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The Huron Expositor, 1976-02-28, Page 20T E HURON EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 1976 ONE, TWO THREE — SDHS principal Bruce' Shaw xx looked like he was counting as he helped members of tht .SDHS Girls Band off one of the buses when they arrived back home last'week. From back to front, Elizabeth.Golding, Cheryl McClure, Joanne Rimmer and Pat Anderson climb out of the bus. (Staff Photo) —Obitucwies THANK YOU from the SDHS GIRLS BAND To the individuals in the community for, making the trip to or' a possible. Your generosi(ty a ard work is greatly appreciated. A SPECIAL THANKS is in order to the following as well: Seaforth Lions Club •Seaforth Optintists7- Seaforth Legion • Seaforth Legion Auxilia6 McKillop Township Tuckersmith Township Members of Huron County Council Huron county Board of Fducatkin The Huron Expositor Personnel' of the T.D.Bank. SEAFORTH.- AYR - CAMBRIDGE IiM — COMING PANCAKE DAYS Wednesday - March 31 Pleas'e Note: Date in last week's ad was incorrect. SEAFORTH 5270120 Rowel ffe Maters 4 SEAFORTH Helen Arlen at Children's Aid Stars out , of. IHL FRED ZIEGLER tiegler, 85. of Seaforth, died- Saturday' in the Kilbarchan, rest home in Seaforth. - Born in VieKillop Totynship. he was the `,(111 of thy' laIC Mr. and Mrs. John ticgier., . • He farmed • in McKillop, toscnship Until retiring to Dublin a number of year., ago. Suri, lying is a sister- Annie, of Marian Villa. tontlon. • The hods au.:, at the R.S.Box funeral home. Seaforth, where fu neral service was held 'luesslay at 10 the Res . 11..11.aragh officiating. • em portm entombment follav ed in Pionem: Memorial' Mausoleum, Seatorth. ‘‘ith spring inSt. Columbart cyttictet'v. Pallbearers were joseph [let (Teal! \ , William Hodgcrt. I;uk Murptirt r James Dcy (Tea ux. fhomas• alt.'. Albert Cronin. grandchildren.' .......,.....2, p.m. with Res. F.G.Nelson .-Th"C'bodm4,,,w;vii, at the Whitney- offictating. .. Riftey" hiIneral home Seaforth, Ternporar • • entombment where .;,1 :funeral serYia` was held follow ed in . PiOneer Memorial Tuesday with Res, F. G. Nelson Mausoleum, kt,ith spring burial in and Canon John Munroe official- Maitlandbahk • • Cemetery, ing„ . Seaforth. ' Temporary entombment was in Pallbearers were Geo. D. Flay... Pioneer Memorial Mausoleum. A. K. Sharp. Cal Ltionliardt, with spring burial' in Stalla George I co. Glen smith and cemetery. . . • Harry Blav tn... , Flow erbearers Pallbeares were W.D.Wilson, were Robert Watson and Mel Glanville, Eric McIntosh. •M. A .MeKenziv , Stan Jackson,ibs, McLellan and Les Riles..Mott erbearers were •Stu Wilson and Brian Wilson.. • MRS. JAMES HOWE Mrs. James' Howe'. Brantford. died Sunday. Ft:11nd 22, while ‘isiting her brother Oliver .Nla t•Ka , of Scalorth. Born ini ucl,ersmith township, she was the former Bessie MacKay, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. .1ohn F. MacKay. Predeceased by het' 'husband, .she sury ed by a daughter, Mrs. Donald tAlicei Stephen of Brantford: 'brothers Olk er and micharles. and a /sister, Margaret, of Sea kitiO ralso' three MRS. SAMEEL DOR,FANCP Mrs. :Samuel Dorraticc.85, of Seaforth, died Friday at the Seaforth Com m Unity Hospital. The former Mary Agnes (Mae) Govenloek, she was the daughter of the late John Gosenlock and Ellen Hays and -was horn ih McKillop. She married Samuel. Dorrance in 1.9 ID. He died in action in 1"918 • during lighting in the First World War. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Settforth. life member of pi(' Barbara Kirkman auxili.,ry:last president of the 1, 'adics Aid Society; past noble grand of the .1delWeiss Rebekah Lodge: and 41 long time • member of •th'c I-itches committee of the' Seaforth 'Agricultural Society. Helen Allen, known for kerwork in the field of Child Welfare adoptio t , ough thS "To-day's Child" u tibfr mn in many daily and weekly wspapers throughout Ontario, and the "Family Finder" television show,, will be the guest speaker at this year's annual meeting of the Children's Aid Society of Huron County. Affiliated with the Adoption Co-ordinator' offi& of the Children's Services Bureau of the Province of Ontario, Miss Allen has been a prominent spokesman on behalf of the older and -so-called "nnadoptable' child in the province and Cardda, and tis active in the Vieffiam crisis efforts of the province a ad Ontario's Children's Aid Societies in 19 5. 1' sixtv•lifth annual meeting of the Society will he held in the Board • ,Room of the County Assessment Building. Gloucester Terrace, Goderich on Thursday., March 4 at 8:00 p.m. The annual .reports of the Society will be presented along with the election of the Board of Directors for the year 19'6. - - All resiiient's of the ,COtin,ty who are members of the.‘,Society axe entitled to vote at the anntol. meeting. and to be nominated for„ the Board. Membership cards are as tillable at the office of the' Society. 46 Gloucester Terrace, Goderich or the office of the toi' MRS. CHARLES MeGAVIN Mrs. Charles McGavin 69, of Seaforth. cued Wednesday. February 18 at the Seaforth Community Hospital after a , lengthy illness. Born in Brussels, she was the former 'Florence Elizabeth Oliver, a daughter of the -late Mr. and Mrs. John Oliver. Her husband, to whom she' ryes in 1929, predeceased her in 1971, Surviving are a daug hter. Mrs. Everett (Frances) Storey of R.R.1, Dublin, a son, William of 20 • Argyle St.„ Stratford; a brother, John C. of Toronto; five grandchildren. The body was at the Whitney'-Ribey funeral home. in Seaforth, Where the service was held Feb. 20 at 2 p.m., Rev, Mervyn Retailer, of Northside Cnited Church in ' Seaforth officiated. . Temporary • 'entombment followed in Pioneer Memorial .Mausoleum and burial will follow later in Brussels Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ross Driscoll, Norman Schack, Boyd Driscoll, Wm, Chureh, Hugh Rinn, JaMes McFarlane. Flowerhearers were Ralph McNichol, Joseph Ryan, Widter • Somerville: Archie Somerville. their morale will he badly weakened. Many of those present were moved to tears by a song written and composed by Barb Hodgins of Vanastra on the closing Of the hospital; The song decried the closing of the hospital and cited the death of a resident during a snowstorm because Clinton was closed and they' couldn't reach Goderich Hospital. Clerk-Treasurer, Court H ouse, Goderich, and may also be obtained the evening of the meeting on payment of the annual one dollar fee. The Board of Directors has extended a cordial invitation to all residents of the County to attend the annual meeting, and to avail themselves of an opportunity of hearing Helen Allen, and • 'the work of the Society in adoption -and related children's services activities, Members of the Stat. hockey club can only look forward to the upcoming golf and baseball seasons now. The Flyers eliminat ed the hard luck green team from further 1.1-1.L. playoff action last Sunday night 'by taking the contest 7 - 3 and the series in two' straight games. Ittt) early goals by Perry Broome and Glen Nicholson dashed any hopes the Stars had of raffling out a win, Jack Baker and Broome, with his second, gave the Flyers a 4-0 first period lead in the hard- hitting contest. beginning one lone log cabin built by Mr, Andrew Steerte on the Northeast corner of Main and lighway 8. seemed to collect all available intormation about the town but I learned a lot from the record as ritten by our popular• historian and author James R.Scott who has done so much to preserve our interesting heritage. 1 was impressed by his vivid description of -the fire. ' What a struggle those firemen must have had risking life and, limb to save what they could' of their town in the face of impos- sible conditions, failure of water power and changes in the wind which took its toll in deterMining the path of the fire. In 1914 the firmen came to their own. when they won and sur- passed many world, records 'in competition. I ant pleased td 'see a former pupil of S. P.S. Don Halley is fire chief. In the Centennial edition of the Huron Expositor several other former pupils who have chosen to remain in Seaforth some in their own. business Robert Dinsmore , and Lloyd Eisler, Those Who have remained may have taken t'IT;11 has been said about our town that many went farther and fared worst'. All good wishes to those who are establish- ing their roots in Seaforth. Bob Montgomery and 'Murray Pepper scored within one minute JAMES SCOTT one of the first directors of the McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company was identified incorrectly in last week' Exposit as Joseph. S cott. The Expositor apologizes for the error. WMS eets The W.Mt3. met February 19 at First Presbyterian Church. The' meeting was apOed by the president, Mrs. 1td1iffl 'McMillan and hymn 109 was sung. Eleven members answerett the roll call by giving the name' of their favourite hymn. It was decided to entertain the Barbara Kirkman at the March meeting and hive a pot luck meal. • In the absence of the treasurer, Mrs. .Van Rooijen, Edythe Coleman gave the report. A moment of silence was taken in memory of a valued the er Mrs. Drover, followe5 by an earnest prayer by( Esther 'Thompson.. • Mrs. Keys took the study "Faithful Servants in .Taiwan". Ann Agar read a paper continuing the study. also Belle Campbell and Muriel McClure. Mrs. Crouch read the Scriptutic 'Mathew, chap. 25, verses f 4 - Miss Jennie Hogg followed with a prayer. A letter of "Greetings" front the churches in TaiWan, -read by Mrk-7,K-c-sys, closed • the study period.' • of eaich other half way through the second stanza and .the Stars found themiselyes within striking distance of the Flyers. However, Clive Buist, Jim Watson and Ron Beuerman all connected to put the game out of reach. Jim Montgomery added a late goal for the green team to wake the final count 7 - 3 in the Flyers favOur.' It Was a hard hitting game which is typical for 1.H.L.playoff ac'hti'o : The finally showed some team work last :Sunday and it paid off‘ evening, , in:big 2 victory over the Kings in the second match of' the e Competely out-hustled the previous week sthe Wings reversed the situation in dead• apiece, loeki the series at one game Ken DOig opened the scoring at the 1:20 mark for .the red team .and tht score stood 1 - 0 until Gary Finnigan evened the count at 12:35 mark of the ,first,period. Doig's second goal of the evening and a score by Dave Broome gave the wings a 3 - lend at intermission. Kevan Broome and Dave Broome, with his second, addled second period.goals for the Wings i-- with Dale • Kennedy getting the second -Kings marker. lay The game was rough and chippy especially- during the second period. A ..ter a fast opening session the game turned into warfare as ,both • clubs combined for 39 ',Minutes in penalties. The Wings got the lion's share of penalty time with 24TihneinuBteluse. Blues bounced back in typical form with a 9 - 4 thrashing. of the Hawks in the late game. The score was only 5 - 4 in the Blues favour with six minute's left in ' the game when fur Hawk defence collapsed and the blue team exploded four unanswered goals. Randy Wood lead the charge with four goals. Ron Dalton added a pair •of goals as did Tat Connelly. Art Strong connected for the niliKlhe-n8BIlittersgeta,lbary Nicholson, Ray Devereaux and Kevin Henderson all combined to score the 4 Hawk goals. It was a complete reversal of fol-m for both the Wings acrd B'ues after losing the first games of the opening series. So. next week the Flyers will have to sit by patiently and see who wins to determine second round opponents. • Games next week F'Eb. 29/76. Blues Kings' Hawks Wings She is stirs is,ed h+ a daughter Bernice • iPttt) Mrs. McKenzie, Seatorth and a son Staples G. Dorrabce: Cornwall, She is also s''CiiIIVed h\ 'brothers W. Selson Go% enlock of Sinicoe and .1. 1 ester Gos of Foronto and•kt,- two sisters Edith, Mrs. JK.B.Brown, Toronto and Beth, Mrs. S.L. Phillips. Seaforth. She ‘t as predeceased by a son butt ill 1Q -2, I he //04,Y i+us at the R.S.Box funeral h011le, So;iforth. Funeral sere-icc.,w as held there Monday at • - (By Mabel Turnbull) • On Sunday last I found a copy of the Centennial number of the Huron Expositor at hand. I spent a very enjoyable afternoon peru- sing it. • It Was a wonderful historic record of our town's highlights dating front the great fire of 1876 wheti our town was an almost cornpletely destroyed. It caused a building boom in the townwhen brick and not wood was used tit replace the old —making it more substantial. ..The buildings on both sides of `the street seemed to follow a similar style ofarchitecture which 'made Main Si worth y of "'Much r.comment from visitors on the regularity in the blocks of stores. It makes one think there must has been master planning.. • When 'aching Grade VII. at S.P.S. 1 carefully researched the tow'n's history front its humble 2000 at (Continued 'from Page 1) east MPP (NDP) Bob McKenzie.. Mr. McKenzie said the hospital closings make ",no sense whatever." and in reality would only save the government SIO million., "not including the and unemployment insurance benefits that have to he paid out to the fired workers. He called the closings absolutery Before the panel discussion, „the standing room only crowd heard a Myriad of reasons for sav i ng the hospital from a dozen area residents. • Jim Armstrong of Clinton said 'there were 75 persons in the area over 55 years whose. health would be jeopardized with the hospital -dosed. .Ken 'Walker of Clinton, who has two artificial legs, said he wouldn't alive today if' it wasn't. for the proxjimity of the hospital. Huron nt of education director John Cochrane said the, liv'es of 3,000 pupils in the area ,are threatened with the closing of Clinton's emergency facilities, '• Rev. John -'0estreicher of Clinton said that community support was as important to patient 'recovery ,as good health. care, and with patients,having to • be hospitalized far from hre, Kilbarchan Notes TODAY 'S USED CAR r CE MAY BE THE LOWEST YOU II to 4 WE'RE OVERSTOCKED I Extra benefits for the ,over ' sixty * Standard safely deposit hoses rm. only S3 a year (A rental reduction of 55 on rger.hoxes) , • Free safe- eeping of Guaranteed In\ estmcnt Certificates • Free checi ies on regular six hips account, • Monthly interest paynie4, oti (;uaranteed Investment. 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