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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-12-21, Page 1w y r e w w ti h Whole No. '52OO 108th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, TRUR&DA.Y, New Entrance. to High School No longer are Seaforth District High School student$ required to plod all around the school to gain entrance nor do they need .to go outside in order to move from classes in the old and new buildings. Construction has advanced enough to permit use of the new main en- trance facing Chalk Street. The construction p rogram is expected to be completed by the time school resume': in January. (Expositor ph oto by Haley.) Mr. and :M.rs. C. A. Barber Couple Celebrate 60th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. B ber, we'll -known Seaforth s - dents, will et/ebrate the 60th anniversary of their marriage on Christmas Day. No special event is planned to mark the anniversary, apart from a family dinner which their son is arranging in St. Thomas. Married at the home of the bride's parents, an the 14th con- cession of East Zorra Township on December 25, 1907, M. and Mrs. Barber lived in Canboro, Haldimand County and in Wood- stock before moving to Seaforth January 1, 1914. Mrs. Barber was Mabel Smith, daughter of the .late Werner Smith and Ann Giles, pioneer Oxford County residents., while Mr. Barber .is the son of the late William Barber and Mary Foster, of Rothsey, Wellington County, where he was born 88 y business, r ea in esponsibili- ut Ontario -Stratford f the Iarg- o. Coming to Seaforth in 1914, Mr. Barber established Seaforth Creamery, which he operated successfully ler 32 years, until years ago. A past president of the Dairy- men air men's Association, and widely known in the dairying Mr. Barber'began his 1896 at Pahnerston, when he worked in a cheese factory there. In subsequent years, prior to his marriage, he as- sumed increasing r ties in cheese factories and creameries throug�ho at Cotswell, Minto Township, Spring Creek, near Woodstock, Dempsey, north of and at Hickson one o est factories in Outeri he sold out in 1946. While the creamery was -iodated in the former - Scott Bros. electric plant on Main Street, south of the CNR. In recent years .the creamery has not operated, the building .having been used as a store. -While Mr. • Barber has been retired since 1946, he has been by no means inactive. An en- thusiastic fisherman, he takes advantage. of. every .,00aportunie ty to get out on a stream. Until recently he bowled in summer and curried in 'winter. A past president and the only surviv- ing charter member of the Sea - forth Lions Club, he contributes freely of his time to club ac- tivities. He is a member of Britannia Lodge of which he was master,in 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Barber are .mem- bers of Northside United Church, where Mrs. Barber was active In various societies as lonermitted. Both are her as fair healtealth h Mr.i Bar- ber is a regular vi,gi'ior al ng Main Street. Joining with their parents on the anniversary occasion will be their two children, William C. of St. Thomas and Mary, Mrs. John Ae Cardno, Seaforth: There are six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Let Us Know Away for Christmas? Call us at The Expositor 527.0240, and tell us where you were. MR:' AND `MRS, rG.• A; ariikb "it" Narrow Escape From Fire A brooder- house containing 16,000 chickens had a narrow escape from destruction Wed nesday noon when fire broke out on the second floor. The fire was in a building located on the former Mason farm now one of the Whyte farms, in Hullett. Nick Whyte, Jr., and his brother Tom notic- ed the fire as they were leav- ing for work and, were able to hold it in check with fire ex- tinguishers until the arrival of the Seaforth fire brigade. Fire Chief John F. Scott said it was possible to contain the fire to an area about 12 feet square in the second floor. He estimated damage at $1,000. As the fire was being brought under control firemen from the Brueefield fire brigade ar- rived with a water tank truck and 'stood by In case of need. Fire Clears Site Seaforth, firemen supervised a fire which destroyed a frame house in Harpurhey Sunday af- ternoon. The building, owned by Frank Reynolds, was no long- er habitable. "The easiest way to clean. up the site was to burn' the house" Fire Chief J. F. Stott said,"so the first day the wind was in the right direction we were glad to help. We stood by to make sure the flames didn't spread." " Recieve Drain Tenders Tenders covering construc- tion of the Silver Creek drain were opened at a meeting of the Public Works committee of - council on Friday. The lowest tender was that of Nicholson 'Consructian Co. Ltd., for $10942.00, Other bids were $114700 and $13,350. No contract was awarded pending receipt of approval for the work front the Municipal Board. Smile of the Week "Hello, is this the weafa"Ye de- partment?" "Yes, what cantj do for you?" - "I need a new crib for my baby?" "What's it sleeping in now?" "The box, my color TV came fin." • Two traveling salesmen, work- ing together, arrived ata hotel and were shown a shabby,. run- cloW i room. -"What," said one of the sales- men, "does this pigsty cost?" "Poly one pig," said the man- agerr, `f6urndollars; far two pigs, sit Mare ame cfficers For -1968 Charles Wood was elected president of Seaforth .Branch 156; of the Royal Ca ,adieu Leg- Hefipue- toe Thur. sdey nig ceeds R. J. Roussey, Other officers elected t the annual meeting are: first vicar president, B. Dalrymple; second vice-president, J. C. Cornish; secretary, R. J. Boussey; trea- surer, M. Storey; Sgt. at Arms, C. Coombs. Committee chairmen: Special events, G. D. Hays; Entertain= ment, G. Scott; Sports, M. Mel. anson; house, L. Leonhardt; sick, E. Rivers; property, P. Malcolm; welfare, J. C. Cornish; hall, B. QVleClure; Padre, Rev. D. 0. Fry. The new officers will be •iii- stalled by a team from Exeter on January Li. ECEMBER. 21,,4967 First Section, Pages 1 to 8 Pays McKiikpp Takes Over Phones J After nearly sixty years of rviee to the peeple of McKil- 1' , the McKillop Municipal elephone System soon .will cease to exist. Sate of the' sys- tem to the Bell Telephone Company, approved at a •meet- ing of subscribers on June 12 last, becomes effective at 12:01 *.m. January 1. Legal details in connection With winding up the system are now under way but in • the Meantime the Bell Company has paid over the purchase price of $80;000 to the town; a'`hip. McKillop council at a meet- ing Friday approved the invest - r lent of the sale proceeds for six months at an interest rate df 5.875%. Officials expect to 4 .E ii }ui} t,,e41 fe4)w1i w1i ^1i i, fid, wii 1i ;r.b r1i i, 6%4::ku.fr,nom 1y •• z4 . •4 ,y, • .'.v ` ,'e. • K. K. • ':4. . ., •i'.. 14 • ..4 e, rtw Y- .. - •. �4 ...� rt t t af, �r- �r. r, r- ,r r r� ret retr "'r -a re re ,rte re r-. r ; The Publishers and Staff of. The Huron Expositor xtend Warmest Christmas Greetings , ..to their Readers and Friends At .This.. Glad Holiday 'Season. ! f �1, YEWS OF WALTON Church Groups HMI) Christmas Parties The annual Christmas meet- ing of the Walton UCW Uhit was held in the church school room Tuesday evening and was preceded by a Smorgas- bord supper. Tea tables were decorated with lighted candles. Christ- mas napkins, rings, serviettes, each containing a hat or verse. Mrs. Edward Miller, leader of the losing side in the Cop- per Contest acted as Masten of Ceremonies. Mrs. Ray Hue- ther, pianist, directed the sing- ing of Christmas carols. The scripture' reading was followed with Meditation and prayer by Mrs. William Coutts. Mrs. Herbert Traviss and Gail sang "Silver Be11" as a duet. Mrs. Leonard Leem- ing closed the meeting with a Christmas Blessing. An enc= change of gifts was -conducted by Mrs. James Clark. A skirt contest by Mrs. Wesley Hack - well and Mrs,. Douglas Ennis was won by Mrs. Graham Sholdice (Shortest) and Mrs. ames Clark (longest). Boxee were packed for shut-ins by the winning side captained by Mrs. Howard Ha c k wel 1. Vesper Service The national C•G•I.T. Ves- per Service was held in the church sanctuary Sunday eve- ning with Mrs.`Lyle Osborne and Gail Searle in charge. The organist, Miss Glenna Houston, played a medley of Christmas carols, prior to the service and as the C•G.I.r. nneinber, tock -their places at the front of the church, each carrying a lighted candle. The choir included the 1110 group tinder the direction of Rev. D. E... Melte tti , . • he -lighting of 'tile sitig[u:, • large candle on the Commun- ion Table symbolized Jesus Christ as the Light of the World. First girl in the conversa,; tion group was Dianne Fraser, 2nd, Connie Coutts; 3rd, Shar- on Marks; 4th, Gail Teaviss; 5th, Shirley Williamson. Nan- cy McNichol and Cris Lee as Joseph and Mary entered the church at the rear making their way slowly down the church to the front. Mary sits down while Joseph a- round for some place to go, he "sees" the "inn" then he comes back for Mary and ten- derly helps he make her way to the "stabler'. out of sight. The choir sang "The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy" with giiitar accompaniment by Rev. D. Docken. A lighted Christmas tree and evergreen boughs and Many candles were used_ in decorating the church for the service. Hold Christmas Party The Christmaas meeting of the 17th and Boundary Unit was held at the home of Mrs. Martin Haan. With a thought for the af- ternoon, Mrs. Clifford Hoegy opened the meeting. Hymn 62, "While Shepherds Watched Their Flock by Night" was sung. The scripture was taken , from the 2nd Chapter of Luke, Verses 1.20. Mrs. Clifford Hoe- then offered prayer. Psalm 20 was read respdnsitrely. Two reading , "The Living Recipe" and " Christmas Thoughts" Sere given by Mrs. Iitoegy. Mrs . Clifford. Ritchie gave theopic 1 R C>ntlt.ed "Co n ng of the .nU fr � �'h s was follWed 0*tittued. trioti, Page 8) have administrative and legal details completed during that period so that they will be in a position to make a distribu- tion. The McKillop system came into being in the ,Spring of 1908 following exploratory talks which had extended throughout the previous year. Planned or- iginally as'a priv`dte company the system was proceeded with Re -appoint 'Board Members Tuekersmith council at the final meeting for 1967 on Fri- day re -appointed present town- ship representatives to area boards for a further year. John Broadeact is on SDHS board, George Faulkner on Clin- ton Collegiate board and Victor Lee :obi the board of Seaforth Commuhity "Hospital. as a municipal enterprise as a - result of enabling legislation being passed by Ontario: • Con- struction was financed by de- bentures issued by the town; ship. Construction of a 12 mile Incifrom Seaforth was carried out by the late Robert Smith at a contract price of $200. The first call was placed by Thomas A, Beattie in, July, 1908. Construction continued until, within a few years lines had been erected to service not on- ly the en ' ownship but por- tions of djoin townships. Members of e commission when the system was initiated in T908 were George Hearn, presi- dent; J. M. Govenlock, secretary; and John Dodds, treasurer, Pre- sent commissioners are William J. Leeming; chairman; George R. Campbell and Harry Sne1L James F. Keys is secretary - treasurer. Appoint Representative Council re -appointed Harvey Hold Annual Banquet Seaforth Teen Twenty Donates Over $1500 A well -attended banquet and dance, Saturday evening, clim- axed the year's activities of Sea - forth Teen Twenty. Around 200 area young people were on hand ler the annual event, which was held at the Legion Hall, Seaforth and catered to by the Ladies' Legion Auxiliary. President Brian Habkirk wel- eomed the members and intro- duced the• guests. Among the guests present were Mayor Frank Kling and Mrs. Kling, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hutchison, Mr. and Mrs. Roy MoGonigle, Mr. and Mrs. Geo: rge eenderson, Mrand Mrs. Bill Eisler, Mr. and: Mrs. Charles Geddes, the Seaforth Police De- partment, their auxiliary officers and wifes and former executive members of Teen Twenty. Highlighting the evening was the presentation of a number of gifts:' Santa Claus arrived to assist in the presentations. ,Mayor, Kling brought greet- ings from the town council and praised young p pe- for their contribution to t community. He particularly referred to their assistance in the renovae tion of• the Arena and their con- tribution towards completion of the Centennial project. Elmer Hutchison now Police Chief of Markdale, and founder of the Teen group spoke briefly. He commended Teen Twenty for the way in which the organiza- tion had carried on its affairs and the extent to which it had developed its activities. The financial report, given by treasurer, Alice Bannon, re- vealed that the group had rea- lized a net• profit of over x$3,000 during 1967. The largest single expense, nearly $5,500, was for orchestras. . Included In the over $1,540 donated to local funds were do- nations to the Huron -Perth Tor- nado Fund,' $200; Boy Scout Hall Fund, $300; Comiunity Centre, $300; lllinor Hockey, $300; Centennial Parade -Fund, $100; and a number of smaller donations. Nominations for .the offices of. president, treasurer andecre- tary were received as follow: for president, James Phillips. (resigned); Wayne Scott, Ted Wilbee, Clues Turnbull, .-Gwen McLean; for treasurer, Robin •Steven, Karen Henderson, Greg Rau; for secretary, Laura Ryan, Cheri Scott (resigned), Joanne Elligsen, Bonnie Kerslake, Jane McConnell. The meeting decided .that "-members nominated for office but Who are not elected. will form an advisory committee to assist in promoting. Teen Twenty and to share the work 'load with the regular executive. The election 'wiII take place December 23rd at a - regular Teen Twenty dance. The retiring executive in- eludes president, Brian Habkirk; vice-president, Douglas Wright; treasurer Alice Bannon; and secretary,. Cheryl Scott. Lions Entertain At Clinton Seaford Lions were in Clin- ton Sunday presenting their an- nual Christmas entertainment at Huronviev. Club, presiden•t.•.Q. (G. Oke ex- tended greetings to the.,.Huron- view audience and introduced program numbers which includ- edselections by the Huron Cen- tennial Choir. Christmas carol singing was •in., charge of R. J. Spittal and Jim Scott. Arrangements for the visit were completed by J. A. Stew- art and Rev. D. 0. Fry. , FP • Bingle' +Civies la cots sten .� rr itvont. I 1 Craig to represent the town- ship`,atin the SDHS board. Grants of ND to the .Mons C113_ and $250 -to'the`farmers, nion " ,',. were approved. Supporting 'a proposal of Me- Kil'Iop Public School Area Board to provide a central 'school in McKillop, council d'ir- ected that letters endors he proposal go forward ;to Hon... Charles lMacNaughton' and Hone William Davis, Former Resident Ordained The Autumn Ordination of the Diocese of Huron, Anglican Church of Canada, will take place at the Church of the Transfiguration, 'London, on St. ... .Thomas'. Day, . Thursdayeve- ning. Among the candidates who will be ordered; Deacons by -the Rt. Rev. G. N. Luxton, D1 , LL. D., Bishop of Huron, is • a form - ROY. ANDREW DUNGEY er Seaforth resident Roy An drew Dungey, B.A. Mr. Dungey was born in Seaforth, the'son - 'of the late Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dungey and received his early education here, He is a gradu- ate of the University of Wes- tern Ontario and Huron. College. He will he licensed as .Deacon - in -Charge of Trinity Church, Port Burwell and St. Luke's, Vienna. Mr: Dungee married the former Wilma Mary Anne Doug- las. of Windsor and ,they have. one son. David, who is two. Name Omitted Ina story in a recent issue concerning the doting of the St. Coluinban post office, the name of Frank Williams was omitted, inadvertantly, from those who. had served) as poste master. Mr. Williams was postmaster in 1962 and followed John Hol- land. In turn he was succeeded in December 1962, by Joseph Ryan. Le. blight of the Teen Twenty year is the annual banquet when members review tile' year's activities, carry out nominations for office and hcitor those of 'their number as as guests who have Contributed to eiieeessOf the organization, Among tho5e atiLeiiesiltable are left) Doug Wright, tice.pceeiaent,iretda. $sbtt, Devin flbnthronf CheriOttaretarliey tdgie and l`S. Melbbigibt iter . . . heal by male,':) Teen Twenty Reviews- Year