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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-06-01, Page 9rrt Second Section • . ExETER, oNTARio, NNE .1,0, 190 Pg e Nine • • -• •• • •••• • • • •• • •• • •.••:•...-• • •••• *4JCw'n"7r•'' 3'EMVerrrirrl ,k1;•,. • .. , ,.., -,, xisree:,.....* ..'.z,.z..-.,,;' 0.%. • •,, ''. %..?.:: . 414e. St UPENTS JUDGE SOILS—About 80 students from SHDHS participated in a soilsr.judging competition Tuesday in co-Operationwith the 'Ausable Authority and the Ontario Dep't",of Agriculture. ;They .were shown demonstration pits in Stephen and Hay townships in .the morning, then judged soil in four test holes on the farm of Edwin Miller, Thames Road. Above, SHDHS teacher Andrew Dixon explains soils properties to Barry Grainger, 'Kristine , Gulens and- Roy Deichert. HS girji:Jcp fhe boys .• . , In: sot •is competttion Girls definitely know their sails batter than the bnys, the junior soil judging competition proved here Tuesday. Kathy. Hodgins, Centralia, lopped 80 competitors from grade 12, SHDHS, with a mark of 72 out of 100.Five other girls scored higher than the top boy in.the competition. Kathy receives a $25• cash prize as well as the trophy presented by Exeter, Lucan and Parkhill Lions, " • Three girls' division winners were Eleanor Prang, who won $5.00 with a 71; Susan Beach, $4.00 with 69; and' Judy Elder; Judy • Tennant, Margaret. Oke and Carole Hogarth, who tied with 68 each to win $1.50 each. Boys' division winners were Laurie Illingworth, who re- ceives $5.00 for a mark of 67; Pattl. Regier and Wayne Carver pastor says farewell Caven ednienidar • services were concluded. on Sunday with a baptismal service,' reception of new members, Communion service and a farewell mes- sage by the minister, Rev. Sa- muel -Kerr, who left on Mon- day to assume duties as pastor of Embro and Harrington char- ges. Mr. Kerr concluded a parito- rate. of six years,- nine months for Gay en and Cromarty charges. At the close of the serviCe, Norman' Stanlake ex- pressed appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Kerr and presented a purse of, money to Mr. Kerr. Clifford Ersnian gave a flow- • ering plant to (Mrs. Kerr. A ',..gOod number of former. mem- bers were in Attendance. The rites of baptism were adminithered to Richard Den- nis Miller, son of M. and Mrs. -Anton Milier; Mary. . Harris Easton, daughter of Mr- and Mrs. Don Easton; John Michael Burke, son of Mr. and MTS. John Burke and Claudia Eliza- beth Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Jackson. Joining the church on, pro fession of faith were Joy Sel- don, Elizabeth COchrane, He- len .Campbell, Marlene liar- 'ness, John Pryde, Kenneth Oke, Freddie 'Learn and Keith Strang and by certificate Mrs. Alex McLaren and. Ronald Smith. ' • Mr. Kerr headed the commit- tee in charge of the centennial. Other members were Mrs. WiUiam Sillery, Mrs. Alvin Moir,. Messrs. George Tinney, HarrY. Strang, William Coch- rane aid Fred Simmons, WeirMAIMUNOMESIMECO This week' in WI nchelsea. lert, who each receive $3.50 for identical marks of 64. Twelve ..girls. who received $1.00 each were Kathy Love and. Marilyn Desjardine, tied with 67; Betty Stephen, 66; Judy East= and , Elizabeth Bannister, '65;; Kristine Gulens and Enid Palethorpe, 63; Jane Syriar, 62;, and ,Florence 1Vhit- taker, 6. . One dollar winners among W. H. Martin car conductor • William' H. •Martyn, .91, a na- tive of Stephen Township, died in St, Joseph's Hospital, Lon- don, Monday, 'May 29., He had been a patient in the London Hospital for four weeks follow- ing two weeks in South Huron Hospital. He was born in Stephen Township and /armed, for a time there. He...moved to Exe- ter and did earpentry' work. Later he went to London as a' "street car ' conductor. Mr. and Mrs. Martyn retired to Exeter -4n, 1932. Mrs. Martyn died in October Imo., He • is survived by several nieces and nephews. , 'The'furieral service was con- ducted' by Rev. S. E. Lewis at the Hopper -Hockey funeral home -on • Wednesday, May 31 With interment in Exeter cem- etery. Pall bearers 'were. Chester and Jim Kawhinney, William and Russell Schroeder, , Tom and William Yearley, • - Usborne native dies in Windsor the boys were Bill MacKinnon and Dean /vIeKnight, 62; Peter Syrier, 61; Bill Wagner and Bill Harvey, 59; Ted Sanders and Robert Murray; 58; Don Mantey and Glen Riechert, 57; Richard Klopp, Fred Desjar- dine and Lawrence Howard, 56. The contest was sponsored by the Ausable Authority,. On- tario Dep't of Agriculture, •in co-operation with SHDHS. In the morning students in- spected demonstration pits in Stephen and Usborne to learn the various properties of the soils, Then they were taken to the farm. of Edwin Miller, Thames, Road, where they classed soils in four different test holes. Assisting with the' project were Jack Murray,. London, dep't soils specialist; Douglas Miles, Huron ag rep; SHAHS teacher Andrew Dixon; Craig Leuty, Terry 'McCaulry, A. D. Lattornel and Ben Vanderbrug, of the dep't of commerce and development; Hal Hooke, Au - sable fieldman. The 'death of Mrs. Walter Connor, '76, of 'Windsor, for- merly of this community, oc- eurred On Saturday; 'May 27. She' Was the former Allie Rooke, daughter' of Mr. and Mrs. George Rooke, •who lived on the farm now occupied by Mr. Jack Coates, Concession 2, Usborne. • She , 'Was first. Married to Ray Fans,on, their hone being in Western Canada. 'After" Mr. Fanson's death Mts. Fanson and her sons,' Lyle and 'Ray, lived' in Exeter; She married Wallet Connor who onerated a machine shop here. They later moved to .Windsor Where he died in' 1953. MTS. Connor is survived by her two. sons,. Lyle and •Ray, Windsor, a foster son, George Rooke, -Son •of her brother Frank Rooke. Brampton,. two Pilters: -Mrs. R. (Blanche) Wiggins, • Walkerville;. Mrs, W. (Lettiel Carrc Detroit; , nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Interment • was in ' Windsor Greve cemetery on Monday, May '29. oo i i t ttt t tt -ey MRS. WILLIAM WAITERS ESSMIMMUMMIelad Mrs. Fred Dobbs and grand- sons of Exeter visited Wednes- day afternoon with Mrs. Har- old Clarke and Mrs. Newton Clarke, • Mr. and Mrs, Witham Wal- ters and Danny visited Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Glanville and family of Staffa, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gilfillan, Randy and Wendy of Exeter visited • FildaY evening with mr. and Mrs, Colin Gilfillan arid Barbara Anne, Miss Kay Horne of London anent the weekend with her "parents, Mr, and Mrs. 'Free- man Herne. Mita Barbara Anne Gilfillari 'Spent Saturday with Mita Judy Walters Of guitahine Lind. Mr, and Mrs, Jelin Coward Of Sunshine Line are Moving to Winehelseiii They are buildiftg a new home ori the lot be, hind the Store. Mitt MOS, Ellen Prange and bennis Brack are away from St hoot thead days With the -Measles. , Mr, and *Mrs, NeWtori tiarke attended the WA aneiversarY at James' Street t hitch, EXJ• eter,,on Stinday and Spent the day With Mr. and Mil, OharleS Fisher' atid fainily hear Exeter. Cancer -fund still down FARMERS SOW 25 ACRES FOR HOSPITALIZED NEIGHBOR—Tack- ling the job with a variety of machines, neighbors sowed over 25 acres of grain Thursday for Cyril Blommaert, Biddulph, who was hospitalized the previous Saturday, A group of nine men did the job in part of a day. Above, aim Barker fills the drill with seed and fer- AO, zrZCZIkNot,, tiizer for Dean Gibso:,:rurroundedby the (;ttter men. Back row, from left, are Mareen Arenthals„ Herman Atkinson and Martin .Aren, thals; middle row, Don Abbott, Leonard Smith, Bill Lewis and Kermit Thompson. —T-A photo Cancer campaign chairman, W. L. Henderson reported to Exeter branch of the Canadian Cancer Society Monday eve- ning that $3451.64 has been col- lected for the ,cancer fund. "While the campaign offi- cially closed in April, monies are still corning in and ive are very optimistic of reaching last year's contribution — we will at least reach our quota," said Mr. Henderson. This year's objective is $3,500. Education co -convenor, Mrs. H, Strang, noted that a bus- load of SHDHS • pupils had been taken to the cancer clinic at Victoria Hospital, London, on twodifferent occasions in April. There were 46 students from Grade 13 including the cancer caiwassers and others interested in careers in nursing or medicine. They were ac- companied by Lloyd Hender- son, SHDHS staff teacher. This is an educational project suggested by the Huron Can- cer Unit but undertaken locally, President Ray Mills presided for the meeting. The matter of a display at the Exeter Fall Fair was left to the educa- tional committee. Mrs. Fred • Dobbs reported that $$119.50 had been received from in me- moriam cards since the last meeting, The next meeting will be held in September. An old-fashioned housewife is One who cooks froth .cans and not front frozen feed packages, t , tttt tttt ttt t tt • • ..• QUALITY eed Beans FOR SALE . . • AMERICAN CERTIFIED NO. 1 SANILAC • AMERICAN CERTIFIED NO, 1 MICHELITE ' 'Confracti Available HARR1STON FERTILIZER AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES Order Novi GERMINATION ? We HaVe American Seed Beans That Have High " Germinetion Fer TOO Protection CERTIFIED smoLAt tEANS • it% CERTIFIED MitHiLltt BEANS 9461. E. L. Mickle • A SON LIMITED • - PHONE 103 &203 -WENSALL t tt Plan tests in Huron County an nitro Experimental work on bird's. foot trefoil, systemic insecti- cides in beans, and fertility on a number of crops, with par- ticular emphasis on nitrogen, is 'being undertaken in Huron county this year, according to Ag Rep Douglas Miles. Most of the test work is be- ing done by the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Ass'n, in co-operation with the depart- ment. Demonstration plots of birds - foot trefoil are being grown on the farm of Douglas McNeil, RR 6 Goderich. Two varieties are being tested—Empire, he, more common variety, AO Viking; which 'has a more up- right stand. "We want to see if it won't do a job with a companion crop and we are also evaluat- ing it in a mixture", Mr. Miles said. Damage light in shop blaze Damage was not extensive from the tire which broke out Monday night in the wood- working shop of Wilson Mor- ley, Andrew St. Parts of the small building, behind the breezeway of the Morley home, were ablaze when firemen arrived but they quickly doused the flames. Cause of the blaze is un- known, Chief Irwin Ford said it may have, been started by a spark from the stove. Mr. and Mrs. 'Morley were away at the time, Some farmars, in Huron and elsewhere, have had consider- able success with birdafoot tre- foil as a pasture crop. CROP REPORT.. r By J. A. McTaggart Huron Summer Ass't Continued cold weather has held back growth of grain, hay and pastures. Corn planting is well under- way. A few white beans have been sown. Kirkton cow, top producer A purebred Holstein, owned by Ross Marshall of Kirkton, has completed an exceptionarlly large record of ,performance test. She is Meri Acres Lucky who as a five-year-old produced in 305 days on twice -a -day milk- ing a total of 761 lbs. butter- fat from 15,114 lbs. milk, ave- rage test 5.04 percent butter- fat. This record has a breed class average percentage of 127 for milk and 175 for fat or in other words it is 27 percent above the average of the breed for milk and 75 above the average of the breed for but- terfat. Lucky has been classified "good plus". Her sire, Meri Acres Sovereign, was twice reserve grand champion at the Huron County Black and White Day. ay! The season's almost here. Do you have the equip- ment to handle the job? Rod row test plots on oats and barley have again been established on the county farm near Clinton. A number of new varieties, still unnamed, are inchided. Nitrogen tests Preplanting of nitrogen on corn ground is also being evaluated at the county farm this year. Both urea (45%) and ammonium nitrate (33%) are being tried. Earl Neil, Stephen township is co-operating on trials with anhydrous ammonia to show See our John Deere Balers, Rakes, Mowers The finest of haying equipment available. Let us give you a demonstration, We're giving the best deals On both trade-in and outright 'purchase. 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Plan bean work White bean tests will con- tinue, this year on the farms of Alex McMurtrie and Ken Elder, Kippen. Thimet, a new systematic insecticide from the U.S. which is supposed to control insects during the en- tire growing season, will be tried. In addition, a variety of fertilizer tests will be made. More fertility work on tut. - nips will be done on the farm of Harold Dignan, RR 1 Hen- sall. The tests will attempt- to evaluate reports which indi- cate that greater.application of potash will help to improve both the texture and keeping .quality of the turnip. RAKES From New Holland—the advanced Mode1,56 Rolabar Rake! Its cleaner rakingaction puts more hay ... more dollars ... into the windrow. Saves nutrient -rich leaves and blossoms, to cut feed supplement costi. 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Milk to even pressure in all 4 quarters, but do not empty udder Completely, Guard calf against draughts and dampness, 3. For the next ten days, keep dalt in an individual pen. Pen should have clean bedding and be disinfected with Purina Disinfectant before calf is moved in. 4. Onthefourth day start feeding Purina Nursing Chow in gruel form 1 lb, re- places 1 gal. milk. Continue for four Weeks. Calf should have clean water and rock Salt available free choice. Self-fced Purina Calf Startena from 4 days to 4 months, adding bright leafy hay at 2 months. 6, Aft et 4 months change to a Purina heifer gtoting program. Why not give me A call, or drop iri at my Store with the Checkerboard Sign and let me tell you how Purina feed. nig has been paying off for many of your neighbours. for fag, e cient feed service eail Cann's Mill Ltd • EXETER PHONE /3S WHALEN CORNERS Phone 35rIs (ikon Canadians who want bigger profits tomorrow R211111111111111111111111 is feedPURINACHOWStoday! eiviss*** sasamisait