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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-12-27, Page 1a Y i • i • • 103rd Year Whole No. 4950 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27,1962 -10 PAGES '$r.Q a Year..111 -4,411411A .0 single Copies, frp .C+elts Promise BiggerWeicorne When SantaArrivesln'63 Details of the Santa Claus Expenses include: decora- tions, $39.66; prizes for best decorated homes, $30.00; band guarantees, 7 at $25 and priz- es, $300.00; prizes to floats, $50; advertising in six weeklies, $204.43; advertising, radio and TV, $63.00; candy, $54.00; lunch for bands and parade guests, $71.46; repayment of loan, C of C, $75.00; Snow Queen con- test and dance, $130,80; rental of engine, $25.00; supplies, printing, etc., $41.78; miscel- laneous, $35.22. The expenses do not include material for costumes, erection .of lightsand tree or advertising for Snow Queen contest, all of which was donated. parade were received and plans set in motion for an even larg- er parade next year at a recent meeting of the Christmas Ac- tivities Committee. A preliminary financial state- ment presented by treasurer J. A. Stewart, indicated the com- mittee would be able to carry over a small balance With which to begin the 1963 program. . Movies of the parade were reviewed and suggestions ad- vanced for improvement next year. Suggestions included ex- tension of overhead lighting for one block east and west of Main Street on Goderich Street, con- test to encourage increased store decorations, provision of additional check points to con.-' trol parade timing, greater use of music before and after par- ade, possibility of street music throughout Christmas season, change in stage for Santa's pres- entation of candy. The committee set the date for' the 1963 parade. Santa will arrive Saturday, November 30, and the parade . again will em- phasize the fairyland theme. The committee agreed the Snow Queen dance -held this year for the first time -had been an outstanding success. The meeting discussed ways in which it could be improved. The group expressed appreci- ation to all who had worked so hard to make the parade a suc- cess, and who had contributed to the work of the committee. Particular reference was made to Arnold Scott, who contribut- ed the main Christmas tree; Peter Malcolm, for his assist- ance to the Snow Queen, Local 418 of the Stratford Musicians' Association, Legion for hall, and Legion Auxiliary for cater- ' ing,, Referring to the financial statement, Mr. Stewart said that while all accounts had not been received, it would appear there would be a small surplus of perhaps $100.00, which would form the basis of a fund ,' for capital expenditures, such as additional decorative lights. 'Receipts totalled $1,226.91, and included donations, $894.16; admissions, less orchestra, Snow Queen dance, $268.00; Snow Queen ballots purchased by merchants, $64.75. NEWS OF HENSALL Contributions Highland Shoes $ 25.00 Seaforth Motors 12.00 Seaforth Sewer Tile 5.00 Russ' Lunch • 5.00 Queen's Hotel ... 5.00 Canadian Tire Corp. 6.00 Rowcliffe Motors 10.00 J. A. Cardno 10.00 Stewart Bros. ... .. 30.00 Topnotch Feeds Ltd. 20.00 McConnell & Stewart ... 10.00 Henderson Chicks 5.00 S. Shinen 12.00 J. E. Longstaff 5,00 J. Bach .... _ .. 6.00 Hugh Thompson 3.00 Regier Transport 5.00 Dr. J.- A. Gorwill 5.00 Geo. A. Sills & Sons .. 20.00 William Campbell 2.00 W. J. Cleary ' 2.00 Post Office Staff 5.00 Ed. Pryce 2.00 John Thompson . . 3.00 Leyburn & 5.00 Don Wood .... _ 3.00 J. McLlwain ... 2.00 Graves' Wallpaper , 5,00 Smyth's Shoes 15.00 Frank Kling Ltd. 12.00 W. R. Smith 15.00 J. E. Keating 20.00 Prov. of Ontario Savings 5.00 E. Larone 20.00 Anstett Jewellery 10.00 Elliott's Lunch 5.00 Wilkinson's I.G.A. 30.00 Bank of Commerce 5.00 Toronto - Dominion Bank 5.00 Bell Industries Ltd. - 10.00 Fry Metal Industries 5.00 Don. Brightrall 5.00 Queen's Grill 3.00 Cleave's Sunoco 2.00 Dave Tremeer 2.00 Ed. Daly 10.00 Seaforth Clinic 10.00 District Churches Mark Christmas At a special Christmas ser- vice in the United Church Sun- day morning, the rites of bap- ^tism were administered to Paul Douglas, son of • Mr. and Mrs. Eric Mansfield, and Allan El- gin, son o$ Mr. and Mrs. Wm. D. Rowcliffe. For his sermon topic, Rev. H. F. Currie spoke on "Hydrogen Fear or Heaven- ly Faith." The junior and sen- ior choirs rendered special mus; is and soloists were Miss Mary Goodwin, William Mickle and Sam Rannie. Robert Mickle pre- sided at the organ console for theprelude and closing of the service, and Mrs. Robert Pryde played throughout the service. * Christmas Eve Holy Commun- ion was observed on Monday evening, Dec. 24, Win Christmas Cakes Winners in the Christmas cake draw, held at Crest Hard- ware Saturday afternoon, were Mrs. Roy Bell, Hensall; Mrs. Or- , ville Jones, Queensway Nursing Home, Hensall, and Mrs. W. J. F. Bell, Kippen. Mrs. Bell drew the winning tickets. The project was sponsored by Kipper East WI and was very sucessful. - Three cakes were' drawn for. Mrs. James Drummond was the ticket convener. Mr. and Mrs. Laird Mickle, Bob and Ann spent Christmas Day in London. Christmas guests with Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Cook were: Mr. and Mrs. Gary Corlett, Bryan, Diane and Geoffrey, Toronto; w Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cook, Beth, Cathy -and Jennifer; Mr. and Mrs. 'Robert Cook and Car- olyn, Hensall. Michael Davis, John Goddard, John Joynt, Tom Neilands and Norman Neilands brought cheer to residents of the village, sing- ing lovely Christmas carols, the money they received amounting to $5.00 will be forwarded to "CARE", and will provide five "Care Parcels." Mr. and Mrs. Drew Fowler and family, London, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Horton, Hen- sall, were Christmas guests with Mr. and Mrs. E. It. Davis, Mich- ael and Kay. Mr. and Mrs. William Mickle, Pamela, Judith and John spent Christmas with the latter's sis- ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Robertson and fam- ily, Galt. Mr. Sim Roobol, of Hensall, was the lucky winner of $50 in a draw at the Legion bingo Sat- urday night, sponsored by the Legion Ladies' Auxiliary. Mrs. E. R, Davis was convener of tickets,- and Michael Davis sold the winning ticket. Legion presi- dent John Skea drew the win- ning ticket. Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Venner and Debbie spent the weekend with relatives in Toronto. Neil Bell 3.00 Dave Schenck 3.00 Doris's Beauty Salon 5.00 Willis' Shoes 10.00 U.D.P.C. 10.00 Staffen's 5.00 Dublin Produce 5.00 J. C. Crich 3.00 Hildebrand Painters 5.00 Scott Poulty Farms 5.00 A. Matheson- 2.00 (Continued on Page 4) Robert Smith Has Birthday In Hospital Robert Smith, well-known for- mer Seaforth reeve, will cele- brate his 91st birthday on Sat- urday. And it will be different than any other of the 90 birth- days he has had. Mr. Smith "will observe his birthday in Scott Memorial Hos- pital. He has been a patient there since he fractured sev- eral ribs on Main Street two weeks ago. Mr. Smith was born in Tuck- ersmith- on what ;snow the Etue farm, on the Kippen Road, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs, Robert' Smith, but as a child moved with his parents to H,ullett. For 12 years he operated a threshing outfit and by 1908. had - learned about telephone - construction. He was employ- ed by the McKillop Telephone System to build the first tele- phone line from McKillop to Seaforth. In 1911 he. built the Stanley extension to the .Tuck- ersmith System. In 1916 Mr. Smith enlisted in the 161st Battalion and spent the next three years in the army, serving overseas for two, years. Always interested in muni- cipal affairs, he served on coun- cil and was reeve here in 1932 and 1933. He is a life-long Lib- eral. For many years he was an acti,ve member of the Seaforth Fire Brigade and is a charter member of the Canadian Le- gion. He is an elder of First Presbyterian Church. DOUBLES CAPACITY PUC Advances Substation Plans Construction of a new sub- station was advanced a stage when the Public Utility Com- mission at a recent meeting cleared plans for the $20,000 structure. While preliminary planning AccidenlSeries Injures Four When their car was involved in a two -car collision late Satur- day night, "near London, three Seaforth residents were injur- ed and removed to Victoria Hospital, London. Mr. and Mrs. Angelo An- dreassi and their 10 -months -old baby, Angelee, were enroute to. Chicago to spend Christmas with her uncle when the acci- dent occurred. Mrs. Andreassi's mother, Mrs. Helen Glew, who had gone to Chicago previously, returned home when advised of the accident. Mrs. Andreassi received a fractured collarbone, and her husband and baby each suffer- ed from facial lacerations. Leg is Broken In collision with a car as he walked across Goderich Street Friday evening, Carl Graber, 53, of Brussels, received a frac- tured left leg. He was remov- ed to Scott Memorial Hospital in Box's ambulance after being attended by Dr. J. A. Gorwill. The accident occurred short- ly after six o'clock, opposite the Supertest Station. The car involved was driven by Alexan- der Hopf, Clinton, and was pro- ceeding west. It was snowing at the time and the road was slippery, police said. The accident was investigated by Chief .E. Hutchinson. Legion Holds Annual Bingo The annual Christmas bingo, sponsored by Seaforth Branch 156, Royal Canadian Legion, at- tracted a large attendance on Wednesday night. Originally scheduled for December 12th,, stormy weather forced post- ponement for a week. Winners were: Roy McGeoch, Seaforth; Fred Eckert, Mitchell; Bill Papple, Seaforth; Mae Wat- terworth, Seaforth; Mrs. Don Stewart, Seaforth; Mrs. George Tunney, Seaforth: Alvin, W. Sil- lery, Seaforth; Mrs. Ken Bet- ties, Seaforth; Mrs. Jim Brown, Seaforth; Jack Dorrance, Sea - forth; Mrs. Harvey Kennedy, Seaforth; Mrs. Bruce Hodgert, Seaforth; Mrs. Hartman Huisser, Seaforth. Specials were won by Mrs. Hartman Huisser, Mrs. Jack Taylor, and Miss M. Grieve, Seaforth; share ,the wealth, Mrs. Charlotte Wood, Seaforth; door prize, Paul Hagan, Seaforth. Consolation prizes went to Mrs. R. McGeoch, Mrs. Bedard, Mrs. Scott Habkirk, Seaforth, and Mrs. Dutot, Brucefield. Christmas Visitors are Miss Nancy Nott, of London, spent Christmas with her moth- er, Mrs. Raymond Nott. Mr. -K. I. McLean, of Capreol, is spending the holidays with his family here. Miss Shirley Kiiang, of Hong Kong, is a guest of Miss Helen M. McKercher at her home in McKillop. Mr. Walter Murray is spend- ing the holidays fn Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Keys, of Uxbridge, spent Christmas at their respective homes in Mc- Killop. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright, of Brampton; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cornell, of London, and Miss Evelyn Dick and girl friends from Kitchener, with Mrs. A. W. Dick. Miss Annie Gordon spent Christmas at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Les Pryce, McKillop. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cudmore, Wallaceburg, and Miss Nancy Cudmore, of London, spent the Christmas holiday with Miss Hazel Reid and Mr. D. L, Reid. Mr. Gordon Rennie, of Sund- ridge, and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Rennie and Mr. Donald Rennie, of Toronto, were Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Rennie. Dr. and Mrs. G. C. Jarrott and Miss Anne Jarrott, Strat- ford, were Christmas guests of Mr. and- Mrs. A. Y. McLean. Mr. James Crich, of O.A.C., Guelph, is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Crich. Mrs. Ethel MacDougall spent Chr'istrnas in Galt and Mount Forest with her son and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Angus MacLean are spending Christmas in Flor- ida. Mr. Amos W. Corby, Mrs. Laura Jermyn, of Brussels, and Mrs. Alma Pinkney spent Christ- fas in Goderich with relatives. Miss Jean McIntyre, of the High School staff, is spending the Christmas holidays in Alvin- ston. Miss Ruth Joynt, of Toronto, spent Christmas with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Joynt. Mrs. C. E. Smith, who teach- es in Listowel, is ,spending the Christmas holidays at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. David McGee, of London, spent part of the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Pullman. Miss Ethel MacKay has re- turned to town from Toronto. Mrs. James McDougall,' New Liskeard, spent Christmas with her mother, Mrs. Hugh Alexan- der. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Walter, of Dundas, and Miss Grace Wal- ler, of Toronto, spent Sunday with Mrs. James E. Willis. Mrs. Willis returned with -them to spend Christmas. Miss Ruth Shinen, of Toronto, spent Christmas with her fath- er, Mr. Sam Shinen. Miss Mary Lou Sills, of Lon- don, was a 'Christmas guest of her mother, Mrs. C. P. Sills. Mr. Glenn Smith spent Christ- mas tn. Toronto. • *1613'I'Isbi y Willis, of Ottawa, hps been carried out in con- junction with HEPC officials the project is subject to formal approval of the HEPC. The con- struction will be financed by debentures which the town will h requested to issue. Necessity for added trans- former capacity became appar- ent a year ago when the exist- ing substation on Chalk Street, rated at 2,000 KVA, was being subjected to overloads of up to dye per cent. The new station will provide an additional 2,000 KVA capacity. In anticipation of approval, the Commission some time ago purchased a site on Welsh Street ,in the northwest area of town. This has been drained, graded, gravelled and fenced, and will be ready for construc- tion which it is expected will get under way early in the spring, following receipt of HEFT approval and completion of financing. The commission discussed procedures in connection with handling the collection of sewer consumer accounts. These formerly had been handled by the Clerk's office, but council, at a recent meeting, asked the PUC to take on the task, as established by Bylaw No. 568. The commission established a handling fee of 20 cents per account and indicated it could not assume responsibility for the collection of arrears. Answering a query, PUC Mant ager R. J. Boussey said stakes which the PUC had placed nlong_the route for the new sewer lines, indicated the loca- tion of water services, and were an assistance to shovel operators on the sewer project. Plan Bonfire For XrnasTrees Hospital Bed :Demand Reaches New High Hers Christmas is just another day at Scott Memorial Hospital and activities continued on a 24- hour a day basis over the holi- day season. "If there was any difference, it was that we were busier than usual," Miss V. Drope, the hospital superintend ent said. There will be a great big bon fire in Seaforth next week. The Chamber of Commerce, in co- operation with the Fire Brigade, is sponsoring a Christmas tree clean-up, and treeS collected across town will go up in smoke on Saturday night, Jan. 5. Present plans call for the bon fire to be held in the area of Duke and Chalk Streets. It is expected the trees will be collected the end of next week, when firemen will super- vise piling them ready for the fire. Details for the event are be- ing worked out by a commit; tee, including L. F. Foru, C of C president; Mrs. Jet.n Hilde- brand, R. J. Boussey and Fire Chief John F. Scott. Firemen Answer Sunday Call Seaforth firemen were called out early Sunday morning when a chimney fire•at the residence of Adalph Otten, RR 2, Seaforth ,near Kinburn, threatened, to get out of hand. Feature of spent Christmas with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Willis. Mrs. F. G. Livingstone and Mrs. Gilchrist, Coppin, of De- troit, were Sunday guests of Mr. James F, Scott, Thornton Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scott and family,, of Niagara Falls, spent Christmas at the parental home here. Miss Helen Pryce is a patient in Scott Memorial Hospital. Mrs. J. C. Cochrane is a patient in Stratford General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Piggott, of Oakville, were Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bennett, Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. John Gropp, of Milverton, were weekend guests of Mrs. H. E. Smith. Mrs. R. J. Elgie is spending Christmas week in Kitchener and Galt. Mr. Sam McSpadden and fam- ily-, of Otterville, and Rev. Bert McSpadden, of Richmond Hill, spent Christmas with their par- ents, Mr. and Mrs: Zack Mc- Spadden. Mrs. W. IL Somerville •spent Sunday in London with Mr. and Mrs. Lou Kirkby. Mrs. C. Hawley spent Christ- mas with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hawley at , Winthrop. Miss Harriet Murray spent Christmas in Stratford with Mrs. Richards, the former Madge Stewart. Mrs. J. B. Russell is visiting in Port Credit and Caledonia. Mrs. Harry Stewart is spend- ing Christmas in Toronto. Miss Marion Watson spent the holiday in Toronto. Mrs. R. K. McFarlane, spent the holiday week in Guelph with Mrs. Archie Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. T. Q. Fox, of Kincardine, and Mr. and Mrs. Garry Dykstra and family, of Norwich, were Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Andrews. Mr. Tom Somerville, Guelph,' and Miss Carol Dennis, London, spent the Christmas holiday. in Brighton, Mich., with Mr. and Mrs, Clayton Dennis. Mr. and Mrs. Overholt and famly, of St. Catharines, spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Simpson, in Tuckersmith. - Mrs. E. P. Chesney spent Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. W. K .Ament in Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs. George McAr- thur and Mrs. Margaret Somers and Cathy spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Schram and Mr. Leroy Teeter, of Cama- lachie. Mr. Neil Beattie, of Toronto, spent Christmas with Mr. T. • A. Beattie and Miss Margaret Beat- tie. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. McConney and family are spending holi- days in Hamilton and Toronto. Mr. Thomas A. Cluff, Mon- treal, spent Christmas with his father, Mr. A. F. Cluff. Miss L. Faulkner spent 5 few days in Galt and Kitchener the past week. Mr; and Mrs. Byran Brown and Stephen, of Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. -'S. L. Phillips and Ron, St. James' .Has Election for Three Trustees The annual ratepayers' meet- ing of St. James' Separate School was held Wednesday evening in the school auditor- ium. - Maurice Etue, chairman of the board in 1962, called the meeting to order. .John Flan- nery was named chairman for the nominations and ratepayers' meeting. Six were nominated during the hour of nominations. Gor- don Reynolds, who has served on the school board for over 20 years, was renominated, but felt he had served long enough and that new men should take over the responsibility. Maurice Etue, who has been a member of the board for several years and chairman for the past two years, declined his nomination Ss he felt he had served •his tenure of office. Alvin Regier, Harry Hak and James Devereaux were elected to the school board for two-year terms, when John Flannery withdrew his nomination. Oth- r members are Arthur Dev- ereaux, John Lansink and Leon Bannon. F. C. J. Sills, representative to the Seaforth District High School Board and secretary of the meeting, reported on the year's activities at the high school. Maurice Etue, board chair- man for 1962, gave a summary of work carried out at the school during the past year. Mr. Etue pointed out that the board had a successful year, ending the year's operation with a bal- ance of $2,576.63. Seaforth W.I. Sponsors Euchre The Seaforth Women's Insti- tute held •a successful euchre in the Orange Hall on Wednes- day evening, Dec. 19. The euchre prizes were won by: ladies: first prize, Mrs. T. Ap- pleby; second, Mrs. G. McKen- zie; consolatioh, Mrs. D. Pap= ple': gents: first prize,, Eldon Kerr; second, Charles Parsons; consolation, Robert Tyndall. Draw for Christmas cakes re- sulted as follows: first, Mrs. Thomas Pryce; second, Mrs. John Patrick; third, Mrs. Bruce McGregor. The lucky door prize was won by William Pepper. Increasing demand for ac- commodation is a reflection of a. trend that has been apparent for some time, board members were told as they considered November occupancy reports at a meeting Thursday. Miss Drope. said occupancy in medical and surgical reached 123.1% of authorized • accommodation dur- ing November. For the first 11 months of the year, occupancy in this department stood at 115.9%. During the same per- iod, patient days increased from 9,599 in 1961, to 10,393 in 1962. K. Bruce MacMillan, chair- man of. the hospital fund rais- ing campaign, said organization activities had been suspended until the first week in January MRS. ISABELLA BO'YD Dinner Marks. 80th Birthday A family dinner was held Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Boyd, McKillop, in honor of Mrs. Isa- bella Boyd, who celebrated her 80th birthday on Thursday, De- cember 20. She was the recipi- ent of gifts from the family. Mrs. Boyd is the former Isa bella Leeming and resided on the 12th concession, McKillop, prior to her marriage, when she and her husband moved to the homestead farm, now occupied by her son, John. Mrs. Boyd has two sons, John and• William, both of McKillop Township; six grandchildren, and •one great-grandchild. Ken Bassett is Ngmed Marshal In recent elections of Local 418, Stratford Musicians' Asso- ciation, Kenneth Bassett, Sea - forth; was named marshal. The president is Norman M. Car- negie, Stratford. The association co-operated with the Seaforth C of C Christ mos program committee recent- ly in clearing the appearance here at the Santa Claus parade I,unch was served and a so- of the Clinton RCAF Trumpet cial half-hour was spent. !Band. Festive of London; Nelson Govenlock, Waterford; Stan Dorrance, Chat- ham, and Mrs. W. H. McKen- zie, Oshawa, were holiday guests of Mrs. Mae Dorrance. Mr. and Mrs'. R. S. Johnston and Hawley and Bob, of Bramp- ton, and Mr. and Mrs. Mac Southgate and family, of Kit- chener, spent Christmas with Mrs Southgate, Sr. Mr. Arnold Lamont, Hamil- ton; Miss Nellie Lamont, Oril- lia; 1VIr. and Mrs. Donald Lam- ont and family, Windsor; Mr. Norman Lamont and Leslie and Sharon; Mr. and Mrs. Al- bert Ausman and family, Galt; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lamont and family, Delhi, and Mr. Melville Lamont and Miss Mary Lamont, of Ethel, were home for Christ- mas at Mrs. Margaret Lamont's home. „ Mr. Douglas Scott, Montreal, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Scott and daughters, Brampton, spent Christmas at the home of their mother, Mrs. James T. Scott. - Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Giffin, of Wyoming, spent Christmas with Mrs. Grace Hogarth and Miss Marion Scarlett. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Reid and family, of Stratford, and Mr. F. J. Lawrence, of Kitchener„spent the weekend at the Pinkeny home. Those visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Netzke over Christmas were: Mr. and Mrs. Delford Stemrnler and family, of Woodstock; Mr. and Mrs. Pat Altman and family, of , Mild- may; Mr. and Mrs. Ray' I•fopf Season to avoid confliction with Christ- mas activities. He told the board approximately $70,000, or onethird the objective, had been received in cash and pledges. Solicitation in McKil- ' lop was less than a third com- pleted; Tuckersmith was begin- ning, and in Seaforth the gen- eral appeal would be under way in January. Early returns from McKillop indicated an excel- lent response from the town- ship, he said. .Reporting for the property committee, James M. Scott said additional repairs were neces- sary to the elevator and would be completed shortly. Trouble was being experienced with the roof on the main hospital build- ing, where ice had torn off a portion of the cornice and eaves. The board agreed that the sale of a large lot at the rear of the nurses' residence would be considered. Mr. Scott said he had a query from a party in- terested in buying the lot. • Board chairman A. Y. Mc- Lean said municipalities con- cerned had taken action lead- ing to the annexation by Sea - forth of 25 acres, the site of the new hospital. In this connection, McKillop had agreed to the area being annexed, but wished assurance that provision would be made for a road allowance to provide access to that por- tion of the hospital property not being annexed and remain- ing in McKillop. The board con- firmed that -it was the- intention to provide such a road allow- ance. Arrangements were made for the usual .Christmas _gifts to the staff. Miss Drope informed the - board that staff members had • suggested they foregotheir gifts to . each other and had donated the cash equivalent - $72.00 -to the building fund. The board agreed that staff salary adjustments become ef- fective January 1, with anni- versary increases on the basis of 1963 only, subject to further review. The schedule had been approved by the Ontario Hos- pital Services Commission. Mr. McLean said the chair- man of the OHS, Dr. R. W. I. Urquhart, had indicated that the 1963 operating budget had been accepted by the commis sion, and that the standard ward rate was set at $16.35. The dif- ferential rate for semi -private accommodation is $2.50, and the differential for private accom- modation is $4.50. The budget is based on 11,000 adult patient days and estimat- ed operating costs total $179,- 445.00. Those attending the meeting were William Dennis, Mrs. J. Hillebrecht, William- Cameron, James M. Scott, Walter Scott, Donald Stewart, M. McKellar, Mrs. McConnell, K. Bruce Mac- Millan and A. Y. McLean. and family, of Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Mel Netzke, Miss Shirley Altman and Mr. Francis. Alt man, of Kitchener and Walker- ton, The family of Mr. and Mrs. David Papple, North Main St., held their annual, Christmas re- union and dinner in the Orange Hall on Sunday. The hall was decorated for the occasion, and Santa Claus appeared to distri bute gifts to the members of the family. There were 45 pres- ent. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McKind- sey and family, of Niagara -nn - the -Lake; Donald McKindsey, tnf Fort Erie, and Sgt. and . Mrq. James McKindsey and family, of Centralia, were Christma visitors with Mr. and Mrs. R. R. McKindsey. Dr. Florence McConney, To- ronto, visited her son, Mr. A. E. McConney, and Mrs. McCon- ney and daughter, Mrs. J. D. Harvey, and Dr. Harvey, over the holidays. Christmas visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith were: Mr. and Mrs. Ken Gardiner and family`, Toronto; Mrs. Jessie McKellar and fam ily, Toronto, and Dr. and Mrs. Ross Finlayson and, family, of Hamilton, Mr. Herb Trapnell, who has been In Westminster Hospital for some time, was able to re- turn to his home here in time for Christmas. Miss Pearn McLean, of Lon- don, sent Christmas at her home • here. • (Continued on Page 4) First Church Has Carol Service Special Christmas carol can- dlelight service was held at 'First Presbyterian Church Sun- day evening Music was sup- plied by the senior and junior choirs under the direction' of Mrs. William Brown, with Miss Carol Brown at the console of the organ. Minister is Rev. D. 0. Fry. As well as congregational singing of carols, the service included: Anthem, "The Birth- day of a King", solo, F. Willis; quartette, "Away in a Manger," Vicky Miller, Debbie Cuming, Lorraine Townsend and Mary Jean Fry; , solo, "Bethlehem," solo, Mrs. H. Cuming; junior choir, "Manger Song"; duet, "Silent Night," Misses 'Lynn and Alice Ann Nixon; junior choir, "Infant Holy"; anthem, "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night"; anthem, "And There Were Shepherds," junior and sep-ior.choirs; solo, '1 Heard the Bells on Christ- mas Day," Dianne Patterson; duet, "Glory of Christmas," Mrs. F. Kling and F. E. Willis; junior choir, "My Christmas Prayer"; men's chorus, "0 Night Divine"; anthem, "An- gels We Have Heard on High," junior and senior choirs, Names Winners In Legion Draw The Legion Hall was crowded Wednesday evening for the an- nual Christmas dance, sponsor- ed by Branch 156. A highlight of the evening was the draw for the Legion Christmas prizes, winners be- ing L. F. Ford, Seaforth; Geo. Coyne, Dublin; Gordon McGon- igle, Charles Reeves and Allan Nicholson, Seaforth.