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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1954-11-12, Page 1Ituhciy r, Rk it Iv 1i ( ZTan aralfth Year Whole Number 4531 Dr. MacLennan Heads Bowiers Dr. J. C. MacLennan was elect- ed president at the -annual meet- ing of the Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club held in the Town Hall Thurs- day evening. Retiring president Harold 0. Free was in the chair. The secretary's report, covering the year's activity, was read -and adopted, as also 'was the financial statement of John Longstaff, treasurer. Other officers elected are: vice- president, Norman MacLean; treas- urer, Frank Sills, Jr.; secretary, Fred Lawrence; -corresponding sec- -retaay, George Hildebrand; general executive, Messrs. Harold O. Free, William Ball, Mel. Merriam, B. F. Christie, W. J. Duncan, Charles A. Barber, E. H. Close, Elmer Larone. The executive will ultimately be subdivided into smaller units for more detailed duties. Some serious thought was given by the incoming executive regarding some form of winter entertainment, which more will be heard later. Butter; 13 Cents, 1884. Paper Says While working about the home of . his parents recently, ' Bill Holmes. 12 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Holmes, of town, found a copy of The Huron Expositor of August 8, 1884, behind a mirror. The 70 -year-old paper, while somewhat mutilated, indicates in great detail the activities of that day. According to the markets that appeared in the issue, eggs were selling at 15 cents a dozen, butter at 13 cents a pound, and fall wheat was bringing 80 cents to a dollar a bushel. New potatoes could be obtained for 60 cents a bag, and wood for $2 a cord. A bag of apples cost 75 cents. Then, as now, the community was busy. In }lullett, John Watt, in •a letter to the editor, indicated that he had recently purchased from the 'Massey Manufacturing Company a horse -binder with which he was having great success. He had cut over 30 acres of fall wheat, he said, without a bit of difficulty, and it cut and gathered the grain and cleaned and bound it better than a reaper. In Kippen, Mr. William Cudmore had six carloads of excellent cattle which he proposed to ship to the Old Country. At Blake, the butter factory had just completed the shipment of 14,050 pounds of No. 1 creamery, butter. Over the last five years the fed- eral government's revenue from in- come taxes has more than doubled. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FRID.;Y, NOVEMBER 12, 1954 Seaforth Pays Tribute To District War Dead Seaforth citizens paids silent tri- bute to those of the community who paid the supreme sacrifice in two World Wars on the occasion of the annual Remembrance Day service in. Victoria Park. - in charge of officers of the Sea - forth branch of the Canadian Legion, ,the service was preceded by a parade of veterans, municipal official's and Boy Scouts, led by the Seaforth Highlanders Band. The service. upon arrival of the parade, commenced with invooa, tion and call to worship by Rev. D. Glenn Canipbell. Lieut. J. Hun- ter, of the. Salvation Army, read the Scripture lesson, which was followed by the hymn, "0 God of Bethel." Rev. J. H. Jones, in the Remem- brance Day address, paid tribute to those w ho bad made the supreme sacrifice. and indicated the responsibilities which must be Seaforth Pupils .. Have TV in Schools Seaforth primary schools, in keeping with educational develop- ments throughout the .province, this week have had television, sets installed on a trial basis. This has permitted students to watch the educational instruction periods, which are being televized. Lions. Propose Seaforth Reunion Seaforth Loons were taken on a picture tour of Europe by assistant agricultural representative Harold Baker, at .their meeting in the Com- munity Centre Monday evening. Mr. Baker returned recently from the tour and showed most interest- ing slides of his trip. The meet- ing was in charge of J. A. Stewart and W. M. Hart. • President A. W. Siliery discuss- ed the.., possibility of a reunion centennial being held in 1955. and the club was unanimous in recom- mending t8 the town council that steps be taken to' set up a nedes- Bary organization. J. R. Spittal, S.coutmaster,' re- ported that $177.6, was realized from Boy Scottt Apple Day, with $119 being the net proceeds. R. S. MdKercher reported on the Hal- lowe'en Frolic sponsored by the Lions Club. Besides being a night of fun for 'the boys and girls of the town and district, the club re- alized a net profit of more than $200. Following the meeting -mem - 'hers prepare,! rhristmas Seal ma- terial for mailing. Seaforth Beavers Enter Iritermediate Lockey For the first time since the 1950- 51 season, Seaforth will be repre- sented by an Intermediate team, it was 'revealed this week as a schedule covering a five -team group was released. Is Awarded London Degree Announcement has been made that Donald Stephenson has been awarded a Ph.D. De- gree by the IJsniversity of Lon- don, in England. On the staff of the National Research Council, Mr. Steph- enson has been etudying in England for the past two years. A graduate of the Seaforth High School, he is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Stephenson, of Seaforth. Usingthe 11011 -known Beaver name, the team sill compete with Zurich„ Ilderton, Lucan and, St. Marys. All home games are on Tuesday night. In the play --offs, first four teams will play off. The Schedule Nov. 19—Seaforth -at St. Marys Nov. 23—Zurich at Seaforth Nov. 26—Seaforth at ',titan Nov. 30—Lucan at Seaforth Dec. 3--Seaforth at Zurich ,Dec. 7—St. Marys at Seaforth Dec. 14—Ilderton at Seaforth Dec. 15—.Seaforth at Ilderton Dec. 28—Zurich at Seaforth Jan.. 4—Lucan at Seaforth Jan. 7—Seaforth at Lucan Jan. 11 --St. Marys at Seaforth Jan. 14—Seaforth at Ilderton Jam 21—Seaforth at -Zurich Jan. 26—Ilderton a.t Seaforth Jan. 28--Seaforth at St. -Marys assumed by those for whom the eacriflees were made. Last Post, sounded by Bandmas- ter Wetton, was followed by two minutes' silence : and 'Reveille. Benediction was pronounced by Rev. W. E. Milroy, followed by the placing of wreaths and 'v'God Save the Queen." • On Sunday morning, members of the Legion paraded to Figmondville Church for . their annual church parade. Roy Burchill Is Hibbert Clerk The municipal council of the Township of Hibbert held a spe- cial meeting, with alt members present, to appoint Roy Burchill as township clerk and to by a new road grader, with delivery to be made this month. The regular council meeting was held in the township hall Monday, with all members present and the reeve, E. Butson, presiding. One minute of silence was observed in memory of the late 'Thomas D. Wren, who was a faithful munici- pal clerk for the past 16 years, and who died October 9: Court of revision on the 1954 assessment roll lowered the as- sessment $460 after three appeals were allowed, two 'of there' being bush exemptions, and one for re- moval of a shed. A grant of $50 was made to the Perth County Children's Aid So- ciety. Road accounts amounting to $1,039.65 and general accounts of $1,486.71 were ordered paid. Revise Junior Schedule ,B, London, Sarnia Fall to Baldwins In first Games Coming from behind, Seaforth Baldwins defeated Sarnia 8-6 in Sarnia Tuesday night, to take the second game in the schedule. Sea - forth defeated London here on Saturday. _ The 0.11.A. Junior 'B' Group, originally composed of five teams —London, Seaforth, Sarnia, Blen- heim and Dresden—will be forced to play a four -team loop, Convener Lloyd. Pollock, of Windsor, reveal- ed Tuesday. Dresden. Pollock announced has withdrawn its entry. No reason wasive for h withdrawal of g n to the Dresden team, but it is be- lieved that the added expense of renting au -ice surface in. Wallace - burg for several weeks, was the cause. With their sharp passing attack paying off, the Baldwins more than held their own as the contest reached a climax in the first half of the final frame. Back -checking well, they had five men 'up for most of the rally in which they tallied four markers while camping inside the Sarnia blue line, Mary Shantz took a pass from Dick Elliott in front of the Sarnia net to make the winning goal. Tom Salter and Don Jerson pac- ed the victorious Baldwins, gar- nering a 'pair each. Top marks- man for Sarnia was Glenn Forbes who fired the puck home twice. SEAFORTH—Goal, R. Salter; de- fence, Lockridge, Elliott, Barton, Jerson; forwards, Vena, R. Muir, Larochele. Shantz, Salter, McPher- son, Bell, Sawyer, Stone. SARNIA=Goal, Ryan; defence, Armstrong, Ward, Vernon, Green; forwards, Hamilton, Forbes. Dun- ham, McPhail, B. Muir, Leslie, Mc- Grath, Haddon, Cote, Link. First Period -1, Sarnia, B. Muir (McPhail), 4:22; 2, Seaforth, R. :Muir (Larochele, Salter), 8:30; 3, Sarnia, Forbes (Ward), 13:02; 4, Sarnia, Forbes (McGrath), 18:59. Penalties—Lockridge, 8:56; Bar- ton, 11:56; Sawyer, 18:16; Laro- chele (10 -minute misconduct) 18:16. Second Period -5, Seaforth, -Sal- ter: 3:35; 6, Sarnia, B. .Muir (Mc- Phail), 5:09; 7, Sarnia. Ward (Arm- strong, Dunham), 6:21; 8, Seaforth, Jesson (McPherson), 1043; 9, Sarnia, McGrath (Forbes, Hamil- ton), 12:06; 10, •Seaforth, Salter (McPherson. Shantz). 16:12. Penalties—Barton 6:45, Dunham 8:22, Sawyer 10:20, Armstrong 14:32. Third Period -11, Seaforth, Vena (Jesson, Muir), 2:16; 12, Seaforth, McPherson (Elliott), 6:16; 13, Sear forth, Shantz (Elliott), 8:24; 14, Seaforth, Jesson (Vena), 10:35. Penalties—tLarochele 14:30. Nov. 6—London at Seaforth Seafo8,, London 3 Nov. 9—�Se„glo Sarnia SAM 8,r6 Nth% 13—Sarnia at-" .o Nov. 15 --London at •Blenheim Nov. 16—Blenheim at Sarnia . Nov. 16—Seaforth at London Nov. 20—Sarnia at Seaforth Nov. 22—Sarnia at Blenheim Nov. 23—London at Sarnia Nov. 27—Seaforth at London Nov. 29—Sarnia at Blenheim Nov. 30•--Seaforth at Sarnia Nov. 30—.Blenheim at London Dec. 4—Blenheim at Seaforth Dec. 6—Seaforth at Blenheim Dec. 7—London at Sarnia Dec. 9—London at Seaforth Dec. 11—Sarnia at London Dec. 13—London at Blenheim Dec. 14—Seaforth at Sarnia Dee. 14 -Blenheim at London Dec, 18—Sarnia at. Seaforth Dec. 20—Sarnia at Blenheim Dec. 21—London at Sarnia Dec. 27—Seaforth at Blenheim Dec. 28—Seaforth at London Dec. 28—Blenheim at Sarnia Jan. 1—London at Seaforth Jan. 3—Seaforth at Blenheim: Jan. 4—London at, Sarnia Jan. 8—Blenheim at Seaforth Jan. 8—Sarnia at London Jan. 10—London at Blenheim Jan. 11—Blenheim at London Jan. 15—London at Seaforth Jan. 17—Seaforth at Blenheim San. 18—Blenheim at Sarnia Jan. 21—Sarnia at Seaforth Jan. 22—Seaforth at London Jan. 24—Sarnia at Blenheim Jan. 25—Seaforth at Sarnia. Jan. 25—Blenheim at Lindon Jan< 29—Sarnia at Seaforth Jan. 31—London at Blenheim Feb, 1—Blenheim at Sarnia Feb. 5—Sarnia at London Feb. 5—Blenheim at Seaforth All games start at 8:30 p.m., ex- cept Saturday night games in Sea - forth, which start at 9:00 p.m. District Groups Discuss "Farm Forums in the Community" Fireside Forum The Fireside Farm Forum of Hullett met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jamieson with only 14 adults present. The small number was due to mumps in the Farewell Partyfor Louis Doyle, Dublin A very pleasant farewell party for Louis Doyle was held at the home of Norman O'Connor on Fri - dna' evening, Nov. 5. Lou is leav- ing for Windsor to take a law course. An address Wes read by Arthur Murphy, while Jim Doth- arms presented Lou with a 'feriae of money. A second Johntike Rare, in the person of Bill - M p'hy, ' en tertained the gimlets, while the 3htchatme orchestra played for dancipg. A delicious eelf-serve Iuneh was provided by the hostess, Mrs. Norman, O'Connor; Gnteats Broin the neighborhood, es :tln'ell no London elnit Detroit, were lift ate teatime. 4s,f"‘.1*.$.. a\.. %ea.:+ t . vicinity. The topic for discussion was "Farm Forums in the Com- munity." The Farm Forum helps in many ways: Encourages neigh- borliness and sociability; develops leadership; trains people to dis- ease their farm ing .problems; trains them to be helpful at meetings; teaches one to listen, when to talk and how to express facts. The next meeting will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Babcock. Progressive euchre was played. Winners were: ladies, high, Mrs. Oliver Anderson; lone hands, Mrs. George Carter; low,Mrs. Bert (flog dart (playing as a man); lone hands, Art iHoggart; low, Art Rog- gart; men, high, Mrs. George Hog- gart. S.S. No. 2 Farm f=orum S.S. No. 2 Farm Forum mat at. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ephrlam Clarke, on Monday, November let, with 20 In attendance. Mr. Ellwood Clarke was chosen as Sec- retary for (he coming 'season. A social hoot' was spent in games, With Bunch served hr she hostess, On Monday, 'N'6'rr X13, INfr. and'Mril. troylalter Seat etitert9lhle the tor- '' ol'- i.hltti't gig; ->n'n .u161:? R$tn um with 36 in attendance. After listening to the broadcast, groups were formedto discuss the topics. Question 1: Of the following main features of a successful for- um. what do you consider the moat i'triportant? (a) Understanding of agricultural problems in all parts of Canada; (b) Development of leadership; (e) Neighborliness and socialibility; (d) Development of a better informed community. B and o C'were chosen bythe groups. g ps• Question 2: In what way has your Forum worked with other groups in your community? Are swer: 4-H Clubs and Federation of Agriculture. ,Mr. and Mrs. Secord MCBrien and Mr: and Mrs. Walter Scott were chosen to attend the Farm Forum Rally in Londesboro. The next meeting 18 to be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Dot - mage. Games were played with the winner being: ladies, !Mrs. Bph- riam Clarke, Mrs, Sam McClure clod Mrg. Robert McMillan; men, Eph- riam (Starke, Sams McClure and Vii yne' 1lo11nage. Lun ch Was eerC 6 :hy' the ltOttelea. and .iietperS. MOLsan 1'3roa4 $2:5O a Year in 4d! indorses Centennial Proposal, council Is Critical of Sewage sibility that Seaforth would the presence of these deep holes chairman of that committee, told• E. mar the 100th anniversary of the b ring of the settlement there'. was seen as a result of a recon - men •ation which council adopted at its meeting •Monday night. The action followed receipt of a pro- posal which, adopted unanimously by the Seaforth Lions Club, called on council to take some action to set ' up an organization which would be responsible for a reunion and centennial observation in 1955, and the council appeared to agree that such stepsbe would desir- able. In view of the lateness in the year and the fact that the nom- inations occur later this month, council adopted a_ resolution re- commending to the incoming coun- cil that this action be taken. Introducing the matter, Maydr .McMaster, who presided at the meeting, pointed out that not only was it a hundred years ago since ;he area first.becamesettled, but that St. Thomas' Church next year would also celebrate its centen- nial as well as the Seaforth Agri- -cultural Society. which would mark the 110th anniversary of its founding. While agreeing that a. reunion and centennial celebration would involve a great deal of work, councillors felt at the same time that it would be fitting that a cele- bration of this nature be held. As Councillor Scott commented, "It's high time we had one." All members of council, with ex- ception of Councillor Leslie; were present for the November meeting. Council voiced strong criticism of the manner in which the con- tractor, responsible for the laying of sewer lines throughout the town, was carrying out the work, and also of the consulting engineer for the manner in which the work was being inspected. Headed by Coun- dikoe• Christie, criticism centred printarily about the fact that the contractor was proceeding to open up long stretches of ditch and was not backfiilling and cleaning up as he vent along. The result of this 'has been that streets through the town have been closed to traffic for a period of several weeks. and no effort is being macre to make them useable again. This meant that many property owners have been put to great inconvenience and expense because access to their property has been denied them. Reference was made to a particular section in the lane east of and parallel to Main Street, where large holes have remained for several weeks and were filled with water. It was felt that apart altogether from the inconvenience; SEAFORTH 8, LONDON 3 Seaforth Juniors- showed in no uncertain way that they mean business this year when they de- feated London Lou Balis 8-3 in the first game of the scheduled Junior '13' 0.H.A. series here Sat- urday. A large opening night crowd was on hand to cheer the locals to victory. The first 20 minutes saw Sea - forth ,ring four goals to take a firm 4-0 lead. Tom Salter, Bell, Lockridge and Shantz notched the Seaforth counters as the Baldwins outshot the visitors 10-4. In the second period fireworks broke out at the half -way mark when Hal Capson and Gerry Vena started trading punches. Both re- ceived majors, while Capson re- ceived an additional 10 -minute mis- conduct for arguing with the re- feree. Once in the penalty box there was a repetition of blows which caused additional miscon- duct penalties to Capson and Vena. Don Quirie and John Baulk pot- ted the two London tallies in the second period. The pace slowed down in the final frame, as the Baldwins outscored the visitors 3-1. Tom Salter, Larochelle and Ron Muir scored for the home club. while Quirie scored his second for London. LONDON—Goal. Tambling; de- fence, Smith, Capson; centre, Qui- rie; wings, ,McFalls, Burns; subs, Simpson, Beattie, Barnes, Baulk. Thompson, Rennie, Fraser, Mc- Lean, ,Horlick, Bourne. SEAFORTH—Goal, R. Salter; defence, Lockridge, Elliott; cen- tre, Stone; wings, T. Salter, Shantz; subs, Muir, Vena, Laro- cir211e, Bell, Sawyer, Jesson. First Period -1, Seaforth, T, Salter (,Lockridge, Stone), 1:35; 2, Seaforth, Bell ,.Muir, Vena), 10:50; 3, Seaforth, Lockridge, 13:50; 4, Seaforth, Shantz (Stone), 14:47. Penalties'on (min- or Ca 'Pe ( or and two10-minute misconducts), e s), Venn(minor and 10 -minute mis- conduct), Lockridge. Second Period -5, London, Quirie (Smith, Bourne), :40; 6, London, Baulk (Thompson), 3:25. Penalties—None. Third Period -7, Seaforth, Muir (Vena), 12:05; 8, London, Quirie (Bourne). 13:43; 9, Seaforth, Laro- chelle (Vena), 14:35; 10, .Seaforth, T. Salter (Shantz, Elliott), 15:44; 11, Seaforth, Muir, 16:46. Penalties—Bell. Barnes. The pulp • and paper :Industry chiefly uses lags unsuited to, (sr' not large enough for the lirodtun& tion of good ltlnfbsr. created a hazard, because no warn ing,signs were in the area, and it was quite possible that children -or others in the district could fall in. Mayor McMaster examined the •copy of the contract and read ex- - cerpts to the council. It was ap- parent, he said, that the contract provided that not more than 400 feet of ditch could be opened at a time. "People are getting fed up," Councillor Scott said, and Council- lor Crich added: "It is a disgrace- ful mess." Referring to the provisions of the contract, Councillor Christie in- quired, "why did the consulting engineer let him go on? The only way that this thing can be clean- ed up is that we stop payment on monies which is due to him." Clerk Wilson explained the only payment which went forward to the con- tractors were those which had been approved by the engineer, based on his estimates. It was agreed that a wire would be forwarded to the consulting engineer, O. L. Reid and -associates, of Toronto, immediate- ly, asking that the engineer come to Seaforth and meet with council to discuss the situation that ex- ists. Mayor McMaster explained that in order to bring certain streets back to useable shape, town em- ployees were grading and provid- ing gravel. While the provision of gravel is a town responsibility, he said, the work of grading and all other related costs arising out of the sewer work are • a charge against the contractor, and would be withheld from any monies earn- ed by him. Street' Committee Active Reporting for the street com- mittee, Councillor E. H. Close, council that considerable mainten ance work had been carried out by the town staff. This had included gravelling of certain streejs and cleaning of roots from drains in various parts of the town. In ad- dition, a number of trees had been cut down. Council discussed at some length the drainage situation that exists in the area adjacent to the former recreation grounds in the south end of town. A careful examination of the drains there had been carried out by Reeve Scoins,b toldcouncil andit was e found that the presence of open drains in the area gave trouble in that refuse and foreign materials flowed from these open drains into tile drains and created a blocked condition. The street committee is continuing to investigate the mat- ter and hopes to be able to take steps that will clear up the flood- ed condition that arises from time to time. - Require New Plow Reporting for the .property com- mittee, Councillor Keith Sharp told council that he had had discus- sions with manufacturers of snow plows. The plow with which the grader is equipped at the moment is too narrow, and it has not been practical to use it in recent win- ters. Instead, the grader blade has been used for plowing, and this presents difficulty, because it means that the front of the grad- er sometimes is in deep snow. Councillor Sharp said that a one- way plow of the proper style would cost $900; and a reversible type, $760. Council agreed that it was desirable that some action be tak- en, and the committee was in- structed to determine whether or not it would be possible to have a (Continued on Page 8) Check Exeter Set -Up Before Seaforth Acts Seaforth Town Council named Councillors E. H. Close and B. F. Christie a committee to make full investigation of the manner in which recreational committees op- erate in neighboring municipali- ties. In naming the committee, particular reference was made of the manner in which the recrea- tional committee and a recreation- al director worked out in Exeter, and it was suggested that the in- vestigation might start there. The decision followed a long discus- Seaforth Junior Institute Hears Needs of Citizenship The Seaforth Junior Institute held their November meeting in the Seaforth District High School on Tuesday evening. Nov, 2. The vice-president, Cttherirte Campbell, presided, The meeting was opened by the singing of the Opening; Ode. follow- ed by .the Mary Stewart Collect. Sally Nott gave the current events of the past and of the future. One coming event of interest ie the Junior Farmers' bus trip to the Royal Winter Fair on November 20, with a hockey game concluding the day. The emergency fund was taken by June Smith and the mot- to reed by .Jean Scott. The guest speaker for the eve- ning was Professor Janes Scott, of Seaforth, who spoke to the girls Special Session Finalizes Huron debenture Issue At a special session of Huron County Council, a by-law authoriz- ing the borrowing of $300,000 on a. debenture issue was passed. The money is needed to make up the balance of the amount necessary to pay for construction of the new Huron County court house and county building in Goderich. The by-law for issuing the debenture has been approved by the Ontario Municipal Board. At the October meeting of the county council, county clerk -treas- urer A. H. Erskine explained that the issue of debentures over a period of five years would necessi- tate an annual levy of 1.2 mills. The .bid for the debentures of Young, Weir & Co.. at $99.61 per $100 was accepted and this was approval. by the Ontario Municipal Board, A by-law confirming the sale of 4.5 acres of land on the county home property to the director of the Veterans' Land Act for $2,000, was oleo • passed.. The land is lo- cated in Tuckersmith township ed- Intent d_;yntent tib No. 4 _Highway, and will for V.L.A. hottbing sub - on "Citizenship." Professor Scott showed the relationship between people today and those in the time of the I{otnans• who worked as slaves. "Today-." he stated, "we are fortunate to live the way we are, instead of being lashed and slugged to work. Today we have three kinds of citizens: (1) Those who turn out and vote every time there is an election; (2) Those who don't vote but are always find- ing fault with the government and local townships and town councils; (3) Those who won't voice their opinion one way or another in case they make bad friends," stated Professor Scott.- The cott:The speaker stressed that we are not being good citizens and not liv- ing up to our responsibilities if we don't get out and vote. "You are the ones to be good citizens and the time to prepare for that is right now when you're young." he stressed. In concluding, "Citizen- ship requires that you keep alert and he ready et all times," were the words of Professor Scott. Ann Haugh, on behalf of the club, thanked the speaker for his impressive talk. Hold Joint Meeting Earl McSpadden. president of the Junior Farmers', was in charge of the meeting. The club voted to send $25.0) to the Flood Relief Fund in'the Toronto district, November 12 is the date set Aside for the Junior Farmers' dance at the Seaforth Community C'etvtre, with Ken Wdl'bee's orchestra sup- plying the music. Make plans to attend now. It was decided at this meeting t donat a propane stove to the o e p p e 0 High School in appreciation of the services that they have rendered in the past. A team of Larry Wheatley, La- verne Godkin, .Doris Johnston and Mary Dennis were in charge of a debate with the girls taking the affirmative side that, "Television is an asset to life," and the boyts taking the opposing side. Interest- ing points from each tide were brought forward. Larry Wheatley at this time gave the Mob paper. The evening came to a close with recreation by (Merton /Ceres and Laverne Glodkit't, and a delic- ious -lunch of doughnuts and soft drinks. 30 Cords Plus Front Virgin Elm Seaforth street committee employees and the P.U.C. com- bined ombined last week to remove a large elm tree on John Street, opposite !High Street. The tree; topic of a discus- sion at council a month ago, was becoming weakened by old age. Part of the virgin forest which covered the area now occupied by Seaforth a hundred years ago, the tree was more than six feet in diameter and: produced more than 30 cords of wood, according to Harold Maloney, town foreman. sion of a proposal to establish a recreational committee in Sea - forth. and came about as a result of a resolution which was before council, having been adopted at a public meeting called some days ago by the Seaforth Amateur As- sociation, Mayor McMaster, who introduc- ed the resolution, reviewed the steps which -had been taken and the thought which had been elven to the proposal. He told of the meeting which had been held and et which R. E. Sec•ord, a represent- ative of the Community. Planning Branch of the Department of Edu- cation, had discussed the way in o hich planned recreation had prov- ed of assistance in other commun- ities. He told. too, the .way' in which the amount of expenditures being made could be recovered by w ttv of provincial grants. In other municipalities, where a situation similar to that existing in Seaforth, it was found that the cost to the municipality was approximately i one mill which. in the case of Sea - forth, would work out to about. 81,30) a year. Mayor McMaster said that expenditures which had been made through the past year'• would, under this arrangement. be- come subject to a grant and indi- cated that as an example of this would be the town grant of 8701 to the Band. One-third of this could be recovered. Answering a question by Coun- cillor Sharp as to what was in- volved, the Mayor said the proce- dure was that the municipal coun- cil was required to pass a by-law and to name a committee which would include two members of council and five others. This com- mittee then would name sub -com- mittees which, in turn, would be responsible fora the development of activity in particular branches of recreation. If a recreational di- rector was found to be desirable, it would'be appointed by the re- creational committee, but the ap- pointment pr council. Men's Club Hears ChesleYP ' Speaker Members of the Men's Club of Rest Presbyterian Church held! their annual Veterans' Night on; Tuesday when as their guests they had veteran friends from the town and district. Chairman for the meeting was President J. A. Mur- ray. Mur ray. Interpreting experiences and pro-• cedures in the armed services in the light of their application to a peacetime economy, Col. C..Crug, of •Chesley, who was the special speaker for the occasion, told the group that continuation of our democratic practices depended to a great extent on the meeting of a demand that each live for some- one or something other than self. Secondly. there was a demand that duty be interpreted in terms of a routine. "What am I going to get out of this for myself?" a question, the speaker said. which is all too fre- quently asked, leads inevitably to a freedom which can, in effect, ,be- come license and which destroys the basis of our community life. Indicating routines of duty which must be followed, the speaker list- ed the routine of religious expres- sion, the routine of political free- dom and of political ideals. There must be a responsibility on the people of a community to partici- pate in community activities, and this can only be ensured by dem- neratie ideals being reduced to definite terns, he said. Our long-term success in main- taining tbe system we know today depends on the ass•tmption of prac- tical responsibilities. The nation can be free only to the extent that its citizens can adapt themselves In the service required of individu- als. Col, Crug told of "some time spent in England when he ,had krown Arnold Turnbull, of Sea - forth. He paid tribute to the great job which Mr. Turnbull was do- ing in England in interpreting Canada to the people of that coun- try. He is a typically good Cana- dian, ana dian, he said. The speaker was introduced by J. E. Keating and thanked on be- half of the group by A. Y. Mc- lean. During the evening a program of songs was arranged by James T. Scott, who led in community singing, and the songs were ac- companied by Allan D. Bennett, the church organist. deference was made to the Hob- by Fair which the organization is sponsoring on December 1, and members were asked to take steps to have their articles ready by that time. On behalf of the veterans who were present, Stuart Wigg, president of the Seaforth Branch of the Canadian Legion, thanked the Men's Club for the arrange nets elite]] had been made. T. B. Campaign Councillor would be subject to ap- proval Sharp indicated he ®Dens Nov. 15th had doubt as to whether a paid recreational director would be an advantage or not. He doubted that such an official could produce suf- ficient returns to justify the ex- pense xpense involved. Councillor Crich, in discussing the matter, hesitated to take any steps which would result in adding a mill to the taxes. He reminded council that a considerable num- ber of appeals on assessment could be anticipated this year, and that an increase of one or one and a quarter mills for recreation hard- ly seemed reasonable in the face of generally increasing taxes. He ask- ed, too, whether the requests for suoh a committee was arising from organizations already existing . in the town, such as, theft in charge of figure skating, baseball or art classes. Be'felt that the dewand was"arising primarily from those: who. were 'partieularly intereeted fit 'hawker. Mayor , McMaster -said that he heti been, informed. that • (Continued en get 6) c e+, a :a�1a9at, chy e�:�Y 834�uJf ,u, +.�,�a�x'i Huron TB Christmas Seal Cam- paign ampaign opens November 15. Pro- ceeds of the sale of Seals are used to reduce TB in Huron. During 1953 more than three million Cana- dians anadians were x-rayed to determine whether or not TB existed. and this waft possible only because or Christmas Seal donations In the a period than1 same p r od more 1 ,000 new patients were admitted to Cans tide's sanatoria. The Michigan Christmas Seal campaign opens on Saturday, No. vem'ber 20, with a promotionat ceremony in Detroit, when Christ mas Seal 'appeal balloons will 1a released. It is likely that many or the balloons will drift and: fall over Canada. t e balloofl d farthest awayFar, the Seal a1,0 Of that area will be taWalo 0ll $15,00. Other ardsa0 '$ f $5 will be made to seal el;. the hair) of the .halite: to l tient to the farthheet disealliebte Detroit. ,t.,hiireleS Aa 6+7.