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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-02-16, Page 1WHOLE swamis, VOL. 82 • Phone $4 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, TI3'[7 ,SDAY, F 3RUARY 16, 1961 *1,60 a Year Authorised as Pawed .Cissa marl, Peet Orrice Rapt,. Ottawa Snowdon Bros.,PoWehere Tax Arrears Cost Seaforth 4,70.00 a Week„ Council Told' Seafortlt town Council held th regular February meeting in the town hall Monday evening, Tax arrears loomed large in the ev- ening's business. All members were present and Mayor B. Daly presided; Councillor N. Cerdpo, chairman of finance, told council the finan- cial picture was not bright In edafrom 0loansbank climb- ed to $04,0 0.Tax arrears had increased in same two years from $45,000 to 161,000, Rorrowings were greater ev- ery yearCouncillor Cardno said. Seaforth had the highest percen- tage of tax arrears per capita in the province— 25.7%. The second highest was 18.45%Q. Councillor Cardno suggested it in tax bringing Let g g us take steps to recover business tax. He asked councillors to bring in their estimates at next meet - They should plead with the '- pehool boards to stay within last year's budgets. Taxes are going up every -year. Mayor Daly said the outlook was gloomy, We were, a few thousand dollars under our bud- get, it is the people who haven't paid their taxes. Everything must be done to bring past due -busi- ness taxes in by law. Business taxes cannot be put in the sale, Mayor Daly told council that the assessor had resigned. Coun- cil should consider appointing a new man and create the position as tax collector and assessor. At the present time we axe paying $70 a week on our loan,' Councillor Cardno told council Mitchell for a three year period - had unpaid taxes of only $7,800, or around $2,500 a year, Actually less population than Seaforth, it was about the same area. They. ;ere more conscientious than in. Seaforth. Mayor Daly said we should not let taxes go overdue even one year; There was $15,000 or more In business, tax. The mayor said' any business looks- after unpaid accounts. We- need eneed someone to follow up after taxes, •- Council decided to advertise for• an assessor and tax collector. Reeve Ball suggested finding out what some of the other places do which have an ` assessorr and tax collector. Councillor John Flannery led discussion on a second air pack and mask for the fire brigade. Basic cost is $316 and with extra equipment is $363. On the fire chief's recommendation it was decided to .get one - with two masks. Councillors discussed an in- creased grant for the -firemen. Reeve Ball suggested leaving it until they set up their budget. The brigade has asked for $1,500 this year, en increase of $500. There are 15 members this year instead of 13. Councillor , Thorpe Rivers -told council about work on the streets. He had got some prices on a loader and backhoe complete with tractor, 1$4,40: It would stay on the tractor, Councillor Neil Bell told of a bid for a trip buck- -et. Mayor Daly said a loader could take mud out of a mud hole and you could put in grav- el.' A bucket requires hydraulic, Reeve Ball said there were no families on. relief. Councillor' Bell of the property committee said the compressor at, the old factory ran ouf of oil. The'compressoris.too small for the volume of air, it takes two hours to fill the pipet. Discussing sewage work, Coun- cillor John Turnbull said it was at a standstill for the present. The 'Ontario Water Resources bad been asked to act as engineer and agents in connection with the CMHC. Councillor' Cardno said we can' afford to wait.to get the best deal possible. Mayor Daly remarked it was, logical to inquire into the - new finance. set up. -Councillor `Turn- bull said we might do a perime- ter line and a pumping station at the plant. Mayor Daly asked at. what point we should contact the high- ways dept. about Goderich street. Councillor Turnbull said there was a letter about this, We are ,biting for final plans to ' know exactly whatweare going to do. Councillor Carl Dalton report- ed for the ,park committee. Mayor Daly wondered if the euchre club could fix up a place just east of the monument for shuffle board and outdoor checkers,' also some easy chairs. Something like that might help parking, people might like to park there, It would be a kind of co-operative effort. - Council decided to take a page in the Seaforth students' council book for $25, - Council made a grant .of $150 to ,the Chamber of Commerce, increase of $50.00, Council considered salaries for town employees and gave ' in. creases. This was business .carr- ied over from the January meet- ing. Mayor Daly saidat next 'meet- ing the PUC would submit platin for proposed fluorescent lights on Main street, Mitchell:, now had these lights. Mayor Daly hoped 'councillors Would have the finalized budget ready for next meeting. e . Seaforth Revives Tax Prepayment Tax prepayment vouchers will now be available to Seaforth propertyowners this year, Sea - forth councillors agreed on Mon- day evening at the regular coun- cil meeting. Prepayment of taxes has not been available fol+'several years. In recent years :taxes have be- come due in June and December' and tax prepayment was dropped. This year, faced with heavy ar- rears of r-rears.of unpaid taxes, council is looking forward to considerable help by re -introducing tax pre- payments and still having taxes come due in June and December. Councillor Nelson Cardno ex- plained the -proposal- to council. The vouchers would be in two denominations, $10.00 and $50.00. These could be bought in all months except June and ,Decem- ber, the months that taxes are due, They Would earn interest of %% a month up to - 10 months. It was designed to encourage people to prepay some of their taxes each month, Mayor Daly said people are ac- customed to paying for almost everything now on a monthly basis. Let us modernize our - eys- tem'of collecting taxes, ' The proposed method of pre- paying taxes is expected to be simpler than before. Those mak- ing small payments can get one: or more $10 vouchers, while taxl. payers making larger payments will receive $50 vouchers. When taxes are due thevoucherscan be attached to the tax notice the same as cash. ' Councillors are hoping that ratepayers who find a large pay- ment twice a year burdensome, arid yet have smaller amounts of surplus cash some months, will find this a. convenient way :of keeping their taxes paid up each year. HOSPITAL. AUXILIARY The -regular meeting of the Hospital Auxiliary was held- in the Nurses Residence on Tues„ Feb. ,14, 1961. The meeting -open- ed with the Lord's Prayer follow- ed by the roll call. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Mrs. Jean Stapleton re- ported on the. operation of the Tuck Cart. It has been . in . use for the past fourmonthsand is ,proving -to be very successful, Plans were discussed for the annual. Penny Sale which is to be held early in May. Mrs. Marjory Whyte will act as convener. The mystery prize was won by Janet Snider. The meeting was adjourned and lunch' served. The very successful Gingham Dance held in the Legion: Hall on Friday night, Feb. 10 was en- joyed by a large crowd. Prize winners at the dance were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Doig, Mr. L. Ford and, Mrs: Brad 'Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hart, -Mr. and Mrs. Kooymen, Mr, and Mrs. J. Flan- nery. Gingham Girl was Mrs. Bruce Walters. HOLD EUCHRE The Order of the Eastern Star held a very successful euchre on Thursday evening, Feb. 9. Win- ners- were: Most games, Mrs, Jean Cairns; lone hands, Mrs. Frank Smile; --consolation, Miss Meta Reeves; men, most games, Andy Crozier; lone hands, Secord McBrien; consolation, Gordon' McGavin, Inquest Finds Death Was Accidental The verdict of ,the inquest on Wednesday into the death. of Ro- bert Garon, 23, on Dec. 17th was: Accidental death due to speed of both cars and poor weather con- dittions. Annual Meeting of McKillop Mutual At the 84th annual meeting of the McKillop Mutual, Fire Insur- ance Company on Friday in the town hall here the 'following offi- cers -.were ,re -appointed, Pres„ John L. Malone, of Sea- forth; vice-president, John Mc- Ewing, Blyth;, sec,-treas., W. E, Southgate, . Seaforth; past -presi- dent, Robert Archibald, Seaforth;. directors, William Alexander, of Clinton; C. Leonhardt, Bornholm; Harvey Fuller, Goderich; W. R, Pepper, Brucefield; A. Broad - foot. Seaforth, AIreectore re-elected were; W. Alexander, J. L. Malone, C. Leon• hardt. The president in his address to the policyholders said: • 11It has been a pleasure to serve you, the policyholders of the Company, for the past year. "Our losses were down some- what this year from last, which meant an increase in the surplus of the Company for the protection of the policyholders. The major lossesincluded six barns and one house.. The bulk of the smaller claims was caused by lightning, Since insurance rates generally are: governed by' losses, it is the earnest hope of your Directors that through mutual co-operation a sincere effort will be put forth to guard against fire hazards, The following were some of the larger losses met by the com- pany: - Ross.D. Hoggart, Goderich twp, barn and contents, unknown 15,236.40; J. R, Murdock, Stanley, dwelling; fire $130.30; James Richmond, Morris, box and wir- 'ing, lightning $127.53; C. LeBeau of Tuckersmith; barn, unknown $2,000.00; Janice Ruddock, Col- borne, garage, fire $105.00; Har- old Bromley, East Wawanosh, barn and contents, unknown $1,852.80; E. Potter,. Goderich Twp., tractor, fire $90.20; Joseph L. Ryan, McKillop, barn and con- tents, unkown $12,674,50; John W. Smith, -Goderich. Twp., barn and contents, unknown $4,788.25;' Thos, Baird; Brucefield, dwelling, overheated pipes $1,368.01. Cubs and Scouts to Entertain Parents Wolf Cubs and Boy Scouts all over the world will, next week, observe Boy Scout Week, Febru- ary 20th to 26th. Scouts and Cubs will wear their unit o r m e to Church, School and other 'func- tions: Sunday 26th February is "B -P Sunday” in memory of Lord Baden Powell the founder of the Boy Scout - Movement. All parents- of Scouts and Cubs in Seaforth are invited to be pre- sent at a special meeting 'at St. Thomas Parish Hall on Monday next 20th February, at 7,80 p.m. Here they will see the regular opening ceremonies of a Cub Meeting and a Scout Meeting. This will be followed by a First Star Investiture for cubs, and both• Scouts and Cubs will demon- strate various parts of their pre- liminary training. All parents should be present to encourage their boys and their. leaders. Joseph Thornton of ' the Lead - bury line, McKillop, saw a ground hog sitting out in the -sun one day near Ruffle's hill. Thief Breaks Into Bowling Alley Gary Kelly, manager of, the bowling lanes on Market Street, on Sunday about supper time,; found that someone had broken into the building; A small amount of gash had been removed from the cigaret dispenser, but noth- ing else had been disturbed, The alleys had been'open during the afternoon and kr. Kelly was re- turning in the 'evening. He be- lieves someone escaped out a rear door as he came inatthe front. 1 • Constables Bates and Calder investigated. They found several strips of moulding pried off a window through which 'entry was gained. The investigation has been continued this week. New Lights fort - Main Street New street lights for Segforth Main street are in the planning stage at present. When details are all worked out between the town council and the PUC, fluor- escent lights similar to those on Goderich street will be installed, New poles or standards will have to be put up and no decision on the type of pole or Standard has yet been made. The present cast iron stand- ards in use for over 20 years are only 14 feet high, New standards will have to be at least 28 feet high. It is planned to do the work this spring or next summer. ATTEND CAPPING Mrs, Harry McLeod, Mrs. Mar- garet Platt, Mr. and Mrs. Enos Boahart and Mrs. Harold Nichol- son attended the capping exercis- es at Victoria Hospital, Friday evening when 97 student nurses were capped. The local girls were Bonnie McLeod and Kathryn Boahart, Among the 64 who received their caps last' Thursday at St. Joseph's School of Nursing in London were 3 from Seaforth, Corinne Smith, Anne Morris and Lynda Savauge. present from Seaforth were Mrs. Brad, Smith, Miss Virginia Smith, Mrs. Thos. Morris, Mrs, Jack Norris, Mrs. F. Rowland, Mr. and Mrs. Ross' Sa- vauge. WORLD'S DAY OF PRAYER "Forward Through the Ages in Unbroken Line" will be the theme for the 75th Day of Prayer ser- vice which will be held on Feb. 17. In 1887 women in the United States first observed a Day of Prayer for Home, Missions. By 1919 it was observed for both Home and Foreign Missions and since 1927 the observance of the day has been worldwide, each year increasing in interest, ap- preciation and devotion. All lad- ies in the community are invited to attend the service in First Presbyterian Church, Friday at ternoon at 3 p.m. Miss Jennie Hogg will give the address. CURLING NOTES D. Cornish's rink won first prize in the 9 o'clock draw in Saturday's bonspiel at RCAF, Clinton. Other members of the rink were G. Stockwell; B. Mac- Millan, Dr. Harvey. In the 11 o'- clock draw W. Leyburn's rink won 2nd prize. His rink were C. Rowcliffe, W. Roberton and Royce Macaulay of Clinton, Wm. Moore won third prize, with Scott Habkirk, R. Kirk, F. Case. Seaforth Ladies' Curling Club was represented last Wednesday e at the bonspiel at Stratford by b the following rink: Mrs. Frank Kling, skip; Mrs. -f M. W. Stapleton, Vice skip; Mrs. W. Campbell, second; Mrs. G. i May Raise Poultry In Vacant Building William Henderson of town consulted Seaforth Council on Monday evening about a proposal to raise chickens in a large va- cant building with several floors beside the.tracks, He had talked to health unit at Goderich, Mr. Henderson said there were no residences close to'the build- ing. It. would be operated the same as his plant in Egmondville and there was no odor from it and no complaints. Tire building would require some fixing up he -said, Day-old chicks would be put in the build- ing. It had been -used for poultry some years ago, Pick McKillop Speaking` Winners McKillo Federation rat of Agricul- ture t g ture is sponsoring public speak- ing contests to select three twp. winners, The first was held last week ' at Winthrop Church with Gordon Elliott, Federation vice- pres„ acting as chairman in the absence of President Jas. Keyes. Judges were Bert Gray, principal of Clinton public school; George Jefferson, ex,principal of Clinton and Carl Hemingway, Federation Fieldman. During intermission Rev, W. H, Summerell addressed -the gath- ering. The judges were thanked by Oliver Pryce, Federation 2nd vice-president. Another six contestants will be chosen at the next meeting at Winthrop Church, Wednesday, Feb, 22. From the 12 there. will later be three finalists. Following are the 13 students who competed last week. An 'asterisk indicates those selected, Lynn Nixon, Grade 7, Seaforth Public School; *Witold Chonticki Cr. 8, No. 12 School; *Murray McClure Gr. 8, No. 12; *Jack Flanagan Cr. 8, No. 1; *Bonnie Stewart Cr. 6 No. 4; *Eileen Ma- loney Gr; 8, No. 1; Madeline Smith Cr. 7, Seaforth Public School; *Linda Somerville Gr. 7, No, 7; Bruce Elliott Gr, 8, No. 5; Rochelle Nesbit Gr. 7, No. 4; Yvonne Pryce Gr, G, No. 10; Ray Devereaux Gr. 6, Seaforth Separ- ate School; Linda Kerr Gr. 7, No. 10. Annual Report of Red Cross - 1960 Financial Statement of Seaforth Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society. Receipts— Cash on hand or on de- posit January 1, 1960 $ 388.03 Campaign receipts ..,. 1423.94 General Donations , . , , 5.00 Bank Interest 8.18 Custom Quilting 12.00 Part payment of indi- vidual emergency aid 21.00 1858.15 Expenditure— Cash remitted to Divis. $1079.03 Individual emerg'cy Aid 37.52 Health work ....... , , , 14.00 Water Safety Service, pins, awards etc, .... 4.32 Workroom' supplies 342.10 Campaign PM & supplies 13,09 Expenses to Blood Donor meeting at London .. 5.00 Cash on hand and on deposit, Dec. 31, 1960 363.09 1858.15 Articles shipped out from work- room were 84 pairs of socks; 17 pairs of mitts; 306 pieces of sew- ing; quilts: 8 double, 1 single; 1 cot, 3 crib size,. 32 individuals used quipment from.our loan cup- oard. Emergency aid to the am- unt of $206.67 was given to two amities who suffered fire disast- er in 1960. This amount was re- mbursed from the Division Of - Chesney, lead, floe in Toronto. WORKSHOP PANEL — The members of, the discussion panel. at the McKillop Federation of Agriculture workshop held at Brod- hagen coinlnunity hall on Monday, from left. Dr, FL L. Patterson, director of Farm Economics, Ontario Dept. of Agriculture; Charles Munro, timbre, dairy farmer; Rev: A. H. Da nar'd chairman; - E Y dent panel n W. .Honey, Waterford, first vice president Ontario Consolidated Milk Producers Marketing Committee; George Gear, Walkerton, Agric, Representative, Bruce County, See page dive 1Y. 1.,1„,M1„1 11111111,1,11 Al , 1111111,,1111111111A1111111111 11 1 11111,111.,1,1111111.1,1111111111 , 1111111111111,4 SFIEAFFER'S: STUDENT SPECIAL Reg'. 1 --Genuine Sheafter Skripsert Fountain Pen 1—Handwriting Booklet FRSE .1—Five-Pack Sheaffer Skrip Cartridges (so you can carry your ink supply in your purse or pocket) 49c Total value , .. , 3.44. FOR LIMITED TIME ONLY 98c Get Yours To --Day ! SAVAUGE'S JEWELLERY GIFTS Seaforth WINTHROP 7 ATWOOD 5 Winthrop Warriors outscored Atwood 7-5 in a closely contested WOAA intermediate ho c k e y game played in Seaforth on Tues- day night. Winthrop opened the scoring in the first period when Don Mc- Clure flashed the red light. At- wood rallied and scored two goals to lead 2.1 at the end of the first' period. In the second period At. wood scored once before Jim Strong found the mark for Win- throp. Atwood scored two more fast goals to take a 5-2 lead by the middle of the period. From this point on, Winthrop held the opposition off the score sheet with Hugh Flynn, Warrior' goalie, turning in a fine game. Tom Love and Ray Powell scored for Win- throp but Atwood still led 5-4 at. the end of the second. When the third period was less than 15 seconds old, Tom Love scored his second goal of the night, to tie the score at 5.5a Win- throp pressed the attack and were finally rewarded when Win- ston Powell scored, Winthrop car ried the play in the final frame and scored the clinching goal as Winston Powell took a pass from Bob Elliott and scored his second goal of the night to give Win- throp a 7-5 victory, This was the final game of the schedule for Winthrop, with the playoffs to start in a week or so. Themanagement of the Winthrop team would appreciate it if the hockey fans in the district would- come out and support the team in the playoffs as the boys are play- ing an exciting brand of hockey. Winthrop lost a close game in Lucknow on Friday night, as Lucknow scored a goal with less than two minutes remaining, for a 4-3 win, The game was hard fought all the way with the breaks all going against the War- riors, The Winthrop goals were scored by Bob Elliott, Bill Kerr and George Love. W. I. MEETS Mrs. G. Elliott was hostess at her holne for the Feb. meeting of the Seaforth W. I. with Mrs. G. Kerr acting as co -hostess. The roll call was answered with the name of a country in A.C.W,W. and give its location. There are 30 countries in the A,C.W.W. with a membership of 6 million wo- men. The president, Mrs. Harold Hugill presided for the business. The minutes and correspondence was read by the secretary Mrs. Leonard Strong and the treasur- er'sreport given by Mrs. Ross Gordon. Thankyou cards were read front Ruth Anne Wilson, Tuckersmith council and employ- ees and Mrs. Dale Miller, Mrs. Grummett was appointed public relations convenor for South Hu- ron district of the W. I. Plans were completed for the birthday party to be held at the Huron County Home on Feb. 15th for those celebrating birthdays in February Mrs. R, J, Doig presided for the program and introduced Mrs, Grummett who commented on the motto "Let the other fellow talk occasionally; you can't learn much listening to yourself.” Mr. James Doig of the Seaforth Branch of the Cancer Society showed slides . on cancer with valuable Information shown, A delicious lunch was served by Mrs. Hillebrscht, Mrs, Lorne Car. ter, Mrs. Howard Wilson and Mrs. Andrew Crozier Committee for the Fob. 24th euchre and dance are: tables and chairs—Mrs, John McLean, Mrs. Elmer Cameron, Lunch—Mrs. E. Papple, Mrs, 1-I, Hugill, Mrs. G. Elliott. Punchers --Mrs, J, Keyes, Mrs. A. Crozier, Mrs, E. Kerr, Mrs. J, Kerr, Dishwashers—Mrs. R. J. beig; Mrs, Lorne Carter. FINE CHINA REBEKAHS MEET At a meeting of Edelweiss Re- bekah Lodge Monday evening with Mrs. Margaret Messenger, N. G.,presiding, final plans for the euchre to follow the Feb. 27 meeting were made. The meeting is to commence at 7.30 p.m. March 22 was setas the date for the Dessert Euchres to be held in the IOOF Hall at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. with Mrs. Scott Hab- kirk, Mrs. Keith Sharp, Mrs. Nor- man Ranson and Mrs. Ila Dor- ranee in charge of arrangements. It was decided that the Variety Night slated for May be in bene- fit of the CPT committee of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, as the committee has given generously to fire victims during the past few weeks and bas made other charitable donations recently. A donation was made to the Navy League of Canada. The mystery prize was won by Mrs. .7, Grum- inett. ROBERT HAMILTON Robert Hamilton, 75, died Sat- urday in Scott Memorial Hospit- al, Seaforth, after an illness of three months, Formerly of the Lucknow area, Mr. Hamilton had been a resident here since 1954. He was a retired farmer,and a foreman at the Lloyd door fact- ory. His wife, the former Eliza- - beth Ann Young predeceased him in 1950. Surviving are two sons, Benson of Whitby and Ross of Wingham; and two sisters, Mrs. Millie Brandon and Mrs. Mary Harper, Winnipeg, and one grand- child. The funeral service was held Monday at the G. A. Whitney funeral home, Seaforth, at 2 p.m. Burial was in Wingham cemetery. Pallbearers were Charles Lloyd, -James Henry, William Ford, De Witt Miller, John Talbot, George Addison. MINISTERS TO RETIRE. Rev. H. C. Wilson of Thames Rd. United Church (near Exeter) will be nominated by Huron Presbytery for"the office of Pres- ident of London Conference of the United Church of Canada when the Conference meets in June. The Huron Presbytery ap- proved the nomination last week (Wed. Feb. 8) in Ontario St. Un- ited Church, Clinton. Rev. Mr. Wilson has served many congre- gations in Huron Presbytery and is well known throughout the area, For many years he has worked on the Settlement Com- mittee of London Conference, Application for retirement and pension were approved for three ministers in the Presbytery, Rev. S. A. Monte of Goderich (Victoria St.) who has served 42 years in the ministry will take up resi- dence in London at the end Of the Conference Year in June and will become assistant minister of Wesley 'United Church, Rev. T, X, Pitt of 'Varna plans to' make his home in Newfoundland where he 'began his ministry 44 years ago. Rev, W. M, Thomas of Wal- ton United Church, retiring after 39 years, will reside in Ottawa.