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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1955-02-18, Page 1irr 1 -13F- 4'FFir: .tt; t14, e '44-T • 1`61 • • ' '1,4V • Ninety -Fifth Year Whole Number 4545 SEAFORTH, 0.1•ITARIO, FRI DAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1955 REEVE PARKE HEADS HENSALL LIBRARY BOARD Hensall Public Library Board organized for the new year at a meeting held In the clerk's office on Tuesday. Reeve W. Parke was elected chairman. Members of the board are Reeve Parke, Mrs. Norminton, Mr c , Goodwin, Mr's. Joynt, Mr. Eeaburn and Miss Ellis_ Mrs. A. Cameron was reappointed Libra- rian at $350 per year. J. A_ Pat- erson is secretary -treasurer. The report of the Librarian showed circulation in January to- talled 438 compared to 355 in De- cember. The board agreed to pur- chase a new copy of the Book_ of Knowledge. The meeting named Mrs. Norminton, Mrs. Goodwin/ and Miss Ellis to the book com- mittee. Hensall Coup!e, Mr., Mrs. Willem Wed 40 Years Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Willert, of Mensal), were taken by surprise Thursday evening when their chil- dren, grandchildren and friends as- kernbled at their home on the oc- casion•U.; celebrate their 40 west - PROMINENT IN THE FORMATION of the Seaforth Lions Club thirt 'e years ago, four charter members played an important part in the organization of the StrA,. 1 Club a year later. They got together again on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Ste) n'd Club, held re- cently. From left to right they are: J. E. Keating, Seaforth; R, N. "Bia ette, now of 706 ()Valle Ave, Stratford: C. A. Barber and W, J. Dencan, Seaforth. ding anniVersary. They have three of a family, all living: (Pearl) Mrs. Bruce Koeh- ler; (Beatrice) Mrs. Ross Richard- son, and Harold, on the home- stead, and 16 grandchildren, and one great - grandchild, Brenda, .digiiilitor of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Koehler.. ' . •The was spent in pro- gressive solo: ladies' high, Mrs.1 Ross Richardson, 198 points; low, Mrs. Harold Willert, 104 points; gent's high, Ross Hic,bardseft. points; low, Fred liader,;96 points. , After the solo a delicious lunch was served and the children and grandchildren presented Mr_ and Mrs. Willert with a beautiful wall mirror and wished them many more years of happy married life. Mr., Mrs. N. Sillery Married 35 Years • A family gathering was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Sillery, Bruc.efieId, Friday night, in honor of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norrise Sillery, who that day celebrated their 35th wed- ding anniversary. The couple were married at the bride's home near Cromarty by the late Rev. David Ritchie, and have since resided on their farm n Tuckersmith, near Brucefield. They have two children, a daugh- ter, Kathleen, Mrs. Lorne Aikens, Mitchell, and a son, Ervin, Bruce - field. Metr. Lions Entertain lAlicKILLOP MUTUAL INSURANCE Their Daughters; REPORTS FIRE LOSS IMPROVEMENT Hear Of Trip Something new in Lions Club 111.0gramoccurred Monday even- ing, when Lio&1 had as their guests (lick. daughters. Guest speaker was MiSs Rena Fennell, of the Seaforth District High School,. who told of her experi- ences during a trip to Europe last um.mer. Held in St. Thomas' Church Hall, the meeting was arranged by Ross Scott and J. M. Scott. Miss Fen- nell was introduced by President A. W. Sillery, and the appreciation of the meeting was expressed by W. J. Duncan. Miss Fennell indicated that she had been particularly impressed by the broad interest that every- where was evinced in Canada and, in Canadians. Her trip through West Germany reminded her to a great extent of Huron County. The country was clean and prosperous. A 'feature of the meeting was the introduction of a new member, Cyril Kirk. Mr. Kirk was intro- duced by J. Scott Cluff, chairman ,of the membership committee, and installed by President A. ,W. Sil- lery and Past President H. G. Policyholders of the McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company, holding their annual meeting in the Town Hall hereFit my, ap- proved a recomendati, _ of the board that application be made to enlarge the underwriting powers of the company. J. H. McEwing, president, re- viewed the company's progress during the year. He urged polity - holders to be more careful in smoking and in the use of electri- cal equipment. In presenting the 78th annual -re- port ot the Company, Secretary M. A. Reid said there had been a marked improvement in fire loss- es during the year. "This year we suffered two barn fires, bnth of which had to be class- ed as unknown. Two dwelling fires also contributed to our major loss- es, one from defective electric Firemen Fight Chimney Fire Seaforth firemen were called out Sunday morning when a chimney at the residence of Joseph Grum- mett, Huron Road West, caught fire. The blaze was quickly ex- tinguished. wiring and the second from pre- sumably heating equipment," he said. Livestock losses were down, both in number and value. Direct loss- es for the year amounted to $18,- 022.79, with a re -insurance recov- ery of $8,668.82, leaving net direct losses of $9,353.97, _ Re -insurance 10PAS Were higher than average or a, total of $10,- 478.36, the report revealed. Be- sides this there is an unadjusted loss on a dwelling estimated at $1,500. Gross insurance increased ap7 proximately $600,000, and net re- tention increased by a similar a mciunt. Martin Feeney, President of the Usborne and Hibbert Mutual, was present and spoke briefly in con- nection with steps that could be taken to ensure a more thorough investigation into losses. The meeting re-elected retiring directors J. L. Malone. W. S. Alexander and C. W. Leonhardt. At a subsequen.t meeting of the board, Mr. McEwing was re-elect- ed president, and Robert Archi- bald, vice-president. Other direc- tors are: Allister Broadfoot, Sea - forth; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Harvey Fuller, Goderich, and J. E. Pepper, Brucefield. Interesting D arm Forum Gatherings Monday At District F FIRESIDE FARM FORUM The Fireside Farm Forum, Hul- lett Township, met at the,,home of, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Buchanan with 22 adults- present. The topic discussed was "Farm Marketing Abroad." The forum thought farm price support should be designed to protect the farmer from a disastrous price drop, but not high enough to start increased production. The forum thought the price support should be set higher on some commodities than in other FWTAO, Seaforth Plans Activities iscussions About Price Supports countries, except the United States. The forum didn't think it would be possible to carry out an effective price support program without increasing the barrier to international trade, as our prices are so much higher than in other countries. Progressive euchre v. -as played with the following winners: high, Mrs. James Howatt and George Carter; lone hands, Mrs. Oliver Anderson and George Carter; con- solation, Mrs. Robert Jamieson and Oliver Anderson. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr and Mrs Oliver Anderson. Mrs. June Boussey was hostess at the February meeting of the Seaforth Unit of the Federation of Women Teachers Association of Ontario, when a good representa- tion of members was present. The roll call was answered by giving the name of a favorite month. A list of 13 approved resolutions was read by the president, and each discussed in turn. A bulle- tin on Public Relations in Action was compiled under the following headings: (1) Board of Trustees; (2):General Public in Community; (3) Working together in the Pro- fession; (4) Techniques inside the Association. Some of the interest- ing suggestions included: prepar- ing bulletins on toys and books parents should give to children; bolding teas and dinners within the group, and distributing bulle- tins to the public, explaining how and why certain subjects are taught. The first of these men- tioned was to be partially prepar- ed for the next meeting by Laraine Smith. The surprise package contribut- ed by Gladys Chapman, was won by Laraine Smith. -Donations re- ceived amounted tothe sum of 90e. Miss Blanche Westcott has been transferred from Perth County Un- it to the North Huron Unit, and it was suggested that Miss Gladys Chapman and Miss Fern Sawyer also he transferred. After the meeting adjourned, an enjoyable hawk Was, Served by the beatetc$4 .the M�1 laleAtmg is to ..Y,Altittt#10,431Plittbet Vald lolt i1C474 "490%5fiarLogiA; CROMARTY FARM FORUM The subject for discussion was, "Farm Marketing Abroad." (1) Do you thjnk farm price support should be designed to protect the farmer against disastrous drops in price, or should they be kept high enough to encourage increas- ed production? The forum agreed they should be high enough to com- pare with products we must buy, also high enough to protect farm- ers against drop in peke. Price supports a trifle too low to meet prices of industrial commodities tend to cause greatly increased production. (2) Unless we can have support prices higher than r.- rs. uairympie Married 25, Years Friends and relatives surprised Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Dalrymple with a party in honor of their 25th anniversary. An address was read by Mrs. Dorothy Dietz, and during the eve- ning Mr. and Mrs. Dalrymple were presented with a table lamp, an end table and a lovely silver cake plate. The ,,evening was spent playing progressive euchre and crokinole. Taking ,part in a mock wedding were Mrs. Dora Taylor, Mrs. Janet Wallace and Mr, Charles Duffel). •Mr, and Mrs.Dalrymple thank- ed eVerYtheik,altlitargh etiMpletely sarpriaed. AtterldhOh. Vge eitng , export market prices they are of little use. We can -trade at export prices. (3) Support prices with- out barriers are being tried in cheese and results are disastrous 110,14ean Brag". $2.50 a Year n'4 Delay Seaforth Debenture Sjj Council Looks for Additional In one .of the longest council meetings in several years, Sea - forth Council on Monday night took no action to dispose of deben- tures being- isstied to cover' the cost of the sewage construction program,despite the determined efforts of., a representative of a Toronto investment firm who wished to -purchase the debentures at an offered price. While it had been indicated that the Depart- ment of Municipal Board had giv- en, approval to the by-law provid- ing for the debentere, official word of this has not been received, Clerk Wilson told council, and for this reason it was felt unwise to take any action at this particular time. Councillors, too, felt that it would be unreasonable to accept an offer from one firm without providing opportunities to banks ' and other dealers to bid on the issue. All members of council were present,. except Councillor James T. Scott. Mayor 'McMaster pre- sided. In proposing that council accept the offer which his firm was pre- pared to make -fine representative of the Toronth' tirm pointed out that the market for municipal bonat the present time was particularly good. He explained the basis on which bids were ar- rived at, and said that not only Was the gross debt per person a factor,. but aiso dig size 04 the community and the extent to which current taxes are collected. It was as a result of an analysis of these features that his fillb was prepared to make a firm bid. It was indicated that council was desirous of obtaining a premium price for the debentures, particu- larl/ bergite of a requirement for additional funds for thesewage program. Discussion, which last- ed nearly an hour, was postponed until the end, of the meeting, when it was agreed no action would be taken. The finance committee will invite bids from a number of firms when formal approval of the issue has been received from the Muni- cipal Board. Consider Sidewalk Work It cost • $164.00 to remove the snow froth Main Street the end of January, Councillor E. H. Close, chairman of the streets commit- tee, told council. The work was done over a period of eight hours during the night and early morn- ing of January 28 and 29, he said. Extra wages amounting to $22.00 were involved as a result of pro- viding a man to look after the weigh scales during the illness of John Cumthings. At the same time, the scales office had been cleaned and painted. Mr. Close asked for an opinion of council as to the relative merits of asphalt and cement sidewalks. He said that the cost for each was approximately the same, that is $2.00 per yard, but in the case of cement two additional men were required. He referred council to an asphalt sidewalk which had been laid on Market Street, lead- ing to the Public School, and said that it had been suggested by some that the surface was too rough. On the other hand, others fell that it was a particularly good sidewalk: Hii purpose in raising the matter was because cement would have to be ordered at once and he required to know how much cement sidewalk would be laid. In the event that the program was approved, it was intended to do sidewalk .work at the eastern end of Centre Street and at the west- ern end of James Street, he said. Referring to the condition of the EMANDS EXPLANATION Main Street sidewalk, Councillor Close wondered whether an as- phalt surface would be satisfac- tory when the rest of the sidewalk was cement. He felt that perhaps it wouldn't look right. The com- mittee agreed to obtain full in- formation regarding Abe extent to which asphalt could be used for repairing sidewalks, particularly the Main Street sidewalks, and bring a report before council at the next meeting. Protests Parked Cars The committee had received a complaint from Bruce Medd be- cause cars were being parked ad- jacent to his property near ,the Community Centre, Councillor Close said. In discussing the mat- ter with Mr. Medd, he had told him it was not possible to restrict parking on the public street. The street is particularly wide at that point, it was explained, after Councillor Kellar had asked what the situation was. The matter was referred to the Street Committee to deal with as it saw fit. Had Seaforth snow plowing been done by contract, it would have cost $1,059.50 up to the first of the month, Councillor Close said. As it was, the cost amounted to the wages of the men and about $300 in repairs to the grader. He pointed out that the grader, which was a secondhand machine bought a number_of years ago by the town, is in very poor condition and that steps should be taken tmmediately to provide for im- proved equipment. The committee recommended a heavy duty' three -ton truck be pur- chased, and that it be equipped with a one-way plow and five - yard box, as well as a loader. Councillor Close pointed out that with this equipment the snow plowing could be done much more from the former fire truck, which economically, and in addition, it had been disposed of a number of would be possible to load and re- years ago, had been located and COUNCIL D truck would be available to haul wish of council that it be given to move snow from the streets. The asked whether or not it was the $5,000 INCREASE IN SEWER COST gravel a n d other materials the Community Centre. He recall - be sold, since he understood, that; a certain amount of it was di,sapt, peering from time to time, and he bad checked with town employees, c." and there was no requirement for r. it. Council agreed and instructed the committee to sell it as advan- tageously as possible. The ques- tion of the manner in which the •- streets were being brushed was also raised by the chairman of the property committee, who suggest- ed that a considerable saving could result if a mechanical brush " was purchased which could be towed by a truck. Attend Brigade Meeting Reporting for the fire and water committee, Councillor Christie said that for the first time, mem- bers of the committee bad been in- vited to attend a meeting of the . fire brigade. At the meeting the committee had discussed with the. members of the brigade, require- ments they had for additional equipment. The fire brigade had requested, he said, four coats, es- timated to cost $30 each, four pair of rubber boots at $10 each, a tarpaulin for the rural truck at $70. and dry chemical for the rural truck at $85. In addition to this, a new type electric wind- shield wiper was required for_trhe rural ' truck. It was recomffiend- ed that the cost of providing the equipment be charged against the rural truck, since the requirement for it resulted from the greater number of calls which were being received from the townships in the fire area. Council approved the recommendations of the com- mittee and instructed the com- mittee to make the necessary ar- rangements to purchase the equip- ment. , ,, Councillor Christie told the council, too, that the fire siren from sewer engin- eersCOuncil refused to accept a re- commendation Graham Reid and Associates that an increase of over $5,000 be approved in the contract with B. C. Construction Co., for sewer in- stallations. The original contract provided for a payment of $45,616, and the amended contract recom- mended by the engineers totals approximately $51,000. The en- gineers said the added amount came about because of additional work and changes that had been made in plans. It was necessary to install four additional manholes and to lower the sewer line on the east side of Main St. because of changes in surveying. The matter had been discussed at a previous meeting, and at a meeting which minutes read Mon- day night revealed had been held January 17. At the January 17 meeting a by- law establishing see er rates, was -given first and second readings. The by-law provided that maxi- mum billing for sewer service would be $100 and that in the case of Robert Bell Industries. Top- notch Feeds Limited and Topnotch Flour Mills, frontage would he at I the rate of 25c on buildings only. Councillor Kellar asked to see I an itemized statement of the addi- tional amount. He wanted to know how the figure had been arrived at, and what were the unit prices. Mayor McMaster agreed •forther information should be forthcom- ing. "I still can't see where that 1 much extra work was done," he Isaid Additional depth ordered by the !engineer was about four feet. Councillor Leslie, chairman of the [sewer committee, said. "The en- gineers made the survey. How were they that far out?" the May- or asked. It was indicated that based on unit prices the manholes amounted to $177.00 each. The to- tal cost of excavation in the orig- inal contract was $9,250.00. The additional amount. recommended by the engineers, represented about half as much again, it was point- thur Anderson; conschtion, Stew- art Dolinage. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter Scott, for the dairy inctustry. The gov- , ernment choose not to protect ! PARR LINE FORUM them. International trade bar- The regular meeting of the Purr riers will be strengthened as a Line Farm Forum was held at the necessary protection. home ef Wilfred Mousseau with 24 Hibbert Farm Forum and Fed- ;members in attendance. Disc,us• era tion of Agriculture are spon- I sion was led by John Soldan and soring a play, "The Ready -Made :proved to be a very interesting Family," to be presented by the 'one. Mitchell Junior Farmers in Staffa 1 While the merits of price sup - Town Hall, Wednesday, Feb. 23. ,ports were realized as to what Euchre winners were: ladies, 'good they had done in the past, no Bert Riley; low, Mrs. Filmer one disputed that there should not Chappel; gents' Tim Howe; low, be a system whereby the farmer Alvin Crawford; lone hands, Bill Harper. S.S. No. 2. McKILLOP S.S. No. 2, McKillop, Farm For- um met this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel St-rcy. The topic was, "Farm Marketing Abroad. Question Do you think farm price supports should be designed to protect the farmer against ment has had to regulate acreage, astrous drops in price, or should or to be more specific, "more gov- they be high enough to encourage ernment control." We think that reased production. or should the only way farmers can attain a hey be in between? Support prices fair and stabilized price system, should be set to protect the farmer which will be in accordance with against drastic drops in price, but world markets, would be through not high enough to cause over -pro- the establishment of more market- duction.ing boards and through Co -opera - Question 2: Do you think we in tives. The farmer has the means Canada should set support prices within his grasp to reach these ob- higher than prices in the available jectives if he utilizes these two export markets? Support prices, imeans for selling and buying. In whether for home or export mar- !view of the fact that bacon for kets, should, if possible, cover the Grade 'A' hogs is selling at a average cost of production, plus premium of 4 to 5 cents a pound a reasonable profit, or else the above the top bacon on the Unijed econonmy of the country on' a States market, this forum has !Or - whole will suffer. warded a resolution to the Hay Question 3: Can we have an ef- Township Federation of Agricul- fective price support program ture, recommending that there without increasing barriers to in- shohld be a spread of at least $5 ternational trade? A price support between 'A' and 'B' hogs. It was program may increase barriers to agreed that this would give more trade, but we see no reason why encouragement to producers to this difficulty cannot be overcome improve their grade of hogs. At by means of international co-oper- ,present there is too little differ- ence in price between these two will be able to operate at a profit. This forum thinks that if price supports were set at a cost plus basis. the Canadian prices would still be too high for the available export markets. Some members thought that the price supports may lead to the same situation which exists in the United States where the govern- Concluding the discussion period grades. a social hour was spent in pro- Winners of euchre were Mrs. Ida gressive- euchre, Winners were: Dick, for the ladies, . and Gordon ladies,. most gairies, Mrs. R, E. Coleman, for the gents.• Lunch McMillaii lone band$, Mts. Stew- ":40...,..served by fle Doltnage; consols -Bow, t meetiiii • 1e 'eld latualana, re -en, most tairiek. atA r. and MK Steitt. , ed out. Council discussed difficulties there had been in having the con- tractor complete his work. There was doubt it would be fnished as required by the contract, Coun- cillors said. Reeve Scoins suggested that ev- en if the contractor had gone down four feet, he didn't know how the engineers could have been so far out. In reply to a question from Councillor Christie, Clerk Wilson said B.C. Construction had been paid $38,250 and that there was a holdback of $7,350. No action was taken pending a full report from the town en - Auxiliary Plans For Penny Sale Members of the Women's Hospi- tal Auxiliary held their monthly meeting at the nurses' residence on Feb. 8, with Mrs. H. E. Smith presiding. There was a good at- tendance. A report was given on the Ging- ham dance, held at t1 Commun- ity Centre on Feb. 4. Last minute plans were made for the skating party being sponsored by the Aux- iliary on Feb. 9. Arrangements were made for the penny sale to be held the latter part ,of March. A cup of tea was served by a committee consisting of Mrs. A. Y. McLean, Mrs. J. L. Longstaff and Mrs. J. A. Murray. Distemper Affects District Dogs An outbreak of distemper in the diatriet which has resulted in the Oath o nt lost' one dog and af- feethd num-ber ef others, is not Mere,' !,d9itilea 6SC-'ettry ,Aother tei*"4 .throughout the year. He had made ed that a couple of years ago, of - re n y fi i centre limi ar inquiries and found 1 C it p that a new heavy duty truck of had inquired about the siren since c a s ofthe omm n y the type required would cost something under $4,000, and about it was felt it could be used at the arena as a signal during hockey $5,000 completely equipped. games. Council agreed that the ' Investigate Truck Purchase committee could give the siren to the arena While Councillor Close felt that it was not a good thing to buy us- ed equipment, since that meant •that you were buying somebody Ielse's troubles Councillor Habkirk Reporting for the relief commit- tee, Reeve Scoins said that at the moment one person was on semi - relief. He anticipated, however, that a request for additional re - pointed out that insofar as heavy lief would be received shortly. ;duty trucks were concerned. fre- quently trucks in excellent condi- Change Police Phones tion are available at reduced Councillor Close told council that prices. Council indicated there representatives of the Bell Tele- lwas a requirement for equipment phone Company had discussed the ' f h d • 'I), bv 11-1 . , advisability of making changes in comm e , n. t c . .e manner \\ 1 c po ce ca s gineers. • ! Icillors Close and Ha hkirk to in- 1 were being handled. The propos- i vestigate the availabil0 iil tisecl 1 ecl extensions. which would cost itt and i str icte I Cinin- 0-1 in.1 i h 11 C. of C. Pans !equipment and determine a firm 1$13 2r, to install and would amount ' Meeting Monday A general meeting of the Sea- orth Chamber of Commerce will be held in the Town Hall Monday c -ening, it was announced this week by President M. Ross Sav- ange. In view of the important contri- bution which an active Chamber of Commerce can make to the 'community, Mr. Savauge is hope- ful there will be a large attend- ance at the meeting. rice or new equipment ,------------ ) an additional 6 15 a mo th ICiecision could he taken at the next would provide for i%.11s going enith- • Reeve Scoins. chairman 0!" t'-fe re- 1(11 nee v•hiohever constable property committee. to: 1 council I was or diity. Reeve Scoins sug- of the arrangement, e hich lternative. that two committee proposed \I ith respect cxtensions to each of the resi- t, the operation of the welia, dentes ()I tba constables would be scales. By adjusting the rate, in 11.4t vheaper. hat council felt effect from 15c to 25c for weighs i that the Continual ringing of tele - weighs over 2,2 tons, it is 2,ti.he eon fbueslilnsgiiilinctihraeenuplaces whichA'ould up to 2' 2 tons and to :15c fiir - phene 1the • • 1 was not justified. Approval was given to the arrangement as out- lined by the company. K. I. McLean. representing Con- federation Life Association. and Eric Monroe. representing the ing Mr. Cummings. he said. It Ncoor.t hn pAperT;eridca nbefoLriefe the Women's. Auxiliary to Scott would no longer pay the $20.00 council Insurance as s was explained that under the pro- a result of a request which had A skating party, sponsoren by posed arrangement, the town been made at a previous meeting Memorial Hospital. on Friday eve- month to the operator. to discuss with council the possi- bilities of arranging a health in- surance program for town ern- ploycos. Ten employees of the town and Public Utility Commis- sion are involved. It was suggest- ed that the cost of providing the insurance would be nriet jointly by the employees and the municipal- ity. Details of the proposals were left with council for study and con- sideration will be given the matter at a later meeting. The police committee will in- vestigate a complaint which was contained in a letter, addressed to a council member, from Joseph Little, R.R. 1, Seaforth. in connec- tion with a parking ticket, as a result of which he had been re- quired to pay $1.00 on December 14. In his letter. Mr. Little point- ed out that he had been proceed- ing south and had stopped to take - eggs to the Co-operative Egg Grad- ing Station. He had not_. been ab- sent from his vehicle More than a "• couple of minutes. Constable Christensen, who was • • in the audience at the council meeting, was asked his opinion, and told council insofar as he was aware, no one had ever received a ticket unless he had been im- properly parked for a lot longer than two minutes. Counciller Kel- lar said that Mr. -Little had spok- en to him and that he was con. • cerned because he had not teciatv6 ed a receipt after he hadAktutih Um. Clerk Wilson told.CO" that the only reason a, •O'' would not be issued' vfrat individual had, enriiii" office to tity the meeting, of council. er 1!,e o!`.ic;., or to the erator. John Cummings. 1\ mild 1-): ahead about $140 a year and at the i ame time the town would prove its position by $240 a year. Auxiliary Holds or by the amount ot 820 a month which in the past it had been pay - „.• Skating Party ning, attracted a good crowd. Prizes were won by B. Hilde- brand, Mrs. W. M. Hart, Mrs: Ed. Matthews and Mrs. Robt. Char- ters. Ruth Sills won the door prize. Legion Ladies Hold Pot -Luck Supper The Legion Ladies' Auxiliary eld a successful pot -luck supper n the Legion rooms Monday eve - ming. While attendance was not as arge as had been anticipated, hose who were present had a horoughly enjoyable time. Following supper, euchre and dancing were enjoyed. Specialists Advance Council Work Seaforth Council found its work expedited Monday night when it discovered it had spe- cialists on topics under discus- sion. as members of council. Councillor Habkirk, who op- erates the Seaforth District High School bus contract, had all the answers when a heavy duty truck for town work was under discussion. A few mom- ents later, when the subject was an improved telephone serviee for Seaforth polite, Councillor Kellar, lineman for TelephOie Sys- aS 4%41 I' e tech- New Scale Rates Clerk Wilson told council he doubted that the amended regula- tions could be 'brought into effect until a by-law was passed by council. There was difficulty in making a by-laW retroactive, since coal dealeit would not know the amounts for which they were be- ing charged. Council agreed that. a by-law -would he prepared for presentation to the next meeting, :and it was also agreed that Mr. 'Cummings, who had been ill for some time, would receive the Jan- uary fees which had been collect- ed at the scale office. after the cost of relief help had been de- ducted. , Reeve Scoins told the council that he had received a query as to whether or not a quantity of lumber stored in the Town Hall was for sale. He said that the lumber in question was in a room adjacent to the tower and con- sisted of a quantity of ceiling ma- terials. In his opinion, it should Kippen East W.I. Holds Euchre -Dance Kippen East Women's- Institute sponsored a successful euchre and dance in the Town Hall, Hensall, Friday evening, with 30 tables in play for the euchre. .Winners were: ladieS, Mrs. Clarence Volland, Hensall; Mrs. W. D. Wilson Brucefield; gents, John tfenderson,. 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