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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-11-03, Page 1�.4 • 1 6 101st Year Whole No. 4$38 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1960 $2:50 a Year lin Advalgce, Single Copie§, 5 tents. • • LOSING NO TIMIi in getting down to work after he had been sworn in as Seaforth Postmaster on Tuesday- morning, Orville -Oke is cancelling stamps under the w atchful guidance of Miss Ruth Cluff, who has been acting -postmaster. In the lower picture,' Mr.,. Oke waits on his first customer and hands John Longstaff, Seaforth, a parcel. The transfer of the office was in charge of I. Jones, district postal inspector of Walker ton. (Expositor photos by Phillips). ss -Seaforth Juniors Plot Successful Season Seaforth's Junior 'C' hockey team is out to better the job it did last year, according to club officials. With a majority of last year's team back in uniform, with an outstanding coach directing practices several nights a week, and with an experienced manage- ment committee in charge oi: the operation, hockey enthusiasts agree- this should be Seaforth's year. Heading the management team is Dave Cornish, and assisting him is Bill Strong, both of Topnotch Feeds Ltd. With them on the management team are Gerry Mc- Court,who again this year will look after finances, and Lorne Dale and Thorpe Rivers. Coach- ing."..the team is Bill Hartburg, who handled the Stratford Junior 'C' entry last year, OA • Practice began over the week- end and the team will make its first appearance to an exhibition game against Goderich on Satur- Party Features 25th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Etue, RR 4, Seaforth, were guests at a party Saturday night at the Staffa Hall, It was the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary. Dancing was enjoyed during the evening to the music of Harburn's orchestra prior to the lunch. Mrs. Elmer Cameron read the following address and Elmer Cam- eron, Mike Williams, Jack McKay and Wilfred Coleman presented them with a beautiful coral shade space -saver: Dear Mary and Maurice: We are gathered here tonight to help you celebrate in some small way this very important milestone in your lives. After 25 yeats, we think you should qualify ,as experts and marriage consultants to the next generation. We are aware that you began your married life some miles from here, but since you have come to our community we have been more than pleased to call you our neighbors. We have always found you ready and willing to help when asked, and in a world moving as fast as ours, the friendship of our neighbors cannot be counted in dollars and cents. On "behalf of your friends and neighbors, we ask you to accept this gift as a slight token of our esteem, with the hope that you may be spared many more years to enjoy your lives together along with your children and `iyraifdebil- dren. Signed: Your Friends and Neighbors. WEAR A POPPY Plan Tributes to District War Dead First in a series of events to be held in connection with Armistice Day gets under way Friday as Legion and Legion Auxiliary can- vassers begin their rounds hi the annual Poppy Day campaign. The campaign continues on Saturday, and. Seaforth homes, factories and places of business will be visited. Proceeds from the sale of veter- an -made poppies make possible a continuation of Legion welfare work. Arrangements for the Pop- py Day campaign and for the Remembrance Day program gen- erally are in charge of the special events committee of the Legion here, headed by Charlie Wood. Church Parade The annual church parade of Seaforth Branch 156. Canadian Legion takes place Sunday morn- ing to First Presbyterian Church, when Rev, D. Leslie Elder will conduct' the service. The parade of veterans, which, forms at the Legion- Hall at 10:30 o'clock, will be led by the SDHS Band. On Friday of next week, Novem- ber 11, the annual Remembrance Day memorial parade and service take place. The parade, which will include Veterans, Boy Scouts, Cubs, school children, municipal officials and representatives of dis- trict organizations, will be headed by the SDHS Band. At the ceno- taph in Victoria Park, the cere- mony will be in charge of Legion President Archie Dobson. In the event of inclement weather, the service will be held in the Legion day night. First scheduled game is in Stratford on Wednesday, with the first home game here next Thursday right. The management plans a sale of booster tickets, each of which provides . for admission to home, games, Tickets will be available from committee members this weekend. November: 9—Seaforth at Stratford 10—Stratford at Seaforth 17—Woodstock at Seaforth 24—Preston at Seaforth 26 Seaforth at Preston (Continued on Page 4) SDHS Students Press Campaign' For Subscriptions Time is running out in the Sea - forth District High School cam- paign to serve the school area with subscriptions to magazines and to The Huron Expositor, campaign officials said Wednesday. Originally intended to close this week, the eampaign has been ex- tended to Friday, November 11, since a number of student con- testants felt another • weekend was necessary in order to properly cover their areas. 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- 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. Jn co-operation 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. Hall, following which veterans will march to the cenotaph. To Hold Dinner Members of the Legion will hold a pot -luck dinner in the Legion Hall on Wednesday evening. This is being arranged by the Ladies' Auxiliary. Planning and co-ordinating - th various Remembrance Day activi- ties are President Archie Dobson, and special events chairman Chas. Wood, of the Canadian Legion. Legion officials, in discussing parade arrangements, emphasized that it was hopeful that all veterans and servicemen in the district, regardless of whether or not they were Legion members, would take part in the church parade and in the Remembrance Day parade and service. Nominations The November meeting of the Seaforth branch of the Legion is being held Thursday evening of ne9ct week. Nominations for the various offices Will be received. Air Disappears As Hallowe'en Pranksters Busy It may have been the wet, windy weather, or perhaps it is because Seaforth area children are becom- ing better behaved, but in any event Hallowe'en came 'and went with little trouble. There were •tlie, usual signs exchanged and win- dows soaped, but as far as Mon- day was concerned there was no difficulty, according to Seaforth police. Despite the clammy weather, hundreds of children, in gay cos- tumes, patrolled Seaforth streets and called from door to door, accepting the :hospitality of open- handed householders. When SDHS bus operator, Scott Habkirk, began to prepare his fleet of buses for trips Tuesday morn- ing, he found gremlins had releas- ed the air from 35 of the 36 tires on the buses. The 36th tire re- sisted efforts of the Hallowe'en, visitors to remove the valve cap. Despite the inconvenience, Mr. Habkirk was able to have the six buses on the road only a ley,' min- utes late. A similar fate met tires on the front wheels of the police car Sun- day night. The- same evening a bale of straw burneditss_lf out in the middle of Main Street, near the CNR crossing. While it probably had nothing to do with Hallowe'en, a call fire- men received Monday morning in- cluded all the elements of a first rate mystery,, typical of the events that occur at this particular time. When the fire brigade arrived on James Street, branches of a large maple tree, between the residences of M. E. Clarke and Lorne Dale, were burning about 15 feet above the ground. How did the -fire start? Fire Chief' John F. Scott suggested a bird carried a burning cigarette butt; somebody else said sparks from an earlier bon -fire in the area were to blame. ea A SEARCH which has extended over the past four years was rewarded last week when Fred Glanville, McKillop shot his first moose. A driver for General Coach Works of Canada Ltd., at Hensall, Mr, Glanville was enroute to Calgary with a load of frames. While in the Beardmore, Ontario, district he was successful in bringing down the animal. The moose, which weighs 800 pounds, has antlers, which extended 32 inches. Shown proudly displaying the prize catch_ with his father is Percy Glanville, aged four. (Expositor photo by Philips). • Remind SDHS Graduates Keep Climbing -With Zest The greatest happiness lies in the urge for an education, the ways • the greater service you can render to provide it will be found. The for others, Dr. W. A. McWilliams, test is your determination and the former principal of H. B. Beal extent to which you are prepared Technical and Commercial High to work," he said. School, said Friday evening as he Dr. MacWilliams was introduc- addressed the graduating class of ed by Frank Godin, a member of the Seaforth District High School. the staff. SDHS board chairman, F. C. J. Sills, welcomed the gath- ering and their congratulated the gradu- ates on. achievements. "What is most important is that each of you have a desire to learn and a thirst for knowledge," he (Continued on Page 4) "You must learn to control your- self, learn to think for yourself, become more adult," he said, and added: "Above all, keep climbing forward—with zest." Dr. McWilliams referred to the scholastic record established by the Seaforth Collegiate Institute, and in recent years by SDHS, and recalled his association with a for- mer principal, Dr, G. F. Rogers. Education today is made much easier than was the case in pre- vious years. The speaker wonder- ed whether students today appreci- ated the increased facilities with which they are provided, Referring to extra curricular activities, Dr. McWilliams said they had become a special featxire of modern edu- cation. He referred to the SDHS bugle band, which he had heard playing on a previous visit. Education includes -providing the means of obtaining a living, of learning to live with others and, finally and just as important, the acquisition of scholarship. "In this highly competitive world of today, education is vital," Dr. McWilliams warned the gra- duates and urged them not to con- sider ..cost. "Less is spent on edu- cation than on cosmetics, than on liquor. If you have the ability and 1VI<EM1BEItS OF mg GRAD111ATIi o CLASS of SDHS are shown following commencement exercises in the school auditorium Fri- day evening. ' Seated (left to right), Noreen McEwing, Bonnie McLeod, Margaret Wood; standing, James Crich, Faye Love Ron Eyre, William Van den Henget Donald Morris, Shirley Knox, William Norris, Fergus Kelley, Harmon Brodhagen, Carolyn Neil and Donlyn Hemingway, (AMA Frederick Flewltt and Lewis Knetseh), Western U. Student is Valedictorian The valedictorian on the occa- sion of the commencement exer- cises at Seaforth District High School Friday evening was Wil- liam Van den Mengel, now a stu- dent at University of Western On- tario. He spoke as follpws: "Mr. .P,lumsteel, honored guests, members of the staff, ladies, gen- tlemen and fellow students: "As I turned over• in my mind the many ideas which I want -to- express on this occasion, certain things, some of which seemed of little importance five' years ago, came to my mind as being worthy of mention here tonight. "We have just completed another phase in our education. It may be true that we did not make all the progress that it was possible to make, that we have not used our time to the best possible advant- age, Still, we have achieved some- thing worthwhile, something that will cling to use for life and will prove helpful to us in the perform- ance of any task which may con- front us,' For now we realize that those days in school, days which we once believed to be so useless, could not have been spent in a more profitable manner. "We, the graduates, have chosen a career which is one of the first essentials of success, Sometime (Continued on Page 4) Seaforth Youths Win Debate Test Two Seaforth youths were among the winners at the Huron County debating and public speaking com- petition finals held in Seaforth arid. District High School Tuesday night. Other winners were two Belgrave boys, William Strong and Larry Wheat- ley, both of Seaforth, and James Renwick and Murray 'Mulvey, of Belmore, formed the two winning teams, and will go on to the pro- vincial finals. The Strong -Wheatley team won on the affirmative side of the topic that current unemployment is detrimental to Canadian agricul- ture. The Renwick -Mulvey team, also affirmative, argued that rural school consolidation,'would be bene- ficial to the students. Participating were Junior Farm- ers from Seaforth, Howiek Town- ship, South Huron and Colwanosh. The Huron County Junior Farmers sponsored the program. Chairman was Jim Bowman, of Brussels, president of the Junior Farmers. Judges were Seaforth high school teachers, Glenn Donall and F. R. Cosford. Tuckersmith Makes Plans ForNominatioDs Machinery was set in motion. for the first early election in Tucker - smith Tuesday night. , Tucker - smith Township council, at their regular meeting in Seaforth Town Hall, set the nomination for Mon- day, Nov. 28, at 1 p.m., in the Seaforth Town Hall. Prior to this_year,, nominations were held the last Monday 11 cember. At an earlier meeting this year it was moved ahead to the November date, in line with other Huron municipalities. Only township in the county still hold-. ing nominations at the end of the year is McKillop. All members were present at the Tuesday meeting, with the ex- ception of Councillgr Elgin Thomp- son, who was atteeding a meeting of the Conservation Authorities. Mr. Thompson is Tuckersmith re- presentative of the Ausable Con- servation Authority. John Modeland and Norman MacLean, as representatives of Egmondville Cemetery Board, re- quested assistance in paying for maintenance of property along . the roadside. Council agreed to pay $16 towards the work. By -Law No. 14, 1960, setting a time and place for nomination meeting, was giv- en its required readings, as was By -Law No. 16, 1960, setting the rates of taxation for 1960. There were no appeals to the court of revision on the assess- ment roll for 1961 taxation. Council concurred in a resolu- tion from Peel County Council re- questing increased aid to hospi- tals by both the Federal and Pro- • vincial Administrations.. ' , Accounts passed included: Dump, ' $22.50; Egmondville Water, re- pairs and installations, $122.57; fox bounty, $4; salary and allowance, $22.45; supplies, postage, etc., $58.19; advertising, $18.64; income tax, unemployment, $22.50; select- ing jurors, $15; welfare, $192.84; clerical assistance, $26; premium, tax collector's bond, $37.50; chick- ens • killed, $24; pension fund, $13.50; Egmondville Cemetery, $16; road accounts. $957.55. Young Liberals At Kitchener Rally The Seaforth District Young Liberal Club was represented by seven delegates who attended the Western Ontario North Young Lib- eral regional meeting in Kitchener on Saturday. Discussions were led by David B. Greenspan, president of the Ontario Young Liberal As- sociation, Toronto, on 'organiza- tion of riding clubs, and by James Moore, executive assistant, Na- tional Liberal Federation, Ottawa, on effective publicity. An election of officers resulted 'as follows: Bob McAdorey, Guelph, president; Ron Rollo, Kitchener, and Nelson Ball. Seaforth, vice- presidents; Rose Chalmers, Strat- ford, secretary; and Frank Tchabushnig, Kitchener, treasurer. After a smorgasbord dinner, an (Continued on Page 4) General Closes For Fall Vacation General Coach Works of Can- ada Ltd., at Hensall, closed for its fall vacation on Wednesday night. The plant. will resume operations nn November 21, W. C. Smith, general manager, told The Exposi- tor Wednesday. Mr. Smith said orders had held up quite well through -the fall and compared most favorably with last year. On the basis of experience during recent weeks, Mr. Smith said, he expected the balance of the year to be quite steady. MR. AND MRS. HENRY BENNEWIES Former McKillop Pair Are Wed Fifty Years Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bennewies, for many years well-known Mc- Killop residents, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at events planned for Friday and Wednesday. Since 1950 they have been residents of Mitchell. A dinner is being held in Brod. hagen Church on Friday, and later that evening the couple will be honored at a reception in Brod- hagcsh' Community Hall. On Wed- nesday of next week Mr, and Mrs. Bennewies will receive their friends at their Mitchell home from 2 until 5, and•from 7 until 9. Mr. and Mrs. Bennewies were married in Brodhagen Lutheran Church on November 9, 1910, by ReV. Weigan, and following their marriage settled on a farm, lot 6, `doncession 12v, McKillop. They continued to reside in McKillop until moving to Mitchell in 1950. Henry Adam Bennewies, who is 72, was bnrn in McKillop, the son of henry Bennewies and Wilhemiga Prueter, His wife, the former Elizabeth Dietz, is a daughter of the late Fred Dietz and Elizabeth Hillebrecht, of McKillop. She will be 71 in December. Both enjoy ex- cellent health, and Mr. Bennewies takes pride in a large garden that he maintains at his Mitchell home. Among those Who will be pres- ent at the anniversary ceremonies are,two' who assisted at the wed- ding 50 years ago, They are a sis- ter, Mrs. Henry Kleber, of McKil- lop, who was a bridesmaid, and Clarence Prueter, of Mitchell, a equsin of Mr. Bennewies, who was groomsman. Mr. and Mrs. Bennewies have a family of three daughters, Pearl, Mrs. Lorne Mueller, Logan; Ruby, Mrs. H. Dolmage, McKillop, and Rose, Mrs. Aubrey Eickmeyer, of Egmondville; and three sons, Carl of Waterloo; Harry, of Galt, and Manny, of London. There are six grandchildren. Install Glass Walls As Work On Bank Advances Wooden barricades which have surrounded the new branch of the Toronto -Dominion Bank since con- struction began early last spring, have come down as workmen completed installation of the, glass that forms the entire front of the building. Construction of he building is ' being rushed to completion „•'in readiness for an opening plant} for later this: month.