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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1956-03-16, Page 1( :1'411 a , • '' • '• • .o 41i- • ^5:11MgartMEMIONIMM. SUBROUNDED BY- HER ATTENDANTS. Queen of the Carnival, Sharon Strong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Strong, Tuckersmith, is seen following her selection at the ice carnival Friday evening. On the left is Patsy McNichol, and on the right Connie Aitkinson. Seated is Darlene Sills. - (Photo by Phillips) Costumes Varied As. Many Compete In Ice Carnival ' Irtghlight of the oldtime ice carn- ival, sponsored by the Arena Com- mission here Friday evening, was the crowning of Carnival Queen, Sharon Strong, five-year-old daugh- ter of Mr. .and Mrs. Leonard Strong, Tuckersmith.. ' The largest. family on skates was Mrs. Eldon Wilson and her five children, of R.R. 3, Brussels. Mr.' and Mrs. James A. Stewart were judged the most graceful ample.. The youngest girl • on skates was Dianne Patterson; the youngest •boy, Scott Wilson, of Brussels. Russ Piper had the best imper- sonation of Davey Crockett. Other prize winners were: young- est parents on skates, Mr. and Mrs. George IliIdebrand; best dressed girl under 10 .years. Darlene Sills, Barbara Holland; oldest man on skates, Barney Hildebrand; oldest woman on skates, Mrs. B. Hilde- brand; 'best dressed couple under 16, Phyllis Bryans and Ann Trout - beck; Mary Crich and Joan Teall; best dressed couple over 16, Alice and Evangeline Reid; best nation- al costume, Georgia. Taylor, Dar- --lene Sills; best- clown, George Broome, Bill Trapnell; best dress- ed 'girl under 16, Pearn McLean, Ann Kling; over 16. Joan Wilson, Mrs. E. Wilson, both of Brussels; best dressed boy under 16, Bill Teal', Garry Wilson, Brussels; ov- er 16, Carl Lovett; best hard -time farmer, George Br•oome ; best bard -time fernier's wife, Kay Charters. Judges for the event were s. • Leonard Strong, Mrs. , Ha ey Mason and Leslie Beattie. Prizes were donated by local merchants and business men. Fred E. Willis called the events. Mrs. Joseph Grummett held the lucky ticket on a draw for a table lamp. The carnival queen made the draw. Parents Examine Pupils' Work At St. James' School Interested parents in large num- bers were present at St. James' School Friday evening on the oc- casion of the school's open house, a feature of Education Week. Attractive displays by the chil- dren were seen in every class- room. Examination papers, care- fully written and marked, were ar- tistically arranged; educational posters; a very colorful asSort- ment of art -painting on glass, finger painting; every phase of art corelated with other subjects; so- cial studies; religion and English; scrapbooks of current events. Many hobbies of the pupils were e ndisplay, including needlework, knitting, fancy and useful articles. • • Levels Of Lake Show Drop Witter Weis of the Great Lakes • and St. Lawrence River in F`ebrtt- ary as reported by the Canadian , hydrographic Service: Lake Huron at Goderich--579,51 eedt„,_.0 .y0 of ..an ificklOWer than Alatttearli Mutt' than February, ''.108;•-•18-P.s, inches lower than the higlied ,February since 1860; 2k inches, high01. than the it4 *.•F' ; ../kc-111,he$ 40W :Jett, 4 HURRY UP, KIDS! TIME IS SHORT; ENTER YOUR COLORING CONTEST NOW Hurry up, kids! There isn't much t .1'here is no limit to theiiiiinber time left to win a free prize in The -of entries that may be made, but Expositor Easter Coloring Contest. only one prize will be given to each All yen have to do to enterlhe winner. If a winning entry is ac - contest is to color one of the fig-: companied by a subscription to ures that appear in The Expositor The Huron Expositor, it will be each week, and forward or bring awarded double prize money. It it to this*office. There is no will pay you to send a subserip- charge p3 enter. The bo' or girl who submits the tion with each entry. coloring whiebt- in the opinion of , the judges, is best, will win $5.00. Second prize is $3.00, and third Store Repairs prize is $2.00. The judges are Mrs.! E. Turnbull, of Seaforth, and their Recall 1876 fire Joseph' McConnell and Miss Mabel decision will be final. The tragic fire of September, This week's pictures appear on pages 2 'and 5. The final two 11176, when a major portion of Sea - tures will appear in next week's forth's business area as laid issue. Entries close on Wednes- waste by flames, was recalled this day, March 26. ' week when workmen, removing the front of the former Cleary mcKiilop, Logan & store on Main St., bared the north- erly wall of the building occupied by S. Shinen. The smoke -blacken - Hibbert Phone Co ' ed wall -recalled the fact that it • was that building which stopped the flames some 80 years ago from Hears Reports iwiping out additional buildings fur - j they south. The fire, which commenced ina A net profit of $1,732.06 was re- frame structure about where Chris - tie's Butcher Shop is now located, spread rapidly in both directions and across the street. By morn- ing the area north from Shinen's store to Watson & Reid's building, on the east side of the street, had been destroyed, as well as the block between John St. and God- erich St., on the west side of Main was being given to the replacing St. Immediately following the fire, re - of the existing cable running south tbaundilt,before the area had been the council of the day took of Dublin by a new cable. Work steps to widen the Main Street al- ison No. 8 Highway. west of Dublin, ; lowanee and expropriated addi- be proceeding and is expected to completed by April 1, The work involved the rebuilding of lines and splitting circuits, There will be no changes in rates, the meet- ing decided. Tribute was paid to' Lloyd El- liott, Russel Brock and Arthur Mil- ler, of the maintenance staff, for the conscientious manner in which they had carried out their duties during the year. At the same time. the meeting paid recognition to the operators who bad served so faith- fully. Directors re-elected were: M. Murray, Albert Siemon. James Mc- Quaid, J. J. Holland. Pat Jordan, Lyle Worden and Herbert Mahaf- fy. At a subsequent meeting of the directors, Matt Murray was re- eleeted president; Mr. Siemon, vice-president, arid James McQuaid • Was •again 'tamed secretary-treasL urer, altzed on the year's operations, shareholders in the McKillop, Log- an and Hibbert Telephone Co. Ltd. were informed on the occasion of the annual meeting held in Dublin. The meeting, at which there was a small attendance, was presided over by President Matt Murray. In reviewing the, year's work, it was indicated that consideration Lionel land. The results are in evi- dence by the change in width of Main St. which occurs at the two limits of the fire. 1,000 Attend Auction Sale A crowd estimated at more than 1,000 attended a .clearing auction sale at the farm of the late Harry Caldwell in Tuckersmith Tuesday a fternoon, Buyers came from distances as far away as 75 miles, and the crowd was the largest seen at an auction sale in the district for a long time. Auctioneer Harold Jack- son sold steadily for five hours. "Sometimes there w r e' to o many people," Mr. Jackson said. "They got in the way.", few At Meir Hockey Group Will Try Again A special meeting et the Sea, forth Hockey Associative, held Monday night to consider a re- port of the year's operations, re- sulted in a disappointing attend-, ance of eight -four of whom were members of the executive. Colin - ter attractions were blamed for the poor showing, according to Secre- tary John Longstaff. At the sante time, it was an - flounced the end of the hockey din- ier, to have been held in the Com- munity Centre Thursday of this week, has been postponed to per- mit of additional tilde in which to dispose of tickets. The likely date now is Thursday, April 5. ;( • A financial report of the sea- son's hockey activities, Considered by the meeting, showed a deficit c$f p,81.4.3.8. No action was taken and further consideration was de- ferred until a meeting which is to be ?ailed in the near future, Mr. Long- itaff said. The statement indicated that .-venue totalled $3,855.45, made up as follows: Gate receipts $ 2,337.73 491.99 9525 485.54 • 148.00 50.00 5425 Draws at each game Mystery prize, draw Booster Club Subscribers' seats Arena Board Christmas tree sale Loans from Committee: Longstaff $50.00 Smith ..... 12.80 87.89 25.00 Board reimbursement 17.00 Donations- • Huron Expositor 25.00 B. R. Smith 14.00 For Hat Tricks • 17.00 M. E. Clarke Milt Hoff 11:45 1044 John Henderson 10.00 Expenses were as follows: Jun- ior-O.H.A. entry fee, $10; insur- ance, $320; bank charges, $225; rink rental (Luean and Mitchell), $8625; statistician, $2025; tele- phone, $119.05; insurance, G. Muir, $10; Christmas gift, G. Muir, $8.80; Sports College, subscription, $5; advertising: Hu r on 'Expositor, $114.59; CKNX, $8; Seaforth News, $28.57; Clintons News -Record, $224; 0.H.A, percentage of playoff gates, $50; sticks, equipment, etc: Dom- inion Rubber, tape, $87.44; Ted's Sporting Goods, • $80.55; Waldie's Hardware, $5410; Stewart Bros., $11.45; Mel Weber Sporting Goods, $427.72; Baldwin Hardware, $309.11; Sills' Hardware, $24.03; skate sharpening, $127.75; oranges, gum, etc., $68.38; referees, $596.50; play- ers' lunch money (37 games), $553; hotels, meals and transpor- tation (player tryouts), $10.55; coaches' salary; J. Mavity, $300; G. Muir, $50; paid out for hat tricks, $24; players' pay reirn- hursement, $12.50; players' Christ- mas party, $18; medical fees. $21; players' board and room (Mrs. Cleary), $700; players' subsistence allowance. $165; transportation, $891.83; players' guarantees, $700. Total $6.176.91. Minor -Sticks, equipment. etc., Baldwin Hardware, $213.34; Crown Hardware, $23.28; Sills' Hardware, $15.22; referees. $90.30; oranges, gum, etc., $23.58; insurance, $54; entry fees, $23; sundry accounts not submitted, $25. Grand total. $6,644.63. Among the expense accounts shown above, those remaining un- paid include the following: Bank overdraft, $71.39; loans, payable, $87.80; accounts payable: Ted's Sporting Goods, $32.25; M. E. Clarke, $10; Waldie's Hardware. $54.10; G. McGonigle, $59.80; Bald- win Hardware, $422.45; Mel Weber Sporting Goods, $427.72; Anson Gil- bert Motors. $17.47; Huron Exposi- tor, $89.59; Miller Supertest, $5645; Dr. J. G. McDermott, $11; Stewart Bros., $8.95; Art Wright, grocer, $1.65; Robt. Bell Industries, $95.50; CKNX. $8;, Walden & Broadfoot, $47.46; Seaforth News, $28.57; Dr. G. H. Ingham. $10; Clinton News - Record, $2.24; Neil Bell, $15.77; Sills' Hardware, $39.25; Crown Hardware,. $23.28; Rowcliffe Mo- tors, $43.79; Hugh Thompson, $86.50; Cleave Coombs B. -A., $2620; Cont- mereial Hotel. $26.50; Geo. Hilde- brand, refereeing, $7.50; Charles Reeves; ' refereeing, $40; players' guarantees, $485; players' board. $315; players' subsistence, $80; G. Muir,, $60; sundry accounts not submitted, $25. '4 •t,t& - ' OitifitnW bkSERVER WINGS were •presented at a meeting of die 52nd Detachment ef the ler, Beaforth; c!. lykcXelvie, HenUall; Fa,. F. M. Hewett presenting the, Wings. (Photo by GroUnd Observer Corps, of London, held 4.in Seaforth on Friday. Members of the Corps from Refloat, Seaforth, •Brodhagen and Surrounding communities attended. Shown in picture are mem. bets Who qualifed for Ground Observer Wings, left to right: Don Wolfe. Brodhagen; Bruce Mil. •"- 4, V ;,•• Ailed of Canada Makes Major Contribution To NATO, Air Force Speaker Tells Lions Of Problems 'Canada and 'Canadians have niade a ,,major contribution to stability in Europe and through- out the world by the role that has been played in NATO, Wing Com- mander R. B. Hoodspith told mem- bexs of the Seaforth Lions Club on Monday evening. W./C. Hoodspith, who is the Officer Commanding R. 8c.. C. S, at R.C.A.F. Station,Clin- ton, was for •three years on the staff of NATO headquarters near Paris. The speaker, who described the background of NATO, which, he said, was a deterrent .to aggres- sien and created a shield for Eur- ope, paid tribute to the job which President Eisenhower had done as the first Supreme Commander. He outlined the problems which were faced in the initial stages of or- ganization, particularly those aris- ing from language differences and fi am a lack of confidence on the part of participating countries. • Describing the role which Can- ada had played, W/C. Hoodspith said that Canada had contributed on a per capita basis as much aid as any other country, and substan- tially more than many of the NATO countries. For several years the only active squadrons in Eur- ope under the command of SHAPE were R.C.A.F. squadrons. His ex- perience was that Canadians were held in high regard in the coun- tries in which they had served; and the presence of Canadian forces in Europe had had the effect of re- storing a degree of self-respect in the countries with which Canada was associating. Foreseeing the day when the in- troduction of modern weapons would make obsolete many of the practices now in existence, W/C. Hoodspith suggested that the pic- ture, as to the continued require- ment of large bodies of ground troops, would 'be reexamined and that the day would come when the load would be lessened to a cer- tain degree insofar as man power was concerned. At the same time, the provision of specialized troops and of nuclear weapons and other technilogical advances were, just as costly...as was the mainten.ance of ground forces. 'The meeting was arranged by Eric. IVIeltron and GeorgeY, Hays, with the former acting ak,:*chair- man. The speaker wasqntroduced by Andrew Y. McLean and the ap- preciation of the club expressed by H. G. Mein Members were urg- ed to 1 'on o draw tickets as quickly as possible by Harold Free of the draw commit- tee. 4eamasonoz44,00.4.4.4444.4,,A.A.,.....*. ... . ................. meet', uuin WWI 4-11 LLUBS were organized at a meeting in the S.D.H.S. last week. President of the six 4-H Clubs organized are: Lawrence Taylor, R.R. 1. Londesboro. grain; Alex Townsend, R.R. 3, Seaforth, tractor; Tom Whyte, R.R. 2, Seaforth. swine; Gloria Carter, R.R. 2, Seaforth, dairy; Bill Strong, R.R. 2, Dublin, beef; Roy Eyre, R.R. 2, Kippen, poultry. • A District Groups Compete Here in Annual Achievement The South Huron 4-H Homemak- ing .Club' Achievement Day for the project, "What Shall I Wear," was held in the Seaforth District High School Saturday. Thirteen clubs, including Auburn, Clinton, Cran- brook, Elimville. Ethel, Gorrie, Hurondale, Kippen. Londesboro. Moncrieff, Seaforth town and Seaforth district with a total of 140 members participated. Donna Alexander, of Ethel, and June Smith, of Seaforth. having completed 1.2 projects, were pre- sented with provincial honor certi- fieates and pins. County honor certificates and pins were present: ed to Beatrice Alexander, Ethel; Marie and Ruth Andrews, Auburn; Phyllis Cann, Exeter; Marilyn Strang, Exeter; Maureen Stewart. Exeter; Marilyn Tuckey, Hensall; Mary Catherine Nigh. Seaforth; Mrs. Marion Harrison, Moncrieff. Tliey each had completed six pro- jects, Miss Helen McKercher, of Toronto, superintendent of Wo- men's Institutes, made the presen- tations. Following registration at 9:30 a,m., the morning program was devoted to studying a class of four blouses, giving reasons for plac- Sleet Wind Blanket Area The district experienced one of the worst storms of the season last week when freezing rains on Thursday were followed by tor- nado-like winds on Saturday and Sunday, In the Hensall-Zurich area, hy- dro was off 36 hours until Friday noon. Telephone service was dis- rupted over a wide area and dam- age amounting to thousands of dollars resulted when poles and lines crashed to the ground. Many rural lines out of Seaforth will be out of service for some time. Sea - forth escaped the worst of the storm, although the P,U.C. receiv- ed calls when service was disrupt. ed in several parts of town Sunday Morning. Trouble resulted when Iiinhs were blown on lines. The most serious interruption occurrerd in the northeast section of town when power was off nearly four hours. Gost of repairing rural telephone lines has not been estimated in full. The MeKMop, Logan and Hib- bert Company believes damage to sits345001ines will amount to at least ings. Four costume charts suit- able for church were next judg- ed by the girls. From 10 samples of materials suitable for blouses. one material was selected as be- ing most suitable to wear .with four skirt materials shown. All blouses made by the girls. their record books and costume or wardrobe chart were placed dur- ing the forenoon. During the course of the project the girls learned to select styles and materials; how to plan a wardrobe; how to choose suitable color, pattern and material; how to adjust a pattern and how to pro- perly lay a pattern.; how to cut a bias. prepare the material and make seam finishes. G. W. Montgomery, agricultural representative for Huron. spoke on the importance of their work and 4. A ay complimented the girls on their workmanithip. The leaders, he said. are the backbone of club work. They give voluntarily of time. Much credit, too. is due the par - (Continued on Page 8) Work At CNR Depot Is Under Way A C.N.R. maintenance crew has been busy at the station here for the past week carrying out exten- sive maintenance work to the sta- tion building. Marking the first time in many years in which other than routine painting has been done. the work includes covering the entire build - ins with siding. insulating and gteun al retail, aliens. ANTICIPATE OUTSTANDING EVENT- , SKATING CLUB PLANS CARNIVAL Plans for the annual carnival of the Seaforth Figure Skating Club nearing completion. The annual carnival is being held Saturday evening. March 31. This year the carnival will take the form of a circus, complete with animals, clowns and chorus lines. Also featured will be precision skating, dance skating and solo numbers. As usual, the senior girls with their exacting skating and intri- cate steps, will compete with the cute and sometimes unpredicted antics of the small fry, who al- ways steal the show. It is predicted that this carnival, under the capable tuition of Mr. Dennis Silverthorne. will be the best ever produced in Seaforth, For weeks now the club has been practising for the event, and club members are looking forward to a full house. This year, because of the lack of senior members, the club has imported a group of 24 from Strat- ford to form the background for the Seaforth skaters, who will take the lead parts in these numbers. In every case, members of the club will be out to do their best to show Mom and Dad and the public how well they can skate. This year a special feature will be guest skaters Jeffery and Linda Johnson. of London, famous Can- adian dance team, whose superb dancing on ice has thrilled audi- ences in Canada, the United States and in Europe.. Be sure and see this carnival. Jeffery, 18, and Linda, 15, have skated as mein- bers of the North American team and competed in Austria and Ger. many last year and this year. Each is the holder of many gold 'medals. On Wednesday. March 28. at 7:30. the club hopes to conduct skating tests for those who are proficient in figures and dances. It is hoped the parents and the public will come nut on this eve- ning to see what their children have learned during the year. There is no charge. Legion Auxiliary To Mark Birthday The regular meeting of the Lad- ies' Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion was held in the Legion rooms Wednesday night, with 29 present. President Olive Little oc. cupied the chair. The meeting opened with the de- positing of the flags and "0 Can- ada." Comrade Yvonne Powell was presented with a past secre- tary's badge. The mystery prize was won by Comrade Janet Mc- Gregor. and a draw on a box of powder was won by Comrade Bar- bara Scott. Plans were made to-. wards a birthday party in April. The meeting closed with the re- tiring of colours by Standardbear- ers Comrades Adams and Watson, followed by "The Queen." A few games of bingo were enjoyed by all, followed by a delicious lunch served by the committee, • • A complete, XevielY., Parking orggnyrtinilt;H Pgrg, tit n Nein 'Wee with 011, early elimieation' of angle - ig, 'Seenled a PtIlbabilitY, bers f S al o e orth CosinO,u the situation that•keasted street ecut diamst cousathdesa joynN,00,7:0404.seg7tglit:e, sewn/ pouted out that parking • Peered to be getting entirely out • of hand and that, in his opinion, • angle parking should be elfininat•4' • 14,‘ ed, and parallel parking instituted ' • • throughout the length of Main St. He recommended that parking be limited to two hours. Clerk Wilson 4,,,•-04 warned council thatein his opinion, • changes. in the narking regulations ••!„.1 required a lot of thought. For in- stance, he asked, how was it pro- posed' to enforce limited parking? Councillor J. T. Scott pointed out' that there are two policemen and, while they each work but eight hours, they are on duty during the periods when parking would be heavy. Council was informed by 'Councillor H. H. Leslie that Mit- chell is discussing parking meters as an alternative to the situation that exists. Reeve Scoins reminded council that a decision had been taken a little over a year ago to install meters, but that nothing had been done because of criticism that arose at that time, In his opin- ion, the only alternative to meters was the establishment of a park- ing limit. It was agreed that no decision • would-be taken, and that a special meeting would becalled to discuss. the matter. Name Reeve Scoins Council named Reeve Scotus as chairman for the meeting in the absence of Mayor McMaster, who is on a holiday trip to the Baham- as. Also absent was Councillors E. H. Close and John Kellar, who were ill. • Answering a query by Council- lor Scott, Councillor Leslie, chair- man of the Sewage Committee, said that the town's engineers were taking action to correct the condi- tion at the disposal plant which age as was permitting a certain leak. Switches were being moved, bad been recommended. A recent complaint had been checked by that P.U.C. and it was found the situation was not serious. Reeve Scoins wondered what progress was being made in bill- ing ratepayers who were using the lerk sers tain Ces- sewer disposal system. and C Wilson told him that lists of u were being prepared. In cer cases, he felt, it might be ne sary to employ an engineer to ob- tain the correct frontage. He said the it was up to the P.U.C. to do collecting. When asked by Coun- U.C. cillor Leslie whether the P. had been informed of its responsi- bilities in this connection, Mr. Wil- son said that it was all set out in that the bylaw, and he presumed they were aware. In any event, council agreed that steps would be nine sys- illorreet lerk lose tain taken immediately to deters who were connected to the tem. In the absence of Counc Close, the report of the st committee was given by C Wilson, who said that Mr. C had informed him that cer drains had been cleaned and that, be - in other cases, difficulty was ing experienced in locating drains. . SI., rain In one section on North Main workmen had dug ht several. po in an effort to locate a main d but so far had met with no suc- cess. Wiring Obsolete Councillor Scott Habkirk, report- ing for the property committee, said that tires had been purchas- ed for the truck and a horse collar had also been located for the town horse. He warned council that ac- tion should be taken to consider the condition of the wiring in the Town Hall. Reeve Scoins agreed that the wiring was obsolete and that the cost of replacing it pro- perly would be fully justifed. He pointed out a new wiring job would be cheaper than having a fire. Councillor Scott wondered if it would be wise to wait a short time to determine whether or not alter- ations were to be carried out to the building. He proposed that the matter be left until a full council was present, but Reeve &ohm suggested, as an alternative, that the property committee have the situation examined and obtain an estimate, so that when council did consider the problem there would be some concrete information on which to base a decision. The fire and water committee was given permission to purchase a tarpaulin for the rural truck, when Councillor Christie said that an estimate at $33 had been ob- tained. He also told council that a delegation from Port McNicholl had been in Seaforth to examine the alarm system that was now in use here.„ Want More Security Council endorsed a resolution which had been received from the town of New Tortmto, retommend- ing that old age security be in- creased to $65 a Month, Reeve Scoins pointed bur that a $65 Day. ment would ;man that resident/ in the Cotinty'Hottie wottid be pAy. ing their oimovity, Otok' Vii#011. told Council, *Wit (Coptiiiiiett ori,Pef 4 • .."4. . • .!e.