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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-07-27, Page 1• ti • • • • • n • • • 4 r • • 1I • • • • • A r r • • s • 102nd Year Whole No. 4876 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1961 -- 12 PAGES $2.50 a Year in .Ad Bance ' Single Copies, 5 . Cents thieves Enter Walton Garage Smashing their way through a rear window, thieves early Wednesday morning. gained en- try to MCGavins' Farm Equip- ment at Walton. A cash register was broken open and the cash drawer tak- en. Also stolen was a portable electric typewriter, as well as some stock and batteries from three tractors parked in the yard. The thieves may have been disappointed when they opened the cash register, since everything but the silver had been removed at the close of business Tuesday. Police said the stolen stock is valued at $300. There was $7 in silver. The breakin was discodered by William Coutts, when he opened for work Wednesday Nigerian Group Plans Visit To Hensall. Plant Negotiations are in progress with the African Business Cor- poration for Development which may lead to the sale of a num- ber of mobile industrial units, according to W. C. Smith, presi- dent of General Coach Works of Canada, at-Hensall. The un- its are for the Nigerian govern- ment. Before a decision is taken, Mr. Smith said, members of the Nigeria Purchasing Committee, now enroute to Canada, would visit the Hensall plant. The committee is headed by the chairman of the Nigerian Par- liament. Interest of the Nigerian offi- cials in the possibilities of using Hensall-built industrial units arose as a result of the con- sistent efforts on the part of the Hensall organization to broaden the uses of mobile units. While the order being consid- ered is substantial, it would be accommodated within the nor- mal work flow at General and would hot necessitate any step- up in production rate, Mr. Smith said. Farm Is Sold .After 125 Years In possession of the same family since it was hewn from virgin forest 125 years ago, the Lynch farm, lot 11, con. 6, Mc- Killop, has been sold. Settled in 1836 by Timothy Lynch and his wife, the farm was later occupied by their son, Matthew Lynch. Matthew Lynch had two sons and five daugh- ters, and in recent years the farm has been owned by the two surviving members of the family, Misses Ann and Agnes Lynch. They continued to live on the farm until they purchas- ed a house in Seaforth and mov- ed here a couple of years ago. The new owner of the ,farm is Raymond J. Murray, who also owns the adjoining farm. The sale was arranged by Joseph McConnell, Seaforth, real estate broker. morning. Provincial police were called and OPP Constable Jack Parkinson, of Wingham, is in- vestigating. The breakin is believed to Doug Ennis, who lives north of the garage, heard what he thought was glass breaking and turned on a light. Mr. McGav- in said this was thought to have alerted the thieves. A moment later a car was seen travelling west, he said. Ship Grey Hogs To Cuban Buyer A shipment of hogs, destined for Cuba, left Huron County this week. Twenty-five Yorkshire gilts from the Grey Township farm of William Turnbull, were shipped Monday to the Latin American Country. The shipment was one of many made under an agreement with the Cuban , government, which expires. this month. It was the {first shipment from the Turnbull herd. Mrs. Turnbull, commenting on the shipment, said it might have been possible that they would have been called on be- fore for a shipment, only the proper authorities had not been advised of the availability of the Turnbull herd. The gilts were purchased last Thursday, Students Obtain Summer Jobs Employment has been obtain- ed for all 349 engineering stu- dents who have completed their spring academic term at the University of Waterloo, and in- cluded among the students are two graduates from SDHS. They are Roy Dungey, who is employ- ed by R. V. Anderson & Associ- ates Limited, Toronto, and Fred Flewitt, RR 3, Seaforth, who is employed by Fine Chemicals of Canada Limited, Toronto, for the summer. MRS. DAVID BOYD, well- known McKillop resident, who marked her 92nd birthday on Sunday at the home of her son, Chaiiles Boyd, and Mrs. Boyd. MEETING in the Clinton District Collegiate Institute on Thursday, July 20, chairmen and secretaries of four secondary school boards signed contracts regarding the sharing of costs in operating the proposed new vocational school to be built in Clin- ton. Seated, from the left, with pens in hand (each one .signed five copies) are: chairmen William Craig, Auburn, Goderich Col- legiate; Irvine Tebbutt, Clinton; Larry Snider, Exeter High School, and Frank Sills, Seaforth High School. Standing, from the left, Donald M. Scott, inspector, secondary schools; John Lavis, vice-chairman, Clinton, who witnessed all signatures; Harold C. Lawson, secretary, Clinton; Eugene Howey, secretary, Exeter; W. E. Southgate, secretary, Seaforth, and D. John Cochrane, princi- pal of CDCI and of the proposed new school. Secretaries appli ed official seal of their school districts. (News -Record Photo). Loss $9000. As Fire Strikes Dublin Barn Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a large bank barn early Sunday morning on the farm of Maurice Ryan, one mile south of Dublin, on the Perth County Road. Also destroyed in the blaze were a large quan- tity of this year's hay crop, 14 calves, four sows and some small pigs. A violent electrical storm was in progress at the time. Mr. Ryan was aroused by a passing motorist who had no- ticed fire in the upper portion of the barn. So fast did the fire spread that by the time a call had been pu,t through for the Seaforth Rual Fire Brigade, the flames had eaten through the roof. When the brigade ar- rived minutes later, the whole structure was a mass of flames. There was no machinery in the barn at the time. So intense was the heat that repeated ef- forts to release stock from the blazing building failed. Fire Chief John F. Scott, of Seaforth, estimated the loss at approximately $9,000. The loss is partially covered by insur- ance. Council Awards Safety Honors To P.U.C. Staff The staff of Seaforth Public Utility was honored this week by the Electrical Utilities Safe= ty Association, in recognition of two accident -free years. In forwarding a certificate to manager R. J. Boussey, the as- sociation says in an accompany- ing letter: "This excellent record re- flects the efficient way in which you are carrying out your work. You can well be proud of your record, but above and beyond this you have collected a divi- dend that.. is impossible to cal- culate." Board OfficialsComplete Agreement Composite three), making up a nine -mem- of it, but on recommendation of ber committee. In each case, a the advisory committee. board member is to be named, Neither Seaforth, Clinton nor plus another member from in- Goderich boards have made dustry (either an employer or their own appointments yet. an employee). Among first tasks of the Then the Clinton board meets new advisory committee and and officially appoints those the Clinton board will be to recommended to act on the ad- hire an architect. Then blue- visory committee. So far, Exeter prints can be prepared; they is the only board to make its can be approved by the Ontario recommendations : A. Garnet Department of Education and Hicks, Usborne Township farm- then tenders can be called. er, and James Taylor, Hensall, It is essential, that the new resident sales manager of building be finished by opening General Coach Works of Can- day of school in the fall of 1962, ada Ltd. to accommodate those pupils Though Mr. Hicks is secre- then attending. tary of Usborne Public School This is the first vocational area board and Mr. Taylor has school to gain approval of the been a member of Hensall pub- Ontario Department of Educa- lic school board for five years, tion which will be governed by it is not expected, nor intended more than one school board. that connection with public Until ndw, each vocational school boards should be a re- school has been erected by one quisite of membership on the board, and then it has (if the vocational advisory' committee. situation warranted it) opened Duties of the advisory com- the school to pupils in other mittee through the next year districts. This applies to H. B. are expected to include plan- Beal Technical School and to ning for the various courses to, Clarke Sideroad school, both in be offered in the new school. London. Students from Huron The Clinton District Collegiate County have been enrolled in Institute board will be essen- each of these schools. In these tially responsible for the con- case, the school district from struction of the new building, which the pupil comes pays for and later on for the operation .tuitionat the London school. The co-operation .of five high school districts in Huron Coun- ty was made official last Thurs- day night, when chairmen and secretaries of each board met in Clinton District Collegiate Institute to sign the contract agreements. Each signed five copies and affixed the official seal of his board. A. Attending were: frdm Exeter, Larry Snider, chairman, a n d Eugene Howey, secretary; from Seaforth, Frank Sills, chairman, and W. E. Southgate, secretary; from Goderich, William Craig, Auburn, chairman, (secretary Ed. Jessop was absent), and from Clinton, Irvine Tebbutt, RR 2, Clinton, chairman, and Harold C. Lawson, secretary; John Lavis, vice-chairman, wit- nessed the signatures. This moves the initial plan- ning for the new vocational school one more step along the way. The signing followed the receipt of tentative approval from the Department of Educa- tion for the addition as plan- ned. From now on the Next step is for each of the co-operating boards to name two representa- tives to the vocational advisory committee (Clinton xi' h m e s• - HEAT SPURS ACTION C of C Prepare For Santa's Visit Santa Claus and the Christ- mas season may be a long way off in the thoughts of most ev- eryone, especially during the past few days with the ther- mometer hovering around the nineties, but to the members of the Seaforth Chamber of Commerce it is not a bit too soon to start thinking about plans for the Christmas season. Meeting in the Seaforth Town Hall Thursday evening, the ex- ecutive discussed various means of improving and enlarging the Santa Claus parade which has become an annual event. Al- though spearheaded by the Sea - forth Chamber, the event has become a community project and has received the assistance of many individuals and organ - Name Librarian To Huron Post Announcement was made Monday by John G. Berry, clerk -treasurer of Huron Coun- ty, of the appointment of a new county librarian. Miss Mary Lou Stirling was named Huron librarian following sev- eral meetings of the Huron County Library Co-operative Board. Mrs. Norma Hazlitt was en- gaged as assistant county' libra- rian. ,Both appointments are effective August 1. Miss Stirling has been associ- ated with the Huron County library board for the past two years. Attend Meeting At Minneapolis - Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Scott have returned f r o m . Minneapolis, Minn., where Mr. Scott attend- ed a conference of the Ameri- can Poultry and Hatching As- sociation. At the same time, he attended a meeting of Kimber enfranchised dealers from Can- ada and the United States. FAME Committee Plans Meetings, County Canvass Huron County FAME commit- teemen and interested township representatives of farm organ- izations met in the council chambers of the Town Hall, Clinton, on Tuesday night, to set in motion plans for a FAME canvass of Huron County. Following instructions given by the members meeting the previous week, a march for FAME canvass was organized for' August 2, 3 and 4. Farm- ers throughout Huron will be contacted on those three days, with regard to buying shares in the co-operative. Information meetings f o r canvassers were arranged for Manley School, McKillop, on Friday, July 28, and Clinton and Wingham on Tuesday, August 1, at 8:30 p.m. Information also will be outlined in radio .and TV programs in the county. The meeting was conducted by County Committee Chair- man J. Carl Hemingway, and Alf Warner, secretary, with Ontario President Charles Mc- Innis and Fieldmen Pat Dicky and Andy Middleton in attend - time. izations throughout the area. Keeping this in mind, the Cham- ber of Commerce executive agreed to send out invitations to various organizations to at- tend an organizational meeting, to be held Friday. Sept. 8. The date for the annual Santa Claus parade has been set for the last Saturday in November, which is the 25th. It is antici- pated that prizes will again be given as last year, but will be more evenly balanced. The par- ade route will remain the same. Mindful of the tremendous amount of work that is neces- sary to keep a high standard, and to increase the planned pro- gram, the meeting agreed re- sponsibility should be distribut- ed more widely and to that end have increased the number of responsible committees. Tenta- tive committees include finance, decorations, bands, floats, par- ade, clowns, street and polic- ing, reception and advertising. The meeting also agreed that there should be a Snow Queen again this year, and it was sug- gested that the Chamber spon- sor a float and the Snow Queen. It is anticipated that decora- tions will be more elabotirate, with street lighting tieing more uniform, and with added dec- orative ornaments. Members of the PUC and the Chamber are to meetshortly to lay plans for decorating Main Street. --- Street signs were discussed at length. The meeting decided to purchase signs for John Street and James Street. There will be a total of 23 signs completed this year. This is a continua- tion of the street sign project begun last year, when some 34 signs were placed along Main and Goderich Streets. In discussing a proposed di- rectional sign to the Hospital, it was felt since this was not a street sign, responsibility for Such a sign should lie with the Hospital and Seaforth .Council. It was suggested, too, that a similar directional sign should be provided by the Community Cenfre Board and Council. In each case, two signs would be necessary. The meeting was informed that the membership drive had not been completed, but that total membership to date was higher than in previous years. The drive is to be completed by the end of July. Prospective members, who have not been contacted as yet, and inadvert- ently omitted from the lists, are asked to contact the secretary, Leo Hagan, or D'Orlean Sills, the treasurer. The Chamber's Agricultural Committee' again is ready to meet with the Seaforth Agri- cultural Society and work to help improve the standard of the Seaforth Fall Fair. Cliff Broadfoot, chairman of the Chamber's committee, said he was ready to lay the plans for the booths which will be offer- ed on a first-come basis. "There will be no special privileges," he said. "We are ready to sell the space,not hold them and then lose out, as has been the case in the past." McKillop Girl Wins Elmer Prize Pauline Dolmage, RR 2, Sea - forth, was a third prize winner in the first Ontario -wide Elmer "What's Wrong,in This Picture" Safety Contest that is running in The Huron Expositor. The daughter of. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Dolmage, she will re- ceive a reflective tape kit. Plan Classes For Instruction At Lions Pool Instruction classes for the August period at Lions Park pool have now been arranged, according to pool supervisor Hugh Huff. Classes get underway on Mon- day, and it is expected that in the interval additional applica- tions will be received. Students are allotted to class- es as follows: Senior: 10-10:45 — Bill Mc- Grath, Allan Patterson, Jim. Etue, Ann Sills. . Intermediates : 10 - 10:45—Ju- dy Haeubye, Larry McLlwain. Juniors: '10:45-11:30 —. Mary McCurdy, Susan Leonhardt, Tom Papple, .Dawn Reynolds, Bill Southgate, Jim McGrath, Jane Boshart, Bill Boussey, Don Pap - pie. Beginners: 10:45-11:30 — Fred Ault, Mary Lou De Groot, Mary Janmaat, Richard Nesbitt, Mary Janmaat, Peter Huyben, Gerald Halpin, Joanne Groothius, Lar- ry McGrath. Beginners: 10-10:45 — Dean Cornish, Glenda Matheson, Ruth Dunlop,, Bradley Finlay- son, Jane Sills, Randy Alexan- der, Danny Cornish, Mary Aub - in, Robbie Patrick, Brenda Fin- layson, George McClure, Louise Nicholson. Beginners: 10-10:45 — Rudy Jansen, Gerald Aldwinkle, Mary Huyber, Beth Hill, Betty Dal- rymple, Mary Ann Segeren, John Jansen, Ken Jamaat, Gwen Hill, Dianne Halpin, Bon- nie Dalrymple, Joanne Arts. Beginners: 10:45-11 30—Hen- drina Verberne, Mary McGrath, Gloria Patman, Hank Groothuis, Bill McCurdy, Mary Aubin, Rochelle Nesbitt, Jim Putman, Cameron Haney, John Grooth- ius, Luke Janmaat, Pat Eills. Beginners, 10:45-11:30—Lynn McLean, Jane Dietz, Brenda Dietz, Tim Hoff, Rosemary Van den Hengel, Peter Harvey, Ian Harvey, Bob Brugger, Bob Mont- gomery. Keeping the son's picture on your office desk will help you along the ladder to success— especially if it's the boss' son. Isn't it peculiar that middle age always starts a few years earlier for the other fellow? SetInternationc'I ForHuron in'66? Possibility that Huron County would play host to the Interna- tional Plowing Match in 1966 was seen as members of the Huron Plowmen's Association met Wednesday to consider ex- tending an invitation. The match was last held in Huron in 1946 ,at the site of the then Port Albert Airport, north of Goderich. Originally schedul- ed for Huron in 1941, the meet was postponed for five years be- cause of the war. The Huron match—the first post-war gathering of plowmen —was an outstanding success and attracted record crowds. The event is sponsored by the Ontario Plowmen's Association, and the president of the associa- tion that year was Gordon Mc - Gavin, of 'Walton. Should an invitation to meet in Huron five years hence be accepted, officials suggest the match would likely be held in the southern part of the coun- ty. It was indicated that the 20 -year period that would have elapsed by 1966 was the usual time before a return visit to a particular county ordinarily would be considered. Attending the meeting from Name Winner In P.U.C. Survey Of Appliances Mrs. Ken Bassett was the win- ner of an electric blanket in a contest which was a feature of a survey conducted by the PUC. Seaforth hydro consumers were asked to report on the na- ture and number of electrical appliances in their homes, and as a reward 'for their co-opera- tion were given a chance on a prize. Of 740 queries sent out, 325 or 45 per cent, were return- ed. From this number Mayor Edmund Daly drew the name of Mrs. Bassett. The survey designed to de- termine the extent to which Sea - forth homes were electrified in- dicated that 85 per cent of the homes reporting operated a TV, but only 2 per cent used a dish- washer. ' Highest use was that of irons, with 92 per cent re- porting, and toasters with 89 per cent. A complete list of appliances and the number in use among those reporting follows: Electric water heaters . 69% Electric washers 77 Electric dryers 17 Electric irons 92 Electric heaters 27 Deep freeze 12 Dishwashers 2 - Electric range 83 Electric kettle 67 Electric fry pan 40 Electric toaster 89' Electric blanket 14 Television sets 85 Award . Looby Large Contract Looby Construction Ltd., of Dublin, were successful in be- ing awarded a sub -contract for construction of bridges and cul- verts on Highway 401, in the Cornwall area. The contract is for $225,000. this area were Mr. McGavin, Elmer Dennis, J. M. Eckert, Tt. T. Bolton, and the long-time as- sociation's secretary, L, E. Car- diff, M.P., of Brussels. Hog Producers See Marketing In Operotion Members of the Huron Hog Producers Association from the Seaforth area were in Toronto Thursday and visited the offices of the hog marketing agency. It was one of a series of groups from Huron that plan visits to inspect the recently installed teletype selling system. In addition. to aching the selling procedure, the members visited a packing plant and lat- er spent some time in an in- spection of the United Co-oper- ative of Ontario facilities at Weston. Arrangements ' for the trips are being completed by Huron Association secretary, Alf War- ner, in co-operation with dis- trict directors. Taking part in the trip were: Bill Leeming, Harvey Craig, Charles Sherwood, John Hen- derson, Tom Govenlock, Bob Dalton, Walter McClure, Mac Scott, Robert McMillan, Ross Gordon, Russell Dolmage, Bill Dolmage, Bill Jewitt, Harold Storey, Donald Dodds, Eldon Kerr, Johnny Boyd, Bob Goven- lock, Alex Smith,- Francis Cole- man, Joe Little, Gordan Papple, D. Hemingway, Sam McClure, Frank Johnson, Malcolm David- son, Elmer Ireland, Alf War- ner, Alf Bacon and George Campbell. The group also included members of the Seaforth Swine Club: Neil Gemmell, Bob Gem- mell, Bob McNaughton, Jim Broadfoot, Garry Jewitt, Bar- bara Turnbull and Jim Papple. Goderich Rink Wins Trebles Here A Goderich rink won the ladies' trebles lawn bowling at the Seaforth greens last week. With 2 wins plus 11 score, a rink skipped by Mrs. Cutt, took the event. Other members were Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. McLaren. Other winners were: Mrs. Moore, Mrs. S. Skinner. Mrs. M. Goetz, Stratford, 2 wins plus 8; Miss D. Parke, Mrs. H. Con- nell, Miss Gladys Thompson, Seaforth, 2 wins plus 6: Mrs. Du Val, Mrs. Patterson. Mrs. Godkin, Wingham, 1 win plus 8. Other participating r inks were Mrs. Sale, Mrs. McEwen, Mrs. Allison, Goderich; Miss Mit- chell, Wingham; Mrs. E. H. Close, Mrs. A. Phillips, Mrs. Scott Habkirk, Seaforth. Coming ladies' events include ladies' trebles for the Faille trophy on Saturday, August 12, and ladies' trebles on Wednes- day, August 30. MRS. KEN BASSETT who won an electric blanket in a contest conducted by the PVC, received her award Tuesday morning. "It couldn't have happened on a better day," she told PUC officials, "because it's my birthday." Here, Mrs. Bassett is being presented with the blanket by PVC chairman Frank Kling, while manager R. J. Boussey looks on,