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The Huron Expositor, 1960-06-16, Page 14 . • • • • • 101st Year Whole No, 4818 sir SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1960 $2.50 a Year ikAdvance Single gt?Pi£s, AREA BOY'S were in the limelight at the Hensall Spring Show Friday night, when Bruce Papple (left) was named grand champion and senior showman in the ,Beef Calf Club, and his brother, Tom, was runner-up for best junior showman and won the award for best finish. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs: Earl Papple, RR 4, Seaforth. The Huron Expositor trophy was won by Harry Hoffman, of Hay, . for the grand champion' in the breeders' special. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Mr., Mrs. W. J. Finnigan Egmondville Coude Wed Fifty Years Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Finnigan, long-time Egmondville residents, quietly celebrated" the 50th annil versary of their marriage at their home on Wednesday. They were married in Toronto June 15, 1910. Shortly after'their marriage they moved to Egmondville, where Mr, Finnigan was a widely known merchant for 35 years until his retirement 10 years ago. Since then they have continued to live in their home in the village. Mr. 'Finnigan was born in Asn - field, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Finnigan. Mrs. Finni- gan before her marriage was Jeanette 'MacKay, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander MacKay, of Tuckersmith. They have a family of five sons an& four daughters, and for the first time in 20 years they all will • be home on Sunday when the fam- ily will observe the anniversary occasion at the family residence in Egmondville. There are 28 grandchildren and two great grand- children. Expected with their families are: Alex, Toronto; Jeannette, Mrs. A, F. Edmunds, Ganonoque; Harold, London; Margaret, Mrs. W. Rol- lins, Sarnia; Gordon, Sudbury; Grant and Mildred, Mrs. C. Haney, Egmondville; Stuart, Ldhdon, and Bee, Toronto. Lions Will Gather • Paper Wednesday The annual spring paper collect-' tion of the Seaforth Lions Club is being held next Wednesday after- noon. Members of tire club will cover homes and business places in Seaforth and Egmondville and pick up paper which residents have saved for, the drive. The drive this year is somewhat later than in other years. Officials in charge of the drive say this has been because there has been•diffi- culty in making arrangements for the sale of the paper. Tuckersmith Boys Hensall Winners .A Tuckersmith township boy was named grand champion. showman and senior champion at`the beef feeder calf club show, Helfd in con- junction with the Hensall Spring Show Friday' night, Bruce Papple, RR 4, Seaforth, took the torr place. Crowd, estimated by officials at about 1,000, was one of the best to date. Directors of the South Huron Agricultural Society were pleased with the first twilight showing of the fair. Highlights in- cluded livestock classes, horse show, baby show and beauty con- test. Officially opened by Chas. Mac - Naughton, MLA, and L. E. Cardiff, MP, for Huron, the activities got underway with a parade of school children, led by the Clinton RCAF Trumpet and. Winners .were SS 7, Hibbert, SS 10, Hay, SS 2, Tuck- ersmith. The Huron Expositor trophy, do- nated for the grand champion in the breeders' special, was won by Entries Heavy In Crop Competitions Entries are heavy in field crop competitions sponsored by Sea - forth Agricultural Society. Thirty- seven entries were registered in the three competitions. This year the society has compe- titions in Garry oats, York barley, and' in ensilage corn, using P.tister 55.y - The entries will be judged the field, as well as shownat the fair, Sept. 22 and 23. Points are award- ed on a 75% basis in• the field and 25% on exhibit. Entered are: Garry Oats -Russell T. Bolton, RR 1, Dublin; R. S. McKercher, RR 1, Dublin; Eric Anderson, RR 1, Londesboro; Arthur Bolton, RR 1, Dublin; Jack Broadfoot, RR 1, Brucefield; Robert Fotheringham, RR 3, Seaforth; Lewis P. Coyne, RR 5, Seaforth; Richard Downey, RRSeaforth, and Luther San- ders, RR 2, Seafbrth. York Barley -Jack Broadfoot, R R 1, Brucefield; Stanley Hillen, RR 2, Walton; Arthur S, Bolton, RR. 1, (Continued on Page 7) ANNOUNCE APPOINTMENT OF HARRY STURDY AS HURON SHERIFF Appointments of Harry L. Sturdy, 50, of Clinton, 'as sheriff of Huron County, and of Mrs. Hel- en Jean Clements, Goderich, as court registrar and clerk, were announced Thursday by Charles MacNaughton, MPP for Huron. The positions were held by the late Nelson J. Hill, Goderich, prior to his death on May 22 from in- juries received when his car struck a bridge abutment on High. way 4 at Kippen, north of Hensall, Mrs. Clements becomes local Registrar of the Supreme Court, and clerk of County and Surrogate Courts. She had acted as deputy to Mr. Hill. Mr. Sturdy was born in Auburn where he farmed until moving to Clinton in 1956. He managed a Motel on Highway 4 prior to tak- ing up residence on Albert St. in Clinton. He was a president of the Hurbn Soil and Crop Improvement Association, and did much to aid the association's Seed Fair. He is married to the former Marjorie Colson, of Blyth. They have two children, a daughter Bet. ty, a registered: nurse at Clinton Pubiie hospital, . and 'a soh, Ross, student at Clinton District Colleg- iate Institute. Mr. Sturdy's mother, Mrs. Edith Sturdy, resides with' him. Harry Hoffman. Winners of the baby show were: Under six months, Judy Lynn Campbell; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Campbell, Exeter; Elaine Mary Kestle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kestle, RR 2, .Crediton, and William Murray Armstrong, son of •Mr. and Mrs. Harry Armstrong, RR 1, Exeter; six months and over, Gary Ross Love, son of Mr, and Mrs. Keith Love, RR 1, Zurich; Debra Elaine Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Ford, Exeter; and Kimber- ley Hazel Corbett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Corbett, RR 1, Exe- ter. Beauty contest winner was 13 - year -old Sharon Skidmore, Hen- sall. The contest was sponsored by the Hensall Kinsmen Club. Judges for the baby show were Mrs. Donna Smith, Mrs. Lexie Tin- dal) and Miss Betty Bailey, all of the South Huron Hospital staff. Calf Club Winners Competition was keen in the beef feeder calf club showing with 37 calves entered, Winners were: Grand champion and senior show- man, Bruce Papple; runner-up, George Townsend, RR 4, Seaforth; junior showman, Brian Triebner, RR 3, Kippen; runner-up, Tom Papple, RR 4, Seaforth; best fin- ish, Tom Papple; runner-up, Jim. Hoffman, Dashwood; best gain,' Kenneth Vivian, Staffa; runner-up, Margaret Broadfoot, RR 2, Kippen, Heavy Horses - Carriage team, Wallace Munro, EmbR•o; team, Or- ville Bestard, Thorndale, 1st and 2nd; Roy Hardy, Melbourne;' Oli- ver Bannerman, Monkton; wagon (Continued on Page 6) • Pay Up Now or Face •Pu Council Warns Tax Delin • Delinquent taxpayers in Seaforth were served notice Monday night that they could expect to have their names and the amount of taxes they owed published in local papers unless arrangements were made to clear overdue tax accounts. The get -tough decision taken by Huron Expositor Accepted by ABC The Huron Expositor is now a qualified member of Audit Bureau of Circulations. The official notifi- cation of The Expositor being elect- ed to A.B.C. membership was re- ceived this week. The 'membership means that The Expositor now has an A.B.C. rated circulation and is entitled to use the A.B.C. emblem in The Exposi- tor masthead and in advertising. An A.B.C. rating means simply that the paid circulation is actual as well as factual. The A.B.C. service is often char- acterized as being "facts without .opinion." A fuller statement of pur- pose would be: A co-operative as- sociation of advertisers, advertis- . ing agencies -and publishers for -the verification of the circulation of newspapers and periodicals. It has an unique structure in that it is controlled trot d primarily by na- tional advertisers and agencies, but is financed by member pub- lishers. Through A.B.C., any advertiser can immediately lay his hands on actual paid circulation figures for any member. On the national level, the only accepted gauge of adver- tising value is paid circulation. Most all large daily papers and magazines are members of the A.B.C. While there are fewer A.B:C. weekly papers, the number is growing. Local advertisers are de- pending to an increasing amount on audited circulation. Only in this way c,an'they be assured that they are receiving the coverage for which they pay. Residents -Estop -0 Serious iniurY t William Sparks, 75, of Seaforth, was admitted to St. Joseph's Hos- pital, London, on Tuesday for ob- servation of head injuries, but lat- er released. He was able to return to his home. He was a passenger in a car driven by James Aitcbeson, Seaforth, one of three cars involv- ed in a three -car crash at Adelaide and Oxford Streets. Mr.,(litcheson was not injured. They were on their way to visit Mr, Sparks' wife who has been confined in Victoria Hospital with a fractured hip. Mrs. Sparks had recovered sufficiently to permit her removal to Clintbn Hospital on Wednesday. Collides With Car Donald Bettger, 8, son. of Mr. and •Mrs. Wm. Bettger, Goderich Street, received minor scratches but escaped seriouinjury when he was in -collision with a car driv- en by Ken 'Huisser early Tuesday evening. The young lad was on his bicycle, and according to Constable A. Calder, who investigated, drove into the path of the car. The accident occurred in :rant of the Bettger residence, at the corner of ' Louisa and Goderich Streets. The boy was examined at the scene by Dr. P. L. Brady and Dr, E. Malkus. Suggest Service Clubs. Ease Demands on State Activities of service clubs offset to a great extent the increasing tendency on the part of the public to seek state aid, Vic Durnin, Zur- ich, past -international Lions•direc- tor, told members of the Seaforth Lions Club, as he installed 1960-61 officers at the club's meeting Mon- day evening. Increasing demands for gov- ernment aid is a far cry from the pioneer days when people did things for themselves," Mr. Din - nen said. "Lions by their service to their community provide many facilities which otherwise would be demanded of the state." His remarks were prompted by his knowledge of the service which the Seaforth Lions Park renders the people over a wide ,area; Reports presented indicated re- cent Lions activities had met with success. L. F. Ford, chairman of the Easter Seal campaign, said $944.50 had been received, which was about $200 higher than last year. The amount is divided be- tween the Ontario Society for Crippled Children and local crip- pled children activities, with cam- paign costs of $54.00 being borne by the Lions Club. Details of the recent Theatre Night were reported by treasurer W. E. Southgate on behalf of com- mittee chairman J. R. Spittal. The evening netted $483.00, down slight- ly from last year. Reporting for the crippled chil- dren committee, Clarence Walden said • about $3,50.00 had been ex- pended. He asked to beadvised of any cases needing attention. Members were reminded of sum- mer carnival plans by John Long - staff and L. F. Ford, Advance sale of admission tickets is now under way, and members were urged to complete the sale of their quotas. The carnival is being held on August 3, 4 and 5. • Already nearly 300 pairs of eye glasses have been .donated to the Lions Bank of Light, Ross Savauge told the meeting. Initial appeal for the glasses was contained in a story in The Expositor two weeks ago, and since then there has been a steady response, he said. The glasses are forwarded for use in India. Officers installed were: Presi- dent, Carm Roweliffe; first vice, John Longstaff; second vice, W. N. Ball; third vice, J. R. Spittal; sec- retary, A. G. McCourt; treasurer, W. E. Southgate; lion tamer, H. G. Meir; tail twister, G. D. Hays; directors, W. Dundas, L. F. Ford, Art Wright, J. A. Cardno. W. N. Hart and John Turnbull were in charge of the meeting, with the former as chairman, Mr. Dinnen was introduced by Elmer Larone and thanked by Dr, Turn- bull. Name Teacher To Staff Of SDHS Allan Edward McConney, Oak- ville, has been appointed to the staff of SDHS, with duties to com- mence in September. He will teach Agriculture and Science. Mr. McConney succeeds Richard Whiteley, Who resigned recently to accept a position under the Colom- bo Plan in the West Indies. • The Expositor will be one of five weekly °newspapers in Huron with membership in A.B.C., including the Exeter Times -Advocate, the Clinton News -Record, the Goderich Signal -Star and the Wingham Ad- vance -Times. The audit bureau of circulation was founded in 1914. At the. time, newspaper advertising as it is, known today was in its infancy. There was a great deal of confu- sion on the circulation of publica- tions. Many publishers would not even state the amount of their cir- culation. If they did, their neigh- boring competitors would' simply dqube the amount stated. Since no one liad to prove his statement, no direct harm__wnuld. result from falsehood. However, there was a general distruct of any and all circulation' claims, and a number 'of respon- sible publishers set about the task of correcting the condition. In 1914, A.B.C. was formed with 337 daily and 12 weekly newspap- ers among its ,Members. Today it is the only accepted guide of ad- vertising value in the publishing field. It numbers among its mem- bers 681 advertisers, 194 advertis- ing agencies, 1,249 daily newspa- pers, 714 weekly newspapers, 2$1 magazines,' 368 business publica- tions, and 73 farm publications. in Canada and the tJnitt"• States. The Expositor first r, vie appli- cation for membership m A.B.C. in December, 1959. A preliminary inspection of Expositor records was made in February of this year and it appeared then that the records then being. maintained would be adequate for an audit. The audit was made in April by C. de Martyn, an A.B.C. field audi- tor. In an audit extending over two days, Me. de Martyn audited re cords and cash revenue, and even newsprint purchases were check- ed. A preliminary report on The Expositor was released late in May and the actual election of The Ex- positer took place early this moeth., • Upon The Expositor's election to A.B.C., all national advertisers and advertising agencies were notified of the fact and were furnished copies of a detailed report of The Expositor's circulation. The same detailed report is available to lo- cal advertisers whq may wish to check the record of distribu- tion of copies of The Huron Exposi- tor throughout the Seaforth trad- ing area, The A.B.C. report indicates that for the three months period ending March 31, 1960, the average paid circulation of The Expositor was 2,154 copies, and total distribution for the same period was 2,325 copies. Honor Memory Of Mrs. MacDonald The Seaforth unit of the Federa- tion of Women 'Teachers of On- tario recently purchased a floral print, to hang in Seaforth Public School, in memory of Mrs. J. A. MacDonald. A former teacher, she passed away about a year ago. The presentation to the Board wag' made by Mrs. Elva Ellis, on Monday night at the regular meet- ing. MOTHER -DAUGHTER com- binations w ere a ' feature among those who • acted as models for the Legion Auxil- iary hair styling exhibition Wednesday. Mrs. Ivan Carter, Seaforth, is shown‘ here with her daughter, Tracy. (Exposi- tor photo by Phillips). (Other pictures and story on Page 5). Farm Mutuals Discuss Problems , Directors of the McKillop Mutual Fire ,Insurance Company were hosts to • mutual companies com- prising group 6 of the Mutual' Fire Underwriters Association, at a dinner and meeting in the Legion Hall Tuesday. W. S. Alexander, a former presi- dent of McKillop -Mutual, is presi- dent of group 6, and led discus- sions on, topics ..of interest to the member companies. John L. Ma- lone, president of the host com- pany, presided at the dinner when greetings were extended from the Town of Seaforth by Reeve W. N. Ball, on behalf of Mayor B. F. Christie. Allan Hogyard, regional exam• iner for farm mutuals, represent- ed the Ontario Department of In- surance, and discussed with the group problems of concern to farm mutuals, • • Attending the gathering were re, presentatives from nine mutuals, including McKillop, Howick, West Wawanosh, Farmers' Central. For- mosa, Dufferin, Volross, Germania and Grey, and Br'iice. There were 92 present. council followed study of an an- alysis of tax arrears which reveal- ed that the total arrears at the end of 1959 amounted to $57,768.00. This represents 38.3 per cent of the total tax levy, and is the high- est amount that° arrears babe reached. The review, which covered from 1950-1960, showed '-that tax levies had more than doubled, from $63,- 348 to $149,434, in the 10 -year per- iod. During'the same period, tax arrears had grown from $14,872, or 23.6 per cent of the levy, to $57,268 in 1959. The only other period when arrears climbed beyond $50,000 was in 1956, when the total was $53,910. The following year, 1957, a tax sale •was held and this re- duced the arrears to $37,854. Council agreed that contributing to the high tax arrears is the fact that no action has been taken con- Seaforth Pians -Enforcement-of Building By-aw Official applications for ui-iding permits became a reality in Sea - forth this week. The forms design- ed by a committee, including Coun- cillors Daly, Cardno and Rivers, were given approval by council Monday night. At' the sametime, council approved the committee's recommendation and confirmed Harold Maloney as building inspec- tor, First permit to be issued on the basis of information provided by the new applications was that of of St. James' School, in an amount of $106,730, and covering construc- tion of the new school. A contentious issue for several years, building permits were re- ferred to a special committee early in the year. After studying the procedures followed in district centres, the committee recom- mended an application that reveals details of the work contemplated. This is submitted to the building inspector, who may issue a permit upon payment of the prescribed fee. The application form is in triplicate. The original copy is re- tained on file; the duplicate goes to the assessor, while 'the tripli- cate is given the applicant. The by-law, adopted in 1945, re- quires a permit for the erection or removal of a .building or for re- pairs .or alterations estimated to cost in excess, of $100. The prac- tise• in recent years has been to ignore all provisions oifthe'•by-law, except that part applying to new buildings. In future this wiii change, council agreed, and al; requirements of the by-law will be enforced. Councillor Daly 'suggested sever- al minor changes in the by-law to bring it up to date, and was in- structed to have necessary amend- ments prepared for adoption at the next meeting. Council agreed that fees should be on the basis of $2.00 ,for the, first thousand or part thereof, and $1.00 for each additional thousand of estimated cost, • cerning a tax sale. since 1857. While instructions had been issued -on eV least ,two occasions to institute .pro- ceedings for a tax sale, nothing had been done, "mother Militant ing factor, councillors felt, was the attitude of certain taxpayers who regarded the town as a banker, By permitting taxes to runin ar- rears several years, the taxpayer had the use of the money repres- ented by the taxes at 'a Cost no greater than if it had been bor- rowed from a bank. Confirming that this attitude did prevail, Coun- cillor P. L. Brady, chairman of the finance committee, said that a home owner had asked him, "Why rush to. pay taxes? They can't do anything to you anyway. You might just as well Tet them run a few years and save your money." Higher Penalty Possibility that a higher rate of interest on arrears was now per- mitted was suggested, and the fi- nance committee is to inquire of the solicitor whether increased pen-, alties can be applied. At the same time, the committeewas-instruct..._. ed to press action in connection with arrears of business tax. In- structions were issued to the solici--.. tor to enter suit in all cases where, sucharrears existed. While he doubted any benefit would result to the town, Clerk Wilson was instructed to obtain information in connection with ap- pointing local constables .ss con- stables under the Liquor Control Act. Councillor Daly raised the matter when he pointed. out that Mitchell had taken this action arid _ that as a tesult the town 'obtained a portion of fines levied in L.C.A. cases. Clerk Wilson said that-- a considerable amount of work was involved, and that the town would have to pay the costs in the event that 'a case was dismissed. He doubted if it would be worth while. Reporting for the Fire and Wa- ter Committee, Councillor' N. C. Cardno said that he had attended a recent meeting in _connection with the Mutual •Aid plan •for Hur- on County, but that he understood • no action had been. taken. As of June 1 there were' no people on relief in Seaforth, Reeve W. N. Ball, chairman of that committee; told council. In a report presented by Mayor Christie, Chief Elmer Hutchinson said that the police had investigat- ed 15 complaints, had laid two L,C.A. charges, four H.T.A. charg- es, had investigated four accidents and three criminal offences. Dur- ing the month under review, two dogs had been shot„and 33 occur- rences reported. During the same period the police cruiser had trav- elled 2,359 miles. Approve Bleachers Council gave approval to the parks committee. to provide three sets of bleachers at the recreation grounds as the result of a request received from the Junior Ball Club. Arrangements are also being made for the provision of water at the park. 'Phe expenditures are con- tained within the park estimates, according to Councillor John Flan- nery, chairman of the Park Com- mittee. Efforts are being made by the Sewer Committee to .work out an arrangement that will permit a (Continued on Page 7) • CHOOSE BELGRAVE AREA GIRL AS 1960 HURON DAIRY PRINCESS Miss Doreen Howatt, RR 1, Bel - grave, will represent Huron County at the CNE this year in the Dairy Princess contest. The 19 -year-old A 19•YEAR-OLD BELGRAVE GIRL was chosen 1960 Dairy Princess of Huron at the Clinton Spring Show Saturday. Doreen Howatt, RR 1, Belgrave, will represent Huron at the CNE this year. Shown with Miss Howatt are: Lorne Rodges, RR 1, Goderich, president of the Huron County Dairy Co-ord- inating board; Charles S. MacNaughton, MLA for Huron, who placed a red satin sash over the win- ner's shoulders; Cathy Eckert, RA 1, Seaforth; Carol Robertson,_ RR 1, Moiikton; Miss .Howatt and Martin Baan representative of the board, who presented the ':Princess" with a bouquet, (E,tpositor photo by Phillips). ti • country girl was . chosen Dairy Princess of Huron for 1960 at the ' Clinton Spring Show Saturday. A certified nursing assistant at Wingham General Hospital, Miss Howatt will compete at the Cana- dian National Exhibition. later this. year for the title of Dairy Prin- cess of Ontario. The contest was sponsored local- ly by the Huron County Dairy Co- ordinating Board. It was the first year it had been held in conjunc- tion with the fair. A red satin sash bearing the words, "Dairy Princess, Huron County, 1960," was placed over Miss Howatt's shoulder by Charles MacNaughton, of Exeter.,.-.. MPP (PC -Huron), and she was present- ed with a bouquet by Martin Baan, of Walton, a representative of the board. Other contestants were Cathy Eckert, 17, of R11 1, Seaforth, a student at Seaforth District High School, and Carol Robertson, 17, of RR 1, Monkton, a first-year student at the Stratford Teachers' College. Legion Remembers Fallen Comrades On Decoration Day Members of Seaforth Branch 156 held their annual decoration day service Sunday. Preceeded'by the Seaforth High- landers Band, the branch paraded to Victoria Park, *here a shot service was conducted by Rev. D. Leslie Elder. In memory of fallen comrades, a wreath was; laid on the monument* Legion "reaideit Archie