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The Huron Expositor, 1962-09-27, Page 1• 1' r • • 4 • • • • • • • • • • r 103rd Year Whole No. 4937 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER '27, 1862 - 12 PAGES A FEATURE of the 50th anniversary services at Duff's Church, Walton, on Sunday was the presence in the choir of a number of members who had been active in the choir when the church building ' was opened. •Shown here, from the left, are: (front) Mrs. Agnes Mc- Quaid, Mrs. Earle Habkirk, Mrs. R. D. Harrison; Miss Bessie Davidson (organist), Mrs. Mary Shannon, "'Mrs. Lloyd, Porter, Mrs. A'ldin McGavin, Mrs. John Leeming, Mrs. P. B. Goudie, Mrs. John MacDonald; (rear) Jack McDonald, John Leeming, John Ritehfe, John MacArthur. • Erected 50 Years Ago, Walton Church Celebrates Sunday, Sept. 23, was a mem- orable day at Duff's United Chureb, Walton, when the 50th anniversary of the erection of the present church building was celebrated. Rev. R. G. Hazlewood, of Binkley United Church, Hamil- ton, a former minister of Wal- ton, was guest speaker at both services. At the morning serv- ice the auditorium of the church and the Sunday School rooms were filled to capacity, when former 'members and ad- herents returned to join e. congregation in won . and song. Rev. Hazlewood commented on the passage of time, point- ing out the tremendous changes which, have taken place during the past. 50 years. He contrast- ed this with the unchanging be: liefs of the church, stressing throughout the sermon that the most significant function of the church is the proclamation of the Word of God. The church was again filled at the evening service, when) Rev. Hazlewood chose his text, from James H, verses 17 and 26: "Even so faith, if it both not works is dead, being alone; for as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith .without works is dead also." He compared the faith of our forefathers with the lack of faith today. A larg- er per cent of 'the people are attending church at the pres- ent time than ever before, but where is the enthusiasm and fervor of 50 years ago: Rev. W. J. Maines, of Granton, formerly of this charge, offered the eve- ning prayer. A number of former Mem- bers who sang inthe choir about 50 years ago, were invited to assist the choir. Special an- thems were rendered under the direction of Rev. A. Higgin- botham, with Mrs. Harvey Brown at the organ and Mrs. Jack Bry- ans at the piano. A male quart- ette, composed of Rev. A. Hig- ginbotham, Graeme Craig, Don- ald McDonald and .Brian Travis, sang in the morning, and in the evening Robert Houston replac- ed Brian Traviss. The church was beautifully decorated with autumn flowers. After both services, th* ladies served a buffet luncheon to, the congregation, when a real time of fellowship was enjoyed. Many, old friends renewed ac- quaintances and reminisced of bygone days, many of whom were present at the opening of the church in 1912. Guests attending the morning and evening services from a distance were; Mrs. Percy Spen- cer, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Miss Virginia Bathe, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs, J. A. Finlayson, Detroit; Mrs. James Clark, Shoal Lake, Man.; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grainger, Wallace - burg; Mr. Wallace Shannon and Kathy; of Sarnia;" Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Walters and family, Sarnia; Mrs. Ruby Dundas and Carolyn, Glencoe; Mr. Russell McAllister, Toronto; Mr. Earle Coutts, Toronto; Mrs. Peter B. Gardiner and Vera, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Maude, To- ronto; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rutledge, Toronto; Mr, and Mrs. J. B. Nelson and Janet, Toron- to; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ennis, Hamilton; Rev. and Mrs. R. G. Hazlewood, of Hamilton; Mrs. Douglas Lawless and Dianne, Burlington; Mr. and Mrs. W. Martin, Middleport, Ont.; Mr. and Mrs. George Habkirk, In- gersoll; Miss Evelyn Cunning- ham, Brantford; Mr. and Mrs. W. Stutz, Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dinsmore, Kitchener; Mr. and Mrs. John McGavin and family, .Owen -Sound; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilson; Myrtle, Ont.; Mr. and Mrs. Archie Krieg, Preston; Mrs. Mabel Allen, Sas- katoon, Sask.; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ennis, Cathy and Beth, Lon, don; Mr. and Mrs. David Alli- son, London; Miss Mary Short - reed, London; Mr. and Mrs. H. Hoegy, Preston; Mrs. R. D. Har- rison, London; Mrs. Errol Hab- kirk, London; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bryans, London; and Mrs. Armour Dundas, Luc - an; Mr. and Mrs. Armand Ker - nick, Lucan; Mrs. Hilda Sellers, Lucan; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rae and family, St. Pauls; Mr. and Mrs, Donald Gray and fam- ily, Stratford; Mr., and Mrs. David Hackwell, Stratford; Mrs. Councillors Learn Of EMO Members of Seaforth, McKil- lop and Tuckersmith councils discussed objectives and aims of the Huron Emergency Mea- sures organization Monday eve- ning, when EMO co-ordinator, Murray MacDonald, of Gode- rich, described the role the comity would play in an em- ergency. Aided by movies, he outlined the tactical plan for the County. • a Robert Hazjewood, St. Marys; Mr. and Mrs. John E. Watson, St. Marys; Mr. and Mrs, Thos. (Continued on Page 12) Remove Bell From Post Office What was for many years a familiar sound on Math Street when the hours of the day were rung out, will no longer be heard. The 800 -pound bell, in- stalled on the -roof of the post office when the building was erected nearly 50. years ago, was removed this week, as sup- porting framework became weakened from years of ex- ppsure- to winter snow w and. sum- mer sun. The bell, which was operated by the clock mechanism, has net been in use for at least 20 years, according to caretaker Tom Wilbee. Removal was car- ried out by Jack Fraiser, of Frank Kling Ltd. See Larger Sphere For County Council There is a feeling that coun- ties should be given more auth- ority in certain lines, Clerk - Treasurer John G. Berry report- ed in bringing before Huron county council the general ques- tion of the value of county gov- ernment. Mr. Berry attended the Ontario Municipal Associa- tion convention at Niagara Falls where ,it appeared from the de- bates, he said, . that certain changes might be necessary, "particularly stressing the prob- lems of .urban centres." "However," Mr. Berry said, "it was the general opinion that local government on the county level would still operate, whe- ther called county, regional or area. "You now have authority to carry out county welfare, coun- ty assessment, county courts of revision, county libraries, coun- ty planning, and safety con- struction. You can see that the provincial ' authorities are will - Looby Firm Wins • D.H.O. Contracts Looby Construction Ltd., Dub- lin, have been awarded two con- tracts by the Department of Highways, for the construction of overhead structures and ap- proaches on Highway 97, near Bright, and on No. 2, near Princeton. The amounts involv- ed are $73,961.00 and $40,032.00. Norman Riehl Heads IOOF Norman Riehl was installed as Noble Grand of Seaforth. Fidelity Lodge No. 55, by DDGM Allen Campbell and his install- ing°team from Seaforth. Other officers are: Junior past noble grand, Warden Haney; vice -grand, Wilmer Broadfoot;•+reeording secretary, Alfred Byermah; financial sec- retary, Jim Rose; treasurer, Jack Thompson; warden, Lorne Carter; conductor, Wilfred Cole- man; outside guardian, Charles Reeves; inside guardian, Gor- don Elliott; RSNG, Edward An- drews; LSNG, Wilfred 'rre- meer; R$VG, Harold Hugill; LSVG, Wilmer Cuthill; ASS, Jack Carter; LSS, Ken Williams; chaplain, Harold Connell. Visitors were present- ifrom llruStels, 13rucefield and ! Heft• sail. ing to ,give the counties more authority, and if the counties are going to survive they must be prepared to consider these additional roles." ' As treasurer, Mr. Berry re- ported a surplus of $2,920.00 on general account, and a deficit of • $31,230.00 on highways ac- count, "a situation .which cor- rects itself as the road program is completed and work begins to slow down." The treasurer reported loss of revenue by reason of a change in the provincial grant for indigent patients. He said the indigent hospital grant would require revision, and that this was being investigated by. himself and Hon. Charles Mac - Naughton. Huron county council, meet- ing Friday, on recommendation of its executive committee, ap- proved° a building grant of $2,000 per bed be paid ,Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, a total of $96,000 in 1963, as funds become available. The hospital ,board had ap. plied far a capital construc- tion grant based on 48 beds and seven bassinets, for which ap- proval had been received from the Ontario Hospital Services Commission. (Other stories of Huron Coun- ty Council on Page 2): Thieves Gain Entrance to High School Thieves broke into Seaforth District High' School Sunday night or early Monday morn- ing; but left empty-handed. Ef- forts to force their way into the school vault were thwarted by a 10 -inch concrete wall. Entrance was gained by forc- ing a window on, the east side of the original school building. The door into ,the general office was smashed open and the at- tack on the vault was begun from the adjoining office of Principal ' L. P. Plumsteel. Of- ficials said nothing appeared to have been, taken, • The break-in was discovered by caretaker William Flood, when he came on duty Monday morning. Seaforth police are investigating. ,V;513. a. e.ar , dv tp.e $ingIe .CpPiggI 7CQ' CentS:. Possibility of Spurs FAME Ca Spurred by the pogsibility that one in the chain of farmer -own- ed meat pgcking plants being planned by FAME Co-operative will be located in this area, members of the Huron County FAME organization plan a coun- ty -wide drive to increase the subscription of share capital. The drive which is expected to put Huron over its objective of $106,000, is taking place on Monday and Tuesday, according to Alex McGregor, FAME chair- man in Huron. Details• of the drive are to be worked out at a meeting called in Clinton on Friday. While it is expected the Hur- on -Perth plant will be located in this area, a definite site has not been decided, according to officials. Studies of several sites are in, progress. Construction of a $1,000,000 meat processing plant -the first of seven which are planned and which will be co-operatively owned by 8,000 Ontario farmers -began at Ayr Wednesday with a sod -turning ceremony. Farmers Allied Meat Enter- prises (FAME) is building the plant which is expected to be in operation by next summer. Set New Rates For Home Hydro A new 'schedule of hydro rates which will benefit home owners who heat with hydro, has been announced by 'the PUC. Under the new schedule, all consumption is included ite a residential rate. No longer is. it necessary to meter the heat- ing load separately. The new rate reduces to .8 cents KWH for 1,0Q0 KWH. In the case of an all -electric home, the gross rate is 1.1c KWH. The all -elec- tric home has the advantage too of a free electric water tank, Manager R. J. Boussey pointed out as..he announced the new rate schedule. Car -Truck Crash Sends Two To Hospital Mrs. Hendrika Boven and her daughter, Ineke, both of RR 2, Walton, were thrown from their small car after it was in colli- sion with an empty gasoline truck three miles north of Sea - forth at noon on Saturdpy. Both 'were taken to Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth. Mrs. Boven suffered head injur- ies, a fractured wrist and pos-. sible internal injuries, and the hospital reported Wednesday she was progressing favorably. Her daughter,,who suffered minor cuts, was released after treatment. Driver of the gasoline truck, Harold Connell, of Seaforth, was not injured. Damage was estimated at $450 to both ve- hicles. Constable Robert Sims, Goderich, Ontario Provincial Police detachment, investigat- ed. Guests' At Dinner Hensall Couple Wed 50 Years Officials said of the remaining plants, one would be located in the Mitchell-Seaforth area, one in the Grey -Bruce area, and an- other between London a n d Windsor. Attend Ceremony Area officials and farmers who attended the ceremonies at Ayr included: McKillop Reeve Dan Beuerman; Ken Stewart, Gordon Elliott ;and Gilbert Smith, of McKillop; Jack Solman, • James McAllister, Lloyd Lovell and Ross Love, of Hay; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Heming- way and Mr. and Mrs, Russell Knight, of Grey; Huron F of A President. Elmer Ireland and Mrs. Ireland, of Wingham; Mr. Mr. and Mrs. R. Y. MacLaren, Hensall, were guests of honor Sunday at a dinner at the Vil- lage Inn, Bayfield, on the occa- sion of their 50th wedding an- niversary. The event was ar- ranged by their daughter, Mrs. W. D. ' . Evans, and children, Robert, Ian and Margaret Louise, of Waterloo,' Mr. - MacLaren and the for- mer ' Elizabeth MeEwan, of Stanley, were married at the home of .her parents, Mr. and Mrs..Malcolm McEwan, Sept. 25, 1912. A feature on Sunday was the presence of the bridesmaid and flower -girl of 50 years ago, Mrs. Edward Glenn, Clinton,' and Mrs. Francis Daymond, Chatham. Following their marriage the couple farmed on the London Road, • north of Hensall, until their retirement to the village 12 years ago. Guests were present on Sun- day from Windsor, Highgate, Chatham, London, Hensall, Clin- ton, Erindale and Midland. At a social evening arranged by Mrs. Violet Schwalm and Mrs. Cecil Kipfer, their neigh- bors presented them with a number of gifts. C of C Sparks • Seat Building Members of the Chamber of Commerce held a bee Monday evening in the PUC garage and completed' construction of • a number of benches for use on Seaforth streets next year. Decision to. provide benches was taken last spring, but ma- terial did not become available in time to have the benches installed this year. Determined there would be no delay next year, and that the benches would be readyat the first sign of spring, C of C president Len Ford has set up a series of work bees, of which the Monday night effort was the first. and Mrs. Alex McGregor, of Kippen, and Alf Warner, of Bayfield. David Ireland, of Teeswater, turned the first sod for the !plant. He was selected because. his FAME share certificate num- ber in 1962, which was described as "a year of hope for Ontario livestock producers," by FAME President Charles McInnis. J. A. Courteau, general, sup- ervisor of Federee, the equiva- lent farm organization in Que- bec, said there were four plants in Quebec, including a large processing and ' three killing plants, and that they had the support of the large majority of the producers of the province of Quebec. Farmers in Quebec ' had invested six million •} plants and feel that the i y** went offers them protection• The objective in the next'tWo, years was to raise-$22QQQ,QOQ for further expansion, and he stated farmers are not hesitat- ing to raise that money. Mr. Courteau told the gather. ing it was necessary to learn the hard way in getting started and that FAME could benefit from their experience. Ile of- fered "as a gesture of friend- ship from Quebec to Ontario" all assistance possible in the project. He invited FAME to send 10 members, expenses paid by Federee, to learn 'the meat processingbusiness in the four plants he manages. THE 117th SEAFORTH FALL FAIR was opened Friday by E. M. Biggs, Deputy Min- ister of the Ontario Department of Agriculture. He is shown here with Hon. Charles MacNaughton, Huron MPP (left) and President Gordan Papple, of the Seaforth Agricultural Society. Threatening weather cut attendance slightly, but entries showed an increase. . (Expositor photo by Phillips). Fair Attendance Dot.n hen We�ther Changes Despite a slight dtop in at- tendance, Seaforth Fall Fair drew an equal •number of en- tries this year to that of 1961, as the 117th fall •fair was held Friday. Despite rain early in the day, the weather brighten- ed, and crowds arrived in time for . the 1 o'clock opening. Total entries will exceed 3,500, secretary - treasurer R. James Wallace said Wednesday. Tabulation of results is con- tinuing and final figures will be released following a meeting of directors in October. The high prize money -$8.5800 -offered by the Seaforth Agri- cultural Society, was a factor in the large entry, officials said. Of this amount, about $6,300 will be paid out, the first count indicates. Almost 4,000 persons were treated to a' variety of enter- tainment, including tremendous cattle, sheep and swine show- ings, and three topnotch breed shows, unsurpassed in the tri - county area of Hpron, Bruce and Perth. The fair was officially open- ed by Everett M. Biggs, deputy minister of agriculture for On- tario. Mr. Biggs told the audi- ence that the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture, in its basic planning, is looking forward to the future. Once more elementary school indoor entries were high, with a total of 1,008 in the six de - MEMBERS of the Seaforth 4-H Dairy Club proudly parade their calves for the photographer asudging was finished. They were among sev- eral hundred 4-11 members who took part in the Seaforth Fall Pair on Friday. (Expositor photo by Phillips). partments. The vegetable sec- tion drew a total of 246 in the section. Cooking entries totalled 101, crafts and hobbies 101, sewing 42, eggs and poultry 247, floral 262, and eight dis. plays were exhibited. ' • ''The ladies' hame department received .281 entries and the home economics section attract- ed 319 goodies. Top seamstress was Mrs. Wes Heimpel, Wroxe-• ter, chosen from 19 exhibitors. Champion cook this year was a young Tuckersmith Township woman, showing for the second time at Seaforth Fair. Mrs. Brace Coleman, RR 4, Seaforth, collected the most points for her baking, over 25 other ex- hibitors. Winners of the' school chil- dren's parade were pupils of SS 3, Tuckersmith. Other plac- ings were: SS 13, McKillop; SS 5, Tuckersmith; SS 6, McKillop; SS 1. Hullett, and SS 2, McKil- lop. The float entries totalled five, with St. James' Separate School taking first, followed by SS 1, Hullett; SS 5, Tucker - smith; SS 2, McKillop, and Eg-. mondville Cubs. In all, eleven schools marched from Victoria Park, led by SDHS Girls' Trum- pet Band. 'Gordan Papple, president of the society, welcomed the visi- tors to the fair. Others to speak during the afternoon were May- or Edmund Daly; Harold•Pryce, the fair's vice-president; Robert W. Campbell, director for Dis- trict 8, Huron -Perth agricultur- Smile of the Week Two men stood in a hotel lobby following a convention and watched as two pretty girls met and kissed each other af- fectipnately, _. "There's ariother -thing that is so unfair," remarked the first. "What do you mean.'." asked the second. "Women doing men's work," came the reply. al societies: Elston Cardiff, MP for Huron; D. H. Miles, agricul- tural representative for Huron,. and Hon. Charles MacNaughton; minister without portfolio and MPP for Huron. William C. Moore, manager of Seaforth branch of the To- ronto -Dominion Bank, presented a tray from that bank. to Grant Hodgins, of Kirkton, who was chosen grand champion show- man in the special sweepstakes event. The lad was chosen after showing one of each of a beef animal, dairy animal and a swine. Those participating were the .winners, of the 4-H beef champion showmanship and the 4-H swine champion showman, chosen earlier- in the day, and the 4-H dairy champion show- man, chosen at last week's Blyth Fall Fair. (Other Fair stories on Pages 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10). Photo Recalls A faded photograph of a championship Seaforth football team of nearly 70 years ago arrived. at_ The Expositor this week frim Milwaukee. It had been forwarded by Thomas J. Pringle, president and general manager of the Milwaukee Cas- ket Co. Mr: Pringle, a grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Broadfoot, Jarvis St., Seaforth, in forwarding .the picture, sug- gested there would be local in- terest in it, The Seaforth Collegiate foot- ball team won the Hough Cup in the spring season 1894. Shown in the picture are R. C. Cheswright, W. J. Elliott,. A. D. Passmore, H. Clarkson, W. Prendergast. A. Bethune, T. H. Brownlee, James McKinley, Keith McLean. S. Dickson, J• W. Livingston, H., Morrison,. Thps. Wilson and J. A. Jackson. Champs of 18-44 Announce Winners in Fair Draw Among the highlights at Sea - forth Fair on Friday was a ser- ies of draws by merchants with displays in the Arena.. • Included among the winners were: Topnotch Feeds Limited -- Louis O'Reilly, RR 5, Seaforth. and Archie Somerville, RR 4, Walton. Stewart Bros. - Mrs. Stan Bray, Seaforth. Frank Phillips Photography - Dr. D. E. Galt, Seaforth; Miss Gail Orpen, Clinton, Supertest Petroleum - Mar- tin Murray, RR 1, Dublin. McKillop Mutual Fire Insur- ance -Mrs. Ethel McDougall, Seaforth. The Huron Expositor -Mrs.- James Henderson, Seaforth ; Miss Lynn Wright, Seaforth. Legion Ladies' Auxiliary -- first prize, $25, Mrs. Russell Sproat; 2nd prize, hand -made purse, Mrs. -J, Broadfoat, Mar- ket St., Seaforth; third prize, handmade wallet, Mrs, kyle„ iiac'ho.