The Huron Expositor, 1962-09-06, Page 11
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103rd Year
Whole No. 4934
MIXED EMOTIONS were in evidence as SDHS students
began the new term on Tuesday. Some were happy to re-
turn to their desks and to the fun of school ,days, while
others thought of the long hours of, study ahead and remem-
bered the carefree days of summer, now over for another
year. Here, students 'are -'on their way from one of the fleet of
Habkirk buses into the school, (Expositor photo by Phillips).
Juveniles Lose
Durham..SEries
There was too much Larry
Vollett of Durham for Seaforth
at Hanover on • Monday after-
noon, when Seal;-'th went down
.4 to defeat by a 6-0 count, in the
third game of the Juvenile 'C;
OBA playdowns.
Seaforth batted in the first
frame and left one man strand-
ed. Durham came back in their
half .to score two runs on a sin-
gle, double and an error.
Bob Dapple collected the first
hit for Seaforth, followed by
Bruce Dale with the second Sea -
forth hit, but the side was re-
tired before any damage took
place.
Both teams battled •oh even
terms until the fifth frame,
when Durham scored. two runs,
to make it 4-0. Durham went
on to score one in the sixth,
and -their sixth run in the eighth
frame.
Tom .Dick went the route for
Seaforth, striking out eight and
issued four walks. Larry Vol -
lett went all. the way for Dur-
ham, striking out 14 and issued
six walks. Seaforth left 13 men
on bases, while Durham left
four men stranded.
R H E
Seaforth Q00 000 000-0 4 2
Durham 200 021 Olx-6 7 1
Seaforth: Tone Dick and Lloyd
Pethick; Durham, Larry Vollett
and Bob Davis.
Seaforth Ties Series
Frank Kehn shoved the win-
ning run across the plate on
Saturday, as he scored Toner
Dick with a perfect bunt down
the first baseline, to give Sea -
forth Juveniles a 6-5 score 'in
the second game of the best -of -
three series in the Juvenile C',
Northern Division, with Dur-
ham. This tied the series at
one game each. The third game
was played in Hanover Monday
Huron Football
Sets Finals
Huron Football Association
finals between Centralia and
Winthrop start Thursday night,
with the first game at Centra-
lia. The second game will be
at Winthrop; Tuesday, Sept. 11;
third game at Centralia, Satur-
day, Sept. 15; fourth, if nec-
essary, at Winthrop, on Tues-
day, Sept. 18, and the fifth on
Saturday, Sept. 22, at Centra-
lia.
In the Junior Division semi-
finals, Brussels and Winthrop
pea, -Monday, Sept. 10, at Win,
throp; Thursday, Sept. 13, at
Brussels, at 8 o'clock, and Mon-
day, Sept 17, at Winthrop.
Walton and Wingharn hook
up in the other semi-finals at
Wingham on Monday, Sept. 10;
at Walton, Thursday,Sept. 13,
and in Wingham, Monday, Sept.
17. All games are called for
6:30, except Winthrop at Brus-
sels on Thursday, . Sept. 13,
which wiltt e called for $.00
O: cleclt odor the., I; t his,
afternoon. The largest crowd of
the season wit Sed the game.
Allen, the,Wtk'4,tter.for,Dur-
ham, came otig with a sin-
gle and advanced to second,
when Awrey grounded pitcher
to first. The • next two batters
struck out. McLean for Seaforth
was. walked. and Patterson was
safe on first 'on an error. Mc-
Lean and- Patterson advanced,
when T. Dick grounded out pit-
cher to first. Pethick struck out;
J. Dick came through with Sea-
fortlr's first itit, driving .in two.
runs, but was out at second as
he -tried to make the single in-
to a -double.
' Walker' for Durham started
the second frame. grounding
out second to first. Becker came
through with a double. -Long-
worth sacrificed a bunt, pitcher
to first, and advanced Becker
to third, where he was strand-
ed as McNaughton struckout to
retire the side. Papple led off
in the bottom half of the sec-
ond stanza and was walked.
Kehn struck out. Dale came
-through with a single to put
Papple on third. Hagan struck
out for the second out. McLean
collected a single, scoring Pap-
ple to make the count 3-. Dale
was thrown out stealing third.
In the third frame Durham
scored • their first run on two
singles and en error. Seaforth
went down one -two -three in
their half of the third stanza.
In the top of the fourth, Dur-
ham went out in order. Sea -
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• SEAFORTIT, ONTARIWTIOIRSDAy,. SEPTEMBER 6, 1962 ,- 12. ?A.GES
AREA COUNCILS MENT
cKillop Sets
Tax Rate for'62
The general tax rate in Mc-
Killop this year will be 11,4
mills. Council set the rate at
a meeting here on Tuesday.
The rate is based on an asr
sessment of $2,760,775 and com-
pares to 9.8 mills in 1961, when
the assessment was $2,756,125.
The commercial rate was set
at 13.2 mills, up from 11.8 mills
last year. .The. commercial as-
sessment is $13,940, down slight-
Yfrom $15,540 in 1981.
�''. The bid of Looby Construc-
tion Co. Ltd., of Dublin, for
$2,984.00, was low, for thecon-
struction of the Pryce . culvert,
lot 20-21, con. 9, and the firm
was awarded a contract, with
completion set for October 15.
Other bids were: Gordon Gib-
son & Sons, Ltd., Wroxeter,
$4,550.00; Bruce A. McDonald;
Wingham, $4,150.30, and C. A.
McDowell Ltd., Centralia, $3,-
836.00.
Council accepted the engin-
eer's report of the Kleinfeldt
Municipal..Drain, received from
Hibbert Township, and instruct-
ed the clerk to prepare a cash
assessment bylaw. Repairs to
the Dillon Drain, lot 11, .con. 6,
will be carried out by Clarence
Regele, ,providing a petition is
received from Raymond Mur-
ray.
Application will be made foo
the statutory highway improve-
ment grant, amounting to $49,-
487.32. Vouchers submitted by
road superintendent Wilson Lit-
tle, amounting to $2,267.86,
were .approved.
Council approved grants to
area organizations, including
Huron Plowmen's Association,
$25; Seaforth Agricultural So-
ciety, $300; Walton Library,
$15; East Huron Agricultural
Society, $50; McKillop Federa-
tion of Agriculture, $550, and
McKillop Farmers' Union, $250.
Council will meet again on'
October 1, at 1:30 p.m.
Sell Egmondville tots
The saleof all --property :held
by the Township of Tuckersmith
in lieu of taxes was- completed
Expect Increase
In. Scout Work
The Seaforth Lions Club will
resume its dinner meetings af-
ter the summer recess. Club
revenues will be increased by
the payment: of members' dues
and meals, which are payable in
advance. Reports of various
committees on their summer
work will be received, includ-
ing those of the Lions park and
pool, the anneal carnival, the
Boy Scouts and Guides, and
other activities.
Just as the school boards ex-
pect •increased attendance upon
school opening, the group com-
mittee in charge of Boys' and
Girls' Work, expects a large in-
crease of registration in the
various troops and packs. The t
committee would like to start p
a. Brownie Pack for girls eight j o
to eleven, but the problem ofc
finding leaders arises. That is ! S
why the committee is advertis-
ing for help. Eight assistants , a
are neededimmediately, and f
four more if the Brownie Pack m
is formed.
Tuesday, when. approval was
given by council and . the final
two- lots were sold. Lots dispos-
ed of were part 1dt' 14, con. 1,
HRS, and lot 32, North Street,
Hamlet of Egmondville.
Reeve Elgin Thompson pre-
sided at the September session,
held in Seaforth Town Hall, at
which two tile drainage loans
were considered, one being pro-
visionally passed and the sec-
ond was passed for payment.
Clerk J. I. McIntosh was in-
structed to apply to the Depart-
ment of Highways for the in-
terim subsidy for roads,
The following accounts 'were
passed for payment: Roads, $4,-
516.67; Municipal Drainge. As -
counts, $3,998.17; advertising
and supplies, $66.81; welfare,
$104.25; administration, $305.52;
grants, $700.00.
Council adjourned to meet
again October 2, at 1 p.m.
Huron Juniors
Compete At. Fait
' Twenty-six Huron County 4-H
Junior Farmer members have
entered in the Junior Live Stock
Judging competitions, to be
held at Western Fair, London,
on Tuesday. .The contestants
will be judging eight classes of
farm live stock, including dairy,
beef, swine and sheep, and also
carcass classes of hogs, beef
and lambs. Each contestant
will also be required to give
oral reasons on four of these
classes.
In the 'evening those taking
part will be entertained at the
grandstand show by the West-
ern Fair Association. '
The following young people
from Huron Countyr have en-
tered in the competitions: Ivan
D. Howatt, RR 1, Belgrave; Mur-
ray Scott, RR 1, .Delgrave; Wil-
ma Dale, RR. 1, : Clinton; Fred
ler,''1 3, Walton; :Rodger
Ifiefier, RR 1, Wingham; Gear-
gina Kieffer, RR 1, Wingham;
Bill Kieffer, RR 1, Wingham;
Lorne Baird, RR 2, Wingham;
George Townsend, RR 3, Sea -
forth; Deanna Dale, RR 1, Clin-
ton; Corinne Kieffer; RR 1,
Wingham; Gerald Sxnith, RR 2,
Brussels; Ronald Howatt, •RR 1,
Belgrave; Douglas Howatt, RR
1, 'Belgrave; Tom Riley, RR 1,
Londesboro; Linda Riley, RR, 1, -
Londesboro; Jim Woolcock, RR
2, Wingharh; Leonard Baird, RR
2, Wingham; Amy Stewart, R
R 5, Seaforth; Paul Buchanan,
RR 1, Londesbono; Larry Ballan-
tyne, RR 3, Exeter; Garry Addi-
son, RR 1, Londesboro; Iris
Marshall, Kirkton; Bruce .'Fal-
toner, RR 3, Seaforth; James
Boak,' RR 1, Dungannon; Jane •
Woods, RR 1, Wingham.
Western Fair Junior Day al-
so includes a program for 4-H
Homemaking Club girls. The
girls may choose to judge in
either of the projects in which
hey have participated in the
receding club year. Most Hur-
n County girls have chosen the
lothing project, "Separates for
urnnler."
Itis:, year for the. first, the
ctivities planned are quite dif-
erent from those at Achieve-
ent Day, so the girls should
nd ,the morning program quite
hallenging, according to Miss
sabelle Gilchrist, Hurofi Home
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fi
The committee points out that c
experience is not necessary, I
though very welcome.
CULVERTS ON THE NORTH ROAD, between Winthrop and Walton that have stood
the weight of countless vehicles, disappear in a few moments when modern equipment
of Huron Highways Department is brought' into use. The culverts are' being replaced as a
first step in the reconstruction of the "Seaforth-Brussels road to provincial highway stand-
ards. s hire Work en the southerft.part• of the road gets 'under pavingettveen Wal-
. .. .. .. Way, die
to .. �- r cels is almost, c 1. ;. . o •
n.� •; � nisi ms (frill?etetl,_ (�tciidsitor photo. liy
22,000 Hi.
5 000 Bales of Hav
.: $2.00.-a ¥earih'.Advance'
dingle Copies .O Ceuta
As yet no plans have been
made by Matthew Coyne, RR 2,
Dublin, to rebuild a barn on his
Hibbert Township farm, ' lost in
a blaze this week. Mr. -Coyness
large L-shaped barn was burn-
ed to the ground in a fire which'
struck Monday evening,
Speaking with ;The Expositor
Wednesday, Mr. Coyne said he
"thought he would rebuild", but
had not yet laid, any definite
plans,
Lost in the fire of undeterm-
ined origin were more than
5,000 bales of hay, straw and
grain, 34 pigs, some chickens,
a tractor and feed hopper.
Mr. Coyne was in the barn
alone doing the evening chores
when he noticed smoke coming
Own the hay chute from the
upper portion of the barn. Sea -
forth rural fire brigade were
called' about 8:30 p.,ria). In the
meantime, Mr. Cttyne Was sue-
.,cessftd in removing. 1(i .cows,
which were• tied in the barn
When firemen arrived, the
framing of the barn was all
that remained. They concentrat-
ed their efforts on saving near-
by buildings, when it was found
that the barn was beyond help..
A slate roof On the brick dwel-
ling on the farm Saved it from
serious damage The liouso ..is
located less than 60 yards front.
the barn.
Sparks, however, travelled, far
and several small grass fires
were ignited on the neighbor.
ing farm of Norval Elliott, but
were quickly extinguished
Damage, estimated by Sea, ry
forth- fire 'chief John F. Scott
at $22x000, was partly covered
by insurance.,
Damage $900
As (ars CoIIide
Damage totalled "$900 Tues-
day . afternoon when two cars
were in collision at the corner
of Main and' Goderich ' Streets
here.
The accident occurred when
a car driven by Fred,Rose RR 1,
Walton, was in collision with a
vehicle, owned by Neil Bell,
Seaforth; and driven by an em-
ployee, David Sims. The nearly
new Rose car, with only 1600
miles, was. ,proceeding north
across the highway, .while the
Bell car was going west.
Police said Mrs. Rose, a pas-
senger in her husband's car,
and a daughter, Bernice, 12,
were thrown out, Mrs. Rose re-
ceiving injuries to her elbow,
and .Bernice, cuts to her leg,
which required five stitches.
Two other children in the Rose
car ,escaped injury.
Constable Sam Bates, of, the
Seaforth police' department, in-
vestigated. •
Discuss Santa
Welcome Here
Plans for Seaforth's welcome,
to Santa Claus will be . set in
motion next week. C of C presi-
dent Len F. Ford has called a
meeting for Tuesday night in
the Town Hall, to discuss pre-'
liminary preparations for what
has become an outstanding ev-
ent in the district.
Last year the, Santa Claus
parade attracted record crowd
to town, and the_ meetingwill
discuss new features and im-
provements that can add, not
only to the parade, but to the
entire Christmas program. The
meeting is open to all who are
interested.
Winthrop Out
.Of Girls' Finals
In a game played in Brussels
on Friday, the Brussels-: girls
defeated Winthrop 16-13, to
take the finals in three straight
games. Brussels were the win-
ners of the Anstett trophy,'do-
nated this year for the first
time to the North Huron Ladies'
Softball League.
Brussels took an early com-
mand, scoring 11 runs in the
first two innings, While holding
Winthrop to a lone run. Win-
throp then tightened up and
kept Brussels girls in check and
fought back hard in the final
innings, but fell short of over-
taking the winners.
Brpssels 830 500 0---16-
Winthrop 101 114 5-13
As this ends another season
for the, Winthrop Wingers, the
management and team express-
ed thanks to the fans for their
supptiit' throughout the season,
and intlinated, that they would
be back in the running' next
. sLrt iSc)r1r e -
ONLY THE FRAMEWORK remains as flames destroyed
a large barn on the farm of Matthew Coyne, RR 2, Dublin,
early Monday evening. The fire was discovered by Mr. Coyne
as he was doing chores, andwithin minutes had enveloped
the building. No one was injured in the blaze that destroyed
more than 5,000 bales of hay, 34 pigs, chickens and some farm
machinery. Damage was set at $22,000 by Seaforth Fire
Chief John F. Scott. (Expositor photo by Phillips).
Wili UnveilPlaque:-..
ToHan. J. G. Gardiner
On Sunday, Sept, .9, 1962,
commencing at 2:30' p.m., cere-
monies in connection with the
unveiling of an historical plaque
to commemorate the late Right
Honourable James G.. Gardiner,
will take place on the grounds
of Thames Road United Church
in Usborne Township, Huron
County. This plaque is one of a
series being erected throughout
the province by the Department
of Travel and 'Publicity, acting
on: the advice of the Archaeo-
logical and Historic Board of
Ontario.
Sunday's ceremony is being
arrangedand sponsored by the
Usborne Township Council in
conjunction with Thames Road
,United Church and the Huron
dale Women's Institute. Garnet
Hicks will act as program chair-
man. Among those taking part
in the program will be: the
Rev. Hugh C.Wilson, Minister
of Thames Road United Church;
Mrs. J. R. Futcher, a member
of the pPovince's Historic Sites
Board; George Frayne, Reeve of
Usbprne Township; George Mc-
Cutcheon, Warden of Huron
County, and Nataniel Benson, a
friend and biographer of the
statesman being commemorat-
ed. The plaque will be unveil-
ed -by Mrs..,George Allen, sister
of Mr. Gardiner.
Mr, Gardiner was born on a
farm in Hibbert Township,
Perth County,, on November 30,
1883. At the age of six he mov-
ed with his family to the Unit-
ed States, residing in Nebraska
and Michigan before returning
to Ontario in 1895.
In 1901 he went to Manitoba
to seek his- fortune in the rap
idly expanding Canadian West,
While working on the farm of
a relative, he completed the
schooling necessary for a sec-
ond class provisional teacher's
certificate, and in 1904 accept-
ed a teaching position at a
Dunkard settlement in what is
now the Province of Saskatche-
wan. He later taught at various
schools while attending lectures
at the University of Manitoba,
from which he graduated in
1911 as .an hours student in
Political' Economy and History.
In that year he became prin-
cipal of the continuation school
in Lemberg, Saskatchewan.
The interest in politics and
debating which had been nur-
tured at university led him in-
to the fold of the local Liberal
Association, and in 1914 he was
elected to the Saskatchewan
legislature as Liberal member'
for North Qu'Appelle. In 1922
he was named minister of high-
ways and minister of the Bur-
eau of Labor and Industries in
the cabinet of the Honourable
Charles A. When Dun-
ning
- n D
e ti
sting resigned in' 1926 to enter
the federal cabinet of Macken-
zie King, Gardiner' succeeded
him as premier of the province,
He became opposithin leader in
1929 when the Conservatives
won the election, but regained
the premiership in 1934:
In 1935 he resigned to ,ac-
cept the post of minister of
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MISS JEANNE MELAPY,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Ed-
ward Melady, of St. Colum -
ban, has been awarded a $100
Student -Aid Bursary, Type A,
by the Ontario Department
of Education. Miss Melady,
who received the award be-
cause of her high scholastic
standing in Grade XII at
Dublin Continuation School,
has entered Gra'd'e XIII at
SDHS.
Friends Honor
Mr., Mrs. Clarke,
Wed 50. Years
A. Seaforth couple, Mr. and
Mrs. Ephriam Clarke, observed
their. golden wedding. Monday,
Sept. 3. They were married in
Tuckersmith, on the farm where
.Russell Coleman now resides,
by the Rev. J. H. Osterhaut. The
bride was formerly Sarah Al-
berta Coleman. daughter of the
late Thomas Coleman and Mary
Agnes Troyer. Mr. Clarke is
the only son of the late Mr.
Williarh Clarke and Harriett'
Coates, of Hullett. ' '-
Following their marriage they
farmed, on lot 5, concession 5,
Hullett Township, until they
retired six years ago. Both. Mr.
and Mrs. Clarke enjoy good
health. and are members of -
Northside United Church. . Sea -
forth. . .- .
Mrs, Clarke has two sisters,
Mrs, Myrtle Carnochan. Wayne,
Michigan, and Mrs. Cecil , Oke,
London, and two brothers,
Frank, of Ripley, and Russell,
of Tuckersmith. One sister,
Mrs, George Johnson, prede-
ceased 17 years ago. Mr.
Clarke has one sister. Mrs.
Howard_ Armstrong, of Con-
stance, Mr. and Mrs. Clarke
have a family of three: Mrs.
Lorne Lawson (Viola), Mrs.
Stewart Dolmage (Doreen), and
Ellwood, of London; There are
five grandchildren.
Open house was held in the
afternoon and evening. The; liv-
ing room and dining room were-
decorated
eredecorated with gold arid white
gladioli, the dining room table
being centered with a five -tier
anniversary cake.'
Receiving the guests were
the family. Miss Pauline Dol-
magc looked after the signing
of the register, assisted bs- Lor-
raine and Karen Talbot. in the
afternoon, and Glenda and
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SEAFORTH JUNIOR FARMERS TOPS
IN FRONTIER DAYS SQUARE DANCE
The Seaforth Junior Farmers
square dance set won the
square dancing competition at
Frontier Days in Wingham, on
Saturday, They were compet-
ing with sets from Huron, Bruce
and Grey. Members of the win
ining team were Ken Papple,
Elsie Doig, Mervyn Pepper,
Roba Doig, Harold Jaques, Amy
Stewart, Jim Papple, Shirley
Henderson, with Larry Scott as
caller.
Many of the Huron County
Junior Farmers enjoyed a bus
trip to the CNE August 31.
The annual Junior Fanners
cfturch service is to "be held itt
Egmondville United Church 'on
Sept. 9, at 730 p.m. Meinbers,
friends and parents are wel-
eome.
The regular meeting of the
Seafort
h� sat e was
lined lit %�lIdor Ort tt i t tit
. 7fe frita
meeting was opened by singing
the Institute Ode, followed ,by
repeating the Mary Stewart Col-
lect and the Lord's Prayer. The
roll call was answered by "what
I plan to do for my career,"
after which Donna Gordon read
the minutes of the last meeting.
Linda Papple conducted the
business, and Suane Haugh gave
the, motto, "The Teacher and
the Pupil." Amy Stewart pre-
sented the current events.
The guest speaker or the
evening was Miss Isabelle Gil-
christ, Huron County Hone
Economist, who spoke to the
group concerning the field of
llotne Economies. Joan Payee
thanked Miss Gilchrist,
Marguerite Scott gave the
flub paper in the joint meet-
ing,Shirleyg It Henderson and
Bruce - Zoi naat :led l reerea
ion et"t!%`4 Murch aaitaa.