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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-12-14, Page 1rat " M 'ta Whole No. 5205 108th Year y 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 Present? Having trouble choosing just the right laseminnite gift? What could be more acceptable than a subscription. to The HuronEx- positor — a gift that continues' all year long. Eery' week. it..is a re •• oflyour . f jtoughtful n There is lots' of time to Phone 527-9240 and tell us ,the names of those you wish to remember. An.attractive card will announce your gift. If you prefer, we Will bill you later. 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 8 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. • 4 MR, AND MRS. NEN Y 0,, DI . el 1