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One Hundredth Year
Whole Number 4794
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1960
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Freezirg fain Plays Havoc
With District � Hydro, Trees
A driving raid, that froze as it
fell brought havoc to area utili-
ties on Monday and resulted in
hydro interruptions for va-r-ying
periods throughout the district.
A11 Seaforth services had been
restored by late Monday evening,
but in some rural areas residents
were without power until Tuesday.
Trees throughout the town bore
the brunt of the storm and the
street department crew, under
Harold Maloney, was busy clear-
ing fallen limbs and keeping
streets open. Other large limbs
and entire trees weakened by tons
of ice, were removed on Tuesday
and Wednesday where they 'creat-
ed ,a danger to the .public.
First hydro interruption in Sea -
forth occurred Monday morning
when high tension lines were car-
ried down on Jarvis.. .Street, near
the Thamer Nursing. Horne. The
fire brigade was called when the
fallen wires resulted in smoke and
fla mes.
A large number of chicks 'hatch-
ing at H & "N"• •Hatcheries on South
Main Street, were threatened when
a falling limb cook 'outa feeder
rine 'serving -the south end of town.
RUC crews had hardly finished
repairing the break and started on
Highlanders Win
in Overtime, 4-2
1)efeat-l'r,eston
An overtime period of play was
necessary ,Tuesday night when -
Preston Pals 'and Seaforth High-
landers hooked up in a Junior 'C'
tilt at the local arena. Scoring
-two goals in the extra period, Sea -
forth came but on top; -4-2.
Callow started the Seaforth scor,
ing on • a pass, from Mason and
Stoddart at 18:24 of the first per
•iod. They pulled out in front 2-0
at 14:01 of the second frame when
Callow 'again flashed the red
light, assisted by LaRue. •
Preston tied it up In the third
with; goals by Patterson at 12:12
and 14:09. Ile was assisted by Hill
and- by• Burgess.-
Scoins scored the winning goal
for Seaforth at 1:10 of the over-
time frame on a pass. froth. P:auli-
Stoddart scored an assurance goal
at 4:25, assisted by McMaster. -
Midgets - Bantams Lose.
Seaforth teams lost both ends of
a WOAA minor. hockey double-
header at Clinton 'Tuesday, night.
The Mid: -ts bowed' 4-2 and the
Bantams 2' to Clinton teams. •
Laurie ,lquheim with four un-
ssi- . aled the Clinton Ban-
tams. rd Logan ,supplied the
other go.1. For Seaforth, Jack
Papple and Francis Hagan' were
the maksinen. ._ .
Bud Boyes with two goals, and
f$ruce Cooper and Roger Cum-
mings with singletons,, , were the
Clinton -Midget scorers. Paul ,Rau
and Jim' Sills scored for Seaforth.
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Win.:. Prizes In
Christmas Draw
another break on Market Street,
when a second limb broke down
the lines that had just been re-
paired.
About five o'clock the entire
area was,when darkness the-
storm oke down lines • feeding
the Seaforth area substation.
Power was restored in town short-
ly after ' six o'clock, but portions
of the rural systems were without
hydro until nearly midnight.
In all, the Seaforth PUC hod 12
major breaks, according to Man-
ager R. J. Boussey. Services to
six residences were also disrupt-
ed. -
The hydro failures. resulted in a
run on candle supplies in local -
stores. For the first -tinge in many
years there ' was a ° demarld for
lamp chimneysas householders
dusted off'along-forgotten oil lamps
ready. for any' emergency.
Tree Falls On Road
Dorman Long, mail courier on
R.R. 2, Kippen, while on- his trip
'on Monday, reported a large elm
•The-.Seaforth Legion held a suc-
cessful Christmas dance Saturday-
evening,
aturdayevening, ' when the Community
Centre was filled to capacity.
Prize winners in the Christmas
draw were Dave Stewart, Charles
Geddes and Art Henderson.
Christmas draws were made at
two Seaforth stores Christmas
Exe. Winner of a tricycle at Wil-
lis' Shoe Stole was Mike , Mc-
Laughlin, Dublin. The draw" was•
made by Mayor B: F. Christie. At
Sills'' Hardware, Mrs. Milton Dietz,
11,R. 3S eaforth, waswinner a
of
bicycle. The ticket was drawn by
Bill Smith, president of the Cham-
ber of Commerce.
We're Sorry! -
Early publication this holiday
week, coupled with a short work
week,shas resulted in it being nec-
essary to hold ever a 'number of
stories, ads and local correspon-
dence from, various centres. These
will.appear in full in the next issue.
tree, two feet across, lying across
the road five miles east of Kippen,
on the 12th concession of Tucker -
smith, causing him to detour five
miles on his route,
Ice Causes Accidents
Damage totalling $985 resulted
Monday afternoon ,when cars driv-
en by Joseph Nolan, St. Colum -
ban, and John McLeap, Tucker -
smith, were in collision at the
corner of Main and Market -Streets.
A fire hydrant ^at the corner also
was damaged. Constable A. Cal-
der, who investigated, said sleet
and ice contributed to the acci-
dent. ' '
A collision involving a car and
two trucks, two miles west of Sea -
forth, sent Mrs. Hubert Cooper,
R.R. 1, Exeter, to Scott Memorial
Hospital with spinal' injuries. Icy
roads and poor visibility were
blamed for the accident. ._-
- "Does your wife select your
clothes?"
"No. She only picks the pockets.'°
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Use Horse and Cuttei
Fo.r19OWedding T.rip
Acclamations in tuck'ersmith, McKillop
ers
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There will be no elections in
either Tuckersmith or Mcop•
this year. Ratepayers at nomina-
tions this. week returned present
officials by accla at}i�oon.
For a time it looked like an
election in McKillop, When Earl
Mills qualified • -to oppose Reero
Dan Beuermann, and Georgeltock,
as well ,as members of: the- 1959
council, qualified for council.
However, before the 9 o'clock
deadline Tuesday,, Mr. Mills and'
Mr. Rock resigned their ,nomina-'
tion, thus paving the way for- an
acclamation•
Tuckersrmith, Reeve Ivan
Forsyth and the '1959 council were
returned without opposition.
Tuckersmith nominations were as
follows:
FOR REEVE—Ivan Forsyth, by'
Charles Eyre and Robert Gema
mell.
FOR COUNCIL—Elgin Thomp-
son, by R.' Dallas and -Gordon El:
liott.
Victor Lee, by Clair Haney and
W. E. Haney.
Arthur Varley„ by Wilmer Broad -
foot and Robertm e'
n G e m li.
....Fxank Falconer, .by. Writ..Feppear.
and Ernie Crich.
FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEE—Clair
Hanel, 'b Victor Lee andWilmer
Y W m.
Broadfoot.
• John Patrick, by Mervin Fal-
coner., and Ross Forrest.
McKillop Nominations
FOR REEVE—Dan Beuermann,
by William. L, Boyd and Ed. Smith
(,acct.)
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(acct.).
Mills;-by Torrance Dun-
das and Ernest Stevens.
Wilson Little, by Harry Johnston
.and Oliver Pryce.
FOR COUNCIL—Jerry Doerr, by
Fergus Horan and William Koeh-
ler (aecl.).
-William A. Ryan, by Ferg Kelly
and, Louis O'Reilly (accl.).
Herbert Williamson, by .Harvey
Craig and John.: R. .Leeming
(aecl.).
Sam McClure, .by Orville Storey
and John E. 'Henderson (aecl.).
George Rock, by. Gordan Papple
and William Boyd.
Mr.. and Mrs.' -William Sparks they retired to Seaforth three
celebrated the 50th anniversary of years ago.
their marriage at their Louisa St. • "It was a real old-fashioned win -
home Tuesday. More than a hun- ter,. but we made good time home,"
dred friends and relatives called the groom of fifty years said. "It
to exte,nd congratulations,, took us. over two hours, and the
It was a different day ilia 'n•'that loads were were pretty high in places."
of fifty years ago, Mr. Sparks ,re- ' While there were no. snowplows
called. Instead of the rain and in those days to pile up high banks
sleet of this year, a blizzard was along the sides of the roads, snake
blowing on their wedding day and fences held the snow and caused
already there was at least three drifting, he explained.
feet Of snow on the level.' Mr. and Mrs. Sparks have a fos-
Mr. and Mrs. -Sparks were'mat:. 'ter son, Bert W. Dunn, of Bay-
ried in Clinton on Decetnber 29, field, and two grandsons.
1909, at the home of the bride's The arrangements,.for the golden
parents, . Mr. and Mrs, James wedding reception were in charge
Mahaffy, by Dr. Stewart, minister of 1VIts. Dunn. In the afternoon
of Clinton Presbyterian Church. those serving, were Miss Belle
The bride is the former Ethel. Eliz- Campbell and Misses Marjorie and
abeth Mahaffy. Helen Smith,. of St. Thomas, and
Mrs. Spark's sister, Mrs. J. Ross in the evening, Miss Campbell,
Taylor, of St. Marys; was the only Mrs. Roy McBride, Zurich, • and
person, who had attended the wed- Mrs' James Aitcheson. At„ the
ding to be present ,for the anni- door were Mrs. J. C. ,Cochrane.
versary. and Mrs: Peter Gingerich
r-
F.ellewing,...the Wedding, a recep- ich. Others assisting were of Zu Mrs. R.
tion was held in Clinton, and the Grainger, of Zurich, and Mrs. J.
next day the young couple left by Ross Taylor, of St. Marys.
horse and cutter for their new Among the many who called to
home, lot 15,.,..concession 13', Stan- congratulate the couple was Sena -
ley, on the Bronson Line••, near tor W. H. Golding, Congratulatory
Bayfield. -They continued -to -reside messages were received from
there for the next 47 years until friends from 'Ottawa to Vancouver.
Sliding On Hill,
Youth is 'Killed
A four-year-old St. Marys .boy
was instantly...: killed- Tuesday - af-
ternoon when struck by a' truck.
Christopher. John Tinney, son of
Constable and Mrs, Homer Tin-
ney, St. Marys,, died when he was
thrown from a toboggan into .the
path of the oncoming truck.
Constable Tinney is on the St.
Marys police force. The family
are formerly of Hensall. The, young
lad is a nephew of Mrs. Campbell
Eyre, of Kippen. '
The : child -,was playing oil a to-
boggan on;..n slope near his home
along with his brother. The tobog-
gan had stopped at the sidewalk,
then jerked onto the road. The
lad was pitched from the sled into
the path of the truck.
He is survived by his parents;
three . brothers, Ronald, Gregory
and Matthew, and a sister, Tanya.
Resting at the Marriott Funeral
Home, St. Marys,' a funeral ser-
vice is being conducted Thursday
at 2 p.m. Interment will be in
St. Marys cemetery.
Firemen Work
Over Holidays
McKILLOP 'ELECTORS on Monday returned Reeve Dan
Beuermann (left) by acclamation, to, begin- his 13th term. In ,
Tuckersmith, Reeve Ivan Forsyth was also given an aclama-
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•-- -tion • and begins ,his fourth Ream: . •- . n....
Discuss Reports
In Tuckersmith�.
If the attendance at the ratepay-
ers.''...,. meeting,: which followed the
close of Tuckersmith township
nominations Monday afternoon is
any indication, there is , general
satisfaction in the - township.., with
the way in which the present coun-
eil is looking after -township af-
fairs. The inclement weather may
have had something to do with it,
but in any event, the maximum
attendance was' 43, -and on occas
sion as report,,, were presented, the
number dropped to below 30,
W. P. Rolerts,'..named .chairman
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of the meeting on motion of Clair
Haney and m, Falconer, compared
the ratepayersof the township to
shareholders in a corporation. In
*the case -of the township, the share-
>'ieltlers' dividends were the ser -
Vices which the municipality pro-
vided:•, He asked Dr. Jas a Semple,
of Egmondville United Church, to
lead in prayer:
Tribute was paid by each of the
speakers to the late. Edwin' P.
Chesney, ,...fox., many years the
township cleark-treasurer, . w h o
passed away suddenly during the
um -mer; and•to-Roy-Bell a form=er councili'
Seaforth Firemen_, had a busy
Christmas season.
The series,. of calls. began .with
a trip Ana chimney 'fire at the
John, Oldfield residence in Tuck-
ersmith Wednesday evening.On
Saturday the brigade was called
to fight a fire in a shed at the
residence of Joseph Burns, George
St. East, A third call occurred
:Monday morning when ice -laden
hydro lines ,crashed near the
Thamer Nursing Home and re-
sulted in flames and smoke fill-
ing the street.
Chief John F. Scott estimated
damage to the Oldfield residence'
at $25, and to the Burns' pro-
perty at $300, including the loss of
several small pigs.
rear --End Review RecaiIs '59 Events
- January 2,
John A. Cardno this week pur-
chased the Watson & Reid Insur-
ance agency here. M,
Mrs, Margaret Wright, long -tithe
district resident, entered here100th
year on New Yeargs Day.
Reeve Dan Beuermann, McKil-
lop, was returned to office by ac-
clamation, to head the council as
reeve for his twelfth term.,
January 9
Tuckersmith voters fought block
ed roads biting ,snow and .near -
zero temperatures on Monday to
vote for four councillors and three,
school area,ftittislees. Named ..were
Councillors: Elgin Thompson, Ax.
thu-r V'arley,• Victor. Lee:andF'rank
fi'a1co�io'r" trtisteesw •Ross Eorrestr
Reber . ,Gemmell and leave
combs : ,
.'A
C
9•
e Norreany Jones resigned
I1 ev:o , g
as ree" of. Herisall at a special
cial
ieeting of the village counll.
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General Coach Works of Can-
ada, Hensall, flew two mobile
homes to Goose Bay.
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January,16
Oliver Anderson, Hullett town-
ship, was elected Chairman of the
Seaforth District High School
Board. ' •
Miss Sandra Doig, R.R. 1, Dub-
blin, was elected one of the top
five speakers in the Provincial
Junior - Farmer public speakifig
competition at Tordnto.
John F. SUM -Warren med.;Fire
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Chic 'Tu'esdaY night at
the annualual
meeting of the Seaforth Fire Bri-
gade. •
Patrick Sloan, son of -Mr." and
Mr ..James Sloan, McKillop town
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shit)was awarded the Student Ad -
fl iflistrative tki[i►►cil Birraary, va-
Iued at $200.
Sanitary 23
ME'in
- end Mrs, Ben /Using, a
forth, celebrated their -golden Sea.
well,
ding anniversary on Monday. •
Police Chief Elmer Hutchinson?.
Seaforth, (designed to provide or-
ganlied and supervised entertain-
ment and district
for.£s
Ys,
outh formed a Seaforth Teen
Town, which will hold dances ev-
ery Saturday night. • • -
William Jewitt, Mullett township,
was elected Warden of Huron on
Tuesdays ' •
Seaforth Shoe ipiited will hold
open house in the n e West Wil-
liam Street factory on Wednesday
and Friday.
January 30
Seaforth Lions together with -
sortie 80 guests, observed the 200th
anniversary, of the birth of Robert
Burps at their annual. Burns din-
ner Monday...evening...
Seaforth ' Public School Board
elected Mrs. John Cardno as chair-
man for 1459:,
A Seaforth rink ca tiered fust
prize in the ladies' bons *spiel tit
Walkerton on Tuesday. Skipping
the `rink was Mrs. Leo "'Stepheitf
son„ ,'and curling with her ,were
Mrs. J. A. Baldwin, Mrs. A. Y.
McLean 'and Mrs. D. R. Dough-
tery.
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The new Seaforth Shoes Ltd.,
West William. Street, plant was of-
ficially opened on Wednesday af-
ternoon, when Mayor B. F. Chris-
tie cut a ribbon - stretched across
the entrance to the plant.
February 6
At the regular meeting of Hib-
Wert ,council, Fred Harburn was
engaged, to spray for warble fly.
P. L. McNaughton was sworn in
as clerk -treasurer and tax collec-
tor for the village of llensaa at
the February meeting of Hensall
council i Monday •night. •
A, midnight fire on Tuesday cans,.
ed an estimated $3,000 damages to
the service station..btli d in on the
ld
hg
corner of Gaderich and Victoria
Streets; •leased by Cleave Cobbs,
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Tribute To E. P. Chesney
"Mr. Chesney was possessed of
a master mind which he devoted
to municipal work," Reeve Ivan
Forsyth said, and his';,,'renuarks
were echoed by each of the speak-
ers that followed. He said, that the
a location on the highway to the
township road. A vehicle count
had revealed that approximately
1,000 vehicles a day were using
the road.
. The work had been done by
contract, and to insure that it
would carry the traffic, `had .been
eycavated and 26 inches of 'till in-
stalled. A base coat was applied
this year, and a final `coat will
be applied next year. The cost
of tt,hhe work, approximately $18,000,
is being paid by . the Department
of National Defence'.. He, said -the
township had received full co-
operationfrom localembers, of
Parliament in working out ar
ran;gements_ for ,completion of the
work.
As a ;result of '"representations
made by- a Bele at%n froth- Huron
County Council, tke Department of
Education had agreed to raise the
capital grant from: •$20,000 to $25,-
.000. per classroom for secondary.
schools. This would have a bene-
ficial effect on the cost involved
in the construction' of additional
.accommodation at SDHS, Reeve
...E,orsvth said, ,•
Referring to warble fly .control
work, the speaker said two tenders
had been received, and that the
higher of the two at 12c, had been
accepted, since council was' ofthe
opinion that in the long run this
would be -much the cheaper:
- The Nott drain, largest under -
position was a hard one to fill be- • taken in song .',had
.....been
h een
Cause of the complexities involv- constructed at a cost if. $22;020.
ed in mtinicipal administration to- The estimated cost was $33,190. A
MKi►o.
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Ask R4;;!:0
Costs of road maintenance, snow felt. that McKillop, should get ' a
plowing problems, and high school little road work done-. All: the
costa were under fire at the annual assessment • is used i4; .the "West
ratepayers' meeting of McKillop end," hecontinued, and• "we ` are
township Monday afternoon. Al- not,getting' what'. we should,".
most -:)100 ratepayers heard the Taxes have gone up, he •agr ed
pros and cons of municipal'affairs with 'Mr, Mills;abut the township
Burin st year,:, John_ IL- rate had been • raised very little,
Eckert, clerk asurer, wzas chair- 'while' the county rate is up; con ,
man. siderably..He predicted that fires
eat indications snowed no reason
for a further rise:next year.
Saw Many .Machi nes
Getting back'to the •grader ctues-
tion, he recalled coune•'. had!look-
ed at many machines be -fere -Mak- ••
ing the decision to buy the larger
one. Snow • removalcosts, were.„„„,„...
surrounding the purchase. high last year, with $13,652.94, be. -
thatClerk Eckert informed the group ing spent, plus ver- $1„000 .'spend
that the grader was being paid for - ler to December'p;---.1.958,..
out of this year's funds-- S1x- ten=''-; Answering- the ;Cha es•-•eoneern«--•,�-
ders had been received, • with the ing snowplow operators; William.
lowest tender being almost $24,000. Ryan said a change had been
However, council, he said, felt the made because the previous con -
larger .machine would do the bet- tractor wasn't able to start •at
ter job, even,. though.,it cost more a.m. This was the time set forth
than the lowcot: tender. Mr. 'Eckert, 'in the. contracts;, 'this, year, at- the
pointed out that , the Department request of the' road'staff.. The
would only subsidize on the amount roads-, are open for the high. school
of the lowest tender. The township, buses,, and council felt they should
however, has had success with the open All . the roads, not cater-.-to-
previous grader made by the same just one group, 'so the early start
company, and councjil thought they vias initiated,.
got value for their money, com- Covering tho .new `bridge: pro;
pared' with -other graders: gram, councilloi Herbert William �``
Mr. Mills also asked why G. E. •son -gave posts ,4f qt}�e three. strut-
Radford was not continued in the : tures erected this •yens ''They ..
snowplowing, department _when he were: McKay, $2,745.63;• Duff; $3, -
had been doing a good job. At 031.63; Gertsch;• $3,648.22; fors • a
the same time, he pointed out, total of $9,42548.. Unlike Council-
there-had
ouncilthere-had l .gen a three -mill rise in for • Doerr,- he thought the roads
two years;', yet $24,000 had been • were in poor 'shape. Too :ninth
saved over 1958 because neither dragging had been' done, and not
gravel or chloride had beet' ap- enough grading. We have . ,the
:plied. to theoads. The answer. he equipment,' but it it not"being us
"felt, couldn't wholly be laid to ed to the best.advantage,. he 'con
snow plowing costs, as neighboring tended. It's time for a change,
townships had ..just as heavy a he said. The "stories" and exeu�s
snow plowing bill and their taxes es of not being able to grade over
had remained• constant. fresh, gravel or' chloride dil, ,not„
Before leaving the platform he apply to. this year, he contended,
expressed thanks to the Federa- \yet the poor `eondition still' exists.
tion of Agriculture and Farmers' Sant McClure,. also a mer her of
Union . for the great job they had last. year's • council, was for the
done in getting, payments for liv purchase of;°the • larger grader,
stock lost by rabies.
The/road account is"up consider-
Reeve Beuermann addressed t ably this year, he agreed;` 1iut
gathering first and told of he c- snow plowing made up the great.
complishments of Huron County est portion of this account.,
Council during '1959. He pointed ..... George Rock, nominated for
out the county expected to have a council; said he 'wouldn't' cause an
snrall surplus of $23,883 this year. election,. but. should there be •one,
His report showed 'small surpluses for reeve, he would stand for coun
in most of the.departments.
At present the township; -is -car -'j
'Major Road Program rying an overdraft or about $9,500,
The road program was the larg- said Mr.'Eckert, in replying to 'a
est ever undertaken in Huron; the query froni the floor, but this wi11
reeve continued. A total of $1,218,- be reduced in two years without''
000 was spent on roads. this year, raising the mill rate if nothing -un -
including $350,000 on the Develop- foreseen • happens. -
ment road. He informed the group • Pays One -Third SDHs Cost
that to keep the mill rate down
the county may have to consider With McKillop] paying "almost,,
turning back some of the lesser one-third of the hi- school tax
used roads • to the , township sys- levy,.., the ratepay'fr•' were quite
terns.. At the same time,.,the coup- interested in the' report of Gordon. •
ty is striving to have the stretch McGavin, township appointee to'
of road• between Kippen and Wrox'= the board. Of the $200,000 needed .,
eter' recognized as a' development -fa run the sci col, $85,000 of it, is
road by the Province of Ontario. used .to pay teachers' salaries;. the
First of the 1959 councillors to report showed. On Icp of this, be
speak was Jerry Doerr.`Ili feller- said, it is under�:t^od a letter has
ated the. grader story and said it been 'received frr,rn the teachers
was doing a good job: The roads asking •for a further revision of
were in good shape and could com-. their salaries: -
pete with any roads in the area. School buses are casting $32,000
The worst road,.he felt, was the this year, the rep' rt continued„
county road. With the county rate and a grant: is received nn $24,000_
at a high peak, and such Iarge of this: This, cost would double, ieA�7a".
amounts being spent on roads, .he (Continued on:Page 47 • " •
day. The township had been for-
tunate to prevail on Mrs. Chesney
to carry on. He was satisfied that
an excellent job was being done—
she had worked closely with her
husband and was familiar with all
aspects of the work.
Reeve Forst' to the meeting
that he fearc'th'nt realized
the work involved in municipal
administration today. As an ex-
ample; he said, the township rev
enue totalled $331,000. Taxes to-
talling $132,000 'were levied on A
taxable assessment of $2,646,000.
Referring to the, difficulty being
experienced in connection with tax
arrears, he said that at December
21 some_ $22,000 of the current year
was in arrears, which represented
bout 16 per cent of the total levy.
In addition to this, arrears ac-
cumulated in prior years amount-
ed to approximately $15,000,
One of the problems hi the col-
lection of arrears is that some
ratepayers seem to regard the
municipality as a money -lending
organization, and purposely permit
their taxes --to go into arrears.
A new source of revenue for the
township this year resulted from
the assessment of Union Gas for
lines across the municipality,
which produced $2,600, .in taxes. -
Review Road Work
The 'general rate for township
schools was discontinued, and in
future each trustee board will now
include in the trustee levy the
amount required to replace.... what
the general rates., formerly pro-
duced. It has' had the effect of
reducing, somewhat, the rate for
School purposes. In the case of
smaller schools, ,the change could
result in a Slightly higher rate,
Reeve Forsyth said.
Reviewing work \ �hich had been
carried out on townsh'ip'roads, the
speaker said that it had always
beenthe policy of council to ob-
Iain assistanee through grants
wherever possible. With this in
mind,$12,000, had been paid by
the 'Federal Government "two years
agofor work otheO'Brien n O aide -
road. Now work -was underway to
rebuild a ,,,portion of the township
road frbm 'No. 4 ighway to the
P.M.Q. area at RCAF Station 'Clin-
ton. The road, which had been
built a number of years ;ago;. had
not, been designed to carry' -the
heavy traffic which .was generat-
ed as a result'of the entrance ter
the • camp having, Wen ..mo'ved;item .
provincial subsidy of one-third the
cost had been received and pro-
rated.
Additional bridge kwork is re-
quired on Con. 4 - a. d 5, L.R.S.
Built in 1904 consideration will- be
given to replacing the bridge next
year.
Because of the high costs in-
volved in snow removal in 1959,
council, decided to -do no weed
-spraying, but this would be re-
sumed in the ciming •year; • (con-
sideration was also, being giv-
en tq working out a plan to pro-
vide for .the prepayment of taxes,
• (Continued on Page 4),
W. Earl—Mills, who earlier was
nominated for the reeve's position,
started the bail rolling when he
asked council what the total cost
of the new grader was;• how many.
tenders had , been called; if the
machine was . paid for; in other
words, the whole 'financial' set-up
s
vestsAdd ToChristmasJoyk
Mrs. Elliott' Walter has returned
fronit6 Wingham where she spent
the past month.
Mrs. Almira Chambers spent
Christmas in London with Mr. arid
Mrs. Raymond Chambers.
Mr. Harry Kruse, of Td'rorrto,
spent .Christmas with his many -
relatives in Tuckersmith.
Mr. Neil Beattie; of Toronto, was
a Christmas guest at his home
here.
Mrs, J. M. Govenlock, Clinton;
Jack Dorrance, St. Catharines, and
Mrs. MacKenzie, ,'Oshawa,. spent
Christmas with Mrs. Mae Dor-
ranee.
Miss Vesta Coombs and Mr.
itrenno Jackson, of Brussels, spent
Christmas with Mrs...Leo Stephen-
son.
Mr. and Mrs, Trafford, of. Carle-
tr"in Place, were ' l3 uand
of Mr.
Mrs. \Ben Loney.
Miss Gladys s Thompson spent the
holidays in Tillsonburg and Toron-
to.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Basun, of
Stratford, were Christmas guests
of -Mrs. Hugh, Alexander.
Mr. and -Mrs. M. McKellar spent
Christmas with Dr. and Mrs. Hugh
Williams in Indiana.
Miss Marjorie Bfxolrickell, e ' on-
to, spent Cistmas with My. and
Mrs. George L. Smith, in Hulled_Mr. George Hays spent Christ-
mas in Detroit. • r
Mrs. William Cha' man and•; Mr.
and Mrs. '..A. C. ltoiutledge were
14110.51s ` Mr, and rS 'Ilo ert
,
M
acl-
tlregor in,Taekersnith.
andMrs. li`rak ,Cudntore
and Mies.Ilatcy Oud o ii-Oiw
laceburg, spent the holiday with
Mr. D. L. Reid and Miss Hazel
Reid.
Miss Mae Smith and Mr. Robert
Smith. spent Christmas with Mr.
and Mrs. George, L. Smith in Hul-
lett.
-- Miss Peggy . Willis, of Deep Riv-
er, spent Christmas with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Willis.
Miss Rena Fennell spent Christ-
mas in: Orangeville.
Mrs. H. E. .-Smith' spent. Christ-
mas in London with her son. -and
daughter-in-law, Mr, and Mrs.
Donald Smith.
Mrs. Edythe Wallace and Miss
Milly Whalley! of Toronto, .were
Christmas.. •visitors With Mr.. and
Mrs, R. James •Wtallace ' and
Cherie .Lyon. ' r
Mr. Bill Stephenson, .of Toronto,
anent the holidaywith his mother,
Mrs, Leo Stephn's onr •
Mr. and M.rtt. J.' E. Patterson,
East William St., had as their
Christmas weekend • visitors, ,Mrs.
J. W. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. E. Rouse
Mr. and Mrs. D. Rouse and Cheryl
Lee, all of Norwich, and Mr. Don-
ald Rouse, orGnderieh, -
Mr. and Mrs. Bedford Dungey,
Brenda and Bonnie spent 'the
Christmas holidays with Mr. and
Mrs; James Hogg, Collingwood,
Mrs. Iia Dorrance, of town; and.
Mr. Stanley . Dorrance of, Henora
sent COMMAS
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p .. kt, with- Mr, and
Mrs. Conlon: Webster in Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs, James • Cameron
and son, of London,. spent the lick-
day at the borne of his mother
r
rsri1i? Carleton:
W m tt,
Mrs. 11, 13.. Stephenson has t'e•.
turned home after spending two
weeks in Ottawa visiting with M.
and Mrs; _Donald Stephenson.
Miss Anna Stewart spent Christ :
mos at the home of, Mr. and Mrs. ,
Robert Harvey at Monkton. •. •
Mr. Stanley Dorrance, of Ken-"-`'
ora, is spending Christmas week
with • his 'mother, Mrs, Ila -Dor- -•
ranee, Goderich St.
Visitors during- the. weekend with
Mrs. Leo Stephenson ere Miss
Jean Gorwill, of London, nd' Mr.
and Mrs. 'Ron Mulhlland,, f T `
ronto.
Mrs. Alex- Bethune spent the
Christmas holiday with Mr. and '
Mrs. Gerald--.Jiuibert, daughter=-
Martha • Jnne, and Mr. and -Mr„
,
Malcolm Timmins, of Min'[ico '
- Vititors with Mr. and Mrs;
1
bert Hudson-. werpa Mr. and r6;,
Fran* Hoirayd, Janice and ' D ug-
lass
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las - ' f Pres n; .Dr and d M ohn..
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Carroll I anxilton; Mr, and ,M•rs:
lit, H. `Hudson, Stratfordi an 1. MtLJ
E. Ether '
ing ton and ,". s,o
n, 013sell,'
Stratford.
Mr. Jas. A, McDonald, has•ret
turned after spendinig spendingChristman
in• British Coltunbia. ; .. .
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Sills and
daughter, Cathy, Kitchener; a
Mary Lou Sills . arid Miss uth
Sills, London en
S oda spent Cliristrnrt
the 'home 0i -their mother,i Mrs,, �.
Charles P. Silis, ' ,.-
Mr.and . - M.'
MTS. J. En e ' lYfr�.
and rs. C. Eckert k ri'' ,
C.,.. rt .dtid^'rnily �,
and Dr. and Mrrs. T. Mein • ,.
fame of• od rch v t-.
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e is
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r
•riias Day With Mr': 'and 's'. '.
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