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The Huron Expositor, 1961-03-09, Page 1• • • M • • • • • • • to2nd Year Whole No. 4856 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961 - 10 PAGES $2.50 a Year in AdMtirlce Single Copies, d Centa , TOP HONORS in the McKillop Federation of Agriculture public speaking contest went to Bonnie Stewart, of S.S. No. 4. Here she is presented with her award by Gordon Elliott, first vice-president of the Federation. Looking on are F, of A President James Keys, Jack McCall, of S.S. No. 7, who came third, and Mary Walsh, U.S.S. No. 1, the second priie winner. • (Expositor photo by Philips). DISTRICT COUNCILS MEET Tuckersmith Grant Aids Township Club Exhibitors McKILLOP COUNCIL Jack Newbigging, RR 2, Appin, was awarded the gravel contract by the McKillop municipal council at their March session Monday. Meeting at Carnegie Library, the council considered seven tenders before choosing the lowest tender. The contract at 59 cents a yard calls for the crushing and deliver- ing of approximately 20,000 yards of gravel on the roads. The gravel, which is to be passed through a 1 -inch screen, will also be avail- able to the ratepayers for their lanes, at 67 cents a yard from the same contractor. . Tenders considered were: Joe Kerr, 61c yard, 85c lanes;•; Jack Newbigging, 59c yard, 67c lanes; Robert'Farrish Construction, 621c yard, 75e lanes; Ray Ireland, 62c yard, 75c lanes; George Elliott Contracting, 63c yard, 75c lanes; Sandy Contracting Co., Ltd., 70c yard; F. A. Stonehouse & Sons Ltd.,- 62c yard, 47c lanes. The road portion of this contract is subject to the approval of the De- partment of Highways. The Monday meeting was spent ' almost entirely in the considera- tion of tenders and passing of ac- counts. Joe Malone, Sr., was hired as Warble Fly inspector from a field of five applicants. Mr. Malone will be paid on the basis of $1.00 per hour and 10c per mile travelled for car expenses. He will also col- lect the spraying fee of 15c a head per spray and 55c a pound for brush powder. Any uncollected fees not paid at the time of the last spray, or brought to the inspector by June 1, 1961, will be placed on the tax roll, the council decided. Other applicants considered were Leslie Pryce, Forest McKay, Clar- ence Maloney and Peter E. Ma- loney. Road accounts totalling $2,297.98 and general accounts of $993.80 were passed for payment. A cement tender was awarded to William Stapleton & Son, Dublin, at 89c per bag. Other tenders op- ened included: Krauskopf Bros., Dublin, 90c bag delivered, and Sea - forth Farmers Co-operative, 85c a bag to May 1, 1961, and after that date 90c bag. Council agreed to pay James E. McQuaid, township- assessor, •--$10 for investigating the equalization of assessment of Separate School Area 1, 2, 3 and 4, with the Min- ister of Education id February. HENSALL COUNCIL Daylight Saving Time was set for the Village of Hensall at the regular council meeting Monday night. The fast time will start April 29, with the villagereturn- ing to standard time on October 28. E. R. Davis reported on his attending school of instruction for police officers in Goderich. Some of the firemen plan to attend a school of instruction for firemen in Seaforth. Council approved the application from Huron Lodge AF and AM for alterations to the lodge rooms. Clerk Earl Campbell was auth- orized to prepay $6,000 to the county treasurer on the 1961 coun- ty tax rate. Mr. Campbell was appointed as a second delegate to the Mid -Western Ontario De- velopment Association. Upon a request from several ratepayers on North Richmond Street for the repair of a drain, council agreed to. engage C. P. Roberts, O.L.S., to make a sur- vey and submit a report. Bylaw No. 11 for road expenditures of 1961 to the amount of $7,500, was passed and copies of the bylaw are to be sent to the Department of Highways for approval. TUCKERSMITIi COUNCIL Three organizations were given grants at the regular meeting of Tuckersmith Municipal Council Tuesday afternoon. All members were present, and Reeve. Ivan For- syth presided. Central Huron Agricultural So- ciety, Clinton, represented by J. Wally Crich, and South Huron Ag- ricultural Society, Hensall, repres- ented by Jaynes Doig, each receiv- ed grants of $100. The South Hur- on grant contained the stipulation that $4.00 be paid to each exhibi- tor from the Tuckersmith Feeder Calf Club, and the balance was to go to the general funds of the society. Alex McGregor, Alex Boyes and Wilmer Broadfoot waited on coun- cil and requested the annual grant for the Federation of Agriculture. Council made the usual grant of $700 to be paid in October. (Continued on Page 5) Name Winne McKillop F of A Public Speaking A grade six pupil of SS 4, Mc- Killop, took top honors in the final public speaking contest sponsored by the McKillop Federation of Ag- riculture. Bonnie Stewart, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Stewart, was placed first, speaking on the topic, "A Country I'd Like to Vis- it," at the contest held in the Sea forth District High School Thurs- day night. Second place went to Mary Walsh, a grade eight pupil of USS 1, McKillop, and Jack Mc- Call, a grade seven pupil of SS 7, McKillop, took third place. Only one point separated first and second place winners. First and second place winners chose for their topic, " ACountry I'd Like to Visit," and Jack McCall spoke on "Electricity". There were 11 contestants tak- ing part in the finals including Lois Bernard, Eileen Maloney, Murray McClure, Elaine Murray, Jack Flannigan, Ann Shea, Mary Mar- garet Flannigan and Linda Somer- ville. Gordon Elliott, federation first vice-president, presented the priz- es to the winning speakers, and Oliver Pryce, second vice-presi- dent, presented merit certificates to the other contestants. During the evening a short pro- gram was :presented with two chorus numbers by pupif3` of SS 7, McKillop, and by grade 8 pupils of USS 1, McKillop; piano solo by lioschel Nesbitt; tap dancing by Billy Henderson, and a solo by Dianne Henderson. Gordan Papple, program chair- man, thanked those taking part in the contests and program. Mr. Plumsteel, principal of the school extended a welcome to the McKil- lop Federation of Agriculture. James Keys, president of the federation, was chairman for the evening. Judges were three teach- ers from Seaforth District High School, F. S. Cosford, H. G. Don- ald and Donald Pullen. Walton Motorists Are Injured Four people were injured in a two -car collision -on icy Highway 8 at Seebach's Hill Saturday night. Ronald Graham, 20, of Wood- stock, driver of one of the cars, suffered a cut on the back of his head and suspected fractures. Driver of the other car was Fred Leonbardt, 49, RR 2, Walton. He was unhurt but a passenger in his car, Mrs. Lena Bennewies, 75, of Mitchell, was take- to Stratford General Hospital with chest injur- ies and lacerations. Other passengers in the Leon- hardt vehicle, Mrs. Christina Leon. hardt, 77, RR 2, Walton, mother of the diver, suffered face cuts, and Mrs. George Rock, RR 2, Walton, lost some teeth and suffered a cut mouth. Hog Producers Vote Name Huron Committee The difference of opinion that exists as to the best method of marketing hogs was pointed up Monday, when Huron producers, through the election of committee- men, ,indicated strong approval for the existing scheme, while Perth producers by their vote in similar strength apposed the scheme. Election machinery, established by provincial authorities, proved far from adequate to handle the number of ballots cast. At both Mitchell and Clinton, where voting took place, numbers of producers left without voting when it was found a long wait would be neces- sary. Throughopt the afternoon cars arrived from points through- out the counties, most containing four to six farmers. The counting of ballots carried out by a team headed in Huron by Agricultural Representative Doug Miles, as returning officer, con- tinued until the early hours of Tuesday morning. Nominate 38 Huron producers nominated 38 candidates for the 19 positions on the committee. The county is sec- ond only to Perth in terms of hog population. Of the 38 nominated, '19 identi- fied themselves with the compul- sory hog marketing group and 19 with the free enterprise system of selling ,which in Huron has its strongest support in Grey Town- ship. Robert P. Allan, of Brucefield, a director of the Huron Hog Pro- ducers' Association,. backed -.the present marketing system. He said he was not in favor of "a bunch of truckers selling my hogs for me. I am in favor of knowing where my hogs are going and the price I get for them." Alfred H. Warner, of Bayfield, secretary of the producers' asso- ciation, said: "We have a good plan and now a new selling sys• tem is coming into effect, which we have to give a fair trial (the recent government announcement of a plan to sell all hogs through the operation of a teletype sys- tem).* Mr. Warner said he believed the producers' board in Toronto had "done a fairly good job for the farmers of Ontario. As times change, plans will have to be changed," he said, "We have to keep up to date." For Free Enterprise Charles Coultes, of Belgrave, secretary -treasurer of the Free Enterprise Hog Prooducers of On- tario, which is opposed to the compulsory system, said he stood for a free enterprise method of sale because: "By it, the farmer knows when the hogs leave the farm, where they are going, what they will receive for them and when they are to be killed." Carl Hemingway, Brussels, sec- tetary-fieldman of the Huron Coun- ty Federation of Agriculture, said he was afraid if compulsory mar- keting went out, contract farming would come into effect for hogs as it had for broiler chickens. I am hot interested in having some- SDHS Judging Team Wins Seed Show Honors A high school team from Sea - forth District High School was awarded a trophy for the highest team score at the 14th annual Huron County Seed Fair. Held in Clinton on Friday and Saturday, the fair was sponsored by the Soil and Crop Improvement Associa- tion. The Winning team was compos- ed of Larry Beuerman, Don Mc- Kercher and Ken Papple. Runner- up was the South Huron (Exeter) District High School, with the team. composed of Tom Ellerington, Dick Colter and Gerald Merner. The show came to a climax Sat- urday with the auction sale of lots of oats and barley. Ed. Elliott, Clinton, was auctioneer. Pays $64 For Oats R. N. Alexander, Londesboro, who operates a seedcleaning plant, paid' $64 for the bushel of Russell oats which was proclaimed the grand champion seed at the fair. The oats were exhibited by Bob Allan, Brucefield. This amount re- presents the highest price paid in the county for seed, in the history .of the association. Ross Marshall, Kirkton, bought the top 10 -bushel lot of barley for $2.25 per bushel. This was shown by N. G. Clarke, Woodham. The 12 -bushel lot of oats, exhibited by Jack Taylor, RR 5, Wingham, sold for $2.30 a bushel to Cecil Bate- man, Ethel. The fair was considered by Clar- ence Shaw, Wingham, president of the sponsoring association, as "an- other success," in the association's history. Guest speaker Saturday afternoon was John Moles, of On- tario Hydro. He was introduced to the large audience by A. M. Knight of Clinton, manager of the Clinton office for rural hydro. A report of the district director, Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Associa- tion, Melburn Greenwood, RR 1, Mitchell, was presented. Greet- ings were brought from the Ceunty of Huron by its warden, Reeve Iv- an Forsyth, Tuckersmith Town- ship; by the chairman of the Agri- cultural Committee of the Huron County Council, Reeve Tom Lel- per, Hullett Township, and from the Ontario provincial government, Chas. MacNaughtott, Exeter, MPP for Huron. A program for women, arrang- ed by Mrs. Bette Miller, home economist for Huron County, was under the sponsorship of the On - tart Hydro, with Miss Barbara Woodhall, home economist, con- ducting a cooking school. Named Grand Champion Bob Fotheringham, RR 3, Sea - forth, a Huron , County 4-H Club member, was F.tieclared grand champion for the second consecu- tive year at the fair. On Satur- day afternoon in the auditorium of the Clinton Collegiate, Douglas Miles, agricultural representative for Huron -County, presented him with two special awards as the ex- hibitor with the highest number of points. He was also awarded a •tti BOB FOTHERINGHA M, RR 3 Seaforth, left, was one of the top winners at the 14th annual Huron County Seed Fair in Clinton last week. Bob was grand cham- pion with his white bean, alfalfa and barley exhibits. With him in the photo is Ken Alton, RR 7, Lucknow, whose entry of corn silage topped that class. (B-H photo.) special prize for best bushel of barley; one for the best bushel of field beans; one for best bushel of alfalfa; the reserve award in sil- age class; the trophy for the 1960 4-H club member who obtained the highest number of points by ex- hibiting in three or mote open classes at the fair. He shared a perpetual shield with Luther Saun- ders, RR 2, Seaforth, for having the most points in the small seed class. Other special prizes given out Saturday afternoon went to Ian McAllister, RR 2, Zurich, and James Smith, RR 2, Brussels, for new exhibitors with the most points in grain and small seeds; Ken Alton, RR 7, Lucknow, for his championship silage eXhibit; Ross Marshall, Kirkton,. special hay championship; Jack Broad - foot, Brucefield, best bushel of wheat, and a special, as the exhib- itor with the second highest num- ber of points at the said fair; Don- ald McKercher, RR 1, Dublin, a special as the youngest exhibitor with 10 or more points, and an- other special, as the youngest ex- hibitor having two or more entries at the seed fair; Robert P. Allan, Brucefield, best bushel of oats; Robert Procter, RR 5, Brussels, best corn exhibit; James Neil, RR 1, Exeter, best bushel of turnips; Wilfred Scott, RR 2, Seaforth, mhst points in seed grains of Hullett. Township exhibitors; Luther Saun- ders, for most points.in small seed class, and for the best half bushel of timothy; William Dennis, Wal- ton, for the best half bushel of red clover; Richard Etherington, RR 1, Hensall, for the reserve lotof hay; Alvin Betties, RR 2, Bay- field, as the exhibitor from his township with. the highest fiumber of points; and Newton G. Clarke, RR 1, Woodham, for the cham- pionship 10-12 bushel lots of bar- ley and oats. Chosen Farm Manager R. S. McKercher, RR 1, Dublin, was chosen as farm manager of the year --a new class added to this year's fair. His outstanding exhibit consisted of working plans of his farm, showing field num- (Continued on Page 10) one else tell me what I am going to get for my hogs," he said. Martin Baan, of Grey Township, said the free enterprise group had not come up with a workable plan as an alternative to compursory marketing. Everyone was reach- ing for control, he said. Unless the hog producer keeps marketing control of his product, someone else would gain that control. Huron producers had cast 1184 ballots when voting concluded at 6 p.m. Elected were: Alex D. McGre- gor, Kippen, with 619 votes; Robt. P. Allan, Brucefield, 598; Martin Baan, Grey Township, 590; Albert G. Bacon, Morris Township, 569; Carl Hemingway, Brussels; 562; Elmer Ireland, Wingham, 553; C. R. Coultes, Belgrave, 551. Ross Love, Hensall, 548; Gor- don Elliott, McKillop Township, 542; Wiliam Coleman, Stanley Township, 538; Robert McAllister, West Wawanosh, 536; Ross Fisher, Colborne Township, 535; Harry Hern, Exeter, 533; Harold Mont- gomery, Goderich, 533; Alfred Warner, Bayfield, 532; Carl Gov- ier, East Wawanosh, 530; George R. Campbell, McKillop Township, 529; Lloyd Stewart, Londesboro, 528, and Graham Campbell, Mor- ris Township, 527. Perth Opposes Plan In Petth all but four of the1 26 producers who were elected on Monday indicated they were op- posed to the present marketing plan. Fifty candidates were nominat- ed for the 26 seats as committe-.- men at a meeting attended by about 200 Perth hog producers in the Mitchell Town Hall Monday. During the voting period, about 1100 Perth producers crowded the hall and surrounding areas. The 26 successful candidates, in order of the votes they polled, are as follows: Norman Chaffe, RR 4, Mitchell, 726 votes; Earl Boyes, RR 3, Stratford, 721; Ross Mc- Tavish, RR 2, Stratford, 719; How- ard Bears, Science Hill, 714; Wil- fred Cook, RR 1, Stratford, 712; John Fryfogel, Gadshill, 712; Rob - (Continued on Page 4) AREA SCHOOLS were represented at an inter -high school bonspiel at the Seaforth Curling Club Saturday. With five schools competing, honors went to rinks representing Listowel and Wingham. Shown here are members of the Seaforth rink. Front (left to right): Barbara Talbot, Pam Staple- ton, Emily Elliott and Nora Gorwill. Rear: Frank Godin (SDHS staff), Ken Cardno, Harold Smith, Bruce Miller, Carl Campbell, Glen Coutts and Peter Rowat. Absent were Terry Ford, Ray Scoins and Brian Brady. (Expositor pho'to by Phillips). Hibbert Co-op, Pays 1961 Patronage Bonus A 1961 patronage bonus of $60,- 131.34 was paid to members of the Hibbert Co-operative Dairy As; sociation, reports showed. The annual meeting Thursday night was told this amount was paid out of net profit to 660 patrons. Total butter manufactured dur- ing the year was 1,148,341 pounds. Meeting in Staffa Hall, Brock Mon- teith, of a Stratford auditing firm; presented the financial statement. Guest speaker, J. C. Palmer, associate director of dairying, To- ronto, gave an address on quality and importance of sanitation on farms necessarly to produce a pro- duct demanded by consumers' and export buyers. He also outlined some of the regulations concern- ing Standard or Class A 'dairy barns. The meeting gave the directors their support to get share certi- ficates of non -interested and non - producing shareholders transfer- red into the hands of producing patrons. Officers elected for 1961 are: President, Victor Jeffery, RR 3, Exeter; vice-president, Harris But- SDHS Board Plans Open House The public will be invited to in- spect the new addition at the Sea - forth District High School on March 29, the SDHS Board decid- ed at a meeting Tuesday even- ing. An open -house is being plan- ned when an opportunity will be given for the public to become familiar with the new facilities. The board accepted the resigna- tion of Mr. and Mrs, G. Donald. Mrs. Donald has been awarded a fellowship at McGill University and will attend there to complete her master's degree in French. Charles McInnes To Speak Here Tickets will be made available over the weekend for the annual Rural Relatinns Night, sponsored by the Seaforth Lions Club on Mon- day, March 27. The special speak- er will be Charles McInnes, Presi- dent of the Ontario Hog Producers' 'Association. Members oT the club are enter- taining farmers at the banquet, and free tickets are being made available on a first-come first- served basis. They may be obtain- ed from Topnotch Feeds Limited, Seaforth Farmers Co-operative, or Dr. J. 0. Turnbull. son, RR 1, Fullarton; secretary - treasurer, J. M. Scott, RR 1, Staf- fa; directors: Russell Worden, RR 1, Staffs, and Arthur Kemp, RR 1, Staffa; manager, Gerald Agar, Staffa. Winthrop Gains In WOAA Playoffs Winthrop Warriors downed the Monkton Wildcats 6-3 in a WOAA Intermediate playoff game, play- ed in Milverttin Saturday night. Winthrop now leads the best, of five series 2-1, with the next ame scheduled for the Seaforth Arena on Saturday, March 11. Winthrop' took command from the opening whistle, and by the end of the first period had built up a 4-0 lead. The Warrior goal scorers in the first period` were Ray Powell, Bill Kerr, Jim Strong and Winston Powell, in that order. In the second period, Winthrop again outskated the Monkton squad and scored two goals, to lead 6-0 as the period closed. Ron Mc- Clure and Bill Kerr, with his sec- ond goal of the night, were the Winthrop marksmen. Monkton came out strong in the third period and finally broke through the Warrior defence, with Ronnenherg netting two goals and Worth scoring one. This complet- ed the scoring, with Winthrop reg- istering a 6-3 victory. Ten penalties were handed out, with eight going to Monkton and two to Winthrop. High ,Schools Vie In' Spiel Here Listowel High School boys and Wingham High School girls copped top honors on Saturday at the Sea - forth Curling Club, when Seaforth District Hich School played host in an inter -high school bonspiel. The Listowel boys downed Wing - ham in the finals, 6-5. Those on the winning team included: Andy Malcolm, lead; Ken Browne, skip; Bartly Bowman, second, and Ted Smith, vice. The Wingham girls won '6-2 in the finals aver Listowel. Members' of the winning team included Jean Hetherington, skip; Sandra Mac- Lennan, second; Karen Elliott, lead, and Sue Naimsmith,-vice. Dr. M. W. Stapleton, president of the Seaforth Curling Club, pre. sented individual trophies to the boys, and the girls received ster- ling spoons. Schools represented were: Lis- towel (1), Stratford (2), Goderich (2). Wingham. (1) and Seaforth (2), for the boys, while the girls' teams were from Listowel (1), .Stratford (2), Wingham (1) and Seaforth (1). • Accepts Position As Sales Manager Garth Holton. presently man- ager of Logsdon H & N Hatcher- ies Ltd„ Seaforth, has accepted the position of sales manager with Whitmoyer Laboratories Ltd., Port Credit, Ont., for Ontario and the Maritimes. The Holtoms will be moving to Toronto at the end of March. A new manager has not yet been appointed for the hatchery. Dublin Group Moves To Organise C of C A move to form a Chamber of Commerce in Dublin gotunder way Monday evening at a public meeting called by the village trus- tees. The meeting named a commit- tee including E. .1• Dean, George (Mettler and Jack Wells to investi- gate steps to he taken in order that an organization could be es- tablished. The committee expects to call a further public meeting within 10 days following prelimin- ary investigation. It was suggest- ed the organization could be pat- terned after the successful Brod- hagen Chamber of Commerce. The inspecting trustee, Louis Looby, said the trusted felt there was a requirement for an active organization in the village. He mentioned the lack of a park in Dublin, and said that with proper support there was no reason why such facilities could not be estab- lished. Consideration is being given to introducing a building by-law so that future construction in the vil- lage would be up to standard. Mr. Looby said the village was join- ing with neighboring townships of Logan, Hibbert and McKillop in an effort to have the Department of Highways install a flasher light at the intersection of No. 8 Highway and the county road in the vii= lage. The corner has been the scene of a number of serious at, cidents and several fatalities (har- ing recent Sears.