The Huron Expositor, 1965-06-17, Page 14
4
1.
4
1'
Whole No. 5077
106th Year
4SDAY, JUNE 17, 196 — 16 PAGES .
..$1010.
s f43;10 a
4
•-.."; • • . ."1„0",
i'stALA.
-Lodges 'Take Part in Church
Parade -
Mai Street, on the way to the church. Piper -Peter Male
Menihers of Edelweiss Rebekah Lodge and 100F held
their annual alunth parade to First Presbyterian Church
Sunday morning. Here, the IOOF members parade along
is leading the parade. In the afternormothsrlsidgee,helsl,theAri
annual decoration services.
.Area Dance Groups Say Farewell::• 4
1.,..
Well known for his work in modernsquare dancings Gordon Beuttenmiller made the family a , presentation on
and a popularealler. in the area, Art Shepherd leaves behalf of the .daecers. A similar presentation was, made
with his family,: for New Zealand. A native of New 'Zealand, , earlier by the-Ilnion Sealpers, another of the dance groups
he served with -the RCAF at Clinton, 'and following his re he had worked with. Here, Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd are shown,
tirement was on the'staff of the SDHS. The Seaforth Whirl- , surrounded by the Whirl -A -Ways.
A -Ways recognized his departure recently when president •
• (Expositor photos by Phillips)
Recognize Work
' Of Fi,remen.
Wor of .'the Seaforth Fire
Brigid in aiding the muscular.
dystro hy program was recog-
nized Thursday when offitials
pre nted a plaque to Fire
C ef 'John F. Scott.
he plaque is inscribed:
his , tribute commemorates
ten years of steadfast service.
The defeat' of muscular dystro-
phy through the advance • of
science- ultimately depends on
the diligence and deyotion of
the voluntary workers."
Attends Meeting
At Kingston
PUC Chairman D'Orlean
was in Kingston last week at-
tending a meeting of the direc-
tors of the Ontario. Municipal
Electric Association.
Discussion centered on power
costing as a basis for rate struc-
ture. Mr. Siils said many fac-
tors, such as load and trans-
mission distance, entered into
the cost picture, and efforts
wee being made to evaluate
and pool these factors in such
a Way that a more equitable
rate structure would result.
Council Advances Plans
For Huronview. Addition
Huronview Board reported 4to
Huron county council after a
visit by all hands to the sites,
that it was hoped to' have ten-
ders in by February for the
new 75 -bed addition, with con-
struction to start early in the
spring. The building will be'
capable of expanding facilities
to accommodate 150 residents.
When the general pian was ap-
proved last January, cost was
stated as $550,000.
The' board, in a report pre-
sented by Reeve Elgin Thomp-
son, Tuckersmith Township,
chairman, said the Minister of
Public Welfare, Hon. L. P.
Cecile, had approved the site
location, 'Which is just north of
the Huronview main building.
On June 2nd the committee met
With N. Drew, director of the
homes for the aged branch, who
accepted the pilot plan where-
by the administration area
would be the connecting link
between the two buildings,,
"We are now proceeding on
this thought," the report stated,
"by having the architects pre-
pare floor plan drawings for our
Protest" Street. Oiling Work
Seaforth Coutiell Urges Increased
Greater use of council com- tion. However, as far -as he ,teas than is possible by telephone.'
mittees was seen as a possibil- aware, no meeting .had been At the same time, it would
ity after Chief Gordon Hulley held, ' avoid much mileage, Chief Hul-
had requested peisnisSioni Of Later in the meeting it was ley said, since the patrol ear
s Seaforth council to accept an revealed the polite committee Would be. in contact with the
offer of a radio communications had met, but had discussed dog station at all times.
system for two months. free Control matters. Witen'COun- Council adopted a resolution
trial. Kling:iisked for a report instructing the police commit-
APpearing before -council of that meeting, Mayor Flan- tee to hold a...meeting to eon -
Monday night, Chief Attlley nery said it had not been pos- sider details of the police force
said that a manufacturer had 'Sible to consider a questiOnaire and to prepare a recommenda-
offered to install a radio sys- on -which Chief Salley wished tion for council. ' In the mean -
tem on a trial basis, without anewers, since it was necessary time, council agreed, that the
charge to the town. to obtain solicitor's advice. installation. of the ...radio unit
As councillors probedfor de- The reason he raised the could be proceeded with on a
taiLs, Councillor Kling asked radio matter at this time' was trial basis, without any Habil-
wfiy matters such as this should that representatives of the com- ity to the town.
nit' be considered by the Po- ,pany expect to be in town this Opens At Nine
nee Committed and a recom- week when a decision was re- The regular monthly meeting
meridatioll made to council. quested, Chief Hulley said. of council was delayed until
Chief }Wiley recalled he had Recommendation concerning nearly 9 o'clock. Members
made a request for a meeting installation of radio communi- were closeted with lawyers F.
with the cofnmittee• prior to the cation facilities have been be- D. McConnell, of Seaforth, and
May Meeting of cottitc11, and at fore Council for many months. Sam. Learner,.Londoil, who are
that time it had been agreed the 'system would permit lo- acting for the town in eOlinees
the committee Would *pet Ite cai 'police to .communicate 'with tion with various police rhat,!
li.a(1.01,5146 diaenta Pe CO*6- other fortes in the. area and oh tets, The special, meeti # WMC
„ 0
consideration.- Once' these plans breakdown. in age groups: un -
are appreved by the board, they der 60, -10 males, 8 females;
must go to Toronto. Much work 70-79, 32 and 29; 80-89, 28 and
lies ahead; in the meantime, ap- 65; 90-99, 10 and 24,
plication swill be going forward Miss Clare MeGowan, Chil-
to the Ontario Municipal Board dren's Aid Society director,
for its approval in connection again emphasized the -heed for
With the, program. foster homes for sehool-age
"Only One rate will be charg- children, in orderthat there
ed for the Home. If. the build- may be some choice and a
ings were entirely s'eparate, chance to select the most suit -
then it would require separate
able. .
administration a n d separite "It is a dreadful thing," she
rates. It would be'. possible that said, "for a child to have to
one person would be paying a be moved from one home to
higher rate for the same type another, so we always want to
of accolliniodation as another." have available the one he neers
Donald Snider, of Snkier, the first time he needs it."
Hugst & March, showed araw- "You will have noticed in
ings to the councillors at' Hur- the -new Child Welfare Act that
onview and answered questions they are paying considerably
when council. resumed. Heas-more attention to protection
sured Reeve Clifford Dunbar, and prevention work. Preven-
Grey, that the roof of the new tion is to _avoid the child he-
wing would be waterproof. ing neglected, and protection is
Council had trouble with the for his benefit if he does be-
roOf of the *ing last built. come neglected."
Manager Harvey Johnston re- In connection with patients
ported that more than' half the discharged from' Ontario Hos-
227 Huronview residents are pitais or other institutions, Miss
over 80 years of age, and one McGowan said the attitude ap-
female resident is past 100. The (Continued on Page 8)
virnival
fitz
Monday
Seaforth Lions plan a town -
wide blitz Monday evenkej,
commencing at 7 o'clock, to
offer Summer Carnival adinis-
sion tickets. Each ticket in-
cludes an opportunity to Win
$1,000. The carnival is Wed-
nesday, June 30, and Thurs-
day and Friday, July ist and
2nd.
Admission to ,the Carnival
s fifty cents, but" advance
ticket sales are at three for
$1.00.
Minister.
Sees Unity
Problem
The most pressing problem in
Canada is to maintain unity, se
cording to. Hon. Maurice Sauve,
Minister of Forestry -
"The most important achieve-
ment qf th,e Liberal, govern-
ment,'''' he said, "is that Can-
ada is: still united."
He *eke Saturday afternoon
at Wingham District. High
Schools at the anhual meeting
of the" Western Ontario North
Liberal Association.
"Ofinada needs Quebec," he
said; "and Quebec can not sur-
vitowititin,hZtri.aCtene; butat. lvt
is a
oays
to live tegethet „ifs we are, -to
be suchessful.
"Unity is difficult to main-
tain . . . we will have ft) work
together .to stay together."
• At this moment, he saki, on-
Iy the Liberal party can hold
the country together.
eThe "session that ne,ver end-
ed" was how he described the
last session of parliament that
adjourned only for a weekend
before the next session began.
He ufgect' that members to
the convention support .Prime
Minister Lester Pearson. Tile
meeting passed motions ex-
pressing confidence in Mr. Pear-
son and in Andrew Thompson,
Ontario Liberalparty leader.
• Western Ontario North 'in-
cludes nine federal and 10 pro-
vincial ridings in an area from
Guelph- to 'Owen Sound and
south to Highway 8, including
Huronand Perth.
Study Problems
A retirement program for
farmers from age 55 to 65, no
longer able to carry on because
of physical limitations, was re-
commended by a :committee of
the association named some
time ago to study problems of
agriculture.
The recommendation w a s
contained in a draft report ask-
ing that a governmentsagency
be established to handle the
details. The farm , would be
bought, and the farmer would
retain the house and one acre
of land, under the proposal.
' FM -triers in this age group,
said William Tilden, Harriston,
chairman of the committee,
"produced food in the 30s and
during wartime when prices
were pegged low."
(Continued on Page 8)
,•
Nearly, 40 . miles, or 210,000 IlaysisinT district "-Manager for
feet, of copper telephone wire Bell. OPP Constable Ray Pkie
on.'poles between Seaforth and" Mew% of Seaforth, is hives*
Clinton has disappeared. Of- gating. , 4
Wats believe thieves climbed For many years the open
the poles and removed the wire lines along the second' soma
for its scrap value, • sion road in Tuciterstnith serv-
The property of the Bell Tele- ed • as direct connection be -
phone Co., the wire is valued tween Seaforth and ''Clinton.
at $2,500.00, according to W. W. Last year a new cable was laid'
TERRY tiAYNARD, 'of Staffa; exathines root structure
, . .
. of plant grown in controlled ' atmosphere -chainber at Inter-
national Minerals &Chemical -Corporation in Skokie, Illinois. ,
,:. The labpert student,, who visited 1M9, „laboratorie!ssin eeii7
nection With'a p,000,IMC'iahoiership 'aviaiiiteilhim far lirti--'
senior year of study, is a 1965 honor graduate of the Ontario
Agricultural College. He was granted his degree with dis-
'Unction at the first' convocation of the University of Guelph.
He was the president bf the 1965 College 'Royal and was the
winner of the Louis Ware scholarship of $3,000, the Charles
McGowan award of $3,600 for post graduate work in. com-
petition with science students from every university on the
continent, the general proficiency award for obtaining the
highest marks in his class and one of the two OAC Alumni
Foundation ,graduate scholarships. He will continue his stu-
dies in the field of crop science at OAC.
, . ..
Hospital ., Names . . .
-Officers Committees
Planning in connection with mittee chairmsn, said work was
the removal of- patients to the
new Seaforth Community Hos-
pital was advanced 'when „a
meeting of the board consider-
ed details of the move, sche-
duled for July 6th. •k
Wm. Dennis, building com-
Lions Meet At
Scout Camp
Seaforth Lions met at Glen
Mac Scout Camp Monday eve-
ning for dinner, prepared and
served by the boys' and girls'
committee. The club sponsors
the Scout and Guide groups in
Seaforth.
Details of the occasion well
worked out by the committee,
headed by L. P. Plumsteel, and
including H. G. Meir, E. Grab-
ner, 0. Oke, D. 0. Fry, W. D.'
Steph,enson, G. D. Hays, J. J.
Wilkinson •and Geo, Hildebrand.
Use of Committees,
elude until shortly before 9 enue.
o'clock. •
Pointing out there would be
An offer of Topnotch Feeds no revenue once the lease was
Limited to purchase the former finished and that the building
shoe factory building on Main was deteriorating and was a
Street for $1,000 was not re- bill of expense, with the town
commended for acceptance by losing the cost of repairs, as
the administrative committeet well as taxes, Councillor Kling
Councillor Hairy .Donaldson suggested. ,the wise thing to do
said. Topnotch had indicated would be to sell the property'
that -it intended to tear down for the Topnotch offer. This
.the older portion of the plant .would avoid possible costly
and remodel the northern sec- Maintenance and produce sub -
tion into modern office accomo- stantial taxes..
dation. The cost of the altera- Should Sell
tions were estimated at per- ' "We should sell it to them
haps $15,000 tb $20,000. for their offer. It would be
The property ,is now rented worth it to clean up Main Street
to Highland Shoes under an alene," he said, and suggested
arrangement entered into at a, the committee go back and talk
special meeting of council late to Topnotch.
for inehttOtinee 'Of the 'heild.4 them we Would accept
provides- for a rental- of $100 tO" working out a mutually sat-
vehiber this year. In the mean. Donaldson asked: "Then youtime, time, the -town le responsible think we 'should go back , and
a month, expires 'brat of No., iSfactetty agreement as Mr.,
last autumn. The lease, which • Councillors nodded consent
lease?"
Council gave approval to
carry out repairs in the clerk's
office, in the witness room, and
the court room on the second
floor. 'This involves ceiling tile
being applied and certain paint-
,ing being carried out.
Tfoubles arising from the re-
cent street oiling program are
to be referred to the' confrae-
tors. council agreed. Discus-
sion revealed the oil and stone
had' not been applied prOperly,
and in some areas dust and ac-
cumulated stone were creating
hazards. Contractors are to be
asked to make good on the
job.
In other business, council re-
ferred a -draft municipal bylaw
governing nursing homes to the
welfare committee for study
and report.
—Received thanks of Mrs. J.
McConnell for a vase • which
had been presented to, her by
well advanced and' contractors
had given assurance that the
building would. be in rea,diness.
Afehitects begin final inspec-
tions this Week, he said.
The meeting discussed a for-
mal opening. but 'agreed this
would not be considered until
late surinner or early fall, when
there had been an opportunity
to settle down in the new stir-
roundings.
Miss Drope, the administra-
tor, in her report said shortage
of beds continued to be acute,
With occupancy in medical and
surgical at 115.6%. She asked
members to encourage the co-
operation of the public to hold.
visiting to a' minimum during
the first as in the new build-
ing. It would be necessary to
restrict visiting during the mov-
ing period.'
The board re-elected A. Y.
McLean as chairman for the
coming year. Other officers
are: honorary chairman, M. Mc-
Kellar; vice-chairman, William
Dennis; secretary, Lloyd Hog -
earth; pronerty , committee, J.
M. Scott, chairman: .1. E. Keat-
ing, W. Scott, Earl Dick and
William Dennis: finance, K. B:
MacMillan, chairman ; 'John
Longstait M. McKellar and D.
I. Stewart; personnel, Mrs, J.
McConnell, chairman, Mrs. M
W. Stapleton. ,Victor Lee and
Mrs. M. Hildebrand,
Legion Honors
K. B. MacMillan's
Memberof the Legion Fri
day night honored K. Bruce
MacMillan, general manager of
Topnotch Feeds Limited, who
leaves for Winnipeg next week,
where he assumes' new respon-
sibilities with the Topnotch par-
ent organization.
Mr, and Mrs. MacMillan were
presented with a memento from
the Legion, indicating the ap-
preciation of members for the
active role he had -played in
the organization. Te presen-
tation was made by Archie Dob -
sell J. a COrtitiek and 'derail.
s. • .-'---, ,s,„, -S.---:', ss
open line beep.p3,0 OW_ ,,c
4104 10, p' kx WO% and' 4 A'
7, 1, it 3 Y k TheWerelitli t:ra ; , k, I .44:7?4 liW( :11%r S. cP:or aboutft 'Ii : : 4 ' • ' ' '
linesman. 'When he ..4(pY.,"'i
wire had been „rehiVest:40;41V,A-
firicoivalss, points
Se ' *the-"Tit..thelete:::
mile line, he querlisdAelKOfs
System had had no advice that
work of removing the line was
The wire underway.
was removed from
crossarms on poles for a ,:die.
tance, then sections were un-
disturbed, Further on the pro-
cedure was repeated.
Mr. Haysom said an alarm ..,.'
system now ..had been installed -4
that would alert Operators in N
the event any one came along .-.1
and attempted to remove the
-
remainder of the wire. ---
Csinstahle Primeau said the
wire appeared to have been
taken over a period of several'
weeks, peril* during May.
The thieves had removed wire.
between perhaps five „stoles,. ,
then moved a mile or so along
the, road, stripping additional. '
wire. This confirmed through! -
out the length of the line. Xis-
thuertbwed.
een * .areas
'were
11,°t -4is--
...
.. .
. .
A A
Fence 'On. Fire
Firemen were called out Sun-
day afternoon when'a fence be-
tween the Doig property and
the .Crouch apartments en Pod-
,erich Street caught fires There
was little damage, Fire Chief
,John F: Scott, said.
Plan for
Beavers'
Party
Plans for Seaforthls tribute
to'. the Seaforth Beavers, 1956
OHA Champions,' -were complet-
ed. at council Monday night.
The program gets under sways-.
Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m,
with a parade from the CNR
depot to the .Community Cen-
tre, where a banquets.sponsor-
ed by the town, will' take place.
Mrs ,- N. C. Cardno, the chair-
man of the committee of,coun-
cil handlingthe affair, said,
guests would include members
of the team and their wives; as
well as club officials. Hockey
guests would include Dennis
Regan, of the Detroit Red
Wings,sand OHA •officials.
Council discussed at some
length the nkture of a memento
to be given's -the players, and a
decision was Ieft to the com-
mittee. The, 'committee is to
discuss with the -arena board
the possibility of joining in a
presentation of blazers or wind -
breakers.
Tickets are .available from
councillors. the team, or the,
town clerk's office.
pRofessok ERNOtt O.
cLAR.KE, who will take pet
in the Royal Ontario „Museum
excavation in Jerusalm dur-
ing July and August. Profes-
sor Clarke %left Monday and
will visit London, Rome, Ath- • -
ens and Cairn en route. While
in Egypt, Dr. Clarke will take
a six-day trip to Molint Sinai
and the Saint Catherine's .
Monastery. The Royal Ontario -
Museum has been eo-operat-
ing with the British School
of Archaeology for the last
four Seasons in the excava-
tion in Serusalm, Jordan. DA;
Clarke, who is on the '4"tL
of Victoria College et;04,06
to is the of,Mr.hnd