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'SEAFORIIII, ONTARIO FRIDAY, JUNE 26 1959
Exi)ositor war
Is Won B
sborne Boy
Keith Coates, R.R. 1, Centralia,
has been awarded The Huron Ex-
positor ..trepbzi. as a result IA, com-
petition at the I•lensall Spring Pair
last week, according to secretary
James McGregor. Mr. Coates is
the son of Mr. and, Mrs. Whitney
• Coates Usborne
e
The trophy is given for -annual
• competition,to the boy or gfrl, un
4 , der 21 years of age, in the Town.-
shipsof Usborne, Tuckersmith,
Hibbert, Stanley, Hay el' Stephen
with the best steer or heifer, beef
breed,' under 8.50 pounds. •
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. Answer Call To
Chimney Fire.
Seafortli firemen- were called 'to
a Chimney fire in?: the . Gordon Dick
block • about: five," o'clobk. •Wednes-.
day: .A large crowd. Wes .attracted
densesmoke poured ,,over7
quickly eli.miiiated as ,the fire was
Pkns.TNew
HesaII Building
A new Bank of Monireal build -
mg is in the offing or.,the.vilage
• Of•• ,Ileese11,,.:AgarieunCerrient was
made ',Wednesday that the ',Wet
Construction Company, 'Limited,
London, had- been awarded the, ''•
contract to build -the new branch. '
Contract price ..ii•;'.belieVed4M, be, '
about $50,000.
Construction'of the 55 feet by 36,
feet building will begin immedi-
ately. It will be of steel frame
with block, brick and stone walls.
A partial' basement will be induct -
The new building will be located
several hundred feet east of the
, present building, across from the
Town Hall. 'The property was the
former lawn boVviing green, owned
by the Hensall.Bowling Club.
The bank staff hope to •move in-
to the new quarters by Christmas,
according to branch manager K„
K. Christian. ,
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Publish Early
Next_ Wee
July 1, Dominion Day, will
be observed on Wednesday
When all places of business will.
44. be closed. Since the holiday
comes on a Wednesday—press
day at The Expositor —the
•paper will be printed on Tues-
• day. Advertisers and corres-
Former C "le
Johii cummin
Dies In London
John F. Cuthming, former Sea -
forth 'Chief of Police, -died inVic-
toile Hospital, London, .early Sun-
day. In his 82nd year, he had been
failing for some time, although his
- condition did become -seriaus-
until' six weeks ago.
Mr. Oil -riming was born in Tuck-
ersthitn, but. spent"mest of his life
Seafortli.. A tinsmith by trade,
lie worked with a nninber of Sea -
forth firms. For'nearly30 years
in
he has served -the .townvarious
capacities, including several years•
-as chief Of police At the 'time of
his death he operated the muni -
Opal weigh scales. He was active
- in the fire brigade, being a mem-
• hal-for 29 years.- -
He was married to the former
'Maude Woodley in 1910, who Sur-,
yives, together with one son,,,Har-
, old, of Stratford. He is also sur-
vived by, three grandchildren and
• by a sister, Miss Isabelle Cumming
of Ottawa...
He Was a meniber of First Pres-
byterian Church, and • funeral ser-
vices were conducted by his min-
•' ister, Rev. D. Leslie Elder, at the
• G. A. Whitney Funeral Home on
Wednesday.* ' ' •
• Pallbearers were Harold Ma-
loney, D. II., Wilson, M. E. Clarke,
Willard Elliott, Robert Joynt and
Lorne Dale. Flowerbearers were
• M. McKellar,' Gordon Muegge and
D. Sills, Interment. followed in
• Maitlandbank cemetery.
pondents are urged to co-oper-
ate by having their copy into
this office, a day earlier.
• • DR. SVEN mtErvassr,
who has joined the veterinary
• office of Turnbull and Bryans'
here. Dr. Meeuwisse is a grad -
nate of the University' of
Utrecht, in Holland in yeterni-
arY medicine, In 1956 he spent
some time here as a student.
He will occupy an apartment in
the Beady residence on. Gode-
rich Street ' •
" orals Gain
s SOldiei Vote
Is. Announced
Harry Strang, Huron Liberal
candidate in the -recent provincial
'election, gained 23 votes as a result of"lthe-SerVice vote, it was_
announced Monday.
Charles MacNaughton, wile had
a Majorityof 1,648 on election
night, received 31 Service votesi
while Mr. Strang received 57. The
official count takes place Thurs-
day, but it is not.expected to alter
the totals as -announced election
night.
Lions lflstall - --
New .Officers_,L.
Seaforth..LlOns held their final
meeting, before the summer recess
on, Monday evening when recently-
• elected officer,swere installed.
. In' charge of President W. M.
Hart, 'the Meeting saw the .intro-
duction' of a new member', Gerry
McCourt. Plans for the 24th.' an-
nual' summer carnival, being held
this year en' August. 5, 6 •and 74,
were reviewed.' .
Officers " installed by internation-
al director H. G. Meir included:
president •eleet, • Elmer I,arone;
first .vice-president, C. Rowelifie;
second vice-president, E. P. Che -
nay; . third vice-president, John
Langstaff:. secretary,, lVfeCourt;
treasurer, W. E. Southgate; tail -
twister, George D. Hays; Lion
tamer, . J. R. Spittal; 'directors,.
William Ball, John A. Baldwni, L.
E. Ford and Willis Dundas.
Pass Exams At
Teachers' Cdtlege
' Among district students success-
ful in recent examinations at Strat-
ford Teachers' College are: Kath-
leen Talbot, - RA. 3, Bayfield; Faye
, 3, Brussels; Mary
R.R.R.R 4, Seaforth; Ruth
raier;,.R.R. 2, SeafOrth; Rose
Mary Lane, .RA, •5, ,Seafarth;•
MeKindsey; Seaferth;,. •Mary
Shea, R.R. 1, Dublin; Clem Stef-
'fler,• R.R. 3, Brussels; Marilyn
-Taylor, ;Lotidesboro; Don-
ald Wolfe, Brodhagen.
Will 'Set
Playoff Games
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Huron Football League teams are
rounding up their scheduled games
far 'the season. Playoffs will be
drawn up at a meeting next week.
• Representatives of all -teams will
attend a rneetittg in the Winthrop
Hall on Monday nigh4, 'June 29,
raccording to league -secretary,
'tarry golger, Walton.
••••- • A LARGE' CONGREGA: IiieSedt'for ;Cereilichiret..at
Single Copies, 5 Cents
$2.50 a Year in Advance
ForLions Park Maintenance
District residents this Week are,
being asked by. the. Seaforth Lions
Club for help in maintaining the
Lions 'Park in its present form,so
•that there. MaYbe no lessening of
the • services' being made, available.
Letters outlining the -problem Went
out to 2500 families in Seaforth,
TuckerSrnith -1McKillop, and in per-
tionsof Hibbert, ,Morris and Grey.
As the appeal, letters: go out
across the district, ,park, officials
trict,", • Mr. Hart said, .„ as hecern-
merited on the appeal for funds.
"The Service can only be ,continued
if these Of the .public who use; and
benefit IrOm. the.park,'and. pool'. are
generous m their --assistanee.."..
Doriations may be:Jeff; at , any
Seaforth 'Bank 'nr.'ferWarded to J.
E. Keating. SeafOrtli,..•whe is treat'-.,
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report that -they - are receiving in. -
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creasing requests for picnic -, ac=
cominodation, and every indication .
• points to this being one of the big- 1 1. -,
te wart Pass
urer. Veeeipts for inconie tait pur-
poses are available if requested._
• Meanwhile activity' at 'the Parkis rapidly ;eaelling the suratit
er
peak. While the park and ;
not open on a full-time basis 'Until
Thursclay;picnic groups present on
Saturday and Sunday crowded,
park facilities.
Patrick's• Church, Dublin 'when. 10 young people graduated from ." •
Dublin High School.' Graduating were: „front row (left to right),
Patricia Jane ,Tabor,: Theresa Maria Ducharine, Nancy Margaret
'Kai/ • Marie'Angela,SchoonderWoerd; . Margaret Claire, McCarthy,--.
Catherine Christine Ryan; back' raw, Joseph petard Niurphy,John
MichaelKlinithamer„ Keith Lloyd McCarthy and Frances. Joseph:
',.Malone. (Expositor photo by •Philips), • ; r ,
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Ilonors
s Dublin Pupils
raduftte.
LOWE40111VSTONAtEUNPN-
The "Lowe -Johnston • reunion, at-
tended bY Members. from Brussels,
Blyth Walton, Paris and Ilensall.
was held at Seaforth Lion Park
under.ideal .weather conditions en
Satutday.,,_..jmne 20.,.;;Prize'for • the
eldest person went telVIrs..N.'Car-
diff, of Brussels, 96 .years, young.
Following a picnic Supperir.sithrts
were 'run off,. •Mrs:''.Deagles,
Hem-
ingway, of Brussels, was ; appoint-
-ed --196(} president, -and- ,Mr$
Matheson, Walton, secretery-treas,
twee. "Mr. and Mrs. V. Welis, of
extended aft invitation to
hold the 1960 reunion at -their home.
.• BELL REUNION
: The annual • Bell reunion . .was
heId. at. SeaforthLions Park' with
an attendance of 61.. The ,officers
for thecoining Year are: president,
John, MacDonald, Teeswater; sec-
retary, Lorne'13elloStratford.; lunch
committee, •Mr. and Mrs. Rusiell
Bell, Teeswater, Mr. and Mrs. Gor-
don DicitinSen, Teeswater, Mr. and
Mrs: George 'Marshall, Teeswater;
spbrts. dorrunittee, Mr. and Mrs:
Karl: Titack, Stratford, Mr. . and
Mrs: Elmer Moore, Stratford.
The afternoon events resulted, as
follows: eldest lady, Mrs: Bertha
Bell, Teeswater;-. eldest .gent, Mr.
Sam' Bell,•Teeswater; couple coin-
ing the farthest, Mr, and: Mrs, Ce-
cil Bell, Sarnia; youngest baby,
Diane :lifectsonaid, Teeswater
Bell reilidonwillbe held nekt.
year Seaforth 'Lions Park on.
June 28., • -*
KOCII-11AVIDSON REUNION
The annual KochDavidsonpicnic
Was ,held at the Seaforth Lions
Park on. June 21 with 36 in at-
tendance The officers ' for ,next
year ari.:.'..president; Gordon •. C.
Koch, Exeter;- secretary -treasurer,
Ulmer ,Eedy, London; Mach 'cOnt
mitteei Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dav-
idson, RR 1, Brunner; Mr. and
Mrs.. Elmer Bedy, ,„London; Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon.Koch, Exeter;
Spirts committeeLLMrk, and _.Mrs,
Alvin Fulton, tlimville; Mr. and
Mrs, Lloyd Davidson,- RR 4 Monk -
'The results • of the. afternoon ev-
ent a are as follows: Three years
and under, Angela Davidson; four
years and urider,';'Susatt•Eedy; six
years and under, Deana Salter,
Larry Ptilton;, 10- years and under,
Robert Eedy, Baby Salter; 10. to
1.2 Years-, Karen -Eedy, Sharon
Eedy; 12 to 14 years, Sharon Eedy,
Gail. Pehlke; young women, 'Mrs:
Dorothy Eedy, . Mrs. M. Salter;
young men, LOrne Eetly, Lavern
Eedy; • le contest,and Mrs,
John .Eedy, Mr and Mrs. R
Pehlke; bean bag throw, Bud
Ward, euben Peh ke; placing pie
plate, Thomas Salter, Mrs. -Gordon
Koch; Coming, the farthest, Mr,
and Mrs, '.Bud" Ward; birthday
nearest picnic, Miss Gail Pehlke.
A peanut scramble was -enjoyed by
all the children. „ .•
PEPPER REUNION' '‘
The annual Pepper family reun-
ion was held . at Seaforth Lions
Park Saturday .With. approximate -
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1r75 sns attending. An'inter-
esting. lineup- of sports was .con-.,
ducted by thecommittee in charge.
The folloWliag are the results of
the relays and -races: ,childree,„ 5.8
years, Bill,IVIcGregor; Joyce Fal -
'caner; girls', 6-8 years Joyce Fal-
coner,. Glenda •Matheson; boys, :6-8
Years, Bill. McGregor;, girls, 9-12
years, Florence Pepper, Ruth Anne
Pepper; boys, 942 years, Grant
Pepper, Derry Barker; young lad-
ies, ,- Gloria Ann Pepper, -.Bonnie
Barker; young men, Albert Walter,
Roy Walter; marriediadies, Mrs.
Leavreric,e Barker, Mrs. Glenn'Pep-
per; married men, Roy Pepper,
Exeter, Wes: Pepper; grandmoth-
ers' sport•race; Mrs. John Pepper;
grandfathers' 'time race, Howard
Crich, .Roy Pepper; : girlskicking
slipper, Julene Elliott; boys .kick-
ing slipper, Bruee-lVfaineloi;• call-
ing the men to dinner, Mrs, Frank
McGregor,' Mrs.• Glenn Pepper;
calling the cows, Clifford Pepper,
Roy Pepper: bean race for con-
ples.,?Mr..and MrS,OliffiarcLapper,.
Mr. and Mrs. 'Glenn. Pepper; ten-
nis relay race; Bonnie :Barker's'
team;person , twang the-fartheSt
distance,' Mr, Lather ‘4-PePper, , of
Vancouver; B,C.;, youngestPerson
Present, Wendy Barker; • hicks'
number signing the register, Fred
Pepper, ., The children enjoyed' a
.pearitt scramble.
• A delielous . picnic stIPPer was
served with the 'cominittee. -in
charge, 'Due to. the -absence of the
President; Mrs. Carl •.MeClirichey,
the Seeretary; Mrs, Clifford Pepper
took charge of a short ' business
meeting. The election of . officers
was as follows: president, Dalton
1VIAIcohii;-secretary-treasurer, Mrs,,
Lawrence Barker; sports commit-
tee, .Mr. and Mrs: Sohn McGregor,,
.Mr. and •Mrs. .Frank 'McGregor ,
lunch committee, Mr. and MrS, Les
Pepper,. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Gor-
don,Mr., and Mrs.. Cecil, Pepper.
It decided to hold next year's.
picnic at Seaforth Liens Park, on
the third Sunday in June, 1960,
with hopes for a larger attendance.
ST. JAMES' CHURCH •:
The first parish picnic of St:
James' Church was held Sunday at
Seaforth Lions Park. Approximate-
ly 400 attended and enJoyed, -the
fine -program and picnic supper.
The picnic was sponsored 'by the
Holy Nerne Society, assisted by the
Catholic Women's
Several draws featured the af-
fair and the highlight of the after-
noon. was the tugof-war. between
teeing from Seaforth, Tuekersniitir
and McEillop,- with Seafortb tak-,
ing the honors. Mrs. Gordon Dick'
won „thet able_ Mr—andi-MrS.
Ed. Brady•Were the winners of the
married 'couples, prize,, and the
youngest baby on the grounds was
Joan Devereaux, age three months,
daughter ' of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Devereaux. ,
The program for the afternoon
consisted of various race events.
Fallowing are the winners: girIS,
under five, Johann DeGroot, Mary -
ja,nmaat; Johann Groothius,• five
Yeati;` Mary Van Loon; Pat Ziler,
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At . impressive ceremony in
a. Patrick's- Church, Dublin, ._ on
Sunday afternoon, honors were
conferred on the 1959 eaduating
class., Of Dublin High School.
A large congregatimattended
the ceremanies. The graduates
were preceded to their places at
the front 4:if the church by, the
pupils' of the school, wearing their
colors of purple and gold, while
the choir sang "To Christ, . the
Prince of •Peace," and the hymn,
"Lead Kindly Light." • Ten gradu-
Ates were in their regulation gowns
and mortar -boards.. -•
The guest speaker was,Rev. Stan-
ley McGuire, Christ the King Col-
lege, London; who chose - as his
text, "Victory is won over the
world by our faith." He congratia-
fated the graduates and - exhorted
Them to treaiiire their faith and. to
Practise -it in, theff. daily -lives, in
,order to overcome11'e precarious
temptations af the world:He also
recommended thefrequent recep-
tion of the 'sacraments of our
faith, and always to remember that
our, maid goal is Ileaveri. "What
doth it , profit a man to gain- the
Whole world if he suffers the loss
of his immortal soul?"
Rev. Dr.- Ffoulkes, Rev... J. Mc-•
Cowell and Rev. j. Lynch present-
ed the respective diplomas to tlae
-graduates:: ,There'sa. MarieDuch-
arme, ,,,'Nency, Margaret Kelly,
Margaret Claire McCarthy, Cath'z'
erine Christina Ryan, Marie Angela
Schoonderwoercl, Patricia Jane
Tabor; John Michael Klinkharaer,
Francis Joseph Malone, Joseph
Gerard Murphy, Keith, Lloyd YleCarthy.
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Solerim Benediction concluded
the. services, With Rev.. S.. Mc -
Cowell au- celebrant, assisted by
Rev. Dr;-Fiotilkes and Reif. Father,
Lynch. , •
As the graduates. marched out of
the church,. the high school ,heir,
accompanied by Mr..E.•,C. Harley,
;Mitchell, sang "The Repessienal,"
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Plan' Open Hate
To View Changes
In ,Town 'Hall
It will be open,hollse at. Seaforth
Town Hall on Thursday of next
week. Citizens of Seaforth and
neighboring nniiticipalities are in-
vited to visit the building, and see
the alterations and,4mprovements
that have been made. -
, An extensive program of altera- •
tions has been under way for the
past two years, to provide improv-
ed accominodation for the Public
Utility Commission and various
town departments.
SDP, Pupils -
,,ake Presentation
Presentation of a floor lamp and
magazine rack was made to Don-
ald Morton, ' Of the PUblic' School
,staff, at a ceremony Tuesday af-
ternoon. Officiating on behalf of
the students of Grades 6, 7 and 8,
were Benny Acker and Nancy Dile.
A% Mortonis being married in
August ta Miss Sheila McFadden,
of Hamilton, formerly of Seaforth. '
gest years in the history of the
r
ng in-
nisegen Ennis.
cetApplicationsr6ioefnaa:rd, on d,sor ibdiwy providing
rss ew na, wading
safety nt 3r1 u
The letters,..oVer the signature of
LionsRaitc 'pC0.1thuhtproutesithdeentprWobilliiemains be
)enue., Reference, is made to the
The pool again will be in charge of
teiiance-costandleSseried rev -
are coming in large miniberS.
supervi
Since theriver, was condemned
for swimming four years • ago4.
smallchildren havebeen unable to
paddle and play in the'*ater..When
1.11e-Prograiu for -the --construction
of the new pool Was announced, at
that_iime_inchidedindt_wawa.d.
ing 'pool.. This year it is hoped it.
will'. be possible to proceed :with
this part of the project,",. the let-
ter points Out.. Financial : state-
ments covering 'estimated:, park
maintenance accompany. the let-
ters.
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'The thousands who each- year
enjoy the facilities' . of n•the Lions
Park and. Pool are living' evidence
Of the extent to which the Lions'
Park is filling a needin the dis-
arr
For 65 vearsan active business- without gaining consciouse
t began his long met,,6
nian on Seaforth's Main Street, Mr.
Stewart
diaa.;rYin'soit•rhiagrt, diFleed ws au sddmeillnYisTligie ss le89117d`wishineng iclaerfel:ercailnneSaafss°0crtillilteind?,'„
clothing firm of stow?rt He: with the firm
firm. of.Sterarti11BZ5 f, rifled the
on
vear.Mr. Stewart was , fo d Id Seven -ears°Greig aild Me
senior partner in the vvilljell efal and a Partner, later he became
was a former ofSeaforth,CshhiaPrfewslthSte7--shviartb'rtYtri:t:Vlaert'-nlaArtl
Inng, i.served d7ri hg the First During
• ' b Ye he has':be n4,,
nsineis, the eicthing ePti
firm
Councillors Meet
Municpal Board
Representatives of , Seafortla°
Council were. in Toronto Tuesday
to meet .with the Ontario Muniel-
pal,Beard concerning the. proposed
sewers .in. Seaforth.
party•were,,,'-Dr, J. O.
chairman of the sewer
ecniiinittee;.Dr. P. L. Brady; and
town solicitor rP. D. McComiell.'.
-•and .Papet .PayS- Wages , of
tewart Bros. had grow.
day it is among the•lea' m
of its kind: in the. area: 'Ste,
_Bros_tor....inore_than„40....years.;.R, -
'local agents for the., C.P.R.,,,.
Mr, Stewart was active in. the'
senger agents' asshetatinn of
railway. ".
• Bern 1n Seaforth, April 9;:‘
he was the son of the late:Mr.'4:a
-Mrs.."---JaMes Stewart.'1-10
his eduation in Seaforth
Always -interested in nuadeipail
affairs, he ' served 'in Seaforth
Council, ,and during the First World,1
War was, ;Mayor for two ,,years41
He has been a member of .the
. Club for nearly '35' years; and is a
. past president. ;,71Ie is .a past.chair-
man ,d the Seaforth
He bad been in excellent health,
„and us usual -spent Monday -busy
at the Stewart Bros,' 'stor,es: •..Last
week, with :Mrs. Stewart;..b.e had
visited 'Members. of • .his feinilY _in_
World WariaTi" was."--the-Yoinigest-
Oi.an• tor:belie 'held thet .position. •
'Toroide.---f'?Strickeo-shortlf:Ifter he
13;(t,,.finiAhe4 his clinner .Monday
evening :he Was :removed to Scott
"Mernatiatliospitali,..where he' :th
pass-
stitute l3oarel: 'FOr'.many years "- he...
seryed, „chairinan the .town's
indus.triar, commission'- and'. played'
a major role .in;assistine`industrt,r.;.
in. Seaforth.-1 • .
Interested in athletics „as..a.s.Youtbg
he played laerosse With e2;•Chani.'.
PiOnshipBeiliers at the. tura of the,.
Century. For . many years he has
- of, the Seaforth
".
Active Presbyterian-
Church,
manager. :end :far "neerlY. years-
has,20:''
been. an elder' in the ehureh;
On October 15;.1902, he was'xiiar,
$500 : million.: every year.- ea ':a (Continued .dia
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SEAVORIII,FM,Mg were prominent among' those exhibiting at the second antmat poultryshow
at the Western Fair G-rounds:w
London last week. The show served as a indow for latest devel-
opme,
nts , the poultry industry and 'attracted'producers fronf-throughout 'Western Ontario. #'
The attractive booth of Scott Farms', is shown in the upper picture, and below 18 the inter
esting display • arragged-by Topnotch Feeds Logsdon If & N also„ sponsored a display,
While Andrew's Poultry 'exhibited in the Scott Farms space. (Pictures courtesy, Canadian Pout -
try Review). • • • cr