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The Huron Expositor, 1967-04-20, Page 1g • vry • 4, • • • Whole No. 5172 108th 'Sear SEAFORTB, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL. 20, 1967 - 16 P.A4FS' 4-H Sponsors Family Nighi Area 4-11 gitups sponsoredi a Family Night in SDIIIS 'auditorium on Friday, when the program recalled past day. Here are young dancers who entertained at the Centennial fea- ture, (left) Donna Henderson, Paul McClure, Darlene Henderson, Bobbie Axtman, Linda Axt- rnan, Bobbie Henderson, Debbie Henderson. (in front) and Don Henderson. Hats Make a Difference Grandmother's hats and dresses were featuredwhen area 4111 groups sponsored Family Night at the SDHS. Here are Trudy Van Drunen, Della Wallace and Debbie Wallace. (Expositor photos by Phillips) • , ,, 'Set ,Plans' to Aid Tornado Victims Individuals, organizations and governments at every' level, lost no time in setting jn mo- tion plansto aid victims of Mon- days tornado. Discussions among 'neighbor- ing areas, where damage was •heaviest, began Monday almost as soon as the magnitude of the demage was apparent and by Wednesday morning had cry- gallized intq plans to establish funds or assistance ' in other ways. Rt. Rev. John J. white, win) recently was appointed pas- tor of Si. • Coltanbatt *Man Catholic Church. He succeeds rather L 3, Coughlin who has gone rteSt Pattick'S lektich at Merlin, , In the Legislature on Tues- day, Minister of. Agriculture .and Food,"William A. Stewart, after expressing, sympathy to those who suffered damage, Said the 'province would match dollar for dollar every ,dollar raised locally for the purpose of - rehabilitating the damaged properties. He assured the house that the resources of the department would be at the dis- posal of those who were in the path of the tornado. Provincial Treasurer Charles MacNaughton Huron mgp, also promised ev- ery assistance. ' • ' Canada Minster of ,A,gricirl- ture I. J. Greene is in Britian but government spokesmen af- ter expressing sympathy to those who suffered is said every consideration would be given any request from Ontario for. assistance. Participation of the federal government could only be as a result of the prov- ince in its request for assistance indicating that the for of the damage is such that it is beyond the capacity of the province,to handle. ',Huron Ag. Rep. Doug Miles said the facilities -of his office and the services of the staff Were available to all needing assistance. Meanwhile plans Were an- nounced for a .meeting in Hen- sall On Wednesday, to eonsider damage to Tuckersaith proper- ty. Meeting In Dublin. A group in the Dublin area has called a. meeting for Thurs- day eveiling in Dublin -School. Those Making arrangements sag,- geSt the meeting will consider co-ordinating theclean up ef- forts and lay the ground work for a eanipaign to raise funds with which to aid in rehabili- tation in all MunicipalitieS In which &linage eeetted- Local (cOtAtititied on Page 5) • Single Copies 12 OW! $5.O0 a Year in Advince The work of cleaning up in the wake of the tornado) 'that struck this district Monday ternoon as under way on Wed- , iresday. Neighbors and friends as Well as stranger from ether areas farther away had one thing in eornmon as they moved onto farms that had been in the path of the. twister. They want ed to help. , • The tornado came in'frem the west about four o'clock, wreck- • ed. a veranda in the Zurich" area, •destroyed a gas station and barns at Hensall and cut' a swath across Tuckersmith and Hibbert to Dublin. James Donnelly, 84, RR 2, Dublin, died Monday evening at St. Joseph's Hospital, London, of injuries he received when, his barn collapsed on top of him. His son Jpou Donnelly ie in Stratford General Hospital. He was with his father when the tornado struck the barn in which both were working. Neighbors dug them out• of THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR Beavers in Finals, Drop First Game DesPite an early 3-0 lead, Seaforth Beavers were unable to stem hard pressing attacks by Uxbridge and dropped the open- ing game 6-5 in the final•• series for the Ontario Intermediate B championship. The Beavers are defending the championship which 'they won the last two years in a best of seven series. The second ands third games will be played in Seaforth on Wednesday and Saturday nights. Tire fourth game will be in Ux- bridge Monday night and the fifth game 'back here Wednes- day of next week. In the opening 'game Uxbridge picked up two goals in the first period after trailing 3-0 and by the end'of the second had con- verted a one goal deficit into a 5-3 lead. In the final period the Beavers pieked up two but Were upable to overcome the lead. The game ended 6-5 for 'Ux- bridge. .. Down burhatti 8-4 The Seaforth Beavers -Scored five goals in 10 minutes last Wedneaday night 'to down the Durham Huskies 8-4 and take their best of seven series in four -straight gemes. The Bea- vers got off to a good start scoring two goals to Durham's one. The second period how- ever was -just the opposite as the Huskies pumped time, goals past the Seaforth • goalie Gar Baker to up the score to 4-2'. At 19:11 of the second period Jack MeLlwain put the locals within one goal of the Huskies. This proved to be the turning Most - Stores to Close. at 9 In a story in last week's is- sue dealing with store hours_ agreed on by Seaforth mer- chants there was , an inadver- tent inference that - all stores would remain open until -10 o'- clock Friday nights. The story should haye made clear that the nine o'clock hour that was in effect last year will continue. At the same time it was agreed that particular storbs, if it was desired, could remain epee for a longer per- iod but in any event not be- yond 10 o'clock. It"was indicat- ed certain stores would be, in- terested in remaining open be- yond nine orclock. Further to action contemplat- ed in neighboring towns, Mit- chell is remaining closed all Wednesday, We're Sorry . Hydro disruptions. fbllowing the' Monday tornado have re- sulted in publication delays that may result in the late arrival of some copies of the Expositor. While the delay is regretted it is something about which the publisheis could do little to avoid. • point in the game as the Bea- vers came out strong scoring their, five goals. Bob Beutten- miller's second of three goals proved to- be the winner at 10:40. The game was closely played in the first two periods while the Beavers took complete command , of the third. An ex- cellent crowd of 1,210 watched the game. - Besides Beuttenmiiler's three goals, other scorers were .Tack (continued on Page 6) JAMES DONNELLY the wreckage. 50 Buildings IC • esti its ary est mates indi- cate as many as 50 barns and h uses are either corapletel,y,' Jl$troye4 or dam:1'0d to such an extent that- rebuilding will difficult. Loss has. been es- tithated as high as a ,million ,Most of Huron -and Perth was Without hydro ftr varying per4 irids Monday and Tuesday when the tornado levelled three. high tension structures- south of St. Columban in Hilbert The line -brings power to the Seaforth transformer station. ' The 115,000 line supplied 'power to transformer stations at Seaforth, Goderich and Cen- tralia. These -three stations in turn supplied power , to cone reunifies in an area roughly bounded by Grand Bend, Gode- rich, Belgrave, Ethel; parr of Mitchell Arid Faeter. . ! A hydro crew 'of thirty to- gether with a fleet of vehicles was on the scene within- an hour and continued all night under difficult 'conditions and. the structures were replaced .by rape. o'clock Tuesday Morning. Trucks loaded with' repair -mat- erials and poles became bogged dtiwn:-in•fields, where lines were located and had to 'be inoved with bell dozers. Seaforth received power about 8:30 Monday evening but Walton _and Brussels were off until shortly before noon Tues- day. Clinton and Goderich also were without power until Tues- day morning. Robert Smart, Hydro infonna- tion officer said the blackout mphasizedftfile need for alter- native services , of power. He said Hydro recognized this need and was beginning to build a 23%000 volt line from Kitchener through 'Stratford to Seaforth., Dublin. Man, 84 Killed in Barn A funeral service will be held Thursday for, James Donnelly, 84, RR 2, Dublin. He. died Monday night in St. Joseph's Hespital, London, of injuries he received when his barn collapsed upon him during Monday's tornado. Surviving' are his wife, the former Agnes Feeney; three sons, Lou at home; 'John Water- loo; Joseph, Goderich; two daughters,.. Mrs. Earl (Irene) Healy, Dublin; Miss Dorothy, Kitchener; a sister, .Mrs. Leo (Katherine) Feeney, The body will be at the Don- nelly home until 10 a.m. Thurs- day when requiem high. Mass will be celebrated at St. Pat- rick's Roman Catholic Church: Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The W. J. Cleary funeral home, Seaforth, is in charge of arrangements. • • Trapped In Barn • Mr. Donnelly and his son were trapped in the wreckage' of the barn for, nearly an hour as men fought to clear accum- ulations of hay, straw and bro- ken lumber. • - There were no telephones. Senieone drove to Seaforth and, called Dr. E. Malkus and an ambulance. .nOther motorist brought Dr. Towne from Mit- chell. Mitchell Fire Department was called and stood by in cese of fire, meanwhile aiding in the search.' . • Witnesses said -the whole barn seemed to lift up. It start- ed to come down and then col- lapsed. Mr. Donnelly and his son -Lou had just entered their barn at lot 33, eon. 1, Logan Township, a short distance,east of Dublin on No. 8' Highway, when the Cancer Aid at Half -Way Mark With less than half the can- vass completed, gifts totalling $1,069 have been received in the Seaforth Cancer unit cam= IYaign acarding to J. R. Spit- tal, Seaforth campaign chair- man. The eamPaign in Seaforth is being carried out by pupils of SM. -The Seaforth objective is 0,406. 4 ' twister hit. Lou said, "the light went out first and we heard the hail. We figured there was a storm corn- ing and thought we'd better go to the house. We started walking towards the door and --, then everything Went. I can't remember a thing after that." Telephone lines were down and for a time Dublin and area 'were Without service, The tornado developed in an area . southwest of Hensalt Damage was first reported at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adel bert Smith, RR 3, Zurich. Their verandah was blown to pieces. Perhaps the first persons to see the whirling funnel of the tornado were workmen perched ,atop a silo on a farm southeast of Hensall. About 4 O'clock The tornado struck Hensall about 4 o'clock and demolished a service station. Mr: and Mrs. Harold Elliott operate a service station and restaurant eir Highway 4 just south of Hensel'. When the tornado struck just - before 4 PM., 31.rs, Elliott was on the telephone at the restaur- ant talking to her husband in Exeter. Her first warning., of the storm came from tier daughter, who was taking part in the phone call on an extension at their home a quarter -mile away: Lloyd McLean and the Zurich construction men had a good look at the growth of a tornado — better than they bargained for. Building a silo on the farm of Harry Smith, three miles east of Hensall, they saw the funnel - shaped cloud in the southwest. The tornado struck homes in 1 the soot)* part of Dublin. . Chimneys on the'Don WneBae house were topled and,portzons, of the roof peelegcl Off- A(40154.' bog Joseph Doyle lost ti kbtA, ney and across -the road' a.barn owned 'by Wilfred Ecenel4t•luSt disappeared. • Windows in the Feeney house were blown Out and trees in the area Were n'13 - rooted. Traffic was tied un- til a tangle of trees and hydro and phone cables Conk). be cleared frorn the county- road. Trees were blown down in the Dublin Cemetery adjacent • to St. Patrick's Churth but the Church escaped damage. A large barn owned by William Stapleton) east of the Dublin CNR station was in the path of the :germ and collapsed. Storm Havoc in Hibbert Perhaps the greatest property damage was that at the Bruce Armstrong farm. in Hibbert Township. All that remains of the barn is a part of One wall and the silo seen through shat- tered tree trunks at the'right. While most of the house is standing it was damaged, almost beyond repair. Neighbors on Tuesday salvaged some grain from the Wreckage of the barn. "0 Q : , A fr4, '84744*.1,XVINCTfr7j,LV Scout Fund ;s Short Gifts to the fund to provide accommodation for Scouts 'anti Guides in Seaferth have been fewer during the past couple of weeks and as a result the 'fund is still short of its objec- tive W. D., Stephenson campaign committee chairman said this week. Gifts may be left at any Sea - forth bank or forwarded to Mr. Stephenson. ' Additional gift aelrnowledged. Fred Savauge 10.00 Award Minister DD Degree The Rev. II, Douglas Stewart, B.A., Minister of Knox Presby- terian Church, Ottawa, for the past eleven years, will be hon- ored by the Senate of prebyter- ian- College, Montreal, with the highest honor in the gift of the College — the degree of Doc- tor of Divinity (honoris cause). Mr. Stewart graduated from Presbyterian. College' in 1942, The annual Convocation of Presbyterian 'College, Montreal, will be held at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, on Wednesday evening, April 26th. Mr. Stewart is a 'native of Seaforth, where he was • born and educated. He is a • son of Mrs. liarry Stewart •arid the late Mr. Stewart. Mr. Stewart was doubly hon- ored this spring in receiving in the sable mail a communication from the Senate of Montreal College and from the Senate of (Conflated on Page 5) Garage_ Disappears in Mensal! This is all that remains of , Elliott's Garage at Hensall after -a torn ado- tore through the district Monday afternoon. The tornado left two walls of the service station section stand- ing. •The front wall of the restaurant'is gone. The entire'roof was lifted off, leaving only the restaurant's false ceiling. Damage to the nearby Elliott home Was slight, ' • 0 Flyinglruck in Dublin . A pick up_truck parked beside the residence of DonMatinee, 'Dublin, was coked up by the tornado and flung into the highway ditch in front of the house. AS it came to rest heat timbers were dashed through the witidShield. A.eroas the foul the barn on the ktopetti bf Wilfred Feeney disintegrated when the tornado struck. 0206SitOr.Pitet'0 4 • ."‘ •