The Huron Expositor, 1949-06-24, Page 1Ninetieth Year.
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Presented With Silver T•
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Rev. T. P. Hussey, pastor of St. James' Church, Seaforth, le shown presenting a silver tea service to Miss Alice Daly, recently
elected President of the London Diocese of the Catholic Women's League. Left to•;right are: Mrs. Thomas Morris, ,President of St.
Columban Subdivision; Mrs. A. C. Huchala, Centralia, R.C.A.F. Subdivision; Rev. T. P. Hussey, Mrs. Frank Sills, hostess for the
occasion; Miss Daly, and Mrs. Thomas Sills. Insert: Mrs. Charles P. Sills, chosen by the 8eaforth Division as "Lady of the
Year," in recognition of her many activities in connection with the League.
COUNTY COUNCIL I Presents Silver TeaService to
REVIEWS DISTRICT C.W.L. Diocesian President
SCHOOL AREA4
Members of the Board
Meet With the Mini-
ster of Education.
Huron! County Council held a
special meeting en, Goderieh last
Wednesday night to review the by-
laws and areas of school districts.
The meetingwas called as a re-
sult of a lengthy debate on the re-
port presented by the consultative
committee at the county council's
June session. This report con-
tained the recommendation that
practically all of Brussels school
district should go to Wingham
school area. Brussels school has
been operating under extremely.
high cost and it is generally felt
that it would cost the taxpayers
less if Wingham conducted Brus'
$els as a junior high school.
As a result .of the meeting, the
8th, 9th and 10th concessions of
Morris were allocated, to Sea -
forth Area, and if and when Brus-
sels continuation school closes,
Morris, south of ,Brussels, would;
he included. ' In addition, pupils
from parts, of 12th, 13th and 14th
concessions and most of 15th, 16th,
17th and 18th concessions of they
Would come to Seaforth. °
Representatives of the Seaforth
High School District met with the'
Hon. Danna Porter, Minister of
Education, on Friday last. The
deputation was very cordially re-
ceived and the minister • was able
to give the members much valu-
able information. He explained,
that the department was there to
carry out the will of the people
and that it would never dictate to
the people where they should go
to school He also said that it was
the county's responsibility to de-
fine the boundaries of the school
areas as petitioned by the people.
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Mrs. F. S. Sills is Hostess
To Members From . All
Parts of the Diocese,.
A tea and reception was held
Sunday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Frank Sills, Sr„ to honor
Miss Alice Daly, newly -elected
President, London Diocesan Coun-
cil.
ouncil. Upon arrival Miss Daly was
presented with a beautiful cor-
sage.
;Mrs. Frank Sills, Sr., hostess;
Mrs. Thos. Sills, President, anis
Miss Alice Daly received the
guests. There were ladles present
from Seaforth, St. Columban, In-
gersoll, London, and from the only
group in Canada made up entirely
of service men's wives, Centralia.
The house was prettily decorated;
with baskets of pink and white
peonies and the tea table was cen-
tred,
entred, with a beautiful bowl of red
roses. Mrs. N. Dunn and MTs,' F
Dinwoodie poured•tea. .Assisting
Mrs. the tea were J. L. Slat-
tery, Mrs. C. Trott, Mrs. J. Both-
am, Jr., Miss Marguerite Dunn,
Mrs. I. O'Leary, Mrs. Wm. Hart,
Mrs. R. eremite Mrs. G. Coriette
and Mrs. C. P. Sills.
WALTON
Duff's. Church, Walton, held its
annual garden party on the church
lawn on Wednesday evening, when
''there was a large attendance, Sup-
per was served in the church base-
ment and as usual the ladies sur-
passed all e:ipeetations as to the
delicious food. The Davies Fam-
iiy presented a varied program of
both new and old songs which was
r appreciated by the large attend-
ance.
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The presentation took place in
the lovely garden at four o'clock.
Mrs. T. Sills welcomed the guests
and introduced the visitors and
then called upon Rev, T. P. Hus-
sey .to make the presentation to
Miss Alice Daly. Rev, Father Hus-
ses commended Miss Daly on her
excellent work in connection with
the League during the past years,
and congratulated her on her won-
derful achievements. On behalf of
the Seaforth Subdivision Father
Hussey then presented- Miss Daly
with a suitably engraved silver
i ray. Miss Daly graciously thank-
ed Father Hussey for his ready
and cheerful guidance at all times,
and the members of the league for
their faithful support.
Mrs, Thos. Sills introduced Mrs.
Thtr:. Morris, President St. Colum -
ban Subdivision, who presented
Miss Daly with a silver cream and
sugai set on. behalf of the St.
Coiumban Subdivision, to which
Miss Daly gave a suitable reply of
appreciation and commended them
on their good work of the past.
Miss Daly presented Mrs. C. P.
Silis with a china tea service on
behalf of the Seaforth Subdivision
as "Lady of the Year," in recogni-
tion of her many activities in con-
nection with the local subdivision.
Mrs. Sills in a few well-chosen
words, expressed her appreciation
for the gift.
The Rev. Fit./Lt. P. Davignon,
Chaplain, R.C.A.F., Centralia, spoke
brier! to the guests, congratulat-
ing Miss Daly and extended greet-
ings from their newly -formed sub-
division at Centralia. Mea. T. Sills
introduced Miss Catherine 'foal; of
London, who brought greetings
from the Provincial Council of the
Catholic Women's League, of
wlhich she is - secretary. ,Mrs. H.
McMillan, Ingersoll, thn't Diocesan
Secretary, extended greetings on
behalf of the Dioeesian Council,
Mre. A. C. Michela. spoke brieiir
en behalf of the Centralia etlbdi-
vision..lDuring the Preeetttation
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Purchase of car insurance from
the government is compulsory In
Saskatchewan whether your car, is
already privately insured or not.
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A drunk walked up to an auto-
mat in New York City, deposited
two nickels, and out eame a ham
sandwich. He kept on, and after
putting in twenty nickels, had ten
ham sandwiches,
,Just then the manager cane up
alai saidy, "Don't 'you think you
lleaVe enough how? Why don't you
, UWI1at?" said the Wink, "stop
Meta
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SIDEWALKS
The sidewalks of Main
Street are receiving a new sun.
face this week. The walks
have become pitteli through
years of general use and in
many places the surface had
become very uneven. The
work, under the direction of
E. H. Close, chairman of the
streets committee, is progress-
ing very favorably, and the
worst of these places will be
covered within a very short
time.
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HURON OLD BOYS
HOLD ANNUAL
PICNICATTORONT 0
Former Hensall Resident
is Oldest Person To
Attend.
SEAFORTH LIONS
PARK IS SCENE OF
REUNIONS, PICNICS
Park Facilities Used By
Many Clans and
Organizations.
AMED
ION'DAY,
AY, JUNE 27
oiling Stations Listed
For Guidance of '
Voters.
a`lollowing is the list of ,Deputy.,
Returning Officers as announeed
lir J. Melvin Southcott, Returning
Oifiicer for Huron -Perth:
BARBOUR-SADLER PICNIC
On Saturday afternoon, June 18,
some fifty members of the Barbour -
Sadder clan met at the Lions Park,
Seafortb, to celebrate their elev-
enth annual picnic. It was an ideal
day and everyone thoroughly en-
joyed themselves. The afternoon
was spent in races of various
kinds in which young and old took
part with much interest. At six
o'clock a delicious picnic supper
was served on the beautiful
grounds. A lucky plate prize was
won by Mrs. Sterling Barbour,
Stratford.
Immediately after supper the
election of officers for 1950 result-
ed as follows: President, Sterling
Barbour, Stratford; sec.-treas.,
F Iizabeth Dinnin; lunch commit-
tee, Mrs. Bill Drake, Stratford;
Mrs. L. Hannon, Mitchell; sports
committee, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Barbour, Staffa.
The oldest lady present was Mrs.
Wm. Sadler, Mitchell; oldest gen-
tlenman•, Robert Sadler, Staffa;
youngest child, Jean Patrick, Wal-
ton. The 1950 picnic will: be held
at the Lions Park, i •eaforth, the
third Saturday In June.
Huron County Old Boys of To-
ronto held a very enjoyable picnic
at High Park Friday evening, June
17. About 100 members and friends
attended and enjoyed supper toge-
ther. Afterwards the children's
races drew the usual enthusiastic
participation in an effort to win
one of the cash prizes donated by
the aseoclation. The men's slow
walking race was enlivened by a
car crash on Bloor St., which ap-
peared to unnerve some of the con-
testants, At any rate, some of
them walked almost 200 feet in-
stead of the 100 in the required in-
tervaI. The prize for the youngest
member present went to James
Stan'bury, 2 -year-old son of Presi-
dent and Mrs. K. C. Staabury, and
the oldest member. was Mr. David
William Foss, 91, formerly of Hen-
s•al1, Mr: Foss was warmly con-
gratulated and his sprightly activ-
ity drew comments from many
people years his junior.
Race results are as follows:
Boys 5 and under, Douglas Moon,
Davit! Moon, Donald Stanbury;
girls 6 and under, Barbara Covell,
Mary Ann Lee; boys 10 and under,
Douglas Brodie, Ralph Grose, Paul
S•tanbury; girls 10 and under, Ann
Bennett, Corine Covell, Madeline
Ferguson; boys 16 and under, Ern-
est Carter, Bob Lee, Ralph Grose;
girls 16 and under, Olga Boorman,
Margaret ,Thompson, Valerie Car-
ter; men's open, Jack Sterling, Ken
McCauley; ladies' open, Mrs. Grace
Harrison, Mrs. F. Thompson; lad-
ies' walking race, Miss Laving
Knox, Mrs, R. A. Dundas; men's
walking race, Ray Carter, Jack
Sterling,
\ The Association, like Most Indi-
viduals' plane to relax daring the
holiday season, butlleelets leitevare
With interest to the cotinine fa:11
Fullerton
No. 1, Walter Murray; No. 2,
',laugh Hutson; No. 3, Sam • avis;
No. 4, Dpnald Wallace; N Lyle
Stevenson; No. 6, Wm- Pe ' s•; No.
7, Medford Litt.
S of xt]
Welc me
Hibbert
No, IA, Joseph Doyle; No. 1B,
Martin Feeney; No. 2, John Bur--
chill;
ur-chill; No. 3; Robert Hamilton; No.
4, Oswald Wacker.
Usborne
No. 1, Allan Westeett; No. 2,
$••}!:drew Easton; No. 3, Sam Dou
'll; No. 4, Roy Ballantyne; No.
.5i, ,Lorne Elford; No. 6, Alvin. Pym!.
No. 7, Irvine McElrea. •
Exeter
No. 1A, Gordon Cudenore; No.
IR, Vera Rowe; No. 2A, John
Gtmpbell; No. 2B, Mrs, William
CSliambers; No. 3A, Andrew Camp -
Ib U-; No. 3B, Andrew Hamilton;
1, 4, William Haley.
H
-r-No. 1, Clarence Knight; No. 2,
Hugh McEwen; No. 3A, Irvine
Sebilbe; No. 3B, John Turkheim;
NO. 4, George Deichert; No. 5, John
•Seffery.; No. 6, Carl Oeatreicher;
-No. 7, Garnet Deters; No. ,8, .Fd.
Corriveau.
Stephen
No. 1, George Hepburn; No. 2,
Herold Fahner; No- 3, Harry Lew -
ie; No. 4, Ed. Beaver; No. 5, Jas.
Mawhinney; No. 6, Millen Goetz;
No. 7, John Houlahan; No.. 8, Wm.
.Leve; No. 9A, Isaac Beetled; No.
AR, Mrs. Harold Wolper.
Hullett
e •No. 1, George Leitch; No. 2, John
McEwing; No, 3, Joseph Flynn;
No. 4, George Brown; No,, 5, Ivan
Hoggart; No, 6, Edward Young-
blut; No. 7, Mrs. Eleanor Brad -
nock.
Stanley •
No. 1, Wm. Sinclair; No. 2, Wm.
Caldwell; No. 3, W. L. Mellis; No.
4,. ,Robert McAllister; No. -5, Mrs.
leen.;Elliott;. No. 6, Colin Camp-
bell; No. 7, Percy Bedard; No. 8,
Frances Fowlie.
McKillop
No..1, John 3. Walsh; No. 2, Jas.
B. Hogg: No. 3, Leonard Leeming;
No. 4, Hugh Alexander.
Tuckersmith
No. 1, Wm. Devereaux; No. 2,
Mrs. Jahn Flannery; No. 3, Gregor
McGregor; No. 4, John Broadfoot;
No. 5, Glenn Bell; No. 6, Ivan For-
syth.
red Hensall
No. 1A, Ira Geiger;
Charles Forrest. •
Seaforth
No. 1, Richard S. ilex; No. 2,
Kenneth Carter; No. 3, John Card -
no; No. 4, Stirling Habkirk; No. 5,
James Watson; No. 6, Walter
Speak.
Logan
No. 1, R. W. Rose; No. 2, John
Meagher; Not, 3, Roy Leake; No.
4, Irwin Miller; No. 5, Orval Par-
rot; No. 6, D. Wickie; No. 7, Earl
McEwen.
Mitchell
No. 1, George Soeder; No. 2, W.
E. Wood; No. 3A, L. E. Hawes;
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McDOUGALL-MILLER REUNION
The McDougall -Miller clan was
favored with good weather for its
third reunion • which was held en
Saturday, June 18, in the ,!-dons
Park, Seaforth. Seventy-one de-
scendants were present from Ohel-
aea, Mich., Kingston, London, Ayl-
mer, St. Thomas, Thorndale, Bay-
field, Mitchell, Staffa, Hensall and
Seaforth.
September, 1949, marks the one
hundredth anniversary of the ar-
rival from Lanark to Hibbert Twp.
of the two oldest members of the
McDougall family, namely, Duncan
and his sister, Agnes, and her hus-
band, George Miller. They settled
on farms which were then part of
the virgin forest, one mile east of
Springhill -now Staffs,
During the busines's period • Dun-
can McDougall, Kingston, Ont., in
his brief talk, spoke of the courage
of the ancestors and of the Pro-
gress made by these pioneer fore-
fathers in Hibbert Township after
leaving Lanark, a district he was
greatly surprised they remained in
as long as they did. He comment-
ed upon the crude implements with
which they labored compared with
the modern machinery of this age.
Because of the hardships they en-
dured for the benefit of future gen-
erations, he reminded all that re-
spect and honor shall always be
due them.
Messages were received from
members of the clan in Dayton.
Ohio; Toronto, Port Dover and
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months when it is ewpeoted the
annual At -Home will be one of the
outstanding events of rtlie year.
No. 1.B.
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� ;O tar oPr
none. Lesilie Frost Lauds'
WQrk of Seaforth I4ions,
Club.
rSSES
Alexander Rutherford Low-
ery passed away on Saturday
afternoon as a result of a
heart attack. -Mr. Lowery had
enjoyed good health until the
time of his death.
VETERAN MEMBER
EXPOSITOR STAFF
DIES SUDDENLY
Served For Over 60, Years
With Three Genera-
tions of Editors.
sauab from .Seafortb, Bannocls
bUrni and Ilrodljagep, greeted kion
L.e$lie "flr st, Premier • .ef Ontaauo,...
When he visited Seaforth Yin. Wed
nesday afternoon, Mr. Froa't was
guest speaker ` :at a Progressive
Conservative rally held a,t the
Lions Perk, Seaforth. in his ed
dress he praised the work of the
Liens Club in the development of
such a, worthy project as the swim
ming pool and park.
Mayor J. E. Keating, and rem
bers of the Council officially wel-
comed the Premier, and Dr. E. A.
McMaster was master of ceremon-
les. other speakers included John
Hanna, M.P.P., Fred Edwards,
M.P.P;, Thos. Pryde, M.P.P., and
Elgin McKinley.
The program for the afternoon
featured, sports• events and old-
time fiddlers' contests', Winners of
the events were: Boys 16 and ov-
er, R. Mulford, Seafortbe H. Days
man, Kippen; W. Chambers, Sea,
forth. Girls 16 and over, Ruth
Keys, Seaforth; ' Mary Stevens,
Walton; Gert. Eckert, Seaforth.
Boy 12 end over, Ken Larone,
Seaforth; Lloyd; Meier, Egmond-
ville; Don Horton, Seaforth, Girls
12 and over, Elsie Huisser, Sea -
forth; Gladys Chapman, Kippen;
Marjorie Reilly, Seaforth. Boys 8
and over, Ted. Moorehead, Egmond-
villa; Bruce McFadden, Seaforth;
Pete Dale, Seaforth. Boys under
8� Jack Hoff, Derrick Jones, Larry
Dale, Seaforth. Girls under 8,
Sandra Doig, Barbara Mennell,
Jean. Nixon, Seaforth. Old-time
fiddler's' • contest, under 60 class,
Ward • Allen, Kirkton; Nelson
Howe, Cromarty; over 60, William
Hyde, Hensall; Frank Harburn,
Cromarty. Mr. Thomas • Appleton,
of Exeter, who is 94, won the new
suit donated, by Gillespie Clean-
ers and Dyers, Seaforth, for the
oldest Conservative on the grounds.
Death -came suddenly to Alexan-
der Rutherford Lowery on Satur-
day, June 18, at his Ifome on Side
Street. He had been cutting his
lawn when stricken with a hetet
attack, which proved fatal instant-
ly. Mr. Lowery had previously
suffered a severe attack last fall,
but rallied within a short time and
resumed his work without any ap-
parent i11 effects.
He was born in Little Scotland
74 years ago and 'dived there al-
most all his life, In 1907 he was
married to Susan 'Praiser, who
survives him.
With the exception of two or
three years, his life's employment
was spent with The Huron Exposi-
tor. At the time of his death, and
for many years previous, he was
foreman of, the mechanical depart-
ment. During his 60 years of ser-
vice with this weekly newspaper,
he gave of his time and energy
generously, and to three genera-
tions of editors. The occasions
when he sought other employment
included short periods farming in
McKillop and a-orking in a mine
at Calumet, Michigan.
He is survived by his wife and
two daughter, Mrs, Alvin Dale, Sea -
forth, 'and Mrs. -Gordon Little,
Galt; also 13 grandchildren: Lorne
bale, Mrs. Charles Case, Dolores,
Barbara, Ronnie, Jean, Elaine,
Peter, Larry, David and Nancy
Dale, and John and Alex Little,
anti one 'great-grandchild, Paul
Dale.
He was a member of Egmon•d-
ville United Church. The funeral
was held on Monday afternoon
from his late residence,' Rev. A.
1W. Gardiner. assisted by Rev. D.
Glenn Campbell and Capt, Lillian
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Flying
ball
0.n
.' ace„tie. - ov
peeved fatal,, en;
way:near ,
t his ix�>51a
ernoon of • last VI"
:duslr, when ?)uugl
sen. of Jr.Aand M`
of near Chid
rack ,,of' a.;
,
riding ,It app1eare.
father was +Ian his'•`:
some little ides with 'hfat
and. Dougias, 'for a.dv
to ride on t e rear Os, e.
distance...,,
father's car ,0
read,. wltinit`'•a4f
such an extent +t
thrown out en#,o l
his face, badly bru sing cu
ting his head, to'a ueil au. s
that it. required'-sn le 3a at,i
to close the • wt#unte' r
Douglas; tgl>o ,, 'confined'
Clinton Hospital $or a tow, d44 , i
niow resting at the 'bonze hof
parents, Mr. and Mate 'OMAR i
Eyre.
Mr. Arthur Findaylson, teachexl
at a rural school; near (hiaelhurst,
met with a serious accident at, .,bi
farm on Friday evening last~ While
stretching some"barb ; ; wire, sthfi'`,
wire broke and struck .Mr. Fraley ,,
son, who wears glasses, in ..the
face. fine dense in his glassess.
broke when the wire struck
and pieces of broken glade pierced! -
his eyeball.
Mr. Finlayson was taken to St.
Joseph's Hospital, London, and it
is hoped that medical skill may' yet
save :the sight of. his eye.
ELiMViLLE
Mrs. P. Robinson, of Stratford,
visited with her sister, Mrs. John
KeIiet, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. W. gently attend-
ed. anniversary services at Kirk-
ton
irkton and visited with relatives there
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johns and
daughter, Mrs. Howard Otis, and
children, Launnie and Lyn, at-
tended, a birthday dinner for Mrs.
Johns' mother, Mrs. Bannerman,
near St. Marys on Sunday.
Miss Florence Bell is spending a
few days with.the family of Mr.
and Mrs. S. C. White at Talbotville
this week.
The Johns faintly held their re-
union at the school grounds of S.
S. No. 6, Winchelsea, Saturday.
Sports were conducted by Mr. and
Mrs. K. Fraser, MT. and Mrs. J.
Griuney and Mrs. H. Otis.
Mr and Mrs. •Cliff Brock visit -
Burch, officiated. During the ser-
vice Capt. Burch sang "The Old
Rugged Cross." The pallbearers
were John Maloney, Leo Hagan,
Basil Purcell, A. W. Dunlop, Les-
lie McClure and J. A. Case. The
flower -bearers were Clifford Lo
ery, Alex and Jack Little, Lorne
Dale, Jr., Charles Case, and George
Powell. Interment was in Mait-
landbank cemetery.
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STAFFA •
The United Church Woman'9
Missionary Society . and Woman'e
Association held a joint meeting at •;
the •home of Mee W. 3. Feil. 'The
WA. •led in devotion,; with Mrs..;
C. H. Dow giving "Meditations"' •
The theme song was • "Sweet hour
of Prayer." Mrs, Dow was.aaslat
ed. by Mrs. Raryu d' an's• Da -
surd. 1;he•.oltraed inter ;par>w o19
meeting with the .thought for tttia
day: "Watch your aaU 6'ns, it may 6
be the only Bible your neighbor
ever reads," Mrs. Dow and Mrs..
Harburn sang, "He Liveth Long
Who Liveth Well." A 2iower com-
mittee
ommittee for the month of July was
appointed with Mrs. C. H. Dow as
convener. Mrs. M. 3. Deering pre-
sieed over the W.M.S. meeting, A
report of the bale sent 'overseas,
rather than home missions, was
given. Plans were made to enter-
tain
ntertain the Baby Band in August with!
the -program to be in charge of
Baby Band Secretary, Mrs. -Cam-
eron Vivian. Lunch conveners are
Mrs, O'Brien and Mrs. Les. 'But •
son, It was decided to collect antic
send the sum of $10 to., the Cc*
tral Presbyterial Fund to be for
warded to Dr. Leslie Kilborne for
work in West India.
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Mary: "Y'u say you take your
edicine in '= erre?"
an : } I very seldom take.
a pi o get rid of a headache, but
I often take a headache to get rid
of a pill!"
St. numbs' Church Celebrates 90th Anniversary
ryP qOs 4 •h�
Special speaker 'at last Sunday's anniversary services in St. Thomas' Anglicah Church was Rev. R. F. b 1-!urford, of Chris
Church, London, and former rector of the Seefal'th Parish. Despite the heat, a good congregation attended both services, A view
o " the Chancel anti choir is shown In the above photography with a pa'r't of the cenglregatlon vitt the fore retied.
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