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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1949-02-24, Page 1The.Seaforth New HURON COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER WHOLE SERIES, VOL, 72, No. 8 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1949 $1 a year GUN CLUB FORMED FOR SEAFORTH A general meeting was held in the town hall, Seaforth, • on Feb. 21st to organize the Seaforth Gun Club. Chester Lee was voted in as Presi- dent and Frank Phillips as Secretary Treasurer, A property commitrte was formed of Bill Austin, Gordon Du - pee, Miller Adams, Roy Townsend, Tom Govenlock,for the purpose of selecting a site. Several sites were discussed and Ed. Andrews very graciously offered part of his- land. A short talk on trap shooting, am- munition, crests, and costs of oper- ating was given by President Lee, who has had considerable experience in this line. Membership. fees were discussed and by a show of hands it was decided to have a life member- ship fee of '$5.00. ' The Seaforth Gun Club extends a welcome to all who wish to join. Another meeting will be held in the near future. Much enthusiasm and support was given by all present at the meeting. EASTERN STAR ENTERTAINS CHAPTERS The Eastern Star met in the Odd - fellows' Hall on Thursday night and entertained Exeter and Stratford Chapters. After the business there was a short program with Mr. Gor- don McGavin as master of ceremon- ies. Mrs. Brown Higgins and Mrs. Frank Kling sang solos. -There was a s. Ina Wolfe enny (Stratford), HehnerSthe winners being nell, Mr. David McLean and Mrs, Sanders, (Exeter). Mr. Harvey Mason won a bean guessing contest. Lunch was served at the close. ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Doerr, Dublin, R..R. No. 1, announce the engage- ment of their eldest daughter Hazel -Dolores, to Alvin Edward Heuer - man son of Mrs. Henry Heileman, Dublin, R.R. No, 1, and the late Mr. Beuerman, the manage to take place in the Evangelical Unitede.Brethren Church, Saturday, March 6. The world's Finest Anthracite Please place orders early E. L. BOX PHONE 43 & 18 Northside United Church Rev. H. V. Workman, Minister 10 a.m., Sunday School, 11 a.m., Worship Service. Subject, "The Review of aur Memories". Junior congregation's first meet- ing.. 7 p.m., Worship Service. Subject, 'The Vision of the Hea- wens Opened." The Church helps the home, Come. Egmondville United Chnreh Rev. A. W, Gardiner, B.A., B.D. a.m,, un ay cool. 11 a.m., The Voice of Consci- ence." 7 p.m., "Making Ease the Test". ED. DALY ACHIEVES TELEVISION IN SEAFORTH Builds Own Receiver, Getting Tele. vision Broadcasts from U.S. Cities •Mr. Edmund Daly has built a tele- vision set that has 'brought television. to Seaforth, thereby doing what the experts have. said is iinpossible. Sea - forth is about 130 miles from the nearest television broadcasting sta- tion at Detroit, and, considerably farther'from Cleveland. Thirty' miles. is supposed to be the broadcast limit,. For the past week or ten days Ed- mund has had some results, and oc Saturday he got seven solid hours of reception from Cleveland. Some of the pictures were a wild west film, a puppet show, children's programs, a hockey match from Cleveland arena, and a basketball Fame from New York on the network. There is absolutely nothing else like it in this district. The set consists of '23 tubes, and was assembled entirely by Mr. Daly who has been working on it for some time. Within the last month he was able to get the final required parts. His television set has a ten -inch round screen which takes pictures about 7.4" x 10", large enough for a room full of people to watch. Re- ception depends to a certain extent on atmospheric conditions and some- times ' times is better than others. • Mr. Daly's achievement acids an- other "first" to his credit in radio. Back around 1920 he built the first radio set in Seaforth and a few years later constructed his own amateur` radio transmitter, VESZA through which he could talk to all parts of the world. In 1940 he was in the first group of 26 Canadians who went to England to study radar and later spent 2% years with Mont- gomery's 8th Army in .the. African campaign on the desert. While he has attained . so much success in bringing in television, Ed- mund believes it will be some little time before television is in every household here. The costs of the parts for the .set total around $750, and there are many technical factors which have to be overcome. At pre- sent the chief interference comes frem cars passing up and down the street, which cause a white flash on the screen. Mr. Daly is working on this and hopes to be able to overcome it. Voltages as high as 10,000 volts are required in the set, which is more than an inexperienced person might cafe to work with. Mr. Daly likens a television broad - east to the beam of a powerful searchlight. It cones direct, and higher ground or buildings between the broadcast station and receiver will prevent reception. The special aerial must be aimed directly at the broadcast station. You can tell by looking at the aerial 'over Daly Mote's whether Detroit or Cleveland is being tuned in. A radio salesman in Seaforth this week was told that a television set is operating in Seaforth. "I don't believe it", he said. Then he a-dcled, "Even if I saw it, I still wouldn't believe it," That is a real tribute to Mr. Daly's outstanding achievement. 10 S d S h ACCIDENT VICTIM BURIED HERE St. Thomas' Church 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m., Morning Service ‘7 p.m., Evening Service St. Mary's Church, Dublin 8 p.m., Evening service. The Rev. T. Dale Jones, Rector. FUNERAL OF MRS. HOWARD Mrs. R. E. Howard, mother of Mrs. J. A. Westcott, passed away in. Guelph on Wednesday, Feb: 16, at. the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. G. Smallaconnbe. Mr's. Howard has been a partial invalid for some time owing to a broken limb some 19 years ago, but has been a very active worker with her hands, knitting, cro- cheting, and fancy work up until a few days before her death. She was born in Drayton, but lived here with Mr. and Mrs. West- cott from 1921 to 1930 and. was an active worker in Northside United Church and the L.O.B.A. Lodge. She is survived by one son, Emerson, of Seattle, Wash. and five daughters, Mrs. G. G. Smallacombe (Florence) Guelph; Mrs. J. Stewart (Rose) Guelph; Mrs. A. E. Cudmore (Ethel)' Kitchener; Mrs. Wm. Berridge, (Leah) Niagara Falls, and Mrs. J. A. Westcott (Alva) Seaforth, and also 11 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. The funeral' was held from her daughter's home in Guelph, then: to Drayton for burial, with the complete families all being able to be present, with the exception of her son from Seattle, Washington. The. 'flowers were numerous and beautiful. Friends and relatives from Toronto, Niagara Falls, Kitchener, Drayton,' Guelph and Seaforth attending the 'funeral, BRUCEFIELD Spring was in the air on Saturday. Crows could be seen and heard, and the weather was warm and balmy like March or April. From Bruce- field there are reports of definite signs of spring on Thursday. Allan Haugh captured a brown caterpillar that was crawling on the ground, and has kept it in a cardboard box. Mary Allan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed- gar Allan, picked snowdrops the Dame day. ;t The funeral' of thirteen -year-old Glen Keyes of Windsor was held in Egmondville United Church on Sat- urday afternoon, Rev. A. W. Gardin- er and Rev. Jae, Elford officated. During the service a beautiful solo was sung by Mr. Ivy Henderson. The choir and the organist, Mrs. Mac Gregor. assisted in the service. The pallbearers were: Donald, George and Merton Keyes, Ezra Miller, Len Plaskett' and Wash. Bricker. Inter- ment was in Bayfield Cemetery. Glen was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ruskin Keyes of Windsor and a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Keyes,' Egmondville. His death oc- curred in hospital at Windsor on Feb. 16th from injuries received the previous evening when struck by a car while riding his bicycle at a street intersection as the lights were chang- ing. He is .survivedby his parents and a younger sister, Joan. A funeral ser- vice was held at Windsor on Friday morning at ten o'clock at the Mor- ris.Funeral Parlors. Rev. M. Bury of Lincoln Road United Church officiat- ed, •assisted by Rev. Mr. Wishart of .Ottawa United Church, Windsor. Sergeant Dorrigan, head of ithe. Windsor :Schools Safety Patrol, with -representatives from each school in the city attended the service in a body. CELEBRATED 90TH BIRTHDAY lam. Grace Somerville celebrated her 90th birthday on Friday, Feb. 18, In honor of the occasion a birthday dinner was held at which were pre- sent her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Win. R. Somerville of Walton and her daughter, Miss Min- nie Somerville with whom she re- sides; a son, Elliott, ateacher in Ed- monton, was not able to..attend. Mrs. Somerville is enjoying good health,. is able to be around outdoors in the summer, can read and knit. She Is the youngest and last surviving' of eight children of the late Mr. and Mrs. John B. Grieve of McKillop. Born at Pond Mills, near London, she was eight years old when the family came to McKillop to the pre- sent Beueammn farm on the first corner north of Winthrop. Mrs. Somerville has for many years been a resident of Seaforth. DAYLIGHT SAVING STARTS APRIL 25 Seaforth will go on daylight-sav- ing on April 25th, the Town Council decided on Friday night at their re- gular meeting in the Town hall, The meeting had been postponed from the previous Monday. All members were present, Mayor J. E. Keating presided. The Mayor reported an acknowl- edgment from Chief Constable Wil- liam Hodgson for sympathy tendered following the passing of his mother. Councillor Wallace Ross reported for the property committee. The wind storm had blown a few slates from the roof of the town hall. Some of the gutters on the roof were also damaged, and repairs will cost $40. At the dumping grounds fifty posts and scene wire were required. The damage to a car, standing in the driveway between the town hall and the Commercial Hotel, which was damaged when a block of ice off the town hall roof fell on the rear of the car, had been paid by the liability insurance company. Councillors esti- mated the damage would be around $100. Mayor Keating said the insurance colnpany was insisting that "No parking" signs be placed in the driveway. He said apparently no one had seen the ice fall off the roof. Councillors asked if Mrs. Dungey, who owns the driveway beside the. Commercial, would deed the drive- way to the town. They said that the driveway had become public pro- perty and that Mrs, Dungey would be relieved from paying taxes on 14 feet frontage on Main Street if the driveway was deeded to the town. Councillor Scours said he had tried to buy the driveway at one time. The driveway gave the hotel access to the beer cellar. He thought Mrs. Dun- gey would be agreeable if assured the driveway could not be closed. There was some discussion about the surveys covering the Goodie farm property located in -town Town Clerk Wilson said he believed it was included in the C. Wilson fal.'tn survey, instead of the Coleman sur- vey. Some of this property has been changing hands'in recent years. Councillor Close reported that the streets committee had had a number of trees removed. He said the drain at the high school had been cleaned of roots, with good results. A drain at the home of Mrs. R. S. Hay had also been cleared of roots and put in working order. Reeve Sills in reporting for the relief committee said he had been asked to sign a hospital attendance card for a young boy who was an or- thopedic case being treated at Viet - min Hospital in London. He said he could only sign the regular hospital forms furnished by the county. C emeilloes said the boy's father had come here to play hockey from another place recently. Daylight hatving brought the weal disc c,•sion. A resolution from the McKillop federation of agriculture opposing daylight sieving was read. Councillor Stewart thought the stoves might arrange to close est five o'clock. He did not know who the "merchants committee' were that had asked for daylight saving. Councillor Christie said the would make the mo- tion to have daylight saving. It will start at 2 a.m. April 25, and end at 2 a.m. Oct. 2nd. Mayor Keating said this would leave church services on standard time for the first and last Sundays, as requested by the churches. Bylaw 499 of 1949 appropriating $5,600 for expenditure on the streets was passed. The bylaw qualifies the town for certain provincial grants on street work. Council was asked to apply to the Judge for an order to close certain streets on the Bell Foundry property. The cost will be deducted from share- holder's of the Bell E. & T. Co. In discussion of this matter an in- teresting sidelight was. revealed, Mr. Fingland, in checking the title to the Bell property, discovered ,that appar- ently it had inadvertently remained in the name of Mr: John Finlayson during thelifetime of the company, presamsably, unknown even to Mr. Finlayson. Although very ill in the hospital at the time the matter was discovered he was able to sign the necessary papers to clear the title to the plant property. A letter from Central Mortgage and Housing, a Dominion Govern- ment agency, outlined 1949 require- ments for housing projects. Council- lors agreed that Seaforth would not be interested, as the minimum. was 50 houses. Reeve Sills said he had discussed housing with Mr. Wells of the Sun Life, who had outlined a plan for building "integrated houses six at a time. Councillor McMaster asked about drainage on the town property at the west of the town, formerly the Tuc- kersmith Agricultural grounds. About a third of the land drains to the martin, and two thirds to the 'south. Cost would be $3,000 to $5,000. Council also decided to have the pro- perty surveyed and laid out in larger lots. The present lots are too small, it was stated. Councillor Sills said the suggestion. had been made that a culvert should be placed under the road at the recre- ation grounds as the water at present gets away very slowly. .Councillor Scoins complained about drainage conditions on his street. He said the gravel was frequently wash- ed off the roadway by flooding. He THREE CHILDREN DIE IN WOODSTOCK FIRE Tragedy struck at a former Sea- forth family on Friday when three children of Mo. and Mrs. David Stephenson of Woodstock were burn- ed to death in their one room house on the city -outskirts. The mother, Mrs. Dorothy Ste- phenson, 19, suffered severe burns when she attempted to fight her way into the blazing house, despite the efforts of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Rose Stephenson and two other persons to hold her back. She was re- moved to the Woodstock Hospital for treatment. The Stephenson family . lived .on Market Street, Seaforth, until about six years ago. Burned to death were; Judith five months, Larry, two, and Michael, three years. It is believed that Mich- ael and Larry were asleep on the bed and Judy was in the crib when the fire broke out. Mrs: Stephenson left the one -room house only moments before to go to her mother-in-law's home next door to get water. She had just arrived for the water when another neighbor, Mrs, E. Ede, screamed that the horse was on fire. "My daughter-in-law fought des- perately to get into the burning house. She got to the door and I had to grab her by the skirt and pull her away," said the children's grand- mother. BLYTH DRAMATIC CLUB VISITS SEAFORTH The First Presbyterian Church Seaforth, was filled to the doors an Monday evening to see the play pre- sented by the Blyth Dramatic Club formed by the Blyth Women's Insti- tUte, The play, sponsored by the Fire- side Fellowship group of First Church, was a three -act comedy "Mr. Bean from Lista" and was well relayedby the cast of 11. Mrs. Serim- m.ager, president of the W. I. intro- duced the cast while Rev. Campbell inteochrced the play. .MThe cast included Shirley Phillips, ary Kyle, Mrs. N. W. IKyle, Mrs: Gordon Elliott, Miss Margaret Her- oes,- Mrs. Stuart Durward, Vernon Spieran, Mrs. Moody Holland, Nor- man Radford, John Manning and Ro I bent Hepburn. During the intermission, Mr. R. Bechtel. organist of First Presby- terian Church, rendered a musical interlude while MIT, Frank I{ling and Mr. Frecl Willis rendered an ex- cellent duet, Rev, Campbell thanked the cast for presenting such a c'cocl play, and , the Fellowship group for bridging; I satin a °'cod play to Seaforth, as well ' no thanking the ln1 e attdieeee for shov;js,,, euell an mt•'est in ;lie MRS JAMES Dr- FR';A:r:, • Mrs. 'James De e r'ea'r. died on Tuesday afternoon in - Scott IIPt,ln,_ lar Ilespit'tl follov me a eeere trohe' on Monday evcni es. Mrs. Dever- eaux had liven hcne almost all her life. A daughter of one of the pio neer families, her maiden name Wila Kathleen Lennon and she •was born east of Seaforth on what is now the Hillebrecht farm and after her marriage to Mr. Devereaux lived on the farm now occupied by Mr. Har- old Jackson until they retired to Sea - forth in 1919. Mr. Devereaux pre- deceased her five years ago. She was an active worker in the women's or- ganization of St. James' Church of which she was a member and was an ardent bowler. One brother • sur- vives, Peter Lennon, of Montreal, and three nephews. NORTH McKILLOP Mr. and Mrs. Edward Regele and Pearl were visiting one evening last week with Mr, and Mrs, Williams Den- nis and girls. Mr. Lloyd Regele of Sebringville spent the weekend with his ,parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Regele. Misses Vera and Ann Kistner of Waterloo spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thornton. Mr, and Mrs. Edward Regele spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs, Frank Glanville of Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Manley and girls spent an evening last week with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thornton. IMr. Roy Wildfong• of .Kitchener, spent the weekend with Mrs. Wild- fong. Miss Pearl Regele of Clinton spent Sunday afternoon with•her parents. Miss Joyce Diegel of Seaforth is at her home ill with chicken -pox. We hope she is able to be out again soon. was of the opinion that the surplus water was coming front drains in Tuckersmith township.. Mayor Keating said Council should get advice from the town solicitors. Reeve Sills thought that surely the township knew enough about drain- age that they would not run water on to property within the town. He sug- gested a friendly conference with township officials. Mayor Keating said that he had intended bringing up the matter of garbage, but would leave it over to another meeting. He observed that his unofficial, duties included hearing family problems. "I need a fancily relations committee", he said with a smile, • • ROGERS BROS. Vee 00 ietraf e //f% Vit`, +, `'�C. •-''R�-.-'"'_—,� / ETERNALLY �. YOURS1 ADORATION n REMEMBRANCE FIRSTT LOVE ,t S N A C E' Jewellery Watches Fine China Expert Watch Repairing Ki PPEN Mrs. •Williain Sinclair The funeral teoh hir' 0:3 - day, Felenere c c f Mes.'tt li t ,v Sir,,l sir of `1tee'zeeeeh l .1 pd l'eited (hi- et eel.,f• 17,1o],15-511 wn, t ;,r;\ 1'at i,n, Ilea. A. 11!'+ton. Mrs Sinelals died i iw Kipper road. Ta l e n mi*ii o f Fell. 1,. tcnoani+i-r.a. Mis, Sinclairwho hvas the former er Agnes Pell, was horn 79 yeas s ago on the Bell homestead on the ',onion Roaei South of Kipper, a daughter of the late .lir. and Mrs. Andrew Dell. She was married in 1898 to Mr. Sin- clair, who- survives. Mrs. Sinclair bad been active member of the W. A. and W.NLS. of St. Andrew's Church. She is survived by a son Jolnl, of Tucker - smith, and a daughter Margaret, at horse, also two grandchildren, Anne and .Marie Sinclair. Also a brother Andrew Bell, of Kippen, and a sister, Mrs. (Rev.) Jelin Richardson of 11111 - bank. • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Linden and Verna of Denfield were repent visit- ors with Mr. and Mrs. Archie Par- sons Mrs, Robert Upshall and Gerald of Tuckersmith are visiting the former's parents :17r. and Mrs. Arthur Ander- s011, Mr. Emnmerson Anderson is wear- ing a broad smile these days, a baby boy has arrived at his home. Recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. A. Gackstetter, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Westlake, Robert and Kenneth of Zurich, and Mr. -and Mrs. Wni. Horner. Mr, and Mrs. Harold, ones visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Westlake of near Bayfield. Mrs. J. Richardson of Millbank was a visitor at the Sinclair home. Mrs. J. Linden of Denfield is visiting her daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Archie Parsons. Mr. L. McBride of Windsor spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mr's, Robert McBride. Mrs. Eddie McBride, who has been confined to her bed at the hone of her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dal- rymple, returned to her hone here on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jones and Mr. and Mrs. A. Gackstetter visited of Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs. A. Ashworth of Ildertol. TO START ON T.B. TESTS T. B. testing of Huron County cattle will start at an early date, according to an announcement by W. H. Golding, M.P. for Huron - Perth. Mr. Golding said that plana, which had been under consideration for some time, had now been final- ized, and that the actual program would commence soon, he had been edvised,by Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture. HIGH SCHOOL TOPICS Ae •I , .r s 1,, 17,10,1- wreines.ei.vas 3,1r C ' ady'ss Collin,: S , vv,1 lo, cls ramie ie n tmbe l,t as us rts.F•ewhly 1lr. P1ut"steel gave ..me very good ideas for the next "At Nome", ways its which the faeiiitiee could be improved especially the -checkroom, which proved to have too small an entrance for such a crowd as was present this year. He else expressed his appreciation on the ex- cellent conduct of all present especi- ally that of the student body of Sea- forth High School as well as that of all the others present. * * ;1 The girl ex -grads basketball play- ers met up with the high school girls on Wednesday afternoon. The high school. team won this fixture 22-11. The boys of •S,H.S. are being mea- shred for their new cadet uniforms. About fifty new uniforms are being acquired for this year's inspection. A large quantity of army radio equip- ment, wireless variety,•have already arrived. For use in the target range in the attic, several target rifles have been obtained. ' • HARLOCK Miss Mary 'Raid Funeral services were conducted for Miss Mary Reid, at the 'hone of her nephew. Watson Reid, Hullett Township, on Tuesday, February 22, by Rev. S. H. Brenton, of Londes- boro. Pallbearers were six nephews, Leslie Reid, Clarence Martin, Geo. Martin, Geo. Watt, Nelson Reid, and Wm. Rogerson. Flowerbearers were Marjorie Watt, Margaret Rogerson, Joan Ryan and Edna Martin. Inter- , meat was in Burns' Cemetery. Born March 31, 1866, in Stanley Town shin neat Drysdale, she was the daughter of David Reid and Mar- iory Campbell, who emigrated from ' Scotland. The family moved to Hul- lett in 1869, where Miss Reid con- tinped to reside except for several year's spent in Parkhill. She was a faithful member of her ehureh, while health permitted. Miss Reid suffered a severe Stroke at Elliot's Nursing Home in Wingham, where she had been for two weeks. She is survived by her twin brother, Amer of Hullett. Her brother, David, p deceased her three months ago, her sister Jean (Mrs. Frank Mar. and brother B"b, some years age.