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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-03-04, Page 1K 101st Year. --- Whale No. 4803 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARCH' 4,-4960 aaareaaaa .. A BIRTHDAY PARTY happens but once in every our years for David Britton, so it ha& to be a good one. Son of Rev. J. C. Britton and Mrs, Britton, of Seaforth, David, who was born in Chatham February. 29, 1948, is properly surprised when he sees his birthday cake with three candles on it. In the lower picture, Mrs. Ruth Neely, of Varna, is shown with her daughter, born on Leap Year day at Scott Memorial Hospital. Her husband, Cpl. James Neely, is stationed at RCAF Station Clinton. The Neelys, who have one other child, a son, Grant, have been in the area for two years. Mrs. Neely, who is 23, comes from Grimsby, while her husband formerly lived in Ottawa. (Expositor photos by Phillips). SEE EARLY START ON MANS FOR S.D.H.S. CLASSROOM ADDITION Anearly start on the prepara- tion of plans for the addition to the Seaforth District High School was seen this week, with the ap- pointment of Kyles and Kyles, as architects. The SrillS Board engaged the architectural firm of Hamilton and Stratford at its regular meeting Tuesday night, ton draw sketch plans of the new four -room addi- -„ tion. The addition incltides an ag- ricultural science room and three regular classrooms, ,end it is hop - •ed that it will be ready for next September. It is expected the ad- dition will be erected;, to the east of the present, building;' Present enrolment is 356; and it is expect- ed that this Wilt go to 450 when school opens next September. A new co'atract has been entered into with the. •teachers, the basis of which is ilii •four-datEgory SYS - stein, 'Th qsstein,.'`tl a adoption• of the achedttle involves: aninereage insilo � a s that .will be comparable • ter the, rest of the school boards in the province. The new schedule in- volves an overall increase in sal- aries of approximately $10,000.00. The Encyclopedia Britannica of Canada has given a set of its lat- est edition to the school and this will be presented 6fficially by the chairman;- F. C. J. Sills, to the school on Friday afternoon at 3:30. The books are being given in the name of Charles A. Barber„ in recognition of his substantial con- tribution to the community, and fair his many years of service on the High School Board. The Board accepted ,with , grdt the resignation of Miss Dian Tay- lor, science specialist, • fand has peen a member of, the staff since 19$3. Photographer: "It will make a better picture if your sann putts his hand• -on your sltoruldeer.. Father "It' Will Iook Mere. nit. turd it he ;puts It tilt my packet "' AT TORONTO CONVVNTInN Fair r Prize List' Best in Qnt�ri� Seaforth Agricultural Society re- ceived Ontario -wide recognition at the 60th annual convention of the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies. The 1959 prize list of Seaforth Fall Fair 'placed first in the Ontario competition. The fair competed in the "B" class with 39 of the Op fairs in the province and came out on top. Second place went to the Cale- donia Fair, followed by the, Fort William and Port Arthur Lakehead fair, and in fourth, Barrie. The book was designed and printed in its entirety in the plant of The Huron Expositor. The'cover presented a pleasing appearance, printed in .green, red and silver on a white background. This is the 'third time that job printing produced by The Exposi- tor has placed high in competition. Ip contests sponsored by the Cana- dian Weekly Newspapers Associa- tion, and entered by weekly papers, throughout the Dominion, The Ex- positor-- placed . second_ in J957 ,and third in 1958. ' Held in theKingEdward-Shera- ton Hotel, Toronto, last week, over 850 delegates attended the two- day sessions. They represented the 253 societies in. Ontario. There Rental' Workers Return To Wor A strike at General Coach Works at Hensall has ' ended following. a meeting-- of members of Local •3054'' of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jointers at Hen- sall Wednesday afternoon. The strike was called last Thurs- day noon. Since then the plant has continued in production with about 45 men working. About 30 workers stayed off their jobs. It is under stood these are returning to work on Thursday, under the ' same ar- rangement as when the strike was called.,• _ Dalevista Bull Wins Top Honors A''Guersnsey bull, Dalevista Brig- adier's Sparkler, owned and ex- hibited -by W. J. Dale, has won the "All -Canadian" award for bull calves. The. Mullett township bull topped the class of five senior and junior bulls which had been nominated for the competition from • all across'Canada. He was also first Junior bull calf at the Royal Winter Fair in 1959, -R,esults of the competition, which were published this week, also showed -that "Far Hills Flame's - Hester", •from the -sable farm, had received honorable mention in the aged cow. class.. Mr. Dale, former Huron County warden, is,widely known as a lead- ing Canadian Guernsey breeder, Entries from Dalevista Farms have sheen consistent winners in- competition for many years, were eight "A" fairs held last year; 39 "B"'' fairs, and 198 "C" exhibitions. A special welcome -was extended by F. A. Lashley, superintendent of the association, to Seaforth Fall Fair, the only fair elevated to Class "B" in 1.959 In his ahnual report, Mr. Lash- ley described as unique in the ,province the new theme used by the Seaforth Fall Fair, Adopted. this year, the theme, "Where Jun- iors Reign Supreme", was used -to introduce the ,junior program. 'It, will be carried on all society star tionery: Three prises - were awarded the Seaforth society, in the colored slide competition sponsored by the Canadian National Exhibition. Sea - forth came first in the class for a• general picture of the fairgrounds, ,third in the flower section, ,and fifth in the women's indoor exhila it class. The project is handled by Mrs. Joseph Grummett, and photo- graphy was by Gordon A. 'Wright. James Mair, Brussels, director for Huron -:Perth • District _ 8,-. was named second vice-president of the Ontario Association at a directors' meeting prior to the convention. Mrs, Joseph Grummett, long as- sociated with Seaforth Fall Fair, took over her duties as women's district director at a meeting Fri- day morning following' the conven- tion. Mrs. Grummett" succeeds Mrs, -•William Sebben, '• Stratford. Jghn E. Siemon,, Logan, and a member of Mitchell "Agricultural Society, replaced Mr. Mair -as dis- trict director during the men's session. During a group discussion by presidents and secretaries of "B" fairs, advertising the fair was a main topic. It was the general con - census of the group that newspaper advertising was tops on the list of effective ways to advertise the event.. Second on the ,list was a comb:hied use of radio -and televi- sion to complement the newspaper advertising and to serve es a final reminder to the public of the fair. Some fairs felt posters were also an effective means of promoting, while others favored bumper stick- ers. Representing Seaforth socie- ty at the convention . were Mrs. Joseph Grummett and Mrs. Alex Boyes, lady delegates; and Robert E. McMillan, president; R. James Wallace, secretary:treasurer, and 'Robert W. Campbell, past presi- dent. Hensel]. Spring Show was re- presented by Earl Dick, president, and P. L. McNaughton, acting sec- retary -treasurer. JAMES MAIR, Brussel., w -di was elected Second Vice -Presi- dent oftheOntario Association of Agricultural Societies, is' shown with John E. Siemon, of Logan, who is district director. Plan- For -Rural Relations Night Tickets are being made available this week for, the annual Rural Relations Night, sponsored by the Seaforth Lions Club on Monday, March -14. Members of the club tare entertaining farmers at the banqueta-.and. free tickets are be- ing made available an a first-come first-served basis. _They may be obtained from Keating's Pharm- acy, The Huron Expositor, Sea - forth Farmers Co=op, Topnotch Feeds Ltd., or committee mem- bers. The speaker for the occasion will be George Gear, agricultural representative from Walkerton. Weather Contributes To District Accidents Harold "Buzz" Finnigan, Lon- don, and Charles Westlake, Toron- to, were injured ,Saturday, when their 'ears collided head-on near Woodstock. They are in Woodstock General Hospital. Mr. Westlake had both Iegs brok- JOHN J.1N`cGAVIN C I lop Drover Is 95 - on Monday A Widely known McKillop resi- dent, John J. McGavin, will cele- brate his 95th birthday on Mon- day. While be enjoys quite good health, he finals winter weather rather difficult and has not been out -since Christmas. A family gathering on Sunday will mark the ,occasion, when his children and grandchildren will be present to. congratulate him, Mr. McGavin lives with his 'son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gorden McGavin, on the 100 -acre farm in • McKillop township pres- ented to him by his father on the day of his marriage to Estelle Berrie, who died 29 years ago. He is still keenly interested .in the affairs of the farm. Besides' his farming activities for over 30 years he shipped livestock to To- ;roii'bi ,i« .lbfciGAV0i ronto markets,,making regular weekly trips to he city. For the past few years he has given up his trips but retains his interest in the markets, and his advice is still -valued by neighbors and friends. He was one .of the first to town a car in this district, and drove for over 40 years without" an' acci- dent. He was a lover of good hors- es and, even after owning a car, travelled many miles with a horse. ,He has a son, Gordon McGavin,. and a daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Turn- bull. There . are seven. grandchil- dren and 11 great grandchildren. Smith Superior Installs New Front Work of remodelling the front of Smith Superior store is underway this week. The entrance has been moved to the north side of the store, and. modern display win- dows and a new front are being installed. The work is being done by Frank Lamont. Area Farmers Win in' MfddHesex Two district area farmers were among prize winners at the 22nd annual Middlesex Seed Fair in London this week., Luther Sanders, R.R. 2, Seaforth, won third prize in the inter -county half -bushel of timothy seed compe- tition, and first in the inter -Bounty half -bushel alfalfa competitions. . Robert rotheringhaln was first ;in the bean gravers special ceni- 'petitiohs. - • en, while Mr. Finnigan has a brok- en bone in his -neck.' It is believed Mr. Finnigan's car skidded on the icy pavement into the path of the other car. Fractures Leg When his ski caught in the ground as- he was riding a ski lift near Orangeville Saturday, William .Stephenson, of Toronto, fractured his leg. Removed to Orangeville Hospital, he was later taken to Toronto. His mother, Mrs. Leo' Stephen- son, visited him in Orangeville on Sunday. - Hand in Blower A fractured hand and severe lacerations resulted Saturday when Harold `-Kendrick . attempted to clear a snow -blower which had be- come plugged with snow. His hand came in contact with the pro- pellors in the machine. The acci- dent occurred while snow was be- ing removed from the B -A Sta- tion. Mr. Kendrick was removed to Scott Memorial Hospital for em- ergency surgery. Be will be con- fined' to hospital for several days. • Citizens' Attitude is When Indu Str The success of plans to attract ly, commending the Chamber for additional industry in a commun- its co-operation' during - the past ity, and the balanced assessment year in municipal affairs and on;, which industry •can: make• possible, the eontribetians it had made to depend to a great extent on the the community, attitude of citizens towards their W. R. Smith, retiring president, eemmunity, according to Elmer. presided at the meeting and re - W. Goebel , manager of the Mid- viewed the Chamber's activities Western Ontario Development As- during the year. Colored films of sociation,. He was speaking to the the Santa Claus parade, which the annual meeting of the Seaforth C of C or anized in December` Chamber of Commerce' in St. Thomas' Church Hall Monday ev- ening. Equally important in attracting industry is the knowledge that the community is properly zoned and • that it knows the direction of its growth as a result of proper plan- ning. There was a time, the speaker said, when •industry was located beside a railroad or on a river. But with new transportation meth - rats, 'this no longer was the case; As a result it was necessary to allot certain clearly defined areas :n each municipality to specific purposes. Changed standards of living demand Larger lots and more services, and thus it becomes es- sential that residential needs be protected-. It is equally- important to protect industrial and commer- cial requirements for land, and to ensure that there can be inter- communication between the vari- ous areas. This cin only be done by zoning and planning, he said. Mr. 'Goebel described the proce- aures to establish a proper plan- ning arrangement He warned that while the -actual' work was done by a commission appointed by council, it could only succeed if it enjoyed the complete support of. council. . The speaker pointed out that one of the most effective returns from proper municipal machinery to assist growth was the fact that there was assurance - that assess- ments accurately reflected im- provements and thus resulted in a wider tax base. He urged the In- dustrial Committee to have avail- able complete information on ev- ery aspect of_the community. industry wants facts," he said: "The municipality- that can • come up with the most:..complete an- swers to given questions has the best chance Af getting. industry," The speaker was introduced by Ross Savaauge and ':'ajipreciation was expred by P. D. McCon- nell, Q.C. Mayor. B. F. Christie spoke brief Name Winners In McKillop F of A Public Speaking Mary Lou Coyne, McKillop town- ship, topped a class of 15 contest- ants in the second public -speaking contest sponsored by the McKillop Federation of Agriculture. Held in Cavan Church basement, Winthrop, the entrants were from grades 6, 7and 8. Other winners were: Jack Mc- Call, Jean Patrick, Mary Walsh, Mary Eckert and Roba Doig. • An overflowing crowd attended. Ken Stewart, president, welcomed the gathering. • Others taking part were Kenny Devereaux, Linda Somerville, El- aine Murray, Betty Shea, Torven Haarbye, Brian Scott, Annitta Har- rison, Loretta Murray and Mary McKercher. While the Judges made their de- cisions, Mr. 'Stewart read the names df the contestants in the previous contest. Merit certifi- cates were presented by James• Keys, Rev. W. H. Summerell.spoke on the value of public speaking. Judges were Donald Pullen' Sea - forth District High School; John W. Talbot, Seaforth Public School, and Mrs. Krauskopf, St. James' Separate School. Gordan Papple made courtesy •remarks. The finals, when the six winners in each contest will compete, will be held on March 9, to decide the three top placings. had been t ken by Councillor I'Jdr' $2'49 a Year in Advae,ee.. Single ` copkg,, 'S Venue Daly and were shown *14041 f Officers for the toiatig 'Year are:, past president, W. 1i. Smith; pressi- " dent, J. A. Stewart,- vjice•preaf� dents, K. Bruce MaelMlillan, L. )4i 'Ford; secretary, Leo Ilagan,•treas- urer, M. • Nott Comnaittde chaitr men are: membership,, R. Sa Box;. merchants, J. A. Westcott; indua- trial, Dr. ,E, A„ McMaster, -a$4- culture, Cliff Broadfoot, civic improvement, William M. Hart. • WILLIAM R. SMITH, Immediate 'Past President of the Sea • forth Chamber of Commerce, extends congratulations to the new president, James A. Stewart, following the annual meeting of the organization Monday evening, About 80 members attended the • dinner and meeting in St. Thomas' Church Hall. (Expositor photo by Phillips). eekend Storm alts Area Traffic Whirling snow, driven by 40 -mile n hour winds to blizzard propor- tions, brought traffic to a halt for varying periods Thursday and Fri- day in the worst storm of the win. - ter. The storm' began Thursday es falling snow increased in volume and by mid-afternoon travel on district roads was 'hazardous.:Ex- treme drifting and heavy snowfall continued throughout the night and into Friday. Despite round-the-clock efforts by municipal and provincial snow- plow crews, lack of visibility forc- ed equipment off the roads during the worst storm periods. • SDHS closed Friday when school buses were unable to make trips to pick up area pupils': While traf- fic on No. 8 ,Highway was halted on several, occasions by •drifting snow, there Was no movement on the,.comity road north of Seaforth until Sata}day morning, when a Huron County, maintenance -crew punched a path through the drifts. The storm created a fire hazard. In Grey township, neighbors were forced to travel nine miles to• give assistance at a fire in a residence less than two miles away because of stow -blocked roads. Snow on .Seaforth streets was kept well under control, even dur- ing the height of the storm. High piles along Main Street were r moved Tuesday morning in three hours., The work was done by street, superintendent Harold Ma- loney and his staff, aided by Alex Boyes' snow loader. Trucks were being loaded and driven away • in less than two minutes, Freight Stranded in•Snow - A CNR freight train, marooned four hours in seven -foot drifts west of Mitchell. was pulled free by two diesel units from Stratford about 1 p.m. Friday. rrange J To Aid Long-TirneRefugees tions of the Canadian Committee tie and John Flannery, Seaforth; are to assist the forgotten people— Miss Lucy Woods Bayfield; Ivan refugees, of which there are some Kalbfleiseh, Zurich. 16 million, to escape from camp John Berry Goderich, clerk - hovels into new homes. World treasurer of ;Huron County, has Refugee Year, June 28, 1959, to offered to act as treasurer, and June 30, 1960, has been callebye- secretary will be Mrs. Bernard the United Nations General Assam- Hall, Blyth, with Mrs. Lloyd•_M. bly, to''focus interest on the prob- OrtelIi, Brussels, assisting. Rey. lem of the refugee, and to encour- Mr. MacMillan, who has accepted age chances for permanent solu- an invitation to act as chairman tions, of the campaign committee, Will, Citizens who have volunteered be calling a meeting in the near to assist with the project include:: future to define the various areas Warden, John Durnin, Reeve of fur the canvass. Assisting him will West Wawanosh, who will repres- be Don Southcott, Ivan Kalbfleisch, ent Huron County • Council; Rev. -,Mrs. Fingland, Mayor Christie and R. G. itifacMillan and Mrs, George a representative from Wingham, Parson, Goderich; Mrs, Frank yet unnamed. Mrs. C. A, Trott, Fin1 g and, CIinten; Don Southend, Clinton, will be in chard' of pub - Exeter; DeWitt Miller, Wingham; licity and it is expected that she Mrs. Bernard Hail, Blyth;-• .Mrsa will be assisted by W. T. Cruiek- Lloyd M. Ortolli, -.brussels; Miss shank, of CKNX-TV and Radio, Margaret Jackson,'A' urn• Mrs, Winghain � , as well las the editors W. Norman and Mrs. Lloyd Bona, of iiuren• County's 10 weekly news- .Mayor B. 1~. Claris- ,papers. A Huron County World Refugee Blitz to raise' money for the Cana- dian Committee for World -Refugee Year will be held throughout Her - 'on County from May...16 to 21, in- clusive. At a meeting' called by Mrsr. Frank Fingland, Clinton, Monday night, . representatives from all areas of the county exploring how best to participate in Wrld Ref- ugee Year, decided to set aside tins one week to raise the money. Permission has been granted by the Huron County Council for the canvass, and rather than any set objeetive, an appeal will be made tat each man, woman and child to give. The total amount received from the canvass will be forwarded to tile, Canadian Committee for World 4efugee Year, an authentic organ- nation supported by Catholics, Protestants 'acrd' 'ews alike. $'rano- The freight, on its way to Go it - rich, bogged down near Dublin about 9 o'clock Friday morning. At 10:30, a snowplow driven tar the diesel units, was despatched to clear the line for a passenger rail - liner going to Goderichand to re lease the mired freight train. The freight was brought back to Stratford because of the heavy - snow. ' For Engineer C. I. Agar, Strat- ford, it was the second time a train on which he was engineer was stuck for any length of time. In March of 1947, he spent three days caught in ,huge drifts near New Hamburg. Eight -Car Crash - A chain -reaction pile-up of eight • automobiles near Seaforth Thurs- day night resulted in dattiage total- ling an estimated $1,800, A snowbound car on County Road No. 12, a. mile and a half north of Seaforth, caused Mrs. Arthur Alex- ander,.R.R. 4, Walton, to stop her car. The crash that followed was repeated until all eight vehicles were damaged. The accident, which occurred at 5:30 p.m. as. a blizzard was begin- ning, involved vehicles driven by Mrs. Alexander; Donald Hdi;ne, R. R. 4, Walton; Mrs. Donatd Horne, , Mrs. Gordan Papple, R.R. 5, Sea - forth; Barry Marshall, Walton; Ben Bridge, Seaforth, and George Dawson, R.R. 1, Seaforth. The accident is under investiga- tion by the Seaforth detachment of the Provincial Police. Merchant 22 Years Goodwin Sett Hensall Store W. 0. Goodwin, who has operat- ed a store on Hensall's Main Street for 22 years, sold his dry goods business this week. The store hes been purchased by Hassett Coni- pany, from Parkhill, who took pos- session Tuesday. Mrs. Harry Horton, who ,has been sales clerk in the store for many years, will continue ,out. Mr: 'Goodwin has operated the store since 1938. He ,;served In World War Z, and is a charter member of Hensel' Branch 468 of the Canadian Legion. For oitex•R,5 years he directed the Itensall Unit- ed Church choir. A member 4t AF and .*M Huron Lodge 224' arisi IOOF Rennin Lodge 223, he hits been associated with those iedg s for 30 years. He is a past grand of the 100F lddge, He has also been Ictive ilii #hl curling club past president of `tlltz bowling Club, and a member Of the.- Chamber of Commer e's. A member of Mensal].Mensal]. St. .Paut,Aly: Olean.- Church, he has held iiYa1' offices in. the Church. Mr, + 0061,1 n . wilt tettre' or' tuts present,. • •