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The Huron Expositor, 1961-05-04, Page 1J -r p v 1 4 1 a • • • • • • 0 • 0 • 4 U2nd Year Whole No. 4864 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1961 — 12 PAGES MEMBERS OF THE BRUCEFIELD 1OOF have been busy making improvements to their build- ing in readiness for a new tenant. The Paterson store will be located on the ground floor and a new entrance is being created to the lodge rooms on the secondfloor. Here, busy pouring concrete footings are, left to right, Ray McNall, Gregor McGregor, Fred Burdge, John Broadfoot, Fred Mc- Gregor and Lindsay Eyre. (Expositor photo by Phillips). Tuckersmith Council Clears Purchase of New Grader Tuckersmith purchased a newShexidan Municipal Drains Improvement, and to prepare a by-law to auth- orize the township to enter into an agreement with the Township of Stanley, or the ..Brucefield Fire Department. The by-law will pro- vide that 50 per cent of the cost of approved maintenance and new equipment will be borne by each of the two townships: A by-law is power grader on Tuesday when council accepted the tender of J. D. Adams Co. Ltd. The tender price was $28,289, less an allow- ance of $11,289 for the township's present grader, which has been in use for. nine years: Delivery is expected in two or three weeks. Name J: L McIntosh Clerk -Treasurer For Tuckersmith James L McIntosh, 23 -year-old OAC graduate, has been appoint- ed to the combined position of clerk -treasurer and tax collector of Tuckersmith. The appointment was made at a special meeting of Council held at Warden Forsyth's • 4 4 • • home on Monday evening. Mr. McIntosh, a graduate of Sea - forth District High School, will obtain his master's degree in ag- riculture at a University of Td- ronto graduation in June. He as- sumes his new duties on June 1. There were nine applicants for the position. Salary was set at $2,400 per annum, plus $500 ex- pense allowance. The new clerk - treasurer is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James McIntosh, of Tucker - smith. The vacancy arose with the re- cent resignation of Mrs. Cora Chesney, who had filled the posi- tion since the death of her hus- band two years ago. Name New Agent For Prudential Appointment was announce this week of. Wally hazelgrove ' s new Prudential Insurance repre entative for the Seaforth district. He replaces the Iate Rae Borden, Who held the position from 1955 until his death this year. Mr. Hazelgrove comes to Sea - forth from Chesley. He is a for- mer Wingham boy. The agent will take over the district in the near future. If you find life is empty, try put- ting something into it. Other tenders were: i Equipment, '$30,835, less allow- ance $7,535, for $23,300; Geo. ` W. Crothers, $28,714, less allowance $8,000, for $2,0714; Sawyer -Massey, $28,791, Iess allowance, $8,701, for $20,000; Dominion Road Machin- ery, $28,110, less ^allowance $11,- 300, for $16,810. Council met in the Town Hall, Seaforth. All members were pres- ent and Warden Forsyth presided. Peter Christensen, of Seaforth Sewer Tile, waited on council with a request for fixed assessment on a proposed new plant to be erected in the near. future. W. P. Roberts, assessment commissioner, advised that authority to grant fixed as- sessments had been repealed by 1961 legislation and council there- fore regretted that it was not pos- sible to consider the request. A delegation of ratepayers along Highway No. 4 and Highway No. 8, adjacent to the Town of Clin- ton, waited on council with a re- quest that council „ reconsider a decision not to retain Town of Clinton fire brigade. Council agreed to have representation at a meeting of Clinton council on Monday, May 8. Eldon O'Brien re- quested council to improve the railway crossing between lot 25 and 26, Con. 1, HRS. No tenders were received for construction of the Elgie Munici- pal Drains Improvement, and coun- cil deckled to invite tenders again at a later date. Approval was given the payment of necessary expenses to permit the road superintendent and the assessment commissioner to attend schools sponsored by the Depart- ment of Highways and the Assess- ment Branch of the Department of Municipal Affairs. Clerk Cora Chesney was in- structed to apply to the Depart- ment of Public Works for Provin- cial Aid to Drainage on the Elgie to be prepared for the appoint- ment of James I. McIntosh, as clerk -treasurer and tax collector. Frank Falconer and Andrew Houston were authorized to , meet with Andrew Crozier concerning g complaint with regard to outlet on lot 1, con. 1, Hullett, on the Adams Drain. Council decided . to spray roads with calcium chloride, the same as in 1960. The reeve will contact the Bell Telephone Co. with respect to cleaning up road- sides along Concession 2-3, HRS, east of Egmondville, with respect to the removal of the telephone line. James I. McIntosh was ap- pointed clerical assistant to the road" superintendent for the bal- ance of 1961 at a salary,of $25.00 per month. The reeve was ap- pointed as welfare officer. A gratuity of $100 was paid to retiring CIerk - Treasurer Cora Chesney in recognition of her ser- vices. The following accounts were passed for payment: Fred Adams, dump, $17.50; Thamer Nursing Home, $88.25; James Racho, fox bounty, $4.00; salary and allow- ance, $221.46; express, $1.00; Re- ceiver -General, income tax, $15.90; unemployment insurance, $5.28; supplementary allowance, $30.00; advertising, $36.70; J. Bonthron & Son, funeral expenses, $170.00; Town of Clinton, fire retaining fee to March 31, 1961. $25.00; Equit- able Life, pension, $13.50; gratui- ty, $100.00; roads, $2,863.49. Council adjourned to meet on June 6, at 8 p.m. Means Lower Prices, Merchants Say $2.54 a Year Advancq, Single Copleti, teelit#. Proud of Old Fashioned Ta SUPERINTENDENT RESIGNS Plan Bridges in McKillop, Hullett Road superintendent in McKil- lop since 1930, William J. Manley resigned at the Monday meeting of McKillop council. The resigna- tion is effective June 5. All mem- bers were present and Reeve Dan Beuermann presided. The position is being advertised, with applications being received until May 15. A special meeting of council will consider applica- tions. New regulations concerning the repair of equipment in the town- ship garage and employment of labor were established by council. No such repairs will be carried out on equipment other than that owned by the township, the coun- ty or the department of highways. Employment and discharge of la- bor is to be approved by the reeve and council, but in the event of an emergency the decision as to action will rest with the reeve. • The tender of Looby Construc- tion for the erection of the Storey bridge .at lot 1'5-16, concession 6, was accepted: The tender price of $3,169.20 wasthe lowest of seven tenders. Others were: Gordon A. Gibson & Son, $4,405.00; Rodger MacEachern, $3,366.40; Anthony Birch, $3,252.00; Ron Saville, $4 098.00; Steel Fast Structures Ltd., $3,991.08; McLean & Foster Con- strtzction Ltd., $3,665.00. The tender of Robert Nicholson • Merchants Seek Horse -and Buggy HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS mean only old-fashioned pric- es, according to Seaforth mer- chants. Board. Will Dine. Honor Students Honor students of the Seaforth District High School will be hon- ored by the board at 'a dinner early in June. Arrangements were approved at a meeting of the board Tuesday evening, al- though a final date was not de- termined. Guests will include all students who attained an average of 75 per cent .or better during the year. The board approved the appoint- ment of Mrs. Marilyn McCaulley, of Bowmanville, as home eco- nomics teacher. & Son at $5,549.00, was accepted for construction of the McCallum - Winthrop Drain. Tenders for the Kerr bridge, at Lots 20-21, Con. 7, were opened, but no tender was accepted. Approval of grants of $300.00 to Seaforth Agricultural Society and $75.00 to the East Huron Society were approved. Council instructed the Clerk to forward 1960 tax arrears, -amount- ing to $8,428.84, to the County Treasurer for collection, Vouch- ers of the road superintendent, totalling $5,637.93, were approved for payment. Council approved payment of. the municipality's share of 1961 SDHS debentures, subject to clear- ance by the solicitor. HULLETT COUNCIL Tender for the construction of the new Middegal bridge was let by Hullett Township at their regu- lar meeting Monday night. G. A. Gibson & Sons, Wroxeter, received the contract at $7,000. The bridge will replace the ex- isting structure 'located on the 12th concession at Iots 10 and 11. Five tenders were received, ranging from $9,900 to the $7,000 winning tender. The tender is sub- ject to the approval of the De- partment of Highways. The ten- ders were called and presented by Burns M. Ross, professional en- gineer, Goderich. A cpurt of revision was held on the Jenkins . Municipal Drain, a shared project with the Township of Goderich, as initiating munici- pality, and Hullett and Clinton as participating municipalities. As there were no appeals in the Township of Hullett, the court of revision was closed. A motion was made giving a grant to the Federation of Agri- culture of $750, the same amount that has been given in previous years, but the motion was lost when an amendment was made amending the amount to read $800, instead of $750. George Radford Construction Ltd. started work on a municipal drain known as the Van Baaren Drain, an open drain situated on Con. 10 and 11, in Hullett Town- ship. The work was started on Monday morning, May 1. The next meeting is to he held June 5, at 9 o'clock p.m., at Lon- de4sboro, in the Community Hall. J. E. Patterson To Head Minor Ball Seaforth Minor Baseball Associa- tion held their organization meet- ing Tuesday evening in the Town HaIl.. John E. Patterson was re- named president for 1961. Other officers tare: vice-president, Leo Hagan; secretary -treasurer, Clare Reith; executive members, Ken Powell, Gus Boussey, Bill Papple, Bob McGonigle and Eric McCue. The organization will enter three teams in the WOAA group- ing this season — Pee -Wee, Ban- tams and Juvenile. Saturday, June 3, will be base- ball booster day, as the meeting laid plans for the annual sale of booster tickets. The financial re- port showed a balance of $183.00. AIM r • Being called a horse and buggy town holds no fears for Seaforth merchants, and just to prove it they are offering a prize of $10.00 for the best appearing horse, bug- gy and driver to be seen on the Main Street next Saturday night. Two weeks ago the St. Marys Journal -Argus, referring to the de- cision of Seaforth stores to re- main open Saturday nights, com- mented that "Clinton and other nearby towns have stores open on Friday ,evenings, but the Seaforth people apparently are not yet quite convinced that the old-time Saturday night has gone the way of the horse—and what was that rig it pulled?" "We won't worry if they think us an old-fashioned horse and buggy town," commented Keh Wil- lis, chairman of the Merchants' Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. "The main thing is that Seaforth merchants have real old-fashioned prices. A nickel really means five cents in Sea - forth!" Mrs. Jean Hildebrand, of Irvin's Hardware, 'also a member of the committee, agreed. "We're open Saturday night and every merchant is co-operating to show how old-fashioned prices in Seaforth save the shopper money." Mrs. Hildebrand outlined the special features that have been arranged for the opening occa- sion, In addition to the contest to determine the best horse and bug- gy which is planned for 8:30, the colorful SDHS Girls' Trumpet Band will parade. At 8:55 special prizes of $5.00 each will be award- ed five lucky shoppers in each of five Seaforth stores. During the winter months Sea - forth stores closed at 6 o'clock as a result of an arrangement work- ed out by the Merchants' COW mittee of the Chamber of Com- merce. With .the advent of spring, tl}e new schedule of hours comes into effect " and stores will now re- main open until 10 o'clock. The schedule will continue throughout the summer months. Long Tradition Saturday night shopping in Sea - forth through the years has been a tradition among people from a wide area about the town. The oc- casion provides an opportunity to visit along the street and take advantage of the large stocks of merchandise offered by Seaforth merchants: This year an added Saturday night attraction is the penny sale, sponsored by the Women's Hospi- tal " Auxiliary to Scott Memorial Hospital. Drawing for more than a 100 valuable prizes gets under way early in the evening. BRIG. C. N. STRICKLAND, of the Salvation Army, conferred with Legion officials and Mayor Daly Tuesday as arrangements were completed for the annual Salvation Army campaign again being carried on -by the Legion on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 9 and 10.. In announcing the drive, Brig. Strickland expressed appreciation that the Legion was once more co-operating in carrying out the canvass. Shown are (left to right), Mayor -E. Daly, Brig. Strickland, Legion President .Allan Nicholson, and campaign chairman, Cleave Coombs. (Expositor "photo by Phillips). Dublin Bowling Club Plans End of Season Activities At a meeting of the Dublin Bowling Club, held in the parish hall, officers for the coming year 1961-62 were appointed: Past president, Frank Kistner; presi- dent, John Wells; vice-president, Tom Butters: secretary, Mrs. Ger- ald~Holland; treasurer, Mrs. Frank Kistner. A banquet and social evening will be held in the Brodhagen Community Hall on May 27 to con- clude the present season. WI Elects Officers The Dublin Women's Institute held their annual meeting at the home of Mrs. Harold Pethick, with 25 members and one guest present. The meeting opened with the In- stitute Ode and Mary Stewart Col- lect. Roll call was answered by each member giving a motto fOr the coming year. The various courses for the con- ing year were discussed with the two courses„ "Hints For the Home Nurse" and "Focus on Finishes" being suggested, Mrs. Charles Fr:end asked the members to try and be present for the 4 -II Club Achievement Day. to be held July 6 and 7, 1961. Mrs. Tom Simon- sen read a report on the course, "When Food Makes a Difference," held recently in Staffa. The fol- lowing reports were given by the standing committees: Agriculture and Canadian Industries, by Mrs. Harold Pethick, in place of Mrs. Doug Racho; Citizenship and Edu- cation, by '.Mrs. Wm.. Smith; His- torical Research and Current Ev- • '4102(",-)0. DISTRICT LIONS CLUBS ELECT ROSS MIDDLETON ZONE CHAIRMAN Ross Middleton, of Clinton, was elected Deputy -District Governor of Region 3, District A-9, of Lions International, at the annual Region Rally, held last Wednesday night at the Zurich Community Centre. He won in a two-way battle for the position with Jack Reavie, of Wing - ham. Mr. Middleton, who is a high school teacher at Clinton, served the past year as Zone Chairman for the south part of Region 3, while Mr.. Reavie has been the zone chairman in the north part of Region 3. Zone chairman for the south part of the region for the next term will be Herb Turkheim, the president of the Zurich Lions Club, while Jack McDonald, president of the Brussels 'Lions Club, will be zone chairman for the north part of the region. Guest speaker at the Zurich ral- ly was Ward Bolton, of St. Marys, past Canadian President of Lions Internation. He delivered an in- spiring message to the grdup on `Zionism." Mr. Bolton was intro- duced by International Counsellor Hal Meir, of ,Seaforth, and thank- ed hank ed by Herb Turkheim, of Zurich. Head table guests were introduc- ed by Xtternational Cot nisellor Jake Sweitzer, of Exeter, while Ross Middleton and Jack Reavie supervised the introducing of club members who were present. Clubs represented were: Teeswater, Howick, Wingham, Brussels, Clin- ton, Seaforth, Exeter, Grand, Bend and Zurich. International Counsellor Victor Dinnin, of Zurich, was in charge of the nomination and election for Deputy -Governor and Zone Chair- men, while the present Deputy - Governor; Russell Grainger, of Zurich, was chairman for the meeting. Song leaders were Howard Klopp, Alvin Walper and Delbert Geiger, all of the Zurich club. Mrs. Beatrice Hess, of Zurich, ac- companied the group at the piano, as well as contributing...a solo to the program. Entertainment was probided by the members of the Zurich Club, and the dinner was prepared by the Ladies' Aid of the Lutheran Church in Zurich. Lucky draws were won by Len Ford, Seaforth, Stewart Dietz, Zur- ich; Bob McKinley, Zurich; Mrs. Beatrice Hess, Zurich, arid Ike Hann, Brussels. About 100 Lions attended the event,.; FATHERS TOOK A PROMINENT PART in Fun Night, spon- sored by the Home and School Association at the Seaforth Public School Friday evening. Each classroom provided a special enter- tainment,. feature for the large audience that took part in the fes- tivities. One of the popular numbers was a style show, which in- chided in its cast (left to right, ibove), Orville Oke, Lloyd Rowel and Neil Bell, and to the right, Elden Mulley, William Wilbee and C. E. swelf. (Epositorpictures . by,: Phillips) Boswell. ents by Mrs. John Burchill; Home Economics and Health by Mrs. Chas, Friend; auditor's report giv- en by Mrs. A. M. Looby, and Pub- lic Relations Officers' report by Mrs. George Robinson. Two motions were made: That an Institute pin be given to any member leaving the community, and a gift to each new babyborn to a member of the Institute. All members voted to donate a lay- ette to one .of the new mothers. Mrs. Joe Looby, chairman of the nominating committee, presented the new slate of officers for the coming year. Mrs. John Nagle, past president, installed the new officers as follows: Past president, Mrs. Rube Aikens; president, Mrs, Harold Pethick; , first vice-presi- dent, Mrs. Andy Whetham; second vice-president, Mrs. John Burchill; secretary -treasurer, Mrs. Ed. Dean; past secretary -treasurer, Mrs. Jno. Nagle; district director, Mrs. Herb Britton; alternate district director, Mrs. George Robinson; press re- porter, Mrs. Joe Stapleton; card secretary, Mrs. Joe Dill; pianist, Mrs. Ed. Dean; auditors. Mrs. Joe Dill, Mrs. A. Looby; branch direc- tors, Mrs. Tom Simonsen, Mrs. Mary Kistner, Mrs. Joe Dorsey; public relations officer, Mrs. Geo, Robinson; standing committees: Aviculture and Canadian Indus- tries, Mrs. Alphonse Cronin, Mrs. Doug Racho; Citizenship and Edu- cation, Mts. Wm. Smith, Mrs. Joe Looby; Historical Research and Current Events, Mrs. John Burchill, Mrs. Joe Dorsey; Home Economics and Health, Mrs. Charles Friend, Mrs. Andy Whetham. Lunch was served by Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Sim- onsen and Mrs. Whetham, assisted by Mrs. Pethick. friends Mr. Hughinthe• Puvilgh,lage. Ashburn, with Mr. and Mrs. Lester Haynes, of SimDill.coe, with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mr. and Mrs. °Danny Costello, Kitchener, with Mr. and •Mrs. Dan Costello. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Krauskopf and children in London. Mr. and Mrs. Al Young and fam- ily, Toronto, with Mrs. Mary O'Rrourke. Mr. and Mrs. Fergus Horan in Patrick Wo Georgetown odswith Mr. and Mrs. . Mr. Ken Stapleton, Toronto* and Miss Jean Masse, Brantford, with Mr. and- Mrs. Fergus Stapleton. Mr. and Mrs, Ed. '7Cyerg, George, town, with Mr, And Mrei< 'lnittc, Evans.