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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-07-19, Page 1It • • • • • • • • • 7z, • • 103rd Year Whole No. 4927 Denies Charge Of Defrauding Detroit friend Charges of fraud directed against tier and referred to in stories given wide publicity fast -week in daily papers, are completely false, according to Miss Agnes Lynch, of Seaforth. The story which appeared first in the Detroit News, said Miss Lynch had been. accused of defrauding the. late Miss Stella O'Hearn,, of Detroit, of several thousand dollars. The story went on to say that Miss Lynch had lived with Miss O'Hearn from October, 1961, to January. 6, 1962. In a statement forwarded to The Expositor on Wednesday, Miss Lynch denied the allega- tions made against her and said she would fight the charge to "the bitter end". Miss Lynch said she had shar- ed an apartment with Miss O'Hearn for 22 years, and that many years ago Miss O'Hearn had appointed her as her power of attorney, which had con- tinued until Mins O'Hearn's death, She recalled that Miss O'Hearn was a bright, intelli- igent lady, and that she was in her usual good health until four days before her death last January, following a. severe cerebral hemorrage. Pee Wees Tie First Round In WOAA Playd:own Seaforth Pee Wees came back Tuesday night to tie the first round of "the WOAA Pee Wee pl„aydowns, when they defeated the New Hamburg nine 11-8. In the first stanza, New Ham- burg was able to get a man to' third, Iii Seaforth's half, the home team went ahead 2 runs. John McLean pitched to four batters in the second frame, al- lowing no runs, while Seaforth scored three runs in their half to lead 5-0. New Hamburg was kept off the score sheet in the third frame. The locals added three -more, to lead 8-0 at the end of the third. New Hamburgrs fourth inning - was the big "one for them as they pushed four runs across the plate before the locals put the first out. Seaforth went scoreless. The visitors added three • more in the fifth frame and drew within one of tieing the score. For the remainder- of . the game it was 'close, the locals scoring 3 and New Hamburg 1. The visitors used three pitchers, while John McLean went the route on the bound for Sea- • forth. The Iocals played sound ball most of the game. Rick Wood,' Danny Muir and John McLean were three -run scorers for the locals. Gary Stockie, for New Ham- burg, collected the only triple of the game. • - SEAFORTH, ONT0Agio, THURSDAY, JULY>19,' 1962 --10 PAGES SILHOUETTED against the roof of the Queen's Hotel, Ron Drager, atop the PUC aerial ladder, adjusts the big banner which announces the, 27th annual 'lions Summer Carnival. Painted by Lions members in a series of bees, the banner is one of tWo promoting the annual event Carnival proceeds make•possible the continued maintenance of the Lions Park and Pool. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Investiga.te Connection BetweenArea Break -Ins A car, believed to have been used in a break-in at Brightrall's Fina Service Statin, Main St, South, Seaforth, early Monday morning, was located Tuesday at Copper Cliff, rear Sudbury, hi Northern Ontario. The car, a 1959 model, had been report- ed stolen in Stratford Saturday morning, • The break-in at the Seaforth service station was discovered. by an employee at Robert Bell Industries Ltd., who was work- ing the night shift at the plant, Located,.directly east of the Fina Station. According to Seaforth police chief, Elmer Hutchinson, RBI employee Jack Baker, . became suspicious when he noticed a strange car near the rear en- trance to the garage about 12:3Q Monday morning, and saw figures moving around in the dark. He notified Setjrth Hold Inquest In Double Fatality An inquest into the June 16 death of Reverend Father Leo Ellis Reed -Lewis, Clinton, was held in Huron County Court House Friday. Father Reed -Lewis was kill- ed in a double fatality highway accident south of Goderich, in which two cars were involved. Mrs. Antoine Garon, of Clinton, also died in the accident-' In their verdict, the jury stat- ed that Rev. Father Reed -Lewis "—came to his death at 12 mid- night, the 16th day of June, 1962, at three and three-quar- ters miles south of Goderich, on Highway 21, and that'death was caused by multiple injuries re- sulting from a car accident. We, the•jury, found that the accident was caused by the Garon car going out of control and cross- ing Highway 21 in the path of the Stewart car." town police. Constable Andrew Calder arrived on the scene, and moments later was met by OPP Constable Morley Groves, Goderich detachment, who `was coming in from the south on a routine patrol. About the same time. it is believed' two persons left the scene in a 1959 model car, matching the description of the Stratford vehicle, and head- ed south through Egmondville. Police cars took chase but the pair made good their escape on a sideroad east of town. On checking the back of the Fina property, Constable Cal- der and Constable Groves found a Stratford youth under a'gaso- line storage tank. Taken into custody, he was interrogated by local police, booked on vag- rancy, and placed in Huron County jail ;at Goderich. In Seaforth police court Wed- nesday, the yduth was charged with vagrancy and • fined $15 and costs. Magistrate A. F. Cook, Stratford, gave the youth until Monday to pay the fine. Gheckm'Por•-•Prints Chief Hutchinson told The Expositor Tuesday that several articles have been taken from the Scene of the crime and sent to the OPP crime laboratory, in the hopes of finding identifiable finger prints. At press time nd word had been received by the local police from the labora- tory ,on the results of their tests. The thieves gained, entrance to the building by removing the sash and a pane of glass from the rear door. Desk draw- ers were ransacked, but little• of any value is believed to have been taken. A small amount of change and a torn two -dollar bill was the only money re- ported missing. Chief Hutchin- son said the owner, Don Bright- rall, believes the thieves may have obtained some gasoline. Aiding in the search for the car were OPP cruisers from Ex- eter, Sebringville, two from Goderich and ,the Seaforth town police car. Chief Hutchinson praised 'the Provincial Police for their excellent' co-operation and quick response when called in to help. Assess Loss At $50 A Dublin garage was entered some time Saturday morning and thieves made off with about $20 in coins and about $30 worth of cigarettes. Constable Ken Armstrong, Sebringville detachment of the OPP, is investigating the illegel entry at a garage operated Russell Kramp, at the corner of No, 8 Highway and the Coun- ty Road at Dublin. Mr. Kramp discovered the entry when he opened for business Saturday morning. Constable Armstrong report- ed the thief or thieves, appar- ently gained entry to the gar- age between midnight and 7:00 a:m. Saturday, by forcing a win= doW at the rear of the build- ing. The stolen change, the• con- stable added, was made up largely of Americannickles, dimes and quarters and Cana- dian silver doIIars, Stolen in Stratford The car, believed used in the Seaforth break-in, was reported stolen to Stratford city police Saturday.•morning. Norman Nelson, 50 Portia Blvd., Stratford, reported his car stolen • from its parking, space .. at a Romeo St. parking lot after he found it gone at 10 a.m. Saturday. i The auto was believed to .have been taken between midnight and 5:00 a.m. Saturday. There were no keys in the car. Mrs. Nelson said the car was left there, because street construc- tion on Portia Blvd. has closed private driveways to residents. Police are continuing their search for the two persons be- lieved to have escaped in the stolen car. They have also .in- timated. that the Dublin• and Seaforth,-break-ins may have been committed by the same persons. $Pigg n Teot (Iv gt. dingle 'Copies. 1 Cellta arm Loss In Thos niessRainComes Water Use Is Higher, .P U C Not Worried Consumption of water in Sea- forth,.during recent dry weath- has increased nearly one- th d, according to PUC Man - 'age R. J. Boussey. "People are using much more water than usual, ,but we aren't particularly concerned," he said. Usual consumption, which runs about 120,000 gallons a day, in recent days has climb- ed perhaps to 160,000 gallons for each. 24-hour period.', Defin- ite consumption figures were not avail -able, Mr. Boussey said, until results of, a survey now in progress had been studied. Seaforth's water supply comes from deep wells, and to cope with the increased de- mands for water which extend- ed hot weather imposes, means only that the pumps have to run for longer periods. Under ord- inary circumstances, the de - bland is met by using one pump at a time, with the other pump standing in reserve. In this way, wells are given. an oppor- tunity to recover. While no definite tests hive been taken to determine till, maximum capacity of the Sea - forth system, Mr. Boussey said he was satisfied' there would he no difficulty in handling de- mands for at least twice the present water consumption. Receive Award The PUC' staff has received an award from the Electrical Utilities Safety Association, the commission was told at a meet- ing Thursday. The certificate of merit was issued in recogni- tion of 'the fact • that the staff had had no compensatable acci- dents for three years, 1959.60• 61. Reduction in water heater tank rental rates by 25 cents a month was approved. Name Inspector In Bruce County • W. Stuart Maclnnes, princi- pal of Hillcrest Public School, Clarkson, for the past twelve. years, has been appointed in- spector of public schools for Bruce No. 1 inspectorate, effec- tive August 1. Mr. Maclnnes is a native of Huron County, a graduate of Stratford Normal School, and, his ' wife is the former Fern Wheatley, Seaforth. • They and their three children plan to -live in Walkerton. Family Groups Picnic At Seaforth Lions Park BELL REUNION ' The 38th Bell reunion was held recently in Seaforth Lions Park. Owing to the weather, the attendance was small. The officers in charge Were: Presi- dent, David McLean; secretary, Mrs. A. J. Houston; sports, ' Mr. and Mrs. Paul McNaughton, Mr. and Mrs. Reg McCurdy; tables, Mr. aid Mrs. Earl Watson and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bell. The person coming .the long= est distance was Mrs. Lorene Weir, .,betroit. She 'also won the prize for having birthday nearest date to reunion. The oldest ptesent was Mrs. Thos. Bell, Elimville; youngest, Rod- ney McNaughton, Zurich; guess- ing buttons in jar,„ James Wat- son, 'Kirkton. Race results were: Boys and girls, 8-11, Marjory Schenk, Carol Anne Bell; boys and girls 12-15, Mary Lou Schenk, James Watson; young ladies, Lucille McCurdy, June Munn; married ladies, Roseline Schenk, Helen Bell;' largest waistline, Evelyn McLean;_ 'grandmothers walk, Roy McQuaid Is Stratford Grad Roy McQuaid, RR 5, Seaforth, was a recent graduate of Strat- ford Teachers' College. The graduate is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. McQuaid, Mc- Killop.. A graduate of Seaforth District .High School, he will commence teaching at St. James' Separate School, Sea - forth, in September. Vera Stephen; grandfathers walk, Andy Houston; junior kick the slipper, .names Watson; senior kick the slipper, Andy Houston. The rain came and ended further activity, but all went to the Arena for supper. Officers for 1963 are: resi- dent, Charles Stephen; cre- ary - treasurer, Mrs. Cha les Stephen; sports, Mr. and Mrs. Paul McNaughton, Mr. and Mrs. Reg McCurdy; table, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Skinner and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Cooper. 'The reunion will be in Exe- ter Park the first Sunday in July, 1963. • ADAMS REUNION " The Adams reunion was held Saturday at ' Seaforth Lions Park with 75 in attendance. Officers for 1962 were Mrs. Nel- son McClure and Mrs. W. R. Jewitt. Elected for 1963 were John Adams, Mrs. Clifford Ad-' ams and Mrs. Carl Longman. Results of races were: Prep sehodl, Clayton McClure; 8 and under, Lyle Mama; 10 and un- der, Donald Jewitt; 12 and un- der, Ross Jewitt; 'young ladies, Helen Good and Brenda Ball (tied); youngest child, Sionnie Dowson; oldest person present, Charles Dexter; birthday near- est the 14th Barbara Glousher; two -legged race, Helen Good and Brenda Ball; wheelbarrow race, Leland Adams and Ross Jewitt; ladies' spot race, Gloria Adams; men's spot race, Car- men Gross; qi`g apefruit relay; person with the most buttons, Mrs. Mae Adam's; most beans in jar, Clayton McClure; balloon race, Dotrna; Ctnn inghain. KIPPEN EAST WI PICNIC Seaforth Lions Park proved an ideal setting for the annual picnic of Kippen East Women's Institute Friday, July 13, with 65 attending, and a most enjoy- able time reported, with a sumptuous picnic supper in charge of Mrs. Robert Gemmell, Mrs. James Drummond and Mrs. William Bell. Mrs. Vern Alder - dice and Mrs. Stewart Pepper formed the sports committee, who arranged a full line of in- teresting sports. Youngest person present was 13rett Finlayson; largest fam- ily, Mr. and Mrs. Art Finlay- son; birthday closest to picnic date, Vivan Cooper. Sorts winners were` 5 and under, Lynda Bell, Dwight Con- sitt Allan Bell; 7 and under, Brenda Finlayson, *Lynn Alder - dice; 9 and undlor, Bradley Fin- layson, Lynda Alderdice; 10 and under, girls, Janice Eyre, Joan Finkbeiner; 10 arid under, boys, Larry Consitt, Bryan Drummond; 14 and under,'girls, Diane Finlayson, Karyn Alder - dice; 14 and under, boys, Al Kyle, Bruce Drummond; pea- nut scramble up to 5; relay, boys up •to 10 and ' ladies; orange relay, men and girls; paper news relay, women and men; water relay, men; bean guess, Janice Eyre; name toWns contest, men; ladies kick slip-' per, Mrs. Robert Gemmell; men kick slipper, Al Kyle, Robert Drummond,'+The ladies lost to the men in the ball game, BOLTON REUNION The 27th annual Bolton re- union was held in the Seaforth youngest eltild. The person Lions Park on Sunday. About 50 sat down to supper. The results of the games and races were: Girls, 9.11, Dianne Doerr, Mary Elliott; boys; 12-14, Robert Pryce, Doug Doerr; girls, 12-14, Helen Elliott, Chris- tine Pryce; y e, young ladies, Helen Elliott, Elizabeth Carter; mar- ried women's race, Mrs. Don Gravett, Exeter, Mrs. L. Pryce; married men's race, Ken Camp- bell, Arthur Bolton; throwing ball through pipe, Mrs. D. Grav- ett; throwing ball over shoul- der, Arthur Bolton; family com- ing the furthest, Mr. and Mrs. Carman Gliddon, Hamilton; lady with most buttons on her dress, Mrs. Reta Qrr; couple married 'the longest, Mr. and Mr's, Glen McKnight, Exeter; youngest person present, Gar- ry Gravett, Exeter;; 'oldest lady present, Mrs. Margaret H'm- phries, Walton; oldest man re- sent, Wilfred Elliott, Listo Officers for next year are: President, Oliver Ell' t, Lis- towel; vice-president, Mrs. Glen McKnight, Exeter; secretary, Mrs. William Humphries, Wal- ton; treasurdr, Mrs.. Don Grav- ett; Exeter; sports committee.: Mr. and Mrs. W. •D, Keys, Ux- bridge; Mr. 'and Mrs. Ken Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bolton, Ken Elliott, Listowel. el. FINNIGAN REUNION The fifth annual Finnigan re- union was held Sunday, July 8, at Lions Park, Seaforth, with about 60 in attendance. The oldest person present was Bert Finnigan, Dungannon; Leslie Broderick, of Ottawa,wits the coming the greatest distance was Gordon Finnigan, of Tim- mins, Ont. Others who attend- ed the picnic were from Toron- td, London, Galt, Wingham, Goderich and Dungannon. The sports were in charge of Miss Hilda Finnigan, of Toron- to, and were as follows: The guessing of varibus articles in paper bags was won by Mrs. Herb Finnigan 1 ungannon; a man's sewing contest was won (Continued on Page 10) Continued dry •weather can mean the loss of thousands of dollars to area farmers, Huron agricultural representative D. H. Miles said Wednesday. "It's getting critical right now as far as beans and pas- ture are concerned," Mr. Miles said, and added that beans were the big problem. They are not going to come back, he said. "There is a lot of soil evap- oration, and in many" cases the MRS JAMES RIVERS beans haven't covered the row. Some farmers may be ludky if they got them in on t�•pie. They 'Inay not be affected. In lots of fields, however, the blossoms are dropping before they are pollenated." Harvest has come in several days ahead of the average year. In the Seaforth area, first wheat reported threshed was on Monday on th farm of Alex Chesney, second ncession of Tuckersmiti1. Mr, hesney, who 1. u.aca, JAMES RIVERS Seatortli 'sOIdE Resident Is 98 A native of Usborne, where she was born July 18, 1864, and a resident of Seaforth since 1913, Mrs. James Rivers cele- brated her 98th birthday, here Wednesday. She is Seaforth's oldest resident. In poor health during recent weeks, Mrs. Rivers was feeling a lot better for her birthday. Up and around, she welcomed a large number of friends and relatives who called to extend congratulations. She has re- sided with . her daughter, Mrs. William Drover, and Mr, Drover on North Main Street during re- cent years. For some time fol- lowing the death of her hus- band in 1952, she lived alone, but a number of,years ago. sold Winthrop Teams Each Win Games Winthrop Wingers came up with two wins in the past week, The first game. played on July 12, Winthrop girls downed Londesboro 20-12. Winthrop scored seven runs in the first inning and never were headed after that. Ruth Ritchie, again the big gun at bat, gained three homers, triple and • single, and "Buzz" Buchanan, with a hom- er, double • and three -singles. For Londesboro, Beth Thomp- son gained two doubles. "Buzz" Buchanan was the winner, with relief from Williamson in the sixth, and B. Thompson, the loser. In the second game played in• Clinton on Tuesday night, Win- throp downed Clinton 17-15, in' a hard-fought battle. Winthrop took an early lead in the game, but Clinton rallied in the sixth for six runs, to lead the game by a score of 15-13, with Win- throp Coming back in the sev- enth for four unanswered runs. June Dolmage gained five sin- gles for a ,perfect night at bat; Faye Love, a double and three, singles, and Irene Johnston with a homer and three singles. San- dra and Margie Merril led' the Clinton attack with the former a doube and four singles, and the latter four singles. B. Buch- anan was the winning pitcher, with relief from .Williamggnei,and E. Rathwell, the loser. Winthrop Wingers' next home game is to be played in Win- throp on Tuesday, July 24, at 7 o'clock, when Winthrop play host to Brussels. In the—HFA football, Junior Division, Winthrop Juniors came up with two wins in the last week. defeating Brussels 6-2 on Friday night, July 13, and de- feated Goderich 5-1 on. Tues- day night, July 17. MRS. JAMES RIVERS • the family home.. A me er of First Presby- terian Chh and Seaforth Red Cross, she` vas an active worker until- recently. She long since has lost track of the hundreds of pairs of socks she knit in two world wars. "I don't know how many, but there were a lot," she recalled. While she is hard of hearing, she nevertheless continues an active interest in the commun- ity; and is well informed on current events. Recently her eyes have given her some trou- ble and she has had to give up reading, No • special program was plan-. ned for the anniversary occa- sion, but throughout the after- noon, and evening there was a steady flow of visitors to wish her well. Guests included two members of her immediate family, Mrs. _Drover and Thorpe Rivers, 'and a number of her nine grand- children and 11 great-grandchil- dren. Another son, Dr. Ev- erett Rivers, of .California, was unable to be present, but ex- pects to visit his mother later in the summer. Brussels Society 'Hears Minister Theorti H cultur I a Sciey of t f Brussels and District met in the Library Hall on Monday night with the president, Mrs. D. A. Rann, in the chair. Rev. e H. Funge, of Londesboico, spoke on "Flower Arrangement," giv- ing pointers for exhibitors in flower shows. Mrs. R. W. Stephens thanked him, and he received a gift from Mrs. Ken- neth. Shurrie. WHEN ILLNESS prevented McKillop farmer Hubert Johnson, RR 2, Walton, from completing his haying, neighbors stepped in to help. In record time Friday afternoon the j.ob was finished and 25 acres of hay were baled and safely stored in the barn, About 30 men took part in the bee, which was organized by Frank Murray. Mr. John- son, who was in hospital.for several weeks, is awaiting word to return for an operation. (Expositor photo by Phillips). is Huroa County weed inspee- tor, said the field Was int good shape and ran better- .than ex. „petted. The crop was combined by Graham Kerr. Mixed grain is being cut in the south of the county, Mr, Miles said. On one farm, bar- ley was- being ' cut over the weekend, and being fed on Monday. While barley and wheat ap- peared to be an average crop, Mr. Miles feared later crops may not fare as well. Corn is coming along and doesn't ap- pear affected' too much as yet. Pasture is drying up and causing difficulty throughout the county. Joseph Babcock who recent. ly judged a field crop competi- tion, said in almost every case pastures were burned up, ac- cording to Mr. Miles. While several farmers ,have their second -cut hay in the barn, in many other fields poor crops reflect lack of moisture. Not only are crops suffering from lack of moisture, but ,. a number of farmers are faced with the added problem of dried up wells. In several cases it is necessary to haul water to overcome shortages. il►p Delbert Geiger Is Hay Deputy Delbert Geiger was appoint- ed deputy -reeve of Hay Town- ship at a meeting of Hay coun- cil Tuesday. The appointment of Mr. Geiger followed the resignation of Karl Haberer. Council • appointed Jos. Hoff- man to fill the vacancy on coun- cil created by Mr. Geiger's pro- motion for the balance of 1962: All councillors were elected by acclamation last year 'for a one- year- term. Mr. Haberer resigned as de- puty -reeve last week • to take the KARL HABERER post of road superintendent for the township. He succeeds Jas. Masse, who served the township*" as superintendent for nearly 20 years. Mr. Haberer began his duties immediately, at the rate of $1.15 per hour. The popular former deputy. reeve served first as councillor and. more recently as deputy. reeve. He led the polls in sev- eral elections, and has been active on several county coun- cil committees, including, the Health Unit. Tourists Return From Travels Several Seaforth couples, on tours to Europe and the West Coast, returned home over the weekend. Attending Lions Internation- al convention at Nice, France, in June, Mr. and Mrs. J. A, Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. John Modeland, Mr. and Mrs. E. La- rone and •Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Keating later enjoyed tours through the Continent and in England and Scotland, They returned by air on Suhday. • Taking part in the Nelson, B.C,, 18th annual midsummer bonspiel two rinks from Seaforth Curling Club captured third prize in the second (women's) and fourth (men's) events. In the party were Mr. and Mr's. S. Habkirk, Mr. and Mrs. L e Learn, Mr. and Mrs. W. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. C, Rowcliffe, Following the spieI, ' t h e group toured in British Colum- bia, saw the World's Fair in Seattle, Wash., and the Cat. gary Stampede. They also re- turned on Sulndl ;y, 1.