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The Huron Expositor, 1968-05-30, Page 1Whole No. 5229 109th Year e - SEAfORTII, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1968 — 12 PAGES Reunion .Plano Fear Explosion as Two Truc s Collide Seaforth firemen manned a fire truck and stood by late Wednesday morning' as a safety precaution following a collision between a fuel truck- and a gra- vel truck which sent two drivers to hospital. Doug Wallace, driver of the Seaforth Farmers Co-op gaso- line truck, which overturned, spilling gallons of highly flaw- Inahle fuel over the roadway, was •rushed to Seaforth. Com- munity Hospital and later to Victoria Hospital, London. By press time, he was reported by Car Rally Held Gene Kruse confers with Ron Eyre (white hat) during the Optimist and Rover sponsored car rally held last weekend. Some 20 cars started the treacherous 97 -mile route: The rally was won by Wayne Bennewies and Murray McLeod. Bob Read and his wife won it for the Optimist Club. Councillor Mrs. Betty Cardno finished fourth. (Expositor photo by Haley). Relate Details of New School Plans Gilbert S. Moggach, Chairman -day evening. of the Seaforth Public School -- Board, discussed the new Coun- ty School Board system at the May meeting of the Seaforth Home and School Association at the Public School on Tues - JIM BISBACK son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bisback of • Hensall, received his Bachelor of Arts degree at University of Western On- tario on Tuesday, He vvill con- tinue his studies at Western. Beginning in January, 1969, the board will be called the Board of Education for the County of Huron. Assessinent determines the number of trus- tees on each board and Huron rates 14 trusteese13 from the Public School system 'and one from the Separate Schools. The county is divided in sections and Seaforth is included with- Tuck- ersmith, Stanley and Bayfield with two trustees. -Each trustee will be elected for two years, the election tak- ing place the first Monday of December every two years, starting in December, 1968. Mr. Moggach said some of the . advantages of the county system would include bigger and better libraries where the public scho- ol students weuld learn how to use a library to look up inform- ation on subjects taken in scho- ol. , 'Formerly 'students never learned to ,neally. use 'a library until they reached college and then had to learn in a hurry on their cvwei. Another advantage would be in the opportunity classes avail- aable to students requiring them. The use of sports in Scho- ol under the county system wou- ld be carried out in a more. ad- vantageous manner to the bene- fit of all student. Mr. Moggaeh expects under the eounty system that teachers will harve a better chance of ad- vaneement. It is expectd too that th transportation 4,ef. pupils will be streamlined. In a discussion period that fel- ' (Continued okpage 6) a hospital official as in. "fair condition". Alvin Jones, RR 2, Clinton, driver of the gravel truck, own- ed by Heard Construction, was taken to Seaforth Community Hospital, treated for minor ab- rasions and released. The accident occurred at an inteisection near ,the old Han- nah School about a mile and a quarter west of Egmondville. While wreckers prepared to right the fuel truck, Seaforth firemen took every precaution to ensure the gasoline would not explode. The firemen spray -- ed the truck with special chem- icals to reduce the possibility of a gas fire. Police kept spec- tators well back while the fuel - truck was being turned over. Details of what happened were not available but Constable Wil- liam Kreps of the Goderich De- tachment of the OPP is investi- gating. Both vehicles received extensive damage. The accident occurred about 10.30 a.m. Fractures Arm. Ronald Kennedy, 7, of Sea- , forth, received a fractured left arm and cuts when he Was in • (Continued on Page 6) Women Liberals Organize .SinglePleat. '4 canta .0.00. A Year M A4Vallge Prepare for 100th Birthday Party More than 1,400 former Sea- On Sunday evening, a naid- forth residents have been con. night street dance on Main St - tacted by the Reunion and 100th is planned. Mrs. N. C. Cardno Birthday coramittee and a large is arranging this event. attendance is forecast for the Monday morning, July 1st, town's homecorning weekend on former students of Seaforth Dis- June 29, 30 and July 1st. .:"-triet High School will meet at Abeut 15,000 wooden nickels the school for a reunion. A ler- will be ,sold as souvenirs of the ge number of SDHS alumni are celebration. expected to attend. The Monday Plans call for an exciting afternoon parade, including weekend for natives of the Mats and bands; will be a area as well as present resi- highlight of the weekend. Plan - dents of Seaforth and district. ning for the parade is in charge The weekend begins with reg. of a committee headed by El- istration of visitors on -Saturday Larone and including ' morning, june-29, followed by members of the Labor Day Par - an official opening of the cele- adfi committee of last year who brations and the unveiling of a made such a success of that commemorative plaque at the event. town hall, on Saturday after-- A special afterncon program .noon. at the Lions Park is planned to An oldtimers' baseball game wind up the homecoming on and a parade to the Lions Park Monday afternoon. Contests — will finish off the afternoon. Ar- including a prize for the oldest rangements are, in .charge of guest present — and local en - Frank Phillips and W. R. Smith. tertainment will be featured A At 9:30 pin. one of the high- (Continued on Page 6) lights of the weekend, the Birthday Ball; will take place at the Arena. R. S. Box is eo-or- dinating the ball and with hi= on the committee are C. J. Sills, R. J. Slattery, Mrs. Glenn Chesney, _Mrs. Doug Rowcliffe, Art Bolton And Allan Nicholson. Sunday dial -ming, each of the to,wn's churches will feature special "Welcome Home" ser- vices. At'2:45 p.m. Sunday after- noon, a Legion District Drum- head Service will be held at the Lions Park and will be pre- ceded by a parade from the Legion Hall, which will pause at Victoria Park to lay a wreath at the cenotaph. Legion branches with their bands and color parties from across -Western Ontario are ex- pected to take part in the event. Late Sunday afternoon from 4:30 to 7:30 a mamoth chicken barbeque will be held at the Lions Park. Tickets, at $1.00 for children over 12 and $1.75 for adults, will be available Soon. Reeve Carl Dalton heads the committee organhing the barbe- elite while the Seaforth Agricul- tural Society is in charge of preparing the chicken. At an organization "meeting in Brussels on Monday night, a Huron County Women's Liberal Association was formed. The new women's association plans to operate on a year-round bas- is,. although emphasis in the next month will be on campaign work for the June 25th election. Officers elected for the com- ing year are: President,, Mrs. Max Harper, Goderich; vice- president, Mrs. Robert Maloney, Bayfield; treasurer, Miss Katie Scott, Seaforth; secretary, Mrs. Eric Collins, Clinton; area rep- resentatives, who will be in charge of Liberal Women's ac- tivity in their municipalities are: Goderieh, Mrs. D. J. Murphy; Clinton, Mrs. C. Denomme; Sea - forth, Mrs. Don Morton; Wing - ham, Mrs. Andrew Lunn; Blyth, Mrs.- James Lawrie; Brussels Mrs.Ian MacDonald; and Hen - sail, Mrs. H. Knight. Dedicate Museum Chapel Dedication services in con- nection with the Chapel at the Huron County Pioneer Museum were carried out recently in Goderich. The shoft program included remarks by Warden Calvin Krautere Mayor Frank Mills of .Goderich and Reeve Ken Stew- art of Mc'Killop and Warden in 1966. Rev. H. de Vries„ First Baptist Church and Rev. R. Maynahan, St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, also took part. Since the chapel : was made possible by the gifts of con- gregations across the county, the dedications was carried out - by a retired minister, Rev. W. J. Maines, representing all who 'had, assisted in the project. Express Concern Over Rabies Increase Concern over the increasing , prevelance of rabies was em- pressed- this week by Dr. J. C. MacLennan of the Health of ' Animals branch: Council Accepts Paving Tender. Completion is slated for Sep- tember 1, for paving of West William St. end Duke St. west to North Main as.council Thurs- day accepted the tender of T. G. Hammond Ltd. of St. Marys. At the special meeting, coun- cil on the advice of -engineer Burns Ross of Burns Ross and Associates, Goderich, chose the lowest of four tenders. The bid stood at $35,318.04. The tender, subject to approv- al by the Department of High- ways, according to Mr. Ross, was an itemized bid. He said final costs may depend on an overrun or underrun of mater- ial and labour costs. Being the lowest bid, Mr. Ross said the Department of High- ways grants for new construc- tion would apply to the contract amount. Council discussed the radius of the turnaround at the end of West William St. when Mr. Ross suggested it be increased to 40 feet to accommodate snow re- moval. However, Reeve Carl Dalton pointed out present ra- dius of 28 feet presented little problems concerning snow re- moval. The details will be dis- cussed further- with' the engin- eer. Councillor/Ron MacDonald asked Mr. Ois about the job possibilities during the paving period. Mr. Ross said it did not seem likely that there would be much additional Work as the construction company general- ly employ their own men and machines. Re said there probab- ly would be one local checker from the engineering standpoint. ROBERT E. MUNN, graduate of SDHS,!graduated from Uuniversity of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy, Ile is the son Of Mrs. Beatrice Munn, BR 1, Cromarty. --- MARY BUCHANAN daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don- ald Buchanan Of Bit 1, Lon- desboro, graduated as a Bach/ elor of Mathematics - from Waterloo University. A grad- uate .of SDHS, She Will teach At Central Peel Seetindaty School, Brampton. MISS SHERRILL DUNLOP During Spring Convocation at the University of Western On- tario, Miss Sherrill Dunlop of Sarnia, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs A. W..Duttlop Of Seaforth, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Zoology. KEITH HAY son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Hay, Hermit received a Beck, dor of Arts degree in Chem- istry at the sPring convoca- tion of the Unieersity of Wes- tern Ontario. He has aceepte4 a position with Shell, Cana- da Ltd., in Sarnia. Dr. MacLennan -said there had been several cases reported and warned against children or for that matter anyone, approach- ing Strange animals. The fact that there continued to he a risk of rabies infection makes it increasingly important that dogs be prevented from running at large. In Seaforth council has acted to curtail ' strange dogs roaming the town and ' police are co-operating with -other town staff in round- ing up strays as they are re- ported. SDHS. Band On Tour The Seaforth District High School girls trumpet band, al- ready one of the top high school bands in Western Ontaria, will be off to spread their fame to the United States. The girls have been invited to play at the Frankenmuth Bar- varian Festival in Frankenmuth, Michigan on June 9. The city is located 85 Miles north of De- troit. Frank Mallet of Frankenmuth, a grandson of the late Mrs. Myrtle Carnochan of Seaforth, first saw the band play last year and recotnmended it to the promoters of the Bavarian Fes- tival, Consequently, the band, under the direction of George Hildebrand, leaves by bus, Sun- day, June 9, at 720 a.m., and will arrive in time to participate in the Festival's "Big Parade", with this year's theme, "Bavar- ia, New and Old". The Festival, expecting crowds from about 50,000 to 100,000, is an annual affair which combines the famous German Bavarian food and entertainment with Cultural' and Historical exhibits. It runs from June 9-15. The Festival will be held in the "Spas Platz", or Fun Place, next to the Bavarian Inn, where the girls will be special guests. The event gets under way Sunday with the parade at 1 p.m. being the big attraction. The Seaforth band will be in- cluded in this monster parade with floats and bands of every sort. ttp.fore the parade starts , the gith will be featured at the 13avariati inn in a special per- formattee. SDHS Cadets on Parade (Top photo) Major L. B. Melanson, Second in Command, 21st Field Regiment, RCA in Wingham, in his inspection of platoons during SDHS's Annual Cadet Corps inspection, takes a moment to chat briefly with a cadet of No. 5 Platoon. He is accompanied by No. 5 Platoon leader, Cadet Lieutenant David Brady, Lieutenant M. J. Moad, CD, Assistant District Cadet officer of the Western Ontario District and A. Dobson, cadet instructor. (Middle photo) Major Melanson makes presentation of awards to cadets receiving gener- al proficiency awards and their Master Cadet qualifications. (Bottom photo) SDHS girls trumpet band puts on a display before the crowd and the offi- cial party. (Expositor photos by Cantley.) Annual Inspection Ends Training for SDHS Cadets The time: 1400 hours Wednes- day afternoon, May 22; the place: Seaforth District High; the occasion: the annual inspec- tion' of Seaforth High's Cadet Corps marking the end of an extensive training period and presentation of awards. Major L. B, Melanson, Sec- ond- in Command of the 21st Field Regiment of the Royal Canadian Army at Wingham and Lt. M. J. Moacl, CD, Assis- tant District Cadet Officer, Wes- tern Ontario District, were on hand to inspect the platoons and make presentation of awards for general excellence. The five platoons marched past the inspecting officers in column of platoons and column of route and gave the general salute.. Major Melanson, in his ad- dress to the Cadet Corps, said he wag "pleased with the dis- play and the appearance of the group." ' He explained the object 61 cadet training was "to instill principles of citizenahip to be- come good Canadians in civilian and military life. The complexity of today's in- dustrial Program demands edu- cation if they are to succeed. You must obtain the -highest ed.- ucation possible in order to make a success of this society," he said in urging the boys to keep going. Following the inspection, the appreciative crowd was treated to demenstrations of cadet training, First Aid, with Cadet Bill Boussey in charge; Map Using with Cadet Captain Ean Dolmage in charge; Rifle Dis- play with Cadet Lieutenant Jim llowat in charge; and a Gymnas- tic Display with Cadet Sergeant Ted Wilbee in charge were the demonstrations for the audience in the gym. The Girls' High School leand under the direction of George Hildebrand, treated the crowd to marching tunes, tnany of them present day bits, and pre- cision, marching. Awards presented to the young cadets went to: Best Shot, Award, Cadet Captain Ean flol- mage; Best Officer on Parade, Cadet Major Murray Hulley; Best Cadet on Parade, John Mc- • Grath; Officer or -NCO showing Best Qualities of Leadership, Cadet Ceptain Fan Dolmage and Cadet Sergeant Dan Cornish; Moat Improved Cadet, Cadet Corporal John Gorwill. Cadets receiving their Master Cadet qualifications were Roger Tiennewies, Ean Dolmage, Dan , Cornish, John McGrath, Paul Moggach, Janies Rowat and Bill McCurdy. James Rowat and John Mc- Grath have also been selected to attend the National Cadet camp in Banff this summer and Ean Dolmage was the eadet chosen as part of the Caribbean exehange in July and part of August. Cadet Corps Officers were: Company Commander, Cadet Major Murray, Hulley; Second In Command, Cadet Captain Ean Dolmage; Company Sergeant-Ma- jor, W011 John McGrath; No. 1 Platoon, Cadet Lieutenant Imes Rowat and Cadet Sergoant.nan Cornish; No. 2 Platoon, Cada (Continued on Page 6)