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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-10-20, Page 1McFarlane, Mrs, OIlt, Aug. 3-2w 101st Year Whole No. 4836 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20,1960 - 90th Birthday Recalls Early Harpurhey Days A daughter of a pioneer minister in the area observed her 90th birthday on Wednesday. Mrs. Robert Govenlock, the former Margaret Barr, was born in the manse at Harpurhey, November 19, 1870. Her father, Rev. Matthew Barr, had come to Harpuhey in 1854 to serve the congregation of the re- cently organized Harpurhey Pres- byterian church. Mrs. Govenlock was educated at Seaforth public school and at Brantford Ladies' College. Mar- ried to the late Robert Govenlock, she went as a bride to the Goven- lock farm, lot 26, concession 3, McKillop. Today the land is farm- ed by her son, Thomas Govenlock —the fourth generation •to occupy the property settled by the Goven- lock family more than 120 years ago. • About 25 years ago Mr. and Mrs. Govenlock retired to Seaforth, where Mr. Govenlock died on De- cember 26, 1934, During recent years Mrs. Govenlock has spent MRS. ROBERT GOVENLOCK much of her time at her son's home in McKillop. Mrs. Govenlock has one son, Thomas, and two grandchildren, Robert and Nell. A daughter died in infancy. In excellent health, she takes an active interest in her garden and in the community. A member of First Presbyterian Church, she is a life member of the Women's Missionary Society and a former president of the McKillop WMS. Scouts' Annual Apple Day Is Next Saturday The annual Apple .Day, sponsor- ed by Seaforth Boy Scouts, will be held on Saturday. Throughout the day members of the Seaforth troop will call on Sea rth homes and business plac vith quantities of Delicious apples, Proceeds from Apple Day pro- vide funds with which to carry on Scouting and Cub activities in Sea - forth during the coming year. F. C. J. Sills Heads District Bowlers F. C. Sills; president of the Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club, was named president of the district association at a recent meeting held in Clinton. The district sec- retary is Ken Willis, also of the Seaforth 'club. The district com- prises nine area clubs. 0..•d • 44.e.r#,e4,4*xlx p,e //1ded, ft a d y A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS AGO flames roared through a large barn on the farm of Joseph Ryan, McKillop Township, and levelled the structure. Lost in the blaze were the complete 1960 crops. Viewing their loss thefuture appeared pretty bleak to Joseph Ryan and his son, Ronald Ryan. But they had reck- oned without a wave of community spirit which swept the dis- trict. • Within three days of thee fire neighbors began pouring the. foundation for a new structure, and within a few days had com- pleted cement walls for a barn 40x90 feet, 20 feet longer than the barn that had .been destroyed. Work went oh every day as friends and neighbors in • the Dublin, McKillop and St. Columban areas arrived, anxious to help. Construction of rafters for the new structure was super- vised by Tom Murray and his brother, Frank Murray. On Mon- day the laminated rafters were raised into position. By the weekend the barn will be sheathed with metal and ready for use. (Expositor photo by Phillips). SDHS Students Seek :Subscription Awards Students at SDHS will begin their annual subscription cam- paign within the next few days. The students this year are com- peting for a modern portable radio which is offered by The Huron Expositor to the individual ob- taining the greatest number of new subscriptions to The Exposi- Northside Has 83rd Anniversary (Contributed) Northside United Church $3rd anniversary° services on Sunday were an inspiring success, both in attendance and worship. It was a pleasure to welcome back a former member of the church, Rev. Ernest Clarke, M.A. B.D„ now of Queen's Theological Col- lege, as special speaker for the day. His discourses were "God's Forgotten Man" and "Win or Lose." From the Old Testament history to the modern twentieth century, God has an answer to the world's problems. Music for the day was under. the leadership of M. and Mrs. James A. Stewart, and wasof the highest quality. In the morn- ing the senior choir sang, "Open Our Eyes" (MacFarlane), while the junior choir, with sweet mel- odious voices, trained by Miss M. E. Turnbull, sang, "The Lord is My Shepherd." A duet long to be remembered, "My Faith Looks Up •To Thee," was beautifully sung by Miss Ruth Cluff and Mrs. Neil Bell. In the evening the senior choir con- tributed three anthems, "A Song in the Night" (Smith); "Bless Thou the Lord, 0 My Soul" (Ivan off), unaccompanied, and "Wor- ship the King" (Maunder), Solos were taken by Sam J. Scott and J. A. Stewart. Unfortunately, the pastor, Rev. J. C. Britton, was ill and was unable to attend the services. Name Young Actuary To Vermont Position Robert D. MacLennan, a son of Dr. and Mrs. J, C. MacLennan, of Seaforth, has been elected an officer of National Life Insurance Company of Montelier, Vermont, ROBERT MactEN AN with the title of assistant actuary. Mr. MacLennan, who recently marked his 28th birthday, is one of the youngest actuaries in the United States. He became a Fel- low of the Society of Actuaries a few months ago. The society has slightly more than 1,100 Fellows, An actuarial assistant doingre- search work and special projects in, the company's actuarial depart- ment, Mr. MacLennan joined the department in 1954 after receiving a bachelor of arts degree in mathe- maties from the Unwversity^•of To- ronto. A native of Montreal, he was graduated from Seaforth District High School in Seaforth, Ont., in 1950. His parents reside in Sea - forth, where Dr. MacLennan heads the Area Health of Animals Branch of the Department of Agriculture. Mr. MacLennan and his wife, the former Janet E. Clinton, of Sud- bury, Ont., reside at 8 Derby Drive, Montpelier Vermont. They have two sons, Montpelier, J. age three, and Xan J., age two. They are mem- bers of Bethany Congregational Church and are vice-presidents of the Couples Club of the church. tor. In addition, each subscrip- tion obtained earns a commission for the school, The students in their canvass offer a wide variety of magazine subscriptions, as well as new and renewal subscriptions to The Ex- positor. The campaign provides the stu- dent body with funds with Which to carry on various extra curricu- lar activities, as well as making possible the purchase of athletic, musical and other equipment which is not provided for from public, funds. In co' -operating- with the SDHS student who calls to offer a new or renewal subscription to The Expositor, or to a magazine, the public can be assured that a worthwhile school activity is .being aided. Men's Club Plans Armistice Speaker Members of the Men's Club of First Presbyterian Church held a pot -luck supper Tuesday, and in a short business meeting that fol- lowed made plans for the fall and winter months. The next meeting, on November 15, will mark Armistice Day, when the speaker will be Col, R. S. Bis- sonnette, of Stratford, formerly of Seaforth, Initiates Son In Masonic Ceremony Cpl. Helmar. Snell, of the Gode- rich detachment of the 0.P.P., and forrnerly•of Seaforth, initiated and conferred the E.A. degree on his own son, Robert Helmar Snell, at Maitland Masonic Lodge, Gode- rich, Tuesday evening. The son is with Union Gas Company at Gode- rich. Chaplain for the occasion was Rev. Harold Snell, of London, an uncle of the initiated member. Taking part also were Staff Sgt. Charles Anderson, of Mount For- est; Sgt. H. Barker, and Provin- cial Constable J. Parkinson, Gode- rich. - Looby Firm Wins Preston Contract Looby Construction Limited, of Dublin, has been awarded a con- tract for the renovation of a bridge at Preston, Ont. The con- tract amount is $41,000. H & S Members Attend Rally A number of members of the Seaforth Home and School Associ- ation were in Woodstock Wednes- day attending a district meeting of H and S groups. Those from Seaforth Who at- tended included: Mrs. W. A. Hod- gert, Mrs, E. Boshart, Mrs, Neil Bell, Mrs. J. C. Stephens, Mrs. J. W. Talbot, Mrs. Orville Oke, Mrs. George Miller and Mrs. A. Y. McLean. Sure is a difference between good, sound reasons and reasons that sound good. • Practised Here, Elmer D. Bell Is Conservative Head Elmer D. Bell, well-known Exe- ter lawyer, was elected President of the Ontario Conservative As- .sociation at a special meeting in Toronto on Monday. The election was made necessary by the death last spring of President A. D. Mc- Kenzie. Until going overseas during the Second World War, Mr. Bell, who is 51, practised in Seaforth and previously in Brussels. He open- ed his practise in Exeter after the war. Mr. Bell is a past president of the Huron and Western Ontario Conservative Association and has been active in the party since 1935. A graduate of the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall, Mr. Bell was appointed.. a King's Coun- sel in 1948. He is an active curler and golfer and a former baseball player. ELMER D. BELL, former Seaforth lawyer, now of Exe- ter, who was elected Presi- dent of the Ontario Conserva- tive Association at a special general meeting Monday. "How long are you in for?" the convict asked his new cellmate. "Seventy-five years," came the answer. "You take. the bunk near the door. I'm in for 99," Walton Woman Is Top Winner At International District names were prominent in reports from the `International Plowing Match at Springfield last week. Huron County placed fifth in inter -county tractor competi- tions, for two or more furrows mounted or trailer. On the Huron team were Donald Perrie, Brus- sels, and Gerald Huetber, Brus- sels. Luckiest person at the event would probably be Mrs. Torrance Dundas, Walton. Little did she realize when she entered her name in a draw that within a few days she would receive more than $1,500 in prifes. Mrs. Dundas was the winner of the grand prize at the HEPC Cook- ing and Appliance Show. Her prize consists of electricalappliances— range, water heater, automatic washer, dryer, and combination refrigerator -freezer. Edgar Howatt, RR 1, Belgrave, placed sixth in the horse compe- tition, jointer plows, and tenth in the horse show held in connection with the plowing match. The horse show was open to teams used in competition. - A team from Seaforth District High School placed ninth in the tractor, mounted plow. class. On the team were Alex Gultuzen, Wal- ton, and C. Steffler, Brussela. Third in the utility class for tractors was Don Perrie, of Brus- sels. The competition was open to members of inter -county teams competing in the school event. John Varley ,of Seaforth, was 12th in the open tractor class. In farm inventions competition, a Brodhagen man topped the farm job shop operators' class. Ford Dickispnof Brodhagen, won the event with a grain conversion kit for a hay and straw baler. A highlight of the Friday attrac- tion was a performance by the Sea - forth District High School Girls' Trumpet Band, under leader Geo. Hildebrand. This was the second time the high school band has been featured on the plowing mateh program. Directors Attend District Meeting The fall meeting of District 6 of the Mutual Farm Underwriters' Association was held in Teeswater, Tuesday and attended by repres- entatives of Farm Mutuals in the district. President of the district is W. S. Alexander, a member of the board of McKillop Mutual Fire In- surance Company. Others of the McKillop board who attended in- cluded President John L. Malone, John E. Pepper, H. Fuller, N. Trewartha, Chris Leonhardt and Secretary W. E. Southgate. Lady Bowlers Honor Mrs. Hart Seaforth Ladies Lawn Bowling Club honored one of their mem- bers recently at a pot -luck sup- per and bridge. Mrs. Sadie Hart was presented with a gift. Mrs. Hart now resides in Stratford. Bridge winners were Mrs. Alvin W. Sillery and Mrs. Tony Phil- lips. Conveners kr bridge for the coming winter season are 1-rs. Lloyd Hoggarth, assisted by Miss Janet Cluff, and Mrs. C. J. Wal- den, assisted by Mrs. T. Phillips. The November party will be held at the home of Mrs. ,L. F. Ford. $2,50 a.Year is 40anl$, . Single Gopi�S, 5 runts. Permits Total $300,20 Since New System in Force In the four months since the introduction of a system to handle building permits in Seaforth, per- mits to a value of $300,230.00 have been issued; Building inspector Harold Ma- loney said Wednesday the first permit under the new system was issued on June 14 to cover , the construction of the new St. James' School. In the following four months an additional 37 applica- tions for permits have been ap- proved, The 38th• permit --- to IT IS NOT OFTEN that raspberries are available commercially in Ontario in October—except in Seaforth. Mrs. William Bradshaw, Market Street, Seaforth, and her daughter, Louise, have picked and sold more than 200 boxes of large well -flavored berries this month. If heavy frost doesn't spoil the harvest there is every indication bf many more boxes from the Bradshaw berry patch. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Early Arena Ice • S urs S ors Pians ip - . A new skating season will getp tat 280, or' Mrs. R. S. Box, at under way at the arena Friday 595-W, Seaforth. evening, according to arena man- ager Roy McGonigle. Ice -making, which began some days ago, is well advanced, he said. While skating begins this week, arrangements for hockey are still to be completed. The committee in charge of the successful Junior "C" entry of last year is seeking assistance to man- age a team. In the meantime, and it is expected Seaforth will play in an eight -team group, in- cluding Woodstock, Georgetown, Lucan, Preston, Stratford, New Hamburg and Elmira, according Seaforth Lions to Lorne Dale, a member of .the committee last year. It is under- stood a schedule is to be drawn visitParis Club • this week, he said. Curlers Lay Plans . Seaforth curlers have had sev- eral committee meetings so that everything will be in readiness for the coming season as soon as ice is , available. Present plans call for ice early in November. A pot -luck supper is planned for Wednesday, Nov, 9, with the official opening to take place the following Monday, No- vember 14. Ready For Figure Skating Members of Seaforth Figure Skating Club are busy lasing plans for the 1960-61 season. An organ- ization meeting is to be called in the near future to make final ar- rangements. In the meantime, officials point out that classes will start about the first week in November. Any- one interested in joining the group is asked to call Mrs. J. C. Crich, i,c..` ,w,�w,.... ..,,....,_, 444440 SFE A TUCK CART to provide items to patients in Scott Memorial Hospital made the first rounds of the hospital on Friday. Here, Mrs. F. R. Cosford, left, and Mrs. M. W. Stapleton visit Earl Dins- more, a patient. Operated by the Women's Hospital Auxiliary twice weekly, the tuck cart pro- vides an opportunity for patients to purchase sundry items, such as magazines and candy. Hear Fred Peel Members of the Seaforth Lions Club were in Paris Tuesday eve-. ning on a visit to the Lions Club of that town. The members re- turned a visit which the Paris club had made to Seaforth last spring. Seaforth president Carm Row- cliffe expressed the pleasure of the Seaforth members. John Long - staff was in charge of the pro- gram which included a story and pictures of a Russian tour by Fred R. Peel. -The group travelled by bus and included President M. McAdam and Joe Murphy, of the Clinton Lions Club. Arrangements for the trip were completed by William C. Moore, a former president of the PParis club, John Longstaff and W. M. Hart. Wong's Grill for $700 — was •is- sued October 14, and covered in- terior alterations. Other recent permits include: 0. W. Cboper, store exterior and alterations, $700' Leo Hagan, ad- dition, $200; Dale Hartwick, trail- er, $2,'00:; Mrs. B. Sykes, entrance porch, . $200; W. J. Thompson car- port, $100; Ronald. Dolmage, alter- ations, $2,000; Rev. C. E. Sullivan, alterations, $500; H. Jackson, liq- uor store, $17,500, and Wong's Cafe, sign, $400. Mr. Maloney said the system was working out quite well. For the first time, -records were being maintained covering construction within the municipality. -"The public now realizes a per- mit is necessary, and when any- one thinks about building or altera- tions, he also thinks about getting a permit," he added. - Contractors and building supply firms are co-operating and assist their customers by explaining per- mit requirements, he said. There should be no difficulty about permits, he said,. and added that if there is any doubt concern- ing requirements he will be glad to explain the regulations. Award Contracts In Tuckersmith The tender of William Lawrence, Zurich, for work on the McKenzie s drain in Tuckersmith, was. accept- ed at a special meeting of the township council Tuesday evening. The Lawrence tender for $999 was the only tender received, Council, considered five tenders for snowplowing township roads and accepted the lowest tenders of Wilson Allan and Edwin Boyes at $6.00 per hour. The same contrac- tors did the work the' previous year. Other tenders included Garth Postill, Bayfield, tractor plow, $7.50 per hour, township to supply fuel, or $8.50 per hour complete; Gordon Heard, Bayfield; grader plow, $9.00 per hour; Don Wallace, Seaforth, truck plow, $7.50 per hour. Friends Honor I�lrs. C. Dungey On 80th Birthday A reception was held in the din- ing room of the Commercial Hotel on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 16, by the family of Mrs. F. Dungey, in honor of her 80th birthday. About 175 friends called on her to mark the occasion and were served a delicious lunch. Mrs. Dungey and family moved from Mitchell to Seaforth in 1921, where they haye since operated the Commercial Hotel. Her hus- band, Charles Dungey, predeceas- ed her 26 years ago. Also deceas- ed are°two sons, Roy and Sydney, and a daughter, Aldeen. She has one daughter, Mrs. George Kruse, of Seaforth. There are 10 grand- children. The tea table was centred with a three -layer cake and four bou- quets of mums and red roses, while Mrs. Charles Tubb, Mitchell, and Mrs. Norman Scoins, two niec- es, poured tea. Serving were Mrs. Robert Doig and Mrs. Charles Dungey, of Seaforth• Mrs. Maurice Verhoeve and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hector Verhoeve, of Tillson- burg, and Miss Ann Haskett, Lon- don. At 6:30 a buffet supper was served to many of the immediate friends. Mrs. Dungey - wore a gown of rose lace. and was pres- sented with an orchid and many other lovely gifts. Guests were present from London, Stratford, Tillsonburg, Hamilton, Hensall, Mitchell, Zurich, Grand Bend and the surrounding district. AREA AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES Pi,AN MEETING IN SEAFORTH W. Stafford Johnston, veteran newsman and photographer of the Beacon -Herald, Stratford, will ad- dress the men's division of the Agricultural Societies of District 8 (Huron -Perth), when they convene in Seaforth next Wednesday. The annual meeting will be held at 10' a.m. in Seaforth with representatives present from the 16 societies of the two counties. Under the convenership of Mrs. J. Grummett, lady director, the ladies' meeting will be held in the Legion Hall, when reports from the different societies of their 1960 fall fairs, including all junior work, will be heard. Highlights of the last convention held at Toronto will be' reviewed by Mrs. Lorne Scrimgeour, Blyth, district secretary; Mrs. Roy Coul- ter, Milverton, associate director, :nd Mrs. J. Grummett. Mrs. Geo. Ironside, Georgetown, secretary of the Women's Division of Obtari6, will be in charge of a question box. Chaired by John Siemon, Mit- chell, director of 1lstrict 8, the men's meeting will be held in the Library,' where reports of their agricultural societies' activities will be reviewed. Dinner will be served in the Legion Hall by the Seaforth Legion Auxiliary at 12:30 p.m., followed by a brief bilsiness period, includ- ing the election of officers. F. A. Lashley, superintendent of Agri- cultural Societies, is to show -slides, with comments, of Ontario Fairs. .The groups will reconvene sep- arately, with the women's section hearing accounts of Junior Club work in the two counties. Mr. Johnston will address the men's afternoon meeting, to be followed by a panel discussion, chaired by James Mair, of Brussels, second vice-president of the Ontario As- sociation of Agricultural 'Societies. John Ritter, Atwood, is district secretary. Exhibitors, or anyone interested in fall fair work, are welcome to attend all or any ses- sions, officlala said this week. Those wishing to .attend •the din- ner eau obtain tickets front R. James Wallace, Seaforth Lair sec- retary.