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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-04-14, Page 1a ••„ 191st Year Whole No. 4809 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1960 MEMBERS OF SEAFORTH LEGION Branch 156 were hosts Sunday to branches from Zone 1. •As a preliminary to the annual zone meeting,' the veterans paraded to Victoria Park for a short service . of .remembrance, ...On the return march. to ..the. Legion ];Intl, . the sa lute was taken. by J. R. -Spittal from a reviewing stand in front of the Post Office. (Expositor pho to by Phillip's). District Veterans Lack,:sequ:r. Interest GovernmEnIextended greetings from the town,ements concerning veterans and Seaforth branch 156 president, preferences in the .Civil Service ap- Archie Dobson, welcomed the vet- pointments. erans to the new Legion'Hall. Preceeding the meeting the vis - Kincardine Legion will be host iting veterans and members of to the Legion branches throughout Seaforth branch paraded to the this part of Southwestern Ontario Cenotaph, headed by the Seaforth during -.Old Home, Week, when a District High School Bugle Band, drumhead service will be held Sun- where wreaths were placed by the. day, July 31. zone commander, Harvey Pfaff, The fall zone meeting will be and Archie Dobson, Seaforth held in Clinton: branch president. The meeting by resolution pro- A short impressive service in - tested the discrimination .in effect eluded invocation by Rev, C. E. with . respect to ''active service vet- Sullivan, and the Last Post by erans, who through no fault of their Jack Moore. own are denied, war veteran al- Parade,marshal was William lowances because they died not Wilbee. en Powell was in com- serve in an active theatre df war. mand of the color party. Arrange - Veterans were warned that there ments were in charge of special was a tendency to "kick around" events chairman, Charles Wood. The Dominion Government was condemned for its lack of interest in veterans' affairs in a resolution unanimously adopted by veterans of District C-1 of the Canadian, Legion, meeting in Seaforth new Legion Hall Sunday afternoon: The resolution demanded im- mediate action be taken to pro- vide increases in veterans' disa- bility pensions and veterans' al- lowances. The resolution noted there had been no reference. by Finance Minister Fleming in his budget presentation to problems facing veterans. • The resolution was presented to the meeting by the McDonald branch No. 183, Kincardine. Zone commander Harvey Pfaff, of Exe- ter, was in charge of the meeting. various committee an s is o f v Reports or P chairmen were received, and out- lined progress since the fall zone meeting. urged have Branches were Brant more public speaking contests by Doug Thorndyke, Clinton, chair- man of that committee. The meeting was attended by - veterans from branches through- out the zone. Mayor B. F. Christie New Members Join Northside Church . In Sunday Service :$2a a...'Year, in Actvanee Sina1e Copies, 5 cel4a' Council Expects early Action On Maitlandbank Cemetery Expect Early Return To Full Production A combination of bad weather and an increasing number of Ja- panese ,imports into Canada has led to a cutback in production at Seaforth Shoes here, Fred W. Peel, company manager, told The Ex- positor. It- is expected production will be back to normal within -"a few weeks, he said, as spring weather arrives, Twenty new members were re- ceived by profession of faith at a special service at. Northside Unit- ed Church Sunday morning: At the same service seven Were received by letter of transfer. The Palm Sunday service includ- ed special music bythe choir, led by leader James . Stewart, and organist Mrs. Stewart. As an an- them, the choir sang "God So Hon- ored the World" by Stainer. Solo- ist, Mrs. Lloyd Rowat, sang "The Palms." Holy Communion was participated in by the congrega- tion. New members accepted were: Julie Hoover, Kaye •McCowan, Ruth Powell, Joyce Kelland, San- dra Hugill, Helen Elliott, Elizabeth Carter, Donald Muegge, Robert Muegge, Peter Rowat, Richard Whiteley, William Rowat Robert Plumsteel, James McIlwaln, Peter Sillery, Kenneth Mcllwain, Doug- las Mills, David ]Mills, Bernice Jes- some, Ben Bridge. By^ transfer: from Duff's United Church, Prank Hunt, Mrs. Frank Hunt, Francis Hunt, Freda Hunt, .Marion Hunt; from Ethel Presbyterian, George Turney; from Duff's United Church, Mrs. George Tanney. was completed late production began in at the beginning of 1959. has employed as sons during the • in the While the first quarter of 1960 is over the first quarter last last year, our production had increased substantially through the year, and when our inventory built up we were forced to cut back tempor- arily, Mr. Peel said. This result- ed in layoffs. He explained; that merchants hesitate to stock up until there is an indication that good weather is at hand. This year, with a late Easter and a long backward spring, there was an eyen greater delay in placing Spring and summer orders, he said. Another problem: this year is the increasing number of Japanese im- ports that are competing with Canadian production. Despite these problems, Mr. Peel said he could see no reason why the plant would not be back to normal production shortly. He ex- pected the Staff -would be built up to last year's level. Construction of 'a modern plant to accommodate . Seaforth Shoes 3 - reed Shows at Seaforth Fall Fair Three cattle breed shows will form part othe program of the 115th annus Seaforth Fall Fair when it rot s around September 22-23. This will be the second time that the fair has been host to three breed groups at one fair. Featured shows will be the Black and 'White Show, sponsored by the Huron Holstein•'Club; the Ontario Hereford Regional Show, and the Jersey Parish Show, put on by the Huron -Perth Jersey Club.. ' The Jersey Show was last held in Seaforth at the 1958 fall fair. , The Agricultural Society; at their Thursday meeting, looked for- ward to a show even better than last year's. Several speakers to open .the fair were mentioned, and plans started for the program:: - Changes in various sections and classes in the prize list are being made, in preparation for the print- ing 6f the list. . President R. E. McMillan chair- ed the meeting, which heard a 're- quest from the Seaforth Driving Club for additional accommoda- tion and 'changes to the track. Be- cause of a small turnout at the meeting, no decision was reached on the request. Announce Sale Of Webb's Billiards The sale was announced this week of Webb's Billiards to Gor- don Gerbig, of Whitby. Fr, Gar - big, who obtains possession May 1, will move his family of four chil- dren to Seaforth shortly. Jack Webb said he had no im- mediate plans to go into business again, but expected to continue to live in Seaforth. Whistling Swans Visit Stanley Pond An unusual event occurred at the farm of Grant Webster in Stan- ley last, week, when four rare whistling swans lighted on the farm pond, near the barn,' which they used as their headquarters for 24 hours: The large white birds, weighing about 35 pbunds each, could be ap- proached but only up to a point, when they indicated they had no desire to be too friendly. It is understood this particular species is 'a rarity in Canada, many past year. 1958, and new plant The firm as 175 per - School Inspector To Cleave Huron G. G. `Gardiner, B.A., B.Paed., whose appointment as Public School. Inspector for North York has been announced by the Ontario Department of Edueation,_,effec- tive -August 1. Mr. Gardiner has been inspector of schools in Centre Huron, inelud- After two years of negotiations special mill rate; or an increase on bnd consideration, the way has een paved for the formation of a municipal cemetery, council was told Monday. An auditors' state- ment has been prepared, and with this the necessary by-law can be drawn up to establish a municipal board to administer affairs at Mait- landbank- Cemetery. The matter was first brought to council's attention two years ago by Northside United Church, who owns the cemetery. Faced with in- creased operating costs and find- ing that the cemetery was used by all Protestant denominations in the area, it was suggested a change should be made. A committee, headed by Dr. P. L. Brady, have looked into the matter, but were held up in rnak- ing a report until an audited state- ment was obtained. Commenting on the auditors' statement at the meeting of town council Monday night, Dr. Brady pointed .out • that, the - 1958 deficit was $1,704.30, and the 1959 deficit $721.91. He suggested that 'if the schedule of rates was revised it would give an income sufficient to balance the expenses. the taxpayers if the rates were ad- said it ement. aboard No on'h fact that Asked by Mr. Cardno about sur- rounding municipalities and their participation, Dr. Brady pointed out that a higher rate is used for persons residing outside Seaforth. Asked who appoints the present board by Councillor John Flannery, Dr. Brady said the United Church owns the property, and the board is elected at the congregational meeting. He said that less than half the burials in the cemetery- are those of United Church members. All other Protestant groups' use the cemetery, he said, and the United Church feel they have oarried the load long enough. He reminded council members 'that provision could be made -Tor St. James' Roman Catholic ceme- tery. The suggested arrangement" would be for the town to take over all assets of the cemetery board, including the bonds for the per- petual upkeep fund. He told coun- cil that one-thitd of the :monies`re=' ceived from the sale of lots goes into this fund. The only major expense, Dr. Brady could foresee would be a mausoleum, so that graves don't have to be opened in the winter. • Await Estimates Estimates from the Seaforth Dis- trict High --School .and,. St. James' Separate School are not in yet, re- ported Dr. Brady, chairman of the finance committee. The Public School have set their budget at, $38,625, about the same as last year. This was done, he said, on the basis of reports in the daily press that provincial grants will be the same as last year. This, how- ever, has not been confirmed. In setting. their needs, the board took into consideration. a $1,600 surplus from last year. 'The Huron County rate will re- main constant, according to a let- ter from J. G. Berry, county clerk - treasurer. As soon as estimates are received from the two other of meeting a special schools, coun- cil wilbe called to consider the budgetand strike a mill" rate. In -completing his report, he re- list of back taxes pre- paid he s P ferre d',to t paid by the auditor. He. felt coun- cil should consider this at an early dateand arrange for a tax sale. Reporting for streets, Thorpe Rivers told council there had been lots of trouble from drains and water, but not toe much could be done. Eighteen loads. of gravel had been spread on the streets, and five trees cut. We need black -top pretty soon, commented the hairman, -while discussing the fro boils and brok- en streets. justed. Councillor N, Q. Cardin) was a question, of manag While costs went up, the didn't change the rates. seemed to recognize the fa things were getting out of balance. Some collections are coming through, hesaid, and an effort is being made to get other back ac- counts. Securities -held by the board have a face value of $15,275, bringing an annual income' of $634.25 for the perpetual upkeep fund, his report showed. • A by-law will be prepared for consideration at the next council meeting. Dr. Brady felt the cemetery could be self-supporting without a Seek Site for BowlingAI1ey Pla for a bowling alley in Sea - forth were temporarily held up Monday night when Seaforth :tout• council failed to .agree with. the location of the proposed building. J. G. Kelly, Stratford, who has been over sites in the k looking o a town, attended the Monday meet- ing, seeking council's okay to the properties which he had chosen. The proposed sites, council felt, weref one o f the in the centre �a � towns bestresidential areas ,and thus wouldn't' be desirable. The proposed building, Mr. Kelly told council, would be of cement block construction, with a decora- tive front. The 50' x 120' building and necessary bowling equipment would cost about $60,000,. plus the purchase price of a lot. Several alternate sites were sug- gested by council, but most of these had already been' considered by Mr. Kelly. The matter was left in the hands of the industrial com- mittee. The committee will tour thh municipality with Mr; Kelly in an 'effort to bbtain a suitable site. WIN AT LOL EUCHRE Prize winners at a euchre spon- sored by the property committee of the Orange Hall on Friday were: Ladies: first, Mrs. Tom Ky; lone hands, Miss Marion Coyyv�s ; consolation, Mrs. Gordon Elhor_tt, men: first, Secord McBrien;' lone hands, Albert O'eRilly; consola- tion,. Elmer Hutchinson. Choose Ross Savauge For Mid WODA Board The 1960 Board of Directors of Midwestern Ontario Development Association meeting Wednesday at ternoon in the Stratford Country ntr Y Club Curling Lounge, elected Wm. C. McKenzie, of Exeter, as presi- dent, to succeed Mayor W. K. Den- ny,' of Fergus. Other officers elect- ed were: H. C. Goos, Preston, first vice-president; Fred Breithaupt, Kitchener, second vice-president; Ross Savauge, Seaforth, third vice- presidentv and Gordon Gingerich, MEETING AT SDHS District4-H Clubs Organize Five 4-H Clubs were organized at a meeting at Seaforth District High School Tuesday night. At the same time .officers were elect- ed for three of the clubs. Seaforth 4-H Dairy. Calf Club named Ken Papple, R.R. 5, Sea - forth, as president.. At the meet- ing 24 enrolled, while several others sre expected to enroll at a later ate. Other officers are: Larry Burns, vice-president; Eleanor Keys, Rat. 1, Seaforth, secretary; Deanne Dale, R.R, 1, Clinton, press secre- tary; Irvin d'rewartha, Seaforth, Robert. Gemmell, R.R. 2, Kiplten, leaders. Nine members joined the Sea - forth Club Tuesda fonts, 4 -It Beefnlgiit, with nun 'rade expected. Q ficera named were: Bili Campbell, ital. 1, Dublin, president; Don Mc- Kercher, R.R. 1, Dublin, vice - .R. 2, Seaforth,arsecr tai'i'y; Go don Pryce, R.R. • 1, Dublin, press sec- retary; Ken Campbell, R.R. 1, Dublin; Joseph W. Devereaux, R. R. 4, Seaforth, leader. Both the. Dairy and Beef 'Clubs are sponsored by Seaforth Agricul- tural Society. Bruce Papple, R.R. 4, Seaforth, was named president of the Mc- Killop 4-H Grain Club. Sponsored by the McKillop Federation of Ag- riculture, the club has eight mem- bers, with a few more expected. 0 hther officers are: Don Crozier, vice-president; R.R. 2'," Seaforth, is Jack Broadfoot, ILL 1, Bruceffeld, se-ratar'y; Don McKercher, R.R. 1, Dublin, prest' reporter, Leaders are Earl McSpadden, A.R. 1, Sea - forth?' and Oliver Pryce, R.R. 1, Dublin. Officers for the Seaforth 4-11 Swine Club and Tuckersmith Corn Club will be elected at meetings in May. Sponsored by the Seaforth Junior Farmers, the swine group have 10 members, but are open for additional membership. Lead- ers are Robert E. McMillan, R.R. 2, Seaforth; -Allan Haugh, R.R. 1, Brucefield, and ton Dodds, R.R. 1, Seaforth. The next meeting will be held May 4. A small turnout -forced the Corn Club to wait until May 9 for their election of officers. Leaders for the club, sponsored by Tucker - smith Federation of Apiculture, are Bruce Coleman, B:R. 4, Sea- forand Larry Wheatley, R.R. 1, .Dubin,; Elmira, secretary -treasurer. Other members of the board of directors are: J. D. Oaks, Guelph; H. A. McCullough, Arthur; W. C. Ge.rth, Milverton; A. E. Robinson, Mitchell; L. G. Winter, Clinton; J. D. Talsma, Listowel, and Murray McDougall, Department of PI n- ning and Development, Toron Elmer Goebel, of Stratford, is ge eral manager of the association. A feature of the meeting was the formation of a committee to .promote tourist interest in the area. One member from each, of the four zones was elected to this committee: W. K. Denny, Fergus, for Wellington; Gordon Gingerich, of Elmira, for Waterloo County; .1. Talsma, of Listowel, for Perth County, and L. G. Winter, of Clin- ton, for Huron County. The next meeting will be an op- en meeting and banquet, to be held the first Wednesday in May. ing Seaforth, Hullett and McKil- lop. A resident of Goderich, he came to Huron from St. Thomas about 12 years;, ago. A native of Mount Forest, Mr. Gardiner attended schools there and the University of Toronto. He Peed. degree ref f rom ' d his B. g obtained o He the University of Toronto also. taught -school in York Township some years ago. During World War II he served for three years RCAF. with the officer an as Active and popular ' in civic af- fairs, Mr. Gardiner is a past presi- dent of the Goderich Lions Club and has been on the Board of Stewards of North Street United Church for some years. tion of the scales in Seaforth. The by-law will end the responsibility of the town in the scales opera- tion. Two applications, received in a-- swer to an 'advertisement falling: for tenders, to rent the scales, were , filed. The applications, read • by property chairman Edmund Daly, were from P. G. Little and A. -W. Miller, at $1 and $2 annual rental, respectively. Continuing his report, Councillor Daly told of conversation with Fire - Chief John'F. Scott about fire haz- ards in the basement of the Town Hall. ' The wiring, he said, is an- tiquated, with loose wires dragging on the ground. There are no switch- es, and lights are on 24 -hours a day. - Mr. Daly suggested 'a plan to alleviate this condition without a great expenditure. Council agreed the work should be done immedi- ately, A new circuit, now carrying only a --limited-number of -lights --at -the rear of the building;., could be branched into the basement to*car- ry six lights. Concluding his report, Mr. Daly informed council that the dunfp" ' had been closed for a few days. This became necessary after sev- eral vehicles became mired in the soft road. Only item on, Councillor Cardno's- - .fire and water report was a re- quest for lubricating fluid for pumps on the fire truck. One family is still on relief, and Seaforth is sharing the cost of an- other family in Clinton, Reeve Ball told council. A routine police re- port was submitted by Mayor B. F. Christie. The new ruling on cleanout of septic tanks and cesspools is work- ing out well, reported Dr. J. 0. Turnbull, chairman of the sewers committee. Following consideration of a sug- gested change to the next stage in the sewer plan, council decided that any changes made now would cause unnecessary delay' in the. start of this project. The suggestion advanced was for .a pumping station near Goderich ° and ColemanStreets. This would pump into the existing sewer line in the alley east of Main Street. This plan len give ave i mmediate service to the new Separate School, as well as provide for the High School. There would be little additional cost over the existing. proposal, but the portion to be served would be much greater. The present plan is for a pump - (Continued on Page 6) SDHS Students See London Play SDHS students from Grade 13 were in London Tuesday to attend a special presentation of "Murder in the Cathedral," by T. S, Eliot. They were among 1600 students of Grades 12 and 13 from all over Western Ontario, who were present this week at the Grand Theatre, of London.. For the fifth successive year the. play being studied by English class- es in secondary schools is present- ed under the sponsorship of the Ontario Secondary School Teach- ers' Federation in co-operation with the London Little Theatre. This year over 40 schools. are par- ticipating. The students were accompanied by F.• R. Cosford and Don Pullen, of the SDHS staff. ancer Canvass penNext.Week Leg Is Scalded As Child Slips a Campaign for the Canadian Can- cer Society gets underway Monday in Seaforth district. Arranged by a committee from the Seaforth branch of the Huron Unit, the' campaign embraces Seaforth, Har- purhey, Egmondville, McKillop and Tuckersmith, and sections of ad- joining townships. Campaign chairman, James A. MacDonald, released the list of section 'captains who are arrang- ing for canvassers Or the' various sections. The,capt•• ns are: Sea - forth: Lester Leorinardt, R. S. Box, Harvey . Mason, James L. Slattery; Harpurhey: Donald Stew- art; Egmondville: Norman Mac- Lean; McKillop: R. E. McMillan, James McQuaid; Tuckersmith: James Doig, Russell Dallas. Activities Of Year During the past year the Sea - forth and District Branch of the ed sixteen Cancer Society has helped patients. They have supplied 750 dressings, and drugs where need- ed. Clothing and groceries have been given to some patients, also - flowers, fruit and gifts at Christ- mas and Easter. T e Service Committee, under vener Mrs. Norman MacLean, make an average of two to three calls a week to home„ and hospi- tal, and an average of two patients a week are taken to London for treatment. Eight ambulance , calls have been handled by the society. Films are always available for any occasion, dealing with various cancer topics. The daffodil tea on Saturday, in the Towif"-Hall° opens this year' drive for funds. Objective for thlt campaign is $2,000 in Seaforth. Reeve William Ball asked if any thought has been given to starting a paving program. Councillor Riv- ers replied that the cost would be too high. Finance Chairman Brady remind- ed council••that no allowance had been. made for such a program in the budget. However, he felt that it was a good idea to have a long- range plan, and pave a section of a street each year. • Close Town Scales Two readings were given to a by - lam to close the town scales. The by-law will rescind all by-law and regulations regarding the opera- SDHS Addition Cost Is Set at $180,000 Representatives of area munici- palities forming the Seaforth High School District, at a meeting in SDHS Tuesday evening, discussed changes in plans for an addition t� the school building. The new p.•oposal, which will now -be con- sidered by each council, involves a total cost of $180.000. When she slipped into a tub of boiling water, Vicki Miller, 6 -year- old- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Miller, received severe burns on her leg, The accident occurred at the Goderich Street home of ,her 'par- ents, Wednesday evening. She was rushed toacoyt Memorial Hospi- tel, but was able to return to her home Friday, where she is reeov- ming. • Hensall Voters Will Go to PoIIsJune 22 Eligible voters will go to the polls in Hensall- June 22 to vote under the Liquor License Act. The village will vote on the establish- ment of any or all five !types of premises for public consumption of liquor. Council passed the necessary by- law paving the way for the vote at a special meeting Monday night. The action was prompted by a re- cent meeting of Hensall business- men, when 45 signatures were placed on a petition asking coun- cil to take action for a vote. Questions confronting' the voters will be: Are you in favour of the sale of beer only under a public house license for consumption on licensed "remises to which tic p men only are admitted? Are you in favour of the sale of • Step Up Speed On Highway 8 Motorists using) o. 8 Highway between Stratford -'ead Goderich will soon be able to drive at a faster speed without breaking the law: As soon as appropriate signs can be erected, the speed limit on this stretch of highway will be in- creased from 50 to 60 miles per pout. Adjustments in speed limits on a number of King's Highways. in certain areas were approved by the Ontario Government Thursday. The approved changes, says Hon. John Yaremko, Minister of Trans- port in a release: this week, were authorized as a result of traffic studies. These were carried out by the Department of Highways in line with 'the policy of creating fnore realistic limits on the high- ways. The original proposal, based on estimates by the department, were found to be unrealistic. In addi- ticn, the board was faced with pro- viding proper lulich room facilities as a result of a letter received from Dr. R. W. Ald}'s,..head-of Hur- on County Health Unit. In his letter, Dr,j• Aldis referred to existing lunch room facilities as requiring much improvement'. The chairman of the SDHS Board, F. C. J. Sills, presided at the meeting. beer only under a public house license for consumption on licens- ed premises to which women are admitted? . Are you in favour of the sale of beer and wine only under a dining room license for consumption with meals on licensed premises? Are you in favour of the sale of liquor under a dining lounge lic- ense for consumption with meals on licensed premises? . Are you in favour of the sale of liquor under a lounge license for consumption op a licensed prem- ises? At the seine meeting, Charles P. Corbett, G.L.S., of Lucan, was ap- pointed ith the Str'eer te eethe a South mun- icipal un icipal irain and bring in a report Perth liberals Name Officers James Brown, of Kinkora, was elected president of the Perth County Liberal Association at the annual meeting in Mitchell Tues- day evening. He succeeds Nelson McParlane, of Stratford. Guest speaker, Daniel W. Lang, of Toronto, treasurer of the On- tario Liberal Association, told the meeting the 'party treasurer must be given support and that it was up to the association to do the collecting for the treasurer. The money i$ necessary, because he expected another election soon.. There maybe an election to 1S (Continued on Pagel) PUC Suggests Higher Hydro Rates to Apply An across the board increase in Seaforth Hydro rates will come in- to effect at an early date, it was indicated at a meeting of the Public Utility Commission on Thursday. Necessity for the increase arose when the HEPC increased the cost of powerpurchased by the town from $34:25 k.w. per annym, to $36.50. • Coincident with the in- crease, HEPC accountants under- took a study of the effect it would have on local revenue. As a re- sult of the study, the HEPC re- commended' the increase, since it was apparent existing rates were insufficient to ensure revenue nec- essary for proper operation and • improvement of the local system. Hydro's 13th bill—an annual ad- justing statement to reconcile cost of power purchased with t h e amount paid -resulted in a credit of approximately $600 for the PUC,. - the meeting was told, Consider Flat Rate, Water •IIeate e An enlarged prograinOf tat rate water heating is being rotisidered. by the clanings lon,'Mariager It.:3. Bousse said, Details Of the en.. Y �! are being Worked outt,' •