The Huron Expositor, 1966-05-26, Page 1tap
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Whole No. 5126
107th Year
SFAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURS
• �AY, NIA.'" 26, 1966 --- 12 1;AGES
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Name
Whitney.
G. A. Whitney was elected
president. of the Seaforth Lions
Club for the coming year, by
acclamation, Tuesday night:
Other officers elected were:
First •vice -President, Orvil 0
second vice-president, Irvin
Trewartha; third vice-president
Robert. Huard; tail 'twister,
George Hildebrand; Lion tam-
er, ` Doug Itowcliffe; secretary,
John Cardno; treasurer, J. R.
Bob Spittal; and directors, Har-
ry Donaldson, Gordon Beuten-
miller, Dave ''Tremeer and
George Miller.
The new executive, which
takes office July 1, •was nomin-
ated by a committee consisting
of past presidents, John Long-
-staff, L. F. Ford and Lee Learn.
A feature of the meeting was
the installation of a new mem-
s ber, C. A. Rieth, introduced by
E. Larone and J. S. Cluff.
-Phe meeting- M charge or
president, Art Wright, complet-
ed' plans for attendance at the
district rally. in London, Sun-
.day.
un-.day. l:,ee Learn, Chairman of
•the Safe -T -Cap committee said
ar the hard hats were being well
received. Detailed planning was
underway he said to provide
coverage at the plowing match.
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Is Best
Bandsman
Drum Major Peter DeCoo, of
Seaforth; was named the best
bandsman Friday at the annual
Central Huron ' Secondary
School.. Cadet Corps inspection.
Reviewing officer was Et.
, Col. John Harvey, Seaforth,
commanding` officer, 21st Field
Regiment, Wingham. "Inspect-
-,,, ing officer was Capt. J. A. Car-
son, London, Western Ontario
Army headquarters. -
We're Sorry
The combination of a Mon-'
day holiday and late receipt of
advertising and correspondence
copy has resulted this ..week in
the necessity of holding over a
quantity of material. In a few
• cases too, subscribers will re-
- ceive their Expositor later
than usual..
Smile of theMeek
When a restaurant patron
complained that hisbreakfast
sausages were peculiar because
there, was meat at one end but
bread at the other, the manager
explained that it was a matter
of expediency. "In these times
of rising costs," he said, " no-
body can make both ends meat"
.Travellers along No. 8 Highway, West of town will have
no troubleidentifying the location' of the 1966. International
Plowing Match; Me.mbers`of the publicity committee, under
the direction of chairman W. D. Stephenson, spent Satur-
day afternoon erecting a large sign which leaves no doubt
as to the when and where of the event. Helping erect the
sign are (left) W. G. Strong, Alf Ross, Doug Wright, Mr.
Stephenson .and Gordon McGavin, co-chairman of. the Huron
Committee sponsoring the event. At work on the Sadder are
Earl Ritchie and William Scott. (Expositor photo by 1Phillips).
Clear Park Estimates
Plan for BusySeason
Cost of operating the Sea -
forth Lions -Park during the
corning season was 'estimated
at nearly $14,000, when park
and pool activities were re-'
viewed at a meeting ,of the
Lions Club, Tuesday evening.
Reporting for the park com-
mittee,, Don Stephenson, com-
mittee, treasurer,, said expenses
last year totalled -112,895.63.
03it1uded in thik'd amount 'were
wages of $4,945, booth supplies
$2,827, mantenaince and sup-
plies $2,059. In addition, ad-
ditional capital work was car-
ried out to the pavilion and
rbads and sidewalks.
Revenue included admissions
and booth sales, $6,326 and
grants $1,600. Revenue from
the : weekly, dances was $1,400,
while the club, from other ac-
tivities, provides $2;820.
Committee chairman, A. Y.
McLean said no major expendi-
tures were planned, other than
completing the constru.ction of
the Centennial entrance which
had been approved by the club
two years ago and which was
being erected- as the Tucker-
smtth Centennial project Plans
for the entrance prepared by
architects Barnett and Reider—
Hymen, were examined by
members. •
Discussing staff for. the sea-
son, Mr. McLean said .the com=
mittee had established lists
from the applications received
and -staff would be drawn from
the lists as required. The actu-
al number required from day
to day will depend on attend-
ance which in turn is a reflec-
tion of the weather.
Pool staff list: Peter Stinnis-
sen, Jim Montgomery, Mike
Stinnissen ,Ruth GM -will, Susan
Eednh.ar'dt "'1VI is a 1VIacTtae, `lane
Cornish, Monica McCurdy, Lyn
Wright.
Booth staff list: Elizabeth
Carter, Sally Cosford,, ..Susan
McLellan, Helen- Elliott, Alice
Bannon,x
While, already many picnics
are booked for June, there are
some open dates according to
Roy McGonigle, the park super-
visor. .
The park dances will com-
mence Saturday night, June 4,
and continue each Saturday
night during _tire �u ,merUT_.Y>:e
pool • program M be und
over the July 1 weeke
but the pavilion is expecteto
open in mid-June depending on
the weather, officials said,
Last •Chance for
Bazaar of Values.
A special "Salute" to the
Homemaker of the Seaforth
district in this the final week
of Bazaar of Values. Your taste
in homemaking would .make
any ' community proud. The
town and farm homes in the
Seaforth area depict the pros-
perity that Seaforth .enjoys.
If you feel your home is not
up to par and in need of re-
pairs or modernization, consult
any meal contractor or build-
ing material firm, interior dec-
Lots of Bargains 60 Years Ago
Recall
'Old Newspapers
(By Norm Graham)
Stories about a possible re-
form of the Senate, the French -
English problem in Canada, and
the firing of the coach of a
baseball team all sound like
stories which could have ap-
peared in yesterday's paper.
However , these items appeared
in three Toronto papers which
were printed before the First
World War.
In looking through the Tor-
onto Globe, the Toronto News,
and the Toronto World, all
published over' 50 years ago,
one finds that news events
which happened are quite simi-
lar to the news of today. The
two big differences which
stand out are the way the news
is written and the type bf ad-
vertisements and the cost of
goods.
One of the papers Was discov-
ered by John K., Cornish of
Brucefield in the back of . a _
picture . he purchased some
time . ago at an auction sale.
Another of the papers turned
up as workmen; were tearing
down the Southend Shoe Fac-
tory building, to make way for
the new Topnotch head office,
Toronto World of July 25,
1896, which sold for one cent,
has a headline story on the
;federal election which the Lib-
erals won with a majority of
14 seats.
There was a story reprinted
from the Montreal Gazette
which" accused the Toronto
Mail and Empire of attempt-
ing to -faire race feeling against
the 15'rettch Canadian, "at the
very snomezxt whef ,the the
atlian of, Wet* utlu bt' .tl to
stretching out both hands to
their fellow countrymen in -
Quebec."
Labor problems do 'not just
belong to this era for the Globe
carries a story about striking
tailors in New York.
The difference in the way
stories are written now from in
the past is shown by this type
`of story which you i would
never read in a paper today.
The item reads: "Samuel Barry,
the crazy youth who throws
stones at trains, has been
judged insane and committed
as a lunatic."
Suits at $3.50 -
The low price of goods seems
almost unbelievable compared
to the prices today. One store
offers men's flannel tweed
suits at a special price of $3.50.
The Clapp Shoe Co. has ladies'
pointed toe shoes for 75c •a
pair. Simpson's special is white
cotton drawers for 30c.
One thing the reader of the
newspaper had- to contend with
before the turn of the cen-
tury, was to distinguish news
from advertisements. The pap-
ers often put, ads in the same
way as news and put a head-
line on them. An example 'of
this from the World is an ad wit
the headline "Ravages are stay-
ed" The ad features a letter
from a Mrs., Margaret Smith of
Brussels, Ont., who tells of
how great she feels since tak-
ing Dr. Agnew's Cure for the
Heart.
Get -well quick; remedies
were common to the papers of
those days and; even appeared
in the classified ads under the
heading 1peclal .Notices." One
Of them lread.i",' r�ettelrson s
Health Restorer, the only cura-
tive herb preparation for sto-
mach, kidney, liver and bowels,
blood and skin diseaces, catarrh,
,colds, .rheumatism, constipation,
piles, etc., 25e package." If the
professor's medicine worked, the
people of those days certainly
wouldn't have to worry about
Medicare.
, Other want ads offered for
sale wines, whiskies and brandie
for medicinal purposes.
In July 22 edition of the Tor-
onto News in 1903, the adver-
tisements reveal that prices had
not gone up much since 1896.
Adams Furniture had a special
on iron beds. They offered the
beds, which were regular $4.00,
for the bargain price of $2.69.
Eaton's bad boys' boots at
821/4c and women's kid gloves
for 25c.
The news for• the day includ-
ed a story from Ottawa that a
rather independent Liberal and
a free -and -easy Conservative
brought up the subject of re-
form for • the Senate. Another
item from London said Lord
Conner had warned the Com-
mons of a possible war with
the Germans in the near fu-
ture. Sir Charles Dilke scorned
the possibility and said neither
country wants war.
The sports page of the News
were quite similar to the
sports pages of today. The
sports writers had already
started to call things by dif-
ferent names. They referred to
the ball used in lacrosse as
"the rubber" and called the -
bat : in baseball "a stick."
The majoesports story in the
News that day concerned the,
fl'i`ing d£'' the Menage of the
orator, paint store, furniture or
appliance dealer. Tell them
your wishes, and they will Op -
ply you with the latest material,
dependable . labor and best pos-
sible service - - all at a price
to fit your budget.
Check the Bazaar of Values
advertised inthis edition of the
Huron Expositor and shop the
stores displaying Bazaar of
Values' posters for special bar-
gains you can't afford to miss.
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Girls, Moms
gangnet at
Constance
The annual CGIT Mother and
Daughter Banquet was held at
the church. Toasts were given
by Mrs. Whyte and Mrs. Nott
for the mothers. After the ban-
quet a program was given by
Mary Mcllwain and Agnes Hav-
erkamp. Agnes Havercamp
ve a talk on "Hands". Elaine
nt*andlargie Whyte gave
a melodica selection, Mrs. Red-
mond of • the, Ontario Hospital,
Goderich was guest speaker.
Margie Whyte thanked Mrs.
Redmond.
Congratulations are extended
to the" pupils and the teacher,
Mrs. Bachaert of SS No. 3,
Hullett, on their success at the
music festival. Firsts went to
the, .following students: two-part
chorus, Donnie Jewitt and Cher-
yl. Dale, duet; Bill Whyte,,,solo;
second went to Kevin Jewitt,
solo; third went • to rythmn
band, Cheryl Dale solo.
Learn to. Coun
At Brucefield Sch
Twenty area residents will
return . to school in Brucefield
for two days this ,week to be
trained as census takers for the
population .and the farm census
which begins June lst across
Canada.
John Broadfoot, RR, 1, Bruce -
field, has been appointed local
commissioner for the 1966 cen-
sus. This year's census is cal-
led a five-year census because
a census was last taken five
years ago. The 1966 census is
much less complicated than the
statutory ten-year census which
was last taken in 1961.
The population census is con-
cerned only with the most basic -
matters and has five questions
to be answered by. the general
public. The questions are:
name?; relationship to head of
household?; Sex?; Age?; and
Marital status?. The household-
er will also be asked if the
e welling is- owned -or -rented.
The agriculture census also
has a much reduced number of
questions for farmers. Since
most farmers tend to specialize
now, they will have only a limi-
ted number of questionsto an-
swer because there are few gen-
eral questions in the. farm cen-
sus. To aid the farmer further,
the questionaire will be mailed
to him before June 1, so he
Can complete it when he has
time.
The census takers will also
help• in a merchandising census
which will not actually take
place until the end of the year.
However the census takers will
list all the businesses in his
area. To the businesses which
are listed, the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics will mail out a
census questionaire after the
end of the year, which also will
be much simpler than previous
questionaires.
Although it appears the ques-
tions asked are few and simple
the DBS pointed out these ques-
tions provide a great amount
of information. Between the
ten year censuses estimates are
made by the DBS but these es-
timates are not perfect and thus
a smaller census is needed to
adjust the figures.
About 60% of the census tak-
ers hired for the 1966 census
will be women because women
Also to the pupils and teach -1
er, Mr. William Millson of SS
No. 1, Hullett, for winning
first in the open chorus.
Mr. Ken Reid of London is
visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Sander for a few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Reg Lawson and
John visited Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Lawson of Clin-
(Continued on Page (i)
Early Days
Toronto Ball Club, Mike Kelly.
When he received the news of
his filing,, Kelly gave the typ-
ical reaction most coaches still
give today. He said: "I think 1
have done as well as most
would have done."
-Of interest to readers itt this
area was the account of a lawn
bowling match between Clin-
ton and Mitchell. Clinton won
by two shots with J. Harland
us skip.
The Toronto Globe, March 16,
1914, carried a story on what
seems like a *regular. happen-
ing, corruption in government.
The item reads: Reports show
that irregularities occured un-
der the present administration
as well as under the late Gov-
ernment." The story lists 'eases
of "graft".
An ad in the Globe offered a
gent's complete suit, coat,
vest and trousers, cut from
good English cloth. The cost of
all these articles of clothing
from an English Mail order
firm was $4.50.
The Robert Simpson Co. was
selling a mixture of sage tea
and sulphur. It was sold not .as
a drink but as a solution to
darken grey hair. If you 'used
this mixture even your hair-
dresser wouldn't know for sure.
The newspapers didn't have
any columnists hut the Globe
put jokes in the paper under
the heading "Humor of the
Hour". One of them was: Mrs.
Exe — My husband's occupa-
tion is quite confining.
Mrs, Wye -- •Notm so much as
my husband's, he's the jail -
keeper. •
booking back through the•
did papera doesn't particularly
'tmake one want to return to
he •past, but most people
wouldn't mind getting a suit
for $3.50 and a quite a few
people could use a package of
Prof. Retterson's. Health Re-
storer.
School is Over
Students are' Graduatedted
are more likely to be available
for •the short census period
than men. However, .in rural
areas the majority of census
takers are men who have some
knowledge of ferrate .
The DBS pointed out that all
persons are required by law
to give the information request-
ed by the census taker. How-
ever, they added that all an-
swers given to census questions
are held confidential and cen-
sus taker must take an oath of
secrecy on hiring. The DBS
said anyone having any doubt
about the census taker's iden-
tity 'should not hesitate to see
the official credientials which
he or she -carries.
The census takers for this
area are: Mrs. Betty Dow,, RR 1,
Cromarty; Mrs. Marion Wallace,.
RR 1, Cromarty; George Duch-
arme, ISR. 2, Dublin; Mr's, Motu-
ca Holland, Dublin; Mrs. Mary
Ryan, 1111 1, Dublin; John. g.
Horan, R1'' 1, DubIin.; Mrs. Max,
garet Craig, Walton; Mrs, Mar-
ion Gordon, RR 1, Seaforth;
Mrs. Audrey Cameron, RR. df,
Seaforth, Mrs. Helen Nicholson,
Egmondville; Mrs. Eileen Town-
send, RR 3, Seaforth; Mrs. Dor:
is Wilson, RR 1, Brucefield;
'Mrs. Ruby Bell, RR 1, Hensall;
Mrs. Leona Clifton, RR 3, Kip -
pen, Mrs. Margaret Robinson,
RR 1, Varna; Mrs. Joyce Taylor•,
Varna; Mrs. Lillian Laporte,
RR 2, Zurich; Gordon Wright,
Seaforth; Mrs. Phyllis Fry, of
Seaforth; Mrs. Mrytle; Robinson,
Rayfield.
Hospital Board
Elects Officers
Standing committees were
named at a short meeting of
the board of .Seaforth Commun-
ity Hospital, Tuesday evening.
The meeting was the first fol-
lowing the recent annual meet -
Re -elected as officers were:
honorary chairman, M. McKel-
lar, president, A. Y. McLean,
vice-president, William Dennis,
secretary -treasurer, Lloyd Hog-
garth.
Committees named were:
Executive committee — Presi
dent, vice-president, chairman
of finance and .property com-
mittees, W. D. Stephenson, and
ex officio the chairman of the
public relations committee.
Finance —, John Longstaff,
Garnet Stockwell, D. I. Stewart,
W. D. Stephenson, J. E. Keat-
ing.
Property—J,, . M• Scott, John
Modeland, Clayton Looby, Earl
Dick, Walter Scott.
Public " relations — Mrs. J.
McConnell, Rev. D. 0. Fry, Mrs.
.J. I-lillebrecht. John Eisler, Vic-
tor Lee.
. Reporting for the property
committee, J. M. Scott said it
was expected final work in
connection with the construc-
tion contract would be com-'
pleted shortly. In addition, cer-
tain work involving the park-
ing lots, curbs and sidewalks is
contemplated. He said estimates
were being obtained locally to
cover cost of installing a boos-
ter pump to siabalize the wat-
er pressure in the building.
Pressure varied now from 19
to 39 pounds and this caused
difficulty in the operation of
certain equipment.
The board attended a dinner
in the cafeteria preceding the
meeting when members of the
executive of the .campaign com-
mittee were guests. Included
among the guests 'was K.
Bruce McMillian, now of Win-
nipeg, but who was chairman
of .the fund, raising- .campaign.
Following the dinner, J. M.
Scott and Mrs. J. McConnell, on
behalf of the • board, presented
an electric clock to. A. Y. Me -
Lean, who hast,,,.., headed the
board during the planning and
construction of the new hospi-
tal.
Nick Whyte, of RR 2, Sea -
forth, Ontario. was awarded
the Associate Diploma in Ag-
riculture at the recent gradu-
ation exercises at the Univer-
sity of Guelph. He is a son of
Mr. and Mrs.. W. L. Whyte of
Hullett,' -
Don C. Hemingway, •a
graduate of SDHS, received
the degree of Doctor of Vet-
'erinary Medicine from the
University of Guelph Dr.
Hemingway is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Carl Hemingway,
Brussels, Ont„ and will be
practising at Charing Cross,
Ontario.
•Mi<_s Karen Patricia Dill,
who graduated from Victoria
School of Nursing. London on
Friday is a graduate , of
M.D.H.S. She is the daughter.
.of Mrs. Jean Dill and the late
Joseph Dill of Dublin.
Miss Linda R. Papple, who
graduated from St. Mary's
General Hospital, • Kitchener,
May 18. Miss Papple is the •
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.
E, Popple, RR 5, Seaforth.
The' graduation exercises
were held in the Mutual Life
Aiidita;rittnl, Waterloo, Ont.
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Among the graduates re-
ceiving their diplomas" in ag-
riculture at the University of
Guelph, was Bev. Hill, Varna.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Hill and' has- taken
u ...farming. -With his lather.
Mr. and Mrs: Gary E. Goodman, (nee ;'Jean' Shortteed) who
will graduate Thursday, May 26th, from the University of
Western Ontario. Mr. Goodmanobtained a 11.A:, ;suinina cum
laude in .Honours Geography and Mrs. Goodin tki graduate
of SDHS), obtained a B.A. in General Arta. They'd residing
in Toronto where Mr. Goodman is employed' • with Shell Can-
ada Ltd,