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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-10-17, Page 16BRIAN Since he was a boy, Peter Eisenbach recognized the value of old things. "I've been collecting them all my life," he says. Today he has over 8,000 mementos of early Canadiana which he shares with area residents and tourists alike in his Grand Bend museum. The display has extended into three buildings and soon will grow into a fourth. A majority of the items come from the immediate district, providing area residents with a graphic look into the lives of their predecessors. I. The Grand Bend collector has an intimate knowledge of almost every piece in his extensive museum, which probably is one of the largest privately-owned in Canada. His love for his hobby is reflected in his keen memory for details associated with each article and, in many cases, with the family with which it is associated. These pictures show a few of his most prized possessions. FAMILY ROOM (Upper left) -- Filled with the keepsakes of his family is this bedroom in the old Presbyterian manse on No, 21 highway which houses the office of the museum. Mr. Eisenbach sits on a hand hewn oak bed made by his ancestors after they emigrated from Germany. He holds a hand-made blanket. FARMING THE OLD WAY (Upper right) -- Ross Love examines one of the many hay forks, some over 200 years old, in the extensive collection Of early farm tools. Mr. and Mrs. Love assisted Mr. Eisenbach in the operation of the museum this summer. MEASUREMENT OF TIME (above) -- Young, as well as old people enjoy browsing through the lifetime collection. A neighboring boy, Jerry Van Bruaene, examines an old clock owned by the late Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Wolper, DaShwoOd. The large display of clocks in the museum occupies one wall of the rear building. FROM THE BALMORAL HOTEL (centre, left) -- Among Mr. EiSenba.ch'S favorite pieces are those which came from the old talrnoral Hotel at St. Joseph, part of a fading dream of the late Narcisse Cantin. Here, he shows to a vacationing young couple one of the swinging doors from the hotel's ornate barroom. Mr, Eisenbach visited the hotel on many oc- casions in his youth. COUNTRY STORE STAYS ALIVE (bottom, right) -- For those who long for the crackerbarrel days of the old country store, they'll find the authentic atmosphere lithe Eisenban museum, Karen Jennison examines Some of the fine cloth sold from bolts in the old days. The store houses a remarkable selection of the small items of years ago. EARLY CANADIAN DISHES (centre, right) -- Mrs. ROSS Love displays sonic of the more ornate dishes prised in early Canadian hOrfieS, This complete Set of early 'China ig treasured by Mr. Risehbach but It's only a Segment of the large dellectiOn. The museum Includes old Bibles, wearing apparel, playthings, and countless other theinentos Of the dis- appeari.:.; past, NILIFZ:fr". laimmfow....0wAfiveromormg.: A. ORWASMAIE14341rE HELP YOUR HOSPITAL Rummage Sale and FURNITURE AUCTION Legion Hall, Exeter SAT., OCTOBER 19 DOORS OPEN AT 1:00 P.M. AUCTION SALE AT 2:30 TOWN-WIDE PICKUP ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 Please have bundles out by 1 o'clock or call 235-2607 if missed Out-of-town articles may be left at RuSsell Electric ANY donation will be appreciated. Page 16 Times-Advocate, October 17, 1963 A lifetime hobby now proudly. :shot. Loses arm, boy recovers pair .board creaks even By using itssurplusaccumn- lated froM other years, Exeter Fair will be able to meet the expenses of this year's exhibi- tion which ',vas partly washed out •by rain, Secretary A. P. Hicks said this week. looks like we're going to break e I, en," the secretary said. "We have about enough surplus to pay expenses and remain solvent." The board still intends to apply for a wet weather grant from the provincial government to help offset the losses. Of- ficials estimate the gate this year was down about $1,000 from previous years. of Mr. and, Miss Meta Salter dies of injuries Official opening ceremonies for the new hockey and skating arena at RCAF Station Centralia will take place Friday, Oct, 25, at 7:30 P.M , A cornerstone lay- ing will be a feature of the pro- gram, to which the public is invited, * OPP here have received two complaints about high pressure magazine subscription sales- men in the area, one involving indecent exposure. Both com- plaints came from residents of RR Zilrich. Similar incidents have occurred further north in the county recently. Bert. Pascuzzo, RR 1 Credi- ton, reports a plentiful crop of "fall" raspberries in his patch near the police village. He brought in several heavily- laden branches and a box of the fruit to The T-A office to prove his story. Another break-in occurred at Hayter's garage, Dashwood, over the weekend. Six cartons of cigarettes were taken after entry was gained through a bathroom window. prip Miller, the five-year-- old area boy Who lost his arm in a arm machine Monday, is "getting along as well as can be expected," his mother said Wednesday. Brian, the son TOP, Alex10- er, M3, 1 SW," fa, is in St. Jo- seph's al, his arm severed po- tweep the sh- oulder and el, bow. The limb sornenowbe- came caught in the chain un- loading mechanism at the rear of a forage wagon while his father and another man were unloading near the barn. The wagon contained ensilage corn. 'Nobody quite understands how it happened",said Mrs. Miller. "He was at the back of the wagon at the time and the chain was almost out of his reach." PRICES Miss Meta Frances Salter, 54, James St., died in South Huron Hospital Wednesday, Oc- tober 16, where she had been a patient since an accident two weeks ago. Daughter of the late Martin and Emily Salter, she had been a life long resident of Exeter except for three years the fa- mily had lived in London. Miss Salter was a saleslady for Southcott Bros. here for many years and with Gould and Jory who purchased the business in 1953. She was a member of James Street United Church, a teacher in the Sunday School and active in the women's evening groups. She was a member of Pride of Huron Rebekah Lodge. Surviving is one brother, Charles of Kitchener, and one sister, Mrs. Charles (Helen) Reeves, Seaforth. Mrs. Walter Cutbush is an aunt. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 19 at 2 pm at the R. C. Dinney funeral home, Exeter, conducted by Rev. S. E. Lewis. Interment will be in Exeter cemetery. The Rebekah Lodge will hold a service at the funeral home Thursday, October 17 at 7:30, CNIB campaign reaches $300.00 Returns from the CNIB ap- peal, made earlier this month by mail, total $300 to date, according to S. B. Taylor, Exe- ter area chairman. The local target is $1,000. Mr. Taylor reported commu- nity donations as follows: Exe- ter, $271.50; Crediton, $5.00; Dashwood, $19.00; Woodham, $2.00; Centralia, $2.00; total, $299.50. Damage $1,000 in crashes here Over $1,000 damage resulted from two town accidents this week. Tuesday, cars driven byJohn MacNaughton, 18, Huron St., and Brian Montmorency, RR 3 Exeter, collided in front of the MacNaughton house on Huron about 6:30 pm. The MacNaughton youth, Ross Dobson, Exeter, and Montmor- ency all were travelling east when the former, in the lead, , made a left hand turn into the driveway at his home. He was struck broadside by the Mont- morency car which had been in the rear and was attempting to pass the other two vehicles. Chief C. H. MacKenzie inves- tigated. Failure of brakes on a dump truck driven by BrianSweitzer, 16, William St., resulted in $125 damage to a car owned by Lucan school teacher Kenneth Gordon Loft, 24, RR 1 Ilderton. The latter was stopped near the corner of Huron and Main when the truck struck the rear, ac- cording to Constable Harry V. Bergen. The truck was owned by Brian's father, Sam Sweit- zer. Allen Bakker, 19, RR 3 Park- hill, escaped uninjured when his car rolled over in the ditch near Grand Bend Thanksgiving day. The car skidded on gravel on the extension of the Crediton road, west of No. 81, when it was rounding a curve. Cars driven by Ronald G. Dahms, 30, Walkerton, and John H. Herdman, 85, William St., suffered $175 damage Thursday on No. 4 just south of town. Both cars where northbound when Dahms, in the lead, stopped behind a line at a construction site and he was struck in the rear by Herdman, — Continued from page 1 two to three dollars below those that prevailed in 1963, DAIRY PRODUCTS Total milk production in Ca- nada is continuing at about the 1962 level but with fewer dairy cows on Canadian farms. For the most part the problem of satisfactory prices for surplus milk products still prevails with prices influenced by govern- ment policies. Cheese prices have improved over a year ago under the in- fluence of strong export and domestic demand. Recent go- vernment policies have resulted in some diversion of milk into increased production of cheddar cheese. Skimmed milk prices are stronger than a year ago and stocks are down. As of September 1, 1963, stocks of butter (in clud ing butter-oil) were approximately 260 million lbs. as compared with 248 million lbs. at the same time a year ago. However, with production down slightly and do- mestic disappearances up from a year ago it appears that 1963 production and disappearances will be closer in balance than they have been for several years in the past. POULTRY Egg prices to date in 1963 have been well above prices a year earlier with egg receipts through registered stations down about 2.5 percent. Through the first five months of this year the replacement hatch was down from a year earlier so prices will probably continue above a year ago levels through the re- mainder of the year. However, sharp increases in the replace- ment hatch through the past two or three months indicate the possibility of increased egg production in the spring months of 1964 and subsequent easing of egg prices at that time. CORN Prices will mainly depend on corn prices and policies in the U.S. With corn acreage and production up sharply in Ontario this year, storage facilities may be a problem with some price instability and discounting through the harvest period. FEED PROSPECTS The feed situation in Ontario at September 13 is very much better than it looked in mid July. The oat crop has been ex- tremely variable, and well be- HALLOWE'EN low average in central and eas- tern Ontario. Moisture , following five weeks of drought has brought along second crop hay and pas- ture well. Corn needs two weeks of frost free weather, otherwise there will be a substantial amount of soft corn. —Continued from page 1 ful unselfish giving. Today's world needs it." Established under United Na- tions, the fund is an interna- tional effort to give every child freedom from disease and hun- ger, an education and opportu- nity to earn a living. UNICEF, participated in by more than 100 countries, is not a charity but a co-operative ef- fort to improve the lot of the world's children. Interested go- vernments must first request UNICEF assistance. For each UNICEF dollar from the inter- national fund, these govern- ments spend $2.50 for local buildings, personnel, domestic food and facilities. UNICEF as- sistance is given on the basis of need regardless of political beliefs, race or creed. In recent years Canada has enjoyed about one-third of the world trade in wheat, compared to an average of 40 percent in the years between the two World Wars. "Yes," said the farmer, "when a feller has got to know the botanical name of what he raises, and the entomological name of the bugs that eat it up, and the pharmaceutical name of what he sprays on it things is bound to cost more." FOR MR. & MRS. KARL REICHERT ZURICH Community Centre Saturday, Oct.19 Music by KEN MITTELHOLTZ AND THE TWILITES Lunch provided Everyone welcome. Reception and Dance 111111,1,111 Illlll11111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111 To Help Prevent The RUST That Attacks Your Car Have Pro-Tectyl Applied To Combat The Road Salts and Moisture of Winter Do it now Hefore the Wet Weather Is Here Only $9,00 SNELL BROS. LTD. Phone 285,060 tgetor