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102nd Year
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THUB,DAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1961 --12 PAGES
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ACTIVITIES AT SDHS got under way this week when the first meeting of the stu-
dents council was held. Members are seen in the upper picture as they discussed plans for
the autumn. They are (left to right), Ken Cardno, Barbara Talbot, Larry Burns, Dorothy
Boyes, Robert Sharp, Gwen Storey, Lloyd Pethick, Marie Strong and Joe Steffier; (stand-
ing), Gordon Hoggart, Darrel Schneider and Jim Sills. SDHS Chatterbox appears on Page 7
of this issue. In the, lower picture, Miss Jean McLarty, who teaches Junior French and
Latin, instructs a number of new arrivals in Grade 9-B. (Expositor photos by Phillips).
Winthrop Teams Win
In Football and SoftbaII
Winthrop eliminated Clinton
RCAF from the playoffs in the
HFA when they .scored a 5-1
victory in a game played in
Winthrop last week. This was
Staffa Meets
Caledonia In
OBA Semi -Finals
Staffa baseball team are
bound for the second round of
the semi-finals in the Ontario
Intermediate Baseball Associa-
tion play -downs. The squad
eliminated South River in a
best -of -three series which end-
ed Sunday.
The Perth team won the first
game in Staffa 8-4 a week ago.
This past weekend they made
the 280 -mile trip to South Riv-
er, and on Saturday lost out
6-4 to the northern team.
Playing again on Sunday,
Staffa came out on top 9-8 in
the sudden death match. At
one point in this game, Staffa
was dragging 8-1 and with two
out in the last half' of the ninth
they were still behind 8-6. How-
ever, pressure was poured on,
and three runs were shoved
across the plate, to win the tilt
for Staffa.
The team now meets Cale-
donia in the second round of
the semi-finals. with the first
game being played Sunday.
Playing in Hensall Wednesday,
Staffa defeated Hensall to ev-
en the Huron -Perth finals two
games each.
Home and School
To Honor Grads
The Seaforth Home a n d
School Association will meet
in the school auditorium at 8:15
on Tuesday evening next. The
guest speaker will be George
Jefferson, of Clinton, and the
1961 Grade VIII graduates will
be honored.
Police Investigate
Thefts At Park
Police are continuing their
investigation of a series of
break-ins at the Seaforth Lions
Park. The pavilion was enter-
ed on two different occasions
shortly before the park find
pool closed. A quantity of eig='
arettes and confections was
stolen.
the third game of the series,
with Winthrop winning it, two
games to one. Winthrop will
now meet Goderich in the fin-
als for the championship.
Ron McClure scored 2 goals
for Winthrop with Tom Love,
George Love and John Boven
scoring singles.
WINTHROP: Goal, Hank Bov-
en; defence, Bill Kerr, Mery
Pepper; halves, Bert Dennis,
Earl Dolmage, Neil Dolijiage;
forwards, George Love, Tom
Love, Ken McClure, Ron Mc-
Clure, John Boven; alt., Wayne
Dolmage, Paul McCluskie.
Winthrop Girls Lead Series
Winthrop girls rallied for
two runs in the last of the
seventr inning, to score a 6-5
win over Exeter in the second
game of the best -of -five Huron
Senior Ladies' Softball League
finals played in Hensall Tues-
day night.
Marilyn Archibald with a
home run and two singles, and
Joyce McClure with two singles
and a double, were best for
Winthrop. Jean Taylor had
three hits for Exeter.
Exeter 101 000 3-5
Winthrop 110 002 2-6
Carey and Jorgenson; Han-
non and Elliott.
Winthrop defeated Exeter 9-4
in the third game of their best -
of -five series, to take a 2-1 lead
in games. The game was played
in Hensall on Tuesday night.
Donna Hannon struck out eight
Exeter batters, while Rose
Carey fanned five Winthrop hit-
ters.
Ruth Ritchie with a triple
and a single, Marg Elliott with
a double and a single, and. Mar-
ilyn Archibald with three sin-
gles led the Winthrop hitting
attack.
The next game of the series
will be played in Hensall on
Tuesday night, Sept. 19, at 9
p.m.
Winthrop 003 051 0-9
Exeter 012 100 0-4
Hannon and Elliott; Carey
and Jorgenson.
Friends Gather
To Help Observe
50th Birthday
Friends of Pete Christensen
gathered -at the Town and
Country Restaurant in Exeter
Friday evening to mark his
50th birthday.
A short program followed a
reception and dinner, and in-
cluded remarks by Mr. Chris-
tensen, his son and daughter,
Kurt and Gerda, and Charles
MacNaughton, MPP, and songs
in English, Danish and German
led by Henry Hansen, Bramp-
ton. Guests were present from
Toronto, Brampton, Strathroy,
Exeter, Grand Bend, Clinton
and Seaforth.
Sign at a used car lot: "You
think it's junk. Come in and
price it."
COUNCIL ACTS
Enfoce Fire Ban
In Town Lanes
Regulations covering fires in
areas adjacent to Main Street
will be enforced, council agreed
Monday night, following a long
discussion.
Council's attention had been
drawn to the danger some
weeks ago, when Fire Chief:
John F. Scott said merchants
burned large heaps of cartons
and papers in, the fire area.
Frequently the fires were left
unattended and created a defin-
ite hazard.
In agreeing to enforce the
by-law, council recognized it
may be necessary to prosecute.
Only in this way could merch-
ants be prevailed on to look
after their own trash.
' A suggestion that town em-
ployees gather the boxes,
paper and refuse in the back
alleys on Saturdays and take
them to the dump, met with
little support.
Dr. J. 0. Turnbull, chairman
It's Fair Time
In - Seaforth!
It's Fall Fair time! Sea-
forth's 116th annual fair is
just a Week away.
Workmen are hurrying
to completion a new pole -
type hog barn and a perm-
anent refreshment booth.
Entries are pouring in
and indications are for a
bigger and better show,
officials said this week.
G. W. Montgomery, for-
mer Huron County agricul-
tural representative, will
be on hand next Friday to
officially open the event.
The secretary has indi-
cated schools will receive
their supplies this week-
end and points out that the
prize list contains several
additional classes not con-
tained in the preliminary
elementary sheets, which
were distributed early in
the year.
SDHS Grads
Win Blue Bands
Three former SDHS students
received their Blue Bands this
week at Stratford General Hos-
pital School of Nursing. The
three were Gloria Carter, Ber-
nice Glanville and Marie Sin-
clair. The bands represent the
completion of second -year stu-
dies. They have now entered
their third and final year.
Miss Sinclair, Kippen, is the
president of the Students'
Council at the Stratford Nurs-
ing School.
Lions Review
Carnival Results
Seaforth Lions organized for
the coming season at a meet-
ing in St. Thomas' Church Hall
Monday evening.
The meeting, in charge of
President John Longstaff and
Past President C. Rowcliffe, re-
viewed results of the summer
carnival and laid plans for the
coming months.
Proceeds from the carnival
amounted to $2,128.86, while
the draw proceeds were $923.59.
The total proceeds will be re-
duced when all expenses in con-
nection with the carnival have
been reported, the meeting was
told.
ALMOST' DWARFED by sunflowers which tower over them, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Chris-
tensen point to the blooms which average 18 inches in diameter. The giant plants, which
form an ltzlpressive row at the rear of their home west of Seaforth, range up to 13 feet
in height. (Expositor photo by Phillips).
of the sewer committee, and
Mayor Daly will meet OWRC
officials Friday in an effort to
arrive at a sewer program that
is within the capacity of the
town. Various proposals have
been under review for several
years, but it is felt now that
action is imperative in order
to complete certain areas be-
fore Huron County proceeds
with paving.
A $50 donation will be made
by council to the Seaforth Dis-
trict High School Girls' Trum-
pet Band to help with its
expenses to the International
Plowing Match.
The meeting endorsed the
resolution sent by Peel County
in regard to asking Parliament
to sanction hospital sweep-
stakes in the province.
Plan Further Talks
While it is not possible to
agree to a Legion request for
a two'thirds rebate in taxes on
the Legion Hall, council did
not close the door on further
discussion.
A Legion delegation in mak-
ing the request, had informed
council other branches in the
area were assessed for much
less than is Seaforth.
Assessment Commissioner W.
J. Roberts told council action
was limited to the provisions
of the Municipal Act. Even
though a rebate be given, the
Legion would still be subject
Ito pay full school; and county
levies. Councillors pointed out
that if rebates were granted,
the extra burden would have
to be borne by the citizens and
many of these are old -age pen-
sioners who find it very diffi-
cult now to pay taxes, without
adding more.
A new procedure was intro-
duced when for the first time
each committee chairman pre-
sented a written report oh' the
month's work and presented
committee accounts for pay-
'ments.
In the monthly progress re-
port given by finance chair-
man N. C. Cardno, it was re-
vealed committees had spent
$7,713 less than budgeted. Tax
arrears, prior to 1961, stand at
$30,485.62.
Couple Are
Wed 35 Years
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grum-
mett quietly observed their
35th wedding anniversary on
Sept. 8. Mrs. Grummett was the
former Lillian Hutton, of Kin-
cardine Township. They were
married by the Rev. A. B. Milne
of Chalmers' United Church.
They had a family of three
children: Danny, of Wingham:
John, deceased in 1956, and
Margaret, Mrs. F. R. Cantelon,
of Goderich Township. There
are four grandchildren. '
SDHS, Fair Board
Plan Cooperation
SDHS Board will co-operate
with -the Agricultural Society
in providing a new fence and
parking area, the board decid-
ed at a meeting Tuesday eve-
ning.
Robert McMillan and Gordan
Papple representing the fair
board, asked for assistance in
tidying up an area where the
two properties adjoin.
The board discussed at length
existing bus routes. This year
increased enrolment has result-
ed in 20 additional pupils be-
ing transported by bus.
The meeting reviewed work
which had been completed dur-
ing the summer recess, includ-
ing a drain in the playing field,
new road, new parking area
and new lights in several class-
rooms.
Approval was given for the
SDHS Girls' Band to attend the
International Plowing Match at
Belleville.
Find Label
Buried 48 Years
While installing a new and
larger parcel chute in the front
of the post office, Elmer Rivers
discovered an address label em-
bedded in the stonework.
Presumably buried when the
building was erected in 1913,
the label bore the firm name of
B. Greening Wire Co., Milton.
It ,was addressed to D. R. Mc-
Donald, e/o Postmaster, Sea-
Settfoxtb..
Toddles to lane,
Boy Struck By Car
A 14 -month-old Egmondville
boy is in fair condition in St.
Joseph's Hospital, London, af-
ter being struck by a truck
driven by his father.
Robert Doig was backing
from his lane after dinner Wed-
nesday, when his son, Kerry
Doig, toddled from adjacent
bushes under the wheels of the
slowly moving vehicle. Mr.
Doig realized what had hap-
pened and stopped the truck
immediately.
Dr. E. Malkus removed the
child to Scott Memorial Hospi-
tal for X-rays and, preliminary
examination. He was then rush-
ed to St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon-
don, by Box Ambulance Serv-
ice, where he is being held for
observation.
The child's grandmother, Mrs.
Hartman Hiusser, said Kerry
had been playing with other
children on .the other side of
the lane. He apparently wan-
dered off by himself and work-
ed his way through bushes
which line the driveway.
Husband -Wife Injured
A Hullett farmer and his wife
were injured in unrelated acci-
dents, and as a result Oliver
Wright is recovering from a
badly lacerated thumb, while
his wife is in Scott Memorial
Hospital recovering from in-
juries received when she was
run over by a grain wagon.
Mr, - Wright was working in
the -cow stable on his farm
Thursday, when in some man-
ner his thumb was torn. Un-
able to work, his wife took over
to help with the harvest. On
Saturday morning she was
helping her son, Ken, 14, move
grain along the second conces-
sion to the other Wright farm.
When the tractor on which
she was riding bounced over a
stone, she was thrown to the
road, under the wheels of the
loaded grain wagon. She re-
ceived multiple lacerations to
her legs, according to Dr. J. A.
Gorwill, who had her removed
to hospital.
Truck Misses Bridge
When the brakes failed on a
car it was towing, a truck ran
out of,. control down the Eg-
mondville hill, plunged through
a guard rail and down a steep
river bank.
The accident occurred Sop -
day evening in front of the
residence of Joseph Nigh, Eg-
mondville, at the bridge ap-
proach.
A passenger in the car, John
McCaully, 79, Walton, is in
Scott Memorial Hospital with a
fractured arm. The drivers of
the two vehicles were shaken
up, but were released after ex-
amination.
Mrs. Don Squires, RR 1, Wal-
ton, was the driver of a truck
which was towing a car driven
by her husband. The two ve-
hicles were approaching Eg-
mondville from the south when
the brakes on the car failed
and it ran onto the truck, forc-
ing it down the hill and through
the guard rail. ,
The accident was investigat-
ed by OPP Constable Al Bow-
ering.
Hit Bridge
Damage of $100 resulted
when a car driven by Larry
Chessel, Mitchell, collided with
McLean's bridge .. in Tucker -
smith. The accident occurred
Friday evening after the driver
lost control in tpose gravel,
according to Constable Bower-
ing, who investigated.
PLAQUES WERE UNVEILED Sunday afternoon to commorate those in the Brus-
selis area who through the years had served the cause of agriculture. Reading the
wording are Mrs. Charles Davis and Miss Beth Hoover, who officiated •-e- the unveil-
ing, when the centenn:dl gates were dedicated at an ijn pressive service.
Dedicate Gates- at Fair
loMarklOQ YearsService
PERTH COUNTY'S newly
appointed assistant agricul-
tural representative i s
Douglas Andrew Aitchison,
son of Mr. and Mrs. An-
drew Aitchison, RR 2, Lis-
towel. He is a graduate of
the Listowel District High
School, and of WOAS,
Ridgetown.
• High temperature and hum-
idity combined Sunday to pro-
duce one of the hottest days
of the year, but had little ef-
fect on the attendance at a
ceremony to dedicate and open
centennial gates of the East
Huron Agricultural Society at
Brussels.
Comparing the gates to other
gates in embattled Berlin, F.
A. Lashley, superintendent of
Fairs for the Ontario Depart-
ment of Agriculture, said in
Berlin gates were for protec-
tion—to keep people out. The
centennial gates at Brussels, on
the other hand, were an invita-
tion—a show window for agri-
culture. He paid tribute to the
officers of the society and oth-
ers who had co-operated to
make the event possible.
"It is through their dedica-
tion to' the welfare of the com-
munity and the dedication of
those who served before them
that this fair is observing its
100th anniversary," he said.
The centennial gates were er-
ected by the fair hoard; a grant
of $1,000 from the department
assists in meeting the cost.
In an hour-long program, the
dedication was climaxed when
Edward Inglehart, President of
the Association of Pairs, cut the
ribbon_ in_ ,laeeof,,.,�
Tavish, long-time board secre-
tary, who was uni ble to be
present because of llness.
Mr. Edwards was assisted in
the ribbon cutting ceremony by
Clem Sterner, president of the
fair board. Officials expressed
regret at the absence of Mr.
McTavish.
Following the ribbon cutting
ceremony, the Brussels branch
of the Canadian Legion pipe
Band led the procession of
Legionettes, Scouts, Cubs, and
Girl Guides through the gates.
Two Brussels residents, Miss
Beth Hoover and Mrs. Ida
Davis, dressed in j.he fashion of
100 years ago, unveiled plaques
on the two stone pylons, dedi-
cated to the society and to the
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Red Cross
Swim Awards
Now Available
Red Cross swimming awards,
won by swimmers at the Sea -
forth Lions Pool during the
summer, are now available.
The awards may be, obtained
by tailing at The i"zpositor