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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1956-04-27, Page 1Niget ;; eventh Y4ar 'Whole Nutnper 4696 Flames Destroy Marrs Twp. Burn; Loss is $25;800 Flames early Monday swept a large barn on :the farm '01 Robert K. Coultes,on the third line of Mor- ris Township, south of Wingham, in a blaze visible for miles. •Lost were 55 cattle, 160 pigs, 75 hens and a large amount of equipment - Fanned by strong, northerly winds .and snowflurries. the • blaze threatened a large driving shed, a pig pen and a silor nearby be- fore the roof crashed an., Loss is believed to be at least $25,000. Considered one of the largest in Morris Township, the 60 by 78 - foot structure, with metal roof, was levelled in an hour. Mr. Coultes, who had retired for the night, was the first to noticethe blaze which illuminated his bed- room. Several small pigs and a few calves and a team of horses, which was let out of, the barn a day or so ago, were the only live- stock to escape the flames. The heat was so intense firemen. were unable to use a supply tank just in front of the barn. ue to Expbre Egmondville Pr.obl�rns No decisions were reached with respect to solving the accommo- dation problem that exists at Eg- mondville School when a joint meeting of Tuck�irsmith Council and Tuckersmith School Area Board was field, this week, it was iegorted. How ever,' it was agreed that those concerned would con- tinue to explore the financial in- plications of proposals which had been; advanced, in order to allevi- ate the overcrowding that is said to exist' at the school. The matter first arose a year 'ago when it .was proposed that an Water Thicked In Water was hauled by truck and the Wingham rural fire de- partment, with the use of two lines of hose, pumped water from a supply tank across the town- ship road. Firemen were credited with saving a driving shed and pig pen by constantly applying water throughout the blaze. All the machinery in `the shed was taken to safety, including a combine, tractor and other har- vesting equipment. The heat was so extreme -near the barn that the tires were burned off a man- ure spreader in the barnyard. Lost in the blaze were 55 cattle, which included cows, yearlings and calves, 160 pigs, 75 hens, a quantity of hay and grain, a hay baler, elevator, a - feed mixer, bammermill and other equipment. Mr. Coultes also has three other barns in the area. Some insurance was carried by the owner. Origin of the blaze is unknown. Mr.,,'Mrs. B. Faber Wed Twenty Years Mr. and Mrs. Bert Faber were pleasantly surprised on Monday evening last. when thirty of their friends and relatives met at their home to honor them on the occa- sion of their twentieth wedding an- niversary: The evening was spent in play- ing euchre with the following win- ners: ladies, high, Mrs. Bert Corn - forth; gents' high, Cornelius Fab- er; ladies' consolation, Mrs. Bert Faber; gents' consolation, Ross Faber. Mr. and Mrs. Faber, who were taken completely by surprise, were escorted to decorated chairs and presented with a chest of silver- ware by their family, and other lovely and useful gifts. The groom of twenty years made a fitting re- ply; Open New School To Serve Ba.. field . Bayfjeld's new $35,000 public school is scheduled to be official- ly opened on the afternoon of May. 30. The modern brick structure, built by .the Gerry Lumber Com- pany, of London, consists of two classrooms, boys' and girls' wash- rooms, janitor's room and furnace room. The old school was torn down to remake room for the new one. Teachers at the school include Principal Mrs. Ethel Poth and Mrs. Vine Parker. Expositor Brings Pleasure To, Former Resident addition be "erected at Egniond- ville school. Subsequently, ar- rangements were made to accom- modate pupils surplus to the ca- pacity of the school at other town- ship schools and at the Seaforth public the pupil load duringthe next y hat willbeas great, if not greater, than was the case this year. The matter arose again as a re- sultof a petition which had been circulated throughout Egmondville and which urged the boar, -to take immediateaction to sea a solu- tion of the overcrowding problem. it was as. a result of this, itis said, that the Board again ap- proached the Council in the mat- ter. Meanwhile, the Area Board is completing arrangements for its staff for the new school year. Two members of the staff, Miss R. Bow- man, of S.S. 5, and Mrs. R. Simp- son, of S.S. 1, have resigned. Miss Bowman will be succeeded' by Miss L. Bannerman, but ,arrangements have not been completed ,for a successor to Mrs. Simpson. Lions.Prepare For Paper Drive Dr. John 0. Turnbull and C. A. Barber were in charge of the Lions Club meeting Monday even- ing, when plans were discussed for the club's spring salvage drive on Wednesday, May 9. The . committee in charge is headed by Don Kohl, and includes Anson Gilbert, George Hays and A. Y. McLean. Reporting for the Easter Seal committee, J. R. Spittal said re- ceipts amounting to $531.00, were the highest on record. Contribu- tions continue to be received. There are 20 members in the Lions Poultry Club, J. M. Scott, chairman of that committee, told the meeting. The Lions are spon- soring the club, which includes as members boys and girls from the district. Club president M. E. Clarke re- viewed club activities, and Eric Munroe 'spoke briefly. Mrs. Margaret McQ. Mulligan, of 514 Belmont Road, Grand Forks, North Dakota, a former Seaforth resident, in a letter expressed ap- preciation for the regular arrival of The Expositor, and extended greetings to her many friends in the district. `Knowing the pleasure your paper brings to me each ee , .am sending you my,,,subseription-, for another year. "We have had a long, cold win- ter, but now that the great snow banks. are beginning to `set sail' for Hudson Bay (our Red River flows north), the sun's rays are getting nice arid warm, and there is a promise of lovely days to come. My tulips and daffodils are already peeping out—they are that anxious to give us joy! "With kind greetings to you and all on The Expositor, and all my other friends there in Seaforth— and best of luck." SEAFORTH. DISTRICT, CHURCH GROUPS HOLD INTERESTING MEETINGS McKILLOP W.M.S. After a winter recess, the Mc- Killop branch of the Women's Mis- sionary Society of First Presby- terian Church met Thursday af- ternoon at the home of Mrs. Jas. T. Scott, in Seaforth. The president, Mrs. Helen Mc- Millan, presided and read a poem. She also led the worship service, assisted by Mrs. Sam Storey. A report of an address by a mission- ary from Formosa was given by Mrs. J. F. Scott. A record of a solo by J. T. Scott was played. Miss Jessie Fraser described a concert given by pupils of a school for In- dians in the Canadian West. The topic was taken by Mrs. J. T. Scott, Mrs. Harold Agar, Mrs. H. McMillan and Miss E. Hocking. 'The Glad Tidings prayer was read by Mrs. McMillan, and Mrs. J. F. Scott received the offering. BARBARA KIRKMAN Members of the Barbara Kirk- man Auxiliary of First Church held their Easter thankoffering night, with President Mrs.,, K. Sharp in the 'chair, opening with a poem, "The Giver," followed by a hymn and prayer. After a short business discussion, ,minutes and treasur- er's report were given, and the of- fering was received by Mrs. J. E. Willis and Miss B. Smith. Mrs. John Patterson welcomed members of the Arthur Circle of Goderich, who were guests, and who had charge of the worship period, with their president, Mrs. Bisset, in the chair. The program opened with an Easter message. "The Cross Was His Own" A hyitin was sung. followed by the Scripture read by Mrs. Olive Mc- Donald, St. Matthew, chapter 26, verses 36-46 and chapter- 28. Doro- thy Reid led in prayer. The meet- ing then heard two numbers, "Ode in An April Evening" and "My Jes- us, 1 Love Thee," by the _Arthur Circle sextette. Shirley Cummings gave a reading, "Unawares," and Noreen and Margaret McDonald sang a . very pleasing duet, "Come, Holy Spirit'° accompanied by their mother. A letter was read from Miss Ida White, a Goderich nurse Serving in India, telling of patients they had treated, and the fact the roads' were impassable in the rainy season. Mrs. Madeline Edwards sang, 'There is a Green I Par Away.," and Mrs: Dorothy Venus gale the message, tellotg,:us, witiwut Cl dS we are nothing; seek and ye shall find; if any man follow Me, he will take up his cross daily; God can work through everyone of us if we will only let him. She said the Greek translation of Easter is the joyful Sunday. Jesus said of .a lit- tle child, of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. She told of the mus- tard seen, showing ' the power of God. Paul challenges us to pre- sent ourselves as a living sacri- fice: She gave Mr. Moffat's trans- lation of Psalms, chapter 113. verse 119: "I hate men who are half and half." The Arthur Circle sextette sang "The Lord is My Shepherd," and after repeating the Mizpah bene- diction, a social time was spent over a cup of tea. DUBLIN C.W.L. The -annual meeting of the Dub- lin Subdivision of the Catholic Wo- men's League was held Monday ev- ening in the Continuation School at 8:30, with about 45 members present. Mrs. Earl Healy, the presi- dent, opened the meeting with prayer. Miss Margaret Flanagan read the minutes of the previous meeting held in December, and t h e correspondence, consisting mostly of thank -you notes from the sick and shut-ins for Christmas treats. Mrs. Louis Looby gave the financial report. Miss Margaret Flanagan gave a resume of the activities of the year of the C.W.L. and Mrs. Looby presented Dr. Ffoulkes with a cheque. Mrs. Healy, the retiring presi- dent, thanked Dr. Ffoulkes, the re- tiring officers and executive for their assistance and help in the past two years, also all the mem- bers. Dr. Ffoulkes thanked the president, officers and executive for their co-operation during the two years, and hoped everyone would be active in the work of the coming years. Mrs. Joe Delaney, Mrs. Martin Klinkhamer and Mrs, Lloyd Mc- Carthy of the nominating commit- tee took over the meeting, and the new officers for 1956 were install- ed as follows: Director, Rev. Dr. Ffoulkes; president, Mrs. John Flannery; first vice-president, Mrs. Lloyd McCarthy; seeond vice- president, Mrs. Dan O'Rourke; third vice-president, Mrs. Walter Carpenter; recording secretary, Mrs. William Feeney; correspond- ingg, secretary, Mrs. Jas. J. Kraus- Sltf' `treasurer, Miss Kathleen tapleton. Young. People, Review . ActvIiie At Clinton Rally Three hundredUnited (;hunch Young People of Huron met in Qu .: tario Street United Church,, •Clm ton, Tuesday evening for their au,. nual meeting and spring rally, After a delicious banquet, serer ed by, the ladies of the chureh, Miss Gail Manning, president, in-', troduced the head table. Seated there were Helen Haines, pianist+, Agnes Lane,, music director; Rev, Renner, chairman of the Presby-' tery;. Rev. A. Glenn Eagle, minis- ter of Ontario Street Church; Rev. C. Scott, Y.P.U. councillor for Lon- don Presbytery and guest speak- er; Rev. McCrae, youth councillor; Catherine Powell, local union pres- ident; Stan McDonald, rally man- ager; Mary McKnight, pulication cenvener. Mr. and Mrs. Lair brought greet- ings from the Lambton Presby- tery. Dennis Weymouth present- ed the music festival shield to the Winthrop Young People's Union, and congratulated them on their winning. It was accepted by presi- dent Larry Wheatley. Officers elected for the coming year are: president, Stan McDon- ald; vice-president, Harry Lear; treasurer, Jack Campbell; Stew- ardship and Training, Don Camer- on; Citizenship and Community Service, Don Hemingway. The in- stallation of officers was conduct- ed by Rev. Renner. Rev. Charles Scott, of •Sarnia, spoke on the theme of the .spring rally, "Adventure With Christ" The young people of today are up and doing. Youth is important and the passion of wanting to do "some- thing burns into our hearts and soul. We are filled with vigor and our vision is beyond, said the speaker. His talk was based on the four main things of young peo- ple. We are growing physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritual- ly. In conclusion, he said: "When youths face the wild, wild world, we can do no better than to have Christ as our companion." wins Jeep 1n• a raw Peter Malco est William St., was successful in ' ening a jeep Saturday in a dra ,: which is be- ing held each week by Walden & Broadfoot, at the Fina station, Main Street South. g D�lay Costs ,ColdWeatherCause; r ie � rth Schools Staffs d To S a • Huron farmers are faced with substantial losses if inclement weather continues much longer, Huron County Agricultural Repre- sentative Jerry Montgomery said Wednesday. While seeding is gen- eral throughout the southern part of the county during recent days, the weather has been such that it has not been possible to get on the land in the central and northern parts, he said. What is just as serious as the late seeding is the fact that cold, wet weather and snow prevents any pasture growth, and it will not be possible to put stock on pasture for some weeks, even if there is an immediate improve- ment in the weather. There has been no growth of any kind, and there won't be until the weather gets warmer. "Farmers are becoming uneasy," Mr. Montgomery said. "Usually .Seaforth Public School Board, at a :,meeting Friday, named Douglas TR Widdis, Of Teeswater, to the staff; commencing next Septem- ber.' He will replace Evan Hoff= man, who has been here three years, and who resigned to go to Burlington. He will teach Grade 4. S-D.H,S. has appointed Mrs. Jean Buchanan, of Brussels, to the staff, but Still has two vacancies. Mrs. Buchanan, who will teach lower school subjects, replaces William Greensides, who has resigned. In addition, the board requires a replacement for Angus Pegg, who has resigned. The second Imetux y arises because of an incl ase in staff from 13 to 14 members.. The increase is in anticipation of an enlai'<ged registration at the open- ing of the new school year in Sep- tember. Meld Secretary Visits Blind Here 'A helping hand for the blind -reached out intoea, half-dozen Hur- on and Perth County communities last week, -. In „Mitchell, Wingham, Lucknow, Clinton, Fordwich and Stratford, blin,43persons received some of the num ous services extended by Can ;=, an National Institute for the . •ii2. E. Fr Wheeler, CN.I.B. Field Sec- retary in the London area, said that 'during a two-day tour of the two counties he had visited, visual- ly,handicapped people ranging in agerom school children to aged adults. were made to take on four new cases—two in Stratford, others in Fordwich and Mitchell. Mr. Wheeler arranged with these blind persons to re- ceive talking book services, help obtain the' government's blind per- sorie'allowance, provide h Braille teaching s at home, obtain radio b eries, and seek employ- ment. "Eachindividual's needs vary," Mr. Wheeler pointed out. "The re- quirements of any one blind per- son might involve one or a num- ber of our services." Seaforth Homes Change Hargis Recent real estate changes in- clude the sale of a fraue cottage. on James Street, by the Merner estate, to John W. Carter, The sale was through the office of M. . A. Reid. The brick residence on John Street, the property of the late Mrs. J. C. Bell, has been sold to John W. Talbot, with possession in June. ROBERT W. CAMPBELL, who recently was elected Presi- dent of the Seaforth Farmers Co-operative. Vice-president is R. S. McKercher, while secretary is Ross McGregor, Other members of the board are Pete Simpson, Alex Mc- Gregor, Arthur Devereaux and Stan Jackson. More Bingo Numbers Drawn they expect to have the seeding finished before this and, in any event, they expect to get their stock onto pasture the first week or so in May. Just as soon as the weather moderates and the land is. fit to work, they are working long hours in order to catch up," Mr. Montgomery told of being in Zur- ich on Tuesday night and seeing at least 30 tractors working on the land in that area after 9 o'clock. He said this indicated that the farmers realized that it was"nec- essary to work every possible moment in order to make up 'for lost time. "Once the land is ready, every day that a farmer is delayed in getting his seed into the ground means that, on the average, he can expect to harvest' a bushel per acre less than would have been the case had he been able to get his crop in in the usual time," Mr. Montgomery said. "Already the farmer has been delayed by almost daily snowfalls for nearly two weeks and, if this continues for a few days longer, it can be expected that there will be at least 15 bushels an acre less return Draws made during the past week are: April 19, B-7; April 20. 3-10; April 21, G-58; April 23, N-33; April 24, 0-63; April 25, G-47. Numbers drawn previously are: I-27; N-31; I-16; N-42; B-3; 0-72; B-6; I-19; 0-68; B-9; G-53; 0-62; I-20; B-13; G-59; B-14; 0-67; I-30. ;jfCfEYi. A REVIEW OF SEAFORTH activities, which was featured by a Toronto- daily in a recent issue, was centred on this photo montage which suggesta the part which Seaforth 1 igh- lander5 Band' has played in the community through the years. Shdti n are Sandra Dungey, left front; Marion Lillico, right frot; Karen Nicholson, right rear; Katherine Boshatt, left red'', and Robert Scott, centre. 632" Entries Ready For Huron Festival when harvest, time comes around,"" he. stated. tt:d: Commenting'''on those . Who had seed in before the snow fell, Mr. Montgomery felt ''that' no harm would result, and that those far-.nt- ers would be well ahead. "There's. bund . to be hot weather come. along pretty soon now," he said, "and everything will grow with'a bang. If a, farmer has his seed in when that time comes, he will be just that much further ahead than the farmer who still is faced with planting" A total of 632 entries have been accepted for the 15th annual Hur- on County Music Festival, which begins on the evening of Thursday, May 3, in the auditorium of Gode- rich Public School. The festival will end with a concert of winners on Friday, May 11, This year's entry list represents an increase of 60 over last year, says Mrs. Clayton Edward, presi- dent of Huron County Music Fes- tival Association. The increase is principally in the urban school section. The first evening and following day will be devoted to piano— solos, Bach section, new sonata and sonatina section, piano: trios and duets. The adjudicator for the section is Boris Berlin of the Royal Conservatory of Music, To- ronto. The following' Monday, May 7. will be devoted to the urban school section. The violin section and vocal solos for trained voices will be featured Monday night, Tues- day will be given over to urban schools, but rural schools will come into their own on Wednes- day. Wednesday evening will be devoted to the brass and reed section principally. On Thursday. the morning will be devoted to rural school music and the afternoon and evening to secondary school competitions. The adjudicator from Monday to Thursday will be Earle Terry, supervisor of school music, Lon. don. He told about a visit he had a day or two ago to the Huron Coun- ty Home, when he discussed that ' problem with Home Farm, Manag- er Harvey Johnston. Seeding was under way about ten days ago at the County Home and,. according to Mr. Johnston, seed was already germinating. The fields are ready to go ahead just as soon as the warm weather comes, he said. Pointing out that this season was backward in every respect, Mr. Montgomery said that normally farmers expect to get cattle out certainly not later than May I5, but, in order to do that this year, there would have to be a particu- larly rapid growth. In fact, it was unlikely, no matter how favorable the weather was, that pasture would be available at that time. There won't be very many cattle on pasture by the 15th of May, he predicted. While he agreed that early seed- ing generally was preferable, Matt Murray, McKillop Township farmer and president of the Mc- Killop, Logan & Hibbert Telephone Co., said that it didn't always work out that a late crop was a poor crop. He recalled that two years ago, in 1945, he planted fields of oats and barley on the 25th of May and when he harvested the crop that fall it was as good as usual, if not perhaps a little better. Elgin Nott, of Hullett Township, who- was discussing the late sea- son on Wednesday, felt that the lack of suitable pasture would ,cre- ate the greatest hardship. There are lots of people who are out of feed after the long winter we:,ve had, he said, and they are going. to have difficulty looking after the stock that's in the barn. The only thing that will help is to have a nice warm rain and lots of real warm weather, and then we might get some pasture in a hurry, Mr., Nott said. Mr. Nott said he was quite a bit behind this year in seeding, but that he hoped to get on the land on Thursday. The teacher wrote on the black- board: "I ain't had no fun all summer." Then she asked a small boy in the front row, "William, what should I do to correct that?" "Maybe get a boy friend," he suggested helpfully. TRIP THROUGH SOUTH REVEALS DIFFERENCES IN LIVING STANDARDS (Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Teall and Mr, and Mrs. Wm. M. Hart recent- ly returned from a motor trip to South Carolina. Impressions of the visit are contained in the fol- lowing'notes:) Today is Wednesday. A week ago we were in Charleston, South Carolina. Flowers were blooming and people were on the streets in summer clothes. The weather there is about a month and a half in advance of ours. but the poor negroes are more than fifty years behind in living conditions. Beau- tiful homes in the city show the aristocratic way of the very rich contrasting with just outside the city and along the highways where negro women huddle, weaving lit- tle baskets to sell to passersby. We started out of Seaforth, go- ing by way of Sarnia and down through Michigan. About the mid- dle of Ohio the countryside took on a slightly different look. Pros- perity was written on every barn and house. The only stock out in the fields were black and white pigs. ' Chunky little fellows with little pot bellies, roaming all over the corn stubbles. They had small doghouse -like shelters scattered here and there. and it was rather cute to see little snouts sticking out the doors. We left Ohio through the beau- tiful city of Cincinnati. Forsythia was in full bloom and tulips were everywhere. It is a city of many bridges that cross over into Cov- ington, Kentucky, South of Cov- ington about 75 miles, you start running into the posh posh terri- tory of the horse breeders of Ken- tucky. Every building is painted white, and the white -white fences walk all over the countryside, stretching their friendly arms to greet the farms off in the distance. Magnolia trees were gently drop- ping their petals, and daffodils were nodding in the breeze. ' You climb into the foothills far- ther south of Lexington. Here we saw the first lopeared mule munch- ing the vegetation on a rocky lit- tle slope. The hills got steeper and trucks, loaded with coal from the nearby mines. careened dan-. gerously round the many bends, passing more timid folk like you and me. who logged along gawking at mountain shacks that look like wornout sugar shanties: When you get into the David Crockett country of Tennessee the hills are higher and there are more of them. The people of Ten- nessee must surely be very proud of their State, for they twisted 'the road so that we did not miss a mountain cabin or shanty, nor a broken down country store. I went into one of these stores and for ;something to say. I asked the storekeeper. who was a middle- aged mountaineer, the distance to the next city. Her reply was, "'Ah reckon ah don't rightly know." In the hills of Tennessee at this time of year, red bud trees paint the landscape a heathery color, like the northern part of Scotland. After a great many turns in the road. suddenly there is a valley— a valley that is rich and green, and runs all the way to Chata- nooga. In this section there are good farms and healthy looking cattle. Near Chatanooga you pass over into the State of Georgia, where tall, graceful pines line the high- way and follow you all the way to Atlanta. In the city of Atlanta the homes are fabulous. They re- flect the wealth that must have flourished when they were built— big round pillars that reach as high as the post office clock, adorn the entrances to many. Lawns and flowers speak of negro slaves who - must have been in -abundance to have laid them out so profusely. This -is a city where people, with a little money, could go to spend their winters. Entertainment could be had for nothing by just walk- ing around the block after block. of mansions of the rich. Just out frotn Atlanta 'tite"trtily down-to-earth negro homes iegin. This is where to go if you `waist to see colored people in their true habitation. For miles and •]mires their presence can he se'et~< itt• its hest. The places they line lit are comparable to the old 1og house (Continued on `