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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1968-02-08, Page 1s, • !? Whole No. 5213 109th Year ' SEAPORTH, ONTARJO, THURSDAY ,F 7 EBRUARY 8 1968 — 12 PAGES • 7, • Water Floods Through Area A steady'torrent of rain coupled with abnormally high temperatures the end of last week .contributed to flood conditions throughout the area. Few area residences escaped from floods ed basements and roads in a number of low lying sections of the town were under water, Above, Silver Creek which flows through Lions Park has burst its banks and flooded through the pavilion and) across the playing field, In the lower picture the residence of F. C. J. Sills, Goderich Street East is completely surrounded •by water which also covers the adjoining Seaforth Motors used car lot, (Expositor phottis by Haley.) Discuss Road Programs As Area Councils Meet TUICKERSMITH Tuckersmith and, Stanley councils will meet to con,sider action in connection with re- pairing the fire truck based at Brucefield. - The truck which is owned, jointly by the two townships is in need of major repairs Stan- ley Clerk Mel- Graham told council. The council gave approval to a tax sale by-law and agreed on a grant -of $10- to thp Huron His- torical Society! When details of the work the 'group is doing were explained, by Bert Gib. bings. A petition seeking drain re- pairs by Alex Pepper, John Henderson and Roger Andrews was accepted and referred •to engineers for a report, An additional graht for maintenance purposes wIll be sought frons the Ds.H.O. when conneff agreed any further re- duction in estimates would not possible unless less gravel work was carried out. Estimat- ed road expenditures of $82,500 Were subinitted to the depart- ment. Council Will seek tenders for crushing necessary gravel as well as fot carrying out the - warble fly program. Provision for sick leave for members of the road staff is covered in a byslaw to which council gave first reading. Smile of the Week A man's life Is 20 yeare of having his mother ask Mtn Where he is going, 40 years of having his Wife ask the same qUeistion and at', the end, the mourners are wandering, too. McKILLOP 4elcillop Township meeting at the Township Hall, Winthrop, on Monday- took preliminary steps to remove thejog in the road on the blind, line between concessions five a and six at side - road, lots 15 and) 16, adjacent to, the Michael Murray farm. Council instructed road superin- tendent Wilson Little to consult the engineering firm of Berns Ross Associates to prepare pre- liminary plans. The project is one of a series which have been undertakPn in recent years by the council in an effort to eliminate jogs that exist on sideroads across the township and which Seat, as the result of the original survey when the township was laid ont 125 years ago. Plans for road work during the corning year were discussed Mad oouncil agreed to advertise for crushing and supplying 20,- 000 yards of gravel. The gravel will be obtained, from the piter owned by Gilbert Smith, Alvin Dodds and Francis Hicknell. A requirement for g rotary mower was pointed out by the road supt. and he was instruct- ed to obtain prices from area dealers for consideration by council} at a later meeting. Reeve Ken Stewart and the road, supt. will enquire• concerning spraying„pf township roads. The clerk was instructed k..lbtain the necessary spray th ugh the ocrunty highways dept. In other business council ap- proved payment of grants, to as "number of associating. These 4 India:led Soil and Crop linprove- ment Attoolatione $15; As..socia- tion of Assessing Officers of Ontario, $10s Hureet Historical Society, $10. HULLETT Hullett Tevvnship Council ap- proved payment of $5,780 in accounts at „their regular monthly meeting Monday night at Londesboro. Most of these account a were for snowplowing. Councll also approved the following grants: Clinton Fair Board, $100; Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement, $15; Salvation Armry, $35; Huron County Historical Society, $15; and Londesboro ' Community Hall, $300. Convention expenses for mun icipal officers amounting to $50 were also approved end paid. The tovenship des* was. in- structed 'to advertise tenders for Warble Fly Spray, powder ' and) for an inspector for the township warble fly program. The road, superIntendent was also instructed to advertise ten- ders for 20;000 yards of gravel. In other township business, an estimate was received from V. M. Ross in the amount of $103,800 for road and bridge work and repairs to sideroad 15 and 16, concession, 11. Water problems regarding Branch B of the Milburn swamp have prompted, council to hire an engineer to look into the situa- tion. Named PUC Chairman Rkharct S. Box, who has serv- ed as cluirman of the Public Utility Commission for several years, has been re -appointed to that office at a meeting of the. commission. C of C Annual Meeting Set For Tuesday The annual dinner meeting Of the Seaforth Chamber of Com- merce will be held, next Tues- day evening at the Legion Hall, president D'Orlean Sills said this week. • Arrangements for the meet- ing were reached, at an execu- tive meeting last week. Following dinner a filmwill be shown indicating activities carried en by the Chamber of Commerce during the past year, particularly the -Centennial Par- ade. Business will include the election of the officers for the coming year as well as a re- view of activities and plans for the new year. Mr. Sills -said that it may be that if the program of the Chamber of Commerce were concluded the Merchants', com- mittee might wish to discuss activities pecular to its opera- tion such as closing hours, spec- ial sale days and other aspects. The dinner 'is scheduled to begin at 6:30 and tickets riIl be available at the door. Still Active In Curling Among the most active mem- bers of the Seaforth Curling Club when they were residents here were Mr. and, Mrs. Robert MacDonald. " Now living in Hanna,' Alberta the MacDonaldsare continuing their curling activity as this re- cent storey in the Hanna Her- ald indicates. "The Hanna curling rink was the scene of much activity last (Continued on Page 6) Police Nab Suspect in Nashville -Robert Stewart Smith, 20, of RR „4, Brunsels) who was arrest- ed Sunday in Nashville, Tenn., in connection with the January 3rd armed robbery of the Bank of Montreal at Brucefield is be- ing brought back to Huron County at Goderich, to stand trial. , OPP Det. -Sgt. C.eorge Ifer- . ries of the Mount Forest de- tachment, who has headed the investigation, said Wednesday Smith was picked up through a the co-operation of OPP and A Buffalo and Memphis FBI agents. He said his arrival. here 1: would depend, upon how long it took to comPlete extradiction. • A search for the suspect had been conduetedi in Ontario and the , U.S. since a lone masked bandit, brandishing a sawedoff shotgun, escaped with $9,144 •, cash in a daring mid-morning 'robbery. • Witnesses said the robber, ' wearing a white stocking toque/ with. two eye -holes cut in it, was in the bank three minutes at the most. He spoke little but reminded two staff members and two customers. the shotgun was loaded. He herded the four persons into a janitor's mem at the rear of the bank before fleeing with the cash. Several residents • said they saw the robber run from the building carrying .the shotgun, jump into a yellow a and hrovenear and speed off, Pence later identified' the weapon as a single -shot shotgun. • Det. -Sgt. Retries said it is be- lieved the robber drove the getaway car froni the bank to a Kitchener scrapyard, where it was sold. Det. -Sgt. Herries said -$2,400 of the bank loot was recovered in the Wingham area but he would not elaborate. News of Walton Series of Mrs. Douglas Fraser 'of the 8th and 16th unikwas in charge of devotions at the general UOW meeting Wednesday after- noon. Hymn 356, "Take My Life and Let It Be" was sung in open- ing with Mrs. Martins Bean as pianist. The scripture reading from Matthew 28: 1-20 was fol- lowed with cotnments after which the president Mrs. Al- vin McDonald offered prayer. The topic from the study book "Japan Profiles" was tak- en by Mrs. Douglas Fraser. Japan has soared with fantas- tic speed since 1050 to become a modern highly industrialized world power. To Japan we look for leadership and' excellence in ship building, electronie equipment, stainless steel pro- ducts, rolling stock and textile machinery. In 1967 the japan- ese church requested, 20 eyan- gelistic missionaries and 35 teachers. Missionaries to Japan go at the invitation of the Ky- odan and serve tinter its diree- thin. In 1967 the total contri- bution from the United Church of Canada toward Christian Work in Japan amounted to STEWART PROCTER • of Morris. Township has been awarded a Centennial Medal in recognition of his valuable 'service to the community and nation. Mr: Procter is a form- er reeve of Morris Township. He was first elected to the township's council in 1954 and was a councillor for sev- en years. He was reeve for seven years and represented Morris on Huron County Council. Mr. Procter retired from municipal office this year. . Single Coplap, 12 Ca* 0-00A YPar*Advanee Award Contract. To Finish 11 spitai Ventilafing Project Completion of the , heating en ventilating iastallation at athr Cornraunity Hospital was a roved at a meeting of the be- dr. When the hospital was bui t three years ago, der- tain, ph ses in the heating and —ventila ng prop.= were delet- ed te bring the overall cost within the funds available at that time with the expectation that as soon as it was possible the installation would, be com- pleted. The Board on the recommen- dations ,of its architects, Bar- nett and Rieder, Hymman, ac- cepted) the tender of Frank Kling Ltd. in an amount of $41,- 500 which wes the lowest of the four tenders received. Other tenders received were those of Steen Mechanical Ltd. $44.698; Sutherland and Schultz, $43,- 266; and Bennett and Wright Ltd. $41.614. ' The work involves the instal- lation of additional compressor capacity and facilities for air changing and conditioning in several areas in the hospital. The board was informed' 'that approval for the work had been received from the Ontario Hos- pital Services Com -mission and that the Commission had ap- proved a grant of, $30,433 to apply against the cost of the project. The -'board was inform- ed as a result of a letter from the Montreal Trust Co. of Tor- onto that a ,bequest of $1,000 had been left to the hospital by the late Mrs. Cora B. Real. In ack- nowledging the gift, members recalled, that it was one of the very few bequests that had been left to the hospital since it was established 40 years ago' as a result of a bequest by the Scott Brothers. Reporting 'for the property committee James M. Scott said arrangements regarding snow ,PleVng had worked but quite well. He said the committee was giving further consideration to implementing the board policy that maintenance personnel re- side itt the community. • A St. Johns' Ambulance cpupo attended by 40 members of the 'Girl Guides and, Rangers is in progress and is using fac- ilities made available by the hospital. Mrs. Joseph McCon- nell, chairman of the Public Relations committee • said the course continues one night a week for,six weeks, She added' that eight girls were taking pre- liminary instruction in antici- pation of serving as candy strip- arst in the hospital. The Hospital Auxiliary is Providing smocks for the girls. The administrates', Gordon McKenzie, told the board that a resignation had been received from Mrs. J. Wurm who for more than 20 yeareal‘d 'been -a valued,member of the staff. Her resignation was effective Jan- uary 19th when she will go on pension. He said that details of appli- catiods for ,appointment to the medical staff were being work- ed with Members of the staff. It was expected that the appli- cations with recommendatiems would be available for board consideration by the next meet- ing. Mr. McKenzie discussed an alternative oxygen supply and was 'instructed to make inquir- ies concerning a bulk storage proposal. The meeting was presided ov- er by the vice-president, D. I. Stewart. The trustees attending were Mrs. R. J. Boussey, Mrs. D. Morton, J. M. Scott, Reeve Clif- ford Dunbar, Victor Lee, Clay- ton Looby, W. D. Stephenson, Ralph McNichol) Mrs. J. McCon- nell, John Eisler, Mrs. M. Hille- brecht, Earl Dick and Walter Shortreed. Oldest / Resident Celebrates The oldest resident of Sea - forth who was actually born in the town celebrated his 80th birthday on Tuesday. Walter Murray was born on George Strgat North and is the last surely,* of a family of five brothers and one sister. His parents, the late Francis Mur- ray and Annabelle Green, carne to Seaforth in 1870 from Bel- fast, Ireland, Mr. Murray, despite his years, continues to carry op his work as a contractor and builder. He hes built a number of homes in Seaforth and remodelled oth- ers- as well as several business places. (Coetinued on Page 6). Huron Hog Producers Elect 1968 Officers Approximatelys40 persons at- tended the Huron County Hog Producers' dinner at Hotel • Clinton Tuesday and more than • 60 were on hand for the busi- ness meeting which followed later at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall. . George' Campbell, RR 1, Sea - forth, was elected president of the aseociatinn, age succeeds Robert McAllister of RR 2, Au- burn. James McGregor of RR 2, Kip - pen, was elected vice-president and Lloyd Stewart, RR 1, Clin- ton, was named secretary. Township directors elected include: Ashfietd, George Mon- crief; Colberne, Eric Moore; East Wavvanosh, Bruce Falcon- er; Goderich, Alfred Warner; Grey, • James 'Williamson; Hay, Lionel Wilder; Howick, Elmer Harding; Hullett, Lloyd Stew- art; McKillop, Gebrge Camp- bell; Morris, Gordon Higgins; Stanley, Malcolm Davidson; Stephen, Kenneth' Raker; Tuck- ersmith, James McGregor; Turn - berry, Alex Carrigan; Usborne. - Alvin Cudmore; West Wawan- osh, Allan Miller. Directors at large: Robert Mc- Millan, Gordon Hill, R. J. Sem- ,ple, Warren Zurbrigg, Hervey McClure, Barry Million and Pet- er Love. -NOtthet00. IsHostto Inaugural An historie 044 jOi iNtearf Church WoInen 100X PlaeC, in Northside United,- ainrek.Seas forth; Wednesday': 14ternO0n. when the inatoiga oiegong�f the new Tinton -Perth prePhytere lal United Chlitnin Wea,M4A. was conducted by afte, 'We*, shank, Wirighara, 008140,14- of the Landon conforotoo:' :1•210itg. : Church Women.' The same meetinema,iteciiIke first formal union 01 the WO - men's groups associated .with the United Church. of Canada and the - Evangelical 'United Brethren Church which amal- gamated oh January 10. . Mrs. Harold Babeneee Strat- ford, was elected presthent of the new Huron -Perth Presbytery United Church Women. Other officers: pat presidents, Mrs. George Michie, RR 4, Brussels and Mrs. Harris Butson, RR 1, Fullerton; first vice-president Mrs. Stewart Miner, RR 3, Ex- eter; second, vice-president, Mrs. Stuart Shier, 1111 le St. Marys; recording secretary, 'Mrs. Or- valle Sawyer, Mitehell, assistant Mrs. Nelson Reid, Walton; cor- responding secretary, Mrs. Har- old Doig, Fordwich; treasurer, Mrs. W. McDonald, RR 1, Gads - hill and Miss Ethel Galbe, Zur- ich; cnizenship and social ac- tion, Mrs. H. Almost, Stratford; co-operation in C.E. and -ME., Mrs. J. Axtmann RR 2, Walton; finance, Mrs. Allan McTaggart, RR 2, 'Rressels; leadership de- velopment, Mrs. K. B. Clysdale, St. Marys; nominations, Mrs. G. Beecroft, Belgrave and Mrs. Jeff Robinson, RR /., St. Marys; community friendship and visit- in,g, airs. J. M. Tientan, Dash- . wood; literature Mrs. IL Day - (Continued on Page 6) REEVE ELGIN THOMPSON of Tuckersmith has been awarded, the Centennial lyfecis al. Reeve Thompson who is 'beginning his seventh year as a reeve has been OD eoun- cil 1955. Active on the Auxsable Conservation Au- thority he is also on the ex- ecutive of the Association of Mayors and Reeves. He is presideneof theouth Huron Agricultural Society and ac- tive in the affairs of Bruce - field United). 'Church and of the Oddiellows Meetings Keep Community Active $462,990, including, grants to epecial projects) In many Jap- anese churches students and other young people form up to 50 percent of a congregation. Concernfor children and their welfare has high priority In Japan's scheme of things, find- ing expression in 1 churches, schools, kindergartens, prim- ary schools and community cen- tres. Miss. Kenneth McDonald play- ed s record entitled' "Sounds of 'Japan" which included. inter- views by Miss Noyuri Otsuka and Rev. Takehido Yamakita, Mrs, William Roe first , vice- president, concluded the busi- ness" opening with a reading "Recipe for a Day". Mrs,Allan McCall read the minutes of the January meeting, The offering was received and dedicated by the leader. Mrs. Ken McDonald gave the financial report. The corresponding secretary Mrs. Nelson IVIarke read a thank -you note, Mrs. Martin Dam of the 17th and boundary unit gave a yearly) report of their unit and Mrs. Gordon McGanin out- lined the Work done by, the Me.. Killop unit. Mrs. Walter Bew- ley, literature secretary for Huron also gave comments. The sixth annual UOW meet- . in,g will be held at Northside United Church, Seaforth, Wed- nesday, Feb. 7th, when Perth and' Huron women will amalga- mate. Mrs. James Clark and Mrs. Torrance Dundas were ap- pointed' delegates. Mrs. Alvin McDonald report- ed on an executive meeting at Clinton recently. The World Day of Prayer was announced for Friday,. March 1, to which all ladies of the com- munity are invited. Mrs. Nelson Reid was aims:On- -tad to gather highlight's ,of the WIVLS, WA and UCW since the church was formed', for the ar- chives. Sponsor Crokinoth The Hi -C group of Duffs Un- ited Church sponsored a pro- gressive rrokinole party Tues- day evening in the church base- ment. Larry Walters acted, as mas- ter of ceremonies With the fol- lowing as prize- winners. Ladies' high, Mrs. Willisan Roe; men's high, Bill Shcirtreed; ladies' low, Janet Houston- men's low, „ John teeming. The HI -C served lunch. Win ArWl Euchre The Women's Institute held their progressive ,euchre party in the Community Hall last Friday evening. Prize winers included: Ladies' high, Mrs, James Smith; ladies' low, Mrs. Donald Fraser; men's high, Neil McDonald: men's low, Rae Mc- Clure; lucky serviette, Torrance Dundas. The committee in .charge of the evening were: Mrs. Terrance Dundas; Mrs. Gerald Watson; Mrs. Earl -Watson; Mrs. George ROl ;, and Mrs. Frank Walters. The group of Duffs united Church conducted the church service Sunday morning in keeping with youth Sunday. Gary Bennett opened with the call to worship 'and Neil Mo' Donald offered prayer of con- fession, ,Phe minister Rev. D. E. Dock - en presided for the service with Cheis Lee reading the scripture and Gerald Haan offering pray- er! The message for the day was presented in a Modern man- ner by a numfber of the iottng people including Leery Walters, Gary Bennett, McDonald, Weada Humphries, Mary teem- ing. Brenda Bewley, Jean Roes Betty Roe, Carol' n Fraser. with Sherrill Craig ;s selnist. An anthem was ''ng the Hi -C choir with Mrs. Ian Wilbee at the organ and Re- Docken ae- cornpany ipg on the either. In- teresting renorts near present- ed by Glenna Housiee an Lar- ry Walters wao aaendert Toc Alpha art Nia -a Palle Award Medal The following is a 'lipping taken from a Lethbridge paper reeently. Edwin C. efillent an edittator in Alberta for 45 yeers, 13 of them with the Lethbridge School division and county of Lethbridge has been awarded a Centennial Medal, for valuable service to Csinatia. Mr. Miiier, spent 13 years asatettaeher and Prjncipal at Vetreville, TelloW- ed by 22 years eetviee as athOol superintendent With. tie de. partinent of education. ma pott, Lags as superhlitittlertf,Were' at Proast end Vottntion.,Ile i an active Sitelnher!•Ot.:141ithMitt, (C'ontittuarton .110#0