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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-10-01, Page 1Eighty -Second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 1 1959 'rice Per Copy 10 .Cents z CROWD JAMS BUSY MIDWAY One of the biggest the popular swings and ferris wheel which were busy all crowds in Exeter fair's history jammed the midway Thurs. day. Children had to line up for rides. day for rides, tests of skill and chance. Scene above shows I —T -A Photo Large attendance at Exeter fair dispells gover future shows Have the people removed the doubt about the future of the small town fair? This could be one interpreta- tion of the surprisingly large crowd which flocked to Exeter Community Park last week to witness the local exhibition. Of- ficials, pressed in recent years to make ends meet, were en- couraged by the estimated at- tendance of close to 4,000. Exeter's case wasn't isolated. Agriculture officials reported in- creases in attendance at all fairs in the area during the past two weeks. The big crowd at Zurich Monday was another indication. Despite the fact no special at- tractions were presented by the society this year because it felt it couldn't 'afford any heavy ex- penditure for entertainment, the people crowded the grounds. The midway was heavily patron- ized, the arena filled most of the time and good crowds watched the .horse and cattle -shows, dur- ing the afternoon. One of the best parades in years led the crowd to the grounds. The three local bands, school children, colorful and hu- morous floats and cars drew tri- butes from many quarters. Ve- teran fair commentator Tory Gregg, master of ceremonies for the afternoon, said it was the best procession he'd seen this year. Elston Cardiff, Huron MP, opened the fair with tributes to the officers and directors of the society. Officials who spoke in- cluded C. S. MacNaughton, Hu- ron MF'P, Mayor R. E. Pooley and Society President Victor Jeffery. Although indoor exhibits were down in some classes, horse and cattle shows attracted a record number of entries. The horse show, particularly, was outstand- ing. One scheduled event didn't take place. The helicopter being brought in by Exeter Lions to New owner opens show Lyric Theatre here, which has been closed all summer, re- opens Thursday night under new management. • George D. Thompson, St. Ma- rys, has -sold the building to the Onyx theatre chain, owned by Sam Berman and William For- man, London, Local manager will be Wayne Jacklin, Welland. The theatre opens Thursday night with a double technicolor feature, "Tom Thumb" and "Torpedo Run." Free orange drinks will be given to opening night patrons.. Mr. Berman said the theatre plans to present "the finest in motion 1 picture entertainment." He. invited patrons to request pictures they wished to see,, Hay awards y dram work Two drain construction con- tracts were let by Hay township council at a special meeting last week. Robert Rowciiffe, RR f Hen- sel, was awarded the Stewart municipal dram for $4,925, Corn- pletion date is November 5. The Zurich village municipal drain No. 2 was awarded to Norman Hodgins, Parkhill, for $2,832.19 with completion date of ,r November 15. A petition for drainage work sighed by Gordon Munn, lot 11, con, 2, and Ben 'Pinney, lot 11, On, 4, was accepted by coup• cell who appointed C. P. Corp beet, OLS, Lucan, to bring in a' report, Date for court Of revision on the 1960 assesspent toll Was set Isr T9tursdeyi October I5. provide rides, failed to make an appearance. A number of class champion- ships changed hands. Richard Doan, Thorndale, nosed out Whitney Coates, RR 1 Centra- lia, for the beef cattle title and Earl Becker, succeeded Clifford Pepper, also of Dashwood, as poultry champion. Mrs. Herb Mitchell, RR 1 Cre- diton, was named the new cham- pion cook of the district and Mrs. Delmar Skinner, RR 1 Centra- lia, was the top winner in the home department, succeeding Mrs. Melvin Staffen, Seaforth. Mrs. William McKenzie, Exe- ter, won the most paints for ve- getables, taking the title from Lloyd Reynolds, RR 1 Hensall. Repeat champions were Ron Swartz, Clandeboye, in saddle horses; Ross Marshall, RR 1 Kirkton, dairy cattle; W. Turn- bull and Son, RR 2 Brussels, hogs; Lloyd Reynolds, grain and seeds; Philip McKenzie, RR 3 Kippen, fruits, and Mrs. Luther Reynold, flowers. PARADE FEATURE—This mobile wedding scene created by Jack Smith Jeweller won first prize for decorated cars in the parade at Exeter fair. This year's procession was one of the best in years and included many colorful cars, floats and, freak outfits. Three local bands and public school children led the parade. —T -A Photo Remove fear of cancer new Huron unit theme A new educational slogan, suggested by an official of Hu- ron unit, has been adopted by Ontario division of the Cana- dian Cancer Society, it was re- vealed at the annual county unit meeting in Clinton Friday night. Attractive new placards with the theme, "LIVE without fear of cancer through EARLY diag- nosis," were displayed by Dr. J. Semple, Seaforth„ chairman of the unit educational committee and originator of the slogan, "We have put too much em- phasis in the past on the nega- tive side of cancer. Our new ap- proach is a positive one, assur- ing people that cancer can be cured if it is discovered early enough." The signs stress that regular medical check-ups are the most effective type of pre- vention. The new placards will be placed on display by the various branches in the unit. • Seventy-six cancer sufferers. in Huron were assisted by wel- fare services of the unit in 1959, reported Service chairman Mrs. C. M. Baechler, Goderich. Branch committees have sup- plied pain -relieving drugs, house- keeping and home nursing ger- met, transportation and dres- sings to patients in all sections of the county. Total welfare expenditure ex- ceeded. $2,000 according to a re. port from, Treasurer Mrs, A. M. Harper,. Godenich. Other costs included education, $665; earn- paign 'expenses $660; overhead $295. Remainder of the $17,750 raised by the ,unit was forwarded to provincial headquarters for re- search and other projects. A campaign award, recogniz- ing "the generous service, co. operation and interest" in ex- ceeding its 1959 quota, was pre- sented to the unit by provincial headquarters. Under chairman R, E. Pooley, Exeter, the unit raised over $16,000 in its April campaign which had an objec- tive of $13,000, The award was presented to' Mr. Pooley's wife,. in his ab- sence, by the unit president, Mrs. Kenneth Johns, RR 1 Wood- ham, who conducted the annual meeting. • A report by Ross Merrill, Clinton, revealed cancer educa- tional films had been shown close to 100 times in the county during the past year. Other edu- cational projects included booths at fall fairs and distribution of literature through numerous de- pots, Mit. Johns was re-elected pre- sident of the unit. Vice-presi- dents are Mrs. Josephine Chis- holm, Goderich; Mrs. Harold Vodden, Blyth; Dewitt Miller, Wingham. Secretary is Mrs. H. R. Hall, 'Goderich, and Mrs, Har- per' remains treasurer, Committee chairman include: R. E. Pooley, campaign; Dr. J. Semple, education; Dr. R. M. Al. dis, Goderich, medical advisory; James Doig, Seaforth, eaten. sion; Ross Merrill, films; Mrs. Baechler, service; Mrs. J. G. Dunlop, Exeter, sub .Servide; Don Southeott, publicity. Abotit 65 persons .attended the annual meeting, Ali five bran- ches were represented, A brother and a sister, Ron- ald and Kathryn Oke, RR 3 Exeter, were among the 4-H champions declared at the fair. Ronald showed the top corn and Kathryn exhibited first -prize su- gar beets. Wayne and Fred Del - bridge, both of RR 1 Woodham, shared honors in the grain club. Calf club winners included Morris Rennie, Crediton; How- ard Hendrick, RR 2 Crediton; Brian Gill, RR 1 Grand Bend; Doris Cornish, RR 1 Woodham; Jim Hyde, • RR 1 Hensall, Ed- ward and Lorne Hern, RR 1 Woodham. A crowd of 400 attended the dance Thursday evening which concluded the three-day exhibi- tion. BRINGS RAIN BUT DANGER A HS cheerleader chosen for Bears Sally Acheson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E, Acheson, William street, was chosen as one of the cheerleaders for the Sarnia Golden -Bears football team in a contest in 'that city recently, Now in training at the Sarnia hospital, Sally was a cheerleader at SHDHS for several years. rivitt host to rectors Provincial Rural Conference of the Anglican Church in Can- ada will be held this year in Exeter, October 5 to 7. Theme of the conference is "Our Ministry in the Smaller F'arishes." Between, 30 and 40 Anglican ministers are expected to be present and these will be billeted among the members of the con- gregation. M e a 1 s, including breakfast, will be served in the parish hall by the ladies.. On Tuesday afternoon a four of the county and the Aux Sable River watershed area is being arranged by H. G. Hooke, secre- tary. In the evening at 7:30 p.m. a special community service will be held in Trivitt Memorial Church to which the public is in- vited. The theme is "Commu- nity Service" and the speaker will be Ven. K. C... Bolton, rector of St. George's church, Sarnia. Officials of the provincial com- mittee are: Chairman, ,Rev. Nor- man Green, Beamsville; vice- chairman, Rev. Charles Noble, RR 1 Sault Ste. Marie; secre- tary -treasurer, Rev. Walter Dy- er, Barrie. The council com- prises two representatives from each Diocese in the province. Lions now largest club in world, says "official "Lionism is now the largest and fastest growing club in the. world," District Governor Harold Forster, Barrie, told the Exeter Lions Club on the occasion of his official visit Thursday, Sep- tember 24, at Armstrong's Res- taurant. "There are 585,000 Lions in 101 geographical locations. There are 14,537 clubs,'818 new clubs hav- ing been formed in the past twelve months" he said. On February 6, 1956, the first Lions club was formed in India. Today there are 54 clubs and 3,000 members and 42,000 chil- dren in eight centres have been provided with milk. "Dr. Moody, 45, of Bombay, India, is one of the leading eye specialists in the world" said the speaker, "He was one of the first to join a Lions club in Bom- bay and he has performed 30,000 operations for cataracts. Today he is working for the Lions free of charge and has assisted in distributing eye glasses to the needy sent by the Lions clubs from Canada and the U.S." Mr. Forster made a plea for more eye ` glasses to be sent to that country, Already more than 151,000 pairs of glasses have been sent to India. Lionism was organized in Ja- pan in 1942 sponsored by . clubs from Argentina, Today there are 129 clubs with 6,700 members. They are specializing in helping retarded and handicapped chil- dren. Mr. Forster also emphasized the importance of the campaign being sponsored through CARE of sending powdered milk to Egypt and Greece. Lions clubs Former resident gives to mission Gifts from the estate of a former Exeter lady, the late Dorothy (Dally) Dickson 'and Mrs. Alice Driver, Brockville amounting to $30,000 will be used for a Christian Student Centre in Magoya, Japan, This was announced recently by the missionary society of the Anglican church: of Canada on the :occasion of the Japanese church's 100th anniversary. Where to find it Anneuneemenft ,,,.. 11 Church Notices :. 13 Carding Ginn ,.. . 15' Perm Dews 10 Feminine Facts „ 12 Hensell Ho., 5 Luean 14, 15 Sports Want AO rrw,r„nr,ru..n,+Y,,.r..,,p 11 in the district are being asked to donate $1 per member for this worthy cause, One dollar goes a long way in providing milk for those needy children. Mr. Forster was introduced by Int. Counsellor Jake Sweitzer and was thanked by W. G. Coch- rane,'who presented the visitor with a gift. Tail Twister Dick Jermyn im- posed a fine on each and every Lion and the proceeds were pre- sented to Miss Nettie Rohatynski, a popular waitress at 'the res- taurant who left Tuesday for her home in Winnipeg. Among the items of business discussed was the car wash at Larry Snider's garage on Oc- tober 2 and the waste paper drive on October 14, also a golf tournament at the Oakwood golf course. Guests at the meeting were Rev. S. E. Lewis, formerly of Barrie, now of Exeter and Dr. E. S. Steiner, a past president of the club. Truck load inspections may affect beet harvest - A record -size sugar beet har.'. The province -wide check will affect all commercial vehicles, not necessarily those hauling beets, vest got under way this week but with it came a warning to farmers and truckers that pro- vincial transport officials plan an intensified check on vehicle overloading, Transport minister John Yar- entko told a truckers' associa- tion meeting Tuesday night that the department plans to send portable scales out to highways throughout the province to en- sure that trucks do not exceed licence .capacities. Officials report one truck haul- ing beets has already been charged with overloading. Fines vary according to the amount of excessive weight. Damage $1,700 in,five crashes Five accidents this past week caused $1,700 damage and hospi- talized one driver. Monday night, Ernie Laidlaw, 35, Zurich, knocked down tele- phpne and hydro poles and a hatchery sign when the front wheel of the truck he was driv- ing locked as he applied brakes near McKinley's hatchery. The vehicle, owned by the hat- chery suffered $500 damage. There were two other acci- dents in the Zurich area. Rob- ert Merner,, 18, RR 3 Zurich, travelling south on the Goshen line Thursday night, skidded on wet pavement when he tried to negotiate a turn. His car rolled onto its top in the ditch, causing $400 damage. Cars driven by Mrs. Leonard Prang and Soloman Baechler, 74, Zurich, collided • on a Zurich street Friday, causing $150 dam- age, The Ba.echler car was back- ing out of a parking spot when it struck the Prang car, going east. Wallace "Bud" Fisher, 20, Exeter, was treated for fore- head and knee lacerations in South Huron Hospital early Fri- day morning after he lost con- trol of his car and skidded into the ditch where he struck a tree. He was travelling north on the fourth concession of Hay. Cars driven by Clenien• Hoon- aard, 16, RR 1 Centralia, and Thomas Earl Reese, 19, RR 3 Ailsa Craig, collided at an inter- section at the .east end of Credi- ton Thursday. Damage totalled $250. Canada and Dominion Sugar Company receiving stations at Kippen and Centralia opened Monday and Tuesday in antici- pation of a big crop. Yields exceeding last year's banner crop are expected in Huron, as well as in Essex and Wallaceburg district. Company fieldmen forecast the largest crop in the company's history. With the yield estimat- ed, just under 14 tons per acre, it is possible the crop from 34,073 acres will exceed last year's all-time record .crop of 462,583 tons. Increase in the number of mechanical harvesters in this area ,is expected to alleviate some of the labor problems. In- terest in the machines has been stimulated by C Sr D harvester demonstrations, one of which was held at Centralia on Sep- tember 18. About 300 farmers, along with, members of South Huron 4-H sugar beet club watched four different harvesters Huron homes form group p Nursing homes in Huron Coun- ty formed an association at a meeting in Clinton Friday night in a co-operative effort to estab- lish standards for the profes- sion and to seek recognition from provincial health authori- ties. President of the group is Mrs, Elsie McDonald, Clinton. Mrs. Jean McKay, Wingham, ;was named vice.president and the secretary -treasurer is Mrs. El- don Heywood, Exeter. The association is linked to the London branch of .a provin- cial -wide organization now in the process of being formed. One of the prime objectives of the group is to secure grants from the provincial gov't to as- sist homes in providing high standards of care for elderly people. The Huron group adopted a code of ethics and objectives aimed at co-operation with wel- fare and health authorities and families in providing respon- sible and efficient care, As Gracie limps her way >y the eastern seaboard, weather bureau officials predict the once: violent hurricane will dump ^s. few inches of water over this district but she won't cause any danger, Met officials indicate Huron will be on the fringe of the pre- cipitation area, expected to get from one to two inches of rain before Thursday noon. Local spots may get up to four inches but it's doubtful, ' Some precautions were bake nevertheless. Warnings from On• tarso gov't officials prompted Ausable authority and Exetei, PIT officials to lower the level of the pond behind the Morrison dam in Usborne township. Ontario's planning miniwten Nickle Tuesday warned all con: servartion and civil defence orgd• nizations to be on guard until the hurricane danger passed. US. authorities reported Wed• nesday, however, the wind!. once exceeding 100 mph, were down to 30 with gusts up to 40 mph. Predictions for Thursday indicated they would be about 10 mph slower. Met officials said the storr>t was weakening quite steadily and remains fairly well behaved: Gracie brought rain, raging winds and high water all along the U.S. east coast from Savan• rah, Ga., to Myrtle Beach, and swept inland to slash lowland communities along a path 100 miles wide. Three dead 1 Three died in South Caroline in traffic accidents blamed on the storm. But most coastal re- sidents in Gracie's path heeded an early evacuation warning and that helped hold down the dee toll. Chatham youth tour Centralia A busload of Chatham tee7l.• agers toured RCAF Centralia, in a kids' day program spon- sored by the Kiwanis club in co- operation with the RCAF. Thirty-nine boys and 'girls and three club directors from Chat, - ham were entertained at the station. They satin films • on nu- clear defence, the opening arid repacking of parachutes, fire fighting equipment in action, re- pairing and reservicing of air• craft. The group also witnessed •s miniature air show presented by Centralia pilots on their way to perform at air force day at. Ayl- mer. The boys in the groups are ail' cadets. New Zurich fair features. attract many exhibitors Two new attractions at Zur- ich fair — baby and pet shows -- stole considerable limelight from the regular features of the 95 -year-old show witnessed by a big crowd of 1,500 Monday. Over 50 mothers paraded their robust children before three har- ried judges who picked prize- winners in four divisions of the baby show. Twins shared one of the awards. Dogs and cats of all descrip- tions were entered in the pet show and, as might be sus- pected, they weren't always friendly with each other. Offi- cials, however, kept any would- be combatants under control. The fair opened with the tra- RESIDENT CONGRATULATES PRIZEWINNERS—Hatownship reeve, V. L. Becker, who is also president of Zurich Agricultural Society, a s special attention to winners of the four divisions of the popular baby contest. Left is Mark Coleman, eight -month - bid son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Coleman, Bit 1 Zurich, and right is Dann- Mei, dinger, - g ,flue month -cid son of Mr. and. Mrs, Stephen Meidin er Zurich, •A family urian himself, Reeve Becket was right at hpme with the 'boys, "-A Photo ditional parade, led this year 17 the Seaforth District High School girls' trumpet band. Highlight of the procession was the new ideas introduced by the district schools. SS 8 Hay, under teacher Mrs. Ruby Neeb, won first prize with a float depicting the land. ing of the pilgrims. Zurich chil- dren were led by a colorfully dressed "Pied Piper." School in the parade. Included SS 3, 4, 9, 15 and St. Boniface, Elston Cardiff, Huron MP and C. 5. MacNaughton, Huron MPP, officially opened the fair following introductions by presi. dent V. L. Becker, Dashwood. .. Boys topped each of the four divisions in the popular baby show, held for the first time. Prizewinners 'were: Danny . Mei. Binger, one to six months; Mark Coleman, six months to .one year; Stephen Miller, year ti: 18 months; Kevin Dietrich, 11 months to two years. Twins Ronald and Donald Fel; ner tied for third in the one to six months class. Prizes for best cat and beat dog went to Donna Kippet and Ken Thiel respectively. Prizes in the draw sponsored by the Society went to two Zur- ich ;Indone Exeter persons. Bill Youngblut, Zurich, won the chair donated by Westlake Fur. niture; Harry deVries, Exeter. the radio/ given by Ginderich's, and Mrs. Wes Hugill, Zurich, the coffeetable mystery prize provided by the Society. In the 4-11 calf club, the C et' C trophy was won by Robert Becker, Dashwood, son of the f air president, Showmanship honors went to Ron Thiel. Richard Doan, Thorndale, caps tured special prize for the three best beef cattle while the herd award was won by William Pep. per, Seaforth. Mrs. Earl Flaxbard captured The Times -Advocate prize for most points in the domestic de• partment and Mrs. Melvin Staf•; fen, Seaforth was the home de. partment champion. Others who led in class coin. Petitions were: Fred McC1ym• one, grain and seeds; Mrs. We Haugh, flowers; Leonard Mer/. ner, vegetables, A crowd of 1,b00 attended the horse show in the evening, one of the highlights of which was s; •-= Pleas8 turn 'to page 7.