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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-12-29, Page 11 • • a • • 1 / * • 0 • r • 107th Year Witdle No. 0164 • REAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, 'DECE1VIBER 291966 10 PAGES The annual Christmas con- cert of Na. 8, McKillop, was held in, 3rPtIttagen •CommeniTY Hall, Fridayevening. The pro, gram was ' arret1,4e4 bythe, teacher Mrs. B. goville, and,. music supervisor Mrs. Mary Lou Johnston. Allan Koehler was chairman. ''• A feature was the presenta- tion of gifts to Mrs. oville and Wed in 1916 eetings Feature „iristma s Actuvity" • Mrs, JOhnaton.,hy, the pupils rand to eaelieer tbeeebildree. • HAW' prizes were won by CitadeS.Filende Dublin,, Mrs. Edwin.13.redltakell, 11090Sry P01411.91,1'XtE1, hicit„coy4le, . Dublin and Greg- ory": Beuermann, RR •Dublin. The 'progrent branded these numbers: Songs, grades one to eight; welcome, grades one and Snow Was Problem For Horse, Cutter There was no arguement about a white Christmas When Mr. and Mrs,• William Koehler were married 50 years ago. "There was lotsof snow and sometimes it was just heavy enough for the cutter", Mr. Koehler said this week as he remembered the trip by horse and; cutter to Dublin following the wedding event. They were married' December 26, 1916, by the late. Rev. W. H. Campbell of McKillop EUB Church. Oh/lowing the trip to Dublin the couple went bye train to getlerieh where they were met by'his, brother Into took them to hisAto'me at Benmiller by horse and cutter. - "There was just as /Muth snow there asehere was at home. Lots, of the time the cutter would be pushing snow ahead it was so heavy," the groom of fifty years ago recalled. Mrs. .Koehler, the former Markle Koehler, a .cousin, said 'the only attendants 'at the wed- ding were her parents the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry teoehler. Mr. Koehler is a son of the late M. and Mrs. Fred Koeh- ler. , . The wedding took place at her parents' home and it was to this farm at lot3 concession 8, Mc- Killop that he couple , return- ed and wherethey have contin- ued to reside. Today the farrn is operated by -geettrieletteley, but Mr. Koehler continues to help. Reealling his years on the farm Mr. Koehler said the most difficult time was during the depression years in the early thirties: "We had just got nicely und- erway when times got bad. There were some mighty hard days." The couple have three sons, Elmer and Manuele-beth of RR 1 Dublin and Morley at home,' and five grandchildren. They are members of the Zion •Evangelical United Breth- ren. Chatch, McKillop Town- ship. Members of the congre- gation presented them with a cup and saucer and a plaque, Friday. Mr. Koehler has two sisters, Mrs. Clara Beuermann, McKil- lop Township and. Mrs. Louis (Lilly) Bennewies, Brodhagen. Mrs. Koehler also has two sis- ters, Mrs. Andrew (Laura) Steinacker, Stratford, and Mrs, Jack (Lydia) Banks, Regina, Sask. - A family gathering Monday honored the couple on their golden anniversary. On Satur- day the family attended a din- ner party in ' The Commercial Hotel here. • two; recitation, Robert Elligsen; piny, "Here Comes the Bride", Join Elligsen, Larry Murray, Susan 13oycl,'Warren Rock; solo, Paul Beuermann; piano solo, Larry Murray; square dance', grades one and two, Susan Boyd caller; choruses, solos by John Elligsen, Susan Boyd, Elizabeth Elligsen; recitation, Ruth Ann Siemon; duet, Gayle Beuermann, June Eggert; Manley Christmas Concert, play, grades _one to eight; solo, Larry Murray; rhythm band, grades one to five, Marilyn Koehler, condec- tor; play, "Dad's Quiet Eve- ning" Larry, • Susan, Elizabeth, Kieven, Lorna and David; step dance, Elizabeth, Susan and Carole; The Wedding of Jack and Jill, grades one to five; solo, John Elligsen; Christmas Pageant. Taking part were: Grade one, Garry Boyd, Glenn Elligsen, Brian Fidom, Mary Lyndia Sie-. mon; Grade two, Rickey Boyd,. Gayle Beuermann, Phyllis Beuermann, Lorna Eggert, Mar- ilyn Koehler; Grade three, Keith Bennewies, Ruth Ann Siemon; Grade four, Paul Beuermann, Bradley Bpyd, Douglas Dietz, June Eggert, Robert Elligsen; Grade five, Sody Boyd, Steven Boyd, Kieven Kennewies; Car- ole Eggert; Grade six, Henry Fidom,- Kenny Fidom, .T04 El- ligsen, David Siemon; ei,:otko seven, Darwin Dietz, Allen Koehler; Grade eight, Susan -Boyd, Elizabeth Elligsen, Larry Murray, Warren Rock. LEGION DANCE The annual Christmas dance 01 Seaforth Branch 156 of the War -Canadian Legion MtI- day evening :attracted a large and enthusiastic attendance. Prize, winners in the draw 'were: Doris Allan, Seaforth; Al Smale, Seaforth; Olive I3ettles, Winthrop; Gordon Wilson, Lis- towel; and John Chernes, Sea - forth, ' DUBLIN W.I. Mrs. Thomas Butters, the president, was in charge. of the Christmas meeting of the Dublin Womens Institute held Tuesday evening, December 20 at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Humphreys: • After opening with the Ode and Mary Stewart Collet, Mrs.' Buterswelcomed mem- bers and guests. Roll call was' answered by an exchange of Christmas de- corations. Each member also brought , a . gift for the resi- dents of Spruce Lodge. Members were reminded that the 4-H club Achievement Day for "Theelub Girl Eti- tertaire is to be held in Mit- chell qn January 9. Mrs. Chas. We're Sorry A combination of two holi- days this week, early mail closing, late arrival of much area correspondence and an unusually heavy demand for space may result in some sub- scribers receiving their copies of the Expositor a day late. The same conditions also •have made it necessary to carry over a number of local stories. These, together with area correspon- dence, will appear in full next week. • Expositor Awards • " Winners in the recent subscription contest at SDIfS were (left) Larry Walter, Laura Ryan and • Jeanette WatterwOrth, Each received a transistor radio for selling the most Sub- seriptions to The Huron ntpositor and in addition the student fund earned $145.06 in coin- raissions.*(Expositor photo by Philips); Friend is to Iead the new at,th oskep410,-,04petiWz for whieh the trateling...011991-. to be held February 2' and in Mitchell. Mane of the Institute tuein- hers attended the Christmas Meeting. of the C.W.L• of St. Patrick's Church and enjoy the .demobstration of Chrlst Inas wrappings. Mrs. Friend reported that she had attended . tbe annual District Directors' Banquet. A- mong the District Centennial Projects are the making of and sendingof layettee. tp Moosonee. EArch Branch has been asked to contribute to this and the required items are to be brought to the Dis- trict Annual meeting in. the earing. 'Mrs. Thomas Butters and Mrs. Lloyd Humphreys reper- ted respectively on the Coun- ty Rally and the area conven- t'on held this fall. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT The basement of Duff's Un- ited Church was well filled lest Wednesday evening when the Sunday School classes pre- sented their Christmas con- cert. Rev. Arthur . Higginbotham acted as chairman for the pro. gram which, included a series of selections put on by Psi ;nary class with Miss Nellie Baan and Mrs. Roy Wiletane Son in charge; exerciaq‘bY ior girls; recitations by §Usan Humphries, Janice -,Votietcee, and Kim Humphries;411eY, by Mrs. Campbell,. Wey's clas, ; pantomine "0 Holy ightt" by Mrs. Harvey Brown's class; Dialogue, Recitation, Kathy -McDonald; _Play _Worn the school); Choral Heading, Deb- bie and Dena Wey• •Pageant, Cferaldine- Dennis' class; Dia- logue, Murray Dennis' class; Christmas songs by the Hi C Group. A- lighted Christmas tree and decorations added greatly to the Christmas spirit. At the conclusion of the evening Santa presented the children with .bags of candy. Saves Money For Trip Christmas was a particularly happy occasion for Cleave Coombsthis year. One of several district deal- ers to win honors in a tire selling contest his name was selected as winner of the top prize — an all expenses, 10 - day trip to • Florida. But Mr. Coombs can't take the trip. "We just can't get away now so we're going to take the mon- ey instead. Then next summer we're going on a trip to the West Coast," he said. Mark 1967 Opening Sunday .• a.dosgura,esalfaco.teret4ht denominational service of Thanksgiving on Sunday, Jan- uaryobsan4rv* enarecea oWfiliCanin-e ennial with an Inter - The service which will be gin at 12:30 noon, in SDHS, is planned to continue for...Ap- proximately 20 Minutes. lowing the service the Centen- nial flag will be unfurled at the Town Hall. A feature of -the event which is under the auspices of the Seaforth Centennial Committee in co-operation with the Sea- orth and District Ministerial Assoeiation will be the presence of a choir of 100 voices. • James -L. Slattery who heads the comniitteein charge said a particular invitation was ex- tended to citizens of the Sea - forth area to attend. News of St..Coiumban Pupils Win Prize Awards St Columben and Beech- wood schools were successful in the contest held by the Ed- ucational ABC's of Industry. - The contest was open to pupils of Oracles 5, 6, 7, and 8. The following won prizes: For sen- ior projects, Trudy Van Drun- en, Rose Marie Eckert, Mary Catherine McQuaide Willie land, Danny O'Rourke, Re- a Van. Bakel, Jimmie Mur- ray, and Sharon Shea. For junior projects: Andrew Ny- land, Elaine Ryan, Joseph Mc- Quaid, Rosemary Poland, Lar- ry Coyne, Gail Nolan, John Van Bakel, Patricia Murray, Joanne Maloney, Gerry O'- Reilly, Tom Ryan and Marion Duffy. For essays: Joanne Ma- loney iii,d Mary Claessens. For hand -writing: Trudy Van Drunen. $1000 was also won by each school. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bow- man, . Stratford. visited Mrs, J. L. Malone last week. Peter Hicknel/, Kitchener, spent hristmae with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hick- nell. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne De- Gaust and children, London, with Mr. and Mrs. James O'- Connor. Mr, and Mrs. Jim • Doyle and children and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Reeler and baby, of London, with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maloney. Miss Jeanne Melady, Fort William, is spending the holi- days with Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward, Melady. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Smith and daughter, Acton, spent Christ- mas with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cronin.' Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murray and- family are visiting Mr. end Mrs. Michael Murray. Miss Mary Malone, Windsor Miss Pauline Malone and Paul (Continued on Page 16) The Year In. Review taiite Capjee 12 Casts • ,•04011- Yet10-14 Admeo • , I fear . „ • • JOHN. MAI..ONEY .WHO recently etired from The - Huron Expositor staff shown at the keyboard of the Lino- type type setting machine which he operated for nearly fifty years. During that period he set many millions of words ready for printing in issues of The Expositor. „..:. .A c�operative•effortrOfl :the - PaTt of the Sefoith•••• Rural •Lions Perk,'hea T jr4timpTAgunsightly poles : acrefie.'ethe',.front of 'the Lions Park .and";10.t10i--#Ttla''Ot' • , Seetarth.V.marauPitY.;074P#Plt A high -T0/14401T1i4e- te-iaerve the park and ono „Ober rural HEPC customer 4orrr7,010*--haa extended along the higbway to the town limits and '10 beenef concern to the park sleet-it:fie volved not only the hydro poles but a series of unsightly guy ° poles and lines as well as a transformer bank at the west- . ern entrance to -the park. Removal of the lines, was made possible by the exteneion- of a PUC primary line easterly through the co-operation of Ewalt Wilson who agreed to el - low the line to cross ids prdp- • erty. Legal Briefs Mr. and, Mrs. t. McKellar have returned home after Spend- ing three weeks with the. and Mrs, Hugh WillieMala Ste Paul, Minnesota. Mrs. M. Hildebrand, spent the holiday in Kitchener: Mr. and Mrs. D. C, Corishad daughter spent Christmas in • Port Dover. • ies Margaret McLean is The in' Waterloo. Miss Mabel E. Turnbull spent Christmas i ijnburg.' " Mr. and Mrs. Dong -Stewart • and <laughter of Toronto nt • the holidays with his parents, -Mee-and elm .1" A -Stewart. Mr. Glenn Smith spent the holidays in Toronto. Mie and Mrs. Robert Reith of Kitchener spent holidays at their :tomes here. Mr. and Mrs. J, -H. Grant of Kitchener , were visitors in town on Monday. Mr. Aubrey. Baker of Everett, re Oat., spent CI -nest -rims at his • home here. , Miss Dorothy Parke spent Christmas in London. Mr. and Mrs. G. Campbell of • Brighton spent' Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McMillan. Miss Margaret Grieve -of Oak - (Continued on Page 4) MR. AND MRS. William Cole of Hensell were, married December 28, 1916 and plan an open houge to mark'the.occa- sion on Saturd.ak, January 7. Mrs. Cole is the former Annie ' Eyre °I Tuckersmith. They farmed in Hibbert until retiring to Hensall in 1948. Mr. and Mrs. Cole have a son Alvin of, Hibbert and two grandchildren. Recall Area Happenings Thr January 6th, 1966 Miss Barbara Note commenc- ed her duties at Vitoria -Hos- pital, London, upon receiving word that she had successfully pasged her R.N. 'exams. Mtn Wilbee, who was ser- iously injured more than a year ago when he was crushed be- tween. two motor vehicles, re- cently resumed his duties as caretaker at Seaforth Post Of- fice. Complimenting Miss_ Gail Fin- layson, recent bride, several showers were held in her hon- or prior to her marriage. Staforth first 1966 baby was beret on NettArs Day, to Mr. and KM", in Chesney,. of McKillop. 1 Mr. and4fri. Charles MacKay marked their SlItlf wedding an- niversaiy: Aldie Eckert, of Fort Wayne, In ., has; been promoted 10 Vice-president i charge of administration of the National Wayne. Mr. Eckert is a son., 01 Mr. and Irrs.1.• M. Eckert of MeKillep. January 13th • . The sudden death of Arnold Russell .Turnbull oceured at his' home at Walton -on -Thames, Sur- yey, England; on Dec. 31st. Miss Annie Gordon passed away suddenly. Mrs. Wm. T. Dodds fell and broke her left wrist. Emmerson burst of town has been installed as Worshipful Master of Britannia Lodge No, 170. Traffic accidents claimed the lives of two Seaforth residents and a former resident ' of Md- Killop. Albert Hudson and his • daughter, Miss Muriel Hudson succumbed to injuries received when the car turned over on Huron County road No, 12, north of Winthrop. • • John L. Malone, widely known McKillop farmer', passed away suddenly at his home in McKillop. A 16 -year-old youth was re- moved to Seaforth Community Hospital when he collapsed as he was walking along the High- way east of the Lions Park. Announcement was made this Neelt of the sale of Jay -Bee Here - "foul Farms, Tuckersmith, to 'Douglas It. Henderson and Sons, Atwood: • = • January 20th , • Bruce Brady of Seaforth and Miss Kiln • Roberts of Guelph, have been Itieited to Skate, in the Canadian Matte Skating Cham- pionships at Peterboro- in mid- February. Robert Read was elected presi- dent of Seaforth Chamber of Commerce, Reeve Kenneth Stewart of McKillop was elected Warden of Huron County. Jarnes Here Wes named sec- retary -treasurer a the Me/Cillop Telephone System, to succeed Miss /Min Pryte Who resigned. James Doig..was named presi- dent of the South Huron Agri- cultural Society at Hensall. Allen Nicholson was named Road Superintendent for Tuck- ersmith at a special meeting. Donald Kunder was named secretary-tteasurer of the Sea - forth District High School. Januar, 27th • The business of -Borden Brown of Kinbten, has been sold to Earlart Osborne 'of Logen Twp, Mee. 'Mae Habkirk, Mrs. Adin Fdthee„ ;Mts. James Rose, Miss iThafx.,*a and Mrs. Mae Hine- breeht We* shown in a picture where they were preparing for the March (If Dimes, in cennec- Hon With the Edelweis Rebekah Lodge. 'William Hodgert was nam- ed chairman of the Seaforth Public School board. James14. McNairn left Tor- onto. for India to take part in a project sponsored by the Un- ited Church of Canada Board of World MiSSiOhS. • February 3rd R. S. Box, a member since 1962, Wei:gee:led chairman of the Public Utility Commission. H succeeds D'Orlean elweis Rebekah Ledge, with Mrs. James Rose as -thief marching mother, completed the March of Dimes, rising a total of $626.00. The goal set had been $50.00. — Mr. and Mrs. itay Consitt, well . • „ Couple.; „Wed 55 • Ycars • Mr. and in. James Hender- son celebrated their 55th Wed- ding anniversaey, -Tuesday at their home, North Main Street, Seaforth: Both were born near Seaferth. They have two daughters, elle a nor and Laurene, (Mrs. Clarence Maloney) and three gralidchildren. t 1966 known. Tucl«eeneth residents eeeerateci their 50th wedding QII`l'er-ary at their home- in !Jensen. Frank Kling was elected presi- lent of the Blue Water Shrine Club, . February 10th , • Earle McSpadden, McKillop: Township, was 'elected presi- dent of the Seaforth Agricul- tural Society. He succeeda.Har- old Piece. • „ Harry Cuming, *ho bas :been Accountant at the Toronto-DoMs inion Bank here ,.eiece. 1962, hpk, been appointed Manager 'of the Falconbridge �pirg Plata' Branch at StidbetY., McKillop residents, • friend* and visitors from neigh:boting municipalities crowded Sew forth Legion Hall to honor 14 Kiliop Reeve Ken Stewart, an his election as 'warden of Mee on County. February 17th The Order of The Eastern Star held a euchre hi the IOOk Hall. The travelling prize was won by Mrs. Harold Pethiek, high prize by Miss Mae Smith, consolation, Mrs: Thomas Ap- pleby, The nearest birthday was Mrs. Pearl McFarlane. Students of Miss Carol Brown A.R.C.T. 0. -Mus., were sueeess- ful in passing music exaMitra- Hons. Included were: Evelyn Storey, Brenda Hodgert, Karen Henderson and' Barbara Long- • staff• . February 24th • Fire destroyed the garage of Peter Maloney, on Raglan St., 1 Dublin. Two dogs were suffo- cated, but Inc was able to get his car out of the building. Mrs. Lloyd Stewart entertain. ed in the form of a. miseelean. eats shower honoring Mise 'Joan Pryce, bride elect. An Pd. dreet was read by Faye Little and -gifts were presented by YeOne Peyee. Donald.- Sfewert, Seaforth aWeer,,..$11.oke to. the Kippen st 'Wortien's InStittne et the home of .canighell Eyre, Saoth f makingr o„ II4itisss,,,h20,4;Airis the C. A. Meilrego*I> associate ag- efeultural 'representative in" Kent County, has,,been promoted to ifarm- management specialist -and will be stationed at Brigh- ton. . March Wilbur Mrjeyylit, aged 49, died at Sertforth' Community Hospital following a lengthy ill- ness. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cuming and family were honored fol- lowing their Pradtice, by sev- eral grotto. of Pita Presbyter - Ian Church. Georgegoost atiftered n slight concussion When a limb le rifts cuttirtgAtuct him and knobled hire to the ground. • • (Cetithrool en Page 2) •