The Huron Expositor, 1940-06-07, Page 110.
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hEightyfirat Year.
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COUNTY 'PNRCIIASES
.;DITIONAL LAND
FOR NEW AIRPORT
larePare County Airport For
Pace in Empire Train-
ing Scheme.
ENGINEERS AT WORK
Work of preparing H'urou County's
:Sky Harbor Airport for use as a
training centre in the British Com-
anonwealth air training, scheme, got
well under way during the week when
:ire Airport. Committee, meeting with
'Warden George Feagan on Saturday,
officially authorized the purchase of
the 200 acres of Iantd comprising the
airport property from Cl. E. 'Fleming
/'for $9,000.
'This land being leased to the gov-
ernment for an elementary air train -
Ing school for $1.0,0 'a year for the
,c'turation of the war,, and three years
thereafter. This was decided at the
January session of Huron county
,council as the county's share in the
Empire's war effort.
land agents of the C.N.R. under
the 'Department of ' Defence will ar-
range for the Purchase of additional
harm lands.
Engineers have arrived at the air-
port and are at work laying out the
a-unway's. Consultations have been
1reld* with, hydro and telephone offic-
-dais to arrange for the remoiral or.,
necessary alterations/ to exietinl
7in'es ea the gvreperty.
ccidentVictims
Not Improved
Condition of John Scott and ,Harry
Riley, of Londesboro, injured when
their ear went out of control' west of
town a week age,-., continues to be
eerious. They are in Scott' Memorial
3 fespitaT.
Scott, subsequent examinations
showed, is ...suffering from six frac-
tured ribs, a fractured collar bone, a
fractured aabeulder blade and a frac-
tured vertebrae of the spine. He is
;tare more seriously injured of • the two.
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Contestants
Win at. Stratford
Among thesuccessful contestants
.n the Music Festival being held in
Stratford this week are the following
from Seaforth:
Alma. Lawrence, daughter : of: Mr.
rand Mrs. Herald Lawrence, McKillop,
first with 83 marks in soprano class;
3ren'e Workman, daughter of Rev. H.
V. Workman and Mrs. • Workman,-
with 83 marks, first• in contralto
class; Miss ' Workman also had 81
marks in the women's• oratario class
land came fourth, and on Friday tools
hard in ,the contralto class with 79
marks; Donald McKenzie, son of Mr.
and Mrs. It E. McKenzie, tooka first
rpI•ace' with 82 marks in lio'es' solo
class; and, Donald Brigirtrall, son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. trightralle was
second with 81 marks. Beatriee,Lane
-took first in piano with 75 marks,
and Therese O'Neill, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. D. O'Neill, Seaforth„ with
;i'0 marks, eame • second. Patricia
Bechely, daug,b,ter of Dr. and Mrs. F.
J. -Bechely, took third place for girls'
vole with 831 marks. Doris Ferguson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. D.
Ferguson and Louise Case, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Case, were sec-.
end in girls Vocal duet, with 85
'marks.. John Robert McKenzie re-
ceived 81 marks in his class on Tues -
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• SEAFORTH, FRIDAY;
'GRADUATES AT WESTERN UNIVERSITY .
Macy Holmes • Dorothy Golding,* . Douglas Stewart
Seaforth Seaforth Seaforth
Shown here are Mary •' Holmes, Douglas Stewart and Dorothy
Golding, all of Seaforth, who were graduatesthis year at the Uni-
versity of Western Ontario. All are former students of the Seaforth
Collegiate. Miss Golding was awarded the Gold ' Medal in Business
Administration and Secretarial Science; MissHolmes was an honor
/graduate in Secretarial Science, while Mr. Stewart obtained 'his Bach-
elor or Arts Degree.
Seaforth. Team Takes
First H,F.L. Home Game
RED CROSS
NOTES
A splendid res'po'nse was made to
the plea for more workers at the Red
Cross rooms. Last week every table
was filled with ladies busy making,
surgical dressings, These dressings
are sorely needed, but there are other
lines of work as Well. The ladies in
jtihe sewingroom have hospital gowns',
pyjamas, pillow cases and surgical
•t'owelot out ready' for sewing. This
work mag' be done at home.
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A. new com'rnittee has been formed
to take charge of the refugee 'work.
Underwear, clothing anld knitted
goods are' needed for both adults and
ehildren. The committee.. would wel-
come donations of materials or made
up garments, as well as offers of
assistance in making the clothing.
Seconddhand clothing cannot be hand-
led, unless'„ it is saleable for making
over ante other garments.
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The response to the urgent plea
for blankets ,has been most gratify-
ing. The Red Cross Society washes
to express their thanks to all who
have contributed. The need is still
great and further donations will ••be
gratefully received.
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' The Chairman of the, National
Transportation Committee reported
that -from May est to 11th, .1,660 cas-
es of goods were shipped overseas
and that• all .",the Taplow Hospital.
equipment had row gone forward. To
date'a total of 5.5.10 bases of supplies
had been shipped-
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Are Repairing.
Town Sidewalks
fast evidence of the lines of wooden
pml'ea which for ytears had stood on
,weaforth's Main Street, 'da'aappeared'
Cale week' as workmen completed
cementing the boles in the pavement
where the poles had stood.
Repairs were also made during the
week to a barge number of sidewalks
rthrough•out thee town. The work was
*done under- .the supervision of the
eteeet committee. -.
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Scout, Guides
Go to Mitchell
More than 100 Seaforth, Scouts,
Guides, Cubs and Brownies will' be in
Mitchell Sunday evening to take part
'in a district church parade.
The boys and girls wilt leave the
Scout Hall at six o'clock. •
:Red Cedar
SEINGLES
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Prices
Are Right
Drop in and see us.
N. CLUFF & SONS
Harvey Dolmage, Winthrop,
Suffers Concussion and is
Removed To Hospital.
ST. COLUMBARY AND
BRUSSELS TIE
The Seaforth football team took the
opening Lorne game in the Huron
Football League ' here Wednesday
night by a 1-0' verdict over Winthrop.
The game was the first one played
on the new Lions Park field. Only
a fair crowd was on hand.
llarvey Dolmage, .Winthrop defense
man, was knocked unconscious while
advancing on the Seaforth goal. Re-
moved to Scott Memorial Hospital by
Dr. 3. A. Gorwill, Doamage was found
to be suffering from concussion. He
will be confined to hospital for a few
days'. •
In the first half neither team score
ed with Seaforth forcing the play -and
missiirg several chances. Then with
less than five minutes to, go in the
second: !half, Tom Sills was awarded
a kick and John Flannery. kicked it
in for the Only count of the game.
:Winthrop put up a stiff opposition,
but Seaforth avid, a slight advantage
on the play. •
SEAFORTH-Goal, Cameron; de-
fense, D. Siris, C. Flannery; •halves,
J, Nicholson., H. Nicholson, T. Sills;
forwards, J. Flannery, E. McIver; 'F.
Sills, A.' .McLean; subs., O'Neil,
Coutts. •
WINTI-IROP' — Goal, Taylor; de-
fense, H. Dolmage, K. Dolmage;
halves, K.• Betties, W. Reid, McCal-
lum; forwards, I,. Dolmage, Marshall,
Shannon, R. Dolmage, Haien.
• Referee—W. Wright.
St. Colunaban, Brussels Tie
Brussels finally'waa stopped, but not
beaten; 10the Huron Football League
at St.. Coiumban Monday night, when
the local team held ,them to a score-
less tie in a league 'fixture.
A big crowd -saw the opening game
of the, season. Many of the ,home
fans thought that Cleary had scored
for the Saints, midway through the
first half, but the goal judge ruled
that the hard "shot bad passed back
of the post.
UNUSUAL:ON
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DELAYS. Q ENING
OF LIONSPOOL
BRUSSELS—Goal, Riley; •-,backs,
Bowden, Pearson; halves, J. Bryan,
• Fox, Stephenson; for -wards, King,
Routledge, S t e l s s, Farquharson,
•Styles', Lowe; sub., •C, Brya.ns. , •
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�stner ST. OOLUMBAN—Gaal, Frrg' Stgp-
Other Work About Park is
Completed; Ready For
Busy _Season.
CARNIVAL JULY 24th
'�9 L Teton; backs, Frank Stapleton; Car -
Drain Contract lin; halves, Joe McIvor, T. Mclvor,
O'Connor; forwards, Cleary„ Ddlaney,
Williams, Melady,.. O'Sullivan.
Referee—Wilson Allan, Hensall.
Charles Kist.ner was awarded the
contract for enlargemen.t of the
O'Rourke drain, at a meeting of Mc-
Killop
o-Killop council on Monday. The price
of the contract was $750. Tbis drain
is approximately a male long and it
will bp, improved. this summer.
Takes Over
Flour Mill
Legal details in connection with
the trahsfer of the flour mill property
from the town to Excellence Flour
Mills Ltd. Were completed; this week
and Elzebert Turgeon, representing
the company, took possession.
Mr. Turgeon was not in a position
to' disclose What use weld .be made
of the property, but he intimated he
would be back ie town in a- week or
so when an announcement might be
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Family Is
United Here;
For the first time et 19 years all
the faimily of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Archibald visited together at the
borne of ttheit, paronts on West St.
last Sunday. The family includes:
Wallace, of London; Arthur, of Whit-
by; Mrs. E. C. Ar msrtreng, of Water-
loo; Edward of Chattanooga, Tenn.;
Fred, of . Duporquet, Quebee, dud Alice
at honio.
Continued and' unusual wet weather
has resulted in "a delay in the open-
i2tg of the Lions swimming pool this
year. B'e€ore cleaning can be com_
gienced, it is necessary that the river
be low enough for the diversion drain
to aeeommiodate the-.liow of water. In,
most, years this, occurs by the middle
of May, but this year the heavf rain-
fall has resulted/ in a flow of water
that is, even now, about twice the
normal spring flow.
Should there be dry., weather for a
week or ten days,the river should be
lowered to a point where it can be
handled by the diversion drain.
Other work about the Lions Park
is continuing bowever. While no
major imtprovements are being under-
taken, the playing field has been com-
pleted and is now in use and a new
driveway and parking lot is tieing
laid out. .The construction of a pav-
ilion, which had been. planned for this
year, has been postponed until after
the war.
The Lions Park committee has ar-
ranged to have. Don McGregor as life
guard and instructor again this sea-
son and he will commence work as
soon as the pool is ready.
Carnival July. 24th
Arrangements are under way for
the Lions • Sumrmer Carnival which
this year is being held on Wednes-
day, July 24th.' ,A cob tnittee headed
by Dr. V. J. Becheej, Ili bard at work
planning for the big event:
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Jack McGavin
Has 8r'oken Leg
S. A. Campaign
Nets $1032.80
The Salvation Army „ Self -Denial
Campaign, which concluded, this week
resulted in a contribution from the
Seaforth district of $1,42.80, accord-
ing to the committee which had the
campaign in hand.
Kicked 'by a -horse while playing
near his home, .Tack, McGavin, five-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
McGavin, McKillop, suffered a frac-
tured leg. The little lad had been
playing alone and when his father
came from a nearby building where
he had been working, he found him,
lying on the ground.
Jack was removed to Scott Mem-
orial Hospital, Seaforth, where he
will be'coli ned for some time.
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Hensall Wins
From Exeter
District
Majesties At ►trt
One Year' Ago Tbtrsda
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Tumultuous Ovation as 75,-
000 People, Including • Thou-
sands of School 'Children,''
Cheered Royal Couple.
SPECIAL TRAINS
FOR ,PUPILS
Effective relief work by Jack Tudor
'waren his brother, Maurice, got into
trouble in; the sixth inning, featured
a 5-4 win for ,Hensall over Exeter in
a Huron. -Porth I3eseball League game
in Hensall Monday night. The vic-
tory was the first 'for .Hensall, the
locals shaving lost their only previous
game to Clinton. • .
Jack Tudor, who 'had' been 'playing
first base, traded jobs with his bro-
ther, Maurice, in the sixth, and took
over the hurling duties, with the bas-
es loaded and two. out. He retired
thea side' with 'a strikeout. In - the
seventh inning he struck out, .three
more. The game was called after the
Exeter half of the seventh. Maurice
Tudor struck out seven in the five
and tWb-thirds innings whish he
pitched. •
Bell and Hudson provided the bat -
Ung punch for Hensall. Bell hit a
three -bagger. Hudson had two dou_
bles. Wolfe of Exeter, also hit a two
bagger. The frelrli,ng feature was a
fast double play, Jack ,Tudor to I-Irfd
son. R. H. E
Exeter, 4- 8 t3.
Hensall 5 ' ,7 4
Hear40 Appeals
In Hullett
At *thy'' recent sitting of the Court
of Revision for Hullett Township,
with* all ,members present, the time
was principally spent in listening to
evidence by more than fox% appel-
lants against the new assessments
made on the basis of the Mogg and
Quinlan valuation. Fred Packitt was
appointed chairman of -the court and
trtont of the appellants, were present
and gave the reason for their ap-
ITeals that .the p.asesement" was, 'too
high. In all cases the appeals were
ino'ved for• .alonsIderation, acrd . the
tonna as a whole went into a Com..
mtttee to deal With them.
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pop .r1.:�4;.�'.x'�`i•k
,Seaforth citizens and seven thou-
sand school children from the town
and district one Year ago Thursday
paid tribute to Their Majesties King
George and Queen Elizabeth, when
they visited Stratford.
While now gnim war hangs over
the Empire the people of the district
turn to more pleasant. thoughts, to-
day as they remember that it is the
anniversary of. 'that memorable visit.
' While thousands were present from
this district, it willprobably' be the
school children that will recall most
clearly the historic occasion. It was
the school children that were the cen-
tre of the arrangements. Through
cooperation of the Lions Clubs of the
district working threilgaa committee
headed by Lion' W. L, Whyte, 7,000
pupils of the district, were Laken by
special trains to Stratford, where
they waited with breathless excite-
ment for the brief appearance of
Their Majesties.
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Workman Hs
Broken Back
Struck by an auto wrecker as the
was filling in an excavation at, °~ the
Supertest Service Station here on
Friday, Peter Bale, Seaforth, suffer-
ed a fractured vertebrae of the spine.
He is in Scott Memorial Hospital.
Bale was filling in on top of a gaso-
line storage tan,k When the wrecker,
which had been used to lower the
tank in the ground, slipped and drop-
ped in the hole.
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Mrs. Charters,
94th Birthday
Mrs. Robt. Charters, Tuckersmith's
grand 'old lady, on Thursday celebrat-
ed the ninety=fourth anniversary of
tierbirthday surrounded• by the mem
b.ers `drher afamfly in.ther thorns on
the farm on the Mill Road,; Tucker-
smith, where she came • as a bride
nearly '72 years ago.
A daughter of the . late Henry Ches-
ney, one of the original pioneer resi-
dents of Tuckersmith, she has been
closely identified with the life of the
township 1n which she was born and
where she is well known and highly
regarded in the community:
Although confined to her room as
the result of a serious cold, contract-
ed aa few weeks ago, Mrs. Charters
still enjoys all her faculties and takes
a keen interest in world events and
in those around her, especially in her
new twin -baby great grandaughtere.
She is able to read, sew 'and knit
without glasses.
Mrs. Charters has a' family of four,
two sons, William on the old home-
stead, and Harry in' Seaforth, and two
daughters, Mrs. Arthur Mason,' Saska-
toon, Alberta, who came east to be
"with her mother on this interesting
,occasion; Miss Margaret Charters at
home; • six grandchildren,' and five
great grandchildren, Mrs. Charters
was'. the recipient of gifts and con-
gratulations from friends far and
near,
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JohnRintOulHt rt'
When a team with which he
was sowing beans ran away
Thursday afternoon, John Rintoul,
well known Huron road farmer,
was run over by the drill. Mr.
Rantoul was alone in the field
when the accident occurred, but
-his employee., Harry,Pethick, hear
ing his cries, ran to his rescue.
He was removed to the Seaforth
Clinic where the extent of his in-
juries have not yet been determ-
ined., Mr. Rintoul just recently
recovered from an auto accident
in which he "was! badly injured.
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PuOSTMASTERS
MEET IN MITCHELL
Chas. P. Sills is Retiring
Head of Zone 10 of Post-
masters' Association:
Charles P. Sills, Seaforth Postmas-
ter, ,chairman of Zone 10 of the On-.
tarso Branch of the Canadian Post-
masters- Assooi'ation, presided at a
meeting -of the zone held, in Mitchell
on Tuesday evening.
A -dinner preceeded the business
meeting. The program included ad-
dresses by A. M. •'Church, of Sun•d-
rtidgge, president, of the Ontario
Branch of the Canadian Postmasters'
Association and, J. , M. Ferris, •of
C'ampbellford, seer tart'. „ Mr... Church
traced' the history of the association
from its origin in 1.903 to the pres-
ent day, outlined the purpose .of the
zone meetings, and remarked in cloy.
ing that 40 per cent. of Canadian
•positmlasters are returned soldiers, all
British subjects, and, that there were
none more, loyal in the whole 'Em
pire. He alLso 'urged those present ro
sell as many 'wear certificates as pos-
sible. 1. 1W. Ferris• dealt chiefly with
statistics concerning the association.
ir- the province. An open discussion
led. }by, ?the two provincial .officers
-peeved informative and helpful to the
postmasters.
Officers, of the zone were elected
for the cosrrng .. year . _ as follow
Chairman, G. 'M. Counter, Clinton;
Secretary, Fred, Bbnthron, Hensall.
and an executive committee of A. D.
Smith, Bluevale; W. C. 'Bennett, Wal-
ton; D. M. McConnell, Dublin; M. W.
Pfaff, -Exeter, and 13. K. Lancaster, of
St. Marys,
Members ,'were • present from St.
lvlarys, Clinton, Si•, Paul's Station,
Dublin, Carlingford, Auburn, Seaforth,
Hensall, Bornholm, Fullerton, Munro,
P.ruc'efield, Walton, Ethel, :nankton,
Rostock, Sebringville, and' Mitchell:^
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Tuckersmi,th1Cour
June Meeting
on Saturday.
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'IS' LITTLE .: tBUSIN.
Seaforth Men
Enlist
The Teckersmith council lztet'<,i X tlbtia,
Towm Hall,,.. Seaforth, onS tur�day,
June lst. All members,' attended' and
the Reeve •prealded. The minutes, • of
fast meeting were adopted.
The Court 'of .Revision on the 'as-
sessment
s sessment roll was held when onlytw,a•
matters dame up for consideration::_
First, an appeal b'y Thomas Robinson
on assessment on prepertjs %n, Eg-'•-
mondville, w'hi.oh..was, lowered $100 en
buildings; second, adjustment of as.
sessments of E. B. Goudie and, ,Lions
Park C'ommi'ttee on recent purchase"
of land, E. B. Goudie's assesemeat
was reduced' $550 which was,: applied
to the Lions Para with tllie under-
standing. that no tax would :be levied.
After which the Court of Revtision:
was • closed pending any appeal that
may be 'hail therefrom to the` Judge.
The Bell Telephone Co. was. give&
permission to do light tree trimming
on.tlie 2nd and 3rd concessions under
supervision of road superintendent,
The Treasurer , was authorized, to
issue cheque for payment• of Snow •
fence and posts to Pedlar People on
delivery of same. •
A resolution was passed that the
matter of arrears of telephone taxes.
how- in. dispute, as to liability witls_
the Tuckersmith, Telephone Commis-
sion be referred to the Municipal.
Board for a ruling in the -matter, as
the most satisi'actory . solution of the
matter .and the .commission be '.n;oti;
fled.
The Clerk was instructed to write
Glen McLean that the council is pre-
pared to pay 71e cents a yard for
gravel .for 1940. -
Receipts for May — Relief grants,
$108.40; arrears of taxes, $572.71; in-
terest on bonds, e $394.75. Total,
$107.50.
The following accounts were pass_
ed: Belief—W. M. Sproat, wood,
$11; W. J. Finnigan,. supplies,, $25.50;;
Cardtno Bros., supplies;, $27.92; A. 0.
Routledge,"supplies, $2.2"57;.. Christi
Meat, supplies, $7.85; Maple .Leaf
Dairy; supplies, $17.60; MacDoiiald's
Bakery', 1'3:12; rent;. $8.
Road accounts, $130:-17; Department
of Health; inallain, $1,94; Town of
Clinton,hare division' court, $6.93;
Municipal World, supplies, $3.81; sal-
a'ries. postage and collections, etc.,
$60,a8,
A number of Seaforth men have
enlisted during the past week and in -
elude: William C. Sutherland, R.C.
A.F.; Charles ,Wood, Jack Strong.
R.C.R.; Don Dale, Harry Bolton, Sea_
forth, and William Farquharson, Wale
ton, and Gordon Holland, Dublin, En-
gineers;. Fred E. Willis, Jack .Doe
ranee, Jack Cameron, in the El.giu
Regiment which is• recruitinew eider
Capt. D. E. Nairn at -Goderich.
Council adjourned to meet Satur-
day. July lath, at 7 p.m. —D. F. reser Clark.
Cl rk.
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C. W. L. Holds
Euchre, Bingo
The"" C.W, ,,-.,sponsored a euchre and,
bridge itetire:aud•itoriunaof St. Jannes'
school' on Tuesday evening, when
euchre p nines were won by 'Mr. P: j:
Dorsey. Mrs. Wm. Devereaux,'Sr., and
Mrs. C. P. Sills. .
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Bowlers Open.
Season Here
The first local tournament "of the
aeaforte Bowling Club was held on_
Tuesday evening when six greens
were in play. The winner"s were Dr.
F. J. Burrows, 2 wins plus 12; Lorne
Dale, 2 wins plus ,.11, and Wallace,
toss, 1 win plus .10.
London Band Will Present Concert Mere
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The membere of the Salvation Army Band of London will be the guests of the local Corps tater.
Ythe week -end, when a 'tau Bert,
programa will be presented by the Band. Commencing with a concert Saturday evening, .the Band will nett appear Sunday afar,,►
whom It will preterit a program at the Seaforth Lions- Park. On Sunday evening- the Band will -,•appear At Victoria Park, Seaffrtl
the • program cami'ie Icing at 8.30 p.m.
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