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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1941-06-13, Page 1r,. ElU,hty-Second Year ' • Whole Number 353.5 • COUNTY COWL IL, GIVES GRANT TO LOCAL IRED CRC Seaforth Reeve Sponsors.. Resolution 'Calling For Flat Hydro Rate; SESSIONS CONTINUE aalaraeuaajaaftefaelaaPer addressing nneruaat's•'"At ,taty, .,;Gpunoil at the opening meeting of the ,aline session in Goderich on Tuesday, :;expressed .pleasure at the manner In which the people of Huron,Oki% co-operating in Canada's War The council' endorsed the recom- ' emendation, Q th.e.equa17zatign commit- tee that alt iaid ipalities-in the• cotta- ty assume thhtr share, acooireling to the equalized'ra$iessment of the .total assessment ,lost to the townships of, Ashfield, Colborne, Stanley and Tuck- ersmith by reason of the lands taken over by,the airports, and••the County Home, and • that the la.nde los�t'to Hen- sel!, and taken over lam the Townships - of Tuckersmith and Flay be .adjusted at this time. By this arrangement the county as, a whole assunies the • assessment of Ae,hfeld of $24,610 lost by reason of , the airport, of which a percentage amounting to $3,448 is paid by the township. Colborne Township assess- ment of $21,447, Stanley $1,518, Tuck- ersniith $8,566 and Hensel' $22,200 ibst for lands taken over wi11 pay percent- ages amounting to $1,938, 33,111, $13,- 096 and $544. Endorsation was given to a res`blu- tion urging the Provincial Govern- ment to establish a flat Hydro rate -throughout the provinee. It was l=et forth in..the resolution. that it Was the intention of Sir Alain Beck that rhyjdTo at cost should be shared by all people in the province and that the present rates tended to centralize industry and population, while the rest of the -province remains stationary or.:backwarde. -The resolution was. introduced by "t Reei•e J. H. Scott, Seaforth, and Reeve -Turner, Goderich. • • A motion granting $10,000 to the Canadian Red Cross Society passed at the January meeting . of Huron - County Council was rescinded and the amount divided amongbranches of the society .int Huron Caaaar` stnl,bor- dering ,municipalities; 19 branches in the county will each receive $487.75; Lucknow and Clifford each •$244.75; Kir•kton and 'Woodham, 4122.25. • - This action was taken on the re- centmendation of the warden's con- ' mittee, the report explaining that, the' Red Cross Society was not holding :t nation-wide campaign this' year. The 'Money was original*, voted in antici- pation of such'a campaign ' . Council authorized the purchase of an • automatic fire alarm system for the County Home at -Clinton, to. cost_ $1,885. The institution recently Wes bequeather two, legacies totalling $2,= 000, and this money will be used to 'protect the lives of the aged inmates and- their home. County Treasurer Erskine, in; his budge -t report, recommended a tax rate of 3.75 mills, the same as last year, to raise $203,469•- Municipalities with- out secondary schools must raise a further- $51,290. The .estimates were referred to 'the finance committee. • New 'Harnburg B.and Here New Hamburg Band, under the lead- ership of W: S. Sheppard, who is a composer tie well • as a director, • will play the "Stlaida' + etening concert at Victoria Park' at 8.30 o'clock. The following-, .is• the program - --"O Canada"; March, "Sons of the 13rave," by .Bedgood'; • 'Overture, "Determina- tion," Al. Hays; Waltz, "May Flowers," Sheppard; Selection, "Martha" Flo - ton; March 'Medley, "John Bull," arr. Sheppard; Serenade, "Londonderry," air arr. C. F. Tihiele; Stared Sete - tion, "Throw Out the Life Line," Al.. Hays; Overture, "Gypsy Festival," Hazel; March, "Father of Victory," Ganne: Selection, "Saperba," Dalby: "God Save the King." Bride Elect is Holnou ed: Here Mrs. 'Willian Agatha...Mrs, Roy Dun- gey and Miss Lola flastie- were host- esses at the home of Mrs. Wm. Aus- tin on Friday, Maa 30th,40 a very de- lightful shower for Miss Jean Dun- gey, bride -elect o:f this+. month. There were about 26 guests present, Who presented Mise .Dimtgey With a set Of blue and white' eirabielware. Games were enjoyed: andel, social time spent. Mrs. F. Danger *ma• hostess at a trousseau tea on Wedieesday In hon- or of her 'daiighter, alaie' Jean Dungey, whose marriage will take place tthis month, when' Mrs, Duwgea, Mrs. Rict- ard, KKnse andllies largo 'receiveij the , one bandied' all* twen'ta fitre guests who were present. The roome were d'eeorated in spring fidwers. Mrs, Roy •Dungey;, Ars. Wm. Ausain, -Miss Lola •Haetie and Miss-- Amine Ryan served a very delightful 'IMMO;. Those Wiio Were; in charge of ati • its and tattle-Sean MltehoI) l•C wore Mill. Jratr, atlp5e. taiga, Renes t, head y ur SteW i t, +Josh fie:, �S{tix mApowat l ET RENT GRADUATES WITS NIGH .RONOR ; AT U. OF WESTERN' ONTARIO' Among the graduates at the University of Western Onterio last week were (left, to right) Mary Hemphill, Hensall,, Rita Duncan, Sea - forth, and Archie Hoggarth, Cromarty. Miss Duncan; who is a"dau5h- te;r of Mr. and Mrs. W. •J. Duncan, stood • first Irl ;the graduating class of Brescia Hall, which she attended, and in ;addition was one of nine s1tdents in the graduating --class• of 208 at the University to attain''A' standing. iN Seaforth Council Deduces General. Rate one-half Mill Approves 1941 Estimates 0 • • O • 0 Farm Picnic Farm people of McKillop and Tuckersmith are co-operating in a farmers' field day at the Lions Park on Wednesday afternoon of next week. The picnic is being sponsored by the Federation of Agriculture 'Units of the town- ships. An excellent program has been ,planned which includes a swine judging competitions and addresses by leading agricultur- ists. • • •: O 0 RACE FANS SEE FAST HEATS HERE Forty--three-Horses Compete,. At Seaforth On Wednesday. Rage" fans tri' Seafoath Wednesday afternoon had' one of the best ddy's sport, ever, seen at this track„ when 43 borses competed 'in -16 heats—orie Peat a repeat when the drivers beat: 'the barrier in the 2.18 pace., 'Nearly 800 people were in attendance. The results: • Classified Race Winn Aubrey (Purvis) .. , . 1 1 6 Barbara Lee (Finnerty). ... 6 6 1 Martha' Lee (Wilmore) " , , " •2 2 3 Peggy Patch '(Feathers) 6 6 2 Irene Harvester (Litt) :a.. .. 4 3 4 Jog Harvester (Stroud) , . - 3 4 5, Time --2.16, 2.161, 2.18" 2.28 Pace (First Division) Miss Marge Axe (Hughes) : , 6 1 1 Admore Grattan (Chapman) 1 8 4• Helen Direct (Badmen) 2 2 3 Winston Grattan (Morrisey) 7 3 2 Fleeta. silk (Simpson)' ...a. 3 5. 6 Sir John (hitt) 5 4 5 Jacqueline Grattan (Herbert) 4 6 7 Allan Volo (Brough) ` 8 7 .dr Time -2,18, 2.15%, 2.15. 2.28 Trot Dr. Lee (Chapman) 1 1 3 Bellinietawah (Purvis) .•2 2 1 Axone Volo (McDonald) 6 4 2 Gtr, Rae (House) 3 3 4 Calumet A -do (Bradley), ..:4 6 6 R. B. Bennett (Litt) 5 5 7 Cruickshank Volo (Toor) ,7 9 6 Time -2.24, 2.20, 2.23, 2.18 Pace Miss Vera Bars (Chapman)' 3 1 1 .Otleer Grattan (Yearly) ,. 1 4 5 Donna 'Direct (Neveilis) 4 3 2 Beatrix Lee (Elliott) - 8 2 3 ,:eddy Davenport (Stroud'),2 7 8 aura .Bell' "(IJughesa • 5 5 6 Petrolia Grattan .(Simpson) 6 6 7 •Elaron Rothschilda.(Merrissey) 7 8 4 Tirmese3,1$,_ 2:14, 2:15. • 2.28 Pace (Second Division) Reuben' Lee' (Miller) 3 1 1 Genevieve Grattan (Moore), 1 $ 2 130d"Grattan (Gray) 4 2 5 Della, Lockheart (Linn) 2 4 6 Lena Henley (Purvis) 5 6 3 Peter Lee (Yearly) 6 5 4 Golden Lee (Smith) 7 7 de Tiute2.15, 2,15%, 2.15. • LegionWill'Hold• Decoration. Day The Legion 'iso holding its a,nnu#tl deeoratien of graves in Maitland+bank, Harpui'hey, 'Egmonidw,'rl'le, at. Jnmesi and St. P'atrickk's cemeteries on Suis- dayy, lune lath. Vete! ans 'will wade from . Ali "Peat Ofia e , at 1,46. to the Cefiotaph All '.e spik'm e en acre as1c elf to sti 6nt)I *0 ).4 ieda1ar ',tls':, i al ds h kber s., ,� 11i ; Assists Clydesdale ,.Associa- tion in Holding Fuld Day in Seaforth. NET TAX FOR P. S. • . SUPPORTERS SAME Seaforth tax rate will be..reduced rr Taill this year, council agreed follow- ing discussion of the 1941 estimates ate the June meeting on Monday evening. Mayor Cluff presided, and all mem- bers were present. Since 'the public., school board has reouisitioned council for % mill addi• tional,'there will be no change in the ryet;,rate, of public school supporters: Seiarate school supporters -will, how- ever, find their net tax rate down one- half mill. ;A suggestion by Councillo_ Sills that,the general rate should be reduc- al two mills in' view of the town's surplus, was not favored by the teun- cil. Councillor M. A. Reid, chairman of tthe finance committee, pointed- out that the Department of Municipal Af- fairs had changed its views on the matter an: ;now recommended that' a surplus beimaintained. ' ' • dour'satellite wad collected from- present- taxpayers. We just cashed in .on taxes which had been tri ar- rears," Mr" Reid said: . The council agreed to' co-operate with the Clydesdale Breeders' Associ- ation 'tion which is hol-ding afield day ,here" on June 28th. Tthe council 'approver} a grant of 310.00 after a deputation; which included D. Fotheringham • and Wm. , J`, Dale, had explained the ob- jects of the association. Mayor Cluff accepted an invitation which the depu- tation -extended, to-, take part in the picnic. Council agreed it would be wise, to r purchase a caof coal now and the property committee was instructed to lank after, the -matter. Accounts - an salaries were approv- e as follows: ,e , , , • 1 he Commercial Hotel, acct., 324.50;• D. H. Wilson, . salary and sundries, $6141; A- M. Hudson, salary, $2383; John Currie, wages •(lst half" May), 332.50; John Cnanmdnge, wages (2nd• half May), $35.00; Thos.. Storey, wag- es, 330.00; 14uriicipal World, account, $4.26; ' Grand -ifs -Tea, .Ltd: .acct:,. 35.00; County of `Huron, mete $16"60; Cana- dian' National Railways, acct., $2.28; Regier Translydrt;' acct., --••$3.95; Bell Telephone Co„ acct., $4.17; T,romp- son's .Book Store, acct„ 35.50; 'Ken oanvpbel , acct., 75c; Department of Health, acct., $4:50..; John McKenzie, acct., 32.25; D. II. Wilson, , relief, 333.25; Wm, Montgomery, acct., 310.25. d• BreakMVM;aill3oxes In Egmndhille Police are searching for a motorist who late Saturday night' ' broke off four rtiralmail boxes in llgfnoittaville. The boxes' were in the neighborhood of Egmondville Churcb. Sheetrock Plaster Board for Walls and Ceilings For making repairs hod for new Work a nems WINS CO:° �' Y PRIZE R. H. Maddleto ��s Store is Judged tces4. Victory .Loan .CbMest. 7 IN COMPETITION The Committee apriointed by ,the County Victory •lo'alir organization to determine the-best;id'ecorated store in the county, hays givin the $10 prize to R, H. •Middleton's. brig Store of Hen - sail. There were: seven stores in the finals. In-Seaforth .the lapel committee of judges, ohose `the Window of McKind- sey's Drug Store •astthe best. Elmer D. Bell's lav)*:: office received first prize in Brussels.. The decora- tions in this case dere desigzied.and carried •out by Miss".Isabel Lowery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lowery eff Seafortli, •`, The local -wieners who competed for the county prize are .as' follows: Sea - forth, McKindsey's Drug Store; Brus- sels, Elmer D. Belt's law, office; Hen- sall, Middleton:a Drug Store; Exetec, Sou'hcott. Bros. store; Clinton, Hov- ey's Drug Store; Wingham, Stainton's Hardware` Store; Goderich, Craigie'a News Stand. F:am,ous Tennis Player is Visitor Mrs. Dorbthy Round Little, interna- tionally known tennis player, with her son, Ian, is a guest this week at the. home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Greig. Mrs. Little, since corning from Eng- land, has been the guest of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. A. Greig, at Ridgewater. N. • S. Mrd. Little will act as tennis coach at''ihe Seigniory Club, P.Q.,. and the magazine of that club comments as follows: ' Of particular interest to the tennis - minded among Seigniory Club mem- bers and guests is the appointment of Mrs. Dorothy Round Tattle of England - as tennis, coach here -afar the• eatemer months. Dorothy Round is en international- ly well known figure in the tennis world, having twice won the Wimble- do•in championship, first when she de- feated Helen Jacobs in 1934. an,t again in 1937 when she won from the Polish star, Jad'wig Jedrzejowiska. Mrs. Round Little won the mixed dote three, times, once with R. Mild of Ja- pan- and twice with Fred .ferry in 1935 and 1936, • respectively. -From, 1932 to 1937 she was ranked first •in Great Britain and was a member of the British Wightman.Clip•teamewhiAah visited the United States in 1965. She has toured the world twice winning championships in Australia, United States (the 1933 Pacific Coast cham- pionshlps at Los Angers'; when she defeated Alice Marble) €.and in New Zealand. • • Mrs. Round Littl , who i's• nada in Ca for the war's duration with her small son. Ian, enters the instructor ranks for the first time this summer. • RED CROSS -NOTES F , Women of the Red Cross: fray, Knit, Sew, Work! We beseech Can- adian women to rally to the cause of our brave defenders, and while we re- alize that it is a difficult time of year for many peoblb, it should be remem- ber ed that for them the war is gath- aring momentum and for us it is lit- tle enough to give ,a few hours each ro : ri.ng p n ng -Seaforth ore'"`T'han• 'County Aims At Double Quota As Many Munici- palities Exceed Objective; Hensall Retains Early Lead. DRUMHEAD SERVICE CLINTON SUNDA- 'Huron county on Saturday, night reached its victory loan quota of $1,- 400,000, the second county in Ontario to do so. By the same night Sea - forth citizens'had purchased 3125,000 worth of bonds, or more than double the town's quota. By Wednesday night Seaforth's sale totalled $152,000. ITensall 'has• retained its lead of all other mundcipalities in the county and has exceeded its quota' by 350 per cent. Tuckersmith reached its quota Saturday night and the towns'hip's pennant is now flying below the loan flag over McCully's ' store at: Bruce - field. ' Plan Monster Rally A monster drumhead service, under the auspices of the 1Vtid•dles•ex-Huron Regiment and the Canadian Legion branches of the county has been plan- ned for next Sunda+ at Recreation Park, Clinton,. when more than 1,000 men will march from the public school to the park to bear Brig. -General A. E Nash,' M.C., -Deputy Adjutant Gon- er'al of the Department of National Defence, Ottawa.. Other stpeakers will include Major the Rev. F. G. Light - bourn, of Stratford, and Mr. J. D. Thomas, chairman of the Huron Court- ty Victory Loan organization. The parade will ipclude the entire Middlesex -Huron Regiment, Canadian Legion, Boy Scouts, •.Girl Guides 97th -Battery • of Wingham, Wingettes. and all county bands, The R.C.R. Band of Lindon will also parade and. take part (Continued on Page 4) • Institute Will Cater to G r• ti. is es, The Seaforth Women's Institute met tit the Home of Mrs: Wni. Oldfield on Wednesday, June lttih. with -Mrs, Gor- don Pa9ple, President, in the chair. The roll call, "Don't for ,the sick room,"' was answered in many inter- esting ways" A' motion to the effort that the institute form .•a unit 'with vario}rs committees • for more effective Red Cross work was adopted. Mrs. A. Crozier, Mrs.• Cecil Oke and. Miss Thelma Elgie were appointed to the firance group. The Iiietitute• will cater at the Clydesdale field day. -with 3,1 proceeds. going. to the Red Cross. Al- so it was decided to serve lunches on the 12th of July with the,procceds for the war Victims' Fund. ' Mrs. Leonard Strong, health rnn- ,...ner, was in cherge'•of the latter part of the meeticg, when Miss Thelma Elgie gave' an interesting pap'r•,r en "An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure." • Miss Anna Wallace gave a demonstration on. bandaging and steaming. • Dr. Paul Brady gave an interesting talk on '"Preventative Medicine," stressing the idea of administering toxoids to children for the ear'nu- -contagious diseases. The. meeting closed with "God Save the King." day to a job we can still eccomel`r•h from the safety of comfortable work- rooms or the shelter of our homes - Bear in mind the message of Mrs. Winston Churchill, wife of the •Primt Minister of Great Britain, to the wo- men of the Britisth Empire: "t beg you all, not for ' a Reek, rot for a day, not for an hour, to relax, but make super;human efforts to surpass. possible,, what you have already done." c tzb :e • • O • 0 President Lion M. A. Reid was elected President of the Seaforth Lions Club on Monday evening on the occasion of the club's annual elec- tion of officers. Lion- President J. A. Stewart presided, During the meeting Dr. F.' J, Burrows, Chairman of the Crippled Chil- dren's Committee„ reviewed , the activities of his committee during the past year: The officers areas follows: President,- M. A. Reid; vice-president, Dr. E. A. McMas-, ter;• treasurer, E. C. Boswell; tail twister, J. E. Keating; lion'tamer, W. R. Shaval; directors for 2 -year term, W. J.- Dunean,'E. C. Cham- berlain', C. M. Smith; directors for ane -year term: C. E. Smith, Ross' cott. 0 0 • • • • ENGLISH COURAGE Is OUTST4NDING Seaforth Soldier Tells Of Experiences in Old Country. Writing to friends in town ' thin week. George Crich, who has been in England for some months says: "I have been receiving The Exposi- tor regularly and certainly appreciate your kindiness in sending it. • Things bave been pretty quiet where we are -stationed here and the only things we have,te talk about or boast about are the number of manoeuvres we have. done or the `65 -mile route Marlin we had. As far as air raids are con- cerned we only read, abort them or hear about them over' the radio or from some person that has been in Lpndon or some. other Cita..that .has been bombed, as we have not had any bombs dropped close to us since sae arrived in England; of course, maybe we are not military objectives, such as, churches and hospitals are. We quite .often hear the Jerry planes o - (Continued on Page 4) Win Bridge and - • Golf Prizes ''Mrs.' J. A. Munn --won• first •prize •at the bridge, held at the Seaforth Golf and „Count.ry Club on Tuesday, while in tie ladies' competition on 'Wednes- day* : iss Mary..lays Was the -winner. ,iv`ext week Mrs. F. J. •Bechely, will have charge of bridge on Tuesday, and Miss Norma Jeffery of golf on Wednesday. •• Observes 8Oth Birthday Here Mrs. Annie Westcott, of High St., celebrated her 80th birthday on Fri- day afternoon last, when several of her old friends called to wish her many happy returns. Mrs: "Westcott has, been in Seaforth for forty-nine years and, takes an active interest in all that is good and was ever -ready to help' those in trouble. Among the gifts and remembrances Which she re- ceived was a beautiful bouquet of flowers from the Edelweiss Rebekah Lodge. Mrs. Westcott has three sons. la'elson, at home; J. A. Westcott, of ,town, -and Alva Westcott, of Calgary, One son. Clarence, was killed In the' Crent 1'Oar. i DO - NOT 1I! LOOK AT T There are people In the County o3 Huron who rel ember' the last war. They remember it because they '.vfere in the trenebes, or they *eked at home and suffered: the' agony of .lov- ing uncertainty while their . husbands, sons and: brothers' were at the front. There are people who --are still car- /Ting—dad carrying cheerfully --the burdens left by the last war. But -here is a tie* war; or, some might say, a resumption+ of . the strug- gle against the saline evil thing. It brings a new call to sacrifice. It re- quires that we' give "'up whatever is necessarypthat the factories may make war materials. It asks us to invest in Victory Borids to support our fighting men. It defirands that we finish the job we started twenjy-seven years ago. . Compared with the people of Bri- tain, what are we asked to do? We (Continued on Page 4) • • Honor Visitor On B4rthday An interesting receivtion was held at the home of Mr. G. B...Dorranee, McKillop, on Wednesday; vVhen Mr. J. A. Dorrance, of -Saskatchewan, who is visiting there, was honored on the Oc- casion of his birthday. . A, pleasant social evening was spent . when old friends recalled evezats here of years ago: Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Broadfoot; Moose Jaw; Miss H . Davidson, Mr. and Mrs- Wm. Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Dorrance and Mr. and Mrs. James • Dorrance and fames ; • Entertains at Tr.ousseau'Tea Mrs. A. W. Moore entertained about eighty guests during Monday after- .... noon, and evening at a trousseau tea ' in honor of her second, daughter; Miss .'. Marianne Rose,, whose marriage will • take place next Saturday. The dining, room of thehome was decorated in ' Palk and white, with. a profusion 'of • peonies. The; guests were received' by- -- Mrs. Moore, '. assisted by Mrs. R. W. McLean, mother of the prospective bridegroom, and by, the brideelect. The beautiful trousseau and gifts were displayed by Miss 'Margaret Me- • Leod, Mies Katie Mci.ean and Mrs. James McGregor. Miss; Onalee Moore answered the door, A pretty lace cloth covered the dining table which^ was centered with the wedding cake and tall pink taper's•. ' Mrs•. •.Rose R. Palmer, grandmother of the lade -to - he, and' a great-aunt, Mrs. E. arch; of Stratford, poured tea, which was served by Miss Yvonne, Moore and Miss Isabel McKellar. Miss Margaret"MeLeod' was hostess to about twenty-five girl friends of Miss Marianne Rose Moore, on Friday evening, when they presented +her with a number of useful and pretty gifts. The color i3eherae of the rooms was pink"and white. Misses Isabel McKellar and Ahyvonne Moore sang a duet, and George Shaw presented' Miss Moore with a beautiful bouquet of flowers, as he expressedthe good' wishes of the girl's to •the bride -elect. Crokinole and other games were en- joyed. Miss Mona McGregor and Miss Peggy Chesney were the prize . win- ners. A dainty lunch was served. HOLD HOLY NAME RALLY AT ST. JAMES', SEAFORTH rt tr xa, An impressive Holy Name tally lair this district which includes f,d ail, Dublin, St, ColuuYban, Glintrlrt at ea forth, was held ill, St. J isle ' �trtitb&le ;nt. Church on Sunday afternoon about t00 melznbetws In aendaltde, Shown int the , e.bo1'g . pietilte.: left to right, Re's;';Wm: - Goluzribatu Ef n id who ad.r'e' loale