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The Huron Expositor, 1966-01-27, Page 1Whole No, 5109 • 107th Year SEAFORTH,, ONTARIO, TUIIRSDA•Y, JANUARY 27, 1966 --= 12 PAGES Towns Protest CIV- Plan Unless the CNA drops "its plan todiscontinue passenger service on the Stratford-Gode- rich run, area officials are pre- pared to suggest a boycott of CNR freight in the area. ' That was the decision • of a meeting attended -by municipal representatives at Clinton Mon- ' day evening. Seaforth was re- presented by Mayor J. F. Flan- nery, Reeve Cr Dalton and town clerk E. Williams. • The . Clinton. and Seaforth Chamber of. Commerce and the, Goderich •:Businessmen's Assod- ation willbe asked to a, meeting M Clinton Monday to lay plans for the boycott. Representatives from Dublin and Mitchell will also be -asked to attend. Chambers- of commerce and business associations through- out the area will be contacted (Continued on Page .6) • Delay Saves Chicks Delay in delivery of an order of 11,000chickens resulted in a saving for Bart Postma, RR • 2, Dublin.•1 • Mr. IMostma had expected •the chickens to arrive from Zurich early Thursday morning and had prepared his three-storey barn to -receive them. When the shipment failed to • show -up- on time, he, drove to• Zurich and returned at noon to see 'the barn engulfed by flames. - Seaforth 'firemen were, on hand after a fast run from town, but were unable to douse the blaze, kindled by 800 bales of' straw stored 'in the barn. They did, however, prevent the fire • from spreading to' nearby buildings. Mr. Pbstma said he believed the fire sterted from one of a dozen propane gas burners turned bn to warm up r the barn before the chickens :ar- rived. ar=rived. Lost in the blaze were egg - grading equipment, implements' and a tractor. The'. barn was 40 by 60 feet. - Mr. Postma said' the loss, esti- mated at $20,000, was partially insured. MRS. MAE HABKIRK, upper left, •helps members- of Edelweiss.. Rel ekahs 'prepare for the March of Dimes blitz, which the group has planned for Monday evening, as she hands out kits to a number of workers: Plans call for an army 'of canvassers to °visit homes in Seaforth and immedi- ate area Monday between 7 and 8 o'clock. Slidwn are (seat- ed, left).: Mrs. Adin Forbes, captain; Mrs: James Rose, chief marching mother; Miss -Jean Scott, :captain; (rear): Mrs. flab - kirk, supply convener, and Mrs. Mae Hillebrecht, captain. . Seaforth Ch utciies e. .. eview • ctivities . First Presbyterian Church ' The congregation • of First Presbyterian Church reviewed a successful year at the annual. meeting Monday evening, Following a' pot -luck supper,' a .short service was conducted by the minister, Rev. D. O. Fry. Frank Kling was• rained' chair- man,. olid • F. E. Willis, secre- tary for the meeting. Reports presented indicated the congregation had' raised $22,891.52 for all purposes, and that each organization was in a thriving condition. Reporting for the board of managers, Mr. Kling`, told. of :projects completed during • the year, • including the complete renovation of the church school at a •cost of $9,737.67. The meet- ing •discussed' work contemplat- ed in the future, which 'ill in- clude redecoration of the.bhurch and plans for its . Centennial id. 1967: Tribute • to the .work of Mr. Fry was .expressed by M. Mc- Kellar;' and the meeting ap- proved. Charles MacKay told of the excellent -contributions• • be- ing ,made by„ the organist and choir 'leader, Miss Carol Brown and Mrs. Brown, and this was recognized • .ht' ari:-'iii rease in. their remuneration: A •, mihi' mum budget commitment of $4,000.00'% -1966 was accept- ed. EIected to the board of man- _agers were- Frank Kling, .Glen Chesney, F. R. Cosford and A. Y. McLean. Northside United Church A proposal to consider the ap- poirl'tment of women as .ehurch elders won approval at the an nual meeting of Northside Unit- ed Church Wednesday evening. Meeting secretary Mrs. Gor- dbin McKenzie, said that the vote means that the nominal ing' 'committee for next year has a free hand if it wants to suggest ' a' woman member. as atr elder. She said no woman lias ever held an elder's • post in the .church. Reports indicated $3,600 •was given during the year for,.mis- onary and maintenance work. and $2,600 to Huron Presby- tery. "-Replacement of the church C of C Organizes For Busy Program Liasbn in plowing match ac- telephone directory be ' re -is- tivities and completion of ~a' stied and shalt' a special issue •house -numbering project will of The Huron Expositor be pre- begiven priority in Chamber pared, indicating to the more of Commerce planning this year, than 200 exhibitors who will the newly-eleeted exeetrtive de- take part in the. Plowing, Match, eided _at an organization meet- the facilities and services avail. ° ing in. the Town Tall Tuesday able t them in the Seaforth . evening. ' -area. 1 Stressing that the C of C had a role to fill in the eomniunity, and, that members were determ- ined that - its responsibilities would be carried out, President Robert head urged the totem. tive to enlist co:operation in all looking to Christmas activi- areas of the town. ties next December, the meet- �`he ._ _meeting recommended ing named . Robert Huard to that the Chamber of Commerce `head the parade gommittee. . Arrangements were made to apprpach' council at an early meeting corieerning.house-num- bering • and approval of annual grants, - -- heating system was given first priority on the planning com- mittee's agenda.. Officers are: Board of stew- ards (three years): Arthur . J. Wright, Kenneth Campbell, Har- old • Parsons,, -ane, Mrs. Gordon McKenzie; elders: Orville Oke (new member), G. A. Whitney, C. A. Broadfoot and,, Ross Mor - die (re-elected). Ed. Pryce was made a life member of the board of elders, and Mrs. • E. H. Close was re- appointed church treasurer. Si: Thomas' Anglican Church John Oldfield was named rec- (Continued on Page 6) • Drills Wells in. • • A' _Seaforth- well=driller 4" arrived. in India, ready to do his part in relieving a serious water shortage in the Indore 'area. James D. McNairn left, Tor- onto on January 18. by BOAC to take part in a project sponsor- ed by the United Church of Can- ado Board of World Missions. Lack of water in the Indore district has become increasing- ly serious during recent years. Many lives are lost'"during the summer when the thermd'mter climbs as high as 120 degrees,: and the shallow wells on which the''populaee depends •for •wa- ter, dry up, 'It is to relieve this situation that the Board of World Missions has introduced its weld -drilling program. Mr. ' McNairn has been ern - (Continued. on Pae,e,, 6) County ®rots Safety lnspector Atlepti g' a report of the war- den's and'ersonnel 'committee "of 1965, presents& by„ -Chairman Cliff Dunbar, county council ap- • EVERETT SMITH pointed Everett Smith, of Sea - forth, as construction safety in- spector, effective Feb, 1st. His salary will be $4,800, plus trav- el allowance at 10 cents a mile, "the entire situation to be re- viev6ed in six months.” Mr. Smith has long experience in constructign, and recently has been,_qu;g••job at Woodstock. ' 'Connell has been 'under pres- sure 'from the Ontario Depart- ment fif epartment;of Labor to make such• an appointment, mandatory now for about two years. There were 54 applications for the Huron job -10 were interviewed, and sevetal appeared, well qualified. The committee was assisted by E. Goodman, construction safety officer of the department, i but "we had full autonomy," said Chairman Cliff Dunbar, "and the selection we made is, on paper, the most qualified ap- plicant and comes closer, in my opinion at least, to what the Act says, the qualifications should- be. Happily, he is fairly centrally located. A 'lot of con: struction is on the drawing board for Huron this year, and much seems to be along the lake. "As we must have an inspec- tor, I recommend -that this man be accepted by county council" uron Defers n Huron .. r Studies Jobs Single i •Copies, 10 Cent4.y 0410 a Year jn,Advance cho�l •Petitions Huron County Council has ap- pointed a committee to help attract secondary industries to.. the county and provide more employment for young people„ on whose education the county and local municipalities spend so much money. ' Warden Ic enneth Stewart,' who mentioned the matter.in his in- augural speech, later requested the members to discuss it. In preference to a special commit- tee, Reeve Clifford Dunbar, of Grey, proposed reference to the warden's and personnel stand- ing committee, and this was agreed. Deptity-Reeve- Elmer Hayter, of Stanley, is the 1966 chairman. "I understand`," said the"war- den, "there are 1,800 subsidiary buildings within a 100 -mile ra- dius of the new Talbotvilje` plant. Huron may be best adapted for • small industries. Some buildings used in the past for industries could 'be adapt- ed," • Reeve Leiper: "How about 'manpower? Even garages and other places we rely on for ser- vice, cannot get 'enough skilled labor!' Warden Stewart: "In. Seaforth they have 85 persons driving but to' seek work. Wouldn't it be better to have • employment in the area?" • Reeve Procter: "We need to do some long' -range planning, and should have planning and zoning probably on the..provin- cial, level. This is the prime agricultural county in the prov- ince, arid 'agricultural land is being taken....up..,too often by in- dustry. Wb should have some definite plans, that do not lose us good agricultural land. The pioneers burned trees, and We- are •spen'dmg''thousands of •dol- lars' now to reforest land that should not have been logged.- We ogged.We should learn from this ex- perience to take care of our good 'agrip, al land today: "As e w rden • says, we Could r se small industries in Huron,. to take up some of the young p ople moving, away. We also need agricultural men..A1= though prepared to Meet ,wag-' es paid in local factories, we cannot fire a man. Food sur- phises are dwindling, `and it `rooks , to me the day of cheap food is oger, 1 think we have to prepare for future food re- quirements." .• - ' Reeve Ernest Talbot, Stanley, pledged the ,help of the agri- culture committee. Reeve Boyle, Exeter, said there were empty'spaces in Exe- ter,' .Clinton -and ether towns that should be filled "and have tax .dollars coming in", This would not absorb more farm land, "I would like to see a Tal- botville (Ford plant) move into our area," he said, "but we can use auxiliary industries." '. Reeve Calvin Kreuter: "As regards manpower, I believe if You put the honey there you will attract the bees." ' Reeve ...E I g i n Thompson : "There -rimy be a subsidiary to Talbotville in the neighborhood of Seaforth, and • it is a good thing to try to do something along that line." Reeve Gibson, Howick: "I think in Huron' we need a (Continued on Page 6) - The Public School Consulta- tive Committee of Huron Coun- ty Council has, decided against Bayfield in its effort to have parts of Stanley attached, with the ratepayers' approval, to the village for school purposes. "According to Section 40(5), of the Public ,Schools Act," the report states, -`Bayfield must be a" part of the adjoining town- ship, Stanley,' for school purr poses." - - Also referred to the commit- tee was a proposal to add parts of Tuckersmith to the Town oir Seaforth for school purposes. Ther recommendation is "fur- ther study" - and no action, "since it seems .inadvisable to recommend the inclusion of these properties in Seaforth without a complete study of the effect on the costs to. these properties, or the costs to the ratepayers' of Seaforth of the suggested plan." _(Seaforth Mayor. -Flannery,- ter a meeting' of school trustees - with town council about three weeks ago, said council would support any action Seaforth board take to co-operate with. Tuckersmith.- The matter arises from a'proposal of Huron•Coun- ty School Area No. 1 'to' build a central school between Bruce= field and Kippen in Stanley.) The consultative committee's report was read he Inspector James Kinkead, .and signed by Reeve Carl'f)hlton, Seaforth, as chairman. At the latter's sug- gestion, council went into com- mittee and excluded the press for purpose of discussion. Upon enquiry later of the clerk -treas- urer, this reporter was told the report had been adtted with- out amendment, but that there would be something' further coming upr There wasn't, at the January session. The report dealt -also with East and West Wawanosh school boundaries, suggesting that the boards meet and recommend re- vision as. desired. Accordingly, the committee "awaits, a-• pro- .posal." Parts of Public Schools Act pited in support {of •its Sea_ HURON, PERTH AND STRATFORD Scout districts, held a basic training course at SDHS Sunday. Planned to assist Scout -Club leaders in their programs, the course was attend- ed by 40 Cub leaders and 20 Scout leaders: Shown here are, left: James Axtmann, Walton; Mrs. Gerald Snawdon, Sea forth, ,and Ronald Eyre, Egmondville. (Expositor photo by Phillipa). Need Survey Before' ,any dean Decision ed onfarms in' Michigan and in this area... I ,Mr.. Hill also indicated the Board would be forced ;Bean into competition with local Co ops if the new -facilities are built, in order to make efficient ' use. of their staff and invest meet. He suggested the Boar oul be forced to supply Ter tilizer and chemicals needed in • the 'industry which" -Would be in competition with the Caop. As the growers would be the' own ers of both" businesses, • they would be in 'competition with thefnselves. He added . this would be to the grewet's, ad vantage: Mr. Hill also questioned whe ther the new facilities could be -operated efficiently, and sun (Tested this would have to "be subsidized. • "The Bean Board, .says the new facilities will help . the rice. This is a fallacy" Mr .Hill told the growers, and add id a list of other groups across 'anada who ha, e discm ered hey cannot influence price un- ';•"-dhey have enmtrol of over ner cent of the product. He rlso stressed the need of bet 'r re'ations between the Bean 'Tarketin» Board, the dealer' ind •the growers. "I don't sug• .est the growers give up any •f their bareainine powers," he aid, but• su ;ester that the •hnar'ti• needs to get, 'back the -onfidence of the dealers and if the trade. Pian New Capacity 'The proposal of The Bean Martfeting Board as outlined by Mr. Allan is to build additional facilities in either the ,.jensall or Exeter .area, whilh• would handle 150,000 hundredweight of white beans, The project would include facilities for re- ceiving, storage and processing, as well as dryers t'a handle a wet crop. It would have ' the processing . facilities to -get as many beans as possible into- an export position before freeze- up. The estimated cost of the plant is $400,000.00; and the board wishes to borrow this money from the export stabiliz- ation fund, set-up to subsidize (Continued on Page 0) Before any decision is taken regarding the need of addition- al bean storage ,facilities in this area, a coinplete economic sur- vey of the area is necessary, Gordon Hill, Varna, told,.a ca- pacity audience of , bean' ' grow ers at Exeter Legion Tall Tues- day evening. • -__ The meeting was called y the Farmers' Union and moder- ator for the discussion was Ed- gar •Rathwell, RR ,2, ,Bayfield, and director for Huron County: Defending the position of the Ontario Bean Marketing Board was chairman Robert Allan, of Brucefield: All available chairs in the Legion auditorium were filled shortly after 8:30, and over 100 latecomers were forc- ed to stand throughout 'the meeting and question period. -"What facilities are needed for this area, I don't know," Mr. Hill said, and added that no- body . could judge this, as an economic survey of this area has never been made.' He stressed the need of more on the farm storage as a remedy for some of the problems, and` pointed out the difference be- tween percentage of beans stor- READY FOR A FULL PROGAM in '66, y'hembers of°the assistance to area projects. Shown here are (left): James 'exei`tiiive of Seaforth Teen Twefity set plans for the year's Scott, presidertt;'Doug Mills, vice-president; Eleanor Wright, activities. The groupsponsors a series of weekly dances dur- secretary, and Ken Cardno, treasurer. (Expositor photo by ing, the fall and *inter, and from the proceeds provide Phillips). forth` and Bayfield . decisions Were Section 40• (9) and (5),' 'as follows; "Every urban .mu ciRai :ty that had a population. of under ,. 1,000 according to the mania. ► pal census for 1963 and every • urban municipality that had .an average daily attendance in the public `schools• in the munid- pality of under 100 resident pu- pils in 1963 shall, on and after the 1st day of January, 1966, form part of the township school area that surrounds it or with which it has the great- est reatest length of common boum- dary." "Where the -,;average daily at- ' , tendance of pupils of the pub- lic schools under the jurisdic- tion of a board is fewer than 100 in qiy year, the inspector shallify the clerk of. the county and the secretary of the board affected, and -the council of the county shall„ -l33_ _ bylaw passed before the 1st day o" July ,following notice from the inspector, attach the school see - tion 1jib boar jurisdictioninwhich to an adjoiningdhay school section. "It appears," the committee added, "that thereis no pro- ' -• vision by which a township may have two school boards for elementary.. school purposes." "Since every urban centre with population of less 'than 1,000 must be joined to the adjoining -township, there is no -provision.' for establishing a school authority of the Village of Hayfield." • • Lions Plan Events Work' of the' .School of In- structional. Technique at RCAF Station Clinton was described for members of Seaforth Lions Monday evening by S/L D. G: Timms, OC .of the 'school: Known - at ' the 'school -that "teaches: teachers to teach," SIT during the 15 years since it was created has turned out 15,000 students. Based on tours. es of three ' weeks' duration, the school. trains personnel of the three armed services, as well as RCMP governmefl't depart- ments• who are called for duty in instructional capacities.. S/L° Timms, was 'intro;du, ed by Bob Huard; and appre ia- tidn was expressed by 'O ille Oke, J. E. Keati the draw. 1 President Art J. Wright 'pre- sided and announced oppQjnti. ments to a number df commit- tees responsible• -for coming ev- ents. Plans Or 'a paper drive are in the hands of Elmer Larone and John Modeland. A Lion bingo, scheduled for lVlareh 25, is in charge of Doug Rowcliffe,. Dave Tremeer, Cliff Petrie and Bob Beuttenmiller. A commit tee, including Lee Learn, Frank Kling. William. Hart and I5. b. Fry, will look after the an- nual Ladies' Night, while John Cardno and John Longstaff will plan for a bingo at the Ontario Hospital, Goderich, on March 2. Nancy Berger contributed a number of piano solos, arid thanks were extended by Gor- don Beuttenmiller. WILLIAM-):!ODGERT, who was named f"lalitSatt of the Seaforth lynblic Seoul `Roar at the inaugural' meeting lit the board held, Towel*, .'