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The Huron Expositor, 1963-12-12, Page 1r4, • • • • • • • • 4 104th Year Whole No. 4999 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1963 -- 16 PAGES $4.00 a Tear , Advance: Single Copies, 10 Cent Judge in Zones to Decide Best Decorated Homes= With only 12 days remaining until Christmas, additional Sea - forth residences each day are being garbed with special lights and decorations, ready for the Chamber of Commerce Christ- 'mas decoration contest. Judging to determine the prize winners will take place on Tuesday MatchProvides Opportunities For Area Clubs Seaforth won the plowing match on its merits, Gordon Mc - Gavin, OPA director and form- er Canadian plowing chainpion, told the Seaforth Lions Club, as he outlined ways the club could assist with the match, scheduled here for 1966. "The committee that made the selection said the location provided the best traffic move- ment and general facilities," Mr. McGavin said, and recalled how traffic problems at Port Albert in 1946 had affected at- tendance with resulting loss in revenue. Another factor in the selec- tion had been, the long-time in- terest area farmers had taken in plowing events. The speaker said the match provided an op- portunity for people to see how to do things, rather than be told. He ' suggested it might GORDON McGAVIN well be the first step towards provision of experimental farm facilities to serve this district, since the factors that made a site suitable for a plowing match were equally important in siting an experimental farm. There are many areas in which a service club can assist and make money for its pro- jects, he said. Among these are concessions of various kinds and checking tickets. Mr. McGavin said the match attracted equipment displays valued this year at $80,000,000. There were 300 exhibitors. The OPA spends over $30,000 in pre- paring the site, including en- couragement of area farm im- provements. He recalled his in- troduction to plowing, and how the late J. F. Daly had encour- aged him and other young fann- ers to take part. The suit draw was won by Lee Learn and A. W. Dunlop. During the evening a trio, in - eluding Bill Campbell, Jim Scott and Terry Ford, contributed several numbers. evening of next week, ac- cording to C of C president, W. M: Hart, and committee chairman, R. J. Boussey. This year, judging will be carried out on a different basis and the prizes will be bigger. The town has been divided in- to three zones, and the winner in each zone` will receive an electric blanket. Sponsored by the Christmas program committee and the P U C, thecontest is open to any resident in Seaforth, Harpurhey and Egmondville. No entry form is required in order' to become eligible to win a prize. This year all residences will be judged. Zones include: No. 1, the area Teenagers Will Sing Carols Young people from First Pres- byterian Church, St. James' Roman Catholic Church, St. Thomas' Anglican, Egmondville United, Walton United and Northside -Cavan United -125 of them—will unite in singing Christmas carols Saturday eve- ning. The program will be heard over the public address system of First Presbyterian Church at 8 p.m. The public broadcast will allow the public to enjoy the music while taking a walk or window shopping. north and -west of Goderich St. and West William Street, in- cluding homes on both streets and in Harpurhey. No. 2: the area east of West William Street and Main Street south as far as the CNR. No. 3: the area west of Main and south of Goderich St. West, including Egmondville, Going Away? Don't Leave Sign On Doorsteps A word of warning was issued this week by Chief of Police Gordon Hulley to Seaforth peo- ple who may plan to be away from home during the holiday season. Chief Hulley pointed out that a home with an accumulation of milk bottles and daily papers on the front steps provide a sure sign that nobody is home. This, in turn, he said, is an in- vitation to anybody interested in breaking in. "If you are going away for a few days, arrange to have de- livery of your paper stopped," he urged, and added, the police department was available for advice or assistance at any time. building Permits Total $140,000 in '63 A report by Fire Chief John F. Scott on activities during the year which he presented to the concluding meeting of Seaforth council on Monday night turn- ed into a discussion of a county- wide mutual aid system. In the course of his remarks, Chief Scott recalled that a cou- ple of years ago he had been appointed county co-ordinator by the Provincial Fire Marshal. It had not been a happy experi- ence, and he had difficulty in obtaining results. The duties, too, took much time and inter- ferred with 'his other work. Despite this, he said, he was being pressed to continue in office as a result of discussions which had been held at Gode- rich by county officials. It was his feeling that the co-ordina- tor should be located in Gode- rich, and that better results would be secured if direction came from the county town. In answer to a query by Coun- cillor Cardno, Chief Scott said there was no remuneration at- tached to the office and he re- ceived nothing for expenses. Further discussion revealed the difficulties in organizing a mu- tual aid system among Huron fire brigades arose because of lack of interest on the part of two municipal brigades. +Reeve W. N. Ball confirmed it was the wish of county offi- cials that Chief Scott confirm" as co-ordinator. Council agreed it was unreas- onable that the Chief be ex- pected to carry the responsibili- ties without remuneration and without recovering expenses. It was suggested that if the re- sistance of the two unnamed brigades was overcome, the organization could be represent- ative of the county and costs then assessed to each of the participating municipalities. KENNETH PAPPL,B, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordan Papple, McKillop, was top winner at the 111th annual 4-11 Achievement Night. His awards included the Cardiff Citizenship trophy as Huron "a1l4ound 4H metnber", the Marvin Howe trophy, the Canadian Ifnperial ,Bank of Commerce watch, and the Terbntoallontinion"Bank award, Ile reeently won the Royal Gold Medal for beef cattle judging. (Photo by Phillipa). (See at oxt Dirge 0); Further discussions are to be held later this week with re- presentatives of the Emergency Measures Organization who are interested in the establishment of the mutual aid system. Council, by resolution, indi- cated confidence in Chief Scott and the job that he was doing as head of the fire brigade and as building inspector. In his report, Chief Scott said that fire loss in Seaforth during the year had been at a low figure of $3,000. Calls which the brigade had answered in- cluded four false alarms, gar- age fire, barn fire, two cars, two grass fires, two oil burners, oil burning on a street, bonfire, buggy fire, and an electrical fire. $140,000.00 in Permits. While he didn't put a total figure on the losses in rural fires, calls included those involv- ed in two brooder fires, two wood piles, two house fires, a barn fire, straw fire, cutter and cattle barn, a tractor fire, two grass fires, two bush' fires, one shed and a tree, Reviewing activities in his capacity as building inspector, Mr. Scott said that 60 permits had been issued during the year and represented construction valued at $140,000. Included in this total was a permit for $10,- 00or construction of a res -- which had not been pro- ceeed with. In answer to a query, he said that permits lapsed unless acted on within six months of having been is. sued. The building inspector recall- ed difficulties there had been in deciding steps to take in con- nection with issuing particular permits. He felt that in cer- tain circumstances, rather than argue, it was better to issue a permit - when other require- ments, such as those of a pro, vincial statute overrode the per- mit. In this ' way the desired result was attained, he said, without local difficulties being created. He was persuing a policy in conjunction with the fire brigade of co-operating in the removal of unsightly barns and buildings. Later in the meeting council approved the payment of the annual grant to the fire brigade based on an amount of $100.00 for eich of the 18 members. Concert Stories Will Appear In Expositor This is the season of the year when area schools and church groups present annual Christ- mas concerts. As usual, complete reports of these affairs are carried in The Expositor. To ensure that each story is correct and in suffici- ent detail, those responsible for such concerts are asked to co- operate and forward a copy of the program to this office as soon as the concert is over. In this way it is possible to carry the story in the earliest issue, and to knew that it is eared as to detail. - REPORT 64 CONNEQTIONS Clear Details On Sevver Job While Seaforth's extended sewer system has been in op- eration for some weeks now, problems in connection with the construction program and eration of the plant are by o means all completed. Difficul- ties which have arisen were air- ed when council considered the report on the sewer committee at its Monday night meeting. First matter to come to col�. cil's attention was a letter frd)n Haggarty-Campbell, who hd been the contractors on the sewer project. The firm indicat- ed it had recently discovered a letter written on July 22nd by F. C. J. Sills, in which lie was claiming damages for the loss of pasture as a result of sewer construction. Mr. Sills pointed out in his letter that he had given a right-of-way to the town for the construction of a sewer for the sum of $1.00. He said• that the right-of-way turn- ed out to be occupancy of two- thirds of the land, and that two of his fences had been down for eight months. As a result of the construction work, it h° d not been possible to use the land for pasture, and he set his loss at $200, Councillor John Flannery, committee chairman, told coun- cil that while the area was rea- sonably well fixed up now, there had been difficulties. He under- stood that there would be new fences erected on the north side. He agreed that the con- tractors had left the grounds in "terrible condition" but that this perhaps was because it was expected that a storm sewer would have been installed im- mediately. However, the con- struction of the storm sewer had been held up throughout the summer. Insofar as bringing the land back into use again, he felt that the Haggarty firm was responsible, since in their work they had made no provi- sion for saving top soil, He said there was no surface soil left at all. Council turned the cor- respondence over to its colici- tor pr action. . The OWRC, in a letter, said that it was agreed that debt charges and interest applied to 1963 would be deferred 4until 1964. The action followed a protest by council earlier this year when it was pointed out to the OWRC that no provision had been made for debt retire- ment in 1963. The town is pay- ing operating costs as they fall due. In further correspondence, McCormick & Rankin, who are the town's engineers on the Goderieh Street project, re- viewed action taken to clear an obstruction in a sanitary sewer on Goderich Street. The ob- struction did not come to light until after the permanent pav- ing work had been completed. A letter indicated that in the opinion of the engineers, the stoppage was not the fault of Haggarty-Campbell. Evidence of the speed with which OWRC could act in cer- tain circumstances was given Homesick after a few days in council, when Councillor Flan- a new home near Chiselhurst, nery said he had been to To- I "Tom", a cat owned by Mr. and ronto that day, only to learn in Mrs. Garnet Allan, Hensall, discussions with OWRC officials took to the road. Footsore and that the commission was assum- I weary, the cat arrived back at ing that the stoppage was the the Allan residence in Hensall responsibility of the original; after a walk of six miles. contractor, and that therefore the costs of opening up the sewer and repaving, amounting to more than $400, were being accepted by the OWRC and would be added to the long- term debt on the system. Re- calling the weeks and weeks that lapsed while council wait- ed for replies to various re- quests for information while the project was getting underway, members expressed amazement that in something that was to the detriment of the town, the commission could act so quick- ly. Clerk Hammond told council that earlier in the day he had had conversations with McLaren & Associates, the sanitary sewer engineers, and that the OWRC was withdrawing approval of the original cost assessment, and that the repair charges would apply against the road contractors. Councillor Flannery said that to date, 64 connections had been made to the new sewer system. Council Is Entertained Members of the town council, town officials and the press were guests of Mayor Earl Dins- more and Mrs. Dinsmore fol- lowing council meeting Mon- day evening. A feature of the evening was the presentation of a gift to town superintendent Harold Maloney, to mark his recent marriage. The presentation was made by Mayor Dinsmore on behalf of the council. Mayor Dinsmore expressed appreciation for the co-opera- tion he had received during the year and said that he was sorry that two members of council would not be present next year. He referred to Reeve W. N. Ball and Councillor Neil Bell, who are retiring after many years' service. Seaforth Man Buys First 1964 License First 1964 license to be sold in Seaforth was purchased Mon- day by Cliff Broadfoot, Seaforth. His number is A-16251. F. C. J. Sills, local issuer, said about 10 licenses were sold Monday—the first day on which 1964 plates were available. Mr. Sills pointed out that op- erators' permits were available here. Forms are going out to all drivers which, on comple- Sorry -- tion, may be brought to the lo- A cal issuer. Council A.cce:ts Big .. Main Steet Traffic Lights Stoplights for Seaforth's main intersection came a step closer Monday night when council, at its last meeting in 1963, approv- ed purchase of necessary equip- ments. Action followed approv- al received from the Depart- ment of Transport which was announced by Mayor Dinsmore JOSEPH SCOTT, well- known ell - known resident of Roxboro, celebrated his 97th birth- day Wednesday of last week. Town Arranges New Agreement With Winterseal Seaforth has renegotiated the agreement under which Winter - seal Windows Ltd. occupies the former shoe factory on South Main Street, it was revealed when minutes of a special meet- ing, held November 27, were approved at council Monday night. • Under the agreement the town agrees to sell the property to Winterseal Windows London Ltd. for the sum of $6,000, with $1,000.00 payable on January 2, 1964, and the balance to be se- cured by a first mortgage bear- ing interest at 5 per cent, and amortized over a period of 19 years. Action followed an order of foreclosure which had been ob- tained for the property on the basis of an earlier agreement with other interests, who had in turn rented the building to Wir. terseal Ltd. Under the present arrangement, council will deal directly with the company oc- cupying the plant. Homesick Cat 145 KIDS ON THE ICE AGAIN But We're Late Today A number of subspribers will find that their copy of The Huron Expositor is late in reaching them this week. We're sorry about the de- lay which resulted from an unusually heavy demand for space, coupled with mechani- cal difficulties that developed on Wednesday. a couple of weeks ago. Installation of lights has been the subject of continuing dis- cussion by council since a by- law was first adopted more than a year ago, and since that time efforts have been directed at obtaining approval from the de- partment. With approval at hand, council acted quickly to provide for the installation. In giving approval, the de- partment suggested new poles would be required for a proper installation, and added the pro- posed installation was not vis- ible to pedestrians. Two bids were considered, that of E. A. Horton Sales Ltd., at $2,025.00, and from Northern Electric at $2,705.20. Each bid provided for a complete job, including in- stallation. Council instructed the Protection to Persons Com- mittee to award the contract to the lowest bidder and press for an early completion of the work. It was indicated delivery 'of equipment would take two months. Discussion revealed the in- stallation would be controlled in such* a fashion that at cer- tain off-peak periods the lights would be inoperative and that a flasher light would function. Urge Planning Meeting Providing no additional cost is involved, council agreed that taxes could be paid at the To- ronto -Dominion Bank, as well as at the Imperial -Canadian Bank of Commerce. The action followed a request from the former bank to provide the ser- vice. Bell Telephone advised coun- cil it proposed to lay buried cable in the area of Ann and Centre Streets, and asked ;alli- proval, which was give}, At the request of the,; Sea. forth Planning Committee whi<elz had been established by cau14ei1 earlier in the year, a WOW mendation was submitted to Pbf incoming council .that -a meeting be held as early as posSibla in the new year with neighboring municipalities as the basis of -establishing a Planning area..:. Following a auggestion by Mayor Dinsmore at the Novem- ber meeting, council .•adopt, a bylaw changing the data of he first meeting in the new year from the second Monday to the first Monday. The •inaugural meeting will be held January $, at 11 a.m. The Mayor was in- structed to proclaim Boxing Day,,Dee.'`26, a public holiday. Approval was given the pur- chase of additional insurance on the Arena. Cowan Agency, who handles the town's insur- ance, had indicated it was pos- (Continued on Page 4) Fight Fire In Dublin Area, Seaforth firemen were called' Wednesday afternoon to the. farm home of Simon de Witt, southwest of Dublin, when a chimney caught fire. Damage was slight. Fire Chief J. F. Scott said it was a welcome call. "Too often people don't bother calling the brigade for a small fire. First thing they know it is a big fire, and we have trouble getting it out." Council Will Protect Town Boulevards Seaforth council served no- tice at its final meeting for 1963, held in the council cham- ber on Monday evening, that un- authorized changes in the re- cently completed boulevard ar- rangements on Goderich Street would not be allowed. The mat- ter arose when it was reported that a parking area had been created in front of Seaforth Apartments, Goderich St, East. The work involved the removal of a quantity of the boulevard sod and the erection of a con- crete retaining wall, for which no building permit had been obtained. The work came to attention some time ago, and in reply. to a quell', Dr. E. A. McMaster., the owner, in a letter said that he had .received approval from the chairman of the property committee and the street fore- man. Discussion that followed re- vealed tt,at Councillor Neil Bell, chairman of the protection to property committee, had had discussions with Dr. McMaster concerning the possibility of an entry being created through Mr. Bell's property which adjoins the apartment property. Mr. Bell said that this was not pos- sible, and that he had suggest- ed the only thing he could see would be an existing wail be removed and a new parking area created in front of the apart- ment building. He had given no permission for the work to proceed. Mr. Bell added that a -problem had been created, insofar as parking in the area was con- cerned, with the construction of a new sidewalk on the south side of the road. In his own case, he had been faced with an expenditure of nearly $50.00 in order to provide access to his property. Town foreman 'Harold Mal- oney, who was at the meeting, said that he too had had dis- cussions with Dr. McMaster. He indicated that he had looked over the site and had referred him to the street committee for necessary approval. Mayor Dinsmore pointed out that the problem the town was faced with was to maintain the boulevards for the use of all the citizens, and that provision of parking accommodation at particular points must be the responsibility of the owners in- volved. He said that while plans had envisaged an area in which vehicles could drive be- tween the gutter and the side- walk, this was not for continu- ous parking, but 'only for ser, vice call stops. Council instructed the Clerk to write Dr. McMaster concern- ing the matter. Legion Saturday Morning Hockey Starts Over 145 boys have register- ed for the Legion Saturday Morning House League. The Arena was a busy place Satur- day when more boys than ever before were placed on teams, according to their age and abil- ity, year, as in the past, there are four groups, with only the Bantam group decreasing over other years. There are two teams in the Bantams, four teams in the Pee -Wee group, four teams in the Squirts, and four teams in the Mites. The teams will play a 12 -game schedule, with the top two teams of each group being in the playoffs. The Bantams will play for the Seaforth Fire Bri- gade, trophy; the Pee-Wees for the Jack Eisler trophy; the Squirts for the Bert Shaw Mem- orial Trophy, and the Mites for the Gus Boussey Trophy. As well as team trophies, there will be 22 individual tro- phies to be given for most im- proved and most valuable play- ers. Legion president Sack Eisler, who is in charge, says it is not too late to play. Any boy may get o5 a team if he comes to the Arena any Saturday morn- ing. B"antems COLTS Menlo MacLean, Charlie Smith, Jilhn Muir, Bruce Wilbee, Eennedy, Jim Montgomery, Bill Wood, Chris Coombs. TICATS — Keith Finnigan, Ray Devereaux, Gary Nicholson, Ted Scott, Jim Montgomery, Gary McKellar, Robin Phillips, Ken McLean. Pee-Wees CANADIENS — Bill Boussey, Doug Hildebrand, Paul McKel- lar, Bill Scott, Robert Taylor, Paul Moggach, Laurie Kruse, David Broome, Stewart McLean, Jim Rivers. BLACKHAWKS — Jim Snow- don, Paul Muir, Joe Flannery, Paul Patrick, Ray Mennell, Dave Longstaff, John Munro, Roy Dal- ton, Tom Devereaux, Bruce La- mont. MAPLE LEAFS — Alan Cole- man, Moody Hassen, Jifn Hol- land, John Eckert, Pat Meid- egien, Bob Eckert, Allan Wil - bee, Gary Montgomery, Bruce Malcolm, Brian Ashberry. RED .,WINGS — Danny Muir, Robbie Burns, Jim Bannon, John Groothius, Mike Bannon, Danny Cornish, Robert Taylor. Squirts BOMBERS—Ken Doig, Ron Henderson, Jim Dallas, Ron Dal- ton, Don Nicholson, Mac Wat- terworth, Bill Whitelaw, Bill Brown, Ken Janmaat, Tim Hoff, Billy Duffy. ARTILLERY -- Doug Hall, Kevin Henderson, John Gorwill, Heidi 'Bryce, Allan Robertson, Ce1th Robertson, Peter Huyben, Gary Ryan, Luke Janmaat, Lou Akker, Ken Swan. - CORVETTES—Kevin Broome, Ralph Wood, Gary Eisler, Ran- dy McClinchey, Dennis Camp- bell, Jim Cardno, John Wright, John Lansink, Newt Dalton. JETS—Ken Wood, Ron Dal- rymple, Ralph Smith, Peter Beattie, Larry Dupee, Bob Mont- gomery, Bruce Scott, Dale Whitelaw, John Moore. Mites BLUE—Bill Nediger (captain), Bill Brown, Gordon Carnochan, Steve Southgate, Gerry Smith, Pat Devereaux, Perry Broome. RED—Bill O'Shea (captain), Bob Whitelaw, Joey McLean, Doug Southgate, Richard Smith, Doug Reynolds, Allan Taman. WHITE—Silvy Jessome (cap- tain), Gerry Lansink, Bill Mc- Gregor, Robbie Hiusser, Eddie Burns, John McConnell, Colin Dick. BLACK—David Broome (cap- tain), Paul Kruse, David Mog- gach, Kevin Bennett, Wayne Nigh, Kevin Kerr. 1963-64 Pee -Wee Schedule (First team plays at 9 a.m.; second team at 9:40 a.m.). Dec.: 14—Red Wings vs, Maple Leafs Blackhawks vs. Canadiens 21... Canadiens vs. Red Wings BIackhawks vs. Maple. Leafs 28—Maple Leafs vs. Canadiens 111ackhawks vs. Red Wings Jan.: 1—Corvettes vs. Jets Bombers vs. Artillery 8—Bombers vs. Corvettes Jets vs. Artillery 15—Corvettes vs. Artillery Jets vs. Bombers 22—Bombers vs. Artillery Corvettes vs. Jets 29—Corvettes vs. Bombers Jets vs. Artillery Mites Schedule (Firt team plays at 11:15 a.m., second team at 11:40 a.m.). Dec.: 14—Reds vs. Whites Blacks vs. Blues 21—Blacks vs. Whites Reds vs. Blues • 28—Blues vs. Whites Reds vs. Blacks Jan.: 4—Blacks vs. Blues Reds vs. Whites 11—Reds vs. Blues Blacks vs. Whites 18—Blacks vs, Reds Blues vs. Whites 25—Reds vs. Whites Blacks vs. Blues Feb.: 1—Reds vs. Blues Blacks vs. Whites 8—Blues vs. Whites Reds vs. Blacks 15—Blacks vs. Blues Reds vs, Whites 22—Blacks vs. Whites Reds vs. Blues 29 --Whites vs. Blues Reds vs. Molts 4—Blackhawks vs. Canadiens Red Wings vs. Maple Leafs 11—Red Wings vs. Canadiens Blackhawks vs. Maple Leafs 18—Blackhawks vs. Red Wings Canadiens vs. Maple Leafs 25—Blackhawks vs. Canadiens Maple Leafs vs. Red Wings Feb.: 1—Canadiens vs. Red Wings Blackhawks vs. Maple Leafs 8—Maple Leafs vs. Canadiens Red Wings vs. .Blackhawks 15—Red Wings vs. Maple Leafs Canadiens vs. Black Hawks 22—Maple Leafs vs. Canadiens Blackhawks vs. Red Wings 29—Blackhawks vs. Canadiens Maple Leafs vs. Red Wings Squirt Schedule First team plays at 9:45 a.m.; second team at 10:25 a.m.). Dec.: 14—Bombers vs. Jets Corvettes vs. Artillery 21—Corvettes vs. Jets Bombers vs. Artillery 28—Bombers vs, Corvettes Jets vs. Artillery Jan.: 4—Artillery vs. Corvettes Bombers vs. Jets 11—Bombers vs. Artillery Jets vs. Corvettes 18—Corvettes vs. Mombers Artillery ,vs. Jets 25—Bombers h. Jets Artillery vs. Corvettes Feb.: