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The Huron Expositor, 1964-01-09, Page 179,r,-4.WVr.e!,-4-6 , • Whole No. 5903 105th Year SEAFQRTH, ONTARIO, THT)1ISDAY, JANUARY 9, 1964 — 10 PAGES MCQpeCeflt g AOar,:.4n A*Patl, 4A, SEAFORT.H COUNCIL. took time Out Monday eVening for a picture. Shown here are: seated (left to • right), Reeve N, C. Cardno, Mayor Earl Dinsmore, Deputy Reeve Carl Dalton, Clerk C. Lyle Hammond; (startling) Councillors John F. Flannery, Angus MacLean, Donald G. Eaton, Bill Wilbee, Amos Corby and Frank Case. (Expositor photo by Phillips). , . . i'Setiforth 1i ire Limit For SewerConnections -• 'Appointment of council re- presentative& to boardand pm -- missions highlighted the first business meeting ot Seaforth's 1964 council 'Monday evening. • Establishing a record for brevitf, certainly as far as re- cent years are concerned, coun- cil completed everything on the agenda and adjourned before 10 O'clock. • early .-adjournrnent was ac-hieved despite late • start and time out for pictures Endorsing..- the contribution Which the .Seaforth District High School Band Made tO the com- munity, council. approved •a giant 'of $600 for the purchase of new hats and capes for band members. Band director George Hilde- brand, who appeared with band members. Joan 'Pryce and .Naricy Berger, said the band had "got all we can from the board and used all our own money„ so now we come to yeti." . He said 42 capes and hats were required, as well as ,six • additional\ hats for majorettes and standardbearers. -Council deferred considera- tion of requests . for salary ad- justments until the budget. was prepared. Requests • included -those of Constables Calder and Ruston, who asked $200 each •additional, together with Provi- sion of a fourth man, so that weekly time-3vould be reduced to 52 .hours. Public works em- ployees also asked for an in- crease. The-OWRC advised that an• extension to the Goderich St. sewer could not be regarded as part of the overall projeet, since certain clearanies had not been received prior to work being undertaken. The work involved a 'short extension on Goderich Street West, for which it was found provision had not been made as expected. In other. correspondence; Bell Telephone asked approval for construption work involved in the conversion program, as well in, planning for service for the' 1966 plowiiirrnateh. A lettee the Minister of Municipal -.Affait s, drawing at- tention to the need of inspect- ing public buildings for snow load, •wap referred to building inspector J. F. Scott, for action. Clear Appointments Appointments cleared 015'y - council without discussion in- cIuded: . C. L Haminond, clerk, treas- urer, tax collector, relief ad- ministrater—$4,500.00. • Donald Haines, •assessor— $1,200.90. , • Auditor: Clarkson, Gordon & Co.—$750.00. Solicitor: A. 'VC Sillery, $150 retainer. J. F. Scott: fire chief, $.3o0:00; inspector—$250.00. Town forenian: Harold Mal- oney—$3,600.00. Assistant: A. Price, $3,120.00; G. Vanderzon, V.15 per hour. Assistant clerk: Mrs. G. Mc- Connell—$1.25 per hour. Maitland Valley,Conservation: Reeve: N. C. Cardner Mid -Western Ontario Develop- ment: Councillor D. Eaton. Planning committee: Ross Savauge, Brad Smith, J. A. Stewart, Mayor Dinsmore, Reeve Seaforth Red -Cross Plans Annual Drive Officers of the Seaforth Branch of the Red Cross So- ciety were named- at -aiecent meeting of the branch, when Mrs. W. E. Butt -Was elected 4 as president. Flans for the 'annual earn- paign were discuised. The chair- man for the fund drive in March 'is Rev. Harry J. Donaldson: Officers for 1964 are: .MRS. W. B. BUTT President, .71Y : 1f Biitt;; • viee-president, M. .A.„ V. Me - lake; eonvener of loan cup- board, Mrs. Roy McGonigle; re- presentative from St. ThOltias' Church, Mrs. George McGavin; from St. James' Church, Mrs. W. J. Duncan; from Northside United Church, • Mrs. E.. H. Close; knitting enliveners, Mrs. J. A. Munn, -Mrs. E C. Boswell and Mrs. G. C. Brightrall. The financial statement, pre- sented by the retiring treasurer, Mrs. W. E. Butt, covered the year: 'Receipts Cash. on hand or de- posit, Jan. 1, 1963..4 269.03 Campaign receipts • 1,445.95 General donations 17.50 Bank interest 8,49 ' $1,740.97 •Expenses Surplus funds remit-. ted Jan. 23, 1963 $ 57.96 Blood donor procure- ment 2.00 Heal& work 14.00 Water safety servides • 46.36 Workroom atipplies 165.5/ Administration' exp. . ' 2.92 art � eampaign drive fund, remitted June 7 1;000.00 Campaign expenseand stipplieS ....... ... 1:2.26 Chat on- Third' $1.74 on -deposit, $438.70„„ 440:50 secretary, • taisl Mae Stnithrtrekairer, 1V1ii.R., Kern $040,97 • Cardno, R. S. Box and Deputy Reeve Dalton. Scott Memorial H o i t a 1 Board: K. Bruce MacMillan. SDHS Board: J. A. Cardno. Community Centre Board: W. R, Smith, .L. F. Ford, Reeve Cardno, Hill Wilbee, Angus MacLean and Mayor Dinsmore. •Seaforth Public .Library: Miss M. E. Turnbull and R. J. Spittal. -Estimates By March 1, served notice that • other spending•bodies for yitich• council collects taxes must have estimates in by March 1st, or couneil-will determine. on a rate. Involved are local schools and the public library. Approval was given to bor- rowing. up to $160,000 from .the ,Canadian imperial Bank of Com- merce. Last year maXimum re- quired. was $85,000.00,, Clerk Hammond said. • • Snciw removal costs totalled $122.50 in . December, Deputy Reeve Dalton said. This over-. ed truck' rental. He said snow was being removed. on Goderich Street from: West to East Wil- liam Streets, where large ambunts had accumulated, near service statiohns. ' • Councillor Bill Wilbee recall- ed that when he was in the ser- vice station business, it had been necessary to rent a truck and haul the snow away. • Require Connection ' The chairman said some dif- ficulty was being experienced in drains _settling in the area of sewer constrntion. Council agreed a date should be set before which all sewer services must be completed. Clerk Ham- mond was instructed to have. a bylaw prepared for the Febru- ary meeting requiring connec- tion within six-morttitr- The police report, presented by Councillor Flannery, shoW- ed 90 occurrences in December; 18 HTA and 4 LCA charges were laid; 53 parking tickets is- sued, 'and -fines of $353 levied. Sinee Judy 8, when the present police officials assumed office, fines totalling $2,227.80 have been levied; 307 parking tickets issued, and 90 charges laid un- der the HTA. Discuss -New Central School For Stanley RatepagivaCvin Stanley Town- ship will attend an open meet- ing in the township hall, Varna, January 27th, to discuss the nos: sibility of a central school for the township. • • The meeting is being called by Stanley Township Council at the request of the township school area -board. The township has '10% school sections, six of which come un- der the Stanley -Township ache& area board. nor others each have their own bear& and the remaining half -section is part of a union sehool, the other half of which is -in Hay Township. Township emit -tell- also author- Yed grants of $25 to. the Huron County Plowmen's Association, 000 to the Hayfield Eire De- partment, 'and $50 to, We M. • , (Continued on Page '4). - Seciforth Council Strea lines Committees Seaforth council Monday ap- proved a proposal advanced by Mayor Dinsmore and -streamlin- ed the committee arrangement that existed last year. Instead of eight standing com- mittees, this year there will be but four, •, ' The committees as approved are: ,• Finance and general govern- nient—MacLean, Eaton, Cardno, Corby. • • Protection to persons and pro-, perty—Flaunery, Corby, Dalton, Case: _. • , , Public works and-sanitationLL palton, Case, Flannery,-Wilbee. Welfare, recreation and in- duatry--Cardno, Wilbee, Mae - Lean and Eaton. , "Court of revision—MacLean, Dinsmore, Cardno, Dalton,- and Flannery. •At the suggestion of Council- lor MacLean,' council designated the, general government com- mittee to provide liason with McKillop and Tuckersmith in Matters affecting the three mun- iciPalities„ -Carry,ing. out a"" custom of many years standing, 'elnintil visited Tuckersmith council, meeting in the same 'building, and exchanged greetings for the Netv Year. Firemen Elect Chief J. F. Scott; Picin Fireworks Seaforth Firemen re-elected John F. Scott as Chief at the annual 'meeting of the Brigade Thursday evening. „ Other officers are: foreman, Ron Dolmage; - assistant fore - Man, Ron Broome; • secretary - treasurer, R. J. Boussey. Firemen Completed plans for the Christmas tree bonfire, set for Saturday night, and dis- cussed arrangements for a fire- works display on Victoria Day. The event, begun last year, will be held in co-operation with Seaforth merchants.. 69.1% Vote .Monday ew Ree_veln, • . For Reeve-- " 13enermann Stewart For Council— Dennis McNichol •( Dodds Campbell Ryan The Vote: NO. 1 NII• 2 No..3 No. 4 Total 18 17 44 30 159 126 128 124 78 106 131 133 79 • 94 112 1a4- 78 88. 108 126 • 78 98 87 J98 122 79 39 43 109 537 443 419 400 361 323 ' -4- District CouncilsMake Appointinents for '6 • , Tuckersmith council met. in cock, Frank Sellers; Southwest, the Town Hall, Seaforth, on James :Wilson, Bruce Stnith, Monday, Whenmembers sub- Charles Souch; Southeast, Ken - scribed to the oath of office as neth McDonald; James _Smith, administered by Clerk. J. I. Mc- Harvey McCutcheon;,weed in- Intosh, Thy was 'folloWed -by."a tpeter, Rcibert arasby; t'grader; brief inspirational 'talk by the man, James Casemore; trench Rev. }reward Plant of Bruce- inspector, William McArter; tile field. . -.' drainage -inspector, Geo. Michie. Seafotth Town Council and Other appointments included: Tuckersmith •Township Council Ross Smith on the Maitland exchanged greetings- prior to Valley • Conservation Authority; adjourning for ' dinner. • James Mair, on the Brussels re - Reeve Elgin Thompson was creational committee; 'William reappointed as the rePresenta. Elston and. Clare Vancainp, on the Belgrave- -Arena Board; tke of the township to the Stewart Procter and Walter Ausable River Conservation Authority, in addition to being Shortreed, on the Blyth Fire reappointed -welfare administra- Area Board; Stewart Procter tor in the township. John Earle and Ross Smith, on the Wing - was. again appointed as truant ham Fire Area Beard; James officer for Tuckersmith. Mair, on the Brussels .'ire Area , Committee; Robert H. Coultes, Scott Memdrial Hospital, $25; Grants approved included. on the Wingham and District Canadian Mental Health 'Assoc- Hospital Board. , iation, $10; St. The, 'Myth Standard was John Ambulance, $10; Salvation Army, $25. awarded the centred for print - Council " joined the Ontario ing for 1964 at $184. Walton Good.Roads Association and the Community Hall Board was giv- Ontario Association of Rural 'en a grant of $50. 'Council ap- , Pluniciparities with membership proved .a rebate of $36.99 to fees of $15 each. to Pierre Rammeloo on his taxes. ,, The Clerk was instructed and DeVries. of $6.73 to Jac apply to the Department • Council agreed -to pay member - Highways for -the-balance of of ship fee to the Ontario Associa.. - tion....01 Rural Munkipalities. the subsidy on. road expendi i tures, and to notify all taxpay- Accounts approved for lov- er' with taxes in arrears for ment included: 'Generar• • Ac - three years- cif counts—Town of • Clinton, de - deadline for payment. the March 15th. bentures to Collegiate, $127.60; P Accounts passed for payment Pierre- Rammeloo, rebate on included: Roads, $3,828.15; ad- taxes, $36.99; Jac DeVries; fund on taxes, $6.73; Walton vertising. and, supplies, $28; tax nd rebates, $24.04; admiriliCommunity Hall Board, grant,tration, $330.61; grants and association $50;alle Rev.nder Nursing ET. E. Home,Kenned75:75 Kennedy, 500;; fees, $100; welfare, $143.79; Callender street lights, $273.75; Egmorid- Municipal World, .3 subscrip ville Water System, $64.31; tions, $15; Radie;•Station CKNX, High School Debenture, $621.50. broadcast. Nov., 1962, $3.50; The/next regular meeting will Pinecrest Manor, $75.75; On - be held on February 4 at 1 p.m. taflo Association of Rural Min- - • icipalities, $15.00 ; Municipal •MORRIS TOWNSHIP World, suppries, $4.17; William Peacock, Morris' hare Of o Morris 'Township council was dump, $50A; Ontario Hydro, held Monday with -all' members Bluevale lights $15,52, Walton present. Rev. T. EKennedy, lights 1;$72, Belgrave. lights . Bluevale, was present and. con- $104.52; Imperial Oil, $28115; ducted a short devotional' per- S. B. $9.93; Morris iod. William Elston expressed Township, pipe for Grasby thanks to Mr. Kennedy. $13.50. The Clerk. administered the Road 'Accounts—Wm. McAr- ter, mileage, freight, path of office to •Reeve Stewart book - Procter and Councillors Walter Shortreed, James Mair, Ross Smith, and William Elston. Officials appointed included: clerk, Mrs. Helen Martin; treas- urer, relief officer, school at- tendance officer, Nelson -Hig- gins; assessor, John Brewer; poundkeepers, Carl Johnston, Stewart McLentlan, Ross Tur- vey, Mel Mathers, John Bow- man, Stanley Ijopper, Robert Yuill, Mervin Pipe„ Robert Gras - by, Wm. McCutcheon, Ernest tichie, Robert Bird,. William Craig, _George Blake, John Nes- big Rae huether; livestock valu- ators, Herbert Garniss, Ken Taylor; fenceviewers, North- west, Harold Procter, Milo Case - more, Bert Hastings; Northeast, Wilfred Warwick, William Pea - keeping, wages, $142.27; James Casemore, wages, $222.50; John ' Smith. wages,' $62.50; Purdon Motors, charging battery, $1.00; Ideal Supply Co., wrenches and repairs to graders, $626.79; ;Alex Inkley, fuel oil and tax, $167,88; Brussels Coal Yard, coal, $35.25; -J. C. McNeil, generator, oil, etc., $118.10; Dominion Road Machinery, wheels, pins, glass, ,etc., $165.58; Wajax Equipment 'Ltd, pump, belts and caps, $205.22; Glenn Snell, Snowplow- ing, $749.25; Mel Jermyn, sndw plowing, $1,312.00; Ross A. Jam- ieson, load„ing and hauling, $15; Donald Hopper, hauling gravel, $10; Morris Taitship, Higgins & Arbuckle Drains, $411.45; Wilmer Glousher, snow plow- ing, $889.00. REEVE KEN STEWART Must' Consider Storm': Sewers, Mayor Suggests.* • lViretoldeinbeh rs tofa.tthe .torahttx.c%hu9 nt,ci; we necessary on the part of these involved in goOd government were courage, honesty and faith, as Rev. D.40.. Fry, of First Pres- byterian Church here; took part in inaugural ceremonies Mon- day morning. • The courage was that which 'Ctirist exhibited when He went into' the city in which He knew His death was . being , planned. The honesty mut be such as to resist compromise—honesty with ourselves, he said, and add - c• -1 the faith- must,repreaent an utter trust in the future. , Concluding his remarks,' 1111i: Fry prayed that those involved would "have care foronlY that which promotes „good • govern., ment.n. ' Prior to the opening proceed- ings, Mayor E. Dinsmore and members of council were sworn in by Clerk Lyle Hammond. In his inaugural address, May- or Dinsmore referred to retir- ing members • of council, Reeve W. N. Ball and Councillor Neil Be11, and welcomed the new members, Councillors Don Ea- ton, Frank Case and Amos Cor- by. He commented on the addi- tional position ,of deputy reeye and the election of Councillors Cardno and Dalton as reeve and, deputy reeve. Mayor Dinsmore continued his address: "Last year in my inaugural •address I stated Seafortti was facing its greatest .face-lifting in many years. namely, the sewer project, Goderich Street, and North Main Street. These have been all -Mit completed. All that is necessary now is the finish coat of w•phalt on the' two streets. and one sidewalk on North Main- Street. out Hos- pital is at the starting stage ern1 shoold be under Way this time next year, "I am riot predicting large .work schedules for the year. either am I asking you to lay back and rest on your laurels. By keeping close tab on all our spending, and spending, the money Where it is the most needed, we can do a great many things the citizens of our town request, and' need. "I think this year's council should start this year on p1ans.4 for storm sewers, as many of I our old tile drains are worn I out. We should also start to' (Continued on Page 4) McKillop electors -41% O theni-A4electe4 a new rPOYe..47e— ' turned three former cetnaeiller andchose one new councillor :at 'Z the polls on Monday, ' • Ken Stewart, a..memtter,of council since 1989,;•;n71113 cleCted., reeve in his first 'bid 19*-0,1the - •-• office„ He defeated Dan„.49,00-• mann,-who had headed t•IIAPVIIP: ship since he was first %PAW as reeve in 1948. :The vote was: Stewart 537; Beuermann, 3,09; The defeat brought to a close a municipal career extending over 21 years, and was the f*st since' he was elected to council in 1943. When results of the- election - Were determined shortlytfte 7 o'clock, the 'first of long line of welttvishers visited the Stewart home, lot 16, con.. 4, to extend congratulations.• ' Heads Poll: Councillor William Dennis 'headed the poll in "the election for council with 448 votes. Al- so elected were Ralph MeNick ol„Harold Dodds and Allan. Campbell. • Of the 945 electors in the township, 683 or 69.1%0 cast their ballots, • • 1..Dearing Heads Vocational Sche® Advisory Group )i‘ Th,e_.1963 chairman of the Seaforth District High _School Board, Ed Dearing, Of RR 1, Staffa, Monday night was elect.,, ed chairman of the Advisory Vo- cational Committee to the Cen- tral Huron Secondary School at Clinton. . • Mr.' Deering succeeds R. D. Philps ,of Blyth, who retired De- cember i after -a number of ' rYears' ;seritiee as a nieniber �f- tbe cpg hoard, _Posing time:4: • time Ile served as cliairm0,3, 0.,17W - the A.V.C. for three years. '- • Named, as,,vice-chhirman of " the A.V.C. was James Tayler, of Hensel, who represents the SHDHS board, 'Exeter. The A.V.C. named the 1964*, committees as • follows: equip- • ment and property, William Hearn (chairman), Clinton; Gor- don Muir, Goderieh; Garnet Hicks, Exeter; board represent- ative as 'Yerttimamed for C.D. et., Clinton; finance, staff and curricular , committee, Gerald. , Ginn, Goderich; James, Taylor, Hensel; Mrs. Thomas Goven lock, Seaforth; Walter New- combe, Clinton; industrial' coni- mittee, -:`Gordon Muir, William Hearn,' Gerald ' Ginn, James 'Taylor; public relations and evening course committee, Gar- net Hicks, Mrs. Govenlock, Gor- don Muir, •Walter NeWenitibe, and the yet unnamed represent- ative from CDCI board. A monthly meeting of the A.V.C. will be held the first Monday of each month at CHSS, Clinton. fenny Akker Is New President Of Teen -Twenty . Benny Akker was elected president of Teen -Twenty Sat- urday evening., Other officers are Allan Pat- terson, vice-president; P a m Powell, secretary,.-aliff Bruce" Whitmore, treasurer. SEAFORPH'S DEPUTY MAKES 36 Huron Council Has Seven New Members Huron County Council of 1964 will have seven new members and 29 who served previously. Seaforth's deputy reeve brings the total to 36, instead of 35. Three changes result from township contests. Archie Ethz erington is the new reeve of Usborne, defeating Geo. Frayne. Lorne Durnin comes tOrepres- ent West Wawanesh, where he was chosen over Harvey Culbert. Reeve Dan Beuermann, 16 years at the head of McKillop Town- ship, is succeeded by Ken Stew- art. Grant -Stirling, former deputy reeve of Godefich Township, re- turns as reeve, clinatteuent upon retirement of WatZien Walter J. Forbes, and Everett Mdliwain, who visited the council cham- ber a year -ago to see Reeve Forbes installed as Warden,„will be taking his own chair in council as deputy reeve. Mrs. May -.Mooney, deputy reeve of Goderich, ,has been elided Myer- for 1064-, and -is succeeded on county council by Beg -Jewell. The town is repre! sented also by Reeve Frank Walkom, a member of county council for several ye,ars.. Reeve William Ball of Sea - forth, who retired, is succeeded by Nelson C. Cardno., Deputy reeve is Carl Dalton. Reeves Ralph- Jewell of Col- borne, Roy. Adair of Wingham, and Glenn Webb of Stephen, who announced themselves as candidates for warden, will be called upon, according to cus- tom, to laddress conticil at open- ing of the January session on the 21st, Mr. Adair was a can- didate in 1062 when ReeVe Mc- Cutcheon, of Brussels, was chos- en. 'They are from central, north and south areas of the countl, but recorded votes of other years do not indicate that geography Is much of a factor, and politiesi affiliation cannot be, t time, as all three are Conservative .. • • In accordance With' Custerti, retiring Warden Forbes will be presented by the new warden with his desk nameplate. Judge • „., Frank Fingland or Magistrate Hays will administer the oath of office to the new warden. Clerk -treasurer J. G. 13 -my per- forms this duty in connection with *nett members. Reeve Culbert, defeated in West Wawanosh, had four years to serve on the road committee, and Reeve Dan Beuermann, Mc- Killop, who was chairman in 1963, had one year to go. Geo. Frayne, Usborne, was elated for 1963 only,, so there are three places to till on the five - member board, with Reeye Grant Stirling of Goderich Township and deputy reeve Joseph Kerr of Wingham 'con- tinuing. Changes on other cotn- tnittees apparently will not be numerous. ' Archie Etherington, n e w reeve of Usborne, served four years on council before stand- ing for reeve, and won his first -conlesrlor the office by defeat- ing George Frayne, reeve two years and councillor for five, unopposed. Mr. ,Etherington was trustee of the local ,school section for six years before a' township school board was forme& He has been s support- er of central school administra- tion in the township since the school board first proposed it to council. Mr. Etherington re- sides on lot 29, concession 4, of Usborne, the community be- ing known as Hurondale. He specializes in beef cattle. He has had three boys attend uni- versity. One graduated from the University of Western On- tario in journalism, another' from Western in engineering, and a third is at Waterloo Uni- versity in the engineering course. Lorne Durnin served two years on West Wawanosh coun-1 ell- before standing for reeve and defeated Mr. CnIbert In a close race. Mr. Durnin was a member of the township school board before entering council. He lives on ecession 0, ILR 2, Luckilaw, -and is engaged mixed fanning. 111s a mem- ber of St, Helen's United Church,, His wife was Jean Ken- nedy of- Whitechurch commun- ity. They have two sons. The new reeve is 'a distant cousin of former warden John S. Dorn - in.. . Reeve Ken Stewart, who will represent Menton, has been three years on township coun- cil, and active in Federation of Agriculture and other comiriun- ity affairs. He lives about five miles northeast Of Seaforth. The Stewarts have one son and three daughters. Nelson Cardno, new reeve of Seaforth, is a Member of a Pioneer family In the last war he served as an RCNVR officer " on hitivfoun4laridand the east coast. He, is married - and has two children, peputy reeve Carl Dalton, 57, has been four years on town ohne% A retired farther; he was bOilt and .raised in 1ttoltiltopi. and "tot•l. throes- to o*ii.'btoporttfitihe'. township.'