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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-01-25, Page 1• • a • 4 6. 1 103rd Year Whole No. 4902 NEED NOT BE. ELABORATE SurvivalMeans Planning, Care A plan for survival against nuclear attack is nothing more than insurance. It is .the same as the insurance we take against accident, or fire, at the same time hoping we won't need to use it, Major J. D. Harvey told the Home and School Associa- tion Tuesday evening, Major Harvey is second in command of the 214 Field MAJOR' -J. D. HARVEY BadWeather • Brings Crashes Artillery Regiment of Wing - ham. In civilian life he is nutri- tionist at. Topnotch Feeds Lim- ited, Seaforth. Canada's position could be precarious, having regard to her geographical position be- tween two powerful nations, both with nuclear bombs, the speaker pointed out, as he ex- plained details of a national survival plan and plans estab- lished by the, government for the Army and for the Emerg- ency Measures Organization (EMO). In his remarks. Major Harvey indicated the meaning of blast, radiation -and fallout and the effect each would have on indi- vidual citizens in tho event of attack. Stormy weather during the past week, which reduced visi- bility on area roads to near zero, resulted in a rash of minor accidents, according to ; _OPP -Constable Al Bowering. Damage of $200 to each ve- hicle 'resulted Tuesday . after- noon when cars driven by Garry Burch, BA . L, Walton, and Dom- inicM-uxrdy; BR 2, Walton, were in collision. The accident oc- curred as the Murray vehicle was approaching the township road from the farm laneway in a blinding storm. Mr. Murray was accompanied by his four-year-old son. Sideswiped on No. 4 A car driven by Gregory Hil- debrand, Auburn, with Kenneth Haggitt, Auburn, as passenger, sideswiped a vehicle driven by Douglas McDougall, RR 1, Au- burn, north of Londesboro, Mon- day. Damage totalled $150. Snow Blinds As Joseph Lane, RR 1, Sea - forth, turned leftoff No. 8 High- way to his McKillop home on Thursday, his car was struck, by a car driven by.. Ralph Hum- phrey, Guelph. Turn -lights on the Lane car were not seen be- cause of blowing snow. Dam- age totalled $300. --Huron. is Rid Of Brucellosis Shelter from fallout and radi- ation in this area would require swift action and advance plan- ning on the part of each fam- ily. Elaborate construction is not a requirement,, but each family has at its command the means to provide effective pro- tection. Major Harvey warned that.:to make any survival plan effec- tive there must be full co-op- eration. There would be an opportunity for service for ev- eryone; he said: - The speaker was introduced by Mrs. A. McConney, ,and ap- preciation was expressed by Dr. C. --McLennan. The. meeting endorsed a reso- Iutron submitted by' the Ontario Home and School Association, which stated: "We place our- selves on record as being op- posed to the spread of nuclear weapons to Countries not now possessing them." The parent. of the -month was Mrs. W. C. Moore. Principal J.. W. Talbot announced that the public speaking tryout will be- gin February 13 -and ,,cdntinue to Friday of that week. April 13 is to be Family Fun Night again and. parents are asked to collect items' for the bazaar and novelty tables, also books, plants and other items to make the project the suc- cess it was last year. Huron County has been certi- fied as a Brucellosis Free area, with effect to September 1, 1964, it was announced, this week by Dr. J. C. MacLennan, Health of Animals, Seaforth. Dr. MacLennan said cattle from herds in the area would become eligible for export, pro- viding the _animals were nega- tive to Brucellosis tests within 30 days from the date of export. The progratn to make Huron a Brucellosis free area has been underway, for more than a year. SEA ''ORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25;, 1962 — 10 PAGES .450 'a Year • A, u Single Copies, 10 Cent Name Officials For Red Cross Campaign The financial statement for Seafoath-...Branch-..of-.•the.-.Canau- dian Red Cross. Society, ending Dec. 31, was released this week by treasurer Mrs. W. E. Butt. Receipts Cash on hand or on de- posit, Jan.- 1,/61.:.. ....$363.09 Campaign receipts 976.15 General donations 2.00 Custom quilting 7.00 Cash from emergency aid. given 31.00 Cheques from Ontario Division for fire disas- ter bills 345.52 Bank interest 4.04 Juveniles Win As Series._Ends Exeter Intermediates defeat-; ed' the. Seaforth squad.6-3 ina scheduled game Friday night. Seaforth goal scorers were Lar- ry Dale, Ray Scoins and Bob Beuttenmiller, one each. ' Seaforth lost to the Mitchell squad Tuesday night, although during. the first two periods they outplayed the visitors. Mit- chell goaler, MeNaughton, held the Seaforth squad back, allow- ing only five goals, while his squad collected eight. Seaforth was leading 5 to 4 going into the third, but the visitors pulled away and won the game. Seaforth„ scorers were Bdb Beuttenmiller, three goals; Larry Dale and Jack Crozier, one goal each. JUVENILES WIN Seaforth Juveniles wound up their schedule last. Thursday night with a 9-6 win over Wing - ham. The first line was the big one for the locals, scoring all nine goals. Tom Dick led Sea - forth, with three; Jim Dick, Dave Dale 'and Paul Rau each scored two. The locals wound up .in first place with seven wins, one loss and two shutouts. Seaforth now are awaiting notice of who they will play in the semi- finals. $1,728.80 Expenses Individual er;`.ergency aid •. .......... .................$ 33.97 Aid' to 5 families who suffered fire disaster ..'345.52 Health work (for halibut liver oil capsules dis- tributed) 14.09 Loan cupboard .... • 15.5 . Water Safety Services 72.56 Workroom supplies ... 365.79 Administration expenses 1.00 funeral K. C. Cooke, flowers for 10.00 Campaign funds to Qn- tario Division 500.00 Surplus funds remitted in January , 155.42 Cash in Bank $178.77, on hand $2.00 180.77 cash $1;728.80., Work done during the year included: 564. articles of sew- ing.; 141 pairs of socks; 17 pairs of mitts; 9 quilts were shipped to Ontario Divisiop; Toronto, and six quilts given to three local families who suffered fire disaster. John E. Patterson will , be chairman, and Fred S. Cosford, co-chairman, of the Campaign Drive for funds which will be- gin March 1. ;het 'game To Aid Cancer Fund An exhibition hockey game is scheduled for Seaforth Arena Monday night to support the local cancer society. Winthrop Warriors will provide the local talent, while the CKNX All - Stars will be the opposition. All proceeds from the game will go to the Seaforth branch of the Cancer Society. MINOR HOCKEY PLAYERS in Seaforth practise, for Minor Hockey Week activities planned for this week. They are a few -of the more than 100 area youth who, each week take part in organized minor hockey events at Seaforth Memorial Arena. Shown here. from -the left, are Norm Hachborn, who -handles the Juvenile team, Joe Dick, Rod Wyley, Benny Akker, Tom. Phillips and Gary Bettles. In front are Charlie Hachborn and 'Paul Betties. (E ositor photo by Phillips). , 'vronds -Mill. F�rRoadSudqet. ,....Huron County Council will in- the work for this year: con - crease highway funds by one struction of roads' from Sea - mill. Decision to raise •the high- •forth north for 12. miles, and way budget followed debate ex- from Carlow to Nile;, two miles; tending over, two days. paving of the Walton to Brus- Theincr"ease will provide the sels road, and two miles on Road 19 at Ethel; and bridges department with an •amount at Varna and FQrrester's bridge. equal to eight mills. Whether This is the third year that the the .boost in highway spending county road department in will affect the 1962 county' tax on has bac ore than "a mil- the il Hur- rate will not be known until the budget and tai rate are set lion -dollar hii iness. . in March. Turn Down - Budding Clerk -treasurer John G. Ber- 1. iouncil turned do wn a -.pro- greater said "thighwae' is a. dechpartnce the posal to construct a second breater highway department county building n Goderich, budget 'will not mean an in- planned to relieve overcrowding crease in the general county levy, since the county had a in -the Court 'House. surplus in 1,981 operations of • A Council building committee• more than $60,000. recommended construction of a The road committee had re- building at an estimated cost of commended a two mill increase. $256,000. members • of council, The recommendation was made however,Msaidm thepresento state as a resulttof increased costs of county finances id not arising out of improved design war - standards for roads; a .backlog rant the expenditure at this of paving to be done in 1962,. time. and,, the necessity of setting Reeve Melvin Crich pointed some money aside for contin- out the Clinton Public Hospital gencies. will have to be expanded next The 1962 road program calls year and, he, added, hospitals for an expenditure of about cost more thn $2,000 per bed $600,000—$400,000 for new con- to build. struction and $200,000 for main- The committee had recom- tenance. - menAed - paying for the new Cost of snow plowing, salting, building by raising the tax rate sanding and snow fence was by one mill. The building ques- $100,000 in 1961, Huron County tion was turned down by a vote Council wP^ told. Snow plowing of 29-7. • snout $53,000 -and sanding $39,000. Make Appointments Expenditures in other phases Ratification of the following of highway work included $284,- appointments to county hospi- 518.89 for construction, $173,- tai boards was made by County 905.36 for bridges and culverts and more than $351,000 for maintenance. The total pay- ment was over a million dollars for the --third year. The decision to increase the highways funds by only one mill, instead of the two sug- gested by the •1961 road com- mittee, followed a recommenda-' tion by the new road commit- tee. The 1961 committee sug- gested, as an alternative to the levy increase, that about 80 miles be cut from the county road system. This plan was not accepted. A five-year road plan, com- piled. in 1961. includes . among THIS IS THE CONCEPT of the new composite school to be constructed at Clinton as seen by Page and Steel, architects, Toronto. The classroom wing will stretch across the front of the present campus, as shown in the - foreground; the low area at the left centre will be the Cafeteria; the shop rooms will be at the rear of the build- ing, facing onto the - parking area; a third gymnasium will • be conetrueted atthe pear of the present double ;gym. The original structure is shown at the right side of the picture.- ' Entire cost of building and equipping will be borne by the Dominion and Provincial Governments, an estimated $1,500,000. Secondary school districts at Exeter, Seaforth, and Goderich are co-operating with the Clinton district by sending students to the composite school- for vocational training. Preliminary sketches have been approved by all participating bodies, And final blueprints are being pre - one hat p Page t nd e secondary schThis architectural ol building in Exes the er. Tuckersmith F ofA Elects Officersfor '6 ; SURVEY LOCAL I.NDUSTRY Rentals Housi end Revealed Need for additional :.housing .available here: As " a restilt,, M Seaforth was revealed this 'week,as a result of a survey of Seforth industries. The survey was undertaken by Elmer. Goebles, manager of the Mid -Western Ontario De- velopment Association. He was accompanied by Mayor Daly. Designed primarily to indicafte the nature of products manu- factured in Seaforth, the sur- vey also was concerned With-- seeking ith-seeking out items required here but which were not available in Canada and which local indus- try found it necessary to im- port. The survey was also planned to permit the Development As- sociation secretary to become more familiar with the ca- pacity' .and operation of Sea= fprth manufacturers. With this knowledge, he will be in a much better position to , repres- ent- local firms when enquiries concerning their products arise. Mayor Daly said the question of housing came up on several occasions when' availability of labor was discussed. Employers said labor was living outside Seaforth because. accommoda- tion of the type desired was not Members of the Tuckersmith dnraiion..of .Agricufure were taken on a photographic tour of Europe Wednesday evening, when W. f(. Ridder agricultural representative in Middlesex, showed pictures and described details of the countries he vis- ited last summer. Held in SDHS auditorium, it was the annual meeting of the Federa- tion. Elmer Ireland, Huron -F of A president, and Carl Hemingway; secretary-fieldman. spoke brief- ly and discussed problems fac- ing the federation. Others who spoke were Alf Warner, , secre- tary of the Huron Hog Produc- ers, and Harvey Tayloro of • the, Co-op Insurance Association? On behalf of the Tuckersmith F of A, John Broadfoot, pre- sented -the Federation trophy for the Corn . Club to Robert Fotheringham. Alex McGregor was re-elected ,president of the organization for the coming year. Other of- ficers re-elected were: vice- presidents, Wilmer Broadfoot, first; and Ernie Crich, second. Secretary -treasurer is John Broadfoot. ,School section directors are: N'b. 1, Glen Bell; No. 2, Joe Lostell; No. 3, Gordon Elliott; No. 4, Ernie Crich; No. 5,'(Jack McKay; N:o. 6, George FleWitt; No. 7, Alec Chesney; No. 8, Alex Boyes; No. 9, Wilmer Broadfoot; No. 10, Robert Kins- man. The producer directors are: cream,'Gordon Richardson; beef, Bob McGregor; poultry, Andrew Moore; hog, Alex Mc- eather conditionsy, frequently played a 'part in, the ' deeisign: whether employees would turn up for work. On a recent -clay; 18 employees had been absent. from one plant because of bad driving conditions. . In the,,, light of the demand which the survey,,revealed,' Mayor Daly said he had made enquiries- of the department of bl�anning . and development to etermine steps the town could take to participate in a federal - provincial housing scheme. The Survey covered Robert Bell Industries Limited, High- land Shoes, John Boshart �& Sons Ltd., Synco Combustion Equipment Ltd., Seaforth 'Ma- chine Shop, Fry Metal Indus- tries Ltd., Huron Canadian Fabricators Ltd., and Jackson Aluminum Ltd. KEN ,pOWELL, Seaforth, was elected district Scout- master at a meeting of_ area scout leaders at Wingham Sunday. He succeeds Harry McIntosh, of St. Marys, who became district commission- er. The district includes Seaforth, Sebringville, Tavi- stock, Mitchell, St. Marys and Milverton. Set Program For Fair, Meeting Stafford Johnston,' Stratford, reporter, and' editorial writer, will be guest speaker at the an- nual meeting of Seaforth Agri- cultural Society Tuesday night, Gregor and Wilfred Coleman. The meeting will be held in The ladies' directors are Mrs. Egmondville United Church and Commodities Offer Profit "The farmer is the biggest speculator there. is, Lions Club members were told Monday eve- ning. Diseussing the workings. of • the commodities market, Gordon Maysock . .2f •- Jalr►es„ _.._. Richardson & Sons Ltd., said the farmer .plants his crop in the spring ---and speculates --that--- he will .havea harvest in the ' fall. It is a ,calculated risk tak- en after a careful examination of the facts. On the other hand, a gambler makes a decision based on intuition or a 'hunch. Every business is a specula- tion, but some lend themselves - to a greater risk than others. Defining a commodity as a pro- duct, the production of which cannot be governed by man alone, the speaker said a corn- 'Modifies market provides a common -meeting place for buy :er; Gadd. seller- ., e"totd-4of the mechanics" of trading and the factors which influence the mar- kets. Each commodity has a • true level of value and profits and losses occur when trading is carried ,on below or above that level. Warning that there can be no .guarantee of results, the speaker said that on the other , hand to be successful one can never be guaranteed a profit. Wherever there is profit, there is. risk. Introduced by K. B. MacMil- lan, of Topnotch Feeds Limited, the speaker was thanked by A. Y. McLean. • • The meeting wasarranged by G. A. Whitney and C. A. Bar- ber, with Mr. WhitneyY acting as chairman, A draw conduct- ed by Lee Learn was won by Willis Dundas. ove Cardiff To William Rogerson and Mrs. Wil- will be preceeded by a banquet. mer Broadfoot. 1 Mr. Johnston is well known among fair officials in Huron, 1 H having attended all the fairs Council: Angus MacLean, Sear Earl Dick Heads i several times in his capacity as forth Hospital; Beecher Men' photographer and reporter. He zies, Clinton Public Hospital; Stanley Love, South Huron Hos- pit -, Exeter; John V. Fischer,- W.ngham General Hospital ; John Sheaffer, Alexandra Mar- ine and General Hospital, Gode- rich. ($ee Page 5 for additional County Council reports). Curlers Hosts At Mixed Spiel Seaforth 'curlers were hosts Saturday to curlers from' Clin- ton, Ayr, Stratford, Ripley, Galt, Paris and Hensall for a mixed bonspiel. In the first event of the first draw, Art Freer and his rink' from Ayr were winners, with Doug Miles, as runner-up. On his rink were Bernice Longstaff, K. G. Flett and Flo Smith. The second event was won by Don and Shiela Morton and. Art and Margaret Wright, Don Morton as skip. Bob Martin, Galt, took 'the third event. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cornish, Seaforth, and Mr. and Mrs. Start Scherter, Kitchener, took the first event in the second draw. Runner-up was Frank Kling's rink, including Mrs. Kling n;id Mr. and M,rs. Rob Beihler, Ancaster. The second event went to Mac Robinson, Guelph, and the third event to Bill Robertson, Mary Canine and Mr. and Mrs.. C. Rowcliffe, Seaforth. •- Smile of the Week "Would ,you give ten cents to Help the Old Ladies home?" "Whatl Are they out again?" has also addressed the district South Huron Show. meetings of ...the fairs' associa- tion, and last year addressed Earl Dick, Hibbert Township- the Ontario Associatiop of Ag - reeve, was re-elected president i ricultural Societies' annual at the annual meeting of the ' meeting 'in Toronto. South Huron Agricultural So- ciety, held Monday afternoon at the. Commercial Hotel, Hen- sall. There was a good attend- ance. , The financial statement was presented and showed a slight profit for 1961. Other officers elected were: first vice-president, Jim Doig, Tuckersmith Township; second vice- president, Otto Willert, Dashwaod; 'secretary - treasurer, P. L. McNaughton, Hensall. ident Geor e Arm - Past pres g strong presented William De.k- er with an agricultural service diploma. The president and secretary will attend the OAAS convention in Toronto, Feb. 21 and 22. - The meeting decided to hold a Twilit Fair again, June 8, 1962. The next meeting will be held Saturday, Feb. 24. 4. Reports off the society's year's work and presentation of tro- phies will be made at the ban- quet. Directors will also be elected for 1962. Thomas Mclver Is Named QC. Thomas McIver, Toronto, for- merly of St. Columban, was among the'11cent list of lawyers appointed Queen's Counsels. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam McIver, he received his elementary education at SSS 4, Hibbert, and graduated from Seaforth District High School.. He then attended St. Michael's College and Osgoode Hall, To- ronto. HA was called to the bar in 1948. • .. During the war he served for two years with the Air Force. ealth, Welfare - From Agriculture L. Elston Cardiff, member of parliament for Huron, was nam- ed assistant to Health Minister J. Waldo Monteith. The appoint- ment was made Thursday as parliament opened for the fifth session of the 24th parliament. Previously, Mr. Cardiff was assistant to Agriculture Mini- ster Alvin Hamilton. SDHS Board Elects, Sills Is Chairman F. C. J. Sills was re-elected chairman at the inaugural meet- ing of the Seaforth District High School Board on Thurs- day, thus beginning his third term as board head. VAce-chair• man is C. Edward Heating, and W. -E. Southgate is secretary - treasurer.. Committee chairmen a n d members are: finance, Gordon' McGavit1, • John A. Cardno, Charles Martin; executive, Mr. Sills, Oliver Andersen, James McIntosh, Charles A. Barber, Mr. Dearing; agriculture, Ken- neth McFarlane, Mr. McIntosh, Rutsell Bolton, Mr. Martin; bus, Mr. Dearing. Mr. Martin, Mr. McGavin, Mr. McFarlane, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Anderson; teached - board relations, .. Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Bolton, Mr. Mc - 'Gavin, Mr. Dearing ; prop- erty,_ Mr. Cardno, Mr. Dearing, Mr. Bolton, Mr. McGavin, Mr. Barber; supply, Mr. McGavin, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. ' Anderson, Mr. Bolton; attendance officer, Mr. Barber; advisory coifimt• tee to the vocational school' (Clinton), Mr. -Dearing, Mrs. Thomas Govenlock.