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The Huron Expositor, 1963-08-29, Page 1. 0 0 04th Year Whole No. 49$4 SE.AFORTU, ONTARjQ, THURSDAY, Local Postf i f ce Marks Fifty Years of Service The chunky red brick build- ing, with the clock on its tower, celebrates its fiftieth birthday this month. Long a landmark in Seaforth for its reliability and depend- ability, the Post Office was opened for service 50 years ago this month. The Huron Expositor of Aug. 8, 1913, referred to it this way: "The new post office building -is now completed and ready for occupancy, . with the exception of the post office boxes, which have not yet arrived. Mr. Rich- ard Wright takes great pride in showing people through. It 's a beautiful building, both in- side and .. out, and does more than fulfill expectations. Mr. McKenzie, the contractor, has made 'a job which is creditable to his skill, workmanship and honesty as a contractor." Since The Expositor first put its stamp of _approval on .•the. post office building, the stamp- ing ground of letters has weath- ered as many storms as a St. Bernard with a keg of brandy, and is still a bright clean re- minder of the vital service it perforts. Serves 2700 People. Today the post office serves 2700 people through lock boxes and five rural routes. Postmas- ter Orville Oke; assistant post- master, Miss Ruth Cluff, and Mrs. Sharon Diehl sort 1300 Let- ters per day. That's one letter every two ' days for, every Seaforth .resi- dent.. And that doesn't include the 100 parcels which arrive every day for distribution:. Until 10 years ago a row of sheds stood behind the post office. They housed horses and hackneys used until after the First Great War for the mail deliveries along the rural routes. In the winter the hackneys were discarded for cutters, which plied the township roads with comparable ease through snow for the regular deliveries. It is thought this supposedly obsoletee m thrid of travel was used into the 1930's. Even today they would prob- ably come in handy to buck the snowdrfi.'nni Bich -bogged down mail delivery 17 days this Iast winter. ' That one -horsepower convey- ance can be a little more re- liable ' thaii the multi -horse- power cars , of today, although not quite as comfortable in the cold weather, Diversified Career The pest office building has and is now having a diversified activities occupy only the first [career. The actual post office floor. The second floor is taken up by the Health of Animals and the Poultry Division of the De- partment of Agriculture is in the process of moving into a corner of the .same floor. The third floor is an apartment. In former years the back end of the second floor was used as the armouries for "C" Company of the Huron -Middlesex Regi- • THE OLD POST OFFICE looks back•oh,;half a century of service this month. Here. Orville Oke (Ieft) and Tom .Wilbee reminisce about the last 50 years and discuss the possible developments for the next fifty. The post office was opened in August of -1913, as- an article in The Huron Expositor of that time says. (Expositor photo by Phillips). ment. The gun racks still serve as a reminder of militia days long gone. After the First World War the Legion occupied the second floor for its meetings. Renovations Mr. Oke says in the three years he has been in charge of the post office the volume has increased now to the point where new lock boxes are need- ed. Caretaker Tom Wilbee, an employee of the Department of Public Works, which looks af- ter all government buildings, expects renovations will be made in the near future. Among the renovations, new lock boxes will be added and bank -type wickets will be in- stalled. Last year the bell was re- moved from the tower because of wornout mechanism and •the weight was settling, causing the Huron -Bruce Liberals Choose M. Gaunt Murray Gaunt of Wingham, youngest member of the last Ontario Legislature,was again nominated to contest the 'Hu- ron -Bruce riding under the Lib- eral banner in the September 25th provincial election. Mr. Gaunt, a turkey farmer and former farm director on MURRAY GAUNT CKNX, 'Wingham, will run against Progressive Conserva- tive George 1VIcCutcheon, who has already been nominated. Huron -Bruce went to the Lib- erals in a bye election last year for the first time' since 1943; by 719 votes. Mr. Gaunt was the unanimous 'choice of about 300 persons attending the nom- ination . meeting in the Wing - ham Town Ball. 'Closer to home, the enumera- tors for Seaforth, ltli;alf, Hul- sett, ,141cttillOp and ,M tekersittith have been named by Returning Officer Russell T. Bolton. Mr. Bolton expects between 18,000 and 19,000 voters will be enumerated in Huron riding. The enumeration starts Tues- day, Sept. 3, and ends Sept. 6. Wednesday night (last night) the Huron Progressive Conserv- atives held their nomination meeting in Clinton. Hon. Chas, S. NlacNaughton was again chos- enAo carry the P.C. color's. Huron Liberals meet Tuesday, Sept. 3, in Hensall to choose their candidate. Murray Gaunt is the guest speaker. Enumerators in the local area are: Seaforth Poll No. 1, Mrs. Stanley Bray; No. 2, Leone Hotham; No. 3, Mrs, A. W. Dunlop; No. 4, Mrs. A. W. Sillery; No. 5, Mrs. Reg Watterworth; No. 6, E. C. Bos- well. Hensall No. 1, W. O. Goodwin; No. 2, (Continued on Page 4) Expositor Advertising Removes Chimney "It pays to advertise," beam• ed one satisfied Expositor adver- tiser after having received "very good response" to have a ehim- ney removed. The Huron Ex: positor classified ads bring: fast satisfactory testilts, roof to leak. ' "But," says Mr. Wilbee, ''the building has remained pretty much like it always has been." One interesting aspect of the service provided by the post office concerns the handing down from father to son the rural routes. At least two 'of the rural mailmen, Marshall Stewart, who has RR 1, and Frank Reynolds, who delivers RR 5, have inherited their routes from their fathers. The rural route -postmen in- clude Bob Watson on RR 2, Jake Broome on RR 3, and Ben Rising on RR 4. Part-time em- ployees are Miss Mae Smith and Mrs. Janet McGregor. For those readers who might have reservations about send- ing their mail by train these days, they can rest easier with the knowledge that mail in and out of Seaforth is trucked. Deciding Game Of Intermediates The deciding game of the first round of the WOAA play - downs between Seaforth Inter- mediates and Clinton will be played Thursday night (tonight) at RCAF Station Clinton, start- ing • at 8:30 p.m. Both teams have each won three games. At one point Sea - forth led the best -of -seven ser- ies by three games to one, but tonight both teams have their backs against the wall with the winner moving into the second round. OWRC Hires Don McLean As Operator The Ontario Water Resources, Commission hired Donald Mc-. Lean to operate Seaforth's new sewer system Tuesday night in a special meeting with the Sewer Committee of the Town Council. Exact details of the arrange- ments are not available because the press was excluded from the meeting as is The privilege of a meetinj,committee. Details are expected to be. announced at the next regular.' council session when the Sewer Committee makes its report. At a previous meeting, tentative agreement was reached between the council and the OWRC that the latter would operate the system for a year, with the town being billed for the opera- tional costs. Meanwhile work is progress- ing on the $1'77,000 system. Sewer Inspector Bill Campbell said Wednesday that the new pumping system will. be -opera- tional within a week. Last week the controls were hooked up at the generator station and the power was turn- ed on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday afternoon •OWItC officials were instructing Mr. McLean in the operation of the controls. Town Observes Labor Day Labor Day winds up the last big summer weekend for, most people. The Expositor also plans to holiday on Mon- day, so correspondents and advertisers are asked to please have copy in as early as possible, because we have only two days to publish the paper instead of the usual three. New Policeman Starts Duties Seaforth's newest police con- stable, Keith Ruston, commenc- ed his duties this week. Con- stable Ruston, formerly of the Mitchell police department, will move his wife and three chil- dren to Seaforth at the begin- ning of September. They will take up residence on East Wil- liam Street. Girl Dies Of Farm Injuries Deborah Anne Sullivan, nine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gre- gory Sullivan, 82 Dennis Street, Lambeth, was killed in a farm accident where she had been spending the summer months with Mrs. Mary McCarth& of RR 1, Dublin. The little girl was standing beside a grain grinder, operat- ed by a belt run on a tractor take -off. The belt came off, arched into the air and wrap- ped around the girl. It rolled her up to the tractor, where she was jammed between the wheel and the chassis. Only Mrs. McCarthy was with the girl when the accident occur- red. Surviving are her parents; one sister, Donna; three broth- ers, David, James and Stephen, all at home; grandparents, Mr.- and r-add Mrs. J. E, Connors, Smith Falls, and Mr, James Sullivan of Killaloe. The body rested at the E. •C, Killingsworth funeral home, London. Requiem High Mass was chanted Monday, at 10 a.m. at 'St. Mary's Church, London. Burial was in ,St. Peter's ceme- tery. UGUST 29, 1963 10 AGES ;$2 #i0 a-4Year irl • vanco Single f✓4lites, tL Cents tteni s Clinton School Attendance at Seaforth Dis- trict High School will be down this year by approximately 100 students, due to the opening of the new Central Huron Secon- dary School in Clinton. Principal L. P. Plumsteel esti- mates this year's attendance at 325 to 350 students, Last year's total was 430. The fewer students will re- sult in a smaller staff at the local high school. While six in- structors are leaving, only four have been hired to fill the ex- pected vacancies. • Those leaving are Mrs. K. Marilyn McCauley, who will teach Home Economics at Exe- ter; Miss Laurel Cocks; Brock Vodden, who will teach in Ati- koken, Ont.; J. D. Pollock, who is returning to Scotland to farm; Miss Jean McLarty, who is going to the U.S., and W. G. Nediger, who will teach at Cen- tral Huron in Clinton. Moving in to fill the vacan- cies are Miss Catherine Hoag, a French and Latin teacher, presently at Clinton; Mrs. Hel- en Alexander, a mathematics teacher, also at Clinton; Mrs. Ann Hansen, an English teach- er from Ottawa, and Mrs. R. S. McKercher, who will teach home economics. Mrs, Alexan- der will head the mathematics department. Mr. Plumsteel anticipates lots of room for students. "We hope to use the library class "room as a library, so upper school students have a place to study during a spare," he said. Last year theschool was full, "but not uncomfortable," he remarked. Some renovations have tak- en place during the summer. The old typing room and an ad: joining room have been merged into one big typing room at a cost of $2500. NEEDLESS TO SAY, it's back to school time again. Naturally all the school children in the area, as in the rest -of the province, are anxiously awaiting that first bell which will beckon them to the first of 10 months of classes. Here John Groothuis reflects the many bright, happy faces of children everywhere returning to school. Well maybe this is slightly exaggerated, but it could be worse. It could be the beginning of exams. (Expositor photo by Phillips). BiIIy MacLean Scores First Course Hole -in -ane Fourteen -year-old Billy Mac- Lean recorded the first hole -in - one at the new Seaforth golf course on Thursday when he aced the par three 87 -yard sev- enth hole. Billy flew the ball onto the BILLY MacLEAN green with. a seven iron and two bounces later it clanged against the pin into the hole. Stunned at first with the possi- bility of the golfer's dream, Billy, his father, Norm MacLean, and Rod Doig raced excitedly to check on the seldom -seen phenomenon. Sure enough it was an ace on the 40 -acre course which has improved a great deal from the beginning of July. Then the grass was scorched and burnt. Rain in the past few weeks has greened the course up considerably. Opened July 1 Rod and Ken Doig opened the course on July 1 on their father Paul's farm, just east of Eg- mondvilfe. Official opening takes place at the beginning of May next year with a tourna- ment. Ken says he's not sure whe- ther the tournament will be local or' individual with some well-known golf names. To date the club now boasts 25 members with over 100 duffers showing up on the weekends to shoot a round on the par 35' nine -hole course. About 25 golfers are turning up on Monday, Tuesday and Wed- nesday evenings to fire off the tee. Three Years of Work Work began on the course de- signed by Rod and Ken three years ago. Longest hole is the 430 par 5 first. It will be near- ly 480 yards when completed. Two other holes will also be Swim Meet Winds Up LIo11� Pool Competitors from Seaforth, Morris (G), 20.2 seconds; John Pierre (G), Tom Crawford (S), Tiffin (W). Karen Smith (G), Wingham, Goderich and Clinton Gautreau (C), Joe Kerr (W). Joe Kerr (W). Genifer Couchman (G). participated in the end of the Bob McKay (W). "+ Girls, 12 and under—Genifer Boys, 10 and under—Larry season swim meet at Lions Park Girls, 14 and under — Judy Sample (W), 23.3 seconds, Don- Parks (S), 32,1 seconds, Tom Monday evening. . Wood (G), 20.8 seconds; Elaine na Reynolds (S), Marilyn Tiffin Crawford (S), Allan Bell Cham - The meet rounds out activi- Kennedy (C) and Bonnie Mc- (W), Faye Farquhar (C). ber (C), Mark Fisher (C). ties at the pool with testing of Gee (G), tied; Mary Sills (S), Boys, 12 and under — Jim Girls, 12 and under — Linda juniors, intermediates and sen- Pat Ball (C). - Morris (G), 28.7 seconds, John Lockridge (W), 24.4 seconds, iors for Red Cross badges slat- Boys, 14 and under — Butch Gautreau (C), Ove Christenson Maureen Bannon (S), Nancy ed for Thursday (today), to end Fleet (C) and Bill Kerr (W), (C), Terry Dale (W). Hulley (S), Betty Hunter (C). the season's activities. tied, 20.2 seconds; Doug Ml'ow- Girls, 14 and under—Sandra Boys, 12 and under—Dennis Swimming will continue into boy (W) and Garry Nicholson Dowds (G), 27.5 seconds, Susan Broklhin (S), 34.0 seconds, Gary September if the good weather (8) tied; Gary Deline (C), Jim Delaney (C), Gerda Willems (8), Montgomery (S), Dave Schustel keeps up. Montgomery (S). Debbie Miller (S). (W), Tom Longland (G). Results of the meet are: Girls, 17 and under—Shirley Boys, 14 and under — Doug Girls, 14 and under—Bonnie Front Crawl Fiiy (8), 22.5 seconds; Linda Kerr (G), 24.5" seconds, Bill McGee (G), 28.1 seconds, Mary Girls, 10 and under — Faye Scotchmer (0), Bonnie Homuth Deneau (W), Mike Stinnissen Sills (S), Linda Davison (G) and Farquhar (C), 27.3 seconds; (C), Pat Reynolds (C). (S), Gary Deline (C). Elaine Kennedy (C), tied; Ger- Charlyn Fry (S), Karen Such Boys, 17 and under — Pete Girls, 17 and under—Maureen da Willems (S). (G), Gene Irwin (W). Thompson (C), 16.5 seconds; Dowds (0), 26.9 seconds, Elean- Boys, 14 and under—Wayne Boys, 10 and under — Larry Bill Rowat (8), Paul Dockstet- or Davidson (0), Bonnie Ho- Irwin (W), 24.0 seconds, Gary Park (S), 23.5 seconds; Dennis ter (0), Ed. Sanderson (G). muth (C), Katie Scott (S). Nicholson (S), Ross Gautreau Deline (C), Mark Fisher (W), Breast Stroke Boys, 17 and under — Pete (C), Bryan Smith (G), and Bob Allan Belt Chamber (C). Girls, 10 and under -- Linda Thompson (C), 22.5 seconds, Butler (W), tied; Mike Stinnis- Girls 12 and under--Margar- Lockridge (W), 34;0 seconds; Doug Kene (G), Jim Boughen sen (S). et Mclean (8), 23.1 seconds; Barb Bryan (S), Faye Farquhar (C), Paul Tiffin (W). Girls, 17 and under --.Carol Betty Hunter (C), Nancy ifulley (C), Jenifer Codman (G)•, Back Crawl Thompson (C), 29,7 seconds (S),. Linda East (0), Boys, 10anti under—Dennis Girls, 1(1 and u der—Chart .iii S i ' r4 Y h rley Fry (S),. Joantle J�alone .Boys, 12 and under — Jam Donne (C); no teen ida, Austin Pry (5), 34,9see+biids; Sandra' (S), honey Ps'irs0ns+ (OE • and lengthened considerably, com- plete with "dog -legs and other obstacles equally frustrating to the never -say -die duffer. Future plans call for a pond in front of the first tee and a clubhouse to be constructed on the foundation of the barn. The clubhouse should get underway in October and will be com- plete with sundeck, snackbar and pro shop. Lockers and showers will also be included; Lowest,scores recorded to date are y Rod and Ken with 33's. Ken has had a 68 for.. 18 holes., McKillop Fire Damages Tractor A burning straw field caught up with a tractor causing $200 damage on Frank Flannery's on the east end of Concession 3, McKillop Township, last Fri- day at noon. The Seaforth Fire Brigade was called at 11:40 a.m. to deal with the blaze.. Part of a tire and wiring of the tractor were burned, stated Jack Scott, fire chief,- • Smile of the Week "When a woman's toe sticks out of her shoe, she's fashion- able. When a man's toe sticks out, he's a bum." Season Eleanor 'Davison (G), tied. Boys, 17 and under — Paul Dockstetter (G), 22.6 seconds, Brian Forsyth (W), Ed, Sander- son (G) and Ken Cardno (8), tied: Wayne Irwin (W). Butterfly Girls, 12 and under—Angela Devereaux (S), $1.3 seconds, Betty Hunter (C), Donna Rey- nolds (S). Boys, 12 and under — Rick Fremlin (C), 26.5 seconds, Gary Montgomery (S), Terry Dale (W), Tom Longland (G). Girls, 14 and under Judy Wood (G), 24.7 seconds, Sandra Dowds (G), Elaine Kennedy (C), Susan Delaney (C). Boys, 14 and under — Butch Fleet (C), 26.1 seconds, Brian Smith (G), Doug Keene (0), Bri- an Forsyth (S). Girls, 17 and under Katy Scott (S), 27,0 seconds, Lynn Sbeardon (0), Eleanor Davison (G), Pat Reynolds (0). Boys; 17 and 'under - !etd (Continued on Page4j1.. Bus routes will remail flip same as last June for the. first - two or three weeks' until, new ones': au be 'arranged, The bus! es arrive at 1tb, ,school at I a.ir . the first day. Les bkir t will manage the routaa thts year. - ' Change At Public $chool One newteacher , monies to Seaforth Public School„,; lVlrs, Guelda Holmes will fill the Vac- ancy left by the departure of Mrs. Gordon Pullman,.. Hits. Holmes, who will live in' Mit- chell, has been teaching at the Indian Affairs School in Lon- don. , The rest of the public school staff includes John W. Talbot, principal; Mrs. H. Mason, Mrs, Elva Ellis, Mrs. T. Kay, Misss, M. E. Turnbull, Donald- Morton, Ronald Eyre, Mrs. Ronald Eyre, Mrs. E. C. Boswell and Mrs. J. W.- Talbot. McKillop students will see. two changes as Janet Tyndall, of Clinton will teach at SS 1,3, and Tom Fowler of Dungannon. will be at SS 2. Miss Tyndall'_ takes over from Mrs. Audrey Mcllwain, and Mr. Fowler fills the vacancy left by Mrs. Vera; Hood of Kippen. Other McKillop teachers. in- clude Miss Nancy Lannin at SS 4, Miss Eunice Thiel of Zur- ich at SS 6, Gibson Willis of Brussels at SS 7, Mrs. George Coville of Dublin at SS 8, Mrs. James Smith of RR 2, Brussels, at SS 9, Erwin Johnston of Sea - forth at SS 10, and Miss Jessie Little of Brussels at SS 12. In Tuckersmith, Mrs, Mina Talbot will teach at SS 2. Mrs. Talbot, who last year taught in Stanley, ,, replaces James M. Jamieson, who will take up a teaching position in Goderich. Teaching in Tuckersmith will be Miss Marjorie Papple at SS 3, Jean Turner at SS 7, Mar - ares ,f1, Mprrill at SS 4, L1o,yd tiittf''dfig''at SS ld 'Mrs- Mira - bell Reichert t SS;1, Mrs An- iia DEolmage at SS 5, Arthur Finlayson and Mrs Ross' Alex- ander at SS 8, and. 'W.;Spencer Jeffery at SS 9, Two new teat i I1f' make their appearance at St. James' Separate School. Sister Miriam, who has been teaching at Cor- unna, - will be principal, filling the vacancy left by the depar- ture of Sister Sabrina, Mrs. Ken (Continued on Page 4) Bank Manager, G. C. Brightrall. Passes Here George• C. Brightrall, former manager 'of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and active in community affairs, died Friday evening in Scott Memorial Hos- pital. He was admitted Thurs- day suffering a coronary condi- tion. He was in his 66th year. Mr. Brightrall was manager of the Seaforth branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce for 19 years, prior to retiring in 1958, after 43% years in the banking business. Educated in New Hamburg public and continuation schools, he began his banking career in Plattsville, Ont.. and worked in various 'branches, including Chatham, Toronto, Blenheim, Hamilton and London before assuming his. duties here. Mr. Brightrall served with the 111th Batallion Canadian Expeditionary Forces and the Middlesex and Huron Regiment. He is a past president of the London Kinsmen Club and Past Master of Britannia Lodge e A.F. and A.M. His community activities in- cluded positions as secretary of the Lions Club, membership on the Board of , Scott Memorial Hospital, and Focal treasurer of he Canadian National Institute or the Blind. As an athlete he played Jun - or OHA hockey against Howie Morenz when the latter was with Stratford Juniors. He was member of the Plattsville Royals championship baseball eam of 1917. A member of Northside Unit - d Church, Mr. Brightrall was orn in Grand Rapids, Michigan. e married the former Gladys indree in Blenheim in 1920. Surviving him are his wife, ladys, and one son, Donald, of Seaforth. Funeral services were held onday afternoon at G. A. Whit- ey Funeral Home, and burial ook place at Maitlandbank emetery. Rev. J. C. Britton fficiated at the services. Pallbearers were Leonard F. ord, Dr, E. A, 'McMaster, Dr. • P* L. Brady, Frank Kling, Geo. iller and Donald Stewart. owerbeater's were 0. A.. Bar. er* Pt. t, McConnell, Dr; , ,, tA, rani attd . C. tow tsll,' f a K e b H G M n t c 0 1;`!