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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-01-18, Page 1Ji 103rd Year • Whole,No. 49.01 S` AFO ZTI , ONTARIO, TICT-RSDAY,•JANUARY 10 -P -.AGES AMES WARDEN, AW .., $2,50 a, Year in. Advance • Bn?Pepe,"` 10_ • • Order Sketch Plans dor N� w Hosp•it.ai • Preliminary work necessary ".covers 35 active treatment .beds to make possible new hospital 10 chronic beds, three recovery 'accommodation in Seaforth ad- and labor beds, and •seven''bas avai)ced a stage Friday evening, sinettes.. ' when the board of Scott Mem- As soon as sketch plans have: 'oriel Hospital approved immedi- been prepared,' the board. will .ate preparation_. of sketch plans. discuss details of the„Plans with 'The plans willbe based on re- the medical staff and -officials cojnmendations of last May by of the Ontario Hospital Services hospital planning consultants, Commission; .whd must approve A'' ew, Peckham & Associates, each stage in the planning. It w o studied requirements of was pointed out too,., that once th area about 18 months ago. plans are,.• accepted, it will .be The'' board's -architects, Barnett possible to arrive at more defin- & IReider, of Kitchener and To- ite cost figures to permit a de ro#ito, expect to have the sketch cision concerning financing. The plans ready in March. extent to which the project will The action was taken by the benefit fromgovernment grants board following receipt of will also be determinedonce preliminary . approval -by the Plans have been approved. Ontario Hospital Services Com- mission for construction of a 484bed hospital. OHSC approval Mrs. A. W. Sillery , Heads ...Board ' MEMBERS OF:-SEAFORTH TOWN COUNCIL are shovVn as they gathered ,for their 1962 inaugural meeting. Preparing for a busy year, shown here are: seated, Clerk C. Lyle. Ham- mond, Mayor Edmund Daly, ..Reeve W. N. Ball; (standing), Councillors John Flannery, Angus MacLean, Neil C. Bell, Earl Dinsmore, Carl Dalton and Nelson C. ,Cardin). • • • OFFICERS OF SEAFORTH BRANCH 156 of the Royal Canadian Legion and of the Legion Auxiliary were installed in im pressive ceremonies at the Legion Hall Thursday evening by members of the Exeter branch. Shown here (left centre) are Mrs. C. Wood, Auxiliary presi- dent, and Allan Nicholson, Branch 156 president, as they were installed. (Photo by Philips). First Presbyterian Church H�ldsAnnual Members of the congregation of First Presbyterian Church reviewed a successful year Mon- * day evening. Chairman for the. meeting Teen Twenty Has Successful Year Financial -/report of the Sea - forth Teen Twenty Club was re- leased this week by treasurer Gwen Storey. During 1961 the club took in, $1,985.78 from dances andthe sale of memberships, and start- • ed that' year with a bank bal- ance of $1,063.88. Expenditures during the year included: rent, $510; disc jockey, $46; orch- estras,,„ printing supplies and advertising, $49.07; records, $79; hockey club donations, $243.61; prizes and gifts, $93.12; • refreshments, $36.53;.. charity, $169; miscellaneous, $28.48 ; dinner dance,' $259.56. This left a bank Waned at the end of 1961 of $800.29. • • was- W. R: Smith, who led dis- cussions during a review of church activities. Norman Ran- son ' was named secretary for the meeting. Rev. Ross MacDonald, of Carmel Church, Hensall, the interim moderator, conducted a short service. • The work of the congregation was reviewed by M. McKellar, clerk of the session. He re- ferreda,to the -removal from the congregation of Rev. D. Leslie Elder and A. Kempster, organ- ist, and' wished them success in their new responsibilities.' During the year the cohgre- gation .raised more than $16,000 for general and missions ac- count, a report by church treas- urer J, K. Willis indicated. Re- ports of individual societies were equally, favorable. The meeting . elected R. S.' Box, J. A. Cardno, Bedford Dun= gey and N. Ranson to three- year terms on the board of man- agers. J. K. Willis was reap- pointed treasurer,and the audi- tors are J. S. Patterson and R. S. McDonald. SET PLANS FOR BOY SCOUT WEEK; CONSIDER CAMP CONSTRUCTION Plans for Boy Scout Week, Feb. 18-25, were advanced Tues- day niiiglit, when the monthly ineetint'sif Scouters was held in the cent rooms, with Seout- raasteC K. Sharp presiding. It• was 'added to hold.open house at the ; eaforth District High School aliditorium on Friday, Feb. 23. On this night the pub- lic, 'as well as parents, will be invited to come and see the Scouts, Cubs •and Girl Guides in action. Development' of a permanent Scout camp- was discussed and plans' are` "beim made to erect •cbollltll Ouse. and shelter on the. site't'hat rii s: been donated to oveinent b assist the' Seed � Y. ant 'Scoutmaster Oarry' McLeod. The cost of the building was estimated at around $500. Cub News The regular meeting of "B" Pack of First Seaforth Cub Pack was held on Wednesday night. The . meeting opened with the Grand howl to Akela (Tom Wilbee) and flag break by Bagherra (Bill Hodgert). The rest of the New Chums were invested , into Cubs by Akela. Two rousing games- were play- ed and conducted by Bagherra. The Sizers were instructed on the• knots and the Tenderpads on the composition id the tin. ion: Jack. The meeting closed With the Mouse Call and. Cub silence. See No 'Change At Hensall Plant, Sale Announced Sale of Vought Industries Inc. to Divco-Wayne Corp., of New York, was announced this week. General Coach Works of Can- ada Ltd.. at Hensall is a sub'' sidiary of Vought, but the .change .in The parent company will make no difference to the area operation, according to W. C. Smith, of ,Hensall, vice-presi- dent and general manager of General Coach. Commenting on the change, Mr. Smith said there would be definite benefits. There will be a greater familiarity with pro- duct engineering and dealer- - customer relationships because of the experience Divco-Wayne has lead in the domestic mar- ket. • Mr. ' Smith added there Would be no change in person- neI. a vco-Wayne Corp. is the hest manufacturer of milk trucks and school buses in the United States. In announcing the change in ownership, Divco- Wayne president Norman Glekel .who now becomes chairman of the board of Vought Industries, said, "It is bur intention to con- tinue to manufacture fine mobile homes for our many customers." The Divco-Wayne truck divi- -sion is located in Detroit, while at Richlnond, Indiana, the bus division ..is the world's largest producer of school buses. • OnelnHospitn) As Trucks, Cars Meet In Storm A Dublin resident was laked to hospital with possible head injuries when four cars and two large transports piled - up on No. 8 Highway, west of St. Col- umban early Wednesday after noon. Provincial police closed the highway from Seaforth . to Dublin for two hours, while wrecking crews from Stratford, Kitchell and Seaforth worked in near -zero weather to untangle vehicles arid pull them onto the •higliway.' The_ .accident series occurred is—driving snow reduced visi- bility .to zero. Hugh Benninger, 51, Dublin, was in. .the second in a series of- vehicles going east when the first vehicle was slowed by the storm. He suffered head injur- ies when his car was in colli- sion with the first car. Attend- ed by Dr. M. W. Stapleton, he was removed in Box's ambul- ance to Scott Memorial Hbspi- tal. - A large transport which po- lice said was carrying 30 tons of salt, jack-knifed into the north ditch as the driver swung out to avoid •the fird.xercident and a car proceedmg,;tvest:. At the same time, a.t vgestbt5und transport swung into rl►`h.'•tiiorth ditch to avoid the ' oncoming salt truck. "It was a real mess,” com- mented OPP Constable Al Bow- ering, who, with officers from the Sebringville detachment, (Continued on Page 4) Mrs. A. W. ',Sillery was re- elected chairman of the .. Sea - forth Public School Board at the inaugural meeting. Committees named include: Finance, John Longstaff, Dr. J. M. McLennan; Property, Mrs. Sillery, William Hodgert; Sup- ply, J. K. Willis, Mrs. J. A. Cardno. •The ' board's -representative on. the Library ,Board is :;:bliss Gladys -4 lompson,• and on the SDHS Board is- C. A. Barbey. Truant officer is Robert Joynt. M. McKellar, who has been associated with the board since 1918, and who first was appoint- ed secretary in 1923, was re- appointed secretary -treasurer. Occupancy High Occupancy during December continued high, according to the report of 3Vliss V. Drope, super- intendent, and in the case of medical and surgery was 100.1 per cent. Averageoccupancy of all departments was 77.1 per cent. The average number of patients during December, , in- cluding newborn, was 30. In other business, the board completed arrangements- fir X- ray service and discussed with the representative of the medi- cal staff steps toTbe taken in keeping medical records up to date. Win at. St. Thomas:; Mary Sills and .Bruce , Brady were in St. Thomas last .week- end taking part in the Western Ontario figure skating cham- pionship. In their first time in. competition they came fifth in the -bronze •dance event. 'ACCI6ENiS -CLAIM NINE LIVES' w.�. •.mow kms.• — Nine Huron • residents . were killed and'1$ persons crippled for •life in farm accidents dur- ing 1961. Statistics released by the Huron County Farm Safety Council, , meeting in Clinton Tuesday, revealed there, had been 390 farm accidents during the year. Lost days of work through ac- cidents totalled 4,675, property damage was $234,000, and medi- cal bills more than $25,000. The council decided to in- crease the present board of di- rectors—four`+men and three wo- men—to,:include two represent-, Alves' from each township in the county. In other li'iis'iness, the coun- cil: Decided to continue a safety poster project in county schools; distribute accident survey in- formation to all organizations requesting it; make -available films on farm safety to farm organizations and women's in- stitutes in the county; and commended area provincial po- lice lectures on safety at coun- ty schools. Council President Ted Dunn, of Bayfield; Mrs. Carl Heming- way, of Brussels; liIrs_ Charles Elliott, of Clinton, and' secre- tary -treasurer D. G. Grieve, as- sistant agricultural representa- tive for Huron, were named delegates to an Ontario farm safety conference at the On- tario Agricultural "C o.l l e g e, Guelph, Feb. 6, 7 and 8. Curl In Stratford A .rink skipped by Mrs. W. Moore was successful in winning two out of their three games in a ladies' bonapiel in Stratford last week. The team consisted of Mrs. ' W. Moore, Mrs. N. Scoins, Mrs, N. Cardno and, Mrs. R. 1302. A rink, including William N. Ball (skip), Frances . Ball, "Winn McLean and IL BAll won See - end prize in a mixed. spiel in tutu, ,Saturday. ivs1[YNID... WARDEN GEO. MCCUTCHEON Hold Special, Meeii'ngtoSeI Reeve George McCutcheoii of Brussels : is .the. new Warden of.' liuron County, He 'was elects . on the ;fourth :ballot at the -97- ening of `County council:' G.Qderch Tuesday..ernool.•.'•- ' In the last : ballot' Reeve Cuicheon defegtSc tItvReve VaI•' entire Becker, of • 'Hay aT_ own- sh 25 to l,l. Others e'hfmua't- ed aartier were Roy Adan; of Wingham; ' Harvey Coleman, 4f Stanley Township, antt Clarence anip.na; of East. Wawan'oshTQwn-' sh Council observed a minute's silence in memory of Reeve W. J. McKenzie, of • Exeter, who diecrearlierr this month. Mr. �2cCutcheon, 39,has peen a member, of council six years. He •operatesa garage at . Brus- sels. He is the first warden from'Brussels since Robert Pow- man served in 1936. Nine new members were Wel - coined, including Mrs. Mae Mooney, first woman to - sit on county council, and Tom How- ard, Ashfield Township's first deputy -reeve. ._ Exeter was rep- resented by last year's deputy reeve, Glen Fisher, who •is=now reeve, and their ,..new (leputy, Claude Farrell. Warden McCutcheon was es- corted to the warden's chair by the 1961 warden, Ivan Forsyth, and invested with the chain of office and the key to the coun- ty. Magistrate Glenn 'Hays ad- ministered the oath of office and Rev. G. L. Royal, of Knox Pres- byterian Church, gave the devo- tions. Mayor E. C. Fisher wel- copped council on behalf of the town 'and Calvin Kreuter, of Brussels, spoke on, behalf of their villager council. John Durnin spoke on behalf of the ex -wardens.. Police Pay Negotiations regarding` Sea - forth police salaries, underway for some weeks, were conclud- ed Tuesday when a new sche- dule was approved by council at a special meeting, .and ae- cepted by police. The new schedule provides annual salaries totalling $10,800. Last year salaries; "including holiday time, • amounted -to $11;262.58., Under the schedule Which has now been adopted,,. the Chief will receive` $4,000; first eon - stable, $3,506, and second con- stable, $3,300, The' amounts in- clude regular7'holidays and sta- tutary . holidays, . No decision has,, been taken;„.concerning• al- lowances fzor uniforms or other (natters. Council was told iego- .tiations to.,this -point -:had ibeen concerned solely with salaries. Other police matters -would be considered' when committee bud- gets were before council. The salary schedule worked out at a series of meetings of the police committee was pres- ented to council by committee chairman Eey1 Dinsmore. Mr. Dinsmore reviewed negotiations” extending over several weeks. On December 14 the committee had offered salaries of $3,800, $3,380 and $3,220, all inclusive of holidays. Police .had replied, with requests for $4,200, $3,600 and $3,600, plus two weeks holi- days and statutary holidays,'; which raised salaries to $4,667, $4,033 and $4,033, Mr. Dinsmore said. On January 12 the• commit- tee, repeated the first offer, but thre days later the police indi- cated the offer was not satis- (Continued on Page 4) REEVE DANIEL BEUElMANN is 'ihown here with " m embers of de1ttil)pp Counrcil and totnshin officials as he bggins his 15th year in office. Seated, left til iittht; are: Conti- cillor 'Will"atn Dennis peeve Dettermann, Clerk J. M. Eckert; standing, Councillor's' Kenneth Stewart, Ralph McNichol and Allan Campbell, and road superintendent Wilson Little. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Name Reeve D. Beuermann Nailed to the Huron County road;committee...:;"were: Tenn Webb, Stephen Township, year term; Melvin 'Crich, Klin ton, :•tWo years;hniel ,B'euor-` .mann, McKillop Towis'bip-,hre year`s; Joseph . Kerr,_ Ingham, fi four years; . Grant Star f oc erich Township, five years. ' Reeve Beuermann is beginning his 15th term as a .'member ,of Huron County Council. Narned as the 1962 criminal audit board were: Judge Frank Fingland, J. G. Berry and Val- entine Becker. The 1962 striking committee comprises Jim Hayter, chair- man; Frank Walkom, Gle";u'i Fisher, • KarL l;Iaberer and A. D. Smith. Malloch Chapter. Names Officers Officers for Malloch Chapter were installed and investeg at the regular January meeting. The installation was carried out by itt. Ex. Comp. William H. Roope and his assistants from Huron Chapter No. 30. Installed were: Ex. Comp. Duncan R. Cooper, IPZ; Ex. Comp. Orville G. Oke Z; Ex. Comp. Allister Broadfdot, H; Ex. Comp. Keith Sharp, 3'; EX. Conip. Melvin E. Clarke, treas- urer; Ex. Comp. Austin Mathe- son, „SE; Ex. Cotnp. W. J. F. Bell, SN; Comp. Earl Campbell, PS; Comp. J. Cliff Britton, SS; Comp. Ronald Buuck, JS ; /'• Comp. Howard Fretts, M of 4th ' V; Comp. Ted Forrest, M of 3rd V; Comp. Leonard Wade, M of 2nd V; Comp. Laverne Hugill, M of, let V; Comp. Roy Butt, outer guard; V. Ex. Comp. J. Brown Higgins, DC. Sick and visiting committee will consist of volunteers. Seaforth Wins Billiard Series The first in a series of inter- town billiard games took place at Norm's Billiards on Tuesday, when Seaforth players defeated a team from Mitchell 8-4. The exchanges are expected, to continue through February and March, ' with the next games being played in Mitchell next Tuesday. Results: Berger, D. Watson, of Seaforth, 4, Ratz, Morey, of Mitchell, 2; J. Watson, Rau, of Seaforth, 4, Elliott, Fender, of Mitchell, 2; McNairn, Bedard, of Seaforth, 4 ,Boyd, Heiman, of Mitchell, 2; McNaughton, Brook, Mitchell, 4l; 'Piper, Mes- senger, Seaforth, 2. Smile of the Week A. woman manoeuvring her car into' a 'light ,.parking .space -:,_m gave up IttetrAt valiant strttg- ' gle. The driver- shutoff-tha -mo- ter and said to her companion, ^ , "This is "e'iosc--cnotrgli.' 'W"e can walk to the curb, front here."'.