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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-11-24, Page 1• a 4 J .• • 101st Year Whole No. 4641 - SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1960 - 12 PAGES .•,' „, • •••"11, • • • $2,50 a Year. 14 Ailiance, Singie CoPielik VP,AtO • Municipalities Plan Nominations Afternoon and evening sessions, commencing Friday of this week, mark the beginning of the _annual nomination meetings when •muni- cipal officers will be considered for office. ' Meetings will continue in Huron municipalities until the last week in December. r; Holding nominations Frday and elections Monday, December 5, if necessary, will be: Hensall, Gode- rich, Colborne, Goderich Town- ship, Hullett, Wingham, Exeter, East and West Wwanosh, Ashfield, Turnberry, Stanley, •Howick, Mor- ris, Brussels and Hay. Seaforth, Clinton, Blyth, Stephen, Usborne and Tuckersmith Town- ships will npminate Monday, Nov. 28, and hold elections Monday, Dec. 5. Grey Township will hold its nomination meeting Friday, Dec. 2, and an election Dec. 10, if nec- essary. The only municipality holding a late nomination- is McKillop. That township will meet Monday, Dec. and an election, if necessary, Will be held Mooday, January 2. CROP GROUP MEETS Forage Crop Are Farm Challenge Clarence Shaw, Wingham, wai elected president of the Huron County Soil and 'Crop Improve- ment Association at, the associa- tion's annual Meeting in Forester'• I Hall, 'Londesboro, Tuesday •night. Mr. Shaw succeeds William Clark, RR 3, Goderich. ' Other officers are George Wheatley, RR 1Dub- lin, first vice-president, and An- son McKinley, RR 1; Zurich, sec- ond vice-president. Huron county's agricultural representative, D. H. Miles, is the appointed secretary - treasurer. Township directors as elected in- clude: Stephen TOwpship, Elmer Powe, Centralia; East Wawanosh, Jack Taylor, RR 5, Wingham; Hay, Ian McAllister, RR 1, Zurich; Stan- ley, Anson McKinley; Usborne, Harry Dougall, RR 3, Exeter; Tuckersmith, Bob Br oadf oo t, Brucefield; Hullett, Norman Alex- ander, Londesboro; Grey, James MeKnight, RR 2, Brussels; How - Huron Farm Union Has Banquet Here Over 200 Farm Union members from five locals-Seaforth, Brus- sels, Varna, Holmesville and Au- burn -attended the first Huron County Farmers' Union banquet held in the Legion Hall, Seaforth, Tuesday evening,. with Robert Tay- lor, county director, as ehairman. Highlight of the evening was a short address by guest speaker, Vaughan Douglas, farm editor from Wingham. He also made the commentary on the films he show- ed of his recent trip to Russia. Mr. Douglas was introduced by Edgar Rathwell, a county sub -di- rector, and was thanked by Ray Hanna, president of the Auburn Local. Other county officials present were Mrs. George Clifton and Mrs. Thomas Govenlock, sub -directors; Mrs. Carl Dalton, treasurer, and Carl Govier, secretary. Thomas Govenlock, president of the Sea - forth Local, was also present. A short question and answer period was held, followed by a program. Gordon Hill, past coun- ty director, spoke briefly on the Farm Union Movement. The Ladies'. Auxiliary to the Sea - forth Canadian Legion catered for the banquet. Forum Discuss Higher Education Some of the members of Fire- side Farm Forum thought a col- lege education was necessary, as forums across Canada discussed, "The Cost of a College Educa- tion," Monday night. Others thought that High School only was essential unless the pupil prefer- red a college (agricultural) or uni- versity course. • The Fireside group met at the h e of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bu1hanan with 18 present. The group felt that, as a forum, it was almost impossible to guide • farm children toward a college ed- ucation. Guidance, they felt, would be up to the individual parents, if they could afford it. • Answering the question about what should be done about the school drop-out situation, this for- um ..thought there should be edu- cation along other lines for those who drop out. Mrs. Harvey Taylor invited the group for the next meeting. Win- ners at euchre were: games, high, Mrs. Alex Riley and Oliver Anderson; lone hands, Mrs. Hugh Flynn and Mrs. James Howhtt; consolation, Mrs. Robert Jamieson and Joe Babcock. ick, Kon McMichael, Wroxeter; Turnberry, Clarence Shaw; Ash- field, Ralph Foster, RR 2, Gode- rich; Morris, Bob Grasby, RR 4, Brussels; WestWawanca, Tom Webster, RR 2, Auburn; McKil- lop, George Wheatley; Goderich, E d war i Grigg, RR 3, Clinton; Col- . b ,rne, • oug McNeil, RR 6, Gode- ria. The Meeting, which commenced with a'banquet, was attended by 17 farmers. Dr. D. N. Huntley, o , the Field Husbandry Depart- ment, O.A.C. Guelph, as guest speaker, said that forage crops are presenting a bigger challenge to farmers than any other thing. ' Vntil a man can handle the feed situation on his farm, he is in s rious trouble," he said. Dr. l{tintley added that experimental stations are working on the prob- lem, as it is predicted that tre- mendous progress will have been achieved within the next five to 10 years. He urged the associa- tidn to promote forage crops more thin ever. f . H. Kingsbury, Guelph, field - man, Fields Crop Branch, 0.A.C., presented the results of the Hur- on County seed survey drill con- ducted this year and based on 45 cereal and'24 small seed samples. He reported' that 61 ,per cent was classed as No. 1 seed; as compar- ed to 55 per cent in 1955. and 44 per cent in; 1952. This year nine per cent was classed as No. 2 seed; 10 per cent as No. 3 seed, and 20 per cent was rejected, hav- ing contained so many weed or crop seeds that they could not be 'classed under seed. The general quality of the seed in the county, said Mr. Kingsbury, has improv- ed. "Money spent on good seed is money well spent -as it will re- sult in better yield, and better control of weeds." Perth County, in a similar survey this year, said the fieldman, had 71 per cent classed as No. 1 seed. Tribute was paid at the meet- ing to Bob Fotheringham, RR 3, Seaforth, who walked off with the white Iean championship -at the Royal Vinter Fair in Toronto, and to Rob t P. Allan, Brucefield, who is the eserve champion. Huron County had the first six winners in the bean call at the Royal this year. Top winners in this year's Pas- ture Competition, sponsored by the County Soil and Crop Improve- -‘-Continued on Page 12) SDHS STUDENTS selected Phyllis Bryans (above) as the mu Snow Queen. A daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Bryans, Seaforth, she will ride in the Seaforth Santa Claus parade on becember 3, with her at- tendants, Margaret Ann Stap- leton and Laura Hoggart. PREPARATIONS for Seaforth's Santa Claus parade got underway in earnest this week, as PUC crews began the task of decorating Seaforth's Main Street. Here, Manager R. J. Boussey, Gordon Pullman and Ron Drager, prepare gaily colored figures for display. Merchants, too, began to pre- pare decorations. Bo R Furniture, with large Christmas trees outlined in lights across the second floor of the Box block, was first in getting decorating under way. (Expositor photo by Phillips). EstirnatesSurplusAt$24,870 Huron County Council Meets Huron can anticipate a surplus of $24,870.70 at the end of 1960, Clerk -Treasurer John G. Berry told members of Huron Council as they assembled for their Novem- ber meeting in Goderich Tuesday. The surplus was revealed in an interim financial report which he presented, and which showed total revenue for the first nine-month period of $1,490,264.00, The county highway system has had the lion's share of county rev- enue, the report showed, with $1,- 087,564 spent on roads so far. Most of the capital projects on the 1960 road program are now completed, and spending on roads is expected to taper off during' the final quar- ter of the year. Other main items of county out- lay, as reported by Mr. Berry for the period January 1 to September 30, include $58,500 for debenture debt charges, $33,000 for the coun- ty health unit, $22,204 for the coun- ty jail, $28,704 for administration of justice, $32,378 for child welfare, $14,167 for hospital costs for in- digents, and $5,500 for the Huron County Home. Have Many Demands Mr. Berry cautioned Huron councillors against embarking too readily on any new spending en- terprises. 'If any more public ser- vices are to be underwritten by the county, he suggested, they should be done only as part of a long-range plan that would take into account the county's ability to raise money. "During the past year," said Mr. Berry, "we have been approached by various departments of govern- ment in connection with organiz- ing different services On a county level; this has been mentioned in library service, civil defence, and welfare. We have also been -ask- ed, and will be asked again, to re- consider the method of paying hos- pital grants on a county level. No doubt all these services are worth- while, and are in need of financial support. I trust that when council deliberate these various problems, they will consider very carefully the financial aspect. We have op- erated on a fairly, steady county rate for some time, and if any of these services are put in effect, it will have a bearing on this rate." Age Increases There has been a steady increase in recent years, council was told by Harvey Johnston, manager of the Huron County Home, in the proportion of patients who require bed care. Eight ye‘rs ago, he said, the HCH had nine per cent of its patients receiving bed care, 25 per cent receiving special care, and 63 per, cent receiving normal care. The proportions now, he continued, are 33 per cent bed cas- es, 24 per 'cent receiving specidl care, and only 39 per cent receiv- ing normal care. The number of inmates of the HCH at the end of October, he reported, was 105, the greatest number so far. In common with other municipal homes for the ag- ed in , Ontario, Mr. Johnston ob- served, the average age of in- mates' has been increasing in re- cent years. Of the 105 now in the HCH, there are 36 in the age group 80-89, and seven who are over 90. The building program for an addition to the Home is progress- ing at a reasonable rate, Reeve Morritt reported, under the super- vision of the architectural firm of Nolan and Glover, London. Ten- ders are now being prepared for furnishings for the addition, he said; the lists of furnishings re- quired are to be broken down to sections, so that local merchants will have a chance to tender for portions of the contract, and will not be required to tender for the whole furnishing project. The county is saving money on hospitalization costs for inmates at the Home, Mr. Johnston observ- ed. The premiums for the govern- ment hospitalization plan for this year, hdreported, are costing the county $819, against which the hos- pital costs already incurred for inmates this year total $4,664. Weed•Control Weed Inspector Alex Chesney in his report to council said this year $1,995.63 was spent in the eradica- tion of buckthorn and $731.48 on leafy spurge. He said control of leafy spurge was carried out in seven townships on 22 farms and buckthorn eradication was carried out in three townships on 24 farms. Budget savings in the county weed control program have been made, Mr. Chesney reported, by having weed -cutting done by local farmers, along the roadsides ad- jacent to their own properties. He suggested that townships, by us- ing the same plan, could get bet- ter control of weeds, at a saving in cost. Children's,. Aid Director of the Huron County Children's Aid Society, Rev. R. G. MacMillan, said the society had completed, since the first of Janu- ary, 43 adoptions and assisted lawyers in completing six others. At present the society has 38 chil- dren on probation for adoption. Supervised have been 198 children who are in their own homes with 71 in care at the present time. The number of unmarried mother cas- es was 41. Select Gas Furnace Council approved the action of the property committee in order- ing a new gas furnace for the reg- istry office, at a cost of $795.50. Arthur Gibson, reeve of Howick, and chairman of the property committee, reported that of six tenders received for gas furnaces, the one accepted was the highest. The committee had examined all the specifications in detail, he said, and had decided that the tender selected was the most satisfactory to do a proper heating job. Ten- ders were also received, he noted, for oilfurnaces, for which the pric- es quoted ran as high as $1,098. Reeve Gibson reported that as (Continued on Page 12) Watch Quality Control Milk Producers Told There is room for improvement of quality of milk and milk hand- ling, R. H. Jardine suggested to members of the Mitchell Concen- trated Milk Producers' Association at their annual meeting. Held in Mitchell Thursday afternoon, 85 menibers were in attendance, Mr. Jardine, dairy branch field - man for Perth County, outlined to the group the work of the dairy branch. He dealt with regulations concerning the production, care and handling of milk at the farm, transportation and receiving milk at the plant and suggested there was room for improvement of Hope New Schedule Ends Confusion Sehforth Juniors, plagued by appear. Tired out -• too many 26-Seaforth at Preston 12 -Preston at Seaforth schedule trouble since the season games too close together, was the 28 -Woodstock at" Seaforth 17-Seaforth at Woodstock opened three ago, hope the reason advanced by Woodstock. December: 1E-Seaforth at Elmira most recent schedule to be issued The game had been advertised and 1 -Elmira at Seaforth 20-Seaforth at Hespeler by the group will solve the prob- there was ,no way of letting the • 6-'Seaforth at Woodstock 29 -Stratford at Seaforth lem. The new schedule, shown be- fans know what had happened. As 14'---Seaforth at Stratfdrd 25-Seaforth at Stratford low, provides a better balance in a result, hockey enthusiasts who 151 -Stratford at Seaforth 31 -Elmira at Seaforth home and away games than did turned up at game time Were dis- 10-Seaforth at Hespeler February: previous The local managetnent first Seaforth group. Z6-Seaforth at Elmira 2 -Woodstock at Seaforth listings. appointed, through no fault of the 22 -Woodstock at Seaforth 9 -Preston at Seaforth learned of the schedule difficulties The schedule: 27-Hespeler at Seaforth 11-Seaforth at Preston Thursday of last week. A short Noveber: January: 16-Hespeler at Seaforth tittle before the start of a home 9-Seaforth at Stratford Seaforth at Woodstock, 2:15 p.m. 24-Seaforth at Elmira was advised WoodStOck Would not 24 -Preston at Seaforth 7-Seaforth at Presten 28 -!Elmira at Seaforth 27-Seaforth at Irespeler game with Woodstock, the club 10 -Stratford at Seafoitth 5-Hesper at Seaforth quality. Such improvement, he felt, must start at the farm, He outlined briefly a farm inspection form that might be used when farm inspection is started. Wilfred Keays, President of the Ontario Consolidated Milk Produc- ers' Association, said an independ- ent committee had been formed to make a study of an over-all milk marketing plan. The committee, however, was not expected to com- pete its report until after the first of the year. Present also from the Provincial Association were Char- lie Milton, secretary - manager ; vice-presidents, Wilton Honey and Sid Pearson, and Director Fred Hoffner, Door prizes were won, by Arnold Groinestiege, Gadshlll Mrs. Alex Riley, Londesboro; Wilmot Graul, Brunner; GeorgeVoung, Monk - ton; Stanley Mlle , Walton, and Russell Ballantyne, St. Pauls. Officers elected for the coming year were: president, Walter Muegge, RR 4, Mitchell; vice. president, Robert Taylor, RR 3, Clinton; secretary -treasurer, Earl Oppenhauser, RR 3, Monkton; di. rectors: Ronald Skinner, RR 1, Mitchell; Chester Lupton, RR 1, St. Pauls; Isaac Bartja, RR 3, Monkton; William Boyd, RR 2, Walton; Stanley Haien, RR 2, Wal- ton. Huron F of A Annual Endorses FAME Proposal Close to 200 farmers and direc- tors of the Huron County Federa- tion of Agriculture who attended the annual meeting in the Hullett Township Hall at Londesboro, sup- ported a resolution which recom- mended that Huron County farm people endorse and support FAME. In the same resolution, apprecia- tion was extended and support pledged to the Ontario Hog Pro- ducers' Association. Warren Zurbrigg, RR 2, Clif- ford, was re-elected president for a second term. The elections con- ducted by D. H. Miles, Clinton, agricultural representative f o r Huron County,, saw Gordon Greig, Wroxeter, re-elected as first vice- president, and Elmer Ireland, of Wingham, named as second vice- president. Carl Hemingway, Brus- .sels, is the appointed secretary- fieldman. Reports on' the various producers groups were heard from Bob Mc-. Gregor, Kippen, who reported for the Beef Producers; Carl Heming- way, for the Poultry Producers; Harvey Taylor, Brucefield, who is chairman of the White Bean Board of Ontario; Lorne Rodges, Luck - now, Dairy Co-ordinating Boa -td, and Horace . Delbridge, RR 1, Woodham. A statement of policy, for Huron County only, was presented to the meeting and. was passed. It will n.* be added to the county fed- eretion's constitution: "The fed- eration upholds the right of farm- ers to organize and work together collectively for the good of agri- culture; it supports all commodity groups in their right to ..market their product in whatever man- ner the group decided, and it will do all in its power to persuade the government to provide the nec- essary legislature, providing that it is not detrimental to other com- modity groups and is based on democratic principles; in case of a vote on Commodity Groups Mar- keting Plan, the county federation will do all in its power to organ- ize, to assist and to encourage all producers to vote; the county fed- eration supports the democratic principle that the minority must obey the will of the majority for whatever area for which the vote is called," Huron Council Clears Rebate Huron Council at its meeting Monday approved a recommen- dation of the warden's committee, of which Frank Walkom, reeve of ,Goderich, is chairman, that Tuck- ersmith Township be given a re- fund of $921.24 of the amount paid to the county by the township this year. Assessor Alex Alexander explain- ed that Tuckersmith overpaid its county levy this year, as the re- sult of a difficulty in interpreting two apparently conflicting sections of the Assessment Act. The prob- lem, said Mr. Alexander, was to determine what levy the township should pay to the county, on new assessment created during the year, and existing for only a part of the year. Ivan, Forsyth, reeve of Tucker - smith, told council the main part of the new assessment had been created by the laying of a natural gas pipeline across the width of Tuckersmith, along the route from Stratford to Goderich. In the five municipalities o f Tuckersmith, Seaforth, Clinton, Goderich and Goderich Township, said Reeve Forsyth, the pipeline had brought extra assessed value of about $240,- 000; the county's annual share of taxes on this much lassessment, Reeve Forsyth estimated, should be about $2,800 from the five mun- icipalities. The amount to be refunded to Tuckersmith this year, Clerk Ber- ry said, has been calculated by the county auditor. Museum Busy Attendance at the Huron County Museum this year set a new high, curator J. H. Neill told Huron County Council. He said 22,977 peo- ple registered with receipts at the door of $4,812.96. Mr. Neill said 250 items were added to the growing collection this year, which now numbers 5,300 articles, including 1,000 Mr. Neil brought from Gorrie in 1950 when he became curator. Exhibits now range from a sew- ing needle to a railroad locomo- tive. Improvements this year includ- ed the covering of the inside of the new building, new back stairs and fire escape in the new build- ing, 200 feet of railing, remodelled washrooms and added show cases. Dublin Co. Wins $275,593 Contract Looby Construction Ltd., of Dub- lin, has been awarded a sub -con- tract for $275,593.001 by the H. J. McFarlane Co., of Picton. The contract Covers a number of pro- jects on highway 101, in the, King- ston area. The recently -elected president of' the Ontario Federation of Agricul- ture, William Tilden, Harriston, as guest speaker, said that farmers can not better control their farm production, because they are not sufficiently organized to do it them- selves, and because other people are handling their products."The governtnent has now subscribed to the idea that we should have peo- ple abroad, specifically for selling agricultural products. People who will be under the Department of Agriculture rather than the De- partment of Trade, he said, re- garding the lack of markets in Europe. Mr. Tilden touched on the lack of long range planning by farmers, surpluses, and conclud- ed by suggesting that the farmer may have to take over much of the processing, transporting and general marketing of their own products. Charles McInnes, Iroquois, pres- ident of the OHPA, who attended the meeting, said the main purpose of FAME (Farmers' Alliance Meat Enterprises) is to prevent collu- sion by the trade, and to develop competition. "You as producers will be in a position to collect a larger share of the consumer dol- lar. We are on the wrong end Of the business as it now stands -40 per cent of the consumer's dollar goes to the producer, and some- where along the line the fellow in between gets the. rest. According to income tax statistics, the pack- ing house industry in Canada has an investment of 32.9 million dol- lars in capital stocks, -and the pro- fits amount to 17.1 million dollars -an over 50 per cent profit. FAME will provide producers of livestock with modern processing plants where the cost of process- ing can be reduced. It will pro- vide producers, who already have $18 invested in a product for every dollar invested in the capital stock of processing companies with a betters return!' • Mr. McInnes continued that with the modern trend towards vertical integration (contract farming), it is essential that farmers collec- tively place themselves in the posi- tion where they can integrate their farm operations with their own industry, rather than being un- der contract with other interests. FAME enables the farmers to assume greater responsibility which is very essential at a time when farm income is at an extremely low level in relation to their cost of operation. "Assuming responsi- bility by any segnient qf this eco- nomi y s one of the grE,sateSt works against communistic influ ences," said Mr. McInnes, adding that production efforts in the mar- keting field will go further to produce contented farmers where extereme socialistic views will not flourish. "Canada has been built on faith; our early pioneers wile came to this country had faith in its fu- ture, in the field of agriculture, m- dustry and business. FAME en- ables the farmer, like their fore- fathers to become pleneers by hav- ing faith in their ability to solve their marketing problem, rather than to be dependent on govern- ments, or by developing pressure groups." Arrange Use Of Lockers at Creamery Here A meeting of creditors id the Seaforth Creamery Estate, held in London Thursday, agreed to at- tempt to work out some means of keeping the Seaforth lockers in operation. The meeting named C. A. Barber, Seaforth, as inspector in the estate. Mr. Barber said Wednesday that about .150 lockers were still in use, and that he had been assured by the trustee in bankruptcy that in the event it became necessary to close down the operation, adequate' time would be given all patrons so that alternate storage accommo- dation could be located. In tilt' meantime, he said, patrons con- tinuing to use the lockers need have no concern. Notice which the trustee had given locker patrons required that lockers be cleared by November 18 last. Faced with loss .of freezer •accommodation, locker users be- gan a run on available locker space throughout the area, and quickly filled- all empty lockers. Dozens more negotiated.purchase of deep freeze units. Town. solicitor P. D. McConnell attended the meeting on instruc- tions. from Council, to take nec- essary steps to ensure that the interests of locker patrons were protected. 5 4 THE MODERN INTERIOR of the new Toronto -Dominion Bank was admired by more than 500 area residents Saturday afternoon as they accepted the bank's invitation to come in and look around. Taken a few minutes after the doors of the new building were open- ed, the picture shows in the foreground members of Seaforth C,oun- cil as they looked over the attractive appointments. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Also see page '7. Hundreds Accept. Bid To Visit Bank Building , 1.14 new branch of The Toronto - Dominion Bank here was opened to the public Saturday afternoon, when area residents had their first opportunity to inspect the modern banking premises. More than 500 people accepted the bink's invita- tion to come in and look around. Sharp at 2:30, the doors were , opened by Manager W. C. Moore A' and Students and members of Seaforth Coun- cil, headed by Mayor Edmund Daly, were ushered in -the first H ron Bursaries group to be taken on a tour of the building. Visitors were received The committee appointed by by Mr. and Mrs. Moore and by Huron County Council to award head office representatives of the scholarships and bursaries at the bank. These included George E. University of Western Ontario has Hynes, assistant general manager, announced the following selections and Mrs. Hynes; C. D. Schivers, for 1960': William Etherington, R superintendent of premises, On- R 1, Hensall; Edward Norminton, tario, and Mrs. Schivers, and C. Hensall; Richard Stewart, Dun - E. Gibb, superintendent advert'- gannen; Donald Taylor, gXeter; ing and public relations, Ontarik Piet Van der Meer, Goderith. all of Toronto. The scholarships to the boy and Members of the Seaforth staff girl from Huron County. who at - led groups through the building. • tained the highest . standing , were Refreshments were served to the Warded to JOU' tinttedtler) guests, catering being in charge Winghatt, and Linda altei Onde4 of the Barbara Kirkman Auxiliary rich. of First Presbyterian Church. Serv- ing were Mrs. W. A.. Wright, Mrs. E. Patterson, Mrs. Reg Kers- 1Pke, Mrs. C. Reith, Mrs. S. C. Pullman, Mrs. Elmer Rivers and Mrs. Ed. Andrews. They were assisted by Mrs. Tale Nixon and Mrs. R. K. McFarlane.