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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-10-01, Page 5C. V. PICKARD General Insurance & Real Estate PHONE 235-0310 EXETER this Sunday, Wednesday afternoon and during the evening throughout the week, Snell Bros. Ltd. (KV October 1 Page 5. Change in 4-H classes shows trend of times? Flower show said best in some time The 4-H eompetition is still one of the top attractions at the Exeter Fair, but it has changed considerablY in recent years, As of late, the dairy section has drawn the most entrants in comparisen to the usually more glamorous beef section, but both actually draw fewer entries than the corn clubs. This is undoubtedly due to a change in the farming practices in the area in recent years. Margaret Cornish, RR 1 Woodham, placed first in the senior heifer class in the beef POmPetition, followed by Eric Schwartzentruber, gxeter, Larry Ballantyne, RR 3 Ex- eter, won the steer class, fol- lowed in order by Edward Johns, RR 3 Exeter, and Bill Brock, RR 1 Granton. Brock was the top showman, followed by Schwartzentruber. IrisMarshall, Kirkton, was again top entrant in the senior dairy class among a field of seven holsteins, Neil McAllis- ter, RR 1 Centralia, and Ron Ppoley, four flysts and one second; J Kingma, RR 2 Dash..? wood, four firsts and a second; James A. Watson & Sons, RR .3 . Denfield, three firsts; Toni Bern, two firsts and two ends; Tom Treibner, Exeter, two firsts and one second. With one first were; Mrs" Gordon Smith; Mrs' Elsie Schlenker, Nelson Lamport, RR I.crediton. ends, while Mrs. Harold Cud more, RR 1. liensall" had seven firsts And Me secends, and William Dickey, RE 1 Centralia, had six firsts and eight seconds. Mrs. Robert Down had five firsts and three seconds; R, E, Met ' Granton, followed in that order. Sheila ,Hern, RR 1 Woodham, maintained the fern* supretne acy when she walked off with the top junior award with Larry Skinner, RR 1 pentralia, ing second ahead of Larry Hern, RA I Granton, Miss Marshall was top show- man, followed by Neil mcAllis, ter and Miss Reim, BOYS WIN Members of the male set did manage to walk off with top honors in the corn,plasses. Edward Johns, RR I:Exeter) topped. the Exeter club, anti firSt for the 0tephen grotip was Pon weigand, RR 1 pasitwood, Fellowing in order polo, Johns were; Keith Strang, .4g. 1 Hensall; Paitl Kerslake, RR 1 Woodhatn; Iris Marshall; Kathryn Oke, RR 3 Exeter." Runners,up in the Etephen club were: Larry Epp, RR, 1 Granton{ James Weigand, AR 1 Dashwood; Wayne King,- RR 1 Exeter; Brian Lamport, AR Centralia, Lawyer addresses Grand Bend ladies Honor veteran fair official Former Exeter mayor, E. Pooley, centre, was presented with a diploma for "meritorious service to agriculture" and especially for his work in past fall fairs at the Exeter event, Thursday. Hon. C. S. MacNaughton made the presentation, while Roy Jewell, left, CFPL farm commentator, who opened the fair, looks on. --T,4 photo Livestock competition keen One of the highlights ,of the Exeter :Fair WaP•thecaltstandiPg number of exhibitors in the vegetable, fruit, and flOWer classes. Secretary Garnet Hicks said it was one of the bent in recent years. Top exhibitor in the flower section was Mrs. Case zeehui- seri,Exeter, with eight firsts and"three seconds. Runnerup was Mrs. Wilfred Doupe, Ex, eter, who picked pp five ,firsts and four seconds, mrs, Bert Selves, RR 1 Hensall, had four firsts and one secOnd. Other winners were; Mrs. Robert Down, RR 1 Hensall, three and two; Mrs. Frank WW1, smith, Exeter, two and three; Mrs. Russell Oesch, Varna, two and one; Tom Hern, two and one; Mrs. Elsie Schlenker, one and one; Harold Hern, two firsts; Mrs. Gordon Smith, Ex, eter, five seconds. In the fruit and vegetable division, Fred McClymont, Varna, again walked off with top honors with 24 firsts and 11 seconds. Russell Oesch, Varna, was behind hls neighbor with nine firsts and three sec- Area breeders still tops Sheep man heads corn The old age security pension fund has operated at a deficit in 10 of the past 12 years; the total deficit exceeds $600,000,- 000. Wednesday at Dundas Centre United Church, London. Mr. John Fowler is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon- don. Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Whyte and family of Sarnia visited Sunday with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Elgin Webb, The Grand Bend male quartet sang at Centre Road Presby- terian Church, near Strathroy, anniversary service Sunday, Sept. 27, and were dinner guests with Mr. & Mrs. Archie Geary. FAME meats at annual fete firsts and two seconds, while in the baby beef show, while the top Cheviots were shown Hodgins Bros. placed third. by Vance Day, Embro, with six firsts and two seconds. William Turnbull & Sons, RR 2 Brussels, topped the swine competition with 13 firsts and 12 seconds. Ross Cottle, Kirk- ton, had three firsts and three seconds. Albert Bacon, Bel- grave, had one first and two seconds. The livestock competition at the Exeter Fair was as keen as usual with area breeders cart- ing home their share of the awards, as they have in other area fairs and some of the bigger ones at London and Tor- onto. In the poultry class, it was a battle between Clifford Pep- per and Earl H. Becker, both of RR 1 Dashwood. Pepper had 42 firsts and Becker took home 41 red ribbons. Each also won a number of second and third prizes. In third spot with 20 firsts was Mrs. John McC art, RR 1 Southwold. Top awards in the holstein class fell to Ross Marshall, Kirkton, with six firsts and five seconds. Tom Hern had four firsts and two seconds, while John McAllister, RR 1 Centralia, took home two firsts and three seconds. Each of the latter two won one of the specials donated for best male and best female. By MRS. WELLWOOD GILL GRAND BEND The Grand Bend WI held their September meeting in the town hall with 25 members and four visitors present. Mrs. Roy Morenz, president, conducted the business and in- troduced the guest speaker, Mr. Laughton, who gave a very interesting and informative talk to the ladies. Mrs. Leslie Adams thanked the speaker. The roll call was answered by giving childhood memories of Public School days. The motto "as the twig is bent so grows the tree" was given by Mrs. Alex Hamilton. Mrs. Mansel Mason led a singsong with Mrs. Charles Reeves at the piano. Delegates to Institute Rally October 5 are Mrs. Roy Morenz and Mrs. Leslie Adams. A bus trip is being planned for October 26. The exhibit from Exeter fair was on display and will be taken to rally. The Grand Bend In- stitute won third prize. Lunch was served by Mrs. Susie Devine, Mrs. Mansel Mason, Mrs. Mabel Desjardine, and Mrs. Olive Webb. CHURCH NEWS Rally Day Service and pro- motion services were held at Grand Bend United Church Sun- day am. Rev. C. A. Brlttain spoke to the children, Garry Willert read the Scripture lesson. All the children sang under the direc- tion of Mr. D. Gill. Next Sunday will be world wide communion. NEED A CAR? Just phone your nearest Scotia• branch about a Scotia Plan Car Loan, The low rates are thesamefornewand used cars...yougetlife insurance at no extra cost, Best of all you get that fast, friendly Scotiahank service, Get your Scotia Plan Car Loan— or a loan for any other worthwhile purpose—today. Aa% BANK TOP BEEF CLASS Whitney Coates and Son, RR 1 Centralia, had the top showing in the hereford beef division with nine firsts and two seconds. W. A. O'Neil & Son, Denfield, had two firsts and nine seconds. Each had one of the champions. W. D. Parker & Sons, RR 8 Watford, topped the shorthorns with nine firsts and three sec- onds. White Bros., St, Marys, had two. firsts an seven sec- onds. Each had one of the cham- pions. In the angus competition, Otto Zimmerman, RR 3 Kerwood, walked off with nine firsts and three seconds. He had both champions. Hodgins Bros. RR 1 Granton, and Richard Doane, Thorndale, each had one first. James A. Watson, RR 3 Den- field, copped the top two spots PERSONALS Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Gill called on Rev. & Mrs. W. C. Smith at St. Davids last week. Mrs. Ray Patterson and Mrs. W. Gill attended the chapel tea Area farmers who are share- holders in Farmers, Allied Meat Enterprises C o-Operative will have an opportunity to taste some of the products being processed at their new Burling- ton plant this Friday. Some of the luncheon meats packaged under the F. W. Fear- man Company label—the firm which FAME recently purchas- ed—will be served at the annual meeting of the Huron County shareholders. The meeting is slated for the Seaforth District High School. Eight county delegates and alternate delegates will be nam- ed at the meeting to attend the annual meeting in Toronto in November and a slate of officers and township representatives will also be appointed. Jack MacGillivray, Paisley, a member of the livestock pro- curement committee of FAME will be the speaker and Carl Hemingway, Brussels, will show pictures of the newly pur- chased F, W, Fearman plant. The meeting is being billed as "an opportunity for Huron County FAME shareholders to receive the latest developments and information". The name of Preston Dearing is probably the one that has been on Exeter Fair results the long- est, and this year was no excep- tion. However, the veter an sheep breeder proved he could win at other things as well. He scored a total of 95 points to place first in the ensilage corn field competition. This was one more point than a close neighbor, Tom Treibner. The other names in the top 10 were: Ed Hendrick, Robert Down, Lorne Passmore, Bruce Shapton and Elmer Powe (tie), Earl Shapton, Edwin Miller and Tom Hern. In the grain corn class, first prize went to Tom Treibner with 94 points again. Russell Fergu- son was second and third was Ted Jones. Others in the top 10 were: Howard Johns, Lloyd Ferguson, Gerald Dearing and Elmer Powe (tie), Edwin Miller, Philip Johns and Harold Hern (tie). Top prize in each class was $14. In the grains and seeds class at the fair, Russell Oesch, Var- na, was top competitor with six firsts and three seconds, fol- lowed closely by James A. Wat- son & Sons, RR 3 Denfield, with five firsts and three seconds. Others picking up firsts were: Bruce Delbridge, RR I Wood- ham; Donald Dearing, RR 1 Exeter; Richard Etherington, RR 1 Hensall; Edwin Miller, RR 3 Exeter; Ted Jones, Exeter. MANY SHEEP Preston Dearing, veteran sheep exhibitor and one of the top winners in Canada, reported the sheep show was one of the best on record for some time, with over 200 animals shown. As usual, he and his son walked off with all the awards in the Horned Dorset section with six firsts and an equal number of seconds. D. L. McTaggart, RR 1 Appin, had five firsts and three sec- onds with his Oxford. Downs, while Don Dearing, RR 1 Ex- eter, had two firsts and four seconds. For the top Shropshire Downs, Fred Gurney, RR 3 Paris, had six firsts and two seconds. Raymond Comfort, RR 1 St. Annes, had five seconds. James Snell, Clinton ' had six firsts and two seconds to sweep the Leicesters, and the South- downs championship fell to W. E. Gates, Glencoe, with seven firsts and six seconds. Larry Welsh, RR 3 Petrolia, won the Suffolks class with six Girls lead dairy section at Exeter Members of the fairer sex walked off with most of the top honors in the 4-H dairy calf club com- petition at the Exeter Fair. Iris Marshall, left, Kirkton, won the showmanship award and also ex- hibited the top senior heifer, while Sheila Hern, RR 1 Woodham, was first in the junior heifer class and third for showmanship. Neil McAllister, RR 1 Centralia, placed second in both the showmanship and senior heifer class. --T-A photo Rains of last week have re- tarded the harvesting of white beans. It is reported very little damage has been done to the beans. Silo filling is taking place as fast as weather will permit. Grain corn is maturing slowly. Fall wheat is still being planted. eiroA Re/241e Fire Prevention W October 4 to 10 Used Car Bargains Special Tire Deals Any Size 61 Austin Sedan, to tone 60 Renault 60 Pontiac Sedan, 6 cyl, automatic 59 Meteor Automatic, radio 59 Plymouth Sedan, radio, push-button This Appeal Sponsored By The EXETER TOWN COUNCIL On Behalf Of The Fire Brigade Of Exeter SOUTH END SERVICE YOU CAN PREVENT FIRE° classes Winners in the 4-H beef Bill .trock, left, RR 1 dratiton, was the top showman in the 4-H beef section at the Exeter Pair) Phone 235-2322 Exeter Liary Ballantyne, 1212 3 Exeter) Showed the top steer and Margaret Cornish, RR 1 Woodham, had the top holier. .,T-A photo