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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-12-04, Page 1• :zr } One Hundredth Year Whole Number 4790, SEAFORTH, ONTARIO;. FRIDAY., DECEMBER 4, 1959 $2.50 ;a Year iii. Advance. Single Copies, S Cents •It wi1I`be at least a month; and perhaps two moiitlls, 'before . the Liquor Control Act comes into ef- fect • in' Huron and Perth, accord- ing to officials" The. LCA will' be effective immediately the CTA is revoked. .Despite the ' sweeping • majority Fractured ien Two Ctrs volved There -is little change in the con- dition ` of ': Finlay' McKercher', 75; well-known McKillop resident, who ,suffered a •compound fracture;; of his leg in• a peculiar `: accident Thursday. ScottMemorial Hospi tal officialssaid ;Wednesday lie" was as wellas 'could;;be expected." Mr:. McKer her,'who ad' been en „attending a meeting in .Woodstock, :was 'returning home• and stopped• in.Sebringville!to:make a purchase. .,He had=.wa1k'd,_across:the higiiw.ay. and Was returning to'his'car when he: was in •collision• with a •'•.car driven, by Stanley Schellenberger 32, R.R. 3, "Stratford,• :who was driving 'west. •He Was ,knocked to the pavement and seconds later, as he.' lay there', police' said an eastbound . car,.' driven : by Leo Teaban'22 of Stratford"' ran -:over his ' ',':Thomas A. Beattie, 'a'passenger in' the :McKercher car, didn'tre- alize, an• accident had 'occurredun- fil a crowd began gathering - MMcKercher was removed': by ar.mbulance to Scott Memorial'Hos pital, Seaforth.'`- •OPP :Constable ..Bert Large,. of the'Sebringville de- tachment, investigated... • dear' Bylaw • • For Nomination, n 1 ation In Tuckersmlth - vote against the CTA in Monday's balloting, the Act :continues force,: until it is • revoked by pro clarnation of the Governor -Gen - The . overnor-Gen-The. delay; results 'front the per iods_that are • perinittecbunder- the. Act 'to provide for recounts or ap peals,and .as' a " result: of • the ne-• ' cessity of rel arts' of .the voting being , submitted' to the :federal. .cabinet. :The cabinet on .being "in formed of the outcome of the vote' will by order -in -council revoke the Act insofar as it :applies'to the two counties.. This revocation takes effect when it has, been pro- claiiried ' Early' Tread Evident • As early returns were received by Returning" Officer J K,- Hunter,, the, pattern of the voting in Huron 'became evideift, "'First r,.eturn- that ;of the advance poll -showed 17 each in favor .of•.revocation, and, each succeeding return. with few exceptions,, added•to the Majority., - preliminary , returns pro=• slimed •a ,majority of 4,626 votes: vorm '"re " eal of.•; the ,$1=year old Canada . Temperance Act that had been -in effect in Huron since' 1914. Votes for", revocation; 'totalled. 12,080, while there, were 7;.354 who voted to keep the CTA.• :In Se ford], the vote vas "718 1Or. revocation and 241,, against;; for •a majority of 477 Voting was light.'' until late af- ternoon in. mast areas, . and; polling: officials at' noon.` predicted a: small vote '• However, additional ;electors turned out:! in the after: •noon.to produce a percentage lliglik er than ,in ,most" 'municipal eIec, tions. The :=large ; number v ot ing wasa factor ..the silbStantia majority which was built '.Eligible • voters • in .Huron num bered 28,930. Preliminary, returns:-. showed 19,434 persons .voted, . for a • high ,67' per cent: turnout` in the By-laws.. covering 'rates of taxa- tion remuneratioif of officials and nominations, . Were considered by Tuckersmith council Tuesday af- ternoon and given required read-' Ings and; :passed, - All members . of council',were.'present ;and Reeve Ivan Forsyth: p presided:" • The clerk was instructed' to pay. -the ,subsidy on: the Nott, Sinclair Second .: Concession,' Datars and Soldan, :: Municipal. , Drains 'to the eligible :'parties. . It was decided to close .the, muni- cipaI dump , after Dec.; 5, until` fur her . notice.; Notice • to that effect wilt., appear ,elsewhere- in this paper. The clerk. `was also ,instruct= ed to insert a : notice prohibiting parking. mi roadsides, to facilitate • snow'•'plowing operations; pay. Dr. M. W. ;Stapleton'. for sheep killed, and to pay valuator's it fee; The, Seaforth ;Lions Club 'was made a grant of_$50,Aand'Farmers''Union ra a nt of. 00: ; g �• It being necessary for Reeve Ivan Forsyth'to leave the. meeting early.. to attend,:a meeting at the Court Douse 'in Goderich, ,Frank Falconer Was appointed to act for the remainder of the. meeting.. Accountspassed included: "Drain subsidy; $8,392.30; Wm. Hart, ,coal, $26; J. W. McBeath,: maintenance Brucefield ,lights; 'supplies, $59.20 hospitalization,; $3:.35; clerical .as sistance, $21.50; Sohn Cardno, bond premium, $40,07:; -Supplementary ;allottrai ce,• $25; salary ;,and allow- ance; $$48:78 "fox bounty, -$4.00; Town of Seaforth, division, court fee's' and rent, $30; dump, $20 re- lief, 094.. sheep killed,;$52; .grants, $150; , roads; .;$1,31132. • Varley pf Councillors Vy and tee, the meeting was- adjourn-, ed to meet at 1 p.m. on December 15, for .the: final meeting of .1959. ilile interest s OfficiaIs`Te�f f ;Town Affairs As:far as ratepayers: who, attend - `ed the .nomination meeting here Monday; evening are concerned,; there is satisfaction with the man-: ner in which the affairs- •of the 'town are being conducted At; the peak of the meeting :there" Were 43 persons in the -ball, includ ing candidates,, officials and•press, and the only .questions asked as. .toWn. o ficials,'reviewed the year's. ;activity:, had to do :with routine matters, ' 9g Chairman of die meeting: was Clerk D.''H: ,Wilson, Mayor Christie aid tribute to the .contribution . made by . town'. employees and !expressed, apprecia tion for the co-operation he.,.had received He.:'�paid, particular''re- feienee: to the worfliw-hfe' Christ-. mas parade arranged by the Lions Club ""and :Chamber of'. Commerce. Chairmen of Variouscommittees' Weald ;review particular activities, Ashfield,-''Turnberry, Usborne, East,' and West • Wawanosh and Howick townships gave majorities _against the .revocation of .the Close majorities; were .recorded. in Hallett ,(350 for'and 324 against)' and Morris (300 for.. 27$ "against) (See returns by polls on lra-7.t. Reeve W. N. Bali reviewed his work at county, council, where he served' on the, Executive, dren's Aid . and. Civil ,Defence Com mittees. He told the meeting that: the- the next day;.: the. county '.would Make, last •payinent- •on the court, house•',debentures Responsible'for': relief. in tow , •Reeve Ball•saidexpenditures would total about ' $2,400—some $300 he-. low estimates.• P ' Size ' :rreS e C Increase 'Wire U s :The -year of.1959 has beena-:busy one for t1ie °Public- Utility oMmiS-rr and iiiuch has been .accom-. pushed - due to thep ti co -o era 'on , of: . both staff and commission Frank. Kling, 'Public Utility Commission (Continued on'Page 7) .• cert :Members': of the McKillop 'Fed- eration of -Agriculture were taken on a trip of tile the ::British Isles and European "countries; Tuesday eve ning when ;they heard Miss Helen M. ;'.McKercher describe •a recent trip to those countries. Miss Mc- Kercher, director of the Home Eco nomics branch of ,the Ontario De partment of . Agrculture''s ' Exten siorL Branch, attended the ninth meeting of the Associ- ated County .Women of ; the World, held. ; in Edinburgh, Scotland, in August The -'theme of the meet- ing* was : "Roads ` To a Better :World." ' ._: `Chairman,for•-the • evening was,, Ken Stewart, McKillop F of A president. _; • • Stressing;,, the important ' part women play •in agriculture, War- ren Zurbrigg, president-elect of the:Huron F of A, reviewed work done bythe federation,, He men,, tioned• particularly' the control of; margarine coloring, assistance, 7n taxation .;'fields', and ...'improved: agreements: with Hydro .'covering: rights-of-way Mr. Zurbrigg red: viewed problems . of finance facing' the;; federation. ' Greetings from. the. Huron a "1': of ice representative's cultural were extended by Miss Bette Till- oan, emintyi home economist, and from the township of McKillop by Reeve. Dan Beuermann. ' 'Activities of the McKillop or ganization were reviewed by 'Mr.- Stewart. r.`Stewart. He said the F of A had acted when hydro lines. were •ex - i ues +;a MAYOR B F, CHRISTIE ( left) ', Was 'acciain ed . for his third year in office at Seafor th :nominations .Monday_ Reeve W. N, 'Ball whoalso was recur ned , by acclamation; begins his second term in that >office. stricl A second nomination wiTl•be're- quired to complete�Seaforth "'Coun- crl; it was revealed as ' time for aua'li.fication expired`. at 9 o'clock 'hies -day night. While six candi- dates- were nominated, but five ;qualified While an additional councillor is a requirement, ;'the remainder 'of council : was returned= by acclama- tion. Mayor B. F. Christie was 'the sole nominee for . Mayor, and, be- gins his third year in that of- fice. 'Reeve W. N. Ball Will con-. tinue to represent Seafortir at Huron county council; being ; re- turned as reeve for the second year. . Four of the members of the 1959 council ;.were ,;returned by, accla- mation. They are: Dr. J. O. Turn- bull, •Dr. P. L,"Brady,`Thorpe Riv- ers and N. C, Cardno. John Flan- nery begins his first year on'coun- cil. Of the two remaining mem- bers of last year's council, one; Scott Habkirk, did not. qualify; while J. A. Baldwin now resides in London - � Clerk'. D. H. 'Wilson said We' d nesday while it was ii s ran op bihty to fix a .dale for a-1 nomination meeting," he, was unsble?, to say when this would be ung he had received legal -advice. Other Acclamations Frank Kling, P.U.C.chairman,; m was 'returned by accla ation for a further two-year term Also- ae claimed were school trustees F E. Willis,,W. "T.'`Teall and 'Sohn E Reeves in six ; Huron munieipali - face;;elections this ,year, as, a result of nominations during - the past week Other offices are being con tos ted': in three " centres. • •' . In Stanley townshiP, ' Reeve klar- vey -Coleman is :being, opposed rby Deputy, -"`;Reeve ° Harvey Taylor, Councillors Alvin Rau.' 'and Johif `Stotchmer .seek • the deputy -reeve,,- sh'ip, eev ' George Hutchison;isbe- inge G org ing opposed in Grey 'township: by former" ,Councillor Cliff; Dunbar, and in Exeter Deputy -Reeve Claes ter. " Mawhinney, and' '.counciller Ralph Bailey. John Deeves, fanner Goderich township reeve, who was defeated last year by Reeve Walter Forbes in. a• threeway ?contest;• is again .seeking :the office. . Deputy -reeve Alex • Mousseau ;is conte'stin'g the office" of ` reeve in Hay township; opposing Reeve V. l Becker, and in Ashfield, Reeve -Cecil Blake is opposed by Andrew :Ritchie. ' grain club had been sponsored, and 'county the until •took.'. art in the P e r jects • 60 church s vice P o .in_ � will'"includea public: speaking con• test and a>workshop. •Huron fieldman Carl iieming- way, described the'' application of deficiency ,payments' and poultry membership' cards. 'He ---stressed :the extra ;benefits ,present. in Co op insurance and discussed the benefits being' received as; a' re-'. . silt of activity by :farm • foruiins and .Wheat: producers. Mr. Hemingway conducted: the election of.; officers, which result' ed in .the return'' of. President••Ken. Stewart for a• .further term. The first vice-president is ' James Keys, and .the,second vice-president, Gor- don: Elliott. • Gilbert Smith • was elected McKillop representative on. the Huron Hog, Producers' Associa- tion; with Gordon Elliott as ' alter - During the evening Ken Camp- bell and Larry Wheatley led in a number of songs,Mrs. Gordon Mc- Kenzie corttribdted a reading,. '"The Country ..School - Teacher." The :`secretary , and treasurer's reports were presented by'.Alvin _Dodds and adopted on motion of George Wheatley and • G. Smith, and >G. Papple and 0. Pryce. aexpressed . ti'ppreciation was s p to e the ladies of Duff's Church for the dinner by Gordan Papple and acknowledged by : Mrs. Oscar Cuthill: Miss McKercher was introduced by James Keys, and Murray Den: tended a cross the township. A is thanked her for her talk, 6,00& SEE BIG PARADE rig Mere than 6,000 people watched Santa Claus ,come :to Seaforth on Saturday, according to daily news - mein who -were on hand for the'. pageant. - •- It was, the ;biggest and best par- ade since. the 1955 Old Boys' 'Re- union, and the attendance and ap- preciation indicated by the,crowds pretty. well 'ensured that the "par- ade :will •bee rite an annual event, The 'parad took 45• ;minutes to • pass a given point, and all along, the route, 'from South Main Street to the Arena, the:"crowds "were packed, waiting.for the appearance of Santa. I The., culmination of •weeks .of planning, the" -parade was sponsor- ed jointly by theS'. forth Lions and .Cbamber;'of Commerce and local businessmen, -Santa„.'. arriv- ing ' in the final float, ened the day passing candy canes to chil- dren at the Con'lmnunity Centre, as Beet San#t� �us�a�ttc Welcomee they, .trouped in for free ` mioi''ies and skating. ' • ` -- Mayor-and- Mrs.' B. F. Christie- led the official cars, followed bye one in which were presidents El- mer'.Larone, rLions Club, and W. R. SmitlL; Chamber of Commerce: Stew' +Queen •Cathy Eckert' and her attendants; Marjorie Hoggart and .Dorothy. Boyce, 'followed,. Maple ;Leaf Dairy ',won:* prize for' its float depicting the "Old- Lady OldLady ho Lived in a Shoe." Sec-. and , award went.. to the Seaforth Public " School float, depleting a scene- frpma the Christmas carol, "Good` King Wenceslas." Third. award went to 'the Lions Club' for a float depicting ,work' carried in by the 'club. ' • . Otherboats included; ; Humpty Dtimpty, iy, Topnotch Feeds Lim-. ited; a"•nativity •• scene, by ;`Frank Kling. Ltd,;;. three menin a' tiib, by Habkirk Bus; Humpty Dumpty, ;by Bdx Furniture; cancer. theme by Seaforth- : Cancer .Unit; manger scene by St. James'' School; Christ rias scene by Women's institute, 'a'iitt, other Cfiristnrasscenes de- picted by S.S. 7, Tuckersmith, Hos- pital Aid, Legion,- Logsdon Hatch ety and.SDHS. A feature was the'* CF'PL-TV' Romper; Room;' Bands in the parade were the Seaforth District High School Girls .Trumpet., Band; Clinton • `Brass Band,' Seaforth Highlanders :Band and Bannockburn Pipe.:Band, from Varna, Thomas Wilbee was parade mar- shal; George. Hildebrand was in charge of bands, and V. C. J. Sills, chairman of the parade committee_ Meanwhile ''"the Christmas ' pro grain in .,-Seaforth is being eon tinned withthe erection this week -of an. impressive Nativity scene ,in. front of the' Town Hall: On the left . are :a number of scenes of the parade. (Expositor photos by Phillips)..;' eeve ection election, for council is also, necessary. '.Five men seeking .the. four seats; are: Glen Huether, Archie Mann,; Lawson Ward : all members- of the 1959 .council;and,; Barry Bolger and : Kenneth Bray. School ..trustees acclaimed for 1960; in Grey are: Roy Williarnson' `and John ,Cox: Janies, William"son' .and Hugh Johnston•:; were noininat ed -.but resigned.' Rae Houston and Harry Bolger did not qualify. >:vi. ... I Iiay� -Township " An election for reeve ::in Hay township' will be ',held Dec: ' 7th. Seee king this hi§• p osition. will'' be V.: L :Becker;:_ 1959 reeve, and Alex; Mousseau,. 1959 deputy- reeve. Karl,.. Haberer• was acclaimed ':deputy reeve An election "for council is._also necessary. Seeking seats :;will be' Delbert Geiger, Wiliam Davidson; Sohn.' Corbett, Leonard Greb and JohneSoldan `• 'Goderich Tonhi There willbe an°ewlectisonp; in God- erich township, for 'the reeve only. W. ' J. Forbes and J, .W., Deeves "The village of • Blyth returned veteran 'reeve .:William H Mor ritt for 'another .term and accord- ed acclamations • to its : four -man council. The four are Gordon :El- liott, Donald Howes, - Borden Cook and Scott Fairservice. • George .McN all received accla- mation mation ;as member' of the Public Utilities: Commission. "Four !were nominated for three seats on the Public School Board: Geo, Bailie, -Dr ._R.._W Street, Ray Madill and John Manning. '` . iJsborne T .wns'1i �i p P , Back .in : office again is Clayton ton A..Smith, reee•'o fUsborne town- ship, ship, ' who .received acclamation. Three members 'of this year's coun- cil, Harold Hunter, George Frayne and Ward Hern were returned by acclamation, along with Archie Hetherington; making his first bid for !a/ciouncil. seat Two meniber5 of --.the ',Public, School Area Board,. Harry Dougall -and Delmer Skinner, also; were accorded electionby,, acclamation. Grey Township Hutchin -gin Two- men, '.George . , .� s9 , 1959 'reeve, and • Clifford' Dunbar, will seek the reeveship ° of : Grey township at an election: Dec. 7. . B:rd:T!.:HSSD TB alk Building ildi n g With Councils An, invitation • will' be extended to conned* of district municipali- ties represented in the Seaforth District High School Area, to -meet with the SDHS Board on Decem ber 16 ,;to discuss accommodation requirettents at' the, school. • ' The decision; to issue the invita- tion was taken by 'the board at a- meeting Tuesday_ evening, as. con. sideration was' given u a letter re- ceived .„.from ' the Department of'. ,Education r rding the accoiii modatt l-1 p'. , rlern at the school. The -letter, . ned by F. -S. Riv- ers; G. n i circ me t er.. oanteil •o t .,that •e 1. :elementary schools -in the, area totalled 1,294.:Present; SDHS en- rolment is, 374, and is . expected to reach 450. within the next five years.• Additional 'accommodation for 120'pupils, to include three classrooms • . and an agricultural svience' room, is required, • and the. departr ent - estimated- the cost at 05,000.i” The board was advised to obtain assurance frown couneils concerned and'•from the Municipal Board that necessary debentures can :be ;•is- sued. When this has been done,. an • architect • widt be • employed and 'sketch : plans for the addition de- ,veloped for . departmental approv- al. who contested the, same seat in a similar „fight last -year, have quali fied:. , Council members returned by acclaination are ; `Jack Yeo, Ever- ett`>Mellwain, Grant Stirling :;:and Harry Oakes School board -mem hers are •-I oward ' McCullough,, V.` -Becker and Robert The', election is Declen ter -17. :` ., .... •'.-"Staple Township gree e • and An;election :for` thev. deputy -reeve , of 'Stanley ;township is: necessary,..Seeking' the , reeve- ship will`' be Harvey Coleman and' Harvey Tailor • ;For .the deputy reeve wilrbe Alvin, Kati and.Jack; iScotchiner. Council 'Wag'..retarded :-(Continued on Page 12) Cyl.fing Tf}oY.. hlt' Lcist in of r Somewhere .in a Seaforth home, perhaps in an. attic orRiiicitten away among .forgotten :souvenirs, is: trophy which membei•s Of the Sea •fotth'•Curling Club would: like 'very much to"recover.'•' �• I is--the�,William Stewart tro Ph3';.. presented many years ago- for an-: nual competition • at the : Seaforth: Club by the late Williain` Stewart, of St„ Paul, Minn, and 'a Seafortli According to C. A, Barber, the trophy dropped out of sight more than 1,0 .years ago. The last time •it was competed for was at the .old risk on Huron. Street, in the .niid forties, he said, If'. the trophy is located, a call' to Mr Barber would make it pos- sible to ' reorg nice • the ' Stewart competition. Nominations " were -a's follow* Mayor—B. F. Christie, by W Na' Ball 'and Dr.' 1.', L. Brady. P• L. Reeve—W..N: Bull, by . Di. L. Brady and Dr. J. C. MacLen-'. hn F Flannery; by; Council—John Jo rY, Y, F. C, J. Sills and Wm. N. ;'Ball; N. C. Cardno;...by' Wm. N,. Ball and:, Dr. P::. L. Brady;.;Dr. P. L. Brady,.; by N. •C. Cardno and ;WM.•N.';Bali;; Dr. JO: Turnbull, by Dr. P:. L: Brady and Thorpe •Rivers; Scott; Habkirk,' by' Dr: J. e • Turnbull and Nw....C. ' Cardno Thor e Rivera; by Scott Habkirk and, Turnbull. P.U:C =Frank Kling, by 'Scott Habkirk 'and A. Y 'McLean School Trustees Fred Willis, by Carl . Dalton and Jack Muir; ,Wm. T. Teall, by,:Or E. A. McMaster and • J.':A.. Cardno,l John•Langstaff by A.. Y. 'McLeanand ,Scott Huron ..- Count r Y BurnsMortgage v ; On CourtHouse In" an impressive' ceremony, the Warden :of ".Huron County, ':Reeve W.R::"Jewitt,•';of Hallett townshil'?. burned the Mortgage of tie, Hur- on Count-y:Court House in the,coun=. ty .chambers Tuesday; afternoon. Huron County" councillors' and former councillors ;back to- the 1954 council, "attended the 'ogre.- ninny. cere- •mony. Among them Were: former Huron, wardens, William':. Dale, Ear1_Campbeil, .John Fisher,.,Har- old: Gowdy 'and .John' Morrissey: e court . house Was con)pleteci : at a cost of 750000. It_ is int 4 $ , ` Site the' old court the sr o 1 c to on f 0 a d house,` a landmark.. ' was de- stroyed 'by fire on, :'February • 18, John Durnin, reeve; of West Wa- wanosh township and chairman,•df the ,1959. county council ,property committee;= -•assisted at the butti- ng, urn iug, Mayor:E. C. Fisher, of Gode- rich, addressed e'assembly, n con- gratulating • hem,.ion, their buccess". John;" Berry,eounty.• clerk -treas- urer,; 'presented the last. payment h on, the court house to Arthur Wa- ters, manager df the Goderich branch. of ' the Canadian Bank -of Commerce. • TQM: LBWF R, who was aa; claimed, as Reeve of"Hullett at township. norfun"aa'tions "Friday. Highlanders Down - New Ha bur 7-9 9'. Seaforth ; Highlanders defeated ,,Iew Hamburg Transports 7-2 ina seheduled Junior "C" ©ITA' game at the Seaforth arena Tuesday night. The: gam'e,: rugged throughout, featured an 'assortment of 23 pen's alties for minor infractions, six majors, four of them fer fight - big, and two game,.miseonducts, Bil. Gallo., of Seaforth, and Ralph Leis, Of New:; Hamburg, got the gate in the `second period ..after fighting and remarks tore- ferees. Torn -Sehnarr and Leis of` Nev: Hainbiiyg also collected• 10-minut( ,misconduct penalties. About 200 ;people watched the rough-and;turble match. NEW . HAMS G-Goa1,.:merou -gall;: defence,,Burnstieiil Binge;Y; centre, Main;:wings Puffier, dee t er; alternate*, G. Pfaff,. Se parr Harmer, Bast, 'Si. Pfaff,"11liott Klein, Leis, Doering: eh SEAFO.RTHua Gi Gehrig; de fence, LaRue, B. Elliott; *entre Beutenmiller; itOWcIiffe Scoins; alternates, Gallo., ,Dicck McMaster, P. Elhptt, Gaudreau Stoddart.