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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1963-10-10, Page 1• • • a • . a 104th Year Whole No. 4990 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1963--12 PAGES New Tuckersmith Road Speeds Traffic NO LONGER WILL MOTORISTS, on the second of Tuck- ersmith, find it necessary to climb a 'steep road around a bend in the Bayfield river. Work is 'well under way con- structing a new road that will avoid the hillside route and carry traffic directly across what until now has been a part of the river. Tp provide for the road, contractors have altered the course of the river, confining it to an area south of where it has flowed for centuries. The picture, looking west, shows the 'work under way this week. To the left is the present road winding along the side of the hill, and under it is a portion of the former river bed. 'The new river course is shown to the right. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Entertain Graduating Students - GRADUATES OF ST. JAMES' SEPARATE SCHOOL were honored last week when- they were guests of the Catholic Women's League. Shown here are: Front row (left-to.right) Jimmy Phillips, Fergus' Quinn, Barbara Aubin, Joanne Van V}igt, Julianna Rau, Mary Sills, Mary Ann Phillips, John Save Furniture When Fire Strikes Henson Home Neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kyle, Jr., of Brock St., Hensall, carried most of the • Kyle's furnishing to safety on Tuesday when fire spread from a garage to the home. Hensall volunteer firemen confined damage to the rear portion of the home, although some smoke and water damage was done to other parts of the 1% -storey frame house. Mr. and Mrs. Kyle and their three daughters, Karen, 6, Kathy, 5, and Karman, 2, were not home when the fire was reported. Mr. Kyle said they will live with his parents, Mr. . and Mrs. William Kyle, at Kip- pen, until the home is repair- ed. There is no estimate of dam- age and it is not known how the fire started. w t'• • Lions Hear Rev. D. O. Fry Seaforth Lions, meeting in St. Thomas' Church Hall Monday evening, instructed the Parks Committee to proceed with plans for the erection of a pic- nic pavilion at the Lions Park. It is expected :footings and foundatiolis t ill be in place this year, and! tViit the new structure will be available at the beginning of the picnic sea- son. The club heard Rev. D. 0. Fry discuss "Shaping Today For Tomorrow." (Mr. Fry's remarks will ap- pear in full in next week's issue). Succeeds In Trade Tests Donald Wright, son of Mr. and Mr's. Art Wright, John St., Seaforth, has completed his four years of apprenticeship in the auto body repair trade at Schenck Auto Body Shop, Gode- rich St. West, Seaforth. Donald has been succesful in passing his exams for his lic- ense at the Beal Technical School in London, under the supervision of the Department of Labour. -Willems, Pat Murray . Second row: Jack Van den Henget; Dianne Lansink, Mary Lansink, Rose Brady, Susan Leonhardt, Monica McCurdy, Patricia Bannon, Harry Mero. Back row Gregory Rau, Ray Devereaux, . Bill McGrath, Tom Malone, Gary Bannon, Paul Hagan. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Lions Participate In Plans For Crippled Children Plans for the 1964 Easter Seal campaign- were discussed at a district council meeting of the Ontario Society for Crip- pled Children, held Thursday night in the Elm Haven Motel, Clinton. ;The meeting also re- newed the program of activi- ties carried on for crippled children by the service clubs in the counties. of Huron and Perth. The Seaforth Lions Club par- ticipates in the program. Among accomplishments of the club were provision of a new wheel chair for a "hydrocephalitic" boy. A "Hoyer" lift has also been ordered for the boy, as he is too heavy for his mother to carry. For another boy, sur- gical shoes have been .bought and those are checked and ad- justed every three months. All care is done under the guid- ance and advice of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children. The club also sponsored two boys to the summer .camp at Woodeden, one for a period of 14 days and the other for 21 days. W. D. Stephenson, chairman of Easter Seals, and Rev. H. Donaldson, chairman Crippled Children, attended the meet- ing as representatives of the Lions Club; There are 231 service clubs in Ontario who are all actively engaged in helping crippled children. Each of these clubs conducts an annual Easter Seal campaign in their community and surrounding area, and with the public's financial support, they provide care and treat- ment for more than 153000 crippled children in Ontario. Chairman of the district meeting was W. W. Haysom of the Lions Club of Goderich, and the service clubs represented were: Lions Club of Bayfield, Lions Club of Lucknow, Lions Club of Brussels, Lions Club of Clinton, Lions Club of Exeter, Lions Club of Grand Bend, Ro- tary Club of Listowel, Lions Club of S'eaforth, Rotary Club of St. Marys, Rotary Club of Stratford, Lions Club of Wing - ham, Lions Club of Zurich and Lions Club of Goderich. ST. JAMES' CWL HONORS MEMBERS GRADUATING CLASS Following the CWL meeting Tuesday evening the annual presentation of school pins to the Grade 8 graduation class took place. Sister Meriam, school principal, presented a program with piano selections by Dawna Reynolds, "Aloha Oe," and Angela Devereaux, "Sonatina in G." Grades 7 and 8 sang "A Czeck Dance" and "Cielito Lindo." Mrs. James Devereaux, as president, extended congratula- tions to the students on behalf of the Catholic Women's League and wished them every success in their future education. Father Caruana told the class that, to be successful, they, must keep their religious ideals as a background for everything they do. They must be ambitious and study hard and, as a re- ward for their endeavour, they SDHS Students Seek Subscription Awards Students at SDHS began their annual subscription campaign last weekend. The students this year are competing for three modern transistor radios, which are offered by The Huron Ex- positor to the individuals ob- taining the greatest number of new subscriptions and renewals to The Expositor. Iii addition, each subscription obtained earns a commission for the school. Last year the school fund re- ceived nearly $200.00, repres- enting commission" paid on Ex- positor subscriptions which the students had sold. The students in their canvass offer a wide variety of maga- zine subscriptions, as well as new and renewal subscriptions to The Expositor. The campaign provides the student body with funds with which to carry on various extra curricular activities, as well as making' possible the purchase of athletic, musical and other equipment which is not provid- ed from public funds. In co-operating with the SDHS student who calls to of- fer a new or renewal subscrip- tion to The Expositor, or to a magazine, the public can be assured that a worthwhile sohool activity is being aided. would be able to secure good positions. Following Father's address, a school pin was given to each by Mrs. James Dev- ereaux, assisted by Mrs. .Joseph Devereaux, education convener. St. Columban Juniors Win St. Columban Junior soccer team won the HFA, Junior soc- cer trophy by downing the Goderich club 21 to 0, in a two -game total goal series. In . the final game, played Sunday, St. Columban led by a score of 5 to 0 at half time, but by the finish of the game the final score was St. Colurn- ban 12, Goderich 0. Gerald Ryan scored eight goals, with one apiece being scored by Stephen Murray, Don Murray, Brian Melady and Mike Walsh. St. Columban Juniors have won every game during the sea- son, having total goals scored in regular play and playoffs of 53, and having only four goals scored against them. Rural Courier 23 Years Retires Marshall Stewart, who for 23 years has carried the mail en Rural Route 1, Seaforth, retired last week. He transferred his contract to Allan Campbell. who for some time has been assist- ing Mr. Stewart in the winter months. Mr. Stewart succeeded his father, the late George Stew- art, who began on the route in the • mid•ttenties. Accept Bids ForSnowPlows In McKiIIop.- Contraets for snow plowing in McKillop were awarded Monday to L. Ryan & Son, Ed. Boyce and to James Ryan. The first two will provide 8 -foot V -plows with 10 -foot wings, at $7.00 per hour, while James Ryan pro- vides a 9 -foot Richardson blow- er at $9:00 per hour, Other tenders were Don Wal- lace, 8 -foot V -plow and 11 -foot wing, at $7.00 per hour, and R. Dalton, also an 8 -foot V -plow, with 10 -foot wing, at $7.00 per hour. Council accepted a petition of W. P. Little, lot 21, con. 8, to repair the Johnson -Irvine drain to prevent water flowing onto his property. Court of re- vision was set for November 4. Arrangements f o r annual municipal elections were com- pleted. Nominations will take place December 30, with an election, if necessary, on -Janu- ary 6. At a special meeting council approved application being made to the department for a supplementary road expendi- ture of $4,000. In a covering letter, it was explained the need arose because of damage re- sulting to township roads when traffic was routed over them by Seaforth sewer projects during March and June, for a total of 46 days. Fire Drills Test Students As a feature of Fire Preven- tion Week, Fire Chief John F. Scott carried out fire drills at each of the Seaforth schools on Wednesday. "They were the most satis- factory we have ever held," he said. "Everything was in good shape at the schools." The Public School 325 pupils cleared the building in 45 sec- onds; Separate School 180 pupils in 44 seconds, and SDHS 350 pupils . in 50 seconds. Fight Grass Fire Firemen were called to fight a grass fire opposite Egmond- ville school Wednesday after- noon. The alarm spoiled what had been a fire -free record dur- ing Fire Prevention Week. Set 4-H Teams To Represent Huron County Seven 4-H teams will. repres- ent Huron at the 33rd annual Provincial 4-H Inter -Club com- petitions to be held at the Fed- erated Colleges, Guelph, on Fri- day of next week, Oct. 19. The 4-11 teams will consist of two beef, one swine, two field crops and two tractor. Team mefnbers are: Miss Joan El- liott, RR 1, Zurich; Don Weig- and, RR 1, Dashwood, Zurich 4-11 Calf Club; Miss Lila Black, RR 1, Belgrave, Ken Black, RR 1, Belgrave, Blyth-Belgrave- 4-11 Beef Calf Club; William Boyd. RR 1, Wroxeter, Joe Jeffray, RR 2, Wingham. Huron County Hog Producers 4-H Swine Club: Gordon Pryce, RR 1, Dublin. Ken Gemmell, RR 2, Kippen. Tuckersmith 4-11 Sweet Corn Club; Allan Oke, RR 3, Exeter, Ron Oke, RR 3, Exeter, Exeter 4-11 Sweet Corn Club; Mac Stew- art, RR 5, Seaforth, George Wood, RR 3, Kippen, Seaforth 4-H Tractor Club; and John Black, RR 1, Port Albert, Ken Taylor, RR 2, Lucknow, Luck - now 4-11 Tractor Club. The contest in each project consists of a judging competi- tion, or Qractical test, and an oral examination. Four-H teams will be in at- tendance at the event from practically every county and district in the province. The. inter -club competitions are one of the highlights of 4-H club activity in Ontario. Record Lemon Grows Here Lemons are not a usual pro- duct of Ontario, but when one grows here it puts its far south cousins to shame. Mrs. Preston Dallas planted a lemon plant three years ago, which has produced a lemon 9% inches by 10% inches, and which weighs half a pound. Last year the same plant grew a lemon even larger. The lemons, somewhat sweet- er than the imported variety, have a smooth skin, and each produces enough juice to make two pies, Mrs. Dallas says. Council Faces On Sidewalk While the road replacement program in Seaforth is moving along pretty much to schedule, there are still many snags to untangle, council discovered as it reviewed the program at its meeting Monday night. High on the list of problems was a decision concerning new sidewalks made necessary by road construction. At a meet- ing a week ago, council had issued instructions to its en- gineers to provide for new side- walks on the north and south sides of Goderich Street, east and west to the town limits, to where they had been omitted in the original plans. In addi- Plans to mark the com- pletion of construction work on Goderich Street. and North Main Street were set in motion at Seaforth coun- cil Monday evening. Mayor Dinsmore suggest- ed some occasion should be arranged, convenient to the Minister of Highways and Huron M P P, who would be invited to take part. The recreation commit- tee is to work out details, $4;00 a, Year lit 1vAttett Single Capje*, ,1Q Cents ecisio Pro r� tion to this, the instructions in- cluded provision of sidewalks where necessary between East and West William Streets to take care of changes in design., which had been agreed on inso- far as gutter arrangements at gas stations were concerned. Faced with estimates of costs, decision as to the extent of the work was held in abeyance. Council did agree that a side- walk would be erected on the south side of Goderich Street, from Coleman to the easterly limits, but left up in the air the actual location of the side- walk pending estimates on the costs of relocating hydro street light poles. The decision to seek more information came about with an estimate of $2,000.00 to provide a retain- ing wall at one point along the route of the sidewalk. Other changes provided for a con- tinued use of a blacktop sur- face across the front of service stations, instead of separate sidewalks, as had been pre- viously approved. Query Estimates Councillor Dalton questioned the estimate of $2,000 for 30 feet of retaining wall. He said Area Auxiliaries Discuss Work Representatives of hospital auxiliaries in No. 2 Region Wo- men's Hospital Auxiliary con- vened at Goderich Thursday as a smorgasbord luncheon was served in the Christian Educa- tion building of North Street United C h u r c h, following which delegates were taken on a tour of the new Ontario Hos- pital. Mrs. Frank ;t'ingland, Clinton, president of Region No. 2 WHA presided for a meeting in the hospital auditorium. Guests were welcomed by Mrs. C. J. Prid- ham, WHA president, Alexan- dra Marine and General Hospi- tal Auxiliary. John Schaeffer, WHA vice-chairman of Alexan- dra Marine and General Hospi- tal board, brought greetings from the board. Secretary and treasurer reports were read. Guest speaker, Dr. Don. N. Hagan, superintendent of the Ontario Hospital, was introduc- ed - by Mrs. A. A. Nichol. Dr. Hagan spoke of the vast chang- es in mental hospitals and the care of the mentally ill from the early days in the 18th cen- tury to the present time. He pointed to the future care and treatment of psychiatric prob- lems. He paid tribute to the role of hospital auxiliaries in psychiatric hospitals, and com- mended them for developing recreational and activity pro- grams for the mentally ill. WHA volunteers were doing ex- cellent work in a training pro- gram of self-help for patients, he said. assisting them in sew- ing, cooking and other projects. The speaker was thanked by Mrs. J. A, Gillette of Tillson- burg. Mrs. T. M. Graham, Ingersoll. spoke briefly. Mts. Leo Walzak contributed two vocal solos ac- companied by Ed. Stiles. Mrs. Fingland closed the meeting with prayer. Refreshments were served. Region 2 includes auxiliaries in Wingham, Seaforth, Gode- rich, Exeter, Clinton, St. Marys, Stratford, Ingersoll, Till- sonburg and four London hos- pitals: St. Joseph's, St. Mary's, Parkwood and Victoria. Those attending from Sea fdrth 'were: Mrs. Earl Dinsmore,: Mrs. W. M. Hart, Miss Florence Laidlaw, Miss Gladys Thompson, Mrs. Russell Pringle, Miss Bes- sie Grieve, Mrs. Frank Sills, Sr., Mrs. M. W. Stapleton, Mrs. D. Cornish and Mrs. F. S. Cosford. Fidelity Lodge Installs Officers Officers of Fidelity Lodge 55, Seaforth, were installed at a special ceremony Wednesday, conducted by DDGM Ross Nich- ols, and an installing team from Brussels. The Noble Grand is Wilmer Broadfoot, and other officers are: Norman Rhiel, PGM; Har old Connell, RSNG; Lorne Car- ter, LSNG; Wilfred Coleman, warden; John MacKay, conduc- tor: Arthur Varley, chaplain: Harold Hugill, RSVG; Jack Car- ter, LSVG; Ed Andrews, IG; l'eter Malcolm. OG: James Rose, RSS: Wilfred Tremeer, hSS: treasurer, .John W. Thomp- son: financial secretary, Warden Haney, and recording secre- tary, Alf Beuerman. The ceremony was attended by visitors from area lodges. CELEBRATES 90th BIRTHDAY—Pictured with great grandaughter, Karen Dale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Dale Clinton, Thomas Dale of Hullett quietly celebrated his 90th birthday Sunday, October 6, at the home of his son, Stewart Dale, with whom he resides and where he moved in 1897. Except for failing eyesight, he enjoys good health and being a sport enthusiast"seldom misses a game of baseball or hockey on the radio. He has two sisters and six brothers living, four of whotn clow are over eighty. Hugh Campbell, Who lived to be 100 was a second cousin, and Torn Grieve, who 'recently had his 61th birthday, is a first eoitsin. he was not in .favor pf' g ie a expenditure, and felt the esti• mate was too high, 11tayo' : Dins- more explained that because the depth of fill at this: point, engineers felt a reinforced wall was necessary if the jobwas ,10 be done properly. Several p1 ternatives were discussed, =- chiding changing the street light standards. Concensus was, in any event, the sidewalk should be south of the street lights, that is, between the street lights and the property line. Difficulties being faced with disposal of storm sewer waters were outlined by Miss Ethel Beattie, who addressed council. Miss Beattie said the recently installed storm sewer was dis- charging in front of her pro- perty, just outside of the west- erly town limits. She said that the new . sewer measured 21 inches in' diameter, and that it was planned to carry this water away by two six-inch tile. She suggested that council would agree that this was impossible and that the alternative would • be a substantial degree of flood- ing to her property. She out- lined other difficulties that had' arisen as a result of the pro- gress of the work across her property. Council was sympa- thetic and told her engineers would be asked to review her problems and discuss them with her. Reverting to work on North Main Street, ,,council approved an amended contract with Mc- Lean -Foster Construction, to provide for the construction of a storm sewer from North Main Street along an easement par-' allel to Side Street and into a catch basin at Coleman and Goderich Streets. The new con- tract superseded a contract which had been executed some months ago, but which it was necessary to change because of changes in the line of the sewer. Work was to be under- way this week. Tree Replacement So that there would be no delay - in carrying... out a tree replacement program once work on Goderich and North Main Streets was completed, council had approached the zone fores- ter for information as to the type of trees to plant. In an exhaustive review of the prob- lem, the forester suggested that a program involving perhaps 100 trees per year for three or four years would insure pro- per replacement. It was °sug- gested:that commercial nurser- ies be approached for recom- mendations as to particular types of trees and estimates. Council issued instructions that this was to be followed up so that plantings could be made early in the spring, In the meantime, the responsible com- mittee is to check with owners of abutting properties to be sure that the program will have the assistance of home owners. Reporting for the sewage com- mittee, Councillor J. F. Flan- nery said that approval had ben received from the Ontario Water Resources Commission to make use of all portions of the new sanitary sewer. He said that reservations concerning use of that portion of the sewer along Side Street and through the easement had been lifted, and that the construction had been taken over by the OWRC without qualifications. He said that discussions were to be held with the OWRC concern- ing renovations necessary at the disposal plant, and the cost of supplies required there, Construction work had result- ed in the tops of several man- holes being damaged, but he had been assured that these 'would be repaired by the re- sponsible contractors. Review 'Drain Needs Discussing the, extent to which the town assists property owners in repairing private drains emptying into town storm drains, council agreed that each case should be con- sidered on its merits. It was pointed out there was no muni- cipal responsibility, and that no right is inherited in the permis- sion given to attach to a muni- cipal drain. With all the diffi- culties which have been ex- perienced with local draina fresh in his mind, Mayor Dins- more reminded council that the problem could only be cleared up by setting out a program for, reconstruction of proper storm sewers and catch basins throughout the town. He said that a program to provide for a particular amount .of work each year should be determin- ed oh immediately and would include necessary engineering to provide for proper grading of the streets on .which the drain wont was to be Carried on. Council approved a change in arrangements for handling lnttn- ieipal fire and liability insur- (Continued on Pao :6