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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1965-01-21, Page 1• • • • • r Whole No. 5056 106th Year SEAFORTU, ONTARIO, TIMI3AAY, JANUARY 21, 1965 --- 10 PAGES Annual. Fair Waling Prize five T" T New School Board Acts- in McKillop MEMBERS of the new Public School Board of the Township School Area of McKillop • met in No. 6 School Monday to organize . for the year. The new arrangement came into ef- fect January 1. Shown here are (left) seated,. John Henderson, Chairman Murray Dennis, and standing, Art Bolton, Harold Pryce and George Rock. The board appointed Campbell Wey. as secretary -treasurer. He was one:_of even .applicants. Other business included .a dis- cusson 'of liability insurance,for all students: (Expositor photo by Phillips). P.S. Board Names Chairman John' E. Longstaff, who.has been elected, chairman of Sea- lerlth ;Ru Lc school `.Imarg, :.slid eeeds Dr. J. C. MacLennan. The beard accepted resigna- tions of two teachers, Miss Ma - J. E. LONGSTAFF bel Turnbull, music supervisor,. left in December after 35 years on the staff. Mrs. E. C. Boswell, a kindergarten teacher for 11 years, will leave in June. The following committees were named: Finance, William Hodgert, Mr. Longstaff, Mrs. R. J. Boussey;- property, D;. MacLennan, Mrs. John Cardno, William S. Mowat. A man who can see both sides of a question doesn't have a chance in a good argument.. C-of.0 Begins Plans For Annual Meeting. Plans for the annual dinner meeting of the Seaforth, Cham- ber of Commerce were advanc- ed at a meeting of the execu- tive Tuesday evening. President°. George 'MeIlwain, said itrwaa--646ete 'he dlrr:zas meeting will' . be held Feb. 24 in the Legion Hall. - Cliff Broadfoot, municipal im- provement committee chairman, detailed action that had been taken to complete the street - naming project and discussed plans for. introducing a street numbering system. Secretary R. J. Boussey said arrangements were complete Buys Second Paper Sale was announced recently of The Cannirlgton Gleaner- to Mr. and Mrs. R. James Wallace, publishers of The Beaverton Express. The sale was effective on Monday, Nov. 16. The Cannington weekly news- paper has been owned and op- erated by J. Ernest Roberts for the past 25 years. until his death iii August. Since'that time it has been operated by his wife and his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Shier, • and presswork has been carried out at the Beaverton of- fice. �- Mrs. Shier will continue to manage the Cannington office and do much of the typesetting at that plant. Mr. Wallace is a former Sea - forth native "and was on the staff of The Huron Expositor until he purchased the Beaver- ton paper in May 1963. for the annual membership drive, which will get under way in charge•of a committee head- ed by:. Don Stephenson. The meeting recommended- early ecommended early' action in naming a co- oii'dinating ^.�:riiittesrespon51iile' for providing assistance from Seaforth to the International Plowing Match organization. T. B:. Group Appoints Secretary Mrs; Beryl Davidson, Reg.N., 136 Charles Street, Stratford, has been appointed executive secretary for the .Tuberculosis Associations of Perth and Hur- on Counties- In Perth County, Mrs. Davidson is taking over .the duties carried out previous - 1y° by ;Mrs. E. G. Davis, who i$ retiring:Mrs. Davidson com- mences her new duties Feb. 1. Office quarters have been se- cured at 7 Market Place, Strat- ford. In Huron, Mrs. D. C. Cornish, Seaforth, will continue to act as Christmas Seal sales secretary. Mrs. Davidson was born in Stratford, attended Stratford schools and after graduating from high school took nurses' training at t. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton. • She has followed her profession in Listowel, Wingham and Stratford; and has for some time been on the staff of the Stratford Public Health Depart- ment. Mrs. Davidson is a widow and has three daughters. She is a member of Knox Presbyterian Church, Stratford. A successful year was re -view, ed when . the Seaforth AgrIj i . tural: Society held its arxntal baliquet and meeting .in elle s» s Saturday evening. About 120 were present. Harold Pryce, association p 'sident, presided for a pr0-1 grain and- conducted the bus ness of the annual meeting During the. evening a seryee diploma, recognizing his contri- bution to the society over •many years, was presented to Andre,x Moore, RR 3, Seaforth, by Earl Dick, RR 1, Cromarty, directp'r• for District 8 (Huron-Perth).4• Dianna Dale, RR 1, Clinton, received the .•Hibbert Co-epejta- tive Creamery award for high- est aggregate score'in Seaforth 4-11 Dairy Calf Club, Russell Worden, RR 1, Staffa, making the presentation, Neil Gemmell, RR 2, Kipper, was presented with the Seaforth Farmers' Co-operative trophy for top heifer in Beef Calf Club class, with Reeve Kenneth Stew- art, RR 5, Seaforth, making the presentation. For showing the grand cham- pion steer, Hugh Todd, of the Lucknow 4-H Beef Calf Club, received the Topnotch Feeds Ltd. award, an . electric clock, presented by local manager George Mcllwain. Greetings-_ w e r e_ extended from the provincial board by Mrs. Joseph Grummett, RR 4, Seaforth, president of the wo- men's section, Ontario Associa- tion of Agricultural. Societies. Miss Angela Armitt, ofthe staff of the University of West- ern Ontario, who discussed ways of "Keeping Young At Heart," said she first had heard of Sea - forth through . square dance groups, who had performed in London.. She commended Mrs. Orville Storey, for the eontribu- net Tops;' uscrnd er of step -dancing in the pro- vince. She was introduced by Gordan Papple and thanked by 4arl McSpadden. '- Robert Gemmell expressed „ppreciation to, the women who atered, convened by Mrs. Wil- iam Miller. Miss Armitt, with Vlrs. Elizabeth Leigh also of ondon, at the piano, conduct- ed a recreation period follow - pig the meeting. Mr. Pryce, in reviewing the 'ear's activity, expressed thanks or the work the Chamber of Commerce' had done in arrang- ing . merchants' displays in charge of Garnet Stockwell and William Storey. He said new bleachers had been erected and other improvements carried out, While the weather had been un- fortunate, the fair had been successful, he said. A total of $5,183.65 was paid out in .priz- es. Cost of the new grandstand was set at $1,368,00. Nineteen boarddirectors were recommended by a nom- inating committee headed by Robert E. McMillan and elected by the meeting. They are: Har- old Pryee, RR 1, Seaforth;; Earl McSpadden, RR 1, Seaforth; Ro- bert Gemmell, RR 2, Kippen; J. W. Crich, RR 4, Clinton; Joseph Devereaux, RR 4, Seaforth; Earl Dick, RR 1, Cromarty; Kenneth Moore and William Strong, Eg- mondville; Oliver and Eric Anderson, RR 1, Londesboro; Oliver Wright, RR' 2, Seaforth; Kenneth. .Stewart, RR 5, Sea - forth; Arthur Bolton, RR 1, Dub- lin; Allister „Broadfoot, RR 3, Seaforth; John Murphy a n d James Rose, RR 4, Seaforth; Allan Campbell, RR 1, Sea - forth; David McLean and Ro- bert Fotheringham, RR 3, Sea - forth. Following a meeting of the board, •;Harold .,Pryce -was .re ionshe had made to .danoii}g, electe �t` president; -Ear . Mc- andsaicl,she was ,.the. best ,teach;j tS^addeir• first vice - president, i - a • nd: Robert; • Gemmell, second Reports Reveal Good Year vice-president. Mrs. Beth Pryce was reappointed secretary -treas- urer. Honorary presidents named were: Russell T. Bolton, Rob- ert W. Campbell, Gordan Pap - Arle, Robert E. McMillan and thur Nicholsorr. They are all past presidents of the associa- tion. The congregation of First Presbyterian Church reviewed a successful year at the annual meeting Monday evening. Following a pot -luck supper, a short service, was conducted by the minister, Rev. D. 0. Fry, Frank Kling was named chair- man, and F. R. Cosford, secre- tary for the meeting.. Reports presented indicated the congregation had raised $22,644.95 for 'all purposes, and that each organization was in a thriving condition. Reporting for . the board of managers, Mr. Cosford told of projects completed during the year, including shingling the manse roof. The meeting dis- cussed work contemplated , in the future, which will include redecoration of the church and rearrangement of schoolroom accommodation. Tribute to th?'work of Mr. Fry was expressed by M. Mc- Kellar, and the, meeting ap- proved an increase in his sti- pend.A budget commitment of $,024.00 for 1965 was accept - Elected to the board of man- agers were R, S. Box,J. A. Cardno, B. Dungey, GIenn Ches- ney,Harold Coleman and Bert Moggach. Curlers In Finals - A Seaforth Legion rink, skip- ped, by. John E. Patterson, won through to the finals at 'Kitchen- er Granite Club Sunday, in the Lezion Zone playof