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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-08-02, Page 1Qi. I1) • • 103rd Year Whole No. 4929 } 1 pEAFORTH, ONTARIO THURSDAY-, AUGUST 2, 1962 -10 PAGES, Damcige in • • 4 • i • • • • • r • • • McKILLOP SQUARETTES who won the Championship as top amateur square dancers at the first Canadian International Square Dance events in Kitchener Saturday, received a trophy and $125. In a subsequent open event the local group came third and won an additional $100. Shown here are Glen Dolmage, Donna Storey, Murray Henderson, Gail Storey, Harry Scott, who calls the dances, Patsy Storey, Bill Henderson, Marie Scott and Jirrlr Henderson. The group was trained by Mrs. Orville Storey. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Camp becomes Reality, B.oyScouts Open G1enMac A dream of area Scouters for some years became a reality Thursday evening when Camp Glen Mac was opened officially. Located on the McLeod farm in Tuckersmith • on a wooded site, made available by Harry McLeod, the trim camp . pro- vides permanent accommoda- tion for up to 100 boys. Parents and ' interested citi- zens crowded the camp area, saw the accommodation provid- ed for the boys, and learned something of the scouting pro- gram as it. is carried out in camp. About 400 were pres- ent. Construction of thg camp build.ings_has been going on for Oldest Resident, Hugh Campbell Dies Hugh Campbell, .a pioneer resident of Hullett Township, passed away on Saturday fol- lowing a severe stroke. He was in his 101st year. Born on lot 3, con. 9, Hul- lett, on May 17, 1862, he was the youngest son of John Gor- don Campbell and his wife, the 'ormer Jean MacMichael, both former residents of Scotland. He, was the -last member of a family ,df' nine. During. his life span he wit- nessed many changes; the ex- pansion of farming because of chemical fertilizers, and power machinery, from ox -cart - to space travel, and from ox -power to nuclear energy. When 16 years of age he went to Kinistino, Sask., to take up a homestead, as a sister and brother were among the first settlers there. During ,,.t t ' time he was mail courierf frm . Kinistino to Prince Albert, about 50 miles. The trip was usually made on horseback and took a couple of days. He en- joyed the pioneer life, travel- ling on snowshoes or horseback, hunting ducks and prairie chickens. While on a .trip home to On- tario his house was destroyed by fire during the Northwest Rebellion. In 1895, due to the lack of schools, the family mov- Lots Of Changes In Half ,Century Paying his first visit to Sea - forth in 49 years, Garfield Ches- ney, of Brandon, Man., saw many changes. "The only names I recogniz- ed on Main Street were Sills, Stewarts and The Expositor of- fice," he told his brother, Harry M. Chesney, Goderich St., where he spent a few days. While he had not been east for nearly half a century, the brothers had met eight years ago when Mr. and Mrs. Chesney visited in Manitoba. Mr. Chesney was accompan- ied by his daughter and son -in law, Mt, and Mrs. Fames twat'. ed to, Turnberry and a few years later settled on the farm where he 'had been born. He was a member of Burns' United Church, Hullett, serving on the Board of Managers for fourteen years. He was a trustee of Kin. burn school section when the present school was built, and High Chief 'Ranger of the For- esters, and a member of .the building connitiittee when their hall was erected. On May 4, 1887, he was mar- ried at Walton to Sarah Mc- Kibbon, who shared the pioneer life, and predeceased him in 1942. His 100th birthday was cele- brated at the home of Mr. and Mrs, John C. McDonald, of Gray. He was able to walk about the lawn, where he spent the afternoon chatting with his 'friends. He is survived by his family: (Gertrude) Mrs. John C. Mc- Donald; Archibald, of Toronto; (Edith) ,Mrs.- George Carter, of Londesboro; (Hazel) Mrs. Gor- don. Kerr, of Toronto, and Jack Kellar, of Seaforth; also seven grandchildren and 10 great- grandchildren. The Kinburn Foresters ' con- ducted a service on Sunday eve- ning and Rev. A. Higginbotham, of Walton United Church, con- ducted the service on Monday at the Whitney funeral home, ,Seaforth. Interment was in Brussels . cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons: Alvin McDon- ald, Glen Carter and Watson Reid, and friends Robert Mc- Millan, Ernest Stevens and Wil- liam Dolmage. Flowerbearers were Scott Hawthorne, Tom Mc- Millan, John Armstrong and Donald MacKenzie. some months, in charge of a committee headed by Tom Wil - bee and Ken Powell. Buildings include a large 'headquarters structure, a kitchen and dining facilities and eight cabins. A short ceremony marked the opening. Chairman was H. G. Meir, who is group secretary and vice-president of the Perth district. Rev. Harry Donaldson opened the program with pray- er and was followed by Jack Young, president of Perth dis- trict, who declared the camp officially opened. Mayor E. Daly, of Seaforth, extended greetings and re- minded the gathering of the extent to which scouting was a factor in the lives of Seaforth youths. R. S. MacDonald, .vice- president of Seaforth Legion Branch 156, said the Scouts could' be assured of Legion sup- port In furthering their pro- gram. The Scouts in . Seaforth are sponsored by the Seaforth Lions Club, and L. P. Plum - steel, committee chairman, ex- pressed the pride which mem- bers of the club had in the way in which the Scouts had developed camping facilities. District Scout Commissioner Harry McIntosh, of St. Marys, paid tribute to those in the Seaforth organization who had made possible the camp. He emphasized the importance of adequate leadership and said Seaforth was particularly for- tunate in the caliber of those who were in charge. Heads Lions In London, England Arnold R. Turnbull has been elected president 'of the Lon- don, England, Lions Club. He has been active in the Lions organization since it was first established in England. Mr. Turnbull, a native of Seaforth, is a brother of Miss M. E. , Turnbull, of town. He has been, a resident .of England for a number of years, where he represents the Imperial Life Assurance Co. Mr. Turnbull, ' with his fam- ily, is sailing for Canada next Tuesday for a two months' holi- day here. Pass Red Crops Swim Tests At Lions` Pool A high percentage of student swimmers in the 'July course at Seaforth Lions pool were suc- cessful in Red Cross tests car- ried out at the pool on Thurs- day. The examiner was Pat Beutilier, of Goderich. Seniors—John Holland, Gary Nicholson, Myles Pryce, Michael Stinnissen, Peter Stinnissen, Mary 111cCurdy, Delores Ma- loney, Leslie Carter, Jim Nix- on. Percentage of Seniors pass- ing -100%. Lions Park Senior Swimmer Awards—Debbie Miller, Moni- ca McCurdy, Mary Sills. The above is an award for swm- mers who have reached senior level but are not of age tory the Red Cross test. Intermediates — Brendac- Fadden, Jim Rowat, Paul Wil- son, Karen Henderson, Shirley Dinsmore, Douglas Dalrymple, Mary Elliott, Christine Turn- bull, •Wendy Fry, Alice Bannbn, Diane Lansink, Barbara Box, Margaret McLean, Nora MacRae, 1Vhichael Russell, Angela Dev- ereaux, Charlie Smith, • Mike Newnbam,„ Susan Leonhardt, Larry Walters, Karen Russell, James MacRae, Gerda Willems, Mary Ball, Greg Wilson, Elaine Oke, Lynn Wright, Gary Mont- gomery. Percentage of Intermediates passing -86%. Juniors—Peggy Cornish, Bri- an Pryce, George - Vallance, Judy Hulley, Alan Wilbee, Bar- bara Huber, Jean Devereaux, Rachelle Nesbitt, Bill McWhir- ter, Barbara Bryans, Metannie Matzold, Allan Russell, Bill Carnochan, John Brown, Mary Gibson, Paul Patrick, Betty Wolfkamp, Sharon MacDonald, Morine Bannon, Lynn Work- man, Mary Ann Kunz, Joyce Huether, Joe Ball, Vida Malkus, Hank Groothius, Tom Dever- eaux. • Percentage of Juniors pass- ing -84%. Beginners — Mary Ann Hub ens, Marilyn Durst, Pam Pat- rick, Gloria Putman, Brenda Deitz, Terry Kunz, Bev McCall, Elizabeth Van Der Zon, David Pollick, Sheila Bray, Peter de Groot, Murray Kellinfin, Cathy McCarter, Christine Pryce, Kar- en Pletch, Patricia Nigh, Randy Alexander, Dale Marsalek, Bar- bara Bremner, Brenda Ward, Kathy Blake, Ronnie Hender- son,Brenda Hodgert, Rodney Polick, ' Michael Bannon, An- (Continued on Page 4) SAN Year jh Vance- t, S>ilrgle CePiea, 10 Cents As Hail Ridd Steps which can be taken to aid area farmers who suffered damage in last week's hail storm, will be discussed' at a meeting. in Seaforth Town Hall Saturday evening at 9 o'clock. The meeting has been called by Reeve Elgin Thompson, of Tuckersmith. In deciding to call a meeting, Reeve Thompson said late Wed- nesday evening that he felt if action was to be taken, it should be underway as quick- ly as possible. Hail happens only once in many years, and is something that is not expected, he said. There is little, if any, insurance and as a result the individual loss' is much greater than in cases of wind damage, which arises frequently and against which most people have insur- ance. The meeting, which is open to all in the area who suffered damage, and to any others in- terested . in helping, will dis- cuss the situation and attempt to arrive at a procedure to follow, Reeve Thompson said. Crash Sends Two To Hospital Two people were removed to Scott Memorial Hospital fol- lowing an accident on the Mc- Killop •- Hullett boundary at noon on Friday. Mrs. J. W. Thompson, of Hullett, while still in hospital, is recovering, while Betty Plunkett, 10, was released on Saturday. They were passengers in a car driven by Mrs. John Thompson. The accident occurred when cars driven by Thomas Whyte and • Mrs. Thompson were . in collision as the Whyte car turned at an intersection. Three other children in the Thompson car were not injured. The accident was investigat- ed by OPP Constable Al Bower- ing. Looby Bid Low On Mitchell' Dam Looby Construction Ltd., Dub- lin, was low bidder at $155,228 and probable general contrac- tor for construction of a dam on the north branch of the Thames River, about 400 feet upstream from Highway No. 8 in Mit- chell. . Owner is Upper Thames Riv- er Conservation Authority. Johnson,•secretary-treasurer, Fanshawe Dam, RR 5, London, received tenders July 26th. Twenty-five firms were listed. Consulting engineers are R. K. KiIborn & Associates, 36 Park Lawn Rd., Toronto. The general contract includes demo- lition and removal of "existing dam, supply and placing about 2,250 cubic yards concrete and 12,000 cubic yards of earth -fill. The Mitchell dam is one of. five new conservation dams in- cluded in the authority's j0 -year $10,000,000 expansion program in the Thames watershed. e HAIL, with the force of rifle fire, dropped sparrows from trees at the farm of Charles Eyre, Kippen Road, Wednesday night. Here, Mr. Eyre and daughter, Janice, examine the more than 100 birds that were found lying dead on the ground when the storm was over. Mr. Eyre lost 30 acres of grain, which was stripped by the hail. . • In the lower picture, Willard Elliott, Seaforth, examines the tangled mass which is all that remains of 10 acres of corn on the farm of Verne Alderdice, Kippen' Road?, after hail had struck. (Expositor photos by Philips). Seaforth Wins First In Best of Five Series A nine -run splurge in the sixth stanza was the deciding factor in a rather close- base- ball game played in Seaforth on Tuesday evening at the re- Tuckersmith Girl Aids Exhibit in Britain MARJORIE PAPPLE, Seaforth, is among six girls from leading Ontario farms who .will give a Canadian accent to the Ontario Goverment's participation in the 1962 British Food Fair. They are from left: Betty Opersko, Waterford; Rose Marie Haight, Consecon; Joan MacCartiney Ramsayville; Mar- ilyn Sherwood, Burlington; Marjorie Papple,- Seaforth. With them (right) is Miss Frances Hucks, Supervisor of Food and Nutrition, Home Economics Service, Ontario Department of Agriculture, who will accompany the girls. When the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture partici- pates in ,the United Kingdom. Food Pair this year, Marjorie Papple, Seaforth area Junior Institute worker, will be among a number of Ontario girls who will staff the exhibit and help boost the sales of Ontario food products abroad. Miss Papple, who teaches at SS No. 3, Tuck- ersmith, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Papple, RR 4, Sea - forth. The Ontario booth, under the direction of the Marketing De- velopment Branch, will exhibit, sample and sell top quality food products to the half 'million people expected to attend the fair in London- from. August 28 to September 12. This is the first time Ontario has partici- pated in Britain's famous world fair. The province has been able to return to the U.K. market after an absence of more than 20 years because of the lifting of U.K. trade restrictions on im- ports from the dollar countries. "We are determined to pro- •fnote our export of Ontario farm products wherever pos- sible," Agricultural Minister William A. Stewart said A large proportion of the ag- ricultural products exported from Canada, are prodtleed in Ontario, including 100 per cent 1 of the silk products, dry beans, tobaccos, soya beans and win- ter wheat; 90 per cent of the processed 'fruits and vegetables, and 50 per cent of all meat pro- ducts. For many years the U.K. has been recognized as Canada's main overseas market for a wide variety of staple and lux- ury foodstuffs. "Our determination to cap- ture more of the U.K. food market is increased because of the fact our food producers and processors can now offer great- er variety, better supply and finer quality than ever before," Mr. Stewart said. He cited the Department's ex- port Markets study group which toured the U.K. and a number of European countries in 1960 and 'found Ontario has an op- portunity to sell more top qual ity food products overseas. Consumption of dairy pro- ducts, honey, fresh and process- ed fruits and vegetables in the United Kingdom has risen by significant amounts in recent years, "These are food products the Province,jf Ontario specializes in producing and proce§sing, and which bring with them al- ready established world-wide reputation for top quality,"..Mr. Stewart said. "We,., should be able to sell more of these pro- ducts," creation grounds. Seaforth ov- erpowered Mitchell to take the game 12-6. - It was the first game in the best -of -five series of the WOAA juvenile baseball playoffs. The visitors took the lead in the first frame, adding another in the second, but the locals came back to tie the score. Tom Dick, Seaforth, and El- liott, Mitchell, hurled excellent ball for the next three innings, as each team scored a run. to -make it a 3 -all game. In the top of the sixth the visitors went down one, two, three. The locals in their .half of the sixth started off with a walk.. Two singles filled the basis. followed by errors and three more hits gave the locals nine runs, for a total of 12, put- ting the game on ice, Mitchell tallied one more in the eighth, for a 'total of six runs. The two teams meet in Mit- chell Thursday and back at Sea - forth next Tuesday. Clinton 13, Winthrop 11 In a game played in Winthrop on Thursday, Winthrop lost to Clinton 13-11. J. Watkins was the big gun for Clinton, with two doubles and two singles, and R. Ritchie paced the losers with a homer, a double and two singles. B. Semple was the win- ing pitcher-, and Buchanan the loser. In a game played in Brussels Tuesday, Brussels edged out Winthrop by the score of 17-16 in a close -fought . battle. D. Engel and G. McTaggart paced the winners with a homer each. J. Thompson gained a double and three singles for the losers. D. Pearson was the winning pitcher; A. Williamson, the Tos'ei Cro Grain was threshed as it stood in the field and corn and bean crops were riddled and broken by a vicious hail storm Jiere Wednesday evening." Loss will run into many thousands of dollars, according to area farmers. The storm came in from the southwest between 9 and 10 o'clock and did most damage to crops along the Kippen road in the Red School. area. Al- most like a tornado, the storm followed no set pattern, but dropped down to destroy a crop, then moved on several farms before attacking again. In a second offensive after midnight, the hail damaged crops in McKillop. In many fields,. grain at first glance appeared unharmed, since it remained standing. It was not until it was examined closely that it was apparent the hail had acted as a flail and threshed out the kernels of. grain without damaging • the stalk. When the storm passed, fields were covered with wheat, oats and mixed grain. Heavy rain which followed the hail, in some areas carried the fallen grain into windrows. Possibility that some assist- ance could be made available is being explored by officials. In Tuckersmith, Reeve Elgin Thompson, accompanied -by Huron agricultural representa- tive Doug Miles, on Monday toured a number of farms . where damage was most severe. `.`We certainly are looking 'in- to the matter," Reeve Thomp- son told The Expositor. "There was a similar storm in Kent County, and we' are awaiting word as to action being taken there." Hon. Charles MacNaughton, Huron MPP, has been approach- ed and is checking to determine 'what steps,. if any, the province could take to provide some as- sistance. Damage .in Tuckersmith was limited to about 20 farms, and ranged from slight loss to al- most complete loss of crop. Reeve Thompson estimated perhaps 700 acres would be af- fected in Tuckersmith. In the case of beans, loss could run to $80 an acre or more, while the loss on grain crops would' not run -as high. In some cases it is impossible to determine the loss until the field is ,com- bined. While damage was equally severe in McKillop, the number of farms affected is fewer, with about 10 being reported. The hail . came with such force that it killed sparrows ,in trees at the farm of Charles Eyre in Tuckersmith. "It looked like the worst storms in winter. , I couldn't see the barn, even with the yard light on," William J. Leem- ing, lot 19. con. 12, McKillop, said. Possibility that - some corn might come back was seen by Huron agricultural representa- tive Doug Miles. "It depends on whether there is enough left to take the plant through." he said. Among the farms involved were those owned by Bruce'and Ron McGregor, Stan ,Jackson, James Upshall, John Sinclair, Charles Eyre, Verne Alderdice, Robert Gemmell, Ivan Forsyth. Barry Arts, Victor Lee, Paul Doig, Harry Chesney, Earl Pap- ple and Wilson Allan. In McKillop. farms included those of Roy Patrick, Gilbert Smith. William J. Leeming, Dave Watson, Glen McNichol, .John Glanville. Mervin Godkin, Alvin Stimore and Everett Ber- man. CaII' Mechanic To Remove Washer From Finger James P. Krauskopf, of Dub- lin, had an unusual customer at his repair shop recently. A little 8 -year-old girl, Catherine Ann Brown, presented .herself at the shop with a problem. While playing, she had acci- dehtally slipped a steel lock - washer onto her forefinger, and in her efforts to remove it the finger had become swollen. The usual method of cutting steel by acetylene torch or cutters tas out of the question, so Mr. rauskopf had to find an alternative. Summing his wife to help, he placed the washer in a vise and with gen- tle cutting movements and en- couraging remarks and • pa- tience, Mr. Krauskopf managed , to remove the washer, the Op- eration requiring about half an hour: , 4..