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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-12-13, Page 1i47 • ,, Ninety -Eighth 10,04" - Whole Number ' • ,, •-• SEAVO' ONT • ",•,'e",' ' V% CIE OfFir A 0.0B. assembly PPM for Ham County hog .producers 'Vg44.14.e 9.1h aped 111;;;:elillWro_LL:"OnklanAlarY' 14, it was aimOuncedWednesdayby Bert Lobb, 'president of the IltitonlgOg Producers! AssoCiation.. The an- nouncement was made at the an- nual meeting of the County Feder- ation of Agriculture at Londes- boro. Decision " to open the -assembly point to serve Huron producers followed, representations to the On- tario Hog Producers' Co-operative. Officials of that organization were in Clinton day and worked out details with Huron officials. The asSembly point will be lo- cated in the Clinton sales, barns, Mr. Lobb said; and added that the " secommodation would be • enlarg- ed. He said no decision had ,b5en made concerning operating person- nel, but that an announcement would be made shortly. Shorthorn Group Meets; Elects Here 6 The annual banquet and meet- ing Of the Perth -Huron Shorthorn • Club was. herd in Egmondville United Church Thursday with over /00 present. The retiring, presi- dent, Arthur Bald, of Sebringvillei was. chairman for the meeting. R. E. White, Perth .pounty agricultural representative a seeretary4tteasurer of the club, reported a successful year. Guest speaker vas Dr. Charles •Rowe, who spoke on diseases of tattle. • Officers named for 1958 are: past president, Mr. Bald;1 presi- • dent, William. Pepper, AR 3, 'Seaforth; first vice-president, .Lin- coln White, St. Marys; second vice- president, Bruce Keyes, Varna; secretary -treasurer, Doug Miles, Hutto, County agridultura1 repres- entative; assistant, R. E. White, Perth County' agricultural Tures.; entative; directors: Huron Couff- ty, Morley Johnson; Auburn;' John ',Peck, Varna;, Bruce Keyes, An - '.son McKirlley, RR 1,- Zurichl,. Jas: M. Scott, SeafOrth; Jaines Smith, •. RR Z, Brussels; Howard Culbert, • Dungannon; Perth County: Roy • Nethercott, RR 1, St. Marys; Arn- old Robinson, RR 3, St. Marys; John Donnell, RR 6, St. Marys; James E. Robinson, RR ,1, St. • Marys; Wallace Ballantyne, RR 3, Stratford; Fergus Lannin, RR 2, Dublin; •directors to the Ontario Shorthorn Club, Andrew. -Gaunt, Lucknow. . Special Hours For Seaforth Stores In an effort to co-operate with district shoppers, Seaforth stores will remain open Wednesday af- ternoons until Christmas. The merchants will also keep their business places open Monday and Tuesday evenings, December 23 and 24, for last-minute shopping. Red 4 Lose *en Car • pin he parked his car near 'Seat:Memorial Hospital here Sun- 4r,"afternoon, Ken Willis little re- aped he had innocently taken the first step in, a series of events that created confusion in the minds of lic.9,.....ikt.g1.11Pg to •tU- "i „..er-communication system and thronght tinges of embarrassment tdKineardine police. Finding his car missing when he eanie out of the hospital, Mr. Wil - lit reported the theft to 0.P.P. Constable Ed. Johnston. Constable Constable after checking arbund the area, reported the theft to O.P.P. headquarters. A short -time later Kincardine police call- ed in to say the car had been re- COvered in that town, and .at the •saine time reported a car owned by the Kincardine chief of police had been stolen. On the strength of the Kincar- dine report, O.P.P. in the district were advised the Seaforth car was recovered. But not for long. ' Kincardine, with tongue in cheek, ,came back on the air to say that while police there had been looking for their Chief's car, the •Seaforth Car had been stqlen• a second time. However, the r had recovered the Kincardine car.. • So out over the police radio again went the announcement that the Willis car had been re -stolen. lt• was not until, some time later 'that everything was settled'. Police in Port Elgin picked up the miss- -ing car, and alone with it, two 16 -year-old youths, who gave ad- dresses in Bowmanville and Osh- awa. MEMBERS OF SEAFORTH District 4-H Clubs- stood at the top when it came to collecting trophies at the 10th annual Achievement Night in Wingham Friday. Among Seafortn prize win- ners were (front row, lett, to right), Donald Carter, with the t avenge trophy for champi,on gilt; Bert Pepper, the Cardiff trophy for best all-around 4-H member, and Kenneth Powell,the agricultural representatrie's award for best- swine showmanship, and (back row, left to right? Robert Fotheringham,. Warden's trophy for best first-year member; Winston Powell, Howe tro- phy for higitscore in Swine Club, and Bill Strong. who' won he Senator W. H. Golding trophy for best beef showmanship. He also was awarded a wrist watch for his standing at the Royal. ecogniz.e- 4-H Program /10:th Achievement Night The tenth annual •Aghiev' ement. ..:In 47dition to the wards, cash* ' prizes, totalling nearly $2,800, wen. to the participants. Arrangements for the occasion were completed by agricultural representative D. H. Miles, and assistant, Art Bolton. Receiving awards 'were: The Elston Cardiff Citizen Tro- phy -Donated by Elston Cardiff, M.P., to the 4-H member in Hur- on County deemed by nomination to be outstanding all round 4-H member. Not only 4-H work, but also home and community activi- ties are to, be taken into considera- Night, held in Winghffm •High School- Friday evening, honored more than 500 Riembers of 4-H Clubs who had paltidipated in the 4-H program during'1957. The large school auditorium -was filled to capacity. McKillop Hunters Shoot Large Moose A two -weeks hunting trip td the secretary -treas.urer of the club, a McKillop quartette when they succeeded in obtaining a 900 -pound moose. The group, which includ- ed John Glanville, Roy Wildfong, Fred Glanville and George Taylor, found it necessary to cover a large area before being able to get a shot. Moose were being ravaged by wolves, with the result there were but few being shot, they said. Active Here C. M. Smith Passes Crawford M. Smith, well-known Seaforth businessmah, died sud- denly at his home, Goderich St. West early Thursday afternoon. tion, including the pledge taken. by Mr. Smith had had his lunch down each 4-H members. Won by Bert Pepper, RR 3, Seaforth, for his outstanding work and contribution in the year 1956-57; presented by John Hanna, M.P.P., North Hur- on. T. Pryde Trophy/-Oonated by T. Pryde, M.P.P. for South Huron, to the 4-H member' in Huron County (Continued on Page 2) Forums D See Need Discussions were held this week by the farm forums on "Import Controls and Their ,Necessity." The forums mulled oder the limi- tations of controls on imported goods and especially the goods baying to do with. farmers. FIRSIDE FORUM Twenty-one adults gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Howatt for the weekly meeting of Fireside Faint Forum. • Talking over the topic of the night, the forum decided that the commodities they were most in- terested in were dairy, poultry, beef and pork, or, in other words, products of mixed farming. Import controls affecting the farming community are butter oil, embargo on fowl, pork, dairy and beef products, potatoes and v.ege- tables. They felt there should be higher dttties on butter substi- tutes. The embargo on cattle and bogs was thought to be satisfac- tory. Referring to duties on fresh 'vegetables, it .was felt that if the duty was raised, the U.S. might put a duty on turnips and thus hurt the, market here. Slides of the 4,11 bug trip to Eastern Ontario and Quebec were shown by Lawrence Taylor and James Jamieson. • Next meeting will be held at the home of Hobert Dalton. Euchre was enjoyed' with .win- ners being: high, les. Ken Hui, ley and George Carter; lone hands, • Mrs. K. Henderson and Oliver Ana. derson; consolation, Mrs.. it Teb- . butt and Bert Hoggirt ss2, , 1% SS 2; MeKillop Para• P.oruirr rat nt the boipte 1.ftlMT narty.tal ' tati.10 Aleta iscuss Imports For Some Controls beef, poultry and dairy products, and import duties on these pro- ducts interesteil them too. On the diraion. should import controls be used on commodities, the forum regretted the necessity of controls or duties at all, and thought they should be used only in emergencieg. • It is impossible for the farmer to live as a free- trader segment of a protectionist society, such as Canada. The re- sult of this is a high cost which is at the root of all the farmers' troubles. All urban businessmen4lieve in free trade for the otherriellow, but not for their own. ' The farmer is more in touch with reality on this question than the rest of tfie popu- lation. It is one of the weaknesses of democracy that a , government tries to give people what they want, rather than what is good for them in order to keep themselves in power. The forum felt that it is showing up that we are not yet ready for democracy, The Meeting closed with euchre, followed by lunch. Winners were: most games, Mrs. Secord Me - Brien and Secord McBrien; lone hands, Mrs. Walter 1VteClure and Bert McClure; consolation, 'Mrs. Stewart. Dolmage and Frank Bushie. PARR LINE FORUM. Parr Line hint Forum were of the same opinion as the other for- ums as they felt the commodities with which they were mainly in- terested were cattle, hdo,,beanS, eggs, poultry, corn, wheat, barley, sugar beets, grass seeds and milk Produtte, The forum diet at,the• home of Mr. itilan. Mrs. Charles flblnson, wo import controls, they felt tint the present control should be keg on milk products. They also thought that the present dumping tariff should be maintained. A few games of euchre were en- joyed with winners being Mrs. Gor- don Coleman, Mrs. Stewart Black- well, John Soldan and Mrs. Ross Love. An enjoyable lunch was served. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Jarrott. ' FRIENDLY FEW FORUM The Friendly Few Farm Forum was well attended at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jewitt Monday evening, with a lengthy discussion on "Import Controls." Progressive euchre we -8 enjoyed with prizes going, to: high lady, Mrs. Frank Riley; low lady, Mrs. William Dale; high 'man, Jelin Jewitt; low' man, Ken Preszcator. Mrs. William Dale was the hos- tess of the evening, and the 'next meeting will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Dale. Joins Father In Drug - Business Announcement was made this week that Mrs. Merle E. Hoover, Phm.B., was now associated with Keating's Pharmacy here. A daughter bf Mr. Keating, she, like her father, is a 'bachelor of pharm- acy. Mrs. Hoover is well known here where she received her edutation, and since graduating from the On- tario College of Pharmacy has had extensive, m0010466 inthe pro - &pie% having been: Aseoeiated with tieyeral -. of„the hit et drug vt•-:' to and ' 4%1.1, , town, and passed away ' a few moments after returning to his home. He was in his 71st year. Sine coming to Seaforth 25 years ago, Mr. Smith had taken an active part in community af- fairs. Owner of Seaforth'Billiards, .4ifAar ' Recover Vehicle Here After he had been ,found wan- ing along No. 8 Highway, a ,mile east of Seaforth early San - day morning in a dazed and inco- herent condition, a Port Credit youth, as a result of subsequent police investigation, has been charged with car theft. William R. Oram, 17, first seen by Johan Willems on the highway near his farm, and taken to the Seaforth Clinic, was allegedly driving a station wagon which crashed into a ditch, ending up against a tree. He received two broken ribs and leg injuries and was transfer- red to Scott Memorial Hospital after authorities found him in a Seaforth church, where he had wandered after leaving the Clinic. He was attended by Dr. E. Mal- kus; while the police in.vestiga tion was in charge of O.P.P. Constable Helmer Snell. •.The station wagon; which was ItaeltY'Wrecked, was owned by Mac- nald Electric Ltd., of Goderich. 1.. he later established the Tasty -Grill here, which he operated suc- cessfully for a number of years. Calling on experience he had had in the construction field, he estab- lished a contracting business and erected a number of Seaforth resi- dences. In recent years he had been manager, of Seaforth Lumber Ltd. Prior to the construction -'of Seaforth Meniorial Arena he was part owner and manager of the Palace Rink here. Active in hthletic circles, Mr. Smith was associated with soft- ball and hockey teams for several years. He was a member of the Seaforth Bowling Club and Sea - forth Curling Club. He was a member of the Lions Club, and represented the town on the board of the Seaforth District High School. Active in the work of First Pres- byterian Church, he served as an elder and was also treasurer ot the church. Mr. Smith was born at Komdka. Ont., where he received his early education. He came to Seaforth in 1931 from Windsor, where he was in the real estate and con-. tracting business. His wife, the former -Beatrice Caldwell, predeceased him in 1954. He is survived by one son, Dr. Delbert G, Smith, and one &ugh-, ter, Miss Dorothy J. Smith; both of Hamilton; thrett'brotherar Smitii-iind Alec S i all bf Windsor., ; - n Pples In ristie Draw • In' the first, of a series of draws being Made" by Christie's Meat Market in connection with the 25th anniversary of the opening of the business, winners on Tuesday were Mrs. M. R. Rennie, Mrs. Ed. Regele, Walton, Mrs. Harry Chesney, P. J. Dorsey and James Henderson. . • THE VOTE IN SEAFORTH • * In a light Vete that sair : per gent' of eligible Vota.:e , • • ballot,. Seefertb electors unin. Polls 1 and 2 3 and 4 5 and 6 TOTAL same two cOlMcillers to Thc, 153 128 , 69 350 ton as they had done -iii tb 185 136 ••118 439 election. These were William , J. A. Baldwin William Ball P. L. Brady N. C. Cardno • Scott Habkirk • L. P. Plumsteel Thorpe Rivers J. 0.. Turnbull Total Voters Number Voted 109 127 147 74 162 162 487 224 104 " 79 288 75 . 71 273 121 84 352 60 42 176 116 90 ' 368 119 106 , 387 374 338, 1,199 176 131 531 ouncil Approves Insurance -Increase • Holding its final meeting of the year, Seaforth Council on Monday night gave approval to a proposal to enlarge the insurance coverage on town buildings and ,at the same time allocate the insurance through a broker. At a previous meeting, consideration had been given a re- port of the finance committee when it had been indicated that when there would be a 'require - coverage on town property was Ment for means of warning the much too low. The report suggest-. public, he said. In the event of ed that the insurance be placed war, Niagara Falls would out - through one agent, who would act doubtedly be bit first, and then as a broker on behalf of other Seaforth would be without power. agents. Reeve Scoins agreed that a dan- Council approved the recom- ger could exist, particularly since mendation of the finance commit- Seaforth was located so near to R tee as presented by Reeve Scoins RCAF Station, Clinton, which, in and agreed that total coverage bis opinion, would be an early would amount to $110,000. M. A. target. Reid was named broker to allo- Will'Maintain Bell cate the premiums among agents The property committee agreed designated by council. In a reso- that it would continue to have the lotion naming -Mr. Reid as broker, bell properly.. maintained. The council defined agents who would committee is to bring in a firm participate as being agents who recommendation as to the action had been in'the general insurance to be taken in connection with the business for at least two years, waterworks residence. Council was and who were members of the On- told that extensive repairs were term Insurance Agents • Associa- tion. Members of the arena staff were not covered by town insurance, it ly $800 would. be required to re - was explained in answer to a pair :the Juildng. query by Councillor Christie. The There was doubt as to the wis- arena commission is a separate dom in carrying out repairs, but entity and as such is responsible onthe other hand, Councillor Ball for ensuring that Workmen's Com- pointed out the cost of repairs to out that it would cost sev- pensation is provided for its em- eral times erect such a residence., and if it ployees. waid't repaired the town would be Collections Higher obliged to tear down the building, Presenting the report of the which would probably be as cost - finance committee, Clerk Wilson ly. •The 1958 councill will decide told council that tax arrears total- • action to be taken. ling $19,865, had been collected . Continuing his report of the pro - during the year, an. increase of ed that probably when one man stops to ring the bell, everybody stops, so that means there are three men off for 15 minutes. Councillor Kellar told council that the bell should be kept in proper repair. In the light of the disturbed conditions that exist in the world today, one never knows Lay Plans For 1958 Fall Fair ?tans for an even more success- ful 1958 Seaforth Fair were set in motion at a meeting of direc- tors of the Seaforth Agricultural Society here Tuesday night. The meeting was in charge of Presi- dent 'R. W. Campbell. The meeting gave consideration to an increased cattle show at the 1958 fair. While it was not pos- sible to indicate in what classes or breeds increases would be forth- coming, there was reasonable as- strance that the cattle show would be substantially larger. No decision was taken as to the form of the annual meeting, but the executive committee was in- structed to investigate and make suitable arrangements. Reviewing the financial aspect of the 1957 fair, the meeting ap- proved -arrangements for interim financing. necessary, since the ground floor joints and flooring had rotted out and it was estimated that probab- with 439 votes, and Dr. J. 0..Turn- bull with 387 votes. • ' ,' The vote was slightly less than ., in 1956, when 569 ballots were east. . This year there were but 531, out. of a total eligible roll of 1,199, . .; • Voting was light throughout the: .. day. A heavy snowstorm through- out most of the day, which made visibility difficult and walking tazi" ardous, played a part in the 0E4: •.-', vote. Polls opened at 9 o'clock. hour later but three votes 10 bcast ar the Libraer poll, e' oth- er two polls were not much better.'•..., No: 1 and 2 having received 18 votes, and No. 5 and 6, 21. votes., All members Of the 1957 Council . were returned. The new members are J. A. Baldwin and Dr. P. L. Brady. B. F. Christie was previously . elected_Mayor by acclamation, and ., Reeve N. Scoins again was ac- claimed as Reeve. , Hensal1 $9,800 over a similar period of 1956. At the same time, current taxes in an amount of $104,697 had been paid, an increase of $3,600 over'the 1956 period. He said that a number of sewer rentals had been paid, and that at the moment there were not too many outstand- ing. No action was taken on a re- quest from Cardno Bros. to, pro- vide for a doubled rental for the use of the clock in the Cardno block. For, a number of years the town had been paying $40 a year, and a communication asked that this be raised to $80. Council agreed to pay the $40 for 1957, and referred the matter tothe incoming council to deter- mine whether the rental arrange- ment would continue in the fu- ture, and if so, at what rates: Clerk vice was held Saturday at 2 p.m.; conducted by Rev. D. Glenn Camp- bell, of First Presbyterian Church, at the G. A. Whitney Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Mac McKel- lar, John Talbot, John .Cardno, John Baldwin, James Murray and Frank Case. Flowerbearers were C.. A. Barber, F. E. Willis, Frank Laitiont, Prank Kling, M. A. Reid,' P. Teall, timer Larone and E. Boswell. Burial Was in Mait.. hittdt, N Ite A • ... , , . perty committee activity, Coun- cillor Habkirk said that total costs of alterations to the town building amounted to 811,270, which includ- ed furnishings and decorating. An- swering queries as to the manner in which construction has been pro- ceeded with, Councillor Habkirk said that the work had been divid- ed evenly between Seaforth firms and individuals who were inter- ested in taking part. Several firms were not interested when they had been approached. He said that there had been excellent co-opera- tion throughout the whole project, and felt that all involved had been treated fairly. Councillor William Ball, chair- man of the parks committee, said that there was no report of the committee. Council agreed with a suggestion advanced by Mayor McMaster, that a. Christmas gift uncil Is Filled Hensall village council is com- plete for 1958, following a new nomination meeting Monday, when, 26 -year-old John Lavender was ac- claimed to fill the position left vacant at the original nomination meeting. Other councillors ac- claimed at the first meet were Gordon Schwalm, John Henderson and Lorne Luker, and they will work under Reeve Norman Jones. In Goderich Township, John Deeves was re-elect E d to the reeveship with a 41 -vote margin over his opponent, Clayton Leith- , waite. Mr. Deeves polled 300, with the loser 'getting '259 votes. This • will be the third year for the ,elect, ed reeve. Following an election in Gode- rich, Peter McEwan takes over as deputy -reeve,' defeating Jas. Bis- sett. In the council vote, Mrs. Ray Mooney topped the polls with 1,145-15 more votes than the next elected official. Other results in Goderich: Depu- ty -Reeve -Peter McEwan 906, Jas. Bissett 786. Council (six elected) -Mrs. Ray Mooney 1,145, Frank Walkom 1,130, William Tipple 913, Charles Robertson 872, Joseph Al- laire 815, Bruce Sully 762, Frank Skelton 725, John H. Graham 547, John Spain 153. PUC (two elect- ed) -George MacEwan 1,006, Wil- liam Mills 870, John E. Huckins 790. Wilson told council that a num- of a turkey should be forwarded ber of years ago council of the day to members of the town staff. had discontinued the arrangement, Referring to arrangements with but as a result of complaints from the PUC, Mayor McMaster said citizens in the western part of the town, a new arrangement had been entered into. Council adopted a resolution ex- pressing appreciation to George Daly, former Seaforth resident, now in Toronto, who had designed an emblem for the town. Reporting for the street com- mittee, Councillor B. F. Christie said a number of stumps had been removed near the arena, and that patching and tree -trimming had been proceeded with. •In the absence of Fire Chief John F. Scott, Councillor John Kellar, chairman 'of the fire and water committee, said that during the year the brigade' bad answered 30 rural eltls and 12 calls in town. With the exception of • the fire which destroyed the Ball -Macaulay plant last spring, there had been relatively little damage. .. The time it takes to ring the town bell was considered by coun- cil as Councillor Scott Habkirk, chairman of the property commit- tee, told of efforts which his com- mittee was making to have the rope, which operates the town bell, placed in a different location, He had approached the contractor on several \occasions, but the work was not completed. Giving consideration as to whe- ther is was necessary to ring the bell, council was told that at the moment it is being rung twice a day, at 12 o'clock and at 1 o'clock noon. Fof many years the bell was rung at 7 a.m., 12noon, 1 p.m. and 6 pre. the Matter of the Cost itivelVe It was Reeve Swifts who rafsed wlien4lie wondered whether it Ar' wertifit,..It takes 1i- 'thinute nine,"A 'fitritlijkAitik the commission had agreed to an adjustment on the charges for lay- ing a service to the sewage plant. Specifications provided for two- inch service and this was install- ed. The commission has agreed to rebate an amount equal to the in- stallation of a three-quarter inch service. He told council that the new rental arrapgement was in effect for accommodation used by the PUC in the town building. The (Continued on, Page 8) !tam -tack- MacLEAN, Who. has:resigned "after serving for more than twenty y e a r s caretaker of Egiriondville Ho will be 81 his next - 41,t • , • 4,qt' . Mr., Mrs. R. Smith Married 62 Years Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith quietly celebrated the 62nd anni- versary of their marriage at their John Street home on Wednesday. Both in reasonably good health„ they are able to be out almost every day and look forward to visits and chats with friends. Former Resident Has 95th Birthday A former Hibbert township resi- dent will observe her 95th birth- day next Tuesday, Dec. 17 . Miss Helen D. Pringle, now of Marshall, Sask' . 'celebrates her birthday at the home of her brother, William, the only other survivor of a fam- ily of 12. She was born in Seaforth in a home on the land that is now the bowling green. She taught school for over 40 years. Miss Pringle lived for many years on the 8th concession of Hibbert, about 21/2 miles west of Staffa. Her father bought a piece of land from the old Canada Com- pany, and in 1880 gave up his joh as a track foreman op the Grand Trunk Railway at Seaforth to live on his fern'. When the passage of time re- moved her family, the farm was sold in 1952 and Miss Pringle moved to Marshall, Sask., a balm, let of about 125 people, sonie miles southeast of LlOydmitiStet., Seaforth curlers illegati; ' Many Beginners As Curlers - season Friday evening whert hers, new and eid, anthfrier toyed a pot -luck atiptkir0 by a local bonspiet In spealdng to thec'[ub u ischg(immeeslit ti)hr°tel The ;•tMo ganles got tntderw4 -4,44 140(.