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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-09-02, Page 2The Canada Pension Plan and its benefits Here is what the Canada Pension Plan will do for people like Thor Andersen, a farmer who works for himself and makes $4,000 a year. By MRS. FRED BOWDEN Winner of the 1965 Canadian Standard Bred Futurity This is Twinkle's Adios — natii e of Grand Bend — and winner of the 1965 Canadian Standard Bred Fu- turity three-year-old pace at Greenwood Raceway in Toronto. At his head is Dr. Glen Brown, president of the Canadian Standard Bred Horse Society. The Hon. Charles MacNaughton (in light coat), Exeter, the Minister of Highways for Ontario, presented the award to Driver Don Larkin and proud owner, Erip Mcllroy, Grand Bend. Merrywood farm features track laid out in 1947 Last Friday at Greenwood Raceway, Toronto, a Grand Bend native won a horse race. Twinkle's Adios, from the stable of Eric McIlroy, won the Jockey Club Invitational pace for three-year-old standard bred horses. The purse was $e,000. Twinkle's Adios was born at Merrywood Farm, one mile south of the village, Brought into the world with an assist from Don Larkin, Twinkle's Adios was bro- ken and trained by him, and driv- en by Larkin to win. Excited race fans call this Grand Bender "Twinkle" be- cause it's easier to say as the horses round the last turn and pound down to the finish line. "Come on, Twinkle", they yell. He is the son of Merrywood Twinkle (2:02 2-5) and Adioscot (2:01). According to sportswriters in daily papers and the trotting magazines, Twinkle appears to be a horse with a future. It was on July 28 that Twin- kle's Adios won the Canadian Standard Bred Futurity Pace at the Greenwood track, on which the purse was $6,515. By August 14, his seasonal earnings were $8,979, while in 1964 his earn- ings were $999. Now he continues to follow the Jockey Club circuit, remaining at Greenwood until September 4; and going on Labour Day to race at the year-old nine-million dol- lar Garden City Raceway at St. Catharines. Bob Ahearn(Toronto Daily Star) "Twinkle's Adios", star of Merrywood Farm, added more laurels to his racing career „ t by winning . . Stakes by four wide open lengths," Lloyd Finley (The Telegram) "Typical of thrilling action by trotters and pacers .. , was the mile race forthree -year- olds . . . The top two choices in the race, Devil Mir and Twin- kle's Adios, both made a, lump at the start and trailed the field. Twinkle's Adios, with driver Don Larkin, moved out around the clubhouseturn and started pass- By GORDON MORLEY Mr. & Mrs. Bill Fenton and family visited Sunday with rela- tives at Thorndale. A shower was held Tuesday evening at Brinsley Community Centre for Miss Lorraine Neil, bride-elect. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Morley, Kath- leen and Mrs. Violet Allison at- tended "the funeral of the late Gordonsaturd. ayMcDonald of Strathroy, Brinsley United Church will hold its anniversary services Sunday, September 12, with ser- vices at 11 am and 7:30 pm. Rev. J. Zehr of Kitchener for- merly of Nairn will be the guest speaker. Mrs. Pete Coburn of Exeter and family visited Sunday with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. How- ard Fenton. ing horses down the back stretch. sensing an upset, the crowd jumped to its feet and at the wire, Larkin had Twinkle on toptalos- ing last on the outside, Oppong0 and pr. John Finley were just beaten by three quarters Of a length." Wi l liam Dow (daily racing form) "He's a real nervous in- dividual," Larkin remarked while checking over his stock in barn 7 on. Monday morning, "He would not let us near him with hopples last year, sp we raced him free-legged. T his year, after considerable pa- tience, we were able to put the hopples on him and he has im- proved considerably." Larkin continued, "He's got a lot of heart and seems to pace at his best when things aren't going too smoothly, If mud or dir t happens to hit him in a race, it Seems to shake him up and he paces that much quicker." Merrywood Farm, near Grand send, is just one of the many interesting places in the area. The successes of Eric's horses at tracks in Canada and the Uni- ted States helps to spread the fame of Grand Bend. This sulky business is a grow- ing one. In 1964 the sport sur- passed the thoroughbreds by two million dollars at the pari-mu- tuels. The Ontario government's share that year was $3,400,000 and predictionsypreeadris.ctions are that the gross will double in the next In harness horse circles the Grattan line is held in high re- Ill Health ? See your doctor first. Bring your prescription to MIDDLETON'S DRUGS gard. Charles Barrett imported the standardized into Parkhill in the first place, Standardbred is a cross between Arabian and. Thoroughbred horses. And to back up the reputation of his own horses, Frio states that an Adios sire crossed With a Parkhill-origined Grattan mare is usually fairly successful, Page 2 Times-Advocate, September 2, 1965 Twinkle's Adios 'horse with a future' 196566 School Bus Information for Township of Tuckersmith School Area Route No. 1—Comprising School Sections Nos. 4,7 and 8: Bus will pick up students in Harpurhey at approximately 8:30 a.m., and Egmond- ville pupils will board bus at Egmondville School at 8:90 a,m. Route No. 2—Comprising School Sections Nos. 2,3,9 and 10 Students will receive by mail prior to Sept. 7th, a map indicating routes buses wi I I fol low. Each Bus Route will be arranged so as to pick up students as nearly as possible to their homes. Township of Tuckersmith School Area Board IVAN FORSYTH, Secretary Merrywood Farm is one mile south of Grand Bend on the west side of Highway 21, with the name mounted on solid-looking stone posts which guard the en- trance. Merrywood farm winning horses Merrywood Farm, registered in Canada and the United States for racing purposes, has raced other good horses, some of which, with racing records, are: Silver Peter, 2:05 1-5 Louella Grattan, 2:11 1-5 Merrywood Twinkle, 2:02 2 Merrywood Direct, 2:06 1-5 Merrywood Girl, 2:09 4-5 Sharon Star, 2:03, 4-5 Twinkle's Irish, 2:12 Twinkle's Danny, 2:10 Twinklette, 2:07 That last one was born the year Juliette visited Grand Bend as guest star in connection with a Lions Club Dance. It is a cus- tom in racing circles to honor people by naming horses after them. BURIES FATHER Mr. Ralph Kipp of the Airport road buried his father last week. The late Mr. Kipp, a retired commercial artist of Regina St., London, died in St. Joseph's Hos- pital. He i s survived by his son Ralph, five daughters, three sist- ers and one brother. The funeral service was in the Geo. E. Logan funeral home. In- terment was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London. MRS. ORVILLE LANGFORD Mrs. Orville Langford, 49, died suddenly at her late residence Lot 6 Con. 2 Biddulph onMonday, August 30. She was the former Muriel Thacker and is survived by her husband, one son John at home, one brother, Leonard Thacker, RR 6 St. Marys, two sisters, Mrs. Alex (Helen) Dobson, Weston and Mrs. Percy (Olive) Hodgins, RR 1 Granton. Funeral services were con- ducted by Rev. D. M. Guest of Centralia United Church on Wed., nesday, September 1 at the C. Haskett & Son funeral home, Lucan. Interment was in Birr United Cemetery. PERSONALS Mrs. Theresa Maloney of Sea- forth spent last week with her But we expect that only about one percent of visitors to this area are ever aware the Farm is there. Bounded on the east by the curving Ausable River, Merry- wood Farm has three houses, plus a guest house, general stor- age buildings, a racehorse barn and foaling barn with paddocks, a one-third mile all-weather training track plus a half-mile regulation training track. Trainers are active from Dec- ember to April. Hor s e s are jogged daily, even on those occa- sions when temperatures drop to 20 below. The snow-covered track is usually maintained with a tractor-drawn snow-blower. The half-mile was laid out by Tom Elliott and Eric in 1947. It is regulation size and neatly circles a patch of swale which made the establishment of the track a tricky one. "A half- mile track," points out Eric, "is really four eight mile stretches, connected by the cor- ners." No crops are cultivated, as pasture is needed at Merrywood. But to feed the 10-12 horse stable throughout the winter, some 20 tons of oats, one thousand bales of hay and an equal number of bales of straw are purchased daughter Mrs. V. Overholt and family. Dr. & Mrs. Imre Tothe of New York visited last week with Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins and Marikay. Thursday they all mo- tored to Ottawa and were guests with Mr. & Mrs. Keith Hodgins and Maureen. The Hodgins fam- ily returned home Sunday and Dr. & Mrs. Toth went on to New York. Recent visitors with Mrs. Fred Harrison were Mr. & Mrs. Wm, Cramer and family of London and Mr. & Mrs. Don Dixon and fam- ily of Hensall. Mr. & Mrs. Earl Pickering of Parkhill were Sunday visitors with their aunt and uncle,• Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Haddock. Mr. & Mrs. Ken Greb attended the Case reunion at Marysville Park, Port Huron, Michigan, Sunday. mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Shantz of Waterloo were Sunday visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Fred Cunning- ton. The ladies are sisters. Mrs. F. Harrison and Mrs. Mary Smith visited with Mr. & Mrs. Verne Smith and Verla in Exeter on Sunday. Services will be resumed in the United Church Sunday morning following vacation. from local farms. There are 40 acres in pine and oak bush and two farm ponds built with Ontario government assistance for the barn water supply and for fire protection. One of the ponds is stocked with sturgeon, pike and perch, due to the efforts of fisherman Clint Bowden. And there is excellent bird- watching at the Farm. Don Larkin heads stable Mr. Mcllroy's stable is made up of three horses in the charge of Don Larkin at Greenwood; one, "Twinkle's Irish", also at Greenwood in the care of Pat Crowe; Sharon Star in New York with Bud Gilmour, and brood mares and foals at Merrywood. His first race mare was Lou- ella Grattan, and is presently owned by Archie Barrett, Park- hill. Three of her offspring, Royal Alec, Lady Merrywood and Merrywood Star, have distin- guished themselves at the track. In turn, Lady Merrywood is dam of the outstanding per for mer Amos Johnston. the Exeter office of the USBORNE and HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY will be CLOSED for Holidays Aug. 30 y Sept. 20 Instalment payments may be made at the Banks listed on the cards. The acting agents for Usborne, Bfddulph, Landon, etc. town- ships arc: Hugh Benninger, Dublin Clayton Harris, Mitchell ARTHUR FRASER SEC.—TREAS, Arompwit The Andersens are both aged 45 and have no family. If Thor's earnings continue at $4,000 a year until he reaches age 65, he can look forward to a retirement pension of $83.33 a month from the Plan. This, plus the $75 each Mr. and Mrs. Andersen will receive from Old Age Security, will give them a total of $233.33 a month—equal to 70% of Thor's previous average earnings. CP•25C If Thor becomes disabled anytime after 1970, having contributed until his disability began, he will get a disability pension of $87.50 a month. This will continue until he becomes 65 when he will receive his retirement and Old Age Security pensions. Should Thor die anytime after 1967, having contributed until his death, his wife will receive a widow's pension of $56.25 a month until she becomes 65. From then on she will get. $125 a month—$50 from the Plan and $75 from Old Age Security, At the time of Thor's death Mrs. Andersen will be entitled to a lump sum payment of $500. All benefits under the Plan will maintain their value. The actual benefits payable will probably be higher than those given here since benefits will be adjusted to meet changes in living costs and in wage levels before they are paid and changes in living costs after they become payable. What will the Plan test you? If you, like Thor, in a particular year, have self-employed earnings of $4,000 you will pay $122.40 in instalments, in the shale way you pay income tax, This advertisement is one of a series which relates some of 'the important benefits of the Canada Pension Plan to individual circumstances. Issued by authority of the Minister of National Health'and Welfare, Canada, The Honourable Judy LaMarsh, HOTSON PROPANE ENJOY THE COMFORTS OF GAS 238-2005 Grand Bend Serving all South Huron