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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-01-15, Page 1• 6\. i 101st Year Wilde No. 4796 • SEAFORTH, ONTA;UI-Q, iiIRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1960- e $.'�-0 a Tear in Advance Single opies, ii Cents ; • Reorganized Driving. Club .. Plans. CJianges Extensive improvements, involv- ing complete -rebuilding of the half mile track and . remodelling of the stables at Seaforth Agricultural Park are planned this summer. The proposed' work was revealed at an organization meeting of the Seaforth Driving Club and Agri. cultural Society held in the Town Hall Monday. Reorganization of the racing as- sociation wan completed' at an en- thusiastic meeting attended by more than 25 interested area rae- ing people. • Amos Corby was nam- ed president of the new group. Racing has been active in the area for several years, and the. meeting was -told there are about 17 horses already working out at the track and who are .ready to go. Eight stalls have. been rented in park stables. Work contemplated atthe track includes the raising. of the track an average -of two feet and the grading down of high shoulders; This will remove a hazard, par- ticularly in the back stretch, .and make possible more ready main- tenance in wet 'weather. Surface water which in the past bas been held on the track by the high 'shoulders will be able to run off. The work will he done in co-opera- tiosr jvith the Agricultural Society, Mr. Corby said. The, meeting discussed prelimin- • ary plans for a rare meet in early summer with details to be de- termined at the February meet- ing. Officers elected are: president, Amos Corby; Vice-president, W. H. Elliott; secretary, Gordon Pull- man; treasurer, Graham, Kerr; di- rectors, William Campbell, Cecil Loney, Alex Chesney, Wilson Oke; Agricultural Society representative, Allan Campbell. Set Date' For Annual Fair Dinner Trophies will be presented to area 4-H exhibitors at the annual meeting and banquet of Seaforth Agricultural next Thursday night, Jan. 22. The banquet will be held at Egmondville United Church, .with- --the ladies of the • church catering. Financial reports and • reports of Otivities in the different depart- ments of the fair will he present- ed. F. R. Peel will show slides and • describe his recent trip to Russia. S.P.S. Classes Join In --TV Program Classes at Seaforth Public School are participating in a TV instruc- tion series in co-operation with the Department of Education and oryea TV stations. Arrangements to permJclasses to view the programs ..were com- pleted by It, S. Box. • • . MEMBERS OF SEAFORTH COUNCIL held the inaugural • meeting of the council on Mon day. Shown here are, left to right, (front): Dr„ J. 0. Turnbull, Mayor B. F. Christie, Clerk D. H. Wilson; (rear), John Flannery, Thorpe Rivers, Dr, P. L. .Brady, N. C. Cardno and E.dm and Daly. Reeve W. N. Ball was absent -through illness. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Unknown to Each Other Sisters Are Reunited A young housewife's discovery of her sister and brother .provided an exciting holiday season for the three of them recently. The revelation solved a long- standing .mystery for them all and• toadied off a family reunion which, despite the fears of complication from adoption, made everyone hap- py. • The three principals are Mrs. Ivan Carter, Egmondville, the for- mer Ruth Kleinfeldt, of Hay town= ship; Mrs. Andy Anderson, Dash- wood, and Thomas. Cole, Toronto. - They were separated when Mrs. /Garter, then two years old, was adopted by Mr. and Mrs Norman Kleinfeldt, concession. 12, Hay. The older sister and brother were:plac- .ed rn" foster homes by the Chil- dren's Aid Society. Although she was never told, singe- adoption binds all the par. ticipants ' to secrecy, Mrs. Carter always believed she had a brother and sister. Her belief strengthen- ed through chance remarks in re- cent years and she became de- termined to learntheir identity. The other two always knew there Men's Club Hears Bell Speaker Members of the Men's Club of First Presbyterian Church heard E. C. Forster, of the Bell Tele- phone Co. tell of new. develop- ments taking place in the indus- try, when . he addressed the club Tuesday evening. The speaker was introduced by John E. Pat- terson and appreciation was ex-- pressed x-pressed by John A. Cardno and Rev, D,, 14eslie Elder. - Harvey Leslie, ' vice-president, was chairman for the program, which included solos by Meta Reeves and Darlene Sills. was another . gird "in' the family and they Ionged to find her. Sev- eral years ago they attempted to learn who she was, but they were discouraged by the. Children's Aid Society who warned them of the obvious complications' which might result. Last November, just before her twenty-first birthday, Mr, and Mr r Kleinfeldt agreed • to -tell Mrs. r - ter the names of her brother and sister, They revealed that her original name was Rosemary Cole. Soon after, Mrs. Carter broke. the news to Mrs. Anderson, the former Gladys Cole. "Be prepar- ed for a shock," said the younger girl as she entered the Anderson home in Dashwood. "I'm your sis- ter., By coincidence, the sisters had met each other ahort time pre- vious at an Exeter restaurant. They were introduced by Alice Mc- Lean, Exeter, a mutual friend, but neither was aware of their rela- tionship at the time Mr. and Mrs. Kleinfeldt slrared the, joys of the girls' reunion and have welcomed the Andersons in- to their home as members of the family. The sisters and their far-' flies shared Christmas at the Kleinfeldt home. For New Year's the Kleinfeldt's •kept the Andersen children while the sisters and their hggsbands held another reunion at Egmondville. Thomas joined in the celebration during the holidays too. The sisters and their brother find it hard„ to express iii words the feelings and emotions they've experienced since their reunion. But they all agree: "It's been won- derful!" Mrs. /:Carter attended school in Hay 't6Wiiship • and South Huron District -High School, Exeter. Her husband is employed at Highland Shoes, Seaforth. ' MRS. A. ANDERSON, Da shwood, Mrs. I. Carter, Sea - forth, new-found sisters, enjoy edhippy reunion. (Picture courtesy Exeter Times -Advocate). Giri ,11, Killed Leaving Bus Orey, Hay accidents fatal Mrs. James McFarlane, of qrey township, was killed Tuesday night in a two -car collision on an ice - slicked confession road about three miles east _of ;Brussels. tier hiisband was admitted to Wingham; General Hospital suffer- ing shock, face cuts and severe body bruises. His condition is fair. The McFarlane car was travel- ling west en concession 9, at ram brook corner when the accident - occurred. Diver of' he- other car ,was identifie as James' Cathers, of Ethel. A fireezia drizzle most of the day had made, the, road hazardous. The -body Was taken to the 1), A. Rann funeral home in Brussels. In addition to her husband, Mrs. McFarlane • is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John. Fish, Lon- don, and Mias Jean at home; her mother Mrs. Louefla Kernaghan, Brussels; three brothers, John, Clifford and Lloyd, all of Brussels, and two sisteri,'-`Mrs. Earl Shol- dice, Toronto, and Mrs, Gary Jack - lin, in Saskatchewan:' and Mrs. McFarlane farm- ed.. on the ninth concession, just outside Ertissels. Girl, iC- ' is - >KlUed Anette Masse, 11, was instantly killed Late Wednesday afternoon as she was leaving a_.school bus on highway 21, 11 miles north of St. Joseph," when she was in collision with a car reported to have been driven by Robt. Carrick, Goderich. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lpuis (Bob) Masse, -the young girl was on her -Ivey hopie from St. Joseph Separate School, where .she was_a grade 5 pupiL She Is a grand- daughter .of Mr. and Mrs. James Masse, of St. Joseph, Besides her parents, she is survived by two sisters and three,.brothers. OPP Constable Cecil Gibbings is jnvestigtftitt'g. The coroner is Dr. J, C. Goddard; of 1.lenaall, Name Winners of Elizabeth Scott— .........-. $100: Scholarships Announcement was made this week of the award of the Eliza- beth Scott scholarships to seven SDKS graduates. The scholarships, valued at '$100 each, were made possible by a bequest' of the late Miss Elizabeth Scott, of McKil- lop. , Receiving the scholarships are: Norma Hoegy; R.R. 1, Walton•; Bernice Glanville, R.R. 2, Wal- ton; Catherine Buchanan, Rai:" 3; Walton; Marjorie Papple, R.R. 4, Seaforth; Roy Dungey, Seaforth; Douglas Jamieson, R.R. 4, Clin- ton; Keith Petbick, Seaforth. Agrees HoId The Line Is 1960 Policy For Seaf�rfh • loot • Seaforth 'council advanced two major projects Monday night When agreement was entered into with the' Ontario- Water Respurves. Com- mission to provide for the con-, struction and operation of a par- tial sewer system in Seaforth. The agreement was similar to that which had been passed about a year ago, the only difference be-. .Facedwith a .high tax rate and increased dliarges in fixed rates, such as interest, Seaforth council Monday night adopted a policy of "hold the line". In a four-hour session that ended after midnight, members completed organization for the year. The "hold, the line" decision was prompted by a report presented by the eiiairrnan of the finance committee, Dr. P. L. Brady, who said that net borrowings at the end of 1959, as eompared to the Preceeding year, were increased. While he had no statement indi- cating the overall financial plc - Aare, ,he warned council that the 1959 tax •rate had been based on a deficit of $3,000 and, in addition to -this, other expenditures had been made subsequently. "We 'must ''clamp down on the expenses and carefully scrutinize every item," he- told 'council: He said that the Clerk had told him it was not possible to prepare a' statement indicatinkthe actual position of -the municipality at the :emit:of-the 'year, since ta7c'es were accepted until December 31. It was not indicated how closely' ex- penditures during the , year had (Continued on Page 5) —17 ing that the present servicels to be on a,. ljmited • scale. Tentative approval. was given to the con struction, of a 'four -room addition at the Seaforth District_ High School,' Town solicitor P. D. eConnell, Q.C., told coundil they was no change in the agreement, other than that it was specified, ,:that cost of house connections should be Outline Plans For .60 At Seaforth Inaugural A complete review of the build- ing by-law and the naming of a committee to carry out this study. and (suggest necessary changes should be uppermost on the agen- da for the 1960 council, Mayor B. F. Christie said Monday morning, as he addressed the inaugural meeting of Seaforth council. The street committee, he, felt, should immediately contact the Department' of Highways regard- ing the resurfacing • of No•..8 High-. way inside the limits ofahe town. At the same time, they should re- quest a bridge at the low spot at the Coleman • Street intersection. The work, he said, should be work- ed in with a sewerage .program along Goderich Street, , The mayor extended a welcome to the council, and a special wel- come to the two new members, `John Flannery and Edmund Daly. Prior to the meeting, the mayor, Reeve W. N. Ball, and Councillors Edthund Daly, ,Nelson C. Cardno, John Flannery, Thorpe Rivers and Dr. J. 0.. Turnbull. were sworn in Y AREA COUNCILS MEET Bridge ` int nsto��n u t eP a � R.Program� �acerx�ernt Plans were outlined for thr *more bridges to be constr ed in McKillop townsh a inau- gural -meeting in Ca egie Library, Seaforth, on Monda Continuing the -program which ha een un- derway for two -gears when seven bridges .mere.... built, Council this year will rebuild the McNay bridge on the Hullett-McKillop b9urldary, as well as two others to be de- termined. Approval was given a request by the SDHS Board for the con- struction of a four -room addition, up to a cost of $85,000, including furnishings. The following appointments were made: Clerk and treasurer,( J,• M. Eckert; assessor, James McQuaid; truant officer, John A. Leeming; drainage inspector, Clarence Reg- ele; auditors, Monteith & Monteith & Co., for the 'township, schools .and telephone; solicitors, McCon- nell &- Stewart., • Poundkeepers: Clem Krauskopf, Clarence Regele, Percy ' Taylor, Peter McCowan, Charles Kleber, William McSpadden; fenceviewers, Joseph F. Ryan, 'William Boyd, Joseph McLaughlin; William Shan- non, R. W. Campbell; Boyd Dris- coll, 'Thomas McMillan, ,Robert McClure; livestock and poultry valuators, Alex Smith, Clem Kraus- kopf, Robert Dodds, Antone Sie- ffnnon; building inspectors, Archie Somerville and Robert M. Scott. Prior to the meeting, Reeve Dan Beuermann and Councillors Jerry Doerr, Herbert Williamson, Sam McClure acid William A. Ryan took the oath of office before Clerk J. M. Eckert. ckersmith Meets -Tdckersmitb- municipal council met•in the -Town Hall, Seaforth, en. Monday 'morning for --their inau. gural "meeting. The council, con- sisting of Reeve Ivan Forsyth and Councillors Frank Falconer, Vic- tor Lee, Elgin Thompson and Ar- thur Varley, subscribed to the.oath of office before Acting Clerk Mrs. Cora Chesney. ITr. James Semple, of -Egmondville United Church, conducted a short devotional per- iod. Seaforth Town Council attended' in a body and greetings were ex- changed between the two councils, with the hope that the same cor- dial'relations would be maintain- ed as had been in the past. The road superintendent was in- structed to arrange for the re- moval of certain trees on township roads which were considered a menace -to traffic. Mrs, Cora Ches- ney was appointetLelerk-trea§user, tax collector and i'&ief'administra- tor for the township at the same Named Coroner In Perth County Dr. 4E. A. ,McMaster, who fOr some years has been a coroner for Huron county, has been appointed to serve in a similar capacity in Perth. Dr. McMaster, said, Tues- day he had been informed the appointment had been made to be effective shortly. ,. -....• rate 'of pay, and was instructed to have the existing by-law amended. At the afternoon ineeting grants were made to the Salvation Army, $25; St. John Ambulance, $10; Scott Memorial Hospital, $25; Brueefield Fire Dept., $200, and requests from the -Canadian Mental Health Association and Canadian Ameri- can Committee.on Water Pollution fora grant were shelved. The clerk was instructed to 'subscribe for eight copies of the Municipal World for use of the council and officials, and join the Ontario Good Roads Association and the Association of Ontario Rural Mun- icipalities and pay the member- ship fees; to pay account of J. W: Britnell, engineer; fees re RCAF road reconstruction. She, was also instructed to notify ratepayers in arrears of taxes that eligible pro- perties will be listed for. tax sale unless such arrears -are paid promptly; to pay eligibleparties subsidy on all drain debentures to Dec, 31, 1959; to apply to the De- partment of Highways for the bal- `ance of road subsidy on 1959 road expenditures, and the•.transfer. of funds from Construction to Mai 'tenance for 1959. Court of revisi (Continued on Page 4) SCQTT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FIR IN ONTARIO PENSION PLAN Scott Memorial Hospital was the first hospital in .Ontario to .been- rolled in the Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan. Some 70 other -hos- pitals across the province, rang- ing in size from 28 beds to over 500 beds, are currently in'the process of enrolling,• according to the Pension Committee 'of the On- tario Hospital Associati n, who are administering the pia As a result of the.Seaforth ap'- plication being the first in the province to be processed, nine 'em- ployeeS of Scott Memorial Hospi- tal have been the first employees among' some 7,000 hospital em- ployees in the province to be en- rolled. Miss Valerie Drope, super- intendent of Scott Memorial, is the first employee ta be enrolled and holds Certificate No. 1. Others on the hospital staff to be enrolled include Miss Thelma r Elgie, L. C. Hoggarth, Robert Ir- win. L. D. MacRae, Mrs. M. Platt, Mrs. A. Powell, Miss E. Feather Party .Will Assisi' Junior Hockey. A feather party; .with proceeds going to the Junior hockey team, is planned for Friday evening. De- cision to hold the event, followed a meeting' of supporters of the teatn Sunday afternoon. The meeting approMd a num- ber of organizational changes.. In an effort to ease the load carried by Jack Webb, who has been,'tnan- ager and coach, the group named Ken Powell manager, 'Thorpe Riv- ers Was appointed to head up a transportation committee, • while Ken Willis will handle advertis- ing.. Russ Piper is in charge of equipment. Arrangements for the feather party are in charge of a- commit- tee headed by Carm Rowcliffe. Acting with him are Len Ford and Gordon Beide/miller. The party gets underway .at the Community Centre at '9 o'c1oek. Reinfelds and Mrs. E. Wurm. According to Andrew Y. McLean, 'b'oard'char "mail; 'this 'plan was re- commended to employees and adopted by the Board because it not only provided recognition of past service, but made• possible future security for staff person- nel. The plan became effective January 1, 1960. The Hospitals of Ontario Pen- sion Plan is a contributory plan to which hospital employees con: tribute 5 per cent of their earnings while the hospital contributes the balance of the cost to provide em- ployees with both past service and current service pension. before Clerk D. H. Wilson. Coun- cillor Dr. P. L. Brady was unable to attend the session. Rev. D. Leslie Elder, of First (Continued on Page 5) Heads Simpsons- ToronIo---SIor�. borne, by: the •property, owners. -TIiis particular point, he explained made' Ito change,....but,.,aiaelied off more clearly what bad been• Goun- eil's_ original Intention.; ° No change Was made in the rate • as set out in the original laws. While these are somewha,higher than in the by-law covering the operation of.. the existing sewer system, it was not possible to bring the earlier schedzlle up to the rate without approaching the Municipal Board, Clerk Wilson said. •{ The proposed sewer systempro- vides service in the northwest por- tion of town and will result in the , construetignof lines along' West William Street, James Street,WA- tson Street, Centre Street, ,Church Street, and on ..Goderich Street,. from Louisa -Street -to '° "West Wil- liam Street, The over-all East of the project is estimated at $105,- 200.00, madd up as- follows: ex- cavation, material, labor, $74,200; laterals, $13,000; • pumping station, $157000; force main, $3,000. The estimated cost includes engineer- ing and continuancy. Approach OMB As soon as it has been indicated . . ,that --the participating, municipali- ties have agreed to the proposal of the SDHS Board to erect an ad- dition, Seaforth will request tenta- tive_ approval entative,•.approval from the Municipal , Board. Speaking on behalf of the delegation that included Trustees, J. A. Cardno and Gordon McGavin and secretary W. E. Southgate, SDHS Board chairman Frank Sills`. said that the four -room addition was--a-necessity before next Sep- tember. At the moment there are 374 `pupils enrolled at t" iii -xehool, and it is estimated that next Sep-` tember there will be an addition- al 76. The capacity of thepresent building is 376. The estimated cost of the addition, as set by, the De- , partment of Education, is $85,000. a •••^i- Mayor Christie said that she~had attended a meeting with other -J councils some weeks ago and there had been a discussion as to the arrangements of - tIfe rooms. It was.. not «possible at that time to determine the number of councils that would agree. Mr. • Sills told council that the estimate is based on ,a grant of '$20,000 per room, plus .$5,000 for equipmentbut that it .was thought - (Continued on Page 5) • Sf.L: Charles B. Stewart has.. been 'a' pointed general manager of Simp- son's Toronto Store, it is announc- ed by G. Allan Burton, ,vice-presi- dent and managing director of Simpsons, Limited. • Mr. Stewart was born in Sea - forth, the son of Mrs. Harry Stew- art and the late Mr. Stewart. He received his education in Seaforth schools and began his business career with the well-known firm of Stewart Bros. ,.fn 1936 Mr. Stewart joined Simp- on's Montreal store and became on supervisor there in 1945 Tn' assistant general manager- a ear ater. He was appointed ,man ager of the Halifax store in. 1947, and for four years was manager of Simpson's European buying of- fices in London, England. He be- came assistant general manager in Toronto in 1958. _... PUC Postpones Inaugural -Meet Unavoidable absence of Commis- sioner D'Orlean Sills from the in- augural meeting of the PUC Thurs- day resulted in postponement of other routine business. It is prob- able a special meeting of the -,Corn - mission will 'be held shortly, Man- ager R. J. Boussey said Wednes- day, at which time appointments will be made. Council Names 1960 Officials, Representatives Seaforth -council Monday night completed appoint-ments of town officials and representatives on district .boards. These are: Clerk—p, H. Wilson, $1,850.00; Treasurer—D. H. Wilson, $1,L2,50. ,Assessor—W. E. Southgate, $900. Fire Chief—J. F. Scott, $300. Road Foreman—H. Maloney, $78.78. -• Caretaker and street superin-, tendent—H, Maloney, $157.55. Weed control and fruit control— H. Maloney, $7.00. Tax Collector—H.,-N aloney. Solicitors— McConnell & ,Stew- a•rt, $150.00. - Auditors—Davis, Dunn & Brough- ton, $750.00. Fe'necviewers — William Hoegy and James Aitcheson.. , Public Library Board—Wm. M. Hart. - Arena Commission -Mayor B. F. Christie, Councillor N. C. Cardno, L. F. Ford, C. S. Roweliffe. Scott Memorial hospital—K. B. MacMillan. FIRST IN THE PROVINCE to be enrolled in the Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan, Miss Valerie Drope, superintendent of - Scott Memppriai Hospital, Seaforth, is shown receiving. certifi- cate Number 1 from Andrew Y. McLean, chairman of the hos- pital board, Long -terns employees, Mrs. E. Wui.m, who has • been chief cook since August, 1947, and Lloyd C. Hoggarth, hos- pital secretary -treasurer for six -years, look on. They, aloft with six other employees, are enrolled in the plan which eov- ers 7,000 hospital personnel across the province. According to the Ontario Hospital Association, who is administering -the plan, some 70 other hospitals across Ontario are being enrolled, (Expositor photo by Philips), •-