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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1969
CHECKING EQUIPMENT — Recent
additions have been made to the dial
equipment at the Zurich exchange of the
Hay Municipal Telephone System, which
will assist in better service to the sub-
scribers. Shown here looking over part
of the new unit is Bill Wagner, left, a
Riley Reunion At
Cromarty Farm
The twenty-third reunion of
the descendants of Mr. and Mrs.
Wingfield Riley was held at
the home of Mr, and Mrs. Ross
Riley, Cromarty. A long line
of sports was run off.
Officers elected were; president,
George Shiels, Hensall; vice-
president, Lloyd Riley; secretary,
Gwen Harburn; treasurer, Libby
Harburn; sports, Bill and Gert
Kellington, Don and Joyce Jack -
lin; lunch, Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Riley, Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Har-
burn, Mr. and Mrs. Les Riley
and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Riley.
The 1970 reunion will be held
the second Sunday in June at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Riley,
R. R. 1, Cromarty.
staff member of the Hay system, and
Bob Meredith, an installation technician
with Northern Electric. The additions
to the plant cost an estimated $21,000.
Since the new additions have been made
subscribers will find they must dial all
seven digits for local calls.
NEWS OF DASHWOOD DISTRICT
(MRS. E. H. RADER, Correspondent)
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Guy of
Windsor spent several days at
the parsonage with Judy while
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Guy attended a ministerial re-
treat training program at Five
Oaks church camp near Paris,
Ontario last week.
A number of guests from here
attended the Rader -Wein wedd-
ing at Zion United church on
Saturday, lune 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Gaiser of
Dearborn Heights are spending
some time with Mr. Chester
Gaiser.
CROWNED QUEEN
Mrs. Leo Gibson attended the
TOPS Convention at the Royal
York hotel in Toronto last Friday
and Saturday where she was
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crowned chapter queen for the
Centennial Slimmers of Exeter.
Calves at Hensall Spring Fair Auction
Bring Top Dollar From Various Buyers
The majority of the top awards
at the Tuesday's Hensall Calf
Club show held in conjunction
with the Hensall Spring Fair went
to the Passmore and Coleman
families.
The award for the best finish
and the grand championship
went,.to Paul Passmore, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Passmore
of Usborne Township.
The reserve championship
was won by John Coleman, son
of Mr, and Mrs. Bill Coleman
of Kippen. Placing third in
the same event was a calf shown
by Beth Passmore, a sister of
Paul.
The Coleman family was
back in the limelight when a
979 pound calf owned by Les
Coleman showed the most net
gain of 493 pounds since it arr-
ived in the area from western
Canada last fall.
Darlings IGA of Exeter pur-
chased the grand championship
calf owned by Paul Passmore for
46 cents per pound. Canada
Packers of Toronto paid 46z
cents per pound for John Cole-
man's calf.
The top price paid at the fair
one year ago was 404 cents per
pound with the average being
324 cents per pound. According
to Bill Coleman of the Hensall
Calf Club this year's average
price was about 36 cents.
Placing being the Passmore's
calf and John Coleman in the
best finish department were
calves owned by Darlene Carn-
ochan, Brad, Carnochan, Shirley
Chalmers, Ann Morrisey and Ron
Chalmers.
Other area buyers purchasing
calves during the sale were Al's
Market, Hensall; Merner's Mark-
et, Dashwuod; Denfield Livestock
Sales; Ray Bell, Kippen, Hensall
and Huron MP, Bob McKinley.
Canada Packers of Toronto were
again the big purchasers with
32 calves.
In the horse show portion of
the show, Pat Cornish of London
was the top junior point getter
and received a trophy donated
by Lloyd Mousseau,
A trophy furnished by Ron
Swartz and George Beer was
taken by Nelson Bilyea of Grant-
on as the top senior performer.
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