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104th Year
Whole No. 4995
SEAFORTI-1 ONTARM THIMSDAY, NOVEMBR 1411
12 PAGES
4 TOR.1
Olge*. 1% :Cent.
Huron Confirms Tax RatE..
Sees S rplus at ear -end
The county tax rate for 1064
will be as at present, six mills
for general purposes and eight
for roads, Clerk -Treasurer John
G. Berry forecast in his report
to county council on Tuesday.
He pointed out, 'however, that
this depends upon council car-
rying out only its usual road
program.
At September 30 there was a
surplus in general account of
$69,000, and $14,028 in highway
account. The year-end surplus
will be higher than expected,
Mr. Berry said, partly due to
direct payment of child relfare
money to the county insterd of
to local municipalities, and sub-
stantial sums from -outside mun-
icipalities payable to the Chil-
dren's Aid. Cost of administer-
ing justice is down, as "evi-
dentlythe people in this area
are very law-abiding."
Revised estimates indicate
$571,732 revenue this year and
$514,505 expenditure. No fur-
ther allowance has been made
for printing the county history,
but nine or ten chapters have
been typed, and completion next
year is likely.
In the Hospital Reserve Fund
$87,000 is invested, and $50,000
additional will be deposited
early next month.
"The only obligation we have
at the moment," said Mr. Berry,
"is to the Seaforth Hospital,
and since they will not start
construction until early next
year the money will not be paid
until their program has ad-
vanced to at least thiS point.
Therefore, your monies in this
account will be invested at the
best rate possible, with. the
money for, Seaforth being in-
vested for six months and the
remainder for at least a year,
or if there is any great advant-
age in the rate, then for a
longer period."
"Huron has experienced won-
derful weather since last ses-
sion," said Warden Walter J.
Forbes, in opening council.
"October was one of the nicest
months we have ever had. At
the time of the September ses-
sion we figured the corn crop
in Huron would be a 50 per
cent failure, but with the warm,
dry weather in October the corn
crop was a 90 per cent success.
Dry weather had its effects in
dry wells and streams in some
parts, but it is an ill wind that
does not do some good."
Mrs. M. L. Clements present-
ed her report as county libra-
rian. The last previous report
was signed "M. L. Stirling."
"We did not change our libra-
rian—she changed her name,"
explained the Warden.
Mrs. Clements reported that
Precious Blood School at Exe-
ter, with two classrooms, is
now using the county service.
Ethel public school opened one
additional room. The seven -
room, Robertson Memorial
School in Goderich received 220
books to start the children on
their supplementary reading
schedule. Howick Central School
during theiOctober exchange re-
ceived:MO books and more will
be stipplied there as needed.
Two more cartons of pool
books are ready for the Thomp-
son Library in Manitoba. This
paining town's library was start-
ed in a vacant school with 10
books. Last year Huron library
sent five cartons of discarded
books. "As they have no radio
station, only paid TV and no
roads into .the town, their lib-
rary is very important," Mrs.
Long Time Residents
Mark Anniversary
Well known Seaforth resi-
dents for 35 years, Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew W. Dunlop celebrated
their fiftieth wedding annivers-
ary at their East William Street
home Sunday. The wedding
took place October 8, 1913, but
the golden wedding celebration
was postphned to permit their
family to attend.
Natives of the Stratford area.
Mr. Dunlop and his bride, the
former Edith Murr, were mar-
ried in Huntsville by Rev. Wm.
Adams. Following a Miley -
moon at Lake of Bays, the' Cott-
ple continued to !' reside hi
Htintsville, where Mr. Dunlop
wash charge of _maintenance
at the Arlgto Ganadiin teather
Co.
"I might have been there yet,
but my wife had an uncle in
Milverton who was a Ford dull-
er, and he wanted', tla to come
there and for iil� -Lb 'Work With
him," Mr. Dunlop recalled.
They Moved to Milverton in
1916 and Mr. Dunlop was in-
troduced to the garage busi-
ness. In the years that folloW-
ed he continued with garages
—in Stratford, Milverton, and
then in 1928 in Seaforth, where
he established a General Mo-
tors agency. He continued to
operate the agency until 1941,
when he • sold prior • to spend-
ing five years in war produc-
tion, Since 1946- he has been
associated with Seaforth Motors
here.
Looking back on nearly fifty
years as a Narage operator and
dealer, Mr. Dunlop suggested
that While a car costs a lot more
moriey• today than it did when
he began, the motorist today
gets better value for his money.
"There isn't nearly the trou-
ble ,with cars now,- They run
better and easier," he recalled,
and added the improved winter
driving today was worth any
difference in motoring cost.
"People forget they could on-
ly drive part of the year. They
forget how often they used to
get stuck," he said, as he re-'
called experiences in the Sea -
forth area with a snowmobile
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Area Services
HonorWarDead
Seaforth paid tribute to the
dead of two World Wars in a
short but impressive service of
Remembrance at Victoria Park
at 11 o'clock Monday morning,
when Legion officials and local
clergy took part.
Following the services, the
Parade, including area Veter-
antt' Legion AtocillarY, munici
pal Officials, Bo? Stouts and re.
pfetietfttitiVez 01 organizatanin
presenting wreaths, headed by
the SDHS Girls' Trumpet Band,
reformed and marched along
Main Street, where in front of
the post office the salute was
taken by Maj. John Harvey,
At the conclusion of the ser,
vice, a reception was held h
the Legion Hall for veterans.
In the evening the branch held
a pot -luck suppers, followed by
entettaintnent and dancing. • •
Clements said.
Miss JoAnne Fisher, of Gode-
rich, did "an extremely capable
job" in supplying for the staff
in the summer.
Agree To Study
New School Area
For Tuckersmith
A move to study creation of
a new school area centred in
Hensall and to include school
sections from Tuckersmith, Us -
borne and Hay, will have the
blessing of the Tuckersmith
Area Board, as well as of Tuck-
ersmith Council. This was re-
vealed following a meeting
Monday evening in No. 2 School,
attended by members of coun-
cil and qf the area school board.
Tuckersmith clerk James Mc-
Intosh said that following the
joint meeting, council had indi-
cated it was in agreement with
a proposal by the board that
possibility of creating the new
Hensall . area be investigated.
Under the proposal now be-
ing considered by the board,
School Sections 1, 2 and 10, at
the south end of the township,
would be released from the
present area and form part of
the new area, according to area
board bhairman Cleave Coombs.
He added that consideration
would be required concerning
the remaining sections, 4, 5, 7
and 9. Various proposals would
be studied, he said.
Referring to discussions at
the meeting, he said there was
a feeling area school boards
should be located in an already
established community, rather
than in a location that was geo-
graphically central, but not oth-
erwise convenient. He pointed
, out that the discussions were pre-
liminary and no decisions could
be taken at the moment. All
that was being done now was
to make it possible to discuss
the matter of the Hensall area
with officials of the department
of education. It was necessary
that the responsible bodies—the
board and council — express
agreement before this approach
could be made.
Possibility of establishing a
new Hensall area has been dis-
cussed informally at several
meetings in Hensall. So far it
had not been possible to carry
the matter further because
tentative approval of boards and
councils concerned had not
been received, he said.
Set. Date For
Appeal Hearing
Huron County Judge Frank
Fifigland has set Wednesday,
November 20, at 2 p.m., to hear
appeals against decisions of the
Seaforth court of revision on
1964 assessments.
The hearing in Seaforth Town
Hall will consider seven ap-
peals. •
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London Minister
To Preach Here
Rev. Richard Stewart, of Lon-
don,, will preach at First Pres-
byterian Church, Seaforth, with
services both morning and' eve-
ning, Sunday, November 17, to
mark the occasion of the 96th
anniversary of the founding of
the congregation. Mr. Stewart
is minister of New St. James'
Presbyterian Church, London,
where he has served for the
past 16 years. He has also min-
istered in pastoral charges in
Kirkland Lake and Goderich.
He is a graduate of the Univers-
ity of Toronto and received his
theolbgical education in Knox
College, Toronto. At the pres-
ent time Mr. Stewart is serving
as a member of the Administra-
tive Council of the Presbyter-
ian Church in Canada.
He retired recently as Padre
of the Third R.C. Regiment,
London — the Senior Militia
Padre the Western Ontario
Command. •
The choir, under the direc-
tion of Mrs. William Brown,
with Miss Carol Brown at the
organ, will present two special
anthems during the morning
service at 11 o'clock, Mr. Stew-
art's topic at this service will
be, "Building 'Up the Body of
Christ." His sermon at the eve-
ning worship, 7:00 p.M., will be
"Faith Confirmed." The male
quartette will sing at this ser-
vice.
The rainister'of First Church,
Rev, Douglas 0. Fry, will cOn.
duct the worship morning and
evening. • •
MARGARET HILLEN
MARY NORRIS
Ballots from throughout the
area are piling up in boxes lo-
cated in most Seaforth stores
as district citizens take a hand
in electing the '63 Seaforth
Snow Queen. The Queen will
reign over the Santa Claus par-
ade here on November 30.
She also will be crowned
by last year's Snow Queen Lois
Tyndall, at the Snow Queen
dance being held this year on
Friday evening, Nov. 29, in the
Legion Hall.
Voting to select •the Snow
Queen continues until Nov. 23.
The candidates, all pictured on
this page, have been selected
by Seaforth District High School
students, and in general re-
present various sections of the
JUDI THOMPSON
AMY STEWART
ANNE McCONNELL.
WILMA JACKSON
. Snow Queen Decision
Rests With Voting Public
high school district. The ,can-
didates are: Margaret Hillen,
Judi Thompson, Anne Mcdon-
nell, Myra McNair, Nancy Nor-
ris, Amy Stewart, Wilma Jack- •
son and Barbara Nott.
As in past years, the Snow
Queen and her attendants are
selected by ballots deposited in
Seaforth stores. The same pro-
cedure in general is being fol-
lowed this year. Most Seaforth
stores are giving a ballot with
every $1.00 purchase.
Snow Flakes—the junior at-
tendants on the Snow Queen—
are Selected at the Seaforth
Separate and Public Schools.
The two Snowflakes will have
a prominent place in the par-
ade and will assist in the crown-
ing at the Snow Queen ball.
greminder that the big par -
BARBARA NOTT
lights and other ,decorations in
place next weelt.'-,-1;V
While the lig10;;,WAYAtiet be
turned on until .,parade day,
there is a lot of work involved
, in preparing -for - 'Seaforth's
Christmas program, and PUC
Manager R. J. Boussey the**
there was no time to lose.:.1;
Meanwhile, parade commit-
tees are hard at work, it was
revealed at a meeting of the
co-ordinating committee this
week.
a-
de-"Orid..eommencemont the all along the
chrial#a mogram Seaforth •
-is nOtlar away is the Pregara: • .-60oesnimittee7 the - • • t
. chairman of .thc 'float
tion being Made' fiat sgedal't* she expected.several
Streets. PUC rews expect4•
lighting on 1Vfain and o d
eri . more - floats than Were n the
c
have the strings of cioretdo i
oparade last year.
C.H.S.S. IS OFFICIALLY OPENED
See School Building, Equipment
A. H. McKague, B.A., Toron-
to, Assistant Superintendent of
Secondary Education for the
Province of Ontario, officially
opened the new $1,800,000 vo-
cational addition to the Cen-
tral Huron Secondary School at
Clinton Friday night. The event,
attended by 800 persons, was
by invitation only, due to the
limited accommodation, and the
fact that four areas are involv-
ed. However, area residents
toured the school to learn what
is being offered. On Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings, when
open house rwas held.
The addition, which was op-
ened in _September to serve
secondary vocational students
from Seaforth, Exeter, Gode-
rich and Clinton, was built by
federal - provincial government
grants, with the OntarieJ2epart-
ment of Education reorganizing
its program of studies to make
maximum use of the new facili-
ties. Present enrolment starts
at 1,252 (maximum capacity is
1,250), with 852 students par-
ticipating invocational courses
and 400 in arts and science
courses. Of the total enrolment,
773 students come from the
Clinton area, 212 from Gode-
rich, 114 from Seaforth and 153
from Exeter. The building (ex-
isting school and new addition)
includes seven shops—auto me
chanics, electricity, machine
shop, carpentry and millwork,
sheet metalwork and welding,
diversified occupational train-
ing for girls and for boys; 23
standard classrooms, typing
rooms, business machine rooms,
commercial practice office, reg-
ular science laboratories, geo-
graphy room, drafting rooms,
library, home economics, cafe-
teria, etc.
Taking part were D. John
Cochrane, Clinton, school prin-
cipal; John B. Lavis, Clinton,
school board chairman, who wel-
comed guesta; R. Delbert Philp,
Blyth, chairman of the Advis-
ory Vocational Committee, who
introduced Mr. McKague; Ed-
ward Dearing, Staffa, vice-chair-
man of the A.V.C., who thank-
ed the guest Speaker; the Rev.
S. E. McGuire, St. Joseph's
Church, Clinton, who asked the
invocation; Rev. 3, C. Boyne,
chairman of the Exeter Mini-
sterial Association, who dedi-
cated the new addition.
Greetings were brought by
Kenneth B. McRae, a member
of the school board; Elston Car-
diff, M.P., Hilton (*Federal);
Hon. Charles S. IViacttatighton,
Exeter, M.P.P lihren; W. J.
Forbes, Goderich Township,
Warden of Huron County; May-
or W. J. Miller, Clinton; J. H.
Kinkead, Goderich, Inspector of
Public Schools for North Hu-
ron, who brought greetings
from the Ontario Trustees' and
Ratepayers' Association; Lt. -Col.
L. G. Vickers, of the 21st Field
Regiment RCA(M) ; Harland
Steele, of the firm of Page &
Steele, Toronto.
The event saw the presenta-
tions of several gifts—all re-
ceived on behalf of the school
by Mr. Cochrane. An auditor-
ium Bible was presented by Mr.
Kinkead on behalf of the On-
tario Trustees' and Ratepayers'
Association; a Red Ensign by
the Clinton Branch No. 140 of
the Royal Canadian Legion; pic-
tures of Queen Elizabeth II, and
Prince Philip, by the 21st Field
Regiment RCA(M), which spon-
sors the Clinton Cadet Corps;
an honor roll, which will list
the presidents of the Students'
Parliaments, Ontario scholars,
valedictorians and outstanding
athletes, by the architects, and
a trophy for the students stand-
ing first in technical courses by
the contractor.
Search Is On For
Christmas Tree
Who has a Christmas
tree?
—a great big, nicely bal-
anced tree?
—a tree to which every-
body" can point with
pride as it stands gaily
decorated in front of
Seaforth Town Hall?
That is the kind of tree
R. J. Boussey and John
Cardjio-Or the Seaforth
Christmas Committee, are
looking for, and so far
without success. They
would appreciate any sug-
gestions.
The school choir, under the
direction of Michael Borov,
sang, and after the formal cere-
monies, open house followed.
Shop teachers and commercial
department teachers were lo-
cated in their respective rooms
to answer questions concerning
the courses of study.
Prior to the opening, a din-
ner was held for approximately
90 guests at the Elm Haven Mo-
tor Hotel, Clinton:
The original school was built
in 1926 at a cost of $86,000 to
the Town of Clinton, and was
designed to serve 180 pupils. In
1955, nine years after a school
area was formed, a $220,000 ad-
dition was added to accommo-
date 430 pupils. A second addi-
tion opened in 1960—just three
years ago, at a cost of $296,-
867.00 — to accommodate 650
pupils. In March, 1961, a brief
was presented to the Hon. John
Robarts, then Ontario's Minis-
ter of Education, by Huron Dis-
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TRANSISTOR RADIOS were awarded three SDIIS students who were top salesmen in the
recent subscription campaign at the school. Patsy McGrath (centre) came first', Larry Lane
(right) was second, and David Brock, third. The radios were presented by The Rural tx-
positor to the students who secured the greatest number of new and renewal subscriptions,
to The Expositor.. In addition to the three prizes, the stndents' Council received $188./5 from
The Exposit%) representing erimmisaion on the. subscriptions. A total of 54 new SUbStrib-
rs Were added to The Expositor lists. (Expositor photo by. Phillips).
K of C Marks
Anniversary With -
Dinner, Dance
Seaforth Legion Hall was the
scene of a birthday party Sat-
urday night when members and
guests of the Father Stephen
Eckert Council of the Knights
of Clumbus, Seaforth and area,
marked the first anniversary of
the reception by the council of
its charter. Approximately 200
attended the banquet and dance.
John L. Malone, Gr an d
Knight, was master of ceremon-
ies and following the opening
of the banquet with Grace by
the Worthy Chaplain, Rev. C.
E. Sullivan, and the toast to
the Queen, extended council
greetings to the members and
guests. Those at the head table
with the Grand Knight were
Rev. C. E. Sullivapn, Chaplain;
Rev. A. Looby, Windsor; District
Deputy, Dan Creighton (grotip
9, and Mrs. Creighton, London;
District Deputy Cecil Tufts
(group 31) and Mrs. Tufts, Strat-
ford; Grand Knight, Joe Tobin
and Mrs. Tobin, Stratford;
Grand Knight Peter Macauley
and Mrs. Macauley, Goderich;
Cliff McLelland, Supreme Coun-
cil representative, Guelph; Don
MacRae, six -point chairman, and
Mrs. MacRae, Dublin; Council-
lor Carl Dalton, representing
the Town of Seaforth, and Mrs.
Dalton, and Leo Hagan, recor-
der,
Cliff McLelland introduced
the guest speaker, District De-
puty Dan Creighton, London,
who referred to the organiza-
tion of the Seaforth Council
and of the advancement which
has been accomplished since the
council received its charter a
year ago. He also went on to
explain the aims and ideals of
the Knights of Columbus and
congratulated the Seaforth or-
ganization on the achievements
it has reached during the
course of the year., The speaker
was thanked by Ft C.- J. Sills.
Congratulations were extended
to the council by -the guests at
the head table. Antoine "Red"
Garon thanked the ladies of
the Legion Auxiliary, who cater-
ed for the banquet.
Following the banquet a
dance was held, with music be-
ing supplied Iv 'ten Mittleholtz
ant itis orohoatta. The bentioet
and dance Were alTarigtfd by'
DOA IVItielttie, 11X-POint progratit
Chaittlani COMMittee. •