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SEAFORTI1, ONTARIO, TITURSDAX, DPOE11V..PEER' 14, 1967 --- -12 PAGE - .
Deliver Winnings In Hensall
Mrs. Clarence Reid of Hensall, centre,.was't'he winner of $500 in a;Grey Cup pool spon-
so •ed by the Seaforth Legion. She is shown here being presented) with the cheque by Sea -
forth Legion treasurer Morley Storey, left, while on the right is her cousin, District Deputy
&Commander Al Nicholson of Egmondville, who sold her the winning ticket. (Photo courtesy
' Zurich Citizens News).
Approve Staff Chcinges.
At Community Hospital
The Board of Seaforth Com.
munity Hospital at a meeting
Tuesday,•.night accepted •the res-
ignation of ifiss Valeria T.
Drope a5 administrator. In ac-
cepting the resignation mem-
bers recalled the contribution
which Miss Drape had made to
the hospital during the ro nearly
19 years which • she had served.
The resignation is effective Feb-
ruary 8th.
The Board named Gordon Mc-
Kenzie as administrator. Acting
administrator, since July, Mr.
McKenzie has been on the staff
of the hospital since mid 1966,
coming here from Victoria Hos-
pital, London.:
Miss 'Drope played a major
role in the planning which pre-
ceeded the construction of- the
present hospital and in the ar-
rangements ,that contributed to
an orderly movement of pat-
ients and services from the old
to the new hospital two years
ago. She has been on leave of
absence since July.
She was responsible for the
administration of the hospital
throughout the, difficult period
in which the operations were
Last
Minute
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Interested in area history.
Why not a history of Seaforth
bys Belle Campbell or the
popular 'Ruron History by
JarR o'tt?
For the student, a typewriter
isa popular gift. Perhaps the
housowife Would. appreciate a
handy stagier, a,ncil sharpen-
er or telephonetliioulder rest.
carried on in the overcrowding
that existed in the former hos-
pital and' during the period of
organization necessary to adapt
to the' new and) larger building.
In other business approval
was given, to a budget providing
for a standard ward rate of $32.-
37
32:37 per patient day. This repre-
sents an increase of $7.17 over
the rate of $25.20 which has ap-
plied during the present year.
It compares with a rate of $34.-
20 at St. Marys and $32.42 at
Listowel. The" -budget now re-
quires the approval of the On-
tario- Hospital Services Com -
'mission before it becomes ef-
fective.
The increase reflects addi-
tional staff as well as increases
in salaries'The budget provides
MISS VALERIA DROPE
for a total expenditure of $420,-
777.00 of which $317,918 rep-
resents- wages. During the 'Pre-
sent year approved expenditures
;are $1016,25e.00 and wages are
$255,454.00.
As a result of a recommend-
ation
ecommendation by the medical staff, the
policy with respect to the use
of TV in the hospital was amen-
ded. In future use of TV by pat-
ients will be °permitted subject
to the approval' • of the attend.
big physician tad certain other
conditions as to size. The staff
was requested/ to discuss with
Beaver 'Fobds, who are respon-
sible
esponsible for provision of -food ser-
vices in the hospital, changes
that would result in 'the intro-
duction, of selective menus at
NEWS OF WALTON
Area church Groups Gather for Christmas Meetings
Fire Destroys Trailer
Eight Left. Homeless
An Egmoudvill'e family of
eight was left homeless and
with onix the clothing they
wore, Sunday afternoon .when.
fire completely destroyed 'their
trailer home. Damage: has .been
estimated in excess of $10,060 -
Mr. and ed.rsJames Brown
{ and their six children had been
. but on a Sunday -afternoon drive
ani returned to )find firemen
af.'riving to fight the blaze. Fire-
men, had been called by a
,- neighbor William Carrick who
-saw' slueke rising from the trail-
er. ::.N,
Mr. Brown who is a construc-
tion foreman presently is em -
an early date.
Statistics presented by the
actieg administrator indicated
that occupancy continued to rise
during the yeazf,, At the end of
October medical surgical occu-
pancy stood at 114.7%, compar-
ed to 100.6% at the same time
a year previously. Admissions
had increased from 969 to 1,039.
Members who attended the
meeting included M. McKellar,
D. I. Stewart, J: M. Scott, W. D.
Stephenson, Mrs. Joseph McCon-
nell, Earl Dick, Rev. D. 0. Fry,
Mrs, Donald Morton, Mrs. John''
Hildebrecht, Mrs. R. J. Bous-
,sey, Vector' Lee, Dr.'E. Malkus,
Walter Shortreed, Ralph Mc-
Nichol and the chairman, A. Y.
McLean.
Complete
"Match"
Business.
Total costs of the 1966 Inter-
national Plowing Match held at
the Scott farm in Seaforth were
$61,715.
The financial business of the
match was wound up Thursday
at the annual meeting of the
Huron County Plowmen's As-
sociation in Clinton. ,
Of the match's bank balance
of $294, members agreed to do-
nate $150 to the Seaforth dis-
trict high school band.
The donation was made inap-
preciation of the contribution
the -45 -member band. has made
in. the past 10 years in represen-
ting
epresenting Huron County* at various.
International Plowing Matches
across - Ontario. '
EIected president of the as-
sociation was Maurice Love, RR
3, Exeter, who will succeed
Simon Hallahan of RR 3, Blyth.
Other officers- elected were:,
Ken Stewart, RJR 5, Blyth, first
vice-president; John Clark, Bit
5, Goderlch, 'second vice-presi-
dent; Russell Bolton, RR 1, Sea -
forth, secretary -treasurers Gor-
don McGavin, Walton, director
on the Ontario Plowmen's As -
sedation; Mr. H'allahan, direc-
tor on the Huron'County Feder-
ation of Agriculture.
McKillop
FofA
Elects
ployed in Belleville and was
home for the weekend. He said
the family including their six
children in age from 2 to 18,
, hath decided to take a drive and
had: been, away about an hour
eEnverytleing we own was lost"
he said and added that many of
the items could not be replaced.
' He referred to family photo-
graphs and war souvenirs he
had; 'brought home from: over-
,
seas.
Fire chief J. F. 'Scott suggest-
ed the fire could have originat-
ed
riginated' in a .furnace.`He said the ful-
_Iy lesulatedrtrailer 'had acted as
an oven, with the result that
everything in it was burned, to
a crisp.
Gordon Blanchard was elect-
ed president of McKillop'Feder-
ation of Agriculture at the an-
nual meeting and banquet in
Winthrop United- Church on
Monday evening." John Moylan,
the retiring president, was chair-
man. McKillop Reeve Ken Stew-
art spoke briefly and the Storey
sisters sang two songs.
Dave Ingles representing the
Huron ag rep office said the
McKillop' Calf Club, sponsored
by McKillop F of A, is the stron-
gest in the county. Huron F of
A president Elmet Hunter of
Goderieh Township, told of
plans"to discuss the "Carter and
Smith?' reports. He said there
would be a short course to show
how the computer can be appl-
ied to farm business.
Gordon Elliott, past president
thanked the ladies and Mrs. A.
Scott replied. Jack Moylan in-
troduced the guest speaker.
Ford Dickison and assistant Pet-
er Beimer who showed pictures
and gave comentary on, their
trip to the Netherlands. They
were thanked by Gordon Blan-
chard,
Minutes and financial reports
were given by the secretary -
treasurer, p, Dodds.
Elmer Hunter eon,ducted the'
election of officers. -
These are: past•resident,
John Moylan; president, Gord-
on Blanchard; 'first vice, Lav-
ern Godkin; second vice, Lav-
ern Hoegy; line directors are,
Andrew Davidson, Jerry Cronin,
Gordon Elliott, Jerry' Bruxer,
Gordan Papple, Clarence 'Malon-
ey, Alvin Dodds, John Moylan,
Gordon Blanchard„ Lavern Hoe-
gy, Mervin Godkin, Robert
Beuerman, Walter Somerville,
Earl Rock, Lavern Godkin, Mur-
ray Dennis, Harvey Craig and
Stanley Hillen. Lady director is
Mrs. Gordon Blanchard..
Mr. Moylan • thanked the dir-
ectors for their .assistance dur-
ing his past two year to en of
office.
Concert ' Stories
Will Appear
t Expositor
The is the season of the year
when area schools and church
groups' present Mina' Christ-
mas concerts.
As usual, complete reports of
these affairs are carried in The
Expositor. To ensure that each
story Is correct and in suffici-
ent detail those responsible for
such concerts are asked to co-
operate and: forward a copy of
the prdgram to this office as
soon as the concert is over. In
this way it is possible to carry
the story ID the earliest issue
and to know, that it is correct
as to- detail. '
Mr. Brown said Tuesday no
.Decision had been made concern-
ing new accommodation. In the
meantime the family was estab-
lished temporarily with a mar-
ried daughter apd son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Jaynes Carter in
Seaforth.
Writes
Second
hook
A former Seaforth resident
whe gained success with a chil-
dren's book "Ookpik, the Ogling
Arctic Owl" which was released
aear ago, has written a ,sec -
end book in which' the Arctic
serves as a background.
"Livingston of the Arctic" by
Dudley (Al) Copland is a cen-
tennial Commission award win-
ning book and tells of Leslie
Livingston, an Ontario native
who through his concern for
the) Eskimos did, much to in -
ere' se interest for their health
an welfare. The book tells the
stay of Dr. Livingston's ex -
pe fences and adventures in the
Cai adian Arctic • and of the
pact he played in the establish-
ment of health services in these
remote areas.
Alfred) Copland who spent a
number of years in Seaforth
following his retirement from
the RCAF is a recognized lead-
ing authority on the Far North
where he served upwards of 18
yeats with the Hudson's Bay
Company in both the Eastern
and Western Arctic. He travel-
led extensively•by dogteam and
boat amongst some of the most
primitive people in the Cana-
dian Arctic.
During the Second' World War
he resigned his position with
the trading company to enter -
the RCAF as an Arctic Special-
ist at Eastern Air Command
Headquarters. He was awarded
the M.B.E. for his contribution
to the air and sea activities in
Northernmost Labrador.
He has frequently' appeared
on the CBC'National Radio Net-
work, in addition to local tele-
vision and radio stations and his
numerous articles on Arctic life
have appeared in educational
books and :magazines. He was
commissioned to write the first
handbook, Living in The Arctic,
for the use of DEW LINE per-
sonnel.-
As
er-
sonnel:As a personal friend and Arc-
tic
ro-tie contemporary of Dr: Leslie
Livingston, he writes from; first-
hand
irsthand ,experience of this 'inter-
esting era of Arctic awakening.
Seaforth Sets °
Store Hours
Seaforth stores will remain
open until 9:00 p.m., Monday
through Saturday, Dec. 18th to
Dec. 23th. Monday and Tuesday
Dec. 25th and 26th will be holm
days but 'stores will remain op-
en all day Wednesday, Dec. 27th.
according to, Ed Taylor mer-
chants committee chairman.
Sea4or
Inds up
Seaforth Council rounded out
the • year's business- in a' wide
ranging discussion that carried
member over all ' aspects of
town affairs at the final meet-
ing of the year Monday evening.
Fire Chief John Scott in his
annual report said that the bri-
gade had
rigadehad attended 27 rural fires(
10 fn McKillop, nine in Tucker -
smith, foi#r, i l Hullett and four.,
in Hibbert. There had been
three fires in Seaforth. He, re-
ported that 34 building permits'
amounting' to $70,1'19 had been
issued and four new homers had.
been erected.
Councillor MacLennan • sug-
gested the clerk should main-
tain records of fires as well as
of building permits issued so
that a yearly comparison would
be possible.
Council questioned an account
amounting to $30.00 which, had
been received from Clinton as
a result of the Clinton Fire Bri-
gade having' been called to a
recent fire at Robert Bell In-
dustries Ltd. Asked to comment
Fire Chief- Scott said the fire
had been under control when
the Clinton brigade was called
by the general manager of the
Post 'Office
Will Close
There will be no postal ser-
vice on the holiday weekends,
Dec, 24-25 and Dec. 31, Jan 1,
when •post office employees
join with everybody else in
Christmas and year end celebra-.
tions.
• Postmaster 0. G. Oke said reg-
ulations provide that there will
be no street letter box pick up
nor rural deliveries on these
days. Mail for dispatch should
be deposited at the post office.
Doctor To.
Practice Here
DR. CHARLES T. B. MOYO
has commenced the practice.
of medicine here in associa-
tion with Dr. M. W. Stapleton,
Dr. Moyo, a native of Rhodesia
was educated in South Africa.
After premedical science
courses in thee -159S., he grad-
uated)
raduated) from the University of
• Ottawa Medical School in
1959. Following post graduate
work in surgery in hospitals
in Detroit and Montreal, he
was resident -in -chief and (lin.
ice! tutor tutor at Ottawa Civic Hos,
pital. He served as Cowmen. ,
wealth Surgical registrar at'
Middlesex Hospital, 'London,
England and earlier this year
Was aearded certification of
the Royal College of Physi-
cians and Surgeons in Gener-
al Surgery.
Mra. Walter Bewley of the. Jesus?"
Walter Unit was in charge of A piano instrumental includ-
devotions at the December ing Chritstnas Chimes was
meeting of the United- Church played by Mrs. Ray Huether.
Women -of Duff's United Mrs. Martin Baan was pianist
Church,. for the Christmas hymns.
.ia= The ppresident, Mrs. Gordon
The worship service was
ken from the book "These mei McGavin presided for the busd-
the Master". Christmas scrip- were readral by the corrue�snotes
ond-
ture passages were read by ingsecretary, Mrs, Nelson
•
Mrs. Bewley .before each poi- Mar1�s. It was decided that
tragal of the following: Mary each 'Unite send Christmas
--Mrs. Wesley Ilackwelf; ca>Fds t shut-ins.
eph —Mrs. Ray Huether; Tun. deeds secretary, Mrs. Cam
keeper• — Mrs. Herbert Trav- bell Weer, gave the minutes.
lee; Shepherd Mese Allan and also reported on an execu-
McCall; Herod ne Mrs. James
Clark;, Th Magi �— Mrs. Win' tive meeting hold recently. A
liam Coutts; Simon -- Mrs, cloak,
church h mho boom.om. A re
Nelson 1Vi'arks. quest was made for the An -
Prayer offered by the lead- ',.null Sunday school concert,
err was taken from the book, Deirember '2z1.
"Are you toning With M�,•;An etuxhiraging report wits
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given by the treasurer Mrs.
Kenneth McDonald. -
Gifts were broilght for path
eats at the Ontario Respite',
Gaderich. Mrs. G. McGavin
thenked . the executive and
each and every 'one for their
help during the year and ask -
the same support to the in-
coming president, Mrs. Alvin
McDonald.
Mrs: Leonard Leeming ex-
pressed- her thanks to the pres-
ident on behalf of the mem-
bers for her splendid leader-
ship during the past two years
and gave special mention to
the plowing Match at Seaforth
in 1960 when the Walton UCW
catered to the banquet includ-
ing almost 1000 guests.
The executive served lunch
follbWhig the meeting and a
weld sour was, also, enjoyed.
The' December meeting of
the Walton Mission Band was
held in the church school
room last Sunday morning
with Dena Wey presiding, FoL
lowing the Call to Worship,
a poem ,"What is Christmas"
was read by Ann Clark. The
Christmas storyefrom Luke 2:
7-20 was told in verse. Christ-
rhao hymns were sung and
eight.candles were lit by Dena
Wey, Ross Mitchell, Heather
McDonald Steven Dennis,
Gail Traviss, Dianne Godkin,
Clayton and Debbie Van Vliet.
Anne Watson, led in prayer.
The mite .boxes and offering
were taken by Roger Humph-
ries end dedicated by Dena
Wey. A discushion on the uses
of the money trom, pew Mite
boxes was led by Mrs, Merton
Hackwell.
The treasurer's report was
read by Roger Humphries and
the minutes by Joan Bennett.
h'ollovving the business the
group went into classes under
the leadership of Mrs. Jan Van
Vliet, Mrs. Neilson Marks, Mrs.
HacWilliamkwellRoe.P and Mrs .Merton
A social evening honoring
Mrs. Harvey Brown of Blyth,
who had been organist at
Duff's United Church for over
30 years was held in the
church last Thursday evening.
Rev. D. E. Doeken acted as
Master of Ceremonies and
Mrs. Ray Huethor was pianist
for the evening.
A presentation of a rocker
and pole latrip was etude by
LLVerne 0 dk in, Roy Wil.liati t
son and Clarence Martin with
Alvin McDonald reading the
address. Lunch was served by
the ladies and a. social time
enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stev-
ens spent several days with
their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Crich at
Pinkerton.
Mr. and Mr's. William,,,Coutts
and family spent the week
end with ,Mr. and Mr- . James
Cameron of Sarnia.
Mrs. William• Leeming, Mrs.
Fern Patterson and Mrs: Ivy
Henderson of Seaforth were
Sunday visitors at the home Of
Mrs. Walter Broadfoot.
Mrs. 13oneld Achilles has sb
turned home after being iiott-
eeld to Clinton Public yoS,
Single; Copy..
$5,Qo teireer.,
RBl[. plant, He added had it
been considered necessary to
have the assistance of another
brigade he would have called
`Mitchell as there is a mutual
aid plan in existence between
Seaforth and Mitchell. Council
agreed that only the fire chief
should summon assistance from
a brigade in another town. Pay-
ment of the account was held in
abeyance until the fire chief
:tould discuss the matter with
he company.
Pursuing its study of the gar-
bage disposal question, council
adopted a by-law regulating the
use of the town dump and' es-
tablishing a monthly .usage fee
of $25 for each operator Who
used the dump for garbage col-
lected from points other than in
Seaforth. Stanley Gray and Gor-
don Noble, local carbage con-
tractors, appeared, before coun-
cil and indicated the fee Was out
of line with, the receipts that
they were experiencing, Mr.
Gray said that he received' $45
per month for collecting in Har-
purhey and Egmondville and
'Mr. Noble• added that he too
would lose money if it was nec-
essary to pay such an amount.
Mayor' Kling said the matter
could be considered 'further by
the Public Works committee to
wd'r•k out a solution with them.
Reeve Carl Dalton, chairman of
the Public Works committee,
suggestee the approach should
be to Tuckersmith Council since
the garbage that was creating
the .problem was originating in,
the township. •
Offer ficcomthodeition
Representatives of the Sea -
forth Public School Board were
in attendance and . discussed
with council suggestions that
had arisen during a seminar at
the Brucefield school to discuss
the formation of a county board
of education.
Speaking on behalf of the del-
egation trustee Les Habkirk said
that it was assumed that the en-
abling1egislatiom ,fats germing
into, being next ,say and tlwat
discussions at the 'Brueefleld
moeti, had indicated there
would be a requirement, rf or a
ty board. The Seaforth lega-
tion attending -the -Meeting °;a
gested that since Seaforth spas
the geographical centre of he
area to be served, it would:: •
logical to consider•Seafortlt.as
the site of the proposed head-
quarters. While no details had•
been adeised by the Department
as to the composition of the •
county board or the 'manner in
which it would be selected it ;
was assumed that substantial
staff would be involved. The
purpose • in coming to council,
was to : advise council -.sof the
board's thinking and to suggest
support be given at .the proper
time in any move that, would re- .
(Continued from Page -5)
Board
Members
Concerned
Concern as to the results that
will follow an Ontario govern-
ment e decision to establish
count school -boards was em-
phasized by re,presentatives of
area boards attending a" se
ar at Huron Centennial Seim-
at'Brucefield Thursday evening. ;
The seminar was organized by
Dr. Morgan Smith, a member of
the Centennial board and was'
theoutgrowth of meetings
which south Huron boards • have
had froin-time to time in recent
years when problems of mut-
ual concern to the boards have
been discussed.. Dr. (Smith; was
chairman for the proceedings.
(Continued on Page 6)
Area Couple Marks
60th Anniversary
Life long residents of Logan
Township, .Mr. and Mrs. Henry
E. Diegel celebrated' their 60th
wedding anniversary an Sunday.
Open house was held at their
residence in rodhagen during
the afternoon, for their friends
and relatives.
The tea to .le: was decorated
with a two-tier wedding cake
and a flower centre piece of
mauve and white mums. Mem-
bers of the family assisted in
pouring tea.
ittwas a beautiful sunny Dec-
ember 12th, in 1907, when Em-
ma Eisler, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John (Anna Kahle)
Eisler, Logan Township and
Henry E. Diesel, son- of Mr. an.,
Mrs. Louis (Mary Pushel'bury)
Diegel, Logan Township, travel-
led by horse and buggy to .Mit-
chell, where they were married
by the Rev. •Blordel, at Grace
Lutheran parsonage. They were
attended by Edith Heckman,
now Mrs. Edith Chase, Detroit,
and the late William• Eisler. A
honeyrnoon'followed in Detroit
and' other points.
On their return to Mitchell,
Mr. and Mrs. Diegel recall -that
they were forced to travel the
rest of the way by horse and
cutter, They took up residence
on Concession 10, Logan Town-
ship, where they fanned for
forty years. In the fall of 1947
they retired to the 'village of
Brodhagen.'
They still enjoy working in
their vegetable -garden and
pride themselves in the variety
of beautiful flowers that bloom .
to make their home a colorful
spot in the, village. They 'are
members of St. Peter'e' Liither-
an Church, Brodhagen, and ] rs.
Diegel is still' an act! 'e ere r
of the Lutheran Chili h!WBiYie .
They have a family of `three
sons and six daughters: Dalton
and Henry, Logan Township;:
Wilfred, Stratford; Lillian, Mrs..
Frank Josling, 'Mitchell; 'Gladys„
Mrs. Nelson Harris, Hibbert;
Bertha:Mrs. Norval Elliott, Hib-_
best; Della, Mrs. Norman Ah-
rens,
hrens, • Mitchell; Mildred, Mrs,
Bill Head,' Toronto; Jean, Mrs..
Jack Crosson, London; eighteen
grandchildren end nineteen
great-grandchildren. One daugh-
ter, Ruby, twin -of Wilfred, died
in childhood,
A dinner for members of the
family was held in the Royal
Hotel, Mitchell, Theeday eve-
ning and a social evening fol- •
lowed at their home in Brod-
hagen.
The IOW of St. Peter's..Luth-
eran Church attended open
house on Sunday and Rev. H.
Lossing led: in a short devo-
tional period in which two •
hymns were sung. •
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