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The Huron Expositor, 1968-08-08, Page 1Whole NG!. 0239 109th Year 11 11 s SEAFORTHI .ONTARRY, THURSPAY, AUGUST 41968 ,-7A 10 PAGES Tree Blocks Main Street Traffic • . Workinen 'are busy removing a tree on Main St. in front of Jack Ungarian's home after the tree was felled by the high winds which struck Seaforth Monday night. The tree forced rerouting of traffic and played considerable havoc with hy ro lines and street lights which came down when,the huge tree fell. Town foreman Harold Maloney (left) and Alf Price (hid- den in the tree) aid in the clean-up. (Photo by Cantley). , , , McKillop Barn :Damaged by Wind A fierce twister brought on by Monday night's storm lashed at the barn olGordon Pryce just east of Winthrop and tore gaping holes 'in the walls and lifted the .steel portion of the roo reading it far into the fields. The barn contained considerable grain which- had to be re- rnov4to dry storage before additional rains caused further harm. (Photo by Cantley). 100th Birthday Party Reports Indicate Success Seaforth's Homecoming Week- end and Centennial celebration over the July lst weekend at- tracted home hundreds of for- mer residents and thousands Of area people for the festivities. Now there hievery indication that the celebration wfll, be a financial success as well and , will show astneil profit. The coma:ghee ,in charge it`a, meeting Thursday evening le, viewed the threellay .eyetit and heard reports from. committee chairmen. • While most of the accounts are in, some are held up in the mail and as well costs involved in use of the arena and of the Lions Park haye not been worked out, treasurer R. S. Mac- Donald said. Estimating out- standing items' heti taking into consideration a quantity of wooden nickels that remain to be 'sold, he suggested theevent would show a small profit. Nickels on Sate " The committee agreed there was a continuing demand ,for wooden nickels. These will con- tinue to be available in Sea - forth and area stores. Dr. J. C. MacLehnan, general chairman, expressed apprecia- tion to all committee chairmen and methbers of individual corn- mittees for, the time and do -op- eration which each had extend- ed. "It was a splendid success" he said, echoing comments heard -following the event, "but this was possible only because eVery- body. Worked together." • Mayor Frank Kling added his congratulations to the members of the general committee as well ' as to all others who participat- ed iii planning and carrying out the celebration. He recalled the extent to which perfect Weather the success of th eve Members of the general or- ganization responsible for the celebration were: Chairman: Dr. J. C. MacLennan; vice-chair- man: A. Y. McLean; secretary , Mrs. William Box; Treasurer, • R. S. MacDonald; committees: invitations, Mrs. J. McConnell; decoratioes, D. Sills, W. Scott; ministerial, Rev. J. C. Britton; cue, Reeve Cart Dalton; adver- publicity, Mrs. O. Olce; barbe- Five Sent.to- Hospital. ., , . tising, W. D. Stephenson; birth - mer Larone; SDHS reunion, L. day ball, R. S. Box; parade, El- In Area Auto 114 isha had contributed to the enjoy anent compared to the over 100 degree weather that had existed during the previotts ,Old Boys Relation in'1955. Hear Reports Reports presented indicated the birthday ball produced 'the most revenue with a net of $1,773.34. The reunion event was financed initially with a grant of $500 from the town and in - addition the committee received a donatiOn of $5. Other revenue included the old time ball game $203, regisfratiom $208 barbe- cue $200, wooden nickels, $301.- 76 and rides $79.00. • Expenditures 'included par- • ade bands and prizes $638; street decorating $116; advertising, ar- ea weeklies, TV and radio, $484.- 65; printing and stationery $134; invitations, registration and pos- tage $284; wooden nickels $518.- 95; Sunday evening bandconcert $258; miscellaneous $62.22. There were little ,costs invol- ved in the Sunday afternoon drumhead service, in the school reunion nor in the windup cere- monies. There was a small Toss on the Sunday raidnight street dance. Dr. MacLennan said' he had written letters to organizations and individuals outside the Nun. munity wile had contributed to Two successive nights of high Winds, lightning and rain had: Seaforth POD, Dell .TeIPP119000,4 Pollee and street crews reeling in the Walt(' Of, power- tions and. limb littered streets resulting from the steams. Power was disrupted In netir. ;t1 I M.:, SirEcti. and Rains Sib/ ly all parts of Seaforth fer most eight hours late Tuesday night and early Wednesday as falling trees and iightnin8 knocked out poWer units. The entire east side of the town's. business section was without power and telephone serirlee as Tour of 'Area Thieves 4 Spreads to' Seaforth Seaforth was one of the corn- • abandoned on the 10th Conees- munities in the area involved Sion in McKillop Township. The by a series of thefts and break- car was owned by James Ban - ins over the weekend. non 6f Stratford. Robberies were reported early Saturday at the Thomas G. But- ters hardware store in Dublin. Three rifles and a shotgun as Well as a large amount of am- munition were taken in the theft along with two radios, an elec- Thieves broke a front wind- ow oY the liquor store and were believed to have entered the store by the window. However,, Jim Kelly, an employee at the store, said, after a stock was 'taken, "Nothing was stolen. They just broke in." Gord Seaforth pollee chief, said thieves were unable to enter by way of the door be- cause all Ontario liquor stores are equipped with door locks which eannot be opened from either the outside or the inside without a key.' , The Boyes Farm. Supply preA mises were also . broken into early Saturday morning. Thieves two from Stephen Murray and made off with a tool box con- Mervyn Bodkin of McKillop taining about $2,000 worth of Township were stolen and lat- er recovered. Two youths, Michael Staple- ton, 18, Dublin, and 'Thomas Krautkopf, 19, Stratford and formerly of Dublin, --were ar- rested in Milverton Saturday af- ternoon in connection with the incidents. Both were remanded in Stratford Court Tuesday un- til Thursday. ,tric drill, skill saw and a small amount of change from the till. Following the theft thieves fired four rifle bullets and two shotgun shells at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Brown, Dublin and at the car of their son, John. Gunshots were later heard in Hibbert Township. + Four motor vehicles, one each from Stratford, Monkton and oo s. e tool box was owned by a Seaforth mechanic, Wayne Scott. Loose change was also taken from the till and from the soft drink machine. The thieves also damaged an adding mach- ine and spread papers around the office. The tools were later recovered in a stolen car which was found In Tuckersmith Council Considers Paving Problem Paved driveways which a num- ber of Tuckersmith residents have inhtalled while adding to McKillop Defers * Action Meleillop Council has agreed to defer appointment of a road superintendent until later this year. The position became vac- ant with the resignation of Wil- son Little who recently was ap- pointed clerk -treasurer. Council at the August meet- ing on Tuesday agreed direction for the road program would be t e responsibility of Reeve Ken Ste and council until Nov- ember. The arrangement is sub- ject to departmental approval. Council agreed with a recom- mendation of the twp auditors to seek approval fordhe destruc- tion of vouchers, etc., up to and including December, 1963. Sign- ing authority was given the reeve and clerk -treasurer. Councillor Allan Campbell (continued on page 4) the ' neatness of the properties, could cause trouble in the fu- ture Tuckersmith council was told at its August meeting Tues- day evening. Road superintendent Allan Nicholson said the problem arises because -some of the driveways are. extended into the road allowance. The paving fails to conform to existing grades and could cause drain- age problems he said and sug- gested that where any work of this nature was contemplated the road department be noti- fied so that proper grade could be established and necessary drainage determined. In this way disruption to the paving, with resulting ,costs to the ow- ners, could be avoided. Council gave final reading to' a . by-law covering the Geary ' Creek Drain installed by Mb- bert Township. 'Approval has been received. from the department of High- ways for the acceptance of road construction at the perimeter of CFB Clinton as a special pro- ject for neg. Council is now awaiting formal appreval from DND Ottawa on a grant of $22,000 to apply on the $70,000 Project. , P. Plumsteel; Le on Ch I , ar Wood; Police, Traffic, Chief G. Hulley; reception, Mayor F. Kling; old timers' game, F. Phil - ilia, W. R. Smith; street frolic, Mrs. N. C. Cardno; windup pro- gram, Thomas Wilbee. _Smiles . The judge was examining a man accused ot theft. . "DM you steel the man's over- coat?" he deartanded. "No sir," said the accused. ."I was just playing a joke on hirn." "What did you do with the coat?" asked the judge. al took it off the oat rack in tale restaurant and carried it A home .with nte," • Fifty dam% and ten days.hi. Jail, "for carrying the take too Three residents of tbe Brun- ner Nursing Home and a year-old boy and his babysitter were taken to Seaforth Commun- ity Hospital Tuesday afternoon after the ear in which they were riding went out of control and rolled on Huron County Road 25, four miles east of Walton. Mrs. Jonas jantzie, 56 of Brunner, driver of the ear, was taking four residents of the home and the boy she baby-sits for an affernoon drive when the aceident occurred around 4 p.m. - Mrs. Jantzie suffered a frac- tured left arna and lacerations. She was taken to Seaforth Com- munity Hospital, then transfer- red to St. Joseph's Hospital, London. 0 She was reported in 'co satisfactory "ndition Tuesday night. The boy, Kevin Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry of 13runner, suffered lacerations to the head. Ile was treated at Sea - forth Hospital .and released, Mrs, him Leis, -79, 6f the • Brunner Nursing Home, suffer- w ed a fractured right elbow. She was taken ti) the Seaforth hos- pital and then transferred to St. Joseph's in London where she was reported in satisfactory Also in the car were Mrs. Leis' husband, 02, Peter Nefzi- ger, 82, and Miss.Mary Nefziger, 66, e nursing home. They were treated and released. a huge, tree fell in a lanewaY at the rear of ,Gingerich Sales and Service' and pulled down wires. The tree narrowly missed taking down, le We- earrying a transformer and .connecting ar- ray. PVC crews had restored power.b3r,`;,-early Wednesday morning to most users. Traffic lights at the intersec- tion of Main and Highway 8 also, W:e.ra irggeired out of coin - mission and town Constable Jelin Sinnemon used the polico ! ear with its flashing red light to control traffic. Another tree fell at the inter- section of East William and Franklin Streets and blocked traffic along East William. •A large branch also overhung the entrance to West St. ,off Goder- ich St. A large tree on the Beat- ty Property on Church, Street was uprooted. Power lines were down at Wil - Dr. J. C. MacLennan SlnglePOP1eel,22 CezP .0.00 A 7!e$4' in 4411/44!0` Sen and James Streets as well as parts of the eat side, of Gederich Street past 'Where some residents were still with- out power late. WechleadaY mor. ning. Telephone service was still lacking to many businesses and homes at the east side for the better part of Wednesday. Phones Out Huron Expositor employees arrived at work early Wednes- day morning ready to go .to press but discovered the presses ran backwards. They had to wait until workmen could .reconnect the lines and restore normal operations. The Expositor was without telephone service throughout Wednesday. The hour and a half display, •by the elements Tuesday, was only an anti -climax, according to many residents; of the storm and high winds which beset the Councillor Dies While Driving Car Dr. John Clarence MacLen- nan, a member of Seaforth Council, died shortly before noon Saturday raorning as he was driving his car north along Main Street. He was, 60. Dr. MacLennan was sub -dis- trict veterinarian in charge of the Federal Department of Ag- riculture Health .ef Ankaals branch which he opened here 20 years ago. He had returned from a cell te Dashwood and had completed some reports in the office 'in the Pot Office 'building_ He was on his way to his Centre Street home when he was stricket0 His car glanced off a car near the Main and John Street intersection anli. sideswiped a car owned by William Bennett parked in front of Crich's Res- taurant. Donald Etue, 14, ran for the car and managed to bring it to a stop before it en- tered the busy intersection of Main Street and No. 8 Highway. During the years he haf been a resident of Seaforth, Dr. Mac- Lennan had taken an active part in the -community., He had been a member and was a fornier chairman of 'the Public School board. As a member of the town council since 1966 he Was chairman of the protection to persons committee. Ile was an active member of Seaforth's Killed Crossing Highway Funeral services were held here "Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Earl Deans, 368 Calgary St., London. Mrs, • Deans, 32, the former Verna Kathleen Forbes of Sea - forth, was killed early Sunday morning on Highway 22, one and a half miles ,south of Lobo. ...The accident occurred as Mrs. Deans stepped from the ear in which she was riding with her husband. She was struck by a car which police say was' driven by Leonard E. Smith of RR,‘ Strathroy. Mrs. 'Deans was born in Sea-. forth, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adin Forbes and attended public school and Seaforth Dis- trict High School. She is survived by her hus- band to whom she was married in Strathroy„Nov. 9, 1964, by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adin Forbes, Seaforth; seven sisters, Mrs. Kenneth (Thelma) Coolebs; Mrs. Wesley (Phyllis) COombs; Miss Lynda, all of Seaforth; Mrs. Ross (Gladys) Theull, Phoenix, Ariz., Miss Leona, • Kitchener; Mrs. Arthur (Avis) Parker,. Lon- don; Mrs, Clarence (Marlene)' Robinson, Collingwbod; one bro- ther, Kenneth, Kitchener. . wins Moore She was a member of the Un- ted Church and services were onducted by Rev. D. Stelen of gmondville United Church at p.m. Tuesday at the R. S. Box uneral home, Seaforth, Burial as in Maitlafidbank cemetery, Seaforth. Pallbearers were Cann Hogg, Norman MacLean, Norman Wil- iatlason, John Hendereo11, Har - Id Warner and Leo Blair. Floee rbearers were Robert Doig, ill Eisler, Ron Williamson and Leroy Felker. Trophy 2 A Seaforth rink, skipped by f George. Hildebrand, won the w Moore Trophy Tournament at the Stratford Lawn BbWling Club Monday afternoon, with a score of three wins and a plus 1 of 20. Other members of the win- e ning team Were W J. Neely and 13 Mrs. deerge Planning board. - Dr. MacLennan headed the general committee which was DR. J. C. MACLENNAINN responsible i for the Seaforth 100th birthday party and hemp - coming weekend. Just last Thursday evening he presided over a meeting of the commit- tee during a wind-up review of the event. He was a member of Brit- annia Lodge and of. Malloch Chapter and a masonic service was held Monday evening. A member of Northside United Church he, served as an elder and was secretary of the Board of Stewards. His minister, Rev. J. C. Britton, in reciting his con- tribution to his church and his community, paid tribute to him adding "never was tribute more deserved." Dr. MacLennan was born in Gladstone, Man., the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John K. Mac- Lennan,arid following atten- 'dance'aschool there graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College at Guelph. He is survived by his Wife, the former Dorothy Drake, two sons, Robert of Mont Pelier, Ver- 'ment, William of Guelph and a (Continued ap Page 4) • town and surrounding :area let tw7erne ta:eie414trIle7tetais;:tio::.' they, claim it was one Qt,04 'Two Itochei o# • Over twO 'inches of rein was dumped on the area flooding - b4eJt"thaleb,.w7rEnstenintasta4andee4waffilintli' age arre..11enaree4")4onmat S4eRailwlyt74: front of Jack Ungarian!s home, ed gale proportions downed a largestrong &.treewinaugid:gwhi.itehoreateath-. across the roadway and forced' the rerouting of traffic while workmen straggled until noon Tuesday removing it. Power lines and street lights were torn down with the falling tree in the neighborhood and wires lay tangled 'along the side- walk and roadways. Employees of Bell Telephone and Ontario Hydro quickly made certain the live wires would not cause any harm. At other spots, the lightning, which flashed brilliantly for al- most three hours, struck pow- er units at the Toronto -Domin- ion Bank, Huron Canadian -Fab- ricators, Righland Shoes, Town Sewer Pumping Station, MC Pumping Station and Clark's Garage as well as the Don Mc- Lean, Louis Maloney, Jack Pat- terson and Leo Hagan resi- dences. Firemen were called out to brief skirmishes with lightning caused fires at the homes of Louis Maloney and Don McLean. A twister swept through an area just north of Seaforth and left a path of damage through farmers' fields and also ripped a gaping hole in the side of Gordon Pryce's barn just east . of Winthrop.: The• twister also• removed the new steel portion of -the barn roof which Mr. Pryge was in the midst of re- pairing. The twister left the old shingledpartunscathed. ' The Tuesday night storm also removed many of the shingles from the roof of the residence and barn at the former Little property at. Roxboro. Massive trees lay steen around the home and one branch was im- bedded into the peak of the roof. Branches littered streets, side- , walks and lawns across Seaforth. One large limb fell across the railway tracks on Main St. mid - Tuesday morning after giving way to the strain. It just missed (Continued on Page 4) O Expositar Has Problems A week in which Monde is a holiday is always the ver - e bial pain. in the neck . for Ex- positor employees who,. must struggle to get the paper 0out on time. Add to this the problems created by the storms of Mon- day and Tuesday. There was something wrong with hydro and phones wouldn't. work when the office was open- ed Wednesday. The phones still aren't working but despite the O difficulties the Expositor will be out as usual even if a little late. Oh yes — we forgot the mail strike. Papers aonce more will be driven to those area ..pbst offices that.are open. eavemmumtemmemillil , SO Year Members - Reading over the by -Taws of the Masonic Order brings fond memories to Ma/coin:1 McKellar (left) and Andrew Fettle of Seaforth of their 50 Yiar aseaciation with the order, Both recently received 50 -year jeteels recogniling their hake*, tury nIembersbip in Britannia Lodge, Seaforth. oth ,sald ther still remain in closetouth with Britannia but admit they are not 58 active as in the early Years. (14mti) b datatley).