The Huron Expositor, 1967-07-13, Page 1,
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,
T.HIURrpAif, JULY 13y .�.56'� ,--�- S"P+4GES .
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ts
X5,(10 a Year,hrildVanee
Here i
Hibbert Township Garage. on 'Sunday for the interdenomina-
tional church service. Several area ministers took part. Guest
preacher was the Rt. Rev. Father Joseph Feeney, a- native
Fill Hall for C hurch .Services
s part of the • Iarge audience that, crowded the
son of Hibbert. "'Township school children and the township
choir took part in the service, but it was the large crowd
that made it outstanding. The large building could not accom-
modate everyone and some people had to sit outside. '
First in Seaforth
Robert James Glew now 11 day's old poses in—Seaforth Community Hospital with _an • in-
scribed baby mug which the Seaforth Women's Institute gave him to mark hisarrival as the
first Seaforth baby in Canada's second century. The son of Mr. and Mrs. James Glew, he was
born July 2 and weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces, Mrs. R. M. Scott, left presents the mug, .while
'W.I. treasurer 1t71's, W.' Coleman 'looks on. (Expositor photo by Rouiston),
NEWS OF-'BRODHAGEN
Over 1,000 Present At
-Logan. Centerrnii
The Logan Township Centen-
nial Day was held on Saturday
with one of the longest parades
in the province. About 25 floats
and two ' bands, the Mitchell
Legion Band and the Brodhagen
Band, played in the parade,
Miss Karen Rock, daughter of
Mr. and. Mrs. ' Irvin Rock, RR 2
West Monktdn, won the Beauty
Contest and was crowned Miss'
Logan Township Centennial
Queen. During the afternoon
program each public ,school in
the township put on a number,
led by the master of ceremonies.
Larry Wheatley: of Seaforth.
TWo ball games were played,
Brodhagen Bantams vs. Rostock'
in the afternoon it was the
, and in the evening the Brod-
hagen Pee wens played Mill;
bank.
The evening • featured . a dif-
ferent program of local talent -
in the district with the same
M.C. The Royalaires played for,
evening''; llanhing.
Around 1,000. people attended
• the affair. Mrs. John Herbert,
85, of Mitchell was given a gift
for being the Oldest lady in at-
tendanee and Ed Smith, 84, MU
a Bornholm, the oldest ggentleman..
-There were 10•eontestants in
the beard growing contest with
onf� Peter
�eRprizes
o nhlmorhebustad °
Carl Buuck, Mitelibll for• the
s best trimmed: '
Mr. and ItMrs; Donald Ahrens
and family Visited with his mo-.
ther Mrs. ' taches(, Ahrens fort,
a few days.
Mr. and Mrs's. W'aYne Beller
mann and Jeffrey, London, vise
Red with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. ManuelBett nit - and.
attended the Bettermann reuni-
on „on Sunday '
The Whiltathyr of . the ''eoiza.
1'11141,14rit* ottendecl t i th ; fat*,
'ilio 6t,oto date ,T inks .Dlf a `„
w+ha'pMaed ,away` Sunda Welt.
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Mrs. $arbara McLeod, Mitch-
ell, visited with her sisters -Mrs.
Caroline Elligsen and Mrs. Ra-
chael Ahrens.
Mr. and Mrs. -Robert Gilbert
and Douglas joined in a family
het-to-gether 'Sunday at the
ome of -•Mrs. Clara Wettlaufer,
Visiting With lir. and Mrs. Ed;
ay
win Muegge of Calgary, Alberta:
Visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Miller during
the week end were Mrs. Toleda
Beuermann; Kitchelfr; Mr: and
Mrs. Wilbur Chambers, Debbie
and John, Preston, Mrs. Almira
Chambers, Peston; Mr. and Mrs.
(Continued on Page 4)
Vandalism
Continues
At --Pant
Vandalism continued at`Sea-
forth. Lions Park early Tuesday
morning when a flag poie was
torn down 'and two flags stolen.
A number of windows, were
smashed and several heavy pic-
nic benches and tables were
thrown. into the river. Several
items of equipment were re-
moved when entry was forced
into a storage area in the pic-
nic pavilion. The incidents fol
low similar trouble a week ago..
• Provincial police are investi-
gating..
delegate
o Visit
Iu'on
Huron • County will be visit-
ed by an exchange delegate
from New South Wales, Aus-.
tralia, frotn Augttat 12 to 23,
as part of the Junior Farmer
Exchange. The announcement
made at a recent -meeting of
Huron County ,Junior Farmers.
November 4th was the date
set for the Junior Farrhev Cen-
tennial project; a banquet and
edance in the Seaforth Legion
Hall.
' A safe driving course for Jun-
ior Farmers is planned fdt late
October. Entry fee is ten dol-
lars.
The last order of century
farm signs was reported selling
slowly. '
The exchange to Welland
County. will take place this
weekend. Cost to. those going is
two dollars.
The annual field day at Sea -
forth was mostly rained out
but Seafdi'th„was tops in the
events that did go on,
• - , Hel for Tornado Victims
Seaforth St'anclt '.156 Royal pana'dlan Legion contributed to Tackerataith
air fund foiia'witig a recent bingo, Here bingo c' i 1�3lurert presents
b g oinpi tree el)sirsxtan„��ert .McClure Ir,�esents
- a t:hotitie for' $2rt8.00 to W. Di Stephenson atitilo Le o p . ..
gi �, prc�sldentt,'�, J. Bussey woks on.
The fiend now :totally $2$',000'. actd ding �tt1 Llei d` uinpfirles of D
ro
Hot photo by : Phiilli �; tr er.
bank 'tll� hrll'ttz' '
Hibh'ei t Honors War pea
” t Centennial Services
Hibbert Township's Lenten-
; nial Celebrations got -.off, to e
•good start in ,Staffa' Sunday,
when an overflow,rrrowd was on
hand for an Interdenomination-
al Church Service and unveiling
of a memorial • plaque.
Several hundred were in at-
tendance for the church service
held in the Hibbert Township
garage, just outside Staffa.
Guest preacher for the service
was Rt. Rev. Father Joseph
Feeney, D.P., B.A:, a former
Hibbert native. His address ivas
in three parts. First he paid tri-
bute.to Canada on 100 years of
progress. Then he spoke of the
modern times we live in, in re-
lation to the past. Thirdlyhe
praised the increase in religi-
ous understanding and toler-
ance which allowed kith a•ser---
vice to be held now when • it
could not have been only a few
years ago. ••
Other clergy taking part in
"the , service were Rev. J. C,
Boyne of Cromarty Presbyter-
ian Churchali.ev. A. jr. Daynard
of Staffa. Rev. Father Durand
of Dublin, Rev. J. F. Sharples of •
Dublin Anglican. -Church and Rt.
Rev. Father J. •J. White of St.
Columban. •
Township school children and
vided music for the service:
the Hibbert Township choir, pro -
Mitchell ,Canadian L e g i (}fl
Branch 128, members and their.
band led a parade from the gar-
age to the township hall follow-
ine the service: The heat was
intense of the long parade routs
and some of the old soldiers ad-
mitted they weren't what. they
teuni�n
Attracts
Over .2O®
There are 80 happy. children
'in the Holland relationship who
will tell you Gerry,Holland real-
ly knows how to throw a party.
The 'big party -took • place at
Mr. Holland's home in Dublin
on the July 1st week end and
was a combined Holland reunion
50th wedding anniversary• for
Mr. and • Mus. Jack Flynn and
Centennial Celebration, • T h e
ch'hdren were just part of the
gathering of friends and "rela-
tives that numbered 225.
Everything necessary for = a
good, time was 'provided. For
the children there . were hats,
horns and all kinds of nov(ties.
There was a special train made
up of a gardee tractor and t ree
wagons that toured the grounds
loaded with youngsters .And for
everyone there was all the food
you could eat. It kept eight peo-
ple busy from eleven o'clock in
the .morning until eleVen at
night, providing food and re-
freshments to the crowd. And
the grounds were beautifully de-
corated in gold banners and
signs for the Flynn Golden An-
niversary. -
A special bus came fi-om
Windsor with .68 on hoard. They
nclnded. Thomas and. Mary Hol-
t•nd and their family with a
otal of 32 children; Leo and
Emily Holland and family with
a total of 18 children and Gloria
Bailey of Detroit.
Other present were: Jack Hol -
and and family; George HoIl-
nd family; Ed Holland and
family, Toronto: Margaret and
amily, Montreal; Leo 'Carlin
nd family, London; Mike Car•
c I, • Windsor;' and Sister Stel-
anie, Wallaceburg.
Present from the Flynn side
f the family:were: John Shea
r.. Beechwood; Mr. anti • Mrs.
ohn Sliea Jr.: Mr. and'Mrs• Joe
hea; Mr. and Mrs. Levis Craw -
rd; Mr, and Mrs• Joe Gibson:
it a Bryson: Mr. and Mrs Man•
ce Mel'adv; Mr. and Mrs• Lett
rooner; Mrs. Frank Evans; Mr.
d Mrs Seek Cleary; Mr. and
rs. Fwart Wilson: Mr. and Mrs.
'rues Butters; Mr. and Mrs.
ilfrprl >;'ivnn• Mr• and Mrs.
0 O'Reilly; Mrs, Toe ,Flynn;
Fr
Flynn; June Flynn; Mr.
d Mrs. Arnold -Dale: Mr, and
s. Mac LeBeau; Mts. Tena
wlatrd; Mrs. Loretta .Duncan:
. and Mrs. Charles Price; Mr,
m Shea;. Irene Shea; Mr. John
Rielly; Mr. and Mrs. John
roan and Mrs. Fred Thome'-
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25th Wedding
Friends and neighbors gut
prod at the Orange Hall las
Saturday evening to honor Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Finlayson, RR
2, Se(ifarth; en the occasion of
their 25th wedding anniversary..
Progressive • euchre and a
short program were 'enjoyed by
all. This' as followed by the
presentation of end tables fo
Mr. i id Mrs. Finlayson, who
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pied int a suitable mantel-,
A dellelotia cltinth ' was served
1 • • N ..: A .. •
used to be when it Dame to mar-
ching.
At the townshi phall the un,
veiling of a plaque in honor of
the township's war dead took
place. Rev. Allan 'Ross, Padre
of the Mitchell Legion branch
conducted the service, -He read
a scripture reading and gave an
address. Ross McPhail, `•Hibbert
Township reeeve, unveiled the
poppy plaque with the names ofa-
township natives who had fallen
in two world wars. A prayer of
dedication was. given followed
by the Last Post, a. moment of
silence in memory of the' dead,..
and Reveille.
Hibbert . Wreath
I11rs. Kenneth Drake who lost several relatives in .the
First and Second Warld-,Wars lays a wreath•before the mem-
orial plaque in the Hibbert Township Hall, Staffa. The plaque
was unveiled by 'Reeve Ross. McPhail during a service Sun-
day as part of Hibbert Township's Centennial Celebrations..
JOHN J. 'MALONEY
Served Expositor
Forty-six Years
John J. Maloney for 46 years
a member of the staff of the
_Huron Expositor, died Sunday
in. London. He was in his 68th
year. •
Mr. Maloney began his car-
eer as a printer in 1920 on
graduating from Seaforth Col-
legiate Institute. In May of last
year he began a leave of ab-
sence retiring en November 1.
While he 'had not been feel-
ing too well for some time he
was out .every day until two
weeks ago when he was admit-
ted to Seaforth Community Hos-
Wel and later transferred to
St. Joseph's ,Hospital; London,
,Mr. Maloney was, not' married
and for many years had resided
at the Commercial "Hotel. -While
of a quiet retiring nature, he.
had a wide circle of friends in
town and district.
A native of McKillop, he was
the son of• the late Patrick Mal-
oney and Ellen Hollis. He is
survived by twobrothegs,
Frank of McKillop and Patrick
of Dublin and by a sister, Mrs.
Alvin Sharpe of Clinton.
He was a enember of St,
James' Roman Catholic Church.
The remains rested' at the W.
J. Cleary funeral home until
Wednesday. morning when re-
quiem high mass was celebrat-
es? in St. James' Church by Rev.
Father H. J. Laragh, Burial fol-
lowed in St. Columban Roman
Catholic cemetery.
Pallbearers were John Sharpe,
Harold Maloney, Francis Mal-
oney, James Maloney, Frank
,Morris anf1 A. Y. McLean,
a wreath. in front of the plaque
• Mrs. eKnneth Drape placed
Mrs. Drake lost several relatives.
during both, the first' and second
world wars.
The crowd was much - too
large for the small hall. It over-
flowed and lined both sides of
the street to hear the ceremony
over loud speakers.
Supday was just • the begin-
ning of the. Hibbert Centennial
occasion. A huge celebration is
• planned for Saturday in Dublin.
•There will be a parade -with
floats and bands to start at
eromarty. at one in the after-
noon. The afternoon will feat-
ure ball games, a horse show
tournament, a centennial cos-
tume parade, the township
choir and special speaker.
In the evening there will be
a chicken. harbeche� a variety
program, dame and fireworTrs
display,
McKillop on Friday
This week .end seems to be a
big one for celebrations, On
Friday, .McKillop township will
hold its celebrations at Win-
throp. At two o'clock there Will
be a parade from the township
garage to the Winthrop Recrea-
tion Park. The. afternoon will
see a program of contests wind=
leg- up with a tug 'tit war and
a football game.
The evening starts off' with
chicken barbecue at the. Win-
throp- United Church. At 7:30
there will be ' a ball game be-
tween Winthrop atad Blyth girls
teams. There will also be a pro-
gram of local talent and a dance
in the township garage.
School reunions are also plan-
ned fon'the week end.
On Saturday former pupils of
S.S. No. 2 and S.S. No, 13 Mc-
Kiliap will gather . at No. 2
School to .talk over old times,
Attend
Varna
School
About 60 children attended'.
the Bible School at the Unit-
.ed Ckiurch last week with Rev.
Morrison in charge. Leaders -
for the school were •kinder-
garten, Karen Webster, Debora.
Stephenson, Mary -Lou Johnston
and Joyce Taylor;: primary, Pat
Robinson, Jean Arfnstrong, Hel-
en Taylor; junior, Fred .McCly-
mont, Joyce Dawson,' lairs. E.
McKinley; seniors, 'Margaret
Aldington and Darlene Hayter.
Bob Reid of .Clinton is holt
di,ying with his grandmother,
Mrs. George Reid. -
Friends of Mrs, Minnie Hay-
ter are sorry to hear she is a
patient at the Clinton Hospital
and hope she is soon able to
return home.
Mr. and Mrs. John McConnell
and boys of Toronto spent the
weekend with Mr, ” and Mrs:
Lee McConnell.
Miss Annie Love McCopnell
of London visited this weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. LeeMcCon-
nell and also visited With Mrs:
Sadie Foster and Mrs. Jessie-
Stelk, Sunday on the occasion
of Mrs. Stelk's. birthday:
Danny and Craig Taylor
spent the weekend with Dan-
ny•s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs,
Dai•e Dales of Clinton, at thesis
(Continued on Page 4)
Name •Omitted
In the list of public school
promotions which appeared in
last week's issue, the name of
Bill O'shea was unfortunately
omitted.
Ile was promoted from grade
4 to grade 5.
reak
Brings
Delay
It all began Tuesday with a
defective par - in a typecsting
machine. A replacement part
en route from• Toronto .'disap-
peered; a replacement part for
the lost replacement part which
a Tornn1) supplier started on
its way after a series of phone
calls, in some f shion was mis-
directed and ddn't arrive in
Seaforth until noon Wednesday.
All this resulted in produc-
tion delays.
Howevert despite the co-op-
eration which the Clinton News -
Record and others• extended,.
this issue of the Expositor is
several pages smallerthan US*
tial end ntaY be late in reads,
ins some sttbserilher . In add•.*
tion, it 104g #ocet'sary bat