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The Huron Expositor, 1962-03-15, Page 1`44 .41 • 1 • • • • • • • • 103rd Year WhOle No, 4909 ScottMemorial Hospital Use At New High Occupancy at Scott Memorial Hospital reached an all-time high in February, when the rate, for medical and surgical stood at 120.3 per cent of ca- pacity. The occupancy is based on an approved capacity of 33 beds. . The figures were released at a board meeting Friday even- ing, On that day the board was told six patients were being ac- commodated in beds placed in corridors. , . During the month, over-all adult -occupancy stood at 92.9 per cent, maternity 32.4%, new- born 30%, and pediatrics at 48.3%. The information was contained in the report of Superintendent Miss V. Drop. Building Fund $26,017.05 Board vice-chairman B. K. MacMillan presided for the meeting. Reporting for the fi- nance committee, Mr. MacMil- lan said the building fund had increased to $26,017.05 as the resultof the transfer of $6,000 from surplus account and the receipt' of interest and rental payment. February accounts covering salaries, wages and operating materials totalling $15,108.40, were approved for payment. J. M. Scott, property commit- tee chairman, said a room on the second floor had been re- decorated as,a staff rest room. Plaster, which had fallen from the ceiling in the second floor of the main building, would be replaced as soon as possible. His committee was investigat- ing installation of an alarm sys- tem in the hospital. The board adopted the re- commendation of the executive committee that no action be take at this time coneerning 4t the intment of a caretaker. In the eanthne, temporary ar- rangements will continue. The chairman of the per- sonnel committee, Mrs. J. Mc- Connell,. said, . accommodation for the cancer committee, had been completed and was in use. The board was advised a new sick -leave plan, adopted late last year, had received approv- al of the OHSC and was' now in effect. Appreciation was ex - .pressed •to the Women's Hospi- tal Auxiliary who had donated a new oxygen tent. Mr. MacMillan lold the board it was expected that the archi- tects would have preliminary sketch plans of the new hospi- tal alienable laterthis month. Royal Black Knights Name New Officers Royal Black Knights of the County of Huron met et Blyth LQL Hall for their annual meet- ing. County M aster William McElwain, of Bayfield, was re- elected for his second term. Other officers include: Depu- ty County Master, Walter Scott; Belgrave;• chaplain, Wm. Camp- bell, Fordwich; registrar, Bor- den Brown, Clinton; treasurer, Henry Pattison, Blyth; first lec- turer, Fred Jamieson, Wood- ham' second lecturer, Robert Hibbard, Fordwich; first cen- sor, Russell Page, Greenway; second censor, Wilfred Castle, Bayfield; .first standardbearer, William Dickey, Woodham; sec- ond standardbearer, Wm. Tay- lor, Blyth; pursuivant, George Bailey, Blyth,- R.W. Sr. Kt. Oliver Jaques, of Hensall, conducted the elec- tion of officers. County Master Mclllwain was appointed dele- gate to Grand Lodge sessions in Fort William in May. The Senior Knights of 'Blyth provid- ed lunch at the 'close of the 'ineeting. SEAFoRTII, ONTARIO, ,-THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1.96g PAGES ' . • 2.50 a Year In A vine4 ' tate V9Plea. _10 Coots SEAFORTH AND BRUCEFIELD area exhibitors stood high in competition at the Hur- on County Seed Show in Exeter Friday and Saturday. From left, standing, are Harold Dig- nan, RR 2, Hensall, best turnips, Bill Etherington, RR 1, Hensall, best chopped hay; Jellies Broadfoot, Brucefield, new exhibitor with ,most points; Ian McAllister, RR 1, Zurich, wir -ner in farm manager class; seated, Robert 'Fotheringham, RR 3, Seaferth, champion show exhibitpr; and Robert P. Alien, Brucefield, champion oats exhibitor. (Exeter T -A photo). ADJOURNED MEETING Sign Agreement For Sewer:Wc'rk Seaforth's seveer_program ad- vanced one step further Tues- day night, when, Segorth coun- cil signed a. new agreement with McLaren Associates, con- sulting engineers. The 'new agreement for the proposed $162,000 sewer installation, re- places, the previous agreement, for a $95,000 installation. AIL councillors were present ex- cept Earl Dinsmore, and Mayor ,Daly presided for the meeting, a continuation of the lengthy Monday session. With this new agreement, a ,rebate of slightly more then $2,000 will come back to the townAor fees already paid to McLardn's under the old agree- ment. Councillor John Flannery, chairman of the sanitation com- mittee, reported that the com- mittee was receiving lots' of literature from J. W. Britnell, Huron county engineer; On- tario Water Resources Commis- sion, and McLaren Associates. The Huron engineer will be asked to meet with the com- mittee and study- the proposed work along North Main Street. A new storm sewer is proposed and the town will be respons- ible to provide- an outlet. At present, outlets are located at the Cluff residence on North Main Street, and on Side Street. Councillors felt that these out- lets.were taxed to capacity now, even though- one is a 16 -inch draM and the other a 12 -inch. The county: was asking the town to construct an entirely new one—one which would car- ry only surface water, Reeve W. N. Ball pointed out that the engineer must build these drains to certain specifications in order to qualify for grants. A request to get easements through necessary properties where the new sewer will run and for the pumping station, was deferred by council, when it was felt council couldn't touch the matter until they are sure of exact locations. Money spent on the sewer running down' West William St. to Goderich St., will be added to the 'debentures, the council- lors were told. The amount, about $8,000, is carried on the town books as- an account re: ceivable until such time as the debentures are issued. Watch Fireworks Council, will look' into the legality of enforcing centrol ov- er fireworks in Seaforth. Fire Chief John F. Scott attended the session and request& that some action be taken to help eliminate the fire danger, and danger to ,persons. Reporting -on public works, Councillor Carl Dalton said the committee had decided to re- pair the grader, but some de- lay was being experienced in obtaining one gear. Two more firemen have been added to the Seaforth brigade, Councillor Neil C. Bell, chair- man of the protection of pro- perty committee, told council. One new pair of boots was re- quired. This brings the total on the Seaforth brigade to 15, al- , . COMPLETION of 27 years as superintendent of First Pre sbyterian Church Sunday School was marked Friday when the church session and school staff presented Malcolm McKellar with a. wrist watch. Shown here from the left, are Clare Reith, who sueeeds Mr. McKellar • as superintendent, Mr. McKellar, Mrs. McKellar and Miss Jean Scott, who made the presen- tation. (Expositor photo by Phillips). INTERMEDIATES MISS FIRST Juveniles Win WOAACup vctnceto0 Seaforth 'Juveniles brought home the Western Ontario Juv- enile Championship Friday, de- feating Durham 6-5, to take the best three-ef-five series. The team advances to the Ontario finals and meets Wat- ford, with the first game here Saturday night. At three differenttimes dur- ing the game the score was tied, making it a real thriller for the crowd. Seaforth scored the deciding goal with only 44 seconds to play. Storing was as follows: In the first period, Durham, at 5:30; Seaforth at 8:30 (T. Dick from P. Rau and J. Dick); Sea - forth at 9:00 (P. Rau from J. Dick). Second period: Durham at 3:15; Seaforth at 8:00 (T. Dick from Dale). Third period: Durham at 4:00; Seaforth at 6:01 (Dale from J. Dick); Sea - forth at 7:35 (Papple from Teall); Durham at 14:35 and 16:50; _Seaforth at 19;16 (T. Dick from J. Dick). HIBBERT CLERK -TREASURER ROY BURCH1LL IS BURIED ° Largely' attended funeral ser- vices were held Wednesday for Roy Burchell, Hil5bert Town- ship clak-treastiter. Reeve Earl Dick,. members of council and township officials, attended in a body. A well-known farmer, he died suddenly Sunday evening at his home, lot 11, con. 4 following a short illneeg.—He was 62, „Boni in the township 'Sept. _ 6, 1899; he was a son of the late Hester Ann Robinson and Robert Burchill. Twice married, his first wife, Moe Fowler, whom he Married in 1928f died in 1946 WS seeond rife wag I 0 VII ' I On • Clifford. Mr. Burchill was a 'member of Knox Presbyterian Church, Mitchell. Besidesobis wife and mother, he is survived by one son, James, at home; one sister, Mrs.- Thomas (Mary) Coyne, Hib- bert, and three brothers, Rob- ert and Jack, of Hibbert Town- ship; Dan, yVhitecourt, Alta. The body rested at the Heath. Leslie funeral home, Mitchell, where a funeral service was held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Rev. James Ferguson, of St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church, Stratford, officiated. Temporary entordbment was made, in the Blizabeth /IDA gemorial Chapel, i ch11 ntarioFinals On the darker side of the pic- ture, Seaforth received seven penalties, while Durham man- aged only four. Members of the team are: Goalie, C. Hachborn (1); IC( Bedard (5), J. Dick (3), T. Dick (9), P. Rau (8), D. Dale (7), J. -Sills (13), B. Teall (14), T. ,Phil- lips (11), T. Lamont (2), W. Rau (6), B. Papple (10), B. Akker (12), and B. Muir (4). SEAFORTH INTERMEDIATES Clinton defeated Seaforth 4-3 in the first game of the best - of -three series played in Clin- ton on Tuesday night before al- most a sell-out crowd. It was a hard-fought contest all the way, with Seaforth drawing nine of the 12 penalties called. Seaforth led 2-1 at the end of the first, on goals by Beut- tenmiller and .McLaughlin. Both teams played tight playoff hoc- key in the second with neither team being able to dent the twine. Larry Dale made it 3:1, at the start of the third period. Then Clinton came back and scored three unanswered goals in the last 15 minutes of play, to win 4-3. Bob Beuttenmiller, star cen- treman for Seaforth, will be lost to the team for the rest of the season, when he receiv- ed a broken arm in the first period 6f the game. The next game will be play- ed Thursday- its Seaforth, at 8:30, and a good crowd is ex- pected, as these two teams are fighting it out for the Home- brew Championship. This is terrific hockey and the winner of this playoff series enters in- to the All -Ontario Intermediate "R" playdowns, team .officials said. WINTHROP WARRIORS Winthrop Warriors and Menkton lig-Meats battled to a o -e overtime tie in lAq„ third ganieof, their best -et wen, WOAA Intermediate "D" ser- ies. Winthrop led 2.0 after the first period on two goals from Winston Powell. In the • second period, Jim Strong scored for Winthrop and McEwan counted (Continued on Page 6) Teen 'Twenty - Raises $125 - Seaforth Teen Twenty raised $125.00 at a --dance Saturday night, when the proceeds were donated tb• the juvenile hockey team to help cover expenses. On $taff 27 Years Honor M. McKellar A happy event took place on _Friday evening in the church hall ,of First Presbyterian Church, when the members of Session, church school teachers and officers, presidents of the other organizations of the church and their wives or hus- bands, met to honor Malcolm McKellar on his retirement as church school superintendent, after 27 years of faithful and untiring service. • After a bountiful repast, Fred R. Cosford expressed the ap- preciation of the gathering to the ladies who had served the meal. Mrs. W. E. Butt respond- ed on behalf of the Ladies' Aid. Clare Reith, who is Mr.-, Mc- Kellar's successor, acted as chairman, and called on Rev. Ross K. MacDonald, Hensall, in- terim moderator of the church, for a few words. Rev. Dr. D. J. Lane, Clinton, a long-time friend 61 Mr, McKellar, spoke in deep 'appreciation of his work with the young arid In the "Char& as a wholegollowitig tut address, read by Mr. Reith, Mr. McKellar was presented with a wrist watch and a purse ; of money by Miss Jean Scott, who also presented Mrs. McKellar with a lovely cosage. Mrs. Ed. Andrews and Mrs. Harvey Mason gave- readings, followed by community singing. An interesting film, "The Beau- tiful Niagara," was shOwn by Mrs. Elmer Rivers. A duet, "The. Wig -Wig ..wagglej o' the Kills," by Ed. Awdrews and Peter Alalcolm in Highland cos- tume, was much enjoyed. The Doggone-dest Sextette, compos- ed of Ed. Andrews, .T. C. Cor- nish, Peter Malcolm, R. E. Mc- Millan, Elmer Rivers and Keith - Sharp, all in Highland dress, then brought down the house with their rendering of "Annie Laurie", "Comin' Through the Rye" and "Pat McGinty's Goat." Mrs. John McGregor was accom- panist for the evening. The singing of "For He's, a °Jolly GOO. Fellow" brought a mem- orable evening to a doge. though the Fire Chief felt 18 were needed, the councillor said. Last month relief cost the town $206.79, the report by Reeve W. N. Ball, chairman of health and social welfare, show- ed. One family is now on re- lief; one partially on relief, and some— instances of relief sup- plenmtal to pensions. - Rates for garbage disposal (Continued en Page 12) Parking meters are coming to Seaforth. Approval for installa- tion of meters aim Seaforth's Main Street and on streets ad- jacent was given by Seaforth council at the regular March meeting Monday night. The type of -meter and the number to be installed was left for the decision of the public works committee. The committee is to inyestigate and purchase the meter which has been found most suitable by' other munici- palities. The committee instructed Clerk Lyle Hammond to con- tact Stratford, Woodstock, St. Marys and London, to get their reactions to the two types of meters. Mr. Hammond inform- ed council Tuesday night that the two smaller centres were all'for manuals, while the larg- Discuss Changes In Area Farm Problems Seaforth area farmers were guests of the Lions Club Mon- day evening fgr the club's an- nual "Farmer's Night." Arranged by a committee in- cluding J. Scott Chuff and Lloyd Rowat, the meeting heard Roy Jewell, of CFPL, farm editor, discuss the changes occurring in agriculture. Warning that changes are oc- curring more frequently, the speaker told his audience that the farmer, in order to keep up, must adjust to at least a few of the changes. In most cases, the farmer will,find himself changing his way of life and farming methods four to five times in his lifetime. Such advances in mechanization and a resulting accelerated pro- dtiction are required if the fanner_ is to ' enjoy a better standard of living. Although there are fewer people on the farms today, more off -the -farm people .than ever before rely on agriculture for a livelihood. These people must help the farmers to keep agriculture at a high level. While increasingly large op- erations are not necessarily the best for agriculture, the fact reniains that the large opera - Local Rinks Win Mixed Events Rinks at the mixed bonspiel at the Seaforth rink' on Satur- day were present from London, Sarnia, Simcoe, Brantford, St. Thomas and Waterloo. Winner of the 9:00 o'clock, first 'event, was W. G. Camp- bell's rink, with W. C. Moore's rink as runner-up. The second prize went to Ted Donnelly's rink from London. The third event was won by Frank Rob- erts' rink of Brantford. Ken Doty's rink from Lon- don were winners of the first game in' the 11 o'clock event, with Dr. M. W. Stapleton's rink as runner-up. The second e‘- ent was won by Al Gauthier's rink, of London, and the third event went to Doug Knowles'. rink of Simcoe. tion is here and is growing. The speaker suggested a small operation, well managed, should be able to compete, and advis- ed the farmer to use new ideas to the fullest extent, and nht just to make the task a little easier. The speaker was introduced by Lloyd Rowat, and apprecia- tion was expressed by John A. Cardno. William Strong, on be- half of the guests, said thanks. Others who spoke were Doug Miles, Huron ; agricultural re; presentative, and John 'Lent - staff, Lions Club president, who Welcomed the guests. The chair- man, was J. Scott Cluff. A featbee7of the evening was an informal, sextet;" including George Wheatley, Bert Garrett, Gordan Papple, George McEl- wain, Alex Chesney and Ted Melady; 'Winners in the club's snit draw were Angus MacLean, Mrs. W. T. Teall and Dr. Wm. Drennan. Seaforth Wins Honors In Drama Festiva! Amy Stewart was named best actress and Seaforth Junior' Farmers were awarded • first place in the eighth annual Hur- on County Junior Farmers As- Sociation drama festival. • The festival was held at South Hur- on District -High ,School in con- junction with the Huron County Seed Fair. Seaforth presented "Coming 'Round the Mountain,", defeat- ing South Huron Junior Farm- ers who presented "Bobby Pulls Up Her Socks," and North Huron Junior Farmers, "Judge Lynch." Other members of the win- ning cast were Francis Hunt, Shirley Henderson, Jack Croz- ier, Robert Fotheringham, Hel- en Broadfoot, Robe Doig and Mervin Pepper. Director.' was Mrs. Robert Doig. Adjudicator was Mrs. Bruce Sully, of Goderich. er • centres found little fault ' with either, St. Marys experienced (lift* ty with cement dust and street dust gunning up the autoRgo • . tics, and they sw.itched to man- uals. They have about 200 met- ers and in the -Past two years only three or four have requir- ed servicing, .Woodatock found trouble with freeze -ups in in 'the automatics. In London, 169 manuals were installed abottt e v. year ago, and only three Meters have required service work. The public works committee decided, along with 'council, that manuals would be the an- swer for Seaforth. The com- pany selling the manuals will be asked to make an immedi- ate survey. Ceancil suggested that for the trial period all meters should be of one-hour duration, and -cover the area from Huron Street to north of Goderich Street, along , Mein, and along the adjacent streets, Gouinlock to Victoria, Market, John and Goderich, for a short distance from Main Street. Discussions of parking meters took up most of the meeting, which lasted until 1:15 a.m. Tuesday morning. Representa- tives from two companies, one demonstrating manual and one automatic meters, were on hand and outlined the points to con- sider in making a choice. One salesman pointed out in- stances where the use of meters increased the use of each park- ing space. Where metered, 18 cars a day used each space; only six cars a day used the space where not metered. Both representatives pointed out that the meters will pay for themselves -in about . three years, on a 50-50 revenue basis with the installing company, , thus requiring no initial outlay • by council. Period for Daylight ' Saving Time was pet by council at the session which- saw all meinhera of council, except Councillor Earle ',Dinsmore, present, with • Mayor, Edmund Daly presiding. DST (will start April 29 at 12:01 a.m. and end October 28, at 12;01 a.m. Mayor Daly was authorized by council to sign the warrant for a tax sale. The sale in- cludes a, list of 12 or 13 Sea - forth properties, which are li- able for sale for taxes. A request by the, Canadian National Railways for the in- stallation of a second wig -wag signal at the Main Street cross- ing was deferred when .eoun- cil learned the cost. was over •$19,000, of which the tot'sshare would be $2,500. The cost was felt outrageous- by council, when it was learned it includ- ed $11,000 for installation costs and only $230 for the actual signal light unit. Name Assessor D. Haines, RR 5, Goderich: was namedassessor for Sea - forth at a. salary of $1,000 per annum. Mr. Haines, a farmer in Colborne, is a graduate of the three-year Queen's course for assessors. Council felt he was well'qualified for the job: Other applicant considered was Mr. Reavie, Wingham, at a' sal- ary of $1,200. Mr. Reavie is assessor for the Town of Wing - ham and at one time he was (Continued on Page 12) . " ' • a , .. . DUBLIN'S NEW POST OFFICE ,is taking Shape as construction crews tate advantage , -of warmer weather to get the building closed tn. Framing is almost completed and hriek. laying Will commence in ,a feor days—The $20,000 building is being' constrUtted.hy, Looby Construction of 'Dublin. Expositor photo by.