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The Huron Expositor, 1961-01-12, Page 10 • • • • j!. • 0 • • • • • • 0 e • 102nd Year Whole No. 4848 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1961 — 10 PAGES Councils Appoint; Review Year's Work TUCKERS,tVIITH COUNCIL Tax prepayment certificates will be issued again in. 1961 by the Township of Tuckersmith. Decision to issue the certificates was made by Tuckersmith Township council at its inaugural session Monday in Seaforth Town Hall. Rate of in- terest will be 6 per cent per an- num. The certificates will be issued by the clerk, Cora Chesney, on the 15th of the month, from June to October, inclusive. Certificates werq, issued for the first time by Tuckersmith during 1960. Council, composed of Ivan For- syth, Reeve, and Councillors Frank Falconer, Victor Lee, Elgin Thomp- son and Arthur Varley, subscribed to the declaration of office before the Clerk prior to the meeting. Rev. J. H. Vardy, of Egmondville United Church, conducted a short devotional period. Town of Sea - forth Council attended in a body with the hope that continued cor- dial relations would ,exist between the two bodies. Reeve 'Forsyth thanked the council for their good wishes and concurred in the ex- pressed hope Grants were made as follows: Salvation Army, $25; St. John's Ambulance, $10; Canadian Mental Health Association, $10; Scott Memorial Hospital, membership, $25;' Huron Plowmen Association, $25. The clerk was instructed to subscribe to eight copies of the Municipal World for use of the council and officials of the town- ship. Counciladjourned to reconvene. at 1 p.m. Road superintendent An- drew Houston hosted the council and Mr. Vardy to luncheon. The reeve and clerk were ap- pointed as signing officers for the township; Cora Chesney was ap- pointed clerical assistant to the road superintendent, and was em- powered to employ clerical assist- ance when, necessary. The clerk Lions Draw Won By Bayfield Man A. F. Scotchrner, Bayfield, was the winner of a suit in the first of a series of draws to be held by Seaforth Lions Club. The draws for suits,. ten in all, will be held at intervals. •The first winner was announced at the Monday meeting of the club. . Christianity in the work of mem- bers of service clubs and in their own personal work was the theme of an address by Rev. J. H. Vardy, minister of Egmondville United Church. During the evening perfect at- tendance pins were presented for attendance at meetings in 1960. In all, 22 members were given these pins. Chairman for the meeting was Harvey Travis, and co-chairman, Clarence Walden. was instructed to prepare borrow- ing bylaw with the Canadian Bank of Commerce, to be considered at the February meeting, also to ap- ply to the Department of Highways for -the balance of 1960 road sub- sidy and for permission to trans- fer expense from construction to maintenance on the road expendi- tures made in 1960. The clerk was instructed to pre- pare a list of properties liable for tax sale and prepare a bylaw cov- ering those properties with 1957 taxes outstanding. It was decided to read the Engineer's report on the Elgie Municipal Drain and the clerk was to notify the assessed parties. Reading is called for Feb. 7, at 1:30 p.m. Council decided to join the Good Roads Association and the Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities and fee of $15 each was ordered paid. 'Following accounts were passed: Grants, $95; membership fees, $30; fire protection, $64; County of Hur- on portion of RCAF Clinton grant in lieu of taxes, $5,071.55; Ontario Hydro; Egmondville and Bruce - field street lights, $189.01; clerical assistance, $16; Unemployment In- surance Commission, $3.84; adver- tising and supplies, $81.07; Town of Clinton, High School debentures, $583.74; supply allowance, $30.00; nursing home care, $92.75; salary and allowance, $241.46; Receiver - General, income tax, $15.90; Sea - forth Post. Office, unemployment, $5.28; Cora Chesney, by-law Mc- Kenzie Drain., $30; roads, accounts, $2,811.08. John Earle was appointed tru- ant officer for 1961. Council ad- journed to meet February 7th, at 1 p.m. McKILLOP COUNCIL Inaugural meeting for McKillop Township council was held Mon- day in Carnegie Library, with four new councillors on hand. Prior to the meeting, Reeve Dan Beuermann and Councillors Wil- liam Dennis, Ken Stewart, Allan Campbell and Ralph McNichol took the oath of office before Clerk J. M. Eckert. Council discussed plans for two major bridges during 1961. The bridges, approved in 1960, will be the Storey bridge on sideroad 15- 16, concession. 6, and. the Kerr bridge at lot 20-21, concession 7. During the meeting, road ac- counts totalling $2,300, drain ac- counts of $1,500, and general ac- counts of $1,000 were passed for payment. The following appointments were made: Clerk and treasurer, J. M. Eckert; assessor, James McQuaid; truant officer, John A. Leeming; drainage inspector, Clarence Reg- ele; auditors, Monteith & Monteith & Co., for the township, schools and telephone; solicitors, 'McCon- nell & Stewart. Poundkeepers: Clem Krauskopf, Clarence Regele, ',Percy Taylor, Peter McCowan, Charles Kleber, William McSpadden; fenceviewers, (Continued on Page 10) HENSALL BOYS HURT AT DUBLIN; WALTON MERCHANT SUFFERS FALL Three young people Were injur- ed Friday evening in a two -carr collision at the highway intersec- tion at Dublin. Douglas Lenaghan, 18, of Hen- sall, suffered head and face injur- ies and was admitted to Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth. He was a passenger in a car driven, by Robert Beaver,' 20, RR 1, Hen - sail, who along with Marie Beau- dault, of Clinton, was treated for minor injuries. The Lenaghan boy suffered a fractured nose and jaw, injured his arm and ear, and 114 stitches were required to close cuts on his face and head, The girl was a passenger in a Renovate Garage; Prepare Auto Store ' Renovations are underway to a Seaforth business establishment to include a large automotive parts and accessories store. Workmen are preparing facilities at Seaforth Motors for the handling of this new service, W. T. Teall announe.- ed Wednesday. The firm, now in its 31st year of service to Seaforth district auto- mobile owners, has become asso- ciated with Automart Associate Stores. This chain of stores is Canadian owned and includes about 14 outlets in Ontario. Mr. Teall said the alterations should be completed and an open- ing planned by the end of January or early February. Under this new setup, the Sea - forth firm will be able to offer a complete line of brand name parts and accessories for all makes of cars, at competitive prices, as well as a continuance of their present repair department and new and used car sales. Changes to the -building, which also houses offices and parts de- partment for Boyes Farm Supply, were started some time ago to provide,the implement firm with a better parts department and a large new showroom for their ag- ricultural machines. The work is almost complete to the Boyes sec- tion of the building, according to Mr. Teall. car driven by AIlan David Parkin- son, of Clinton. Other passengers in the Parkinson car were Delanoe Debolt, 18; Roy Stackhouse; 17; Maxine Reierson and Gloria Chess- man. All occupants of Parkinson's car were members of the RCAF at Clinton. Provincial Police from the Seb- ringville detachment investigated the accident. Falls From Ladder Douglas Ennis, Walton, suffered a broken nose, several broken teeth, and a cut on his forehead requiring several stitches, when he fell about 15 feet to the walk in front of his general store Satur- day afternoon. Mr. Ennis was on a ladder, removing Christmas decorations from the front of the store, wheh the foot of the ladder slipped, caus- ing Mr. Ennis to fall. He landed on his face. He is confined to bed at his home. Receive Foot Injuries Two Seaforth residents received foot injuries in separate accidents Wednesday. Miss Janet Cluff suffered a brok- en bone in her foot when she slip- ped in her home Wednesday night. The same day J. C. Cornish tore the ligaments in his leg while on an ambulance call to London. $3,50 a ,Yea,; tux Mva$e Siegle Cepes• 5 Cents. . SEAFORTH 'T(PVVN COUNCIL, with one new member, got down to work Monday on the 1961 job of looking after town business with a 31/2 -hour evening session. Picturned above is the council: front row, left to right, D. H. Wilson, Clerk; Mayor Edmund Daly, Reeve W. N. Ball; back row, Councillors John Flannery, Dr. J. 0. Turnbull, Thorpe Rivers, Neil C. Bell, Carl Dalton, serving his first year on the administrative body, and Nelson C. Cardno. -4-Expositor photo by Phillips). A NEW FOUR -MAN COUNCIL were on hand Monday for the inaugural meeting of McKillop Town- ship council at the Carnegie Library.» Presided over by Reeve Dan Beuermann (fourth from left), council includes, left to right, Ralph McNicholl, Ken Stewart, William Dennis, Reeve Beuermann, Clerk John M. Eckert and Allan Campbell. (Expositorphoto by Phillips). ;Firemen Seek Pay Increase C�iJtidt'Hears Committees A raise for the Seaforth Volun- tee Fire Brigade may be forthcom- ing, following discussion by Sea - forth. Town ea- forth.-Town Council at their first regular meeting for the year on Monday night. A letter from the brigade re- quested added provision for reim- bursdfnent of the group. At the present time .the brigade receives a yearly grant of $1,000, which, when divided among the mem- bers, makes about $65 per person, provided that member attended ev- ery meeting, practice and fire. The letter pointed out that each member has a great share in ade- quate fire protection, and are on call 24 hours a day. They run a risk on themselves, and a greater risk to their clothing, and frequent- ly lost time from their regular em- ploy because of •their duties as a fireman, the letter continued. A suggested amount equivalent to $100 per member was requested by the brigade. The brigade at present has been increased from 12 to 15 men, which Mayor Daly stated, would amount to a grant of $1500. Councillor Nelson C. Cardno Friday Opening For Liquor Outlet A tentative date of Friday, Jan. 20, has been set for the opening of the new Liquor Control Board store in Seaforth, local sources said this week. Plans are to stock the store on Tuesday in prepara- tion for the Friday opening. Last Thursday more than 20 ap- plicants were on hand for inter- views will be made known about manager, The Expositor was told Wednesday. Results of the inter. view will be made known about Saturday. Meanwhile, workmen are busily engaged in last-minute work, to ready the area for the impending opening. ATTORNEY -GENERAL VISITS HURON; ADDRESSES CONSERVATIVE DINNER Attorney -General Kelso Roberts belittled party politics now being formulated at the Liberal conven- tion in Ottawa, as he addressed more than 200 persons attending a Progressive Conservative rally for the riding of Huron Tuesday night. The meeting tobk the form oa a banquet in the Clinton Legion Hall. Commenting on the policies, Mr. Roberts said "they are lighting many candles -of policy which will blow out' before they burn out. They are merely attempting a somersault back into power." The president of the Progres- sive Conservative Association for the province, Elmer Bell, QC, Exe- ter lawyer, urged that larger por- tions of tax revenues of federal governments be given over to the province. "Ontario cannot be the milk cow of the Dominion of Canada and still remain in the prosperity It bas," Mr. Bell said. The meeting heard Mr. Roberts roundly criticize Hon. J. W. Pick- ersgill's edition of the Mackenzie diary hs being, in his opinion, "written without any regard to the feelings or sentiments of people entitled to secrecy. "I am angered at the number of revelations contained in the book of intimate views and expressions of colleagues occurring in cabinet (sessions)," he said. Mr. MacNaughton noted that within the next 25 to 30 months, Huron County will have the "only (Continued on Page 4) agreed the brigade certainly earn their money and should, have some reimbursement. Reeve W. N. Ball suggested leaving the matter with the fire andw ater committee for their recommendation when the budget is brought in in March. In this day and age we're lucky to be able to hire firemen at $100 per annum, commented Mayor Daly. They spend a lot of time keeping the equipment in shape and practicing, Councillor Cardno said. Fire Chief Scott is busy stream- lining the department, said Mayor Plate Saks Down; Two Weeks Pass With almost two weeks gone, on- ly 75 passenger cars in the Sea- forth area bear 1961 licence plates. Checking with J. A. Westcott, the local issuer, on Wednesday, it was found 75 passenger car markers and 25 other vehicle permits have been issued. In all, 185 drivers' licences have been filled out, including 78 opera- tors and 95 chauffeur renewals. Sales are slower than other years, said Mr. Westcott. The lo- cal office is allotted about 2,000 passenger car plates and 1,000 oth- er plates, as well as 3,700 drivers' licences. In remarking on new regulations, Mr. Westcott said that this year car owners must fill out and sign the statement of insurance on the reverse side of their last year's licence, as well as provide the proof of liability insurance issued to them by their insurance com- pany. »Hon. H. L. Rowntree, Q.C., Min- ister of Transport for Ontario, an- nourkeed last week that the expiry date for the 1960 plates will be March 15. After that date, the minister said, all vehicles operat- ing on the roads must bear the new 1961 white -on -black plates. The department, continued the minister, urges all motorists to avoid the last-minute rush, and to purchase their 1961 licences early in the year. Seaforth Police Attend School OPP Constable Al Bowering, Seaforth Police Chief Elmer Hutch- inson and Constable Andrew Cal- der attended the first in a series of police schools held in Goderich Tuesday. , The school was addressed by Attorney -General Kelso Roberts, who was inthe county for a Con- servative rally that night. Sponsored by the Goderich Po- lice Department and the Goderich detachment of the Ontario .Provin- cial Police, the school will continue for seven weeks and will discuss various aspects of police work. Asks Quicker Tax Action; Mayor Outlines Needs Mayor Edmund Daly called for prompter action regarding tax sales and a long term look at uses that can be made of town equip ment, as he addressed the inaugural meeting of Seaforth town council Monday morning. Daly, and building up proper per- sonell. All members of council were present and Mayor Edmund Daly presided at the meeting, which lasted until 11:40. Discussing the finance commit- tee, Mayor Daly pointed out that he would like to see the commit- tee renamed finance and admini- stration. This, he said, would place general operations in their range of responsibility. A year ago, the mayor said, we emphasized the need of cracking down on tax 'arrears, which had been neglected for several years, until it was getting to a dangerous point. Next April we are scheduled for a tax sale—that is 16 months after we started talking 'about if. We should not tolerate this kind of delay—I would like to see this matter taken up promptly by the finance committee, and a new tax sale, if necessary, started right away. In the past few months, the mayor continued, business failures have cut into our expected revenue from., tax arrears, and again these losses have '.10 be shared as an additional burden by the ratepay- ers. Returning to the duties of the finance committee, the mayor ex- pressed the feeling that the com- mittee should become more fam- iliar with the town's office proce- dure, and bring in recommenda- tions for improvements, such as modernization of equipment or procedure, review of the filing sys- tem, and an up-to-date indexing of by-laws. Also included in his re- commendations was a review of the consolidated by-laws of the town. These by-laws have not been altered for 18 years. He also point- ed out that each councillor is sup- posed to be given a copy of these by-laws when he takes a seat on the council. Mayor Daly, Reeve W. N. Ball and members ,of council, Nelson Cardno, Thorpe Rivers, Dr. J. 0. Turnbull, John- Flannery, Neil C. Bell and Carl Dalton, were sworn in before Clerk D. H. Wilson'prior to the morning session. A word of welcome was extend- ed to the newcomer, Mr. Dalton, o ..r„ ,,who became a member of council during the 1960 term, by Mayor Daly. Rev. J. C. Britton, of Northside United Church, was present and asked Divine Guidance on the council. As elected representatives of the municipality, Mr. Britton said, their human aspects should come first; their political life sec- ond, and their other areas of in- terest, thirdly. In conskierations, council will Decision to buy a second Scott Air Pack for the brigade was left in the hands of the Fire and Wa- ter Committee after a request was made to council by Fire Chief John F. Scott. Fire Chief Scott pointed out the danger of using only one. Should something happen to the man using the pack,. the brigade would have no way of helping him, the Chief said. He pointed out that the present pack had been purchased by the brigade out of their own funds at a cost of approximately $500. This pack, of one-hour duration, was bought' some time ago, and the Chief understood that the price had now come down somewhat. While addressing council, M,j Scott outlined a course which is being planned for early February. The course, on a county basis, will be held in Seaforth, with the first part dealing ,with inside training, and later in the year, outside train- ing. He felt the program would create• more interest in the bri- gades throughout the county. Plans, however, are as yet indefinite. Mr. Scott also brought up the matter about the siren which had been mentioned at the morning inaugural session by Mayor Ed- mund Daly. This matter was also left with the fire and water com- mittee. (Continued on Page 4) still have an eye on 1960, the min- ister continued. The year 1960 is passed and gone, but it takes some time to break away from the hold that the old year has on us as individuals. We know that 1960 is beyond reeall—except, perhaps, for some back taxes you wish to col- lect, the minister wittingly re- marked. Nineteen -sixty was not a year to look back upon with certain pride and joy, especially on the world front, remarked Mr. Britton. It was filled with heartaches and headaches, as far as the United Nations was concerned. It was fill- ed with revolutions, discontent, war, earthquakes, famine, blood- shed, death and sorrow, financial -and physical disasters. Seaforth may be far from the world strug- gle, but it is felt in the economical and moral corrosion that has tak- en place. However, nothing can be gained by Christians dredging the stream of 1960, continued Mr. Britton. We have been affected on the moral front by a too casdal accept - Ladies' Auxiliary Installs Officers Legion Ladies' Auxiliary officers were installed at the January meet- ing by F. A. Dobson. Twenty ladies were on hand for the cere- mony. Installed for 1961 were: Past president, Mrs. H. Jessome; presi- dent. Mrs. Charles Wood; first vice president., Mrs. Art Parker; second vice-president, Mrs. John Fraiser; Sergeant - at -Arms, Mrs. Mary Chappel; treasurer, Mrs. .lames McGregor; secretary, Mrs. Liz. Edgar: executive committee: Mts. John Taylor, Mrs. Hartman Huis- ser. Mrs. Cecil Lemon, Mrs. Clay- ton Dennis; sick and visiting, Mrs. Michael McGrath; property, Mrs. Hazel Dillon; buying, Mrs. H. Huisser, Miss Thelma Forbes, Mrs. H. Jessome; entertainment, Mrs, J. Taylor; auditors, Miss Thelma Forbes, Mrs, Percy Little; press reporter, Mrs. J. Fraiser; pianist, Mrs. H. Jessome. The monthly draw was Avon by Mrs. Charlotte Wood, and the mys- tery prize by Mrs. Caroline Muir, It was decided to hold euchres twice a month. BEAVERS LOSE ONLY ONE GAME CONTINUE WINNING STREAK Coach Bill Wylie marched his Seaforth Beaver squad to another victory Monday night, as the Beav- ers outplayed Lucknow in a fast hard -checking game. The Beavers have only dropped one game this season, when they lost to Monkton. The score of the Monday game was Seaforth 14, Lucknow 5. Scoins was the pace-setter for the Beavers, with four goals, fol- lowed by Bob Beutenmiller with four. Other markers for Seaforth were: R. Whiteman with 3, T. Dick 1, and J.. Varley 1. Goals for Lucknow were scored by Gar- dener and Graham. Line-up for the Beavers was as follows: Goal, P. Garrick; defence, Eisler; Henderson, Dinsmore and J. Varley; forwards, T. Dick, 1't. Scoins,, B. Beutenmiller, J. Broad - foot, B. Whitelaw, R. Dale, B. Doig, R. Broome. Future games to be played are announced weekly' in this paper. Winthrop Trounces Listowel 10-1 Winthrop Warriors defeated Lis- towel 10-1 in an Intermediate 'D' game at Seaforth on Tuesday night. Bill Kerr led the Winthrop attack With four 'goals; Don McClure scored three times; Winston PoW. • i ell had two goals, and Ray Powell scored one. Murray Bender scor- ed the lone Listowel goal. Atwood 7, Winthrop 3 Winthrop Warriors were defeat- ed 7-3 by Atwood in a game played in Monkton. Gary Bundscho led the Atwood scoring with 3 goals; singles were counted by Chapman, Newlligging, Hewitt and Wagner. Winthrop goals were scored by Tom Love, Art Strong and Ken McClure. There were 14 minor penalties; two majors, and one misconduct penalty called in the rough contest. Winthrop's next home game is on Tuesday, Jan. 17, with Seaforth supplying the opposition. Vineland Agent Named To Seaforth W. R, Gurney has been appoint- ed agent at the Seaforth CNR sta- tion, Mr. Gurney has already com- menced duties. Prior to his appointment to the Seaforth post he was agent at at Mount Forest. He is originally from Vineland Station. ance of the glib, moral standards that are prevalent in the world to- day. As a result, we probably hedge taking action that will give leadership at the local level.' Political vacancies occurred dur- ing the past year, said Mr. Brit- ton, when the town lost the for- mer mayor, B. F. Christie, a per- sonal and civic loss. Also during the year several business leaders passed on. These things all be- long to the unretrievable — they cannot be recalled. Nineteen sixty-one is in your hands. The electors have given you a task of shaping municipal affairs, and every individual will be affected by your actions as a council, the clergyman reminded the group. In 1961, act with integrity, cour- age, realism, for you will not pass this way again. Today is yours, he summed up. • Present-day emergencies leave very little place for political mug- wumps, no place for dilly-dallyism. You must come to decisions with (Continued on Page 10) DRY. MORNING! Water Main Breaks; Make Quick Repairs Residents and factories in the south section of Seaforth were without water for almost six hours Tuesday morning. Water was shut off to make necessary repairs to a six-inch water main. The repairs were made neces- sary when a hydrant in front of the Canadian Legion Hall, on South Main Street, was broken off dur- ing snow removal operations about 6 a.m. that morning. PUC crews were called and had the line temporarily repaired by 11:15, in time for noon hour meal preparations in the south end. Full repairs will be completed by the weekend, R. J. Boussey, PUC manager, said Wednesday. Because of the six-foot depth at that point, a special 'hydrant had to be ordered, but this is already on._ the way. Monday afternoon repairs were started on a line in front of Sea - forth Motors. The line had burst Saturday and water bubbled up through the pavement of North Main Street. Repairs were com- Fall Fair Plans Yearly Banquet Charles S. MacNaughton, MPP for Huron, who spent some time last fall in the United Kingdom studying the prospect of agricul- tural products markets, will ad- dress the annual meeting of Sea. forth Agricultural Society next week. Mr. MacNaughton was part of a study group which made a three-week survey of the European markets. The meeting will be held at Eg- mondville United Church on Thurs- day. January 19, and will be pre- cecded by a banquet. 1lcports of the society's year's work and presentation of trophies will be made at the banquet. Direc- tors will also be elected for 1961. pleted to this line Wednesday af- ternoon. In both cases, Manager Boussey said, frost had slowed down re- pairs, as it was necessary to slow- ly break through it with an' air ha mmer. When the new hydrant arrives, pointed out Mr. Boussey, the main will be extended and the hy- drant placed inside the sidewalk. This hydrant, he said, has always caused grief to motorists parking in the area, and % snow removal operations. Council Names 1961 Officials, Representatives Seaforth council Monday night completed appointments of town officials and, representatives on district boards. These are: Clerk -Relief Officer—D. H. Wil- son, $1,850.00. Treasurer—D. H. Wilson, $1,250. Assessor—W. E. Southgate, $900. Fire Chief—J. F. Scott, 4300. • Road Foreman — H. Maloney, $78.78 month. Caretaker and street superin- tendent — H. Maloney, $157.55, month. Weed control and' -fruit control— H. Maloney, $7:00. Tax collector—H. Maloney. Solicitors — McConnell & Stew- art, $150.00. Auditors—Davis, Dunn & Brough- ton, $750.00. Fenceviewers — Zach McSpad- den and James Aitcheson. Public Library Board—Mabel E. Turnbull (two years). Arena Commission—Mayor Ed- mund Daylor, Councillor' N. C. Cardno, L,• F. Ford, C. S Row- cliffe. Scott. Memorial liospital—K, B. MacMillan. ,.3 ARRIVING AT 1:30 P.M., January 4th, Miss Marlene Elizabeth Ann Walker was the first baby to be born this year at Scott Mem- orial Hospital. The ptoud mother is Mrs. Carl Walker,,.II,R 1, Cram. arty. The girl is the third for the Walker family, They have,rtwd. other daughter, Carolyn, 4, and Valerie, 2. Mrs. Walker is the for - mei Margaret Sties. (Photo by P11 lli l).