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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-01-08, Page 3..�• 4 ,• • The next speaker, Councillor He referred to complaints t Frank Falconer, who acted as have been received because. So deputy -reeve during the year, dis= ratepayers persisted in plowi cussed the grants which the town- too close to the roads. In, so ship had made. He explained the cases the plowing had been e difference in grants to agrzeul- tended to- the gravel bed ports turar societies and said the grant of the road. Not only did this r was based on the number of cal- sult in additional maintenan zens in°the township- being served cost, but ,it created a dangero by each' of the three societies. In condition, Mr. Varley said. addition tq The basic amount, an warned that plowing should not additional $IOO had been paid Sea- brought nearer than six to eig forth Fair in recognition of its feet to the travelled portion of t having attained Class 'B' status. road: The levy system was not emplpy,. Other complaints have been •ed to. raise funds'for the Federa- ceived because Tuckersmith'Mu -tion of Agriculture since it was • ieipul Telephone Syste Was r considered to be `more costly. covering long distanpoa tolls ''There was no benefit except to- four-month intervals. This had b the very few who asked to be ex- come necessary because of the i empt. An outright grant of $700 creasing volume of ,long distant was made, and this was in line tolls which were being handle with other townships where the and whieh created a financin 1 vy was in effect. The Farmers' problem for the system. He re - Union had asked that the F. of A. called that when the matter had grant be discontinued or, altgrna- been discussed at a meeting of • tively, that it be given an equiva- of subscribers, the attendance con - lent grant. When this was not con- sisted of a mere handful of mem- sidered feasible, the Union had bers. Referring to the tax 'rate asked that the township collect the speaker recalled having bee ' $5.00 from Union members, Coun-- told -.,by a former resident, who i eil, in turn, felt that this,was not now living in London, that', his tax reasonable, since it •wa not pos- es when he left the township, ha sible to assess s�ich an amount amounted •to $79, and that in Lon against the land, Tnd• if the taxes don .he was' paying $300. The town on a farm, for which a $5.00 as- ship taxes on 50 acres at that tin sessment had been made, were not required '10 fat hogs; a load of has Raid, then the ',township would be and seven bags of oats. Pointin out.the.$5.0.0. In order to, consider_ out this same produce „today yvoul the matter further, the Union had pay taxes on a gond 100-acr • • been asked tp indicate the number farm• Mr. Varley said that per of members in the township, but haps taxes were not too high i this information had not been -re- relation ' to cost. ceived. At the end of the year. a I A review •of activities in th grant of $100 had been paid to! school area was presented b the. Farmers' Union on an estimate Chairman Forrest. It •was the in that the Union perhaps represent- tention of the board to , continu ed one out of eight of the rate- its program of improving sghoo p.ayers. A• new arrangement would property, .,,and next year.it wa •be in existence this year concern- expected work would be carrie ing snowplowing at the west end. .,out at No. 7 and No• 10 .Schobls. Early Nominations? 1 While there was a feeling in Mr. Falconer said that in his some quarters- that consolidated ,opinion, ditch accounts should be schools would be inevitable, he cleaned ,up, since there was a few felt this was debatable, In any still. outstanding. He favored a-• event, it was felt that every effort change in. the nomination date and should be made to keep up the felt That the township should- nom- existing school plantss. inate at the same -time as other It had been thought that diffi- municipalities.. eulty might be experienced in ob- "I hope we have seen: the .last' • taining teachers who would be pre - nomination meeting to be held. in pared to handle eight grades, but Tuckersinith between Christmas this. had. not been 'a- problem, The and New Years,” he sai .� rate had been reduced and this Councillor Victor Lee said that had been made possible as a re - weed spraying had been postpon- sult .of , increased assessments. .ed this year. because of the in- Others who spoke included Clair • creased cost of snow removal, but Haney, _Jack Patrick and Robert that it would be undertaken again •Gemmell; area trustees. next year. Substantial quantities The _chairman, Mr, Roberts, who of fill had been required for the is also secretary -treasurer of .the RCAF• road and at the Harptirhey area board, emphasized the 'tare CNR crossing. with which elected representatives Councillor Elgin Townsend told. serve the public. As a result of •of his work as a member of the the attention which they give to bauble River Conservation Board. detail and the time they spend The township benefits to a limited in their r� ties„ the taxes which extent but is included in the auth- the•officials, as well as ratepayers ority because it has certain lands •pay, reflected only the actual cost draining into the Sauble Basin. of operation. . The cost to the township last year The representative of the' town - was $122.61. The work of the ship on SDHS Board; James Mc - authority included the construe- Intosh, told Of,steps which were tion of the Morrison dam in Us- being taken to provide additional borne township, which provided accommodation' at the school. This additional water supplies, as well had been made necessary as a re - as flood control, and . substantial suit of increased school popula- quantities of water in the Grand tion in this area. He drew atten- Bend - Parkhill area. In all, some tion to the help --Reeve Forsyth 700 farm ponds have been sub- had been in pointing out that as sidized 'in the conservation area. a result of an agreement with the The warblefly program was out- Department, grants should now be lined by Councillor Arthur Varley, paid ,on the basis of $25,000 per Four -thousand, five hundred and classroom, r then than $20,000 per "-twenty-three head had been cover- classroom, i ed' in the first spray, and 3,492 in The exte t to which secondary r TI Tuckersn' aft .Meeting Discusses Problems (Tuckersrpith ratepayers, at a the second. The amount collected meeting which followed the nom -• totalled $1,120.60 and this, together ii}ation ,period last week, heard with a subsidy of $430, had re - reports presented by township of- suited .in a net cost to the town - Bemis. Certain of the reports were ship of $151.30. Mr,, Varley point - covered in a story in last week's ed out that there ways a coinci- issue. The balance appears be- dence in that the test in the pre - low.) ceding- year to' the township had Explain Grants been three cents Tess, that is, $151.27, hat me. ng me t- on e- ce WM1; O • Chr'istint ' sitMS iii the village' 'a;nd vicinity"'- Were: 'Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Sharpness ,and Kathy, of Sarnia, with Mr. 'and Mrs. John Shannon. Mr. and Mrs. David Andrews and Misa Alice Andrews, of To- ronta,, with Mr: and Mrs. George Dundas, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lamont and family, of London, with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Porter. Miss Joan Ryan, Reg -N., of Cornwall, with her parents, Mr, and Mrs: Lawrence Ryan. Miss Amye Love, of _Toronto, with Mr. and Mrs. ' Walter Broad - foot and Mrs. Fern Patterson. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Fraser and family, of Stratford, with Mr. Mal- colm Fraser and otherrelatives, Mr. Carl, Coutts, of London, with his parents, M,r. and Mrs. Andrew us Coutts and Mr:' and Mrs. E. Mc- Creath. Misses Ione Watson, of London, and Verda 'Watson, of Toronto, With their parents, Mr: arid Mrs. David Watson. Miss Norma Leeming, of Lon- don, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Leeming, David Kirkby, of Toronto, with relatives and friends. Kenneth Ryan, of Ridgetown, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. -Joseph Ryan. g Miss Ruth Ennis, of Whitby, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.• D. En- nis. Mr. and Mrs., Robert Hulley, Sr., held a Christmas gathering at their home with their four sons ,1 and their families present. They n were: Mr, and Mrs., Calvin Hul- s ley and Beth, Walton; Mr..and • 'Mrs. Frank Hulley, Keith and d John, Londesboro . Mr, and Mrs. - Melvin Hulley, Janet, $ruse, Jean - and Doreen, Londesboro, and Mr. e and Mrs. Robert Hulley, Sandy and Bobby, Winthrop, g Mr. and Mrs. Tom Williamson, d Ii.ht. 1,. Walton, celebrated theirs e 49th' wedding anniversary on- Mon- - day, Dec. '28, n' Mr, and Mrs- Floyd Jenkins and son, of Burford, with Mr, ,and Mrs. e Clarence Ma-etin. y . Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cardiff, of Petrolia, with the latter's mother, e Mrs. Fern Patterson, and other 1 relatives. s _Miss. Sheila Riddell, of Alexan- d dria, Kentucky, with Mr. and Mrs, Russell Barrows. Mrs. Luella Marsham and Barry Marshall spent three days . with F• Mr: and Mrs. Frank Marshall, North Bay. --Tom Somerville, of Bing Inlet,• Northern Ontario, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Walter Somerville. 'air_ and Mrs. Clifford Hoegy and Mr. and Mrs, Donald Buchanan attended the capping ceremony at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, last Sunday evening, when" Miss Catharine Buchanan and . Miss Norma Hoegy received their caps. Mr. and Mrs. Russell . Barrows and Miss Sheila Riddell were guests at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Ed. Miller on Sunday. Jim,Craig, of Guelph, is visiting with his cousin, Graeme Craig., - He be ht he n- e- at e- n - 'Moe: "Who's that girl with the French heels?" Yoe: "That's my sister - and htose guys ain't French," education had become big business was stressed b3- George Falconer, the representative on the Clinton District Collegiate Institute Board. Mr. Falconer discussed problems that .the board- • had faced in get- ting construction underway for an addition at the CDCI. The addi- tion was estimated to cost $326,000, but When tenders were called the lowest was $50.000 higher. As a result itfias been necessary to re, examine some of the planned cons struction and furnishings, luring the years he had represented the township on the board, the student population had grown from 200 to 508 pupils. WHYMAKE A NAIL • 11#41 CANADA .. . or a radio, or a stove, or a car, or any of the thousands of products Manufactured by Canadian workmen? By making these things ourselves, we have earned a standard of living admired throughout the world. Nearly half of all eliployed Canadians work in manufacturing. Without our factories we would be principally employed in producing raw materials for other _nations to process. We enjoy our present way of life because we work not only on the land but also in modern factories. One way to maintain this is to buy Canadian -made goods. THE STEEL CCIiiVIPANY.OF CANADA LIMITED MONTREAL MARQUE' HAMILTON BRANTFORD - TORONTV Canadian -made steel from Canadian -owned plaftts �ron Of Ma-n,4hree... Chiidren� Two freak fires claimed the lives of a man and three children in Huron county over the New Year's weekend.. -, Mrs. David Firby is in critical condition in Kitchener -Waterloo hospital as a result of severe burns suffered in the Thursday morning' fire which razed the Firby home at Brussels. The fire which ripped Through the brick dwelling claimed the lives of the, three Firby children. Dead are David, 5, Bevin, 4, and Edward, 3. Bodies of the throe youngsters were found huddled near an upstairs- window. • 'In' •futile attempts to rescue the three tots, Mrs. Firby suffered burns to 46 per cent pf her body, including neck, back, hips, hoth arms and hands. Mr. Firby's condition was re- ported satisfactory. He suffered 10 per cent burns to shoulders and arms. The fire broke out shortly after two o'clock Thursday morning. Brussels Fireman, Archie Willis said that flames shot 20 to 30 feet into the air. Cause of the fire has not been determined. Spreads Rapidly Mr. Firby said in a hospital in- terview that the fire spread so rapidly he didn't have a chance to save the children. The smoke awoke me, he said, and I ran downstairs to call the fire depart- ment, I tried to get upstairs again but the smoke was so thick I couldn't force my way. The flames were all around me downstairs, so I ran out. My wife was at an up- stairs window. I told her to jump and caught her. I ,guess it was more like she -fell, The Firby's were to move to a new .xanch.style bungalow Mon - ,slay. Burial was Saturday from St. John's Anglican Church, Brussels. As an expression of respect, the stores in the town 'closed for an hour during the funeral. The service was conducted by Rev. K. W. Jaggs,- reptor of -'.St. John's, with burial, in Brussels cemetery. Pallbearers were Les- ter Machan, Wayne Johnston, Douglas Davidson, Larry. ;Kelling- ton, Jim Fox and Bob Smith. Melvin Brunsdon, 38, of Londes- boro, died of suffocation Saturday evening when a cigarette he was smoking ignited his chesterfield. The victim's father, Bert Bruns - don, 66, is in Clinton Public Hos- pital suffering from the affects of smoke. His conditioe is reported satisfactorY. The elder Mr. Brunsdon called Blyth fire department and then was overcome by the dense smoke. Firemen found him 'lying M the• Itchen and dragged hint' to safe- ty. . — - Fire chief Irwin Bowes said that the fatal cigarette had been smol- dering some time before the fire broke out. - Funeral service was held -Tues- day at 2 p.in. at the Ball and Match funeral home, Clinton. Tem- porary entombment was spade in the Clinton mausoleum. Pallbear- ers were Allan Shaddick, Jack Lee, Clifford Sun.dercock, Len Rad(ord, Harold Bacon and Bill Murray, , WINTHROP Winthrop Trounces Meaklon Winthrop Warriors remained un- defeated as they defeated Monk - ton 7-2 iii an Intermediat-e ' D" game, played in Seaforth on Mon- day night. Monkton opened the scoring at 1:40 of the first period, put Win- throp -'tied the score a minute lat- er as Ray Powell scored. Harvey Dale put Winthrop .ahead 30 .sec- onds later,id George Love scar- ed"before the period ended, to give Winthrop a 3-1 lead after one per- iod. There was no scoring in the second period. In the third per- iod Winthrop rapped in four more goals before •Monkton scored in the last minute. Ray Powell led Winthrop . in scoring with two. goals. Singles went to Harvey Dale, George Love, Tom•; Love, Bill Kerr and Jim Strong. Monkton goals were scor- ed by Davidson and Kerr. gX1,t?SX Q l; SOT 11 TJ1, 0..1!l'T`,,r T pf R ` CHURCH -GROUPS W.A. and WMS of Egitio s vilte Uzi ed Church was the-Stlinie schoolroom of the ni urelx with Mrs. Elmer Carnei'.pn w the chdir. Scbe ed the vih th. ail to""'-Wneorship, foserllpr'vedce by witpraye er, The roll call was answered with va good attendance, followed by the minutes of the last Meet- ing read 'by Mrs, ,Tim ,McIntosh, - in the absence of the secretary, A donation of §,00 -Was made to. the War Memorial Fuad. It WAS decided the to•church. hand $1,000.00 over •.t0 Miss Frances Houston took over ,for the WMS. She started the meeting with •a poem; "Two Royal Cradles" A Christifiasstory was verrsab!y given by Mrs. E. Boyes, A duet was sung by Mrs. E. Stephenson and Mrs. E. Durst, which was enjoyed by all "World Friends" will be ordered for the Mission Band. The sdcretaries read their re- ports: Christian Stewardship, Mrs. M. Haney; Community Friendship, Mrs. J. McLachlan; Supply, Mrs. A. Routledge; Baby Band Super- intendent, Mrs. P. Dallas; CGIT, Mrs. E. Bayes, The offering was taken up by Mrs. E. Stephenson and .Mrs. P, Dallas. A sPecial of- fering was taken up for the Supply Fund. REPORT x:.12&na XVIOnziex •tbix4 vie vest, y -dents Mars Ise9jaard StiXing,. trt,ati. ager,. 300 ,44 py MGCrnaigle4 monk, 400" §goxetaryy Mrs E .?aRiple tr'. .+^ reSpdndipg'` ^*'socretaryo ?tIx&.. '-W HaneyChristian CiilAnts14.100.. V..Forrest;, 0140,ian i e d h*. *. • tf..aueyi CoultettnitY I' riendi biP, . Mrs, I;ixO14 IT ksi 4.4, Nits. D, S,tePbenson,, bits. , rAzeW I•Iouston, >Mrs, Iiok�ert Bayes;_ aSsos elate—Mena/3M, Mrs, Stephen,:. soA; supply , secretary, :Mrs, ` 4, - Routiedge; literature'seeretaryi Mrs .I,..Strong; Mi$sighai'y *:,oath, ly, Mrs:• VI. Nott; Baby Bafd,.sup»,,, erintendent, Mrs, P. Pallas, pion Band superintendent, MrSq,; Morin -an MacLean; pianist; Mrs, Elmer Cameron,... The WA officers were read by, Mrs. (Rev;).,..Semple- as f9Ila�ws, president, Mrs. E. 'Camer'on; first. vice-president, Mrs. Ale*, Cher+-•- ney; second . •vice-president, '-- Doug Wallace; • recording secre tary, Mrs. B. McGregor; treasur« er, Miss Mae Smith; correspondg„ ing secretary, Mrs, Allister Broad, foot; Red Cross convener, Mrs; Harold Jackson; group leaders; Mrs. Forbes, group 1; Mrs. 13 Weiland, group 2; Mrs, J. Aiken+ head, grpup. 3; Mrs. S. Jackson, groupp 4; rn-anse committee, IVIrs, W.Tremeer, Mrs. A. Houston and Mrs, 'M. Haney. The Christmas story was. given by Mrs, (Rev.) Semple, written: by Rev. 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