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A•cc•idents
FteC
ord High
A total of 903 persons were
fatally injured in meter vehicle
-siceidents in Ontario in the first
e months of 1961I, isasOrng
a report issued this week by
Transpert Minister Jeroes
Allen.
"The 902 death* represented
•) an increase of 02 or 12.6 per cent
:from the corresponding total. for
.zthe same period of 1956. The
. 3ar ger (16el per .eent) advance
pecurred in the first six month,
'while the increase in the three
sileavY traffic months of July,
. )ind September, increased
;•by La per cent," IVIr. Allan said.
• 4"In terms of greatly expanded
"traffic this represented a relit -
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Fire Truck
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The old fire engine, Willa was
purchased by the. 'a class earlier
this year and lies been used at
pep rallies and other student
ce.ebratians, has only gone 1,a90
ilea. HA tires, however, are uf
a unique Size, and. the boys are
hoping that seven will get them
•to the south and back.
Tbe box. of the truck h s been
covered with a tern for the trip.
Don Brock, sea of inr. and
Mrs, Russell. Hrock, H.R. 2,
Hippen, is One of the party.
Others from this area are Jobe
Wile, Alba Craig, and 1440 Tay-
lor, R.R. 4, Walton.
Di their first 24 hourS, the
Youths reached Oettysburg,
PennSylvania. They were re.
Par_ted "reallY tired" and suf.
faring from some tire trouble.
tive improvement but much
greater efforts must be made to
drive and •walk safely during the
final quarter of the year.
"More than 20 per cent of the
total deaths usually occur in the„
last three months of the year
when drivers and pedestrians
have to face the added dangers
of the late fall and winter period.
"I urgently request the sup-
port of all agencies, official and
otherwise, and all citizens to
help reduce the number of need-
less accidents that occur during
this season of early darkness,
unfavourable road surface cop-
ditioos and generally increased
hazard."
May the coming year bring
a host of good• things youF
way and may the season's
ite brighten all your days.
Jones, MacNaughton
Seeds Ltd.
EXETER and CREDITON
*,,finl...1•111•011
Our heartfelt thanks you,
the kind friends and patrons
who have helped to make
the departing year a happy
one for us. We welcome
1958 with the hope that it
brings -much joy and good
tuck to you, and further op-
portunities for serving you
to us. May you enjoy a hap.
py holiday and a very
bright future:
F W. Huxtable.
And Staff
• PHONE 153.W ' EXETER
As the bells HIV In a
bright New Year, we
• shim, in with .he
heartfelt wish that
• It, will be a right
• 1444 Year for :you. May
all your wishes tome
• true,"arld may yet/ oiloy
all the blessings ef
geOci. friend*, 'Sod h.olth
• and good liutire,.
WG.
Simmons
AND SONS
Jahr" Diari treater,
And Implornonts
PHONE 115 UNTO
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Ask: Changes
In Machines
Oneluarter of the forums
who reported to. the Natignal
Va01 Foruni.offiee. on. the
topic "A New ioo ii Favin
nactlitier weresatisfied with
the mac inery presently .ayail,
able to them.. Thirteen per cent
ef the forums want nese
erately priced machinery..
A wide varietY of new types.
or changesin old types of ma,
chinery were sUggested by tlie
forums. One of the most. .coni-
rilon suggestions Was for a, com-
bine. and baler in one unit..
Iserty-one per Cent of the for-
ums want more standardization
of machinery parts So that tires.
and such may be used. for more.
than one Ma.ehine.
One.third. of the forumsthought
that machinery shonld be of
better .quality .andthat repair.
should he less expenaive.
Several groups suggested that
there should be more testing .of
machinery done similar to th.e
new .set-up. ii Saeltatchewae.
Need $20,000 To -Farm
The minimum amount of cap-
ital needed to ferns is $20,000. to
$30,000, according to 41 per cent
of the forums who reported their
findings to National Farm Radio
.Forum,
The November 11 broadcast
on Farm Credit resulted in some
very interesting comments. The
amount needed to farm varied
as widely tor different areas in
the same province es for differ.
ent provinees,
The majority of the forums
think that two-thirds to 75 per
•cent, of this capital needed to
farm should be Obtainable in
the fent of credit. Dealer Cred-
it le neither satisfactory nor ee-
onomical in the opinion of two-
thirds Of the forums.
Some of the forum s expressed
the thought that under certain
conditions •and for a short per-
iod dealer credit might be necee-
sary.
TOBACCO GROWERS START NEW MARKETING SYSTEM—Something new for On,
tario tobacco groWers haS. been in ed at Tillsonburg, Ont. a $425,000 ware,.
house where nnich of the province'S $73,00,000 crop will be processed, stored and
sold. And with the opening of the warehouse, a new scheme for disposal of the crop
has begun. Left is Miss Tobacco Queen,,Mary $chleihauf, crowned as part of the open-
ing ceremoniea. Pay Wagner, right, is standing b ,front of a Dutch auction • block
whiell indicates buyers' numbers slid their bid8.
Student's History
Growth
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the south side of Main Stre
In answer to the questien followed soon after, In 1928
"What do you think of govern -
went credit which would be news item in the Zurich Reral
greeted subject to supervision told of the installation of safe
of the farming operation by the depOtit boxes and igain in 195
lending ageney?) 76 per cent of
the forums were in fever of it
provided the supervisor were
properly qualified.
Of A Village
!the hotel he built hos,clikappe
ar• After 1876 when the ay be-
e. gen operating it g_ew rapidly
et ed, St. Joseph.is now just a
• o ier road unction on isle
a
lhighway eight miles .north
Y IGrand Beild. • •
This story started with
g transfer to Zurich We final
• arrived June 27 just ie time for
the centennial celebration which
d began appropriately with church
services StifidaY, .T,uly 1. A rnid-
e dance at 12:13a.in. Mon.
•
e daY, July 2, Was a great sue.
cess and that afternoon saw an
, unprecedented crowd of seine
e 10,000 People, inanY• of whom
. had never seen Zitrich before.
It concluded with a pyjama
-.deride at Midnight, July 4, and
was declared a great success by
all. It wee even. ahead fiaan-
. ciMallany learned men and women
Spent their early years in Zile -
mil, truly a friendly village
•built ori strong foundations. It
is now our home and We are
jestly proud of its traditions.
The first "post village" iri the
• township tif StePhen. wee opened
at Devon on Septeniber. 6, 1852,
at the junction of the Crediton
Road and No. 4 Highway. Most
of the settlers were from Devon-
shire, Efigland, and the little
settlement Was nemed after
their hem, eennty,.Heee.also Was
lodged a stofee'hoteliid cleirele
One report •'states ' that. there
were two churches built about
1847, One Apglicaneancl the other
Metbediet. One church was •on
the corner where Chaffe's Ser-
vice etation is new legated;
and on the southwest corner
across 'the road to the • east
wee the het el and stables
end on the southwest corner
was the Poet f f ie e and
store, Joseph Quick was the first
postreatter. The mail was first
carried by John RattenbUry of
Clinton. Hit brother Isaac had
a government contract to take
the men fret London' to Gods -
rich. .,eiTheri the weather and
roads were good be made the
round trip in a week.
Schools Estelslished
ATA Raps
Hog Bonus
Almost 100 per cent of the
transporters of hogs in the first
sevee counties brought under
directional orders of the On-
tario Hog Producers Marketing
Board are observing these er-
ders, Eldred. Aiken, Chairman
of the Board, stated last week.
Mr. Aiken said that despite
reported opposition by a few
transporters to the directional
orders of the Board and to the
open -market prograin of hog
producers across Ontario, it ap-
peared that shippers intended
to stay whine the law and ob-
serve the orders.
Under a directional order is-
etted° by the Ontario Hog Pro.
ducers Marketing Board and ef;
fective September 16,. transport-
ers of hogs originating in the
counties of Grey, Bruce: Halton,
Peel, Dufferin, Huron and Wel-
lington are required to deliver
these bogs to assembly points
operated by hog producers.
There. are some 85 transport-
ers in the seven counties where
approximately ope-fifth of the
tete annual. Ontario hog crop is
produced.
"We can thank the Automotive
Transport Association, for some
of this co-operation," Mr. Aiken
said. "Recently the Association,
publicly condemned the bonusing
system of meat packers used
to maintain direct delivery of
hogs to processing. plants. The
A.T.A. said that 'this terming
discriminated • against many
transporters -in favour of the
few; it created unfair competi-
tion wilting truckers, and it was
detrimental to the long-range in-
terests of both truckers and
farmers'."
Elimination of. direct delivery
of hogs will work out to the ben.
efit of transporters as well as
to producers in the long run, '
Mr. Aiken cendluded.
Brucellosis Act
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ers wile have failed to get their
Calves vaCCinated," said Mr,
Watson, "This is difficult to un-
derstand particularly as the On,
tail° government bears the cost
Of the veterinarian'$ services and
veceine."
Mr. Watson pointed out that kU
the owner had to do was notify
the veterinarian that he had
calves within the preecribed ages.
It Was then the responsibility of
the veterinarian to see that the
animals were vecethated.
Although vaccination is perfnit-
fed between four and ten months
inclusive, it is recommended that
owners who are likely to sell
stack far export should have their
animals vaccinated between the
ages of six and eight months. •
"If all producers co -Operate in
this undertaking, Brucellosis
which has caused heavy econom-
ic losses tht past will soon
be brought under complete. Con
-
trot," mid Mr. Watson.
of the new ledger posting ma
chine.Many managers have passe
this way, the first being E. R
Young who opened the offic
111 1908, After one month h
was replaced by Arnold, W
IC, Rowan -Legg and J: A. Cons
tontine in quick succession,
1913, R. J, Dunlop became man
ager for six years followed by
W. B. Cones who remained un
tit 1932. E. M. Dagg remained
Until 1942 when the office was
closed because of • staff short
age brought on by World War
IL The branch Was re -opened
in October 1945 by Gordon G.
Sewell followed by C. C. Mc-
/ichern who in turn was re-
placed by C. W. Scott in 1952
aril he remained until February
1956 when E. Bannister took
over.
Zurich is unique in that it
reached a population of some
600 in early years and still re-
tains that population. without the
benefit ef a railroad or ether
major transportation facilities.
In my delvings into the past
of- Zilrich I came acebte many
interesting facts about surrotintl-
inTgo settlements. t the n ortlewest of us we
have the parish of St. Peters,
known locally as the French
settlement. Many» of pile Zurich
families originated in that Par-
ish. Champlain is said to have
been the fleet white man to set
foot here around 1616. Then
came the missionaries. The Jes-
uit fathers arrived from their
mission at Fort Ste. Marie near
present day Midland. Father de
Brebeuf, one of the bleseed
martyrs, tread over this grimed
preaching to the Indians. St,
Peters was- not firmly estab-
lished until 1846 when some
French coureurs-de-bois from
near Quebec Migrated to the
district. Father Sneider of God-
erich was the first priest and
services were held at the home
Of Jean Baptiste Ducharrne. In
1850 a small school was built
ices
ablyso used for church serv-
both the French Catho-
lies of St. Peters and the Ger-
man gathelics of Zurich. The
preterit church was built in 1889
near this school. St. Peters is
One of the very few French set-
tlements established in the
Province of Ontario.
South of St. Peters and four
miles directly west of Zurich is
St; Joseph. This village was
founded by Narcisse Callan in
1896. .Cantiii was probably the
first man to conceive of a sea-
way and it is sometimes said
St. Joseph was started as ea pub- t
ileity stunt to bring attention f
to a waterway he wished to
hey° constructed across Sbuth- 1
ern Ontario from Leke }turon
near this point to Port Bur.
well on Lake .Erie. This man 0
dreamed of a •great city here e
and nearly eornpleted a large
hotel named • the "Balineral".
Cantle built a large dock here
end' grain and lumber boats t
called daily, St. ./Oseph these e
days had a winery and other in- ee
dustriet all Of which have now
disappeared. Litigation with the r
Beauharnois Power Company t
over water right t was carried ae„
on for yeara,.by Centin and his e
Mune appears in Ilanserd
this cOrtheation, This man died t
still fighting for his dren and
21 and gradually superseded the
Oi-
oS der settlements of Devon and
Fairfield, • and when a church
was opened in Centralia, the con-
gregatibn went there.•
The work of the Wesleyan
Methodists began in Exeter in
1844 under the leadership of Rev,
Thomas Williams. It was part of
the Devonshire area which
stitched from Lucan to Clinton
In 1865. Exeter became head' of
a. circuit and Fairfield was one
of the appointments until it v -as
moved to Centralia, •
By the late 40'i and the early
50's the farms along the Ausable
River had been • tal en up and
mills were' being built. One Of
the earliest of these was built
by the Esserys across from the
Airport dump. This was a saw-
mill, Along the river banks the
Olay was felled to be suitable for
making of. brick and, tile so
yards Were • opened. There were
three brick and tile yard e south
of the Crediton Road and to the
north six or seven more yards
were in Operation, 'Some of these
changed owners. ,. several times
while. others remained in the
;same' :family as long as they
:ere operated. Practically all
the white brick • used ....in the
Mutes in this •a•rea came from
these Yards. Other industries" near
the river Were a grist mill, a
planing mill, and a woollen mill.
• •It is difficult for us to visiva-
lize the conditions of life at the
time whieli I have written about.
The early settlers faced many
hardshies and difficulties. How-
ever,' they were of strong and
hardy stock and they persevered:
The land) was fertile tied soon
they were producing abundant
crops. New home and barns re-
placed the shanties and log
buildings. Tines have changed
,greatly and the introduction , of
hydro and gasoline has revolu-
tionized »country life. Also the
establishment of the RCAF sta-
tion in . our community has
brought increased prosperity to
the area.
It is recorded in Beklen'e Atlas
that the first echo& in Stephen
Township Was a log structure
erected on the farm of George
Snell in• 1844, The local Wet-
intendent reported in 1853 that
there were 74 pupils registered,
35 boys and 39 girls Out of 100
between the ages of 5 to 16
living the section. The teacher
was properly qualified and his
salary was 36 -pounds annually.
The building was reported to be
in good condition but lacked play-
grounds and sanitary facihties.
Th 1850 a second 4chooi• was
built about three nuarters of a
mile south of Crediton. It was a
union 'school with McGillivray
Township which was. part of the
Huten District at that tine. The
each& was a Mt. Oester and
or toner years S.S. No. 2 Was
knovvn as Foster's School. In
853 a third was erected three
miles north of the Fairfield
ehool. Fairfield wa.• the second
Idest community hi the town,
hip. by 1856 the school for S.S,
No. 1 had been Moved to the
'reset site of Fairfield Sehool,
is interesting to tide that
hese first seltool Sections over -
ti a large area extending
estwird as far as the lakeshore,
We also note that in the 1861
dpert the County of Huron had
he hikliteet average, attendance
t school of any county in 'Upper
amide. By this time there were
41 Commori Schools in the couli.
y and the average salary for a
nale teacher was 8280 without
oard and for a female $165.
The first teather was. John
Persona who later Owned a mill
and general store At Crediton
and is credited with choosing the
flexile fer that4villatme When the
sehoel stetter) wai'divided and a
scheer opened t Centralia, the
attendance declined considerably,
The Fairfield School was used
for township council meetings
and for vntlog for several years
before there was a township
hall,
The first church services In the
Wrilliin were held In the leg
leirienree �fi the 0,711=6.6h
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More farmers switch to Surge
Milkers for safer, faster milk-
ing. »(adv.'t)
Poor Wires
:Cause fires
Many 'fire accidents on Olt-
'tario farms are caused by poor
electrical wiring. But Meat of
these .fires need never occur if
propercare is taken itt correct,
ly installing and moiptoining'
.form electriO1 systeM.
The moat .important.part in
the maintenance of e wring, sys,
Ie nt is the additlpn of new cir.
.cuits. to take core of increasing.:
loads, :steles John . .Garland,
Department :of . .Engineering
Science,. Ontario-. Agricultural
•coaogo.. with more appliances
and equipment .coming into use,
a wiring system Whicit Weeade-
• rinouwatbe e coovrer.litaciyeery. a ago may
anAswelarr;Setrill:144nifg iinsakIlePst
tbe
the
wire or conductor carry :more
current than it wasdesigned for,
resulting in heating of the con-
ductor. 4ventually, the inside,
tion of the conductor is charred
by the heat, and conditions tor
.a• fire are created.
If a fuse '"blows" owing to a
circuit being oVerloaded, never
use a larger fuse, states the
aCtoCtheralctirliOcrulitiy;intsotOatleleadd? have
If heat lomps are properly in,
stalled,. there is no danger of
Lire, (Remember that a heat
lamp will ignite straw when
uhseeldfui:one inch away .from it.).
The following precautions are
1) Use only porcelain lamp
socket, as • the 'temporal:Oro is
too high for rubber or bakelite.
(2) Suspend the heat lamp by
a .chato, not by the bord.
(3) Use a wire gyard, so that
if the lamp falls in the straw
it will roll .ovet on its side.
(4) See that animals are pro-
tected from the larnp.
Light bulbs when used in
granaries and hay merits should
be enelOsed in a glass globe. If
this is net tthile, duet Can ac-
citinulate on bare light bulb
and act as an, insulator; causing
the surface temeerature of the
bulb to else,. This could result,
.in the 'ignition of the dust
accumulated on the bub.
A number of steps will pay
dividends. Look overwthe wiring
system for damaged wire,
.switches, and boxes. Reolace.
:broken bulbs, „end put bulbs in
empty sockets- rather tha allow'
the sockett to fill up with dust,
Keep . all eleetrical equipment
fre» of dirt and dust,
Wiring systems shouldbe
checked every three- or four
Yana by an electrician lantniat
wIt form whim. Wilon..now
wiring 'isinstolloo, Mee,. 'Imre
that it is inspected by ot
inspector. gestricity 15 pert:0001
ly safe, :provided_ it Is Pat.
abused.
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• Another year has
paSSed in which »We were
happy to serve the many.
good friend whose patron-
age we value so highly. To
them, our warm thinks and
best wishe.: for the New Year.:
Canada
Packers
LTD:
Manegetnenti.and Staff
PHONE 256 EXETE
1958
Sound the fan'fare, roll
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• • * here comes 1958. May
11°. it prove. richly I'm:vat&
to
'1» ingyou and yoiirs
., . . . bringing you a
• • bountiful measure of
•
• good health and good ,
' cheer . . ; crowning all •
. your efforts with success
. . . and leaving you
with ,sa rich treasure .
trove of hoppy merno-
• ries to cherish.
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