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The Huron Expositor, 1966-08-25, Page 1• w 1 s • 107th Year Whole No. 5138 SJAFORTJ ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25; 1964 - 40 PAGES • a. •Single Copieay 10 Cote, $4.00 a Tear f A` 44vi ee EVERY WEEK MORE and more people when in the •Seaforth area want to look over the site for the International Plowing Match and Andy, Thompson, Ontario Liberal Lead- er was no exception, Here last Wednesday to attend the an- nual picnic of the Huron Liberal Association at Lions Park, Mr. Thompson visited the plowing match site with mayor of the Tented. City, James M. Scott, (right), deputy mayor Wil- liam Scott (left) and second 'from the left James Lind, MP. Middlesex East. , Seaforth Meefiny Agrees on Mutua1 Fire Aid Program Seaforth and 10 other county fire brigades established a mut- ual fire aid system for Hurpn at a meeting in the town hall, on Thursday evening. Seaforth fire chief Jack ,Scott co-ordinator for the system, said the formation of the sys- tem culminates a year of work to get it organized. Of the 13 brigades in this county only two did not agree to take part in the plan, Mr. Scott said he feels .these two brigades will soon join in with the others. News =of- Cromarty. Under the mutual aid system "the fire brigade of any partici- pating municipality may tele- phone a neighboring brigade for help in fighting a fire. If a third_. brigade is needed, Chief Scottis to be called. He will decide what brigade should go to help the other two fight, the fire. Mr. Scott wasp appointed Hur- on co-ordinator by the Ontario fire marshall's office about 10 years ago, The fire marshall's office- has been urging Huron to form--a-mutual- aid -system, Bible Society_•, Secretary Speaks Rev. Andrew Brindjar, as- sistant secretary of the Cana- dian Bible Society, conducted service Sunday morning at Cromarty church with ..Roy's Staffa, Zion and Chiselhurst United church groups uniting. Mrs. Elmer Dow. presided at the organ and special music was provided by a male quar- tet, including Murray Chris- tie, Eldon Allen, 'Robert Nor- ris and David Kemp. Mr. Eric Ross of Chiselhurst favored with a solo. The subject of the sernion was "20th Century Paper Missionaries". One of the students`of`Mit- chell District High School re- ceiving an Ontario SchoIar- ship was Barbara Zankowski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Zankowski. Mrs. Linda Priest, Billy and David of London, holidayed last week with Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Dow and family. parol Ann Dow left Tues- day on a motor trip to the West coast, aceompaning Mr. and Mrs. RussellWorden and Marg of Staffa. • Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Gardiner were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Read - head, Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Moorehead and Chris of Brampton,. Mr, and • Mrs, Ed Knechtel and Mr. Henry'Eg- gert, Rostock. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Erwin, Mr. add Mrs. Grant Erwin and Caroline Wessman of Putnam visited 'on Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Otto Walker,, Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hulley were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lawson, Scott and Ann of Milton. Frank Stagg visited Sun- day evening with his son and (Continued on Page 4) since that time. In conjunction with the mut- ual aid system, a firefighting association was also formed. Exeter's fire chief, Bunny Ford was named president and Archie Johnson, fire chief of Goderich, vice-president of the association. Chief Ford is to appoint a sec- retnry-treeeurer from Exeter. The association is largely ed- ucational in purpose. Members will discuss difficulties of fire- fighting. Guest speakers will be invited to meetings to describe new firefighting methods. The first meeting of the -or- ganization or=ganization will be held in Wing - ham early in September: At that time "a'. chart indicating' which municipalities will ' help each other will be drawn up. The "running card", 'as the chart is called, will also show which municipalities' will be called on if a fire breaks out in an area served by a brigade summoned to fight a fire in another area. Strawberries Out of Season? When Mrs. Murray Hickey of North Main St., Seaforth pick- ed 500 boxes of strawberries from her backyard garden last month, she figured her picking was through 'for the year. But last week she looked out at her garden and saw huge straw- berries on the plants...... She said she has been grow- ing strawberries for years but never had them at this late a date. She managed to pick a half- box'of berries. They were quite large with one measuring 1" high with a base of 11/4" Seaforth Resident Finds Much of Interest in India The fallowing are excerpts from letters written to Mr. and Mrs. James M. Scott from their son, Mr. John Scott, who is at present in India. He has been employed with C.A.R.A.V.S.- " Christian Association of Radio, Audio Visual Services, at Jabal- -« pur, Central India. This is a continuation of letters printed in this,..paper last December. Nov. 30 I will have 10 shays holidays at Christmas. I may go to Delhi to see two of the other boys or I may stay here and do Same sketching and secondly go to the. temples at 'Khajuraho, abut 100 miles from here. Khajuraho has the Most beautiful erotic sculpture in the world + Last week I had Thanksgiv- ing dinner at the home of an American agriculturalist. We ltad turkey with gravy and dressing, masheciPotatoes, green beans, bread stieks, white wine, three kinds of pie and coffee. I ,have borrowed an old sitar • from the C.A.1t,A.V.S. orches- tra and am in the process of put- ting it in working order. A sit- ar is the most famous' of Indian classical musical instruments. It is a beautiful thing with a great deal of intricate ivory trim. It is over four feet long--= the larger lower end being mads from a gourd, A Hindu sitarist in histwenties, ltahul, by nsi e, is going to teach me the #undement#la of the instrtt- went, and of Indian classical music. Rahul is the C.A.R.A.V.S. orchestra sitarist, and a very good sitar player, His 104 year old teacher who lives in a vil- lage about 100 miles from here, is the teacher and father-in-law JOHN M. SCOTT of Ravi ''Shankar, India's most famous musical figure. Dec. 8 Work was at its most disor- ganized, early last week, but things have picked up eonsid- erably. I am working on designs for bill boards now, and will visit printing presses in Luck - now, Nagpur ,and Bombay, to see the quality and ,kit ds of printing available. I 4m leav- ing by car for Lucknow with Dr,. and Mrs. Eldowney on Sat- urday and will be gone for four days. We are also -visiting Alla- habad. Learns English Outside of working hours I have more than enough to do. I practise the sitar for one half hour at noon, and also about the same length of time around sev- en o'clock with Hahul, my tea- cher. He says that my progress is "Really! I mean to say, John, very good". Rahul has' been speaking English, seriously, for only about a year, and when he started reading a book of Shake- speare's tragedies • about six months ago he picked up a lot of archaic vocabulary, which ap- pears in about every sentence he uses. When he was frightened by a caterpillar he calmed down in a few seconds and said "Really, it walks with a majestic mien." After work I often go to an Indian coffee house with some people from the radio depart- ment, or I write some letters or read. Usually three days a *eek I have morning tea with the C.A.R,A.V.S. musieikns in a little tea shack about five (Conflated on Page 8) Liberal Leader Speaks About 125 persons attended, the annual picnic of Huron ;lib:. eral Association at Seaforth Lions Park, Wednesday Main speaker was Andrew Thompson, Ontario Liberal leader. He urged his followers in Huron to continue strong. support of candidates of high calibre. He said candidates of stature can help convince thepeople in Ontario that a Liberal govern- ment good -the ant would be for province. - "I know we can -do beth' said Mr. Thompson. "Ilie've we deserve to win." Other speakers were Huron - Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt and James . Lind, Middlesex East MP. It was Mr. Thompson's first visit to this riding. He and oth- er party officials toured the site of the International Plowing Match at the Scott farms near Seaforth. Deceives Travel Award Joanne Elligsen, 15, a stud- ent at SDHS, was one of 24 students from Sarnia and sur- rounding area chosen by the Board of Education to visit areas of ,Canada as part of the Centennial Youth Travel pro- gram. The purpose of the program, which is in its third year, is to let students see how others Iive in different parts of the country. 'Miss Elligsen left Sarnia by train Monday for Neepawa, Man.' She will also visit Winnipeg and enjoy social events there with her hostess, Colleen Cram, and her family,'. She is scheduled to return' Sept. 3rd. She will give a re- port of her trip at school. The student is the daughter of Mr, and Mts. 'Edgar Elligsen, 13.R 2, Walton. Town Clerk On Board Ernest Williams, • town clerk of Seaforth, was appointed a director of the Clinton Commun- ity Credit Union by the direct- ors at an executive meeting. He was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the retire- ment of Thomas Steep who was administrator at Clinton Public Hospital, buthas left to accept a similar .position with the hos. pital in Newbury. Mr. Williams was a former director of the Clinton Credit Union when he was stationed at Clinton air force base. He was transferred to Ottatva be- fore his retirement In Seaforth, The directors also appointed D nnkt Chapman of Clinton, to the credit conitilittee of the.. credit u1iibn. Occupancy at Seaforth Com- munity Hospital in medical and Surgical reached 319,8 per cent in July, the ,hospital board was informed when it met Ours `day evening in tle hospital. The over capacity. occupancy in the particular departments .Was possible without using cor- ridors because of the 'flexibility possible in bed use as between Set Date For Plaque Ceremony The plaque honoring William Aberhart 'which will be erected in the area of SDHS will be un- veiled Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 12, during the week of the plowing, match, according to Frank Sills of the school board. The SDHS board . is coordinat- ng arrangements -..for -the, event- The Department of Tourism and Information announced in June they would erect the plaque to honor the former Social. Credit' premier of Al- berta, who was born in Perth county; grew up in Tucker - smith and graduated from Sea - forth Collegiate Institute. An invitation has been sent to E. C. Manning, the Social Credit premier of Alberta to at- tend the unveiling ceremony. Invitations have also been sent to area members of parliament Mr. Sills said. The plaque is one of a series being erected` throughout, the province - by the department sting on the advice of the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario. departments in the new, hospi- tal. Overall occupancy stood at 96.4% during July. The new hospital was not brought into use until Septem- ber 14th of last year. Correspon- ding occupancy in the former ,hospital building in July 'last year was 101,4% and 80.7%. The meeting considered a re- port of the arrangement com- mittee dealing with a reorgani- zation of administrative respon- sibilities and confirmed the ap- pointment of Gordon McKenzie, formerly of Victoria Hospital, London, to be in charge of the office and accounting 'proced- ures. Award Contracts Reporting for the property committee, James M. Scott, the chairman, said the tender of Frank Kling Ltd. had been,,ac- cepted 'for the installation of a pressure control pump on•the main water ling. At $2,128.00, it was the lowest by $117.00 of the two tenders received. Mr. Scott said the work had been recommended by the archi- tecrand-ihad been -approved at an earlier meeting of the board. The pressure„ control pump be- came necessary when it was found water pressure to the building varied from 19 lbs. to nearly 40 lbs. The system had been designed on the basis of an indicated pressure of 35 lbs. A second contract to cover work uncompleted last fall `in- cluding paving of the parking lots, installation of additional curbs and a storm drain . from the lower parking lot also was awarded Frank Kling Ltd. for $5,950.00. Mr. Scott said the committee had found this was the lowest of three tenders re- ceived, which ranged up to $6;237:50-:._ The board approved a pro - Swire Team Loses To Stratford Group The Stratford swim team de- feated Seaforth in a swim meet - at 'the Lions Park, Thursday. Stratford swimmers managed to earn 298 points while the local team finished with 199. The top, performer among the local swimmers was Tam Crawford who won four firsts and one .second in the boys' 12 years and under class. He took first Place in the breast stroke, free style, butterfly and indiv- idual medley and finished sec- ond in the back stroke. The list of winners for Sea - forth follows: Breast Stroke 10 and under, boys: 3rd, Brian Dale, Girls, 3rd, Joan -Hilde- brand. 12 and under, boys, 1st,. Tom Crawford, 4th, Bill Sals- bury; girls, 4th, Marlene Turn- bull. 14 and under: boys, 3rd, Jack Heynsbergen, 4th, Stewart McLean; girls, 3rd, Jane' Sills, 4th, Ruth Anne Dunlop. 17 and under: boys, 2nd, Mike Stinnissen; girls, 1st, An- gela Devereaux, 3rd; Mary Sills. Back Stroke 10 and under: girls, 3rd, Joan Hildebrand ' 12 and under: boys, 2nd, Tom Crawford, 3rd, Mike Henderson; girls, 3rd, Anne Wilbee, 4th, Lynn Taman. 14 and under: boys, 2nd .Peek Heynsbergen, 4th, Stewart Mc- Lean; girls, 3rd, Nancy Phillips, 4th, Jane' Sills, 17 and under: boys, 2nd, Mike Stinnissen, 3rd, Brian Leonharclt; girls, 3rd, Mary Sills, 4th, Angela Devereaux, Free Style 10 and under: boys, 2nd, Brian 'Dale, 3rd, Ross Govier; girls, 3rd, Joan Hildebrand. 12 and under: boys, 1st, Tom Crawford, 3rd, Hank Groothius girls, ' 3rd, Anne Wilbee, 4th, Lyn Taman. 14 and under: boys, 3rd, Ray Mennell, 4th, Robert Taylor; girls, Marilyn Durst, 4th, Nancy Phillips. 17 'and under: -boys, lst, Rob- ert Newnham,' 4th, Brian Leon- hardt; girls, 2nd, Mary Silts, 4th, Angela Devereaux. v Butterfly 12 and under: boys, 1st Tom Crawford, 4th, Bill Salsbury; girls, 3rd, Anne Wilbee, 4th, Marlene Turnbull. 14 and under: boys, '3rd, Stewart McLean, 4th, Jack Hey- nsbergen; girls, 3rd, Nancy Phillips, 4th,/'Jane Sills, 17 and under: boys, 2nd Jim Montgomery, 3rd, Mike Stinnis- sen; girls, 3rd Angela Dever- eatnt,.4th, Mary Sllls. Individual Medley 10 and under;. boys, 2nd, Brian Dale, 3rd, Ross Govier. 12 and under: boys, lst, Tom Crawford; girls, 3rd, Lyn Ta- man, 4th, Marlene TurnbuII. 14 and under: boys, 3rd, Jack Heynsbergen, 4th, Stewart Mc- Lean; girls, 3rd, Marilyn Durst. 17 and under:. boys, 2nd, Jim (Continued on I'age 4) posed design prepared by the architects for a sign to be erec- ted on the lawn in front of the highway and instructed the property* committee to begin to carry out the Iandscaping pro- posals which had been advanc- ed by Dave Flannery of De- troit. Mr. Flannery a landscape specialist in Michigan and a former resident had contribut- ed a landscape plan for the grounds which earlier had been endorsed by the architects and the board. While the board ag- reed the plan could not be car- ried out in full at this time, ap- proved an expenditure of $2,000 for necessary basic planting. This had been provided for in the original contract. Mrs. J. McConnell chairman of the public relations commit- tee said the committee was con- sidering a Christmas party for the staff. She suggested early reservations be made for hotel accommodation for the Ontario Hospital Association Conven- tion since difficulty had been experienced last year. • • The board referred to the property committee the pure ase of a gas machine calculator and a copying machine. OHSC ap- proval had been obtained earl- ier in the year. The final report of the audi- tors had been considered by the finanee committee acting chairman J, E. Keating ,said. The board approved the 'reap- pointment of Clarkson Gordon and Co,. as auditors. X -Ray Technician The board discussed a num- ber of items requiring atten- tion in the new building. A list of the items had,been pre- pared and forwarded to the architects, , the administrator said and in turn will be refer- red to the contractors, W. A. McDougall' Co. Ltd. In her report the administra- tor Miss . V. Drbpe said prelim- inary work in connection with preparation of the 1967 budget was underway. Miss Drope said Miss Dianne Beuermann of Seaforth, a trained X -Ray technician, who had graduated from St. Thom- as, was now on the. staff. It is expected ,that miniature film chest X-Rayequipment would be installed shortly by the de- partment of health. About 1,400 chest x-rays are completed an - Board chai.rmap A. Y. McLean presided for the meeting and members present included Scott, J. W Modeland, W, D. Stephenson, Garnet Stockwell, M. McKellar, Mrs, 3. McConnell, Mrs; J. flillebrecht,. Jolui Eisler, Clayton' . Looby, J ,,:. Keating and Wm: Dennis. MRS. • HELEN WOODS, " daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fer- gus Horan, RR 1, Dublin, graduated from Lakeshore Teacher's College, Toronto. She will commence her tea- ching career in Georgetown this fall. Northside Church Plans Bus Trip Members of Northside United C-hurch, -Seaforth, are -planning to charter a bus -to attend the 22nd General Council ' United Church of Canada service of thanksgiving ' and dedication in Kitchener Memorial Auditorium next month. Plans provide for., a capacity attendance of 7,000 from across the area 'at the service. Rev. Dr. C. Andrew Lawson of Timothy Memorial Church, Toronto, will be, the guest speaker 'at the service Sunday, Sept. llth, at 8 p.m'. Prior to the service William White, Tor onto, will direct a choir made up of choir members from • churches throughout the prov- ince. THE ANNUAL LEGION Zone golf tourney at the Doig Golf Course, Saturday attracted golfers from branches throughout the zone. Shown here as play began are, left, Charlie Wood, Zone Sports Officer, Ken Doi'g;' and 'ab out to tee off Art '3. Wright. Don Won Who aided in the tournament arrangements is kneeling in the Centre of the group. (KxPositai photo by Phillips) ,