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HOnters Bring Down Walton Wolf
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WHEN A GROUP of Walton hunters spotted an animal , Ron Bennett brought the wolf down in a bush two 'miles
approaching them along the 9th Cpricession, West of Walton, north of the village. Proudly displaying the catch are:
Thursday, they thought it was a polioe dog. A second look (standing) "Watson Reid, Bob Humphries, Don Achilles,
convinced them, it was a vvelf, and the chase was on. It was George Taylor, Ron Bennett; (kneeling) Nelson II/larks and
not until the next day that the hunt was successful when Ken MacDonald. (Photo by Philips).
THE NEW UDPC Egg Gr acting Station was officially opened, by Mayor J. F. Flannery,
Tuesday afternoon. Taking part in the ceremony' were Ed. Miller, chairman local committee;
---- dire ,Reith, UDPC local manager; Harold Shantz, UDPC President; Mayor Flannery, R. S.
IMIcKercher, vice-president UCD, and T. E. Brady, gedetarriiiiiager UDPC, of Weston.
UDPC Officially Opens
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New ggg, Grading Station
The new UDPC egg grading
station on Main Street Smith
was: opened officially Tuesday
afternoon, when Mayor .L. F.
Flannery, assisted by 'TJD
• president Harold Shanz, of New
Dundee, cut a symbolic ribbon
stretched acrossthe entrance
to the building..
The ceremony was attended
by about 200 area.citizens, pro-
ducers and officials, who later
toured the plant and saw the
automatic grading equipment
in operation.
Ed. Miller, local plant com-
mittee chairman, was in charge
of arrangements and introduc-
ed R. S. McKercher, vice-presi-
dent of United Co-operatives of
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CAROL. BROWN, ARCT, A.Mus.
• Miss Carol Brown, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Brown, Seaforth (formerly of
Hensel), has been awarded
her Associate Solo Perform-
er's Degree in piano, from
both the Royal Conservatory
of Music, Toronto, and 'Wed-
eln Conservatory of Mui,
London. Miss Bro*n,•who has
been studying music sine.
she was five, years of age, is
the organist .of First Presby -
*tan Church, Seaforth,.'aricr
the pianist for the Juni&
Fanner choir. She has play-
ed at the Stratford Itlwartis
Music Festival every year
since she, started her Wrist -
at career andfficeived,Many
\'rhes and sdalatships 4titars.
Ontario, as the person respon- Brucefleld.
Sible more than any other for
the high standing which UDPC
and Farmers .Co-op enjoyed in
the area.
Mr. McKercher brought greet-
ings from the UCO, and said
that while the. new plant was
not the largest in the province;
it was the most modern and
one of the top two or three in
the country. He recalled the
position Huron held in the poul-
try industry and the fact that
during the life of the British
egg contract, Hurori lad' pro-
duced more eggs than the total
from the three Western Prov-
indes. This sato emphaais on
production was Ontinuing and
there would be . continued
grolvtli of DIV iddustry.
Reeve Ken Stewirt, of Mc-
Killop, president of Seaforth
Farmers Co-op, brought greet-
ings from that organization and
paid tribute to the work of
the local UDPC committee in
providing modern facilities to
serve the district. Clarence
Sample, of London, represent-
ed the Department of Agricul-
ture.
Rev. D. 0. Fry,' of First Pres-
byterian Church, brought greet-
ings for the churches. •
"When' industry expands, the
church is interested, since it
opens -tip new areas for our,
wok," he said, as he congratu-
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Reports presented to t h e
meeting indicated that produc-
tion rose from 41,394 cases in
1963, to 57,792 cases in 1964.
During the five months period
since the year-end at Septem-
ber 30th, production 'had in-
creased a further 10,000 cases.
Despite the relatively low
egg return, the dollar increase
over the same period was sub-
stantial, manager Clare Reith
said. The 1963 dollar volume
of $673,000 was increased to
$793,000 in 1964. Year's pro-
fit was $14,300.00, he said. Dur-
ing the •meeting, -dividend
cheques totalling $3,Q00, were
distributed to. the members.
The meeting -heard T. E.
Brady, general manger of UD
PC, discuss the overall UDPC
operation, and how the various
elements worked together. Har-
old Shantz, UDPC president, kl;
so spoke briefly.
The opening ceremonies at-
tracted a number of represent--
atiVes of industry and govern-
ment, including Mr. Shantz, Mr.
Brady, Cal Loomis,, chairman
of the Ontario Eggt. Marketing
Board; Clarence Salnple, Lon-
don; Lindsey Gray, London,
and Frank Selby, Exeter, of
the Department of Agricultuge
inspection staff, and Jack Ren -
nicks, in charge •of UDPC egg
niarketing.
atd the committee. ,
Ie suggested there was a
'message for the church in- the
c0-4peratiOn 'which had, made
po$1bIe the neW UDPC plant.
Spit of co-operation to pro -
duel benefits such as this build-
ing.! he said, and added, "many-
proilems of the world could
be Met by togetherness and co-
op ation much better than by
fl weapons and arms."- .
elect Committee
'ollowing a tour of the plant,
t1, annual patrons' meeting
s held, when members of
p nt -Committee were re -elect -
Wanted chairman was Jas.
er, RR 1, Mitchell, Wm.
rc1iffe; RR. 1, Hensel, is vice-
Irman,,and Francis Hicknell,
5, Seaforth, sedretary. Other
bs are Edvitard Mitten, RR
ter; Laverne .4Hugi1l,, • RA 2,
Nth, 4rd
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Legion Plans
Veteran Aid
All ex -service personnel and
their dependents are invited to
take advantage of a free Le-
gion service. H. W. Moyer,
Service Bureau Officer from
London, will be at Legion
Branch No. 156, Seaforth, on
March 22, at 1 p.m., to give
skilled advice on veterans' bene-
fits.
Anybne with questions on
war disability .pension, war ve-
terans' allowance • (bUrnt • out
pension), treatfnent, or hospital,
dare, is urged to call or write
J. C. Cornish,Seaforth, who will
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Receive Xmas
Killop
roject-
McKillop Township has ob-
pined approval for the con-
:struction of new municipal of -
les as a cortbernicrikielapnrdolceoterThetejujldinge
block will be erected at Win-
throp. Reeve Ken Stewart said
tenders will be called as quick-
ly as possible, and it is expect-
, ed the project JAI" be complet-
ed late next summer, he said.
Cost of the building, which
will include a council chamber,
lerk's office and storage ac-
ommodation, is estimated at
8,500.00. Of this amount, the
rovincial and Federal Goy,erns
tnents will each .contribute
$1,610.00, and the balance will
come from current revenue.
Award Contracts,
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•SirigIe "-0001e$
Program. Gifts
Additional gifts to aid in
meeting . the Christmas pro-
gram deficit have been receiss
ed. by treasurer J. A. Stewart.
These are: Noble' Bowling
Lanes, $5.00; and Seaforth Po-
lice Association,, $15.00.
- The fund is still open Co ae
conunodate others who ' may
have neglected to forward a
donation, Mr. Stewart says.
Set;Plans. For
Farmers' Night
The annual rural relations
dinner of '-the Seaforth Lions
Club. is being held Monday. eve-
ning, March 22, in St. Thornes'
Parish Hall, when the speaker
will be Bob Carbett, • of CBC.
Admission to farmer guests
is free and is by ticket only,
Tickets are available at Top-
notch and Co-op on a first-come
basis.
•$eaforth Wins
The Seaforth Juvenile 'B'
team came through with a 12-7
win Wednesday nigitt over Si.
Marys. The game played at St.
Marys was the first, in a best
two -of -three series. The second
game will be played here Sat-
urady night at 8 p.m. If a
third game is necessary, the
teams will return to St, Marys.
McKillop council has award -
the contract for warble fly
spraying to Wilbur Hoegy at
10 cents per 'head per spray.
JO Malone, Sr., was named
warble fly inspector at $1.20
per hour, plus 10 cents a mile.
Mr. Malone will also receive
$1.20 per hour for mowing road-
sides.
Councilfaccepted • the tender
of Joe Kerr at 76 cents a yard
to provide 16,000t• yards of
gravel for, townahip roads, 'de-
livered on the roads. For grav-
el delivered on lanes, the price
is 90 cents a yard.
Other bids were: Sandy Con -A,
tracting Co. 'Ltd.,80c and $1,
and George Radford Construe.
tion, 78c and $1.
Road expenditures totalling
$5,16L31 were approved,
Council indicated it was not
in agreement with a Tucker -
smith proposal to alter the ex-
isting bonndaries of McKillop
Township 'school area. Invelv-
ed is property contained in the
'Union School Section east of
Seaforth.
, Name
Festival
Winners
Jane Johnston, seven. years
old, 'daughter oi• Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Johnston, RR 1, Dublin,
obtained a first and second prize
at the Kiwanis Music Festival,
London, in her piano solo class-
es. She received a /nark of 85
in each -class.
Other area winners were:
Diane Henderson, 1.1 years old,
daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs: John
Henderson, RR 5, Seaforth, who
obtained a second prize in her
piano solo, with a mark of 82;
and Pamela Mickle, nine years
old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Mickle, Hensall, who
obtained .a third prize at . the
festival in her piano playing.
They are pupils . of Miss Carol
Brown, Seaforth."
NEWS OF BRODHAGEN.
Minister Resigns
t Brodhagen
Rev. Harold J. Brill resigned
as pastor of St. Peter's Luther-
an Church on Sunday after the
service, effective June 30. He
will be pastor of St. James'
Lutheran Church, St. Jacobs.
and St. Matthew's, Conestoga.
Attend Social
About -it adults and, children
of the community attended a
social gathering at the Brod-
hagen School on Thursday eve-
nin. February being Red Cross
month, the teacher, Mrs, Don-
ald Siempn, and pupils arrang-
ed the evening to raise money
for the Junior Red Cross. The
program, started with two films
shown by the teacher, "The
Family Outing'' and "The Run-
ner." Progressive euchre Al-
lowed, with the prizes going to
Mrs. Frank Anderson and Geo.
Diegel (91 years • old), high
score, and Mrs. Dalton Hinz
and Donald Diegel, low score.
World Day of Prayer
The executive of the Luther-
an Church Women, Mrs. Mar-
tin Dietz, president; Mrs. Rus-
sell Slioldice, vice-president;
Mrs. Lloyd Pfeifer, secretary,
and Mrs. Edwin Scherbarth,
treasurer, took part in the
World Day of Prayer service
held at Zion United .Church on
Highway 8, near Dublin. Quite
a number of ladies. from this
congregation attended. Mrs.
Ross Love, Atwood, was the
speaker, The world theme was,
'What Doth the Lord, Require?"
Mts. Elmer Roehler, McKillop,
wGrapsattheThsoottloiAstittnd sa.fig "How
,The mernbeta Of the Lutheran
Church Women met Wednes-
day afternoon with one visitor.
Mrs. Martin Dietz .and Mrs.
Lloyd Pfeifer were in charge.
A film, "Harambes" African
People was shown by Clifford
Allan, of Fullerton, w h o,
brought the projector and was
a guest. Pastor Brill made some
comments on the films.
Communications were read
by the secretary. Thank -you
notes were received from Mrs.
Louise Hoppenroth, Mrs. Ivan
Eickmeler and Mrs. Manuel
Beuerman, and from Waterloo
Auxiliary for quilts. Donations
were 'received. It was decided
to send $10 to the Red Cross.
The treasurer gave her report.
Birthdays were repotted by.
Mrs. Robert French, Mrs. Chris
W. Leonhardt and Mrs. Harold
Mogk, A hymn was sung in
their honor.
Pastor,Brill continued discus-
sion of the Book of Revelations,
second chapter. Lunch was
served by Mrs. •George Rock,
Mrs. Harold Rock, Mrs. Philip
Rock, Mrs. Orland Rohrer, Mrs.
Rueben Rapien and Mrs. Edwin
Scherbarth, after which quilt-
ing was resumed.
The next meeting is on April
7th,, and more new members
are requested to join, to help
with the work of the church.
Messrs. Leonard Miller, Ar-
thur Diegel, Kitchener; Robert
Ahrens, Waterloo, and Kenneth
Ahrens, Hamilton, at their
homes.
The dances at the Commun-
ity Ralt on Friday and Satur-
(dtintinued on Page 6) .
eafor
The possibility Seaforth resi-
dences and places of bugloss
will receive Umbers was seen
as council Monday night .dis-
cussed a plan of house, num.
bernig with a representative of
the Municipal Service -Co., of
Oakville.
The matter was -raised orig-
inally by the Chamber of Com-
merce, who asked that council
investigate house numbering. It
was suggested action be taken
at an early date, so that the
scheme would be in effectbe-
fore the Plowing Match takes
place' in 1960.
The prdPossil would include
preparation of necessary maps,
measurement of lots .,and the -
plotting of all existing build-
ings on a malt Basis of num.
bering would be units of 20
feet, thus elinlinating half num-
bers. The representative ex-
plained the procedure vas to
start at a. central point and
work. out-inlell four directions.•
In this case, the starting point
would be the corner of. Main
and Goderich Streets. -
Cot of the installation is
SEAFORTH PUC CHAIRMAN D'Orlean Sills, who has
'served 15- ye s on the local PUC, was presented with a long,
service .aw by EPC Chairman Ross• Strike. Mr. Sills
was one of 22 mun cipal commissioners honored for a total
of 338 years service in a ceremony at the 56th joint annual
meeting of the Ontario Municipal Electric Association and
the Association of Municipal Electrical Utilities in Toronto.
Vice-president of No. 6 District OMEA, he is also a director
of the OMEA. 'Also attending the meetings in Toronto were
Commissioners R. S. Box and Mayor J.- F. Flannery_ and
Manager _it- j._Bo„ussey.
Lions Approve
Park Program
Seaforth Lions approved a
Lions Park operating program
for the coming year, estimated
to cost $7,500. In addition, ex-
penditures of a capital nature
are estimated at $2,550.00.
Of the tptal amount, the club
will raise $2,820 from the sum-
mer carnival'. The balance is
expected from pool, booth and
pavilion . receipts, as well as
grants of $1,590. •
Lions Park committee treas-
urer W. E. Southgate reviewed
details of last year's operations.
Total operating expenditures
were $7,597.58, including wag-
es of $4,405.39, maintenance
$933:00, equipment maintenance
$425.09, hydro" $462.23, chemi-,
cal309.22, and taxes $107.1,8.
During the year new con-
struction, amounting to $9,-
836.83, was carried out: In-
cluded was the new pavilion,
$8,978.00, and electrical service,
$500.00 This was covered by
funds on hand $3,467.81, grant
t
$1,000.00, and bank loan $5,000.
Operating receipts included:
Lions " Club, $2,670.00, booth
(net) $769.45, rentals $375.25,
pool admissions' $2,474.31, and
grants $660.00: „
Don Stephenson, of the parks
committee, _reviewed decisions
taken during the year and out-
lined the •committee meetings
that had been held. Dr. J. 0.
Turnbull fold the club of plans
for a series of dances Th the
picnic pavilion.
During the year there were
23,399 admissions to the pool,
committee chairman A. Y. Mc-
Lean said. He reviewed esti-
mates for the coming season.
The meeting, in charge , of
vice-president 0. Oke, discuss-
ed plans for the summer carni-
val, June 30, July 1 and 2, with
particular reference In mark-
ing the July 1st holiday.
William Ball reminded mem-
bers that the annual rural re-
lations night 'is scheduled for
the next meeting, March 22nd.
based at ;$2.40
volving ore set of numbers,-.,.
runllu'itc0,10:1;444.
be reduced by 'Z5.
pepared to make.
available,•:41111TifiingWOI 15 men
for two f1,41.'„40.31! PAS! ,-,V0/44.
would , work under .supervisors "
and. install - the numbers.
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VafiCaa ways nf,Btranoing4110
projed were discussed.
It as,
pointed. out a portion could ',471r •
raisedall'beingdnallidls'ed7‘titll the
banc eby the
.There was agree-.
meat that • identifying proper-
ties by numbers was a definite •
advantage, particularly in th.,
event of fire and to servicing
agencies, such as the PUC. gas
and teleplaone. ceetamtitigpan!es,
Plan
m
At the suggestion of Mayor'
Flannery, protection to persori0 .
committee will arrange a meet-.
ing ,,vidth the C of C, 'service"
clubs and representatives of • '•
the PUC, Fire Brigade and oth- • ••
er agencies. At this meeting
recomme.ndatiOn would
reachediet,.
de
on which coundil- toof.
It was Ow last regular meet-.
ing -eV:Which Clerk Lyle • Haan --
SOW will.beir 'attendance, gr.
resignation becomes effective
March I9t11. "Ernest Williams •
who was appointed. to succeed
Mr. Hammond, . was an inter-'. •
ested spectator at the meeting. •
A" request -froth the Lions
Club for lire . usual grants. to
assist, in the operation of the.. ".• ,
Lions - Club Park was .referred , • '
to the administrative' commit-
tee, to be considered at budget '
time.
Council agreed no action
would be takerrat this in
connection with a letter front
DPH.O for . the payment -.of
$718.56, claiming an overay.,
ment on the construction. Of •
the Goderich • Street connecting •
link on Goderich .,Street.. 'In : •
correspondence read'•by .Clerk •.•
kili6mxi;•neeha:MdC•ieOginr6Cer-:'*ocl....13,
th
prOject, 'indicated the approach ' •
taken 'by the Department was •
incorrect in the light of .agree-.
ments that • had been reached.
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Unless Fish'Sz Game Club- •
indicates it has necessary -in.;
surance coverage before -the .
next meeting of council, comp
cil will regard any arrange-. _
ments concerning. the use of -•
facilities in the basement of • .• :
the Town Hall, as no longer be-
ing
in. existence.
The matter arose when con-
sideration. -was given' a report'
from the insurance brokers' in--..
dicating that if the' club- ocol- •
pied the basdment there would. ..
be an increase in the „cost of •
insurance of 15 cents per, $100,
or $103.42 a year.' Council earl- ."
ier had agreed to rent accom-
modation
or 'a shooting range.
at $5.00 a month. Councillor
Harry, .Donaldson 'said that
agreement was necessary which • '.
would absolve the municipal-
ity of responsibility.
Accept Resignation
Council accepted with regret.
the • resignation of • Mrs, Johub
McConnell as deputy clerk..
Mrs. McConnell indicated tire
effective, date to be April 30th,
or sooner, if possible. .
Council oonsidered. and gave
final reading to three bylaws.
The ,first appointed Ernest Wil-
liams as clerk, effective March
19, at a salary of $3,800, with
increases of $200 per annum.
The other bylaws provided for
exemptions offarm lands in
the municipality from certain
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r-st..041.n.: yr (Fr= 4•4%.nooN auLDtettS" will be one of the feature Pr4Slanp... '
tions when pupils of Dublin' School present their annual' St. Patrickia concert Friday eVe-
ning. Ali deeked but in cotturne, ready to take .part, are: Brian O'llotirke, Jeffrey- Itep,
nen, stotop eoetthkr an.. thyrosset.b ,See 'pageaji .1,014 9„,Y••, ••• „,„„