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108th Year.
SEAFORT'R, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1967 — 12 PAGES
Centennial Queen and Her Court
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Nothing ••brightens up a party likea' pretty girl and Fri-
day night's big bash to welcome in Centennial at Lions Park
had plenty of pretty girls. Perhaps they were the reason that
few people went home when'the' clouds broke and dumped
several inches of rain on the crowd. When the judges made
their. final. deciion_based on beauty, poise and talent, they
announced the winner 'as 'Mary-Aliara;'`(second from right)
representing 'the Wingham Lions Club. Grouped around the
''Centennial Queen are (from left) Bonnie Kerslake, last year's
queen, who did.• the crowning, Sharon Morenz, Dashwbod,
Marie Ronnenberg, Monkton, Mrs. Jane Rolph, Mitchell, Miss
Ahara, and Joar.,Coleman, Seaforth. (Expositor photo by Phil-'
lips). .._ ... _.. .. _ . _._. _ • .. . _
Fuzzy WuzzyWas A
Here are eighteen men who deserve a medal" for bravery
beyond the call of ditty for putting up with• all that itch for
many months just to be patriotic and celebrate our centen-
nial, Well, now it's over and they can shave them off. No
more whisker burns girls. George Kruse (far right) was -tops'
in the contest. Adrian DeCoo (second kneeling) and Bob Bak:
'er -(,third ,kneeling) were second" and third. The other in case
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you don't redognize:.the_m are (standing .from left) John Seg-
eren, Bruce Pagple, Bob. Reid, George Beer, Floyd Dale, Ken
Moore, Bill Taylor, Ivan Howatt, Angelo Andres`se, George"
Kruse, (kneDeling) Frank Sills, Adr"ian .DeCoo, Bob Baker,
Frank Reynolds, Art Devereaux, George Langlois, Gus -Bous-
sey. and •Jim Sills. (Expesitor photo by Phillips):
OId Boys, Girls of SS No. 9
Mark School Centennial
Former pupils and teachers of
SS No. 9 McKillop gathered at
the school Saturday to mark a
_double Centennial — Canada's
100th birthday, as well as the
100th anniversary of the found-
ing of the school section.
egistAs guests approached the reg-
istration
ration desk in charge of
Mrs. Dave Haekwell and 'Mrs.
Tom Riley, each was presented
with a Centennial plaque which
had been made and donated by
William McPherson.
- Perfect weather encouraged
a Particularly large attendance
as a program featuring former
students was carried out.
• The program included a ehoi'-
us by No. 9 pupils, "Something
to sing about,".accompanied-by
Miss' Margaret Hillen; accord,-
ian selections ,by Elsie 1VIcSpad-
den; mouth organ selections, by
John R. Leeming, accompanied_
by Mrs. Alex Dennis; step danc-
ing numbers by the Storey..sis-
ters; Grandmother's Song by
No. 9 girls; solos by Charles
Boyd, accompanied by Barbara
Bergey;sehool days .skit, Denis
Beuerman and Lawrie Fischer;
reminiscing of school days, Mrs.
Margaret Loeming.
During the program, prizes
awarded were: person ,coming -
'the farthest, Lorne Dennis; old-
est lady present, Mrs. Maude
Gorby; oldest gentleman pre-
sent, John R. Lee'tning; oldest
teacher present, Miss Alma
MacLeod; former pupil with
largest family present, Mrs.
• Shirley Glanville; youngest child
Tracey McPherson; best old
time ladies Centennial eosttttne,
Mrs, Jean Droadfoot; best 'old
time gent's centennial costume,
Mr. Murray Dennis; Best dres-
sed centennial couple, Mrs. Jim
Smith and Murray Dennis;best
modern Iadies centennial 'cos-
tume, Mrs, William Dennis: per -
.sons with July 1 birthday, Don-
na Leehhardt, Mrs. Torrance,
I►undas; old thine Mode of trey:
vel;).f r., and M t iktierdon Wood.,
.• " rather tca 11er ' he attend=
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ed the reunion included: Miss
Anna MacLeod, Seaforth; Edna
Reid Hackwell, Walton; 'Marion
Kale Murray, Walton; Florence
Clark Johnston, Seaforth; Han-
nah Pepper Miller, Staffa; Sam
McSpadden, • Otterville; -Mrs.
Jim Smith, Brussels; Dorothy
Wright Bolton, Hespeler.
The oldest pupil living who
attended No, 9 is Miss Mary
Ellen 'Mowbray of Walton, who
lives- with Mrs. M. :Leeming.
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Smile of the Week
The teen-age daughter' had
been on the phone for half an
hour. When finally she did hang
up, her father said sarcastically,
"You usually talk for two
hours. What stopped you?"
"Wrong' number," replied his
daughter.
Ging, .Goings
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Always a cfowdpleaser at the Lions Carnival is the log' rolling contest with local mun-
leipal officials. Maybe there is something sadistic about people's desire to see the men who
mitt local government take a dunking. Many people, though, claim it Just 'roves what the
have always said. "Politicians are all wet'. Il = 9 h y
ere Seaforth Councillor George l-lildelirand shotes
how 8kup14 it lar •We liiti filing Of Mg, t iti itbt Seaforth
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You can't ,keep a good thing
down, and that's the way it was
with the Lions Carnival on the
weekend when despite the wea-
ther arC'attendance record was
set.
The -carnival kicked off on
Thursday night under threaten-
ing skies. It had rained earlier
in the day and the sky was still
overcast but the crowd came
anyway. The OFR Clinton Band
provided the music for the eve-
ning which featured the 'beard
growing ,contest and the talent
hunt. >+
The beard growing contest
saw a repeat appearance.
George Kruse who won; the
contest with a marvelous' full
'beard. It was not his first'vic-
tory for back in 1961 .he won
'a similar contest atthe carni-
val. Second was Adrian DeCoo
with a Van Dyke and third was
Bob Baker of Hensel' with the
that unusual beard.
-The talent hunt contest pre-
liminaries saw the Snell sister
trio, Barbara, Bonnie and Betty
from Londesboro take the $15
first prize with Diane Hender-
son, RR 5,'Seaforth, second and
Vicki-Bennpivies, RR 1, Born-
holm, third. Judges for Thurs-•
day night preliminaries were
Miss Betty . Jermyn and- Mrs,
Margaret Kemp from Mitchell,
and Mr. Peter, Hollinger .oi
CKNX, Wingham.
Friday night was warm but
Dedicate
Entrance
Gates
• New gates at the Lions Park
were officially oppened and ded-
icated at a short ceremony
which preceeded the carnival
program at the park on Satur-
day afternoon, July 1.
The entrance and gates were
erected by the Lions Club in
co-operation with , Tuckersmith
Township as the -township cen-
tennial project.
A. Y. McLean, park committee
chairman referred to the part-
nership which contributed to
the creation and: operation of
the park. Co-operating were the
Lions Club and the area mun-
icipalities. He introduced mem-
bers of the: committee, W. D.
Stephenson, Frank Kling, Dr.
J. 0. Turnbull, George Hilde-
brand and William Pinder.
Representatives of area mun-
icipalities who brought greet-
ings included Reeve C. Dalton,
Seaforth, Reeve Ken Stewart,
McKillop and Reeve Ross Mc-
Phail, '
c-Phail,' Hibbert.
Frank Kling on behalf of
Frank Kligg Limited, contrac-
tors for the project, congratu-
lated the Lions Club on facili-
ties which were available in the
park. In 'his, capacity as Mayor
he said Seaforth was fortunate
to have available such a park,
He- eommented on the co-opera-
tion that had made it• possible.
The gate 'arrangement was de-
signed by the 'architectural
firm of Barnett and Rieder Hy-
mmen of Kitchener.
Mr. Kling presented a key to
the gates to Roy McGonigle, the
park superintendent.
A plaque on the .centre col-
umn wag unveiled by Reeve
Elgin Thompson of Tucker -
smith and Orville "Oke, Lions
Club president and later they
opened the gates.
In his remarks Reeve Thomp-
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Plan for
Labour Day
parade
There are going to be lots
of floats for the. Labor Day
parade wHich the Chamber of
Commerce is sponsoring as part
of Seaforth Centennial Day pro-
gram.
According to committee mem-
bers who met Tuesday to ads
vance planning details response
from organizations has been
particularly good.
In the absence of finance
chairman Len Ford who is an
holidays, planning for a white
elephant sale to, provide neces-
sary funds to underwrite costs
of the parade, is in the hands
of W. R. Snaith. •
The -:next committee Meeting
is set for JuL' 18, when it is
ekFect'ed MoVieS of the- 19151
Old' boli Parade will be. i how n.
humid and about eleven o'clock
a fifteen. minute storm dumped
inches of rain on the carnival
grounds buf the brave crowd
stuck it out to usher in Cen-
tennial at midnight.
At 7:$0 the SDH$ Girls, Trum-
pet Band led a parade of - the
Carnival Princesses to the park.
In the judging of the beauty
contest at the park it was Miss
Mary Ahara of Wingham who
was crowned Centennial Queen
by last year's winner Bonnie
Kerslake. The judges must
have chosen well for the next
day Miss Ahara, representing
-Wingham Lions Club; went on
to become the Centennial Queen
for Huron County in competi-
tion, at Goderich.
Joan Coleman. of 'Seaforth
was second in the competition.
Sharon Morenz, RR 2, Dashwood,
representing Grand Bend Lions
Club was third. Mrs. Janet'
Rolph, representing the Mit-
chell Lions Club -and Marie Ron-
nenberg, Monkton, tied for
fourth.`
Judges for the contest were
Rev, Douglas Steven and Mrs.
Steven, Egmondville and
-Morgan Smith of BaWfield.
First on Frial.Y
Seaforth —hinter Farmers
dance -group took first pldee' itrf,
the `-r'iday night preliminaries
of ,thetalent hunt. Niurray,. Bill •
and Jim Henderson the "Step-
pers' Three" took second. Third,
Place went to "The Sand ..Petr
bles" ,a. rock and roll group
made up of Rick Fortune,Bill
Boussey, Paul, Southgate and
Gordy Beuttenmiller. •
Friday night's judges came
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Draws Pay Dividends
,.For.... Lticky:Winners
'"The weekend Lions Carnival
provided a heyday for those
who like to take a chance.
There were over $1,400 in gate
prizes as well.
Big winner of them all was
Mrs. W. E.:•Turnbull of . Brus-
sels who Saturday night be-
came the proud owner of a col-
or television. It was just one
of foul televisions won at the
carnival. Thursday night, Mrs.
T. A. Addicott won..a, portable
set and Friday night portables.
were won by' Irvin Trewartha
and Robert Tyndall ,of Seaforth.
Saturday • night also saw the
draw for a hi fi.sponsored by
the Boy Scouts. Mrs. Ross Mc-
Michael,,,RR 2, Seaforth,' had
Honor Centaarian
Saturday was the time for marking one, hundred years
since Canadian Confederation. But few men. can say that they
have seen all 100 years. Thomas Grieve is onp of those few.
He celebrated his centennial last year. He is one of four
residents of Tuckersmith Township who are 100 years old.
-Here he is presented with a plaque by Tuckersmith Reeve
• Elgin Thompson. (Expositor photo by Tom, Haley).
Match Shows Profit
Despite ' Heavy Rains
(By Keith Roulston)
Final reports are now in and
despite .the hardships which
rain created for the 1966 Inter
national Plowing Match at Scott
Farms the match was a success.
That ' was the word given to
members of the Huron County
Plowmen's Association at a din-
ner meeting in Lions Park last
week,
The financial report of the
match •.was presented at the
meeting and it Showed a profit
of $548.80 inspite of the rain
and mud that plagued the eve-
nt. But co-chairman Gordon Mc -
Gavin a timate( that in mone-
tary valie the plowing match
brought in over $100,000 to the
are. And he pointed out there
are the intangibles that you
an't measure in dollars. 'He
said, "One of the most import-
ant things gained in these
matches is friendship."
To complete the rosy picture
the men toured Scott Farms,
the site of Iast year's match
and found that no damage had
been 'done. Many had feared
the fano would be ruined by,
all the mud: But where last
year they stood kneedeep in
mud, Tuesday night they stood
kiteedeep "in barley.-Ilueon ease.
elate agrieultri fat representa-
tive .Don Pullen said it was ono
of the best crops he'x seen In
his travels around the county.
Speaking at the meeting Hur-
on County Warden Don McKin-
zle, who was in charge of park-
ing at match, attributed much
of the success to the hard work-
ing' personnel who assisted the
officials. He injected one of the
hraveFt notes all evening When
he said "I'd be more than hap-
py to try it all over again."
Co-chairman Larry Snider
went over the financial report
more 'tlhprbuehly. Largest ex-
pense as the tented city at
jest over $10.000, Largest soqrce
of money was gate rectts
which netted nearly $50,000.
Most present seemed to agree,
as they sat in warm 70 degree
sunshine at the park, that if
they had had one good day
they wouldhave far exceeded
this total. <.
Publicity for the match cost
$5,54.19 and Mr. McGpvin pay-
ed special tribute •to those in
charge of 'Dila department, es-
pecially Don Stevenson.
The total expense for putting
en the show was $61,461.05.
A P. Edmunds, a former
Seaforth resident, now of Barrie
introduced the `representatives
from-Sirneoe County near Barrie
whore this year's mateh will be
held. Present were .The coot.
tut, moo ot this years ten
(Contititted. from 'PAP i2) .
the Iucky -number:
Marianne Slaver, .RR 4, Clin- -
ton, won a bicycle when her
ticket was drawn from the free.
-admission ticket's,.. given to
school children. ,
Other ' prizes won Saturday
night were: a Kroehler recliner
chair by George Varley, Kip-
pen; a lawn chair by • Mrs. Al-
bert Wood, box '86, Brussels;
an occasionalchar by Mrs:
Fischer, Toronto and a picnic
table by Laurie Strong, Eg
mondville.
Dozens. •were lucky enough to
win prizes -in the penny._sale._, _?
Prizes may be claimed at fiilde-
brand's Paint and Paper, Sea -
forth. The list includes:
Mrs. Ben Rising; barbecue, Gen-
Mar, Dr. ialkus; 50 lbs. sugar,
Finnigan's, E. C. Boswell; oil
change, ete., George Miller, Bob
Dinsmore; shirt, O'Shea's, Joe
VanRooijen; door grill, McLean/
Holmes, Mrs. John- Harvey; cas-
serole, Anstett, Mrs. Don Jef-
fery, - Goderich; boy's shoes,
Highland Shoes, Verne Scott;
car mirror, Rowcliffe, Mrs. Mae
Waterworth; case of pop,
Queen's Hotel, Gary Betties,•
Sunoco oil (12). Ross Scott, Bill
Austin; coffee maker, Irvin's
Hardware, Helen Brady: medal-
lions, T -D Bank, Marjorie Dale;
3 silver dollars, B. of .Com.,Ron-
da Giver; medallions. P.O.S.O.,
Jacqueline • Matthews; Expositor,
Huron ; Expositor, Mrs. Margaet
Devereaux; gas can, Fina Sta-
tion, Mrs. Katy Phillips,
Groceries, Smith's, Mrs. • Pat
Bremner, RR 2; 'doll dishes,
dishes,
Larone's. Mr. Ed Taylor; gal. of
paint, Grave's, Terry Elligsen,
Brodhagen; kitchen stool Box,
Boyd Driscoll, RR 4, . Walton;
50 lbs, sugar, Finnigan's, G. W.
Banter, Wingham; 25 gal. gas,
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Vandals
Strike Park
In an orgy of vandalism early-' •
Monday morning at Seaforth
Lions Park, picnic tables were
crammed onto the roof of the
picnic pavilion and light fix-
tures from the pravilion thrown
into the river.
The same night a large sign
marking the entrance to Sea -
forth was torn out on the north
road and thrown into McKen-
zie's gravel pit on the 3rd con-
cession of McKillop. Police are
investigating the incidents.
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Platoon Cotrimander Murray
Miley of the -SIMS Cadet
Corps„ son cif Chiu of 'Pollee
Gordon Llulley' And Mrd. ltui.
, le , who has been seteeted fb
ntteinl cadet Csirti.,.pP,