The Huron Expositor, 1962-02-01, Page 1•
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183rd Year
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rthside Names
'ommitteei To
nvestigarteO rgan
'Membershi,\ of Northside
iited Chu -increased to
h26, reports giv at the annual,
meeting Thursdnight
heated. During 1: 1 a total of
36 new members j s fined.
SBAFORTH BANTAMS are in fine -shape as "they wait
for the aceond- games of the -group playoffs Monday evening.
Shown ;here, from the left, are (front row); Larry Scott,
who seored 20 goals in the regular season; Murdo "McLean,
R. Devereaux, Alan Carter, B. Boshart, Gary Gray, Brian
Phillips and Larry McLlwain; (middle) ' J. Phillips, Ronnie
Hildebrand, Fergus Quinn, Ga
Henry Lansink, assistant coach; R.
Hulley, Brian Scott, Kerry Campbi
Stewart, Brian Broome, Sandy L
Eisler, coach; (absent, Gregory Rau
Phillips).
Finnigan; (back row),:.
cGonigle, manager; Don.,
11, B. McLennan, Brian
mont, stick boy; Jack
(Expositor photo by
Dr. J. C. MatLennan ` was
Chairman for the meeting which
heard year-end reports, from
the' various church organiza-
tions. Secretary was Mrs. Ross
Mtirdie. Silent prayer was of-
fered in memory of members
`called` to higher • service".
, A. discussion was held on the
need for a new brgan. ,The
'Meeting named a committee to
' investigate the purchase of an
organ and ways and means of
financing one. Committee chair-
man is Rev. J. cliff )3ritton,
.backed by Mr. and 'Mrs: E. M.
Williams, Mr. a d.,,Mrs: James
A. Stewart"aiid amuel Scott.
• Elders elected to 1966 are:
'Ross . Miirdie, Samuel Scott, G.
Albert Whitney, Cliff Broadfoot
and Jonathan Hugill; to .1965,
Irvin Trewartha--completing the
term of the late Senator W. H.
Golding, and •to 4963, William
Sparks.
The Board of Trustees in-
cludes Lloyd Rowat, K. -Bruce
MacMillan, Irvin Trewartha and
Mrs. E. 11. Close. Auditors are
John W. Talbot and K._13,, Mae -
Millan. . -
Named to the Board of Stew
•ards are Lloyd Hoggarth, Geo.
W. McIlwain, Orville Oke and
Thomas Haley, with terms ' ex
ipiring in 1965, "arid Douglas
.Whyte, who will serve . until
BOOK CIRCULATION at Seaforth Carnegie Library increased -to a new high of 23,otJ
in 1961, according to reports presented by Librarian Mrs. G. A. Wright to the annual meet-
ing Tuesday evening. Members of the board, from the left; are: Miss Gladys Thompson,
Cleave Cochrane, Mrs. W. N. Ball, Miss'`'Mabei E. Turnbull, board chairman; Mrs. Joseph
McConnell, ' secretary; Mrs. G. A. Wright, Librarian; James. Slattery. Mrs. J. A. Munn and
Magor Edmund Daly; (absent),Miss Rena Fennell.- (Expositor photo by Phillips).
Readers increase
Seaforth' 'residents' are read-
ing more books than -ever be-
fore, circulation records at
Seaforth Public Library: indi.
cate.
During the past year circula-
tion•,increased 2,958 for a new.
total of 23,600 books. This in-
cluded:.adult fiction 9,642, non-
fiction 2,29i), and juvenile
11,659.
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report presented by the
Install Officers
At Sahara
District Deputy Supreme
Monarch Sheik Neil McMillan
and his installation team, from
Mohamet No. 14, St. Thomas,
a along with their wives and
friends, 'were guests Saturday
evening at Seaforth, on the
occasion of the installation of
Sahara's' officers for 1962.
Officers installed were: Grand
Monarch, Robert'Fraser Brus-
sels; Vice -Grand Monarch, Rae
a. Crawford, Brussels; Grand
Counsellor, Harold Hugill, Sea -
forth; Venerable Friar, ,Alan
Campbell, Seaforth; registrar,
Jot n Hamilton, Clinton; banker,
Warden Haney; Seaforth; col-
lector, Ralph McNichol, Wal-
ton; Grand High Executioner,
Harold Connell, Seaforth; Grand
Chief Guide, Lorne Carter;:Sea=
forth; Grand Monitor, Dick
MacDonaId, Clinton; Grand
Stentorus, Jack Taylor, Bruce -
field;,; Grand Herald, Benson
Sutter, ,Clinton.
Children's Aid
Names Director
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The Board of ,Directors of
the Children's Aid Society,
meeting at Huron County Court
House Wednesday afternoon,
appointed Miss Clare McGowan
as the Children's Aid Society
Local Director.
Miss McGowatn has been act-
ing in that capacity since soon
after the resignation of Rev.
a R. G. MacMillan. She has been
engaged in Huron County CAS
work sinee September -1;1946.
Looby Wins.
$200,000 Jab
Looby CcinstructionDub-
lin, have been awarded •a con-
tract for structure and erifts
frolri Highway 401 to g .
7, near
nod
r°d
e.The pro,
:est . for $200,000 is' 'a, I,ubjcofi-
Peel. `r "aloin
With peel riat ue
�:. tr$Ct VV
Thi ar'iait; itis G:' A 'Wright,=
at the annual meeting of the•
Carnegie Library Board: Tues-
day evening.
The increase in activity at
the Library follows a trend that
has -beenapparent_ for several'
years, according to library offi-
cials. Circulation today' is
three times" that of five years
ago, when it stood at 7,521.
At the same time, the runn-
er—of—persons -taking- advent-.
age .of the services offered by
the library also is on the in-
crease. Membership for 1961
was 1,102-431 adults and 471
juvenile members. In the pre-
vious year there were 850 mem-
bers, an increase. 'this year of
52.
During the year, 481 new
books were added to . the lib-
rary, Mrs. .Wright's 'report
showed. This included 160 fic-
tion, _ 82 non-fiction and 239
juvenile.
The board this year is -com-
prised
om-prised of Miss Mabel- E. Turn-
bull, Cleave Cochrane and Mrs.
W. N: Ball, all town 'appoin-
tees; Miss Rena Fennell, Miss
Gladys Thompson and Mrs. J.
A. Munn, appointed by Seaforth
Public School, and Mrs, Joseph
McConnell, and James L. Slat-
tery, appointed" by St. James'
Separate School. -
1Viiss Turnbull was returned
1Nonien Curlers
Take -'-Frizzes
A team, skipped.,by Mrs. John
Longstaff, was suecessful in
winning second prize ' at the
ladies' spiel at Stratford last
Wednesday afternoon. Her team
included: vice -skip, Mrs. John
Cardno; second, Mrs. - R. S.
Box, and lead, Mrs. D. Cornish.
Mrs: -'Brad• -Smith's team, with
Mrs. C. Rowcliffe as vice; . sec-
ond,Mrs. L. Rowat, and lead,
Mrs. A. Wright, also brought
home second prize from the
ladies' spiel in Exeter Wednes-
day afternoon.
Game Realizes
$100 Cancer, Aid
Proceeds of over $100 Were
malted for the - Seaforth.
Branch of the Cancer .Society
at a special hockey game Mon-
day night. The money will be
used to further the work of
the society in the area.
The game featured the Win-
throp Warriors against t h e
CKNX " (Wingham) All - stars:
Winthrop walloped the All -Stars,
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The crowd at the game was
reported to bo 'the bzggdst, 'of,
the .ileaaonia;'
s- chairman- of the board for
her fourteenth year, as officers
and committees were named for
1962. Mrs. McConnell was
named secretary -treasurer for
her fifth term.
Committees are: books, Miss
Thompson, chairman ; M r s.
Munn, Miss Fennell, Mrs. Mc-
Connell and Mrs. Ball; proper-
ty, Mr. Slattery, chairman;- Mr.
Cochrane and Miss . Turnbull.
Consider Heating
The chairman, Miss Turnbull,
presided as committee reports
were reviewed.- The boarddis-
'cussed heating problems which
have, been present _An some
time. Steps were taken for the
installation of a gas-fired con-
version unit. The present -heat-
ing plant has served since the
construction of the library, • in
1914.
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Little Damage
in Three Fire"
Seaforth ,firemen 'Were called
out several times, during . the
past week, but damage in each
case was small, according to
Fire . Chief J. F. Scott
On Thursday afternoon' a
smouldering chesterfield was
removed from an", apartment on
North- Main 'Street, occupied by
the Lovett fangly. - --
iA backflash from a -boiler
sent sparks, into . a sawdust bin
at John Bosharts & Sons early
Thursday morning and set off
the sprinkler system, Firemen
stood by to guard against any
further outbreak. -
-The brigade was called to
Tuckersrnith Monday evening,
when a chimney at the resi-
dence of James Doig • caught
fire.
Smile of the Week
"Norah," said the minister to
his housekeeper, "I've asked
Mr. and Mrs. James to dinner
at 6:30, but I' think I'll give
them a quarter of an hour's
grace." '
"Well, sir," replied the:house-
keeper, "I'm religious myself,
but I think you're overdoing it."
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Driving. snow. and near -zero
"temperatures coliapined ' this
week to -bring raulc•'ilo a
standstill on a niubber of area
roads, and were a contributing.
factor in an accident that took
the lives of two area residents
Tuesday evening. ,-
,---730v. George M. Lamont, b0,
Minister of Knox Presbyterian
Church, Mitchell'; • and his wife
were killed in a head-on colli-
sion at Little 'Lakes, east of
Stratford, abouto'clock, •
The storm swept •into• the
area Monday, bringing driving
snow and lowered tempera-
tures. By Tuesday traffic was
reduced to a minimum as
motorists found 'it impossible
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Curling 'Company
Names Board r,
The annual meeting of the
Seaforth Curling Club Limited
was held Saturday evening in
-the club lounge.
President J. A. Munn was in
charge,: when reports OT ,coin-
pang activities were presented
shareholders byP-treasurer Wm.
Leyburn, secretary J. E. Keat-
ing and property committee
.chairman, •-F. Kling.
Directors: elected Were` Dr. J.
A. Munn, J. E. Keating, F.
Kling, Dr. M. W. Stapleton and
William Leyburn. John .Long -
staff was named an ex -officio
member.
to,moya•en, mous-clogged roads,
Often, where high winds„ had
swept .roads clear, heavy snow
f educed visibility 'to aero:
Classes • ,,ere, ,oancell on
Tuesday • at Seaforth District
High School- whet bases were=
unable to make rounds to pick
up area students. Moak rural
schools also closed,' for the day
While conditions ` were '
proved Wednesday, driving con-
tinued hazardous because -of
poor visibility. However, main
township roads, which had been
opened during the day, • were.
filling rapidly Wednesday eve-
ning, as a heavy snowfall, ac-
companied by high winds, con
tinued.
The storm forced' the Mt.
Until Thursday of the
anuttal banquet and meeting
the Seaforth, Agricultural, So-
elety, whzcl was to hate been
tze drin Egmondville -Church-
Native of Crola+arly
Mr: La41Qnt'and' his Wife
;were:, on their way ;home.:from
*attending a ,fleeting of the ,pen-
sions boardof the:; Presbyter,
ian Church of Canada, of which
he is a member, when the acci-
dent occurred. The Lamont "_car
was in cellison with a car .driv-
en by Delton Snyder, 57,, of
Baden, BadeMr: -Snyder was taken
by ambulance. to Stratford Gen- ' -
eral Hospital. •-.
CpL Jack Lightfoot and Con-
stable Kaivin Stewart, • of . -the
Sebringville detachment, On-
tario Provincial Police, are in-'
vestigating the accident. Dr.
David Gemmell, coroner, has
announced that an inquest will.
be held. -
Mr. and Mrs.. Lamont are
survived by a daughter, Eliza-
beth, 15, and a son, John, 9.
Mr. Lamont and his family
came to Mitchell over 11
years ago from .Pictou, N.S. A
native of Cromarty, he gradu-
ated from Knox College, Toron-
to, and his wife was a graduate .:
of the Deaconess Training
School there. Mrs. Lamont, the
former Kathleen Strang, :was
born in Usborne. Harry Strang,
clerk of isbortce-"I nshrip, is
a .brother. Malcolm McKellar;--
Seaforth, is a cousin of Mr.
Lainont...Mrs. Lamont was ac-
tive in the Women's Missionary
Society in which she, held sev-
eral
ev eral offices in the .Presbyterial--,
Wv1S.
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Seaforth streets -Ma/04:04-Ma/04:04- crew Fias `keptsstree n.•
sle-.
.walks in excellent condition. Here; Alf Price, at - theheight
of Wednesday's storm and almost hidden by blowing • snow;
operates a tractor -powered snowblower on' a Goderich. Street .
East sidewalk. (Expositor photo by Phillips). .
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Brussels Fair Ends
Se-aso n WithBala nce
S. B. Stothers, Huron Coun-
ty's - first agricultural repres-
entative, was- guest speaker
when the Brussels Agricultural
Society met for the annual
meeting. -Held in ,,the Cran-
Cranbrook Community Centre,
about 130 persons sat down to
a turkey banquet, 'catered to by
the -.ladies of St. Ambrose
Church, Brussels. Clem Stef-
filer, president, was master of
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POPULARII' °'OP CURl UNG Is'incre.asing by leaps' and
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bounds' 'and among ' the meat enthttsiAatic are the 'edi't•gge :
p1ayerkr EXerm, two rinks from SDH$ ptlse . Oig1 b'
oriels played Saturday afterrnoti, (Prom tile
left), Knrl
'C&tp a1l,arg E15ie, Pal Stapleton, Dianne i�irkiNora
Gerw1l1: and Ken Cardno 'bet Laurfb5Stoekwei tab
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ceremonies for the evening..
Mr. Stotherq spoke on "En-
ough," relating experiences of
former days in a humorous
Way.. He _pointed outthings of
which a lot of fairs may not
have enough. Intr4dnced - by
William J. Turnbull, Mr. Sto-
thers was thanked by Richard
Proctor.
Other speakers during the
evening included D. H. Miles,
agricultural representative; R.
W. Campbell, Seaforth, 'district
director; Mrs. J. ' Grummett,
Seaforth, ,lady director District
No. 8; James, Mair, vice-presi-
dent Ontario Association of
Agricultural Societies, and Clif-
ford Dunbar, reeve of Grey
Township. Wilfred Shortreed
introduced th, held table
guests, aridtr1Cli ord:M Bx'ay"
pressed appreciation to the
ladies.
The Canadian Imperial Bank
Commerce Cup, presented to
the Brussels 4-H member win-
ning the highest number of
points; was presented to Miss
Geraldine Dennis, of Walton,
by C. F. Parker.
Norman Hoover, presenting
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• Funeral Saturday
The remains are resting at
the Heath -Leslie funeral home,.
Mitchell, w7itil Saturday, when
a double service will be ,con-
ducted in-Itriox Presbyterian
Ch tych�, ` 11 tci;cll; at - 00 '`p.*i
M b : ar th es.,1). y f
Stratford, of which' Mr. Lamont'
was clerk at the time' of Iris
death, are assistingin funeral
arrangements.
Hui•lett Seeks
Grader, Tenders:4
Tenders have been called by
-Hiillett --Township for the Afire--
chase of a new ' maintainer.
Closing date for tenders is
February 7.
According, to clerk Harry
Tebbutt, council will decide af- -
ter the opening of the tenders
whether or not tp •go• ahead
with the purchase. Mansare to
dispose of the present machine
and consideration - Will be giv-
en to a new grader, including
snowplow.
Hensall Mothers
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Raise $300
A one-hour blitz bq 21 march-
ing mothers raised about $300 '
for the March of Dimes in Hen -
sail Tuesday night. ('
The projeef was sponsored by
the Hensall Kinettes, assisted
by 12 volunteer marchers.
The quota , was set at $500,
and officials expect "additional
donations will be received to
meet this.
In charge of the operation
were Mrs. James Hyde, e1iiair-
maii; Mrs. John Heal, recruit-
ing; Mrs. Ross Jinks, supply;
Mrs. Harold Knight, finance.
REWARD PERFECT ATTENDANCE
AT EGMONDVILLE CHURCH,,,
The annual meeting I of the
congregation of Egmondville
United Church was held in the
Sunday School room on Wed-
nesday. Chairman for the eve-
ning was the minister, Rev. J.
H. Vardy, who led the opening
devotions, which.were followed
by a few moments of silence
and prayer in memory of those
members who had passed away
during the year.
Mrs. Lyle Hammond was ap-
pointed secretary for the meet-
ing. A review of the activities
and financial reports of the va-
rious organizations of the
church gave evidence that
much faithful work had been
done during 1961. Present
membership stands it 296.
Results of the -elections were
as follows: Session, Emmerson
Durst; board 'df stewards, Bruce
Coleman, Mrs Elmore Stephen-
son; Lyle • Hammond, Norman
..
MacLean; convener of the mis-
sionary and maintenance corn-
mittee, •Fdward Boye, ropres-
ontat,'ve,..ttt Presbytery, Arthur,
Wallace; alternate representa-
tive, Ivan Forsyth; auditors,
Stanley Gray and John "Mc-
Cloy; usher, Elmore Stephen-
son; ministerial holiday supply,
Ivan Forsyth and Andrew Haw -
ton.
Present Awards
Seventy-five member's of the
Sunday School, of Egmondville
United Church received attend-
ance awards tor 1961 in a short .'
ceremony on Sunday morning."
The minister, Rev. J. H. Vardy,
assisted by the superintendent,
A. C. Routledge, presented
diplomas to the following:
Fourteen years: Helen Boyes,
Dorothy Boyes, Jim Boyes, .Mar-
garet Chesney; 13 years: San-
dra McGonigle; 11 years: Gail
Finlayson, Diane Finlayson,
Margaret.,Woodr• George Wood,
Barbara Nott;. 10 years: Lois
McLachlan, June McLachlan,
John McLachlan, Ken ,
Julie Chapple,.. Grace Stephen. �.
son ;. -0 .years:• Neth Gern ell 8,
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