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It Was A No Nonsense Ballgame
Seaforth Beavers representatives Ray Anstett and Ray XIenderson and Bill- O'Shea, on
hand for the old timers, appear properly impressed, when umpire • in chief, Jack Begley,
tells them he will stand for no nonsense in. the Centennial balhgame which was played Sat-
urday night 'under lights at the Lions Eark.• Paying careful attention are base umpires Ann '
Wood June Boussey and Mary Box. (Expositor pho'tb-by Phillips).
Set Program Details for
entennigl Celebratj�n
Last minute detailsin con-
nection with Seaforth's Centen-
nial parade on Labor Day were
ironed out at a Chamber of
Commerce meeting- Tuesday
night.
As committee members added
up parade entries they came up
with a total of more than 93
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Hensall
Farmer
Is Victim
William- G. Thomson, RR 2,
Hensall, '•vas killed Tuesday
evening near Sarnia, as he
crossed the highway to a road-
side fruit stand. Unmarried, he
*as 65., Surviving are three sis-
ters, Mary, .Mrs. Fred Parsons
of London; Florence, Mrs. El-
more Keys, Exeter; Elizabeth,'
Mrs. Albert Alexander, Hensall;
and a brother, Sam of 'B'ruce-
field. Bonthron funeral home
is in charge, but funeral •ar-
rangeine'nts have not been com-
pleted. . "
Fractures Thumb
A passenger received a frac-
tured thumb and damage tot-
alling $1,000 resulted following
a two car crash about 7:30 Men-•
day evening at an intersection
1%4 miles east of Brucefield on
.No. 3 County Road.
Involved were cars driven by
Helen Edith • Livermore, 20,
Clinton and by Reginald Toho
Smith, 24, Mitchell. Mrs, ; Bar-
bara Adair, a passenger in the
Smith, ear had . her thumb • in-
jured in the collision. •
OPP 'Constable Ray Primeau
of the Seaforth detachment, in-
vestigated and said 'charges are
pending.
units that will take part. Head-
ing the.•eight bands in the par-
ade is the 50 -member IGA' Band
from Harrow. The rejuvenated
Seaforth Highlanders, who
made such a hit at the old tim-
ers' ball game Saturday night,
again will parade. Other bands
include Forest Excellsior Band;
Zurich Brass Band, S'DHS Tru-
mpet, Thedford Silver Band,
Clinton - Pipe Band, Stratford
Brass Band. . •
'In addition to bands there are
46 floats, 6 horse drawn: entries,
a number of riding horses and
decorated cars and 21 antique
cars. The parade will include
Seaforth's Mayor Frank Kling.
and officials and guests who
will' ride at the head .of the
parade in specially, "decorated
cars. There will be a vacant
space in one of the official cars,
however. Centennial Committee
chairman 'F. C. J. Sills, a long
time member of the Seaforth
•
Buses. Set
For Tuesday
School buses begin their
rounds on Tuesday as the fall
school term gets underway,,.
Buses. servicing SDHS, • Tuck-
ersmith , Stanley Centennial
School and • Hullett Central
School will cover the same
routes as were followed when
school closed in June.
In McKillop where bus ser-
vice is being introduced for the
first time students are being
transported to Winthrop Park
on Tuesday morning. Here the
pupils wilt be re-routed to the
particular school they will .at-
tend. Board secretary, Camp-
bell Wey, • said Seven -sehool
buildings 'would be in use, in-
cluding one building serving as
a kindergarten.
Highlanders,' will march with
the band.
The parade moves off at 2
o'clock but those taking part
are asked. to report to parade
mar'shall Alf .Ross at the 'marsh-
alling_point at ";the Co-op yards
"on Railway Street at 1 .o'clock.
The parade route along Main
Street will be cleared of traffic
at 12:30. .,_ - ..... .
At the , same time as the
Chamber of Commerce parade
committee was coinplet'ing plans,
other committees were looking
after -details' ih conneetiort:.with
the balance of the day -long pro-
gram. -
. $100 In Prizes
The Seaforth Junior Farmers
have worked ' out a sports pro-
gram, which will include -races
for young and old, bicycle races,"
a tug of war, Iog sawing con-
test, greasy pig chase and shot
put., The show gets underway
in .front Of the grandstand at
Agricultural Park on the arriv-
al of the parade at 3 o'clock.
The Juniors -in Outlining their
programemphasized prize mon
ey totals $100. They also sug-
gested those taking part in the,
greasy pig event should bring
their old 'clothes. r> '
The Seaforth Agricultural So-
ciety is sponsoring a beef and
pork barbecue from 5 to 8 and
this will be followed by an ar-
tillerys•demonstration and fir-
ing of a 25 -gun salute by men
of the 21st Field Regiment, RCA
under the command of Maj:
mel Melanson of Seaforth. •
Ceremonies in connection
with the opening -of the Sea -
forth Centennial .project at, the
Memorial Arena follow and will
be carriedout by Mayor .Kling
and members of the council and
arena commission.
Concluding features are a pro-'
gram which includes area
groups and a dance in the
arena.
Officials of committee have
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. bitted! Culvert In Tucker'.si�n th
Probably the largest culvert in the township was installed T( a,. • .... •
sda3qby the Tuckersmith
Township road staff :utidor= the stt.ervisfon of road s eri . ;
Itsuperintendent ,Matt'" Nicholson. 'Weighing
20 tons an
d„zneaiuring 4 feet tong l
y f4 feet by nine feet the steel oval shaped act will
ea:.abranch o the a #telki tiller' urcer sideroad4�1,
;l'4av;nnikeg Wiest and .south of Soar
fbrtk a sioent to the farm Er • w,
est lin itinur�e� �exe lif, o r ,, , „ .:.
.. � :. rif t� a�� tl�t� and Itay lVt�eoch o�
the toV n�lttp: staff Osstst asp the unit is Aced lip *osltion. 'Ha, t,", , . ,, ,
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Injuries'
►re Fatal
Funeral Services for Mary El-
len Plumb, 16, vyho died in St,
Joseph's Hospital, London, on
Monday, were held in Hepspll,
Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. H. F. Currie officiated at
the largelyattended service,
Burial. followed in HemaaK._Th --
ion cemetery, pallbearers., being
Russell Brock, Ross Fdrrest,
Ken McLean, Roy Morenz, Ft.
Sgt. Liscombe:and S. K. Jolly.
Her death resulted from in -
furies received in a • two car
crash- it the "entrance to Sea -
forth Lions Park, on the night
of August 19: The crash also
injured the driver of the cap
in which Miss Plumb was a pas-
senger.
Miss Plumb, a student at Sea -
Dies
in
London
forth District High School, of
RR 2, Kippen, was taken to the
intensive care ward of St. Jos-
eph's Hospital immediately af-
ter stlie crash. She . died -Short-
ly after noon Monday without
regaining consciousness. •She -
received multiple injuries, 'in-
cluding a broken neck. •
• Her coanpanion, Clarence
Ayotte, • 17, of RR 3, Dashwood,
driving the car, was taken':•tio
St. Joseph's Hospital, iwth a
broken 'leg. Richard Riss Red
man 21, 22 S, Innerkip, drivers
of. the second„ car was' not hurt.
Miss. PIumb is survived by
her parents, Mr. and• Mrs.
Frank Plumb; a brother, Mon-'
ty, at home; grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Plumb of Wy-
oming, and Mrs. Montogue An-
ions of Ridgetown.
While no decision has been
taken officials indicated it was
unlikely an, inquest woaid be
held.
Receives
Highest
Marks
Miss Mary Kelly of Dublin,
a music pupil of St. Joseph's
School of Music, Seaforth, has
received the highest_ mark for
Grade VII in Ontario, from the
WestArn Conservatory of Music.
She will receive the Silver Med-
al at Convocation 'in October.
Mary
Kelly
A twenty-five dollar scholar-
ship was donated by the Fred-
Brick Harris Music Company.
The following students of St.
Joseph's School of Music were
also sucessful in their recent
music examinations:
Piano: grade .X, Jean Patrick,
honors; grade VIII, Barbara
Box, honors; grade VII, Mary
Kelly, first class honors; grade
V, Marianne Segeren, honors;
Mary Catherine McQuaid, hail-
ers; garde IIt, Nancy Devereaux
honors; Mary Oke, honors; Ro
bert Patrick, honors; Anne
Stewart, honors; Roy Harrison,
honors,
Theortical subjects: History,
grade V, Jean Patrick, honors;
counterpoint, grade IV, Jeaiz
Patrick, pass; . harmony, grade
IV, Jean Patrick, honors; her:
mony, grade III, Christine Turn-
bull, honors; theism_ grade II,
Martha Corrie, first etas',hms.
OW Mary Kelly's first class hon
ods; Nancy Hillery, pass; theory,
grade I, Jean Devereaux, first
class honors; Teresa Devereaut,
first class honors; Brenda Ann
Hargreaves, first glass honors;
Mary. LOU, Lane,„onors; ° Mary
Catherine' McQuaid, first class•.
honors; Marianne Segereti, first
class. onor'a' Marle a Turnbull,
Vitt, . � r
s kzotos,
espite
. While construction of the new
SOUS addition is a month' ie -
hind schedule and temporary
accommpdation will be" provid-,
ed for a number of 'classes,
school Will open as scheduled
on Tuesday morning, principal
L. P. Plumsteel said this' week,
Crews of, cleaners are be-
inrou ht in over the,.holiday
weekend in a`n efFoi t o ter
as much as possible of the build-
ing of the coating of dust and
plaster which resulted from the
summer construction 'program.
Mr. Plumsteel said that • while
there would be problems he
was satisfied.• provision would
he made in' some fashion for
each alOss. At the same time he.
said it was hopd to keep the
auditorium free of classes
since it was essential that a
meeting place be available.
As originally worked out the
construction program Wase' to
have been completed by school
opening. However, delays at the
outset, a ,year ago, ' in gaining
financial ' clearance 'held up
commencement of the work for
Increase
Personnel
' A►t General
Some additional personel will
move into Hensall immediately
to . step .. up productiorr at the
Hensall plant of General Coach
Works of Canada Limited; fol-
lowing destruction by fire of
the company's London plant'ou
Tuiesd'ay
.Fred Broadley, sales manager
'Said Wednesday; added persenei
would be in Hensall on a tem-
porary basis to assist in offset-
ting the loss in production re-
sulting from the London fire:
The fire broke out" shortly
after. 11 a.m. and left the plant
a burned' hulk in less than an
hour. , .
J. C. Clayton, vice-president
of General Coach, told the f20
employees after the fire "to sit
tight".' He said they all still had•
jobs and would hear • from the
company in 'a few, days.
He estimated the 'loss in
building and materials at $1,-
000,000. He said the plant'would
be rebuilt.
Seaforth:
Hosts -
To urney.
Perfect ' weather and' a good
t pout featured the Seaforth
Ladies' Trebles .lawn bowling
tournament Wednesday after-
noon. The Whitney trophy was
won by Sarnia rink, skipped
by "Mrs. Milliken. Second prize -
was won by Ella Munro, skip,
with Elsie Dinsmore, and Thel-
ma, Dale.. Mrs. H. Edwards of
Wingham was third and fourth
prize also went to Wingham,
with a rink skipped by Mrs.- J.
McIntyre. The weather was
ideal for the annual ladies'
tournament. •
Hold Pot -Luck
Seaforth bowlers sponsored a
pot -luck supper Tuesday eve-
ning followed by a jitney tour-
ney.
Prizes were won by • ladies,
Mrs. Tony Phillips, first; Mrs.
C. Walden,second; men first,
Art Finlayson and second;, Eric
Matzold. •
•
nearly two 'mouths: Since then
construction work has •fatten' :.
further month 'behind and eem-:
pletion. is not scheduled now
until the end of November,
During the summer the origi-
nal school building was demol-
ished. Construction is under-
way of the connecting wing be-
tween the two-storey wing built
Oust-tvintcr ands -the -odder -south-
wing.
With less thana week remain-
ing until the beginning of school
Seaforth is preparing to receive
several new residents. This
year seven new teachers • Will
join the staff of the Seaforth
District High School. -
Walter Aimes,• M.A,, will
teach senior English. He form-
erly taught in Windsor. Ross
Vogan, formerly of Stratford
Central will teach Industrial
Teaching junior Math and
Bc nca recent Edmund
adua e'- fry'
the .:University of Western On-
tario. •
John Ball, -B.A., also a Wes-
tern graduate, will teach Geog-
raphy and Economics.
Mrs. /sane, B.A., comes from
Brighton to instruct,; typing
and shorthand. In charge of -
junior French and English will
be Miss Silcox, B.A. She form-
erly taught in Sudbury.
Senior French will also have
a new teacher this year in the.
person of Miss Burnsides, B.A.
• Set Salaries
Meanwhile discussions be-
tween the board and staff which
had continued for several
months prior to the commence-
ment of the summer recess�
have been ,nainP1e h the
board. adopting' a revised a
ary schedule.
The new schedule provide
fpr increases in he ?4axin31 0,•
salaries in the various; categor
ies ranging up to.,,$1,500 a year'.
New minimumsand maximums
with former -levels in brackets
are: no. one •,$6400, $94800 OA"'
00, $9,000); 110. turn,
0$5,60 $6 400,
$10,200, 0, $9200); �WO,
three, $7,100, $11,500, ($6,x)0,,
$10,$00); no. four, $7,600,
000, ($6,) .$10,/00X. inincipal,
$15,000, •($13,5100); janitors, $lar
200, $3,740; secretary, ,000;
secretary -treasurer,,- 51,800 -Staff • '?
salaries for; .corng s
nelinol year's
will total $217,200, an increase
of $48in00. The. increase, how
ud four additional
positions to those in existence
lash year. M.
-Guests At Liberal Garden part
Hon. Paul HelIyer, Canada's Minister of National Defence was `a guest at a'garden party
sponsorted by the Huron Liberal Association on the lawns at the /residence of Dr. Morgan
Smith at Bayfield, Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Smith is the provincial Liberal candidate,, in Hur-
on. The garden party took the place - of the annual picnic which the association has sponsor-,
ed as a summA• activity for a number of years. About 250 were" present. Mr. HelIyer who•
was accompanied by Mrs. HelIyer, arrived in Goderich by air arid drove to Bayfield: Mr.
Hellyer (centre) chats with Dr. Smith, (left) and tiugh Edighof£er, Liberal candidate in Perth
riding• .
Lions Park Swimmers
Pass Red Cross;Tests
Students who had taken part
in the second series of instruc-
tional classes at the Lions Park
were tested last week in, the
four Red Cross categories.,
The tests at the pool marked
the completion' of the swimming,
instruction program at the park
for this year. However, the
pool itself will stay open for
the Labor Day weekend. Busi-
ness at the pool this year has•
been affected by. cold wet weath-
er and officials said total -at-
tendance as of the weekend was
19,665, compared to 23,499 at
the same time last year. •
The beginners were tested
by pool supervisor Peter Stin-
•nissen, The juniors, intermed-
iates and seniors were, tested
by Cpl. J. Merritt of Canadian
Forces Base Clinton.'
The more qualified swim -
News Of .Hensall
.Robert Bell
The first meeting of the clan,
ail the descendants of Robert
Bell and Margaret Doig, was
held at Hensall Community Park
in August.
Mr. and Mrs, Robert Bell and
family were early pioneer set
tlers in the Huron Tract. They
immagrated from Kippen, Ster-
•lingshire, Scotland, in 1835 and
settled on 200 acres of lend
purchased :Emil the Canada
Company, just southof Hensall.
They raised a family of thir-
teen children, ten of whom mar-
ried d ar)d ,raised .families,
1 Ovor'350 of the estimated
$UO
lirikrt � descendants' of this pair
registered at the reunion.
. , Oa % of ixi maprogrfim of
mers make up the Bronze Medal
ion class and they will be ex-
amined by Linda ..1%ley'ers 'of
Stratford, probably early in
September. Lynn Patterson of
Galt, district supervisor for the
Red Cross swimming instruc-
tion program will examine a
number of life &wards who have
been taking a /balers' course.
Following is a list of the
successful swiminers in 'the
Red Cross tests at the Lions
Pool.
Seniors
Robert Burns; John Mayba;
Peter DeGroot; Vicki Miller.
Intermediates
Cathy Stewart; Anne Hopper;
Kathy Mayba; John Lansink;
Arni Stinnissen; Gary Looby;
Jane Osborn; Janet .0sborn. '
Juniors
Joe McQuaid; Grant McLean:
Judy Mayba; Althea Stannah;
escen
games and sports was cancel-
led and the group moved into
the Hensall Arena, After a wel-
coming speech by the .master'
of ceremonies, Donald C. Bell,
Toronto,,, a sing -song, was en-
joyed. A program , followed.
Miss Joan Sinclair, Seaforth, ac-
companied by her sister, sang
two solos and joined by Miss -
Barbara Belly Boston, a duet.
Lloyd Mousseau, Hensall gave a
humorous reading. This wasfol-
lowed by a detrlonstration of
square dancing b$', ,,eight coup-
les,
dressed in t etitenit•ia1.:.cos-
tut
me.Ba1Dick
WAScaller:
the
Donald Bell,., Boston, showe
colored fi :ins taken in Gotlandi.
especially for'the t to . sho'w-
nes �
ing views of the countryside
around Kippen and Loch Lo-
mond, birthplace of 'Mr. and
:Mrs, Robert Bell.
The oldest person present was
Mr. Robert "Bell, London; the
youngest, Stewart Fonger, in-
fant' son -of Mr. and Mrs. Doug
Fonger, Kerwood; largest fam-
ily present, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
. Kramers and children, Dublin,
Ont.; longest , married • c'ouple,
Mr, and Mrs.. Stewart McQueen,
llensall; person coming the
Iongest distance, Mrs. Wm. 'gtt'al-
per, Port St. John, B.C.
Prizes
waded,
were beautiful.
Ceramic !bowls -nia& es p'ecia
for t'he *aunion by Gri ' . 11,
Street v'1lie. "
Kathy Bruxer; Mary Oke; Brian' •
Wilson; Rae Butson; Pauline
Goettler; Karen Davidsoni Beth
Broome; Clare 'Devereaux; Don -
el Toolay; Lynn MacDonald;
Tom Goettler; Greg Fischer. '
Beginners .
Cindy Dorssers; John Wester -
veld; Ken •Bruxer; Janice.
Schenck; Joanne Primeau: Eli
zabeth Davidson; Tracy Baker;
Jane Baker; Carol Steffen; El-
aine Hopper; Perry Broome;
Linda Gridzak; Steve Maxwell.;
Linda Miller; Stephen Goettler;
Sheila Drager; Wayne Coombs;
Debra Brodie; Susan Beuerman;
Judy Swan; David Steffen; Deb-
bie Dorssers; Gaye Fischer;
Randy .Wilson; Carla Brodie;
•alpoag uo.regg 'uosp& quiz
• Teapots
John Primeau; Brent Schenck;
Wayne Nigh; Laurie Bridge;
Linda Drager; Jeffrey Allan.
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A member from each family
branch served on the commit-
tee which was cenvcned by Mrs,
W. J. F. Beli, Kippen and Mrs.
E. Ti. Chipehase• Hensall. 011-
,Ver Jaques .of Tlensall brought
greetings from the village on be-
half of Reeve Minnie "Noakes. ,
A chicken cbarbeetxe waft served
by caterers.
Visitors 'overnight with, %Mr.
and Mrs, Gordon; Schwalm' and
family, from. Saskatchewan,, oh
their. way back front,one;• iyeelea -
visit to not, vete' Mrs.thei' .•
Stevenson, of O>i% Sa idiss
C
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of S
teft..
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and ;;14rs. Aite
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CContlnited Ofit Pike th