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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1968-01-04, Page 11. Wbole No. 5208. 109th Year SEAFORTH, ONARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1968 — 1FPAGES Q Single Copiert, 12 Cents $5,00 A Yearun-A4Vance Citizens Mark End Of Centennial James R. Scott addressed a largely atten de d service at noon on Sunday to mark the close of Canada'sCentennial-celebrations in Seaforth and area. The short ceremony include" ing the furling of the centennial flag which was presented centenniaLchairman F. C. J.'Sills for safekeeping. (Expositor photo by Haley). Inter -f ith Servic Marks End of Canada's Centennial Seaforth and district citizens expressed thanksgiving at an interfaith service to mark the close of the area observance of Canada's Centennial at an impressive service in SDHS - auditorium at noon.,Sunday. Rev. J. C. Britton was chair- man and the program empha- sizechhe role of youth in Can- ada's future development. Pray- ers of thanksgiving `were read responsively by •Mary Jean Fry and Karen Regier and by Jane St. James' School Names New Board The annual ratepayers' meet- "that two rooms were needed by ing of St. James' R.C.S.S. was last September and although the present school had been planned to permit an addition, the inspector and department of education had advised that since playground facilities were very -limited, the purchase of the Egmondtville School would fulfill present need.S. The re- port showed that there are nine teachers, 259 pupils witli 24 in kindergarten. ' Mr. Sills, board representa- tive to the Seaforth District High Schaal, gave a brief re- port on the progress being /Continued on Page 4) , held Wednesday evening with approximately 50 present. F. C. J. Si/is was named chairman for the meeting_and Mrs. Frank Nigh was acting secretary. John Lansink, chairman of the school board, assisted by the secretary, Leon Bannon, gave a general report on the progress made during the past year. The reporrshowed the pfurchase of the Egmondville School and outlined the various improve- ments and -renovations carried out fdllowing the purchase of the school. It was pointed .out 'install Officers For 1968 , Laverne Hugill of RIR 2, Sea - forth, has been installed as mas- ter of Britannia Lodge 170, A.F. and A.M. Seaforth, suc- ceeding Alex Chesney. He was installed by his father Joseph Magill and his 'brother-in-law, George Killer. Other officers): ,Aenior ward, en, Glen •Clciesney;l'unior ward- en, Dr. John C. MacLennan; chaplain, Ross Scott; treasurtir, Cyril Kirk; secretary, Gordon Wright; senior deacon, Gordon Sills and Stephen Brady. Dawn Stephenson and Chris- tine Pryce sang "They Call it Canada". Organist was Mrs. Don Carter. In a short address James R. Scott paid tribute to Miss Belle Campbell and her work in rec- ording the history of the area: He recalled the paralllel be- tween Canada's Centennial and the anniversary of the founding of Seaforth. • In each case the development had reflected strength and character. P. C. J. Sills who had. •guid- ed centennial activities as chairman of the local commit- tee expressed appreciation for the broad co -,operation that he andhis committee had received. He accepted for safekeeping, the centennial flag. when it had been ftirled, by Mayor Kling and former Mayor J. F. Flannery. Mayor Kling spoke briefly and expressed appreciation on behalf of the town to Mr. Sills and, to all who hadi made pos- sible a memorable observance of the centennial. The program was arranged by an interdenominational com- mittee headed by J. L. Slattery. ... LAVERNE HUGILL Beiittenmiller; junior deacon, OivildT Oke; director of cere- monies, M. E. Clarke; inner guard, Kenneth Scott; senior steward, Kenneth Caldwell; jun- ior steward, Ross Smale; tyler, John Eisler; auditors, M. E. Clark, E. C, Boswell and John MModeland. • injured In Fall Robert Mavha is in Seaferth Community Hospital following a fall at his Victoria Street home Friday' when...he injured his back. Peter Kling is a .patient *at St. JCserph's Hospital, London, where he was taken afteas fall Friday evening in which he frac- tured his ankle. Seaforth Council Ready For New Year , Members of Seaforth Council posed for this picture fol- lowing swearing in c eremontes on Mondarmorning. They -are (from front left)' Reeve Carl Dalton, Mayor Frank Kling, De- . puty Reeve Wilmer Cuthill, Clerk Ernest Williams, It,„.S. MacDonald, James Kelly, Mrs. Betty Cardno, Robert Dinsmore, J. C. MacLennan and 1,. F. Ford. (Expositor photo by Haley). Firemen Elect 1968 Officers • Settforth Firetnen held their annual meeting Tuesday °Vetting end eleefed officers. Heading the brigade is Chief Seett end the ether offiderS are joe Nigh, voteinan; • Bilt Eisler,. Assistant Fcreman; and Bill Wilbee, Secretary- irrOttnter. $hcon here ire (front left, *front) Sae Nigh, Geo. 0"- • ' rge Kruse, Bill ENler, Bill Wilhee, J. F. Scott, John McCue, R. J. Boussey, Ron Dale, D'Orlean Sins, Charlie Wood, Jack Muir, Frank Case, James Patin, Ron Broome, Don Coleman, Clayton Horton, -Jim 'Sills, tton Fry, (Expositor phote by Phillips) i:one- Bandit,FloOs. Up: Brumfield Branch Etank As lone :bandit held up the trucefield branch of the Bank of Montreal, Wednesday morn - Council Takes Oath Of Office Magigtrate H. Glenn Hays of- ficiated at a swearing in cere- mony in the town hall Monday morning when members of Sea - forth Council took their , oath of office. Magistrate- Hays,. former res- idint of Seaforth; in commenc- ing the ceremony indieated his appreciation for havinu''been invited to participate. He re- called his years as a resident Seaforth and his boyhood friendthip with Mayor Kling when they both'had been invol- ved in many escapades in Eg- mondville. It ,was nnique Also, he said, that Mayor Kling's two inmiediate spredecessors,,. form- er May&S John Flannery and Angus MacLean also had been his classmates in Egmondville. 'Rev. D. O. Fry :was present at the invitation of council and led in a short service. -.Mr. • Fry referred to the his- toric oecasion and the fact that it Was -100 years since the mun- icipality had come into being. He pointedi out council .had a responsibility with respect to the laws of the .land and his duties were such as to include a resp.onsibility for the laws of God and to explain them.- He added that the fact so many of the cauncil were returned was a reward for their good service. Recalling there was a ten- dancy today to dodge responsi- bility and to avoid involvement he said ,that,., it was his hope that-ariens would not yield to the temptation to rest on their oars. It is a credit to the coun- cil -that it is preparing to face the challenges of 1968. Mayor Kling.in expressing ap- preciation to MagistrateHays and to„„IVIr. Fry referred to the town's. centennial and said it would be the intention of coun- cil to consider at an early date the farm in which the obser- vance of the event should take. He extended a welcome to the new members, councillors...R. S. McDonald and L. F. Ford and said that he looked forward to a year of progress and of co- operation. • He reviewed briefly the ac- complishments of the past year which included a study of a (Continued on fage Plaque Honors Expositor The 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Huron 'Ex- . positor has been marked by the presentation of a plaque by the Province of Ontario. The presentation was made by Mayor Frank Kling tui behalf of Huron MPP, Hon. Charles Mae - Naughton, to A. Y. 1VIeLean1 edi- tor and publisher of the Exposi- tor during a luncheon whieh followed inaugural proceedings of- council on Monday. In a letter ' to Mayor Kling asking him to make the presen- tation Mr. MacNaughton said: "I had hoped, that I would have had the opportunity to make a •presentation, on behalf of the Government of Ontario, to an institution in your conr- munity" which Merits special recognition. Since circumstances have pre- vented me from undertaking this pleasant task, I am writing, to request your kind assistance in arranging for a proper tri- bute. I am forwarding, under sep- arate cover, a plaque prepared by the Ontario Centennial Plan- ning Branch which recognizes 100 years of service to your by the Huron Ex- positor. I would ask you, on be- half of myself and the Govern- ment, to present this plaque to the present publisher, Mr. An- drew Y. 1VIeLean, at Some suit- able occasion in the near future, Perhaps your !natural eotincil session for 1068 Might serve this papas°. , i ute to the unique I knew ;ou Will join me in paying tr and; otta ending contribution that We Miran Expositor his (Cetitintted on Page 4) ing. -.,"1 • - His face covered with a mask with only his eyes exposed and carrying what was"desc.ribed as a 'Sawed) off shot gun, the man entered the batik at 10:30 and -herded two empIoyees,'William .Merrill and 'Murray Hillitker and a customer, Ralph Stryker, into a rear store room. Mom- ents later another custome' r .A1- cik Mustard of' 13rucefield,en- Former Schoolmates Meet Mayor Frank Kling is signing the oath of 'office .after having been sworn in by Magistrate H. Glenn Haysof Gede- MagistratcHays and Mayor Kling were schoolinates' in Egmondville. (Expositor photo by Haley.) Council Endorses a lation nits Of Health • Seaforth's Council meeting Monday night went on record as endorsing a proposal for the amalgamation of Huron and Perth 4-lea1th Units ahd coupl- 'tion that the town offered. the tion that the town offer the most suitable focation for head- quarters of the ,combined units. The discussion arose follow- ing a query by Reeve Dalton as to the feeling of council. He said) the matter would be rais- edi)at the next meeting of the Huron body and felt that he should have some direction from the Seaforth Council. The suggestion that Seaforth would provide a logical site arose _when it was pointed out that requirements for the loca- tion, of the headiduarters were that it be centrally located) with regard to the enlarged area and at the same time be adjac- ent to•a modern hospital. It was indicated that Seaforth met these requirements and that a suitable •site for a headnuarlers building to serve the combined units could be made available by Seaforth Community Hospi- tal. A query by Reeve Dalton as to the reason for increasing wel- fare payments spiked a discus- sion of the entire welfare'prob- _Lem. Clerk Ernest Williams re- minded council that changes in regulations which became ef- fective early last year had Con- tributed to the increased casts. He said very little discretion was permitted the municipality in the light of the regulations set down by, the., province, He added that 80 percent of the amounts paid out by the toWn were recovered by way of pro- vincial' grants, Councillor R. S. MacDonald wondered whether the alterna- tive -of disability allowances was being explored to the max- imum and Clerk Williams said that this was being done but that there frequently Was it, lag between application for disabili- ty allowande and approval and that this period had to 'be coil- ered by relief payinents. z, Council agreed to hold in abeyance a„ request from the Ontario-sehool trustees and mu- nicipal council association for membership. 'Discussions . will be held with local school boards as to the benefits which mem- bership, in th,e association would ',contribute. Councillors expres- sed the' opinion in view of change S which are proppsed for the educational system the need of such, an organization might.be, greater than :n the past. A resolution which originat- ed in the Town of G,oderich, ask- ing, for the exemption oftowns, cities and villages from county road levies was endorsed. Under existing regulations the county levy for ;road pur- poses but may rebate up to 50 percent to urban centres) 'who do not enjoy the same .aclvant- ages af county roads as do the rural.....centres. In the case of •Sitiforth, the rebate amounts to $$818,900,000as compared) to a levy of Dealing with correspondence 'council took no action on a re- quest from the Canadian Men- tal Health Association for grant. Conn. Betty Cardin& sal the public genaally was invit ed, to. join and could belong for as little as $1 each and Coun. MacDonaldi was concern- ed that action to join could set an unfortunate precedeet. - A query from 3. C. Crich in connection with the collection of buslineis tax was referred to the adininistration and finance committee. • .0." Council acted on a request" for a grant to the Seaforth Dis- trict High School GirN Trum- pet Band to assist in providing a fund with which to purchase new uniforms. Clerk Williams said that he understood that ap- proxirri.ately $400 was on hand In the fund and that a special account had been set tip so that there would be assurance that-eentributions would be us ed' only for the purchase of Intl. forma. Council apprOvedr grant, of WO. (Continued on Page 4) tend the bank and was forced at gun point into -the afore room. The robber is thought to have made his gqtaihyo in a car which he had parked* the rear of the RIOS Scott Ltd. gar- age. The bank branch is locat- ed in the Scott. Building. in the east side of No. 4 Highway. Police ,.said the car was thought to be elate 1050 medeL yellow with brown stripes: Corporal D.. F. Washburn of the 'Goderieh OPP detaehment is investigating. • 41 Years Retires From 'Railway John Holscher, well known Seaforth resident began a well earned holiday on aVlanday when he retired after 41 years. with the CNR. Sinee 1952 he has been foreman of maintenance here. Mr. Holscher who began' his railway, career in Elinira on May 1,1927, was born andI grew up in Sebastopol in Perth County. During his years with the CNR he served on most branch lines in the Stratford division. He has been a foreman' since 1940.. Recalling his years in main- tenance work Mr. Holscher said he was most proud of the fact that no one was, hurt nor •'as there an accident on the lines for which he was responsible. "It used to be a lot harder work when I started than it is now," he said: ',Then we work- ed 50 hours a week and up un- . til 1950 strike we didn't even • get any holidays." ,He 'added that maphanization has made it possible t� also Tedium the. maintenance Crews ' from four to two men. Mr. Holscher's crew is responsible for the section of track from Mitdhell to 14 miles west of •Seaforth. . Mr. Holscher will continue to live in Seaforth Where he has taken an active part in the wotk of First Presbyterian Church and, in fraternal organizations. "We like it here" he said and , added that he and his wife ex- pected) to do some travelling :— something they hadn't been aJble tp, do while he was -working. They have a. family of two sons and a daughter who are mar- ried and living out of &Wm His retirement was marked by the presentation of a wallet from Lodge 60 of the, Stratford Railway Employees Association and a sum of money from fel- low employees. In addition he was presented with a desk pen.' JOHN oL.StFicn set hy C. Desjardline, Goderich division foreman. L. T. Dillon, vt,ho has, been on staff here for seven years, is • acting foreman of the inainten- ance Celebrate 50th Anniversary On New Year's Day 50 yeas ago, in 1918, a pretty wedding was solemnized St the home of Mr. and, Mrs. ,Ephrairn Brown of Irullett T�wflsblp *heti their daughter Etta htettme the bride of James Vteidey ifoggitti, soft of Mr. and Mrs, VW& Hog.