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The Huron Expositor, 1966-05-12, Page 1• • • • • • • • '4 4 • • 1 a. • I Whole No. 5124 107th Year SEAFORTII, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1966 - 16 PAGES • Slagle Copies,. *0 Cent.' $4,00 a Year * Advance• Seaforth Joins in. SponsQring Buffet' The International Plowing Match, to be held in McKillop at Seaforth, Oct. llth to 14th, kept turning up in the discus- sion at Monday night's town council meeting. 'The council agreed to pay one- third of the total vcost of a reception and buffet, June llth, following a sod -turning cere- mony to mark the start of work at the plowing match site. Coun- cil set a limit, of $250 on what they would spend. Suffers Serious Injuries Norman Young, a 44 -year-old construction worker of Seaforth, was seriously injured Monday in Grand Bend when he plung- ed 20'feet from an exterior wall at a filtration plant for the Lake Huron pipeline. He was described by Victoria Hospital officials atLondon in "fair" condition with head in- juries, -a broken nose, a broken right ankle, broken ribs and face cuts. Vincent Lynch, construction superintendent for Piggott Con- struction Co., of Dashwood, said the accident occurred while workmen were removing wOod- en runways from a concrete wall poured on Saturday. Mr. Young received 'enierg- ency treatment at the scene by Dr. Valdymir DaSh- wood. He was rushed. in an ambulance to hospital- in Lon- don with a police escort. A letter from the Hpron County Committee for the Plow- ing match asked the town to share the cost with the commit- tee and with Meltillop Town ship. It said there would`.be between 150 and 200 netions at the ceremony, including Pro- vincial cabinet ministers, area officials and representatives of county and provincial newspa- • pers, as well as of radio and television stations. • Council agreed that the match is generating much favorable publicity for Seaforth, •and for this reason co-operation on this opening event was in order. A suggestion by Councillor G. Hildebrand that provision be made for an entrance into the match site from the west end of town, sparked a general.dis- cussion on traffic arrangements for the match. Mayor Flannery said he un- derstood traffic was to be di- rected north from No. 8 High- way before it reached town, and he was concerned the town would be by-passed. It was ex- plained traffic experts -had stu- died the matter and hat such an arrangement was necessary, otherwise the number of cars in Seaforth at Match time would be such as to bring traf- fic tb a standstill. There would be no lack of traffic in town de- spite the suggested re-routing. R; T. Bolton said he would dis- cuis Councillor Hildebrand's auggestion at the'next meeting of the county executive coin mittee. Mr. Bolton, chairman of the parade 'committee, said re- quests had been sent to mayors and chambers of commerce in the 'area to enter floats in the daily parade that will ' be held during the plowing Match. Anniversary Services Mark 1904 Renovation.,, First Presbyterian Church, Seaforth, will hold a special service of worship on Sunday to mark the 62nd anniversary of an extensive renovation and re- building of the present church, completed° in 1904. It was in that • year that the nave of the church was changed from a rectangular shape, with straight pews facing - south, to the present semi -circular nave with pews facing east. The west wing - of the Sanctuary was also• add- ed the same year. • Rev. David J. Crawford, B.A., B.D., minister- of Knox Presby- terian Church, Listowel, will be the guest miniater. Mr. Craw- ford received his arts degree from 'the University of Water- loo and his Bachelor of Divinity degree at Knox, College, Toron- to. He served one year as as- sistant chaplain at .Camp Bor- den and ministered in Alberta ORVILLE WKS was eleet- ed Grand Superintendent for District No. 6 of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Canada. in the Province of Ontario, at the annual eonvention heid ln TorontO recently. for eight years, in churches at Medicine Hat and Edmonton. While in Alberta. he was moder- ator of the Synod. of Alberta. He was called to Knox Church, Listowel, in 1963 and at present he is the Clerk of the Presby- tery of Stratford. Mr.. Craw - ford's anniversary 'address is en- titled: "When Faith is Chal- lenged." THERE IS NO DOUBT that a new mirror, donated by the Seaforth Women's Institute to Seaforth Community Hospital, really works. Here, retiring president Mrs. Leonard Strong (left) looks on, as Mrs. R., Primeau, of the hospital staff, and Mrs. Mac Scott, incoming. president of the Institute, try out the mirror. Visitors find the mirror a welcome addition as they approach the patients' wing. (Expoaor photo by Phillips). - Share SthOoi Appeal Costs Also Designated Area :Plea Seaforth 'town council agreed at their Monday meeting to pay one:half of the fee of the lawyer who represented the ' Tucker - smith protest committee in the appeal concerning the -school which Egmondville and Harpur- hey pupils would attend. Solicitor J. K. Hunter's fee for the appeal is $300. In, sup- porting the move, to pay $150, Reeve C. Dalton said he was not ashamed of what they had done on the school issue: • Clerk E. Williams said the protest group started out with approximately 100 persons but they only collected money from a number of, them. After the appeal failed it •was difficult to collect any. money from 'the rest of the group. % Support Bid for • Community Colleges Seaforth District High School Board decided at their meeting May 3rd, to support Stratford's bid to have one of Ontario's planned Community Colleges built there. There will be 18 provincial colleges of applied arts and technology built, with one of them to serve Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington coun- ties. Huron County Council pre- viously had made a bid for a college, and this had been en- dorsed by Seaforth council. The board also approved a -re- quest by Principal L. Plumsteel for a salary increment increase this year of $1,000. The agreed 1 -annual increment had been $500, but Mr. Plumsteel asked for ' the additional $500 to bring his Isalary in line with the other similar positions in the area. The board left the maximum salary for the principal at $13,500. The board was asked by the Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton to confirm the per- centage of Seaforth students who would be attending that school for vocational training:, The board decided on the pres- ent rate of 15 per cent. The board announced they have hired Donald MacLean as the new caretaker. Other business discussed by council included a decision to support the town of „Mount For- est's brief to obtain approval for an enlarged area as a slow growth area, including Huron County. Mount Forest spearheaded an organization including 33 muni- cipalities' -*high .is attempting to .get. the terms of'. reference used to designate a slow growth area changed so that the muni- cipalities will be part of this area. In a letter -to council, the Mount Forest committee said at present the basis for determ- ining a slow growth area is' al- most solely unemployment, which is not great in the coun- ty. However, the letter said many - people • residing in the minty are forced to find work outside of Huron, and that many young people leave because they cannot find suitable- work here. The letter added it would be a tough campaign to get the legislation changed and the committee must have . more money. It said '15 of the mun- icipalities who had attended the original meeting had already given their $200. Seaforth council agreed to share the cost and approved a $200 payment. The general feel- ing of council was that if the committee is successful it would be well worth the money spent. Council also -agreed to pay the levy of $395.51 to the Mait- land Valley Conservation Auth- ority. The levy is pro -rated bas- ed on the population. Council authorized Clerk E. Williams, Mayor'J. Flannery and Reeve Carl Dalton to attend the county municipal meeting, to be held in Brussels, May 26th. Area Merchants Join •Major Selling Event Seaforth area merchants dis- playing "Bazaar of Values" pos- ters have joined together .to make this week a great big sell- ing event. You can read of and listen to the big city sales at- tractions, but none of them will compare with the values to be found here. No single merchant could or would undertake such a tremen- dolls sales event as the merch- ants displaying "Bazaar of Va- • lues" posters are conducting. • Check the "Bazaar of Values" !pages in this week's edition of The Huron Expositor, and you will find many useful items that you need and_ould like to have at money.svit'pii. Items Poe All Occasiops These merchants are not at- tempting to dispose of distress merchandise. They are offer- ing values on merchandise for the home, automobile and for personal use. Study the items advertised on the "Bazaar of Values" pages for all your fam- ily needs. Shop these stores for the merchandise you want and, need but heretofore thought you. couldn't afford. ," The 'values anci Anality of the merchandise described on the "Bazaar af Values" pages should excite the imagination of the - most discriminating b u y e r. Come and see for yourself. Stretch Your Family Budget While the merchant is sacri- ficing his profit, you stretch your budget by shopping here this. week. Take advantage of these outstanding values. It .will pay you to shop Sea - forth this week. All merchan- dise is guaranteed as advertised by the following merchants: Geo. A. Sills & Sons S. Shinen Wilkinson's LGA. Seaforth Foodland Crown Hardware Graves' Wallpaper Store Read's Shoes & Luggage Stewart Bros, Ross Motors Topnotch Feed Limited Nnstett Jewellers Seaforth Farmers Co-op Main Street Variety Gingerich Sales & Service Irvin's Hardware McGonigle's Lucky Dollar Bill O'Shea Men's Wear riall•Macaulay Ltd. Canadian Tire in Boyes' Farm Equipment Smith's Superior Foods Miller Motors Keating's Pharmacy Seaforth Motors Larone's MacDonald's Shoe Staffen's Flowers 'Donald G. Eaton John A. Cardno Savauge's Jewellery Rowcliffe Motors G. A. Whitney Furniture Frank Kling Ltd. F.Red Vantyghem Fina Service MeGavin Farm Equipment Goettler's Market (Dublin) Store W. E. Sout'hse Dies in Nospitall W. E. Southgate, well known Seaforth businessman, died late Wednesday afternoon in Sea - forth Community Hospital, fol- lowing an illness of- nearly a year. Resting at R. S. Box Funer- al Chapel until Friday, when ser- vices will be held at St. Thomas' Anglican Church at 3 p.m. Inter - merit will follow in Maitland bank cerifetery, • talemt in or Centennial PIan With Canada's, Centennial been included in the previous arena area project, but council agreed Councillor Hildebrand should obtain estimates to re - Pair, paint it and to improve the lighting,. Clerk Williams said the town would not receive grants from the federal and provincial gov- ernments to renovate the round- house because grants are given only for projects involving something new. However, a grant could possibly be receiv- ed if the roundhouse was de- clared an historical building. The 'federal and provincial Year less than eight months away, Seaforth Council still IS undecided as to plans for the eccasion. Discussion for nearly an hour Monday evening reveal- ed a decision was as far re- moved as ever. Centennial suggestions were first considered nearly two years ago and. agreement was thought to have been reached last year when council, by resolution, ac- cepted a recommendation of a citizens' committee it had ap- pointed to consider the matter. The proposal then approved pro- vided fot the rehabilitation of the area surrounding Memorial Arena, including the agricul- tural grounds' and roundhouse, as • well as a small addition to the Arena to provide the basis of what, at a later date, would be a new entrance to the arena and community centre. The pro- posal was based on work con- tinuing in ari orderly fashion over a number of years as funds were made available. When the project was approv- ed last summer, council 'author- ized architectural and engineer- ing studies, and several hun- dreds of dollars already have been spent in fees for this work. The arena area propesal, was the second to be considered. Earlier, development of Victoria Park had been approved and re- commended to provincial of -- Centennial plans bogged down when requests for .information made by the Province were not referred to the Centennial Com- mittee and remained unanswer- ed for seyeral months. The Cen- tennial Committee, which had not met since last summer un- til early in March, was now without a chairman. Mayor Flannery said Rev. H. Donald- son had resigned. -"The commit- tee, however, had not been ad- vised of the resignation. • _ Council's concern ahout the arena area development center- ed about the cost, which Clerk E. Williams indicated to be up to $27,000.00. The Centennial Committee at its March meeting had asked for cost estimates to cover the long-term proposal, but these had never come be- fore the committee for consid- eration. The Monday night discussion resulted in the suggestion the roundhouse in agricultural park be renovated. The building had At the request of Mr. Bryans, council will ask the town fore- man to see if fill is necessary at the sidewalk in front of Mr. Bryan's house on Ann Street. Council gave a grant of $500 to the Agricultural Society. The grant is given annually and the ,same amount was awarded last ear. B.E. McMillan and R. T. Bolton represented the so- ciety at the meeting. . Mr. McMillan also spoke con- cerning the Seaforth Farmers Co-operative. He said the equit- able tax group was attempting to get municipalities to make representation to government to make co-op pay taxes on pa- tronage dividends. ' He asked council to hear the Co-op's side on the question be- fore deciding on any action. Council said they would. Reporting for the industrial and recreation committee, Coun- cillor Cardno said steps were being taken to prepare material for an industrial brochure. She said the committee had consid- (Continued on Page 4) McKillop Approves Bylaw McKillop council gave final approval to- ' the Bowman and McArthur Drain bylaw when no appeals had been filed at the court of revision. Council received a report on the Grey Branch of the North- west Drain in Logan and in- structed Clerk J. M. Eckert to prepare a bylaw. At the same time, the report on the Woods Drain was adopted provisional- ly. A request for repairs to the tile portion of the Boyd Drain, presented by William J. Leem- ing, was accepted. A resolution of Seaforth coun- cil requesting the Minister of Highways to consider a new bridge on No, 8 Highway, at Seaforth Lions 'Park, was con- curred in. Council approved a rate of $1.50 per hour for the road superintendent. plus 10 cents a mile for car allowance when his cnaer1S used for township bus ss. - i, Acce/pts Resignation ' Huron County Library Co-op- erative Board has accepted the resignation of its librarian, Mrs. J. Pirie. Mrs. Piric k returning to, her. former work as a high school teneher• . The board liar: cn,7aged Mrq. Catherine P. TN frinrsn formerly of 'London, as acting comity li- brarian.' Mrs. Huffman will commence working for the cOunty immediately. Mrs. Huff- man has id years' experience with the Kent County Library Co - operative, including t w o years when she was in complete charge. Wind Up Cancer Canvass Donations to the Seaforth dis- trict cancer campaign ' total $2,148.00,. campaign chairman J. R. Spittal said Wednesday. The canvass of the area by SDHS students has concluded, he said, ane• -added the cam- paign _would wind up ,Saturday, May 21st. governments niatehwhat a towP spends on its project up tO, of $1,,00 per resident' That is, if the town spent $2,300, would' receive grants of ' the same amount from both -govern- ments. In addition, grants to assist with developing te grounds about the arena would be available. Mr. Williams Said he thought it would be too late for the town to have a new project approved and get the grant. For this reason, he felt the town's grants could go to the county. (Continued on Page 8) IS IT A BIRD? IS it a plane? No, it's just a U.S. weather device which landed in a field behind Wright's Transport, Monday. Cleave Coombs, who recovered the object, looks over the "Radiosonde" which was releas- ed in Michigan. (Expositor photo by Phillips). U.S. Weather Device Lands in Seaforth It appeared for a while Mon- with a .notation indicating day.. morning that one of those unidentified flying objects peo- ple have been seeing had decid- ed to pay a visit to Seaforth. However, Ihe object 'turned out to be a weather „balloon reteas- ed by theTT S Weather Bureau. it was a "Radiosonde". used to measure temperature,' pressure and humidity at various heights' above the ground. It operated as' a radio- transmitter—vvbieh could be tracked to a height of Cleave Coombs said he saw a abo t 17 miles. red object in thc sky and fol- If the Radiosonde was'.found lowed it until it landed in a in the United States it was to field behind Wright's Transport. be returned to the U.S. Govern - The red he saw was the para- ment. However, finders, were - chute of the balloon which had warned in three languages (Eng - broken. lish, French/. and Spanish), if There was a white plastic found outside the U.S. it was box attached to .the parachute not to be returned. .33 SOME OF THE 300 OR SO VISITORS to Seaforth Cetomunity Hospital Open notise, Sunday,' are shown examining the operating room. Following the tou.r, which showed guests all of the liospitel facilities, the Women's Hospital Auxiliary served tea to, UM visitors. (Expositor photo by. Phillips).