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The Huron Expositor, 1967-02-09, Page 1b s 4 .4 • 4 4 10gth Year Whole Ne 5i54 SEAFORT , ONTARIO, T viii xt FEBRUARY 9, 1967 MGES �K�irop orses New CANADA'S CENtENNIAL PKuii,ut:u LAC, for an historical tea sponsored by the women - of St. Thomas' Anglican Church, on Wednesday. Articles, furnishings and dress of . other years were in evidence and members of the congregation adopted the garb of, an earlier generation. • Among those taking part were seated (left) Mrs. Bruce Mc- Lean, Miss Dorothy Parke; (standing) Mrs, A. Bethune, Mrs. William Oldfield, Mrs. E. Dinsmore, Mrs. John Oldfield, Mrs. William O'Shea and Miss Anna R. Stewart. (Expositor photo by' Phillips.) Tiickersmjth 'Council Plans Review Of Grant Program Tuckersmith council plans a in , g tenders able to earry out review of the township grant the work at the right time of - program when requests of var- year. ious organizations will be con -IS -from If the lowest a bid fa sidered. contractor who already has re - The decision arose at a six ceived a contract from another hour meeting Tuesday afternoon township, council has no alterna- e in Seaforth Town Hall, as, rep- tive but accept it despite the resentatives of the Farmer's fact the gravel perhaps will not Union and the Clinton Arena be placed on the roads till mid - Commission sought assistance. summer. In the theantim'e decisions in each case were deferred,. Tony .De Jong and Carl Del - •ton were a deputation from the Local group'of the Ontario Farm- ers' Union with Mr. De Jong as s akeemair-He-- sc d xh. N.,i4n had ,already achieved higher ti prices for milk and are trying to get better prices for • beef. Reeve Elgin Thompson said he thought beef prices' were 'good now, but he protnised council would consider the request. ' In an earlier discussion ccon- cerning grants _it was' indicated 'i the Farmers' Union had receiv- ed .$100 and. the Federation of • Agricult'ure •,$750. ,1tecalling the F of A had „been instrumental in --having marketing .hoards..eie tablished, Coun. Alex McGreg- v • or wondered if better results would come if farm organza - tions such as F of, 'A and the Union came together. Coun. Forrest suggested great- er interest in the work of organ- izations would result if mem- berships were obtained through canvassing rather than by way of grants. Frank Falconer, Tuckersmith representative on the Clinton Arena Commission, asked for a grant. from the township. The $224,000 arena is to be Built in the agricultural park there and will be of sortie benefit to the fair board. He said service clubs plan I to raise $50,000. 20,000- Yards ' of eGravel Council agreed • to 'advertise for tenders for 20,000, yards of gravel for use on township roads on the recommendation of Road Superintendent .Allan Nicholson. Mr. Nicholson diseussed with conned the problem of "obtain= B Mr, Nicholson suggested ten- ders provide for so much work to be done in the spring, 'With the balance, being completed in the fall. Council agreed gravel put on in mid -summer created serious dust problem,__ 'Council approved installation of a semi -private phone at the township shed. Cost was set at $48.50, 'compared to $35.00 for a multi-party phone. Mr. Nich- olson said there was difficulty in getting the like in emergen- cies. • - Reeve Thompson recalled he had been, quoted $90 for a semi- private phone at his residence and wondered at the difference. Council agreed that members who wished could attend. the Good Roads Convention in Tor- onto and the Mayors and Reeves Convention in Niagara Falls, later in the spring. Reeve Thompson is .a member of the executive of the latter . organ- ization. • Frank Reynolds was refund- ed $3.00 for a dog killed, under Court of Revision. ' Council accepted an account of $200 to cover stand-by time by Clinton fire brigade. Accept Reports A petition to provide ,for the O'Brien drainage work was ac- cepted despite, opposition by William Miller of Clinton. Mr. Miller saidhe would check fur- ther despite additional costs that would arise if the report was referred back. • Total estimated cost is $7,500 and "as of last year, the govern- ment pays two-thirds of drain- age costs for farmlands. Also attending the hearing' were Frank Roath, Eldon O'- Brien, Peter Rummell and Ro- bert Lawson. Russell, Rochus and' Harry Fa- ber and Harry Dougall discussed with council the 'Geiger drain- age works and -agreed that the report would "fie -read at the next meeting, unless other ar- rangements are made in the meantime: The Forrest drainage report providing for a total estimated cost of $4,050 was read and accep.te,d. Appoint Officials Ivan Forsyth was re-engaged as assessor at a salary of $1,000 with $400 extra for car allow- ance- Allan llow- ance Allan Nicholson was re-ap- poinied as road superintendent at a salary of $4,80.0, with three weeks holidays with pay. He rias been with the township for 17 years. The salary is subject to Dept. of Highways approval. James I. McIntosh was re -ap- pointed as clerk -treasurer and tax •collector at a salary of $2,- 900 plus a $600 expense allow- ance, llowance, . Warmer Seaforth Reeve .Carl Dalton was at the ;right place at the right time Tuesday afternoon and as a result was able to cor- rect a situation- that over sev- eral years has resulted in com- plaints. Appearing ' before Tucker• smith council in another mat- ter, Reeve Dalton spoke of the amicable relations between the town and township and assured Tuckersmith if there was any- thing Seaforth could do to fur- ther -the relationship all that was necessary, •was to ask. Tuckersmith councillors with one voice said "more heat". Within minutes' the meeting had moved and was underway again but this time in the Seaforth council chambers on the ground floor. The room- was available to Tuckersmith anytime that Seaforth wasn't using it, Reeve Dalton said. A SE,AFOR1'H` AR1 A unit, skipped by, Rill Campbell, eapttlred the Topnotch trophy &t the T'opttoteit 'eeda Limited, beret/aid played in flrtiffselsWedettesday. The rink co npeted With ' 15 lather area teams in,,the' annul event. (left) Mr. Campbell, Donald 1VMe1Cerelter, Gordon wee rind ,Robert. Fotherittgharn, (Etpositor; photo by Phillips).. • Honored On 90th Birthday Friends and relatives — mor than 50 of them — gathered a the home of Mr. and`Mrs:-. P Miller, George St. gouth, Satur day evening to honor Mrs. W H: Miller on the occasion of -he 90th birthday. Mrs. 'Miller 'received. man congratulatory messages, flow, ers and gifts, including a cor sage from' her great grea granddaughter, Kimberly 'Lan lois of Rexdale. The gathering was preceede by a dinner for 15, attended by her immediate fancily whit featured --aa -birthday---•eake •ar ranged by her brother Joh r'ethick., , Born in Winthrop on Feb ruary 6, -1877, she was Mary Ann . Pethick, the daughter of the late Richard Pethick and Martha Ann, McSpadden. She moved to"Seaforth following her marriage to ,Mr. Miller more than sixty years • ago. Her hus- band died in' 1942. She has a son, William P., with whom she lives, and a daughter, Mrs. Wm.. arwick,_ Goderieh. Two_ child- ren; a son and a daughter died in. infancy. Mrs. Miller has eight grand- children: Mrs. Grant Ellison, Mrs, Bill Kotyk, Richard Eisler, Jack Eisler, Lloyd Eisler, Bill Eisler and Bruce and Lorraine Miller. There are eight • great grandchildren: • Cathy Chessel, Vicky Chessel, Darlene Chessel, Chyrl Kotyk, Garry Eisler, Andy Eisler, Anne Marie Eisler, Marie and Loyd Eisler, and one great great granddaughter,, Kimberly Langlois. For many years Mrs. Miller assisted at Seaforth gatherings and is remembered by two•gen- erations of district residents for the friendly, co=operative and efficient manner in which she catered 'to a long series of Sea - forth dances and parties at the Collegiate; in Cardno's Hall, or in what used to be the G.W.V;A. (Continued on rage 4) e t, r Y• • • 2f d h n Teacher Writes Book Entitled "Small Appliance Re- pairs" a book by ,R. W. Newn- ham, Chalk St., Seaforth, has been published by McGraw-Hill Company .0 Canada, Limited, Toronto and New York. The book is one of the McGraw-Hill. Foundation Series. Mr. Newnham, who on his re- tirement several years ago from the staff of RCAF Station Clinton, entered the teaching profession. He is now on the staff of the Ontario Vocational • Centre at London. The 116 page book is , profes- sionally illustrated and is de- signed to develop in the staid- ent those qualities looked for by employees in the domestic appliance business. It covers the basic principles of electric= ity, terminology ,and the funds - Mental skills in appliance re, pair. LSI ao Copies 1 recta .ay'i► dv . Q NA Prize The 1 i1 ora Eittafeitor has been aware second prize by the Ontario Weekly Newspaper ;Association for general exdel- °lence among papers in towris:of ;under 3,500 population. First prize in the class went to Exe- ter Time -Advocate and third prize to the Clinton News -Rec- ord. The annual OWNA conven- tion is being held in Toronto this week. Aid Scout o undine Fund Gifts .continued to flow into. the Lions Club sponsored cam- paign to provide funds to assist in the purchase of the former Dick building on Main Street. The building will providefac- ilities to' accommodate Boy Scout, Girl Guide, Cub and Brownie ' activities. Campaign officials said re- ceipts ,will go forward in due course but in the meantime the following contributions are, ack- nowledged: D. S. Ryan 10.00 Brian and . Paul Hale -y.. 1.00 Mae Habkirk • 2.00 Rena Fennell • 5.00 Helen Nigh , 10.00 Ed. Pryce 5.00 Mrs. A. Smith 1.00 Anonymous 1 5:00 Mrs. J. R. Dale , .2,50 Marie Boshart 2.00 Eve -Mar Stores 5.00 Lorne Salzman 3.00 Graves'; Wallpaper 20,00; Stewart Bros, • 100,00 Peter Simpson ... 10.00 H. and W. Trapnell 5.00 Charles Barber . 10.00 ,Belle Campbell • ' 25.00 Ed.,Daly , .. 10.00 J. D. McNairn 2.00 Ure Stewart . • -5,00 Jack McLlwain 5.00 '-Eva` Netzke . 1,00 Barbara Sykes '3.00. Ball and Macaulay , 35.00 J. E. Longstaff . .. 10.00 Seaforth Medical Clinic 25.00 (Continued on page' 4) • Pass Music' Examinations The Royal Conservatory of Music- of Toronto, announced that the following students of Mrs.. Carol Carter, A'R.C.T, A. - Mus.; • were successful in pass- ing their examinations held re- cently in Stratford and London. Judy Mickle. HensalI, grade three honors; Dia.nclrenderson, RR 5, Seaforth: grade five hon- ors. News Of ' Walton Subscribers of the McKillop Municipal Telephone. System at Winthrop,, -Thursday , voted in favour of a merger with Brussels and Blyth. Systems but not un- til strong opposition to the move had been ,expressed by =those attending a meeting- to consider the proposal, The fin- al vote was 53 for with 32 op- posing. Scrutineers Allan Camp- bell and Lloyd McCluskie told -the meeting of this number 32 of those' in attendance at the meeting were opposed while 26 voted in favouir. Twenty-seven proxies favoured the union and this provided the majority. Harry Snell, Commision chair- man, began an explanation of the events leading up to the de- cision to recommend that the system join with the other two systems in incorporating a pub- lic company ,but was queried as to why information had not been made available to subseri- 'bers at:an earlier date. J. M, Eckert, a' former, -secre- tary-treasurer of the ey$tetp, suggestedthere had bae;n, a mo- tion. at thelast annual Meeting to provide that -the conunission study the matter and report back in June or July of last year. However, Allan Campbelt, tho had acted as secretary -f3f that meeting, on examing his minutes was unable to find such a motion. Mr. Snell said that the ,Com- mission had spent many hours in. negotiation and discussions with the other systems. It was as a result of the studies which had been carried out that the recommendations were being f• MRS. SCOTT HABKIRK (left) was presented with a 35 -year jewel at an impressive ceremony- at the LOBA, Mon- day evening, Ther resentation' was ma e y the past worthy mistress Mrs. W. G. Miller. The present worthy mistress is Mrs. John Oldfield. Report increase /n Library Circulation Circulation at Seaforth Carn- egie Library increased' 1,815 over 1965 • reports presented to the 'annual meeting of the board Tuesday evening revealed. Dur- ing the year a' total of 24,.928 books were handled . including adult fiction 13,122; aduT�rion fiction 2,811 and juvenile 8,995. Mrs. Joseph McConnell who was .re-elected• as chairman, pre- sided. The meeting was the first held since the inaugural' of the County Library System in which local boards become com-' rnittees of the county organiza- tion. In the report of the librarian Mrs, Les Beattie, it ,was indicated membership increased by 92, • to 1,397. Books •added totalled 153'7, •including adult 'fiction 172;- • paper `backs 153; adult non fic- tion, 64; and ,juvenile 148. The library had ' a total of 8,942 boons on the shelves at the end of 1966, including adult fiction 3,357; paper. backs 257e adult non fiction 3,063; and juv- enile 2,204. Other officers elected were: secretary -treasurer Mrs. Leslie Beattie; book committee chair- man Mrs....d,,A. Munn; property committee chairman Hugh Thompson; librarian Mrs. Les- lie Beattie. • Other committee members are: Miss Rena Fennell, Mrs., William Hart, Miss Gladys Thompson and Robert Spittal. • District Church Groups' Mrs: William Coutts, lead- er of the Walton Unit presid- ed for the General U.C.W. meeting Wednesday , after- noon. -"Take my life and let It beer was sung as the open- ing hymn with Mrs. Martin Baan at the piano. The scrip- ture passage from St. Luke 10: 30-37 and a reading "The World's greatest neect today is for friendship" were given. by Mrs. Coutts. Mrs' Nelson Marks followed .with prayer. Mrs. Alvin Stevens sang a solo entitled "Lift up thine eyes to the hilltop" and play- ed her own accompaniment on the guitar The Christian ,Citizenship and Social Action Committee with Mrs. Clifford Ritchie as convenor presented a very in- teresting skit entitled "Twen- tieth Century Women and Work. Other members taking part included' Mrs. Wesley Hackwell, Mrs. Charles Me- Cutcheon, Mrs. Alvin McDon- ald, Mrs.. Roy Williamson, Mrs, Allan McCall and Mes. Harold Bolger. Mrs. Walter Bewley commented on the story and a short discussion followed. • The business was chaired by Mrs, Alvin McDonald, lst vice-president, who opened this portion with a reading "With Brotherly Love". The secretary's report ' was read by Mrs. Campbell Wey and annroved. Following ?a discussion on collars for choir gowns, It was decided to purchase these ready-made. The World Day pQf -Prayer wag announced fo4--eFriday February 10 at '3 p.m. in Duff's United Church. Mem bers of each unit are request- ed to bring their neighbors regardless of their faith, Rev, Arthur Higginbotham will be guest speaker. Mrs. Nelson. Reid and Mrs. ,Clarence Martin were appoin- ted delegates to the Presby- tery meeting at Wingham. Theliterature secretary for the Huron Presbytery, Mrs, Walter Bewley, invited any of the ladies interested in looking over the books to come to her home the week previous to the Presbyterial.. It was decided- to. hold the Easter Thankoffering meeting on a Sunday evening, the date to be set by the execu- tive. Mrs. Gordon McGavin, pre- sident, reported on an execu- tive meeting she and Mrs, W. Walter Bewley had attended at Clinton. New hand books are out for the N.C.W. and several of these will be brder- ed for the officers. Thank you cards were read by the corresponding secret-, ary Mrs. Nelson, Marks and the treasurer's report by Mrs. Kenneth McDonald. It was decided to send a bale by March 1st, the cloth- ing etc. to be Ieft at the church and ladies are asked to notify Mrs. Clarence Mar- tin convenor of Supply and Welfare Committee, made. The- meetinkland' bee called so that f0111-4001140 1-9 could be given- sabssarlb�eirs said tete igitanl , wards establishing ' company had • arisen *We'. other systems and repr'elteni tivesof Blyth 'and Brusse'ia ,h, come to Mc loll.. Thea 0000sion felt iit was .reasonable establish a larger a745te1Th It w increasingly diffiiendt tp''riaka` ends meet with a: small s rstCio such as Mailbag 'because of Ark" creasing costs, Under the pro- posal recommended for accep- tance the system would realise • approximately $60,000, whereas : ? if it had been sold, elsewhere' he suggested not more than $30,- 000 would have been realize'& ,He recalled that Goderieh Township on' the West and Hibbert Logan system on thea; East bad been sold to Bell. He.• told the meeting that McKillop had 434 subscribers, Blyth 845 and Brussels. 1,123 and that it would be expected that the new company serving all three sys-: terns would therefore have a total of 2,402 phones, Mr. Eckert asked: why opin- ions and an offerhad not heen requested from Bell and another subscriber inquired why a bid, had not been . invited from; Tuckersmith. The chairman ex plained all these matters had been taken into :consideration . in arriving at a decision. By going together to form, a cora- pany control of the system, +`. would be held among those whet: were being served. In answer to a question as to- the form in which the proxy bad been made available, the chairman said it was standard7 (Continued on Page 4) Treasures Away Of 18 2 At time when world exhibi- tions in general and- Expo 67 in particular are much in the... news, an heirloom owned by Mrs. Cliff B•roadfoot has particu lar • significance.• It is• a bronze Medallion Area- sented "to her grandfather, the`' late William Murray, as a re- ward for barley which he ex- hibited at the World's Colum- bian Exposition in Chicago in, 1892, The 'medallion about, four, inches 4n -diameter bears on one, side a likeness of_Columbus-ank the date Oct.. XII, MCCCXCII-- On:. the other side appearn ,. "World's Columbian Exposition • in commemoration of .the four hundredth anniversary of the landing. of Columbus MDCCX- C11 — MDCCCXCIII, • to Wil. 'Liam Murray." Mr. Murray, a native of Tuckersmith, pioneered in the. Algoma territory , and it was there that he. grew the prize - winning barley, IanWork A pot luck supper was planned for Mara- 17. Each unit will prepare a 15 minute program. The 8th anti 16th Unit will set up tables and serve the supper and Walton Unit will have Charge for the remain' der of the evening. Hymn 502 What a Friend we have in Jesus" was sung. 8th and 16th Meet The 8th and 1.6th U.C.W. Unit mef at the home of Mrs. Jan Van Vliet Thursday aft- ernoon and was opened by Mrs. Alvin McDonald. "Myr Faith Looks up to Thee" was. sung followed with prayer, scripture from Matthew - 25; 31-45 and a reading by Mrs. Alvin McDonald. The topic by Mrs. Clarence Martin was taken froth the study . book, 'The Church is where the ' Action is''; she also read. au article "A New Year's -Pie- "Jesus Shall Reign where'ea the Sun" was sung and thZ (Continued on Page 4) ,.�1d-time Costumes; Antiques, Feature Tea A bowl in frosted wine glass, more than 200 years old, and an t i q u e coal -oil lamps formed the ,table dec- orations at St, Thomas' Ang- lican Church hall far an old- fashioned tea, such as great- grandmother might have had. Attention of guests was di- vided between rare antiques on display and the menu, which included such items as home-made bread, scones, bis- cuits, ginger •and oatmeal cookies with jams, . jellies, marmaltades and butterbafls. Among the malty antiques Were a buffalo. robe 150 year's old, ' a 800 yeav,old plate, a smaIl tea . chest brought from Ireland 150 years ago, a century -old tripe le Irish chain pieced • quilt,. an original Tom Thumb chair pots, kettles and tubs of cop- per, iron and tin crocks, pad- dies, churns, old apple 'peal- ers and a host of other pia- neer equipment, bid texts and glassware. Wearing authentic old-time costumes, some more than 100 years old, were Mrs', George McGavin, Mrs. • Lr, C. Case, Mrs, John Oldfield end Mrs, Joseph Grum nietf who,. - poured tea. Mrs. Cleave Coornliti er man's Auxiliary vic�'rh� ent and Mrs. notiy D 614.4 son greeted the guestii .