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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-10-20, Page 1,,t 107th Year-. Whole No.. 5146 �ouncii °Clears DHS Financing Authority to borrow of '• a sum not to, exceed $700,000 to provide for interim financing +in-. •Qn'nection with the SPS construction: program was given at a special meeting of council Tuesday night. ' Mayor4 Flannery told council a misunderstanding had arisen concerning action taken in con- nection with Constable Counc for n- namon's salary. Hildebrand said there ' was a misu •'erstanding about the mo- tio con , •'• just .,•,i.• on October- 3, and a_ e that a salary ad - f '.200 be made in six equal instalments for re- mainder of this year. The t,ntario Water Resources Commission asked council • to meet for meeting to discuss a proposed sewer extension on the south side of Goderich Street. Wednesday, October 26, at 8 p.in. was suggested as suit- able to the members of coun- cil. A discussion on sewer out- lets followed, especially a con- nection for. the, High School. Mayor Flannery asked the members of council to attend a meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 2, to which public and repre- sentatives of organizations would be invited to discuss forming a Centennial Commit- tee. The meeting had been urg- ed by a representative of the Ontario Centennial Committee. Mayor Flannery said a brief to Hon. C. M. Drury, Minister of Industry, was to be submitted on Monday morning, October 31, in Ottawa by representa- tives of area municipalities in connection with designated areas. A special coach on the train will carry the delegates from Guelph to Ottawa, and copies of the brief will be giv-` en to delegates on the train. The train fare from Guelph to Ot- tawa only will be paid for the 'delegates and their hotel ac- commodation in Ottawa will be arranged for the night of Oct. 30. Expenses willbe met from the $200 assessment already paid by each •town. The pro- posed delegates from •Seaforth are Mayor Flannery, Reeve Dalton and Councillors Cardno, Hildebrand and Dinsmore. Clerk E. Williams said hehad received a -call from the Depart- ment of Highways asking that a date be set when the Town Council and Lions Park com- mittee could meet with mem- ,hers of their planning division to discuss proposals concerning a new bridge on No. 8 Highway at the park. Next Wedne§day , afternoon was suggested. A meeting of. Clerks and Treasurers is to be held in Brod- hagen on Thursday, Oct. 27. Mr. Dalton said that Mr. Williams, should' attend. D: Sills president of Branch 156, „Canadian Legion . asked concerning, .a -Nov.' 11 holiday. He said he did net :know what. the wishes of the' merchants; would be,but he didknow that the Legion asked that the full dew be declared a holiday*. Council agreed by instructing the mayor to proclaim Nov. 11 a holiday. WinsQuilt In Fall Fair Draw SE,AFQRTH; ON iT,ART()� THURSD4ir;. OCTOBER 20, 1966 .T,., 12'P'.AGES Mrs.. Douglas Keys of Win- chester won a quilt in a draw sponsored by the Seaforth Ag- ricultural Society women's div- ision, under the direction of Mrs. James M. Scott. Mayor John Flannery made the draw. The quilt, a replica of Huron County in color, was made by Mrs. R. S. Aikens, RR 1, Dublin. Celebrate 80th Birthday ptngle Sopiks, WNW* S•1•00 a, Year. in. Adiranclt the 55th Inte, national Plow- irS r1tty.chasratebe ¢ona'manonenTudn- . da3 in. the midst of a rain storm• 1 - Sunny skies' Friday which by, late afternoon had dried much .of the Tented City area, held topes' for good weather do 'thee final day. More rain early Sat, urday morning however wiped out all that had been gained and by noon Saturday most streets throughout the exhibi- tion area were impossible to all but the large tractors. When the rain forced offi- cials to stop the sale of ad- missions at noon Saturday, some 5,000 people had gone through the gates and more .thousands were in town and en -route to the match site: Most turned 'around and went home when police indicated the condition of the grounds. Some however Mrs. Mary Hildebrand, of Seaforth, celebrated her 80th birthday on Sunday with a family dinner party at the "Colonial" Grand Ber}d. Present for the occasion from Kitchener were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Snider, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Murawsky, Mr. and Mrs. Del Knightly, Mr. and Mrs. Orval, Hildebrand, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hildebrand, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Woroch, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Lossing, Jim Snider, London; Mr. and Mrs. Simon Thiel, New York City; • Mr. Andrew Thiel, Zurich, Bessie Wurm, •Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hildebrand, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hildebrand, Seaforth. News of Cromarty Couple Wed 45 Years Investigates Fatality Proud Father -Happy Daughter • Huron Warden Ken Stewart salutes his daughter, Amy Stew- art after she had won the Queen of the Furrow contest ail the International on Wednesday. She was one of eight con- testants representing counties across Ontario who competed. Recognize 36 Years Service would not give up and as late as five o'clock Saturday with rain still falling, buses Contin* ued to carry visitors to the match. Competitions ,at the match • concluded on Fiday, but the tented city continued in • 'full operation and had the weather permitted, plans were made for a parade on Saturday.• Prizes and awards ' were pre sented to winning competitors at a banquet in the Seaforth Arena, Friday night. More than 1,000 guests sat down to a din- ner served by the women of the Walton United Church. 1, Horses, Jointer plo.Ws, 3r er Dennis, Walton; Clem 3 Elm D , tractors, utility, 4th, Jim Cart- wright, RR- 3, Blyth; Class 4, Inter School class, lst, S,D.H•S., Tom Leeming, RR • 4, Seaforth and Paul Patrick, RR 4, Sea - forth; Class. 5, tractors, 2 -fur- row, 1st, Murray ]gyre, Rlt 1, Seaforth, 3rd, Gerald Baan, RR 3, Walton; Class 6, Tractors, 3 - 'furrows, 1st, Graeme Craig, .RR 1, Walton; Cass . 7,• Tactors, 2 - furrows, lst, Donald W. Perrie, RR 3, Brussels; Class W. Trac- tors, utility 3 -furrows, 2nd, Ro- bert Fotheringham, RR 3, Sea - forth; Class 36, Tractors, 3 -fur- rows, 5th Graeme Craig, RR 1, Walton. A Perth County horse shoe pitching duo of Ken Smith Monkton and Fred Harburn, Sta- ffa took second place while a North Perth .entry of Robert Smith, Monkton and L. A. Har- burn, Staffa came third. Head table guests included Hon. W. A. Stewart, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Robt. McKinley,M.P., Murray Gaunt, M.P.P., Mayor J. F. Flannery, Huron Warden,. Ken Stewart, O.P.A. president, Norman Bar- ber, O.P.A. secretary -manager, F. A. Lashley, Tented City Mayor, James M. Scott, W. T. Cruickshanks, of CKNX and Gordon McGavin and Larry Snider, co-chairmen and D. H. Miles secretary of the' local committee as well as committee heads and representatives of firms co-operating in the prize awards. Area winners included; Class A service ; extending over 36 years was recognized on Fri- day in .Toronto when Dr. J. C. MacLennan was presented with a long service pin at a banquet of staff members of the Health of Animals branch of the Cana- da Department of Agriculture: Dr. MacLennan who heads the branch office here commenced his -career with the department in Montreal, August 25, 1930. Later serving in Hamilton and Teronto he transferred to Sea - forth in April, 1949. Dr. MacLennan together with Dr. M. K. Clugston and Dr. G. E. Wales attended the Toronto gathering. recommends Safety Instruction A coroner's jury Tuesday re to vicinity. commended that electrical safe- The job Mr. Rau was d ty- regulations be better publi- had not been . inspected e- cized to all workers in an in- cause it had not been ,comp et- dustrial plant. ed. Apparently much of the The jury made this recom- equipment in the .plant was be- ing mendation at an inquest into . ing re -arranged. • the death May 31 of Verdon The plant had been inspected Rau, late of Seaforth.. about a month before the acci- Mr. " Rau was . electrocuted dent. Bud Kuehl • of Clinton, about 4 p.m. while 'doing elec."area electrical inspector for' On- trical work ''in the-. Highland tario Hydro, said the plant was Shoes Factory, here. inspected three or four times Robert. Walters, RR 3, Kip- a year., pen, plant superintendent, said He said it is standard prac- Mr.. Reu apparently, failed to tice to disconnect a circuit be - pull a switch to disconnect the fore working on it. circuit he was working on. Robert Scholtz, RR 2, Clin- The switch was located about ton said he had worked, at the 60 feet from the connection Mr, plant two years. He was near - Rau was making at the time of his death. It should have been pulled and locked out. The dead man was a good • electrician, with about 15 years' experience, Mr." Walters said. Dr. Edmund Malkus, Seaforth, said the victim had no pulse and his face was blue when he reached the scene about five minutes after being called. Artificial respiration and heart massage were carried out for an hour before Mr. Rau was pronounced dead. A resusci- tator from the local PUC was used by PUC manager R. J. Boussey `and Chief of Police G. Hulley. Dr. Malkus suggested that a simple bag and mask resusci- tator should be on handat such, factories. He said ,it could be used by anyone. Dr. J. L. Penistan of Stratford, pathologist, said• the current appeared to have entered Mr. •Rau's body through both hands and passed out through the lower thorax. He•said Mr. Rau's leg might have come in contact with one of the grounded machines in News • of Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Taylor of Staffa celebrated their for- tieth wedding anniversary with a family dinner at the - Hensel' Hotel on Sunday. To their surprise the bride's at- tendant Mrs. Elmer Harding of Guelph and the groomsman, Mr. Rey IDowson of..Hantilton were ppesent. Forty-eight sat down to dinner. Mr: and Mrs. Taylor were married at the manse in Mc - on October 16th, 1926 by Rev. Ferguson. Following their marriage they farmed in Stanley Town- ship and later in Hibbert, where they resided until two years=.ago when they retired to live in Skaffa. Mr. Taylor has been the rural mail car- rier -.for the peat ten years. Their famiily'consists of four sons, Clarence Taylor, God- erich; William, Russell and Beverly all of Hibbert Town - Shill; and four da}ughters, Mrs. Loyd (Jean) Armstrong of urich; Mrs. Grant (E�liza- a eth) Smith of Clinton;," Mrs. John (Myrtle) Taylor, rute- field; Mrs. .Ron ..(Doro'thia) Williamson.'of Walton; and 27 grand chiIdren. Saturday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Scott wr r Mrs. Woods, Mrs. Marsh and Mr. arid Mrs. Ian Stewart of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Scott, i Mrs. Sadie Scat, Mrs. Hazel Deforge and Miss Jean Col quhoun 'visited.. on Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Carliss an'd. Mr. and Mrs.. tinier „Col- quhoun in Clinton. On Sunday, Mr. and Mr`s. Scott with Mrs. Deforge visit- ed in London with Mist Willa Dow. Varna by when the accident occured. He heard a noise and Larry Lee said something mas wrong with Verdon. He looked and saw the victim lying on the floor behind a machine. He called a foreman, Louis Aubin. Others giving evidence were Larry Lee, Louis Aubin, plant super- intendent Robert Walters and PUC. manager R. J. Boussey. The coroner's jury deliberat- ed 45. minutes. They ruled that Mr. Rau came to his death through elec- trocution . while working with live wires which in some man- ner became. grounded. The jury recommended that in future all electrical work be carried out with all disconnec- tions made and locked out. They further recommended { that all precautions now in pro- cess be proceeded with immed- iately, and that these precau- tions be posted in suitable lo- cations, so that all employees are aware of all dangers. ' r ed fields saved the day : for countless visitors to the match. The drivers went out of .thou' way, to, be helpful and in. a In . cases were called to pull cars and trucks that were mired in the mud. ' Plowing Match Notes Seaforth mail carriers began their routes three hours early during the plowing match to avoid the visitor traffic and re- sulted in Expositor subscribers in some cases receiving last weeks issue a day later than usual. Junior farmers who operated wagon trains across mud cover - Stubborn Fire Guts UDPC Building Seaforth- --firemen battled . a stubborn blaze in the former UDPC building at Main and John Streets for nearly three hours Sunday morning before bringing the fire under control. Tenants in two apartments above the store were forced -to flee as flames and smoke filled the second floor. The fire was , discovered by Mrs. Betty McLean who saw dense smoke pouring from the rear of the building. About the same time Mel Melanson, who lives. a couple of houses west on ..John Street, was awakened by his children and saw -the smoke. The building .which has been vacant since UDPC moved to a new plant on South Main Street was checked by Mana- (ger Clair, Reith early Saturday evening. At • that time every - All labor codes, hydro recom- mendations and Industrial Ac- cident Prevention Association pamphlets should be • passed out to all employees - especially new ones - monthly, the jury concluded. Jury members were Harvey Leslie, foreman; John Lansink, Frank Lamont, George Mcil-' wain and Irvin Trewartha. Coroner F. G. Thompson, Clinton,' presided, and Crown Attorney W. G. Cochrane; Gode- rich, questioned the witnesses. At the International Plowing Match Mr. and Herb, Huffman and daughter of Almont; Michigan, visited on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. John Dowsdn and Glen. • Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Brock of .Thornd'ale visited Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Bill 1)ow- son. and family. Friends of Mrs. Boli, Webster are happy to hear she is feeling: better and was able to return home ori Sunday. (Below) There was only one sure- way to get around at the match site and that was to walk. Next best was by Jr. Farmer wagon. Here is a typical scene near the headquarters building in Tented City. (Right Above) Premier John Robarts visited the match on Thursday...Flying into Goderich at noon he was driven to Seaforth by Highways Minister Chas. MacNaughton. Here the Prem- ier accepts a Seaforth Lions Safe -T -Cap from O.P.A. president, Norman •Barber. - (Right Lower) Competition was keen in the Warden class as wardens from across Ontario did their bestto bring plowing honors to their county. Judged best was Warden Albert Carson (right) of Perth County who accepts the trophy from O.P.A. secretary -manager, F. A. Lashley. (Plowing Match pictures courtesy Bill Connell Inforthation Services, Dept. of Ag- riculture.) * * * The work of the Ontario Pro= vincial Police and. local Pollee contributed in no squill, mea- sure to, the smooth flow of thousands of cars despite ad- verge dverse weather conditions, Care- ful planning coupled withcow- teous and interested personnel) made the difference. " * * * One of the most demanding jobs was that of Don McKenzie in charge of traffic and parking and Bill Hanley who was respon- sible for admissions. Changes in weather necessitated contin- ually changing plans and re- routing of traffic. * * * Most Seaforth stores remain- ed open each evening during the match as well on Wednesday, to accommodate visitors who crowded the streets. * '*' * When it no longer was pos- sible to use parking lots ad- jacent to the match site Sea - forth streets and open spaces in town were pressed into ser- vice. Visitor were carried from various points in town : to the match by a shuttle bus service arranged by Habkirk Transit Ltd. During the- match days cars were parked at the Lions Park, Victoria Park, SDHS, the Arena and Seaforth Bowling Lanes. * Work of clearing the tented city has been under way all week but much remains to be dry weather.. to dismantle tents and buildings. thing was in order. Mr. and Mrs. John Adams and son Russell were forced out of their second floor apartment with only the clothes they wore. Also forced to the street was Miss Bernice Hulley who oc- cupied a second apartment. A spokesman for UDPC said Wednesday damage was not know but agreed it was exten- sive. It was planned to carry out repairs - as soon as possible and already workmen were clearing away debris. Adjoining properties experienced .- smoke damage. An icy wind hampered fire- men . During the morning cof- fee and sandwiches were serv- ed fire fighters in the nearby Hildebrand Store as a result of 'arrangements made by Mr. Hildebrand and Bill Laverty of Ruby Meats. ' • * * *. ., All the mud was not at the plowing match. Main Street was covered' with mild dropped by vehicles running between the site and town: * :1T. Walton Church women proved size means , nothing when it comes to catering. In a little ov- er a day;they transformed the Seaforth Arena into a banquet hall, provided most of the tables and chairs and . equip- ment necessary to serve 1,000 guests.,