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One Hundredth Year
Whole Number 4771
SEA -FORTH, ONTARIO, FRIDAY JUL
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eoforth Horse
m ressive In
!oodbjneRac
•A recognizable: .entry has ' been.
niade, into Alte ,raping field by a
Seaforth , horse, Thunder. Bey.'In
a story by. Protulfoot, in a To-
ronto; daily newspaper, the writer
"Thunder Bay, one of the great,
champions of .Onterierrural: harness
racing, is .making .• an impressive
debut in the bigCity.
"Owned"- by Wilson C. Oke,.. of
Seaforth,-.' Thunder „Bay . last year
won 22 of 56 Starts and was out
'ofthe money only 16 times.. In, all
Nardi, America,, only two aged
pacers (over three, years„old) scor-
ed more victories in 1958> One 'of
'these was: Don McKay, owned. by,
Ken Kerr, of Goderich: }Te won 23.
"Oke never had ventured raeing,
the 'horse . at. 'bigger traoks like-
-Woodbine .or Batavia 'until now.
Last night, down At Old Woodbine,
Thunder Bay 'shrike-Tinscoun ry.
victories have been the real thing,
by defeating a solid 'band .of ',"C"••
•
pacers .and eettiriga new individual
mile reeord of'21.05 'arid tweliftbs.
"Thunder ' Bay didn't race until
he was, four. ,Hes, sixnow. His 22.
wins last season :earnedbirre$1,606.:
This year, with .Seven successes in
16 outings; he's brought Mr. Oke.
$1.,076." •
SITE OF THE NEW LEGION BUILDING on South Mani Street
was the scene of high activity Saturday, as nearly 100" yards a
concrete were mixed and poured to form the footiegs that will carry
the fi() x 40 -foot structure. The work was carried out by some 30
members of the branch under the direction of the 'building cOmmittee.
DASills, committee chairman; said it was expected work of laying •
blocks would nommence this week: (Expositor photo by Phillips).
(hurci
Service ear
The Huron Expositor has ' been
awarded third prize Ai a Canada,
wide,printing competition, .conduct:'
,ed by the Canadian, Weekly .NeWs-
PaperS Association 'in . connection
;with the association's annual con-
vention :being held this week in
.Regina: The award 3",vas' based on
'work:Completed for .General Coach
Works. of Canada at Hensalie,and
.for Scott Farms,: Seafaeth.'„ The;
.pieces entered, in the competition
were designed 'and printed in their
entirety 1n The .Expositor ' plant.
The award took into consideration
originality; layout, • typography and
presswork.,, .
The 'G-eneral, Coach Works Piece
:Was .a lour-page:folder, in maroon
'fa-6th-
'tiei of the 'company's induStrial.di-
vision. The second Piece was...a
,brochure produced earlier this, year
for Scott -.Peultry. Farms. In three
colors, "blackred and yellow, the
-12:pageebooldet, told of, the exten-
sive operations at Scott Farms.
her. • : .• ' -
The two jobs were completed by
the, regular Expositor staff ' 1 cl
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St. Colurnban intermediate foot-
ball team ' eliminated .Clinton. in
-three straight games in the "A"
.semi-final series. St. Colurn13en
ttends Poultry
Conference In
CAlifornin
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Scott
returned this week following a 10 -
day trip to San Franeisdo, Cali-
fornia., Mr. Scott, who operates a
franchised hatchery for Kimber
Chicks, attended a conference of
• Kimber dealers at the Niles, 'Cali-
fornia, headquarters of the organ-
ization. Dealers, who were present.
from Canada, all the States, from
Europe anti' Hawaii, discussed
current trends in poultry prodtc-
,tion and genetics as revealed by
the extensite pregrams being car-
ried on by the ICimben organiza-
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott made the
trip by 'jet aircraft from Malton.
On the return trip, because of en-
gine trouble, it was necessary to
stop over in Los Angeles for sev-
eral hours,
Falls From Mow,
,Girl 'I3reaks Arm
Falling a distance of 12 feet when
a rung slipped in ,the ladder on
• which she was climbing, Mary Van
Vugt, 12, fractured her arm The
accident occurred as she waa play-
ing in the mow of the barn at her
McKillop home of her parents, Mr.
and:Mrs, Nick Van Vugt.
Haying was in progress at the
time, and neighbors, R. W. Camp-
bell and Een Stewart, who were
„helping aided the young girl.
Oldesf Residen
Mrs. Jas. River
95 on-Sattittlay
Mrs. James Rivers, 'eldest Sea-,
forth resident, will mai* her 95th
birthdo on Saturday. '
Mrs. Rivers, who lives with her
son-in-law and, daughter, Mr, and
Mrs, William Drover, is in excel-
lent health and. is *le to he out -
,side eVery- -clay..., She continues '''tz
- have an actiSeinterest in day-to-
day events, and when she 1%11
knitting enjoys reading the papers.
Iinton
i
ina s
took the first game 2-1, the see-
ond 3-2, and won the serieswith
a '3-I victory the third game.
Winthrop leads the "13" series
with two wins and a tie. The first
game, at, Winthrop, was a 5-1 vii
tory. The second game, Played at
Brussels, was a 3 -all tie, while
:Winthrop took the third game 2-0.
The fourth game will be played in
Brussels Wednesday night.
In the junior league •St:'
Colum -
ban wort the "A" series and Win-
throp won the "13" group. St. Col-
umban took the home -and -home
goals -to -count contests from Wal-
ton, winning the first game 1-0, and
the second -contest on a tie; 1 -all.
Brussels went down to defeat at
,the hand of the Winthrop team in
two straight games, with Winthrop
winning' both contests, 2-1, and 2-0.
The final series in the junior di-
-Vision start Friday night witfrWin-
throp playing in St. Columban. The
game is called for 7:30' .m.
bserves 80th
irthda
, Fernier well-known Seaforth bus-
inessman, E, H. Close, celebrated
his 80th birthday en Saturday at
his East William Street residence.
A resident of Seaforth for nearly
60 years, Mr. Close operated a
barber shop here until his ,etire-
milt two years ago, -For many
years he was a meniber of the Sea -
forth, town council. For more than
half a century he was active in the
Seaforth Highlanders Band > and
during much of that period was
leader.
Competitionwralo
Le
sng John - v. Hagan' R.
J. Wallace, Ross Alexander and
Tom Haley.
In other competitions, the Exeter
,Times -Advocate won first prize for.
the best local sport news picture,
and the Goderich Signal -Star was
awarded third prize in its class for
beat front Page.
,
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It is necessary to break into new;
lands and reopen areas that have
gone to waste if we are to spread
the teaching of Jesusthroughout
the world, Dr. Alex '1‘,Timmo told a
group of farmers at a service Sun-
day. -
, Addies Ong. Members of , the liar,
on County Federation of Agricul-
ture at theirsecond annual chili -eh
service and picnic at .the United.
Church StiMrner School- camp near
,Goderich, the Wingham Presbyter-
ian .minister .likened, the church
mission to the farmer, who kriOws.
onor Officials
On Retirement
Farm families from Huron Corm-
ty• gathered --aT---Sialorth District
High Scheel on Friday to honor
twoinernbera of .the Ontario
De-
partment of Agriculture staff at '
Clinton, Who have resigned.' Over
200 assembled in The auditorium.
•for the program
Arthur S.. Bolton, lassociate agri-
cultural representative, resigned
1
the need' forethorough, ctiltiVatten
of the soil andLthe roetMg..out' of
weeds and thorns in the productien.
of Crops." , re -
The moderator of the Presbyter-
ian Church in Canada, Dr. NiMmo
warned the group "it is useless for
try •to_sow the seed,if we -
have failed to, uproot the thorns of
selfishness pride, .greed and spite.
Then we must ow the seedhy„.liv:-
ing arid practising the Word of God:
•„"We peed ,to beware of preeee-
c.eived•-• opinions.. T h Holland
Marsh ,was thought 10 be- worthless
'and, imich 'closerto homee; the lAreA-
of the .Klendike, Gardens.; in :the
recently to take up farming in Me-
Killop ,township. Mr. Bolton had
served- four years with the exten-
sion service, coming to Huron. in
1955 as assistant , agricultural re-
presentative. He has been succeed-
ed by Donald G. Grieve. ,
Herne economist, Mrs.,..lan-Mc-
Allister's resignation will 'take ef-
fect in Aegust. She will be. replac-
ed by Miss Bette. Tillman, Who
comes to Huron later this month.
The evening was sponsbred by
the /Junior Farmers, Junior Insti-
tutes, 4-H Clubs and,Junior Homer_
making Clubs of the county, assist-,
-ed by other farm organiiations..
Lawrence Nesbitt was master of
ceremonies, . with Miss Shirley
Brock., of. Exeter, at the piano.
Sharon Strong, of Dublin, sang a
solo, and a duet Was contributed
by Doris and Doreen Brock, of Ext
Regret at the resignation of these
tvvo valued county representatives
of the Department of Agriculture
wasexpressed by those on the plat-
form,, They were: Charles Ma
Naughton, MLA for Huron; Elston
Cardiff, MP for Huron; Kenneth
Campbell, president of the Junior:
Farmers; Ronald McMichael, pres-
ident elubs; Miss Ethel Ries,
president of Junior Institntes; Win-
ston Shapton, president of -the --Fed-
eration of Agriculture; Reeve Ivan
Forsyth, chairman. of the agricul-
ture ' committee of Huron: County
Council; Warden - Jewitt;
Douglas 'Miles, agricultural repre-
sentative; Donald Grieve, thenew
assistant agricultural representa,
tive; Dan Rose; summer assistant
agricultural representative; Miss
Jean Sett, A director of the- ex-.
tension, service, and T. V. Hillard,
director of, agriculture extension
service for Ontario. The guests of
Hall, where °some 150 teachers, in-
spectors, supervisors .and . friends
(Continued on Page 5) '
south • part of Huron, was waste
swamp, land a shorttime ago. 'Just
so, there. may be untold treasures
to be found among our neighbors
and perhaps close by, or 'in seme
foreign land.
"Having prepared the soil .and
sown the .seed, the moat important
of all is the harvest:- The task is
difficult 'and at times ma3r seern.
hopelesS, bid the harvest—the souls
of men — has value above all
others" ,concluded.'
,His sermon text was, based -on
Jeremiah 4:3, ,"Thus sayeth Je-
hovah to the men of Judah and
Jerusalem, 'Break -up 'the • fallow
ground And sow- not among
Winston Shapton, county presi-
dent 'of the federation, introduced
Envoy Newman, of the Wingham
Salvation Army Corps, aild the
Wingham Salvation Arm Band, who
played 'prelude music and, provid-
ed accompaniment for the singing
of hymns under the leadership- of
the Huron County Junior Farmers'
choir.
At the conclusion of the service
a collection was taken and pro-
ceeds - were divided between the
camp 'and the Salvation Army.
Lunch .iwas served by the ladies of
the Tiger -Dunlop Instithte in the
camp recreati hall.
SDHS rL-ceives
Royal. Pictures
Large photographs of the Queen
and Prince Philip, which werefea-
tared in a window of Keating's
Pharmacy during the Royal visit
to this area, exdted much favor-
able comment. The pictures have
been donated to the Seaforth Dis-
trict High School and, will be hung
in the auditorium, accottling to
Principal L. P. Plumsteel. „
inister
11
griculture
pen Fair ere
Word was received Wednesday
that 'Honourable William A. Good-
fellow, Ontario Minister of Agri-
culture, will open the 114th annual
Seaforth Pall Fair_ Hon:- Goodfel-
low will officiate at the opening Of
the fair, which this, year makes it
debut, as a Class- "B" fair. •
The , only "B" fair' in Huron
'County, the Seaforth exhibition
reached this peak by paying out
$3,000 in prize money in stipulated
,utility classes over the, past three
years. Other, "B" fairs in this area
Are at Stratford, Mitchell and Tees -
wafer. •
The itinerary for Mr. Goodfellow
for Friday, 4 September 25, will be
worked out jointly between his of-
fie, the Seaforth Agricultural So-
ciety and Charles, S. IVIacNaughton,
MLA. for Huron, who was instru-
mental in getting Mr. Goodfellow
to attend the fair this year.
The 1959fair will feature three
breed shows—the Ontario IlerefOrd
Regional Show, .the Perth -Huron
Shorthorn Show, and. the`Blaek and
White Show, sponsored by the
•
Hiiron County Holstein Society.
Biggest 'attraction at the -1m will
he the introduction of a junior Fair.
As part -of the inaugural Class "B"
program -,7, the prize list- will %Chide
a eharnpieriship +II Beef Calf Club
shoW, educational.and "ekhibit.s. and
homemaking cleh exhibits. The
junior fair, under a 'cOrninittee
headed: by William Strong, chair,
main•together with the Clinton of-
fice, of the Ontario Department IV
Agriculture, ' have: Worked out the
list which' will be available short-
ly. ^As well, a ,•full : 4-11 program
Will. he earned out as in former
years„ with achievement days for
the Seaforth 4-11 Beef Calf Club,
the Seaforth 4-11 Dairy Calf Club,
the Seaforth 4-H 'Swine Club, the
McKillop Grain 'Club, and the Tuck-
ersmith Grain Club, ;phis . a • 4-1%
Championship Swine show' and a
4-I1 Chanapien. GrAin. show;
Prize lista for the entire Show
Will be ready later this month and:
will be distributed early in August,
according to Secretary -treasurer,
R. James Wallace. hesis presented for the degree' was
ras
r e
To ospital
expectant Moth-
er who was involved in a eartruek
crash Tuesday :Morning, was 'de-'
scribed as serionS.late_Wednesday
by hospital r' -officials. , The.. mother
and.bee:two children :Were taken.
to hospital following the, crash at
theHene.all.rimie intersection.
M7rs, Wilmer Adkins, Zurich, -.is
-
ine SmithIligon Hospital, Ex:0er,,
With,iindeteernhied Pelvie, injuries.
HBk children. Diane, '6,:, and Bruce,
3,'Weretaken to hospital with con-
cussions -and cuts requiring stitch -
According: liesPital-'efficiali'
Wednesday afternoon, the mother's
condition haa.'not,yet been .deterin-:
Med because. it • had:'been 'impas-
sihle to take..'X-rays.,'The offibiai
Said it Was hoped:X-raYSIcould be
taken later 'Wednesday. '
. The, children. whe/had: been kent
.Under obServationfonpessible head
injury were 'discharged ,fronn.hos:e
Vital at noon.'WedneS ay. •
Mrs. Adkiris, the fornier Grace
'Upshall; of Tuckersteith, was east7s
bound in her, car.. on No; 84 high-
way .when the: car was in 'collision
With a Boyee • transport truck lipm
.7,Clinten, southbound on No. 4 'high-
zwaY, driVenbOteginaldJohn Hart,:
26, of, Clinton. • The ',track reportedly
was carrying 20 -tons ofbeans when
the accident'Occurred.
,
The ear, A '1955 model, was
eoni-
pintely „wreeked;: with total „darn -
ages :estimated at over $3400, ad-
cording...to, investigating officers.
,The.„ accident Occurred' at 8:15
am. Tuesday. Chief. Constable R.
R. Dais- of Hensel", .and OPP
Constable • /Cecil,' •Gi1beris,1_,Exeter...
detachment 'of the . OPP, investi-
gated Dr: N„..G.'.Gans, of .Exeter,
attended.and, .took the children to
hospital; .while 'Mrs: AdidnS.::•Wea'
transferred by Bonthren .ambul-
anee. .
Mr, and Mrs. Adkinshadrecent-
ly, completed a new home at Zur-
ich and had moved to it two eits-•
'ago from- ChiselhurSt..'
:
,Ken ,Doig Is
Taps in Tourney
Keri Doig, of Seathrth, •won the
annual golf.toernateent of the Wal-
kerthn Golf' andconntry Club. He
shot a 66 at the tourney last 'Wed -
Low net honors were 'Won by.
Harold Kormann, of Hanover, with
' A price tag of $20,000 was plaCe
on the _termer Ontex factory here
when V. R. Davis, repreeentiug
the owners, aPpeared before Coun-
cil here Monday evening. Queried
by Mayor B. ,F. Christie, who re-
called' various sellingpries, rang-
ing as high,' as $3501100, had been
placed, ofith15ui1ng Mr. Davis
said: "We'll. take • po,000 cash."
He sought council's assistance to
carry .out a planned advertising
prograni, estimated' to cot $3,000
per year, as a possible alternative
to wrecldng. thelmildings.
1 The large .three-storey factory,
which occupies half a block he-
Aween Jarvis and High Streets, on
Market Street; has .been idlefor
several years since the assembly
operatioe carried on by Ontex was
•diseon.tinued. The council and the
Chamber ,of Commerce together
with the owners, have carried on
'concerted efforts to - bring an in
dustyinto the 'factory, but, nwith-
oute
•success.
Davis reviewed steps,.the
Owners had taken to ,sell the Pre-
perty."He said it had been adver-
tised'nyer• ..a wide area at great
cost. It . had come to the point
where if .Wairnik poiSibreto cariFy-
on the •building, and continue at-
tempts to sell it without assistance.
He estimated carrying Charges at
$3,000, includieg taxes of $1,000 and
interest and repairs. ,' • 2
Suggest Wrecking
It was -Seven .years; ago when he
had last appeared ,before council,
Mr. Davis: recalled. Since the fac-
tory closed he had endeavored to
obtain co-operation by way, of: A
rebate. on .taxes or as stance with
advertising, but It had net been
poSsibIe..to•.obtain an answer. 'Let-
ters be had written...tile „town..had_
e resen
Charles MacGregor, 19, ,.R.,11„.2,
Seaforth,' has been selected:. fele-
pres.ent Huron County- at the, Pro-
vincial Club Leadership Week
to be 'held at..,the.-Ontario.
Agricul-
tural Tilly 27-31e,
has all outstanding record in
4- Club workl.:And, has.Also -taken.,
Pa in many community activities:
The prograur..;:at Guelph :wili.. in-
'chide.\nStruction on various' phas-
es ',Ot griculturee as well
as re-
creatio \.ndelellowshipIn 'addi ion to this honor;
MacGregor is Huron County's
noin-
ines for selection to attend the Na-.
:tional.:4-H-Club:VVeek-which will,he.
staged. this November.
Mr,-LIVI-a6G-reger7-is-the, aneef-aw
Mad: Mrs. TOSS MacGregor, 'R.:L.2;
Douglas Jamieson, R.R. .4,
Clin-
toi, has been selected. as Huron,
-0911,43T's tthinieee .te.reereSent On-
tario ox tne Canadian National, EX.;
1413itiari Schelaiship, for 1959. This
:seh.olaraniP,: of 8600 IS, aWarded an-
nually to -a person wighing.te .en-.
roll in a reeogniied .college ef agri-
culture. or . a veterinary college.
'The Witmer will be announced at
the time of the 1959
. On Thursday; -.JtilY !79; some 275
Huron • County. 4-H ChM rnenibers
midtheir leaders teak their annual.
4-H bus trip. This year the merit-
bers . visited the Ontario. ' Agricel-;
tura' College • at. Guelph where 'they
participated in an . interesting': and
eduCationalprograni, arranged -.bl..
the;pollege,Staff.,During the morn-
ing ..the group , toured - the O.A.C.'
camPus .and'farrns; and 'during the
'udent
ut-o
not etnettentig_aonustv_itheraedt:.it eowd, ,net be
a
carried titdateftihnieteXlayet°rIt lAr43ptiltedeebnet
coSts.,•IVIr. Pavis Suggested perhaps
$15,000 could be salvaged by wreck-
in
vaggetinahe aptietiLdLs_13thitilecrinsaig-_.,
lots ,Ceuld be •realized, he felt.
'Mayor- .Christie reviewed steps
that hed. beeh taken by. coinicil.' and
local Organizations to niterest pur-
chasers. The Midwestern Develop-
ment Association Also had worked
on the project.
That wasn't the answer, Mr.
Davis countered. What was needed
was a planned. campaign by real
estate professionals. The program
he_recoinmended Would cost $250 a
month to carry .on, if necessary,
for a year, and he wanted the town
•
to pay half the •cost.
-- The iagtery etost--$42;500 -when -
purchased, he sAid,' and' an addi-
tional $8,000 was spent on it. _1
Willdiscuss the matter
--C.77Iniliistrial Com-
mittee before taking, any decision.
Mayor -Christie presi'cled and all
present.ine iileemrseBr
members
fw ieria u.anned Tuer*nebeuPltl, C'°weretin-
Long-Term,Program
Repo. rting for ,the street coMinit-
tee, 'Councillor Scott 'Hablcirkvsai'd
spray patching and street repairs
had been parried out. Grass Afid
•ereecls were being cut. A decision
concerning the widening of the side-
walk on Goderich St., east and mt.
from Main, was deferred pending
a check of funds available. .
, Some dust preventative had been
put on, lie said, hut no surface ,
treatment had been done. Suggest-
ing much of annual surface treat- .
ing done in the past bad been'Wast-
ed,. since .streets were not design- ,
ed. to • carry, present-day loads,
uneilltir-t-Habkirk—enggested—a-e-
prograin of hot mix paving •be in-
stituted.: Certain streets eotild' be
rebuilt each year.
Temporary steps- are to be taken. ,
• the concerningOT. V Nrx. s. Oat ht. ee
Work: sewer DeoniWa:esdt Wil-
liam Street pending a decision by
councillor P, L. Brady, a chair-
man, of the , finance •committee, ex-
plained it had not been possible to
et tax notices in the hands of all
axpayees 13efore the June 30 due
'date.. Work involved in preparing
notices - had meant- that. no--tirrie
had > reMained tie .earry out coun-
cil's instructions concerning a tax
Current- taXes amounting to $53,- .
330 had been, paid, he said. Half ,
the'taxes, clue in June amounted to •
about .$60,000. •
Couneil agreed the Proceedings ,
.ite„pannection with the - Town. "Hall •
open hOuse. had -been .suceessful.
Abotit 150 had registered, and about
twice this number ,` had gone
through the building.
In. the "absence of Councillor
Turnbull, chairman af the sewage '-•••
cemmitteee Councillor Brady told
council that ,the Ontario '-
Board *would riot view favprably
the proposed $400,000....eewer itro-
jeet. Consideration was being giv-
en a lesser plan by the70.W.R.C.
ta nv,e it f wastbe(Continued ee4xsp. flecet. on
nrdi np, ag a greep,5r e)consultantse nt a -
CHARLES MiCGRE6OR
,
Named, InsFiectot
On Goderich Job
Mr. Harry McLeod has `been in-
formed that he was successful in
competition to select an inspector
of works for the public building to
be erected in Goderich by theDom-
inion Department of Public Works°.
afternoon were conducted on tours tThhee dcoepmaprtettitietinotn, wag conducted bY
of the new. soils buildings, the On-
tario Veterinary College, and also: Mr. McLeod has-been told. his
had a look at some of the experi- duties are expected to commence
mental' plotg eat the college._ the latter part of August.
ahve
or
er ecic
When W. G. Strong;-PrincipaI of
Hopewell Avenue public School
Ottawa, said good-bye to his pupils
at the close of school in June,. he
had completed 44 years in the.
teaching profession -- 36 of them
With the City of Ottawa Public.,
School Board,
-, •
Born south of 'Seafortlk his par-
ents, George M. and Mrs, Strong,
operated the Red Tavern, a ren-
dezvous for tratellers at the' end
of the century. His early education
was -received at S.S. No. 9, Tuck-
efsmith, under the guiding hand of
the late Thomas a. Shillinglaw. Ile
graduated from Seaforth Collegiate
InItitee and attended the Faculty
of Education, University nf Toron-
to, where he obtained his first-
class teacher's certificate.
,
For twoyearshe tatight in the
village of Farewell, south of Mount
Forest; in Wellington County, and
for five years at S.S.1‘70, 2, Tucic,.
ersmith. In 1922 he was appointid
Principal of the Clinton 1Vio el
School. The following year when
the Department of Education clos-
ed 'all 4nodel schools, Mr. Strong
went to Ottawa, where he taught
successfully, in Kent Street and
York Street schools, '
With the establishment of inter-
-Mediate schools for pupils of
grades 7 and 8, he was transfer-
red- to Mutchnior School and twa
years later to-, Glashan Schbol,
where he served until his appoint-
ment: as priticipal of Elnuiale pub
lie school in lp35. In 1944 lie was
transferred tO Hopewell Avenue
public school, the largest intermed-
iate sehool in the City of Ottawa,
with a school' population of over
1100, The school, erected in 1909,
has had only three principals in its
long history. aVIt. Thomas N. Lewis
and Mr. John C. Wilker were his
predecessors,
In 1937 he °Rained his Bachelor
of Arts degree prom Queen's Uni-
versity, Kingston, through extra-
mural extension - and sernnier
school clasSes: In 1045 he obtained
his Master's Degree in Education
from the University e3f Blatibp's
0.,o1legee Lennoxville, ,Que. Bit
,Q1Z-• the Education of .Gifted Chil-
dren. Shortly afterWarela he was
asked to serve on a committee of
three to study the question of „gift-
gdneis among pupils•in the Ottawa.
public schools under the chairinan-
ship of Dr. Florence S. Dunlop,
supervisor of special clasSes. In
1956 the Ottawa Public School
Board established- tvvo classes -for
gifted pupils at the grade 5' leVel.
One of these classes was set tip
,Iropewell Avenue School where
a special curriculum includiag vis-
its to historical,' indestrial; educa-
tional and -judicial places of inter-
est was inaugurated.Typewriting
was introduced, as a necessary
feature, •
Mi. Strong 'feels' that today's
children are the products of 'their
time and the thaelier „must be will-
ing to make adjustments in order
to be wholly successful in the class-
room. Pupils require' more indi-
vidual' attention and counselling
than they forrherTy did, but, they
continue to he as interestiEg ansi
as.ehallenging as ever,
, •
"I have enjoyed my work with
girls and hays and have found it
most rewarding. I would do it ail
over again if -I had the opportun-
ity," •Mr : Strong says.. "It is a
most satisfyieg career.' It- is grat-
ifying to know that former pupils
are now ocenpying positions of 're-
sPonsibility in the professional field
as doctors, dentists, lawyers, min-
isters, scientists, engineers • ac-
countants, teachers, inspectors and
adniinistrators. In the. business
field, many operate successful busi-
ness coneerna. These ,who chose
farming- as their vocatioe appear
to have prospered. Teaehing calls
for dedicated service."
When asked what he planned to
do during his retirement, he was
quite certain that he vvould haVe
more time, than usualto devote t�
&well, fraternal and conimunity
affairs. A member of the session
of Chalmers United Church and
-chairman 'of its Christian Ethica-
tion eemmittee; , life member
and past. Master of The Buildeit'S
Ledge, AM; a IN mem-
ber and pat preSiding officer of
etires
,Ottawa Lodge of Perfection; a
member of Murray Chapter of
Rose Croix; a member of Moore
'Sovereign Corleistory- and atte,thon-
orary anember of ,StliZerbe CpUll-
cil 33, he will find many' opiiiii-
tunities to serve: Iii community af-
fairs heisan exeeutive ineenber
of Ottawa Neighbourhood Set ices
•Limited and secretary of the Board
of Directers ,of ' the 'Protestant
Home for the -Aged, an 'institution
serving Ottawa and environs.
..,Principel Strong attributes much
of his success to the full support
he had always received froni his -
staff across the years. To show
their a,ppreciation for his services,
a dinner in -his honor was convened
in Southminster United Church
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Holidays -Neat
For Expositor,
• Holiday time is fast ap-
proaching for the staff at The
Huron Expositor. This year
the mechanical staff. vvill-be on
holidays from July 3-1 until •
August S.
Customers are reminded that e
job printing 'requirements. '
, should be' ordered at an early
date, if delivery is required
before July 31.
Although no paper will be
published August 7; the' busi-
ness office will remain open
as usual,
cal ran
Valk at St.
..Members of Seaforth 1,,O.L. 703
,ina ef W/rithrop L.O.L. 813 Were
among representatives of -,48 lodg-
es Who Marched at St, Marys Sat-
urday r•-- • o' •
Celebrating the 2"69th anniversary
of the 13 attle of the.Boyne,Alod8-
es formed the parade, along with
11 'bands and 21 fife-aiaddrinn' un-
its.-- The parade followed a mile -
long route around St. Mars streets
from the ball park 'hack to the
park, The tail end of the parade
had -just cleared the park when the
head end arrived back.
William Tatford, of Sarnia, grand
maSter of the Grand Orange Lodge
of Ontario West, was .pririeipal
speaker, and warned members that
the prospect of having the, shadew
of ' Roman Catholic 'Quebec creep
over this whole Poininima eheuld
alarm all Protestants, • '
The domination of • Canada by
the French-Canadian is no longer
a myth," the principal • sPeaker
said, "but a distinct possibi1ity 011 iesoay,,, ,y
ernen
arys
which may come to pass within the
lifetime of people here today."
Mr. Tatter& said he regtetted
that anyone shouldthink it advis-
able to start teaching French in
Ontario schools as early as the
third grade. '
"To foist the French 'language
on our Itttle children from the third
grade on is one of the greatest
injustices one could imagine," the
speaker said, "Whrever the
French language gook goes Rom-
an Catholicisth. The two are in-
separable. Every concession we
make weakens our British conriee-
tion," he concluded.
Members of Seaforth L.0.1.e193,
and members of Winthrop .
813 attended the "Twelfth and
took part-iti the long'paracie. The
Winthrep lodge won'first prize for
the best banner in the parade. The
best fife -and -drew. band - award
went to .Clinton Murphy Lodge 710.
Next year the "Walk" .for this
district will -be held in Brussels,