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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1965-10-28, Page 1• • • • Whole No. 5096 • 106th Year - r• SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1965 -- 12 PAGES Single �OF• 3P' . $400'.a Year Pent xtv'tc i SDHS Students Plan Activities Planning for student activities at area schools is under way as organizations elect offi- cers to serve during the, months ahead. At Seaforth District High School, the Students' Council includes (left) Anne Sills, secretary; 'Eric Ross, president; Dianne Finlayson, treas- urer, and Fred Hassan, vice-president. Dublin Continuation Has Election Pupils at Dublin Continuation School have elected Paul Horan as president of the Stu- dents' Council. From left are Mary Helen Ducharme, grade 10 representative; Gordon Moy- lan, treasurer; Paul Horan, Brian Melady, vice-president; Kathleen Stapleton, grade 9 re- presentative, and Sharon Burke, secretary. (Photos by Phillips). Mark Fourth Anniversary With Banquet, Dance Members of the Father Steph- en Eckert Council Knights of Columbus marked the fourth anniversary of receiving their charter, when they sponsored a banquet and dance Saturday evening in the Legion Hall, Sea - forth. Among the guests present from, a distance and seated at the head table were: District Deputy Cecil Tufts and Mrs. Tufts, Stratford; Emmerson Williams, Grand Knight, Kilroy Council, Stratford, and Mrs. Williams. Also at the head table were Mrs. Charles Rau, Alvin Rau, Deputy Grand Knight, chairman, and Mrs. Rau, Rev. Father Laragh, chaplain; Mayor J. Flannery and Mrs. Flannery; Legion President D'Orlean Sills, Mrs. E. P. Chesney, and Joseph O'Reilly, Chancellor, and Mrs. O'Reilly. A highlight of the evening was a cable from Grand Knight Charles Rau, in London, Eng- land, with a trade mission, in which he extended best wishes to the members and guests on the marking of the charter an- niversary. Father Stephen Eckert Coun- cil Knights of Columbus was host to Father Nagle Council, Goderich, and Kilroy Council, Stratford, Thursday evening. Approximately 100 attended the inter -council meeting, chair- ed by Deputy Grand Knight Al- vin Rau in the absence of Grand Knight Charles Rau. Following an address of wel- come by the chairman, Father Bussey, Clinton RCAF; Father Saigeon, chaplain; District De- puty Cecil Tufts, Stratford; Em- merson Williams, Grand Knight, Kilroy Council, Strntford, and Vic Walden, Grand Knight of Father Nagle Council, Goderich, spoke briefly. The guest speaker, Rev. Father Denise, Stratford, spoke on mission projects in Mexico, and also- showed slides. Deputy Grand Knight Alvin Rau, on behalf of Father Stephen Eck- ert Council, presented Father Denise with a cheque for $50. The lecturer's draw was won A Letter From Joe Sills Hibbert Native Sir: The reception of The Expositor every Monday is the highlight of my week, but when it contains a success story about anyone from Huron County, or even better, one of a contem- porary of mine from the Sea - forth Collegiate, my cup of pride overfloweth. My copy of August 30th was one of these, because of the success story of not only an SCI graduate, but an old John Street neighbor a n d friend, in the person of War- ren Ament. I was doubly jubi- lant because Warren's success was in Detroit, and I had just returned from Detroit where -I actually attended the crowning glory of another contemporary graduate of SCI; but where Warren was behind me iti school, this man graduated ahead of me; and where War• ren's success was in the busi- ness world, this man might well be termed of the spiritual world, because he has devoted most of his life to the Priest- hood. I am speaking of Father John Jordan, a 1913 graduate of SCI, and one whose brother Frank now lives in Settforth. It is about his crownind glory I am writing. John .graduated from SCI in 1913. A six -foot -three raw-bon- ed young farmer boy from Hib- bert, he was a member of St. Columban Church. One of 10 children, six are still living. Two sisters became nuns; one, Eleanor, was a classmate of mine—she is now dead. After leaving SCI, he received a teacher's certificate after one `year at Toronto University, and then taught school for 10 years Wins $5,000 Claire In Insuraflce Case Judgment which was reserv- ed eserveed by Mr. Justice D. R. Morand following a hearing in Gode- rich on May 18th last, now has been handed down. The action arose when the father of Lawrence McLlwain, 16, killed in a traffic accident a year ago, sued Transportation Insurance Co., of Toronto, for payment of a $5,000 policy. Mr. McLlwain was represented by D. J. Murphy, of Goderich. The decision of Mr. Justice Morand in favor of the plaintiff follows: "This is an action brought by the beneficiary under a_policy', of insurance issued by the de- fendant. herein. Under the terms of the •cer-t tificate of insurance, the de- fendant provided indemnity' for the loss of life of Lawrence McLlwain resulting solely ancli, independently of all other causes by accidental, violent; external and visible means from bodily injury sustained while the said Lawrence Mc- Llwain is riding in any passen- ger. car. The policy contains the fol- lowing exclusionary clause: "This insurance does not cover loss fatal or non-fatal caused by or resulting from 2 ss (c) Resulting from the ink sured member's own criminal act or wilful violation of the law or occasioned or occurring while he is in a state of in- sanity (temporary or otherwise) or under" -the influence of nar- cotics or intoxicants." It was agreed by the 'parties that the sole question to be determined by the Court was whether or not the deceased, Lawrence McLlwain, was under the influence of intoxicants at the time of the" accident which caused his death. The accident occurred on Oc- tober 3, 1964. The deceased was driving on a concession road which had a gravel sur- face. There were no witnesses to the accident. The automo- bile, driven by the deceased, ran off the road into a ditch and hit a tree. The deceased was killed by the impact. The evidence disclosed that the deceased knew the road very well and had travelled over it many times. The sut- face had been recently graded and there was a ridge .of gravel six inches deep near the side of the road which the car cross- ed before going off the side of the road. The vehicle in ques- tion was a Volkswagen. The road at the scene of the acci- dent was straight and level. There was evidence given during the course of the trial that other cars had swerved on the gravel on other occasions and that the drivers on these other occasions had not been suffering from any disability. There was further evidence of a dog running loose in the area with a piece of rope attached to its collar very shortly after the accident, In view of these bits of evidence, I can make inference merel from the no y fact of the accident that the deceased was under the influ- ence. There were some broken beer bottles found in the ditch with caps still attached, but no empty bottles with caps off were found. There was no evi- dence to connect the bottles found in the ditch with the driver of the car or with the vehicle itself. The sole evidence • that the deceased person had 'partaken of intoxicants comes from a blood test which showed 1.5 parts per thousand of alcohol in the blood. From this evi- dence alone, the defendant re- quests that I conclude that the deceased was "under the influ- ence of intoxicants". Evidence was given by one McGonigle, who was and is the manager of the Seaforth Arena, that he had been talking with the deceased and in close prox- imity to him about 20 minutes before his death. He knew the l deceased person who had work- ed for him on a part-time basis .and McGonigle did not notice any smell of intoxicants, nor had he noticed anything un- usual about the speech or ac- tions of the deceased, McGon- igle stated that the deceased appeared "the same as always". Another witness, one Doig, who also knew the deceased, testified- that he had seen the deceased about one hour be- fore his death and noticed no smell of intoxicants nor did he notice anything unusual about (Continued on Page 6) by Ted Doyle; John Lansink won the door prize; Joseph To- bin, past Grand Knight of Kil- roy Council, Stratford, won the 100 Club draw. Seller of the winning ticket was Mazort Selinas, Zurich.. Hold Party On Departure A farewell party given for the Ken Powell's at the John L-ansink home was a decided success. Many friends and neighbors met there to say good-byeand to extend best wishes. The presentation of a lovely tray and bon -bon dish was a highlight of the evening, which included cards and lunch. The Powells and their rela- tives, the Moores, have left by car to make their homes in California. L%. BILL MORRIS, who this week begins a weekly SDHS column of school news. The columns appear on Pages 7 and 9. Establishes D I don't know whether it was al- ways his desire to be a priest, but he went to $t. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto in 1924, and while there he taught part time in St. Michael's College and got his degree, and on March 25, 1928, was ordained a priest in Detroit, said his first Mass in St. Columban April 1, 1928, returned to Michigan and served as an assistant in sev- eral parishes before•being made pastor of the Parish of St. Joan of Arc in 1944. This would be a story in itself, but is only the background. John was the third pastor of this church, which had been started in 1927, and its first priest said Mass in a store un- til 1929, when an old school building was moved there as its original church. Many difflcul- PAUL MARTIN SAYS .. . Majority Governm Important to Huron "Canada needs the strongest like Mait Edgar, with his back- ground, be put_ to work in par- liament," he said. "Regardless of politics, ,see to it that Mr. Edgar is elected." Strong Argument The Minister backed up his plea for a Liberal majority with a strong argument for the voters' consideration. He said the Canadian voter was inclined to forget that "ours is the British system of respon- sible government" so unlike the American system where the President and the House of Representatives are completely divorced from each other, "Government strength i n Canada depends largely on the position it has in parliament itself," Martin insisted. "Unless it has sufficient number, it cannot carry out its program," He said the Liberal bid for a majority government was no kind of government with the strongest kind of position," the Hon. Paul Martin, Minister of External Affairs for Canada, told over 300 persons at a Liberal - sponsored mammoth coffee party at Harbourlite Inn in Goderich last Friday after- noon. "It is important that we have a government that is endowed with the authority of diseharg- ing its responsibility in the most effective way," the Min- ister continued. "The essential thing in. this election is to make sure we have a majority government." Mr,- Martin, appearing on behalf of Huron's Liberal candidate, Mait Edgar, fur- ther urged the assembly to give this riding a voice in a majority Liberal government. "It is important that_ men ties faced the first two pastors. including the war years, but when John took over he im- mediately began to construct a school, and by 1959, in co-op- eration with neighboring par- ishes, he had constducted two high schools, one for boys and one for girls; enlarged and com- pleted the grade school, staff- ing it with 23 teaching sisters; also enlarged a permanent con- vent, and a combination church and auditorium, plus a fine home for he and his assistants. Naturally, he was not content with a church in the auditor- ium, hence in May 1964, a cor- nerstone was laid for a new church, and to the dedication of this church was why I was in Detroit on August 26, 1965. I bumped into John in Detroit in 1930, but I had not seen or Away Hunting? Vote First Perhaps you have made plans to take a trip or go to the hos- pital, or go hunting on .election day. Nov. 8th, and the plans can't be changed. But this doesn't mean you will lose your vote. You may vote at the advance poll on October 30th or Novem- ber lst. The Canada Elections Act provides that "any elector whose name appears on the list of electors prepared for a polling division comprised in an advance polling district, who has reason to believe that he will be absent from and unable to vote in such polling division on the ordinary polling day, may vote at the advance poll- ing station . In brief, if your name is on the list and you're going to be away on election day, you may vote at the advance poll. Advance polls are open fro 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 30th. and Monday, Nov. 1st. The advance poll fur electors in Seaforth, McKillop, Hibbert and Tuckersmith is at the of- I fice of Gordon A. Wright, John Street, 'Seaforth. different from t)* Conservative' platform in 1963`, He p04+4 out the recent Ljtberal npir>,grity government, after two and one- half difficult years, is echoing the Conservative plea of that year. "We need a majority," Mr. Martin told the gather- ing that public opinion polis indicated 48 per cent of the Canadian voters would support the Liberal party on November 8th. He went on to list the achievements realized under the recent Liberal reign. "This election is taking place against a background of unus- ual prosperity in this country, Over 5,000,000 more men and women are at work in Canada today. Often the problem is not to get jobs for people, but trained people for jobs. "I am not saying this is en- tirely due - to the government. Surely we are callable of hav- ing an objective discussion and putting it in its true perspec- tive. But one will have to ad- mit dmit our incentive program has done something to stimulate,. the financial growth of our - country." • Foreign Relations • • "We- are not living the world of our fathers;" the cabinet minister went on. "No country in the world can escape what is going on in the most remote part. This is a contracted world. "Make no mistake about it, our relations with the United States are very important to our well - being -and world peace." Announcing the Canada - United States auto trade• treaty, which he predicted would bring about an additional $266,000,- 000 in annual. production, Mr. Martin continued, "It will pro- vide for Canada a greater share in the North American market. I can see • a tremendous indus- 'trial: cYe"ve]iipment alt over Southernwestern Ontario, I doubt if I have ever partici- pated in anything that means as much to Canada as a whole. "It was possible because we had established the most cor- dial relations between the two countries," he concluded. For the Young Mr. Martin stressed the need for the government "to be alive (Continued on Page 6) Play Chess? Once a popular pastime in the district, interest in chess is increasing, according to Dr. M. R. Buljubasic. Dr. Buljubasic said plans were underway to establish a chess club in Seaforth, and that dis- cussions had been held with players in other nearby cen- tres which it was felt could lead to a series of inter -town games. Any who are interest- ed are invited to contact Dr. Buljubasic at 527.1440. HON. PAUL MARTIN, Canada's Minister of External Affairs, greets Mait Edgar, Huron Liberal candidate, fol- lowing a coffee party in Goderich . Friday afternoon. Mr. Martin stressed the necessity of a majority government. H&S Hears St:.ry Of New Maths October is Home and School Month, when particular em- plrasis is placed on informing parents of what is expected of their children in today's schools. In this connection, report cards will be issued al the end of October. ,o that parents may assess their child's progress be- fore exams, it was announced I at the meeting of the associa- I tion in the public school. As a further assistance to parents. guest speaker Garnet Harland, vice-principal at Clin- ton RCAF public school, dis• cussed and demonstrated the new Math. Ile said the schools are feeling their way with the new Math. which has had a Int of publicity during the past two years. Mr. Harland said at one time Math was a utility subject: new it is more a cul - troit Church heard• of him since until last winter. I received a letter from him as a result of someone bringing to his attention some- thing I had written in The Ex- positor, for which I am grateful to you for printing, if for no other reason than my having received letters from friends of long ago, such as the one from Father John .Jordan. Father John mentioned his building a new church and ex- tended an invitation to me to attend its dedication, which I was fortunately able to do, be- cause this was no ordinary church he was building. Lack of descriptive ability, and space, leads me to note just a few fea- tures of this unique building. Where most Catholic churches are rectangular and usually in the shape of a cross, this one lural subject. but the child must still be able to multiply and add, The new math is the under- standing of the structure of the number system Mr. Harland said the system will he of great use in .the years to come as this sys!em k used in com• ' puters. firs. Eyre's class wen the class attendance award. Mrs. R. .J. Boussey won the prize for the question of the month. which was What year was Seaforth Public School built. was m 1053. is twelve -sided. to represent the twelve Apostles. it is 128 feet in diameter, and the extension of the twelve sides to the roof develops a circular plan within, wherein the dome above is built to represent. Christ's Crown of Thorns, and ten crosses and. three shields spaced within them represent the Ten Com• mandments and the Holy Trin- ity. Entrance to the church is hexagonal in shape with beau- tiful stained glass windows, and in the center a two -toned marble baptismal font, chalice -shaped, and surmounted by bronze fig- ures of John the Baptist and Christ receiving baptism as a man. The ,church accommodates 1700 people, and behind the altar is the startlingly beauti- ful 16 -foot image of St. Joan (Continued on Page 7) PIan Edgar Night • It will be Mait Edgar Night in Clinton on Tuesday, when the Liberal candidate will be guest of honor at a gala recep- tion and dance being held in the Legion Hall. Hon, George Mcllraith. Min- ister of Public Works in the Pearson Government, is com- ing from Ottawa for the occa- sion and will bring greetings from the Prime Minister. Entertainment and dancing will follow. The event is open to the pub- lic when it is expected friends of Mail Edgar from across the riding will join with Clinton residents to greet the candi- date. MRS. EDNA' CALDWELL, DDP. of Huron District No. 23. installed officers of Edelweiss Rebekah Lodge in a recent ceremony t) ere. Mrs. Caldwell (left) is shown as she installs the Noble Grand, Mrs. James Rose. (Expositor photo by Phillips). (See story ori Page 8),':-.:,