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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-11-22, Page 9It 7 11 a . SEAFORTH' 1FII6,EMEN arein the forefront -Of a, drive 'for funds to helpcombat tte-mystery killer -Muscular Dystrophy.: They are"being assisted this year by members of the Seaforth Boy Scouts, who are distributing information material to district .hones. Muscular Dystrophy is a wasting, cripp}img muscle disease for which there is at present no known cure. There are about 10,000 viq itia:'in; Canada -most of them children., qV@S" WcyFiremen For Arena Funds The way was payed Monday eves ring for fundi -,M* made avail- able to the Seaforth' Arena Com- mission to ease the pressing fin- ancial situation` which commission chairman W. T. Teall described to council a week ago. At a - special meeting of council, members heard a report from Town Clerk D. 11. Wilson and Town Solicitor P. D. McConnell, who last Friday, on, instructions from Council, had discussed the situation with representatives of the Department ,if .Municipal Af- fairs in Toronto. Their discussion centered about ways in which the town could provide assistance to the arena commission to' permit the commission io '. 'meet -obliga- tions which 'bad arisen as a result of emergency repairs to. the• ice - making having become. necessary. At the Previous meeting of cd$licil, when the matter first • •came to council's attention, it was indicat- ed that outstanding a eco u n t s amounted to approximately $2,800, and of this amount, approximately $2,000 was needed at once: The Toronto delegation told council that insofar .as the Depart- ment of Municipal Affairs was con- cerned, there was no objection to municipal councils making grants to community centres, providing councils have available funds which have been raised Icor the purposes of the: grant. The department agreed it would not be possible to raise funds for a specific purpose this year, and the Hilbert Grants appeals An increase of $109,297 over the , 1956 assessment was reported fol- lowing a court of 'revision at Hib- liert Council Monday. Total as- sessment for 1957 is $2,369,565, af- ter several reductions. Edgar Butson, reeve, acting as chairman for the court, heard and considered appeals from property assessment made this year. There were 21 appeals from assessments and nine appeals for abatement of taxes through Ioss of buildings or vacancy. Lower Assessments -Appeals considered included: • E. Meladyasked $500•reduction; al= lowed $100; M. Ryan, asked $520, disallowed; J; F. Murphy, asked land reduction,, allowed $100; Nor - limn. O'Connor; asked land reduc- tion, disallowed; M. Cronin, asked $675 reduction, disalle'wedr R. E. Burchill, asked $170, allowed $50 for distance froin school; E. Byers, for usiness orcom- not assessable merciai, allowed $350;, G. Smale, asked_$800,"'.allowed $300; F. Lan - sin, asked $150, allowed $50; G. .,Smith, disallowed; L. Balfour, al- lowed $100; T. Coyne allowed $50; A. Worden, allowed $150 reduction from buildings; R. Balfour, disal- lowed; K. McLaren, allowed 10 acres woodland exempt; -F. Stap- leton, allowed $250 from buildings at 65 Mill St., and $750 from pro- perty on west part lot 15, con. 1; 3. Looby ,allowed $700 from build- ings, 56 Mill St. and $200 from commercial assessment ,,on Ann St.; J: Looby, Iota 53-54,• Nelson St., assessed to L. Looby; CNR, deduct .416 acres and assess to F. Stapleton; W. Feeney, reduced land assessment by . $150. Taxes Reduced The following received abate- ment of taxes: Mrs. G. Hubbs, $12; J. Templeman, $4.20; Mrs. L. Molyneaux, $718; Mrs. J Hastings, $10;' M. Christie. $26.04; E. It. Diek, $6.37; H. Host, $21.06; Mitchell: Feed Mills, $3018.; 3. Drake, _17.12. A special meeting was held to read and consider the engineer's report for a repair and iniprove- ment of the.. McGrath Municipal Drain. This . was:provisionally adopted and the, clerk was in- structed totepare by Paws 'and mail to the assessed owners. Court of revision for the draie will R0 helr Noe. 28, at 8:30 p m ti AL the r'19r mooting of fib Bert- council ,$.16. vitas donated to fie Chizdren's Aid, Society A' bya assed', a ;pointing •D suggestion was that .surpluses which possibly existed in particu- lar accounts could, as a result of an amendment to the budget reso- lution,' be transferred to an ac- count from which a grant could be made. While it was agreed that such a course might result in a deficit, there would be no objec- tion by'the department in such an - event.' It was indicated- that the discusion with fialss vealedi tha tdepartmenthe similari r e prob- lems existed- in other towns. Mayor McMaster presided for the meeting and all members of the council, with the exception of Reeve ,Scoins and Councillor Kel- lar, were present. Adopt Resolution Council acted quickly and adopt- ed a resolution introduced by Councillors •Rivers and Christie, Subdue Attic Blaze A stubborn fire, which worked its way into the attic of an East William Street residence of Mrs. R. J. Ross Friday morning, caus- ed damage estimated at $1 200 by Fire 'Chief John Scott, before it was brought under control, The fire had gained considerable headway before Stewart McGregor. who was in the kitchen at the -time, noticed the smoke creeping in un- derneath the door. At the same time. Alex Irvine, who was con- fined to his bed with flu, heard a crackling in the attic. Seaforth firemen responded to the call sent in by Mr. McGregor, and found papers and rags burn- ing in the. woodshed. The fire had crept into the partitions and attic of the cottage. to amend the original estimates to The firemen had to cut a hole in make funds available, and subse-..-the roof in order to fight the blaze in the upper portion of the build- ing. It took about one hour to extinguish the blaze. Fire Chief John F. -Scott, who investigated the blaze, could only attribute it to internation combus- tion from the oily rags in the shed at the rbar of the cottage. quently adopted a by-law provid- ing for a grant of $3,000 to the Arena Commission. The $3,000 in- cludes an amount of $987 which had been granted some months ago to assist with `insurance pay- ments. Asked whether there had been discussion with the department as to a way in which a loan, made possible by private citizens, and as a result of which a floor was in- stalled in the arena, could be re- tired, Mr. McConnell 'said that it was indicated that this amount could be included in a budget it- em next year. There was no rea- son why private citizens should carry the load. The alternative to, thiswould be for the commission to request that the town make available funds by issuing de. ben - tures. Necessity for a complete revieW of the arena arrangements and the relation of the commission to the council, and the extent to which the council is responsible, was in- dicated as being a requirement. The matter was raised by Coun- cillor Turnbull, who suggested that there should be some means of insuring that funds were avail- able for projects before the pro- jects were entered into, Name Directors Baird's Cemetery A representative meeting on Wednesday of persons interested in baird's Cemetery Association, named five new directors. The meeting was held in Oddfellows' Hall, Brucefield. Named to the board were John Broadfoot, William Fotheringham, Harvey Taylor, Watson Webster and Wilfred Chuter. Other direc- tors are Walter Moffat, chairman; T. B. Baird, secretary -treasurer; John McIntosh, Ross Scott and George Baird. The meeting discussed flans for developing the cemetery, includ- ing the acquisition of additional Iand, new fencing and landscap- ing. No decisions were taken pending further consideration by the board. SII, n a ktWeek Repairs at the arena have ad- vanced tow point where it is hoped that ice will be available by the beginning of next week, according to W T. Teall,chairman of the Commuuitt Board. Late last week the inability to obtain home ice was the main reason, given for the dropping of the Seaforth Junior `B' squad from the Western Division. Team man- ager Jack Webb said thatwith the difficulties .:. experienced .at the arena in operating of the ice plant, ice wouldn't be ready in time to continue. 'The Seaforth team withdrew earlier in the season when they found lack of sufficient finances would hold thein up. However, they overcame this handicap and rejoined the loop.- They oop:They had played only one game before the final decision to fold up was reached. At a game in Woodstock, the Warriors laced the local entry by 15-0. Four players that were to play for the Seaforth six are now found on the Goderich Tars lineup. Only Seaforth youth with the Tars. is Ken Thompson. Other players from the folded team now connect- ed with Goderich are George Cas- ey, Ken Lee and Ron Hugill. League convener Jack Pearson, New Hamburg, reported that the Seaforth-Woodstock game would be counted in the official league sta- tistics and would still be credited as a victory for Woodstock. Teams remaining in the group are Lon- don. Sarnia, Stratford, Goderich, St. Marys and Woodstock. Name Bandmaster Huron entries provided keen competition at' the Royal, Winter air this year. The countyjudging team ' of Bruce Colemarq. Seaforth RaY- mond Cann, Exeter, and Murray ,Dawson, Hensall, came third in the competition with 27 other teams' in this years Inter -County competitions. The Winning team :was: from Peel Cogi�nnty, and the 'second place team -from Brant. The e Huron County team was the ;runner-up for the Ontario Veterin- ary Challenge Trophy for the beef cattle section, which was won by Huron Coun- ty's 1956 team. As individu- als, all three Huron County team members were in the top 20, the only team in this year's competi- tion with this standing. Bruce Colema ti d_ for 15th place with 884 points; section Edi' the ;entire ,competition and receiyed the Royal ,Winter • ,Fair Gold:Medal which is award- ed to the high individual in each section. Robert, Ailen'Wins Robert Allan, 'Brrcefield, won first prize.. for small seeded beans and the grand championship white beans. A bushel of the Foundation Sanilac beans, a new variety, was obtained for test purposes from the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph. Thirty pounds were planted at the Exeter high School; 10 pounds at Delbert Geiger's, Zur- ich; 10 pounds at Jack Peck's, Kippen, and the other 10 pounds at the Allan farm at Brucefield. The test plots of the Sardilac beans, along with other test plots of regular grown varieties, have been pulled and have been taken to the Field Husbandry Depart- ment at the Ontario Agricultural College for yield tests. Bob Al- lan's champion beans came from the 10 pounds sown on his farm. These beans are also entered at Chicago. 4-11 Grain and Corn Club Section The three entries in the 4-11 Corn Murray Dawson.! Club section for all of. Ontario, ex - Robert Allan tied for 17th cept the counties of Essex, Kent, place with 883 points, and Ray- Lambton, Middlesex and Elgin, mond Cann, 20th with 8 7 9 from the Exeter 4-H Grain Corn points out of 1,000. Raymond Cann Club, stood first, third and firth. was the high individual in the beef The first prize entry was shown by Eric Finkbeiner, of Crediton; the third prize corn exhibit was shown by Glenn Greb, Zurich, and fifth prize by Garry Rowcliffe, RR, 3, Exeter. In the 4-H Grain Club section, the entry shown by Norman Cart- wright, RR 1, Londesboro, stood 25th, and Don Hemingway's entry from Brussels stood 34th in the Feather Party Will Aid Minor Hockey Plans are being made to hold a stag feather party in the Commun- ity Centre on Wednesday, Dec. 4, Athletic Association officials said Wednesday. Proceeds will make possible the carrying on -of minor hockey this season. A feature will be a draw for a door prize. same class in which there were 92 entries. Ken Alton, RR 7, Luck - now, a member of the Lucknow For Highlanders4-H Grain Club, exhibited the 13th prize barley in the 4-H Club sec - Announcement was made this tion. week of the appointment of Band- master L. Hammond, of London, to lead the Seaforth Highlanders Band. He succeeds Ernest Wetton,- who etton,who resigned recently. Mr. Hammond was selected from six applicants, F. C. J. Sills, band president, said. He has been band- master"' of the Citadel Band •of the Salvation Army in London, and has been playing in a band for 28 years -since he was eight years old. Married, with two children, he is interested in organ, piano and vo- cal.. While details have not been Worked out yet, it is known classes will get under way early in Janu- ary. At the beginning, Mr. Ham- mond will commute between Lon- don and Seaforth for classes. Poppy Campaign Raises $194.36 Proceeds from the annual poppy campaign amounted to $194.36, ac- cording to special events chair- man Dick Eisler, of the Seaforth Legion. In commenting on the success of the campaign. he and president John Holland. expressed apprecia- tion to all who had . assisted in any way. uron Seeks DSTAgreement ome Costs Are Up 15 Times Of the residents now in Huron Co.uuppty Home, Harvey Johnston,. superintendent, noted ;,15 who are paying $60 a month from their own resources for their keep. In his annual report to County Coun- cil at their November session, he showed that 55 of the residents are contributing from their old age security pensions and six from their old-: age assistance cheques. The remainder of the residents at the Home are not able to help financially and are a direct charge on the county.' The number of residents in the Horne was not increased very much in the last half century, but costs have multiplied 15' times ov- er, noted Mr. Johnston. An old minute book' that came to light at the Home, he said, shows that in 1908 there were 86 residents, under care;; there:- are no* 98. In 1908 the•, cost a day for food, supplies and clothing worked out to 14 cents a person; this year the cost a person a day is $2.54, Airport Tangle , In an attempt to simplify a tang- led situation of 17 years' standing, •an attempt is to be made by Hur= on County to buy from the Dom- inion Government 200, .acres of land and two aircraft hangars at the county's Sky- Harbor airport property, on the north `side of the estuary of the Maitland River, Although the county bought the - land early during the Second World War, they turned it over ter the w Dominion Government, b in turn built. the present buildings._ The prese3tt, situation istlaat the county IS leasing .the 'buildings and 200 acres of land from . the Domin- ion•Department- of Transport, at a nominal -rental of. $1.00 a year, with; unt , paYS' ctY that. 'the y ,the prortiso , � p, annual msuranc'e'pretrtrti'nr on the, Dbminian q eel buildings The 40000, 14 nioVMating the chilli4 , Y id ttt fnV (i one hangar to Sky Harbor Air Ser- vices, and is sub -leasing the other hangar for -use as .a. warehouse. On the recommendation ' of the county airport committee, of which Burton Stanley, aceeve of Clinton, is chairman, council un- animously agreed to give the com- mittee power to negotiate with the Department of -Transport to have the buildings officially declared war surplus. If they should be listed as war surplus, 'the airport committee wield then negotiate for their purchase from the Dom- inion. Animals Off Roads Action to close a legal loophole was taken by Huron County Coun- cil on the closing day, Thursday, of its November session, with ��2oq - 41, e.i: 0 Win .Prizes In Essay Contest Farm. Machinery Needs Seen By Farm Forums The need for new' farm machin- ery and standardization of mach- inery and parts was the' topic dis- cussed by the district farm for- ums this week. SS 2, MCKILLOP SS .2, McKillop Forum decided that no new machinery...was need- ed at the present time, although barn cleaners would be a big help, except for their exhorbitant cost. One group even felt that aero- planes would be an asset. Twenty members gathered at the home.of Mr. and Mrs. Secord McBrien to discuss the questions of the night Those attending agreed that machinery should be more versatile, if this versatility could be obtained without too much ad- ditional cost. It is quite' possible, they felt, for two machines to be cheaper than one. Standardization is another thing that is very badly needed. One farm counted 36, 15 and 16 -inch rubber tired wheels on his farm, comprising eight different makes, none of which were interchange- able. It would be nice if the spare tire of your car would go on your wagon or forage harvester, if you were caught with a flat tire on a busy day, the forum decided. Mounted implements should be standarized, too. Now they are too dear to tend to keep married to one line, the group agreed. Per- haps the companies want this. The meeting closed with euchre, with Mr. and Mrs. Sam McClure winning the most games; most lone hands, Mrs. Walter McClure and Wayne Dolmage; consolation, Miss Eileen Dolmage and Robert McMillan. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Robert McMillan. ,, FRIENDLY FEW FORUM - The Friendly Few Farm Forum was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ross MacGregqr. The dis- cussion was on. "A New Look in Farm Machinery." Members thought that no new machinery was needed, but more labor•sg,ving machines for the barn for the winter chores, at a price an average farmer could af- ford. All machinery. being in use now could not be improved upon, but if the repair parts could be made to fit more than one make of ma- chine, it would be of more value, such as hydraulic equipment would be a great improvement on some 'types of machi Progressive eu was enjoyed, passages of a by-law making it an offence to let animals run at large on county roads. A by-law with the same intent, passed 33 years ago, had been tested in court cases, and found inadequate. The new by-law makes it an offence to let horses, cattle, sheep, swine or goats run at large andalso county roadway, on any o y makes it an offence to tether ani- mals' on county road allowances. The penalty provided is not more than $5.00 for each head of of- fending livestock. County representatives to sec- ondary school boards in Huron, for 1958, were appointed by by-law on Thursday, Trustees appointed are Larry Snider, Edward Chambers and Kepneth Johns to the South Huron District School Board at Exeter; George Reid and Dr. J. A. Addison to the Clinton District Collegiate Board; A. D. McWil- liams to the Wingham High School District Board; Russell Bolton to the Seaforth District High School Board; Gerry Ginn to the Gode- rich High School District Board. Pupils of Grades' 5 , and 6 of Hensel]. Public School, as a term - end project, visited several Sea - forth firms last June. Following the trip the pupils were asked to write their impres- sions, and The Anton Expositor offered three prizes .of $5, $3 and $2, for the three best stories. The prizes have been awarded to Rob- ert McNaughton, Catherine . Anne Scan, and Connie Rumpel,-folloW- ing. judging, which was carried out by members of the staff of the Seaforth Public Sebool. The trip was arrange...;,by..Mrs, gyp` Haugh, , of eel eld, who teaches- the c ass a ,,prize• i g S 0ies1appear; in f�X on Page Ask DST S'tandardiza'tion Dates for beginning and ending Daylight Saving Time , Should be made uniform, County Council agreed unanimously. Approving a resolution forwarded from the Huron Municipal Association, the County Council sent it on to the Ontario Government and Domi'n ton Government, with a recommen- dation that uniform dates should b,.e. prescribed for all municipali- ties that adopt Daylight Saving Time. County staff appointments made at the November session included' those,. of Thorhas P. Morris, to be assistant in the county clerk's of fibe and county roads office, at $1,800 a year; Mrs. Mona Adams, in. the ,dun be stenographer to ty r''s ficat $1,800; L'cur[ assesso„ , arcs t 'eestbrook. , to Xie: assistant 104 ta: tE• e t '� b� e e ..0 r t. a. o. kkli:i:4un with prizes going. to: high lady, Mrs. Wm. Jewitt; low lady, Mrs. V. Dale; high man. Frank Riley; low man, Wm. Jewitt. The next meeting is to be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riley. PARR LINE Parr Line Farm Forum met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Adkins with a good attendance. The subject, for discussion was, "A' New Look in Farm Machin- ery „ Question 1: "What new types of machinery are needed for the kind of farming carried on in your com- munity?" The forum listed a few types of machines which • they thought would be useful in this community: a stone picker, corn c - picker and sheller, lowditch- ing ing machine, dryer for beans, corn and grain, etc., baler on com- bine and irrigation system. Question 2: "What change should be made to improve the machin- ery you are now using?" This forum -thought that standardization of farm machinery parts is very important, namely plow points. cultivator teeth• nuts, bolts, mower section and guards, etc. They also felt machinery should be simpli- fied so it would be -more easily adjusted. A few games of euchre were en- joyed, with winners: ladies, Mrs. Stewart Blackwell, Mrs. A. Reich- ert; gents, Henry Adkins, Charles Robinson, The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Love. Makes. Donation Of $25 Winnings BRUCE. COLEMAN Hunters Home With Spoils Hunting in the Bayfield district. a local group, including J. M. Scott, William Alexander, Allen Camp- bell and Ken Thompson, were suc- cessful in bagging two deer. The deer were shot by Mr. Scott and Mr. Campbell. Three of a Seaforth party which returned from Northern Ontario Saturday, brought with them troph- ies of the hunt. They were J. W. Modeland, Frank Kling and Bev. Thompson. Others in the party were Carm Rowcliffe and William Leyburn. M. E. Clarke was the successful hunter in a party which included A. W. Sillery, William Ball and George. Kruse. The group was in the Bruce peninsula. A father -and -son combination was also successful in the Bruce area, when OPP Constable Hel- mer Snell and his son, Robert Snell, each brought home a deer. With them was Rev. Harold Snell, of Exeter. Varsity Student Wins Scholarship_ ett b1 1A inn ,abort,. 10: land 44k the challas uu • t i "You 043',always in ,Chinchillas You' just a,• -fad or a land Warned ,study and tt's a lan tion 'You have ^fib mals and rltow abo To indicate that what he preaches Ho plans additions ;to, the ;trim, brick building which houses"-, his 'herd, so as to provide a proper pelting • pen. Conditions have to be ,d�uist right tp obtain the best in pelts, • he said. This is Mr. Holland's second ex-. perience with Chinchillas. He• bought his original pair in 1946 for $1,650, increasing his herd un til three years later, in 19.49, he. made a deal to sell out to a ;Mal Waukee buyer for $7,000. Enroute ,:• to Dublin by air to complete 'the deal, the Milwaukee man was kill, ed when the plane carrying him' crashed in Michigan. Subsequently; the herd was sold in Toronto. A years ago, in partnership witib . Ralph Weitersen, of Bornholmy. small herd was begun with accgnz, modation being provided at Born holm., Butroduction was or P s.P,A and when a Detroit friend and Chinchilla breeder offered to sell: his herd, Gerry Holland jumped at • the chance. He bought 78 animals,. cages and all and established't'he herd in a converted building on his Dublin property. During the trip by transport from. Detroit to. Dublin, a baby chinchilla was born and since. then there haye been other litters, until today there are 84 animals. Chin- - chilla authorities regard VA young as being an average litter. 'Mr. Holland, who is active iu the Western Ontario Chinchilla As, sociation, is not the only Chinchil- la operator'in the area. There are smaller herds at St. Marys and at Hensall, he said. "It's a long-term proposition. It's all right to raise Chinchillas in the basement if you knew how,' he emphasized, as he offered to help and explain the operation to any who were interested. ter Nolo r w. Ist , iff Cil v. Announcement has been made of the award of a scholarship, valued at $600, to William Scott, second year engineering physics student at the University of Toronto. The award is by the J. P. Bickle foun- dation, and is in recognition of work done during first year. Mr. Scott, .son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Scott, Seaforth, had previous- ly been awarded a $500 scholar- ship by the Ontario Engineers' As- sociation. He graduated from SD in 1956 with high honors HS g Provincial Rep. -At C. of C. Here a loot, . n p}ioia roe ng•: practic R. F. Richardson, Ontario repre- sentative of the Chamber of Com- merce, will be in Seaforth on We& nesday Nov. 27. Purpose of the visit to the com- munity organization is to review with members and citizens servic- es provided by ;be national organ- ization. Merchants and citizens interest- ed are asked to attend the gather- ing being held in the Town Hall at 8 o'clock. The visit to Seaforth will be one of a number to organiza- tions in this district. When Juliette and the Mart Kenney orchestra came to Seaforth stsnie weeks ago, it was cold and there wasn't as litany people in the arena as had been expected. A a result the Athletic Associa- tion lost money on the event. To help in meeting the deficit, Dr. Al Black arranged a draw whieb produced about $200, which has been turned into the associa- tion. Holder of the lucky ti byMiss Mary Morris, was James A., Murray, With No. 192. 1VMr. Murray, who for several Murray. generously ��a• s� has contributed gen o y e forth in S a vatr ti Sport , ad ng p prize, towon td Tell TV Problems To Home & School The problems faced in establish- ing a television station were dis- cussed with members of the Sea - forth Home and School Club Tues- day evening, when Scott Reid, CKNX engineer, addressed the group. Introduced by Don Morton of the public school staff. Mr. Reid, who has been witli,CKNX for more than 20 years, described the work that went on behind the scenes to permit regular TV programs to be broadcast. ale told of the dif- ficulties which had been encoun- tered by W. T. Cruickshank, the owner of CKNX in bringing TV to his radio audience. An interesting feature was the display of a large camera tube, which Mr. Reid said cost around $600• and was good for about 500 hours of use. He told the meeting that maintenance cost of CKNX-TV amounted to $26,000 a month. Appreciation of the meet- ing was expressed to Mr. Reid by J. W. Talbot, school principal. In the business portion of the meeting, approval was granted for a donation of $5.00 to the Chil- dren's War Memorial Hospital. Parent of the month was Mrs. H. Mason. and Mrs. R. Boussey's class had the most parents pres- ent at the meeting. During the program, a quartet, including Virginia Smith. Cathy Boshart and Gene and Alice Ann Nixon sang, "Mr. Sandman." with Mrs. J. Cardno as accompanist. Following "The Queen," a cup of tea was served by Mrs. Angus MacLean and her committee. S��'57 As Year Of Progress Hall Second toNone-Mayor $r` DAVID II. WILSON, Seaforth Clerk -Treasurer since 1935, is a member of a family identi- fied with the town "since its inception.. His father, the late John A. Wilson, was a former as Clerkfornearl Mayor and w y 30 years, until his retirement in 1534 Tars girandfather, the late. D V, ► VI , s rs ed • ECtrs hod ee 11 Commenting on the program of alterations a n d improvements, which has been underway at Sea - forth Town Hall during recent months. Mayor E. A. McMaster, in a statement issued in connec- tion with this special Town Hall issue of The Expositor, says: ' "The year 1957 will be long re- membered• as a year of progress for the Town of Seaforth. Most businesses are judged by the ap- pearance of the building where the work is carried on. "Our Town Hall and municipal offices were erected many years ago -about the year 1893 -and they naturally showed the signs of de- terioration that takes place over the years, 'The members of Municipal Council, with members of the PUC, wisely saw fit to rearrange and to renovate our building which was basically in good condition, so as to have all our services -such as town offices, council chambers, PWC offices. workshop and garag- es, fire department and police headquarters -under one roof, thus reducing the cost of upkeep, as well as increasing the efficiency, teat room facilities have also been provided for our neighbors in the rural areas. "The at;eommoda'tion now pro- �fiitli!1 on Pages 1, 4,• 5, 6 tan 'l ittIllp3 �f i. v.tls ^.Iidt�t s. 1 E A 1V1IcASTER vided ,is second to none county, being modeern. well equip.' rd welllighted, . "Itandas hgiven mea trot ,deal. and 'e of satisfaction Yi. .. have been your Mayor ttp Ft is ' modernization eriocl. hat ih the .r hope t e $ ill ti ti Seaforth w o tki G rt o r. sive as tkie �r.4s Y ft 'tS`h iEl .. et' r,-