The Huron Expositor, 1969-08-28, Page 1MR. AND MRS. JAMES A. FOSTER
Hensel Couple
Wed 60 Years
Staffa Creamery Volume To Increase
Lloyd Cameron, manager of ilibbert Co-operative Dairy Assoc. Ltd., Staffs whe this week
announced the purchase of Forest Dairy Coop. The addition will result in a substantial Wrenn
in Hibbert Co-op production according to Mr. Cameron shown here hi front of the Staffs goat
A meeting called to end six
months of negotiations for a new
fire protection agreement be-
tween Hensa11 and the townships
of Hay and Tuekersmith ended
as it began with no decision
being reached.
The meeting called by Tuck-
ersraith Township was held in
'Huron Centennial School, Bruce-
field, Tuesday night, and was
attended by the, members of
council of each municipality and
the clerks of Hensel]. and Tuck-
ersmith.
In the past the two townships
have been paying a retainer fee
(the rate has been $5,00--fer each
municipality each year for the
past two years) for fire protect-
ion
in the area around Hensel],
Tuckersmth's agreement ends
the last part of September.
• At, the meeting Tuesday night'
Councillor, Hai:cold Knight of
Hartsell explained Hensall's need
for a new -fire engine as it is
felt the present equipment-if
not capable of fighing fires in
the county. He reported tour
•prices be had on new fire engin-
es: $24,801.00; $24,295.00; 2,-
00000. These varied pricee
due to the amount of equipment
supplied and would each have
to be checked out to meet Hen-
all's specifications.
Hensall has agreed to accept
$7,000.00 from Tackersmith and
from Hay toward purchase of
the new equipment and has
guaranteed not to pay less than
$22,000.00 for it.
Deputy Reeve, Lloyd Hen-
drick of flay indicated in his
opinion, the greatest concern
to a farmer is the lack of water
on the farms. He said that dur-
ing the last two fires on his
line — a house and garage each
burned while two fire trucks
stood by useless for lack of
water.
Councillor, Lionel Wilder of
Hay said it would be better for
Hay to own its own fire truck
and have it located in the cent-
'ere of the township. On the other
hand,' Councillor, John Tinney
of Hay disagreed and said farms
around the villeges and towns an agreement as TuckersmIth
are better served by fire equip- felt Hensall would give the best
went located in those centres. protection in that end of the'
Reeve, Joseph Hoffman of Hay township.
explained Hay had agreements In the end after much
with four other municipalities cession, Reeve Joseph Hoffman:
as well as Hensall, Exeter, Zur- summed -up the Hay position. •
tele Grand Bend and Dashwoorie "We offer $5500, our final of-
If Hay came to an agreement to 'ler , He-null can take it or leave.
assist Hensel]. to buy a new fire it." ra
engine the other four would Councillor Knight asked iii
come forward with similar re- Hay would consider a newt
quests. Councillor Baker of Hen- "stand by" agreement. He weel
salt suggested it was time Hay unable to give a definite amount ,.
began making one agreement required each year, guessing it,
with that many to go. might be $1500 from, each towne
Reeve Hoffman saw hope ship. He promised Hensall would'
with trends toward 'Change in meet to woi'k out an exact
local government, amount and would send a letter
"Perhaps with time and reg- to Hay and Tuckersmith for cep..
tonal` government things will sideration. Further meetings, •
settle themselves," he said. would depend on whether either,'
Others at the meeting quest- council was interested in sue
Toned such a move and felt that an arrangement.
if regional government took Reeve Thompson said he was,
over fire protection, costs would disappointed at the lack of re-
rise. sults and added he really was
Reeve Elgin Thompson of not interested, jn "standby" fees
Tuckersmith expressed the hope but would prefer to own a share
Hensall and Hay would reach of a new Hensall fire engine.
-H -Leaders Prepare For Fall Project
Steady work and deep concentration featured a two day
training session in First Presbyterian Church here last week
as leaders from seven area clubs 'sponsored by the , Seaforth
WI prepared themselves to carry out the fall project in needle-
craft in Weir respective clubs. The course was conducted by.
Huron Home Economist Mrs. Susan Wheatley- assistect. by Miss
Elaine Fraser of Toronto Miss Fraser checks the work of lead-
ers (left) M1'S Bill Little,. Miss Hendrina Verherne, Mrs. James
Keys, Mrs. Gordon Elliott and Mrs. Alexander. ‘Staff photo).
Egmondville Travellers in Stornoway
Whole No. 5294
110th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY; AUGUST 21 — 12 PAGES
Amos Corby
Councillor
Operated
Queen's
Talks. Fail To Resolve Hibbert Creamery
Fire Agreement Statemate BUYS Out Forest
Plans were revealed this week
by the Hibbert Co-op Dairy Ass-
ociation Ltd., Staffa for the take-
over of the Forest Dairy Co-op,
Forest, Ont, effective September
15th.
The Forest Dairy Co-op, which
is a part of the Forest Farmers
Co-operative, solicited bids on
their creamery operation., early
this summer. The Hilbert Co-op
was informed that their bid
was accepted on August 22.
Lloyd Cameron, manager at
Staffe, said the purchase in-
cluded their trucks, as well as
the creamery routes and equip-
ment, but not the building.
Hibbert Co-op trucks will pick
up cream on the Forest routes
and return it to Staffa for pro-
duction of butter.
. Present quarters at Staffa,
Mr. Cameron said, are more
than adequate to handle the
increase in volume.
This year, production at the
Hibbert township creamery will
reach the million pound mark
and the volume should increase
nearly 80% with the addition of
the Forest routes.
While plans do not call for ex-
pansion of the present quarters,
Mr, Cameron said, some addit-
ional staff will be required and
shift work may be necessary
during the summer months.
The Forest creamery, long es-
tablished in the better business,
was founded in '1920. the butter
brand which it markets is well
known.
The Staffa plant will probably
continue to market both Forest
Brand and Staffa Brand butter
III one-pound prints.
With the increase in volume
the Bibbed Co-op Dairy Assoc-
iation become the larg-
est cream-gathering creaxnery in
the province as well as the Only
creamery in operation north of
Staffa to Windsor. -
The creamery, which will
have eight trucks on the
read beginning in September,
will serve the counties of Huron,
Perth, Lambton, Middlesex and
Kent.
Presently Hibbert Co-op trucks
travel as far south as Elginfield,
but with the addition, of the
Forest -plant routes will extend„
as far south as Wailaceburg and
Dresden after September 15th.
I
A family dinner attended by
forty held in the Legion Hall,
Hensall, Saturday, August 2erd,
marked the celebration of ..he
Diamond Wedding Anniversary
of Me and Mrs. James A. Fest-
er, residents of Hensel' for the
past fifty-three years.
Mass was said at 10 a.m. Sat-
urday morning in St, Boniface
Roman Catholic Church, Zurich,
by Rev. Father A. Durand.
Mrs. Foster was the former
Charlotte (Lottie) Ilildebrant of
Zurich and their marriage of
.sixty -years- ago took place at
the home of the bride's parents
iii Zurich with Father Shroder
officiating- Attendants Mrs. Joe
Skala and Mr, Alex Foster of
Zurich are both deceased. ,
The couple were showered
with gifts including a purse • of
money-from the family, door
chimes from neighbours and
friends and many other items.
Congratulatory messages and
telegrams were received from
Prime Minister P. Elliott Trudy
eau; Robert Stanfield, M. • P.,
Hon. C. S. MeNau,ghton; It, E.
McKinley, MP; and Charles
Turner, MY. A plaque was re-
ceived from Premier . Roberts.
They have a family of two
sons, Harold, Hensall; Rayee
Shipka; two daughters, Jean,
Mrs. Harry Smith, London;
Marie, Mrs. Bill. Howe, Toronto;
fifteen grandchildren and nine
great grand children.
Relatives attended from Windy
oar, Toronto, London, Lambeth,
Seaforth, Zurich and Hama
dean relatives 4,
Norman is travelling Europe
along with his 20 year old son
Bill and Bill's, student friend 22
year old Jack Durst, also from
Seaforth,.
The three, who return. to Can-
ada early next year. lived with
Mr. MacLean,s first cousin, Katie
Morrison, at 19 Seaforth Road,
Stornoway (population. 5,000).
Mr. MacLean is the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Roderick
MacLean of 36 South Shawbost.
a sprawling village ovcr,20 mil-
es from Stornoway on the west
side of the island.
"We've had a great time back
in the old country," Said Nor-
man, "and it's a pity we have to
head out now for Germany. Hun-
dreds of people here have relat-
ives and close friends near our
part of the world.
"We've had a lazy time of it.
The boA have been doing same
fishing and sightseeing. The
scenery here is really marvell-
ous. It lives up to everything
we heard about it.
"I think we would have to
travel a long way to meet friend-
lier people. Nothing was too
much for them to do for us.
When we get (back home we'll
probably have to spend weeks
ancli weeles passing on messages
from relatives here to Canad-
ian Scots in exile"
The 26,000 mile odyssey which
will take the two boys more
than 26,000 miles through Eur-
ope, Africa and Asia started in
January,
Mr, MacLean joined the two
travellers in England for a short
trip. He is returning to Canada
after his visit here. Bill and Jack
flew from Canada to Luxem-
bourg and then moved on to
Germany where they picked up
a truck and began their • trip
through Europe arid Asia.
Answer Call
To Race Track
Seaforth firemen wore called
to Seaforth Agricultural park
Friday evening when• fire flared
in a manure pile.
Fire chief John' F. Scott said
a fire which had been noticed
a weer earlier apparently had
continued to burn. Firemen
were called when it was thought
nearby buildings might be en-
clangored.
Their verdict on the travels:
"It gets' a bit dusty but we
wouldn't have missed this for
the world,"
• .Norman McLean arrived back
in his Egmondville home last
week. The boys are remaining
overseas until the, beginning of
next . year._
Set Plans For
C of C Meeting
Plans far the September gen-
eral meeting. of the Seaforth
ChambelT of Commerce were ad-
vanced Wednesday evening at
an executive meeting.
The meeting is set for Sept-
ember 16 with vice-president
Clair Campbell in charge.
The executive discussed ways
in which the completion of the
main street program could be
marked and agreed to consider
suggestions at the general' meet-
ing. *
In anticipation of • the 'annual
meeting John F. Flannery was
named to head a nominating
committee
RUTH ANN (HEGEL.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dal-
ton Diegel, Mitchell formerly
of Brodhagen attended Strat-
ford Teachers College follow-
ing graduation from Mitchell
District High School and this
year will teach at Northdale
School, Waterloo, County. She
is a granddaughter of Mrs,
Isaac Hudson, Seaford'.
Name Aide
To Huron
Ag. Rep.
A native of Essex County,
Stanley Paquette has been ap-
pointed Associate Agricultural
Representative for Huron Coun-
ty.
In his work in Huron Mr. Pact,'
uette will specialize in farm bus-
iness management. Raised on a
farm( near Atrtherstbtirg he later
graduated with a B.S.A. from
the Ontario 'Agricultural College,
Guelph, in 1949.
Mr. Paquette has been employ-
ed by the Canada Department of
Agriculture on Entomology' Re-
search in Chatham. later on feed
and fertilizer sales in Essex and
Lambton and for the past three
years has been manager of the
Clinton Feed Mill.
Mr. and Mrs. Paquette, their
three sons and one daughter re--
side in, Goderich. Hobbies in-
clude golfing and curling.
Short Rings
Bank Bell
Apparently resulting -from a
short in the wiring, the burglar
alarm at the Caeadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce began clang-
erg loudly shortly after 11
o'clock Tuesday night
Before bank officials . could
disconnect the circuit the bell
had attracted' ,a number of .late
evening pedestrians interested
in learning what the trouble
was.
Logan Barn
Loss Set At
$80,000
Loss as high as $80,000 could
result from a fire which des-
troyed a barn on the Logan
Township farm of Donald Rose,
Rie 3, Mitchell. Tuesday after-
Mr. and Mrs. Rose were not
at home and cause of the fire
has not been determined.
Neighbors discovered the fire
after it had advanced too far.
Mr. Rose had just completed
harvesting 70 acres' of barley
Monday night and the grain was
valued at $40 a ton. There were
about 3,600 bushels of grain, in
the barn.
Also lost was turnip waxing
equipment which was to have
been used this year-
The barn, about 36 by 80 feet,
did not house any livestock.
The loss is partially covered by
insurance.
Smile of the Week
Man showing doctor his .wife's
hand: "She did it preparing
dinner • it's frostbite."
A former member of the
•Seaforth Council, Amos W.
Corby, 37 Louisa Street died
suddenly an Thursday. He was
63.
While Mr Corby had been
in poor health for several years
he had been able to be about
and was down town on several
occassions during the week.
A native of London he had
been active n the Seaforth dis-
trict for more than 30 years.
Following a number of years as
salesman he operated the
Queens Hotel here until 1955.
• Active in the Masonic Order
he was' a member of Britannia
Lodge 'and Malloch.chapter.
was secretary of Malloch Chapt-
er for a number of years.
Mr. Corby was predeceased by
his wfie, the former Lillian
Dickey in March, 1948. He is
survived by .a sister; Florence,
Mrs. A. J, Slate of Windsor and
five ' brothers, UMW', -Detroit;
Fred, Windsor; Jack, Barrie;
. Lloyd, Dutton and Albert. Red=
wood, California.
•
'A member of the Anglican
Church funeral services were
conducted from the G. A. Whit-
ney Funeral Home by Rev. E.
J. B. Harrison of Hayfield on
Saturday. Burial followed in the
Dorchester Union Cemetery
when pallbearers were M. E.
Clarke, 0. Oke, K. Sharpe, Earl
Campbell, W. J. F. Bell and
Clair Reith.
Plans for a new ambulance
dispatch centre and new out-
patient admitting facilities at
Seaforth Community - Hospital
were advanced Tuesday evening
when the board on the recom-
mendation of its property cam-
mittee accepted the tender of
John Lansink for necessary al-
terationS The tender price was
83.587.65.
The dispatch centre will in-
clude radio communication
facilities to maintain contact
with ambulances operating in
'the area. While they will be
dispatched from the hospital;
ambulances will continue to be
operated by present owners who
have entered into arrangements
with the Ontario Hospital Ser-
vices Commission. The control
centre will be staffed around
the clock.
Completion of new ,outpatient
admitting facilities, 'made neces-
sary, by the increase in out-
patients, results in greater con-
venience for both patients and
staff 'Since the hospital was
opened four years ago outpat-
ients have increased• from less
than 1,000 to a projected figure
of 4,000 this year.
Reporting for the property
committee, chairman J. M. Scott'
said steps were being taken to
correct difficulties that had de-
veloped in connection with
flashing on the roof. Repairs
had been carried out to the
main transformer serving the
hospital as well as to a small
steam boiler.
W. D. Stephenson, finance
committee chairman, said the
committee had discussed means
of finaroing a new x-ray in-
stallation which it was expect-
ed would become necessary in
the near future.
Mrs.,, J. McConnell, chairman'
of the public relations commit-
ee, told• of activities which the
committee planeed,
The board accepted the rec-
ommendation of the medical
staff with respect to qualifica-
tions of members of the staff
and the privileges to which
they were entitled. The rec-
ommendations were pFesented
by Dr. P. L. Brady, president of
the medical staff.
Gordon McKenzie, hospital ad-
ministrator, drew attention to
the fact that while admissions
were up 100' to 889 as compared
to July 31, last year, average.
length of stay in medical and
surgical had dropped from 10.8
days to 8.6 days,
He told the board 'that the
OHSC Was limiting budgetary
increases to a maximum of 81/2
percent, including all aspects of
hospital operations.
Board president D. I. Stewart,
presided, and members present
included W. D. Stephenson, J.
M. Scott, M. McKellar, V. Lee,
John Langstaff, Dr. P. L. Brady,
Walter Shortreed, Mrs. J. Mc-
Connell, Cliff Dunbar,. A. Y.
McLean, D. C. Cornish and
John Modeland.
Ackn,owIedge
Park Gifts
Additional gifts to the Lions
Park and Pool Fund have been
acknowledged and include Alice
Reid, 5.00; Der Sills, 5.00; Olive
Traviss, 5.00; Russell Bolton, 10.
Dig Money On Main Street
While excavations along Main Street have turned up a
number of relics in recent weeks, the first actual cash to be
reported is an 1874 ten cent piece found in front of Phillips'
Bros. store. The 95 year old coin which perhaps was dropped
by same pioneer citizen through the cracks in the board side-
walks of those days and which needed litt14 rubbing to bring
it back to almost mint condition• is being' exansined by Dianne
Phillips. (Staff photo),
Ambulance Centre
Plans Advanced
Writing from Stornoway, Isle
of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scot-
land Alan Murray a reporter
with the Stornoway Gazette says:
"I enclose a story on three
of • your townsfolk who visited
this corner of the world a few
days ago. We featured the three
in this newspaper and it struck
me that the people in Seaforth
— both exiled' Scots and island-
ers — might like to know how
the trio made out when they
landed here."
This is . Mr. Murray's story ,
dated Auguet 19:
"Canadian Norman MacLean
.of Seaforth, Ontario, shipped out
of the island. a few days ago
after a reunion with his Hebri-