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Whole NaMber 4196
° 41 SEAFORTII,
FRIDAY, 11/141C 14, 194E3
,ITENSALL.,,(1414111RER
OF COMMERCEMARa
GORDON. WRIGHT
Tells Of Work As Provincial
Director Of Physical Ed-
ucation and Recreation.
NEWS . OF ,HENSALL
Gordon Wright, director of- Physi-
cal Education and Redreetion for On -
taxi% was guest speaker at a meet-
ing of the Heiman Chamber of Com-
merce. Mr. Wright, who is. a son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Wright, of Kip -
pen, told the meeting of the physical
:education and recreation program
available to the people of the Prov-
ince, and gave the members a lot of
most useful information along this
line. His address was greatly appre-
ciated, and a question period which
followed kept him busy for some time
answering all the various questions
put by the members.
Walter Spencer thanked the speak-
er for his fine address, and sugges-
tions were made that at a later date
Mr. Wright give a talk to a public
gathering.
• G. M. Drysdale read the minutes of
the Iasi meeting which were adopted
and W. B. Cross, treasurer, read the
financial statement for the year, show_
,ing a balance of $476. ' The meeting
, approved a grant of $400 to the Com.
munity Building Fund and discussion
followed regarding reeansebf raising
more money for the project.
Discussion followed regarding the
election of officers, and it was decid-
ed to hold a dinner meeting at Mr.
Rowe's, on the Blue- Water Highway,
on, Wednesday, June 16, and have an
election 'of officers at this meeting.
Members will be contacted to secure
their tickets.
Corrections in the list to Commun-
ity Building Fund are: Joe Fergu-
son, $10.00, previously omitted; Alex
McMurtrie, $25.100.
The regular meeting of the village
council was held Monday evening in
the council chamber with all mem-
bers -being present. Lee Redden ap-
peared, re the position formerly" held
by him, stating that he was not on
duty at the time an affair happened,
and asked that the matter be re-
COnsidered. No:action was taken by
, council.
Floyd Adair applied for a permit to
operate the Texaco Service Station at
the comer 'of Highways 4 and 84, siad
this was granted on motion. of Parke
and Middleton. The Clerk reported
having received Only one application
for the position. of general utility man
and on motion of Middleton and
Brown, council appointed Francis W.
S. Harburn as public utility man and
police officer foss the Village of Hen -
salt at a salary of $125.00 per month,
duties to commence May 10.
a Clerk J. A. Paterson' reported issu-
ing 14 dog tags and the policeman to
collect the balance. He also report-
ed re the water pumping accounts
outstanding, the recommendation of
the Board of Health re garbage col-
lection, arid the meeting held recent-
ly by the Aux Sauble River Conserva-
tion Authority.
Communications were read as fol-
lows: Department of Health, Dr. A.
E. Berry, County Engineer, Crown At-
torney, C.N.R., Bell Telephone Co.,
Monteith & Monteith, Huron Exposi-
tor, Department of Travel & Public-
ity, Bankers Bond -Corporation, C. R.
Hagey Engineering Co., W. G. Clark,
R. Traquair, A. A. Alexander, County
Assessor, National Sewer Pipe Co.,
Village of Exeter, Department of
Highways, County Registrar, Exeter
_ District High School Board, Imperial
Oil Ltd., Fire Chief of London, C. M.
Farrow, Gutta Percha & Rubber Co.,
Department of Municipal Affairs—
same considered and filed.
On motion of Brown and Jones,
council • decided that the garbage
would be eollected May 18 and 19.
Parke and Jones: That we send
the Clerk, J. A. Paterson, and the as-
sessor, P. L. McNaughton, to the
municipal school at Petrolia and
Walkerton, also as many of the coun-
• cil as can go. Carried.
Bills and accounts were approved
as follows: . Commuhity Park Board,
annual grant', $432:06; C. P. Deitrich,
contraeeor, drain, $1,500.00; Canadian.
Legion, annual grant, $500; J. Pfaff,
othanaingedrain and streets, $5; W. R.
• Davidson, coal, Hall, $34).04; A. Spen-
cer & Son, cement, streets, $170.00;
' MunieipaI World, supplies, $2.90; C.
Johnston, trailer, $255.38; Zurich Her-
ald, printing, $2; Bell TelePhone, ser-
vice, $4; F. G. Bonthron, insurance,
✓ hall, $14.3'0; National Sewer Pipe Co.,
'balance tile drain, $219.24; Imperial:
OR Ltd„ asphalt, streets, $87.03; Cor-
poration of the City of London, lad-
der, fire dept.., $35; Gutta Percha .&
'Rubber Ltd., supplies, fire dept.,
$40.38; J. A. Patersoe, express and
• cartage, F.D., • $2.35; L. Hedden, bah
- 'mice salary, $79; Huron Expositor,
•printing, $2.10; Hensel' Hydro' Com-
mission, Hydro, Hall, $19.73; T. Kyle,
labor, streets, $4; J. McBeath, labor,
Hall $15. TotaI, $3,422.51.
Bylaws 13 and 14 .were. given their
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Zurich Ministrels
•Play. Show Here
Members of the Zurich Lions Club
presented their 1948 Minstrel show
in Cardnfz Hai Wednesday evening,
• -alispicea .a the Seaforth
L ons ores for Britain Fund. The
progra 111011161g' male ehornsei),
solos an. /many endmen, provided an
entertaining two hours for a large
nudienee.
Would 'Ease Rest/actions on
Export of Cattle --- _Oliver
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EXETER SPEAKER Liberal Leader Tells Exeter
I•••••••••••-•.*
Meeting Hydro Shortage
To Continue Through
1951.
Farquhar Oliver, Ontario Lib-
eral Leader, who addressed a
• largely attended meeting in Exe-
ter Wednesday the interests of
Frank Fingland, K.C., Liberal can-
didate in Huron.
HURON FOOTBALL
OPENS ON TUESDAY
Six Teams Compete, With
First Game At St.
• Columban;
Six clubs have entered teams in the
Huron League, Winthrop being re-
presented for the first time in sev-
eral years.
The sehedule of games is as fol-
lows: May 18, Brussels at St. Colum -
ban; May 21, Atwood at St. Colum -
ban; May 22, Winthrop at Brussels;
May 25, Brussels at Atwood; May 27,
Ethel at Walton; May 28, Winthrop at
St. Columban; May 31, Ethel at At-
wood; "June 1, Walton at Brussels;
June 2, St. Columban at. Ethel; June
4, Brussels at Winthrop; June 5, At-
wood at Ethel; June 8, Atwood at
Winthrop, Walton at St, Columban,
Brussels at Ethel; June 11, Ethel at
Brussels, Walton at Atwood; June 14,
Ethel at Winthrop; June 15, Brussels
at Walton; June. 18, Walton at Win-
throp; June,19, St. Columban at Brus-
sels; June21, Ethel at St. Columban;
June 23, Atwood et Walton; June 24,
St, Columban at Winthrop; June 26,
Atwood at Brussels; June 28, St.
Columban at Atwood,. Winthrop., at
Walton; Ally 2, Winthrop at Atwood,
St. Columban at Walton; July 5, Wal-
ton at Ethel.
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Observe Mother's Day
At First Church
Mother's Day services were held at
First Presbyterian Church on Sunday
morning When the children of the
Sunday School occupied the front
pews Of the church. Mr. M. McKellar
presided over the program, which in-
cluded a solo by Master Ronald Mas-
on and a quartette by Misses Carol
Glew, Jean Nixon, Loia Charters and
Jean Copland. Rev, R. H. Williams
preached the sermon.
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Baptize Children At _
Northside Church
The special Mother's Day service
which united the congregation and
Sunday School of Northside United
Church on Sunday morning rallied a
splendid congregation, Sam J. Scott,
Sunday School superintendent,' and
Lloyd Morrison, assistant superin-
tendent, took part with the minister,
Rev. H. V. Workman, in the leader-
ship of the service. Ross Savauge,
Lorne Goudie and Jessie Clayburn
took special portions of the, service.
Five infants were presented for
baptism: Blaine Alexander, by Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur J. Wright; Mary
Elizabeth, by Mr. and Mrs. John E.
Carter; Marilyn Joyce, by Mr. and
Mrs. James D. Black; Paul Ruther-
ford, by Mr. and Mrs. Lorne R. Dale,
and Peter Douglas, by Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas F. Wilbee.
A promise that he would work to
ease the restrictions on the export of
cattle from Canada into the United
States, was made at Exeter Wednes-
day night by Farquhar Oliver, Ontario
Liberal leader„ as he spoke on be-
half of Frank Fingland, K,C., Clinton
lawyer and Liberal candidate in the
June 7 election.
- Mr. Oliver said he would try to see
the export restrictions were eased as
soon as possible as he pointed out
that England, as she returns to peace-
time. normalcy, would be compelled to
trade with all nations of the world.
Her very stability depended on this.
The Liberal leader said he couldn't
see how any farmer in his right sens-
es could vote for a Tory Government,
There was nothing in the farm policy
of the Dreye Government, he claimed,
which shifted, make any farmer vote
for hira.
Back in the riding where he cans-
paigned last February, Mr. Oliver
charged that the electors of Huron
had been made guinea pigs by Pre-
mier Drew. He claimed the by-elec-
tion was held to, 'determine which
way 'the wind. was blowing. •
"Mr. Drew doesn't want to face an-
other Hydro blackout in this province
and I repeat the charge once again
that his Government was responsible
for the 'power shortage."
Mr. Oliver claimed the power short-
age was not over and will be ju;t as
bad this year with the worst ,to acme
in 1950 and 1951. He argued that had
the Tories gone ahead with power de-
velopments on the upper Ottawa Riv-
er in 1943, Ontario would never have
had a power shortage. In the years
•betwe4n 1943 and 1.945 the Drew Gov-,
ernment spent only $5,000 on develop-
ing power sites.
The Provincial Government has
changed regulations governing the
elections at Centralia Flying Training
School and the Clinton Radio School
because it feared the outcome of the
Air Force vote, Frank Fingland, K.C.,
Liberal Candidate, charged.
Mr. Fingland charged that the Drew
Government changed regtilations gov-
erning the eligibility of the air school
voters because "Mr.- Drew is none too
happy about the way 'these boys from
the Prairie ProVinces, British Colum-
bia, Quebec and the Maritimes may
vote in. the corning elections."
In the June 7 elections, the Air
Force personnel, to be eligible to vote,
must have been residents of Ontario
for one year, according to a procla-
mation under orders issued by the
chief electoral officer of Ontario, an
employee of the present 'Government.
"I would ask Mr. Drew this ques-
tion," said Mr. Fingland. "Why dif-
ferentiate between these boys and
civilians? Why should they not have
the same rights as a civilian from the
Prairie Provinces who -has been liv-
ing in Ontario less than a year?"
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President, Manager
C.W.N.A. Visit Here
R. A. Giles, editor of the Lachute
(Que.) Watchman, and President of
the Canadian Weekly Newspaper As-
sociation, and W. E. McCartney, man-
aging director and secretary -treasurer
of that association, were in Seaforth
on. Saturday. Mr. Giles is on a two
thousand mile trip through Ontario
and Quebec, calling on a number of
weekly publishers in those two prov-
inces.
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Egmondville Couple
Honored At Party
A social evening was- spent at the
Egmondville school on Friday night
last week, when friends and neigh-
bors of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lillie°.
gather eg prior to their departure to
their new bome which they purchas-
ed from Mr. A. Pepper.
Cards were played, lunch was serv-
ed and Mr. and Mrs. Lillie° were pre-
sented with a trilight lamp and a
beautiful walnut table, and the girls
with gold bracelets. Mr. and Mr.
Lillico are moving this week.
Mr. Jd'hn McLean has purchased
the garage and Mrs. Stirling, the Lil-
lie° property in Egrnondville.
Mrs. Hills and her daughter were
week -end visitors, They attended the
party On Friday night.
Huron -Maitland Presbyterial
Holds May Meeting at Hensall
The Presbytery of Huron -Maitland paid, but decreases in revenue for
held its May meeting in Carmel Pres- congregational purposes. Missionary
byterian Church, Hen.sall, on Tues- "givings ‚were up, showing an increase
of $600. Increasewere also noted in
the Sabbath Schools.
Greetings of the Presbytery were
conveyed to the minister and congre-
gational of Carmel Church observing
its centennial at this time.
day. The resignation of, the Rev. R.
H. Williams, from the pastorate of
First Church, Seaforth, Was received
and accepted. Mr. Williams will leave
on May 17 to accept a charge in De-
troit. Rev. Irvin MacIver, of Crate
brook, was named Moderator Of Pres-
bytery to replace Mr. Williams. Rev.
Geo. Milne, of Brussels, was named
Interim -Moderator Of First Church,
Seaforth.
The Rev. Donald Jackson, of Sar-
nia, spoke to the presbytery on the
Presbyterian Adeance and Peace
Thankoffering. Report of the statis-
tics on 411e past year sheWeil gains in
meMberaltiP and leoreaSeS 121 litiflendS
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REPAIRS TO LINES
RESULTS IN 'CUTOFF
Mainterience work necessary on the
high tendon lines between Stratford
and Seaforth Sunday afternoon re-
sulted in two short power interrup-
t10118 Ott the geafOrth systeln.
CONTESTURONIN
JUNE 7. 1.10
Hensall Meeting Decides
Organization And Funds
!License Seaforth Restaur
Must Have Board of Healt
N Ask For Joint Meeting With
Tuckersmith Council To
Discuss Dumping Ar-
rangements.
Are Lacking.
Insufficient tepee in which to "pre-
fect an organization and lack of funds
to fight an election, led a meeting at
Hensall Monday evening to decide
that the C.C.F. wouldYnot place a can-
didate in the field for the forthcom-
ing Provincial election in Huron. With
only one dissenting Vote, the conven-
tion approved a resolution offered by
Wilfred Glazier, Kellett Towaship,
and W. P. t.oberts, Tuckersmith
Township, that no candidate be nom-
inateduroby the C.C.F. organization in
H
"I wonder if we're itt a position to
put an inside scrutineer and an out-
side scrutineer in every poll in Huron
riding?" said Mr.. Glazier, when he
proposed his resolution, The riding
executive of the .party, he .said, had
discussed the finandiel aspect of the
campaign, and had decided that the
rock -bottom minimurd cost would be
$600.
The only voice raised in objection
at the convention to the .decision
against puttiag, up a C.C.F. candidate,
was that of Edwin Sanderson, Hen-
sall. Speaking from the floor, Mr.
Sanderson urged that .a C.C.F. candi-
date should be put in the field "to
keep the name of the party alive in
Huron riding," Mr. Sanderson could
not get a. secondet for a motion that
a candidate should, be entered.
Of 55 people who attended the con-
vention, 13 voted for the G -lazier -Rob-
erts motion to stay tint of the current
campaign, and no one voted against
it.
The doctrine of the class struggle
was enunciated at the convention by
W. C. F. Oestricher, Crediton, chair -
Man of the meeting,. The appeal of
the C.C.F., he said, •ahould be to in-
dustrial workers, farmers and the
middle classes, who make up, he said,
98 per cent of the Population.
On the platform at the .convention
were Mr. Oestricher,Wr. Glazier, Mr.
Haase and Miss Olgaiffleare, Seaforth,
assistant secretary the riding or-
ganization. Mrs. L.14 -d Taylor, Exe-
ter,. was recording eecretarY of the
convention:
TUCKERSMITH' PLANS
SCHOOL AREA PICNIC
AT LIONS PARK
The regular meeting of the Trustee
Board of Tuckersmith School Arca
vnis held in No. 2 School on Tue.nla;,•
evening, with All the members pres-
e4ts. idejdaE.nes McIntosh, vice-cnairruan,
i
Go' respondence included a letter
from Dr. R. 0. Staples, enc1osir4
letter from Mr. Cecil Maxwell, le re-
fund of school taxes. She Board de-
cided to take no 'action; a circular
from Dr. Staples, which was orge•ed
filed; a letter from Dr. Staples. re
giving Mr. Trott more time for his
work as supervising princfpal, laid ov.
et until a permanent supply can be
secured;: from Canadian Nature, fil-
ed; Cecil Dining, re bill for broom,
crdered paid; and from Grolier So-
ciety, re Book 0 -Knowledge Annual.
uo action.
All regular teachers of the Area
were present to discuss re-engage-
ment, excepting E. S. Hay, teacher of
S.S. No. 2, who submitted his resig-
nation, which was accepted with re-
gret, as Mr. Hay had given good .ser-
vice and had filled a large place in
the community. the Board express-
ed best wishes for his future success.
The Board appointed Robert. McGre-
gor and James McIntosh to secure a
teacher for S.S. No. 2, and gave them
authority to negotiate an agreement.
The teachers met together to dis-
cuss salary increases, and Mr." C. A.
Trott, as .their spokesman, requested
an increase of $200.00 each, which in-
crease was granted by the Board, af-
ter giving the subject careful consid-
eration, as each teacher has given.
reasonable satisfaction.
Plans also were made to bold the
annual school -picnic „ap. Lions Park,
Seaforth, on Tuesday, June 29, in the
afternoon, and the teachers under the
ponvenership of C. A. Trott, were ap-
pointed to prepare a pi:ogram and se-
cure Prizes, the Board •to assume the
financial responsibility.
The Board also discussed with the
teachers several matters of interest
to the various schools and considered
the. report of the committee appoint-
ed to deal with the heating require-
ments of S.S. No. 5, and also the mat-
ter of insulating that and the other
seheels. -•
The secretary was also ordered to
dvertise for Coal for the several
schools and have the tenders, if any,
ready for next meeting„ Which will be
held in S.S. No. 7 on Tuesday, June
8, at 9 p.m., Daylight Saving Time,
Accounts as follows Were, approved
and ordered paid; Drysdale's Hard-
ware, supplies, $31.32: W. M. Sproat,
40 cords wOod, $234.00; W. M. Sproat,
delivering school supplies, $1'0; Jack
Hood, school supplies, $814:39; Craw-
ford Simpson, laber, etc., $22.85;
Riley's Grocery, HenSall, broom,
$1.25; terthett's Dairy,
Simplon, 'aupplies, $13.59; Mrs. Ellis,
$12.36t
S. Whitttiore, postage, $5.06; Mrs.
„repairs noftball, $1.00.
The Board plans to Make annual
lespettiOn Of schools ,i/a Thursday,
Masy 13, •,• ,
With effect from Monday, May 10, all
restaurants and eating places in Sea -
forth will require to be licensed, aoun-
ell decided at its meeting Monday
evening, as it gave -final a.pproval to
Bylaw 489, 1948. Enacted at the re-
quest of the Board of Health, the by-
law sets out the various classes of
eating places and conforms to, regula-
tions recently adopted by the Ontario
Department of Health. The bylaw
provides for an, annual license fee of
$1.00, and licenses may only be grant-
ed upon production of a certificate
from the Board,of Health confirming
that the premises covered conform to,
the regulations.
Mayor M. A. Reid presided and all
members of council were present.
An account. from the. Bell. Telephone
Company covering repairs to a cable
damaged by workmen cutting down
trees in Victoria Park for $49.43, was
approved. Whileecouncij agreed the
damage had resulted. from careless-
ness, it was felt no alternative to pay-
ment of the account existed.
Reeve F. Sills, chairman. of the pro-
perty Committee, told council, paint-
ing of the police office was almost
completed. Steel reinforcing for rear
doors in the fire hat was on hand.
Seaforth streets have been graded
where necessary and in a number of
casegutters created, Councillor E.
H. Close, street committee chairman,
rePorted. He recommended the con-
struction of catch basins at several
locations.
Council postponed a decision re-
garding a grant for the Seaforth Ag-
ricultural Society, following appear-
ance of a delegation, including Presi-
dent J. M. Govenlock and .7. M. Scott.•
It was pointed out by the delegation
that plans call for a larger fair this
year, and thdt an increase in the
grant would be helpful. The delega-
tion was instructed to interview the
Chamber of Commerce regarding a
suggestion stores close on the after-
noon of Fair Day.
"It doesn't -were, consistent," Coun-
cillor Keating commented, •"the farm-
ers object to closing early with Day-
light Saving and now they ask the
stores to close all afternoon on fair
day."
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A resolution calling on the County
Council to set up a pension scheme
foi municipal employees in which all
municipalities could partioipate, was
ndopted by council after Reeve Sills
pointed out the position in which a
l,)r.,-terna employee could find himself
when he was no longer able to serve
his municipality. It was pointed out
the P.U.C. participated in such a
scheme under the auspices of the
H.E.P.C.
Council approved a building permit
for a verandah estithsted at $700, at
the residence of A. F. Cluff, and con-
curred in the erection of a sign at
the Ferguson hardware store.
A .communication frorn Tuckersmith
ccuncil indicated the willingness of
that municipality to the use of an
br'ndoned gravel pit on the former
John Archibald farm, adjoining Sea -
forth on the south. providing certain
conditions were met. Council felt cer-
tain of the conditions \vere too re-
strictive and agreed the matter could
best be settled at a joint meeting.
Clerk D. H. Wilson was instructed' to
invite the Tuckersmith council to a
joint meeting Friday evening.
Council reviewed at length the ev-
ents leading up to the necessity of
-abandoning the present garbage
dump,
Necessity for immediate action with
respect to drainage problems in the
southeast section of town was recog-
nized as council instructed the street
committee to obtain the services of
a coriipetent engineer to provide a
preliminary report. It. had been sug-
gested at a previous meeting that
County Engineer T. R. Patterson
might inspect the area, but Reeve
Sills told council this was not pos-
sible,
Confusion that results when com-
mitteesof counil initiate projects or
take action on matters not the re-
sponsibility of that committee, was
drawn to coencins attention by Reeve
Sills. Council approved a grant of
(Continued, on Page 5).
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Slip of the Tongue
Councillor E. H. Close's mapy
years' association with Seaforth
musical organizations got the best
of him at Council Monday even-
ing, as he asked for advice, con-
cerning a street matter, "As a
young member of this choir—"
he began, until the other mem-
bers reminded him he was at a
council meeting, and not attend-
ing a choir practice.
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HOSPITAL NAMES
SUPERINTENDENT
Miss M. Grinyer, R.N., Will
Head Scott Memorial
Hospital.
J. M. Scott, chairman of the Scott
Memorial Hospital Board, announced
Friday that Miss M. Orinyer, R.N.,
Toronto: has been appointed superin-
tendent of the hospital.
Miss Grinyer, who served for three
years as army nurse., completed a post
graduate course at Guy's Hospital,
London, England, and a similar course
at American Hospital, 'Paris, France.
Her duties commence early in June.
The hospital has a 48 -bed capacity,
25 of which are contained in a Wing,
which will be opened in the near fu-
ture,
Miss Grinyer sticceeds,Miss M. Din-
ning, R.N., who resigned early in
April.
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STANLEY APPROVES
ANNUAL GRANTS
•
Stanley Township Council met in
the Township Hall, Varna, with all
members ,present. A request from A.
J. McMurray, re grant to Clinton.
sP,:ng show, was read.and on motion
of H. Taylor, seconded by H. Cole-
man, a grant of 850.00 was approved.
The Clerk was instructed to ,,issue
licences to all tourist camps at a fee
of $5.00.
The assessor, •}I. M. _Hanly, was
paid $125.00 for preparing the 1949
assessment toll on motion of Council-
lors Coleman and McBride. Public
liability.'property damage and fire and
theft on the towns -hip trucks was re-
newed with.J. E. Howard. A grant of
$35.00 was made to Hensall Spring
Show, on motion of-CounciIiors Hous-
ton and Coleman.
Accounts were approved for pay-
ment as folimA•s: Cooper Drain vouch-
er, $27: general voucher, $357.24;
road voucher, U,433,27.
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COMPLETE ROSTER
OF CANVASSERS FOR
'RED SHIELD DRIVE
Organization of the Red Shield
campaign in Seaforth and district
was completed this week with the
appointment ,of canvassers in Tuck-
ersmith. McKillop and Egmondville,\
according to J. M. Scott, who heads"
the drive for a minimum of $1,600,
In Tuckersmith the canvassers are:
Alex Boyes, Wilber Keyes, Elmer
Townsend, James McIntosh, Jack
Patrick, Sid. Gemmell, Robt. Tyndall,
Robt. Archibald, Stanley Jackson, Ar-
thur Finlayson. In Egmondville, Mr.
A. C. Routledge will, be in charge.
The McKillop canvassers are : -Sam
Scott, Harry Palin, Gordon Pa.pple, R.
S. McKercher, Theron Betties, Rus-
sell Bolton. William Church, William
Alexander. William Montgomery, Nor-
man Schadie, Gordon McGavin and
Leon Leeming. •
In announcing the names of the
canvassers. Mr. Scott pointed out that
at this busy season the willingness
with which the men responded testi-
fies to the worth of the cause and the
wide appeal of the work of the Salva-
tion Army. He urged all to give gen-
erously and to- have their donation
ready when the canvassers call:
Seaforth Man Describes
Riot Destruction. in Bogota
Miles McMillan, son Of My, and
Mrs. J. M. McMillan. Seaforth, who
is on the staff of .the Tropical Oil
Co. at Bogota,. Columbia, was an eye
witness of the week of rioting which
wrecked the city"following the assas-
sination of Jorge Eliecer Gaita.n,
Mr. McMillan vividly described the
scenes he witnessed in a letter re-
ceived recently by bis parents.
About 1.30 pm., Friday, April 9, I
first beard of the assassination of
Jorge Eliecer Caftan. His body was
.brought to a clinic up the street from
our apartment about 150 feet away. I
went downstairs over to the clinic to
get a snapshot. The ambulance had
been there no more thanfive minutes
and already crowds of people had
gathered around. I only stayed there•
a minute Or so, and *went down to-
wards the office via Carrera SePtima
(the main business thoroughfare). By
the time I reached there, two block's
away, hundreds and hundreds of pee-
ple were banded together, brandish
inn swords, pistols and. flags. There
they were - stoning several govern-
ment offices. I watched them for
about 10 minutes and went on to' the
office. about five blocksdistance.
Within 10 minutes after arriving
there we sae- fires raging in three dif-
ferent Places—the Conservative news-
paper blinding, El Siglo, the Palace of
the Governor of Cundinanaarca, and
another government office. We could
hear the bdd rifle shot and the sound
of windows being staashed.
About three o'cliick we decided to
try to get back home. I went via
quite a circuitous route with MatMel
Busquets, a Spaniard, who left Spain
just after the revolution there. It had
started to rain aboiat a half hour be-
fore, and f had thought that things
would seam settle death. riten Past
wexoptieirdinentce, IVIanuel thought the,'
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E Lorne Fox
Lions Club.on'
tion and Leader4
Diacusssng‘ataneatIna t-4-44orl
autiv.,
Seaforth H,1g 0ool; •pwoOay,eyea,:
'nig' told merebera of t1
Isions Club ply 44p#14,0,4:.6,,cx*ci of •
an organized Veil Towaist0.,!$pafthP,
Reviewing dente** Pr 'sttefil.'axz
organization, 1•!In 'F42'110,0011,out
they arose .from. two 0480e.47,--Jhoean
school and these. out oniielthel;In 410
• ease of the formeri •students,46.; be
successed must lie - Tansy ilva nights a
week to keep abreast of "the Curricu-
lum. That there were already too
many outside attractions was indicat-
ed by the fact that of 100 students
entering Grade 9, les,e than 20 wank!:
graduate from Grade 13. These fail-
ures were the result, in the main; of
lack of application, not lack of ability.
The second group comprises per-
haps 40 per Cent of the whole. Pos-
sibly a teen town organization might
help, but on the other hand', arrange-
ments could be made to make avail-
able all school facilities to 'this group.
When this had been tried, it wae
found, that such teenagers were not
adaptable to the discipline that must
be inherent in any organization.
The difficulty tatdaY, Mr. Fox felt,
was not that there was a shortage of
juvenile organizatiods, but that there
were too many.. Teen-agers will not
accept, too often, the responsibility
that goes with such organizations..
They want everything done for them,
the speaker said, as he recalled it
was a rare occasion when it was pos-
sible to get enough boys on the Leg-
ion -Lions rink at the school last win-
ter -for a game of hockey.
Education today is designed to keep
the farm student on the farm, but two
years is not enough. Farming today
is big business and the farm boy and
farm girl needs more education to
fit them for the future.
Lion W. J. Duncan expressed the
appreciation •of the meeting, which
was in charge of Lion Frank Kling
and Lion. H. E. Smith.
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P.U.C. Appoints
New Manager
At a special meeting of the Public
Utility Commission Tuesday evening.
W. R. Thuell, Blyth, was named man-
ager. He assumes his new ditties on '
May 17.
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Firemen Called To
Fire in Garage
Seaforth firemen were called to the
M. E. Clarke Garage Tuesday morn-
ing when fire broke out in a. car own-
ed by Joseph Grummett, Harpurhey.
The fire was brought under control
before serious damage was dote the
car.
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YOU CAN HAVE HER!
The ultimate in the variety of
tasks a Municipal Clerk is requir-
ed lie -perform has been reached,
injthe opinion of Town Clerk O.
H. Wilson, as he told council Mon-
day that under a county by-law
he is expected to pay a bounty on
all foxes brought to his office. As
a crowning insult, no provision is
made for funds necessary, and he
is expected to slit the throat of
the fax toensure it is not used to
collect a second bounty. "The
tools of my trade are pens and
pencils—not knives," 'Mr. Wilson
pointed out. "Even if I had a
knife, 1 wouldn't know where to
apply it. 1 don't want to have
anything to to with foxes?',
Reeve Sills explained it was in-
tended the by-law apply to rural
clerks, not urban. He felt the
bounty should be collected in the
municipality in which it was shot.
The stand Mr. Wilson has taken
in respect of foxes was observed
at Walkerton last week as muni-
cipal officials gathered at a muni-
cipal school. A number of his
rural friends resented Mr. Wia
son with a s tIa ly inscribed eon-
tainer, and in it a a very de-
ceased groundhog.
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LEGION NOTES
The regular May meeting of the
branch will be held on Friday, night
of this week. Following the business
meeting, lunch will be served.
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Inclement weather 'reduced the at-
tendance at the spring ladies' night
held Friday evening. The entertain-
ment committee arranged a- short
program which included moving pie -
tures, a delicious lunch and, for dMe,
dancing. During the evening a past
president's medal was presented C.
P. sine by Dr. Paul Brady, vice-presi-
dent, Mr. Sills • served as president
last year, Ile had been president
previously from 1932 to 1934.
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The entertainment act mittee iar
d' -
ritegitig a ,bingo in Car 116'S Hall tor
Vriday pvening, May ti
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