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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
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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
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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
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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,. Puippet4..-Joc,
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