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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-12-15, Page 1tr a 1 107th Year WhoIe Ivo, 5153: Committee Report Commends Police Seaforth Police .Force Wae. commended at council .Monday . night, when Counciller fi', 'Don- aldsen, chairman of the 'Protec- tion to Persons committee pre- sented his report.' "The Police Force has per- formed a creditable' piece of work", he said and added, that in the opinion of the committee it was a"good force and eoneid- eration shouldbe given its size and a realistic scale of remun- eration. In areply to a query by Councillor Flannigan, Mr. Don- aldson said that he had approv- ed the use of additional EMO auxiliary police last month. He said that while perhaps he should have called a committee meeting he was under the weather at the time and it was regarded as an emergency. Consideration will be given to the employment of an addi- tional police officer full time which will have the effect of cutting down the requirement for auxiliary police and result in a saving. Councillor Dins- more suggested that if the posi- tion was advertised now, then council would be in a position to make a decision at the first of, the year. Councillor James Kelly told. of activities of the Public Works committee and said a"'new drain to' serve the Community Centre was being completed. 'In addi- tion a number of. trees had been cut down he, said. He asked who had given per- mission Jor hockey teams to Iilay at the Arena on Sunday ,evening and said that it had been brought .to iiig attention -(the building had been left open - Itheealit -lights-- on. - Mayor Flannery told council he had been asked about play- ing on Sunday nights but had • told: the teams that he didn't know the answer and would have to , ask the Community Centre board, Council took no action on• a resolution -from Wiarton ask- ing that the assessment base for mail. order_ stores ...and__ liquor stores be on gross receipts rath- er than property value as at present, The -matter-had been considered at a . previous meet- ing of council and laid over so that council members could look into it further. The mayor said he felt it applied " to larg- er stores and was not a matter of concern to Seaforth. Clear Sewer Questions Reporting on a meeting which had been held a .weekago with Bishop, of Acts at,• His Excellency, G. • Emmett Carter,' Bishop of London; on Sunday ordained to the priest- hood, in St. 'Colulhban's. Church, Gordon Francis Kennedy, •son '_'o! -'Mr. acid .Mrs'.' Angus Kenne- dy. Assisting the •.bishOp in the ceremony were. Fathers L. Pare, L. Coughlin, F. Moylan, and F. "McCarty; C.S.B. Before a congregation made up of St. CoIumban parishoners, relatives,:. friends, Local clergy and I asilian Fathers,. Bishop Carter,,;his.. imposition of hands,, conferred the Sacrement of the Priesthooa. At the end of the Mass and Ordination rite, the bishop spoke briefly to the assembled congregation and to the .new . priest. Following the Ordination ceremony Father Kennedy gave his first priestly blessing„ to all in attendance. Ott Sunday morning Father Kennedy was the Principal Cel- ebrant in his First Mass of Con- celebration. Assisting him were Father L. Coughlin, pastor of St. Columba i.'s Parish; Msgr..J. "- Feeney, rector 'of St. Peter's Basilica, London; Father ' J. O'Rourke, pastor of St. Joseph Parish; Father J. Mooney,. pas- tor of• Sacred Heart Parish, Wingham; Father A. Williams, Diocesan Director of Vocations; Father F. McCarty, C.S.B„ pas- tor of Assumption Parish, Wind- sor; and Father J. Damato, C. S.B., • of Michael. Fewer High Sepal, Islington. Father Mc- Carty also gave the homily in which he drew a parallel be- tween the consecration of the Eucharist and the dedicated life of a priest. The Choir on both ,Saturday and Sunday was un-, der the direction of Mrs. V. Lane and Mrs. A. Stiles. At the end of the Mass, a presen- tation frons the Parish Catholic Women's League was made to Fatltiee Kennedy by the press - delft, Mrs. V. Murray, and Mrs. J. Kale. Father Kennedy re)ilted in appreciation to. the. League'; and to the parish asa whole, for its 'sharing ,lti • his Ordina- tttnt:tiled-Plitt Mass. rtilleeti ng the Mass, .s dinner was 'Served hi the. 'Parish Ifall. represent tivee of the OWRC, Clerk Williams said it had been determined, that. the cgnstrue- tion of a serer diisposaT.piant by the OWIit . would involve" ne cost to the tieem but that the OWRC wotildbe, remunerated on an allgtittle rental basis. As a preliininhry to such an .agree- tnent it would be necessary tb carry out a design study which also would be at no cost to the -(continued at Page 6) At . 74 Meefings- e Late Once Since he became a member of council, in 1957 he has at- tended, 74 .consecutive meet- ings of codncil Mayor J. F. Flannery said as Monday nights council meeting ended. And on only one occasion was he late and that was because he had been on townbusiness in Tor- onto. . "I'm going to miss the assoc- iations of those years," he said as he expressed appreciateion for -the cooperation he had re- ceived particulary during the past two years when he served as mayor. "We got along well. There were no hard feelings." .he said. • - He extended best wishes to Mayor elect Frank Kling and to all who would serve• on the 1967 council. Speaking on behalf of coun- cil 'Reeve Dalton thanked May- or Flannery for what-he`}tad done .r, - .. "He :never said no to any- one Who went for help.We owe hint -debt of -,gratitude." Brian F4annigan ' who ,is leaving council recalled the' two years he served as "memor- able". He had found the ' work interesting and he had learned much from his associations. In thanking. him `Councillor Betty Cardno suggested councillor Flannigan continue his contri- bution by i eliiaining as . a mem- ber of the arena board and of MODA. Mr. Kling expressed apprec- iation for the kind references made towards him. Pointing out there . would be much new about the task he said he was looking forward to the co-opera- tion of all with whom he would be associated: London rf . Ordination to -the guests. Miss Hilda Kenne- dy -,god -mother of the new•priest was Mistress of Ceremonies for the event and Father L..Cough- lin brought greetings from the Parish. ` Father Kennedy's sis- ,ter, Mrs. W.' Kinahan, replied on behalf of his family. Alvin -Rau representing -the Father Stephen Eckert Council of the Knights of Colurnbus presented the. guest of honor with . a cheque: Father Kennedy thank- ed the -Knights of Colunfb{is and all who had contributed to his 'reaching -the Priesthood and who had ,,,made the occasion a success. Msgr. Feeney then spoke briefly' and Father O'Rourke closed with grace. In the afternoon a reception was held at Mr. and Mrs. A. Ken- nedy's lime.. Father Kennedy is a member of the congregation of St. Basil, a community of priests dedicat- ed to the education of youth. p HER O. P. KENNEDY After 'Completing his theologi- cal studies this •year, he will be teaching in one of the , high schools conducted by the l3as- iIian Fathers. SEAFORTIi, ONTARIO, T UR$DAY, MunviBER 15, 1966 —° 1? PAGtS st Single Col 12, COO OM * YeAltin Afivattee WALTQN"AREA HUNTERS had no trouble reaching - their quota of game during a hunting trip in the Matache- wan area of Northern ,Ontario. Proudly posing with two moose that weighed in at 1,100 lbs. and 980 lbs. are (left) • Bob Dalton, Londesboro, Percy Dalton, RR 2, Walton, Wal- - ter McClure, RR 2, Seaforth and- Les Dolmage, RR 1, Sea - forth. (Expositor photo by Philips). ±r-uct ColnOtitt.00.: To Check Arena: Job Differences that have arisen in connection with the Arena Centennial project will be in- vestigated by the general gov- ernment committee council in- structed' Monday night. The committee headed by -Reeve-Carl_-Dalton was instruc. ted to check into changes that had been made in plans as work .progressed, who-, author- ized the. changes and what steps should be taken to bring the construction into agreement with the,,plans. The project which involved construction of a new entrance to the Arena and Community Centre has been under construc- tion since early October. Plans forthe project were prepared by architects Barnet and Reed- er, Hyman and council awarded tate contract to John Lansink. The matter was raised as a result of a letter from -the archi- tects pointing out that during a recent inspection a- number gf :,,changes_:fr the_ original pians and speicatiohs had been ,'made. • These included substitution of artificial stone for a plain precast slab as the background' for the . Centennial plaque -and changes in the thickness of several materials including plywood and insula-•' tion. Discussion revealed the architects had not been asked to supervise or carry out any inspection until the work was well advanced. Clerk Williams said he and Mayor. Flannery had checked several items. Deputy Reeve added that mat wells had been eliminated. . Discussion revealed some changses had been cleared . by the arena, commission chairman Robert Read - but-counciilors- who represent a majority on the arena commission indicated they had no knowledge of what. these changes were. "Someone,is responsible", Reeve Daltosaid, "someone made the _changes," Clerk Williams. suggested one of the problems was that..eno- body had been designated as being responsible. The contract- or didn't know who to approach (Continued on Page .6) Popular Gift Ideas Having trouble choosing just. the right last-minute gift? What could be more acceptable than a subscription to The Huron Expositor a gift that continues all year long. Every week it is a reminder of your thoughtfulness. There is lots of time to Phone 527-0240 and, tell td's the names of those:, you' wish to remember. An attractive card will announce your gift. If you prefer, we will bill you later. For the student, a typewriter is a popular gift. Perhaps the housewife would appreciate ae handy stapler or a pencil sharpener. Then, too, there is the new Stott book on Huston .County, which is of interest to every- one associated in any way with Huron. , - S4 Sins Long-time Merchant Passes For many years a pre anent Seaforth businessman, Francis Shea Sills died in Seaforth Com- munity Hospital on Saturday. He was in his 84th year. While Mr. Sills had not been in •good health for several years as the result of a car ac- cident, he had only been in hos- pital for three months. IIe was recovering and had expected to return home on the weekend Ile was born of U.E.L. -stock on Dec. 21, 1882, in Seaforth, t'he son of George Archibald Sills' and Mary Ellen Armstrong. He attended Seaforth Public Schooland afterwards went to Corinthian Soccer team in the Assumption College in Windsor where he graduated' in 1903: Afterwards he went ,into busi- ness with his father and at the same time was very interested in sports and civic affairs. He was one of the last two' surviv- ors of the. Huron Football team, champions of Canada, who play-, ed and .tied the famous English early I90.(es For more than 55 years he FRANCIS S. SILLS- was ILLS` was associated with Geo. "A. -Sills and Sons in the hardware, plumbing, and heating business until forced 'to ,retire due' to in- juries sustained in a car acci- dent in 1955. • For 15 years he was a mem- ber of the Seaforth council, :both as Councillor and Reeve and was keenly interested in Civic affairs. He served on the St. James' School Board for many years as well as being a member of the Fire Brigade for 35 years. He has also been a member of the Knights of Columbus, the -Holy Name So- ciety and was a charter mem- ber of the Seaforth- Lions Club. Active in politics he served as president of the riding Conser- vative Association. For a number of years he was active in musical circles and sang at many affairs as well as (Continued on Page 6) The necessity for immediate action. on. a drains report ree, quested early thin year .was streseed by Seaforth •.Council, Monday night when Engineer S. W. Archibald appeared before council. The report had to do with a water situation which has dev- elolied. in the northeast corner of the town and about which council asked for a recommen- dation from engineers. Mr. Archibald told council he had not begun the report but had the surveying completed. He said he had considered the McLaren storm sewer report and as a' result of conclusions reached in that report had felt there would be na immeriate reason to • carry out regrading of Silver Creek south. of the CNR unless a Main Street pro- gram is to be proceeded with. He suggested next year a meet- ing should be held with the new council to determine the basis of,,.the report he would make. - Mayor Flannery pointed out there was an urgency since the county wished word as to what drainage would•*be' available when. the Main Street was re- designed and rebuilt probably next year. He said he had un- derstood the county engineer was going to get he touch with Mr. Archibald.„ Mr. Archibald said he . had not had discussions with the county -but recalled he hadap- proached representatives of Mc- Laren who told him their re- port had 'been presented to council 'more than a year ago but that the town had done nothing since. In reply to a question by Reeve Dalton, Mr. Archibald confirmed that as far as clear- ing up the situation in the Appeal For Fund Continues Pioneer Memorial Mausoleum is now entering its second year of operation and the committee in. reviewing its operations has expressed appreciation for the support received from individ- uals and organaeations,in the community. • A total of approximately $11,000.00. has been . expended on the•erection' and equiping of the building of which approxi- mately $2,500.00• is required in order to cover the expenditure.. The committee pointsout don- ations of any size are accept- able and may be made to any member of the committee. Memorial Cards are also avail- able at Seaforth Funeral Homes for use when desired. In draw- ing attention to the need for further funds the committee emphasized no ••-donations' will be used for operational purposes as the income is now sufficient to cover all operating costs. Members of the committee are: R. S. Box,- chairman; P, D. McConnell, secretary; Wm. M. Ball; W. J. Cleary; Norman Mac- Lean; J. R. Spittal; G. A. Whit- ney. Activities In Walton Christmas Service Features U.C. W. The Christmas meeting of the United Church women was held in the church school room last Wednesday after- noon with Mrs. Harold Bol- ger presiding for devotions. The call to worship -was fol- lowed with hymn 64 "Angels from the realm of Glory" with Mrs. Martin- Bean at the piano. A Christmas service entit- led "Three Wise Men" was presented by the 8th and. 16th Unit. with Mrs. Bolger as lead- er. Others taking part includ- ed Mrs. Jan Van Vliet (vision) Mrs. Wilbur Turnbull (faith), Mrs. Kenneth McDonald ,(dreams), Mrs. Douglas Fras- er (worship), Mrs. Alvin Mc- Donald, scripture from Matt, 2: 1-12 and Mrs. James Mc- Donald. •""The service eiosed with the'singirig, fof hymi .50 Ai;''• with' Glad'iti ss Men of Old". Mrs. Emerson Mitchell and Mrs. Hubert Traviss played a violin and piatro setection con- cluding with a vocal duet, "Silent Night" ;. Mr`s. Alveno Me- Donald presided,for the busi- neas. A. Christmais reading was given by Mrs. A. McDon- ald. The Secretary's report.was read by Mrs.' Campbell Wey and approved. A letter -was read from Mrs. Walton Tang, in Hong Kong, expressing her thanks for a bale received which had been sent. Thank -you notes w, e r e read • by the corresponding secretary, Mrs. Nelson Marks, Encouraging reports were read by the treasurer Mrs. K. McDonald and Mrs, Wilbur Turnbull treasurer for the Plowing Match banquet: Mrs. Harvey Craig gave a Plowing Match report. A note of thanks was moved by Mrs. David Watson to the commit- tee iri charge of the banquet and Mrs. Gordon McGavin' (president) expressed h e r thanks to the ladies. A•,letter was read from Mrs. C#ladstone " ,Edgar regarding available literature. The annual' meeting will be held in Winghaom next Feb- ruary. Mrs, Kenneth McDonald read a letter regsrdipg fin- ances. Also a letter was recei— wed' from ..,Goderlch Summer school for a donation which had been sent. Mrs. Walter Bewley, Mis- sion Band superintendent, read se thank -you letter from Miss Clara McGowan at God- erich Children's Aid for gifts sent by the Mission Band and the United Church. women in November. Reports from each unit will be heard at the January meet- ing. A vesper service was an nouneed for Sunday evening December 18 by the C.G.I.T. and the High C's. Mrs. Clarence Martin, sup- ply and welfare committee, re- quested that each unit give her a report of small bales sent during the year. Mrs. Emerson Mitchell f the Social- Functions commit tee thanked the ladies for their help during the year. Mrs. Douglas Fraser reported for the nominating committee and Mrs. McDonald closed the meeting with a Christmas prayer. Christmas records were en- joyed prior to and following the service. A nativity seem arrangement with blue light- ing added greatly to the at- mosphere: Officers for 1967 include, Fast President, Mrs. Fmerson Mitchell; President, Mrs. Gor- don McGavin; First Vice -Pre- sident, Mrs. Alvin 1VIcDonald; Second Vice -President, Mrs. William Roe; -Third Vice -Pres- ident, Mrs. Arthur Higginboth- am; Fourth Vice -President, Mrs, Wesley HackvvelI; Cor- responding Secretary, Mrs. Nelson Marks; Recording sec- retary, Mrs. Campbell Wey: Treasurer, Mrs. Kenneth Mc- Donald. Stewardship and Recruiting Mrs. Wilbur Turnbull, Mrs. Emerson Mitchell; Christian Citizenship and Social Action, Mts. Clifford Ritchie, Mrs. Roy Williamson, Mrs. Georgie Love; Friendship and Visiting Mrs. Norman Schade, Mrs. Martin Bean, Mrs.., William Coults, Mrs. Douglas Fraser; Progranh and Literature, Mrs. Walter Bewley and unit lead- ers; Supply and Welfare, Mrs. Clarence Martin, Mrs. Harold Beige r; Membership, Mrs. Campbell Vey and unit lead- ers; Social Functions, Mrs. notth Was concerned .he.,couldglud see Ito needfor additional work, south of the MR. Ile" agreed" however, that if the develop- ment road was contemplated in the lernhediate future, then probably Tuckersmith, Seaforth, McKillop and the county would all be • involved:: - A certain - amount of the McKillop water flows into Seaforth from the north, Tuckersmith water from the west and south and the county wouldi be involved to the extent that an outlet woiild be required for water collected on the development road. Suggestions that the develop- ment road project would be pro- ceeded with during the next year had been current through- this he said would be taken. out the summer. If proper storm .-(Continued on Page 6) drainage is provided before the work commences there can be a substantial saving to all the garties concerned since a com- mon design would serve both the. county and the town. Mr. Archibald\ agreed ;• he would comniunic county immediately so that firm decisions could be taken at the first of the year. - his: the firoj un« der ay at SDIfs,• C,ouneil• by..rea!itlutlon expres- sed its confided• in, Mr.. Scott as- fire chief buildingin- spector and expressed ' apprec- iation to him for his work. No action was talon on a re- quest for ; the establishment of a wrecking yard.; to. be centred about a 20' x i50' building in south Seaforth. Further queries are to be made as to the require- ments. Councillor Harry Don- aldson reminded council there had been discussions concern- ing an official plan at least a year ago and wondered wheth- er hether council was any nearer reach- ing a• decision. Matters such as Commend Chief Reporting for the fire brig- ade, Fire chief John F. Scott said in 1966 there had been 10 town and 27 rural calls, Losses• on the town calls totalled $6,000 of which $5,000 repre- sented a fire at the former UDM'C building. louring the year- building. permits 'totall- ing $850,000 had been issued. Seaforth Stare Hours. Seaforth stores will remain open until 9:00 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- day and Friday, Dec. 19th to Dec. 23rd. Stores will close at 6:00 o'clock p.m. on Christmas '• Eve, Saturday, Dec,' 24th. •Mon- day and Tuesday, Dec. 26th and 27th will be holidays but stores will remain open all day Wed- nesday, Dec..28th,-aceording' to All' -Rosa merchants committee- chairman. ommitteechairman. ` Elected to Head Legion: Activities R. J. Boussey waset'ected president of Seaforth 13tanch =156 Royal Canadian Legion, on Thursday evening. He, succeeds -b'0rlean Sills. Other officers elected are: first vice-president, Charles Wood; second vice-president, William Dalrymple; treasurer, M. Storey; secretary R. S. Mac- Donald; Sgt. Arms, Cleave Coombs. Chairmen of Committees Membership, William O'Shea; House, Peter Malcolm; Proper- ty, R. S. .Box; Special Events, George D. Hays; Sick and Visit ing, E. Rivers; Entertainment, Gordon Scott; - Sports, M. Mel- anson; Padre, Rev. D. O. Fry; Trustees, A. Dobson, William Smith, John Wood; Auditors, J. E. Longstaff, W. D. Stephenson. Officers will be- installed at ,a ceremony arranged for January 12;- when Exeter Legion mem- bers will officiate. RFeady For Christmas The :annual Legion Christmas dance is being held Monday evening, December 26, and the New Year's party on Saturday evening, December 31. No ad- vance sale is planned for the Christmas dance and the public is invited. December 20, to Legion mem- bers only for the New Year's dance. If there are:" tickets re- maining after this date they will be available to the: public. (See Auxiliary story on page 8) MRS. PEG COOMBS • Auxiliary President Meeting Ralph Traviss, Mrs. Nelson Marks, four unit leaders; Pia- nists, Mrs. Martin Baan, Mrs: Herbert Travis,s• Representa- tive Christian Education, Mrs. James Smith, Mrs. W. Hack - well; Press Mrs. Douglas En- nis, Mrs: Torrance Efundas: Nominating committee. Mrs. Gordon McGavip, Mrs. Doug- las Fraser, Mrs. Alvin McDon- ald, Mrs. Harold Smalldon. Auditors, Mrs..Herbert Trav- iss and Mrs. Donald Fraser. MISSION BAND Walton Mission Band held their Christmas meeting Sun- day, December 11 withthe president, Bruce McDonald. in charge of the meeting and Lynne McDonald as pianist. The meeting opened w i t h "Joy to the World'. truce gave the call to worship from Luke 2: 2-14, Joan Bennett De Toyvn of Bethlehem" was sung and Sharon Marks read the Christmas story from Luke 2: 2-14. JUoan Bennett led in prayer. Mrs. Walter Bewley gave a brief .outline on the Moravian missionaries who settled first in .Bethlehem xB:x•a•�aw'.wt'r' LLm 'R. J. BOUSSEY'- - ' Legion President Penn., then later came to New Fairfield in Upper Canada. 'She told of ti)eir Ove for rnus- ,ic and their wishes for peace and their concern and love for the Indians and also their ways of celebrating Christ- mas. Bruce read a description of a Moravian candle -lighting service and Cathy McDonald lit the candle and led in pray- er. ' Heather McDonald and Gail Traitl'ss collected the offering Med unite boxtee Bruce dedi- cated the offering with pray= er. Gail read a letter of thanks to the Mission Band and IJC'W for money, gifts and used Glbthing sent to the Children's Aid in November. Dena Wey will be pianist for the next meeting. Messengers Brian Hibbert and Peggy Dennis will' help with the worship. Classes were ; termed With teach rs, Mrs. Joh Van Vliet, Mrs. 'Nelson: Marks, Mrs. Wil- liam Roe and Mrs. Walter Bewley. The meeting closed with the carol "Silents Night" and all (Continuied on Page. 8)