The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-09-22, Page 15i
Eighty -Second Year
EXETER, ONTARIO THURSQAY MVIQKNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 190
Fair .011 To Colorful Start
HURON COUNTY QUEEN—Seventeen-year-old Marion Creery, centre, was .chosen Huron
Agricultural Queen at the junior ,Farmer Variety Show•in connection with Exeter Fair Wed-
nesday night, The Woodham girl, active in 4.H .club. work, is an award-winning student at
SHDHS. Two runners-up in the contest are her -cousins, Perla Hern, left, also of Woodham,
and Rosemary Dobson, of Kirkton. The Queen received ea prize of .$50, the runners-up $20.
`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, Hensall 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 bid ,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 tropliy for the girl winning the most prizes,` —T -A Photo
uat-z_.o_ .n. .-;•:� $� .. a ;.`,%.. 1¢.. .c x\:.- „X,,:
MNOORESVILLE.BARN BURNS—Damage was estimated around $9,00Q when, fire razed the
barn of William Atkins, of R.R. 1 Clandeboye, near Mooresville, Tuesday • afternoon. Picture
shows the barn collapsing after the fire had. raged Iess than 20 minutes. Lost inthe 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 titre. —T -A Photo
Cop Huron 41+Dairy H6nors
Exeter 4-11 club members were
among the top winners of the
Huron County 4-H Dairy Cali
Club Championship at Blyth Fair
on Wednesday.
Patsy 'Marshall, 'Of R,R, 1
1 irkton, won the best shownian
award. Thomas Hern, of Wood-
ham, ,plated third,
:Lorne hern, of Wbodhant, cop-
ped second prize for hest calf in
the county. aid Holstein placed
nett to Wanye Jackson's Jersey
In the final competition, Betty
Storey of Seaforth placed third.
Iii the .junior section of the
show, calves of Patsy Marshall,
Lorne Hern and Edward Bern
placed in the first group. Jin!
,I therington s placed in the third
,group.
Calves shown by Marilyn Mar-
shall and Thomas•1.1ern were
among those in the first group, of
the senior division, ltonald Hern's
Was placed in the second group.
the inter-c1u� com
In b p etitien
,
three calVee 'from the Exeter club
placed second. 'Seafbrth won first
prise... •
O:Tbward l'yM, bf R.R. 1 Cep-
trana, and Ross Marehali, of R.R.
1 Kirkton, are leaders of the
club.
Grain Club Winners
At Exeter Fair on "Wednesday,
the grain exhibit of 'inward
Skinner, A.R. 1 Centralia, scored
most points in the Exeter 4-H
Grain Club Achievement Dee' dein-
petition. His half -bushel was
awarded 190 .of a possible 200
total.
Only two pointe behind was the
entry of Norman Hyde, Of R.R. 1
Hensall,, who was Huron County
Grain Champion last year. In
third place dame Gordon Strang,
Arena, Show
'
..:=air Features
The one hundred and first Exe-
ter Fair started off in impressive
fashion Wednesday with a color-
ful arena display and a humor -
packed Junior Farmers Variety
Show.
Althoagb tie entries were
down In some sections, fair OWfi-
eials 'said they were pleased with
the quality .of the entries "aed the
number of new exhibitors "Who
were taking ,part in the competf�
tions.
Secretary -treasurer Clark Fish-
er said the fair has attracted
more local exhibitors this year
than ever before.
Dry weather has cut the dip
-
,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 Thurs-
day will he keen but threat of
rain worried .offieials. Forecast'
is for light showers during the
day.
The program will start with a
parade inside the grounds led by
the 2-eiece 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 Der -
formers were Bob and Harry
Hern singing humorous songs;
Marion .Creery, 'verse speaking
and Rosemary and Robbie Dob-
son .dancing.
W. G. Cochrane was master of
ceremonies for the entertainment.
A crowd of 1,000 attended.
Hay Tax Rate
Up Two Mills
Tax rate In Hay township was
raised two mills at a recent meet-
ing of the council.
The increase was made neces-
sary by an extra mill on the
county levy and higher expenses
for roads. Construction of a new
township machinery shed and a
new +bridge has upped road costs.
General farm rate in the town-
ship will be 35 mills with an ad-
ditional .two-fifths of a mill levy
on buildings , for fire 'protection
and two-fifths of a mill for the
federation.
The Zurich police rate will be
43, Dashwood has not set its rate.
yet.
Breakdown of the rate is:
county 11,. South Huron District
High School 5, general school 3,
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Price Poor
ueen Contest
Ian To Investigate Cost
f Sewage lPant
'Urged by the Ontario Depart-
ment of Health to get started on
sa sewage disposal system, town,
.council Monday night authorized
investigation into costs of a
treatment plant which would take'
care of the existing storm sewers
and be large enough to provide
for a complete system a 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 costly but ex-
pressed "interest" in the treat,
went plant.
In*. A. E. Berry, director_ of
the sanitary engineering division,
said in his letter "the department
feels that the conditions in ,Exe-
ter justify early action on sani-
tary sewers and a sewage treat-
ment plant and it is. Hoped that,
the municipality can see fit to.
Make a start without undue de-
lay." The department offered its
assistance,
Asks For Plans
Mr. Berry asked what propo
sacs the municipality has for in-
stalling sewage facilities,
Council instructed Clerk C. V.
Pickard to advise the official that
"the town has a definate plan
working toward the complete sew-
age system and that under this
plan considerable pipe has been.
laid and a pumping stdtion 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," the reeve said.
"For two years in a row we've
had complaints over river pollu-
tion, This problem is bigger than
we think."
"'If this town is going to pros-
per" he continued "we need to
plan for adequate sewage dispo-
sal. It would be a great entice -
meat for industry."
Costs Have Been Reduced
Mayor R. E. Pooley said costs
of a treatment .plant are not as
great as is generally believed.
New methods have made treat-
ment more economical, le Bald.
Reeve McKenzie said an official
of the department maintained a
sewage system would not cost
residents of a town much more
than septic tanks do.
Other councillors pointed out
the town had made progress on
a disposal system by building a
number of storm sewers a'cc'ord-
ing to the plan laid out by an
engineer a number. of years ago.
"We have gone as far as we can
go with the finances at our dis-
Champion Fair Cook
Wins Fifteen Prizes
Mes. Bob Jeffrey, R. R. 1, Hen-
sall, became the 1955 Champion
Cook of Exeter Fair Wednesday
when she won more prizes In the
domestic section than any other
homemaker in the district.
IMrs. Jetfrey won 10 firsts and
five seconds in the baking and
canning 'competitions. Her nearest
rivals, were Mrs. H. A. Fuss, Zur-
ich, with seven firsts and two
seconds, and Mrs. Bent Thomson,
of Kippen, 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 Moolymont,
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 014;4s—best collection of
three jars of fruit. Competing
against 17 others, most of them
high 'school students, Heather
Maellatighton and Sally Acbitson
won first and second prizes.
Mrs. Rufus Kesne, in charge
of the women's division, said
total entries were down from last
year but there were many new
exhibitors and the quality of the
o inwasthe highest it
has
0
C g
cookingh
ever been.
An attractive display of hob-
bies featured the home depart-
tient show. Included in the ex-
hibits Were ,articles made from
upholstery ends by Mrs. William
Routley, of Elimville; hand care-
ig by Phillip Murch, et Elimville;
crocheting by Mrs. Delmar Skin-
ner; Onlooking by MM. N. D.
Knox and paintings and artificial
flowers by Mrs. Rufus fCestle.
Women's Institutes of the dis-
trict competed against each other
of R.R. 1, Hensall, with 185.,
IL IL G. Strang, of BA, 1. Hen.
Sall, and Douglas May, of A.R. 1
Centralia, are leaders of the club,
with groups of five articles each
in an 1 mpressive display. The
Blineville branch won first prize.
.Crediton was second and Grand
Bend third.
Hurondale W. I. won top prize
for the best display of home -can-
ned products.
Time 4-11 Homemaking Clubs
—{Dlimville Milk -Co Club, Huron -
dale Jolly Jills and Thrifty Kip-
enetted—displayed exhibits re-
lating to their current .project,
"The Milky Way."
Building Fund
Below 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 Hern, treasurer of the
Zion allnited 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-
bours are donating their labor in
the construction.
Preparations have been made
for the pouring of the foundation
for the house but the work has
been delayed by a shortage of
Cement.
Mr. and Mrs, Garfield Cornish
and their four Children, and Mr.
Cornish's mother, Mrs, Francis
Cornish, lost their 125.year-old
home in a September 1 blaze
Which also destroyed all their
possessions.
Canvassers for the buitding'.
fund are James Earl, Clifton.?
Jaques, Ephriam Hem and Were
ard, Miller, bonatiMis are being.
accepted at stores in Bliinville,
Winchelsea and T'arquhar, at Ex-
eter District Co-op and Exeter
Times -Advocate.
posal, said Councillor R. C. Din -
nee,
'A loan of :$6,000 to the PJU.D.
to meet operating expenses was
;granted by council.
Application for debentures to
cover the PALO. costs has been
made but not yet approved. Witten
it is, the town will be able to
borrow against the approval to
tide the P.I1.10. over until 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-
dition, council instruct 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 Cogger
were much encouraged by the
shower of gifts froiu friends and
neighbors whq called at the home
of Mrs. L, V Hogarth Tuesday
afternoon and evening.
Miscellaneous 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 .tee village off Hen-
son.
Council granted the South
Huron Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary
permission to stage a tag day on
9btober 1. '
Continue With Coal
Tenders for an , installation of
an antoiiati'e oil burner in the.
town hall furnace were discussed
by council but it was decided to
continue ueing the coal stoker
for at least one.more winter.
It was suggested earlier this
year that council would save
money ns maintenance expenses.
if an oil system was installed but
it was agreed Monday the overait'.
cost .would probably be increased,'
Deputy -a eeve Chester Mawhin-
ney moved that the coal firnace
be used another season,
Tenders were called for supply
of 15 tons of coal for this winter.
A request that street cleaner
Edgar Mawhinney sweep in front
of McFalls Grocery, at the corner
of Main and Wellington Streets
was granted but it raised the
question of how far the service
could be carried.
1Deputy-Reeve Mawhinney sug-
ested stores at the north end of
town were entitled to the same
service if it was , given to the
Wrens store.
Support Fire Prevention
•Fire Prevention Week 'cam-
paign was endorsed by council
and residents of the town will be
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Sports Editorial
Let's Learn A Lesson
' F,Xeter Bantams ,:and their many enth,nsiastic • sup-
porters 'received a-. heart' -rending blow this week" when the
team was :kicked out of O.B.A. competition because of a
Simple technicality.
The eager young club, which was headed for a pro-
vincial title after winning the Western Ontario champion-
ship without a defeat, was prevented from continuing be-
cause a routine f.erm 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' provide 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. - r
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 been corrected without fuss. Apparently the
O.B.A. decided to make an example of this particular case.
In the 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 had 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 latit of
supervision
on
of the recreational director's work because of the inexper-
ience in this new field. This has tended toward laxity on
the part of the director.
If there are lessons to be learned from this incident,
they are these:
1. Let's adhere strictly 'and in spirit to the estab-
lished rules and regulations. W.0.A.A, officials, town of-
fieials and the boys themselves should realize now this
is the only way short can be apernted.
2. Let's form an active orgaflization 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 more carefully supervise the activities o,t'
those who are in public employ,
AII Winners
From District
Proving that beauty runs in
the family, three cousins trona
the Kirkton,Wgodham area, won;
the Huron 4Couety Agriculture?
Queen contest at Exeter Fair
Wednesdan night.
Marion ,Creery, 17 -year-old
daughter of ifr. and Mrs, Theron
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, 11, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ward Hern, Woodham, and
Rosemary Dobson, 15, daughter
of Mrs. Alma Dobson, Kiritten,
As queen, Miss Creery will
reign aver the :activities of the
fair on Thursday, She and her
two ladies-in-waiting will lead
the ,opening parade in aeonver�
tible.
The title "Agricultural Queen"
aptly fits the winner because she
is an active participant in 4-11
activities, She recently received.
provincial honors certificate for
completing liar twelfth boremake
ing project.
Popular Student
Miss Creery is a popular stu-
dent at South Huron District High
School as is Miss Dobson. Both
won academic awards last year.
Miss Hern graduated from the
high school last year and is now
working in a London bank.
Seven girls competed for the
Huron honor. Five were from this
area, two from Brussels. They in-
cluded Connie Ostland and Mar=•
nee 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 checks. The bouquets
were donated by Reder's Flow-'
ers.
W. G. Cochrane was master of
ceremonies, Judges for the con-
test were Mrs, C. 11. George and
Mrs. Clarence Hackett, of Lucan,
and Fred Dobbs, Exeter.
Basis of the juding was 50
percent for„ beauty, 25 percent
for ,grooming and attire, 25 per-
cent for poise.
The queen was a popular win:-'
tier. When. Chairman Cpehrane
announced the choice, the erowd
of 1,0,00 gave her a cheering ova-
tion. Spectators also roared their
approval of the runners-up.
All three winners were midi-.
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. Brigaded
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, col-
lapsed minutes after firemen
arrived. Blaze enveloped the
wooden building in seconds and it
was destroyed inside of '20
minutes.
Damage was estimated at
.$9,000 and is partly covered by
insurance. Lost in the building
were 200 'chickens, seed drill,
fools, fertilizer and seed grain.
Combining Berens
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.
Russell Schroeder, an employeke-ea
at RCAF Station Centralia„ iuho
lives in the Atkin house, saic1 he
went to the barn several;fninutes
before the fire to ca,tcli some
loose hens and put thein inside,
He did not see any signs of fire
then, he said.
Also living in the house are
Mrs. Russ 'Bourne, wife of an. air-
inan who, has been stationed at
Caine Borden, and her three
children. The home is divided
into me
ap ar t
t n S,
The Centralia brigade emptied
its tanks en the barn in an at-
tempt to halt the blaze. Exeter
and Luean firemen guarded save-
ral smolt buildings nearby.
Marks Mat Birthday
Wiliiatn. R. ,Gaiser recently cel-
ebrated his 91st birthday quiet•
ly at hie henia He lives with hie
daughter, Dr. leil t Gainer, with
whom he spent last winter in
.Florida. Re enjoyed the Southern
climate 'and _returned home feel-
ing improired tri hearth.
1tr. Wier has Mettle. the vll.
lege Attlee retiring from his farm
went of Crediton,