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UNUSUAL COMBINATION — Farmer•oilman Lloyd Stewardson of Greenway has an
- unusual combination of jobs. A farmer by calling, he i also the thief mineral owner,
surface- owner and battery, operator in Amp.erial Oil's Grand Bend oil pool. Discovered
two years ago,the Grand Bend pool now boasts 1 hree wells, produces about 150
barrels of oil a day, Here Mr. Stewardson "niakekan adjustment to the puipp at one
Of the .
LEGION RECEIVES '$1,000—Bruce.Biggart, right, manager of last year's. Exeter So -
hawk hockey team, presents a $1,000 check to Harold Holtzman, president of Exeter
Legion who, won the prize in a raffle sponsored by the team. Centre is Fred O'Brecht,
fc 'president of the ,Rrovincial .command, of, the Legion, Who was guest speaker at, the
Remembrance 'Day banquet Monday evening in the Legion hall. Photo
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Legion Hears Ontario President
0t10010:04At.Sinitni s
Buf Fears Complacency
• President 'of, the Ontario com-
mand of the Canadian Legion
said Monday night he is 'not
•alarmed at the lead- the Rim -
i Mans have in the arms race.
•"But I am concerned," he told
4 200 veterans and guests at the
Itenienildrance Pay banquet in
• Exeter Legion Hall, "that we
may become complacent And
fall even further behind:" •
"It we don't try to keep pace
With the Russians, We may lose
our freedom," • ,-
, The speaker, 'Fred Otrecht,
of Ourhamo said-Canatla was too
small a countrf to embark on a
satellite prograrn to compare
with the communists, "Within
NATO; however; we have that
possibility," he Said.' •
As one steptewards • eattliing
Up to the Russians, the Canadian
k Legion has requested the feder-
al government to subsidize the
• education of youngr"Scientists in
order t� Speed tip defence, re-
acareli, O'Btecht said.
In a brief presented recently
to the Canadian cabinet, the
Legion expressed concern be.
cause too many of Canada's
brightest scholars are- lured to
the United States by attractive
t
lalaries. "We nitiat give our
scientists the /Most education
possible," the. provincial Presi-
dent said, lie wiwone of the del-
egation Which met with the cab-
inet.
Defence Minister rearkes, the
evoker said, told tire delegates
. that he IS not greatly concerned
over the Moslem threat because
he believes the Strategic Air
Cornfilefid in the VA., with
which Canada's air defence is
hes the situation under
control. Theminister assured
The . Legion that the Satellite
launchings are not something to
penie about.
Mr, tillrecht stated the re.
OW with which the Legion
delegation was 'received in Ot-
' tilWg inditaiett the prestige
built up, by the non-political
body of veterans since its for-
mation. He urged Legion mem-
tiers to enhance that reputation
by supporting projects which
benefit the community and the
nation.'
• ",Our problems today are just
as great and just as real as they
were during wartime. There is
no greater reward than that of
helping someone else," he said.
Paying tribute t8 the Exeter
Legion, the provincial president
Said it was "an outstanding ex-
ample of -whet a good branch
should
President Harry • Ifoltzinan
conducted the :banquet • which
was attended by a number of
district Legion officials and rep-
resentatives of the Department
of Veterans Affairs. Municipal
and -serviee club officials were
also guests.. „
A $1,006 cheque was presented
to the Legion by Bruce Biggart,
manager of Exeter • Mohawks
hockey 4eam. The prize was"won
in a raffle sponsored. by the
hockeyclub to raise 4funds to
Meet debts of lest..1.earis Senior
"dB" team. The Leven purchased
several hundred tickets to help
the 'dab. „‘
Taking part inthe program
were Legion vice-presidents
Graham Mesta and Lloyd Rey-
nolds; past ,presidents Reg Mc-
Donald and Harvey Pfaff, now
district deputy commander; Rev.
N. D. Knox and Rev, Alex'r
RCAF RemotriberS Dead •
llemembrafite DRY service at
RCM' Statin Centralia Monday
was led by 'Group Captain A. G.
Kenyerif COM manding officer,
and Padre -J. McLean.
The servlet was held in the,
recreation centre and 600 person.
net attended.
Father F J. Prottlyt conduct-
ed
services in the Boman Cath-
olic -Chapel, which was filled
RapSon.
The guest speaker, was intro-
duced by Andrew Bierling and a
gift was presented to him by
W. G. Cochrane,
Members of the Legion Auxil-
iary, under, president Mrs. Eu-
gene- Beaver, served turkey.,
EXETER, °WARM, N9VEMEER 14, 1957
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ree ireenway 011
'roduce 150 Barrels
o Big .Spending -Some
or Owners Of Farm
Discovery of oil on their farm
hasn't changed the lives of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Stewardson, of
Greenw a y, .
At least not much.
Even though the three' Wells
on •the Stewardson farm are
producing about 150 barrels
day and further development is
indicated, the Stewardsons have
pot gone on any spendikg spree
with their ,new found wealth.
• Mr. Stewardson continues to
operate his 10 -year-old car and
runs his 100 -acre farm without
the use of a tractor. Mrs.
Stewardson has n o t undertaken
any major changes' to her. kit-
chenor her home.
They admit, though, that , the
oil has caused a 'Iot of • com-
Motion" since it was discovered
two years ago and it has affect-
ed them in other ways.
Mr. Stewardson, for example,
is busier than ever. Besides.
being the chief mineral owner
and surface owner of the oil
pool, he's, also the battery
Operator for the three wells,
Every day he starts the mo-
tors, checks the pressures and
yield, phones in reports and
does countless other jobs re-
quired to keep the wells opera,.
Works' Seven Days A Week
Although he's entitled to take
days off,- he's looked after the
wells seven. days a week with-
out interruption since the first
of 'the year. "I haven't seen a
horse raceapienic.or a fair this
year," he.' reports. '
Oil • was discovered on the
Stewardson farm two years age
by'Union. Gas Co., which operat-
ed. a lone well until the end of
1956., Imperial Oil Co:took river
the well at the first of the fear':
'gut KirOr":111404';
PUC Hires
Hydro Head
Preparing to take over the
operation of hydro services in
town, • Exeter. Public Utilities
Commission Monday appointed
Hugh •Davis, Marlborough St., as
superintendent starting January
Mr, Davis,, a.lineman employ-
ed by, the Ontario HEPC, has
been., on loan to the PUC for
several years.
' Chairman L. J. Penhale an-
nounced plans to hire a working
foreman and perhaps one other
linemaa to complete the staff
before the changeover.
• PVC is taking over hydro
services for the 'town at the
request of the Ontario Hydro
Electric Power Commission
which has operated the system
for a number of years. The
change will take effect at ithe
first of the year. —
Chairman Penhale said no
change in rates is expected at
the present tithe,
The PVC will operate out of
its present building, the former
Rank of Commerce. It is expect-
ed the' HEPC will Move out of
its •quarters there next summer
when offices ate constructed
near the new service entre at
the south end of town.
Mr. Penhale said the Commis-
sion would continue to receive
some assistance from the HEPC
until it became adjusted to the
operation.
R6POnibilify.To..Pead
To Seek Peace 'Pastor
The world will never fulfill -Samuel Kerr: all of Exeter,
its responsibility- to those .who Exeter Junior Band, under the
paid . the supreme sacrifice to leadership of James Ford, pro-
vided accompaniment' for the
hymns, and played selections
before the service and during
the offertory.
Lays Provincial Wreath
Frank* Treibner, RA, 1 Exe-
ter, whose son died in World
War If, laid the provincial
wreath at the cenotaph ceremony foBowing the church sort, -
ice, Legion member Andrew
Bierling conducted' the rites.
bring about lasting peace until
it overcomes hatred, misunder-
standing and color lines, Rev,
H. .J. Snell said Monday at the
Remembrance Day service in
Ames St; United Church,
"We have failed to carry the
torch for the men, Women and
children who died in war that
we might have peace," H,dy:
Snell stated.
"Row can what they died for
be accomplished? Some people
say it cannot be done. They state
we will have struggles and bat-
tles until the end of time."
"if we go •On with 'hate, mis-
understanding and colors, we'll
have battles, yes", But the World
can achieve resting peace
through Christianity, the min-
ister stated.
'"We have the hope of the
world in Jesus."
Over 00 attended the eonl.
vitality service sponsored by the
Exeter branch of the Legion.
Auxiliary, Legion and Auxiliary
members, Stant a n d Guide
groups marched In the Servide
Other wreaths were laid bY:
Group Captain A. G. Xenyen,
for the RCAF; Mayor R. E.
Poky; toWii; Reeve Clayton
Smith, Usborne; Councillor Ed.
Lamport, Stephen; Arthur Geis-
er, Lebanon f'erest Lodge; ROY
Hunter,.. MOP; Larry Snider,.
Exeter Liens; Irvine Ardittrting,
Exeter Kinsmen; Kenneth johns,
SHIMIS;, Mit, Eugene Mover,
Legion Auxiliary; Harold Holtz.
tan, Legion.
Mayor Pooley end town min-
isters assisted at , the serVien.
A squadron from RCAF Cen-
tralia joined the, Urine and
behind the Preto Legion Pipe other groups for the ,parade.
Band. Elmer b. Bell, Q.C. was pa-
' Takfng part in • the Services rade nitirshall. Taking the salute
were Legion President Harold et the Pest Office were Group
ltev, Alter Ammon, Captain XeitYttn, Mayor twits,
Toys N. D. Knox and Rev, and Legion President Holtzman.
wells which are producing suc-
cessfully.
The first Stewardson well is
200 feet from the farm, build
-
lags; the second is 000 feet
from the first and the third, 700
feet from the second,
The wells are between 1,800
and 1,900 feet deep and they
are pumped by motors ranging
from three to five horsepower
driven by natural gas from the
wells. "
The crude oil • is stored hi
three 250 -barrel 'tanks on the
farm and trucked to Sarnia
daily.
The Only Wells Producing
Although a number of drills
have been made on neighboring
farms, the wells on the Steward -
son place are the only ones„pro-
clueing in the area.
Union Gas, Imperial and Sun
Oil hive dug three or four wells
in the district without success.
Mother one t is being drilled
now on the farm of Manuel
Cutts, about one and one-half
miles from the Stewardson farm.
Stewardson, who is 62
years old, conducted normal
mixed farming operations on his
100 -acre farm before oil was
discovered. He still- operates the
farm but much of the land has
been seeded down.
He still grows some grain,
however, and this year became
a registered seed oats grower.
He harvester 20 acres of Simcoe
this fall. He also keeps about 20
head of cattle on the farm.
The Greenway farmer hires
custom operators to do' his har-
voting, He doesn't have any
power machinery on the farm,
uses his team to do odd jobs.
FarIn Thi West •
>41thouglt-•bortr'in-otite ' Parkhill
•area, he went 'west at •the age
of 16 and eventually purchased
a 'facet ,of 480 acres there which
operated for nearly 20 years.
"I've been all through this
business of farm machinery—we
had all the equipment out west,"
he says. "I'm just as happy
without it." / Mr. and Mrs.
Stewardson came east again in
1936 ,and have lived on their
.G r e e ;w a y farm ever since.
Their son, Willis, operates the
farm in Saskatchewan.
• The • Stewardsons • have two
daughters, Gladys of Strathroy
and Mrs. Hugh Larkin of Wind-
sor.,
Having oil on one's farm isn't
a bed of roses, Mr.. Stewardson
claims, and sometimes he wishes
he'd never heard of an oil well.
Although incorrect rumours of
their wealth and operation wor-
ried them, at" first, they're be-
ginning to take such things in
Faint Spell
Cuts Power
A Centralia woman, whose car
went out of control when she
stiffered a fainting spell, caused
an ieterruption of hydro in the
Exeter area Saturday.
The car driven by Ars. jean
Cosgrove, crashed into' •a ditch\
south '6f Exeter and hit a hydro
pole. Mrs. Cosgrove was treated
in hospital for lacerations of the
sealp. Her car, , veined at $250,
was wrecked.
Another pole was broken north
of Exeter Saturday when it was
struck by a car driven by Good-
win Langley, Hanover. Damage
estimated At $250 by OPP
investigateConstaledGeorge oahleit c hwe 118 who
jureek •
A pig owilect by Harry Fuss,
R.11. 1 Zurich, was killed west
of Hensel' Tuesday when it was
hit by a car driven by Kenneth
Stephenson, R.R., 1 Varna. The
animal ,was valued at $80.
Cars driven by Bill Sytsma,
H.R. 1 Dashwood, and Mrs.
Eileen Frayne, Exeter, collided
at the 'corner of Gidley and Wil-
liam streets, Exeter, on Friday.
Damage was estimated at $225
by Constable John
Cowan.Co
Sytsina vas travelling south
On William and Mt, Frayne
teat on. Gidley when the crash
declined.
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Soros 1
Stride and can laugh about
them now,.
Mr. Stewardson smiles when
he tells how he stopped car
dealers front pestering him
about making a trade on his
1947 Dodge. I tell them. i'won t
buy a car on inY farm. If I
want one I know where the
dealers are and I'll go to them,
Then I warn them that if they
come back the second time, I
certainly won't consider dealing
with them when I do wept to
trade. That stops, them."
Several of the Stewardson
neighbours receive royalties
from the production tkrough the
oil pool which Imperial 011
formed in the area. •
011 wells near. Greenway are proven successful. DriUing
producing 150 barrels a day, still conhinuing in the
Imperial Oil Ltd. revealed in a 'UMW] Gas Co. discovered MIS
release to The Times -Advocate oil on the 'Stewardson fart; •
this week. • May 24, 1955, and it operated
This has been the first official the well for two years.- It turn
indication of production of the over its, operation early in 110
three 'wells at Greenway since to Imperial which dug the; tw•
discovery was - made two 'years.additiOnal.. holes this summer.
erittl
• ago One well has been operat- and hPMe
as installed new lit
ing since May, 1945, and two for the pool,
more were dug this year.
All three are on the farm of
Lloyd Stewardson, one mile n • _i
west of Greenway, Mr, Steward- meconsia
son is the battery operator or .
Imperial Oil also indicated in Po ice Stand
the wells.
its release that an oil pool has
il held a special meeting
I been formed in the area and Police committee of tow$
1 that several neighbours are counc
er
sharing royalties from the pro- Saturday night to reconsider US
duction
poittor 10 calltng for Applica•
Although hundreds 'of, tions for a pence phief. wells
have been dug throughout this .
arca in the past five years, No decision was made by Os
these are the first which have committee but it was learned
produced. A number of other members plan to meet with Arne
drills have been made in the present chief, Reg Taylor, be.
Greenway area. but none has fmoreeetimngaknfgonciaayrepnelgrtht,to council
The committee received con-
firmation from town
cannot dismiss or demote any
police officer unless he is chart
ed and found guilty of an Of-
fence under the police code,
In order to increase the town
force to three, council decided
three weeks ago to call for Ap-
pheations' for chief tonstable
and it invited Chief Taylor 1,0
apply for the position, ; '
• Chief Taylor anaounceci last
week he did not intend to sub-
mit an application and he would,
not work under Another chief if
council does appoint one. ,
Area Election Interest
Appears At Low Ebb
With , nominations less than
two weeks away, there are few
indications of election excite-
ment in the district,
As tar as could be learned
this week, there has been no
aspirant indicating he will chal-
lenge district incumbents,
Exeter Mayor R. E. Pooley
said Wednesday, he is willing to
Five To Receive
Nurse Degrees
Sucessful in obtaining , their
R.N. degrees as announced on
Saturday were Marilyn Skinner,
Exeter, who` trained. at St. .To-
seph's Hospital, London; Pat
Ho'pper, who trained a1 Hamil-
ton General and is now attend-
ing University of Western .On-
tario; Mary Margaret Essery,
who received her training at
Victoria Hospital; Margaret
Tasko, Centralia, Ann Dietrich
and Anna Messner, Dashwood,
who graduated from St. Joseph's
School. of Nursing.
BECOMES RN — Miss Mary
Margaret Essery, daughter of
afr. and Mrs. William' Essery,
Centralia, and a graduate of
SHDHS and Victoria Hospital
School of Nursing, London, has
successfully passed her regis-
,tered nurse's examinations.
Mary Margatet will continue to
work on the nufsing staff at
Victoria.
remain in :office. He stated
there are several PUC projects
he would like to see completed
including the construction and
operation of Morrison Dam in
Usborne township and the estab-
lishment of hydro service oper-
ated by the commission. i
The mayor said one of lie
members of town council has
indicated he wishes to resign,
At the last meeting of 'Usborne
Council, Harold Hern indicated
he planned to retire as a coun-
cillor, He had hoped to step
down last year but consented to
return after another member
resigned.
Reeve Clayton Smith said br?,
was willing to serve another
term
In1.11
.10 , veteran coune—or
Lorne Luker has stated he will
step out this year,
There has been no declaration
of intentions from council mem.
tiers izi Hay or Stephen, triwn-
ships. '
Hensall, Exeter,' Zurich and
Hay will hold their • nominations
on Friday, November 22. The
rest of the municipalities will
meet Monday, November 25, to
name candidates, .
Teacher In Hospital
Miss Olive O'Brien, teacher at
Zurich Public School, is still
confined to South Huron Hos-
pital. as a result Of an attack
of the flu several weeks ago.
Mrs. Norma Siebert, Zurich,
is teaching in her place at the
school.
We G. Cochrane, that counc •
Suspend. Licence
For Three Years
Marvin Coutch, 17, RrIt.1
Stratford, was given a •two.Yerir
• suspended sentence and his•driV•-
er's licence was cancelled for
11eTearsI°11lw4t4 77r:i:n
fehargesres11tllr°h1al:ocarcrashonte;1ca
Road in June.
'Coutch was driver of the ear.
in which the victim of the 104
cident, Dolores Ann Dyck, 16,
of Tavistock, was a, passenger.
She died of head injuries on' her
way to hospital,
Miss Dyck, Coutch and' an-
other youth were drivingto
Gpand Bend to attend a weinetw
roast when their car, collided
head-on with an east -bound ve-
hicle driven by Timothy. Connel-
ly, 48, of R.R. 5 Stratford.
• The case, 'which was beard in
Stratford recently, had been
postponed several times pend-
ing the recovery of witnessel
who were injured in the crash.
OPP Constable. George Mita
chell investigated.
Town Businessmen
Approve Yule Plans
Plans for one of the most ex-
tensive Christmas programs in
Exeter's history were approved
by town merchants at a meet-
ing of the businessmen's associa-
tion last week:
Feature of the program will
be draws 'dor cash prizes of
$500, $150, $100 and $50 during
the four weeks before Christmas.
Shoppers will receive free cou-
pons .with purchases.
Plans include free theatre
parties for children on each of
the four Saturdays before Christ-
mas and a yule decoration cont
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Wit* ...... ri+stowfivirma IS
SAG GEIESC4)111 McLean, left, and Ken 'OttewelL
both of Bketer, shot eight :geese on the Itagmeler- low
near 'Grand Bend Monday, 'Game .experts saidit was one
offthe largest _hags reported In this. area for a num
of year, The two- hunters made three sallies on a 11
during, .the day to their Om • 1"4. Photo
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test among store owners,
Town council and the Publie
Utilities commission are mop!
eitating in the pro'gram. The court. -
cil will provide donations t
town and district schools who
participate' in carol singing ori
the Main Street on Saturday
and prizes for the best decorated
homes. This is in addition to the
town's annual contribution of st•
lighted Christmas tree and town
hall decorations. • -
The PUC have agreed to erect'
700 worth of Christmas light!
ing.
Andrew Johnston' Owe .driig-
gist, was named president of
the association during an eleda`
tion of officers.. He •stteeeedi"
Fred Darling.
Vice-presidents are tiOuglas•1
QUM and Murray Greene.
Tom MacMillan remains frees
urer arid Don SouthOtt it Seeress'
4T1.3fl;e executive cominittee, trie
eludes Mrs. C. E,'
C. ErSman, Reg Beavers aid
Stan Frayne,
Board Elects:
Garnet Hicks:
Garnet Hieict," of "Osborne town..
ship, was eleeted chairman of
tXdter C It in Unity Centre*.
Board at a Meetingg last week,
Ift succeeds Edward Brady,
Who resigned. reeeritly lifter
heading the board,for five Years.'
The new president is a reprk
sentative of Exeter Agric.ulturei
SViettle' heitinan of, the bos
sell 'Snell,•
tion to Mr, trod, for les
The board tXtorkitert
.41W 6/1 btheopeoeforrkiiittlittbyetphatktli,eisliTtafr,
A$200 Merriest in Sim, *If
approved for Recreation bilifbv•
Of tArrY Ittridatian, whose stip. *
and is ,altered bv tit* 140.01.0
council. The increase witi raise
his salary to' *3,4,
P u re hese A Inck ind
garage :futilities are betwg on.
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