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CABLE TOOL RIG BEGINS DIGGING INTO "PAY FORMATIONS" ON FABER FARM, NO. 4 HIGHWAY
Quick help for big family
cushions loss from fire
Fire; which destroyed their
entury-old brick home a mile
outh of Hensall, left a family
if eight homeless Tuesday
'morning:
Thanks to neighbors. how-
ever, Mr, and Mrs. Alois Van
Esbroeck and their six children
were fairly comfortably settled
in a different abode before
nightfall.
Neighbors and friends not
only helped move them to a
vacant house about a mile
away, but also donated furni-
ture, clothing, food and money
before the day was over.
Gas ignited
The ,blaze was started by a
spark ' which ignited the fuel
in a gas -powered washing ma-
chine hi the frame back kit-
chen of the Van Esbroeck home
on No. 4 highway. It swept
into the brick part of the home
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Ile a frau
over pesos
For allegedly attempting to
pass off a 10 -peso Mexican note
for a $10 bill, a Goderich man
has been charged with fraud.
Ernest F. Daer, 20, RR 3
Goderich, was arrested Satur-
day and locked in Goderich
jail by PC D. M. Westover,
who laid the charge. Bail was
set at $500 in securities or
$250 cash.
The alleged offence took,
place at Fop Watson's restau-'
rant near RCAF Station, Cen-;
tralia,
The 'l0 -peso Mexican note is
worth. about 800 in Canadian
money,
investigate breakin
Thieves broke into and ran-
sacked the home of Reginald
Knight, Main St. south, in broad
daylight Monday but apparent-
ly took nothing.
The breakin was discovered
by Mr. and Mrs. Knight when
they came home about 3:30
p.m. Monday. They had been
away since 9 a.m.
Entry was gained by break-
ing a window on the verendah
which faces No. 4 highway:
The thieves apparently were
not looking for money. Al-
though there were valuables in
the home, they were not sto=f
len, ii
It's believed the thieves used
gloves there were no finger-
prints left.
through the roof and razed the
entire building. The complete
front wall of the two-storey
home collapsed andthe three
remaining walls were stripped
of everything but plaster.
Although the six children
were sleeping at the time,
they were quickly roused by
the shouts of the mother and
escaped without harm. Neigh-
bors helped the couple save
some of the downstairs furnish-
ings.
The blaze began about 6.30
a.m. when Mrs. Van Esbroeck
Kin will assist
victims of fire
Hensall Kinsmen, at their
turnover meeting Tuesday
night, appointed a committee'
to provide aid for the Usborne
township family whose home
was destroyed by fire Tuesday
morning.
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'Club members indicated they
were prepared to assist in the
rehabilitation of Mr, and Mrs.
Alois Van Esbroeck and their
six children, now temporarily
settled in a home nearby.
The club also appointed a
committee to arrange for the
awarding of its $200 bursary to
assist in the further education
of a Hensall graduate from
SHDHS.
New club president is Wil-
liam Clement.
began her washing. Her hus-
band had just left for the
pasture to round up his Hol-
stein cows for milking.
Hensall firemen were handi-
capped in fighing the blaze by
a lack of water. Feeder hose
from their pump wouldn't
reach the water level of the
farm well.
The brigade, however, help-
ed save some of the family's
furnishings from the main
floor.
Among the .items lost in the
woodshed and back kitchen
were a number of tricycles, a
power cultivator, separator,
chain saw and, of course, the
washing machine.
Loss is estimated at about
$10,000, partly covered by in-
surance.
Move into house nearby '
After the fire, the family
was given breakfast at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Smith, directly opposite the
Van E roeckfarm. Then
neighbors `helped'moye the be-
longings that were savedto
the vacant home• owned by
Harry Faber, opposite the Hen-
sel! Union Cemetery, just
south and east of the razed
home.
A collection taken the same
day among the neighbors by
Jack Faber and Harry Smith
raised over $200 in cash for
the family. District residents
also contributed furniture,
clothing for the . children, beds
andibedding, canned fruit and
other articles.
Repdrts indicated Hensall
Kinsmen and Dinettes planned
to offer assistance and . the
ladies of St. Boniface Church,
Zurich, were organizing help.
The 100 -acre farm was puri
chased from Mrs, ' William
Hyde,. RR 1 . Hensel!, about
eight years ago, by Mr, and
Mrs.•Van Esthroe c 14. who
moved there from the Wallace -I
burg area, ' Earlier, the 'hus-'
band had worked in. Sudbury
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after arriving in Canada.
The children include Martha,
8; Edward, 7; George, 5;. Ag-
nes, 4; Paul, 2; and Lucy, one
year., •
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Sells paper'
at Hensall
The Hensall. Observer has
been- sold to the Zurich.. Citi-
zens' News, effective next
week, it was announced by
both newspapers this week.
Herb Turkheim, publisher of
the Zurichpaper, will assume
similar responsibilities for the
Observer. Both papers will be
printed in the Zurich plant,
The Hensall plant, owned by
Don - Spearman, will continue
to operate but will concentrate
its production on commercial
printing.
Starts this Friday
-w-w! That tax!
"It's rotten."
"I'm fed up to the teeth with
it."
"Don't ask me about it. I
haven't any idea what it's all
about."
"We've had to spend $2,000.
for new cash register equip-
ment. Who's going to pay for
that?"
"It's a stupid arrangement
but as long as stupid people
demand stupid things from the
government, we'll, have to pay
for it,"
"I haven't even got my ven-
dor's permit yet.. I'm so balled
up I don't know what to do."
;`The more I read about the
regulations, the more confused
'Home of week' stores
to. award 20 cameras
feature concluded last week but T -A was fooled on at least one
The T -A ".Home of the Week" for that of their own. Even the
the big giveaway is still' to occasion.
come, I However, the houses were
Nineteen movie cameras will. identified, not only by names
of occupants, but by their lo-
cations,. to avoidany mistakes.
To insure impartiality; the pic-
tures were taken by a total
stranger to the area, a To-
ronto person employed by Rich-
ard Small Associates, origina-
tors of the feature.
Now the 'shores are collect-
ing their final coupons for the
big draw on. September 9,
Every customer who has en-
Please turn to page 2
be awarded to customers of
participating stores next Sat-
urday, Sept, 9,
Each of the stores will draw
a winner from among the
coupons depositedby their cus-
tomers over the past sin:
months, There's still another
10 days to enter,
The final "Home of the
Week", depicted in lastweek's
display has .not been identified
yet. It is .the only home which
has not been recognized
throughout the contest.
This was the last of 26 dis-
trict homes pictured in the
series, the occupants of which
received a $5,00 merchandise
certificate for one of the stores
taking Hart,
Homes , from Exeter, 'Henget,
Lucan, . Crediton, Cen-
t"ralia, Grand Bend and rufal
areas have been pictured in
the weekly feature.
The .pictures have created
lots of ekcitement and, un-.
fortunately some disappoint
1
Monts. Naturally, Sone of the
' houses throughout the `various
communities look much alike
and 'sortie occupants have MIS.
taken the hoose in the picture
T -A to publish
next Thursday
The Times=Advocate will
publish next week's paper
Thursday morning as visual
despite the Labor Day holi-
day Monday,
Correspondents and contr-
butors are requested to sub,
mit their copy as early as
possin9
ble to assist the staff in
gettithe edition to press,
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Advertising deadline will
remain •T'uesday neon,
Itteza;..<s a .ea st w;0
I get."
"We're just going to blunder.
ahead — that's all we can do.
11 we have to make refunds to
the people, we'll do it after-
wards."
"It's going to slow down our
checking considerably."
These comments about the
new 3% Oneario sales tax came
from Exeter and area merch-
ants contacted this week by
The T -A.
Friday, .they become official
tax collectors for the treasury
of the province.
Some are bitter, some amus-
ed, some bewildered and most,
confused,
Not really that bad
However, it's not as bad as
it might appear. Taxable items
generally are well defined and
there'll be .little confusion over
the majority of sales.
T h e frustration develops
over fine distinctions on what's
taxable and what's not,
Local merchants pointed. out
Disturbers
pay $100
Three inen who created a
disturbance at the Dominion
Hotel, Zurich, last, week were
fined a total of $100 plus costs
by Magistrate Glen Hays, ,QC,
in Goderich court Thursday,
Paul Martin, Hamilton, paid
$40 and costs; Verdon Mark-
wich, Stoney Creek, and Ron-
nie Barnes, Burlington, were
fined $30 each,
Charges were ]aid after the
three refused to leave the ho-
tel, then caused a commotion
when police were called. They
were arrested and taken to Go-
derich.
Fine impaired driver
James McNeil 29, Lonclett,
was fined $60 and costs and his
licence was suspended for live
months after he was convicted_
in Goderichcourt Thursday of
iinnaired driving in Exeter.
Constable Lloyd llodgins tes-
tified that on Aug. 23 McNeil
forced four ears off Main
Street during a distance of
about five blocks, 1:1e Was ar-
rested andtaken tb 'aoderich
jail,
some of the "quirks" this
week:
The contents of soft drinks
are taxable but the bottles are
not
Fence isn't taxed but fence
posts are.
There's no tax on a gas drum
for a farmer but 'there is if he
buys a pump for it,
Salted peanuts areal taxable
but all other nuts are.
Marshmallows and caramels,
if purchased to eat as candy,
are taxable but, it they are to
be used in baking, aren't,
Larger children's clothing,
marked in children's sizes, isn't
taxable but the same size gar-
ments, marked in hen's or la-
dies' sizes are.
Labor involved in automobile
repairs .isn't taxable if .it's
charged, separately, but if it's
included itt a standing offer
(e.g. new muffler complete
with installation, $8,00) fax
must be paid on full amount.
These distinctions can't be
taken as gospel, either. They
are only what merchants "un-
derstand" at the moinent,
Confusion expected.
The confusion, however, is
expected. Queen's Park autho-
rities realize it's impossible to
get allthe kinks of the sweep-
ing new program ironed out
before the starting dates.
Reports indicate regional
sales tax offices are swamped
with phone calls requesting in-
terpretations of the regula-
tions. One area merchant tried
all, day Tuesday to reach the
Stratford office without sue-
- Please turn to page 2
Where to
find it
Announcements 15
Church
Notices
Coming Events 15
Editorials
4
Farm NeWS .............•.,. .,
Feminine Facts ,.,..,,, 1, 1a
Hensall
Luca, 14, 15
Sports.. 6, I`
J%� want Ads.
Drillers, Who- moved in new Panhandle will drill a total
equipment this week, have t of 10 wells in the region'as I
started digging into the "pay
formations" in search of gas
or oil on the farm of Corny
Faber, RR 1 Hensall,
Panhandle Drilling CO Ltd., !
Texas, began operation with
their cable tool rig Monday
night but. had to suspend ope- I
rations Tuesday because of wa-
ter, The .firm poured cement
around the well casing Tues-
day afternoon to permit fur-
ther drilling,
This is one of 10 wells which
1011 be dug in the southern half
of Huron county by the Texas
firm, One, which turned out
dry, has already been com-
pleted in the Londesboro area,
Another is in the process on
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theDashwfarm oodof , Fernon Snider,RR
No. At
the Faber er farm h
n o , 4
hrglrwa,y, about three miles
north of Exeter, the firm dug
the first 1,500 feet with a ro-
tary drill, which was moved to
the Snider farm and has corn-
pletcddepth theredrilling to a similar
,
H. P. Goodrich, owner of the
Panhandle firm, explained the
cable drill is used to dig
through t h e "pay areas,"
known as the dolomite forma -
an the Guelph reef where
gas or oil, if it's present, will
be found. This involves about
another 300 feet.
Mr, Goodrich said the, aver-
age depths of the drills will be
about 2,000 :feet.
'Prouder than
ever': Fleming
Finance Minister Donald M.
Fleming says he is "prouder
than ever" of having been born
in Exeter following his visit to
the town recently.
subcontractors to Brady and
Findlay Ltd., Chatham, the
general contractor hired by
United Reef Petroleums Ltd.
Toronto, to conduct gas and
oil explorations,
The rights to about 150,000
acres from South-east of Grand
,Bend as far north as Londe.$•
born are actually owned by
Calvan Petroleums Ltd., .Cal-
ffiary, but have been "farmed
out" to United Reef.
United Beef is owned by
John J. Hirschorn, Canada's
"uranitun king,"
The Snider well near Dash-
wood is being drilled by Pan-
handle for Sapphire Petrole-
ums Ltd., Toronto, It has been
takendown about 1,800 feet by
the rotary Yrt'mwhich ch is
now
being disassembled
to be moved
to the Brucefield area,
When the cable tool drill
completes the Faber well, it
will move to the Dashwood
site.
The Panhandle firm employs
13 men with its rotary drill,
five to operate its cable out-
fit,.
The original gas and oil
rights to area properties were
leased. about six to eight years
ago. Some wells were drilled in
the area at that time and, al-
though some quantity of gas
was found, it was not suffi-
cient apparently to warrant de-
velopment.
Crediton drilling delayed
Meanwhile, the proposed dia-
mond drilling operation at the
Jule -Du -Mar well near Crediton
has been delayed temporarily
by lack of equipment,
W. C. F. Oestrieher, Credi-
ton, an official. of the firm,
said the diamond drill hired for
the project has met difficulty
in drilling near Lindsay and is
tot available yet.
rule -Du -Mar decided in May,
o bring in a diamond drill. to •
replace the cable rig which had
been, on the he project for some
12 years. Its tools became stuck
at a depth of about 4,000• lett.
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T at e n
13 b e cemented
eY e n ted in
to
ow .
it ....the. dngml%nr1p.1.driTl, toy bJ-
pass'thdbi
An 80 foot steel tower has
been erected at 'the well to
house the diamond: drill. The
well is on the Schenk farm, a
nile and one-quarter north of
Crediton.
In a note of appreciation to
Mayor R. E. Pooley, Mr. Flem-
ing said:
"My visit to Exeter will al-
ways remain a happy memory
for me. ' .
"You and those associated,
with you were _mo t,kincl t . '
,. s o.rny. a
wife and myself. `I should'like
to express our warmest grafi- •
tude to you. It made me feel
prouder than ever to have been
born 'in Exeter."
The letter was sent from Ot- n
tawa on Friday, August 25.
Add the twelfth bus
to SHDHS system
An additional bus, bringing
the total to 12, will bse required
this year to transport students
to SHDHS for the coming school
year,
Secretary E. D. Howey, said
this week the extra bus is re-
quired for the central part of.
IHay township. There will be
five vehicles operating in the
Hensall-Hay area, one more
1 than last year.
Tentative new routes will be
followed Tuesday, the first day
of school. While o W therer
are a
number of minor changes,
school officials don't expect
much confusion if students pre-
pare to meet the busses as they
did last year,
I Those who must go to dif-
ferent points for pickup have
i been notified,
The new routes will remain
tentative until they have re-
ceived approval f r o m the
board,
Mr. Howey indicated about
615 pupils are expected to use
the busses this year, compared
to 55$ last year:
Bus drivers
to get test
SHDHS school bus drivers
will be among the pore than
100 who will undergo special
qualification tests at the driver
examiner centre at Clinton
Thursday.
E. R. Guenther, Dashwood,
operator of Exeter. Coach Lines
Ltd., said 17 men who drive
the area school busses are
sche 1 .
d ed to u tak e the tests. All
passed. medical -examinations
earlier this year.
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The
coo
ulsor t 5
to
p . Y t= � a ,� of
:;sclte l.bus drivels'; :dan'Ie: into'
effect .this year following seve
1,
ra tragic train -bus us crashes shes in
196
:B0.us drivers from a wide 4
number of area schools will be
given their special tests at
Clinton the sane day,
The additional bus will ex-
tend the daily milage of the
system from 636 to 700.
Despite the increase in mil -
age, the length of time which
any student must ride on the
bus is expected to stay about
the sante, Longest period is
about three - quarter of an
hour.
Asr in past years, where pos
sible, the board attempts to
balance out the length, of fora..
veiling time for individual stu-
dents s byletting ttin
off first
g those
who have to get on first sim-
ply by reversing the morning
route of the bus in the after-
noon. This is not always pos.
sible, however, when there is
a large group at one particular
location involved,
.Almost two busses are re-
quired to transport the pupils
from Huroii Park, Centralia,
this year. They will make
pickups at different spots'to
load the 79 students attending
from the married' quarters
area,
The 62 students from Hensall
this year will fill one complete
bus. This bus, however, will
go up cone. 2-3 Hay to Kip -
pen and down No. 4 to' Hen-
sall, where it will unload its
passengers for transfer to an-
other bus. TI; will then be filled
with. Hensall. students for at
non-stop trip to the .school,
Exeter Coach Lines Ltd.,
which. operates the system, has
added a 66 -passenger vehicle
to its fleet for this year. It now
has two 66 -passenger units,
one 61-, one 58-, five 55=, one
49- and two 43 passenger ve-
hicles, with: one 49 -passenger.
unit as a spare.
The routes, as they are des-
ignated, and the number of.
passengers on each., are:
No, 1 - lierrsail, 62, y
N Zu �'
each, No • 1;;� .and �t'o.
1;
No, 3 — Ba`byl'on, 1 lsgsreen
east flay and. north, 'Osborne,
T.
No. 4 Blake, Goshen and'
Sharon, 43,
No. 5—Drysdale, St, Joseph
and Dashwood, 58,
No, 6—Greenway and Grand
Bend, 60.
No. 7—Shipka, Corbett and
Crediton, 50.
No, 8 — Khiva, Mt, Carmel,,
Centralia airport, 66,
No. 9 Sharon, southeast
Stephen and Centralia village,
57.
No. 10—Southwest Usborne
and Centralia airport, 46.
No. 11 -- North Usborne,
Winchelsea, Whalen, 35.
No. 12—Kirfkton, Woodham,
Farquhar, 40,
Will step p
prosecutions
OPP personnelhave received
orders to step up prosecution$
against drivers who violate
traffic regulation, it was an-
nounced this week by PC Cecil
Gibbons, head of the local de-
tachment.
e•tochment.
A general :memorandum said
it was imperative that all per-
sonnel "take extreme enforce-
ment; action, without exception,
on all moving violations com-
CHiLDREN LOSE CLOTHING, TOYS—These six children of Mr. and Mrs, Alois Van ; ing to notice hi their respective
Esbroeck lost almost all their clothes and toys when the family home on No, 4 detachment areas."
highway burned to the ground Tuesday morning, Thanks to neighbors and friends, "Past experience." the mem-
they're now settled in a new home andhave had considerable clothing donated. orandam continued, "indicates
Khat there is a direct relation-
ship between enforce'ment, as
measured by prosecutions, and
ti
the fatal accident rate; i.e.
a .. where
prosecutions increase,
the death rate decreases."
It pointed out that the pro-
vincial fatalities this year has.
a s s u m e d "alarming propos-
tions" and that, corresponding-
ly, the prosecution rate has
been down.
tioniito,wever, in this area it's
ver much the reverse situa-
Since the first of the year.,
there has not been a single
fatality, compared to seven
last, year. And police, princi-
pally through the use of radar
squads here, have laid 35%
more traffic charges to date
this year than the number is-
sued 1960inu, ring the same ,period.
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GETTING READY TO COLLECT-Uoward Holtzman, than ,
Market,
�� pa]<tiiel. Of MB Food
Marketi
, givesinstruction to one of his cashiers, Mrs. GraceLs0n
C011eGlOnthe laew sales tax which coma into effect Sept, 1, Like a liumber of other
storos in town, .the lflal, {ot has installed S ecial tate kko s
. , . . .. , ... , .. •�, p ,� On Its cash registers
to facilitate compilation. On the counter are solve of the items- soap, tissue -ax
a e1 .. i. t +...e i' Exeter tv
,p � which ane taxable., �tY,151e foods ale, e�eln st, A. quick solve 111 ��etel� ii-
� ;. dicated stores were in various stages of preparation for the "tax. T -A photo
Haircut price
now one dollar
The price 'of haircuts goes
up_ next week,
Ilttron.
Barberon Associaii n.
C
r
meeting* , itl; '8eaforthr
un ni+
a
Mott* aSs
increases for adult and : child=
rein's cuts. +r
.Beginning Tuesday, hien 'will
pay MOO ter an 'ordinary 'tut,
instead of M. truth 'Cott; will.
be $1.16.
Chuldt•ert 'Odd Itr peers
age will be charged /So trix`
stead of 700,