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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-11-09, Page 1102nd Year Whole No. 4891 New BridgeWill Serve Hullett The third -major bridge struc- ture to be built in Hullptt Town- ship ship during the past five years, the Quigley bridge, was opened officially ' at a short ceremony Thursday afternoon. Spanning a branch of the Maitland river between conces- sions 6 • and 7, west of Con- stance, the 100 -foot span has been open to traffic for some • months. While construction be- gan in 1960, final work was not completed until this summer. The bridge, which cost $50,- 000, was designed by R. M. Daw- son, of Stratford. Contractors were the John Gaffney Con struction'of Stratford. • Reeve Tom Leiper officiated at the opening ceremony and cut a ribbon, as he declared the bridge open. Attending the cere- mony were the engineer, Mr. Dawson, Allan SuIlevala, of the DHO, Stratford, Don Gaffney, representing the contractors, members of Council and town- ship officials, Clerk Harry Teb- butt and road superintendent Len Caldwell. and ex -warden Call Firemen To Oil Fire Seaforth firemen were called to the residence of Mrs. Gor- don Dick, Main Street, Sunday morning, when fire developed in an oil stove. There was no • damage, accordinj to Chief J. F. Scott. Fill Church To Hear Rev. H. Snell Knox United Church, Auburn, was filled to capacity when Rev. Harold Snell, of Riverside Unit- ed Church, London, was the guest speaker. Charles Scott, superintendent of the Sunday school, led in • the worship service, assisted by Rev. Charles Lewis and Mr. Snell. Several -anthems were sung by a Kitchener choir. Mr. Snell chose for his mes- sage, "Unexpected Encounters," describing the life of Moses in comparison to many events that • are happening in the world to- day. Following the service a re- ception was held in the Sunday school when a musical pro- gram was provided by several members of the choir. Oliver Anderson was chairman for the program of speeches. Among the speakers were Charles M. Robertson, of Goderich, and Rev. William Taylor, of Dor- chester. A buffet luncheon was serv- ed by the social committee of the Sunday school who had also served a turkey dinner to all the choir members before the service. • 1 • • • • • Council Holds Caucus Meeting Members of Seaforth council • met in caucus Monday evening to discuss personnel matters. Mayor Daly said discussion was informal, and that no deci- sions were taken. and former Hullett reeve, Wm. Jewitt, Follgwing the ceremony, the party attended a dinner at the Hotel Clinton. HuronBanquet Fetes Warden Guests attending the annual Huron County Warden's ban- quet in Goderich Thursday night were warned of the dan- gers that existed in the world today. Rev, G. L. Royal, of Knox Church, Goderich, was the special speaker at the gather- ing, which honored Warden Iv- an Forsyth, Reeve of Tucker - smith, and Mrs. Forsyth. About 300 were in attendance. Master of ceremonies for the banquet, held in Knox Presby- terian Church at Goderich, was John Durnin, former reeve of West Wawanosh and warden in 1960. A gift from county council- lors and county officials to War- den and Mrs. Forsyth was pre- sented by Reeve James Bisset, of Goderich, and Reeve Clar- ence Hanna, of East Wawanosh. Greetings were extended the gathering by Mayor E. C. Fish- er, of Goderich, while Reeve Dan Beuermann, of McKillop, expressed appreciation to the ladies. Ex -warden Arthur Nich- olson, of Tuckersmith, spoke on behalf of ex -wardens who were present. Reeve Clayton Smith, of Us - borne, proposed a toast to the ladies, and Mrs. Alvin Rau, of Stanley, replied. Musical num- bers were contributed by Shar- on Strong, of Tuckersmith. In expressing appreciation, Warden Forsyth introduced members of Tuckersmith coun- cil and officials, as well as members of his family. Unfurl New Flag After High Climb The fact that Hallowe'en had been past for several days ap- parently was not known to youths who, in the early hours of Saturday morning, laborious- ly climbed a fire escape to the roof of the Post Office and un- furled a home-made banner of red and white, from the flag- staff at the peak of the three- storey building. Thomas Wilbee, building care- taker, saw the strange banner flying in the breeze as he came on duty Saturday morning, and within minutes had it removed and replaced with a Union Jack. Police are investigating. ist, I , SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1961 -- 12 PAGES O MEMBERS En LEGION Auxiliaryoed in theetDay cvasseeSturdaydidtforgevRTH eainScottMemorial Hospital. Hereto right), Mrs. Gordon Scott, Mrs. James Watson and Mrs. Cleave Coombs present a Poppy to Legion member Ed. Miller, of Walton, who is a patient in the hospital. Remembrance Day activities continue Saturday, when services take place at Victoria Park at 10:45 a.m. AREA COUNCILS MEET McKillop Co un clY Hears ssessment Appeals Sitting as a court of revision on the assessment roll, McKil- lop Council Monday granted a reduction of $25 on the assess- ment of Joseph Little, conces- sion 8. Reeve Dan Beuermann presided. No action was taken on ap- peals by Karl gehleissner and Mrs. Marie Morrison. Removal of a barn at the farm of Arthur Henderson, lot 23, con. 4, re- sulted in a reduction of $350. A parcel of land at lot 23, con. 1, assessed at $250 to Bradford Smith, was assessed to Frank Kling when it was indicated the parcel had been assessed to the wrong party some years ago. Rebates were granted Chas. A. Johnston and Manuel Koeh- ler, who no longer had dogs. Reduction of $400 on the pro- perty of Leonard Leeming, lot 13, con. 13, was approved, since a trailer had been removed from the property. The court approved increases in several cases, including Ken Beattie, lot 28, con. 11, shed, $950 added; Henry Van Rooijtn, lot 30, con. 3, stable, $300 add- ed; John Flannery, lot 2, con. 3, shed, $625 added; and Lloyd McCluskie, lot 26, con. 8, addi- tion, $700 added. Council adopted provisional- ly reports on the Rapien Muni - DISTRICT SCOUT GROUP NAMES NEW ORGANIZATION OFFICERS The annual meeting of Perth District of the Boy Scouts As- sociation was held Nov. 1 at the Legin Hall, Seaforth, with 56 scouters present. King Sal- ton, of Mitchell, was chairman. Mayor E. Daly welcomed the guests on. behalf of the Town NEW OFFICERS STUDY PROGRAM --Earl !lick, of Cromarty, left, associate director, and Robert Campbell, right, of Seaforth, study program after their election in Listowel to offices in District No, 8 which comprises agri- cultural'Societies ha Perth and Huron Counties. (Bamford photo), of Seaforth. Speaking briefly, he mentioned his own scouting experience. The president of the Lions Club, J. E. Longstaff, spoke on behalf of the Lions Club as sponsors. Rev. H. Donaldson and Rev. D. Leslie Elder also spoke. Various reports were given and a motion was passed that Seaforth be officially accepted into Perth District. Election of officers resulted as follows: Jack Young, Sebring- ville, president; H. G. Meir, Sea - forth, vice-president; Mrs. L. McIntosh, St. Marys, secretary; Donald Johnston, St. Marys, treasurer; King Salton, Mitchell, past president. Don Rennie, field commis- sioner, and Tom Davey, district commissioner, gave their re- ports. Speaker of the evening was L. W. May, newly -appointed re- gional commissioner, taking Training as his theme. A delicious turkey dinner was served by the Legion ladies. CUB NEWS An impressive going -up cere- mony was held at the Town Hall Tuesday evening with par- ents and friends present, when 15 Cubs were accepted into Scouts. Ten boys were presented with Leaping Wolf badges after com- pleting their second star work. Mrs. Ann Carnochan, Cub Mistress, spoke briefly to the boys and presented them with Wolf Cub pins. Scoutmaater Keith Sharp wel- comed the new boys into the pack. Parents were served coffee after the ceremony. Scouters and Cub leaders held their scouter meeting afterwards. cipal Drain and the Archib Municipal Drain Improvement. Arrangements for the year- end municipal elections were completed, with the exception of -a- polling -place in No. 1 poll. The former location at. the Beechwood store is not" avail- able. Officials at No. 1 are Clem Krauskopf and J. L. Malone. No. 2 Poll -Poll at Wilmer Scott; officials, J. H. Hogg and Alex Kerr. No. 3 Poll -Poll at Mrs. Chris- tine Leonhardt; officials, Steve Murray and M. Dennis. No. 4 Poll -Poll at School No. 7; officials, Ross Driscoll and Howard Hackwell. Council approved the follow- ing loans: Nash Drain, $900; Ra- pien Drain, $270; Bolton Drain, $100 ; McCallum - Winthrop Drain, $9,600; and McKillop Telephone, $1,500. A grant of $250 was approved for the Mc- Killop Farmers' Union, and $15 to the Walton Library. No action was taken on an appeal entered by Joseph Lit- tle with respect to an assess- ment of $750 on the McCallum - Winthrop Municipal Drain. It was pointed out that the time for entering appeals had elaps- ed April 10, 1961, and that noth- ing could be done at this time. Council will meet again on December 4, at 1:30 p.m. TUCKERSMITH COUNCIL ald $1,020.48, Council adjourned to meet on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 1:00 p.m. A delegation from the local Farmers' Union appealed to Tuckersmith Council for a grant to aid in their projects at the regular council meeting in Seaforth Town Hall Tuesday. A grant of $100 was approved. The road superintendent, An- drew Houston, was authorized to purchase 60 rolls of snow fence for the winter of 1961-62. A court of revision was held for the Layton Municipal Drain Extension. No appeals were re- ceived, therefore the enabling by-law was passed. The report of the Archibald Municipal Drains Repair and Improvement, 1961, was read, and following lengthy discus- sion with those assessed own- ers present, the report was pro- visionally adopted and the CIerk was instructed to prepare a cash by-law for same. The court of revision for the above is to be held on Dec. 5, at 2:30 p.m. The following accounts were passed for payment: Tucker - smith Municipal Telephone Sys- tem, loan, $2,000; fox bounty, $8; advertising and supplies, $218.05; Seaforth Fire Brigade, 2 fire calls, $32; Town of Sea - forth, Seaforth District High School debenture, $6,186.46; Mrs. Beulah Wilson, cutting grass for monument, $12; Hen - sal] Branch, Canadian Legion, wreath, $14.25; valuator, and Iamb killed, $29.00; welfare, $21$.25; Archibald, Gray & Mc- Kay, Archibald Drain Report, $350; assistance on drain, Arch- ibald Drafn, $15; petty cash ac- count, $44.67; telephone acct., $6.65; salary and allowance, $225.77; Receiver General, $15. $225.77; Receiver Genera 1, $15.90; selecting jurors, $15.00; Farmers' Union, $100; weed in- spector, $40.65; tile drainage loan, $400; Layton and Nash Municipal Drain By-laws, $100; printing voters' list, $125• Eq• uitable Life, pension, $13.50; Fred Adams, dump, $20; Roads, HIBBERT COUNCIL At a special meeting of Hib- bert council, a new Champion motor grader, with snowplow and wing, was ordered at a price of $21,745.00, plus tax, subject to the approval of the Department of Highways and the Ontario Municipal Board, and the Clerk, Roy Burchill, was instructed to advertise for Mt}plications for a grader opera- tor.', At" the regular meeting, by- laws fpr tile drainage loans for $2,200 were passed, also by-laws appointing deputy returning of- ficers, poll clerks and fixing polling places, and to change the hours for voting on elec- tion day to 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Court of revision was held on the 1961 assessment roll, but there were no appeals against propertyt assessment. USBORNE COUNCIL Usborne Council met in regu- lar monthly session in the Township Hall with Reeve Clay- ton Smith in the chair. Present were Councillors Harold Hunt- er, George Frayne, Ward Hern and Archie Etherington. Court of revision on the as- sessment re -opened at 2:30 p.m. Appelants heard were Keith Flern, south part Lot 18, and Clarence Johns, on north part Lot 18 on S.E.B. Concession, against assessment on division of the lot. The south part and north part of Lot 18, S.E.B., was reduced by $100 each. Can- adian Canners Ltd. appealed against land and building as- sessment on Viner Station on Lot 15, Concession 4, as tenant, stating that the terms of their lease requires the owner of the land to pay all municipal taxes on land and buildings. The as- sessor recommended to court that Canadian Canners Ltd. be assessed for business only. The assessor reported total taxable assessment on 1961 roll for taxation purposes in 1962 is now $2,737,850; population, 1,524 persons. Nomination and election by- law, providing for annual nom- ination and ratepayers' meeting on November 27, and election, if required, on December 4, was approved. The tile drainage inspector presented his report showing expenditures of $4,399.40. Road Superintendent W. J. RoutIy re - (Continued on Page 6) $2:50 a Y,e 1A A:dvlPIe. Single £opiesr A C,es4* st Baliots for 1 Snow Queen Voting to elect a Snow Queen who will reign over the Santa Claus parade here on Dec. 2, be- gins today. There are no obli- gations attached to voting, and anybody may cast a ballot, ac- cording to Santa Claus parade officials. The candidates - seven of them -have been selected by Seaforth District High School Students, and in general re- present various sections of the high school 'district. The can- didates are: Carol Carter, Doro- thy Dalton, Betty Dolmage, Brenda Houston, Margaret Ann Stapleton, Elizabeth Stewart and Arlene Williamson. Pic- tures of the seven candidates are shown on Page 3. Move Hydrants On North Main Relocation of North Main Street fire hydrants /by the PUC staff has been completed. The work is in anticipation of the widening of the road which is to be undetraken by the county road department next year. The wider road al- lowance has made necessary re- location of hydrants and hydro lines. SDHS Grad is County Winner William Van den Hengel, RR 5, Seaforth, a graduate last year from Seaforth District High School, has been named as one of those to receive Hur- on County scholarships and bursaries at the University of Western Ontario, according to an announcement by the com- mittee named. by Huron Council to make the selection. Others who will receive re- wards are: Linda Blake, Gode- rich; William Etherington, RR 1, Hensall; Mark Bender, RR 1, Varna; John E. Hall, RR 3, Ailsa Craig; William Marshall, Kirk - ton, and Piet Van der Meer, Goderich. The scholarships to the boy and girl from Huron County who attained the highest stand- ing were awarded to John Run- stedtler, Wingham, and Emily Jane Horton, Hensel]. Wong Restaurant Has New Owners Wong's Restaurant, in the Cardno block, has been sold to J. E. W. Soong Yook, effective November 1. Mr. and Mrs. Soong Yook who, with their two daughters, come here from Lindsay, are now in possession. The Wongs who operated the business for a number of years, have moved to London. Forum Suggests Better Land Use Fireside Farm Forum met Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ander- son with an attendance of 10. Discussion was "Resources For Tomorrow." The group thought there was land that could be cultivated but wasn't needed at present. This land should not be let grow up with scrub trees. Wa- ter conservation could be car- ried further to advantage, es- pecially in a dry summer. Mrs. Harvey Taylor invited the forum for next week. Win- ners at games were: high, Mrs. Harvey Taylor and Donald Buchanan; lone hands, Mrs. Eric Anderson and Mrs. James Howatt; consolation, Mrs. Geo. Carter and Harvey Taylor. HENSALL SETS ARRANGEMENTS FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY The regular meeting of Hen - sell village council approved a request from the Hensall Branch of the Canadian Legion to proclaim a public holiday on Nov. 11, Remembrance Day. All members of council were pres- ent at the Monday meeting. A petition from several rate- payers regarding an old shed on the property of Mrs. Janet Elliott, was presented, and coun- ciI instrueted the Clerk to noti- fy Mrs. Elliott to make repairs or tear down the building with- in 60 days. Clerk Earl Campbell was in- structed to notify Usborne Township to bulldoze the dump grounds. The Clerk was also to place notices in the local pa- pers regarding the enforcing of the building by-law. Mrs. Er- vin Willert was granted per- mission to remove a hedge in front of her property. Reeve John Henderson and Clerk Campbell were given authority to sign an oil lease on the dump ground property. J. G. Berry was appointed to represent the village at the tax sale Dec. 6, in Goderich. The application of Aldon Vanstone to altar the interior of a garage was approver!, • - In previous years the Snow Queen has been selected by SDHS students, but to permit more general participation of the public, a new method of selection was introduced by those in charge this year. Now everybody may express a choice and play a part in selecting the Queen and her attendants. De- tails of the voting procedure are on Page 3 of this issue, but all one has to do in order HON. CHARLES S. Mac- NAUGHTON, Huron MPP, of Exeter, who on Wednes- day was appointed a mem- ber of the new Ontario Cabinet formed by Premier John Roberts. Mr, Mac - Naughton was first elected to the Legislature in a by- election in 1958, and for the past year has also been a member of the Ontario Water Resources Commis- sion. Seek Help To Fill Hockey Need --- Hockey is about to begin in Seaforth, except for a handful of boys that are too old for their last year's team. Several boys are now eligible for mid- get hockey, but such a team doesn't exist in Seaforth, as yet. Officials are striving to find some one to help them out, but as yet have had no luck. Need- ed is a sponsor, a manager and a coach. Arena officials' commented Wednesday that "it's a shame if these fellows are not per- mitted to play this year". If they don't get playing until eligible for the next higher team, they may be too 'rusty,' and possibly will have lost some of their ability to play. to take part is -to write the name of a candidate on an'-ef- ficial ballot and leave the bal. let in a box in one of several Seaforth stores. Stores where ballot boxes are located include Sills Hardware, Crown Hard- ware, Irvin's Hardware, Crick's, Restaurant and Keating ' s Pharmacy. Ballots appear on Page 3 of this issue, and additional bal- lots will be included in the is- sues of November 16 and 23. Ballots to be counted must be deposited on or before Nov. 25. The candidate receiving the greatest number of votes will be declared 1961 Seaforth Snow Queen. The two candidates re- ceiving the next greatest num- ber of votes will act as attend- ants. Arrangements for the Snow Queen contest are being hand- led by a committee headed by Al McConney, and including Dave Cornish, Garnet Stockwell and J. L. Slattery. In Collision With Car, Lad S ufferslnju-ri'es In -collision with a passing car as he ran' across the highway west of Seaforth late Tuesday afternoon, Paul Southgate, 10, received a fractured arm and cuts and bruises. He was re- moved to Scott Memorial Hos- pital and on Wednesday was taken to his home. The son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Southgate, Paul was playing with David Longstaff opposite the Longstaff residence, on Goderich Street West, when the accident occurred. Falls From Apple Tree When• he fell from a 'tree while picking apples at the resi- dence of his father, Mill St., Seaforth, George Dixon suffer- ed a compound fracture of his shoulder and arm. He is a pa- tient in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. The accident occurred Tues- day of last week. Mr. Dixon, who is handicapped by the loss of a hand, lost his balance as he was reaching for an apple. Injures Nose James Montgomery, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Montgomery, was taken to Stratford General Hospital Thursday of last week, when he suffered injuries to his nose while playing at school. He was able to return to his home over the weekend. ls' CHEERLEADERS at the Seaforth District- High School play a Ieading role in school activities, and on more than one occasion as competition became keen, their enthusiasm has been credited with turning defeat into victory. They are (front to rear, left to rriight): Connie Britton, Marilyn Miller, Audrey McMichael, CMacDonald, Barbara Maloney,tt, (Expositor photo bb PbIltip ),