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The Huron Expositor, 1968-10-17, Page 1Whole No. 5248 109th Year • • SEAFORTIL ONTARIO, TIIURSDAY, OCTOBER 17; 1968 19 PAC4t single cop*, a coo. $5OQA 'rag. An AdrilOce • Assessment ,Up, More People Here Seaforth roll shows Olins in Seaforth'S popula- tion and asseSselent were re, veaied Monday . night: when as- sessor Donald. Raines presented his annual report- to the town council. ' goineS said PoPnlation. was Op 50. to 2,203 with most ;of the gain oecnning in the 20 to 70and over. 'age bracket. There was a drop, of 11 in, pop- ulatlars u that tibree and 'under to 19 group he said. • Seaforth's ASSPOSMOot for 1968 totals $2,310,589, up $53,- 502 froin the previous year. It is on this assessment that the 1969 taxes. will be levied. :rie increase includes an item of $29,040, which represents the fixed assessment on Highland Shoes which expired earlier this year. Largest assessment in- crease reflected an increased" activity in residential construe - • s • • Centennial Edition Is In Progress Plana for a centennial issue of the Huron Expositor to mark the 100th birthday of Seaforth and the 101st year in which the Expositor has •published in its present form are well advanced. The edition will be issued later this month. Many firms and area organ.. izations have made available storys and congratulatory mes- • sages. For others who may be •interested copy is required within the next few days. tion during the yeq.. Referring to changes that will occur next year when assesSing will be carried out-hY.theeetin- ty and ,the fact this, would be hip last report as Seaforth asses; sor, Mr. Haines said how much he had been .encouraged In his work by the Support which Sea - forth • councils • had extended ' Wier Print }Ming expressed council's appreciation for Mr. Haines' efforts and wished him well. Council discussed tvith Leg- ion President, C. Wood, a re- quest from Seaforth Branch 156, Royal Canadian Legion, con - corning observance of Remem- brance Day, Noveraber 11th and a petition from the Merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Frank Kling expressed to the destrablility of agreeing on a Remembrance Day sched- ule that conformed to the prac- tise in area towns. Mr. Wood said he had only been able to check Clinton and, there stores were closing until one o'clock. Council instructed the Mayor to proclaim a public holiday un- til 1 p.m. on November 11th. The public works committee will study procedures to, be fol-' lowed in the use of town equip- ment and staff in 'emergency situations, council decided as it adopted, a suggestion of Coun- cillor R. Dinsmore. The matter arose as council considered action which should be taken concerning rebateof chargeslevied as a result of - work done following a severe wind storin last summer. Reeve C. Dalton, in raising the matter, said he felt charges had been properly levied and wished council to make a deci- Oion Area arming nderway - ,. AlkIntval having been receiv- ed frem the Ontario Minister ,of Municipal Affairs and Huron Cqunty is now a ' "planning area 'subject to a "Planning •Boai 7!, according -to a report it qf t: Indtistrial and- Tourism coin ittee presented at the Oct- ober session of- Huron County Council in Goderich last week. liqbert B. Such, Goderich, chairman, stated that the next • step would be for the County Council to establish the Plan- ning Board, which would con- sist of five members from Coun- ty Council and the current War- den, plus five other non -coun- cillors. HE) said that each municipali- ty in -the county is being asked to submit names of prospective members. C. g. Boyle, Exeter and A.D. Smil, Turnberry, didn't like • the .clea that no member of a local iloard could be a member of th'e county board. M. Such explained that this 'should be taken under consider- ation by the committee. "There might be a conflict of interest between the CountyPlanning Board and the local group," he pointed out. • Personnel for the new Coun- ty Planning Board will be pro- posed at the November session of County Council. • sion. The question had first • arisen at a- previous meeting when, Harold, Jackson had ap- pearediand objected to an ac- count he had received. Council terminated the discus- sion and agreed to withdraw any charges made in connection with the clean up. When Seaforth ratepayers el- ect a council and PUC this year; it will be for a two years term. Council passed the enabling by- law which brings the practise here in line with other area municipalities. At the same time electionnia- chinery was set in motion with nomination set fqr Nov. 25 and voting if ilecessary to tate place Dec. 2: Election Officials named ' were Mrs. M. Watterworth, Mrs: E. Mills, Mrs: V. Rau, Mrs. J. Regier, Mrs. Bessie Broome and Mrs. G., Chesney. Donations Nonithations for school trus- tees*" represent the Voting, in - ,Which Seaforth is contained take Donations were made to the place at Varna on Nottember 18 Muscular Dystrophy Association , in the afternoon. *- • and the CNIB at Monday_nights • Council will, give donsidera- meeting of Edebbeiss Rebekah tion to nomineesfor an appoint Lodge, with the noble grand ment to,‚the county planning Miss Eleanor Henderson, pre- board and to the cOunty court siding. • -• of revision. Suggestions were Members were advised that a requested in a letter from Hur- , meeting concerning the March on Clerk John Berry. of Dimes is to be held at Clinton Audit fees may be increased Thursday evening and also Mrs. from $2,400 to $3,500. next year Mary Lowe, district deputy pre- with an added amount of $600 sident for -Huron and staff of for mileage, town auditors Brussels will install the new Clarkson & Gordon advised slate of officers on October 28., cOuricil. While council approved The vice -grand Mrs. Gorden payment of the 1968- acconnt Papple, reported remembrances no decision was taken as to sent to sick Members.. (Continued on age 4) tionSWeIcOI4ie New Members Seaforth Lions welcomed two new members Monday evening when Robert Turnbull and M: Vincent were installed by Past -President 0. Oke. Rebekah Make The Biggest Of All • Walter Murray, 81 year old Seaforth gardener, has been growing big potatoes for many years but a sample he dug this week he says is the largest he has ever seen. The potato weighed an ounce under lour pounds and was one of a basket full of almost as large samples which he brought to the Ex- positor. (Staff photo). Set Machinery for • County Assessing E. F. Hall, Huron County's • new assessment commissioner,. reperted to County Council me -ding in Goderich last week; that the County could carry on with its present assessment un- til such time as the re -assess- ment 'had been completed. The length of time to continue the present assessment would be decided by the Ontarie Govern- ment, he stated. He was,f- the opinion that it would take some time to adjust to the situation. Authority of local assessors will cease at the year end. Rey V. Pattison, East Wawan- 1 osh, chairman of the Equaliza- tion committee, reported that the new commissioner is in the process of advertising for per- sonnel. Mr. Hall replied to a member about hiring women that he was advertising for "assessors" and was not opposed to hiring wo- men, although it didn't seem that many ,wanted to go into the profession. Mr. Hill said he already had attended 12 municipal council meetings in the County. Broad policies covering fees for asses- sors' • course, licenses, mileage and courts of • revision have been promulgated. •Retires After 12 Years As Museum Curator James Chisholm, curator of Huron • County Pioneer Museum at Goderich for the past 12 Yrs, was honored by Huron C unty Council at Goderich last liveek on the eve of his retire- ment on October 31. - Harry Worsell, Goderich, chairman of the Property com- mittee, presented Mr. Chisholm with a gold watch which he ac- cepted with the comment, "I have enjoyed every minute of my work at the museum." In his final report, Mr. Chis- holm said that attendance this year had totalled 22,272, an in- crease of .364 over 1967; and that total income was $7,215. There were more adults, less children. , After visiting many museums throughout Canada, the curator said Huron County had the best museum in Canada, outside the larger cities. He advocated a cafeteria as an earning propo- sition. Consider Canter Campaign A grinding- rash cosi of Dub - lb) 'early Monday evening and involving -three tars, took the lives 04 two Seaforth residents and a 'Londesboro area native. Dead Aro: MP, gOY Lawson, 75, of ,GoderiellBtreet, Seaforth; rdrJohn Shannon, 74, of James Street, Seaforth; . and Miss Violet Velma Watkins, about 53,, Londesboro, Mrs. Herta Pethick 75 Vivi, an St., -Stratford is in serious conditien in Stratford General Hospital, She was the driver of one of the cars itivolved and in which Mrs. Lawson and Mrs, Shannon were passengers. The MRS. JOHN SHANNON three had -been returning from London. Miss Watkins was alone in one of the other cars involved and ' was returning home to Kitch- ener after a weekend Thanks- giving Day holiday with her lop, She is also surVived by three sisters, Marjo$0,..3fra. Wm, Northcott and Corrie, Mrs. -Hoggart of Alberta and Hazel, Mrs. Shaw- of New Brunswiak, She had been a resident of Sea - forth since 1966. A member of Northside Unit- ed Church, funeral services from the G. A. Whitney funeral home will be conducted at 3:15 on Thursday by her minister, Rev, J. C. Britton. Interment will fol- low in Brussels Cemetery. Mrs. Lawson, 75, was the former Mabel Elizabeth Arm- strong, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs, Matt Armstrong of Hullett where she was born and educated. She is survived by her hus- band to whom she was married in Kitchener, October 31, 1958 and by our brothers, W. How- ard Armstrong;(Seaforth, John W. Armstrong, Londesboro, Fred Armstrong, Hamilton and James L. Armstrong, 'Clinton and by two sisters, Theresa, Mrs. Thomas Pryce, RR 1, Dublin and Ella Armstrong, Seaforth, Mrs. Lawson was a member home of Northside United Church and "If the same number of peo-• ple died of poliomyelitis . and diphtheria' each year as die of lung cancer, there would be a national outcry," Dr. G. P. A. Evans, director of Huron Coun- ty Health Unit and Medical Of- ficer of Health for the County, told members of Huron Coun- ty Council at their October ses- sion_ in Goderich last 'week. Dr. Evans said that the Can- cer Society, Huron County Tub- erculosis and Respiratory Dis- eases Association and the Pub- lic Health Service are planning a concerted, campaign • this autumn or early -winter, with re- gard to cigarette smoking and lung cancer. "In lung cancer in Canada — indeed, in the whole western world — we have a runaway ep- idernic,"• the MOH declared. Dr. Evans stated that while the forthcoming campaign would _be , aimed mainly at the child and adolescent, "it is hop- ed once again to bring home to the adult population the grave perils of continuing to smoke cigarettes." The MOH emphasized that the (Continued on age 4) MRS. ROY ' LAWSON ••1 brother, Harry Watkins of RR 1, Londesboro. George Chtowen, 53, of RR 3, Mitchell, driver of the third ear was uninjured. Mrs. John F. Shannon, 74, was born in Hullett, the former Marry Amelia Rogerson, Her husband to whom she was married in Calgary, Alta., in November, 1914, predeceased her in 1961: She is survived by two sons, Wallace Shanno Sar- nia and Ivin Shannon, of the 'Onnetal. 80 w411eir 41 tiThursday .at- 2 o'clockh fun- eral home, conducted" by Rev. J. Q. Britton, assisted kbY.I.HOV+ D. 9. FRY. Interline/at OA fol- IowLin ford. Pallbearers ''w3111.!be,':An- drew Davidson, Oliver PAT* Ken Armstrong, George row iek, Howard PrY,ce and Harold Petbick and SinWerbqarerS Jack Muir, Carl Willis, Reg Lawson and Robert Lawson. Miss Watkins was a public school teacher for the Post 24 , years and was scheduled to re- tire next spring. She was a Grade 3 teacher at King Edward school, Kitchener. She was born in Goderich Township, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wat- kins. Surviving are her brother, Harry, RR 1, Londesboro; lier tsinattte.r, Mrs. Hazel Draper, Tor - The body is at the Ball fun- . eral home, Clinton, where a service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday. -Burial will be in Clin- ton cemetery. Hospitals Report To Huron C011111Cil Huron County's five public hospitals treated 7,630 patients during the past year, with an operating budget of $2,860,293 County Council was informed at its October meeting in Goderich last week. Information came from the reports of the County representatives on the various boards. • Council also WU- informed that patient days numbered 92,- 762 and that 342 beds 'were in use in the 'five institutions lo- cated in Wingham, Goderich, Clinton, Seaforth and Exeter. Total staff was reported as folloWs: Wingham — adminis- trative, 15 (all departments); - nursing, supervisory, four; RNs, 22;. RNA, 52; other staff, 85. Goderich — administrative, eight; nursing supervisory, 12; RNs, 21; RNA, 21; other staff, 95. Clinton — administrative, six; part-time, one; nursing sup- ervisory, five; RNs, 22; part- time, 18; RNA, nine; part-time, six; other, staff, 36; parttime, 19. Seaforth — administrative, seven; nursing supervisory, six, includes renovation of laundry, $18,778 and renovation of ele- vator, $5,615. Clinton Public Hospital re- ported 54 active beds and six chronic; 463 urban patients, 1,040 rural and 50 outside the County. Seaforth Community Hospital stated that there were :35.active beds and ten chronic beds; 319 patients from the town; 428 from rural municipalities;, and 562 from outside county. Cur- rent capital program is to com- plete, air conditioning system at cost of $45,000, two-thirds cov- ered by OHSC. South Huron Hospital, Exeter reported 44 active, eight chron- ic beds; 591 urban patients, 360 rural and 126 outside county. At present time, no capital pro- • gram is in process. Of the 7,630 patients treated in the County last year, Whig - ham 'had 2,193 of them; Goder- ich, 1,558; Clinton, 1,553; Sea - forth, 1,249; and Exeter, 967. Patient days were divided as follows: Wingham, 30,581; God= erich, 20,101; Clinton, 18,797; Seaforth, 12,965; Exeter, 10,328,, Beds in use were: Wingham. 104; Goderich, 81; Clinton, 60; Exeter, 52;,Seaforth, 45. Operating budgets compared as follows: Wingham, $872,214; Goderich, -$712,642; Clinton, $549,345; Seaforth, $366,047; Exeter, $360,045, Comparative per diem work, ed out as follows: Ward rooms, problem was of "epidemic pro, 'portions resulting from people going beyond all reasonable bounds in their use of cigar- ettes". ' Dr. Evans comMented that if a new Htti•on County Planning Board is fOrmed — which was (Continued on Page 4) Baptism Service RNs, 13; RNA, nine; other staff, • 45; Exeter — administrative, At First Church The sacrament of baptism was observed at First PreslYyterian Church , on Sunday morning when the minister Rev. D. 0. Fry officiated. Those baptized were Christo- pher John Cardno, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cardno; An- drea Jill _Binder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pinder; Pat- rick Donald Hulley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Holley; Law- rence Todd Wilson, seri of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Wilson; ' Shelley Lynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woytowich. four; nursing supervisory, five; • RNs, 10; RNA, 10. Wingham and District Hospi- tal reported that of 104 beds, 86 were active and 18 were chronic; that 2;193 patients ad- mitted were made up of 573 ur- ban, 804 rural and 816 from outside county; and that "once again the hospital is operating at full capacity with no vacant beds and a waiting list," Alexandra Marine and Gen- eral Hospital, Goderich, said that 81 beds compiised. 69 ac- tive- and 12 chronic; but of 1,- 558 patients admitted, no record was kept of their places of resi- dence. Current capital program . , Walton barteants made a cleat Weep bt area competitlen , this year.when the Pee Wees mid 13antama went on to win Trip , • County 'CW00604405. Por the seeond rear Iii 0 row, the Pee 'Wets Woo every going' they played. ItOlie'right hood pieture anion Produces Championship Bali Teams the Pee Woes are shown with lin the fret* roW lett) Manager Stew hceall, elaSion:Prasero• Murray MeCtkAlloiry% Sholdice, • Play Meponald, 0SSIStatit. ebeeli Greliairi-gheldiee; (Rear) Roger Humphries, Brian Wilbee, Brtide Blake, Ross Mitchell, Murray Houston, Corry Rennick; (insert) D. Wotan. The Bantams are in the -deft hand pietute. (left) Manager Dill Leetning, Ronnie McCallum, Philip Blake, Heith Wilbee, MUrray McCall, Steve Sholdice, assistant coach, Don Achille% (rear) lloger Humphries, John Leerning, Bruce -McDonald, Itic14, McDonald, Bill Shortreed; (absent) Will Ronda., NaPoiltee- photos by Phillips).