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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1963-11-14, Page 1• • • 4 • 4 • • • • • 4 4 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 (Continued on Page 6) 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. • • 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- (Continued on Page 6) ,•4 '••-•;:st 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. •