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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-02-26, Page 1a • A.� • • • • • • 9 --•101st Year Whole No. 4602 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2,196O $2,.50 a Year 1n Advance Single Cepit's. ,$ Gen#e SHAREHOLDERS of theeKillop, Logan and Hibbert Telephone Company reviewed activities `of the system at its annual meeting held in Dublin last week. Elected as directors are: (seated) Al- • beetSeinron, Mrs. Catherine M. Feeney, secretary -treasurer," PatrjekJordan and Herb Mahaffy: Stand- ing are Matt Murree, -.•president,"•Lyle Worden and Clem Krauskopf. (Expositor photo by Phillips). NK1I....Subscrib.ers Ask Instaikition of More Cable Extension of the underground cable serving McKillop •telephone users north of Seaforth, was. urg- ed by system subscribers attend=s ing the annual meeting in Card- negie Hall here Tuesday afternoon. The cable now exists" front Sea - forth to Winthrop, and if the pro- posal advanced at the meeting is. adopted by the commission, it will be extended two • concessions fur- , ther north - The, matter was raised by 'Com- missioner George Campbell, who pointed out considerable, repair work was required in thet area, and before anything was done a decision. had to be taken whether to rebuild aerial lines • or go un- derground. ^ There was about $50.0 difference in cost, cable being estimated at $2,700. " many ways. As an • example, he said he had gone to the bush and cut poles on occasions when he was not busy on the lines. e , The Bell Telephone • refuses to pay any commission on long dis- tance tolls which McKillop collects for the company, J. M. Eckert told the meeting: -•He -said one of the most expensive and time-consum- ing jobs was the. collection of tolls, and that if the Bell paid the same proportionate commission as• it .paid the McKillop, Logan and 'Hib- bert System, it would represent John T. Boyd urged the com- mission to install, the cable. "Thef)- you're :done with it. You don't need to'• worry about snow or any- thing. It's cheaper in the en.d." Commissinner Campbell agreed and pointed out there was a possi- bility the . province and county jointly would carry on a road de- velopment proiect on the area which was another reason' why un- , derground cable would be prefer- able. He warned the meeting that finances would, not permit the cable to be installed in additionn to other -wen that had been planned. The meeting adopted- a$ -resolu- tion as the meeting ended, urging construction of the cable' in pre- Terence Co splitting lines and pur- ehasing• new phones. Presiding at the meeting, was commission chairman Harry Snell. . Walter Scott was named secretary. Financial and auditor's reports „were adopted' following brief dis- cusslon:Treasurer J. M. Eckert explained the commission was now subject to "muni-cipal taxes for trunk lines at the rate of $50 per mile for the first, and $7:50 per mile for 'each,,., additional trunk,- There are 440 subscribers and rentets in the system. During :,the year miles of single wire was in- creased- 35.5 miles, •to 812 miles. Repotting on activities during the year, the chairman ,said that 'while no extensive program,••such as that of 1958 had been under- taken, much had been' one to im- prove service. A total of 9,250 feet of new distribution had been in- stalled west of Winthrop and lines ss-iit_. The system is in a fairly good state of repair, although there is some wire that needs re- placing. Five lines must be split. During the year the commission purchased a chain saw, which was a great time-saver in tree trim- ming. Mr. Snell paid tribute to work which system employees had done during the year, and expressed appreciation for the co-operation which he had received. Mr. Camp- bell referred to the contribution of George 'Hibbert, the lineman, who had saved the system expense in Physical Fitness, Is a Must, Speaker AdvisesLions Necessity of maintaining proper physical fitness was urged on mem- bers of. the Seaforth Lions. Club Monday evening. The speaker was Frank Godin, of the SDHS staff, who demonstrated a series of six exercises which were recommend- ed as the basis of a personal physi- cal fitness program. Physical fitness was described as the condition that would permit of a full day's work, and with suf- ficient enefjy left to enjoy leisure activities. He invited members of the club to joina class being held at SIMS each Wednesday evening, and which is being attended by staff and board members. • C1aienee Walden was chairman, The speaker was introduced by P. Plumsteel, and thanked by Ms Sav'auge, .The draw Was won by George 1taya, - DAVID C. CORNISH, vfho' recently assumed duties as eredit manager at Topnotch Feeds Limited. Mr. and Mrs. Cornish and their two children, who came here from Niagara Falls, are occupying the form- er Wigg residence on Goderich Street West. Find Bad Weather Is iso Proble'p�,`�i` for Hannah H&S .• The February meeting of the Hannah Home and School Associa- tion took the form of a euchre and. penny sale Friday evening in, the school. In shite of the weather and condition of the country roads, an excellent crowd 'attended. Euchre prizes were won by: men's high, Warren Whitmore; ladies' high, Mrs, John Carnochan; men's consolation, James McIn- tosh; ladies' consolation, Mrs. Tom Fox; lone li-ands, Jack MacLean. Alex &mesCha i e was won by Mrs. / As it was a family party, the younger children played crokin- ole and rummy. After the penny sale, lunch was served. The March meeting will have "Education" as its theme. Mr. A. Dobson vocational adviser of the Seaforth District High School, will speak. Members of the surround- ing schools are invited to attend. WIN PRIZES There was a representative group present at the Arena Thursday to take part in John Deere Day.- At- tendance prizes were won by Mrs. Fred Buchanan, R.R. 1, Clinton, and -Laverne Godkin, R.R. 1, Walton. The event was arranged illy John- nie Blue, the local dealer. Ontario Plowmen Hear Panel • - Mr. Gordon McGavin was in To- ronto this week attending the an- nual meeting of, the Ontario Plow- man's Association, of which he is a past .president. Mr. McGavie was one of a panel. ;which discussed problems affect - mg'. the organization, and which was a feature of the program dur- ing the convention. about"$7.00 a subscriber. The , meeting reelected Com- missioner Snell for a further three- y eee. term. Other commissioners are George Campbell and Allan Campbell. Remuneration for the commissioners was set at $75.00 each per annum. 'urchase Never Site as First St In Long Range Hospital Pro NoRelief in '60 �s Predation For Taxpayers 11 -"•� r• 41, First step' in a long-range pro- gram, designed to provide Sea - forth and neighboring municipali- ties with modern hospital accom- modation, was taken last week, it was revealed in a statement is- sged by the Board of Scott. Mem- orial Hospital on Wednesday. The board has purchased the farm property of Albert Horner, Spaforth taxpayers teed lookfor no - easing of the municipal tax .rate.••,this year, Councillor P. • L. Brady, chairman of the finance committee, told The Expositor Wednesday. He was commenting dn.-,the results of a long meeting Monday evening when his com- mittee studied the spending plans of 'the': .various standing commit- tees. "There was a difference of just $4.00 when we had added up this year's estimates anti. compared the tptal with last year's," he said, "and this covers only --expenses which the town can control. We don't know • what additional amounts the school boards or the county mayrequisition for." Since its inaugural meeting in January, council has pressed for early action on estimates as a means of holding expenditures in line. Last year estimates were delayed until late May, which, ,.in turn, resulted in delay in issuing tax -demands. - FACTORY IS SOLD See ReadyLUSe For Ontex Plant The former Ontex toy factory on - Jarvis Street was sold on Satur- day to Louis Waxman and' Lloyd Michel, of Brussels. - The large three-storey brick structure,• which occupies three parts- of- the block bounded by John, High, Market and Jarvis Streets, . has been unused since as- sembling of Ontex toys was dis- continued several years ago. Parts of the building have been rented from time to time, and at the moment tenants include Seaforth Co -pp and Genesco Blowers, Speaking to The Expositor Wed- nesday•afternoon, Mr. Michel said possession was effective April 1, or earlier if a requirement 'arose. He said he and Mr. Waxman had been in touch with a number of groups that may be interested in using a• portion- of the accommo- dation, • but that nothing definite had developed. "We,,.think we can find a use for the building and will do every- thing we can to have it occupied," Mr. Michel said. ° "We are going to Montreal and Toronto," Mr. Waxman added. "We want to get complete infor- -oration about how buildings like this can be converted into smaller units and modernized." The new owners emphasized that the building was 'in excellept con- dition, and that they were confi- dent they' would find ways of ut- ilizing it fully. The present structure had its be- ginning as ,a sash and door fac tory, operated by • the late J.• H. Broadfoot and W. T. Box. Later, the Canadian Furniture Manufac- turing Co. enlarged••the plant to its present .size. After that company ceased operations the factory was idle for • a number of years until Lady Curlers Take Third In' Paris A Seaforth ,ladies' rink copped third place in a curling bonspiel in Paris last week, Skipped by Mrs. Effie Stephenson,- the -rink in- cluded M•rs.'W. C. Moore, Mrs. E. A. McMaster and Mrs. Norman Scoins. - during the war years it provided accommodation for Hesky Flax Ltd. Since then it'has served a number of use's, the most reeent being Ontex Tays. Caught In Belts, Area Children Break Ankle Bones When his foot was caught in a -belt driving -a hammermill, Ray Devereaux, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Devereaux, suffered a frac- tured ankle. The accident occurred at the Devereaux -farm, east of Seaforth, on Saturday. Attended by Dr. M. W. -Staple- ton, the lad was removed to Scott Memorial Hospital, where the foot was placed in' a cast. It is ex- pected he will return to his home shortly and be able to get about with the aid, of crutches.. Hensall Child Hurt John 'Taylot, six-year-old son of Mr. andMrs. Jiro 'aylor, Hensall, had his„foot caught in a conveyor belt between the .two north silos at the Thompson Mill, Hensall.. Wednesday afternoon, He suffer- ed a badly torn ljgaxnent and a broken bone. He was- taken to South Huron Hospital, Exeter, by - L r. J. C. Goddard. He es a Grade 1 pupil at Hensall public school. His par- ents were in Toronto at the time of the accident. on No. 8 Highway at thea eastern tional hospital accommodation has limits of the town, as a site for a future hospital. One of the high- est points in the area, the land overlooks Seaforth Lions Park. The site .was -recommended by the board's architects as being the most suitable in the area for hos- pital purposes. The necessity of providing addi- FIRESIDE FARM FORUM Fireside "Farm Forum met Mon- day evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Anderson, with ,17 adults present. After listening to the broadcast, a social evening was enjoyed, there being no discussion. Mrs: George Hoggart invited the forum for next week. Prize win- ners in euchre were: games, high, Mrs. Hugh Flynn and Mrs. Robert Dalton; ,lone hands, Mrs. George Carter and Donald Buchanan; con- solation, Mrs. Joseph Babcock and Mrs. Harvey Taylor. !been realized for some time,' the board indicated, and for nearly two years various proposals have been studied. When it became ap- parent that approval of the On- tario Department could `not be ob- tained to carry out' alterations to the existing building, or to pro- vide additional accommodation on the existing site, the board acted , to acquire a new site, The statement issued by the Scott Mem6rlal"Board follows: - The board of ',Seed Memorial Hospital has been• concerned fox some time as a result of inability to "provide proper accommodatl'an in the present hospital building for the increasing number of patients who are seeking admission. For , more than two years, discussions have been going on with the On-, tario Hospital Services CommiS-` sion, the Ontario Department-- of Health and. the board's- architects, in an effort to solve the problem: During. that period proposals to - carryout.- alterations to provide additional beds, -in the existing building have•'been explored, but - on the insistence .of the Depaet- ment'have been abandoned. It was necessary, as well, to abandon a proposal. to provide additional ac- commodation by the erection of •a new wing and the replacement of the • existing building -sue the pres- ent site because of site limitations,. The entire problem was review- ed,. on January 21 lasts, when. Die JahnB. Neilson, a member of the -Ontario Hospital Services Commis- sion, met the, board. Dr. Neilson reported to the' commission, and in a letter of February 10, the commission stated that: "Review- ing all these aspects, the Commis- sion felt that the most suitable answer to the problem was to de- velop an entirely new hospital on a different site." As part of its study, and in an effort to determine on a long-range program, the board some months ago had, instructek its architects to carry' out a survey of available: sites in the Seaforth area, includ- .,• ing the site of the present hospital, with a view 'to determining suit- ability for a long-range project. It became apparent as ee result of the Commission's letter°of Feb- ruary 10 that improved and en- larged hospital -accommodation in Seaforth was to be dependent on anew building, to be located on a new site. So that active work of.. planning could be proceeded with, the board accordingly has, pur- chased the property owned by Albert Horner, on No. 8 Highway, at the easterly limits of the town. It was this property which: had been recommended by the archi- tects as beit!g the most suitable in the area. Acquisition' of a site for a new hospital is but the first step .and. permits plans to be..pxeparedeand financing to be -studied. It is em- phasized that some years may elapse before it can be, expected new facilities will be available. Commencement .of-. construction must depend on pecess'ary finances being accumulated. To carry the hospital project which Ls contemplated tole suc- cessful conclusion will require 'the support of all • the citizens Tin the area which the hoepital serves. The, board, in making this an- nouncement, seeks this cd -opera- tion, and assures tee public that the problem of providing adequate hospital accommodation to the Sea - forth area is, being- given very active consideration. THERE IS NO DOUBT about the popularity df curling continuing in Seaforth when old-time mem- • bers take advantage of every opportunity to teach the fine points of the game to. the younger gen- eration. Here C. .r'1• Barber, 80, oldest active member of the Seaforth: club, has an interested pupil it his grandson, Ken Cardno, 13. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Huron Hospital` Delayed No Plans Till '61 -Minister_ 'It will be at least 'a year before plans for the Ontario Hospital ire Huron at Goderich will be ready, Health Minister Dymond told the Legislature 1Tuesday. The minister said the hospital plans were not acceiitable to him and he took full responsibility for rejecting them and causing a de- lay. Dr. Dymond reported architects had advised him it would take at least a year to prepare new plans but they now are on the drafting boards. I have seen them and the mem- ber for Huron has seen them and they are going steadily ahead,” he continued. r Shortly after he , took office Dr. Dymond said no more large hos- pitals would be built and that the ,hospital of the future would be 200 to 300 beds, The hospital, construction of which had been pressed by the late Tom Pryde, was ffrst announced shortly after Mr. Prydg's death in early 1958, Prior to the by-election in the spring of that year, em- phasis was placed on the fact that construction would start at an early date. Again in the general - election of 1959, promises of an early start were made by Govern- ment speakers, and for a time there was a flurry 'of activity at the site south of ' Goderich. The ' circumstances surrounding the long -promised -Huron hospital 'Were reviewed in the Legislatgre a week ago by the' Member for Parkdale, Mr. J. Trotter, litho said: In • the Throne speech, it was mentioned that there would be the building of mental hospitals at Goderich, Palmerston and Owen Sound and, just in conclusion abf that part of my,speech, Mr, Speak- er, I would like to bring to your attention, end to the attention... of this House, the number of times that the government has promised to build a hospital at Goderich— not only in Owen Sound. but espec- ially in the area , of Goderich. I am reading from the Toronto Glebe and •Mail of January 28. 1959, where the hon. Minister of Health (Mr. Dymond) is quoted as saying that: In , addition to a c,mstrlction programme including the 1.200 -bed unit at Cedar Springs near Chat- ham and a proposed hospital near Goderich, his . programm would entail increasing the psychiatric staff throughout Ontario. And thee he goes on l ',.. aying: Perhaps a major phase of the mental plan will be the Creation of, a new centre in Landon, at a hospital yet to be designated, Well, Mr. Speaker, they were talking about the hospital in Gode- rich in Janu ry, 1959, and they talked 'about aehospital in London. JACK STEVENS IS CHAIRMAN Red Cross Prepares For Campaig The annual campaign on behalf - of the Canadian Red Cross in the Seaforth area will be under the direction oft Jack Stevens, the, lo- cal branch ,said this week. The •campaign is scheduled for March 9th. Mr.,Stevens agreed to act same time ago and already has com- menced work on a campaign or- ganization, Red Cross officials said. With him on the campaign committee are Thomas Wilbee, as secretary, and Neil C. Bell, whe is the campaign treasurer. While campaign details have not been completed, -it is expected that an effort will be made to canvass the entire district in one day. An announcement concerning this will be "made need "week, Mr. Stevens said. Churches and synagogues throughout the Province have been requested to observe March 5th and 6th as Red Cross Sabbath and Sunday. Carrlpaign officials said that it is hoped that on this day the work of the Red Cross will be observed in their pulpits, their bulletins, and in their prayers. Report 1959 Activities At a recent-r)reeting of the Sea - forth branch the annual financial statement was presented by the branch treasurer, Mrs., Ivy M. Butt. During 1959 the report in- dicated that 366 articles of sewing, 135 pairs of knitted socks and six large quilts were sent to Toronto, headquarters, and that 25 indi- viduals had made use -of loan cup- board equipment. Receipts totalled $1„486.85, and included; Cash on hand, or de - peen, Jhnu ap ry 1959, $149.2; campaign res $11271.85; gen- eral donations, $6.$5; custom quilt- ing, $8.00; bank interest, $6.78; cash received toward Civilian Em- * Aid, $86.79; health work, $14.00; ergency Aid, $45.00. Expenditures during 1959 were made up of the following: Amount remitted to • Ontario Division in ,SACK STEVENS a the one in London, but the govern- ment and its spokesmen kept tack- ing about the hospital in Goderich. We have heard nothing more about In fact, well before January, 1959, they were promising a hospital up in that area, and I read ae. extract from the Goderich Signal -Star, of May '15, 1958: Opening his address, the Pre- mier said: "I regret with you the necessity of this gathering because i' was, occasioned by the death of . our very good friend, Tom Pryde." Mr. Pryde, who had been assist- ant Whip of the party, was a forth- right advocate of the thifigs that were sound and good in Ontario, said Premier Frost. The Premier went on to say that he had been given a copy of the Signal -Star at a hotel here earlier in the evening. He noticed the edi- torial, "Tonight is "the Night" which expressed the hope that the loan cupboards, $8.98; water s'ife- ty services, $3,90 workroom sup- plies, $169.64; adfni'nlstration exit, penses, ,$3.76; campaign expenses, $1.25; general publicity, 50c; fun., eral flowers, $10.00; cash on hand and deposit op December 31, l959, amounted to $388.03. The meeting was advised that a special project is being undertak- en by Red Cross Women's Work Committees all across Canada for World Refugee Year, In addition to their regular com- mitments, Mee. J. V. Grundy, On- tario Chairman, has asked Wo- men's work groups across the pro- vince to prepare 400 layettes, 120 quilts and 350 complete "sets of clothing ,for girls, size 6 and 10, and for boys, ,. size 4 to 12. The other Divisions will be supplying the other sizes. 1959, $800.00; Civilian Emcrrgency Premier' would make a definite statement concerning the hospital proposed for this -district. Said the Premier: "I want to come here and acknowledge to you one of the many things which Tom advorated—a hospital for retarded children, Before his passing, I promised him that vivid be the case, and I am glad to come here tonight and say that. this -will be. the ease." At this point the• Premier's speech was interrupted by heavy. applause. When he continued he said that the provincial hospital for Huron had been announced some months ago in the speech from the Throne. In other words, Mr.,, Speakerr that was some months even before May, 1958. Then the newspaper clipping reads on: When he continued, he said that the provincial hospital for Huron had been announced some months. ago in the speech from the Throne. if there had been any doubts since then, he was now glad to clear them up. "This building is plan- ned for an area about three miles south of this town," the Premier continued. "It is planned to ibe commenced ae snob as possible," He did not say anything further than this, as to when construction will,be starfed.i but Ontario Health Minister Philips was quoted as Saying last week that it will cer- tainly be going ahead this sum- mer. That, Mr. Speaker, would ,be in the summer of 1958. "It will be a 1,300 -bed capacity with the possibility of extending to (Continued on Page 4) Vekide, Licence Sale Slows Down Despite Deasllh e Sale of motor vehicle' licences, in the current year is down con- siderably. as compared to last, J. A, Westcott said Wednesday. This time a year ago, 685 vehicle per-, mits had been sold, whereas up to date this year the number is only 575. Motorists should 'get' their driv- er's licences and plates for 1960 immediately, Mr. Westcott, 'who is the Department of Transportation agent in Seaforth; said. With only 18 business days left until the dead line of March 16, the inevitable result -of -putting it off- will rif$an standing in long line-ups in the list few days, he added. Fewer driver permits hate been, sold this year. Last year at this time over 1,000 driver's permit had been old, in comparison to 890 this year. There will be no extension of the expiry date of March 161 Mr. Westeott said. The office will be open daily from 9:30 to 5:30 ex- cept Wednesday, the half-hol!f�t ay. He reminded applicants that it was necessary to prndrr'ce a liabili- ty insurance certificate. Geo. Miller Plans Garage Service Announcement was made this week that George Miller had leas- ed the Texaco Garage, on Gd - rich Street West, and would dpen in that location on March 1. The garage and service station .has been closed for some time. Mr. Miller, . who has operated - the Cities Service Station, i,v11.1' t'47f-- p vide complete garage faciIitii+i•.•.3ii. his new location, and •will 444 0, • ize in sales and service of impor ed cars,