HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1962-01-25, Page 4WALTON
Miss Claire Haekwoll, London,
si?eiitthe week' end with hex pale
rents, 1\'tr and Mrs. Tone Hack,.
well,
Miss Muriel Sehade, Reg,N„ of
Whigli#Vile;, visited for a few days
et the, home of her parents, Mr,
and Airs. Norman Ballade,
Mi': • aktd Mrs, Donald . Mater of
Louden were guests at the Homo
of the latter's. parents, Mr, and
14ivs, David Watson,
Mr. Ralph Stewart of Vancouv-
er
ancouver visitedoverthe week end with
M. and Mrs. Harvey Craig and
family. Mrs, Craig 19 an sant of
Mr. Stewart. ,.
Mr;. Alf Anderson is at present
a patient in' Clinton public hospi-
tal after suffering a heart attack
early Wednesday morning,
Mr, and Mrs, 'Elliott of 'Barrie
were week end guests with Rev,.
A. and Mrs, Higginbotham at the
manse.
Guests at 'the Anderson home
were Mrs. Irene McClory, Listo.
*el; Mr, and Mrs, Jack Ander-
son of Stratford; Mr, James An-
derson, London; Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Taylor and Debbie, Ottawa;
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Pickard of Mit-
chell; Mr. and Mrs, Don Cum-
ming', Stratford, and also visited
Ur. Anderson in the Clinton hos-
pital, Mrs, Ross Taylor and Deb.
bie of Ottawa remained to spend
this week with her mother.
Mr, Jack Williamson, who has
been a patient in Stratford Gen-
eral hospital for the past' five
weeks, returned home last
Thursday,
Rev. Arthur Higginbotham
was chairman for the annual con-
gregational meeting of Duff's
United Church, Walton, held in
the Assembly room Thursday
evening
Jan. 18, 1962, Mrs, Har-
vey Craig was appointed Secre-
tary for the evening. The worship
period was followed with a short
memorial service for those mem-
bers who had passed away dur-
ing the year 1961.
Encouraging reports of the var-
ious organizations were present-
ed and accepted, Mrs. Nelson
Reid in her Sunday School report
gave special mention to Tom
.Leeming who had five years per-
fect attendance.
New members of the Session.
are, Mr. Wm. J. Leeming, Mr.
Leslie Oliver, Mr. Alvin McDon-
ald, Mr. James Smith,
Appointments for the Board of
Stewards were Mr. Neil McGavin,
Mr. Rae Houston, Mr. Emerson
Mitchell, Mr. Jack Bryans, Mr.
Clifford Ritchie, Mr. Torrance
Dundas. Auditors for General
Fund, Mr, J. W. Smith, Mr. Doug
Fraser, Men's Club Representa.
tive, Mr. James Smith, Repre-
sentative to Presbytery, Mr, Mar-
tin Baan,
The following numbers were
presented between reports of the
various organizations. Reading
"When I Whine", by Mrs. Gord.
on McGavin; piano duet by Rev.
A. Higginbotham and June Hig-
ginbotham; vocal duet, Mary and
Brenda Bewley accompanied by
Mrs, 11. Traviss; vocal duet, Car-
ol Wilbee and Sherrill Craig with
Mrs. E. McCreath at the piano.
Piano duets, Rev, A. Higginboth-
am and Mrs. Harvey Brown; a
solo by Mr. John Leeming with
Mrs. Martin Baan accompanist.
This song had been composed by Lillian Dickson. The minutes of
a melt het of tile cong'reg'ation lit
honour 02 the organist, Mrs. H.
Brown, who had been choir lead-
er and .organist for the plat 33
years, A suite of money was pre.
Beaked'! to eller by Mr, Clarence
Martin in appreciation of her ser:
services, from the congregation.
Mrs. Brown expressed her thanils
and commended the choir neem
hers for their faithfulness and
go -operation.
Mr, Clarence: Martin' moved a
vote el thanks to the minister
leis wife and family _ for thei
spiritual guidance in the chore
and the able manner 111 which
they have fitted into the variou
community activities since' coin
ing to this charge six months ago
Rev. Higginbotham replied ex
pressing their appreciation fo
the welcome and kindness showi
them by the congregation which
have made them feel very niuel
at home in their new environ
Ment. The Minister outlined ver
ions projects including Christian
Education, (1) Bringing Sunday
School and home mare closely to
gather, (2) Make our Christian
faith vital, (3) Bring young pec
ple to. Jesus Christ, He also re
quested that in case of illness he
be notified as soon as possible
preferably by the family them
selves.
A special program and service
will be arranged by the Officia
Board for the celebration of the
60111 Anniversary of the building
of the church, This will tie in
with the Anniversary Services to
be held Sept. 23, 1962 when Rev
Gordon Hazelwood of Binklay
'United Church, Hamilton, will be
guest speaker. '
The meeting closed with pray
er followed with lunch served by
the woolen of the congregation
McKillop Meeting
The regular monthly meeting
of the 17th and Boundary Unit of
Duff's United Church, Walton
was held at the home of Mrs
Martin Baan with 17 members an
swaying the roll call. Mrs, Cliford
Ritchie presided and the meeting
was opened with hymn 662 "0
God our Help in Ages Past". Mrs
Wm. Coutts read from Revela
Huts 21: 1.8, Mrs, C. Ritchie led
in prayer and a poem • called
"Grandma's Day Followed", The
minutes and correspondence were
read and reports given, Business
was attended to. Mrs, J. Van
Vliet was appointed on the sup-
per committee. The meeting was
closed with hymn 571 "Standing
at the Portal" and the "Lord's
Prayer". Lunch was served by
the hostess and lunch committee.
The remainder of the afternoon
was spent quilting.
Walton Unit Meeting
The January meeting of the
Walton U. C. W. Unit was held
at home of Mrs. Herb Traviss,
Friday evening, Jan. 20 with the
new president, Mrs, Emerson
Mitchell presiding, the worship
period opened with hymn 571
"Standing at the Portal". The
scripture passage was read from
Matt, 6: 5-13 by Mrs. Peter Mc-
donald, who also commented on
the reading. Prayer was offered
by Mrs. R. Achilles. Mrs. 11, Tra-
viss sang "Let's go to Church
next Sunday Morning" with Mrs,
Harvey Brown at the. piano. MTs,
W. Bewley chose her topic from
the book ."These My People" by
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Issued by authority of Hon. Michael Starr,
Minister of Labour, Canada
the prevatus ineetil g Were road,
also thankyou notes, The roll gall
was responded to with "A Now
Year's llesolution". The Omar.
er, ilirs, 11, Achilles gale the,
finaneial atatelneliia, It was d0•
`eidedto change the aeeekil}g date
to the second Wednesday 311 eeah
month, An announcement was
made regarding the Presbyterial
:which will he hold in Clinton on
,Tan, 24 when the inaugural meet -
1118 for the 11,0,W, will be hold.
A decision was reached to hold.
the Annual Bazaar on March 28
with the following committee in
charge: Airs. Allan. Searle, Mrs.
D. Ennis, Mrs. J. Shannon, Mrs,
T, Dundas, Mrs, G, Watson, Ml's,
Mac Sholdice and Mi's. Wm.
Thamer, Everyone will be wel-
come at this bazaar.
Copper honest leaders for 1962
are Mrs. Jim Clark and Mrs.
Cary Finlayson, Slides were cho-
sen and navies Were drawn for
"Prayer Pal" which will' not be
revealed until the end of the
year,
Mrs. Ethel Hackwell, convener
of the Quilt Committee asked the
members to make 17 quilt blocks
18" x 20". These will he used to
make a quilt for the spring bale,
The meeting closed with hymn
40 "God moves in a mysterious
Way" and prayer, Lunch was
served by Mrs. H. Traviss, Mrs,
John Hislop and Mrs. Wm. The-
ater, A caudle lighted cake was
passed around honouring Mrs.
P. McDonald on her birthday.
Messengers
The Inaugural meeting of the
Messengers was held Sunday
morning Jan, . 21 in the Sunday
School room with an attendance
of 63., Hymn 571 "Standing at the
Portal" was sang with Glenna
Houston at the piano. Mrs, W.
Bewley, the leader explained the
new name of our group and why
it was chosen, Gordon Mitchell'
and Keith Wilbee held the Mes-
senger's Banner for everyone is
see, Messengers are mentioned
several times in the Bible, Bill
Hellinga read a verse from Matta
calling John the Baptist a mess-
enger who prepared the way for
Jesus, the greatest messenger of
all. Gerald Baan read 2nd Corin-
thians S: 23 which calls all who
are part of the church"Messen-
gers". Mrs. Bewley led in prayer
and hymn 604 "Jesus Loves the
Iittle Children" was sung.
The officers for 1962 were
galled to the front and installed
by the leader. Carol Wilbee, the
president, presided for the busi-
ness session, Velma Higginboth-
am read the minutes of the last
meeting. Next month Doug Wey
will read the scripture. Mary
Leeming led in prayer and Bar-
bara Bryans will play •the piano.
The offering was reoeived by
Sherrill Craig and Brenda Bew-
ley and dedicated with prayer.
Classes were taken by Mrs. G.
McGavin, Mr's. Roy Williamson,
Mrs. N. Marks, and Mrs. W. Bew-
ley. Hymn 613 "Jesus Bids Us
Shine" was sung and the meeting
closed with the Mispah Benedic-
tion.
Farmers Union
Present Brief
Mr. Gordon Hill -read the fol-
lowing brief to Huron county
council on behalf of the Huron
county Farmers' Union. Also at
the presentation were Messrs,
Ray Hanna, Carl Govier, Thos.
Govenlock, Mrs. Thos. Govenlock
and Mrs. Robertrt Taylor.
The Huron district of the On-
tario Farmers' Union • welcome
this opportunity of meeting again
the, Huron county council and
sharing with you our views on
the problems of agriculture
which are conunon to us all.
May we at this time extend
congratulations to the new war -
don and his council and especial-
ly the new lady member who we
understand is the first woman to
sit on Huron county council.
We commend this council for
Your continuous financial assist-
ance and support of 4-H club
work, Junior Farmers, agricult-
ural societies, soil and crop im-
provement associations and many
other worthy projects.
First, let us take note of some
of the accomplishments of Huron
county through joint efforts dur-
ing the past year. First the re-
instatement of retroactive rabies
compensation recently enacted
by the Ontario Legislature,
Secondly, we would like to
bring to your attention the new
Composite School in Clinton
which has received final Govern-
ment approval. The Huron dist-
rict Farmers' Union are very
proud of the.,prominent role they
played in making this school a
reality.
We are at all times ready and
willing to co-operate with any
other farm group or organization
for the benefit of farmers.
Those of you council members
who are farmers will not only
appreciate the hardships encoun-
tered in building and maintaining.
a strong farm organization but
also realize the benefits possible
through a united effort,
Being a direct dues paying
membership controlled organiza-
tion, the Ontario Farmers' Union
is the only organization in Ont-
ario in a position to take a firm
stand with regards to the many
problems facing agriculture and
especially with respect to mark-
eting hoards, We have always
supported the principle of prod-
ucer -controlled marketing hoards
but firmly believe that these
hoards must be national in scope
to achieve the proper results. A1•
though we believe that national
marketing boards will strengthen
the position of farmers, it is rea-
lized that they must be tied to a
sound agricultural ,policy, We fa.
vor a policy whereby a plan of
deficiency payments would be
adopted on all agricultural prod-
actg.
Because of the shortage of
hospitalbed accomodation in
IIu}'on couniY we recently Pres.
anted a brief, to the Hon, Di',. Oy-
iir0lid .at his request: in Toronto,'
requesting that the Ontario hos,
pitaiizatioii commtssion, bring
nursing homes which meet goy
eminent regulations io ear conn.
ty under the hospitalization plan.
We .understand , that. several
counties in 'Ontario through . the
initiative or their county %niticits
have secured a specified number
of beds fn :nursing homes to be
made available in'their counties
for .patients with means who can.
not be classified as Indigent pa-
tients under the hospital plan,
We solicit your support for the
citizens of Huron county in this
matter.
In 1,960 the county council sent
a resolutign to the international
Plowmen's Association • recom-
mending that the plowing match
be held in 'Huron county. We re-
quest support 02 the present
county council to give ,further
support to this matter. The Hur-
on district Farmers' Union offer
their services if needed to assure
its success.
As there has been no actionby
the Board of Transport with re-
gards to our past request re farm.
truck .licensing, may we again
ask for your further support, on
this matter:
The Ontario Fanners' Union
believe that license fees for farm.
trucks are unreasonably high.
Farmers do not object; to paying
a fair share of highway mainten-
ance but feel the present system
is not equitable. Records indicate
that 22 percent of all trucks (2%
tons and up) in the province be-
long to farmers. They average
only 8,700 miles per year. They
travel empty two-thirds of the
time and are used to capacity
only 25 percent of the time.
Ontario farmers. being primar-
ily livestock producers, require
a truck at various intervals of
the year, and a seasonal license
which has 'been suggested by the
government would be of very,
tittle benefit.
We therefore recommend that
a special classification be set up
in Ontario for farm trucks with
license fee considerably reduced.
It has been suggested to our
organization that weeds along
the county roads and railways be
cut or sprayed earlierr in the sea-
son before going to seed.
We would like to draw the at-
tention of the Good Roads com-
mittee to the fact that sanding
operations have not been ode,.
quare in some localities on dan-
gerous Bills therefore endanger-
ing lives.
Report of Huron Co.
Health Unit
A report of the Huron County
Health Unit, by Dr. R. M. Aldis,
to the January session of Huron
County Council:
A brief summary of Health Un-
it activities' in 1961 is presented
herewith:
Live births 1,120. Infant deaths
21, Stillbirths 17, Maternal
deaths 1. r
1961 wase a' Polio -free year.
The last case. of polio' occurred'
here in 1957 and the last deaths',
from this crease were recorded in,
1953 when 'there were two such
fatalities, No doubt remains
about the efficacy of Salk -type
vaccine cite so long it
asis accepted
and put to use. Since the intro•
duction of the vaccine to Huron
in 1955, the Health Unit has
administered over 64,000 doses,
bat a recruit decline 111 the de•
*nand for Its use by adults given
cause for alarm, It is not too' long
ago to recall epidemics in which
young adults accounted ,tor a.
large "number of the Victims,•
After a decline in 1960 Animal.
Rabies r0140 again in 1961 wlih
an approximate total of; 31 aur
nulls found positive on laboratory
or strong clinical grounds. 27
humans took the 14 -dose treat•
inept following exposure' to this
disease,
Infectious Jaundice smoulders
here as in the rest pf the pro.,'
vinoe,. Some. authot`ities feelthat
this disoase is on the increase
but our fignrea are not sufficient'
lY complete to drew any firm
conclusions. Since the disease it;
caused by two types of virus,
each.with a different mode of 111
fetation, the study of outbreaks
becomes . very complicated, Pre,
vention of the first type is possl•
hie through 'high standards or
personal hygiene and general
community sanitation with epi•
pliasis on control of food and wa-
ter supplies. The second variety
has been traced to infected hu•
pian Serum and requires fastidi•
ons techniques by hospitals, elan,
ics etc. where contaminated.
syringes and equipment might
contribute to its spread.
Public health nursing activities,
show 10,060 visits last year to
6,731 individuals, representing
nearly 3,000 families. Increasing
requests are received for visiting
to cancer patients and the older
adult, which the staff is pleased
to carry out, We do lack a regu,'
lar bedside nursing program,
however, but are encouraged by
its growth in neighbhring areas,
In the schools there were 3,420
student health inspections, 5,529
vision tests and 2,027 hearing
tests. At the five High Schools,
1,122. students were conferencedj
as compared with 768 the pre-
vious year.
Prenatal classes continued in
1961 with 101 such classes held,
Of some 1,600 infants visited ov
THE SCAFORTFI NEWS •-- Thursday, January 28, 1962
or 700 were Seen at borne in the
,first two weeks of lite.
The sanitary inspectors carried
out over 3,000 field liispectioiia
including 430 water eaeiiplos.
Especially where: they border
villages and towns, the rural.
municipalities have beauexper
fencing gradual growth In hous-
ing, In a good many cases it has
been discovered that soil condi.
Nona make extensive use of sep-
tic tanks a Hazard, The settle -
inept 'of the problems in cer•tainn,
eases has not been easy but we
have received valuable advice
and support from the Ohtralo
Water Resources -Commission,
Oar thanks to Chairman John
Morrissey and the Board who
have seen the services" of the
Unit steadily increasing with the
cost to the county ratepayers
maintained at less- than one mill
per year.
Reject Proposal For
New Cont Offices
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County Oces
Heron County Council last
week turned down the proposed
construction of a second county
building at Gederieh, a proposal
urged to relieve overcrowding at
the courthouse building.
A council building 'ooninrittee
recommended construction of a
building at an estimated cost of:
$256,000.
Most members of council, how.;
ever, said the present state of,
county finances did not warrant
the expenditure at this time.
Reeve Melvin Crich pointed
out the Clinton. Public hospital
will have to be expanded next
year and, he added, hospitals cost
more than $2,000 per bed to build.
The committee had recom
mended payingfor the new build-
ing by raising the tax rate by
one niill. Reeve Crich and other
county reeves opposed any in-
creases in taxes.
The building question was
turned down by a vote of 29.7,
Architects pf the proposed, Iir'o-
Joct, Snider, Huget of Watel'lee,
had drawn up preliminary plana
and prepared a model of the pro.
proposed -building.
r, G. Berry, clerk -treasurer,
reported council had achieved a
surplus . of 303,000 in its ;' 190).
operations.
HENSALL
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Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Chapman
and sons were recent visitors
with 11ir.. and Mrs. Charles Ford
in London.
Amber Rebekah Lodge 349 are
celebrating their 13111 anniver-
sary, on Feb, 7111 when members
of Edelweiss Rebekah: A 4dge,
Seafortll, are invited gues`t's.
School Board Appoints Officers
At the Hensall Public School
Board's inaugural meeting How.
and Scene was re-elected chair-
man of the Board for his 811
terns, Principal Robert Raebur'n.
was re -appointed secretary of the
board and representative to the
Hensall Library Board. Roy Con.
sitt was appointed maintenance
officer and school attendance of-
ficer. Two new members of the
Board are Jack Simmons and.
Clendon. Christie,
SEAFORTH INTERMEDIATES
DROP'TWO GAMES
Seaforth Intermediates played
in Exeter on Friday evening and
lost 6 to 3, Goals scored for Sea-
forth were Larry Dale, Ray
Scoins aiid Bob.Beuttenmiller,
Seaforth Intermediate 'played
Mitchell Tuesclay evening,' arid
lost 8 to 5. Seafortlt outplayed
Mitchell by quite a margin, .but
could not get the puck in the net.
Goals scored for Seaforth were,
Bob Beuttenmiller. 3, Larry Dale
1, Jack Crozier ,i.
Our next home game is .on
Tuesday, Jan.' 30, at 8.30, against
the Philpsburg Chevs.
NEW CUBS — Last Wednesday evenrng the new chums were invested in "B" pack oe the Seaforth
Cubs under Akela Toni Wilbee. First row, L to R—Charlie Smith, Fred. Onbelet, John Muir, Larry
Park, Danny•Muir. 2nd row—Jim Cardno, James 'Bannon, Allan Robertson, Allan Wilbee, Ronald
Henderson, Ralph Onbelet. 3rd row—Roy Dalton, Doug Hildebrand, Mac Watterworth, John Munro,
Ray Mennen, Jim Rivers. Back row—Bill Mowat, Ron Dalrymple, Michael Bannon, Stephen Smith.
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