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Whole N. 5076
106th Year
SEAI,FORTII, 4NTARZ`Q
Suggest Rr*ta! Buses,
ToServe McKillop, Grey
Since McKillop Township had
reached no decision as to pub-
lic school facilities to be pro-
vided in the township, council
at a meeting Monday.. hesitat-
,. ed to approve a proposal ad-
vance�'• by Grey Township .to
provide for the purchase of
buses by issuing debentures.
The buses would serve a •school
area in Grey, ,which also in-
cludes. a portion of McKillop.
' As an alternative, council
suggested the Grey Board con-
sider operating buses on a ren-
tal basis until the McKillop pic-
ture had • been clarified.
Work ' will get under way
shortly upon the reconstruction
of ° the 2% miles of road be-
tween concessions 2 and 3.
About 2% miles of road are
involved, and- the work will in-
clude the removal of the hill,
for many years known as Turn -
bull's Mountain. Council enter-
ed ' into a development road
agreement with the ' Depart-
ment to cover the cost of the
work estimated at 439,875.
The ' tender .of Joseph Kerr,
Wingham,. for $32,792 was ac-
cepted for the project. This
provides for 22,600 tons of
Class B stone at $21,822, and
7,000 tons of Class A stone at
$940.–h addition, the contract
;includes 150,000, gallons of wa-
ter for .compaction at $125, and
15 tons of calcium 'chloride at
$105. If excavation is 'are-
quirement, this will be' at a
`rate of 57c per yard..
The other tender received was
that of Sandy Contracting Ltd.,
of Goderich, for $40,455.'
Approval was given for the
appointment of enumerators in
connection with the Liquor Lie-
ense Board vote scheduled for
June 30th. The enumerators,
James McQuaid, Mrs" Robert
Harrison, Mrs. Grace Roe •'and
Mrs: George Case,, will each re-
ceive $40 for the ' enuineration
and the-' provision. of ' seven
printed 'copies of the list. •
Council renewed road arid
.general insurance. with Gerald
Holland, agent for Frank Cow-
an. Insurance Co. Ltd., with
' premiums totalling $1,431.77. ,
Petitions for drain improve-
ment works submitted by Wm..
Boyd for the repair of the Boyd
Dram at Lot 13, Con. 11, and
of John' Birch for the repair of
the McNichol Drain, Con.`- 14,
were accepted ,and referred to
the engineer for report.
. Work has begun on- construc-
tion of the' • new centennial-.
township office at Winthrop,
ahci° council agreed the county
be asked to provide necessary
pipe and fill .to close in the
ditch in front of the new build-
ing. At the same time, ar-
rangements were made for a
well to be drilled at the site.
Tenders- were received from
J. L. Davidson,. $4.50; J. Hop.-..
per, $4.60, and Charles Keeso,
of Listowel, $4.50 a .foot, with
REV. ' JOHN VAN DEN
HENGEL, son of Mr. and Itis.
Gerald Van den Hengel; RR
'5, Seaforth, was ordained to
the Priesthood at Ottawa by
Archbishop M. J. Lemieux,
on Saturday. He will say his
first Solemn High Maas at St.
-James' Church, Seaforth, on
Sunday, at 11 a.m. The pub-
lic is invited,
Born in Holland, Oct. 1st,
1939, he studied . at Sacred
Heart Seminary, Delaware
Ont., • also at Sacred Heart
Novitiate, Ste. Marie, Illinois;
Kilroe Seminary, ' llonesdale,
Penn., and at t1nlversity of
Ottawa, 'where he is schedul-
ed to teach • in September,
1065. lie earned his 11.A. de�
gree in 1961, ai4 his l tt't de
$30 off for cash., The Keesb
contract, was accepted.
Council adopted Provisional-
ly
rovisionally the report of Engineer S. W.
Archibald on the Lawrence
Drain. The drain which skirts
Seaforth on, the northwest lim-
its, involves work estimated to
cost $19,000. The report indi-
cates division of costs to be:
McKillop $11,650, Seaforth, $5,-
717, and Tuckersmith $1,635.
Council agreed that Clarence
Regeie should attend a meeting
to consider the Excavation Pro-
tection Act, which is being held
'at Stratford- on June 24.
Looking to improvements on
the sideroad between lots 29
and 30, con. 1 and 2, council
instructed the road superin-
tendent to purchase lands nec-
essary for slight diversions in
the present road from Mary
Coleman, James M. Scott, Har-
old Agar and Sam Scott.
MISS ELEANOR •KEYS,
, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Keys, RR 1, Seaforth,
who graduated from Kitch-
ener -Waterloo Hospital School
of Nursing, on Saturday.
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JOHN M. SCOTT, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Scott,
who is a 1965. honors gradua-
ate in the Fine Arts course
from the University of To-
ronto.
NEWS OF B1 ODIAGEN'
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Hold Farewell - As
Minister Leaves
The Sunday school teachers
of St. Peter's Lutheran Church
and their wives and husbands
with about 25 attending, sur-
prised Rev. and Mrs. Brill when
they .gathered at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert French at
whose homethe honored guests
•had been invited for dinner, on
Friday evening., The evening
was spent in games, contests
and a short program, with priz-
es going to' Mrs. Henry Rose,
Edgar Elligsen, Glenda Miller
and Larry' Kistner. The contest
winners were Shirley Vock, Di-
anne Trutter and Larry Kistner.
After enjoying delicious
lunch,.
MiSs Glenda Miller, who
composed and read a suitable
address of good wishes' to Pas-
'tor'and Mrs. Brill, who will be
leaving the end of June for the
parish at ' Conestoga • and St.
Jacobs. ,Edgar Elligsen, superin-
tendent, made the presentation
of two folding aluminum 'lawn.
chairs, and he also ' thanked all
who helped to make this an
enjoyable evening. Pastor Brill,
on behalf of his wife and him-
self, graciously thanked those
Who made the gift and for the
help and' co-operation of the
teachers during . his five years'
ministry. • here.
Mrs. Edwin Rock accompan-
ied her son, Rev. Robert Rock,
by plane, to Dartmouth, Nova
Scotia, Iasi week. ]jeer ?and Mrs.
Rock recently •became the par-
ents of an infant son,` ,
Roger Sholdice is on holidays
from the Toronto -Dominion
Bank, Mitchell, for the next two
weeks.
Rev: Harold • Brill and dele-
gate, Norman Bennewies, at-
tended Canada Synod of the •
Lutheran Church in `Waterloo ',Britannia Lodge
'last week.
Members of the church board
of St. Peter's Lutheran Church
here attended the ordination of
Seminarian John Kapas, who is
to be the pastor of this con-
gregation.
Mr. Wilbur Hoegy"was home
from London hospital for the
weekend.
' A shower for Mr. 'and Mrs.
Gordon Ludington ,(nee Bar-
bara Gollnitz) was held at the
Community •Hail, here. on Fri-
day evening. '
On" Saturday evening the
wedding reception for Mr: and
Mrs. David Chaffe (Karen Os-
borne) was held at the Com-
munity Hall„
Mr. • and' Mrs. Eric Ludington
(Carole Wurdell) returned from
their honeymoon' trip.
Members of the Logan Area
School Board held a meeting
with Fullerton and ,Hibbert Ar-
ea School Board last week.
Rev. Robert. Rock, of Nova
Scotia, who was 'attending . •Syn-
od at Wa'tealbo last Week; vis-
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
lit
Edw ._. Rock.
and Iwo. Dick; Brink •'nd.
a it" ive in, JI fM
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Ilton on Sunday.
Swing bowling started Mon-
day evening with 12 teams play-
ing. -Monday, Tuesday and,
Thursday evenings games will
be held on the two courts at
the church shed, acrossfrom.
the church.
- Mr. Bob Jennison, of Grand
Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wat-
son, Toronto, and Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford ' Watson,7 Exeter, . with
Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Wolfe.
Mr: and Mrs. Don Ahrens and
family with Mrs. Chas. Ahrens
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred Ah-
rens on Sunday. -
Mr: and Mrs: •Fred A. Kistner
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spent Sunday. visiting ' their
daughter,. Mrs. Don Jackson
and Mr. Jackson at Listowel.
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- Red- CrossSeeks
Information
The Red Cross. Society is
seeking information concerning
James W. Knapp, and has ask-
ed the local organization for -
help.
Mr°t•--Knapp; came from Eng-
land td Stratford in 1908 or
1909. He is believed to have
lived for a time near Seaforth,
perhaps in McKillop; prior to
the First War. •
Any information may be for-
warded to Mrs. W. E. Butt,
President of the Seaforth
Branch Red Cross
1JRSDAY, JUNE 10, 1965 10 PAGES.
Preceded by a two-hour wa t
for a- grand jury repot irt, a., -
Other case, and then the i:. •
panelling of a petit jury''; the
case of Mrs, Donna BoYeits dill
not get Ander way until n0ar•
4 o'clock Monday. W. E..Sot
gate was examined briefit
Crown Attorney W:- G.:Coc
rane, and the second • witn ,
Utilities chairman D'Orlea
Sills, was still in the bo when
Judge Harold Lang, of• St.
Marys, adjourned court until
Tuesday morning. Mr. Coe-
rane,said he was about to one
a..new line of examination,th, t
might take three-quarters of a
hour. Mr. Sills had already
testified for that length of Aim .
He explained that Mrs.' Boy '
duty as secretary -treasurer' w s
to. collect the money, while ,
the office, and mark acco s
paid, make up a statement a d
deliver the money to the ba
She kept the commission's mi -
utes, and a book ' contain'
minutes from January, 1959, to
October, 1964, was put ,•in s
an exhibit, Mrs. Boyes 'had
made the arrangements fpr
temporary help, from Mrs. Scott
and Mrs. Bridge:
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W: E. Southgate, the first wit-
ness called, is a residential "a d
commercial customer of • t e
PUC, and testified that he w s
billed "in arrears" for an c
count"already paid. " r
Mr. Cochrane told his honoGr
there' would be 25 witne$ses, a
larger number than at the pre-
liminary hearing, when tbe 4c-
cused- was committed for trial
by Magistrate H. 'Glenn Ha3s+s.
On January 25th the case was
adjourned until June 7th. .Ar-
thur Martin,' Q.C., Toronto
lawyer, -- is • defending Mrs.
Boyes. -
Mrs. Jean Clements, court
clerk, summoned 25 from the
petit jury 'panel, but 14 were
challenged or stood aside, while
11 •were sworn? From an vaddi-
tional five, the 'twelfth juror
Was.;chose.,
As the hearing began, ' t;ae•
Crown- Attorney said he and Mr.
Martin had agreed that many
df the witnesses could not' be
called befbre Wednesday after-
noon, and Judge Lang excused
13, mostly business people in
Seaforth.
"The 'petit jury: Bruce Hol-
land, Clinton; John ' Snell, Jr.,
Hullett; L. McCann, Stephen;
Clarence Smiley, Tuckersmith;
Desmond Brophy, Wingham;
William Marwick, Goderich;
liam Pinkerton, Usborne; Ken-
neth Hodgins, Ashfield; ' John
Grace, Goderich-Township; Ar-
thur McMichael, HuIlett; Ken-
neth Leitch, Wingham; Thomas
J. Murray, McKillop.
• Mr. Sills was in the witness
Pox nearly an hour on Tuesday
forenoon, after which the Crown
called R. J. Boussey, Utilities
manager., He was examined for
two -hours by the Crown 'At-
torney before 1 o'clock adjourn:
ment. - • • •
xplaiThe utilities chairman ex-
plained
ned how and by whom the
periodic audits were conducted.
At..commission meetings he test-
ified, "When we asked about ar-
rears we were told there was.
none to worry about, except a
few special accounts of people
gone bankrupt -or left town. It
was left to the Manager and
secretary -treasurer. Occasional-
ly names were brought :up, but
we did not hear about too many
excep` at• the end of -the year.
Uncollectable accounts were put
on a separate list,' but not writ -
Charter Dated July 13, 1865 -
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A century of Masonic activity
in Seaforth was marked Satur-
day evening when members of
Britannia Lodge observed the
100th anniversary of the found-
ing of the lodge. The charter
was granted on July 13, 1865.
Guestof honor for the occa-
sion was the Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Canada in
Ontario, John A. Irwin, of
London. In, addition, members
of lodges throughout - the dis-
trict were present to join in
the celebration held in the Le-
gion Hall. About 230 attended
the dinner and program which
followed. -
Guestes were welcomed by
Worshipful Master R. Cyril Kirk.
Others who took part- in the
program were Rev. R. W. Wen -
ham, Clinton; District Deputy
Grand Master R. -G. Shortreed,
Clinton, . who ' introduced the
Worshipful Masters present, and
Clarke Hodgins, Parkhill, who
proposed a toast to the Grand
Lodge. Other toasts were pro-
posed by ,Barb Sp ariin' g, St.
Marys' Ross Scott, Brucelleld v,
and Alex Chesney; eafort tx,
ten off,"
Mr. Sills said .arrears might
amount to $1,000 in 1962, in•,
creasing a little in 1963.
k"We had a discussion on ar-
rears at one meeting," he said,
"at which time we were given
a list of arrears, and some
names were to be,put in a sep-
arate journal. None are 'writ-'
ten off; they are still. there • to
be collected.".
Arthur Martin, defence coun-
sel, asked about the practice of
keeping the' cash rdgister on the
counter. Mr. Sills said the pol-
icy was to take the cash out if
anyone had to leave the office.
"Was a check ever made by
the manufacturers to see if the
safe in the front office opened
on combination?"
"Not as far as I am aware."
"When a `past . due' notice
was 'sent out, was the manager
supposed' to sign 'that?"
"Not supposed to, but I be-
lieve it was customary. It
should,; be his responsibility to
see that thby go out."
",Would the auditor's• 'report
show the amount of delinquent
accounts?" • ••
"It would show assets' and lia-
bilities and accounts receivable.
We did have the 1962 report at
a meeting."
"Were you informed that the
auditor' had informed the man-
ager in 1962 he,shopld send out
past due notices?" •
"We . were not told."
Witness said Mrs. Boyes first
challenged the auditor's figures,
shpwing discrepancies, and lat-
er said she. did not know how
it happened.
"She 'never at any tithe' ad-
mittedany wrongdoing?"
'"That is correct."
The chairmad .said used ma-
terial was sold for the commis-
sion by Mr. Boussey —
"Any complaint by mayors
that sales were not being put
through the books?"
"You are bringing up rum
ors."
"Well, you caii' say whether
it is • true or not" ..
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"Yes; a complaint was made,
and taken up with Mr. Boussey."
"Were complaints made ..that
utilities• personnel were doing•
work not Charged •lot?"
"Complaints were brought td
a meeting by myself, that equip-
ment was being used and ma-
terial on the list in the man-
ager's office not charged -�intil
later."
"When you asked Mrs. Boyes
to turn in.. her, keys, did you
ask her to make a statement?"
"No." . r. r"
Cross Examine
'Crown witnesses were ques-
tioned' closely by Arthur- Mar-
tin, Q.C. Toronto, defence coun-
sel, regarding the billing of cus-
tomers. and the mode of credit-
ing .payments, especially b9
those in arrears•
Payments by persons ' in ar-
rears • were "applied to the
amount of llie, bill," manager
-R. J. Boussey testified.
`"Not credited against at"
rears as such—he still owes, ar-
rears?" •
"Right."
"Was not the policy to apply
whatever was sent in against
arrears? You did not apply it
against arrears if he did not
send in any ' money for ar-
rears?"
"If - the customer said he
would like to ,pay current ac-
count and -not arrears at pres-
ent, we would apply it against
current account."
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WITH THE LARGES' livestock entry in its history, Clinton Spring Fair Saturday at-
tracted a record crowd, according to President Frank Falconer. One of the big winners=Was
Arnold Campbell, McKillop, who took three first, a second, 6 thirds, and •a fourth prize with
his entries in horse and pony classes. Shown here are (left), -.,,George McClure, son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter McClure, Oliver Pryce, •Mrs. Campbell', and Arnold Campbell, while their
1.8 -months -old son, Edwand, ,•is on the horse, all of McKillop, and Joan ,and Keith Eaton,
of Seaforth. Another Seaforth area winner' was Dawan Reynolds, 14, who- rode her horse,
Joker, nine miles to the fair and won three awards before beginning the return trip,•
'30th LIONS CARNIVAL -
Plan ` .Beauty • Contest
And Log .a Rolling
'Set for June 30, July 1 and 2,
a month earlier than usual, the
30th annual Seaforth' Lions
Summer Carnival this year
will provide special entertain-
ment ' highlights, according to
Lion president Lee Leari'i.'
"Not only is this the:. 30th
annual carnival which , in itself
merits ' a . _ speeial" effort, " 6ut
Dominion Day is included in
the carnival dates, and -we want
to provide particular attractions
for that day," Mr. Learn said.
Couple-
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Are Wed
5O Years
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lamont
celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary at their home in
Zurich, with "open house" on
Wednesday afternoon and eve:
ning. .
The tea table, covered with a
lace tablecloth, 'was centered
with an arrangement of yellow
roses, flanked with- gold ' tapers
with a three-tier wedding cake
adding to the decorations.
'Pouring tea in the afternoon
were Mrs. Stewart McQueen,
Hensall; Mrs. Jean Manson, Ex-
eter; Mrs. Nellie Reid, London;
Mrs. Inez McEwen, Hensall;
Mrs. Jean McKinley, Bayfield;
in the evening: Miss Jane La-
mont, Zurich; Mrs. Mame Hoff-
man, Zurich; Mrs. Glenn Bell,
Hensall. Miss' Joan Elliott was
in charge • of the tea room in
the afternoon, assisted by Mrs.
:Harry Snell, Hensall; Mrs. Hil-
ton Laing, Exeter; Mrs. Paul
Postian, Jr., London; in the &e-
ning: Miss Joan Elliott and Miss
Shirley McCowan, ' St. Thomas,
assisted 'by Mrs. Bill Braun and
Mrs. Allan 'Braun, Forest, and
Mrs. Harvey Pfaff, St. Marys.
Miss Joan Elliott was in charge
' (Continued on Page 4)
Marks 100th
E. Keating and Mr. Shortreed included selections by J. G.
expressed appreciation -to those Burrows, accompanied by Miss
taking ,part. The guests ' were, carol Brown.4
intrdduce"d by, Clare °A. Reith, A feature of the annivers-
of Britannia Lodge. A program ary was the preparation of the
While, the carnival will open
Wednesday night and continue
each' of., the three nights as us-
ual with the major draw taking
place ori Friday night, there are
holiday features being arrang-
ed for the afternoon of July 1.
Highlighting these features is
a log rolling contest, Un which.
'Mayor 'J:" ': Flanri —• challeng
es representatives of area mun-
icipalities: Already Reeve Ken
Stewart, of McKillop, and Reeve
-Duff Thompson, of Clinton, have
accepted the challenge, Mr.
Lee said, and added: that this'
means therb..i ,going to be lots
of action in the pool that af-
ternoon. 'Ferris wheels and
rides will' bein operation
throughout the day.
Beauty Contest
Also on the holiday after-
noon a beauty contest will get
under way with' a committee
headed by John 'E. Langstaff,
and including Doug Rowcliffe
and Dave Tremeer in charge.
Finals in the' event will take
place onithe park stage during
the evening. .
A' special fireworks salute to
Dominion Day will conclude -the
holiday, program.
Advance.. sale of ' admission
tickets is under way, according
to officials. Tickets. at 50 cents
each or,-, three for $1.00, are
available from members or in
Seaforth stores. Each ticket
Provides . admission, as well as
an opportunity to win•• the spe-
cial '$1,000 prize.
Win Prizes. At
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Ross Motors
prize winners in draws • held
in connection with the opening
last week of Ross Motors here
were: Ralph Fischer, RR 2, Wal-
ton; Heather"`Shepherd; Gordon
MacLean, Box 285; Harold
Baechle`r, RR 3, Auburn; Gor-
don Hildebrand, Harold Con-
nell, Ella Munro Mrs. Harold
Connell and John Chernes.
A FEATURE'of the Clinton
Show was the Dairy Princess -
contest. Last year's winner,
Brenda Houston, J9, of RR 2,
Brussels,' again–Was crowned
Huron County's Dairy . Prin-
cess, winning' over Barbara
.Watkins, of Londesboro, 'Mar-
jorie Hopper, of IttR 5, Brus-
sels, and Barbara Doig, of
RR 2, Wroxeter.. (Photo by
Trott).
First Church
Receives,. New
Members
At a special service in First
Presbyterian Church Sunday,
Rev. D. 0. Fry welcomed sev-
eral new members on profes-
sion of faith.
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They were: Erma I. • Agar,
Marjorie • May Agar, Heather
May Beuerman, Dorothy''•., E.
Jamieson, Leonard K. Jamieson,
I Moira Ann Malcolm, Gary N.
H. Nicholson, James L. Nixon,
, Harry' (Hank) Scott;" John E.
Vance, ,Bruce C. Lamont and
Mrs. Mac McLean
Anniversary Event
history of the lodge by Rev,
J. C. Britton. Highlights of the
100 years as recalled+, by Mr,
Britton are, in part, as fdi lows;
The year 1865 merited the
end of the Civil War in the
United States, It was not with-
out its effect on Upper and Low-
er Canada with particular re-
ference to the community of
MEMBERS OF THE ni#SOHlre ORDER crowded the John A. Irvine, Grand Master for Ontario;
Gurd"onAWright
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Legion Hall Saturday 'even��a�a banquetmarking the : secietary, and Cyril Kirk,Wore ipu1 aster of Rritaiinia,
100th anniversary Of Britan; Via, Lodge. ,Among those taking and Ross Scott. , •
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our immediate interest.' The
whole continent suffered for
some considerable period from
a financial depression and com-
mercial stagnation that directly
affected the struggling com-
munities of the Huron tract in'
Upper Canada.
Settlements of a purely rural
nature were proceeding' rapid-
ly with farmsteads dotting the
countryside regularly. T h e
Townships' of- McKillop and
Tuckersmith' were thriving. Set-
tlernents•,,at Br'oadfoot's Bridge •
.and Roxboro "i'ad been estab-
lished for; `nearly '30 years, but
the 'Seaforth totnmunity was
slowly emerging from its desig-
nation as "' Signboard . Swamp" '
so called because of the sign-
board raised at -the present
juncture of Main Street and. •
No, 8 Highway, pointing to Ain+ _
leyville (now Brussels), to the'•
north, and Goderich, to -thy
west.
- DeVelnpmen't of a •i usiness`
and residential ' ea i tea*
wad4.10,..•,.:60. qx thi
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