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.Detail Activities
As Committees
Report to Council
Committees of Huron County
Council provided details of be-
tween council activities in reports
which were presented when coun-
cil met in Goderich last week.
CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
At present we are caring for 39
children in foster homes in addi-
tion to six who are in institutions.
To date we have completed 24
adoptions, and are in the process of
completing 25. As you well know
the actual adoption must be final-
°tzed by His Honour, Judge F. Fing-
land. He continues td be generous
with his time and his wisdom, not
only in giving each case his indi-
vidual attention, but also the en-
couragement and confidence he is
able to impart to the adopting par-
ents.
Our Juvenile Court work has in-
volved 38 children and we have
been present in the court for 36
hearings. I would like here to ex-
press my appreciation to the Juv-
enile and Family Court Judge,
Glenn Hays, for his patience and
wise decisions in these, difficult sit-
uations. It might be interesting
for you to note that these hearings
took approximately 571/2 hours and
this does not include travelling
time in bringing thechildren to
the court and in some cases where
there area number of children in-
volved, more than one worker has
had to be on hand for supervision
and -transportation. Each new child
taken into care also involves the
finding of a foster home and help-
ing the child through the unpleas-
ant experience of adjusting to a
new environment. Perhaps the
most unpleasant case in the his-,
tory of our Family Court was dealt
with during the past period when
all the grim cruelty of a sixteenth
century Stepmother was revealed
and the children were made perm-
anent wards of the Society. An-
other • situation gave three bright
youngsters a new lease on life and
delivered them from a very bad
home atmosphere. These three
particular children, the. youngest
of whom is nine, are in excellent
homes and we have good reason to
believe that they may 'be adopted
even at their advanced ages.
Among the"'number that we were
able to return happily to their own
parents is the case of a little boy
and a little girl who have been
reunited with their mother and
father and a -happy home has been
re-established.
There are many statistics which
we must report to the Department
of Child Welfare with which I do
not wish to burden you, except per-
haps it might be interesting for
you to know that our staff made
2,803 visits and conducted 679 in-
terviews. All this work involved
many legal documents, writing of
letters and contacts by telephone.
Your director and staff use ev-
ery opportunity to speak on the
work of the Society and we are
grateful for the response of many
organizations in the county who
from time to time contribute gifts
and clothing. You would notice in
the newspapers recently that the
first instalment of $581.00 was re-
ceived from the Women's Institute
of the county which establishes a
special bursary to enable boys and
girls to take some trade training.
This fund will not be used for uni-'
versity courses because children of
university standards can always be
helped through special appeals and
educational grants. But the young-
ster who through perhaps no fault
of his own is unable to qualify for
high schoematriculation will thus
be assured of some assistance in
learning a trade or a specialized
type of work that will enable him
or her to be a useful citizen. -1t.
G. MacMillan, Director.
HISTORIC COMMITTEE
Mr. Neill advised that two mem-
bers of his staff who had been with
him for some time, were unable to
continue work this year. It was,
therefore, necessary to engage an
additional member for the 1961
season. Mr. -Neill advised he had
been able to locate Art Tichbourne
who had worked as a carpenter at
the Museum, and was willing to
assist with the ticket selling and
looking after the general condi-
tions. It was agreed that Mr. Tich-
bourne Would be hired at $1.00 per
hour, under the direction of Mr.
Neill.
The Clerk was authorized to
have certain brickwork completed
as soon as possible at the Museum,
as it appeared that the walls in
some places were rather danger-
ous to the general public.—C. Dun-
bar, Chairman,
LIBRARY CO.OPERATIVE BOARD
We have had considerable dis-
cussion from time to time in con-
nection with a proposed County
Library System. Your Library
Board have given this matter care-
ful consideration and feel that for
the present time we should not
enter into the new system.
We therefore recommend to Hur-
oh County Council that no action
he taken in the formation of a
proposed County, Library System
at the present time.
We have been fortunate in the
Library Co-operative to receive ad-
ditional subsidies from the Prov-
ince. .This will enable us to carry
out an increased program and will
help our financial situation consid-
erably. However, in order to as -
slat some " of the small libraries
who may have suffered by the
change in grants, we have decided
and would -ask that County Coun-
cil endorse this decision, to elim-
inate the membership fee for lo-
cal libraries and deposit stations.
It has been the practice in the
past that the membership fee
would be deducted from the coun-
ty grant when it was forwarded
to the . local library. This year,
however the local library will re-
ceive the county grant, which
amounts to $40, and there will be
no deduction for the membership
fee, and trust this change in pol-
icy will be of spine assistance to
the local libraries.
As a result of a letter circulated
to all members of council, it was
deemed necessary to call a spe-
cial meeting of the Library Board
last Saturday morning, June 10. It
has been quite apparent for some
time that Mr. and Mrs. Eckmier
have not been satisfied with their
position here.
At a recent convention in Ham-
ilton, they advertised in the Bulle-
tin. Board seeking another position.
Your Board has requested the
resignation of both parties, effec-
tive June 30, 1961. We will -call
for applications for the position
of County Librarian and after the
Librarian has been secured, other
help will be hired, as required.
There will be no change, of course,
in the office staff.
The motion appointing Mr. and
Mrs. Eckmier as delegates to the
Canadian Library convention was
rescinded by the Board.—A. Gib-
son, Chairman.
COUNTY HOME COMMITTEE
Your County Home Committee
have been very active over the
past few months with the business
at hand, in connection with the
current operations of the County
Home, and, of course, the building
program.
It was necessary to hire a clerk -
stenographer at the County Home,
who would be in charge of the
office, handling telephone calls,
acting in the capacity of re.ception-
ist, and doing necessary clerical
work. Applicatipns were called for
and the position was awarded to
Miss Marlene Eason, of Auburn,
at a salary of $2,300 per annum.
It was necessary to engage addi-
tional stationary engineers, and
-only two applications were receiv-
ed; these were from Mr. Donald
Howes, of Blyth, and Mr. Ewart
Young, of Goderich. These appli-
cations were accepted at a salary
of $3,000 per annum.
A new inventory control sys-
tem will be in operation in the
immediate future. The Clerk at-
tended a showing by S. R. Hart Co.
Limited in connection with their
inventory control system and it
was recommended that this type of
system be considered at the Coun-
ty Home. By this inventory con-
trol, a perpetual, inventory of con-
sumable goods will be available at
any given time. The usual inven-
tory for furnishings and other non-
consumable goods, of course, will
be set up in accordance with De-
partment of Welfare regulations.
All the furnishings and equipment
have been re -numbered, listed anti
priced, and this work has been
completed through the co -opera --
tion of the Deputy Clerk -Treasurer
and Mr. John Nediger, of the Coun-
ty Home staff.
A new fire agreement has been
established with the Town of Clin-
ton at' a retaining fee of $125.00
per annum and $75.00 for the first
hour, and $25.00 for each hour
thereafter, in connection with any
fire calls at the Home. Also, in
this connection, arrangements are
being made with the Bell Tele-
phone Company to use their lines
for direct communication between
the Home and the fire hall.
We were advised by Dr. Thomp-
son that he was not satisfied with
the quarters at the County Home
for medical examination of pa-
tients and that unless this situa-
tion were rectified, he would have
to resign. The Department of Wel-
fare were contacted in this con-
nection and due to the fact that
the building had been practically
completed and any alterations
would now be very costly, they,
could not recommend any change.
It was, therefore, necessary to re-
quest the resignation of Dr.
Thompson and we have been very
fortunate in being able to secure
the services of Dr. J. C. Ross, of
Goderich, as the new County Home
physician. We would ask that a
by-law in connection with this ap-
pointment be passed at this ses-
sion of council. The salary of Dr.
Ross will be $2,500 per annum,
which covers all necessary routine
calls to the County Home in Clin-
ton. If any special calls are re-
quired, there will be mileage at
the rate of 10c per mile. If Dr.
Ross is to be asked to make other
visits in other areas of the county
in connection with the work, he
will also be reimbursed at the rate
of 10c per mile, but there will be
no additional fees charged. Dr.
Ross will also engage his own help
when he is on holidays, at no cost
to the county.
A very successful auction sale
was held at the County Home in
connection with the old furnish-
ings which we sold on Saturday,
May 13. Over $1,100 was realized
from this sale.
There are many items which
have not been completed as far as
the building program is concerned.
We have been working on the
new roadway and parking area for
the Home and we appreciate very
much the co-operation of the Coun-
ty Highways Department, and par-
ticularly the engineer, Mr. Britnell,
in assisting us in this work.
It is anticipated that the open-
ing of the County Home, or "Hur-
onview" as it will be known, will
take place in early September.
Fin-
al -
ald t ilshave not been completed,
however, you will be advised of
course later on in this regard.
The pillow speaker system as
installed by the Lions Clubs of
Huron Coenty is now in operation.
The residents are very pleased and
find this gift most entertaining and
enjoyable. May we at this time
suggest that if anyone wishes to
donate any of these speakers,
which cost $25.00 each, to the
County Home, we would be very
pleased to accept same. — Roy
Adair, Chairman,
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THE DAIRY INDUSTRY in Huron County contributes $8,000,
Federation of Agriculture, in a Special Dairy Month statement. '
upper picture Peter Simpson, RR 2, Seaforth, is shown with a
the farm of Lorne Carter, also of R.R. 2, Seaforth. The imports
Pages 10, 11 and 1$ of this issuue. (Expositor photos by Philli
IN each year to the economy of the county, according to the Huron
rpical of the area dairy farms are the scenes pictured here. In the
n mber of his Holsteins. The Jersey calves in the lower picture are on
n .place which the dairy industry occupies is indicated in features on
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1961 —' SECOND SECTIONL Pages 9-16
News of Hensall
Discuss Flood
Control Scheme
A flood control scheme, to al-
leviate conditions near Richmond
Street in Hensall, was approved by
the Authority. (T,he problem area
is flooded with run-off following
rains and snowfall in the 260 acres
surrounding it. The $3,510 cost is
to be shared 50-50 between the
Ontario Government and the mun-
icipalities of''Hensall and Tucker -
smith. Hensall will pay 95% of
the cost shared by the municipali-
ties.
Bingo Winners
Legion bingo winners Saturday
were: Fred Kennings; Maude Hed-
den; Mrs. Wes Venner; Mrs. Earl
Dick; jackpot special, Bob Upshall;
Mrs. Eldon Jarrott; Maude Hed-
den; Paul Boa; jackpot special,
Paul Boa; Mrs. William Smale and
Reg Dick; Fred Beer and Mrs. G.
Boa; Maude Hedden and Reg
Dick; Harold Swartzentruber; jack-
pot special, Maude Hedden and
Mrs.. G. Shields; door prize, Tom
Kyle, Mrs. George 'Shiels. Jackpot
this Satulday is $125.00 in 55 Calls,
and two door prizes.
Observe Decoration Day
Hensall IOOF Lodge 223 and
Hensall Legion Branch 468 observ-
ed decoration day services Sunday
afternoon, forming in front of the
Cenotaph, where Legion Chaplain
Rev. Currie Winlaw conducted a
brief service. Jim Clark, president
of the Legion, placed a flag at the
Cenotaph. Flags were placed on
graves of departed members at
Hensall Union and McTaggart's
cemeteries. Rev. Winlaw deliver-
ed a very inspiring message at Un-
ion cemetery, and Percy Campbell,
District Deputy Grand Master, gave
the Oddfellows' charge, and P. L.
McNaughton, financial secretary,
read the names of graves decor-
ated.
Explorers Entertained
Mrs. Gordon Schwalm entertain-
ed members of her Explorers'
Class of Carmel Church at her
home Friday afternoon, June 16th,
with 22 present -18 Explorers and
four members of the C.O,C. A re-
creational period of games and
contests was enjoyed and the win-
ners were: dropping clothespins
in milk bottle, Janice Bonthron;
pouring most water in milk bottle
with saucer, Gary Scholl's side;
ball throwing, boys, Barry Mous-
seau; girls, Marcia Little; Hoola
hoop race, Barry Mousseau's side;
paper walking, boys, Bryan Fink;
girls, Pauline Bell; tearing paper
Teddy Bear bba behind : boys, John•
Skea; girls, Betty eron; paper
strip cutting, Barry Mousseau's
side; egg race, Gary Scholl. Re-
freshments were served by Mrs.
Schwalm.
Mrs. William Clement was hos-
tess for the meeting of the Kin-
ettes Tuesday evening, with presi-
dent; Mrs. Ross Jinks presiding.
Reports were given on the recent
rummage sale and booth at the
spring fair. A motion Was passed
to send a birthday gift to their
adopted child in Italy. The raffle
was won by Mrs. Jack Deitz. The
next meeting, Tuesday, June 27th,
will be held at the summer cottage
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bonthron,
at Turnbull's, and will be the last
until meetings resume in the fall.
In the draW at the local spring
fair, Miss Mary Dixon, of Exeter,
won the bridge set and Bobby Wil-
son, Brucefield, the made -to -mea-
sure suit. The raffle was conduct-
ed by the society.
Live in your heart as though
every day were Christmas.
Little Change in Taxes
As Huron Sets 14 Mill Rate
There will be little change in
Huron County tax rate, council de-
cided Friday as it adopted a re-
port of the Finance Committee,
recommending a rate of 14 mills.
The rate is one-tenth of a mill
higher than last year on the gen-
eral accounts.
Highways and general purposes
each will require 7mills. This fate
will raise $895,510. In 1960 the
county had a surplus of $10,000,
which was brought forward to be
used as a portion of the revenue
for 1961.
Retain Huron Farm
Huron County, Council Thursday
vote two -to -one' in favor of keep-
ing the county farm, located at
Huronview, the county home at
Clinton.
A recommendation that the farm
be sold by the county and the
barn removed from the land was
made by the county home com-
mittee. Twenty-five voted in favor
of keeping the farm, 11 in favor
of its sale.
The decision came at the end
of a discussion period that lasted
about an hour and a half Thurs-
day morning.
A 1960 surplus at the farm of
$3,000, including inventory (but
not counting depreciation or tax-
es), was noted by John Berry,
clerk -treasurer of the county. The
farm will require new machinery
soon, he said, but nothing has been
set aside in the budget for this.
Reeve Glenn ,Webb, of Stephen
Township, was against the sale be-
cause there had been some pre-
vious talk of a technical school
in the area of the farm. "With
this in mind," he said, "perhaps
we are being too hasty with the
sale."
Warden Ivan Forsyth, who also
opposed the sale, suggested that
the operation of the farm be turn-
ed over to the agricultural com-
mittee, perhaps for a year or two,
when the sale could again be dis-
cussed.
The Department of Welfare,
which subsidizes the county home,
does not grant any funds for the
operation of the farm. According
to Mr. Berry, the department
would rather have the farm oper-
ated from the home.
The farm comprises about 60
acres on the west side of Highway
4, in Stanley Township, and about
100 acres on the main property,
which surrounds the county home
on the east side of the highway.
This section includes a front field
at the home, which must be kept
in any case, because the depart-
ment requires.at least eight acres
with county homes.
Reeve W. J. Forbes, of Gode-
rich Township, said it would not
be satisfactory to let someone else
run the farm, since a dairy herd
in particular requires someone
most of the time. He also object-
ed to leaving the barn so close to
the new addition to the county
home.
Reeve Clifford Dunbar, of Grey
Township„cjid not favor keeping
the farm 'because the county
should not be in competition with
our farmers who pay taxes.”
Members of council had toured
the home and stopped briefly at
the barn a few days ago in pre
paration for the debate on the
farm sale Thursday.
Defer Welfare Decision
Establishment of a county wel-
fare program in Huronwill be
given consideration at a later date.
The warden's committee told
county council Wednesday they
hesitated to make a recommenda-
tion at this time.
The committee said no other
county had established such a
system.
If the county welfare program
were established, it would be nec-
essary to administer all welfare,
relief, county home admissions and
all payments in connection with
any type of welfare. -
The local municipality would be
relieved of these costs and they
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SEAFORTH
In Duron Eco.
By J. CARL HEMINGWAY -
Secretary -Manager, Huron County
Federation of Agriculture
How valuable is the dairy indus-
try in Huron County?
I first looked for statistics on the.
various dairy products, but found
figures only for butter and cheese,
Even these were of doubtful value,
since fairly large quantities of milk
leave Huron County to be -process-
ed at other centres.
I did, however, find that there
are about 40,000 cows kept for
milk production in the county.
When we consider that a fair
percentage of these are not of the
dairy breeds, we might conclude
that the average return per cow
would be about $200.00 per year.
All this adds up to $8,000,000.00
coming into the hands of dairy
farmers in the county. But it
doesn't stay there. It is spent in
taxes, equipment, machinery, gro-
ceries, clothing and all the host
of uses to which money can be
put. The size of the "milk cheque"
will determine prosperity or dis-
tress to a large section of Huron
County residents.
At the moment the dairy farm-
ers are not in a prosperous condi-
tion, and to the same extent many
other people are adversely affect-
ed.
We are told that it is because
of surplus production that our eco-
nomic position, as farmers, is de-
teriorating and some are suggest-
ing that we should institute pro-
duction controls.
On the other hand, we are told
that the surplus of dairy products
in Canada is between two and
three per cent, 'If you were given
the job of supplying food fgr the
Canadian people, would, you be
able to plan production any closer
than two or three per cent and
not rur into serious scarcity from
time to time?
If we are to have enough to
eat we must, at all times, plan to
produce too much. Those of you
who have gardens realize this.
How many of you have enough
lettuce for your table and still
have none that gets too old and
bitter? Do you have enough rad-
ishes, yet none goes to seed? Do
you have enough pumpkins, yet
none to give away for jack -o -lan-
terns?
In former days when each of us
had a potato patch, how many pota-
toes ended up as hog feed in the
spring?
Surplus food should be grate-
fully accepted rather than con-
demned. Why shouldn't all our
surplus food be treated as the let-
tuce, the radish, the pumpkin or
the potato?
Better still why can't our sur-
plus food find its way to those who
need it? Governments could solve
the problem if all Canadians would
give their ,support.
Sir Norman Angell; Nobel Peace
Prize winner in '1033,`,stated, "It
is not the fasts that govern our
conduct, .,butour beliefs about
them.". ,
Surplus food is slot had, It is
simply good insuxallce for whieh
the people of Canada, .not just the •.
farmer, should pa,Y
Instead of paying .one billion dole
lars a year without complaint to',
support, thro>zgh tariffs,. Canada'$.
manufacturing industry and corm
plainingacunceasingly about spend-
ing one-sixth of that amount to
assist agriculture, Canadians- should
seek a change.
They should be happy to spend
an equal amount to guarantee that
our cupboards will not be like Old
Mother Hubbard's-
It is . high time that we forget
about the prosperity of farmers,
factory workers, teachers, doctors,
lawyers or tradesmen and think of:
the prosperity of ' Canadians and
eventually of the prosperity of the --
peoples of the world.
Without a prosperous dairy in-
dustry in Huron County, the pros-
perity of all will be less than it
should be.
Zurich Resident
Has 92nd Birthday
Mrs. Phoet)e Weber, life-long
resident of Zurich, celebrated 'her
92nd birthday on Saturday, June
17, and attended the Coleman-
Datars wedding the same day at
St. Peter's Lutheran Church;"Zur-
ich, and also poured tea at the `
trousseau tea the week previous
for her granddaughter, Mari
Laura Datars, of Zurich. Mrs.
er, who has been at ressma r in
Zurich for many years, enjoys
fairly good health and is still able -
to work a• little at dressmaking.
She has a family of two daughters,
Mrs. Hugh Thiel and Mrs. Ger-
trude Deters,. of Zurich, and one
son, Morris, at home.
Remodel Home
Mr. Alvin Stevens, McKillop, who
recently purchased the residence
on the North Road of Mrs. Thomas
Grasby, has had the interior com-
pletely remodelled. The orchard
has also been cleared.
Two men were commenting on a
friend's bad luck at the horse rac-
es.
"Funny," said one, "how lucky
Harry is at cards and how unlucky
at the track."
"Nothing funny about it," re-
plied the other "They, won't let
him shuffle the horses."
Invite you to visit their new Seaforth Store, which
features a complete selection of Quality Jewellery,
and which has been designed for, your shopping con-
venience.
• Free Gift Wrapping
• Expert Watch Repairs by Certified Watchmakers
• Gifts For All Occasions
DIAMONS CLEANED FREE OF CHARGE
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12 Prizes — FREE DRAW — 12 Prizes
To mark the Official Opening of the Seaforth Store,
Anstett Jewellers offer 12 Free Prizes:
1. Transistor Radio, value $67.50.
2. Watch, value $45.00.
3. Lady's Birthstone Ring, value $37
4. Bulova Razor, value $34.75. '
5. Gent's Birthstone Ring,
Value $29.75.
7. Set Jewellery, value $18.00.
B. Cuff Links and Tie Bar Set,
Value $12.00.
9. Milk Glass, Relish and Celery
Dish.
10. Cornflower Candleholders.
11. Cornflower Vase.
6. Pen and Pencil Set, value $25.00 12. Cornflower Vase.
DRAW TAKES PLACE SATURDAY NIGHT, JUNE 24th,' at 9:00 p.m.
There is no obligation. Just visit Anstett Jewellers new Seaforth Store
on or before June 24th and you will receive a Free Draw Ticket on the
valuable prizes. Come as often as you wishl
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Main St. (FORMERLY WESTCOTI"S) Seaf