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The Huron Expositor, 1962-10-11, Page 1• • • • • A a 103rd Year Whole No. 4939 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THU-RSDAY, OC'O .ER 11, 1962 - 12 PAGES Citizens Improve lax. Payments Taxes for 1962 paid at Sept. 30 represents 46.7 per'centof total current taxes due, the re- port of finance committee chair- man Angus MacLean indicated to Seaforth town council Tues- day night. At that date, $76,- 641.44 had been paid. Total current taxes for 1962 were $163,935.88, the fust in- stalment, or 50 per cent of this, being payable June 30. The fin- al tax instalment is due October 31, and this should pro- duce a large percentage of the balance .of taxes, Mr. MacLean sail. All members of council were present for the regular October meeting held in the Town Hall, Settled hi 1862; McNaughtons Marks Centennial Descendants of John Mc- Naughton gathered at the fam- ily homestead, lot 23, on. 3, LRS, Tuckersmith, Sunday and marked- the centennial of the arrival of the first McNaugh- tons in the township. The farm, had been purchas- ed from the Canada Company in 1857 by Finlay Fraser. Five years later, in March 1862, he' soldit to Mr. McNaughton, who came to Tuckersmith from Dun- das. Following 1Vir. McNaughton's death the farm was operated by his son, John, and his wife, Susan Turner. The present own- er, James McNaughton, is a grandson of the original own- er. The Sunday gathering was at- tended by 24 members of the family. Tuckersmith Total Increases Assessment roll, handed in at Che recent meeting .,of Tucker - smith Township codncil, shows an increase of $70,112 in tax- able assessment. The roll was accepted by. council from town- ship assessor Ivan Forsyth. Total. taxable assessment for 1962 is $2,839,643. Bush exemp- tions were up $950, to $39,600. Population in Tuckersmith increased by 126 this year, to 2,074. At the same time . the dog population' increased from 3I6 ' to 342, a total of 26: dogs more. Assessment for the township totalled $3,329,853, which in- cludes the taxable assessment, RCAF Station Clinton $486,260, and Ontario Hydro $3,950. THE STAFF . of Clinton RCAF Station post office en- tertained Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Benn tt at a dinner party recently. During the dinner Mr. Bennett, wh retired a week, ago as Posaster, was presented with q, ' initialled lighter. Now tli+ t he is re- tired- Mr. Bennett will have mer r time to spend in his honi workshop, where he is alio with a Model of a well ' he • , s completed. with Mayor Edmund Daly pre- siding. Committees have still under- spent their budget to date, the report showed. At the end of September the budget was un- derspent by about $4,914. Only two of the six committees are over -spent, the protection to property by $107, and the health and social welfare by $615, and most of the latter amountwill be recovered by year-end grants. General government has spent', $13,503 to date, $1,293 under the budget; protection to per- sons, $14,204, $61 below'the bud- get; public works, $10,408, $2,- 741 less than allotted, and sani- tation, $4,347, which is $819 be- Iow the budget. The protection to property committee have spent $3,294 and the health and social welfare $1,410, Tax arrears of 1961 and prior stand at $27,903,01, with about $11,000 of this covered by the MRS. JENNIE PATTERSON tax sale scheduled for next week. C. L: Hammond, clerk - treasurer, reported that six pro- • perties still remained on the horn InMeK� lop list for the sale. Arrears at the start of 1962 were $53,869;83. Following representation by 90 Years Ago L. F. Ford, president of Seaforth.Chamber' -of . Commerce, on be- half of the Seaforth District High School 'Girls' Trumpet Band, council granted $50' to the band. 'The money is to be used to help cover expenses on a trip this week to the In- ternational Plowing,,. Match at Owen Sound. The band will be appearing at the match on Fri. day and Saturday. Agree With C of C McNAUGHTON'S have farmed at lot 23, con. 3, Tucker - smith, since March 1862, and descendants of the original John) McNaughton gathered at the farm on Sunday to mark the event. Shown here are six grandchildren of the first Me - Naughton, and 'children of the late John McNaughton and Susan Turner. They are, from the left, Anne, Mrs. Clarence Smillie, Hensall; Miss Teenie McNaughton and Mrs. Mary Haugh, Brucefield; James, now on the farm; Robert, assistant • superintendent of elementary education for Ontario, and Webster, principal of the Oxford and Waterloo Collegiate. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Council are giving the Cham- ber of Commerce a free hand in the operation of the Main Street parking for Saturday. af- ternoon, Dec: 1, the date of the annual Santa Claus parade. A request from the group asked for free parking for that af- ternoon, and council agreed to let the C of C work out their own arrangements. • Councillor N. C. Cardno, chairman of the general gov- ernment, announced that the boiler inspector planned to vis- it the town hall on Thdrsday and arrangements were being made to have D. R. Wood pres- ent at that time. Inspection will be made of the boiler and re- commendations for repair s - made, It is understood that Mr. Wood is the only 'one in town with the proper equipment for the proposed repair work to the boiler. Routine police report was read by the chairman of the protection to persons •commit- tee, Councillor Earl Dinsmore. The report showed mileage of 1,523 miles on the police car. During the month of September 134 cars wet tagged for park- ing meter offences. A letter regarding the erec- tion of crossing protection sig- nal at the CNR right-of-way was filed by council. The letter ask- ed for permission for.the instal- lation of a signal system at a cost of $7,240. The town would be required to share. 12% per cent of the cost of installation, and 50 per cent of the cost of maintaining the system. Only item of business for the protection to property commit- tee, chaired by Councillor Neil C. Bell, was the fixing of the roof of the fire hall. Necessary repairs are to be made by the town staff, Mr. Bell said. All catchbasins have been cleaned and repaired, accord- ing to the monthly report of street foreman, Harold Maloney. The report; read by the public Works chairman, Councillor Carl Dalton, included the complete street cleaning of Goderich and North Main Streets. The town maintenance staff have been busy at the arena, where they are repairing the posts and putting in cement bases under them. The posts on the south side of the building have rot- ted away at the ground, and this section is being cut off and the cement bases installed. Purchase New Grader Mr. Dalton reported that his committee had procured a see- ondhand Austin Western grad- er at a cost of $5,200, less a $2,000 allowance for the fires- (Contiiau'ed on Page '1) • Mrs. Jennie W. Patterson re- ceived congratulations from her many friends Thursday as she, celebrated her 90th birthday. She was born in McKillop Town- ship, October 4, 1,872, the daughter . of. the late John Cuthill and Dixon Arbuckle. Shortly after her marriage in 1895 to John A. Patterson, she and her husband moved to North Dakota, where Mr. Pat- terson died in 1911. The follow- ing year, 1912, •Mrs. Patterson with her family returned to Can- ada, and she has been a resit dent of Seaforth since that time. During the years she has lived here she took part in the work of her church and other organizations, and gained a wide circle of friends. She is a mem- ber of First Presbyterian Church,' Seafprth. While she has not been in the best of health in ' recent years she has continued to have a keen interest in the con• munity and in the activities of her friends. Mrs. Patterson has a son, El- gie, of Blue Ridge, Alberta, and two daughters, Mrs. R. K. Mc- Farlane, Seaforth, and Mrs. W. C. Bennett, Clinton. A brother, William Cuthill, lives in Boun- tiful, Utah. Seaforth Hospital Auxiliary Hears Regional Head The place women occupy in the world was 7stressed when Mrs. Frank Fingland, of Clin- ton, addressed the Seaforth Hos- pital Auxiliary Tuesday eve- ning. Mrs. Fingland is the new regional president of Region 2. "It is not enough • to exist," she said. "We must study, think of others, do for others. The voice of woman should be heard. One letter written on any vital matter may not seem important, but if one member in each aux- iliary wrote, it would be a chal- lenge to formulate policies." The speaker suggested the Church should come first; hos- pital next, followed by other organizations. - - Mrs. L. Stephenson introduc- ed Mrs. Fingland, who inspired her audiencewith a stirring message, impressing on the members the objective of hay- ing a hospital auxiliary, Hospitals are being used more. and more on account of hos- pitalization, she said, and we should help in public relations and be ambassadors of good- will. • Words of appreciation were expressed by Miss B. Grieve. Mrs. C. Coombs delighted the' audience with the beautiful solo, "I Forgive." An excellent report of the joint . fall regional meeting of Regions 1.and 2, held at Vic- toria Hospital, London, was. given by Mrs. R. J. Boussey. There was a large attendance at the monthly meeting of the Hospital Auxiliary, • held in the school room of First Presbyter- ian Church. The meeting .open- ed by repeating the Lord's Pray- er. Mrs. M. W. Stapleton, the president, welcomed the guests and members. The minutes were read by Mrs. J. A. Cardno, and the treasurer's report was pre- sented by Mrs. J. A. Gorwill. During the businesssession the president stressed the rum- mage sale to be held in the basement. of the Public •Library, Oct. 27. The turkey draw will be held in connection with the Legion turkey bingo. A social half-hour followed:: rage y Stri s 3 DieAfferAccj $2,00 a Yash liar :I! vgxtp Single Copia$, 10' CPAs Tragedy struck three area homes over the weekend, as a well:known Seaforth resident, a Hibbert _native and a Tucker - smith youth died following car accidents. Dies From Coronary Largely attended funeral serv- ices were held Wednesday af- ternoon for John Alvin Dale, 56, of Seaforth, who died in Clinton Public Hospital Satur- day night. Coronet Dr. F. G. Thompson, of Clinton, said a post mortem examination re- vealed death to have been due to a coronary thrombosis. Mr. Dale and his son-in-law, Robert Stanley, Hamilton, were travelling east on the Mill Road when the cars they were driv- ing were involved in an acci- dent' at a turn west of Bruce - field. Mr, Dale was removed to Clinton Hospital, when death followed a Iittle over an hour later. The accident was investi- gated by OPP Constable D. Hobbs, of the Goderich detach- ment. A member of Northside Unit- ed Church, his minister, Rev. J. C. Britton, conducted funeral Service from Box funeral home. Mr. Dale was a long-time em- ployee of Supertest Petroleum, joining that firm in 1940. An ardent sportsman, 'he .was ac- tive irr bowling and fishing. For many years he played football and was a member of former Find Sonde On Farm .Field ' Ricky McKenzie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McKenzie, RR 1, Seaforth, found a radio sonde on their farm in McKillop. Ac- cording to a plate attached, the weather instrument had been released from Flint, Michigan, on Sept. 17. • The McKenzies believe the .ballooned object may have land- ed in their pasture field some days ago, but only came to their attention this week. The sonde is being returned to the proper officials in Flint. • championship Kinburn teams. Mr. Dale is "survived by his wife, the former Jean Elizabeth Lowery; five sons, Lorne, of Brussels; Ronald, Larry and David, all of Seaforth; Peter, of Toronto; five daughters, •Mrs. Charles (Betty) Case, Streets- ville; Mrs. William ()olores) Wheeler, Brussels; Mrs. Car- men (Barbara) Whaley, Streets- ville; Mrs. Robert (Elaine) Stanley, Hamilton; Miss Nancy, Hamilton; his mother, Mrs. Jack (Margaret) Taylor, and stepfather, Seaforth; and one brother, Lorne Dale, Seaforth. Interment took place in Mait- landbank cemetery, pallbearers being William Miller; Charles Pinder, Harold Connell, James Monkhouse, Albert Baker and Alf Byerman. Flowerbearers were Jack Little, Alex Little, Verne Dale, Arnold Dale, Wm. Dale and Jack Carter. Dies Near Goderich A Tuckersmith youth was killed early Monday north of Goderich, and a Goderich youth died of injuries Wednesday, following an accident when the car in which they were riding left Huron Road 25 and struck a tree. • Dead are Jack Huizinga, 18, RR 3, Seaforth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Huizinga, and Con- stant Bissett, 16, RR 1, Gode•. rich. - Hans• Bakalaar, 15, RR 1, Au- burn, and Sidney Bruinsma, 16, RR 1, Bayfield, are both in ser- ious condition in hospital in London. Jack Huizinga was born in Oldekerk, Holland, and moved to Forest, Ont., with his family in 1952. The family moved to the Seaforth area .one year ago, and he farmed there with his father. He was a member of the Christian Reformed Church, Clinton, Killed Christmas Day A brother, Mark Huizinga, was instantly killed last' Christ- mas Day when his car collided with a CNR passenger train west of Seaforth, in Tucker - Township. Surviving besides his parents are three brothers, Joseph, Van- SDHS Students Seek Subicription Awarbs Students at SDHS begin their annual subscription campaign this weekend. The students this year are competing for three modern transistor radios, which are offered by The Huron Ex- positor. to the individuals ob- taining the greatest number of new subscriptions and renewals to The Expositor. In addition, each subscription obtained earns a commission for the school. The students in their canvass offer a wide variety of maga- zine subscriptions, as well as new and renewal subscriptions to The Expositor. The campaign provides the student body with funds with which to carry on various extra curricular activities, as�well as making possible the purchase of athletic, musical and other equipment which is not provid- ed from public funds. In co-operating with the SDHS studeiit who calls to of- fer a new or renewal subscrip- tion to The Expositor, or to a magazine, the public can be assured that a worthwhile school activity is being aided. • --Lave Seaforth town council moved Tuesday to have stoplights in- stalled at the main intersection. A by-law to provide for the erection of signal lights and signal control system at the in- tersection of Main and Gode- rich Streets was given first and second readings by council Tuesday night. The by-law will be forwarded to the Department of Transport for approval be- fore the third reading can be given. . - The move was made despite a survey some weeks ago made by the traffic engineering branch of the Ontario Department of Transport at the .request of the council. The survey point- ed out that traffic light "cannot be practically or economically justified on the basis of traffic characteristics which prevail over the balance of then year." The survey was a "lot of hooey", Councillor Earl Dins. more remarked, and recom- mended council iinmediately pass a by-law for traffic signals and install the lights on "our own". The steep .grade at the Sep- arate School was not even men- tioned in the survey, Council- lor Nelson C. Cardno stated. A car coming over the grade can- not be readily noticed Eby ears at the corner. Mr. Cardno agreed with the report that the, present "blinker" light system is confusing to the driving pull- ' Mayor Edmund Daly called NMI yrs wrtn I rattec StLdy for action on several of the re- commendations, namely uni- form signs and curbing around the service station lot. These things have already been re- commended by council, Coun- cillor Dinsmore said.' "I don't see one recommen- dation (in the survey) worth- while," commented Mr. Dins- more. "Let's go ahead with the lights," he continued. The post would be about $1,780 for ma- terials, he pointed out. Context of the survey pre- pared from traffic counts and other information gathered by the department in July, 1962, is as follows: In a letter from Mr. C. L. Hammond, clerk -treasurer of the Town of Seaforth, this office was asked for advice•on a pro- posal to' install traffic signals at the intersection of No. 8 High- way and Main Street. The required studies which were made in early July, includ- ed machine ,counts on Main Street and on No. 8 Highway (Goderich Street), turning move- ment and pedestrian counts at the intersection, accident his- tory, general delay observations and geometric layout of the in- tersection. It is noted that during the snlrvey hours the volumes on both streets are nbt'relatively high, Main Street, traffic is con- trolled by Stop signs. ' There is no unreasonable delay to this traffic because there are sufilei- ent natural gaps In the GodeA rich Street traffic stream, The most serious delay occurs at five o'clock when a sudden surge of southbound traffic from the factory to the north, is backed up'momentarily at the intersec- tion. This minor delay exists for no more than five to 10 min- utes. Such a Situation does not even require temporary police control of the intersection It is recognized that there may be higher volumes and longed delays during peak per- iods of flow to and from the resort areas north of Seaforth. However, it should also be re- alized that even though traffic signals may seem to he the solution during these periods, they cannot be practically or economically justified on the basis of traffic characteristics which prevail over the balance of the year, Summary of Recommendations 1. Replace angle parking on Main Street with parallel park. ing. 2. Construct raised median in south leg and centre channeliz- (Continued on Page 12) couver; John, Forest; Jerry, at home; four sisters, Deena, Vancouver; Wilma, at home; Donna and Heather, both of Toronto. The body was at the Beattie funeral home, Clinton, until noon Thursday, when it will be taken to the Christian Reformed Church for a service at 2 p.m., with Rev. L. Slofstra ALVIN DALE, who died of a heart attack Saturday fol- lowing an accident.' ent officiating. Burial. will be •rtiade • in Clinton cemetery. Home For Wedding Harry Elliott, 28, Essex, was killed and his brother, Donald Elliott, 31, Mitchell, is in hos- pital as a result of an accident south of Dublin Friday night. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Norval Elliott, RR 2, Dublin. The brothers had been to their sister's wedding rehearsal in Staffa and were on their way to see their father, Norval El- liott, About 9:30 p.m., the two ap- parently each drove in separate cars towards . their father's „ place. Both cars were parked when the accident occurred. Harry Elliott was found a few hundred 'feet down the road, and his brother was found 'un- conscious in the rear seat of one of the cars. The, accident was reported to police shortly before 10 p.m. by Lorne Elliott, RR 3; Dublin, an uncle of the two men, near whose home the accident hap- pened. Constable Ronald Schenk and Kenneth McKay are investi- gating. Harry Elliott" was born in Hibbert Township on the farm • of his father, and attended ' Mitchell District High SchooL (Continued on Page 12) ssessmentU Quarter MiIIion Assessment figures for 1962 show an increase -.of $245,014 over last year, the roll as com- pleted by• Seaforth assessor Donald Haines indicates this week. The assessing was com- pleted recently and a recap of, the roll shows total assessment for' Seaforth, including exempt, municipal and crown property;` at $2,242,385. Population this year is listed at 2,352. This figure is 160 more than that reported last year, but after 'the roll was completed last year several er- rors were found in population. Taxable assessment is $1,864,- 185, up about $246,424 over 1961. Business assessment is al- so increased by $37,937 to $205,- 652. Assessment for grants in lieu of taxes_on federal proper- ty is the same as last year, $22,800. Last year's total tax- able property war. • $1,607,761.' Changes in assessment is broken down as follows: Public School', residential, $1,025,855, up $56,709; Public School, com- Fill Hall For Lions Club Bingo Seaforth Legion Hall was well filled for the annual turkey bingo, sponsored . by Seaforth Lions Club. Cliff Petrie. Sea - forth, won the $50 door prize. Other prizes included 16 tur- keys and four cash prizes. Winners were: Turkeys -Jas. Kelly, Seaforth: Mrs. Joseph Mc Connell, Seaforth; Joe Mero. Seaforth; Mrs. Floyd Dale, Sea - forth;. Mrs. Ed, Brady, Seaforth; Carol Ververun. London; Mrs. Norm Baird, Brucefield, and Mrs. Don Forbes, Clinton; Mrs. Charles Dungey, Seaforth; Jack Eisler, Seaforth; Mrs. Norman Scoins, Seaforth; Rick Fortune, Seaforth; Jerry Hefforn, Blyth: Mrs. Buker, Seaforth; Mrs. Ab. Hudson, Seaforth; Mrs. Jack Taylor, Seaforth; David MacMil- lan. - Specials - Mrs. Harvey Ken- nedy, Londesboro; Mrs. Albert Hudson, Seaforth; Mrs. Raye and Mrs. Bruce McMillan, 'Sea - forth (tied); Muriel Hudson, Sea- ., forth. CONSTRUCTION of the new Grey Township Area School at Walton i§ well advanced,. and during the past week grading of the school grounds was completed, At a recent board tiiiee'ting, at the residence of Chairman Wilfred Shortreed, c Instruction progress was re- viewed and current accounts passed, including: Jack Hood School Supplies at Stratford, ' $221,85; Cities Service 031 Co. Ltd., Listofve], $34; Brussels'Coal Yard; for -fuel oil, $50°1.0; Ctrawford'&. Hetherington, for legal acct,, $20.05; S. Baker, forcompensatiott polity, $111.40. mercial, $605,750, up $179,025; Separate School, residential, $183,300, down $767; Separate School, commercial, $49,280, up $21,457. ' Exempt property, in- cluding churches, schools, •hos- pital, library,:-; ,municipal land. and, bpildings, and others wind; 1y` exempt by statute;' totals $355,400;,:7 ' . -,,,. At a meeting of Seaforth town council Tuesday night, court of revision to consider appeals of assessments was set for Monday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m., in the Town Hall. Recall Early Days of R. R. The early days of rural mail delivery in the .Seaforth area were. recalled this week when applications of nearly 50 years ago were discovered by Thomas Wilbee, Seaforth post - office caretaker. 'The applications of Septem- ber 1, 1913, and dated at Eg- mondville, were addressed to Mr. S. Dickson,.. Seaforth Post- master, and were submitted by' Montgomery Patrick and Peter Mackay. Agreeing that mail would be deposited at the risk of the patron. the Mackay application, read: "I have a• 'King Ed- , ward' mail box erected on the authorized rural route .'which starts from the Seaforth Post Office. The name stencilled on the box is Peter Mackay It is erected opposite Lot 8, Conces- sion 6, Township of Tucker - smith. I beg to request that. un- - til otherwise directed, mail mat- ter addressed to myself and the members of my household, as per the following list, be deliv- ered to the courier on the above - designated route, for deposit at my own risk in the above speci- fied box: Mr. Peter Mackay, Mrs. •Peter mackay, Miss Anna Mackay, Miss Bessie. Mackay, Mr. Robert C. Mackay, Mr. Hugh Clark. Kindly advise me as to the correct manner of address- ing mail matter to be delivered into said box, so that I may at once inform my correspond- ents." The Patrick application was in a similar form and request- ed deposit of mail addressed to Montgomery Patrick, William Patrick and Lena Patrick. Hold Fire Drills At Area Schools The importance of training to prevent tragedy in the event of fire was emphasized Wednes- day when Fire Chief John F. Scott held fire drills in area W schools. The drills were fea- tures of fire prevention week. Ther schools were each clear- ed in less than a minute. ,Pupils involved and time fol.' lows: SDHS, 427 pupils, 53 sec- onds; Public School, 329 i#'ttpiis, 47 seconds; St, James' School,, 191 pupils, 45 seconds; and Eg, rilondvijle School, 65 pttpila, 4O 'soo nils.