HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-01-07, Page 4FOUR .RIE. IN FIRES
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Aeiglibar, su•id she heard Mrs. Fir -
by screaming "-come qu'1e1rly, 1
meed hell?," She ran outside rad
et1'w Mrs, Firby ,amid billowing
smoke eat ,an upstairs window,
As Grace area joined by Mfr.'0.rdrby,
his wife shouted "1.'rn coming
out," and lumped. TheY 11011)0(1
break her fall.
Firemen found Mrs. &tis^by lint-
died 011 :the ground and t'+lances.
shooting about 30 feet In the air.
The heat was so great they could
not get near the house, where the
children had been sleepily in an
ni etatn9.:bedroom,
The three boYe were the'coup.
le's .ou1y children.
Another vain attempt was anal.de
to save the children when 'Mrs,
Gertrude Kollingtou and David
Hastings out a Madder to the -win-
dow. Both the fatter and Mrs,
Kellington went up but were tri•
yen back:by smoke and cheat,
Mr, and Mrs, Firby were driven
to hospital 'bY Rev. K. Jaggs, an
Anglican ,ulindster, and D. A,
Rand, a funeral director.
Acting tire ohi0f Gorden Ste-
polenson sand the fire was appar-
ently caused by an oil stove in the
ground -floor living room. Neigh-
bor's said the stove was the only
source of Heat in the house.
Tlie• Firby home was on the
north side of the Elizabeth street
house owned by Miss Lora Lucas,
a teacher at Pickle .Grow, who
lived in the house .on the south
side ion vacation.
Coroner Dr. R, W. Stephens
and Dr. C. A.. ,Myers were .called
to the scene but Dr. Stephens said
he would confer with Crown At-
torney Glenn Hays of Galeriah
before deciding en an inquest.
Mrs, Firby is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, Belau Elliott, of
Brussels. Her husband is the son
ofMrs. Maude Pirby, of 829 Van
St„ and a brother of Mrs. Harold
F. Calvert, of Rowntree Ave.,
London.
Provincial Constable Rob Bell
is investigating, Brussels fire de-
partment fought the blaze.
HIGH SCHOOL
711 cec L front,One
aaltt 1 n
1 1110ipals and are sbill 'paYiug
salaries ,greater than is the ease
here.
0. in 111e 00inlall of the Staff
1
money , said for summer visiting
IS not part of the principal's sal-
ary.
0, Tho differential between the
salaries efthe Staff a11d the Prin-
cipal is small and therefore the
change in Staff .has been light,
in general this would not eliange
it a substantial increase in the
Principal's salary were forthcom-
ing.
Vire suggest the followiug:
Staff Salaries
1, A tour category system as
defined by the O,S,S.T.'F. and the
Ontario Trustees Council with
minima and inexialna es follows;.
Category Minimum 'Maximum
1 $4800. $9000.
2 $5000. $9900.
3 $5200. $9400.
4 $5400, $9600,
2. A schedule for the p'rincipal's
salary as fellows:
.12 1
Minimum
Marin um
$11,000, $13,000.
with all annual increment of $500.
BRUCEFIELD
New 'Year :guests with MO. and
Mrs, Lindsay Eyre: Mr. olid Dins
Wm. Cole,-Hensall; Mr. and Mae
0, Eyre and family, Riippen; Mi,
and tMrs, A. 'Cole and .family, of
Cromarty; Mr. and Mns. L. Cole
and family oa St, 'Marys; Mr, and
Mrs, A. Keyes and family, Varna;
Mr. and Mrs. D. Reed and iamvi10
of Olinton; Mrs. Douglas and
Mrs. Harvey of Brueefield.
and Mrs, A Smith and El-
eanor, Bluevale; Mr. and Mrs. G.
Griffith, Stratford, spent New
Year's wit11 relatives in the vil-
lage.
Rev. S. Davison preached Alis
Carswell sermon and conducted
Holy Sacrament on Sunday morn-
ing in the Brueefield Church. Dir.
and Mars. Davison left for their
new home at Leamington, on Mon -
clay. morning. The .congregation
were sorry to hear of Rev. Davi-
son's departure, brut we wish
them both every happiness in
their now home,
The Rev, D. A. +MIcKenzie will
take over the duties of the con-
gregation and will occupy the pul-
pit 011 Sunday, Jan, 10011.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert 'McKay, Lon-
don, spent New Year's with rela-
tives in the village.
The many ,friends of Mr. Harry
Dalrymple .are pleased to see him
out again.
Mr. and Ma's. E. Pepper, Ma'. A.
Chapman, .Mr, B. Stewart and Mr.
John Henderson left on Monday Route (Hwy 11) to the shores of
to spend several months 4n nor- the lower lakes, about 1,000 miles
,id'a, to the southeast.
Miss Carolyn Ross slipped and Westward -bound visitors Inver -
fractured a small bone in her an. £ably stop 20 smiles from the
kle, Lakehead .on Highway 17 to ad -
Mrs. Norris Sillery is a ,patient mire one of the most beautiful
Ha-
in SeaforGh Hospital.
'waterfalls in North Ameriea, Ka -
Mr. and Mrs, D. .Stackhouse of kabel:a, or "Thundering Waters".
Wilton Grove visited with his Many turn west on Highway
mother, Mrs. Stackhouse, on .Sun- 120 and in less than three hours
day.arrive at Atikokan. Here Cana -
Mr. and MIrs. Stewart Knox la's greatest iron mines are being
spent New Year's with lir. and worked. Nearby Is Ontario's sec -
Mrs. Lome Wilson. and largest P.rovinciel Park, Quo -
Mr. and Mrs. Don McKenzie tioo, renowned for its fascinating
visited with Mrs. S. MacKenzie canoe trails and sport fishing.
and visited Mr. McKenzie in Hos- Other visitors follow Highway
pita17 to the northwest and enter a
BORN—On Dec. 39, to ,Mr. and vast scenic and sportsman's para
Mrs. Wesley Hani, Chatham a dise extending 350 miles to the
S011Manitoba border. In ,the waters
are hefty speckled and lake ,trout,
walleyes, bass, Great Northern
pike and (from D,inorwie west)
whopping maslcinonge. In the •for
este are moose, deer, black bear,
wolves and upland and ,migratory
game birds.
Along the western reaches of
Highway 17 other, not so well.
known, highways turn Into sup-
erb vacation lands.
Prom Dinorw,ic, Highway 72
leads to ,Sioux Lookout, base iaf
float planes serving .remote min-
ing and dogging 'enterprises and
transporting adventurous sports-
men to .wilderness hunting and
fishing camps. From Venmi1ldan
Bay, Highway 105 winds through
yet another sportsman's wonder,
land en route to the gold mines
of Red Lake.
Pram ¢Cenora, motor shRipe and
private .craft carry thousands of
summer visitors to private and
commercial resorts along the
mainland ,shores and on the
,islands of Lake of the Goode..
Hundred's of others are Sawn to
lakelands accessible only by air.
Mater -campers hitch their tents
at One Sided Lake and ,Sioux
Narrows Provincial Parks camp-
sites.
The renowned French explorer,
la Vet'endrye, made his famous
journey to the prairies In 1731.
En rout0 die eebgblished Fort 'St.
Charles en Lake ,of the Woods. In
1736, la Verendrye's eldest son,
With 20 companions and a ipriest,
were .slaughtered by the violets
Sioux Indians ion what is now
Melvin Brunsdon, 38, Londes-
bore, died Saturday .night in a
fire whish broke out in the living -
room of his home at Londesbare.
His father, Bert Brunsdon, only
other occupant of the house at the
time of the fire, is in Clinton
Public Hospital, suffering from
shock and minor burns.
Bert Brunsdon was rescued
from the smoke -tilled -home by
,members of Blyth fire brigade,
who found him groping his way,
without sense of direction, In a
emoks-filled kitchen. The body of
Melvin Brunsclon was Bound in the
:011g -room, a few minutes after
the father had been led safely
from the house.
,Fire .chief Bowes stated that to-
tal damage to the Brunsdon home
was about $2,000, but that dt was
not known whether .insurance was
carried on the house.
Chief Bowes also reported that
the call for help came from Mo.
Bnunsdon senior, who had appar-
ently become lost in the smoke-
filled house atter making the call.
Firemen said the lire had evi-
dently started in a .chesterfield,
most probably from a cigarette
butt or glowing match. The Cir-
cumstances Have been reported to
the Ontario lire .marshal's office,
which has decided that no further
investigation is necessary.
Blyth tire brigade received the
call at 10.7.E pm., and responded
at once with an eight -man crew,
the greatest number of the 14 -man
brigade which is authorized to
leave the village. On arrival they
found the .interior of the living -
room ablaze, and the remainder
mf the house tI11ed with smoke,
''They had the fire under control,.
and were able to enter the living -
roam 10 minutes after they arriv
,ed, but found the younger man al-
ready dead.
Irvin Bowes, chief of the iilyth
brigade,' said the condition of the
interior of the 'living -room sug-
gested that the fire had smould-
.eredslowly for a long time, in
the :furnishings ,of the room, and
had Binal,ly flashed into a blaze
suddenly, in •a11 pants of the
r00111.
Melvin Brunsdon was the onlY
eon of 'Mr. .and antra. Bert Brune -
don. He and his father were the,
only occupants of the house
while Mrs. Blamed= was away on
a holiday trip to visit her daugh-
ter, 3yl:ls. Donald (Betty) Napier,
Dall ie, Texas, Mrs, Brunsclon
Dame home by air on. Sunday,
Brom. Texas to Crumlin Airport.
The funeral service for Melvin
Brunsdon, of Londesboro, was
held Tuesday at the Ball and
Mach funeral 'home. Pallbearers
were Allan Shaddick, Jack Lee,
Clifford .Sune1 reock, Len Rad-
ford, Harold Bacon and 33111 Mur-
ray,
explorers' and •n11111)17 expedi-
tions bound. ter, the Western
Plains, and of rival North Wet
and liltdsom tidy Companyfn1.
traders.
Northeast .or Pigeon. river 'along
010 Lake Superior shore a series
of flat -tet,, ineuntaiue With almost
vertical Mapes alternate with
tranquil pastoral valleys which,
among 'other agrleu'ltural - 'and
dairy 'predilets,.yield the swootest
strawberries and Meet potatoes
in the lead.
Highest point In the area is
Mount Mackay. At its top le' the
loge lake that sal/Plies the entire
city or 'Port William and Its sub-
urbs with pure water by gravity
Meed, Prom the eastern slope a
spectacular panorama en0omPas-
ses the broad blue waters of
Thunder Bay, the groat stator cit.
les sof Port 'William and Port Ar.
t11ur, their twin ,harbours, the
Kaminnstiquia river's three-prong-
ed
hnee prangecl archipelago and Nandbldou
the Sleeping Giant stretched out
atop distant Thunder Cape,
With their 25 tall grain elevat-
ors, Pott. Williamand Pott Art
h..
ur .constitute the largest grain
,handling centre An. the world.
These oapaclons elevators eon
store 100 million, bushels at one
time, 'and a10 clean, store and Slap
upwards of 800 million bushels 'of
preinie-grown grains each .ship.
ping season.
Here also are. Tour .gigantio
male, which produce and ship
close to one mullion tons of pulp
.and paper 'products annually.
Other major nnannfaotuning 4n•
dustries include aircraft, .motor
and trolley busses, caretiis, starch
and wood preserving, and there is
space and 1ow'er for many addi-
tional plants. Nearly 10 million
tons of Iron ore leave the Lake -
head's gigantic ere -loading dock
in huge lake freighters each year.
The Twin cities are Canada's
farthest inland Great Lake ports.
With the .completion of the St.
Lawrence. Seaway increasing num-
bers of ocean-going craft are seen,
discharging goods from all parts
of ,the world, and loading Canadi-
an cereals and other products de-
stined ,for their homelands.
From the Lakehead many vaca-
tioners turn eastward and enjoy
the rugged forest and lakeland ar-
eas surrounding Nipi:gon, Ross -
port and the .copper -zinc mining
centre 'of Menitouwadge. Others
follow the Great Northern Circle
ONTARIO'S NORTHLAND
South of ,the Hudson and James
Bay muskeg fiats the geology, of
Ontario is •pre-C'ambriaun. It Is, In
fact, a part of the oldest land
mass in the world, in which a
number of mountains survived .in
spite of the -grinding glaciers that
flattened their tops.
Deep to the mocks—in the vast
wilderness area that dies north
and northwest of Lake Superior=
fabulous stores of precious and
base metals are being located by
means of sensitive electronic In,
•struments designed In recent
years to reflect the presence of
Nature's hitherto secret .treasure
vaults.
On the surface vast forest areas
of spruce and pine, sprinkled with
poplar and birch, are dotted
with. sparkling •lances and ,crossed
with countless fastwater streams.
Gagne 'btrcas and animals inhabit
the woodlands and fighting fish
lurk in the waters, A veritable
sportsman's paradise, this great
nprthwestel'n circle tour region is
also the delight of nature and
history clovers, ,artists, photogra-
phers, and just plain sig11teers,
Prom Duluth, Minnesota, a that
class motorway (Hwy 6.1) follows
Lake Superior's rugged north
Shore rewarding the traveller with
vistas of coastal grandeur, quaint
fishing villages, mining aotivitY,
historic sites and modern resorts,
At Pigeon River, motorists
cross the international border ta-
to Ontario. This is the "Grand
Portage" aallntr1 of yesteryear by , known as Massacre Island. A
which French adventurers sought shrine in memory of the victims
a short :route to China and early' is maintained on the Island and
voyageurs transported priceless Port St, Charles has been rester.
fora. 7t was 0,150 one at the eon ed. There aro atony other historic
08 routes et British and Canadian sites. .
THE S10AIO011'I'II NI1'SVS---Thursday, da;luary 7, 1000
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Ragweed eed, pollen ie one of the
most important biological innlrwri-
ties of the air :over the eastern
part of this continent, Upwards
of 3,000,000 hay :aver sufferers in
this region aro sensitive to Rit,
Results 90 164 p011e11 collecting
statism aeros's Qanada indleate
the ;heaviest concentration of rag-.
weed pollen, in the UST is In the
southern partici of Ontario and
Quebec, reports ,Sohn Bassett,
Plant Research Institute, Canada
Department .0.0 Ag1'icu'ltun'e,
.Furthermore, says Mir, Bassett,
about twotiutrds of the total area
of hoary ragweed pollen concen-
tration in Canada Sties .in southern
Ontario.
Ragweeds and their air -borne
pollee are probably now invading
northern, Ontario and unless they,
ale effectively controlled, they
will become snore abundant in
many northern localities and will
spread Mill further northward es
new areas are opened.
In the Gaspe Peninsula and At.
battle Provinces, ragweed eon;
tral campaigns 'have been con-
ducted
onducted for several years with en-
caul'aging results. In New Bruns-
wick, pollen air indexes at 'sever-
al stations have been decreased
as much as 75 per cent,
The northern limits of Oana.
da's heavy ragweed pollen eon-
oentratton extend from the base
of the Bruce Peninsula to the St
Lawrence River, about midway
between 'the mouth of the .Sague-
nay River and ,QuebecCity.
.Oolleot4ng air -borne pollen in-
volves a 24-hour exposure lot gly-
cerine jelly coated slides in a gam
dai'd air sampling device, count-
ing the ragweed pollen over a un-
it area of one square centianeter,
and converting centimeter 'counts
by using standard fastens.
Sites with indexes 'albove 10 are
not recommended for hay fever
sufferers, those between five and
10 are fairly ,good, below five good,
and below one excellent.
This Is the picture in western
Canada:
British 'Columbia—Very little
ragweed present in any .part of
,the province; Alberta—Only in
'Medicine Hat area were counts
high; Saskatellewan—No stations
had .air Indexes above two, al-
though information is still not
available from the extreme south-
ern ,portion of the province; Man-
itoba—Flight station indexes were
generally low, except do the area
around 'Morden. ,
Referring to Canada's ragweed
problo111, Air. A'aesett eanlplents:
"Now 'that the broad outlines of
ragweed'pallon dueldenco in ()a-
erie au(1 Queboe are better known,;
it would be advantageous Ito d11,
tensity sagweed eontool,camp,
aims ii11 '01e shore northerly areas
where the indexes are still under.
01' not 111ue11 'over- 10.'
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Beauty Salon
Main St., Seaforth
Phone 373
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Change of dr
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TAT`.
O.NGiS
JOHN L
Optometrist
OPTICIAN OF SHAFORTII
announces a change of office location to
Goderich St. W., adjacent Seafortll Clinic
Ground Floor Parking Facilities
Oculists prescriptions filled entitles you' to
all subsequent adjustments
THEY FELL
BY THE ROADSIDE
ESSEX, JORDAN, DURANT ... more than 2,400
different cars have been • made. in North America.
Of these, less than thirty still niake new appearances
each year on Canadian roads.
The reasons for failure were many, but the under-
lying factor was the inability to make annual profits
sufficient for survival and progress.
This is a dramatic example in just one industry of
the role of profits in, helping a company survive and
grow. Without profits only one road faces any
company. It must lay off its employees, close its doors
and go out of business.
Whatever the industry, whatever its size, steady
profits mean steady jobs.
THE
STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA
LIMITED
MONTREAL GANANOQUE HAMILTON BRANTFORD TORONTO
Canadian -made steel from Canadian -owned plants
BALDWIN HARDWARE
January Bargain Jubilee
SALE ANDS
JAN. 16tH
G.E. Hand or Stand
Mixer
Complete with stand and
two ,howls
White. Reg. 87.50
Sale price 29,95
Ironing Board
Adjustable, ventilated
top
Special 9.19
Roasting Pans
12-14 ib. fowl
16 - 18 lb. roast
Reg, 2,98
SPecial 1.89
Kitchenette Brooms
Lighter than loaf of bread
Sweeping distance 97 miles
Reg, 2.19
Sale price 1.59
GLIDDEN PAINT.
SPRED SATIN
Reg. 8.40 gal Sale price 8.70 gal.
RIPOLIN -- ULTRA WHITE
Reg. 12.35 gal. Sale price 9.85 gal.
EXTERIOR ENAMEL
Reg. 8.75 gal Sale price 7,00 gal.
BARN PAINT
Special 3.95 gal.
WALLPAPER -- 1960 DESIGNS
Your choice at 10% discount
Sleighs, toboggans, toys, giftware,
hockey equipment, fishing equipment
20% DISCOUNT
All other goods in store — 10% discount
Long handle.round
mouth Shovels
Reg. 2.79
Sale price 2.19
10" Carborundum
Stones
Special 35c
Hoppe Treasure
Chest of
Guaranteed Tools
your choice 99c
Pipe Wrenches
8" = 24"
Spscial at
20 discount
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