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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-11-09, Page 10 M • • r a Whole No. 5200 iti8t:h Year SFAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEIVIi3ER 9, 1967 —12 PAGES Veterans Reccill Sacrifices of Comrades It was a long wintery march as Seaforth Veterans par- aded to Egm.ontiville United Church Sunday fbr the annual Legion church parade. Heavy snow which fell over the week- end made the streets slushy and treacherous. The Branch has completed arrangements for the annual Remembrance Day parade and ceremony en Saturday morning. All area Vv ierans are invited to take part and to assemble at the Le- gion Hall. (Expositor photo by Haley.) -- Mark Completion of SDHS graduates who were honored at .ceremonies Fri= day night include: front row (left to-right)`Paul Horan; Susan MacLennan; Barbara- Chesney; Brenda Flannery; Mary Beuer- map; Larry Lane; middle row (left to right) Shirley Thamer; PatriciaMe1ady; Nellie Baan; Joyce Harrison; Jean Patrick; Win • Scholarships W. G. Nediger who addressed: SDHS students Friday evening checks a program with Joanne and Margaret Ellig- sen who won top honors for scholarship. Looking on are Donald` Landsborough, $CI aluxrtni scholarship winner and class valedictorian and Bryan Stewart 'whet was awarded the students' council citizenship award. (Expositor photo by Phil- lips.) w Crowd Hall For. Centennial Dance A large crowd was •i atm- Londesboro; best dressed gent dance• at Londesboro fir an old tyre Centennial dance, sponsor- ed by Londesboro Community Tall board. Hank Norris orches- tra supplied appropriate music and many guests came .in old time costume. Prizes for the, evening- were donated by the business firms of Londesboro.: Radford's Garage Ltd.; Londes- boro Locker; Bob Thompson's Genera Store; T. B. ,Allen Ltd,; N. Alexander Seed Plant; Rob- bie Burns' Garage; and: Peck- Me- eckittsr Plumbing and ' Heating. Prizes fpr old .Wile costumes: best dressed tinnily, Mr.. and Mrs. John Thompson and fam- ily, Seaforth; oldest couple In costia tee, Mr. and Mrs: George Carter of ,ondesbotb; beat drrea- ae lady$ Mrs... 1ten t'Muiley of Charles Brown of Clinton; best dressed .girl under _ 12, Sharon Thompson of, Seaforth; best dressed boy under 12, Bobby Thompson of Seaforth. A door prize donated by The Huron Expositor, was won by Murray Scott of RR 1, Belgrave; two cash door prizes were won by Mrs. McMillan of Goderich and Mr. Clark of Walton. • • ,Spot dances during the eve - flint -were, won.%by Mr. an Mrs. 13I i Dale; Margaret; and and Stewart and -(Mr. and Mrs° Jack Sne11. Judges for the evening were Warden. Don. MacKenzie and Mrs. MacKenzie, assisted by lVIr. � a�nyd� Mrs. Rrisx-Eady of Dhngan- High School Careers Dorothy Vogels; Linda Somerville; Barbara Longstaff; Sally Cosford; Ruth Gorwill; back row (left to right) Leslie Carter; Donald Landsborot gh; John McCall; Eric'Ross; Pat Brawn; Bryan Stewart; Paul Buchanan; David Brock; Paul Spittal; Brian`Ylabkirk. (Expositor photo by rhillips.) Charge Worn�nin Bake Shop Th�ft.. • Seaforth Police • on Saturday arrested a wbman rwe'aring a nun's habit on a charge of theft of $50 from Trapnell's Bakery. Marion Wilson, who calls her- self Sister Mary, was lodged overnight in Huron County jail at G'oderich. She was released early Sun- day afternoon on bail posted by a man who .calls himself Most Rev. J. W. Frederich, BD, LLD, PhD. Both gave their address as Tavistock. The woman is scheduled to appear in Magistrate's court in Goderich, Thursday morning. - The, arrest was made after a woman solicited a donation in the bakery for formation of a home for homeless boys in Tav- istock. Glenda Matheson, 16, of ,Sea- forth,- a part-time employee at the bakery, said a •woman''en- tered the bakery shortly be- fore' 6 p.m. and asked for a donation for the home. ' When she .had°such a dona- tion the woman asked for a glass of water and. Miss Mathe- son went to the back of the shop to get it, While she war -absent Gordon Hildebrand who was looking into the store window said he had noticed a women-- at the,. till, but in the meantime the woman had left. When the till was checked it_was found $50 was' missing. About the same time Mr. Trapnell and Glenn Smith ar- rived at the store. When they learned what had happened Mr. Smith ran to the next door Ex- positor office and called police while Mr. Trapnell chased after the woman and found her standing beside, a car• around the corner on Goderich Street West. Constable Keith Ruston arriv- ed and continued the investi- gation. Police said a woman had sol- icited donations at several Sea - Post Office Closed On Saturday There Will be no wicket ser- vice at the post office on Sat- urday, Remembrance Day. Thee lobby will remain open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and mail will be dispatched to all points at 5 p.m. according to a belle#in lease& by post Mader 0. G. Oke. ard'Over Singie, copses 'Ceia S Commencement Graduates of Seaforth District High School were presented With awards valued at more that $10.000 luring graduation exercises • at the school Friday evening. The awards included.those of the Suitt Estates as well as Provincial and Dominion Bur- saries. - The students were addressed by a former teacher of the" school, William G. Nediger, w o is now associate regist ar of Althouse' College; London. Taking his - text f rom. the in- itials - SDHS, Mr. Nediger said that the short name for the school should have a particular signif pance for the graduates and be a guide to them as they go out into the world. The "S" he suggested, would stand for Satisfaction. As an example it was a great satisfaction to see those with, whom he had worked graduating into other fields and this in turn, was an Injured 'in Head-on' Crash - Neil Bell, 47, Goderich Street East, is in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, with fractured knee- cap, nose- and ribs, following a head on crash west.. of Seaforth Sunday morning. While his condition was re- ported improved Wednesday, he is expected to be in hospital at least three weeks. The accident occurred about 11 a.m. a mile west of ,Seaforth as Mr. Bell was returning from a service call. The second car, driven by Donna Ann Campbell, 25, of 435 Gray Street, London, was proceeding west when the two cars were in collision. Dam- age to the cars was estimated at $1,800. .In the Campbell car as pas- sengers were her• parents Har- old Campbell, 58, and Mrs. Myr- tle Campbell, -48, of 1.16 Albert St., Stratford. 'Mrs. : Campbell received a frac- tured pelvis 'and lacerations, the forth garages. others lacerations and shock. Printed at the top of a re- -All were, admitted' to Seaforth ceipt issued by the woman Community Hospital and later Mrs. ampbell was taken to was: "St. Anthony's Boy's Town ,Stratford' General Hospital. of Canada, Home for Homeless OPP constable Ray Primeau Boys, Box 299, Tavistock, Ont." of Seaforth said the highway It was signed: "Sister Marion". was snow covered and slushy. Rabieson Increase In 'Perth County Since April there have been 22 confirmed cases of rabies in Perth according to Dr. P. D. Armstrong of the Stratford Health of Animals branch. While reports in Huron dur- ing., the summer months were limited there appears to be an increasing incidence of rabies in Huron Dr. J. C. MacLennan, Seaforth, said Tuesday. The most recent case was a fox, lo- cated last week on a farm in the centre of McKillop. Dr. MacLennan said, in addi- tion a cattle beast in McKillop was , infected two weeks ago - r. GARFIELD BAKER who received a Bachelor' of Arts degree at a recent con-. vocation; °at University • of Western Ontario. A son of lttr. and Mrs. Albert Baker, eafdict'h, he is on the staff of the. A. M. Hugh 'Campbell School at OS Clinton,. , and there have been several cases of infected fox in, Us - borne and Howick. • Of the .Berth cases', six occur- red in September and five in October. The last twd infected animals were of the furious type and occurred in a cat at Palmerston and a fox in the Gore of Downie. The family cat at Palmerston attacked the owner and his wife, causing severe bites to Both parties, while the fox turned on th�e owner's dog and chased hi the safety of the farm buildings Dr. Armstrong said. • In an effort to reduce rabies infection, anti rabies vaccina- tion clinics are being set up throughout Perth to vaccinate dogs and, other pets. Similar clinics were carried out in cen- tres across Huron in June. Perth clinics are free -of - charge, and pet owners are'urg- (Continued on Page 6) Begin Curling Activity Final preparations are being made to the ice surface at the curling rink this week in expec- tations of an exciting curling season. The first rock will go down the ice on Monday eve- niug when the season gets un- derway officially. There is still openings in both the men's and mixed draws. The president, William Camp- bell, Weleoined over 65> members prospective members and friends to the annual pot -luck per last S Wiley eveeniti and � g d+a�ew boar of dancing was enjoy indication,' of happiness. "D" could represent Development, the physical and mental and so- cial development which had come about as a result of the associations which the students had had 'with the school. It would be a challenge to each to go forth . to make a mark in the world as so many previous graduates from SDHS had done, "H" represents Honor, the speaker said and referredto honor as being .the thread that runs through every act "It is that element that makes a per- son great", he said and added that the fact that the school itself was regarded as honor- able is a legacy that it has•'left through the years. ; The second "S", Mr. Nediger Said, would represent Sports- manship, "I don't mean sports- manship in the narrow sense of the word such as only athletics but the entire game of living." He suggested^t0 the graduates that the combination of these elements must result in a pre - eOration fqr the game • of life, nd expressed the hope that each of the graduates it en- , tering • new fields would their mark as so many gradu- ates had done in the past. Mr. Nediger was introduce c by F.- C. J. Sills who recalled'. that in addition . to the Ontri button he had made as .a teas cher in Seaforth, Mr. Nediger was the author of three. text books on mathematics and was regarded as' an authority in (Continued on Page 6) Veterans Plan services To Honor War .Dead. Seaforfh and area ' veterans gathered it he Legion Hall on Saturday e. enrng for the annual veterans' banqudt, A short program included an address by a former ' Navy Padre Dr. A. J. Mowatt, now of Clinton. President R. J. Bous- sey was in charge and introduc- ed the head table while greet- ings were brought to the' gath- ering by District Deputy Com- mander Allan Nicholson of Sea - forth. The speaker was intro- duced by Mr. Nicholson -•and ap- preciation was expressed by A. Y. McLean. Branch Secretary, Reverse o.P.P. Decision Faced with area protests OPP officials Tuesday reversed a de- cision of Friday •to close the Seaforth OPP detachment, The detachment has operated here since the' OPP assumed responsibility for policing in Huron twenty years ago. Prev- iously 'the detachment had been operated, by county police.- It is responsible for police work .in Tuckersmith, McKillop and Hullett. Area' officials said the deci- sion to close the detachment was taken without discussion with the municipalities involv- ed nor with county officers. When word of the decision became •keown over the week- end Mayor Frank Kling on' Mon- day contacted Hon. C. S. Mac - Naughton, Huron MPP. and with Dr. J. C. MacLennan, chairman of council's police committee, prepared a wire to the Attor- ney -General: The decision to'keep the de- tachment open followed on Tuesday. Closed After 69 Years St. Cotumiban post office which has served the comrl' un- ity since 1898 was closed on Wednesday. The nearly 30 pat- rons of the office will in future receive their mail from RR 2, Dublin or RR 4, Seaforth. Postmaster Joseph Ryan said the decision -to close the office followed representations made some months ago by Robert Mc- Kinley, Huron MP, who had been approached by-'eertain pat- rons farthest removed from the post office who wished to be served by a •rural route, Mr. Ryan said a petition signed by about 20 patrons had asked that the office be continued. He ad- ded the move to close the of, fice arose at a time when the number of patrons was in de- creasing. Recently the office had been upgraded from category 4 to 2. The post office has been locat- ed in the same 'building in which it was first established by Philip Carlin, the first post- master. The building has under- gone many changes through the years but much of the original structure remains. Postmasters have been Philip Carlin, April 1, 1898 leo April 4, 1903; Alphonse Kuhlman, May 1, 1903 to Jan. 6, 1006; John J, Holland., ,March' 1, 1906 to July 27, 1938; Mrs. Laura Holland, Aug. 28, 193$ until the present postmaster Joseph ltyan, leiok over five yeara.tago. Jack Eisler, expressed apprecia- on parade andduring the ser-' tion to" those who had catered.'..1.vice the new drums of the band ✓+ The evening concluded with were dedicated by Rev. Steven, a dance. On Sunday the members of Branch 156 Royal Canadian Le gion• and Auxiliary 'held their ' annual church parade to Eg- mondville United Church, with parade marshal Cleave Coombs and special events . chairman George Hays in charge. SDHS Hand accompanied the veterans Remembrance Day Plans for Remembrance Day. ceremonies Saturday are com- plete: Veterans 'will parade ,from_the Legion Mall at 14:45" to the Cenotaph ,in Victoria Park for a servicof remem- brance. -Id the event of incie,, ment weather the service will be held in the Legion Hall. • .Hallowe'en. Hangover .,For a lot of people Hallowe'en was all over on October 31, but as.far as Harold*Maloney of the Seaforth public works . department was concerned, it was still underway on Thursday. He is busy -cleaning off tar that was smeared on parking met- ers along Main Street and completed the task 'just before the weekend snow storm. (Expositor photo by Haley.) • Centennial Continues • First Presbyterian Church was crowded Sunday for the -` first of four special November services to mark ,the Centen- nial of the congregation. Here the minister.: ev. D. O. Pryy, clerk of session, M. McKellar and Dr. Douglas H. Stewart examine a ,Bible presented Dr. Stewart when he left the congregation to enter the ministry. Dr. ;Stewart of Ottaw,` a Seaforth native, was guest minister at the Service. j�a iitt' - Sunday a former minister, Rev, D. Glenn Cainpbell'of'„;l;on.'t�opf. will preach and the service will include the reaching oil tee*, sages from former ministers and members. (booker Oto • by TaleY'Y) ., .