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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1950-10-19, Page 1The Seaforth News WHOLI7 SERIES, VOL. 73 HURON COUNTY'S 1- E A O I'N G NEW 8PAPER SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1950 who is retiring from The Domin- ion Bank. Mr. J. R. M. Spittal, until- recently Manager of the Bank's Branch in:Brantford, has been named to • succeed him. WORK STARTS 0N NEW BULLER STREET A bulldozer was at work early this week putting the road through in the new subdivision at the west end. Thus the. new street is becoming ' a reality, extending north and south between iGoderich and Market streets The name of the new street will' be Buller street. The other street in the subdivision. Roberts street, will not be opened at present. GOLDEN JUBILEE AT-HOME BY H. O. B. IN TORONTO One of the highlights of the Huron County Old Boys'' Association of Tor- onto this year will be the. Annual 'At - Home and this being the fiftieth an- niversary of the Association a great deal of interest is expected in this party. The At -Home Committee ex- tends a cordial invitation to all Hur- onites to be with them on Friday, No- vember 3rd, to celebrate this special occasion at the War Amputations of Canada Hall, 56 Wellesley, Street West. There will be cards and danc- ing to Percy Morgan's orchestra, lucky draws and novelty dances. Lunch will be served. Tickets can be secured by writing the Secretary, Mr. X. C. Stanbury, Room 1009, 67 Yonge Street, .(El. 42611), as early as possible es the accommodation is limited. At -Home Committee, Mr. Fred Elliott (Chairman). Mr. J. H. Masser, Mrs. C. Young, Mrs. J. Bro- die, Mr. L. M. Pringle and Mr. Elgin Coutts. ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Gloria June, daughter of Mr. William Bloomfield and" the late Mrs. Bloom- field, to William Ellwood_.Clarke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Clarke, Sea - forth. The weddingwill take place early in November. RED CROSS NOTES The local branch of the Red Cross have resumed regular meetings and the workrooms at the library will be open on the first Friday of . the month from 2 to 4:30 p.m. The sewing and knitting Commit- tee have accepted their quotas of fall work and willing hands will soon be needed to help with the making of children's garments. (Pyjamas and Nightgowns) and the knitting of socks, stockings, and scarves and a quantity of babywear. Mrs. A. W. Moore appeals to those who have crutches borrowed from the loan cupboard, and not in use, to please return them to her address on Main St. so that they will be avail- able for other patients when required HOLD APPLE DAY The Boy Scouts wish to thank the people of Seaforth and district who so generously supported the let Boy Scout troop of Seaforth on their "Boy Scout Apple Day" last Satur- day. PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS The Art and Craft classes are learning to make use of waste mater- ials. "Want Ad" section of the news- paper, light weight suit boxes, cereal boxes of all sizes, scraps of fancy papers and ribbons, all will be put to good use The pupils were sorry to hear John Scott is in the hospital with infection in his knee. A soccer game is arranged at 'Myth, Friday afternoon of this week with our boys. 'A regular smoke screen is set up around our school with the burning of the leaves. Can you find us? Piret Presbyterian Church 10 a.m., Sunday School and Bible Class. 11 a,m., Morning Worship: Junior Congregation, Evenrng service withdrawn for Northside' United Church Anniversary Egmondvllle United Church Rev. A. W. Gardiner, B.A., B.D. 10 a,m., Sunday School 11 a.m., "The Reward of Faithful- ness". St. Thomas' Church 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m., Mornong Prayer • 2 p.m., St. Mary's, Dublin Rev, T, Dale Jones, Rector. E. C. BOSWELL RETIRES AS BANK MANAGER Mr, E. 0, Boswell, manager of the Seaforth branch, will shortly retire from the Dominion 'Bank after many years of faithful service. He coo menced his banking career as a jun- ior clerk at Oshawa branch in 1906 and after transfers to a number of the Bank's other branches saw sever- al years service during World War I. He served with the Royal Naval Vol- unteer Reserve in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean. He returned to the bank shortly after demobiliza- tion and obtained his first manager- ial appointment in 1927 at Baden and in 1932 was appointed Manager at Seaforth Mr. Boswell is a Past Master of Wilmot Lodge AF & AM and is a member of Britannia Lodge AIF & AM, here. Mr. Boswell belongs to the Canadian Legion and Lions Club, and he is treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce. He was treasurer of Seaforth Golf Club for ten years, Mr. Boswell is a member of St. Thomas' Church. His many friends in town and in the surrounding countryside are pleased to know that he and Mrs. Boswell intend to continue to re- side in Seaforth. New Bank Manager J. R. M. Spittal has been appoint- ed Manager of The Dominion Bank, Seaforth, as successor to Mr. Bos- well who is retiring. Mr. Spittal was Manager of the Bank's Branch at Wingham when he enlisted for active service with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He later landed on the beaches of Normandy on D -Day and was wounded in the battle for Caen. After discharge, he was attached to Head Office Staff of the Bank and since 1946 has been Manager at Brantford. Before com- ing to Canada in 1923, he served with North of Scotland Bank Limited in Sterling. W. M. S. PRESBYTERIAL HOLDS FALL RALLY The Centre Huron Sectional meet- ing of Huron Presbyterial of the United Church was held in Winthrop United Church on Wednesday, Octo- ber 11. The Vice:President, Mrs. Robt. Allan, presided. The Egniond- ville Aux. had charge of the morning worship service. Encouraging re- ports were given by the delegates from the various churches and secre- taries of the different departments. During the morning session reports were heard from fifteen auxiliaries, one evening auxiliary, one C.G.I.T. Group, twelve Mission Bands and eleven Baby Bands. The Treasurer, Mrs. Sutter, re- ported an increase in the givings of the W.M.S. as compared with last year. 'Words of welcome were given by Mrs. W. Dodds of Winthrop and responded to by Mrs. Close of Sea - forth. The Secretary for Literature, Mrs. Hillebrecht, introduced a num- ber of new books. Mrs. Lawson gave a stirring talk on Temperance and in- troduced the book "St's up to you what will you decide"? A splendid talk on Christian Stewardship was given by Mrs. E. Mills of Walton. Mrs. Bert Allan closed the morning session with prayer. A delicious din- ner was served by the ladies of Win- throp. The afternoon session opened at 1:30. The Worship service was by the Goshen Auxiliary. The guest speaker, Miss Sybil Courtice who has had forty years experience as a W.M.S. Mis- sionary in Japan, gave a heart stirr- ing address and told of the need for physical. relief for the people of Zs- pan,.how the church has been operat- ing in this devastated country under severe hardship. the courage of the people, the urgency of the need for Christianity and the wide open oppor- tunity for Missionary and Relief Work. Miss Courtice appealed to the United Church to "Go forward into that Open Door." The Presbyterial President, Mrs. Kirkby,spoke of the meed for an in- crease in membership. A duet was sung by Joan and Lois Ann Somer- ville. Mrs. E. Des Jardine of Grand Bend gave an interesting report of the Leadership. Training School held at Alma College, St. Thomas: Mrs. Wilson reported for the Resolutions Committee. An invitation was accept- ed to hold the 1951 Sectional meet- ing in Goshen United Church. HiGH SCHOOL NEWS This week there was an activity for every pupil in the school in the tenth period except Tuesday. The students had a very good selection of activities to choose from. On Thursday of last week it was announced that the bugle band of the school would be an all -girls' band without any of the boys allowed. Boys who were in the successful band of last year were required to turn their instruments over to some girl student. Why the boys were not al- lowed to play in the band which was the best ever had by the school was not known, Many of the boys of the school hope that a boys' bugle band is formed or that they may join again with the girls like the past. It was announced last week that Miss Nancy Nott received the Whit. ney Cedar Chest for having the high- est marks in the school last year. The first rugby game this year is being held at the Lion's Park on Wed- nesday, Oct, 18 against the Goderich Collegiate. The game is expected to be full of action, The team will journey to Clinton on Friday, Oct. 20 to engage with the Clinton Collegiate. DOMINION BANK APPOINTMENT 3. R. M. Spittal who has been appointed Manager of The Dominion Bank, Seaforth. Mr. Spittal was, until recently, Manager of the Bank's Branch in Brantford. FAIR COMPETITIONS RESULTS ANNOUNCED Mr. E. B. Goudie, sec.-treas. of Seaforth Agricultural Society, states: I want to thank all the competitors for taking part in theoatsand corn. competition. It was no small effort on their part to cultivate and prepare a special seed bed and to sow a small portion of a field to a special crop, it was also of great assistance to the fair as I believe one hundred per cent showed their grain and corn. We were very fortunate in obtain- ing the judges we had for our field crops. Mr, John Cockburn of Guelph and formerly of Puslinch twp., has had a wide experience in judging grain. Mr. Norman Schmidt of near Mildmay is still active in farming. It might be of interest to know that he has won the "sheaf of grain" compe- tition 9 out of 10 years at the C.N.E. He also won 4 first prizes for grain this year. I feel that I have benefited more than the average competitor by be- ing in their company and by being their host while in the neighborhood. Both these men highly commended us on having so many young men in our competitions. They also commended us on the quality of the crops. Some of you may know where the highest yields were. While yield is a contri- buting factor toward the number of points secured, yet it is not the main factor, As Mr. Cockburn pointed out it is a matter of seed grain and you would rather select your seed from a clean field, providing it was well matured rather than from a field with considerable weed seeds even though the yield was higher. Ile did not score lodged grain, very heavily as lodged gram this year was well filled. I would sometimes say jokingly to Mr. Cockburn that he hadn't seen all of the field and he would reply that he had seen enough. I seldom went into a field as I did not want to influence the judge, but it would not have mat- tered as neither of these men would be influenced by anything I could have said. 'Anyone, especially those near the top of the list should be sure to keep the grain from the competition for seed as that is the primary object in holding the competition. With the husking corn it is some- what different as very few grow their own seed. The main question was one of maturity. In nearly all cases the most mature corn was the top of the list, except one which was at the top in that case the yield was so much greater and the maturity was well enough advanced to warrant putting it in first place. I am sorry about the case of Guy Dorrance where there 'was no one at home. I have since learned. that we went into the wrong field. I fully intended going back to the right field to see if it would Have made a change in his placing but unable to do so. The first eight placings in the Beaver Oats were: Robert Allan, Brucefield. Arthur Varley, Seaforth, R.R. 4, Kenneth Stewart Seaforth, R.R. 5 John McCowan, Seaforth R. R. 3, Pearson Charters, R. R. 3, Joe Devereaux, Seaforth, R. R. 4, Don Buchanan, Londesboro, R. R•, 1, Gor- don Pappple, Seaforth, R.R. 5. Standing in Corn Competition: Robt. McXercher, R. 1, Dublin, Ken- neth Stewart, R. 5, Seaforth, Robt. E. McMillan, R. 2, Seaforth, Robt. Allan, Brucefield, Alton Johnston, Brucefield, Elgin Nott, R. 4, Clinton, Donald Buchanan, R. 1, Londesboro, Robt. Campbell, R. 1, Dublin. SPORT SHORTS This week the ice plant in the new Seaforth Memorial Community Centre was turned on. The Clinton R.C.A.F. Intermediate hockey team has been practising on the artificial ice early in the week. It is expected that the R.C.A.F. team will use the community centre for its home ice. The Legion is going to sponsor two hockey clubsthis year. The clubs will be Intermediate, coached by Bill O'Shea, and Midget (16 and tinder) coached and managed by Archie Dob- son and Bill Smith. The Intermediate team will have a practice in the near future, The Lion's Club of Seaforth are expecting to form a Junior hockey club under the management of Frank Kling. $1 a Year SEVEN INCREASE IN SEAFORTH POPULATION Seaforth's population has increased by seven, the town council learned on Monday night when Assessor Wil- liam Ament made his annual report and turned in his roll, The popula- tion is now 2,072. The total Seaforth assessment is $1,666,234, made up as follows; Lands $149,192, buildings $1,389,- 748,business $127,299. exempt $300,- 650, ; leaving total taxable assesment of 31.865,584, Mr. Ament stated that land and building assessment is up $19,210 over last year and busi- ness assessment is up 316,944. A population census had been put on this year and he had now to report the number of persons in several age groups. It ests for building permits were confirmed, to Supertest for exten- sion to three -truck storage garage, estimated cost 3975; to 3. G. Wal- lace. Sperling st., for addition and garage, cost 3800. An offer from Thomas W. Murphy, Clinton, to purchase two lots on Main St., just north of the .bowling green, was not accepted. Mayor Keating stated he had informed Mr, Murphy the lots were under perpet- ual lease to the lawn bowling club andthe prpart ofopertythe. club house stands on Councillors Scoins and Ross sug- gested that the town should sell the lots to the bowling club for a small sum, and let them pay taxes on.it. Reeve Sills said the bowlers are do- ing an excellent job of making a beauty spot of what had formerly been an eyesore. A notice was read of the Huron Municipal Officers' Association meet- ing to be held in Goderich on Octo- ber 27th, and the town is invited to send four delegates. Town Clerk Wilson is vice president of the asso- ciation. Communication from the Provin- cial Secretary outlined procedure for organizing for civil defence. This was turned over to the fire and water committee. Mayor Keating said no request had been received front the local Legion Branch about Remembrance Day. Council decided as Nov. 11 is a Sat- urday to declare a holiday from 10 a.tn. to 1 p.m., and also to purchase a wreath. The date for the court of revision was set for Thursday, Nov. 2nd. The members of the committee are the Mayor, Reeve, Councillors Christie, Ross and Close. The matter of naming a chairman for March of Dimes was laid over. Councillor Close reported for the streets' committee, stating some tree trimming had been done and a start made on some of the necessary drain- age work. He praised Mr. Maloney of the street staff for his good work. Councillor Scoins criticized the dumping of limbs in the "rec". It would soon become the town dump. Councillor Christie, in giving' the fire and water committee report, said the post at the corner of George end Victoria streets had been struck by a car and the wire broke. The finance committee report showed that 347,000 in taxes was re- ceived in the current month. In reply to a question by Councillor J. A. Stewart, it was stated that the total taxes for the year amount to 365,000. A request had been received from. the Library .Board that the library steps need repairing. A. lease was signed for a room in the postoffice building, to be used by the county health nurse. The town pays 310 a month for the room and will be re-imbursed by the health. Unit. A resolution was passed that the county be authorized to pay the cost of resurfacing portions of North and South Main streets. Reeve Sills stated that he had consulted with County Engineer Patterson, and a definite saving to the town would be made this way, because the county could get a subsidy on this work. which the town was not eligible for. The Reeve also said one of the highway engineers had suggested re- moving the curbs on 'Goderich street so the pavement could be widened about eight feet. Council agreed this was a good idea. Councillor CIose said he would go further, and sug- gest moving the sidewalk inside the trees for the block between West William and Church streets. The following accounts and salar- ies were passed. Jos. Heffernan 331.50; P. Quinn, 312.00; Seaforth Public School, $1000.00; Seaforth Agricultural So- ciety, grant, $100.00; Seaforth High- landers Band, grant, $350.00; Can. Bank of Commerce, 340.95;' Baldwin Hardware, .$3.81; F. D. Walsh, 319.- M. rk, Rb.t. ll Industries71: E. LtdCla., $3.80;e$7.90; C. R.oHBeall, $8.00; County of Huron, indigents, $6.75; Treas. of Ont., $479.84; Re- lief, 334.30; D. H. Wilson, 3150.00; J. Cummings, 3117.00; H. Maloney, $125.00; A. Bushie, 3125.00; Jno. A Wilson, pension $20.00; Can. Nat'] Rys 38,51; E. 'L. Boyes 325.00; S. McGregor, 36.00; E. Miller, 416.50; S. Williams, 33.74; Bell Telephone Co'y, 315.05; County of Huron, levy $8907.48; Library, levy) 31,850.11: Seaforth High School Dist. $3229.02; Seaforth Pubiic School, $5,422.14; Seaforth Separate School, levy $1,- 811.55; Waterworks, $2,052.28; P.U. C., 324.84, KIPPEN The books of the Huron Comity Library are now available at D. E, Kyle's store in Kippen for the com- munity. Mr, and Mrs. Wilmer MacGregor, Kippen, were weekend visitors with Mrs. Arnold Wettlaufer, Kitchener. ess INTRODUCTORY OFFER I'll RELISH SERVER List Price $3.00 $'149 For a short time, only — NOW is the time to start to collect your International Sterling !...NOW, while this wonderful offer holds ! Make our store your headquarters, while you build your set. Buy new Wild Rose piece -by -piece, or in place settings ... a teaspoon costs as little as 32,30... the 6 piece place setting (dessert size) costs only 326.25. Savauges' Jewellery Gifts Fine China SEAFORTH BROTHER AND SISTER OF MRS. 0. LEMON KILLED 'Mr. and Mrs. David Lemon and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lenton were in Lon- don owing to the sudden death of Mr. Orville Lemon's brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Mr. Frank .Orr and Mrs. William D. Shervill. who were killed in a motor accident on Friday night. Mr. •Orr's four-year-old son, Kenneth, was also 'killed. Their car was struck by a train at a crossing in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Lemon reside at Lambeth. Mr. Orr and his son were buried on Monday and Mrs. Shervill's funeral was on Tuesday. MRS. S. C. M. PETERSEN The remains of Mrs. S. C. M. Petersen, who died at the home of her son,'Peter Petersen, con, 1., Ellice township, Wednesday night, were buried Saturday in Avondale ceme- tery, with Rev. Karl J. Knauff of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stratford, officiating. Pallbearers were C. Oke, J. McGavin, W. Camer- on, all of Seaforth; C. Parker, Wood- stock; A. Cajander and T. A. Thorup, Stratford. Many friends and relatives were present at the funeral from Ailsa Craig, Ilderton, .Parkhill, Sea - forth, London, Woodstock, and Wat- ford. SUCCESSFUL BAZAAR The Eastern Star bazaar, home baking sale and tea held in the Odd - fellows hall on Saturday afternoon was quite successful, with proceeds of $120. Mrs. Ross Murdie had charge of the Christmas gifts and aprons, Mrs: W. J. Shannon home baking, and Mrs. Snell, Mrs. Reith and Mrs. Cro- zier were in charge of the tea. The draw for the lucky tea table was in charge of Mrs. H. E. Smith, the prize, a pair of pillow slips was won by Jean Scott. The draw for the lace doiley was won by Mrs. John Mode - land. DUBLIN CONTINUATION SCHOOL NEWS After a very delightful Thanks- giving weekend, school resumed on Tuesday morning with everyone in gay spirits. A great deal of practice is being done by the choir for the Golden Ju- bilee celebration of St. Patrick's Church which will be held on Mon- day the 23rd of October and which we are all looking forward to. It was decided by a meeting of the month's mission team to have a movie "Junior Miss". The movie was on Friday night followed by an hour's dancing to recorded music. During assembly on Friday, Ron Butters, the president of the Student Council, announced that there will be a hallowe'en masquerade and so- cial evening for the students of the school on Hallows -en night. We are beginning to prepare for this event by getting costumes and various other things ready. Mr. and Mrs. Ivison Torrence of Mitchell visited en Sunday with friends in the community. Mrs. Minnie Little of London spent Sunday with friends in the vil- lage, Mr. and Mrs, Joe Beckler of Zur- ich visited on Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. J. Cochrane. Mr. and Mrs. W. Homey of Exeter spent Sutiday with Mi'. .and Mrs. A. Gackstetter. Mrs. 3. B. McLean and Miss Mar- ion McLean of Exeter visited on Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. A. Johnson. Mrs. 'I'. Kyle of Clinton visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. Kyle. W.M.S. Meet The W.M.S. of St. Andrews United Church here met on Thursday after- noon at the home of Mrs. R. M. Peek. The president, Mrs. Winston Work- man opened the meeting with the theme. Hymn 80 was song. Scripture was read in unison and brief medita- tion followed with prayers given by Mrs. Allan Johnson, Mrs. Emerson Kyle. Mrs. E. Jarrett, Mrs. John An- derson and Mrs. Emerson Anderson and Miss Grace Tremeer. Hymn 280 was then sung. Miss Helen Lane fa- voured with a piano instrumental "In the Sweet Bye and Bye". Mrs. Hinton gave a poem "Friend In Need". Twenty-three members answered the roll call, and six visitors were present. A letter was read from the Varna Auxiliary thanking the Kippen ladies for invitation to birthday party which they accepted. Mrs. Hinton reported she and Mrs. Broadfoot had called on four shut-ins. The visiting commit- tee for October are Mrs. W. Alexand- er and Mrs. E. McBride. The flower committee for the church for No- vember are Mrs. E. McBride and Mrs. R. Dalrymple. The nominating com- mitte are Mrs. Hinton, Mrs. Peck and Mrs. Workman. Program committee, Mrs. T. Kay, Mrs. Emerson Ander- son ndelson and Mrs. E. Kyle. Mrs. Workman reported that Mrs. (Rev.) Snell of Exeter will be the guest speaker for the birthday party on November 1. Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Hinton re- ported on the Sectional sneeting which they recently attended at Grand Bend. Miss Helen Love fa- vored with an instrumental, "Home Coming March". Mrs. Roht. Edgar gave the study book "The United Church re-enters Japan through Re- inforcements". Mrs. Hinton gave the poem "Autumn". Mrs. Robt. Mc- Gregor moved a vote of thanks to Mrs. Peck for the use of her home. Mrs. Elgie gave a short treasurer's report. The closing hymn was 550 and the Benediction in unison. Lunch was served by circle 1. The Woman's Auxiliary held a brief meeting at the close of the W. M.S. Plans were made to hold the bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 11. Mrs. Edgar McBride also has secured the Xmas cards. Anyone wishing to see these cards kindly contact Mrs. Mc- Bride. ROBERT TOWNSEND DIES Mr. Robert Townsend died at his winter home at St. Petersburg,Flor- ida, on Wednesday, Oct, 18. orn in Tuckersmith he went when young with his parents to McLennan, Al- W07n3, via later became a chief en- gineer on the Great Lakes, Following his superannuation he lived at Con- neaut, Ohio. While at McLennan he was married to Miss Agnes Proud - foot, formerly of Erucefield, who now survives. Also surviving are three brothers and two sisters: Thos. of the West, Joseph of Port Williain Sam of Egmondville, Mrs. Bernard Nott of Hullett and Mrs. Archie Haney of the Canadian Soo, Mr. and Mrs. Townsend visited here in Aug- ut. Burial will be in Florida. TAG DAY FOR BLIND Pupils of Seaforth schools will be out selling tags on Saturday, Oct. 21 for the annual tag day for the blind. Mr, Ross Scott is committee chair- man. PELLETS REMOVED Wayne Beuermann 12 years old of Brodhagen had a B B pellet removed from his face at Stratford General Hospital on Saturday.