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The Huron Expositor, 1966-03-17, Page 1w 4 • ti • • • Whole No. 5116 107th Year Plan Sales Clinic For Merchants Norvin Allen, vice-president of Canadian Media Services, na- tional sales promotion firm, will present a Capsule Course in "Human Relations and Selling Your •Customer," at a dinner meeting in. the Seaforth Legion Hall, -Tuesday, March 29. The dinner meeting will be a kick-off to an eight-week area wide trade promotion designed to '.sell the hone town as a regional shopping district, to teach store business proprietors and salespeople ways and means of increasing sales, and to move merchandise • and services through increased customer traffic and better contact from salespeople. teed as Advertised." Every mer- chant and service organization in Seaforth and district will be given an opportunity to par- •ticipate ii this event. Merch- ants and salespeople particular- ly will .benefit from this out: standing sales clinic. If for any reason you are overlooked, please call The Huron Exposi- tor and you will be contacted immediately. The event is sponsored by The Huron Expositor. Allen has conducted similar promotions in over 500 com- munities throughout the United States, and isnow conducting retail trade promotion for Can- adian merchant groups through Canadian...Media Services, with offices in London, Ont, Prior to his association with sales promotion firms he taught ---public speaking -at the Univers- ity' of Oklahoma, was 'vice-presi- dent and general manager of Consumers Research Institute of. Oklahoma, and later was the department head of the School of Broadcasting, Wichita Uni- versity, Wichita, Kansas. He has been highly recommended by newspapers, broadcasters and Chamber of Commerce man- agers., All state that he has been of tremendous help to their towns, and that he furnishes practical and comprehensive sales material that will fit any _retail sales situation. Area, merchants .are invited to join the shoppers of this trade territory to shop in their. home town during this "Bazaar of Values." Sponsors of this progratir try promote good customer rela- tions will be identifiedby a two-colored poster in their win- dows which reads: "Shop Here For Bazaar of Values, All Mer- chandise and Services Guaran- -- Mother Is Top, S eller Seaforth Home & School met .in the public school auditorium Tuesday. evening. Mrs: 'O. "Oke .presided. • Mrs. Williatii'• `N, "Ball• was named champion following a "spelling' bee"between students of -Grades 7 and 8 and their parents. _Taking part were Mrs. W. Ball vs. Marl; Mrs. J. Har vey vs. David;.. Mrs. R. Broome vs. Larry; Mrs: F. Roberton vs. Elaine; Mrs. B. McLean vs. —Mary Atine; Mr. L. Boshart vs. Eleanor, and Mr. G. Moggach vs. Paul. • Miss J. Schmidt introduced the guest- speaker, Frank Clif- ford, B.A., M.S., Science Depart- ment Head, of Stratford Teach- ers' College,who spoke on Sci- ence in Elementary Grades, tak- ing as his sub -title, "The Liv- ing Subject," Using pictures, model s, charts, practical experiments and application of what was proven in the experiments, he showed the, group of parents how science, must be taught by a definite• method in order that the course' from kindergartens to grade' 8 will be related. Mr. Clifford was thanked by Mrs. William Hodgert. The class attendance award went to Grade 8. Mr.. G. Moggach won the question of the month. • Begin Office Project Work has commenced in con- verting the former Seaforth Shoes building to office accom- modation for Topnotch Feeds Limited, general manager Gar- net Stockwell said this week. "Topnotch bought the South Main Street building from the townlate last year. Plans call for the 'order portion of the building to be demolished, and the remainder to be remodel- led into modern office facilities. Free Calls to Dublin-' Long distance charges will be removed from telephone calls placed between Seaforth and Dublin when dial telephone ser-. vice " is introduced in Dnhblin within the next two years. W. W. Haysom; Bell of Can- ada manger in this area, said that Seaforth residents gener- ally appear to welcome such an arrangement: This was indicat- ed in an earlier study of the long distance calling pattern between the exchanges and was upheld in replies to letters sent to customers in February .out- lining ' the proposal. Although two years may seem a long time in the future, Mr;- `4-Iaysom explained that the en- gineering, designing and con- struction of the new equipment and the facilitieAs must be be- gun now. They must all be co- ordinated with the Dublin pro- gram in order that all will be completed on the proper date. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1966 -- 12 PAGES HIGHLIGHT OF EVERY YEAR' for,figure"skaters is the annual carnival, and this year was no exception. The 16th annual ---carnival at the Arena Friday .evening featured "The 'Mid- way," under the direction of Wm. Windever, with local members, assisted by championship slaters, Miss Kim Roberts and Bruce Brady. Shown here in their .colorful customs are junior skaters, Susan Kunder, Marion Smale, Tracy Baker and Debbie McPherson, as they prepared to go on the ice. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Car Skids; Crashes. Light When a car driven by Wm. Cronin, RR 4, Seaforth, went out .of control on an .icy road early Saturday 'morning, a con- crete' street lighting standard on North Main Street was knocked down. Damage • was estimated by police at more than $1,000. The •accident was investigated by, Constable K. Ruston. Lions. 'Talk Pans For Corning Events The annual rural relations dinner of the Seaforth Lions Club is being held Monday eve- ning, March 28, in the Com- munity Centre. The speaker will be Harvey Beattie, of Cold Springs Farms, former well- known Seaforth resident. Admission to farmer guests is free and is by ticket only. Tickets are available at Top- notch and Co=op Qn; a first-come basis. The committee in charge,ii- cluding Frank Kling, Irvin Tre- wartha, L. F. Ford, Wm. Ball and 'Wm. Hart, in addition, is planning an outstanding pro- gram. Seaforth Lions Monday eve- ning discussed plans for assist- ing at the International Plow- ing Match here in October. Lee Learn heads a committee nam- ed to plan for • the 'event. With the annual summer carnival less than four months. away, general chairman G. A. Whitney said his committee had had several meetings to com- plete details. As was the case last year, special emphasis will be placed on' the July 1st af- ternoon program. At the same time, an entirely new program concept for each of the three nights is being d'e'veloped, be said. The advance sale of admis- sion tickets is expected to get under way -before the end of the month. Gate prizes this year are a color TV,a" black and white TV, and a hi-fi set. The carnival opens June 29th and continues for three nights. Doug Rowcliffe and Dave Tre-- meer, who are planning the Lions pre -Easter ham bingo in the Legion Hall on March 25th, said advance sale of tickets was encouraging. Frank Kling, chair- man of the Farmers' Night pro- gram, March 28,, reminded mem- bers of that event. 'DESIGNED 70 PREPARE area people to meet enjeigencies, an eight-week course has been under why at SDHS each Monday night. Conducted by officers of the St. John Ainbu• lance Brigade, the course covers in detail accepted first aid ,practises, and is being taught. to a class of more than twenty, ' Shown here as they practice are (left) Eldon Hulley; Tom Wilbee, Mrs: L. B. *e1anson and Mrs. Les' Habkirk. (Expositor photo by Phillips), - • e. HEAR CHIEF'S DESCENDANT AT INTERNATIONAL NIGHT The great-granddaughter of the famous chieftain of the Six Nation Indians, Jos. Brant, will be guest speaker of the UCW of Northside United Church when that organization celebrates In- ternational Night on Tuesday of next week. , Mrs. Ethel Brant Monture is on the staff of the Canadian Council of Christians and .Tews. The council has long been in- terested in . the Canadian In- dian, having conducted studies in non -Indian relationships in many centres across 'Canada. As a • result of Mrs. Monture's contribution, • the council' is working to assist the develop: merit of leadership within` the Indian community and with im- •proved Indian leadership, cul- tivating . better relations be-, tween Indians and non -Indians. Born on the Indian Iroquois Reservation at Brantford, Mrs. Monture received her education there and has .never lost touch with her people. She is the author of several books, and, as Name Winning Speakers Bill Bousser Was senior win- ner and Mary Oke was junior winner in the Public speaking contest sponsored by the Sea - forth Legion Tuesday night. Both will go to the Zone • Cl final's in Blyth this Saturday. They are pupils at Seaforth Public School. The speaking ;contest Tues- day evening was between Sea - forth and ;McKilop Township schools. Danny O'Rourke 'of SS 1, Mc- Killop, was senior runner-up, and Mary Jean Fry, of Seaforth public school, was junior run- ner-up. Judges- were Miss Marion Scarlett, Rev. Alan Scott and Rev. J. T. Saigeon. D'Orlean Sills, Legion presi- dent, and Mrs... Cleave Coombs, Ladies Auxiliary president, Seaforth History Qn Page 5 A 'further instalment of the History of Seaforth, by Miss Belle Campbell, appears on page 5 off this issue.. OUUCIl Area Drain Pro single Copies, 10 Ceuta. $4.90. a Year in, Advanca Representatives of McKillop and Tuckersmith councils meet- ing with Seaforth council Mon- day night agreed that action should be initiated . to tidy up a water disposal problem coni-; mon to the . three municipali- ties. Subject ofiscussion for many years, the flooding on the eastern, area of Seaforth _origin- _ ates with water from McKillop passing into anal through Sea - forth and emptying into Silver Creek in Tuckersmith. Through the years, various expediencies have been adopted to correct a problem in a particular 'pea - lion, only with 'the -result the problem was passed on to an- other location. Discussion -re- vealed ;the apparent solution was to bring anengineer onto the project to study the overall picture and present a report, so that' a suitable bylaw could be pteparFd. • .. The question was raised when Reeve Ken Stewart and- Coun- cillor William Dennis, of Mc- Killop, told council that Mc- Killop had•been presented with a petition signed by a number of Seaforth and McKillop pro- perty owners, asking action be taken., It was the feeling of McKillop council that when ac- tion was' taken it should be as' a result of agreement on the 'part of the three municipali- ties involved. Reeve Elgin Thompson; of Tuckersmith, who also, was present, said that certainly Tuckersmith would co- operate. Seaforth council in indicating its willingness to act pointed out that a study of the 'drain- age requirements of Seaforth recently had been completed, and suggested this would form a basis for providing a passage for the water across the town. Council agreed to await the sub- mission of a further petition to determine whether the action was .to be initiated by Seaforth or McKillop. Name New Constable Appointment of John Sinno- man, of. Wroxeter, as constable, was recommended .by the po- lice committee and approved by council. Constable Sinnoman commenced work Tuesday. The -appointment beca'ine necessary when the previous, appointee, John English, resigned after serving for less than a week. Constable Sinnoman, who is 29, expects to move with his fam- a lecturer has' appeared' across Canada and the United States. She is regarded as one of the great living authorities --of In- dian culture and history. The . meetings is open and the UCW has extended an invita- tion to all who are interested to attend. In addition to her address, Mrs. Monture will have can display a number of articles of Indian crafts. ily of three children ' to Sea - forth shortly, His salary was set at $3,200. Reporting for the committee, chairman Harry Donaldson said a .request for remuneration for 544 hours worked in lieu of statutory holidays and time off by Chief Gordon Hulley had been considered at a meeting off the ' committee, -beat_ it Was felt a decision sheuld be taken by council as a whole. Chief Hulley pointed out that this time arose during the periods when the poke department'was reduced to two men. The com- mittee chairman 'said a decision was necessary since the matter had been hanging for some con- siderable time. He said it was generally recognized each man should not be required to work. more than eight hours a day, and each should have a full day free each -week without being required to stand by. Con the other hand, it was necessary to study. __what is .-inv-olvedd in_ the _ contract with Chief Hulley and to determine the amount of po- licing that the council' considers necessary. • Councillor Dinsmore said that the hours which Chief Hulley was claiming did not represent overtime, but rather days off and statutory holidays which he had not received. Councillor Betty Cardno observed that when on salary, time doesn't count. Usually if the boss is good, she•said, he sees that you don't work too much overtime. On the suggestion of Mayor Flannery, . council went into committee of the whole and dis- cussed details of 'the problem, and when the committee arose without ,having made a report, a motion by Councillors • Dins- more and Cardno proposed that Chief Hulley'be paid at the rate of $1.50 an hour for the 544 hours he had worked during.. 1965. Supporting the motion were. Councillors• • -Donaldson, Cardno, Hildebrand and Dins- more; and against were. Reeve Dalton, Deputy Reeve Cuthill, Councillor Kelly ' and Mayor Flannery, As the Mayor voted, he commented that he "guessed it was all tied." Councillors Hildebrand and Dinsmore protested that the Mayor did- not have a vote on a question unless there had pre- viously been a tie vote, but Clerk Ernie Williams, on check- ing 'statutes, ruled the Mayor had voted properly,' and that the tie vote resulted in the mo- tion being negatived; Councillor Donaldson suggest, ed the whole matter of policy 'covering overtime, statutory holidays, time off, and the de- gree of policing necessary, re- quired further study and that the matter should be brought up at another meeting. Reporting for the Welfare and Industrial Committee, Mrs. Cardno said a Meeting with Mc- Killop, Tuckersmith and the Chamber of Commerce had been held last'week and all had been represented except Tuck- ersmith. Thee, purpose had been to hold preliminary discussions in connection with the creation, of an- industrial committee, and a further meeting was planned for March 30. Reporting for the Public Works Committee, Councillor James Kelly said difficulty was. being experienced as a result of the height of sidewalks 'above the pavement in certain: • :' areas, and this meant that cars 1, -- going in laneways were having • tailpipes damaged. It was agreed the.committee would check cas- es that existed and 'attempt to find a solution. Town,Hall Repairs The last time the exterior of the•fTown Hall was repaired was in 1953, and additional work is required. The contrac- tor who is to work on the wa- ter tower suggested he could carryout certain repairs, but council.„•before,; Making a deci- sion, agreed to obtain' other prices: • Council approved addition of modern street lights in a num- ber of areas . as had been pro- posed by the PUC at an earlier meeting. When the program is carried out, high intensity light- ing will then be installed on all streets. leading from Main St., as well as on the streets serv- ing the• churchesr .-,schools--,and public buildings. A grant of $1500, including $500 for maintenance and $1000 for capital work, was approved for the Seaforth Limos Park. Mayor Flannery recalled, ,the town for several years had co- operated with the Park, and pointed out the work which had been done there, and how the Park served the "town. A grant of $25 was approved for the.. Huron Historical Society to as- sist with the creation of a room 'in the Goderich Museum, and the Chamber of Commerce was• given a grant of $200. Discussing a letter from Dr. J, D. Harvey in connection with the completion of an easement for the sewer lateral to serve •the hospital, Reeve Dalton told council some work remained to be done in that area. He said the contractor had agreed to carry out additional work. The Clerk is to write Dr. Harvey, ppinting out the steps that were planned. (Continued on Page 6) OFFICERS OF SEAFORTH Farmers Co-operative are shown following the annual meeting Thursday. . Lloyd Stewart, RR 1, Clinton (left) . is vioe-Rresident; Warden Haney, RR 4; Sea - forth (centre) succeeds Gordon Elliott as president, while Donald Dodds, RR 2, Seaforth. was re-elected secretary. (Expositor photo by Phillips). ' Seaforth Co-op Reports Successful Operation Members of the Seaforth Farmers Co-operative reviewed their activities at their annual meeting at Egmondville United Church Thursday evening. The Co-op was formed here 24 years ago: In reviewing,- the financial statement which covers eleven months of operation, Donald Stockton, representing the aud- iting..fi:rm,-pointed out that cur- rent' assets, property and equip- ment owned by the Co-op, were up, but that investments were down slightly. Total sales afriounted to $442,498, Julian Smith, of United Co- operative, Toronto, in charge Of CICO marketing, discussed changes facing co-operative op- erations and,, the• necessity'' of local co-ops adapting their op- erations' to recognize changes in procedures and in customs. He poinied out thbt even though a co-operative has the same number of emp:ogees doing the same amount of work as form- erly, the,cost is steadily increas- ing. Machinery becomes obso- lete very quickly and must be replaced. If co-ops are to con- tinue to prosper, they must be ready to change with the times. Gerald Logger, manager of the local Co-op, presented , an award to Neil Gemmell, of Kip: •pen, recognizing the 41I cham- pion heifer calf which he had exhibited at Seaforth Fall Fair. During the meeting reference was made to the honor brought to the -area by two of the direc- tors, when ll„ S+ McKercher, RR 1, Dublin, was elected first vioe-president of UCO, and Lloyd Stewart. RR 1. Clinton. who was chosen to represent the zone on the Hugh Bailey tour, which takes in some of the larg- er UCO distribution centres across Ontario. Gordon Elliott, .who serried as president last year and who presided at the meeting, and R. S. McKercher were not elig- ible for re-election, and in "their place members elected Wilfred Coleman, RR 4, Seaforth, and ,Robert E. McMillan, RR 2, Sea - forth. Donald Dodds was re- elected for a three-year term. At a subsequent meeting of the directors, Warden Haney was named president; Lloyd Stewart was elected vice' -presi- dent, and Donald Dodds, secre- tary- Other directors are Steph• n Murray, 1tR 2, Walton, and John O1'dfleld, Alt 4, Seaforth, Well Known 'Merchant Passes A well-known ,Seaforth busi- nessman and life-long resident died in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, on Friday. Willard H. Elliott; 76, had been ill for three months. - Un- til his retirement in 1959 he had operated Elliott's Restaur- ant, since carried on by his son, James Elliott. A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Elliott., he was born and educated in, Seaforth. Dur. ing his lifetime here he took an active interest in the com- munity and was particularly in- terested in sports. Surviving • are his wife, the former Mary A. Charles; one daughter, Mrs. Harold (Alma) Chesney, Seaforth; two sons, James. W., Seaforth, and John H., of Waterloo; and one bro- ther, Oliver, of 34 Argyle St., Stratford, The funeral service was held Monday at 2:00 p.m. at the rt. S. Box funeral home, Seaforth, with Rev.' Douglas 0. Fry, of First Presbyterian Church, of- flciating. Temporary entomb- ment was in "Pioneer Memorial Mausolern, Seaforth, Pallbearers were Charles Mae- Kay, Earl M itgoniery, Harvey , McLlwaiti, Arthur Powell Sack Dorrattee and John Ptti'iiittan, li lowerbearers were Sid +b#1* melt, Marshall SteWatt, Robert Soynt and 1. Cleatyi