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The Seaforth News, 1961-04-13, Page 1411OLE STORIES, VOL. 82 Phone 84 e w S ....! SeafaTT-th .. ..- _.. - Authorized oau Second Dena. leas Snowdon Sroe., P,ybli.hen S)JAFORTH, ONTARIO, ` F(TRSDAT, APRIL 13,• 1961 FAREWELL COMMUNION SERVICE — Seventeen members were received into the congregation of Duff's United Church, Walton, on Sunday morning. This was the final communion service of Rev. W. M. Thomas prior to his retirement at the end of June. In the above photo by The Seaforth News Mr. Thomas is seated withthe 13 members from the Mr, Thomas is concluding ten where they will make their. home, years as pastor of the Walton as Mr. Thomas is retiring from charge. He and Mrs. Thomas -are active work. Their son is a real - taking an apartment in Ottawa dent of Ottawa. At the conclusion Sunday School who joined the church on profession of faith. Front row, from left, Bonnie Uhler; Audrey McMichael, Rev. W. M. Thomas, Irene Johnston, Alexene Williamson, Mary Buchanan. Back row, Alex. Gulutzen, Larry Johnston, Wayne Williamson, Brian Traviss, Gerald Smith, Kenneth Williamson, Graeme Craig, Gerald Williamson of the service Mr. Thomas refer- red to the pleasure it bad been serving in Walton charge. Before the conclusion of his pastorate, the Moncrief congregate celebrate the 50th anniversary of the build- ing of the -present church, in June. N. Main St. work <- Set For Next Year A delegation from town council will go to Toronto on Thursday tointerview the Ontario Water Resources Commission about a broad outline for sewer work, this year and future years, at the re- quest of Dr,. Berry. Other. important business was a' review of estimates for the year's budget. All members of council were present and Mayor Ed. Daly presided. Mayor Daly read a letter from the county engineer requesting the council to indicate what work the town wanted done on North Main St. down to No. 8 Highway. This is part of the overhaul on the North Road to Winthrop. The work will not be done un- til 1962. The county will repave a 22 -foot width and over that will be paid by the town. Present width is 28 feet. Estimates will be made this year and approved. Councillor' T. Rivers said the county would widen and enlarge the culvert near• his place. Coun' cil will arrange to meet with the engineer and discuss details. The town hopes to put a sewer down the street before the roadway is rebuilt Mayor Daly and Councillor Turnbull had visited the Central Mortgage and Housing at latch. ener in . regard to sewer work. Councillor Turnbull will make an appointment with the OWRO for a meeting in Toronto on Thurs• day at the request of Dr. Berry. The mayor and several council lore will go, Councillor Turnbull said he .,.hoped the work in the northwest part of. town could be started this year as well as the main sewer on the east side to the disposal plant. - He said that if North Main St. was to be repaved in 1962 the sewer along that street should be put in previous to the, paving. Councillor Turnbull said that when we have the main lines laid, the job of hooking in the branch lines to the main lines could be carried out in the years ahead. We could finance the main sewers now without doing the whole town. Branch lines could be financed a street at a time if necessary. Town. Treasurer D. H. Wilson reported that about $12,000 -had been realized from the tax sale held on Monday. The one proper- ty not redeemed from the sale will be offered at a postponed sale. Town revenue at present is used to pay off the 1959 note at the bank, he said. Councillor Flannery said the courses being held by firemen from all over the county were well attended. When fine weath• er comes operations will be car ried on outdoors. Councillor Rivers. said the ditch on James Street cost $102. The tile were 8 -inch. The loader on the tractor had done good work removing mud, Five loads of gravel had been put in. Council discussed getting some person to train as assistant town clerk for the town clerk's office. The . present secretary who has been working part time for some years, Mrs. D. Horne, is retiring from the work in a couple of weeks. Council accepted an invitation from St. James' Church to attend the dedication of the new Separ• ate School on Sunday. Many Delegates Will Attend Synod At. First Church The 87th annual meetings of the Synod of Hamilton and Lon- don of the Presbyterian Church in Canada will be held in First Presbyterian Church, Seaforth, Monday -Wednesday, April 17-19. Delegates are expected from nine Presbyteries: Hamilton, Nia- gara, Paris, London, Chatham, Sarnia, Stratford, Huron -Mait- land and Bruce. Delegates will consist of Ministers and laymen who will be billeted, for the most part in the homes of members of -the congregation. Sessions will get under way Monday afternoon with two special lectures deliver- ed by Rev, Robert B. Cunning- ham, Secretary, Eastern Area, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Dr. Cunningham will again lecture on Tuesday morn- ing. Reports of every phase of the work of the Church will be under consideration in- cluding Missions, Evangelism, Stewardship, Radio and. T.V. A solemn service of the Sacra- ment of the Lord's Supper will be observed on Tuesday morning after which business sessions will continue throughout the day until 10 p.m. in the evening. If the busi- ness docket is completed adjourn, ment will come at 12:30 on Wed- nesday, but in former years meet, Ings have continued ihto the aft- ernoon, The meetings will officially get under way with a great public service in the church on Monday evening at 8 p,m.'The Moderator will preside and preach the ser- mon, Hewill be assisted in the service by the Rev. D. Leslie El- der, Minister of First Church, and the Rev. D. Neil McCombie, Mod- erator, Presbytery of Huron - Maitland. At this service greet- ings will be extended to the syn- od on behalf of First Church congregation by the Minister, and; on behalf of . the Seaforth Ministerial Association by the Secretary, Rev. J. C. Britton, of Northside United Church, Mayor Edmund Daly will -welcome the Synod on behalf of the town of Seaforth. This, service will be op- en to the general public and an invitation is extended to mem- bers of all churches to attend. Members of the Ladles Aid So- ciety will provide the meals throughout the meetings. All ses- sions are open to the public and guest speakers in addition to, Dr. Cunningham will be, the Moder- ator of the General Assembly, the Right Rev. Dr. Robert Lennox, Montreal, and the Rev. Dr, J. F. Goforth, M.C. The Synod of I-larnilton last met in Seaforth in 1884, at which time there was the largest at- tendance ever up to that date, The new moderator for 1960.61 will be elected at the service on Monday evening, ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Barker .are. pleased to announce the engage- ment of their daughter Lorena Phoebe to Joseph Arthur, eldest' son of Mr. and Mrs, John Mero,; Seaforth, Thewedding to take place April 29th in St. James' Church at 11. o'clock. Survey Favors Saturday Night Shopping Survey Summary: Town and Country Daytime shoppers 302 Indifferent shoppers 146 Prefer Friday night 135 Saturday night 304 (Reg. 119, occasional 185) No answer calls ... 131 Shopping elsewhere 24 Total ,1042 Town: Daytime shoppers 168 Indifferent shoppers 70. Prefer Friday night 91 Saturday night ,,, 91 (Reg. 31, occasional 60) 420 Country: Daytime shoppers .. ... 134 Indiffernt 76 Prefer Friday night 44 Saturday night 213 (Reg. 88, Occasional 125) 467 Egmondville was classed as country calls. Calls were made by: Donna Boyes, Amy Horne, Connie. Wright, Ruth Cluff, Mary Card no, Thelma Forbes, Norma. Jef- fery, Alice Reid, Marion McLean, Roberta Godin, Gwen McCue, Margaret Scott, Marilyn Chesney, Carol Geddes, Veronica Vincent, Pearl . McFarlane, Sally Sillery, Elva Dundas, - Dorothy MacLen- nan, Helen Connell, Hazel Hilde- brand, Jean Hildebrand. Building Permit To W. Henderson Six officials of the Seaforth Farmers Co -Op appeared before the town council Monday evening to ask why council had granted a building permit to William Hen- derson to renovate the old oat- meal mill which stands beside their warehouse. Councillors Thorpe Rivers and Carl Dalton told council they had been present when the building inspector had signed permit on their instruction. Councillor Neil Bell, chairman of the property committee, said he knew nothing about signing the permit. He was under the im- pression that council at its March, meeting had agreed to consider. a letter of protest from Co -Op. The delegation said they did not want to antagonize Mr. Hen- derson or council. They were willing to accept the permit as an accomplished fact. They made an unsuccessful effort to get -council to state their position if other large scale farm operations were carried on within the town limits. The delegation denied that sell- ing feed was involved in the pro- test Councillors said Mr. Hender- son had appeared at the Febru- ary meeting for consultation. Councillors suggested the Co-op might like to buy the building themselves. The assessment was. at the lowest possible figure for a building of this structure, $2,- 500. Delegates mentioned the fig- ure of $8500. The delegation was led by Ted Melady who was spokesman. The others were G. Elliott, K. Stew- art S. Jackson, L. Rowat and R. E. McMillan. Later a protest by letter was read by Mayor Daly from Mrs. Dorothy Fisher. She wrote that she was trying to find a buyer for the creamery. She feared it, would affect her property. Councillor Rivers told the meet- ing the first of the chicks would go into the building on Saturday. W. P. Roberts Town Assessor Seaforth town council at its meeting on Monday. evening ap- pointed W. P. Roberts of Tucker - smith as town assessor. Mayor Daly told council that he had interviewed Mr. Roberts last month and had been favor- ably impressed. Mr. Roberts has had a number of years of exper- ience as assessor in Tuckersmith. Assessment for business will have to be completed before. the end of this month. Council decid- ed it was best to get an experienc. ed man for the job. Mr. Roberts will be paid $1100 for the year's work, There was one formal applica- tion of assessor and a couple of verbal inquiries reported by coun- cillors. None of these had had ex- perience. Commissioners For 1961 %'ensue Census commissioners for Hu- ron for the 1961 census of Cana- da are: Jack S. Fulcher, Exeter; James E. McQuaid, Seaforth, RR 5; Joseph P. Allair, Goderich; W, J. Borden Scott, Belgrave RR 1. Mr. McQuaid is commissioner for District B in Huron, compris- ing Stanley, Tuckersmith, 1111 - bed and McKillop townships and Seaforth town. He will attend a school for commissioners at Kit- chener from April 24 to 28. Screening tests for. applicants for enumerator will be held from May 8 to 11. A. school for accept- ed enumerators will be held at Seaforth May 22 to 27. Two More Teachers Join SDHS Staff Two more appointments to the staff of Seaforth District High School are: Miss Jean McLarty, of Ridge - town, a graduate of U.W.O. will teach Jr. French and Latin. Miss Laurel Cocks of Hamil- ton, a graduate of McMaster Un- iversity will teach Jr. English. Two more teachers are requir- ed to complete the staff, home economics and senior French. 51.60 a Year Consultants Present Hospital Plan A report on a new hospital for Seaforth was heard by the mem- bers of the hospital board on Fri- day afternoon, presented by Dr Agnew and Mr, Peckham. The probable future needs of a hospital here were reviewed, also a schematic outline of a plan of a new hospital and lastly, prob- able costs. The minimum cost of a 45 -bed hospital was placed at $750,000 to $860,000. This was based' on a probable cost of $18, to $21 per sq. foot on a total of 34,300 sq. feet, Other costs included were fees, furnishings, landscaping and 5% contingencies, as well as the complete building and fix. tur, Deesdncted from that fig u r e would be expected government grants starting with 49 grantable beds receiving $4,000 each plus 8 chronic patient beds receiving an additional $1,000 each. Such grants total $283,000. This would leave a minimum net cost of $467,000 to $577,000 to be met by. county grants and private sub- scriptions. The proposal for the new hos, pital submitted was for an L shaped building on two levels, on the brow of the hill immedi• ately behind the barn area now on the farm on the eastern edge of -Seaforth. This property was purchased one year ago by the hospital board from Albert Horn- er, It was suggested that a street would be opened up northwards from No. 8 highway. From here entrance would be made east wards to the hospital. It was pro- posed to design the hospital so that one nursing staff could serve 46 beds, and flexible enough so that one skeleton staff could care for all patients at night. It was suggested that no rooms would contain more than four beds, there would be also 2's and l's. Some of the 2's would be des- ignated as standard accommoda- tion. A minimum of 50% of the beds in any hospital must be for stan- dard ward patients. The other 50% can be private or semi-pri- ate. The main floor would contain administration offices, mainen- trance, emergency entrance, X- ray facilities, surgery with two operating rooms, nursing section and bed rooms. The lower level was suggested for domestic services, dining- room iningroom and receiving entrance for trade goods. Emphasing that floor space had been kept to an absolute mini mum, it was pointed out that U. S. Public Health- specifications call for a floor space of 35,000 sq. feet for 50 beds, The Seafm'tb plans call for only 34,300 sq. feet gross for a chassis of 65 to 66 beds. Detailing statistics on which they had based their recommend, ations, the report showed that Seaforth Hospital draws patients from 20% of Logan township, all the way up to 100% in Seaforth, Seaforth Hospital served 8,003 people in 1959 out of an area or 9,000 people, Anticipated growth of the area projected the area population to 9,600. in 1966 and to 10,300 in 1971, Seaforth has a high proportion of people in the age group of 65 and over, being 16% of popula- tion. The figure for McKillop twp is 7% and Tuckersmith 9.7%. The average for Ontario is .7%, Sea forth's high average was attribut- ed to the fact that people retire here from the farms. The significance was that hos- pitalization increases as age in- creases, Seaforth has two excellent nun sing homes, otherwise there are no facilities here for chronically tll, It was inderstood that the 11111111 1 1111111111,„ 1111111111111111,1„ 1 111,1,111111/.11.1/1 .... 11; . I ,1111111111111111111111111111111111,111111111111, Introducing lani heavenly pattern 48 -PIECE SERVICE FOR 8 8 knives 8 forks 8 teaspoons 8 dessert spoons 8 salad forks 8 small Teaspoons ONLY including striking new style walnut chest Y A E 34. over open stock PLUS THESE Regular 0 value $4.25 r 2 BIG INTRODUCTORY OFFERS 2' 2for$1.19 BUFFET Ra: $2.00 SERVER Useful in so many ways Dainty petite 5 O'CLOCK TEAS 1847 ROGERS BROS. Manufactured only by The International Silver Co. of Canada Lid. SAVAUG-E'S JEWELLERY GIFTS FINE CHINA Seaforth 11111111111111,11111111111111111111111111111,111,1111111111n11911on11,111,1111111nnalel(111111111nn111n1a111a111111n11nn •• new county home will provide some facilities for long stay pa- tients. The report showed a steady in- crease in yearly admissions over four years from 890 to 1003. Pa- tient days had increased from 8,100 to 10,800 in the same four Years. ' The daily average had 'in- creased from 22 to 29.9. Occupan- cy had increased from 67% to 80%. No 4-H Clubs Formed at Seaforth Lack of attendance was res- ponsible for no 4-H Clubs being organized at a meeting in the high school at Seaforth last Thursday night, While a number of young people and several of the leaders showed up attend- ance was too small to attempt to form clubs. Ten members are needed to organize each club, Mr. Don Grieve, assistant ag- ricultural representative for Hu- ron, waited until after 10 o'clock hoping that more boys and girls would come. Lack of interest may have been partly due to the holiday season and other. attractions. In some parts of the county it is reported that activity in 411 work is great- er than ever. On Wednesday of this week Mr. Grieve told The Seaforth News that so far he has received no requests for another organiza- tion meeting at Seaforth. Miss Mona Clarke has been en- gaged as teacher for the junior room in Monkton for the coming year. ROBERT T. McGONIGLE Robert T. McGonigle, North Main street, Seaforth, passed aw- ay Saturday, April 8th in Scott Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was in his 87th year, He was born in Mc- Killop township, son of the late George McGonigle and Helen Habkirk. In 1901 he was married to the late Helen Routledge who predeceased him in 1944. He 'was employed for nearly 40 years at Robert Bell Industries until his retirement in 1957. He was an elder of Egmondville United Church. Surviving are three sons, Ross, North Easthope township, and Gordon and Roy of Seaforth. Seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were held on Monday, April 10th at the G. A. Whitney funeral home with in- terment in Maitlandbank cemet- ery. Rev. J. H. Vardy of Egmond- ville United Church officiated. Pallbearers were Russell, Stew- art and Leslie Dolmage, Ken. Beattie, Louis Hemberger and Charles Eyre. Flower bearers,, Robt, McGonigle, Murray Mc-• Gonigle and Robert McLachlan, Tax Sale Held -� On Monday All properties listed in the town of Seaforth tax sale, with one exception, were withdrawn by the prior payment of the taxes outstanding for more than three years. Sale was held at town hall on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Town Treasurer, D. H. Wil- son presiding. WILL PRESENT MINSTREL SHOW—The choir of St. Thomas' Church here are injovial mood as they practise for the minstrel show to be given Friday, April 14 in the parish hall. Front row, from left: Jane Cornish, Susan Stockwell, Lois Greenslade, G. A, Wright, Frances Donaldson, Yvonne Adams, Marion Flewitt. Middle row: Peggy Cornish, Rosemary Bey- non., Ian Harvey, Chris Coombs, Geo, Flewitt, Harry Palin, Back row: Paul Spittal, Bob Palin, Mrs. Dimer Cameron, Terry Ford, Mrs. L. F. Ford, Mrs. Mary Mennen, Mrs. John Adams, Mrs. Cleave Coombs, W. D. Southgate, J. R. M. Spittal, Norman Greens- lade. (Absent: Dr. John Harvey, Anne Troutbeck,, Bill Boussey; C. Coombs).