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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-05-12, Page 1101st Year Whole No. 4813 MR, AND MRS GORDON EISLER, Logan township, left, were called from Church Sun - :day night when- a ire in their_ dwellinghomeless. A large portion of the house was ravaged by the flames. Here their daughter, Mrs. John Gloor, RR- 4, Mitchell, at- tempts to console her parents. (B-H photo), Charge Mismanagement Contributes to Problems Fire Damages Logan Home During Church . While 'a Logae. township family attended -a nearby , church Sunday night, fire threatened to destroy their farm home. Fire consumed the frame por- tion of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Eisler, R.R. 4, Mitchell, and spread into the attic of the brick part before it was quelled two hours after its start.. Loss is estimated at over $6,000 and is .partially covered by insurance. Fire Chief Charles Robertson, of the Mitchell fire department, said it was a good thing it rained. The brigade pumped the well dry and had to use water from a nearby drainage ditch to bring the fire under control. The drainage ditch which runs about 40 yards from then Eisler house, contained about a foot and a half of Water from persistent weekend rains. Unknown Origin. The fire, of unknown origin, started about 9 p.m., destroying a two-storey frame rear kitchen con- taining a freezer full of food, a stove, furniture and other utensils. The flames spread into the up- per portion of the red brick house at the front, but firemen arrived in time to wet down the roof and saved the main part of the build- ing. Chief Robertson 'said a delay of five minutes might have meant a total loss. The Eislers were summoned frem First Lutheran Church, near- by, by the news of the fire which was first noticed by a neighbor, James Beaumont. Another neigh- bor, Mrs. Albert Rock; gave the alarm. Other neighbors rallied, and aid- ed in removal of much of the Eis- lers' furniture from the front por- tion of the house, where smoke and water damage was heavy. Mr. and Mrs. Eisler and their three sons, George, Norman and Paul, speift the night with neigh- bors. • Accusing the Conservative Gov- ernment of Canada of mismanag- ing theaffairs of the country, the Hon. John W. Pickersgill (L.-Bon- avista-Twillingate) addressed the annual meeting and banquet of the Huron Liberal Association (Federal) in the Legion Hall, Clin- ton, Friday night. Mr. Pickersgill is the Liberal member for Bonavis- ta-Twillingate. The former minister of Citizen- ship and Immigration, sharply criticized Canada's alarming in- creese in taxes, the manner in which the RCAF is i'being pushed about" and the "raw deal" the farmer is getting. "In the past three -years the cost to Canada of the government has been increased by a billion dollars —and the amount of taxes to be paid will be a billion dollars. What do we have to show for it? We are experiencing more unemploy- ment, smaller income for the farm- er, less national defence, and a general state of uncertainty in the country. "On October 16, 1957, when Mr. Louis St. Laurent first appeared in parliament as the leader of• the opposition, the Liberal party after 22 consecutive years in office, could honestly say that every promise made by them had been carried out to the letter. There were, however, some things that required the co-operation of pro- vincial governments, that were not accomplished, because that co-op- erationwas not always given," said the speaker. Mr. Pickersgill in paying tribute to Mr, St. Laurent, termed him "the greatest living Canadian". He led his country through one of the most terrible wars in history; he brought Canada out of that war a stronger country than ever. While the Liberals were in power, an- other province was added to Can- ada, to result in a union, then com- (Continued on Page 7) Extend Mobile . Home Operations tor• Cakjary Announcement of the establish- mobile home ,indus'trial trailers of ment of Mid States of Canada in all types, and travel trailers," Mr. Calgary, Alberta, -was made Tues- Burt said. "This move is in line day by C. E. Burt, president of with Vought Industries' policy of Vought Industries, Inc., parent establishing national product lines company of Mid States. Vought and providing manufacturing and Industries acquired General Mobile distributing facilities to serve a Homes in Hensall late last year. network of dealers" W. C. Smith, vice-president and Vought Industries, a subsidiary general manager of Mid States, of Chance Vought Aircraft, Inc., will be in charge of the new or- became the leading 'mobile home ganization which will be located at manufacturer in the United States 371$, Edmonton Trail, Calgary, Mr. and in Canada last year by acquir- Burt said. Mr, Smith is also vice- ing AMC:Coach Company, General president and general manager of Coach Works, and Mid States Cor - General Coach Works of Canada at poration, three veteran mobile Hensall. home manufacturers, Sales of the It is expected the Calgary •plant three companies for 1959 approxi - will be in production by June 15, mated $60,000,000. manufacturing a full line of dom- Personnel from the Hensall plant estie mobile homes, industrial un- will form the nucleus of the Cal - its, and travel ' trailers under the gary operation. In charge of pro - established names of General and duction at Calgary will be Robert Mid States. These products are Baker, while Don Kyle will be in familiarly known as the Zephyr charge of shipping and final in - and Northlander lines. spection. They will move to Cal- -"The location of Mid States in gary in the immediate future. Fred Calgary will permit Vought Indus- Broadley will be sales manager at tries to serve Western Canada with Calgary, but will operate out of our first line of Canadian built Hensall. Penny Sale Nets $500 Plus The annual penny sale, sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary to Scott Memorial Hospital, concluded Sat- urday night when hundreds of priz- es were awatded. Proceeds ex- ceeded $500, according to the treas- urer, Mrs. Pat_ Troutbeck. Prizes'were on display in Box Furniture. Tumblers (R. R, McKindsey), Mrs. Grace McPherson; lotions (drug firms), Mrs. W. T. Teall; cake tin (donations), Mrs. Joe Hugill, RR 2, Seaforth; chamoisette (drug firms), Noel Bee; $5.00 meat order (Whyte's Meat Market), - Belle Campbell; teapot (Crown Hardware), Mrs. Peter Bannon; doll (donations), Ed. Pryce; 10 - Begins Houses On Franklin Street Construction of two houses on Franklin Street, between North Main• and East William Streets, commenced Iasi week. The one, being constructed, for Walter Murray is a 11 -storey brick house with carport. George Broome is the owner of the other and his house will be of a one - storey frame building, tions (drug firms), Hilda Austin; plant (Steffen's), Ross Montgom- ery; clock (John Cardno Insur- ance), Mrs. Theron Betties; $10,00 permanent (Doris Beauty Shop), Shirley Dinsmore; pillowcases and wash cloth (Textile Products), Elsa Reinfeldt; lotions (drug firms), Janet Boyes; baking dish (Ross Savauge), Mrs. Barbara Dale; blanket (donations), Joan Talbot; rubber gloves (drug firms), Miss Florence Gallop; polishing cloths (drug firms), Lori Whyte, Sea - forth; 25 pounds flour (Kersake's), Hannah Parke, London; running shoes (Jack Thompson), Kathy Mc- Lean, feast William St.; child's lunch box (Keating's Drugs), Frank Smale; polishing cloths (drug firms), Janet Boyes; plastic set (Gingerich's), Mrs. Ken Smith; $10.50 permanent (Letha Miller), Shirley O'Shea, Seaforth; salad bowl set (Steffen's), Donna Gor- don, RR 1, Clinton. Tub stand (John Bach), Mrs. Theobald; baby bottle (Kling's), 'Mr's. Alex Boyes; lotions (drug firms)'; Mrs. Brall; , milk filter discs (Co-op), ' Florence - Laid- law; Sunoco products (Cleave Coombs), Mrs. Doug Whyte; cake, n;sotaoosrsllsadini;ptBakery), SHr- ware), Mrs. James Glasgow; lub- rication (George Miller), Gus Bous- sey; ladies' pyjamas (Carol Lyn Shop), Mrs. S. T. Kunder, Strat- ford; $7.50 permanent (Mrs. Tay- lor), Brenda Ross; oil change (Rowcliffe Motors), ,Peter McGow- an, RR 2, Seaforth; five pounds of butter (Seaforth Creamery), Elsa Reinfeldt; toy tractor (John Blue), David Longstaff; 5 dozen eggs (Dublin Creamery), Mary E. Fel- ker; eight quarts of Supertest oil (Supertest), Mrs. David Dale, Clin- ton; ham (Christie's Meat Mar- ket), Foster Bennett; case of peas (Cleary's IGA), Gus Boussey; chil- dren's shoes (Seaforth Shoes) Martha Uhler, Walton; door grill (Jackson Aluminum), Dr. J. C. MacLennan; $4.00 shoe certificate (Willis Shoe Store), Jean Stewart; chocolates (Crieh"s), Mrs. S. Shin - en; hot water bottle (rug firrns), Carl McClinchey, Clinton; paint, Ted Crich, RR 4, Clinton; pillow- cases (Larone's) Don Morton; sandwich dox (donations),'Miss w Mary Wetttaufer, Kirkten; polish- ing cloths (drug firms), Janis Lem- on; two turkey dinners (Seaforth Grill), Nora Brown, MiIL St.; car wax (Cities Service) Oliver EI- Tiott, Stratford; shoe cleaner (Hugh (Continued on rage 4) SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1960 74 Voterso To Endorse Sea.forth Li • Are you in favour of the sale of beer only under a public house licence for consumption on licensed premises to which men only are admitted? COUNCIL ACTS Agree to Close Seaforth Scales The town scales will be officially closed Saturday, May 14. The dos- ing comes into effect following the passing of a by-law Monday night by Seaforth council. The scales have been operated by the town council for many years, and since 1923 in the present location. The by-law rescinded all previous by-laws and regulations regarding the operation of this town service. It relieves the town of the responsi- bility of operation. The by-law was passed,afteralmost a year of con- sideration by the council. The pro- perty committee, headed by Coun- cillor Ed. Daly,, have investigated the matter for quite some time and I came up with the closing scheme .as the only answer. Despite talks with the firms who make use of the scales, no deci sion could be reached for a work ing'.agreement. The committee was approached to delay giving the by law a third reading until June, 'but felt that the matter had been "hanging fire" long enough. After considerable discussion of the merits of oil and calcium to alleviate the dust problems on Sea - forth streets, Seaforth town council decided to try calcium chloride for this year. Calcium, ac,eording-to_.the..street report by Councillor Thorpe Riv- ers,' would be applied only to those streets where dust is a problem. The report showed 53 loads of gravel had been applied during the month to repair the winter's dam- age -to the streets. Discussing the proposed dust elimination plan, Reeve W. N. Ball asked if the oil helped build up the roads. Councillor Rivers' said it depended on the type of oil us- ed. Last year it was a penetrating oil that was used, and this didn't help build up the roads. Councillor Rivers reminded coun- cil there was little sense in build- ing up roads in the area where the proposed sewers were to be in- stalljed. The dump has been bulldozed and reopened, Property Chairman Daly paported. The balance of his report dealt with the scales ques- tion. He pointed out he saw no rea- son: for a delay in third reading. If we don't act, he said, this won't be settled next year at this time. A truck sold by tender by the PUC was purchased by the town. The group were interested in the, motor for the present town truck. The truck was purchased for $200. Mr. Daly said he`still advocated -the purchase of a tractor and load- er. He felt that rental being paid for a tractor would be almost the price of a used • unit. It could be used for hauling sew- age, cleaning, snowplowing, etc. The loader, he said, would allow the town staff to haul in gravel SDHS Bugle Band Plans Uniforms Members of the SDHS Bugle Band are seeking support inorder to equip themselves- with blazers and skirts. The girls already have raised $135.00, but require an addi- tional $400 before they cyan place an order. There will be. many in the area who have appreciated the musical contributions which the band has made, who will wish to aid the members of the band. Contribu- tions may be given any member of the organization. when local crushers were operat- ing and stockpile it until needed; At the present time it is necessary to haul from Holmesville. Councillor N. C. Cardno inter- jected that council didn't have any money for purchasing anything,this year. One family is still on relief until the end of the month, the relief report of Reeve Ball showed. The Industrial Committee, under Mr. Cardno, reported one indus- trial request from the Mid -Western Ontario Development Association during the month. This request was filed when it was found the firm inquiring required 50 million gal - :Ions of water a--rnonth.._Mr_.Gardno reported that the shoe factory had leased the back part of the old shoe factory for storage at $10 a month. The park was partly cleaned up for spring, but the damp spell had caused a delay incompletion of the work, John Flannery, parks chairman, told council. A request had been received, he said, for bleachers at the recrea- tion grounds. They also need water for spraying, he said. Councillor J. O. Turnbull said it was possible some of the old bleachers from the Lions Park might be available. If there were some still in good shape they could probably be borrowed, he said. The only report for the sewage committee was another suggested plan to serve the new Separate School. Councillor Turnbull, chair- man, outlined the proposed change. The line would run from the school at Goderich St. East, along Chalk Street, and .hook into the existing sewers at Crombie.: Street, just west of the spot where the line goes under the railroad track. This (Continued on Page 7) John E. Patterson Heads Bali Club John Patterson was named 1960 president of the Seaforth Min- or Baseball organization at the an- nual meeting held in the Town Hall Thursday eseniiig. Other of- ficers are: vice-president, John Mc- Crae ; secretary -,treasurer, Ken Burchill; executive members, Ken Powell, Angus MacLean, Clare Reith and Leo Hagan." - ' The organization will enter three teams in the WOAA grouping this seasonn: pee -wee, bantam and juv- enile. The meeting decided that uni- forms , are needed for the pee -wee team this year. The annual boos- ter ticket sale will be held on Sat- urday, May 28. It was• decided to start work on the diamond imrhedi- ately. As soon as the playing field is in shape the teams will be or- ganized for practice sessions. Sche- dules were drawn up, at Wingham on Wednesday. The following managers and coaches were named` pee -wee, Ken Burchill; manager, Harold. Kendrick, coach; bantam, John Mc- Crae, manager, Bob Buettenmiller, coach, Bob Reith, assistant coach; juveniles, John Patterson, manag- er. A coach will be named at a later date. In his financial report Mr. Pat- terson stated there was a balance on hand at April 30, 1960, of $181.56. It was decided to buy two sets of helmets, and carry insurance for the players. $2.30 u Yeailn &dvalnce , Slafilp gopies� S Centa • For Polls 1 and 2 187 Polls 3 and 4 Polls 5 and 6 183 229 Against 166 99 106 Total Names on List 343 556 - 54.5% 328 418 69.81% 289 389 63.3% Totals 599 361 960 1,363 Pepeptage in favour -62,4% Are you iii favour of the sale of liquor under a, dining lounge licence for consumption with meals on licensed premises? For Against Tota Names on List Polls 1 and 2 227 - 148 375 556 - 56.4% Polls 3 and 4 . 228 99 327 418 69.8% Polls 5 and 6 191 101 292 389 65.4% 646 348 994 1,363 Percentage in favour -64.9% Totals Are youAin favour of the sale of liquor unde consumption on licensed premises? For Against. Total Polls 1 and 2 211. 163 374 Polls 3 and 4 221 106 327 Polls 5 and 6 .. 191 99 290 r a lounge licence for Names on List 556 56.4% 418 67.5% 389 65.4% Totals 623 368 991 1,363 Percentage in favour -62.8% Are you in favour of the sale of beer only under a public house licence for consumption on licensed premises to which women are ad- mitted? For Against Total. Names on List Polis 'and 2 209 168 377 556 55.4% Polls 3 and 4 218 110 328 418 66.4% Polls 5 and 6 188 w 107 295 389 63.7% Totals 615 385 1,000 1,363 Percentage in favour -61.5% • Loss is $10,000 In Brussels Fire Loss in excess of $10,000 resulted Wednesday _when fire threatened the Smith block on Brussels Main Street for the second time in three months. The fire was first discovered in the Brussels Home Furnishings shortly after five o'clock, by Alex Coleman, who gave the alarm. Flames spread quickly and com- pletely gutted the interior of the store. Firemen from Brussels and Wingham confined the blaze to the building and had the fire under control shortly after six' o'clock. The owner of Brussels Home Furn- ishings is Robert Kragman. Municipal Group Names Alexander Alex Alexander, Huron. County assessor, was named president of the Huron Municipal Officers' As- sociation on Wednesday. The as- sociation held its spring meeting in the Loiegn Hall, Seaforth, on Wednesday, 'with Tuckersmith township as host municipality. Other offieers named .included James McQuaid, McKillop, and Mrs. Edyth Cardiff, Grey, vice- presidents; John Livermore, Clin- ton; William Roberts, Tuckersmith, and Earl Campbell, Hensall,-execu- tive; Sherman Blake, Goderich, treasurer, and John G. Berry, Hur- on clerk, secretary. Retiring presi- dent is Harold Pollock, of- Howick, Diener was served by the -Legion Ladies' Auxiliary. The association heard discus- sions of municipal problems by representatives of the department of municipal affairs. Others who spoke were George Gear, agricul- tural representative of Grey Coun- ty, and William Empey, of the Huron Health Unit. Members were welcomed by Reeve W. N. Ball and Mayor B. F. Christie, of Seaforth, by Reeve Ivan Forsyth, of the host township, and by Archie Dobson, president of Branch 156 Canadian Legion. The election of officers was con- ducted by H. H. G. Strang, clerk of ,Usborne township. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Huron Liberal Association (Federal) was held in Clin- toli Friday evening with a representative attendance from the riding. Among those named -- to the executive were: front row,. left to right: Garnet Hicks RR 1, Exeter; Ivan Kalb- fleisch, Zurich; Earl Campbell, Hensall, all vice-presidents; back row, left to right, Harold Shore, Goderich, secretary, and Roy Lamont, Zurich, treasurer, The newly namedresi- dent, A. Y. McLean, Seaforth, was unable to be present because of illness. p Also damaged in the blaze was a second -story apartment, occupied by Verne Jarvis. There was ex- tensive' . smoke damage to the Ned Rutledge store and to the Brussels Legion .quarters. Both premises had recently been com- pletely redecorated following the February blaze. Legion Bingo - Series Under. Way The first games in a bingo series, sponsored by Seaforth Branch 156 of the Canadian Legion, were held Saturday night at the new Legion Hall. About 80 persons were in attendance. Winners of specials were: Mrs. Iva Reid, Hensall; Mrs. Beuer- mann, Brodhen, and Mrs. A. Muir, Seaforth Regular gam winners were: Mrs. S. Watson, Mitchell; Mrs, A. McMichael, 'Clinton; Mrs. Verdun Rau, Seaforth; Mrs. W. Elliott, Mitchell; Mrs. S. Watson, Mit- chell; Charles Felker, Seaforth; Mrs. S. Watson, Mitchell, and Mrs. A. Muir, Seaforth; Muriel Hudson; Tom Haley; Norma Muir, Mrs. Sallows; Mrs. Alvin Smale; Mrs. J. C. Cornish,--Seaforth; Mrs. S, Watson, Mitchell. Next Saturday the second bingo in the series will commence at 9 p, m. In a record turngnt that sarin 74% of the eligible' voters cast ballots,' Seaforth-electors on Wes:1084ay ap- proved all four types of licenser covering the sale of alcoholic bev- erages in the_ town The questions required at. least 6O.' o carry. OP the 1,363 voters who were eligible 1,006 went to the polls. Throughout the • day. the weather was cold and damp with intermit- tent rain Despite this there was a steady line-up at each of the three polls, The turnout Wednesday was sub- stantially higher than in 1958, the last year in which there was a municipal election in Seaforth. At that time only 55% of those eligible to vote did so At the poll for divisions 1 and 2, where there were 556 eligible vot- ers on the list, throughout the day there was a line-up of as many as 25 voters waiting to receive bal- lots. The fact that each voter was required to mark four separate ballots slowed proceedings. Deputy returning officers found counting the ballots ' was a slow process. The first poll to report' was number 3 and 4, at -the Car` negie Library. DRO Herb Trap- nell announced the results about 9;30 p.m.2Va hours after the polls closed. The vote here was two to one in favour. Within minutes polls 5 and 6 at Clarke's Gar- age reported and here, too, the voters favoured the questions, by substantial majorities. It was after midnight before the final poll—that at Seaforth Motors —reported. Crashes Send Four Area People To Hospitals A car, driven by Bob Doerr, RR 1, Dublin, was almost completely demolished when it went out of control and crashed into a tree on Friday. The accident oecurred•on the 9th concession of McKillop township, five miles east of Win- throp, almost directly in front of the farm home of Norman Eggert, and less than a mile from the farm of the young driver's father, Jerry Doerr, Mr. Doerr and his passenger, Marilyn Smith, suffered injuries and were removed to Scott Mem- orial Hospital, Seaforth, for treat- ment. They were both released Wednesday morning. The driver suffered lacerations on his fore- head and both knees. His passen- ger suffered a bone fracture in her right hand and lacerations to both legs, They' were treated at the scene by Dr. J. A. Gorwill. No one witnessed the accident, which occurred only a few yards past a culvert, The girt climbed from the smashed vehicle, and went for help at the nearby Eggert resi- dence. Two Injured in Grey An accident which occurred shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday night sent two Grey township resi- (Continued on Page 6) Hay School Section Seeks 'Hensall Union Efforts are under way to permi ratepayers in S.S. No. 14, Hay, to- break obreak away from Hay Township t School Area and form a union school section with Hensall. Spokesmen for the ratepayers said Hensall had agreed to the formation of such a union school section. Already 13 pupils from the section are attending school in Hensel]. Of the 37 ratepayers in the sec- tion, 36 approve the move and authorized a petition to Hay town- ship council. The petition to secede was refused by township council May 3, after council met with the township school board and district school inspector John Goman, of Exeter. The section involved extends be- tween Hensall and Kippen and west about two miles in Hay township. Speaking for the petitioners, John Alexander, RR 1, Hensall, said residents in the section regard Hensall as their community. It was unreasonable that small chil- dren be required to go seven miles to Zurich when facilities were avasall.ilable within two miles in Hen - Since the section school was clos-, ed in. 1940, pupils have attended Hensall school. During the past year accommodation became avaiI- able in the area school at Zurich, and as a result all pupils were required to attend there. There are 21 children under six years, .aid 27 students over six years in the section, Mr. Alexander saidthe depart- ment had presented no basic ob- jection to the move, but suggested there might be additional costs involved, including additional ace commodation nt Hensall. �Ilowev- er, this was unlikely to be the case, he said, since already half the stn, dents were attending Hensall. in any event, Hensall had agreed a' union school section would be satis- factory. The cost would be no greater than if the area board con- tinued to provide transportation to Zurich. Mr. Alexander pointed out there is every provision in the Public Schools Act for forming a union school section, but nothing to force a township council to release a section from the school area. • • Next move by the ratepayers will be a meeting with C. S. MacNaugh- ton, Huron MPP, spokesmen ,said. Verdun Rau Will Head Picnic Group ' Verdun Rau was named picnic chairman on Tuesday evening at the regular meeting of St, James' Holy Name Society, Tentative date for the annual parish picnic was set for June 26. The meeting was informed by Rev. C. E. Sullivan that the an- nual Holy Name Rally for this dis- trict would be held this year at St. Brigid's Church, Logan, on Sun- day, June 12. James Kelly, retreat chairman, distributed Iiterature giving dates for lay retreats of the various dis- tricts, which will be held at St. Peter's Seminary, London. A film was shown, depicting a re- treat of the Laymen's Retreat League. Maurice Etue, president, called for the report of the nominating committee. Following are the of- ficers named for next term:'presi- dent, Leo Fagan vice.president, Lloyd Bedard; secretary, Jit)� Lansink; treasurer, Edmwid rDaIY`• Joseph White and Verdun Batt entertained the members' with flet(. eral musical selcetions.