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'ME E HURON EXPOSITOR, SEAFORTH, ONT., DEC. 2, Oa
HE HURON EXPOSITOR
Established 1860
A. Y. McLean, Editor
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SEAFORTH, Friday, December 2
Firemen Lend Hand
"Seaforth Firemen are making a
major contribution to human wel-
fare as a result of their sponsorship
in Seaforth of a campaign to raise
funds for victims of muscular dys-
trophy.
The canvass of the town by Fire-
men this week produced results, but
not in proportion to what was ex-
pected, or what is needed, if Seaforth
is to play its proper part in fighting
this dread disease.
If you were missed in the canvass
by Seaforth Firemen, you may leave
your contribution at the office of W.
E. Southgate.
A Well -Deserved Rest
It was typical of Mrs. Martha
Jacob that her remarks following a
presentation to her, as she stepped
down after 33 years as Matron of
Huron County Home, should stress
her hope that the Home would con-
tinue to operate as a "Home," and
not as an institution.
Certainly during the years in
which she has been responsible for
the welfare of those resident in the
Home, she has done everything hu-
manly possible to create a "home"
atmosphere. To her, the boys and
girls, as she called the residents,
came first, and at no time during her
33 years at the Home did she allow
those who worked under her, to for-
get it. Despite physical limitations
which plagued the Home administra-
tions until an addition was opened a
year ago, Mrs. Jacobs, through her
industry, her sincerity, her under-
standing, made possible an atmos-
phere that resulted in the sy-mpa-
thetic care of those for whom she
was responsible.
Mrs. Jacobs starts on a well-de-
served retirement. and accompany-
ing her will be the thanks of the peo-
ple of Huron for a job well done and
best wishes for the future.
While no successor to Mrs. Jacobs
has been appointed, the work of the
Home will in the interim continue
under the capable supervision of
Harvey .Johnston, who was recently
confirmed by County Council as farm
manager. Mr. Johnston, in a long
career in municipal work as town-
ship councillor, reeve and finally as
warden, has proved himself to be a
capable, fair and considerate ad-
ministrator. These talents already
have been evidenced during the year
he has been on the staff of the Home,
and with his new and enlarged re-
sponsibilities will become even more
apparent.
Canada and the Colombo
Plan
The recent visit to India by Hon.
Lester B. Pearson, Canada's Minis-
ter of External Affairs, puts em-
phasis on the .part Canada plays in
the Colombo Plan, described as one
of the most successful programs of
international aid. Canada Is the
third largest contributor to the plan,
having appropriated $128 million ov-
er the past five years for assistance
to under -privileged countries.
A study of the uses to which Can-
ada's five-year appropriation of $128
million had been put, reveals that $21
million was utilized for the purchase
of 120 steam locomotives for India
to help re-equip that country's trans-
portation system.
The counterpart funds derived by
the Indian government from the sale
within India of $15 million of wheat
given. by Canada were Used to fin -
ane the construction of '•project at
ayurakshiy in West Bengal, to pro-
vide control on the Mayurakshi
River, generate a nominal amount of
hydro -electric power and irrigate
some 600,000 acres of land. It is this
development that was officially open-
ed recently by Mr. Pearson, and in-
cludes the Canada Dam, so called be-
cause of this country's contribution.
Other outstanding projects facili-
tated by Canada include the modern-
ization of the Bombay Transport
System; the erection of a cement
plant, the irrigation of 195,000 acres
and the development of 150,000 k.w.
of installed electric power capacity
in Pakistan, as well as a $3 million
aerial survey of the country's re-
sources; a fisheries research and de-
velopment scheme in Ceylon calcu-
lated to assist the fishing industry
there and provide a more balanced
diet for the population.
A review of the achievements of
the Colombo Plan as a whole reveals
that more than two million acres of
land, previously desert, have been
brought under cultivation and a fur-
ther million acres have been reclaim-
ed. Improved methods of cultiva-
tion have been introduced over a con-
siderable area.
In India, for example, these influ-
ences,
assisted by favorable weather,
brought about a 22 per cent increase
in the production of food grains be-
tween 1949-50 and 1953-54, and de-
pendence on food imports has been
materially reduced.
Railways have been rehabilitated
in India, Pakistan, Burma, Indonesia
and Ceylon, while Pakistan has em-
barked on a program of road con-
struction.
Certainly there is no easy way to
bring prosperity and a high standard
of Iiving to densely populated and
under -developed countries. At the
same time, the limited period during
which the Colombo Plan has been in
effect is sufficient to indicate it is
providing a realistic approach to de-
termining and, insofar as possible,
filling the basic requirements of
these countries. This is being done
in a manner- that gradually is encour-
aging an inward growth that in time
will be become self-supporting.
Long and Tough?
Perhaps the Old Farmer's Alman-
ac of Dublin, New Hampshire, is not
far wrong.
In the 164th annual edition just
off the press, "Abe Weatherwise,','
the almanac's weather sage, an-
nounces that there will be a bleak
and colder winter ahead.
Certainly, if he was thinking of
the weather we in Huron have had
this week, time has proven him to
1 -ie pretty accurate. The change from
rain on Sunday to heavy snow and
wind of blizzard -like proportions on
Monday, suggested the coming win-
ter was to be no gentle matter.
If the almanac is accurate, we can
look for blustery storms in Decem-
ber; snow, rain and wind in January;
cold and stormy most of February,
and with scarcely less inclement
weather in March.
Perhaps it will be a long, tough
winter.
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
Student's Code
(Acton Free Press)
The School Board in Boston has
drawn up a list of commandments
for students from grades seven to 12.
The list will be read twice a week to
the students, and will be posted in
each classroom.
Perhaps it is a sad commentary
that the schools, rather than the
homes, have to bring these ordinary
rules of decency and common sense
to the attention of young people. But
if it has to be done, it is a good list.
Here it is:
1. Don't let your parents down.
They brought you up.
" 2. Stop and think before you drink.
3. Be smart, obey. You'll give or-
ders yourself, some day.
4. Ditch dirty thoughts fast or
they'll ditch you.
5. Show-off driving is juvenile.
Don't act your age.
6. Pick . the night friends to be
picked for a friend.
7. Choose a date fit for a mate.
8. Don't go steady unless you're
ready.
9. Live carefully. The soul you
save may be your own.
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YOU KNOW, BLONDIE
I'M GOING TO
FIGHT TB I-IARDER
THAN EVER
THIS YEAR BY
BUYING MORE
CHRISTMAS
SEALS!
WONDERFUL DAGWOOD.
IT'S ONS FIGHT I'M�
GLAD TO SEE YOU
GET INTO!
Help Fight TB
II • 1160
1866 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS MSS
Buy Christmas Seals
SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS
Tendered Surprise Party
A surprise party of 19 old friends
gathered at the home of Mr. and '
Mrs. William Brown to honor Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Turvey, who cele-
brated their 50th wedding anni-
versary on November 29.—Blyth
Standard.
Hunters Return
The Zurich and district hunters
who journeyed up to Manitoulin
Island for the annual deer hunt,
have arrived home and were well
compensated for their efforts, as
we understand they came home
with seven deer, and if they av-
eraged around 200 pounds each,
which is a fair weight, that would
mean about 1400 pounds of deer.
—Zurich Herald.
Steam Mistaken For Smoke
The fire siren caused people
about midnight Saturday when
steam escaping from Franklin
Bainton's Woollen Mill was mistak-
en for smoke. Firemen were on
the job quickly, but fortunately
their services were not needed. A
large crowd of residents also made
their way to the mill, some of
them having not yet retired.—
Blyth Standard.
Wins At Guelph
Miss Corinne Rhame has again
been winning honors with her vio-
lin. On Friday, Nov. 18, at the
Kiwanis Music Festival at Guelph
in the violin duet, open class. she
and Sheila Paul, of Acton, were
placed first. On Saturday, in the
16 -year -and -under class for vio-
lin solo. she was placed third and
in the 14 -year -class she won first
place fur violin solo.—Wingham
Advance -Times.
Zurich Hears Lions Official
Monroe L. Nute, of Kennett
Square. Pa., immediate past -presi-
dent of Lions International. greet-
ed Lions and District Al in the
Community Centre. Zurich, last
Thursday evening at a dinner
meeting when about 350 members
heard Mr. Nute speak on Lion -
ism. Also briefly addressing the
group were Bruce Malcolm. To-
ronto. Lions Canadian general sec-
retary. and Ed. Adkin. Leaming-
ton, governor of Al District. It
was a big night in Lionism for
Zurich. The banquet was served
by the Zurich W.I. and Auxiliary
ladies.—Zurich Herald.
Insurance Man's Car Stolen
A car owned by Clarence Neil-
ans, Clinton, was stolen on Tues-
day night from in front of the
home of Harry Jessome, Seaforth.
Clarence, an insurance agent, was
on his rounds and was making his
regular call at the Jessome home
about seven o'clock in the even-
ing. He was in the house for a
few minutes and when he return-
ed to the street the car was miss-
ing. Clarence reports that this is
the second time- that thieves have
been at work in his car. A short
time ago papers we're removed
from the seat when the car was
parked in Clinton. Police located
the car near the hydro sub -station
east of Seaforth. It was out of
gas and the front end had•been
loosened and will require repairs.
Constable Ferris, Ontario Provin-
cial Police at Seaforth, is investi-
gating.—Clinton News -Record.
Hunters Shot and Not Deer
The four-day open deer hunting
season in Huron County was only
a few hours old on Wednesday
when a shooting casualty was re-
ported: It occurred on the farm
of Norman Wright, in Goderich
Township at about 7 a.m. Mr.
Keith Tyndall, 30, R.R. 4, Clin-
ton, and Clarke Bell, 37, R.R. 1,
Clinton, cousins, are in Clinton hos-
FpitaI with buckshot wounds in
their hips and legs. The wounds
are not believed to be serious.
The two men were part of a five -
man party of deer hunters. Mr.
Norman Tyndall. an experienced
hunter, and uncle of Keith Tyn-
dall. took up a lone position in
the bush. Whenhe saw a move-
ment some time later in the bush
he thought it was a deer and op-
ened fire, wounding his two fellow
hunters in error. The wounded
hunters wore light tan and brown
clothing which contributed to the
error that was made. The Gode-
rich issuers of hunting licenses
state there has been a heavy de-
mand for licenses the past few
days by hunters planning to shoot
deer.—Goderich Signal -Star.
CROSSROADS
(By JAMES SCOTT)
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YEARS AGONE
From The Huron Expositor
December 5, 1930
The Broderick Block on Main
Street, opposite the Commercial
Hotel, Seaforth, was completely
gutted and the tenants in the up-
stairs apartments lost everything
on Thursday morning, in one of
the most disastrous fires that ev-
er visited Seaforth in many years.
Mrs. O'Rourke, of Florida, ac-
companied by her sister from Sar-
nia, were guests with Mrs. Lee
Redden, Hensall, on Sunday.
Miss Agnes McGrath, who is
attending Stratford Normal, spent
the weekend at her home in St.
Columban.
Miss A. Snell, Londesboro, is
spending a month at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. Snell, near Clin-
ton.
Mrs. Southcott, of Exeter, visited
with Mr. and Mrs. John Leary, of
Staffa, last week.
I have just finished reading a
book which, although it was very
definitely written for small chil-
dren, seemed to me to have so
much to say to grown-ups at this
season of the' year that I thought
you might like to hear about it.
(But please don't mention any-
thing about it around our house;
I have some plans for this book
involving a small child I know
real well and I'd hate to have her
find out anything about it before
Christmas).
This book is called One Thou-
sand Christmas Beards and it is
written by one of the best writers
for children in North America to-
day — a fellow called Roger
Duvoisin who not only writes the
stories but does his own drawings
to illustrate them.
This particular story, which has
just been published, is not going to
he approved by those cheerless
folk who say that it is not right to
tell children about Santa Claus.
This book is written for children—
and adults—who approve of Santa
Claus. I'm one of those who
definitely approves, so I like the
book.
The story tells about Santa Claus
just about a month before Christ-
mas. He was not in very good
humor because this year, like so
many other years recently, the
whole world was filled with fellows
with red suits and false white
beards going around pretending
they were the real old Santa him'.i
self. Such a situation, when you
come to think of it, would make a
man triad at that. Anyway, this
year, it just got too much for old
St. Nick. He got so angry that he
finally left the North Pole and
headed south and started pulling
the white whiskers off every San-
ta Claus he met. By the time he
got to the first city he had quite
a load of false beards, and in no
time at all the sleigh was full. He
had one thousand Christmas
beards.
From The Huron Expositor
December 1, 1905
Miss Reid, of Varna, was in
Hensall on Saturday last, visiting
the Misses Thompson.
Miss Pearl Anderson, teacher,
spent last weekend with St. Col-
umban friends.
Mr. C. H. Bartliff and Harry, of
Clinton, weed -Brussels visitors on
Sunday.
Mrs. Dodds, of Manitoba; is vis-
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Robertson. Tuckersmith.
Mr. James McClymont, who went
West on one of the harvesters' ex-
cursions, has returned to his home
in Kippen.
Mr. Dan McKay. of Holyoke,
Mass., son of Mr. Peter McKay, of
Tuckersmith, was home this week
visiting his parents.
Mrs. Charles Stewart. of Port-
land, Oregon, is visiting her par-
ents, Mr. and ,Mrs. Wm. McDou-
gall, of ' Egmondville, and -other
friends.
Dr. and Mrs. Telling. Toronto.
were in Seaforth last week visit-
ing Mrs. Graham.
Mr. John Halliday. of the Mill
Road, returned this week from the
West.
Mr. 'OJoseph Bulger. of Port El-
gin, and formerly of McKillop, was
in Seaforth this week visiting his
son, Mr. John Bulger, and other
Well, you and I know how it is
when we get mad about something.
At first we like to strike out as
hard as we can when we're arous-
ed, but after a while we sort of get
tired being made and we let up
a bit. That is exactly what hap-
pened to Santa Claus. By the time
he had pulled a thousand sets of
white whiskers off the faces of an
assortment of phoney Santa Claus-
es, he wasn't quite so angry, and,
as is the case in such a situation,
he began to think about what he
was doing.
The more he thought, the more
he realized that he was wrong
about the whole thing. As he
thought it over, he realized that
the world has 'got just plain too
big for anybody—even Santa Claus
himself—to do all the things which
ought to be done to bring Christ-
mas cheer to all the people of the
wofld. And when he realized this,
he went right back again and gave
those false beards back to every
man he had snatched them from.
In this way, they were all able to
go back to their jobs of helping
the real Santa and this was the
merriest Christmas we have ever
yet known.
Well, that's just a story and I'm
sure that every youngster who
gets that bock under his tree is
going to like it. But do you see
how it has some meaning for you
and me too?
You know that it's really true
that old Santa Claus, who is really
the spirit of Christmas, needs a
lot of help. To make this the mer-
riest Christmas ever, he's going to
need help from everybody. That
includes you and me. That means
you and I have got to do a little
More, for somebody we haven't
had on our list before. And then
we'll have a fine Christmas.
Of course, you don't really have
to put on a false white beard to
be a genuine helper for Santa
Claus.
friends.
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From The Huron Expositor
December 3, 1880
On Sunday the dwelling house of
Mr. A. Cloakey, lot 5, con. 6, Mor-
ris Township, together with the
contents, was totally consumed by
fire. The inmates barely escaped
with their lives.
Mr. Lauchlin Gordon, McKillop,
has sold 50 acres of his farm to
Mr. William Habkirk.
Mr. Michael Murdie has sold his
farm of 100 acres to Mr. Robert
McKercher, of the 6th concession,
McKillop, for the sum of $5,800,
who has leased it to Wright and
Ferguson at a rental of $290 per
annum. Mr. McKercher is now the
owner of two fine farms.
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Stephen F. of Ar
Erects Road Signs:
Concession signs have been er-
ected throughout Stephen Township
it was reported at the annual meet-
ing of the Township Federation of
Agriculture at Crediton Commun-
ity Centre.
Officers elected included: Har-
old Fahrger, president; Lloyd Lam-
port, vice-president; Allan Rich-
ards, secretary; Mrs. 'Earl Shap -
ton, lady representative; Arthur
Amy, Earl Shapton, auditors; and
11 directors representing school
sections.
Andrew Dixon, public relations
official of the Ausable -Conserva-
tien Authority, was guest speaker.
Arthur Bolton, of Clinton, spoke
briefly on 4-H Club work. A spe-
cial program was presented.
The' smart man is the one who,
knows the difference between
temptation and opportunity.
ENTRY BLANK
Seaforth Chamber of Commerce
"CHRISTMAS DECORATION
CONTEST" -
THREE CASH PRIZES $15,00, $10.00, $5.00
NAME
Location of residence to be judged: Street, or Lot and Concession
Mail to:
CHRISTMAS DECORATION CONTEST
Box 157, Seaforth
— or —
Leave at The Huron Expositor Office
— Entries must be received not later than
December, 1955.
— Judges' decision will be final.
Huron Council Ends Session;
Warden Campbell Is Honored
Huion County Council wound up
Council wound
its November session Thursday,
giving formal approval to various
matters that had been considered
in the opening days of the session.
After failing to agree, on Wed-
nesday, on proposed grants to the introducing seven sons.
Clinton and Goderich Hospitals, Old-timers could not remember
county councillors took up the mat- any previous occasion on which a
ter again on Thursday, and agreed warden had been able to present
unanimously on figures of $6,000 seven of his sons at the banquet
for Clinton, and $35,000 for Gode- which annually brings the war -
rich. The action at this session is den's year of office to a climax.
a recommendation to the 1956 At that. one Campbell son was
council, which will have to make missing Wednesday night.
the final decisions when striking The one missing Campbell was
the estimates for next year. Glenn. of Caperol, Ont:; those who
The 1955 council's recommenda- were present were Roy of Hensall,
lion Thursday was that Clinton and Gerald. Lloyd, Harold, Arnold.
hospital board should be granted Kenneth and Homer. all of Exeter.
$6,000 of the $15,000 that had been Also among the guests were the
requested, toward a proposed $45,- two daughters in Warden. Camp -
000 remodelling project in the bell's family of 10 children—Dor-
north wing of the main hospital een, the fourth child of the 10, now
building at Clinton. Council re- Mrs. Leonard Smith, of Lucan, and
commended that the Goderich Mary. ninth in family sequence. Three short stretches of county
hospital should receive the $35.000 now Mrs. Larry Cronyn. ot Cen- road, totalling 6.5 miles, were add -
toward the cost of a proposed $370,- tralia.
000 building project, which woulded to the hard -surfaced portion of
add a three-storey wing to the east Also among the guests was the the system in the 1955 paving pro-
of the present hospital building at
Goderich.
guests were Campbells, but it
guests were it
seemed so for a few minutes, as
Warden Campbell set one prece-
dent by introducing his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell, of
Exeter. and then set anothe3 by
budget prepared the year, for year, i.n'
January, provided $50,000.
If the condition of the roads in•
the county system is to be improv -
.0,. S3td Mr, Patterson, even great-
er outlays will be needed in the
next few years; much of the an-
nual road budget is being absorb-
ed now, he explained, in the work.
of maintaining the roads as they
are, and trying to check deteriora-
.tion.
This year, said the county en-
gineer, " . . . considerably more
maintenance on our older paved
roads was experienced; this is a
natural effect of the increased traf-
fic using our roads. In the near
future, considerable of our funds
will, of necessity, be devoted to
the complete rebuilding of many
of our older paved roads. which
could result in a severe curtail-
ment of our desire to provide larg-
er mileages of paved county roads
senior ex -warden of Huron. Nelson
Trewartha, of Clinton. who was
warden of Huron in 1922. Thirty -
Predicts $1.000 Surplus two ex -wardens of Huron are still over the whole system. The three
A margin on the right side of living, Mr. Trewartha told the stretches paved this year are: in
about $1,000 in the general ac- gathering; when Earl Campbell, Grey Township, a mile and a guar-
counts of the County of Huron for in another five weeks, becomes an ter west from the Perth County
1955, was forecast by County ex -warden, he will be the 33rd boundary. on the road from Newry
Clerk -Treasurer Harvey Erskine. member of the Huron Ex -Wardens to Brussels; in Tuekersmith Town -
in an interim financial report made Association. ship, about two and a half miles"
to the ' county council. Taking the High point of the evening was east from Kippen on the county
actual income and outgo for the the presentation to Warden and road to Seaforth; in Ashfield Town -
first ten months of the year, and Mrs. •Campbell, of a sterling silver ;ship. about two and a half miles,
combining them with estimates tea service, as a gift from the 1955 north of Dungannon, on the coun-
for November and December, Mr.' County Council. The presentation t3' road from Belgrave to Kintail.
Erskine predicted that the two was carried out by Reeve Verne New construction work this year.
"Mr. Patterson said in his year-end
review. has also included three
bridges; at this rate of progress,
he added, it will take 40 years to
rebuild all the bridges for which
the county is responsible.
The three new bridges built this
year are: Timm's Bridge, on the
Huron -Perth county boundary and
also on the Howick-Wallace town-
ship 1}oundary, two miles north of
Molesworth—cost $10,813.00; the
Crediton bridge, over the Ausable
River, at a cost of $57,378; the Gor-
rie South bridge at a cost of $10,-
986. An amount of $15,779 was al-
so spent in finishing up work on
the big Maitland River bridge at
Auburn, built last year, and an-
other amount of $21.907 on the road
diversion which leads to the Au-,
burn bridge.
gram, Mr. Patterson reported. At
this rate of progress, he noted. it
is going to take 65 years to get
sides of the county ledger will
come within one-tenth of one per
cent of balancing.
Total county revenue on general
account, not including road ac -,reeve of Hullett and warden of
counts, is estimated for the twelve Huron in 1954. The program in -
months at $1249,000; outgo is esti-1 eluded brief addresses by • J. E.
mated at $1,248,000. The volume of
Huron's financial business is great-
er in 1955 than is usual, because
of the large sums of money being
handled for the financing of a new
$700.000 county courthouse. now
nearing completion. On the income
en $403,200 from funds set aside
side, the county treasury has tak-
two years ago for the courthouse
building project; on the outgo side
the county has paid $375.765 so far
this year for construction costs on
the project. Mr. Erskine estimat-
ed Wednesday that another $255,-
000 might be paid out before the
end of the year to the courthouse
contractors.
Success in a campaign this "ear
to reduce the county's costs for
hospitalization of indigents is indi-
cated, ,Mr. Erskine reported, by
the fact that October hospital ac-
counts are the lowest for any
month this year. Claims have
been entered against several es-
tates, he reported, which are ex-
pected to produce revenue for the
county's hospital account.
The county's highway reserve
fund, Mr. Erskine warned, is being
rapidly depleted by the demand
for more road and bridge work;
he warned that a continued pro-
gram of new road building will
probably call for an increase in
the mill rate for road purposes.
Warden is Feted
Earl Campbell. of Hay Town-
ship, warden of Huron for 1955,
played host to a gathering of 200
Wednesday night, at the annual
warden's banquet. Not all . the
•
Pincombe, of Usborne. and Reeve
Harry Gowdy, of Howick.
Master of ceremonies at the ban-
quet was William J. Dale. who was
Huckins, mayor of Goderich; Wil-
liam Jewitt, reeve of.-Hullett; Mar-
vin Howe, Arthur, M.P. for Wel-
lington -Huron; Melvin Crich, reeve
of Clinton, who proposed the toast
to the ladies; Mrs. R. B. Cousins,
Brussels. who replied to the toast;
Norman Scoins, reeve of Seaforth,
spokesman for the 1955 council;
William C. Winters, warden of
Bruce county; His Honor Frank
Fingland, judge of the County
court.
A turkey dinner was served in
the banquet ball of Knox Presby-
terian. Church, Goderich. Musical
entertainment was provided by a
Goderich 'male quartette, George
Buchanan, George Parsons, Harold
Bettger and Jack Frith. Commun-
ity singing was led by R. E. Mc-
Kinney, mayor of Wingham, and
Arthur Gibson, deputy -reeve of
Howick. A dance was held in Mc-
Kay Hall, Goderich, after the ban-
quet program.
Read Costs Higher
Road costs in Huron are going
to get higher, not lower, in future
years. Huron county council was
warned Wednesday by Peter Pat-
terson, county engineer.
A supplementary by-law is need-
ed to cover 'an over -run of $50,000
on this year's road budget. it was
reported Wednesday by Arthur
Gibson, deputy reeve of Howick,
and chairman of the county roads
committee.
Total roads expenditures for this
year, Mr. Patterson reported, will
come to about $600,000, on Huron's
400 -mile county roads system; the
Revert To Townships
By-laws have been prepared to
assume the route of the road di-
version at Auburn as a county
road, and to turn back to the town-
ships concerned the main street of
Auburn. which is no longer part
of the route of the county road.
The north side of the main street
at Auburn is partly in East Wawan-
osh and partly in West Wawan-
osh; the south side is in Hullett
Township.
Two other stretches of road ar
expected to go back to township
ownership because of changes in
county or provincial highway
routes. A by-law has been prepar-
ed to turn back to Goderich Town-
ship about two miles of the old
route from Clinton to Bayfield, and
to assume as county road the
route of the ne\v road built this'
year, to straighten the road. An-
other by-law will turn back to
Morris and Turnberry Townships
portions of the former route of
Highway 86, near Bluevale.