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The Huron Expositor, 1966-02-03, Page 1• • f • • • i • • • r • r • Whple No. 5110 107th Year 4-H. Girls Receive Honors Girls taking the project, "Sleeping Garments," held their Achievement Day on Saturday at Seaforth District /High School. There were 133" girls in.....11 clubs involved.-.- In nvolved.In the.. forenoon the girls judged a class of pyjamas or nightgowns and a class of ma- terials suitable - for sleeping garment. The activity was sew- ing on lace.- The senior mem- bers embers gave reasons for placing materials and sewn garments. Record books and finished garments, `which had been judg- ed previously by Miss Diane Liddard, Huron County home economist, were placed at noon. Clubs and 'leaders taking part 'were: Auburn led by Mrs.. Wes - "w° ley Bradnock and Mrs. ,Frank Raithby; Clinton, led by Mrs. Norman Tyndall and Mrs. Keith Tyndall; Goderich, led by Mrs. William Porter and Mrs. Stanley .- fcllwain;__Holmesv-ills,. led by Mrs. Eldon Yeo; McKil- lop, led by Mrs. William. -Little and Mrs. Kenneth Stewart; Sea - forth by Mrs. R. J. Doig.. •and Mrs. Gordon Elliott; Seaforth District led by Mrs. John Broad - foot and Mrs. W. L. Whyte; Tiger Dunlop, group one,, led by Mrs. Elmer Hunter and Mrs. William Bogie; Tiger Dunlop, group two, led by Mrs. Richard Buchanan and Mrs, Melvin Bogie; Tuckersmith led by Mrs. Bert Pepper and .Mrs. -Alex Townsend, and, Walton, led by .Mrs. Nelson Reid and Mrs. Nel- son Marks: • The Clinton and Holrnesvil groups ptesented a skit, , `.'Whit • Makes G7fod Sleeping Gar- ments." Skits were also pre- sented by Tiger Dunlop, group two, and Hohrnesville• and' Me- , Killop, on "Selecting Pyjama Material and Pattern:" , Five -Mobs" 'placing exhibits were Tiger Dunlop, group one, 'with Shirley Fisher_ at com- mentator; Seaforth District with Agnes Haverkamp as commen-• '""a' tator; Tuckersmith with Carolyn ' Sytnick commentating; Auburn, with;Marian Hickey as commen- tator`, and Seaforth with Diane Finlayson commentating, The Walton group gave . a demonstration on "Selecting Py- „jama Material arid . Pattern," and the Goderich group dem- onstrated" "What Makes Good Sleeping Garments." Comments on skits and dem- onstrations were given by Mrs. Barbara Flewelling„of Welling ton County, and on, exhibits by Miss Donna Mae Holm, of Bruce County. .... Mrs. Wesley Bradnock, of Au- burn, FWIO board member, presented provincial honor pins and certificates to Elaine Mur -- ray, RR 5,--Seaforth; Viola,, Col- lins, RR 3, Clinton; Robe Doig, Seaforth; Helen Elliott, RR • 5, Seaforth; Diane ,Finlayson, RR •2, Seaforth, and Sharon Mc- Kenzie, RR 1, Seaforth. These• girls had completed 12 4-H omemaking projects. • Completing, six projects and. receiving county honor pins and certificates were: Nellie .Baan, RR 3, Walton; Joanne Murray, ,RR 5, Seaforth; Con- nie Howatt, RR 1, Londesboro; Blanche Dalton, RR 1, Londes- boro; Dorothy Ross, RR 1, Brucefield; Janice Reaburn, RR 5, Goderieh; Connie Hickeys, RR 3, Auburn; Bernice , McDougall, Auburn; Hazen Collins, RR 3, Clinton; Anne Sills, Seaforth, • and,Mania Williams, RR 4, Sea- ......, forth. _...._ SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1966 --- ) 2 PAGES Receive Provincial Honors At the annual 4-H Achievement Day at SDHS auditorium on Saturday, these six girls re- ceived provincial honors. They are • from left, front, Diane Fiiilayson, RR 2, Seaforth; Roba Doig, Seaforth; Elaine Murray, RR 5- Seaforth; standing, Sharon Mackenzie, RR 1, Sea - forth; Helen Elliott \RR 5, Seaforth; Viola Collins, RI( ,3, Clinton. (Expositor photo by Phillips). end school �nsuItativ:e Town' Acts -on Petition.. Seaforth Council, at a spe- cial meeting Tuesday night, act- ed on a petition of •Seaforth ratepayers to create a union school section 'to include -Sea - forth and parts of Tuckersmith. The petition was based on Section 45 of the Public School Act, which makes it mandatory for a council to name an arbi- trator to represent r4he - town. ' . Clerk E. Williams reviewed provisions of the act and ex- plained the action council is required to take., Councillors- indicated - agree- ment,- and - Councillor ' Betty Cardno stressed that it was the long range approach which was necessary. Reeve C. Dalton agreed and added he hadn't talked to a per- son in Seaforth who wasn't be- hind it. • Councillor George Hildebrand questioned the extent to which the move would . result in in- creases for Seaforth ' public school taxpayers. -Reeve Dalton explained that while there might • be some increase, it' would be slight and likely no greater' than would be the case if no change was made. ed -Frank-- -to rank--to -represent the town on the arbitration -committee, In other business, council: —endorsed a resolution from 'Mount Forest asking that area • rather than specific munici- palities be desigated as slow growth areas; —agreed representatives would attend a meeting in Mount Forest to discuss the matter; -hea'rd-•Mayor Flannery report that 13 applications had been received for the position of constable, and that five .had been selected for interview en Saturday. „IL 0 It's Skating Time in St. Columban Determined that area children would not be denied the opportunity to skate, the men of St..columban Church, headed by Father Coughlin, have spent long hours flooding a rink on the church playing -field. The rink has --beeline the centre 'of many activities,includ- ing a -hockey. series, and in between' the young generation takes over, as shown •here., (Ex- positor photo by Phillips). 2 Marchers Brave Storms, Beat March of Dimes Quota Edelweiss Rebekah Lodge, with Mrs. James Rose as Chief Marching Mother, on Tuesday evening completed .the March of Dimes canvass, raising .a to- tal of $625,00. The goal set had been $500.00. Those in charge expressed, appreciation - to all who"tont tributed so generously towards - Pioneer Museum Needs Assistance The newly completed addition to Huron Pioneer Museum cost $13,436, very close to the orig- inal estimate, Curator James Chisholm reported to county council at the January meeting. "With a few more exhibits, there will be very, little room left," he said, "In• another two years I may have to ask you for further expansion. You are get- ting for nothing exhibits worth thousands of dollars.” The past year was the best yet, both in attendance ;and money taken in, Mr. Chisholm said. "We built two buildings and added more valuable exhib- its in 1965 than in any previous year. Attendance---22,162--Wats 470 over that of '11)64.- Wo• took in $6,715, and I do ,net think, the increase .in admission from 35 to 50 cents cut the attend,. once. We had d 69 school groups, with 3,154 children. "I do not think I ever ac - r complished as much work in a Year.I enjoyed it, but I think this year the hours will have to -be cut. Public holidays are big days with us, and 'Sunday to Sunday becomes pretty mon- otonoust I don't see any Way of doing it unless you appoint an assistant. I don't intend to quit if you will keep me on, but the .. hours have got to be changed. I cotild put an assist- ant to work tomorrow morning and he would not run out of Work until a year from now. Twelve or 14 letters •'a day to answer is a job in itself. It is going to take more help to operate the place." Reeve Carl Dalton, Sesforth, a member of the 1966 pro erty committee, said: "I .think p11 the -member -should' ,•go down and compliment Mr. 'Chisholm on his work. We owe him a gredt'debt of gratitude for what he has done." its success, with special thanks to the canvassers, w"Iio so will- ingly carried out their job in the heavy snow. Officials also referred to, The •Huron Expositor for its helpful publicity, and to the •churches in Seaforth and Fgmondville for placing notices of the cam- paign in their church bulle- tins. Those' canvassing were: Mrs. Gar Baker, Mas. Keith Sharp, Mrs, Ed: Andrews, Miss Jean Scott, Mrs, J. C. Cornish, Mrs. Peter Bannon, Beata Markus, Barbara Bryans, Ruth Dunlop, Laurie Bell, Elaine Roberton, Mrs. John McLlwain, Mrs," Ron Driscoll, Mrs. Eldon Hulley, Mrs. George Mellwain, Mrs. William O'Shea, 1Vlrs. Scott flab - kirk, Mrs. Vern Graham, Mrs. Eva McCartney, Mrs. John Kerr, Harold Connell, Bill Bennett, Mrs. Evelyn Mills, Mrs. Annie Harrison, Peggy Fry, Lynn Meg, gach, Mrs. L. B. Melarison, Mrs. Alf Byerman, Mrs, Enos Bosh - art, Mrs'.., Peter Dunlop, Mrs. Robert Huard, Mrs. Andrew Mc- Nichol, Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. Ross Montgomery, Mrs. Damon Stannah, Mrs. Lyle Racho, Mrs. Peter Malcolm, Mrs. Robert Doig, Mrs. Wes Coombs, Mrs. Michael McGrath,•- Mrs. "Ken Barry, Mrs. Keith MacLean, Mrs. Cleave. Coombs, Mrs. Fred Chappel, -Mrs. Margaret Mes- senger, Mrs. Mervin Nott, Mrs. Mildred Shannon, Mrs. Joseph Grummett, Mrs. Jean Baynham, Mrs. Garry Alexander, Mrs. Ada Dale,' Dawn Stephenson, Jan- ette W'atterworth, Judy and Nancy Hulley, Miss Bessie Dav- idson, Mrs. Mae Hillebrecht, Named Head Of S ine ,Club F nk Kling was elected president of the , Blue Water Shrine Club at a meeting Wed- nesday in Zurich. Cromarty arn... Burns A petition seeking creation of a union school section to in- clude a portion of Tuckersmith, and Seaforth touched off a sharp exchange at Tuckersmith- council meeting Tuesday after- noon. The petition' was based on the provisions of Sectioin 45 of the. Public School Act, which per- mits the formation of a union school section which would in, elude parts of a township and an adjoining town. When the petition was receiv The Act Says - - . - Petiti Comm' Sjpgle Copiek, in ceetic $4.00 a Year il% Mvano0: 4 ed, Reeve Elgin Thompson ask- ed sked if it was the wish of coun- cil to fprward it to the Huron ConstiTtative-Committee. Coun- 'cillor Cleave Coombs pointed out the petition had nothing to do with the Consultative Committee, and the section' un- der which , the petition was drawn required° 'eouneil-4o act within 30 days, and appoint an arbitrator who 'would sit on arbitration board. Clerk James McIntosh sug- gested this was no longer the Have Differences On School Petitions Seaforth and Tuckersmith councils on Tuesday Were—Tae- ed :with petitions seeking crea- tion of a union school to in- Seaforth and parts of Tuckersmith and based on Sec- tion 45 of ' the Public, School' Act. Tuckersmith, acting on ad- -vice of representatives of the Department of Education, sent the petition to Huron Consulta- tive Committee. Seaforth checked legal au- thorities and finding the sec - .tions of the Act to still be in effect, acted as advised and named an .arbitrator; Here are the relevant sections of the Public School Act: "45-(1) In a county,,a union school section may' be formed between an urban municipality and a part or parts of one or more townships,__ and in such case the municipality shall be considered as ,an,urban munici- pality. . (2) A union school section may be formed, altered or dis- Fire Tuesday night destroyed a barn on the farm of Lavergne. Wallace, RR 1, Cromarty. Lost in the blaze were six - beef cattle and' eig'bt hogs. The blaze in Hibbert `fpwn ship was fought by fire brigades from Mitchell and Seaforth and by the Blanshard, Hibbert, Ful- larton and Logan brigade. • ' .The ,barn was` an :L-shaped structure. It is estimated that the replacement value of the barn is about $30,000: Although some livestock was lost, Mr. Wallace, his father, John Wallace, and neighbors pitched in to rescue most of the "stock. About 45 head of cattle were removed f to m the burning building. They Were taken to a neighboring farm owned by the Wallace family, I • - The fire was' first noticed about 8:45 p.m. By 11 p.m. the solved on the petition of five ratepayers .from- each of the municipail sties concerned to their respec`;ive councils ask- ing for the formation,' altera- tion or dissolution of the sec- tion. (3) Each of the councils so petitioned shall, within 30 days of the receipt of the petition, appoint an arbitrator who shall not be n membei of the coun- cil, and.the clerk of each mun- icipality concerned shall send a notice..,.pf the appointment to the inspector in the municipal- ity and each such inspector shall also be, an arbitrator. (4) A council may act upon a petition addressed to the councils concerned, or to any two or more of them jointly, if the, petition is signed by• five ratepayers ofthe municipality acting thereon: (5). Where there would other- wise be an even 'number of arbitrators, the judge of the county 'or some: person named by hini shall be. added , •. ," Commissioner R. S. Box, a Worst of repairing a leak, in member since 1962, was ejected the overhead tank is well under chairman of the Publie • Utility Commission at the Comtinission's inaugural meeting Thursday. He succeeds D'Orlean Sills, who has been chairman for the past four eacommission comm ' on approved changes in the discount date for hydro and water bills, in. order to conform with other utilities and in recognition of a new Hydro billing procedure, ' whereby power bills rendered by Hydro are due on the 15th of the-m''bnth. Under the new arrangement, • local -accounts will go out on the first of the month, rather than, on the 10th as, previously, and will be due on the 15th, rather than as before on the 23rd. Manager R. 3. Boussey said the annual inspection and chlor- ination of the underground water reservoir had been car= ried out last week_.by the Hur- on County Health Unit. This R. S. BOX could result in'some. evidence of chlorine being noticed in -midnight 'Saturday, and the water far a. few days, he cold weather was quickly said: ed in ice. way, Mr. Boussey• said. The tank -sprang a small leak about ease . as 'a result of the maim! of ,consultative cop mittee$ 11rit under Bill 54: He said hie•- been advised tit' this etNOt. Department of Education 'ra-- presentatives. Councillors commented op earlier petitions who 1 btu been forwarded to `they Con- tative Committee and reeeipt or which had 'not been acknoWW- edged. "It's' a funny thing we were. not let know when ,.the COfl- mittee was going to sit,", Reeve Thompson said. Councillor For rest said ° he understood the committee had .-taken no action and had not considered the peti. tions. He went . on.. to say that in •discussions •-concerning- school facilities for Egmondville anti Harpurhey, reference .had be.e• made to the high mill rate town. This was not right, he said, and in any event regarr less t .what -.was doper the e would be little difference m,tlle 'school rate as betweeni� rural and urban... , "These people have asked us to do something. We :shoudn't have ' to be. asked. No matter what the legal position, ,it is morally wrong not to act," .he said: Councillor Ervine Sillery felt it was a matter of costs. If pec= ple1 want the privileges, of- Sea - forth they should move there and pay the taxes. If they Want cheaper living; then they move to Tuckersmith. • Pointing out the petition did not concern council, Couneill'br Alex McGregor said the school board ' was appointed 'to. look after -the people as far as schools were concerned, and they should do 'it. References to the extentto which thenew joint -''school board had authority to enter into 'arrangements for a new school prompted ' queries as to what. approval Tuckersmith-had given: Reeve Thompson said it had ' beententative, that no de - ben -tures --had, been issued. Clerk McIntosh referred 4o minutes of an earlier meeting, when council had advised Stan- ley that ' it would assume its share of -debentures for the new school. building collapsed into a heap iV(r., Mrs; Roy Consitt of burning, smouldering rubble. According to Mr. ,,Wallace, there was some insurance cov- erage on :the barn and contents. !fibbed Native Retires in ' Toronto Thomas S. Melady, formerly of Hibbert, who has been, a Separate School-'' Inspector for almost 44 years, retired recent- ly from service with the On- tario Department of Education. After elementary education in •Sepa'rate Schools near St. Columban, Mr. Melady attend- ed Seaforth Collegiate, from which he graduated in 1913. He then went ,.fo the 'Faculty of Education in Toronto where he obtained his Ontario Teach- er's Certificate. Ile taught at St. Miachel's College High School in Toronto, and for sev- eral years as Principal. of a bilingual school at Coniston, neaSudbury. After a term of serve in the Army, he taught in a t'ural school near Eastend, Saskatchewan, where he learn- ed at first hand some of the problems , in education on the prairies. Mr. Melady graduated from the University of Toronto -with the degree. of B.A. in, .I921, -and on December 22nd of that year was appointed,, as Separate School Inspector, with head- quarters at Stratford. His tot- ritory extended from Owen Sound on the north, to Amherst - burg on the south, and includ- ed the rural schools of Huron and Perth, together with the urban schools of Stratford, Sea - forth and Goderich, -In• 1926, Mr. Melady moved to Windsor, where he remained until 1940, when her was ap- pointed as Inspector iif the To- ronto Separate 'Schools, While he was in "Windsor he obtained an M.A, degree from the tlni- (Continued on Page 6) • "We are. actually committed by that motion whether you say so or not," Councillor Forrest commented, Reeve Thompson agreed. "Yes, but we had no choice." "The" school board, was' shock- ed by that motion. They. asked the reeve' to.. go to Goderich and ask for two separate, hoards," Councillor. Forrest ' said, and added 'that the reeve• had not made the request, "' "Don't, tell me there wag ne other 'choice.' That was what. the board wanted," he said. Reeve Thompson recalled the events leading to the request he make re'pres`entations at Goderich. He had spoken to the Con'suitative'• Committee, rather than in council, because the committee was the , only body that could consider the Matter. "If people are going to tell me what procedure 'I take when I .go to Goderich, then they are going fe have to take' it 'up themselves. I was in a hurry in the when Vern Alderdice called me cloth- that morning," (Continued on P -age 6; Ma'rk FIftieth ri es iv - rs ry Mr, and Mrs. Roy Consitt, for I :;d;dett wedding at 'their hone" the home of the bride's parents, many years. well-known Tucker- I in IIensall nn Saturday. j,),A3-, ;ate Mr.' and Mrs. Henry smith residents, celebrated'their l The' coupe ivere married at Zapfe. near Blake, on Jan. $9, 1916 by Rev, Richardson, d# , Kippen, and Rey. Jphnson, of Varna. Mr., Cnnsilt was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. JoITfi Consitt, of Hillsgreen, while his bride of fifty years 'ago is the former Ethel Zapfe. Following the weddin; 'hu couple farmed for four years 'on the Parr Line, north'of Hills- ereen, and then moved to lot 21, con. 4, LRS, Tuckersmith, where they continued to jive until retiring to•• - Hensall 10 years ago. The anniversary was observ- , ed with a family dinner in Zur- ich, ,.and later friends, dropped in to extend congratulations. Among the guests were Mra" Annie Consitt, 96, of Hensel!, and Mrs. William Douglas' of i3rucefleld, who were guests at' the wedding in ,I I6. • Mr. and Mrs. edYisitt have IWO sons; •"Jack - in Itensalr,. and Ray on the home farm its Tucker - smith. There are• seven simile'!;. r'childi+ell. -. 4 '