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The Huron Expositor, 1960-05-05, Page 1a • 7 +7-77V7, 777:7,77 17777 101st Year Whole No. 4812 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1960 $2,5Q,a Year in 44vance. . Single Copies, 5 .Cemts • Observers Retire, WiiIAwardings, Seven pairs of eyes that peeled skyward in 'Seaforth at the whine of a jet will go into forced retire- ment on June 1. The local corps of the Ground Observers were noti- fied this week that the group • will be disbanded. Announcement was made by Defence Minister Pearkes. The Seaforth corps, under Chief Observer Mrs, W. P. Miller, com- prises Deputy Observer Mr. Miller and Bruce Miller, Larraine Miller, Karen Pinder, Mrs. Everitt Smith and Laurie 'Stockwell. The group comprise part of area 19, which serves under Chief Observer P: L. McNaughton, Hensall. Mr. Mc- Naughton was unavailable for com- ment. .. In disbanding the corps, compris- ed mainly of civilian volunteers, the government has thus followed the action taken by the United States early in 1959. The group was established in 1951 to assist the air defence system during its development by providing low- level coverage and early warning. It has been announced that members of the corps will be awarded wings -with bars to mark either a three or five-year associa- tion with the organization. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller are eligible for' the five-year award, ' while Bruce Miller and Mrs. Smith have served over three years. All told, the- corps comprises 55,000 civilians, 83 RCAF officers and 73 airmen south of the 55th parallel. A handful of RCAF per- sonnel and about 3,000 volunteers Baseball Meeting Planned. Thursday The weather is warmingup and the baseball season is rapidly ap- proaching. Plans "for the coming season are already being formu- lated. All interested parties are re. minded by Minor Baseball Associa- tion president, Clare Reith, that a special organization meeting is being held tonight (Thursday) in the Town Hall: Ca'Iied for 8 p.m., the meeting will finalize -plans for 1960 and -de- cide on the number of teams to be entered into league play. Theatre Night To Aid Lions - The second annual Seaforth Lions Club Theatre Night is slated for Wednesday, June. The show will take place at Brownies Drive -In Theatre; Clinton. - Special feature on the screen 'will be "Jeanne Eagels." The adult en- tertainment features film stars Kim Novak and Jeff Chandler. will continue to man observation posts above the .55t'h parallel. As part of the close -down of this system, Hensall Council authorized. the village clerk to contact Bell Telephone Co. to discontinue the phone service -to the belfry of the Town Hall. This phone was used by the observation group. Heal Is President Hensall Kin Club • John Heal wps elected president of Hensall Kinsmen Club at their dinner meeting. Past president is Ross Jinks; vice-presidents, Bill Clement and Bill Fuss; treasurer, Frank Ellwood;`' secretary, Jack Deitz; registrar, •Allan Crerar; di- rectors, Jack Simmons, Bill Cole- man, -Neil -Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Jinks, Mr. and Mrs: Harold Knight and Mr. and Mrs. John Heal were voted delegates to District Kinsmen con- vention in Windsor, May 20, 21 and 22. A cash donation was voted to the .Cancer Fund., The club will sponsor. a Beauty Queen competition for the Hensall Fair Board. Seaforth Principal Is Past President L. P. Plumsteel, principal of Seaforth District High School, ad- dressing the Western Ontario Sec- ondary Schools Dissociation annual meeting Saturday, indicated that the group had had a very success- ful year in the 1959-60. term. • Mr. Plumsteel retired as presi- dent of the organization. He was succeeded by- Ted Brohman, Chat- ham. The „group has taken further steps towards decentralization with the voting to hold the "A" basket- ball tournament in "A" school cen- tres, rather than in London or Windsor, as in the past, The meet- ing was held in Thames Hall, Lon- don. W.H.A. Penny Sale Slated for Saturday District residents have an op- portunity to help the work of the Women's Hospital Auxiliary and the chance to win scores of prizes in thea.i cual penny sale. Being �mducted this week, the gifts are Vn display in Box Furni- ture Store. Drawing will take place on the Main Street Saturday night for the more than 100 prizes, commencing at 8 o'clock. EGMONDVILLE MINISTER CALLED TO COOKSTOWN; PRESBYTERY MEETS Dr. James Semple, B.A., D.D., has accepted a call to Cookstown. Minister of Egmondville United Church for four years, he will as- sume his new duties in the near S;:ture. Huron Presbytery of the United Church, 1 Church, meeting in Blyth Thurs- day.,, elected Rev. A. E. Eustace, of hforth Street Church, Goderich, as chairman. He succeeds, Rev. Dr. James Semple, of Egmond- ville. Secretary is Rev. `Evan Mc - Lagan, of Blyth; treasurer, Joseph Snider,. Goderich. Mr. Eustace and Mr. Snider were elected as delegates to Gen- eral Council, meeting in Edmon- ton next September. Nominated to London Confer- ence as General Council repre- sentatives • were Rev. J. A.. Mc- Kim, of Clinton; Rev. G. L. Mills, Clinton, and Rev. J. E. Clarke, Gorrie. Ministerial Calls The presbytery sustained four ministerial calls: Dr. Semple from Egmondville to Cookstown in To- ronto conference; W. q. Smith, Port Stanley, to Bayfield; A. H. Johnston, Grace Church, St: Thomas, to the newly -amalgamat- ed Brucefield-Kippen charge, and James H. Anderson from Wheat: ley to Belgrave. These changes go before the settlement Committee of Conference. J. H. Kinkead, of Goderich, re- ported for the capital funds com- mittee, stressing the value to pres- bytery other than financial of the current campaign. Huron Presby- terial undertook to raise $25,000 over five years. The project in- cludes the Christian Centre at the University of Western Ontario and the Sing Time TV program. The presbytery recommended J. D. Shynkar, of Wingham, for ord- ination. Sell Wingham Manse Approval was given to the trus- tees of Wingham United Church for sale of their parsonage and erection of a new one and to the trustees of the Londesboro United Church to sell their' church shed to make room for parking facili- ties. The Presbytery Lay Association elected Norman Hoover, • of Brus• sets, as chairman for the new term. Others named were vice- president Robert Taylor, Clinton, and secretary -treasurer J. D. Bee- croft, of Whitechurch. Committee Conveners Named as conveners of presby- tery committees were: Archives, Rev. W. D. Clark, Win'ghdm; Chris- tian education,Rev. R F: Hiltz, Exeter; churcproperty, Rev. Dun- can M. Guest, Centralia; colleges and students, Rev, J. A, McKim, Clinton; evangelism and social service, Rev. A. E. Holley, G -rand Bend; finance, J. A. Snider, Gode- rich; home missions, Rev. S. A. Mooth, Goderich; industrial rela- tions, Rev. W. H. Summerell, Me-- Killop Township; information and stewardship, Rev. J. E. Clarke, of Gorrie; missionary and mainten- ance, Rev. J. L. G. Brown, Brus- sels; obituaries, Rev. Chas. Down, Exeter; overseas missions, Rev. 3. C. Britton; Seaforth; pensions, Rev. T. J. Pitt, Varna; presby- tery boundaries, Rev. G. L. Mills, Clinton; publications, Rev. R. M. Sweeney, Auburn; radio and tele- vision, Rev. A. E. Eustacei Gode- rich; recruitment` for the ministry, Rev. H. A. Funge, Londesboro; rural life, Rev. A. F. -Gardiner, Fordwich• pastoral relations, Rev. H. C. Wilson, Thames Road; uni- versity residents, Rev. R. E. Mc - Lagan, Blyth. 'MRS. ROBERT DALRYMPLE, Egmondville, points to one. of the rnan.y places she, visited on her recent tour of England. Mrs. Dal- rymple visited for four -months in the British Isles. The tea towel, which she proudly displays, is one of her mementos of the..trip. It depicts Morecombe Bay, where she visited for a day. Despite an all -day rain, she visited some of the... spots shown on the towel— Windermere, Heysham Church, The Promenade and Lancaster Cas- tle. The theme of the area, a resort spot, is "Beauty Surrounds— Health Abounds." (Expositor photo by, Phillips). Grant Use of Dump; Hensall Seeks Tenders Hensall Council granted Usborne township council permission to use the Hensall dumping group under certain conditions, as they met Monday night. The tax roll for 1959 was return - First Church Will Hear Rev.. H. Jack A former Seaforth minister will once more occupy the pulpit of First Presbyterian Church. Rev, Hugh Jack, B.A., D.D., will preach special spring thankoffering serv- ices on May 15. Dr. Jack, now of Huntsville, a native of Northern Ireland, was minister of First Church from 1938 to 1944. On leaving Seaforth, he accepted a call to Sydney, Nova Scotia, where he served until 1959. He is presently minister of St. An- drew's Church, Huntsville. Dr. Jack was honored by Pres- byterian College, Montreal, for his distinguished service to the church, having conferred upon hien the de- gree of Doctor of Divinity. The .special services will present an opportunity for old friends to join with First Church congrega- tion in welcoming back Dr. and Mrs. Jack. Special music will be supplied by the choir ender the direction of organist H. A. Kemp- ster. Special soloists will be Mrs. Sidney Jones, Isistowel, and Mrs. -Frank Kling. Property Changes In Seaforth Area John Carnochan has sold ,his farrp on the third concession of Tuckersmith to Ken Carnochan, who is now in possession of the property. Mrs. Luther Saunders has sold her residence on West William St., to Mr. Don Fry, of Seaforth. Pos- session is to be given,June 1. The residence. of Mrs. Aberta Ann Walters, of McKillop, was sold to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Brough, of Toronto, with possession on May 15. The sales were handled through Joseph McConnell, Seaforth, sales- man for John Bosveld, r`ehltor, Goderich. ed. and Clerk Earl Campbell was authorized to send arrears of tax- es to the county clerk for collec- tion. Tenders are to be called for excavating .Wellington Street from King Street to Mill, Street, one foot deep and 24 feet wide. Tenders are to be in the hands of the clerk by June 4, A grant of `$60 was given South Huron Agricultural Society. The clerk was ordered to notify the Bell Tel'tsphone Company to discon- nect the telephone in theroom at the belfry as the Ground Observer Corps discontinued June 1. The clerk reported arrears of taxes to the amount of $1,507.03. Next regular meeting of council will be held Thursday, June 9th. Reeve John Henderson presided over this session. Liquor Vote Wednes BciHot on Four Questions Played Fere; Steve Storey Suffers Fire Loss A former Seaforth hockey player and his r partner lost. their. business venture by fire early Sunday morn- ing. A hardware store, owned jointly by Steve Storey and Harry Wraith, was burned out in a $130,- 000 fire in the village of Lucan. Also lost was a bowling alley and property loss to a restaurant. . Loss was estimated at $65,000 to $75,000 in the hardware store, a part of which was ,covered by in- surance. , • Mr. Storey and Mr. Wraith went into business-..twp._months ago. A warehouse at the rear of the ,build- ing, also part of the hardware firm, contained a. number of art- icles of used equipment, and was not damaged. Mr. Storey said his entire stock in the hardware store was destroyed. "It'sa good thing We're young and don't have to depend on this business," said Mr. • Storey, .view- ing the remains of his new busi- ness. The young man played hockey with junior teams in Seaforth for several seasons. He is married to the -former Beulah Bradburn, of Seaforth. Membership Up, C of C Marks Week Over 45 members have been se- cured for the Seaforth Chamber of Commerce. A drive last week marked the observance of Cham- ber of Commerce Week. This is an increase of nine over last year's. roll. As part of the marking of this occasion, a special meeting was held last Wednesday night. Special speaker was R. N. Bissonnette, president of the Stratford Cham- ber. He was introduced by Sea - forth president, James A. Stew- art. A film depicting the building of.. the pipeline from 'Montreal to Hamilton, was shown. The even- ing ended with a social. - NEWS OF WALTON ins Music Awards WI' Officers Installed At the music festival held --in Bel - .grave recently, S.S. 12, Morris, received the Lions Club shield for unison chorus for small schools, with a mark •of 88. Other classes which the school took prizes in were: Second prize in two-part chorus, 85; third prize in. double. trio, 86; fifth prize in rhythm band, 84; first prize in changed voices, Terry Richmond, 85; fifth prize in changed voices, Gwilynn Griffiths, 81i. sixth prize in -changed voices, Dwight Gibson, 80, 'Larry Make, 80; fourth prize, 11 years and un- der, Yvonne Gibson, 84. Mrs. Nora •Moffat is the music supervisor, and Mrs. Edna Hack - well, the teacher. The 16th and 8th lines held their April meeting at the home of Mrs. Joyace VanVliet with 17 ladies present. Mrs. Leslie Oliver open- ed the meeting with a poem, "Prayer in the Spring." Mrs. Oliver gave the topic, "The Seamless Rope." A solo was giv- en by Mrs. VanVliet, "The Old. Rugged Cross." A quilt was quilt- ed. A tasty lunch was served by Mrs. Ross McCall, Mrs. Don Mc- Donald and the hostess. Mrs. James Nolan was installed as president at the annual Meet- ing of the Walton Women's Insti- tute held in the Walton Commun- ity Hall Thursday evening. Other officers installed by the district president, Mrs: Grayson Richmond, of Moncrieff, were: past president, Mrs. Frank' Walters;, president, Mrs. James Nolan; first vice-president, Mrs, Ken McDon ald; second vice-president, Mrs. Glen Corlett; secretary, Mrs. E. McC"eath; assistant secretary, Mrs. N. Reid; treasurer, • Mrs. T. Dundas; district director, Mrs. F. Walters; assistant district direc- for, Mrs, Ronald Bennett; audi- tors, Mrs. W.,E. Turnbull and Mrs.' Les Olii,er. Conveners of standing commit- tees will be as follows: Agricul- ture and Canadian industries, Mrs. Herb •Williamson, Mrs. Geo.. Wil- liamson; citizenship and educa- tion, Mrs. Donald Buchanan, Mrs. Alvin McDonald; " historical re- search and current events, Mrs. W. E. Turnbull, Mrs. Jan Van Vliet, Jr.; home economics and health, Mrs. L. Ryan, Mrs. Joe Ryan; resolutions, Mrs. George Blake, Mrs. Ross McCall; public relations, Mrs. George Fox, Mrs. A. Coutts, Mrs. Wm. Dennis, Mrs. G.,Ryan; Sunshine, Mrs. D. Ennis; branch directors, Mrs. P. McDon- ald, Mrs. S. Humphries, Mrs. A. McDonald, Mrs. R. Bennett; Brus- sels Fall Fair Board directors, - Mrs. Harold Bolger, Mrs. Jim Mc - (Continued on Page 7) TENDERS HAVE BEEN CALLED for a new Separate School for Seaforth. The school, to be built south of the present 'structure, °facing Chalk Street, will be of brick and stone face, with exposed steel posts. Plans Include five classrooms, principal and teach- ers rooms, mechanical and storage rooms, kitchen • and a Multi-purpose room, 50 feet by, 30 feet. Overall size of the building, less the multi-purpose wing,, - is about 136 feet by 56 feet. The building will be laid Out in such a manner - that additional classrooms could be add structure. Watt and Tillman, London, are the architects, ata later date to the north end of the strue _.... _.. ..._- .__. o W _ .._ . next Wednesday, May 11, to vote on four questions under the Liquor Licence Act. The questions are be- ing presented following a petition for a vote to open licenced outlets in the town. The ballots voters will receive at the polls in Seaforth next Wed- nesday will ask the following ques- tions: "Are you in favour of the sale of beer only under a public house licence for consumption on licensed premises to which women are ad- mitted?" "Are you in favour of the sale of beer only under a public house licence for consumption on licensed premises to which men only are admitted?" - "Are you in favour of the sale of liquor under a dining. lounge lic- ence for consumption- with meals on licensed premises?" "Are you in favour of the sale of liquor under a loung license for consumption on licensed 'pren4is- DOUGLAS WRIGHT, 12-year•old son of Mr. and Mrs. W: Arthur Wright, John Street, Seaforth, started the fishing season off with a "bang" this year. On Saturday he caught a speckled trout mea- suring 11:3,i inches. The trout won for him a fishing -pole and reel in a contest sponsored by Gingerich's Sales and Service, Seaforth. Shown above, the lad receives the prize from Verdun Rau, Sea - forth manager for the firm, as he proudly displays his fish. Also fishing with theboy was George Kruse and David Britton, and they were accompanied by Rev=- J. C. Britton. (Expositor • photo by Phillips). es?" Each question will be on a dif- ferent ballot, thus a voter will re- ceive four ballots, when he arrives at the poli. Each ballot will be of a different color. If the voter wish- ' es •to answer only one question, then he needs mark only one bah- lot. If he feels sure of only two of them, then he needs to mark only two, or he may mark three or all four of them. The ballots will be marked in " the conventional way used in all elections, with an "X". This should be 'placed after either the "Yes" or the "No". - Polls—three in all in Seaforth— will be open from 8 a.m. Daylight Saving Time until 7 p.m. Official count of the ballots will take place the next day, May 12, at the Town Hall. David H. Wilson, town clerk, is the returning officer for the vote. Mr. Wilson pointed out that if a person is over 21 years of age, is a British subject, and has lived in Seaforth since prior to March 11,-- that is two months prior to the vote, then he is eligible to vote in this particular vote. If your name is not on the voters' list, and yet you qualify to vote, you can do so, he told The Exposi- tor. The onlyrequirement is that you be vouched for at the polling place by some person living in your polling sub -division. Voters living in the North Ward,' polling subdivisions 1 and 2, will vote at Teall,s garage, North Main Street. Deputy returning officer there will be Mrs. Norma Sills, and poll clerk is Mrs. A. W. Dun- lop. Those living in the east ward, polling subdivisions 3 and 4, will vote at the Public Library, Herb Trapnell is deputy returning offi- cer and Mrs. Helen Bolton is poll clerk. South ward residents, polling sub- divisions 5 and 6, will vote at M. E. Clarke's Garage, where D. L. Reid is the deputy returning offi- cer. Mrs. Mae Watterworth is the 'poll clerk. There are 1,363 names on the voters' list. The voters in Sea - forth. comprise 556 in the north ward, 418 in the .east, and 389 in the south. A 60 per cent "Yes" vote is required on each question to have it carry. Seaforth ° Teacher To S.P.S. Staff Miss Marion McLlwain, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Mc- Liwain, Seaforth, has been named to teach. at Seaforth Public School. Meeting Monday night, the school board hired Miss McLlwain. She will replace Don Widdis, who has iiesigned to accept a, position at Acton. Joins Clinton`: Staff Nurse Resigns Post Mrs. Barbara Dale, who for • sometime has been serving as a pq.blit health nurse with the Huron Cnunty'Health Unit, will leave the position in June. As yet, no replacement' has been named to succeed Mrs. Dale. The office for this particular phase of war rain ura►n ienaer, Tuckersmith Helps Fair The tender of Frank Kistner u,sa accepted for work on the Williams' Municipal Drains by Tuckersmith township council Tuesday night. Tender price was $850. Other tenders were R. L. Beat- tie, $910.15; John Inglis, $1,000, and Robert Rowcliffe, $1,060, A necessary by-law was passed, re the purchase of material by Tuckersmith 'Municipal Telephone Company from the Bell Telephone Company. All members of council were present, and Reeve Ivan For- syth presided. James Doig, representative of the South Huron Agricultural So- ciety, waited on. council with 5 re- quest for an increased grant to the society. It. was decided to make a grant of $100, to be paid at June meeting, with the stipulation that $4,00 per calf be paid to the mem- bers of the 4.11 Calf Club exhibit- ing, and the balance to go to the general fund of the society. Tile Drainage Loan was approved in the amount of $3,000, and William Campbell was appointed as tile drainage inspector. Clerk Mrs. Cora Chesney was in- structed to advertise tax prepay- ment eertificates in the local news- papers. Council has had repeated requests from ,ratepayers for such a plan. Bids were received from Boyes Farm .Supply, Rowcliffe Motors and Hyde Bros., re the purchase of a tractor and mower. Council decided to inspect the dif- ferent machines before making a decision to purchase. The road superintendent was in- structed to make arrangements with Pollard Bros. for the applica- tion of calcium chloride to roads and streets the same as in 1959; and to arrange for spraying of weeds and- brush on township roads. Council decided. to pay ex- penses and membership fee for the road superintendent to attends Ontario• Good Roads School for road superintendents in Toronto on May9and10. Tuckersmith Municipal Council is being host to the Huron County Municipal Officers' Association on May 11. -in the Canadian Legion. The clerk was authorized to pay the necessary expenses in connec- tion with the same. Council de- cided,to obtain an estimate as to the cost of repairing bridges at lot 27, con. 4-5, LRS. Accounts passed included: Cor- rugated Pipe -Co., culvert, $27.32; fox bounty, $8; supplies, $29.37; salary and allowance, $224,95; in- come tax, $15.90;. unemployment insurance, $1.60; supply allowance, $25; nursing home care, $88.25; re- lief, $114.15; Chipman Chemicals, warbicide, $277.90; roads, $1,252.24; Town of Seaforth, High School deb. $2,686.56; dump, $17.50. Council adjourned to meet June 7, at 8 p.m. . the units work is located in Sea - forth -at Scott Memorial Hospital. The present -nurse is joining the staff of Clinton District High School, effective September 1. She will teach part of the girls' physi- cal training course and lower school history. Local Men Attend Exchange Banquet Three Seaforth district men were in Toronto Thursday attending a special banquet. Arthur Wright, William Leyburn and Robert W. Campbell were guests at the gol- den anniversary dinner. The event marked the 50th an- niversary of the Toronto Livestock Exchange, EUCHRE -BRIDGE SERIES NEARS END; LOOK TO COMING The bridge.and euchre season of -the •Seaforth Ladies' Lawn Bowling Club will soon be winding up. The final games will be played at the home of Miss Dorothy Parke on May 19. The games will be pre- ceded by a pot -luck supper. The April bridge and euchre were held at the home of Miss Gladys Thompson with 30 ladies present. Mrs, Lloyd Hoggarth and Mis.s Dorothy Parke were prize winners. Lunch was served by Mrs. T. Phillips, Mrs. L. F. Ford, Mrs. Brad Smith and Miss Parke. Mrs. B. F.' Christie expressed ap• preciation to the hostess and as- sistants. Bridge and euchre, enjoyed by the members of the club during the winter months, will soon be replaced by the fascinating ghme of bowling on• the greens. Mrs. B. F. Christie, president of the ladies' organization, in c g ommetinngonthe coming .season, extended an In.m. • BOWLING SEASON. BOWLING lto all prospective bowlers to join early in the season and en- joy the friendliness of the bowlers and the game. Bowls, she pointed out, are available at the greens for use of newcomers until they are sure they like the game. Legion Starts Bingo Series. Bingo enthusiasts will soon be given a weekly try at their favor- ite game. Commencing Saturday night, regular bingo will be held in the new Legion Hall. Sponsored by .. Seaforth Brand. 156 of the Canadian Legim the bingos will continue 'at weekly, tervals. Fifteen ,regular games- Av. be played, with $5.00- priteli ''WO share -the -wealth games Will be played_ With 56. numbers -galled.,- a