Zurich Citizens News, 1959-03-11, Page 12PAGE TWELVE
Winners At Huron County's 12th
Annual . Seed Fair Last Weekend
The 12th annual Huron County
Seed Fair was held in Clinton
District Collegiate Institute last
week despite bad weather which
reduced the crowd considerably.
Sponsor of the fair is the Huron
Soil and Crop Improvement As-
sociation, whose president is Del-
bert Geiger, RR 2, Zurich.
Following are the prize winners
at the fair:
FALL WHEAT: Walter Short -
reed, RR 3, Walton (Genesee) ;
Robert Fotheringham, Donald R 3RSea-
forth (Genesee) ;
Walton; Jack M. Broadfoot, Bruce -
field (Cornell).
ZURICH Citizens NEWS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1959t;
TURNIPS, not waxed: Rene Del-
berque, RR 2, Brussels; Kenneth
Carnochan. (Laurentian).
Ten Bushels OATS, graded: Ro-
bert P. Allan (Garry); Andy Turn-
bull (Rodney) ; Whitney Coates,
RR 1, Centralia (Rodney) ; John
Pickering, RR 2, Dashwood (Rod-
ney) ; Bruce Tuckey, Exeter (Gar-
ry) ; Oscar Tuckey, RR 3, Exeter
(Garry) ; Lewis P. Coyne.
Ten Bushel BARLEY, graded:
Frank Hicks (Herta) ; Newton G.
Clarke (Herta) ; Robert P. Allan
(Herta); Charles Prout, RR 1,
Centralia (Herta) ; J. M. Taylor,
RR 5, Wingham (Brant) ; Jack Br-
oadfoot (Parkland); Lewis Coyne;
Bob Fotheringham (Parkland) .
EARLY OATS: Robert P. Allan,
Brucefield; Robert Fotheringham;
J. Arnold Jamieson, RR 4, Clinton;
James Carnochan, RR 3, Seaforth;
Kenneth Ryan, Walton; Andrew
Turnbull, RR 2, Brussels; Jack
Broadfoot; Thomas Hern, Wood-
ham; Kenneth Alton, RR 7, Luck -
now. (All Garry, except Turnbull's
and Carnochan's, which were Cl-
intland) .
MEDIUM or LATE OATS: Jack
Broadfoot; Luther Saunders, RR
2, Seaforth; Lewis P. Coyne, RR
5, Seaforth. (All Rodney).
NOVICE OAT CLASS: Oscar
G. Kieffer, RR 1, Wingham; Wil-
liam. Dennis, Walton; Jack Broad -
foot; Rodger Kieffer; Bert Alton.
(All Garry but Broadfoot's which
was Rodney).
MALTING BARLEY: Bob Foth-
eringham; Jack Broadfoot; Luther
Saunders; Douglas Jamieson, RR
4, Clinton; Kenneth Ryan, Walton;
Lewis P. Coyne. (All Parkland but
Ryan's, which was Montcalm).
BARLEY, other than malting,
Frank Hicks, RR 1, Centralia,
(H e r t a) ; Kenneth Carnochan,
(Herta) ; Newton G. Clarke, Wood-
ham (Herta) ; Robert P. Allan,
(Herta) ; Bob Fotheringham (Br-
ant) ; R. N. Alexander (Brant) ;
J. M. Taylor, RR 5, Wingham (Br-
ant): Jack Broadfoot (Brant).
4-H CLUB OATS: half bushel
harvested from 1958 grain club
plot, Norman Cartwright, Londes-
boro; RodKieffer; Ronald and
Wayne Herne Woodham. (All Gary
oats).
4-H Club Barley, half bushel
harvested from 1958 grain club
plot, Bob Fotheringham Jack Br-
oadfoot, Lawrence Taylor, (all
three Parkland) ; • Donald Coyne,
RR 5, Seaforth; Kenneth and Don-
ald Ryan, Walton; Douglas '.3am-
ieson.
4-H Club Corn, ten ears harv-
ested from 1958 grain corn• club
plot, Ralph Finkbeiner, RR 2, Cre-
diton, (Pfister 28) ; Muriel Corn-
ish, RR 1, Woodham (Pfister 28) ;
Bob Fotheringham (Funks) ; Doris
Cornish, RR 1, Woodham (Pfister
28); Jack Broadfoot (Funks G 11
N).
FIELD CROP OATS: Oscar Kie-
ffer ,William Dennis. (Both Gary).
.b'LI LD CROP BARLEY:. Bob
Fotheringham, Lewis Coyne.
FIELD CROP CORN: Bob Fo-
theringham, Bob Broadfoot, John
F. Bell, RR 2, Seaforth. (All Pfis-
ter).
FIELD BEANS: Robert P. All-
an, Bob Fotheringham; Billy Ch-
arters, RR 3, Kippen; Ross Mc -
Beath, RR 3, Kippen; Gary W.
Jones, RR 3, Kippen; Norma Gei-
ger, RR 2, Zurich; Gerald Chap-
man, Hensall; Gerald Johnston,
RR 3, Kippen; South Huron Dist-
rict High School; Donald Coleman,
Staffa; Margaret Coleman, Staffa.
(All Sanilac).
TIMOTHY: Luther Saunders,
(common, R. N. Alexander (cli-
max;. Jack Broadfoot (common) ;
J. Arnold -:.Jamieson, Robert P. Al-
' Ian (S4$),. Donald Ryan.
Fire Near 'Bend
Destroys Home
Flames fanned by strong east-
erly winds Thursday night levelled
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fergus
Turnbull, about three miles north
of Grand Bend on No. 21 highway,
causing loss estimated at $25,000.
The three-bedroom home, built
only last spring, was reduced to
ashes in about an hour. The home
was fully furnished and nothing
was saved.
Couple in Florida
Cause of the blaze was not
known. The Turnbulls have been
on vacation in Florida since sh-
ortly after Christmas. Mr. Turn-
bull is an. area farmer and cattle
buyer.
Grand Bend and Dishwood fire-
men were called but by the time
they arrived the flames were rag-
ing through the entire building
and they were unable to bring
them under control.
Any other seed: Ken Alton, flax;
R. N. Alexander, millet.
MIXED GRAIN: L. Saunders,
Robert P. Allan (Garry and Br-
ant) ; Bob Fotheringham; Lewis
Coyne; James Carnochan (Clint -
land and Herta) ; Ken Carnochan
(Rodney and Herta) ; Andy Turn-
bull (Clintland and Brant); Jack
Broadfoot (Brant and Garry) .
FIRST CUT HAY: Oscar G. Kei-
ffer; Ross Marshall, RR 1, Kirk -
ton; Bob Fotheringham; Huron
County Horne Farm; Alvin Betties,
Bayfield; Walter Shortreed, RR 3,
Walton; J. M. Taylor; Kenneth
Ryan; Jack Broadfoot.
SECOND CUT HAY: Billy Char-
ters; H. B. Taylor, RR 3, Walton;
Kenneth Carochan, RR 3, Sea -
forth; Walter Shortreed, RR 3,
Walton; Bob Fotheringham, RR 3,
Seaforth; Huron County Home
Farm; Ross Marshall.
FIRST CUT FIELD CHOPPED
HAY: Richard Proctor, RR 5,
Brussels; Robert Proctor, RR 5,
Brussels; H. B. Taylor.
SECOND CUT FIELD CHOPP-
ED HAY: H. B. Taylor.
Well Known to Local People, Detroit
Man Has Hobby of Collecting Clocks
Brucellosis Report
Given Federation
At a recent meeting of the St-
anley. Township Federation of Ag-
reculture reports were brought in
of the recent canvass made by the
directors concerning the Brucellos-
is test and slaughter program,
which showed that 93 percent of
cattle owners were in favour of it.
Ted Dunn chairman of the
Farm Accident Survey outlined the
details of this project and gave
the • names of the ,reporters for
each given area.
Arrangements were' also com-
pleted ofr the erection of the
signs to be placed on Stanley
concessions as soon as completed.
Dial System For Grand Bend Under
Study; System Shows Profit in 1958
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what they intended doing. Reeve
Dalton went on to say, "The com-
pany is in business to sell tele-
phones and service, and here's a
chance, why not take it? Any bus-
iness man knows you have to sp-
end money to make it."
Deputy -reeve Alex Mousseau
felt that there was no need for
further investigation on the mat-
ter. He said, "Grand Bend needs
a better system and we better give
it to them or Bell will. Why should
we give up Grand Bend, when it
is a main source of revenue for
the system. If they want service
and are willing to pay for it why
should we object." Councillors Karl
Haberer and Jack Corbett agreed
with the deputy.
RED CLOVER: L. Saunders,
Bob Fotheringham, Tom Hern.
,ALFALFA:•, R. N. Alexander,
(common), L. Saunders (Vernal),
Bob Fotheringham (Grimm).
EARLY POTATOES: Andy Tu-
rnbull, RR 2, Brussels (Canso);
Robert P. Allan; R. Y. McLaren,
Hensall; Earl Rowe, Hensall; Don-
ald Coyne (all cobbler) .
LATE POTATOES: W. R. Doug-
all, Hensall; Andy Turnbull; R. Y.
1VIcLaren, George Walker, Hensall;
Douglas Hughson, Exeter; Robert
Allan; Robert P. Allan. (All Seb-
. ago).
• HYBRID CORN, 12 ears: Rob-
ert P. Allan; Bob Fotheringham
(Punks) ; Ross Marshall, RR 1,
Kirkton (Funks) ; Robert Broad -
foot (Funks G11A); Jack Broad-
foot (Funks G11A); Toni Hern,
Woodham; John • F. Bell, RR 2,
Seaforth.
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picture. A surplus of $8,968.71 was
declared in addition to a depreci-
ation provision, first ever *set aside
by the company, of $7,294. Last
year the system declared a loss
of $10,000.
According to secretary -treasur-
er Reginald Black the improved
situation is theresult of the in-
creased rates, as well as more re-
turns from long distance tolls.
It was pointed out to the sub-
scribers that if Grand Bend would
be changed to dial the subscribers
there would be charged a higher
rate, to take care of the increased
cost to the system. There would
be no increases in Zurich and
Dashwood to help pay for the dial
system at the Bend.
The report for the year 1958
shows an improvement of about
$25,000 •in the system's financial
PLAN MINSTREL SHOW
(Wingham Advance Times)
Bob Secord, Hanover, and his
father, Toronto, were guests at the
regular meeting bf the Lions Club
held in the United Church base-
ment on Friday evening. President
Bill Conron presided, with Harold
Victor Pym and John McKibbon
in charge of the music. Lion T. A.
Currie, who had. arrived home
from ;Florida the same afternoon,
was right back in harness as tail
twister and general fine extractor.
The president introduced Bob
Secord, who is the author of the
script of the minstrel show which
the Lions plan to present this
spring. Bob spoke of the fun the
Hanover Rotary Club had enjoyed
in the preparation and presenta-
tion of the same show and offered
to help in any way possible here.
Following the meeting the mem-
bers of the club remained to prac-
tise some of the music to be in-
cluded in the minstrel show and
to select the end men.
Clergy to Appeal to
Motorists
And Pedestrians
Pictured above are Mr. and Mrs. Morley Witmer, Detroit„
well known to most residents of this district, with a few of their •
collection of clocks. Mr. Witmer has developed a hobby of fixing;
clocks and keeping a collection of them at his home. The follow-
ing is a story aobut this hobby which recently appeared in a.
Detroit daily paper.
There may be times when it
seems no one will so much as give
you the time of day, but such
won't be the case if you happen
to be the guest of a family in their
home on McKinney.
For the man of the house there
has some 125 clocks, all in fine
working order, to choose from.
And he can attest to their reli-
ability personally. Another 30
clocks or so are waiting his atten-
tion now he said.
He is Morley Witmer, a . crank-
shaft balancer at Chrysler's Mound
Road Engine Plant who spends, on
an average, from 15 to 20 hours
weekly indulging in his unusual
hobby.
Most of the clocks are in the
basement of his home at 9461 Mc-
Kinney, in a recreation room.
,,Some are scattered around the
house, like the four he has • in his.
living room, and others are in the
homes of his relatives and friends.
But he has sold none, and has
no present plans to sell any.
A province -wide traffic safety
campaign designed to persuade
motorists and pedestrians to ac -
Two of these belonged to his:
grandfathers at one time, and are.
a one -day weight -wound clock -
most clocks today are spring con-
trolled - and a one -day spring
wound piece. His third favourite•
belonged to his father, an eight-
day spring -wound, and like the
first two was worn out by the time
he got it. Age of the three, incid-
entally, ranges from 50 to 130;
years.
His most unusual clock is an:
eight-day weight movement piece,.
well over 100 years old. It carries:
a tag showing it was repaired on.
October 1, 1851 in a repair shop.
in some unidentified town or vill-
age in Pennsylvania - and thus:
may be decades, or more, older.
His toughest job? That's easy,.
Witmer said. Invariably old alarm.
clocks give the most trouble ....
but, he added quickly, he has yet
to see one he couldn't put back
into running order.
The one he considers rarest has :
gears entirely made of wood. He
said he has no idea where it came:
from, or when, but hopes, through
the organized clock hobbyists, to,
eventually find out.
A McKinney avenue resident 30
years, he is married to Luella and
is the father of Kenneth and'
Betty.
He has worked for Chrysler 33
years, all of that time • until hast
August at the Dodge Main Plant
in Hamtramck. He is also a char-
ter member of Holy Communion.
Lutheran Church, 11,111 Whittier,•
which he helped organize in 1941.
And his future as a clock hobby-
ist? He just wants to keep "point-
ing my car on weekends" and find
more that just may present a chal-••
lenge.
While not a professional clock
repairman, formally, anyhow, he
said he hasn't yet seen a clock he
couldn't put back into top running
order.
And this is, where his ability
cept moral responsibility .for dri- comes in, for' ilia majority of the
ving and walking safely, will be-
gin April 1 under the sponsorship
of the Highway Safety Branch
of the Ontario Department of Tr-
ansport.
Clergymen and lay leaders in
the churches of all faiths will be
asked to give sermons on traffic
accident prevention at Sunday ser-
vices and to give talks to church
groups on other appropriate oc-
casions. They will also be en-
couraged to write articles on this
important subject for their parish
publications.
clocks he + has repaired . were in
"terrible shape, many of them
thought beyond repair."
Witmer, 56, has taken an inten-
sive interest in his hobby only
during the past ten years, but even
35 years ago he was tinkering with
the time pieces when given the op-
portunity.
A revised kit of traffic safety
materials similar to the one that
was so well received by the clergy
at the time of the 1958 Moral
Responsibility Campaign will be
produced by the Highway Safety
Branch and distributed to church
leaders throughout the province.
The Ontario Federation of Ag-
riculture has undertaken to co-
operate in stimulating interest in
the program through its affiliated
county and district federations,
commodity groups, farm educa-
tional organizations and co-opera-
tives.
"All citizens whether on foot or
behind the wheel are morally re-
sponsible for obeying the traffic
laws and rules of the road, said
W. B. G. Reynolds, Commissioner
of Highway Safety in announcing
the campaign. "This program is
intended to convince drivers and
pedestrians that they can avoid
accidents by observing the Golden
Rule of traffic safety -drive and
walk aS you would have others
drive and walk."
Now, he said, bell often take
a slow weekend, "point my car
in any direction within 200 miles
of Detroit, and go off, looking
for more clocks".
He said he did have one prob-
lem, that of identifying many of
the clocks he has obtained. Some
are so old, or so unusual, that he
has no idea of their origin. He ex-
pects to solve this problem, how-
ever, by trading information with
other members of the National
Clock Collector's Association, a
group he joined a few months ago.
Another challenge he finds is
that of building new cases for his
clocks, a job that requires much
original thought since his overall
collection ranges from clocks stan-
ding just three inches high to one
seven feet in height. Many are fur-
ther peculiar since they were built
in different places like Germany,
France, Italy, Canada end, for the
.most part, in the U.S.
Like any hobbyist, he has his
favourites, and in his case these
have a sentimental attachment,
Zurich Pee Wees
Play In Shamrock
Tourney at Lucan
After being eliminated in two
straight games by the Lucan Lep.
rechauns, the Zurich Pee . Wees
will get back into action this Sat-
urday, when they are scheduled
to take part in the Shamrock
Tournament in the Lucan Arena,
The Pee Wees will face Kensal
Park Pee Wees at 2 p.m. Games
are being played all day long,.
with the top team winning the
Shamrock Trophy. The winner
does not necessarily have to be
the team which scores the most
goals, but will be judged by a
panel of experts for all around
ability and team work.
Tickets for the tournament have
been sold locally, and a number
of fans will be attending the event
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