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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-09-28, Page 12By MRS. ROSS SKINNER Highest Prices Paid Storage Available See Us Before You Sell For Sale and Available on Contract Cook Bros. Milling Company Limited HENSALL Phone 262-2605 S WA TED Pei9e 12 Times-Advocate, September 28, 1967 District breeders cop most owords Rain curtails program, but -H kids are game Passmore following in that order, There was only one exhibitor in many of the sheep classes, Gerald Dearing, Exeter, swept the Dorset Horn class; Fred Gurney, RR 3 Paris, won the Shropshire class; William Gates, RR 3 Strathroy, had the best Lincolns and Cotswolds; Va, E. Gates, RR 3 Glencoe, was tops in the Southdowns; and S. M. Blair, RR 1 Bolton, topped the Suffolks division. Don Dearing, Exeter and D. L. McTaggart, BR 1 Appin, shared the prizes in the Oxford Downs; Donald A. Graham, RR 4 Park- hill, and Vance Day, Embro, split the prizes for Leicesters. Day was also the top exhibitor of Che- viots, Gerald Dearing won three spe- cials and the other two were taken by S. M, Blair. David Marshall, RR 1 Kirk- ton, again had the top senior Holstein and placed second in the showmanship class to lead the dairy club. Sheila Bern, RR 1 WoOdham, had the second best senior calf ONE ENTRANT Ross Marshall, Kirkton, w a s the lone entrant in the dairy com- petition, winning seven firsts and two seconds with his Holsteins. Top beef entries in Exeter 4-H show Paul Passmore, left, and Brian Miller, right, waged a close battle for top honors at the 4-H calf club show at the Exeter Fair. Paul placed ahead of Barry for top steer, but Barry came back to nip Paul in the showmanship class, Behind them are Beth Passmore, who had the third best steer and Bill and Paul Dietrich. Bill edged his brother for junior honors. T-A photo Youths hold and Larry Bern. ER 1 Granton, had number three. Gordon Bern, RR 1 Granton, was declared top showman and Larry Bern placed third. The best junior Holstein award went to Jim Lynn, RR 1 Wood- ham, followed by Dennis Hutton, RR 1 Woodham, Paul Passmore, RR 3 Exeter, had the best senior beef steer and Brian Miller, RR 3 Exeter, placed second. When it came to showmanship, the two lads chang- ed their order of finish with Miller coming out on top. Bill Dietrich, RR 1 Centralia, had the best junior steer, edging out his brother, Gerard. Don Pullen, Huron's Associate Agricultural Representative, re- ported the South Huron 4-H clubs had an outstanding record of achievement this year. Every member of the six area clubs completed his project, which Mr. Pullen said is "remarkable". The achievement day programs constitute only part of the club work and final results are based on them and also the work done through the year by the members. Final standings will be an- nounced at the annual 4-H Achievement Night held later this year. Top dairyman David Marshall showed the top Holstein in the 4-H dairy com- petition at Exeter. He placed second in the showmanship to be the big winner of the day. The P-A regrets that the weather caused camera problems and the picture of the dairy winners did not turn out. This photo of David was taken at last year's show, which he also topped. Area breeder s were again among the major prize winners in the livestock classes at the Exeter Fall Fair. Ross Cottle swept the Berk- shire division of the hog contest, While Wm. J. Turnbull, Brussels was the major Yorkshire winner, W. Turnbull & Son, RR 2 Brus- sels, won the most prizes in the class for other breeds. The bacon hogs in the Exeter District Co-Op Special were judg- ed and Hov,PardJohns, RR 1 Wood- ham, had the first and third place finishers. The hogs were then shipped and the final placing will depend on the carcass judging, A total of 40% of the judging is based on live appearance and the remain- ing 60% on a dressed carcass, Clifford Pepper again took Most of the honors in the poultry contest. The D ash wood area breeder had 36 first and 25 sec- onds, in addition to winning two specials. George Tieman, Dashwood, had nine firsts and seven seconds, while Jack Snell, Exeter, had seven firsts, one second and two thirds. Snell won three firsts in the rabbit class, while Robert Mor- ley, RR 1 Granton, had two firsts, one second and a third. The other competitor in the rabbit class, Pat Dickey, RR 1 Woodham, had one first and one second. Jack Coates, Centralia, won 11 firsts in the beef cattle competi- tion, including two Shorthorn spe- cials. Whitney Coates had seven firsts and four seconds, including one Hereford special. The other Hereford special went to W. S. O'Neil & Sons, who also won five firsts, five seconds and four thirds. Frank Falconer, RR 5 Clinton, was the only other ent- rant in the beef classes, and he won 10 seconds and three thirds. The baby beef competition was headed by Bob Hem, with Whit- ney Coates, Brian Miller, W. 5, O'Neil, Paul Passmore and Beth The rain cancelled the 4-13 tractor club demonstration at Exeter Fair, but the other four clubs managed to hold their achievement days. However, the calf club mem- bers had to work under consider- able difficulty and the judges had to make decisions quicker than usual, especially as far as the showmanship was concerned. The biggest exhibit at the fair was that of the sweet corn club and Brian Miller, RR 3 Exeter, had the best corn on display. Margaret Cornish, RR 1 Wood- ham, placed second and John Knight, RR 1 Hensel', was third. Others in the top ten were: Allan Knight, RR 1 Woodham; Cheryl Westeott, RR 3 Exeter; Paul Kerslake, RR 1 Woodham; Barbara Dougall, RR 3 Exeter; Bradley Pryde, RR 1 Hensall; Gordon Pryde, RR 1 Hensall; Dale Skinner, RR 1 Centralia. Showing the top special exhibit in the club was Dianne Oke, RR 3 Exeter. Three girls followed her in order, Barbara Dougall; Lynn Faber, RR $ Exeter; and Lynda Dougall. Brian Miller was the lone boy in the top five. Debbie Etherington, RR 1 Hen- Sall, topped the grain corn club with her corn exhibit, while Sheila Hern, RR 1 Woodham, had the best project display. Bill Brock, RR 1 Granton, had the second best corn and behind him were Gordon Bern, RR 1 Granton; Larry Bern, RR 1 Gran- ton; Brian Finkbeine r, RR 1 Crediton. In the special project exhibit, Gordon Hern had the second best and he was followed by Larry Bern, Bill Brock and Darcy Eth- erington. The forage club winners' list was strictly a family affair. Dun- can Etherington, RR 1 Hensall, topped the field and he was fol- lowed by his four younger sist- ers and brothers,Derek,Debbie, Dwight and Darcy. Bert Visscher, Hay P.O., had the best special exhibit and Dun- can had the number two exhibit. Behind them were Ted Kernick, RR 1 Kirkton; Darcy Etherington; and Charles Miner, RR 3 Exeter. Exeter lady tops flowers — T-A photo A Dashwood affair The 4-H beef competition at the Zurich Fair was strictly a Dashwood affair. Randy Becker, left, had the best heifer and his brother John, right, had the top steer. Jim Hoffman copped the showmanship title. FEWER ENTRIES Entries were down in the two calf clubs with only seven dairy animals being shown and five beef entries, Etherington heads grains Mr. and Mrs. Allan McDonald of Owen Sound. The Elimville and Huro n- dal e Women's Institutes are holding their Centennial church service at Thames Road United Church October 8 at 3 pm. Mem- bers of the Institutes will be in the choir assisted by Mr. Roy Goulding of London. Rev. Harold Snell of London will be the guest speaker. Dr. and Mrs. Sonon of Oakville called on Mrs. Ethel Campbell last week. By MRS. KEN MCKELLAR Mr. & Mrs. Wm. McKaig and daughter Marilyn of Sudbury, visited last week with Mr. & Mrs. Calder McKaig and Mr. Angus McKaig. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dodds visit- ed recently with friends at Col- lingwood. Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Jefferson visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. G, W. Heagy and Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Laidlaw of London. Mr. 0. R. Francis and Mrs. Jack Town of Woodstock were visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Mc- Kellar on Tuesday. Mr. & Mrs, Lou Nigh of Sea- forth were guests of Mr. & Mrs. Laurie McKellar and children on Sunday, celebrating Kathy's sec- ond birthday. Mr. Bruce Nairn has returned home from Victoria Hospital, London where he had been con- fined for several weeks following an accident. Mrs. Jessie Hamilton is a pa- tient in Seaforth Community Hos- pital. Mrs. David Mclnally of Clinton entertained at the home of her parents mr. & Mrs. Ed. Chappel in honor of a friend Miss Faye Nethercott of Rannoch, bride- elect of September 30. Mr. & Mrs. K. McKellar at- tended Thorndale Fall Fair Sat- urday and were guests of Mr. & Mrs. Ken Hogg. Mr. & Mrs. Larry Gardiner entertained Friday evening in honor of Miss ShirleyGardiner's approaching marriage. Mrs. Grace Scott, Mr. & Mrs. Carter Kerslake and Craig and Mr. & Mrs. K. McKellar were guests of Mr. & Mrs. George Vivian and family after attending anniversary service at Staff a United Church on Sunday. Miss Brenda Kerslake spent the after- noon at the home of her sister. Usborne Township farmer R. D. Etherington scored the most number of points in the grain and seeds competition at the Exeter fair. He placed first on four oc- casions and also recorded one second and one third. His win- ning entries consisted of feed barley, grain corn and first and second cut chopped hay. Tom Triebner, Exeter, scor- ed three firsts with his wheat and ensilage corn exhibits and placed second in another division. Other area farmers who re- ceived a first place in the show were Gerald Dearing, Don Dear- ing, Cart Cann and Fred McCly-. mont, The results from the field crop competitions have not yet been tabulated, but will appear in next week's edition. ride on hay About fifty young people en- joyed a hay ride Saturday even- ing returning to Elimville Hall where they square-danced to the calling of Mr. Norman Whiting of Exeter. Lunch was served. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Shulman and family of Embro, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hunter of Elimville, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Geiser of Exeter, Mr. Robert Knight of Kitchener were guests Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pym, World Wide Communion will be observed Sunday, Oct. 1 at the regular church service at 11:15 am. The Board of Stewards of the church had a meeting Monday evening when they decided to canvass the area for funds. PERSONALS Mrs. Ruth Knight of Seaforth spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pym, Those people attending Expo from the community this week and recently are Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ballantyne, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hodgert, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Lamport, Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Passmore. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Miller, Brian, Barry and Barbara spent the weekend at the Ottewell Cot- tage in the Bruce peninsula. Miss Darlene Miner of Lam- beth and Miss Patricia Miner of London spent the weekend with Rev, Stewart and Mrs. Miner. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Knight and Linda were Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Knight of Exeter, the occasion being the birthdays of Clarence and Linda Knight which were recently. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Jeffery were Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jeffery of Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pym were guests Saturday at the Chamberlain - Fletcher wedding at Melbourne Presbyterian Church. Mr.r and Mrs. William Pass- more of Exeter, Mr, and Mrs. Alvin Passmore and Beverley were Sunday guests with Mrs. John Coward of Winchelsea. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Saunders of Waterloo visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Barry Jeffery. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Strapp, Laurie, Michael and Jamie of London spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Bray and Agnes. Rev. Stewart and Mrs. Miner and John visited friends in the Fordwich areaSunday, Mr. Miner was guest speaker at the 101st anniversary service at New- bridge Church on the Fordwich Charge. Rev. Parrott of Ford- wich was the minister at Thames Road and Elimville Sunday. ATTEND GRADUATION Mr. and Mrs. Allen Johns at- tended the graduation ceremonies Saturday for their daughter, Miss Marilyn Johns at Teachers' Col- lege at UWO Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Johns entertained with a dinner at the Iroquois in London for the graduate. Those attending were Miss Marilyn Johns, Miss Shirley Johns, Mr. Gary Eagleson, Mr. Ross Rowe, Mrs. Vera Johns and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Johns. By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS The September meeting of St. Paul's Anglican Church Women was held at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Smith, Monday evening. Mrs. William Schaefer presided and was assisted in the devo- tions by Mrs. Claire Sisson. The business meeting followed. Plans were made for the bazaar which is to be held Nov. 10 in the church basement. Lunch was served by Mrs. Garth Blackler and Mrs. Andrew Knox. A new display for flowers at the Exeter fair provided one of the highlights of the event, The flowers were set up on tiers in one corner of the arena and were easily viewed. Mrs. Dave Cross, Exeter, top- ped the show with 11 firsts, eight seconds and two thirds, while Mrs. Newell Geiger, Zurich, and Roy Pepper, Exeter had one first, seven seconds and three thirds each. Mrs. Bert Selves and Hern Farms had four firsts each, Mrs. Tom Bern had three firsts and Mrs. GordonSmith and Mrs. Case Zeehuisen, both of Exeter, had two firsts. Also scoring firsts were Mrs. A. Rundle, Exeter and Mrs. Keith McLaren, Cromarty. As usual, Fred McClymont, Varna, had things much to him- self in the fruits and vegetables division of the fair. He's the perennial winner and this year recorded 28 firsts, 10 seconds and three thirds. Roy Pepper had seven firsts, three seconds and a third to gain second spot, while Victor Jeffery scored five firsts, seven seconds and one third. Mrs. Harold Cudmore had five firsts and four seconds, while J. Orenczuk had three firsts and one third. Scoring two firsts were Mrs. Keith McLaren and Mrs. Peter Toornstra, while those gaining one first place ribbon were: Mrs. Tom Triebner, Mrs. S. E. Lewis, Mrs. Dave Cross, Mrs. Gordon Smith, R, E. Pooley. Rains did help some! PERSONALS Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Hervieux of Algoma Mills and Mr. Tom Atthill of Kitchener spent the weekend with Mrs. Dan Jarvis. Mrs. Maurice Blackler spent the weekend at Expo. Mr. & Mrs. G. H.Bergin, Mr. & Mrs. Harold Burgin, Mr. & Mrs. George Burgin and Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hamilton were guests at the Burgin— Bessie wedding in London last Saturday. Mrs. Ross Skinner held a sur- prise bridal shower at Elimville Hall Friday evening for Miss Shirley Jaques. Miss Margaret Johns played the Bridal March and Mrs. Frank Kints escorted Shirley to a pret- tily decorated chair and read the address. Shirley had to do some searching for her gifts but after they were found she made a fitt- ing thank-you to everyone. Those assisting with the gifts were Misses Susan Parsons, Karen Skinner and Carolyn Jaq- ues. One contest was held to mix the crowd and lunch was served by the hostess and rel- atives, A large number from this com- munity attended the trousseau tea at the home of Mrs. Norman Jaques Saturday in honor of her daughter, Shirley. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Murch of Petawawa are visiting a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fulton, Steven, Paul and David of Strat- ford visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Fulton. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Woods of Woodstock spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Woods. Mrs. Vera Blackwell of Pet- rolia spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Heywood. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miller, Allen and Daryl of Brantford, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Faye visit- ed Sunday with Mrs. Ethel Camp- bell. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Murch visited a couple of days with By D. S. PULLEN Associate Agricultural Representative The recent showers have been Very helpful for the uniform ger- mination of Winter Wheat. 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