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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-01-01, Page 1Whore No. 53x1.2 illth YEAR • Copies t# Cpitp $6.00 A' 1,ear #a kivigtt., -• aEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1970 R. e • ..• ti ! ro r - .8f eketi ..4.6 lie ''*''' ed on , for his wartime service. iitatid Stteet,,,.liiiteiijr bitit:,, , M=r;Statiriali came tO,Seaforth •• dai4rtiCiiiiing,:teafOrtli btistfiegt. 'in Oh When he established InfiN,PailiOri.,Statinall, died Whilitift"tadto end TV sales and service eing: ,:'removed . AO Clinton centre. Interested in municipal iigPit4.Aiii Vias it', - • attattS be kept intorined regard. 4. .7406C-ialigintadio.incttelti. Ing #0, detelOP eats. Prior to iii isio :$i linggrvotihtolieattOgiori&-dolvele Seafoit he kaittetved al):::Ifigitisit0;X•t'i:o::440dif, . difvOie•th016iliat ' ditidiViti Lot* •IiiiittiktOr....aher,g0b§e4hehtly. 44. 'firaiiChilj ,•:. \ ? triStrlidtbt',:at:ditt.bilOoriiite:Wail ::. ,04010:Of ,the 't1.8;.;:iiirvIas 4Wattied*Htiflet ;M40'0,1041! ::bOttrdit -4106iir bhior 00.04.0 . . ... • .,..:, Third Prize — D. R1. Maidens While to Clinton - - ssman•„Strirkin on First Pidze.: — John B. Sinclair ets Tough Task for Judges 'ecorOted 'Homes Contest ituran, Not • To _Amalgamation la Dash for Groceries In a wild ten minute dash up and down the aisles of Wilkinson's I.G.A. last week Kleth Ruston managed to col- lect groceries valued at. $232.66. He was the winner in the -Optomists annual shopping spree contest. Charles Geddes, chairman of the sponsoring committee, said the shopping spree netted approximately ' $300. for the clirb. (Staff Photo) 0' 1-in Judges faced a to-Ugh tors? as they toured Seaforth streets last week gad in-an effort to determine the best decorated homes. After two inspections by two groups of judges, the residence • of John B. Sinclair, Goderich Street East was placed in first position. Second prize was ewer- ded the residence of Tom Wil- bee, Market Street, while in third place was the North Main Street home of D..R. Maidens. ' Prizes for the contest Were contributed by Seaforth P.U.C. wile responsibility for the judg- ing was that of the Chamber of commerce. Contrary to 'the practice in recent years judging this year was confined to __homes within. Seaforth. While the ,announced theme of this years competition was originality, judges expressed some doubts as to the extent which originality was present many of the decorative the late Hester 'Pryce and A.R. Stantrah and came to Canada with his parents in 1918 Settling in the Toronto area whete he g'rew up ana received his education. He is, survived`, by--his viae the former Marjory Moltin and four •tiaughtere, Petridia, Mre. R. iltotherSton. Port Credit; ileen. Mrs.ILreteriten,Xtdigol Wendy and Althea nettle. 114 is also by itYt grancittaaren arrangeinents. In commenting on the results, -the judges suggested that in view /of the interest in other than residential lighting consideration should be given added classificat- ions. They said thecould in- elude best outs tre cu,isiese-- e', best decorated do way and best residential window arrangement, Longtime Resident 91, Dies One of the oldest residents in the area, WilliamJamesSims, died at KilbarchawNursing Home on Sunday. He was in his 97th For 70 years a resident of Blyttt; Mr. Sims came : there with his parentS when fie was a year old. He was Ivrn in Platts- ville,. the eldest of eight chil- -dren. His parents: were-William Sims and Margaret McLaughlin. In his yotifh a-blacksmith, he later operated a general store in Blyth fcr 25 years until his retirement in 1940.' • ' On his retirement he moved ' to Seaforth to* live with his daughter- and son-iii-law. Recal- ling his earlier years on--the occasidn' of his 90th birthday, Mr. Sims, said then that he had always been familiar with Sea- forth because the • family had taken--The Expositor as long as he could remember. His father bought his blacksmith supplies from the wholesale hardWare firm of Reid & Wilson, in the stores, now octupied by Box Furniture. He had worked ,too, as a ,blacksmith' for a short time with Titomas Hills in Eg- mondville. Throughout his long life Mr. Sims continued to keep informd concerning developments and was an avid reader and collector. Mr. Sims was married in 1896-to the -former Minnie Gra- ham, Of Stanley Township, who died in 1923:Re-Is" survived by a daughter, Caroline, Mrs.Em- merson .Freestone, Thornbury and a son, James, in London. A second daughter, Lydia, .pre- deceased him six years ago.He is also survived 'by four grand- children and eleven great-grand- children. Mr. Sims was a member of the Masonic Order and a memorial service was held at the funeral home Tuesday evening. He was a rileMber of Northside United Church. Funeral services were held from - the G. A. Whitney Funeral Herne on Wednesday at 2 p.m. cpriducted. by' his minister, Rev„`t J.C.Britton assisted by Retf. J. tire Stewart. ' Temporary entombment fol- lowed in Pioneer Mausoleum, Seaforth. eee abretner ' Albert Stemma,. New Tdronto aita a: sisteer Mrs. 'I', Snow, Long Branch, A member of Bethel-BIble Church, Seatorth, a funeral service was coaciutted by his minister, Res?, D, L. Patternan -from the G,A.whitney Funeral Hanle on TueSuay, liecettiber 30th at 2 p.M. "temporary entomb- ment followea in Pioneer Mausaletini4,• • Huron is not opposed to an amalgamation of Huron and Perth' County Health Units a press re- lease authp_rized by Reeve W.J. Cahill, chairman of the Huron Board makes `Main. Discussions' between the two boards have' 'been underway for •',SeVeral years and at its Novem- r meeting, Perth council ap- proved steps leading to amalga- mation. 44 Jantiary 2rid, 1969 Marcel Anttett, Clinton, bro- ther of Raym,:bnd Anstett, lost his life in an .accident fn Clinton. Mrs. 'George E. Holland, Dub- lin, passed away. John Henderson of McKillop, was confirmed as, a trustee of Huron County Board-of Education when a deciding vote was cast by Secretary, Mrs. Edith Bell of Goderich. Driving snow ancj gale corn- biped to slow traffic to a crawl and interfered with plans of hun- dreds of area Christmas. visi- tors. e January 9th, 1969 Jack -Durst and Billy McLean flew from Mallon on_ the first leg of a journey across Europe, much of Asia and Africa. . A blinding snow storm 'swept off Lake Huron and dumped seven inches of snow on the Seaforth area. The Huron-Perth Separate School Board established head- quarters in the former U.D.P.C. building located at the corner' of Main anAJohn Sts., Sea,forth. In a short but impressive ceremony, Mayor" F. C. J. Sills and members of Seaforth Council swere sworn into office in the 'Mtn Hall. January 16th, 1969. Susan Hildebrand, Seafcrth, a member of the Stratford Fi- gure Skating Club, placed ninth out of 41 entries in the Juvenile Ladies competitions at Sarnia. While visiting in Canton, N.Y., Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dinsmdre of town men Ralph (Cooney)Wei- land who coaches the Harvard Univ"rsity Hockey team. . West William Street was re- opened, to vehicular traffic onto Duke Street,• following action by SeafOrth Council at a special meeting. January 23rd, 1069. A fat but lively ground hog which he saw moving acrossthe snow drifts• is a sign of an easy winter according to Frank Hulley, McKillop grader operator. Robert S. McKercher of Dub- lin was elected president of Uni.- -ted Co-operatives of Ontario in Landon. - • Cyril Snowden was admitted to hospital with third degree burns to his hands and O. January 30th, 1969. , Mr: *and Mrs. • Ben' MOO celebrated their diatnimd wedding anniversary. • Jahn Winter Was appViited Christmas [Vim The Christmas draw which has been a feature of the holiday season program at Sea-forth Branch 156 Royal Canadian Legion was held during the Boxing Day dance. Winners were: 1. Frank Nigh, 2.James • Rivers, 3. Leon Maloney, 4. Wes. Budnart and 5. John Sinnemon, superintendent of Edubation by the Huron-Perth Counties Roman Catholic Separate School Board. A record crowd of 1500 spec- tators, almost double that'of last year, braved freezing tempera- tures to attend the second annual • Seaforth Optimists Winter Carni- val.- February 6th, 1969 Mary Leeming and her brother, Tom Leeming, son and daughter of W. J. I„,eeming of McKillop were presented with the Love Trophy at a meeting of Huron plowmen at Winthrop. For the second time in four years a rink representing the Seaforth Curling Club at the Que- bec International Bonspiel•cae- hired the Weyi'nan Shield. The rink consisted of Royce 'Macaulay and Joseph Murphy, Clinton, John Longstaff, Robert Wilson and R.S. Box, Seaforth. John T: Mitchell of ,Hensall marked his 102nd birthday. Wilfred S. Dennis, aged 68, passed away at his home.,. February.13th, 1969. Con- Eckert's feed barn Was to the ground. Water was trucked ,from Seaforth and the Blyth Brigade was itrattendance. T. L. Habkirk was elected', president of the newly formed Snowmobile Club. Barbara Brady and Joanne Bode were congratulated by Legion President, William Dal- rymple after they won the district public Speaking Award. February 20th, 1969 . Robert McMichael of Walton recently found the remains of a balloon dangling from a tree on his farm. , Mayor Frank Sills opened the skatathan when over 300 persons were on the ice. ,• -Fred Uhler of Walton was named best actor for the .third consecutive year at the Huron County Junior' Farmers' Feetival held in the Seeforth District High , school auditorium. February 27th, 1969 - Ml's. Jean Cairns exhibited a tax roll for 'Tuckersmith Town- ship for the year 1841. John Tremeer grew beauti- fully coloured and sweet smelling hyacinths in the winter. Raton' Coutt$ of 'Veltalivon the senior Typing Championship' for District 19, comprising 20 district secondary - 'St. 001tmlban footfall team re-4iganitetr'with the tolloWing officers:, President, J91e6 March 20th, 1969 Fred Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Martin of Sea- forth, was recently appointed mar nager of a new branch of the Toronto Dominion Bank. Mrs. W. E. Butt, retiring president of the Red Cross was predented with an award of merit by Mrs. Mad Dorrance and Mrs. J. A: Munn. ' Dr. Morris " Clugslon was elected chairman of the Seaforth Recreational Council. He suc- ceeded Harry Scott. March 27th, 1969 Miss Mary Sills was re-ap- pointed convener at BRescialiall of the Intramural Competition at the University of Western Ontario. Final returns from the re- cent March of 'Dimes campaign' brought• the total receipts to$663 according to Miss!Eleknor,Hen- dertion. April 3rd, 1969. • 4 Dr. J. A. Winn and Dr. Ail;. brey Crick' attended a re-union Of the R.A4l. in Toronto. Seaforth Legion "presented Rey. - Douglas 0: Fey With; a ttreitt rod, prior to his defiarturse. tor Red Deer, Alberta. 'Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hawley celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. April 10th, 1969 1 Mr. . Mrs. Ray McGonigle marked the" 25th anniversary of .their wedding when they enter- tained friends at the Seaforth Community Centre. Rev. D. 0. Fry preached his final sermon in First Presby- . terian Church. Alvin Hoff was in St. Joseph's Hospital following a fall while working on, construction of a new hatchery at Scott Poultry Farms. Kenneth E, Keating was pro, „ moted to Regional Claims Mana- ger ',of the Hartford Insurance Company to handle the Baltimore Regional office. April 17th, 1969 Production was underway of new dairy products in the former creamery on Main Street, south of the C.N.R. tracks. S.D,H.S. variety-night attra- ted capacity crowds. A large window in the Toronto-Sominion Bank, Sea- '• forth, Was smashed early Sunday evening, when a bottle was thrown against it. Seaforth Council acted to open West William Street onto-Duke Street on a permanent basis. April 24th, 1969 • w••.•••••• Second Prize — Tom Wilbee Visa Advise' Saving Prize Tickets Seaferths “Win-a-prize '69" .... • contest continues tintil the end • of-next week. . Winners of The prizes will be determined on January 10,1970 when tickets will be drawn:, If' prizes are not • claimed within ten days, additional. tickets will be drawn at 10 day intervals as may be necessary accordingAo the sponsoring committee. • - Area shoppers who are taking part in the contest have been .reminded by the committee to. hold on to all tickets they may have since the first :draw may not produce all the winners. Difficulties/ in the way centre •-on the location of the headquart- ers of the combined unit. 'Wren has emphasized that the head- quarters • should be located as close as possible, to the geogra- phical centre of "'the areas to be served which is Seaforth. Seaforth Community Hospital has indicated a site can be made available. — Stratford on the other hand contends the headquarters should be in that, city ince it is the municipality wIth the largest, population.'111 The Huron press release ' issued over the signature of Dr. G.P.A.Evans, director and medical 'officer of Health says: The Board of 'Health of Hur- on County• wishes it to be made clear that it is not opposed to amalgamation of Huron and Perth County Health Units to form a Health District. The Board at its most r meeting, Monday,- 22 December, ' 1969 reiterated 'this position, a position it is on record as main- taining for some considerable time. Huron County Board of Health prepared to continue meetings with its counterpart in Perth County to work' out details and arrive at conclusions and recom- mendations which it can place before Huron 'County Council and .the; Perth Board may present to the councils to 'which it' must report in the matter...These dila,- cussions, 'the. Huron 'Board is of theq)pinion,, must be on the basis of equal rep-reeentation, on an eventual' joint Btard' 'and a cen- tral location in the two-county areafor, the headquarters of the prppoSed. Huron-PErth Health District. W. Melady; Secretary, Kenneth Gal- loviay; /Treasurer, -John Moylan; Publicity Director, James Mc- Quaid; Harry Ryan and Dave Me- , Inally co-captains of the teeth., March 6th, 1969. Fire destroyed an' aluminum covered barn on the farm of Adrian Timmerman, R.R. 3., Kip- pen. 142 pigs were lost in the blaze. Mr:and Mrs. Austin Dexter celebrated their 53rd, wedding anniversary at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Wilmer,Glousher and Mr. Glousher, at Londesboro. Larry Wheatley, H.H.1., Dub- lin, won the Men's Skiing Cham- pionship at the Hanover Skiing Club races.. at Beaver Valley. Robert . Dinsmore, a member Of Seaforth Council, was appoin- ted Justite Of the Peace on the recommendation of the Ontario Attorney General. March 13th, 1969' Rev. a 0. Fry accepted a call to Knox presbyterianChurch at Red Deer, Alberta. • Seaforth Women's institute marked 40 years area service., The World's Day of Prayer was held at St. James' Roman Catholic Church. The guest spea- ker was Sister Ann from St. Patrick's Convent, Dublin. Fire caused by lightning des- troyed a large barn, together with straw and pig sheds and resulted - in a $30,000 loss at the farm of Joseph Ryan. Largely attended funeral ser- vices were held in BrusselsUni- ted Church for the late' Elston Cardiff, former-Huron Mr..% Fred Riley of Lucknow pur- chased the Freeze King on No.8 Highway, west of Seaforth. Orville Oke was elected chairman iif Zone 3 at Zurich when 125 members of the Lions International assembled. • May 1st, 1969 Dr. Lorraine Roth-Moybgre- duated in medicine and is now taking, training in -pathology. Bill O'Shea and Joe McLean displayed an-8 lb. carp which they Caught within bicycling disfance of Seaforth. Allan' Nicholson of Seaforth wee elected District ComMander Of District 'C' Of the Canadian Legion in Galt. • • N 1980 iii Review coriiintiee thieettbetirthie iettiOv • 4.