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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-03-03, Page 1• • Whole No. 5114 107th Year S SEAFORT}1, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1966 --- 12 PAGES' • sin,00h a �tre sin1M"c Elect Milk Marketin ilkMarketin Board A 15 -man milk marketing board for Huron County was elected here Saturday at a six - hour meeting. Representatives from the .16 township in Huron' County nominated 38 men for the posi- tions. • Charles Milton, of Princeton, general secretary -manager of the Ontario Milk Marketing } Board, told the meeting at Sea - forth District High School that separate boards for shippers and producers of fluid, concen- trated and cheese milk had proved unsuccessful. He said the ultimate goal is to establish an aver -all cam- .mittee for Ontario. Elected were: William Al- len, RR 1, Woodham; Jack Armstrong, of Auburn; Martin Baan, RR 3, Walton; Edward Bell, Blyth; Fordyce Clark, RR * • 5, Goderich; Ray Cox, RR 2, Bay- field; Harold Elliott, Bluevale; Harold Erb, Zurich; --Harold Gaunt RR 2, Lucknow; Simon Hallahan, RR 1, Belgrave; John F. MacLennan, RR 3, Goderich; Clifford ,McNeil, RR 6, Gode- rich; Murray Siertsemax, RR, 2, r Blyth; Ross Smith, RR 3, Ethel; -_ Boyd Taylor, RR -_3,. _Walton. Mr. Baan was elected chair- man; vice-chairman is Clifford , McNeil, and secretary -treasur- er, Boyd Taylor. • M 4 4 4 • • Discuss Schedule Seaforth service station op- erators at a recent meeting be- gan discussions which it is ex- pected will lead to agreement on a --schedule- of _ operating _- hours for each station.' The suggestion is that one or two stations will provide service on Sundays and holi- days on a prearranged schedule. Honor Memory Of Teacher The Seaforth Unit of the F.W T.A.O. has set up a mem- orial foundation in memory of Mrs. AgnesMason, to be award - MRS. ACNES AASON Planning For the Big Match Planning for the 1966 International Plowing Match and -Farm Machinery Demonstration at Seaforth in October, had top priority when the Ontario Plowmen's Association held its annual meeting in Toronto last week. While the big match is still several months away, hardly a day goes by without a meet- ing of . one .of the- many, committees connected withplans for the match. . Attending the Toronto meeting in addition to general committee chairmen Gordon Me- Gayin and Larry Snider, were from this area, Warden Ken Stewart, Reeve C. Dalton, Deputy Reeve. Wilmer Cuthill,'J, M.'Scott, William Dennis, W, D. Stephenson, Dr. J. 0. Turnbull, Reeve Stewart Procter, Elston Cardiff; Simon Hallahan, William Perrie, Reeve Ernie Talbot, George Hildebrand. Also present were Amy Stewart,• 1965 Queen of the Furrow, and six mem- bers of the SDHS Girls' Trumpet Band. - Shown above ,are Gordon McGavin, Walton, a director of the OPA,; Norman Barber, Owen Sound, President of the OPA, and Larry Snider, Exeter, co-chairman with Mr. McGavin of the Huron County Committee for the . 1966 International, OUflC11 Passe n New School P. Special Meeting For. Roads . Tuckersmith council will de- vote a special meeting to a discussion of a 1966 road pro- gram. In the meantime, town- ship road superintendent Allan Nicholson will conduct a tour of township .roads and discuss with council areas where work is required, Decision to hold the special meeting was taken .by Council Tuesday as , council discussed the road superintendent's re- port, Mr. Nicholson suggested con- struction hats be purchased, since employees on occasions - were employed in work . where hats were a requirement. Coun- cil agreed and also said a cul- vert railing,,,2.1/2 miles east . of Seaforth,-damaged 5y 'a inotor- ist, should , be repaired. The. work will be done by the motor- ist who had asked 'what action council wished taken. Discussing statutory holidays, council learned eight were re- cognized in other townships. Lookingto the future, Mr. Nicholson suggested council consider equipment require - !tents so that - a planned pur- chasing program could be work- ed out to avoid heavy expendi= titre in any particular year. He pointed out the pickup truck, with 60,000 miles, would soon need to be replaced, and asked what future plans were as to grading and snowplow equip- ment. Certain work also was required at the township sheds: road ed . each year to the best all- around student in Grade VIII of Seaforth Public School. Mrs. Mason was a conscien- tiwes and valued member of Seaforth Public School staff, teaching Grade I for more than 20 years, before her retirement last year, due to ill' health: Youth. Group Aids Minor Hockey St. James' Youth Club presented a gift of money to the Seaforth Minor Hockey group to .aid in their hockey program. In accepting the gift, Harry Scott told of the'problems in carrying on a program and the costs involved. Without donations, he said, minor 'hockey would be at a standstill. Shown here are Mr. Scott, Ann Sills, treasurle•. -of the Youth Club, and Herman Lansink, CYO President. (Expositor,photo by Phillips). John Strong. of CKNX Southern St�tes :Stirred by Problems -of� Integrafion The high drama of life in the American South as the battles of integration are being fought was indicated to members of the Seaforth Lions Club Mon- day, when John Strong, news editor of CKNX, Wingham, re- called a recent- trip through the Southern States. Guests included Tem D. Mc- Millan, Exeter, deputy district governor, who told of the pro- gress and growth.of Lions Clubs •MARRIED 50 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. Alex Roney, of Hibbert, were married 50 years ago Tuesday. Mrs. Roney, the former Let tie Moore, is a' daughter of the late Mr. and MIS: John Moore, of Dublin. The couple were mar- ried at the Moore hone by Rev: T. S. Charleton, of Mit- thell. They Wined 'in, �l ibbert their entire lives. They have three sons, Earl, Franklin and Robert of Hibbert; three daughters, Mrs. Bert (Ethel) Mahaffy, of Staffa; Mrs. John (Edith) Bell, of Seaforth, and Mrs..Roy (Haz- el) Huras, 13.11 1, Sebringville; and 16 grandchildren. Friends and relatives gather- ed at the home of Robert Roney to observe the anniversary. f, Faced with a further petitien seeking creation of a union - school section to include a por- tion of the township and a por- tion of Hay Township and the Village of Hensall, Tuckersmith council Tuesday afternoon, at a meeting in Seaforth, referred the petition to the Huron Coun- ty Consultative Committee.. The petition is the latest in a series with which council has dealt .in recent weeks as rate payers in several areas of Tuck- ersmith resisted a proposal. to join with Stanley Township in the operation of one: large scIioal 'to serve both townships. Like' previous petitions dealt with in February; this was. bas- ed on provisions of sg�etion 45 of the Public- School Act which Seaforth Resident Writes Town History The first in a series' of art-' • in the district. • The draw was Klux Klan is on the rise there, although I'minclined to doubt it very much. Throughout TheSouth, with some spillover into other sections, 15 or so varie- ties of the white -sheeted hate organization actively -recruit members; although compared to the six million men and wo- men who joined in the Klan heyday of the 1920's, today's rnehbership is a sickly shadow. No one seems to know for sure how many Americans have sign- ed up; estimates range all the way from 10 • thousand to 500 thousand. won by L. P. Plumsteel. Introduced by Dave Tremeer, Mr. Strong said•he had attend- ed a convention in Florida and enroute had driven through several racially -torn Southern States. He had experienced in- dications- of itIie suspicion that strong whites or reporters could arouse in certain towns and had been told of the or• deal of certain newsmen at work on stories as authorities attempted to move them from the area. Despite the harassment by of- ficials, progress was being made, he said. - In our wandering through much of the same area of the south, he said, we saw undeniable evidence of racial progress --in- tegrated swimming pools, play- grounds, .hotels, restaarants— and yes, even pt ivate parties. We sensed some of the subtle changes that people say are taking place: the negro South- erners seemed to hold their heads higher than even five short years earlier, while white Southerners they told us, for the most part seemed more re- laxed and confident. One of the many things about the South in the United States that has stuck in my mind, since our trip last fall, and from the trip to Houston, Texas, and New Orleans, Louisiana, the year before,,, was the Ku Klux Klan—an organization which Pm sure you'll agree, most dif- ficult to understand, but very real nonetheless, The Klan Acts We, living in Western On- tario, have no problems with anything of this nature, and thank goodness for that. As a result though I'm sure we tend to belittle some of the stories we hear in this part of North America of the civil rights pWestern and of the Ku Klux •Klan. And they say the Ku Although the FBI has pene- trated nearly all—if not all Klan —these masked and hooded or- ganizations pose a problem and perhaps a threat to most Ameri- cans. The Triple K has long been known as a violence -prone hate group. Referring to proposed work, council agreed the bud- get would allow construction of perhaps 21 miles of• road or replacement of two average 'bridges, or a combination of both.of the school board icles recalling the history of Seaforth begins in this week's issue. Written by Miss Isabelle Campbell',.-uf...Seaforth, the ser- ies provides a detailed story of the town from those early days,. more than a hundred years ago when it was known as Guide Board :Swamp:" • Week by week The stories of those who were among the early settlers who first established the settlement that became Seaforth, and who played active roles during its growth, will be told in the in- teresting style that character- izes Miss Campbell's writing. As a. basis for her history, Miss Campbell has carried on an exhaustive search of early records, as well as lengthy stu- dies in the Huron County reg- istry office: She has spent many hours over several years .poring ,over ea19 volumes of The Hur- on Expositor; extending back to the $60's. In her efforts to en- sure accurracy, she has_ -cor- responded with former • resi- dents and has had ,countless interviews with older citizens of the community. The Story Swamp - signboard - village - town—such>y were •the stages connected with the early history of Seaforth. Well known as the author of histories dealing with Hibbert Township, Miss Campbell has permits formation of a union choo1 section which wouAnt ld elude Part of a toWns1lp«'The act requires a eounGal to, aPr point att arbitrator.. wi1bin 30 days of receiving: a Petition, • The action. to Send the; _peti, tion to Goderich was taken, de spite the fact That m9ments be- fore council. had, been advisr,.d by J. H. Kincaid, secretary of the Huron Consultative Conte mittee and public _school inspec- tor, that petitions could not be dealt with by the consultative committee. The petitions' from -areas -Su- rounding. Harpurhey. and Eg- mondville had been sent by council following the February meeting to the consultative com- mittee. He returned the earl- lier petitions to the coun- cil, but council took :.no..action' concerning them. Reeve Thomp- son otold council the petitioners had taken it out of council's hands since they had applied to Goderich. He was referring to a reference in the Public School Act that provides that. re' a municipal council fails- - to act; an appeal may be made to county council, who in -turn may appoint an arbitrator. Councillor Ross Forrest ask- ed how ..this was known. He understood it was a responsi- bility of council ....to ,act. The reeve told him that he had been advised by Mr. Kincaid. went up to see what was doing when I gqt back, and to ask him what we should de-- he said. -- Councillor Forrest stressed the fact that Tuckersmith-coun- cil had 30 days in which to act. "We should have._acted at the last meeting, but we didn't, . and we should act now," he said. Councillor Alex McGregor didn't agree. "I don't agree. This is a school . board .problem," he MISS ISABELLE CAMPBELL also written stories of a num ber of area churches and or ganizations. -of Seaforth said, Recall Earlier Meeting Mr. Forrest asked council to recall the meeting . that had been held with the school board a 'year ago when at that time While in the States each,,year for the past five years, I have asked many people and fellow newsmenhow the Klan ever came about, for what purpose, and for -what end. And it's a .subjeet no one seems to want to talk about too much. , It -was on Christmas Eve, 1865, shortly after the guns fell silent in the American Civil War, that a half dozen young men in Pulaski, Tennessee, de- ckled to form a club. All were ex -Confederate officers accus, tomed to . danger and excite- lnent. For something ,to do, they donnedbedsheets and pil- lowcases and rode through the countryside at night. They soon found their antics terrified gul- lible. negroes: Other white men joined the club to keep the new emanci- pated negroes 'Sin line" and the Klan was born. It was,.put on a socalled national basis in 1867 with General Nathan Bedford FQcrest as its first Imperial Wiz- ard. However, the only •general order Forrest ever issued W the Klan was' in 1869, and that for (Continued on Page 7) While bridges were outdated, they were not necessarily in bad shape. On the other hand, cer- tain roads required work, par -1 ticularly along the second con:- cession. This was the most heavily travelled road. in the township, but in the past it. had pot been possible to do much building and widening be- cause • of telephone pole lines. Council awarded the contract for crushing and laying 20,000 yards of stone on township roads to George F. Elliott Con-, strtiction; of Clinton, at 92c per cubic yard. Material will come -from Jackson, F6wler, Dale, Passmore and Venner pits. If material is used from Van der, Vliet's ;pit, the price will be reduced by 3c a cubic yard. The Elliott bid, was one 'of; two, the other being Sandy Con- struction Co., of Goderich, at 96c per cubic yard. Accept Warble Fly Bids Bid of Aubrey Eckmeyer, Eg- Inondville, for 600 pounds war- ble fly pewder at $4.75 per 15- pound bag, was accepted. iTwo other bids were H. Cooper, Exe- Hubert Cooper, Exeter, the bnly bid for the spraying kb at 10 cents a bead, was accept- ed. Andrew -CrOzier, RR 2, Sea - forth, was named inspector at $1.35 an hour. The other bid was Robert Upshall, RR 3, Sea - forth, at $1.50 per hour. Struck By Tree Limb When a limb of a tree he was cutting struck him and knock= ed him to the ground, George Kruse, of the Tuckersmith road staff," suffered a slight concus- sion. He is confined to his home. Mr. Kruse, with Roy Mc- Geoch , was trimming trees along the 8th concession last Thursday afternoon when the accident occurred. After Colonel I Anthony VanEgmond's helpers, under the majority had asked council to release his strrervision,'opened up the Huron Tract in 1828 by the' area south of 'Kippele so chopping a trail along the Huron Road through to. Gode- that if could es accommodated rich, trekkers. -.followed this trail on foot, horseback, or at Hensall• He'said at that time by vehicles drawn by oxen, However, all -of these were; the advice -of "the school board discouraged from turning aside to investigate the quali- ;was refused, and.: ---contended ties—good or bad—of what was later the site of the that to be consistent, council hada responsibility tb act now town of Seaforth because of a signboard, at first fasten=' on its owns without necessarily Beavers Set Fior Playoffs Seaforth Beavers open a -best four -out -of -seven series with Lunn on Tuesday, March 8, in Seaforth. Winner of the series advanc- es to the AIl-Ontario playdowns. ed to a large maple tree, and later to a post at the referring the matter ..to -.the-. crossroads. The'sign, "Guide Board Swamp", with a school board. ,hand pointing the way and stating • the mileage to! Referring to the earlier peti- Egmondville, Goderich and Ainlayville, now known as tions. Councillor Erwin Sillery Brussels, was enough to discourage and hasten theme suggested emphasis should be on their way to greener fields. So it was that for years placed on the fact that the pet-- the that an area great - the swamp, flat and soggy, remained a desolate area; er than just at an aville and except for the sound of wild life, such as the croaking Harpurhey be included with of the frogs, the song of the birds rustle of Seaforth. What •was proposed, (Continued on Page 5) he said, was a large section •of the township. Discussion revealed that should the matter go to arb'i= tratiorl, all or only a portion of the areas requested could be inca unio, - cause aluded petition •referrendsectiontoBea' • (Continued on Page 6) and the KIM ROBERTS, Guelph, and Bruce Brady, who will skate at the Seaforth Carnival, March 1lth. Kim and Bruce are Silver Medallists, Runners-up in the S.W. Ontario Junior Pairs Competition, and representative in the Canadian Figure Skat- ing Championships in Peterborough. They also won the Bronze Medal at the Lake Placid International Competitions last August. . Red Cross Sets Campaign The annual campaign of the Seaforth Red Cross Society gets under way this month, accord- ing to ltrs. W: E. Butt, the local president. Headed by L. F. Ford as cam- paign chairman the fund rais- ing efforts will continue throughout the month and will -1 Assisting r inSeaforth the Ccampaign, in charge of areas, are Mrs. Jas. Belly, Rev. J. Ure Stewart, Mrs: 1 erne Dale, Mrs Keith Sharp, Mrs. Lillian Kerslake .and Chas. Wood. Wins Prizes - On TV. Show Taking part in a recent TV 'show in Montreal, Mrs. Howard Armitage, of that city, won a series of valuable prizes, in- cluding a $300 kitchen range. The program, "It's _Your Move," filmed in Montreal some weeks ago, appeared on a Kit- chener station this week. The - prizes included, in addition to the'range, an umbrella set, 25 long-playing records, a ,year's supply at` baby shoes, a wrist watch, and a set of oven cook- ware. ookware. • 1Vfts. Armitage is the former Phyllis Bryans, daughter of Dr.. and Mrs. Russ T ryans, of Sea. forth.