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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 29, 1957
Seaforth Assured of Continued Good Government
Despite there being a total of
twelve citizens nominated to serve
on the Seaforth Council at the nom-
ination meeting Monday evening,
there appeared to be little general
interest on the part of ratepayers.
A few more than sixty ratepayers-
just half the attendance in 1956—
were present.
Announcing his retirement after
eleven years on council, seven of
which he had served as Mayor, Dr.
E. A. McMaster recalled progress
that had been made during recent
years. He recalled particularly
sewer construction and the Town
Hall renovation program- Certain-
ly the fact that such matters were
accomplished was in no small mea-
sure due to the enthusiasm with
which they were introduced by
Mayor McMaster and the degree of
co-operation extended by the mem-
bers of council to ensure that they
were carried through to completion.
Elected Mayor by acclamation is
B. F. Christie, who has served on
council for eleven years. It is a
well deserved honor and with the
knowledge gained during the years
in which he has been on council, Mr.
Christie can be counted on to provide
careful direction to the affairs of the
town in his capacity as chief magis-
trate. Entering his sixth term,
Reeve Norman Scoins was again
elected to serve Seaforth citizensas
their representative at County
Council.
As this is being written, it is not
known whether an election will be
required for Council. In all, there
are eleven candidates who may qual-
ify, : including not only experienced
`personnel of previous councils, but
others who have a known capacity
for service. From this number there
is assured a council that will serve
Seaforth well. This is important,
for there continue to be many prob-
lems to be solved and projects to be
advanced if Seaforth is to progress
as its citizens feel it should.
Safe Driving Week, 1957
Safe -Driving Week, 1957, begins
at midnight, -Saturday, November 30
and ends at midnight, December 7.
It has dual targets:
1. To reduce the number of acci-
dents and deaths in traffic.
2. To forcefully and sharply bring
to the attention of the motorist and
pedestrian the basic fact that he—
the individaul—is the only one who
can prevent accidents and fatalities.
By his own actions the motorist
and the pedestrian can wipe traffic
accidents from the highways of the
nation.
Christmas
SHOPPING HOURS
in Seaforth
For the convenience of Christmas
Shoppers, SEAFORTH STORES will
remain ` open on WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOONS. DECEMBER 11th
and 18th, and on MONDAY and
TUESDAY EVENINGS, DECEM-
BER 23rd and 24th. .
Merchants' Conimittee
Seaforth Chamber of
Commerce
DECEMBER 1st to 7th is
SAFE
DRIV. 1 N G
WEEK!
It takes only one careless moment to cause a traf-
fic death . . . maybe your own! Be safe during
S.D. Week and every we ,k by driving with care.
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BE A CAUTIOUS, ALERT DRIVER AT ALL TIMES
Remember that death rides beside you if you drive when you've been drinking!
Keep a reasonable speed. Three out of ten accidents are Caused by speeding. If
you get sleepy on the highway, pull over and take a nap.
CHECK YOUR CAR FOR SAFETY -FIRST CONDITIONS
A large percentage of accidents occur because the car involved was not in proper
running order. Be sure that your brakes, lights, tires and windshield wipers are
ih top condition. Weather affects your car, too. Heavy rains, sleet, wind and snow
should be prepared for by keeping your car mechanically safe. Remember, in
stormy weather, always drive slowly, 'carefully, be prepared against skids.
OBSERVE THE LET'T'ER AND SPIRIT. OF TRAFFIC LAWS
You can be in the right as to who has the right-of-way at an intersection and prove
it by losing your life! Be on guard; watch other cars? 13e Courteous! Don't
weave in and out of lanes, and stay in your lane on bills and curves. 'Never Iet
your driving impede traffie, Always signal. It is extremely important to protect
pedestrians and to watch out for children, by always being prepared for sudden
stops.
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STRIVE TO DRIVE TO STAY ALIVE!
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Bicycle To 90 -Year -Old
At a monster euche put on by
the Colgan Catholic Church, near
Tottenham, Mrs. William Eniigh
bought one 25 -cent ticket and out
of 1500 sold, she was the winner
of second prize, a bicycle, Mrs.•
Einigh, who was 90 last summer,
hardly thinks she will take on the'
art, but her two great-grandsons
will be the recipients of same ,..
Blyth Standard.
Zurich Industry Expands
The firm of Haberer &' West-
lake Concrete Products in Zurich
is ever growing and , expanding.
They are builders of concrete bur-
ial vaults and have recently add-
ed quite an addition to their build-
ing which now measures 42x48
feet. There is a rapid growth in
demand for their products which
are at present use very exten-
sively, as they are a lasting job.
We wish them continued prosper-
ity.—Zurich Herald.
Price Rise
The regular meeting of the Wing -
ham District High School Board
was held on Tuesday evening with
Dr. W. A. McKibbon, chairman of
the board, presiding. A. D.. Mac -
William said that the examination
of a retort on the operation of the
school cafeteria indicated a deficit
of about $300 a month. He said
that since almost 300 meals were
being served every school day, the
board should take action to cover
the cost of food, and he recom-
mended raising the price of the
meal to 35 cents for a trial period,
to see how it would work out. Af-
ter discussion it was agreed that
the price of meals would be in-
creased to 35c from the beginning
of next year.—Wingham Advance -
Times.
Smoked Laundry
Housewives. who rose up in arms
recently when smoke from burn-
ing leaves gave their washing that
tattle -tale gray look, may just
have to resign themselves to ris-
ing up in arms next year. too. Af-
ter mulling over the complaints
and suggested remedies, Town
Council's special committee re-
commended "that no action be
taken on the matter of restricting
the burning of leaves within the
town." The recommendation 'was
adopted by council Friday. When
the matter was brought to coun-
cil's attention first about three
weeks ago. it was suggested that
perhaps there should be legisla-
tion prohibiting anyone from burn-
ing leaves until about 4 p.m., by
which time the ladies should have
their snow-white washes dry and
off the line.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Same Police?'
The problem of providing addi-
tional police protection • for the
town *as turned over to the
1958 council Monday night. In a
surprisingly bri'df report. police
committee chairman. Councillor
Alvin Pym recommended that the
appointment of a new police chief
for which council sought applicas'
tions. "be dropped for now.' The
recommendation w a s adopted
without comment. Last week the
committee met with town solicitor
W. G. Cochrane, following a report
that provincial legislation prevent-
ed council from dismissing any po-
lice officer until he had been con-
victed of an offence under the
policeman's code. Council origin-
ally planned to declare the chief's
position open as of the first of
1958 and it called for,,,applications
for the job. The committee invit-
ed Chief Taylor to re-apply.—Exe-
ter Times -Advocate.
Dismiss Suit
The Ontario Municipal Board
last week dismissed the $375,000
flaod damage suit entered by Dr.
L. G. Hafineter, former owner of
7.000 acres south of Grand Bend,
against seven district municipali-
ties. The board announced, how-
ever. that it would order repair of
about four-fifths of a mile of drain
on the Ausable river and the
Ptsebe creek. an extension of the
Parkhill creek. In what was• de-
scribed as the largest drainage ac-
tion in the history of the district.
Dr. Hagmeier sued the townships
of McGillivray and Bosanquet for
damages resulting from floods in
six years from 1944 to 1954. The
two townships, in tum, named as
"parties defendant" the munici-
palitiesof Stephen. Hay. East'and
West Williams and the town of
Parkhill. The case was beard in
Goderich in July by Charles W.
Yates and W. Greenwood, two
members of the board. — Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Dam Test
Skeptics who predicted there
would never be enough water to
fill the reservoir of Morrison darn
were quickly proven wrong last
week? In less than a day of rains
and melting snow, the reservoir of
40 million gallon capacity was fill-
ed and the spillway of the dam was
christened with water rushing down-
stream. "During most of that
time," reports Ausable Authority
Fieldman H. G. I�[poke, ."the 39-
inch pipe at the bottom..of the darn
was open. When it was closed,
we esttniated water rose in the
reservoir at the rate of about one
foot per hour. , Ther servoir fill-
ed up much quicker than we ex-
pected and it can be emptied much
faster than we had anticipated,
too. Water is back to normal now
despite the heavy flow which is
still continuing." During t h'e
height of last week's flow,.18 inch-
es of water was rushing over the
dam.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Where T% Park?
The • enforcement of parallel
parking by the Department of
Highways on the east side of Queen
Street last week has created a
parking problem on what is our
"main drag". Less than half the
number of cars can now park in
the same space and rural shop-
pers in town have been complain-
ing. The Department found that
with angel parking, cars were jut-
ting well out into their 20 -foot zone
which they maintain, thus the or-
der to switch to parallel parking,
No "U" turn signs have also been
established on main street ' cor-
ners and .during the summer,
school zone signs were put up, al-
so by -the Department. All these
new regulations are designed to
make for safer travel on our main
street. which is a good thing. But
certainly there should be ample
space for visitors to our town to
park. One thing that would help
immediately would be for main
street business folk to refrain from
parking their cars along the main
street during open business hours.
—Blyth Standard.
Factory To Goderich
The Goderich Organ Company
factory, idle since 1955, has been
sold to Scotsmith Furniture Limit-
ed, of London, who will commence
moving in shortly and expects to
be in production by mid-February.
The company specializes in the
production of high grade church
furniture and is headed by L. J.
Scott, of London. The Scotsmith
Company was burned out of their
London location on Central Ave.
last spring, and since that time has
been located in rented accommo-
dation at London. Local custodian
of the factory, which was pur-
chased in 1951 by a Montreal in-
dustrialist, has been A. M. Har-
per, chartered accountant. Mr,
Harper stated that the 'company
expects to employ between 25 to
40 men. Some keymen will be
brought in, but the majority of
help will be local personnel, he
stated. A prime factor in bring-
ing the company to Goderich was
the co-operation shown by mem-
bers of the Goderich town council
and especially the efforts of Coun-
cillor Peter MacEwan, whose
splendid assistance resulted in the
company locating here, said. Mr.
Harper. Several other municipali-
ties in Western Ontario have been
negotiating for the. location of the
plant in those centres. Moving of
machinery from London to the
plant here will be under way in
the near future.—Goderich Signal -
Star.
Hear CPT
Report
Mrs. Margaret Thompson, noble
grand. presided ober the regular
meeting of 'Edelweiss Rebekah
Lodge during which a donation to
the War Memorial Children's Hos-
pital, London, was approved. A
gift and card are to be sent to
each of the residents in the Odd -
Fellows' Home at Barrie to assist
in making their Christmas a hap-
py one.
December 11 has been set as
the date of the local Rebekah and
Odd Fellows' Christmas party with
an exchange of gifts and a pot -luck
lunch. • Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Jan-
et Andrews and Mrs. Annie Harri-
son were named in charge of ar-
rangements.
A euchre party is planned to fol-
low the December 9th meeting.
Early January has been set as
a tentative date of a social even-
ing when the Odd Fellows (win-
ners in a recent penny contest in
aid of the CPT fund) are to be en-
tertained by the Rebekahs.
A Christmas parcel is to be sent
to the lodge's adopted patient in
Westminster Hospital. London.
Reporting for the CPT commit-
tee, Mrs. Mary Dalrymple stated
that a second hospital bed for
loan is to be purchased; a new
mattress has been ,purchased for
the other bed, and two of the three
wheel chairs on loan have been
repaired. During the past year the
committee has raised over $500.
Officers of the CPT committee
are: president, Allan Campbell;
secretary, Mrs. Ila Dorrance;
treasurer, Miss Mae Smith; social,
Mrs. Mae Habkirk and Miss Janet
Andrews.
HURON COUNTY FEDERATION NEWS
By J. CARL HEMINGWAY
By this time I expect that most
of you will have read that the
wheat vote has been postponed
until January. This, no doubt. is
disappointing to many, but after
the list of eligible voters was pub-
lished, some things had to be cor-
rected.
This list was made up by the
Government - appointed Marketing
Board from the lists requested
from the buyers of wheat, stating
the farmers from whom:iey had
purchased wheat.
One man's name appeared three
tunes. I•te had sold whearat three
different mills and had sunt it to
the mill with different truckers.
tkidd name a peace. as'' , $0", as
It add' as Ms ek ,'hue ifiirev*tes
"yes" to the plan, there will still
be two votes against it, simply
because he doesn't vote the other
times. If he votes for, each time
his name is on the list, he will
probably end up in jail.
The wheat growers could hard-
ly expect to win a vote on this
basis, To get this straightened
out, it was necessary to have time
to revise these lists.
Those eligible to vote are those
farmers who have sold wheat in
1956 or 1957, or have sown wheat
in 1959.4or sale in 1958, or have
Wheat stored for future sale.
' Anyone who can fitlfil these re,
quireritents can come to the poll on
voting day and register atx vote
Whether his ' iliaine is ort the .list
ori #.0 -0
YEARS . AGONE
Interesting items gleaned tr:e0
The Iiurea E(pasitor of 25, .Sp
and 75 years ago.
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From. The Huron Expositor
December 2, 1932
A Tuckersmith boy, Allister
Broadfoot, led all Ontario in the
T. L. Kennedy challenge trophy
event at the Royal Winter Fair,
Toronto, last Thursday. The event
was open to boys who are mem-
bers of the Ontario Boys' Foal
Club. As a result, he won the T.
L. Kennedy challenge trophy, ac-
companied by a $25 prize 'with his
bay mare colt, Eric Mae._ .
The Government report of the
Medical Officer of Health for Sea -
forth, Dr. F. J. BuYrrows, contains
some very interesting sttaltsstics
from whick we take the following:
The population of Seaforth is
1,721, an increase of 33 for the
year. The number of births regis-
tered was 62-21 of these being
resident and 39 non-resident. There
were 35 deaths during the year,
including one,.babystill bora and
one that died at the age of three
days. The average age for the re-
maining 33 was 74.83' years, which
treats a remarkable record of
longevity.
On Saturday evening fire com-
pletely destroyed the barn belong-
ing to Mr. Henry F. Beuermann,
concession 8, McKillop, along with
some 'hens, also quite a lot of
machinery, grain and hay. The loss
is partly covered by insurance.
The cause of the fire is a mystery
as no one had been in the barn
for some time.
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From The Huron Expositor
November 29, 1907
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Mr. ,Robert Reid, Walton, met
with a painful Sccident while re-
pairing machinery in Mr. John
MacDonald's heading mill one day,
last week. While engaged in plan-
ing a pulley, he in some unaccount-
able inanner slipped and his right
hand was caught in the planr, lac-
erating the palm of th hand sev-
erely. Dr. Menzies dresses the
wounded member, and we trust
that the result will not be so ser-
ious, as Bob is •too useful a man in
the vicinity to be laid long aside
from active duties.
The first real snowstorm of the
season occurred here Tuesday.
Some prophesied sleighing, but al-
though snow fell all forenoon. there
was only enough to make good
mud.
Mr. Melvin Dodds, of McKillop,
-gas been engaged to teach in Wal-
ton school at a salary of $425 for
the coming year, duties to com-
mence January 1st.
Mr. W. A. Crich has now got his
handsome new residence on Main
Street about completed and ex-
pects to move into it next week.
From The Huron Expositor
December 1, 1882
Lumsden and Wilson have op-
ened a toy and fancy goods store
in the shop adjoining Thos. Kidds'
and the second door south of their
.main establishment. The reasoi?for
this new departure is that they
have not room for the whole of
their large stock in their present
store.
Mr. Robert Scott (Burnside),
McKillop, recently purchased a 50 -
acre farm near St. Marys. and Last.
week he sold it again. clearing
over $500 on the transaction,
Since the first of last February,
Mr. Joseph Craig, of the -11th con-
cession of McKillop, sold $102.00
worth of eggs from about 60 hens,
besides what he used in his own
family.
The Grey farm on the 11th con-
cession of McKillop was sold by
public auction at the Commercial
Hotel, Seaforth, last Tuesday to
Mr. John McClure, McKillop, for
the sum of $3,410.
Mr. Wm. Ross, Tuckersmith,
made a very successful hunting x-
pedition to Muskoka recently He
left home on Tuesday and return-
ed home again the second Thurs-
day thereafter, so that he was not
away much over a 'week, and in
that time he succeeded in bagging
one bear and five ,deer.
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DANCING
Every Friday Night
ERNIE KING
and his CKNX Kingsmens
featuring Earl Heywood
Community Centre, Seaforth
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29th
, Dancing 10 - 1
ADMISSION — 75 CENTS
Auspices:
Seaforth Athletic Association
for the Early Birds
WHY WAIT 'TILL THE LAST MINUTE ?
— The Best Time. To Shop
— The Best Gift Buys
are at LARONE'S now !
GIFTS:
Scotch Lace Tablecloth
Lamps — Table, TV, Dresser, Bedroom
China Novelties Boxed Paper
GIFT WRAPPINGS:
Papers Ribbons' Seals Tags
Christmas Table Covers Napkins Candles
Toys Games Paint by Number Sets
Dolls .' Doll Carriages
Kiddie Cars Wagons
SEE OUR LARGE DOLL SELECTION
Ladies' Pullovers and Cardigans
Sleepers and Pyjamas -
Wool Mitts and Gloves • Kerchiefs
Lined Jeans and Slacks
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_Seaforth 5c to $1.00 Store—Stationery & Gifts
What Gift Could Be More A
pprecial?ed Than
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CHESTERFIELD and BEDROOM SUITES
LAMPS ,OCCASIONAL CHAIRS
END TABLES , HASSOCKS
CARD TABLES TV SETS
A small deposit will hold any item until Christmas
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