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Mr, and Mdrs,}KO. bert Kirk li a
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known Walton residents, were i Provincial Constables Robert
stantly killed early Tuesday en Dei`}s and Charles' Salter, of Wing-
Of Ethel, when; their "car 'Cr— haw, iuverkbyted.
�.' ', Mrs kby was the former
into a. tree. Mr. and Mrs Kirkby. Margaret Margareten
Ben Walker, Bruss .
at' about 12:15 "a.m, when the .,ac- •and Rbbert Kirkby was' the son o
*lent . occurred. ' • IIi r. and . Mrs.Herbert • Kirkby,
Mr. Kirkby, 36, was. well known Walton. Surviving besides the par
throughout Western Ontario, wile e: ents are three children: David; 14
' he hadYearacedhorses for the petit Mare;: 11, and Robert, 10, all
Cliffgrd I;ondend, a former 4, ''tending Walton public school. M
township spy rkby is also ,survived by foil!
'reeve heard the crash brothers: George, of Burwas
Which,, occurred in front elf his Lewis„ of California; Finnic; Wa
farm' home: He. summoned police,,; ton, and..Thomas; McKillop To
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Coroner 'Dr. R. W. .Stevens' of Ship.. The` bodies were taken tO
Brussels,' Set an.inquest for March Box Funeral Home, Seaforth, a• re
a are now resting at the Wilke
S.D•H•S• Increases:—
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y-. . Duff's United Church, Walt
To Total i5DD0�: fieere ld ata2 neral service will • b
p.m. Interment will b
Salary increases totalling approx-. m Brussels cemetery.
finitely $15,000. were. agreed on at
a special meeting of the S.D'•H:S.
Board, held Wednesday evening. Junior Institute
The action • was taken as a result Features Education
of a request from the staff to Vin,
Seaforth Topnotch Juvenile B s' Ad AXE t
• were victorious in winning the
ale, Western Ontatiq. Juvenile„ "B"
f championship over Listowel !6.5 at
of Seaforth.' arena #..Wednesday,
- Reeve Norman Seoins introduced
President Nelson Hil•I, of the W 0
WHILE' .PUPILS at EginondviJin 'ehool May not have been
too interested in the speech-makingat the, ceremonies opening
an addition to the school, theywon't likely forgetthe event. It.
was an occasion when 'there was lots of cake ..for everybody,
° and it was thoroughly enjoyed, as this i)icture proves.
(Photo by Phillips)
Egmondv.IiIe Ope:ns
New School Addition
Thenew addition to the Egmond-
ville public scbool was—officially
opened Friday afternoon when
Wilmer Broadfoot, former chair='
man of the : Tuekersmith school
area board, cut a ribbon and de-
clared the . new addition open, be -
for a large number of ratepayers.
Ceremonies preceeding the open-
ing were held in the basement of
Egmondvi3te• United Church, .where
Ross Forrest, chairman of the
hoard, introduced the guest speak-
ers, after, calling on Dr. J. Semple.
To Check Oleo Use
Mitchell Concentrated Milk Pro-
1ucers' Local met at Stacey Bros'
factory in Mitchell, When a com-
mittee was appointed to inquire in-
to how much margarine was be-
ing used in District. High Schools.•
The local was of the 'opinion that
dairy -farmers pay a large school
tax, and for this reason felt the
matter should be investigated.
Delegates to .go to the annual
meeting at Ottawa were named
and include Russel Ballantyne, St.
Pauls; Isaac Bartja, Monktob;
Walter Muegge; Mitchell; and Rob-
ert Taylor, Clinton.
The local played' host to the Mit-
chell and- Seaforth High School
home economic classes in a con-
ducted tour of -Stacey Bros.' fac-
tory.
S.P.S. Pupils•Vie
in Public Spewing
The annexal parents' night and
public speaking contest at Seaforth
Publicchooi on Tuesday was well
attended. Those competing were:
Jiniors, , Jan Praiser, 'Christie Dob-
son, Paul `Bdshart, Susan De Boer,
Bruce Brady, Mary Jenn. McLean,
Jane'Boshart,. Gordon Garrett, Ber-
nie Jessome and Wendy Fry. The
winners 'tea Jon Praiser, first;
Wendy Piny, second.
-Intermediates: Barbara. Holland,
Nancy Berger, Kim McLean, Ken-
- ny Cardia,: Darrell Schneider and
Lee FlemRing. Winners were: Ke i -
ny Cardio, first; Lee Fleming,
second.
Seniors:, Penny Johnston, Bar-
bara Talbot, Bobby Muegge, Nora
Gorwiit, Donald Muegge and Bruce
Miller. Winners: Bruce Miller,
first; Penny Johnston; second,.
Judges- were Miss Laidlaw, Dr.
J. Semple and Rev. J: H. James.
The chairman was f. E. Willis..
Musical numbers on the program
included: guitar solo,. by Penny
Johnston; doube trio, The Harmony
Boys, sang "The Blue Bells of
Scotland", and. a piano solo by
Batbara Talbot. .
Nine Tables Play
At O.E.S. Euchre
eastern Star Lodgeeld another
successful • euchre on Monday eve-
ning when nine tables were in
play. Prizes were won .by:. first,
Mrs. Charles ,Reeves and, Charles
McMichael; lone hands, Mrs.Les.
IVIeChire and Alex Irwin; consola-
tion, Mrs. Gordon McGee& and
Andrew • Crozier.
Doug Keys Wins
Silver Tray at OAC
Douglas . Kees, third ear 'Stu-
dent,at CitA.C, on. Wednesday' was.
awarded a silver Tray as a result
of having . , Tthe most points .far
shownianslti , in the r agronomy;
se?ctio ,ail
of the church to invoke divine
praise.
G. G. Gardiner, former area
school inspector, said the opening
is "a real milestone in the history
of Tuckersmith," and that'the new
addition is the first to. be com-
pleted by a rural board in Huron
County.
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Reeve Ivan Forsyth ,congratulat-
ed the board and recalled. 'the na-
ture •of, educational' facilities that
had been provided in Egmondville
through 'the ,years. •
Renunding his, audience .that the
public. to-: an: Increasing extent 'is
pi
acing responsibility, • that one`
was that of thehome,. on the schooi,
chool Inspector G. J. Goman said
this had the effect of increasing
the cost of education.
Despite this increased demand
or• service, educational costs were
or out of line, he said Mr..Go-
man said on the basis of the av-
erage assessment in Tuckersmith
of between $4,000 and $6,000, cost
of 'education in the township is be -
ween 11 and 14 cents daily per
rm, no matter how large the
family.
The total approved cost for ad -
tions and alterations was $23,-
03.30. Mr, Goman commended
e board on the financing of the
project, and stated' the final pay-
ent on the school•Fwill be paid by
58.
Others who were present and
oke briefly were Thomas Pryde,
.P.P. for Huron; M. Falconer,
ce-chairman of the school board;
P. Roberts, secretary-treasur-
of the school board, and A. Y.
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John McGavin,
McKillop Resident,
Has 92nd Birthday
A well-known McKillop resident,
John McGavin, marks his 92nd
birthday on Thursday. He will
spend the day quietly at the home
of his son, Gordon McGavin,,
Born in Stanley Township, the,
son of the former Elizabeth Gra-
ham, Bayfield, -and William Me -
Gavin., ,a native of Ireland, he
moved with his parents to lot 21,
concession 12, McKillop, as a child.
He was married to the former
Stella Barry, who predeceased
him 26 years ago. Following his
marriage he commenced farming
almost across the road on the
farm now operated by his son.
There are two in the family, a
daughter, Jennie, Mrs, William
Turnbull, and a son, Gordon.
There are sevengrandchildren
and eleven great-grandchildren.
Mr. McGavin • for more than 30
van ung into <i itl.H.A* p a neral on -
•downs the ,,J -ilea .will .neat: of,a :bas tf!
no eburg in the. fi first game .of ony ;Hithe gh,
send -01,4s a't S'eaforth .(ta of the sea.
night) 'Thursday. t St t' lyla
Pauli, ompson, Sehenk,i err;' + entte. ever
Brown; forwards,
Wight; Ron fgrtli o �ven� the,£
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SFAFOftThl .-Goat,.. 'M.`cGonigle • first r i J
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defence;
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at OA., who presented the cup to OFi
T" team captain Bill Roberton. S c of n s, Roberton, McClinchey, counter at. 3:41 `of< theca :A Si
ur ; The ' crowd was disappointingly Besse, Wallace, King.
h; small in comparison with the cal- lt cut Lina St, ubled .gain se e
1- iber of hockey the boys played for fence, He y, Parrish, Pesten,Weber' Arm- I this
later ooThe a n oe I
- the championship, Ron Scorns and itage;- forwards, Baitja, French,' game was. Seafortji's at 11."
1. B a Pair Edwards, Eckel, Aitchison, Isier, a 3-2 score.
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Heckle. I Seaforth
a single, while Paul Besse journeys ;to rpt
ng goal for St. Marys 3, Seaforth 2 • for the .s�Xth geniejr urs e
the rs Pepe
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ill Roberton'each scored
for the victors; Bob Wright snap-
pedsnapped in the winning
e Ju eidies.
If a seventh game
on, , _ Seafdrth unions dropped a close will be played htere.~Sat}1
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plement minimum schedules as "Self -Help and Community Bet
recommended by the Teachers'. t relent" was the motto of th
Federation, junior Institute when they met in
It was indicated that a substan- S.D.H.S. Tuesday evening. The ro
tial portion of the increase will be, -nail was answered by, "What au
recovered as a result of 'recentl,y community needs .., most.on " Educe
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announced increased' provincial Keyes read an article "
grants, based on number of. pupils tion Week," encouraging the young
and .attendance. people to continue their education
The new schedtde as adopted by A poem entitled, "Old Maids,"was
the board is a compromise be- read by Marjorie -Smith'. The ho
tween that requested by the Fed:chest competition for the Fall Fai
eratign and what has been in ef- was discussed,
d. • It provides a new minimum ' The topic, "You and ` Yo
of $3.800, an increase of $600, and Home," was given by Dorothy
a maximum of $6,800, up $1,000• Keys., the president, who discussed
Specialist maximum is $7,000, up family and community Iife. She
$1,200• had attended the third annual
The board accepted the resigna-. Homemaking Conference at the On -
tion of Mrs, Jean Buchanan, ef- tario Agricultural College, Guelph;
fective June 30, and of Mrs. Alice last June, Mary Broadfoot gave
McKennell, effective March 31. the current events and Mrs. Ross.
Mrs. Buchanan taught lower school Gordon a demonstration on:,..un.-
subjects, while Mrs. McKennell is breakable 'dishes. Marion Hem -
school secretary. ingway led a sing -song, accompan-
ied by, Marjorie Papple,
Set Inquest elate . Mrs. George Robertson, who is
�A q �7 judging the meetings for the Jun -
In McBride Crash for Farmers Meeting Improvement
trophy, spoke and wished the club
every success in .the coming year..
Inquest into the death of Alvin "Income Tax" was the topic dis•
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S. McBride, '60, of Exeter, fatally messed by the Junior Farmers
injured February 26 in a motor Vie' est W. E. 'Southgate, Seaforth,
crash north of Exeter, will be held spoke. Comments were given by
at 2 p.m., March 12, in Exeter George Robertson, the judge.
Town Hall. The joint meeting opened with
Coroner Dr. J. C. Goddard will the Junior Farmers song with Ken
preside and Crown Attorney H. Campbell in .charge. Two films on
Glen Hays will examine witnesses, Community Relationship w e r e
Driver of the second car involv- shown. Tickets were given out to
ed was Glen Nixon, R.R. 4, Sea- the members for the annual Jun -
forth. for Farmers Parent Night and
Banquet, being held in Cavan
years has been shipping stock to Church,, Winthrop, on March 13.
Toronto and making regular trips Don MeCutcheon, Shelburne; will
each week to the city. While dur- be guest speaker. Anyone wishing
ing the last year or two he has tickets is asked to contact Elsie
eliminated some of the trips, he Keyes. Plans were made for the
enjoys nothing more than the op- Junior Farmers At -Home being
portunity of visiting those with held in Seaforth on April 26. An -
whom he worked with so many nouneement was made of the
years in Toronto. County Junior Farmers annual
Despite his years, he enjoys ex- meeting being held Thursday eve-
cellent health and keeps himself ning in Clinton. • Huron County
fully informed as to the activities, Junior Farmers are competing in
not only of the district, but also the TV competition and will ap-
of the Province and Dominion, pear on' Alman.c. CKNX-TV on
His many friends will join The March 19- Those taking part in
Expositor in extending heartiest the skit are Larry Wheatley, Cath -
congratulations and best wishes to erine Campbell, Bill Strong, Lois
him. Jones and Ross Kercher
, SEAFORTH TOPNOTCH -JUVENILES defeated Listowel in the final game of "a hest -of -three
series here Saturday night and won the W.OAA. Championship. Here Huron County Sheriff; Nel- -
son Hill (right), president of the' W.OAA., presents the trophy 'o team captain Bili Roberton,
while coach Ken Powell looks on,
(Photo by Phillips)
FRIENDS HONOR G. W. MONTGOMERY;
AGRICULTURAL REP. 6 YEARS LEAVES
Friends from all areas in Huron
with whom he had worked 'during
his years honored Gerry Mont-
gomery, former Huron County ag-
ricultural representative, and his
wife, on the eve of their depar-
ture for their new home in Toron-
to. The event, attended by about
500. was held in S.D.H.S, auditor-
ium Friday evening.
-Sewer Tile Buys
Additional Land
To iate
expansion, Seforth Sewer Tilde room for e Ltd.
has purchased 31 acres west of its
present location on No. 8 High-
way. The area will provide addi-
tional stock piling facilities, made
necessary by the increased pro-
duction that is planned, according
to Peter Christensen.
An additional eight acres, lying
between the Seaforth Sewer Tile
property and the first sideroad. has
been purchased by Mr. Christen-
son. Of this_.area, two acres has
been rented to a Toronto 'nursery,
Mr. Christensen said, and. it is ex-
pected that planting of large num-
bers of roses and plants will coin-
mence earl
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Huron Liberals Nominafe•
1V�CcLean at Clinton Meet cr
ing our demand for labor and ser-
vices too high in the face of threat-
ening inflation.
"I believe, .however, that condi-
tions at present are not as bad as
they were," he said. He felt that
in the long run, 1957 may prove to
be a better, year. even than was
1956,provided• no new strains are
Huron Liberals, filling Clinton reduce Canada's public,. debt of
Legion Hall to capacity on Friday
evening, nominated Andrew Y:
McLean to contest the riding in
the forthcoming . federal election.
Mr. ,McLean represented the form-
er riding. of Ilrttron-Perth prior to
.the election of 1953, when the rid-
ing was absorbed into Huron rid-
ing,
Others who were nominated but
who declined in favor of Mr: Mc-
Lean were: Hugh Hill, of Gode-
rich; Hugh Hawkins, of Clinton;
Earl Campbell, of Hay Township,
and ex -warden of Huron.
Main speaker of the evening was
Hon. Walter E. Harris, Federal
Minister .of Finance, Chairman of
the meeting was Hugh Hawkins,
president of the Huron Liberal As-
sociation. More than 400, repres-
enting.:every corner of the riding,
were present at the meeting.
• "We 'have a larger crowd here
tonight and a more enthusiastic
one than at the Huron Domination
pfeeting of four -years ago," said
Finance Minister Harris, as he ex-
pressed confidence as to the fu
ture.
Aware of the audience's interest
in the forthcoming budget and of
the hope for decreased -taxation,
Hon. Mr. Harris 'pointed out' that
the Liberal government had re-
duced taxes since 1953 by some
• $260,000,000, He told of deficits in
1954 and 1955, which preceded the
surplus. of last"year. •
He—said, he felt it was wise , to.
use some of the aresent surplus to
MORON LIBERALS nomin-
ated A. Y. McLean as Candi-.
date at the forthcoming fed-
eral election at an enthu asfie
meeting hi Clinton Friday.
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$11,000,000,000. He indicated that
some of the surplus would be used
also to reduce taxes and, to provide
for new social services.
He pointed out that the number
of people in Canada was growing
and the volume of services to be
provided for them was growing
also. • He warned against stretch
- placed on the country's economy.
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Finance Minister Harris obviously then aid to the municipalities. It
favored the temporary postpone- all added up to more than three
ments" of some projects forthe
present time until it was more
apparent how things would turn
out.
He cited national defence, cost-
ing well over a billion dollars as
billion dollars, he said.
"I would like to be in a posi-
tion to cut down on national de-
fence expenditure, but Canada is
not going to be in that position
the greatest for a long time," he said. Rea -
government expendi- sons for this, he said, was Can-
ture, with social services next and (Continued on Page 8)
Mr. Montgomery has accepted a
position as agricultural agent in
Ontario with the CN,R. His of-
fice will be in Union Station, To-
ronto. He has served as agricul-
tural representative in Huron since
August 1. 1951.
William Jewitt, reeve of Hullett
and chairman of the agricultural
committee of "Huron County, was
master of ceremonies. County War-
den Harry Gowdy spoke briefly,
commending Mr. Montgomery as
"an excellent agricultural repre-
sentative," and thanking him for
the co-operation and friendship he
has given.
Other speakers were Thomas
Pryde, M.P.P. for Huron; R. G.
Bennett, former agricultural re-
presentative 'for Huron; Douglas
Miles, newly - appointed Huron
county agricultural representative;
Ralph White. Perth county agricul-
tural representative; Arthur S.
Bolton, assistant representative for
Huron. and Thomas Easton, new-
Iy-appointed Huron office assistant.
A farewell address was read by
Gordon Greig, former fieldman of
the County Federation of Agricul-
ture. The presentation of a wrist
watch was made' by Robert Allan,
and a gift was presented to Mrs,
Montgomery by Earl McSpadden,
president of the Huron County
Seaforth Minister
On TV Course
Rev. Bruce W. Hall last week
attended a five-day training work-
shop in religious radio and TV for
ministers of London Conference.
Gordon Alderman of WHEN -TV
Syracuse, assisted Rev, Charles H.
Schmitz, of New York, the direc-
tor of broadcast training for the
National Council, of Churches in
the United States, in leading the
workshop. Rev, Keith Woollard, di- Mrs. J, F. Sib
rector of radio and TV for the Grummett, Rober�a trpbellosand
United Church of Canada, was Earl MeS adden theentieg the
present. Mr: Hall was one of 34 Seaforth p a 1 Fal Bciari . - attid
ministers invited, Also present ed the Ontario ,A�grietif • Sphle-
were R .' D
Revs. :0; Walt; Dungan- tits' Con{veht bad� onto
non; J. R Watt, Mitchell, and J. last wdr,:::4
W. A. Stinson, London. • . `Earl,Me a d - !
The Sessjotls ere° •held, vii i to)c secreta a s' otl
United Church �d at• at 'the unti•. ns „b:114 d
studios • A � ' f'ey,sti�eie p';iet groitii: disc
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Junior Farmers' Association.
Mr. Montgomery,on behalf of his
wife and himself, thanked the peo-
ple of Huron for their friendship
and co-operation during their stay.
in the county.
Members of the organizing com-
mittee were Arthur S. Bolton, Wil,.
liam Turnbull, president of Huron
Soil and Crop Improvement Asso-
ciation; Robert P. Allan, Douglas •
McNeil, president of Huron Fed-
eration of Agriculture, and Earl
McSpacjden.
Wellington Brock
Heads Hibbert Coop
Wellington Brock was elected
president of the Hibbert Co-opera-
tive Dairy Association at the an-
nual meeting held in Staffa, Other
officers for the next year are
Norman Dow, vice-president; J.
M. Scott. secretary -treasurer; W.
T. Fell and Arthur Kemp, direc-
tors; Gerald Agar, manager.
Annual reports showed a patron-
age bonus had been paid, amount-
ing to $45p85. The company had
an active year, manufacturing
1,072;480 pounds of butter.
Lady Bowlers
Sponsor Bridge
The Ladies' Bowling Club held
their fourth bridge and euchre of
the season Monday afternoon at
the home of Mrs, Frank Sills, Jr.
The bridge prize won by Mrs. John
Patterson and donated by Miss
Alice Reid, Euchre prize was won
by Mrs. Tony- Phillips and donated
by Miss Janet Cluff.
A delicious lunch was served by
the committee in charge: Mrs.
John Longstaff. Mrs. Harold Con-
nell, Mrs, Lloyd Hoggarth, Mrs.
Stewart Gordon and Mrs. John'
Beattie.
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