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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1968-02-22, Page 1Whole No. 5215 109th Year SEAFORTH, 'ONTARIO, TIIURSDA. Optimist Carn!val Success Dospite. Freezing W�ather Despite blizzardalilee weather and stah-Zero temperatures, ap- proximately 700 spectators were on hand for the Seiforale Opti- mist Cl'ub's first Winter Carni- val at ithe fair grounds, Sunday. Club officials deemed the project, the first major project unaertaken by the newly -form- ed club, a success and indicated it will became a yearly event. The storm provided problems for -club 'officials as they coma bined to marshal' assistance so that the track and adjacent areas could be sufficieutly clear- ed of snow to permit events to get underway. Carnival activities got under way Saturday night with a dance r• at the Legion Hall attended by 300 people. The popularity of the snowmo- biles — a field of 75 entered — obscured the one-time horse and cutter favorite. There were one ly enough entries for one race, won by John Jewitt, Clinton. Success wile marredbriefly during the afternoon ivhen a snowmobile flipped, during the Farmers' Special event and) its driver, Martin Murray of Dub- lin, was struck by an overtaking vehicle. He was released from Seaforth Community Hospital after treatment for a head cut. One of the biggest attractions of the afternoon was the wo- men's Powder Puff snowmobile roe. Jane Boshart, Seaforth, headed the field of ten com- petitors to win, this event. Joanne Gibson, RR 2, Seaforth, was second, Nettie Hopper, Sea - forth, was third and Martha Malcolm was fourth. Paul Murray, Seaforth, won out over fifteen other competi- tors to win •the Farmers! Spec- ial race. Deneld Mousseau, Hen- sel' and Wayne McBride, Kip - pen, were runners-up. Lions Club vice-president Dave Tremeer headed a field of three in the President's race. Optimist president Robert Dins- more and Stratford Optimist president, Jim Shockelton also competed in the event. • Get Ready 'Typical of the many races held during- the Seaforth Optimist Club's Winter Carn•ival, Sunday, these eight snowmobiles line up in preparation for a race. Ron Eyre (holding the flags). supervises. ,More than 700 spectators were on hand for the event. (Expositor .photo by Haley). MI MI - Set - Go Retires From CPR, Marks 90th Birthday A former station agent who served the CPR at centres across Western Canada will celebrate his 90th birthday here on Friday. • William Earl Hawley is a familiar figure on Main Street as long as the weather is fine. He has lived here for a num- WILLIAM G. HAWLEY ber of years, coming from Win- throp where he had lived since retiring in 1945. Mr. Hawley was born In Hay Too Much Snow, School Closes Caught up by sub -zero tem- peratures and stormy weather that has prevailed across Can- ada for several days this dis- trict by Wednesday was exper- iencing high winds that cut vis- ibility on many road to a min- imum,. The wind coupled with in- creasingly larger drifts on area roads resulted in school buses being cancelled Wednesday Morning. •Seaforth rural mail earriere too, . were gtenmded by the storm and while they attempt- ed to complete their rounds, in Most eases this was not pias- sible. Bay near Napanee on the Bay of Quinte and as a youth went west with the CPR. In a career extending over Mite years he served the railway in a number of capacities retiring as station agent at Alexander, Manitoba. During his years in the west Mr. Hawley was active in the Presbyterian Church and since earning to Seaforth is associat- ed with First Church. In good health he is able to be out for a walk down town on most days when the weather is -suitable. No plans are being made for the birthday which he expects to spend quietly although he said he wouldn't be. surprised if a few friends dropped in. Mr. Hawley was married to the former Etta McSpadden of McKillop at Boissevain, Manito- ba in 1909. He had met her while she was visiting friends in the west. The couple has no family. Reeve Compares Problems ,Reeve Carl Dalton who with Mrs. Dalton and Charles Wie liamson returned from a holi- day in Florida, took advantage of the trip to learn how towns' in the south handled problems similar to, those he feeed in Seaforth. As head of a task force which acted twe years ago to clean up delapedated buildings and unsightly properties here he was particularly interested in a shnilar campaign' being carried on in Georgetown, Kentucky. A copy of the Georgetown News which he brought home with him shows nearly a Page of pictures of properties requir- ing dean up and indicates the responsible committee had reek- ommended the work be done by the municipality and, charged to the property owner. The same issue Reeve Dalton pointed out listed the names of all preperte owners who were in arrears in payment af mun- icipal taxes. The practise in On- tario is that while notice of a tax sale is given, the naives of those involved are not publish- • ed locally but only in the die dal Ontario Gazette. C of C Favors Closing Stores On Wednesday As a result of a survey car- ried out the merchants com- mittee of the Chamber of Com- merce, Seaforth merchants will continue the same all day Wed nesday closing arrangements as were in existence this.year. C of C president Mrs: Jean Henderson said 21 merchants favored the same arrangements while 15 preferred a change to another day., Merchants in Clinton likewise have decided -to close all -day Wednesday. Until now mere chants there have observed on- ly a half holiday on Weenesday. .• • -3 Smile of the Week Teacher: "What happened in 1942?" Tenement Kid): "Don't ask me, We live in the basement." rEBRUAVr2g--:12 PAGES Adopts By-law Regulations governing the ., maintenance of animals and e fowl within the municipality in other ram elle 'Vainnerej were adopted by Seaforth come were: • , eecil at a special meeting on! Mon. 10-12 H.P. Class — Lloyd Mee daY• - Cankey, St. George; Nelson Dale, a The by-law covers wild ane Clinton; Bob Straugham, GeaW linals and birds as well as dom- ,, rick. eestic animals and birds and sets 13-16 H.P. Claes — Ronald , out the maximum number per- IVIeesseau, Hensale Wane MC- baited) and the conditions un - Bride, Kippen; Gordon Dale, der which they may be kept Seaforth. -nd the type and/ location of 17-20 H.P. Class — RobertKthe building in which they are Books, Ste,;(4eorge; Don Breneeate he housed. nan, Brantfeed; Steve Argyle, In the case of horses or pm- Goderich ' , Over 18 H.P. Class — Rohert'e•eaay , les the building in which they be housed must be not Brooks, St. George; Paul Mur-fe less than 300 feet from any ray, Seaforth; William Yarele .' school, church, public hall, store Brantford. • ea or dwelling or premises ueed Cross Country (under 300 c.c.) for human habitation. In addi- - Grant Skinner, Exeter; Gor- tion the •building must conform don Dale, Seaforth; James Pal` to certain minimum standards in, Seaforth. of construction). The method by Cross Countrar (over 300 c.c.)'., which manure is to be contain- - Paul Murray, Seaforth; Don ' ed and disposed of is also set Brennan, Brantford; "Robert risme Brooks, St. George. Following is a list of donors whose ontributions provided prizes for the carnival: Com- mercial Hotel; Queen's Hotel; Donald, Eaton; Bill O'Shea; Tay- • lor Shoes; Smith's Superior; Keating's Pharnfaey; Sills' Har- d,aware; Seaferele Machine Shop; Philips' Fruit Store; Frank Kling Ltd.; Flannery Cleaners; McGonigle's Grocery; Tyndall's Barber Shop; Hildebrand Paint and Paper; Irvin's Hardware; Trapnell's Bakery; Main St. Variety; Hopper's Well Drilling; Carling's Breweries; Seagram's t Distilleries; Box Furniture; Fin- nigan's Place; Red.'s Fine; Wil- kinson's IGA; Milton Dietz; Bill Bennett; The Huron Expositor; Harold Connell; Gingerich's; Blue Ribbon Cleaners. Damage Light as The by-law sloes not apply to small animal hoapitals or board- ing kennels operated :by quali- fied veterinarians nor to the owner of a kennel of pure bred dogs registered with- the Can- adian Kennel Club providing they were in existance at the time of passing of the by-law. Discussion revealed the by- law' is similiar to those in ef- fect in a number of centres across Ontario. Need for some control was indicated, council was told, because of an increas- ing trend towards the provision of accommodation for animals in built areas of the town. In other business council pas- sed a by-law eoveeing the pur- chase • of certain lands from Clarence Malone for We 'The land located, in an area adjacent to the Silver Creek drain project ' will permit - changes in the location of the • road andi bridge 'which became necessary with the completion of the Silver Creek program. Acting mayor J. C. MacLen- nan presided. - Fire.Strikes Seaforth firemen were called early Thursday morning when fire was discovered in a barn on a property in Egmondville, occupied by Ron Broom and lo- cated a short distanee southwest of Egmondville Church. •.Fire Chief John F:' Seat said the fire may hem resttitelaliom defective wiring. An over heated -furnace in a residence 'oh Railway'Street early Tuesday everting reaulted in a call to firemen. Chief Scott said there was no damage. The house is occupied by James Palin. Hold Induction Service at Bethel Members, adherents and rep- resentatives from sister chur- ches gathered Thursday eve- ning for the induction of Rev. Dwight L. Patterson, into the Pastorate of Bethel Bible Church, Seaforth. The service was conducted) by Rev. D. G. Hamilton, president of the Associated Gospel Churches. A ladies' trio and coronetist, Gerry Nichols from (Continued on Page 5) Seaforth Rink Wins Topnotch Bonspiel A rink skipped, by Bob Wil- son of Seaforth took first prize In the Topnotch •bonspiel at the Seaforth Curling Club Saturday. Others on the rink were Bill Car ''ell, Jr., of Dublin, Doug Row AM., Seaforth and Jim Grogan, Sebringville. Lee Learn's rink from Exeter was first in the second draw, • Oth,er winners in the first draw were Bob „Wreith's rink, Kit•chenereVaterleo aid Art Schutz's rink of Dutton. In the second draw Bill Ley - burn's London rink came sec- ond and a rink skipped by Ger- ry Ginn, Clinton was third. The annual event it sponsor- ed by Topnotch Feeds Limited. Prizes featured agricultural products including • turkeys, cheese and wine while winners in the curl off 'of each draw re- ceived, lawn fertilizer. Ready For Ice -O -Rama Members of the Seaforth Figure Skating Club are hard at work preparing for the club's liath annual winter carnival "Ice -O -Rama" which this year is being held) in the arena on Friday night. Some of the young performers who will take part are shown here at a dresa rehearsal as final details for the carnival Were being worked alit. They are (left, standing) Earl Ribey, Margie Sills, Corrie Habkirk, Jay ne Baker and Denise Lane t On front) Bobbi Dale and Sane Ribey. (Expositor photo by Hal eye' Beavers Win League Title Advance to OHA Play -Offs Seaforth Beavers, all Ontario champs for the past three years, have been awarded the league championship by virtue Of a bet- ter goals for and against rec- ord. The award was made at a league meeting Monday night. Durham Huskies, who finish- ed the schedule with a victory to tie the Beavers for first place, had an identical record , of 18 wins and six' losses. The Beavers scored 186 goals during the season while allow- ing 90 scored against there Durham scored, 132 times and had 77 goals against them. The Beavers now advance to a four out of seven semi-final a series with Hespeler and Dur- ham goes against Acton in a similar series starting Friday in Durham. The series opener will be held in Seaforth Tuesday night with game time set for 8:30 p.m. The series then moves to Hespeler for two games. Thursday and. Sunday- and : then returns to Seafprth March 5th. If neces- sary Seaforth will host the ser- ies for the fifth and seventh games. Wins Scoring Title Ken Doig captured the league Postmaster Transferred Adrian De Coo until recently ' postmaster at Dublin, has been appointed postmaster at A;lsa Craig. Mr. De Coo who previously had been on the staff of the Seaforth Post Office asenned his new duties this week. Directors Returned To Office Directors .and officers of the McKillop Mutual Fire In surance Company were returned to offiee following the an- nual Meeting last week. Shown in this, picture taken at an earlier meeting are: (seated left) WM. Leiper, agent; Mrs. M. Sharp, Secretary -treasurer; V. J. Lane, agent; .lames iteek, agent; W. R. Pepper, president; Selwyn Baker, agent; Harold Squire, agent; and Harry Fuller, director; standing (left) dir- ectors C, W. Leonhardt, A. Broadfoot, John Meagan, John E. Meletsaing, Robert Archibald, .Win. S. Alexander, Ace -president and N. TrewarthA, scoring title on a record of 18 goals and 53 assists for 71 points. He was hard-pressed by linemates Jack MeLlwain and Bill McLaughlin who followed with 69 and 67 points respeetive- 1. led the eague fn goals with 38. In the -final game, of the NWS OF ,WALTON. schedule the Bhevere damped Aeton TannerseeM.to insure at least a tie for-firet place. Bob Beutteemiller Reed the winners firing three" Pei& Bill Weber and Jack Met'ilwam each added two and singles -went t� Tom Dick, Bill McLaughlin Ken Doig 'and Wayne Rau. UCW Units Meet At Duffs Church The devotional period was in charge f Mrs. 'Alexander Gul- utzen and Mrs. Nelson Marks at the February meeting of the Walton UCW unit , in Duff's Unitee Church. Mrs, Marks op- ened with a reading "What is Public Worship?" and offered prayer. Mrs. Gulutzeri read Psalm 130 and gave a com- mentary on the passage. Mrs. Leonard Leeming gave the topic on the second chapter of the study book Japan Profile entitled. Captain Kuneiro Ono. (Christian Warrior), by Rev. W. N. H. Norm,ek. Mrs. Leeming said Christians are a tiny minor- ity group in Japan. Seventy-five percent of the people in Tokyo say they have no religious be- lief. The Japanese church has sent '27 missionaries to four continents. Japan has a 'popula- tion of more than 100 miMon people, there are 679 people per square mile as. cempared to 5.2 in Canada. Tokyo" is Japan's capital city with a population of eight million. It is the third largest city in the world and many think it may some day become the world's largest city surpasing New York and Lon- don, The president Mrs. Herbert Travissthanked the members who had taken part in the wor- ship seivice and read a poem entitled "Eternity". 'Vire Jarnes Clark read min- utes and called the roll which was answered' with a favourite hymn. The- World Day of Prayer was announced for March let when all denominations in the community will take part. Rev. Ure Stewart of Seaforth will be guest speaker. Plans Were made for the annual bazaar and tea on April 17, Mrs. Howard Hack - well was appointed convener of the bazaar committee. Others include: Mrs. Gordon Murray, Mrs. James Clark and• Mrs. Al- ex Gultdrae. The Boy Scout banquet is get for February 26th with the 8th and 16th unit catering. Lunch was served by Mrs. Alex Gulutzen, Mrs. Rollie Ache illes and Mrs. Emerson Mitchell. Mrs. Margaret Humphries is at present visiting with her daughter Mrs. Horace Rutledge and Mr. Rutledge mad family, London. Mlss Jeuly Clark of London visited with Mr. and Mrs. Har- old Snialldoe for a few days. 1Mr. Mad Mrs, Relield Steven • and Leanne of Whitler. visited, recently with MT. and Mrs. Douglas Ennis:, • McKillop Unit Meets " Mrs. Jack Bosman was hole tess to the maKillop Unit meet- ing Wednesday aftereoon. Mrs. Campbell Wey president for devotions opened) with hymn 669, "All people that on earth do dwell" with Mit, Laverne. Godkiri as pianist. Mrs. Wey read the scripture from Amos 2: 6-8 and Amos' 1 and the meditation on Amos. Mrs. Glen, McNichol led in pray- er; A reading "Why we Observe Lent" was given by Mrs. Dav- id Watson, "Come, Thou Fount of every Blessing" was sung , The topie from the study book, "japan PrOfile" on "Wo• man of Courage" was given ley Mrs. John Burch. Mrs. Laverne Godkin eresiti. ed for the business. Plans were inade. to have another Lost Heir social at No. 9 &hoe' on Mar. 8th and to do some quilting ha the near future. eafrs. Godkis read a poem, "The Ladies' Aid°. The meet* closed wit* "Give to the win& thy fears" and prayer by Mrs. WeyeLunels was served by Mrs. Merton Ilackwelle Mrs. Laverne Godkin and Mrs. Jack Bosman. 8th and ibth Unit Meets The 8th and Leah unit met Wedrresdey afternoon, • at the home of Mrs. Alvin McDonald. The meeting opened) with a read. ing "Family Prayer", by. Mr& Clarence Martel wbo also gave a scripture reading. The topie "The introdection-and first chap- ter a Sagan Profiles" was taken by Mrs. George McCall. An article "If I had but. one year' was read by Mrs, Martin,. The roll call was answered with a bazaar item and there were nine members present. Quilt blocks, were made and brought to the meeting.' Birthday mon- ey Will be kept separately for quilts, A speaker Item the Bible So. eitty will conduet the service March 17th. Denatiets for the society will be reteivedlater in March. Luneit was terved Mrs. James MeDenald, Ura. Douglas Fraser end the hesteSs. inh and Boundary Unit The leth and Boubdary VOW unit met -at the hfte efMr& Herb winitilbson. 1trtro arold Smalkien 108 the .4ef opening With a peeth 'fa e by the ainItiee fbilth Montihtittik oiT. Page (t),