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The nomination convention; tto. choose the 4F 041 Liberal can
ding„held 3n Seaforth Friday night, was the largest; to be seen in
of the convention are shown here. ^ The top photo shows a portion
Lower left, left to right, W. H. G.olding, Liberal memberin the last
ination; W, L. Whyte, President of the Huron -Perth' Liberal Assoc
for Middlesex West, are seen talkingbefore'' the meeting .started.
dilate for the Huron -Perth.` rid-
the riding in many years. genes
of the Large crowd that attended.
Parliament who declined re-nom-
iation, and Robt. McCubbin, M.P.
Huron -Perth Liberals isllame
Seaforth Editor as Candidate
A. V. McLEAN IS Need For Preparedness
BALLOT CHOICE
OF Urged by Lions S eaker
HUGE CONVENTION
Wing Commander A. C.
Seaforth Hall Crowded
To Capacity As Riding
Delegates Gather.
Huron -Perth Liberals packing
Cardno's Hall, Seaforth, to the
doors Friday evening for a nomin-
ating convention. chose Andrew Y.
McLean, Editor of The Huron Ex-
positor, as their nominee over
.Lloyd Eddghoffer, Mitchell, who al -
Bo stood. for the nomination. Six
others were nominated as candi-
dates, but none of these allowed
his name. to stand. They were W.
L. Whyte., Seaforth farmer, nomin-
ated by John L. Malone and Matt.
Murray, of Dublin; Reeve W. A.
Tuer, of Fullerton Township. farm-
er, nominated by E. F. Dougall, of
Hensall, and R. Johns, of Exeter;
Ivan Kalbfleisch of Zurich. lumber
mill owner, nominated by Ward
Fritz and Dennis Bedard/, of Zur-
ich; Reeve John Armstrong, of
Hullett Township, farmer and
Huron County Warden, nominated
by John E. {Murray- and James
Nolan and by Stephen Murray- and
Elmer Davis; Roy Ra.tz. Dash-
wood farmer, nominaterl by Ar-
thur Finkbeiner of Dashwood and
George Hepburn of Crediton, and
Dr. Gordon Dunlop, Exeter, physi-
cian, nominated by Pat Sullivan of
Crediton and H, McKeever, Dash-
wood.
Mr, McLean was nominated by
John M. Eckert and Geo. D. Fergu-
son, of Seaforth. and by 11. Y.
MacLaren and W. R. Dougall, of
iensall,. while Reeve Tuer and M.
Turnbull, of Dashwood, nominated
Mr. Edighoffer.
Mr, Eckert, Clerlt of 'McKillop
Township and a former Huron
County Warden, spoke for Mr. Mc-
Lean and expressed• his personal
,pleasure in being able to nomin-
ate a life-long resident of Seaforth
who took a leading part in ,civic
affairs and chairman of the Sea -
forth Public 'Utilities Commission.
He spoke of Mr. McLean's fam-
ily and its long association with
Liberalism, mentioning ,that Mr.
McLean's grandfather had been a
Liberal Member of Parliament for
Huron. He spoke of Mr. IVfoLean's
service- With the R.C.A. ', in the
/Second World War, and tin's
ri
lug been awarded the MAR
Mr, McLean expressed apprecia-
(COntinued nh ge 5S
-I
Hull, Commanding Of-
ficer R.C.A.F. Station,
Clinton, Speaks.
The Seaforth Lions Club held its
regular meeting in the Commercial
Hotel on Monday night, under the
chairmanship of Lion George Hays•.
The guest speaker, Wing Com-
mander C. Hull, D.F.C. Croix de
Guerre, was introduced- by Lion
Rev- T. Dale Jones, who was for-
merly an R.C.A.F. Padre.
Wing Commander Hull traced
the development of strategic
thinking from the conclusion of
World War I, pointing out that it
had foilowed• closely the War of
Att''tion portrayed by H. G. Wells
in 'his sensational books, "Of
Things To Come,” The develop-
ment of air power, it was consid-
ered, could only lead to the com-
plete destruction of civilization.
During the last war Canada had
been in the' fnf•tunate position of
having her eastern seaboard pro-
tected against attack largely by the
vigilance of her own naval forces
and. those units of the British
Fleet detailed for Atla.ntic duty.
Her Pacific Coast was protected
by the presence of units of the
American Pacific Fleet, while her
northern boundaries were safe
from invasion by an effective ice -
barrier. The three thousand miles
of tin -Protected frontier in. the
south was eloquent 'testimony of
the good intentions of our neigh-
bors.
Referring specifically to the
present position of Canada, the
speaker pointed out that owing to
the industrial development of the
country she could now be cotrsid-
eyed as part of the "arsenal of
democracy" and as such might be-
come the target of aerial "attack,
The development of •aircraft to a
point that heavy loads of explo-
sives could be transported up to a
range of 6,000 miles, precluded any
possibility that her industrial pop-
ulation would be immune from at-
tack,
Supporting his contention that
peace was possible only if there
existed a striking force of suffici-
ent strength to enforce it, the
speaker referred to the League of
Nations and its successor and the
Executive Council of the United
Nations as "fettered giants" on
this account.
The maintaining of strong de -
LIONS SPEAKER
Wing CommanTr A. C. Hull,
Commanding Officer R.C.A.F.
Station, Clinton, who address-
ed the Lions Club here on
Monday.
fence forces was akin. the speaker
contended, to the results obtain-
ed by an efficient' police force in
any of our cities. Hooliganism and
lawlessness wet:e effectively held
under control. A defenceless coun-
try was at the mercy of any coun-
try intent on furthering its nation-
alistic aspirations by acts of vio-
lence. The degree of security that
Canada was to en,loy rested with
the people and their support of a
strong defence program,
Wing Commander Hull outlined
the defensive organization of the
R.O.A.F. from coast to coast, men-
tioning specifically the formation
of reconnaisance 'squadrons, the
nucleus of jet-propelled fighter
squadrons and the defensive
radar and communications `'chains
throughout the country. The train-
ing of personnel to operate this
defensive scheme was a great re-
sponsibility and an undertaking of
some magnitude.
Lion Al Copland thanked Wang
Cotnma.nder Hull for his excellent
aiidress and expressed the apprec-
fation of the meeting.
Tuckersmith Cuncil Aids
Brucefield Fire Brigade
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(HOSPITAL TAG DAY
Thursday was National Hos-
pital Day. From coast to coast
the general public paid respect
to the country's health institu-
tions. Locally the event will
be marked/ with a tag day on
Saturday, May 14, by the nure-
es of Scott Memorial Hospital.
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NAME ASSISTANT
AGRICULTURE
REP.
Fred 0. Wilson Will . Take
Over New Duties
June 1.
R. G. Bennett, Agricultural Re-
presentative for Huron County,
has announced that Fred O. Wil-
son has been appointed Assist-
ant Agricultural Representative for
this County. Mr. Wilson, who will
commence his duties on June 1, is
a member of this year's' graduating
class at the Ontario Agricultural
College, having specialized in Ani-
mal Husbandry. Mr. Wilson is a
native of Wellington County, com-
ing from Erin, which is situated
about 25 miles east of Guelph. He
has been an active member in club
work in bis own county for a num-
ber of years.
Mr. Wilson will succeed J, C.
Rennie, who resigned as assistant
agricultural representative on Mar,
31, to work for the National Dairy
Council at Guelph, prior to going
to Iowa State College in Septem-
ber to get his Master Degree.
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Nurses At Service
In First Church
The morning service in First
Presbyterian Church was most in-'
teresting when the Sunday School
met with their parents and friends
in a Mother's Day service. Rev.
D. Glenn 'Campbell preached an
interesting sermon and Mrs. E. A.
McMaster and Miss Karen Kidd
sang, "I Saw My Mother Kneel-
ing.' There vas a large congrega-
tion present.
At the evening service the nurs-
es of Scott Memorial Hospital and
resident nurses assembled for
divine worship when Rev. Camp-
bell spoke on the subject, "A Cup
of Cold Water," taking his subject
1'roni the 9th chapter of Mark. Miss'
Marion Mason sang two 'solos,
"Beside Still Waters" and "Angels
of Mercy." The nurses occupied
the front pews and were smart in
their white uniforms and blue
rapes.
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84th BIRTHDAY
Mr. Angus McKinnon, con.
10, Tuckersmith, celebrated his
84th birthday recently, when
friends and neighbors called to
wish him many happy returns
returns of the day. Mr. McKin-
on has been a life-long resi-
dent of Tuckersmith, and lives
on the old homestead, settled
on by his late parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Donald McKinnon, in
1850. He is enjoying fair
health, having Just recently
returned hom from Scott Mem-
orial Hospital. He has one
brother living, Mr. Alex Mc-
Kinnon, of Casselton, N.D.
• • • • • •
W. R. Dougall, County
Weed Inspector, Dis-
cusses Roadside Con-
trol
William R. Dougall, county weed
inspector, discussed weed control
on roadsides with Tuckersmith
municipal council at its meeting
in the Town Hall, Seaforth, on
Saturday. All members were pre-
sent and Reeve Nicholson presid-
ed. Mr. Dougall strongly advised
Gutting weeds with 'power mower
and spraying badly infested areas.
Alex Paterson spoke to council
with regard to Brucefield Fire De-
partment. Mr. Paterson outlined
the equipment which the depart-
ment has on hand, which includes
a ;;garage, air-cooled pumping en-
gine,
ngine, five hundred feet of fire hose,
40',, feet suction hose, 2 fire extin-
guishers, 3 extension ladders,
alarm, tools, etc., with an approxl-
.Mate valuation of .$1,200. The up-
keep Of 'such equipment is approxi-
mately $1'50 a year; ail of suob
cost for material and operation
has been financed for the most
part by frolics helds in Brucefield.
The equipment is manned by vol-
untary firemen from Brucefield and
has been instrumental in saving
many buildings since the depart-
ment was formed. Council auth-
orized a grant of $100 toward op-
erating cost and purchase of new
eg0ipment.
James Love and Arthur Finlay-
son, township auditors, presented
their report for the year 1948 and
were paid their salaries of $120
each. This audit covered all books
of the various schools throughout
the township and the Tuckersmith
Municipal 'Telephone System, as
well as township books, and the
Clerk was authorized to bill the
Telephone System for $40, School
Area for $50, S.S. No. 3 and No.
10 for $10 each foe costs in con -
n6 tion with same.
-Beaforth Agricultural Society
was given a grant of -$100 and Hen -
sail Show' a grant of $25 The Hy-
dro -Electric Power Commission of
Ontario requested location of pole
line from their power station on
Lot 5. Con. 1, H.R.S., to No. 8
Highway, and this was granted.
The treasurer was authorized to
pay hydro accounts when render-
ed in order to take advantage of,
the discount. Accounts paid were
as follows: Relief, $80.90; fox
bounty, $11; poultry killed by dogs
$14.50: salaries, $265; postage,
$5.88; roads, $1,507.38; grants,
$225: printing, $15.
Council adjourned to meet June
1, at 8 p.m.
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CCF
NOMINATE
E
McKILLOPMINISTER
Rev. John R. Peters Will
C(:ntest Huron -Perth
Riding.
Duron -Perth C.C.F. at a nomina-
tion meeting in Exeter 'Tuesday
evening, nominated Rev. John R.
Peters, of Winthrop, as its candi-
date in the fbrthcoming election.
Mr. Peters is a well-known mem-
ber of the tiding, being minist'br.
of
McKillop charge.
The meeting was addressed by
Miller Stewart, of London, and
Joseph Noseworthy, Ontario C.C.F.
organizer, botli of whom pointed
out the trend of feeling towards
the C.C.F. throughout Canada.
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A ten -year-old boy rushed into
the villagel store.
"Father's being chased by a
bull," he Cried.
"What can I do about it?" asked
the storekeeper,
"Put a. new roll of film in my
camera."
Makes New Prop tai .Fox,.
Use of Fire Equipment;
On Rural Calls,
Seaforth town council, adopts
the new equalized assessment sy
at its regulai meeting Mo
day night. All members were pr
sent to vote on this new meth,()
of assessment which is to ,beg
immediately. It will coat the' tow
approximately one thousand do
tars the first year' to begin t
system, but once that is done the
cost will- revert to its origin
level. •
Reeve Sills pointed out to the
council that no agreement had
been reached with the neighboring
townships concerning the 11truck going out of town. Counci
for Scolns said at the present tim
the fire brigade had gno debni
regulations about answering cal
outside the town limits, and in o
der to eliminate any eonfnsi
that might arise when an alarm
sounded, suggested that the con
cul make another attempt at
agreement with the townships. A I
motion amended the former offer
for fire protection outside the town
limits and'is to read $50.00 for'the
first hour and $25.00 for each hour
or part of hour thereafter. The
truck will only be allowed to an-
swer alarm within 114 miles radius
of the main interseotion of No. 8
Highway and Main Street. The
council is asking for an immedi-
ate answer to this new proposal.
A letter from the secretary -
treasurer of the Seaforth Public
Schoen. Board requested a decision
of the council on the action tak-
en at a joint meeting last fall con-
cerning the alterations. to the Pub-
lic School. It was decided to re-
open the discussion with the Board
and the School Inspector at an-
other meeting, to be arranged in
the near future. '
A letter from the Seaforth Ama-
teur
ms
teur Athletic Association recom-
mended the appointment of a full-
time sports, director;. but before
taking definite action, council in
structed the Clerk to gather data
concerning salary, qualifications
and duties of one. The Clerk was
also instructed to contact the sur
veyor who was employed; to sur-
vey the lots in the west end of
the town and urge the' completion
of this as: soon ,as possible.
In his report ° on the streets,
'Councillor E. H. Close told the
council that work would begin
shortly on oiling the roads and fill-
ing any holes with crushed stone,
He also suggested action toward
the Iicensing of bicycles in order
to make cyclists pay greater re-
spect to pedestrians and ride only
on the roads.
Authority was given the mem-
bers of the Fire Brigade to attend
the Firemen's School in London on
May 20 and 21.
A grant of 8505.00 was given to
the Band to carry on its year's
work and help in the purchase of
new uniforms.
A building permit was issued to
W. L. Whyte to modernize his
store front and authority given the
Crown Hardware to erect an over-
head sign.
The following accounts were
passed for payment: Treasurer
Public Library, advance. $500.0'0;
F. 'Reeves, wages, $9.60; E. Miller,
wages, $5.60; J. Heffernan, wages,
$12.90; S. Williams, wages, $6.00;
J. Burns, wages, $8; Canadian
Bank of Commerce, exchange, 15c;
D.L. int., $21.09; O.D. int., $1,00;
D. H. Wilson, salary, $141.&6; J.
Cummings. $117; A. Bushie, salary,
$125; J. A. Wilson, pension, $20;
Treasurer of Ontario, provincial
police, 8339.66; M. E. Clarke, acct.
$9.10; Provincial Treasurer, insu-
lin. $1.81; Bell Telephone Co.,
acct.. $11.80; Thompson's Book
Store, acct., $1.75: C. E. Smith,
acct.. $37.25; Metropolitan Casual-
ty Ins. Cm. acct.. $35.61; Baldwin
Hardware, acct. $13.23; La France
Fire Engine & Foamite Ltd., acct_,
$49.50; Dunlop's Garage, acct.,
$13.08
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NOMINAT1iI)
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First Church Choir
Honors Member
Followir:g 11:r' morning service.
the choir of First 1'r«'sby0'ri an
Cinnch p'esend.ed one of their
former member•e. Junes Kelley,
with ;t ci; vette lighter in apprer'
taline of 1 s slices ie lie choir.
Robert Bechtel spoke a tea w'or'ds
of appreciation. and Min. E.A. Mc-
Master ora to the pre setliatinn.
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CRASH!!
A milk wagon belonging to
the Maple Leaf Dairy met an
untimely end on Wednesday
morning when the horse draw-
ing it ran away. The wagon
was in front of the McMaster
Apartments, on West William
St., when the horse started
away. It turned east on Gode-
rich St., crossed the main in-
tersection and eventually came
to rest on its side on Mrs. Jas.
Barrons' front lawn. Damage
was extensive to both wagon
and bottles.
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Huron Expositor, who was
nominated as Liberal candi-
date at a largely attended con-
vention held heile Friday even-
ing.
RE -OPEN SCHOOLS
IN HIBBERT TWP.
Ross Houghton Appoint-
ed Township
Assessor.
At a meeting of Hibbert Town-
ship
ownship Council, held in Staffa Hall,
Ross Houghton of Cromarty was
i appointed the new assessor for the
township.
A by-law was passed to form a
school area comprising. Scitool.Sec-
tions 1 and 2, Hibbert; " ',jYnion
School No. 2 in the village of Dub-
lin, and Union No. 1 on Highway
No. 8. On request of 'public school
inspector, G. V. Edwards, and; the
Department of Education, Union
School No. 1 will 'be reopened,, to
accommodate children in that area,
who will •be transported by bus.
Union No. 1 and S.S. 'No„ 1 have
been cidisead -tar several years:'
Some of the children have been
attending cias•ses in Mitchell, and
others at Dublin school.
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Trout, Rattlesnake
Trophies Of Trip
While fishing in the Barrie Pen-
insula recently, James\E,- Besse
and Eric Munroe were fortunate in
catching a trout that measured 18
inches and weighed two and a
quarter pounds. Just to make the
trip interesting, they also succeed-
ed in killing a rattlesnake 30
inches long and had eiglit rattlers.
Both trophies were brought
home with them as evidence sup-
porting their report of the trip.
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Return After Five
Months' Trip To
Sbuthern States
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. W. Butt re-
turned, to Kippers on Friday, hav-
ing left Santa Barbara, California,
the Sunday before, a distance of
2,860 miles, after spending the
winter in the Southern States. On
their way" home they stayed at
Boulder City and saw Boulder Dam
in al) its magnitude. This is where
a large number of the citizens of
the t'.S•A. get their hydro supply.
They travelled on Highway 66 to
St. Louis and came through the
Rocky- Mountains, crossing into
Canada again at Sarnia.
While iht•y bath agreed it was
e perfect live months' trip, Mr. and
Mrs. Bull were quite happy to be
beck in Ontario again, they said.
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Draw Schedule For
Junior Football
impressive
calls 'Sage
ond Wo l'
Seaforth►rauclt tjl''1
Legion cgnq ne4!loraite
anniversary of V -E
,chiireh parade MU' '
a zone rally to the'al
parade, which .Included
two 'lights of Airmen
Radar and Cormmunica'tion Sia;
Clinton, and, the Seafol^thl:,;a
School Cadets, was/' precede.„
the R.C.A.F. Drum and Bugle,•1
and marched to St. Thoma,' i
can tJhurcll, Rev. T.Dale Jc
former 'padre of the 11.0,A40.,-
dressed
1 (3A«F' , dressed the 'group. In his remar} .'
Mr. Jones said little ,prtogress,hasr
been made towards finding`a pry -
'tical, solution to the pIa`iis that
' were made four years ago ;A, rim.
liar situation occurred 'two 'thour
sand years ago when Ohriit peek
ed a nucleus of twelve :men antic
laid the foundations'eof a Christian
Church•. The church has •under --
gone many trials since, , but has
surmounted them all. Referring to
the life of Christ, iter. Jones said/
that there are three things that *-
spired Him in His work—faith in
His Mission, faith in Himself, and
faith in God•. These three sliouldl
,also 'be predominant in the phil-
osophy of all of us.
After the service the group par-
aded to Victoria Park where a
wreath was placed on the Memor-
ial by Legion President .Paul Brady
and the Last 'Post sounded.
The zone rally was held in God -
rich, A' large number attended this
meeting and heard Zone Com-
mander MacDonald. In the elect -
tion of officers, Angus MacLean
was elected to the sports commit-
tee of the executive, and • George
Wilson, Clinton, was elected the.
new Zone Commander.
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Acknowledge Added
Hospital Fund
Contributions
Additional contributions'tcr.the
Scott Memorial Hospital Building
Captpaign include:
Mrs. R. J. Beatty a:nd' Mrs.
J. A. Brodie $ 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Scott,
Detroit 15.00
C. Melvin Scott, Edmonton5.00
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PROPERTY CHANGES
The property owned by W. T.
Teall in Egmondvflle has been sold
to Nicholas Foster, with immedi-
ate possession.
The modlern frame dwelling own-
ed by Edwin Johns has been sold/
to I. Bruce Jamieson. of The Robt.
Bell Industries Ltd., with immedi-
ate possession.
These property changes were
made through the office of Watson
& Reid.
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Week -End Visitor
Lands At Milton Farm
Sometiaing new in week.e d• vis-
its, in so far as Seaforth is con-
cerned, occurred recently when
Herbert Corbett, of .Montreal, flew
here to spend a few days at the
home of Mr, and Mrs. A. T. 'Mil-
ton, where his wife was a 'visitor.
The trip took four hours, and he
landed in a field at the Milton
farm, east of town. During his
stay here he took a number of
neighbor, on trips over their
farms and the town.
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Writer's Identity
Is Essential
During recent weeks the pub-
lishers have received several com-
munications, none of which has
been signed. While the identity of
the writer in each case is not nec-
essarily required for publication,
it Is required as an evidence of
good -faith.
ITntil such time as the writers
concerned identify themselves, it
will not be possible to make use of
he communications they have for-
warded.
The .junior Foothill Association t
met. in the Walton Community
i-Ia.il on Tueeri,ty- evening and drew
up the schedule for the coming
Season.
Representnti'i es from illyt.h,
Winthrop arid Ethel were (resent
ala1 entered teams in this circuit.
The se1eduie es drawn is an open
one tinrl further entries, will be ac-
repled. Genies played will count
fill schedule.
The first teene will be played on
May 21. when Winthrop vis4•ts
Ethel. Other games of the group
are as follows:
May 30—Blyth at Winthrop
,lune 3—Ethel at Blyth
June 10—Winthrop at Blyth
June 20=-'13lyth at Ethel
July 8—Ethel at Winthrop
Members of 'the executive for
the Junior Association are: E.
Richards, Brussels; Ken Settles,
Winthrop; Vern Speiran, Blyth;
and A. W. Dick, Seaforth, VIM be
secretary.
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NEW .BRANCH HERE
The Federal Department of
Agriculture is opening a Health
of Animals branch for Huren
County in Seaforth, Formerly
this work was handled by its
Perth branch in conjunction,
with Dr. J. 0, Turnbull. The
new branch will be supervised
by Dr. J, C. MacLennan. It le
expected that an office will lie.
opened In the Post °Mee build-
ing as soon as suitable hefting
Is located for persofftel,, Addi-
tional staff will be re -Mitred Etta
the necessary Apilbirifintiitig
have not yet been mace
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