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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1963-03-21, Page 1• • ti • r • 104th Year Whole No. 4962 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963 "- 2 -PAGES $2;;.5 a Yea 2 rll, Atj vat;1 ' Srf►gle op1ea, 10, Vents • r s • • • • • Use More Hydro PUC Explains Higher Bilis Dozens of complaints about higher than average hydro bills which the PUC office here has been receiving in recent weeks, are a reflection of the severe weather earlier this winter. PUC Manager R. J. Boussey told the commission on Thurs- day that there had been an in- crease in domestic consump- tion of 115,000 KWH during January and. February over the same period last year. When the trend was first not- ed, officials established a close check and found that there were increases in the case of more than 80 per cent of the consumers. As complaints were received, they were investigat- ed and in almost every case the increase was found to result from increased use of hydro as a result of the colder winter. In some cases, extra portable heaters were in use. Frequent- ly ovens in ranges were used as auxiliary heat in kitchenes. Fur- naces with motors were running for longer periods. New installations accounted for increases in several cases. These included heat cables to prevent ice forming and use of block heaters on cars parked outside. The commission approved a street light program requested by town council. This includes installation of 23 new standards and lights on Market and East William Streets. A capital expenditure pro- gram of $19,000, covering distri- bution system to tie in with a new north -end substation, has received clearance from the HEPC, the commission was told, and work will get under way shortly. Approval had been given previously for the substa- tion, estimated to cost .$25,000. "JUNIOR'S MOUSTACHE", which won second place in the recent Huron County Drama Festival, played to an enthusiastic audience at the SDHS Friday evening. Presented here un- der the auspices of the Seaforth W.I., the cast of the one act play is scheduled for appearances in Varna and Brucefield next week. While the the play placed second, two of the cast, Nancy Lannin and Bill Campbell, Won awards as best actress and best actor. Shown here, (left to right), front row, Francis Huftt, Nancy Lannin, Joan Pryce, Amy Stewart, Roba Doig; back row, Brock Vodden, director, Robert Fotheringham and Bi11 Campbell. (Photo by Phillips.) Winter Battles to the End As Storm Halts Traffic The calendars say March 20 is the last day of winter and determined to make the most of it, the weatherman Wednes- day unleashed, a vicious attack that in a few hours created as hazardous driving conditions as have existed at any time this winter. Heavy, wet snow, driven by high • winds cut visibility to a minimum and on many roads brought traffic to a standstill. Ushered in with freezing rain which began late Tuesday after- noon, the storm was in full McKillop, Logan Plans for Dial Stormy weather and treach- erous driving resulted in a small attendance when shareholders of the McKillop, Logan and Hib- bert Telephone Company held their annual meeting in. Dublin Wednesday afternoon. Reports presented by presi- dent Matt Murray and officials M. MURRAY Fall Fair Sets Plans; Name NewSecretary Leslie J. Pryce, RR 1, Dublin, was hired as secretary -treasurer of Seaforth Agricultural Society at a meeting of the directors Thursday night. Mr. Pryce will assume his new duties April 1, and begin preparations for the 118th annual fall. fair. Resignation of R. James Wal- lace from the position had been accepted earlier in the meeting. Mr. Wallace held that position with the society for the past five years. Associate directors listed for 1963 were: Claire Reith, Robert Tyndall, Irvin Trewartha, Ken Campbell, Andrew Moore, Ken Moore, Wilfred Coleman, Keith Sharp, James F. Sdott, Filmer Chappel, James B. Hogg, Lavern Ppdkin, Robert Broadfoot, Jno. McCowan, B. R. Thomson, James Keys, Victor Lee, Bruce Cole- man, James Rose, Ted' Melady, Wilmer Broadfoot, Art Vatley, Ivan Forsyth, Larry Wheatley, Eric Anderson, William Strong, Lewis Coyne, Robert Fothering- ham, R. W. Campbell, D. Mc- Lean, George Wheatley, and L. F. Ford. Committee chairmen will be: heavy horses, Robert Patrick; light horses, John Murphy; beef Battle, J. W. Devereaux; dairy cattle, James B. Hogg; sheep, Guy Dorrance; swine, Ken Stew- art; live poultry, Ken Moore; eggs, Clare Reith; sports and attractions, Gordan Papple; grounds and property, R. W. Canipbell, farm. machinery, Alex Boyes; grain and field crop, Harold Pryce; public relations, Mrs. Joseph Grummett; parade, F. A. Dobson; midway and out- door 'concessions, R. E. McMil- lan; indoor concessions, Cliff Broadfoot; parking, Scott Cluff; tickets: selling, John A. Cardno; collectors, George Wheatley; pet show, representative to be appointed by Lions Club; horti- cultural products, roots and vegetables, Dave McLean; dairy show, Lee Learn; elementary school, J. W. Talbot; high school, A. E. McConney. Committee heads for the la- dies' department have yet to be named by the women's divi- sion, Date for the 1963 fair will be Thursday and Friday, Sept. 19 and 20, according to secretary - treasurer R. James Wallace. . Directors were delegated to approach the various council for grants for 1963. Named to approach Tuckersmith were J. W. Devereaux and Robert Gem- mell; Hibbert, Ted Melady and John Murphy; Seaforth, R. E. McMillan and Russell T. Bol- ton; McKillop, R. W. Campbell, Harold •Pryce and Earl McSpad- den; Stanley, Gordan Papple and A. S. Bolton: Reporting for the field crop' section, Harold Pryce told the meeting that a competition is planned in Keystone barley and that necessary seed is available from the society. Also planned are competitions in Russell oats, husking' corn ,and' ensilage' corn, indicated the company is push- ing forward its rebuilding pro- gram in anticipation of early conversion to dial. The company completed a successful year. A net profit of $6,103.02 was transferred to surplus. The meetng elected as direc- tors M. Murray, RR 1, Dublin; A. Siemon, RR 2, Walton; Clem Krauskopf, RR 1, Dublin; Lyle Worden, RR 1, Staffa; Joseph Dill, Dublin; Frank Eickmeier,. RR 4,` Mitchell and. Gordon Scott, Cromarty. At • a subse- quent meeting of the board,, Mr. Murray was elected presi- dent; Mr. Siemon, vice-presi- dent; and Mrs. Angela Klink- hamer was ' reappointed secre- tary -treasurer. St. James' Has Speaking Contest St. James' School held its foprth annual public speaking contest on Wednesday. Prizes, were won by Mary Sills, speaking on "Helen Kel- ler"; Ray Devereaxu chose as his topic, "What is a Boy?" and Joanne Van Vugt placed third on the topic, "My Ambition—A Nurse." Awards of $5, $3 and $2 were donated and presented by the pastor, Rev. C. E. Culli- van. The judges were J. O'Brien, F. Godin and B. Vod- den. Arthur Devereaux, chairman of the school board, presented the school board certificate awards to each contestant. A sing -song was conducted by F. C. J. Sills, while the judges were reaching a conclusion. Other participants were: An- gela Devereaux, "Social Life of a Pioneer"; Tommy Devereaux, "Father Stephen Eckert"; Jane Sills, "Florence Nightingale"; Dawana Reynolds, "Does Father Know Best?"; Yvonne Feeney, "Trans -Canada Highway"; Mary Price, "What the Press Means To Me"; Jack Van den Hengel, "Royal Canadian Mounties"; Linda Chase, "A Salute to Can- ada"; Patricia Etue, "Educa- tion"; Mary Hagan, "Sports Star, Red Kelly." Donate $163.00 Pupils of the Seaforth Public School have raised $163.00 in aid of the Jr. Red Cross Society. The gift has been forwarded to the society by Principal J. W. Talbot, and will be used to fur- ther assistance and research on behalf of children generally. Reduce Town Tax Ra eaforth Budget Is U Extension of the present sew- er contract to permit a line to be laid on Goderich Street be- fore the street is rebuilt is a possibility. Council at a special meeting Wednesday instructed its engineering consultants, Mac - Laren .and Associates, to take necessary steps to obtain ap- proval of the...OWRC and OMB. Douglas Smith, representing the engineers, said he believed the OWRC would not raise any objections but would insist on a petition signed by adjoining property owners. If there were objections, an OMB hearing would he required. He said the estimated cost would be about $23,950. This included on Goderich Street, from West William to Louisa, $18,000; and 260 feet west from Coleman, $3,200; on James from West William to Main, $2,750. He felt almost sufficient funds would be available if winter works recoveries on labor of $20,000 were considered. He would not recommend elimina- tion of an item of $10,000 for contingency in the present con- tract even though with the con- tract 25% completed it had not been drawn on. Council hesitated, feeling Inothing should be done to place the paving programme in jeopardy. Discussion indicated, however, there need be no dif- ficulty with the DHO contract providing a proper schedule was maintained., bloom early Wednesday. 'Ice which formed on roads during the night was hidden by falling snow and added to the hazards of driving. Busses Leave Early SDHS busses left on return trips early Wednesday after- noon to avoid being trapped on rural roads. When a similar storm struck two weeks ago, one of the busses was forced to give up an unequal 'battle against drifts and blinding snow and the driver, Ray Town- send, and eight pupils spent the night at the farm home of William Dennis in McKillop township. Five Cars Pile Up Provincial Police closed No.. 8 highway between Dublin and Seaforth for two hours Wed- nesday afternoon when five cars piled in a chain reaction of rear -end collisions west of Dub- lin. Damage totalled $730, ac- cording to Constable R. E. Schenck, of the Sebringville 0. P.l. detachment. Visibility was zero, he said. Involved in the accident series were cars driv- en by Bertan Robinson, 61 Ham- ilton Rd., Goderich; Carl Coop- er, RR 4, Seaforth; Chas. Hough- ton, RR 2, Clinton and John Murphy, RR 4, Seaforth. A fifth vehicle — a small sports car, driven by Terry Ford, Seaforth, turned over as the driver at- tempted to avoid the other cars. There were no personal injuries. Towners Play Final Friday Final game in the "B Eight" semi-final playoffs is scheduled for Friday night. Lucah-Ilder- ton Combines and Seaforth Towners will hook up in the seventh game in Lucan arena. Huron. Council Sits Thursday Huron County Council as- sembles Thursday forenoon for a one -day session at which all committees will report. These have been reduced from 12 to nine, and a number of matters which claimed attention at the March session last year are out of. the way. Recommended appointment of E. C. Fisher, mayor of Gode- rich, as emergency measures co-ordinator for .;the county, will be dealt with. Mr. Fisher, if his appointpnent is confirm- ed, will outline his program at t the June session. Most important business on Thursday will be adoption of the budget. The mill rate of 14 --six general, eight for roads— is likely to be the same, it was learned at the county build- ing. President E, G. Ball, of the University of Western Ontario, made a plea at the January session fora assistance in the fi- nancial campaign now under way, but indications are, for on- ly the usual grant of $2,500 for bursaries. Main Breaks As Sewer Caves In When mild weather over the weekend resulted in a cave-in at a sewer excavation on North Main Street, several water serv- ices were broken, according. to PUC manager R. J. Boussey. As the earth fell in the excavation, the water main serving the arca was exposed and sagged, snap- ping off connecting pipes. Water was shut off in the north ear of town while PUC crews shored up the main and reconnected the services. Debenture Debt Charges Recoverable Grants and Subsidies Children's Protection Direct Relief Highway Improvement ... Liquor License Fees ...... County of Huron Grant in Lieu of Taxes ........ Licenses and Permits _.. ... Interest, Tax Penalties, etc Other Revenues Rents ...... Fines Service Charges • ... ...........• 480.00 2,000.00 9,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,500.00 4,000.00 Miscellaneous t• Sewer Rentals 3,000.00. Sale portion of Town Property 600.00 Parking Meter Revenue . 2,500.00 Rates Sewer Frontage 1,817.12 Sewer 2.4 4,545.20 County 13.7 25,561.92 Library 1.9 3,545.08 S.D.H.S.• — Commercial 16.3 11,175.35) Residence 14.7 17,760.98) Public— Commercial 26.4 16,796.31) Residence ...... __. 23.8 24,493.89) Separate— Commercial .... 27.8 1,372.76) • Residence 25.0 4,476.88) General Rates Commercial 29.5 Residential ... 23.7 Surplus used to reduce levy Unconditional grant ...., 19,399.32) 28,635.05) 28,936.33 41,290.20 5,849.64 EXPENDITURES General Government Protection To Person Protection •,To Property Public Works Sanitation Education, including debt charges Health and Welfare Recreation and Community Services Agricultural Society 500.00 Library 3,545.20 Debt Charges ......... .. ......._ 61,968.06 Less own share School debt charges _ . _ 27,003.56 34,964.50 Interest and other charges ... 3,300.00 Community Centre Discount For Taxes Taxes Written Off County Rate ., Miscellaneous Farm Rebate Allowance for tax sale . ' .... . McGAVIN IN HIBBERT • 115.00 7,000.00 $27,792.00 12,48.0.00 8,100.00 2,100.00 1,000.00 2,500.00 6,500.00 6,100.00 $111,545.49 $178,251.20 48,034.37 18,000.00 7,000.00 Seaforth taxes will ' be down this year. Average reduction., such as that for public school residential, is five mils. Com- mercial public school is down 3.3 mills, Separate school supporters benefit still more where a re- duction in the gehool requisi- tion of two mills resulted in an overall reduction of seven mills andF5.4 mills for residential and commercial. The rates were confirmed at a special meeting of council Wednesday evening. Going into Committee -df -the whole, council went over the expenditures for each depart- ment as recommended by the finance committee. Only change suggested was transfer of $1,0110 from general government. to sanitation. It was suggested art amount of $8,000 for town hai11 alterations might not be all re- quired since changes to the roof and tower would be toe costly. In any event, the heat- ing plant must be 'revamped. Mayor Dinsmore told the com- mittee that no requisitions had been received from Seaforth District High School nor from the public school. However, the SDHS had been estimated at an increase of $4,000 and the public school at $1,000 more, Referring to capital expendi- tures, such as road reconstruc- tion and signal lights, Mayor Dnsmore stressed and council agreed that before any project was -proceeded with, it would receive council approval. Committee Reports The budget recommendations $251,151.86 were worked out at a" meeting of the finance committee Satur- day morning. Members of the committee are councillors An- gus MacLean, chairman; council- lors N. C. Bell and N. C. Card- . no. The reductions, ranging up to seven mills in the case of the separate school residential rate, result in the main from increas- es in revenue. Estimated ex- penditures at $251,151:86 ate $22,426.57 higher than last year. The increased revenue re- flects administrative controls introduced during recent years, as well as new income such as parking meters estimated at $2,- 500, and recovery on sale of factory, $600. In addition, thb assessment base on which taxes will be levied has increased this year. In 1962 the rate was based on a deficit of $9,000.00 to be recovered from surplus. 7,115.00 This year the lowered rate takes into consideration a $251,151.86 recovery from surplus for a (Continued on Page 6) $29,000.00 25,164.00 6,278.00 26,484.64 5,000.00 76,000.00 2,500.00 4,045.20 38,264.50 2,802.00 100.00 2,874.04 25,525.12 Stable Government Must Come first Hibbert voters heard Liberal candidate Gordon McGavin at a well -attended meeting in Staffa Tuesday evening. The meeting, organized by the Hibbert Liberal Association, was in charge of Gerald Holland. Greetings were extended by Hibbert reeve, Earl Dick. Mr. McGaving reviewed the problems facing Canada and emphasized that the need to- day was to ensure the return of stable government, a govern- ment with purpose and of de- cision. .PUPILS OF ST. JAMES' SCHOOL competed in the annual public speaking contest on Wednes- day. riere Rev. C. E. Sullivan'• presents a trophy to first prize winner, Mary Sills, while winners in other elasses,Itay Devereaux and Joanne-, Van Vu t look on. x'ositaar P o "While there may be many changes and improvements we might like to see in various gelds, everything mugt wait un- til we have a strong govern- ment," he said. "That must come first."' The speaker was introduced by A. Y. McLean, president of the Huron Liberal Association, who discussed briefly the charge that the Liberal opposition had obstructed the business of par- liament, and had prevented the government from bringing in a budget. Mr. McLean pointed out that under the rules of the House of Commons, the opposition at no time could prevent the intro- duction of legislation or of a budget. The only reason no budget had been introduced. was that the government was not prepared to give a finan- cial accounting. In a social hour that followed, Mr. McGavin had an opportun- ity to meet and speak to the members of the audience. Present Play to SDHS Audience Receives Award For Long Service Miss Ruth Cluff was honored Tuesday when she was present- ed 'with a 25 -year -pin with the compliments of the Deputy Postmaster General. - The award marks the comple- tion of 25 years' service on the staff of the Seaforth post office. For lengthy periods on two oc- casions she was acting -postmas- ter. The presentation was made by Ira Jones, London, area sup- erintendent of post services. P The Seaforth Junior Farmers presented their play to a large audience in the Seaforth Dis- trict High School on Friday eve- ning. The evening was sponsor- ed by the Seaforth Women's In- stitute, and following the play euchre was played. There were 22 tables in play, winners be- ing: ladies, first, Mrs. Reta Orr; second, Mrs. Harold Coleman; consolation, Mrs. David Papple; men, most games, W. D. Wilson; second, Harvey Dolmage; con- solation, Wilfred Tremeer. Lunch was served by institute CARL R. DE BOER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rients De Boer, of Stayner, Ont., and former- ly of Seaforth, will graduate April 19th from the Prairie Bible Institute, Three Hills, Alta., where he has been tak- ing a four-year theological course, specializing in Chris - tion Education. After gradua- tion Mr. De Hoer is planning to take further training prior to going to India as a mission- ary. Born in the Netherlands, Mr. De Boer came to Canada with his parents in 1951. He graduated from the' Seaforth Pubiie School and twit WO