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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-04-06, Page 1r r o, N w 108th Year Whole No. 5170 WI hes Old Time Dance Seaforth WI sponsored a sue.. cessful Centennial ball" at Sea - forth. Community Ceptre, Fri. day evening with music b Royce Rhiel and his Country Cousins. Costume prizes were won as • follows: best Original centennial couple, Mr. arid Mrs. Elmer Riv- ers; best ,original centennial dress, Mrs.. James Keys; best replica centennial dress, Mrs, John Sinclair; best centennial beard, 'Mr. F. Sills; couple do- ing best old time waltz, Mrs. John Henderson, Keith Sharp; • two-step, Mr. and 'Mrs,- Francis Hicknell; French minuet, Mr. Frank Johnston and Mrs. Rus- sell Bolton.. Costumes were judged by Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Flannigan --;and Mrs, Mae Hillebrecht. Dancing ,. .was judged by Mr. and Mrs. - James Sloan and Mr. and Mfs. Leo Murray. Objective Set at $2,400 The annual campaign spon- sored by the» Seaforth Unit of the Huron Cancer Society, got under wap- this week as 2,500 appeal -letters went into the • mail Local campaign committee chairman, R. J. Spittal, said the local objective was $2,400, As in 'recent years a canvass of area homes will, be carried out by SDHS students, commencing L. Monday. Added Gifts- For ScoufS.: Additional gifts have been acknowledged for the, 'Boy ' Scouts and Girl Guides Accom- modation Fund which now tot- als .$1,581.50. Fiund chairman W. • D.' Stephenson saiii gifts not previously acknowledged in, elude: • T.' B. Waller/is 2.00 • Anonymous- 5.00 Frank Johnston 10.00 Nelson Reid 5.00 Wilson McNab, • 5;00. Anonymous 2.00 Dancers Enjoy Party Seaforth Whirl -A -Ways square dance club honored the 1966.67 graduation class at a special party at ,the OHS auditorium Saturday night. Prize winners in an elimina- tion dance were Edna Be11 and Elmer Larone: Comedy skits were presented by Barbara and •Elmer Rivers, C1are Reith and Wilson McNab and a Mr. and Mrs, T.V. game with graduates participating. 'Guests were present from Exeter, Clinton- and Chatham. Members of the graduating class are: Mr. and Mrs. Gus Boussey, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson McNab, Mr. and Mrs. Don McLean, Sea - forth and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Russell of Cromarty. SEAPORTH, ONTARIO., THURSDAY, A PRIE 6, 196'7 — Re -Live .Old Times Mr. and Nirs.-Elmer Rivers wontop honors as best Cen- tennial Couple at the Seaforth WI Centennial Ball, Friday evening. Mrs, Jelin Sinclair, below won the best replica And Frank C. ' J. Sills produced. the best beard. (Expositor photos by Brian Flannigan): ' Easter Seals Short $900 The annual Easter -Seal cam- paign which has been under way for several weeks is, short nearly $000 of its objective of $2,000 according to W..D. Steph- enson, chairman of the Lions Club committee sponsoring the appeal. Receipt. to date total $1,196.- 75 Mr. Stephenson 'said, ._. Elect Officers, Present Trophies Contests Huron - Mime Roger West, 30 -year old Wing - ham television • aannouncer, has been- elected by the Huron - Bruce Progressive Conservative Association as its provincial candidate. was. unopposed. Reeve George Joynt of Lucknow was nominated but withdrew his 'name. • The riding, larger by five municipalities since redistribu- tion is now represented by Liber- al member Murray Gaunt. Officers elected are: Presi- dent George McCutcheon, Brus- sels; vice-president„William Cot- terrill, Tiverton; secretary -trea- surer, Norman Shepherd, Wing - ham. Mr.. West, who is' married with two "sons, was born itr Ford - with. He has been employed at CKNX Raido and Television .for 11 years. Announce $7,500, Seaforth will become the .op- erating centre for district ..hy, dro power when a $74500,000 expansion program, now under way, is completed. Major transmission line and transformer station construe - tion by Ontario Hydro will pro- vide additional power for in- dustrial expansion in. the Strat-. fordrSeaforth area. A 50 -mile, double -circuit, 230,- 0.00 -volt line will be constructed ;between Kitchener and Seaforth. • To accommodate the new 230,000 -volt system „alterations will be made to transformer stations at Stratford and Sea - forth. The Seaforth station will become the new operating cen- tre directing the Stratford sta- tion by remote control. The Sea - forth centre will • be attended Meeting . Discusses Store . Hours Here Seaforthh stores will open Fir - day nights beginning April 28th. This was the decision of Sea - forth merchants at a meeting Wednesday of last week in the Legion Hall. The. meeting had been called by the merchants committee, of the Chamber of Commerce and more -than 20 members were on Ihand to establish store hours for the coming season. Despite a long agenda this 'Was tale only decision taken as the -Meeting . bogged down -on. a discussion of -whether to close for •a full day each week. While a majority appeared -Jo favor a full day holiday, opinion was di- vided) as to whether it should he Monday or Wednesday. The meeting adjourned without any firm decision. A urther meeting has been call for Wednesday of this , weekin an effort 'to establish a Schedule for ,tjie balance of. the year. 1 Plan Qrgani For Elder C a Possibility of forming a sen - Thr citiien's • club was explored at'a meeting held in the Legion Hall, Wednesday and -calledby •the Legion Women's Auxiliary. Mrs. Cleave Coombs Auxiliary president, explained the aim.„s. of the proposed organization and the meeting agreed that senior ••citizens Will be invited to the Hall on Thursday after- noon, April 27th, to meet - other, people their own age, and en- ation tizens joy program of bingo or cards, followed by lunch. A second afternoon is scheduled for May 10th. -.If—there is a good turnout, and the program is a success, a Senior Citizens' Club will be officially launched. The meeting last week was well attended Mrs. Coombs• saidt and was representative of local organizations and churches. Beavers Advance In Title' Pursuit Tom Dick scored 2 goals and Jim Sills -one as the Sea - forth Beavers downed the Durham Huskies 3-1 at the arena here on Tuesday night before a crowd of 850 people. The Beavers now lead the series 2-0 with the third game slated. fbr Durham on Sunday April 9th at . 2:00 ,p.m. and the. fourth game' in Seaforth on Wednesday, April 12th at 8:30. Tuesday nights game was a fast one with both teams getting plenty of scor- ing opportunities only to have goaltenders. Baker of Seaforth arid -Becker of Durham come Employees Honor County Foreman Mr. and Mrs, Frank Riley of Constance celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on Thurs- day, March 23. An employee of the Huron County Highways department for 29 years, the last six years as county foreman, Mr. Riley was, honored when employees presented him and Mrs. Riley with a mahogany what not and pair of mahogany lamps. Tony Middlegaad and Melvin Hulley made the presentation and ex- tended best wishes , At a euchre party held at the home of Mr. and yrs. John Thompson, the couple was pre sented with Centennial playing cards. Mr, and Mrs. Riley have a fam- ily of two, Grace of Gananoque and Douglas of Ajax and four grandchildren. Guests . at a family dinner Iast Thursday included Mr.` and Mrs. Robert Woods, .Debbie and Michelle of Gananoque, Mr, and Mrs. Douglas Riley, Kimberley and Gregory of Ajax, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Riley of. Clinton, Mrs. Sadie Riley of Constance, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cooper of Sea - forth and Mr. and Mrs. Ern El- lwood of Clinton. The family and. friends presented Mr. and Mrs. Riley with a number of gifts and best wishes ' for many more anniversaries. up with big key saves. The first period ended without either team scoring. The Bea- vers came out fast in the sec- ond period and Tom lick scored an unassisted goal be- fore . the period was 3 min- utes old.” The score stood. 1-0 until the 18 minute mark when Kerr scored for Durham While they had the man advantage - as K. Doig was serving a roughing penalty. The third period was quite close -until Jim Sills scored what proved to be the, win- ner on a pass from Larry Dale at 8:50. Torn Dick scor- ed his second goal of the night when he took a per- fect pass from brother Jim and fired it high into the up- per corner of the net. Bob' Bcuttenmiller also drew ' an assist on the goal. Twenty penalties were cal- led in the hard-hitting con- test with Durham picking up 12. • .. Name Huron Returning Officer Russell 1'. Bolton of McKilIop has been appointed returning of- ficer for the Huron riding for the forthcoming provincial el- ection. Mr. Bolton has had a great Ap deal of experience in conduct- ed ing elections, having been re- Co turning officer in the federal i the riding of Hpron for several fed in enal elections. smi 16 PAGES 000 Area Hydro on a 24-hour basis. The present,transformer sta- tion 1'% miles east of Seaforth • will take about two and, one - will undergo major expansion. half Years to complete. It is understood the two staff Surveying is ; now underway. houses on the property and Clearing and construction are which have been empty since expected to begin in the spring) the station was converted to of 1068. The Stratford-Seaforth automatic operation several, section of the line is scheduled. years ago, will be removed; for completion by 'the fall ' of Hydro estimatesthat the en 1968, when it will be energized tire system including Station ex - Pension will cost $7,500,000 and angle Cepiea 12 ftp ,o a Y'eaa .VIc Project at 115,000. volts; . When 'the Nitthe»ex tn. • trate ford 'section is colttp eted 3n, the fail r of 1969, -cite coupe len, gt4 of the 'line Will lre. enetPz^ ed et 230,000 volts, .• As well- Os prolidling for: i'sa�l • growth in the area the iieR9321P. tem will Provide preee* +etia-= tonlers with greater seelitlr o service Hydro officiate said. Council. Clears contracts For Tuckersmjth Projects. Tuckersmith council awarded tenders totalling $32,846 and covering six different projects but in one project, that of Dayman drain, wal unable obtain a bid. ' 'Council met in Seaforth Town Hall. The first tender opened was for the Haney Drain, from Roth Farm Drainage of Gadshill, for $8,644. An estimate of $6,345 had been made for the Work. The• second tender . was for the McCully Drain by Roth, for $2,336: Estimate was $1,465. The - tender for the ' Deitz Drain also by Roth was $5,398 and the estimate $3,675. The fourth tender for the For- rest Drain by Parker and Park- er of Kippen was for $1,280 and the estimate $1,420. There -*ere no .tenders for the Dayman Drain, but no action was taken. - Cut Fair. Grant the A delegation from the Sea- to forth Fair Board, Gordan Pap- ple, Allister Broadfoot and Earl Dick, expressed concern that the grant from Tuckersmith to the 'Fair Board had been cut from $250 to $100. Mr:' Dick said the Fair Board had taken over the ,Round House and mon- ey would) have to be spent on it, Mr. Broadfoot reported that Seaforth has a larger- prize list than surrounding fairs. Each asked the council to talk the matter over and reconsider the• grant of $100. Later in the meet- ing, however, the ' majority agreed to make no change in the grant, • although Reeve Thompson was sympathetic to the .needs of -the-Fair Board: Council accepted the tenders from Roth Farm Drainage for the Haney, McCully and Deitz Drains acid the Parker and Park- er tender for the Forrest Drain. Reeve Thompson questioned councillors whether they found County Council Books of Min- utes of value. It was agreed that if other councils wished them Tuckersmith should receive them as well. New Dam. Tenders were opened for a new dram at Seaforth. Lions Park. The work is being carried out as an Ontario Conservation• Authorities project as such re- quires to be approved by the municipality. The cost of the work is covered 1y provincial grants with the balance . being paid for by the Seaforth Lions Club. Tenders were called by Canadian Mitehell Associates Limited of Brainalea, Ont., who designed the structure. - The first tender from Frank Kling Ltd., Seaforth was for $9,250. Looby Builders of Dub- lin tendered at $14,646 and Wil- ey Construction Company of Brampton for $13,552. The .low- est tender = that -of Frank Kling Ltd., Seaforth, was ac cepted with work to commence. as soon as departmental approv- al was received. A lengthy discussion was held on Municipal Drain repair bills ih arrears and council agreed ..that bills be prepared and sent out with the tax notices by the Clerk. Drains concerned are Layton, Moore, Sinclair, Wil- liams, 'Carnochan, Buchanan, Carter- and Big Drains. The engineer's report on the Brown Drain Works was con- sidered with E. II,-,-,-jjderstadt, Drainage Engineer present. The report was accepted. • Tuckersmith Dump will open ril 15. The question was rais- byCouncillor Forrest and' unciilor Coombs concerning possibility of the residents the southern part of Tucker- th using the, Hensall Duinp Curlers Close Season With Spiel, Meeting and Seaforth Curlers elected Bill -.... Curlers elected Campbell as president at the club's annual meeting, Satur- day evening. lie succeeds Royce Macaulay of . Clinton who serv- ed for two years. The meeting was,precededi by a pot -luck supper and through - but the' day members took part in a mixed bonspiel. Other officers elected are:. Honorary ;president, Charlie Barber; past president Royce Macaulay; first vice-president, Gordon McGavin; second viee- president, Harry Williams; sec- retary, Donald McKereher; trea- surer and .finance, Cyril Kirk, Jim Munn, Royce Macaulay; chaplain, Father James Kelly, mentbershipand games, Royee M eaufay, Bub Bomitth, Bob Wilson, Bill Caitnpbell, Jr.; pro, pert,, Bill Griggs:°i». M. Staple - ton, John Langstaff', entertain- ment, Art Wright, Carmen. Row- cliffe, owcliffe, Al Regier, Jack Peek, W. G. CAMPBELL elected president Doug and Peggy Rowcliffe,, Reg- Fred Pearce and Kay Stapleton. Win Ferris. and Dorothy Ball, Jack and Verdi Sinclair; special events, Art and Margie Wright, David and Mary Jean Beattie, Steve and Roxanne Brown; bonspiel; Harryy Williams, Don Stephen- son, Sandy Doig, Frank Case, Willard Aiken; publicity, 'Beth Piryce, Ina Scoins; Wed.. after- noon curling, Norm Seoins, Dave Cornish; rules, Andy Whet - ham; auditors, Garnet Stook- well, tock well,' Don Stephenson. Bonspiei Winners First draw: first prize, Dave Cornish, skip, Flo Snaith, Robt. J. Delo and Jane Cornish. Second prize: 'Lloyd ftowatt, skim, Win MaoDonatdy Bob Mae- Gord, Beuttentn11Ier, Pl. Wil- Donald and Sharon -MacDonald, )tants; president ladies 46, Consolation prize: Ren Sas•, Mao 1 Rbkirk; ifpixed games, . sett, - skip, Dorothy Bassett, Second draw: first prize: Bob Wilson, skip, Sharon Wilson, Jim Groggan and Marilyn Grog- gan Second prize: Doug Rowcliffe, skip, Mary Rowcliffe, Bruce Ers- kine and Eleanor Erskine. Consolation prize: Ned • Bos- well, - skip; Mae Habkirk, Len Ford and Jean Henderson. Win Trophies During the curling season, trophies were played for. Win- ners were: The Learn -More Trophy, Royee McCauley, skip, Bill Grigg, Bev, Broadfoot and D. Dining. Scott Habkirk Trophy: Mae I-iabkirla presented the Scott Habkirk Trophy, along with pins to each of the winning rink: Doug Roweliffe, skip, Mary Rbweltffe, R. Strayhan" .and The Molson Trophy was pre- sented .by Dave Haekwell to John Patterson's'fink with Fred Pearce vice, Howard Ritchie -sec- ond and Don Elwood lead. Rep- licas were presented to each player. The Seaforth Curling Club Trophy was won by a rink skip- ped by Dave Cornish with F. R. Cosford, vice; Garnet Stockwell second and Jim Stephenson lead. Charlie Barber Trophy: Bob Wilson, skip, Sharon- Wilson, Jim Groggan and Marilyn Grog- gan. Counter Trophy, (Ladies' Curling) was faun Longstaff, Mary Box, Jean Henderson and Win l'oinuth, per the coming year •1967.68 Party the new executive in the ladies' organization is: president, Mae Habkirk; first vice, Marilyn Groggan; secretary, Effie Ste- phenson; treasurer, Mary Box; corresponding secretary, Jean Stewart; bonspiel secretary, Ruth lieuttenmiiler, Alice Reid; buying committee, Mary Grigg lad Freda Slade; special events, ea Cooke, Ariel Wood, Mari- yn Chesney, Anne St. Marie; Ames, Ina Scoins, Flo Smith; onspie'I catering, Verdi Sin - lair; social committee,' Lois unn, Win Homuth; nominat- ng committee, Freda Slade, Flo m ith, Opal Dobson; auditors, ladys Thompson, Marilyn Rit- hie; ladies' representative to axed games, /no Seoins; mem- ship, Bea Cooke, Opal Dab - n, a B 1 t; b c 5 G e m be so Road Superintendent, Allan Nicholson answered enquiries concerning 'the condition of township roads. Ile • said. that sideroads were in bacondition this spring but. that built-up, roads were in _good condition. It was decided that .councillors and Mr., Nicholson would tour township roads and assess the condition of them next Monday, Mr. Nicholson was instructed to purchase • a desk and chair for his department. Reeve Thompson read an in- _r.itation to the Tuckersmith Council from the Ausable River Conservation Authority to it - tend a meeting to be held in Lucan on April 14 with A. Hook as speaker. Tender For Bridge Tenders for a reinforced con- crete bridge over the. Broadfoot drain at lot 27, concession 4, London Road Survey, *ere op- ened. . McCann Brothers .Construc- tion, Dashwood, tender was for. ,$6,717.50, work to be finished 68 days after approval given for tender. Kelly and Maloney Contract- ing Company of Stratford tend- ered for •$11,948.63, with com- pletion October 15. Ronald Savile Construction Ltd. of- Stratford quoted $5,- 938.20 with the work to be.fin- ished by June 15 and McLean Foster Construction Ltd. of St. Marys tendered at $8,679.13, completion July 1. The engineers estimate for the bridge was $5,800.00. • Council accepted the Savile tender at 35,938.20. Mr. W. Archibald who design- ed the bridge answered many enquiries , concerning the con- struction of the bridge. He is to negotiate for the cement and steel as the Savile Company does not provide' this. Mr. Ar- chibald will also determine whether cement is to be redi- mix. The road superintendent will contact Engineer Wilmot from Stratford to inspect con- struction • after it begins to in- sure that work is properly sup- ervised. Clerk Mclntosn read a letter received from the Clerk of- Hen- sall concerning. Fire Protection rates. Reeve Thompson brought up the matter of Tuckersmith being asked to pay a retainer fee of $1,000 per year to the Hensall Brigade, along with Hay Township and $500 from the other. townships concerned. Reeve Thompson said he felt Tuckersmith should meet and discuss this' with other town- ships concerned before any de- cision is made. Paul Stapleton asked concern- ing by-laws to cover line 'fences and -animas -at Iarge. He was re- ferred to the Clerk to secure forms •so as to obtain. the aid of the Fence Viewers committee. The Clerk read a tetter from the Clerk ) of Morris .Township regarding a resolution concern- ing the collection and distribu- tion of monies for grana `Io the library, whether they. should be levied according a - tion or assessment to ain assessment and- was. ins. atucted to Write for further in- formation as council felt the resolution was not clearly word.• ed. A letter received from- Mra,' Ann McDonald asking, for in• formation in order to trace the McDonald family tree. was re- ferred to the McDonald family at Br-ucefield. ............ . Overloaded Bus Councillor Cleave Goo>,tbs told council that op to 93 pup- ils were being carried oz a bps with a capacity -of 72 passengers on one of the rune to the new school at ilrucefield and asked . concerning the safety of the pupils involved which he said he understood included. ®p.,.p. its out of Egmondvile. • Councillor Coombs reported that the drain in front of Gord- on Hullers - had- not beef dean- ed out as requested. Conte - will look into this matter when they make their tour of town- ship roads. • Jr. Farmers More Urge: More' Members The" Huron County Junior Farmers met in the ;Agricultur- "al Boards rooms in ' Clintonon Wednesday with president Mur- ray Hoover in .charge. Don McKercher pointed out the more- members on the toll • of each club meant more dele- gates to attend the Guelph etin. ference and the scholarship trips The idea of adopting an orphan child was left to the. Centennial committee for discussion 'at the next meeting. The treasurer's report was given by Dave In- glis. Murray Hoover suggested that any club taking a bus trip outside the county should con- tact- the county executive be- fore going. Members were told that four Huron Junior Farm- ers, BiII Campbell, Donald Mc- Kercher, Gordon Pryce and Bob • Fotheringham had *on the Jun- ior Farmers' Curling bonspiel at Guelph, over 28 other rinks. It was decided to hold the an- nual CountyField Day the third. week in ine. Donald McKer.. cher urged members to bring old books to the next meeting to be shipped to .the North West Territories for the use of In- dian and Eskimo people. He said 'that the Provincial Junior Farmers are looking for a don- ation from any County club to the Illegacy of Canada Fond to India. Bob Fotheringham is plan- ning a gathering some evening in the • near future to paint some more posts for the Cen- tennial farm signs which are to be erected in April. Ag■ Rep. Goes on 11H Tour Agricultural Representative • • Doug Miles, who marked his 10th anniversary in Huron ear- lier this year, has been chos- en to accompany four, Ontario Junior Fanners en an extensive . 10 -week tour of Great Britain. Accompanied by his -rife, the Ag. Rep. will leave on Mays 12 and return August 1. The Junior Farmers chosen for the trip are: Bob Harrow* Perth County; Doug Lemon, of Grey; Charlotte Davi*, Eight; Ann MacLachan, Lambton. Their trip will comprise en-. iy England, )Ireland and Seot.- Land, but Mr. and Mrs., Mkt hope to visit four or five Eat& peen coturtries,• peasibly :;, tinark, Belgium;" H4lladd 'i>irnd Sweden.