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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1963-10-24, Page 1• 104th Year Whole No. 4692 a • • M • • • •. • 0 • SEAMR) ONTARIO, , TI; 'o^CTOURU, 1 6 MEMBERS of the Perth County Farm and Home Electrical Club were winners in the Electricity competition at the Provincial 4-H Club competitions held at the Ontario Agricultural College during last weekend. More than 700 4-li Club .members took part in the competition. The winners, Kaye Worden of Staffa and Keith Malcolm of Dublin are seen receiving their trophy from John Moles, Manager of Farm Sales, Ontario Hydro. Na Easy Solution ToDairyProbIem Huron County Cream Produc- ers were told over the weekend that "it is glaringly evident there is no painless solution to the dairy industry's problems." The producers, meeting in Clin- ton for their annual meeting, werebluntly told this by Hu- ron County fieldman, Russell C. Bradford, of Goderich, who was guest speaker to the group. "However," continued Mr. Bradford, "I believe we are tarting at the very root of our problems when we are prepar- ed to tackle a milk .or cream quality improvement program." A resolution, on which no ac- tion has as yet been taken, was made by the meeting request- ing a full inquiry to be made immediately into the effects 'that animal fats have on chol- esterol, . in .the blood of hu- mans. The resolution will be forwarded to the zone meet- ing of district directors on No- vember 1st in Mitchell. Another resolution—also to Egmondville Pupils Compete,. In Sports Meet be sent to the Mitchell meeting —asks that dairy substitutes be clearly marked as to ingredi- ents. The guest speaker said that Huron cream producers have responded well to the program to improve' milk quality for pro- cessing and cheese manufac- turing. Mr. Bradford said that two years ago, 40 per cent of the milk reaching processing plants in this county was in the un- acceptable category. This year, there was a tremendous up- swing in the quality of milk— only four per cent was unaccept- able, he said. Pupils of Egniondville recent- ly competed in their annual sports meet. Winners: Senior champion— Boys, Paul Stephenson and Glen Nicholson (tied), 14 points; girl, Patty Oliver 15 pts:; In- termediate champion : b o y, Rickey Hulley, 17 pts.; girl,. Dianne Nott, 16 pts.; Junior champion: boy, Donnie Nichol- son, 13 pts.; girl, Lynn Nichol- son, 9 pts.; Primary: boy, Colin Dick, 10 pts.; girl, Karen Mac- Lean, 9 pts. Senior Boys — Dash; Paul Stephenson, Glen Nicholson, Jim Brown; high jump, Paul Stephenson 4' 2", Glen Nichol- son, Gordon MacLean; standing broad jump, Paul Stephenson 7' 6", Glen Nicholson, Gordon MacLean; running broad jump, Glen Nicholson 15' 1", Paul Stephenson, Tom Oliver; hop, step, jump, Paul Stephenson 28' 10", Glen Nicholson, J i m Brown; softball throw, Glen Nicholson 145', Jim Brown, Ricky Wood. Intermediate Boys — Dash, Rickey Hulley, Bill Carter, Dale Whitelaw; high jump, Rickey Hulley 3' 9", Dale Whitelaw, Gerry Barry; standing broad jump, Bill Carter 6' 4%", Rick- ey; Hulley, Bob Oliver; running brread julep, R. lip11eY-12', Dale itelaw, Gerry Barry; hop, atejump, Rickey Hulley 24", Ger `, Barry, Dale Whitelaw; softb • 1 throw, Rickey Hulley 111', Dale Whitelaw, Bob Oli- ver. Junior Boys — Dash, Donnie Nicholson, Ralph Smith, David Estrabrook; high jump, Ralph Smith 3' 3", Donnie Nicholson, Randy Alexander; standing broad jump, Donnie Nicholson 5' 9" David Estrabrook, Ken Wood; running broad jump, Ralph Smith 11' 2", Donnie Nicholson, Ken Wood; softball throw, Donnie Nicholson 87', Ralph Smith, Ken Wood. Primary Boys r— Dash, Colin Dick,• Brian h`innigan, Wayne Butt; sack race, Brian Finni- gan, Wayne Butt, Colin Dick; softball throw, Colin Dick 31', Robert Vardy, Bill Brown; standing broad jump, Cello DieTr, 5, Wayne B ttttt , Brian Ditz:t (COlitintied oti Pe 6' Public Helps As Scouts, Cubs Sell Apples eaa° Counts =More. Electors PAGES $0140 a Ten in dingle CopleB When Seaforth electors 9m.' inate a municipal council next' month there will be an addle tional position to 811, For tllit first time in nearly . 70 ' years`,. the town is entitled to- a deputy reeve. The office of deputy reeve last existed froh 1880 t9s 1896. The Municipal Act provides!, that in an urban municipality; where there are 1,000 or morel municipal electors, the muniei pality is entitled to a depilty reeve. Seaforth this year his;. 1,034 municipal electors, accord; ing to Clerk Lyle Hammond. The Cub and Scout Apple Day, held in "Seaforth last Sat- urday, realized a profit of $212.37, . Scout officials an- nounced Wednesday. The overall results of the ap- ple sales, both on the street and door-to-door, were $2'77.37, and expenses totalled $65.00. Twenty Scouts and 52 Cubs turned out to support the drive. Prizes for the best decorated baskets went to Doug Hoover of the Cubs and to Gary Mont- gomery of the Scouts. The Boy Scout Association of Seaforth expressed .its thanks to the people of Seaforth However, Mr. Bradford said that production of farm -separ- ated cream has been almost neglected. "For years, we have gone along pretty smoothly in the dairy industry. The creameries. have sold what they produced. Today, our markets are facing stiff competition from the mar- garine manufacturers, a n d there is a surplus of over 200 million pounds of butter." The competition lies in the area between farm -separated cream and butter manufactur- ed from sweet fresh milk de- livered to powder plants, the guest speaker explained. He added that about 40 per cent of the. -butter manufactured in Ontario comes from fresh cream separated from the milk deliv- ered to these plants. The introduction of colored margarine has produced no in- dication that butter sales have decreased, Zone Chairman Wil- liam Hotson, of St. Marys, said. "But," he added, "we can say it has effectively disposed of a lot of propaganda which was having an adverse reaction on the whole dairy industry. During the meeting, Horace Delbridge, RR 1, Woodham, was re-elected chairman of the group, with Rae Houston of Brussels named as vice-chair- man and Mrs. J. W. Elliott of Clinton as secretary -treasurer. Cbmmittee members will in- clude the chairman and vice- chairman, with Roy Williamson, RR 1, Walton; J. J. Elliott, Bluevale; Douglas Fraser, RR 2, Brussels; Wilfred Penfound, Londesboro, and James Wil- liamson, RR 3, Walton. Camp- bell Wey, RR 2, Walton; Eldon Kirkon, RR 1, Bluevale, and W. G. Leeming, RR 2, Walton, were chosen as alternates. A higher than usual percent- age of the county membership was present at the meeting. allied 16 people, and No ' 1 gained five.' �70verall 'assessment it;, up out $20,000.00 over 1962, aea eordi,ng to Mr. Haines, In addi- tton, other properties now un- der construction will be added before the year-end, he said. .,.;:The total taxable assessment 4 -the assessment which 1964 taxes will be based—is $1,826,- ;,844.00. This ineln les public chool, residential 1,038,115"00, commercial $540,069;00, and Separate school, residential $190,910.00, commercial $57,- 750.00. Business assessment to - 41s $163,330.00. Entitlement to a deputy reeve doubles -the town's represental?' tion at county council. For; some years Seaforth has been the only town in the county, without a deputy. It will mean; also that the local council will total nine members instead of eight—a mayor, reeve, deputy„ reeve and six councillors. While municipal electors in- creased this year, actual pope.' lation decreased by 20 persons, according to assessor Donald Haines. The assessor's roll shows population at 2,332. Larg- est decrease occurred in No. 2 poll, where the assessor could find only 524 people, compar- ed to 548 last year. No. 3 poll Hensall Sales Sell Record Pig One of the largest pigs ever to be sold in recent years was brought to Hensall Sales last week. This was an animal own- ed by James Souter of Bruce - field, and it weighed in at 960 pounds. The hog at time of sale was 25 months old. Mr. Souter says he received many guesses as to the weight ,of the animal, rang- ing between 650 and 800 pounds. Easter Lily Blooms In Fall Apparently the sunny skies this area is experiencing are having an effect beyond that of drying up the ground and cre- ating water and fire problems. An Easter lily owned by Art Wright of John Street has, dur- ing the last two days, put out two ver° fine blooms. It is thought to be a rarity for such plants at this time of year. See New Models At General Coach Several hundred area resi- dents were in Hensall Saturday to attend a showing of new models by General Coach Works of Canada Ltd. The 1964 models on display —featuring the entire range of mobile homes—presented a new look with complete new styl- ing. On Monday, dealers from across Canada were in Hensall for the dealers' showing of the new models. Officials said the new line was given an enthusi- astic reception. • Jackson Cattle Go To Georgia lime Changes 'o Standard On .Saturday Night The seventh productionsale of registered cattle at the Jay - bee Farms, near Kippen, saw the top bull and -the second highest priced heifer sold to residents of Georgia. Bidding during the sale was brisk, and prices rose as high as $720, the amount" paid for the top heifer, which went to Manitoulin, Ont. The top bull fetched $700. The sale's ten bulls averaged $500 each, while the 21 'bred heifers averaged $475. Theee - ond highest -priced bull vitas bought by Melton Webb�',r of Dashwood for $610. The top five head averaged $666, while the top ten head averaged out at $610 each. Seaforth Native To Command Regiment Major S. P. Geddes, of Lon- don, second -in -command of the 7th Field Regiment, RCA(M), for the past three years, will tave over command of the regi- ment at a formal Ceremony, Fri- day with the rank of lieutehant colonel. Col. Geddes is a, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Geddes, Sea - forth, and is a graduate of SDHS. He will succeed Lt. Col. Gri$nt W. Taylor, of Sarnia, who Has commanded the artillery regi- ment for three years. Inspecting officer will be Brig. K. H. McKibbin, Western On- tario area commander: Col. Geddesenlisted in the', Royal Canadian Artillery dur- ing the' Second World War, trained in Canada and the Unit- ed Kingdom, was commissioned in England and served in North- west Europe. - After returning to civilian life at the war's end, Col. Geddes joined the 7th Medium Regi- ment, RCA(M), in London in 1949. This regiment later am- algamated with the 31st Field Regiment which subsequently became the 7th Field Regiment. Col. Geddes served as officer commanding the 12th Battery, London, from 1954 to 1958, then transferred to the headquarters staff of No. 18 Militia Group. In 1960 he rejoined the 7th Field Regiment as second -in - command. • Col. Taylor, now relinquish.' command et the regiment, 1s a native Of Rxeter, At midnight on Saturday it 'will be 11 p.m., actually. And the following morning, chances are that at least some members of most congregations will ar- rive an hour early for services. Because this is the time of year when this part of Western Ontario falls into line with oth- er communities across the pro- vince and with the railways, which have been on Eastern Standard Time for quite a while now. The time changeover, origin- ally instituted during the First World War as a measure to aid those industries engaged in war- time production, had many en- emies fighting it as soon as the emergency period passed. In general, however, these protests have all but ceased against the institution of day- light saving as such. They are now concentrated on producing uniform changeover times for all areas. ' As it stands now, dif- ferent towns, areas, municipali- ties and counties have author- ity to change times as they see it Lady Bowlers Name Officers The Seaforth Ladies' Bowling Club held their annual meet- ing recently in the clubhouse. The results of the election of officers were as follows: Past president, Miss D. Parke; president, Mrs. M. Habkirk; first vice-president, Mrs. H. Connell; second vice-president, Mrs. E. Larone; secretary - treasurer, Mrs. L. Ford; tournament com- mittee: convener, Mrs. J. Muir, Mrs. E. H. Close, Mrs. H. Con- nell, Mrs. T. Phillips, Mrs. R. Doig, Mrs. A. Finlayson; house committee, Miss T. Elgie, Mrs. A. Phillips, Mrs, F. Sills; social committee, 'Miss A. Reid, Mrs. E. Dinsmore, Mrs. W. Smith; prize and buying committee, Mrs. C. Walden, Mrs. G. Munro, Mrs. W. Nott; auditor, Miss J. Cluff; bridge conveners, Mrs. B. Christie, Miss J. Cluff; euchre conveners, Mrs. N. Schneider, Mrs. T. Phillips; lunch convener, Mrs. H. Whyte. Murder Victim Studied Lessons At Kippen School A former Kippen resident was murdered in Brantford Thursday. He was Preston Gra- ham, 58, owner of a Marlboro Street variety store in Brant- ford, who was shot as he strug- gled with two gunmen while trying to prevent robbery of his shop. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Graham, he lived with his parents on the farm now owned by Lloyd Lovell, on Highway 4, at Kippen. He at- tended school at SS 14, Hay. The Graham family left Kippen about 40 years ago. Start Work On Addition To IGA Work started this week on an addition to Wilkinson's IGA here. The addition, being erected on the south side of the store on land purchased from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Com- merce, will provide approxi- mately 1,000 More feet, accord- ing to J. J. Wilkinson. "The added, floor space will permit us rttl expand our retail faeilitied, 3kr, -Wilkinson said. Set Meeting For Area Fair Groups Arthur Bolton, secretary of District 8 of the Ontario As- sociation of Agricultural Socie- ties, reports that the district is completing plans for the an- nual meeting. It is planned to hold the meeting in Blyth Memorial Hall on Wednesday, October 30. A full day, beginning with regi- stration at Blyth Legion Hall for the men and at Blyth Unit- ed Church for the women, is to open at 10 a.m. Cliff Robb .of Wingham is to be guest speaker at a dinner to be held in Memorial Hall. Tickets for the sessions can be obtained from .Les Pryce, secretary of the Seaforth Agri- cultural Society. RESIGNED to having his rabies' shots, the hound, nevertheless, is just a little sad about - the business as he awaits the needle in the hands of Dr. T. R. Melady, Huron County veterinarian. Left is Robert Dinsmore holding his dog, who has had his shot,,, Bruce, Lobb, Dr" Melady's assistant, and William Millson, RR 2, Seaforth, who brought his hound to the clinic The rabies clinic, held in Seaforth Fire Hall Tuesday evening, was quite suecessfttl, Dr. Melady said. More than 100 animals received rabies shots. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Crop Loss, Grass Fires re Main DroughtThreat The tcurreni dry spell, has re- sulted in at least one area tak- ing action to. conserve precious drinking water. . -At an emergency' - meeting held Tuesday afternoon, the Public Utilities Commission in Hensall made announcement that "due to the dry weather and a slight decline in the well," they have "found it nec- essary to stop sale of water from that source." Until the meeting, Hensall PUC had been selling 'water at the rate of $1.00 for 500 gal- lons- Until the PUC took ac- tion, six local farmers had been buying water from the well. - Huron Agricultural Repres- entative Doug Miles said that although the dry spell was "creating difficulties," the coun- ty is "not yet in dire circum- stances." However, he added that some areas are worse off than others, pinpointing the district west of No. 4 Highway and south of No. 8. Of this district, Stephen Township was the worst hit, farmers coming from there all the way to Staffa • ,I11i1rt, AND IMRS0 ,1't40MAS tiitYC$;,; Creamery to replenish their needs. The well at the cream- ery is 350 feet deep, in con- trast to the 40 -foot depth of the Hensall- well. "Fall wheat and barley which was in the ground before Sep- tember 25 is looking good," stated Mr. Miles, "but the crops which were sown after that date are in trouble. Some of the wheat sown after that date is not even germinating," he said. In general, the wheat in trou- ble is that which has been sown on ground off which a bean crop has already been taken earlier in the fall. As a result of the dry period, well drillers in the district are having a boom time. One farm- er is reported to have been told that- he'd have to wait a month before drillers could get around to his place. Staffa Creamery — which doesn't charge for its water— reports that 35 area farmers, particularly from the Exeter and Thames Road districts, are drawing water there, and as many as ten trucks are forming a waiting line at a time. "We're on the southern edge of the snowbelt here," said Mr. Miles, "and during the winter we tend to swear at the amount of snow, as well as at the 'waste' of taxpayers' money in plowing the roads. But the heavy snow is what, in a great many years, saves this area as farm land. It looks as if this is going to be one of those years." The dry period is having an- other effect as well as the rush for water. This is a heightened interest in the construction of farm ponds and other conserva- tion measures. Conservation of- fices in the county report that a number of applications have been received for the limited technical assistance provided by Hese; offices without charge. 1V eanwhi'1e, weather reports frons RCAI? Station Centralia showy. lhatc. as far as the next .two ,or three --days•' go, no raj isin sight. "Your guess is as good as mine," said Met section there .when questioned as to the probability of rain. Firemen Fight Area Bush, Grass Fires A bush fire which first start- ed on Saturday flared up again late Monday night on the Pat- rick property, lot 5, eighth con- cession, Tuckersmith. Alarm was turned in at 11:35. Firemen said the fire itself was not too serious, but with the continued dry spell at pres- ent, any fire constituted a defin- ite danger to property. Fight Grass Fire Seaforth firemen extinguish- ed a grass fire on the farm of Gordon McKenzie, second con- cession of McKillop, Wednesday afternoon. • The blare had spread along the concession road, through the fence and into a field be- fore being noticed. CarBurns in Grass Fire Volunteer firemen stopped a blaze in a corn field 30 to 40 feet from a barn on Bert Thom - son's farm on No. 4 Highway, Kippen, when a car was damag- ed. Mr. Thomson was burning Cornstalks when the wind sud- denly changed direction and in- creased in strength, blowing flames toward the barn, He said his wife and a man operating a corn dryer at the barn, drove (Continued on Page 6 McKillop Couple Are Wed 50 Years Ago A family dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Papple of Tuckersmith Township marked the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pryce. They were married on Wed- nesday, October 22, 1913,. at the bride's home on the ninth concession of Hullett Township. by the Rev, S. R. Lach,in, of Providence Methodist Church. Mrs. Pryce is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Armstrong of Hullett, and Mr. Pryce is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Pryce of the ninth concession of McKillop. In their reminiscences about the day, the couple said the reception was held in the house where , they now reside, Mr, pryee rnentione4 . that • the bAix eymoon was spent doing the fall plowing. The couple's four children were at the celebration: Mrs. Harold Bolger (Elva) of Morris Township, Mrs. Earl Papple (Olive) of Tudkersrnith Town- ship, Oliver at home, and Har- old of the homestead on the ninth concession. There are 16 grandchildren. Since their marriage 50 years ago, the Pryces have lived both at the homestead and at their present place on concessions 8 and 9 of McKillop. On Tuesday, the actual day of the anniversary, the couple's brothers and sisters joined WWI them for a buffet lunch at their home, The ; table was eentrek with n three -tiered wed i er eei VP 8 �.. i# xG� oast r lll�� g ,. �t