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The Huron Expositor, 1962-10-18, Page 1• • 6 • LL • • w • • • • • • • 103rd Year Whole No. 4940 SEAFORTH, orvrgxIo, rxuaGnnv, OCTOBER 18 1962 — 16 PAGES et $195,000 bjective �forth.Ccmmunity Hos Lions Clublnstalls New Officers New officers were installed at Seaforth Lions Club Monday evening, when W. E. Southgate became president. He succeeds John E. Longstaff. The meeting in St. Thomas' Parish Hall was in charge of Past Presidents C. Rowcliffe, William M. Hart and E. Larone, with the latter acting as chair- man. Other officers installed includ-, ed L. F. Ford, first vice-presi- derft; W. C. Moore, second vice- president; Lee Learn, third vice- president; J. R. Spittal, treasur- er; J. A. Cardno, secretary; Geo. Hays, tail twister; H. G. Meir, Lion tamer, and directors, Emilia Grebner, Rev. Harry Don- aldson'', MacLean and A. J. Wright. The officers were installed by Past President H. G. Meir. Coming events include a pea- nut drive on October 29, with Emile. Grebner in charge, and a bingo some time in Novem- ber, ovember, with Lee Learn and W. C. Moore in charge, The suit draw was won by Irvin Trewartha. Greetings from London, Eng- land, were extended members through the president-elect. He said a former Seaforth resident, A. R. Turnbull, now of London, while visiting here this sum- mer, had left a small banner as a momento from the overseas Lions Club. Increasing activity in the Scout and Guide program was outlined by H. G. Meir, who said there was an urgent need. for additional leaders. About 170 boys and girls were engag- ed in the program and, this would be increased shortly when Brownies would be form- ed. . Rev. Harry Donaldson, re- porting for the crippled chil- dren's committee, said he and L. F. Ford had represented the club at a recent district meet- ing. Local activity had includ- ed orthopedic treatment, pur- chase of a new chair for a handicapped youth, and con- struetion of a ramp. Goderich Driver •Loses Licence Jaynes •Cralit McNain,. 20, 'of RR 3, Goderich, driver of a car in which a girl passenger was electrocuted July 20, was found guilty on a charge of careless driving in magistrate's court and fined $100 and costs. He also was prohibited from driv- ing for six months. The charge was laid after Mc- Nain's car snapped off a utility pole at the intersection of Hur- on and Erie Streets in Clinton. Agnes Marlene Oesch, 18, of Zurich, was electrocuted when a hydro wire fell on the car. McNain was treated for shock and minor cuts. Teacher Tells Of 32 Years In Bushland Experiences gleaned from 32 years of teaching ^ in the inac- cessible parts of Northern On- tario were related to parents at the October meeting of the Sea - forth Home and School Associa- tion. Fred Sloman, in his quiet, humorous manner, addressing the parents in the auditorium of Seaforth Public School, shar- ed with them many of his ex- periences as he ' travelled... the northern circuit. • Mr. and Mrs. Sloman raised five children of their own while they travelled in a CNR school car on the Timiskiming and Northern Ontario Railroad, since World War I. Their route cov- ered 150 miles and afforded only four days per month at each of the 13 stops from Capreol to.. Foleyet, Ont. ' This desire to teach the chil- dren who would otherwise nev- er have learned has . enriched his life with an apparent inner happiness a n d satisfaction, which endeared him to his hun- dreds of pupils. • Mr. Sloman's many stories— some humorous, some sad, many tragic—spelled of a, true hum- anitarian dedicated to unfold- ing a life of learning by „ the touch of a spring at the right. moment, thereby awakening the student to learning to enjoy life, the key to true education. Mrs. A. Y. McLean, president, invited all interested members to attend the Regional Confer- ence in London Nov. 3, by not- ifying one of the executive. Home and School skate • ex- change will be held Saturday, Oct. 27, at the school auditor- ium, from 2- to 4 p.m. Children are to bring the skates to their classroom at noon Friday, Oct. 26, for sorting. F/0 DONALD "Paddy" O'Donnell,. C.D., Basic Train- ing Officer at Radar and Com- munications School, RCAF Station Clinton, was officially commended by the Chief of Air Staff for a suggestion con- cerning UHF Installation in Aircraft. Here he is receiv- ing the certificate from Group Captain J. G. Mathieson, MBF, CD, Commanding Offi- cer. F/O 0 Donnell has serv- ed 13 years in the RCAF, a great portion of that time at RCAF Station Clinton. His previous Unit was , No. 3 Fighter Wing, Germany. F/0 O'Donnell attended Ottawa University before entering the RCAF', and With his wife Joan and fou =.'bhildren, Dan. iel 10Deb& 7, Mark 5, and Michael 3,1i4es in Seaforth. $2.50; a TOO )11.,A.tiv!llce Single cop est 1,9' \Cents. W. E. SOUTHGATE, who was installed as the 37th president of the Seaforth Lions Club Monday evening. He has Y•en treasurer of the club for a number of years. Pay $870 for Top Bull at JacksonSaIe The top performance tested bull sold at the sixth sale of 37 registered Hereford ,cattle at Stanley Jackson's Jaybee Hereford Farms, brought $870 on Friday. The bull was pur- chased by Hertzel Bros. Here: ford 'Farm, Crediton. Average price for seven performance tested bulls was 'F $605.00. A campaign to raise $195,000 towards the construction of a new Seaforth community hospi- tal will be underway shortly. The announcement was made this week following a meeting of the Board of Scott Memorial Hospital. The campaign organization will be headed by K. Bruce Mac- Millan, general manager. of Top- notch Feeds Limited. Associat- ed with him on the campaign executive committee are B. R. Thomson, vice-chairman; Jaynes M. Scott, J. E. Keating, W. E. Southgate, Mrs. J. B. Russell, R. S. Box, J. M. McMillan, J. A. Stewart, Mrs. M. W Staple- ton, president .of the Women's Hospital Auxiliary; Dr. P. L. Brady, medical representative, and A. Y. McLean, chairman of the hospital board. Mr. MacMillap said work of organizing the • campaign was well advanced. "Every care is being taken in laying the groundwork for the campaign so that it may be fully success- ful," Mr. MacMillan said, and added, that given the co-opera- tion of the people in the hos- pital service area he was con- fident the objective could ,be met. Campaign headquarters have been established in the nurses' residence. Buyers were present from a wide area, inclufling many from the United States, and bidding was brisk, Mr. Jackson said. The second top price for a performance tested bull was $800. The bull is being export- ed to'Decateur, Ga. The average sale price. on 27 bred -heifers was $398.00. Two top heifers were bought by Ray , A. Depencier & Sons, Thames- ville, Ont., at $520.00 each; 14 bred heifers were sold .for ex- port to Covington, Ga., and two bred heifers brought $470.00 each, when bought ,by John Dunlap, Little Current, Mani- toulin Island. Another top hei- fer was purchased by H. S: Rancier & Son, of Collingwood: NEWS OF BRODHAGEN Lutheran Ladies Meet At St. Peter's The thirteenth annual Luther- an Ladies' Rally of the Strat- ford and. Hanover Districts' of the Canada Synod, was held at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Brodhagen, with an attendance of two hundred. The theme for this `rally was "Go and Tell." Opening devotions were held by Rev. H. Brill, pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Greet- ings by the president of the lo- cal society, were given by Mrs. Ma uel Beuerman, and by Mr. Rudolph Bauer, reeve of Logan Township, and Mr. Irvin Miller; Elder of the church. The hymn, "I Love T, Tell the Story," • was sung. Contention speakers were Mrs. A. ' W. Lotz, of Kitchener; and Mrs. Arnold Conrad, Wa- terloo. Mrs. Lotz was introduced by Mrs. R. Geelhaar, of Listowel; Mrs. Conrad was introduced by Mrs. John Arbuckle, of Walker- ton. Rev. L. Eberhardt, of Mil- verton, thanked the speakers in the absence of Mrs. L. Eber- hardt. The speakers emphasiz- ed the theme, "Go ye into all the world and preach the gos- pel. to every creature." Pastor Eberhardt in his re- marks thanked the ladies for the sacrificeof time they put forth in the theme. A duet was sung by Mrs. C. W. Leonhardt and Mrs. Harold Elligsen. Mrs. George Rock, secretary, read the minutes of the 1961 rally held in Hanover. Mrs. R. Shol. dice, treasurer, reported the mission gifts of all the churches attending, amounting to $369.92, and the host society recommend- ed that this year's .mission gift be given to Cornwall Mission Church, Rev. Orht, the pastor. ° The junior choir of the church favored with a number. .Mrs. Audrey Vorstenborsch was, the organist for the day. Rev. Luth- er Eberhart, of 'Milverton, con- ducted closing devotions. Supper was served in the Brodhagen and District . Com- munity Centre by the members of the married couples group of the church and wives of the church board. A play entitled, "Thank You, Doctor," was pre- sented by a number of ladies from the local society during the supper hour, A 'basket of flowers Was in the chancel of St.., Peter's Luth- eran Church from the funeral of Harry Elliott,, of Staffa. Sandra Darlene R e g e 1 e, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Regele, and Warren Franklin /tose, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rose, were baptized by Pastor Brill during the Sunday morning service at St. 'Peter's Lutheran Church. The sponsors for Sandra were Miss Elie Regele and Mr. Carl Scherbarth, along with the parents, and for Warren were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson and Mr. ' and Mrs; Ross Leonhardt, along with the parents. Messrs: George Diegel and Arthur Diegel, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Swint, of Mil- verton, to Bala, Muskoka, for a weekend riecently. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Beuerman, of London, with Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Beuerman for the week- end. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Beuerman, London, at the same home on Sunday. On Sunday evening the Luth- er League held their meeting, opening with a hymn, Roger Sholdice read the scripture, af- ter which he led in prayer. The topic was taken by Phyllis Hinz, Judy Trutter and Linda Mogk. A discussion period was led by Roger Sholdice. Gloria Muegge was in charge of the business. Twenty members answered the roll call. The' evening closed with recreation than had been realized for some ti tl a� tbecame apparent that approv- e!, of the Ontario Department c,uld not be obtained to Barry opt alterations to the existing building,•or to provide addition- al accommodation on the exist- ing site, the board acted to ac- quire a ne.w site. In a statement issued in early 1960 at the time the new site was purchased, the Board indi- cated the steps which had been taken. "The Board of Scott Memorial Hospital has been con- cerned for some time as a re- sult of inability to provide pro- per accommodation in the pres- ent hospital building for the in- creasing number . of patients who are seeking admission. For more than two years discussions have been going on with the Ontario Hospital Service Com- mission, the ' Ontario Depart - Ment of Health and the board's architects, in an effort to solve the problem, "During that period, proposals tO carry out alterations to pro- vide additional beds in the ex-' *ting building have been ex-, pored, but on the insistence of the Department have been aban- doned. It was necessary, as well, to abandon a proposal to provide additional accommoda- t on ' by the erection of a new ing' and the replacement of t e existing building on the 1#esent site because of site limitations." Referring to the action which the board has taken, in the past two years, Mr: McLean said that fie board has continued to stu- dy the problem and has worked With its architects 'and consult- ants in preparing preliminary plans: of a new hospital. "The program nowhas reach - id the•_stage when 'we must de- rmine that necessary financ- g can be arranged," he said, d added: "It is this need that resulted in a decision to dId a • financial campaign at this time:" e prior to the purchase of e site. Study of the hospital commpdation problem had be - two years previously. When Suggest New Name Coupled with the announce- ment wes an 'indication that when a new hospital was built it would bear a new name. "As our plans for a campaign for the construction of a mod- ern hospital were being final- ized, it became apparent that a new name was desirable and was the the wish of the com- munity," said A. Y. McLean, board chairman, "and after giv- ing it a lot of thought, the name Seaforth Community Hospital was chosen." "The name, Seaforth Coni- munity Hospital, embraces all of the districts that tradition ally have been served by the. hospital," continued Mr. Mc; Lean, "but, the designation 'Scott Memorial' will be pre- served in a se1 n of the new hospital, i mem ho ry of the two nearly Y he 40 ��s years ago by their generosity made the present hospital pos- sible." Decision -to provide modern hospital accommodation on a new site was taken in February, 1960, when the property on No. 8 Highway, adjoining Seaforth on the east, was purchased. One of the highest points in the area, the ' land overlooks Seaforth Lions Park. The site had been recommended by the board's architects as being the most suitable of six sites in the town and area which had been stu- died. Study Alternatives The necessity of providing additional hospital accommoda- On the Insides Pages`' A new ready -mix. concrete service for the Seaforth dis- trict and facilities•for produc- ing a ton of washed crushed stone every minute, are oper- ating in McKillop, near Sea - forth. See Pages 6 and 7. Seaforth has a new coin laundry. Details are on Page 14. It won't be long before win- ter winds will make repairs to buildings difficult. An- nouncements on . Pages 10 and 11 point out the advant- ages in getting ready for .winter now. Set Plans for Full. Hockey Programme Plans are being laid for an- other big year in hockey in the Seaforth area. Tuesday night Intermediate enthusiasts gath- ered to make plans for the com- ing season. Seaforth will have an Ontario Hockey Association Intermedi- ate "B" team again this year, and prospects for the team look very good. The club executive pointed out to The Expositor Wednesday that the team will require about $300 'in order to start the season. The money will be needed to pay insurance and entry fees. The executive hope that the town will get be- hind them and support them in their hard-working efforts to provide entertainment for the sports fans in Seaforth. It is expected that the league • this year will consist of teams from Lucan, Centralia, Clinton, Mitchell and Seaforth. Signifying their intentions at the Tuesday meeting to play for Seaforth this year were: Ken Doig, Bob Doig, Jack M.:Llwain, Bob Beuttenmiller, Ray An- stett, Doug Rowcliffe, Bob Whitelaw, Ray Henderson, Mait. Edgar, Bill German, Jim Dick, Tom Dick, Larry Dale, Bill Mc- Laughlin, Harry Cummins, Jack Crozier, Bill Pinder, Ron Dale, and Jack Bedard, and Jack Webb, as coach. Another meeting to formu- late plans for the team is sche- duled for Tuesday night. The event will take place in the dining room of the Commercial Hotel at 8:30 p.m. Those inter- ested in helping to form this OHA team are asked to attend. • A CAMPAIGN tp raise $195,000 towards construction of a new Seaforth Cpmmunity Hospital was announced this week by the Board of Scott Memorial Hospital. •Bruce Mac- Millan (left), . chairman of the campaign organization, points out details on the plans to Mrs -QM.. W. Stapleton, president of the Women's Hospital Auxiliary, and Mayor E. Daly. Round Table Conference. Clears Sewer.. Stoppage What' appeared to be the last Dinsmore, Neil C. Bell, C. Card- ways of Ontario, was available locally, but that the tender had/ called for crushed limestone which would have to be hauled up to • 75. miles, After- tonsider- abl,e discussion it was agreed to make an ad'dendum to the speci- fications to 'inolude ° ;crushed stone and pre -cast manholes in 'place - of what , had -been' 'pro- posed, subject° to clearance by the consulting engineers. Questioned why limestone had been specified in an area where good crushed stone is available, the engineer pointed out to' Councillor Dinsmore that the tenders were called on an equal basis and that not until shortly before tenders closed was the matter of the use of local gravel mentioned., It was too late then to change the specifi- cations.'These, however, can be changed now, the engineer as- sured the group. If we did obtain the gravel locally, would the contractor's bid still hold, or would the lo- cal price be in effect,- Council- lor Flannery asked •Mr. Else? The contractor would revise his price, Mr.. Else replied. hurdle in the way of additional sewers in Seaforth was over- come Tuesday evening, when Seaforth council entered into an agreement ' with the Ontario Water Resources Commission for the construction and opera- tion of stage .one of Seaforth's sewer program. Necessary docu- ments were signed following a special meeting between the council; representatives of the consulting engineers., James MacLaren Associates; of the OWRC and of the W. A. Haggarty Construction Ltd., who had the low tender for the work. The meeting was called to iron out difficulties and differ- ences of opinions on certain parts of the proposed work and specifications. At the regular meeting of town council last week, the signing of the'agree- ment was shelved until a meet- ing could be called to review the matter and enlighten the council on what changes could', be made now, and what could'' be changed after :signing. Work on the new system, which'' . will service the north section of the municipality, is expected to commence within the next two weeks. Gerald Else, representing. the OWRC, said that it would take the com- mission about 10 days to fin-; alize the agreement and check the contractor's bond. Mr. Rey- nolds, one of the representa- tives of the Haggerty firm,- said his firm could start work with- in about 10 days of final noti- fication to proceed. The meeting was chaired jointly by Mayor Edmund Daly and Councillor John Flannery, chairman of the sanitation com- mittee. Of particular concern to the meeting were specifica- tions dealing with gravel and the type of • manhole, Mr. Flan- nery said. Councillors Earl Hensall Plans Hockey Meeting no and Carl Dalton were pres- ent., Sitting in on the ;;neeting were Herbert „Fennerty, Boris Heine and Don Stokoe, of Mac - Laren Associates; Gerald Esle, of the Ontario Water Resources Commission; 'Mr. Reynolds and Mn. 'Campbell,. of W.•• A. I•lag garty Construction; R. J. Bous- sey, manager of Seaforth PUC, and Doug Dales, of Seaforth Sewer Tile Ltd. Manholes can ,be changed' to pre -cast from the specified poured type if the pre -cast pro- duct passes the. necessary re- quirements, equirements, Mr. . Fennerty re- plied to a query by Mr. Flan- nery. The pre -cast must be wa- ter tight and have facilities for the installation of iron crawl bars. They have. been used suc- cessfully, in other installations, he said. Save $2800.00 A similar type has been used by the contractor, Mr. Reynolds said, in previous installations, and has proved Satisfactory. The difference in price• would mean about $2800 savings to the town, he explain- ed. At the same time, it would speed up the installation and allow the streets to be put back into use much more quickly than with the poured type. ' Mr. Fennerty said the en- gineers would consider this change later, but Councillor Dinsmore felt it should be set- tled at the meeting. Mr. Fennerty disagreed. This is not our duty. If a precast''in- stallation is proposed we must look at it further, he said. "You should settle with us," said Mr. Dinsmore. "We are paying for it.. Why didn't you bring literature on ,pre -cast manholes, you knew it was one of the topics to be discussed," he pressed Mr, Fennerty. The MacLaren representative told council the engineers don't propose any particular product. In the specifications they show- ed poured manholes, but this could be changed if council de - A public meeting will be held sired a change, he assured the Tuesday at Hensall Town Hall group. to select an executive to govern Moving to the gravel ques- hockey for the various age tion, council pointed out that groups playing hockey during stone, acceptable by the stand - the coming season. ards of the Department of High - Area Oddfeilows Banquet A banquet was held in the' basement of Egmondville Unit- ed Church by Huron District No. 8 Oddfellows, to honor their Grand Master, Carl C. Dresser, of Riverside, Ont., last Wednes- day. About 160 people, which in- cluded Oddfellows, Rebekahs and friends, sat down to a tur- key dinner which was served by the Seaforth Rebekahs. DDGM Bro. Allan Campbell was chairmap for the evening, and following the blessing by Rev. J. 1!. Vardy, he welcomed the gathering and introduced the guests at the head, table, Guests were: Rev. and Mrs. Vardy, PGM Bro. Bob William- son and Mrs. Williamson, Grand Master Carl Dresser and Mrs. Dresser, Mrs. Allan Campbell, Seaforth; DDGW Ross Nichol and Mrs. Nichol, Brussels; DDP Mrs. Ray Crawford, PDDGM Rae Crawford, of Brussels; PGM Charles Hutchison and Mrs. Hutchison, of London; PDDGM William Caldwill and Mrs. Cald- Will, of Brucefield, and DDGM Maurice .Drown, of Perth dis- trict. A toast to the Queen was pro- posed by DDGM Campbell, to which the audience responded; a toast to Grand Lodge was pro- posed • by DI GW Ross Nichol and responded to by PGM Bob Williamson. A toast to the Re- bekahs by PGM Charles Hutchi- son and responded to by DDP Sis. Crawford. A toast to the district by PDDGM Caldwill was responded to by PDDGM Bro. Crawford, of 'Brussels. Rev. Vardy, who is also a member of the order, welcom- ed the guests on behalf of the congregation. The guests were entertained by two little girls, Donna Horne and Janice McClure,, of Win- throp; a reading by Mrs. Wil- fred Coleman and humorous numbers by Bro. Jack Thymic, of Brussels; thanks to the Re. bekahs by PDDGM Victor Lee Grand Master and responded to by Sis. Miller, of the Rebekahs. 'DDGM Bro. Campbell intro- duced ,the Grand Master, Carl Dresser: In his address, he stressed the need for Oddfel- lowship, unity and opportunity. Oddfellows should unite their forces and use every opportun- ity to serve their community and the world at large. He hoped that there would be a fund started for an auditorium at the Oddfellows' Home„ at Barrie. He referred to the 52 delegates of young people who were to the United Nations in the past year ,and hoped this number might be increased, as it was of great educational va- lue to them. He was pleased that the CPT committee was carrying on its good work. A vote of thanks was express- ed by DDGM M. Maurice Brown of Stratford, who thought that Grand Master Dresser had made a wonderful address, and it was a good indication of what was to follow at future meetings in the jurisdiction of Ontario. A presentation of the PDDGM Master's jewel to Bro. Caldwill, of Brucefield,, was made by Grand Master Dresser, on be- half of the district for his good leadership in the past year. The meeting closed with "God Save the Queen," with Bro. Jim Rose at the piano. Pass on Savings Mr. Campbell, of W. A. Hag- gerty, told council that they would need approval from the engineer to change from lime- stone to stone available local- ly. If he allows this stone, we (the contractors) would pass on any savings involved. We na- turally want the approval of the engineer first. Everyone likes to, see local materials us- ed, if possible, .he continued. A're we jeopardizing our posi- tion by holding 'up the signing of the agreement? questioned"' Mayor Daly. If we sign ,he agreement tonight, have we committed ourselves to the $200,000 price? If there are any savings, we (the OWRC) pick them up as we go along, said Mr. Else, and it is credited to your account. This is a winter works project, and for every day you're down, you lose. An additional change mention- ed was the application of crush- ed stone and tar, instead of the application' of cold asphalt patch. Everything is subject to change, said Mr. Campbell. The quantities, the length of the, pro- ject, the type •of materials, are all subject to change as the work progresses and if request- ed, he said. "We negotiate price with the contractor on any changes," Mr. Else said. "But we can't do much until the agreement is signed for the town, and added that other meetings will be held as the job progresses, at which time the work is reviewed and any necessary changes made-. Discussing the installation of laterals, it was agreed that along North Main Street, later- als should be placed to every property, even if vacant, to avoid the need for tearing up the street after the work is finished, since the .county con- templates rebuilding.he street next year. There will be need for a certain aMotint of eon (Continued on Pae' $) -