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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-04-20, Page 1• • • • • • • • • • • • • 402nd Year Whole No. 4892 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,'THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1961 -- 12 PAGES $g,4() 4a' ear jn 1 riven, $410,0, r�+Q 11e8• `t Cep14ts IT WAS A LONG-AWAI'T'ED and happy occasion when the new St. James' Separate School was dedicated on Sunday by His Excellency John C. Cody, Bishop of London. Greeting His Excellency are, left to right, Bishop Cody, Rev. Mother Julia, Mother General of St. Joseph's, Sister Estelle, Sister Annunciata, Mother Margaret and Sister Charlotte. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Bishop of London Acts At Dedication of New School His Excellency John C. Cody, D.D., LLD.; Bishop, of London, of- ficiated at the solemn blessing and dedication of the new St. James' Separate School on Sunday after- noon. Following the opening ceremony by Bishop Cody, Peter Tillmann, of the firm of Watt and Tillmann, architects, London, presented keys of the new building to Sister Oliva, principal of the school. Sister Oliva, in her remarks; congra u- lated those who participated in the construction of such a beautiful school, and expressed her appreci- Gerry Montgomery To Open 116th Fair Announcement was made this week that Gerald W. Montgomery, Toronto, will officially open the 1961 Seaforth Fall Fair. The speak - G. W. MONTGOMERY er for the 116th annual fair is well known in the district, having serv- ed until 1957 as agricultural re- presentative in Huron. At present he is the agricultural development officer for Canadian National Rail- ways, a post which he assumed in January of this year. At a meeting of the directors of the society Thursday night, several changes were proposed for the 1961 prize List. Always attempting to keep up with the changing times, the swine section will see the ad- dition of a new breed this year, directors decided. A place will be made for Lacombe entries. Prizes in the poultry section for single entries will be upped this year, with first prize of $1.00 and second of 75 cents. In the heavy horse section, the four -horse tandem hitch entries will be awarded .. $10 each. The commercial egg class has been dropped from the egg sec- tion following the recommendation of last year judges. The competi- tion will now feature brown eggs and White eggs in the adult, high school and elementary school sec- tions. A. class has been added to the Horticultural Products Section, for six -quart basket of Delicious apples. At the directors' meeting, an- nouncement was made of a new set of specials in the baking divi- sion. First prizes of $10 are being offered in special classes for white cakes, white bread, milk rolls and cinnamon buns, secretary R. Jas. Wallace told the group. Other spe- cials in the ladies' section will remain similar to last year. Filmer Chappel,RR 1, Crom- arty was renamedchairman of the Dual -Purpose Shorthorn section: Reporting for the -field crop sec- tion, Harold Pryce advised the directors that quite a few entries are still needed in. the oats and barley field crop competition. He told the group that seed was now available. The society is also plan- ing competitions in husking corn and ensilage corn. A committee was named to in- vestigate methods of raising funds for the society. Headed by Gordan Papple, the committee consists of Mrs. A. K. Sharp, Mrs. J. Grum- mett and Cliff Broadfoot. New District Director Robert W. Campbell, RR 1, Dub- lin, new director for District 8 (Huron -Perth) Agricultural Socie- ties, reported on an Ontario meet- ing hp had attended in Toronto on Tuesday. He pointed out that the prize list competition was being dropped because of its cost. Mr. Campbell was named direc- tor for the district, following the death of John E. Siemon, Mitchell, the 1961 director. Arthur S. Bolton, RR 1, Dublin, was named president of the Sea - forth Junior Fair for the third consecutive year, at a meeting of the directors Thursday night in Carnegie Library. Vice-chairman is Eric Anderson, RR 1, Londes- boro. Also renamed was William Strong, RR 2, Dublin, as secretary. Directors named for 1961 are: William S. McMullen, Canada De - (Continued on Page 6) ation for the honor and privilege extended to her as principal. "It's a dream come true," she said. A feature of the program was the presentation .by Rev. C. E. Sullivan, pastor of St. James' parish, of a scroll to Dr. M. W. Stapleton, chairman of the 1960• school board. The address- was signed by Rev. C. E. Sullivan' on behalf of himself and the parish- ioners. Bishop Cody was introduced -to the capacity audience by Rev. C. E. Sullivan. Bishop Cody express- ed his thanks and congratulated those who were in charge of the erection of the new school. He pointed out that it was a great mark of progress, and outlined five phases of education within the reach of all. All schools, he stat- ed, have a unity of purpose and are mutually helpful. ,Rumor has it that times are evil, but if you live nobly, then you will change the times, he concluded. Maurice Etue, chairman of the Separate School Board, was in charge of the program. He intro- ducedhe special guests, includ- ing Mother General of the St. Jos- eph's Order, Mother Julia, and her companion, Mother Margaret, for- mer Mother General; Rev. Dr. Ffoulkes and Rev. Remi Durand, Dublin; Father J. J. McCowell, St. Columban; Father Reed -Lewis, Clinton; Father Freker, Wingham, and Father Finn, Diocesan Direc- tor of Education; Charles Mac - Naughton, MLA for Huron, repre- senting the Provincial Government and the Minister of Education; Mayor Edmund Daly, of the Town of Seaforth; Ivan Forsyth, Warden bf Hurbn County and Reeve of Tuckersmith ; Dan Beuermann, Reeve of McKillop Township; Frank Kling, contractor; members of area school boards, the Seaforth Public School, Clinton Separate (Continues on Page 6) Synoci. Concludes 87thME:etingHere byterian Church, Petrolia; Rev, Scarth MacDonald, Riverside Pres- byterian Church, Chatham, and Rev. George M. Lamont, Knox Presbyterian Church, Mitchell. A Synod Institute lecture by Rev. Dr. Robert D. Cunningham, sec- retary of eastern area United Pres- byterian Church in the United States, opened the sessions. Rev. Dr. N. D. MacDonald, of Hamilton, former moderator of the Synod, conducted the public wor- ship service Monday evening. He was assisted by Rev. D. Leslie Elder, minister of First Church, and by Rev. Neil McCombie, mod- erator of Huron -Maitland Presby- tery. Afterwards, the Synod was con- stituted by' Dr. MacDonald. Mr. Elder welcomed the Synod to Sea - Merchants Here forth, on behalf of his congrega- tion. He referred to the last meet- ing of Synod in Seaforth 77 years • Today there are 445. There had ago, and pointed out that at that Davide Evenly time there were 448 members. been many changes, but the spirit On Open Night of the people was unchanging. Mayor Edmund Daly brought greetings from Seaforth, He told the gathering that members of the congregation had been a powerful influence in shaping the history of the community. Referring to the town, he suggested the personal contacts the delegates would have would reflect the fact that Sea - forth was a splendid community. Rev. J. Clifford Britton, North- side United Church, Seaforth, and secretary of the Seaforth and Dis- trict Ministerial Association, wel- comed the Synod on behalf of the association. Both Mayor Daly and Mr. Brit- ton were presented with copies of the New English Bible by Dr. Mac- Donald, as a gesture of thanks. A vote of thanks went to First Pres- byterian Church choir and their choir leader and organist, H. A. Kempster, for the choir's contri- bution to the worship service. •In his. sermon, Dr. MacDonald made a plea for a return "to the fundamentals of our faith". The church has something not depend- ent on time and in an age of change stands always the same in every era. The church, he said, must have a new concern. It must have a message to meet human deeds—to answer human questions. The Ladies' Aid of First Church served dinner to the delegates Monday night in the church hall. Dinner and supper was served Tuesday and lunch on Wednesday. Delegates were billeted in Sea - forth homes while the Synod was (Continued on Page 6) The 87th meeting of the Synod of Hamilton and London of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, which was in progress in First Presbyterian Church here since Monday, adjourned at noon on Wednesday. -The next meeting will •be held in Central Presbyter- ian Church, Brantford, commenc- ing April 23, 1962. Rev. Wiliam A. Henderson, of Walkerton, was elected moderator of the Synod on the second ballot, Monday night. Mr. Henderson won out over four other candidates — Rev. J. K. Ross Thomson, Knox Presbyterian Church, St. Catharines; Rev. Robt. U. MacLean, St. Andrew's Pres- Seaforth merchants are evenly divided on the question of whether stores should remain open Friday or Saturday nights, a vote carried out Tuesday by the Merchants' Committee of the Chamber of Com- merce revealed. Committee chairman Ken Willis said his understanding : was that the vote. result would mean that stores would continue as in the past to operate on Saturday nights. He said it was understood that in order to change to Friday night, a 60 per -cent majority would be required. Open nights will com- mence at the beginning of May, he said. To ensure that the vote was ob- jective, the Chamber of Commerce, at the request of the merchants, named L. F. Ford, of the Bank of Commerce, and Dave Cornish, of Topnotch Feeds . Limited, as scrutineers. They checked ballots a d provided a ;sealed ballot box, which was presented to 36 merch- ants. When they had counted the ballots, it was found merchants were divided evenly -48-18. On the second question of clos- ing hours during October and No- vember, merchants voted 22 for 6 p.m. and 13 for 9 p.m. Fire Destroys ,McKillop Home The main section of the home of John H. Lane, lot 15, con. 3, Mc- Killop Township, was destroyed by fire shortly before noon Saturday. Sparks from a chimney are believ- ed to have been the cause of the blaze, which destroyed the front part, but left the kitchen exten- sion standing. Mr.; Lane, who lives' alone, was first aware of the fire when in- formed by neighbors who saw a grass fire burning in front of the house. It was then discovered that the roof of the front part of the two-storey structure was on fire. Seaforth Rural Firb Brigade was summoned, but high easterly winds fanned the blaze out of con- trol before the firemen arrived. A large quantity of furniture was removed by' neighbors before the front part collapsed. The specta- tors also succeeded in pushing the burning section away from the kitchen despite the intense heat, while firemen kept the section wet. Loss has been estimated at $3500 to $4000, and is partly covered by insurance, St. James' .Bowlers Hold Dinner A dinner of the St. James' Bowl- ing League was held Wednesday evening, April 12, in St. James' School Hall. Prizes were present- ed to the' team captained by Sam Bates, which had won the league championship for the year. The lady with the highest scores, Mrs. Lester Leonhardt, and the man with the highest scores, Andre Aubin, also received prizes. Sincere thanks were tendered to the executive of the past year. For the new bowling season next fall, the president elected was Lester Leonhardt; vice-president, Art Dev- ereaux; secretary, Rita Duncan, and treasurer, Alice Stiles. After dinner, Bill Hart showed his moving picture films of the Town of Seaforth, and many of the people seen each day. Next year's bowling schedule prob- ably will begin in September. FIRST PUBLfC MINSTREL SHOW in Seaforth in a good many years will play in St. Thomas' Church Hall Thursday evening. Shown ready for what promises to be a sell-out performance are members of the star-studded cast: Back row: George Flewitt, Terry Ford, Cleave Coombs, Harry Palin, Jim Palin, J. R. M. Spittal, Dr. J: Tiarvey,..W. E. Southgate; middle row: Norman Greenslade, Mrs. Elmer Cameron, Mrs. L. F. Ford, Marion Flewitt, Mrs. M. Mennell, Mrs. J. Adams, Francis Donaldson, Mrs. C. Coombs, Yvonne Adams; front row: Susan, Stockwell, Rosemary Beynon, Jane Cornish, Peggy Cornish, G. A, Wright, Billy ,Boussey, Chris Coombs, Sats: Manley, Paul Spittal. ('E#plositor photo by ,Phillips)• Technical Ss to Area Boar Provision of facilities to provide increased technical education in Huron can only come about through the co-operative efforts of exist- ing area boards, members of Hur- on boards were told Tuesday eve .° ning. Called by the Huron Farmers' Union following consultation with the Minister of Education, the meeting in Clinton District Col- legiate, heard Ewart Davies, as- sistant superintendent of Educa- tion for Ontario, outline the types of schools available, and the meth- od that must be followed to estab- lish them. The demand for in- creased technical training has been sparked by the Farmers' Un- ion after a survey revealed 42 per cent of Huron pupils dropped out by Grade 10. Arrangements for the Clinton gathering were completed by a committee including Robert Welsh, Bayfield, Robert Taylor Varna, and Mrs. Thomas Govenlock Sea- forth. The committee was assist- ed by Charles- MacNaughton, 141!P for Huron. Mr. Davies warned against a purely vocational sc'.00l and said the trend today was towards com- posite schools. In this way, a stu- dent can explore until the end of Grade 10, when he, his parents and teachers can assess his interests and aptitudes. A technical course as such is not for the student un- able to handle a general course. While additional vocational train- ing would result in providing more trained personnel, it wouldn't re- duce materially the percentage of fallouts at Grade 10, he said. An alternative that might be considered would be an occupa- tional training course, providing 50 per cent shop work and design- ed for those not interested in learn- ing. Such a course would instruct in bricklaying, tile -laying and per- ' haps, painting. • The meeting • was told a mini- mum of 1,000 students was requir- ed in order to consider a com- posite school. Such a student popu- lation was available if a school agreed to provide facilities and neighboring schools in turn agreed to supply interested pupils. Capi- tal cost -of necessary tpnstruetion would be met in full by grants, but no special grants were avail- able for operating costs. It would not be a requirement that co-op- erating schools be within a coun- ty. As an example, if Seaforth provided facilities, pupils could at- tend from Mitchell,, in Perth, as well as from Clinton, Exeter, Wingham and Goderich. Speakers expressed concern at the fall -out rate and suggest- (Continued on Page 7) SDHS Rates To Rise 2.7 Mills An increase in the Seaforth Dis- trict High School rate is being re- commended by the board's finance committee. The 1961 rate will be 11.5 mills, up 2.7 mills from last year. The increase includes 1.7 mills to service debentures issued to cover the cost of the new addi- tion, and 1 mill for increased op- erating cysts. There is little change in the cost of instruction. The 1961 rate is based on esti- mated expenditures as follows: 1961 1960 Instruction: Salaries $103,500 $102,568 Instructional: Supplies 4,000 3,150 Administration 7,000 6,097 Plant operation 11,000 8,160 Maintenance ... _ 4,800 4,854 Auxiliary Services 1,200 1,276 Fees . to other Boards Transportation Capital outlays 1,500 1,547 33,000 32,878 4,500 4,985 $174,500 $165,515 Estimated revenue includes, in addition to the tax levy of $76,500, grants of $87,500 and superannua- tion, $6,500. Start Work On Mill Property Work of remodelling the former McKenzie Mill, on Railway Street, began this week. The mill was purchased recently by Henderson Started Chicks Ltd., and is being converted into brooding space, feed and shaving storage. Mr. Henderson said a steel -clad addition is planned southeast of the existing structure, and work on this would begin in July. When completed, the plant will provide 53,000 square feet of brooding space and increase the firm's ca- pacity by 100,000 started chicks an- nually. It is planned to use hot water heating throughout the plant. Decision to acquire the building and increase output arose, Mr. Henderson said, as a result of increased demand for chicks. Brought in as day-old chicks, 'stock is shipped at from nine weeks to ready -to -lay. The new minister's car broke down just after the morning ser- vice, so on Monday he drove it to the local garage for repairs. "I hope you'll go a little easy on the price"'he told' the mechanic. After ell, I'm just a poor preach- er." "I know," came the answer. " l'i a heard .yvilt." REV. J. F. GOFORTH, D.D., Brantford, (left), was the speaker at Tuesday's luncheon during the 87th meeting of the -••-- Synod of Hamilton and London. Shown with him are Rev. Dr. R. B. Cunningham, New York, engaged in research 'for the com- mittee of evangelism of the United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., who gave two lectures to Synod, and Rev: D. Leslie Elder, minister of First Church, Seaforth. THE LEGION LADIES' AUXILIARY has played a„large role in assisting in raising funds for the new Legion HalL Here Mrs. Chas. Wood, president of the auxiliary, hands a cheque for $500.00 to Legion President Allan Nicholson. Looking on are Auxiliary treas- urer Mrs. James McGregor, and Legion Vice -President Clair Haney. (Expositor photo by Phillips). SEAFORTH CANCER CAMPAIGN OPENS WITH DAFFODIL TEA A beautiful sunny afternoon add- ed much to a delightful tea, held by the ladies of the Seaforth and District Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society, on Saturday after- noon in the Town Hall, to open the Cancer Campaign Week. The tea table, with yellow cloth, was centred with a bouquet of daffodils and. pussy willows and candelabra with green candles. The smaller tables were pretty in their daffodil cloths, centred with very interesting conversation piec- es of woodland treasures of hep- atics, moss and fungi, arranged by Mrs. Harry McLeod, Mrsa N. Scoins, the president, and Mrs. H. Donaldson greeted the guests in the foyer. Those pouring tea were Mrs. Ivan Forsyth, Mrs. D. Beuermann, Mr, William N. Ball and Mrs. J. Wlbot. Mrs. James M. .Scott, Mrs. J. Doig, Mrs. J. McConnell and Mrs. R. J. Spittal helped serve. Mrs. J. A. Stewart, Mrs. Alice Stiles and Mrs. J. A. Cardno entertained the guests with organ music. The organ was loaned to the society by Mr. R. S. Box. Others assist- ing were Miss B. Grieve, Mrs. J. M. McMillan, Mrs. A. Bethune, Mrs. M. PIatt and Mrs. H. Mason. Mr. Donaldson showed films dur- ing the afternoon in the upper hall. Among the guests were ladies from Clinton, Brucefield and Wing - ham, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles MacNaughton, of Exeter. Members of the society express- ed appreciation to those who took time from a busy schedule to pa- tronize the tea, and to those who in any way contributed to its suc- cess. Issued License As Gas Installer Donald R. Wood has been issued a license covering the installation and servicing of commercial gas units. The license has been issued by the Ontario Department of Energy Resources as a result of examina- tions held recently In London. Lions Set Date For Theatre Night The annual Theatre Night, spon- sored by the Seaforth talons Club, is being held Oda year on June t#, at Brownie'sfizive /ii; Clinton. Made possible ars a retail of the, Co-operation of L'orrte' 13>t°eIelt,• of the theatre, the picttne this yeatr will be the, tioptiletr ” 'ii Abner.''.