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!Ninety -Fifth Year
Whole Number 4496
SEAFORTH, ONT., FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1954
MARRIED 66 YEARS
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Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Armstrong, weft -known former Hullett
residents, and now living in Seafortie will quietly mark their 66th
wedding anniversary on Tuesday, March 9. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong
are in goodhealth, do their work about the house, and take a keen
interest in the events of the day. Mrs. Armstrong is 85 years of
age,. and Mr. Armstrong will be 90 years in October.
Salvaging Huron Records
After Court House Razed
Less than a week after fire de-
stroyed Huron's 100 -year-old Court
Mouse, county offices were estab-
lished. and operating in the former
high school building in Goderich.
,Difficulties were being experienced'
in some matters because of missing
irecords, but in the main the county
sidministrative machinery was func-
tioning smoothly, according to
al7otuaty Clerk A. H. Erskine, who
was directed the salvage work.
All vaults have been opened ex-
cept those in the clerk's office and
_tin the judge's office. Docurdents,
stile wet, have been found to be
an good shape, and it le not ex -
wetted there will be any- loss in
this connection. The remaining
two vaults will be opened as soon
Bsdebris surrounding :then can be,
removed. The work of clearing
aaway the lower sections is slow
!because of the danger of disturb-
ing the fire -weakened wails.
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Plan Special Meeting
No decision has been reached re-
jgarding a special meeting of Coun-
cil, but it is expected- a meeting
will be called by Warden W. J.
Dale within the next' two weeks.
•ilbhen Council meets it is expected
plan®,ter,; 11ye construction of the
new Court House, now planned for
date this year, will be advanced.
Goderich town • officials let the
county move into the old high
school without an agreement and
offered the use of the , council
chamber as a police court.
Vice-president of -Huron County
Law Association, 'Frank Donnelly,
staid the law library. would be
easily replaced: The books were in -
cured for $14,000. but it will take
District Plumbers Hear
Huron County M.O.H.
The Lambton aid Huy on Coun-
ties
ottaties Chapters of the National As-
sociation of Master Plumbers and
Heating Contractors held' their an-
nual "ladies+ night" last Friday
evening, Feb. 26; at Monetta Men-
ards, Exeter.
Chairman of the evening, C.
Casemore, of Petrolia, introduced
the guests of the ravening. Dr.
Aldus, of Huron County Health
Unit, 'as a guest, played an impor-
tant j -ole in the evening's enter-
tainment.
D'Orlean Sills, the only member
of • Seaforth, and treasurer of (Hur-
on County Chapter, attended.
another $15,000 to replace all of
Wein Most of the books will came
from libraries of lawyers who have
died.
Alt officer from the Ontario
Fire Marshal's office was in Gode-
rich Monday to make a routine
check of the blaze. The cause has
not yet been determined.
The fire was discovered by James
Sheardown, caretaker of the build-
ing, as he entered it at 8:20 p.m.
last Friday evening.
When he opened the door of his
office, just inside the first entrance,
a cloud of smoke poured' out -
He phoned the fire department
and when firemen arrived, the
building was full of smoke. Then
flames burst through the roof on
the east side of the building and.
soon everything was a mass of
flames.
Clock Falls In
The root."and'the historic town
clock, tumbled into the inferno
about an hour later.
Provincial police cleared t h e
park surrounding the building. of
people, and moved them back to
the side streets.
A plane from the Sky Harbor
,kirport flew over the town to
watch that sparks did not set fire
elsewhere. Fortunately a direct
south -wind was blowing and
averted danger of spreading the
fire. -
Almost everyone in Goderich
poured out, from their homes, the
arena and movie theatres to watch'
the Harries devour first the roof
and then the interior of the build-
ing. The structure w'as' reported
insured for $75,000.
Firemen from Goderich and
Clinton poured water into the fire
from four eides 'but almost every-
one there - from the county war-
den down to the ordinary citizen
-,knew the 'building was lost right
from the start.
Shortly after the fire was out, a
representative from - the Taylor
Safe Works _phoned and advised
county officials not to open the
vaults before Tuesday. They said
the heat inside might be so great
that - the documents might burst
into flames if oxygen were let in
through the open door.
Two Vaults Opened -
Two of the vaults - one itl the
sheriff's office and one in the
crown attorney's office -were op-
ened Monday. None of t'he( con-
tents was damaged.
"MY vault was just the same as
it was when I locked it up Friday,"
Sheriff Nelson Hill said.
However; many valuable papers
and other items, used from day to
day, and not stored in the vaults,
were destroyed.
In the two offices of Clerk -
Treasurer A. H. Erskine, commit-
tee reports, unemployment insur-
ance books, invoices, cheques
which had taken six weeks to
make up, and several files full of
correspondence, went up in flames.
'Court Records Gone
In Magistrate D. E. Holmes' of-
fice, all records Ed' current cases
and all records of 'the work done
since the first of the, year, were
destroyed. '
Furniture and office equipment
in all but four offices was .de-
stroyed. Only three of 15 type-
writers and three of 18 desks were
saved.
The whole upstairs, housing the
court' room, jury room, lawyers'
and judges chambers and magis-
trate's office was destroyed. Down-
stairs the clerk's, treasurer's• and
judge's office and the law library,
which 'are in the centre' of the
building, were riled with debris
Which ..crashed through from the
roof above. All were (burned.
The four corner offices - the
sheriffs, engineer's, crown attor-
ney's and court clerk's - were
saved by a constant stream of
water which firemen poured' into
them.
seesia
8hoWn Frere, ,tops IS an architect's eketbh of the proposed Huron County Court House, which
will replace ,�tthftf' 1fOye$rold athUCttire.destroyed by fire rrlday evening. The present Court House
is affovirf •In the IOWer picture, taken a short ttrrie belere the fire. NOW all that remains of what
was once the.,.prldd"of' the OdUnij , are sniokeAblackened Wella and oligo of debris, from whish court.,
ty ofy'ICI$ls are salvaging as many as possible -of the county record$. .-
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ld Fashioned' Snow Storm Ties
Baldwins Take First
Two From Sailors
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Seaforth Baldwins took the open-
ing' game of their O.H.A. Junior 'B'
group finals here Saturday night as
they downed'the Sarnia Sailors 7-4.
More than 1,000 fang' saw the
fastest game played on Seaforth ice
in many months.
Sarnia opened the. game with
a steady power drive on the Sea -
forth -net, but was turned •back
quickly by the line of -Ron Muir,
"Cheeta" Chouinard and Ken Sten-
lund, who scored one each to give
the Baldwins a firm 3-0 lead at the
end of the first period.
The Baldwins continued their
drive early in the second frame
by adding three more within four
four tninutes but the Tars closed
the gap 6-2 before the period end-
ed. -
Both teams were held scoreless
in the first half of the final frame
as Satter was required to do'double
duty in the Seaforth net.
Although Sarnia outscored Sea -
forth 2-1 in the third they could
not overcome the Baldwins' lead.
The only injury of the game came
in the dying minute of play when
Glen Forbes received a serious
gasa in the left ear when hit by a
flying puck. Forbes required emerg-
eny attention at Scott Memorial
Hospital.
Ken Stenlund and Ron Muir led'
the scoring parade for the winners
with a pair each, while )3ob Dun-
can tallied two for Sarnia.
SAR'NIA-Goal, Dillon; defence,
Green, Ward, Laur, Guthrie; for-
wards, Hamilton, Duncan, Forbes,.
Moffat, Dunham, Beauchamp, Mc-
Grath, Cote, Vernon.
SEAFORTH-Goal, R Salter; de-
fence, Aitchison, Elliott, , Storey,
Barton; -forwards, Chouinard, .Sten-
lund, R. Muir, Stone, T. Salter,
Sh,ntz, Mcllwain, J. Muir,. !Rob-
erts.
Summary
First, Period -1, Seaforth, R.
Muir (Storey), 6':42; 2, Seaforth,
Chouinard (Stenlund), 6:47; 3, Sea -
forth Stenlund (Chouinard),7 40
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C.hristins Seal Sale
Increas Over Last Year
The annual meeting of the Huron
County Tuberculosis Association is
scheduled to be 'held in Clinton on
Tuesday, April 13.
At a dinner meeting held in Clin-
ton, Mrs. J. B. Russell, Seaforth,
secretary -treasurer, reported- that
total receipts for the -recent Christ -
meg Seal campaign were $9,842, an
increase of $715 over last year.
Fred J. Snow, Seaforth, president.
of the association, presided at the
meeting.
Mr., Mrs. Montgomery
Married Forty Years
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mont-
gomery marked the 40th annivers-
ary of their wedding on Sueday,
when member's of their family join-
ed with them in a family dinner
at their home on John Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery were
married rby the late Dr. F. H. Lar-
kin in Seaforth, and were attended
by Malcolm Montgomery, of Clin-
ton, and Mrs. Larkin. Mrs. Mont-
gomery was the former Ellen
Stacey, of Exeter, daughter of the
late Mr.' and Mrs. James Stacey,
while Mr. Montgomery is a son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Neil Mont-
gomery, of Winthrop and Harpur-
hey.
Following their marriage, Mr.
and Mrs. Montgomery farmed in
Harpurhey until their removal to
Seaforth 28 years ago, where Mr.
Montgomery conducts a successful
cartage business.
There is a family pf two sons,
Earl and Ross, and two daughters,
Mrs. H. 'Beuermann and Miss Luel-
la,• all of Seaforth: -
Credit Union ' Meeting
Hears Clinton Speaker
Members of Seaforth Credit Un-
ion, holding their annual meeting
in Seaforth Town Hall Friday eve-
ning, heard W. V. Roy, Clinton, ex-
plain the purposes and aims of
Roads Blocked, Wires Down'
]ohrMcClure9
Only 19 Birthday
As Sleet and Snow Strike
Those who have 'indicated regret because winters today are not
like they used to he, shld be satisfied. The 'old-fashioned' type winter
i, hioere this week, and there is no doubt about it.
Traffic throughout the district is at a'virtual standstill, as driving
snow has piled country roads high with drifts. Even on, roads' where
maintenance crews have found it possible to,k'eep ahead of the suow,
driving is almost impossible, with visibility reduced to a minimum.
Thursday morning snow was still -falling in greater quantity, probably,
than even it did on Wednesday.
,Eight Inches of Snow
If there is any doubt as to
the existence of a heavy fall of
snow during recent days, it can
be dispelled by reference to of-
ficial records.
According to George Baird,
Brucefield, who maintains met-
eorogical records in this dis-
trict, eight inches of snow fell
during the first three days' of
March, as compared to two
inches which fell during the
same period in 1953. The total
snowfall during March of last
year was but four and a half
inches.
McKillop Couple
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Mark Anniversary
• Commencing with a driving rain
on Sunday, on 'Monday cooler wea-
ther turned the rain into sleet, and
by Monday afternoon trees, wires
and TV antennae were beginning
Mr. and Mrs. William Dodds. of
Mt:Killop, will celebrate their' 25th
wedding anniversary on Saturday,
March 6.
Mrs. Dodds, the former Pearl
Webster, was married to William
Dodds, son of the late Mr. an,e1 Mrs.
Thomas Dodds, on \Mirth 6, 1929,
at the home of the bride'; parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Webster, Mc-
Killgp, by the Rev. W. P. Lane, of
Northside United Church. Seaforth
Mae Webster, now Mrs. Holland
Toronto, was ,her sister's brides-
maid, and Adam Dodds, Listowel.
was, his brother's groomsman.
After a wedding trip to Chica-
Second Period- 4, Seaforth, go, the couple farmed in McKillop
Shantz (Stone), 1:26; 5, Seaforth, 'Credit Union and describe how the Township. where they still reside.
Stenlund (Chouinard, R. `Muir), Platt was meeting ' with success They have onedaughter, Doro-
2:03; 6, Seaforth, R. Muir (Storey) throughout Ontario and Canada. ,f thy, Mrs. Fred McGregor, Tucker -
3:26; 7, Sarnia, Duncan (Forb'es), Mr. I by, who is secretary -man- .smith; one son Donald. at home,
ager of Clinton Credit Union, has and one grandson. Larry- McGregor.
16:09; 8, Sarnia, Ward (Hamilton),
11:32. •, 'been . identified with the organiza- I
IP lt' R 1Vf StoreyEl tion for some time.", He is a past!
ens res- uir, or A. W. Shiers is Sec
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ott, Ward!. president of the Stratford DistrictSecretary
Third Period -9, Seaforth, T. W. Chapter. `f Maitlandbank metery
Salter (Stone), 13:50'; 10, Sarnia, An interesting feature was a
Duncan (Forbes, Ward), 16:05; 11, question period, conducted by the 1 At a recent $meeting of the Mait-
Sarnia, Laur (Moffat), 19:15, speaker. Chairman of the meeting landbank Cemetery, Board, apprec-
Penalties - Guthrie, 'McGrath, was P. D. McConnell, president of ration . was express - i for the ser -
the Seaforth organization. vices rendered b Dr. F. Harburn,
Chouinard, Elliott. The meeting concurred in a pro - y
Seaforth at Sarnia posal to establish an educational tiie acted as secretary -treasurer of
the board for some time, and for-
Sarnia Sailors made it clear that
they weren't to be fooled with in
their OiH,A. group finals as they
forced the Seaforth Baldwins to do
double duty in Sailor Town Tues-
day night, to take the game 7-5.,
This made it two straight for the
Baldwins, as .they hold a 2-0 lead
in their best -of -seven series.
It was the offensive drive of Don
Stone, Tom Salter •and Mery
Shantz Ghat carried the mail for
the victors, as the line teamed,up
in the final frame to score both
Baldwin goals "and give Seaforth
their two -goal edge: Julius Chou-
inard flashed the red light t$'ice
for the Baldwins, as he came _up
with p, pair in the second stanza.
Tussy Dunham' turned in one of
his better performances for the
Tars as he rifled the puck past Ron
Salter twice.
After; receiving an ear injury in
Sea forfh on Saturdiay night, Glen
Forbes saw action again Tuesday,
while Seaforth was still without
the services of their defenceman,
Don Jessen, who is also suffl ring
from ear trouble.
e Sarnia defence made it extra dif-
ficult for the Seaforth visitors as
the strong Sailor backwall wars on-
ly broken ofPce i'rr the last. minutes
of the first period. Green •and Dun -
harm gave the Sailors a 2-0 lead in
the early minutes of the period be-
fore Stone finally put Seaforth on
the scorieg sheet.
Seaforth returned in the second
20 minutes to give Dillon in the
Tar nets the roughest treatment
of the night.. The Baldwins buzzed
the hometown goal for four' mark•
ers, while limiting the Sarnia Six
to a pair. This left the Baldwin
clan starting the final frame with
a slim 5-4 lead.
--Although the port crew eveeed
the score when Dunh'an1 scored at
the 6:06 mark of the .period, the
pressure of the Baldwins was
strong enough to mop the Sailor
deck for, two more tallies.
Summary
First Period -1, Sarnia, Green
(Forbes, Hamilton) 1:12; 2, Sar-
nia, Dunham 15:44; 3, Seafort,
Stone (Storey), 17:55.
Second Period - 4, Seaforth,
Shantz (Duncan, Ward), 10:52; 5,
Mania, Moffatt, 4:31; 6, Sarnia,
Forbes • (Duncan, Ward), 10:52; 7,
Seaforth, Stenlund (Storey), 11:38;
8, Seaforth, Chouinard (T. Salter)
15:15; 9, Seaforth, Chouinard;
15:40. Penalties - Ward, Elliott,
Green.
Third Period -•-•10, Sarnia, Dun-
ham (Moffatt, Ward), 6:06; 11,
Seaforth, Stone, 8:00; 12, Seaforth,
Shantz (T. Salter), 8:53. Penal-
ties-Aitcheson (2), Barton, Dun-
ham, Ward, Stenlund.
committee to explain the alms of
Credit Union throughout the dis-
trict.
Directors elected were W. E.
Southgate, P. D. McConnell, John
Flannery„ Jack Stevens and Claire
Reith, -
Credit Committee --Elmer La-
rone, Gordon Reynolds, H. E.
Smith.
Supervisory Committee - J. L.
Slattery, W. M. Hart, E. P. Ches-
ney.
•RED CROSS NOTES
Owing to the World Day of
Prayer being held Friday, the Red
Cross meeting has been postponed
to Friday. March 12, at 3 p.m.
W.I. To Identify Selves
From, Baby Pictures
The March meeting of ,the Sea -
forth Women's Institute will he
held at the home of Mrs. J. C.
Cornish on the afternoon of TuPs-
daY. March 9, at 2 p.m. The .roll,
call will be answered by tbrenging
your first .photograph, and a prize
will be given to the person guess -
mercy acted as a member ot• the
board for many years. His resig-
nation
esinnation was 'accepted with regret.
Alvin W. Sillt'ry has been ap-
pointed secret.art-treasurer of the
board. Other member, are: J. A.
Westcort, chairman; Ross Murdie.
James Henderson. A. McNichol and
Rev, J. W. Stinson, ax officio.'
to snap as a result of tons of ice
with which they were covered.
In Seaforth, several trees through-
out the town collapsed, and in one
case carried high tension wires
with it. P.U.C. crews in Seaforth
worked lo* hours restoring ser-
vice. Major damage was done the
fire alarm system when a high ten-
sion wire fell on an alarm wire.
This damage, too, had been almost
repaired by Wednesday afternoon.
Classes at Seaforth Public School<
were cancelled Monday morning un-
til hydro service was restored.
Buses serving Seaforth District' ter, Miss Ethel McClure, in 'Win -
High School had heavy going Wed-
throp, in the home to which he
nesday. All runs were cancelled retired 24, years ago. For manyThurs
Thursday. Leaving Seaforth on years he farmed at lot 34, conces-
the return trip two hours early cion 11, McKillop.
Wednesday afternoon, it was near
His wife, the former Agnes•
Smith, passed away three years
ago. Thereis a family of three
eons ands four daughters: M•rs. Ed,
Broadfoot and Mrs, John Simpson,
of Manitoba; Mrs. Garnet Taylor,
Staffa; 'Miss Ethel McClure, Win -
Despite the fact be is 90 yearsof
age, John. McClure, well 'k>
McKillop resident, has had live '19
birthdays.:He vw
born on Februarys
29, 1864.
Mr. McClure
didn't let the fact
that 1954 was not
a leap year pre-
vent him from cel-
ebrating his 90th.
birthday, which he
marked at a,
'fam-
ily gathering at
the home of hie
daughter, Mrs,
Garnet Taylor, at.
Staffa, on Sunday.
He received many
gifts and 'messages
from friends who
wished to remem-
ber him on the
occa(rioa:
Despite his years,
Mr. McClure ea'
joys good health
and keeps inform-
ed regarding district and national
events. • He lives, with his daugh-
ly eight o'clock by ..the time the
last bus had returned. Normally
the trips average less than two
hours..,
Seaforth garages with tow ser-
vice say business is booming. Calls,
both from town and from motor- throp; Roger, Manitoba; Robert
motor-
ists stranded on district roads,
were frequent. and James McClure, MOKiliop.
Seaforth Midgets, scheduled to
play in Wingham Wednesdayrnight,
were unable to make the drip be- Hibbert Co-op Dairy
cause of blocked roads. If roads
are open, Wingham Midgets•••'•vvill1 - • Shows Butter Increase
playplay here at 6:30 on Friday night. The annual meeting of the Hib-
bert Co-op Dairy Association Ltd.
Merry Maidens, Plan, was held in the Township Hall,
Staffa. Chairman for the meeting
Movie on Landscaping was Frank -Bruce. Norman Dow.
retiring director, was re-elected for
The Merry Maidens' Garden Clu a term of five' years.'
foe -1954. have 30 members to date. Brock, Monteith, Stratford, gave
`The'first meeting will be. Monday, r for 1953'and
mucin]• ..re t
March 8, at 8 o'clock in the nodi-
corium of the Seaforth District
congratulated the company on, the
. successful year it had. had•.
High School, when the H. C. Down- 1 An increase in production of 111,-
ham Nursery Co. wild show how to 000 pounds of butter over the pre -
Your
Cascada by "Landscaping vious year was noted and dividends
Four Home." This is a showing of of $29,721.49 were paid to patrons.
colored slides, accompanied by an Directors for 1954 are: presi-
informal, and• educational discus- ; dent, Frank Bruce; .vice-president,
sion on how to beautify your home Wellington Brock; secretary, Arch -
and increase the value of your ie Jeffery; ,directors, W. J. Fell
farm or property. ' and ,Norman Dow; office, W.
All members of the 1953 Club O'Brien; manager, G. M. Agar.
will be presented •with their silver
•
spoons, kindly donated by the T.
Seed Co., Winnipeg.' This is
a Hullett.Twp. Awards
a vee ry important meeting and it is
hoped every club member of 1953:
and 1954 will be present • Every-'
one in the 'community interested inGravel Contract
home beautification is cordially in-
vited to attend.
Farm Forums State Views
on "The School. Tax Rate"
i The regular monthly meeting of
Hullett Township Council was held
i Monday in the Community Hall,
Londesboro, at 2 P.m., the Reeve
and all firembers of the Council be-
itis; present. 1'he minutes of the
Last regular meeting of February 1
and special meeting of February
FRIENDLY FEW FORUM ' • the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon . rte were read - and adopted on
The Frienal> Few Farm Forum Coleman. �motion'of T. Leiper and E.,$esk
ntet at the hd:ne of Mr. and Mrs.McK•ILLOP FORUM At this time the auditor, Frapk
Earl Lawson on Monitay evening. Tatpbiyn, presented the audit for
The topic, "The School Tax .S.S. No. 2, McKillop Farm Forum • 1953 to the council. Brown and.
Rate," was discussed. The mem- met at the home of Mr. and Mrs., Hesk: That we accept the audi- „
hers felt that the school tax on Nelson McClure Monday evening of ; tor's report for 1953 aid the clerk •
this week. The radio broadcast; forward same to the printer,
the farm property was ton high
compared to the school tax oe, was considered very good am] was'Brown and, Leiper: That we pay
u, ban property. The urban taxpay- well received. the auditor $300 for the 1953 audit.
er is assessed on his bouse and The speakers agreed that the lite Leiper and Brown: That we don
lot, and the farmer is assessed on tie red schoolhouse still producer; ate a shield for the school whisk•'•'
his whole farm property. which is' a pretty fair type 01 citizen: also gets the most points at the Music
his source of income. (he environment in the rural areas Festival,.
At the close of the discussion gate the pupils a better chance for. The gravel tenders were called
study, as they did not have the ills-• for and opened. There were two
tractions that obtain in towns and tenders, George E. Radford, for 66'
cities. teats i'er cubic yard,- and Levis
The topic for disrussions was. Construction for 69 cents per tub,.
"Aro school taxes fair? How should is yard. On motion of Hesk and
they be set?" Question.1: Do you Leiper. George ltadford's tender for
think that the property school tax, crushing and hauling approximate -
is on • a fair basis'. '1 -he group , I. 12.0n0 yards gravel for the roads
thought that due to the recent eq- of 1tullee Township at 66 cents per
nalization of •ifeeessment in fbe yard, was accepted.
area the property tax. as -it applies The following motions were car -
to the little red schoollmuse. stems rigid: Leiper and Brown: That we
fair enough. but when we come to make a grant of $50 each to the
the hien school area, we say that Blyth Fair Board. Seaforth Fair
township pays more accordingly Board and Huron Central Fair
than the urban section of ratepay- Board of Clinton. Jewitt . and
ers. Figures given on the radio Brown: That the clerk notify the
stated two instances on the per Council of the Town of Clinton that
capita basis, namely: urban 22. we in the Township of Hullett con -
rural 26; and again, urban 96, rural shier that the Huron County Conn -
156. Again we say that school tax- eil being the body in authority In
Huron County are competent to
maize all decisions with regards to
the 'building and situation of the,
Huron County Court House, and
we, therefore, take no action on
the resolution proposed by tfie
Clinton Town .Council. Brown. and
Jewitt: That the accounts as Op -
proved be paid. .
, A motion by Leiper and Hesk,
that we make a grant of $8.6 to the
Summenhiil ,. Community 4011, 'Or ae \
lost. On motion" of Lelpef- and
Hesk council. -adjourned 'steel
on April 5, at 2 pin.
The fgllewing tyeceni a tw'ere;;•a'w
tiered paid: Adrveilti
plies, $$6.91; P. Xt
8150:' Walden tied' et
Charity, $146.624 grail
$T,659.61., 'i'otal, all:$
in ale greatest number correctly. period a few games of euchre were
A cordial invitation is given to. enjoyed, prize e inners being: most
the .grandmothers to - attend this amps. Mrs. Verne Dale and Wil -
meeting and a priztvatwill be given bur Jewitt; consolation. Mr. and
to the oldest. the youngest, and the Nr._ i -t :rrtic ltilr,y•
grandmother with the most grand-
children. PARR LINE FORUM
hunch committee for this gather- Tite Parr Lire Farm Forum met
ing is; sandwiches, Mrs. Lorne Monday ev-nine at the home of
Carter and Mrs. Eldon Kerr; cake, Mr anti Mrs. Eldon .Tarrott, Eigh
Mrrs. James Keyes and Mrs. Ross teen members e cre pt esent. Topic
Cordran. for discussion ,A .1 -The School Tax
Rate."
The first sere inn *as, "Do you
St. James' C.W.L. Has think that the t• eperty school tax
Regular Meeting is on a fair ba=ts?" The forum re-
plied that tiny 1hmtg',tt that the
The regular monthly meeting of property school r,ta 15 011 a fair
the C.W.L. of St. .Tames' Church basis. The reason they believe this
was held in the school hall on is because it is based on the new
Tuesday evening, The president
opened the meeting with the
League Prayer in unison by the
members. The minutes of the pre-
cious meeting were given by the
sebretary, Mrs. Maurice Etue.
Miss Marguerite Dunn, first vlCe-
president, repartee sending a box
of used clothing to Rev. Father
Smith, of Camrose,, Alta. Cor-
respondence was read by Mrs. Lemw
Rowland, including thank -you cards
from Margaret Ann Kenny, Flan-
nery family, John Kenny and Rev.
Thomas McQuaid. The visiting
committee reported 15 calks.
,The annual meeting will be held
on Tuesday, April 6, in the 'foci
of a, ,got -rook denizen reading
was given by Miss Dunn, and the
meeting was adjourned by Miss
Rose Dorsey.
equalization assessment.
Second question was. "Do you es should he steed on the per
think that any improvements can , e'ap)ta. basis as well as on proper -
be made in our system of school ty. •
Question 2: Do you think any
improvements are needed in the
system of school finance in your
Province? We .suggest that if the
township rate was changed to coun-
ty rate, it probably would result in
more equality, and amt, we fae'dr
a per e.a.pita rate as well as pro-
perty 'rate.
Discnssihn was followed by pro-
gressive euchre. Winners were:
ladies, Mrs. Ellwood Clarke, Mrs.
Sam Storey, Mrs. T. McMillan':
e'en, Sam Storey, Bert' McCtttre ,
William - Storey.
The next tneeting will be 'held
et the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. E..
Mc'llfillan.
flnanie in your province?" In re-
ply to this question the forum
thought that there should be grants
from the Federal Uovernment When,
comparing the per capita expense'
in Canada of $48.28 ora liquor, with
$22.57 on edueation.1 The forum
felt that the government should
spend at least half of this tax for
educational purposes.
After the discussion period, pro-
gressive euchre was enjoyed. Lad-
ies' high went to Mrs. Gordon Cole-
man; congelations Mrs. John Bak-
er; men's high, Merles Itobineon;
coneolati'on, Wilfred Mouuseati,
° Lunch was served .r by the ladies.
The next meeting will be held at
tiok