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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1964-03-19, Page 1• Y I • 0 • 0 4 a 6 Whole No. 5013 105th Year SEAFORTT; ONTARIO. THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1964 — 16 TAG S $2,000 C.W.L. Gift Aids. Hospital Members of the Catholic Women's League of St. James' Mrs. Harold Meagher, Mrs, James Devereaux and Mrs. Maurice Church, Seaforth; St. Patrick's Church, ,Dublin, and . St. Melady presenting pledge cards to.. Mrs,. John Hillebrecht • Columban Church have united to provide a gift of $2,000.00 • (left) and Mrs. Jose McConeii, members of the hospital to the Seaforth Community. Hospital building fund. , Shown board. The campb • gn for 5,000 is within $0;000 of the here from the right are the presidents, of the three groups, objective, according to officials (Expositor photoS Phillips). • Enlist µy•' unds To r e Mausoleum Early construction of a maus- ' oleum to serve the Seaforth area is a distinct possibility as -a result of a study which a committee has been giving.. the matter for some weeks. The proposed.mausoleum• would be interdenominational and would be known as Pioneer Memorial. Mausoleum. Encouraged by indications. 'that support would exist for such a project, the committee, representative of all Seaforth Seaforth 'churches, was organized some weeks ago: Members of the to-, terim committee include P. D. McConnell, William N. Ball, R. J. Spittal, Norman MacLean, • R. S. Box, G. A. Whitney and W. J. Cleary. Mr. Box 'is chairman of the committee, and Mr. Mc- Connell is secretary -treasurer. As a preliminary to making a firm decision, the committee has opened a :fund with; arm ob- jective Of $12,000, and gifts to the ftmd may be left' at any • Bob o therm ham is Seed. •Show chap Top honorsat the 12th an- nual Huron County Seed Fair, held in Seaforth Friday and Saturday, were won by Robert Fotheringham of Seaforth.. Mr. Fotheringham won . four first ° and three third-place ribbons in the show sponsored by the Hur- on ; County Soil and ' Crop Im- • provement Association, in co- operation with the -Town of Sea- ,• forth and the Seaforth Cham- ber of Commerce. The show at- tracted a total of 43 exhibitors and 120 entries. The fair got underway Fri-. .day_.When -judging -took place; and that evening members of the Huron Junior .Farmers -'pre- sented a musical review. En- tertainment of . high 'quality re- flected. long hours of practise and flowed along in a way that. , suggested professional ,direc- tion. On Saturday the audience which crowded the SDHS audi- torium was greeted by Ralph Hunter, president of the asso- ciation, and by Wardell Ralph Jewell of Huron County. War- den Jewell paid tribute- to the work which the association did in 'the interests of agriculture in Huron. He said that it was vital that developments in agri- cultijral practices be brought to the attention of the farming public, and that the Crop Im- provement Association was do- LOBA Holds Euchre. Party At a euchre held in the audi- torium. of St. James' School on St. Patrick's night, winners were: ladies, most games, Mrs. Jean Fortune; , e' hands, Mrs. , Barney Hildeb t,:ns, men, most gemes, Barney ildebrand; lone hands, Jack Tremeer. Mrs. Dan- iel Burns won the lucky chair prize. The best -loved Irish songs were sung by Frank C. Sills, and all present enjoyed joining in a sing -song. Mrs. Alice Stiles accompanied on the piano. Conveners for the evening were 'Mrs. J. J. Maloney and Mrs. Michael Williams. Name Winners At St. James'. The LOBA held a , euchre party Monday with 11. • tables :in play. The ladies' first prize was won by Mrs. Sol Shannon; lone hands, Mrs. William Web- ster, Exeter, and low .was Mrs. S. Exarnhant, . Men's' first prize Was won by iAustin Dolmage; 1 e hands, Albert O'Tteilly, Ind lbw, Art Itoittledge, fng an excellent job in this work. ... .. . Reeve Stewart Procter of Mor- rie Township, chairman of the County Agricultural Commit- tee, said it was gratifying to see the interest and co-opera- tion which was .present in Sea - forth. Pointing out that. Huron occupied a predominate place in agriculture, he said that it was to the. benefit of tell 'that urban and rural people get to- gether" to know each other bet-. ter 'and to;.understand the prob.- 'ems each' faced. - -Mayet-Aligns "1VfeLean ,.of Sea'- •forth brought greetings from the town and congratulated , the' officers for the program which had been presented. He refer- red to the .sudden passing of Mayor Dinsmore, and told of the . contribution which he had made to Seaforth. In welcom- ing • the audience to Seaforth, he assured the association and those who were present; of ev- ery co-operation and support from the town. • W. M. Hart, president of .the Chamber of Commerce, stress- ed the fact that while those who were attending, the show were particularly welcome, they were equally. welcome 'on, any other occasion on which ,they came to Seaforth. , He said that Huron, and particularly this dis- trict; had the finest soil avail- able, and to work it there were the finest' young men and young w o m e n. This combination could only be of benefit to all as a result of the better job that would be done. - Following the opening •cere- monies, the group heard a lec- ture series which was carried out in classrooms throughout the school and participated in discussions with the guest speakers. D. H. Miles, Huron agricul- tural representative, was in charge of proceedings, and in reviewing . activities predicted that in 10 years Huron would have production at a rate three to four' times that which exists at the moment. He said there was increased demand for Hur- on agricultural land, and that his office was receiving on ,the average of a query a day con- cerning, farms available for purchase in the county. • Prior to the' commencement of the Saturday 'afternoon pro- gram, the directors entertained at lunch in the Orange Hall. Prize Winners Winner in the judging were: Bushel of oats, Robert Foth- eringham, Seaforth; Lewis Coyne, Seaforth; Doug Alton, Lucknow.- Bushel of barley, Robert Fotheringham, R. No Alexander, Londesboro; L; Coyne. Bushel of—White beans, Stu. (Continued on Page 0•_ Seaforth Bank or'given to mem- bers of the. • committee. In announcing the decision to establish a fund the 'committee said . that tentative plans of a proposed mausoleum had been prepared as the basis for an estimate . of the 'cost involved. No decision, however, has been taken concerning a site for the structure. •-• '. For same years now it has been necessary for residents of the Seaforth area to use mauso- leum facilities at either Mit- chell or Clinton during the, win- ter months. In its - statement, the committee said it would be hoped ,that the necessary funds would be made available, and that it would be possible 'to complete construction -during the summer months, so that facilities could be available next fall and winter. • Legion Hockey Concludes With .Prize Awards. After many weeks of action - packed. ' competitions, the ' Sea - .forth . 'Legion,- minor hockey came to a close when a Iarge Crowd of parents, witnessed the final games and':presentation of trophies Saturday evening. During • the winter .season some 140 'to 150 boys played' • in their respective groups—mites, squirts, peewee ' and bantam. Following.. are the' trophy winners: Mites, most improved player: Whites, Silvy"- Jessome; Blues, Brian McMillan; , Reds, Bill O'Shea; Blacks, Kevin Bennett; most improved goal - tender, Kevin Henderson; most valuable player, --Bill Nediger. A speeial presentation Was made by president Jack Eisler to W. S. Nediger for his as- sistance with the mites during the hockey 'season. 'L- SI:Putts: most improved play- er: Corvettes, Ralph Wood, presented by Peter Malcolm; Bombers, Bill Whitelaw, pre- sented by Charles Wood; Jets, Bob Montgomery, presented by Ken Betties; Artillery, Doug Hall, presented by Archie Dob- son; most improved goaltender, Ron Henderson, presented by Jack Eisler; most valuable player, Randy Wood, presented by Gus Boussey. Peewees, most improved, play- er, Black Hawks, John Munro, donated by Gordon Scott; Red Wings, Danny Cornish, present- ed by Jake Cornish; 'Maple Leafs, Bobby Eskert, donated by William Dalrymple; Cana. diens, Paul Moggach, donated by Al Hoff; most improved goaltender, Moody Hassan, pre- sented by Angelo Phillips; most valuable player, Jim Snowdon, presented by •Allan Nicholson: Bantams: Most improved player, Colts, Brian Hodgert; Ti -Cats, Grant Finnigan; most improved goaltender, George Reeves, presented by Charles Reeves,• The Gus Boussey trophy was presented to the. Whites in the Mite series. The Bert Shaw trophy was presented by his daughter, Mrs.. R. J. Boussey, to the Bombers in the Squirt series. In the Peewee- series, the Jack Eisler trophy was present- ed to the Black Hawks, and in the °Bantam• series the Vire Bri- gade trophy went to the Colts. It's Official Stop Lights Now In Action • 9 It's official now. Seaforth's first stoplights at the corner of Main and Goderich Streets are in operation. The lights began signalling `Stop' and `Go' Wed- nesday afternoon. • Construction crews have been at work for the past week lar ing new underground .cable and erecting necessary standards. The lights were cleared by ('ouncil nearly a year ago, but ¶t was not until December- that the Department of. Transport 'ave •approval to the install*- tion. . ' Thieves Steal Guns From, Store. Thieves broke into Crown Hardware early •Wednesday eve- ning and stole three guns and a quantity of ammunition, 'Mervin Nott, of Crown Hard- ware, said the exact loss would not be known -troll' stocks -had been checked. Mr. 'Nott said the thieves broke a window at the rear of the store. The break-in was dis- covered by Constable Keith Ruston . about 9 p.m., while he was patrolling a rear lane. Chief Constable Gordon Hul- ley is investigating. The farmer had driven his team of mules to town, and was late returning home. "What took you so Tong?" his wife asked. ne SerVi- CofC'U Urges Dublin Be Included Seaforth Chamber of Com- merce• at a 'meeting Monday night protested a decision by Bell Telephone to no longer carry Dublin listings in the di- rectory serving Seaforth. "We are 'concerned that peo- ple .east of •Seaforth, who re- gard the town as part of their community, will be inconven- ienced and isolated from us," William M.'Hart, C of C presi- dent, said. • He ' added that the mailing could see no reason why Bell could not initiate action to pro- vide the same service east of Seaforth ' as .it is proposing in other directions: • Mr. Hart said the meeting had instructed secretary R. J. Boussey to advise the Bell• area. manager and the McKillop, Logan & Hibbert Company of its concern. Eliminate - Some Area Tolls ''song distance charges will be removed from telephone calls placed from Seaforth- to Hensall and Clinton late in 1964, W, W. Haysom, Bell Telephone man- ager for this area, announced this week. The plan to enlarge• the local area of the centres involved, is the result of a careful-studyof calling'• patterns between the exchange, Mr. Haysom added. The addition of these ex- changes to the local calling area of Seaforth will mean a nominal increase in monthly rates locally.. This is based on the principal that the value of telephone service to the user increases with the increase in the- number' of telephones that can be reached without long distance charges. Although teleone users here will pay higher -monthly rates when the plan is intro- duced, the Bell manager said, most of them will pay less in total monthly bills—when both local and toll bills are included —than they are paying at pres- ent. The new rates for' Seaforth when this wider local calling is introduced will be: - Resi- Busi- dence ness plained, "I picked pp the lady Individual Line $3.90 teacher, and from then on, them Party -Line 3.05 mules didn't understand a thing Multi -Party, Line 2.95 I said!" Extension Tel. , 1.00 to Discussion A delegation representing Tuckersmith .Municipal Tele- phone System and McKillop Telephone System was assured 'Monday night when it appear- ed before Seaforth council that there was mo.- -official op- position in Seaforth to a move to provide free phone service Cou tcii Acts Name Dr, between the Tuekersmith sys- tem and Seaforth, Clinton and Hensall. - The Bell Telephone Company announced this week that it proposed ,to eliminate long dis- tance charges between the three points. While prior to making the announcement, .representa- Turnbull To Fill Vacancy Seaforth council meeting on Monday night named Dr., John 0:Turnbull Turnbull to fill the vacancy on council resulting from the recent ,: death of 'Mayor Dins- more. Dr: Turnbull, who sery-. ed on council for a number of years,. will head the Administra- tion and Finance Committee, and also sit' on the court of re- vision. He agreed to accept the' position for. the remainder of this -year. ' ' ' The possibility that Main Street' would be repaved this near was indicated in a letter from County. Engineer J.: W.. Britnell. Deputy Reeve 'Dalton said that he discussed the mat- ter with the 'county, but before any decision was taken the road committee would inspect the pavement. The estimated cost for the work was -$6.000.00, of which Seaforth would be re- quired to pay approximately 60 . per- cent, but on which it would be eligible for subsidy: Deputy ' Reeve Dalton told council there continued to be trouble with ,Belltelephone un- rderground cables in carrying out ditching work: -The ' diffi- •culty arose because the town has no plans of the .locations. of cables.. No action was taken pna request from Bell to ap- prove certain ;proposed instal- lations until plans were ',made a'ailable, and until council was assured that the interests, of the town were protected. Referring to heat in the sew- age treatment plant, Mr. Dal - ten said he had obtained esti- mates 'of a gas installation at $'195.00 from Gingerich Sales & Service, and . at $186.00 .from .G. A. Sills & Sons. He said that the cost of the existing Hydro installation, including three heaters, was $1138 per •month. Council asked for an estimate of the cost of gas consumption. -Fill is, Settling • Sewer excavations which are settling are to be 'referred to the town's engineers for an opinion as to respc isibility. Deputy Reeve Dalton said that in a number of cases emerg- ency action was necessary to provide access to property. Costs involved in the work 'were being recorded' so that claims could be entered. • As soon as the weather per- mits, the newboulevards on IGoderich Street would be rak- ed clean of gravel and salt ' which had been deposited by $7,05 snow 'plowing. He inquired as , gA, to what was to be done con - 4.25 cerning the tree -planting pro - 1,35 gram and recalled that council .agreed that this was to be put into action as early in the spring• as possible. The deputy reeve warned • unless a decision was taken immediately, • it would not ' be`possib'e to obtain' trees for planting this year.. ' Council- ,... NTA`1fO1't AP GUS'MacLEAN; who last week war. named' by council- , o sucge.ed Mayon - Earl Dinsmore; who died while on vacation in•'Florida' on. March 4. , lor Flannery said that he would assist in making a survey of suitable trees in the area over the holiday weekend. The protection to - praperty committee will cal] a meeting of .garbage contractors, who use the town dump, to discuss ways of preventing 'papersi being scattered over Seaforth streets. Police • have discussed the prob- lem and will assist in clearing the difficulty. Reporting for the protection to . property. committee,. Council:.. lor Flannery said that a new police Constable, Elgin McNall, had commenced. his duties on March 15.'Council passed a by- law confirming his appoint= ment. He said that Fire Chief John F. Scott was in hospital and that.=Ron Dolmage was act- ing chief. Referring to . activities of the recently "appointed dog catcher, Councillor Flannery said that 'bout 30 dog -i had been picked up. Very few of these had been reclaimed. While there had been some complaints, in gen- eral an excellent job was be- ing done. Councillor Wilbee confirmed that the building in (Continued on Page 4) Seed Show Awards Please Area Winners TOP AWARDS brought smiles to the faces of four Sea- - forth area winners when trophiesr and prizes • were presented ; at the luron Seed,, Show here Saturday. From the left are Stuartfl Hunt, Brucefie'd; Jim ot'heringham, Seaforth, . and Officials said the seed show, heli was an outstanding atteeesSi . p, tives of Bell hackc1uei' ed, number of individuals •Se forth .as to the accept such a proposal, disco ion >l!e-' vealed that at ,,no time:C a4 Bei • approached the council or ; p representative organisation aneb as the Chamber of Comimerce. • A spokesman for the Tuejca> smith group . indicated that „a one time the system' bad e, joyed free exchange with the, three towns, but these arrange- ments had been eliminated by Bell. Negotiations to . reinstate the .arrangement had continued through the years, and "nen only last year had agreed...06 this assurance, Tuckersmith had proceeded with an exten- sive' modernization program, and had assured its • users that tons between the three points, ` would be eliminated. The purpose in .'coming to Gouneil, the .spokesman. said, -• was to be assured"' that . ther€. was` no:. opposition ., in Seafott1 Mayor MacLean told the dela- gation the matter had not been •- discussed by ' the council, , and., he had been%assu ed by officials of the Chamber of Commerce that at no time had that body considered the matter. There, Certainly was no opposition; he said. J. K. Cornish, secretary -treas- urer of the . Tuckersmith .Sys • tern, said. -that Bell officials had ' ' indicated that a survey had. suggested -there would be Op- position in Seaforth. He said that they had been fighting Bell a long time for this service and were concerned - when they learned of the reaction to the Seaforth survey as interpreted by Bell. 'He went on to point out that under the new arrange- ment, Hensall will have connec- tion. with Exeter, Zurich,..11,-• ,,ton and Seaforth, ..ands Cliz to .. to turn • will „have'eonnecti 'Witte Gni rich, :Hetgall and'Self ,forth. Reeve Cardno confirmed what Mayor. MacLean had said. Ben representatives had spoken to him recently, but at no time had the matter ever been con- sidered by council. He under • - stood that in some cases there had been opposition, 'but this was, he felt, because the pro- posals had not been ' properly explained. Certainly the inter- ' ests of the Tuckersmith: System had net been pointed out by the Bell representatives. He went on• to say that Seaforth was concerned with an even - greater problem, and that was that.....because-'.,.of. changes... -.. Bell's administrative procedures the Dublin exchange and list ' ings would be removed from Seaforth. This decision by Belli meant that Seaforth would be. isolated from subscribers edst, of. the town. , George Campbell, chairman of the McKillop System, said' that • the ' McKillop 'telephone users were concerned that the arrangement proposed by Bell be carried out and also, were most anxious that a connection be • established with Dublin. lie recalled that a number of years ago Bell had increased the switching charges to the Mc- Killop add Tuckersmith Systams and at that time the two sys- tems had contemplated provid- ng an exchange to serve them - elves. This has, been aban- loned, however, since it would .iave meant that Seaforth would not have had free , connection in the neighboring area ' to the town. Mayor MacLean assured the delegation again that there was no action contemplated to op- pose the interests of I`ueker-• smith, and that Seaforth's prime concern was to.,,.take such ac- tion as was necessary to• see that Dublin be .added to the proposed area. Others who took part in the... relegation were Harvey Cole-• nan, Lloyd Lovell, chairman of the Tuekersmith system, Mel Jraham, M. MacBeth, George Hibbert, W. J. Leeming and Arthur Nicholson. Set Plans For Farmers' Night The annual rural relations dinner of the Seaforth Lions' Club is being held Monday eve- ning in St. Thomas' Parish Mall, when the speaker will be W. 11. Riddell, ag rep in ?Middle- sex. Admission to farmer guests Broadfoot, Brucefield_; Bob .., is free and is. by' tick t �srt►, Williaam Dennis, .,Walton.. Tickets are'gyailablet d'di in Seafort �hyfor time first ttime' . notch and Co-op on it &S ce 7(llositor phOtb, by Pliil1ips)Y, • basis.