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103rd Year
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THIS DRAWING shows how the new school to serve Grey area at Walton will look,
while below the arrangement of the classrooms is shown. The plan is such that two class-
rooms may be combined into one large room. Construction of .the $74,000 school begins next
week. Provision is made for additional classrooms should the number of pupils increase.
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Housing Survey of Town
Causes CouncilC�ncerfl
Disappointment was voiced by
Seaforth Council Monday night
with the manner in which the
recent low rental .housing sur-
vey was conducted in Seaforth.
Only five questionnaires were
returned on this survey. All
councillors were present at the
June meeting, held in the coun-
cil chambers, and Mayor Daly
presided.
Conducted by -the Department
of Economics and Development,
representatives were in Seaforth
late May and spent a short
while in ,town. Discussing the
small return, Councillor Angus
MacLean said he didn't think
people really knew what the
survey was all about. Thele
should have been more adver-
tising ' and possibly an open
meeting, she felt, to overcome
t h e misunderstanding that
seemed to exist.
Council agreed that the sur-
vey was a hit-and-miss' affair
and was carried out too rapid-
ly. Mayor Daly said his under-
standing was that the depart-
ment would handle the survey,
but the result looked as if the
town was to introduce the sur-
vey to the public.
At an earlier meeting with a
department official, the ..whole
understanding was that the de-
partment would handle the
whole survey, taking 'about two
weeks, while council estimated
only one and a hall days were
spent on the project.
It was agreed by council that
the department should be ap
proached and council's com-
plaint aired, requesting pos-
sibly another survey in the fall,
along with a familiarization pro-
gram.
Correspondence read ,by May-
or Edmund Daly included a let•
ter from the Retail Merchants'
Association of Canada regard-
ing by-laws restricting business
advertising. Council endorsed
the resolution. A letter from
Seaforth Branch of the Royal
Canadian Legion, requesting a
donation for the Salvation Army
Red Shield Appeal, was filed.
Reporting for general govern-
ment, Councillor N. C. Cardno
informed council that an agree-
ment had been signed with
Tuckersmith council for the use
of the court room for their
meetings. A proposition from
Colborne township regarding
group insurance for municipal
employees was read to council,
and the Seaforth group agreed
to that township pursuing the
matter. If the insurance should
be to the advantage of the town,
and at less cost than present,
council would be agreeable to
joining the suggested group.
Sanction was given the gen-
eral government committee for
the purchase of a photo dupli-
cator for the clerk's office at a
cost of $432.50. The duplica-
tor is of the wet process type.
Councillor ' Earl Dinsmore
presented a set of necessary
legal papers covering a sum-
mons under the parking meter
by-law as used in the town of
Mitchell. Council' approved the
use of the forms for Seaforth.
In his- protection to persons
report, Mr. Dinsmore reported
a committee meeting with the
police. They had agreed, he
said, to clean up a few of the
complaints before the next
council meeting. Approval was
given for the purchase of four
shirts for each of the police-
men. Purchase of new uniforms
was left until a- later date.
Following the police report,
100 Years Old, -
Turner's Church
Plans Services'
The congregation o£ Turner's
Church is marking the "100th
anniversary of its founding at
special services on Sunday, and
again on Sunday, June 24.
Services are being held at 11
o'clock and 7:30, when Rev. A.
Glen Eagle, of Sarnia, will
preach. In the afternoon an
open house and tea is planned
for 2:30 o'clock, A congrega-
tional sup)ibr will be held. on
Wednesday. -
a few complaints were aired re•
garding the parking ineters as
received from some of the local
people.
Five pairs of rubber boots
and twocoats will be purchas-
ed for the fire department. The
request was contained in the
protection to property report
of Councillor Neil C. Bell. He
pointed out that the fire chief
was bringing the force up to
20 -man strength.
Several dead trees along God-
erich Street East were cut down -
by the Public Works staff dur-
ing May, Councillor Carl Dal-
ton reported. Drains, -were clean-
ed and repaired and street
painting completed. Parking
signs had just been received
he said, and were being install-
ed immediately.
Questioned about what was
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Get Busy on Planning
MOH Tells Council
."'"If you haven't thought of a
good Planning Act, get. busy,"
Dr. R. M. Aldis, M.O.H., advis-
ed municipal representatives in
Huron county council this
week as, he warned of con,di-
tions which can arise from land
subdividers' activities on lake
frontage.
"Already we are being de-
luged 'by' subdividers and peo-
ple putting up small cottages
or additions" he reported, "and
if some municipalities along the
lake have not got a good plan-
ning act,. I wish you would.
They cram',lots in like sardines
along the lake shore. There is
no .public access and roads go
in willy-nilly and a good lake
front property is going to be
wasted, They are going to be
low -price properties, and cheap
properties get turned into perm-
anent homes, and bring welfare
problems. 'There are pollution
problems where they are jam-
med in at small places, and
there are more accidents on
highways the more access to
them, and our highways around
here are getting busier and
busier."
Dr. Aldis mentioned publish-
ed accounts of cake mix caus-
ing.sickneos and said: "We feel
we have had some of that in
this area. Some of the cake mix
List Winners
In Legion Raffle
Winners in the recent Legion
Share the Wealth draw have
been announced by draw chair-,
man W. C. Moore. The draw
took place at the May social.
Winners are: $25, No. 2630,
Mrs. Don Wood, Seaforth; No.
2502, Maurice Etue, RR 4, Sea -
forth; No. 2430, Ken Oldacre,
Seaforth.
$15.00 -No. 2115, Art Strong,
Seaforth; No. 2318, Austin Pur-
dy, Goderich; No. 2123, John
Taylor, Seafortir i,
$10.00 -'-No. 408, Glen Ches-
ney, Seaforth; No. 115, William
Boyd, Seafortbt No. 2379, Pete
Bannon, Seaforth.
$5,8.0 ---No. 760, Bert McClure,
Seaforth; No. 21, •Isabel Rau,
Seaforth.
$1,000 Prize Is
Won In McKillop
Luella Moylan, RR 5, Sea-
forth,
eaforth, won $1,000 Saturday eve.
ning in a draw held by the,
Strafford Knight of Columbus'
at,the House of Nazareth in St.
Marys. Her father, John Moy-'
Ian, sold her the winning ticket
and won $50.
people are advertising to add
your own fresh eggs, but I un-
derstand Ottawa is compelling
these people to pasteurize their
egg products before they put
them in cake mix; this has been
going on a couple of years, but
now pressure is applied.
"Sorry we did not have polio
toxin here. We hope this fall
and winter people here will be
able to take a drink of it. The
strain of vaccine in the oral is
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gree on ion -tract
4,000 Walton School
illstart immediate)
Work w y
on the construction of a fQur-
room school to serve the re-
cently created• Grey Township
School Area 2 at Walton. 'A
contract was awarded Tuesday
night to Frank Bussel & Sons
Ltd.,. of Lucan. Contract price
'was '$74,416, and the school is
expected to be completed in
time for the fall terms.
The board received seven ten-
ders, secretary Alvin McDonald
Press Canpaigns
As V�te Nears
• With only three days remain-
ing in the campaign, the four
Huron candidates are engaged
in a busy last-minute approach
to voters.
Already 162 Huron voters
have cast ballots at advance
polls across the riding. The
to at the five centres was:
Clinton 29, Goderich 64, Sea -
forth 13, Exeter 32 and Blyth
24. The advance polls were op-
en Saturday and Monday. Votes
will not be counted until after
the close of the regular polls
on Monday.
Polls open Monday at 9:00;
o'clock and close at 8:00 o'clock,
daylight saving time. In .Sea -
forth, polling booths are locat-
ed at the residences of Mrs.
Frank Storey, Ronald Broome,
A. W. Dunlop, P. G. Little and
at Carnegie Library and Regier's
garage.
Election officials have setup
complete machinery to record
the vote and expect to have pre-
liminary returns available with-
in an hour after the polls close.
Meetings Popular
Well -attended meetings in
support of Ernie Fisher, Lib-
eral candidate in Huron, were
held in Staffa . and Blyth. Hur-
on Conservatives crowded Mac-
Kay Hall, Goderich, Monday and
heard Arthur Maloney, Toronto
lawyer, speak on behalf of
Elston Cardiff, Conservative
candidate.
At Staffa Thursday, a crowd-
ed hall heard Robert iVIcCubbin,
former parliamentary assistant
to the minister of agriculture,
warn of the problems farmers
faced as a result of a stagnant
economy. Referring to devalua-
tion, he said U.S. pressures on
the price of feeder cattle al-
ready had forced the price to
a point where a Western On-
tario farmer would have diffi-
culty competing.
The meeting, arranged by a
committee headed by Hibbert
Liberal . Association chairman
Gerry Holland, also heard Ernie
Fisher, Harry Strang, .of Us -
borne, Reeve Earl Dick of Hib-
bert, Hugh Hawkins, president
Adjourn In
Record Time
One of the shortest meetings
on record took place in the
council chambers of Seaforth
Town Hall Monday evening,
when court of revision on the
business assessment took place.
Presided over by Mayor Ed-
mund Daly, the court consisted
of Reeve W. N. Ball and Coun-
cillors N. C. Cardno, John Flan-
nery and Neil C. Bell.
One complaint had been re-
ceived, but A. W. Sillery, re-
presenting the appellant, said
he had informed his client that
there was no legal basis for a
protest. The meeting immedi-
ately adjourned.
Also present at the session,
held prior to the monthly meet
ing of council, was the town as-
sessor, Donald Haines,
Loses Car Twice,
Found At Clinton
• A car owned by Harry John-
ston, RR 1, Dublin, was stolen
from Main Street Saturday eve-
ning. Located in London at
3:45 a.m."Sunday, the car had
disappeared by the time Lon-
don police went to recover it
The car turned up again in th
area of RCAF Station, Clinton
on Monday morning, when Sea
forth police returned it to it
owner.
Investigation is continuing
according to Constable Sam
Bates.
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of Western Ontario North Lib-
erals, and A. Y. McLean, presi-
dent of the Huron riding- asso-
-ciation.
Farquhar- Oliver, former On-
tario Liberal leader, speaking
in Blyth Monday, said unem-
ployment in Ontario cities was
ref) cted in lowered sales of
Huron farm products.
Reeve Scott Fairservice, of
Blyth, was chairman, and oth-
er speakers included Dan Mur-
phy, Goderich; William Elston,
Morris Township, and A. Y.
McLean, Seaforth.
said. The tender price does not,
include cost of a septic tank.
Preliminary work at the Wal-
ton site has been completed, in-
cluding the drilling of a well.
Pupils will be pro-yided with
transportation to " and from
chool. The board accepted the
t'ider of Russell Marks & Son
at 5,000 to cover provision of
.two buses- Mileage is expected
to amount to 70 miles a day.
With the appointment of Mrs.
Aubrey Toll, of Blyth, the staff
for the next school season is
completed., The' other teachers
are Mrs. Doreen McCreath, who
now teaches at No. 12, Grey,
and Mrs. Margaret Robinson,
of the present Walton. school.
It is expected there will be 90
pupils present when school be-
gins in the fall,
Name Managers
For Liquor Vote
In anticipation of the liquor
vote set -for June 27 in McKil-
lop Township, managers for the
two sides were announced Wed-
nesday by returning officer J.
M. Eckert. Under provisions of
the Liquor License Act, man-
agers are appointed by those
interested. in the affirmative.
and negative sides of the ques-
tions.
Manager for those opposed to
dhe sale is Robert M. McMillan,
RR 2, Seaforth, while the man-
ager for the affirmative side is
J. E. McQuaid. RR 5, Seaforth.
Former Minister,
Wife Injured
Rev. A. W. Gardiner, 73, of
Alvinston, and former minister
of Egmondville United Church,
and his wife, the former Edith
Hoag, are in hospital in Sag-
inaw, Mich., following a two -
car collision Saturday.
Mr. Gardiner received severe
head cuts, while his wife is
reported to be in serious condi-
tion as a result of her injuries.
Others injured were Mrs.
Joanna McMillan, 70, leg and
shoulder fractures, and Wilbert
L. Gray, 74, arm fractures and
cuts.
Police said following the im-
pact the vehicle in which the
Gardiners were passengers and
driven by Mr. Gray, went over
a curb, knocked down a utility
pole and crashed into a house.
Damage, to the dwelling was
estimated at $1,600. No one
else was injured. 1
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The second car was driven
by Elsie A. Goodenow, of Sagi-
naw.
Squarettes Win
At Dundalk
The McKillop Squarettes and
their leader, Mrs. Orville
Storey, walked off with prizes
at the annual square dance and
step dancing competitions in
Dundalk last,. weekend. The
Squarettes finished second, be-
hind the Jack and Jill Promen-
adersfrom Pine Grove. In the
step dancing, Mrs. Storey came
third.
4.
The meeting was held at the
home of chairman Wilfred
Shortreed.
Detroit, Seaforth
Masons Visit
Masons from Lincoln Lodge
504, Detroit, were guests of
Britannia Lodge No. 170, over
the weekend. It, was the twelfth
annual exchange of visits be-
tween the two lodges.
Dinner at the Legion Hall was
followed by a short program,
including an address by J. R.
Scott. On Sunday morning the
members joined in a church
parade to Northside United
Church.
FINAL PREPARATIONS for the election in Huron are
well in hand, according to Returning Officer Russell T. Bolton
(right), who with election clerk W. E. Southgate, is preparing
the last of the ballot boxes that go out to returning officers
across Huron. (Expositor photo by Phillips).
Bethel UCW Aid
ew Hospital
Any funds remaining follow-
ing dissolution of the UCW of
Bethel Church are to be donat-
ed to the building fund of the
new Seaforth hospital- to aid in
furnishing a roorp, members de-
cided at a meeting in the
church Thursday evening.
As a result ofthe recent for-
mation of a new congregation,
Northside -Cavan, Bethel ceases
to exist as a congregation after
July 1.
The meeting was told • that
$44.35 had been realized from
the copper contest. The alloca-
tion has been met with a .sur-
plus for extra projects. It was
agreed that the Explorers'
money would be donated to the
Winthrop Bible Vacation
School.
Mrs. John Burch presided and
the meeting began by' singing a
hymn with Mrs. Lavern Godkin
accompanying. The scripture,
Psalm 139, was read responsive-
ly, and Mrs. Don Dennis gave
the Meditation on it, and Mrs.
Murray Dennis led in prayer.
Mrs. Charles Boyd brought
thoughts on the last chapter of
the study book,"Signal For the
Sixties," and .emphasized that
the strength of the nation de-
pends upon its .people.
Ethel Dennis recalled inter
esting facts. concerning the his -
Assess
Across County
Council fold
"There again- bas heel) anti:
crease in valuation in every
municipality in the county, with
a total increase of $892,082 in
assessment from 1961," Asses-
sor Alex Alexander reported to
Huron county council At the
opening sitting of its June ses-
sion. The total for high school
assessment, $62,394,786, com-
pares with $61,500,104 last year.
Goderich assessment, $6,61Z-
475, is up by $158,140; Exeter's
at $2,923,193 is increased $98,-
354; Seaforth assessment stands
at $1,797,563, a rise of $60,760,
and Wingham was up $31,500.
to $2,612,150. These are all
county equalization totals.
Stephen townships shows a
substantial drop in county eq-
ualization total, . but not in as-
sessment for high school pur-
poses, up only $26,000 at $3,-
770,350.
3;770,350. A similar' change ap-
plies to Tuckersmith. Hensall's
assessment has risen by $42,620.
An item of "mines profit,"
shown in Schedule 'C' of the
report; was subject of an en-
quiry by Reeve Walker, of God-
erich, where the Sifto salt
mine is located. The figure,
$130,400, is a special valuation,
distinct from provincial and
government property valua-
tions.
"The Assessment Act," ex-
plained Mr. Alexander, "sets
out how the fnunicipality where
a mine is situated gets a sum
of money back from the De-
partment of Mines, which is a
portion of what they collect out
of profits- of the mine, and this
would represent a portion of
the profits of 1960. When you
divide the mill rate of Goderich
you will come up with an as-
sessment which equals 5130,400.
The relevant sub -sections of the
Act are moved from Section 94
to 98. There is no change in
the principle . involved.
"In this last schedule to my
report, column 12 lists the de-
fenee properties, at Clinton,
Centralia. -and'' a small part of -
Stanley. The figures differ from
last year's to the extent that
on last year's report He had
the two housing projects under
county the balance of the bud-
get."
Operations for the three
months ending March 31 "ap-
pear to indicate a surplus as
far as the general account is
concerned, of $8,723," Mr. Ber-
ry said. He .added: "We have
continued the practice of in-
vesting surplus funds and for
the first three months earned
$537.56. We. -have other monies
which will be due and payable
later to increase this amount".
Elaborating a brief mention
in his report regarding .cost of
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tory of Bethel Church, includ-
ing previous ministers, Sunday
School superintendents, a n d
presidents and treasurers of the
Ladies' Aid. Mrs. Dave Boyd
was the second president and
was at the first ladies' meeting
and also the last one.
"Blest Be the Tie That Binds"
was sung and Mrs. Burch clos-
ed the meeting with the bene-
diction. There were 22 present.
Legion Parades on
Decoration Day
Seaforth Legion members
were challenged Sunday to not
be content to honor the war
dead, but to, carry on a fight
for peace.
Speaking at t h e annual
Decoration Day service in Vic-
toria Park, Rev. D. 0. Fry said
it was not enough to remem-
ber those who had given their
all, They would expect more
from their comrades.
The Legion paraded from the
Legion Hall to the park, and
were headed by SDHS Trumpet
Band and the Legion color
party. Legion President Allan
Nicholson laid a wreath at the
base of the soldiers' monument
in the park.
MEMBERS OF THE 'UCW of Bethel Church McKillop, held what they
expect will be their final meeting on Friday. Bethel congregation is discon-
tinued with the formation of the new 'Northside -Cavan congregation on
July 1. Shown here are: From: row, Left to right: Miss Ethel Dennis, Mrs.
Don Dennis, Mrs., Laverne Godkin, Mrs. Glen McNichol, Mrs. Dave !Boyd, Mrs.
Murray Dennis, Mrs. Norval Stimore, Mrs. Stanley Hillen. Second Row -
Mrs. Alex Dennis, Mrs. Fred Glanville, Mrs. E. Beuermann, Mrs. Roy Wild-
fong, Mrs. William Dennis, Mrs. Thornton, Mrs. Leonard Leeming, Mrs.
Charles Boyd, Mrs, Ed. Godkin, Miss Tennie Dennis. Back Row --Mr's. Ralph
McNichol, Mrs. William Roe, Mrs. John Burch; Mrs. Ed. Regele.
Pee Wees Win
Baseball Opener.
Seaforth Pee Wee's opened
the baseball season at home on
Friday evening and copped the
game • 12-8 from Sebringville.
The locals were pretty shaky
for the first two innings as
Sebringville came through with
five runs. Seaforth collected
one run. However, the third
frame was a free -scoring affair,
with Sebringville counting three
runs to • Seaforth's four. This
left the count at 8-5 for the visi-
tors.
John (Bimbo) McLean came
in in the third for the locals
and put out the fire in the third
and went on to blank the 'visi-
tors in the last four frames.
Meanwhile, .Seaforth began to
eollect hits and despite the visi-
tor's change in pitches, the lo-
cals were able to count 2 in
the fourth, 4 in the fifth and
One in the sixth, for a total of
12 runs.
Billy McGrath was the" best
hitter for Seaforth, collecting a
single and two doubles in five
times to bat. John McLean col-
lected two hits. Fischer for the
locals was walked four times.
J. Gowing and C. Wildgust
for the visitors were the top
batters, each- calling a double
and single.
R H E
Sebringville 143 000 0- 8 8 5
Seaforth 014 241 x-12 6 3
Umpires-Boussey and Peth-
ick.
OAC Scholars,
Complete Third
Four area scholars success-
fully passed their third year at
the Ontario Agricultural Col-
lege, Guelph. Completing the
third year were Louis Murray,
RR 5, Seaforth; Laurence Tay-
lor, RR 1, Londesboro; Douglas
Jamieson, RR 4, Clinton, and
Neil Stapleton, Dublin,