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The Seaforth News, 1950-12-28, Page 4SEAFORTH MAN GETS Al' MA UAL$ $USW N Mr, G. A. Slnith; John street re- coitied a letter from 'his nephew, Mansell Bosworth; Toronto, gluing some partieulars of the subway now being built in that city. Mr, Smith said the letter was in response to his frequent questions about the subway, and lie thought it weight prove of interest to -others: It is Canada's first subway, The construction, or what at times looks like destruction, work in progress in Toronto has created a tremendous interest on the part of most citizens. As the -streets were dug up along the route of the subway, people lined up on the sidewalks until it Was almost impossible to walk along Youge St. So the T.T.C. issued a Sidewalk Sup- erintendents' Manual so that the curious might read about how the work was to be carried nut. After a little over one yeear's work the cutting of the trench is well un- der way from Union Station east on Front Street, curring under Bank of Montreal basement Front and Youge streets, up Yonge street to almost Carlton street. Steel "I" beams are driven down on each side of the street to prevent earth, sidewalks, buildings, etc„ from falling into the excavation. Then beams are placed across the excavation to support 12x12 wooden ,Z,,d Y.4M t PHILLIPS FRUIT STORE Wholesale and Retail Phou, ,; Seaforth McGONIGLE GROCER' Phone 166 Seaforth NEW YEAR GREETINGS WATSON & REID M. A, REID, Prop. /\ Teat 74eetoff SEAFORTH 5c TO $1.00 STORE Quality Merchandise at Popular Prices * HAPPY NEw 4 * YEAR •tir FRED HURST Cosy Conner Service Station And May the Joys of This Holiday Season Be Yours throughout The New Year CLAIR HANEY SEAFORTH FARMERS CO-OP Seaforth Phone 9 TE SEAll'ORT1I NEWS a make ms wlrtell in ke t tempera* r � t za 4 � McK N N IL NOM !NATIONS roadway for vehicular traii'ie, l Contieneii from Page 1 Now we are unable to see what is; going on below the surface. Howeverwhad got a coat of black stuff which re underetandrke that aplmost le die made it much better, but some of the cement work ere tohe work from work had to bo finished next year. In addition the work from Gn- ion Station to near Carlton street In concluding his address the Reeve and 'range street, another section 1ael the county assessment plan .was from Yonge and Weed streets to being put into operation by the Bloor street is well under way, This county assessor Alex Alexander. section runs behind the stores on Mr. Eckert remarked that the 1 the east side of Yonge street and towns and villages were now getting sloes not require temporary cover- 0 grant from the government for iing, i their streets and also still getting Many houses and other buildings shout 12 percent rebate from tiro I have been torn down to form the county on county highways which right of -way behind the stores from Passed through towns or villages. He Wood street to St. Clair avenue. No didn't think this was fair. l other work has been carried out from' Councillor Wilson Little was sorry I Bloor street to St. Clair avenue, but there was such a shall crowd. He re - this excavation work will commence Ported expenditures en the bridges earl next year. I built I'ryce bridge $3874, Carlin Excavation work is under way at bridge 53913, Moylan bridge $2867, !Heath and Yonge streets where the Sloan bridge 84384, Lane bridge - 1 subwa.y will cross Yonge street from $4281, Dorrance bridge 12,191, the east to west sides. Downey culvert $1745. Total $30,000. The street cars aro now running rhe grant on this is 80 per cent and again all the way down Yonge, nicer township pays twenty percent, He the temporary covering of subway. thought township was lucky to get The contractors are carrying out bridges built this year. A ratepayer a splendid program and while there in the audience suggested letting pa - have been many obstacles, and the trolmen know in good time to cut streets in a deplorable condition, no weeds. Mr. Little said, "It was late accidents have occurred and the its the season when we got the mow - Work is ahead of schedule. er out." We understand the steel required Chairman Eckert: "Everybody is to finish the job Is procured so that in dumping staff on the side of the the event of steel shortages the sub- roadandwe tcan'td cut weeds. It w, ty actii'ity will not bo curtailed. would be better to map it at back p The subway is expected to be in your farm, it would look better and wouldn't smash the plowing machine," A ratepayer said that Grey and Mor- ris had a dump. Mr. Eckert told the audience "we have a couple of acres in that dump and anybody can dump anything you wish there," Reeve Beuerman said the township was going to put a sign on the dump with McKillop's 11010e on it. Councillor Matt Murray reported on road work, grading $6000, shed 7,cs7515,- 705, culverts $2804sdragging $15x, ditching 8423, bridge repairs 5226, new bridges 527,700, snow plowing 53062, cement etc, 56354, superin- tendent $1569, Dundas bridge (for work done last year) 5216. Total 866,404. Mr. Murray remarked "a good bit of wire 1,as been put on the roads. The fellow who cuts weeds cuts the wire too. We can't get anybody to cut weeds." He thought they should be sprayed. Councillor Jas. T. Scott congratu- lated the Reeve on his re-election and they shook hands. Mr. • Scott said there ivas the problem of weeds on the roads. He said it would cost be- tween 83000 to $4000 to spray roads in the township, about 530 for each mile and quarter. He said spraying would not cut grass. The roan who had been cutting weeds for the town- ship had quit, he could not keep the knives sharp using three knives a day. Mr. Scott predicted the county weed inspector would force then to do something about weeds, Mr. Scott said he would like to hear a report on what the health unit was doing, as they spend a lot of money, Chairman Eckert read a letter from Councillor Sienlon saying he was sick but that he was willing to qualify as councillor, Reeve Beuerman said there were two municipal drains to be done next year, the Hillen and the Bowman. It was very difficult to get an engineer, he expected Mr. Archibald would be able o come. The Reeve outlined the work of the health unit, commending the fine work of Dr. Ardis in inmmunization and inoculation.. The veterinary doc- tor carries out inspection work on farms, dairies, butcher shops, slaugh- ter houses, locker units, restaurants etc. He felt there was a decided im- provement in these. He said the health unit will be greatly appreciat- ed as time goes on, as it takes time to see the results. A ratepayer asked ahout the 527,- 000 to 528,000 the county paid for indigent patients, and why were pa- tients sent to London Hospital in - 4 , . -- stead of to our own county hospitals. Reeve Beuerman said that the county had refused to pay extra charges made by London Hospital, but that sooner or later London would probably refuse to accept these patients. He said the county had no hospital south of No. 8 high- way and that county hospitals are often filled to capacity and unable to accept patients from the southern part of the county. The Reeve said plans were nearly completed for building a hospital at Exeter and this would improve, the hospital situation in southern part of the county. At present doctors at Hensall, Exeter and Zurich took many patients to London, as it was closer and they were certain of ac- commodation, However Lend on charged $8 a day. A. member of the audience said that the health nurse had been un- able to adminsiter needles to child- ren at home who could not be pre- sent when innoculations were made at school. The reeve said he had in- quired about this and the nurses had said it was only possible to treat children at school, owing to the time it took to go to individual hones. Reeve Beuerman said the work ,of the health unit, and particularly the nurses, was more in an advisory ca- pacity. They made recommendations and suggestions, rather than actual treatment. The Reeve said the work of veter- inary connected with the unit was something the same dealing with ani- mals, "If you are selling milk to the public, for instance," said the reeve, "he is there to protect the public's interests, but 1f you are consuming the milk yourself, then that is your own business," In closing the meeting the chair- man, Mr. Eckert, said he estimated the crowd at over 100, He called on Mr. Scott to lead in singing the Na. tienal Anthem, operation about Dec, 1953 on the 1 onge street route only. The Queen street job is to be started after Yonge street is operating, When the Yonge street subway is operating it is proposed that the T.T.C, will remove all street car tracks from Bay, Yonge and Church streets, KiPPEN Mrs. L. J. Doig and Miss Janet are spending the winter months in Grand Rapids, Mich. Graham—MacLean A quiet wedding took place on Wednesday, Dec, 20, 1950 by Rev. J. W. Rogers, of Hensall United Church, of Caroline E. MacLean, of Kippen, to R. Stirling Graham, of Cromarty. v r � /NFP ,fnN� Happy and Prosperous New Year Your Avon Products Representative • J. N. BAKER Seaforth DICK'S GROCERY Gordon Dick. Prop. Phone 91 Seaforth al H. E. SMITH Prudential Insurance Representative THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO PREPARE FOR IT Seaforth Phone 122 WM. M. HART Phone 781 Seaforth SHINEN'S Dry Goods Ready -To -Wear Seaforth - DALRYMPLE'S Egmondville TUCKERSMITH NOMINATIONS Continued from Page 1 proeince. He was sorry ti.•ustee Robt, A^'rGreMor was not able to carry on for another year because his Feder- s+i sn of Aericilture werlt is heavy. FP Hohn+„d cut tint school area taxes are ewer thee indieichtol schools es ern 2nci *Yo. 10 because the Dept, of l"ch:atien favors the sehoel areas with bigger grants, An .air-candrtioned ell furnace had been put in his home school as an experiment, and the caretaker had offered to reduce his salary 5100 be- cause it was se convenient, Mr, Robert McGregor, said, lie was retiring after serving four years since he succeeded the late Hugh, Chesney. "Nobody seems to want the job any more", he said, telling how difficult it was to find a successor. He did not think it hurts anybody to serve two years, He then explained about the warble fly campaign, stat, ing that most of the surrounding , townships had already gone into it, 'He said Blanshard township Inas been in it three years and have done away with the warble fly entirely, "We have to have 66% of the ratepayers in favor of it, tiler it is compulsory for all", he said. The cost is 12e a !head per spray, two treatments are compulsory. A showing of hands showed the meeting decidedly In favor, Mr. McGregor said if Tucker - smith Federation llolds a banquet in January a speaker might be present to fully explain'it. Mr, Glenn Bell, trustee -elect, spoke briefly. Mr, W. P, Roberts, see, -tress, of Tuckersmith School Area, praised the trustees, all of whom do much work for the schools besides attending meetings, such as•emergency repairs, for which they receive no pay. He believed the trustees should receive some pay; and said the inspector had written sum a letter stating the trus- tees are now supposed to receive $5 per meeting and mileage. The area shows an estimated surplus of $542 this year, he said. This was partly due to not continuing the post of supervising principal, effecting a saving in supply teachers of around •$600, George Falconer, township repre senta.tive to Clinton High School, gave report. The school was built in 1926 for 180 pupils and now is•over- crowded with an attendance of 260. Government grants amounted to $45,000 this year. Mr, William Cameron, Tuckersmith representative to Seaforth Hospital Board, said operating costs were $65,500. and earnings $59,634. The cost per patient per day was 57.00, Up to Dec. 15 there were 900 pa- tients during the year. He said the hospital terminates a contract where- by they had to send x-ray plates to London to be read. This work can now be done by local doctors -or at Stratford at a saving of $400. County Weed Inspector, William Dougall, said Tuckersmith is one of the leading townships in the county having roads shaped to help weed cutting. There is a place for spray. ing in weed control, he said, The new 2-4-D chemical has proved the answer to many weed problems. He said there are several areas of leafy spurge in Tuckersmith, although lint as bad as some townships. He told of one farmer in the west enol who had controlled it with cultivation after the county sprayed it twice. There are other farms in the locality where it is getting beyond control. It would be a good idea for the township to help the farmer fight this weed, he said, for it is really bad when it gets beyond control, EGMONDVILLE Rev, and Mrs. Andrew H. McKen- zie, Joanne and Alan of Toronto, with the former's mother, Mrs. H. McLachlan and Mr. McLachlan and with Mrs. McIfenzie's father, Thos. Robinson and family. Miss Jean Watson, R.N.,'St. Mich- ael's Hospital, Toronto, and Miss Mayme Watson, R.N., St, Joseph's Hospital, London, with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Watson. Mrs. Perce Johnston, Phyllis and Bobby with her mother, Mrs, D. J. Stephenson. Mr. Perce Johnston is confined to Scott Memorial Hospital with a heart condition. We hope for a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dalrymple were guests of Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Varley of Tuckersmith, on Christmas Day, Mrs. E. Brown has been in the hospital for several days with pneum- onia. Mrs. M. Messenger and Melvin and Gordon were visitors at Waterloo with her daughter, Mrs, Arthur Er- ickson, over Christmas. Bobby and Teddy Morehead of Toronto are visiting their grand- mother, Mrs, Robert Doig. Mr, and Mrs. Dan Racho and fanc- ily of Stratford with Mr. and Mrs, Charles Green and Mr. and Mrs, .Jas, Racho, Mr. and Mrs, Cliff Webster of De- troit are spending a few days with her sister Mrs. James McNairn and Mr. McNairn. The guests with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scotchmer for Xmas were: Mr. and Mrs. Tom Scotchmer, Jimmie and Lynn of Guelph; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Yallop and son Jim of Toronto; Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Wild, Billy and Barrie, of Clinton. BAYFIELD On Friday afternoon, ]Dec. 22, the Bayfield Lions Club held their an- nual Christmas concert for the child- ren of the community. The schools from the different section each pre- sented a fifteen to twenty minute play which was enjoyed by the grown- ups as well as the children, Santa Claus was there in person giving out bags of candy and treats. After Santa was through the children anxiously awaited the draw on a 3 -year-old Shetland pony with brand new sad- dle and bridle. The draw was made by the club's pianist, Mrs. J. Fergu- son and, the lucky ticket was held by Mrs, Lloyd Scotchmer, Bayfield, Little Howie certainly looked very pleased as be led his pony home and promises his friends a ride when they come to see him, HIB'BERT Councillor Dow Dies Suddenly Councillor Clifford W. Dow, 62, one of the hest known residents of /lib- hert Township, died suddenly Monday alight from a heart attach while leav- ing the home of his daughter•, Mrs, Harold Prldham of Fullerton town- ship, with whom he and hie wife had spent Cln'lstma.s. He had lived all his life in Hibbert and was elways keenly interested in community af- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1960 LU ENENT i,THEATRE ' 1 .. 1� ,TL ALAI O.[.I..k-1 Now Playing Thursday, Friday, Saturday "THREE LITTLE WORDS" Fred Astaire Red Skelton Hose's all tiro Music and Romance yon could ask for presented in glorious Technicolor Mon. Tues. Wed, Matinee Monday, Now Year's Day, et 2.30 9.111, "FATHER OF THE BRIDE" Spencer Tracy Elizabeth Taylor A. laugh a minute Comedy about 'The Third Man at the Wedding,' the father of the bride Next Thurs. Fri. Sat, Abbott and Costello ^ In The Foreign Legion The Camels reek with glee as America's craziest comics 'invade Algeria and don the uniform of the Foreign Legion Coming "DANCING IN THE DARK" 1.•ir xl"r EUCHRE &DAN CE Sponsored by Seaforth Women's Institute will be held in Seaforth Memorial Arena FRIDAY, JAN. 5 AT 8.30 P.M. Admission 5Qc. Ladies please bring sandwiches LUCKY LUNCH PRIZE Music by Mtu'doch's Orche tra fairs. He was an active member of Roy's United Church, a trustee, mem- ber of the session and Sunday School superintendent for many years. He was president of Hibbert Co -Opera, tive Creamery, at Staffs, anti hal been a member of the township eouuci1 for many years. Surviving besides his wife are two sons, Nelson, Sudbury; William N„ Hibbert; three daughters, Mr's. Iiar- old (Elsie) Pridlian, Fullerton; Mrs. Toni (Hazel) Colquhoun and Mrs, Ilarvey (Dorothy) Dow of Ribbert; two brothers, Stanley and Roy, and three sisters, Mrs. Bert Russell, Mrs. Hugh Dalrymple and Miss Bessie Dow all of I3ibbert, The remains are rest- ing at the family residence, lot one, concession nine, until 10 am. Thurs- day, when removal will be made to Roy's United Church for service at 2.30 p.m. Rev. 'William Mair will of- ficiate. Interment will follow in Roy's Cemetery. WINTHROP Mr. Ralph Davidson of Winthrop spent the weekend with his family, Mr. R. H. McFarlane is visiting his parents near Almonte, Miss Shirley Montgomery of Lon- don, Mr. Andrew Montgomery and Ross of Brantford, spent Xmas at their hone. tained their family for Xmas Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell enter - Mrs. C. Hawley of London, Miss Jean Alexander of Seaforth, and Mr. and Mrs. E. Hawley spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs, W. G. McSpadden. BORN EATON—At Scott Memorial Hospital, on Christmas Day, Dec. 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter (Tim) Eaton, Seaforth, a dau- ghter CORLETT— At Scott Memorial Hospital, on Dee. 20th, to Mr, and Mrs, Glen Corlett, RR. 1 Walton, a daughter (still born) I NOWLES—At Scott Memorial Hospital, on December 26, to Mr. and Mrs, Douglas Knowles, Exeter, a daughter IDEAL STARTER, BOOSTER AND SUPPLEMENTAL FERTILIZER LIQUID FERTILIZER Seaforth (CA A l!£ &.O r r AUTHORIZED "NA-CHURS" DEALER CROWN HARDWARE Ontario Help Preveni In the excitement of Christmas parties, safety from fire may be forgotten. But only a momentary forgetfulness will allow a disast- rous fire to start. No victim of fire ever thought that fire would come in the manner or at the time it occurred. Safety suggestions are based on actual experience which show how fire accidents hap- pened and the precautions that could have prevented them. Most fires occur from special Christmas lighting, particularly candles. Any open flame lighting should be arranged in fixed suita- ble holders well away from flammable decorations, Christmas trees, window curtains and table cloths. Constant watch by adults should be maintained over them while lighted. Electric lighting circuits de- signed for tree illumination should be examined for defects and proper size fuses, • For candlelight services, only fixed holders for candles should be permitted, and these located well removed from decorations and from where the public will pass. Much to bo preferred are fixed electrical systems 'with specially designed electrical candles, The dangers from carrying or holding lighted candles by the public tak- ing part in the services are much too great ever to be allowed. Flash- lights have been satisfactorily adapted for members of the choir or for services requiring moving lights. • Flammable decorations should be kept to a. minimum. They pro- vide fuel for a rapid fire from any source of ignition. Metal, glass or asbestos decoration should be preferred in any selection, Flame. proofing treatment for paper and fabrics is available at low cost. In public buildings, flammable decoration should be. prohibited. Smoking habits are particularly important because of the quanti- ties of wrappings, decorations and trees that might become involved. Matches and lighters should not be used near a tree, curtain or de- corations, and extra care exercised. in lighting or throwing away matches. An evergreen free dries out rapidly in a warm room and should remain in a building for a few days only, It will retain freshness longer if the base is cut diagonally and stands in a pan of water. Location and support of the tree is Important—well away from fire- places, stoves, heaters and light bulbs and far distant from exit doors. The tree should be well supported, preferably with metal rods or wires. D'ORLIlIAN SILLS, Fire Chief.