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The Huron Expositor, 1961-10-12, Page 1• • • • • r • • 102nd Year • Whole No. 484887 EAFORTH, ONTARIO, TSUR,DAY,. OCTOBER 12, 1961 - 12 ?AGES $x:50 a'Year 14 Ac)OM° Sing !e . Cppies, 0.' Ceuta FRAMED BY A LARGE SEWER PIPE, final year students of the School of Business Ad- ministration, University of Western Ontario, are shown while on a visit to Seaforth Sewer Tile Limited Friday. The group visited the Seaforth plant in order to review production and operation as part of a practical field project. .Peter Christensen (left), general manager, looks on as the students examine one of the pipes produced by the compiny. They are: (kneeling), Charles Holden, Ross Morrison, Richard .Humphries, of Sewer Tile, and Cyril Ing. At the rear are Ken McLaren and Al Harrison. (Expositor photo by Philips). DamageHigh as 3VehiclesCrash When the brakes of a Sea - forth -owned tractor -trailer fail- ed at Clinton's main intersec- tion shortly before noon Wed- nesday a three vehicle collision resulted in damage estimated at several thousands of dollars. Ross Nicholson, 36 -year-old Egmondville driver of a Wright- Leyburn transport truck, told police that when he attempted to stop as a green intersection light turned to amber, his cab brakes failed. He was proceed- ing east on No. 8 Highway. A truck driven by Garry Free- man, 18, Clinton, and the Sea - forth transport were in colli- sion when Freeman attempted to turn west on No. 8 Highway. Coming from the south on High- way 4, Freeman was ,driving a dump truck owned by Ball & Macaulay Ltd., Clinton. A third vehicle, a 1953 car, driven by Giovanni De Fran- ceseo, age 27, RCAF Station, Clinton, was completely wreck- ed when it in turn was in col- lision with the tractor -trailer. The airman was crossing over the intersection of Highways No. 4 and 8, proceeding from the south straight through to north. Chief H. R. Thompson; as- sisted by Constable --Clarence Perdue, Perdue, investigated 'tile acci- dent and reported that' the three men had a -miraculous es- cape from injury. Chief Thomp- son said that quick action on the part of Mr. Nicholson ex- tinguished a fire which immedi- ately broke out in his vehicle following the collision. Damages to the Wright -Ley - burn truck is in excess of $1,000; to the Ball -Macaulay truck, $500, while the airman's car was a total loss. Pupils Break Records At Egmondville Meet Seven records were set at Hulley, Colin Haney. the annual field day at SS No. 8, Tuckersmith (Egmondville School), on Tuesday. Champions named for the day were: Senior Boys, Paul Stephen- son, 23 points; runner-up, Paul Nicholson, 15. Senior Girls, Lynda Forbes, 28; runners-up, Gayle Barry and Norah, Brown (tied), 14; Intermediate ' Boys, Glen Nicholson, 31; runner-up, Colin Haney, 20; Intermediate Girls, Gayle Oke, 25; runner-up, Jeannette Finnigan, 12; Junior Boys, Ken Wood, 17; runner-up, Donnie Nicholson, 16. Points were awarded on the basis of five for first; three for second, and one for third. Re- cords broken are indicated with an asterisk. Senior Boys - Dash, Craig Haney, Paul Stephenson, Paul Nicholson; high jump, Paul Nicholson* 4' 21/2", Keith Fin- nigan, Craig Haney; standing broad jump, Paul Stephenson 6' 91", Keith Finnigan, Paul Nicholson; running broad jump, Paul Stephenson 12' 31", Paul Nicholson, Larry Ritchie; bas- ketball throw, Bill Wood 67', Craig Haney, Chris Coombs; running hop, step and jump, Paul Stephenson* 25' 6", Lar- ry Ritchie, Chris Coombs. Senior Girls - Dash, Lynda Forbes, Gayle Barry, Norah Brown ; high jump, Lynda Forbes 3' 111/2", Catherine Mac- Leod, Norah Brown; standing broad jump, Lynda Forbes 6' 31", Gayle Barry, Catherine MacLeod; running broad jump, Gayle Barry 11', Lynda Forbes, Nor ah Brown ; basketball throw, Norah Brown 511' *, Gayle Barry, Dianne Papple; running hop, step and jump, Lynda Forbes 25' 5" *, Cather- ine MacLeod, Norah Brown. Intermediate Boys - Dash, Glen Nicholson, Colin Haney, Ricky Hulley; high jump, Colin Haney 3' 71/2", Glen Nicholson, Ricky Wood; standing broad jump, Glen Nicholson 15' 111/2", Colin Haney, Ricky Hulley; run- ning broad jump, 11' 9", Colin Haney, Ricky Hulley; basket- ball throw, Colin iianey 541/4', Glen Nicholson, Ricky Miley; xtiniting *44 step and dump, Glen. N chelsoin 24' 3'''', iiicky'. Intermediate Girls - Dash, dayle Oke, Jeannette Finnigan, Gail Brown; high jump, Gayle Oke 3' 10" *, Jan Oke, Gail Brown; standing broad jump, Gayle Oke 6' 2", Gail Brown, Jeannette Finnigan; running broad jump, Gayle Oke 9' 101", Jeannette Finnigan, Gail Brown; basketball throw, Gail Brown 34', Betty Brown, Susan Pat - more Went; running hop, step and jump, Jeannette Finnigan 19' Jan Oke, Betty Brown. Junior Boys - Dash, Donnie Nicholson, Ken Wood, Ralph Smith; high jump, Ralph Smith 2' 10", Ken Wood, Donnie Nicholson; standing broad jump, Donnie Nicholson 5' 2", Ken Wood, Bill Brown; running broad, Ken Wood 8', Ralph Smith, Bill Brown; basketball throw, Donnie Nicholson 35/', (Continued on Page 6) Winthrop Wins HFL Honors In 4th Game 1 FEWER PEOPLE, DOGS renew Police o Seek Ap.plica' Assessn;ent Up, Nears Miilion Taxable assessment h a s climbed $43,244 this year, the report of the assessment com- missioner W. P. Roberts show- ed this week. Presented to the town council at their regular meeting in the Town Hall Tues- day, the report also indicated a drop in the population. Last year's roll indicated 2,260, while this year the total is only 2,192. Dog population in the town remained almost stable, with 129 this year, compared to 133 in last year's report. A combination of circum- stances led to several changes b ideM Roberts told Winthrop won the Huron Football League championship and ,the Stephenson Trophy when they defeated Goderich 3-1 in a game played in Gode- rich on Saturday night. Win- throp won the three -out -of -five final series 3-0, with .one tie game. Goderich scored the fist goal of the game when Alex Sellars dropped in a shot from the left side. Hank Boven tied the score for Winthrop when he scored on a hard drive from just inside the penalty area. The score was 1-1 at the end of the first half. In the second half Winthrop outplayed the Goderich team and took a 2-1 lead when Tom Love broke through the Gode- rich defence and beat the Gode- rich goal -tender with a low shot. Winthrop came right back to make it 3-1 five minutes lat- er, when George Love scored. This ended the scoring and wrapped up the game, with Winthrop the victors and league champions. This marks the end of an- other season for the Winthrop football team and shows Win- throp retaining the Stephenson trophy. Counting regular sche- dule and play-off games, Win- throp played 15 games, won 13, tied 1 and lost 1. They scored 49 goals and had 10 goals against them. Winthrop line-up: Goal, Hugh Flynn; r.d., Bill Kerr; 1.d., Mer- vin Pepper; halves, Bert Dennis, Hank Boven, Neil Dolmage; for- wards, George Love, Tom Love, Ken McClure, Ron ..McClure, John Boven; alt., Wayne Dol - mage. Office Boy: "Please, sir, I think you're wanted on the telephone." Employer: "You think! What's the good of thinking?" Boy: "Well, sir, the voice at the other end said, 'Hello, is that you, you old idiot'?" eng ma , r. council. Administrative errors were corrected and additional assessments cpmpleted. In some cases higher rents were reflect- ed in increased assessments. Pointing out some typical examples of changes which he had made, he reported lower- ing of assessments to a local industry for a building now us- ed only for storage. Certain changes, he said, come about as a result of economic obsolescence, where, buildings are no longer used for their original purpose, or, for that matter, not being used for any purpose. The court of revision report was accepted by council, as was the roll for 1961. Mr, Roberts' salary was ordered paid. Grand total assessment for the town, including exempt, municipal and crown property is $1,997,371, and the business assessment is $205,652. Fbr school purposes only, assess - • Applications are being Called imediately by Seaforth Town mei t totals $17,500. Taxable assgssment is $1,607,761, and the lie pe' total taxable property• w a s $1,fi64,517. • Increase of assessment was broken down as follows: Pub- lic School residential, $969,146, up $8,706; Public School, com- mercial, $426,725, up $6,814; Separate School, residential, $184,067, up $19,059; Separate Schtyol, commercial, $27,823, up $8,665. Exempt property, in- cluding churches, schools, hos: pital, library, municipal land and buildings, totals $366,810. assessment for grants in of taxes on federal pro- ty is $22,800. Last year's Merchants dive Parade Prizes Seaforth merchants co-oper- ated Saturday to sponsor a Thanksgiving parade, when area children took' part and competed for prizes in various categories. The parade got underway about nine o'clock on the re- turn of the SDHS Girls Trumpet Band from Belleville, where the band had taken part in the In- ternational Plowing Match. Winners in the parade were: Bicycle classes, Bruce Macaulay, Seaforth; Paul Patrick and Grant Tyndall, RR 4, Seaforth (tied); tricycle classes, Susan Hildebrand, Seaforth ; Carol Anne Wallace, RR 4, Seaforth; novelty class, Cudmore Auto Wreckers, RR 1, Hensall; John Muir, Seaforth. Judges for the event were Willis Dundas, Mrs. F. A. Dob- son and Mrs. Joseph McCon- nell. During the parade, Coop- er's Red & White distributed candies to all tete children par- ticipating in the event. In commenting on the suc- cess of the parade, the com- mittee in charge expressed spe- cial thanks to Mrs. William Dol - mage, RR 1, Londesboro, who brought out members of her school, SS No. 5, Tuckersmith, to participate in the event. WORK OF RENOVATING the 84 -year-old Queen's Hotel to bring it up to present-day standards and to c inform with Liquor Control Board requirements, is underway. Alex HaSaan,London', who purchased the property about a ;year ago; has been issud ,a building pormit tor' '0,500, Covering; an: addition at the north, side of the :building -the Oat stage in the renovation program. (Expositor ' photo by Phillips Council for three positions on the Seaforth town police force, following a meeting Tuesday night. The decision was reach- ed after a proposed police bud- get for 1962 was brought be- fore council. In his proposal for 1962, Chief of Police Elmer Hutchison re- quested a budget of $16,500, an increase of $2,500 over last year. The increase represent- ed the purchasing of a cruiser to replace the present four- year-old car, his request point- ed out, as well as for increas- es in salaries for the three-man force. The men also requested extra benefits not in the pres- ent agreement, which expires the end of December. All members of council were present at the lengthy session, which lasted until' 12:35 Wed- nesday morning, except Reeve W. N. Ball. Mayor Edmund Daly presided. Councillor Nelson C. Cardno asked if the Town of Seaforth could afford that kind of a police budget. A show of hands was called by Mayor Daly to determine if coucil wished to discuss the requests at the $16,500 figure, resulted in sev- en nay votes. Mayor Daly suggested that a questionnaire be circulated to a group of the 19 towns in On- tario that are in the same popu- lation category as Seaforth, asking a few general questions on their police operations, and their costs. Another vote was called to give considerationto the re- hiring of the present force at last year's budget figure, and once more no one voted in favor. At this point Councilor J. O. Turnbull proposed a motion that applications be called, sec- onded by Councillor Carl Dal- ton. The motion was for the calling • of applications for two constables and one utility man and part-time constable. The police gooamittee, WAS 1e - quested to notify the .poligede- partment that applications from the present force would be con- sidered along with any others received. Council proposed the two- man force, with a part-time man, .when it was agreed that during the day the main need for police is for investigating accidents, and that a utility man -a set-up similar to •Mit- chell -could be employed for this purpose, as well as other town work. Declare Half Holiday Remembrance Day, Saturday, 'Nov. 11, will be proclaimed a half holiday in Seaforth, fol- lowing action by the council. After hearing delegations from the Seaforth Branch 156 of the Royal Canadian Legion and from Seaforth merchants, coun- cil decided to proclaim the holiday until 1 p.m. on that day. Legion delegation, A 11 a n Nicholson, Glen Smith, J. C. Cornish, Jack Eisler and Lloyd Rowat, approached council re- questing a •full holiday on, Re- membrance Day. At the -done meeting in Clinton on Sunday the branches decided to ap- proach all their local councils, requesting the full day holiday. For the past several years Sea - forth has observed the full holi- day. Seaforth merchants, repres- ented by J. Kenneth Willis, ask- ed for a shorter period. He pointed,. out that 80 to 90 per cent of the merchants were in agreement with a holiday until 1 p.m. Discussing the matter, Coun- cillor Cardno said that Satur- day was the -bread-and-butter day for the merchants. Since the -city stores remain open, the _people -don't attend the niemoraal service, but rather get' up early`,' and go to the city .to.shop. He felt that if the stores were' closed for the half day, more people would turn out to the service. Councillor Dalton asked if Seaforth was the only town db - serving a full day, and Mayor Daly replied that last year it Was the only town in the area, but that as yet all the towns hadn't come to a decision this year. Seek Further Enlargement A series of letters was read by Mayor Daly regarding a pro- test to the Ontario Department of Commerce and Development regarding the formation of the enlarged Middle Maitland Con- servation Authority. The de- partment pointed out that a registered letter announcing the meeting had gone forward to the town and had been acknow- ledged. A further letter also indicated that two-thirds of the number of voting municipali- ties could form a quorum, and that a two-thirds majority from (Continued on Page 6) OFFICERS WERE ELECTED by Seaforth area Young Liberals Tuesday evening, when they held their annual dinner meeting in the Commercial Hotel. Here, Hon. Walter E. Harris, former Minister of Finance in the St. Laurent Government, congratulates Larry Burns, who was named president. Henry Lansink, retiring president (right) looks on. (Ex- positor photo by Phillips). YOUNG LIBERALS ELECT tti° Urges Interest In Politics, HarrisAddressesLiberals Necessity for youth to be in- formed concerning Government and to press for good govern- ment were emphasized by Hon. Walter E. Harris, minister of finance in the St. Laurent gov- ernment, when he addressed the Seaforth area Young Liberal Association here Tuesday eve- ning at the Commercial Hotel. "Good government, efficient government means most to you as future citizens," he said, urging the members to continue their interest in politics. Referring to Canada's financ- es, Mr. Harris stated that while all ministers of finance have a genuine desire to show a bal- anced budget, only one Con- servative government since Confederation has succeeded. During the 90 years since Confederation until 1957, the national debt increased to $11 billion and included the cost:, of two world wars. In the four years since 1957, under the present government, the debt has grown an additional $2 bil- lion. He asked "what major outlay has our country made in the past four years -that was in- tended to be a profitable out- lay, which would in turn bring money back into the treasury? No money has been spent to date, with the exception of en- gineering costs, on the only ma - Appears Before Commission In Ottawa Mr. Robert S. McKercher, of Mci;;illop, is in Ottawa this, week where he is appearing be- fore the Glascoe Royal Com- mission on government opera- tions. Mr. McKercher, past president of the United Dairy - Poultry Co-operative of Ontario, was asked to discuss the eMci, envy • of government payments to; agricultnrd, jor project undertaken by the present federal government - the proposed Columbia River Dam," he said. Deficits may not always be bad providing something of va- lue is being created, he said. Present-day deficits were cre- ating no assets. "Where is our (Continued on Page 6) Seek New Formula for Milk Marketing Problems Roy Hanna, Auburn, was named area director, when members of the Huron Farm- ers' Unipn held their annual meeting in Clinton Thursday evening. Other officers elected in- cluded: Sub -directors, Edgar Rathwell, Bayfield; John Sem- ple, Bayfield; George Campbell, Seaforth; Orval Storey, Sea - forth; women's director, Mrs. Tom Govenlock, Seaforth; wo- men's sub -directors, Mrs. Robt. Taylor, Mrs. Orval Storey; sec- retary, Carl Govier, Auburn; treasurer, Mrs. Carl Dalton, Seaforth; press secretary, Mrs. G. Hill. In his report, Robert Taylor, past director, said one of the highlights of his year was the presentation of a brief to Hur- on Council, and urged this prac- tice be continued. Mr. Taylor felt in the future more em- phasis should be placed in mar- keting and said it would be wise to devote one meeting a year to this. He expressed re- gret that pressures at home made it impossible for him to continue as an official in the organization, but said he would do all he could as a member. In concluding his remarks, Mr. Taylor said he felt that the Farmers' Union has been too modest in recognizing its ac- complishments. Gordon Hill, secretary -treas- urer of Ontario Farmers' Union, the guest speaker, said he was disgusted beyond words at the activities of the various dairy "Milk marketing is one of the gravest problems confront- ing us at the present time," he said. "Milk must be looked up- on as milk by all producers, not as butter, cheese, skim milk powder, etc., depending on what the producer happens to be. Butter is no longer the popular food it once was, and the 20,- 000 pounds in Government stor- age is evidence that a new method of basing the price of milk, other than the butter- fat content used at present, must be found." Mr. Hill said that dairy groups are not doing a job. There is much need for a strong independent organization which could give direction to them, he said. Mr. Hill expressed pleasure in representing Huron County at the Inter -Provincial Farm Union Council Board meeting in Winnipeg this summer. Ontario delegates were loud in their protests over prices charged to them for their feed grain. He saki there was a discrepancy of from $6.00 to $10 per ton in prices that couldn't be accounted for. Mr. Hill said that investigations in- to the grades on feed grains have satisfied him that a high standard is being maintained through a constant check sys- tem made on all grades. At this board meeting, Mr. Hill said a great deal of dis- cussion resulted from an On- tario resolution concerning food. disposal, and distribution. It was recori►mended that Ganadit develop a team of trained per- sonnel to direct the distribution of surplus food to needy coun- tries. In a brief reference to hog marketing, Mr. Hill said he be- lieved the new selling system has had a stabilizing effect on hog prices, and congratulated the board in its -attempt to find something better. "The present fluctuations in price are far from desirable," he said. "I feel some type of pooling may be the answer to this." Mr. ,11411 congratulated Huron County Union for its initiative in bringing about the new Com- posite School fir Huron, now in the planning stage. He told (Continued on Page 6) Warns Rabies Danger Exists In a letter addressed to area municipalities, Dr. J. C. Mac- Lennan, Health of Animals Di- vision here, calls attention to the fact that the incidence of rabies has increased consider- ably in Huron County. He lists 11 recent cases of the disease and warns that in view of the increase in • the number of cases of rabies in wild life, it is most important that precautions be taken. Per- sons should avoid .handling wild life without taking proper recautions, and steps 'Shedd be taken tb control d a a, ; r. n MabT Miall Said,•