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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-08-09, Page 11$ecOnd. SeCtisa.ti ,, . .... . . ................... XE7 CR. ONTARIO, AUGUST 9, 1962 Page Nina . . . . ... „.„—(4,414 Bean Day August 14 The 1062 White Bean Day is being held on Tuesday, August 14, at the Western Ontario Ag- ricultural School, Ridge town. The program is designed to interest all white bean growers in the area and an invitation has been extended to Huron County growers to attend. All phases of white bean pro- duction will be discussed includ- ing insect, disease and weed control; fertility and varieties. A discussion will also be held on the marketing situation. Growers will also be able to view the research plots being carried on at Ridgetown on white beans. Husband! "Are YOU ready yet, dear?" Wife! "Honey, I wish you'd stop nagging me. I told you an hour ago that I'd be ready in a few minutes." 1111•••••••101.1•MINIM Why Summer Fill? • .43 • - .0.. N. .1"'e • •• .... rsx Filling the fuel tank now is a fool-proof way to avoid troublesome condensation in the oil storage tank ,during these hot months. It stops rust before rust rail start. CO-OP Stinglo Fuel Oil 'contains an additive that not only prevents rust but protects the entire fuel system. You're assured trouble-free operation and clean dependable heat whenever, needed. When you fill stow, there is no need to pay until the fall, or if you wish use the CO-OP Easy Equal Payment Plan that lowers your mid- winter fuel bills, This week in Thames Road By MRS. WILLIAM ROHDE Mr. and Airs. Arthur Lillie, Jane and. Pat, of Mahon, and Linda Castle, of Dorchester, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs, Donald Kernick. Linda Castle is remaining for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Strapp, Laurie and Michael, of London, spent the weekend with Mr, and Mts. John Bray, Mr. and Mrs, Milton Luther, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Moir, David. Paul and Laurie of Ger- tie, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bissett of Exeter, Mr. and. Mrs. Roy Dykerean, Ronnie and Brenda of Crediton, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn JefferY and Alan spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jef- fery. Mrs. Lloyd Knight. and Airs. Please turn to page 11 Prize lists all revised Prize list for Exeter Fall Fair has been completely revised, according to • Whitney Coates, president of the fair society. "A number of major changes have been made which should improve the competitions and attract more exhibitors this year," the president stated, The lists are now in the pro- cess of being printed and should. be available later this month, Huron county crop report By D. G. GRIEVE Associate Ag Rep Grain harvest progressed very well during the past week, al- though weekend showers have again slowed up operations. Approximately 50 -t; of the grain has been harvested, Recent showers have helped to revive pastures. Man with fanciest sock, Joe Bullock; lady with smallest waistline, Mrs. William. Gower; man, William Desch; lady with most buttons on dress, Mrs. Russell Clarke; man with least hair, Nelson Schenk; oldest man, Isaac Gower; oldest lady, Mrs, Isaac Gower; lady with. nicest earrings, Mrs. Lloyd Guenther; man with most ar- ticles in pocket, Gordon Hut- chinson; Lady with smallest shoe, Mrs. Ellis Stewart; youngest person, Danny Galloway; couple most recently married, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hutchinson; couple with anniversary nearest picnic date, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gallo- way (August 5); oldest married. couple, Mr, and Mr\s. Isaac Gower: largest family, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Gower; coming farthest distance, Jacqueline and Yvonne Taylor, Halifax, N.S. The 1963 picnic will be held the second Sunday in July, Cornish clan At the Cornish reunion held on. Sunday, August 5 at River- view Park, Exeter, Norman Jaques was elected president; Doris Cornish, secretary; Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Rowe and Mr, and Mrs. Clayton Merner, sports committee and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Maxwell and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Geiser, table com- mittee. Winners in races for boys and girls, four and under, were Laurie ROWe, Debbie Ford; eight and under, Jimmy Rowe, Allan Merner; 12 and under, girls, Joan Heywood, Cathy Rowe; boys, Mervin Bowers, Bobby Rowe; young ladies, Janet Skinner, 'Grace Masniea; young men, Tommy Elliott; married ladies, Mary Shore, Elaine Skinner; married men; Gerald. Shore, Donald Masnica; Three-legged race, Don and ;Joyce Masnica; kick the slipper, ladies, Blanche Rundle; men, Elmer Rowe; children, Bobby Rowe; guess ..50 feet, Elmer ROwe; calling husband to din- ner; Mrs. Arthur Rundle; Oldest person, Edgar Fenton; youngest baby, Connie Alesnica; coming farthest, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Masnica. S elves reunion The Selves family picnic was held at the bbine of Mr. and Mrs, Lee Webber, on Sunday, August 5. During the afternoon the men engaged in pitching horseshoes and a ball genie followed, In the sports for the child- Roy A. Cullen SURGE SALES & SERVICE RR 2 Clinton Ph HU 2.7207 • Surge Tonganoxie Milkitlg Systems Surge Milk Punips and Pipelines • Surge Vacuum Pumps • Surge Units • Surge Parlour Stalls (4 types) • Surge Detergents and Brushes • Stainless Steel• Wash Tanks M iLk TANKS Surge Parts Available of Phil Hearn's General Store, Wincheisea Harvey Rail., shipka Athos Gingerich, Blake ,*wherited Suede Parts bepett GET A BARN CLEANER SILO UNLOADER lit BUNK FEEDER YOU'LL GET BETTER PER. ORMANCE AND LONGER WEAR FROM A BADGER Skits SSRVItt a INStAttATION -161711 h ei tiltt tEPittb Phone HU 1MSt1 Collett Varley picnic The Varley reunion was held in Riverview Park, Exeter, on Sunday, August 5 with 45 at- tending. President elected for 1963 is K e n MacGregor; secretary- treasurer, Thornley Abel; sports, Sharon and Barry Ros- sitor, Margaret Varley, Don Wright; paper plate race, Mr. and Mrs. T. Abel; oldest per- ton, H. J. Varley; youngest, Ronnie hossiter, three months. The 1903 reunion is to be held in Gibbons Park, London, Aug- ust 5, Farmers We wish to Mintier, that Mr. N. M. 'Wiley, formerly of the Atka Craig Co-op, has _joined our organization and will manage .our iiew Retail reed & Seed Store which 'opened on August 1. A complete line of Purina and Shur-Gain feeds will he carried along with seeds, cement, salt and numerous other farm .supplies. Alex IIA.Stewart San Ltd-4 Aitsa Craig Ontario Phone 298-3VA .0111111.1MININOMOMMOOMINIIMMISIMI ...t-z.i.,:,......,X4Sar.r.a..Pit,4 t ..,....1.ra--, •• e • '1,,e4r,,,,...,. • eo..01',..„, "One." Call us before you sell! .• (5re..t. WE ARE BUYING Fall Wheat, Malting Barley. Oats, Mixed Grain HIGHEST PRICES PAID S • f 1.. • GUARD YOUR STORAGE GRAIN AGAINST WEEVIL WITH CHIPMAN'S LIMITED GRAIN el:1ED SEED Fpcioration 'news Approve resolutions from Huron„ Bruce MRS. F1,QRE,t1cE gWQTT through the sale of livestock; Huron. FA Secretary Therefore, be it resolved that we recommend that all cattle from herds having any cattle affected by the disease should be .sold for slaughter only. commodity votes Usborne approves school area bylaws Iyth farmer pasture winner EXETER ISTRICT CO OP PHONE 21S-2081 Resolutions. on Reines disease and commodity votes, .SPenaOred by Huron and Bruce county ex, eentives respe.ctively, were ap- proved at the members, meet- ing of Ontario Federation of Agriculture on July 12, The resolutions read as fol- lows: *tonnes Disease Whereas .tonnes Disease is causing serious loss to cattle owners and there is evidently no known. cure; Whereas present tests on live cattle are unreliable; And whereas there is evidence that the disease is being spread Pfaff-Desch clan Whereas there has been much. dissatisfaction shown toward commodity votes, taken by mail, on marketing plans: And whereas this method is open to abuse and misrepre- sentation; Therefore be. it resolved that we ask the Farm Products Marketing Board to provide that all future votes on marketing plans be taken by ballot at polling booths only. Deichert picnic On Sunday, July 29, over 80 members of the Deichert Lam- all descendants of the late Mr, and Mrs. Peter Deichert Sr., Blind Line, Zurich, gathor- ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Earl Deichert, Zurich, for the annual reunion. Afternoon sports were under the direction of Mr, and Mrs. .Allen Eichler, Kitchener, and Mr, and Mrs. George Deichert. Results of races were: girls, five to seven, Ellen Greb, Elizabeth Deichert; boys, John Elligsen, Randy Keller; girls, eight to ii, Sherry Browmpton, Margaret Ardiel; boys, Allen Rohner; boys, 12 to 14, Roger Keller, Allen Rohner. Ladies' shoe scramble, Mrs. Karl Keller, Mrs. Ken Keller; men, Elgin Keller, Karl Keller; ladies' kick the slipper, Sherry Browmpton; men, Wilfred Eich- ler; couples spot race, Mrs, Ed Keller, Max Learn; couples balloon contest, Pauline Wege- taa.st, Ross Eichler; guessing contest, Laura Pepper. Youngest person, Ricky Deichert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Deichert; oldest lady, Mrs. Jacob Deichert; oldest man, Alfred Pfaff; couple that travelled the farthest that day, Mr, and Mrs. Allan Eichler; ladies' ball throwing contest, Pauline Wegenast, men; Ross Eichler, A picnic supper was served by Mrs, Wilfred Eichler and her committee. Following the supper a short business meet- ing was held with Wilfred Eichler acting as chairman. Peter Deichert, historian, re- ported three births during the. year: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Deichert; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Keith Benne- Wies and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Deichert. A new executive was elected. President is Clifford Pepper; vice-president, Claire Deichert; secretary, Miss Marlene Kell- er; treasurer, Edgar Elligsen; sports conveners, Mr. and Mrs. Karl .Keller and Mr, and Mrs. Harold Deichert; lunch con- venors, Mrs. Ken Keller and Mrs, Harvey Milner, An invitation was received front Mr, and Mrs. Clifford Pepper, Dashwood, to hold the 1963 picnic at their home, Guests were present from Toronto, Kitchener, New Ham- burg, London, Exeter, Bay- field, Walton, Stratford, Peta- wawa and Zurich. A Blyth district dairy farm. er, Peter de Groot has won the 1962 Huron county pasture coin- petition, it was announced this week by Douglas H. Miles, ag rep. A concentrated milk producer, Mr. De Groot is pasturing 33 cattle and one horse on 19 acres. Mr, De Groot said Wednesday his fields "have done well far such a dry spring." He revealed he was trying out several acres of birdfoot trefoil which is "coming along nicely." He said he fertilized his pas- tures about 150 pounds to the acre this spring and put extra nitrogen on four acres in June. Hern wins crop contest Harry Hem, RR 1 Granton, topped the field crop competi- tion in Russell oats sponsored by Exeter Agricultural Society, it was announced this week by Secretary A, G. Hicks. The young ilsborne farmer scored 98 points, Preston Dearing, RR 1 Exe-, ter, Stephen's champion sheep breeder, was runner-up with frq points. He was the only Stephen competitor in the class. In third place came . Ray Cann, RR 3 Exeter, with 97, The rest of the 10 winners in the competition were: Whitney Coates, RR 1 Centralia, 9611 Edwin Miller, RR 3 Exeter, 96; Harvey Hyde, RR 1 Ilensall, 95'x; Dick Etherington, RR t Hertsall, 94; HoWard Pyrn, RR 1 Centralia, 92; Harry Strang, RR 1 Henson, 00; Allan Rundle, RR, 3 Exeter, 89. In order to qualify for total prize money, each exhibitor must show one-half bushel of grahi at Exeter fair, Mr Hicks pointed out, Usborne council, which met Tuesday morning, gave formal approval of Biddulph and 13Ian- ships of Biddulph and. Blan- shard altering the Usborne school area boundaries to con- form to the municipal lines. In both cases, the Vsborne area will lose the, portions of the adjoining townships which have been included in the schools at Whalen and Kirkton, Biddulph township residents requested the change at Whalen in anticipation of the central school which is being planned in that township. Usborne, al- though it turned down a cent- ral school in a vote earlier this year, and Blanshard felt it was a good time to readjust the boundaries in preparation for future developments. In other school business, council approved change in support by four, ratepayers to Exeter separate school- It was agreed they were within the three-mile limit. Plan cemetery work Committees on. Eden and Bethesda cemeteries r e p o r t that restoration is still in the planning stage. Council in- structed Clerk H. H. G, Strang to advertise that the burial grounds are being cleaned and levelled, Ontario Dep.'. of Highways will be requested to pay the cost of the fire brigade run to Kirkton July 16. The fire truck was called when grass caught fire on department storage ground, Copy of the award made by the fence viewers c ommittee of three activated July 30 for Wright vs. Orenczuk was filed and council agreed to pay the viewers $7.00 each for their services. Approve hydro line Approval was given to On- tario Hydro for construction of the Hurondale sub-transmission line as submitted on a plan. Road Superintendent W, Routly reported that final ap- proval had not been received from the engineer on the Jory bridge and also that the power maintainer engine was still showing symptoms of trouble even after extensive overhaul last winter. He presented road accounts amounting to $2,634.78. Ontario Dep't of Highways notified council that the Jory bridge project has been ap- proved for subsidy, Treasurer N. G. Clarke re- ported receipts of $217 from the road sup't and other receipts of $2,496.64 including $2.,038.57 In tax arrears and penalties from the county treasurer. Reeve George Frayne presid- ed and all members were pre- sent. Next meeting will be held Tuesday, Sept, 4 at 1 p.m, Drainage day 4-H club topic William Allen, RR 1 Wood- ham, on whose farm the recent drainage day program was held, was guest speaker at the third meeting 017 Exeter 4-H sweet corn club July 31, held at Can- adian Canners Ltd. Mr. Allen described the drain- age project which was under- taken on his farm. He was in- troduced by Dave Ault. • Morris Huff, Huron summer assistant, showed samples of red clover and wheat for judg- ing. He and Gordon Strang out- lined the qualities. A committee of five, Ron Oke, Kathryn. Oke, Wayne Hein, Barbara fern and Keith Strang was named to plan an exhibit for the fair. President Ron Oke was in the chair and 19 attended. Rate your combine with this CASE 600 "Wonderful job with beans" "1 grow around 100 acres of whlte beans each year and the 600 just does a wonderful job of handling this delicate crop. Capacity is more than I had expected and the ease with which this machine handles amazed me. Operational expense is also very good," Kenneth Brooksbank,g7 Dresden, Ont. G 6 E Farm SUPPLIES Roy Erb and Cleveland Gingerich PHONE 84r10 ZURICH Huron 4-H members examine seedlings During their tour of the Simcoe County area recently, Huron County 4-H members visited the Midhurst Forest Nursery Station of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. Examining a box. of seedlings above are, from left, Larry Taylor, of Grand Bend; Wayne Vern, Wood- ham, and Keith Strang, RR 1 Hensall. In the foreground are 1962 seedlings, in the background, four-year-old trees ready for shipment. About 225 members and leaders took part in the tour. During the morning they visited several special enterprise farms in the Alliston area where tobacco, potatoes, sod and vegetable crops were being grown on a large scale. They also visited the Springwater provincial park and inspected the wild life and fish sanctuaries there.—Dep't Lands, Forests photo The competition was judged by Joseph Babcock, RR 3 Blyth winner of the 1961 con- test. Second went to Alvin Betties, RR 2 Bayfield, who fed 41 Hol- steins on 24 acres. Third prize was won by Mar- tin Bean, RR 3 Walton, who pastured 21 Holsteins, Jerseys and Guernseys on 20 acres, Other Huron competitors placed in the following order: Robert Fotheringham, RR 3 Seaforth; James C. Drennan, RR 1 Dungannon; Cliff McNeil, RR 1 Port. Albert.; Harold Pryce, RR 1 Seaforth; K. Ahmsinga and Son, RR 2 Goderich; Doug McNeil, RR 6 Goderich, The competition is sponsored annually by the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement_ Association, REUNION REP RTS ren, the little girls' race was won by Deborah Jaques and the boys' race by Douglas Over 120 attended the Pfaff- Webber; throwing the ball in Desch reunion in Riverview basket, Danny Jaques; clip the Park, Exeter on Sunday, Aug- thimble, Viola Lambert; min- ust 5. u•te walk, Mabel fern; guess- President is Bob Galloway; ing articles on tray, Viola Lam- secretary, Lorraine pt f a If; Bert; blowing bubbles, Nancy sports committee, Don and Ma- Jaques; calling husband to rte Brunslow, Gordon and Shir- dinner, Helen Webber, There ley Hutchinson, Margaret and, was a peanut scramble for the Roy Clarke; table committee, little folks. Mrs, Bert Faber, Mrs, Milton The picnic for 1963 is to be Gower, Mrs. Art Hutchinson held at Robert Hern's at Jarvis and Mrs. Russell Clarke, with Mabel Horn as president; Winners in races for pre- Mrs. Mary Jaques, secretary- school children were Roger treasurer, and- Viola Lambert Finkbeiner; six to eight years, to look after the sports. Lana Clarice,; Benny Clarke; nine to 12, Shirley Pfaff, Ken- neth Clarke; young men, Ivan Desch, kick the slipper, Glenda Pfaff, Bonnie Clarke; Grain Protectant EXETER 21s-1/82 'WHALEN coRNE RS