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The Huron Expositor, 1972-05-25, Page 1• Demolition contract Advances ,housing prQjoct • • S u. Egrriondville children•have adopted_a dog and her eight pups: When the drig they have christened Ben Was found abandoned in a shed in the village south of the Tuckersmith Township .building, area children assumed the responsibilityof looking after her and her eight newly arrived puppies. They.scurried for supplies and have made certain the new family has food and water. Now they are looking for homes for, the orphans and they say they lied this the toughest part of all. So far they have had - two pups accepted- and are continuing to seek homes for the remaining six. Shown with the eight pups and the proud mother are _(left) David Alexander, Ricky, ' Coombs Theresa Chapman,___ Garry Coombs and Charles Green. ,In frontls Raymond Brown. (Staff Photo by Elizabeth MacLean) Miss Rtith Skinner, R.R. 3, Exeter, watches while Mrs. Harry Strang, Exeter, prepares to cut the Anniversary cake marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Women's Institute, At the 69th annual meeting of the South Huron District W. I. at Egmondville Church oh Wednesday, Miss Skinner was re-elected president at the meeting. (Staff Photo) • • WIhad NO. -5437 113th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,' THURSDAY,. MAY 25, 1972 -16 PAGES $4100.QOPIP#40 .Pfitz.144, VOA Tea; 4.4Ye41c.e. • Seaforth Oitimists are holding their annual bicycle licensing project at Optimists' Pa0 on Monday night. The event gets underway at 7 o'clock and all owners of bicycles are urged to be on hand to obtain license. A nominal charge of 25 cents is made to help defray expenses. In past years 'there has been a heavy demand for licenses. The degree of Bachelor of Applied Science (13.A.Sc.) in ciV- 11 engineering will be awarded by theUrtiversity of Waterloo onSat- urday, May 27 'to a 23 year old Dublin' girl, Maureen Ann Looby. Dublin girl graduates with honors as civil engineer It was a trying time for the five year olds who experienced their first contact with school last week as they visited Seaforth public School as a preliminary to their entrance into Kindergarten next fall. Their reward came, however, when each was given a treat of ice cream. (Staff Photo) Bike licenses y • • • When the tractor he was driving overturned early Friday morning, Alister Broadfoot, well , known, Tuckersmith farmer, was killed instantly, e Mr. Broadfoot had been pick- ing stones the day -before and went out first thing Pride morn- Tuckersmith farmer dies when tractor overturns world, with confidence that The ' Best is Yet To Be". She suggested thinking should be "For all that has been thanks, for all that is yet to be Yesl" Mrs. Charles Munro,. prehi- dent of the London area, brought greetings and announced that the area convention will be held, October 26 and 27 ai the Ban- Film assists board in bus safety study Saturday evening. Pallbearers were Alex 'Ches- ney, Ken Carnochan, George Townsend, Wilson Broadfoot, Mac McLean and James Lands- boroug'. Flower bearers were J. W. Modeland ; • Jack Turner, Victor 'Hargraves and Gordon Bell. • See Hullet road project starting soon At' a-special meeting of HUI- lett Council a Court of Revision was hold on the Hallam Drain- age Works. As there were, no appeals the By-law adopting the Eniineer'S Report was passed and the Clerk instructed to ad- vertise for tenders for construc- tion. A resolution .frefiti Norfolk County was endorsed concerning subsidieS on Municipal Drain Re- pairs without an engineer's re- port. • The Road Superintendent isto call for bids on scrapers- and gravel for the Development Road # 1087. Work is expected to commence in July. Win prizes' in car club Winners of the 5th and 6th weekly draWs for $25. in the Lions, Car Club II were Wm. O'Shea and Winn. McLean. Quilt won in collingwood Mrs. Marlene Robinson, Col- lingwood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs., Adin Forbes, was winner in a quilt draw recently, sponsor- ed by The Rebekah Lodge. The winning number was 2649. S'eaforth's senior citizens housing .program advanced this week with the announcement by the Federal 'Government that funds had been approved for the project. Administrative detail is the responsibility of ontarioHousing Corporation. OHC finances its rental de- -•velopments by borrowing 90 per cont Of the funds from the Federal Government and 10 per cent from the provincial Government. Both loans are repaid with interest. The Seaforth project has been under study for several years as efforts were made to, deter- mine the need for such accomrno- • dation and at the same time to locate a satisfactory site. Late last year J. C. Contrac- tors Ltd. of Kitchener were Marks 60th anniversary One hundred and forty-five attended a dinner in the Commun- ity Centre on May 10, when Edel- weiss Rebekah Lodge observed the 60th anniversary of its insti- tution. Guests were present from Goderich, Clinton, Brussels, Hensall; Exeter, Stratford, Park- hill and other Centres. Mrs. HeletilteeVes, .noble grand, gate the address of wel- come and introduced head table guests. Mrs. Annie Harrison, chaplain, said Grace and Mrs. Margaret Sharp was toast mis- tress. Miss Jean Sdott, PDDP, proposed a toast to the Rebekah Assembly to which Mrs. Annie Thomson, assembly chaplain, re- plied. A toast to Huron District 23, •was given by Mrs. Lillian Grummett, PDDP, with Mrs. Ruby Bell, district deputy presi- dent replying. James Rose, P. N.G. of Fidelity Lodge, TOO", proposed a toast to Edelweiss Lodge to which Mrs. Mae Hab- kirk, vice grand, replied. Robert Campbell, N.G. of Fidelity Lodge, replied 'to a toast to his lodge proposed by Mrs. Ethel Boyes, PDDP. , An "In Memoriam" service was conducted for deceased members with Mrs. Anne Hen- derson, PDDP, recalling their names, and several of the lodge officers placed flowers in their memory and Mrs.Annie Malcolm sang, "In the Garden." Mrs. Anna Kling favored with two solos, "Edelweiss" and "Bless This House." Mrs.Mar- ian Rose was accompanistfor the evening. - The •guest speaker, Rev. M. .E. Reuben, of Northside United (Continued on Page 6) Miss Ruth Skinner, R.R. 3, Exeter, was re-elected president of the South Huron District Wom- en's Institute at the 69th anmial meeting held in Egmondville United Church Wednesday. Other' officers are:pa.st presi- dent, Mrs. Delbert Geiger, R.R. 2, Zurich; vice-presidents, Mrs. James Keyes, R.R.1, Seaforth and Mrs. Roylance Westcott, R.R.3, Exeter; secretary-trea- surers, Mrs. Gilbert Johns, Exeter, and Mrs. Wilfred Cole- man, R.R. 4, Seaforth; feder- ated representative, Mrs. Mac Hodgert, R.R.1, Kirkton and al- ternate, Mrs. James McAllister, R.R.1, Zurich; publit relations officer, Mrs. Bruce Shaptoe, R.R. 1, Exeter; curator, Mrs. Theron Creery, R.R.1, Woodham. Standing , committee con- veners: Agriculture and C anad- ian Industries, - Mrs. LeS Adams, R.R, 2, Dashwood; citi- zenship and world affairs - Mrs. Orlan Sthwartzentruber,Zurich; education and cultdral activities' Mrs. Irvin Rader, Dashwood; family and consumer affairs - Mrs. Clarence Reid, Hensall; resolutions - Mrs. Ken McKay, R.R. 2, Kippen. The theme of the meeting was "Take time to live - The world has much to give". This theme was used in the talk given by the guest speaker, Rev. Susan Seymour Of Granton. Miss Seymour said that basi- cally the sense of community is ;very evident in the rural areas and this can be the contribution of ,,rural people to the world. She suggested the Women's In- stitute should consider enlarg- ing its moto --For Home and Country --P to include and World', as the horizons of the community have enlarged on the International scene. Miss Seymour concluded her remarks with "Your organizat- ion is '75 years old and it has to• at apt to a changing world -- I hope you will enter this new using ten different sizes 'of seats in the buses, various seat belts and harness and restraint bars, and arm rests. . The fir m clearly identified and confirmed the findings of the University: (1) That bump- ers over-ride. (2) That body mounting bolts shear under lin- f-pact. (3) Too' few escape routes- requir,es four full size emergency doors. (4) That whip-lash occurs to all passengers in standard seats from rear end collision (5) 'that lap belts are not suit- able for school buses. The recommendations made by the University: (1) Uniform (Continued on Page 6) . Orator near Lambeth. The '75th Anniversary Insti- tute cake was cut by Mrs. Harry Strang of Exeter. Mrs. W. D. Mack of Crediton, ivho has been an Institute member since 1919 when the Crediton branch was organized anti is a past district president Was pre.. sented with a dittrict life Man.' Joanne Elizabeth Murray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Murray, RR 5, Sea-forth who has graduated from Lambton College, Sarnia. She will teach in Chatham next year. bership The Seaforth Women's Insti- tute was the hostess branch for the day and Mrs. John MacLean, president, gave the addreSS of welcome to the nine visiting Iiistitutes of the district. The aura and the dining room were decorated with the institute co1'a ours of blue and gold. Miss Looby, who achieved first class honours, is one of 126 to graduate in the civil engineering course at the university's •Sprifig convocation. She is the daughter . of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton P. Looby Dublin. Miss Looby received her edu- cation at St. Patrick's Separate School, and the former Dublin Continuation School. After taking, her grade XIII at the Seaforth District High School, she entered the University' of Waterloo .in September.1966. Taking her degree through the co-op program, her work terms saw her employed by the City of Londpn, with its Sanitation De- partment; the Federal' Depart- ment of Public Works, also in London, and with the firm • of the Looby Construction,• Dublin, of which her father ,is the executive secretary. Miss Looby has been appoint- ed to the staff of the Ontario Ministry of Ervtronment, Toren- to where she has been assigned as an -assistant engineer in the Project Development Branch.' ing to dump a load. It was while he was 'proceeding to the river- bank that the tractor overturned and pinned him to the• ground. The grass was damp and slippery and may have contributed to the accident. The accident was discovered by his wife shortly before 9 a.m. when she• noticed some livestock leavipg through a gate that is normally closed. She went out- --side and found her husband. She • ran to the house and summpned neighbors. Mr.Broadfbot was pronounced dead by 'Dr. John Underwood. James Edward Mister Broadfoot was born in Tucker- smith, son of the late Mr . and Mrs. Alexander Broadfoot. He attended S.S. 7 Tuckersmith and • Seaforth Collegiate Institute. A farmer all his life, he was a member of Egmondville United Church, the Britannia Lodge 170 AF and AM, a past principal of Malloch Chapter 66, a director of the Seaforth Agricultural Society. He was a director and former president of the McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He is survived by his wife, the former Thelma Scott ' of Londeeboro to whom he was mar- ried in LOndesb,oro in 1945,,a sister, "Mrs. William (Margaret) Porter of St. Marys.i The body was at the Whitney funeral honie in Seaforth: The 'funeral service was held Mon- day at 2 p.m. with the Rev. T. E, Hancock officiating. Burial was in Maitiandbank cemetery. A Masonic memorial service was held at the funeral home A film entitled "The. Broken Bus" was previewed, by the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board at' a meeting in St. Michael's School in Stratford Tuesday night. The film was prepared by the University of California, City of Los-Angeles. The University was asked to survey the problem of school bus safety and to iden- tify the problems. • JaCk Lane, St. Columban, board business administrator,, who showed the film said that three experiments. were used ,- a head-on collision,. a rear-end collision and a side impact -- omens Institute marks 75th anniversary named to build a*single story 10 unit building and at that time proposed to use a .site in the northwest corner of town. How- ever when it was agreed there was a requirement for a 21 unit • building the original site no -longer was suitable. Council „co-operated in finding an alterna, tive site at the corner of Jarvis and market Street. The two storey building will accommo- date 21 senior °lazing.. The site, on which is located the former CFM factory, has been purchased by' the town who in turn will sell it to OHA. when it has been cleared. At a special council meeting Tuesday evening, council accep- ted, the tender of„ ohn McLlwain to demolish the factory building. "Four tenders -were received ranging from $2,000 to $9,500. $1.511,e4001Y5eLlW* tender was far Clerk Ernest Williams said ` the specifications require the work to be completed within eight, weeks of commencement; The site is to be cleared to a 'depth of one foot below grade and • filled and compacted. He said legal details should be cleared -within ten days when work could get underway. Long a land mark in Seaforth, the former Canadian Furniture manufacturing building at the corner of Jarvis and Market Street will soon disappear. Seaforth council. Tuesday night awarded a contract to Jack McLlwain to clear the site for a 21 unit senior citizens apartment building. (Staff Photo) 1 • is 4 • .5 • w4.: