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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-05-25, Page 1Whole No. 5177 148th Year oNTARIQ,'' .RaP41r, Ack.-V 02 1967 PAGES Single .Copies 1 Cysto Petr tact + VAIKII i w r . Recall :School Days, In Stanley Former students of SS. 10 Stanley -at Brucefield gathered Saturday for a final reunion The school section was absorbed into the new Stanley,-Tuckersmith School Area and pupils' now attend the new Centennial School on No: 4 Highway south of Brucefield, Among the oldest old boys and girls who attended the reunion were Fred Burdge, Brucefield, Mrs. James Broadfoot, Seaforth, Duncan Aikenhead, Seaforth and Mae Aikenhead, London' (Expositor photo by Phillips.) • `Happy Citizens' - Organize, Plan Activity .Program ' Mrs. Elizabeth Brown was el- ected president .of -the Happy Senior Citizen's CIub at an or- ganizational meeting held on Thursday at the Legion Hall. Mrs. Gordon Scott chaired the -meeting in the absence of Mrs. Cleave Coombs, organizer'of the Has (awn C'entenroidl. Project Tom Wilbee, custodian qf the Seaforth Post Office, has a priv- ate centennial project that he _ is keeping a secret fromno one. Anyone whelooks at the post office clock tower can see Tom's Work. He bas placed large cen- tennial emblems on . the foul • faces of the clock. The decora- tions can't be seen easily in the daylight, . but at night are clearly visible. The project has drawn con- 'sidefable comment. Most«people like the idea although some ad- mit it makes it difficult to tell the time. .� . • club, who was sick. The group decided to ,contact Joseph ,White and inquire if he would take the position of vice-president. Other offices were left to 'be, filled at a later date. MRS. ELIZABETH BROWN The group will meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 2 p.m. The next meet- ing , willbe held on June 14. Mrs.. Warren. Brock of the Eiteter club told the 50 people in attendance ,of some of the activities of the Senior Citizens of Exeter°an l wished the group Seaforth Residents Married 50 Years Fifty years of family life were remembered •.by Mr. -and Mrs. Alex Aubin on Saturay,• , Mass was celebrated- at -St. James' Roman Catholic Church, Seaforth and a dinner followed at the Commercial, hotel. Later, a reception was held at the - home of their son Jahn. Present at the event was Mrs. Rose . Dennothe, Detroit, Mrs: Aubin's 'mother, now 88 years old. The bridesmaid, Mrs. Jean edard, Tillbury and best man, . Ted Dennome, of the orig- inal wedding were also present. Mr, Aubin was born in St. Joseph's, 73 years;'ago. Mrs. Aubin, is the former Alice Den- nome and Was born in .St.' Jos- eph's,••.71 years ago. The couple were 'Married in. St. JoAeph's May 28, tint, ' They. lived 13 years in Bruce- . field and one year fn Clinton, "`before coming to Saforth teµ ii years ago, Por 'ninny years' . Aubin . farina. He later • waked et ,the radio a0h0al sir the Clinton°Ali rots Base far, 10 ,years. They have 11 children: Una Jeanne, Mrs. Louis Montague, London; Veronica, Mrs. Delmer Mindinger, Seaforth; Roseanne, Mrs. C. McNichol, linton; Ar- melda, Mrs. Earl Fuiford, Clin- ton; Rigis, Seaforth; Lloyd, of Goderich Andre, Seaforth; Vic- tor, Kitchener; Orville, Breslau; John,. -Seaforth; and Patrick, Grimshaw, Alberta.-- Mr. lberta.Mr. Aubin does. a little gar- dening in the summer and Mrs. Aubin • keeps busy with the housekeeping. • A platform • rocker ,Vvas pre- sented la ' the couple as well as a scroll from the family and several other molnentoes of the occasion. Many cards of con-' gratulation were received, .in= eluding a message from Prime Ministejr-Pearson, and a plaque from the Pope. • The couple has ieep many changes in the World in their; time together and lid. Attbin :Mitd; "It's .a little hard for ars' to get used to thea ht derit life." the best of luck in the future. Euchre was played after the meeting. There were 'seven tables in play. Winners were: first: Mrs. Alex Wright; lone hands, M. J. S. Cairns; consol- atian, Mrs. Mills. The -lucky cup was won by Mrs: Boyce of Egniondville. Win Prizes in Acnnual Penny Safe e e end T � •;A. o Hos t Two `area residents were sent,. to hospital following recent : ac4 cidents. MAbo-.mornll rs,ut- 9:394ue poiesis Chester of Itaglon. St., Dublin, lost control of her car when it hit a hole in. the road on the fifth sideroad of Ribbert Township. The 'ear'wenkt off ditchthe. roar$ into a six-foot deep' ' Mrs. Chester was takers to; Seaforth Community 3Ect n dl• with abrasions and fractured ribs caused when she;e4ue in contact with the steering wheel of the car: '. Mrs. Martha Thompson, Main. Street, is no.µ :home frost'• hos, pital with her arm • in -a, cast: She broke her firth -during' a recent fall and was taken to Seaforth Community Hospital. She is now staying with .her daughter, Mrs. Jack Hoelscher, George St., • until she ' is well enough to return to her own home. Injures Back Rex McGregor, Egrhondville, is in Seaforth Community Hos- pital as a result of a fall front a ladder at his home ' Friday., He fell about ten feet when the' ladder on which he was w.ark- ing slipped. • Fractures Knee' Cap - . Billy Clement, 11, son of M. and Mrs. William Clement, had the misfortune to fracture his knee cap in an accident, Satur- day morning, He is a;. patient at. St. Joseph's Hospital; Lon- don, where this knee was placed in a. cast. He is a student"°at Hensall Public School. The annual • St. C•olumban .Penin•,. Saie _, draw took place Tuesday evening with"the fol- lowing. wingers:— ., 4' Lawn chair, Ted Melady; gro- ceries, Mrs. Doug ltaehb; ' apr- ons, Mrs.. Bill Austin; garbage pail, E. Montgomery; Coco -,Cola, Wallace Ross; blankets, •Eileen Maloney; • 50 lbs. sugar, Mrs. Ella Monro.....piliow cases, Mrs. L. Healy; stool; -Jean Maloney; sugar, MPs .,.Joan Betties. Blapke't? "Mrs. Art Devereaux; Lawn: chair,, Loretta Savauge; jam jar, ,Mrs.,Bob Clark; water hose, Mrs. James, C. McGregor; blanket, Orville 'Weston; 20 lbs, sugar,,Mrs. Art Devereauix; cup arid saucer, Mrs. J. Cornish; place chats, Mrs. Bill O'Shea. Magazine rack,, Mrs. Bob Clark;' 20 lbs. sugar; Leroy Fel- ker; doll, • Mrs. Len O'Rourke; ornament, Stewart Devries; kit- chen utensils, Kenny McDon- ald; towel set, MTs..Frank Mur- ray; 50 -lbs. sugar, James E. 1Gfelady; heating •pad, Patricia Ryan; water glasses, SIs'•aw•tia' Graham Bathroom scares, Mrs. Martin Heynsberger; • plastic pail and towels, Mrs. Joan Betties; lawn chair, Mrs, • Russell Gould; 10 lbs. sugar, Mrs. Theo Melady; boy's ' pants, Mrs. Art Dever - nun; tricycle,- Mrs. R. Joynt. ' Quilt, ;Rita Duncan; cookie jar, Mrs, Bob' Clark; glove and ball, Len O'Rourke; ' mixing. bowls, Mrs. Walter Carpenter; cookie tray, Allan Ryan.. • Sheet and pillow cases, Mrs. Dick Downey; sugar, Howard Hackwell; shirt, Bobby Malone; pillow cases, Patsy Drager; sugar, Mrs, Nora Maloney. Picture, Mrs. J. L. Malone; picnic hamper; Rita Duncan; 15 lbs. sugar, Rita Kennedy; honey, Auguste Ducharmh; pil- lows, Mrs. Brian Flanagan; piI- low cases, Patsy Drager; blan- ket, Shirley Ryan; clothes ham- per, Alex Irvipe; 'candy and cookies, Michael .O'Reilly. • - 'The executive of the CWL wish to thank all those who. helped in any way to make this Penny Sale .a success. Winners may pick up their articles at the parish }fall on Sunday, May' 28th, between •12 and 1:38 p.m. Aided in 'MCKiliop Canvass A story in a recent issue re- ferring to the collection in Mc- KKillgp Township to aid tornado victims negleeted to indicate that among those taking part in the canvass were nietnbers of the rafters' 'Onion, The can- vAss µWas conducted jointly`' by Mel to Council* rederation tri{ Agriculture and' the 'atmers& Union. I With little More than a month -e.• ng_-bef_.o,rati_.• lte Seaforth 'mons Centennt l Carnival, me_nr- bdrs meeting Monday evening reviewed plans for the three- day event, -- 32nd in the his- Wry of the=elub- Emphasizing the. Centennial theme the carnival' dates this rear- are extended to include .the July 1st holiday: The event opens Thursday evening,. June 29th. • .E.WS OF WALT0N The -carnival will provide a 'Centre of activity for former resident's and Centennial visit- ors who will be encouraged to spend the holiday weekend here, Lions Club president, G. A, Whitney said. The meeting in the commun- ity -Centre was arranged by Carman Rowcliffe and A. Y. Mc- Lean and , carnival committee 'chairmen .under general chair- man 0. G. Oke outlined 'details of the -attractions. - An amateur show- with con- testants from throughout the area is being arranged in co-op- eration with CKnOt TV, Rev. D. 0, Fry, program . committee chairman ,told the meeting. Pre- liminary events will take place on the first two nights with the finals scheduled for ,Saturday night. Winners will appear in subsequent weeks on TV,,Bands scheduled for the ,program in- clude SDfiS girls' trumpet band, 'Canadian Forces Base Clinton band and.-Banriockbizrn • pipe band. Young ladies ' representing area Lions club's, wilt compete for beauty ueen honors Fri- day night. Already committee in the 'acids of Brian Flanni_ chairman George. Hildebrand gan •and William Strong.' s re eived-sevei a1 -entries ., Honors in the • log rolling •cont - there is every indications that test Wi - he—Iieot,:•'I . competition will be keen , he 'July 1st afternoon 'when munioi- said. Judging for the Centennial pal offs Iais from Duran aid Beard Growing contest which ,Perth will compete for the has been underway in the area trophy in the -annual event in since early"';"winter, will take charge of a committee headed place during. the carnival. Ar- I by A.. J. Wright. • rangements for the contest are Advance sale of admission Daughters invite Mothers to Supper The Annual Mother and Dae'ghter C.G.I.T. . 'banquet was held . in Duff's United. Church Tuesday evening with 38 guests present. A toast to the Queen Was, • made after which Rev. Arthur Higgin- botham asked the blessing. .A toast.to the Mother's was given by Connie Coutts with her mother Mrs, William Coutts replying. A.'lively sing -song followed the ,supper. A musical.num•, ber was contributed by Judy. Thamer and Christine Lee on the piano and -•Shirley Wil- liamson singing "This Land is Your Land', CofCto Sponsor Para e' Seaforth: Chamber of Com-, merce Will co-operate with the Centennial committee and spon- sor -a parade as part of. the Lab- or Day Centennial program be- ing planned. Decision to set parade mach- inery in motion was taken Tues- day evening at a meeting in the Legion Hall. Requests for C of. C assistance was presented by the president, D. Sills. As a preliminary move the meeting named a • committee -to work -out details and to follow through with necessary plan- ning, thrpughout the summer. On the committee are Elmer Larone, Robert Read, M. Nott, Les Habkirk, L. F. Ford, Wil- liam R. Smith, D. Sills and Mrs. Jean -Henderson. First meeting of tate . committee was set for June th when it is expected ad ditional, appointinents will be made and a number of sub cont-' ,rnittees established. Answering a request from •Mayor. Frank..Kiing for co-op- eration in planning a civic ban-. quet to mark the third Ontario hockey championship captured this year by the Beavers, the meeting agreed to be represent- ed on the committee. Named to represent the C of C,were Bet't Moggach, W. R. Smith and Wil- liam Hodgert.• Mayor Kling in .answer, to a query saki it was planned to introduce roller skating at the arena and thdtt-details were be- ing Worked out by a suis com- mittee cif the arena Commission •headed by Brian Flannigan: He said, the Barn Dance Show was July 17.• The meeting was reminded by Mr. Sills that membership fees Were date and mern'bera Were urged to ,co-operate in th e1 u aging an iridreaaed membership, t Beverly McCall, thanked the ,ladies -of the 8th and. 16th Unit- forthe supper and Mrs. Va.t• •Vliet Jr. gave a 'fitting reply. Brenda' Bewley introduced the guest speaker Miss Joanne -Elligsen of McKillop who showed slides of her trip to New York and The United Nations. • She said that she ,hoped she 'could impressupon her listeners what an important job the UN is `doing to pro- mote world peace. Probably no f us would be alive if it w ren'.t for the United Na- tions. She also'stated what a tthrill -it was to meet young people from all across Canada and the United. States. for urged all the girls to try for the trip as it was- the greatest experi- ence .ofher life. Karen McDonald thanked. the speaker and presented her with 'a gift., Gail Traviss, and Sharon Marks accompanied by•.Mrs. (Continued -on Page • 5) 200 Attend' Banquet • o hundred area persons at ended a dinner at the Legion Hell, Clinton, Saturday, night in honor of. -Arthur Knight, man- ager of the Clinton Area of the Ontario- Hydro. Mr. Knight is retiring after 42 years with Ontario Hydro. He was based at Clinton for 37 of those years: R :es After 5 Years After over 25 years in the dry' cleaning business, Norman Scoins has announced his re- tirement, Mr, Scoins came to Seaforth ,in 1923. He took over the dry cleaning business en the death of his cousin Roy Dungey ,in 1940. He was a member of the fire department for :25 years and served oto -town council for nine years ineluding several years in which he represented •Sea - forth at. County Council as Reeve. He is keenly interested in all sports and enjoys taking part in 'curling. Mr, Seoins plans to continue to live In. Seaforth as he says, 't' •couldn't think of Ieavittg tb'Vi+it• or selling my house after stir" these years." e•i • Reminders of the Past While tearing down the barn, on his properly, Frank Phillips foundsome hidden articles reminders of a past era. Displayed here by his syn Gary Philips, the items include • an adjustable "Wood and leather razor• strap, cuspidors as found .in hotels, as 'well as four erockery cuspidors;' an un- usual buckshot pouch for the use in loading the old musket type rifles, a picture of Bob Farrell, 1902, .driving a wagon kiearie With windows on,,leach side; a two -gallon jug for lamp oil, with the 'ihseription,, "The oil with the golden glow"; 1 1924 license plate; 1 „crockery platter, broken which measur-,r •ed 14x'4 inches across; a Nov.,'15, 1918.,Expositer, addressed to J. E. J. Drake; and an old cavalry sabre. scabbard:. Lions Safe-T='Cap Sale Nets $1,:1t82 ,Sale of Lions 'Club Safe -T - Caps,, under Way during the past year, has,"resulted in a pro- fit of $1,882.5.9, committee trea- surer L. F. Ford told the Liens Club at a meeting Monday night. In addition hats in stock are valued at $128,90 he said. In accepting a cheque, presi- dent G. A. Whitney paid tri- bute to the work whioh the com- mittee headed by Lee Learn, had done. Others with him were A. J. Wright, Irvin Trewartha, J. Scott Cluff and'Mr. Ford. Reporting for the nominating committee, past president A. J. Wright submitted the, names "of tbose proposed for office. The report Which included the fol - • tickets is° well under way Form Ritchie aipd:Wilifarn Pinder who head the admission prrzea draw d- -th __meetln,ree .. a colored anti ►or#ablle. 'mss_ , --- will ... ort clary shortly they said All the. favoHte; camas. 'mill. be' in operations.Carterth`rirougbcdsd will but rhoe . three day: on the grounds and on , Sattu'w - day there will be dancing the pavilion. A special invitationis being extended to former residents of the Seaforth area to plan their holidays so that they will be here over the July 1 weekend. an addition to the Liens. Ca" val, special home coming g erings are being planned by other area organizations and ..:. . churches for the weekend. 'By returning at' that weekend, vis- itors not only will be able to . take part in the activities in town but also AVM see more of ,..- their friends frail' other centres who will also be home, Mr. Whitney said 'lowing, Was adopted. • President, 0. G. Oke; imme- diate • past president.... 0. A. Whitney; first vice-president, I Trewartiig; second vice-presi-. ardent, Dave Trerneer; third vice- president Gordon Beuttenmil- ler;.Tail Twister, G. Hildebrand; Lion Tamer. R. J. Spittal; trea- surer, Robert Beuttenmiller; asst. treasurer, Don Eaton; sec- retary; Earl Ritchie; directors, William Pinder, Doug Rowcliffe, George Mille: and Clare Reith. ' The• president G. A. Whitney' presented 'J, J. Wilkinson with the $500 ari'ard which he had won in the recent Stanley Cup contest. The special draw` was I won by William Hart. Weather Was Bad In 1872 May 24 used be-a-lollday to celebrate (,ween Victoria's birthday. For the sake of con- venience we now celebrate the holiday on the Monday closest to May 24.. Before the yarn -: of the century it was the `biggest day of the• year in Seaforth.- - We may, have thought we had a bAti holiday this year but it, was nothing compared to 95 years ago. - The Expositor of May 31, 1872 states: "The morningof the 24th -was rainy and the indications of the sky, of the wind and of the, atmosphere were that it would be a rainy day. Notwith- standing, people from the ,coun- try and neighboring villages came in in ' considerable num- bers; umbers; and by noon the streets were crowded and the " hotels had their accommodations test- ed almost to the utmost." There was racing in the af- ternoon bat the traok was 'so wet they didn'teven keep the times: Foot races followed but' the rain cancelled all other plans. • MR. KEN POLLARD graduated with. a B. Se. A. from University of Guelph. ! He. -as a ;graduate of Walton School and SDHS. SANDRA BENNEWIES daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bennewies of Kitelt: ener, formerly of, MelIillop, who graduates from K -W Hos- pital School of Nursing on Saturday. She is a graduate of SDi4S. ^.T • JOYCE ALMA 'BROWN who graduated from the Vic- toria Hospital, London, School of ' Nursing. A graduate of SDHS, she is the elder .daughv ter of Mr. and lits. Borden Brown, formerly of I{iniltrrit, (Constance) .now of Hanover. GERAILDINE DENNIS.• who graduated from Stratford General Hospital: A gradttate of SDHS, site is the daughter of Mr. and Mts, *Mini filen« nla> Mr:l plop.