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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1968-12-05, Page 19 Whole No, 5256 109th Year • SEAPORTI-1,CoNTRIO, THURSbAY,*CEMBER 5, 1968 2 PA.Gms Sin& Copefit 12 Cents " #4.00 A Tear m AdlianeP Recogniz Long _Years In Business Long time aeaforth business an Sam Shin en was honored Wednesday when James A. Stewart (left) presented him with a painting at the annual meeting of the Seaforth Chamber of Commerce while C of C prtsident Mrs. Tea n Henderson assists. Mr. Shinen, who is 82, has been in business 44- years. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Gift of Painting Honors Long Time Businessman A Seaforth businessman. fer 44 years, Sam Shinen , was hon- ored at the .annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, Wed- -nesday. Mr. Shinen, the oldest mer- chant on Main Street; was pre- sented with a painting by local artist E. C. Boswell. In' making the presentation, Mr. Stewart recalled how MT. Shinen, a native of Russia, had come to Seafortir in 1924. Be- ginning in a smaTIVaraiid Serv- ing the community through vis- its with his travelling shop along district roads, Mr. Shinen through his friendliness, indus- ells are cord Vote Turns • In the largest turnout in near - 1 y twenty years, Seaforth vot- ers Monday elected a new may- er and reeve. Injured Mayor Frank Kling who had served as mayor since 1967, was In Clinton refeevaetesjarlprprjoannkwaSsill(lefnilecl "rby John Flannery. • It, was 11r. Sills first bid for Crash epuncil office, although he has , Peen the separate school repre- sentative on the SDHS board A Seaforth woman escaped serious injury Tuesday evening . in Clinton when her auto Veer- - ed out of cOntrol and. climbed a steep embankment. The motorist, Mrs. Russell " Pringle of Goderich Street, Sea - forth, said. she thought some- thing had gone wrong with the steering. Brought to her home in .Seaforth, she was admitted to Seaforth Conununity Hospi- tal Tuesday evening with sever- al fractured ribs. . The accident occurred short- ly after 4 p.m.'on Highway 4 at the,‘, north end of the Hayfield Rivet bridge. A witness told police that Mrs. Pringle's car was travelling north, veered out of control and across the roadway, jumped the ,curb, travelled across a sloping lawn and up a sharp 15ifoot bank. yhe car stopped with its rear wheels hanging over the edge of the embankment. The front 'bumper was only a few feet from a picture window at the rear of a Victoria Terrace home owned by Frank Chapman, a Clinton barber. try and sincerety, had built up a business that now was serv- ing a third generation. • Mr. Shinen ezcpressed his ap- preciation to the Chamber of ommerce for the recognition given him and thanked all con- _...-gerned with the presentation. Seaforth Native Appointed Judge Announcement was made on' Friday of the appointment of a Seaforth native, Donald H. DONALD H. SCOTT Scott, as •county court judge for the County of Lincoln. Judge Scott, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Scott, receiv- ed his education at ,Seaforth Collegiate, University of Toron- to and Osgood* -H,all, where he graduated in 1950. Following graduation he practised law in Fort Erie and since 1956 has been ,Crown At- torney for Welland County. He represented the province be- fore the Supreme Court when the Trusoott case was referred to that court for a decision:' Judge Scott is -married to the former Francis Hamlin of Chap- leau and they have three chil- dren, Heather, Bruce and Jen- nifer. James R. Scott and Harry Scott of Seaforth are brothers. Vandals Damage Lions Park Gates Police are investigating van- dalism a Seaforth Lions Park .which su1ted in damage to on the centennial entrance gates. The damage apparently result- ed when a car drove into the gates which are closed during the winter months. McKillop F of A Hold Annual Meeting Members of the McKillop Fed- eration of Agriculture held their annual meeting and banquet in the Winthrop United Church, Tuesdaypevening with presid- ent Gordon Blanchard in the chair. Arthur Bolton showed pic- tures of his recent trip to Europe arid Mrs, Neil McGavin sang accom,panted by Mrs. Wil - bee. County president Elmer Hunter, Goderieh, brought greetings from the county. Oth- ers who spoke briefly included Reeve Ken Stewart, David In- gles from the Department of Agriculture and Food, Clinton" and Robert McMillan who had attended, the Vineland Confer- ence. The minutes and financial tr" statements were given by Alvin Dodds. The following list of directors were appointed for 1969 'with, the president Gordon Blanchard re-elected and other officers are vice-president, Lavern Godkin; second vice-president, Lavern Hoegy; directors, Andrew Dav- idson, Jerry Cronin, Gordon El- liott, Jerry Bruxer, Gordan Pap- ple, Clarence Maloney, Alvin Dodds, John Moylan, Gordon Blanchard, Lavern Hoegy, Mer- vin Godldn, Carl Semon, Wal- ter Somerville, Earl Rock, Lav .ern Godldn, Murray Dennis, Harvey Craig and Stanley M- ien. The lady director is Mrs. Gordon Hianchqd. The meeting re-elected Mrs. Jean Hendervn as. president.' Other officers are past presi- dent D. Sills; vice-president, C. Campbell; treasurer Ed Taylor; secretary, Ken Oldacre; retail committee, J. A. Stewart, Fred TilleY; industrial, Robert Read, , L. F. Ferd; civic improvement, C. Broadfoot, W. R. Smith; pub- licity, A. Y. McLean, M. Mc- Donald; membership J. J. Wilk- inson, M. Nott. The names were proposed by John Flannery on behalf of the nomiqating com- mittee. In her report, Mrs. Hender. son reviewed projects which the C of C had carried out, in- cluding erection of signs, Main. Street decorations and co-oper- ation with the 100th birthday celebration committee and with the fall fair. She referred to plans under • way for a best decorated home contest and sponsorship "i•of a shop Canada week in Sea - forth, March 13-22. - Mrs. Henderson emphasized that the C of C programs were dictated by the extent to which it received support. and urged an increased membership and participation. Gerald Gingerich, a director • of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce discussed the role of the C of C in the community. • (Excerpts from 44 Address are on page 9 of this issue). Entertainment with `Gordon Wright in charge followed and included a square dance' exhi- bition arranged by Cliff Broad - foot. ALLAN CAMPBELL for 14 years. Reeve -elect Flan- nery is a former mayor 'retiring in 1966. He had earlier served on council. All members of council who ran were returned as well as a neW member Bert Moggach who also was succeSsful on his first bid for office. Mrs. Betty Card - no again headed the polls. In the electionfor. School trustees tO represent Seaforth, Tuckersmith, Stanley and Bay- JOHN FLANNERY FRANK SILLS Area Councils Are Returned HENSALL — Reeve, Olicrer agues, 282fMrS. Minnie Noakes 154; Council ••(4 elected) Hein Roosboom, 339; John Baker, 299; *Set Plansfor .4-H Night The twenty-first Annual Hur- on County 4-H Achievement Night win be head in the Sea- orth District High Scheol Fri,day, evening when Huron County 4-H Agricultural Club members who completed a pro- ject in 1968 will receive their awards. Of the 425 4-H projects started In • 24 4-11 Agricultural Clubs last spring, 95 percent were concluded,. McKillop Returns Allan Campbell Allan Campbell was elected McKillop reeve in Monday's vote. He defeated a fellow mem- ber 9f council, Harold Dodds, to fallow ,Reeve Ken Stewart as council head. ' The two members of the pre- sent council who ran — Ralph McNichol and Wm. J..Leeming — were re-elected as well as two newcomers, Harvey Craig and Arthur. Anderson: Interest in the election was high as nearly 75% of the vot- ers turned out. In the vote to'elegt two school trustees, John Henderson came in second place winning over W. Norman Counter of Cli,nA ton by one vote. John Levis of Clinton headed the polls. D. J. Murphy led John Mor- rissey in the toymship vote for separate school representa- tive on the county board, Fran- cis Hkknell earlier had been elented by acclamation -to the Huroir-Perth Combined Separate School Board. field on the new Huron- Board Mrs. lilarilyn Kunder, sole Sea- ford' candidate in the five -man' race, headed the polls in Sea - forth and as well led in total votes. John Broadfoot, one of two candidates from Tucker - smith, won the second position on the board., . The turnout of slightly over 70% contributed to long lineups at Seaforth polls and resulted in a four hour delay m vote tabu- lation. It was not until after 3 a.m. Tuesday that final re- sults for. Seaforth were avail- able. First returns from polls 5 and 6 in the town hall were received by returning officer Ernest Williams about 1:30- a.m. Polls 3 and 4 reported an hour later. - Longest delays occurred at polls 1 and 2 when voters stood as'long as an hour waiting for Leonard Erb, 289; Harold Knight, 223; George -Beer, 220. LOGAN — Reeve, William G. Hill, 482; Rudolph Bauer, 248; Frank A. Dill, 65; Council (4 elected), Earl Ahrens, 539; -Gor- don Mogk, 471; Tim Nicholson, 427: Hubert Kaltman, 499; Os- car Rock, 379; Mervyn Hodgert, 242. • Huron County Board of Education , Brussels, Morris and Grey Town - "ships (one eleeted), Donald Mc- Donald, 639; George McCutrh- eon, 355; Sam Sweeney, 161; Murray Cardiff, 122. Stephen and Usborne Town- ships and Exeter (2 elected), Garnet Hicks, 716; Clarence Mc- Donald, 658; Eldrid Simmort. 547; Lloyd Lamport, 539; Joh Stewart, 456; Ross Brown, 434. , Hay Township, Hensall and Zurich -'(one elected) James Tay- lor, 507; Robert Aowcliffe, 288. Separate Schdol Representa- tive (1 elected) Dan Murphy, 1.146: John ALorris,cy, 418. Huron -Perth Separate School Board Ashfield, West Wawanosh, East Wawanosh, Morris, Turn - berry, Wingham (one elected) Oscar Kieffer 131; John Austin 80; Donald Frayne 64. Fullerton, Hibbert, Mitchell (one to be elected) Joseph Loo- by,, 99; William Flanagan 74; John O'Leary 47; Johannes Vonk 12, Hensall, Zurich, Hay (one el- ected) Tressley (Ted) Geoffrey 177; Harold Regier 126. Seaforth, Hayfield; Tucker - smith, Stanley (one elected) Michael Connolly 157; John Lansink 140. Honored. At Achievement County honor eertifieates and pins were presented a number of 4-11 members at the Seaforth Achievement Day Saturday. Among thoae honored were (left) Cathy Roberts, RR 2, Kippen, Corinne Van Miltenburg, RR 4, Settforth, Dian - Day • ne McKay, RR 2, Kippen, Joanne Arts,N,I1R 4, Seaforth, Brenda Pryee, iut 1, Seaforth and Hendrina Verne, BR 1, forth. (Staff photo by Haley). (Story on page 9) The Vote in Seaforth FOR MAYOR 1-2 3-4 5-6 total Sills 209 232.165 606 Kling 159 76 58 29S FOR REEVE ' 1-2 3-4 5-6 total Flannery 204 187 136 527 Dalton 167 120 86 373 FOR COUNCIL (6, elected) 1-2 34 5-6 total Cardno 301 236 176 713 MacDonald 240 215 146 601 Ford 227 198 132 557 Pinder 183 170 103 456 197 158 98 453 . -197 153 86 436 170 139 119 428 153 128 93 374 Dinsmore Moggach Hildebrand Newnharn HURON COUNTY BOARD QF EDUCATION (2 elected) 1-2 34 5-6 total Kunder 256 147 148 551 Broadfoot 113 68 54 235 Alderdice 42 19 23 84 Smith, 39 27 17 83 Peck 24 11 13 • 54 HURON - PERTH SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD 1-2 3-4 5-6 total 19 58 28 105 Il 35 18 64 Connolly Lansink SEPARATE SCHOOL REPRE- SENTATIVE TO HURON COUNTY BOARD OF,,,EDUCA- TION • 1-2 3-4 5-6 total Mukphy 18 65 33 116 Morrissey , 12 28 11 51 71 percent turnout in Sezifarth a -ballot. When polis 410sPiVat, 8 o'clock nearly 30 .people Al- ready were waiting in line 'in the port so it was- np§eanarY'_, to continue voting •nnti1 atter .0' o'clock before all had been giv- en: ballots. ,Siin liar lineups' ,oc- curred from tune to time. at: thei other polls also. As a result of the delay's, some electors gave tip - after waiting and 'didn't vote. •Others made several trips to the polls. Contributing to the delay were the variety of ballots that required attention. Seaforth public school voters" marked four ballots • while separate school supporters were given five. Among the: oldest voters to exercise thell' franchise in Sea - forth were Mr. and Mrs. David Ryan, Goderich Street East, who both are over 90. • MRS. DONALD KUNI5ER .BROADFOOT Huron County Board of Education STANLEY, TUCKERSMITH, BA KUNDER, MRS. DONALD BROADFOOT, JOHN ALDERDICE, VERN PECK, ROBERT WITH, DR.- MORGAN • HULLETT, McKILLOP; BLYTH LAVIS, JOHN HENDERSON, JOHN COUNTER, W. N. BOLTON,. ARTHUR YOUNG, DONALD HULLEY, EENNETH YFIELD and SEAFORTH (2 elected) Stan. Tuck. Bay. Sea. Total 47 229 22 551 849 109 205 11 235 560 141 277 18 84 520 248 106 24 48 426 121 56 145 83 405 and CLINTON (2 elected) Hul. McK. Bly. Clin. Total 138 35 22 .743 938 110 374 - 9 50 543 24 •7 4 507 542 85 274 13 86 458 115 • 12 245 21 403 202 64 25 31 322 McKillop Township FOR'REEVE CAMPBELL, ALLAN DODDS. HAROLD FOR COUNCIL (Four Elected) 1 2 3 4 Total 73 143 69 172 357 84 53 • 72 70 279 1 2 3 4 Total McNICHOL, RALPH 84 145 ANDERSON, ARTHUR 130 138 CRAIG, HARVEY 60 113 LEEMING, W. J. . 72 109 130SIVIAN, JACK - 52 90 DOERR„JERRY 87 97 HURON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (Two Elected) 1 2 3 4 Total BOLTON, ART. 14 98 '75 87 COUNTER, W. NORMAN 5 1 1 HENDERSON, JOHN 20 119 122 113 HULLEY,,. KENNETH 24 13 - 27 LAWS', JOHN 19 13 3 YOUNG, DONALD .. . 5 3 4 104 104 437 75 75 418 95 135, 403 111 105 397 85 95 326 84 38 306 274 7 374 64 35 12 SEPARAT4 SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE TO HURON. COUNTY • BOARD OF EDUCATION . • 1 2 a 4 Tetat MURPHY, D. J. . ... .... 108 28 0 140 MORRISSEY, JOHN 23 7 2 32 75.5% turnout in MeXillep