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FRIENDS OF R,IPPEN
BRIDE -ELECT HONO
AT RECEPTION
Many Summer Visitors Are
Guests At Village
Homes.
NEWS OF KIP PEN
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eery pleasant time was spent at
the home of Mr. G-. Dalrymple, •of the
village, on Monday evening when a•
best of frignds ,gathered to honor hee
daughter, Miss Marjorie Dalrymple,
ffridee1ech,w„Miss Audrey Walsh fav-
ored with two Very pleasing • solos,
after which Miss Velma Ferguson, of
Chiselhurst, read an address to the
bride -to -he and Misses Audrey and
Leola'Dalrymple, of Seaforth, nieces
of the bride, carried in a heavily Wi-
en and prettily •decorated basket of
g*sftee The following is the address:
"Dear Marjorie: We, your friends and
'neighbors, -have gathered here to-
night because we felt that we could
not let an event as important as your
mtarringe go by without some recog-
nition, so: tonight we have that pleas-
ant duty to perform. We extend • to.
you hearty congratulations and best
swishes anti+' -trust that the years to
aortaein your, new home will hold for
you much health, happiness and pros-
perity.. So, Marjorie, we ask you to
accept these gifts as a token of our
friendship, • and may they .!be a con-
etant reminder of your old friends and
neighbors in this community. Sign-
ed on ,behalf of your Friend's and
iNeighlbors." Marjorie, in a few well-
chosen- words, thanked' the 'donors
and these responsible for sponsoring
/,he shower, Misses Velma Ferguson,
Patsy Mitchell and Doris Kercher,
The Kippen East W.I. meeting will
be held at thehome of Mrs. Wilmer.
Broadfoat on Wednesday, July 23, at
S30 p.m. Mrs. A. J. Finlayson Will
are ooh'ostess. This is :the hist rical
research meeting and; one of tie fea-
tures will be to display or ,describe
your bridal gown. Mrs.. R. Simpson
will give the topic on "The Bride of
,Twenty five Years Ago Advises...the
Bride of Today " There will. be. a
demonstration and a health quilt„ and
inneh will 'be served. ' '
Mrs and Mrs. Wm. Green, aecom-
ipanied by Mr. Jonah Green, •visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Green and
family on Sunday.
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S.0:S. Calling
All War Brides
S.O:S-r .Calling All War Brides of
the Second World War.: Here is a
• message just for you. Are there times•
when you feel just' a little homesick
and long to talk to some of your
'country women? Of course there are.
Canada is a lovely country and the,
Canadians, • ale very nice people, yet,
fer
et -
for all that there • are times when we
long for a glimpse. of our old home-
land or a talk with another war bride.
Lots of as went to clubs over there
and miss •that now, but why can't She
have a club ,over here w here we . can
Brave chats and maybe even a darty
sr -
.once in awhile.
Wouldn't It .be niee to celebrate
Christmas and New ,Year's , in 'our
own custom. You bet it would! -
Well, let's get organized, and have
..one night in the 'week for a meeting.
Youcan write a letter saying what
night .would be best suited for you,
and in that way, 'perhaps we can get
a set night. •
Address your letter to UNION
JACK CLUB, Seaforth R.R. 2,
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SCENE .OF LION 12th ANNUAL SUMMER CARNI
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One of the most popular and largely attended.
annual events throughout Western. Ontario is the
Lions Club summer carnival, held,•at the Seaforth
Lions Park, a corner of which is shown above.
The carnival continues Friday evening whenthe
special attraction will be the Georgetown Girls'
Pipe Band. The seven -acre park is the -mecca.
each summer for thousands of children and pia
nickersi, who enjoy the complete •fficlities and•
pleasant surroundings. In the photograph may
be seen a portionof the foot -bridge .leading to
the park, the deep and shallow pools, and the
large bathing pavilion. The park is operated by
a full-time, staff• of four, and it$:_continued main-
tenance is' deperldeilt on the support of the public
at the summer carnival -
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Threatenii.g Weather. Has No
Effect on Carnival Attendance -
Record 'Attendance Enjoys_
Outstanding ' Program At
Lions Summer .Carnival.
• Despite `threatening skies the 12th
annual summer carnival of the Sea -
forth Lions . Club surpassed expecta-
tions Wednesday evening, when a re-.
cord ;icrowd• .witnessed , an :outstanding,
pe ram on the first .night of .the.
carnival. It is expected a. larger
crowd will be on hand for the second
night's carnival Friday.,
-. Winners drawn at the raffle, which
included nine beautiful prizes„ were:
Fred Nyczai, Hamilton, a radio, with
ticket 11397; J. Rogers, Toronto, two
auto tires, with ticket 1,5660; Mrs.
James A.., Stewart, silver service and
tray, ticket 14841; Harold Stott, pair
of wood blankets, ticket 1396; 3.
Thompson, Wheatley, upholstered
chair, ticket 8097; R. S. Box, Seaforth,
coffee table, ticket 12070; Roy Doher-
ty, Blyth, ,pen and pencil set, ticket
17947; Mary Worthington, Wood-
stock, blankets, ticket 1453; Ed. Hen-
derson, Brussels, fancy hall clock,
ticket 31351.
Attractions included , Max Chagnon,'
magician; the Gold Coins, acroltatic
duo; •CKNX Ranch Boys; numbers by
Seaforth Highlanders Ba'nd and Luck -
now •K'iltie Pipe Band. •
A mammoth fireworks display
thrilled both young ani, old• ••Open-
air dancing •qn a spacious:.floor was
popular. Bingo was one•of the many
'7games enjoyed by the crowds. •
Proceeds for both .Wednesday and
Friday's twelfth annual Lions carni-
val.wili go toward Lions weifare work
and ,maintenance of the Lions scenic
park and swimming pool.
Seaforth NITomeri's Institute
Records -Pioneer History
THORNTON HALL
(22nd in Series)
Adolphin, Thornton, wife of Lush
wig G. Meyer, who Came.. to Canada
meta pioneer -beide in 1842, named the
place after her father, John Thorn-
ton, who was British Consul. in the
City of Harnburg, Germany, at that
• time. On' her mother's side she 'was
sieseended from Philip' Melancthon,
associate and friend •sof Martin
Dither.
• Ludwig Meyers with his three 'bro-
thers, Irad first , come to Canada, in
1839 and each had taken up one hun-
dred ndres of land near the Village
of Harputhey. After, three years he
returned to .his fatherland le marry
the lady of his choice.
They came to Canada 'in the same
year and settled on the bush farm'one
and ..one-half miles west of Seaforth.
Here they 'built their spacious house
and spent much time and money in
beautifying the 'grounds with trees
rand shrubberies. A building to the
, east' of the ^drive housed the farm
laborer and his • family, and a sum -
rater house—screened by lilacs and
Aeacia—made a playhouse for their
children.
Seven, children were born to Mr,
and, Mrs. Meyer: Mary, John, Henry,
Elizabeth, Louisa, Gretchen and Ma -
Mrs, Meyer was a good wife an i
smother, instructing her daughters le
ell the housewifely Crafts. To, en-
nourage them to kit, she gave each,
girl" e. diall,..pf *aril ai 4 whetl the bail
v a fln$alhed each ,found a prize wra--
ped up in its centre.
Mr. Meyer was for thirty -live years
division court clerk, holding the of-
fice until his death at the age of 77.
During his incumbency he .survived'
the death of four judges of the coup=
ty, He was a man of culture, devoted
to his home and family. However, hie,
position as division• court clerk must
'have given him some embarrassing
moments, as his handwriting was •no-
torious -for its illegibility.' On one
occasion he handed in a number of
iettera to Mr: ,Samuel Dickson, the
peat:easter at Seaforth. With con-
siderable difficulty Mr. Dickson was
able tcedecipher all the addresses but
one. He was obliged to call Mr.
Meyer in from'the street,
'Look here, Meyer," he said. "You'll
have to tell me where this letter is
to go to•. I can't Make •it• out."
Mr. Meyer held the letter close to
bis eyes and examined' it. He •studied
it at arm's length. He looked at it
from every angle, .and flnal-1y •tossed'
it back to Mr. Dickson,
"Bah!" he said. 'Send it east!" a
Mr. iMeyer was, a man of hasty
temper -end an amusing story—which
might be called "The battle with the
pipes" --is told concerning that dread-
ed and fearful time when the lord • of
the mansion moves 'in the winter
stove --and by fair means or' -°foul-
-puts together a mile or so .of pipes,
On this occasion they would not go
together, and one cash imagine the
females of the house rushing hither
and yen, with soot flying in all dir•ee-
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Produce Division
'" The Seaforth Farmers'Co-opera-
tive, ,which since its organization
in 1942 has'expanded until today
it is doing almost $1,000 a day
business, will enter a new sphere
next week withthe inauguration
of its' produce. division; The story
of the nevi divi'slbn is told on
Page3 of thisissue.
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Bowling on
• The Green
(By Bill Hart)
Aunt Kate and Uncle.,Willie always
go to ;the lake every Sunday during
the hot weather. While Kate takes a
dip in the lake, ,Willie' peels off shoes
and socks and plays with his toes in'
the sand., ong as Kate_.is willing
to bathe, illie is content to sit and
rest his feet. He says it is like go-
ing to a elector. The only drawback
is, that sometimes the sand gets too
hot for comfort. There's• where the
howling'green would come in •handy.
He could walk around that nice green
cushion 'of grass and rest' •his 'corns
•and bunions .to his heart's 'content,
Of course•°•^i•f- he felt conspicuous•, in
his bare feet, he could' put on set't-
soied shoes and get' the same effect.
Those ,in charge frown on hard -soled
shoes and high heels anyway, so Wil-
lie would be right in style. And
while he was giving bis feet the .rest
cure he could play a few ends • of
bowls. If you have the urge, to give
Your 'Feet" a treat, try bowling. • That
soft velvety grass will do wonders for
them 'and the satisfaction you get
will more than repay you for your
trouble. For general -ill -round relaxa-
tion, bowling isJ my first position.
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The electrical prizes for . the Ex-
cellence Flour Mill tourri•ameet are
now od display°.in the' Tasty Grill
window.
-' * se•
George Charters has been 'named
'convener of the local tournament
committee.
Apparently there was no entry
from Seaforth at the big free tourna-
ment at Hamilton on Wednesd•i y. The
date conflicted • with the Lions sum-
mer carnival. and nearly all bowlers
were busy. -
Jack Hotham, Sr., •Charles Barber
and ' Rossb•'proat won first prize at
Exeter, me Monday evening. Two tith-
er rinks from Seaforth also were
present. They were Lorne 'Dale, Jas.
MacDonald and Alvin Dale, end Geo.
Johnston,. George Hays land Eric Mun-
roe.
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' C. M. Smith might bane been sing-
ing "The Prisoner's Sorsg" if we hear
correctly. Lorne Dale, Bev. •Christi'e
and George Johnston threatened to
throw him over the high dail fence at
Kitchener during a recent tourna-
ment if his game didn't improve. The
jail wall is at one end of the bowl-
ing green, Apparently his game im-
proved after the threat, for he's 'still
with us. e
Quite a few bowlers have been
fortunate in ' securing eempositi'on
bowls this .season. Those that we
have beard of are Dr, Paul Biddy, E.
Turgeon, • John Beattie, George John-
sten,
ohnstun, W. T. Toad, George Hays, Jas.
. , _,_.�iJi. gid.
SUNDAY STORM DOES,
DAMAGE IN:HIBBERT
Trees : Block Wads,'
Graiii
Hailed Out and Phone
Lines Cut.
The severe .electrical and wind
storm which passed over Hibbert
Township on. Sunday afternoon, did
severe damage to property and crops
in the district.
Trees were blown across the road
on the seventh eon' sign and all
cars. were forced to etour.
The hail which accompanied the
storm, damaged some of the standing
clops. On the farms. of Messrs. Alex
McDonald, Ed. Chappell and Howard
Wright, thestanding wheat fields
were completely bailed out and other
spring crops flattened:
Six inches of hail are reported in
some places after the stprm passed
over. . This is the second time in a
few months that this district has
been stricl;ven. Last fall a cyclone
razed houses, barns and trees over a
considerable distance, •
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Barn Burned
A been belonging to . 'Ma Harry
Palih, McKillop; was • burned to the
ground Thursday afternoon about 3.30.
when at the height of the electric
storm lightning struck the, building,
There were , several implements in
the barn„'along with a quanti y of
liay.
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CO_NSTANCE
Mrs. William Britton received word
from Warwick that her sister; Mrs.
Wilkinson, is very i11. Mrs. Britton
'is now with her.
Miss Doris Lawson and friend, of
London, spent the week -end with Mr.
and Mrs, Earl•, Lawson.
• Rev. •Penmen' is taking Sunday as
a holiday and there will be no church
^services, but Sunday gelled. will be
held at 10:3d. a.m. • •
Rev, and Mrs: 3, C. Britton and
family, of Thamesville, have been
spending their holidays ,with Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Britton.
Mrs. J. C. Britten will leave next
week for Victoria, B•C., where she
will visit her -sister.
Mrs. Anna McLean, of Cleveland,
Ohio, is visiting Mr, and Mrs. Date
Willson and Mr. and Mrs: Peter Lind-
say.
Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Young, of
Manitou, Man., are visiting Mr, and
Mrs. Epliriam Clarge'and also with
friends in •Stra.throy and St. Marys.
Mr®. John Medd returned home
from Clinton hospital following an op-
eration.
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APPOINTED C.N.R.
• CONDUCTOR
Gordon McKellar, son of Mr. and,
Mrs. 'M. McKellar, Seaforth, who has
been on the C.N.R., Toronto, for 'the
past six years as brakeman, has Oath'
ed 'his finalexaminations, and is now
a classed conductor on the C.N.R.
lifacDonald and Charles Barber.
The mixed tournament next Mon-
day evening, July 21. is doubles. It
•is• left to either the ladies or the men
to get partners. If nb one has asked
you to .bowl, it's because be or she
Is a little backward too, Don't wait
until, the last, `filet yaet' partner now.
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Two Provincial Police Offi-
cers To Take Over Police
Duties in Seaforth in
August.
CIVIC HOLIDAY
MONDAY, AUGUST 4
An agreement ,will be entered into
with the Ontario • Provincial Police
immediately whereby the provincials
will take over responsibility for polic-
ing in Seaforth, the town .council de-
cided at its meeting Monday night.
The decision followed discussions
held !with provincial officials over a
period ,of some weeks by, thea police
committee.
A11 inembers of council were in at
tendance at the meeting, which was
Presided over by Mayor.. M. A. Reid,
and in discussing. the police' Matter
each member was gulled by Mayor
Reid as ..to ,phis opinion. All favored
'the change and felt' it, would provide
a definitely improved anal• •more "satin -
factory service, In •making its re-
commendetion, the committee points
ed out the cost would approximate
.$4,200 per year.' This includes the
service of two full-time constables
and 'transportation. Present' police
Costs are approximately $1,500 per
annum. '
Dogs at large in the town led to
•
the. regular monthly discussion as to
means • to be taken •to control • them.
A bylaw, which has previously been
brought into effect by council, was
not .being enforced, it was claimed.
Mayor Reid pointed• out the difficul-
ties of enforcement which would, he
felt,• result in. the shooting of many
rinnent..._dogs&'- Yds the eothee
hand, he was receiving complaints
from day- to day of dogs running -at
large •and molesting people. He felt.
council should give ' some specific
direction to the police.
"If you pull up .one or two it would
soon stop,' Councillor E. H. Close
commented. "Some people defy the
council.” Councillor B. F. Christie
felt it was unfair that the pet of a
child should be shot or put in the
pound, when it was doing no harm.
.Council. agreed the matter would :be
left ,tothe discretion of ptdiee '•
'Approvalof a grant'of $1,000 to the
Scott 'Memorial Hospital to cover
Seaforth's share of the operating
9efici•t of $4,000, was granted by coun-
cil, with Councillor W: A. •;Ross dis-
senting. Councillor Ross felt the hos-
pital should be on a paying basis•
It was explained to council the
grant was based on the number .of
patient days of Seafort$ residents.
Similar requests are being made of
Tuekersmith,' M'eKiliop, Hibbert, Hul
lett, Logan and Stanley, and shortld a
municipality not give a grant, resi-
dents of that municipality Will be
'charged an extra per diem amount to
offset the loss of the grant. The mat-
ter had been' discussed at the last
meeting of council, when a depute,
tion from the hospital -was present.
(Continued on Page 5)
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"Billy" McLeod
Going, Strong
The Port Huron Times -Herald, in a
recent edition, referred, to a former
well-known resident of Seaforth in the
'following story: '
"Seventy-four years old ands• still
dlctive in the Port 3luroa City Band,
Wiil'iam "Billy" McLeod readied his
trumpet for the 'band's semi-weekly
concert at 2,30 p.m, today •id 'Pine
Greve Park, opining that in his 35
years°with the Band, interest in the
concerts has never been as. great as
it is now.
"I joined up just after I came from
Ontario in 1910,''' be said. "I used to
handle the solos on the • cornet, but
since my lip gave in, I've been second
trumpet.. •
"Bad weather makes me •miss a few
concerts, but I still get there more
than some of the youngsters."
It is difficult to say when the band
was at its best, he' said. Hespraised
new techniques urged by .Winsor H.
Philip, the present hand director,
Mr. McLeod, 'worked' for Grinnell
Brothers music store for 26 years. He
left tire firm in 1938 to work for two
years ie. the State liquor setae 'here.
°'That's hard work for a• man who
doesn't drink," he said,
• "Quite a while back, I toured On-
tario and Western Canada in the 'con -
:vet business' as a comic vocalist a.nd
Scotch and,lrish dancer," Mr, Mcleod
'said. • "I've never been beaten -in'an
Irish jig contest and for a Scotsman,
that's pretty good."
He is proud of being in the Harris
Clan of Inverness, Scotland, and bast -
fly explainetd that the Scotch plaid
fie he was wc!aiing wasn't his tartan:
'lits
.had more green in It, •
His two grandchildren, Douglas
and Barbara. Ann Lickfelt, rushed in-
to the room carrying a Mack canei
with an 'inscribed gold head, •
"The 'cane was given to me when
I left Seaforth, Ont,, where I' directed
the 33rd Battalion Band in the Ra -
'serve 'Army. 1 don't wear it any
more' he said,'
"Mr. McLeod lives with hts daughter -
and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
E. Lickfelt, 1333 Twenty-second St.
His son, Meredith McLeod, lives with
t'heind
•„ ,o • $ •<:
No Hit--NoRun
Playing In Goderich on Wed-
nesday eirening, Frank Kennedy,
noted ,pitcher of the Seaforth
softball team, pitched a no -hit,
do -run game against the Godertish-
teem, This 'makes a league red.
cord for' this or • any other sea-
son. Seaforth won 4-0.
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RAYFIELD FRIENDS
HONOR NEWLY WEDS
Mr. and. Mrs. Harold Rice.
Given Purse of Money
By Friends.
A large crowd. gathered at the Bay;_
field pavilion on Thursday night in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rice.
Dancing was enjoyed by the music of
Harburn% Orchestra. During the eve-
ning Mr. and Mrs. Rice were present-
ed with a purse of money by Harold
Corey and the following address was
read by Robert Wallace:
"To Mr. and Mrs. Harold. Rice: Con-
gratulations on the occasion of your
marriage. Dear Harold and Janet: To
celebrate. your recent marriage. we
have • asked you to; join with us to-
night where we • can all have a whale
of a good time and. where _we can
meet you both and follow that time-•
honored custom, "shake, hands with
the groom and kiss ;:the. bride," We
have been -'expecting this event for
some time and are truly thankful
that you didn't„ disappoint us •and
that you are going to carry •on the
"Rice" farm, which is 'so well situat-
ed, that is, close to school, etc.
Many things come . to our mind
when we, think of your marriage.
There• has been, and still is, great
scarcity of certain commodities dur-
ing the war years ansa even up to the
present..- One. rationed product which
we think of is sugar, but we know
that a pain of honeymooners who are
as sweet on each ether as you two
are will have no worry about. that.
Another great scarcity has been that
of. "Rice," We,, hope this -wiIl . be
remedied ,from now on. •
Again we. offer our 'congratulations
and good wishes for a long, happy
and healthful married life. Will you
kindly accept this `gift Min your
friends, •
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Local Firemen
Have Run
A burning transtormer-k•in front of
Mr. Thomas Phillips' residence on
Market Street, .gave the Seaforth fire
brigade a run on Sunday .evening
about 9.80, but.•the fire was soon ex-
tingnshed.
It is supposed that the transformer
was damaged by lightning during the
severe storm' in the afternoon.
About 3,30 on Thursday afternoon
during another severe•electric storm;
l•ightiring, struck a tree at •the resi-
dence.•, of •Mr. Dan Dupee, Crombie
Street, when a branch fell across the
electric light wires running into the
house, which was soon full of smoke.
The brigade• made a quick run, but
no damage to the house resulted.
Legion and Oddfe1lows Ho
Joint -Decoration'Servic
'On Sunday.
NEWS OF ,. HUNS:
About 11.45 Saturday night,
'while Dalton C: Ingt'8an,: of . Lo?Rdon, .
was driving south on Pilo. 4 Highway,,
about two miles south of H ensalI., he,
was •truck in the rear by a. ear dray'
en by Waiter Burrell, Of L`argill',•: ire'
bumpers of the two ears • lacked sand.
the. Ingram car ! was driven 200 feet . .
down 'the road,' Where it went lute
the ditch, ,breaking off a telephone
pole.
The London bus going north almost.
crashed head-on into the' locked ,ears;
as. they took to the ditch, but quick
action on the part of the . bus driver;
Glen Smith, of Owen Sound, avertedi
a very serious accident.
In the Ingram car, which was a
complete wreck, were Wm. Black, •
who received face lacerations and
body bruises; Patsy Murphy, serious
leg injuries; Shirley Walters, and In-
gram, both of which received bad
head wounds, All were taken to St.
Joseph's Hospital, London, in. Bon-
thron's ambulance.
In the Burrell car were Ruben
Guien•, of Aytton; Frank Kunkel,
Frances Lehmeir, all of Cargill, who
were only, slightly. injured.
' Damage to the . two aisle was esti-
mated to be over ,$2,000. Traffic tit- -
ficer Frank" Taylor, of iClinton, in-
vestigated the accident.
The Hensel' branch of the Canadian,
Legion .and. I,O.O.F. held• decoration
services ,on. Sunday last. Sydney Mac-
Arthur was marshal•1 in charge of the
parade to the cenotaph, and P. le
McNaughton and Percy Campbell
-teak charge- at:-the-deeer-ation--seraicess--
et Rental" Union Cemetery. ands' Me-
Taggarts. Rev. R. A. Brook, of the
United Church, and. Rev, P. A. Fergie
son, of Carmel Presbyterian 'Church, '
assisted with the service. •
Hold Picnic At Seaforth
The Girl Guides, .withtheir captains..
Mrs. Stewart Bell,.and Miss Ann Tate,
(Cojtinued on `Page 4)
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Soltballer& Win
At Wingham
Seaforth defeated Wingham Hur-
ons itt Wingham Saturday ,night in
the dist floodlight scheduled game,
5-4 in a Senior 'A' softball encounter.
Overcoming a fold -run. lead Seaforth
clicked for five runs in the eighth
and ninth innings.. to cinch the game.
Three hits, two errors' and one walk
accomplished the task for the Sea -
forth nine. Wingham led 4-0 going
into the eighth. only-, to have two cost-
ly'errors produce three runs for Sea -
forth. Five Wingham batters faced
Kennedy in the last half of the ninth,
Gardner and Lediett walked: McLeod
struck out; Foster flied out'; Temple-
man Went down swinging to, end .the
game: `Errors figured prominently
Wingham s downfall, nine miscues be-
ing credited to the club.
SEAFOIRTH—Woods„ 3b; Boussey,
lb; O'Shea, •c; Cameron, as; Smith,
'1'f; Deneau, rf; Dolton, 21s; Eisler, cf;
Kennedy. p.
WINGHAM—Foster,• •cf; Temple-
man, If; Aitchison, 2b; Groves, c;
Niergarth, ss; Jardine, p'; Gardner,
3b; Lediett, lb; Higgins, rf, replaced
by McLeod in fifth:
Strikeouts: Jardine 11, .Keunedy 9- .
Left on .bases:. Seaforth 10,,Wingham-
8; walks: Seaforth 6, .Wingham• 2.
Playing time, 1:35. °
Seaforth •...-,.: , 000 000 032-5 6 3
Wingham ° :. ° ° 00.0 '021. 100-4 5 9
•Umpires—Hubert and Small.
Usborne Council' Holds Its
Regular Monthly Meeting:
The municipal council of the Town-
ehip of Usborne held their regular
monthly meeting • in the Township
Hall, Elimville, on Monday afternoon,
with all memberspresent, viz: Reeve
Hugh Berry and° members of council,
Wellington Brock, William Mitring -
ton, Jag. Simpson and Oscar Tuckey.
, Minute•s of the last regular meeting
held on June 14, and a special meet-
ing held on June 30, were adoeted as
printed on motion of Councillors El-
lerington • and Brock. -
The Elimville drain report was re-
considered and a letter from the ere
eineer, S. W. Archibald, was read, in
which he stated that he 11ad1 re-exam-
ined the lower portion of the drhin
and agreed that the capacity of the
drain .should he increased• in
area. A resolution from council re-
ferring the report back to the En-
'-gi•neer, asking him to increase the
capacity of the drain beginning at
the nortberly limit of lot 6, conces-
sion 5, and continuing down to about
let 1, concession 5, was passed en
motion of Councillors Eilerington and
Tuckey, -
On motion of Councillors Simpson
and Brook, the bond for the township
collector was renewed. with the Gen
eral Aoeiden't Assurance Oa. of Can-
ada, through their agent, W. IT. Hodg-
son,
odsson, for the reduced amount of $2,000
for a term of three 'years at a reduc-
ed premium jog $37.50. The annual.re-
newel of the employer's liability pol-
icy, held with the same company; was
passed, the 1947 premium based .on
actual payrool being $115,15.
The following correspondence was
tabled and dealt with: Canadian
Good Roads Association, re. conven-
tion in New Brunswick in September;
Filed. Township of Stephen, re Cen-
tralia Drain Extension; filed for let-.
erl• consideration. County of Huron,
re county fax rate for 1947 at 6 Mills,
made up as .follows: General county
rate, 3.5 tpilis;• county highways, 2.5
milis,, secondary • scheols, $2,468.45,
making a total amount for 'county
purposes of $19,527,77 on the equaliz-
ed assessment,requiring a mill rate
of 7,5 'mills on the 1947 revised as-
sesstnent to 'ea'se the required
amount: ,
The road superintendent presented
vouchers to the amount of $797.57 for
payment. Curirent bills to the amount
•of $196.25 were passed on motion of
Councillors Tuckey and Simpson and
orders were drawn an the treasurer
for payment bf the same.
The treasurer reported receipts in
June to the amount of $340.75 and to
date in July .of $9'8.20 and`a Cash bal-
ance on hand as of June de of $61J0;26.
All motions were . passed lleattis -
oullly :and ecuncii adjottrnei to meet
again in regular monthly eesaion oe
Saturday„ August 9, at 1..,^p.>Yi. in. the
Township mall, tithed -111e.
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