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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1947-11-27, Page 4NOMINATION MEETING Continued Prom.. Page 1 $12 e year. It was decided by .the meeting that ratepayers be asked to mark a ballot for or against garbage -collection, and that the ballot state cost would be approximately two mills. Reeve Sills then spoke. The sur- roundings of the monumentat the park are a' disgrace, he said, and said considerable .money must be.. spent fixing it ,nip; He reviewed county council affairs, mentioning, that a county assessor is to be appointed before the January Session for equalization of 'assessment. He criti- i+ized the failure of the county en- gineer to fulfil the promise made to Seaforth High Sehool Area that two county plows would be stationed at Seaforth, Reeve Sills said the man who was here about the wartime house last week had advised caution. Don't put them on low waste land, the man had said. The houses are now of improved design and the foundations are put down four feet, A. Y. MacLean, chairman of the Public Utility Commission reported that a manager had been appointed in June, and it was desirable that op- eration of the commission be divor- ced from the town affairs. He asked for co-operation of domestic con- sumers to save power, reporting a saving of forty h,p. the last three weeks. Councillor J. E. Keating, chairman of finance committee, complimented. the council committees on having costs. He reminded the ratepayers that if garbage collection is passed they are the ones who will have to pay for it. He invited deputations of ratepayers to come up to council ae lungs and make their wishes known, He was now winding up his twelfth term on the council. ' Councillor E. H. Close, chairman of the street committee; said his committee expenditures lead jumped to over $7000 in 1947, but the esti- mated 'rebate from the government is over $3,000, Some work had to be left over becat'tse of material short age. A• carload of'lazed „tile had been purchased and is now on hand. Tows Purchases Ffte Pumper Councillor Bev. Christie, chair-. man of the fire and water commit, tee; reported ten fires in the year, six with no damage and four with. 8400 loss. There were eight false '' •rres. A new fire truck had been ,nrehased last week at a cost of 0000, which expense the council intend taking out of surplus, De,. livery in December. The new truck lies e water storage tank that will eetinguish most fires. Councillor McMaster said he had learned much about the functioning of council in this his first year, He honed that the town would have a rest room soon, as arrangements had been completed with Mr. Mel Clarke, He was definitely in favor of gar - liege collection, and he believed the ••" •' hase of the fire pumper was a wise expenditure. Dr. McMaster nlsn praised Councillor Close for his we'•k nn the street committee. done Po well in the face of rising Councillor Wallace Ross told the We want you to get acquainted with the QUALITY of our EXCELLENCE FEEDS -- so we will give you Special prices of $3.00 to $4.00 per ton reduction for one month from November 20th to December 20th. We hope you will all take advange of this offer. Turgeon Grain & rrocessed Feeds Telephone 354 Seaforth FEED DIVISION OF EXCELLENCE FLOUR MILLS LIMITED THE SEAFORTH NESS meeting that the town has a surplus of approximately $30,000. ' I see no 1 reason why when' we have this big surplus it should not be used to keep down our tax rate," he said, Instead, we find a deficit o1 $085 this year after an increase in the 'tax rate. The taxpayers are paying right' on the nose, explaining why he hail op- posed the $1000 grant to the hospit- al. No report had come yet from the engineer about the drain in the East Ward, but it was promised in a week's time. He charged that he had not been consulted about work of the street committee of which he was a member. Councillor William Teell said he had thought we had a pretty good council, "although Wallace here doesn't seem to think so:" The coon-, cit is an education to anyone, he said, to learn how limited the fin- ances• are at disposal of council. Urges ,Clearing Sidewalks for Children's .Safety, Mr. Ross Savauge gave a report on behalf of the Public' School Board. A male teacher has been ad- ded to the staff. Junior classes are , overcrowded and, Major changes are overdue to provide increased capa- city. The Board had asked the coun- cil to remove snow from` at least' some sidewalks for the safety of the school children, there had been some narrow escapes from serious) accident on Goderich street and he urged council to do something be- fore children get killed. Dr. Brady suggested the meeting express an opinion about cleaning one side of Goderich street, regard Councillor Close and Reeve Sills 1 less of cost. told what the council was up against. They believed it was impossible to clear the Goderich street sidewalk. Mr. Geo. Johnston said Exeter is a good example of how the side- walks are cleaned off with a small tracter plow. Councillor Keating wanted to know how much the ratepayers would be willing to add to their tax rate. A motion was passed endorsing mowing the sidewalk on one side of the street. Mr. R. G. Parke, nominated for . eeneil, went into the subject of the ,'''n's surplus. "I think it is only richt the council budget from time to time from surplus." Mr. Parke said. "Instead of asking you to pay more they could pay from surplus." He had opposed increasing the asses- ements, he said. Discussing fire fighting equipment, Mr, Parke said .ore than a year ago in council he recommended the purchase of a numper to relieve the pressure on the water mains in time of fire. The household tanks are built to stand only a pressure of 70 lbs. and it is dangerous to raise the pressure up to 00 lbs. as occurs when there is a fire. Also the old water mains are fifty years old, and a break might be serious during a fire. A pumper gets away from -that danger; but he opposed the purchase of a big truck because it was of benefit only to the townships and it Was illegal to take the fire fighting equipment out of town, T hock where they were," Mr. Parke will fight to get your taxes saiiidr. Tsaac Hudson, nominated for "onncil, was undecided about stand- ing. Mr. H E. Smith nominated for council said he believed in co-oper- ation o openation between the council and rate *layers. He offered the suggestion. Inc nnlnwing Goderich street, that the highway plow might throw the ennw all to one side. leaving the miter sidewalk clear for the town to plow, Mr. R. T . Box, nominated for Public Utility Commission, said he THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1947 was opposed to the merchants have ng' to shut off their window lights, while Toronto has forty-nine miles 01 parallel street lighting, 31r. Ken Campbell., nominated for Public Utility Corrin fission also • spoke briefly. ' McKILLOP The W. 11f. S. and W. A. of Duff's Church, McKillop, met. at the home of Mrs. Robert Campbell on Thurs- day afternoon, 'Nov. 13. The Pres. Mrs. W. Shannon opened the meet- ing with e. poem followed by two minutes of silent prayer. Hymn 483 was then sung. Mrs. Geo. Wheatley offered prayer and the scripture reading was taken by Mrs. Geo. Campbell, - lours. Finlay McKercher and. Mrs. Gordon MacKenzie gave splendid reports of the Sectional meeting held : at Moncrieff. A dona- tion of $10. was voted to the Victor Home. The • study book was taken by Mrs. Gordon Papple and readings were given by Mrs. Alex Smith, Mrs. Chester Henderson, Mrs. James Keyes and Mrs. J. Hillebrecht, The nominating committee brought in the fallowing slate of officers for 1948; W.M.S. Pres, Mrs. W. Shannon; 1st vice-pres., Mrs. Kenneth Stewart; sec., Mrs. John Gordon; trees., Mrs. John Hillebrecht; Christian Steward- ship tewardship and Finance, Ml's. C. Hender- son; Community Friendship, Mrs. Watson; Associate Helpers, Mrs. John Kerr;: Press Sec., Mrs. James Kerr; Temperance Sec., Mrs.. A. Tante., Supply Sec., Mrs. R. M. Scott; Mission Band, Mrs. Gordon MacKenzie; Baby Band, Mrs. John Hillebrecht; assistant, Mrs. Ross Gordon; Lit, Sec., Mrs. G. Papule; Missionary Monthly Sec., Mrs, Fin- lay Mci(ercher; Finance Committee, Mrs. Robert Campbell, Mrs. Eldon b'crr, Mrs. John Hillebrecht and. Mrs: Chester Henderson. W.A.. Pres., Mrs, Geo. Campbell; 1st vice p1 es., Mrs. R. M. Scott; 2nd 'ire-pred, Mrs. Geo. Wheatley; Sec., 5Trs. J. Gordon; Treas., Mrs. Robt. Hogg; flower convenor, Mrs. James Reyes, "Take time to be holy" was sung and Rev. R, J. Peters led in prayer. lunch was served at the ''me of the meeting, "My, Now I've Changed" N o T o tv LY have telephones been made to look better, but more important, they work better! The telephone has always bad one foot in tomorrow. Thousands of inventions you never see or hear about have helped you get clearer, more dependable, better telephone service. And more inventions are always coming along; telephone improvement never ends ... The service is expanding, too. We are complet- ing unfilled orders just as fast as materials heeotne available. More telephones plus better telephones — and always at the lowest possible cost: — mean more valuable service to every user. THE DELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA NORTH McKILLOP Sunday visitors with Mr. end Mrs. John Granville were Mr, and Mr's. Lorne Hayden and family of Denfield, and NIr. and Mrs. Charles Glanville and family of Heusall, Mrs. Duncan McNichol Sr. Is visit- ing in 'Toronto. Miss Wilma McNichol of Kitchener spent the week at her home here. Miss Mildred McNichol entertained the members of Bethel Choir to a so- cial evening on Friday. Mr. Ebner Dennis is under the doc- tor's care. Mr, Hugh McPherson, who spent the latter part of the sunnier in the Western Provinces has returned home Don't forget the Christmas concert to be held at S.S. No. 9 McKillop on Dec, 9, at 8 p.m, Miss M. Kale, teacher COUNTY ACTIVITIES AT ROYAL WINTER FAIR The three members of the Huron County Judging team, Dick Leggett of Blyth, Ed. Miller of Exeter and Harry Douga]1 of Exeter, participated in the Inter• -County Judging competition, which was held on November 17 at the Royal Winter Fair, Twenty-nine County teams took part in this Com- petition ompetition and the team from Huron County stood thirteenth. In individual standing Dick Leggett, of Blyth, tied for 14111 place iu the group of 87 boys. The regulations of this Judging com- petition, sponsored by the Provincial Dopartment of Agriculture, specify that each boy shall judge ten classes f Meeting Huron 8L Huron - Perth PROGRESSIVE - CONSERVATIVE RIDING ASSOCIATIONS CARDNO'S HALL SriMINIM Vm 28aa Election of Officers and other Business at 8 p.m., to be followed by a General Meeting to which the Public are cordially welcome, at 9 p.m. THIS MEETING TO BE ADDRESSED BY LT. -COL., THE HON. GEO. A. RE r KC C CO Preorder of Ontario OTHER SPEAKERS: L. E. CARDIFF, M.P. North DR. R. HOBBS TAYLOR, M.P.P. Huron Huron J. W. HANNA, M.P,P., Huron- THOMAS PRYDE Brace J. FRED EDWARDS, M.P.P. A. J. BRADSHAW,'M.P. Perth Perth THOS. R. DENT, M.P.P. Oxford J. P. JOHNSTONE, M.P.P. Bruce ELMER D. BELL, President CLARK FISHER, Secretary WLitz` Alli ,c,..,.�,.., SSign ,^7 E THE TRE SEAFORTH THURS. Fyl. 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Junior institute Clubs, motored to Toronto by charter- ed bus, to be guestsof the Royal Win- ter Fair Board at the big Winter agri- cultural show, All the members of this group received complimentary tickets from fair board admitting them to the Grounds, and to the afternoon Horse Show in the Coliseum. -The group re- turned by bus late Saturday night. Members of the Perth -Huron Short- horn Club are planning a very com- plete program for their annual meet- ing, which will be held in Clinton 00 Wednesday, Dec. 10. In the morning the directors will meet in the board room or the Agricultural Office, to complete certain. business of the year, and at noon all the members and their wives will enjoy a banquet in the dining room of the Clinton Hotel. Mr. Alfred Hales, prominent business maul from Guelph, will be the after-dinner speaker, and in the' afternoon Pro- fessor George E. 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