HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-02-06, Page 1y�.
One Hundredth Year
Whole Nuiuber, 4748
re L)own
wire Insurance
McKillop' �CMutual, Fire Insurance J.-Trewartha, Clinton;. John H. Mc.
oanpany. experienced a good year .Ewing,, Blyth; Harvey Fuller,; God -
in, ,1958, members -•-learned 'this erich; J E., -Pepper,_ BxuoeIield;--
week with the issuance of the ,coin- , Norma'.; Jeffery, secretary-treasur-
'
p iny's 82nd✓"annual report: k Wit, er, .Seaforth -
e ttir "'of. the ;report was; the reduc•
-
tion in losses paid from a total, of
413,480 in 1957, to 443,988 in1958.
The report showed insurance in
'force,at the end of the period un-
der review to, have increased to
519,684,105, up $2;578,720. In the
same period, srrplus- increased by
*3,315.03, t $133;859 87. -
The annual meeting of the com:.
pany is being held in the Town
Hall here :on Friday afternoon;.
February 13,; according to' notice
..given~by-Miss .Norma -Jeffery, sec-. A committee was named: by.
retary-treasurer. ,Tuekersmith rcouncil at their regu--
`In _:a ,message to.: policyholders, -:lar meeting -Tuesday ,to -inter-view=
:- which acconipanied'the ;annual re -the Stanley township -council re
port,,; Robert', W. Archibald, press- ;garding street., .lighting costs in
dent,ef tho company, expressed the" Prucefield Named were . Reeve.
satisfactionthere was as a :result -Ivan `:Forsyth • Councillor • Elgin
of,the losses being -;:the -lowest. in ``-Thompson and - clerk -E P. -Ches='
some: years-; ney. They will seek an, adjustment;
"We are pleased .to resort that_ of ; costs • of,the in that° vii
our losses this year;have.been.ron-
siderably lower. . than --the- -last- few
years," Mr; "Archibald said.: :.-",`Oen.'
'erally speaking; premium's are reg
ulated by thq extent of .the..losses
incurred. _ 'Despite.- the fact that
insurance. rates generaily are be
mg -increased„ throughout the• , na
tion;,`it is the earnest hope of , your
Directors that •throu` gh mutual co-'
operation a sincere. effort; may be
put forth to keep the trend of in=:
'surance..Iosses low."
:Mr. "Archibald made reference to
the JOS s ,-,the' company su'stained>
-with;,tlie. death of Merton A: Reid,.
• who for 25:,years.liad been. secre-'
tary--treasurer of the cerepany
Officers and direc ors --o• the
company are. R ' Archibal`d press
[tent,; Seaforth, A. ,Isroadfoot,• vice
President Seaforth;'. J. L. Malone,'
Seaforth, William Alexander, Wal
ton; C. Leonhardt,; `'Bornholm, E.
ian ecK of
fleet Lahti
In Brucefield
roups..`.. Join"
i Youth Week
,Ctivi'ties
Christian Youth: -Week `January':
25. to' February ,1, which is ,spon-
sored by the: Department of Chris..-.
'tan tducatiOn of the Canadian
Council• of. Churches, 'was observed
.15y .,i''Speeial youth-:service.;in First
Presbyterian Church Sunday after
noon at 4:-30 p.m , when 150 young
people . were' present The -youth.
groups "of the church took part. in
and ; conducted the ; service, with
the Junior choirr•leading'the service
�,of praise.
They had as their gueststhe fol
'lowing groups.' and their leaders:
Youth Fellowship, -CGIT-de , ,Explor-..
t
-errs' and Sigma,. q', >\lor hsi Umto d
Church; the'!YPU-:and••.CGIT, 'Eg-
unondville Pitted' Church, and. the.
'.,
•
ontinued
(C on- Page 51.
`-M-eeting in-the—Tewn-Ha11,--Sea--
f ,rth,. =all members were present
~and ;Reeve. Forsyth presided- .,Coup;
cil • acknowledged a report :on
Nott Municipal; drains from Archi=
bald; Gray and `McKay; and set
February -20, at 8:39 p.m., for the'
reading of the report
Wilmer'Broadfootwas employed`.
as warble fly ;inspector at a ,wage
of 90 cents per hour and an allow
'ante of 10)cents'per mile" for use.
of car. ; Councill will advertise'
ten-:
-ders -for warble'"fly.- inspector:and
'for spray powder ,Council will also
advertise for'tenders'� for, ....crushing
and. hauling approximately 12,000
.cubic yards. of gravel to township
roads. in :1.959.',
Council acknowledged production
'of , surety' bonds on the treasurer'.
and tax collector of $5,000 :each
;with the Dominion of Canada Gen.,
eral_ Assurance Co. Grant. -of..., $25
was made to' the Huron --County
Crop and ,Soil Imm
proveent,"So-
,ciety. As peeve IvanForsythwas
forced to ldavethe--meeting to at
tend .a.:nreeting in Toronto, Frank
-Falconer was named:; presiding. oaf
ficer in' his absence,
Council authorized the applica
tion ,tor balance of , subsidy_ w on
road expenditure 1n 1958 By-law
authorizing the borrowing of$100
000' , from the Canadian Bank of
Commerce S'eafortii,,`IWas given its
required readingsand`.pas,sed. Bor-
rowing will be: carried nut •during'
the year at .Such times. as reimir
ed.
,,Accounts passed included:' 'Eg
rnondville ` Water, $512,14;
using,' `$16 80,;''..fox bounty, •$48.00;
registering births' and 'deaths, $5;
rebates; , 8137;60; postage, $5.09;:
schools; $2,000; ;dump, $1004:- sup-
plementary -allowance, $25; relief,
$80.54;: salary -"and- • allowance,
241,63; income tax 7.15 ; •
$ ., ,gigrant*:,
'$25; roads; $5„43452; -'''drains, $203.
Council ad-ourned,to meet 1Vfar'ch
SEAFORTH.,_ ONTARIO, FRIDAY, .FEBRUARY 6, 1959,
Junior Institute
nualBanau
Mrs. ' Nfel ` Staffen -'was guest,
speaker at the:. monthly meeting
of the Seaforth Junior Institute
Tuesday; night ati the- Seaforth itis=`
trict -High School. She demonstrat-
ed .how,• 'touse, foam rubber,,'and'.
displayed the many articles which
she, lad ; made-firom:. this.'material.''
The ,speaker: was .introduced, by,
the presideent, ;Marjorie-Sinith, and.
'thanked by Marion Hemingway.
Roll °call was answered .by
Valentine; verse'. and the; risotto,.
"It's the.,:extra things in life that
count," ;.was • taken by:• Emily' `E1
'liott. '• The -. torr s• ondence
read+by Emily' Elliott' and a. poem,
by
'Marguerite Scott.
(Continued ag "on . e ,
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ns
vie:
ee
rin
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res d en
Earl Dick, Cromarty, and Reeve.
shi
to. :.. „re-
,
of .Iiibb�rt township, was ,
elected president of the South
Huron Agricultural; Society at the
ual
meettnr <in.. -,H.
en52l1-
Sa
tttr
dayafternoon. James Doig,RR:4
,„
.
Seaforth was electod firstvice
res'dent, and Otto 'Willett,. Dash-.
second "
e nd vice• resillen t, James
mes
a named
: , iicGregor - Nippon, .w s
r -treasurer.'
Jett
'� Y
Co mercial
in'' the New om
,_Meeting Meetin
d
Hetet' 21 members were present.
President D
,
•
ick chaired the meet-
ing
e t_
_ �
ing and James^•MeGregor was sec-
retary. Financial statement show-
nce on hand .of 3 03.80
a bila .3 ,
leaving • the fair in the black for
another, year.
Committees • reports were.,present-
ed:by'the: committee chairmen as
follows: William Decker, horses;'
James' Doig,,• cattle; Lorne Luker,
gate; `Russell Brown,' entertain-
ment. Janies:,Mair;, drstriet. 8 di-:
r�ector.of the Agricultural• Societies,
was • present; ,at ,;the .meeting' '_and
e fl , Llo ' Lovell was.
spoke brie y: Yd p ,
'named, chairman of the machinery
committee.
Date for 'this : year,s fair was
•tentatively set for either Thursday,.
'
or FrY, ida '"' June 11 'Or 12.: The
president and thesecretary-treas
nrer': were named delegates to .at
tend the Agricultural Society con-
vention in Toronto later this. rn'onth..
Directors named: were: . William
Decker, Valentine Becker, Hay,
-township; Stan Jackson and,; James
Doig, ' Tuckersmith; Sant Dougall
and: BilL.Lamport,' Usborne;•r Jack
Harvey Taylor and. Bert McBride,
Stanley; Otto Willert and Russell
Brown, • . Stephen; George . Arm-
strong; Lorne Luker, and Norman
Jones; -Hensall. Auditors appoint-
edwere;` George: Armstrong and:
James
_ Pa-terson ,
..,,.
+•
t regarding
lace :re d
Discussion took -place g g
the Calf - Clubd'su estions . ad-
vanced
g'g
vanced included the idea of selling.
:the°calves on a dressed percentade
auction, a ' has
�ad.'s
basis `lost ofatau
been the' : custom, at the annual,
spri
ngs 8110w.
e offscjals were
asked to further investigate the
matter,
The group are planning a raffle
its connection; with the :show, with
either ,a,Calf or a 'sow; being the
prize. It "i was suggested that the
next meeting, being held in Marc,1_
Kinsman and Earl Dick, Hibbert; be a 'supper meeting.
1t
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s
Ma
me
Hebb.
r
fired--:-Harburn•-Esti.... ,.
S:...ra.
Warble El .
ib er 1. council
__At,_the_:xe alar Iii ,b_.t,n. _.
g
meeting, '-Fred Harburn'. yeas en
gaged to spray for warble fly con
trot in April, at nine cents.per head
per spray, .and the clerk;` Roy Bur-
'chill, was` instructed to ;advertise
for; applications for a, warble''fly
inspector ' '
"
Quite a numbercanvssers
• of the
i of .Area
' ruceilo s
C4n
for
the B s tr
have :fnished• their`' work and turn.
c e'
ed in thep Pe a " rs to the . 1 rk
. The
'rest: expect to finish within "a few,
,days.
" `Theclerk "
instructed t6. dis-
tribute
r.Ttw as
tribute the provincial aid to drain-
age g
e, rant for the • Hooper Drain
and d also' the sur Plus a total.:of.
.
$788.13, to the assessed; owners of
said drain'..:
N'' teak over -the Town ' Halt .°
SEAFO TH bIS I TEEM TOW,.. to .
auditori m:`.Sata .da 'evening for. the first:in'a. series of` Weekend
° u ,r• y
record dances planned; for•Seaforth ;and .district ,youth. ,Ther ent-
ly =formed 'organization has the eneotiragement- of Chief of! Police. ' -
Elmer Hutchinsaia,' andhas as one of its -objects, the. provision of
'supervise l recreation for the youth of the area. Lower;'(1eft to
d.
'
.;right), Keith Pethick vicepresident; Agnes Carter,. , treasurer.,.
.President.;Dennis,Jewitt and.Secretary.Pliyllis Bry.,ans discuss the
success :.6 ; the,. evening; with - Chief;; Hutchinson:: ( Photo: by Phillips). . "
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Single Copies, 5- Cents
$2.50 a Year in Advance
00
Circulation 'of books to the read-,
ing: public . of the,: Seaforth district
continues' to climb - During'the
past) wo °years 1957..: and_1958, an.
ease 4d almost 80 -per' cent:has
been reeorded iii the hiim der- of
books loaned from •the library
Reporting toy the 'annual; meet.
ing.of 'the Carnegie: Library Board
Monday, night, Librarian' IVtrs. Gor
don Wright, ;disel`osed that an in-
crease of 2,082, books ‘'.leanedhad
been recorded for 1.958. Coupled
with•,tbegain-of 3,735--in-1957, this -
brought the. total number of books
zn, circulation up.,toa13,328.-This
-figure; compared to the figure of
1956 :of -.7,521; denotes a
total two -
Year. 'increase of, 79. per 'ceit-
Miss M, E. Turnbull, was re
elected chairman 'oj__the 'beard for
her eleventh'term asthe-election
of'off eerrtouk place; Mrs" Joseph
McConnel.was. eleeted__seeretary-
treasurer -for her second term.
The book .'comm'ittee comprises
Mrs„ --C. E. • Smith,--cliaiisnan,_
J. A:;'Munn, :Mrs. Joseph McCon-
nell,' Miss Rose Dorsey andMiss.
Gladys Thompson William r, M
Ilam. is chairman of�; the '•property
cornmitte. with other meiubers,
Miss M E. TurnbulLand R. tames
Wallace.Mrs Wright was se' -en
gaged •as librarian.;
Theciieulation for 1958 included:.'
adult fiction circulation.. of .0;098,
books; non-fiction 1,655, and Inv.
enile circulation of,. 5 575.
An increase Of 143 members v, as
reported byMrs Wright for 19a8.
ti
'r
es ,Ac
Tentative plans for the annual
.
t e Seaforth
cello • •of h
'prier` m
dinner
g
Chambercoerce expected
.of Com P
,tob"held Thursday,
.
Feb
ruary .19
,
were made by the - executive Frit
'day nightThe date will depend
a ,,desk
upon the availaliiiit of g
� Y
speaker.
the meeting,
ration for m
In '; re a g,
P P,.
W. R. ; Smith was delegated to ob-;
c s.. Mervin
tain a
halland ..caterers..
eets
1
P L. McNaughton was sworn in.
as clerk -treasurer -and tax Collector
for the: village :of 'Hefsal' at the
February meting Of T3ensall�`vin
nage council M' • i ay night. Day-,
Wight Saving` - ,dates were• set
at this meet i gfollowing the read-
ing of , correspondence 'from the:
Huron County Council, ,;asking' for
fusiform • setting of dates this •year.
Hensall will. cocommence''lfast"
time._-the_last, Monday in April;,
continuing until.Septeriiber 26:
Lorne Hay was appointed'repro
�sentative to the Ausauble Riyer
Conservation Authority ..by council.
The annual assessment for mem
berrahip of the village ;in' the Mid=
Western Development Association'
was voted- on and payment will be
made.
Poll taxes, in the amount of $45,,
werg reported collected by Con-
stable E. R. Davis. Lorne Hay
and P. . McNaughton were nam-
ed ci al
��,, Rural ed to attend the ura
n � -
•n..
Ay' Association .:convention i
To-
ronto later this month.
- The auditoes : report; as.pres-
.
- AGRICULTURAL OFFICIALS are shown foliowin the Society's annual; meeting
SfiL7TH HURON AGRI('iTI.T . : • F% , � , g Y
meeting lid Tans for the Spring Fair; to be held eitherJune 11 or
in •lien'sall on. Saturday., Them ., ..d � .., p • ,.
'rice- re i-
uc mis
Dick- Hip ert., resident James •Dong, T kers , p,
12 Left .right are ail k+b
.Yulie . • , _e to, g E" • � , p , - .. ,
dent; Otto Willert, Dashwood,;, second vice-president;�and Jas. McGregor, Kippen,, secretary -treasurer.•
ented by 'W, G• Cochrane,, was'
accepted and passed'; by council.
Bills and accounts ordered paid
included: Iiensall Public SchoolBoard, current expenses, $2,000; -
Monteith, •Monteith,.&' Co., audit-
ing expenses;, $350; E R. Davis,;
salary,: $13158; Fred Daters;. labor,
$40; relief, $20; Receiver General,
intone tax,•$1,75; James A. Pat-
erson; salary, $116.66i 'Jensen Pub.-
lie
ub;Iie Utilities,. ,Commission, , hydro,
$2157; Bell Telephone Co:, •,$23 75;
E W' `,`-Shantz,=- snoWplowing -at
"r ,1 er
Nett 'is in charge of tiakets:...To.
etinc
skuerte s.
a-re r
esentative,
atten
d
n....ce
at the dinner, ntismb6ts propose to
provide, for an advance sale of
Presenting the.., financial "report,
i ornied
i treasurer, Jif
Mery n Nott,
the +meeting that the Chamber, had
a very ,good year; Balance at the
a ,_ 11 00` banquet;
first of 1958 w s
$144; ' memberships., $198; grant,
was' lilted' :'that .
cit-'
i .0-;' It out
0.
po.
penses were higher due to the
:vital industrial' program ,that:' was
carried out during 1958.; The lial-
ance"in'the bank; as Of • January.''15
was $78,26,
vie
h' Bulidini�
ast Year
At the conclusion of the year there
were 527 users of library books.
Of this group, 298 were adult and
229. ...were _children,
Liberals
Mame Candidate
A convention to select a
candidate to represent' the Lib-
eraLparty in the next: Provin-
cial election, :will be.' held -.m
• Hensall on -Wednesday after- ,
noon,' February •1.8, officials of
the Huron Liberal (Provincial) Association said. Wednesday.
Municipalities in the- riding
will be- represented, -at -the --coli
vention by',,._delegates to be
selected by the municipal' or-
ganizations
Specialspeaker at the con
ventior will be Blake Huffinan,;
• forruer_ M P. and: wellknown
Kent County farmer.,
The year3958-,was- •a boomg.
in.
year,: building wise, in Seaforth' dis-
trict. Building programs in..'the,
districttotalled wellover, the $300.-
(.00'mark, with 11. omen 'startea;-
four completed during the year,
and a new factory erected."
• Atthe same time, an -',addition
was;niade to: a Seaforth plant; tint
dwelling ate;", undergoing -;extensive
remodelling and .a gate, station was:
construd-
cte='tb--handle _the:jnatUral
"gas-: requiretnents -:: f the town.
.Earlyin,the:year .,gas mains, were
I"aid' :throughout-the,:town and the
village:. of-E:gmondville with cam-
pletion iri, .September
Major' buiiding project 'in 1958
the construction: of; a' new fat
tory .by 'Seaforth Shoes Limited, at
a newly, opened area on the north-
erly end ef,West William'`Street:.
With'.: the'.:Opening of a: street
through thin' area-, ,addtii4nal bpild-
ing lots were -also: made ;available.
Houses .were completed during
1958 by John Byetman, East Wiz'
liam Street; Don` Muir,• •Railway
Street; William , O',Shea, ;Chalk St.,`
and Toni Wilbee, Market,
so completed iris . an addition td:
The`' ilfuron'_ Expositor's plant or
Mairh Street.
Ne*.. home construction''=which.
was: underway during the- year but
not.:. yet completed, include' seven
With
homes in the area:" W tli lots still
at a, premit}m in Seaforth, :five of
the seven homes are located On the
outskirts of the town. These in=
chide :James .Hopper : aid Don
frightrall, :Harp'tirhey; Jack Frais
er•.and Lyle Hammond„ Egmond=
ville and Hugh McPherson;;North
Road, in :McKillop township;:Other
h mes.:under construction}n'Sea
orth. are Henry Ziler,Jarvis St
,
South' and William Nedi er, Ann
, g
St: ,to s%ve .
a are
ells 1 ns
remod n
being• carried outin 'a Harpur-hey
Pincl
hone by Dr.'L:.-Brady, Pd
.ing'a new addition;,, to. the'eausting
dwelling. Also being remodelled is
g e
a building into a dwelling by Ron
idnight Fire
rikes Garage
Fire, discovered shortly after
midnight -Tuesday, caused an esti-
mated $3,000,; damages -to -the --ser
'vice ;station building' on---the--corner
of Goderich 'and Victoria Streets,
leased by Cleave Coombs, Eg
mondviile The fire, which broke
out in the, boiler room of the build
ing, Was believed caused by an"
overheated furnace
A carload of Seaforth youths,
passing ;;the scene about 12.25, 'no-
:ticed smoke petering out under the
cornice' of -the building' and -'raised
the -alarm.Thick smoke prevented
toe firemen from entering . the
building' on arrival, and the :;fire.
had, to be fought from the 'rear -
windows and•' the roof
Firemen were able to hold the
fire in the area of the .boiler_ room
and, although ' hampered • by ;r the
stubborness of ,the blaze which.'; had
worked its way into the "roof at
the :southeast:; earner-, within:' an
hour had extinguished the fire;.'
• Mr, Coombs, closed' the station , .
about 11 o'clock and at that time
saw; ;nothing, amiss.
Damage,, estimated by Fire Chief
John F. Scott •' at $3,000, was mainly
to, the :walls.; and roof and to ma-
terials stored in the boiler room.
Smoke damage. resulted to confec-
tionery carried in, thebooth of -
the,'. station and •to the interior .
Walls. A vehicle, 'owned ,by.. Frank_
Phillips,removed from t
was a' ..: v froin
building with no damage'atherrthan. _;
smoke -resulting.
British- mer' an ••011 'Company
A
m
c r Y :-
P
had announced" plans recently"to
erecta new .service'. station' ou the • "
;site
At -the, --present time it was
not possible to' ascertain -:whether
the fire will advance: the com-
mencing date_efAbis 'programor,.
not,
-. One :':Spectator 'received cots, to
his left _wrist when he: attempted .
to smash,a window in the vicinity
;of the; blaze with -his,' fist.
A "nominating committee: was
turned to'present a suggested Slate -
of officers for 1959, This , comtnitr.
tee is corrrposed-of Ross •Savauge,
Gordon Wright, and ieith Sharp,
Ross' Savauge was : appeinted;to
represent Seaforth:Chamber: of
Commerce on the, Mid -Western; On-;;
tario-•Developmeat":Asso:ciatimao
1959. ' The annual' meeting of. -the
asaoeiatioti willbe held in Strat-
ford on Wednesday; February 18.
The meeting discussed at •length
some of -the, problems "that might
arise during the tooting. year„ and
was • in 'full. • accord to assist in
these problems • whenever tie. need
arose. T -he Chamber;was-happyy.;toy
"dump, $15;' Hyde Bros., repairs to have worked with; the town council
loader and labor, $3.45; Mid-West-
ern
id West -ern Ontario Development Associa-
tion, assessment, $50; London Pree
Press,: advertising,"$28,35;• Hensall
Chamber of Commerce, advertis
Mg, $1114; The ,Municipal World
Ltd., supplies,. $5:34; ,G,eorge El-
liott Construction, use of bulldozer,
$35; indigent'patient at South, Hur-
on Hospital,. $15115; -Keys Trans-
port, snow removal, :$61.50;• Cart-
wright & . Sons Ltd., Ontario sta-
tutes $50.40; Clarence Reid, :;snbw-
plowing, ' $69; Norman Jonee; ser-
vices for January, $23.90.
iv. 1958, when it was learned that
Seaforth Shoos management pro-
posed to expand : its facilities and:
eventually build `' a neW faetby
here. The .members felt this:, was
a beginning in the expansion of
Seaforth and agreed that steps
should be taken with that thought
in Mind. The meeting' 'urged ; by
resolution that Seaforth town coun-
cil take actionregarding zoning,
annexation, revising the building
bylaw, and ,a proper revision: of
Seaforth' voters` list, parttcula °1y
in regard to ownership.
Se
t
or •
'Dates F
Lions ,Cara van...
' •Seaforth The Lions Club
24th •
.annual summer Carnival
will •
be hel
d this year on . Wedne
-
daY, 'Thursday' and Friday,
'
Au. at 5,6 and, 7;' it was an-,
s
(..pounced-this week. The dates
. Were :determined . o w
n
advance to ensure:bookieg s of
.anitiseriaent' rides . and' • enter-
Drager;
nter.
Drager; on Chalk St taininent officials said
1}'iORE THAN 800 .'EOPLE' accepted. the invitation of''St a-
forth Shaer Ltd. to visit the company's new, factory an West
Wiifiam Street, when open house, was' held on Wednesday and
Friday of last week. The plant was. openedofficiaily in a short
ceremony -Wednesday afternoon, ,when `Mayor B. F. Christie (left)'
cut a' ribbon across the: main entrande while Fred ft, •Peet gen-
eral'maiiager..looked on.
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