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'Ninety - Third year
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Erosion Problems at Bayfield
Discussed With Engineer
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Erosion problems which have
earihi at ter in as a resultowereof Local Bowlers Crowd
lie high water in Lake Huron
discussed\ with iGeorge Scroggie,
engineer with the 'tominion De-
partment of Public Works at a Guests Out of Win
aneeting with village trustees on
d'riday. The diecuseion was attend-
ed ,by Andrew' Y. McLean, M.P.,
'who arranged the meeting at the
suggestion of Reeve Elmer Web-
ster, of "Stitnley Township, and
rEayiield Trustees Jack Fraser,
&Grant 'turner and Ben Rathwell.
While it was pointed out that
ender the British North American
Act, erosion and high water are
not responsibilities of the Federal
'Government, unless federal instal-
lations•are being endangered, there
was general appreciation of the die
tflcuities 'that existed. The trustees
were particularly concerned as to,
the encroachment of the river onto
the road leading to the south pier,
and suggested steel piling to pre-
vent further"inroads. When it was
pointed out that this proposal
would cost , approximately $150.00
per running foot, and that to be
effective at least 500 feet would be
required, it was agreed that some
Seaforth lawn bowlers made .a
clean sweep •of the top four prize
positions in their District Doubles
Tournament 'Friday evening, Aug.
22. Top winners in order of their
placement' were Lorne Dale and M.
McKellar, with thrde wins and a
plus of 16; Gerd Muir and Charles
Woods, with three wins and plus
of 12; H. O. Free and Alvin Dale
with ,two wins and plus of 12, and
Eric Munroe and John Longstaff
with two wias• and a plus of nine.
Out-of-town rinks were skipped
by C. •M'cManus, Goderich; H. Bes-
se, Goderich; Geo. Hart, Atwood;
H. Vodden, Blpth; Lorne Webb,
Goderiirh; W. Jarrott, .Hensall; H.
Porterfield, Mitchell; Hugh Hawk-
ins, Clinton; C. Brown, St. Marys.
Other local rinks participating
were .1. Hotham and Harvey Leslie,
A. W. Sillery and Fred Johnston,
Dr. J. C. MacLennan and Duncan
Aikenhead, Norman MacLean and
grading, stone fill and the widen-, Mel. Merriam, Dr. P. L. 'Brady and
ging of the road at certain points Dr. F. ,J. Bechely.
would be equally effective. This
work could be completed for a rel-
atively small sum of money. The
matter is to be discussed further
with the Provincial Department of
it8'ighways.
To Rebuild Portion of Pier
While in Bayfield, 1Vi,r, Scraggie
examined temporary repair work At the Community Centre bingo
which 'had' been carried out to the last Friday evening, $1,600 was
,south pier, under the direction of paid as cash prizes. The $1,000.06
Foreman Jack Parker. While it is jackpot was' split evenly between
intended to rebuild the easterly Mrs. Harry Wilton, Stratford, and
portion of the south pier, material 'Mrs. Charles Wood, Seaforth. Bar -
for which is on the job, Mr. Scrag- bare Hartman, Dashwood, won the
gie pointed out it was not possible first $100 special; Albert Silk, Mit-
to proceed with the work this year i chell, and Mrs. Wes . Marks, Lis-
-because of unusually high water. I towel, split the second ,$100; Geo.
• The results of high lake •water at Kruse, Seaforth, was lone winner
Port Albert were also examined by of the third • $100 special.
Scroggie. The condition had t Winners of the 15 regular games
been drawn to the attention. of Mr.' for $20 each were: Dorothy Regele,
NrcLean by Reeve Elmer Graham, Brodhagen, Mrs. J. 'Pretty, Seaforth
of Ashffeld Township, and he and and Mrs. Wm. Flannigan, Dublin
Mon Cardiff, M.P., met Mr. Mc- (split three ways) ; Mrs. Harold
Lean and Mr. Scroggie at Port Al- Fluce, Staffa, and Mrs. Lee, Gode-
;bert Friday afternoon. rich (split) ; Mrs. C. L. Russell,
London; Clarence Petrie, Stratford
Costs Prepared By Dept. -and John L. Malone, Seaforth,
The pier installation at Port Al- (split ; Mrs. John Rau, Bayfield, D.
bert was constructed about seventy Diegel, Mitchell, Mrs. Harvey Peak -
years ago. Shortly after the turn er, St. Marys, Mrs. C. L. Russel,
of the centnry, commercial require -i London (split); Mrs, Frank Bruce,
ments of the port no longer exist- Cromarty; Mrs. Osier, •Mitchell, Mr.
ed and maintenance of the pier Everest. London, and Grant Bis -
ceased. l back, .Seaforth; Dax Coffield. De -
Costa involved inproviding pro- trot; Gzrtrude Payne, Jamestown;
taction will be prepared by the de- Mei. Fred H•iusser, Seaforth, and
apartment as a result of Mr. Scrag- Mrs. T. A" Murphy, Seafcrl'h (split);
,gie's survey. Mrs. K. Barry, Sarnia, B. Cunning-
• ham, Hamilton, and M. J. Lynch,
Dublin (split) ; Beth Muir, Sea -
forth, and Helen Healle, Toronto,
(split); Ken Eaton, Seaforth, Har-
ry Snelling, Monkton, Mrs. O. For-
tune, Seaforth, Hazel Wimper, Lon-
don,Cromarty Comedians captured Mrs. J. McNairn, Seaforth, and
P Mrs. Amey, London (split) ; Hazel
ftrst prize in the square dance com-
petition in the under 40 class' at
the old-time fiddlers' contest held
at Fergus Saturday night, August
23, sponsored by the Fergus Retail
'Merchants' Association. Over two
thousand packed the arena. The Dashwood Sand Guests
group have now won tour firsts, at
Goderich Old Boys, Ripley .Centers- At Sunday Concert Here
uial, Millbank and Fergus, during
August. Another group of guest musicians
Norman Ferguson, Cromarty, has been lined up by the Seaforth
was floor manager. William Col- Highlanders Band to play in the
line, Seaforth, won first prize in bandshell at Victoria Park. This
the open fiddlers' class. Sunday evening the Dashwood 'Citi•
The Comedians compete at the zens• Band, directed by Harry Hoff -
Canadian National Exhibition this man, will feature at the regular
Thursday against a group from the weekly concert in the Park. Re -
West. now on a tour across Oan- cent guest musicians have been St.
ads, who performed for the Queen Marys Band and the prize-winning
last year during the Royal Tour. London Boys' and Girls' Band.
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Seaforth, Stratford
Women Split $1000
Cromarty Comedians,
Local Man Capture
Firsts At Fergus
Dodds, Walton, Mr. Fox, Brussels,
and Abbie Seip (split) ; Marlene
Austin and Mrs, Albert Johnston,
Mitchell (split).
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SEAF0RT, FRXA.`, AUGUST 29, 1952
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VARNA TWINS' ESCAPE DEATH
More uncomfortable but a little wiser after they narrowly
escaped,eieath this week, Norman Eckel and his twin sister, Audrey,
are shown sitting on the stump of the tree -the two youngsters
climbed' to come in contact with high-voltage wires which caused
burns to their arms and legs. Walter Eckel, father of the six and
a half year-old twins, cut the tree down immediately after the al-
most -fatal accident at their farm home, near Varna.
Touched Power Line, Varna
Twins Escape Fatal Injury
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Six and a half -year-old Audrey
Eckel, half stumbled, half crawled Strays From Pasture,
to her home to get help for her Horse Hit By Train
twin brother, Norman, after they
were both burned by a ,high-voltage
power line Sunday.
The twins suflered deep burns to
their arms and legs when they
touched a live wire while climbing
to the top of an apple tree in the
orchard of their parents' Varna dis-
trict farm.
Norman fell more than 20 feet
to the ground after contact with
the hydro line. His sister managed
to climb down the tree and tell her
parents of the accident. Mr, and
Mrs. Walter. Eckel found their son
unconscious at the base of the tree.
The -youngsters were taken to
Clinton` Hospital for treatment.
Audrey received burns to both
arms ,both legs and a foot. Her
brother suffered burns to his hands
and one leg. He was bruised but
otherwise unhurt as a result of his
fall.
Shortly after the near -fatal acci-
dent to his son and daughter, Mr.
Eckel sawed the tree down, a sure
precaution that a similar brush
with death wouldn't happen again.
The, children were used to playing
around the tree some time before
the Sunday accident.
Patsy Munroe, 16, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Munroe, won't
be taking her customary rides on
her pet three-year-old horse, Honey.
Thehorse was killed by a train
Friday evening when, it strayed
from a pasture on the farm of Har-
old Jackson.
Patsy had been training the
horse for races at the Seaforth fall
fair,
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Social Evening For
Former Bell Manager
Miss Madelon Fortune was hos-
tess to a group of girls recently
when she entertained for Miss Mur-
iel Bowden, bride -elect of this
week. Games and contests were
enjoyed during the social hour, al-
so community singing with Miss
Evelyn Cardno at the piano, Later,
Miss Fortune presented the bride-
to-bls with an electric tea kettle and
spoke a few words of appreciation
,for her service as manager of the
Bell Telephone Company office
here for the past year. Delicious
refreshments were served at the
close of the evening.
nN•iidz!(
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ree District Famers Hurt
n Mishaps, Two Hospitalized
1Viogn! Mirage May(
'Fan Fancied Fire
A vivid orange moon, sidling
the .,evening horizon in late
summer, has for ages been the
Gail., of lovers, poets, dreamers
and romanticists. Its warm
haze in the still dark of the
night sky ,pas beckoned the
vow's of youth, the muse of the
intellectual and the inspiration
of the artist.
Sunday night Deputy Fire
Chief Sohn Crich figured that
same moon was responsible for
an excited lady on the Mill
Road, calling Seaforth and
beckoning the town fire depart-
ment to an iniaginedbarn lire.
Anyway, when the trucks
reached the area there was no
Are . . . only a vivid orange
moon.
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Three district farmers, two in Tuckersmith township and one in
Goderich township, were involved in farm accidents' over the week :end,
all suffering painful injuries as a result and two &till in Scott Memorial
Hospital by Wednesday. At least two of the mishaps could have been
fatal •
Huron Girls' Garden
Clubs Achievement
Day Held Tuesday
More than 130 people attended
the North Huron County Girls'
Home Garden Club Achievement
Day held in the Community Centre,
at Cranbrook, Tuesday. •
Fifty-five girls from .six clubs
completed their garden project,
with three receiving county honor
certificates' for completing six pro-
jects and 14 for completion of two.
The sessions were in charge of
Miss Jean Steckle, newly -appointed
home economist for Huron and
Bruce, assisted by Miss Agnes,
Turnbull, economist for Middlesex
and Elgin Counties, and Mrs. Mar-
ion Montgomery, 'Toronto.
Jerry Montgomery, agricultural
representative for Huron County,
gave the placing and maims be-
hind judging of vegetables,
The program included exhibits by
the vari us garden clubs, demon-
stration and skits and presenta-
tion of ' rtr'ite ltes.
Hear Comments
Comments were given by the fol-
lowing third year members: Ruby
E. 'aytor, Howick; Ruth Simpson,
Grace Edgar, Donna Campbell,
Molesworth; Anne Stiffler, Betty.
Hoegy, Maxine Smalldon, Marion
Morrow, Cranbrook; Joan Wilson,
Brussels; Marilyn Bowes, Margar-
et Conley ,Ethel •
The following , were awarded
county honor certificates: Anne
Steffler and Maxine Smalldon,
Brussels; Donna Alexander, Ethel;
certificates for completing two pro-
jects, Anne Steffler, •Marion Mor-
row, Maxine Smalldon, Agnes Lane,
Marion Hemmingw'ay, Margaret
Perrie, Betty Alcock, Helen Wilson,
all of ''Brussels; Donna Campbell,
Listowel; Beatrice Alexander, Don-
na Alexander, Janet Bietner, Sea -
forth; •Marion ,Shiell, Atwood; Kar-
en Machan, 'Brusselos.
A judging competition featured
the morning session twa clubs will
exhibit at Western Fair.
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Fifth Annual Shoot
At Kippen Monday
The Kippen Gun Club will hold
their fifth annual Labor Day shoot
Monday afternoon for the club
trophy. This trophy was won last
year by Gordon Johnson, of Eberts
in Ken County,
John McLachlan, Tuckersmith,
was drawing ;a. baler with his son's.
tractor from the farm of Arthur
Varley • to the farm of Arthur Fin;
layson, both in Tuekeramlth town-
ship, about 3 p.m. Saturday. As he
proceeded up a grade near the
Broadfoot bridge the pulling weight
of the baler behind the tractor
proved too much, buckled the con-
nection and up -ended the tractor in-
to the creek.
Falling into three feet of water,
Mr. McLachlan retained conscious-
ness and was able to make his way
to the bank. There, he was noticed
by someone from the nearby oad-
foot farm who came, to his aid. At
Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth,
he was found to have head and
neck injuries. Although his condi-
tion was reported' as improved by
Wednesday, he was being detained
until x-ray plate readings were com-
pleted.
Dog Saved Master
Later that afternoon, around 51
p.m., Adelbert Gardiner, well-known
Goderich township farmer, was
bringing cattle into his barnyard.
One of the cows in the herd sud-
denly turned on him, knocked him
to the ground and started to tram -1
ple him. At this point his dog sav-
ed him from more serious, or even
fatal, injuries. Barking and nip-
ping, the dog scared the beast
away from his helpless master long
enough for Gardiner to get to his
feet and some protection.
Taken to hospital at Goderich,
Mr. Gardiner was released later the
same day after treatment for bruis-
es and abrasions. X-rays taken re-
vealed no broken bones.
The following Monday morning
Alexander Pepper, Tuekersmith
farmer on the Mill Road, was se-
curing pipes from a cutting box
about 20 feet 'high from the barn
floor. Losing his footing on the.
beam where he was working, he
fell to the.floer. At Scott Memor-
ial. Hospital here, where he was
taken by., am.hulance after being
found on the floor, his injuries
were reported as a badly bruised
shoulder and a cracked rib. Hos-
pital authorities said Wednesday he
was resting comfortably.
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McKillop Fire Due to
Bean Cooker Wiring
Seaforth, StaffaTake
Butter Firsts at CNE
Seaforth Creamery placed in the
second prize group at the ,Canadian
National Exhibition in Toronto,
with a total score' of 96.5 in the
June class for butter, 14 pounds
solid. Hibbert CoOp,, Staffa, was
in the third ,prize group with total
score of 96.2. Canada Packers,
Clinton, also placed in the thin,
prize group with a total score of
95.9.
In the July and August class, 14
pounds solid, Hibbert Co -Op, Staffa,
plat,pd• in the first group with a to-
tal score of 97.
In print class, ten one -pound•
pronts, Seaforth Creamery placed
in the second prize group with a
total score of 96.5. Hibbert Go -Op,
Staffa, was in the third prize group
with a total score of 96.4, Hibbert
Co -Op. also won the special prize
in the print class on finish of pack-
age.
'1'he western provinces won in
all classes for the highest scoring
butter.
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R. B. Holmes Appointed -
P.U.C. General Manager
At a recent meeting of the local
Public Utility Commission, R. B.
Holmes was appointed • general
manager for the term to the end
of the year, 'Commission Chairman
D'Orleon Sills announced, At the
same meeting Ruth Pullman was
appointed secretary -treasurer.
"Jake" Holmes, who has been an
employee of the local commission
for many years, replaces Joseph
Mason. Since March of this year
Mr. Holmes has 'been acting man-
ager.
Seaforth firemen and the rural
area file truck answered a call
shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday to
the farm of Jack Davidson, McKil-, 1
lop, tw'o miles west of town', "on
the north side of Highway No. 8.
On going to the ,barn after din-
ner, the owner smelled smoke and
immediately called firemen and
neighbors.
The latter had the fire under
control in short order by using ex-
tinguishers and -buckets of water,
but the firemen investigated and
stood by to make sure all was safe-
ly extinguished before leaving.
The fire apparently started from
overheated or overloaded wiring
attached to a 'bean cooker, which
had been used earlier in the day.
Wooden stalls, partitions and ev-
en the barn floor directly above
were badly charred and the stable
was filled with smoke when discov-
ered.
"The Wee Store", A Story of People, Their Community and Era
For Sale. — Old Winthrop •
.tore, size 18'x27r. Can be torn
down or moved. Apply Austin
Dolmage, Winthrop.
That's all there was to the ad.
Most readers, glancing, casually
down the classifieds with a detach-
ed interest, would call momentarily
to the mind's eye a picture of an
old building --frame, perhaps—in
The last stages of usefulness, worn
by time, ready to accede to a
-changing landscape. °
And that fleeting mental impres-
sion would be right. But behind
that dimension of the imagination,
out of the ken of those readers yet
still in the memory of a few, is a
story of people, a settlement, pro-
gress, retrogress and the moving
marks of time.
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It was late in the 1860's. The
battle sounds of the American Civ-
il War had given place to -the rum-
ble of carts and motion of hoof
$eats but of the blistered, broken
lands and homesteads of the beat-
en South. In the victory -flushed
North a military -forged administra-
tion and the growing giant of in-
dustrialism was heaving the popu-
lation restlessly in another man-
ner. Some stayed put; 'uncomfort-
a uncomfort-
able for awhile, then got rich, poor
or indifferent. Others had been Ire
Comfortable already and didn't
stay .put.
'One of these was a proverbially
Canny Scot by the name of Alexan-
der Murchie. Alert Murchie and his
Mania family had heard their last
"".Lang Syne" in the land of heath-
Ott and touched Amnerioa;u nod Jed
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about the time Lincoln and Doug-
las were splitting words and issues
over the Democratic nomination of
a century ago. Before this adopted
soil of Murchie's began to simmer
with the battle and blood of its
own countrymen, .the Scot figured
the time was apt to find a quieter
clime.
Winked and Went
Before he left, however, the can-
ny Character accredited to his race
had its fling. Under the set-up of
the American militia regulations
any draftee was allowed the exemp-
tion of "substitution." If he could
,find a man to take his place in the
ranks, and, pay him a healthy cash
token to do so, he was free to for-
get about service obligation.
One such citizen with no inclina-
tion for military experience ap-
proached, with purse in pocket,
Alert Murchie. The latter agreed to
hist path in the substitution, pocket-
ed the purse Mir:mein and then, as
the word goes, cannily winked . , .
at the service obligation. and. let
o'ut of the country.
,Eighteen -fifty-eight then, found.
Murchie, his wife and two small
daughters in Canada and construct-
ing a dwelling place for themselves
on the gradually 'settling lands a
few miles north of Seaforth. There,
at a corner on the North 'Gravel
Road, called, Ballabay or Bailey Bay,
he fenced his• laird, roofed his' house
and called it home. It Was not un-
til several years later, when the
Muroohie's had stocked an arra/ of
general niershandise to trade with
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THE WEE STORE: PICTURED IN THE WINTERTIME
an increasing number of pioneer
farmers and had opened' the post
office, that the corner took on its
present identification—Wiinthrop.
Times Were Good
In the years that followed Mur -
dale's .building of the "wee store,"
Winthrop grew in length and
breadth. As settlers •progressively
toiled northward, clearing the bush
areas, raising their sliarns and fam-
ilies as they went, the railroad had
been working weaterard. When
Alex Murchie passed "tae the Ither
side" in 1887 the iron horse, had a
generation before made its trail
through Seaforth, county gavern-
aneet was fufl4tioning and :times+
were "good."
Work to drain ireeleee hog Meat
that lay aroiliid Whither* had :b®•
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gun, and settlement was still reach-
ing. Where business 'establish-
ments at the corner could have
once been included in six short
Words—the "wee store" and a mIU
—there was now another general
store, two blacksmith shops, a saw
mill, grist mill, two tavern's, a brick
yard, and later a cheese factory
and hog pen
Second Of Three Owners
In the midst of this 'ahaage in
its surroundings, the "wee store"
continued to flourish in the Murchie
family; Katie, the elder of Alex's
two daughters, kept the businesai in
the family, while her sister mar-
ried and moved to Walton, a feat
growing community 'six miles fai'-
ther up the north road. After her
Mother died in 1905, 'however, Katie
•elected to sell the building and
business her father had created 50
years earlier and retire to Sea -
forth.
On a brisk safternoon in the aut-
umn of 1912 the "wee store" fell by
auction to the ownership of a well -
liked district farmer, John Mont-
gomery.
ont-
gomery.
The second of only three owners
in the store's 94 -year history, John
Montgomery moved into hie new
,home and .business with five chil-
dren. And for this family, "wee"
though the store may have been,
there was no fear of its endurance
as a home: over half a century be-
fore the canny old Scot, Alex Mur-
chie, had made sure of that, as, he
hewed its 'rafters and slatting from
sturdy hemlock and temple.
The Greener Fields
But as John 1Vlontgomery and his
brood came to the "wee store," so
came ire Winthrop the restless ef-
fect of 'a progressing age. The land
was cleared and fully settled now;
county areas had .been divisioned,
school section's proportioned and
road construction fulfilled. Young
men were hearing, and answering,
the lures of the town and cities 'as
tbe issue of 'business and industry
matched and shortly replaced agri-
cuiture as the richest •erovincial
product.
The community, robbed of its
own by greater, relentless progress,
economically weakened' and was
left to retrogress. The 'bustling
mills and smf�hys Were quiet. Step
and, daughtord moved to greeter
fields' and Winthrop, marking a des-
tiny, realized its new identity as
just a corner with a store, one last
mill, a church, school and a few
houses,
Time, and its dress signature Of
years, moved on,
End Of An Era
Nineteen fifty-one: John Montgom-
ery was, dead. Hia family, grown
and with families of their own, de-
cided to sell the "wee store," leave
the unfinished chart of its history
to another, and follow personal pur-
suits. Austin Dolmage, district
farmer and father of three sans on
their own forms, became the third
and last owner of the old land-
mark.
Mr. Dolmage, moved by the forc-
es of necessity and ambition, realiz-
ed the historic "wee store" was just
that: too wee, too aged, inadequate.
As a home and place of business, he
left in its hemlock timbers, and. in
the recollection of a few, that
nostalgic history of events and peo-
ple .belonging to a bygone era.
Austin Dolmage, leas than a year
later, erected a new building, di-
rectly behind the "wee store."
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And there's the story: a 94 -year -
history, enfolding a people, their
place and their progress, and evolv-
ing around one "wee store" --the
store the classified advertisement
meant when it read:
For Sale. — Old Winthrop
store, size 18'x27'. Lan be torn
down or --moved Apply Austin
Dolmage, Winthrop.
tensa
Second Brei
Thieves smashed. Cipen a -
the office of Hensall Meter4,MotorSal
during Saturday uigbit They masse
week -end .recelpta • whieh,'" polis
said; were'hidden somewhere
the building., • •
iChief Constable, Lee 'Oescir wild
investigation indicated ,romp rt!
might have been ,stolen! A stoe)e'
inventory-wy s beim;: taken by ecru*
puny officials,,
The building, en No. 4 ^Highway'
at the outskirts of Jiensali Wete'
entered when a back door bolt wag;
unfastened after a 'window had"
been broken. The break-in was ,tis,°
covered by Roy Campbell, a coma-
patty
om -pany employee.
.He said the building had, been
entered several ,months ago.
Pass Red Cross Tests
At Park Thursday
Thirty-eight winners of the Red'
Cross swimming tests, held at the
Lions Park Thursday morning, are.
listed be:ow. The tests, varying in
junior, intermediate and senior
classification, involved distance
swimming, treading water, duck -
diving, under -water, swim and'
swimming without arms.
Junior—Larry Dale, Donald 'Mc-
Clinchey, Pat Munroe, Mac Mun-
roe,
urroe, Brian Flannigan, Murray Car-
ter, Ted Lamont, Wayne Jessome,
Marion Besse, Ron Johnston, Mur-
ray McFadden, Bonny Weiglund,
Jim Crich, Garth Flannigan, Bill
Teall, 'Penny James.
Intermediate—Pat Munroe, Mur-
ray McFadden, '1'ed Lamont, Mar-
ian Besse, Brian Flannigan, Bonny
Weiglund, Mac Munroe, Jim Crich,
Murray Carter, Wayne Jessome,
Penny James, Don McClinchey,
Ron Johnston,
Senior—Ron Johnston,' Penny'
James, Mac Monroe, Gene Nixon.
Ruth Crozier, ,Jim Crich, Murray
Carter, Robert Massey, Don Me-
Clinchey.
BEGINNER AND A WINNER
With only three weeks of swimming instruction behind her, „
Bonnie Weiglund, shown here, tied for the junior championship
in the Lions Club annual swimming meet at Lions Park Wed-
nesday. Thursday morning the bright young miss won her jun-
ior and intermediate badges in the Red Cross swimming tests.
She is the daughter of F/Lt. ano Mrs. Raymond Weiglund, Main
Street.
Forty Children in Annual
Lions Club Swim Meet
Some 40 local swimmers, ranging in age from seven to 17, splashed
and spurted for prize honors in Lions Park pool Wednesday afternoon
as the near end of• the summer swimming season was signalled in the
Lions Club's annual swimming meet.
Out of a full program of junior, •
intermed'iate and senior events, backstroke raCe: Brian Flannigan,
which included diving and racing Murray McFadden, Ann Dick.
contests, Sandy McMillan emerged
victor in the senior competition; Win Intermediate, Senior
Ruth Sills and Bruce McFadden
were girls and. boys champs in the
intermediate class, and Brian Flan-
nigan took junior boy's top honors,
while Bonnie Weiglund and Ann
Dick tied for the junior girls' cham-
pionship.
Compete For Three Championships
The Seaforth lads and lassies
were competing for the three cham-
pionships No girls entered the
senior swimming class.
First, second and third prize -
ribbon winners in the junior class
were: boys, free style: Garry Ast,
Brian Flannigan, Murray McFad-
den; girls' free style: Ann Dick,
Bo !lute Weiglund ; underwater
swim; Garry Ast, Larry Dale, IMtir•
ray McFadden; mixed fiutteitkick
race: Briant Flannigan, Murray Me -
Fadden/ Betide Weiglund; meted
Top three winners in the inter-
mediate race and diving contester
were: boys' free -style, Bruce Me-
Fadden, Ronald Mason, Jack Mat-
thews; girls' freestyle, Ruth Sills,
Ruth Teall, Marion ,McLlwain; mfg
ed underwater swim, Bruce McFad-
den, Ruth Sills, Marion McLPwain;
diving contest, Alice Ann Nixon.:
Bruce McFadden, Ruth Teen; mix-
ed fluterkick race, Ruth S111s, Pen:- -
ny James, Jim lerich.
In the senior competition, ribbofl.,: .
winners were: boys' 'free style,
Sandy McMillan, Don Horton, 61,U2.
bert Hubert; diving e'ontest, Sade
dy MdMillan, Gilbert Beltert, brim
Horton; relay race, tefarn• of 'NV
McMdilan and Ran rohnistoti OW,
of Gilbert Hubert and bo*i';''.g rt fi:, `' •
The meet was under the idiredtllbua
of pool .swiinmiing instrilete • 1 Rn„
Livirkgetone.