The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-01-29, Page 11
Here's The Forst Winner in TA Snapshot Contest
"PERFECT COMPANIONSHIP" BY JOAN GUILFORD, EXETER
Dog's Kitten Missing
Jan Loses Her Friend
First picture to win a prize in
The '1' -A's snapshot contest re-
veals two heart-warming stories.
about "Jan", a German Shep-
herd owned by F/O E. M, Lance.
and Mrs, Lance, Exeter.
One of the talcs has a sad end-
ing at the moment; the other is
• happy one.
'rhe cat in the above picture
is now missing—that's the sad
part. Perhaps the publication of
Bell Listing
Unchanged
Telephone directory listing for
persons in Exeter and several
other exchanges in this area will
continue to appear in the Lon-
don book, W. W. Haysom, Bell
Telephone manager for this ter-
ritory, announced this week.
He said that the plan to re-
move the listings from the Lon-
don book, placing them only in
the Stratford-Goderich book —
whicli was announced a few
„months. ago —. would not ,now be
carried out,
The decision not to go through
with the plan was made after
considering objection from a few
users in this area who felt they
would be somewhat inconve-
nienced.
"The proposal was a good one
from an economic point of view,"
Mr. 1•Iaysom said. "However, it
was agreed that we would study
the problem further. While the
outcome of these studies still
support the proposal public opi-
nion is important to us and the
savings 1 re considered insuffi-
cient to warrant injuring any
customer refatios."
The present directory arrange -
molt will therefore continue un-
disturbed at least until telephone
traffic patterns change further.
The proposed change would
have affected telephone users in
the Bell's Centralia, Exeter, Cre-
diton and Hensall exchanges;
and the Hay Municipal System's
Grand Bend, Zurich and Dash-
, wood exchanges.
The next issue of .the London
directory, to be distributed .in
,Tune, will also carry classified
or yellow page listings
the photo will help to find i1:.
But let the photographer, Joan
Guilford, tell the tale:
"This is the story of Jan, a
German Shepherd whose litter
of pups died of distemper, Sor-
rowing, with a broken heart, she
found solace in tending to a tiny
kitten who arrived one day at
her home.
"Jan tenderly washed it, gave
the kitten her own milk, jealous-
ly guarded it and raised 'Smutts'
as one of her own missing brood,
"As the kitten become older,
they relied on one another all.
the more—sleeping together and
eating together. They were in-
separable,
"A few days after this picture
was taken, Jan's adopted son
Smutts disappeared,
"An ad appeared in The Times -
Advocate recently asking for the
return of Smutts, but he still
hasn't been found.
"Smuts is greatly missed by
all, especially Jan who is very
lonesome. The kitten .is a gun
metal gray. Should any of The
Times -Advocate readers know
where he is, please notify to/0
Lance or •-Mrs..Lanee. ;Thestele-
phone number is 452-J..
HEADS HOG PRODUCERS
... Ross Love, Hay .delegate
Snider Would Support
Plea For 'Frills' Grant
Larry Snider, SHDHS chair-
man, said Wednesday he would.
support a Huron county delega-
tion seeking provincial govern-
ment grants for the construction
of gymnasiumsand cafeterias in
secondary schools.
"I haven't been approached
about it yet but I would certain-
ly be behind the • move," he
stated. "We need a larger cafe-
teria and another gym at South
Huron.''
He doubted, however, if the
request petition would be suc-
cessful, "The gov't has only so
much tnoney to spend on educa-
tion—if we get it one way, we
can't get it another."
Snow Piles
Vehicles Up
Six ears were involved in a
snowstorm crash creating $2,i500
damage south of RCAF Station
Centralia early 'Thursday after.
noon. A small German -made Car,
owned by Douglas May, RR, 1
Centralia, suffered the worst
beating...
Blinded by swirling snow, F/L
b. Dolan had to stop his ear in
a section of the county road sur-
rounded by high banks. He was
hit from behind by LAC Joseph
Daigle who hi turn was struck
by the May ear. Another. south-
bound car; driven by Donald
Taylors a., CB employee, hit the
May car broadside and drove it
to the other side of the road
where it was bashed again by a
northbound car driven by Stanley
Presztator, FR) S. 1,Ce(in was
driver or the sixth ear ihvolved.
OPP Constable Cecil 'Gibbons
hivestiga tee].
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A Tuesday report from Clin-
ton revealed Warden William
Jewitt was named to head a
delegation from the county to
interview Dr. W. J. Dunlop,
minister of education.
The warden's committee is
expected to contain representa-
tion from four other secondary
schools in Huron,
At present, the government
pays a 75 per cent grant on
classroom construction but con-
tributes nothing, towards auditor-
iums or cafeterias.
Clinton and Goderich schools
are considering additions.
May Consider Driver Training
"If the government will com-
pensate us for the cost, we will
consider giving driver training
at SHDHS," the chairman said,
commenting on the throne speech
reference to driver education in
high schools.
'That type of project is all
right but we can't make any
decision until we know what the
government proposes. Is it to be.
come part of the school euericu-
lum? Who's going to teach it?
When will we get the time to
give this instruction:""
The throne swell said "en-
couragement Will be given for
extra -curricular driver education
in ottr high schools" by the de-
partttent of transport in its ef-
forts to promote highway safety.
Mr. Snider said the beard had
been urged to institute- such a
program but the province has
never offered to pay a grant to-
ward tho
owar"'dthe cost, "If they agree to'.
pay 75 percent of the ekpenses,
sure We'll consider it,"
The cost, he 'fat, Might be
fairly high considering the time
it takes a feeder to instruct,
each studet'it individually, "The
teacher can handle only one pun -
g% at a time In a dual -control
eat'," he pointed out.
The second story concerns Jan
herself, who has progressed
from the pound to an award-
winning dog who defeated an im-
ported German Shepherd in.
obedience trials held in London
recently, Hiss Guilford tells the
story:
"After numerous trips to the
pound of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals in
London and after viewing many
dogs, some that had been badly
treated, 111r. and Mrs, Lance
h
•
"'She was a pitiful sight, hud-
dled in a corner and certainly
the least deserving of a second
glance. But instead of picking
the best -looking dog in the
pound, the couple's hearts went
out to Jan and they brought her
home.
"Through patience, kindness
and perseverance, she found that
there were human beings in this
world who could give love and
happiness in return for loyalty
and devotion. Perhaps that is
night why Jan- stands on guard- nt�ht
and day over the Lances little
son Murray Ross and why, she
loves and adores the 'people who
restored her faith in human be-
ings.
"An interesting note is that
Jan recently won first prize in
final examination trials in obed-
ience training sponsored by the
German Shepherd Dog Club at
London Armory. She was handled
by Mrs. Lance. Runners-up to
Jan were an imported German
Shepherd from London and a
boxer from Port Stanley.
"Perhaps all of us could learn
from this story," Miss Guilford
concludes, "that patience, kind-
ness and understanding will ac-
complish much,"
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Eighty -Second Year
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EXETER,. ONTARIO, JANUARY 29, 1959
vocafe
Price Per copy 10 Cents_
Mooresville ManAttacked
Fihts FWith Shovel
Snapshot Sets
'High Standard`
Winner of the first weekly
cash prize in The T -A's snap-
shot contest is Joan Guilford
Exeter, who titles her pic-
ture of a dog and cat "Per.
feet Companionship."
The judges — Jack Doerr,
professional photographer,
and Robert Southcott, of The
'i' -A, -- said the photo "sets
a pretty :high standard from
the standpoint of both com-
position and subject matter,"
The shot will receive $2.00
cash prize and will 5 be ell•
gible for the $5.00 award for
best -of -the -month,
Miss Guilford's picture was
chosen over 25 others which
have been submitted. These
willstill be eligible to win
a prize during the remaining
12 weeks of the contest.
Readers may send in snap-
shots any time between now
and April 30 of this year. MI
of the pictures which have
been submitted willbe re-
tained throughout the con-
test and will be eligible to
win during any week.
The judges' instructions
are to choose the best pie-
ture from among those which
have been submitted and
have not won a prize.
Send in your snapshots --
lt may be a winner any time
between now and the end of
April,
Snow, Cold
Set Records
Although there's still more
than a month to go, this winter
is breaking records nearly every
day for snowfall, according to
RCAF Station Centralia met sec-
tion.
Already, over 150 inches of
snow has been recorded and the
previous record for, a full win-
ter was the 136 inches which fell
in 1955-58. Centralia has been
filing weather data since 1947-
48.
in January alone, over 80 int
cies, bas., piled up,In a daitx
on,
there'sbeen over an • inch of
rain.
Heaviest snowfall this week
came Saturday when eight in-
ches saturated the area.
The season's coldest tempera-
ture of 13,1 below, reported on
Thursday was the lowest since
1948, the met section reports
the mercury hit 18 below that
year.
Lows and highs for the past
week were: Wednesday, 2.6 and
26.5; Tuesday, -1 and 28; Mon-
day, 12.2 and 17.8; Sunday, 11.5
and 21.1; Saturday, 1.9 and 25.7;
Friday, 1.3 and 7.2.
Lions Appeal
For Support
To The Citizens Of Exeter .. .
Do you remember back in March of 1955,
when the Exeter Lions Club set the wheels in motion
and prepared to raise funds to build a building to
be used by the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides of Ex-
eter?
At that time there was less than one patrol
and one leader in Scouts, the sante in Cubs and a
very small following in the Brownies and Girl Guides,
but the Lions Club made plans to raise money to put
up a suitable building to train these our future
citizens.
The proposed plans at that time met an ex-
penditure of approximately $9,000.000 The proposed
way of raising the motley was by selling tickets on a
car draw. The result was that the $9,000.00 was not
raised and the proposed building was cut back to
the money available at that time. The building on
John Street, that 'is now used by the Brownies,
Guides, Cubs and Scouts, and the activities pertaining
to both organizations, was the outcome of the sup-
port that you the people of this community gave the
Lions Club in this worthwhile undertaking,
After four years the Scouting Organization has
grown in such numbers that the present building is
becoming too small. There are now 24 Girl Guides,
40 Brownies, 45 Boy Scouts and 49 Cubs, .plus a total
of 17 leaders and assistants, also mothers' auxiliaries,
group committee, district meetings and training
schools for leaders re also held in this building,
After watching the growth of this worthwhile or-
ganization in this community, the Exeter Lions Club
feel that it is no gamble to complete the building
program that was started four years ago.
The club feels that in place of a large scale
ticket selling campaign, the members Would ask you
the citizens of Exeter for a ,,donation to the Exeter
Lions .l3uilding Fund, that the job may be completed.
If you have a girl or boy who belongs to the
Scouting organization, you will agree that the Exeter
Lions are trying to help this great, cause. If you don't
have a girl or boy in this great organization, ask a
friend who has. They will help you to decide what
to give.
The Lions need $3,506 to add 16, equip and
complete what teas started
four years ago. Watch
next week's paper when we will tell you where you
May leave your donation or wvhereyou may phone
that a canvasser can call on you.
A. J, SWEITZEII
Chairman of Ways
and Wang Committee,
The faxeter Lions Club.
PRESIDES AT TORONTO CONVENTION—Harry Strang, R.R. 1 Hensall, right, presi-
dent of Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, is presiding at the annual
convention of the organization in Toronto this week. He is shown here with A. H.
Martin, director of the Field Crops Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture, who is
secretary -treasurer of OSCIA,
Huron Men Get .Spotlight
At Ontario Crop Meeting
Huron county is in, the spot- grades 'rejected' and thereby de -]able that there is renewed in-
'ltberately scuttles his chances of terest in earlier varieties and
making aprofit on his croppro- more strep th, of straw.
g g
'7
,G
r` nthrough eaccompany-
gram all the , •The Ontario. tii'�tiea;t slfarket-
light at this. year's convention
n -
i andCrop Im-
provement
ntr
o e0 a 54.1P
rovement Association, 'which 'be-
gan Wednesday morning in the
Coliseum, of Exhibition Park, To-
ronto, "
Presiding over the three-day
meeting is Harry Strang, R.R.
1 Hensall, the first Huron farmer
to head the provincial organiza-
tion,
Clerk of Usborne township and
elite seed grower, Mr. Strang
gave his president's address Wed-
nesday morning as the conven-
tion opened.
Several other Huron farmers'
are scheduled to speak.
Murray Roy, Londesboro, third
prize winner in the Ontario Pas-
ture Competition, wit explain
his ideas on "pasture manage-
ment for the beef herd" during
a symposium this (Thursday)
morning,
This afternoon, George Robert-
son of R.R. 5 Goderich will tell
provincial delegates how he pro-
duces beef at 13i cents per
pound.
Seth Winer, of Exeter Turnip
Sales, will participate a panel
discussion this afternoon on in-
sect control in turnips.
As president, Harry Strang
will conduct .most of the general
sessions as well as extend wel-
comes to the potato, seed and
turnip growers' special sessions.
He will also preside at the an-
nual banquet Thursday evening
when the guest speaker • will be
Hon. Douglas S. Harkness, fed-
eral minister of agriculture.
Sweeping changes in agricul-
ture in the past 10 years have
altered the objective of the as-
sociation, 'President Strang said
its his opening address Wednes-
day.
In 1950, the association was at-
tempting to increase production
in order to make Ontario self-
sufficient in food supplies; now
because of over -production it
was concentrating on lowering
costs to help the farmer survive
the "cost -price squeeze".
"While our aini may have
changed from one of increased
production to'One of economy of
production, the methods we ad-
vocate for the accomplishment
of this goal are still the same,"
he told delegates.
"We believe that the use of
high ntiality, seed of recom-
mended varieties for all our
grain, forage and cash crops,
a better understanding of our
soils, their fertility requirements
for the different crops and the,
care neeessaty to maintain and
preserve them, are the main far..
tort eontributing toward eco-.
nosy of production, even as they
were recommended 10 years ago
as being netessary for an in-
crease in production.
As long as one farmer in
every five, and sometimes one
in every three, uses seed which
50 -Man Drive
Fel
Ms One Fox
Only Mit fox .:#ell victitii to a
SO -lit an hunt i i U s borne ednes-
ri t s "1V
day afternoon,
The Hien tramped about six
miles in an almost. fruitless
drive'.
Last week the sane group
bagged two foxes..
•4
g
ing problems of poor crops and ing Board bad a difficult year
weed control, our organization ! in its first season of operation
still has important work to do, i P
especially in these day when the because of the bumper crop of;
business • aspects of 'arming are —Please Turn to Page 3
being brought out in sharp re I
lief, and the family farm as we:
know it and would like to see l..e w ..wti �w .�,. I 1 Are
continue in some form, is
glfng for its very existence.
Another grin, warning about
the rabies epidemic came Tues-
day when a fox attacked a man,
Ion a Biddulpli township road as
' .children were coming home from
senora..
Wesley Calleott, Mooresville
general store owner, warded off
the wild animal's charges with
a shovel, finally subdued it after
a fight lasting several minutes.
i' "It was the most horrible ex.-
perience I've ever had." he
said. The animal lept four and.
five feet off the ground in his
charges.
Neighbors beard the scream-
ing, raging fox several miles
away.
The general store owner was
making his egg route when be
came upon the animal approxi-
mately three miles northeast of
Mooresville, Fluid was running
from its mouth.
Realizing that children were
on their way home from school,
he tried to run down the fox
with his truck but failed.
Taking his shovel which he
kept in the front seat, he got out
of the car and the fox attacked.
A nearby farmer, Earl Green-
lee, shot the Lox after Callcott
had injured it to the extent that
it couldn't get up.
Dr. Lloyd C. Hall, Lucan vete-
rinarian, had the animal re-
moved to health of animals divi•
sion, Canada Dep't of Agrieul-
ture, London, from where it was
shipped to Hull for rabies tests.
Another fox which had been
running in circles and acting
queerly was found dead near the
Lucan-Biddulph dump near No.
4 highway. This animal has also
I-• -s sent away for tests.
.
Vaccine
t..ttario gov't announced in its
speech from, the throne Tuesday
that it would provide the vac-
cine free and share equally with
municipalities the cost of vac-
cinating livestock against rabies.
The Times -Advocate could not
determine Wednesday if any of
the area townships would take
advantage of the offer.
Huron MOH Dr, R. M. Allis
said. Wednesday that a total of
12 persons have completed or
are undergoing the Pasteur
treatment for rabies. Most of
these carie from the Wingham
area.
Dr. Aldis praised Exeter's es-
tablishment of a pound. "Your
town should be complimented on
taking action to enforce its' do/
:bylaw," • the doctor said. "A
number of other municipalities
in Huron have passed a bylavt
but have made little effort to
enforce it."
"During the past year," Mr.
New
Post
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Strang continued, "some parts �
of Ontario had almost fabulous
crops and old yield records were A flood of mail, including the
broken and new ones made. T -A and other weekly newspa-
Other areas also had wonderful pers baptized Hensall's new post
crops but very difficult harvest office this morning.
weather with all the attendant The modern one -storey building
problems; here it is understand -on Wellington street, between
King and Queen, first served the
public today, Thursday.
Postmaster Cecil Kipfer was
happy with his new quarters:
"We're proud of the new office.
It gives us considerable more
working space and will make it
possible for us to provide much
better service to the public."
Brilliantly lit with fluorescent
lighting and sporting glistening
wood trim, the 28' x 38' building
is made of solid brick on 20
insulated slab floor. Perimeter
forced air heating keeps it warm.
Features of the building are a
24' x 5' corridor in which 250
new aluminum boxes have been
installed for householders. This
roots will be left open for cer-
tain periods when the main office
is closed.
The reception area measures
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Announcements ......,•. 11
Church Notices ... ................ IS
Coning Events 15
Editorials 2
Entertainment .. 15
Farm News
' i2
Feminine Facts 12
Hensall 6
Looking In With Liz 13
Lucan 14
Sports • 4, 5, 7
Want AdS 11
Zurich S
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a 'Baptizes'
ffice Today
21' x 7', and the building also
includes a furnace, storage and
rest room..
Builder was Gale Doucette,
Clinton, and the owner is Robert
Middleton, retired Hensall. drug-
gist, who rents the quarters to
the government.
"The location of the building
follows the trend which has been
established in other centres," ex-
plained Mr. Middleton. "It is off
the Main street, but not far from
the business section, where there
is plenty of parking area."
All new equipment has been
provided for the staff, including
the two mail cduriers, Mrs. Ken
McLean on route two, and Harry
Smith, on route ane.
Mrs. Elgin McClinchey is the
assistant postmaster.
Cecil Kipfer has been post. -
master since 1950, when he sue.
ceeded Fred G. Bonthron. Georg*
Sutherland held the post before
Mr. Bonthron.
The old post office buildings ..
now vacant, was once a hotel. •
NEW POST OFFICE OPENS—New post office at Hensall opened today (Thursday) on
Wellington street between (ting and Queen, Features of the building, partly shown
here, are a long counter to servo patrons and a large ivorkilig area for members of
the staff. Above Postmaster Cecil Xipftr, right, and courier fTar'ry Smith, of route
one, are happy with their rloW quarters, T -A Photo
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