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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-02-19, Page 13,01et Year Whole No. 4801 SEAFORTII, 'ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1960 Extend Cable to Details of a suecful year's operation were advisedto share- holders of the McKillop, Logan and ilibbert Telephone Company Limited, meeting in Dublin on Wednesday. The meeting heard, an encouraging review of the opera- tions during 1959 from officers of the company. About 30 sharehold- H. Glenn Ha s Is, Appointed New •Magistrate H. Glenn Hays, QC, was sworn in Monday as a provincial magis- trate in an impressive ceremony before members of the Huron Bar Association, county officials and provincial,- .and munieipal police. He presided at police court in -See; forth on Tuesday, when congratu- Wiens -Were extended on behelf of the legal profession and local officials by PT D. McConnell, Q.C. Huron County Judge Frank Fing- land administered the oath of of- fice in his chambers. An hour earlier, at the opening of a Supreme Court sitting, Mr. Hays, as crown attorney, inform- : .eee • eee ea • ed Mr. Justice R. W. Treleaven there were no criminal cases on the docket. The traditional white gloves were presented to His Lord- ship to mark the "non criminal" docket. Mr. Justice Treleaven congratu- lated Mr. Hays on his new office during a brief address. Judge Fingland, C. V: Laughton, Exeter lawyer, Goderich Chief Con- stable Fred Minshall, Mayor E. C. Fishet and Rev. R. G. Mac- Millah, also spoke briefly. With his appointment as magis- trate, Mr. Hays follows in the foot- steps of his great-grandfather, Robert Hays, who was one of the county's first magistrates. Mr. Hays, who is 45; succeeds the late Magistrate DudleyHolmes. Born and educated at Seaforth, Magistrate Hays was a member of the law firm of McConnell and . (Continued in Page ,4) Curlers From Seaforth, •Ayr Are Winners Ayr and Seaforth rinks shared top honors in the Saturday bon - spiel at Seaforth Curling Rink. The- first- draw was wciii-1 by -the Ayr rink, skipped by David Brewn, with 3 ,wins plus 15. The second draw went to Dr. M. W. Stapleton'e rink with 3 wins plus 13. Members of the Ayr winners were Mr. Brown, skip, Phyllis Swan, vice; Art Freer, second; Joyce Bartholems, lead. The Sea - forth winners were: Dr. Staple- ton, skip; Mrs. Stapleton, vice; Douglas Miles; second; Mrs. Miles, lead. Other winners in the first draw were: second, aSeaforth, F. -A. Dobson, skip; Mrs. Norman Scoins, vice; Norman Scoins, second; Mrs. Dobson, lead, 2 wins plus.9; third, Seaforth, Ken Basset, skip; Mrs. Basset, vice; Art Stacey, second; Mrs. Jim Parkes, lead, 2 wins plus 8; consolation, London, Jim Ran- kin, skip; Mrs. Rankin, vice; Mel Deadman, second; Mrs. Deadman, lead, 1 win plus 1. Also participat- kg Were rinks skipped by E. hip - chase, Hensall; H. Ayley, Exeter, and W. Campbell, Seaforth, A Seaforth rink placed second in the later draw. Skipped by Bill Leyburn, it comprised Mrs. Ley - burn, vice • Bruce Mclennan, Second, and Mrs. McMillan, lead, and collected' n score of 2 wins plus 12. Third place group was from Paris, skipped by Frank Roberts, vice; Bill Hayward, second; Mrs. Hayward, lead, 2 wins plus 8; consotation,,,Ritchen- er, J. RosSetler, skip; Mrs. net -- eller, vice; Bill Roberts, second; Mrs. Roberts, lead, ,• Rinks also competing Were those of Mac Robertson,GtitIph; AdamMt, 'StratliroY; G.11obertSon, ten- , a, Howard Scane,enati g • ers attended' the meeting. The company enjoyed a success- ful year, the net profit transferred to-stirplus account ..amounting to• $9,037,45, the balance sheet, adopt- ed by the meeting, indicated. This compares with an amount of $8,- 214.32 in the previous year. During the year under review, the meeting was told that an ex- tensive program of rebuilding open wire had been carried out. Includ- .ed in the construction program was the installation of 33/4 miles of underground cable north of Dub- lin. Lay More Cable In reviewing the year's work, President Matt, Murraypaid tri- bute to the co-Qperation extended by the staff of the company, and emphasized the extent to which their co-operation had resulted in a successful year's operation.. Plans for the coming year pro- vide, for the installation of, ap- proximately- three miles of under- ground cable, to complete the line from -Dublin to Staffa. 'The meeting re-elieted the board of directors. They are Matt Mur- ray, 'A. Siemon, Mrs. Catherine M. Feeney, Clem Krauskopf, Herb Mahaffy, Lyle Worden and Patrick Jordan. ' At a subsequent meeting of the board, President Matt Murray Was re-elected. Vice-president is A. Sie mon, and Mrs. Catherine Feeney Was named .secretary -treasurer. Gen6ral Coach Re,......a. .d y for Show ' General Coach Works of Canada plans one of the largest exhibits at the seventh annual Canadian Mobile Home Show, according to official's of the Hensall organiza- tion. The show is schedultd for the Automotive Bdilding in Toron- to for three days—Feb. 25, 26, 2a. Included in the General display will be seven major units and four travel trailers. The Hensall ex- hibit will feature production from its ' three departments—domestie, industrial and travel, 'according to Ben Johnstone, general sales man- ager. In the years since it was found- ed, the ,Mobile Home Show has grown to the point where it at- tracts exhibits from- all 'major Manufacturers. Not only are the new models featured by the show, but it provides ah opportunity for the public to beconie familiar with the latest trends in mobile home parks and mobile home living. Exhibits will be. laid out in a park -like setting and in the cen- tral section of the area, supplier booths will be displaying a wide variety of equipment used by 'the industry — with eyerything from heating and plumbing equipment to furniture and floor tile. Represents Millions Aceordieg to the CMHA, the sponsoring organization, new mo- bile homes coming into use in Canada ,currently represent 5.5 per cent of all new housing construc- tion or 16 ,per cent of all new multiple family -dwellings. When travel trailers and a -variety •of commercial mobile...Units are add- ed, the total industry output runs well into the tens of millions of dollars annually. Attending the show froom Hensall will be Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Johnstone,. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Broadley, Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fiford, MT: and Mrs. E. Chipchase and Mr. and Mrs. Rog- er Venner. Mr: and--MriseJ, Atkins and-IVIre and Mrs. R. Ramsey, of. Marlette, Mich., will also be present, as well as Mr. K. Baker and Mr. VeLynch of Vought Industries of Texas. Area Nurses Receive Caps Attending capping ceremonies at Stratford General Hospital last Friday were: Mr. and Mrs. Lorne, arter, R.R. 2, Seaforth; Mr. and Mrs. John Sinclair, R.R. 3, Kip - pen; Mrs. Fred Glanville, Walton, and Don Hemingway, R.R. 3, 13rus- sets. Being capped at the ceremonies were Miss Gloria Carter, Miss' Marie Sinclair and Miss Bernice GlafiVille, all former students of Seaforth District High 'School. - $g,50 Tear in. Advance Single cenleat geAtA .1 • , VALENTINES predominated as. tbe Women's Hospital Auxiliary held •its annual gingham dance on. Friday evening. Mrs'. Elmer Larone (left) president, looks,on, while Mrs. M. Vv. Stapleton, vice- present,- present& Mrs. Wm. G. Drennan the prize she won as Gingham Girl. 'In the lower. picture, prize winners, Mr. and Mrs: TeateSnvauge (left) and Wm._Henderson and Mrs, Wm. Wilbee, are receivingtheir awards from Mrs. V. G. Graham (Centre), who convened the dance committee. Oth- er winers were Mrs. Wm. Henderson, Gordon Beuttenmiller, Ron Riley and Gloria Carter. There was a large crowd at the dance. ( Expositor photo by Phillip. Home and School Honors Winners of the public speaking contest at Seaforth Public School were presented with awards -at the February meeting of. the Home and School—Association Tuesday night. , Junior winner was John Mc- Lean, speaking on "My First Aero- plane Ride." Runner-up w a s Marielle Wilson, with her talk on "The Legend of the Dandelion." Jarle Boshart won 'the intermedi- ate group with her subject, "Casa toma." Second prize winner us- ing "My Trip To the Detroit Zoo" as her theme, was Wendy Fry. Ready New Vault For Bank Move Construction began this week on a vault in the former Regent Theatre- building. The -vault will -be for the •use of the Toronto-Domiree ion Bank during the time the bank occupies temporary accommoda- tion in- the building while its new. branch is under construction. The vault is being constructed by McDowell & Co., of Centralia. Meanwhile, work of altering the theatre building into five .-apart- inents and a store is progressing according to schedule, according to Lee Learn, new owner of the building. Three apartments will be ready the end, of this month, with the remaining two are to be completed by the end of March, he said. The temporary bank'accom- modation on the grAnd floor will be °ready early in March. Humor is said to be a gift, but tbat's not what publishers who have to buy it find. eaK.Ing vv.nners Mary Jenn McLean topped the senior group with the topic, ."Medi- cal Discoveeies." "Havvalian Is- lands" theme gave Kenneth Card - no second place. He also showed slides to illustrate his topic. The winners wereintroduced- by John W. Talbot, school principal. Presentation of awards was made by -Mrs. William Hodgert on be- half of the association. Mrs. Hodgert presided for the meeting, which featured the first appearance of the boys' choir of Seaforth. public school. Directed by Miss Mabel Turnbull, the group entertained • with -several selec- tions, solo parts being taken by Fred Knetsch. Julene Elliott and Helen Elliott played two accordian selections. Attendance award was won by Mrs. Bousspy's class, Mr. Talbot announced that a con- cert would be held in Match. He calledfor volunteers to help pre- pare' costumes for this concert. He expressed thanks to all who .had made bean bags, and -made special merttion of Mrs. Eldon Hulley and her C.G.I.T. group; who had made 14 bags. Tuckersmith Area Fetes Teacheri Tuckersmith School' Area teach- ers and their families were treat- ed to a dinner 'Friday night by the area board. Held in Hensall Hotel, the guests heard George H. JeffersonClinton, as guest speak- er. Entertainment included numbers by Sharon Strong and Mrs. Cleave Coombs. Ross J. Forrest, chairman of the board, was chairman for the gath- ering. • HOCKEY FANS CROWD ARENA AS PRESTON BEATS HIGHLANDERS A crowd of nearly 1,000 fans crowded Seaforth arena Tuesday night for the last Junior "C" game of the year. Seaforth were elim- inated in the contest 5-2 by the visiting Preston Pals. This gave Preston -thte-series 'four games to one. Preston showed their strength early in the first with Bob Prior scoring from Terry Lee and Fred Days, after only 40 seconds of play. Seaforth tied it up at 13:08 when. T. Dick tallied' on a pass from Livermore and McMaster. Preston piffled out in front late Highlanders Balance Rooks Seaforth Highlanders may have been eliminated from the Junior "C' playoffs, but they won an- other series that Is just as im- portant. They finishikf the sche- dule on top of their finances. When treasurer Gerry' McCourt had added up all the bills Wednes- day, the committee of Jack Webb, Thorpe Rivers, Lorne .Dale and Nen Powell was happy to learn that there was enough cash on hyd to"nteet them, "Valk We were sorry td lose, wo were glad to know we broke even," -Jack Webb said, as he re- called troubles in this connection in other years. "We got good support all sea- son and the crowd for the Tues- day night game, of nearly 1,000, was the biggest at a hockey game in a good many years. That made the difference financially." Expressing thanks for. the sup- port given the team, Mr. Webb said it showed that people would Cane Mit to see good isseka„ Ile said the' organization was looking forWard to nett year when the Wig VOW show the testa of added experience. The Highlafid- ers, averaging 16 years of eke, were the youbgest players in the league. Thorpe- Rivers, adding his word of appreciation for the support the teeth had received, said that while the games were over, a gathering to recognize the team would be arranged shortly. "We want to give them jackets, and.we will work out a way to do it,!" and added that he felt people would tvish this recognition for the team, and that the Comniittee could count oil their suppert. , in the second 'with three succes- sive unanswered goals at 11:39, 12;01 and 12:13. Scores were made by Terry Krawchyk, from Wayne Weigard and Tom Conoway; Tom Conoway from Ed. Burr, and an unassisted goal by Wayne Wei- gand. They continued their streak -in the third; with Tom Conaway clicking again on a pass from Krawchyk at 9:37, Seaforth tried a -comeback at 12:05 when Bill Gallow coented, but this was the final goal of the game. Twenty penalties were handed out, with Preston being tagged with 12 and the Highlanders with eight. There were eight penalties in the first, five in the second, and seven in the third. PRESTON—Paul McIntyre, goal; Gary Hill, Ed. Burr, defence; Ter- ry Lee, centre; 'Bob Prior, Orval De -Long, wings; Basil Ross, Jer- ry Stark, Jerry Karges, Feed Days, Ilakold Foster, Bill Burgess, Wayne Weigard, -Tom Conaway, Terry Krawchyk, alternates; Bob Cole, spare goalie, SEAFORTH — Percy Garrick, goal; Bill Gallow, Scotty LaRue, defence; Bob- Elliott, centre; Ray Scoins, Doug Rowcliffe, wings; Paul McMaster, hob Beuttentnil- ler, Ron Livermore, Tom Dick, Larry Dale, Prank Elliott, Garry Stoddart, R. tiantrean, alternates; Seek Bedard, spare . , 50.a:forth- .00-7=op-::teonsfort Egg The egg...and poultry operation of the Seaforth Farmers Co-opera- titte will be merged with the Unit- ed Dairy and Poultry Co-operative ,Limited, of Toronto. The change is effective February 29. Rev. R. McMillan Is Niw Headfor Children's Aid .Rev. Robert G. McMillan, Gode- rich-, was appointed director of Huron County Children's Aid • So- ciety at the annual meeting last week. Mr...Mcplillan is moderator of the Presbyterian Synod of Ham- ilton and London.. . At the same time, Mr. McMil- lan announced his resignation as , minister of Knox Presbyterian Church, Goderich, He has been pastor of this church for the past 12 years. His resignation is effec- tive September 30. He succeeds Mrs. Mary Chaffee, who is retiring after 40 years in social Work, 20 of those years. in Huron County. She came to Huron •County ,in 1940 .as the first social worker. Mrs. Chaffee has been able to see the whole picture of social work unfold and has help develop the Huron County Society' to the scope it has reached today, said John G. Berry, secretary of the board of directors, •in com- menting on her retirement. . Mr. McMillan,' Who has been president of the board for the past eight years, has become very interested in the problems of the youth of today, Mr. Berry said, and is at a personal sacrifice ac- cepting this challenge which , has been offered to him. He has al- ways shown a keen interest in the welfare of the county,. the offieial continued, and comes to thie posi- tion well qualified to undertake the important work carried on by the Children'g. Aid 'Society of Huron County. Set Dates For WOAA Series Atwood and Wirthrop will hook up in a best three -of -five senetlinal series in the WOAA Intermediate group. First game of the series will be played ih Seaforth arena on Monday night. Other games ..are: Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Monkton; Monday, Feb. 29, in Seaforth; Wednesday, March 2, in Monkton (if necessary); Mon- day, March 7, in Seaforth (if nec, essary). 30 -Ton Milk Tank Hensall 'Cifivaltv A 30 -ton, fully -loaded milk tank slid into a six-foot ditch off High- way 4 near Hensel] Tuesday. No one was hurt and none of the milk was siillied. The driver of the Milk truck, from Aylmer, applied brakes and went off the road when a car ahead of him, following a slow salt truck, signalled a left turn., It took three tow trucks and a bulldozer to get the truck back on the road in a three-hour opera- tion, Provincial Constable D. M. Westover, of Exeter, investigated. Approval of the sale was given at a special meeting of Co-op members held in the Carnegie, Lib- rary Tuesday afternoon. Included in the transfer are the assets of the Seaforth Co-op used itt connection; with its egg and poultry business. Among these assets is the Co-op block at the dither of Main and John Streets, which houses the Co-op egg grading operationsaDf- ficials said there would he no change insofar as personnel are •concerned. Negotiations leading to the sale began last year. Tentative details of the transfer were arrived at in December by the board of direc- 1 , •• . • JOHN L. MALONE, who has been elected President of the McKillop Mutual Fire Insur- ance Co. The annual meeting of the company was held Fri- day. (See Page a). tors, and it was this action which was confirmed by the rnenlbers atr-s-2z....i,-..!.. the meeting TuesdaY, " - • Decision to sell to ilDPC Was prompted by egg marketing trende -' ' • of recept yeare, and were set out in a letter to members, which:said, ", in "paorutr: 13oard ' of :Direetere durk8 Y each year's operations must study' •4 • Poultry Co-operative, in that our more recently, United Dairy and • operations have been closely co- • ordinated with their larger sales in its association with U.C.O. and egg grading station operators. grading .station has been fortunate einrgatitoonws.a.rdThs lisargcehrancgenetrballzasedwoop; brdught about Jay the larger retail '• mending larger volume, contmuity of supply, and quality control trba O developments in tile business world which affect various aspects'• Of our local Co-opeeaffve operatiOna. ' During theepasteseveraleyearsregg markets, mainly chain stores, de - marketing trends have been chang- "Xeur „local Co-operative egg organization. However,your board .. now feels that more benefit can be ------7 derived for the members by tak- ing complete advantage .of the markets available through U.D. , P.C. and this can dhly be accom- plished by a complete merging of our egg and poultry operation with United Dairy and Poultry Co-op • - erative. 'For -example, in 1959 Sea- , • forth Fanners Co-operative, as X corporate member, received 1.3c ' .per dozen. less patronage than a regular member of U.D.P.C." • Attending the meeting and re- presenting U.D.P.C., were Presi- dent R. S. McKercher, 8eaforth; general manager T. E. Brady, an M, Bridgen, fieldman, Toronto; B. McCutcheon, second vice-president, - ,, Dundalk, and Alf Monk', Hanover, a director. The meeting was in .charge of Seaforth president, .., Peter Simpson. • Loss Reaches $6O,000 As Fire Strikes Brussels Loss has been estimated at more than $60,000 in a fire which swept through a Brussels stere 'Tuesday afternoon. • Discovered shortly af- ter noon, flames devoured the in- terior of the Arcade store within two hours. Stock lost was esti- mated at more than $30,000. Par- tial insurance was carried. The clothing store was owned bal Ned Rutledge, v.efo purchased the business nine months ago from Moe Wineberg. The owner had closed the store at noon and the family was eating dinner in their apartment .above the. store when the alarm was raiSed. Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge and son, Terry, nine, fled down a stairway, the latter in his , stocking ,feet.. Dense smoke prevented the family from re-entering the Wilding. Nothing was salvaged from the store or apartment above., The apartment had recently been re- furnished. The Rutledges have one other son, Brian, 16, who was at- tending high school in- Winghani whenthe fire started. Brussels Fire Department was • assisted by Winghani department in, saving the adjoining premises, Brussels Home Furnishings and, the "New American" Hotel. When the fire appeared to be gaining headway, the blaze was fought from' the windows of the hotel. Volunteers removed most of the furniture from the adjoining store. Fire, walls prevented the spread of flames to stores and apart: • GORDON ,IVIOYLAN 'was high boy' in the junior section of public speaking competitions Conducted by the Canadian , Legion at Mitchell, Thursday night. tVimtei in the senior seetion was4Vlary Lou Coyne, Hibbert township,, who is to compete in zone finals at Kitchener. They ate pupils of Mts. jr, Melady, ments to the south of the" bur g store. The building, built in 181)1 and known as the Smith block, wan steam heated, with an oil furna.ce. Cause of the blaie has not been determined. About $800 in cash and cheqUes were in the store .at.the time. Mr. Rutledge said more than $300 was recovered after the fire- was ex- tinguished. , Workshop. Ends ith frogrom An evening of entertainment and dancing wound up events. of a workshop sponsored by McKillop Federation of Agriculture last week. Held at Brodhagen hall Wednesday evening, the guests were welcomed by President Ken Stewart. Entertainment included numbers by the Junior Farmer male quart- ette, Larry Wheatley, Ken Carp - hell, Bill Campbell, and George Turner; accordian instrumentals by Helen Elliott, and dances by -a group of girls from S.S. No. 4, Roba Doig, Amy Stewart, Shirley Henderson and Donna Gordon. James Keys introduced the guest speaker, Fred ,R, Peel, Seaforth, who showed slides of his trip to, Russia, and gave an interesting commentary on the trip. ' He was thanked by Oliver Pryce. Following lunch, dancing was en- joyed to the music of the Norris orchestra. Earlier that day a panel diseus- sion was held on 'Marketing." Taking part were Russell T. Bol - (Continued on Page 4) Hibben Stieents Tops in Perth Public Speaking' At the public speaking contest ECM at Staffa Feb. 8 for Hibbert township, Mary ,LouCone and Gordon Moylan viiere the winners of the Canadian Legiou public speaking competition. Mary Lou, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Coyne, was the senior winner, speaking on "The Queen's Visit." Gordon, son of Mr. and Mrs, John Moylan, was the, MO boy in the junior section. His tophi was ."Our Flag," They were also winners in Mit- chell Feb. 10, where they compet- ed against winners of Logan and Fullerton townships. Both are pupils of Mrs. Joseph 1Vielady,. teacher at S.S.S. No. 4, !fibbed. Competition will continue in the zone finals at Kitchenen, Feb, 26. Chairman of the speaking compe- tition committee of tVlitebelltegltni. Branch was Mr. Ifugh.Thitatitii Judges _were Mrs. A. B, Gardiner; of *the Mitchell High School staff Mrs, E, C. IfarleY,vfOrMetlY Of Mitchell High School itaff,tind,Mr# Fred S Cosford, ef vie. teitoh District High :Sabot