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Eighty -Second Year'
EXETER, .ONTARIO THURSDAY MI)RNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1955
air Off To Colorful Start
TIURON COUNTY QUEEN—Seventeen-year-old, Marion Creery, centre, was chosen Huron
,Agricultural Queen at the Junior Farmer 'Variety Showqin connection with Exeter Fair Wed-
nesday night, The Woodham girl, active in club work, is an .award-winning student at
.SHDHS. Two runners-up in the contest are her cousins, Perla Hern, left, arso of Woodham,
and Rosemary Dobson, of Kirkton. The Queen, received a prize of $5O,,the runners-up $25
and $15, The three girls will lead the fair Parade Thursday in an open car. —T -A Photo
CHAMPION EXHIBITOR AT HENSALL FAIR—Almost covered up by just a few of his 37
entries, Hensell School Fair Champion Exhibitor Leslie Riley, of Cromarty, shows them to
Fair President William Parke, who is also reeve of Hensall. The 12 -year-old boy has been
top exhibitor for,four years and made his)3id at this year's fair Friday for his fifth consecu-
tive title. The two girls beside him, June and Joyce Munn, are schoolmates at S.S. No. '7 Hib-
bert and both of them have won the trophy for the girl winning the most prizes. —T -A Photo
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MOORESVILLE B N BURNS—Damao was estimated around $9,000 when fire rated the
barn of William Atkins, of 1i,,R,1 Clandtboye, near Mooresville, Tuesday afternoon. Picture
shows the barn collapsing after the fire had raged. less than 20 minutes. Lost in the building
were a seed drill, a large quantity of tools, seed grain, fertilizer and about 200 chickens.
Brigades from RCAF Station Centralia, Lucan and Exeter were called! but the barn went up
so quickly they had no:: chance to fight the fire. --T-A Photo
op ri uron
Exeter 4-H club members 'were
anong the top Winners a the
Uuron County 4-H Dairy Calf
Club Championship id Blyth Fair
on '41redi1eeday.
Patsy Marshall, of R,fl, 1
Kirkton, Won the best shearnian
&Ward. 'Phonies 'tern, a Weed-,
heel, placed third.
Lerma Horny Of Woodhaili, eon,
Pod second prize for 'best Celt in
the eoenty. Hi Holstein plated
lett CO tanye Jaekeon'e Jersey
In the fleet coninetithei, Betty
Eittitey �t Seeforth Placed thirJ,.
bi the junior Section of the
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airy rionors
shovir, celVes of Patsy Marshall,
Lorne Item and .Edward Hern
placed in the first grotin. Jane
flatheringeon'S placed in the' third
,grcnip.
Calves tiliewn by Marilyn Mar -
3h1411 and Thomas Herb. Were
among those in the first grolip of
the senior dieision. Rohald Herres
was plated In the Seemed group.
In the inter -aid) ceinnetitioh,
three calves trent the Exeter club
placed seeelid. Seafortli won first
prize.
of ILA. 1 deil.
traiia, ailci BOSS Marehall, ef
1 Kirkton, are leaderdf the
club.
Grain Club Winners
At Egleter Pair on Wednesday,
the grain exhibit of dWard
Skinner, R.R. 1 Ceitra1ia, scored
Meat points in the EXetet 4-1/
Grain Club Achievement Day COM -
petition. His half4mehel was
awarded 190 of a possible 200
total.
Only two points behind Wail the
entry of Norman Hyde, Of R.R. 1
Hemt% who was Huron Celerity
Grate hnii,1oa last year. In
third platcame Golden Strang,
ousms
Areria, Show
Fair .Features
The one hundred and first Exe
ter Fair started off in impressive
fashion Wednesday witb, a color-
ful arena display and a hitmore
packed Junior Farmers Variety
Show.
Although the entries were
down in some sectiens, fair WI”
offals said they were pleased with
the quality of the entries and the
number of, new exhibitors who
were taking part in the competi-
tions.
Secretary -treasurer Clark Fish-
er said the fair has attracted
more local exhibitors this year
than ever before,
'Dry weather has cut the dis-
play of flowers and vegetables
this year but other sections were
well filled. School displays were
more colorful than ever and the
women's competitions attracted
excellent exhibits.
Advance entries indicate that
the outdoor competition Mears -
day wilI he keen but threat of
rain worried officials. Forecaat
is for light showers during the
day. '-
The program will start with a
parade inside.the grounds led by
the 2-pleee Sarnia. Lionettes.
Director Dalton'Finkbeiner, In
charge of the horse division, said
this year's show will be the larg-
est in the history of the fair. The
horse show has increased consist-
entlY in the last few years.
'The variety in the junior
Farmers show 'Wednesday night
ranged from songs and dancing
to stunts and comedy. Local per,
formers were Bob and Harry
Hern singing humorous songs;
Marion Creery, verse speaking
and Rosemary and Robbie Dob-
son dancing.
W. G. Coe'h,rane was master of
ceremonies for the entertainment
A crowd of 1,00d attended.
Poll* PirCow
Contest
-Jan Ti. trivestigafe Cc,s
Of Sewage Disposal Plant
Urged by the Ontario Depart-
ment of Health to get started on
a sewage disposal system, town
council Monday night authorized
investigation into costs of a
treatment plant which wad take
care of the existing storm sewers
and be large enough to provide
for a complete system. In the
future.
In a reply to the department's
request, council said it felt con-
struction of an entire system at
once would be too wetly but ex-
pressed "Interest" in the treat-
ment plant.
Dr. A. te. Berry, director Of
the sanitary engineering
said in his letter "the department
feels that the eoteditione in Exe-
ter justify early action on sani-
tary sewers and a sewage treat-
ment plantand it is, noped that
the municipality t an see fit to
make a start without undue de-
lay," The department offered its
assietance.
Asks Nor Plans
Mr. Berry asked what proem-
sals the municipality has for in-
stalling sewage facilities.
Council instructed Clerk 0. V.
Pickard to advise the official that
"the town has a definate plafl
working toward the complete sew-
age system and that under this
plan considerable pipe has been
laid and a pumping station esta-
blished."
Reeve William McKenzie, who
earlier urged council to investi-
gate possibility of erecting a
treatment plant, pressed the issue
again at Monday's meeting.
"It's time this council began
to think about constructing a
disposal plant big enough to
handle the town," th'e reeve said.
"For two years in a row we've
Hay Tax Rate had complaints over river pollu-
tion. This pr9blem is bigger than
per" he continued "we need to
we think."
"If this town is going to pros -
Up Two Mills
• plan /or adequate sewage difipo-
Tax rate in Hay township was sal. It would be a great entice -
raised two mills at a recent meet- ment 'for industry."
ing. of the council.
The increase 'was made neces- Costs Have Been Reduced
sary by an extra mill on the Mayor R. E. Pooley said costs
county levP and higher expenses of a treatment plant are not as
for roads. Construction of a new great as is generally believe,d.
township machinery shed and a New methods have made treat -
new bridge has upped road costs. ment more economieal, he said.
'General farm rate in the town- 'Reeve McKenzie said an official
ship will 'be 35 mills with an ad- of the department maintained a
ditional 'two-fifths of a mill levy sewage system Would not cost
on buildings for fire protection residents of a town much more
and two-fifths of a mill for the than septic tanks do.
federation. Other councillors pointed out
The Zurich police rate will be the town had made progress on
43. Dashwood has not set its rate a disposal system by building a
yet. number of storm sewers ateord-
Breakdown a the rate is: ing to the plan laid out by an
countY 11, South Huron District engineer a number of years ago.
High School 5, general school 3, "We have gone as fax as we can
—Please Turn to Page 7 go with the finances at our dis-
Champion Fair Cook
Wins Fifteen Prizes
Mrs. Bob Jeffrey, R. R. 1, Hen- with geoups of five articles each
sall, became the 1955 Champion in an I mpressive display. • The
Cook of Exeter Fair Wednesday Oillimville branch won first prize.
when she won more prizes in the Crediton was second and Grand
domestic section than any other Bend third.
homemaker in the district.
aVIrs. Jeffrey won 10 firsts and
five seconds in the baking and
canning competitions. Her nearest
rivals wore Mrs. H. A. Fuss, Zur-
ich, with seven firsts and two
seconds, and' Mrs. Bert Thomson,
of '<Innen, who captured six firsts
and six seconds.
Other top winners in the cook-
ing department were Mrs. Hugh
Love, Exeter, with six firsts and
one second; Mrs. Fred MeClymont,
Varna, six firsts; Mrs. Almer
Passmore, Woodham, five firsts,
three seconds, and Mrs. Roy Mor-
enz, Dashwood, five firsts and
two seconds.
High School Girls 'Win
Two high school girls won the
largest elasi-4best collectiofl of
three jars of fruit. Competing
against17 others, most of them
high satinet students,Heather
lelaeleaughton and Saly Achtson
won first and second prizes,
Mrs. Retie Kestie, in Charge
of the temente division, said
total entries were down from last
year but there were many new
exhibitors and the quality of the
Oohing was the highest it has
ever been.
An attractive display of hob -
Wee featured the home depart-
ment show. Included In the ex-
hibits were articles Made from
upholstery ends by Mrs. William
Routley, of Ellitnville; hand carv-
ig by Phillip Meech, of Elhieville;
crocheting by 3itre. Delmar Skin-
ner; smocking by Mrs. N. D.
Knox and paintings and artificial
flowers by Mrs. Refute ICestle.
Won:mete Inittitetes of the dis-
trict competed ageing each other
of R.R. 1, Vertsall, with 185.
11, H G. Strang, of R.K. 1 Itell~
end Douglas May, ot R.R. 1
Centralia, are leaders of the club,
Hurondale W. I. won top prize
for the best display of home -can-
ned products.
Three 4-H Homemaking Clubs
—Blimville Milk -Co Club, Huroe-
dale jolly Jilts and Thrifty Kip-
enettee—displayed exhtbits re-
lating' to their current project,
"The Milky Way."
Building Fund
Brow Mark
Donations are still being re-
ceived for„ the Cornish Building
Fund. but Mere are required to
provide a new home for the
family which lost everything in a
fire.
Kenneth Rent, treasurer of the
Zion United Church committee
sponsoring the fund, said the
total received to date is still, far
from its objective of $3,000.
The fund will be used to buy
materials for the house: neigh -
home are donating their labor in
the construiction.
Preparations have been made
for the pouring of the foundation
for the house but the work has
been delayed by a shortage of
eenient.
Mr, and MI's. Garfield Comb&
and their tout children, and Mr.
Cornish's Maher, Mrs, Francis
Cornish, lost their 125 -year-old
home in a Septeinber 1 blaze
Which also destroyed all their
possessions.
Canvassers fee the building
fend are lathes Earl, Cliftcni
Jaques, Ephriam Here and Ever-
ard ldiller. Donations are :being
accepted at stores in
Winchelsea and Pelletier, at Ex -
tar DiStritt Ceem and. Exeter
Tim.es-Advocat4.
pose'," said Councillor C. Bla-
ney.
A loan of $6,000 to the P.V.O.
to meet operating expenses was
granted by council.
Application for debentures to
toyer the P.U.O. costs has been
made but not yet approved. When
it is, the town will be able to
borrow against the approval to
tide the P.U,0. over uetil it can
pay off the debt which, it ex-
pects to do within .a year.
Installation of new mains and
other expenditures has depleted
the Commission's finances.
Acting on the request from
South Huron District High School
Board to raise $85,000 for an ad-
ditiozi,• council instructed the
clerk to take the necessary pro-
ceedings to launch a debenture
issue.
The town is the initiating
Friends Shower
Victims Of Fire
Mr. and. Mrs, Gerald Cooper
were much encouraged by the
shower of gifts from friends and
neighbors who called at the home
of Mrs. L. V, Hogarth Tuesday
afternoon and eyeing.
aVtiscellaneous items of kitchen-
ware, some blankets, mats and
towels were among the articles
given to the unfortunate couple
who lost all their belongings in a
fire last week.
Mrs. Hogarth and Mrs, Cooper
received the callers and a cup of
tea was served to each one.
municipality for the high school
district for debenture purposes
but Is supported by neighboring
townships and the -village off gen.
sail.
Council granted the South
Huron Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary
permission to stage a tag (lay on
Ottober 1.
Continue With Coal
Tenders for an Installation of
an automatic oil burner in, the
town hall furnace were discussed
by council but it was decided to
continue using the coal stoker
for at least one more winter.
It was • suggested earlier this
year that council would save
money on maintenance expenses
if an oil system was installed but
it was agreed Monday the overall
cost would probably be increased.
Deputy -Reeve Cheater Mawhin-
ney moved that the eoal furnace
be used another season.
Tenders were called for supply
of 15 tons of coal for this *inter.
A request that street cleaner
Edgar Mawhinney sweep in front
of MoFalls. Groeery at the corner
of Main and Wellington Streets
was granted but it raised the
question of how far the service
could be carried.
/Deputy -Reeve aVlawhinney
.sug-
gested stores at the. north end of
town were entitled to the same
service If it was given to the
MeFalls store,
Support Fire Prevention
Fire Prevention Week cam-
paign was endorsed by council
and residents of the town will b.e
• —Please Turn to Page 12
Sports Editorial
Let's Learn A Lesson
Exeter Bantams and. their many enthusiastic sup-
porters received a heart-rending blow this week when the
team was kicked out Of competition because of a
simple technicality.
The eager. young club, which was headed 4or a pro-
vincial title after winning the Western Ontario champion-
ship without a defeat, was prevented from continuing be-
cause a routine form was not submitted to the proper
authorities—the proof of age of one player, who was well
within the regulation age limit, was not established because
his birth certificate had been lost.
It seems a trivial matter on which to eliminate a team
but the rules do proyide for such action and the O.B.A. sub-
committee was well within its rights by doing so. Even
though the penalty appears excessively harsh in View of
the infraction, we must accept the consequences because we
were at fault.
Local sport officials were lax in not seeing that
the proper administrative action was taken so that all
players of the team were eligible. In view of the drastic
consequences, responsibility for the error must be fixed. so
that such an unfortunate incident does not occur again.
Recreation. Director Doug Smith must accept criti-
cism for the oversight since he is in charge of the minor
athletic program. It is one of his more important respons-
ibilities to see that this vital program is carried out properly.
This he obviously has not done.
If this were the first such error it might be dis-
missed 'as an accident. Unfortunately similar instances have
occurred on a number of occasions in the past.
But the entire blame for this situation should not
rest with the recreational director, and for several reasons.
Firstly, sport in this area has been run in haphazard
fashion for several years. Both hockey and. ball teams, not
only in Exeter but in other towns, have circumvented the
rules and regulations to fit their whims and W.O.A,A. of-
ficials have winked on many occasions at infractions much
more serious than the one which eliminated Exeter Bantams.
The intermediate faction has taken the lead in this rule -
dodging process and it has naturally followed to the ranks
of minor sports.
In our opinion, in view of the many transgressions
which have been winked at in the past, it would have been
quite logical to expect that the Exeter team's oversight
would have beencorrected without 'fuss. Apparently the
O.B,A. decided to make an example of this particular case.
In tile second instance for taking some of the blame
off Director Smith's shoulders, it will have to be admitted
by sportsmen in this town that he has not received, much
assistance in the minor sports program. While finances have
always been available, managers, coaches and other helpers
have been hard to find, The scarcity has been such that
the director has bad to appeal to men at RCAF Station
Centralia for assistance. Attempts have been made to organ-
ize a minor athletic association but they failed. Such lack
of interest is discouraging.
Thirdly, there has been a definite lack of supervision
of the recreational director's work because of the Inexper-
ience in this new field. This has tended toward laxity ort
the part of the director.
If there are lessons to be learned from this ineklent,
they are these:
1. Let's adhere strictly and in spirit to the estab-
lished rules and regulations. W.O.A.A. officialsy town of
ficials and the boys themselves shoula realize now this
is 'the only way sport catt he, operated.
2. Let's form an active organization to direct and
Oversee the minor sports program and provide support not
only with dollars but with manpower for whoever is in
charge of it.
8, Let us Mere carefully supervise the activities of
those who ate in public employ.
All Winners
From District
Preying that beauty runs In
the faraily, three cousins from"
the KirktoneWoiedham area won
the Huron Comity Agricelturat
Queen contest at Exeter 1'eJr
Wednesclan
Marion Creery, 17-yettrealet
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Term
'Creery, Woodham, won the coun-
ty title and the $50 that went
with it. Her two cousins who
came second and third were Perla
Hern, 17, daughter of Mr. aped
Mrs, Ward Hern, Woodham, and
Rosemary Dobson; 10, daughter
of Mile Alma Dobson, KirktOn.
.As queen, Miss lreery will
reign qver the activities of the
fair on Tbursday. She and her
two ladies-in-waiting will lead ,
the opening parade in a conver-
tible,
The title "Agricultural Queen"
aptly tits the winner because she"
is an agave participant in 4-H
activities. She :recently received
provincial honors certificate for
eonlIdeting her twelfth homemak-
ing project.
Popular Student
Miss Creery is a popular stu-
dent at South Huron Eistrtet
School as is Miss Dobson. Both
won academie .awards last year,
Miss Hern "gra.duated from the
bigh school last year and is now
working in. a London bank.
iSeven girls competed for the
Huron honor. Five were from this
area, two from Brussels. They in-
cluded Connie ()attend and Mar-
nie Sanders. of Exeter; Beryl Mc-
Farlane and Marion Hemingway,
of Brussels.
Exeter'. Mayor R. E. Pooley,
who Is also vice-president of the
fair, presented the winners with
roses and check. The bouquets
were donated by Reder's Flow-
ers.
W. G. Cochrane was master of
ceremonies. Judges for the con-
test were Mrs. C. H. George and
Mrs, Clarence Haskett, of LuCan,
and Fred Dobbs, Exeter.
Basis of the Juding was 50
percent for beauty, 25 percent
for greenling and ,attire, 25 per-
cent ter poise.
The queen was a popular win-
ner. When Chairman Cochrane
announced the choice, the crowd
of 1,0.00 geve her a cheering ova-
tion. Spectators also roared their
approval of the runners-up,
.All three winners were candi-
dates of 'South Huron Junior
Farmers and they belong to the
Junior Institute, Miss Creery and
Miss Dobson took part in the
variety program earlier in the
evening.
Kids Trapped
False Alarm
Firemen rushed to Mooresville
Tuesday afternoon to save three
children trapped in the upstairs
of a burning house but found, in-
stead, a barn ablaze.
The false report was turned in
to RCAF Station, Centralia who
relayed it to Exeter. Brigades
from both centres raced to the
scene but human lives were not
in danger.
The barn, a recently -rebuilt
36x56 structure owned by Bill At-
kins of R.R. 1, Clandeboye, ol-
lapsed minutes after firemen
arrived. Blaze enveloped the
wooden building in seconds and it
was destroyed inside of '20
minutes.
Damage was est im a ted at
$9,000 and is partly covered by
insurance. Lost in the building
were 200 chickens, seed drill,
tools, fertilizer and seed grain.
Combining Beans
The owner, a bachelor, was
combining beans in a field nearby
with a neighbour, Jack Atkin-
son, when he spotted the blaze.
"I went inside to get some tools
'but 1 couldn't take the heat and
had to get out," Atkins said. He
was able to release some poultry.
Remelt Schroeder„an employee
at RCAF Station Centralia, who
lives in the Atkin house' said he
went to the barn severalminutes
before the fire .to Catch some
loose hens and put them inside.
He did not see any sighs of tire
then, he said.
Also living in the house are
Mrs. Russ Bourne, wife Of an. air.
man who has been stationed at
Camp Borden, and her three
children. The home is divided
into apartraente.
The Centralia brigade emptied
its tanks on the barit in an at-
tempt to halt the blaze. Exeter
and Litman 'firemen guarded seve-
ral small buildings nearby.
Marks 91st Birthday
William flaiser recently cel-
ebrated his 91st birthday quiet-
ly at his home. Re lives with hie
daughter, tit. Wu Gaiter, With
whom he spent last winter in
Florida—A° eitloyed the Southern
climate and returned home
imnroved in health.
Mr. Gainer has lived in the v11 -
lags since retiring front his farm,
Watt of Crediton,