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The Huron Expositor, 1962-09-06, Page 11 s r .n 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 - (Continued on Page 6) • 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 (Continued on Page 12) 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 (Continued on Page 12) 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 (Continued on ,Page 6) 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.