HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-05-18, Page 1Whole No. 5176
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Portraits From The. Past' . Recall History
Members of area organizations co-operated Monday night -with the Seaforth. Women's
Institute to present • portraits of the past before a large audieince in the SDHS •auditorium.
Shown here in the cosumes made available -through the Ontario Centennial Planning branch
are (left) Ruth Beuttenmiller, Hospital' Auxiliary; Ina McGrath and Mary Chapple, Legion Aux-
iliary, Marjorie Huether, Walton WI and Mary Elliott, Seaforth, Jr. WL (Expositor photo
by Phillips).
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Portraits From the fast
Is Centennial feature
About 300 attended the Celt-
' .tennial presentationof Por-
traits from. the Past; models of
the first fifty years of Confed-
eration, produced; by the On-
tario Centennial Planning branch
and alionsored by -Seaforth WI,
in SDHs. on Monday night. The
, presentation . consisted of 39
costumes from the 1867 period
to that of 1917, identified in
several instances with ladies of
social and historical.iinportance
in Ontario. ..Y
Modelling the cosumes were
'members chosen from Seaforth
WI, assisted by Walton W'I„and
Hospital and Legion Auxilary
members.'Commentator and•mis-'
• tress of ceremonies for the var-
First Church • Plans,
Anniversary. Events
The Rev. DeCourey H. Ray-
ner, D.D., Editor of the Pres-
byterian Record, the official
monthly magazine of the Pres-
byterian• Church in Canada,
will be the Guest Speaker on
Rev. •DeCourcy R..Rayner
Sunday, May 21st at 11:00 a.m,
as First Church observes; the
63rd annual 'Spring 'I'hankof-
. tering.
Dr. Rayner is widely known
in the field of religions Publica-
tions as an outstanding journal-
ist and editor: He is a graduate
of Knox College and the
versity of Toronto, and began
his ministry in Guiana, South
America. During World- War II
he --served for three years as
chaplain in the Royal Canadian
Air Force. He was secretary of
the Montreal district ' of the
Canadian Bible Society for sev-
ere'
evera' years !prior to his appoint-
ment as Editor of The• Record.
He is also• secretary of the Pros-
�byterian Committee on Inter -
Church ltelatioh"s.
Dr, ..Rayner .is one: of five
Canadian .'hurchnten hang sent
the . overni ent of Canada
by the s i.. ...i •.
to ery ce�ii a fist r
"`VV ,stm o
Abbey on ',twat 30th,, at ,Which
the centennial of''Canada s . doti
• • federation will !W ietri'ora-
t.
This special service of wor-
ship, held each year, marks the
extensive renovation and re-
building of First Church which
wascompleted in 1904. The ser-
vice has exceptional signific-
ance this year as it is part of
the observance of the centen-
nial of Presbyterianism in Sea -
forth. The church -•was founded
in 1867.
The Chdir, under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Wm. Brown, with
Mrs. Carol Carter at the organ,
will present special anthems.
Mrs. "Betty Overholt,. St. Cath-
erines, will be - Guest Soloist.
Brucefield
Host to
.
Fire en
Aria fsiremen got a chance to
practice fighting gas fires at
theregular meeting of the Hur-
on County Mutual fire aid as-
sociation held Monday in Bruce-
fieId.' -
Gordon Neill, manager of the
Products Supply and Safety
branch of"Superior Propane Ltd.,
Don Mills, showed slides and
spoke on the use of LP. gas
and propane gas. The ' meeting
then ,moved to a gravel pit on
the fare of Peter Oud, former-
ly the Harry Norris farm, south
of Hrucefield, -'where the 'fire-
men were, shown how to shut off
and extinguish burning tanks,
Seventy-five firtnen• front
13 area fire brigades watched
as the host Brucefield depart-
ment,. assisted 1►fr. Neil in e%
tinguishing several tanks -of,
various sites., • ' '
Attending from Seaforth ;were
thief Zohn F. Scott, Bill' Wil -
bee', •' bon, Fry Prank . Core,
Chaties Wood, iten'Broome and
Jim ,itid,•
iety, program was Mrs, Anna
Meier of CKNX. Pianist for the
evening was Mrs. Audrey Cam-
eron and.. musical numbers for
the presentation were supplied
by the McKillop school choir
assisted by Miss Joan Sinclair
under' the direction of Mrs. J.
Henderson . and Mrs. Cameron.
Door -prizes were won by Mrs.
Art Devereaux and Mrs. W. E.
Butt' and the prize• for .the best
centennial' .costume by Mrs. E.
Rivers.
The variety program included
Canada by choir: Donnie Hen-
derson, Vanda Storey, Paul
Storey, Bobby ,Henderson, Jane
Johnston, Sylvia Smith, . Ricky
McKenzie, Sharron Johnston,
Sandra Smith, .Barry Gordon,
Evelyn Storey, Sandra Coleman,
Sandra Johnston; duet, Anne
Stewart and Diane Henderson;
musical, Nelson Howe; 'suet,
(Continued on Page $l
Set plans for
C oft Meeting
Al/ general meeting of 'the
Chamber of • Commerce . is plan-
ned for Tuesday evening in the
Legion Hall. The meeting will
continue discussions of plans
involving the comments that
had been taised previously ac-
cording, to president D. Sills:
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A 'continuing high denian,•
for patient accommodation idea
-tureck the operation- -of E,eaforth•
Comrpunity Hospital during the
past year the annual meeting
of the Hospital was told, Ads
missions Buring the year° tota]lr•
ed 1,215, up ).7.0 per cent gyer
the previous year.•
Held in the. Health Unit con-
ference room on the R ground
floor, the meeting was well at-
tended by representatives of
area municipalities and organ-
izations.
Reporting on, behalf of- the,
board, the president A. • Y. kle,
Lean paid tribute to the con-
tribution which the staff has
made to the successful operation
of . the hospital. He emphasized
Unlike other • businesses
the hospital operates sever days.
a week, twenty-four hours a
day, which creates severe de-
mands on personnel. He referred
to the passing of J. E. Keat-
ing, valued . member of the
board for many years, and to
the change in representatives. in
McKillop where William Dennis,
who had served `'as vice -chair-
man and as. chairman of the
building committee, had, `been
succeeded. by Ralph McNichol.
During the year certain add
ministrative changes had oc-.
cured reflecting the increased
operations in the new building.
Gordon McKenzie of London had
joined- the staff as treasurer
in chhrge of accounting, person-
nel and stock control, , while
Lloyd Hoggarth continued as
secretary.
Mr. "McLean expressed the.
board's appreciation for the con-
tinued oo-operation of the Wo-
men's Hospital Auxiliary And of
the inunicipalities which the
hospital serves. He said that the
role which' the area municipal-
ities paid in contributing an_
nual grants based on .the num-
ber of 'admissions,' was a major
factor in adding working funds.
with which to carry out capital
purchases such as replacement
of ' ' equipment. The municipal
grants ;were based on an aver-
age of $3 a year per patient
witfiffirire suggestion that the ar-
rangement contique for • ten
years. He explained -that the
board has no access' to funds
for such `purposes as equipment
replacement other 'than grants,
a small portion of the difference
between standard ward rate And
preferred .accommodation and
the amounts recovered from de-
preciation on ' equipment.
"It is a matter of Some -pride,"
the said, "that these communi-
ties have a completely modern
hospital plant representing an
expenditure of $1;000,00 and
that this •has been provided
through volunteer co-operation
and without there being a fund-
ed debt; or'charge of any kind
against any municipality."
Reporting for the property
committee, J. M. Scott, the com-
mittee chairman; said that much
of the work in connection with
the new buildhng,had been com-
pleted. During the past. -.year
the grounds had been seeded,
parking areas paved and addi-
tional curbs and sidewalks pro-
vided. In addition through the
contribution of Louis Flannery,:
a former S,eafortli resident but
now of Detroit, the entire
grounds had been landscaPed.
He added that a, sign indicating
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the nae :of 'the hospital -had
been erected on the front lawn.
Mr. Scott said the board was
actively pursuing a study of
the area north of the hospital
with the thought that a subdiv-
ision could be developed. Plans
are being , prepared, by • 'the
board's consultants and it was
expected that information suf-
ficient •on which.to make a de-
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epo is
0, ancy.
cision would be available short-
ile nest of -the*wgrk in
.co vection, with the original
`:construction program bad been
completed some additional Work
A11.4 involved in the 'heating anii
Ventilating systems. He said that
in ' the original contract, - com-
pletion of certain areas of the
air changing system had -been
deferred but jt was hoped that
this work could be completed
during the present year.
Bohn E. Longstaff, president
of the finance committee, re-
viewed the, financial report and
auditor's report. During the year
total operating etpenses were
$311,981 excluding - 4eprecia:
tion. Standard ward revenue
amounted to $301,207- and pre-
ferred accommodation to $16,-
694. Revenue from special ser-
vices, such as out-patients was
$14,378. The excess of expenses.
over revenue for the year
amounted to 412,573 after de-
preciation. He said that during.
the year a total of $14,200 had
been "receivedfrom the hospi-
tal building fund carmpgjgn.ten,
resenting payinent of pledges.
There are outstanding pledges
totalling about 435,000 and in
most instances pledges were be-
ing met as they fell due. While
it' was expected there would be
soi/le write-offs, on pledges,
these would not be of serious
proportions, he said,
• 24• Hour Service ° '
(Reporting for the public rela-
tions `committee, the chairman,
Mrs. Joseph McConnell,, said
that the hospital staff'numbe -
ed 'T4 including 60 full troll
employees and 14 part time.
During the year a staff Christ -
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Scout
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Short
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Gifts to the funds to provide
accommodation for Scouts and
Guides in Seaforth have 'been
fewer during the past couple
-of weeks and as a result the
fund -is stillshort of its objec-
tive W. D. Stephenson campaign
committee chairman said this
week.
Gifts may be left at any .S'ea-
forth bank or, forwarded to Mr.
Stephenson.
Additional gifts acknowledg-
ed,. which bring- the total to
$1,708.30 include
Supertest Petroleum 25.00
T.' Eaton Co. • • 10.00
John Modeland 10.00
irigle
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It doesn't take 'long,. to move
when you have oyer 400 mov-
ers.
Everyone has, pitched in dur-
ing recent day's and it took
only a few hours to move the
•Seaforth - District High School
from its old location to a span-
king new building -adjacent to
the old scheoL
The new school is so new, in
.Capacity.
Crowd
On Hand
Seaforth Publjc School audi-
torium was crowded to capacity
Thursday and Friday evenings
when "tI% r;riendship Circh of
First Presbyterian Church pre-
sented the three act comedy,
"Here =Comes Charlie"..
, The 'play , was directed by
Clare Reith and taking part
were: Anne McLaughlin, Don
Morton, Marilyn Chesney; Glenn
Chesney, Wilson McNabb, Shie-
la Morton, Bob Wilson, ."June
Boussey, Alice Reid and Bill
Hodgert: •
Caravan
Soon
Underway
Provincial Police, working out
• of No. 6 district, are' complet-
ing plans for the Centennial"
Caravan that begins visits to
area 'towns on' May 22, at Ar-
thur. • The Caravan is in Sea -
forth on June 13th..
The Caravan Convoy will cov-
er approximately three-quarters
of 'a mile of highway and will
be escorted on all its routes by
the Ontario Provincial Police.
The OPP will have a cruiser in
front. and rear of the caravan,
and also an out rider on a mot-
orcycle.
These precautions are -neces-
sary due to the length and wid-
th of the -vehicles in the convoy.
The OPP has urged the motor-
ing public, • if the caravan
overtake a vehicle on the high-
way, to please pull off the high-
way and stop to'permit the car-
avan, a safe passage.
fact, that workmen were still
working on • wiling and plaster
dust '• clouded the air as the
students move in. Present
Plans Call call forte work to be
completed in, November.
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Free Prizes Feature
Selling Event Here
Seaforth merchants' are kick.-
ing off grimier- in a big way
starting today.
The merchant's committee of
the Chamberk of Commerce . has
planned. 'a Giant Shopping Bon-
anza to Iast from May 18 to May
26. The affair will coincide
with the Victoria Day holiday
weekend and the clean-up cam-
paign. ` -
Many 'merchants are empha-
sizing special shopping , oppor-
tunities and most will have bar-
gains 'galore for ' hundreds of
extra shoppers expectel to vis-
it Seaforth.
Eachmerchant too is offer-
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Nurses Are Graduated
i NIiSt. ROTH( RltcHEE
datighter ,ef Mr.'' and Mrs.
liff'Ritchie; R'R 4, Walton is
a-,
re
cent ,Sraduate
.erys20,4)1tl,Hiteheonfo. r.S:t'.
ing special„ prizes. All draws
for the prizes will be made on
Friday evening, May , 26, at the
town hall at 9:15: The wide ar-
ray of prizes which have been
donated range .all the way from
watches to vouchers.
Many of the prizes are offer-
ed with summer in mind and
will be''an aid to summer travel-
ling. Each store has containers
in which entry blanks can be
left.
Monday, May 22, is a public
holiday so , stores will remain
open all day the following Wed-
nesday, MVMay'24.
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Miss June Anne Melady (left)rdaughter of Mr. and Mia.,
Edward, Melody, Dublin and Miss Joyce Marie Ryan, daugh-
ter of Mr. ,and Mrs. -Joseph F. Ryan, RA.14; D'ubbliit are recent
graduates of ii,Bae it's School of rat'sifi . London. The
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site ,gradtiatea'.of bublitt Continuation 0104
:Miss • NORA , .« 06RWILL
daughter of Dr, and Mrs.
John Seafor.th, whe
has graduated f roth St. Marys
tdospital, 1itchef+er', -
Moving Day
The worried looks which are
in evidence here suggest the
concern with which ' SDHS
pupils approached„ the task
of moving out of , the old
school which for nearly 90.
years has served the area.•
bove are keil McDonald,
D de Miller and Clyde Mc-
Clure as they rushed, to get
out ahead of the wreckers.
(Expositor photos).
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The- students ;were ilk tt htlli- '.
day mood, as they made bort
work of .transferring {the.':de s
and furniture 'in .thee ino
and returned in the a te'rinoon •
to move personal possessions,
from their •lockers in .th'e old
building. to ones - in .the•.
But their spirits' cooled consid-
erably the next'. morning when
they took their first classes in
the new building which does
not ',have the -healing 'system
connected. Until warm weather •
permits the girls are being al- ' ,
lowed to wear slacks.
The old school, now being de-
molished, was erected in three
sections. The original school
was a two room building put
up in 1879 as Seaforth's first.
Secondaryschool. Two rooms
quickly became inadequate and
a large addition was made in
1887, eighty years. ago. '
In 1939 another additionupwas
made to bring the school. to
date. This incl}ided shop and
home economics facilities a
combined gymnasium and audi-
torium and other facilities.
All of this -is now in the pro-
cess of being torn down. Two
more recent, additions, one
made in 1954 and another built
in 1960 will remain and will
become part of the new school.
History
Nowlin
Book .Form.
The Story of Seaforth, a serer•
ies of -historical articles by is
abelle Campbell, is ' now avail-
able in book form. '
The history first appeared as
a series of articles written for
The Expositor. Wide interest
in the series prompted the d
cision to make the material
available in a more prtnanent
'form... -
The 'book. contains 130 pages,
telling the history. of Seaforth,
from the time .if was .a swamp
to .the present.. Histories of
many of the business establish-
ments and public buildings in
the town are included.
The collected history is now
available at the- Expositor of-
fice or by ma at $2.50 a copy.
.There is an acriETtioriel mailing
charge of 25 Cents.
Power
Ofthe
Press
Anyoneowho' doubts the pow-
er of the press should read this
Last week the Expositor eilr-
ried a ' Ietter concerning the
Boy Scout -paper drive. In a
postscript the writer' mentioned
that a girdle had been found ',-
among the papers collected and
that it could be claimed by
phoning the number given. The
paper went • out Thursday.-mor-
fling,
hursday--monping, and by noon the girdle
had been claimed. -
The embarrassed owner —a
lady,-- had been saving papers
and several weeks ago ' noticed,
she had misplaced •her girdle.
She had no idea where it could
be until she saw. the reference
in the Expositor. The owner on
claiming her property said she
was resolved that everything
would stay in its proper place
from now on. • -.
RiicKiUUop Residents~
kid Tornado Fund
McKillop, Township residents
have contributed $2,134 to the
Huron -Perth Tornado Relief
fund.
The money represents the
proceeds of a canvass of ,Me.
Killop residents carried out as
a result of arrangements work-
ed 'out by Reeve Ken Stewart,
members of council pan ;the
McKillop'F of A.
The canvass in, Iiibbbert
Township is almost completed'
with $2,150 already turned in.
According to Lloyd humph.
reys 'of Duiblint► the treasurer
for the fund, ;total, receipts aro
in -excess of. $15,,000. Mr, Muni.
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phrey5 said he understood ad-
ditional amounts had• been re-
ceived in areal where the can-
vass.had not 'been completed.
The committee is waiting
word as to the procedure .lir
order to• have gifts regarded as
being of a charitable .nature tinct
thus eligible as ' n. deductible
enpense. Officiate said, it m y
he. that gifts would be- trans-
ferred to ":ore of the •munieipall .
sties involved with• the ntiunrat,
panty paying out .shelf 'assio.
•thuee as may
I t , he. cletetil iced.
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bls etse. it *as itdteattd
,there'Would Problem,
1111ng ' the 'ta* +aspect, • -