The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-01-13, Page 1Val Baltkalns
Price Per Copy 10 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, JANUARY 13, 1966 Ninety-third Year
Agricultural conference
will replace Seed Fair
The old bell-ringer
Hensall council takes office
Members of Hensall council were officially sworn into office Tuesday morning. A short meeting in the
morning allowed council to make necessary first of the year appointments. This allowed council to
proceed with regular business at the regular evening meeting. Front row is Earl Campbell, clerk-
treasurer; Reeve Minnie Noakes, first woman reeve in the history of the village; and councillor John
Baker. Rear row are councillors Harold Knight, John Lavender and Oliver Jaques. Mr. Jaques is the
only new member of council this year. (T-A photo)
These kids grew up and went to work,
And so the story goes,
They married — now the old town bell
Keeps their kids on their toes.
Many a working man has said
(Some sultry afternoon)
"I wish that old town bell would ring
Quitting time must come soon."
The town hall bell in Exeter,
Has rung for years and years,
It's clarion notes heard far and wide,
In springtime brought good cheer.
The farmers in the nearby fields,
Depended on the bell,
It told them when noontime was here,
And six o'clock as well.
Always on time the bell-ringer,
Rang the bell each work day,
Called men to work, rang quitting time,
And children home from play.
Before the big depression hit,
Emerson rang the bell,
Through the lean and hungry Thirties
He rang it then as well.
Through tragic days of World War II,
New Airmen walked our streets,
'Em' rang the bell; boys far away
Faced battle's scorching heat.
And oft some housewife in the town,
Cut short her backyard talk,
And rushed to put the dinner on,
When the bell rang twelve o'clock.
that most farmers now automa-
tically purchase a top brand seed
for use.
The conference is in line with
the new approach of the Federa-
tion of Agriculture outlined re-
cently by the education chairman,
Elmer Hunt. The Federation feels
that if it is to survive then it must
become active in the f ield 'of
farmer education.
The conference willfeature top
name speakers from across Can-
ada as well as panel discussions
for smaller groups. Members of
the executive in conjunction with
Agricultural Representative D.
H. Miles are drawing up the
program which will be held in both
morning and afternoon sessions.
As usual the Junior Farmers
will present their annual Drama
Show on the Friday evening.
The SHDHS Board has approved
the use of the school in Exeter
for this conference.
The Huron County Agricultural
Conference will be held in Exeter
March 12. The Conference will
replace the annual Seed Fair
which has been held at this time
for many years and is expected
to draw an estimated 300 to 400
farmers from across the county.
The Conference will be sponsored
by the Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association in co-
operation with the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture.
The decision to drop the Seed
Fair and change this to an in-
formation conference was made
at a special meeting with mem-
bers of the executive of the two
organizations in Clinton Tuesday
afternoon. Members felt that the
Seed Fair had served its purpose
and the dropping number of ex-
hibitors has proven this. The
original intent of the Seed Fair
was to stimulate interest in better
quality seed and members agreed
V-E day came, the war ended,
'Em' laughs and likes to tell,
How our citizens delighted,
In tolling Hitler's knell. K.H. Johns chairman
Emerson Cornish had the job,
At each appointed hour
He rang the bell, (for forty years)
In sunshine and in shower.
Clinton youth remanded
for pre-sentence report
David Murray Riley, 17, of
Clinton was remanded for pre-
sentence report in Magistrate's
Court Tuesday following his plea
of guilty to three charges of theft
under $50, The three incidents
occurred in separate locations,
in Tuckersmith Township, Hen-
sall and Stephen Township on
November 3 and 9.
Riley was charged with theft
of implement parts from a farm
owned by Mr. Boyce in Tucker-
smith, of theft of tires and rims
from Wayne Reid Auto Wreckers
in Hensall and of a roll of wire
fence from Fred Simmons in
Stephen Township.
Riley admitted to investigating
officers that he had taken two
plow coulters valued at $48 from
Mr. Boyce's implement lot at
night. A further search was made
and car parts which were the
property of Wayne Reid were
discovered in a barn valued at
$36.
of 1966 SHDHS Board The Fifties brought automation,
And still 'Em' rang the bell,
And thought of Harveys' Mill horses
He liked to drive so well.
In the stormy wintry weather,
In the hot summer time,
In rain and sleet, below zero,
The bell was rung on time.
charges of careless driving.
Edward Forrest of Kirkton was
charged following an accident on
Highway 23. Driver of the other
vehicle was Rev. Harrison of
Durham. Mrs. Harrison was in-
jured in the crash.
Frederick Taylor of London
was fined $40 and costs of $1.50
on a similar charge. The charge
followed an accident on Highway
4. The magistrate commented
there was a strong suggestion of
excessive speed in handing down
the heavier fine.
John Buxton of Crediton was
also charge following an acciden
on Highway 4. Damage involved
was estimated at $1,400. Mr.
Buxton told the court he had
misjudged the speed of the on-
coming truck, The fine was $25
plus costs.
Ken Johns was re-e 1 ected
chairman of the South Huron
District High School Board at
the inaugural meeting Tuesday
evening with Roy Morenz again
accepting the vice-chairmanship.
The morning bell told all the kids
Get up, get dressed for school,
At one o'clock their mamas cried,
"You have no time to fool".
Earthmen held rendezvous in space,
Old ,Ern' still rang the bell,
In the mid Sixties he resigned,
Retired, to rest a spell.
Innes Dalrymple Hey
Name Frayne RAP chairman
will need 2 new members
New recording
Gordon Baynham and Mayor Jack
Delbridge while secretary Eric
Carscadden and recreation di-
rector Alvin Willert will act in an
advisory capacity.
The question of flood lights for
the ball park at the fairgrounds
was again proposed by Gordon
Baynham. He suggested a com-
mittee of interested people from
the town be set up to investigate
costs but failed to gain approval of
all members. It was pointed out
that there is still considerable
amount of money outstanding in
regards to the building at the
swimming pool and this obligation
should be completed before start-
ing another major project.
Mr. Morenz declined the chair-
manship as he felt he would not
have the time to devote to the
extra work which will come with
the new building program at the
school.
E. D. Howey was re-appointed
as business administrator with a
$500 raise in salary. He was also
appointed attendance officer for
the school.
Members decided to meet as a
board only once a month, on the
second Tuesday and to hold any
necessary committee meetings
on the fourth Tuesday.
Members moved to set a dead-
line on meetings of 12:00 am in
an effort to have business
processed in a faster manner.
Dr. R. W. Read will be chair-
man of the management com-
mittee this year with members
W.F.B. MacLaren, E. D. Bell
and Roy Morenz. Lloyd Lam-
port heads the transportation
committee with members D. C.
Joynt, A. G. Hicks, and Herbert
Klopp.
J. C. Boyne is chairman of the
property committee with D. G.
O'Brien, John Morrissey and I. R.
Armstrong as members.
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Presentation to
Lodge member
Members of Masonic Lodge
AF&AM 133 were honored by the
visit of a Mason, W. Bro. Percy
Simpson, who was initiated into
Masonry in Lebanon Forest
Lodge January 19, 1905. The
Master at that time was W. M.
Dickson.
A presentation was made to
W. Bro. Simpson as a Mason
for 60 years and as past master
for 25 years by V. W. Bro. Ken
Hodgins. Mr. Simpson made a
suitable reply thanking the Lodge
for the honors that Masonry had
conferred on him. In appreciation
he presented R. W. Bro. W. Cann,
V. W. Bro. Hodgins and the WM
Ray Lammie with lapel pins.
Mr. Simpson was accompanied
by Wor. Bro. Dean Keefe, past
rural dean of Huron District.
13 years since these have been
replaced. Members expressed
the hope that the new nets would
be of similar quality.
Minor Bowling has been one of
the most active organizations of
the RAP committee this year
members were informed. A $50
grant was approved for this or-
ganization in accordance with
their request.
The Secretary Treasurer of
RAP will receive $500 per year
in accordance with the past policy
of the committee. The books are
being looked after by Town clerk-
treasurer and deputy.
A budget committee was setup
with the chairman Stan Frayne,
Stan Frayne was re-elected
chairman of the Recreation,
Arena and Parks Committee with
Ron Bogart as vice-chairman at
the first regular meeting of the
committee Monday evening. Al-
though two new members have
agreed to serve on the committee
this year, the by-law appointing
them has not been passed by coun-
cil.
The committee voted to author-
ize Gary Middleton to attend a
course in arena management at
the University of Guelph and Re-
creation Director Alvin Willert
to attend an extension course if
this does not conflict with other
meetings.
Minor hockey day will be held
at the Exeter arena January 29
and members are attempting to
stimulate interest of parents and
friends in an effort to get the best
attendance possible.
The committee was informed
that the fund raising drive by the
Minor Hockey Association will be
held Saturday, January 15. A can-
vass will be made of every home
in Exeter selling "hot seats" for
$1.00.
New nets have been installed
for the goals at the arena and
members feel the old ones lasted
their full lifetime. It has been
One meet per month
SHDHS Board decision
Watch numbers
Bahamas draw
Watch the numbers on tickets
for the Bahamas Draw.
The lucky winner still may
lose his chance if he or she is
not quick enough about claiming
the prize.
In order to ensure that the
enviable prize sponsored by Ex-
eter merchants is indeed claim-
ed, the Board of Trade has de-
cided to draw several tickets
from the drum.
The first one would be the of-
ficial winner. The number will be
placed in the Victoria-Grey Trust
window Saturday and published in
the T-A January 20th edition.
The owner of the ticket has
to identify himself by January
27th— 12 days after the first
announcement.
If nobody comes forward by
that time, the ticket will be dis-
qualified and the second one sub-
stituted. And the process will be
repeated.
After all one can't say that the
Board of Trade isn't determined
to get somebody to that island
of sunshine.
for area man
Douglas R. Gill of Grand Bend
has recorded a record of sacred
songs which is now on the market
under the title of The Holy Hour.
The record was recorded in the
main auditorium of Greenway
United Church last fall and has
just been released. Miss Evelyn
Curts, organist at Greenway for
27 years accompanies Mr. Gill,
Born in Stephen Township, Mr.
Gill is now living in Grand Bend
with his wife Edith and daughters
Onalee and Janice and son John.
He is at the present time organist
and choir leader of the Grand
Bend United Church, and was for
two years before this, organist
of Constance United Church near
Clinton.
For 25 years he was super-
visor of vocal music in many of
the elementary and Secondary
schools of Huron, Middlesex and
Lambton counties and as such
took an active part in Music Fes-
tivals for schools in Goderich,
Exeter, Lucan and Parkhill.
Fred Simmons reported fence
wire had been stolen from his
farm on Highway 83 valued at
$49. This was new fence in a roll
laying in a field. Two rolls were
taken and one roll was recovered.
The court was informed that
Riley is on probation as a result
of a conviction on a theft charge
in Bruce County.
Liquor charges resulted in
fines for several men. Lester
Hohner 16, of Exeter was fined
$20 and $2.50 costs on a charge
of consuming while under the
legal age limit. The accused was
found to have been drinking at
a dance and was taken home by
police.
Lawrence Jory, 23, of Exeter
was fined $35 and costs of $7.50
on a charge of having liquor in a
place other than his residence.
Constable McNall told the court
he had checked a car on Main
Street December 10 because the
vehicle had one light out. A quan-
tity of beer was found in the car.
Jory was not the driver of the
vehicle.
Donald W. W. Dixon of Hensall
was also fined $35 and $7.50
costs on a similar charge. Con-
stable Glassford told the court
he had found the accused asleep
in the car in Tuckersmith Town-
ship. A quantity of beer and
whiskey was found in the car
and the accused had been drink-
ing. In passing sentence the liquor
was also ordered confiscated.
Leo Ducharme of Dashwood
was fined $10 and $2.50 as a re-
sult of taking a drink on New
Year's Day. The court was told
the accused is an interdicted
person.
Robert Rundle, 20, of St. Marys
was fined $20 and $2.50 costs
following his plea of guilty to a
charge of failing to stop at a
through highway. The charge was
placed following an accident at
the intersection of Huron Street
and Highway Number 4 on No-
vember 10. There was $1,500
damage to the truck involved
in the accident and the Rundle
car was demolished.
Three men received fines fol-
lowing their plea of guilty to
Plan beanstorage plant
forSouth Huron district
A plan to construct a $400,000
bean processing and storage plant
in South Huron has been given
serious consideration during the
past week. Officials indicate this
will be built near either Exeter,
Hensall, Brucefield or Kippen
and would hold approximately
250,000 bushels of beans.
A vote by secret ballot Feb-
ruary 8, 9 and 10 will be held
in bean growing areas which
would give the bean board the
authority to increase the present
six-cent a 100 pound licence fee
to 10 cents. A 66 2/3 percent af-
firmative vote is required to af-
firm the increase.
It is thiS money which the mar-
keting board proposes to use to
build additional bean processing
and stOrage facilities. The FPMB
statement said "It is planned to
use the 77 cent levy collected
from the 1965 crop to build the
facilities and make repayment
from increases in the licence
fees next year".
The '7'7 ,cent levy is Collected
from growers for each 100 pounds
of beans they sell to dealers. The
money goes into a stabilization
fund for expert purposes. This Is
in addition to the six-Cent licence
fee.
Robert Allan, of Brucefleid,
chairman of the bean board said
has been having two hodge podge
meetings instead of one and yet
are not doing any more business.
He charged that when matters
have been referred to commit-
tees, the committees have not
met and the board has ended up
discussing the problem at their
meeting.
E. D. Bell concurred with these
thoughts and stated there is no
reason to have two meetings a
month lasting until 1:00 am if
members attended meetings pre-
pared with their presentations.
John Morrissey effectively
blocked the move to hold com-
mittee of the whole meetings fol-
lowing the committee meetings
by asking for committee reports
to be brought before the regular
meeting at the first of the month.
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Members of the South Huron
District High School Board mov-
ed to do more work in commit-
tees and less at their regular
meetings at the inaugural meet-
ing of the board Monday evening.
John Boyne proposed the reso-
lution which would call for the
board to meet only once a month
in public on the second Tuesday
of the month as in previous years
but to have committees meet on
the fourth Tuesday for discus-
sion, meeting later as a com-
mittee of the whole.
The suggestion of the com-
mittee of the whole meeting was
dropped but members decided
to hold only one meeting per
month unless committees found
it necessary to hold a special
meeting.
Mr. Boyne suggested the board The board has given study
in recent months to switching
its operation from a negotiat-
ing to an agency-type market-
ing system, under which it would
buy all beans produced in On-
tario.
County offices of the depart-
ment of agriculture will be the
polling stations on all three days.
They are located at Chatham,
St. Thomas, Petrol' a, Essex,
London, Clinton, Stratford,
Woodstock, Brantford, Simcoe,
Allisto n, Kitchener, Cayuga,
Walkerton, Welland, Arthur and
Bowmanville.
In addition, polling places will
be located in certain township
offices and halls on Feb. 8 only.
They are: Harwich, Blenheim;
Howard, Ridgetown; town hall in
Thamesville; Aldborough, Rod-
ney, Brooke, Alvinston; townhall
in Parkhill; legion hall in Hen-
sall; community hall in Dash-
wood; Campbell's basement on
Front Street in Mitchell; and
Blanchard township hall,
Huron is now the largest pro-
ducer of white beans with 31,-
130 acres, according to depart-
ment of agriculture statistics.
The other main growing areas
are Kent, 25,000 acres; Elgin,
9,000; Middlesex, 8,100; Lanab,
ton, 5,400; and Perth, 5,000.
Student's attendance
harmful to Board grant
posal the board will go ahead
with some other plan to finance
the new facility. He said this
could either be by bank borrow-
ing or going ahead with a plan
started last year but shelved
temporarily.
The plan was to increase the
bean company's authorized capit-
al by creating 40,000 5 percent
non-cumulative redeemable pre-
ference shares with a par value
of $10 each. These shares would
be made available for purchase
by bean growers with proceeds
being used for expansion of fa-
cilities.
Between eight and 10 informa-
tion meetings will be held inbean
growing areas prior to the vote
to explain the need.
If the vote is approved, con-
struction would start as soon as
possible with AUgust 1 Set as
target date for completion.
About 4,000 bean growers are
eligible to vote but they must
certify on voting day that they
are growers of white and yellow
eye beans.
Meanwhile, a committee of the
board still intends to travel west
in February to look over the
agency selling systems of the Ca-
nadian Wheat Board and British
Columbia Tree Fruit Farmer&
Association.
Advertising manager
appointed for T-A
ed but suggested he was very
pleased with her background.
Miss Lichty is a graduate of
Macdonald College, Guelph and
has just returned from Europe,
She has done supply teaching.
Board members termed the hir-
ing as a master stroke of luck
and offered their congratulations
to the principal for finding a re-
placement. The advertising costs
to replace teachers over the
Christmas season was given as
$688.
The principal will meet with
the finance committee in the near
future to review the budget re-
quirements and to set a policy'
re spending until the budget is
brought down, probably in March.
Members were informed that
this year the Department of Edu-
cation will not set a date as to
when board's are allowed to start
hiring teachers. This alto ws
boards to start looking for teach-
ers as early as they wish.
associated with advertising and
public relations work.
He has been Elmira Town ap-
pointee on the Library Board
and has been active on Board of
Trade projects in Elmira and
Gravenhurst. He is affiliated with
the Newmarket (Tuscon) Masonic
Lodge.
Val is also an outstand-
ing photographer, having operat-
ed his own studio in Ottawa where
he was also associated with the
world-famous portraitist Yosuf
Karsh.
Mrs. Val BaltkalnS (Agnese)
is a registered nurse and they
have two sons, Dainis, 21 in a
managerial position in Vancouver
and Indulis, 19 in accountants'
training in Toronto.
Val Baltkalns has been appoint-
ed advertising manager for the
Exeter Times-Advocate. He
took over his new duties January
10,
Val, a native of Latvia, has had
a varied experience in the news-
paper field. For the past ten years
he has been wire editor for the
Kirkland Lake Northern Daily
News, reporter-photographer for
the Sudbury Daily Star, senior
reporter for St. Thomas Times-
Journal, editor of the Elmira
Signet, general manager of four
weekly newspapers in Graven-
hurst and editor for the New-
market Post.
In his duties on the weekly
newspapers Val has been closely
In his report to the SHDHS
Tuesday evening, principal L.
D. Palmer pointed out that par-
ents taking their children out of
school for vacations during the
Christmas and New Year's period
had hurt attendance. He suggest-
ed that many parents do not
realize that the school's grants
are based on attendance and by
taking students out of school they
are costing the school extra
money.
On the principal's recommen-
dation Mr. Hilliard of the cus-
todian staff was hired on a per-
manent basis. Mr. Palmer re-
ported both he and Mr, Grove
backed this recommendation.
The board agreed to hire Miss
Lichty as Horne Economic s
teacher at a salary of $6,600
in accordance with the salary
schedule. Mr. Palmer reported
the new teacher was not engaged
until the day before school open,
the additional four cents would
provide about $40,000 annually in
additional capital based on pre-
sent production of 1,000,000
hundredweights. He said the bean
board has made application to Ot-
tawa to borrow money from the
stabilization fund. He said there
is about $120,000 surplus in the
fund plus nearly $ 500,00 collected
from the 1965 levy. Ottawa has
control of the 77-cent levy while
Toronto has control of the licence
fees. Mr. Allan said that at pre-
sent production the $400,000 loan
could be repaid in 10 years and
sooner if production increases.
If the growers approve this plan
the additional four cent fee will be
paid for an indefinite period of
time,
A spokesman stated last week
the new plant would allow the
bean company to handle about 30
percent of the Ontario crop. It
now handles 12 percent. He also
suggested the new plant would
be good for the whole industry
with farmers being able to ship
their beans faster, no matter
what dealer they go to, The in-
dustry needs more processing
and storage equipment and of-
ficials feel the whole industry
should pay for this.
Mr. Allan indicated that if
bean growers reject this pro-