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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-10-06, Page 13EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 6, 1966 Ninety-third Year Price Per Copy 15 Cents Eight beauties vie for Kirkton title Fair gains in attendance, entries the "Class That Counts" specials were Mrs, Hern and Mrs. Arscott. The crafts and hobbies div- ision, that includes the entries of paintings, artificial flowers, snapshots, copper tooling, etc., was topped by Mrs. Mervin Nairn Cromarty. In runner-up positions were Mrs. Nowack, Mrs. O'Rourke and Mrs. Larry Selves, RR 1 St. Marys. Light rains midway through the afternoon failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the large crowd of spectators that attended the 97th edition of the Kirkton Fair, Friday. Students of eight public schools in the area took part in the parade, along with many well decorated floats headed by the Clinton Legion Pipe band. Also parading were all the entries in the "Queen of the Fair" contest and the Perth County Dairy Princess. Seventeen year-old Beth Crago was judged best of the "beauties" and represented Kirkton in a competition of district eight of the Fall Fair Societies in Ford- wich, Saturday. Beth, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ewart Crago, RR 1 St. Marys and a Grade 12 stu- dent at St. Marys District Col- legiate. Marilyn Arthur was the runner- up contestant and others com- peting were Iris Marshall, Sheryl Bilyea, Sheryl Denham, Linda Thacker, Cathy Amos and Bar- bara Switzer. Beauties parade for Kirkton judges Mrs. Norman Amos and her committee had eight entries for the judges to peruse in the queen contest at the Kirkton Fair. When it was all over, Beth Crago, second from the right, was judged the winner. The girls, from the left: Marilyn Arthur, runnerup, Linda.Thacker, Sheryl Bilyea, Cathy Amos, Barbara Switzer, Sheryl Denham, Queen Beth Crago, and Iris Marshall. --T-A photo SCHOOLS MARCH Eight Blanshard township pub- lic schools and one from Ful- larton made up a large part of the parade that preceded the fair. Students from Kirkton school were judged the best marching group and took the prize for the best banner. Salem, No. 10 Blanshard were the best dressed band of marchers. In school children exhibits, Wendy Blackler of Salem and Debby Schaefer were most pro- minent in the winners' circle. Wendy took five firsts in baking, art and sewing, while Debby won first awards in baking,. crafts and horticultural and took a special award for the best de- sign using different varieties of maple leaves. Time to get into dual tires VARNA FRUIT BEST Fred McClymont of Varna top- ped the exhibitors in the fruit department with 18 firsts and three seconds for apples, plums, pears and grapes. Other fruit winners were Mrs. Fred Roger, Kirkton and Tom Brock, RR 1 Kirkton. McClymont, also dominated the roots and vegetables field ring- ing up ten red ribbons. His win- ning vegetable exhibits included potatoes, carrots, cabbage, tomatoes, squash and cucumbers. Mrs. Harold O'Brien, RR 6, St. Marys took five first awards, mainly in mangolds and carrots. A resident of RR 1, St. Marys, Marilyn Arthur showed the best intermediate carrots, seed onions and table cucumbers. GOODYEAR COATES CATTLE BEST Whitney Coates and Son, RR 1 Centralia, swept the field in the Hereford cattle section and were awarded top prizes in best of herd and get of sire. Ross Cottle, Kirkton showed the best Berkshire hogs and also displayed the best bacon sow and shoats. The 4H Sweepstakes showman- ship award went to Jim Hodgins, RR 1 Granton. Principal area winner in the saddle class of the horse show was Bruce Hicks, Centralia, best in musical chairs and the rescue race. Wm. Johns of Woodham was best in the pony class for boys and girls under 12. TIRE & BATTERY 242 Main North Exeter 235-0330 QUILTERS WIN The Kirkton WI took first prize for the best float in the parade for their depiction of an old fashioned quilting bee. Second was a decorated pony and cart from Phillips Pony Farm, RR 7, London, followed by a float from Atthill's Service of Kirkton and an old Ford car entered by the Kirkton Library Board. Best float entry The Kirkton WI had the top float inthe annual fair in that community, as they donned some of granny's gowns to lend real authenticity to their quilting bee. While their chauffeur didn't have the fanciest of conveyances, she did have the fanciest of garb, complete with top hat, -T-A photo SWITZER SEEDS TOPS Competing in the grains and seeds, class 33, Clarence Swit- zer, RR 1 St. Marys gained three first prizes for best bushels of oats and barley and ears of ensilage corn. Ten ears of cob corn from the collection of Mrs. Tom Triebner, RR 1 Exeter were judged best and Mrs. Tom Bern, Woodham, presented the best sheaf of fall wheat. Switzer also won the Kirkton- Woodham Farmers club awards for the best one bushel bags of oats and barley, open only to club members and residents of Blanshard, Usborne and Ful- larton. Again, the field crop competi- tion in Rodney, Gary and Russell oats was topped by Clarence Switzer. Jim Robinson, RR 1 St. Marys was best in the field crop competition in grain corn, where judging was based on cobs shown at the fair in addition to assessment in the field. FLOWERS HIGHLIGHT "The best flower show we have ever had". Those were the words of secretary Crago in comment- ing on this year's Kirkton fair. The 37 divisions of the cut flowers class were well filled and eight exhibitors shared first prize awards. Mrs. Murray Kane, Fullarton was top point getter, gaining eight firsts and seven seconds. Competition was keen all down the line as Mrs. Russell Morrison, Kirkton, and Mrs. Keith McLaren, RR 1 Cromarty, each picked up six red ribbons. Four top awards went to Mrs. Marwood Willis and Mrs. Tom Hern, both of Kirkton. Rounding out the first prize winners were Mrs. William Schaeffer, Kirkton, Mrs. Ray Heard, RR 1 St. Marys and Mrs. H. Webber, Woodham with a trio of wins each. SHUR GAIN LIQUID FERTILIZER Champion Angus Steers 1966 Toronto CNE $8.00 per lb. Peterborough 65c per lb. London $5.00 per lb. Ottawa (Dressed wt.) 50c per lb, Carcass CNE (Hay's Classification) Plan To Attend The Following DOMESTIC SCIENCE A Sebringville lady, Mrs. pearl Nowack, proved to be the best cook at the fair, garnering 12 firsts, seven seconds and three thirds in the domestic science section. Close runners-up were Mrs. Charles Bailie, Kirkton, Mrs. Joe Coddington, St. Marys, Mrs. Keith McLaren, RR 1 Crom- arty and Mrs. Larry Selves, RR 1 St. Marys. Domestic science special awards went to Mrs. Nowack, Mrs. Laverne Rodd, RR 1 Wood- ham and Mrs. Myrtle Doupe, Kirkton. ANGUS SALES WESTERN ONTARIO, OCTOBER 15, 1966 Bulls and Females MacSted Farms, 5 miles north of London on Hwy. No. 4 OTTAWA VALLEY, OCTOBER 26, 1966 Bulls and liremaleti C.F.R.A. Farms, Kars WALKERTON, OCTOBER 22, 1966 Bulls and Females Fair Grounds PETERBOROUGH, OCTOBER 29, 1966 500 Feeder Cattle, 50 rurehred Cows, 5 Bulls, 20 4I1 Steers Pet Sales Barn See us at the Plowing Match ONTARIO FUTURITY, FEBRUARY 18-19, 1967 Hayes Sales, Oakville 'Arena CANN'S MILL EXETER Dorothy Bowden, See. rota ELGIN Alex MeTaggart, Pres. BEETON DISTRIBUTOR OF SHUR GAIN LIQUID FERTILIZER STIFF COMPETITION Competition was again keen in the ladies home department with three ladles battling it out for first place. Mrs. Edna Arscott, Kintore, gained the top spot as the result of ten firsts, seven seconds and four thirds, good for 48 points. Close behind with nine firsts apiece were Mrs. Earl Watson, RR 1 St. Marys and Mrs. Nowack of Sebringville. Other major contributors were Mrs. Tom Hern, Mrs. Max Swit- zer, RR 1 St. Marys, Mrs. V. O'Rourke, St. Marys, Mrs. Mervin Nairn, Crornarty, Mrs. Junior Doupe, St. Marys and Mrs. Murray 1<arte, Vullarton, Tops in