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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-06-08, Page 1Whole NA, 5179 1 8th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, -:•T; Y, N 8, 1967-- 16 P. G .. Single Copies IrkVarga 1400 Tear lit au SDHS Council Students of the Seaforth District High -School held elections Fridayfor the executive of the 106'7-68 Students' Council. The new executive is comprised • of (from• left) Tom Papple, treasurer; Karen Kale, secretary, Susan Leonhardt, vice-president, and Hank Scott, president. Arrange Fait Pro dor- Caravan Visit Canada's Confederation Cara- van arrives here Tuesdaymorn- ing and during the remainder of the day thousands of people are expected to view the exhib- its which have been designed to. bring to Canadians the story of the nation- and its people in a way never told befdre. See- other Caravan. stories and pictures o'hi front of Second Sec- tion. - Citizenswho gather at the west end of the town or along Gbderich , Street around 8:3i0' • a.m. Tuesday will view an in- teresting • sightas the eight. huge - tractor trailers roll • into town an4,on yto; the site at Lions Park. ¥tom - ,dre enh'dz , that all k,re pull off rthe highway as the oversized and colorfdt'caravan approaches. The trailers will stretch over nearly a mile along the highway as they move here from Gode- rich..• Planning Picnics Dr. J. 0.' Turnbull, chairman of the Seaforth Caravan com- mittee said that arrangements are now complete for the one - day. visit of .•the Confederation fantasy. He said the schedule will provide ample time for all those who. -come to Seaforth to view the spectacle, regardless of the 'number, . School' children from Seaforth, Clinton, 'D`u`biihi and% surrounding townships are tt eked „to,; • =.schedule.., N.eariy 3,000 schoolchildren are expec- Brucefield School Molds Centennial Day Back into the past was the theme Friday as the ,1:furon County Centennial, School held Centennial Day:. Boys _ sported __- hearda_ . and.. canes and girls decked ' them- selves'. out• ' in ankle -length dresses and huge, plumed hats as the students triedto recreate Something of the atmosphere' of those days of Confederation 100 years ago., • The whole scene was a'l ittle inconguous, the fashions of 1867 in -the ultra -modern sett- ing of Huron County's newest school, but the children could- n't care less and seemed to be enjoying themselves and • learn- ing at the same time. The, tea- chers went along too, dressing in old time costume. The prin- cipal had the only real beard in the school. . , Throughout the day teachers and pupils tried to reproduce as much of the past as possible. Many- classes had collections a Here E%e't 4, $hdeiirt Count i All things added up to .make Friday a very special day'. at -Seaforth District HighSchool. First it wasa warm summer day, one of the first this year.' Then it was the last regular, school day before the finat„ex- aminations, for sortie lucky stu- dents the end of school, for others a day of waiting; to find out what exams they _wouldn't have to write. ted. • . The caravan is open to the public from 11 o'clock in the morning- until 11 'p.m. A number of groups 'have :planned Visits to coincide- with noon hours and are planning. picnic- lunches. All ,park facili- ties, including pavilion are • 'tit the disposal of visitors, -children and adults, Dr. Turnbull_ em- phasized. To provide proper service for the many wl)o will visit, the Lions Park on, Tuesday and who wish light refreshments, a spec- ial refreshment booth Is 'being erected in addition to the regu- lar park booth :facilities. The • booths will serve hot dogs, cof- fee and` soft drinks:, Official Welcome Dr. Turnbull said the town will extend an official welcome to the Caravan. This is schedul- ed for 7:30 p.m., Tuesday eve ning. Ready for Interviews Throughout the day the CKNX Public Address System will present recorded music in the grounds. The regular.;sche= dole of radio programs between the hours of four and six will be broadcast live from the Park. Included, in the broadcast_ will, be "on-th-spot” interviews of visitors to the Caravan. The Official Civic Welcome to the"CentennialCaravan: will be held at 7:30 p.m. when Seaforth Mayor Frank Kling, Frank Sillsb chairman of the Seaforth Cen- (Continued on Page 4) But th,e big event that made it special was ,the annual elec- tion of the Student Council Executive. Willing aids of the candidates created election fe- ver, plastering the walls with posters; The students' voted in • the morning and by noon the re- sults were posted. ;The new council will have 'a diplomatic balance of two boys and two girls. of antiques which they had been gathering for some time. Students .played old-fashioned croquet and other games in their ._reereatioii periods. One crag even carried on all their activities using candles and oil lamps for light and slates to. write on. , Many parents took the oppor- tunity to visit the school and they added more names to the over 1,5b0 guests who visited dur ing last month's open house: The children themselves tour- ed the ' school seeing displays in other classrooms thafi their pwn. Prizes were awarded to the best dressed students. The awards • for best drested boy and girls in the primary grades went to 'Kevin Faber and Kathy, Peck. Tops in the intermediates were Janet Grahams And Everat Rob rtSon. Best dressed senior students were Sandra Graham and Doug McKay. . • a D e /yam C" .� • �►� al . rTt is easy,tdsee;'tliat same studeits enjoyed: dressing,, up. • Two local girls, Lytiti'Mcf ear, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Mc- " Lean and B'>`etldar tole*. daughter of Mr, and grit. Mervin 't . •' ier'h •vin''. : 'bt, . ,. in' Monotony. ..: 'Diet* ;oouicln t � 'ht►l�P � a tf a eek' o rii y A 16 -year-old boy rescued his .three -year --old brother, Satur- day, when he ran back into his ,patents' flaming -home. - Leslie- -Bernard, son of Mr.. and Mrs. George. Bernard, en- tered the burning' house when he realized his young brother David vid was in the building, The father and .one other son, Har- vey, 15, , were home when the • Dancers Close blaze broke out- The mother. and a daughter, Marie 12, -were away at the time. Cause of' the fire has not been, determined, The family of six was left honieless,when the flames com- pletely destroyed .their honk, 1- '/e, miles north and west of Win- • Hank Scott is 'the Council's' . forth Whirl -A -Ways dos-- -new-president. Susa'iri:eonlia dt Will serve as vice-president. The new secretary is Karen Kale and Tom Papple is treasurer. Seaforth Couple Married 40 Year's WON LA, To Meet Friday The . annual meeting of the Western., Ontario North Liberal Association •'is being held in Walkerton, Friday. The meeting will be preceeded by . a recep- tion at 6 o'clock with dinner at 7 p.m. Robert Nixon, leader of the Liberal party in Ontario, will address. the gathering which will be attended 'by representa- tives of the :party in OntaHo and Ottawa. ed the dancing season with six squares taking part. Guests at- teeded from Clinton and Exe- ter and Egbert Jacobs was cal- ler. •Trhe executive for -;1967-68 season is caller, Egbert Jacobs; past presidents, Gard, and Ruth Beuttenmiller;, presidents, Keith and Marg Sharp; vice-presidents Clare and Glad Reith; secretary Neil and Edna . Bell; treasurers',' John and Donna:Pattersore pub- licity, Cliff and Violet Broad - fp' ' t, Egbert and • Rosetnary Ja- cos, Wesley and Agnes Rus- sell; social committee, Ken and Lois Moore; membership, Elmer. and Barbara Rivers, Bruce and Marjorie Coleman, • Herb and Hazel Harrison; telephone, John and Pearl Henderson, Ross and Mildred Merrill, Wilson and., .Norma McNab, Ken and Ruth "Smith; accotinthodation, -Elmer 'Laron, Don and Betty McLean;' decoration,, Ruth and'•Gerd Beut- lefehiller', Herb and Hazel Har- rison, Gus and June Boussey: Junior Farmers Win Dance Test Seaforth Junior Partners won and food. the square dance competition at .the, 113th annual Clinton Spring Fair oh Saturday. They defeated dancers from Clinton to win the prize for the second straight year at the fair, spon- sored ponsored by the Huron Central . Ag- ricultural' Society. The fair wasofficially opened by F. A. Lashley, ° Toronto, • di- rector of agriculture and horti- cultural Societies' for the On- tario department of agriculture Mr. and Mrs, Joseph T. $ug - ill, Harpurhey were honored Thursday evening when rela- tives . and friends crowded the Legion' Hall to mark their 40th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Hugill were mar- ried in Clinton on June 1, 1927. They have a family- of two. daughters. Joyce, Mrs. George Miller, and Jaren, Mrs. Ron tris - dor of Seaforth, and a son La- verne of McKillop. • William Dalrymple was mas- ter of ceremonies and on behalf of the" gatheting Mayor Frank Mille read a short address and Frank Reynolds (spoke on be- half of Harpprhey neighbors. Injured in 'Iwo - car Accident • A two -car accident on High- way 8, early Saturday morning sent a local woman to Seaforth Community Hospital. • Ida 'Mary Diehl, 47, RR 4. Mitchell, remains, in hospital in good condition, with facial lac- erations, arm abrasions and rib injuries. Damage to her car totalled $1,250, The driver of the other car was George Morely, 53, RR 1, Goderich. Ile was in fairly poor condition .. nt London's Victoria. Hospital at last word, With : fat- ial 'lacerations, ankle and, in- ternal injuries. Damage to` tis; ear was estimated at $5,000. Constable .Clifford.. Lacey . of the-Selgringviije %i1'li! investiga- ted. A number of gifts were presen- ted by William McDowell and Robert McMillan. The address:— Dear Friends and Neighbors: :We are gathered here tonight on this 'hanny occasion. to hon- or .Toe and Norma who have lived in • this part of Huron Comity all, their lives. From the Int of .Tune in '27 to the lst nf .Tune '67 = 40 years have past. Before that time !Int - ma lived with her folks on ,the Tueleersmith Tine. Josenh T. batched "hi all his glee" and with friends galore on his little farm in "H'ulIett T.e". ' In his horse and beegy In the snmrnertime-he went a -courting down the line end in tiie wi.iter. Nis heart a -flutter he drove through the niteh-}roles in his cutter. Then came senna. they eerred not to tarry: so with good Wishes they decided to tnarrv. This entire from the loth of .Tune. 1027th issue of the Huron Expositor tells of the happy event. "Nnaiil — Cook' At Ontario 'street United Church narsona'e. the,:R.ev, C. .T. Moorhouse nffi- ciatine. nn. .Tiine 1st. Norma Crare.'dailghter of Mr. and Mri. Fred' C. Conk. nf 'Tttekersmith and Tosenh Tasker Huaill. son nf Mr. and Mrs.' .1 J. Hueill of }tullett. exchanged vows." on their return from a hon• eymonn in Thornhill. they. set lip housekeeping on the g'room's farm on the "town line.". They resided their 'until 1952 whet, they moved 'into a new home in H'arpurhey, built by the :groom. These dO year's -have b ough t grief tcl haelinese hut this large gathering here tonight (Contli ped etl lege Not all the entries were agri- cultural. There were two baby con- tests, with 24 young competi- tors. Ten -month-old Charles Allen Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Walker, Clinton, was • the over-all winner and won the . contest for ages , six months to a year. John Hallahan, two-month=ol son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hallahan, Clinton, won the six months and under •cj,ass. throp andmost of 'its .contents; Fire Chief John. Scott at Sea', forth estimated the loss at• $9,000 which was partially coy-, ',The famlly is now living at the farm hdme of. Ken Beattie, a mile west of the burned home. The community has pitehed in to aid the stricken 144-4". e= UCW :o1 Cavan"• Chttrch,. Tue- d0y aright .held£ a shower household goods., rfs, ed a refrigerator anti :a' set.'Meanwhile the inert VOW' `: ed the areaand raised $1,200..' eyed by insurance. Family Left" Homeless Firemen begin . to dampen down the ruins of what used to be the Ge orge. Bernard.farm home. The family was left homeless when fire destroyed the building Saturday -afternoon.. SDHS Dnner Recoi Students. r.school. H0110,s Over 40' honor students of the Seaforth District. High School were . guests . at a ban- quet Thursday night in ' the school. They were accompanied, by their parents. Among -top -winners in the, livestock classes: Swine: Ross Cottle, Kirk -ton; James Fritz and William Turn- bull, both of Brussels; 'Gerald Townsend, Seaforth Gorden Peters, Rothsay, and Hugh Hart, Gadshill. Poiiltry: Harold Taylor, Sea - forth; M. H. Vollaick, Mildmay;' Cliff Pepper, Dashwood; Wil- liam Grant, Brussels; and Doug- las Gill, Grand, Bend. Dairy cattle: Robert Vodden, Leonard Lobb and Douglas Tre- wartha; all of Clinton; and H: Kennedy and Sons, Hanover. Beef cattle: Frank Falconer and Stuart Middleton, Clinton; Russell Parker, Watford; Marg- ery. Smith, Belgrave; Whitney Coates, Centralia; Bob Watkins, Londesbotio; and Alex Edwards,' Area. - Sheep: Ephraim Snell, Clip- ton; •QP•, E. Crawford, RR 1, Minesirig;' Gerald Dearing, Ex- eter; .,George S. Brien, RR 2, Ridgetown, The sheep exhibit, with 25 entries, was termed .second on- ly to the sheep show at the Canadian National Exhibition. Brighten i Main Sfreet Man Street has bgen bright- ened with the addition of new decorations for, the Centennial which were erected with the aid of the Seaforth PVC The Chamber of Commerce with- the co-operation of the 'merchants has purchased and erected -a number of flags. The Maple Leaf and Centennial flags are flying from special brack. along .Main Street. They add Medi to the spirit of centennial already so prevalenfin the co m- muni'. • Principal L. P. Plumsteel in congratulating the students said criticisms of the school system are unfounded. To prove his point he gave as an example the large number of honor, stu- dents present, most" of.` who also participated in several ex-. tra-curricular activities he said. Mrs. Helen Alexander pre- sented awards to the school earn in the mathematics con- test sponsored by the Mathema- tical Association . of America. The team is made up of) auI'Bu- chanan, Thomas Papple and Joanne Elligsee, Presentation of awards to the school team in the OSSTF Dis- trict 10 Mathmetics contest- was made by W. K. -Murdie, This team included - Bryan Hodgert, Wtlltam ' Perrie and Stewart Carter. Stephen Brady won the. Hur- on'Expositpr.• Trophy for senior public speaking and bawna Reynolds the trophy award for junior public speaking. The trophies ' were presented by Mrs. A. Hansen-- - _ __ , C. E. Dearing introduced the :uest 'speaker, J R. Scott, a graduate of the school and author of the popular "The Set- tlement of Huron". Suggesting the students; should look back to the future Mr. Scott said merely looking back was- a waste of time. It was •by studying what had hap - Veterans Will Parade To Presbyterian Church A carillon of bells ..has been recently installed in First Pres- byterian Church and will be de- dicated .in.. a special service on Sunday, June 'lith at 11:00 a.m. The carillon is a centennial pro- ject of the congregation, made possible through a bequest from the late Merton A. Reid and gifts from members and friends of the church. It has been in- talled to. the menioty:'of 'all - who have served in First Churg' ithroughdut the past one hund- red years since the church was established in Seaforth. The carillon can be played manually from a console of its own which is attached to the- organ'. console.. This provides music from 25 English bells in the church alone, from the tow- er Speakers alone, or both to- gether. As'well. the instrument is equipped with' electronic de- vices which 'will automatically present a daily program of fa- miliar hymns from the tower. These hymn's are presently heard at .12:15 noon and 7:00 o'clock in the evening. . First Church minister, Rev. D. O. Fry said it is the hope'of the congregation that the car- illon of bells will provide a source of insniration to the whole community a•nd,, that the joyous sound of bells will bring a note of comfort to all who are in sickness or sorrow, and a, note - of cheer to those who are discouraged ' or down -hearted. It is also the hope of the con- gregation that the carillon will compliment the ringing of 'bells whit& are already in oistence or of alb who made the supreme 'sacrifice -in defence of Canada, in Seaforth. Area Veterans including mem- bers of Seaforth Branch ..156, Royal Canadian Legion, will at- tend the Service in . a Church Parade to mark National Veter- ans' Week which is being cele- brated as part of Centennial Year. Following the Service, the parade will proceed to Victoria Park where a. Meinorial Wreath will ,be placed at the Cenotaph by Mayor Frank Kling, in hon= pened in the past and apply ing the knowledge of what had (Continued on Page 4) MRS. HAROLD McFADDEIIJ the fortifier Geraldine Eckert, BA, University of Westernn . Ontariao, formerly of Sea - forth, received her . Bachelor of Physical Education from the University of Windsor at Convocation ceremonies on June 3. She placed first in her graduating class. . Presently she is Head of Girls' Physical Education at the Wallacehurg - District Secondary' School and • will be on the staff of the On.* tario College of Education in Toronto, this -summer. . EILEEN TERESA O'ROURKE daughter -of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred O'Rourke, lilt 1, °Dub- llti, gr!a Mate from St. 'Jos- eph's School of*'Radiography London, on Saturday, June 3. 4• She is 'a a nate of Mt.t: � !l� d. . �, Joseph s Academy, London, ntariq, ,GIST A DORRA'NCE a ,graduate of " SDHS,. datth, ter of Mr. and Mts.- "Thar - mice, RB 2, Seaforth; grad- uated front the tl"niversity df Waterloo with an. lfonors BA degree en&h ' and 'i athi). She has'a ce t to ac C � a C' 'liiilg. 'position ii alt, ` litt►rio. ,.