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HURON, COUNTY8 LEADINGNEWSPAPER
WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 71, No, 12
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, TFIURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1948
FIRST CHURCH SUPPORTS
EUROPEAN RELIEF
In co-operation with other Protes-
tant Churches in Canada, the congre-
gation of First Presbyterian Church,
Seaforth, is lending its fullest sup-
port to the current campaign for
European Relief. Gifts of money
and clothing -are urgently needed.
Members are urged to bring cloth-
ing of all types to the. Church on
the next two Sundays. During the
week the clothing may be left at the
Ferguson Hardware store. Money
may be placed on the offering . plate
at the Sunday services or handed to
Mr. Clare Reith at the Co-operative
Produce. The fullest support of
every family is essential if the cam-
paign is tobe a success.
FAMILY ARRIVES HERE
FROM HOLLAND
Mr. and Mrs.' Ulbe Zietsma and
little daughter, Margaret, of .Sexbi-
erem, Friesland, Holland, arrived
Tuesday evening in Seaforth to work
on the • farm of Mr. Norris SillerY,
near Bruce£ield. The family arrived
in New York on Monday on the New
Amsterdam.
Mr. J. M. Scott has arranged.
to employ a young Dutch farmer and
his bride at Scott Poultry Farms,
and they are expected to arrive soon
COAL
PLEASE PLACE ORDERS
EARLY
Deliveries less than 48
]hours not guaranteed.
E. L. BOX
PHONE 43 & 18
Northside United 'Church
Rev. H. V. Workman, Minister
18 a.m., Sunday School.
11 a.m. "The things which belong
unto -Peace .
.
7 p.m. "The Revelation of Christ
in His Death".
Welcome to these Services.
Anglican
" ]Larch 21st, Palm Sunday
St. Thomas', Seaforth:
10 a.m., Sunday School
11-a.m. Morning • Prayer
7 p.m. Evening Prayer
St. Mary's, Dublin
3 P.m. Church Service.
Evenings in Holy Week: 8 p. m.
Services' in the various churches un-
der auspices of Ministerial Associa-
tion, See Notice.
March '26th, Good Friday:
10:30 a.m. Service St. Thomas'
3 p.m. Service St. Mary's, Dublin
• Rector. Rev. C. F. L. Gilbert, B.A.
First . Presbyterian Church
10 a.m., The Sunday School Par-
ents, are your children receiving
systematic Christian education?
11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Public Wor-
ship: The Minister will preach.
Members of the congregation are
urged to support the campaign for
European Relief with gifts of money
and clothing.
Eginondville United Church
Rev. A. W. Gardiner, B.A., B.D.
10 a.m., Sunday School
11 a.m„ Service in charge of the
Y.P,•1J.
The Salvation Army
Lieut. E. J. Ivany
11 a.m. Holiness Service
3 .p.m. Sunday School
7 p.m. Salvation Meeting
All boys and girls invited Wed. 7
p.m.
' Special Women's meeting Thurs.
2.30 p.m. Mrs. J. Thompson, guest
speaker. •
NEW SEAFORTH
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
That husky, winged figure with
bolts of electricity clutched in his
fist, has come to town again on the
cover of the new Bell gelephone
directory. Despite the housing short-
age, he is receiving a welcome in
private residences, boarding houses,
hotels, and restaurants.
Poised on a globe of the world
and known .as "The Spirit of Com-
munication",.he decorates the front
of each of the 1,120 .green -covered
telephone books now coming through
the mail to Seaforth subscribers.
The new book contains more than
4,500 new and revised listings,some
of them in the Seaforth section, ac-
cording to J. M. Goodwin, Bell Tele-
phone manager for this area, who
urges local telephone users to check
numbers in the directory before
calling, to reduce the wrone number
nuisance to a minimum. Mr. Good-
win also urges subscribers to discard
the old buff -covered directory with
its many out -dated listings, to avoid
referring to it in error.
Telephone pads and lists of fre-
quently used numbers are a great
convenience to many people, Mr.
Goodwin adds,' but it is a good thing
to bring them up-to-date by refer-
ence to the new directory, to avoid
delays caused by calling numbers
that have been changed.
The new book, as usual, lists num-
bers for Goderich, Stratford, Clin=
ton, St. Marys and other centres, as,
well as Seaforth numbers, and is be-
ing mailed simultaneously to sub-
scribers at those points,
COUNTY SEED FAIR
IS SUCCESSFUL
The first Annual Seed Fair, spon-
sored by the Huron Crop Improve-
ment Association, which was held in
Clinton on Saturday, March 13th,
was a pronounced success. Some 42
farmers in Huron County brought
out'total of 94 exhibits, including
17 ten -bushel lots. The total prize
money paid out for the Fair amount-
ed to $302.75.
Among the prize winners we have
the following: Grand Champion
Showman, the Silver Tray, donated
by the Robert Simpson Companye
Elder •Brothers, Hensall, Ontario;
Reserve Champion Showman, five
bags 2 -12 -10 -fertilizer, donated by
Read Brothers, Elmira, William El-
liott, Centralia. The T. Eaton Cry-
stal Bowl, for the best bushel of
oats, was won by Mr. Newton Clark,
Woodham. The Purity Flour special,
$10.00 in cash, for the best bushel
of Fall wheat, was won by Dick Ja-
cob, County Home, Clinton. The
Canada Malting Special, .$10.00 in
cash, for the best bushel of Malting
Barley, was won by Elder Brothers,
Hensall. The S. Riddick and Sons, of
Clinton, Special.for the best bushel
of Flax, $10.00 in cash, was won by
Wm. Elliott, of Centralia. The Hur-
bn Federation of Agriculture Special
$10.00 in cash, for the best bushel
of Red Clover, was won by Harvey
Keys, of Zurich. The .Goderich Salt
Company Limited Special, for the
best bushel of turnips, six bags To
dized Stock salt and six Iodized
blocks, was won by BertThonipson,
of Hensall. The bean board special
for the best bushel of white field
beans, $10.00 in cash, was won by
James McEwan, of Hensel]. The
Canada Packers Limited special for
the best bushel of soybeans, $10,00
in cash, was won by Elder Brothers,
Hensall. The best bushel of•flax was
shown by Wm. Elliott, Centralia. In
the oat class for club members, Mur-
ray Roy, of Londesboro, was first,
and in the barley class for club
members, John Hern, of Woodham,
was first. In the timothy class, Allan
Wainer, of Parkhill,R.R.
3,
was
first. In the Alsike lass
W. J. Alex-
ander, of Hensall, was first. In the
early potato class, Phyllis Bell of
Goderich, R.R. 2, was first, and won
the C.I.L. special, one carton of
licide. In the potato class, general
crop, W. R. Dougall, of Hensall, was
first. In the class for one bushel of
corn on cob, Allan Wainer, of Park-
hill, R.R. 3, came first. In the ten-
bushel lot of oats and barley, Elder.
Brothers, of Hensall, won ' first in
both - classes.
Professor R. Keegan, of the Ont-
ario Agricultural College, assisted by
Mr. IC. S. Murphy, of the Crops,
Seeds and Weeds Branch, judged
the exhibits, and Professor Boyden,
of the Soils Department, and Mr.
Murphy were the two speakers at the
afternoon meeting. Over 300 were
in attendance at the afternoon ses-
sion of the Fair.
The Junior farmer seed judging
competition, which was held in the
morning, was quite successful.
SCHOOL SOCIAL
On Friday evening, March 12, the
teacher and pupils of S.S. No. 5,
Tuekersmith, entertained the section
to a euchre in the school house. The
prize winners were Ladies first, Mr's,
Clem Steffler; men, Arthur 1VIcNaug-
hton; consolation, ladies, Mrs. Wm.
Cameron; men, James Doig; lone
hands, Mrs. Cecil Oke, A delicious
lunch was served after which the
junior pupils sang two songs and the
senior pupils sang a three part song
accompanied by Mrs. Beryl Nichol-
son, their teacher. Proceeds go for
school furnishings.
IN MY OPINION
Editor Seaforth News:—
As I have been a constant reader
of•your paper for past years, and
owing to alarming conditions as they
exist, 1 cannot refrain from voicing
my opinion to some of the existing
evils.
The readers of this- paper noticed
in one of the March issues, one of
the drastic grievances of Eg•mond-
ville residents, which was hinted as
unsanitary by our M.O.H.
Last week one of our citizens ex-
pressed liis opinion and mentioned
that a petition was pending. Some
of authority, look upon the signers
of a, petition as a "bunch of kick-
ers". In my opinion this is "con-
structive criticism" by which we may
build up the fundamental laws of
democracy which I believe have been
shattering in the past years. '
Must we ratepayers, even in the
furthermost corners of our Munici-
pality stand idly by and not insist
on correcting -a grievance which may
have been brought on as 'They say'
by someone's 'blunder.
Many of our children spend their
leisure time during spring and sum-
mer along the banks of the river.
If conditions are made unsanitary,
is it any wonder people are eager
for a Hospitalization Plan? Person-
ally, I protest: having either my front
door or back door used as a garbage
dump.
In minutes . of last Township
Council meeting, we saw no refer-
ence
eference to any discussion on this
grievance. Should we fellow rate-
payers not know if this grievance is
being considered and dealt with in a
business -like way, or is it being
thoughtlessly set aside for more
private controversy? Would appreci
ate hearing others opinions.
Interested Ratepayer
TUCKERSM!TH SCHOOL
AREA MEETING
The monthly meeting of the Trus-
tee Board of Tuckersmith School
Area was held in Egmondville school
on Tuesday evening, March 9th, with
all the members present and Alex
Lillico presiding. The minutes of last
regular meeting were read and con-
firmed. Correspondence was dealt
with as follows. Auditor's report; A.
M. Knight, Dist. Sup, R.P.D. Clin-
ton, re wiring •#4 school; Caustic
Sanitation Ltd. re servicing toilet
installations; John Ballge, U.S.S,
No. 1, McKillop, bill fortuitionfees
of pupils attending No. 5 school;
W. V. Roy re film Board showing
schedule, all filed.
The Board accepted the tender of
W. M. Sproat to supply wood to the
schools of the Area at a price of $$
85 per cord, delivered.
Messrs Shaw and Hays of Jack
Hood School Supplies were present
and discussed instructional supply
needs with the Board and were given
permission to visit the schools of the
Area to make a survey of the in-
structional supply needs of the vari-
ous schools, which survey will be
Presented to the Board at a future
meeting for consideration and action
Messrs Alex Lillico and Robt.
Tyndall were appointed a commit-
tee to investigate the requirements
for heating No. 5 school and report
to next meeting.
Mr. Clarence Trott gave a report
of his work as supervising Principal
and teacher of special subjects in
the schools, to which position he
was appointed at the beginning of
the year and was authorized to se-
cure a supply assistant for his own
school as and when required. Two
half days are given to this work each
week. -
The regular teachers, music super-
visors and the Inspector, Dr. R. 0.
Staples, met at the same time as the
Board and decided to send a limited'
number of entries to the Goderich
musical festival a1 in
May and to hold a
demonstration of music instruction
in'Brueefield on the evening, of June
2, if a suitable place can be secured.
After discussion the Board approved
the plan, and instructed the Secre-
tary to secure the place in which the
demonstration is to be held and also
to invite S.S. No. 3 and 10 schools to
join with the Area in the demon-
stration, The Board also expressed
their appreciation to regular and
music teachers for coating to the
meeting and assured them of thein
continued co-operation' in their
work...A few other matters of inter-
est to the teachers were also discus-
-sed.
Accounts as follows were present-
ed and approved; G. A. Wright,
mounting B. Boards, $11.85; V, D.
Falconer, coal, $7'7,81; Hugh Ball,
refund of taxes covering tuition fees
$12.00; Rody McLean, labor, repairs
$7.50; Instructional supplies purcha-
sed by teachers, $2,71„
The meeting adjourned to meet in
#5 School on April 13th at 8 p.m.
—S. H. Whitmore, Sec.-Treas.
HOLY WEEK
SERVICES ARRANGED
The Seaforth and District Minist-
erial Association announces the fol-
lowing schedule for Holy Week ser-
vices during the week of March 22-
26: '
Mondays -The Salvation Army,
Rev. C. F. L. Gilbert,
Tuesday—St. Thomas Anglican
Church, Rev. H. V. Workman.
Wednesday -Egmondville United
Church, Rev. R. H. Williams;
Thursday Northside United
Church, Lieut, .E. J. Ivany. '
Friday, First Presbyterian Church
Rev. A. W. Gardiner.
The services each evening will
commence at 8 and the offering's will
be devoted to the work of The
Lord's Day Alliance.
O.R.M.T.A, MEETING
The Huron Branch of the Ontario
Registered Music Teacher's Associa-
tion held their meeting on March 13
in Clinton. The guest speaker was
Miss Cora B. Ahrens, Mus. Bac., L.
T.C.M., of Stratford. Miss Ahrens
spoke on ear training and piano
teaching problems. The next meeting
will be held during the week of the
Goderich music festival. Further in-
formation will be given at a later
date.
The tenth annual convention of
the O.R.M,T.A. will be held March
31st, April 1 and 2nd, 1948,. at the
General Brock Hotel, Niagara Falls,
Ont, Music teachers will benefit by
attending any or .all sessions planned
on the agenda..
MRS. AMOS W. CORBY
The death occurred in Seaforth on.
on Saturday, March 13th, of Lillian
Mae Dickey, beloved wife of Mr.
Atmos W. Corby. Mrs. Corby had
been in poor health for the past two
months and had undergone two op-
erations. She had been a resident of
Seaforth for about ten years, since
she and her husband purchased the
Queen's Hotel. She was a daughter
of Mrs. Robert Dickey of London,
and a sister of Mrs. Morley Rourke,
of Talbotville, Miss Alma Dickey of
London, and Mrs. Casaceli of Belle,
River. The funeral was held on
Monday afternoon with interment in
Dorchester cemetery.
$1 a year
NORWICH MINSTRELS
COMING TO SEAFORTH
The Norwich Band Minstrels are
coming to Cardno's Hall on Friday,
April 9. This is a very outstanding
minstrel show, with a caste of over
50 musicians. This show played to
approximately 1400 people in two
nights in Norwich, and had to be re-
peated for the -third night to accom-
modate the public. It has a well-bal-
anced excellently trained chorus
group, a splendid orchestra, a good
interlocutor, bright, snappy jokes,
and a very entertaining group of
end men.
The show is produced and direct-
ed by W. L. Manning R.M.T., C.B.A.
musical director of the Norwich
Band. Musical choruses are led by.
Allan Gilmour. The accompanying
7 piece orchestra adds much to the
program.
By patronizing this outstanding
Minstrel show, you are giving your-
self a rare treat, and also aiding a
very deserving cause—Cancer, Polio
and T.B. (C,P.T.) Fund— an appeal
which is Dominion wide, and spon-
sored by the Oddfellows Organiza-
tion of Canada, through the local
committee of Rebekah and LO.O.F.
of Seaforth.
DAMAGE SLIGHT AS
BAYFIELD RIVER GOES OUT
The river went out on Tuesday'
night and as far as known caused
very little damage. One electric
light pole on the fishermen's dock
snapped, the boats were pushed
back by the ice, some of them were
right against the hill, but consider-
ing the thickness of the ice very
little. damage was done compared to
some other years.
Mrs. James Ferguson, who has
spent the past month in London re-
turned home on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Featherston,
Glenn Smith, of London, were week
end guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. Lar-
son,,
Johnston ret-
urnell
B.
Mt. and Mrs.
to their home here on Satur-
day ;after spending the winter in
London.
Lawrence Fowlie of London
spent Sunday with his sisters, the
Misses E. and F. Fowlie.
Miss Alice Parker of London
spent the week end with her' par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Parker.
Miss Beverley York of London
spent the week end with her par-
ents. -
Mr, Harry faker .of London spent
the week end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Baker.
ADULT. FELLOWSHIP
GROUP MEETS
The regular meeting of the Adult
Fellowship Group of North6ide
United Church was held Tuesday
evening, Mar. 16, at the hone of
Mr. :and Mrs. Jas. M. Scott. The
meeting was preceded by a tour of
the Hatchery and other buildings.
The president, Tltelna Elgte, opened
the meeting with a poem entitled
"Head up and Smile" followed by
the hymn "He leadeth .ate". Psalm
707 from the hymnary was read re-
sponsively, followed by the scripture
reading by Janie Moffat and a pray-
er
rayer by Audrey Hall. The minutes of
the previous meeting were read and
the roll call answered by an Irish
song. Arrangements have been com-
pleted for the piano recital to be
given by Miss Marian McLennan of
the Toronto Conservatory of Music,
on Monday, April 5. Miss McLennan
has won gold medals at London and
Stratford festivals,, a scholarship
to study under Ernest Seitz at Tor-
onto for one year, and is -now study-
ing. on a two year Dominion Scholar-
ship at Toronto. Tickets for the re-
cital are now on sale and may be
purchased from any of the Adult
Fellowship Group. Mr. Scott then
showed some very enjoyable and
scenic pictures and Bob Knight
played several selections on his
guitar. The meeting closed with the
hymn "What a Friend we have in
Jesus'.', and the Mizpah Benediction,
after which games were played and
lunch served.
NEW WELL AT CREAMERY
Mr. Ed. •Hallman is having a new
six-inch well drilled at the Seafortb
Creamery, as the present well is not
large enough to permit installation
of a new pump, A deep well turbine
plaits will be installed at -a depth of.
70 feet. William 'Hopper is doing
the chilling, and Fairbanks -Morris is
putting in the pump.
HENSALL
Mr. R. Y. MacLaren has sold his
farm on the London Road north of
Hensall to Mr. Elgin= Rowcliffe. Mr:
MacLaren is holding an auction sale
on April and.
Dr, Nortna 'Cook of Toronto
spent the weekend with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Cook. -
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thompson
visited in London recently with the
latter's sister, Mrs. lee.
For a night of laughs,don't miss
the Minstrel and Variety concert in
Carmel Presbyterial: Church school-
room on April 2, at 8:15.
Miss Gladys Luker has accepted
a position at Mr. N. 0. Goodwin's
Dry Goods Store, in the. absence of
Mrs. H. W. Horton, who is enjoying
a trip abroad.
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SAVAGE'S
Jeweler & Optometrist
Opposite Post Office Searurth
lHIGH SCHOOL TOPICS
'Wherever you go, whatever you do
May the "Luck 0' The Irish" be eve
with you!"
Shure and begorra, Wednesday
was St. Patrick's, the great Irish
Saint's day. Yes, and the colour
green was prevalent throughout the
school as the Irish students turned
up at school dressed in the Irish col-
our green.
* * *
Five agricultural students underMr. Morrison entered into competi-
tion Saturday at the seed fair in
Clinton. The boys who entered
were Jim Chapman, Earl McSpad-'
den, Bill Stephenson, Murray Mills
and Arthur Bolton. All of these won
prize money and JinrChapnnan stood
third in the judging of the seed.
* * n
A photographer was at the school
on Tuesday and took individual
photos of all the pupils and teachers
* *
Exams are over once again. Yes,
the Easter exams are all over ex-
cept for the fifth form. Now the
worst part of the exams has come,
the time when we vow we will start
studying• sooner instead of the night
before the exams, yes, the results•
are now being given back,
* * *
Thursday, five candidates were
nominated to represent Seaforth
High in the Leadership Club spon-
sored by the London Free Press. Re-
presentatives for this club are pick-
ed for their leadership abilities, their
academic standing and their athletic
qualities. Last year Stuart Hender-
son was chosen as S.C.L's able re-
presentative. Those nominated this
year were Don Dale, Archie Hubert,
•Tint Chapman, Ron Sills and Gordon
Wilson, On Friday morning these
candidates and their five worthy
campaign managers were called to
the stage. The managers spoke on
behalf of their candidates.
Donna Watson,. in her speech on
behalf of Don We, mentioned that
Don had won the Jr. Championship
in '48 and the Tot. Championship in.
'47. She also mentioned that he
played on the rugby, basketball, and,
Mr. Dobson's Midget Hockey teams.
Peggy Willis spoke for Archie Hu-
bert and stated that most of the
stage decorations of the "At -Home"
had been arranged by Archie and
that he Was a worthy rugby player
en the team.
Mary Margaret Cleary next spoke
en behalf of Jim. Chapman. She re-
ferred to hint as Is tall, dark and
handsome student: and a prosperous
farmer. She mentioned that lie was
.one of the high scorers of the bask-
etball team. In the field clay he was
outstanding in the high jump, broad -
jump and hop -step -jump.
The next speaker was Madeline
Wilson on behalf of. Ron ;Sills. Slie
spoke of him as having great athletic
abilities and starred in basketball,
hockey. and i'hgbv, and that heex-
celled in the recent field meet, and
is secretary of the student's coun-
cil.
Jean Mills then spoke for Gordon
Wilson, She referred tohint as a
star basketball player when there
was a. senior team. Ire was vice-
nresident for two veers and this year
came out of the election as president
of the student's council. She also
stated that he would go places (he
has a car). He also excelled on the
rugby team,
* * *
Friday afternoon three films were
shown to the S.C.I. students. the
first was a silent, French picture
"It's D'Orleans". The second was
a. comedy, the "Chinese Lanterns"
and the last was a picture on "The
care of the eye".
* * *
The election for the representa-
tive in the Leadership Club was held
Friday afternoon and when the votes
were totalled it was found that,
(that tall, dark and handsome stud-
ent) Jim Chapman was the winner
by a slight margin. He will be our
worthy representative in the Leader-
ship Club, a little later in the year
will be given a free trip to London,
and shown through the Free Press
building. He will be present at a
banquet sponsored by the Free Press
for its Leadership Club members.
His picture will appear in the Lon-
don Free Press later this month,
ST. COLUMBAN
The regular meeting of the C.W.
L. was held at the home of the past
president Mrs. Joseph Feeney. The
president, Mrs. J. A. Murphy, open-
ed the meeting with prayer. The
minutes as read were adopted. A
letter of thanks for bag of literature
received, was read from the Oblate
Fathers,' The tress: report show-
ed a balance of $2.80, The visitors
to the sick reported 3 calls. Mrs.
Mich. Doyle and Mrs, Joseph Burke
were appointed to audit the books
before the aminal meeting in April.
$10. is to be donated for flowers for
the altars for Easter. 450 lbs of can-
ned goods have already been sent
for European relief. $54.50 has been
received, and there is yet another
shipment to be made. One member
has offered to donate and send a
box to one of the addresses received.
Arrangements were made for a
home baking sale on the afternoon
of Good Friday, March 26. Father
McQuaid has donated a hand em-
broidered cushion which he brought
from China, to the C.W,L. on which
tickets will be sold and drawn for at
a later date. A paper on "Our Lady
of Good Counsel was given by Mrs.
John McIver. A vote of thanks was
moved by Mrs. Moylan to Mrs. M:c-
Ivor for her reading, and to Mrs.
Feeney, by Sirs, Kale and Mrs, 0'
Connor for the use of her home. The
meeting closed with prayer.
KIPPEN
Mr. Lorne McBride of Windsor is
spending a few days with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. McBride,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Horsey of Ex-
eter visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. John Cochrane.
Quite a number front here attend-
ed the funeral of the late Mrs. Con-
rad Shilbe in St, Peter's Lutheran
Church, Zurich, on Sunday.
Mrs. K. Jairott visited recently
with her son and daughter-in=law,
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Jarrett; .in
Stratford, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gackstetter
visited on Sunday with the latter's
aunt and uncle, Mr. and'Mrs, Joseph
Ferguson at Chiseihurst,
Mr. Norman Jarrett has returned
to the Jarirott Bros. Fauns after
spending several weeks with rela-
tives,