HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1968-04-11, Page 14*
Whole No. 5222
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. Dances of Other Lands at SDHS
Dances of other lands were depicted when students took part in the annual SDHS Var-
iety night program on Friday, before an audience that taxed the auditorium's capacity.
Shown here as they denaonstrated the Black Earth Circle, a German dance, are (left) Mary
Ann McLean, Lynn Nixon, Helen Tilley and Ann Rivers. (Expositor photo by Phillips.)
Annual Variety Night
Attracts Capacit Cro
The variety night program
Sponsored by 'students of SDHS
:roclOiro-s
.rate. 1.00t
Seaforth• will celebrateolLle'
100th anniversary of its eateli'
blishinent as e village With''.4
Home Coming weekend oyer
the Juiy 1st holiday, -.
Council Monday night Instruc-
ted Mayor_ Frank Kling 10
Sue a proclamation setting TAW
-Period June 28th to- July, -1.47.
as the Centennial period aii&•
named a committee to plan the
, event. The committee, to be;
headed by Coun. J. C. 1V2acLetl=
nen, includes chairmen of stand-
ing committees of council and
the chairmen of the PUC, the
planning board and the recrea-
tional council as well as the
president of the Chamber of
Commerce and the fire chief.
Action leading to the incorpl,
oration of Seaforth as a village
the village came :in being err4
_ seven years later in 1875 be-
came a town.
Preliminary details of the
three-day events are expected
to be worked out this week.
Pitmen gave approval to a
'.:Isolding by-law to govern con-
ction in the town • during
-the "zoninge and
'Vanning is being developed.
'Veder the by-law which requires
.-'inindcipal board approval before
It 'becomes effective, changes- in
Osage are prohibited but resi-
dential building may be carried
on in areas presently built up
Subject to certain conditions.
There is provision for amend-
ments if council considerche
curnstances justify such a move.
Approval in principal was
given a street program to pm
vide for paving, gutters and
got underway in the summer of
1867 and on January 1, 1868
sideWalks in the William Street
west area at an estimated cost
33 Petition Against .
High Cost of Dog Tax
In recognition of the ap- arrangement would be possible
proach of spring and prompted council rejected the motion by
by a petition signed by '33 resi- Couns. MacDonald and Camino.
dents, Seaforth Council, Mon- Instead the petition was referred
day evening held its annual de- t� the protection ' to persons
bate on dogs.
The petition, directed to the Pert
clerk, objected to 'demands The petition was as follows:
made for dog tax as well as the , "We, the undersigned, as well
• rate which was in effect. as objecting strongly to the
Clerk E. Williams told eosin- amount levied for dog tax, take
eil dog owners had been remind- umbrage at the peremptory not-
ed the tax was due but that ice received, demanding pay -
only four tags had been bought. ment within a given time, under
It was this fact that prompted threat of summary proceedings.
the letter that had gone out •
Furthermore, we should be
Since the letter '73 tags had interested in an explanation con-
been- sold. Mr. Williams said it cerning the reason for dog own -
probably would take a few more
letters and perhaps a check up ers who have complied with the
law in the past and procured
by police to produce the same
results as last year when 415 tags for their dogs each year, being tags had been sold. sent such a notice, while
•Coun. Dinsmore pointed out tlege belonging to those who
the fees were high and thet quavireednteavgegr apreurearnsweded Toe run
-
this , should provide revenue loose in the streets, creating a
with which to ensure adequate hazard and nuisance bethe pub -
control. The difficulty was in lie:
obtaining the services of dog
catchers. Is there riot a by-law stating
that all dogs on public streets
While there was some• agree-
.yy j ment the rate here was high e on a lead and when outside
and t at
committee for study and are -
thathe petition should be home, kept tied? — if not,
referred to a committee for
• we heartily believe there should
'Weed the capacity of the schpol ba, Pat Meidinger, and Glen Mc- consideration Coun R S be not only for the f t
auditorium
Friday evening attract d •
usually large attendance that
Receive
Confirmation -
On Sunday, the following per-
sons were reedited by confirm-
ation at Northside United
Church: Elizabeth Ball, „Sheila
Brace Catherine Brightrall,
Elaine Carter, Kathy Dale, Cher-
- yl Dale, Ronald Dalrymple, Ke •
In Henderson, Ronald 'Render -
son, Judy Hulley, Monica Mal-
kus, Donna Malkus,- Mary Oke,
Janice Schenck, Wendy Stock-
er, Marlene Turnbull, MacKin-
• ley Watterworth, W' ,
Randy Wood and Ralph Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dennis
were welcomed to Northside
from Cavan.
Cavan United Church com-
municants', class included: Ken-
neth Anderson; Lynda Ander-
son; Dolores Beuerman; Eliza- .
beth Campbell; Melody Camp-
bell; Marie McClure; Margaret S
McNichol; Murray Pepper; ,
Brian Pryee; Thomas Ramon.
Principal P. Plumsteel wel-
-corned the visitors for the an-
nual event. Featured on the
program -were songs, skits
choruses and gymnastics.
The program included:
"Honest to Goodness" by the
Drama Club, ineluding •Barbara
Staples, Jim Rowatt, Margaret
Elligsen, lylargaret Ryan, Danny
Cornish, Nico Peters, with John
McGrath and Karen Henderson
as producers and sets by John
McGrath,
Songs by Joanne and Marilyn
e ey accompanied :by Fred
Knetsch.
thee Club, directed by Joan-
ne Elligsen with accompanist
Carol Shortreecl. -
ymnastie display, directed by
Ken Reidy and including Glen
Dolmage, &german, Ean
Dolinage, Paul 'Hildebrand,
Doug Philips, Diu Wallace, Al-
en Carter, Brian Hodgert, Jim
Dalrymple, Allen Carter, Ted
Wilbee, Bill Wallace, Jim Dal-
rymple, Brian Hodgert, Paul
O'Reilly, Rick 1VIacKenzie, Bob
Burns, Brad Finlayson, Bill
cott, David Salm, Ron Dal-
rymple, Barry Powley, Ken
Wood, Earl MeNab, John May -
• 150 Attend K of C
.Cliqrter Presentation
The newly formed Msgr. D. Charles Rau, Faithful Captain;
J. Egan General Assembly, Vic Walden, Faithful Sentinel;
Fourth Degree Knights of Col; C. Tufts, Faithful Pilot; C. Lar-
umbus received its charter on son, Walkerton; Dan Creighton,
8aturday evening when 150 per- London; Joe Zinger, Kitchener;
sons 'attended • a banquet and` A. Kearney, Port Credit; A. Tel -
Halt
dance in the Seaforth. Legion lier, Belle River; F. Furlong,
Kitchener; John Lucyk, Mamil-
Faithful Pilot, Cecil Tufts, ton; 0. Prince, Ifamilton;J. Me -
Stratford and District Deputy Namara, London,
of District 311 was chairman for Clayton Looby, Faithful Navi-
the evening. Mr. Tufts welcom- •gator of the new assembly, wel-
ed the guests and introduced the coined the guests and gave a
head table which included Rev, brief history of the organize- -
Charles Caruana, Faithful Friar tem.
of the Assembly; Rev. T. Me- ,
Guire, Faithful Friar, Fr. Fun- A. Kearney, Port Credit, Mast -
ken G n 1 er of Ca di I
e era Assembly, Kitchen- einr na McGuigan Gener-
Al Ass bly of Provinee District
er; Rev, IL .I. Laragh, Seaforth
Chaplain of Fr. Stephen Eckert Np. 2, spoke briefly and Mc-
Connell of Seaforth and District; sented the charter to Mr. Inoby.
L. McCann, Inside Sentinel; E. Corigratulatory messages were
Elvish, Faithful Admiral; C. read by the chairman from
Looby, Faithful Navigator; Al- east Rev. W. .1. Smith, State
sin Rau, Faithful , Scribe; 1 Chaplain and LOuis G. Solite,
Tobin, Faithful Coniptroller; Past State Deputy.
• Lachlan. •
Violin solo, Bill McLean.
' Girls' Trumpet Band under
bandmaster George Ifildebranct:
-Dances of Other Lands, direc-
• ted by Miss Maryanne Weiler,
with Ann Rivers, Mary Ann Mc-
Grath, Beata Malkus, Margaret
Elligsen, Janice Dietz, Yvonne
Hoegy,'Ruth Ann Dui -flop, Lynn"
Nixon, Jane Sills and Helen Til,
ley.
Glee Club, selections with
solos by Evelyn Storey' Mary
Anne Segeren, Margaret Ellig-
sen and Christine Pryce.
The stage crew was directed
by W. K. 1VIcirdie and included
Bruce Wilbee, Danny Bennevvies,
Stewart Carter, Robert Po 11,
David Harvey, John porwill,
Mark Smith, Neil Devereaux,
John McConnell, The program
cover was designed by Paul
Hagan.
. . . Mac- sa e y of
Donald pressed for immediate the dog but for the benefit of
actihn to amend th all concerned It se
by-law so that the fee would
drop -from $6 and $12 to $2 and ceived through the dog tax be
$4 with responsibility for de- used to support the enforcement •
termining owners of dogs be- of such a by-law.
hag placed on the assessor. We believe that, in all fair -
Querying whether under asys ness, it might serve the com-
tem of county assessing such an munity (and incidentally pro-
fit the town) if a dog census
• were taken to ensure that not
' merely the honest few who lic-
SDH d t ense their, dogs Conform with
e regulatory ems reason-
able to suppose that monies Te
SSt
-
u en s the requirement, but that all
dog owners are treated equally.
Assist
C of C So far the amount of tax
IS concerned, we understand that
Students at SDHS are co-op- in our neighboring towns of
erating with the Seaforth Hensall and Clinton, the figures
Chamber of Commerce in pub- are $2.00 for a male and $4.00
licizing C of C events. for a female; what possible rea-
C of C president Mrs. Jean . son can there be for the extre-
Henderson was at the school mely high rate in Seaforth? —
Tuesday and discussed with a particularly in view of the fact
number of students who volun- ,that restrictions concerning dogs
teered to help the preparation are not even enforced!
of signs to promote Chamber As dog owners, we are won -
of 05,000. The approvel permits
engineering, to proceed and a
tender call but final approval
will await receipt of tenders and
budget,. preparation.
The move follows en earlier
IS; I* Omit'
414,. eVig,43/44vange
Homes
• Anniv
and thus eliminate costly an-
nual maintenance charges.
Action on a fire department
request for assistance with a
May 24 fireworks display was
deferred ewith the suggestion
• decision to complete road con- council could assist • in adverts-
struetion in areas as storm and Ing the event and in encoring
-
sanitary sewers are installed -Ting donations by public.
the
Lots of Luck Here
There is no limit where luck is -concerned and Mr. and
Mrs. William Austin of Seaforth prove the point, This week
they picked Up a new car from a dealer's eshowroom which
Mr. Austin won while playink bingo in Kitchener. Last fall
Mrs. Austin won a new car playing bingo in Durham. Bill and
his wife, Hilda, share the enthusiasm for bingo. They have
won several large prizes before, including $700 at a Teeswat-,
ter bingo game; $500 in London bingo games; $250 from the -
Stratford Boys' Band bingo and a Legion Grey Cup draw of
$500. (Expositor photo by Phillips.)
Name Delgate to
Provincial Committee
Representatives of p
growers in Huron and four
Joining counties named Mi
J. Dietz RR 3, Seaforth, a
member on a provincial th
man committee at an orga
tion meeting in Seaforth T
Hall, Monday evening.
Counties represented w
Huron, Perth, Grey, Bruce
Wellington. Mrs. V' B. Go
lock, Seaforth; was named
retary,
The purpose of the mee
was to discuss and formulate a
policy before a meeting with
the Egg and Fowl Producers in
Toronto. The growers. wanted tie
agree on what protection is
needed if the vote passes and
a quota system is established.
• Joe Hudson, Brockville, a
member of the provincial board
of directors of the Ontario Egg
a
nd Fowl Producers Marketing
Board urged egg roducers at
meeting in the Community
entre on Thursday evening to
ate "no" when the more than
,000 egg producers in Ontario
ligible to go to the polls this
eek east their votes.
Voting took place at the of-
ce of the county ag.. rep. in
linton. A two-thirds majority
ullet the Globe and Mail of March
ad- 28 as saying 'I can't endorse the
iton plan. I don't think it will work.'
s a This is how he feels." . ,
ree- John McKenzie, Strathroy,
niza- said the board intends to pre -
own vent new producers from com-
ing into the egg production bus -
ere iness. "We need new produc-
and ere," he said.
yen- Other producers opposed to
sec- the plan feel that, if implemen-
• ted, it would freeze the efficien-
ting cy of the Industry; drive new
capital and technology out of
Ontario; 'introduce additional
capital costs with an expanding
producer forced to purchase
quotas; take away the freedom
of the individual to expand his
business.
of Cm
omere4 week • tiering about the cat situation. a
Clayton Horton, Mrs. Eva- C
• Kerr, Mrs. James Watson, Hen- v
ry Ziler, Florence Dolmage, R. S. 9
• Box (wording of notice), Bill e
Trapnell, Glen Smith, K. L. w
Swan Harry Beuerman, W. Me -
Laughlin, Murray Dalton, Peter fi
Bannon, Arthur Pbwell, Herbert C
Is
Presented
—
The recently organized Msgr. D. J. Egan General Assem-
bly, fourth degeee K of 0, received its &weer Saturday eve-
ning at a dinner and dance in the Legion Hall. Here A.
Rearney of Pot Credit presents the charter to Clayton Looby
°NM of Dublin. (ExpOsitor photo by Phillips.)
Fleming, Russell Fleming R. L •
Beattie, Mrs. J. McCue, Wayne
Scott, Mrs. Vernon Dale, Charles
Pinder, Mrs. Betty Jolliffe, Mrs.
Pat Nigh, Thomas Jorgensen,
A. W. Sillery, Bill Pinder, W.
M. Hart, L. C. Leonhardt, Joan
Betties, Mrs. Dora Taylor, Mrs.
Agnes MeClinchey, Dorothy
Bassett, Paul Boshart.
Cancer
Campaign
Underway
The annual campaign spon-
sored by the Seaforth Unit of
the Huron Branch Canadian
AlCannnedeary.Society. gets underway
Again as in recent years the
area canvass will be carried out
by students of Seaforth District
High School. The Seaforth area
includes McKillop and Tucker -
smith. '
The • Seaforth objective this
yea** is $2,400, according to eam-
peign chairman R. 3, Spittal.
is necessary to carry the plan.
The producers Are going to
the polls to either give the mark-
eting board the right to set
quotas for egg production and
eventually establish an agency
to sell all eggs in Ontario or
leave the board's powers as
they are now.
The board now only has the
power to collect a fee from pro-
ducers to be used to promote
the sale of eggs.
The meeting was sponsored
as a public information meeting
by local 284 �f the Ontario Far-
mers' Union with Mrs. Thomas
Govenlock as chairman.
We (opposition group) are
I respected group of produc
. it this plan is implemented
will have disastrous, long
effects on egg production
Ontario. I don't like the dis-
ty that has developed in the
rd because of this proposed
n but 1 can't subscribe to it
his time," Mr. Hudson said.
said, "the board is asking
excessive Powers and they
not made clear to produe-
how they will administer
power."
r. Hudson asked, "Why has
ph not endorsed this plan?
Robert Marshall an econo.
at the college is quoted in
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Re -Elect
R. S. McKercher
Robert S. McKerchekof RR 1,
Dublin, was re-elected- to the
board of directors of Co-opera-
tors Insurance Associations of
Guelph (CIAG) at the annual
meeting of the Associations in
Guelph on Saturday.
Mr. McKercher, a former
president of CIAG, is vice:presi-
dent of United Co-operatives of
Ontario and is one of UCO's
three. representatives on the
CIAG board. •
• The OTC Z ettee teecouns,
cil inclieatea it Weeted to -rec.•.
=mend regarding the sitlng
and style ' of a dispoasl plane
within two months, in the Mean-
time the town's "engineeaing eon»
sultante - asked for a menthiii •
with council to Corisidet"SeWeit*
priorities,- •
Members of the boaril. of Cow' '
estoga College will be guests, nt
Seaforth on April 29 and bey •,
given an opportunity to see the,
town and its facilities. Areangee
menta for the event were Were"
red to Industrial committee
chAirman, Coun. Betty Cardio. -
Reporting for the administra.'
tion and finance committee Dep.
Reeve W. Cuthill said cost of
an aluminum canopy across the
front door of the town hall,
would be $185.
Reeve Dalton eautioned
st installation of something that
didn't agree with the building
and Mayor Kling recalled the
planning consultant and archi-
tect when here had commented
on the many interesting build-
ings in town' and had referred
Particularly to the hall when
he had warned against "chang-
ng the -character of the build-
ings": •' • •
If -some protection is not Pro-
vided it Will be necessary to
arnish the main door perhaps
very year or two Dep, Reeve
uthill pointed out.
Coun. MacLennan reported
or the protection to persons
ommittee and said in answer
o a query there had been di's-
ussions concerning ,the speed
t- which the police car wa
ornetimes driven. - Complaints
egarding horses being ridden
n sidewalks and boulevards
ere being investigated.
The public works committee
planting additional trees com-
limenting a program being
arried on by C of C chairman
eeve C. Dalton said.
Council indicated determina-
on' in having derelict proper -
es and other =tidy. areas
eaned up in the immediate
ture and, named Coun. Rob -
rt Dinsmore and L. F. Ford. to
earhead the program and to
ke such Action as was neces-
ry to produce results.
Mayor Kling emphasized the
ed for action. "Its our 100th
niversery and we can't afford
'have an untidy town" he
d.
In other business council:
instructed Mayor Kling to is -
e proelamations for Charatidi
Commerce week and Child-
n's Aid week.
Agreed Clerk Williams would
tend a clerk -treasurers confer-
ee on Apeil 19 in Hanover.
greed industrial committee
uld update town brochure.
greed Topnotch and UDPC
y use town dunIP.
greed daylight saving woulc1
mence April 27th.
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Elect
New
Officers
Huron road superintendents
met at Elm Haven, Clinton, on
Wednesday and. elected Mel
Good of Ashfield as president.
Other officers are allarvey Cul-
bert, E. Wawanosh, vice-presi-
dent, C. W. Hanna, Belgrave,
sec.-treas. and William Taylor
representative to Good Roads
Association.
There were 22 present at the
meeting chaired by Lawson
Ward. The next meeting will be
held in Hay Township in „rune.
Following the meeting chemi-
cal supply firms conducted a
seminar on dust control prior "'
to dinnet
Tuckersmith Council
Awards Truck Tender
At a special meeting Of the
a Tuckersmith Township Counei
- on Saturday afternoon, the ten
der of Seaforth Motors for a
- pick-up truck for $2,403.45 was
accepted. Other tender § were
$2,415.00 by Rowcliffe Motors,
Seaforth and $2,516.00 by Larry
- Snider Motors, Exeter.
Engineers' reports on three
drain were read and approved,
Rogerson Drain, estimated at
$13,800; Layton Drain at $48,-
855.00; and Ilugil Drain at $4,-
500. The drains will now go to
tender.
Federal Aid.
At the regular ineeting earl-
ier,• the • council was tidViSed
that the defence department has
promised $22.000 next year to-
ward improvements to a side-
-
road joining Highways 4 and 8,
and running close to CFI3 Clin-
ton
0, The township plans changes
estimated at $70,000 and asked
the federal department to share
the cost.
A letter from Deputy Minis.,
ter E. B. Armstrimg said budge-
tary limitations preclude the de-
partment from participatieli
now but it promised clesistatide
In the program during 196940.
In other business, eoulieil
learned Ontario Hydro bag PUte
chased 26 wee of Wad two • '
Mlles east of -Safer% to ens
large an existing substation, •
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