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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-02-05, Page 1Igar - 101st Year„.,,. Whole No. 4799 IEook . , FORTR, QNTARIO .I RITZ X, FEBRU, ,RX. f7 1960 $2.$4 a Year ui" Aulvanae ro le ce pie': •. Oents Show Std Rite Seaforth 'tizens continue to seek ,102 per cent. knowledge from the bdoks at Car- negie Library. Use of the library facilities continues to increase. During• 1959 &embers totalled 643. This figure is 116 more than last year, and 259 higherthan-previous years.,' The breakdown 'of this , figure shows 391 adults and 252 children. Reporting to the annual meeting of Reporting Library Board Monday night; Librarian Mrs. Gordon Wright dis- closed that an increase of- 3,557 boob loaned had been recorded for 1959, ,This brings the total num- ber of books loaned up- to 16,885. Use of the library has been in- creased during the past three years. Each year the circulation has climbed. In 1959 only 7,521 b ere loaned out, to show a thr 0,Year increase of more than Miss M. E. Turnbull was re- elected chairman of the board f9r her. twelfth term as the election of officers took place. Mfrs. Joseph Mcponnell was elected secretary - treasurer for her third term. The- bookcommittee comprises Mrs. C. E. Smith, chairman, Mrs. J. A. Munn, Mrs. Joseph McCon- nell, Miss Rose Dorsey and Miss Gladys Thompson. Willliam M.. Hart is chairman of the property committee with other members, Miss M. E. Turnbull and. R. James Wallace. Mrs. .Wright was re-en- gaged as librarian. During the year a corner of the library. was renovated for use by the librarian. This,.• corner includes modern cupboards, a sink and run- ning water, and greatly facilitates. the repair of -books. Tucke rsmith Studies Farm- Union Request. Tu•cker.smith municipal----council- held its regular meeting in the Town Hall, Seaforth, on Tuesday. All members were present arid the reeve presided. Bylaw No. 1, .establishing bor- rowing credit at the Canadian Bank of Commerce in the amount o $100,000, and. Bylaw No. 2, ap- pointing a clerk-treaserer, etc., were given.required readings and passed. Bylaw No. 3, re tree plant- ing in the township, was given two readings and will be submitted :to the Department of Lands and Far- ests 'for approval ,before final pass- ing. Council will request Ontario Hydro to install, twoadditional. streetlights. in the, Brucefield/area. Surety bonds on the treasurer and tax collector Were aeknowledg- ed liy council. Charles Eyre *as appointed weed '`spector for 1960 at -the ' same rate f ay as in A.959. Wilmer. Broadfoot was. appointed. warble. fly •inspector for 1960, rate of pay being 90c per -hour and 1.0c per mile travelled while on offi- cial duty.. • Huron County Soil and Crop Int, P nt Association was made A roveme ssoc a grant-af$25. Membership feee in;, the Association of Assessing Offi- cers was ordered paid, and it was Turner's Church Plans s For 100th Anniversary decided. to pay travelling: expens .• of $25 to delegates to the associa- tion of Rural Municipalities and the. Ontario Good Roads conventions. Clerk Cora Chesney was instruct- ed to advertise the; following ten- ders: for approximately 12,000 cub- ic yards gravel to township roads in .1960; for 600 pounds warbicide for. warble .fly control, and for spraying of cattle for warble fly control. Tender ads will appear.in this ppaper, in the last two issues of February. Ken Carnochan and Milton.Dietz attended the meeting and request- ed --council. to pass a ,try-law'auth- orizing that Farmers' Union re- quisition for"mii's""be signed and be added to tax roll for collection, The clerk was instructed to report to council at the March meeting concerning statutary requirements when council would report its deci- sion to the Farmers' Union. Court of revision on the Williams Muni- cipal drain was set for March 1, at 1:15 p.m. Accounts passed included: Ad= Area 3000 mem-. nee School$ , va, 3 • relief, feeand 5 erhi b sgrant,$ P. u s` supply allowance, $121.35 ;' , tt r n►g horn care, $92.75; supplies and ad-' - vertising, $147.15; Unemployment Insurance and income tax, $19.50; clerical assistance, $2; "Egmond- ville Water, $1.75; rent of dumping ground, $100; roads;; $2,664.96; sal- ary and allowance, $223.95. Reeve Ivan Forsyth found it nec- essary to leave early to attend a meeting in Toronto,, and Council- lor Victor Lee was appointed chair- man for the balance of the meet- ing. The meeting, "adjourned to meet on- March 1st at 1 p.m, The annual meeting of Turner's United Church was he r ay a 12:30, With a pot -luck dinner which was enjoyed by • members of the congregation. After” dinner Rev. Grant Mills opened the ,meeting with a hymn' and prayer. Ernie Crich was ,appobited secretary. The treaalirer's report showed' a substantial balance on hand. The reports showed a satisfactory pro- gress and Were unanimously adopt- ed. The retiring elders,- Greg. Mc- Gregor and Herman Crich, were reeflected for a period of three years. The stewards for three years are Mervin Falconer, Ed. Layton and Stanley Johns. A com- mittee was formed to look after the'100th anniversary of the church in, 1962. ,The following were nam- ed: Jack Turner, Howard Johns, • S. H. Whitmore, Herman Crich, Ernie Crich and Rev. Mills. A voteof thanks was extended to Rev. Mills for his leadership and spiritual guidance during the year. The, meeting was, then turned over to the superintendent of the Sun- day, School Frank Falconer, '• who - conducted the election. Rev. Mills progou,nced the benediction. RCAF Band Plans Recital Here Students of Seaforth District High School and interested resi- dents of -the community have a treat in store on Tuesday, Feb. 16. The Air Teditstiart Command Band are touring the county -.arid will play a concert at the SIMS .audi- torium that morning at 10:45 a.m. The band has jitsf coirApleted a tour of; Europe and .the United States. For the last four years they have been the number one band at the Canadian National Exhibition. This 53 -piece band' -will perform a one-hour concert. Farm' Forums --µ s Merits Discuss Me Of Advertising PARR LINE FORUM Parr Line Farm Forum met at the 'home of. Mr. and Mrs. John Soldan to discuss "Farm Adver- tising: Does It Pay?" Commodity groups, 'should devote time and money to consumer education, to overcome ideas that certain foods. are fattening er cause, ill health. Opinion was( divided on the ques- tion of a national advertising pro- gram. rogram. Those -in favor felt it would give -alt commodity groups an eq- ual chance to promote themselves., Thosq, opposed felt that itwould not work, because of competition between beef, pork, poultry and butter and margarine, etc. The group felt consumption could be increased by producing a super- ior quality product in an attractive package. "We should draw more attention to. Canada prod4ced pro- ducts, products suchas bacon should be' priced and sold • by grade," they said.. . Euchre winners were: ladies, Mrs. Ross Love and Mrs, Howard 'A insVnien; Charles Rdbinsontnid Wilfred. Mousseau. The next meet- ingg''willbe held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson. Egmondville Honors Retiring Church OfficiaI' Dr, James Semple paid a glow ing tribute to the retiring treasur- er of Egmondville United Church at the annual meeting Wednesday night. Thomas Robinson; who cele - orated his 84th birthday in Decem- ber, has ' faithfully ,..served the -church for the past 15 year's. Dr. Semple spoke warmly of Mr. Robinson's loyalty and helpfulness and presepted him with a "book. He then spoke for the congregation of his genial and kindly manner; also of his devotion to- the task he lov- ed. On behalf of the congregation, Art Henderson presented Mr. Rob- inson with a cane, and Russell Coleman and Alex: Chesney pre- sented him with a chair. Mr. Rob- inson, though taken by surprise, made a fitting reply. and, said it had been a joy to serve. Dr. Semple opened the meeting with a devotional service, followed by a short "In Memoriam" of sil- ence and prayer for eight mem- bers who passed on during the. year. Arthur Routledge acted as secretary and read the report 'of" the nominating committee, which Was .approved as follows: Stanley Gray,. elder; John McCloy and Stanley Gray, Presbytery repres- entatives; James .McIntosh, chair- man,of-Stewards; four Stewards to serve a three-year _term; John Powell, Jr., Mister Broadfbot, Mil- ton Dietz and William P. Miller; M. and M'. convener, Ken Smith; Rena MacKenzie, auditor. It was regretted that the names 9f two elders, Russell Coleman and New - Man Garrett had been inadvert- ently' omitted' in the 1959 annual report. Reports showing an active ,and, successful year were read by Dr. Semple,. Thomas Robinson, James McIntosh Mervin Nott, Mrs. Ed. l�oye's; 19frs.:E:"-Sfepfienson, 1GIis EarI ?apple, Mrs. Norman Mae -- Lean and Rena MacKenzie. The renovations' committee re- port that all indebtedness on church, .manse and new garage had been paid, was enthusiastical- ly received. The deed of the (Continued. on Page 4) Jr. Farmers And Institute Banquet' The annual banquet of the Sea - forth Junior Farmers and Junior Institute was held' on Tuesday in the Orange Hall. The Huron Conn- ._ ' ty Jutlinr Farmer quartette . pro- ,vided the musical entertainment. The guest speaker, Fred Peel, gave a very interesting 'talk, and t ` showed slides of his tripto ..Made. Past president pins. were .� Prat - anted to Mrs. Bruce -Coronae San d Doi Me ` n; Heyes an Bill Strong' A husittez s meetin ::of the beniberi was held #nIto v ,t�e. entertainment, • FIRESIDE FARM FORUM ' Fireside Farm Forum met Mon- day night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. •Don. Buchanan, with twenty present. Discussing "Farm Ad - vet -JIM -fig,. Does It Pap?" the for- um Said: Find out what the den - sumer prefers, then advertise through the Commodity Groups. National advertising programs of all commodities would be all right if they were backed by the Government in trying to find mar- kets to handle the export products. As the retailers are doing quite a bit of advertising already, it Would ben' ood'idea for the producers to jo forces with -them in streng ening an advertising cam- paign. • Quality and attractive packaging of products would go a long way in advertising themselves. Trade names 'atta'ched to products would also help, the group agreed. Mrs. Robert Dalton invited the Winners o f `lc *deli, SGV Olin* fox.xte . t . .ettehrd' Were, games, biglt,' Mr9:- Oliiicr Anderson and '. Mrs, Hugh, p`lynn; lone hand Mrrs Jim l ow- dtt aand, Paul Buck nan; wcotisol ;. denies �'a d a iffes. ttatl;:l�'its. l�tobt3rt Riley u atriie$oin* THOMAS ROBINSON, who. signed as treasurer of Egmond- ville United Church after 15 years' service, is seated in the chair and holding the cane wyhich were presented to him at the annual congregational meeting last week.' Surrounding him are Dr. J. Semple, the minister of the congregation; Russell tliho made e w Coleman; Alex Chesney and: Art Henderson, pres- entations. (Expositor photo by Phillips -X. From Reeve Bailie Parrott, bf Morris township, was elected chairman of the Huron County Health Unit al. the inaugural meeting of the board iri Goderich .on Tuesday. Other members include: John Morrissey, Ontario Government •representa- tive,' and by 'appointment of Coun- ty Council;; Reeves J. Kerr, Wing- ham; J. Willits, Tur-nberry,;and D. Beuermann, McKillop. The secre- tary -treasurer is J. G. Berry, God- erich. - In other business, the board de- ferred decision regarding a • new type milk product pending further information from the Department of Health and Agriculture. Highlanders Tops In PIayoffOpener Seaforth Highlanders are off to a good start. in --the first" -round of the OHA Junior ''"C" semi-finals. Meeting' Preston Pals, Tuesday night at the local arena, they -edg- ed the visitors 7-6. Gallow led the attack with three goals, while Beuttenmiller scored two and Mc- Master each. ecoins .o Mast r and S p " Starting • off""at 10:38 of the first period with a goal by Beuttenmil- ler, assisted by McMaster, Sea- forth was never, behind throughout g hout the game. Beuttenmiller returned at -18:51 to tally again on a pass from Gallow and McMaster. They kept pushing ahead as they entered • the "second frame. Gal- lo* flashed the 'green light on a pass/from Beuttenmiller and Mc- Master; at 1:38, and on another from Beuttenmiller and Gautreau at 2:27. •Preeton came into -the game at 4:18 with Burgess- scor- ing;'°fotlowed at 4:49 by a goal by- Weigard. ' McMaster shoved a goal in for the Locals at 5:24 from Cal- low and Beutteniniller, and Pres- toncame back at 9:43 with a goal by Weigard. Seaforth repeated at 10'-18, when ' Callow scored from Beuttenmiller and McMaster. The period ended with a Preston score by Ross; and shoved Seaforth ahead 6-4. Preston were trying hard to ov- ertake the locals as they went in- to the third. DeLong scored at 5:10 for the Pals. After 11 min= utes of hard-fought hockey, Scoins slipped the puck into the Preston net when he picked up a pass from LaRue; In a last effort, Stark tal- lied for the visitors at 16:49 to edge closer, but the team was "held" suieless the remaining three minutes,' to leave the score at 7-6. Four penalties. were handed out in each of the first two periods. During the third, 13 players were penalized, including a 10 -minute misconduct penalty to Dave, of Preston, at the 19:21 mark, fol- lowing, a two -minute tripping pen- eetfng Sets Date -for Mens��l Spring dhow Friday , June 10,, was - ;the date set for Hensall•spring 'show at (the annual meeting of the• South 'r - on Agricultutal Society. held in Hensall..-.. Saturday, WithNsa splen- did attendance, it was .chaired by President Earl Dick. Committees were appointed to look into, the matter of having an evening fair, instead of the :day, and to report at a special meeting to be held in the near future. . Secretary Jim McGregor' r ' re- ported a good year financially and tendered bis resignation after two years of 'valuable service to :the. society,_ ,Earl Diels away're-eIected president /Or the third' teritr, ,and vice reside'nta:,are Jim :Doig, Bea. forth, and Otto Willert, Dashwood. Secretary is to be appointed in the near future. Committees are: Horses, Bill Decker; cattle, Jim Doig; machin- ery,Verne Alderdice; gate Nor- man Jones entertainment, ussell Brown; calf club, Jim Me regor. Board of directors,: Hay township, William Decker, V. L. Becker, Tuckersmith, Stan Jackson. Jim Doig; Usborne, Sam Dougall, 13111 Lampert; Hibbert, , Jack Kinsman , EaYl nick.Stanley, Hervey Tay - tor Bert McBrlde► Stephen, 'Otto Willert, It:.'Brewin Bengali, Lorne Ha •' N� Jones . Geor e, Armstrong. yf g :A portable 'TV set will :be ra# fled off the day. -of the, fair. , 110, Dr. R. M. Aldis, medical officer of health, told the meeting' • that. since January the unit has co-op- erated in the provision of an initial,. home nursing visit to the cancer patient, on request of the family physician, the family or the Can- cer Foundation. Dr. Aldis suggest- ed that the cancer patient is just one of many types of chronic ill- nesses to which, health unit servic- es might be expanded with further study and backing. He warned, however, that other services'- should net be neglected. For example, experience is now showing that problems like polio' are still present, despite vaccina- tion. The protection. of the pre- school and school -child may even increase the hazard to' unprotect- - ed adults; 'since it ia._possible for the children so' immunized to still act as carriers. Nor has the inci- dence of TB declined The measure with its mortality. The revival of interest in tuberculin testing, how- -ever, offers hope of further control of this disease. At the present. time this test is offered annually by theto secondary school students. Opportunity for all citi- zens to be tested will he afforded by the mass survey of the Depart- ment and Tuberculbsis Association whic is scheduled for July. The oard was told that nursing. homes licensed under the county by-law are regularly inspected by the Health Unit; "and in most in - has be:. stances ,the compliance been excellent. One or two do present problems in that their nursing staff is part-time " and used irregularly. The aspect of safety from fire is handled by the local, fire depart- ments, Partments, some of whom have already reviewed a plan of 'action in the event of conflagration - or or similar emergency. Influenza is present in the' coun- ty, Dr. Aldis said,, but not• yet in the proportion reported from some of the border cities. A reinvasion of the Asian strain which swept - through these parts several years ago is very probable, since, it has alty. E3even penalties were charg- ed to the,Pals, while the Highland- ers were given 10. The balance of -the best -of -seven (Continued on Page 4) 'deo the t no n Oleo f va t t r In the fall of 185T, this:. mild type tion occurs' in the en alae a of influenza closed many schools the virus, -Dr Alois :said•:jets effect." and industries; for shor(periods, should be less,,�apparent• in cu.,r,, but fatalities Were very few,' Pro- m urdties in, 1060 already been identifed to the south. yr spot s ria BRODHAGEN HOME BURNS Early Morning Braze Drives , Seven to Street Seven -.members of a Brodhagep family were forced to flee Imam their home by fire that gutted the residence of Reuben Buuck early Wednesday morning. Loss, esti- mated well in excess of $5,000, is 'partially covered by insurance. Mr, and Mrs. Buuck and 'their daughter, Rose Eva, made their way -through smoke-filled rooms to safety after arousing a son, Ger- ald; his wife, Cathy and their eight -months -old son. Kevin. An- • other son, Carl, made his escape from a second floor. balcony. Mr. JOHN BEATTIE Former Merchant, 92,1.ies.Suddeni John Beattie, S,eaforth's oldest businessman, died suddenly, at his John Street residence on Tharsday morning. He was in his 93rd year, Although retired since 1950, Mr, Beattie was in good health and when weather permitted made daily visits along the main street. It -was •in the fall of 1890 that Mr. 'Beattie ;entered. into partner- ship with his brother, Robert Beat- tie, eattie, under the style;, Beattie Bros., a firm 'name" that' was to continue on•the`':street 'until 1950. The firm was located in what was then the McGinnis block, a frame building which has long since disappeared, • but which at that time;was locat- ed at the cornet; nt.-Huron and Main Streets, where the new Leg- ion building is being erected. In 1010 the firm, expanded when Mr. Beattie, then sole owner, pur- chased the former Bank of Com- merce property (now the John Bach stores) and moved thegro- cery business across the street to it. At the same time. the business was—enlarged to- feature -items from 5c to $1.00, and was the first business of this nature in the dis- trict. In succeeding years the grocery department was dropped and en- tire emphasis placed on' -the' f r- lety items. In the mid -thirties, a further move was made tci- the Cardno block, where the business continued' until 1950, when it was sold to Stedman Bros. - Mr. Beattie was born on a_.200 - acre farm near London, on Oct. 21, 1867, the youngest and last sur- vivipg member in a :family of seven 'boys and seo'en girls. His parents,, the late Andrew Beattie and Mary:•McDougall, settled there in 1832. His oldest sister was the late Mrs. W. T. Scott, of Bruce field. While he has had- long dis-- tin'guislied"""career in business, Mr. Beattie did not permit that to in- terfere with other pursuits. He was an• active member Off First Presbyterian Church, where he served on the Session, and for many years on the Board of Man- agei^s. • Ail his life he had been an entius ast ic sportsman, man being active ins -curling, bowling, fishing i and ltwitixlgr-•Cbm ng from a home eh the i h Bibleand burns were fn wir w a books he earlydevelop- edw �r p- e' 'ari..interest poetry, and for many years -his poems have enjoy- ed' wide popularity and brought joy to countless friends. Music payed a large part in his life too, and through the years he had been a member of many well- known musical organizations. For many years he was a member of Egmondville and' First Church choirs. • '(Continued on Page 4) FRANK KLING; whom rias been_ ..re-elected chairman of the ---S Public Utility c —Seaforth -Commission. Members of the commission- are .Mr: Kling, D'Orlean' Sills and Mayor B. F. Christie. and Mrs. Gerald Buuck and son live in New Iiamburg,_Jtt_ee visiting -his parents.. Cause of the 'fire is unkno .. . Mrs. Buuck had put coal in •e furnace about '7 .o'clock. Half an hour later she smelled smoke and on opening a door into the base., ment found the, entire basement to be filled with awoke and fire,. She alerted members of the fam- ily, b within minutes the inter, :tor was an inferno of fire. So• rapidly did the fire spread that it was not possibly to save:• other than a few small items, de- spite the effortsof neighbors who rallied to the scene. Kitchell ire Brigade prevented the blaze•fro4rl: spreading. As firemen and the Community battle the flames, . coffee was served the: firefighters • by "Mrs. Russell Sholdice. • The entire community spent tate day assisting in providing aid for the Buuck family. Included in the accommodation -offered is a dence owned' by George Bever_; mann. The Buuck family are *rater -residents of McKillop, and reed; to Brodhagenseveral years ago In Office- 3 Weeks... Clerk -,-Resigns Hensall council, ,meeting in ses- sion Monday night, accepted R. H. Middleton's withdrawal as clerk - treasurer, tax collector and asses- sor for the village of Hensall. Council will cons;„ applications for this position at a special meet- ing February 1 Mr. Middleton took over this post on ,January 13,' following the resignation of P. L. McNaughton. Lorne 1;'. Hay andthe clerk -treas- urer were appointed representatives to the annual convention of the Ontario Association of Rural Mun- icipalities February 1S -7M -it To- ronto, By request of the Kinsmen Club of Hensall, council declared the period of February 14 to 20, National Kin Week iri Hensall. P. L. 1VIcNaughton, tax collector, reported arrears of taxes at $1,- 691:03,' ar 2.96 per cent. JOHN BEA.TTIE . long -tial known n .poet,_ who, 0 died ied sudde nly • gear, This Picture whichwas .rtda'.shaves him standinebowling green. The tree formdti e Seaforth m.erc ha at and w on •Thereby, vas in his 93rd taken ,on the occasion oi''`iiis-90th n front of.,.;a, large. elnm ,'at. the. be subject of several Of his pt ems.; •M ..n , Accident Sends Postal Employee To -Hospital' Sharon•° Cook, Egmondville, a member: -of the staff of the Sea - forth posh office, is in L is towel Memorial Hospital- ,fol _ lowin an accident Saturday t, the sufferedsevere herrtj 'ad nrfes and lacerations when the' car fin which she was riding went out of control and left the road. • The accident occurred"on Count Road 25, about eight miles east df Walton,, 'Also injured in the crash were 'Ralph Siemon, 22, R R•,•'•• 4; - Mitchell, chest and. 11'an injuries, •• and Donald Diehl, 20, R.R. 4, Mit- chell, face, head and shoulder in- juries. They were all taken to Listowel Memorial Hospital. Provincial Coni' ' stable Alex Twaddle, Goderich, in- vestigated,,, Fractures Arm When she slipped and fell at her residence on Victoria Street, on. Thursday, Mrs. Joseph McConnell fractured her arm right arm g ,��he ,will be in a cast for some weeks. Deliver Lettsi- Despite Address---- The- post office department has many problems, not the least of which is incorrectly ' addressed' - mail. That a high degree of sae-- cess is attained in finding the per- son for whom, the mail was in- '. tended is pointed out by Mrs. Ad- ' en MacKenzie, of R.R. 1,-'S'eaforth, who produces a letter to prove her point. Addressed as follows:, Mrs. MacKenzie, - Secretary -Treasurer, School Section No. 14,. McKillop, Ontario and posted in Toronto, the letter was delivered" to Mrs. MacKenzie 24 hours later, just .as -though the. --- address had been correct. A young G.I. was granted a 10 - day leave for his honeymoon. On the eve of his lat-day__he wired. .his- .-- commanding officer: "It's wonder- ful here. Request an 'extension of my leave, The officer wired: "It's wonder- ful anywhere. Report back for duty." Hunter Shoots, Rabid Skunk Near Seaforth Rabies continue to create a. threat in the $eafe4rth area, accord- ing to Dr. J. C. MacLennan, of. the Health of Animals Branch. —"" Latest victim to be reported is a skunk which' Was shot on the"Hu1- lett-McKillop .boundary, 2r tli les. west of Seaforth. Laboratory tesla. indicated-, t`he• skunk was -rabid; Dr. MacLennan said. Warning that the presence of wild animals which are. rabid I 'the area Of barnyards could result domestic animals becoming in•. said ' ed b. e n s i yawn- ect r� Ivla � a , Of live ..c tin tis ouk& • ors f. _ v sto Ic an dtc atn exercise artieula' " alit its �o ling Mock or in a r'oacl dog* and. Teats. ,