in flower-decked con
vertibles before the preliminary
judging. The Goderich Girls
Trumpet Band led the proces
sion. ■ ' *
The beach concert featured
variety talent from, among the
tourists of the resort and one of
the most popular groups Was the
Serenaders, an amateur band
from the Zurich-St. Joseph area.
Featured singer of the. group
was Veronica Masse, youngest of
The Goderich Girls
the famous family of 21 from
St. Joseph. On Saturday, she’ll
become the last of the 21 child
ren to marry.
She also sang a duet with her
sister, Mrs. Martha Deitrich,
who plays piano for the group.
Others in the band are Johnny and Peter Masse, Ken and Ed
Mittleholtz and Grant Edighof-
fei’. Only one of them has ever
taken music lessons.
Cliff Scanlon and his orchestra
played for the concert and ac-
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(Raise Tariff
-Dairymen
Angry delegates to the semi
annual meeting of the Ontario
Concentrated Milk., Prodwrd
Marketing Board, in Toronto,
Thursday, unanimously directed
lhat a message be sent to Hon.
Walter Harris, Minister of Fi
nance, “firmly requesting” that
a new agreement be entered into with Australia and New Zea
land immediately, through, which
milk powder imported from those
countries into Canada be sub
ject to a tariff of not less than
4 cents per pound.
'Present tarriff, by agreement with Australia and New Zealand,
is one cent per pound, Avhile the
most-favoured-nation tariff is four
cents pei" pound.
- Incensed delegates charged
that some manufacturers were
opposed to the increase in tar
iff because., it has been their chief
weapon in holding down the pro
ducers’ prices, which has in
creased only a few cents during
the past six years, despite the
1 heavy increases i n operating
costs on the farm.
President George Lowry told
the meeting that one plant oper
ator bluntly informed him they
would import powder before they
would pay more money for milk.
.Present prices Paid, for milk
going into r» o w d e r averaged
around $2.65 during July. At
present costs it was impossible
to produce .milk at this figure,
and many producers Avere going r
out of business. I
It was pointed out that climatic j
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the festi-
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dose second. The two counties
fArfAtliAr ■nrndur'fi 7ft THWCAhf. oftogether produce 70 percent of
the beans in Ontario.
Greatest bcah-producing coun
try in the world is Brazil, the
professor told 2,500 at the festi
val, with tne United Slates in
second place.
The Ridgetown speaker1 sug
gested a solution to the weather
Eroblem for bean growers. After
earing Kinsmen President Bill
Mickle announce that his club’s
festival was responsible for the
Bunny Labor Day, the professor
said; “I might suggest wo put
Bill in Charge Of the weather for
the whole season. He'Chnld do
hist aS good a job as we’ve had
for the nasi throe senanns?’........
wa'rm holiday. Selection was
made by spectators applause.
Preliminaries Avere held during
a' concert, on the beach Sunday
night and the final competition
AVas staged at the midnight dance
at Lakeview Casino.
To Train For Modelling »
Mrs. Hu imell, Avho had never
entered a beauty contest before,
won $200 for her victory. ”1 plan
to use the money to train for a
modelling career,” She told re
porter.^
Mrs. Hummell displayed her.
36-24-36 figure in a bathing suit
during the afternoon and in a
stunning evening dress at the
dance. She Avas crownedj with a
garland of roses by Erie Mc
Ilroy, chairman of the promotion
committee. She also received
numerous gifts from merchants.
Mr, McIlroy,'' owner pf the
Casino, was the sponsor of the
queen, who confided later that
she had received offers of spon
sorship from six other mer
chants. Each of the girls in the
contest had to be entered by a
business contriButihg to the
weekend program.
Four ■ district girls were enter
ed in the contest and one of them
won fourth prize of $25. She was
Miss Beverly Ravelle, of Grand
Bend. Others from the area in
cluded Martha Dietrich, Zurich;
Marg Stephen, Exeter: Pat Fin*
lay, Thedford; and Francis Mc
Pherson, (Zurich.
Second and third prizes in the
contest wont to Miss Ruth Trie,
22, of London, a former Miss
Grand Bend; and Delores van
Kehrhern.. 19», of., Detroit. .. .
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CONTEST ATTRACTS 23 BEAUTJES—Competition for the “Miss Grand Bend” crown
and a cash prize of $200 and other gifts was keen this year with 23 beauties enter
ing, Some of the contestants are shown above in the preliminary elimination held on
the beach Sunday afternoon. Winner of the crown, Mrs. Pat Hummell, of Kitchener,
plans to become a model, The contest was emceed by .Eric McIlroy, ’ owner of Lake-
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GRAND BEND STARS—Two of the entertainers• who per
formed. before thousands at the Grand. Bend, beach concert
over the Labor Day holiday were Veronica Masse, left,'
and her sister,.’ Martha Dietrich, who sang a duet with
the Seranaders band from Zurich area. The sisters are
two of the 21 children of the famous Masse family, one
of the largest in Canada. The brothers and. sisters will be
reunited Saturday when Veronica will be married.
Fine Bootlegger $100
Following Police Raid
Harry D. Field, operator of
the Lakeview Boat Club, St.
Joseph, and the Maitland Social Club, Hensall, was fined $100
and costs in magistrate’s court
Wednesday on a bootlegging
charge.
Crown Attorney H. Glenn
Hayes said police seized 219
bottles of beer and ale in a raid
on the St. Joseph club Saturday
night, Magistrate Dudley Holmes
ordered the beverage destroyed.
McGillivray
Taxes Rise
Taxes in McGillivray were
raised eight-tenths of a mill by
the township council at a meet
ing last week. The 1956 levy was
set at 37.8 mills.
Clerk William Amos said the
increase was due to a one-mill
hike in county rates. Both the
North. Middlesex District High
School and the public school
levies were lowered by a tenth of a mill this year, allowing for
a slight reduction in the increase.
Petition for a municipal drain
on the Carey Drain Extension
Avas accepted by council.
S. W. Archibald, London, was.
instructed to make plans,, specifi
cations and report.
A grant of $5.00 was made to
the Middlesex Plowmen’s Asso
ciation.
Bylaw appointing William Pat
terson as tax collector for 1956
Ayas,given its final reading.
' Enx bounties Avere. paid io
Donald Allen,"’Ross AmoS, Bruce-
Dixon, and Jack Dorman-
Reeve Fred Heaman presided.
Councillors Earl Dixon, Earl
Morley, Thos. Hall and Duncan
Drummond attended.1 .
Next, meeting will be held
Thursday, September 27,
M. W. Telfer
Banker Here
Matthew W. Telfer, 67, well-
kown lawn bowler and former
banker at Exeter and Crediton,
died Sunday in St. Joseph’i hos
pital, London, following a short
illness. He was assistant man
ager at the Canadian Bank of
Commerce, Parkhill, for "the past
15 years.
An enthusiastic bowler, he was
a member of the Exeter club during his stay in this area and'
he continued to participate in
the sport at Parkhill. He was
president of the Western Ontario
Bowling Association last year.
Born in Milton, Ontario, he
joined the bank there and served
continuously for 41 years. He
would have been retired next
year.
He was secretary of the North
Middlesex . District High School
Board, a member of the Parkhill
Public School Board the Park
hill Lions Club, and the Parkhill
Agricultural Society.
Public funeral service was held
Wednesday in the M. Box and
Son Funeral Home, Parkhill, and
interment was made in Mt.
Pleasant cemetery. Graveside
services were under the auspices
of Doric Lodge A.F. and A.M., of
which he was a member.
A number of friends from this
com mity attended the service.
Surviving besides his wife, the
former Christina Rintoul, are
one daughter, Mrs. William
Spector, Kensington, Maryland;
a brother, Elspeth Telfer, and
a sister, Mrs. Margaret Peddic,
both of Milton.
Field pleaded guilty to the
charge. His St. Joseph club is
located in a boat house near the
lake which was constructed dur
ing the time St. Joseph was be
ing promoted as a major lake
port.
The Hensall club was convict
ed of bootlegging a year ago
but Field was not operating it
at the time.
Pays $50 For Joy Ride
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Station Centralia, who took a
1956 hardtop for a pleasure trip
to Grand Bend on August 28,
was fined $50 and costs.
L’Heureux took the car, owned
by Donald E. Hillier, also of
RCAF Station Centralia, from a
parking lot on the station. He
told the court’ he wanted, to go
to Grand Bend for a cup of
coffee.
L’Heureux was arrested by
service police when he returned
to the station.
Driver Pays $15.00
Ronald Dwain Tillitson, Leam
ington, paid a fine of $15 and
costs for careless driving on
Highway 21 north of Grand
Bend on. August 3. (
Tillitson; who was travelling, -------------------- -----
north, struck a car driven by already been arranged for child*
John McConnell, Varna, as it ren.'Door prizes will be given
was making a left-hand turn into away during the evening,
a driveway. ., I A concert will be held Wednes-
James Donnelly, of Goderich,; day night when the Second fair
conducted the defence. | queen will be crowned.
Fair Features
Trade Show
A trade show on Tuesday
evening, September 18, will bft
a new feature of this year’s Exe-ays ror joy Kiae «■ ,yc<uRonald L’Heureux, of RCAF ™Fair, It was announced
I Promoter of the Tuesday night
exhibition is A. J. Sweitzer,
■ former president of Exeter Agri-
I cultural Society. He. said Tues
day that merchants had accepted
I the plan enthusiastically and that
| already the entire flopr space
I of the arena has been rented
I to industrial and commercial ex-
j hibitors.
i Displays Avill feature the latest
I in home appliances, fall fashions,
: recent farm developments, and
| exhibits, from district industries,
j A new-car panorama will be
j shown in the centre of the build-
‘ ing.
Mr. Sweitzer said entertain
ment’was being booked for the
night and several features have
Kids Back At Desks,
Jam District Schools
Over 60 Juniors
In Judging Test
Sixty-five Juninor Farmers
from Huron County have entered
the livestock judging competition
at Western Fair this year.
.The Huron youths will compete
against juniors from other coun
ties in the area.
Organization, of a choir will be
a fall project of the. county
juniors this year. The choir has
been offered a half-hour show Oh
television and will compete In
the choir festival at Toronto on
February 5. A minstrel show
may be produced.
The choir will start its practi.-
At least four district schools
[faced overcrowded conditions
I this week as children started an
other year of learning. Hardest
hit was Hensall Public School,
Avhere Principal Robert Raeburn
reported a record enrolment of
174, 14 more than the capacity
of the school. Discarded desks
had to be patched up to provide
accomodation until the proposed ! new school is erected.
The board is still aAvaiting
plans from architects before
proceeding with negotiations Avith
council for construction of the
building.
At South Huron District High
School, enrolment Avasn’t quite
as high aS expected. Principal
H. L. Sturgis reported registra
tion of 515 but he expects it will
increase when the grain harvest
is completed.
It will not be necessary to
conduct a classroom in the hall,
the principal said, but a teach*
ers’ room and the board room
have been converted for oc*
casional classes until the five-
room addition is ready,
Zurich Public School, where a
building propect is pending, is
cramped with a record enrol
ment of ill, inspector John
Goman said Wednesday* The
board is planning a two-roohi
converted an old barn into &
temporary classroom until school
construction is completed there.
Principal A. B. Idle said enrol
ment at Exeter Public School
will total close to 450 this year.
Thirteen new students, in addi
tion to the kindergarten class,
were registered.
One of them is Terry Statton
who returns to Exeter school
after a year in British Columbia
and Alberta. His patents re
turned to Exeter this summer.
Principal Idle said the south
entrance to the school has been
shut off because of construction
on the high school grounds.
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