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The Seaforth News, 1956-02-16, Page 1WHOLE SERIES, VOL, 78 March 31st Skating Carnival The Seaforth Figure Skating Club will hold their carnival on March 31st. This is the Saturday following Good Friday. The event will be held under the direction of the Club's in- etructor, Mr. Dennis Silverthorne• The carnival will be different from former years, with dances, ballets, drills, comedy numbers and solo skating. 141;x. J. C. Crich is president of the Club. MILDRED A. DUGGAN 'Mildred A. Duggan died in Detroit on Tuesday. Feb. 14, in (her 60th year. 'Daugh'ter of the late William Duggan and Mary Fitzgerald, the was born and ed- ucated in (Seaforth and lived here until she moved to Detroit some 30 years ago. Su'rvive'd by John 'and Patrick of Columbus, 0., and thaee sisters, Mrs, Frank Moore, 'Detroit, Mrs. H. 'Bruder, Stratford, and Mrs. 'Helen Bol- ton of ISeaforiih, she was a mem- ber of Gt. Rose IChuroh, Detroit, also of the League of Sacred Heart and Miraculous Medal. The funeral •villi take place from the home of her sister, (Mrs. HeI- en Bolton, East William street, (Seaforth; on Friday, Feb. 17th at 9.15 .a.m. to St.' James' ;Church, for 'Requiem 'High Mass by Rev. Father 'Weber at 9:30 a,m. and burial in St. James' cemetery, Pallbearers; Harold 'Maloney, Frank Reynolds, James 'Kelly, 'Bert Muir, W. Flannery, Geo. Dickson. MRS. J. T. TROUT The death occurred on Tues- day evening, Feb. 13, ea Mas. (Sarah Ann Trout, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Thomupson, in her 86th year. She had 'been ill bhe past eight and a half months. Mrs. Trout had been a resident of Seaforth since 1948. Form',' 'lir (Sarah Ann Howells of :Birmaagharn, Eng., she was mar- ried 'there and tame with her husband and family to Stratford in 1905. Her husband •died there in 1942 and six years later she came to ISeaforbh. Four daught- ers survive; (Eva) Mrs. J. D. Hodgson of Moosejaw, 'Sask.; '(]May) 'Mrs. John Grayof Row- letta, Sask.; :('Esbhher) rs. W. J. Thonvpson, (Seaforth; (Grace) Mrs. (Rev.) (Stanley Baggett of 'Minneapolis, Minn. A son, John Thomas, died in !Stratford in 1948 and two 'dau'ghters, mis- sionaries in Africa predeceased her, '(Edna) Mrs. Gordon Cham- bers died in 1934 and ('Doris) Mrs. Robert 'Simpson died in 1937. The remains are resting at the Hein'buch Funeral Borne, Strat- 'forst'»ntil 1a a.m. on Friday. At '°lour o'clock the funeral service will be held at Memorial Baptist Church, corner of Nor- folk and Downie streets, Strat- ford, of which the deceased was a charter member, .Sunday (School teacher and active work- er. Burial will take place at Stratford. REAL ESTATE CHANGES Recent real estate clhanges through the office of Harold Jlacakson; James Hay has Brought ,the house tfrom the Robert E+b+zrhart Estate, Garnet Dalrymple, of Sea - forth, has bought James Tray's house in Egmondville. The 100 -acre farm in Tuck- ersmith of the James Love estate has been sold. The building formerly owned by W. L. Whyte eontaining the butcher shop and basally salon apambmen'ts has been sold. HOME AND SCHOOL •The Home and 'School Club will hold their regular monthly meeting at the 1Seaforth Puhlie School on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 8.15 p.m. 'Grades 5 and 6 will present the music frons the •Op- eretta "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". A spelling bee will be held for town and mural sdhools. Master of ceremonies will be Mr. 'Clarence Trott. Any questions concerning school work or report cards will be an- swered. World Day Of Prayer Will be held in Northside Un- ited Church, Feb. 17, at ,3 .p.m, Speaker, Mrs. W. E. 'Milroy. Come and 'share in this great service. Young children will be eared foe in the .ohurc+h nursery. Northside United Church Rev. Bru'ee W. (Hall, Minister. 10 a.m.. !church :School and adult Bible .Class. 111 :am., Morning IWor. ship : [Sermon theme,' "The Friend Nearby". 2.15 p.un,, Minister's ICharch Memmiberehip (Caere. 7 p.m., Evening Worstip: "A Great Love. Story" Egmondville United Church Rev. W. E. Milroy, 'Minister 1 a.m., 'Church !School and A 'Class. 11 a,m., Morning Woru'hdp: Sermon; "Trusting God alone for Salvation." McKillop, Pastoral Charge 'Cavan 'Church, Winthrop; Ser- vice 10 am'„ (S'un'day iS:chool 11 a.m.; Duff'st service 11.15 a.m.; Bethel, service 2 p.m;; Friendly iSun'day Evening, 'Cav'an 'Church, $ p.m,-- ev. ' J. R. Holden, 'Min- ister. The Seafortti News SEAFOR,TH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1956 $i.60 a Year No Parking, No. Widening, On Goderich St. The !Seaforth town council met Monday evening in the town ie1i for the regular Feb. .meeting, Important (business included a .decision not to widen the pay anent on Goderieh street when was relieved, and to (ban parking en 'Goderich street we ABl members of council we present and Mayor Dr. McM+a presi'de'd. Council 'adopted minutes last regular meeting. also of sp Bial meeting -on Jan. 16 evh council authorized a request the 'department of highways th No. +8 highway through ISeafo be repaved. 'Councillor Leslie said a the mostat had been installed on heating unit at the sewage d posal plant and it was set to ke the temperature at 60 degree He did not know the 'cost of yet. Mayor McMaster said he • the 'Reeve and two ;members the chamber' of commerce had' tended the industrial meeti held in New Hamburg last we The mayor Was one of the thr anen 'from Huron appointed the executive. The next eneeti will be in Toronto on March 7 The annual police report w received, A 'typewriter has bee ordered on approval (for th police at $6'5. 'Councillor Leslie said cif eulty was being experienced i m'akin'g a final settlement o the sewer 'contract, and a eo ferenee had been held with th bonding company. The town s icitor, P. D. 1VIc!Conneli, was thorized to confer with a spe ialist in Toronto on detail's. 'Council adopted the finane onlrnittee's report. Inolrlded i eceip'ts was $200 payment usiness tax by Fuhr's butche op which opened recently. ICouncill'or James T. scat re carted that the (School section oxboro had rover $1100 in th reasury for the ,Seafort)h Ptebli Srlhoo3 Board but had never re eived the account. A 'deputation from bhe Orang edge with Mr. Andy Dunlop okesmsn consulted council o July leth celebration to b eld in (Seaforth this year. Coon '1 agreed. The cerebration wil e held on July 14 which is Saturday. +Councillor' Close gave a repo n the streets. He explained i as possible for the plow t eerily main street and break p ice. The paving company ich oiled the side streets said of to scarify the side streets be ause it would damage the sur - ace. This was the reason the de streets were so icy about middle of January. Mr. Close said the drain had been cleaned at the house Amos 'Corby recently bougtt on. Louisa meet. The road to +the du'm'p ad been 'ope'ned. u1Io'. Close said +there (had been so difficulty -with the garages and service stations. The town had arranged for removal of ow piled up but they had Carted piling snow on the road gain. A service station had led snow on a catch basin and d flooded across the road just a funeral was in progress at . Jleanes' 'Church, A garage was acing cars on Market street that the snowplow and pedest- ans could not get through. (Councillor Leslie gave a de - ailed repol't on operation of the ewage disposal plant. Labor st was about $30 is month plus upervision. He had bad a wall sandbags built about two feet mgh around the :door to keep out o flood in the spring. It ould have a permanent cement sae built around it. The switch - in the basement had been ainted. He would recommend DLO • the switches upstairs so ere would be no danger of em being flooded. Councillor ,Scott Hablcirk re- nanended new tires on the town half ton truck. This was e- 14 and St. re sten' of e - en to at rdh r- the ism em s. it and of at - ng wee ee to n'e,• as n e f1- n n n- e o- ana- e n of 1' a e c e as. n e a 1't t 0 li Mang, e b sh p R t c L sp a h em b 0 'iv s u -vBr n c f ri h s Sn s a pi as ha St p•1 SO ri t s co s of h• th ah. RV es p. DL bh th co Continued on Page 5 40th Wedding Day Of Walton Couple Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Henn observed their fortieth weddi anniversary on Thursday, Feb at home Of their eon -in-law an d'augihter, MT. and Mrs, Stew Humnphries, A family •dine was served to the immediate r 'craves. The table was cent with a daintily decorated we .ing cake. They received m cards •of congratulations, gifts which were presented bhe grandchildren, (Bobby Wenda Humphries. 'Those pi ent were Mr. and +Mrs. Fo Sennett,'Seafouth; Mx. and Russell 'Barrows, IMIcKillop; M Ella Marsh•a'11 and Barry M shall, Walton and Miss' Jam' 1Zorritt, Blyth. Their son, D a, 5. Bennett of Newmarket Mrs, Mabel Habkirk, Wingh sister of the groom of fo years, were unable to attend, Dr. McMaster on UGDA Committee ett The Upper Grand 'Develop - ng ment Association officially came • 9 into being at the New (Hamburg d Community Hall on 'Wed. Feb, 8. art Seaforth Town Council was :re - r el - red dd- any also by an'd es- ters Mrs. is. ar- rce r. and am, rty To Observe 40th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Aubert 'Snare, well known residents of Staffa, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Tbu2sday even- ing at a turkey dinner held at the home of thenar daughter and son-in-law, Mr. .and Mrs. Lloyd Hackney of K'irkton. There were 25 guests present. A wedding cake and decorations with bells and pink streamers were pretty highlights of the occasion. They were recipients of a gift of Pug - gage •from the family and 'many other fine gifts. Mr. and MTs. Sanale were .married by the Rev. Sterling at Munroe, in Feb. 1016. 'The bride was the former Bessie Parsons of Munroe. They have two 'daughters and two sons; (Doris) Mss. Lloyd Hackney, sof Kirkton•.(Jean) Ms, A. Hilda - ,brand, +Seaforth, and Arthur and Ross Sanale of ;Staffa; and seven grandchildren. Women's Institute • To Purchase Silver The Seaforth Women's Insti- tute held their regular meeting at the home of Mrs. R. J. Doig, with a large 'attendance of mean - bets and visitors. President Masa G. MacKenzie occupied the chair for the business part of the meeting. Thankyou notes were read frons. Mrs. Wm. 'Collins, Eleanor Kidd, Helen Me+Kercher. Through unforseen circumstan- ces the fashions show has been postponed. The silverware eom- mibtee Breaded by Mrs. Wilfred 'Coleanen brought a sample of silverware and it was decided to 'buy silverware for the W, I. The district resolution con- vener, Mrs. J. F. Scott brought in two resolutions that are to be sent -on to the district. It was decided to have a St. Patrick's dance on harsh 17th. The social part of the meet- ing planned by alas, John -Mac- Lean and Mrs. Erlin Whitmore, opened by a reading given by Mrs. James Keyes. The motto "Make New Friends but keep the Old" was very ably given by Mrs. Eriin Whitmore. Mrs. 'Ross Chapman gave a very interesting and instructive demonstration of etching of aluminum trays. Mrs. Wilfred 'Coleman shoved a vote of thanks to our hostess and all Who :made the meeting such a success. The boxes were packed for the' County home. The meet- ing closed by all singing God save 'the Queen. Lunch was serv- ed Iby the hostess and ter 'help- ers. Euchre committees for Feb. 24th; Table and snaps, Mrs. G. MacKenzie and Sirs. Elnier'Cam- eron; lunch, Mrs. Eldon Kerr and Mrs. Les Pryce; punchers, Mrs. Gordan People, Mrs. James Keyes, Mrs. John :McLean, Mrs_ Mac Scott; dish washers, Mrs. R. J. Doig, Mrs. John Davidson, In charge of the euchre, Mrs. :Gordan Papple, Mrs. James Keys SEAFORTN 8, SARNiA 3 Seaforth Huron walloped the Sarnia Junior B team 8 to 3 in Sarnia on Tuesday evening. presented at this banquet by Mayor 'Dr. E. A. McMaster and Reeve Norman IScoins, and the Chamber of +�ortnanerce by Messrs W. E. Southgate and Ross iSavauge. Da H. A. Mc- Master was elected as a member of the Main IComanittee of 12, and Dr, McMaster 'and W. E. Southgate were elected as re- presentatives to the Huron 'Divi- sion of the Organization. The .Upper Grand Develop - anent Association is the sixth of nine such erganiz'etilons being formed by the 1Deparbment of Planning and Development of the Province of Ontario. These nine 'districts include the entire province. This Association form- ed at New'Heanlburg consists of the ecnnties of Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington. Re- gardless of population, of I-hieh Huron has the least, each of the 4 counties has 3 men on the main Committee. In addition to Dr. McMaster, Mr. R. D. Jermyn. at Exeter and Mr. .Peter Mc- Ewen of 'Goderich are Huron County's representatives. The O:nrtario Government has one man oil the Committee who is their Organizer, 'Mr. A. V. Crate. The object of the Comanittee is to assist in securing new in- dustries in the area 41 repre- sents, Undoubtedly the most, of these will be from other coun- tries. The first meeting of the Committee is in Toronto in early March, where plans will be laid for advertising for a general manager and the selec- tion of a penm'anent place for their :meetings, which will be somewhere within the area of the fon counties. The financial part of the or- ganisation .is deritsed from muni- cipal taxes and a Government grant. The 'Ontario Government guarantees an annual grant of '$10,000 to the .four counties, 'providing at least a similar amount is subscribed by muni- cipal h's share of $130urs liadb been vote - d in De- cember following one of the preliminary meetings. All Hur- on anunicipalities, with the ex- ception of Clinton and Blyth, re- ported that then: councils had approved their grant. Kitchener, with an assessment of $3,330, however, did not fall in line. Kitchener +had by far the largest assessment, which is 'based on 6e per capita throughout the area. However, a; tetal of $11,- 175 was subscribed at the meet- ing, and the financial portion of the project was Assured. ROBERT ROGERSON The death occurred about 7 o'clock on Sunday evening, Feb. 18, at the Muir Nursing Home, of a wen kn'own resident of this community, IMr. Robert Roger- son, in, this 90th year, follonving a twb-montJhs' illness. Mr. Rog- erson lived in Hullett township the greater part of his life and retired to Seaforth in 1948. His wife, the former Susan Wheat- ley, predeaceased him. A sister, 'Mrs. Matthew Armstrong df 'Stratford survives. The funeral was held'on Wed- nesday afternoon from the G. A. Whitney Funeral Home. Rev. Bruce W. Hall, of Northside Un- ited ,Church, officiated. Inter- ment took place in .Clinton Cem- etery. Sees Bright Prospect For Huron Farmers A 'bright future for agricul- ture in this county was predict- ed by G. W. Montgomery, Agri- cultural Representative :for Enr- on, in hiss address to the annual meetling o$ McKillop Federation of Agriculture at Seaforth Dis- trict +Highh !School on Wed. night last. In his opening. remarks Mr, Montgomery reviewed the work of the 4.'11 Clubs and stat- ed that McKillop parents would be proud to know that their township has the 'highest number of boys and girls Kar+ticnpating in the oounty. If the young people are going to stay on the farm they can't start too young to get a broad knowledge of agricul- ture. The program is there and it is just as easy to operate a 4-111 Club with 30 or 40 mem- bers as 15. He based his address on the topic, "The Eternal Triangle", the three points of the triangle being Soil, Self .and !Soul. ,Soil, he said, is basic to all we do and everybody alive should realize that soil is the basis .of all life. We can no longer ex- ploit land and there is no new land to discover, Tinea is land in Northern 'Ontario that would be better left in bush than trY to fasun (because the climate is not right for crops. The quality of the soil is be- ing studied more closely than ever before, 1NIr. faIontgoanery said, and told of the great use being m'a'de by prospective pur- eh'aseas of farm lands ba the soil maps at the agrio.ultural office. A farm sold the previous day at Seaforth had been studied by half a dozen different interest- ed people who came rte see the soil map of that farm. Farm land values have doub- led since the fall of 1951 when Mr. 'Montgomery came to Huron. And this week a farmer from the south part of the county had come to consult him about ac- cepting 'an offer of over $40.000 for his 300 acre farm. Dr. H. L. Patterson, director of the Farm Economics Branch, recently stated that he can see no reason why farm land in this part of the country should not be worth $200 an acre before too long, with the industrial ex- pansion now taking up land near the cities and in the Niagara Peninsula. Anyone who can afford to, buy land should do so, Mr. Montgom- ery said. "I suggest you don't put it off till to -morrow," the speaker said. Dr. Patterson, one of the top economists in the country, pre- dicts an upswing in, four to five years with the tremendous popu- lation increase. He foresees a population of 25,000,000 in:Can- ada by 1975. Farm people will have things much better, hut they will he those who are able to weather low prices and re- main on the farm. iSo soil is basic and must be "tested,( proper rotation of crops. and good farming practises studied and adopted. If produc- tion costs are lowered then low prices are not so serious. One-fifth of the world's pop- ulation is starving. How lucky ave are here. New Canadians from Europe tell ue you :cannot purchase fauns there, because land is so valuable it is handed down from generation to gen- eration. The second point is Self. We have a heritage of freedom in a democratic country. You are a farmer by choice, no one keeps you from being a farmer. It be- speaks us to do the best job we here is a wonderful oppor- its to 'absorb information, can USING MORE COAL tun Councillor Scott H'abkirk told 'but are farmers availing them- menrbers of the :Seaforth 'Coun- selves of. all the agricultural services. A :decline in farm prices :greatly increases bhe work of our staff, Mr. Mont- gomery said. !Each year saw an increase in the number of visit- ors to the :agricultural 'office, and this year we handed out cis after the meeting on Monday evening that it was taking more coal to heat ;the town hall this year. He said that the new po- lice office required heat during the night, and it was necessary now to 'heat the whole building day.and night. An extra, carload more farm account books than in of coal was 'delivered last week. the `four 'previous years. Two McKILLOP FEDERATION EXECUTIVE - From the left are Reuben Buuck, piltei ent; Alvin Dodds, secretary -treasurer, and Stanley Hillen, grain club leader Smith, vice presid Authorized as SecondClass .mail, Pon Office Dort, Ottawa Snowdon Bros.. Publishers THE FINEST SILVERPLATE at SAVAUGE'S Act Now! OFFER ENDS MARCH 10th From now until March 10th we ore able, through Oneida Community Silversmiths' cooperation, to offer you an opportunity to add to your service of any of these famous Community patterns, Choose the pieces you need and place your order now, Piece Each Piece Each A.D. COFFEE SPOONS.. $1.10 H.H. DINNER KNIVES ..$3.50 TEASPOONS...... ,... 1.10 DINNER FORKS... , . 2.20 DESSERT SPOONS.. 2,20 SALAD FORKS... 2.20 8,8, SOUP SPOONS 2.20 OYSTER FORKS.... . 2.20 TABLE SPOONS - 2.45 COLD MEAT FORK.. 3,85 IND. BREAD & BUTTER GRAVY SPOON 3.85 KNIVES 2.20 H.H. PIE KNIFE , . 6.50 Delivery in early fall SAVAUGE'S Jewellery Gifts Fine China farm management associations have been organized and 51 men are enrolled at the night school course in farm management. For those who thave been keeping fairly accurate farm records we can assess their farm methods and properly advise then'. Mr. Montgomery reviewed the numerous farm leaflets now available on a wide variety of farm subjects. These bulletins are compiled by consultation among the best 'brains in the in- dustry and are very helpful. For instance they tell what can be grown successfully in certain lo- calities. Huton leads in beef cattle, near the top in hogs •and is by Sar the greatest poultry district in Canada. We try to •acquaint farmers with best practises, yet the weed inspectors had taken 50 samples of seed at random .in 16 townships, and not one farmer knew what grade of seed the was sowing. Mr. Montgomery then gave the results of the seed drill tests, 'which showed some im- provements in recent years but left much to 'be desired. Huron stands seventh in the counties surveyed. An ounce of red clover seed is said to contain about 10,000 seeds. A test had shown one farmer was sowing seed which contained 6,500 weed seeds to the ounce. ]Conservation begins right on the farm, he said. Every farmer ehou'id carry out a program of grass land, crop rotation, ,drain- age, etc. The last point of the triangle is 'Soul, You believe in what you are doing, you !believe in your- self, your community and your country. We are a 'Christian democratic country and it is our spiritual belief which makes it all worth while. Mr. Montgomery was intro- duced ay ntro=duced'by Gilbert Smith and Ives thanked at the close of his ad- dress by Arnold Scott. The minutes of last annual meeting and financial report were given by A. R. Dodds, sec- retary -treasurer. (Stanley Hi41en, Grain 'D.luib, leader, seed a meeting would be held at the high school later on to organize and invited all inter- ested to let ,Elan know. Gordon Greig, Huron 'County fieldrn'an, said An. expert would be brought in to the county to ihold 'three meetings to 'answer income tax questions if enough are interested, A leadership training course will be held on March d'th and is open to any er ganization. Russell Belton spoke on the ooming TB survey. G41be•t 'Smith said . the hog p oduceas change to a 'Coeop set- up is ohanging things. We won't get the 24c ger 100 hogs, which means next year 've won't lye able to donate :mazes bo hog club winners and top, county winner. shown by W. G. Montgomery, also a 'DB 'film. Comedy enter- tainment was 'provided by the Bern brothers. President Reuben Buuck also spoke. The directors and officials were elected last year for two years. Federation officers are: Presi- dent, R. Buuck; vice president, Gilbert Smith; secretary - treas- urer, Alvin It. Dodds; directors, R. M. Scott, Leslie Pryce. Berry Palin, Roy Wildfong, William Somerville, Gordon Elliott, James Keys, Elmer Koehler, Fergus Kelly, Francis Bicknell. LADIES' GUILD The monthly meeting of the Ladies' Guild was held Tuesday, Feb, 14 in the parish hall of St. Thomas' ,Church. The president, Mrs. ,Spittal presided and the meeting opened with the sertip- ture reading. The 122nd Psalm was read by Mrs. Bethune, the Lard's Prayer was repeated in unison, The minutes and treas. reports were adopted as read. After roll call the meeting op- ened for :business. Discussion in- olude'd plans for the fall ;bazaar and a rummage sale to be held in the spring. The president ad- journed the meeting with the 'benediction. EGMONDVILLE Mrs. Robert IB oyes has gone to Detroit for a visit with 'her .sis- ter, Miss May Stobie. +Mr. and Mrs. Grant 'Houston of Ayton were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hous- ton and Miss Frances Houston. Miss Alice Watson of London spent :the week end with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. 3. S. Watson. Me'. and Mrs. Norman McLean and Anne and Mr. and 'Mrs. EI- nmore Stephenson .and Mr. Thos. Robinson visited with Mr. and Mrs. Dutton'Browett of London on (Sunday afternoon. Grace and Paul :Stepiegnson visited with Mr. and Mrs. Don Eastman and family of London .East. Rev. W. E. Milroy and Mr. John McC'loy attended presby- tery at 'Blyth on Wednesday. Mrs. Ruby Dundas of Glencoe has disposed of her property here to 'Mr. Joseph Lane. Mr. J. DeWilde .and fancily have had it rented for about two years. Mr. Jas. Hay has purchased the property of the late 'Robert Ebel+hart and has sold the prop - perky he has occupied for a num- ber of years rto Mr. Garnet Dal- rynnple. DUBLIN Mrs. Frank Williams and 'Mrs. Joseph Jordan at London. Mr. and Mrs. Leo 'Ryan and Bobbie of Weston with Mrs. Catherine Ryan. Mn•. Tom 'Holland, "NTT. 'Leslie Gasper, Windsor, : Mr, and Mrs.. 85,000 hogs were sold in' Huron Gerald Holland, !Stratford, with last year. Mr. Matt. Manny. iMoivies of the 1954 4-1-1 'Club Mr. 'Gar ISmlith is spending a exhibits in. the County were month in Florida.'