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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-08-26, Page 5... 1 ensa i and district news coRREspQNppos Mrs. Maude Hedden, Phone 242,2002 Mrs. Bertha MacGregor, Phone 26202025 Approve borrowing for school construction Repair old theatre seats Jim Hyde, president of the Hensel]. Kinsmen club is shown at right as volunteers repair seats at the Hensall arena. The seats are from the former theatre in Exeter and have been in storage for the last two or three years in a barn near Crediton. 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'at' 15 oz. tins WHOLE MUSHROOMS SARDI NES 31/4 or. ZS". 3/99 tins I0/99 The Hensall arena is almost ready for the expected 2,500 who will be on hand for the Grand Ole Opry program sponsored by the local Kinsmen Club. For some of the visitors to Heneall the seats they sit on may have a sentimental interest. The seats from the old Lyric Theatre in Exeter, closed these last two years or more have been dug out of storage and reconditioned for the occasion. Members of the club have been working nights for the past few weeks mounting the seats on wooden stands and positioning them across the main floor of the arena to make sure that the maximum number of seats are ready as well as making sure that all will have an equal chance to see and hear from their position. will be levied again this year the same as in previous years. Council also set December 15 as the date when taxes will be come due, with a penalty of 4% for late remittance. After Jan- uary 1, 1966, interest at the rate of 6% per year will be charged for late remittance. ItitattiMUMEZMNXXXEMINEKaaaaVaargaz.„..„: Hay tax rate increased school costs up 4 mills At a special meeting of the Hay Township council last week, members approved the tempo- rary borrowing from the Bank ctf Montreal of $367,000, to finance the construction work for theHay Township School Area, at the buildings in Hensel and Zurich. Sunday fifty members of the Greene family gathered in the Seaforth Lions Park for their fourth annual reunion. Races and games were enjoyed by those present. The winners were: Balloon race, Irven Gethke; paper plate race, Betty Tucker, Steve Suplat; lucky spot, Mrs. Beverly Beaton guess weight of water melon, Mertez Taylor, Steve Su- plat; hammer the nail, Irven Gethke, Betty Tucker ; most change, Wes Greene. Races, girls and boys, 6 and under, Kim Greene, Jeff Tay- lor; girls and boys 6 to 10, Nancy Taylor, David Greene; girls and boys 10-14, Diane Su - them, Marty McClair;; wheel- By MRS. KEN McKELLAR Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Russell visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. William Hollywood of Strafford- ville. Mr. & Mrs. Weldon. Lockhart of Kitchener were Sunday visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Alex Ramsey. Miss Margaret Jean Russell of London is holidaying this week with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Russell. Miss Janet Adams of Blyth spent the weekend with her grand- parents, Mr. & Mrs. George Wallace. Mrs. Velma Adams and Helen, Blyth and Mrs. Verna Brooks, Staffa visited Sunday with their parents, Mr. & Mrs. Wallace. Mr. & Mrs. T. L. Scott visit- ed Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Den- ton Taylor and family at Bruce Beach. Mr. Otto Walker and Miss Alice Walker were special guests at a family party held in honor of their birthdays at the home of Mr. & Mrs. 11. R. Currie, Dorchester Sunday. Miss Linda Currie of Dorchester returned home after holidaying with her grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Walk- er. Miss Colleen Muirhead of Ros- tock spent last week holidaying with Mr. & Mrs. Alex Gardiner. Mr. & Mrs. Alex Gardiner visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Zurrell of Milverton. Mr. & Mrs. Harold Dodds and children of Walton visited Sunday evening with Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dodds. Misses Catherine and Janet Scott of Seaforth spent the week- end with their grandmother, Mrs. Grace Scott. Mr. & Mrs. John Wallace and Debbie visited Sunday with Mrs. Shirley Elliott and family, Essex. Mr. and Mrs. John Hall and girls have returned home after a pleasant trip through the western provinces. Miss Jane McCann enjoyed a holiday with relatives in Detroit last week. Pat, Mike and Sally Lane, De- troit, are visiting with Mrs. Lau- ra McCann and other relatives. The YCS girls held a very .suc- cessful bake sale Sunday to raise funds for their delegates who will attend a three day convention in London early in Septenlber. Danny MasSe and Joseph Mugan of Windsor are on holidays With Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Carey and family. Reta Email Sullivan, CSB, has returned to Western Canada after spending a few days here with Mrs. Charles Glavin and Mr. Pat Sullivan Sr, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hajas and Rennie attended the wedding held in London, Saturday of their daughter Margaret. Miss Judy Regier is home after spending the past six Weeks with Mr. and Mrs. George Fresard and children in Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Houli- han, Edfnonton, and two children are holidaying with their mother, Mrs. Kathleen Houlihan and Jim. Billy Duncan Of BetaWawa is visiting with Mr, and Mrs. Joe Carey and family. Mr. Wilfred Rogan has- built an addition to Ms barn and erec-, Construction is under way at both locations and the school board had requested council to make them a temporary loan until such time as the debenture issue has been sold. Another loan from the Bank of Montreal, in the amount of barrow race, Marty and Robert McClair; three legged race, Max- ine and Murray Greene; Youngest baby present was Brenda Kerr, 2 1/2 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don Kerr, of Nile; youngest grandmother was Mrs. Steve Su- plat, 38, of Goderich; oldest grandfather, Mr. Wes Greene; the person with the most ciga- rettes in an open pack was won by Catherine nacho, Stratford. During the afternoon officers elected for 1966 were: secretary- treasurer, Maxine Green, Mitch- ell; sports committee, Catherine Racho, Stratford, Mertez Taylor, Woodstock; registration, Charles Greene, Egmondville. Immedia- tely following supper a surprise birthday cake was presented to Mr. William Greene, Exeter, also a gift from the family on the oc- casion of his birthday. The 1966 reunion will be held in Seaforth Lions Park. Ratepayers in the Township of Hay will see an increase of almost eight mills in their 1965 taxes, following the setting of the rate at a special meeting last week. The increase is made up of al- most two mills more in the gen- eral rate, two mills more in the county rate, and almost four mills more in the Hay Township School Area rate. The general rate for the police village of Dashwood remains at 15 mills, the same as last year. Farm and residential rates for this year, with last year's rates in brackets, are: general rate and roads, 15.6(13.7); county rate, 15.3 (13.3); SHDHS, 12.7(12.3); H ay Township School Area, 12,9(9); Mr. & Mrs. William Kennedy of London were recent visitors with Mr. & Mrs. James Taylor and family. Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Bell, Miss- es Pauline and Ann returned home from a pleasant holiday at North Bay. Mrs. Edna Corbett visited with Mr. & Mrs. George Parker and Mr. & Mrs. Robert Chaffe and sons of Mitchell visited with Mrs. Chaffe's parents, Mr. & Mrs. John Corbett and Al. Mr. & Mrs. George Parker and family visited with Mr. & Mrs. Carl Ward and family in Stratford last week, Mrs. Ralph Holland of Clinton visited last week with her par- ents, Mr. & Mrs. James Sangster and Bradley. At the service of morning pray- er in St. Paul's Anglican Church the Rev. J. P. Gandon spoke on "Doctrinal Authority". G ue s t soloist Miss Jean Henderson chose for her selection How Great Thou Art". Mrs. Frank Forrest presided at the organ. Flowers were in memory Of Mrs. R. IL Middleton, placed there by the family. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Munn at- tended the Schilbe-Grand wedding in Holy Trinity Anglican Church, London, Saturday August 21. Mr. Gordon Hamilton returned home from St. Joseph's Hospital, London, Where he spent the last seven weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Cordon Cousins of London were guestS Sunday with Mrs. Leona Parke and Pat- ricia. Mrs. J, E. McEwen and Mrs. George Hess enjoyed a Chartered bus tour to Kingston and Ottawa, and a boat cruise to The Thous- and Islands over the weekend. They also visited Fort Henry, Upper Canada Village and saw the changing of the Guard cere- mony at Parliament Hill. The ted a new Silo this past month. Many of the farmers have ob., tained jobs here with Pitts Con- struction on water pipe lino Com- ing through front Grand Bend. $140,000, for the Hay Municipal Telephone System, was approved. This money is needed for tem- porary financing of the dial con- version project at the Dashwood exchange. OMB approval for the issuing of debentures on both projects has been received and one com- pany has already been engaged to sell the telephone issue. All telephone debentures will be of- fered locally, at 6% interest. In other business at their spec- ial meeting, council instructed the road superintendent to con- tact the district engineer in re- gards to the purchase of a new tractor. Several weeks ago coun- cil accepted the tender of V. L. Becker & Son, Dashwood, for a new tractor, according to their specifications. Since then, how- ever, the council has been in- formed by the district engineer of the department of highways that the tractor they approved is not big enough to meet with DHO requirements. Council is asking the engineer to meet them to explain the ruling on the matter. Council has been informed by the Centennial Projects head- quarters that a suitable plaque will have to be erected at their new pavilion which they plan on building. The plaque is to state that the pavilion is the Hay Town- ship centennial project. Stephen Township School Area, 10.6(8.1); Stanley Township School Area, 7(10); CRCSSS, Hay and Stanley 13(13); Exeter Separate School, 12(9); Zurich Separate school 17(17). Commercial and industrial rates are as follows: general and road rate 17.7(15,8); county rate, 15.3(13.3); SHDHS, 14.2 (13.6); Hay Township School Area, 14.5(10); Stephen Township School Area, 1.7(9); Stanley Township School Area, 8(11.1); Exeter Sep- arate School 14.5(10), and Zurich Separate School 19(19). Other .rates such as federa- tion of agriculture, warble fly protection, and fire protection, trip was sponsored by CKSL Cof- fee Club, London. Two bus loads took the trip. Mr. Orville Twitchell is a patient in Victoria Hospital. Mrs. Frank Farrell, Blenheim, Mrs. Fred Thompson, Toronto, were guests last week with their aunt Mrs. Chester Lee. Mrs. Mary Parish, and daughter Mrs. Barbara Craig, and her daughter Miss Maxine Craig, the latter (who is home on furlough from Viet Nam) of Unity,Sask,, Mr. and Mrs. Stan- ley Marshall, Hamilton, have re- turned after visiting with Mrs. Fanny Clark. Mrs. Parish, a na- tive of Ethel, and sister-in-law of Mrs. Clark, has not been back to Ontario since she went out lb homestead with her late husband 62 years ago. Lac Clarence Hoy, Mrs. Hoy, Ronnie and Gary, of Gintli, Man, formerly of Hensall and Exeter, are vacationing for a few weeks with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hoy, Port Albert, and the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. sam Armstrong, Longueuil, Quebed. Mrs. Pearl Nicol, London, has returned alter a visit spent with her sister, Mrs. Fanny Clark. Mrs. Wm. Cook and son, EWen, London, who was visiting with Mrs. Cook's son, Norris, a sta- tion agent at Goderich, called on Mr. and Mrs. J. E. MeEWen last week. Grant and Kenneth Jones will appear on John Dickens Talent Tithe, CFPL-TV Sundayi Sept 5 at 5.30, Miss Margaret Moussean vis- ited with friends in London over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McCoy and family of Oakville visited recently with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Whiteman and Beverley. Mrs. Edith Pfile of Aytoti was a guest last week with Mr. and Mrs. Asa Deeves. Mrs. Virginia Barnhart Of Al- amo, California, called oh friends In the village Friday, Mrs, 13arn- hart is a niece of Mrs. Ruth ;Tell Of Alamo, Cal, formerly Of Hermit, who is seriously ill. The following item will prove of interest to residents of lien- salt and community. A young Kamloops singer, whose talents have led to Euro- pean tours and solo spots with the UBC choir, performed re- cently on her home ground, Miss Inez Smillie, daughter of Dr, and Mrs. Ivan G, Smillie, of Kamloops B.C. a former phy- sician in Hensall, gave a recital in Kamloops Secondary school auditorium. She was accompa- nied by Miss Brenda J. Sneed, an accomplished pianist. Miss Smillie, who was born in Clinton, but arrived at Kam- loops at the age of seven weeks, started her training with Mrs. Marion Owens. While under Mrs. Owen's tuition she was a B.C. Royal Conservatory silver med- alist on two consecutive seasons. She also accompanied the Elgar choir of B.C. as a soloist for two European tours. She studied in the UBC De- partment of music under the direction of Dr. Robert morris, She has been a soloist with the UBC choir and Madrigal sing- ers and is lead soprano for the Chamber singers. Last season Miss Smillie, ac- companied by piano and French horn, was among the winners for the Vancouver contest of the Friends of Chamber Music So- ciety. For the past two years Ready Mix CONCRETE Plant 235-0833 Residence 226 -6967 C.A. McDOWELL Ltd. Products Of. General Motors Frigidaire Sales with Service Drysdale Crest Hardware PHONE 11 HENSALL she has been taking private les, sons from Marie Milder, a Vienna-trained contralto. She has just completed a successful rec- ital in Vancouver. Her accompanist, Brenda Sneed, niece of well-known radio and television star, Elinor Col- August 26, 1965 Pay. 5 linsk is a native of Vancouver, and last year was awarded a Vancouver Symphony S,o.ciety Scholarship for proficiency in composition and in the same year won the ARCT Scholarship, Crown land is available in re- sort areas. Transactions are handled by district offices of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. president of the club Jim Hyde indicated this week the club hopes to make this an annual event if it is successful. The moneyfrom the project will be used to help needy families, assist with the minor athletic association and assist with the park project. Last year the club installed playground equipment in the park. Mr. Hyde indicated the local business men have given full co-operation in making this project a success. In addition to the seats from the old Lyric Theatre the Kins- men club has had to go further afield in order to get the needed number of seats. Some equip- ment is being borrowed from the Zurich Lions Club in order to fill the need. Relatives die in U.S. crash Mrs. Alda Simmons received word that her sister and brother- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ver- milyea of Glendale, California, were instantly killed Friday af- ternoon, Aug 20 at Ventura, Cal- ifornia in a car accident. They were returning h o m e from visiting Mrs. Vermilyea's sister, Mrs. Ila Wood, who was ill in hospital at Santa Barbara, Cal., when the accident happened. Mrs. Vermilyea is the former Hannah Dinsdale of Kippen. 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