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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-10-17, Page 1New Ontario champs-, Staffa Merchants, celebrate with Model T parade Denies lewd' .over 'fence' Ninety-first Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 17, 1963 Price Per copy 10 cent* ter situation worsens, infall 3" below normal Former student buys closed school at Clandeboye Maurice Simpson, a former student at Clandeboye school, purchased the building Saturday when it was put up for auction by Biddulph township school area. The school went for $4,900 after some spirited bidding. Mr. Simpson said he had no immediate plans for the structure. A fairly large crowd attended the auction, including a number of former Clandeboye students. The old school bell was one of the most sought after items and it was knocked down at $72.00 by auctioneer Hugh Filson, seen above on the steps of the building --T-A photo Norman E. Walper, who com- plained to cquncil over "'structure" erected beside his apartment building on William. St., has taken strong exception to the reportinlast week'sT-A, particularly the references to "feud." and "grudge', and to the suggestion that the situation cannot happen again, "In regard to the suggestipn about a feud," he said this week, "I wish to state clearly that there is no feud between Mr. Greene and myself; there never has been one and there never Will be one. "As for Councillor Fergu- son's statement indicating a grudge and commenting that the two parties 'had both been fool- ish', this information is c er- tainly false since there is also no grudge of any kind and never will be, I suggest that making a statement of this nature is the part that is foolish. "In regard to whether or not this can happen again, the struc- ture I referred to in my original letter to council has been erec- ted since the new zoning bylaw has been in effect and there is no regulation to my knowledge in this bylaw which would pre- vent the erection of a similar structure on any lot in town." Wainer referred to the object of his complaint as "a sort of 'billboard' structure, approxi- mately four feet from the ground and as high as the eaves of my building." The structure was erected by Murray Greene, whose house is beside the Wol- per apartments. The suggestion in council that the situation cannot happen again referred to the proximity of both buildings to their boun- dary lines. The new zoning bylaw requires minimum side yard setbacks. Zion's radio popular item Drought-hit farmers draw water from Staffa creamery Trucks of area farmers are making frequent trips to Staffa creamery to draw water for their live- stock. Well below normal rainfall has resulted in many wells going dry and up to 35 farmers are drawing from this source. Above are Lloyd Knight, RR 1 Woodham, and Fred Harburn, Staffa. Mr. Harburn is making as many as 10 trips a day with his 1,000 gallon tank. --T-A photo Zion school in Usborne ap- pears to have a much-sought- after radio and record player. The two items, stolen pre- viously, were returned to the school Friday by police. Friday night, the school was broken into again and the two machines were lifted by thieves, Winchelsea school also was broken into Friday night and a radio stolen. Both entries were gained by tearing off the locks on the front doors. The caretakers discovered the break-ins Sat- urday. Expect some weakening of beef and hog prices high consumer demand for beef. Thus, cattle prices will be likely hard pressed to maintain 1963 levels particularly in the latter half of the year. With regard to the shorter run prospects, fed cattle prices have probably peaked out at the August-September level (about $25.50-good steers-Toronto) and as they did a year ago, will They've acquired the Christmas spirit already Although the balmy fall weather of recent weeks has put Christmas far away in most people's minds, firemen at RCAF Station Centralia already have started their annual yuletide contribution. The men staged a collection of old toys at the married quarters recently which produced over 1,000 items which are now being repaired and refinished for donation to children's aid societies and orphan homes in the region. Above, LAC F. E. Carragher and Sgt. J. Frebbo examine some of the articles. --RCAF photo Plant starts carrot pack Plan opening in Biddulph Famous student of races to be honored at Clinton range forecasts indicate this is highly yeusns the situationchanges, farmers with a well problem will have a difficult winter sup- plying their livestock. The nor- mal inconvenience of drawing water is compounded by freeze- up. STAFFA DRAW "HEAVY" Gerald Agar, manager of the time. Hib Hibbert Co-op creamery at Staffa, says the draw "has been quite heavy for the past six weeks" with as many as six and seven farmers drawing at a Lloyd Knight, RR 1 Woodham, has been getting water from the creamery for a month. Lloyd Hackney, RR 1 Kirkton, who never has been out of water before, began drawing this week. Fred Harburn, Staffa, who has a 1,000-gallon tank on his truck, reported he drew 10 loads Tuesday. "I'm having trouble keeping up with the demand," he said. The creamery has a 350-foot well with ample supply. Staffa was known formerly as Spring- hill because of its abundant water. GRANTON AREA DRY At Lucan, village clerk Mrs. M. L. Gibson reports "there are a lot of farmers drawing from the Granton area". Re- ceipts from sale by the vil- lage, at a rate of $5.00 for 2,500 gallons, have exceeded $100 on a number of days. Jim Clarke, of Hensall PUC, said Wednesday: "We are sel- ling a bit but we're keeping a close eye on the well. There are about four drawing from us". The Hensel' rate also is $1.00 for 500 gallons. A report from Zurich in- dicates not a great deal of water has been drawn from the wells there but this may be partly attributable to an in- crease in price which was put into effect last year. At Grand Bend, Lee Jenni- son is making about 20 draws a week for residents from his spring well at the gravel pit. Some are on weekly, others every other week service. Main areas of supply problems seem to be in the Orchard Park, No. 21 highway and Green Acres sections, south of the river. With rainfall only a fraction of normal this fall, this district thirsts for water. Farmers In various sections throughout the area are draw- ing water both for household and livestock use, The number has increased considerably this fall over previous periods as more wells run dry, Up to 35 farmers are draw- ing from the well at Staffa Creamery, where there often is a lineup of trucks. Hensall, Zurich and Lucan PUCs are selling water to com- mercial haulers and individual farmers in increasing quanti- ties. At Lucan, where the charge Is $1.00 for 500 gallons, the daily sale has gone as high as 7,000 to 8,000 gallons. The Ausable authority office reports renewed interest in the construction of farm ponds and a number of applications have been received in the past week for the limited technical as- sistance provided without charge by the conservation body. Well drillers are busy, One farmer reported he was unable to secure the services of a driller for a month. At Grand Bend, where water supply has been scarce during the summer and fall periods, the situation has become more critical. One commerci al trucker has 20 or more cus- tomers a week. Weather forcasters don't hold much hope for relief in the im- mediate future. One forecast suggested rain Wednesday night but the Met section at RCAF Station Centralia says there is no sign of precipitation for at least a week. So far this month, according to Centralia records, only .13 of an inch of rain has fallen, compared to an average total of three inches for October. September's rainfall was one-half inch short of the aver- age for that month over the years. To bring the precipitation back to normal for the fall sea- son, it will take a good three inches of rain between now and the end of October. The long- Canadian Canners Ltd. began processing carrots Tuesday. The pack is expected to last four to five weeks. The carrots, which are ship- ped here from the Klondyke, Thedford and Bradford areas, are canned three different ways during the pack. They are sliced, diced and cut in shoe- string style, which resembles a small French-fried potato. The corn pack, which lasted a full six weeks, finished a week ago. Manager Don Graham des- cribed the yield as "pretty good, generall y--about the same as last year". Children again plan Hallowe'en 'treats' District students again will "treat''th eir less fortunate brothers and sisters in foreign countries this Hallowe'en. The UNICEF collection on spirits' night, started inter- nationally six years ago, is now becoming a tradition and school officials report the children look forward to shar- ing their Hallowe'en goodies probably drop off towards the end of the year continuing at lower levels through the first part of 1964. Feeder Cattle—With the po- tential supplies of feeder cattle up from a year ago together with the likelihood of fewer U.S. feeder purchases, (certainly American Interest in Canadian feeders will be limited except at lower prices) feeder cattle should be in good supply. It would appear that current feed- prices are high relative to beef price prospects. HOGS It is estimated that hog mar- ketings in Canada in the last quarter of this year and the first half of 1964 will be up sharply over those of a year ago. For the most part this increase marks a recovery in hog production in Western Ca- nada from the decline resulting from the 1961 drought. This increase will likely pre- vail throughout 1964 indicating lower hog prices than in the current year. It will also mean less reliance on U.S. pork im- ports than has been the case for the past year or so and possibly lower Canadian prices relative to those across the border. Prices this fall will likely ease off to the $25-$26.00 level (Grade A. Toronto) with 1964 prices averaging out at levels — Please turn to Back Page The new $210,000 Biddulph central school will be officially opened Friday night in a public ceremony. Prof. Robert Packer of the geography department of the University of Western Ontario will be guest speaker on the program. The traditional key presentation ceremony will be held. Teachers at the school, lo- cated one mile north of Lucan on the county road, will be present to assist the public in viewing the new building, The school opened in Sep- tember although construction of the auditorium had not been completed. Workmen now have finished with the structure. Beef and hog p rices may weaken somewhat during 1964, according to the fall outlook in Ontario Farm Business, pub- lished by the department of agriculture. The dairy problem remains but cheese market continues strong and butter consumption and production are approaching a balance. Egg prices are likely to re- main firm to year end. The outlook: CATTLE Beef--All signs point to a lower average price for fed cattle in 1964 than in the pre- sent year, As of June 1, numbers of beef cows, steers, and calves in Canada were up 4.5, 2.3 and 2,2 per cent respectively over the same period a year ago. Beef prices in the U.S, are expected to be under pressure from increased supplies with the possibility of easier prices again in 1964. With current U.S. prices running well below those of the last half of 1962 it is unlikely that U.S. purchases of feeder cattle from Canada will equal those of the past two years: The increased numbers of beef cattle in Canada, together with fewer feeder exports, will mean Canada's beef supplies will likely be up sharply in 1964 and more than offset a continued To complete club canvass the American Philosophical So- ciety. Hale did much for Clinton during his 40 years' residence there. It was largely through his efforts that the high school and mechanics' institute and library were established, and he was for many years chairman of the school board and presi- dent of the institute. He fur- thered the progress of both by correspondence and petitions to the legislature, and had much to do with legislation permitting girls to enter high school on equal terms with boys. He was also chairman of the committee which secured the means for the construction in 1875-76 of the Toronto, Huron and Bruce Railway. On Hale's death, late in 1896, the eminent American anthro- pologist, Franz Boaz, wrote: "By his death, ethnology has lost a man who contributed more to our knowledge of the human races than perhaps any other single student. His wise coun- sel, his aimia.ble guidance, his kindly friendship, ensure a grateful memory to him whose work students of ethnology and of linguistics will admire for all time to come." Exeter Lions made a good start Thursday night in their raffle canvass, part of a cam- paign to raise $4,000 for welfare work for the coming year. The club was able to contact only part of the town, however, and probably will complete the canvass before the frolic Octo- ber 23 and 24. Response from most resi- dents was encouraging, club officials said, but the greater proportion of houses has not been approached. Lions are hoping for full community sup- port in their draw and the frolic Wednesday and Thursday of next week, Wednesday night's frolic will feature an auction sale of a wide variety of items, donated by Lion members themselves. Everything from furniture to long-abandoned sports equip- ment is ekpected to go on the block, A bingo will be held in con- nectien with the Thursday night frond. in 1846. Devoted to an intensive ethnological study of the people of the Pacific, it is still re- garded as fundamental to the '..tudy of Polynesian ethnology. Hale then spent some years in travel and in the study of law, and in 1855 was admitted to the bar in Chicago. His wife, for- merly Margaret Pugh, was born in Goderich Township, and her family still owned considerable land there. In this connection, Hale visited Clinton in 1856. He was so attracted by the place that he took up permanent resi- dence there the same year. Though a lawyer by profes- sion, Hale remained an ethnolo- gist by inclination, and spent much time at that pursuit, par- ticularly on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford. His research led to the notable dis- covery that the Tutelo Indians, once numerous in Virginia and North Carolina, but later absor- bed by the Six Nations, were linguistically related to the Simian peoples of the plains. In 1883 Hale published his classic "Ir oquo,is Book of Rites", a masterly study of the Iroquois Confederacy. The year previous, as a member of a committee of the AmericanAs- sociation for the Advancement of Science, he had helped or- ganize Its anthropological sec- tion, and two years later per- formed a like duty for the ctioorn. responding British associa- At the latter meeting, Hale was made director of a commit- tee ,,to investigate the physical character, languages, and in- dustrial and social conditions of the Northwestern tribes of... Canada", and for many years bore a large share of its work. An address On the subject of the origin of language, delivered by Hale at the 1886 meeting of the American Association for the Advanceinent of Science, received Worldwide approvalA paper entitled "Language as a Test of Mental Capacity", con. tributed to the TranSactionS the Royal Society of Canada (of whioh Hale had been elected a Fellow in 1889) received far attention. In 1893 he WaS elected president of the Arneri- can Folklore Society. WAS also honoured by eleotion to Saturday, October 19, an On- tario historical plaque comme- morating the famous ethnologist and philologist, Horatio Em- mons Hale, will be unveiled on the grounds of St. Paul's Angli- can Church in Clinton. That evening a dinner meeting will be held at Waterloo Univer- sity to honour Hale's profes- sional contributions, andto mark the re-publication of his "Iroquois Book of Rites". Saturday's unveilingcere- mony is being arranged and sponsored by the Institute of .Iroquoian Studies. Dr. T. F. Mcllwraith of the University of Toronto, a member of the in- stitute and of the province's Historic Sites Board, will act as program chairman. Aniong those taking part in the cere- mony will be Dr. William M. Fenton, director of the New York State Museum, George Vanevery, chief councillor of the Six Nations; and Edward Killeen of the United States Consulate in Toronto. The plaque will be unveiled by Miss Margaret Hale, grand- daughter of Horatio Hale, and dedicated by the Rev. Peter L. Dymond, Rector of St. Paul'S Anglican Church. Horatio Emmons Hale was born in 1817 in Newport, New Hampshire. His father dledfive years later and his mother be- carne editor of a Boston perio- dical, The Ladies' Magazine, a post which she occupied for almost fifty years. She was the author of the familiar children's rhyme, Mary Had aLittle Lamb, and her urging was largely res- ponsible for the establishment of Thanksgiving as a national. holiday. Hale entered Harvard 1.101- versity at the age of 16, there showing such a penchant for linguisticsthat; on graduating in 1837, he was appointed philolo- gist and ethnographer to Captain Charles Wilkes' Pacific eXpedi- lion. That expedition, designed as exploratory in the fullest sense; and including repreSemk tatiVes of all the nettir al science's; left flarinptOn, Va., in Mil and returned to New York. in 1842, having circumnavigated the globe. One volume of the expect!. tiOn't I9,Vo time report was compiled by Hale, and appeared The plane was ',Very badly damaged"1 according to a club official, and may have to be Written off with others who need them more. In Exeter, Principal A. B. Idle reports grades four, five and six children will be calling with their tin cans — as well as their baskets— for UNICEF donations. He expects about 100 of the 175 children in the three grades will participate in the collection. Principal Idle said every can- vasser Will be wearing an iden- tification badge to assure local residents they are bona fide collectors. Each child will be given an area to canvass. How- ever, some houses may be missed, in which case contri- butions will be accepted the next day at the school, J.A.D. McCurdy school at RCAF Station Centralia not only supports UNICEF but Several other organizations from its Hallowe'en drive. Pr in c ip al Henderson King says the school is supporting a Korean boy through the Unitarian Services Committee, donates to CARE and the Junior Red Cross, as well as UNICEF, The Huron Park students, all of whom make the canvass, raise over $300 annually. Many of the other schools in the district alsetindertake UNI- CEF campaigns. Six years ago when the tra- ditional Hallowe'en f r ol i c wi- dened to include UNICEF Coll- ectiefis some protests were voiced, "Don't rob the young. sters of Hallowe'en fun. It's their night!" The youngsters, h o we v e r, weren't as selfish about it as some of the opponents to the collections. 'they've made it children's night all right for children all around the world. Last year, the children In Canada alone collected alinott $400,000 In pennies, nickels and dimes for the world-wide humanitarian work. says the chairittan Of the coin itiCanada, Mr s. Kate Aitken! ($1110CPP is a cruSade by children for children. Le children dainpeti the ardor of yeah. —Please hilt to,back Page, Church Notices . 14 Coming Events . 14 Editorials . . " 4 Feminine Facts 'N Fancies 8,9 Sporte . e 6 Want Ads . . 10,11 Escapes plane crash with minor injuries . . Ivan iiiititer-Dtivat P local businessman,f escaped With iior injuries Sunday afternoon. When the plane he was piloting crashed on a. runway at HCAF Staten Centralia. A student With the Centralia. Plying Club, litiiiter.bitver Wet attempting landing' in a, pieet C anuck; a fildlidfii Abel 'When, the draft trashed. The pilot was taken to the station hospital fOr treatment but released 'thiortly wards. Ile received some eX- tenSive flag hkeratioliS and brill Seg. Stalk Merchants, who wen the 018A ,,C"artiWfiSiinday afterriben by defeating Litte Britain 1-6 , staged a happy parade oh this Model 'T° through St affa, CrOrinarty and Mitchell following the ViCtery. D. v, and (*nor of the 1.0t0 car is bon barlairti, Wood, stock, Beside the ear, from left, are Charlie Westitian, doily bell, bob Mcl<ellar, Manager Hill Murphy and Coach Bob Saddler; next to the driver,, front, are Allan Clemo, Roger Pauli, Laurie Mel-Wier and George Coveilez back, Line lieliffitteli t led Lep- nteky, Vorg McKellar and "Porky"Wallace. With only his hand and cap showing at left back is Coach Hugh