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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1969-11-27, Page 17t-b Seaforth Lions marked the 45th anniversary of the foun- ding of the club at a•• dinner and dance in the Legion Hall Monday evening and honoured 'two surviving charter, members of those who established the club in Seaforth id1924. In presenting 45 year pins to C. A. Baker and R. N. His- -Sonette, past-president Frank .Kling recalled the benefits , to' the community that had resul- ted from the decision taken by •the originating members. Reminding his audience of the world wide association of Lions ClubsInternational Coun- sellor, Jack Filkin of Toronto, who brought greetings from Lions International, said that de- spite the contributions which clubs . such as Seaforth make to its community, • its greatest opportunity for service lay in a wider field. A former trict governor, Mr. Filkin was tt I is A highly regarded Brucefield couple, Mr. and Mrs: /On K. Cornish, celebrated the 50th An- niversary of their wedding on Wednesday. They w4reitt home to a host of friends and relatives who called to extend congrat- ulations. For many yeara a leading businessman in Brucefield, Mr. Cornish was born in Leicester. • England and.cane to Canada with • his faintly 'in May 1003. Mrs. Cornish, the Milner Jennie Hill, was born in trucefiefd. The rottple were married on November 22, 1919 by Hey. D. McIntosh in the Presbyterian manse at Brucefield. Following the ceremony they drove to the_ home of Wm. Chillimair for a reception and then. to their new holne at Lumley in Usborne where they farmed for four years. in 1929 Mr. Cornish moved to Brucefield wher4 he worked with the. Ttickersinith Municipal Telephone System for a time and later that year purchased Warehouse building from the late Andrew Scott. In the build- (Continued to. page 28) LIONS 45 YEARS IN SEAFORTH There were lots of interesting experiences of 45 year's ago recalled Monday evening as Seaforth Lions marked the 45th anniversary of the founding of the club. Guests of honor were two • of the members who assisted in the frirmation of the club. Shown congratulating charter members 12.N.Efisonette; now of Stratford;' and C.A.Barber are (left) International Counsellor Jack Filkin of Toronto and Gordon 13utenmiller, president of the Seaforth Club. (P -.laps photo) Lions Recall History At 45th Anniversary Dinner SOON BACK IN PRODUCTION The John Boshart factory on South Main Street which has been idle for more than a year, has been Sold and is expected to be back in production early in the New Year. The new owner Wm.Akins of R.R, 4, Stratford said he Atha to resume manufacturing just as soon as he coMpletes 'Work necessary before the plant' can be used. (Staff PhoM) LA/ , The Boshart Ant on Seaforth's Main .Street'Oyill be back in operation early Whe New Year. The plant has 04en idle since the fall of 1968. • Win. Akins of 11.R.4,Stratford, told the Expositor Wednesday morning that production4euld be underway 4.1.1iist as soon as I can get it going". Be added this should be early In January. Sale of the Boshart plant to Mr. Akins for $12,000. as ap- proved at a special.meeting of council Tuesday night. 'he pro- perty. had been included in the 1968 tax,dsale and was purchased by the t5wil when no other bid- ders appeared. The period during which. it could be redeemed expired last._ week and at that time it be- " came available for• disposal by the town. The selling priCe flatted the taxes involved in' the tax sale and other costs to the town. Mr. Akins obtains possession on December 1st. He 'oleo has made arrangements for the pur- chase of two other parcels in- volved in the Boshart operation and which had been disposed of in the tax sale. These -in- clude the frame office buildings and shop occupied by Willis Dim- das and Thos. Pryde and Song which had been purchased at the tag sale by the Pryde firm and the warehouse building on the south side of Crombie Street across from the factory,which had been purchased by Carl Dal- ton. Mr. Akins concern to have , the Plant in' OPOration. A 009-it as possible was indicated as 4 council considered the sale. P,D,MeConnell of the firm of McConnell and Stewart, who are aeting for Mr. Akins, said the new• owner wanted to have possession as soon as possible so that necessary work eould be carried out in the plant pre- liminary to going into produc- tion. Mayor Sills added that he understood arrangements al- ready had been made to bring in necessary lumber stocks. , Mr. Akins, a 'native of Mil- verton, has been associated with the lumber and furniture busin- ess all his life. He said he would expect that when manufact- uring gins in January the out- put w d be basically similar Q that willow oqf.)34ba* grixt; PPOWed, 'As ^organization .4,41/aPcedO)Vgfia vie13.141*-9baNy: result,he • . - lie was IllnablO S.P.Y. itat the initial rectoremeot or Plalt would be but expec,tekit rauld be greater than the' nnlig).0,r ern" ployed when BOallartS ceased operating. John Boshart and. Sons was founded more than 3Q yeark ago by the late John Boshart and manufactured- a line of quality furniture which found a ready market across Canada. Production ceased more than ,a year ago and subsequently the property was sold at last yearS tax sale. Taken over by the town, the plant has been idle during these intrvening months. 0) Provincial Police are con- Entry was gained through a tinuing a search for safecrackers second storey window easily ac- who broke into the Export pack- cessible from the adjoining single ers office and a Looby Con- storey plant roof. struction shed in Dublin late The robbery was discovered Saturday night. Monday morning by• employees Police believe a citizen who 'reporting for work. Sebringville O picked up two hitchers or al- OPP were 'notified and an in- lowed two men to use their,phone to call friends may be able to Forest Detachment were called supply information which could In. aid in finding the safecrackers. ' The same8east e e evef inniDnegb,las, owned doend Three men are suspected `Highway in the incident. One 'probably by Looby Construction was b drove a car which was later broken into. Burglars faced found brokendown in Hibbert broken into. Burglars forced the Township. The others are be- door of the shed and gained lieved to have set' out on foot entry but nothing was 'reported_ in a southwesterly direction. stolen. The break-ins at Dublin follow Constable' Knowles of the Se= a series of recent thefts.in Bur.: bringville OPP Detachment in- on County; the latest of which bringville OPP Detachment is was at the UDPC building South investigating the incidents. Main Street, Seaforth, when :" Would-be thieves were foiled $1100. was blown up by the burg in both attempts as nothing was lers in the robbery attempt. 'At Dublin, the thieves netted reported stolen at either the 'only $32.00 as near as compan Brussels Legion or the Mac- officials at the Export Packers Donald Lumber Company. _Plant could tell. The thieves used an acetyline welding torch belonging to the Vote company to wen two old safes. Both safes were ovihed by a former company in the Dublin L plant and had never been reopened.owev papers and er they con- tained only records of the former company. 111 The thieves pried open a filing cabinet where $26.00 was found and jimmied a soft dr nk machine . • for an additional $ 0 in coins. Voters in Hensel"' and Logan Smash Safes In Dublin Entries tail go go to the polls Monday as A result of qualifications in those centres. In Hensal Reeve Oliver Jaques is being Opposed by form- er reeve Mrs, Minnie Asloakes. Running for council are John Baker, Harold Knight, Leonard Erb and Heinz Rooseboom, mem- bers of present council and new- comers Willard 'Buchanan and Paul Nellands. Roger Venner 'was elected to the P.U.C. try acclamation. Fenn er reeve Rudolph ?Bauer and a member of last year's council, 'Gordon Mogk, are con- testing the reeves office in Logan. William' G. Hill, last.years reeve did nit qualify. Candidates for council are Edwin Inman, William Rose, Hubert Kolkman, Timothy Nic- holson, Laverne Gordner,George Jarmuth. Earl Ahrens did not qualify. COUNCIL ACCLAIMED Hullett Council has been re- turned by acclamation. They are Reeve - Hugh Flynn; Council - Leonard Archambault, Joseph Bunking, John Jewitt and Charles Scanlon. ogan and ensall , BREAKIN AT A N Thieves broke into a safe and filing cabinet at Export Packers in Dublin over the week end but gained little for their efforts.' There was nothing in the safe and lint, few dollars in the cabinet. Manager Gordon Stephenson to the damaged filing cabinet.. (Staff Thoto) Court of Revision was held for McBride Drainage Works at a meeting of Tuckersmith Town-, •- ship -Council at Huron centennial School, Brucefield, on Tuesday night. ViVan Cooper, Robert Thompson and Gordon Wren were present for the court. No appeals received. Drain work may now. be advertised for tenders. The 4793 lineal feet of closed drain with five catch basins and one junction box is estimate„1,, to cost $13,350.00. A petition for the Sinclair drain near Kippen. was accepted by Council. The engineer's report was read on the Slavin Drain in the southern part of Tuckersmith. Engineer Henry Uderstadt of Tri • - ton Group, Orangeville, was present at the meeting for the e- reading and to answer questions of a number pf ratepayers af- • fected by the drain who were at the meeting. ting resolution' from Stbney Creek was endorsed As the result of a motor gang fracas there on Hallowe'en night. Stoney Creek Council, recogniz- ing the growing trend towards civil "disobedience and the lack of respect for law, feels the laws respecting. disobedience should be rigidly enforced by the police and the courts. The resolution reads: "That the council go on record as requesting the Attorney General of the Provi ce of Ontario to vigorously enforce the laws respecting isle gatherings and' civil disobedience and that copies of thii resolution be forwarded to all municipalities in Ontario for their endorsement so that the cumulative results of such resolutions may be for- warded to the AttorneyGeneral." A letter from aGoderich firm of solicitors was read reporting a dainage 'suit against the town- ship by the Canadian, National Railway has been dismissed for lack of evidence. Damages to a C.N.R. dayliner amounting to a- bout $5,000. in February '1967. were believed by the C.N.R. to be caused 'by snow piled on the tracks by the township plow. This was denied by Tuckersmh Road Superintendent,w Allan Nicholson, who suggested the damage might have been caused by crust on the snow. Members of council are to Meet with Egmondville rate- payers on' Thursday evening to discuss replacing the present Street lights while the main road is being rebuilt and new side- walks laid. introduced by past-president, J. A. Stewart. He ^was thanked, by A. Y. McLean. The program which followed the dinner was in charge of tie club president, Gordon Beuten- miller who welcomed the guests, who included representatives of clubs throughout the district. The head table_wa,s• introduced by xone,, chairman, Orville G. Oke, Mayor F. C. J. Sills exten- ded congratulations on behalf Of the town and drew attention to the contributions which the club had made to the community.' He referred to co-operation that had made the bowling green pos- sible and the Lions park and Pool. McKillop and Tuckersmith were represented by Reeve Allan Campbell and Reeve Elgin Thompson. Mr. Bissonette, who' had been , on the staff of the Seaforth Col- legiate Institute when the club was formed spoke of his as- sociations in the town and of - the high regard in .which both the club and community were held. During dinner William Camp- bell contributed a series of or- gan selections. G,eorge Hildebrand expressed appreciation to those who had taken part and Mrs. C. Coombs, president .eleet of the ,t'egibn Ladies' Auxiliary, replied. Decision to form the Seaforth Lions Club was taken at a din- ner meeting in the Queens Hotel December 2, 1924. The Charter was preSented at a gathering held in the then Methodist Church on the folloWing January 28. During the 45 years the club has been in existence, presi- dents who have served the club include: 1924-2'7 - R. M. Jones* 1928 - W. J. Duncan* 1929 - Dr. C. MacKay* 1930 - J. W. Beattie* 1931 - C. A. Barber 1932 - John Beattie*,. 1933 - J. F. Daly* 1934 - Dr. F. J. Burrows* 1935 - J. M. McMillan* 1936 • - J. E. Keating* 193'7 - G, D. Ferguson* 1938 - Harry Stewart* 1.938 'Dr. F. J. Bechely* 1940 , - A. Y. McLean 1940-41 - J. A. Stewart 1941-42 - M. A. Reid* 1942-43 - Dr. E. A. McMaster* 1943-44 - C. E. Smith* 1944-45 - H. G. Mei& 1945-46 - Ross Scott 1946-4'7 - F. S. Savauge* 1947-48 - James M. Scott 1948-49 - W. R. Shaw* 1949-50' - E. C. Chamberlain* 1950-51 - W. T. Teall 1951-52 - H. E. Smith* 1952-53 - Frank Kling 1953-54 - Dr. J. 0. Turnbull 1954-55 - A. W. Sillery 1955-56 - M. E, Clarke 1956-57 - J. Scott Cluff 1957-58 - J. W. Modeland 1958-59 - W. M. Hart 1959-60 - Elmer Lorene 1960-61 - C. Rowcliffe 1961-62 - J. E. Longstaff 1962-63 - W. E. Southgate* 1963-64 L. F. Ford 1964:65 - Lee Learp 1985-66 - A. J. Wright 1966-67 - G. A. Whitney • 1967-66 - .0, G. Oke 1968=69 - Irvin Trewartha *Deceased tionatel Dale of Toronto, who recently received his Bacheldr of Arta Degree' at the CIniversity of Toronto. Born and educated' in Seaforth, he is a son of Lorne Dale, Seaforth. Deserve To Have Fairs Edward Starr, Vrector, Agri- cultural and Horticultural Soci- eties Branch, Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture and Food, Toronto, was the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Huron County Plowman's As- sociation in Blyth on Friday night. Mr. Starr assured the 125 guests in attendance at th% din- ner meeting that 'as long as you have, people willing to put on a fair, then you deserve to have 'that fair'. He said that at one time he thought the county fair would be better, than several smaller, fairs, but after being closely associated with fairs he had changed his mind. (Over the years some fairs will amalgamate, but that will be the choice of the community. I shall make no such recom- mendation' he said; Jae feels fairs serve a very useful pur- pose and that agricultural soci- eties should be cherished. 'With the shift of population (Cfintinued to page 28) ueen-. Disapppars fic From Lobby Some months age Postal of- ials decided to leave the lobbies of area post offices open 24 hours a day as a convenience to box holders. While there were some re- servations on the '' girdittids. that loitering would result and other problems arise, this hasn't been the case as far as Seaforth is . concerned • There have been ho problems postmaster O.G,Oke said - except for one matter. Somebody has stolen a pic- ture of queen Elizabeth which hung on one of the lobby walls. Police are investigating. Council Advances Drain Work MR. AND MRS. J. K. CORNISH Brucefield Couple Wed 5 •ow . Years